I Spent the day at NAIDOC in Brisbane....Here's who I met and what I Learned

[00:00:02]Yeah, let's go all in.

[00:00:07]You're doing good work out there, brother. Thank you very good work, man.

[00:00:13]NAIDOC Week, what is it all about?

[00:00:16]And what does it mean to everyone? So, first time I've been down to one of these events.

[00:00:22]Uh looks pretty big. Here we are in Brisbane City, Musgrave Park in South Bank, and I got invited along to come and check it out.

[00:00:31]I'm actually here with Indigenous Mana.

[00:00:33]So, what do I what do I do is I help mentor youth that are struggling in life, maybe have a bit of a disadvantage in their uh home life [music] and all that sort of stuff. So, I I help mentor them with Indigenous Mana, which is a Indigenous and uh Polynesian run youth development program. And they've got a store set up here.

[00:00:54]Just around here somewhere.

[00:00:55]So, I've got all our stuff. Got a bit of a mat. Got a bit of a yarning mat. Got a speaker.

[00:01:00]And I'm going to get in and have a look around and see what it's all about. And you know, first time I'm experiencing this. So, you know what I experience now is coming straight directly to you and you're going to learn the same thing if you don't already know about it. So, without further ado, let's go check it out. Picked up a tricky park just over there, too.

[00:01:17]Oh, tricky park. Think got a few NRL boys coming down today to just float around the store. So, you know, I might have a chat to them to see what what their thoughts are on all this, what it means to them. Get around to talk to a few people.

[00:01:30]Just to see what they know about NAIDOC Week, what it's about, and what it means to them.

[00:01:34]Yeah, first things first, I suppose, got to get in there, hey? Get in there.

[00:01:39]It's busy here as anyway. Man, heaps of people here.

[00:01:45]All right, I think first things first, we'll go drop all the stuff off.

[00:01:47]Then I get around and have a look around and chat to a few people.

[00:01:51]Cuz you know, I want to know more about this as well.

[00:01:53]Obviously, I hear about it every year, uh NAIDOC Week, but it's good that I get, you know, I'm getting the opportunity or I'm getting in amongst it just to find out a little bit more about what it means to actual people.

[00:02:06]What it actually means, the actual event.

[00:02:09]All right, where do I go? Where are we?

[00:02:12]I've brought food. Bro, I am starving, cuz.

[00:02:16]I'm starving.

[00:02:19]Some food. Well, we'll go check out the food soon.

[00:02:21]Like I said, I want to drop off the stuff first.

[00:02:24]Try and find out where our spot is.

[00:02:26]Yeah, this place is huge. It's like massive. It's like tents set up over there, tents set up over there. There's a big stage over there.

[00:02:33]There's like a food alley over there, but So, they told me they were to the right.

[00:02:39]But, I can't find it.

[00:02:41]So, apparently they're by the ambulance.

[00:02:42]Bro, where is the ambulance?

[00:02:52]I am lost, cuz. This is just too big.

[00:02:56]Where is it?

[00:02:59]Oh, there it is.

[00:03:04]Bro, I'm going to spend the whole day here just getting around this.

[00:03:07]So, apparently it's the biggest NAIDOC event in Australia.

[00:03:11]Hey, what's up?

[00:03:14]>> Hey, Gambo.

[00:03:15]>> Good, good, good.

[00:03:16]>> [laughter] >> My name's Cato. NAIDOC week to me is uh mob coming together as one.

[00:03:38]Working all together.

[00:03:40]Uh connecting with people. Look at these mob out here. So many of us everywhere.

[00:03:45]Connecting people with the right tools, connections, all the deadly clothes, necklaces, everything.

[00:03:53]It It lets us have a voice with everyone. Let's us have a voice with the government downstairs, upstairs, everyone. It's Deadly Day.

[00:04:02]Yeah, I'm with Indigenous Mana. So, we're a sporting academy mentorship. Uh so, we grab the kids 10 to 17.

[00:04:11]Bring them in if they're going through hard times, family, friends, really disengaged from school. Bring them in, give them a feed, talk about uh you know, their feelings and and and how they overcome everything. We're all family. We're all work together.

