Tourism
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, […]
May 26, 2008
You have to admire Marc Aussie-Stone’s passion about doing something for rural tourism. He just does NOT give in AND he backs his ideas with his own funds. PWF believes his ideas are good and we hope with a new […]
May 24, 2008
Pastor Liz Howland is currently in the Bourke district of North Western NSW and wants to confirm the great need for tradespeople in this region. Our suggested project – connecting Grey Nomads with trade skills to work in ‘real’ Aussie […]
May 23, 2008
You can’t escape marketing can you? New figures from Tourism Australia show for the first time, as a result of strong marketing, Melbourne overtook Sydney to become Australia’s most lucrative tourism destination. Domestic overnight visitors spent $4.53 billion in Melbourne […]
May 15, 2008
Sheila King of Hervey Bay’s Access For All Alliance tells us there are new rules for assistance at European airports. The new legislation means that the responsibility for assistance has been taken out of the hands of the individual airlines […]
May 14, 2008
In Victoria’s beautiful East Gippsland, mountain biking (MTB) is growing in a serious way, writes Michael Oxer coordinator of the East Gippsland Bike Users Group. Informal networks of interested persons are developing and the region has huge potential for the […]
May 12, 2008
Anne Bottomley from Guiding Organisations Australia (GOA) tells PWF the inaugural conference for tour guides from 25th – 27th August 2008 will be held at Mantra Legends Hotel, Surfers Paradise. Interested? If so, please contact the national secretariat on 1300 […]
May 10, 2008
There has been quite a bit of interest in the idea of PWF handling Expressions of Interest in matching Grey Nomad skills eg plumbing, electrical, carpentry, with jobs available in outback communities. PWF even did a short radio interview last […]
April 29, 2008
Statistics provided by Tourism Research Australia for the ACT Government are showing that Canberra has performed well above the national average for tourism during 2007. There has been strong growth in both international and domestic markets. 1.97 million domestic overnight […]
April 22, 2008
I have found a lovely childhood image – a cultural experience I think we would all love to see passed on to future generations. Mibby Clarke, now in his forties, has lived in the remote community of West Brewarrina, western […]
April 19, 2008
Learning about ‘Building Resilient, Sustainable Communities’ is the focus of this Relocalistion Convergence from May 23-25 in Brisbane, a lifestyle and business practice Philadelphia’s Judy Wicks has been endorsing for many years. FYI In Australia relocalisation communities are clustered largely […]