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The Melbourne Age recently published a lovely article about Coonamble & Pigeon racing |
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There is tremendous potential for the development of Indigenous Tourism in Coonamble Shire. Tourism NSW has recently been involved in a number of initiatives involving Indigenous Tourism. These include a set of principles for developing Indigenous Tourism and an Aboriginal NSW Product Manual. To download visit: corporate.tourism.nsw.gov.au Coonamble resident and Murawari woman Louise Marne has been selected as one of only 15 artists internationally to take part in the WOMAdelaide Tjanpi Desert weavers project. Louise is currently working toward creating opportunities for other Aboriginal artists in the area to sell their art and cultural products. Louise has been assisted by Outback Arts with planning and seeking financial support and sponsorship for her journey to Adelaide. Louise originally learnt her art from her mother whose family was linked with the Brewarrina fishery, one of the oldest fisheries in the world. Louise uses a traditional aboriginal finger weave to produce dilly bags which is woven from string she has spun herself. (full article, Coonamble Times, Vol. 126 No.1 24/1/2007) www.womadelaide.com.au Outback Arts last year commissioned a Regional Indigenous Cultural Strategy which will be crucial to the development of Aboriginal arts projects in the seven member shires. To download visit: www.coonamble.org/TourismIndustry Bhiamie Dreaming is an initiative of the NSW Department of State and Regional Development Click here to download the Bhiamie Dreaming Aboriginal Tourism Strategy Aboriginal Tourism Australia has two events planned: An Indigenous Tourism Expo & Corroboree and the Aboriginal Tourism Australia Symposium |
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GoWest (formerly the Orana Regional Development Board) will present an open and interactive forum in Coonamble on Thursday 1st February 2007. The forum is titled: Making Business Work Mk2 and will be held at Castlereagh Electrical, 77 Aberford Street from 1030am till 12pm. There is no charge to attend. The workshop will present exclusively on cutting edge technology and how it effects your business. Learn about VoIP (Voice over internet Protocol), NextG, Windows Vista (released 30 Jan), and Microsoft Office XP 2007 (released 30 Jan). Mathew Dickerson from AXXIS Technology will be the presenter. Mathew is also a board member of Orana Arts & Central NSW Tourism. For more information and to download the invitation: |
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Coonamble Christmas Carnivale 21 December 2006 |
