Mid-conference tours

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