MPavilion Opening November 2020

Erin Nowak

Erin Nowak has always had a keen interest in nature, with an ambitious interest in freshwater and coastal environments.  She loves discovering what creatures call these habitats home and how this information can be used as environmental indicators of health.

As a program facilitator with Bug Blitz, Erin has shared her knowledge, enthusiasm and passion for science, water testing, macroinvertebrates and marine invertebrates in over one hundred field events throughout various Victorian habitats.

Erin emphasizes the importance in educating our children about biodiversity, so that they develop an understanding and respect for our natural environment.

She has experience educating children at the Marine Discovery Centre in Queenscliff; developed educational resources for Dune care on the North Coast; holds an Advanced Diploma in Natural Resource Management (Specializing in Aquatic Science) and is currently studying a Bachelor of Education (Primary) at Swinburne University.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.