Rangas for Rangas Fundraiser Wed 21st July 6.30pm

Get into the Spirit and Dress Red Wednesday 21st of July 6.30pm at the Currumbin RSL for a night of laughter and fun for only $20!

Support the RANGAS FOR RANGAS Fundraiser and enjoy some of the best female comedians in the country.

These great women have got together to help save the ORANGUTANS and the rainforest by providing great entertainment and lotsa LAUGHS which we all need.
Funds raised will go to the ongoing replanting program in Sumatra and Orangutan rehabilitation.
Come along for a fantastic night for a fantastic cause.
Thanks
Trace


Media Release: Comedy Ranga
Help stop redheads from becoming extinct by supporting Rainforest Rescue in their bid to protect Orangutans. Mandy Nolan (an honorary Ranga) has invited three of her favourite red headed comics to join in on a riotous Ranga Raising night. Welcome to the stage : Gold FM’s Bridget Daley, Fiona McGary and Katrina Davidson….

As the sexy redheaded lady half of Gold FM’s Breakfast Radio, Bridget Daley has shown she’s willing to go that extra mile for a charity. She’s got her kit off for the Bras for Cancer campaign, she’s abseiled off a building, and now, this big hearted personality is about to get up and perform stand up, something she did very early in her career.

She’s joined by her Producer, stand up comedian Katrina Davidson. By day she’s in a glass box at the controls, by night, Katrina is a kick ass comic. Katrina has worked across Canada in impro and sketch comedy and is a founding member of Montreal ’s They Might be Midgets troupe. She has performed stand up comedy at Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival and has headlined for Vancouver’s Laff Riot Girls and successfully touring British Columbia.
One of the last true comic storytellers, Katrina takes you with her on a journey through her life. A dry wit, a healthy sense of the inconsistencies of life and a dark sense of humour are Katrina’s weapons and she’s not afraid to use them!
Fellow Ranga and comedian extraordinaire Fiona McGary joins the fray to support her furry friends. Fiona has performed as a stand up comeian for over 10 years, both nationally and internationally. She has hit the stage at every comedy venue in the country alongside comedy legends such as Jimeoin, Adam Hills, Arj Barker, Judith Lucy, Wil Anderson, Dave Hughes and a whole host more. IN 2006 she was one of only a dozen comics in Australia to be chosen to audition for The David Letterman Show.

The show will be Mc’d by Ms Mandy Nolan, who’s not a redhead, but has on occasion dyed her hair red and is by nature a rabble rouser and a lover of Orangutans. ‘They’re delicious!’ she jokes. ‘Seriously, put down that Kit Kat and come and have a laugh for the Rangas!’

Gold Coast girl Tracey Courtney has only recently returned from her trek through Burma with the Orangutans, and she’ll be showing some footage on the night.

All profits from ticket sales will go towards Rainforest Rescue: www.rainforestrescue.org.au
Tix are $20 and can be purchased via www.currumbinrsl.com.au or at Currumbin RSL reception 0755347999

True Friends Email

I was recently sent this email anonymously and wanted to share it with you...

True Friends

After losing his parents, this 3 year old orangutan was so depressed he wouldn't eat and didn't respond to any medical treatments. The veteranarians thought he would surely die from sadness. The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the grounds in the park at the zoo where the orangutan lived and took the dog to the animal treatment center. The dog arrived at the same time the orangutan was there being treated. The 2 lost souls met and have been inseparable ever since.

The orangatang found a new reason to live and each always tries his best to be a good companion to his new found friend. They are together 24 hours a day in all their activities.


They live in Northern California where swimming is their favorite past time, although Roscoe (the orangutan) is a little afraid of the water and needs his friend's help to swim.

Together they have discovered the joy and laughter in life and the value of friendship.
They have found more than a friendly shoulder to lean on.


Long Live Friendship!!!!!!!

I don't know......some say life is too short, others say it is too long, but I know that nothing that we do makes sense if we don't touch the hearts of others.......while it lasts!

A Redhead Saving Redheads – Barchinos Fundraiser

A major thank you must go out to all of those who attended and supported the Invitation To "The Orangutan Adventure Trek" I survived the jungle... Fundraiser held at the fabulous Barchino Restaurant, Chairlift Ave Nobby Beach last month!!!
Thank you for turning up to make a difference to the lives of Orangutans and the rainforest.... My apologies for not having replied earlier to everyone. With your generous contribution of time and money we raised funds to replant illegally logged national parks and support the Orangutan Education programs in Sumatra.
40 people attended a screening of a photographic presentation direct from the Sumatran Jungle, observing Orangutans in the wild and my journey through this beautiful land and its people.

