Tourism
April 11, 2010
An Australia For All presentation, at a Regional Conference for Women With Disabilities in Guangzhou, China, 29-31 March 2010 won an award for the best web site dealing with accessibility for people with disabilities. An e-mail from one of the […]
March 28, 2010
Australia For All Alliance – a hard-working community group made up of people with disabilities and their carers – now has a braille embosser which can emboss both sides of an A4 sheet of paper. Targetting Clubs And Restaurants Restaurants […]
March 24, 2010
PWF is happy to pass on this Special Bulletin from Tourism Queensland about the Category 3 Cyclone Ului that crossed the Queensland Coast in the Mackay/Whitsundays region in the early hours of Sunday morning, 21 March. Limited Damage Fortunately damage […]
March 17, 2010
The Just Add Water project aims to put 200 megalitres into the Hattah Lakes, south of Mildura in Victoria. These lakes are internationally significant for their unique wildlife and in a first for a green group, the ACF (Australian Conservation […]
March 12, 2010
The Kinglake Action Network & Development Organisation, KANDO – PWF can relate to this acronym! – is running a water Expo this weekend at trhe Kinglake Temporary Village Community Centre. It’s FREE. RSVP Please Everyone is welcome but could you […]
March 2, 2010
The following publications are now available on the Tourism Research Australia website, www.ret.gov/tra Regional Tourism Employment in Australia, 2006-07 to 2008-09 International Visitor Survey (IVS) Produced quarterly, the IVS is Australia’s most comprehensive source of information on international visitors to […]
February 18, 2010
‘One Year On, The Future’, a documentary produced by Darren Lunny is well worth viewing. It is an excellent production and will take you 8 minutes x 4.
January 23, 2010
Over the years we have published several of Shane Strudwick’s passionate tourism efforts eg SA Coorong And Lakes A National Disaster? Who Cares? Yesterday I received a disappointing and sad message to stakeholders and supporters of a recent tourism effort […]
January 22, 2010
Running an event of any sort is hard work and of course the ticketing is never easy. I recently discovered TryBooking, which has a community focus and offers sophisticated technology made simple, accessible and affordable. They have some great reviews. […]
January 15, 2010
It seems we’re planning to eat ‘healthier’ in 2010, to look more closely at food labels and possibly visit more farmers’ markets. Research has found around 75% of Australians are aiming to maintain or improve their health – we’re ‘cocooning’. […]
December 23, 2009
Merrilyn and Peter are recently retired with their van and vehicle. Peter is a civil engineer, and a great handyman, and Merrilyn is an experienced primary school teacher with a keen interest in meeting people,writing, art and singing. The pair […]
December 14, 2009
Research into strategies to boost backpacker tourism in Australia has recommended the introduction of new short-term working holiday visas for international students on completion of their studies. Researchers at the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) estimate that nationally these […]