Text Box: The Coonamble Xmas Carnivale will be held tomorrow in Castlereagh Street. There is a huge program of entertainment this year and special meal deals have been arranged with main street food vendors. The event commences at 6pm and road closures will be in place For program click here For more information click here Text Box: Welcome to the December/January edition and your regular update on tourism and events in the area. A short newsletter this month. I’ve just got off the phone with 3801 Limited in Sydney and they were very excited. The organizers of the historic train visit to Coonamble have had to add two extra carriages to cater for demand. It now looks like almost 400 passengers will be on board the train when it arrives in Coonamble on Sunday 13th January. For more information click here. The Terminus Hotel and Coonamble Bowling Club are gearing up for a busy day ! The 2008 events calendar is taking place and it looks like being an action packed year. The last event for 2007 will be held tomorrow in Castlereagh Street with the Christmas Carnivale commencing at around 6pm. Full details available here. If you are aware of any events happening in 2008 that are not already on the Council Events Calendar please let us know. Text Box: The Mooramabilla festival has some exciting plans for their third year in Coonamble and last week presented a report on the 2007 event to the Coonamble Shire Council meeting. The festival is conducting a post event survey to gauge feedback. Contact Sandra Harrison at the Coonamble RTC for more information or email sandra@coonamblertc.org.au The TASAC Review is finally complete and new Tourism Signposting Guidelines have been released. Click here for more information. Have a great Xmas and look forward to working with you all in 2008. If you have any suggestions for stories in 2008 please let me know. Steven Baldwin Tourism Development Manager Coonamble Shire Council steven@coonambleshire.nsw.gov.au Text Box: Welcome to the December edition Text Box: Farm and Nature Tourism-Self Assessment Tool Text Box: 19 December 2007 Text Box: Volume 2, Issue 17 Text Box: Tourism Update Text Box: Special points of interest: Coonamble Shire Council meeting 13 February 2008 at 9.30am Latest Council minutes, and updates visit the council web site by clicking here Click here to subscribe and receive this newsletter each month Coonamble Artists who provided works for Campbelltown can pick up their art from Outback Arts.

Shire Entry Sign Destroyed

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Dinner Under The Stars

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International Women’s Day Art Display

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CASP Funding

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Welcome to Coonamble Dinner

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Coonamble In the Past-  1987, 1977 & 1957

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Industry meetings

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Text Box: 2007 Xmas Carnivale Text Box: Claim the Date ! Event Dates needed for 2008 ! Make sure that your event doesn’t clash with others. Click here to visit the Events Calendar Text Box: Rural landowners across the nation are increasingly evaluating the option to diversify their Agri-business. On average, each month more than 100 Farm and Nature Tourism on your Property self-assessment tools are downloaded from the STCRC site. This easy to use tool guides farmers and rural landowners to make a preliminary assessment about whether their region and their property have the attributes for a successful tourism venture. After taking this initial assessment landowners can register their interest to enter a business development program run jointly through the Australian Regional Tourism Research Centre (ARTRC) and Sustainable Tourism CRC. The workshops make a more thorough assessment of on-farm Agri-tourism concepts and assists participants develop their ideas into a full business plan. http://www.regionaltourism.com.au/ARTRC/documents/fant.pdf