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Latest Pelican News Pelican1 is working on Cape York over the next couple of months. We will be involved in Sea Country management meetings which are being facilitated by GBRMPA and working with Cape York aboriginal communities to support access to Sea Country. Pelican1 and crew will be in very diverse Sea Country areas in the Northern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef. Some of the communities involved are from Port Stewart, Lockhart River, and Stoney Creek. We will be visiting the Hope Vale community during the September school holidays. We are posting the projects in action through Twitter and pelican1.posterous.com. We will post more news about all these events very soon so please stay tuned. Natalie Davey has just returned from presenting Pelican's Two Bays project at three conferences. Firstly the IPMEN-International Marine Educators Conference (www.ipmen.net) conference in Fiji and then the SNAICC conference (www.snaicc.asn.au) in Alice Springs. For a more detailed look at the proceedings of the IPMEN 2010 conference you can go to the College of Exploration web site at www.coexploration.com/ipmen to view all keynote presentations and concurrent sessions (if you are a first time visitor, simply nominate your own userid and password). Two Bays was also presented as a joint presentation with Mark Rodrigue from Parks Victoria at the Inaugural Healthy Parks Healthy People International Congress in April this year. www.healthyparkshealthypeoplecongress.org |
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We are fortunate to have up front funding from the Caring for our Country grant round which has given us precious time to plan in advance. This is a Pelican First!! Here is a link to an earlier program on Two Bays giving a good insight into the possibilities of a day out on the Bay. This was from the Be a Marine Biologist for a Day event. click here The 2010 program is focusing on the Indigenous Knowledge and Stewardship of Sea Country. From our activities we plan to produce curriculum that links the Traditional Boonwurrung Story about the Bays with the scientific knowledge that has been gathered during Two Bays over the past three years. |
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OBITUARY Peter Malcolm 1956 – 2009 Activist, Environmentalist, Visionary. Peter Malcolm’s was a life of big stories, far flung locations, diverse interests and intense passion. Peter cared deeply about the environment, community, social justice, about fulfilling his own potential, and helping others to achieve theirs. He had a mighty heart. Nothing was impossible. When asked to describe him, his wife Davini once responded, “ Imagine Indiana Jones with a social and environmental conscience, and five kids”. Read more ... |
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Pelican 1 has finished the 5th Hope Vale project. This year the program was larger and more ambitious, bringing together new partners and people who came along to help create a month long project. Recently Samia Goudie and Natalie Davey presented the digital stories that the kids had done on the Hope Vale project at the IKC (Indigenous Knowledge Centre) and also at the Hope Vale school (pictured here). All participants who had made a story were presented with a DVD copy of the stories. Digital story telling is being well utilised at the Hope Vale Primary school and it was great to visit and see some of the work that the kids had done since we saw them at camp. We hope to share their stories with you soon. Read more about the Hope Vale Projects Read more in the Captains Log. You can also get more information about the project through the following links. The Hope Vale Community, through the Indigenous Knowledge Centre, has now set up a WIKI to upload stories and information about the Pelican Hope Vale project. hopevale.wikispaces.com/Pelican. The Digital Story Telling crew also has a site for reflecting the process of making Digital stories, through Samia Goudie's PhD site. samiastories.wordpress.com The Digital Stories made during the 2008 camp at Cape Flattery are online. Please click here. |
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NEWS - WE WON!Pelican Expeditions has won a reconciliation Award for Business, the Partnership Award for The Pelican Hope Vale Project: ANZ Bank and Pelican Expeditions, awarded by the Premier Anna Bligh on the 29th May. www.reconciliation.qld.gov.au/awards/ The Reconciliation Awards for Business recognise and reward businesses, communities and individuals in Queensland that support reconciliation. |
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 Muriel Broome and Norma Sarra giving Pelican a blessing before leaving Bundaberg. |
CORAL BLEACHING SURVEY 6 March - 12 April, 2006Pelican1 sailed from Bundaberg on March 6 2006, for a five week Expedition covering the length of the Great Barrier Reef, with scientists from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). On board was a team of scientists, Indigenous trainees, our crew and YOU. To find out more click here. |
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SAILING WITH PELICAN EXPEDITIONSPelican 1 is 63ft sailing catamaran designed as a platform for marine research, environmental, social, and educational projects throughout the Australia Pacific region. Read more If you are interested in chartering Pelican 1 please contact us |
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The fifth Two Bays program has finished. Here is the program ... 
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