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Sense of community alive and well in Central Australia

Sense of community alive and well in Central Australia

Throughout the months of June and July, Alice Springs comes alive. Locals, tourists and grey nomads flock to the centre of Australia to soak up the many vibrant and diverse events that take place in this community. Many of these events speak for themselves and need to be seen to be believed. .

  • Australia – one of the most expensive places to live in the world

    Well its official, the pinch we feel in our pockets has now been globally recognised more as a punch as the Economist Intelligence Unit has released this year's (2011) assessment of the world's most expensive cities to live in, ranking four Aussie cities in the top 14.

  • Interview: Alliance francaise Director Frederic Dart

    The cultural difference I experience every day, being French and living in Australia, is something I have been trying to make the most of. Sharing my cultural difference is something I have set as a priority.

  • Fear and Freedom

    Questions: What are \'any of us\' afraid of? What makes \'any of us\' fearful? What makes \'any of us\' stress and worry? What is the thing that makes our heart stop and freeze up? For some of us it could be a fearsome animal, for some extreme sports, for others sharing faith in Jesus.

  • Leaving love behind: finding it everywhere

    Soon I will be leaving my home for a year to study at Oxford University in England to look at how sleep affects bipolar and schizophrenic patients. As I prepare to leave my family, friends, girlfriend and church I have experienced something difficult. I am leaving the people I love the most in the world to go to a place where I know no-one. It will be, no doubt, a very painful experience for me to be away from their love. I am going to be experiencing the pain of separation from the love and p

  • Secrets of fitness success: recovery

    Want a tip from the top athletes on helping you with your sport or exercise? Recovery Techniques have become one of the most powerful ways to boost your performance. In this article we will examine some of the neurological recovery techniques.

  • Can the British tabloids ever recover from the News of the World phone hacking scandal?

    As the news for Rupert Murdoch and his News Corporation gets worse for by the day, I wonder if the British tabloids can ever go back to the many unethical practices they have used for so many years to bring the British public their scandal-laced breakfast read.

  • Not so fanciful scenarios

    Have you ever looked down at a city and wondered what everyone is doing? You might have been looking down on the city from an aeroplane (such as when the flight comes in to land watching the vehicles going hither and thither), or seen satellite pictures on a computer, or even just gazed out from the local vantage point or lookout.

  • To Be or Not to Be - Giving Life a Chance

    I was invited to sign a petition the other day and while I usually smile apologetically and shake my head, this one played on my mind.

  • Pole to Pole challenge for a good cause

    Whilst studying economics during my HSC year of 2010, I visited Parliament House in Canberra to learn more about the Federal Budget that had been released that week.

  • Declan Crouch and youth suicide

    As I walk past my local shops I notice a fading poster on the community notice board. I see a picture of Declan Crouch and am drawn in by the words "missing person." Prior to recent news confirming the death of Declan Crouch, the Far North Qld community were responding to reports of a missing person.

  • Meaningless! Meaningless! Everything is Meaningless!

    This year the church I attend is reading chronologically through the Bible. It has been a fantastic personal journey of growth and pain. Keeping up with each daily reading has been a discipline but an enjoyable one. I do fall behind occasionally but some chapters and books have me enthralled. Therefore catching up on the readings can happen quite rapidly.