Join Reef Check Australia for our DIY Beeswax Wraps for the Reef workshop at Stockland, Aitkenvale on Saturday 19th September or Sunday 20th September! We'll supply all the materials, you just turn up! Let us show you how quick (less than 30 minutes!) and easy it is to make these fun and eco friendly alternatives to glad wrap. Fill the fridge with our ocean themed prints, reduce your impact on reefs and oceans and support a great cause while you're at it! 

Made with 100% cotton fabric infused with all natural, food grade beeswax which is naturally antibacterial, beeswax wraps are safe to wrap around food products and containers and can be used over and over. Pick a shark or seahorse themed print or even a bee print for you landlubbers!

Your ticket includes one 25cm x 25cm 100% cotton and locally sourced beeswax wrap that we will show you how to make in our 30 minute workshop AND instructions to take home for when you inevitably want to make more ;) ! Extra wraps will also be available for purchase at a discounted rate for workshop attendees for $10 on the day. We will also have a range of Reef Check Australia branded items available for purchase if you want to show your Reef Check Australia colours to the world!

Please note: Children under 12 will need to be accompanied by a guardian. If you are feeling unwell, please let us know in advance so we can refund your ticket or organise to get your wrap to you another way!

This workshop is supported by Stocklands Aitkenvale and our wonderful Reef Ambassadors. Funds raised will allow us to continue monitoring the health of the reefs right on our doorstep and spread our vision of empowering people to save our reefs and oceans!

For more information, please email jenni@reefcheckaustralia.org.

Join in the seaside scavenge, and pop by to visit Reef Check Australia's stall to say hello. 

The Reef Ambassador program is a ground-breaking project, training community outreach volunteers to actively inspire, motivate and support their communities to better understand and help protect local marine environments. This program mentors volunteers to develop their knowledge and skills in reef ecology, communications, behaviour change principles, and project planning to support positive locally relevant action for the reef. 

As part of the Integrated Coral Reef Citizen Science Program, funded by the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Reef Check Australia is running Reef Ambassador training for volunteers who wish to stay involved over multiple events, projects and seasons.

These Ambassadors will become enthusiastic community leaders, promoting information about the condition of our coral reefs and educating communities on what they can do to help.

We are currently taking applications for the next course running in September/October 2020.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a course fee of $100 payable upon acceptance into the course, to confirm your spot. To participate in a Reef Ambassador training course, you must be able to attend all virtual training dates PLUS a field trip component and commit to at least 6 months of volunteering.

The virtual components of the course will run on Tuesday 29th September, 5-7pm and Tuesday 6th October, 5-7pm.

The compulsory field trip options are as follows (pick one or more!) :
a) Join us for the weekend of 9th - 11th of October in the Whitsundays on a liveaboard (please note there is a $150 cost for this field trip component) or
b) Join us for a beach cleanup on Sunday 18th October at Hook Island (no extra costs) or
c) Join us for a community engagement stall at the Airlie Beach markets on Saturday 17th October (no extra costs)

If this sounds like something you'd love, get your application in by September 27th, 2020

APPLY HERE

The Integrated Coral Reef Citizen Science Program is funded by the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

If you're a PADI Advanced Open Water diver, or equivalent, with 25 logged dives and you've always wanted to get more involved in reef research - now is your chance!

As part of the Integrated Coral Reef Citizen Science Program, Reef Check Australia is running SCUBA Surveyor training in the Whitsundays region.

Reef Check Australia SCUBA Surveyor training is a fun way to meet a tribe of reef-mind people, find out more about our beautiful reefs, boost your dive skills and build your capacity to actively contribute to scientific research. You don't need to have previous science or survey experience--we'll provide you with comprehensive training to safely collect great quality data to help look after reefs. 

When you successfully complete the surveyor course, you will receive a Reef Check EcoDiver certification and a PADI distinctive speciality certification.

The Reef Check EcoDiver qualification is recognised by the International global network of Reef Check programs, which allows you participate in survey expeditions at research sites all over the world! (Some locations may require additional training to learn regional indicators).

Once qualified, you’ll be eligible to join our teams of surveyors in the water collecting Reef health data on long-term sites in the Great Barrier Reef region.

There is self study and online theory parts of this course scheduled for Wednesday 30th Sept and Wednesday 7th Oct , 5-7pm and the in-water sessions on a liveaboard in the Whitsundays from Friday afternoon 9th October to approximately lunchtime on Sunday 11th October 2020. 

If this sounds like something you'd love to be involved with, get your application in today. PLEASE NOTE: There is a course fee of $495 (or 445 early bird pricing) payable upon acceptance into the course, to confirm your spot.

APPLY HERE

The Integrated Coral Reef Citizen Science Program is funded by the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.