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2015 Pan Pacific Veterinary Conference

Welcome to the 2015 Pan Pacific Veterinary Conference!

The largest veterinary conference in the Australasian region

Presented by The Australian Veterinary Association & New Zealand Veterinary Association

For more details, and to book a place, check out the main conference web site: conference.ava.com.au

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4:00pm AEST

Australian Christian Veterinary Fellowship (ACVF) - Welcome Church Service St Andrews Anglican Church

4:30pm AEST

Animal welfare workshop Great Hall Doors 1 & 8

6:00pm AEST

Welcome reception and exhibition opening Exhibition Hall 1

8:30pm AEST

Meet and Greet dinner The Fox Hotel, Acadia Room

6:45am AEST

Royal Canin Breakfast Plaza P6-P8, Grey Street entranceNick Cave • Royal Canin

8:00am AEST

President's welcome & plenary: From Vet School to the Nobel Prize and Beyond Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Prof Peter Doherty

10:00am AEST

Accompanying guests' morning tea GH Mezzanine Concourse near Door 5

10:30am AEST

One Health approach to controlling a Q fever outbreak on an Australian goat farm Plaza P3Simon Firestone Anaesthesia - making monitors work for you Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Roz Machon Practical biosecurity planning for horse farms Mezzanine M1Josh Slater Vaccination for avian influenza - why the negative narrative? Mezzanine M2Leslie Sims The bad and the ugly of confrontational training methods Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron What has happened lately with Cloud technology? Mezzanine M4Kelly Baltzell Next generation beef breeding strategies for the Northern beef industry Plaza P1Brian Burns Desexing rabbits - what to cut and when to cut Plaza P2Brendan Carmel

10:55am AEST

Coxiella vaccination options for Australian livestock Plaza P3Michael Muleme

11:30am AEST

A review of 20 years of Q fever in Victoria - time to acknowledge endemicity? Plaza P3Simon Firestone Anaesthesia - what's new in managing pain Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Roz Machon Equine rescue and emergencies Mezzanine M1Josh Slater Tick-borne disease in Australia: current studies and future directions Mezzanine M2Dr Peter Irwin Understanding canine aggression Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron Understanding the chellenges to mental health and resilience in the Australian veterinary profession Mezzanine M4Jacqueline Phillips Decision making in abdominal surgery - cow side diagnostic techniques Plaza P1Dave Anderson Routine reptile surgeries Plaza P2Robert Johnson

11:55am AEST

Attitudes and barriers to Q fever vaccination in the veterinary workforce Plaza P3Emily Sellens

12:30pm AEST

Lunch Exhibition Hall 1

1:30pm AEST

Trends in the veterinary industry in Australia - where are we heading? Mezzanine M4Glen Richards Contributions of Australian veterinarians to FMD control & eradication in SE Asia Plaza P3Peter Windsor Approach to the collapsed patient Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Daniel Chan Fungal disease in horses - diagnosis and treatment Mezzanine M1Allison Stewart Awareness and survival-critical behaviours of newborn and young mammals Mezzanine M2David Mellor Pharmalogical treatment of aggression Mezzanine M3Gabrielle Carter Updates on intestinal diseases and surgical management Plaza P1Dave Anderson Sex and the single bird Plaza P2Dr Robert Doneley Australian Veterinary Dental Society Annual Meeting Mezzanine M7

1:55pm AEST

Trends in the veterinary industry in NZ - where are we heading? Mezzanine M4Steve Merchant Progress in controlling FMD in the Greater Mekong Subregion of SE Asia Plaza P3Peter Windsor

2:30pm AEST

Socioeconomic impacts of FMD on smallholder farms in the Mekong Plaza P3James Young Challenges in fluid therapy Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Daniel Chan Equine cytology: a case-based approach for the practitioner Mezzanine M1Allison Stewart Observations on animal health and welfare in southern Jordan Mezzanine M2Michele Cotton Cognitive dysfunction and behaviour changes in the aging dog Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron Fee deregulation and oversupply- a new paradigm for the profession Mezzanine M4Robert Johnson Persistent testicular infection with bovine viral diarrhea virus Plaza P1Enoch Bergman Avian beak trim - the science of cutting edges Plaza P2Hamish Baron

