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Proudly supporting the Valerie Taylor Ocean Prize

Calling all ocean champions! Do you want to make Calling all ocean champions! 
Do you want to make some waves for our oceans? You have 3 weeks to get your entries in. The Valerie Taylor Ocean Prizes support people and groups creating impact for marine conservation, ocean education, research, and restoration. Whether you're protecting reefs, restoring habitats, inspiring communities, or helping marine wildlife thrive, we want to hear your story.
Dive in, spread the word, and enter today! Info at the blue world website.
With thanks also to our partners @wilderlabnz and @sea.museum 
#ValerieTaylorOceanPrizes #blueworld #OceanConservation #MarineLife #OceanHeroes #BluePlanet #ConservationInAction #ForTheOcean #OceanImpact #MarineConservation #ProtectOurOceans #NewSouthWales
This World Ocean Day, let's celebrate the incredib This World Ocean Day, let's celebrate the incredible waters of NSW — from our diverse estuaries and our coastal temperate reefs to the deep. 
Healthy oceans support wildlife, communities, culture and climate resilience. That's why the National Park Association 30 by 30 campaign is calling for true no-take sanctuaries in our marine environments, alongside our land and freshwater systems. Help them safe guard your favourite piece of coast!
Together, we can help ensure our marine ecosystems thrive for generations to come.
#WorldOceanDay #NSWWaters #30x30 #MarineProtection #NatureConservation #ProtectOurOceans #NPA30x30 #protectyourpatch #makewaves #OceanClimateAction #WorldOceanDay2026
@npansw
We are proud to support @saltwater.sistas through We are proud to support @saltwater.sistas through the 2025 Valerie Taylor Ocean Prizes.
They delivered ocean and river education activities across the Coffs Coast region, focusing on hands-on learning, conservation, and youth engagement. Cleanups! Community discussions, citizen science!
Incredible people and outcomes. 
Let us know about your project ideas! 
#marineconservation #30by30 #makewaves #iseachange #communityaction #youthleadership
Happy World Turtle Day! I love to snorkel at #cabb Happy World Turtle Day! I love to snorkel at #cabbagetreebayaquaticreserve where there are resident turtles. Sydney needs more refuges for marine wildlife. Show your love by supporting no take sanctuaries and the 30 by 30 campaigns to protect land and sea. #30by30  #turtlelove #notakeaquaticreserve #marinesanctuary
Protect 30% of NSW’s land and sea by 2030. QR to Protect 30% of NSW’s land and sea by 2030. QR to add your voice to the joint NSW 30x30 letter so we can build momentum for real change together. 
NSW’s oceans, forests, rivers and wetlands are under increasing pressure from habitat loss and climate change. We are calling on the NSW Government to protect and restore at least 30% of land and sea by 2030.

We need to secure a healthier, more resilient future for nature and communities across NSW.
Where do you think needs protection?
Thanks @npansw 
#30by30 #30x30protection #30by30globaltreaty #marinenationalparks #marinesanctuaryalliance #oceanconservation #UNoceandecade
Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough! A per Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough! A perfect day to think about the Earth 's wonders and the need for sanctuaries for our coast, protections for our freshwater systems and more national parks for our forests. For our future happiness and well being. David is photographed with the wonderful ocean advocate, Laura Wells and a very cute ocean champion. 
#30by30
#30x30protection #marinesanctuary
#oceanchampions #oceanconservation @sirdavidattenborough
2026 Valerie Taylor Ocean Prizes are open! Prizes: 2026 Valerie Taylor Ocean Prizes are open!
Prizes: $40,000 cash prizes
50 e-dna kits kindly donated by WILDERLAB
For projects that positive change across New South Wales for our ocean and coast. 
We welcome your ideas on ocean stewardship, conservation and restoration using science, direct action, education, campaigning, art & creativity.
Guidelines and entry information: www.blueworld.net.au
The project must be based in New South Wales.

Closing date 30 June 2026
Winners will be announced in Science Week 2026

@wilderlabnz @sea.museum #oceanconservation #30x30 #harbour #Newsouthwales #iseachange #makewaves #coastalcare #nswmarinealliance #NewSouthWales
Blue World is proud to support this seadragon cons Blue World is proud to support this seadragon conservation initiative. It was an incredible launch @sealife with a wonderful meeting of science and creativity. Look forward to meeting the baby dragons! 
Wonderful talks from #andrewtrevorjones, who recognises dragons by their freckles; #marcobordieri, #JordanAskill, and @david.booth.18400 #petemcgee
Many thanks to @alicewesleysmith for her beautiful cinematography,  @fishecologylabuts and @giglia.beretta
The Valerie Taylor Ocean Prizes are now open! Look forward to hearing from you 
#weedyseadragon
We were proud to support the @npansw 3rd NSW Marin We were proud to support the @npansw 3rd NSW Marine Forum held @sea.museum Many thanks to all the scientists, community members, dignitaries and parliamentarians who attended including @pennysharpemlc @greencate #jackiemunro @jacquiscrubyindependent 
Key takeaways include that there are clear economic reasons to support #marinesanctuaries. There is clear #science backing the need for no-take marine sanctuaries, and there seems to be support from all sides of parliament for sanctuaries. Also that there are many people who fish who support and understand the need to protect fish stocks through protected areas. Thanks to all for turning up for this special event. Special thanks to NPA team and the maritime team for pulling the event together. #30x30protection #NSWmarinealliance #marinesanctuaries #marineconservation
2026 Valerie Taylor Ocean Prizes are open! Prizes: 2026 Valerie Taylor Ocean Prizes are open!
Prizes: $40,000 cash prizes
	50 e-dna kits kindly donated by WILDERLAB

