Sept. Meeting: The Great Southern Reef

Date: Thursday, Sept. 10
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Senior Citizens Centre, Busselton

Presenting at the BNC September meeting will be Emeritus Professor Gary Kendrick, one of Australia’s leading marine ecologists, who will talk about the Great Southern Reef.
Stretching around much of Australia’s southern coastline, the Great Southern Reef is a spectacular network of rocky reefs, kelp forests, seaweeds and seagrass meadows. It supports an incredible diversity of marine life — much of it found nowhere else in the world.
For those of us living around Geographe Bay and the South West, this is particularly relevant. Our local marine environment is part of this remarkable reef system, with seagrass meadows, limestone reefs and rich coastal habitats providing essential homes and feeding grounds for marine species.
Dr Hendrick will explore the fascinating biodiversity of the Great Southern Reef, its importance to our coastal environment, the threats it faces, and what can be done to protect and restore it.

This meeting is open to the public.