Please check What's On as events become available for booking.
While we're finalizing the 2022 Program, feel free to download our draft program for 2022 here . . . or see a list of planned events below. Some dates and events as subject to change. All events will be held in line with COVID-19 guidelines of the day.
For the most up-to-date information about events, including costs, please always check our website www.rgsq.org.au.
Draft 2022 RGSQ PROGRAMME
We look forward to seeing all our RGSQ members and welcoming new members in the new year!
FEBRUARY
TUE 8: Lecture Zoom only: Great Barrier Reef Regional Waterways Health Report Cards:
what are they and how do they bring about change management in river catchments?
Lessons from the Wet Tropics Waterways Partnership. Dr Stephen Turton
THURS 17: Activity
Cultural Landscapes- Old Govt House and Queen’s Wharf (CS) repeat due to waitlist.
Treks and Activities
MARCH
TUE 1: Lecture
Linking the Binna Burra story to the 1885 origins of the RGSQ,
Steve Noakes, Binna Burra Lodge Board Chairperson
SAT 5: Welcome event, Young Geographers Group
FRI 11: Mentor Meet-up at Gregory Place/CBD/online. Young Geographers Group
TUE 22: Presentation Struve Geodetic Arc, Keith Treschman. Map Group
TBA: Activity
UQ Buildings and Exhibitions TAAC. Treks and Activities
TBA: Activity Herbarium Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. Map Group
TUE 5: Lecture SEQ water grid; water recycling and desalination, Michael Fiechtner, SEQ Water
WED 6:Presentation
Where’s Wallace? Finding Lost Qld names, Kerry Raymond. Map Group
SAT 9: Activity
Urban geography/demography themed event, location TBA. Young Geographers Group
WED 27: Activity Caloundra Lighthouses and Military and Aviation Museums. Treks and ActivitiesMAY
TUE 3: Thomson Oration
China’s Global Vision and Actions: Reactions to Belt, Road and Beyond
Professor Peter Rimmer
TUE 10: Presentation
Qld Globe Overview, Kerry Raymond. Map Group
SAT 21: Activity
Brisbane City Council community tree planting, Annerley. Young Geographers Group
TUE 24: Workshop
Qld Globe Hand-on session, Kerry Raymond. Map Group
TUE 24: Forum Building a City on a Floodplain, Geography in Conversation Special Interest Group
JUNE
TUE 7: Lecture
Big rocks moved by waves: storm and tsunami evidence on Pacific islands, Dr Annie Lau, UQ
THURS 14: Activity
TBA: Activity
Treks and Activities
TUE 28:
Wetlands or Development, Geography in Conversation Special Interest Group
JULY
TUE 5: Lecture
Reclaiming lost ground: Transitions of mobility and parking, Dr Iraphne Childs, and Professor Jonathan Corcoran
WED 6: Activity
Naidoc week (RC) Sunshine Coast – Jinibara and Gubbi Gubbi country. Treks and Activities
TUE 12: Presentation
Challenges of Town Planning, Daphne Stephens. Map Group
FRI 15-SUN 17: Fieldwork skill-building camping trip, location TBA. Young Geographers Group
TUE 26: Forum Queen's Wharf Development, Brisbane River Precincts and Lifestyle, Geography in Conversation Special Interest Group
AUGUST
TUE 2: Lecture
IPCC report and climate change. Dr Stephen Turton
SAT 6-SUN 7: Map-a-thon and GIS skill-building weekend, Gregory Place.
Young Geographers Group
TUE 23: Forum A Power Network Fit for Purpose, Geography in Conversation Special Interest Group
TBA: Activity
Roaming the Redlands Bus trip. Treks and Activities
SEPTEMBER
TUE 6: Young Geographers Forum, Gregory Place and online
TBC: Activity
Rockhampton 7-10 days Long Trek. Treks and Activities
TUE 13: Presentation
TUE 27: Forum Brisbane Population Growth to 2030; Geography in Conversation Special Interest Group
OCTOBER
TUE 4: Ken Sutton Lecture
TUE 18: Annual General Meeting
SUN 9: Activity
Museum/Herbarium visit and lunch. Young Geographers Group
TUE 25: Activity
Binna Burra Visit. Treks and Activities
Cancelled WED 26: Forum Sustainable Action for Climate Change , Geography in Conversation Special Interest Group
TBA: Visit to State Library and John Oxley Library. Map Group
NOVEMBER |
Census 2021 Results and issues, Dr. Elin Charles Edwards
TUE 22: Documentary screening, Gregory Place. Young Geographers Group
TUE 29: Forum Bribie Island Breakthrough; Geography in Conversation Special Interest Group
DECEMBER |
MON 5: Map Group’s End of Year Show and Tell and Social, Gregory Place