June
June 14, 2008
Mary Newton runs the Non-Profit Seniors’ Lookout Centre that addresses social isolation and encourages independence and self-reliance by teaching seniors how to use computers so they can connect with other seniors, increase their participation in community/family life and keep well […]
June 10, 2008
Orbost, in Far East Gipplsand, straddles the banks of the legendary Snowy River. This was the home of Paddle-Steamer Curlip when the Snowy was a mighty river, the district’s lifeblood and main artery. In centuries gone by, almost every year […]
June 10, 2008
Peter Mornement has raised three children and enjoyed fundraising at Kinder, Primary and Secondary School. He shares practical insights into his successful efforts in ‘The Thinkers’ Guide to Fundraising & Sponsorship: The Sausage Sizzle Report’. A good read for anyone […]
June 6, 2008
Aboriginal Australia is the key theme at this year’s Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) to be held in Perth 17-29 June 2008. The international travel trade will have an opportunity to meet Indigenous operators and learn more about Aboriginal culture and […]
June 3, 2008
The Australian newspaper reports today that a $2 billion coal project to turn brown coal into urea is to be launched in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. Apparently every year Australia imports 550,000 barrels of oil a day and 1.3 million tonnes, […]
June 3, 2008
Maureen is an active ‘young’ Melburnian in her sixties – BUT she’s broken her leg and is now getting around on crutches and can’t drive her car or do any of the other things she normally does. Her Sydney-based son […]
June 2, 2008
Annette Loudon of Sydney LETS (Local Energy Trading System) tells us LETS organisations have trading systems all around Australia, a lot of them allow intertrading, and most systems have an accommodation offer or two. So if Grey Nomads – or […]