Murweh Shire Council has secured $3,000 in State Funding for its “Welcome to Charleville" event. The funds come as part of the State’s $701,000 bucket of grants to help celebrate 113 multicultural events throughout Queensland in 2018. Multicultural Affairs Minister Stirling Hinchliffe today … [Read more...]
Vale – Tom Lockie
The Funeral for Tom Lockie, one of the South West’s Tourism staunchest advocates, will be held at the Barcaldine Town Hall at 9am on this Saturday, (January 13). Tom, who passed away after a long illness has been described by Outback Queensland Tourism Association general manager, Peter Homan, … [Read more...]
Coalition Government Commits $26.3 Million to Longreach Tourism Icons
The Longreach based QANTAS Founders Museum and The Stockman’s hall of Fame have both secured major Federal Government support Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce and Federal Member for Maranoa David Littleproud, announced the Coalition Government will allocate $11.3 million towards Qantas … [Read more...]
Domestic Tourism Pull Gathers Strength
The latest Tourism Research Australia data show that Our Towns have been far from sluggish from helping drive the state’s domestic visitor numbers which in the past year grew 6.2 per cent to a record high of 21.5 million. Tourism and Major Events Minister Kate Jones says Australian travellers … [Read more...]
Regional Air Fares Investigation Close
The release of the independent assessment of service levels and regulation into regional airfares is expected to be delayed now until mid-2017, according to transport Minister Jackie Trad. The report was slated for release at the end of March but the Minister says the assessment, while now … [Read more...]
Winton Rebuilds an Australian Tourism Experience
The $22 million reconstruction of Winton’s iconic Waltzing Matilda Centre gets underway this week and the start has been marked by a visit to town by Local Government Minister Mark Furner and Federal MP David Littleproud. They joined with Winton Mayor Butch Lenton, and the local community to … [Read more...]
Tourist Hot Spots Given A Roads Boost
Eighteen major tourist and culturally significant sites in Western Queensland will benefit from a funding injection of almost $6 million to improve transport and road access. The funding comes from round one of the Transport and Tourism Connections (TTC). Minister for Transport Mark Bailey … [Read more...]
Beasts from The Past to Bring More Tourists
As we roll out of the Easter Break and into Tourist season across Our Towns an opening at south east of Winton at the weekend is expect to boost the tourism traffic flow across the west. Former Governor-General, Dame Quentin Bryce, officially opened the $1.3m attraction, Dinosaur Canyon at the … [Read more...]
Farmers and Labour Contractors – The ATO Beckons
It’s time for farmers and contractors to get up to speed on the new tax and superannuation rates for holiday workers after the closing months of 2016 saw the on again off again backpackers tax issues flare. Well, the politics is done and the paper work begins but it seems there’s not too much … [Read more...]
Who am I? And Where the HELL Are We?
Travellers confusion - and those forgotten “things” we may forget to include in the caravan - can come back to bite us during a holiday. That’s the warning from Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) who are asking Queenslanders to kick off the ‘pre-back to school' holiday break … [Read more...]
