EarthRace Boat

I've been buying 'Earthrace' aka Ady Gil remote control boats as xmas presents. You can buy them at DealsDirect for $50

Eco Pirate

Eco Pirate was on tv! It's a brand new doco about Sea Shepherd, more specifically Paul Watson. It's very well made and really keeps you captivated.

Brett going to Taiji

My friend Brett Bradley from Brisbane is set on going to Taiji to help the dolphins. If you have seen The Cove, you know about the murders that he wants to stop. Brett has to use his own money to get there, so please help him out.
https://apps.facebook.com/fundrazr/

BrotherHood

Sat 17th Dec 11
Sea Shepherd have been invited to BrotherHood, a small scale music festival on the Gold Coast. The music was an interesting fusion of metal and dubbeat. My fav band was Triptaphene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM994szmSC0

 

Mullumbimby Meetup

Thurs 15th Dec 11
In mid Dec, some of the SeaS Gold Coast team drove up to Mullumbimby near Byron Bay. There was a meeting of Sea Shepherd, Surfers 4 Cetaceans and the conservation boat Migaloo2. We watched some film presentations and listened to some speeches, including Howie Cook talk about his TransparentSea Voyage.

 

SeaS Byron, Gold Coast and Brisbane.

SeaS-GC, Madi Stewart and Howie Cooke.

A photo from TransparentSea

http://transparentseavoyage.com/
http://migaloo2.com/
http://www.s4cglobal.org/
http://www.seashepherd.org/

Xmas Dinner

Wed  14th Dec 11
The SeaS Gold Coast team met up for a Xmas dinner at Mandala Organic Arts Cafe. It was quite a good turnout, the vegan pizzas were awesome, and we even sold some tshirts. It was a great night.

 

 

I bought a $100 mandala. www.galacticseed.com

AquaFest

While I was holidaying in Thailand, the SS-GC team helped at AquaFest, a local water-themed festival.

Cocktails With The Captain

Wed 16th November 2011
The highlight of the year for me was Brisbane's Cocktails With The Captain, in mid Nov. Captain Paul Watson came down and mingled with us all. He gave a very inspiring and awesome speech. Some special guests also came down, like the Irwin family and singer Xavier Rudd. The night was a huge success and an amazing amount was raised for Sea Shepherd.

 

Tsunami Fund Petition

I made a petition, please sign and share
www.thepetitionsite.com/

It's expressing anger over Japan's use of the tsunami- earthquake fund, to give $28 000 000 to the whalers. It's total madness. The government values killing animals over helping it's own victims.

Sea Shepherd Online Shop

The Sea Shepherd online store is awesome. I ordered something and it arrived within two days! There is a large variety of things to choose from, and all the profits go to marine conservation. Go take a look
http://shop.seashepherd.org/store/

Cocktails with the Captain

Captain Paul Watson is stopping by in Brisbane next week! Everyone is invited to the dinner event that Brisbane Sea Shepherd have organised. Tickets are $50 and available on Greentix here

Anti Whaling Day

Today was Worldwide Anti Whaling Day
Feel free to contribute here http://www.antiwhalingday.org/

In Dec, Japan will be heading back down to Antarctica, aiming for the maximum kill quota! The whalers have received a boost of $27 000 000 this year. Word is there will be an extra ship protecting the fleet too. It will be full on.
Of course Sea Shepherd will be down there doing everything we can to protect the whales. Captain Watson has declared this year's campaign 'Operation Divine Wind' - Kami Kaze the most dangerous ever. He has been saying 'hoca hey' (meaning 'it's a good day to die') in recent interviews, implying he and his crew are willing to risk their lives for the whales.
The true Whale Wars are about to kick off. Please do all you can to support Sea Shepherd. Donations would be awesome!

Click here for an interview with Captain Paul Watson

Sea Shepherd Halloween Party

Fri 28th Oct 11
On Friday night, we had our Spooktacular Sea Shepherd Halloween Party. It was really good, everyone dressed up, we had a DJ, plus cool raffle prizes eg 'JetSki Safari!'. We raised several hundred, which was amazing, considering not many people turned up. Everyone enjoyed themselved, and that's what really counts.

 

The DJs were brought to us by Foundation Events Empire. Thanks Simon

 

I met Death lol

 

Terri the founder and Carol a valuable volunteer.

Whale Watching

Sun 23rd Oct 11
Yesterday was our big day! Whale Watching with Sea Shepherd Gold Coast! We went out with Whales in Paradise and our supporters. It was a nice, warm spring day, everyone had an enjoyable time. Well maybe not the people who got sea sick lol. We sold some merchandise, signed up new subscribers, plus I did an informative speech. We saw a few whales, not as many as I hoped, then again it is almost the end of the migration season. Soon Operation Kami Kaze (Divine Wind) will kick off, down in the Southern Oceans.

 

Animal Action Day

Sunday 16th Oct 
Animal Action Day is an annual worldwide event to raise awareness, appreciation and respect of all animals. The Gold Coast event was at Winders Park, in Currumbin. Sea Shepherd Gold Coast was invited to have a table there. A few of us went down. It was a sunny day and we had a beautiful location, by the river with paddle-boarders going past us.

