Sea Shepherd Adelaide
Upcoming Events 2013:
May 26th 2013
The Gov's Daybreak Music Festival
The Adelaide Chapter of Sea Shepherd Australia have been kindly invited to attend this intimate music festival. Sea Shepherd Adelaide's great friends " The Timbers" will be playing with Heather Frahn & The Moonlight Tide on the back of their recent live appearance at WOMADelaide, with Monkey Puzzle Tree and The Germein Sisters. Please come and support Ocean Conservation.
For tickets please go to : http://admin.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/daybreak-music-festival
If you would like to be part of Sea Shepherd Adelaide or want more information on upcoming events, please email Geoff at adelaide@seashepherd.org.au or call 0434603378. You can stay up to date by liking the Sea Shepherd Adelaide Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/seashepherdadelaide
"Recycling for Oceans" Project
Sea Shepherd Adelaide is running an ongoing collection service for all your refundable cans, bottles, cartons and plastics. We will come collect and cash in your recycling with all monies going directly into ocean conservation. We also have an “ Adopt a Bin “ program for those who want to be an ongoing supporter of the marine environment.
So if you’re having a party, event or commerical gathering please call us now!!
We also pick up scrap metal in the Sea Shepherd Adelaide trailer with all proceeds again going directly towards ocean conservation.
For an arranged pickup or for more information about the “Adopt a Bin” program please email Adelaide@seashepherd.org.au or message 0434603378.
Past Events:
May 19 2013
Roller Derby
An enthusiastic crowd cheered the skaters in Bout 3 of the Adelaide Roller derby, which saw Road Train Rollers v the Wild Hearses, backed by live music. Many fans took the opportunity to visit the Sea Shepherd stand in the interval. Thanks again to the Adelaide Roller Derby for their continued support!
By Co-Coordinator Andrew Correll
Friday 3rd May
Glenelg Backpackers
Sea Shepherd Adelaide was invited to have a stand at the Glenelg backpackers where 4 local bands were performing.
The Voice of trees, James Abberley, Ciaram Granger have been long term supporters of Sea Shepherd Adelaide and it was great to work with Arky and the Sparrow for the first time.
A great time was had by all and we thank the performers again for their fantastic support.
 
By Co Coordinator Andrew Correll
6 April 2013
Adelaide Roller Derby
The Atmosphere was electric for the 2013 opening bout of the Adelaide Roller Derby whereby the "Road Train Rollers" took on the "Salty Dolls". The live music set the scene and the athletes lived up to expectations. The Adelaide on shore crew were present with a stand and it was great to meet some of the fans and competitors who dropped by the stand to hear about the most successful Antarctic campaign to date.
 
By Co-Coordinator Andrew Correll
7 April 2013
Animal Liberation's "Walk for the animals"
Adelaide has a growing community of organisations dedicated to the rights and preservation of animals. The cream of these organisations gathered in Bonython Park to meet with the public and give the public a chance to walk their dogs together in the park. Sea Shepherd Adelaide was honoured to be invited to take part in this event, which was enjoyed by dogs and owners alike in the golden autumn sun.
 
By co-coordinator Andrew Correll
" Food for the Fleet"
With the Ships arriving back at their Southern Port of Williamstown Victoria, Sea Shepherd Adelaide put out the call to "Help the Sea Shepherd Fleet" with much needed provisions. Three vehicles took the 8 hour journey loaded up with hundreds of kilos of food to meet up for a mid-morning reunion with old and new friends.
Crews from the ships worked alongside the On Shore Volunteers to split the food 3 ways. This was followed by a kind invitation for lunch aboard the Bob Barker and personal tours.
Thanks to Woolworths, Vegan Online, A E Cranwell and Sons, Lenswood SA and the people of South Australia for being so supportive. Sea Shepherd Adelaide has a new saying.." If You Donate, Then We Will Deliver"
By Coordinator Geoff Cann
 
29 March 2013
Blenheimfest
The Easter long weekend saw Sea Shepherd Adelaide as guests of the Blenheim Music and Camping Festival. This music festival is situated in the picturesque Clare Valley region North of Adelaide. The festival brought together musicians in aid of "A New Hope" Cambodia charity organisation - which aims to break the cycle of poverty in the Mondul 3, Siem Reap region of Cambodia.
We were present as outreach education as well as hosting a small stall. The line up included Sea Shepherd supporters "Voice of Trees" , "The Timbers", as well as many other awesome bands such as "The Lizards", "Transatlantics" and "Bakers Digest". A very warm thank you to all of the organisers for havingus and to all the people who came up to talk to us - Thank you!
 
