sentences:  The SAOA has over 800 members and holds monthly meetings at the Hawker Centre in the Waite Institute of the University of Adelaide.It also organises regular excursions to birding sites in South Australia and holds campouts at least twice a year.Many of Australia's leading ornithologists, including Richard Schodde, Leo Joseph, Lyn Pedler, Andrew Black and David Paton, started their careers with the SAOA and continue as important contributors to its work and interests.