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MDC welcomes generous donation from Dick Smith The Marine Discovery Centre has recently received a donation from well known Australian philanthropist Dick Smith.
Dick Smith heard about the Centre whilst at the Hobart Wooden Boat Festival in February. Our skipper Tim Nossiter was at the Festival with the Centre’s RV Penghana. Peter Van Der Woude, the owner of the Clean Lift Marine Complex in Hobart (where Tim slips the Penghana) ‘put in a good word’ about the Centre to Mr Smith. Dick Smith’s donation has enabled the MDC to purchase a new plankton net for the Penghana, and two ViTiny digital mobile microscopes for student use during foreshore studies. Tim aboard the Penghana with the new plankton net The Centre is very grateful to Mr Smith for his generosity.
Ros uses the new ViTiny digital mobile microscope to get a close up view of an intertidal snail |
