Initially swayed into the Consortiums first foam party (as I wasn't fully sold on the idea), I was genuinely upset when I found I'd been missing out on so much fun and mayhem all this time .... the Chaos, it was all so appealing!
The second instalment was something I'll never forget.1800 people descended on Consortiums wicked night.Both levels were flooded with addicted peeps that made full use of all the uber class amenities like the VIP Bird Cage: Perfect for those wanting a "birds eye" view of the crazy foamers below but skipping on the suds themselves.
What I loved was the great sets the resident DJ played (pretty impressed) and the super cute Consortium T-Shirts were a clever touch.
Speaking of shirts, there was a wet T-Shirt competition with one girl taking home $200 in cash! Not long after things got really messy with girls getting up on the bar, entertaining the crowd with the post mix guns and water pistols.
I saw splits, body shots and girls going mad!I bumped into some guys from Brisbane and Sydney and they told me they didn't quite know how they were going to explain their night out to friends when they head back down south. They did tell me though (should there be another Foam Party) that they would definitely make a special trip back!
Miss Hawaiian Tropic was full of show stoppers!8 Judges made the tough decision to pick just one special lady.With a big congratulations to Bree Elizabeth Benyon who took out the Title, she will now go on to represent Townsville at the National Final on the Gold Coast next month.Not forgetting to mention Monica Brown who placed 2nd and Melanie Bragg, 3rd. Well done girls!
Special thanks to all the Sponsors
Mix 106.3
Diageo
Redbull
Robert Oatley Wines
Liberte Hair
Bronzone
Townsville Flower Market
Kingpin
Petticoat Lane
Princess Polly
Strand Fitness
Reading Cinema
Barking Frog Compare
Watermark
MDP Photography
Also Saturday was a big one! Consortium welcomes the new sponsors Saints College and Uni Hall
Going to love you and leave you guys till my next post;)
Kisses Sage x
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Hey it's Bazel here. In a hyper-competitive media culture corners are often cut in order for small named journalists to break the news reports first. Journalists often peddle the legal grey areas in order to do their job properly for genuine “public interest”, however, it seems this is more for the sake of selling more papers these days than for the actual benefit to society.
Generally speaking, most people are just too afraid to ask the tough questions, knowing full well they'll be black listed by the media, inevitably followed by a biased backlash. But, the tide is turning. More and more people are using social media platforms such as special interest blogs and Facebook to expose the truth.
This week CocoBongo will expose a prime example of media sensationalism. So, where does it all go so wrong? CocoBongo would like to show our readers two recent stories and how they can be so inaccurate and misleading.
RUMOUR CONTROL HERE ARE THE FACTS:
On Sunday 12th of February, at approximately 1.00am, three men were seen by Consortium staff walking in an orderly fashion from across the road headed to the Consortium venue. Staff recounts and video footage recall the men entering the lounge, walking to the bar, each ordering a drink. Within approximately fifteen minutes of being inside the venue, staff noticed one man's character changed suddenly. He appeared to be laying on one of the lounges falling asleep.
Bar staff explained to his two friends that they wouldn’t be able to serve him another drink as part of responsible service of alcohol. There were no issues with this request and the two friends seemed to have accepted the staff’s decision. Security then politely came over to the man lying on the lounge and suggested he leave the premises. The man was given water and security escorted him out. He left without arguing. His two friends were not asked to leave and therefore, remained at the venue.
Within half an hour, a staff member heard a loud noise and security noticed an unknown person shaking the front downstairs doors, trying to exit. These doors were not in use on a Sunday night.
This is when they realized what had just unfolded.….
Damage to lighting equipment
Consortium has excellent surveillance cameras throughout the club and shows one of the men clearly entering the back of Consortium's offices where he pushed open the 'staff only' double locked doors with force,he walked through the corridor, ripped a fire extinguisher from the wall, then walked back to the closed off offices. At this point he walked to the far office and sprayed everything from top to bottom, covering the whole office including the computers. He walked out backwards spraying each office as he went, including a store room which houses electrical equipment.
He then attempted to hide the extinguisher in another store room.
