Past Events

A special lecture by UTAS geologist, Professor Jocelyn McPhie. Volcanoes on land regularly capture our attention, usually because they have produced spectacular or destructive eruptions. Land volcanoes have also been the focus of conventional volcanological…

Come and meet a real life scientist and learn some exciting things about science that they don’t teach you in school! Activities available for curious kids of all ages. This FREE event is part of…

A critical analysis exploring the successes and failures of invasive species management. Invasive species can impact on all aspects of our life affecting biodiversity, productivity and social amenity. Whilst Tasmania is relatively free of invasive…

Discover the special properties of detergents. See how they can break water surface tension to form amazing stretchy bubbles! Can you make a square bubble? Who can make the longest bubble snake? One session half day…

Meet special guest Professor Paulo De Souza – a CSIRO scientist who conducts research with honeybees. Hear about how he is tracking bee colonies in Tasmania by attaching tiny microchips to their backs! Make your own bug…

Here is your opportunity to watch the award winning Oceans and Ice film session for FREE! Ocean Planet and the Glenorchy City Council invite you to join us for the Award winning documentary ‘Chasing Ice’,…

NRM South invites you to join Graeme Stevenson as he explains the benefits of dung beetles and earth worms and offers insights into identification of these wonderful insects. Graeme will be there to answer your…

Are you interested in learning a little more about Hobart’s stunning kunyanyi/Mt Wellington? Then join us on the mountain top for an intimate stroll discovering the wondrous adaptations of the plants and animals that inhabit this…

NRM South invites you to join Graeme Stevenson as he explains the benefits of dung beetles and earth worms and offers insights into identification of these wonderful insects. Graeme will be there to answer your…

A FREE public seminar on the International Court of Justice Judgement on Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia V. Japan, New Zealand intervening). Speakers: Dr Julia Jabour – the background Indi Hodgson-Johnston – the judgment Dr…

Did you know there are over 1000 species of bat worldwide? Or that Tasmania has a very special bat species that occurs nowhere else in the world? Would you like to know where it lives…

LIFE BEFORE DINOSAURS: THE PERMIAN MONSTERS This incredible exhibition brings the Permian era to life and takes us back 290 million years to the time when the earth had just one ocean and one large continent…