Australian Delegation - The Pilbara Crew of 2011

The Australian Delegation from the Pilbara of Western Australia.

Scitech Discovery Centre

                           Craig Bloxsome - Scitech                Nick Wood - Scitech Outreach

Rio Tinto Dampier Salt, "The De-Icing Challenge"

                            Tania Lindau, Scientist         Jaquelyn McCaskie, St Lukes High School

Rio Tinto Iron Ore, "Fascinating Flora"

                           Hanouska Bishop, Scientist            Georgia Hay, St Lukes High School

                      

Beijing Guides

                                            Jeanna                                                    John

Schedule of the 31st BYSCC

22 March 2011
Fly from Karratha to Beijing. Check into your Hotel. Explore the Old Summer Palace and visit the Water cube and Birds nest under lights.
23 March 2011
Visit the Beijing Museum of Natural History with fellow International students.
24 March 2011
Visit the Jietai Temple in the morning and set up the Project Display in the afternoon.
Opening Ceremony and Welcoming Banquet at night.
25 March 2011
Communication among the Chinese and Foreign students at the Dayu High School.
Project display in the afternoon.
26 March 2011
Project display all day.
Special awards ceremony and evening show.
27 March 2011
Awards Ceremony and Closing Ceremony in the morning.
Visit the Great Wall of Badaling in the afternoon.
28 March 2011
Visit the Summer Palace, Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square.
Shopping at the Silk Street markets.
29 March 2011
Check out and leave for your own country.

Beijing Dampier Salt Rio Tinto Office

Tania visiting the Rio Tinto Head Office in Beijing, 17th Floor, World trade Tower 2, to collect some merchandise for the 31st BYSCC Science Fair for 2011.

Old Summer Palace in Beijing

The Pilbara delegation arrived at the Beijing Airport at 7am on 22 March 2011 on a cold morning with very little sleep after travelling in between stops for close to 24 hours.We were met by our Beijing Guide, John, a university student studying English and then checked into the BYSCC Hotel for a rest. John then took us exploring at the Old Summer Palace.

Georgia and Jaq

Craig and Nick

New Cherry blossoms, first for Spring

Glucose animals being made by an artist.

Jaq

The old ruins caused by the English and French Invasion in 1860

Nick and Jaq with the lucky elephant

Water Cube and Birds Nest

Evening on 22 March 2011, John, took us to a Chinese Noodle Restaurant with authentic Chinese dishes. Craig braved the chicken feet for dinner and everyone tried a new dish to test their palettes. Very delicious food and very different to the traditional fare that we are all used to in Australia. Next on the agenda was exploring the Olympic Park from the 2008 Games and to see the luminous Water Cube and famous Birds Nest in Beijing. Hundreds of people were gathered on a week night with kites flying and the traffic lights changing....with no traffic in the Olympic Park, quite a surreal experience.

Georgia and Jaq

Noosh between Birds Nest and Cube

Beijing Museum of Natural History

On 23 March 2011 all the International students had arrived at BYSCC headquarters in 2 buses and we headed off to the Beijing Museum of Natural History. This unique museum houses over 200,000 specimens from ancient life, animals, plants and humans. An amazing display of dinosaur bones and skeletons.

Noosh and John

Craig takes a closer look at the Mammoth

Noosh

Ancient Giraffe with very short neck

Modes of transport

Area of Mentougou District

The Mentougou District is on the 6th ring road of Beijing. There is a large amount of apartments buildings being built. The power supply is Nuclear as you can see in the photo. We were fortunate enough to be staying at The Dragon Springs Hotel, it was very pretty and was designed to look like the Summer Palace.