FREE GERTIE rides on Oceans Day (Gabriola Community Bus)
Sunday June 5.
Event time 1 to 4 pm (continual events happening all afternoon – very conducive to your afternoon schedule)
Limited Parking at Descanso Bay Regional Park. Park & Ride from Community Hall on South Road or the Agi Hall (lower parking lot please!).
Of course, you can do the usual flag down the bus along the way.
12 noon – leave Folk Life Village
North/South loop (with pick ups at Community Hall parking lot, Agi Hall lower parking lot)
12:30 – meet 11:55 am ferry from Nanaimo
Drop off at park in time for 1 pm start.
12:50 Leave Park for Twin Beaches/Berry Point loop
1:30 – drop off at Park
1:35 Leave Park for 2nd North/South loop with stops at Park & Ride sites (Community Hall on South Road and Agi Hall lower parking lot on North Road)
2:30 – arrive Park
2:45 – leave Park for 3:05 ferry to Nanaimo
3 – stop at top of Ivory Road & Taylor Bay for return Twin Beaches – Berry Point loop
3:45 – Leave Park for last North/South loop around Island.
4:15 – return to Folk Life Village.
Oceans Day, Sunday June 5
1 – 4 pm.
Descanso Bay Regional Park, Gabriola Island
Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet.
Celebrate and learn about our marine environment by spending an active, educational afternoon at Descanso Bay Regional Park on Gabriola Island, Sunday June 5. This is the eighth annual Oceans Day held in the park featuring interactive sea life displays, marine information booths, a diving demo, a children’s afternoon outdoor program with games, crafts, story telling and face painting. Bring a picnic and enjoy some time at the beach with friends and family. Talk to marine biologists about their work and peer through microscopes at the wonders of sea life.
Make it a complete outdoor adventure by walking, cycling or taking the Gabriola community bus (GERTIE) to the park. GERTIE will be free of charge on Oceans Day. Visitors from Nanaimo can take the 11:55 am ferry to Gabriola, hop on the bus for a 3 minute ride to the park and return by bus to the 3:05 pm ferry back to Nanaimo. Gabriolans can flag down the bus on the North Road/South Road loop or park and ride. Free parking spaces are available at the South end Community Hall and at the Agi Hall lower parking lot.
Oceans Day is sponsored by the Regional District of Nanaimo, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Village Food Market, Coastal Community Credit Union.
See the RDN website at www.rdn.bc.ca or phone the park office on Gabriola at 250-247-8255.