January
January 27, 2006
Green + green = an easier conscience It’s good to be back online. We are in the Kinglake fire region and though we had power, we were offline most of the day. It was chilling to hear the wail of […]
January 24, 2006
Coping with fires & trying to fill community development jobs What incredible heat and what a devastating period for southern Australia, Victoria in particular – our thoughts are with the family and friends of those killed, those who have lost […]
January 23, 2006
“‘Wolf Creek’ will do for backpacking what ‘Jaws’ did for swimming” Phillip Diprose from Victoria emailed us with this Sun-Herald quote, published on the Official Movie Website, after reading the PWF ‘Declining domestic tourism’ article. Interested in the ‘official’ explanation […]
January 20, 2006
After the comparative frenzy of Melbourne Christmas dinner seating 23, our extended family celebrates a January birthday at a relaxed country gathering. This year the birthday was a 91st and we lunched casually on the deck at Chateau Tahbilk’s new […]
January 20, 2006
In September 2005, a Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships acknowledged the long-term partnership between Vectra Corporation, an Australian company that provides IT infrastructure and security services, and Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA), a community organisation that […]
January 20, 2006
So how difficult is it to follow your creative instincts and NOT undertake the ‘obligatory’ uni course? 24 year old Tony Plowman, a high achiever at his Sydney school, has been writing music since he was 14. Electronic music, in […]
January 19, 2006
Seven years ago Kate Schwager began to develop websites to promote her local Wee Waa community and to explore off-farm income opportunities. She has developed a Rural Towns Package based on her original weewaa.com website, which she developed and now […]
January 19, 2006
There is now a real Australian food – sauces, dressings, condiments and herbs that are a fusion of age-old Aboriginal staples with the techniques and foods of Australia’s settler and immigrant heritage – tasty and simple to use. Australian food […]
January 19, 2006
In Australia we live in an exciting, beautiful and safe country but with a decrease of 5 per cent in overall domestic visitor nights and a 2 per cent decrease in domestic spending (when compared with the equivalent 2004 quarter), […]
January 19, 2006
South of Perth, in the wheatbelt town of Narrogin, an experimental Integrated Wood Processing (IWP) – designed to address greenhouse gas emissions and farmland salinity – is slowly being brought online. The demonstration plant will provide renewable energy for 1000 […]
January 19, 2006
The Country Victoria Events Program (CVEP) is a financial and support program run by the Tourism Alliance Victoria. It aims to help regional Victoria develop events capable of creating significant economic and social benefits. A range of templates to help […]
January 19, 2006
The cruise ship market continues to grow in popularity globally and is a high yield market for Darwin and the Top End. This year a record number of cruise ships and passengers will tie up in Darwin’s beautiful harbour – […]