Sunday, October 16, 2016

Telethon 2016.. Take one action!



It's a huge weekend in Perth. Channel 7's Telethon 2016, 'the highest fund raising Telethon (per capita) in the world' kicked off yesterday with community events around the city and suburbs. I took these shots of a promo for Bendigo Bank Kids Carnival for Telethon a few weeks ago at Elizabeth Quay. The above shot was the end result of many..'take one, take two, take ten action' :) The coming together of so many characters culminating in a big hurrah at the end was fun to watch, even more fun was watching the many parents in the background trying to get their children to be super animated.. I thought it best to leave them out :)


It was an unexpected and colourful event on a bit of a dull day.. as at 11.30 pm last night they had reached a total of over 10 million dollars with the whole of Sunday to go.. very impressive Perthites, so proud of you! Hoping to get into the city today to visit a few of the Perth Heritage Days 2016 events.. Hope you are having a fab weekend, happy Sunday, take care and stay safe...


19 comments:

  1. Hmmm, I see Darth Vader, Iron Man, and I think Wolverine in that mix. A curious trio.

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  2. Vader's hard to miss, even in a crowd!

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  3. What great fun! And it made some fun and colorful shots!

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  4. As I work in a school I get involved in these events quite regularly - in fact I dread the day coming around! Respect to all those who raise such huge amounts.

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  5. What a great event. The colour really stands out in the grayness of the day.

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  6. A great fund-raising event for sure, Grace! You get out & about so much!

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  7. So colourful - and all in a great cause.

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  8. Great shots, Grace, and Kudos to the generosity of the Perthians (Perthites? Perthpeople?)

    I like to ride the coattails of other photographers and sneak my own photos, just like these.

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  9. A beautiful fall day here before a stretch of Indian summer.

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  10. A beautiful fall day here before a stretch of Indian summer.

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  11. Just love all the colours - hope the cause is well supported again.

    All the best Jan

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  12. I never expected to see Tinkerbell and a Transformer together. Olivier has posted pictures of France's telethon, which is apparently based in Evry. It used to be a big deal in the US but is long gone.

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  13. Perth constantly amazes me. What a plethora of fun things you have going on there. So glad to hear that the telethon raised so much money! And your photos were a colorful and bright way to start me day! Merci!

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  14. Always something great going on in Perth, Grace :-)

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  15. Funny photos of all the characters and their parents.

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  16. they raised quite a bit! looks like a fun time for the kids too!

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