The Carnivale is over…
YAY! Wasn’t THAT fun !
2010 Port Douglas Carnivale was a fabulously successful 10 days of community and family fun, food and wine and general merriment. We were blessed again by great weather and great support from the community and visitors to the area.
Every year a huge amount of people work behind the scenes to help bring the infrastucture and administrivia into place and these …
Bus Transport Cairns – Port Douglas during Carnivale
Sun Palm Transport are giving an exclusive offer to all Cairns Carnivale participants the chance to get to all the fabulous events at a very discounted rate of $20 return! That’s a saving of $50!!!
Bookings are essential and the 2010 Port Douglas Carnivale is going to be the best yet! Bookings: 4087 2900
Bus Time Tables
Fri 21st May. Carnivale Street Parade 6 pm – 11 pm * …
2010 Carnivale Street Parade Entertainment!
2010 Port Douglas Carnivale Street Parade will explode in a ball of hi-octane street entertainment designed to turn the evening into a true street party! With entertainment zones up and down Macrossan St there will be something to keep everyone entertained from 5 pm till midnight (stopping for the fireworks at 9 pm)!
Crazy Shirlee Sunflower will be looking for love in all the wrong …
A History of Port Douglas Carnivale 1994 – 2007
A HISTORY OF PORT DOUGLAS VILLAGE CARNIVALE
by Kerrie Jamieson, one of the original founders of Port Douglas Carnivale.
1994 – 2007 OVERVIEW:
1994: THE FIRST EVER PORT DOUGLAS CARNIVALE
Held 28th May to 5th June 1994
Festivals had been held in Port Douglas for many years and one of the most popular was the Reef and Rainforest event and was truly a Community …
ROCK N BLUES BLASTS TO BEX MARSHALL
ROCK N BLUES BLASTS TO BEX MARSHALL
Organisers of the Carnivale Rock N Blues Bonanza have just announced UK’s Bex Marshall will take to the stage at Rex Smeal Park on May 23rd at this inaugural event. Kim Hurley from Radio Port Douglas said having Bex Marshall on the bill was a huge bonus, and resulted from a late line up change when Jesse Dean Freeman was unable to attend the …
Carnivale Recommends: Port Douglas Accommodation
Support the great Port Douglas Accommodation Properties ( hotels, resorts, apartments ) that support Carnivale:
(CLICK ON THE HEADLINE ABOVE TO GO TO COMPLETE LIST WITH LIVE LINKS)
Hibiscus Resort and Spa
Pink Flamingo Resort
A Tropical Nite
Dougie’s Backpackers
Lazy Lizard Motor Inn
Le Cher Du Monde
Peninsula Boutique Hotel
Sheraton Mirage
The White …
Carnivale Entertainment: The Spin Sisters
Lady Elle
Baby Lemonade
THE SPIN SISTER S or THE SPINSTERS for short
Baby Lemonade and Lady Elle are not your typical Spinsters. This dynamic duo is a high octane hoop troupe who get into a whirl of trouble whenever they’re together! For the last 12 years the zany Baby Lemonade has been burning up the stage from Victoria to the San Francisco Bay with a background in Poi …
Carnivale Entertainment: The Great Dave!
THE GREAT DAVE does TEA FOR TWO
The Great Dave’s obsession with tea has led him to abandon his country’s traditional poise and execute a trick “rarely seen outside of The Chinese State Circus”. Watch and be amazed as he kicks cups, saucers and a spoon on to his head, whilst riding a unicycle!!! What sort of a mad man does that? The Great Dave has “brewed up” his special …
Carnivale Entertainment: Shirlee Sunflower
The Shirlee Sunflower Show
Shirlee Sunflower is a physical comedian in search of love. Shirlee with her glasses and fluffy yellow shorts will charm her way into your life. She places amazing trust in her audience to perform her quirky and stretchy acrobatic stunts, not to mention her leap of love from a five foot table into a precariously placed bucket of water. Beware as Shirlee entices …
Carnivale Club Entertainment: Take Five featuring Wilma Reading
Wilma Reading
If Australian Australian entertainment history has an unknown fairytale it is the story of Wilma Reading.
