Port Phillip Baykeeper » Summer by the Sea http://www.bay-keeper.com Say g'day to the Bay Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:14:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Summer by the Sea 2012 – your chance to connect with the coast http://www.bay-keeper.com/2011/12/summer-by-the-sea-2012-your-chance-to-connect-with-the-coast/ http://www.bay-keeper.com/2011/12/summer-by-the-sea-2012-your-chance-to-connect-with-the-coast/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:14:22 +0000 BayKeeper http://www.bay-keeper.com/?p=2391 For anyone looking for kids holiday activities and keen to connect with the coast on a low budget, Christmas comes in January… January 2nd to 22nd to be precise. During that 3 weeks an incredible range of fun learning opportunities are available through the Summer by the Sea program brought to you by Coastcare Victoria. You get to have fun and meet some amazing marine and coastal critters and the dedicated community members who can tell you all about them.

Sunrise seen from Altona (pic Julia Muniandy)

Baykeeper can’t wait to get out there for the fourth successive year of seashell safaris at selected beaches around the Bay. Who knows what we might find!!? We’ll also be conducting guided foreshore walks to check out the wilder side of St KIlda! Details of these activities can be found on the events page of this website.

If you get tired of all the action, why not just chill out and enjoy the sights of sun and water at play. As you can see from Julia’s sunrise pic (above) they do amazing things together!

The complete Summer by the Sea 2012 holiday program is available online at :- summer by the sea

]]> http://www.bay-keeper.com/2011/12/summer-by-the-sea-2012-your-chance-to-connect-with-the-coast/feed/ 3 Find a shore thing on a beach near you http://www.bay-keeper.com/2009/12/meet-the-beach/ http://www.bay-keeper.com/2009/12/meet-the-beach/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:02:15 +0000 BayKeeper http://www.bay-keeper.com/?p=837 Most Australians remember fun days at the beach: beating the heat, building sand castles, catching frizbees and waves, and listening to the ocean in a seashell.
Perhaps that’s why it’s called the Lucky Country!
Abalone shell - Get an earful of this!

Thanks Douglas for sending the photo above.  Anyone who takes a closer look on their favourite beach might find one of these and more. Each beach has its own story to tell. What sort of animal lived in this shell? How do they earn a living? Where do they fit in the food chain (what do they eat; and what eats them)? Do they know that by digesting and cycling nutrients they maintain healthy water for us? What do we do to the water?

Baykeeper will continue exploring beaches around the Bay in 2010 and invites you to join the growing movement to better understand, enjoy, and protect our coastal playground. Baykeeper activities in January (listed in the ‘events’ page of this website) are presented as part of the Coast Action Coastcare Summer by the Sea program.

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