Site Tours

Site tours will take place on Thursday 12 July, departing from the Adelaide Convention Centre. Please indicate your attendance when registering. If there is insufficient interest in a tour to make it economically viable, the committee reserves the right to cancel the tour.

Option 1

Flinders Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development – Facility Tour and McLaren Vale Wineries

Visitors to the Flinders University Medical Biotechnology laboratories will have the opportunity to tour the laboratories where research is being carried out on micro and macroalgal bioproducts and biofuels. The visit to Flinders University Medical Biotechnology laboratories will include a 30 minute introduction to the facility, followed by laboratory tour and morning tea.

Participants will then be taken to the McLaren Vale wine region meet up with the participants from Option 2 and enjoy lunch at a local winery, followed by the opportunity to participating in some wine tasting. The return journey back to the Adelaide Convention Centre will follow the coastline of Adelaide, including beaches such as Port Noarlunga and Aldinga.

Cost – $110 per person.

Includes transport, morning tea, lunch and wine tasting.

Time – 8.45am departure from the Adelaide Convention Centre, return at approximately 5pm.

Option 2

National NCRIS Photobioreactor Facility Tour at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), and McLaren Vale Wineries

The National NCRIS Photobioreactor Facility provides world class infrastructure and expertise to advance Australian research and development into microalgae for biofuel production. The NCRIS facility provides unique capability for R&D clients to research microalgal growth using state-of-the-art technology at one central location. The facility is an essential step in taking new biofuel feedstock technologies towards full commercialisation. It provides the capability to research microalgal growth in experimental photobioreactors and raceways, and enables manipulation and monitoring of algal production systems to improve algal biomass and lipid (oil) yield

Following a tour and presentation of the NCRIS Facility and morning tea, participants will then be taken to the McLaren Vale wine region meet up with the participants from Option 1 and enjoy lunch at a local winery, followed by the opportunity to participating in some wine tasting.

The return journey back to the Adelaide Convention Centre will follow the coastline of Adelaide, including beaches such as Port Noarlunga and Aldinga.

Cost – $110 per person.

Includes transport, morning tea, lunch and wine tasting.

Time – 8.45am departure from the Adelaide Convention Centre, return at approximately 5pm.