Field Geology Club of South Australia

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Membership of the Club costs $40 a year (adult or family) or $35 a year (student or pensioner).

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Our aim is to promote the understanding and enjoyment of geology through excursions, lectures and workshops. Click on the button to find out more.

Programme

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- Upcoming Excursion and Lecture -

Excursion

Kingston Park to Marino: Highlights of a World-Renowned Geological Section
Sunday 25th October 2026
Leaders: Steve Elsby and Frances Williams

On this excursion you will be able to sit on the nose of an anticline, see evidence in the rocks of 650 million year old tidal cycles, stand on a fault with your feet 650 million years apart, explore evidence for the closing stages of the Marinoan glaciation– and much more as we explore this spectacular and geologically renowned section of coastline.

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Lecture

Extinct megafauna of the La Brea Tarpits
Thursday 1st October 2026 at 7.00 pm

The La Brea Tarpits is an active palaeontological research site in urban Los Angeles, California, USA. These tar pits are where natural asphalt (bitumen) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years. Over many centuries ‘megafauna’ and other smaller animals wandered into the area and were trapped in the tar. This talk will take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the tar pits and introduce you to some of the species that once roamed this area.