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Kyogle Fringe Festival

Friday 7th August 2009

http://www.kyoglefringefestival.com/

The Kyogle and District Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to the first Kyogle Fringe Festival, a new event that has been built around the staging of the 20th anniversary of the World Rally Championships in Australia.

The Kyogle Fringe Festival is a celebration of the people and the place and an opportunity for you to explore the world heritage values of this Gondwanan rainforest area.

We hope you enjoy our Festival and your time in Kyogle and that you tread lightly while you are here and take home some knowledge about our natural, cultural and built heritage.

You can stay in Kyogle at the Kyogle Campground or Officials Campground or with one of our great accommodation providers by getting in touch with the Kyogle Visitor Information Centre. They’ll let you know where you can get accommodation in the Kyogle area, or in some other scenic location away from the hustle and bustle.

Come a couple of days early and go on a cultural tour with Bundjalahm in the afternoon and see the latest in country fashion at the Anglican ladies Spring Summer Fashion Parade in the evening.

The “On-the-fringe Film Festival” on Friday night will feature the classics from yesterday including ‘Easy Rider”, “Checkered Flag” and the original “Mad Max” and we hope to have Eric Bana introduce his film “The Beast” on the night.

There will be heaps to see and do in Kyogle on Saturday with the Tidy Towns Farmers and Craft Market. “Massive Movie Marathon” in the evening will be a hit with the modern moviegoer, featuring “Cars”, “Dukes of Hazard”, “Fast and the Furious”, “Days of Thunder” and “Transformers” or dress in your finest and come to our Glitz Glamour and Gourmet regional food showcase and cabaret. Be entertained by our very own Les Girls and sample fine wines and produce from the Northern Rivers. Keep your eyes out for “The Stig”.

Sunday will have everyone on their feet with the WRC cars and teams in Kyogle’s main street as the street comes alive from 8am.

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Repco Rally Australia

Friday 7th August 2009

http://rallyaustralia.com/

Rally Australia will be staged in the Northern Rivers region from the 3rd to the 6th of September 2009 and every second year from then on until 2017, with a further five event option after that date.

Tabulam Races 7th November

Monday 2nd November 2009

Tabulam races are on Saturday 7th November 2009.  Great family fun day, prizes for best dressed.  Byron Bay kidz club also available.

Kyogle Railway Station 100th Anniversary

Thursday 14th January 2010

The Centenary of Rail to Kyogle event will be a step back in time with people dressed in period costume, the Official Party arriving by Horse and Carriage, children skipping rope and playing marbles, Brass Band playing our Kyogle Railway Station decorated in similar fashion as in 1910. The newspaper of the day described “On reaching Kyogle, a very pretty spectacle was presented, the butter factory was gaily decorated with flags and bunting, and the station was also bedizened like a bride on her wedding day”.

Scott McGregor Actor/TV Presenter and Rail Enthusiast will be the Master of Ceremonies bringing his sparkling character to ensure a memorable event. Country Link has generously supplied two 1st Class tickets Kyogle to Brisbane return and the Mantra in Brisbane has generously offered a Weekend Holiday Voucher to be won as part of the celebrations.

Our station will be opened up with a display of its contribution and service to Kyogle and District over the last 100 years and examine some “Future Opportunities”.  A concept proposal for the sympathetic refurbishment of the building to enable our grand old station to once again be a significant economic driver well into the future, providing opportunities for a transit centre incorporating bus services and tourism based opportunities. With Brisbane only 2 hours away the romance of train travel can be relived on weekend getaways.

Local service groups will provide refreshments on the day and car parking will be restricted to the “Old Goods Yard” area of the railway precinct, parking marshals will show the way. This will allow free movement around the Station for our Celebrations.

New Tourism Awards For The North Coast

Thursday 11th March 2010

A new partnership between the Tourism Managers Group of the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast Tourism has been developed with the creation of the NORH COAST TOURISM AWARDS 2010.

The North Coast Tourism Awards will recognise success, provide a benchmark for best practice within the tourism industry, promote business planning and encourage the continual raising of standards within the industry.
The new North Coast Tourism Awards are open to all tourism businesses from Port Stephens in the south to Tweed Heads in the north and west to the Great Dividing Range.
The Mid North Coast have hosted their own, highly successful regional awards for the past five years with tourism industry operators reaping the awards in both planning for success and receiving National recognition within the industry.
This is a fantastic opportunity for industry operators within the Northern Rivers to capitalise on this joint partnership, to re-build the awards within our region and to open up the competition to strengthen the submissions at a State and National level.
We are sure that there will be a healthy degree of competition amongst our rivals in the Mid North Coast. But a little competition never hurt anyone.
The Northern Rivers have not held regional tourism awards for the past five years
A Gala Awards Dinner will be held in Coffs Coast in August, to publicly recognise and showcase the North Coast’s finest tourism operators, with the awards night to be held in the Northern Rivers region the following year (2011)
There are over 20 categories available for tourism businesses to enter, with the awards judged under the format of a written submission and inspection-based competition. Winners of the North Coast Tourism Awards will receive automatic entry for the NSW State Tourism Awards.
Two face to face workshops providing further information to tourism operators on the North Coast Tourism Awards will be held in Lismore on 27 April and Grafton 28 April. How to register, times and venues will be announced shortly
Closing date of Nominations for the North Coast Tourism Awards will be 7 May – as per the State awards
To find out more information about the industry workshops, dates and award log onto the dedicated website at http://www.northcoasttourismawards.com.au
This partnership is one of the first initiatives of the newly created Tourism Managers Group of the Northern Rivers which includes representatives from Lismore, Richmond Valley, Kyogle, Ballina and Byron Councils, along with Tweed Tourism and Clarence River Tourism. This initiative is supported by Northern Rivers Tourism.

Regards
     
Mitch Lowe, Chair Tourism Managers Group – Northern Rivers and Tourism Services Coordinator, Lismore City Council, Ph:- 6626 0105