FROM THE PRESIDENT

Towards the end of last year I drove up to Queensland to spend Christmas with my family on the North Coast. Driving provides plenty of time to see the rural economies operating at first hand. The drive along the Newell Highway takes in the established towns which provide a way of life that as a city dweller I can only yearn for, especially around this time of the year when I am looking for a break. The big towns don't seem to change much - except perhaps for the increase in the level of road transport they service. But some of the smaller towns have changed - some for the better and some for the worse...