Thread: Sydney Timber and WWW Show 2018

Will have to see how long it takes them update there website.
Here's hoping a new venue might help improve the show.

Not according to their website

Timber & Working With Wood | Sydney

When:

22-24 June 2018

Where: Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, Hall 6

Time: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm each day
Admission: Adult $16, Concession $14, Children (Under 14) when accompanied by an adult on Saturday & Sunday are FREE. Multi-Day pass discount available.
Online tickets will be back again closer to the 2018 Sydney Timber & Working With Wood Show dates.

Car Parking: Click here for full details about car parking.



Multi Day Tickets Available: Purchase your ticket either by online ticketing or at the gate the first day you want to attend, then head straight to the show office to buy your ticket for the next day you want to come. This is a fantastic way to ensure you see everything at the show, watch all the demonstrations, take part in all the workshops, buy up big and take your time. Then bring your car around to parcel pick-up and collect all your goods, take it all home and get among the wood shavings!

You would think they would update their own website at the same time they send out the emails.

Screenshot_2018-05-03-07-11-42.pngOn Facebook they say Rosehill, Jun 24 and Jul 20!?!

Originally Posted by arose62

Screenshot_2018-05-03-07-11-42.pngOn Facebook they say Rosehill, Jun 24 and Jul 20!?!

And only 100 people interested

But only 1 person actually going!
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From the Impressive Exhibitions website:

BigAndExcitingChangesAreComingToTimberAndWorkingWithWoodIncludingABrandNewWebsite-StayTuned... For all enquiries about 'Timber and Working With Wood' shows please contact Candice Tocknell-Gray on 0478 811 234 or email [email protected]

This is followed by a logo for Phoenix Exhibitions - Do we have a new player in the game.

Aptly Phoenix is a mythological bird with the ability to regenerate itself:

From WIkepedia:

A phoenix depicted in a book of legendary creatures by FJ Bertuch(1747–1822)

In Greek mythology, a phoenix (Ancient Greek: φοῖνιξ phoînix) is a long-lived bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again.
Associated with the Sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. According to some sources, the phoenix dies in a show of flames and combustion, although there are other sources that claim that the legendary bird dies and simply decomposes before being born again.^[1] There are different traditions concerning the lifespan of the phoenix, but by most accounts the phoenix lived for 500 years before rebirth.^[2] Herodotus, Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Pope Clement I, Lactantius, Ovid, and Isidore of Seville are among those who have contributed to the retelling and transmission of the phoenix motif.
In the historical record, the phoenix "could symbolize renewal in general as well as the sun, time, the Empire, metempsychosis, consecration, resurrection, life in the heavenly Paradise, Christ, Mary, virginity, the exceptional man, and certain aspects of Christian life".^[3]

^{I also researched the contact given in the quote above -} Candice Tocknell-Gray, she is Brisbane Retail Manager at Carbatec.

https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Candice-Tocknellgray/-1506431573

If this is a "phoenix company", a form of corporate skulduggery, perhaps the appropriate website is ASIC.

Originally Posted by D-Type

If this is a "phoenix company", a form of corporate skulduggery, perhaps the appropriate website is ASIC.

D-Type, I think that "Phoenix" is the registered name of the company rather than a description of its trading practices. I could be wrong but for now I am hanging on to a small glimmer of hope that something good is about to happen.

Since the contact person for "Phoenix" is a senior Carbatec employee, one possible scenario is that Carbatec, who have been staunch supporters and exhibitors at the twwws for years, have formed a company either by themselves or in conjunction with other exhibitors and bought out the previous owners, Impressive Exhibitions. I have no inside knowledge of this and everything will eventually come out in the wash. But for now it gives me hope that at least something different might happen going forward from here. Watching and waiting.

Hmm, I've just had 2 notifications that she's responded to my query, but I can't find what she's said, or where.

Pheonix will be running the WWW Shows in future.
The 2018 Sydney show will now be held at Rosehill Garden Racecourse on 20-22 July.
5000 free car parking spaces and large hall and a railway station next to the venue.
Greg

Originally Posted by D-Type

If this is a "phoenix company", a form of corporate skulduggery, perhaps the appropriate website is ASIC.

A search on ASIC website reveals that Phoenix Exhibitions was registered as a company in March 2018.

Originally Posted by Greg Ward

Pheonix will be running the WWW Shows in future.
The 2018 Sydney show will now be held at Rosehill Garden Racecourse on 20-22 July.

Let's hope the next thing the new owners do is to change the date of the Melbourne show to get away from the clash with the Downunder Turnaround, which has been running on that weekend for over 20 years.

Originally Posted by doug3030

Let's hope the next thing the new owners do is to change the date of the Melbourne show to get away from the clash with the Downunder Turnaround, which has been running on that weekend for over 20 years.

Downside to that Doug - I'd be competing with all you buggers to get the good timber (or maybe I should trek down to Phillip island)

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Downside to that Doug - I'd be competing with all you buggers to get the good timber (or maybe I should trek down to Phillip island)

Well Gab, if things kept going the way they were, there probably wouldn't be any good timber to compete for. I hope that everyone gives the new organizers a fair go and things improve from here.