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OCEAN LOVERS
WORSHOPS

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2025 Program Coming Soon
 

The Ocean Lab Workshops are a selection of family-friendly hands-on workshops for all ages! From sea creature painting and origami whale making to freediving and mindfulness more, there really is something for everyone. 

Beach Parasols

2024 PROGRAM

FOR KIDS

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GHOST NET SCULPTURES
Ocean Lab Marquee
Saturday and Sunday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
 
Join the Australian National Maritime Museum crew and decorate your own turtle to contribute to a community ghost net sculpture that will be created across the festival using marine debris collected from local beaches.  
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SPOT A SHARK
Ocean Lab Marquee
Saturday and Sunday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
 
Dive into our Spot-A-Shark Station. Spot Norman, the Grey Nurse Shark, in a fin-tastic matching game, colour shark pictures, and unleash your inner marine scientist. Discover more about these sharks and how you can contribute to their conservation!

FOR ADULTS

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Paint And Splash
Wednesday 20 March
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Bondi Liquor Co., Bondi

On March 20, dive in to an immersive painting experience with local artist, Han Renshaw in an ocean themed 'Paint and Splash' night, at the Hip Bondi Liquor Co. 
 
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HEALING WITH WATER AND SOUND
Saturday 23 March
1:00 - 2:15 pm
Seagull Room

Join Sarah Routhier in this unique 1 hour workshop where you can immerse yourself in the serene rhythms and allow yourself to rest into a flow state, wash away stress and leave feeling deeply connected to inner peace.
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IMMERSIA FREEDIVING TASTER
Sunday 24 March
9:00am - 1:00 pm
North Bondi
 
Come try the Immersia Free Diving taster course at the 2024 Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival.
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MERMAID DESIGN
Saturday & Sunday 23-24 March
Multiple Times
Located at the Han Art Market Stall

Flutter your fins, slap your tail and come along for a mer-mesmerising art workshop, at the Volvo Ocean Lovers festival. Over the course of the weekend, Han Art will be running four splash-tacular life drawing workshops where you will get to meet and draw the amazing Lizmania, The Bondi Mermaid. 
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HYPNOTIC WORKSHOP
Saturday 23 March
9:00-10:30 am
Seagull Room
 
Join Master Hypnotist Michelle Boyde for this 90 minute hypnotic journey that will leave you in an empowered subconscious state, expanding what you believe is truly possible for you and the impact you can have on the world!
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MIND HACK WORKSHOP
Saturday 23 March 
2:45 - 3:45 pm
Seagull Room

Join Master Hypnotist Michelle Boyde to explore the paradox of how knowledge becomes a substitute for action and discover how to get yourself unstuck and how to move into action.
 
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CANCELLING THE NOISE
Saturday 24 March
11:30am - 12:30 pm
Seagull Room

 Come along to this free workshop and learn some valuable breathing techniques that can be applied both underwater and in everyday life.
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