What do you think of when you hear the description ‘Mid West’? Dry, flat and desert-like country with a few cattle stations and small towns? Mid West Western Australia is certainly none of those. This week, TRC Director Janet Mackay [...]
Words by: Michelle Lindsay “Stay safe next week … you know the concerns we have for you.” They’re not the words you want to hear when setting off on a hiking adventure in the remote centre of Australia. Especially when [...]
TRC together with partners Xyst and Martin Jenkins are working on an exciting project to complete a feasibility assessment for a proposed cycle and walking trail in South Westland in NZ. The proposal would see a trail link Okarito, Franz [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented collapse in tourism globally, and has challenged countries’ traditional tourism crisis and disaster management planning approaches. Given this, there is an urgent need to support the tourism sector as it emerges from [...]
Words: Chris Ord Sometimes you don’t really know what treasures are hidden in your own backyard until you start digging them up. That’s an ignorance often magnified tenfold when its someone else’s backyard you’re surveying. So, it’s no wonder [...]
Words: Natasha Paul The answer to this question is not straightforward and there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach or silver bullet solution to ensure a quick fix to some of the complex and deeply systemic issues and fragilities [...]
Today, June 24, 2022, we as a nation celebrated and recognised our first Matariki as a national holiday. Matariki has always been a part of the fabric of our culture for Māori. It is a time when everything resets, where [...]
Best practice trail asset management. TrailVision helps land managers achieve their vision for their trail networks, by providing the technology needed to access critical information and make informed decisions and well-informed management control. A customised platform will give back productive [...]
Words: Alli Anderson | TRC specialist consultant Earlier this year, for the first time in the many years I have known him, my partner went out and bought a pair of boots, borrowed a tent and headed out with a [...]
Words: Penny Spoelder The air was thick with excitement and anticipation as we boarded the bus at 4.30am. Paddle? Check. Water? Check. Crocs? Check. Courage? Boat loads… as this gutsy crew from Invictus and others from all over Oz [...]
