South/Mid Otago Conference April 11 to 15 2012 – Taking Care of our Water

Download the conference programme and registration form (pdf 1.6 mb)

A preview of the draft programme for the 2012 conference.

The conference will be based at Telford campus which is now a division of Lincoln University and is located 7km south of Balclutha. Participants arriving by air can be met and transported from Dunedin airport to Telford where there is accommodation for more than 100 people (download brochure pdf 1.6mb). Other options for accommodation will be motels in Balclutha and Kaka Point. For any enquiries in this regard contact Sheila Paterson 034190300 Monday to Thursday, email sheila.paterson@telford.ac.nz 

The format for the conference follows those of recent years with branch management, business and council meetings on the opening day concluding with the opening dinner at Telford. The second day includes special interest group meetings, the AGM, a tour of Telford farm, a mystery bus trip and the awards dinner at the Town and Country Club in Balclutha.

On Friday the first of the field trips is organised by Mid Otago Branch and visits the Reid family farm near Lake Mahinerangi and the Sinclair Wetlands near Lake Waihola.

On Saturday we visit Landcare Award winner Allan Roulston at Hillend in the morning, then travel to Lawrence taking in three members’ prominent plantings and the numerous features of this historic town. Dinner and the auction will take place at Simpson Park in that town.

The final field trip will visit Neil and Pam Cullen’s property at Glenomaru, the Stephens Cypress trial block and a dairy farm and restored mine site near Kaitangata. Conference will wrap up with a barbecue at Telford.

The details of this programme may change before November but will follow this basic outline. Mark those dates in your diary and for any enquiries contact Sheila or Russell Kerr 032048600 r.kerr@ernslawtap.co.nz

Southern Cross Forest Products is a vertically integrated forestry company, beginning with the purchase of standing trees and finishing with retail products on shelves at major Home Improvement stores in the United States and Australia.

The company operates 4 sawmills located in Balclutha, Milton and Milburn in Otago, and Thames in the Coromandal.  In addition, wood is further processed at manufacturing sites in Mosgiel and Thames producing retail boards and mouldings.

The associated businesses provide work for 360 employees and support local industry including logging contractors, transport operators, engineering and professional firms.

The SCFP group has recently set up a Harvesting and Marketing division which  provides the woodlot owners a complete option when considering the logging of their trees.

Southern Cross Forest Products is committed to the forestry industry and passionate about value adding further processing in New Zealand.