Richmond Field Days and Races, 10-11 June, Richmond To end out the team’s trip to Richmond and tie in the Science to Practice Forum field trip, the Hub attended to the local Richmond Field Days and Races with Node partner Southern Gulf NRM. Coordinator Emily spent time with Pru, Lyndy,
Science to Practice Forum, 7 – 9 June, Cairns and Richmond All eight Hub’s hosted an in-person viewing location for Future Drought Fund’s online Science to Practice Forum. The team decided to stream the Forum at both the TNQ Hub’s home in Cairns and out west in the small regional
Northern Beef Producers Expo, 3-4 June, Charters Towers The Northern Beef Producers Expo, held in Charters Towers was a great opportunity for Director David to take new Hub employee and TAS Senior Research Officer, Ana Almeida out into the region and meet producers and Node members, NQ Dry Tropics. The
AgTac Awayday, 1 June, Townsville The James Cook University’s Agriculture Technology and Adoption Centre (AgTac) focuses on solving industry-relevant problems through technology adoption, DataTech and Sustainable Finance, Ecosystem services and Economics. The main theme for this year’s Awayday in June was building Climate and Drought resilience by building human capacity
Soils Conference Committee Meeting, 26 May, Cairns Newly appointed Regional Soils Coordinator Dhiraj Gajera hit the ground running in his first weeks with the Hub and participated in a committee meeting for a future Regional Soils Conference with Terrain NRM. The conference will include workshops, renowned industry speakers, fieldtrips and
SQNNSW, NWANT and TNQ Hub collaboration meeting, 26 May, Brisbane Director, David and Knowledge Broker, Rachel met with the Directors and Knowledge Brokers from the Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales and North Western Australia and Northern Territory Hubs in Brisbane for a collaboration meeting. The meeting brought the
Murawin Cultural Awareness workshop, 23 May, Cairns In May, the TNQ Hub team spend the day in Cairns with Murawin, a national, family owned, Indigenous-led consultancy team who delivered a cultural awareness workshop. The workshop opened with the Welcome to Country by local Traditional Owner Dr Bernard Singleton and was
Science to Practice Showcase Hub Video Filming, 16-17 May As part of this year’s Science to Practice forum held by the Future Drought Fund, all eight Hubs recorded a showcase video about their Hub, region and activities. The TNQ Hub brought together JCU eResearch Professor Ian Atkinson, TAS Program Co-Lead,
 The Tropical North Queensland Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (TNQ Hub) led by James Cook University is one of eight hubs across Australia. The TNQ Hub is made up of six Nodes located across Northern and Central Queensland. The TNQ Hub is based in Cairns and it has nodes