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Casuarina 
Open Day

Saturday 16 August 2025 | 9 am - 1 pm
Casuarina Open Day 2025

Explore Uni and TAFE – the Territory way

Join us on Saturday 16 August, and explore the Casuarina Campus.  Meet the people who’ll teach you, see how flexible study works and explore hundreds of courses and programs. 

More than that, you can get hands-on with VR and robots, come face to face with live snakes, and even feed a barra in our Aquaculture facility. 

Check out our program highlights below. 

It all kicks off at 9 am – with live music, food and drinks and our hilarious MC Amy Hetherington guiding you through the day.

Program highlights

Open Day Welcome Hub

Welcome Hub

Learn how to make the most of your day, and find out how to apply, enrol and get support.

Welcome Hub

Casuarina Open Day tour

Campus tours

Join one of our guides on a campus tour and explore student life. 

Welcome Hub

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Kid's activities

Explore early childhood education with family-friendly fun and demos.

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Aquaculture

Tour our state-of-the-art facility – including the barramundi hatchery and breeding tanks, greenhouse, nursery and algae growing lab.

10 am

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IT Lecturer pointing to a screen

IT and Cyber Security 

Enter our typing speed drag race and go on cyber lab tours.

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Open Day demonstration

Environmental Studies 

Come face to face with snakes, specimens and plants.

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Rohan Fisher develops web app to study fire edges.

Northern Institute 

Drop in to see our fire mapping technology as part of our 3D landscape projection display.

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Aeromedical retrieval

Health

Get a taste of Health and Community Services courses with our aged care mannequins and simulated health displays

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CDU Radicle 

Get hands-on with VR, robots and science tech.

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Students examining a 3D model

Menzies Medical Program 

Learn about what to expect from the new program, and why it is important for CDU to provide pathways for NT students to become doctors. 

10.30 am

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Artist performing at Open Day

Live Music 

Check out live music from CDU students.

Boab Court

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NACAS

Witness the future of tech – featuring large drones, 3D printers, simulators and their impressive remote command caravan setup.

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Getting there

Ellengowan Drive
Brinkin
NT 0810

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Casuarina

Our Casuarina campus is our largest study location and the main hub for higher education, VET and research courses.

Home to the world’s first commercial LightSPEE3D metal printer, the campus offers access to the pioneering research in northern Australia from our world-class researchers and lecturers.

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Open day 2023 crowd

Events

Check out our upcoming events, from large campus-wide events to small, intimate gatherings such as gallery talks and workshops.

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