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Q-1A Geology of Heron Island,
Southern Great Barrier Reef

Pre Trip

Monday 30 July to Saturday 4 August 2012 (6 days and 5 nights)

Start/Finish

Starts in Gladstone Marina, Gladstone - Finishes in Gladstone Marina, Gladstone (Numbers limited to 30)

Cost

Land:$2680 per person share twin/double Single Supplement:$865 Air:$180

Description

Travel by launch, Reef Voyager, to Heron Island, part of the Capricorn-Bunker group located at the Southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. The reef can be examined for reef zonation, reef-building processes during the Holocene, carbonate sediment types, their erosion and dispersal, carbonate facies distribution and early diagenetic phenomena.

Highlights

Snorkelling in the tropical waters of the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef with its cays, corals and stunning marine life.Resort accommodation on beautiful tropical Heron Island.

Leaders

Dr John Jell, The University of Queensland

Notes

Specific joining instructions apply to this field trip and will be provided upon receipt and confirmation of trip booking. All meals and snorkelling activities are included. Optional scuba diving and helicopter flights over Great Barrier Reef are available.

You can still book on this tour but you will be placed on a waiting list. If a position becomes vacant you may be selected for the tour. Please select an alternate tour when you book onto the waiting list.

Booking with Flight included	Booking with no Flight
This field trip can be booked with a flight to Brisbane from the end point of the field trip inclusive. If booked with the field trip then your flight will be confirmed as part of the IGC seats allocated on flights .	If you book without the flight it will be the responsibility of the delegate to book the flight to return from the end of the field trip to Brisbane. These seats cannot be booked as part of the IGC allocation and you will only have the publicly available seats on the flight.
(Additional cost see above)
* Flight bookings DO NOT include arrangements for you from your home port to or from the field trips and congress. These bookings can be done as a separate arrangement

Itinerary

Day 1

Gladstone to Heron Island

Monday 30th July

On arrival into Gladstone you will need to make your own way to the Gladstone Marina by 1030 as your launch transfer on the Reef Voyager to Heron Island departs shortly after this. The route to Heron Island crosses Gladstone Harbour passing around the southern end of Facing Island; it then heads northeast and passes close to Irving Shoals and Polmaise Reef, the latter being only exposed at low tide. The first reef with a vegetated sand cay is Masthead Reef; the route then passes by little Erskine Island and along the lee of Wistari reef before crossing the channel to enter Heron Island harbour. The trip is approximately 2 hours. On arrival you will be met and welcomed with a short time to settle into your room before meeting for lunch followed by a logistics and safety induction and lecture on the reefs and islands of the Capricorn and Bunker Groups and their regional setting. In the late afternoon you will have an initial inspection of the sand cay, beach rock and surrounding reef flat (Site1) before meeting for dinner.

Meals: L/D