KatieNoonan inConcert
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Four timeARIA awardwinner KatieNoonan
will beperforming at the IpswichCivicCentre
onMarch27withher brandnewband.
Amother, singer, producer, songwriter, pianist
andbusinesswoman, KatieNoonanfirst
receivedwidespreadpraise as the angel-voice
songstressof indie-popbandGeorge and
since thenhaswon fourARIA awards andgone
platinum seven times.
Premieringmaterial from thenew album
aswell as someof her favourite songs, this
two-hour showmarks thebeginningof Katie’s
excitingnewmusical chapter.
Tickets
$48 for adults
$42 for concession/student
Visit
or call theboxoffice
on (07) 38106100 tobook
TOURISMBRANDADRIVING FORCE
BEHIND IPSWICH’SBOOMINGECONOMY
Whatwas once a hidden secret, the
Cityof Ipswichhas become adriving
force and leader in creating aplace
wherepeople, education andbusinesses
giveus a real senseof community and a
placewe areproud to call home.
Bringingmorepeople andboosting
the local economy is Ipswich’s tourism
industry. Tourismhas taken amajor lead
in recent years, contributing significantly
to changing theperceptionof our city’s
image.
In 2013, tourism contributed $136million
to the Ipswicheconomywith spending
from 1.1million visitors.
Themajorityof these visitorswere
attending events in the area, visiting
local attractions or spending timewith
Ipswichbased family and friends.
Tourismhas been given amassive
boost in recent yearswithmajor
events including theV8 Supercar series,
Winternationals, the Ipswich Festival
and themassive IpswichCup raceday.
This yearwill seeevenbigger visitor
numberswith theCMCRocks country
music festival relocating to Ipswich from
theHunter Valley.
CMCRocks hadoutgrown its previous
venue and takingon the festival is a
massivewin for not only local country
music fans, but the city as awhole.
CMCRocks Ipswich is on fromMarch
13 to 15 atWillowbank Raceway and is
expected to attractmore than 5000
international and interstate visitors
to Ipswich. Last year CMCRocks the
Hunter brought in anestimated $3.5
million to the local economy, and
we’rehoping to see a similar result for
Ipswich.
Asmore than 10,000patrons, artists
andevents staff travel toour city,
Ipswich’s accommodation venues,
transport, food andbeverage suppliers
and tourismoperators shouldbenefit
greatly.
Thismajor eventwill not just be aone-
off injection toour local economy, but
itwill put Ipswich in the spotlight and
share images of our city around the
world.
We’reexcited towelcomemore
visitors to Ipswich in 2015 andwehave
an award-winningworld class tourism
team ready to take it to thenext level.
LastNovember, Ipswich scored gold at
the 2014QueenslandTourismAwards,
takingout the categoryof Visitor
Information and Services.
The awardwas a reflectionof the
tremendous qualityof service
deliveredby the volunteers and staff at
the IpswichVisitor InformationCentre.
Backing thisCentre is awell-utilised
Discover Ipswichwebsite andwell
producedDiscover IpswichGuide
which is distributed far andwide
and captures theessenceof Ipswich,
highlighting its unique attributes.
Ipswich is a city full of fun attractions,
events andexperiences ready tobe
discovered.
The IpswichVisitor Information
Centre is located inQueens Park.
Open sevendays aweek, the friendly
team are ready to assist visitors in
making themost of their visit. Services
include a freebooking service for
accommodation, tours, attractions and
airport bus transfers, internet access
and it is also an agent for Ticketmaster
andTicketek.
Formore information visit
Volunteers TriciaWoodcock, Robyn Flashman andWendyKnutsen
proudlydisplay threeQueenslandTourismAwardswonby the
IpswichVisitor InformationCentre in2013 and2014