By Co Coordinator Michelle W
16th March 2013
Twisted Echidna Launch Party
Sea Shepherd Adelaide was asked by Lorna, Richi and Ian from " Twisted Echidna Booking Agency" to be part of their launch into music promotion. To celebrate, they floated the idea of donating the profits to Sea Shepherd Australia as well as us having a stall. The atmosphere was " Arcade Lane" in the " Adelaide Fringe" district. Three great bands, the Sea Shepherd logo projected on stage and a party atmosphere made for a successful night all round. The guys from twisted have ideas to make it a regular thing in support of the world's oceans, and the Adelaide Chapter will be there to assist with education.
Thanks to Rhys and the team at "Twisted".
 
16 and 17 March 2013
Oz Comic-Con
Following on from the overwhelming success of the Perth Chapter, the Adelaide Chapter of Sea Shepherd Australia was keen to represent the oceans equally as well.
We were totally taken back by the knowledge of patrons and continued support across the two days. It was truly a testament to the groundswell of supporters across the globe within different demographics. The highlight of the weekend was certainly a visit to the stall by Richard Dean Anderson (aka MacGyver and General O'Neil from Stargate)and Paul Brown from Langley Legends. Richard and Paul are on Sea Shepherd's Advisory Board. The Sea Shepherd stall was certainly a busy affair after their appearances.
Thanks so much to Oz Comic-Con and Rand for having us.
By Co Coordinator Michelle W
Friday 8–Monday 11 March 2013
Womadelaide
WOMAD 8th-11 March 2013
Festivals in Adelaide are abundant during Adelaide's "Mad March" Womadelaide is a four day music festival with international artists streaming in from across the globe to celebrate music, art, dance, culture and food.
Sea Shepherd Adelaide were part of this fantastic event. Volunteers worked hard from the early hours to the wee late night hours to promote Sea Shepherd Australia and the amazing work that our volunteers do for the oceans. We received enormous support from all the festival goers and a special thanks to the Womadelaide organising committee for having us.
Sea Shepherd are looking forward to next year!!
By Co Coordinator Michelle W
March 3rd 2013
Clean Up Australia Day Glenelg Beach
Following on from our 2012 event that had a handful in total, 2013 was an enormous improvement with about 80 strong. We were contacted by two schools and another group of fantastic Adelaide people, wanting to band together for the day. This year was the theme of really looking for those small pieces of plastics that inherently get into the digestive tracts of birds and fish.
In all we collected hundreds of kilos of various items and our plight made the National News. As usual cigarette butts were the most offending item and there was lots of interest and questions from the general public. Although this is an everyday issue, SS Adelaide will ensure a much larger turnout in 2014 in support of our local environment.
28th Feb 2013
Capri Screening of " Peaceable Kingdom"
Philip Wollen from Kindness Trust asked Sea Shepherd Adelaide to help present a screening of " Peaceable Kingdom" as part of the Adelaide Fringe. It was a great opportunity to work with other Adelaide based NGOs. The working group managed to pack the Capri cinema for an amazing night which includes a compelling and emotional presentation from Philip. The night was a wonderful success and generated much needed awareness for animal rights.
By Adelaide Coordinator Geoff Cann
February 23rd 2013
Gluttony at the Fringe
Sea Shepherd Adelaide was invited to partake in the Adelaide fringe festival by manning a stand at Gluttony in leafy Rymill Park. The weather was hot but it only added to wonderful party atmosphere which went into the early hours of Sunday morning.
Big Thanks to Daniel and the Gluttony organisers from Sea Shepherd Adelaide.
By Co Coordinator Andrew Correll
February 3rd 2013
The Brighton Jetty Classic
Adelaide has a huge history of beach culture and surf clubs. The Brighton Jetty Classic is South Australia's largest open water swim.
We were so proud to be part of this event and be placed squarely in between the entry and exit points for the swimmers.
It was great to see all the swimmers wrapping themselves up in our Black JR towels and we were glad to see so many informed people of all ages at the event.
We would dearly love to Thank Lisa, Trevor and Scott from the club for not only having us but locking us in for 2014. Please see www.brightonjettyclassic.com for swim results.
By SSCS Adelaide Coordinator Geoff Cann
February 3rd 2013
Earth Crisis at Fowlers Live
Earth Crisis invited Sea Shepherd Adelaide to attend their performance at Fowlers Live.
It was a great night of local music capped off by a rampaging performance by Earth Crisis.
Earth Crisis were full of energy and their environmental message was well received by the crowd.
 
