GO! Girls Outdoors

Thanks to these organisations for the scholarship that provided the money to set up the website:

·         Recreation Training Queensland (RTQ)

·         Queensland Outdoor Recreation Federation (QORF)

·         Department of Local Government Planning, Sport and Recreation, Queensland

To read about the Outdoor Recreation Cadetship Scholarship and the other 2008 QORF Award Winners, go here.

Thanks to the Department of Employment Training and the Arts for funding for the Outdoor Recreation Cadetship which allowed 25 Queenslanders, including myself, to complete the Diploma in Outdoor Recreation.  Thanks also to the trianing providers, The Outlook and Sunshine Coast TAFE.

Thanks to Nick McIntosh for the fantastic web design and ongoing technical support, even if it is over cups of tea.

Thanks to these people and organisations for support of the website in its initial stages: 

·         Outdoor Educator’s Association of Queensland

·         Outdoors WA

·         Victorian Outdoor Education Association

·         Tasmanian Outdoor Education Teachers Association

·         Brisbane Girls Grammar School

·         The Gap State High School, Brisbane

·         Heidi Smith - University of Tasmania - Centre for Human Movement

·         Sport and Recreation Tasmania

·         Kindilan Outdoor Education and Conference Centre

·         Australian Womensport and Recreation Association

·         Womensport Queensland

·         Chris Brazel - Change 4U

·         Outward Bound

·         Brent Cuthbertson - Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada - School of Outdoor Recreation

·         Nina Roberts - San Francisco University - Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism

·         Phillip Payne - Monash University

·         Rob Mousley - www.surfski.info

And finally thanks to my partner, Dave, for being a website widow, and my Mum and Dad for letting me use their computer to start everything off!