2026 sessions:Ngiyambandigay Wajaarr Aboriginal Corporation Sea Rangers
Introduction to Aboriginal connection to Sea Country and traditional seasonal calendar. Adrienne Gooden – Marine science 101 Extended weekend session. Connection building between students, facilitators and volunteers. Growth of basic marine science concepts that will be explored throughout the program 2025 sessions:Dr Sophia Ellis – Coral Research
Introduced students to coral identification and guided them in designing their own shade-based coral experiments. Adrienne Gooden – Sharks & Tagging Taught shark ecology and tagging methods, including hands-on practice with scientific suturing techniques. Dr Kate Graham – BRUV (Baited Remote Underwater Video) Showed how BRUVs are used to study fish communities. Students annotated and counted fish using real BRUV footage. Taylor Bratton – Marine Protected Areas Led students in designing their own Marine Protected Area, considering stakeholders, communities, conservation, and economics. Stephan Soule – Aquaculture Provided an inside look at aquaculture and tour through the National Marine Science Centre and Solitary Islands Aquarium. Adrienne Gooden & Taylor Bratton – Rocky Shore Research Guided students in developing questions and running their own rocky shore research project. Dr Barbara Wueringer – Sawfish Shared her expert knowledge on all things sawfish and facilitated genetic sampling using sawfish rostra. |
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