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**WORLD SEA LION DAY ~ 30TH MAY** Did you know that every 18months up to 374 Australian sea lions die due to fishery related incidents in South Australia? Many of these deaths are due to gi..

Dolphin Marine Conservation Park (DMCP) is excited to welcome world-renowned animal behaviour expert Dr Isabella Clegg to Coffs Harbour. Dr Clegg conducted her PhD on determining the best way ..

**WORLD TURTLE DAY ~ 23RD MAY** Happy World Turtle Day, a day to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and encourage human action to help them survive an..

Muttonbird Island in Coffs Harbour is full of activity as the Wedge-Tailed Shearwater fledglings begin their migration north. Sometimes the birds become disoriented when first leaving th..

On Saturday the 16th March, five green sea turtles were released from Arrawarra Headland. But, for once, the most “feel-good” aspect to story was not the animals, but the people releasing the..

The recently rebranded Dolphin Marine Conservation Park announced today that it no longer intends to breed its dolphins in line with the future direction of the organisation. “We are get..

TAFE Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC) is now proudly training students at Dolphin Marine Conservation Park (DMCP) to become animal carers in zoos and aquariums in Australia.The course is..

Coffs Harbour’s leading tourist attraction, formerly known as Dolphin Marine Magic, today relaunched as Dolphin Marine Conservation Park. “The new name more closely conveys what the p..

It was with open arms that Dolphin Marine Magic welcomed Mike Whitney & the team from Sydney Weekender early October 2018. Mike chose to participate in one of our very popular Schoo..

A special book about a special girl..... The Adventures of Kenzie-Moo. In 2016 we had a visit from Mackenzie & her Mum Tanya as they were travelling up the east coast of Australia for 6 mo..

The Sea Turtle Foundation organised a conference in Ballina yesterday that was attended by sea turtle rehabilitators and sea turtle researchers from across NSW and QLD. The conference was tit..

Dolphin Marine Magic along with National Park & Wildlife Services attended two Melon Head whales stranded over the weekend. Unfortunately both had to be euthanised. It is unclea..