Regional Victorians

As tourism directly employs 1 in 19 Australian workers and contributes more to Australia’s economy than agriculture, forestry and fishing...

It's around this time of year that people who live and work around Victoria's wetlands start to feel heightened anxiety. For many there...

Recreational duck shooting is banned in QLD, NSW and WA. It was never allowed in ACT. Independent polls of city and country people...

"Victoria in The Future", a government report released in July, paints a bleak future for some rural areas expected to see population...

Australia's rarest waterbird, the Freckled Duck, picture Eleanor Dilley Posted: 01/07/2019; Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting...

Tourism Research Australia recently published a study of Chinese "Free and Independent Travelers" (FITs) and the opportunity they pose to...

Following our blog 24th February, https://www.regionalvictoriansotds.com/single-post/2019/02/24/20-Days-to-Open-Fire-on-Victorias-Native-...

Have you heard? While the ultimate decision rests with Ministers, Mt Alexander Shire last week voted to support an end to duck shooting...

Amongst what has been described as carnage across our waterways since the early hours of last Saturday, two great things have happened...

Dear Friends, Sadly, Labor has failed our desperately low numbers of native waterbirds - many unique to our country - as well as our...

To Get It Done for Rural Victoria. Countering perhaps his only party member with vision, Michael O'Brien - new Liberal leader - recently...

In the lead up to an election, we can expect sales pitches by politicians. But beware MP’s who call their opponents “city centric”. There...

Dear All, We form part of the 45 percent of Australia's bird species which are found nowhere else in the world (Dept. of Environment &...

You may have seen our TV ads conveying our message. The duck shooting "debate" is often centred around animal welfare or the alleged...

Nature Based Tourism has become increasingly popular in the last five years according to the latest Tourism and Transport Forum reports. ...

More than 3.2 billion international tourists travel the world each day. "Australia's natural beauty rich and rare, remains a major...

Rural Victorians are applauding the government's decision to support a new wetlands tourism project at Lake Tyrrell. The tiny town is now...

Every year, dozens of bird species use the East Asian Australasian Flyway (EAAF), travelling up to 13,000 klms between Russia to...