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Queensland Day Trips

• QLD-D1 Geology of Brisbane
• QLD-D2 The Glasshouse Mountains
• QLD-D3B Stradbroke Island and Moreton Bay
• QLD-D4B The Tweed Shield
• QLD-D5 The Scenic Rim of Queensland
• QLD-D6 Engineering Geology in SE QLD
• QLD-D7A Toowoomba Industrial Minerals
• QLD-D7B Toowoomba Industrial Minerals
• QLD-D8A Sunshine Coast Construction Materials
• QLD-D8B Sunshine Coast Construction Materials

Queensland Field Trips

• Q-1A Geology of Heron Island
• Q-1B Geology of Heron Island
• Q-2 Mineralisation of the Mount Isa Region
• Q-3 Mount Isa Crustal Evolution
• Q-4 The Queensland Energy Province
• Q-5 Whitsunday Volcanics & Tectonism
• Q-6 Cretaceous Northern Great Artesian Basin
• Q-7 (No Longer Available)
• Q-8A Fraser Island Natural and Geological Beauty
• Q-8B Fraser Island Natural and Geological Beauty
• Q-9A (No Longer Available)
• Q-9B (No Longer Available)
• Q-10 Cracow-Gympie Gold
• Q-11 Nth Qld: 1700 million years of Earth History

New South Wales Field Trips

• NSW-1 (No Longer Available)
• NSW-5 Bega - Murrumbidgee Batholiths
• NSW-6 (No Longer Available)
• NSW-7 Oroclinal Bending in the Sthn New England

Victoria Field Trips

• V-2 (No Longer Available)
• V-3 Otway Basin Carbon Capture and Storage

Tasmania Field Trips

• T-1 (No Longer Available)
• T-2 Ore Deposits of Tasmania

South Australia Field Trips

• S-2 (No Longer Available)
• S-4 Ediacaran-Cambrian of South Australia

Northern Territory Field Trips

• NT-1 Geology of Uluru - Alice Springs Region
• NT-2 (No Longer Available)

Western Australia Field Trips

• WA-1 Yilgarn Craton
• WA-2 A billion years of Earth history
• WA-3 (No Longer Available)
• WA-4 Shark Bay: Stromatolites and World Heritage

New Zealand Field Trips

• NZ-1 North Island: Active Volcanism
• NZ-2 North Island - Auckland Volcanic Field
• NZ-3 Pliocene to Miocene Wanganui & Taranaki
• NZ-4 South Island: Plate Boundary Structure

New Caledonia Field Trip

• NCAL-1 New Caledonia Subduction/Obduction

Malaysia Field Trip

• MY-1 Langkawi Geopark

Papua New Guinea Field Trips

• PNG-1 (No Longer Available)
• PNG-2 Port Moresby-Popondetta-Kokoda-Madang

Q-4 The Queensland Energy Province
The Geology behind Coal, Coal-seam gas, Oil, Traditional gas, Groundwater, and Carbon Geostorage Opportunities

 

Post Trip	Saturday 11 August to Wednesday 15 August 2012 (5 days and 4 nights)
Start/Finish	Starts in Brisbane - Finishes in Brisbane (Numbers limited to 19)
Cost	Land:$2140 per person share twin/double Single Supplement:$550
Description	Queensland's energy province is dominated by the Bowen and Surat basins. Explore the geology behind the state's hydrocarbon potential and world class coal deposits. The field trip will cross both basins with a transect spanning the Permian to Middle Jurassic units with explanations of the interpretations of the depositional systems that host these resource endowments.
Highlights	Hiking trails and indigenous art at Carnarvon National Park and the prime grazing and agricultural country that characterises Queensland, in addition to its natural and mineral resources.
Leader	Dr Jonathan Hodgkinson and Mr Mike McKillop, Geological Survey of Queensland
Booking This field trip does not include an option for the booking of an additional flight or does not involve air travel.
Itinerary
Day 1	Brisbane to Theodore	Saturday 11th August
	Depart Brisbane by coach early in the morning and travel northwards to Theodore. En route roadside outcrops to Precipice National Park – Middle to Early Jurassic Surat Basin. Arrive Theodore and check into your motel for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: D	Overnight: Motel in Theodore
Day 2	Theodore to Lake Maraboon	Sunday 12th August
	Early departure from Theodore for the journey to Lake Maraboon. The day will include transect from Middle to Early Jurassic Surat Basin, Triassic and Late Permian Bowen Basin. Roadside outcrops en route to Springsure and Emerald – transect across the Triassic and into the Permian of the Denison Trough of the Bowen Basin. Check into your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: B/L /D	Overnight: Lake Maraboon Holiday Village
Day 3	Lake Maraboon to Carnarvon Gorge	Monday 13th August
	After breakfast there will be a safety induction at Fairbairn Dam before travelling on to Carnarvon Gorge where you will have roadside outcrop stops from Permian to Middle Jurassic highlighting major oil and gas bearing units and explanation of interpreted depositional environments along the way. Arrive at your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: B /L/ D	Overnight: Carnarvon Gorge Wilderness Lodge
Day 4	Carnarvon Gorge	Tuesday 14th August
	Spend the morning around the spectacular Carnarvon Gorge where you will view Jurassic Precipice Sandstone Boolimba Bluff, 200 metres high above Carnarvon Creek . The afternoon is free to explore the various hiking trails and points of interest within the park. Carnarvon National Park is a spectacular gorge system with towering white cliffs and lush side gorges. Carnarvon Creek meanders through eucalypt and cabbage palm forest and attracts 170 bird species. Explore creeks, mossy gorges and cool rainforests on 21 kilometres of walking track. Discover Aboriginal art at Baloon Cave and the Art Gallery. Spot whiptail wallabies and fairy-wrens, and watch platypus in the creek in the early morning. A GSQ field guide will also lead a group to the 'Amphitheatre' if there is enough interest to view the Triassic/Jurassic disconformity and the fluvial sedimentary structures of the Precipice Sandstone. Return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
	Meals: B /L/ D	Overnight: Carnarvon Gorge Wilderness Lodge
Day 5	Carnarvon Gorge to Brisbane	Wednesday 15th August
	After breakfast depart for Roma with a visit en route to the SANTOS coal seam gas operations-Fairview, before travelling on to Brisbane. Own accommodation and onward flight arrangements in Brisbane.
	Meals: B /L
Important Notes:
	This field trip is not suitable for children, it will involve sections of long distance driving, visiting coast outcrops that may be hazardous and in the case of a couple of the outcrops to visit, require scrambling down steep, but short limestone cliffs. The Boolimba Bluff hiking trail is a steep climb and is not recommended for anyone unused to physical exertion.
Equipment Required:
	Participants should be prepared for hot or wet weather. Sun hat, rain coat and strong walking shoes are essential. Hard hat, protective glasses, steel toecap boots, long sleeve shirts and long pants are mandatory at some mines.