 

The day was devoted to our endangered, almost extinct Aussie animal, the Bilby. Please read up about the Bilbies and help in any way you can.



By the way, Aquinas Surfing and Bodyboarding Annual has been postponed, due to bad weather.

Coolangatta Markets

Sunday 9th Oct - Coolangatta Art and Craft Market.
Claire, Carl and I sat by the beach and raised awareness and funds for Sea Shepherd.
We also invented a new 'greeting' lol

CannonBall

Friday 7th Oct, SS-GC got invited to The Cannon Ball - A Rock N' Roll Pirate Masque, at Mt Tamborine. We set up an 'Outreach and Information' table, selling merchandise. It was an awesome night, with pirates, burlesque, live bands and with part of the proceeds going to Sea Shepherd!
A special thank you to CannonBall organisers and The Bearded Dragon venue.

Whale Watching Event

You are invited to:
Whale Watching with Sea Shepherd Gold Coast

Sunday 23rd October
1.30pm Sunset Cruise
Departs behind Vibe Hotel, Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise

Tickets $60, (usually $95!)
Limited number of tickets available, please book well in advance
To book, call Whales in Paradise  5538 2111
http://www.whalesinparadise.com.au/ Discount code is 'Sea Shepherd'.

For more info, contact Suz
seashepherd.goldcoast@    gmail.com

RSVP on Facebook

Halloween Party

You are invited to Gold Coast's
Spooktacular Sea Shepherd Halloween Party!

Friday 28th October
7pm to 11pm
Palm Beach Surf Club

Large raffle with cool prizes!

Tickets $15
Available at the door or
To book e-mail seashepherd.goldcoast@gmail.com

All funds go directly to marine conservation

For the Oceans!
www.seashepherd.org

RSVP on Facebook

Mandala

On Wed 5th Oct, SS-GC had a meeting at the newly opened Mandala Organic Arts Cafe, where ThreeWorlds Cafe use to be. The place looks awesome, the staff are kind, and the vegan food is very yum! We must have gone on a special event night, because there was a live band and raffle prizes! Anyway at the meeting, we discussed upcoming events. There will be heaps in October.

Sunday 9th Oct - Coolangatta Art and Craft Market
Sun 16th Oct - Animal Action Day Festival. Currumbin
Mon 17th Oct - Aquinas Surfing and Bodyboarding Annual
Sun 23rd Oct - Whale Watching with Sea Shepherd Gold Coast
Friday 28th Oct - Spooktacular Sea Shepherd Halloween Party

I'll tell u about them in more detail a bit later.

Carrara Markets

On Sunday 2nd October, SS-GC had a market stall at Carrara Markets. We had an awesome spot, by the river and water dragons! It was quite an enjoyable day. Three of us managed to raise a fair amount of funds for Sea Shepherd. The next market will be Sun 9th Oct at Coolangatta Markets.

 

 

Google+

As part of my seashepherd.goldcoast @gamil email account, I've signed up for Google+. Although my profile was empty, something like 30 people added me! Therefore I learned how to use Google+ and will start putting updates up. Apparently there is no worldwide Sea Shepherd group on there yet. That's why people from all over the world are adding me instead lol.
My first message was from a lady in Europe 'I've been waiting for you :)' awww

EarthDance Byron Bay

Sat 24th September 2011
I went to EarthDance, a small music festival in Mullimbimby near Byron Bay. It has been organised by Electric Forest and catering was organised by Sea Shepherd Byron Bay. EarthDance was really awesome, the music was good and attracted quite a crowd, the hippie people were all friendly, the the all-vegan food was yummy, omg cinammon lasagne! When we got tired, we sat by the fire. I finally met the Sea Shepherd Byron Bay team, really cool people, I'd say they are the strongest team in Australia!

 

White whale calf

A rare white whale calf, believed to be just a few weeks old, has been spotted off the Whitsundays coast in Queensland.
However it's impossible to tell yet whether the animal is related to the famous white whale Migaloo.

Click here to read the aticle 

Ocean Giants

I've been watching a new tv series 'Ocean Giants'. It's really well made, with awesome info and beautiful cinematography. Try to find it if you can.

One of my favourite moments was when dolphins were exploring a mirror. They were very self-aware and interested in seeing themselves.

Migaloo2

Sunday 18th September 2011
Migaloo 2, a yacht bought to raise awareness on important issues facing whales, dolphins and ocean health, recently arrived to the Gold Coast. Crew members Dean Jefferys and Howie Cookie, from Surfers For Cetaceans, invited Sea Shepherd Gold Coast to attend a ceremony in the water. On Sunday morning, we all met up at the Migaloo 2, docked near Sea World, to create a Commemorative Circle for all the Dolphins killed and captured in Japan. The event was streamed live at http://migaloo2.com/  and even made the evening news! Afterwards, we all relaxed aboard the yacht and learned more about the Migaloo 2 campaign.

Dean Jefferys said “We are sailing along the east coast of Australia to Hervey Bay during the humpback whale migration visiting ports along the way showing films and giving talks about critical issues facing whales, dolphins and marine health. We also plan to do lots of live internet streaming from Migaloo 2 so the whole world including the Japanese can see what amazing beings the whales and dolphins really are".