Not everyone has or will soon get  an opportunity to admire the picturesque whereabouts of the Sauthern Pacific. That is why it is a very good idea to visit exhibition room of the Jagiellonian Library in 3 Oleandry Street in Krakow where between 12th and 23rd April every visitor will feel as if he was on vacation. On 12th April 2010, at 11:00, the vernissage of the exhibition “Whereabouts of the Southern Pacific” will take place. Apart from wonderful photos of  breathtaking sandy beaches and amazing coral reefs, the event will also include Pacific food tasting (fruit of artocarpus, Poi drink, chicken with coconut), listening to ukulele music and hula dance shows.
During the vernissage the contest “Antipodes familiar and unfamiliar” organized for the Cracovian high-schools will be officially finished and the prizes will be distributed. The event is also going to be combined with a scientific discussion, during which young scientists will talk about the mentioned region of the world. 
The event is organized by the Scientific Association of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania and the Institute of political Studies and International Relations of the Jagiellonian Unversity.
Details:

11.00 – welcoming the guests by prof. dr hab. Bogdana Szlachta, Dean of the Institute of Political Studies and International Relations UJ and prof. dr hab. Zdzisław Pietrzyk, Director of the Jagiellonian Library
11.05 – opening the exhibition by Ruth Pearce, Ambassador of Australia and Loveday Kempthorne, Deputy of  Mission New Zealand in Poland
11.30 –Fascinating Polynesia  - ks. prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Kościelniak, UJ
11.45 – Mysteries of Australia, New Zealand, Tonga  - travels of Dorota Rajca, Dariusz Zdziecha and Paweł Mandryk
12.15 – Handicraft in Polynesia, Joanna Rzońca
12.30 – “Antipodes familiar and unfamiliar” prize distribution  by  chief school administrator of Małopolska
12.45 – Exhibition and Polynesian food degustation
13.15– Hawaiian music concert by Adam Halniak’s band combined with Hula dance shows 
13.30 – Problems In Paradise  – film devoted to Tuvalu