INCLUSIVE FUNCTIONS

Welcome Reception
Date: Sunday 25 May 2008
Time: 1700 - 1900
Venue: You Yangs Hall

Inclusive in all full registration types. Additional tickets A$60.00 per person.

An invitation is extended to all delegates to attend the Welcome Reception. Come and renew old friendships and make new ones as we welcome you to Melbourne, Australia.

College Ceremony and College Address
Date: Monday 26 May 2008
Time: 1830 - 2030
Venue: John Batman Theatre

Inclusive in all full registration types.  Additional tickets A$40.00 per person.

Please join us for the College Ceremony where new Fellows and Certificate of Advance Training recipients are honoured.  The Ceremony includes the conferring of various honorary awards and prizes and a College address.

OPTIONAL FUNCTIONS

Congress Gala Dinner
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2008
Time: 1930 - 2230
Venue: Regent Theatre Plaza Ballroom
Cost: Tickets A$120.00 per person.

This function is not included in the registration fee.

The Plaza Ballroom is a magnificent heritage listed venue situated in the very heart of Melbourne on Collins Street below the famous Regent Theatre.

Section Dinners and Breakfast Meetings
Various section dinners and breakfast meetings will be held during the Congress. Please refer to the website for up to date information and to book your ticket.

Tours

Melbourne City Sights Tour
Date: Monday 26 May 2008
Time: 0830 – 1200
Cost: A$65.00 per person

Experience the beautiful sights of Melbourne on this luxury coach tour. Sights include Fitzroy Gardens, Captain Cook's Cottage, Parliament House, Windsor Hotel, Queen Victoria Market,'MCG', Rod Laver Arena, Flinders Street Station, Young & Jackson's Hotel and St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Stop for morning tea in the Botanic Gardens Café (own expense) and see the famous Shrine of Remembrance, an amazing War Memorial.

Travel past the Grand Prix race track and over West Gate Bridge for panoramic views of Melbourne See Port Phillip Bay the Yarra River and the Arts Centre.

Blue Dandenongs and Wine Tasting in the Yarra Valley
Date: Tuesday 27 May 2008
Time:  1000 – 1730
Cost: A$144.00 per person

Guests will head out of the city via the Blue Dandenong Ranges which have superb traditional gardens and towering mount ash forests   Visit the Ferntree Gully, Sherbrooke Forest noted for its lyrebirds and fern gullies before heading off for wine tasting in the Yarra Valley.

The Yarra Valley is the historical home of the Victorian Wine Industry in Australia and a scenic area that is a must see for any visitor to Melbourne.   Enjoy lunch at Fergussons Winery followed by tastings at Rochfords Eyton and Domaine Chandon.

Penguin Parade to Phillip Island
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2008
Time:  1330 – 2230
Cost: A$143.00 per person

Phillip Island boasts two of Australia's greatest natural attractions, Seal Rocks and the Penguin Reserve.   This late afternoon tour features the Fairy Penguins at Phillip Island Nature Park and the Fur Seals.  Depart Melbourne for Phillip Island, where the Little Penguins that nest there perform a “parade” every evening – emerging from the sea and waddling up the beach to their burrows. Be privy to one nature's most spectacular shows – a few minutes after sunset. The tour includes entrance to the Nature Park and access to the premium viewing area.