Tourism
October 5, 2005
Recent Treasury modelling shows a person earning $36,000 could be $790,000 better off over their working life by improving their understanding of money and by becoming more financially literate. Australia’s business, community, government and education leaders have joined forces to […]
October 5, 2005
Tasmania has been recognised internationally for maintaining its environmental and cultural integrity in the face of global tourism and the mounting pressures of the 21st century. It was ranked third in the world by an independent panel of more than […]
October 5, 2005
Three years ago, to address the problems of social isolation faced by young men in the Victorian country town of Harrow , local publican Ange Newton came up with the idea of a Beaut Blokes Weekend. It would promote Harrow […]
October 4, 2005
A National Leadership Achievement Award Program for women is being launched by the Australian Virtual Centre for Leadership for Women (CLW) to celebrate its five year anniversary this month. The Award has been established to recognise women in the community […]
October 4, 2005
An American Express survey in London recently voted Australia ‘number one dream destination’ and in a Trailfinders survey of over 15,000 holiday-makers from the UK, Australia was voted ‘favourite country’. However a rapidly changing national and local tourism picture has […]
October 2, 2005
Workshops facilitated by Susan Jackson, founder and Executive Director of The Women’s Financial Network, will be presented right across Victoria, by the State Government. Susan is also the author of The Women’s Guide To Property, The Investment Club Start Up […]
September 22, 2005
Markus Bucher, Swiss ‘Master Cheesemaker’ and David Simpson a third generation dairy farmer who wanted to value-add after dairy deregulation had sent milk prices plummeting, met at a local agricultural show. Markus and Sara Bucher and David and Heather Simpson […]
September 21, 2005
A wide range of community organisations centred around the Spring Creek Community Centre will run their sixth ‘Living sustainably-living green’ event at the Surfworld in Beach Rd Torquay, on October 23rd. There will be guided tours of local eco-friendly houses […]
September 21, 2005
After a lot of hard work by a lot of people, the new Pomberuk Cultural Centre, at the old pumphouse in Murray Bridge SA, opened in August 2005. Since buying the land – very significant to the Ngarrindjeri people – […]
September 21, 2005
Community, cultural, environmental and recreational groups in SA’s Coorong region will help stage the ‘Meet the Waders Festival’ September 1 to November 30 – a model that could be adopted where a region experiences a natural wonder and wants to […]
September 21, 2005
Fifteen years ago, Blerick Mudbrick Cottages and Tree Farm, in Gippsland Victoria, was just a bare paddock, part of an old dairy farm. Back then, teachers Michelle and Ron Geritz began work building a mudbrick cottage and lived in ‘the […]
September 21, 2005
Audax Australia is a national long distance cycling club of French origin. The Indigo Classic @ Beechworth, on Sunday 27 November 2005, in Victoria’s picturesque northeast will be Indigo Shire’s inaugural Audax one-day cycling event. The event will offer cyclists […]