Field trip
Extend your NBRUC 2026 experience beyond the conference room with hands-on learning opportunities that showcase innovative beef production systems and research applications in real-world settings. Join our carefully curated field trip on Friday 13 March 2026 to visit leading operations, witness pioneering research in action, and explore the diverse landscapes that define northern Australian beef production. The field trip will run as a full day program from approx. 7.00am – 5.30pm, as follows:
Depart voco Brisbane City Centre
Site visit at Aroona Station QTFN
Lunch
Site visit at QASP, UQ Gatton
Refreshments served prior to departure
Return to voco Brisbane City Centre
Please note this program is subject to change if required.
Extend your NBRUC 2026 experience beyond the conference room with hands-on learning opportunities that showcase innovative beef production systems and research applications in real-world settings. Join our carefully curated field trip on Friday 13 March 2026 to visit leading operations, witness pioneering research in action, and explore the diverse landscapes that define northern Australian beef production. The field trip will run as a full day program from approx. 7.00am – 5.30pm, as follows:
Depart voco Brisbane City Centre
Site visit to Aroona Station a Queensland Trust for Nature property including morning tea and lunch
TFN’s Aroona Station is a magnificent 2,000-hectare property in the significant wildlife corridor Little Liverpool Range about 55km Southwest of Ipswich.
A working cattle property for over 50 years with large areas of diverse native vegetation that supports varied and viable populations of conservation-significant wildlife, Aroona Station showcases how nature conservation, best practice land management and sustainable beef production can co-exist in harmony.
Travel to Queensland Animal Science Precinct, University of Queensland, Gatton for a tour within the non-containment area. Led by Milou Dekkers the theme for the visit will be “Research Capabilities”.
You will visit three ‘stations’ and hear from students and researchers as they showcase equipment and it use in research.
The Queensland Animal Science Precinct (QASP) is a world-class facility at the University of Queensland’s Gatton campus focused on animal industries. This is a major hubs for agricultural research and development in Queensland, fostering collaboration between scientists and industry to achieve practical outcomes and strengthen the state’s agricultural sector.
Refreshments served at UQ, Gatton prior to departure.