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The Australian Geographic Society runs a variety of events

and expeditions to raise funds for Australian scientists,

adventurers, conservation and community projects.

For more information on these events, email [email protected]

or visit australiangeographic.com.au/society

PERU AND

PATAGONIA

Explore Latin America with AGS

advisory councillor Ian Connellan.

Begin in Buenos Aires before heading to

Patagonia. Continue to Peru and follow

the Inca Trail; visit the mysterious Machu

Picchu and see remarkable wildlife in the

Amazon. A percentage of the cost of this

trip goes to the AGS. To book, call 1300

678 909 or visit chimuadventures.com.

We will be returning to the east

Kimberley in 2015 for the 13th

AG Society Scientific Expedition.

Scientists and a select group of

volunteers will once again venture

out to the dusty roads and big skies

of the remote north-west, to find

out how the region’s ecosystems are

coping with cane toads, which arrived

during recent wet seasons. We extend

an invitation to AG readers to join us

in this important endeavour, pitch in

with the fieldwork and perhaps even

feature in the journal.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

COMING IN 2014

Kimberley

Scientific

Expedition

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Peter Aitchison; BARRY SKIPSEY; JASON EDWARDS/

Sarcophilus harrisii

DATE:

21 March–

11 A p ril

2014

WILDERNESS ART

WORKSHOP

Want to be able to paint like an AG

artist? Join regular AG illustrator Ego

Guiotto and artist Dr John Morrison at

beautiful Fraser Island’s Kingfisher Bay

Resort for a residential art workshop.

It will feature ‘plein air’ painting and

drawing, guided walks, sunrise and

sunset colour excursions, studio work

and presentation opportunities.

DATE:

9 –16

August

2014

BEHIND-THE-SCENES:

TASMANIAN DEVILS

Join Dr Menna Jones – 2005 AGS

Conservationist of the Year – on the

fringe of the Tarkine in north-western

Tasmania to assist with Tasmanian devil

field research. Enjoy a rare chance to see

healthy devils in the wild, and go behind

the scenes to learn more about this vital

conservation work. To book, email

[email protected].

DATE:
1–7 March
2014

DATE:

mid-

2015