LEIGH MARINE RESERVE: EXPLORE THE UNDERWATER WORLD
Sunday 14 March 2010 - Celebrate Sea Week (7-14 March)
Make your own way to Goat Island, and meet for a 1.00pm start under the big Pohutukawa tree at the bottom left of the staircase which lead down to the Goat Island beach. We will explore the rocky pools and confident swimmers will be able to snorkel if the weather is good. Tony and Jenny Enderby, well-known marine advocates who have written often for F&B magazine about the marine reserve, will guide theses activities.
Learn about marine reserves. Celebrate that Goat Island was NZ's first marine reserve, and see how successful it has become.
You will need to bring warm clothes, sturdy shoes, flippers and/or sand shoes, togs, towel, mask and snorkel and/or swimming goggles, a hat and sunscreen. And drinks and snacks.
There will be a small charge per person for snorkel hire and guiding.
All welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult please.
Book with Siobhan by email: siobhanlatham@xtra.co.nz and please say whether you are a member or not. If bookings are limited, preference will go to members - at the discretion of the person taking bookings.
