Zulu is supporting Vickianne Lane – another dedicated supporter of Sunrise Children’s Villages in Cambodia. Vickianne and her mates e are putting on a fundraiser: 19 November at the Quarryman’s Hotel in Pyrmont ( Sydney)

ABOUT THIS ADVENTURE ( from Vickianne)

Back in 2005 a mate had enough foresight to plan his ‘mid life crisis’ for 2010! As a guest at a dinner for the kids of Sunrise Children’s Villages, he was moved by the spirit of the kids, most of whose tragic circumstances were betrayed by their smiles and sense of hope. He enlisted 3 mates, all Dads themselves, to make their ‘crisis’ less about them and more about making the difference for kids who would never have the chances their own children will take for granted.

Here we are, nearly 2010 and the boys have come together to create ‘city2sunrise’ and they’re about to head off on the adventure of a lifetime

The aim: to raise money for the education of these kids so that they can make a difference in their own lives! To book your ticket head to the website www.city2sunrise.org and secure your spot. If you cant make it on the night, visit the site and make a donation to the boys journey and while you’re there have a look at the video of the boys with the some of the kids who visited Australia recently.

4 blokes – 4 bikes – for charity – www.city2sunrise.org

ZULU WILL MATCH THE DONATION PORTION OF YOUR PURCHASE $ FOR $ FOR ORDERS RECEIVED BEFORE
15 NOVEMBER. Delivery guarenteed before 5 December

Choose from our specially selected range of 100% natural Soy Candles and give your friends, family and clients a gift that will be appreciated and loved for its beauty, simplicity and supports the principles of good health, sustainable living and giving back to our communities.

All candles are made by Zulu and come packaged and ready for giving. Purchase price includes a donation to Charity!

THE RANGE includes:

• Mosaic: Heart Throb Red or Clear Glass Holder.
• Traveller: A handy travel tin for those on the road in Gold or Silver
• Candelina: A really sweet candle in little clear glass jar with a lid
• Shots: Cute little candle in a shot glass
• Tealights: Tea lights in a lovely takeaway packs of 5 or 10 tealights

FLAVOURS : You can have your candles unscented or choose from the following 5 flavours : Spiced Orange, Green Melon, Sweet Lemongrass, Pink Grapefruit & Vanilla.

Visit Zulu’s Candles for Community for

further information about the range,

pricing, delivery and who we’re supporting this year

A sentimental journey – OH YES – and a very special opportunity.

Taking a day off ( a rare event for all of us), The Kingstons took me out on Tsunami to Salamaua – 45 min by boat from Lae.

It was a special moment, setting foot on the sands on the land where my father’s family come from. It is the quiet, tropical island paradise in your mind’s eye.

I can’t imagine what it was like in the 1930’s and before Japanese occupation and the evacuation of the area in 1942.

We walked through the village, meeting the local Salamauan’s enjoying a relaxing Sunday, and we also visited the cemetery. It has been so interesting to read up on my family history – and find out more about PNG and my connection to the country and the people.

Thanks to Keith and Michael for this very special day.

It has been a very busy few months for Zulu – continuing work for NCS and taking on two new clients in PNG in the last 2 months.

The Alliance Group is a brand new business and partnership between NCS ( Zulu’s client in PNG) and GCC Services (based out of the Middle East). The Alliance Group will be providing Catering and Camp Mangement services in PNG as a partnership if succesfull in securing contracts with the Exxon Mobil LNG pipeline projects.

Zulu has been a part of the 5 person contract tendering team and development of this new venture since May 2009.

The Alliance Group Marketing and Corporate Identity was developed in under 6 weeks and was launched at the Petroleum and Mining Conferences in Port Moresby 27-30th October.

Zulu turned around the production and delivery of 8 items for the conference – including clothing, pens, brochures, banners and the website – in 2 weeks. Visit www.alliancegrouppng.com

KK Kingston is a PNG manufacturing business with a 37 year history of manufacturing and retailing some of PNG’s most loved brands including the Dazzle Brand of household products and the TUFFA range of industrial plastics and products.

Zulu will be working directly with Founder Keith Kingston and General Manager Michael Kingston to work with the 550+ strong team, addressing business issues, Brand and Marketing Development to take the company forward to further growth and success.

The kids had arrived only 2 days earlier from Cambodia and had spent a busy few days resting, doing publicity and rehearsing for this night of nights which saw them take the stage with the likes of Ray Martin, David Campbell, Casey Chambers and Jane Rutter.

What professionals! What a show!

The children were so excited and thrilled and truly performed their hearts out! There was such a feeling of warmth, support and love for these children – everyone who was there said it was a night like no other!

Among this group were my special two girls, Waew and Thy – and I was very privileged to spend quality time with them and their friends throughout their short stay.

Geraldine Cox and her team of volunteers –deserve the highest accolades as well. They are family to these very special children and worked extremely hard to make this show a reality for the children, and for us.

