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Learn about a 2-year, state-wide program that used environmental DNA to detect organisms living in estuaries across NSW – from platypus to Platyhelminthes, baleen whales to bobbit worms, sharks to sygnathids and everything in between. Find out how you can access the data and explore it yourself!
Guest Speaker: Dr Maarten De Brauwer, Southern Cross University & Kait Harris, NSW DPIRD
Discover the hidden life of New South Wales’ estuaries. The NSW Estuarine Asset Protection program was established after the 2022–2023 floods to better understand estuaries across the state. Using cutting-edge environmental DNA techniques, which detected everything from fish, fur seals, and platypus to invasive cane toads, weeds and water buffaloes. With over 10,000 species revealed across the state, this talk explores what’s living in our waterways, why it matters, and how this knowledge can help manage and protect estuaries for the future.
No booking is required, refreshments will be provided.
For more information, please call 6659 8100.
The Marine Discovery Series lectures are held every three months (first Thursday of the month) at the Solitary Islands Aquarium starting at 6pm. See map below.
This initiative is run by Southern Cross University’s National Marine Science Centre.
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Guest speaker
Dr Maarten De Brauwer, Southern Cross University & Kait Harris, NSW DPIRD
Come and visit
Open every Saturday and Sunday and every day during the NSW school holidays from 10am to 4pm, a visit to the Aquarium will be a memorable and enriching experience for all ages.
The Aquarium is located at the National Marine Science Centre (NMSC), 2 Bay Drive, next to the Pacific Bay Resort complex just north of the Big Banana.
Turn onto Bay Drive off the Pacific Highway and the Aquarium is located 200m on the right.
All areas of the aquarium are fully wheelchair accessible.