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Field Study Sites

All disciplines in the natural sciences conduct field trips for undergraduate students as well as for students enrolled in some postgraduate degrees. Whilst many are only day trips to sites close to the campuses others range from 2 days to several weeks duration. More information on these localities is given in the following entries, for detailed information contact the discipline concerned.

  • "Fletcherview" Field Station (North Queensland)
  • Boulia area (western Queensland)
  • Cairns environs, field studies
  • Chillagoe Area Field Sites (North Queensland)
  • Cloncurry field station (western Queensland)
  • Daintree Rainforest Observatory ( prev. Australian Canopy Crane) Research Facility Far North Queensland
  • Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah (Borneo)
  • Fanning River area (North Queensland)
  • Magnetic Island, field study site (North Queensland)
  • Moorrinya National Park (S of Hughenden)
  • Mt Garnet Innot Hot Springs Irvinebank and Herberton area field sites (North Queensland)
  • Mt Garnet, Innot Hot Springs, Irvinebank and Herberton
  • Mt Spec - Ingham area, rainforest, (Wet Tropics)
  • Orpheus Island Research Station, field studies (Great Barrier Reef)
  • Paluma to Hidden Valley field study sites (N. of Townsville)
  • Toomba area (North Queensland)
  • Townsville environs, field studies
  • Undara field study sites (North Queensland)

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