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Guiding and Outdoor Recreation Blog Issue 2, March 2021 - Focus Theme: Waterfalls

by Greg * on 2021-03-11T14:20:00+11:00 in Tour Guiding & Outdoor Recreation | 0 Comments

News from around the Guiding Industry 

Accommodation & Transport  

Cheap flights with a catch: the details behind the government's travel bonanza 

Around 800,000 half-price airline tickets are being made available as part of a $1.2 billion tourism support package unveiled by the Federal Government. 

The scheme will encourage Australians to take a holiday interstate at a time when the international border remains closed. 

Australian cheap flights deal leaves WA out in the cold, tourism council says 

Western Australia's Tourism Council has slammed the Federal Government's plan to slash selected domestic airfares as a "devastating blow" to the WA tourism industry. 

 

Sustainability and Environment 

The weird world of slime mould 

Strange organisms are thriving on the floors of Australia’s wet temperate forests…and they’re a lot smarter than they look. 

 

Small Business News and Rebuilding Tourism 

How a walk up a mountain is connecting people to Tasmania's Aboriginal history 

The wukalina walk is a four-day Aboriginal-owned and operated walk in north-east Tasmania which has become more popular with locals since the coronavirus pandemic hit 

Indigenous Tourism Fund 

The Australian Government’s $40 million Indigenous Tourism Fund (ITF) was developed in consultation with the Indigenous tourism sector and includes business support and grants for Indigenous-owned tourism businesses. The ITF will deliver complementary programs to grow the size and number of Indigenous owned tourism businesses across Australia. 

 

Places to go  

10 MUST VISIT WATERFALLS IN SOUTHERN TASMANIA 

Interactive map of waterfalls in Tasmania 

 

Outdoor equipment and clothing reviews 

Benro FH100M2 Filter Holder review for Waterfall photography 

The Best Digital Cameras for 2021 

The Best Camera Backpack In Australia For 2021 

Field Test – ArmaSkin Dermal Protection Layer 

 

Focus Theme - Waterfalls 

How do you measure a waterfall's height? 

Waterfalls of Tasmania (Website of the book below) 

How are waterfalls formed?

Waterfall Photography Tips & Techniques: An In-Depth Guide 

Shoot great waterfall photos by using a slow shutter speed 

 

Library Resources 

Waterfalls of Tasmania : day trips to waterfalls / Craig Doumouras. (New Title) 

Containing 36 hikes and over 50 waterfalls to visit throughout Tasmania, each hike in this book has been tailored to take at least 1 hour to complete. Waterfalls of Tasmania - Day Trips to Waterfalls is a hiker's guide to discovering waterfalls along with Tasmania's excellent wilderness. This book contains hiking tracks, hiking notes, photography, maps and historical information about regions across Tasmania. 

 

Sea kayaking illustrated : a visual guide to better paddling / John Robison. (New Title) 

For some learners a picture is worth a thousand words--and this lavishly illustrated volume proves the rule. The expert advice and lively illustrations combine to offer serious how-to instruction in an entertaining fashion to sea kayakers of all levels. 

Developed by an ACA-certified instructor over years of paddling and education, this complete program provides a visual tour of all that sea kayaking can offer, including ingenious tips on advanced paddling techniques, navigation and safety, and more. 

 

The landscape photography workshop / Ross Hoddinott & Mark Bauer. 

Wow your friends and relatives with awe-inspiring landscape shots with this workshop-in-a-book. Two of the UK's leading landscape photographers come together to share their wealth of experience and teaching skills in this new title. The Landscape Photography Workshop aims to take the reader from the very basics of equipment and exposure through to advanced techniques. Landscape essentials, such as composition and filtration, are covered in-depth and explained in a precise yet easy-to-understand manner. 

 

Landscape photography : the expanded guide / Steve Watkins. 

"Award winning travel photographer and editor of Outdoor Photography magazine Steve Watkins provides expert advice and practical guidance on how to create stunning digital images of the great outdoors." 


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