Saltmarsh Discovery Tours
Don’t miss your chance to take a guided walk in the saltmarsh with local Landscape Officer Barbara Murphy!
If you’re looking for something fun and educational to do with the kids these school holidays, make sure you book in to take part in this free family-friendly educational outdoor activity presented as part of Cuttlefest 2021.
Have you ever seen the Haswell’s Shore Crab in his marsh burrow?
Did you know that juvenile fish swim up tidal creeks on spring tides to feed on shore crab larvae?
What is a spring tide anyway?
Learn all about Temperate Coastal Saltmarshes, why this ecological community has a ‘nationally threatened’ status and what the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board is doing to help.
You will leave with a better understanding of this important ecosystem that forms a vital link between our land and oceans and is a driver of food webs that feed marine life including our cuttlefish.
Attendees receive a free ‘Samphires of the Eyre Peninsula’ plant identification book and will be able to use this on the walk and on their own forays to identify some of the fascinating salt tolerant samphire plants found growing in our local saltmarshes.
When:
Friday 9 July at 11:00am; Tuesday 12 July at 11:00am
Where:
Cowleds Landing Sanctuary Zone (Eight Mile Creek)
Directions:
Eight-Mile Creek Beach is 12km from Whyalla, travel via Mullaquana Road and turn off to the coast at the end of the bitumen.
The dirt road is suitable for two-wheel drive vehicles.
Meet your guide at the Sanctuary Zone sign in the car park area.
Other info:
This is a family friendly event and participants can get their Children’s University Passports stamped.
Wear shoes suitable for walking, bring a hat, sunscreen and water. And please leave pets at home.
For more information or questions phone Barbara Murphy on 0427 188 546
Book your FREE tickets here https://bit.ly/3xpz3tY