Queensland Reptile Expo

[slimebo]

Finally after months of organising and meetings with Queensland Parks and Wildlife we finally have the go-ahead for the Queensland Reptile Expo.It will be held at the PCYC in Yarroon Street in Gladstone on Saturday the 26th of april 2008 between 9am-5pm.the day after ANZAC Day.due to the laws and regulations in Queensland, no animals or accessories can be bought ,sold or advertised AT THE EVENT.and also NO VENOMOUS snakes allowed apart from we have already organised.
we already have many feature snakes organised as in albino darwins,rough-scaled pythons and inland tiapans as well as many other species of pythons,elapids and lizards but still looking for more,particulary green tree python and woma owners.we have around 50 tables available for people to show off their reptiles so if you would like to book a site at the expo ,you can send me a pm,an email at slimebo@hotmail.com,or call me on 0422589221 for information.
if you do wish to book a display table the cost is $50 a table for up to 5 reptiles,each additional reptile an extra $10. the reptiles must be in ,at least, good quality click-clacks with clip on lids and must be kept in your display area if you have them out.no wandering with them!! welcome to bring your own enclosure if you wish.we will also need the following information-
*name
*licence number
*amount and breed of reptiles you wish to display
this information i need to pass on to parks and wildlife for them to do a check before you will be allowed to show your reptiles and i will require this by the 16 april 2008.
a trophy for the top 3 peoples choice snakes and lizards will be given out at the end of the day.
there will be venomous and non-venomous demonstrations and plenty of photo opportunities.
entry fee is Adults-$10
children under 15-$2
will be a fun day and you are welcome to down load these posters and hang them up at your local petshops,malls,schools or whereever you think it will promote this event.we are hoping this will be an annual event ,so the bigger we can make it,the better it will be,so we appreciate any help with advertising.
cheers
Simon

[slimebo]

4 more posters

[inthegrass]

i will come and have a look.
cheers

[slimebo]

just to go through some of the rules again

no venomous snakes
no arachnids
no unlicenced snakes
no sick or injured snakes
no exotic snakes
no pet rats,birds,mice,dogs,cats etc
turning up to exhibit without booking ,or with extra snakes that aren't on your list will be turned away .
children must be supervised at all times
tapping or touching the encloseres will not be tolerated
no buying,selling or advertising reptiles and products at the expo.

sorry to sound like an old grump but queensland park and wildlife are strict with their rules so we need this to run smoothly to have another one next year

[Jozz]

no buying,selling or advertising reptiles and products at the expo

This seems pretty stupid! Fair enough with the animals, but products? Glad I live in SA - at least our authorities have some common sense (although we need to get our butt into gear and organise a reptile expo over here!).

[Hix]

Slimebo,

Just looking at your posters - you've misspelt 'taipan'.



Hix

[slimebo]

Originally Posted by Hix

Slimebo,

Just looking at your posters - you've misspelt 'taipan'.



Hix

opps,i'll get the missus onto it tomorrow

[TRIMACO]

I will be there for sure!! Thanks to the guys who have put so much time and effort into setting up this event. THANKS

[slimebo]

Originally Posted by Jozz

no buying,selling or advertising reptiles and products at the expo

This seems pretty stupid! Fair enough with the animals, but products? Glad I live in SA - at least our authorities have some common sense (although we need to get our butt into gear and organise a reptile expo over here!).

yep, thats the rules we have to go by until they are changed.because we have non-commercial(in qld) reptiles at the expo, we can't sell anything,because they are being used as" advertising".believe me ,we tried every avenue.
we cant even talk about what we have for sale AT THE EVENT.we have been advised that all we can legally say,if some one asks "if this python is for sale?" is "you can speak to me about it after the event".so read into it what you will. as long as it doesn't happen at the event,i'm happy and parks and wildlife are happy.there will be rangers at the event.

[slimebo]

here we go again with correct spelling

[slimebo]

and the others

[krusty]

so you can not buy any thing at this expo only look...sounds like fun NOT....

[zulu]

Originally Posted by slimebo

just to go through some of the rules again

no venomous snakes
no arachnids
no unlicenced snakes
no sick or injured snakes
no exotic snakes
no pet rats,birds,mice,dogs,cats etc
turning up to exhibit without booking ,or with extra snakes that aren't on your list will be turned away .
children must be supervised at all times
tapping or touching the encloseres will not be tolerated
no buying,selling or advertising reptiles and products at the expo.

sorry to sound like an old grump but queensland park and wildlife are strict with their rules so we need this to run smoothly to have another one next year

No buying selling advertising reptiles and products at an expo? what degenerate made up those regulations PMSL Are you allowed to breath or take a dump! Good regulators up in QLD

[Kyro]

Well it sounds like a step in the right direction to me, well done on organizing it & we will be there check it out for sure. It also falls on my little mans 1st birthday so good timing guys

[slimebo]

there is no point bagging it,thats the rules we have to go by until they are reviewed in the future.we have done what we can with the rules we've got so any unpositive remarks should be kept to yourselves and not posted on a thread that is trying to promote good reptile ownership.
as i said earlier ,the rules can be worked around if snake breeders wish to come,as long as they are not sold or advertised at the event .nothing to stop them being sold after the event.breeders will find plenty of potential buyers at the expo and if they are showing off some of their breeders they can make a good name for themselves by talking to the people.
there will be plenty venomous and non-venomous demonstrations and we already have a large varity of reptiles including albino darwins,roughscaled pythons,taipans,inland taipans, red-bellies,eastern browns,western browns,spotted-blacks,mulgas,bredlis,olives,darwins, hypomelinistic coastal,striped coastals,proserpines ,some stunning krauss jungles, striped atherton,water pythons,"samual"the 9ft ,16yocoastal,blueys and some nice central beardies,blackheads.
so it will be a fun day,if you have some nice animals,book a table and show them off.and for the breeders,it can only help you with customers and rules can be worked around.
cheers
simon