Australian Geographic — May-June 2017

The AG Society’s expedition program and those of its selected travel partners

provide informative, inspiring and unique experiences for readers. Your

participation in these adventures supports the Society’s mission to foster

the spirit of discovery and adventure and contributes funds to our work.

Discover Australia

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May • June 2017

WHEN: 7–12 and 14–19

August 2017

COST: $2200pp. Includes all

activities and many lunches

and dinners.

BOOKINGS:

Call 0467 974 018 or email

[email protected]

WHO: Odyssey Travel

DATES: 19 September–

5 October 2017 (17 days)

COST: From $9995pp (twin

share)

BOOKINGS: Call Odyssey on

1300 888 225, email info@

odysseytravel.com.au or visit

http://www.odysseytraveller.com.au

TRAVEL PARTNER EXPEDITIONS

LIGHTNING RIDGE FOSSIL DIG

DINOSAURS OF ARGENTINA

THE AGS offers you a chance

to hunt for fossils on the opal

fields. Join us in this endeavour

and pitch in with the fieldwork.

Guided by experts, you will go

to special locations, seeking

new specimens for the collections

of the Australian Opal Centre.

Your discoveries will further

establish this museum collection

as a world-class scientific and

cultural resource. The week will

also feature a series of lectures

on opals and gems, mining history,

opalised fossils, dinosaur hunting

and new dinosaurs.

A SMALL group tour led by former

editor of AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC

John Pickrell to a series of important

dinosaur sites and museums. This

trip includes three days of fossil-dig

activity and a visit to a brand-new

titanosaur (possibly the largest

dinosaur ever discovered) at

Trelew in Patagonia. This 17-day

adventure gives you the chance

to meet some of the top guides

to and experts on Argentina’s

palaeontological treasures. You will

visit key sites and dig at the Lago

Barreales Paleontology Center

(Proyecto Dino).

DATES: 15–22 October 2017

COST: From $4250pp

INCLUSIONS: Return airfares

from Sydney; local transfers;

seven nights accommodation

and meals at Pinetrees Lodge;

sunset drinks and afternoon

teas; bushwalking activities

BOOKINGS: Call Pinetrees

on 02 9262 6585 or email

[email protected]

LORD HOWE ISLAND SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION

COME WITH the Society to the

South Pacific to survey biodiversity.

Run in partnership with Pinetrees

Lodge and the Lord Howe Island

Board, this scientific expedition is a

unique opportunity for 20 readers

to enjoy bushwalks and nature

experiences while helping CSIRO

scientists to survey endemic snails,

beetles and other insects that are

thought to be close to extinction.

Many species on the island remain

undescribed or unrecorded, so

the expedition stands to make

a significant contribution to

conservation. Opportunities for coral

and bird surveys will be available and

evening lectures will be provided.

2017 MARKS THE 30th anniversary of

AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC’s first ‘Wilderness

Couple’. To celebrate, Mike Cusack will lead

four Aurora Kimberley Coast expeditions.

In 1987 Dick Smith chose Mike and his wife,

Susan, to spend 12 months living off the

land in the Kimberley, and Mike will share

his knowledge and adventurous spirit on

these trips. Coral Expeditions I will lead

you to the waters of the Indian Ocean,

where you will enter one of our most exotic

regions. Using Zodiacs, you’ll also visit sites

accessible only by sea.

KIMBERLEY COAST –

WITH MIKE CUSACK

WHO: Aurora Expeditions DATES: Darwin to Broome: 2–12 June or

23 June–3 July Broome to Darwin: 12–22 June or 3–13 July COST: From

$7990pp BOOKINGS: Call 1800 637 688 or visit http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au

Join AG Society host Cornelia

Schulze on an exciting expedition to

discover the history of Cooktown and

the natural beauty of remote Lizard

Island, as well as the wonders of the

Great Barrier Reef – both above and

below the surface. Living in style for

eight days aboard Coral Expeditions

II, you’ll explore the lesser known

ribbon reef systems of the GBR’s

north-east, which are not easily

reached by day boats. See page 68 for

more information.

GREAT BARRIER

REEF CRUISE

WHO: Coral Expeditions DATES: 30 October–6 November

COST: From $3395pp BOOKINGS: Call 1800 079 545, email

[email protected] or visit http://www.coralexpeditions.com

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