For projects that positive change across New South Wales for our ocean and coast. We welcome your ideas on ocean stewardship, conservation and restoration using science, direct action, education, campaigning, art & creativity. 
Guidelines and entry information: www.blueworld.net.au
The project must be based in New South Wales

Closing date 30 June 2026
Winners will be announced in Science Week 2026

@wilderlabnz @sea.museum #oceanconservation #30x30 #harbour #Newsouthwales #iseachange #makewaves #coastalcare #nswmarinealliance
#blueworld was proud to support the #Litterarty ar #blueworld was proud to support the #Litterarty art exhibition with prizes for schools and individual artists. The school age artists created incredible artwork, that was shown @bondipavilion, as part of the @oceanloversfestival Their recycling encouraged us all to consider our material culture and its effect on the ocean life. 
Congratulations to all the artists, their teachers and their schools. 
The works shown:
Turtles are the treasures of the sea
School: St Christopher’s Catholic Primary School Holsworth Art Extension Class Years 5 MESSAGE FOR THE OCEAN: Through this piece, we hope to spark conversations about sustainability, conservation, and the role each of us plays in preserving the natural world.
The Star of the Sea
School: Crown Street Public School Group name: Environmental Warriors Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Thanks Will! Amazing tours of Bondi rock platforms Thanks Will! Amazing tours of Bondi rock platforms. Sea squirts, crabs, anemones, barnacles. We found them, we identified them, we put them back! 
#blueworld was proud to fund this awesome set of tours, as part of the @oceanloversfestival 
#bondimarinediscovery
💙🐟💙Wishing you all a peaceful year. Here’s to a year of making waves of action for our oceans. Take care of your hearts and the blue heart of our salty sweet planet. 💙🐟💙
#Oceanconservation #makingwaves🌊🌊🌊 #blueplanet
💙🕯️🕊️💙 Our hearts are broken for o 💙🕯️🕊️💙 Our hearts are broken for our beloved Bondi community. Our love to our Jewish community and  everyone affected by this week's tragedies. Thank you to our surf clubs, our local police; for the beautiful music, tributes and words of peace spoken down at the Pavilion. Thanks to everyone who paddled and swam today, to show support and unity.  We have stood shoulder to shoulder. Everyone, here and across the world deserve to live in peace, free from fear. Friends, take care of each other! 💙🕊️🕯️💙
The Foreshore exhibition at Mosman Art Gallery is The Foreshore exhibition at Mosman Art Gallery is open over the summer. It includes unique seahorse sculptures in bronze and stainless steel. Their sale will support the @sydney_seahorse_project 
There's still a couple left! 
So come and be part of the #harbourrestoration story. 
Made in wax and cast in metal by @merranhughes 
The exhibition traces social, historical and the natural history of Mosman's foreshore. It includes seahorse photographs by local #citizenscientists in the harbour, and explains some of the harbour restoration projects, which make our harbour a more diverse and abundant habitat.

#sydneyweekend #sydneyweekender #whatsonsydney #mosman #whiteseahorse #seahorse #feelgoodstory #sydneyexhibition #contemporarysculpture #harbourrestore
No take sanctuaries are our greatest hope. Not jus No take sanctuaries are our greatest hope. Not just for the ocean, but for thriving life in the future.
So says David Attenborough. I'm with David! 😄💙 Thanks to @oceanimpactorg @npansw for bringing this the 30x30 protection message to Parliament today. No take sanctuaries for our kids, for everyone #oceanfilm #positiveaction #30x30protection #30x30 #nswmarinesanctuaryalliance
The evidence is in! Marine Sanctuaries give the oc The evidence is in! Marine Sanctuaries give the ocean a chance to recover. Fish stocks return, ecosystems strengthen, biodiversity flourishes. No-take protected marine sanctuaries = underwater national parks. 
#marinesanctuaries #saveoursanctuaries 
#nswmarinesanctuaryalliance #parsleybay 
#oceanwitness #oceanguardians #30x30 #realprotection @marineconservation.au @npansw @npassb2021
#AMCS is inviting our state parliamentarians to at #AMCS is inviting our state parliamentarians to attend a special screening of David Attenborough's film #Ocean. 
We ask you to use the QR code to invite your local representatives to attend this wonderful event. 
#Saveoursancturies #iseachange #marineconservation #loveourocean
#amcs #npa 
@minderoofoundation @silverback_films #OceanFilm #nswmarinesanctuaryalliance
#marinesanctuaries #oceanimpact @waverleycouncil #AIME  #marineconservation @marinediscoverycentre
Blue World is proud to be collaborating on the scr Blue World is proud to be collaborating on the screening of Ocean at Bondi Pavilion. David Attenborough shows us the success and importance of marine protected areas across the world: Awe-inspiring footage shows the ocean’s resilience and its remarkable ability to recover when protected, in turn benefiting local communities and wildlife. Through firsthand stories of ocean recovery, the film shows what a revived ocean could look like in just fifty years, to a glory not witnessed for centuries, and the actions needed to achieve this.
Thanks to Artesano Productions, working with Minderoo, Waverley Council; Will Jones, Brenden and Arthur from AIME mentoring
8 October at Bondi Pavilion
@minderoofoundation @silverback_films #OceanFilm #nswmarinesanctuaryalliance 
#marine sanctuaries #oceanimpact @waverleycouncil #AIME #npa #marineconservation @marinediscoverycentre
This gloomy octopus 🐙 was so powerfully curious This gloomy octopus 🐙 was so powerfully curious about our camera that she took the filming into her own arms. We had to insist she return the camera. 🤩 Such a beautiful interaction!  #oceanplay #newfriends  #octopusintelligence #cephalapodintelligence  #cephalopodyarns #bucketlistexperience
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