Local landcare volunteers who have restored White Bluff to a natural wonderland of native endemic species.
Restoration work at White Bluff courtesy of the fabulous volunteers of the Sapphire Beach Landcare group.
The White Bluff Project is generously supported by the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery with the project and all its participating artists working towards an exhibition, which will be held at the Gallery in Coffs Harbour from 22 Jan - 20 March 2021.
As part of Council's Community Arts & Cultural Development program, The White Bluff Project was recognised with funding for the developmental stages of the project. Without this kind of support, regional arts projects such ours would struggle to exist and to enrich our local communities. We would like to thank Council for providing finance that supports new and exciting projects and initiatives that reflect the goals of Council’s Cultural Policy and the Creative Coffs Cultural Strategic
For more information, visit the council's Community Arts & Cultural Development Grants page.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should be aware that this video and text contains images, voices and names of deceased persons.
The White Bluff Project would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Gumbaynggirr people and pay respect to their Elders, past and present. Thank you, for allowing us to create and work on your cultural homeland and on White Bluff.
At our first White Bluff Project Workshop, we had the privilege of receiving a welcome and introduction to country from Uncle Mark Flanders, respected local elder and custodian.
Sapphire Beach Landcare volunteers have restored White Bluff to a natural wonderland by controlling and clearing invasive weeds and replanting with native and endemic species.
The National Marine Science Centre has supported the White Bluff Project, providing space for our first ever project workshop in early 2019. NMSC is part of Southern Cross University’s School of Environment, Science and Engineering, and is located at Charlesworth Bay just north of Coffs Harbour. It is also home to the Solitary Islands Aquarium. The Aquarium is open on weekends and during the NSW school holidays for visitors to discover what makes the Solitary Islands Marine Park special - through a series of aquariums, visual displays and guided tours.
This one-day workshop, held by the White Bluff Project, included a series of small group sessions where participants collaborated with our project poet, Chris Armstrong, indigenous visual artist Tori Donnelly and ecologist/ornithologist Andrew Turbill. The idea was to learn new creative skills, share ideas and gain a deeper, scientific understanding of natural bird migrations but also to experiment with transferring scientific knowledge into the creative process. The workshop was the first public event for The White Bluff Project.
The fabulous Happy Frog in Coffs Harbour kindly provided sponsored catering for our first ever White Bluff project meet & greet and information session in 2019. See them at thehappyfrog.com.au.
Thanks Mick at Jetty Dive for joining us on our off-shore tour of the White Bluff site and sharing with us amazing stories of research, diving and Coffs Harbour’s marine environment.
THE COFFS COAST REGIONAL SCIENCE HUB IS A NETWORK OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, PLUS LOCAL STEAM PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESSES, ARTISTS AND SCHOOLS, WORKING TOGETHER TO CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY WITH SCIENCE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
In 2019, The Coffs Coast Regional Science Hub, backed by Inspiring Australia - National Networks, received funding to support a series of art and science workshops, each focusing on a different element - air, water, earth etc. The White Bluff Project’s first public workshop, Mapping the Air, was part of this series and was the Science Hub's major event in Coffs Harbour for Science Week 2019.
For more info about their great work, visit http://www.cel.org.au/ccrsh/
Local landcare volunteers who have restored White Bluff to a natural wonderland of native endemic species.