Tourism
September 26, 2008
The Mckays are an Opal mining family and Sharyn McKay has written to PWF about her life in Quilpie, western Queensland, explaining that hers is a Christian family that ‘lives, works and schools’ at Opal House, Quilpie. They used to […]
September 22, 2008
FYI here are the details on GetUp’s effort to help save the Murray-Darling: Buy Me A River campaign ” The Murray-Darling is at breaking point – literally dying of thirst. The Murray-Darling Basin accounts for over 40% of Australia’s agricultural […]
September 16, 2008
The following articles in Victoria’s Wellington Shire tourism newsletter caught my eye… TOURISM CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT – HAVE A GO ! One of the great challenges confronting tourism in Victoria is the general lack of understanding and awareness by […]
September 10, 2008
WA’s My Place Tourism tells us their farmstay properties can provide quality accommodation in return for quality work for Grey Nomads if they are visiting Western Australia. Everyone is welcome – they have ‘a long list of jobs’! Farmstay Locations […]
September 6, 2008
A new Australian report on food and wine tourism shows more people are participating in food and wine tourism as part of a growing trend towards experience oriented ‘getaways’. The Food and Wine Tourism in Australia Report looks at: the […]
August 14, 2008
The GOA (Guiding Organisations Australia) inaugural conference is now very close, 25-27 August 2008 on the Gold Coast. The conference theme is ‘What a Great Experience’ and the program aims to raise the industry standard of Tour Guide Practices through […]
August 12, 2008
The Australian has written up NSW’s Kurrajong Hills, in the Hawkesbury valley northwest of Sydney, as an ‘eat-local’ movement is helping once struggling farmers. The traditional way of life, the ‘Local Living Economy’ – as BALLE founder Judy Wicks would […]
July 22, 2008
Nugal-warra elder, Willie Gordon, has an award-winning passion for story-telling. In a special Autumn 2008 Tropical North Queensland Report Willie is interviewed about his company Guurrbi Tours, winner of the 2007 Gnukai Indigenous Tour Guide Award. Guurrbi Tours operates two […]
July 3, 2008
We see Sydney’s 2008 Good Food & Wine Show recycled more than 80% of waste produced and attracted more than 50,000 visitors over the June 20-22 weekend – almost double the recorded numbers for 2007. UK chef Gordon Ramsay was […]
June 19, 2008
More on Grey Nomads…Finding Travel Companions. It seems we over 55s are reticent when it comes to sharing travel but our kids just do it! Check out the community/travel partner section of the gumtree websites for each state. This is […]
June 15, 2008
Calling other Grey Nomads with skills…are you in a similar situation to Mike? If so, do get in touch. Mike has emailed PWF: “I was searching for outback jobs and on page 7 via google and I discovered your site. […]
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 […]