Booking Request Form

Before proceeding, please check your eligibility Eligible user groups are:

- Researchers, including research students

- School and university student educational groups

- Special interest groups

- Media and commercial users

Prospective volunteers should not use this form. See here for information about volunteering.

Your name* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

Your email* This field is required.

example@example.com

Your phone number* This field is required.

Country Code

Area Code

Phone Number

Are you the trip leader?* This field is required.

YESNO

Please enter the name of the trip leader* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

What is your role in the trip?* This field is required.

Coming to LIRS but not as a leader

I'm booking this trip on behalf of the leader

Other

To which eligibility category does the proposed trip belong?* This field is required.Select one.

Research, including postgraduate student research

School or university educational group

Special interest group

Media or commercial

Research booking information

We need to know about the research you plan to do, including the number of projects involved in the booking.

Postgraduate students who are conducting research for a thesis are considered to be the leaders of their own projects.

We understand that things can get complicated when a whole lab is in the field together. Just do your best here and we can firm it up later.

How many research projects are involved in the trip? * This field is required.Enter a number. If the exact number is not determined yet, enter a range. One principal investigator may be conducting more than one project during the field trip; include all such projects in the count. Also include in the count each postgraduate student research project .

What is the academic level of the project leader(s)?* This field is required.Choose all that apply

Postdoctoral researcher

PHD student

Masters student

Honours student

Not an academic

Which university or other institution is administering the project?* This field is required.

Please provide a draft project title for the (main) project.* This field is required.This can be firmed up later and we'll eventually need titles for all projects. For projects new to LIRS, we need a brief project proposal. That must be uploaded at the end of this form.

Preferred arrival date* This field is required..

Date

Preferred departure date* This field is required.

Date

If you want to explain any constraints around your requested dates, please do so here.For example, moon phase may be relevant or the trip is scheduled to coincide with other travel plans.

How many people will be in the team, including yourself?* This field is required.

Will they all be coming and going at the same time?* This field is required.

Yes

Not sure

What is the maximum number of people who will be at LIRS on any night?* This field is required.i.e. how many beds are needed?

Are any family members who are not part of the research team included in that number?* This field is required.This might include a researcher's partner, children, parents, or close friend. Enter YES or NO. If yes, outline the circumstances and provide the ages of any children.

Do you intend to collect, move or damage marine organisms?* This field is required.If so, you will need a permit from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and probably also a Fisheries permit.

YESNO

Do you intend to collect, move or damage terrestrial organisms or modify the terrestrial environment?* This field is required.If so, you will need a permit from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

YESNO

Do you intend to handle any vertebrates (other than pre-settled fishes) or cephalopods?* This field is required.If so, you will need approval from an animal ethics committee that is registered in Queensland.

YESNO

Do you intend to export any biological material from Australia to another country?* This field is required.If so, you will need an export permit from the Australian Government.

YESNO

Please indicate which permits and approvals you already hold for this project, if any.* This field is required.Choose all that apply.

Marine Parks permit

Approval from own institution to conduct limited impact research in the GBR Marine Park

Queensland Fisheries permit

Animal ethics approval from a committee registered in Qld

Permit for terrestrial research from Qld Parks and Wildlife

None yet

Will anyone in the team scuba dive?* This field is required.

YESNO

Broad diving risk profile* This field is required.What is the broad risk profile of dives that you must conduct on the proposed trip? This question does NOT apply to incidental dives that you might like to do if conditions are right and if time allows. Such dives may be approved on site following risk assessment. Nor does it apply to location of dives, which is covered in the boating section coming up. Most diving at LIRS falls into the 'standard risk' choice. We need to consider the feasibility of essential higher-risk dives before accepting your booking. Higher-risk dives include: - Dives to deeper than 20 metres - Night dives - Dives involving high exertion or heaving lifting - Rebreather diving - Cave diving - Dives with barrier nets or other potential sources of entanglement - Dives with spearguns or air-powered tools - Dives that involve deliberately handling dangerous animals, e.g. lionfish, cone snails, sharks, stingrays - Other dives that you consider to be higher-risk.

