News from Hastings
Pirate Take Control At Blue Reef
Hastings Blue Reef Aquarium was overrun by buccaneers, brigands and privateers this weekend.
Staff joined in the fun by creating their own pirates' costumes and any visitors who arrived in appropriate fancy dress also got reduced entry to the aquarium.
The 'Pirates Weekend' featured a variety of activities including flag making, piratical quizzes and lots more swashbuckling fun and games.
As well as all the aquatic displays - including the giant tropical ocean tank, the predators tank and the spectacular new living coral reef display - visitors were also able to take part in treasure trails, competitions and special guided tours around the aquarium accompanied by staff in pirate fancy dress.
Blue Reef's Siobhan Gibbons said: "Pirates weekend was a great success. The Jolly Roger was hoisted up early Saturday morning ready for a weekend of pirate action!
"Those children who dressed up entered the aquarium at a discounted rate and a fun time was had by all," she added.
Blue Reef Aquarium offers visitors a dazzling undersea safari through the oceans of the world.
More than 40 other naturally-themed displays reveal the sheer variety of
life in the deep from giant octopus and tropical sharks to seahorses and stingrays.
At the Aquarium's heart is a giant ocean tank where an underwater walkthrough tunnel offers incredibly close encounters with the stunning beauty of a tropical coral reef - home to hundreds of colourful fish and a quartet of black tip reef sharks.
