Overwintering Project

Overwintering Art Exhibition Burnie Drink your vegetables!

Turning surplus vegetables into a powder and This summer, the Burnie Regional Art Gallery is hosting a special exhibition focussing on the invites artists from Australia and New Zealand to research and respond to the unique nature of their local migratory shorebird habitat. Our Cradle Coast migratory shorebirds spend the warmer months of the year in crucial productive habitat on our shorelines and wetlands, and as the seasons change come May, they sense the shift towards cooler days and prepare to fly thousands of kilometres north to Alaska and Siberia to breed. And do you know the crazy thing? They then fly all the hemisphere starts to cool, to feed once more on Tasmanian shores during our summer. And they do this every year of their adult life.

The Overwintering Project –Held at the Burnie Regional Art Gallery 18 December 2020 - 6 February 2021.

For more information follow this link: www.burniearts.net/Whats-

drinking your vegetables may not only be for space travel, but in your kitchen sooner than you think.

This is an innovative way to stop food waste and help the environment. Nutri V, a new food manufacturing company, has been formed by leading vegetable grower Fresh Select, and Australia’s national science

Ruddy Turnstones, hand -coloured linocut, by Kit Hiller Site: Moorlands Beach near Devonport Tasmania

migratory shorebirds which travel to our beautiful island, Tasmania. The Overwintering Project is an environmental art project which

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Mapping Sanctuary exhibition

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Foodwaste costs the Australian economy $20 billion each year and about 20 per cent of all Australian-grown vegetables are wasted before reaching the shelves.

The products under development would minimise wastage by using the entire crop to make powders and purees with enhanced nutritional content thanks to CSIRO’s applications.

CSIRO scientist Dr Pablo Juliano said Nutri V was turning cutting-edge food science into products for all Australians to enjoy while making a difference for the planet.

“We’ve been able to apply our expertise in creating nutrient-dense foods with innovative techniques to tackle the challenge of converting what might otherwise be lowervalue crops into foods with enhanced nutritional profiles, ” Dr Juliano said.

For more information go to: www.csiro.au/en/News/Newsreleases/2020/A-spoonful-of-powder-helpsthe-vegetables-go-down

Spotting dragonflies

Summer is here and it is the perfect time to go and look for dragonflies and damselflies. There are 28 species in Tasmania and five dragonflies are endemic to our state. You can easily tell them apart since damselflies are usually smaller and more delicate than dragonflies and rest with their wings held together over their back, while dragonflies tend to rest with their wings spread apart.

Both damselflies and dragonflies are most commonly found near wetlands, as they lay their eggs in the water and their larval stage is entirely aquatic (and are often found in AusRivas aquatic invertebrate surveys), but adults may travel many kilometres from water. They are carnivorous and with almost 360degree vision and the ability to fly backwards as well as forwards at speeds of 25-35 km/h, they are some of the most efficient aerial predators in the insect world.

Some people believe that dragonflies can deliver a dangerous sting or bite, possibly due to their impressive size. But this is not true. Dragonflies are harmless to humans and we should enjoy their beauty while they are out and flying around.

Display planter box at 14 days post seeding. Blue-spotted Hawker (Adversaeschna brevistyla)

Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum), the most photographed dragonfly in Australia!

Electric vehicles are here!

Cradle Coast Authority staff Daryl Connelly, Spencer Gibbs, Carol Bracken, Iona Flett and Hannah Sadler with their sustainable transport.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) say that we need to reduce carbon emissions by 45% within the next 10 years to reduce the worst effects of climate change. This may seem daunting, but Tasmanians can take some simple steps to drastically reduce our current emissions.

You may have noticed electric vehicle charging points popping up across our region, like the new Electric Highways Tasmania fast charger on the Burnie foreshore. But do people actually own and drive electric vehicles in the Cradle Coast region?

DisplayWell aplanter boxt Cradle at 14 days post seedinCoast Authority g. we do. Three CCA staff are now proud electric vehicle owners.

Tasmanian grid electricity is almost 100% renewable through hydro and wind generated electricity and the state now has a new renewable energy target - 200% of current needs by 2040. So electric vehicles have no carbon emission coming from their exhaust pipe. Actually, electric vehicles don’t have exhaust pipes!

