Wendy Marea Cutting of Noosaville has been recognised in this year’s Australia Day Awards with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to the tourism and hospitality industry.
Ms Cutting has been a Tourism Noosa volunteer since 2006 and a volunteer coordinator of the 70-strong group of volunteers since 2007.
“Volunteers are part of our local community and they truly are a wealth of knowledge, providing visitors with information on where to stay, what experiences and tours to do, what restaurants, breweries and distilleries are in the region and, importantly, providing that local knowledge and those insider tips that visitors love to know about,“ former Tourism Noosa chief executive officer Melanie Anderson said.
“With close to 200,000 visitors each year visiting the Visitor Information Centre on Hastings Street, our volunteers are there to welcome, inform and assist visitors on things to do in the region 364 days a year.“
While Ms Cutting is enjoying a well earned break this week, Noosa Today hopes to catch up with her next week.
