Chords for Angels Concert 2011
What a night it was! See a 3 minute clip of the concert here: CHORDS FOR ANGELS AT THE FLY BY NIGHT Chords for Angels concert 2011: A musical thank you to the amazing volunteers who helped save Nick Melidonis after his life-threatening fall in Karijini National Park. Amongst the 250 audience were some of the ‘Angels’ who had flown in from different parts of Australia for the event – including Cliff Winfield, Simone Milligan, Nicole Kelly, Kardeen Black, Michael Napier and Barry Hallett. In addition to the public...
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Chords for Angels Musicians: Nick Melidonis, Anne Rowe, Keith MacDonald, Tim Strahan, Nigel Shaw with Garry Baverstock and his band ‘Anugaia’, and Rod Christian, presented a foot tapping concert with a fusion of sounds from favourite 1960s to 1980s covers and original music created for this event. During the concert two fabulous songs ‘Chords for Angels’ and ‘State of Emergency’ created by Nigel Shaw and Garry Baverstock, were aired live for the first time. You can buy the new CD produced by...
read moreAir Rescue: Barry Hallett RFDS Pilot
During the evening of 29April 2010 I was tasked by my company, Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Western Operations, to pilot an aircraft with a medical team from Jandakot airport to Paraburdoo airport, in northern Western Australia. We were to retrieve a man who had fallen off a ledge at Karijini National Park and had been seriously injured. My Part in Nick’s Rescue Preparation for the Flight RFDS Style The aircraft arrived at Paraburdoo around midnight. While the plane was refueled, the patient was examined by the medical...
read moreEmergency Services Medal to Steve Cable
Steve Cable is a man who stands out for his volunteer work with the State Emergency Services over the past 35 years. In 2000 Steve received the inaugural Emergency Services Medal – Queen’s Birthday Honours Awards for his SES service to the community. Steve was particularly singled out for his recovery work with the Exmouth township after Cyclone Vance. In 2010 Steve was a finalist in the SES’s highest honour in Western Australia – “The Peter Keillor Award.” The SES Peter Keilor Award is presented each year...
read moreKarijini National Park Accident – Cliff’s Story
What happened at Karijini that day…. The story from Cliff Winfield, former Regional Manager of Department of Environment and Conservation, Pilbara (managers of Karijini National Park) Hi, This is Cliff, People have asked me to pen my thoughts about what happened at the Karijini National Park accident nearly a year ago. Although photography is not my profession, I consider myself to be adept at it. Over the years my work has been published by many high profile journals including Time-Life, Readers Digest, Australian Geographic and...
read moreProfessional Photography Awards 2011
Professional Photography Awards 2011 Nick Melidonis Wins Gold This dramatic image of hikers battling gale force winds in Patagonia against a backdrop of a stranded iceberg, won gold. At the recent Australian Professional Photography Awards held in Sydney June , 2011 Nick was runner up for the AIPP ‘Australian Travel Photographer of the Year’. How he managed to prepare his images for this award while dealing with successive facial restructure surgery and recovery, is a tribute to his stamina and positive outlook on life. Nick has won the...
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Yvonne Deans describes The Karijini Accident Last Thursday, 29th April, 2010, what started out as a day of gorging on gorges in the Karijini National Park ended more dramatically than we could ever have imagined. This turned out to be a day we will never forget. My husband Allen and I saw and explored the spectacular gorges of Weano and Hancock; and after lunch went on to Knox gorge, our last for the day. Call For Help We had just started descending the rough, scree-filled, rocky, steep path when Michael, a young German, appeared from below,...
read moreWhat is Chords for Angels?
Chords for Angels is a celebration in the style of a concert of folk, rock and jazz styles of music from the 60s to the 80s. The sounds are up-tempo and popular covers that have your feet tapping. The first concert was held Sunday, 14th August 2011 at The Fly by Night Musicians Club, Fremantle. The Chords for Angels event acknowledges the tremendous work of The Western Australian State Emergency Services, The Royal Flying Doctor Service, St. John’s Ambulance, the hospital emergency departments and the many volunteers who...
read moreSt. John Ambulance Tom Price
Throughout the world, for every emergency and disaster, there are people who give everything to help others survive. St. John Ambulance Tom Price The group of tourist volunteers, including a nurse and doctor, welcome the arrival of the St. John Ambulance Tom Price. Volunteers play a vital role in communities throughout Western Australia. St. John Ambulance Tom Price is well placed to help intrepid tourists in Karijini National Park. Every-day people, from all backgrounds and experiences, full-time, part-time or shift workers, even students...
read moreState Emergency Services in Karijini
Watching the State Emergency Services teams swing into action for a rescue is an awe-inspiring experience. Here the team sets up the tripod in preparation for the abseiling to commence. From the top of Knox Gorge they go down to where Nick is lying, strap him into a capsule and take him further to the bottom of the gorge. Then the capsule is carried hand over hand to a safe base, before the SES rescuer takes the capsule up the rope to the top of the gorge, where a Royal Flying Doctor aircraft is waiting. Meanwhile, night is falling.
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