Review: Travel forum + budget to spend

[prawn_86]

Hi All,

My forums brief story: I launched it about 5 years ago when i was still in Uni. It has been total organic growth (no paid SEO) and then work/day job got in the way. It has been stalled in a holding pattern for about 18 months with no real growth in members or posts but similar traffic figures

I now have some time and money to put into it.

So aside from an overall review my question is, what would you do if you had $1000 to help build and promote this site?

http://www.aussietravellersforum.com.au
Forum for those travelling to and from Australia

I will be launching a travel competition where users can win a $50 voucher per month (on top of the 1k) budget. And i also plan on upgrading to VB4.x but am unsure if i will get a custom skin or try and find soemthing in green and gold

Any help/advice/feedback will be much appreciated as i am kind of looking for a mentor. I know how to build sites etc, but getting traffic (and posters) is where i struggle