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Tour 1: Day Tour to Sea Cucumber Processing Plant
Tour 2: Extended Agricultural and Pastoral Tour
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Tour 1
Day Tour to Sea Cucumber Processing Plant
North Stradbroke Island
Friday 11 August 2006
 Take
the opportunity to learn about one of Australia's more obscure agricultural exports,
and discover the natural beauty of Queensland's second largest sand island, with
a daytrip to the beche-de-mer or, sea cucumber, processing plant on North Stradbroke
Island.
In a Queensland first, a group of Australian aboriginal people, the Nunukul
Ngugi Cultural Heritage Corporation, has been granted permission to harvest and
process sea cucumbers for export to Asia where it is regarded as a delicacy and
medicinal tonic. The corporation currently employs 17 staff, 12 of who are members
of the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Learn how the sea cucumbers are harvested, processed, and sent to export markets
through this unique facility.
This tour involves travelling across beautiful Moreton Bay to North Stradbroke
Island, once site to some of the world's largest sand-mining operations to recover
rutile, zircon, and titanium. Enjoy a gourmet lunch at the renowned local restaurant,
Amis, while appreciating
the magnificent ocean views. See if you can spot dolphins frolicking in the surf,
and if you are lucky, watch whales breaching in the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean.
Cost
AUD
$100
cost per person
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| Tour includes
transfers, site inspection, and lunch. Drinks are at attendee's own expense. |
| Note: IAAE reserves the right to cancel or
vary tours if minimum numbers are not reached. |
Tour 2
Extended Agricultural and Pastoral Tour
Southwest Queensland and Northwestern New South Wales
Tuesday 8 August – Friday 11 August 2006
 This
tour will give delegates the opportunity to explore the outback and visit unique
Australian agricultural enterprises in southern inland Queensland and north western
New South Wales. You will learn about the development and innovation necessary
to survive in this harsh Australian environment where rainfall varies enormously
from year to year.
Tour the largest
pecan farm in the Southern Hemisphere, learn about Australian organic
beef production, visit one of the oldest
feedlots in the Australian beef cattle industry, and  travel
to places with names adapted from the local aboriginal language such as Goondiwindi
and Dirranbandi to meet and talk to large-scale cotton growers, including a visit
to Cubbie station – Australia's largest privatelyowned irrigation development
and cotton property.
 Investigate
the implications for water resources management of impounding more fresh water
on a single property than is contained in Sydney Harbour.
Hear about the innovations in sorghum breeding and solutions to dryland salinity
that are evolving because of the shared research interests of scientists and farmers.
 
Proposed Itinerary
(subject to confirmation) |
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Day 1
Tuesday
8 August
2006
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Depart Gold Coast
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Arrive Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Hermitage
Research Station for tour and talk
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Lunch in Warwick
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Afternoon tea in Inglewood
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Arrive Obe Beef for
tour and talk about organic beef production
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Early dinner at Obe Beef property
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Check into accommodation – Best Western Goondiwindi Motel
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Day 2
Wednesday
9 August
2006
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Depart Goondiwindi
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Morning tea in Dirranbandi
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Arrive Cubbie Station (Australia's largest irrigated cotton farm) for tour
and talk
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Lunch at Cubbie Station
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Arrive Ron Greentree's property (Australia's largest wheat farm)
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Afternoon tea in Mungindi
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Depart for Moree
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Check into accommodation – Moree
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Dinner in Moree
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Day 3
Thursday
10 August
2006
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Tour of "Trawalla",
Stahmann Farm, Moree
(the largest pecan producer in the Southern Hemisphere) |
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Morning tea at Moree Tourism Centre
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Depart Moree
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Lunch in Warialda
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Arrive Whyalla Feedlot
(biggest feedlot in the Southern Hemisphere) for tour and talk
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Afternoon tea in Texas
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Depart for Stanthorpe
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Check into accommodation – Stanthorpe
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Dinner in Stanthorpe at a local vineyard
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Day 4
Thursday
10 August
2006
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Tour of local fruit and vegetable
producers around Stanthorpe |
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Morning tea in Stanthorpe
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Depart Stanthorpe
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Lunch in Boonah
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Arrive at Boofanugs Bushfoods
for a tour, talk and afternoon tea
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Depart for Gold Coast
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Cost
AUD
$870
cost per person |
Single |
AUD $720
cost per person |
Double or Twin
share* |
| Costs
of tours include all accommodation, meals, transfers and site visits. Drinks are
at attendee's own expense. |
Note: IAAE reserves the right to cancel or
vary tours if minimum numbers are not reached.
* The IAAE tour organiser is unable to match attendees for twin sharing arrangements
due to privacy regulations. |
Tour Registration
To register for these pre-conference tours please complete details and make
payment via the registration form.
Register
Online
Download Registration
Form (.pdf)
Disclaimer
IAAE and Hoteliers International and their agents act only as organisers of
these activities and do not accept responsibility for any act or omission on the
part of the service providers. No liability is accepted for delay, damage, inaccuracy,
misdescription, or injury.
All information is correct at time of printing and is subject to change without
notification.
  
Tourism images courtesy Tourism Queensland
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