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Notes: Awesome medical info whoever did that! I tried to make everything into sentence form to shorten the amount of headings and to generally shorten the page. Hope you don't mind I changed your Kick butt info :) --RAH! 00:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Images

I've deleted all images which have not specified what lisencing they involve. At this stage, as I understand it, we can only use images released into the public domain or we will be in breach of lisencing laws etc.

I think the simplest way to proceed is if you take the photo yourself, state you wish to release it into the public domain (I'll have to get back to you about correct wording) and that can be used in the wiki.

If you take works from other csers ask them if it's okay to release the work into the public domain.

Watch this space, eventually I'll write more here.

--Sarah 02:10, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Structure and Style

We will be reviewing the structure of the page and the content. At this stage there is too much detail. The idea is that anything that can be found via another webpage will not be included. For example Wikitravel info on Wollongong can be found on the NSW or Sydney wikitravel page and such detail is not relevant on a country-wide level.

Again, we'll explain a good style guide to adhere to and explain why the wiki is strutured as it is once we have completed our changes..

stay posted!--Sarah 02:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Basic Style Guidelines

Information has to be kept to a minimum, long webpages are not good style. Rather people prefer to move between many webpage rather than scroll down one big page. Keep things short, even if it means sacrificing detail. Too much detail can be a bad thing.
Keep lists of links to a minimum, these are not readable and are very difficult to extract information from.
Do not repeat information.
Stick to themes travellers will have in common, simple stuff such as: information on the states and capital cities; Australian culture; travel in and between states and common themes that apply to all visitors to Australia. If people want detail, let them go to a travel guide or look online. It is impossible to list all events that everyone can enjoy without sacrificing the length of the wiki. The exception to the rule is to include a kooky fact to make your introduction about the place a little more interesting or readable.

Australia intro

Bascially I shortened things up, got rid of some of the links under 'useful links' because we want links to relate to stuff that should hopefully relate to all travellers - immigration and stuff like that. I also introduced the capital cities and corresponding states because it's just occured to me not everyone will know which cities correspond to which state and the wiki is set up to be searched by state or territory.

Getting Around

I removed the car hire and bus company links, instead I encouraged people to check the yellowpages under bus/coach companies, airlines and other things.

Additionally rather than mention one link with a bullet point I incorporated this information in a sentence to make the page flow better. Lists were left with bullet points.

States and Territories

Rather than have a very massive long list which is difficult to read, instead we shold focus on the main areas of interest which are:

The states
The capital cities

Of these two points I think it is only important to mention:

The relevant wikipedia page
The relevant wikitravel page
The relevant cs group page
If possible the relevant cs wiki page
The relevant offical tourism guide produced by the state

All other links are too much detail and make the page difficult to read. This detailed information should be found in any of the five webpages above. Or if not, then state-specific wikis should be created or people can use the search engine.

All deletions have been listed below so the information is not lost:

Deleted from Western Australia

These links below have been removed because while they are excellent resources on their own, we need to keep things short and readable. In theory any of the information below should be linked to from the major wikipedia, wikitravel, government travel pages etc. If not couchsurfers can always ask in the groups!

Couchsurfing links: (this can be found under the Aussie group, it's not a capital city and it's a small group)

Margaret River Group

Ohter links:

Shark Bay, Kimberley Wikipedia, Broome Wikipedia, Broome Wikitravel, Fremantle Wikipedia, Fremantle Wikitravel, Rottnest Island Wikipedia, Kalgoorlie Wikipedia, Kalgoorlie Wkitravel, Margaret_River Wikipedia, Bunbury Wikipedia, Albany Wikipedia

Note: Tourist attractions are individual specific, we cannot cater to everyone's taste therefore this type of information should be upto the couchsurfer to find out by either asking in groups, looking in their guide or searching on the web.

WA Tourist Attractions

Whale Shark Dive

Deletions from Victoria

Similar stuff to those previously metioned in the WA deletions. Again lots of great links but we need to keep things short. As before mentioned, stick to capital cities and state information. Leave the tourist attractions upto the groups and travel guides.

Victorian Tourist Attractions

National Parks Victoria, Australia's Riches Horse Race The Melbourne Cup Wiki, Melbourne Cup, Bicentennial National Trail, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean_Road Wikipedia

Deletions from SA

These groups are not capital cities or related to the state, and they are very small groups.

