Sea Shepherd 'Black Sea' Charity Fund Raiser

19 February 2009 6:30pm Hilton Hotel, Brisbane

If you have not already bought your tickets for this special event - you only have 4 days left!

Why 'Black Sea'? This is to signify that these are dark times for the oceans; fishermen continue to trawl for the last Bluefin tuna, stringing out thousands of kilometres of longline, indiscriminately killing marine and bird life; hundreds of millions of sharks are dying in the name of shark-fin soup; bottlenose dolphins are again being murdered in the waters of Taiji, Japan; Faeroe islanders slaughter pilot whales in what they regard as a right of passage and Japanese whalers demonstrate extreme desperation in their quest to kill whales in a dedicated whale sanctuary by ramming and sinking the Ady Gil, Sea Shepherd's wave piercing trimaran.

Mr. Ady Gil, Hollywood Audio Visual Director and sponsor behind the vessel bearing his name, has accepted our invitation to come to Brisbane and share his passion for marine conservation. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!

Come and join us for a night of fun, information and entertainment
~ Guest speakers;

Ady Gil - sponsor of the ill-fated trimaran
Wayne Poole, international business development manager, Australia Zoo
Dave Rastovich, pro-surfer & founder of Surfers for Cetaceans
~ MC - Tracy-Lynne Geysen, Animal rights lawyer and founder of BLEATS (www.bleats.com.au)

~ Music will be provided by Low Pressure System and Greg Sheehan

~ More than $20,000 worth of great auction prizes will be looking for a new home, including;

* A one-off Sea Shepherd surfboard by Gary McNeill to be signed on the night by Dave 'Rasta' Rastovich
* Surfboard signed by Andy Irons, Mark Occhilupo, Taj Burrows and Joel Parkinson
* Gerry Lopez collector surfboard
* Tangalooma Resort stay valued at more than $1,000
* Emporium Spa Room stay with day's Porsche hire (* conditions apply)
* George Gross designer dress donated by Terri Irwin, Australia Zoo
* V8 Racecar experiences
* Story Bridge climb vouchers
* Package of 10 driving lessons
* Hilton Hotel Atrium restaurant voucher for two
* Instrument lessons
* Painting by The Red Paintings with assistance from Robert & Bindi Irwin and Isabel Dow
* Exclusive paintings from Howie Cooke, Surfers for Cetaceans and Dave Williams, Wild Oats Gallery
* Dive/ snorkelling trip on Supercat valued at $300
* Photography package worth $1,000
* Dolphin watching tours, whale watching trips, eco tours, kayaking tours, scenic day flights ... and much more

All proceeds from this event go to Sea Shepherd's direct action campaigns

Safeguarding the biodiversity of our delicately balanced ocean ecosystems and ensuring their survival for future generations


Tickets are available at Greentix http://www.greentix.com.au/events/74362/Sea-Shepherd-Black-Sea-Fund-Raising-Event. Ticket price includes hors d'oeuvres, drinks and themed cocktails are available for purchase at the bar.

(Greentix will plant one tree for every ticket sold - their contribution to a carbon neutral world)


* Terms & conditions and minimum age restrictions apply

sausage said...

I assume the hors doeuvres wont be sushi

Or dolphin!

sausage said...

doggie said...

sausage said...

I assume the hors doeuvres wont be sushi

Or dolphin!

Yes Doggie, the art of being subtle is slowly disappearing in today's society.

Nothing subtle about the Jap whalers tho (Ooh I said Jap, please dont be offended)

I wonder how much it costs the Sea Shepherd to operate? Must be in the millions!

I'm all for protecting the environment etc

But seriously, you would have to be stupid to give your money to a bunch of braindead monkeys who manage to get their high-performance wave-piercing trimaran rammed by a massive slow whaling boat. Nothing wrong with protesting or demonstrating against people you disagree with (and for sure its a good cause), but as far as I'm concerned all the Sea Shepherd organisation has managed to demonstrate in their latest exploits is their own incompetance

doggie said...

