President's column

摘要

It seems like only a few weeks ago that I was penning my first President's column, but so many things have happened since. The last quarter of the year has seen your President move to Down Under to take up a role on a copper porphyry mine in New South Wales. In getting to know the area, 1 visited a limestone cave some 120km away, which had an excellent display on stratigraphy and dating of the different infill layers, as well as on the general geology of the area. The facilities and level of information supplied were quite unexpected for a small town. However the caves are a tourist attraction that allows it to distinguish itself from other towns in the region.