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You can take the girl out of the bush, but you can’t take the bush out of the girl! It’s been a really massive start to the year, and over the last few weeks I have been appointed to the board of the Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote Women’s Network; relocated from Charleville to Brisbane [...]
Last Tuesday I flew out of Charleville on the same Qantas Link plane that brought a Red Cross ‘Every Ready’ team to Charleville. As I was waiting to board, I got chatting to one of the blokes who was carrying a back-pack and a big, cuddly teddy bear. He had been called at 6am that [...]
Leadership is within us all, should we choose to accept. In 2010 I applied to participate in the 2010/2011 Queensland Leadership program run by Social Leadership Australia. I was lucky to gain a place in the program thanks to a rural scholarship from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation. Queensland Leadership taught me to how to [...]
Today I closed the door on a significant chapter in my life. I no longer officially reside in Charleville, Queensland 4470. I have spent the last few days out there, packing up and giving away my things. A momentous decision, and one that has required a big ‘leap of faith’. In 2007 I moved to [...]
The Charleville and District Community Support Association Inc, more commonly known as the “Charleville Neighbourhood Centre”, were seeking to develop a brand for the organisation. The organisation did not have a strong branding strategy through all facets of the organisation. The Branding Strategy The Charleville Neighbourhood Centre is a physical reflection of the needs, wants [...]
The creative concept split the content into sections and used complimentary imagery and text to convey: Community Spirit, Future Spirit, Natural Spirit, Wild Spirit, Cultural Spirit and Country Spirit. The information filtered into each section of the report. A clean and simple design making for an engaging and meaningful publication. An uncoated stock was specially [...]
KBS has been involved in developing grant funding submissions for events in rural Queensland. Major grant and funding success includes: $20,000 ex GST Blue Print For The Bush Grant for Charleville Cup Festival 2009 $20,000 ex GST Queensland Events Regional Development Program – Charleville Cup Festival 2010 $20,000 ex GST Queensland Events Regional Development Program [...]
So they say life is a journey. I begin 2012 launching this new website for KBS, a soon to be new Rural Image Gallery (to replace the older Karen Brook Photography website) and this blog Red Dirt Stilettos. And yes, all of it has been a long time coming. But good things come to those [...]
The project involved creating a tourism marketing brand for Kinnon and Co operations KBS developed a suitable brand strategy inline with the future business goals of the company; then developed a company brand and implemented it across marketing materials. The brand represents the history and individuality that Kinnon and Co bring to their outback tourism [...]
Travel West required a brand to be developed to assist them in growing their boutique travel business across new target markets. The colours selected in the brand represent the link between the ocean and the outback, given Travel West conduct tours and accommodation solutions across both geographic locations. A clean sans-serif font was selected to [...]