2015

9am – 3pm Hubbub Sound Playground, presented by WICETHubbub’s sound playground offers a conglomeration of weird and wacky musical contraptions made to be hit. The instruments are primarily made from recycled materials and include tuned mag wheels and swimming pool filters and a polypipe thongaphone producing Funky 70s bass lines. With mallets made from dog toys, boogie boards, bath plugs and roller skate wheels, we invite anyone to make musical mayhem on this funky interactive percussion installation. Come and join the jam ...

9am – 3pm Marimbas on the MoveA marimba is wooden xylophone with piped, buzzing resonators under the keys or tone bars to create more volume. It is a delightfully melodic percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a diatonic scale (all the white notes on a piano) and is played with small mallets or beaters. The marimba is a very accessible instrument for people of all ages and regardless of any prior musical experience. The marimbas are all made out of recycled materials.

9am – 3pm Recycled Art, presented by BunningsBring along a bag of clean recycled drink bottles and other bits and pieces and join in with the Bunnings crew to create great works of art, perhaps a bird feeder or flowerpot? There’s great prizes on offer for the best and most creative.

9am – 3pm Face paintingHave your face painted by the fairies from Fantasy Faces.

9am - 3pm Ecofest tattoosCome and have our very own Ecofest tattoo applied by some very special fairies.

9am – 3pm GreenscenesMake your way up to the Visitors Centre Gallery Area to view this year’s local amateur and professional filmmaker’s environmental short films. This unique form of environmental education is a credit to our local filmmakers and is proudly coordinated by Gladstone Arts Council.

Activities, Animals & PresentationsGladstone District Wildlife Carers AssociationCome and meet the team as they “show and tell” their animals in care. There will be animal feedings throughout the day.

Australian Animal Care and Education Inc.Returning yet again to Ecofest this year are the loveable Southern Hairy Nosed Wombats and other surprise animal friends. Call into their tent and meet Tina and her native friends.

Go Wild Reptiles (Emergency Risk Management, Qld)

Go Wild Reptiles is back this year with more animals, more fun and education. They will conduct three 30 minute demonstrations at 10am, 12pm and 2pm.

Benaraby Plant Farm Ion Daetz will answer all your questions on container gardening. Workshops throughout the day.

Harbour Watch community barge tours, supported by Gladstone Ports Corporation & Australia Pacific LNG

Participants will view the growth of the Gladstone Harbour and gain an understanding of what our local students are learning through the Port Curtis Harbour Watch program, a school and community based program that monitors marine and estuarine waters. Tours will leave from Curtis Ferry Terminal at 10am and 12.30pm. Please register on line at www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/ecofest to secure your spot. There is a free bus service running from the Terminal to the Ecofest site.

Woman’s Look at Camping and CookingCome and meet Julie Bishop and Regina Jones and let them teach you about hassle free camping holidays. Watch while they demonstrate yummy camp food cooking and ask them about their outback adventures. Handy hints and demonstrations will feature throughout the day.

Other Activities & Displays8am - Ecofest Trail Run – Gladstone Road RunnersRegister on the day for an 8am start. For all runners and fitness levels, there will be a 3km and 10km run, even walkers are welcome. Entry is $5.

9am – 3pm Rock climbing wallJoin the fun, and try to reach the top of this Rock climbing wall. It will challenge your strength and agility.

9am – 3pm Mega SlideKids have fun and get fit.

9am – 3pm Littlies bouncy castleKids have fun and get fit on a small castle suitable for those aged three and under.

10am – 11am Tondoon Botanic Gardens TourJoin Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens Curator Brent Braddick on a walking tour of the Gardens’ Prime Display, showcasing plants from the Port Curtis Region as well as from Tropical North Queensland. Please meet Brent at the Visitor Information Centre, next to the cafe to start the tour.

9am – 3pm Tondoon Botanic Gardens DisplayLinking their display to the Ecofest 2015 theme, “Grown in Gladstone”, please join the Tondoon Botanic Gardens staff and volunteers at their stall. You will find local native plants for sale, native plant cleaning products and jams, and a vertical garden created from native succulents and ferns. Children can enter the ‘recycling competition’ in which ‘successful recyclers’ will receive a ‘growing bookmark’ and have the chance to win a worm compost kit valued at more than $100. Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens Curator Brent Braddick will be available to discuss native plants with Ecofest-goers as well. There will also be a weeds display to help residents identify those commonly found in the region.