2:55pm AEST

How to control an Australian outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease Plaza P3Caroline Barrett

3:30pm AEST

Afternoon Tea Room P5, Plaza Level

4:00pm AEST

Practitioners forum: Workforce planning for a sustainable future Mezzanine M4Debbie Neutze Orthopaedic surgery: Cruciates, the lowdown Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Kyle Clark Equine ultrasound: back to basics Mezzanine M1Alex Young Analgesia for dentistry - time to control and avoid pain Mezzanine M2Anthony Caiafa Comparative behaviour modification techniques for treatment of aggression Mezzanine M3Gabrielle Carter AgVet chemical regulations and residues: Collaboration the key Plaza P1Kathleen Ferme Maintaining and monitoring avian and exotic patients under general anaesthesia Plaza P2Deborah Monks John Kendall - WW1 veterinarian Plaza P3Ivan Caple

4:25pm AEST

Veterinary workforce planning in New Zealand Mezzanine M4Mark Stevenson

5:00pm AEST

VetLab: from private patronage to private enterprise Plaza P3Tony Davidson Orthopaedic surgery: Cruciates, what works for me and why Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Kyle Clark Diagnostic imaging of equine orthopaedic infections Mezzanine M1Alex Young Oral radiology: should it be standard practice? Mezzanine M2Anthony Caiafa Let's talk excrement: feline elimination problems Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron Practitioners forum: demand for companion animal veterinary services in Australia Mezzanine M4John Baguley What could be practised in rural practice; the other opportunities Plaza P1Kathleen Ferme Routine ferret surgeries Plaza P2David Neck

5:50pm AEST

Australian Veterinary History Society Annual Meeting Plaza P3

6:00pm AEST

Australian Veterinarians in Industry Annual Meeting Mezzanine M7 Happy Hour Exhibition Hall 1

7:00pm AEST

The University of Melbourne Alumni Cocktail Reception Level 12, Rydges South Bank The University of Sydney Veterinary Alumni, Cocktail Reception Room A2

7:15pm AEST

The University of Queensland Veterinary Alumni, Cocktail Reception Customs House

7:30pm AEST

Equine Veterinarians Australia - Equine and Dine The Ship Inn Australian Cattle Veterinarians casual dinner - Chewing the Cud The Shore at Southbank

6:45am AEST

Hill's Pet Nutrition Breakfast Plaza P6-P8, Grey Street entranceGabrielle Carter • Hill's Pet Nutrition

8:00am AEST

Rabies in Northern Australia: preparedness and response Mezzanine M2Michael Ward Compounding - what's best practice? Mezzanine M4James Gilkerson USMARC twinner bloodlines - ultrasound pregnancy diagnostics and twins Plaza P1Leo Cummins An investigation into increasing premature incisor teeth loss and illthrift in Coopworth ewes Plaza P2Graham Lean Excellence in Teaching Award - Winner 2013 Plaza P3Rowland Cobbold Oral tumours and their treatment Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Rod Straw Dermatology workshop Mezzanine M1Josh Slater Emotional basis of aggression Mezzanine M3Robert Holmes

8:25am AEST

The Ecology of Free-roaming Domestic Dogs in Northern Australia Mezzanine M2Courtenay Bombara Reducing costly mistakes in veterinary care Mezzanine M4Christie Boucher Remote digital necropsies in cattle Plaza P1Mark Bryan Pathology of Coopworth ewes with premature incisor teeth loss Plaza P2David Hucker

8:30am AEST

Excellence in Teaching Award - Winner 2014 Plaza P3Tony Mogg

9:00am AEST

Lack of efficacy of Monepantel against Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus spp in small ruminants Plaza P2Sandra De Cat In-training evaluation of veterinary competency: what are we assessing? Plaza P3Dr Liz Norman Surgical extractions - do they ever just ''pop'' out? Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Wayne Fitzgerald Periodontal disease in the horse Mezzanine M1Gary Wilson The world perspective on cat fleas: will the real cat flea please stand up? Mezzanine M2Jan Slapeta Neuroscientific basis of aggression Mezzanine M3Robert Holmes Websites - what are they today? Mezzanine M4Kelly Baltzell Updates on cesarean section in cattle - optimizing outcomes Plaza P1Dave Anderson

