Tourism
March 2, 2006
Queensland’s outback came to Brisbane in late February for the inaugural Outback Week – a series of outback festivities to highlight holiday opportunities in the region. The program kicked off with an Outback Fair at South Bank’s Piazza, followed by […]
March 2, 2006
Victoria’s Gippsland and Grampians regions are popular tourism destinations and the bushfire recovery promotional period is well underway to encourage visitors to visit their favourite places as MUCH is intact and it is more ‘sensitive’ to visit rather than stay […]
February 28, 2006
A lot of hoo-haa but maybe the marketers were right? The proof of the pudding is definitely in the eating and the results of Tourism Australia’s new $180 million ad campaign are only just starting to come in. Obviously with […]
February 22, 2006
A UK study into volunteering makes some astute recommendations to Not For Profits. As volunteers have more time demands than previously they have become more selective about how and where they donate their time. Fundraising volunteers are the single largest […]
February 22, 2006
The NSW Government has shelved its controversial desalination plant, planning to tap underground water, and next month Brisbane will commence drilling to try and tap groundwater below its streets to ease its growing water supply crisis. Southeast Queensland’s dams are […]
February 19, 2006
A new restaurant chain called “Bondi” will stage its US launch in July 2006 in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter. The Australian-owned parent company behind the concept plans to open a further six restaurants in southern California. The company – Bondi […]
February 8, 2006
In Warragul, Gippsland, a very small group – part of the ‘Women who Mean Business Project’ some time ago started a series of workshops making mosaic tiles to be placed along Warragul’s 1.5 km Linear Park Trail. After the low […]
February 8, 2006
Sheila King from ‘Access For All Alliance Inc’ has written making these points: 1)The Alliance is told that a new and growing tourism market segment is people with disabilities, yet tourist operators do not appear to be investigating the needs, […]
February 8, 2006
Why does a shire boundary divide the Mission Beach villages? “Mission Beach is cosmopolitan in its makeup. Nearly everyone comes here from somewhere else and we are all entranced by the natural beauty of our environment and the friendly community […]
February 8, 2006
Employees are anxious about their livelihoods when a business is on the market and are keen to secure their jobs. The closure of a business can be a missed opportunity for a local community, particularly in rural and regional areas […]
February 8, 2006
“Mission Beach is cosmopolitan in its makeup. Nearly everyone comes here from somewhere else and we are all entranced by the natural beauty of our environment and the friendly community spirit of our village lifestyle” writes Truus Biddlecombe of the […]
February 8, 2006
Community buyouts preserve key community assets & facilities Alan Greig of the not-for-profit Mercury Centre Cooperative has written to PWF about the work his Centre does in helping businesses – and their communities – through a successful change in business […]