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Queensland Day Trips

• QLD-D1 Geology of Brisbane
• QLD-D2 The Glasshouse Mountains
• QLD-D3B Stradbroke Island and Moreton Bay
• QLD-D4B The Tweed Shield
• QLD-D5 The Scenic Rim of Queensland
• QLD-D6 Engineering Geology in SE QLD
• QLD-D7A Toowoomba Industrial Minerals
• QLD-D7B Toowoomba Industrial Minerals
• QLD-D8A Sunshine Coast Construction Materials
• QLD-D8B Sunshine Coast Construction Materials

Queensland Field Trips

• Q-1A Geology of Heron Island
• Q-1B Geology of Heron Island
• Q-2 Mineralisation of the Mount Isa Region
• Q-3 Mount Isa Crustal Evolution
• Q-4 The Queensland Energy Province
• Q-5 Whitsunday Volcanics & Tectonism
• Q-6 Cretaceous Northern Great Artesian Basin
• Q-7 (No Longer Available)
• Q-8A Fraser Island Natural and Geological Beauty
• Q-8B Fraser Island Natural and Geological Beauty
• Q-9A (No Longer Available)
• Q-9B (No Longer Available)
• Q-10 Cracow-Gympie Gold
• Q-11 Nth Qld: 1700 million years of Earth History

New South Wales Field Trips

• NSW-1 (No Longer Available)
• NSW-5 Bega - Murrumbidgee Batholiths
• NSW-6 (No Longer Available)
• NSW-7 Oroclinal Bending in the Sthn New England

Victoria Field Trips

• V-2 (No Longer Available)
• V-3 Otway Basin Carbon Capture and Storage

Tasmania Field Trips

• T-1 (No Longer Available)
• T-2 Ore Deposits of Tasmania

South Australia Field Trips

• S-2 (No Longer Available)
• S-4 Ediacaran-Cambrian of South Australia

Northern Territory Field Trips

• NT-1 Geology of Uluru - Alice Springs Region
• NT-2 (No Longer Available)

Western Australia Field Trips

• WA-1 Yilgarn Craton
• WA-2 A billion years of Earth history
• WA-3 (No Longer Available)
• WA-4 Shark Bay: Stromatolites and World Heritage

New Zealand Field Trips

• NZ-1 North Island: Active Volcanism
• NZ-2 North Island - Auckland Volcanic Field
• NZ-3 Pliocene to Miocene Wanganui & Taranaki
• NZ-4 South Island: Plate Boundary Structure

New Caledonia Field Trip

• NCAL-1 New Caledonia Subduction/Obduction

Malaysia Field Trip

• MY-1 Langkawi Geopark

Papua New Guinea Field Trips

• PNG-1 (No Longer Available)
• PNG-2 Port Moresby-Popondetta-Kokoda-Madang

T-2 Ore Deposits of Tasmania

 

Post Trip	Saturday 11 August to Thursday 16 August 2012 (6 days and 5 nights)
Start/Finish	Starts in Launceston and finishes in Hobart (Numbers limited to 24)
Cost	Land:$2270 per person share twin/double Single Supplement:$440 Air:$300
Description	Travel to Tasmania to visit the highly mineralized and scenic Cambrian Mt Read Volcanics which host the Mt Lyell copper deposits, the Rosebery, Hercules and Hellyer Pb/Zn/Cu/Au deposits, and the Henty gold deposit. See the Renison and Mt Bischoff tin deposits, the new Avebury Nickel mine, and the Savage River magnetite deposits.
Highlights	Cradle Mountain National Park, spectacular mountain and forest scenery, abundant and unusual wildlife and a colourful mining-related history.
Leader	Dr Geoffrey Green, Mineral Resources Tasmania
Notes	Specific joining instructions apply to this field trip and will be provided upon receipt and confirmation of trip booking.
Booking with Flight included Booking with no Flight This field trip can be booked with a flight from Brisbane to the start point of the field trip inclusive. If booked with the field trip then your flight will be confirmed as part of the IGC seats allocated on flights . If you book without the flight it will be the responsibility of the delegate to book the flight to return to the start point of the field trip from Brisbane. These seats cannot be booked as part of the IGC allocation and you will only have the publicly available seats on the flight. (Additional cost see above)   * Flight bookings DO NOT include arrangements for you from your home port to or from the field trips and congress. These bookings can be done as a separate arrangement
Itinerary
Day 1	Burnie	Saturday 11th August
	On arrival in Launceston you will be met by your driver and transferred to Burnie, visiting the Tasmania gold mine and stopping in at Beaconsfield for a core/surface inspection. Arrive at your hotel for overnight and dinner.
	Meals: D	Overnight:Hotel in Burnie
Day 2	Burnie to Tullah	Sunday 12th August
	After breakfast travel to the Savage River mine for a core surface inspection. After lunch visit the Hellyer mine for a surface and core display. Arrive at your Tullah hotel for a two night stay.
	Meals: B/L / D	Overnight: Hotel in Tullah
Day 3	Tullah	Monday 13th August
	After breakfast visit Rosebery mine for a full day of surface and underground visits and a core display. Return to your hotel for dinner.
	Meals: B /L/ D	Overnight: Hotel in Tullah
Day 4	Tullah to Queenstown	Tuesday 14th August
	After breakfast visit Renison Bell, Mt Bischoff or Mt Lindsay for a core display, followed by a visit to Henty gold mine in the afternoon. Travel to your hotel in Queenstown for an overnight and dinner.
	Meals: B /L/ D	Overnight: Hotel in Queenstown
Day 5	Queenstown to Hobart	Wednesday 15th August
	This morning after breakfast depart for a morning visit to Mt Lyell Cu-Au mine then travel on to Hobart for your final night and farewell dinner.
	Meals: B /L/ D	Overnight: Hotel in Hobart
Day 6	Hobart	Thursday 16th August
	Breakfast at your hotel before making your own way to the airport for your onward travel.
	Meals: B
Important Notes:
	This field trip is not suitable for children. Visiting mine sites in Tasmania requires participants to follow strict safety protocols and may be tested for alcohol and drugs prior to entry.
Equipment Required:
	Western Tasmania is subject to wet winter weather and snow is not unusual at higher elevations. Participants should be prepared for cold, wet weather. Good quality parka style rain coat/anorak and safety boots with reinforced toecaps are essential.