Dragons Abreast Festival in Cannon Hill, Queensland, Australia | Community organisation

Dragons Abreast Festival

Locality: Cannon Hill, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 434 906 208

Address: PO Box 380 4170 Cannon Hill, QLD, Australia

Website: http://dragonsabreastfestival2016.gofundraise.com.au/

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25.01.2022 For 11 years, the Dragons Abreast Corporate and Community Regatta, known as the DAA Festival, has been DAA’s annual major fundraiser and awareness event, and has created many fabulous memories and experiences both for our members and corporate and community crews. While the festival’s popularity cannot be disputed, the resources, expenses and logistics of staging the event annually are growing substantially, with less and less guarantee of a profit, in these days of fundraisi...ng competition and fatigue. The world, technology, fundraising avenues and charity operations have changed enormously over the last decade, while the festival has stayed relatively the same from year to year. In the interests of presenting a bigger, better and even more successful festival, we have decided to postpone the 2019 Festival, planned for October 19, to give us some time to refocus our energy, resources and time on developing new concepts, potential new locations and streamlined fundraising channels for an awesome 2020 Festival. We will be actioning some suggestions from the previous festival surveys, as well as creating our own innovations to really drive the festival into its second decade of being an iconic event for DAA and positioning DAA as Australia’s premier organisation focused on paddling for breast cancer recovery.

22.01.2022 Please send all your strength, support and hope for our amazing Festival photographer Tom who was in a serious mountain bike accident on 10th January which resulted in devastating neck and spinal injuries and sadly Tom has no feeling from the neck down and is likely to be in hospital for the rest of this year. Tom volunteered his valuable time and expertise for five of our Festivals driving up from Canberra each year and happily snapping away and providing DAA, and all its participants, with beautiful images. Tom Bungbrakearti, on behalf of Dragons Abreast Australia, we all wish you well in your recovery and send you much hope and strength to you and your beautiful daughters.

21.01.2022 Raffle winners results... Ist prize Gary Hooper - 3 nights @ Korora Bay Village, Coffs Harbour 2nd prize Ruth Maze - Healthspace Clinics Wellness Pack 3rd Prize Audra Kierney - 1 night @ Cambridge Hotel, Sydney... 4th Prize Anne Morris - Rakis on Collins Hair Hamper 5th prize Annola (Rainbows) - Typhoon8 Paddle Bag 6th prize Ali Sutton - Tokio Restaurant voucher 7th prize A Csaki - JPX2 voucher 8th prize Jan Horne - Dymo Label Maker 9th Prize Andrew Umlauft - Big4 Holiday Parks membership Book Buyer's Prize - Michelle Stott (IBM Dragons) Congratulations to all winners and thank you to our kind donors.

21.01.2022 The lion dance has been part of Chinese culture for thousands of years and is performed on auspicious occasions such as weddings, store openings, and various fe...stivals and celebrations. The lion, a symbol of power, wisdom, and good fortune, chases away evil spirits and brings happiness, longevity, and good luck. Thank you to the Pak Hok Kung Fu International Lion Dancers for bringing their special energy to the Dragons Abreast Festival! and thanks to Karen Downie for the video! #dragonsabreast #festival #liondancers #paddlingforrecovery #darlingharbour #twenty #breastcancer https://youtu.be/i7oxwKA8KUw

20.01.2022 More photos are in! Please thank James for his great work! Click on the dropbox link below and share as you please... https://www.dropbox.com//8bic4v/AAA8fg_iXRNwkIFjiSvN4NtZa #dafestival

16.01.2022 How good were Liz and the Pak Hok Kung Foo International Lion Dancers?! Talk about draw a crowd!

16.01.2022 A massive thank you to Amazing Raymond Temporary Tattoos, for supporting us and the Dragons Abreast Festival with truly amazing tattoos! The #tattoos were a ma...ssive hit and we don't want them to come off! Thanks Amazing Raymond Temporary Tattoos #festival #darlingharbour #twenty #tattoos #breastcancer #temporary tattoos #amazing

13.01.2022 If you attended the DAA Festival in Sydney recently, we would really appreciated your feedback. Click the link below and you will be taken to the survey. Many thanks for your participation!

09.01.2022 We also had the benefit of another photographer for the Festival, James Kearney, a friend of Tom's who also gave up his day and gave us his expertise to provide more beautiful images. Please see the dropbox link below and please join me in thanking James https://www.dropbox.com//z7vso2/AAAe4ay84b1hDFHHZS3RaVcFa #dafestival

09.01.2022 Today is the last day to #donate to our biggest annual fundraiser, Dragons Abreast Festival! Show your support to the paddler in your life, and help us to provi...de the emotional, physical and social benefits of #dragonboating after a breast cancer diagnosis! https://dragonsabreastfestival2018.gofundraise.com.au/

07.01.2022 If you missed out on our wonderful 20th anniversary branded clothing it's not too late! Team Elite have reduced their prices on all polos, shirts and hoodies by $10 which effectively covers the cost of postage. See the link below - get in quick before the stock goes... https://shop.teamelite.com.au//dragons-abreast-festival-20

05.01.2022 Our very moving Flowers on the Water ceremony with 11 boats of Dragons Abreast Survivors remembering our Angels Abreast

02.01.2022 The amazing Festival Photographer, Tom Bungbrakearti, has already started working on the images he took yesterday and has shared some in the dropbox link below. Please join me in thanking Tom who travels from Canberra each year, this year being his 5th Festival, volunteering his time, expertise and extensive camera gear. What a caring human and an extraordinary photographer... https://www.dropbox.com//7mbcyk/AAAONMqiXPs2sU9MYXstR-Awa #dafestival