Rural Affairs
Issue No. 16 - April/May 2004
News Bits
Go ahead for $92.5 m Canunda wind farm
International Power (Australia) has announced it will build and operate a 46MW wind farm at Lake Bonney, near Millicent in the south—east of South Australia. The company will make a direct investment of $30 million in the $92.5 million Canunda project, with non—recourse finance agreements for the balance signed this week with its international partnership banks The Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Agricole Indo—Suez. It is expected the facility will be operating later this year and will be fully commissioned by early 2005.
$200,000 for Murraylands tourism attraction
Murray Bridge tourism has been boosted with a $200,000 State Government grant to the Pomberuk Cultural Centre. Tourism Minister Jane Lomax— Smith says the grant over three years will further enhance South Australia’s indigenous product. Under the grant, the Tangglun Piltengi Yunti Aboriginal Corporation, on behalf of the Ngarrindjeri Community, will renovate the “Old Pumphouse" on the western bank of the River Murray. The development will tie in with other Indigenous tourism product, including the Coorong Wilderness Lodge in Meningie and Tandanya in Adelaide.
Kapunda tourism centre set to attract visitors
Kapunda and the surrounding district are set to attract more visitors with the opening of a revitalized $600,000 tourism and community information centre in the heart of the town— the Thomson Building, a refurbished heritage building which includes a Visitor Information Centre.
Clare Valley trail rides
Graham Radford ran Burra Trail rides for nine years, leading three—day horse—back adventures in impossible country. Business was doing well, but public liability insurance costs became unaffordable, and he decided to turn out the horses and hang up his boots. After 14 months, Graham has managed to get insurance that is affordable and will again guide trail rides through some o...
