SEPTEMBER: AN INSIGHT INTO HUMPBACK WHALE BEHAVIOUR

Quincy Gibson is the 2007 project leader for PWF's Hervey Bay and Eden, Australia Humpback Whale Project and is passionate about these giants of the deep.  Quincy and her team will visit Kingfisher to share insights on the Humpback whales and whale behaviour in the Great Sandy Straits.

Tuesday 30th September,
7.30pm - 8.30pm
Meet in Reception, Centre Complex

Working on various research projects for the Pacific Whale Foundation, Quincy has been involved with a variety of marine programs aimed at educating the local, national and international public, from a scientific perspective, about the marine environment and the need for marine conservation. 

Quincy received her B.S. degree in both zoology and psychology in 2001 and her Ph.D. in biology in 2007.  Her dissertation research was focused on the development of social patterns in wild bottlenose dolphin calves in Shark Bay, Western Australia.

Quincy has also been involved in various marine mammal projects including human and vessel impact studies on spinner dolphins and humpback whales in the Hawaiian Islands and her developmental study of wild dolphins in Western Australia. 

AUGUST: A NIGHT IN CONCERT WITH YULY VERBITSKY

Russian-born Yuly Verbitsky's life-long love affair with music began at the age of six, when he started receiving instruction at the Stolyarsky Music School in Odessa, and later at the Ukranian State Conservatory.

Yuly continued developing his classical piano repertoire, first as a soloist at Yalta Philharmonic, and then as a concert artist at the State Concert Company in St Petersburg.  After moving to America in 1979, Yuly joined the music department of the famous Julliard School in New York City.

Saturday 16th August,
9.45am - 10.45am; 1.15pm - 2.15pm; 6.30pm - 7.30pm

Sunday 17th August
1.15pm - 2.15pm; 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Maheno Lounge, Centre Complex

Public Performances reman a vital part of his musical career and Yuly continues to perform in the New York / New Jersey metropolitan area incuding appearances at the Madison Chase Auditorium, Flemington Renaissance Plaza and Watchung Art Centre Beethoven Festival.

Join Yuly for a Musical Evening celebration in the stunning Centre Complex with music from Beethoven's Sonata 'Pathetique', No. 8 in C minor; Schumann's Traumerei; Schubert's Impromptu in G flat major, Op. 90, No 3; and Chopin's Nocturne No.2 in E flat minor.

AUGUST: BY JUPITER!  FRASER NIGHT SKY PERFECT FOR STAR GAZING

The Milky Way and Jupiter will come under ‘close observation’ at Kingfisher Bay Resort during a galactic gazing session with Astronomer Noeleen Lowndes and her high-powered Meade LX50 8inch Schmidt-Cassegrain computer driven telescope.

Mrs Lowndes, who visited the region earlier this year as part of NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Saturn Observation Campaign, will conduct a series of special night-time presentations on the largest of all the planets in the solar system, Jupiter, on Fraser Island in early August.

Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th August,
Evening Sessions from 7.30pm
Meet in Reception

“Jupiter is fascinating,” she said.  “It accounts for more than 70% of the mass of all the planets in the solar system, gives off more energy than it gets from the Sun, and has storms that are big enough to swallow up a few planet Earths and can last up to 340 years.”

Like the three other giant gas planets, Jupiter has a set of rings, which not too many people know. According to Noeleen Juptiters' rings are less than 30km thick and hard to see, compared to the magnificent rings of Saturn.

"As an added bonus our Kingfisher Bay star gazers will also have a first quarter Moon and the heart of the Milky Way will be right above our heads, so there will be lots of celestial objects to observe and discuss."