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Queenslanders Robert and Dell Drury have just requested a listing on the PWF Nomads Jobs and Skills Register.

About The Area

The Drury’s dairy and beef property is located in the mountains on the Atherton Tablelands 6km from Ravenshoe and two hours from Cairns in a very pretty part of Australia.

The property is an hour from the ocean and there are numerous lakes and many bush walks in the area.

There is also all manner of entertainment for older people in the area.

About The Work

Robert and Dell are a middle aged couple who are offering casual positions doing all manner of farm activities and repairs.

They can provide good accommodation in their home and they have facilities for …

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A reader has suggested the Greyhound 12 twelve month hop on, hop off pass for all ages as an option for single would-be Grey Nomads.

Some Ideas

Mini Traveller Passes provide travel between two popular destinations and in between you can hop on and hop off as much as you like in the one direction, over 45 days.

Greyhound Encompass

Greyhound has 129 coaches operating 365 days a year and traveling to more than 1,100 destinations daily. Greyhound CEO Robert Thomas says

“The new loyalty program Encompass for ‘everyone, everywhere in Australia’..

Greyhound is an economical and reliable way to travel around Australia as it visits destinations not serviced by the airlines and is now the only national

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In Melbourne on Friday 24 July 2009 a one day Community Wide ‘Dialogue To Change’ Organisational Clinic will be hosted by the Australian Study Circles Network (ASCN) and Adult and Community Education (ACE) Victoria.

Workshop Goals

• To provide a basic understanding of community wide ‘dialogue to change’ programs
• To explain your role as an organiser of a community wide ‘diaolgue to change’ program
• To give information and materials on how to organise a community wide ‘dialogue to change’ program
• To begin the process for organising your own community wide ‘dialogue to change’ program

NB It’s recommended that two or more participants from one organisation attend, so the community wide study circle program can be planned together.

Facilitators: Dr Mark Brophy …

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In Canberra, 31 July 2009, there will be a one day Community Wide ‘Dialogue To Change’ Organisational Clinic hosted by Adult Learning Australia (ALA), The Australian Study Circles Network (ASCN) and The ACT Department of Education and Training (DET).

Workshop Goals

• To provide a basic understanding of community wide ‘dialogue to change’ programs
• To explain your role as an organiser of a community wide ‘dialogue to change’ program
• To give information and materials on how to organise a community wide ‘dialogue to change’ program
• To begin the process for organising your own community wide ‘dialogue to change’ program

NB It’s recommended that two or more participants from one organisation attend, so the community wide study circle program can …

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How are you feeling about HOW the financial stimulus money is being spent and even ‘forced’ on schools and communities?

Ipsos Mackay research says as a nation we are divided as to whether or not the stimulus will be effective in the long term, though in the short term it appears to be doing some good.

One worrying aspect is just how much waste will be incurred – and where it might otherwise be spent – in the rush to ’spend and save jobs’?

For Example..

North of Perth the remote Aboriginal community of Yulga Jinna worries it will lose its two teachers who are housed in mining ‘dongas’… they have had 12 teachers in the last 3 years.

The …

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