9:25am AEST

Barbervax - a new strategy for Haemonchus management Plaza P2Brown Besier Excellence in Teaching Award - Winner 2015 Plaza P3Jenny Hyams

10:00am AEST

Morning Tea Plaza Ballroom

10:45am AEST

Having it all doesn't mean doing it all Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Annabel Crabb

12:00pm AEST

Australian Veterinarians for Animal Welfare and Ethics Annual Meeting Mezzanine M5 Lunch Exhibition Hall 1

1:30pm AEST

Managing severe trauma cases - case discussion Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Daniel Chan Searching for the inflammatory focus - a case-based approach Mezzanine M1Allison Stewart Vital pulpotomy - you broke a what?! Mezzanine M2Rodney Salter Bite prevention in small animal practice - how low-stress handling can change your life - part 1 Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron Google Analytics: It's like lab results for websites Mezzanine M4Kelly Baltzell Chemical restraint and anaesthesia in field settings Plaza P1Dave Anderson Causes and impact of mastitis in Australian sheep flocks Plaza P2Stuart Barber Poster Session Plaza P3

2:30pm AEST

A review of winter shearing Plaza P2Paul Nilon For love or money? Employers and undergraduate clinical education Plaza P3 So you think this pug is cute? What could go wrong? Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Daniel Chan Kisspeptin, RF-related protein-3 and equine reproduction Mezzanine M1Scott Norman Fractured jaws - you broke what! Mezzanine M2Gary Wilson Bite prevention in small animal practice - how low-stress handling can change your life - part 2 Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron The employment experience: The manager perspective and expectations Mezzanine M4Sue Crampton Pain management for surgery and lameness Plaza P1Dave Anderson

2:55pm AEST

Human and animal welfare in the shearing shed: is there a conflict? Plaza P2Vikki Gates Entry level skills of small animal veterinarians: Perceptions of students and expectations of veterinarians Plaza P3Sarah Haldane

3:30pm AEST

Australian Veterinary Behaviour Interest Group Annual Meeting Mezzanine M4 Afternoon Tea St Andrew Anglican Church

4:00pm AEST

Caseous lymphadenitis of a sheep: a model for significant chronic infections? Plaza P2Ray Batey UQ Vet for Life program - developing professional skills in veterinary students Plaza P3Stephanie Romyn Thoracic radiographs - getting more from your grey Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Zoe Lenard Strangles - practical management of outbreaks Mezzanine M1Josh Slater Exotic dentistry - sometimes they aren't dogs and cats Mezzanine M2Rodney Salter Starting off on the right paw – the basics of puppy behaviour and problem prevention Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron The employment experience: the employee perspective and expectations Mezzanine M4Sue Crampton Field fracture repair techniques Plaza P1Dave Anderson

4:25pm AEST

CLA or cheesy gland - revealing its secrets Plaza P2Michael Paton Training future veterinarians to be competent in animal welfare and ethics Plaza P3Janice Lloyd

5:00pm AEST

Chemical sterilisation of Bos indicus bull calves Plaza P1John Cavalieri CLA: down but not out. What further progress? Plaza P2Graham Lean Effects of gender, age, university and stage within programme on Australian veterinary student career sector intent Plaza P3Adele Feakes Imaging and the vomiting patient - should I bother with XR anymore? Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Zoe Lenard Vaccination and infectious disease control Mezzanine M1Josh Slater Starting off on the right claw – the basics of kitten behaviour and problem prevention Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron Pet bereavement: how best to help grieving clients Mezzanine M4David Foote

5:25pm AEST

Panel Discussion - Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA)- the way forward Plaza P2 Evaluation of Staph aureus Vaccine in dairy cattle in New Zealand Plaza P1Mark Bryan Collaborative development, integration and use of virtual 4D farm systems Plaza P3Stuart Barber