These pages are not state or capital city related. Unfortunately to save space we have to remove them.

Coober_Pedy Wikipedia, Oodnadatta Track Wikipedia, Oodnadatta Track, Mount Gambier Wiki, Mount_Gambier Wikitravel, Kangaroo Island Wikipedia

SA Tourist Attractions (Again this depends on the perspective of the individual)

National Parks South Australia

Other state deletions

There's too much information to put here, but basically I deleted links to other wikis that aren't capital cities. Also I got rid of tourist attractions because information on these things should be found through the official state tourism page, they may also not be applicable to a wider audience. Finally I deleted links to very small inactive groups. --RAH! 09:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Shameless self promotion

This isn't a forum for self promotion. It's not in good taste to add links to your own website which contains ads, spam and other gibberish. --Onecouch 17:32, 7 January 2009 (EST)

Content suggestion: Enormous Link List about Queensland

The following enumeration was posted in the Australia group and flagged on demand of several group members. You might want to use some of it on this page. Original post: http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=351&post=4240185 - at your disposal! --Kaoxoni 15:01, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Here is some ideas for Queensland

Discount Tickets to Shows & Attractions

1.http://www.getprice.com.au/family-gift.htm?gclid=CJ_S0dDFg5MCFREqagodyy_Iew 2.http://www.luckylast.com.au/ 3.http://www.mytickets.com.au

150 must dos in Queensland

1. http://www.150mustdos.com.au/

Gold Coast

1.http://www.hellogoldcoast.com.au/ 2.http://www.hellogoldcoast.com.au/attractions.html 3.http://www.ripleys.com.au/ 4.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDSurfersParadise.shtml 5.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDSouthport.shtml 6.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/gold-coast/gold-coast_home.cfm

Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=1413

Brisbane

1.http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/destinations/brisbane/things-to-see-and-do/things-to-see-and-do_home.cfm 2.http://www.kingstonpark.com.au/ 3.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/brisbane/brisbane_home.cfm

Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=1327

Toowoomba aproximately 120 kilometers west of Brisbane

1.http://www.queenslandarmchairguide.com/toowoomba.html

2.http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/queensland/toowoomba-golden-west/attractions/

3.http://www.toowoombanow.com.au/content/view/26/29/

4.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDToowoomba.shtml 5.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/southern-queensland-country/southern-queensland-country_home.cfm

Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=2968

Sunshine Coast

1.http://www.sunshinecoast.au.nu/ 2.http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/destinations/sunshine-coast/things-to-see-and-do/things-to-see-and-do_home.cfm 3.http://www.sunshinecoast-australia.com/100665.php 4.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/sunshine-coast/sunshine-coast_home.cfm

Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=2714

Harvey Bay 1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDHerveyBay.shtml 2.http://www.hervey.com.au/

Fraser Island

1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDFraserIsland.shtml 2.http://www.fraserisland.au.com/?source=AdwordsB_@Fraser+Island&gclid=CJr0if3Ig5MCFRUUiQod4CZtwg 3.http://www.adventurecentre.com.au/?gclid=CPq51pTJg5MCFQ2YiQodXi1twg 4.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/fraser-coast/fraser-coast_home.cfm

Marybrough Historic Houses and Buildings Here

http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDMaryborough.shtml

http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/qld/frasercoast/herveybay/directory/attractions

Bundaberg

1.http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/queensland/bundaberg-coral-isles/attractions/ 2.http://www.bundaberg.org/tourism/seeanddo/attractions/ 3.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDBundaberg.shtml 4.http://www.bundabergregion.info/ 5.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/bundaberg-city/bundaberg-city_home.cfm 6.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDChilders.shtml

Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=8329

Rockhampton

1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDRockhampton.shtml

2.http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/qld/capricorn/rockhampton/directory/amusement

3.http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/qld/capricorn/directory/attractions

4.http://www.rockhamptoninfo.com/

5.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDGreatKeppelIsland.shtml

6.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDYeppoon.shtml 7.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/central-queensland/central-queensland_home.cfm 8.http://www.dreamtimecentre.com.au/

Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=8330

Emerald & Gem Fields aproximately 270 kilometers west of Rockhampon

1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDEmerald.shtml 2.http://centralhighlands.com.au/home.asp

