photograph of Coonamble Railway StationText Box: Page # Text Box: Streets Ahead hosted ‘Bangers and Mash’ at the Coonamble Bowling Club on 25th October 2007. Over 100 people attended what was a fantastic performance and catering was provided by Coonamble High School Students and the Etiquette Club to raise funds for a Skate Park. Plans are underway for the 2007 Xmas Street Party to be held on 20th December. We need your help !!!! Click here for more information on the Christmas Carnivale. We need as many local craft and other stalls as possible. Streets Ahead meet at 1pm on the third Thursday of each month. All welcome ! Or call Liz Markey on (02) 6824 1550 or email markey5@bigpond.com visit our web page: www.coonamble.org/sa Text Box: Coonamble Art a big Hit in Sydney Text Box: Coonamble Streets Ahead Text Box: Issue 16, 29 November 2007 Text Box: Indigenous Tourism Report Text Box: Latest Tourism Research Text Box: A new Indigenous tourism research report released by Tourism Research Australia in September revealed 830,000 international tourists, or 16 per cent of all tourists, reported having an Indigenous experience in Australia last year. Sharing Culture: Indigenous Experiences and the International Visitor, also found that travellers who participated in Indigenous experiences spent an average of $3,800 in Australia, or 39 per cent more than the average for all travellers. To read the Federal Minister's release, click here. Download the report at www.tra.australia.com. Text Box: New information signs will be installed shortly at Smith Park. In addition to information there will be limited space available for business advertising. This is a great opportunity to promote your business– for an information pack or to view the signs contact Tourism Development Manager on (0437) 271 936 or email here Text Box: Opportunity for Business Advertising on Smith Park Tourist Signs Text Box: Warrumbungle Cluster

Representatives from Warrumbungle, Gilgandra and Coonamble Shires met recently to formalise the Warrumbungle Cluster.  The cluster will play an important role in the NSW Heart of Country campaign and will see increased marketing co-operation between the three council areas.    The Destination Development Workshop in Gilgandra last month identified significant product strengths and the need for the cluster to work together to promote these.  Central NSW Tourism has recently unveiled a new logo and web site.  For more information on Central NSW Tourism click here
Text Box: Council Economic Development and Tourism staff have been assisting with the formation of ‘Back on Track’ . This new community group is working to have the Coonamble Railway Station restored to a state suitable for future use. Members are needed to support this project. Click here for application form Text Box: Coonamble Railway Station update

Ten pieces of artwork from Coonamble Shire have been on display in Sydney during November as part of the Festival of Fishers Ghost in Campbelltown.  The display featured work by Margie Pye, Margie Beck, Jamie Hamilton, Alison Dent, Beryl Butler, James Hartridge, Nioka Horan, Pat Calvert, Rebecca McIntyre and Anita Smith.  Coonamble Arts Alive and the new president James Hartridge assisted Council staff with selecting the art.  Already two items have been sold with one being purchased by the Mayor of Campbelltown, Cr Aaron Rule.  Negotiations are already underway for the 2008 exhibition and a stronger link with the Campbelltown Arts Centre.

The Coonamble Float at the Campbelltown Festival of Fishers Ghost 3/11/07

New forecasts today by the Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC) indicate that the value of inbound tourism will increase at an average rate of 4.7 per cent a year from $22 billion in 2006 to $35 billion in 2016 in real terms.  Click here to download complete report. NSW also easily has the largest share of visitors from Australia’s fastest growing markets of India (59%), US (67%), China (78%) and Korea (85%). TRA also predicts 87.2 million domestic visitor nights in NSW for 2007, compared with 76 million nights for Queensland and 54 million for Victoria. These figures confirm once again that NSW is the premier destination for overseas visitors – 67% of all first time visitors to Australia visit our State.