The Save the Mary Museum and River Education Centre will open on Wednesdays and Sundays 10am-4pm or by prior arrangement by phoning 07 5488 4800.
The official opening of the Save the Mary Museum and River Education Centre will be held at Kandanga on Sunday 11 July at 11.30am with Wildlife Crusader, Bob Irwin as special Guest Speaker.
Visitors can also ride the Mary Valley Rattler steam train from Gympie to the Opening Ceremony and there will be a light lunch available and music entertainment afterwards.
Save the Mary River Coordinating Group president, Glenda Pickersgill, said the Museum will be a tribute to all the people who worked so hard to overturn the decision to dam the Mary River, complete with a story-board, that goes around the walls with the knitted scarf, of the three and a half year campaign from start to finish and packed full of colorful photos and signs.
"The community were mobilized by a desire to protect the river, its endangered species, the farmlands and lifestyle of the valley." Miss Pickersgill said.
"From its beginnings, the campaign to save the Mary River has been characterised by creativity. People of the campaign tapped in to their considerable talents in song-writing, cartooning, visual art, photography, poster and banner design to get across their messages."
"The rejection of the Traveston Crossing Dam proposal represents one of the very few projects rejected outright under the federal Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act."
The River Education section focuses on the unique flora and fauna of the Mary River and provides information about future water resource planning and river restoration, river dynamics and food webs right from the top of the catchment to the Mary River Estuary and the internationally recognised wetlands, the Great Sandy Strait.
The Save the Mary Museum and River Education Centre will open on Wednesdays and Sundays 10am-4pm or by prior arrangement by phoning 07 5488 4800.
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Media Contacts: Victor Hill mb 0407754925, Glenda Pickersgill mb 0411443589