5:30pm AEST

Panel Discussion - Raw meaty Bones: Do they work or cause harm? Plaza P2

5:55pm AEST

Veterinarians in Education Research and Academia Annual Meeting Plaza P3

6:00pm AEST

Happy Hour Exhibition Hall 1

7:00pm AEST

Australian Veterinarians in Industry - Annual Dinner and Drinks Ahmet's Turkish Restaurant ASAVA Recent Graduate Dinner (2012-2014) Room A2 Arbour Level

7:30pm AEST

Australian Veterinary Behaviour Interest Group (AVBIG) dinner Bamboo Basket Chinese Restaurant Veterinarians in Education, Research and Academia - Tapas in the Tropics Ole Restaurant

6:45am AEST

Australian Veterinary Christian Fellowship - AVCF breakfast Room A2, Arbour LevelLeigh Trevaskis Boehringer Ingelheim Breakfast Plaza P6-P8, Grey Street entranceKyle Malter • Boehringer Ingelheim

8:00am AEST

Antibiotic use and resistance in animal agriculture Plaza P2Guy Loneragan, DVM Orthopaedic surgery: elbows, the lowdown Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Kyle Clark Pharmacodynamics of selected intrauterine antibiotics Mezzanine M1Scott Norman Monitoring the anaesthetised patient: do we really need all these fancy monitors? Mezzanine M2Brenda Dixon Animal hoarding: a serious welfare issue Mezzanine M3Mandy Paterson Dangerous dogs and legal liability Mezzanine M4Dr Kersti Seksel Outcomes with respiratory surgery in cattle Plaza P1Dave Anderson Diagnosis and treatment of canine lameness with the muscle channels PART 1 Plaza P3Michelle Tilghman

8:25am AEST

A new understanding of Salmonella ecology in livestock populations Plaza P2Guy Loneragan, DVM

9:00am AEST

Antimicrobial Stewardship-A One Health requirement Plaza P2Stephen Page Orthopaedic surgery: elbows, what works for me and why Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Kyle Clark Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction - revitalising the geriatric horse Mezzanine M1Allison Stewart What lies beneath! Periodontal disease in the dog and cat Mezzanine M2Christine Hawke Breathlessness as an animal welfare issue Mezzanine M3Ngaio Beausoleil Searches are on fire! Are you keeping up? Mezzanine M4Kelly Baltzell Theloscopy and restoration of milk flow Plaza P1Dave Anderson Diagnosis and treatment of canine lameness with the muscle channels PART 2 Plaza P3Michelle Tilghman

9:25am AEST

Antimicrobial resistance – Australia’s One Health policy response Plaza P2Adrian Coghill

10:00am AEST

Morning Tea Plaza P6–P8

10:30am AEST

Importance of biosecurity in addressing global food insecurity Plaza P1Peter Windsor Now I have digital radiography, why aren't my images better? Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Zoe Lenard Equine Metabolic Syndrome - new ideas for diagnosis and management Mezzanine M1Allison Stewart Cats and their mouths - tooth resorption and gingivostomatitis Mezzanine M2Christine Hawke Behaviour modification for aggressive cats Mezzanine M3Dr Kersti Seksel Understanding clients to improve compliance Mezzanine M4Natasha Wilks Extending pain studies beyond mammalian models Plaza P2Craig Johnson The impacts of noise on marine mammals Plaza P3Mike Noad

10:55am AEST

Are our grazing systems sustainable? Plaza P1Bruce Watt

11:30am AEST

Post-mortem findings at a large export abattoir Plaza P1 Ten top tips for musculoskeletal imaging Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Zoe Lenard What's your neurologic diagnosis? Video cases Mezzanine M1Allison Stewart Problems in Veterinary Dentistry - When it all doesn’t go as planned Mezzanine M2Aaron Forsayeth Don’t leave me home alone! Separation anxiety in dogs with a greyhound twist Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron Client satisfaction surveys Mezzanine M4Garry Edgar Advertising animals: the good, the bad and the ugly Plaza P2Susan Hazel Koala triage, trauma and trauma care Plaza P3Amber Gillett

