Street Tree decorated for Christmas in Boonah

The WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR presented by Crumpler is back for its fourth season!

This is Australia’s original women’s adventure film tour, created by Adventure Entertainment and presented as an official part of WOMEN’S HEALTH WEEK by Jean Hailes for Women's Health. This short film festival is a celebration of the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure.

This year’s lineup features a diverse set of films featuring women of all ages and backgrounds including Australian Olympic hopeful Lucy Stirling, New Zealand Olympian Janina Kuzma, World Champion Paraglider Klaudia Bulgakow and many more including women in snow sports, mountaineering, highlining, swimming and mountain biking.

The official WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR lineup features 9 short films across 115 minutes.

All attendees will enter into the draw and have a chance to win an awesome prize from our partners. Information on how to enter will be available on screen during the show.

The WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR is exempt from classification, but the films are suitable for the entire family and would obtain G/PG ratings.

Bring the family or a group of friends for a fantastic night of fun and inspiration!

https://www.womensadventurefilmtour.com

2020/21 Playlist & Film Synopsis

LATITUDE

Directed by: Wesley Walker

LATITUDE is a poetic short documentary film that follows four daring young women to the 79th parallel, under 700 miles from the North Pole to rediscover themselves amidst Svalbard's epic arctic ocean sailing, ice mountain climbs, and ski descents.

Shelby Dyer, Anna Marno, Brittney Ziebell & Jessica Baker are all former competitive skiers & they revisit what skiing means to them to find a new curiosity and love for a sport they've known all their lives.

IF I CAN

Directed by: Peter Cadman and Liam White

Anoushé Husain is a well accomplished Paraclimber. She balances a chaotic lifestyle, complicated by medical conditions, with a busy work, training and climbing schedule. She has pushed her climbing in London’s indoor gyms for the last three years, finishing 2nd in her category in the 2016 BMC Paraclimbing Nationals in 2016 and pushing her grade to 6a+ in 2017. In 2018 her Climbing partners may have just set the toughest challenge yet, as they venture into the world of outdoor climbing.

YOU NEVER KNOW

Directed by: Martin Smekal

“You Never Know” is a documentary about Polish paragliding star and 2013 world Champion Klaudia Bulgakow’s journey to the top in paragliding.

Klaudia Bulgakow has been paragliding since 1999. Through persistence, dedication and great passion she became one of the most successful female pilots - she won World Champion title 2013, European podium 2016, World Cup Superfinal Podium 2018 and much more. But it’s not only about the medals and podium places. The journey in pursuit of personal excellence is just as important, as are the friends you meet on the way and those you influence and motivate to pursue their own goals.

SEA BIRDS

Directed by: Ash Ball, Ed Coney

SEA BIRDS is an inspiring story that explores the lives of 25 ladies who swim in the ocean together everyday. No matter how much experience you’ve had in life it can be as unpredictable as the ocean. Pauline and Mina demonstrate that there’s always a hand of friendship that will find you and hold you when you least expect it. Side by side, or bum cheek to bum cheek, the SEA BIRDS have discovered that the cold water is unpleasant, that it’s hard to be pretentious when you’re in the nude and that in the middle of the ocean you just might find the freedom you’re searching for.

LUCY STIRLING: OLYMPIC DREAM

Directed by: Matt Raimondo

Lucy Stirling has climbed things since before she could walk. At age 12 she started in the climbing gym and quickly joined a junior squad. Since then she has not stopped climbing! Lucy has gone on to win national championships and compete in multiple World Championships and World Cup events. Prior to COVID-19, Lucy was training hard to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.

This short film by Australian filmmaker Matt Raimondo follows Lucy as she sets her sights on the Olympic Dream.

JUST BE

Directed by: Susanna Kosa

"Just Be" is a short movie about the art of living wide rather than living long. "Life's short, they say. But...maybe it's just long enough, if you live it right." Yes, it's two girls mountain biking, but the message is transferable to everyone, no matter which activity you choose outdoors.

