Sunday 27 October 2013

Lisa Wilkinson Inspires

Below is a copy of the full speech given by Lisa Wilkinson at the Andrew Olle Media Lecture recently - it has been copied from Mammamia.com


Tuesday 15 October 2013

The Reef Hotel Casino Image TVC HD


REEF HOTEL STYLIN'



Earlier this year I spent two overnights with the talented team from Y Films (Paul and Jason Smith) and makeup artisan, Rachael Gregory - styling the uber gorgeous talent that appear in this newly launched TVC for the Reef Hotel Casino.



Monday 7 October 2013

BLOOM YOUR WAY TO A BETTER LIFE

MEDIA CALL PREVIEW for BLOOM EXPO

Saturday, 12 October from 9am at Shangri-la Hotel

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It is great to meet so many amazing people in Cairns - today I coordinated a media call to preview this weekend's BLOOM expo at the Shangri-la.  A full day event dedicated to health and wellness, this event is a must for anyone struggling with illness or wanting to lead a more healthy life.  

Emma Lodge (she is one hell of a chick) has pulled a really inspiring program together that is action packed. One of the esteemed panel of speakers is Kuranda chap, Curtis Aiken - he has just written a book about how being diagnosed has changed his life (for the better).  Using a combo of detoxification, nutrition and lifestyle changes (including meditation), Curtis is now leading a full and healthy life.  He will share his story this weekend. 

For more details www.balancelifeandbloom.com



L-R: Lauren DeJoux, Seven News Journo, Curtis Aiken and Emma Lodge

Curtis' official book launch will take place at BLOOM this coming weekend

Emma is interviewed today to preview BLOOM - catch it tonight on SEVEN NEWS at 6pm


Curtis enjoys his first ever TV interview - also on tonight's SEVEN NEWS

Saturday 5 October 2013

Fun at the FUN E FARM in CAIRNS



FUN TIMES AT THE FUNNY FARM


Amazing, never knew this great place was in Cairns 'til now.  The FUNNY or FUN E FARM is a delightfully eccentric menagerie of child-friendly animals, roaming free.  Plus there are billy carts, motorised cars (sans motor), swings and things, AND the most amazing tree house with much more - the duckling and guinea pig shed and pony rides on the gorgeous Sponge Bog are a highlight ....it is at Woree, in Griffin Street - $300 for three hours and 30 kids - byo party food etc....absolutely marvellous!























Thursday 3 October 2013

In Our Garden

GOANNA UP A TREE


                            Look what I spotted while working today - beautiful!

AMAZING TALE OF SURVIVAL

AMAZING TALE OF SURVIVAL

IN TODAY'S THE CAIRNS POST - STORY BY CAITLIN GUILFOYLE 

http://cairnspost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=8USXMHMD2102&preview=magnifier&linkid=757b8732-d154-4780-a159-748999f62d64&pdaffid=yrvkQKJEvllObr0mT1ku2g%3d%3d

AFTER surviving almost four days lost in the bush, a Tableland man has proved he has more lives than a cat.
Picture: CAITLIN PEARSONSurvival tale: Raymond ‘Butch’ Beattie recovers in hospital after being stuck in bushland following a quad bike crash.
In his 55 years, Raymond ‘‘Butch’’ Beattie, of Irvinebank, has lost an arm, a leg and narrowly escaped paraplegia in separate accidents.
‘‘My arm was 1976 when I got hit by a drunk driver here in town when I was on my motorbike,’’ he said.
‘‘Then the leg, I was in a bus accident in Townsville and lost a leg after that one. Then I fell down my own steps and broke my neck.’’
But Mr Beattie’s biggest test yet came this week, when a quad bike accident left him alone in ‘‘burnt country’’ with nothing but a light, a pick, a small bottle of water and a bag of lollies.
‘‘My mate and I, we got separated and I was heading through where I though the track was but I’d gotten off it,’’ he said yesterday.
‘‘I realised I wasn’t on the right track so I reversed to go back and (the bike) just had me. It rolled on top of me and then bounced off me. I just lay on the ground and listened to it keep falling all the way down the mountain and it was a lot of air time.’’
The accident occurred after 4pm on Saturday and Mr Beattie stayed near the crash site until lunch time on Wednesday when a Queensland Emergency Service helicopter spotted him.
‘‘I heard the chopper so I stuck my little light out from the rock I was under to say ‘This is me’,’’ he said.
‘‘He saw me because I was flicking my torch. They were going round and round trying to find somewhere to land but they couldn’t land so they called the ground crews in.’’
Fifteen minutes after the chopper sighted him, Mr Beattie saw a man with a green VB T- shirt coming towards him on foot.
‘‘I was probably the happiest I’ve been to see any bloke,’’ he said. ‘‘I’m not sure if he was a local but he was with the Holloways Beach SES people.
‘‘I said, ‘Get us out of here mate. I’m not real flash on the old pins and I haven’t got any energy’.’’
While Mr Beattie’s rescue was uplifting, his time alone in the bush was a test of his emotional and physical strength, and ability to survive.
‘‘The bike was way down and I couldn’t walk to it. I started trying to walk down and I was digging my way with my pick,’’ he said.
‘‘I only had about 100ml of water and I didn’t think I could walk out on that much water. I didn’t have enough energy to walk out.
‘‘It was flaming hot. I had to keep moving because there’s not much shade. The girth of the tree was all I had.’’
After a restless sleep on the first night, Mr Beattie awoke on Sunday morning ‘‘stinking hot’’.
‘‘I’m in burnt country,’’ he said. ‘‘The leaves are off all the trees. The radiating heat off that black dirt is incredible.’’
His small water bottle lasted almost three days, and when that ran out Mr Beattie said he realised he was in ‘‘deep sh--’’.
‘‘I just had a rock in my mouth (to stimulate) saliva, otherwise you can’t talk,’’ he said.
To keep his skin hydrated, Mr Beattie resorted to using a urinesoaked sock as a wet rag.
‘‘I cut off the sock I wear over my leg and that was in my jocks,’’ he said.
‘‘It definitely kept me alive having that wet rag there. It stinks but you don’t care about stink.’’
Mr Beattie’s lowest point came the night before his was found, when the rescue chopper flew overhead but failed to spot him.
‘‘I just lost it; I was screaming and howling,’’ he said.
‘‘I thought, ‘Well that’s it; I’m buggered’. I screamed at the moon and screamed at everything. I thought, ‘That’s it; I’m dying tomorrow. I’ve got nothing left; I’m dying tomorrow’.’’
Thoughts of his wife Lou and daughters Bianca ‘‘Freddy’’ and Jodie carried him through his last difficult night in the bush, until the search party took him home.
‘‘They took me back up to where the cars were and it was unbelievable,’’ he said. ‘‘The amount of people that were up there was amazing. I wish I could thank everyone personally.’’



