25/09/2026
ABC LIVE BROADCAST -MARINE DISCOVERY CENTRE
Join 891 ABC Adelaide live from Marine Discovery Centre
891 ABC Adelaide’s Mornings invites you to be part of a special live broadcast at the Marine Discovery Centre exploring Adelaide’s unsung local nature heroes, citizen scientists; the ordinary people who are taking a closer look at the world around them and making important local environmental discoveries.
Who are Adelaide’s ‘citizen scientists’ and how have they become our nature’s first responders?
Mornings’ presenter Rory McClaren will be joined by 891’s favourite environmental expert and ‘zoologist at large’, Professor Chris Daniels, to look at how citizen scientists are providing vital information during environmental crises, helping researchers detect threats, protect wildlife and better understand our changing environment.
From beachgoers and fishers documenting the devastating impacts of the algal bloom, to birdwatchers and coastal communities helping track bird flu in South Australia's wildlife, ordinary people have become the eyes and ears of nature.
Find out how ordinary people are making an extraordinary difference — and why citizen science has never been more important.
Live broadcast details
• 9am – 11am
• Thursday 8 October
• Marine Discovery Centre SA
• Cnr Marlborough St and Seaview Rd, Henley Beach
Can’t be there? Enjoy all the colour and atmosphere from the broadcast and listen in: Tune your radio to 891AM
Tickets for the Marine Discovery Centre Nature Festival event that commences at 10am can be purchased here: https://www.naturefestival.org.au/event/little-seeds-big-seas