Field Trips
Field Trips - What We Do Best
The Friends' main activity each year is a field trip to some part of the vast Great Victoria Desert. The trips are generally held over two weeks in the cooler months. Members travel in their own vehicles. Our focus is now on biological survey work, but a great deal of valuable clean-up and track clearing work has been undertaken in the past.
The biological survey work has been guided and supported by the SA Herbarium, the DENR Volunteer Support Unit, the park rangers and, in recent years, by the Alinytjara Willurara Natural Resources Management (AWNRM) Board. A letter from the Board's program manager expresses appreciation of this work.
Our field trips are conducted in a relaxed, friendly manner. Lots gets done, but we take full account of the harsh environment and the long distances involved; not to mention the average age of our members. We camp out every night and a great sense of camaraderie quickly develops. The links above will take you to summaries, photos and reports which will give you a feel for the work involved and how we went about it. Hundreds more field trip photos can be viewed at Friends of the GVD on Picasa Web Albums.