GIG guide
ATHERTON
Live Music at the ORB - 2 Main St
6-10pm Thursdays - Stage Craft for
Music - beginners and advanced
7-10pm Thursdays - Live Jazz with
Fusion
7.30-11.30 Fridays - Live music
3-10pm Sundays - Jam Session
4 May - 7.30pm Riding & Moore @
Atherton International Club
11 May - 7.30pm KickStart @
Atherton International Club
12 May - 8pm Bad Boys & Girls of Uke
@ Barron Valley Hotel
25 May - 7.30pm Carrizma @
Atherton International Club
MALANDA
17 May - 7pm - Amber Lawrence and
Travis Collins @ Malanda RSL
MILLAA MILLAA
Every 2nd Friday - Live music @
Millaa Millaa Hotel
RAVENSHOE
7pm - Misty Mountain Music every
2nd Saturday of month @ Ravenshoe
Mountain Institute
There's a Shark in town!
by Rebecca Wallis
Known for his tough, no-nonsense approach to business,
Channel Ten 'Shark' Steve Baxter will be parting with some
words of wisdom at a special Small Business Week lunch in
Malanda at the end of this month.
One of Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs, and an
active investor and mentor to startups, Steve is also a proud
Queenslander - born in Cloncurry and raised in Emerald.
His experience in business is extensive and began rather
unconventionally.
Leaving school at 15, Steve joined the Army, enlisting in its
apprenticeship program. There, he became a technician
working in the field of electronics, telecoms and guided
weapon systems.
In 1994, at the age of 23, Steve put his life savings of $11,000
on the line to launch his first start-up, the pioneering
internet service provider SE Net, from the spare room of his
Adelaide home. Servicing more than 35,000 customers, SE
Net was eventually acquired by Ozemail/UUNet under the
stewardship of its founding Director and now Prime Minister,
Malcolm Turnbull.
In 2001, Steve teamed with a schoolmate to launch his
second start-up, PIPE Networks, a provider of wholesale
telecoms infrastructure that was listed on the ASX in 2005.
Eight years later they sold it to the TPG Group for $373
million.
Steve spent a year working with Google in California in 2008,
leading a project to deliver high-speed telecommunications
systems across North America.
6 What’s On & Where To Go May 2018
TINAROO
13 May - Mother's Day Concert with
Petah Chapman @ Tinaroo Lake Resort
TOLGA
25 May - Shandell Hilditch @ Tolga
Hotel
YUNGABURRA
Every 2nd Saturday - Django in