I’ve noticed on the last few occasions travelling through these small country towns that the Councils have been doing their best to spruce them up and bring them back to life. The efforts have been so worthwhile making these small towns worth a stop or even a night’s stay. We recently ...
Australia’s economy is adjusting to the end of a big mining boom and many small mining towns are struggling. CCTV’s Greg Navarro reported this story from Muswellbrook, Australia. The town just north of Sydney in Hunter Valley and is home to 12,000 people surrounded by a scarred landscape....
To turn to Hollywood, glitzy capital of the filmmaking world, one finds paradoxically that small-town Americana was practically a narrative staple, that there was almost a genre of films which took seriously what such towns had to offer. Genre, though, is perhaps not the best word, as it...
(2002). "The town dictates what I do": The leisure, health and well-being of women in a small Australian country town. Leisure Studies, 21, 39-56.Warner-Smith, P. & Brown, P. (2002) The town dictates what I do: the leisure, health and well-being of women in a small Australian...
‘The town dictates what I do’: the leisure, health and well-being of women in a small Australian country town 来自 Taylor & Francis 喜欢 0 阅读量: 38 作者:Penny,Warner-Smith,&,Peter,Brown 摘要: The contribution of leisure to individual health and well-being is well documented. It is...
While the continuing decline in this farm population, together with the associated decline in the country towns which support the agricultural industry, has led most writers to forecast a bleak future for many rural settlements (Lawrence & Williams 1990; McKenzie 1994), a small number of authors...
"How much better would Australia's climate have been today and going forward into the future had each and every one of those protesters -- from small country towns to the capital cities -- had they all gone and planted a tree instead of yelling at the top of their lungs." ...
It’s often the small country towns that have the most to offer. Not all holidays need to be as grand as spending a few weeks ho... 14 Bright accommodation options for a memorable stay From a luxe hotel that tips its hat to the heroes of the cycling scene to a bush-fringed tiny ho...
The article deploys settler colonial theory to draw attention to the racial politics that surrounds the Australian inquiry, particularly evident in its concern with encouraging a "museum movement" in Australia's small towns and country districts....
I read this novel immediately after my return from touring outback Queensland. We saw many small country towns, most of which were variations on the theme. Orr’s story rings true to these towns. Indeed, to end on a cliche – because, why not? –Shining like the sunis a love letter ...