Purposeful Young Professionals

A Day at the Beach

Event Details

Time: September 1, 2009 to September 24, 2009
Location: West Coast of the South Island - from Karamea in the north, to Franz Joseph in the south - and everywhere in between!
Website or Map: http://www.adayatthebeach.org…
Phone: +6421470101
Event Type: festival
Organized By: Louis Brown, Guy Ryan and heaps of other humans!
Latest Activity: May 20

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Event Description

Expecting a crowd of over 5000, 'A Day at the Beach' is a multi-faceted environmental action & entertainment festival. From September 1st to the 24th 2009, an action-packed lineup of inspirational events will unfold along one of the most iconic coastlines in the world - the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. The Festival brings together some of the country’s finest entertainment & adventure, and engages in powerful positive action for the environment.

The Festival unfolds through a sequence of exciting events called Beach Days & Wild Nights – imagine arts, live music, local food, beach cleanups, native tree planting, competitions, film screenings and more. The events are linked in sequence by a small group of passionate young New Zealanders who are doing a massive 350km walk along the coastline - from Karamea in the north, to Franz Josef in the south. But you don’t have to be an extreme adventurer to get amongst the excitement!

The Festival provides something for everyone – getting involved is as easy as spending a day at the beach. It’s an opportunity to join thousands of New Zealanders in taking powerful positive action for the environment, and to take part in the adventure of a lifetime!

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Comment by Rebeka Whale on September 14, 2009 at 9:00am: Go Louis and Guy! Sendin you lotsa lovin vibes brotha's!!!! Reprazentin te West Coast massive! Woop! Nga mihi nui- for all your epic efforts xx

Comment by Claire Steele on August 31, 2009 at 11:04am: Hope it goes well Louis!

Comment by Guy Ryan on August 19, 2009 at 1:50am: Woah - the festival has made some massive progress over the past week - big ups to Louis Brown and the wealth of crew all volunteering their precious time to bring this juggernaught event to life!!! The festival is now extensively networked nationwide, and we've got some big partners and media on board - yay!!! We've even got entire school's in each coastal community coming down to get involved in both the adventure, the beach clean ups, the tree plantings, and everything else in between :)

So far, everything in that crazy vision we created to host this epic environmental action & entertainment festival is coming together very nicely - haha - blowing my mind!!! Bring on the 350 action precursor - yeeehaaaaa!!!!

Comment by Kali Madden on August 16, 2009 at 6:05pm: ... sounds *awesome* ... maybe next year???

Comment by Jinty MacTavish on July 28, 2009 at 3:51pm: Will also be there in spirit!! :)

Comment by Guy Ryan on July 28, 2009 at 1:43pm: Awesome - just got this guy locked in to be a guest speaker - http://www.design.otago.ac.nz/people/staff/mickabbott.php

Comment by Guy Ryan on July 17, 2009 at 10:56am: Campers! Woah - the temp website has had 300 hits in the past 5 days! - Got the new website going live by the end of the day - chur Caleb!!!

Music line up to be announced very soon too - haha only 6 weeks away, aaaaaaahahaha yew!