An insight into the marine life of Flinders Pier, with Dr. Vera Möller

This is a wonderful opportunity to hear from Vera and her diving friends, Myra and Paola, as they talk about the Weedy Sea dragon and other stunning marine life that lives perilously beneath the Flinders Pier.

At the home of Dr. Vera Möller, 5 Georges Road, Flinders. Refreshments served on arrival.

"I am so sorry to hear of the threat to the habitat of the weedy sea dragon on the Mornington Peninsula, I do indeed think that it’s a most wonderful creature and if I find an opportunity to draw attention to the changes that threaten its survival, I will take them. Yours sincerely, David Attenborough”

Through Vera’s Front Beach, Back Beach (FBBB) work, Submarine Gardens, Vera delivers on Sir David Attenborough's promise by drawing attention to Flinders Pier as a threatened habitat of the Weedy Sea dragon. Whilst such a rich submarine ecosystem exists below sea level, so much remains hidden from general audiences, its splendour reserved for divers. Submarine Gardens aims to draw attention to such unique local underwater spaces and to make the invisible portion of Flinders pier visible to the visitor.

Vera Möller: After training as a biologist in Germany, Vera migrated to Australia in 1986. She later completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts and a PhD at Monash University. Her work has been exhibited in the USA, Japan, Finland, France, Germany and the UK, as well as throughout Australia.

Reflecting on her original studies in the fields of Microbiology and Limnology (Freshwater Ecology), for the last two decades Möller’s projects have focused on the marine environments of the Great Barrier Reef and the Victorian coast, Port Phillip and Western Port Bays.

Image: Vera's FBBB work, Submarine Gardens, installed at Flinders Pier.

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At the home of Dr. Vera Möller, 5 Georges Road, Flinders, 3929, View Map