Alaric Maude.

Thank you for your interest in this RGSQ lecture. Due to the current COVID-19 situation, we will not be able to deliver the lecture at our premises but will try to bring the lecture to you in a digital format.

Keep an eye on the event page.

Details:  The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is a collaborative digital hub for Australian biodiversity data, making it accessible for scientists, government, industry and the general public. This session will provide an overview of the ALA, including how to query, visualise and model biodiversity data. The ZoaTrack platform will also be introduced.

This is part of a series of geography skills sessions coordinated by the Young Geographers group. Follow the group on Facebook or Instagram to keep up to date and watch past webinars.

Webinar Link:  https://bit.ly/rgsq-yg-webinar-ala

Cost:  Free

When and where:

Location: RGSQ Level 1, 28 Fortescue Street, Spring Hill Qld 4000.

Dates: Tuesday 9 to Friday 12 June 2020
Time: 9:30am to 4:30pm each day. A few hours on any of these days would be greatly appreciated. Six to seven volunteers each day.

For further information and to advise when you are available, please call 07 3330 6907

Event Description:

This mailout involves sorting school student certificates and results sheets and ensuring all are selected for each school and placed with a cover letter in large envelopes, Australia Post mail satchels, or boxes. Attention is required to ensure all the correct Certificates and Results sheets are sent to the correct school.

Bus trip visiting the RAAF Aviation Heritage Centre at Amberley followed by The Workshops Rail Museum at North Ipswich.

After arrival and ID security checks at Amberley, morning tea will be served at the Heritage Centre covered outdoor area. The RAAF Aviation Heritage Centre has four hangers full of aircraft, and aviation memorabilia. You will be blown away by the large number of restored aircraft including a Canberra Bomber, Sabre and Mirage fighter jets, an F111, and various helicopters to name a few; some still capable of flying. We will be shown around by a  volunteer guide. 

At Amberley, visitors aged 16 years and over are required to produce current unexpired photographic ID issued by a State or Commonwealth authority. If you do not have a drivers licence or passport, etc. you can apply in person for a ‘Photo Identification Card’ at a transport and motoring customer service centre, participating Queensland Government Agency Program Office (QGAP), or a police station that provides licensing services. Unexpired ‘Adult Proof of Age Cards’ issued prior to April 2019 should be acceptable but you should double check that. Without photographic ID you cannot partake in this event.

Other conditions are: No Photography allowed on Base except whilst in the Heritage Centre precinct. Vehices may be subject to ransom searches. Smoking not permitted.

From Amberley we will depart for The Workshops Rail Museum at North Ipswich. There will be a 30 minute tour from the historic Timekeepers Building followed by lunch, being tea, coffee, roast meat and vegetables and apple crumble dessert.

You are then free to wander around at leisure at the many displays including but not limited to railway rolling stock, locos, videos and a model railway. External to the main building you can take short walks to view the Timekeepers Grounds, historic Power House, and War Memorial.

Bus Pick Up & Return Location:

North Side 07:30 AM Sharp. Bus Stop 27, Park Road, Eagle Junction.

South Side 08:10 AM Sharp. Brittain Park, near 172 Troughton Road, Coopers Plains.

These are boarding times, so please be there beforehand.

Departing Ipswich for home 03:30 PM

Dress: Most items of interest are indoors; but not all.

Opportunities to sit down might be limited while viewing exhibits.

As you will be on your feet for a significant time, you should have comfortable

footwear for walking on hard surfaces, hat when outdoors, warm jacket,

maybe rain coat, and if you wish a small backpack.

Please register and pay on line by the fixed deadline of 10 June.

For a preview of these two destinations, you might like to visit the following websites:
https://www.raafamberleyheritage.gov.au
https://www.theworkshops.qm.qld.gov.au
But don’t be put off by all the kid’s stuff you see on the latter.

Coordinator: Ron Owen.

Duncan Cook, Australian Catholic University

Location:

A relaxing day by bus to Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve for morning tea and a walk in the rainforest. Followed Xmas lunch at Tranquil Park Maleny

Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve
The reserve comprises 55 hectares of subtropical rainforest. It is a living museum of diverse plant and animal life which delights with its tranquillity and beauty. Take time to explore the Rainforest Discovery Centre and/or take a short stroll through rainforest tracks.

Tranquil Park
Enjoy the beautiful views overlooking the Glasshouse Mountains for the Traditional Christmas Roast with meats, ham, roast vegetables and plum pudding or pavlova for dessert. Drinks not included

Pick-up Location Map  Bus Stop 27 Park Road, Eagle Jnc Railway Station at 8.00am.

Also a second pick up at Landsborough Railway Station at 9.00am.

Return to Brisbane by approx 3.30pm.

Cost/Numbers: $72 Members, $77 Non-Members including lunch and bus.

Register and pay on line by 30 June.

It promises to be a very relaxing and enjoyable day. Do hope you can join us.

Coordinator: Jeanette Lamont

This will be a two day tag-along event with the options to stay at the Boonah Caravan Park/Showground, local motels or a local B&B or alternatively to join us each day after a trip from Brisbane. Join us for Explorers, Surveyors, Panoramic Views, Historic Monuments, Railway History, Pioneer Churches, Starry Nights and Good Company.

Members are to make their own accommodation and catering arrangements.  Motel bookings should be made well in advance.  More details will be available for members who register for this event.

