Performers & Speakers

ONE OF MANY KOALAS RECOVERING AT THE CURRUMBIN WILDLIFE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A DOG!

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SPEAKER NERIDA MARSHALL NEVER MISSED ONE OF OUR EVENTS. NERIDA IS AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, DOCUMENTARY MAKER. SHE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCREEN THEATRE AND WRITERS STUDIOS (S.T.A.R.S) AND THE NORTH GOLD COAST ACTIVE WRITERS.

PHILANTHROPIST
PEACE MISSION, SAVING THE BIG CATS, CHILDREN’S LITERACY AND MEDICAL

SINGER/SONGWRITER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST KATIA PUMPS AN ECLECTIC BLEND OF REGGAE, SOUL, JAZZ, RNB & WORLD FUSION.

FLAMENCO TRIO LA VITA WITH SPANISH GUITARIST TERENCE SCHINDLER

ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA IS PROUD TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANIMALWORKS ON ALL OFIA PROJECTS. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ANIMALWORKS ENSURES ALL DONATIONS RECEIVED ARE FULLY TAX DEDUCTIBLE FOR AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS.

MUSICIAN ANTHONY BRANAGAN

AUTHOR AND ENTREPRENEUR. DEE DEE MCCARTHY IS KNOWN FOR HER BOOKS THAT ORIGINATED USING HER NIGHTMARES. SHE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER BUSINESS IN TEACHING CLIENTS TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. (PHOTO – AA XPOSE MEDIA – AAXPOSE.COM)

SINGER LAUREN NAPIER

SEA SHEPHERD’S MISSION STATEMENT
SEA SHEPHERD AUSTRALIA IS A NON-PROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANISATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO END THE DESTRUCTION OF HABITAT AND SLAUGHTER OF WILDLIFE IN THE WORLD’S OCEANS IN ORDER TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS AND SPECIES.

SEA SHEPHERD AUSTRALIA USESINNOVATIVE DIRECT-ACTION TACTICS TO INVESTIGATE, DOCUMENT AND TAKE ACTION WHEN NECESSARY TO EXPOSE AND CONFRONT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ON THE HIGH SEAS. BY SAFEGUARDING THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR DELICATELY BALANCED OCEANIC ECOSYSTEMS, SEA SHEPHERD AUSTRALIA WORKS TO ENSURE THEIR SURVIVAL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

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HOW DID YOU GET THE NAME “RUNNINGFOX”? BOBBY EXPLAINED THAT WHEN HE WAS STILL IN THE BELLY OF HIS MOTHER HIS GRANDMOTHER HAD A STRONG VISION. SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL LOST IN THE WOODS, AS NIGHT WAS FALLING THE WOLVES CAUGHT SCENT OF HER AND STARTED HOWLING TELLING THE OTHER WOLVES OF HER EXISTENCE. JUST THEN A LITTLE FOX JUMPS IN FRONT OF HER AND AN ATTEMPT TO GET HER TO FOLLOW HIM, SHE KEPT SAYING TO HIM STOP RUNNING FOX I CANNOT KEEP UP, EVENTUALLY GUIDED HER TO THE EDGE OF THE FOREST WHERE HER FAMILY WAS THERE WAITING FOR HER. THE GRANDMOTHER KNEW THAT THIS CHILD WAS GOING TO LEAD MANY OUT OF THE FOREST TO SAFETY SHE BLESSED HIM RUNNINGFOX.

“DO YOU ENJOY THE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF JAZZ AND BLUES, IDEAL FOR BACK GROUND MUSIC WHILST DINING, DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY AT YOUR NEXT FUNCTION OR JUST KICKING BACK ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A LEADING WILDLIFE VET SAYS NEW STATE GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO HELP SAVE QUEENSLAND’S CRITICALLY ENDANGERED KOALAS IS ONLY A “BAND-AID”.
PREMIER CAMPBELL NEWMAN VISITED THE CURRUMBIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ANIMAL HOSPITAL ON THE GOLD COAST ON WEDNESDAY TO ANNOUNCE THE NEXT ROUND OF $800,000 IN FUNDING FOR KOALA RESCUE GROUPS.
SANCTUARY HEAD VET DR MICHAEL PYNE SAID WHILE THE MONEY WAS “A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION”, MUCH MORE WAS NEEDED TO SAVE KOALAS FROM ILLNESS AND HABITAT LOSS.
DR PYNE SAID THE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL TOOK IN 300 WILD KOALAS LAST YEAR COMPARED TO LESS THAN 30 IN 2007.

KIARA JACK & THE JILLS ARE AN ORIGINAL WORLD FOLK ROOTS BAND HAILING FROM THE GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND. THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCES ECHO THE SOUNDS OF ‘WORLD’ MEETS ‘CONTEMPORARY’ WITH A DASH OF RHYTHMIC IMPROVISATION, MAKING EACH SHOW A UNIQUE JOURNEY IN ITSELF. AT THE CENTRE OF THEIR SOUND IS THE ECLECTIC-EDGED VOICE OF KIARA JACK, WHICH DELIVERS VIVID STORYTELLING INTO THE PASSIONATE SOUND OF EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES.