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Fluorescent pink snakes over purple microbes.
20 Aug

The Secret Life of Soil

  • Talk
  • Entertainment

In this conversation as part of National Science Week, host of Life Matters (ABC Radio National) Hilary Harper is joined by Gardening Australia’s Hannah Moloney and Museums Victoria’s Simon Hinkley. Together they will explore how modern agriculture has disrupted these systems, and how regenerative practices might help repair them.

Delve into the microscopic organisms that shape healthy soils, support food systems and lock away carbon. Learn more about how threads of fungi and microbes weave intricate relationships between what grows below and what thrives above.

Ticket includes entry to visit the multisensory Our Wonderous Planet gallery from 8pm to 9pm.

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Date Times
Thu 20 Aug
  • 7pm - 9pm 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location

Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson St
Carlton 3053

Open in maps location for Melbourne Museum

Price and bookings

Adult / general $30
Senior $27
Student / concession $28
Children $20
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Contact details

  • telephone number: 13 11 02
  • email address: mvbookings@museum.vic.gov.au
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A man looking into the eyepiece of a large telescope, pointed towards the night sky at the Melbourne Observatory.
Until 31 Aug

Stellar Nights

Embark on a journey through time and space with this guided tour at the Observatory.

  • Entertainment
  • Events
Person adding graffiti to an outdoor undercover walkway.
21 – 23 Sep

Come Write Here

Artists Chris Parkinson and Sabina Andron invite you into a live, evolving artwork.

  • Free
  • Workshop
A large green toned area with people gathered for a breathwork class, a projected The Breath Haus sign.
22 Aug

The Breath Haus x Now or Never

An invitation to slow down and experience sound, breath and space in a profoundly different way.

  • Music
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Musician and actor Tim Rogers wearing a dark suit jacket and brown cap, walking outside in a dusk tinged Australian bush landscape.
29 Aug

Bookish Club with Tim Rogers

Tim Rogers contemplates what Waiting for Godot tells us about existence and the absurdity of life.

  • Talk
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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