UTAS Cradle Coast Campus

28/05/2026

🎻 Join us at The Makers, Burnie on Thursday 4 June, 6–7pm for a special Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra livestream.
Enjoy a bright and uplifting program featuring Rachel Kelly performing Vaughan Williams’ Tuba Concerto, a beautiful showcase of this powerful instrument.
🎶 Doors open 5:30pm with light refreshments
🎶 Performance starts 6pm (no interval)
🎟️ Adults $10
🎟️ Under 17 FREE (registration required)
Register via the TSO website for tickets and more info.
We’d love to see you there!

Experience Livestream Event | Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto on Thursday 4 Jun 2026 at The Makers Technology and Innovation Hub. Vaughan Williams’ celebrated concerto places the tuba centre stage alongside orchestral favourites.

28/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who supported our Australia's Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser! It was a fantastic morning raising funds for a great cause and spending time connecting with friends and colleagues. ☕💛Cancer Council Tasmania

21/05/2026

What a beautiful night celebrating the people who make Burnie so special ❤️✨
We’re incredibly proud to see our very own Uncle Beau Murray, Aboriginal Community Engagement Officer at our Cradle Coast campus, named Citizen of the Year, such a well deserved recognition! 🙌
A huge congratulations to all the amazing nominees and winners. Your dedication, passion and care for community truly makes a difference 💙

21/05/2026

We are getting behind this year's Australia's Biggest Morning Tea. Please donate to this important cause 💛☕️Almost 1 in 2 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85. Every dollar raised helps support individuals, families and communities impacted by cancer.

Join me at my Biggest Morning Tea or donate online to help me reach my fundraising goal! Together, we can help Cancer Council raise much needed funds.

04/05/2026

🚀 Something special is happening at The Makers.

For the first time, young people on the North West Coast can now access a complete, free STEM learning pathway—from early childhood right through to senior secondary—every single week, in one place.

🆕 Introducing Future Makers (Ages 5–8)
A brand new after-school STEM program for Kinder to Grade 2 students, designed to build confidence, creativity, and real problem-solving skills through hands-on learning.

🕒 Thursdays | 3:00 – 4:00 PM
📍 The Makers – UTAS Cradle Coast Campus, Burnie

Students will:
🧱 Take on engineering and design challenges
🤖 Explore early robotics and technology
🧠 Build critical thinking and problem-solving skills
🤝 Work collaboratively in team-based activities

Parents and carers are welcome to stay and be part of the experience.

🎟️ Register here:
https://events.humanitix.com/future-makers-58

🌟 A full STEM pathway – all in one place, the Makers in Burnie

What makes this truly unique is what surrounds it.
Across the week at The Makers, throughout term 2 and rest of 2026 we now offer:

👶 Future Makers (Ages 3–6) (Thursdays 11-12 and 1:15-2:15)
Hands-on, play-based STEM sessions for young children and families

🧒 Future Makers (Ages 5–8) (Thursdays 3-4, free)
The next step—structured challenges and skill development

🔬 Maker Lab (Grades 7–12) (Thursdays 4-6, free)
Advanced STEM learning, innovation, entrepeneurship and industry-connected opportunities, including game design with Unity, FIRST Tech Challenge and Greenpower F24/F24+

🚀 STEM Unlimited (Grades 3–10) (Tuesdays 3:30-6, free)
Free access to world-class STEM programs including FIRST LEGO League and Greenpower

🏎️ STEM On Track (Grades 4–10) (Mondays 4-6, paid program)
Build, learn, and experience motorsport through hands-on STEM and interactive elearning

👉 From age 3 to 18, young people on the NW coast can now engage in meaningful, inspiring, high-quality STEM learning every single week.

There are very few places—anywhere in Australia—offering a connected, accessible pathway through all levels of education like this.

Inspiring Tasmania
Tasmanian Community Fund
Children's University Australasia
Burnie Works
University of Tasmania
Burnie City Council
Marinus Link
Greenpower Australia
Greenpower Education Trust
FIRST Australia
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Department for Education, Children and Young People
RDA Tasmania
Cradle Coast Authority
Enterprize
Tasmanian Society for Information Technology in Education
STAT - Science Teachers Association of Tasmania
Department of State Growth

21/04/2026

Join us on Thursday 7 May from 6-7pm for another sublime TSO live stream event at The Makers in Burnie.

Take your seat by the sea and be transported as Emma McGrath performs music from the Samuel L Jackson film The Red Violin (1998).

Visit the TSO website for tickets and more information on the program.

Good to know
🎶Doors to The Makers open at 5:30pm for light refreshments
🎶Light refreshments will be served on arrival
🎶Live stream begins at 6pm (no interval)
🎶Children's University members get 2 hours in their passports for attending.

Tickets
🎟️Children 17 and under: FREE (Registration still required through TSO website)
🎟️Adults: $10

Register for tickets at the TSO website -https://www.tso.com.au/concerts/livestream-event-the-red-violin-burnie/
We'd love to see you there!

16/04/2026

13/04/2026

Postgraduate psychology students are supporting families across the North West Coast of Tasmania, helping to provide paediatric assessments for children getting ready for kinder this year 🧸📚

“The biggest benefit of being involved in these programs is being given the opportunity to implement the skills that we have developed in the classroom in ‘real world’ environments,” shared Alex, a psychology student.

For our psychologists of tomorrow, it’s an opportunity to gain invaluable experience in a clinical setting. 🧩

Keep reading in the comments.

26/02/2026

Clean Up Australia community event at the West Park precinct:
Join our students, staff and @ Burnie City Council in helping keep the West Park coastline, beach and public walkways waste-free during this upcoming community Clean Up Australia event. Everyone is welcome.
📅Date: Tuesday, 10 March
🕚Time: 10am - 12pm (BBQ lunch provided following the event)
📍Where: Meet at 10am outside the Campus Cafe at West Park on the day to register your involvement. Burnie City Council

26/02/2026