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| Date | Activity | Topic/Theme | Speaker/Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb | Meeting | Giant Caves of the Nullabor Plain | Ian Lewis, FGC / Environment and Water | |
| 22 Feb | Half-day workshop | The secret life of crystals and minerals (Updated repeat of 2025 workshop) | Frances Williams, FGC / Earth Sciences, AU | |
| 5 March | Meeting | How do you move 6000 minerals? | Dr Kieran Meaney South Australian Museum | |
| 29 Mar | Excursion | From Magpie Creek to Sturt Gorge; the onset of the Sturtian glaciation | Colin Conor, FGC | |
| 2 April | Meeting | Lusi: the largest mud volcano disaster in the world | David Grybowski, FGC | |
| *2/3 May | Weekend excursion | Still on a bender at Morgan | Mike Burrell,FGC / SA Museum | |
| 7 May | Meeting | Student seminar: Out of Africa, the Paralana Fault and Snowball Earth | Kira Otterbach, Alastair Bowie, Nicko Wyndham. Earth Sciences, AU | |
| 31 May | Excursion | A fossil waterfall and ancient reed beds in Ambers Gully | Dr Laurence Campbell FGC/ Flinders University | |
| 4 June | Brian Daily Memorial Lecture | Inspiring young geological minds: two decades of teaching at Pichi Richi | Assoc. Prof. Ros King Earth Sciences, AU | |
| *21 June | Excursion | Rocks that made South Australia, a stroll along North Terrace | Peter Briggs, FGC | |
| 2 July | Meeting | From matching coastlines to moving plates: a scientific detective story | Frances Williams, FGC / Earth Sciences, AU | |
| 26 July | Half -day workshop | Mawson’s treasures in the Mawson Building | Jayden Squire, FGC / Earth Sciences, AU | |
| 6 Aug | Meeting | Stone, sand, and silence: a decade among the tombs of Luxor | Brenan Dew, South Australian Museum | |
| *Date TBA | Extra excursion | River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) Project | Sevan Simonian (T2D Project) and Mike Burrell | |
| 30 Aug | Excursion | Field River, Glenthorne Park, and Howchin’s famous anticline | Pat James, FGC / Earth Sciences, AU | |
| 3 Sept | Ralph Tate Memorial Lecture | TBA | TBA | |
| *12–19 Sept | Long excursion | Exploring Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges and Arkaroola | Peter Briggs, FGC | |
| 1 Oct | Meeting | Extinct megafauna of the La Brea Tar Pits | Paul Curnow, FGC / Adelaide Planetarium, AU | |
| 26 Oct | Excursion | Kingston Park to Marino: a world-famous geological section | Frances Williams and Stuart Auld, FGC | |
| 5 Nov | AGM and Members’ Night | TBA | ||
| 13 Nov | Annual Dinner | TBA | ||
| 28 Nov | Picnic | TBA | ||
| Meetings are held in the Mawson Lecture Theatre, University of Adelaide North Terrace Campus, and commence at 7.00 pm unless otherwise announced in the monthly Bulletin. *Note that these excursions are not on the traditional last Sunday of the month. In one case not even on a Sunday! This is on account of needing to liaise with other organisations or individuals. |
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