Happy Easter!
A lady opened her refrigerator and saw a rabbit sitting on one of the shelves.
“What are you doing in there?” she asked.
The rabbit replied:
“This is a Westinghouse, isn’t it?”
The lady replied “Yes it is.”
“Well,” the rabbit said,
“I’m westing.”
Happy Easter!
NRA Fashion Design Awards & Festival 2008 Launch
Monday was the launch of the 2008 NRA Fashion Design Awards & Festival on the Gold Coast , Queensland. The festival is a high profile fashion and lifestyle event, giving Australian fashion designers, manufacturers, students and fashion retailers the opportunity to showcase their products and services to the shopping public and a national television audience.
The NRA is again proud to have AMP Capital Shopping Centres as the major partner in this event.
Here were some a summary of Monday’s events:
Ten of Australia’s leading designers prove that fashion and art are not mutually exclusive with their artistic flair on display and ready to be shown off on the new and limited-edition Chari-Tee for the children’s charity, Variety.
Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson from Easton Pearson, Wayne Cooper, Peter Morrissey, Harry Watt and George Gross from Harry Who, Trelise Cooper, Jonathan Ward, Charlie Brown and Marilyn Said of Covers all participated in the inaugural Chari-Tee for Variety.
Each Chari-Tee features a custom design and the respective designer’s signature.
The Chari-Tees and the designer’s artwork printed onto canvas will be exhibited at Pacific Fair during the NRA Australian Fashion Design Festival presented by Pacific Fair Shopping Centre.
Retailing for $59.95, the Chari-Tees are available for sale at the Pacific Fair Festival HotSpot (located on the Lower Level Arcade, outside Portmans) and online at www.nra.net.au/fashion.
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I’m running an Internet Marketing workshop for you!
Last week I released details of an Internet Marketing workshop we’re running for companies in Australia. As a proactive networker in various different industries, I have lots of people approaching me about what I and the one thing that gets people interested is my work in Internet Marketing.Usually I have people ask me one of responses:
- Is that like Google and stuff?
- So you do spam and porn?
This says to me 2 things. That people that I know think that the only successful people on the Internet are Google, Spammers and Porn Sites. And, that it is VERY apparent that business people in general just don’t know what Internet Marketing actually is, and definitely have no idea on how powerful it is for just normal SME’s in Australia.
I’ve worked with organisations in various sectors with Internet Marketing, and I’ve seen first hand how the web can make a big impact.
I have lots of people asking me “Can you do a website for us” or “Can you get me to number 1 on Google”. Unfortunately I don’t have time to be helping everyone out individually. With the demand for my photography and video work, web sites unfortunately are a lower priority as I’m having trouble keeping up with my own web operations.
Gail and I are running a Internet Marketing Workshop on April 3 &4, 2008 at Bardon Conference Centre. I’ve helped designed this workshop for all the people out there that I know that want to get more impacting results from their website and Internet Marketing strategies.
If you’re interested in coming along to the workshop, click here and use the code “ACHSPECIAL” (no quotes) in the order form and get access to the special offer we are only offering our best clients.
I will be sharing the stage with some of Austalia’s most successful Internet Marketers. My talk will be about using technology to drive and automate online commerce and list relationships.
Click here if you want to find out more, it’s probably your best opportunity to get your website ideas in action.
Want to see a Superstar in the making?
For those of you who have ever wandered the Valley markets on a Sunday, you may recall a distinct melody dancing from the bottom of the Brunswick st mall. If so chances are you were experiencing the unique, raw sound of Anna Weatherup. A local Brisbane girl, who spends hours sitting in coffee shops, dreaming of a successful career in music. A dream, of which is currently taking shape for Anna, as a reality.
Two years after moving from Townsville to Brisbane, Anna is releasing her first EP titled truth. The launch of ‘Truth’, which is booked to take place in March, will be one of Anna’s last performances before she heads south to Melbourne. Where she plans to sneak her intriguing, goose-bump material into the buzzing scene of Victoria.
‘Truth’ possesses a very individual sound with genre influences such as rock, blues, folk and even slight touch of country. One must experience a live performance of Anna to connect with the soulful, thought provoking, reflective personality, which is portrayed in her music….. Must check it out!!!
Anna Weathup EP Launch
THURSDAY MARCH 6, 2008
The Globe, Fortitude Valley QLD
8:00PM
Tickets on sale now at OzTix
Tickets available at the door for $15 (if not sold out)
Apply now for tickets before they sell out!
UNCOVERED! Radio 97-2MW Interview of Ron Barassi by Robert Bowman in 1981
A few weeks ago, I uncovered a box of old tapes my dad had kept for years. These old tapes were recordings of interviews, news spots and sports commentary my dad, (Bob Bowman as he was known as at the time) had done during his years as the sporting co-coordinator at Gold Coast Radio 97-2MW.
The picture above is from the newsletter distributed in February 1982. If anyone knows the Tweed on the Gold Coast, they would know of the shopping centre referred to in the ‘News Flash’. There is also an image of my dad on the back sports page of the newsletter.
One of the first tapes that I uncovered was an Interview my dad did with one of the other commentators (Phil), with Australian Football legend and Icon, Ron Barassi. This was an interview done in 1981, and I was able to track that due to the reference to a question my dad asked Ron about him changing clubs during his coaching career.
Dad asked a few different questions, and the key focus of most of those questions were about Australian football in Queensland. It was very interesting to hear this now that Australian football has such a great audience up here. Interesting responses about how Aussie rules could penetrate the audience up here but also in regard to Australian sport in general can get better national-wide exposure. There were some interesting comments about the influences of Soccer in Australia.
I’ve digitised the interview into a podcast, so please feel free to listen to it, it goes for about 13 minutes.
Bob Bowman with Ron Barassi on Radio 97-2MW Gold Coast in 1981 [13:43] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Bob Bowman with Ron Barassi on Radio 97-2MW Gold Coast in 1981 [13:43] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadNew Australian Wedding Web Site!
My friends Paul & Helen have just finished making a website to help people plan their wedding. Everything from bucks parties to wedding photography. It’s the perfect site for anyone in Australia who is getting married or planning a wedding.