PICS held a 50th birthday celebration recently, attended by 40 members and four local Bass Coast Shire councilors, including the mayor.
Displays featured newspaper articles and project photos and information going back to 1968. a rolling Power Point presentation featuring lots of PICS personalities and a short film of Phillip Island wildlife with footage of Humpback whales, photographed and filmed by PICS member Lisa Schonberg and her daughter Alia, who also edited the video.
Anecdotes were shared, news exchanged, and a delicious afternoon tea was followed by sharing the excellent sponge cake made especially by Phillip Island Bakery.
Photo by Lisa Schonberg shows past president Margaret Hancock, and present president Anne Davie, cutting the cake, and Anne Davie holding the two books produced by PICS: An Island Worth Conserving, and Women in Conservation on Phillip Island.