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•  Links: Artists & Art Lovers
  

  Links artists and art lovers might find useful. See also: Photography

  • deviantART
    As a community destination, deviantART is a platform that allows emerging and established artists to exhibit, promote, and share their works within a peer community dedicated to the arts. The site's vibrant social network environment receives over 100,000 daily uploads of original art works ranging from traditional media, such as painting and sculpture, to digital art, pixel art, films and anime.
  • Online Galleries
    A site that makes it easy to build your own portfolio website. Perfectly suited to photographers, artists, galleries and boutique stores. [Free & Commercial]
  • RedBubble
    RedBubble is an Australian website where you can share your art, photography and design with the world. As the CBiz editor knows, it can become addictive.
  • The Saatchi Gallery
    Provides an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited. You can do a lot on this website!
  • TROUBLE
    The best little arts magazine around. Well worth your support. Quote: "Reach your target audience in a single bound. Our market research proves that Trouble magazine is hero to a wide-ranging readership that is made up of Boomers (15%), Gen X (36%), Gen Y (39%) and Gen Tech (10%). Our readers attend an average of 9 cultural events per year and spend an average of 21% of their disposable income engaged in cultural pursuits."
•  Links: Books, Writing & News
  

  A collection of links readers and writers might find useful.

  • Beedocs Timeline 3D
    Timeline 3D is software for Mac OS X that makes it easy for you to present historical events in a way that reveals connections and clarifies relationships. Make timeline charts of world history, family trees, fictional events or business deadlines. Timelines can help you understand and present history with new perspective!
  • Blurb
    A creative book publishing service simple and smart enough to make anyone an author – cook, photographer, parent, traveler, poet, pet owner, marketer, everyone.
  • Book Army
    Bookarmy is a social networking website for every sort of reader. Whether you’re a bookaholic or someone who picks up a book only once a year while relaxing on holiday, bookarmy is the place to discuss and review books, build reading lists, get the best book recommendations, and where you and your friends, family or classmates can read books together. Here, you can make direct contact with authors; see what star rating they have given books, browse their reading lists, ask them questions about their own writing, and recommend titles to them.
  • CAE Book Groups
    Start your own CAE Book Group or join an existing one! CAE Book Groups delivers books and reading group guides on loan to your group, wherever you are in mainland Australia.
  • Cultural Books
    Take a look at this one. Looks interesting but fairly new. One to watch?
  • Final Draft
    Final Draft is the number-one selling application specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics, and stageplays.
  • Good Reads!
    Goodreads is the largest social network for readers in the world. We have more than 5,200,000 members who have added more than 160,000,000 books to their shelves. A place for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, form book clubs and much more. ed. You can go mad here!
  • Information for Writ...
    Here we've loaded a downloadable PDF which provides details of the 101 best websites for writers as selected by Writers Digest. See link for Writers Digest below.
  • Literature & Latte
    Scrivener from L&L is the writing software that makes it possible to keep going on the big novel.
  • London Review of Books
    Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page.
  • Lulu
    Another on-line book publisher. (See Blurb above.) As the creation of user-generated content increases, Lulu.com continues to be at the forefront of this rapidly growing curve. Check it out!
  • Many Books
    There are more than 29,000 eBooks available here and they're all free!
  • spiked: humanity is ...
    spiked is an independent online phenomenon dedicated to raising the horizons of humanity by waging a culture war of words against misanthropy, priggishness, prejudice, luddism, illiberalism and irrationalism in all their ancient and modern forms. spiked is endorsed by free-thinkers such as John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx, and hated by the narrow-minded such as Torquemada and Stalin. Or it would be, if they were lucky enough to be around to read it.
  • Stanza - Revolution ...
    Forget carrying around stacks of books for school, work, or vacation. Stanza on your iPhone/iPad/iPod lets you hold a lifetime’s worth of reading in your pocket or handbag. We use it on our iPod Touch.
  • The Conversation
    The Conversation is an Australian website of independent source of information, analysis and commentary from the university and research sector — written by acknowledged experts and delivered directly to the public. Our team of professional editors work with more than 1,600 academic authors to make this wealth of knowledge and expertise accessible to all.
  • The Huffington Post ...
    The major online independent news service in the US.
  • weRead
    weRead is a community for book lovers. Whether you love classics or popular fiction; whether you love Dickens or Dan Brown; is a place where you can find others who share your reading tastes and through them discover new books that you will love.
  • Writers Cafe
    For PC/Windows users. Writer's Café is a set of tools for fiction writers. There are other programs available. Ask and search.
  • Writers Digest
    WritersDigest.com is your one-stop shop for information, resources and writing community. Connect with other writers on our forum, visit our blogs and sign up for our free weekly e-newsletter. Here you’ll also find weekly writing prompts, contests and competitions, conference lstings and online exclusive articles. edit. Well worth a visit!
•  Links: Climate Change
  

