A recent new entry, Mt Barney Sunset by Lachlan Gardiner, in the Visioning the Outdoors Film & Photo Comp which is closing soon. We look forward to adding all the new entries that we expect to come flooding in after Easter.

EO's Report

Dom Courtney, QORF EO

Hi all,

"Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better"
Albert Einstein.

During March, QORF has again been looking deep into many aspects of nature!

We held another successful rock-climbing forum on Thursday 3rd March, our outdoor recreation forum and our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 10th March. We are also attending the National Outdoor Education Conference from Tuesday 29th March through to Friday 1 April (NOEC 2016 is organised by Outdoor Educators Association of Queensland – a QORF Green Circle member).Our AGM was well attended. QORF welcomed two new members to our Management Committee - Ginny Mitchell and Donna Little.

The management committee met immediately after the AGM and elected office bearers for the year ahead (see below).  The QORF Annual Report 2015 is available on our website. The 2016 Outdoor Sector Survey, which was also released on the evening of our AGM (below right).

QORF's Nature Play QLD project team has been very busy with our Reviving Neighbourhood Nature Play forums in Cairns, Gold Coast, Ipswich and Brisbane (from 14th to 18th March).

Nature Play QLD was a partner in the Sustainability in Action Outback Bus Tour over the Easter long weekend – a conference held on a bus through western Queensland from Mt Isa, Hughenden, Winton, Longreach, and places in between.

Congratulations from QORF to those candidates who were elected/re-elected for local government positions recently. QORF and the entire outdoor sector looks forward to opportunities to work with local governments across Queensland to ensure that communities have as many opportunities as possible to get outdoors and so that living life outdoors is normal for all Queenslanders.

As always, if we can be of assistance, please contact the QORF team.
Yours in the great outdoors, 
Dom

Visioning the Outdoors

Visioning the Outdoors Film & Photo Comp closes early April!

Do you have lots of photos and video footage from your Easter adventures?
Pick the best, edit the film and submit to the competition.You may even win!
Not a photographer or filmmaker yourself? - simply pass on the info to others: 
http://www.visioningtheoutdoors.com.au

NOEC 2016

QORF staff attended the conference from Tuesday 29 March to Friday 1 April at the University of the Sunshine Coast. There have been many interesting presentations including keynotes from Simon Beames and Tim Low.

Thursday was Field Trip day with activities ranging from rock rescue refresher training at Tinbeerwah (above), mountain biking, indigenous games and surf dancing. A great event well worth attending. Congratulations to hosts OEAQ.

Social Media

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 for us all to keep in touch and improve our effectiveness.

Coming Events

Also coming up in April, we have the AABAT Forum from the 8th, the Connect to your Creek on the 9th, a Teachers NatureEd Discovery Day at Currumbin on the 16th and the Mountain Designs 18hr Dark Side Champs on April 29/30.

Use a QORF hashtag (#QORF) with your Instagram photos
and they will be displayed on our homepage

New on the QORF Website

The QORF website is constantly being updated and added to. Recent additions include: an update to Disability Inclusion, Outdoor Activities (see under Resources), Industrial Relations & #GetLifelongReady

New apps have been added to Apps for Outdoors:  LoginBox, Paddle Ready, Orienteering Compass, and ClimbCoach to name only a few.

Great Aussie Camp Out

Get your 2016 GACO Poster today!

What's On

The online calendar of What's On Activities, Events, Training & Workshops

If you have an event, public training opportunity, open day, adventure race, workshop or conference coming up in 2016, submit the details and we will help promote it.

Jobs 

Several new jobs are listed on our Jobs Available page in the Industry / Jobs & Careers section

Hillbrook Anglican School are looking for an Outdoor Education Teacher

If you have a job to fill, send us an email with all the details and we'll put it online.

Go to the Membership section to become a QORF Green Circle Member today. New member pages will be acknowledged here, on the QORF home page and on Facebook.

Member Opportunities

If you have jobs to fill, gear to sell, links to share, events to promote or information to pass on, send us the details and we'll put it online.

New Members

Welcome aboard to new QORF Green Circle Members: the CPR Group and Mungalli Falls Outdoor Education Centre.

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