Cleaning up before a big move always reveals some nostalgic items. Today I came across CDs containing copies of the Alpine News.
This was a weekly newspaper that Juliet and I produced from our home in Porepunkah for six months from July 2002 to January 2003.
It circulated in the Bright area and reached a peak of 2400 copies when we also distributed free in Myrtleford.
The newspaper was financially a sideline to my public relations business, but took up most of time. It was like the adage that 20 percent of your customers generate 80 percent of your income.
That was certainly true for me with the Alpine News, which took up 80 percent of my 70-hour working week to produce maybe 20 percent of my revenue.
It was good fun though and I look back with pride on the work we produced. Newspapers are historical records and the electronic copies I still have are probably the only complete collection of this one-time local journal.
I’ve uploaded six front pages to my Scribd account and they can be viewed here. Sample below. If there is any interest I will upload more pages and editions.
