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Exciting new mural calls to people to protect our ocean

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The Australian National Maritime Museum has unveiled a commissioned mural from local artist InkHunter, that promotes ocean health as a priority for public awareness and action.   Entitled Shallow Iridescence, it reflects the museum’s priority of ocean health and sustainability. It is intended to provoke a sense of shared responsibility for the ways in which … Continued

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos give a FREE Weeding

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Sulphur Crested Cookatoos Give a FREE Weeding service. Research from the University of Melbourne which measured the rate at which sulphur-crested cockatoos remove onion weed from turf found each cockatoo can remove 200 plants each hour. “To put that in perspective, 50 cockatoos — can remove 20,000 onion weed bulbs, which is an amazing free … Continued

HOW MUCH DO YOU DIG YOUR DAD?

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  This Father’s Day, Australia’s first ever mini-excavator park Dig IT, wants kids from all over the country, to tell them how much they dig their Dad.    THIS SUNDAY, let Dig It know how much you love/dig DAD, and you could be digging in the dirt for a whole year! Now that’s the Father’s … Continued

Armidale’s First Nations artists in the spotlight at free NAIDOC exhibition

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A collaborative exhibition showcasing the rich cultural heritage and artistic expressions of Armidale’s First Nations community is set to kick off during New England’s 2023 NAIDOC Week celebration, on Saturday 2 September.    Eight First Nations artists from the New England region will feature their work in the month-long ‘Our Elders’ exhibition, which is led by … Continued

Young imagination shines a light on little Sydney

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The solar system reimagined, a stunning waterfall and a discarded shopping trolley are among the images shortlisted for the yearly Little Sydney Lives photography competition.   Children aged 3 to 12 years old across Sydney have entered their photographs of siblings, nature, wildlife and their community in the City of Sydney contest.   A panel … Continued

Young imagination shines a light on little Sydney

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The solar system reimagined, a stunning waterfall and a discarded shopping trolley are among the images shortlisted for the yearly Little Sydney Lives photography competition.   Children aged 3 to 12 years old across Sydney have entered their photographs of siblings, nature, wildlife and their community in the City of Sydney contest.   A panel … Continued

Queensland Symphony Orchestra headed to Cairns/Gimuy this weekend – Barton meets Tchaikovsky under the baton of Clerici

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THIS SUNDAY:   Stunning artwork by First Nations artist Rosella Namok to accompany the Orchestra’s performance of Sculthorpe’s Earth Cry in what will be a powerful music event   This Sunday internationally acclaimed didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton and Queensland Symphony Orchestra will perform in Cairns/Gimuy under the baton of Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici. The concert … Continued

Finalists put Australian life under the lens

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An adult towel fight, the hybrid solar eclipse and renting in Sydney are just some of the subjects featured in the shortlisted images for one of Australia’s biggest photography competitions.   Twenty-eight finalists were selected from 1169 entries nationwide for the City of Sydney’s yearly Australian Life photography competition and exhibition.   Now in its … Continued