Zulu’s Candles for Community this Christmas will be raising money for Sunrise Children’s Villages in Cambodia

When I find a great supplier – I stick with them, and my best suppliers are a vital part of my ability to promise and deliver. On the flip-side – I consider myself to be a very good client to have – and a loyal one at that. Great relationships in business can only be developed over time and through experiences.

Recently I had two challenging jobs where heaven and earth had to be moved – and during testing times – it really pays off to have that personal relationship.

4000 Polo Shirts in record time:

The Urgent Request: Supply 4000 high quality embroidered polo shirts and deliver them to Brisbane in time to meet the loading of a container headed for Lihir, a small Island in the north of Papua New Guinea.

By the time I worked out the (complex) logistics management on the shipping component alone, I had 7 days to work with my promotions supplier on this job and here’s how it went:

• Tuesday: Select an appropriate product – price it, quote it, check supply levels.
• Wednesday: Get artwork and embroidery samples done and get sign-off on order and artwork/ samples from client.
• Thursday: Product ordered and delivered from manufacturer to embroiderer on 2 pallets
• Friday – Monday: 4000 polo shirts embroidered, repackaged and checked – packaged back on the pallet ready for collection on Tuesday morning.
• Tuesday: Pallets collected on a tail lift truck and transported to Brisbane
• Thursday: Arrived in Brisbane at shipping yard by deadline day.

I am told that this is could be an INDUSTRY RECORD.

A true team effort by a team who has worked together, developed great relationships with each other’s respective suppliers – to get the job done and delivered. Thanks Lynda, Richard and Joy.

Fixing Banner mishaps:

I had to produce a roll-up banner for a client for an event – and went back to the supplier who I’ve used for over 7 years for this. We had a slight communication issue and I ended up with 2 instead of one – and negotiated to buy the second one for half price. A great deal for my client and a gesture I appreciated greatly from my supplier.

I unpacked the banner and rolled it up to photograph it – but I didn’t secure it properly and the banner “ snapped back” – catching the pole and giving me a rap on the knuckles as it retracted back into the unit. There was damaged done to the banner skin AND my hand!

One step forward – TWO STEPS BACK!

Still in shock – bleeding and in a bit of pain, I immediately called Angelo blubbering about how I just did well to get the 2nd unit for half priced and then immediately damaged it – making it undeliverable.

Angelo just laughed- and said that he admired my honesty and that most people would say that the unit had arrived damaged. His offer to me – was to reprint the skin and reinstall it for free – WOW – what an amazing offer and truly great customer service. It was absolutely my fault and he did not have to do this!

He even saved the old slightly damaged skin, put rails on it and gave it back to me. So Angelo from Display Systems Australia – here’s my promise back to you – to tell everyone how terrific you are!

Sure: It’s not how we would like to do things in an ideal world – yet each of us was committed to delivering this job ultimately to my client and supporting each other in our businesses – and we sure did.

2009 Range

The Mosaic Candles are back from the Christmas range and so are the tealights !!

• New on the scene are the Sweet Candelinas – a clear glass jar with a lid!
• Refills of the Mosaic Glass holders are also available.
• Also choose from Spiced Orange, Green Melon and Vanilla frangrances – or go unscented!!

Buying Candles from Zulu’s Candles for Community helps support communities in need.

$1.50 from every purchase is donated to a charitable organisation. Click here for the Candle range, pricing and to find out who we’re supporting in 2009

The Inspire Foundation took all 50 basketballs and distributed them amongst a variety of youth projects in Sydney including Marrickville Youth Centre, Macquarie Fields Outreach Centre and Don Bosco House.

“All of the above organisations are very thankful for the Basketballs” said a representative from Inspire Foundation.

“Our Young People really did feel like it was Christmas and were excited to receive the balls to be able to play a bit of B-Ball”.

So thanks to our donor “Michael” for spreading a bit of “bouncy” joy!!

The Inspire Foundation help millions of young people lead happier lives. For more information visit www.inspire.org.au

Commodore Peter Illau and Sue Liu

Of course I can’t tell you what we discussed – because that’s CLASSIFIED Information – TOP SECRET! I put this photo in – because I LIKE it!

Zulu’s client NCS is a key service provider to PNG DF! Commander Illau was the guest speaker at the NCS Conference in November and kindly granted me an interview at DF HQ in Port Moresby.

For more information about what NCS do for PNGDF – visit www.ncs.com.pg

On the edge of a Goldmine

On one of my recent trips to PNG for Zulu’s client NCS , I had the opportunity to visit the world’s 5th largest open cut Goldmine on Lihir Island in the remote north of the country.

I can’t show you much more – but the trucks are HUGE and the pit is HUGE – how much more eloquent can I be??

Lihir Gold Limited’s operation on Lihir – is supported by NCS, who provide the Camp Management and Catering Services for the 300o man operation!

Zulu Communications provides Strategic Business, Marketing and PR services to NCS – who has extensive commercial catering and camp management services across PNG. You can find out more on the NCS website ( which I built and launched in December 2008) by visiting www.ncs.com.pg