FIELD TRIP ONE:
Wednesday 28 February, 2007

1. Heading west visiting:

• Midway chip mill
• SPE softwood chipping and export facility
• Midway RP plantations & harvesting including cable logging
• Midway and Macquarie Bank E Glob & Nitens plantations
• Native forest logging
• AKD hardwood sawmills in Colac

2. Heading east visiting:

• DWT – Midway’s hardwood saw mill JV sawing native and plantation hardwood
• Grand Ridge RP and hardwood plantations
• Native forest logging
• Macquarie Bank E Glob plantations
• PaperLinx pulp and paper mill

FIELD TRIP TWO:
Thursday 1st March, 2007

Depart Carlton Crest Hotel approx 6.30am for flight to Launceston
Arrive at 9.30 am in Launceston, and visit some plantations (E nitens) on the way to Bell Bay, then to the FEA - ITC Woodchip Mill. Overlook and see Artec's chipping and chip stockpile and loading operations for Taiwan -- and visit the 9 year nitens sawmill, dry kilns, moulding plant etc. Visit the Gunns 2 major chip plants and woodchip storage and loading facilities at Long Reach and Tamar, and the possibility of the construction site for the Gunns pulpmill.

The CEO of Forestry Tasmania, Evan Rolley, is the invited guest speaker.

Dinner and overnight in Launceston

Friday morning fly back to Melbourne. Overseas and interstate delegates can return to their home ports, others from Melbourne or those staying on for the Grand Prix, will be returned to the Carlton Crest Hotel.