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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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Various locations around the campus |
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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Various locations around campus |
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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P
Café Courtyard |
AUSTRALIAN CLEARANCE DIVERS
Clearance Divers work within a team to complete diving missions and operations to depths of up to 80 metres, from a ship or ashore. Diving operations could include neutralising and disposing underwater explosives, search missions, underwater engineering and maintenance, tactical operations and underwater demolitions.
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B
Concourse |
NAVAL AVIATION PROSPECTS SCHEME (NAPS)
Fly the NAPS Flight Simulators and test your skills in the sky. NAPS latest Sims include Virtual Reality goggles for the pilot visuals, realistic helicopter controls, motion to add the feeling of flying and the latest in Flight Sim software that is as close to flying the real thing as possible for someone who isn’t a helicopter pilot.
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E
Upper mess
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SUBMARINE RECRUITMENT TEAM
Come and meet our friendly team of submariners at the Submariner Recruitment and Development Stand. You can take a tour on board a Collins Class submarine through our virtual reality experience and find out all about life on board Australia’s most strategic naval platform.
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E
Upper mess
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MARITIME GEOSPATIAL WARFARE UNIT
Meet the Navy’s Geospatial team of specialists Hydrographers, Meteorologists and Oceanographers. They are trained in capturing hydrographic Military Geospatial Information. Come and see the Fly Away Survey Kit, Terrestrial Surveying Equipment, Portable Weather Station and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Learn how the environment plays a critical role in all military operations.
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B
Concourse |
NAVY EVENTS
Royal Australian Navy Stand. Come and check out our virtual reality walk through of a submarine and frigate and come and have a chat with one of our people.
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Front of Adams Auditorium |
ARMY AND NAVY HELICOPTER
Come and check out a military helicopter 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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H
AFL oval |
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY JAZZ GROUP
Come and enjoy the Jazz Group of the Royal Australian Navy Band Sydney as it performs a variety of jazz standards and well-known songs from their extensive jazz songbook. The group is led by Leading Seaman Musician Andrew Crago on saxophone and will feature Petty Officer Musician Tracy Kennedy on vocals.
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P
Café Courtyard |
ARMY MILITARY VEHICLE DISPLAYS
Check out a variety of armoured military vehicles that the Australian Army uses on operations.
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B
Concourse and Ceremonial Way |
AIR FORCE BALLOON
Meet with the Royal Australian Air Force Balloon crew and go on a tethered flight (weather permitting).
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H
AFL oval |
UNSW CANBERRA ACADEMIC DISPLAY AND 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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D
North foyer
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ADF DRONE RACING
Visit the Army and Air Force Drone Racing Teams at the ADFA ISC, where you will see the fast paced sport of Drone Racing in person. Talk to our team about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) within Defence. Try your hand at racing too, on one of our Laptop simulators.
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G
Indoor Sports Centre Annex |
TEAM ARMY
Come and have a look at Team Army’s performance vehicle and a demonstration of our Robot Dog and NERVA Rover robot. While there, have a chat with the team about the diversity of technical career pathways within Defence.
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H
AFL oval |
RAAF SIMULATORS
The Aviation Candidate Management Centre runs the Aviation Motivation Program to increase attraction and develop interest amongst young people towards a career in Officer Aviation in the Air Force. There are a range of Air Force careers available within Officer Aviation. Whether you want to fly, or control the mission from the ground or air, we have a job for you that is challenging, exciting and rewarding. Keep the skies safe as an Air Traffic Controller, search for submarines as a Maritime Patrol and Response Officer, or shape the battlespace as an Air Battle Manager. Our display includes an immersive flying experience in our state of the art virtual reality simulators, where you can fly the F/A-18F Super Hornet yourself! You can also interact with our Officer Aviation specialists, who can answer your questions and assist you through the flight simulator experience.
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E
Upper mess
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FUTURE NAVY WORKFORCE}
Future Navy Workforce seeks to grow and maintain Navy’s uniformed and civilian workforce into the future, through the utilisation of various Graduate and Entry-Level pathways into the Navy. Come and talk to us about a career in the Navy, whether that be uniformed or civilian and how we can support your studies to become qualified in a number of desired STEM areas.
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Outside Adams South doors |
DEFENCE SPACE COMMAND
Want to know what an operations centre is like? Come and see our interactive ‘mini operations centre’, showing how satellites are tracked, as well as other space displays.
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D
Army/ Air Force room
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NAVY INFORMATION WARFARE
Come and meet our friendly Information Warfare Team and find out all about careers as a Navy Intelligence Officer. Learn about Communication Information Systems, Electronic Warfare, Information Warfare, Imagery Specialist, Cyber and Space.
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E
Upper mess
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INSPECTION OF MIDSHIPMEN AND OFFICER CADETS ACCOMMODATION
Come and view where our Midshipmen and Officer Cadets live whilst at ADFA.
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Building 65 & 66 meet near E Upper mess |
1 COMBAT COMMUNICATION SQUADRON
Show and tell of deployable communications equipment that supports Air Force and Australian Defence Force Deployments on domestic and international exercises and operations.
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B
Concourse |
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE - DUNTROON `RMC-D'
Come and chat with current RMC-D cadets and instructors and find out what life is like at RMC-D.
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E
Outside lower mess
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NAVY MASTERY
Navy Mastery - Discover how Navy Mastery – a new workforce system - is preparing our people for new capabilities and skills for the future fight. Talk to the Team on how Technical (Defence), Maritime and Social Mastery will enable you to move beyond job proficiency and rank-based career progression to more flexible career pathway options. As part of Navy’s workforce transformation, Mastery supports and encourages a focus on lifelong learning through the continuous development of competence and expertise.