Cradle Coast Authority also has a public electric vehicle charging point in our carpark at 1-3 Spring Street, Burnie.

Are you ready to make the switch to an electric vehicle?

Visit the Australian Electric Vehicle Association for more information about owning and buying a EV: www.aeva.asn.au/

Electric Vehicles can be charged from home, but check out the Plugshare website or phone App for information on public chargers around Tasmania: www.plugshare.com/

Visit our website for more information about Cradle Coast Authority's electric vehicle charger: www.cradlecoast.com/cradlecoast-authority-hosts-electricvehicle-association-meeting-andlaunches-new-electric-vehiclecharger/

Cradle Coast Authority wishes you every happiness and joy this Christmas and throughout the coming year. Watch out for penguins crossing

Our office will be closed from 5pm Thursday 24 December 2020 and re-opening at 8.30am Monday 4 January 2021.

We look forward to keeping you up to date on all things NRM in our region in 2021.

Thanks to a great new initiative by Central Coast Council, truckies and drivers are now slowing down and on the look-out for penguins.

Display planter box at 14The Little Penguin swing on the coast days post seeding. breeding season . The birds leave is at in da full wn to feed at sea and return to their nests at dusk to either incubate eggs or feed their chicks, many of them in danger of being run over as they cross the road each morning and night.

We are lucky to have Little Penguins breeding on many of our coastal beaches. Please slow down from dusk to dawn and help protect these vulnerable birds.

If you want to learn more about Little Penguins, check out our online learning module: www.cradlecoast.com/online-learningpackages/

Wynyard High School Climate Awareness Day

Wynyard High School's student leadership organised a full day of workshops for their Climate Awareness Day on Wednesday 17 November, which encouraged the student body to think about their own carbon footprint.

Cradle Coast Authority NRM Engagement Officer Hannah Sadler joined in the Sustainable Transport workshop where students got to find out about and experience electric cars, skateboards and bikes and look at alternative energy in the Greening Australia mobile energy hub. Other workshops compared the life of plastic bottles that went to landfill versus being recycled, comparing carbon emissions in different foods and a response to a short film ‘Man vs Earth by Prince EA'.

The day was inspiring to be involved in and really well received by the student body and teachers. Congratulations Wynyard High School on a well organised and insightful day on such an important topic - acknowledging all of our responsibility to act on climate change.

Whats news?

Above: Hannah talking to students about Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Left: Students comparing the carbon emissions of different food products

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Native tube-stock sale

The Overwintering Project Mapping Sanctuary Half price plant sale at Oldina Nursery Contact Jim McLeod for more information 0417 391 417

Burnie Regional Art Gallery. An environmental art project showing the unique nature of their local migratory shorebird habitat.

Visit www.burnie.net/Explore/Arts-and-Culture/BurnieRegional-Art-Gallery-Exhibitions/2020/TheOverwintering-Project-Mapping-Sanctuary for more information. 28 November 4 December 2020

18 December 2020 6 February 2021

BirdLife Tasmania Northern Wader Forum Held at Tamar Function Centre - 1 Windsor Drive, Riverside, Tas 7250.

For everyone interested in migrant waders visiting Tasmania in our summer from the northern hemisphere. All members and visitors welcome. For more information contact tasmania@birdlife.org.au 7pm 15 January 2021

BirdLife Tasmania wader outing Bridport. 16 January 2021 Meet at Bridport to put new-found skills to the test, identifying and counting waders. Wader outing follows Northern Wader Forum. For more information Weeds Action Fund - large grant round Register interest online via www.nrmnorth.org.au/land/weeds-actionfund/register-your-interest/ or call NRM Engagement Officer Hannah Sadler 03 6433 8400. Autumn 2021 contact tasmania@birdlife.org.au Events Where? Where? Wedgie! 2021 Sign up for WWW news here: 14-16 May and www.naturetrackers.com.au/indexWWW.php 8-30 May 2021

1-3 Spring St, Burnie, Tasmania, 7320 03 6433 8400 www.cradlecoast.com www.facebook.com/CradleCoastNRM/