[00:04:26]>> Yeah, this place is pumping, man. So, yeah, basically what it seems like it's about connections and maybe finding uh networking. I suppose networking with other businesses.

[00:04:36]We've got uh clothing companies, businesses that all get together and they sort of chat about, you know, working together, which is really good.

[00:04:51]>> Mada was about celebrating um uh our culture by Aboriginal and Torres Strait.

[00:04:58]Um also letting the wider community know, non-indigenous people, um that we celebrate our culture through um every way that we that's possible. Song, dance, coming together, sharing stories, and celebrating on a whole.

[00:05:16]First of all, I'm a music artist.

[00:05:17]>> Yep.

[00:05:18]>> Um So, my music artist name is ZDZ.

[00:05:22]So, a hip-hop artist. So, um how I came about that was that I thought that I'd do um some apparel wear.

[00:05:28]>> Yep.

[00:05:29]>> And then I sort of ventured into like just getting into street urban wear. But however, I started to come up with the with all this stuff.

[00:05:36]>> Are those some of your designs at the back there?

[00:05:37]>> Yeah. Ev- Everything, yeah. Everything is all my design.

[00:05:40]>> Do you come up with the designs yourself, bro? Or you got a team behind you that sort of help you >> No, I design them myself and then I get my team to come with me. So, >> Awesome, bro.

[00:05:47]>> gold, silver, leather, black leather. is like yeah, our culture is worth more than gold.

[00:05:54]So, I came up with the gold stuff first and it's worth more than gold.

[00:06:02]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Celebrating culture, celebrating community, everybody coming together, [music] uniting together.

[00:06:34]Yeah, and Musgrave Park is the best place to do it.

[00:06:37]>> What's How does the Broncos bring that culture into the Nita week? What What is it?

[00:06:41]>> Yeah, so it's it's a big commitment for our club. We have one of the biggest First Nations education programs for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids across the entire sporting landscape.

[00:06:51]So, we're in 53 schools. So, we're from as far west as Canungra, as far south as Lismore, and as far north as Gympie.

[00:07:01]So, yeah, we we have a real dedication to that and we just want to make sure we're we're in community and and and showing our support as much as we can.

[00:07:08]>> I'm still absolutely blown away by the amount of people here. Like no word of a lie, there was like it is packed.

[00:07:15]And it's only just opened too. I think 9:30. It's only like 11:00 at the moment.

[00:07:28]Yeah, yeah, back here. I'm just trying to get some lollies off him. So, I asked him a question, he's going to give me a lolly. Especially those ones. I like those ones.

[00:07:35]There you go. How many? 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> [laughter] >> Uh we are Mission Australia. We are a men's homeless support service and we are only two men's support services in Brisbane.

[00:07:47]So us and St. Vincent de Paul, we work with men 18 [music] to 65 plus, chronic homeless, and we work with them anywhere from three, six months, a year, and then we actively work with them to get their own accommodation.

[00:08:00]>> How does someone get a hold of you?

[00:08:01]>> They can go through Department of Housing or any of the other referral services like Micah Projects or Hart 4000, Third Space. If they were working with homelessness, they can refer to us.

[00:08:12]>> Cool. And finally, uh how do I get my hands on one of those beautiful hot dog lollies?

[00:08:16]>> Uh you help yourself.

[00:08:18]>> It's all about the hot dog, baby. You know I mean hot dogs, lolly hot dogs, whatever, but hot dog. Give me hot dog.

[00:08:23]Oh, here's a good spot here, some footy jerseys.

[00:08:26]As you know, I'm I'm right into my footy, so let's go and have a chat with the footy jersey people.

[00:08:30]>> Uh Yamma Balo Birri, Gumaroi Kulumamaruwari. Uh we work for the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health.

[00:08:36]Uh one of the many First Nations Health Services that provide adequate health service uh to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities here in South East Queensland. Uh we're one of four services that you know that are active and or five that are active as far as inception right all the way down to Gold Coast, all the way out to Goondiwindi and Iningai. And the goal is yet to provide health care for as young as babies to up to elders and everybody in between. Which is normal checkups to chronic illnesses to identifying, you know, uh health issues uh within those individuals but also across the across the board for community and specialized program. So this is the uh Deadly Kindys.

