Tourism
March 23, 2009
The Bonyeeburra Gathering aims to bring together all traditional dance groups, Elders and leaders of Australia that maintain and identify their mob’s connection to the traditional bunya ceremony of southeast Queensland. It is widely acknowledged that the common corroborees shared […]
March 23, 2009
Tim Blankenstein would like to express his interest in any job opportunities relating to caretaking/maintenance/tour guiding within any campgrounds/parks/stations etc throughout Australia. In their late twenties, both Tim and his partner have travelled around Australia in a 4wd for a […]
March 16, 2009
John Jordan from Wild River Farmed Seafood tells us work opportunities exist on their large scale aquaculture project just outside Darwin in the NT. Wild River® employs professional, technical and casual staff and offers the opportunity for professional development and […]
March 15, 2009
The idea of a Grey Nomad Jobs and Skills Register is slowly ‘getting out there’. We have two new expressions of interest – one from a NT cattle station and one from a property in Victoria’s remote far east Gippsland. […]
March 11, 2009
Tourism Queensland has published some interesting info about their international visitors at this very difficult time for the industry. TQ says: “The latest International Visitor Survey results for the year ended December 2008 have revealed that foreign backpackers and students […]
March 9, 2009
Andrew Campbell, a Victorian forester with professional training in fire behaviour, fire suppression and fire management with experience as a ‘sector boss’ in the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires has set down some very clear thoughts about life after the Victorian […]
March 5, 2009
Many local businesses in Nillumbik Shire – in Melbourne’s lovely, leafy fringe – have been badly affected by the fires. The Council is putting in place a number of measures to assist local business directly and indirectly affected. Nillumbik Business […]
February 21, 2009
A free online Carbon Calculator is now available – developed by the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC). A recent study from Roy Morgan Research showed that while 62% of Australian holidaymakers are interested in participating in a carbon emission […]
February 21, 2009
Is Your Tourist Guide Qualified, asks GOA (Guiding Organisations Australia)? Today, International Tourist Guide Day, 21st February 2009, the World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations (WFTGA) is launching a campaign to encourage tourists around the world to question whether their […]
February 21, 2009
There is a huge amount of effort going on in communities and businesses everywhere to support those fighting the bushfires and those impacted by the fires. PWF has received a message from Jane at the Serendipity Lavender Farm about her […]
February 19, 2009
We hear from Peter Botsman of the Indigenous Stock Exchange (ISX) that Tahlia Burchill, a young Aboriginal girl from Mossman, may have succeeded in drawing Oprah Winfrey to Far North Queensland. Tahlia has worked at the Daintree Eco Lodge & […]
February 17, 2009
A new study of 12,500 Australian holiday-makers shows over half of us use online posts/reviews when choosing a destination or accommodation. The Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STRC) study lists the top four sites used by survey respondents: Trip Advisor […]