Field trips and aeroplane bookings

[Barry Batts]

Colleagues, 
It will be about now that many of you will be thinking of making  
your travel arrangements for AIG-5.  The purpose of this brief  
message is to remind you of the field trips and how they will effect  
your travel plans.  They are outlined on the Web Site.  

In brief, we have arranged three trips.   

a.  A free visit with lunch and transport provided to the Southern  
Pacific Petroleum Shale Oil production facility on Saturday 31  
May, 2003.  At the end of this trip you will be taken back to the  
airport in time to catch the flight south to Brisbane and beyond.   
Although the times might vary slightly from now until then this flight 
 is presently designated QANTAS QF2307 departing Gladstone at  
1655.  Although there is no cost for the trip itself you will need to  
stop-over in Gladstone on the Friday night after you come back  
from the Island.  The Web Site has a list of hotels in Gladstone and 
 you will need to make your own hotel bookings for the Friday night 
 there.  Naturally we will offer help if you need it.  As soon as you  
know your plans I would appreciate an indication from you if you  
intend to visit this unique plant.   

b.  Blair Hostetler has arranged a trip which will take in some of the 
 more scenic and geologically interesting parts of Eastern Australia 
 between Sydney and Brisbane.  The planned trip is described on  
the Web Site and Blair tells me that although the exact costs are  
not known both this and the following field trip should cost  
approximately AUS$200 per day maximum.  This trip departs  
Sydney at approximately 0830 on Monday 19 May and will end up  
at Brisbane airport in time to catch the flight to Gladstone,  
QANTAS flight QF2332 departing Brisbane 0835 and arriving  
Gladstone 0950.  A coach will meet you at the airport and take you 
 to the marina for the trip to the Island by catamaran.  If you are  
interested in taking this trip Blair would appreciate hearing from you 
 so that he can arrange accommodation etc. on the way.  His E- 
mail address is:  Blair.Hostetler at mq.edu.au. 

c.  Blair has also arranged a post-conference trip from Adelaide on  
Monday 2 June.  The costs will be approximately the same per day 
 as for b. above.  Again I would urge you to contact Blair if you are  
interested in seeing a region of Australia very different from the  
East coast. 

Thank you 

Barry Batts 
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Barry D. Batts
Adjunct Professor
Department of Chemistry
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
AUSTRALIA
Phone   61-2-9850-6375
FAX     61-2-9850-8313
E-Mail  Barry.Batts at mq.edu.au

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