Coonamble Shire Tourism Newsletter Page 1

Text Box: The 2007 Moorambilla Festival is set to attract more visitors to the Shire with the launch of the official poster and brochure. This year council has produced 5000 Moorambilla Posters which are packed with information about the festival on the reverse. These will be distributed to all residents in the shire and to visitor information centres and councils through the region. The brochure contains details about all the events and has information on how to book your tickets. To download the media release click here. To request copies click here or to visit the event web site click here

Text Box: Welcome to the July edition. Almost too much to fit in only four pages this month. June has been busy with the rain stopping just in time for the Coonamble Rodeo and a bumper weekend. We also hosted a delegation from our sister council in Sydney, Campbelltown City Council. New forecasts issued last week by the Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC) indicate that the contribution of tourism to the Australian economy is forecast to increase from $84 billion in 2006 to just over $100 billion in 2016 in real terms, underpinned mainly by growth in inbound tourism. For more details click here We welcome Marguerite Starr as the new Executive officer at the two eight two eight project in Gulargambone and farewell Marty and Debbie Power at the Commerical Hotel. I was at the Quambone Polocrosse Carnival on the weekend and the new shed received a fine christening. The facilities are so good that Coonamble will now hold their Polocrosse Carnival at Quambone this weekend ! The Moorambilla Festival is set to bring the town alive with the sound of singing in September with the focus this year on ‘Songs in the Key of She’. The festival coincides with the Annual Coonamble Arts Alive Exhibition

Text Box: and Coonamble will also be hosting the AQHA Campdraft Super Challenge so it’ll be a bumper weekend for the town. Coonamble has been chosen to host the 2008 NSW Women’s Gathering which will bring hundreds of women to town for 3 days. Click here for more information. The 2006 Census results have just been released and there are some surprising statistics as well as the latest population numbers. Did you know there are more females than males in Coonamble? See page 2 for details. The State Government is funding construction of a Visitor centre on the former Baradine RSL club site as part of a re-adjustment package it announced after the Brigalow Belt decision and the closure of timber mills in central NSW. The Baradine Progress Association says the centre and a number of other tourism ventures, including forest drives and bird watching adventures, could inject much needed money into the area. Ausindustry has just extended the deadline for applications to the Australian Tourism Development Program Steven Baldwin Tourism Development Manager

Text Box: stranger to Coonamble already operating the iconic ‘Al’s Diner’ on Aberford street and catering to an increasing number of functions. The Restaurant is now open for lunch and dinner and open for coffee from 8.30am Phone (02) 6822 2288

Text Box: 10th July 2007

Text Box: Tourism Update

Text Box: Special points of interest: Coonamble Shire Council meeting 11 July 2007 at 9.30am Latest Council minutes, and updates visit the council web site by clicking here Coonamble to host 2008 NSW Women’s Gathering Click here to view previous editions of the Tourism Newsletter Racing at Carinda 28th July

Coonamble Census Results	2
New two eight two eight staff member	2
Successful bid to Host 2008 event	3
Coming Events	3
Final Draft of New Quambone Brochure	3
Coonamble In the Past- 1987, 1977 & 1957	4
Industry meetings	4

Text Box: Calling all Artists !!! Coonamble Arts Alive Society Inc. will be holding their annual Art Exhibition from 14-15 September (02) 6823 5885 or to email click here

Text Box: Coonamble now has a new fine dining restaurant and adjoining café following the opening of Allan Karanouh’s Global Village last week. The restaurant has proven popular and been ‘booked out’ regularly since opening. Allan tells me that over 700 people have already tried the cooking of his two Thai chefs, sisters Rome & Wendy. The Restaurant is situated in the ‘Easons Building’ on Castlereagh Street next door to the Coonamble Times. Allan is no