11:55am AEST

Bone marrow fat analysis and ruminant nutritional status Plaza P1David Murden

12:30pm AEST

Australian Veterinarians in Public Health Annual Meeting Merivale Boardroom 1 Lunch Exhibition Hall 1

1:30pm AEST

Top ten dog behavior myths Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Meghan Herron The truth about bats, pets and Australian bat lyssavirus Mezzanine M1Janine Barrett Float and go? – Jeepers, what else is there to do? Mezzanine M2Oliver Liyou Understanding, recognising and promoting positive animal welfare states Mezzanine M3David Mellor Navigating the employment legal minefield: recent case studies Mezzanine M4Mark Werman Surgical restoration of breeding bulls Plaza P1Dave Anderson Consumer perceptions of redmeat: welfare, environment and food safety as drivers for beef and sheep meat industries Plaza P2Jim Rothwell The neurophysiological basis of acupuncture Plaza P3Chris Thomson

2:30pm AEST

Why economists matter Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Michael Knox

3:30pm AEST

Afternoon Tea Mantra South Bank

4:00pm AEST

Annual General Meeting and AVA Awards Ceremony Great Hall Doors 1 & 8

6:00pm AEST

Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group Annual Meeting Plaza P3 Happy Hour Exhibition Hall 1

7:00pm AEST

ASAVA Informal Dinner- Small Animal Group dinner and catch-up The Fox Hotel, (Verandah Room) Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group Dinner (AVAG) Ahmet's Turkish Restaurant Australian Veterinarians for Animal Welfare and Ethics (AVAWE) Dinner Alegria Mediterannean Bistro and Bar

7:30pm AEST

Australian Cattle Veterinarians (ACV) and Australian Sheep Veterinarians (ASV) dinner The Ship Inn The Australian Veterinarians in Public Health (AVPH) and Australian Veterinarians in History (AVHS) - The Epicentre of Yum Gandhi Curry House Australian Veterinary Orchestra (AVO) Charity Concert Great Hall Door 8

6:45am AEST

Zoetis Breakfast Plaza BallroomSonja Zabel • Zoetis

8:00am AEST

Improving productivity as a driver for improved livestock health in developing countries Mezzanine M2Russell Bush Bioequivalence - the concepts and application Plaza P2Dr Philip Reeves Tyrosine kinase inhibitors and their current use in veterinary oncology Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Maurine Thomson The equine stifle - new diagnostic and treatment options Mezzanine M1Barny Fraser Interdog aggression in the family Mezzanine M3Jacqui Ley Data from 2015 paraprofessional survey on stress and compassion fatigue Mezzanine M4Rosie Overfield Progress in pain management for livestock husbandry procedures Plaza P1Peter Windsor Osteoarthiritis, a multimodal approach for joint health PART 1 Plaza P3Michelle Tilghman

8:25am AEST

ETEC prevalence in post-weaned piglets in South-eastern Australian piggeries Mezzanine M2Lechelle Van Breda Statistics for vets - preparing for and analysing bioequivalence data Plaza P2Nigel Perkins

9:00am AEST

Latest information for melanomas and surgical margins of commonly encountered tumours Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Maurine Thomson The digital flexor tendon sheath - diagnosis, treatment and outcomes Mezzanine M1Barny Fraser Antimicrobial residues in food, and fingers on the pulse Mezzanine M2Mitchell Groves Diagnosis of aggression with case studies Mezzanine M3Jacqui Ley Ideas for creating emotionally-healthy workplaces and staff wellness programs Mezzanine M4Rosie Overfield Potential for breathlessness to compromise the welfare of brachycephalic dogs Plaza P1Ngaio Beausoleil GCP and GLP studies- Trials, Triumphs and Tribulations Plaza P2Michael Chambers Osteoarthiritis, a multimodal approach for joint health PART 2 Plaza P3Michelle Tilghman