Yea I think what they do is good in a way. Just think tho, if they spent that money taking the Japanese government to court and tie them up in legal crap and meanwhile the whales swim free, just a thought. Dunno its a hard one..

^ Somewhat agree Doggie, but going to court is no where near as much fun as piracy on the high seas. Firing hi pressure water canons and shooting rotten eggs at the japanese or sitting in a courtroom in the Hague - it's a no brainer. And to think the people who would make a lot of money from going to court would be the lawyers who then could then spend all their hard earned money on more sushi & fur coats & leather goods

PS - Just wondering, does anyone know whether several thousand litres of biodiesel would be environmentally bad for marine life?

PPS - Swoosh, those whaling boats appear to be able to get some serious pace about them.

PPPS - All this has got me wanting a big serve of sushi too.

sausage said...

doggie said...

Yea I think what they do is good in a way. Just think tho, if they spent that money taking the Japanese government to court and tie them up in legal crap and meanwhile the whales swim free, just a thought. Dunno its a hard one..

^ Somewhat agree Doggie, but going to court is no where near as much fun as piracy on the high seas. Firing hi pressure water canons and shooting rotten eggs at the japanese or sitting in a courtroom in the Hague. And to think the people who would make a lot of money from going to court would be the lawyers who then could then spend all their hard earned money on more sushi & fur coats & leather goods

PS - Just wondering, does anyone know whether several thousand litres of biodiesel would be environmentally bad for marine life?

PPS - Swoosh, those whaling boats appear to be able to get some serious pace about them.

PPPS - All this has got me wanting a big serve of sushi too.

Lol just because it says bio dosnt mean it wont hurt the fishies

Maybe they could go to court and and throw eggs at each other, wouldnt be as dangerous

Have you seen the speed they get up to when they chase whales and other boats, I recon 25-30kn, the Ady Gil was dead in the water with the big boat aproching, if they were at full tilt it would have been hard to get away from even in the bat boat!

peter garrett should save the whales.

midnight oil should play in tokyo with a new song!

Like the cause ,,,FREE WILLY ,,,,,,prob be a good evening.

But hey if you going to skipper a FAST MANOEUVERABLE million dollar speed machine and dodge HAPROONS..... you think you know how to SHUVE OUT IN REVERSE

Remember they love da fkn kamIkazie

Yea I didnt read the poster, its was all black and stuff and hard to read, Im only a dog for shizzle!!

So, no reply from Sea Shepard...
Create an account, make one post (Blatant Advertising), then run away.
Nice one guys.

My balls are still hurting after you ploughed my last 100 bucks of donation into a whaling ship.

im not donating ****.
come to the conclusion in other topic "Boycot japanese imports" that navy pones more whales than the japs.Mabe next time you should try and ram the USS Nimitz

^ You guys need to spend more time in the ocean.

Sea Shepherd are pestering the hell out of the Japanese, who are commercially whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

I'm nowhere near brissy, but have got no problem with the shepherd spamming up seabreeze. Good cause.

lets get one thing straight.

Is it an ecological issue or a moral one?

Cos Minke whales are NOT endangered.
And if its a moral one (which it must be) how would you feel about Hindus running a "save the cow" concert, and ramming cattle trucks here, etc etc

I really do admire Paul Whatshisname's dedication and drive but I dont quite get what Sea Shephard is basing their outrage on?

Ady Gil can be seen quite clearly with its engines in forward pushing into the path of the whaler-look at the footage. To me as a skipper of 25 years seagoing experience the Ady Gil seems to be sitting stationary til last moment and gunning into their path. The whaler is a couple of hundred tonnes of steel and couldnt possibly avoid the intention. Probably didnt really care either.

Be aware also that while its said that whaling is going on in "Australian" waters-the only countries that recognize it as such are the other 4 that claim territorial waters down there. This will come out when (if?) KRudd takes them to the international court. Its also why he doesnt want to do it.