Meeting and Field Trip/Workshop

Indicative Programme, 2023

For reasons beyopnd our control, our programme is always subject to change, sometimes at short notice.   Please check on the News and Events page close to the advertised date, therefore, to ensure that the event is taking place as advertised.

Note: items marked with an asterisk (*) are provisional

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Date	Event	Leader/Presenter
Thursday 16th February	Club Meeting and book launch: Goldfields of western Nelson ​	Mike Johnston
Sunday 19th February	Picnic and fossicking: Lee Valley	Value
Thursday 16th March	Club meeting: Geological controversies	Jean Gorman and Dave Briggs
Sarurday 25th March	Field Trip: Canaan limestone quarries	Stephen Eagar
Thursday 20th April	Club Meeting: Detrital minerals	Tim Saunderson
Saturday 22nd April	Workshop: Mineral identification	Tim Saunderson, Tom Brown
Thursday 18th May	Club Meeting POSTPONED! Geological hazards in the Tasman region	Glenn Stevens
Saturday 20th May	Field Trip POSTPONED: Rocks and minerals of the Tadmor/Sherry River area	Tom Brown
​Thursday 15th June	Club Meeting: Geological hazards in the Tasman area	Glenn Stevens
Saturday 17th June	Tertiary geology of the Sherry River and Tadmor area	Tom Brown
Thursday 20th July	Club meeting: Every rock tells a story	Club members
Sunday 23rd July​	Workshop: Making sense of igneous rocks	Dave Briggs, Tom Brown, Stephen Eagar
Thursday 17th August	Club Meeting: Tora and the tsunami from the KT boundary incident*	Jean Gorman (based on Geoscience talk by Chris Hollis)
Sunday 20th August​	Field Trip:Field Trip: Rocks of the Baton Valley*	Tom Brown
Thursday 21st September	Club Meeting: William Smith - the man who made maps*	Alan Mathews
Sunday 24th September	Field Trip:Field Trip: Geology of the Moutere Depression	Dave Briggs et al.
Thursday 19th October​	Club meeting: TBC*	Invited speaker
Saturday 21st October	Field Trip: United Creek rodingite​*	Steve Cross, Dave Briggs
Thursday 16th November	Club meeting and AGM: invited lecture	Mike Johnston*
Sunday 19th November	Field Trip: St Arnaud glacial features and faults*	Dave Briggs, Jean Gorman