[00:09:13]So they help sign up uh families and communities. We have programs >> I think I I think that's what NAIDOC really is is about celebrating our wins, understanding our history, uh but continuing the struggle and the fight.

[00:09:28]>> Awesome, brother. Well said. Finally, brother, uh what team do you support?

[00:09:32]>> BUT >> NEW SOUTH WALES.

[00:09:34]>> OH, [ __ ] >> SO GO THE BLUES. Go the Blues.

[00:09:36][laughter] >> No, go the Blues. [ __ ] the Blues.

[00:09:38]>> Yeah, all the way.

[00:09:39]>> You have a good one, bro.

[00:09:40]>> See you too, bro. See you too, bro. See you stuff too, bro.

[00:09:43]Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:09:44]>> Nah, you're doing good work, bro. You're doing good work, eh?

[00:09:46]>> Indigenous Business Australia.

[00:09:49]>> No, Ben, come on, Ben.

[00:09:53]Ah, Ben.

[00:09:55]Thrown under the bus.

[00:09:56]Is it [laughter] cuz of your handsome features, Ben?

[00:10:00]>> So, Indigenous Business Australia. We do a lot of like home loans and business loans for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

[00:10:08]We sort of have like lower deposit requirements and all that sort of stuff.

[00:10:12]It's just a little bit easier to get in through us than maybe a mainstream lender.

[00:10:15]>> Okay.

[00:10:16]>> We're also like a capability partner.

[00:10:18]While we might help you finance a business, we're also like do coaching and like all these things that sort of come with with running a business. Like we'll maybe we'll do a website for you or like we'll show you how to do your tax for the first time or something like that.

[00:10:32]>> Uh how do the people get a hold of you?

[00:10:33]>> All online. It's like expressions of interest. Oh, yeah, just try and give us like a call and all that sort of that sort of stuff.

[00:10:42]>> [laughter] [laughter] >> There you go, but a business stuff as well. Oh, here we go.

[00:10:53]Some art.

[00:10:54]I'm an artsy sort of person, so we got to check this out.

[00:10:57]Check it out. Yeah, look at that.

[00:11:01]Oosh, oosh.

[00:11:04]>> It's about being black and deadly and, you know, showing up for community and just um just seeing our mob, really. Just being a part of everyday life.

[00:11:13]>> Yeah.

[00:11:14]>> Is it sort of more about connecting with each other, maybe just helping out each other? Is it a bit of that as well?

[00:11:18]>> Yeah, I think so.

[00:11:19]>> Exposing yourself to a wider market.

[00:11:21]>> so. It's also just um allowing us to like show up and just This fella just bought a pair of our deadly deadly Crocs.

[00:11:29]>> What you're going to put on those bad boys? I see a hole IN THERE, RIGHT?

[00:11:34]>> [laughter] >> HE'S GOT THE NEW SOUTH WALES ONE.

[00:11:36]>> WELL, quickly tell us about your business.

[00:11:37]>> Um yeah, so we're we're called we're called Charm Ya. And um we sell charms.

[00:11:44]Um we sell Crocs. We have a lot of uh deadly things over here. Come for a walk over here. I'll show you these ones.

[00:11:52]So, our our products are um we try to to cater to all communities.

[00:11:57]Um we've got heaps of different flags here.

[00:12:00]>> Small let's go.

[00:12:00]>> PNG, yeah. We've got some New Zealand here. Got Torres Strait. We even have Jamaica.

[00:12:07]>> I've never seen this much stuff before.

[00:12:08]>> We've got, you know, all the sayings that mobs say.

[00:12:11]>> Yeah.

[00:12:11]>> Shut your guts. Inya. Um but, you know, there's we like to cater to all different types of This is a This is a new business. Um so, at the moment we're [music] still probably going to be making some new products.

[00:12:23]>> Okay.

[00:12:23]>> So, this is our current stuff that we have. We might be making some new ones, but these ones here are quite um popular. So, these are all different mobs. Um Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mob. Um yeah, so proud to be and then you've got proud to be Murray.

