Driving Change for First Nations Tourism – NAIDOC Event
This year’s NAIDOC theme of ‘Heal Country’ calls for stronger measures to recognise, protect and maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.
Main Image: Journalist and SBS presenter John Paul Janke and First Nations author, poet and commentator Dr Anita Heiss were the MC’s of the event (supplied).
The Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) held a NAIDOC Corporate Breakfast, in the Year of Indigenous Tourism, this morning which sold out with over 350 tourism and corporate leaders in attendance.
This year’s NAIDOC theme of ‘Heal Country’ calls for stronger measures to recognise, protect and maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.
By Justin RouillonWednesday 23 Dec 2020
Main Image: The Heeler family wrap up opening night in style (Image: Darren Thomas). Listen: Arthur Muhl chats to yours truly about the Bluey Stage Show experience.
It’s 5:45pm on a Tuesday night and I’ve managed to wrangle my six and four year olds (yep I’ve got the Heeler pair) into their seats at QPAC’s Playhouse for the opening night of the Bluey Stage Show.
To say they were excited about seeing their favourite talking dogs live on stage was a slight understatement!
In any other year this would be a normal opening night, but in 2020, the premiere of Bluey’s Big Play is an achievement that all Queenslanders can be proud of. After the season’s cancellation during the shutdowns earlier this year, the Bluey Stage Show is now the first theatrical premiere in the world to take place with a 100% capacity audience. It’s almost like a celebration that we all got through 2020 together!