This year's dates are (5th, 6th & 7th September, 2008).
Details on the festival can be found at www.springmigration.com.au

In 2005 Spring Migration was nominated for a rainbow award as "best new community event".
and 2006 was nominated for a rainbow award as "the most friendly party outside Melbourne".
This year Spring Migration has been nominated for two awards one with Tourism Victoria and the other the Victorian Rural Achievement Awards.

Our next event will be our fourth festival which each year has been getting bigger and bigger.

2007 saw approximately 2000 people visit for our Sunday market alone.
As a result our festival - goers are looking for more and more things to do and more places to visit and stay in and around the Greater North East Region.
(Not only during the festival but before and after the event)

The festival is funded by ourselves (Andy Stevens & Gary Hayward).
This year we have received sponsorship for advertising & printing from The Indigo Shire.

Our websites reach a niche market and also the wider general public, and our sites have been visited many thousands of times, check for yourself and see.
We are highly ranked in all the major search engines and these rankings are updated on a weekly basis.

What we are writing about is the possibility of your Business being an official sponsor for the Spring Migration Festival which will assist Festival Funding and draw visitors to your business.

This is a very inexpensive contribution to assist the Festival and drive business to yourself as well.

The cost is only $45.00 per year. For listings on three websites.

Sponsorship Details Below:

** Sponsorship of $45.00 for a one year period will entitle you to a listing on three websites.

The Festival website www.springmigration.com.au as an official Festival Sponsor plus featured listings on www.yackandandah.au.com and www.abearsoldwares.com
This will inclued a (50 word description, 2 photographs, email and telephone contact details and a link to your own website, should you have one)

Your business will also be on the Official Printed Program as an official Festival Sponsor which will be widely distrubted and given to all ticket holders as well.

(Each country area will have it's own section and a short description)

There are no extra charges at all. All the text and photographs will be uploaded and maintained free of charge for one year.

Payment can be made by Internet Banking, Mastercard, Visa, Cheque or Money Order.
If you'd like to take advantage of this offer now click on the following: Sponsor Spring Migration 2008

You will receive a tax invoice (printed and mailed to you postage paid by us).

Spring Migration is listed on the Official Victorian Tourism website and is also an official event for "Outback Calling" & "Year of the Outback" (managed by THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM LTD)
As well as this Spring Migration is linked to many Accommodation and Tourism websites in Australia and Worldwide.

Gregory Hywood (Chief Executive) of Tourism Victoria has supported Spring Migration in an open letter in the "Pink Pocket Guide". (see our website)

There will also be two feature articles two weeks prior to the festival and also quarter page advertisements in Gay & Lesbian Newspaper Publications in Melbourne (B. News and The Star) Both featuring the Festival, The North East Region and our Website. As well as this we have advertisements and regular interview segments promoting the festival on Joy 94.9 FM Radio (the only Gay & Lesbian radio station in Melbourne).

As well as promotion of the Festival through the local North East - Television, Radio and Print media.

We also market the festival worldwide by linking th hundreds of other organisations of the same kind. As well as promoting the Festival at this year's coming Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and the Melbourne Midsumma festival and Pride March (held in January (just gone) along with local newspaper articles and Prime Television news stories. Before and after the event.

We thank you for considering this invitation to become an Official Sponsor for Spring Migration 2008 and hope to hear from you by Thursday 31st July, 2008.
If you have sponsored 2007 - thank you so much and we hope you will continue to support us as we grow.

If you wish to discuss this offer further please call us on the phone number below at anytime or email us.

Yours faithfully,