By Co Coordinator Andrew Correll
Jan 26th 2013
Tour Down Under Aldinga Beach Party
Sea Shepherd Adelaide attended the Santos Tour Down Under UCI World Tour Event this year at Aldinga "beach party". The day started off with riders cycling past the beach esplanade festivities with a straight through pass mid-morning, followed by two sprint challenges. This gave the festivities a fantastic atmosphere for the large crowd of cycling fans, which also provided an exciting environment for Sea Shepherd outreach and merchandise. We were approached by many local and interstate amateur cyclists who were eager to purchase Sea Shepherd cycling tops and bibs. We even had a special appearance from Ali and Lee who model the cycling gear on the Sea Shepherd Australia website. A huge thank you to Aldinga for inviting us.
By SSAU Adelaide Co Coordinator Michelle W
January 25 2013
Big Day Out Adelaide
Big Day Out certainly lived up to its name for the Sea Shepherd crew in Adelaide. A 7am set up and an a late pack up proved successful over the long day, with huge amounts of foot traffic thanks to the location near the main stage area. The crew chatted with a lot of excited revelers, who showed their support with donations and by purchasing merchandise. The Jolly Roger and slides depicting some of the Sea Shepherd campaigns were shown on the large stage screens before the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit the stage, the fans responded with a rush of activity at the Sea Shepherd tent. Thanks to the BDO organisers and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers for the opportunity to attend this awesome event, we hope to return next year.
 
By SSAL Adelaide Co Coordinator Michelle W
January 20 2012
SSCS Adelaide Dolphin Day
The Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources invited Sea Shepherd Adelaide to take part in the Dolphin Day held at Port Adelaide.
It was a day for the public to come along and learn a bit more about the South Australia's unique Port river dolphins, but also a number of scientific talks took place in conjunction with the SA Maritime Museum.
The Port river dolphins swam past the stalls to give their support to the day. The Sea Shepherd on shore crew had a great time taking part in the dolphin day and it is always great to meet people interested in finding out what they can do to in support of the oceans and marine ecology.
 
By Co Coordinator Andrew Correll
Jan 5 2012
SSCS Adelaide Glenelg Backpackers Gig
Sea Shepherd Adelaide was invited by Voice of Trees to attend the album launch for their EP 'enChanted' on the 5th of January at Glenelg Backpackers.
It was an amazing and intimate venue, which shared the music of three fantastic musicians, their fans and the Sea Shepherd crew. We were asked to supply a Sea Shepherd back drop which included our large Jolly Roger flag being proudly displayed behind Voice of Trees instruments and centre stage.
Our stall here was a great success and wouldn't have been possible without the continued support from Voice of Trees, James Abberley and Ciaram Granger.
Thank you to all who attended, to Kym Higham and also to Glenelg Backpackers especially Holly and Tony for having us.
 
By Co Coordinator Michelle White
December 1 2012
Deep South Blues festival
Sea Shepherd Adelaide was invited to attend the first Deep South Blues and Roots Festival held at The Governor Hindmarsh. Sea Shepherd fans and supporters including " The Timbers" band made for a fantastic all day event. The festival was a great event to spread the Sea Shepherd word to over 4OO people within this one event - many of whom had not been exposed to the SSCS before. Through this great event we were able to continue our protection, conservation and defence education and engage many new patrons. We had a fantastic day of donor support, information and educational chats. What a great day for SSCS indeedy!
 
From Co Coordinator Michelle White
November 18 2012
World Vegan day
With the tide turning in Adelaide, SSCS is being invited more and more to local events. The World Vegan day was such a wonderful Family event. The demographic was amazing, giving us hope about what the next generation will do to support Ocean Conservation. We had lots of fun with raffles and outreach on the day. There was an amazing arrangement of fun and fare on show.
SSCS Adelaide looks forward to being involved with such amazing people again next year.
 
