Hobart Observer AUGUST 2022 17
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TasPorts supports use of Hobart waterfront AFTER launching its Community Grant Program in early 2022, TasPorts has been offering grants up to $5,000 to local projects, initiatives and events that benefit local communities surrounding Tasmanian commercial and community ports. As TasPorts’ largest community asset, the Hobart waterfront hosts many large events every year, and TasPorts is there to support them. Hobart-based youth
dance company DRILL was awarded in-kind support to present its upcoming performance ‘dissolving labels’ at MAC 02, TasPorts’ premier event venue. DRILL General Manager Cathryn Williams said there was no way it could afford to perform in a space like MAC 02 without the support. “We were really interested in the space for this particular performance, so we decided to make a hire
enquiry,” she said. “Straight away, TasPorts made us aware of the Community Grant Program it was launching, and the rest of the process was seamless.” This winter saw a number of festivals return to Hobart’s waterfront including the iconic Festival of Voices, which received an inkind grant from TasPorts for operational and marketing support for its 2022 program. In August, the biennial
Australian Antarctic Festival will also return for a five-day program of exhibitions, tours, displays and lectures. Over the duration of the festival, 8,000 Adélie penguins, painted by Australian and International school children from 150 schools, will be displayed at MAC 02 in a giant penguin rookery. “Thanks to TasPorts’ Community Grant Program, the everpopular penguin rookery will return for this year’s
AFTER two years disrupted by the pandemic, event directors have their “penguins lined up in a row” and are set to deliver a packed program of science and discovery at next month’s Australian Antarctic Festival in Hobart. Co-directed by Mawson’s Huts Foundation CEO Greg Carter and local events stalwart Andrew Brassington, the reemerging Australian Antarctic Festival aims to showcase Tasmania’s contribution to Antarctic exploration and discovery and Hobart’s status as a leading Antarctic Gateway City. The Mawson’s Huts Foundation will partner with the Australian Antarctic Division, CSIRO, the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, the Tasmanian
Government’s Antarctic Tasmania, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TasPorts and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to deliver the one-of-a-kind festival across five days, from 2428 August. Displays will be scattered across the Hobart waterfront for the duration of the festival, with the main exhibition taking place in Princes Wharf No. 1. “The Australian Antarctic Festival has been designed to engage all,” Australian Antarctic Festival media manager Daryl Peebles said. “With exhibitions ranging from highly academic through to family-friendly, the festival aims to give the public an insight into what happens when our expeditioners disappear over the horizon and
head down south to the Antarctic. “Tasmania currently holds the largest concentration of Antarctic scientists in the world. “We have a big proliferation of supported activities here in Tasmania, making it the ideal place for anyone interested in the Antarctic to come.” School groups will visit on the first two days of the Australian Antarctic Festival, learning about Antarctic exploration history and the valuable work done by contemporary expeditioners. “As soon as the word was out, schools from across the south fully subscribed,” Mr Peebles said. “Many students will come and admire their hand-painted penguins that will be included in the ever-popular ‘penguin
rookery’. “In Macquarie Wharf No. 2 school children and festival visitors alike will be greeted by several thousand penguins painted by children from as close as Albuera Street Primary School to as distant as regions in Europe.” For students living in regional areas, the Mawson’s Huts Foundation’s Mobile Antarctic Classroom will be touring from 8 August. “The mobile classroom will enable school children who may not have the opportunity to visit the festival to have access to a condensed display,” Mr Peebles said. The 2022 Australian Antarctic Festival will run from 24-28 August on Hobart’s waterfront. Entry is free. For more information, visit www. mawsons-huts.org.au/ antarctic-festival
festival,” Australian Antarctic Festival media manager Daryl Peebles said. “School children and festival visitors alike will be greeted by thousands of penguins drawn by children from as close as Albuera Street Primary School to as distant as regions in Europe.” TasPorts’ Community Grant Program also provided funding to Sprout Tasmania to assist with its first online Cross-Pollinate forum, which explored
changing perspectives for the agricultural community in Tasmania, both on the farm and in business. As facilitators of Tasmania’s exports, TasPorts supports initiatives to contribute to increased resilience and opportunity in the agriculture industry. Across the first two grant rounds of 2022, TasPorts has awarded $50,000 in funding and $15,000 of inkind support to 13 organisations to support a variety of projects
across Tasmania. TasPorts Group Executive Kate Dean said the organisation had a long and proud history of supporting community events and initiatives across Tasmania. “Our organisation is proud to play a major role in contributing to the Tasmanian economy, and each year supports a number of initiatives and events that benefit the communities located near our port operations,” she said.
Frozen festival back with a blast
Real penguins (left) and the ‘penguin rookery’ painted by school children last year
The dog sled team in full flight at a previous Australian Antarctic Festival
Your opportunity to look over the horizon and see what we do in Antarctica.
