News from Tynemouth
Pirates Weekend!
Tynemouth's Blue Reef Aquarium is being taken over by buccaneers, brigands and privateers as part of their Pirates'Weekend celebrations (Sat 28th - Sun 29th July).
Staff are busy putting the finishing touches to their own pirates' costumes and any visitors who arrive in appropriate fancy dress will get reduced entry to the aquarium.
Pirate's Weekend features a variety of fun activities including flag making, story telling and lots more swashbuckling fun and games.
As well as all the aquatic displays - including the new seal cove, the predators tank and the spectacular living coral reef display - visitors will also be able to take part in treasure hunts, colouring competitions and special talks around the aquarium accompanied by staff in pirate fancy dress.
There will also be fascinating piratical facts around the aquarium and a selection of pirate-themed films showing all day in the education room.
Blue Reef's Anna Etchells said: "Pirate's Weekend is always one of the most popular events that we hold here at the aquarium - particularly with our younger visitors but also among the staff!
"For most people the prospect of having to dress up would fill them with dread but our staff can't wait to get out of their uniforms and into their pirates' gear - they look forward to it all year round."
Blue Reef Aquarium offers visitors a dazzling undersea safari through the oceans of the world.
More than 40 other naturally-themed displays reveal the sheer variety of
life in the deep from giant octopus and seahorses to otters and poison dart frogs
At the Aquarium's heart is a giant ocean tank where an underwater walkthrough tunnel offers incredibly close encounters with the stunning beauty of a tropical coral reef - home to hundreds of colourful fish and tropical sharks.
