By
LCDR John Sperring
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Defence
Attache CAPT Patrick Fermier, LT Baconnais-Rozes and Ms
Nicole Podeur.
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The
Australian Hydrographic Service recently hosted a French naval
Lieutenant for five months whilst she undertook an extended hydrographic
study project.
Lieutenant Audrey Baconnais-Rosez is a third year engineering
student at the Brest-based Ecole Nationale Superieure des Ingenieurs
des Etudes et Techniques d’Armement (ENSIETA).
She is a hydrographic specialist and, as part of her final year
of studies, was required to complete a project that would provide
her with an academic challenge and would be useful to her host
organisation.
The project given to LT (N) Baconnais-Rosez was entitled Priorities
for Hydrographic Surveying in Great Barrier Reef Waters.
She was to prioritise areas within the Great Barrier Reef needing
to be surveyed to more modern standards and to determine the method
by which these surveys should be conducted.
Options for surveying these areas would include the Laser Airborne
depth Sounder (LADS) aircraft, Survey Motor Launches, and Hydrographic
Ships.
Audrey presented the outcomes of her research to a gathering of
RAN hydrographic specialists at the Australian Hydrographic Office,
Wollongong on August 20. Also present were two representatives
from the French Embassy in Canberra, Defence Attache CAPT Patrick
Fermier, and Ms Nicole Podeur.