A WINTER AFFAIR: EAST WEST

Directed by: Jase Hancox

New Zealand’s Janina Kuzma, Anna Smoothy, and Japan's Ayako Kuroda, cross New Zealand’s Southern Alps over the Main Divide from East to West starting at the Liebigs. The ladies are confronted with challenging terrain and weather conditions and a last-minute change to their plans prepares the team to exit out on a different route. Disaster strikes when a member of the team falls ill and is airlifted out, leaving the teams remaining two girls to complete the expedition. What is concerning to the ladies is the visible disappearance of snow and ice on the glaciers they cross. The team reflects on the decline of the glaciers in the region as the ice is changing dramatically from year to year.

TRANSENDING

Directed by: Marin Hart

Transending follows the journey of Erin Parisi as she comes into her own identity as a Transgender woman and trains for the Seven Summits to create awareness and visibility for the Trans community. This is a journey of extensive vulnerability, heartbreak and courage.

CONNECTION

Directed by: Jan Zurek

Connection - A highline project organized by passionate women all around the world.

Eight girls from France, Czech and Canada will rig a half-kilometer long line in the desert of Utah, US. They spend five days on the towers and not only connect them with a thin strap, which they then walk on. But they also find connections with the earth, sky and each other.

Household waste with a silver theme has been used to decorate a street tree in Boonah for Christmas.

Mt Barney Lodge used tetra packs which have a bright silver plastic lining, medicineblisterpacks,lids from dairy products, and aluminium can ring pulls.

Tinsel is not on the decoration menu, as it is an environmental hazard as it is made from non-biodegradable plastic (and the little bits that always fall off will be around for hundreds of years to come). This year Mt Barney Lodge decided to reuse waste that has a silver aliminium or plastic lining.
When strung on jute rope with a fishing swivel, this is as twinkly and eye-catching as any conventional christmas tree decoration.

This is the second year in a row that Mt Barney Lodge has decorated a street tree at the top of High Street, near the roundabout.

Last year our theme was giant yellow christmas baubles using leftover corflute Lock the Gate protest signs from our successful anti-CSG campaign in the Scenic Rim.

Best of all, all the 2024 tree decorations will be deconstructed in the new year and 100% recycled.

Tetra packs -these are made up of a number of components which are layered: paperboard (made from wood), polyethylene (a type of plastic) and aluminum.

When a Tetra Pak is recycled, all these component parts need to be separated out.
This is an energy-intensive and inefficient process. Worse, Tetra Pak production is a linear process. This means to make them, they need a constant supply of fresh virgin material (wood, oil and aluminum) for their manufacture. As the two layers of polyethylene (plastic) and aluminium, cannot be separated by the recycling process and remain combined as a “polymer”. The uses for this “polymer” is in the cement industry, or as low-cost housing material. The question arises, is there a genuine demand for this product, or is there a market because of an abundant supply of this waste material? Best to refuse tetra packs all together, but place them in the household recycle bin if you do use one.

Aluminium can ring pulls – Fun fact …. approximately 75% of aluminium ever produced is still in use today as it can be recycled endlessly without compromising any of its unique properties or quality. This is one of the most eco containers that we can use. The ring pulls don’t need to be seperated when recycling, if they detatch, just paced them inside the can and crush it. Containers For Change will give you 10 cents per can when recycled.

Blister Packs – Blister packs are made of various plastics, foils, and paper foils, which means they can’t be recycled in mainstream recycling. Every year, this amounts to an enormous amount of plastic waste which goes into landfill, where it takes hundreds of years to break down. In Boonah BOSS collects these (Julie Jackson), or in-store at Chemist Wharehouse

Jute string – cMade from natural fibres, it is suitable for a wide range of garden uses including securing plants and shrubs, as well as general tying and crafting. Jute is biodegradable and can be composted at the end of its life.

Come and visit our 2024 tree at the top of high street when you are next in Boonah.

This year the theme is ‘Light Up Our Future’ and there will be a Grand Parade with floats decorated to this theme.

If you are serious about reducing waster, consider sourcing your own eco decorations this Christmas.
You can also give eco experience gifts to reduce your impact on the planet – here are some of our eco experience gift suggestions- 7 Sustainable Christmas Gifts. We can create a customised voucher for you within the day.