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Educational Tours
Primary schools have the opportunity to visit the extensive trade fair and cattle exhibits during Beef Australia 2012. Entry to the grounds will be free for all school groups participating in the tours.
Volunteers and North Rockhampton High School Year 12 tourism students have again been given the opportunity to demonstrate their tour guiding skills for Beef Australia 2012 and will make the tour interesting and informative for students.
Tours will be conducted Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 8-11.
In the past guided tours have taken two hours but last Beef Australia many schools found they need a whole day to fit in the many activities and performances.
Tour guides times will be discussed when booking in your school for a tour. Alternatively a self-guiding flyer can be used to self pace the event.
To participate complete the form here and supply it to Elva Cupo at Beef Australia 2012.
More things to do at Beef Australia 2012
CQUniversity Creative Kids Space
A great space to start or finish your day at Beef Australia 2012 by exploring a variety of activities in the CQUniversity Creative Kids Space.
Activities include
- Hands on Art and craft
- Story reading corner
- Poetry corner and performance of poetry by professional poets.
- Tie-dying demonstrations
- Face painting
- The Big Picture – Local Artists working continuously each day
Kids Activity Book and Trail
Located around Beef Australia 2012 will be cattle images with interesting facts and figures. Students will be encouraged to explore these during the tours along with loads of fun activities to explore the many facets of the beef industry.
Country Style Line Dancing
Natasha Williams from Dance Star Studios will lead the students in a fun and energetic country style line dance. Dances will take approximately 15- 20 minutes depending on size and age of groups.
Time: Continuously throughout the day from 9am to 2.30pm.
Silent Movie Theatre
Ivan Richardson, Australia’s ONLY Travelling Silent Picture Show Man, will entertain audiences again with a series of silent movies to be screened all week from 10am–5.30pm.
Ivan and "Harry" the Hammond Organ will transport audiences back to the end of the 19th century when silent movies were the preferred form of entertainment. The music score is an original composition by Ivan Richardson. It accompanies the movies and allows students to experience "entertainment" before the talkies and the invention of sound recordings on film.
A schools program will run for 30 minutes in between feature films. Themes of these performances will include:
- An introduction to silent films
- Connecting comedy “then” with comedy “now”
- Elements of comedy, in particular, slapstick
- Music composition for silent film
- The relationship between sound effects and actions on screen
Silent Feature Films Program
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 10-10.30am | Big Business - Laurel & Hardy | Scarecrow - Buster Keaton | Battling Butler- Buster Keaton | Scarecrow - Buster Keaton | Battling Butler - Buster Keaton |
| 12-1pm | The Kid Stakes - Fatty Finn | Go West - Buster Keaton | On Our Selection - Dad & Dave | Go West - Buster Keaton | On Our Selection - Dad & Dave |
| 2.30-3pm | Blacksmith - Buster Keaton | Paleface - Buster Keaton | Big Business - Laurel & Hardy | Paleface - Buster Keaton | Big Business - Laurel & Hardy |
| 4-5.15pm | On Our Selection - Dad & Dave | The Kid Stakes - Fatty Finn | The Navigator - Buster Keaton | The Kid Stakes - Fatty Finn | The Navigator - Buster Keaton |
Watch local artists work on large canvases throughout the week.
Time: Continuously throughout the day
CrackUp Sisters
The CrackUp Sisters – S.T. Ruth (Struth) and B-Ute (Beaut) will be appearing all week at ‘The Homestead’, delighting audiences with a mixture of high energy whipcracking performances, workshop, slapstick acrobatics, pumping music and a swagger of Aussie bush jokes! Sure to be a crackin’ good time!
Homestead Show Time: 9.30am, 1pm, 3.30pm (30 mins)
Acrobatics Workshop or Whip cracking Workshop
Times: 10.30 am and 2.00 pm (30 mins)
Whip platter – Watch Uncle Bill plat whips while talking about the history of the stockwhip, how an Australian stock whip is made and discuss the diff between Kangaroo hide and cow hide.
10 mins before each show he will talk about the whip or come and find him there under the windmill all day long.
National Year of the Farmer
The Australian Year of the Farmer is about celebrating and enriching the connections between rural and urban Australia.
Take time out to think about how farming affects your life - there's more to this agribusiness than meets the eye. This site is full of intersting facts and images.
Time: Continuously throughout the day
Fashion Parades
Fashion parades runs for approximately 30-45 minutes.
Time: 10am and 4pm.
Street Theatre
'No Bull’ – No bull, all boogie - this trio will entertain with their highly energetic and exciting street theatre performers and musicians
A number of roving street theatre performers will perform throughout the day
Time: Continuously throughout the day from 9am to 5pm
Old MacDonald's Farm
Hands on experience for children of all ages where they can pat, feed and brush baby animals.
- Large UV marquee
- Pet and feed cuddly animals
- Brushes for children to groom the babies
- All animals are wormed and vaccinated
- Experienced staff present
Time: Continuously throughout the day from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Watch chefs and past Masterchef contestants create amazing meals in the demonstration kitchen and sample delicious beef products.
Times:
Kids in the Kitchen Session 12-1pm daily
Food Sampling 9-10am and 11am-12pm
Celebrity Masterchef Contestants: 10–11am; 1pm -2pm
Queensland Government Display
The display will present as a mini property, where visitors will be invited to undertake a tour. All products and services will be displayed within relevant areas of the property along the tour.
These products and services link to the list of priorities provided by each agency.
A staffed service desk, with computers, printers and internet access, will be located within the displays so that visitors can obtain further information on any of the products and services displayed.
Time: Continuously throughout the day from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Camp Quality
Camp Quality will run Laughter Yoga Classes along with other activities.
Artist in Residence Space
This area will feature tie-dying, Australian fabric quilting, crochet and needlework demonstrations.
Charolais
Find out a little about the breed from a member of the Charolais Society of Australia.
Brangus
Find out interesting facts about this breed, with information to be linked to the activity book.
Rabobank
Visit the site and enter a competition to the guess the weight of a Droughtmasters bull.
Demonstration Ring
Black smithing and horse demonstrations will run throughout the day.
The Big Stage
Sit down in the shade and enjoy performances by local high school bands and drama students. A timetable will be available closer to the event
Bayer Site
Wander through this site and learn about cattle reproduction, with interviews on this subject filmed live and displayed onto the large screen.
Bureau of Meteorology
Staff are happy to chat about the weather and answer your questions while you checkout their display.
