2025 was an amazing year for UNE Discovery Voyager. This year our team members have come from a range of disciplines, including wildlife biology, parasitology, environmental science, computer science, herpetology, neuroscience and palaeontology. Our diverse and passionate team brings their infectious enthusiasm everywhere they go...
The end of Term 3 and the commencement of Term 4 have kept up the busy trend for UNE Discovery Voyager. Residents of the Kempsey, Tamworth, and Grafton areas may have seen the UNE Discovery truck on their roads in Term 3, with visits to...
I’m Julia, the UNE Discovery booking officer, and I have just been on an exciting trip to Namibia and South Africa. During my trip, I learnt many fun science facts about the animal life, plant life and geology of this part of the African continent....
National Science Week was held from 9-17 August 2025 with the UNE Discovery team hosting a number of inclusive community events. We started the celebration with Science @ the Markets on Sunday 10 August where we joined the Armidale Farmers’ Markets crew with a...
Our annual hosting of The Science Experience event for students in Years 9 and 10 was held in July this year with a wonderful group of students from near and far. Our 3-day science camp, with the majority of students staying at Austin Page College,...
The UNE Discovery Voyager team have been on the road and visited many schools in the region since our last newsletter. We’ve already visited 27 schools this year and we’re not slowing down!...
2024 is almost over and what a year it’s been! We are so grateful for all of you - teachers, parents, community members, UNE staff, and of course, the school students with whom we visit and share our love of science. Thank you for having...
For the past two months, the UNE Discovery Voyager team have been busy with facilitating STEAM activities in schools, very possibly near you!...
National Science Week is over for another year! The UNE Discovery team loved sharing science with members of the community in various ways. We held an art competition relating to adaptations of our Australian species, two science shows at the Armidale War Memorial Library...
As part of our National Science Week activities, UNE Discovery hosted an art competition titled “Adaptations: Amazing Australian Species” and we invited artists of all ages to participate. The aim of the competition was to highlight the extraordinary abilities of our Australian animals, birds, insects...
