Treks & Activities Event
RGSQ recommends that all attendees at this event be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or exempt.
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND MUSEUMS
Friday 25th March 2022.
Apart from its stunning setting and architecture, the St. Lucia campus of the University of Queensland is home to some real treasures. An exploration of just three of these is planned for two activities in late March 2022.
This trip is on 25th March and covers some of the UQ Museums. This will be followed by a separate event on 27th March which is a one hour guided tour of the famous grotesque sculptures in the Great Court by Dr Rhyl Hinwood AM, the sculptor.
Separate registrations are required for each event.
The UQ Anthropology Museum, and its (most recent) exhibition-‘Kirrenderri, Heart of the Channel Country’.
A visually striking and narrative rich exhibition chronicling extraordinary stories from one of the most remote locations at the very heart of Australia, guided by Museum staff.
The UQ RD Milns Antiquities Museum, which houses the foremost collection of classical Mediterranean antiquities in Queensland. Museum staff will talk about the creation and operation of the museum, and the museum’s collection of antiquities which spans almost 3500 years of history.
Both of these museums are in the Great Court precinct.
Meeting Place. To be advised closer to the event date
Timing:10.30 am – 2.30 pm (approximately), including lunch (at member’s cost) at Darwin’s Café (nearby to the Museums)
Cost: $8.00 members. $13.00 non-members.
While the visit will conclude at (approximately) 2.30pm, members will be free to visit other venues of likely interest:
The Physics Museum (and the Tar Pitch Experiment - the world’s longest running scientific experiment).
UQ Art Museum which will be showing an Exhibition called Blue Assembly - Oceanic Thinking.
Access: Parking at UQ is extremely limited, particularly for visitors. The best and cheapest parking is on Sir William McGregor Drive on the riverside, but this fills up quickly. Travel by public transport (bus, CityCat) is recommended. 10 minute walk from the ferry terminal and eastern bus station, or 2 minutes from the western bus terminal to the Great Court precinct.
Convenor: Roger Grimley 0429 029 037
