Event Session - Disaster and Recovery

Live Stream / Recording

Tuesday 9th March

Providence Farm Hall, 1449 Beechmont Road, Beechmont, Queensland

The live stream will take place 6:30–7:30 pm.

We acknowledge and pay respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we gather today to the elders past, present and emerging of the Wangerriburra community and all those of the Yugambeh language group.

We also acknowledge the elders and traditional owners across the many lands who may be watching this livestream.

This Arts Dinner Live and Online is coming to you from Beechmont where, in September 2019, the Sarabah fires destroyed 11 houses and the iconic Binna Burra Rainforest lodge. In an unprecedented severe bushfire season that became known as black summer

  • 20% of Australia's forests burned
  • One billion animals were lost nationally
  • 12.6 million hectares across Australia burned
  • 434 million tonnes of CO² were emitted
  • 11.3 million Australians effected by smoke
  • 10.6 million Australians worried about their safety.

As part of this arts dinner we will look at how this community is recovering.

We are livestreaming this panel discussion tonight and encourage those who are joining us on the livestream to post any questions in the chat room and we will ask the panel as we go through. In the Chat room please let us know where you are from when you post a question. Also to let you know this conversation will be posted on the Arts Dinner facebook page and the Artsdinners.com site after the show and we encourage you to share it widely.

Being held at the Providence Farm Hall in Beechmont the first hour of the arts dinner will be livestreamed to audiences who can participate online or watch at a later date. From 6:30–7:30 pm the panel discussion will unpack how Beechmont and other communities deal with disaster.

The panel includes:

Those attending the in-venue event will be treated to performances by local artists Tobias Beech and Tilly Miller while they enjoy catering provided by local favourites Flying Bean Café. Following the panel participants will have an opportunity to participate in and comment on local regeneration activities including murals, exhibitions and memoirs. There will also be community information stalls.

Participants for the live in-venue event are encouraged to arrive at 6 pm for a 6:30 pm start. The in-venue event runs until 9 pm.