As a young seventeen year old Wilma left her hometown of Cairns to appear on the Australian television show Bandstand. After recording for Festival Records in Sydney Wilma did the unthinkable for a young girl of her background and age, she embarked on an …
Carnivale Club Entertainment: Los Caracoles
Biography LOS CARACOLES
Songs of Love & Nature
The lyrics of the song list of Los Caracoles cover a wide range – love, nature, the environment and even social issues. Los Caracoles is a Latin folk/dance/world music band who sing in English, Spanish and sometimes Italian. Some of the songs are slow and wistful, some are fast and “pumpy” and people like to dance to them. Los …
Carnivale Entertainment: Simon Asquith
“Onstage , Simon lets his soulful nylon strings and sensual, life affirming lyrics coax the audience into the uncertain future with all the strength and hope that love and music can provide” ( T. Marke 2008 )
Described as “ edgy, soulful, and a mantra for the modern world” , Simon’s original slant on the roots/indie acoustic scene is gathering momentum with a strong …
Carnivale Club Entertainment: The McMenamins
THE McMENAMINS
The McMenamins are a brother and sister duo from Far North Queensland. Fleur (guitar and vocals) and Simon (violin, mandolin, banjo, harmonies), entwine their honeyed vocal harmonies with driven instrumentals to create beautiful, often footstompin’ folk/alt country acoustica. Rolling Stone magazine described their gigs as ‘rock solid folk’. Their two …
Carnivale Club Entertainment: Matt Kirsch
“Matt Kirsch has this ability to take a melody and deconstruct it until it is almost unrecognisable, apart from the occasional hint at the riff and then to bring it back together just in time for a loving full stop.
Kirsch prefers the laid back and late night sounds, hence the tile of the album “nightmusic”. He loves to slow down the melody, off beat and pre-emptive until he is …
Carnivale Club Wine and Cheese Tasting
Stuart Blackwell’s outstanding achievements with St Hallett wines and commitment to the Barossa over the past 30 years was fully recognisedby his peers and the ‘Barons of the Barossa’who awarded him “2003 Barossa Winemaker of the Year.”
Stuart Blackwell’s winemaking career spans four decades. Having first dabbled with winemaking in Australia’s McLarenVale, Stuart was …
Carnivale Entertainment: Hillbilly Goats
From the Port Douglas Hinterland, Australia, the Hillbillygoats have travelled and performed over 250 live shows at festivals, pubs, clubs and corporate events. The dynamic duo of Bryce and Mahney Wearne take their influence of Hillbilly Roots, Ole Time Music and Modern & Traditional Bluegrass and combine it with Rock’n’Roll Favourites and Australiana to present 4 different shows …
Carnivale Club Entertainment: Kan’d Peaches
http://www.myspace.com/kandpeaches
Band Bio: Emerging on New Years Eve 2008 with their first single ‘Party Boy’ at their first ever gig, Kan’d Peaches have gone on to perform at various music events and festivals and have even had their music video played on Channel TEN. Within the first year they had won both the Mossman and Cairns Under 18 Highschool Battle of the Bands with …
Carnivale Entertainment: 1RAR Big & Jazz Bands
1 RAR Band is known throughout North Queensland as the premiere military band of the north. Not only does the band carry out ceremonial tasking for the Army, it also finds itself in great demand from the public for performances. This goes hand in hand with the band’s role in raising the profile of the army to the civilian community. It is often said that the band is the public face of …
Carnivale Club: Rafters Party
P OST STREET PARADE!
Carnivale Club Evening Session (7 – 12 pm)
DJ Juzi, DJ Smoothie, DJ Sammy J, DJ 911, Spinn Sisters Hoopstars,
Juzzie has been in port douglas for 15 years , a passion for electronic music for over 20 years started me playing here in port at mango jam back in the day and at various partys over the years , always for the love of the music and people , playing …
Carnivale Entertainment: Savidas
SAVIDAS are performing at the Carnivale Club Sunset Session before the Street Parade kicks off on Friday, and also at entertainment zones all along Macrossan Street between 8.30 pm and midnight.