[00:12:39]>> That's so cool.

[00:12:39]>> Yeah, so it's a it's a whole bunch of different stuff. We've got the bags as well.

[00:12:43]>> are awesome, man.

[00:12:44]>> We did have Aboriginal flags, but we sold out.

[00:12:46]Um so, we've just got the Torres Strait flags left. Um we're quite a new business actually and we don't We currently don't have an online store, but we are going to have an online store very soon.

[00:12:57]>> uh how do people get ahold of you? Where do they find your product?

[00:13:00]>> We're on Instagram. We're on Facebook.

[00:13:01]We're on TikTok.

[00:13:03]>> Yeah.

[00:13:03]>> Um so, yeah.

[00:13:04]>> What's the name on there? What's >> Charm Ya official. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok. And then all you got to do is like, share, follow, and tag two friends to to win a pair of Charm Ya Crocs and 10 charms.

[00:13:16]So, >> Thank you very much.

[00:13:18]>> Thank you.

[00:13:18]>> You've been good work. You've been good work, man. Well done. Well done. Awesome business.

[00:13:21]Oh, check out these gears. Check out these gears. All right, those a mean.

[00:13:28]Look at this.

[00:13:31]>> Hold on.

[00:13:33]My name is Kiana Lampton. Means everything to me cuz this is my very first night up here in Brisbane. So as in sorry Musgrave as you say and we come from Townsville. So it means the world and like I'm so excited even to be here.

[00:13:45]So this is called Brexit Indigenous Clothing.

[00:13:48]Bianca Brackenridge, this is her business. So she's originated from Townsville. She's been in this for over what 16 years? I'm thinking now, yeah.

[00:13:58]But it's all clothing and all moldy the whole lot. So we've got a whole lot of range of clothes and yeah.

[00:14:05]Stubby coolers, umbrellas, you name it.

[00:14:07]So shoes as well. So whatever you want, whatever you're looking for. Yes, we're online. So Visa card here.

[00:14:15]And we also do afterpay.

[00:14:17]>> Okay, cool.

[00:14:18]>> Yeah.

[00:14:18]>> Can they order online and stuff as well?

[00:14:19]>> Yes, we can. Yeah, yes, you can. Yeah.

[00:14:22]>> Like you don't want to miss out on this stuff. It's it's really, really good.

[00:14:24]Okay. Final question, what team do you support?

[00:14:28]Oh, let's go.

[00:14:29]Let's go.

[00:14:31]>> [laughter] >> Cowboys.

[00:14:32]>> Yeah, Cowboys, Townsville, of course, of course, of course.

[00:14:35]So what? Get rid of all of that and just have that sitting there?

[00:14:38]>> I wish I could.

[00:14:40]>> Thank you for your time. And these Indigenous clothing wow.

[00:14:44]Love them.

[00:14:45]I like the designs, the colors on the Indigenous clothes and stuff.

[00:14:48]I'll just keep hunting around the Indigenous clothes and chatting to them.

[00:14:51]Promote the Indigenous clothing brands.

[00:14:54]Speak to them more about our clothing, you know, there's there's more to it than that. So >> [music] >> Got a few of the boys performing today.

[00:15:01]Up on stage. So if I'm still here, I'll get around the stage and catch a bit of behind the scenes footage of them performing.

[00:15:08]I think they used to have a a rap group back in the days. You know, they're a little bit older now.

[00:15:13]Not too old, but you know, they're older. So might try and get around and catch a little bit of their footage.

[00:15:17]Need to be chatting to a few NRL players today too. They're coming coming to the tent later on.

[00:15:22]Let's keep moving around and have a look.

[00:15:26]>> [music] >> Uh Adrian ketchup and native means to me just celebrating our culture and >> [music and singing] >> you know bringing our families and all our not just black people as well like >> [music] >> just everyone really.

[00:15:41]>> So we are Yorgan Connect so So we work through our child safety.

[00:15:47]So we provide placement and care and support for our young children.

[00:15:51]that are in need. Yeah you can you can find us on our website just [music] under yorganconnect.com.

