CANBERRA 2008 

Arthritis & Osteoporosis ACT held a very successful information stall over 4 days at the ACTEWAGL Amazing World Of Science at the National Science Festival, held in Canberra 20 to 23 August. The National Science Festival is an annual event attracting over 300,000 visitors from around Australia. 

This year our display featured Marvellous Milk Display’s Nutmeg the cow with a hands-on milking demonstration and also butter churning and milk separation demonstrations. Our guess-the-number-of-lollies-in-the-jar competition was a great drawcard for the school groups. Children were able to enter the guessing competition after answering questions about building healthy bones and the importance of eating foods high in calcium. There were two main prizes on offer this year – a visit from ‘Nutmeg the Cow’ to their school and a giant lolly jar. We also had a number of smaller prizes donated by local businesses. We had over 800 entries in the competition.