GUIDED TECHNICAL TOUR

Great Ocean Road and Budj Bim Cultural Landscape – – MELBOURNE 18 - 19 NOVEMBER 2019

Explore the and Budj Bim Cultural Landscape on a unique two-day tour, presented by Engineers , Regional Roads and .

With 2019 marking 100 years since construction commenced on the Great Ocean Road, this is an opportunity to see the road from an engineering perspective and learn more about its history, maintenance, and what lies ahead for one of Australia’s most significant tourist attractions.

Guests will also enjoy a guided walking tour of the Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape, where the Budj Bim eel traps have become the first Australian UNESCO World Heritage site to be listed exclusively for its Aboriginal cultural values after a decades-long campaign by the Gunditjmara people.

Other highlights include a sit down lunch with stunning views from The Wye River Hotel and a presentation on the Geotechnical Project at Paddy’s Path, as well as a Leadership Dinner featuring keynote speaker Deakin University Professor Aman Maung Than Oo at the Lady Bay Resort in Warrnambool – where guests will also enjoy an overnight stay. We hope you can join us at this special event: view the full program overleaf.

DAY ONE - 18 November Depart Arrive DAY TWO - 19 November Depart Arrive

Melbourne – 07:00 08:15 Warrnambool – Budj Bim 07:30 08:45

Geelong – Lorne 09:00 10:00 Budj Bim Cultural Walk and lunch 08:45 13:30

Lorne – Cumberland River 10:20 10:30 Budj Bim – Warrnambool 13:30 14:15

Cumberland River – Wye River (Lunch) 11:15 11:35 Warrnambool – Colac 14:30 16:00

Wye River – 13:05 15:25 Colac –Geelong 16:15 17:15

Port Campbell – Warrnambool 16:15 17:00 Geelong – Melbourne 17:30 19:00

Leadership Dinner (Warrnambool), 7 - 9.30pm Featuring Deakin University keynote speaker, Professor Please note that while the morning departures on both days are confirmed, other times are approximate and Aman Maung Than Oo, Head of School, School of subject to traffic conditions Engineering

Purchase tickets to the Showcase from the link below.

For queries, please contact Jill Chalmers at [email protected] Please note: during the registration process there are options to join and disembark the full tour in Melbourne or Geelong. There are also one or two day options with a pickup or drop off in Warrnambool. Guests of members and WEC delegates can also purchase tickets for this tour (maximum of one guest per member or delegate).

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DAY ONE - 18 November Cumberland River This side trip will show how a towering cliff face of Geelong – Morning tea and presentation fractured rock has been made safe for traffic on a Geelong is one of 180 international cities forming the spectacular section of the serpentine tourist road. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network, 12 Apostles – Port Campbell National Park tour and the only regional town in Australia to have a The 12 Apostles is one of Australia’s natural wonders, UNESCO designation. Designated a City of Design, visited by up to 15,000 tourists a day. Spend time in hear about the region’s rich design history, the the visitor centre and enjoy the stunning limestone objectives of the creative cities, and how the City of rock stacks from the viewing platforms and walkways. Greater Geelong is leading it’s designation to support There will be plenty of time to get the perfect photo. our design-driven future. Warrnambool – Leadership Dinner Torquay Hear from a distinguished keynote speaker and Commence the 243 kilometre Great Ocean Road honour our newest regional fellows and engineering journey. Construction began in 1919, stretching executives over a three-course dinner. all the way down to Allansford on the outskirts of Warrnambool. The road serves as the world’s longest war memorial, primarily constructed by returned DAY TWO - 19 November Diggers wishing to honour their fallen mates. Celebrate the 100 year anniversary and history of one Budj Bim – Walking tour and Lunch of Australia’s most visited tourist attraction. Be guided on a walking tour of the Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape. After a decades-long campaign Moggs Creek Bridge by the Gunditjmara people, the Budj Bim eel traps Visit the coastal hamlet of Moggs Creek, which fronts have become the first Australian UNESCO World a broad sandy surf beach on the Great Ocean Road. Heritage site to be listed exclusively for its Aboriginal Learn how Regional Roads Victoria (RRV) engineers cultural values. The eel traps at Budj Bim comprise have responded to community feedback and adopted a vast network of weirs, dams and stone canals to innovations in the build and aesthetics of a new bridge. manipulate water levels in various lake basins. Some of the channels are hundreds of metres long and were Wye River – Lunch and presentation dug out of basalt lava flow. Almost burned out by bushfire in 2015 and then ravaged by storms just a year later, RRV engineers Colac – Afternoon Tea and presentation and Geotech experts have now stabilised one of the Hear from Major Road Projects Victoria most vulnerable, and beautiful, sections of the Great representatives about some of their current projects Ocean Road. underway, including their cultural heritage salvage work such as the duplication Barongarook Creek Bridge in Colac and Drysdale bypass.