Tag: Australian Skeptics

Invitation to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday at the Melbourne Darwin Day Barbeque
on Monday, 12th February 2007 from 5:30 pm till 8 pm
at Alexandra Avenue Melbourne Melways, 2G D11 Just west from the Morell Bridge and Anderson Street. Next to the Botanic Gardens.

All Welcome Free BBQ facilities available BYO food and drinks
RSVP: – – An RSVP is not required however it would assist with organising if you could RSVP (with YES, NO or MAYBE and numbers) to Andrew on (03) 9894 1443 or email ar2team@yahoo.com.
Since the early 1990’s, Darwin Day has been celebrated around the world including in Melbourne but this year’s celebrations will be the biggest party so far. Come along and enjoy a summer’s evening BBQ by the Yarra.
EMAIL: If you can be contacted by email then please include details with your RSVP.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: This information is advisory only – please check before travelling. The closest tram/train is Tram 70 in Swan Street. Walk from the Swan Street Bridge or maybe from tram stop 46 (will need to check if access paths still exist). The 2002 Melways shows a path to Richmond Station which is about the same distance as the Swan Street Bridge. Buses 246 and 605 may stop near the Hoddle Street Bridge and that is closer than either the Swan Street Bridge or Richmond Railway Station.

The new location for the Victorian Skeptics events.

140 Lygon St, Carlton
Melway ref: 43 H5
(03) 9663-6861

Map: http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/map?mode=geo&id=30375871&lat=-378038&lon=1449664Trams: many tram lines pass along Swanston Street going to or from Melbourne University, a 5 minute walk will take you to Lygon Street.
Car Parking: on-street parking is supplemented by a below-ground carpark opposite the Lygon St park
Location reviews
http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/?action=venue&venue_url=la_notte_restaurant

After five years as Museum Victoria’s Head of Sciences, Dr John Long is leaving this week to take up the position of Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
John’s interest in palaeontology dates back to when he collected his first fossils at the age of seven. Following postgraduate and postdoctoral studies, John worked at several Australian institutions before joining the Western Australian Museum in 1989 as Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology.
John’s most prominent research at MV has examined the evolution of prehistoric placoderm fishes, which were among the first verebrates to evolve jaws. The fossils that he studies are more than 380 million years old and were discovered in the Gogo Formation of the Western Australian Kimberley region. View More Museum Victoria Farewells John Long