and the Thin Green Line Foundation present a music festival like no other
- Lineup (pdf)
- General Info
- Music
- Food & Drinks
- Art & Film
- Film
- Eco Village
- Staying on Peninsula
- Getting there
- Map (pdf)
- Stall Holders Info
- Terms & Conditions
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Thank you for buying tickets for the first
Thin Green Line Festival and supporting the work of
The Thin Green Line Foundation around the globe.
You’ll see the price of one Adult ticket will support
the family of a ranger killed in the line of duty for
one month.
One child’s ticket helps buy a solar cooker which
will reduce the need for poaching wood in the
forest by 80% in some areas, thus reducing conflicts
and protecting the environment.
So, your ticket is much more than a passport to a
great festival ... it’s making a difference.
You must be a great person because you’re
coming to the festival, but here are some points
for you to consider to help make the event run in
the best possible way for all the punters and the
environment.
Every aspect of the festival is designed to be
environmentally responsible and the festival is
carbon positive – meaning a greater amount of
carbon will be offset than the festival produces.
To help us achieve this we encourage you to catch
the train, walk, ride or catch the shuttle bus to
the event. The shuttle bus runs from Bittern Station
meeting all trains and will stop at Point Leo,
Shoreham, Balnarring Beach, Somers Camping
grounds with a stop at Balnarring Shopping Centre
where ATMs are available.
The shuttle bus is free.
The parking fee onsite is $10 per car or reduced to
only $2 if you have 3 or more people in your vehicle.
Where possible food and alcohol are produced
with sustainable practices and an emphasis on
organic and fair trade practices. So, you’ll be able
to enjoy a variety of world foods, local beers and
fine wine.
Chilled water will be available onsite at no cost
... so bring a water bottle. Fruit cordial will also be available for kids for free. Also bring sunscreen,
hats, and warm clothing for the evening
Please remember this is a fundraising festival and
we ask you help us by observing the following:
• No BYO alcohol or food
• No glass
• No chairs – bring a blanket for the roped-off
blanket area (first in, best dressed here!)
Gates open at 10am and close at 9pm – first act on at 11am.
Coolart will be fenced for the event and entry is only available at the front entrance off Lord Somers Rd and the beach track for those coming by foot from Balnarring and Somers.
All other entry points will be closed.
Please observe this to ensure we can run the festival
again next year.
**Those who get there before 10.30am will receive
20% discounts on all Thin Green Line sustainable
merchandise and priority access to the blanket
areas and entry for guest-speakers and movies
showing in the theatrette.
Music
Gates open at 10am, first act on at 11am
These Great artists featured on 2 stunning stages, Homestead Stage and Kaymunnity stage,amongst the stunning grounds, great trees and shade of Coolart
MORNING - Kicking off at 11am - gates open 10am
get in early to catch some great acts and grab some prime positions.
Welcome to Country
Tash Parker
Chris Collective
Tom Vesera
EARLY AFTERNOON
Minatures of Massive
Tom E Lewis
Dan Warner
Bedroom Philosopher
Shane Howard & Neil Murray - The Two Songmen
Cousin Leonard
Tubovas
Wishing Well
THE Josh Owen Band
LATE AFTERNOON
Archie Roach
Mia Dyson
In a Unique - Once Off Acoustic Set - with former YOTHU YINDI Performers Banula Marika and Malngay Yununipingu
Bomba
ALL DAY
ROVING CIRCUS PERFORMANCE
Roving African drumming troup
GIANT PUPPETS
Ranger Art Auction
INTERACTIVE ART CONNECTING YOU TO A RANGER SOMEWHERE INTHE WORLD!
Inspiring World Documentaries
ECO VILLAGE
Micro Breweries-even one on a bike that fills up your beers as he travels!
LOCAL WINES
Great food
Concludes at 9pm.
Food & Drinks
FREE water for all ( bring your empty water bottle ) and FREE Fruit Juice cordial for kids
Organic world foods to satisfy the summer taste-buds, with all produce organically and locally grown where possible. All meals $10 or less!
Also available onsite will be 3 micro-breweries bars and local wines for you to enjoy during the festival.
The MICROBREWERIES include MOUNTAIN GOAT AND THE LOCAL HIX BEER as well as the GOOD BREW CO who will ride around with chilled beer barrel and taps to fill your thirst on the move!!
Beer and Wine prices are kept low and you'll be served scooners of high quality microbrewery beer.
Please note this is a licensed fundraising festival so strictly no alcohol will be allowed to be brought onsite.
**All ticket holders will be banded and proof of id will be required for over 18 banding to purchase and consume alcohol. Please bring your ID. Any offenders WILL be omitted form the gig (which we'd prefer not to have to do so do the right thing! Cheers)
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Art & Film
World films, focussing on social and environmental films will be shown in the theatre with some films being introduced by the film makers themselves Including Tom E Lewis from the Kimberley, and Banula Marika form Arnhem Land of Yothu Yindi fame..
...and yes we might even sneak in The Thin Green Line documentary.... we are hoping to have a special guest all the way form Uganda to introduce the film..the wonderful John Makombo ...who was in charge of Mountain gorilla protection at Bwindi National Park who appears at the end of the film.
Throughout the venue we will also have Ranger ART including paintings and photos done by park rangers form around the globe...not only do they protect wildlife but their intimate connection to the lands they protect can be seen through the images they produce...
You as a punter will also have the chance to contribute onsite during the day to an international interactive art project...that will connect you individually to a ranger somewhere in the world!
