Field Trip Program 2013

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Field Trip Program 2012

Global Eco delegates have an opportunity to experience first-hand a selection of best-practice tourism experiences on offer in Tropical North Queensland.

Skyrail and Tjapukai Experience
(Full Day)

Date	Sunday 14 October
Location	Cairns / Kuranda
Price	$112.50 per/person
Inclusions	Return coach transfers from Cairns hotel (20 minutes each way) Entry to Skyrail and Tjapukai
Itinerary	8:35am	Skyrail Coach Pick up from Pullman Reef Casino Hotel
	8:40am	Skyrail Coach Pick up from Mantra Esplanade or Mantra Trilogy
	9:00am	Skyrail Rainforest Cableway Experience (take the time on the way up to visit the two mid-stations, with a Ranger Guided Tour at Red Peak Station and three look-outs, our historical display and the Rainforest Interpretive Centre)
	10:30am	Free time in Kuranda: The Village in the Rainforest (Suggestion: Visit the markets, art galleries and shops and take time to stop for lunch at one of the many cafes or restaurants). Lunch at own cost.
	12:15pm	Skyrail Rainforest Cableway from Kuranda to Cairns [If you visited the two mid-stations on the way up to Kuranda you can simply travel straight through to the base of Skyrail which should take approximately 45 mins – don't forget to pose for your photo in the gondola at the end of your experience! Take a short walk next door to Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
	1:15pm	Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park - After being welcomed and face painted, you will be taken through a journey of the Tjapukai people and how they survived the last 40,000 years. Learn about the bush foods and medicines and how they were preserved to be used for medicinal purposes and the ancient instrument the didgeridoo, how it is made and played. Watch them make a fire, sing in language and showcase their traditional dances. Part take in Boomerang and Spear throwing and learn about their hunting tools and weapons
	3:55pm	Walk back to Skyrail for coach drop off back to city accommodation
	4:00pm	Skyrail Coach transfer to city hotels

Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruise
(Full Day)

Date	Sunday 14 October
Location	Green Island / Great Barrier Reef
Price	$91.10 per/person
Inclusions	Return catamaran transfer from Cairns (1.5 hr each way) Snorkelling demonstration & reef presentation en route to Green Island Choice of snorkelling gear OR a glass bottom boat tour, Self guided island walk Buffet lunch
Itinerary	8:00am	Check in at Reef Fleet Terminal Cairns (walking distance from conference hotels)
	8:15am	Boarding commences
	9:00am	Depart Cairns
	10:15am	Arrive Green Island Free time to explore Green Island (snorkelling or glass bottom boat tour)
	12:00pm	Lunch served on Big Cat
	1:30pm	Free time on Green Island
	3:45pm	Depart Green Island for Cairns
	5:00pm	Arrive Cairns

Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruise
(Half Day)

Date	Sunday 14 October
Location	Green Island / Great Barrier Reef
Price	$71.10 per/person
Inclusions	Return express catamaran.transfer from Cairns (45 minute each way) Snorkelling demonstration & reef presentation en route to Green Island Choice of snorkelling gear OR a glass bottom boat tour, Self guided island walk
Itinerary	12:30pm	Check in at Reef Fleet Terminal Cairns (walking distance from conference hotels)
	12:45pm	Boarding commences
	1:00pm	Depart Cairns
	1:45pm	Arrive Green Island Free afternoon to explore Green Island (snorkelling or glass bottom boat tour)
	4:15pm	Depart Green Island for Cairns
	5:00pm	Arrive Cairns

 

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