March turned into an incredibly busy month.
Back to Cairns for another GDS Executive Summit, this time Oil & Gas, held at the magnificent Shangri-La Hotel. I did manage to get a brief walk down the Esplanade and managed to spot a few waders without my binoculars. Somehow also managed to score an executive floor suite which was an added bonus. Looking forward to returning there in May.
Two cruises in the month, both on Princess. The first saw me go from Darwin to Bali. I got a whole day in Kuta and a smart day room to base myself from before flying home at 1.30 am. A bit shocked to read the news that 5 terrorists had been shot the next night in a shootout with security forces right where I had been the night before. The second cruise was Fiji back to Sydney. Terrible weather for a few days but the last couple of magic ones made up for it.
I also conducted a half day Creative Thinking and Team Building session for Roche. Just a small team of 12 IT people, but I was really pleased with how it went and the feedback I recieved.
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Waiting between “Photo Ops” with the people getting off the tenders. At Port Benoa, Bali
I love flying over to Perth!
The air and light is different there and it still feels like a land of opportunities. I was there to be MC at a mining conference for my friends at GDS International. We drove out to a beautiful golf resort in the Swan Valley and had an intense three days of sessions including Panels, Workshops and Working Groups.
I hate flying back from Perth!
You either waste a whole day with the time difference or suffer the overnight “Red Eye” getting into Sydney early in the morning. Got home just in time to experience the biggest storm I’ve ever seen in the Blue Mountains. The massive hail storm blocked the storm drains and subsequently our house was flooded. Yikes. Weeks later and still living with bare concrete floors waiting for the carpet insurance claim to be completed.
I finished the month out with a short cruise in New Zealand performing my Magic of the Mind Show. Sailing from Auckland to Dunedin I got to visit the beautiful small town of Akaroa and climb Mt Maunganui, two places I had never been been to. Also new, was a bit of back street wandering in Art Deco Napier discovering some nice suburban examples. Whole streets built in the decade following the massive earthquake and now nicely preserved and protected.
Unlike a lot of performers, December is usually fairly quiet for me. I like that.
It started with a motivational magic talk to the volunteers from TimeHelp What a great concept. Matching up retired people with schools who need an extra experienced pair of hands. Great stories, great people.
We then headed down the South Coast for a large Trivia event for Shoalhaven City Council. This was a huge night with a disco theme. Fantastic costumes and great fun. We have done many trivia events over the years, but this may be our last one, preferring now to focus on a consultancy role. Information website here - http://www.Trivia.com.au
Spent a couple of nights exploring Mollymook staying at Banisters with dinner at Rick Steins.
Then a big cruise to finish off the year, sailing up to Tonga from Auckland, before coming back via Fiji. I loved Tonga, got very hot and muddy exploring the back streets of Nuku’ alofa, heard some amazing singing at the local church & had a delicious traditional raw fish salad Ota Ika.
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Returning from the Utukalongalu Market, Neiafu, Tonga
November was a great mixture of assignments for me.
A few days in the South Seas performing on the Pacific Sun. Got to stay over in Port Vila at the end of the cruise, this is always a bonus. One of the great things about cruise ship work is spending time with other great acts, this time the very talented String Fever and old friend Donna Campbell.
Back on dry land it was off to Melbourne to be Corporate Master of Ceremony / MC at the ARCIA Awards night at Crown Casino. The Australian Radio Communications Industry Association, the third year in a row I have been MC for them!
Back to Sydney and a few days working at the Exhibition Centre with a new client I am hoping to do more work with in 2012. This was a Safety Expo, exploring the new OH&S legislation with a terrific range of expert speakers.
Then off to Auckland for a couple of nights at the grand Langham Hotel. I’m MC at the giant Austbrokers & IBNA conference in April 2012, the fourth time for them, and my client wanted my input on a few aspects of the event. We toured the various venues & brainstormed some of the various activities planned. Really looking forward to this one.
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Porte Du Ciel – Port Villa
China!
A brilliant and long anticipated assignment on the Sun Princess travelling from Hong Kong to Dalian, China, with a stopover in Shanghai. Great audiences responded well to my Australian Mentalist act.
Timothy hadn’t been to Hong Kong for nearly 20 years and was fortunate to get an extra day or two to explore the ever fascinating city. In Shanghai, explored the famous Bund and travelled out to the canal village of Zhujiajiao and an old silk factory. The trip home via Korea was fairly gruelling but well worth the plane hours to visit these places.
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The Bund – taken from the ship
Another busy month started on the Gold Coast where Sydney Mentalist Timothy Hyde was MC for a conference of Supply Chain executives.
Following this was a quick flight up to Singapore where he joined the Sun Princess as a special guest entertainer, performing his Mind Magic show on the voyage back to Freemantle. The trip allowed another peek at the fabled volcano Krakatoa and another quick visit to Christmas Island.
Later in the month, a trip to Brisbane where he both entertained with his Mentalism show and acted as MC for the Australian Institute of Business Brokers and a Government Conference over in Perth. A day of Birdwatching there added another 9 bird species to his Australian list!
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Krakatoa – through the heat haze
A fantastic month of travel adventures and conference entertainment work for corporate repeat clients.
Performing occasionally on select Cruise Ship engagements has some great pluses and the traveling highlight of the month for Sydney Corporate Entertainer was to get to spend a day both on Christmas Island and at the world heritage site of Borobudur in Central Java.
Christmas Island was a tantalising mix of wildlife spotting and history. Timothy added 10 new bird species to his Australian bird list including the rare Abbotts Booby. A place with a fascinating history – the phosphate mine, the Chinese miners and culture, the miners’ strike, the grave of the only body recovered from the HMAS Sydney and of course the refugee centre. Several memorials dot the shore of the many hundreds of people who have perished attempting to get to the island, risking all to have a chance at a better life.
Borobudur was very impressive. Equally so was the hair-raising high-speed drive to get there and back, complete with police escort – sirens and lights on. We seemed to spend most of the time on the wrong side of the road running red lights. But it is truly an amazing place and well worth the effort to get there.
In the corporate world, GDS International uses Timothy as their preferred MC for their Australian Summits. This was the third he has done, this time for Supply Chain executives from many major companies. A combination of MC duties with a little Mind Magic thrown in at various occasions.
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Timothy’s Travels – Borobudur, Central Java
Escaping the wintery blasts of the Blue Mountains, Sydney Entertainer Timothy Hyde will be tackling two cruise ship engagements in July. The first a brief jaunt up the east coast of Australia on the Pacific Sun. Sydney up to Cairns. Timothy then flys back home and the ship continues around the top of the country and down to Freemantle Western Australia. He flys back and rejoins the ship there for it’s next leg, a very interesting segment.
First stop is the site of the HMAS Sydney, sunk in WW2 but only recently discovered. Then travel on to Christmas Island! A chance for Timothy to engage in his love of birdwatching and hopefully spot several new species for him. Then on up around Java with a stop at Semarang and the possibility of visiting Borobudur the famous World Heritage site. From there its to Bali where he flys home in time for a string of corporate engagements.
A brief trip out into the Coral Sea on the Pacific Jewel started the month for Timothy Hyde. Performing his Magic Show on ships is a thrill, with huge well equipped theatres packed with hundreds of people ready for a great time. This trip took in Isle of Pines, Mystery Island, Vila, Dravuni and Timothy then flew back from Fiji.
The rest of the month was taken up with writing and working on a couple of new projects. We have 10 Publications for magicians and mentalists already available and 4 new ones at various stages of completion. If you are a performer, you can check them out here.
http://www.MagicCoach.com
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Timothy’s Travels – Dravuni Island, Fiji
