• Welcoming of the Whales and Smoking Ceremony

    Warland Reserve, Victor Harbor

    Some arrivals deserve to be marked. 🐋 Each winter, the whales return to these waters. And each year, we have the chance to pause; to stand at the edge of the ocean and acknowledge something bigger than ourselves. On 6 June at 10am, local Elders will open Winter Whale Fest with a Welcome to Country […]

  • Special Screening: Tim Bonython’s Cinematic Ocean Journeys

    Victa Cinema Victa Cinema, 37-41 Ocean Street, Victor Harbor, SA, Australia

    As part of the Water People exhibition, Victa Cinema presents a special screening drawn from the cinematic ocean journeys of award-winning surf filmmaker Tim Bonython.   With a camera in hand since 1978, Tim Bonython has spent decades chasing the world's biggest swell events to the most remote and dangerous coastlines on earth. His breathtaking […]

  • Homecoming

    Victa Cinema Victa Cinema, 37-41 Ocean Street, Victor Harbor, SA, Australia

    The world premiere of Homecoming, a unique half-hour art documentary about life on the Bluff at Encounter Bay, presented at the iconic Victa Cinema as part of the 2026 Victor Harbor Winter Whale Festival. Two years in the making, this is a collaboration between Adelaide born composer Matt Laing and videographer Denis Smith, with the original […]