1 March 2020
Conference events have been identified as a key to driving Kangaroo Island’s visitor economy in the wake of the bushfires over the 2019-20 summer. An information session for tour providers, restaurants, transport operators and visitor experiences will be held on Friday, March 6 at 1pm at the Aurora Ozone Hotel. Funds have been reassigned from…
11 February 2020
Advance Kingscote Progress Association has received a grant from Stronger Communities Partnerships to provide small art works around Kingscote that will surprise and delight visitors and the local community. AKPA has matched the grant funding to allow the project to proceed. The Art Trail will complement the proposed Kingscote Silo Art Painting, to act as…
25 November 2019
There’s nothing better than realising a lifelong dream, and three years ago that’s exactly what happened for local author, Darry Fraser. Her first novel, Daughter of the Murray was published with Harlequin Mira, a division of Harper Collins. Since then, three more novels and a novella have been published – Where the Murray River Runs,…
23 November 2019
State-wide annual economic growth target has created interest among Kangaroo Island (KI) industry associations who are working through their future plans. Representatives from all spheres of government, Austrade, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, KI industry associations and the Regional Development Australia Board took part in a workshop to inform the development of an Economic Agenda for KI. The…