[00:15:56]>> Also phone?

[00:15:57]>> Um yeah you give us an email Cuz all our all our managers and SEOs [music and singing] for all the details of it.

[00:16:05]>> I might might get a bit too loud to talk to anyone but we'll just we'll keep having a chat. [music] Let's see how much our volume comes up cuz there's some awesome bands playing at the moment too.

[00:16:14]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Well it is actually absolutely [music] packed in here.

[00:17:13]It just goes on and on and on further and further further.

[00:17:16]I might have to get away from all the clothes.

[00:17:18]>> [music] >> Camera doesn't quite capture how busy it actually really is in here.

[00:17:26]>> [music] [music] [music] >> I see >> [music] >> This he'll make >> They got them uh Ian Lacey, I'm a Mandinji Waka Waka man.

[00:17:50]Uh NAIDOC week I guess is a time for us to sort of reflect and celebrate, you know, our people and you know, how far we've come.

[00:17:57]>> Yep.

[00:17:57]>> Uh it's a time to connect I guess and um everyone lives busy lives these days so these types of events allow us all to come back together, connect, have a bit of fun and share the stories. Um AKCL Industries so myself and uh Ian Lacey is the director, Selwyn Nuku is the other director. 100% Aboriginal owned company.

[00:18:14]Um so yeah, we pretty much do anything in the uniform space so whether it's sportswear, corporate wear, work wear, merchandise, signage, you know, anything you you can put your brand on.

[00:18:23]Um you know, we sort of specialize in having that capacity [music] to you know, take our artists such as Brett Bond's deadly artwork um and make garments out of it. Yeah, so we've got a few um artists that we use uh for NAIDOC events.

[00:18:36]>> Yep.

[00:18:36]>> Um so Brett's been one for the last few years. We've used uh Zoe Hart, [music] a bunch of young men, um Miller Rogers, young girl from Palm Beach Currumbin. Uh my son he's uh 12 this year. Done his first artwork and got his stuff stuff on garments so yeah, just gets the ability to get the [music] stories of these artists out there, you know, and and yeah, get their you know, they all do good wonderful work. All art and that's all of our artists across the country.

[00:19:02]>> Good morning everyone.

[00:19:03]Brett Bond and I'm from my hometown in uh Bundjalung people and so my role in this company with uh Ian and and Zoe is I'm one of one of their graphic designers and yeah, so we just do people just get given their artwork and put them put them on the on the shirts and that and on the on the apparel. This is one of yours?

[00:19:22]>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:19:22]>> What what do you get inspiration from?

[00:19:24]>> Uh well, just the different back home like yeah, yeah, all the others and that back home and yeah, just growing up used to like watching them, you know, watching them painting and that and with myself now, I just do I do a lot of digital stuff and yeah, so this is one of one of my digital designs and that, so yeah.

[00:19:40]>> Awesome, brother. I know you're doing good work, man. Thank you very much for your time, brother. Yeah.

[00:19:44]Yeah, ex-NRL player Brenton Bowen, obviously thriving in life after NRL, after footy, doing good work, doing good stuff, positive stuff, still inspiring with his artwork. Now move from a rugby league player to now doing artwork, man.

[00:20:00]What a awesome trajectory, you know, in life and that. Hopefully the music isn't so loud that you can't hear because there's some good wisdom coming out of a lot of these people, you know.

[00:20:09]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Got a university stuff as well, getting you know, the youth into education, which is awesome as well.

[00:20:40]So as well as contacts and networking there are awesome opportunities for pathways for kids.

[00:20:48]>> For me, obviously means I guess remembering the past and our elders and passing down a lot of culture and knowledge and I guess in the sense of today, I feel like it's a good chance for everyone to come together, the community and I guess at NAIDOC week catch up with all your family and everything and um I'm just here today supporting my sister and helping out in the store.

[00:21:14]Um she's just recently opened up a black owned um NDIS registered business. Uh anyone that needs assistance or care, we have support workers for them.

[00:21:25]And sometimes our mob, you know, you might not feel comfortable speaking, you know, saying I need this or I need that.

