An imaginative renewable buffet table will be laid out. Guest can request to eat or not as they choose. As always our fully licensed bar will be open and bus transfers ex Port Douglas @ $15pp will be available by bookings only.
Nell Schofield
Presenter of the SHOWTIME weekly film show Tuesday Night with Nell Schofield, Nell Schofield is one of the industry's most respected identities working in the fields of television, radio and print media.
A graduate of NIDA where she and seven other fellow students devised the play Strictly Ballroom, Nell first appeared on screen as the star of Bruce Beresford's cult classic Puberty Blues. Since then Nell has appeared in numerous productions as well as a presenter on many shows including CNN International's 'The Art Club' and CNN's travel show 'Hot Spots'. She reported for five years with ABC TV's weekly arts program Review and her voice is currently heard on 'Media Watch'.
On radio Nell has reported for ABC's Radio National on programs including 'Arts Today' and 'Breakfast' as well has having presented the 53 part series 'The ' Story of Pop' (currently in its third re-run)
In print, her articles have appeared in The Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Magazine and Vogue Australia among many other publications. She writes a weekly film review for Melbourne's Sunday Herald Sun and since 1987 has written travel features journeying on assignment to destinations such as Antarctica (twice), the Arctic and South Africa.
Nell's first book, 'First Kiss' (with photographer Lisa Tomasetti), was published by Allen and Unwin in 2002 and her second, a monograph on the film Puberty Blues for the Australian Screen Classics series, will be published by Currency Press in 2004.
Nell regularly works as MC for special events including the opening of the inaugural Russian Film Festival in Sydney; Sydney Symphony Superdome Spectacular; the celebration of Adam Elliott's Oscar win in Melbourne's Federation Square and is often called upon to present at industry award ceremonies.
In 1999 she directed the inaugural Mercedes Australian Fashion Week Festival, a nine-day program of public cultural activities to coincide with the industry events at Fox Studios in Sydney. In 2000 Nell acted as Associate Producer for the English production company Double Exposure on two educational documentaries for Channel 4 about the making of the films 'Strictly Ballroom' and 'Romeo and Juliet'.