‘Marine college plans move ahead’ Byron Shire News – 5 June, 2008 A marine college for Brunswick Heads is one step closer now that the State Government has shown its support for the concept with $11,500 to help the college develop a business plan and website. The college has been the dream of local shipwright […]

Steve Foreman (left) Far North Coast Surfing Coach pictured with Phil Walters at the National Whale Day celebration in Byron Bay in June 2008.

‘Brunswick Heads get its own whale’ Byron Shire News – June 19, 2008 Brunswick Heads has a new baby, a very large baby with a distinctive tail, named Yolanda, and now the proposed Brunswick Heads College of Marine Studies hopes that it too will have a new baby this year. Yolanda the humpback whale has

‘Hopes for marine college’ Byron Shire News – July 3, 2008 Christian Havet has finished a degree in Environmental Science at Southern Cross University, but to acquire a job in the field requires further study – study that he would love to be able to undertake locally. “After uni there’s not much offering,” he said.

‘College aims to revive marine skills’ Byron Shire Echo – July 29, 2008 ‘College aims to revive marine skills’ Byron Shire Echo – July 29, 2008 ‘Where the spirit of the land meets the spirit of the sea’. This is the refrain of the song written by Julia Williamson for the proposed College of Marine

‘Handing’ over the website to the College of Marine Studies (L-R) Michelle Kelly – Byron Web Solutions, Phillip Walters from COMS, Julia Williamson – singer / songwriter of college jingle and Dan Hannaford – singer / songwriter on COMS website