Congress Excursions
The Congress organisers are pleased to offer an exciting
array of half-day to full-day excursions on the Sunday at the commencement of
the conference (August 1) and the Saturday following the conference (August
7).
These tours will cover both inland
and coastal landscapes of south-east Queensland,
and the ways in which geology, vegetation and soils have affected land use in
the area.
Particular topics of interest
will include coastal urban development and agriculture on acid sulphate soils,
native forests on a variety of geologies and intensive horticultural
development on alluvium.
An inner city
tour will highlight the landscapes of the inner Brisbane area, and their
influences on urban development, while a tour to the west will take in topics
such as coal mine rehabilitation and contaminated material disposal.
The excursions will include:-
- the coastal agricultural lands south of Brisbane, featuring acid sulfate soils and gas emissions from sugar cane soils.
- a visit to an ornamental horticultural research centre.
- coastal development, acid sulfate soils and forestry north of Brisbane.
- a half day tour featuring some of Brisbane's urban forest parks
- the Lockyer Valley or the ‘salad bowl' of south-east Queensland, featuring horticulture, salinity and geomorphology.
- coal mine rehabilitation, contaminated waste disposal and acid clay soils.
