Fur to Fly as Dingo Packs Head South

April 17, 2012

by: Rural Editor Nigel Austin From:The Advertiser April 13, 201211:00PM South Australia is in danger of losing the battle against dingoes as they move further south each year with a rapidly increasing economic cost. Source: Supplied A DINGO population explosion is threatening the state’s livestock industry as the dogs move south and pose a rapidly [...]

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Fossils to fuel Flinders tourism

April 17, 2012

Fossils to fuel Flinders’ tourism industry   by: Tourism writer Stuart Innes From:The Advertiser March 27, 201211:00PM     Arkaroola manager Doug Sprigg holding a mould of the Spriggina fossil, which was named after his father. Picture: Matt Turner Source: The Advertiser       FLINDERS Ranges tourism operators are seeking new life for the [...]

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Choppers Chase Goats

April 17, 2012

  The South Australian Government is using helicopters to help pastoralists muster goats on their properties. Feral goats are a significant problem on pastoral land in the Flinders Ranges in the north of the state. The Department of Environment has agreed to work with landowners to muster the animal on the condition that they can [...]

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Co-location of PRR and FR VIC

April 16, 2012

Flinders continues tourism success KHAMA REID 11 Apr, 2012 10:27 AM Development and national recognition are set to encourage further growth of the tourism industry in the Flinders Ranges. Construction is underway for the Flinders Ranges Visitor Information Centre to join the Pichi Richi Railway at the railway station at Quorn. Flinders Ranges Council chief [...]

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Happy Campers Opting for Humble Holidays

April 16, 2012

Rosslyn Beeby April 10, 2012 Back to basics … Chris Jordan, of Mount Gambier, helps daughter Elise, 6,  while Erin, 8, rides her bike at the Queanbeyan Riverside Tourist Park. Photo: Jeffrey Chan Forget the hype about luxury tourism, designer tents and ‘glamping’. New  statistics from Tourism Australia show we are, quite literally, a nation [...]

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Professional Development a Priority for FlindersTourism

April 11, 2012
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South Australia’s peak tourism body, the South Australian Tourism Industry Council (SATIC), has recognised the need for industry-specific training for tourism businesses in the Southern Flinders. South Australia’s peak tourism body, the South Australian Tourism Industry Council (SATIC), has recognised the need for industry-specific training for tourism businesses in the Southern Flinders. Ward Tilbrook, Chief [...]

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Tourism Goes Indigenous

April 7, 2012
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Tourism Goes Indigenous By Neena Bhandari SYDNEY, Apr 4, 2012 (IPS) – As today’s conscientious travellers seek authentic experiences with the people of the lands they visit, tourism can be a vehicle for preserving ancient cultures, while socially and economically empowering marginalised or remote indigenous communities. At the first Pacific Asia Indigenous Tourism Conference (PAITC) [...]

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Think globally, act locally – green tourism development

April 6, 2012
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ICTP pushes for green global tourism development Apr 03, 2012 In a wide-ranging presentation to the Panrotas Foundation in Sao Paolo, Brazil, the International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) President Geoffrey Lipman called for industry support for green growth, which he described as the “new 21st century global development paradigm.” Professor Lipman said that “’old [...]

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New Tourism Projects Officer for the Southern Flinders Ranges

April 2, 2012
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27 March 2012 RDA York and Mid North (South Australia), has supported the Southern Flinders Regional Tourism Authority, by engaging expat Anna Del Rio for the new Tourism Projects Officer position for the Southern Flinders Ranges. Mrs Del Rio’s diverse life experience and education in Cultural Tourism from Flinders University gave her application the edge [...]

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Make Tracks to the Wheel World

April 2, 2012
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Mountainbiking at Melrose. MELROSE is the perfect place for a wild ride in the Flinders Ranges. ———– “WE’VE got a creek crossing ahead,” Rich Bruce warns as a kookaburra high in a gumtree above us bursts into ominous laughter. I hit the brakes for a closer inspection. The dry creek bed below is hardly a [...]

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