Batty about Bats

Ocean Care Day has always had eco-art and eco-stalls. Now we're bringing you eco-theatre as well.

Kids will love this musical play about Batty the grey-headed flying fox who is about to have a pup. She’s been on the move ever since she left the Royal Botanic Gardens and is worried about what’s going to happen to her baby if she can’t find a home fast.

Bats finds an ally in Possy, the little Ringtail Possum who thinks Batty is actually a fox that flies! But the pair encounter Lady Beatrice Barrenbottom the Third, who has a big problem with Bats and is trying to convince Ranger Bob to do something drastic.

Can Possy help save Batty from homelessness?

The Manly Litter Bug

And our own Litter Bug will be there to highlight the impact of litter and single-use plastic on beach communities and ocean environments. And to remind us all that 'no one likes a litter bug'.

Above: Lady Barrenbottom and Possy.  Below: The Manly Litter Bug

Dee Why and Avalon

Ocean Care Day isn't just about Manly.  We need to keep all our beautiful beaches clean.

So we're dispatching the Ocean Action Pod to Dee Why.

The pod demonstrates how marine plastic is polluting the ocean, killing marine life and contaminating our food chain.

Find out what micro-plastics look like, and which plastic products are the worst offenders at getting into our waterways.

Most important of all - find out what you can do to help.

The pod will be at Ted Jackson reserve Dee Why beach on Sunday Dec 4 from 10 - 4

Avalon is coming to the party too with a big beach cleanup, followed by a BBQ and a microplastics workshop. It's the last beach clean of the year.

Meet at Avalon SLSC on Sunday Dec 4 at 10am. 

'Love Our Locals' - 2016 Ocean Care Day  MARINE PARADE

Join our festive dress-up Marine Parade and help us kick off this year's Ocean Care Day in style.

Starts Manly Wharf forecourt at 9.45 for 10am start. Sunday Dec 4.

Manly Environment Centre has been working to protect Manly's environment for the past 25 years.

So on Sunday (Sept 25) we took time out to celebrate some of our extraordinary successes;  including turning Cabbage Tree Bay into a fully-protected marine paradise, bringing back Manly's iconic Norfolk Island Pines, fighting to reduce pollution at North Head sewerage treatement plant, rehabilitating Burnt Bridge creek, campaigning for North Head Sanctuary, and fighting for our precious Little Penguins and bandicoots.

At the party were our supporting organisations — National Parks and Wildlife, Taronga Zoo Project Penguin and Zoomobile, North Head Sanctuary Foundation, Save Manly Dam Catchment Group, NSW Fisheries Education Trailer, Sea Life Sanctuary, Friends of Cabbage Tree Bay, Whalespotter and A Marine Park for Sydney Campaign — and of course the staff and all the wonderful volunteers from the Manly Environment Centre.

Thanks to Dr Peter Macdonald for an inspirational speech. And here's to another 25 years as Manly's go-to community green group.

Weaving Bridges Project 2016

Building on the success of the Weaving Bridges Project since 2013, Manly Environment Centre, Manly Community Centre, Northern Beaches Aboriginal Community members, Northern Beaches Council and Sanctuary Respite Centre, North Head, joined together for an exciting new weaving project in 2016 – using the theme from the Guringai Festival ‘Through My Eyes’ along with this year’s NAIDOC Week theme of ‘Songlines’.

The theme we chose this year was inspired by our native flowers which represent the bush and country along which ‘Songlines’ travelled. Each piece was individually woven ‘through my eyes’, with work by more than 150 participants in this year’s Weaving Brides Project.

The project culminated with installation of the woven art works on the Queenscliff Lagoon bridge and a launch attended by more than 100 people.

Join us to celebrate the launch of SONGLINES - this year's Weaving Bridges Project as your gorgeous artworks are unveiled on Queenscliff lagoon's Stuart Somerville Bridge.

It's on Tuesday July 5 from 10.30 to 12.30pm.  

A NAIDOC Week event

Launch of the Weaving Bridges Project 2016

A Celebration of 16th Guringai Festival – ‘Through My Eyes’

Northern Beaches Council , Manly Community Centre, Northern Beaches Aboriginal Community members, Northside Community Forum In, Sanctuary Respite Services, community groups, individuals as well as school children, have joined together to weave, knit and crochet artworks around the  theme of – ‘Through My Eyes’.

These artworks create a large textile ‘Songlines’ landscape for this year’s Weaving Bridges Project, which is to be installed on the Stuart Somerville Bridge, Queenscliff.

A NAIDOC  Week event, the Launch Ceremony includes guest speakers, a smoking ceremony, didgeridoo performance, entertainment and the unveiling of the installation. Morning tea will be served.

When:   Tues July 5

Where: Outside Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club (inside if wet)

Launch: 10.30am – 12.30pm

Smell something bad? Now it's easy to report sewerage odours from the North Head Treament Plant or its trucks.

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GURINGAI FESTIVAL presents Weaving Bridges 2016

The Yarn to Yarn workshops have started but we're keeping a place for you. Please join us  
Manly Community Centre, 12 Wentworth St. Next to Manly Public School. 
Every Thursday throughout June from 12.30 to 2.30pm      

Then we display the artworks on Queenscliff Lagoon Bridge with the
Project Launch at Queenscliff Surf Club on Tues July 5 at 10.30am 

Weaving Bridges Project 2016

Building on from the success of the Weaving Bridges Projects since 2013 - join the Manly Environment Centre, Manly Community Centre, Northern Beaches Aboriginal Community members and Warringah Council for an exciting new weaving project – Through My Eyes incorporating the  NAIDOC theme of Songlines. This year specifically we are looking for youth involvement in the project.

Individuals, community groups and schools are invited to participate in Yarn to Yarn workshops collaborating towards a large scale art installation. Enjoy a laugh and a yarn with a member of the Aboriginal community at the same time. 

We need lots of helping hands for this project. Join us and bring your friends.
Schools please make contact to be involved. Like us on facebook to find workshops in your area. 
facebook.com/Weavingbridgesproject