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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

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

Windeyer Room Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2000

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