b'ASEG newsBranch newsASEG branch newsAustralian Capital Territory Queensland locally produced brews, ably poured by local President, and Harold Holts former The ACT Branch is currently rustling2024 started, as many Members probablyswimming partner, Nick Josephs. up speakers for 2024. If you are visitingwish it would continue, with a trip to a Canberra and would like to give abrewery. In this case, the XXXX BreweryThe next event was the annual AGM presentation to the Branch, thenover in Milton (only 2 km from the cityand technical night on 7 March held at please get in touch with the Presidentcentre). Despite being the venue forone of our familiar haunts, the Stock actpresident@aseg.org.au many previous ASEG Qld meetings, mostExchange Hotel in central Brisbane. The Members had never toured the brewerynight began in controversial fashion And dont forget the about Geoscienceitself, so a balmy Thursday evening foundwith the projector failing to display Australias Wednesday seminars in 202415 of our Members (including a couple ofthe presidential election results. This (https://www.ga.gov.au/news-events/ interstate visitors for whom the lure of aforced Members (including prodigal son events/public-talks). These seminars are atrip to the home of the famous XXXX wasShaun Strong) to trust honest Nicks good source of geoscienti\x1ec informationtoo hard to resist) following a tour guideannouncement that he had triumphed that includes the use ofgeophysics. around the sacred halls.over none of these candidates by a vote Wenping Jiang of 5643 to 2. With the rowdy membership The XXXX brewery was founded waysubdued by his stunning victory, Nick E actpresident@aseg.org.au back in 1878 by some of the \x1erst ofwent on to announce that his other many Victorians looking for a better lifecronies cabinet members would continue New South Wales in the Sunshine State. The brewery hasunopposed in their posts (Tim Dean as since gone from strength to strengthSecretary and Roger Cant as Treasurer).An invitation to attend NSW Branchand is now one of the leading brands in meetings is extended to all interstateAustralia (XXXX Gold is currently #3 inControversy over (at least for another and international visitors who happensales), and only in Australia (interestingly,year), and the membership suitably to be in town at the time. Meetings areXXXX is not available overseas). For thosefed and watered, we then enjoyed a generally held on the third Wednesdaywondering why it is called XXXX, the storypresentation from QUTs Associate of each month from 17:30 at Club York.(apparently) is that the X is an indicationProfessor of Geophysics, Dr Craig ONeill News, meeting notices, addresses andof the quality, and the four Xs were usedwho presented Geophysics on the relevant contact details can be found atto indicate that quality had risen beyondedge: Getting subsurface information the NSW Branch website. even the previous maximum standardon actively failing landslides (and living of three Xs. After building up quite ato tell about it!) A stimulating summary Harikrishnan Nalinakumar thirst during the tour, it thankfully endedof an area of geophysics that perhaps E nswsecretary@aseg.org.auwith a tasting session of some of thereceives less attention than it should. ASEG Qld Members enjoying a tour of the XXXX Brewery in Milton, Brisbane.8 PREVIEWAPRIL 2024'