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Net Traveller to Australia's Great Southern Region 29 May to 2 June 

I wrote Sat, 19 Mar 1994 09:22:37 GMT (was: "Hi-tech tourist in Europe
in April"):

>Can you suggest any hi-tech related tourist activities for an Australian 
>computer person in Europe in April? ... I get a bit bored on holiday 
>looking at historic buildings and waterfalls...

My next visit will be to the Great Southern Region of West Australia,
May 29 to 2 June 2000. As with previous net travels I would be
interested in suggestions as to what high technology aspects of the
region to look at (as well as tourist attractions) and who to visit.

This is the latest in what has turned into a six year odyssey, including
visits to centers of learning and involvement with the Internet in
military exercises. This is described in my book "Net Traveller -
Exploring the Networked Nation": http://www.tomw.net.au/nt

This trip is part of a project to attract call/contact centres, and
other small to medium size IT enterprises for the Great Southern Region
Development Commission.  See: http://www.tomw.net.au/gsr

The Great Southern region is an hour by plane from Perth. It includes
the historic whaling town of Albany; the wines and wildflowers of Mt
Barker; the gourmet foods, forests and art of Denmark; and the rural
farm areas and national parks further north. See the web site for links
to tourist information.

In terms of IT, the region already hosts a Telstra Call Centre with 40
staff, located in the town of Katanning. Design Correlations is an
Australian owned company located in Albany, which specializes in making
Numerically Controlled (NC) machinery and in particular a NC Plasma
Cutter of which over thirty are in operation throughout Australia, New
Zealand and Indonesia. Details are on the web site and other hi-tech
businesses in the region might like to contact me for a visit and to be
added.

On my way to the region (Perth Monday 29 May) I will be discussing the
project with state government officials and talking about recent work on
e-business for the Federal Government:
http://about.business.gov.au/ipp/ipga.html

There is the opportunity to stop off in Perth on the way back (Friday 2
June), if corporate or government people would like to discuss this or
other projects.


Tom Worthington FACS     tom.worthington@tomw.net.au
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd              A.C.N. 088 714 309
http://www.tomw.net.au                  PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617
Visiting Fellow, Computer Science,  Australian National University
Publications Director & Past President,  Australian Computer Society