More assistance for fire and flood victims

Gold Coast City Council today decided to extend its assistance package for victims of the Victorian bushfires and the North Queensland floods by an additional $210,000.

Mayor Ron Clarke said Council had investigated a wide range of suggestions from the Gold Coast community and the extra funding would bring Council’s total contribution to approximately $500,000.

“Today’s resolution focused on establishing the necessary arrangements to offer subsidised Gold Coast holidays for affected people and providing whatever support is appropriate - including staff and equipment - to an identified Victorian local government area.

“Of the additional money allocated today, $100,000 will subsidise holiday accommodation for families, individuals and emergency response staff.”

Cr Clarke said that Gold Coast Tourism would be asked to compile a database of tourism operators who are prepared to provide appropriate holiday packages for this purpose.

“Council will itself look to allocate 700 self-contained cabin nights’ accommodation at Gold Coast Tourist Parks for the rest of 2009. Available powered caravan sites would also be offered.”

Shipping

Shipping is basic method of transporting goods and cargo. Virtually every product ever made, bought, or sold has been exaggerated by shipping. Despite the lots of variables in shipped products and locations, there are only three basic types of shipments, land, air, and sea.

Land or ground shipping can be either by train or by automobile. Trucking is easily the most accepted form of shipping. Even in Air and Sea shipments, ground transportation is still required to take the product from its origin to the airport or seaport and then to its purpose. Ground transportation is typically more affordable than air shipments, but more costly than shipping by sea. Trucks are also much quicker than ships and rail but slower than planes.

Ground shipping can be cheaper and less limiting to size, quantity, weight, and type of freight than by air transport. Air transport is usually held in reserve for products which must be sent within a shorter time frame. Shipping can more generally refer to the transport of freight, self-determining of the mode of transport.