EO's ReportDear all,
With the end of the financial year ticking past, we have had the opportunity to look back at the first year of
Nature Play Queensland. I will not ruin your day with statistics but I do want to highlight a few inspirational achievements by Hyahno and the whole QORF/Nature Play team: - Over 81,000 passports in the hands of Queensland kids (we are very close to sending out our 100,000th passport). Passports were sent to 638 different suburbs or towns in Queensland which equates to more than 10% of Queensland kids
in the first year.
- We now have 34 partner organisations that we work with to get the Nature Play message out.
- We have had 126 media mentions hitting an audience of 9.2 million people.
- There were 27 Nature Play events attended by 30,070 people.
This was all achieved by a handful of very resourceful people and I do want to thank the Queensland Government for their vision in making this all happen. The full annual report will be on the Nature Play
Queensland website very soon. As most of you would know, this is my final message to the QORF community as Executive Officer. I am just heading across the Brisbane River to take on the CEO role at Rowing Queensland so will still see most of you around the traps. It is hard to believe that 2 years has flown by so fast and looking back we have certainly been busy. While most of the hard work sits in the form of plans and frameworks ready for implementation by Government and land managers, I feel we now have a clear process for enabling outdoor recreation in the future. Again, a huge thank you to Sport & Recreation Services, Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service and the wider Queensland Government for driving change and
activating outdoor recreation opportunities. If you or someone you know would make a great Executive Officer at QORF please head to the QORF website for details
on the application and selection process. There are truly very few jobs where you can turn your passion into your profession. I wish you all the very best and truly thank you for your support. It has been an honour and a privilege being your representative and a voice for the outdoors. Yours in the outdoors!
Murray Stewart
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