Wednesday 2 October 2013

Jemma is Today's Beautiful Covergirl




Go Jemma!  The Cairns branch of Make a Wish Foundation is one of the very worthwhile projects I help publicise.  Nice to see Jemma gracing today's cover of The Cairns Post!

http://cairnspost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=413JCZK8FLU6




Tuesday 1 October 2013

BLOOMIN' WONDERFUL - Therese Kerr to Headline Cairns Health and Wellbeing Expo on Saturday 12 October at Shangri-la



BLOOMIN’ WONDERFUL - AUSSIE SUPER MODEL’S MUM TO HEADLINE CAIRNS HEALTH & WELLBEING EXPO
9am to 4.30pm, Saturday, 12 October 2013
Shangri-la Marina Hotel, Cairns


Therese and Miranda Kerr, dynamic mother and daughter duo

Therese Kerr is an author and ambassador for KORA Organics by Miranda Kerr


Emma Lodge is the founder of BLOOM - Health and Wellbeing Expo and an advocate of prevention being better than cure when it comes to health
Cairns health and wellbeing advocate, Emma Lodge firmly believes that prevention is better than cure – so much so that she has created a full day expo, entitled BLOOM, showcasing the many and varied elements of living a clean and health filled life with presentations, workshops, activities and exhibitors.  The event will take place from 9am to 4:30pm on Saturday 12 October 2013 at Shangri-la Marina Hotel.

According to Emma, BLOOM is about inspiring wellness through prevention.  “What I have done is created a full day event that brings together the very best natural health and wellbeing experts in their field to guide you and your family to happier, healthy living.”

Headlining the esteemed list of guest speakers is Therese Kerr, mother of Aussie supermodel, Miranda Kerr, visionary, author and ambassador of KORA Organics.  Other speakers include Kathryn Alexander, an internationally acknowledged expert in the field of dietary healing and detoxification and Stephen Eddy, principal of Health Schools Australia and Curtis Aiken, who at 28 years of age was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and by changing his lifestyle was able to overcome the disease.

Tickets are now on sale via the website www.balancelifeand bloom.com and are priced from $15 for basic entry to $75 for access all areas.  The comprehensive ticket ($75) includes access to all specialist exhibitors, wellness presentations, talks and workshops, Bloom Magazine & Directory as well as a healthy cleansing juice and noodle box for lunch.


Emma says that meditation, cooking demos, health topics and the KORA skincare workshop are just some of the line up for the day. “I envisage a highlight will be the health and lifestyle forum featuring our panel of guest speakers and local personalities – this will be no doubt fun and insightful, getting into the nitty gritty in an opening, relaxed and friendly environment.”

Guests attending will be able to purchase raffle tickets to win prizes donated by BLOOM’s exhibitors, sponsors and other supporting businesses. The prizes will be drawn throughout the day with proceeds donated to the COUCH Wellness Centre. Providing a broader concept of wellness, the COUCH Wellness Centre will offer a more holistic approach to health care, designed to help with the recovery of the mind, body and soul.


For Full itinerary and Bookings visit: www.balancelifeandbloom.com