{"id":17476,"date":"2013-09-20T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/artists-set-sail-to-catch-the-colorful-killers\/"},"modified":"2013-09-20T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T09:21:00","slug":"artists-set-sail-to-catch-the-colorful-killers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/09\/artists-set-sail-to-catch-the-colorful-killers\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists Set Sail to Catch the ‘Colorful Killers’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Internationally renowned flautist and passionate anti-plastic pollution campaigner Jane Rutter\u00a0has launched a unique Manly Arts Festival event designed to highlight the looming problem of marine plastics.<\/span><\/span>

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“If you love the ocean, if you love the environment, if you love art, if you love music, please give up just\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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one piece of disposable plastic a day,”Ms Rutter said.”More than 50% of the world’s disposable plastic ends up in the ocean and we can’t sustain it.”<\/span><\/div>\n
From September 19-22 and 27-29, eleven well-known Manly artists will join the crew of the East Coast Odyssey Expedition on board their tall ship Yukon to create their own special depiction of the issue.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Guests are invited on half-day cruises to watch the artists create, ask questions, learn about the ocean from the crew and sail the Yukon, an 80 year-old Danish ketch.<\/span><\/div>\n
The East Coast Odyssey is the first expedition of its kind to tackle insidious micro-plastics in Australian waters with the crew collecting vital data en route from Hobart along Australia’s east coast.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Katherine Roberts, Manly Arts Festival coordinator, said the festival was delighted to be involved with the mission to ‘catch the colourful killers’, the millions of multi-coloured plastic remnants killing marine wildlife and poisoning seafood at an alarming rate.<\/span><\/div>\n

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“The Manly Arts Festival has a focus on the conservation of our natural environment, so it is most fitting that we join forces and support the team on the Yukon on their important and historic mission to gather data on plastic pollution,” Ms Roberts said.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The Yukon will be taking half-day cruises until October 8, including during the International Naval Review. Guests can board from Quarantine Station Wharf.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Manly Arts Festival Half-day cruises can be purchased online here:\u00a0http:\/\/wildiaries.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Or at the Manly Kayak Centre – 1300 529 257\u00a0sales@manlykayakcentre.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a01\/40 East Esplanade, Manly NSW 2095<\/span><\/div>\n

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MANLY ARTS FESTIVAL & EAST COAST ODYSSEY SCHEDULE<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Thurs Sep 19th\u00a0\u00a0 8-12 AM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rachel Carroll \/ Fiona Verity<\/span><\/div>\n
Fri Sep 20th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2-6 PM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Wiggs<\/span><\/div>\n
Sat Sep 21st\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-5 PM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jessica Watts<\/span><\/div>\n
Sun Sep 22nd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8-12 AM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cade Turner<\/span><\/div>\n
Sun Sep 22nd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2-6 PM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alicia Poppett<\/span><\/div>\n
[Yukon sets sail for 4 days out of Sydney]<\/span><\/div>\n
Fri Sep 27th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8-12 AM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andrew LO<\/span><\/div>\n
Sat Sep 28th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8-12 AM,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Julia Sample<\/span><\/div>\n
Sat Sep 28th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2-6 PM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leesa Knight<\/span><\/div>\n
Sun Sep 29th\u00a0\u00a0 8-12 AM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leonel Sanchez<\/span><\/div>\n
Sun Sep 29th\u00a0\u00a0 1-5 PM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shona Wilson<\/span><\/div>\n

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Additional cruise opportunities from Sep 30th onwards (see East Coast Odyssey website)\u00a0http:\/\/eastcoastodyssey.wildiaries.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Internationally renowned flautist and passionate anti-plastic pollution campaigner Jane Rutter\u00a0has launched a unique Manly Arts Festival event designed to highlight the looming problem of marine plastics. “If you love the ocean, if you love the environment, if you love art, if you love music, please give up just\u00a0 one piece of disposable plastic a day,”Ms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}