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Home>Tourism >Portland >Portland Upwelling Festival 2009
31 October 2009 (9am - 7pm)
Portland Foreshore will come alive and 'well up' with excitement with this new festival concept - celebrating the unique features of our beautiful coastal town.
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| A community celebration of the Bonney Upwelling
Portland Forehsore will come alive and 'well up' with excitement with this new festival concept - celebrating the unique features of our beautiful coastal town.
The Portland Tourist Association, in partnership with the Glenelg Shire Council, have reinvigorated and revitalised the Festival with a new vision based on the Bonney Upwelling.
The Bonney Upwelling is the epic natural ocean occurrence that powers a seven month (November to May) feeding frenzy of tuna, crayfish, giant crabs, squid, fish, seabirds, seals, krill and blue whales. An incredibly rich ecological food web, the Upwelling is at its greatest off the coast of Portland and is the cornerstone of our lucrative local fishing and tourism industry. The Endangered blue whale is the signature species of the Bonney Upwelling.
Program of Events
All day Upwelling markets Foreshore
9.00am Blessing of the Fishing Fleet Trawler Wharf
10.00am Upwelling Street Parade Bentinck St
10.45am to 6.00pm Local entertainment on two stages – The Pod & The Shelf Bentinck St lawns
12.00pm to 5.00pm Marine Environment talks Yacht Club
4.00pm Relay for Life ‘Duck Derby’ Marina
6.00pm to 7.00pm 50s guitar surf rock band ‘Johnnie and the Johnnie Johnnies’ The Shelf
Highlight
AMAZING ART INSTALLATION – FIVE BLUE WHALES IN DIFFERENT ART MEDIUMS – Henty Beach
For updates on the Five Whales project click here: The Regional Arts Victoria Webpage 'FIVE WHALES PROJECT Portland - on track for Saturday'
Off Site events
All day Mission to Seafarers open house and art exhibition by Bob Stone
All day Upwelling Exhibition, Portland Bay Press, 21 Julia St
10.00am to 3.00pm Portland’s 'historical' Customs House Museum
12.00pm to 6.00pm Cape Nelson Lighthouse Tours – $15 adult/ $10 children – bus departs from Yacht Club car park
1.00pm to 5.00pm ‘Waves and Whales’ – local surf films and whale documentaries presented by the Portland Film Society, Portland Arts Centre – gold coin donation
6.30pm ‘Whale Dreaming’ Exhibition opening night at Tea Tree Gallery, Percy St
All weekend Crochet Coral Exhibition by Trevor Smith, Lifeline Op Shop, 57 Bentinck St
All weekend Rotary Art Show and Sale, Civic Hall
Sunday 1 November Coastal Real Estate Three Bays Marathon
LOCATION: Portland Foreshore
CONTACT NAME: Susie Lyons PHONE: 5522 2347
EMAIL: slyons@glenelg.vic.gov.au
WEB: www.glenelg.vic.gov.au
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