Past Events 2024
More sold-out events in 2024
March: How Melbourne has been transformed into one of the most liveable cities in the world!
Back by popular demand.... our November 2023 Melbourne CBD walking tour, led by City of Melbourne architect Rob Adams AM, had such a great response that it was repeated in March 2024.
Feb/March: We were pleased to be asked to organise a coastal fieldtrip in collaboration with Life Saving Victoria, the Association of Bayside Municipalities and the Victorian National Parks Association. This fieldtrip led by James Driscoll (Monash University) and Rob Gell AM (President of RSV) replicated the fantastic and informative coastal fieldtrips of 2022/23 and inspired a new audience. As a new organisation it is wonderful to establish connections...... and also a challenge when the fieldtrip was to occur on the only day above 38 degrees in February and needed to be rescheduled.
May: An opportunity to learn about the research that has been undertaken at the Australian Synchrotron (see pages 3 & 4) with a tour which provided a close-up view of the facility and its various x-ray and infrared beamlines. Since commencing in 2007, it has provided benefits to more than 5000 researchers a year from academia, medical research institutes, government and other research organisations and industry.
July: On July 19 our fieldtrip was in the CBD at the Metro Tunnel HQ - a community information centre - learning about and being updated on the progress of some of the biggest public transport projects in Victoria’s history. The Metro Tunnel Project and the five new stations, due to be up and running next year, were brought to life through a presentation by renowned architect Ingrid Bakker from the Hassell group. Ingrid provided her insights into this once-in-a-century opportunity to reshape entire city precincts to be more responsive to their context and communities through the design and architecture of the new stations and precincts. Staff at the Metro Tunnel HQ proceeded to show us more about the trains, systems and technological innovations involved, before taking us to the Town Hall Station construction site to learn about Victoria’s biggest archaeological dig as well as station construction methodology.
A momentous day - our first fieldtrip beyond the metropolitan area! National Science Week and a grant from the Inspiring Victoria program provided the opportunity for 25 participants to head off in a bus to explore the dynamic nature of the Mornington Peninsula coastal and marine environments. The focus was climate change impacts and effective adaptation and mitigation strategies to protect our coastal environment.
Participants learned from two expert presenters, Dr James Driscoll, Director of STEM Outreach and geologist (School of Earth Atmosphere, & Environment, Monash University) and coastal geomorphologist Rob Gell AM. Hands-on practical activities further enhanced an excellent all-day fieldtrip experience.
November:
Highlight of the Year - Official Launch of Geography Victoria – 10 November
We Actually Did It!!
It was a “one in a hundred year event”. In a packed room upstairs at the Melbourne Town Hall, full of supporters from all over Australia and with extended messages of support from around the world, Geography Victoria was officially launched. Chief Executive at the Australian Academy of Science, Anna-Maria Arabia, opened the event, acknowledging that one of the key recommendations of Geography: Shaping Australia's Future (2018) had now been implemented. Rob Gell AM was named Patron of Geography Victoria and then chaired a panel of geographers from a diverse array of fields who all agreed Geography was indeed the Science of Place, and finally Tim Costello AO officially launched Geography Victoria.
There were guests from Geographical Societies around Australia, Educational Institutions, Government Departments, Business and Not for Profit Organisations and interested Geographers from all walks of life.
Read more about the launch
