In November and December 2011, celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s first visit to Van Diemen’s Land in 1811 will be held. The Heritage Highway Regional Tourism Association has planned various celebrations in the region. For highlights of the entire programme of events please visit www.macquarie2011.com To view what is happening along the Heritage Highway, interested parties can visit www.heritagehighway.com.au.
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Friday, September 30th was a great day for Tasmanian Wildlife. Learning Services South ran their Science Co-Ordinators Network Meeting and Greg Irons and Bianca Cassimaty from Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary had an hour session in which to launch their learning packages. The packages aim to assist teachers to introduce Tasmanian Native Animals into the class room. The teachers were asked to perform the grade 5 activity on native animal adaptations. This proved rather challenging for most to be able to access the information for the answers. The work that Bianca and Greg had done to provide the relevant information on amazing adaptations […]
WOMEN IN TOURISM TASMANIA “WITT” PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2011 Women in Tourism Tasmania was launched on the 28th September 2009, and we have now successfully completed our second year. It has been an exciting and eventful year and watching the organization expand to Launceston, has been very rewarding. The primary purpose of WITT is to enable women to network with industry colleagues through membership forums, events and the WITT profile. WITT will support and raise awareness for approved charities or aid organizations. WITT is about:- W Women supporting their colleagues I Independently offering opportunities to youth and future generations. T Taking […]