Wednesday 8 December.
Hunter Valley Tour
Convenor |
Stephen Cattle |
07:30 |
Coach departs Easter Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
09:00 |
View soil cutting on Somersby Plateau |
10:15 |
Arrive at ‘Tocal’, Paterson for morning tea, pit viewing and presentation |
12:30 |
Depart ‘Tocal’ and eat lunch en route |
13:30 |
Arrive Pokolbin to view 3 soil pits |
15:45 |
Wine tasting at Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard |
17:45 |
Travel to dinner venue |
18:00 |
Elizabeth’s Café at Mount Pleasant Winery for Dinner |
21:00 |
Coach departs Mount Pleasant |
23:00 |
Arrive The Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
Camden District Tour
Convenor |
Simon Eldridge |
08:30 |
Coach departs the Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
09:45 |
View soils at Picton Rd cutting site |
10:15 |
May Farm, West Camden |
10:30 |
Morning tea at May Farm |
11:00 |
NSW DPI/Sydney University Water Use Efficiency project |
12:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 |
Travel to Elizabeth MacArthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI) Camden |
14:00 |
Centre for Recycled Organics in Agriculture, field studies – presentations and inspection of experiment sites |
15:30 |
Afternoon tea, Devonshire tea at Belgenny Farm |
17:00 |
Brief tour of the historic ‘Belgenny Farm’ (John MacArthur’s original homestead) |
18:00 |
Pre dinner drinks, Belgenny Farm |
18:30 |
Dinner, Belgenny Farm |
20:30 |
Coach departs Belgenny Farm |
22:00 |
Arrive at the Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
Western Sydney Tour
Convenor |
Matthew Clutterham |
08:30 |
Coach departs the Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
09:10 |
Arrive Theiss site, Rhodes, contaminated site |
09:50 |
Northern Water Quality Control Pond, wetlands |
10:30 |
Novotel Viewing Platform, SOPA history and monitoring |
11:00 |
Morning tea |
11:30 |
North Newington, artificial soil |
12:00 |
Bicentennial Park, acid sulfate soil |
12:40 |
Lunch |
14:30 |
Penrith Lakes, Penrith Lakes Scheme |
15:30 |
Penrith, salinity |
16:00 |
Depart Penrith for Belgenny Farm |
17:00 |
Brief tour of the historic ‘Belgenny Farm’ (John MacArthur’s original homestead) |
18:00 |
Pre dinner drinks, Belgenny Farm |
18:30 |
Dinner, Belgenny Farm |
20:30 |
Coach departs Belgenny Farm |
22:00 |
Arrive at the Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
Suburban Sydney Tour
Convenors |
Geoff Humphreys and Roy Lawrie |
09:00 |
Coach departs Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
10:00 |
Arrives Narrabeen Podzol |
10:45 |
Depart for Turimetta Head |
10:55 |
Morning tea at Turimetta Head |
11:15 |
Depart for West Head |
11:40 |
West Head Chromosol |
12:15 |
West Head rock carvings |
12:35 |
West Head Ferrosol |
13:00 |
Lunch at West Head |
13:45 |
Depart for Terry Hills |
14:10 |
Terry Hills Ferricrete (Laterite) |
14:40 |
Depart for Parramatta |
15:40 |
Afternoon tea at Parramatta |
16:00 |
Parramatta Anthroposol: an urban archaeological site |
16:40 |
Coach back to the Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
17:30 |
Arrive at the Eastern Avenue Complex, The University of Sydney |
