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10/11/2005: "AUSTRALIAN SEAFARI tiger sharks poster"
Stunning beauties, sheer excitement and personal dangers brought to the screen by the actual team who were down there with the terrors of the deep.
High quality camera work by John Harding with special appearances by international underwater model, Jocelyn Edwards.
See for the first time anywhere in the world:
A great hammerhead shark giving birth to 57 young before dying.
Handling a pair of venomeous sea snakes - 10 to 100 times deadlier than a cobra.
Monster tiger sharks fight for survival in a feeding frenzy.
Our seaplane 'crashes' on a distant Polynesian paradise.
The shark repelling suit?
The world's most beautiful sea dancer.
Plus many more strange yet natural things not caught on film before. The coral destroying crown of thorns invasion, giant waves, shipwrecks, marlin and the most savage sharks of all.
This is the advertising for our feature documentary which toured east coast Australia with 16mm prints for years.
Jocelyn Edwards (pictured with tiger sharks caught by big game fishermen off Cairns) appeared in person and operated the entire presentation, while I did the same at a different venue and town on the same date.
It was a very successful but low-key operation. We could have expanded the plan with 35mm prints and taken more risks financially. These were the early days of underwater films. This was the first and probably still is the only travelling film show of this nature.
Eventually the show was being purchased by clubs who opened the doors for free admission. Audiences of 350 to 500 people per session were normal during school holiday times.
In other words "house full" as the auditoriums on the east coast are only so big. We went back to the same venues several times and as many as seven times at the South West Rocks Country Club.
There have not been any showings in recent years. Maybe it will release on DVD eventually, a new soundtrack perhaps too?
Stills from the show are featured elsewhere (use the SEARCH function. Keywords: polynesian; sea snakes; tiger sharks; crown of thorns; etc).
