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Celebrate World Wetlands Day 2020 at the Y Water Discovery Centre and Yea Wetlands with two fantastic events!
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Friday 15 November 2019, 6.30pm - 9.30pm Beaufort Manor, 111 High Street, Yea
Prof David Karoly, NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, CSIRO, will examine the science underpinning climate change, and how the observed climate globally, in Australia and in the region around Yea has changed over the last 100 years.
"The recent Schools Strike 4 Climate and the UN Climate Action Summit in September clearly demonstrate the concerns held by many people about climate change and their future. Countries around the world have agreed to limit global warming to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels, by reducing human activities that have increased greenhouse gas emissions. I will describe two paths for the future: one in which all countries meet their commitments and global warming is limited. On the other path, countries continue with increasing greenhouse gas emissions, global warming continues and there are many adverse impacts on people, on ecosystems and on businesses around the world. Which path we follow into the future depends on choices that we and others make now, and the approaches that we use to adapt to climate change impacts now and in the future".
Prof David Karoly, NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, CSIRO
This event will include a 2-course dinner for $60pp with bar service available. Bookings can be made online at www.trybooking.com/BEPDN, or for further information call 5797 2663.
The Y Water Discovery Centre @Yea Wetlands Speaker Series is funded by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal.
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NAIDOC Week honours the rich and diverse culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, the oldest continuous living culture on the planet. This year’s event is inspired by the theme “Voice, Treaty, Truth”. The Indigenous voice of this country is over 65,000 plus years old. They are the first words spoken on this continent. Languages that passed down lore, culture and knowledge for over millennia. They are precious to our nation.
It’s that Indigenous voice that includes know-how, practices, skills and innovations - found in a wide variety of contexts, such as agricultural, scientific, technical, ecological and medicinal fields, as well as biodiversity-related knowledge. They are words connecting us to country, an understanding of country and of a people who are the oldest continuing culture on the planet.
To celebrate NAIDOC Week the Taungurung Lands and Water Council have collaborated with the Y Water Discovery Centre in Yea to present an exciting program of exhibitions and workshops. The Taungurung are the Traditional Owners of a large part of central Victoria including the Yea region.
Workshops will feature Taungurung women, Angela ten Buuren (Franklin) and Cassie Leatham, who will impart their knowledge of indigenous plants and traditional uses.
Kids won’t miss out, with a school holiday art activity to be held on Wednesday 10 July with artist Cassie Leatham and a storytime session on Saturday 13 July with Taungurung Elder Uncle Larry Walsh.
The program includes:
Sunday 7 - Sunday 14 July, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Celebrating Taungurung Culture An exhibition curated by Taungurung woman Angela ten Buuren
Wednesday 10 July, 10:00am to 11:30am
School Holiday art activities with Taungurung artist Cassie Leatham
Wednesday 10 July, 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Medicinal and traditional uses of Aboriginal plants session with Cassie Leatham
Saturday 13 July, 10:00am and 2:00pm
Walk in the Wetlands and a Taste of Taungurung
Angela ten Buuren discusses traditional uses of indigenous plants
Saturday 13 July 12noon - 2.00pm
BBQ. Enjoy kangaroo burgers and kangaroo sausages
Saturday 13 July, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Story Time with Taungurung Elder Uncle Larry Walsh
Sunday 14 July - 11.00am
Taungurung Land & Waters Council CEO, Matthew Burns talks treaty. What does Treaty mean? What does Treaty look like?
Proudly supported by Taungurung Land & Waters Council, Murrindindi Shire Council, Y Water Discovery Centre, Yea Wetlands Committee of Management
Book online at www.trybooking.com/BDHOF or call the Y Water Discovery Centre (03) 5797 2663
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To celebrate the opening of the new indigenous garden, Badji Baanang, at the Y Water Discovery Centre we're hosting a Wumindjika (Welcome) Weekend on the 11 & 12 November. Join in with the fantastic range of activities presented by members of the Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC). Learn the art of ochre painting and basket weaving, build a Yilam and create your own boomerang design.
The activities will be held in and around the Y Water Discovery Centre and in the Yea Wetlands.
A highlight of the weekend will be a traditional Ngarrga-nan (Corroboree) held in the Yea Wetlands on Saturday 11 November at 8pm. Entry to the corroboree is via the John Cummins Reserve off the Goulburn Valley Highway. Please BYO torches and chairs.
Download the full program here.
