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Two Rainbow Beach hotels feature among the best rated in the country

The Gympie region’s coastal tourism destinations have proven winners with online travelers with two Rainbow Beach accommodation providers being rated in Australia’s top ten favourite hotels in the 2015 Australian Reputation Ranking.

Chinese delegates given an experience to remember

Over 140 Chinese delegates were treated to a day in the country on Friday 30 October where they were exposed to the local agri-business sector and regional investment opportunities.

The event, organised by Invest Australia Business Association in conjunction with Alexandra Traders and Tourism and supported by Murrindindi Shire Council, was hosted at Reefton Park on the outskirts of Thornton.

Council to host Wingecarribee Youth Forum

Issues affecting the Shire’s youth will take centre stage at this month’s Wingecarribee Youth Forum to be held on the 12 November at the Mittagong RSL Club.

Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Youth Liaison Officer Michelle Williams explained the concept of the forum.

“As adults it’s easy to get caught up in our everyday lives and dismiss childhood and teenage years as carefree,” she said. “But this isn’t necessarily the reality for many young adults and this forum is a chance for them to tell us about the issues affecting them.”

Key issues to be discussed at the forum include education and employment concerns, body image, mental health and personal safety.

Gadigal voices welcome visitors to City’s parks

New signs across the City of Sydney’s parks will include an Acknowledgement of Country recognising the traditional custodians of this land, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

Wishing visitors a ‘good day’ in Gadigal language and advising them they’re on Gadigal land, the new signs are part of the City’s commitment to raising community awareness and understanding of the world’s oldest living culture.

The signs feature the Gadigal words for ‘good day’ – bujari gamarruwa – and were sourced from University of Sydney academic Professor Jakelin Troy’s The Sydney Language, the most comprehensive Gadigal word list published and accepted by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore said adding the Acknowledgement of Country was an important way to recognise the traditional custodians of the place we now call Sydney.