RSVP: Thursday 16 July 2020

Meet: In the Boonah Showground, entry near 8 Melbourne Street, Boonah

Coordinator:  Neville McManimm

Mathew Ryan

Location:

The Queensland Globe provides an online interactive application to view Queensland's location based information.  Use “the Globe” to access hundreds of spatial data layers on Queensland roads, property and land parcels, topography, mining and exploration, land valuations, natural resources (vegetation, water, soil etc.) and more.  To navigate this application requires an understanding of what datasets are available and how to access and combine the datasets to produce a detailed map. This tutorial will make mappers of us all.

Coordinator:  Len Lowry

SCENIC RIM VISIT TO BOONAH AND MT. FRENCH

12 August 2020

 

Members and Guests Limited to 16

Meet at Boonah 9.30, Cafe 17, 17 High Street opp. Australian Hotel. Morning tea will be on arrival at Cafe 17 at our own expense where we will meet Wendy Creighton.

Boonah is an interesting country town in the Scenic Rim. We will be guided through the centre of town by Wendy  who is the editor of local newspapers and author of "Blumbergville to Boonah, the early history of the Boonah Business District". It tells of fires, floods, droughts and the resilience of local people.

There may be time after the guided walk to have another look at the town before meeting at the Dugandan Hotel, 400m south of High Street, for lunch. (See menu on registration form). There is plenty of parking here.

After lunch we will drive up the winding, all bitumen and sometimes steep road to the top of Mt French, a climbers' haven, at 579m. There is a picnic area, camp ground and toilets here, also much information regarding care of Queensland National Parks and the role of Rangers.

There are two tracks to the lookouts.

Track 1: Logans Lookout. 720m return on bitumen.

Track 2: Mee-boo-run Circuit. 850m unsealed with some flattish rocks to walk on in one section to the East Cliff Lookout.

A Boonah map will be sent to those who register nearer the time.

Coordinator Mary Comer.

Cost: Members $30, Guests $35, including lunch.

John Tasker and Giselle Pickering

Location:

TREK TO LAMBERT CENTRE

This exciting 12 day trip includes return air-fares from Brisbane, a luxury 4WD Tour Coach with a driver/guide and camp cook. Many included attractions, as well as all breakfasts and dinners and most lunches. Some camping and some motels/cabins.

The Lambert Centre was created by the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, as a Geographical Icon, to commemorate the Bicentenary of Australia in 1988. The monument is a flagpole modelled on parliament house in Canberra. The commemorative plaque will be replaced during this trek.

Along the way we will visit a number of significant sites in the 'centre', including the West MacDonald Ranges, Uluru & Kata-Tjuta National Parks, Coober Pedy and William Creek and finally Roxby Downs, Woomera and Port Augusta, before departing home from Adelaide.

There is a limit of 20 people. The cost is not finalised but is not expected to exceed $4500 per person twin share, with single supplement of $575. An initial non-refundable deposit of $850 is required to confirm your registration by the 30th of March and the final balance by 9/7/2020.

All payments are non-refundable (subject to conditions) and it is recommended that participants arrange appropriate travel insurance. Participants must also be financial members of RGSQ at the time of the trek.

The itinerary is available for viewing and members will be advised as costs and details are updated.

To learn more about the Lambert Centre please click here.

by Greg Hallam from the Queensland Railway Historical Society.

Costs:  $2:00 contribution towards morning tea

Coordinator:  Neville McManimm

2020 Annual General Meeting of The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc will be held at RGSQ headquarters - Gregory Place, Level 1, 28 Fortescue St, Sprig Hill

BINNA BURRA BUSHWALK

22 October 2020

We meet at Canungra Hub Cafe (opposite the Post Office) at 8.00 or arrive earlier and have a coffee/breakfast.

Limit 12. Members $5.00.Guests $10.00

This is a 12 km moderate circuit walk on Graded Tracks in Lamington National Park. We will pass through areas of rainforest and heathland, visit a waterfall, cave, Surprise Rock and have some great views.

A retired geologist Andrew Willson will tell us about the formation of Lamington National Park and how the differing rocks give rise to the various vegetation.

It is a favourite walk of mine and I hope you can come along.

Please call me if you would like to make other travel arrangements.

Bring:

A backpack with morning tea, lunch, hat, raincoat, sunscreen and insect repellent.

Wear good walking boots or shoes.

A walking stick might be useful too.

Mary Comer 3844 6231

Emma Kennedy

Location:

BRISBANE SOUTH BANK AND LAND USE CHANGES

22 November 2020

Members $10.00 Guests $15.00. Limit 16

Meet at QPAC near the outside cafe to start the walk at 9.00. Travel to this point is easy by bus or train.

This is a guided walk along the Brisbane River and through South Bank.

RGSQ member Peter Nunan will inform us of the very interesting history of the area.

We will continue along the base of Kangaroo Point Cliffs with a geologist Ken Armstrong. Then around Kangaroo Point itself to the sandy beach and under the Story Bridge.

Morning tea will be at our own expense at Cafe Lagoonas at South Bank.

Lunch will be at Story Bridge Deli also at own expense.

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After lunch we will walk a short distance to Dockside and board the Inner City Ferry, which is free, either to South Bank 3 or North Quay whichever you prefer.

Bring:

Hat and sunscreen and wear good walking footwear.

Mary Comer 3844 6231

Details:   A fitting finale to 2020!  Members are encouraged to bring along an item of geographical interest and provide some insight into what are its special characteristics.  Members are to bring along a plate to share at the end of the presentations.

Location:  Gregory Place, Level1/28 Fortescue St, Spring Hill  Qld  4000

Costs:  $2:00 contribution towards cost of tea and coffee.

Coordinator:  Len Lowry