The inaugural Grey Nomad awards have recently been held on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Established to recognise regional excellence via communities, tourism operators and events for those travellers over the age of 55 years, the awards have created a buzz around Australia.

1. The Inaugural
Grey Nomad
Awards
• Have been held on the Sunshine Coast
• Established to recognise regional
excellence via communities, tourism
operators and events for those travellers
over the age of 55 years.

2. The Inaugural
Grey Nomad
Awards
• The Grey Nomad program promotes and
develops Australian towns and regions
‘while supporting aging through soft
adventure and social inclusion’.

3. The Inaugural
Grey Nomad
Awards
The award categories, and winners were as follows:
• Best of the Best: Parkes Elvis Festival, Parkes, NSW
• Best Grey Nomad: Council Free-stay Campsite Kimba Recreation
Reserve
• Best Grey Nomad Commercial Campsite: Yorke Peninsula
Council Bushcamping
• Best Grey Nomad Community Campsite: Berri Riverside Holiday
Park
• Best Grey Nomad Festival or Event: Parkes Elvis Festival
• Best Grey Nomad Small Caravan Park: Yorketown Caravan Park,
South Australia
• Best Grey Nomad Large Caravan Park: Queens Beach Tourist
Village, Bowen, Qld
• Best Grey Nomad Volunteer Program or Project: Kimba
Community Development Group, Grey Nomads Volunteer
Program, South Australia
• Best Grey Nomad Attraction or Tour: Busselton Jetty, Western
Australia
CONGRATULATIONS!

4. The Inaugural
Grey Nomad
Awards
• Kimba, in South Australia, won two
awards and is well known among
travellers for its innovative volunteer
program.
Photo: District Council of Kimba

5. The Inaugural
Grey Nomad
Awards
Located 490 kilometres from Adelaide and 210
kilometres from Port Lincoln, Kimba has a
population of around 1,000.
It’s half-way between Sydney and Perth.

6. The
Inaugural
Grey Nomad
Awards
Map: South Australian Tourism Commission

7. The Inaugural
Grey Nomad
Awards
‘The Kimba Community Development Group’s
Grey Nomads Volunteer Program (GNVP) was
developed in 2006 and is reliant on our own
local volunteers as well as visiting volunteers
for its success’
Heather Baldock
Chairman of the Kimba Community Development Group Inc

8. The Inaugural
Grey Nomad
Awards
Graeme and Heather Baldock, with the Grey Nomad Awards
for Kimba’s program.
Kimba

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