Comments on Aboriginal Art Blog: Tourism goes walkabout

OUTBACK DOC, thankyou, just what I was thinking, y...

2008-12-29T22:39:00.000+10:30

OUTBACK DOC, thankyou, just what I was thinking, you said it all and very constructively.
I saw AUSTRALIA tonight and loved it. I do get what the main message is, and all the symbolism.
And I think the stars were actually the landscape/earth and characters who care for eachother.
I have a limited knowledge of psychology and psychiatry, but as for where Mr Bolt sits on the autism spectrum, read the definition of mild aspergers.
Besides obsessive compulsiveness leading him to write wierd stuff about certain groups of people,
I think he is displays a lot of rigid thinking which can come across as hateful.
FLOOD

well… i visit your website first time and found th...

2008-11-25T16:23:00.000+10:30

well… i visit your website first time and found this site very usefull and intresting !

well… you guys doing nice work and i just want to say that keep rocking and keep it up !!!!

Regards
Alishba
http://www.chelmerfineart.com/

Re Mr Bolt’s comments on the advertisements about ...

2008-10-25T18:43:00.000+10:30

Re Mr Bolt’s comments on the advertisements about The Church of New Age Australia, where there are no beaches, bouncing breasts, Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Hotels, MCG, shopping and “stuff” for the kids, reef cruises,big cities,etc – perhaps this erudite gent should take his own advice and “loosen up guy”. Imagine “Church” as a generic word to describe a place where one goes to find peace, revitalised with the strength to cope with life, to get away from all the “stuff” out there in every day living.

The advertisements are a tool to create interest. When planning a holiday,everyone consults travel brochures and agents, not a fistful of dirt which is merely symbolic. Mr Bolt would be amazed to find that Tourism is not flogging places where few tourist buses go, and the very bits of our country few foreign tourists bother to visit. Or would he? Is he playing Devil’s Advocate here?

The town of Kununurra, where the major filming was carried out, including the building of the set for the cattle station homestead, swells from a permanent population of 6,500 to over 100,000 during the Tourist Season. Agreed, there are none of the attractions of City life which Mr Bolt states the pragmatic people of this world require (so why bother to leave home?). Likewise, there is no long and dusty trek to the airport – it’s called a two kilometre sealed road. Not far from Kununurra is El Questro Resort on a million acre Wilderness Park,accommodation to equal the best in the World, two airstrips, and just outside this comfort zone, amazing rock art, breathtaking scenery, safe walking trails, waterfalls and blood-red sunsets – ask your travel agent – I’m sure the viewers who see the advertisements will.

That’s just one of the resorts that take care of the people who want five star treatment – then we have the alternative bush camps in the Purnululu National Park (World Heritage listed) – more to do here for the kids than shopping which seems high on Mr. Bolt’s list. The Katherine Gorge scenario – Sir, never discount backpackers – many have a joint Black American Express card with their parents back home. They choose to see Australia as a …backpacker.

I have no vested interest in Tourism – I do have a wish for overseas visitors to experience our great country. By the way, I know what clapping sticks are, but haven’t a clue what ommmms could be, apart from a very bad attempt to describe either an Aboriginal musical instrument or song.

Outback Doc

Must admit, didn't like the adverts on first viewi...

2008-10-19T15:43:00.000+10:30

Must admit, didn't like the adverts on first viewing. After a re-think, the words Walkabout, Billabongs and Boabs plus a super cute Aboriginal lass just may hit the target market/target destination. Outback Australia is the only place in the world to find all these.