FEBRUARY 2018 SYMPOSIUM/FARM WALK

  • 10.02.2018
  • 12:30 PM
  • 11.02.2018
  • 12:30 PM
  • Wallace, Victoria (near Ballarat)

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 FEBRUARY 2018 SYMPOSIUM/FARM WALK.

 DATES:         Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th February 2018

 VENUE:         FOR REGISTRATION ON SATURDAY

                                Springbank Football/Netball Club Inc

                                Ormond Road, Wallace.

 PROGRAM: 

 SATURDAY 10th FEBRUARY:

12:30 pm       Registration and light lunch &      

1:00 pm          Welcome                                                       Michael Lang, President

1:05 pm          Nut Leadership program

                        Presentation by Peter Follett, Human Capital International.

 1:30 pm          Presentation – “Australian Organic Certification"

                   Mr Peter Hastie – Australian Certified Organics ACO, QLD.  

2:00 pm        Travel to Wellwood Wallace Walnut Orchard

                       Welcome                   Philip, Patty, Nicole & Rebecca Farnell

                       Program of activities to include: -

                       §  Organic Walnuts, Hazelnuts, Chestnuts and other farming practices 

                       §  Orchard walks

                       §  HACCP programs and Food Safety at Wellwood

                       §  Cracking and oil making machinery at Wellwood

 3:00 pm          Afternoon Tea

3:30 pm          Program continues 

                       §  Walnut milled shell manufacture

                       §  Portable Lucas saw milling operations and cutting of Black walnut timber

                       §  Walnut and Hazelnut harvest machinery

                       §  Drone Phantom 4 Pro use in scaring off Cockatoos

                       §  Drone flying demonstration and machine sales by Airview Drone Technology

5:30 pm          Close

SATURDAY DINNER:

6:30 pm          Pre-Dinner drinks – Wallace Hotel Front Bar

7:00 pm          Dinner – Wallace Hotel Front rooms

9:30 pm          Close

SUNDAY 11th FEBRUARY

9:00 am          Assemble at Wellwood Wallace Walnut Orchard

                         Informal AWIA growers meeting

10:00 am       Morning tea

10:30 am       Depart for visits to surrounding businesses

                    §  Australian Reindeer antler production and harvesting (next door to Wellwood)  

                       §  Gordon Truffle farm - Gordon. (About 10 km drive from Wellwood).   

                       §  Spring Creek Organic Vegetables - About 15 km drive from Wellwood

 12:30 pm       Close and Delegates depart for home.