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Text Box: Former Coonamble Resident Sedg White has developed an excellent web site to display historic photos of Coonamble. The site is dedicated to his father Carl White and most of the photos were taken by Carl or Sedg. On the site you will find images of people, who have lived and worked around the Coonamble area. There are also other shots of various locations surrounding the Coonamble District. Some of the images on the site include a wedding reception in the Plaza Theatre 1935, Fatal Car Crash 1929 & Coonamble Showground 1940 as well as school and sporting groups. www.coonamblephotos.com.au

Text Box: Welcome to the final edition of the Tourism Newsletter for 2006. Christmas is just around the corner with plenty happening around Coonamble over Summer. Be sure not to miss the annual Christmas Carnivale, late night shopping and markets this Thursday !!! full details on page 2. Details of Australia Day celebrations in Coonamble & Gulargambone are also in this newsletter along with many other events. The Xmas Lights judging in Coonamble takes place on the 19th December so be sure to have those lights on ! There is a wealth of resources available for those looking to get involved in the tourism industry. Inside I have summarised the new web site from Tourism Research Australia as well as fact sheets and support that council can provide. Coonamble Shire received significant publicity in November with the only winner at the NSW Tourism Awards from Central NSW coming from Gulargambone. I was there in Sydney at the Awards with the Chair of Central NSW Tourism, Stephen Sykes, and six

Text Box: volunteers from Gulargambone . It was inspiring to see two eight two eight beat large businesses including the Rocks and Darling Harbour Visitors Centres to take out the General Tourism Services award. If you have not already done so please provide your event dates for 2007-more details on page 3 . This newsletter is sent out monthly to provide information on events and tourism projects in the shire. If you do not want to continue receiving it please contact me and you will be removed from the mailing list. Likewise if you would like to subscribe. Apologies to the Warren Advocate as we failed to acknowledge that the photo of ‘George’ last month came from that publication. The show book for the 2007 Coonamble Show is currently being finalised so if you would like to advertise please contact Carol Stanley on (02) 6822 1550 Finally, have a relaxing Xmas and I look forward to working with you in 2007! Steven Baldwin Tourism Development Manager Coonamble Shire Council

Text Box: invested back into the community. Last year they won the New Tourism Development category at the Inland NSW Tourism Awards and an encouragement award at the NSW Tourism Awards. In the last twelve months sales in their retailing sectors (craft shop & cafe) have shown a 92% and 22% increase respectively which is great for local artists and in conjunction with Gulargambone Central School offer work placements for hospitality students to gain practical experience. The project is seen as a successful model and in June 2006 hosted a NSW DSRD tour of ‘Enterprising Communities’. To find out more or to enquire about becoming part

Text Box: 18 December 2006

Text Box: Tourism Update

Text Box: Special points of interest: Coonamble Shire Council meeting 14 February 2007. Public Question time between 9.30-10am Did you know Council papers and minutes are listed on the web click here NOTE: Council is experiencing Email problems-Please check important emails have been received ! Advance Notice ! Dinner Under the Stars, Gulargambone 3rd March 2007. Click here for more Click here to view previous editions of the Tourism Newsletter

Xmas Carnivale	2
Summer Movies	2
Tourism Resources	3
Summer Events	3
Coonamble In the Past- 1996, 1986 & 1956	4
Tourism Links	4
Industry meetings	4

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two eight two eight Community Tourism Project Gulargambone

Castlereagh Street decked out for Xmas 2006

Text Box: two eight two eight (named after the postcode) is a vibrant, exciting and innovative community project in Gulargambone. The community purchased the dilapidated theatre and several community working bees later, and the building has been repaired, renovated & freshly painted. All profits are invested back into the community. Over the next couple of years the project has grown and in November won the General Tourism Services category at the NSW Tourism Awards beating other finalists from Port Macquarie, Maitland, Grafton and the Rocks Visitors Centre . All profits are