The evening was a massive success due to the amazing people who attended, the scrumptious food, the live music and the generosity of volunteers such as Dave, Andy, Murray, Kim, and the fabulous Barchinos staff.

A warm thank you to Dave and Emma for their bravery in putting themselves up for Auction.

All proceeds $1500 raised through the auction and also the raffles of prizes so generously donated by

• 10 ANTS Jewellery 171 Surf Parade , Broadbeach.
  Evohe Skincare, Burleigh Heads
  Thai I Am Restaurant, Miami (Coles complex).
  That's Amore, Miami village shops
  Indian Delights 2098 GC HIGHWAY Miami

from the evening were gratefully accepted by Rainforest Rescue's replanting project in Sumatran national park that has been illegally logged.

PS: Did you know that I am about to launch Orangutan Education Treks for school students 12 to 15years! These adventures will give them the grass roots experience in Sumatra.... with the Orangutans, the habitat and the Indonesian school kids which will change their lives and therefore help to ensure the future of not only the continued existence of the precious Orangutan species but the future of our world’s environment.

Love Tracey

Tristan’s Endorsement

"My name is Tristan and I live in Ballart..

I was a part of the Orangutan Adventure Trek.

The trek was a WONDERFUL experience.

It provided me with the "courage" to achieve my goals in life.

You not only get to trek in a rainfotest, but to trek through a JUNGLE of beauty and great wilderness, meet animals you have never seen before.

I would recommend the trek to people around my age,because it is a lifechanging experience.

Tristan New 13 years.
May 19th 2010

How gorgeous!!!!!

Tristan wants to become an Archeologist when he grows up.

Love this kid!!!!

Trace

Adventure Trek Video

Prologue to the Adventure Trek

Once being touched by the magic of the Sumatran Jungle and the intimate exposure to orangutans in the wild, my life has changed forever.

Trekking through the dense, thick, lush all pervading organic breathing Jungle... I am made very aware of my smallness amidst this haven that was created for its 8,500 species of animal and plant life. Not for me; the "invading human" wanting to catch a glance of what the Jungle has to offer.

The yin and yang is that ecotourism supports the locals and will put an end HOPEFULLY to illegal logging in National Parks, Is this my pie in the sky dream?? Yes it is!
Reality reared its ugly head when we visited the Palm oil village on the last day of our tour and met with a school in the village.

The education programs Rainforest Rescue fund, go into these schools; teaching the babies that the rainforest and orangutans are a good thing.. necessary and natural. These children have been brain washed by growing up around palm oil tree plantations, watching their parents remain poor, struggling and buying their own water!!!!! We try to educate them to the harsh reality that Palm oil trees deplete the soil COMPELETELY...

The silver lining to this story is the replanting program. Rainforest rescue have poisoned 500 ha of illegally logged forest, replacing this area with fast growing natives. 6 to 8 orangutans have been spotted returning to the area. A MIARCLE!

We need to nurture, save and protect this land. Keeping orangutans in sanctuaries and creating dependent orangutans is not the answer. We need land to release these beautiful intelligent loving creatures into... there is not much land left.

Rainforest rescue are doing Amazing work so please consider donating to the cause.
75c a day will pay to have a local fed and a tree planted.

Hati senang

Happy heart

With Love

Tracey

Gold Coast Bulletin: Paradise Magazine Supports Barchinos Fundraiser

Paradise Magazine Acknowledgement and Thanks

She trekked through the dense jungle of Sumatra, from 400ft above sea level to 1000ft, in 93 per cent humidity but Tracey Courtney discovered the pain had plenty of gain when she came across this touching pair of orangutans. The mother and baby along with what remains of the wild orangutans, are endangered thanks to big corporations replanting the jungle with palm oil trees used for confectionery, potato chips and packaged foods.

Tracey will hold a fundraiser, including a slide show of her jungle trek, at Barchino Restaurant, Nobby Beach, this Thursday April 22, at 6.oopm. Monies Raised will go to Rainforest Rescue, http://www.rainforestrescue.org.au/

REF: Vanessa Jones Paradise Magazine Article pg 7 April 17-18 2010