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From New Year’s Eve 2019 the NSW far south coast was threatened by bushfires for nine weeks. Bermagui was surrounded by fires that came right to its door step. The community was evacuated several times, businesses suffered enormous losses. After a brief few weeks reprieve, the town is now impacted by COVID-19 restrictions.
Since 1998 Bermagui Seasiders has staged the annual Bermagui Seaside Fair with significant support every year from local businesses. From 2014 to 2018, the Fair included Umbrellas of Bermagui which auctioned handcrafted 2.7 metre shade umbrellas, enabling Bermagui Seasiders to donate over $40,000 to local junior sports clubs. Now, Seasiders is turning the table, giving back to those who helped ensure the Fair’s long success. Local artists have reunited and, with a twist, Umbrellas FOR Bermagui is raising funds to assist the town’s recovery. This is your opportunity to contribute, and a chance to own one of five unique and magnificent umbrellas, true works of art.
Tickets are priced at $5 each, 2 tickets for $10, 4 tickets for $20, 10 tickets for $50, 20 tickets for $100, 50 tickets for $250, 100 tickets for $500
“Phoenix Rising from the Ashes” – handcrafted 2.7 metre shade umbrella by local artist Michelle Dedlefs
About the Umbrella: This umbrella represents the hope and knowledge that even though times are troubled everything will ‘regenerate’; hope that lessons learned will lead to change for the better for all. The phoenix represents the renewal of life, love and hope out of the ashes of disaster. We are a resilient species.
About the Artist: Michelle has been playing and sewing with thread, fibre and fabric since she was 5 years old. She enjoys the creative outlet provided by thread and fibre. Michelle owns the patchwork shop in Bermagui and loves the inspiration it provides.
Prize Delivery: included.
“Natural Wonders” – handcrafted 2.7 metre shade umbrella by local artist Helen Morris
About the Umbrella: The renewal of our lost natural treasures of flora and fauna with regrowth and rebirth, regenerating our forests and landscape, helping to overcome the devastation of the natural beauty we all enjoy, love and embrace.
About the Artist: Helen is a visual artist and printmaker from Bermagui on the NSW far south coast. Nature in all forms is a passion of hers which is in abundance in our beautiful coastal paradise. She is a practising artist with a group who run the Shop7 ArtSpace at the Bermagui Fishermen’s Wharf.
Prize Delivery: included.
“Carmel” (definition garden, plantation) – handcrafted 2.7 metre shade umbrella by local artist Lyn Moore
About the Umbrella: Flowers bloom into a vast array of brightness and colour and produce new life, strength, happiness, celebration and faith. Plants provide nectar attracting wildlife and insects which regenerate.
About the Artist: Lyn has been painting for about 15 years. The spectacular far south coast of NSW never ceases to inspire her to paint, creating beautiful art.
Prize Delivery: included.
“Regeneration” – handcrafted 2.7 metre shade umbrella by local artist Sue Swensson
About the Umbrella: There is a resilience in the character of Australians, a strength in adversity and generosity of spirit. This is reflected in our native forests which over millennia have adapted to our harsh and unpredictable conditions. Seemingly dead, blackened tree trunks become covered in fresh young growth over a very short time. The hardest of seed pods respond to smoke and heat, bursting open releasing their seeds, ready to germinate. Herbs and grass seeds dormant in the soil wait for the first rains to cover the scorched earth.
About the Artist: Sue has been painting for many years and finds that it allows her to combine her passions of observing the natural environment, bushwalking, bird watching and gardening.
Prize Delivery: included.
“Beanstalk” – handcrafted 2.7 metre shade umbrella by local artist Lenore Thompson
About the Umbrella: Our vegetable garden had languished due to drought and following good rain earlier in the year, began to flourish. Dormant, self-sown purple beans emerged. Their leaves are heart shaped, solar collectors, with many crenulations. The colours of purple bean pods, green leaves and bright pink flowers twine up the trellis, reaching for the light. In times of trial, as we are experiencing now, there can be encouragement from the seeds of the beans to nourish the potential contained in our shared creative humanity.
About the Artist: For many years Lenore has been intrigued with the presence of light and colour in everything she sees – land and seascapes, trees, plants, seeds and insects.
Prize Delivery: included.
The Raffle commences on the 29th of June 2020, closes on the 31st of August 2020 and will be drawn on the 1st of September 2020 at Bermagui at 11am. Details of the Winner(s) will be displayed at https://www.facebook.com/bermaguiseasidefair/ and https://www.rafflelink.com.au/umbrellasforbermagui. State(s) where tickets are on sale ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC. This raffle is being held for Bermagui Seasiders Inc 24 Keating Drive, Bermagui, NSW, 2546. Five tickets will be drawn Tuesday 1st September 2020 and allocated in order of draw for 1st prize to 5th prize. In case of unclaimed prizes, a redraw will be held 1st October 2020. Delivery of prizes to winners is at no charge. Permit/Licence for ACT R 20/00077.1.
Persons under the age of 18 years are unable to enter.
The odds of winning the stated prizes based on the total possible ticket sales displayed are: 1st Prize 1/5000, 2nd Prize 1/4999, 3rd Prize 1/4998, 4th Prize 1/4997, 5th Prize 1/4996. Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash. Some images are display only and may not be a true reflection of the prize. This raffle is hosted for a service fee by RaffleLink a registered business of Lighthouse Group Pty Ltd ABN: 83161197860, PO Box 6758, Upper Mount Gravatt QLD 4122. Lighthouse Group Pty Ltd as RaffleLink is committed to selling raffle tickets responsibly to support community and charitable organisations.