Upcoming & Ongoing
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About Our Expeditions
Community science, in the water, all year round
Every expedition we run does the same fundamental thing: puts people in the reserve, records what lives there, and adds it to a growing public dataset. What changes is the focus — fish, seabirds, whole-of-reef, or the international events we take part in.
Some run monthly. Some happen once a year. All of them are free, and none of them require prior experience — training and briefings are provided on the day.
You don’t need to be an expert. You need a mask, a camera, and the willingness to show up.
The Calendar
Every expedition we run
Monthly
1st Monday
Cook Island Ocean Health Expedition
Our flagship monthly survey — building a living photographic record of the reserve, twelve times a year.
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22–23
October 2026
BirdLife Australia Seabird Survey
A two-day boat-based seabird count, run with BirdLife Australia as part of the Aussie Bird Count.
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27–30
November 2026
Great Southern BioBlitz
Four days recording every species we can find, as part of the hemisphere-wide spring bioblitz.
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21
November 2026
World Fisheries Day
A single focused day surveying and photographing the reef fish that make this reserve so diverse.
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March
2027
SeaWeek 2027
Five expeditions across one week, run with the Australian Association for Environmental Education.
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8
June 2027
World Oceans Day
A morning survey and an afternoon of community celebration, awards and the annual Ocean Report Card.
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Get Involved
Not sure which one to start with?
The monthly Ocean Health Expedition is the easiest entry point — it runs the first Sunday of every month and takes all comers. Get in touch and we’ll point you to the right one.