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Lauderdale: World Wetlands Day
The 2015 World Wetlands Day celebrations are held in Lauderdale, Hobart on Saturday 31st January, supported by Clarence City Council and others.
Please join us in celebrating our wetlands through music, art, science and recreation, and look to their future in a fast-changing world.
We have a fabulous line-up of wetland-themed events for all the family, including;
• A wetland birds walk with Dr Eric Woehler to meet the migratory and stay-at-home bird residents of Ralphs Bay.
• A Dogs’ Breakfast – bring your pup along and have a sausage and a chat with Birdlife Tasmania members and others about how dogs and native wildlife can live side by side – free leads and dog snacks for all canine participants, and a BBQ for their human companions – let Eric know you’re coming at eric.woehler@gmail.com
• Salt marsh experts Vishnu Prahalad and Phil Watson will take you on a wetlands walk, to explore the unique flora, ecology and cultural history of the saltmarsh wetlands that adorn much of Tasmania’s coastline. You’ll also have the chance to get involved in Tasmania’s first hands-on trial of community-based saltmarsh wetland health monitoring!
• For the kids, Parks Discovery Rangers Fiona Hume will be taking a wetlands walk, and Jess Fuller-Smith will be games mistress for a range of fun kids’ activities.
• There will also be wetland-themed face painting for your own little swamp monsters!
• Snappy science talks – local wetland experts give short, sharp and sometimes funny talks on our wetlands and the animals and plants that call them home.
• Book launch of Vishnu Prahalad’s new publication, A guide to the plants of Tasmanian saltmarsh wetlands, by UTAS’s Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick and renowned Tassie poet Dr Pete Hay.
• Live saltmarsh wetland music! Folk renditions of wetland-themed tunes.
• Colouring in for grown-ups! Join scientific illustrator Georgina Davis for a short introduction to capturing the nature of our wetlands on paper – and take home your own supplies to continue your drawings at home! RSVP’s are required for this event – to book yourself a seat, please RSVP through Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/capturing-the-wetlands-scientific-illustration-with-georgina-davis-tickets-15324050648?ref=estw).
With the exception of the drawing class, all of the days’ activities are FREE!
But we do need you to RSVP through Eventbrite (http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/clarence-council-world-wetlands-day-celebration-tickets-15295326734), for catering purposes.
Print out your free ticket and bring it on the day to receive a free drink!
For more information on World Wetlands Day, see http://www.ramsar.org/activity/world-wetlands-day-2015
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Vishnu N. Prahalad, Geography and Spatial Science Discipline, School of Land and Food, Geography-Geology Building, Sandy Bay Campus,