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On behalf of the tourism industry, we provided a submission and statement to the public hearing for the Parliamentary Inquiry into the redevelopment of the Mon Repos Turtle Centre.
With 50 years of extraordinary turtle research and conservation work at Mon Repos, along with a contribution of approximately $8.5 million to the regional economy each year through tourism, the $22million Mon Repos Turtle Centre redevelopment presents a once in a lifetime opportunity for the Bundaberg Region to build a world class, year round ecotourism experience...

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Encouraging Australians to travel within the country this year, Tourism Australia has launched their new campaign ‘Holiday Here This Year’ to help support the tourism industry throughout Australia. Leveraging from this, Tourism & Events Queensland has launched their campaign ‘It’s a beautiful place to holiday here’ to further encourage the domestic market to holiday in Queensland in 2020. ...

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Due to the devastating bushfires throughout the country, the National Bushfire Recovery Agency was established by the Australian Government to connect communities with services and assistance to help rebuild and recover. Over the coming two years, a National Bushfire Recovery Fund will be administered. To find out more, follow the...

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The United Nations states, "It is urgent and critical to anticipate, plan for and reduce disaster risk in order to more effectively protect persons, communities and countries, their livelihoods, health, cultural heritage, socioeconomic assets and ecosystems, and thus strengthen their resilience"...

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Elegant ladies and gents sip martinis at the curved art-deco bar at Bert’s in Bundaberg as soft jazz drifts over the crowd and dapper bow-tied bartenders polish glasses and keep an eye on the door. Bundaberg’s newest restaurant and bar is named after one of its favourite sons...

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Join us for a fun-filled community day to celebrate the opening of the redeveloped Mon Repos Turtle Centre and acknowledge the important work the Bundaberg community do to promote turtle conservation....

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Getting people “down on the farm” is the goal of Nourish Café owner, Judy Plath. Nourish Café has announced their upcoming Plate to Paddock Day where they will be taking customers to the farm of their milk supplier, CQ Dairy Fresh, so people can see firsthand where their food comes from...

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The details of Tourism Australia’s evolution of their long-standing and successful global brand platform of ‘There’s Nothing Like Australia’ have been released.
Tourism Australia (TA) is moving more towards talking about the personalities and the Australian way of life – this is what differentiates us on a global scale after-all and that ‘wrapping’ that we have for our key drivers of destination choice as a country (Our Aquatic and Coastal Experiences, Our Nature and Wildlife, and our Food & Beverage).

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Written and published by Holidays with kids - The award-winning Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort has made it into the top 9 eco-friendly getaways in Australia!
As a Junior Citizen of the Reef, Lady Elliot Island Resort is top of my bucket list. It’s the southernmost coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef and it’s off the charts for people who care about the ocean. You can snorkel with manta rays and there’s loads of colourful coral. Not to mention bazillions of fish, migrating humpback whales and my fave turtles...
Turtles at Lady Elliot Island © Shutterstock/ Michael Smith ITWP

