My Australian hometown, Toowoomba, a provincial city of some 100 000 citizens perched atop the Great Dividing Range at an altitude of 670m (2000') has launched its own 'paper-free free paper' on line. http://www.toowoombadigitalnews.com/ My lovely friend Debbie sent me the link and I've already checked it out. It's early days, needs more features to make it more user-friendly but they know that and are working on it. I wish them every success with their venture.
More information on Toowoomba, 130km west of Brisbane, can be found here http://www.toowoombaholidays.info/ and http://www.toowoombanow.com.au/. It is a beautiful city currently in the grip of the worst drought ever, but still very attractive. The lush red volcanic soil (it's atop an extinct volcano) allows it rightly to be called The Garden City. Every September it hosts the Carnival of Flowers to herald Spring, and even over the past few dry years the Carnival has featured the most beautiful parks and gardens.
Although I have left Toowoomba after many decades to live elsewhere it still holds a special place in my heart. Anyway, enough advertising for the city. Back to timetabling my students, now spread across five schools with an extra five hours a week.
More information on Toowoomba, 130km west of Brisbane, can be found here http://www.toowoombaholidays.info/ and http://www.toowoombanow.com.au/. It is a beautiful city currently in the grip of the worst drought ever, but still very attractive. The lush red volcanic soil (it's atop an extinct volcano) allows it rightly to be called The Garden City. Every September it hosts the Carnival of Flowers to herald Spring, and even over the past few dry years the Carnival has featured the most beautiful parks and gardens.
Although I have left Toowoomba after many decades to live elsewhere it still holds a special place in my heart. Anyway, enough advertising for the city. Back to timetabling my students, now spread across five schools with an extra five hours a week.
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