The music of Savidas is a seamless wave of acoustic rootsy grooves, haunting melodies, and deep vocals that pose the question within the answer. Having been described as Michael Franti meets John …
2010 Carnivale Street Parade Road Closures
T IME IN
TIME OUT
CODE
STREET BARRICADE CROSSES
INTERSECTION
NEAR
6:00 AM
1:00 AM
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MACROSSAN ST
MAC / OWEN
Wicked
* shift to FINZ side of intersection 6 – 9 pm
6:00 AM
1:00 AM
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MACROSSAN
MAC / GRANT
Adjacant to CBA stairs
6:00 AM
1:00 AM
C
MACROSSAN
MAC / WHARF
Courty / …
Fashion shopping
Ladies looking for Masks (for the Masquerade Ball) and fascinators (for the longest lunch) should get down to the Port Sunday markets and check out the mask/fascinator stall the boat ramp end of the markets. Next Sunday will be the last day for Masks for this stall before the Masquerade Ball and she will bring additional stock.
You can grab a look at some of the stock at the website: …
2010 Port Douglas Carnivale: Youtube Ad
Feel free to embed this ad into your own websites or facebook pages. …
Meet the Miss Carnivale 2010 Entrants!
MELANIE ANN BOON
Hi My name is Melanie Boon, Im entering Miss Carnivale to support and encourage the local community to get together and celebrate a fantastic event each year. Also any amount of money we can give to researching Breast Cancer I am more than happy to be apart of.. As for my achievements in my adult life, Im already there, being the oldest contestant Ive already …
2010 Port Douglas Carnivale Event Map
Base map used with permission by www.portdouglaswebs.com.au
1. Carnivale Club at the Sugar Wharf (Nightly events)
2. Macrossan Street: Street Parade
3. Street Parade Amusement Rides
4. Rex Smeal Park: Food, Wine and a Taste of Port ; Douglas Rock N Blues Bonanza ; Palates of Port: A Degustation Under the Stars
5. Four Mile Beach: Beach Day
6. Meriden Marina: Seafood …
2010 Port Douglas Carnivale: Carnivale Club Membership
Want to help Carnivale out but don’t have a lot of time on your hands?
Want to show your support for this fantastic community event but don’t know how?
What better way is there than to become a card-carrying Carnivale Club Member?!
Carnivale is an annual community event and survives on sponsorship and donations. This year organisers have provided community members and local …
2010 Carnivale Beach Cricket Trophy! Entry Forms here.
Carnivale 2010 Beach Cricket bigger and better!!
The beach cricket competition for Carnivale 2010 on Four Mile Beach is going to be bigger and better than ever before.
This year it’s starting two weeks out from the official Carnivale Family Beach Day on May 29th. Eight teams will be playing on Saturday 15th May and a further eight teams playing the following Saturday 22nd May …
Unmasking this year’s Carnivale Ambassadors
UNMASKING THIS YEAR’S CARNIVALE AMBASSADORS
The quest is on to unmask this year’s Port Douglas Carnivale ambassadors.
Organisers of this year’s Miss Carnivale contest are building on the successful format established at this popular event last year, with plans already established to launch this year’s winners at an all out glamour Masquerade Ball at the Rydges Sabaya Resort on …
Carnivale rocks to the tune of “Everything is OK!”
Listen: “Everything is Okay”
We here at Carnivale like to think that everything is OK, all the time. In fact, we like to think that everything is most swimmingly excellent, all the time (well, unless there’s a bloody great python in the chook shed at 3 am). So when we heard Omid Master’s song “Everything is OK”, well, we thought it fit Carnivale, and the Douglas region like …
Clever Chris and his crazy mask.
2010 Port Douglas Carnivale key Graphic Element by designer Chris Cotton
Look at this fabulous graphic designed by graphic artist Chris Cotton – you’ll be seeing it all over the place in the coming months as the media campaign starts to kick into gear. Chris’s brief was to come up with an image that represents all the elements of Carnivale and we think he’s done a great job! …
Carnivale is a non-profit event presented by Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce