3-6 July 2023
Mantra on View Surfers Paradise
22 View Avenue Surfers Paradise Gold Coast, QLD 4217
This Conference will build your confidence in sharing the eternal good news of the history of Jesus’ love for humanity and how He has interacted with our planet.
ACADEMIC PAPERS
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Monday, 3rd July
Navigating the Epistemic Impediments of Scientism and Fideistic Fundamentalism: Sven Ostring
The Biblical Flood-Local or Universal: Richard Davidson
Tuesday, 4th July
An exegetical theology of Genesis: Richard Davidson
History of Catastrophism to uniformitarianism: Leonard Brand
Rapid sediment transport and deposition: Leonard Brand
Digging for fossils: Leonard Brand
Ice Age Chronology: Michael Oard
Human Genetics: Paul Giem
Environmentalism in the Face of Impending Global Divine Judgment: Limoni Manu
Wednesday, 6th July
Geological History Australia: Tasman Walker
Paleo Molecules Paper: Suzanne Phillips
Geological Time and The Sedimentary Record: Leonard Brand
Geologic Column and Phylogenetic Trees: Suzanne Phillips
Ice Age Catastrophy Model: Michael Oard
The Story Told by Volcanoes: Birgir Oskarrson
Anteluvian Social Worlds: Stacie Hatfield
Carbon-14 and the Age of the Earth: Paul Giem
Seminar 2
Standard geological science and dating models present some significant challenges to the Biblical account of Noah’s Flood. Can we integrate standard geological conclusions into our Biblical beliefs? Or are there other solutions that we can explore to reconcile the geological and paleontological challenges to what the Bible teaches?
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Venue: Mantra Gold Coast, 22 View Avenue Surfers Paradise Gold Coast, QLD 4217
Conference Commences: 2:00pm Monday 3rd July 2023
Conference Concludes: 12:30pm Thursday 6th July 2023
Departure with takeaway lunch: 1pm Thursday 6th July 2023
Field trip: 2pm Thursday 6th July 2023
AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION
The conference venue is a 42-minute drive north of the Gold Coast Airport and a 1-hour drive south of the Brisbane Airport (depending on the current traffic conditions).
Directions from Gold Coast Airport: goo.gl/maps/SX8VstUK1cFr4C6Z8
Directions from Brisbane Airport: goo.gl/maps/dcVxk9gbKnP7XaQ49
The airport websites have information about transport options:
Gold Coast Airport: https://www.goldcoastairport.com.au/parking-transport
Brisbane Airport: https://www.bne.com.au/passenger/to-and-from-airport
If you will not have your own car at the conference, you can hire a car. The airport websites have information on car hire companies that are located in the airport terminals:
Gold Coast Airport Car Hire: https://www.goldcoastairport.com.au/parking-transport/car-hire
Brisbane Airport Car Hire: https://www.bne.com.au/car-hire-brisbane
You can also take public transport from the airport where you will fly into to the hotel:
Public Transport from Gold Coast Airport
Catch bus number 700 or 777 from Gold Coast Airport Station to Broadbeach South Station. From Broadbeach South Station, catch the G Link Tram to Cypress Avenue Station and then walk to the Mantra on View Surfers Paradise Hotel. The trip will take about 50 minutes and cost AUD $6.10 for a single fare. You can find current timetable and fare information for the journey Gold Coast Airport to Mantra on View Surfers Paradise from the translink website:
translink: https://jp.translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/journey-planner/
Public Transport from Brisbane Airport
Catch the Gold Coast train from the Domestic Airport Station to Nerang Station. At Nerang Station, catch bus number 740 to the Surfers Paradise Cypress Avenue Station and then walk to the Mantra on View Surfers Paradise Hotel. The trip will take about 2 hours and 15 minutes and cost about AUD $40.90 for a single fare.
Alternatively, catch the Gold Coast train from the Domestic Airport Station to Helensvale Station. At Helensvale Station, catch the G Link tram to the Surfers Paradise Cypress Avenue Station and then walk to the Mantra on View Surfers Paradise Hotel. The trip will take about 2 hours and 15 minutes and cost about AUD $40.90 for a single fare. translink: https://jp.translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/journey-planner/