Nov 16 2012
Save the Sea Annual Fundraising Event
Higher Ground, 9 Light Square, Adelaide
Adelaide welcomed Captain Peter Hammarstedt and SSCS director Jeff Hansen to Adelaide. Jeff came to Adelaide in June 2012 when the Marine Parks Bill was introduced, so it was fitting that on his next visit the Marine Parks were realised.
Adelaide showed that Ocean Conservation is a high priority, and the crowd was well represented by musicians, artists and a wide variety of people from political and environmental circles. 6 months in the planning paid off, with bands playing at an amazing venue at Higher Ground. Adelaide Artists contributed over 30 pieces of work to fundraising. Raffles, Auctions, and amazing music all made for a great night of fun and education. Adelaide was blessed to hear a song written especially for SSCS by " The Timbers". This song has now been played at many events and is due for release soon.
Thank you Adelaide and all that hold Ocean Survival as a top priority, for now and into the future.
 
Photos and words thanks to Geoff Cann
November 3 2012
Common Roots Festival
"The Common" Montacute
Sea Shepherd were proud to be invited to the exciting Common Roots Festival that was held on the" Common" which is an area of land that with much discussion and lots of pressure from the community they were able to secure a 25yr lease for the land. The community had to show that the land is being used and that maintenance/development is continually happening. So the community held the festival to raise much needed funds for the maintenance of the grounds and the hall that is on the grounds.
 
Please check out more photos on the Facebook page www.facebook.com/CommonRootsFestival/photos_stream
September 30 2012
La Mar Sunday
3pm Glenelg Surf Club, Adelaide
Sea Shepherd Adelaide had a fantastic day at Glenelg Surf Club for La Mar Sunday, September 30th. With Bay Locals and Live Music Loves Alike.
 
September 28 2012
Sea Shepherd attends Frenzel Rhomb
7.00pm Adelaide Uni Bar
Frenzel Rhomb big supporters of SSCS put on an amazing gig. Adelaide SSCS were there to enjoy the night and spread the work on Ocean Conservation. Lindsey from JJJ came and spent time with the Adelaide crew. A great night for the oceans indeed.
 
September 22nd
Sea Shepherd Adelaide attending Xavier Rudd
7pm Thebby Theatre, Adelaide
Sea Shepherd Adelaide was grateful for Xavier Rudd's invitation to be present for Saturday night's concert at the Thebarton Theatre, while currently touring Australia with his latest release 'Spirit Bird.'
As the Jolly Roger flag flew high above the Thebby crowd there was much interest in our stall, with many generous people voicing their support and donating over the course of the night.
A big thank you to Xavier, The Barton Theatre and all involved for such a successful evening.
 
By Onshore Volunteer Scott Rossiter
September 8th
Supertrawler Rally
Sea Shepherd Adelaide were proud to work with other concerned citizens for the Day of Action against Supertrawlers. Once we heard of the FV Margiris finally landing on South Australian Shores we knew we needed to do something. Sea Shepherd worked alongside fishing, conservation and political groups for a common cause of Ocean Conservation.
Thankyou South Australians.
By Adelaide coordinator Geoff Cann.
9th August 2012
Sea Shepherd Adelaide attended artist Scott Bain opening
The SALA art festival, Adelaide
Renowned artist Scott Bain http://www.micromachina.com/ kindly invited Sea Shepherd Adelaide chapter to help open the South Australian Living Arts festival at the South Australian Maritime Museum.
It was a great night with lots of interaction of the Adelaide on shore shepherds and the guests of the festival. Scott has drawn lots of inspiration from Sea Shepherds ocean conservation efforts.
 
By Adelaide coordinator Geoff Cann.
June 24th
Fishermans' Wharf Markets, Port Adelaide
Sunday the 24th of June was Sea Shepherd's first appearance at the Port Adelaide Fishermans' Warf Markets. We set up our stall bright and early and straight away had people asking about when we would be there next.
We had a lot of interest from the public. People stopped to talk with us about Sea Shepherd's various campaigns. We sold a decent amount of merchandise on the day, and got a lot of coin donations. Other stall holders informed us that the markets were pretty quiet on the day and considering this I think we did a great job of promoting and raising funds for Sea Shepherd.
It was a great day with some really passionate people.
The market is on Sundays and public holidays 10am – 5pm. For more info on the markets please contact the market directly on 08)8341-2040 There is something for everyone and dolphin sight-seeing cruises run from this location!!
By On Shore Volunteer Jasmine Cichon J
 
June 14th
Bliss Cafe and Jeff Hansen
What a fantastic evening for the Adelaide Chapter of Sea Shepherd and for Bliss Café. Grace and the staff of Bliss Café put so much effort in to making this a mighty fine evening. SSCS Australia Director Jeff Hansen captivated the emotionally charged guests, consisting of a much varied group of environmentally aware individuals.
Fine food and fine friends came together for what can only be described as a “Win Win” evening for the oceans and the premises. Lots of interest and another signed up member for SSCS Adelaide.
By Adelaide coordinator Geoff Cann.
 