  Important links relating to climate change.

  • Climate Active Austr...
    It’s imperative that the climate movement reach non-traditional audiences outside of the inner-suburban larger cities. This mostly is where the debate will be won or lost and where some of our media energies will be directed towards.
•  Links: Community & Shelter
  

  Keeping in touch with ideas for your community.

  • ABC Central Victoria...
    Latest Carnivals And Festivals stories on ABC Central Victoria.
  • Australia Trove
    Trove an innovative new search engine, is providing access to over 90 million items about Australia from the collections of over 1000 Australian libraries and cultural and educational institutions, as well as relevant international collections.
  • Castlemaine Permablitz
    Castlemaine Permablitz is a group integrating people from Castlemaine’s community, sharing knowledge and skills about edible, sustainable organic food gardens and coming together to bring food gardening to people’s doorsteps.
  • Dwell - At Home in t...
    While a lot of magazines show homes as pure space, so isolated from the particulars of geography or daily life that they might as well be constructed on a Hollywood sound stage, we think that the connections to society, place and human experience—call it context—are exactly what make good architecture great. Those connections are also what makes architecture interesting to people who aren't architects.
  • Inhabitat - Design w...
    Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
  • New Economics Insti...
    The New Economics Institute is a US organization that uniquely combines vision, theory, action, and communication to effect a transition to a new economy -- an economy that gives priority to supporting human well-being and Earth’s natural systems. NEI (USA) is associated with the NEF (UK).
  • New Economics Founda...
    Projects include finding ways to survive and thrive through financial crises, climate change and the peak and decline of global oil production. NEF (UK) is associated with the NEI (USA).
  • Transition Network
    The purpose of this website is to: • provide an introduction to the concepts, principles and practices of Transition around the world • show you how to go about setting up and developing a Transition Initiative in your locale • help you deal with some of the objections you may come up against • identify training that you may need as your initiative progresses • enable you to connect to other Transition Initiatives around the world • find out more about specific projects that Transition groups are engaging in • enable you to find people involved in Transition based on their particular area of interest or location
•  Links: Education & Learning
  

  Links to websites which provide useful educational services.

  • BookRags - Study Guides
    Founded in 1999, BookRags is an academic and research website, featuring study guides, lesson plans, and educational resources available on-demand.
•  Links: Gardening & Nature
  

  Links to Land, Gardening and Natural History websites of significance.

  • Australian Wool Inno...
    AWI invests in research, development, innovation and marketing along the global supply chain for Australian wool.
  • Connecting Country M...
    The Connecting Country Monitoring blog has been set up to enable simple sharing of environmental observations across Mount Alexander. The blog can be used in tandem with the Community Web Mapping Portal to aid our understanding of what is happening to the biodiversity of our local landscape.
  • iGarden - Home of th...
    There is plenty to think and read about in iGarden with a focus on the plants the writer knows best. An impressive catalogue and very easy to use and enjoy.
  • Listening Earth
    Listening to the sounds of the bush is very restful and relaxing. This was our initial inspiration. So in 1993, we estabished our business; 'Listening Earth', in central Victoria to share that experience.
  • Natural Newstead
    Observations of flora, fauna and landscape in central Victoria. A wonderful site. [editor]
  • Nature Blog Network
    If you're looking for outstanding blogging about birds, bugs, plants, herps, hiking, oceans, ecosystems, or any other natural topic, this is the place for you!
  • Rare Breeds Survival...
    Between 1900 and 1973 the UK lost 26 native breeds of livestock, in addition to many varieties of poultry. Breeds with evocative names such as the Goonhilly ponies, Somerset Sheeted cattle, Lincolnshire Curly Coated pigs, and Limestone sheep, have all gone.
  • VicVeg - Victorian V...
    VicVeg Online aims to help you to read the landscape and understand the native vegetation of your area and on your place as well as how to give it a helping hand.
  • Wild Life Near You
    WildlifeNearYou is a new website for sharing your passion for wildlife. Search for animals or places near you, or register to add your own trips and photos. WildlifeNearYou was born out of a passion for zoos, nature reserves, and wonder and awe at the vast amount of amazing creatures that inhabit our beloved planet.
•  Links: Music, Film & Performance
  