There is no group here at the moment

Airlie Beach & Whitsunday Island

1.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/whitsundays/whitsundays_home.cfm 2.http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/the-whitsundays/destinations/airlie-beach.cfm 3.http://airliebeach.i4u.com.au/ 4.http://whitsundays.etourism.com.au/Airlie-Beach.htm 5.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDAirlieBeach.shtml 6.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDWhitsunday.shtml

Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

1.http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=8315

KaoxoniAyr where I am Based on sugar cane farmKaoxoni

1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDAyr.shtml

2.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDHomeHill.shtml

Townsville & Magnetic Island

1.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/townsville/townsville_home.cfm 2.http://www.mtq.qm.qld.gov.au/ 3.http://www.townsvillemaritimemuseum.org.au/ 4.http://www.reefhq.com.au/ 5.http://www.adrenalindive.com.au/ 6.http://www.bungalowbay.com.au/ 7.http://www.sunferries.com.au/ 8.http://www.townsvilleeguide.com/ 9.http://www.billabongsanctuary.com.au/ 10.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDRavenswood.shtml 11. http://www.redbaronseaplanes.com.au/

Charters Towers aproximately 135 kilometers west of Townsville

1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDChartersTowers.shtml 2.http://www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au/visitor/index.html

^^^^^ Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

1.http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=8458

Mission Beach.

1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDMissionBeach.shtml

Innisfail

2.http://www.innisfailtourism.com.au/content/category/2/9/59/ 3.http://www.cassowarycoast.com.au/directory.html 4.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDInnisfail.shtml

Cairns and surrounds

1.http://www.cairnsunlimited.com 2.http://www.thesavagefiles.com/ 3.http://www.experiencequeensland.com/iss/uk/regions/cairns-&-the-great-barrier-reef/cairns-&-the-great-barrier-reef_home.cfm 4.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDCairns.shtml 5.http://www.cairnsweb.com.au/ 6.http://www.cairnseguide.com/ 7. http:// www.kuranda.org/ 8. http://www.kurandascenicrailway.com.au/ 9. http://www.skyrail.com.au/ 10. http://www.tjapukai.com.au/

Daintree Rainforest near Cairns

1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDDaintree.shtml 2.http://www.daintreerainforest.com/ 3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daintree_Rainforest 4.http://www.daintree-rec.com.au/daintree.html 5.http://www.thekoala.com/camp/rainforest/rainforest.htm

Athernton Tablelands

1.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDAtherton.shtml 2.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDMareeba.shtml 3.http://walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDMillaaMillaa.shtml http://www.tablelands.org/ 4.http://www.tablelandsinfo.com/?gclid=CNziuZrZiJMCFSAdagodlx1_fg

^^^^^ Couchsurfing Group to contact for more information

1.http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=8319 2.http://www.couchsurfing.com/profile.html?id=S4F55

Marie from Cairns Unlimted

Where to find farm work in Queensland Ask Backpacker places and also below

Bundaberg, Childers, Bowen, Ayr/Home Hill, Innisfail

1.https://jobsearch.gov.au/harvesttrail/default.aspx?WHCode=0 2.http://www.wwoof.com.au/ 3.http://www.helpx.net/

Remember you can stay longer in Australia up to a year I believe if you do a total of 3 months work on farms for your visa.

If you work in another career please tell me as you might like me to try and find some information. There is nearly always jobs for people who deal in the food industry also as waiters or chefs.

For more information on Australia travels go to

1.http://www.walkabout.com has information on nearly every town in Australia.

2.http://www.australia.com 3.http://www.atn.com.au/ 4.http://www.travelnotes.org/Oceania/australia.htm 5.http://freetravelbrochures.com.au/napp/show/Home.htm

6.http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/

7.http://www.tq.com.au/

8.http://en.travelnt.com/

9.http://www.tourismnt.com.au/

10.http://www.northernterritory.visitorsbureau.com.au/

11.http://www.westernaustralia.com/au/Pages/Welcome_to_Western_Australia.aspx 12.http://www.west-oz.com/ 13.http://www.discoverwest.com.au/ 14.http://www.southaustralia.com/ 15.http://www.visitvictoria.com/ 16.http://www.visitnsw.com/ 17.http://www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/ 18.http://www.discovertasmania.com/

Original post: http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=351&post=4240185