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Saturday 5th October, 2002
Oz-e.com.au & Graphically Speaking named as finalists in 2002 Media Awards.
At the gala 2002 North Queensland Media Awards Presentation Night, held at the Cairns Reef Casino, Oz-e.com.au/Graphically Speaking were announced as finalists in the categories of Best Web Site and in the major category of the Bob Hale Award for Best Marketing Campaign over all media!

The announcement of the website for Mudbrick Manor (www.mudbrickmanor.com.au) being selected as one of the top 3 web sites by the judges was particularly rewarding as this category was hotly contested. Mudbrick Manor is a unique Bed & Breakfast and function venue in Cardwell, North Queensland and their website has attracted much comment on it's tasteful design, ease of use and thorough portrayal of it's facilities.

In addition Graphically Speaking was also named as a finalist in the major gategory of the Bob Hale Award for Best Marketing Campaign across all media for their campaign for Hinchinbrook Island Wilderness Lodge & Cruises. The campaign involved television commercials, corporate video, websites, brochure, billboards and various advertisements in national and local publications. All the advertising was based on the theme of "Where in the world could you ....", which exploited the unique eco-tourism aspect of this splendid resort & nature experience on Australia's largest island National Park.

"We are absolutely delighted to be announced as ranking in the top 3 in these two hotly contested categories. It's especially rewarding to know that the quality of work we do for our many clients has been recognised to be right up there with the best that is produced anywhere in the Far North." said David Lee, managing director of Graphically Speaking.

Saturday 21st July, 2001
Paronella Park VOTED NUMBER 1 IN QUEENSLAND!!
At the gala Tourism Queensland Awards Night, held at Hamilton Island, Paronella Park won the Heritage and Cultural Tourism Award and the Award for Best Overall Submission!

These latest presentations come on top of the 15 awards that have been bestowed on Paronella Park in the past 4 years, confirming the Park's reputation as one of the most popular and unique tourist attractions in all of Queensland.

oz-e.com.au and Graphically Speaking are proud to be associated with Paronella Park and especialy proud to receive the honour of indirect recognition of the work put in to their award winning submission.

Paronella Park have used oz-e.com.au and Graphically Speaking exclusively for all their Graphic Design, Printing, Advertising, Marketing and Web Page Design for the past 6 years.

Congratulations to Paronella Park - The Most Awarded Cultural & Heritage Tourist Attraction in North Queensland
CLICK to go to the Award Winning Paronella Park website.

Saturday 22nd October, 2000
Far North Queensland Media Awards
At a gala presentation at Paradise Palms in Cairns, Graphically Speaking/Oz-e Commerce Solutions was announced as one of only 3 finalists in 2 different media categories.

The Far North Queensland Media Awards celebrates the achievements of all forms of media providers throughout Far North Queensland. This includes electronic media in the form of radio, television and the internet, as well as the traditional print media which includes newspaper, brochures and other publications. This year the awards received over 200 entries for the different categories.

The judges, sourced from around Australia and renowned in their fields, analysed all the entries to arrive at a short list of the top 3 finalists for each category. At the Awards Ceremony the 3 finalists were announced and displayed on large audio video screens prior to the relevant Award Winners being announced.

"Although we didn't win an Award we were absolutely delighted to be announced as ranking in the top 3 in the two categories of Best Colour Advertisement for any type of publication, as well as Best Internet Website. It's especially rewarding to know that the quality of work we do for our many clients has been recognised to be right up there with the best that is produced anywhere in the Far North." said David Lee, managing director of Graphically Speaking.

The full page advertisement, produced for Paronella Park, published in a high quality hard cover tourist guide was exceptionally noteworthy as this category is extremely highly contested by the many graphic design firms and advertising agencies in the Far North.

The internet website, also for Paronella Park (www.paronellapark.com.au), was the result of Mark and Judy Evans desire to completely update their original website to reflect a more modern style and to be even more comprehensive in it's description of their unique and much celebrated tourist attraction.

This latest recognition of Graphically Speaking's website design abilities follows the Internet Guide Award previously bestowed on the local business by Britannica.com in February this year.

1st February, 2000
Graphically Speaking receives an Internet Guide Award from the prestigious Britannica.com for its work on the 3 regional websites for Innisfail, Cardwell and Hinchinbrook Island.

"Our editors have selected your site as one of the best on the Internet when reviewed for quality, accuracy of content, presentation and usability.

.... Britannica editors have rated your site one of the most valuable and reliable on the Internet, in the company of an elite group of Web sites. We know quality is always difficult to accomplish and maintain. Congratulations on being a selected member of the Britannica Internet Guide."
The Staff at Britannica.com