Tourism
February 8, 2012
Even though record numbers of Australians are holidaying outside the country The Backpacker Trade News reports that the outlook for the tourism industry is not all doom and gloom. The Department of Immigration’s latest six monthly report states that applications […]
December 29, 2011
Valerie Lee tells us she is a very practical person who would like to find some casual or short term work, especially in the Kimberley. She has previously owned and worked on a small cattle-sheep property. About Valerie Valerie is […]
December 18, 2011
Whenever someone leaves a Travellers Aid’s office with a ticket in their hand and a problem solved, Travellers’ Aid CEO Jodie Willmer says to Pigs Will Fly: “What Travellers Aid achieves is the result not just of the extraordinary efforts […]
December 10, 2011
Sharon has written to PWF saying she is 61 years old, single and reasonably fit, also that she has a great desire to see our wonderful country. Travelling Sharon intends investigating buying her own camper van but as yet has […]
November 29, 2011
Kinglake resident and bushfire survivor, Vicki Ruhr, wishes to express her concern at what is reportedly a ‘terrifying and graphic’ bushfire advertising campaign to be run by the Victorian Government. Family Scrambling, Panicking, Dying The Herald-Sun and Melbourne Talk Radio […]
November 10, 2011
Lynne McKinnon from the Bundaberg Sailing Club has contacted us about a possible one year job for some grey nomad travellers. About The Position As a grey nomad traveller Lynne is thinking you might care to settle down on the […]
October 25, 2011
Is there a grey nomad – 55-60 years old – in Perth, or elsewhere – who would enjoy ‘the trip of a lifetime to the UK via India and then on to the Continent’? Joan Marshall of Perth thinks ‘there […]
October 11, 2011
Barbara, a semi-retired teacher who lives in Brunswick, inner Melbourne, has emailed us with a city-based offer of work for a grey nomad single, or couple. A Roofer Or A Handyman? Barbara is looking for a qualified roofer, or handyman […]
October 2, 2011
PWF has received another grey nomad email from a traveller seeking companions. Roy Winterburn is a single 70 year old ‘active caravanner’. He is interested in travel and in rock collecting – opals, gemstones – and in jewellery-making. Roy would […]
September 25, 2011
Kym Jerome has ‘discovered’ PWF and asks us to post info about work for tradies in Cooktown. Work Available There is a shortage of tradies to do reno work in Cooktown. Also needed is a person who has experience in […]
September 25, 2011
Lisa Devlin and partner Glen from Wooroora Station have emailed us saying: “We are 20 km from Ravenshoe on Wooroora Rd, the first turn right off Tully Falls Road. Wooroora Station is 50 000 acres, running a mixed (Brahman, Charolaise, […]
August 5, 2011
Take five minutes to view this beautiful spectacle of amazing grace and physical prowess – I have never seen anything like it. The Great Chinese State Circus – Swan Lake Thanks Bruce for passing on the link.