10:00am AEST

Morning Tea Room B1, Boulevard Level

10:30am AEST

Surgical repair of the maxillofacial area in poached Rhino Plaza P2Johan Marais Approach to the bleeding patient Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Daniel Chan Does CC22 MRSA spread bi-directionally between companion animals, horses, vets and the public? Mezzanine M1Sam Abraham Endodontics - why a root canal is the best thing for your patient Mezzanine M2David Clarke Canine neurophysiology Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron The welfare of cows in large dairy herds Plaza P1David Beggs Trigger points in today's model of veterinary medicine. What is the point? Plaza P3Michelle Tilghman

10:55am AEST

Working for the government. Why, what and how Plaza P2Beth Cookson

11:30am AEST

One Health and superbugs; the ever growing threat that includes our food supply Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Peter Collignon

12:30pm AEST

Lunch Exhibition Hall 1

1:00pm AEST

Integrative Veterinarians Australia Annual Meeting Plaza P3

2:00pm AEST

Challenges and innovation in wildlife disease surveillance Plaza P2Beth Cookson Raw food diets; what's the story? Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Daniel Chan Eye trauma and emergencies Mezzanine M1Josh Slater Orthodontics - putting teeth in their place! Mezzanine M2Wayne Fitzgerald Animal shelters: Addressing behavior and welfare issues in kennelled dogs Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron Alternative advertising on Facebook - using Facebook's advertising to market your business Mezzanine M4Kelly Baltzell The Five Domains Model: grading animal welfare compromise and enhancement Plaza P1David Mellor Engineering concepts in acupuncture Plaza P3Donna McSweeney

2:25pm AEST

Revised horse import conditions - implementation Plaza P2Michelle Blowes

3:00pm AEST

Veterinary leadership in farm animal welfare in the NZ context - including use of the vet toolbox Plaza P1Richard Wild Feeding the critically ill patient Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Daniel Chan Ophthalmology workshop Mezzanine M1Josh Slater Panel Discussion - Broken Teeth: are they really an issue? Do you have to actually remove them? Mezzanine M2 Feline aggression directed towards humans Mezzanine M3Meghan Herron Inside Facebook Insights: understanding Facebook data to improve your page and bottom line Mezzanine M4Kelly Baltzell The veterinarian's role in responsible chemical use, food safety and trade access Plaza P2Skye Badger Intervertebral disc disease - acupuncture to make your patients four-footed again Plaza P3Michelle Tilghman

3:25pm AEST

Panel Discussion: The differences in approach to livestock welfare between Australia & NZ Plaza P1

4:00pm AEST

High Tea in the Foyer Great Hall Doors 1 & 8 Members Forum Great Hall Doors 1 & 8 Convincing the public to pay vets what they’re worth! Great Hall Doors 1 & 8Jane Caro

7:00pm AEST

Pirates and Pearls of the Tasman Gala Dinner Plaza Ballroom

7:15am AEST

Elanco Breakfast Plaza P6-P8, Grey Street entranceMike Shipstone • Elanco Animal Health

9:00am AEST

Unusual Pets and Avian Veterinarians (UPAV) and Commercial Poultry Veterinarians (CPV) – Oh no, it’s a sick chook, what next?! TBA Australian Veterinary Behaviour Interest Group (AVBIG) - Shelter welfare, enrichment and adoption enhancement RSPCA Queensland Australian Veterinarians in Public Health (AVPH) - One Health Workshop Room P2, Plaza Level Equine Veterinarians Australia (EVA) - Pre-Purchase Examination Seminar Room P1, Plaza Level ASAVA - Small Animal Veterinarians Workshop Room P5, Plaza Level Australian Cattle Veterinarians (ACV) Theileriosis Workshop Mantra South Bank Australian Veterinary Association Practice Management (AVAPM) - Exclusive Insights Workshop Room B1, Boulevard Level Australian Veterinary Dental Society (AVDS) presents The Extraction Works Anatomy Laboratory

9:15am AEST

Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group (AVAG) - Geriatric and Orthopaedic Patients St Andrew Anglican Church

10:00am AEST

Australian Veterinary Association - Koala and River Cruise TBA