  Links to Music, Film and Performance sites.

  • AllMovie.com
    AllMovie comes from the same stable as AllMusic. At the time of this writing there are over 220,000 titles but that number increases on a weekly basis.
  • AllMusic.com
    The AllMusic website was created in 1995 as a place for music fans to indulge their passion. Whether you’re visiting AllMusic to look up an out-of-print recording, to get our take on a new release, or simply to explore the world of music and see where it may lead, you’ve come to the right spot.
  • Australian Centre fo...
    Watch a selection of short films about Victoria curated for the MAP: Memory and Place and ACMI In the Regions projects. Immerse yourself in the world of film, television and digital culture at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
  • David Bordwell's web...
    World renowned film theorist and critic, David Bordwell. Serious film viewers will enjoy his website and the many very useful links.
  • ReverbNation.com
    ReverbNation.com is the leading online music marketing platform used by over 500,000 artists, managers, record labels, and venues to grow their reach, influence, and business across the internet.
  • Senses of Cinema
    Senses of Cinema is an online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema. We believe cinema is an art that can take many forms, from the industrially-produced blockbuster to the hand-crafted experimental work; we also aim to encourage awareness of the histories of such diverse forms. As an Australian-based journal, we have a special commitment to the regular, wide-ranging analysis and critique of Australian cinema, past and present.
•  Links: Photography & Computer
  

  Camera sites and photo manipulation and computer info.

  • Delicious
    Get your bookmarks wherever you are. We need this when travelling. Delicious is a bookmarking web service for storing and sharing web bookmarks.
  • Digital Photography ...
    This site is one of, if not the, premium digital photography site with an audience of seven million unique visitors a month (around 20 million visitor sessions) reading over one hundred million pages. DPR believe in original content, unbiased content with as much detail as they can provide, often copied but never bettered. In 2007 Digital Photography Review was acquired by Amazon.com.
  • Dropbox
    If you use 2 or more computers you need Dropbox. It is the simplest, most elegant file-synchronization tool I've ever used. CBiz editor [Free]
  • Evernote
    Remember Everything! Save your ideas, things you see, and things you like. Then find them all on any computer or device you use. [Free]
  • Flickr - Photo Sharing
    One of the two major photo sharing websites. Part of Yahoo. [Free & Commercial]
  • Photolinks
    PhotoLinks is a directory dedicated to providing easy access to as many photographic resources as possible.
  • Picasa - Photo Sharing
    One of the two major photo sharing websites. Part of Google. [Free & Commercial]
  • Picnic Photo Editing...
    Everyone who's ever wanted to tap into their inner graphic artist can become a photo editing pro. [Free & Commercial]
  • The Plugin Site
    The Plugin Site offers various resources for Photoshop, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, Photo-Paint, After Effects, Premiere and other applications. We also develop own products, including Photoshop plugins, external editors for Lightroom and standalone applications. Subscribe to their newsletter - its free.
•  Links: Workshop & Auto
  

  Links of interest to restorers, workshop and hobby enthusiasts.

  • Graffiti Publications
    Based in Castlemaine, Graffiti Publications was established in 1977. It is a family business committed to publishing a range of magazines which promote Street Rodding as a hobby and business.
  • Hot Rod Internet
    All the latest Hot Rod and Custom News from Australia and around the world!
  • Victorian Wood Worke...
    Making connections between woodworkers in Australia and the rest of the world. The site expands the information available and provides information about Australian woodwork and woodworkers.

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