Please come and join MCRP and Ellie from Parks Victoria for the first event this year to count all the little creatures and vegetation in the rock pools at Triangle Reef. Date: 18-Apr-2021 Meeting time: 12:00pm Duration: 3 hours Meet ...
Try The New Jellyfish App
This free app provides info on jellyfish identification, reported sightings & first aid treatment. Click here.
Environmental Volunteering Survey Summary of Key Findings
This survey revealed that we have a large group of highly active and committed Victorians passionate about their contribution to the environment through volunteering. While there is an overall high level of satisfaction from our current environmental vo ...
Helping Volunteers Monitor Victoria’s Rich Marine Parks
DELWP has developed an app to help volunteers monitor the health of our Marine Parks, including Ricketts Point. For those members who take photos and videos of our marine life, this is a great step forward. The new Sea Search app allows volunteers t ...
Great Victoria Fish Count, Ricketts Point, 2020
Dear Fishcounters! On Saturday 14th November we will hold the annual Great Victorian Fish Count at Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary. This fun snorkelling event is an opportunity for capable snorkellers to contribute to important scientifi ...
Oceans of Plastic – Plastics Pollution
By 2050 there will be more plastic in the earth’s oceans than weight of fish! (World Economic Forum, 2016) Plastics are so ubiquitous that we don’t even notice them. Plastic bags, bottles, nappies, balloons, cigarette butts – very little manage ...
Oceans of Plastic, by French filmmaker Vincent Perazio
Very short notice sorry. It was just brought to my attention that the ABC is repeating a Four Corners show they played last Monday. It is on plastics in the oceans and is it going anywhere? Quite interesting. For those that missed it and would like to see ...
Tackling marine debris & litter at the source – workshop invitations!
You are invited to participate in an exciting project to tackle marine debris & litter at the source. As a leading expert in addressing the marine debris issue, Tangaroa Blue Foundation is coordinating Source Reduction Plan workshops in ...
2016 Marine Wildlife and Seascape Photo Contest
Virginia Friend, It’s finally here! Ocean Conservancy’s Marine Wildlife and Seascape Photo Contest is officially open! Our expert panel of judges are searching for photographs of stunning ocean scenery, charismatic ocean critters o ...
World Ocean Day – celebrate at Ricketts Point 08 June 2016!
You are cordially invited to celebrate World Ocean's Day with us! Come along for a beach clean up and then a delicious hot drink to warm up and be social afterwards! Feel free to forward on to others, and bring your friends and family for this wonde ...