Tuesday 9 November
Symposium Registration
Registration is within J Boag & Son Brewery Precinct
Time: 5.15pm, ongoing into the evening
Be sure to bring your own Symposium bag with a story to tell!
Welcome Reception
J Boag & Son Brewery
Time: 6 – 8pm
Drinks (local wines, boutique lager, soft drinks) and canapes
Evening opportunities to be announced.
Full and concession registrations inclusive
Additional tickets $50 per person
Walking distance from the Symposium hotels.
Enjoy the Pure Welcome jointly sponsored by Pure Tasmania and James Boag’s Pure Lager. The industrial surrounds of the J Boag & Son brewery are a part of the evening’s experience. Opposite the brewery, the Boag’s Centre for Beer Lovers, housed in the historic Tamar Hotel, features over a century’s worth of Boag family and brewery history. This will be open for viewing throughout the registration and the Pure Welcome reception to registered delegates.
Symposium registration is onsite, and ongoing through the evening. Drinks (local wines, boutique lager and soft drinks) and canapes.
Full and concession registrations inclusive.
Additional tickets $50 per person
Walking distance from the Symposium hotels.
Wednesday 10 November
Symposium Dinner
Brickendon Historic Farm and Convict Village, World Heritage Listed
Brickendon, Longford
Coaches will depart the Symposium hotels in Launceston at 5.30pm then depart Brickendon from 10pm.
You're invited to discover Brickendon at Longford, one of Tasmania’s premier heritage estates and a recent world heritage listed site. Explore the convict-built farm village, its farm animals and the convict interpretive centre. Wander the glorious 180 year old gardens. Savour a gourmet barbecue and delicious desserts. Be mesmerised by the dramatic ‘Voices from the Graves’ performance that immerses you in the rich, moving and significant themes of this area’s colonial history through the voices of settlers interned in the graveyard of Christ Church, Longford.
Participate in the Symposium auction and help finance bursaries for next year’s conference – bring an auction item, some cash and cheque or credit card (Mastercard or Visa only).
Dress: casual and warm, comfortable walking shoes.
Full and concession registrations inclusive.
Additional tickets $65 per person Includes first drink – further drinks cash bar.
Thursday 11 November – Field trips
The field trips will depart the Tramsheds around 1pm. Delegates will collect their packed lunch before departing. Coaches will return delegates to the Symposium hotels following the field trips by 5pm.
Inclusive for full and concession registrations.
Additional tickets may be purchased at $30pp
What to wear and take:
• Comfortable clothing and walking shoes
• Wind jacket or raincoat
• Hat & sunscreen
• Camera
• Water bottle
• Small backpack
Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre
Explore life in the Tamar Valley. As you meander along the Tamar River towards Beaconsfield, take in the spectacular vistas and vines that shape our valley, with cool climate wines second to none. The Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre captures the stories and provides a unique and authentic insight into life in the West Tamar. The hands-on, immersive interpretation of the Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre is a key element of its continued and increasing success. Curiosity is aroused with the use of lighting, audio, audio visual, moving and static displays. Visitors are encouraged to touch and explore displays so that they can see and experience the history, heritage and culture. This not only forms the central marketing message but is integral to the way things are done in the Heritage Centre. Just like the challenges in the stories told, the interactive approach and indeed the stories themselves also present many inherent challenges. Explore firsthand the Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre Story.
Further information: www.beaconsfieldheritage.com.au.
Woolmers Estate
Woolmers Estate is a time capsule of colonial life in Tasmania. Located on the meandering Macquarie River in northern Tasmania where convicts were assigned to private masters to undertake agricultural work, the unique story of six generations of the Thomas Archer family is told.
Representing one of the best examples of Australia’s rich convict history, Woolmers provides the key elements of the female convict story. Opened to the public in 1994 following the death of Thomas Archer VI, the property offers the opportunity to stroll through fields along the riverbank, through an intact cultural landscape. View the private house and contents of the Archer family, their extensive pleasure garden, the National Rose Garden and farm outbuildings. The experience offered is meaningful highlight of the layers of colonial Tasmanian life.
Woolmers, together with Brickendon, are part of the recent (August 2010) serial listing of eleven convict sites in Australia for Wolrd Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for inscription on the World Heritage List.
Further information: www.woolmers.com.au
Cataract Gorge Reserve
Visit the Cataract Gorge Reserve, one of Tasmania's top three most popular tourist destinations, located right in the heart of the city. View historic gardens and this major natural heritage site. Enjoy the recently installed interpretation and join us on a guided tour of the Cliff Grounds gardens. Walk to Home Point via the Cataract Gorge walkway and experience the majestic cliffs and dolerite outcrops. Continue along the foreshore to Home Point and enjoy a boat cruise up the North Esk River to experience another aspect of the Gorge.
Additional items to wear and take:
• Water bottle optional
• Cool, comfortable clothing
• Shoes suitable for 2.5 km walk at easy grades
Further information: www.touringtasmania.info/cataract_gorge.htm
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, and the Blacksmith's Museum
The QV Museum is Launceston’s arts, cultural and creative heartbeat and gateway to Tasmania’s history and character. It tells the story of Northern Tasmanians’ lives, and the time and place in which they live. Tour and experience the sights, sounds and smells of the Blacksmith’s Shop as it was when the railways helped shape Tasmania. Explore the Tramway Museum where the heritage transport of Launceston is preserved: watch the restoration work underway, and savor a tram ride through the Inveresk Precinct.
This trip is within a few minutes walk of the Tramsheds.
Further information: www.qvmag.tas.gov.au
Thursday 11 November – evening
Interpretation Australia National Awards for Excellence
The Tramsheds
6pm Silent auction and drinks
6.30 – 7.30pm IA National Awards for Excellence (everyone welcome)
Mix it up with colleagues over a drink at the silent auction to raise bursary funds for our next conference.
Join us in paying tribute to our colleages who are recognised in Interpretation Australia's National Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Armsign.
Light snacks will be served from 6.30pm during the IA Awards. The bar will be open from 6.00pm for purchase of drinks.
Interpretation Australia Annual General Meeting
The Tramsheds
7.45pm – 9pm
The IA AGM (members only) will immediately follow the IA Awards.