Standard risk

Higher-level risk

Please elaborate on the higher-risk diving that is essential to your work.* This field is required.

Do you plan to put down any items that will be left in the water when you are not present?* This field is required.Select one option.

No, everything that we take into the water will come out with us

Yes, but everything will be removed from the water before the end of this trip

Yes, I need to leave things in place for a subsequent trip

Do you intend to use one of LIRS' self-drive dinghies within the Lizard Island Group?* This field is required.Almost everyone needs to do this and there is no additional cost. You will need a qualified and experienced boat driver in your team.

YESNO

Do you need a larger boat for use within the Lizard Island Group?* This field is required.A larger boat is sometimes needed for specific purposes within the local Lizard Island Group. There is an additional cost for this and the driver needs to be highly experienced.

YESNO

Do you need to go to reefs away from the Lizard Island Group?* This field is required.Such trips require a larger boat and a highly experienced driver. Additional costs apply. Answer Yes only if such access is essential to your work. Requests for incidental access can be handled on site.

YESNO

Driver for larger boat* This field is required.Is there a person within the team to drive the larger boat who will have a complying boat licence and extensive boating experience? Please provide name if known, or outline your plan if not.

Do you need any aquarium space?* This field is required.

YESNO

Aquarium space* This field is required.Aquarium space can be in high demand at some times of the year so you should flag your needs up front. Information about the aquarium system is here. Feel free to contact LIRS to discuss your needs (+61 7 40603977; lizard@australian.museum).

One or two benches in group -12

Three to six benches in group 1-12

More than six benches in group 1-12

One or two benches in group 17-20

Three or four benches in group 17-20

More than four benches in group 17-20

Aquarium room 1

Aquarium room 2

Balnaves room 1

Balnaves room 2

One or two tank stands A-O

Two to four tank stands A-O

More than four tank stands A-O

Large tanks Y or Z

The Rack

Laboratory equipment* This field is required.We need to know in advance what is essential for your project to make sure that it's not off the island for service or repair during your visit. Microscopes and balances are always available. LIRS has a random assortment of laboratory glassware and plasticware. If you need specific items, you can flag them using the 'other' option but you may need to bring them with you.

I won't need any lab equipment from LIRS

Dissecting microscope and light source

Compound microscope

Electronic balance

Centrifuge

Ultraviolet steriliser

Freeze dryer

Fume cabinet

Lab oven

Vortex

Water bath

Dewar for liquid nitrogen

Other

Please list other lab equipment you need* This field is required.LIRS may or may not have it. Your answers here will enable us to determine that.

Laboratory chemicals* This field is required.Please list all laboratory chemicals that you will use at LIRS. LIRS can supply 95% and 100% ethanol, and formalin so you don't need to bring them. . You will need to bring or send most other lab chemicals ahead of your visit. You must supply a Safety Data Sheet for each item and have a plan for waste disposal.

I won't be using any lab chemicals

Ethanol

Formalin

Other

Please list the lab chemicals you intend to use at LIRS* This field is required.Other than ethanol and formalin.

Have you conducted similar research at LIRS in the past few years?* This field is required.By this we mean - are you planning work in the same specific research field and using similar methods as you have done previously at LIRS? If you answer YES, we should recognise your name and have sufficient information from previous trips to assess your booking request. In that case, a project outline is not required. Please don't surprise us by turning up with a plan to do something entirely new! You should answer NO if you are new to LIRS, or if this is your first trip to LIRS as a postgraduate student doing your own thesis research (even if you have been involved with similar projects at LIRS before), or if you are planning something quite different to your previous work at LIRS. In that case, you will need to upload a brief project outline at the next step.

YESNO

Please upload a brief outline of the project or projects here.

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