Hey there Marinara friends - we’re back, and we’re excited for a big year ahead of all things wet and salty! Hope you’re having a good summer, and getting some sweet sea goodness. 2022 is set to be a big year for Marinara – 20 years since our Marine National Parks were made, so much to talk about…

To kick off 2022, it’s big jellies, little coastal snails, beach clean-ups, standup paddleboarding and seaslugs, as Bron and the Cabin Boy set sail, and catch up with:

• Neil Blake, Port Phillip Baykeeper about the Lion’s Mane Jellies that have been plentiful this summer, a mystery estuarine snail spotted partying in St Kilda and Altona, and some upcoming shoreline surveys at Jawbone Marine Sanctuary and Laverton Creek.

• Jacqui Younger, on summer diving so far, some massive community beach and pier clean-up efforts, and the upcoming Seaside Scavenge at McCrae.

• George Thomas and Pete Jackson from Stand Up Victoria, giving us all a run down on Stand Up paddleboarding – recreation, competition, and the thriving community of paddleboarders along our Victorian coastlines and beyond, and

• Nicole Mertens, Victorian National Parks Association, reporting on this weekend’s ‘Sea Slug Census’, aka ‘NudiWatch’ – a celebration of our glorious nudibranchs and seaslugs.