Campus tours
The Australian Agricultural College Corporation conducts personally escorted study tours for people interested in agricultural or rural industries training.
The tours have been designed to allow international participants to see first hand how we undertake practical training in Australia. Local participants are also welcomed.
Depending on the campus visited, participants will visit operations and training facilities in the areas below:
- livestock – cattle, pigs, sheep, goats
- fibre – wool, cotton (dryland and irrigated)
- grain – dryland and irrigated
- organic farming
- horticulture – citrus, vegetables, arboriculture, landscape, floriculture
- viticulture – grapes and wine making
- sugar – sugar production and processing
- land management – resource and water management
- horses – horsemanship skills and breeding
- dogs – working cattle and sheep dogs
- machinery repairs and maintenance
- farm maintenance – fencing, dam building, irrigating
- farm management – business, people and financial management.
What makes the Agricultural College’s campus tours unique?
The Agricultural College can cater for groups of any size, ranging from small groups to coach tours. Participants will:
- observe first-hand the Australian approach to agricultural education and training
- be fully escorted by a college representative
- travel with fellow international agricultural education professionals
- meet Australian agricultural industry professionals
- interact with Australian agricultural students
- experience Australia’s diverse climate, wildlife and geography
- learn from Australia’s long history in agriculture.
Who should attend?
The following people are welcome to take part in campus tours:
- university or practical learning educators
- government education policy makers
- agricultural policy makers
- students studying to become agricultural educators
- other interested people.
International visitors can find out more about campus tours by contacting the Agricultural College online or by phone on (+61) 7 3891 9217. Local visitors can arrange tours by contacting the campus of interest direct.
This page was last updated 1 July 2005
