Sanctuary Emus-letter 1 Oct 2011

Wildlife Hospital Foundation Gala Dinner

You are invited to purchase tickets to the 2011 Foundation Gala evening. The evening includes a sumptuous 3 course dinner, drinks, entertainment and auction, animal photo opportunities as well as special guest speaker Gerrard Gosens – blind adventurer, dual Paralympian, motivational speaker, author and competitor on Dancing with the Stars.

Join us to congratulate our golden girl and Currumbin Wildlife Hospital ambassador Sally Pearson who together with her partner Kieren, has graciously agreed to join us at the dinner. Sally has had a world champion year and is back in training on the GC preparing for the all important 2012 London Olympics.

Proceeds of the night go directly to Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation enabling the dedicated veterinary team to continue treating sick and injured wildlife to release back to their local habitats. Spring is the busiest time at the hospital with many new baby wildlife being born and vulnerable to predators, cars and city life. At last count the hospital was treating in excess of 6500 native wildlife a year at a cost in excess of $300,000 annually – unachievable without continued support from generous donors and the community.

The evening will be hosted by Flan from 102.9 Hot Tomato.

Venue: Currumbin Wildlife Hospital
Date: 22nd October 2011
Time: 6pm for a 6:30pm start
Cost: $100 per head
Dress: Black Tie

RSVP Phone Karen, (07) 5534 0810 Email: kgreen@cws.org.au

Click here to download a booking form.

Can’t attend? Show your support by donating to the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation here...

Centenary Celebrations

Join us this October in celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary’s founder, Alexander Griffiths! In honour of Alex, a giant birthday cake will be cake in the Lorikeet Arena on 5th October along with the re-launch of the Sanctuary's Miniature Steam Train.

Born in 1911, Dr. Alexander Morris Griffiths was an avid gardener and beekeeper. He founded the Currumbin Bird Sanctuary on his family property in 1947 after he started feeding the local wild lorikeets to distract them from damaging his flowers, an initiative that grew into a major tourist attraction. In 1976, Currumbin Bird Sanctuary became a National Trust of Queensland property.

*Discounted price applies to day admission between 10/10/2011 - 31/10/2011 only.

Photo Memories Competition!

Submit your favourite photos of your time at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary using the form on our Facebook page and to go in the draw to win 1 of 2 great prizes!

Prize 1 – Fuji Film Finepix F550 digital camera - People’s choice award. Photo with most ‘likes’ 31st by October 2011
Prize 2 – Signed Gold Coast Titans Football - Judged by Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Staff

Once submitted, your photos will be uploaded to the Photo Memories folder where you can send your friends to 'like' your photos.

 If you already like our page, simply click on the Photo Memories link on the left of the page to be taken to the form.

Entries close 31st October 2011. Winners announced 2nd November 2011. Max 3 entries per person.

Winners of our May Mates Rates flights to Kuala Lumpur, Kay and Manfred, sent us some photos (right) of them on their trip. Looks like they had an amazing time checking out some foreign furry friends!

Caldera Art Festival at Currumbin

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is once again proudly sponsoring this year's Caldera Art Festival. The festival plays an important part in the Green Cauldron Steering Committee's strategy to push Australia's Green Cauldron as a nature-based tourism destination.

Visitors to the exhibition will enjoy some of the finest work by artist’s inspired by our National Iconic Landscape and  Australia’s Green Cauldron – the area stretching from Byron Bay in the south to Springbrook National Park in the west, and up to Burleigh Heads in the north.

The winning artworks will be exhibited at the Tweed River Art Gallery until Sunday, November 13. The exhibition will be officially opened by Tweed Mayor Barry Longland at 4:30pm, Saturday October 1 at Murwillumbah's Civic Centre Auditorium.