The route for the National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip will cover the length and breadth of Tasmania, spreading the joy of science with the aim of improving STEM participation.
Physicists from across Australia will visit schools and communities throughout metropolitan and country Tasmania. The towns and cities the road trippers will visit in the route, announced today, are:
| · Exeter | · Rosebery | · Hobart |
| · Launceston | · Brighton | · Tullah |
| · Devonport | · Huonville | · Triabunna |
| · Smithton | · Dover | · Elizabeth |
| · Burnie | · Claremont |
Now in its fifth year, the road trip aims to ignite an interest in STEM, inspire a future generation of scientists and engineers, and highlight the potential of quantum technologies and dark matter discovery for the benefit of our society.
Dark matter and quantum physicists will participate in the Beaker Street Festival in Hobart on Friday, 14 August, before travelling to Launceston, where they will take part in the Big Day of Science at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.
They will hold pub quizzes in Hobart, Tullah and Launceston before and visit schools across rural and regional Tasmania before returning to Hobart on Friday, 21 August. Public events will also be held in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth as part of the road trip.