A key part of the conference program is a series of interactive, guided field sessions led by leading geographers, that will connect current geographical scholarship research and practice with place-based sustainability initiatives.
Examples include sessions on urban sustainability, multifunctional rural transitions, biodiversity conservation and geographical history.
Instructions for Participants:
- Field Trip start and finish times are indicated below and include travel time.
- Geography Hosts will meet you at the IAG Conference 2024 venue up to 15 minutes ahead of the start time to guide you to your destination. Specific meeting location(s) will be announced during the conference.
- Please arrive by the start time to ensure everyone receives the full experience of these geographical adventures!
- Please wear weather appropriate clothing and comfortable footwear and, if required, bring an umbrella to facilitate a dry transition to field trip sites!
If you have any concerns about accessibility, please get in contact with us ASAP via email: iagconference2024@bkaevents.com.au
The fieldtrips are sponsored and made possible by the University of Adelaide Conference grant scheme.
**Due to high interest, this field trip has been conceptualised in two ways (see below), with two sessions scheduled for the Native Plant Trail.
Join Aboriginal guides from the First Nations organisation Kumarninthi in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, weaving your way through the Native Plant Trail to delve into the rich cultural heritage of the Aboriginal people. Gain deeper understanding through teachings of the various ways in which these plants are used in Aboriginal culture and the social history of the Aboriginal people in this area.
Accessibility: Walk to venue (~1.2km). Outdoor walking tour.
The stunning Museum of Economic Botany in the heart of the Adelaide Botanic Garden is the last of its type left in the world. Botanical specimens are laid out with taxonomic precision and cabinets crowded with oils, dyes, fibres, and medicines. These displays were designed to inspire colonists to experiment with growing plants that might turn a profit for themselves, the colony, and the empire. Entering the Museum of Economic Botany, visitors are beamed back to 1881 when its doors first opened. But behind the neatly ordered collections are stories of death, theft, slavery and exploitation.
Accessibility: Walk to venue (~850m). Wheelchair access and some seating inside venue.
Waste Not, Want Not (2:30-5:00pm)
Join us at the iconic Adelaide Oval to learn firsthand of its integration with green organics recycling services of Jeffries Soil and food rescue organisation, OzHarvest. These local partnerships are putting the venue’s Sustainability Management Plan into action, ensuring its green waste initiatives permeate through its commercial food operations to salvage food, food waste, and the ware upon which it is served.
Location: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Accessibility: Walk to venue (~1.2km). Wheelchair access and some seating inside venue.
Biodiversity in the City: Rewilding a National Park City (2:45-5:00pm)
Climb aboard The Popeye - a South Australian heritage icon - to hear firsthand from experts as we celebrate Adelaide's biodiversity achievements, including becoming the world’s second National Park City and the rewilding project investigating bringing the platypus back to Karrawirra Parri (River Torrens).
Location: Karrawirra Parri (River Torrens), Adelaide
Accessibility: Walk to venue (~900m). Access to boat requires the negotiation of two steps up and four steps down into the Popeye (staff on hand to assist). Seating provided for duration of boat tour.
Note: No bathroom facilities located on board the boat. Participants will be able to access toilets on the way to/from the venue via the public facilities located by Jolley’s Boathouse, Victoria Drive.
Carbon Neutral Adelaide (2.30-5:00pm)
Adelaide is aiming to be one of the world’s first carbon neutral cities. A tour of Christie Walk ecovillage in the heart of Adelaide showcases resilient infrastructure development and clean and green technologies for environmentally sustainable urban living.
Location: Christie Walk, Adelaide. Depart Lower Napier building at 2.30pm to catch FREE City Connector bus at Stop G1, North Terrace (2:52pm).
Accessibility: Bus ride and walk to venue (~500 m). Some stairs involved during the tour.
Wait(e)ing for Food & Wine (2.30-5:30pm)
Adelaide is well known for its wineries and food. The University of Adelaide's Waite campus is home to the largest concentration of agriculture and wine research and teaching expertise in the Southern Hemisphere. On this tour, Waite experts will introduce us to their research on sustainable food consumption and production. Attendees will be provided the opportunity to enjoy a tour of the winery and some tastings.
Location: Waite campus, Urrbrae
Accessibility: Bus to venue (~25 minutes) departing 2.30pm from adjacent the Kaurna Learning Circle, Victoria Drive. Walking and some stairs involved during the tour.
Mapping Rare Finds (2:30-4:30pm)
Join us on this historical journey through one of the most significant collections of rare geographical books and manuscripts in Australia.
Witness the beautifully bound version of Ptolemy’s Geographia from 1482, atlases from the late 16th Century, and more. Mapping Rare Finds takes participants through the hallows of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia (RGSSA) where over 25,000 volumes are contained.
Location: State Library of South Australia, Adelaide
Accessibility: Walk to venue (~350m). Some steps involved.
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We acknowledge the Kaurna people, the original custodians of the Adelaide Plains and the land on which the University of Adelaide’s campuses at North Terrace, Waite and Roseworthy are built.
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