ALL ECOFEST ACTIVITIES ARE FREE AND WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE DURATION OF THE ENTIRE EVENT

ECOfun Zone

“Grown in Gladstone”

Calliope Garden Club - mini workshops10am & 12pm Tilly Talk (growing healthy

Tillandsia – air plants)

10.30 & 12.30pm Get Potting (potting and repotting healthy orchids)

11am & 1pm Caring for your Adeniums (Desert Roses)

11.30 & 1.30pm General gardening hints and tips!

Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens

Sunday, May 31 9am - 3pm

Ecofest bagsWhere are you going to store all of your Ecofest goodies? In a reusable Ecofest bag found at the Information Stand. The information stand is located near the entrance to all the exhibitors and manned by Volunteers from the GAPDL. Please Note: There is a limit of 1000 bags available on the day.

Locally sourced materials workshop, presented by RADF and the GRAGMJoin award-winning professional artist Simone Eisler for creative sessions during the day - make collages using items you find on the ground in the gardens. The family-friendly activity will be stationed near the Arboretum. The project is supported by the Gladstone Region Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), which is a Queensland Government and Gladstone Regional Council partnership program to support local arts and culture.

Audience surveyDon’t forget to fill in the Audience Survey, located at our sponsors sites and also at the front gate, for your chance to win a great prize hamper, worth more than $300. Prize drawn at 1.50pm on the main stage.

Don’t Dump in My BackyardVisit Council’s interactive display and be part of our ‘Don’t Dump in My Backyard’ campaign. Sort the rubbish correctly for your chance to take home some eco-friendly prize. We’ll be giving away car litter bags and cool ‘seedstick’ bookmarks too!

Creative Recycling Test your plaiting skills and be part of a local project to make Australia’s biggest recycled rag rug. The Gladstone Creative Recycling Centre and Midday Rotary will have stations set up for festival-goers to make some of the rag rug.

GREANhouse Tent stage program9am Paul Groves (GBRMPA Coastal Ecosystems Project Officer)

- How changes on the land are affecting the Great Barrier Reef

9.45am Gladstone Region Mayor Gail Sellers - Official opening

10am Jerry Coleby-Williams (TV gardening celebrity) - 21st Century Cottage Gardening

11am Lawrie Smith AM (Landscape Architect) - Design with nature, using native plants to create a uniquely Australian garden

11.50pm Native Plants Bursary Award followed by the announcement of the Don’t Dump in My Backyard song competition winner.

12pm Nicole Connolly, The Whole Foodie (Integrative Nutrition Health Coach) - A Taste of Gladstone cooking demonstration using locally sourced produce

12.50pm GreenScenes - Environmental Short Film Festival presentations supported by Gladstone Arts Council

12.55pm Presentation of Gold sponsors

1pm Jerry Coleby-Williams - Creating and maintaining a sustainable house and garden and turning a grand vision into a domestic reality

1.40pm Trent Attard (WICET Environment Manager) - A brief presentation about WICET’s environmental management systems followed by the announcement of winners for the audience survey and the Calliope Garden Club raffle

2pm Kurt Heidecker (Gladstone Industry Leadership Group CEO) - An overview of the development of major industrial facilities in Gladstone

2.30pm Stacey Curcio (Naturopath) - The health benefits of local food and Q & A to follow

Ride the free bus and be in the running to win two nights’ accommodation on Heron Island, twin share in a Reef Room with breakfast daily and return launch transfers. Valued at more than $1500. Prize winner will be contacted and announced on Council’s Facebook page on Tuesday, June 2. Please Note: Prize is non-transferable, non-exchangeable and non-redeemable for cash.

To reduce the environmental footprint, a FREE bus service will operate on the day. The first bus departs from Curtis Ferry Terminal, Alf O’Rourke Drive at 10am with regular services throughout the day. The final bus departs Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens at 3.15pm. For full bus timetable and departure points visit www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/ecofest

Jerry Coleby-Williams Gardening Australia presenter

Lawrie Smith Landscape Architect

Kurt Heidecker CEO of the Gladstone Industry Leadership Group

Nicole Connolly The Whole Foodie

Paul Groves Coastal Ecosystems Project Officer

Stacey Curcio Gladstone Holistic Health

Meet our Special Guests

WINa holiday for 2 to Heron Island

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FREE car parking beside Tondoon Botanic Gardens. $2 car parking at Meteors Sports Club.

Visit www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/ecofest for full program details.