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ASH CONFERENCE 2011
36th
Annual General Meeting of Australian Society of Herpetologists
November 8
-11, 2011, Paluma, North Queensland
Travel: The next ASH meeting will be held at Paluma Village, located 92 km north
of Townsville, Queensland in the Paluma Range (880 m asl).
We are arranging buses to leave from the Townsville airport and drive meeting
participants to Paluma and back. You will be able to book and pay for bus
transportation with your registration. Alternatively, you may want to rent a
car and make the 1.5 hour drive to Paluma on your own. Note that Paluma Village is very isolated; mobile phone
access is limited, and there are no shops or other facilities aside from a
small café.
Environment: Paluma Village
is surrounded by rainforest habitat. If you head west towards Hidden Valley, the habitat changes from
rainforest to wet sclerophyll and finally dry sclerophyll habitat. This
habitat mosaic sustains a wide diversity of vertebrates, including may reptile
and frog species that are endemic to north Queensland. Local attractions include
lookouts, rainforest walks, swimming in cold mountain streams, bird watching,
and picnic facilities.
Accommodation: Most conference attendees will be staying at Gumburu
(the Catholic Environmental Education Centre) or at the Paluma Queensland
Education Centre. Both are located within walking distance of each other (10
minutes) and provide ‘school camp’ style accommodation of bunk rooms (2 or 4
to a room). Meals will be included in the registration for those staying at Gumburu or the Paluma Education Centre.
If you wish to arrange
your own accommodation, there are two options in Paluma Village:
(1) the Rainforest
Inn Paluma, 1 Mt Spec Road, Paluma, QLD 4816 (07)
4770 8688, http://www.rainforestinnpaluma.com/ or (2) self-contained holiday cottages (see for
example http://www.palumarainforest.com.au/stay_selfcontained.htm). Although
camping is available at Lake Paluma Campground (located ~20 minute drive west
of Paluma Village), at the present time this
area is closed due to cyclone damage. However, it may be open again before
the conference. Contacts are available at http://www.palumarainforest.com.au/stay_camping.htm.
Meals:
For folks staying at Gumburu or the Paluma
Education centre, all meals are included (breakfast, lunch, dinner and morning/afternoon
tea). Please note that we have limited
ability to cater meals, so people arranging their own accommodation will not
be included in the meal plan, and must self-cater (you will need to
shop in Townsville before coming to Paluma, as there is no shopping in Paluma).
The Rainforest Inn has
a high end restaurant, which is the only restaurant nearby. The conference
dinner will be included in everyone’s registration, and we will feed everyone
for that meal.
What to Bring: You will need a fitted sheet (for the mattress)
or sleeping bag, a pillow and pillow slip, and bedding (we recommend a
light-to medium-weight sleeping bag). It can be very hot at Paluma in
November, but it can also be very cool and really, really rainy and muddy. We
recommend a raincoat, a light jumper, insect repellent, and sunscreen.
Gumboots might be good.
Pre- and Post conference tours: Information coming to the ASH website soon…
REGISTRATION
INFO COMING SOON.....
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