Southern Port Phillip
As you leave or return to Sorrento, it's hard to realise that Southern Port Phillip is really a giant sandbank with narrow channels that allow vessels to navigate. The map…
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Caring for our dolphins and bays
Our dolphins share their home with 5 million people. A future with this growing to 8 million by 2050, added to the extremes of a changing climate, will threaten the future of all our marine treasures.
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There are no short-term, simple fixes. We need decades of leadership, innovation and action. This is why supporting the Dolphin Research Institute with a proven record of achieving outcomes, is so important.
Since 1991 we have worked with the community and government to protect our dolphins, whales and remarkable bays. Five thousand young coastal leaders are testament to our award-winning ‘i sea, i care‘ School Ambassador Program. You can trust us to have an impact.
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Australia’s very own International Marine Superstar!
Australia’s very own International Marine Superstar!
Weedy Seadragon - Victoria’s Marine Faunal Emblem All of Australia’s living marine treasures are special - but there is a very special resident found only in southern Australian waters. This…
PORT PHILLIP HEADS & POINT NEPEAN MARINE NATIONAL PARK
PORT PHILLIP HEADS & POINT NEPEAN MARINE NATIONAL PARK
Port Phillip Heads is the remarkable opening to Port Phillip where ships and incredible volumes of water pass in and out of the bay. Peak of tidal flows over 7…
Protecting Dolphins – Ticonderoga Sanctuary
Protecting Dolphins – Ticonderoga Sanctuary
Protecting our bay's dolphins takes requires understanding the risks through research and delivering change through education and working with the community and government. This is what the Dolphin Research Institute…
Portsea Hole
Portsea Hole
About 500m out from Portsea Pier is a deep underwater canyon called Portsea Hole. It is a mecca for divers, with a giant wall dropping from the surrounding seabed of…
Chilling on Chinamans Hat
Chilling on Chinamans Hat
Australian fur seals can be found sunning themselves around Port Phillip; especially popular are places like Chinamans Hat, Popes Eyes and other structures and buoys. Occasionally they will come ashore…
