Press Release
Saturday 7th April 2007
Xavier Rudd Visits threatened Southern Forests
Acclaimed Australian singer,
songwriter Xavier Rudd visited Tasmania's threatened Southern Forests
today ahead of a performance at the Southern Blues and Roots festival.
Xavier Rudd's visit helps to cast a
spotlight on the issue of destructive logging in old growth forests in
threatened valleys such as the Weld, Florentine, Styx and Arve.
Xavier Rudd joined with Huon Valley Environment Centre activists on a tour of threatened old growth forests in the Arve Valley.
"I really support the work being done
by these activists and the energy they put in to protect Australia's
ancient old growth forests. I hope to be able to cast an international
spotlight onto their efforts. These people are heroes. I thank them for
showing me around and I hope to come back soon," said Xavier Rudd.
"It is inspiring to have such
talented and respected artists putting a spotlight on the global
significance of pristine forests like the Weld, Florentine, Styx and
Arve valleys," said Huon Valley Environment Centre spokesperson Jenny
Weber.
Jenny Weber
0427 366 929
Hobart rocked to its core
By Kane Young
April 09, 2007 12:00am
Article from: The Mercury
IT was a game of "spot the rock star"
in Hobart this weekend, with some of the biggest names in the world of
music in town for the Southern Roots Festival.
Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale
spent yesterday cruising around Hobart with partner Jude and
14-month-old cub Juniper, including checking out the Volkswagen Show at
Princes Wharf.
The fuzzy-haired rocker took a particular shine to a 1956 rag-top beetle, and looked right at home in its back seat.
Movie star Toni Collette also did
some sights-seeing before and after her band The Finish played at the
festival at Glenorchy on Saturday.
She was spotted enjoying drinks at The Republic Bar in North Hobart on Friday night.
She told the festival crowd she was planning to climb part of Mt Wellington yesterday.
Wolfmother and The Finish were two of
the star attractions at the inaugural Southern Roots Festival, which
looks set to become an annual event after up to 10,000 punters rocked
out to the sounds of international, national and local bands on
Saturday.
As Melbourne's Juggernaut DJs kept
the dancefloor jumping at the official Southern Roots after-party at
Curly's Bar, the festival's headline act, iconic US band the Pixies,
was spotted partying at underground Hobart nightclub Mobius until the
early hours of yesterday morning.
Before performing at Southern Roots,
Victorian multi-instrumentalist and social activist Xavier Rudd joined
Huon Valley Environment Centre members on a tour of threatened
old-growth forests in the Arve Valley in the state's south.
Activists hoped Rudd's visit would
draw attention to what they called the "destructive logging in old
growth forests" in threatened valleys such as the Weld, Florentine,
Styx and Arve.
"I really support the work being done
by these activists and the energy they put in to protect Australia's
ancient old growth forests," Rudd said.
"I hope to be able to cast an international spotlight onto their efforts."
