Tourism

July 22, 2010

Solo Travellers/Companions – Another Grey Nomad Message

From Queensland Doug has emailed PWF saying: “Morning Gail My god you’ve let yourself into something here girl!! The reason I found your site was by accident Googling “Grey Nomads” & was pleased when I found your site, as I […]
July 16, 2010

Passing On A Good Grey Nomad Experience

We’ve just heard from Leigh and Lea about their grey nomad experience. They say “Last month we met a fellow at Hughenden,QLD who was a plumber. His wife was a teacher. He explained when he went on holidays he often […]
June 18, 2010

‘Dimmi’ Online Restaurant Bookings – The Future?

Fellow Italian students will know ‘Dimmi’ means ‘tell me’ and
June 10, 2010

Grey Nomad Travel Companion From September 2010?

PWF has been contacted by Garry who is a ‘would be’ grey nomad. He is looking forward to both Australian and European travel from September 2010 onwards. About Garry Garry describes himself as: “an active 75 year old who has […]
June 8, 2010

Why Waste A Great Resource…Any Camel Dairy Investors?

Four years ago PWF asked if camel milk might be a business opportunity for Indigenous communities and if there were any entrepreneurs interested in ‘farming’ some of our 600,000 feral camels. Queensland camel expert Paddy McHugh and an Israeli camel […]
June 3, 2010

Farmers Markets, City Farms, Community Gardens/Kitchens..

Connecting Up Australia has provided a short list of South Australian Farmers’ Markets in their SA Community e-news and they’re asking for info about about Community Kitchens in SA. Connecting Up provides community services and events information and is a […]
June 1, 2010

Tourism/Education Demarcation Counterproductive – Opportunities Missed

For too long tourism and education have operated in their respective silos with too little cooperation, marketing, and service provision, says Matt Hingerty of the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC), and new research shows that this demarcation between the two […]
May 26, 2010

Tourism Research Info..Optimism In Backpacker Market

Tourism Research Australia’s latest International Visitors Survey has reported an increase in backpacker numbers to Australia, a longer length of stay and larger average spend in 2009 compared to 2008. For the year ending December 31 2009, 570,000 backpackers visited […]
May 22, 2010

Victorians, Watch Out For Telemarketing Holiday Scams!

Victorian holidaymakers are being scammed by aggressive telemarketers who don’t like to take ‘no’ for an answer OR accept cancellations. Consumers are being warned about buying discount travel and accommodation packages from telemarketing companies. PWF has received a first hand […]
May 22, 2010

Register For South Australian Living Artists Festival – SALA

South Australia’s thirteenth Living Artists Festival (SALA), the largest visual arts festival in Australia, is coming up and online registrations close soon, on 24 May 2010. About SALA SALA enables South Australian artists of any age, ability and medium, to […]
May 22, 2010

Tourism Research AND Summaries Available FREE

The following is valuable tourism research on important topics. It is available for download through the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) online bookshop www.crctourism.com.au/bookshop. The links provided go to the latest reports and their executive summaries. The Latest Reports […]
April 15, 2010

Weasel Words? Engagement, Collaboration, Partnerships…

For me, the expression ‘Weasel Words’ captures exactly “the powerlessness and frustration we feel when confronted by meaningless words delivered with authority. Los Angeles Times about Don Watson’s www.weaselwords.com.au Although we all KNOW how words become faddish we keep on […]