Yass field trip
Monday 17 November FIELD TRIPS [draft program subject to change]
“Along the Barton Highway to Yass: urban, peri-urban and rural landscapes.”
| 8.00 am | Registration opens at the Queanbeyan City Council Conference Centre, Crawford St, Queanbeyan |
| 8.30am | Opening of the UMCCC & MLI Forum Day 1 Field trip housekeeping Tea, coffee and morning tea available |
| 9.00am | Bus departs Queanbeyan City Council Conference Centre |
| 9.40-10.20am | Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve, northern ACT Mulligans Flat and Bush on the Boundary. |
| 10.45-11.15am | The Forde Development – urban design for the catchment |
| 11.40-12.15pm | Namima Travelling Stock Route – management and revegetation |
| 12.30pm | Murrumbateman Reserve – LUNCH PROVIDED |
| 1.00-2.30pm | Murrumbateman & surrounds – rural residential, lifestyle blocks, peri-urban estates and their pressures on the landscape |
| 3.00-3.45pm | “Nanima Gold” Yass River Rd – Farm Forestry and sustainable farm management |
| 4.00-4.30pm | “Bowylie” Yass – Willow removal and river restoration on the Yass River. |
| 5.30pm | Bus arrives back at Queanbeyan Function Centre |
Snacks, fruit and drinks will be available during the day in addition to lunch
PLEASE WEAR SENSIBLE SHOES & CLOTHING, BRING A HAT, SUNSCREEN AND ANY PERSONAL ITEMS REQUIRED FOR THE DAY
6.00pm UMCCC & MLI Forum Dinner at Queanbeyan Function Centre