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B
Concourse |
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE - ARMY (RMC-A)
An opportunity to speak with current serving Army Officers about their time at ADFA and early careers with the wider Army.
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E
Outside lower mess
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INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE
The Indoor Sports Centre is a state-of-the-art sports facility that includes a gym, indoor sports field, a heated swimming pool and more. Come have a look.
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F
Indoor Sports Centre |
ACADEMY RACING CAR
Learn how Midshipmen and Officer Cadets use their technical management and leadership skills to design, build, test and race a Formula SAE racing car.
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L
Building 17 Courtyard |
ARMY AVIATION CAREERS
Come and experience our interactive presentation and speak with aircrew, maintainers and ground crew about careers in Army Aviation.
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B
Concourse |
CYBER WARFARE
Come and see our interactive Cyber demonstration and don’t forget to download the Cyber QR code for our scavenger hunt, two prize packs to win per hour throughout the day starting from 0900.
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D
Army/Air Force room
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ACADEMY LIBRARY TOUR
Take a tour of the Academy Library and the facilities on offer at UNSW Canberra. Accessible toilet/Baby Change table – Level 2 (via Lift)
Parents’ Room - Level 2 (via Lift). The Parents’ Room is equipped with a comfortable chair for breastfeeding, a fridge, and some books/toys.
Parents’ Retreat area – the Library will be making a space on L2 available for parents with small children for rest and quiet play.
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Q
Library |
ADF CAREERS
Head to ADF Careers to speak with current serving military personnel from the Navy, Army and Airforce and learn more about life and study through the Australian Defence Force. Experience our virtual reality experience and speak to our specialist recruiting staff while on site.
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E
Lower mess & H
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DEFENCE MEMBER AND FAMILY SUPPORT
Defence Member and Family Support works with defence members, families and community organisations to develop and implement programs and services for military families. Our programs and services are designed to facilitate family resilience and strong and informed communities. We are here to help defence members and their families balance the demands of service life.
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L
Building 17 Courtyard |
NAVY INDIGENOUS TEAM
Come and speak with the Navy Indigenous Team and see the amazing work of the Navy Indigenous Performance Group - Bungaree. They are ready to share with you the highly valued contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make to Navy capability and highlight the deep and enduring connections Navy is building with First Nations’ communities and Elders throughout Australia.
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B
Concourse |
DEFENCE WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM
What does Defence have to offer you? Air, Land or Sea where do you want to be? Come and have a chat to our staff about work experience opportunities for 15 - 18 year olds.
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E
Outside lower mess
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EDGY AIR FORCE
The Edgy Air Force program supports ADF member-led Bottom-Up-Innovation (BUI). Solve working place challenges through the adoption of member-led ideas and concepts by empowering BUI. Provide education streams in emerging technology and connecting the network of innovative minds within the ADF.
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D
South foyer
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DIGGER WORKS
Diggerworks supports modernising the individual combatants system through innovation and integration efforts. Diggerworks leverage engagement with the end users, and key partners, including Defence industry, capability managers (Navy, Army and Air Force), research and development institutions and other nations. Diggerworks is a uniquely positioned organisation consisting of operationally experienced military members, engineers, project managers and specialist advisers.
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D
Navy room
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AIR FORCE CADETS
The Australian Air Force Cadets is a youth development organisation sponsored and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force. The program reaches candidates aged between 12 and 18 years to encourage personal and professional development in an aviation-minded environment.
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E
Outside lower mess
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SPECIAL OPERATIONS RECRUITMENT
Special Operations are military activities conducted by specially designated, organised, trained and equipped forces using operational techniques and modes of employment not standard to conventional forces. Special Operations are highly specialised and focused operations, executed at the tactical level but designed to achieve wider operational and strategic effect.
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E
Lower mess
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AUSTRALIAN MILITARY PARACHUTE DISPLAY TEAM
Come and have a chat with the Military Parachute Display Team and look at the equipment they use.
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C
Administration Building |
AUSTRALIAN NAVY CADETS
Adventure and fun are the cornerstones of cadet activities. There are so many opportunities for a Cadet to participate in with the Australian Navy Cadets (ANC), such as International Exchange, The Young Endeavour, Navy Ship visits and so much more.
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E
Outside lower mess
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SIMCENTRIC
Experience Army training modernisation through operating an in-service F90 Steyr in virtual reality along with various other weapon types including trying your hand at a timed gallery shoot - come back to see if you can beat your time or set the record. See also our scheduled demonstrations of force-on-force tactical engagements on how these systems are used to enhance training.
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E
Upper mess
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NAVY CENTRE FOR INNOVATION
Have you seen a 3D printer or Emotiv EPOC wireless neuroheadset? If not, pop down and see them and other cool equipment in action. The Navy’s Centre for Innovation (CFI) provides Defence personnel with the opportunity to be supported in their ideas.
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D
South foyer
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DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GROUP
Defence Science and Technology Group brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across Australia and around the world to address Defence and national security challenges. Our role is to work closely with the Australian science, technology and innovation eco-system to deliver scientific advice and solutions that provide capability enhancement for Defence and the national security community.
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L
Building 17 Courtyard |
AIR AND SPACE POWER CENTRE
The Air and Space Power Centre (ASPC) provides practical and effective analysis and advice on the strategic development of air and space power to the Chief of Air Force, the Royal Australian Air force and its partners. ASPC strives on the "thinking outside of the box" type of delivery and supporting the innovation of the workforce for the benefit of the future through the four C's, Consume, Contribute, Contest and Collaborate. How do you want to change the future?
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L
Building 17 Courtyard |
