Pre and Post Conference Events

Delegates visiting Australia may wish to take advantage of a number of pre and post conference events planned around the time of the conference.

Pre-conference meetings/workshops

Meeting on Mangrove Macrobenthos 2 (MMM2)

25 June - 2 July 2006 Gold Coast,
hosted by Griffith University, Australia
followed by
a field trip to the Daintree River, north Queensland 3 – 9 July

See www.griffith.edu.au/conference/mmm2006/ for details.

The first MMM (www.specola.unifi.it/MMM/) was held in September 2000 at Mombasa, Kenya, organised by Professor Marco Vannini, Dr Stefano Cannicci and Renison Ruwa of Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI). About 100 participants from Europe, America, Africa, and Australia attended the meeting, with some of the papers presented now published in a special issue of Wetlands Ecology and Management (Volume 10 , 2002). It was resolved at the meeting that MMM2 would be held in Australia immediately prior to Catchments to Coast so that delegates had the opportunity to attend both events. .

Post-conference meetings/workshops

Coastal GIS ’06

GIS for the coastal zone: Spatial Data, Modelling and Management. The 7 th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management. 13 th-17 th July 2006. Wollongong and Sydney, New South Wales.

See Coastal GIS ’06 for details.

Wetland Education and Training Workshop

Update your skills as an accredited wetland scientist by attending a Wetland Education and Training Workshop in Sydney immediately following the Cairns conference. Workshops cover issues in the management of mangrove and saltmarsh, set in the scenic Sydney Olympic Park. Site of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the parklands contain some of the most intensively managed wetlands in Australia.

See the Wetland Education and Training, Sydney Olympic Park Authority for details.

 Australia Zoo

There is no other zoo like Australia Zoo! http://www.australiazoo.com.au/australia_zoo/index.html

Australia Zoo is located on the beautiful Sunshine Coast near the Glasshouse Mountains. Just 45 minutes north of Brisbane on the Glasshouse Mountains Tourist Drive, it is the home of some of Australia's most unique and amazing wildlife, as well as some remarkable animals from overseas.

Your visit to the Home of The Crocodile Hunter will definitely thrill and amaze you!