All Day Events
All Day Events (09:00 - 16:00)
* Please note that events, displays and venues are subject to change. Some displays are also subject to cancellation due to weather.
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Sports and Voluntary Extra Curricular Activities, Information Tents, Food Stalls and Demonstrations |
Come and talk to Midshipmen and Officer Cadets about sports and extra curricular activities on offer at ADFA, watch various displays throughout the day and enjoy a variety of cuisines. |
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Inspection of Midshipmen and Officer Cadets Accommodation |
Come and have a look at where our Midshipmen and Officer Cadets live whilst at ADFA. Tours depart every 30 minutes near the Academy Cadets Mess and bookings are essential on the day. |
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Weapons Training Simulation System (WTSS) |
Test your skills with the interactive weapons training simulation system. Minimum age is 14 and bookings are essential on the day. |
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Field Equipment and Weapons Display |
Come and see a range of weapons being used in front line combat and some of the field equipment used by ADFA Midshipmen and Officer Cadets during their training. |
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ADFA Band, Pipes and Drums |
Musical ensembles from the ADFA Band (Jazz Group, String Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble and Pipes & Drums) will keep you entertained throughout the day in the vicinity of the Cafe. |
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Navy Clearance Divers |
Meet Navy Clearance Divers and find out all about their exciting profession. |
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Naval Aviation Prospects Scheme (NAPS) Simulator |
Fly the NAPS Flight Emulators and test your skills in the sky. |
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Navy Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) Display |
Jump in and check out the Navy Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat. |
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Submarine Recruitment Team |
Meet members of Navy's Submarine Recruiting Team. Learn about the options for a career in submarines, how best to prepare yourself and how the Submarine Recruiting Team can help. |
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Navy Hydrographic and Meteorological Branch Display |
Meet the Navy's Maritime Military Geospatial professionals. |
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Navy Helicopters |
Come and check out the Navy helicopters and talk to the pilots and crew members to find out about their exciting careers and learn interesting facts about the helicopters. |
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Special Forces Training Centre |
As well as providing two information sessions at 1100 and 1330, Special Operations Command staff will be available to have a chat throughout the day. |
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Army Military Vehicle Display |
Come and check out a variety of armoured military vehicles that the Australian Army use on operations. |
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Army Unmanned Aerial Systems |
The Army is Australia's biggest user of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), or drones. Army flies hundreds of missions every year. Come and talk to Army UAS Operators about how they use drones in tactical missions, and watch the Army Drone Racing Team demonstrations to see some of the fun we have in our spare time. |
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Team Army Vehicles |
Check out the Army's street machines Project Digger and Armygeddon. |
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Land Vehicle Systems Branch |
Land Vehicle Systems Branch will provide a variety of next generation protected mobility vehicles. Come and check out the new Army protected vehicles and talk to the drivers and operators to find out about their exciting careers and learn interesting facts about the protected vehicles. |
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Air Force 1 Combat Communication Squadron |
Meet the Air Force unit responsible for providing tactical communications and information systems in support of operations and exercises. |
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Air Force No 3 Control and Reporting Unit |
Meet the Air Force unit responsible for Aerospace Surveillance and Battlespace Management. |
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Air Force Balloon |
Meet with the Royal Australian Air Force Balloon crew and go on a tethered flight (weather permitting). |
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Academy Racing Car (static display) |
Learn how Midshipmen and Officer Cadets use their technical, management and leadership skills to design, build, test and race a Formula SAE racing car. This project requires goals to be set, goals |
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Defence Force Recruiting |
Find out about how you can apply to become a Midshipmen or Officer Cadet at ADFA and the exciting career opportunities that await you. |
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UNSW Canberra Information - Admission and Schools |
Find out about the undergraduate degrees you could combine with an exciting career in the Australian Defence Force. |
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UNSW Canberra Engineering Interactive Display-Games for Health |
Use Virtual Reality Goggles along with an Eliptical Walker. |
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UNSW Canberra Engineering Interactive Display-Human Swarm Interaction |
Interact with a swarm of artificial agents using a handheld mobile device, you will guide the swarms to a target using a set of commands provided in an app. |
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UNSW Canberra Engineering Interactive Display-Cool Aeronautics |
Meet aerospace engineers, look at air and spacecraft models, aircraft parts, and fold paper planes. |
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UNSW Canberra Engineering Interactive Display-Warman Design and Build Competition |
Watch our best students compete with autonomous machines that they have designed and built in our 'Warman Design and Build Competition' display. |
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UNSW Canberra Engineering Interactive Display - F1 in Schools |
Test your reaction times on our model Formula 1 starting grid test track at our 'F1 in Schools' display. |
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Defence Civilian Undergraduate Sponsorship Scheme |
Find out about the Defence Civilian Undergraduate Sponsorship Scheme. |
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Display |
On display in front of building 17 are examples of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) developed by staff and students at UNSW Canberra. A fixed wing UAV, developed by the UNSW Canberra UAV team will be shown. Visitors will be able to find out how to design, build and operate an UAV. Members of the team, which his primarily made up of Midshipmen, Officer Cadets and Advanced Students will be available to answer questions. |
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John Howard Reading Room |
The Academy Library is home to the John Howard Reading Room, in recognition of Australia's 25th and second-longest serving Prime Minister. Media releases, statements, pictures and posters are on display, including furniture from the former Prime Minister's office. You can meet the Director of the UNSW Canberra Howard Library being established at Old Parliament House and obtain information about future events. Be sure to take a 'selfie' sitting in the famous green chesterfield office chairs. |
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AIF Database-find your family in WW1 |
Call up an Anzac! Do you want to find out about a family member who served in the Great War? The AIF database is an on-line resource detailing the experience of some 340,000 members of the Australian Imperial Force who served overseas. The NZEF database will also be available for searching. On Open Day you can use the advanced search engine and see how many different sources have been integrated to produce the most comprehensive profile of the AIF available anywhere. |
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Australia's Vietnam War Website |
Military historians Dr Bob Hall and Mr Derrill de Heer demonstrate a cutting edge website showing the combat operations of the 1st Australian Task Force in Vietnam. |
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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Military Ethics: an Introduction |
Learn about a free online course which combines an overview of Just War Theory with an introduction to key principles of ethics that can aid military professionals in facing every day ethical challenges. |
* Please note that events, displays and venues are subject to change. Some displays are also subject to cancellation due to weather.
