Useful for those taking part in the Debate on Tuesday:
The following 4 Field Trips were selected as they were the most popular and the first to be fully subscribed. We apologise to those who had hoped to attend any of the others.
FIELD TRIPS: MONDAY 1 DECEMBER
All field trips will depart from Coach Parking on Aloe Road, South Campus NMMU
Energy Security Field Trip
07h30: Arrival for 09h00 departure
08h00: Departure by bus from South Campus, Blunden Coach Parking – Aloe Road
1. 09h00 - Wind turbines (Van Stadens) (Afri-Coast Engineers)
2. 10h00 – 11h30 - Crossways experimental off the grid rural village (close to Van Staden Bridge)
3. 12h30: Thyspunt. Nuclear site and packed lunch
14h30: Return to NMMU
Return to NMMU 14h30
Guides: Drs Viera Wagener, Bastien Linol, Maarten de Wit
Time permitting visit:
NMMU Biofuel Laboratory at Invoventum (Institute for Chemical Technology; Algae experiments)
Presentation on Marine Energy (waves, tides etc) by Dr Eckart Schumann
Solar Power - Photovoltaics (PV) at NMMU Centre for Energy Research (http://energy.nmmu.ac.za/)
Field guide (with Maps) and packed lunch will be provided
Global Change in action: Industrial & Socio economic Development in Coega and the Port of Ngqura
08h30: Arrival for 09h00 departure
09h00: Departure by bus from South Campus, Blunden Coach Parking – Aloe Road
10h00: Meet at the CDC Head Offices to start with a tour from zone 1 of the IDZ and continue to have presentation at the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Auditorium.
You will be taken through the IDZ. The IDZ has 14 different zones, 11 500 hectares of land customised for heavy, medium and light industries serviced sites. The tour will basically provide you with an overview of the IDZ operations, the work that the CDC is doing and the pipeline for the near future.
14h30: Return to NMMU
Guide: Neville Sweijd
ACCESS students will accompany this group; in their own bus; departing at the same time.
Ecological Gradients and Biodiversity in the Eastern Cape
08h25 – meet at lecture venue G04 in building 35 for a pre-fieldtrip Google Earth tour.
09h15 – depart NMMU. Distance to first stop: 117km (~1h30min).
10h45 – First stop: 20 min (at the furthest point, and then working back from there).
11h10 – Second stop: 20 min
12h00 – Stop 3 and 2 km hike to lunch spot.
General discussion about biome boundaries over lunch.
13h30 – Start heading back.
14h00 – Stop in at Nanaga farm stall (home of the famous lamb and mint pie, and pineapple juice)
14h30 – Leave Nanaga
15h45 – Arrive back at NMMU
Please remember to bring: hats, sunscreen, water and a notebook.
Leader: Dr Alastair J. Potts (082 491-7275; potts.a@gmail.com)
Eastern Cape Conservation and Tourism (Addo Elephant National Park)
08h00: Arrival for 08h30 departure
08h30: Departure, drive to Colchester entrance
First Stop at Hapoor
Jacks Picnic spot for lunch
Drive through the main camp to the rest camp interactive centre.
17h00: Return to NMMU
Guide: Clayton Weatherhall-Thomas (083 401 8091)