Beaker Street Festival 2022: Road Trip Stop 2 Cradle Mountain

Science Road Trip Stop 2- Cradle Mountain

3 Course Dinner plus Talk with Dr Greg Jordan

Tasmania’s surprising mountain plants

The more you zoom out to look at Tasmania’s mountains from a global viewpoint, the more remarkable the plants and animals appear. The first surprise is that even though alpine climates in Australia are young, the most distinctive plants and animals in our mountains are spectacularly ancient and isolated (I’ll talk about the idea of palaeoendemics here). A second is that other species are surprisingly young and somehow seem to have spread across the oceans. Another special thing is that even though the climate is super wet, the plants are tough leaved little shrubs like we might expect in very climates. How can that be?

More about the speaker:

Greg Jordan is a successful researcher and teacher at the University of Tasmania.  He uses fossils, the tree of life, physiology and the distribution of species to study how plant species respond to long term environmental change (especially climate change). He’s particularly interested in ancient and relictual plants.

3 Course Dinner- 6:30pm 

COVID-19 Entry Conditions 

• Please maintain social distancing where possible.
• Wash or sanitise your hands often.
• Masks are encouraged. 
• Please follow all COVID signage and the direction of the hotel staff. 
• If you are unwell, please stay home (see refund policy if required).

Cancellations and Late Arrivals for events
If for any reason you cannot attend your event, refunds will be available up to 1 day before your event. The Festival cannot guarantee refunds beyond that window. Event organisers reserve the right to reallocate your seats if you or your party have not claimed your seats within 15 minutes of the advertised start time of the talks or events. 

A Seat at the Table
Beaker Street Festival's pay-it-forward initiative, A Seat at the Table, helps make our science and art offerings accessible to those who can't afford to purchase a ticket. Ticket buyers have the option to donate towards the cost of a stranger's ticket. You won't know who you've helped, but your donation will go directly to allowing someone else to access this great event.

Need a seat at the table? Email: seatplease@beakerstreet.com.au with your name, email address, post code, your age (if you don't mind - it helps us gather data), which event you're interested in, and whether you would like one or two tickets. Your information will never be shared or made public. If we can offer you a seat, we'll notify you by email within a week of the event.

More about Beaker Street Festival 
Beaker Street Festival is an annual celebration of science and art in lutruwita/Tasmania. Stop in to the Festival Hub at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for fascinating talks by world-leading scientists, live music in the underground Speakeasy bar, art/science installations and performance, hands-on microscopy, and Tassie food and drink. 
Venture further afield for the Beaker Street Crawl around Hobart, a Dark Sky Party on at Spring Bay Mill, scientist-led tours and cruises, small-group talks and dinners with scientists on the Tassie Science Road Trip, and so much more! View the entire program at www.beakerstreet.com.au 

BEAKER STREET FESTIVAL 
AUGUST 5-14 2022