About the Local Tourist

To find out about us, click on a link to read the relevant background information.

What is the thelocaltourist.com.au?
thelocaltourist.com.au is an invaluable web resource for people who want to know what's available locally.

Local could mean the gift shop or wine bar down the street (about which you probably know already), the Vegetarian restaurant across town, or a little getaway on the north coast that's a comfortable weekend commute.

Because we know that people's leisure interests are so varied, and often so fluid, we've designed our site to provide the maximum info with the minimum fuss.

If you're after something in particular chances are you'll find it within a couple of clicks - once you familiarize yourself with the layout.

If you're not sure what you want or where you want to go we're definitely the place to come. You're sure to have a rewarding fossick through our pages.

What's at the thelocaltourist.com.au?
Just about anything we could think of we thought you might think of that's related to leisure. We've grouped the information to help you find what you want, or want what you find, quickly. For example:

Golf clubs
Table Tennis Associations
Market days
Day trips by locale
Neighbourhood Watch groups
Cricket fixtures
Singing teachers
Heritage walks

A Balance of Free vs Paid Listings
We provide free listings for non-profit organizations, and very modest rates for our commercial listings. Why? Because we want lots of "locals" to visit our site and find plenty of choice. AND we want lots of local organizations and enterprises to list with us.

We realise that many small business do not have a large advertising budget. Naturally they want to maximise returns. Listing with us meets those objectives. (See our Site Submissions page.)

We realise that many non-profit organizations are run by voluntary help. They attempt to provide a useful service and attract new members, often with very limited resources. We're happy to provide a venue for them to communicate.

However we also provide value-added options to clients in the form of Advertising on our site, or Priority Listing.

Who's behind the thelocaltourist.com.au?
Locals, naturally. Let's introduce ourselves:

Terry Madigan
The Ideas Man.
Terry has a history of developing exciting initiatives in many areas, the most recent being Streaming Video.

(Streaming Video refers to the viewing of visual content via the internet. What's special about Terry's approach is that he's developed techniques that maximize the quality while minimizing the download time. In the near future we'll make a flash presentation available via our links to demonstrate it's power and potential.)

Terry, judging that his frustrations at finding a good resource for truly local leisure options was not unique, evolved the concepts and philosophy behind the thelocaltourist.com.au.

Rob Singh
The Practical Man
Rob is a successful businessman based at the Brisbane Markets, Rocklea. However as his roots are in Murwillumbah Rob is very much a Man of the South East. (Probably a Man of the World too.)
Rob saw the merits of creating a web site firmly focused on the typical leisure needs of people like you and me. His support has been instrumental in our success - through the long process of developing a substantial database, designing the web site, and evolving and refining our philosophy.
His business acumen told him that getting it right, and having a site of substance, was much wiser in the long run than putting up yet another site with a sprinkle of links, then hoping for the customers to come.

Darcy Moore
Webmaster and Wordsmith
Darcy provided a sounding board for ideas. With expertise in databases and web design, and a keen nose for reality, he's taken the Project from the drawing boards and fleshed out the vision.

You'll find we're an amenable group of people. You see we probably live a few doors down from you.

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About the Local Tourist