August
August 25, 2005
Pre-contact, historic and contemporary artefacts, artworks and photographs make up the Koorie Heritage Trust’s curatorial collection – unique in its focus on south-eastern indigenous culture. The Collection is housed at the Trust’s Cultural Centre on the corner of Little Lonsdale […]
August 25, 2005
A really good news story has been pased on by Orbost Neighbourhood House Coordinator, Mary McDonald – the story of the ‘Let’s GET Connected – Gippsland East Transport Project – a partnership between Wellington and East Gippsland Shires. The nine […]
August 25, 2005
Recent surveys in the coastal Victorian town of Inverloch show that the concerted January 2004 emergency response by the Department of Sustainability & Environment (DSE)and over 300 volunteers appears to have prevented a spread of the Northern Pacific Seastar – […]
August 25, 2005
Tourism operators, council officers and Baw Baw Tourism Board members met recently in Melbourne with Tourism Victoria officers. Bill Fox, Manager Regional Tourism, led the way. THREE KEY CHALLENGES:1) Identify key actions that will make a differencea. Have a realistic […]
August 25, 2005
The ‘Filter House’ Broome, designed to capture cooling breezes while also providing protection from prevailing easterly winds has won architects David Oppenheim and Chris Barnett of Sustainable Built Environments a 2005 Greensmart energy efficieny award. The finished house is the […]
August 24, 2005
Tasmanian Living Artists’ Week will be the island’s biggest visual arts event ever. From Friday 26 August to Sunday 4 September hundreds of Tassie artists will be involved in a program of:-workshops-exhibitions-artists’ talks-art trails-open studios-culinary events at award winning venues […]
August 24, 2005
‘Change the world for ten bucks’ is a book of 50 simple actions pretty well everyone can do – things that don’t require a mass of time, money or even conscience to achieve eg: Action 1: Learn the kiss of […]
August 24, 2005
EnviroProducts’ Russ Moody, a long-term hay fever sufferer, is passionate about ions and ‘ozone’, his EcoQuest air purifier dealership and the post-thunderstorm air freshness he believes his range of machines produces indoors through ionisation and electronic ozone generation. There is […]
August 24, 2005
Quality lifestyle for owners of a ‘non-accredited’ regional School of Fine Art & Study Tour business
Pat and Mick Waters did NOT do exactly as their 6 month business studies course suggested. They were mature-age students – Pat, a practising artist and TAFE art teacher with 30 years experience, and Mick, a fine arts craftsman. They […]
August 23, 2005
A landowner near Biggenden in SE Queensland, is among the latest group of people to enter a voluntary conservation with the State Government. Elizabeth Pratt has agreed to protect 54 hectares of her Mungore Creek property and create the Rapids […]
August 23, 2005
The BITE (Backpacker Industry Trade E-news)is a bi-monthly e-newsletter discussing issues in the backpacking industry. It is distributed by the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC)through its Backpacker Tourism Advisory Panel (BTAP) – a voluntary panel made up of key industry […]
August 11, 2005
Five years ago, Ken Kercheval of Jindivick, Victoria, took a huge gamble. He gave up his day time job with the then Department of Sustainability & Environment DNRE to establish his own charter coach business. Having lived and worked in […]