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DLU Reunion, Seminar & Workshop, 14-16 September, 2007
DLU Seminar Participants	DLU Seminar Presenters
Soil Symposium & Field Trip - "Soil Solutions for a Changing World", 1-2 July, 2008
More than 100 international, national and local soil scientists gathered together on the 2nd July 2008 for a field trip exploring some of Queensland's Sunshine Coast soils. Stop 1a: The first stop on the trip was to look at a Red Kandosol under a eucalypt forest near Beerwah. Ashley Sewell and Bernie Powell described the soil and vegetation at the site.	Stop 1a: Field trip participants discuss the soil and vegetation at a site near Beerwah. International participants were amazed by the extremely slow growth rates of the many grass trees growing near the soil pit.	Stop 1a: Red Kandosol under a eucalypt forest near Beerwah.
Stop 1b: Andrew Biggs sets the scene, describing the geology, and the local and regional landscape.	Stop 1b: Ben Harms (in soil pit) describes the characteristics of the soil at the site, a Grey Dermosol under a layered forest.	Stop 1b: Jim Payne (l) and Ben Harms (r) ensure the soil pit is ready for the field trip participants. Ben gets nice and close to the soil, using the patented ‘soil texture by foot’ method.
Stop 1b: Jim Payne (l) and Ben Harms (r) discuss the B horizon properties of the profile.	Stop 2: Ben Harms explains the geology of the region at a site on the Maleny-Mapleton plateau of the Sunshine Coast hinterland.	Stop 2: Ben Harms describes the characteristics of the main soil found in the local area—a Red Ferrosol.
Stop 2: Participants take the chance to get up close and personal with the Red Ferrosols at the Maleny site.	Stop 3: Participants discuss acid sulfate soil management issues at the Bundilla development site.	Stop 3: Field trip participants listen to Steve Dobos explain some of the chemistry involved with acid sulfate soils, especially in relation to old spoil heaps.
Participants listen to Neal Menzies introduce the next speaker at the Soil Science Symposium, held in Brisbane on the 1st July 2008. More than 115 people attended the symposium—31 international delegates (with 13 from Europe, 7 from Asia, 9 from North America and 2 from Central America), 13 were from inter-state, and the rest were from south east Queensland. State government agencies, local government, CSIRO, universities, environmental consultancies, international soil science societies, developers and students were all represented.