Two Bays Forum: Caring for Sea Country

Yalukit Wilam Ngargee: People Place Gathering St Kilda is proud to host

The Pelican Expeditions Two Bays Program Team at

Indigenous Success Stories Forum

presenting digital stories with Indigenous youth

Friday 30th January

St Kilda Town Hall

&

Caring For Sea Country Forum

12.00pm – 1.00pm Saturday 31 January

O'Donnell Gardens, St Kilda. Now in it’s third year of sailing between areas as diverse as Hopevale Far North Queensland and Port Phillip Bay, Pelican Expeditions is actively engaging Indigenous communities to create career pathways in environmental management.

The Pelican Expeditions Two Bays program works with elders and youth on sea country to produce a curriculum based on the synergies between

Traditional Knowledge and scientifically based marine mapping. The Two Bays program undertakes

water quality and scientific studies, and promotes awareness for Victoria’s largest two

embayment’s Port Phillip and Western Port, as environmental and cultural assets.

Some of the key questions Pelican Expeditions and Parks Victorias Two Bays Forum will explore are

How do we improve our understanding of the Bays?

Why is the awareness of human activity in catchments so important?

What is the health of the bays?

Where do we begin to build partnerships for better bay management?

Want to get involved??

Speak with Pelican Expedition crew or Parks staff during the festival program and watch out for the Giant Weedy Sea Dragon Puppet on the Main Festival Day in the O'Donnell Gardens or join us to hear Pelican Expeditions speak at our Indigenous Success Stories forum

Online bookings.

For more information on Pelican Expeditions visit their website.

Two Bays 2009 has been developed as a partnership between Pelican Expeditions, Parks Victoria, EPA Victoria, Port Phillip and Western Port CMA, the Australian Government and the Association of Bayside Municipalities.