Presentation by Mr Paul A C Richards, MSc
QVMAG – Inveresk
Sunday, 24th March 2013 Commencing 2.00 pm until 3.00 pm
AGM at 1.45 pm followed by lecture at 2.00 pm
About the Speaker
Mr Richards is a Nuclear Medicine Scientist, University Lecturer, researcher, author, and artisan and has, for 50 years, worked and researched within the Tasmanian health system, overseas medical institutions and universities in the UK and USA. In more recent times he was senior lecturer at Charles Sturt University where he inaugurated and developed an undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Nuclear Medicine. Since 2001, he has written several books on medical history and co-ordinates and tutorsMasters subjects in Radiation Sciences at Sydney University
Brief Abstract of the Talk
Mr Paul Richards is a Launceston-based Nuclear Medicine scientist with a passion for geology and caverneering, which drew him to explore the subterranean world of the Mole Creek karst system at the base of the Western Tiers. Karst is terrain with distinctive landforms and drainage characteristics resulting from the relatively high solubility of certain rock types in natural waters. It often drains through natural subterranean conduits, some of which have become caves, large enough for humans to enter. The Mole Creek area is renowned for its spectacular caves, including Marakoopa, through which a karst stream flows allowing glow=worms to survive. Mr Richards will describe his experiences as a caverneer in this region in the 1960’s
