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Friday, October 23, 2020
Cairns Local News
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Volunteers clean up after squatters TANYA MURPHY Squatters left two vehicles, a jet ski, a trailer, a fridge, a sofa, a pillow, shoes, mail, and loads of other rubbish at a turtle nesting site in Bramston Beach which was recently cleaned up by volunteers.
disease. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Doug has managed to perform in and direct theatre works while also teaching and inspiring others.
JUTE Theatre Company nominated Doug for the Prestigious Art Awards category of The Aspire Awards 2020 and Doug has been shortlisted, with the final announcement to come on December 2.
Mr Robins holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Theatre and English from James Cook University and has led theatre workshops at ARC Disability Support Services in Cairns.
Despite being confined to his wheelchair with a rare
In 2017 he played the lead role of Jabber in JUTE Theatre Company production, “Here We All Are Assembled,”
and prior to that in 2013, performed in the one-man-show, “Propelled” that he co-wrote and directed with Jane Modric. He has also been an active member of Tropical Arts, playing many roles including Hamlet in the Annual Shakespeare at the Tanks since 2011. Doug co-founded a local inclusive writers group called ‘YAAWIN’ culminating in the publication of an Ebook anthology.
“There were also more than 300 yellow pages phone books still in their wrappers, indicating that whoever got paid to deliver the phone books didn’t deliver them.
Sea Shepherd Cairns Marine Debris team coordinator Tamsin Shepherd said with turtle nesting season starting in November, it wasn’t a moment too soon to clean up the beach.
“The vehicles and jet ski had the number plates removed and had been stickered by the police, and although we removed many loose parts that were littering the beach we were not able to remove the vehicles.”
“In total the team collected more than 360 kilograms of
Sea Shepherd Cairns’ next beach clean up will be
Doug digs deep to perform Cairns Mayor Bob Manning presented a Medal of Recognition to Cairns performing artist Doug Robins on Tuesday, October 20.
rubbish which also included rubber, glass, and plastics,” she said.
on Sunday, November 15 at Holloways Beach Esplanade, starting at 8:45am and all are invited to attend. “Australia has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and our oceans are home to a magnificent array of marine life,” said Ms Shepherd. “Help us keep them safe by joining our team and together, we can stem the flow of plastic pollution.” Pre-registration is essential so to get involved or for more information look up “Sea Shepherd Cairns” on Facebook.
Doug Robins is the inaugural Access Arts Achievement award winner. The Aspire Awards celebrate the wonderful contribution people with a disability make to their professional and community setting. To be nominated the candidate must be over the age of 18 and can only be nominated by a colleague who can confirm their achievements.
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