Archive for June, 2006

Ayashi – roughing it in luxury!

Feeling better & reconnecting physically & spiritually

I have just read about more and more ‘well-heeled but work stressed international travellers’ visiting Australia who are looking for an ‘ayashi’ experience – Japanese for ‘roughing it in luxury’.

Ayashi is …

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Getting an RSS reader

Background info, some basics & a few helpful links

Our first PWF Technology article introduced RSS, a simple way to read favourite news/newsletter headlines in one place on your computer. Today we’re talking about how to get

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Australia Post talks to Beechworth

3 Beechworth jobs saved – delivery changes ‘off the agenda’
Beechworth residents are still working to keep the Post Office as a corporate office and, hopefully, a further 4 jobs in the town. Australia Post has ‘deferred’ the plan to move …

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Fresh vegies for Indigenous communities

Fortnightly(!) fruit & veg part of a multi-layered problem

Collaboration on delivery of perishable goods to remote Indigenous communities seems to have been a standout point at an Adelaide conference this week.

Community leaders, store managers & freight companies …

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Any entrepreneurs interested in camel milk?

A business opportunity for Indigenous communities?

There have been reports in the Australian media about camel pests and the possibility of exporting the meat. Problems that have to be faced are:

  • the lack of abattoirs;
  • transport;
  • establishing markets.

After …

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