News: Environment
Cogeneration installation leads to energy cost savings at Wagga Wagga Oasis Aquatic Centre
A year after Simons Green Energy installed a 229kW Cogeneration System at the Oasis Aquatic Centre in Wagga Wagga, results show that the investment in cogeneration was a wise...
May 5, 2015
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QANTAS to launch 360 degree virtual Great Barrier Reef underwater experience
Qantas and Hamilton Island are to release a 3D Virtual Reality experience of the Great Barrier Reef and Hamilton Island, giving customers a unique experience of one of...
May 3, 2015
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Outdoor seasonal pools under ongoing threats
Facing ageing plant and equipment, maintenance issues and decreasing attendances, outdoor seasonal swimming pools in regional Australia are under threat. While communities are...
May 3, 2015
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Ecotourism in Protected Areas the focus of Myanmar conference
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in partnership with its government partners in Myanmar will be staging the International Conference on...
May 2, 2015
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2015 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards Winners announced by WTTC
The world’s best examples of sustainable tourism businesses and destinations have been recognised at the annual World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Tourism for Tomorrow Awards...
Apr 29, 2015
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Amadeus study reveals the future traveller
A new industry report, detailing the way people will travel by 2030, identifies six types of future tourists, including one that will structure entire holidays around how...
Apr 28, 2015
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Dubai Safari Park project set for 2016 completion and opening
Dubai Safari, the United Arab Emirate's long-awaited new wildlife attraction, is 30% complete and expected to open in the third quarter of 2016. Set to replace the existing...
Apr 27, 2015
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Inaugural ANZAC Day Challenge winner completes 100 kilometre course in eight hours
Over 300 people commemorated the ANZAC Centenary by tackling a gruelling 100 kilometre ultra-marathon around St Ives Showground in Sydney's north over 24-hours, raising funds...
Apr 26, 2015
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Chengdu Cube Oceanarium recognised with two Guinness World Records
The recently completed Cube Oceanarium in Chengdu, China, has been awarded two Guinness World Records for the world's largest acrylic window and the world's largest aquarium...
Apr 26, 2015
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Ageing Manila Zoo set for a major facelift
The 56-year old Manila Zoo is set to undergo a major renovation and facelift through a multi-million dollar deal between the Manila City Council and two contending firms who...
Apr 25, 2015
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Western Queensland drought impacts local sport
The drought in outback Queensland is having a devastating impact on local sport, as evidenced by the state of the local sports field in the tiny town of Ilfracombe. The field in...
Apr 24, 2015
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One in five Australian holidays include a national park visit
Nearly one in five (18%) Australian who took a holiday in the past year visited a national park or forest on their last trip - a higher proportion than those who went to museums...
Apr 23, 2015
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World’s protected natural areas receive eight billion visits a year
The world’s national parks and nature reserves receive around eight billion visits every year, according to the first study into the global scale of nature-based tourism in...
Apr 22, 2015
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Galaxy Macau expansion uses BECSys5 controllers on new waterpark pools
The stage two expansion of the Galaxy Macau Hotel & Casino has chosen and installed BECSys5 pool pH and chlorine controllers with ethernet connection to the site’s building...
Apr 22, 2015
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Waterparks
Aotea Conservation Park opened
The new Aotea Conservation Park on Great Barrier Island, the first such park in the Auckland region, has opened. The creation of the park aims to provide increased public access...
Apr 20, 2015
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Canberra Zoo mourns the death of Sumatran tiger Berani
The National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra is mourning the death of its beloved Sumatran tiger Berani, whose passing has been described as "both unexpected and tragic". Benari...
Apr 20, 2015
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Australian Innovative Systems wins in Manufacturing category at Small Business Champion Awards
Australian Innovative Systems, the Brisbane based manufacturer of commercial and residential chlorine generators and water disinfection technology, has been rewarded for its...
Apr 20, 2015
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Canberra Olympic Pool to close as search for massive leak steps up
With its currently closed diving and toddler pools leaking 46,000 litres a day, and up to 19 million litres of water a year, the indoor 50-metre pool at Canberra Olympic Pool...
Apr 17, 2015
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Governments move to save Victoria's Leadbeater's possum from extinction
Victoria's state animal emblem, the Leadbeater's possum, is set to be formally recognised as being on the brink of extinction, with the Victorian Government fast-tracking a...
Apr 16, 2015
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Parks
Brimbank Park welcome day marks commencement of Nature Play Week
Parks Victoria and the People and Parks Foundation have hosted a Welcome Day at Brimbank Park to mark the start of Nature Play Week. In its second year, Nature Play Week (NPW)...
Apr 15, 2015
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Golfer bitten by crocodile at Clive Palmer owned course in Port Douglas
A golfer has been attacked by a saltwater crocodile and bitten on the shin at the Palmer Sea Reef Golf Course at Port Douglas. The 70-year-old man is believed to have disturbed...
Apr 15, 2015
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Melbourne’s Urban Forest Strategy ‘the most compelling urban landscape project in Australia’
The City of Melbourne’s Urban Forest Strategy has been recognised as the nation’s most impressive green life infrastructure project at the Nursery and Garden Industry Awards....
Apr 14, 2015
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Sea World welcomes first ever King Penguin chick
Sea World’s Penguin Encounter exhibit has welcomed its first ever King Penguin chick. Sea World's penguin keeper Jeff Hancock says the chick's arrival is a remarkable as the...
Apr 14, 2015
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Tourists charged after alleged attempting to burn a Quokka on Rottnest Island
Two French tourists have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly attempting to burn a quokka on Rottnest Island, off Perth. Police allege that two men ignited an...
Apr 13, 2015
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