Seadragon Science in the Pub

Join the EMS Team, guest artists, and SA Scientists for a hot meal, sit back and experience a mesmerising dive with seadragons from the comfort of your chair via VR goggles, and learn more about the lifestyle of the seadragon. Marvel at seadragon photographs and drawings.

There will be activities for children (and adults can get involved) including a craft table, an Aboriginal drawing class, a drawing competition, and a virtual reality marine life experience.

Schedule:

6.00 pm -         Great Southern Reef VR experience & Aboriginal art drawing & Fab Five drawing competition for kids in the craft corner

6.30 pm –         Meals served.

7.00 pm -          Kaurna Welcome to Country. 

7.15 pm -          Introductions

7.20 pm -          Syngnathidae - pipefishes, seahorses and seadragons – Marine Ecologist Janine Baker.

7.55 pm -          Protecting the Unique South – tbc. National Parks, and Wildlife Service South Australia.

8.15 pm -          Finding the Fab Five - Prof. Bronwyn Gillanders and Dr. Nina Wootton (University of Adelaide).

8.45 pm -          Student-led citizen science project live streams cuttlefish aggregation to the world - Catherine Larkin (AusOcean)

9.05 pm -          Q&A panel with artists and scientists.

Meals 

Meals can be ordered between 6 -7 pm. There will be a range of meals available including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.