Site Tours

Pre Congress Site Tours

Site tours showcasing Darwin and some of the planning related issues will be held on Sunday 29 March 2009. Bookings available via the registration form or alternatively contact the Congress Secretariat at info@eecw.com.au

Darwin Heritage Tour

Date:

Sunday 29 March 2009

Time:

Group 1 - 0900 – 1200noon
Group 2 - 1330 – 1630

Cost:

$45 PIA Member and Non Member
$35 Young Planner and Students

Explore the fascinating heritage of old Darwin from old buildings to sites of importance during World War 2. The tour will explore the challenges of protecting urban heritage in a city with rapid growth.

Sponsored by June D'Rozario & Associates

Darwin CBD Development Walking Tour

Date:

Sunday 29 March 2009

Time:

0900 – 1200noon

Cost:

$45 PIA Member and Non Member
$35 Young Planner and Students

A pedestrian tour of Darwin CBD that is hardly pedestrian. A variety of speakers will inform and entertain you of points of interest ranging from the new Darwin Convention Centre to the historic Old Admiralty House.

Major Infrastructure Projects with Economic Focus Tour

Date:

Sunday 29 March 2009

Time:

0900 – 1200noon

Cost:

$45 PIA Member and Non Member
$35 Young Planner and Students

A bus tour of the expanding East Arm Port precinct, that houses major infrastructure and industrial developments including a Biodiesel Plant, Iron Ore Stockpile Facility and a range of export industries. The challenges of developing a new industrial hub to service to growth of the Northern Territory will be examined.

Contemporary Subdivision Tour

Date:

Sunday 29 March 2009

Time:

0900 – 1200noon

Cost:

$45 PIA Member and Non Member
$35 Young Planner and Students

A bus tour of residential subdivisions looking at how innovative subdivision design responds to life in the dry tropics.

Historic World War 2 Tour

Date:

Sunday 29 March 2009

Time:

1330 – 1630

Cost:

$45 PIA Member and Non Member
$35 Young Planner and Students

Darwin still contains fascinating reminders from when it was Australia’s front line. This bus tour will visit sites of interest around Darwin guided by local historian Peter Forrest.

Rural Planning Issue Tour

Date:

Sunday 29 March 2009

Time:

1330 – 1630

Cost:

$45 PIA Member and Non Member
$35 Young Planner and Students

This tour will hopefully visit a local barramundi farm at harvest time to see first hand the growth in Aquaculture in the Top End. If due to seasonal fluctuations access to a barramundi farm isn’t available this bus tour will explore Darwin’s rural hinterland looking at the planning challenges of managing the urban/rural interface.

Sponsored by Earl James & Associates

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Tour

Date:

Sunday 29 March 2009

Time:

1330 – 1630

Cost:

$45 PIA Member and Non Member
$35 Young Planner and Students

TA bus tour visiting sites of cultural significance in and around Darwin. Custodians of Larrakia lands discuss issues such as traditional historical perspectives of the CBD, the preservation of cultural heritage during periods of rapid growth, impacts of urbanisation on sacred sites, and Native Title.

Post Congress Site Tours

Nguiu Community, Bathurst Island

Date:

Thursday 2 April 2009

Time:

0745 – 1800

Cost:

$400 including flights, transfers, morning tea and lunch

Note:

Tour is based on minimum and maximum (18 pax) numbers

This tour is for people who have worked, working with or intend to work with indigenous to have the opportunity to engage with an indigenous community. It is not a tourist tour and limited spaces will be available.

Proposed itinerary includes:

7.45am

Pick up from Darwin CBD and transfer to Airport

9.00am

Arrive at Bathurst Island Airport
Introduction to Nguiu Community

9.10am

Museum
'Skin Talk' to give an understanding of the importance of clan relationships and the impact on day to day life.Interpretation of the creation story and important spiritual beliefs and ceremonial practices.

Explanations regarding the artefacts in the museum, their practical uses and spiritual significance.

10.00am

Morning Tea
Including welcome to country and smoking ceremony.

11.00am

Ngaruwanajirri Art Centre
A workshop for people with disabilities and Bima wear (a womens screen printing and clothing business).

11.45am

Cemetery Tour
Explanations regarding 'Sorry Business' and the famous Pukamani Burial Poles.

12noon

Lunch
Tiwi Tours Base

1.00pm

Early Mission Precinct
Visit the old mission church and historic 'radio shack' where the first warning of war planes heading for Darwin was sent.

1.45pm

Tiwi Shire Council
Speaker to present the town planning perspective on the growth and development of Nguiu.

2.05pm

Tiwi Land Council
Speaker TBC

2.15pm

Tiwi Training Centre
Speaker TBC

2.30pm

New Housing (Enrail)

2.40pm

Open Air Church

3.00pm

Nguiu Store
Speaker TBC

3.20pm

Tiwi Design
Largest art centre which includes a separate pottery shed, carving shed, silk screen area and retail gallery.

4.00pm

Return to Bathurst Island airport

5.30pm

Arrive Darwin and drop off to CBD