COVERAGE
Mission Blue
EDUCATING AND INSPIRING A NEW WAVE OF OCEAN ADVOCATES AT THE VOLVO OCEAN LOVERS FESTIVAL
The multi-day festival is an annual celebration of art, music and ideas that showcase some of the latest science, technology and innovations for helping the ocean.
BONDI PATROL
Sydney Coast Hope Spot
Bondi Patrol Podcast: Episode 14: Anita Kolni, Founder, Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival
TRACKS
Meet the creative team behind Sine at the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival.
"(At the Ocean Lovers Festival) You can literally dive into ocean restoration projects like a live Crayweed Forest and Living Seawall tile display at Icebergs Pool or drive a drone under the surface at Bondi and hear from marine experts."
GREEN + SIMPLE
Going, going gone: your chance to bid on 15 awesome ocean prints for charity
"The online auction is the main fundraiser for the inaugural Bondi Ocean Lovers Festival, which opens with activities in and around Bondi Beach this week."
The Sydney Morning Herald
One person's trash is artist Marina DeBris eye-catching "trashion"
Marina DeBris thinks there is no better time for the festival's urgent message of conservation. "The time is now. We have run amok really in so many ways towards the environment and ultimately towards ourselves. If we don't get serious about it, we're facing a huge potential collapse."
WHAT'S ON CITY OF SYDNEY
OCEAN LOVERS FESTIVAL 2023
"A festival jam packed with free activities the whole family can enjoy while making waves for the ocean and supporting an increasingly important initiative."
COSMOS
Eminent Scientist calls for immediate halt to deep seabed mining plans.
"Speaking at the annual Blue Solutions Summit in Sydney, United Nations scientist Dr Sandor Mulsow, a marine biogeochemist and expert in deep seabed mining, said: “…explore to protect first.”".
The Sun-Herald
Timid Sharks are Almost out for the Count.
Urban List
Ocean Lovers Festival Spotlight
The Ocean Lovers Festival will celebrate everything to do with our ocean and will focus on solutions to ocean recovery, cool products and ideas for everyday living as an ocean lover.
Scuba Diver Magazine
PT Hirschfield soaks up the ocean themed festivities
Offering a programme filled with speakers, films, market stalls, live music, exhibitions and ocean-centric actions.
BROADSHEET
"Summer might be over, but that doesn’t mean the end of trips to the beach."
Introducing Bondi’s Ocean Lover’s Festival, an excerpt from Broadsheet.
THE MUSIC
"LIVE MUSIC RETURNING TO BONDI."
"Marking the first major outdoor music event at Bondi since lockdown, Ocean Lovers Festival will take over the iconic beach next week."
GREEN + SIMPLE
12-YEAR-OLD DESIGNERS DISRUPTING SUSTAINABLE SWIM
"It was an afternoon of expert commentary on how we have some much to learn about solving the climate crisis via researching the 95 per cent of our oceans which are yet to be explored."
STUDIO 10
FASHIONABLE TRASH
"Stevie gets a preview into the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival."
WAVERLY NEWSLETTER
OCEAN LOVERS FESTIVAL
"Come be a part of the fun while you get some science in your swimmers to better understand and care for the ocean."
Channel 7
Channel 7 News Spotlight on Underwater Earth Exhibition
Channel 7
Grab Your Swimmers And Sunnies, An Ocean Lovers Music Festival Is Headed to Bondi
Surf right on up to the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival. An ocean inspired festival of free entertainment including art, live music, talks, markets, workshops, yoga and more.
Bondi Icebergs
Big Problems Call for Big Actions
The Guardian
From sunrise yoga to science talks: the Ocean Lovers Festival
Interested in some climate science along with your summer swims? Join a cultural and scientific ocean celebration at Bondi Beach
ABC Big Ideas
Let's turn a Third of our oceans into marine parks — a good idea?
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AUSTRALIAN
PHOTOGRAPHY
Going, going gone: your chance to bid on 15 awesome ocean prints for charity
"The online auction is the main fundraiser for the inaugural Bondi Ocean Lovers Festival, which opens with activities in and around Bondi Beach this week."
FORBES
It’s No Joke: Australia’s Grey Nurse Sharks Are In Grave Danger
"Volvo’s Ocean Lover’s Festival in Sydney recently saw a census of grey nurse sharks throughout their known range in the eastern part of Australia. Led by Taylor and Captain Gordon Scott, both were disheartened when less than 300 individuals were ID-ed."
THE FIFTH ESTATE
Ten fantastic facts from the Ocean Lovers Festival 2023
"Thousands of people experienced the Festival, learned about ocean opportunities and challenges, and engaged with speakers, performers and exhibits – from ‘Sustainable Seafood’ with Neil Perry to ‘Sharks – Good, Bad or Ugly?’ with Valerie Taylor."
WHAT'S ON SYDNEY
Bondi Ocean Lovers Festival - John Dahlsen 20 Year Retrospective Review
"The inaugural Bondi Ocean Lovers Festival is around the corner (from April 11th – 14th); where a plethora of events are celebrating our oceans with solutions to ocean recovery, cool products, and ideas on how we can all live as Ocean lovers not destroyers."
Channel 7
It's Downward Dog Before Heat Goes Up
"Beating the heat yesterday were more than 200 people of all ages and abilities trying a sandy session with BodyMindLife, part of the third Ocean Lovers Festival".
Channel 7
Ironwoman Tilts Her Cap At Record
The four-day festival about the ocean and its conservation, which starts on Thursday, is a chance for people to see "beneath the surface" of what is happening to the environment.
Bondi Icebergs
Big Problems Call for Big Actions