FILMS SHOWING
The Thin Green Line - International Ranger Documentary
In some of the world's most breathtaking protected areas, share this behind the scenes, unique and very personal view of men and women of The Thin Green Line as they talk to one of their own. You'll experience their world as a ranger talking to rangers, all of whom are also husbands, wives, mothers, fathers - and it's never a 9 to 5 job.
Go side-by-side on patrol; experience their sacrifice, dedication, passion, fears, joys, exhilaration, love, despair, anguish, camaraderie ... and hope.
This is an Access All Areas pass - you'll go off t he tourist trail to ride with the guardians of the world's protected natural gems as they encounter elephant charges in South Africa, walk with armed patrols defending the Mountain Gorillas of Central Africa, hang from helicopter high above the Rockies to pluck an injured hiker to safety.
THE DAY AFTER PEACE
The Day After Peace charts the remarkable 10-year journey of award-winning filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish an annual Peace Day on 21 September. The camera follows Gilley as he galvanises the countries of the world to recognise an official day of ceasefire and non-violence.
But even after the member states of the UN unanimously adopt Peace Day, the struggle isn’t over. As the years pass, there’s not a single ceasefire. The voices of the cynics are growing louder – and now Gilley’s non-profit organisation, Peace One Day, is in dire financial straits. But he can’t let it fail.
The film’s breathtaking conclusion finds Gilley joined by Jude Law in Afghanistan, attempting to spearhead a massive vaccination against polio on Peace Day. Will peace prevail? Will lives be saved? Or were the cynics right?
The Day After Peace is a moving testament to the power of an individual and the perseverance of the human spirit.
A SPEACH BY ROBERT F KEENDY JUNIOR
One of the most inspirational speeches from one of the worlds most well known political families.
RFK JNr tells of the River Keepers, working class men and women who managed to sue some of the worlds biggest corporations and start a world movement to protect rivers and our collective wealth the environment
Muyingarbi AND Introduction and Questions by Tom E Lewis
In May 2007, Tom E. Lewis invited four senior Aboriginal Songmen from Arnhem Land to explore the place of the ancient in the modern through their music. Recording with legendary guitarist Ross Hannaford, the Songmen experimented with a musical exchange that might reflect the possibilities of the dual worlds they now occupy. The result is the CD Muygnarnbi – Songs from Walking with Spirits profiled in this documentary.
Eco Village
The Eco-village at the historic Coolart wetlands is close-by to the Festival, on the shores of the picturesque Somers Beach on the Mornington Penninsula. Featured will be a mini display on sustainable living and information on how you can get involved with an organization that is interested in helping you make a difference to the planet.
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Staying on Peninsula
There are many options for staying on the Peninsula close to the festival. There are many Hotels, B&B's and camping facilities... so you can enjoy the festival and all that Mornington Peninsula has to offer the next day.
You can suss the hotels out and B&B's yourself online.
Here is the info about the local camping ground that our shuttle buses will run from on Feb 14th and morning of Feb 15th.
ITS UP TO YOU TO BOOK YOURSELF IN SO HERE'S THE LINKS
http://www.balnarring.net/
http://www.aussieweb.com.au/details.aspx?id=1921291
http://www.pointleo.com/
Shoreham Foreshore Reserve Phone 03 5989 8325
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There are heaps of great ways to get to the gig!
We are a Carbon Positive gig -meaning we're taking more carbon out of the atmosphere than we produce... but we do need your help to make that work.. including how you get to the gig. We believe positive action for the planet takes all of us to get involved even when we are having a festival... so consider these options...
TRAINS AND SHUTTLE BUSES
If you get the train to Frankston form the city (45min -1 hour) and continue on to Bittern ( 30 minutes) we will have buses meeting you at the station and dropping you off at camping grounds listed below and to the venue. Shuttle buses will run between the station and venue and camping grounds all day February 14th and will run a morning service on Feb 15th. The bus is free, but entry tickets will need to be shown to gain access to the bus.
Ferry form Phillip Island to Stoney Point.
A shuttle bus will meet you at the ferry to take you to campgrounds (that you'll need to book independently) and to the Festival
go to http://www.interislandferries.com.au/ for ferry times.
BIKES
There is a bike path all the way from bittern station so you can safely ride the 5km's to the venue.
For the more adventurous you can ride all the way form Frankston station and for the insane or very fit all the way from the city.. Bike racks will be supplied at the venue with security present ( ..but yeah they are left at our own risk..not that we expect any probs)
WALKING
For those staying locally AND WHO HAVE PRE PAID TICKETS- you can start the day off with nice short walk along the beach to the venue from Somers or Balnarring, and on the right tides all the way form PT Leo.
Entrance via the beach is via one sign posted entrance on the beach only.. All other entrances will be closed and patrolled.
DRIVING
For those driving form further afield parking will be available onsite.
Parking is $10 PER CAR but reduced to only $2 if 3 or more people are in the car. Entrance is off Lord Somers Rd.
If you are driving to one of the camping grounds you can use the shuttle buses to the event for free with a valid festival ticket.
Please note priority entrance and exit for all vehicles will be given firstly to shuttle buses then vehicles fully occupied and finally cars with a sole occupant.
HELICOPTERS
Not an option really...unless your a ranger fighting some fires nearby.
The Thin Green Line Festival invites applications from sustainable food providers and sustainable business and positive agents of social and conservation change to display their wares and efforts.
For food an empahsis is placed on world foods and organic produce sourced from the local area where possible, for stall holders in the eco- village the theme is "Agents of Change"... we invite all sustainable businesses promoting sustainable living and other orgnaisations that actively promote sustainable living and change.
Application forms:
- General stalls
- Food stalls