The man then entered the staff common area, locked the door and entered a toilet cubicle. "Shown in the footage". Upon his exit he then forced a large speaker off its stand in the venues high DJ box which was not being utilised that night, allowing it to crash to the dance floor. It didn’t stop there the expensive Crestron hand held sound lighting monitor was also completely smashed. The footage records his action as calculated and calm not erratic as you might think. Patrons heard a loud crash and security then noticed someone trying to exit through the front fire escape doors, these doors actually push open, however, he proceeded to pull on them.
Computer and office damage
Police were called and security maintained a strict watch over the offender until police finally caught him trying to enter another club close by.
The next day police investigated the damage inside Consortium. The media asked if they were able to take photos and footage of the damage. It was a police crime scene and as a result, no media or individual was allowed in.
By the afternoon stories had started to evolve.There seemed to be confusion of a previous incident at the Watermark with a man falling from balcony apartments. The media linked that story to a staff employee on a massive rampage through consortium doing over $100,000 of damage? This was incorrect.
Channel seven's news headlines had falsely reported a soldier and Consortium employee were in the lock house after a drunken rampage, this was also false. No staff were involved in the vandalism. Owner of Consortium, Michelle McCracken contacted the network to explain the truth and the story was quickly corrected. Without Michelle initiating the correction and contacting the relevant media parties, the news would have run the incorrect report.
Police had told Michelle that the offender was from the army, but personal information had still not been confirmed and the officer would speak to Michelle later again to further confirm the offenders details.
Further to the already misconstrued reporting, the Townsville Bulletin featured another story on the 13th of February about a man falling from a Watermark 1st floor apartment balcony. According to the report, Watermark restaurant staff found a man lying on the ground bleeding and did not assist him.This misrepresentation about the Watermark staff was also false.
A man did fall from the balcony, however, the facts surrounding this incident show that one of the residents within the Watermark complex was too frightened to come down to see if the injured man was ok after he had fallen. The resident had startled the man as a trespasser and he jumped from the resident’s balcony. Watermark restaurant was closed at the time of the incident with only two staff members cleaning inside the venue. The Watermark employees were oblivious to the commotion until the ambulance arrived and approached the staff, asking where the man was that fell from the balcony.
The Watermark resident was very angry that the police and ambulance took 20 minutes to arrive. When they questioned the injured man he was very disorientated and didn’t know why he was on the balcony.
The Townsville Bulletin also reported "We believe he was fairly intoxicated and may have been drinking downstairs." which after interviewing staff and reviewing the CCTV footage from that day, it clearly shows this wasn't the case. Also no one has ever fallen through the glass roof in the restaurant, this statement is also false.
This has been one of many false and grossly inaccurate stories reported by the Townsville media.Does this not stand to reason that there needs to be a better regulatory system to oversee our media industry? Clearly the editors and producers need to take a look at their actions; it’s not their duty to manipulate public opinion or purposefully provoke fear and anger. If these stories tell us nothing else, it’s that there’s a real consequence when a position of great privilege is abused.
we will be touching further on some very public articles to reaffirm our views.
We would love any of our readers to partake in any media issues that you feel strongly about and would like to share with us enquiries@cocobongo.com.au
The vandal trying to exit Consortium through the front fire escape doors, these doors actually push open, however, he proceeded to pull on them. Idiot.....
News headlines have been running the rumour mill hot today about some very inaccurate events. Watermark and Consortium will be reporting the full story on our blog with full footage and the facts so......
Hiya gorgeous CocoBongo readers it's Sage here! Consortium’s first Club Evolve event threw together some pretty glamorous and entertaining people last Saturday night causing marvellous mayhem . The crowd broke door entry records, with resident DJ’s bringing the house down along side some fantastic drag shows and Townsville's first drag king dazzling revellers! Finally something fun and a little different for Townsville….I really loved it! The alternative event had such a great response that the next one is locked in for the 3rd of March, perfectly themed “Mardigras” for that colourful twist.
Also up stairs in the VIP lounge was the Miss Hawaiian Tropics contest. These girls were stunning! I really do think we’ll have a great chance with the finals down south as you’ll see from the great pics Mr Michael Paice has taken there are some real beauties! Dont forget ladies and gents the Foam Party is BACK! And I'm not the only one who was blown away by the last one. Mark you calanders kids for Friday 17th Feb- DJ241, FREE BBQ and the finals for the Miss Hawaiian Tropics up stairs (Beach wear is essential and yes you can wear thongs) if you're not keen on getting slippery and wet, up stairs in the VIP lounge is a perfect getaway;)
