QORF eNews August 2017
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Who will you be nominating for an Outdoors Queensland Award?
Nominations for the Outdoors Queensland Awards (formerly known as the Queensland Outdoor Recreation Awards) are now OPEN. We encourage YOU to make an award nomination – to acknowledge an organisation, an individual, a special event or program, for contribution to the outdoor sector in Queensland.
WARNING: Nominations CLOSE September 22nd
The Awards are generously sponsored by The Queensland Government, the Brisbane City Council, K2 Basecamp and Nature Play QLD. The ongoing support from these organisations is greatly appreciated and helps to encourage inspiring nominations and to guarantee an enjoyable Awards Dinner where we showcase the award finalists.
The award winners will be announced at the Outdoors Queensland Awards Dinner being held at the Rydges South Bank Brisbane on Friday October 27th, 2017 – officially the final QORF event in Outdoor-tober 2017. Get in early and reserve your table at the discounted Early Bird rate.
I took a couple of days off work during August to go camping in one of Queensland’s terrific National Parks. My thanks for enabling this go to the QORF and Nature Play QLD team who covered for me while I escaped, and I must also mention the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service staff and everyone who has advocated for the protection of our natural areas.
My wife and I weren’t in a remote part of the state – just a lovely little spot in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. However, we still experienced the feeling of “waldeinsamkeit” for some precious hours. Part of that was the fact that our camp ground and surrounding area had zero phone reception – no checking work emails, no text messages, no Facebook, no newsfeeds!
I’m not sure whether it is possible to be “alone together”, but that was the sense we had, and it made the trip a good one.
After my short break, I am looking forward to a big finish to 2017. Nominations are now open for the Outdoors Queensland Awards (the new name for what has become known as the QORF Awards) and tickets are on sale for the awards dinner on the last Friday evening in October.
We will be running forums and surveys on various topics in coming months, and we lok forward to your involvement in those activities – if you have ideas about possible topics for forums, please contact us.
Yours in the outdoors
Dom
Dom Courtney, Executive Officer
Awards Dinner
The award winners will be announced at the Outdoors Queensland Awards Dinner being held at the Rydges South Bank Brisbane on Friday October 27th, 2017 – officially the final QORF event in Outdoor-tober 2017.
Get in early and reserve your table at the discounted Early Bird rate.
DATE CLAIMER: Add to your dairies NOW so you won't forget - Outdoors Queensland Awards Dinner Friday October 27 (will you be there to suppport your nomination?)
It's Springtime!
It must be Spring because the magpies are on the offensive! So please take care. Here are a few tips from Magpie Alert on how to best manage and react when the birds are swooping in for an attack!
QORF Wall Planner 2018
There are still a couple of spots left for you to advertise your product or services on the QORF 2018 Wall Planner. To order a copy or place an advertisement ... Learn More
New in the Bookshop
Secrets of the Scenic Rim
This photographic guide book covers Tamborine, Springbrook, Lamington, Border Ranges, Mount Barney, Main Range, Flinders Peak, the Great Walk, the full Scenic Rim Traverse and includes South East Queensland DVD
By Robert Rankin.
Learn More
Coming Events
Events coming up in the next month or so - a busy day on September 7th: the SEQ Mountain Bike Forum, Outdoor Classroom Day, and National Threatened Species Day. Later on in the month: Disability Action Week on the 10-16th; the Outdoors NSW Conference on the 16-17th and the Lake Manchester Trails Race on the 17th
Do you host events? Our resources page on Event Management might have what you need! Find out!
Do you need volunteers to help run your event or activity? Let us know and we'll help put out the call! Email industry@qorf.org.au
Outdoor Classroom Day
Has your school or educational centre pledged yet? Outdoor Classroom Day is an international campaign to celebrate the power of outdoor learning for young minds; Nature Play QLD is rolling it out across Queensland on September 7
Outdoor-tober 2017
A month long celebration of activities in the outdoors. We invite EVERYONE in Queensland to get outdoors in October.
Need help funding a NEW outdoor event running in October? Learn More
Worlds Biggest Dinner
In support of Cure Cancer Australia
Dinner, raffles, auctions and guest speaker, Steven Bradbury. Saturday Nov 4th. Hotel Grand Chancellor. For tickets and info, contact Carlo on 0400 009 914... Learn More
Outdoor Recreation Forum
Cairns
Thursday, October 12
A great opportunity to catch up on the latest news from QORF and the wider outdoor recreation community in NQ ... Learn More
What's On
Are you running a training session or hosting an event?
Let us help promote it for you.
Simply go to Submitting Your Event, give us all the details and we'll add it to the What's On calendar.
Are you a training provider and regularly host public training opportunities in outdoor skills?
Tell us all about it and we'll promote that too! On Discover, in the Training section and/or What's On.
Email us at industry@qorf.org.au
Stepping up for fitness
The Palaszczuk Government is encouraging Queenslanders to step up for fitness with investments in walking programs and upgraded walking tracks. ... Read more
FREE Training for Volunteers
Government is partnering with QFSR Skills Alliance to offer online training courses through the Building Active Communities Workshops program ...
Read more
Queensland Cycling Strategy
The Queensland Government has released the Queensland Cycling Strategy 2017-2027 which sets the direction for encouraging more cycling, more often throughout Queensland over the next 10 years. Read more
Equine Training Package
Draft 2 SIS Equine training package products are now ready for industry validation and feedback. Open from Monday 21st August to Friday 8th September 2017 ... read more
Jobs
Several new jobs are listed on our Jobs Available page in the Industry / Jobs & Careers section
Looking for a job and want to let people know - promote yourself on Jobs Wanted
New on the Website
A page on Kayaking; a new App, Proknot, a new page for Grants & Funding Updates, the Truckies Knot featured on the Knot Tying page, and coming soon: new pages on Geocaching, Canoeing and Parkour.
If you have any suggestions for new or improved content please email industry@qorf.org.au.
Do you want to share a story, a good outdoorsy blog, a useful resource or more with our audience ... simply go to the (I WANT TO...) SUBMIT page and follow the prompts!.
Connect With Us
With the ever increasing importance
of social media as a marketing tool and way of keeping in touch, QORF is developing a solid social media presence. We encourage you to like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, subscribe to us on YouTube,
follow us on Instagram and follow us on LinkedIn.
LIKE, FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to us and we will reciprocate!! A good way to keep in touch and be more effective.
On being a QORF member!
As a QORF member you have a choice to make – sit back and hope things work out, or – much better – get involved! Learn more about Getting Involved and Making Connections
Member Opportunities
If you have jobs to fill, gear to sell, links & eNewsletters to share, events to promote or if you want to write a review, tell us a story, or make a suggestion; send us the details and we'll put it all online.
New Member
Welcome aboard to new QORF Green Circle Member, interNATIONAL PARKtours
Go to the Membership section to become a QORF Green Circle Member today. New members will be acknowledged here, on the QORF home page and on our social media platforms.
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