June 14th
Australian Director Jeff Hansen speaks in Adelaide
Today was a proud day for South Australia and for Sea Shepherd. Jeff Hansen was warmly received into the SA parliament to give an inaugural presentation to invited members and guests. Thanks to the Greens Tammy Franks and her team, representatives from Sea Shepherd Adelaide, The Body Shop, RSPCA, Animals Australia and parliamentary guests enjoyed a frank and honest presentation given by Jeff. The hour long session was concluded with a brief Q&A session and applause from the attendees.
By Adelaide coordinator Geoff Cann.
 
July 3rd
Whaletime Playtime Festival
The Annual Whaletime Playtime Festival celebrated the beginning of Whale Season. Sea Shepherd Adelaide had a stall there for the first time and will continue to do so every year.
The Whaletime Playtime Festival is a festival for kids with lots of entertainment like singing and puppet shows, jumping castles and rides, horse and camel rides. In order to keep with the KIDS theme, we had a colouring-in competition which proved very popular. My gorgeous little English Cocker Spaniel, Lulu, proudly donned a Sea Shepherd kids t-shirt and wandered around the festival. Every child that gave her a pat was directed to our stall for the colouring-in competition by my husband, Dean. This was fantastic as it brought Mums and Dads to our stall. We had a lot of interest and questions, not only from Mums and Dads, but much older people and teenagers as well.
Heaps of fun was had by all and we look forward to doing it all again next year!!!
By on shore volunteer Sherry Matthews
 
May 26th
Adelaide Roller Derby
Once again the people of Adelaide showed much interest in all things Sea Shepherd. There were many expressions of support for our Captain Paul Watson as well as ongoing support for what we stand for.
It was so great to see families out and about supporting such a fun event. The Salty Dolls defeated Geoff's team the Road Train Rollers, but the real winner of the night was Ocean Conservation.
We look forward to being involved at future events.
By Sea Shepherd Adelaide Coordinator Geoff Cann
March 30th
Xavier Rudd in Adelaide
Xavier Rudd and the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel kindly allowed Sea Shepherd to be part of the Adelaide shows for Xavier. We were grateful and surprised to get into both nights.
A young local James Abberly put on a great start to the show and was really excited to have Sea Shepherd there. Xavier as always put on an excellent show and praised Sea Shepherd so much on both nights. Thanks to Xavier for spending time with our volunteers after the show.
Once again we have lots of interest on the guest log, and the support for merchandise was amazing. Thanks to Allison and Michelle for their amazing effort in putting together successive nights. Thanks to Xavier and The Gov!!
By on shore volunteer Geoff Cann.
 
March 4th
Clean up Australia Day
Sea Shepherd Adelaide volunteers teamed up with Tammy Franks and Jamnes Danenberg from The Greens. They decided to tackle the Glenelg beach area for the clean up.
About a dozen volunteers scoured the walking track along the beach and managed to collect lots of cigarette butts, bottled, lighters, plastic cups etc. The small group of dedicated people attracted some attention and were able to sell some SSCS Merch as well to the locals as well.
We hope to see more volunteers next year.
By on shore volunteer coordinator Geoff Cann.
March 3rd
Soundwave Adelaide
Early on a Saturday morning the Adelaide chapter of Sea Shepherd lead by new coordinator Geoff head off for their first ever Soundwave festival. According to Geoff the Soundwave organisers were so friendly and helpful to the new crew, they gave them a magnificent stand in close proximity of the crowds, where they got to sample all threee stages at once.
Lots of interested parties at the event and they had many people sign up for the SSCS e-news. The interest was from all walks of life and merchandise sold well.
Thanks so much to the soundwave crew and look forward to Soundwave 2013.
By on shore adelaide coordinator Geoff Cann.
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