Monthly Lecture

Walking with Purpose: reinventing 19 th Century Desert Exploration for 21 st Century Desert Knowledge.

Andrew Harper

Andrew will entertain and inform us with his talk about travelling with camels in the outback.

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Andrew has been walking and exploring the Australian deserts since 1995 and has journeyed over 20,000 kilometres across all of Australia's nine major deserts either as a solo explorer or as leader of commercial camel expeditions. On Australia Day 2015, he was honoured with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), for service to environmental science, research and adventure tourism. More details closer to the lecture.

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Date and Time

19 November 2026 | 5:30 pm

Location

Hetzel Lecture Theatre, Institute Building, SLSA North Terrace, Adelaide

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Members: $5
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Light refreshments available from 5:00 pm