Sharks: Majesty, Mystery & Misunderstanding w Colette Beaudry &Adam Geiger
Date & Time
📅 Wed, May 20, 2026
🕐 2:30 AM
Ends: Wed, May 20, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Location
📍 Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Windeyer Room Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2000
🏙️ Sydney
About This Event
Before trees. Before dinosaurs. Before us. Sharks have been doing their thing for 450 million years. We're only just catching up.
Sharks: Majesty, Mystery & Misunderstanding
"My first encounter with sharks is seared in my memory. They appeared like apparitions - majestic, sleek, powerful, and utterly uninterested in eating me." Adam Geiger
Sharks have been circling our planet for 450 million years - long before trees, before stars were named, before us. And we're only just beginning to understand them.
Join award-winning filmmakers Adam Geiger & Colette Beaudry (Shark Eden, Why Sharks Attack, Life in Colour with David Attenborough) for a deep dive into some of the most misunderstood creatures on Earth.
Did you know?
• Tiger sharks return to the same lagoon each year to hunt birds. They remember.
• Some sharks walk on land. Show-offs.
• Great whites feed cooperatively off Cape Cod. Team players.
• Sharks can sense your heartbeat. They know if you're nervous.
• Baby sharks are adorable, vulnerable and tremendously tough.
Adam and Colette have spent three decades swimming alongside sharks, decoding their behaviour for PBS, Nat Geo, Discovery and more -- returning with stories that change how we see the deep. First encounters – like dusky sharks materialising like ghosts off Chubb Cay, and blue sharks elegantly cruising past Martha's Vineyard – seared into their memories and launched a lifelong passion.
The takeaway: Colette and Adam will show that sharks aren't mindless killers - they're magnificent, essential, and desperately misunderstood. Learning to live with them isn't optional; it's their ocean, and science can show us how.
Not one to be missed! Register today.
🎟️ Free for SMSA Members | $10 for friends and non-members
How do you want to get there?
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Windeyer Room Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2000
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AUD 0.00 - 11.90
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Duration
1 hour
Refund Policy
Refunds up to 7 days before event
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