Tourism
May 30, 2012
After years of agitation for an increase in the power output for electric bikes, the Retail Cycle Traders Association RCTA has informed us that the Federal Government has just announced such changes, paving the way for a new range of […]
May 25, 2012
Yesterday Ally Moore’s 774 morning Talk Show covered a wide range of opinions on Victoria’s TAFE system, given its significant loss of funding and the possible loss of 2000 teachers. The views of John Buchanan, director of the Workplace Research […]
May 15, 2012
Jo Bumbak, from Carnarvon, WA, hates waste. For years Jo, mother of three, watched tonnes of fruit and vegetables left to rot. Apparently 40-60% of a crop can go this way if it is ‘imperfect’ – although perfectly edible – […]
May 3, 2012
After Black Saturday, in 2009, Kilmore East farmers, Kevin and Rhonda Butler needed to quickly secure their 1,500 sheep. Family, friends and local volunteers helped and within one week a very big job was done. Rhonda and Kevin decided to […]
April 19, 2012
Staying in country Victoria over Easter I heard about http://pt.warmshowers.org/ the ‘Warm Showers’ network for the first time. While children scrambled for Easter Eggs I heard about a French family who had just left my friend’s place in Beechworth, to […]
March 26, 2012
PWF has received an email from Trish Lindner and her engineer husband who are travelling the country and happy to work. Some Detail The Lindners are looking for short term casual work as they travel through Queensland, the Territory and […]
March 22, 2012
Mercy Jones has emailed PWF to say she is interested in travelling in Australia, especially in South Australia and Western Australia. She says she is fun loving – in the best possible way, good clean fun – and that she […]
March 19, 2012
Queenslander Lyn Treble has contacted us about her travel ideas and plans. About Lyn Lyn likes the idea of the PWF Grey Nomad category and tells us she has been looking for a travel companion for some time now. Lyn […]
March 19, 2012
Taronga Park Zoo’s Harbourview Cafe is the first restaurant in Australia to become certified under the MSC’s (Marine Stewardship Council’s) seafood sustainability certification program. Look For The MSC Blue Ecolable The Harbourview Cafe won the privilege of bearing the MSC’s […]
March 17, 2012
Calling all those who might be in Ayr, North Queensland, on the first weekend in June…you’re invited to a Bush Poets’ Breakfast, held by the local Zonta International Club as a fund raiser. Following previous successful Bush Poets’ brekkies, Karen […]
February 19, 2012
In 2011 Asia has dominated Australia’s international tourism arrivals. The Arrivals Stats Despite the weaknesses in the economies of some of our traditional markets and the impact of natural disasters, visitor arrivals to Australia in the year to December 2011 […]
February 16, 2012
PWF has recently heard about the newly formed Sydney Travel Group. Last year Lee, the organiser of the group, googled ‘seeking travel companions’ and two PWF posts Seeking Travel Companions? and Grey Nomad Travel Companion For UK & Continent Via […]