The Australian Communications and Media Authority gave Imparja TV a win today and allowed the channel to now charge to reconnect satellite TV decoder cards.

But Australian travellers get another kick in the hip pocket and; the Rudd government and AMCA seem be bent on free-to-air being a paid service.

Demand from families across Australia maintains solid sales for Australia's biggest Recreational Vehicle builder.

The cost-effective option of multi-berth camper trailers, pop-tops and caravans with bunk beds and specialist niche models like the Expanda and Base Station models has Jayco under pressure to match orders of a number of models before Christmas, Jayco told GoSee today.

Thetford has been awarded the stringent German Environmental Certificate Blue Angel for its Aqua Chem Green and Aqua Rinse products by the German Federal Environmental Agency.

Aqua Kem Green which has a biological action (Test ISO 11734) and Thetford Aqua Rinse can be used under all circumstances where the waste water ends up in the regular sewage system.

As the world economy faces tough times Australians don't need to slam down the shutters on touring Australia and caravanning holidays. They can choose to save dollars on home ground with their own Recreational Vehicle. While a buy decision will swing on the two key elements of price and need dealers are flexible in the current economic climate throughout Australia.

Bendigo Leisurefest shows a trend towards lighter caravans, trailer campers and related Recreational Vehicles.

In average to awful weather the upside was the reality check for products in the field over the three-day Leisurefest.

Storm-force winds and rain tested equipment and the determination of the Leisurefest crowds.

Quorn Caravan Park is now a Climate Action Innovator among South Australia's climate change conscious tourism operators.

Recognition of its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint came as Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith launched the Climate Action Certification program sponsored by the South Australian Government at the inaugural Conference on Green Travel, Climate Change and Eco Tourism in Adelaide.

North Sydney's Eco-friendly tourist park Lane Cove River Tourist Park has blitzed the field at the 2008 NSW Tourism Awards, winning the Tourist and Caravan Parks category and the Inaugural QANTAS Award for Excellence in Sustainable Tourism.

Every dollar earned by the Tourist Park goes back into the environment, solar power, water harvesting, habitate and regeneration of the natural environment.