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11/24/2009 6:30 PM at Cocktails with the Captain - Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson
QLD Museum whale hall, Brisbane, Queensland 4000
Cost: varies
Leigh-Chantelle & the Red Paintings will be performing as part of the Cocktails with the Captain.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society president & founder (and co-founder of Greenpeace) Captain Paul Watson will be in Brisbane on Tuesday 24th November. A gala event will be held at the Queensland Museum in the whale hall from 6:30pm so that Captain Watson can meet and greet a select list of South East Queensland executives, environmental champions, celebrities and media.
Terri Irwin from Australia Zoo and Hannah Fraser, Australia’s professional mermaid, have confirmed their attendance as special guests.
Lindsay McDougall (Triple J’s The Doctor) will be the emcee for the event, with music by Leigh-Chantelle and The Red Paintings.
This event is to raise much-needed funds for Sea Shepherd’s upcoming Antarctic Campaign (Operation Waltzing Matilda) to save the 1,000 whales that will be targeted during the December 2009 to March 2010 whaling season in what has been declared an Australian whale sanctuary.
At present Sea Shepherd are seeking donations of products or services for the silent auction on the night. if you can help in any way please Contact: Michael Dalton, Sea Shepherd Brisbane Coordinator brisbane@seashepherd.org
Sea Shepherd is not-for-profit and the foremost non-government enforcement organisation in the world’s oceans. In the USA they have been awarded the coveted 4-star Charity Rating by CharityNavigator for responsible fiscal management. As Sea Shepherd do not pay for advertising or street canvassers, they can direct 94% of every dollar received into their ocean campaigns, like the upcoming Antarctic campaign.
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