[00:21:31]But when you're with um you know, black fellas, you can say, "Hey, I need this."

[00:21:35]Like each other. I guess it's a cultural sensitivity makes it a bit easier, I guess.

[00:21:41]>> What you got there, bro? What you got there?

[00:21:43]>> I've got some Nike things.

[00:21:44]>> Yeah, nice. Let's go. Let's go. What you got, bro?

[00:21:47]Yeah, let's do it, lads. Let's do it, lads.

[00:21:50]>> Do it, lads.

[00:21:51]>> Yeah, my name's Marie. My business is Yalburru Crafts.

[00:21:55]Um I started weaving and painting um earrings quite a few years ago and it just became addictive. It's very therapeutic and I love doing it and I love coming to NAIDOC.

[00:22:07]>> What's Yalburru? What does that >> Yalburru is uh Yugambeh language for happy.

[00:22:13]>> Okay.

[00:22:14]>> Yeah. Crafts.

[00:22:15]>> Happy crafts?

[00:22:16]>> Yeah.

[00:22:19]>> Got iPhone cases here. Check this out.

[00:22:30]This is a clever too.

[00:22:32]Wow, cowboy hats.

[00:22:35]>> Uh my name's Eugena Ryan Neil, proud Gamilaraay woman from Bulga.

[00:22:39]And um NAIDOC means a gathering um for all of us people to come together and also share. Sharing, sharing our culture and hopefully one day that we'll all become one. So, what we've got here is um we've got some beautiful coolamons like some wood um from our country out at Walgett and then we've got some platter boards and some weaving, um, some earrings, and some bird hats.

[00:23:06]Um, me and my husband do all the all the work, um, weaving and and artwork, and go out and get the wood and stuff like that, and it's our little therapy job.

[00:23:13]We can custom make stuff.

[00:23:15]>> Look at this. Straight from one awesome thing to another.

[00:23:23]>> Hey, bud.

[00:23:24]>> I'll just get around to the stage and have a little bit of a look.

[00:23:27]>> Hey, sis.

[00:23:27]>> Welcome everybody here that is present today.

[00:23:33]>> [music] [music] [cheering] [applause] [music] [music] [cheering] >> That's the males' initiation dance.

[00:24:25]Everyone stand back a little bit.

[00:24:27]>> [music] >> It's a little bit over there.

[00:24:46]>> [music] [music] [cheering] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Well, that was awesome how they um I know uh express their stories through dance.

[00:25:50]Very well done.

[00:25:52]That's really good for the local the local indigenous tribe to be seen their dances in front of this many people. As Maori, we connect to our points as well.

[00:26:03]We also dance haka, waiata, song.

[00:26:07]Uh they express their culture, their history through the same way as well.

[00:26:12]And that was bloody awesome, that. It was really good. Not sure if I've mentioned it yet, but there's a bit of an after party tonight. A few of the boys are performing, so I'll be heading there, getting around that in the city.

[00:26:22]But it's not till tonight, like really late.

[00:26:25]Well, the adult stuff happens, you know? But I'll try and get the camera around there if I can.

[00:26:30]>> So, my name is Tameeka Sadler. Ngaru is about coming together as community, bringing black fellas around to celebrate the strength, resilience, and culture, and the legacy that, you know, our people have fought so hard for. So, this is Take Pride Movement. This is um my partner Benjamin Thompson's brand. It was founded in 2018 because there was a need and want for Aboriginal uh streetwear. And so, yeah, we're here today down at Musgrave Park selling um NAIDOC uh streetwear, you know, in thing with Black and Deadly. So, yeah, and making sure >> and the wording? Is it Is it a joint effort or is it >> effort. My partner's a graphic designer.

[00:27:09]I give him ideas and he makes things come to life.

[00:27:15]>> Uh In the city shades.

[00:27:19]Couple of the boys are performing uh Big Noise will be performing.

[00:27:23]And I'll just get around and um yeah, get a get a bit of behind the scenes stuff if I can. See how As it turns [music] out, maybe I'll be the one getting interviewed now. Oh, sweet. All good. All good.

[00:27:37]So, as it turns out, the interviewer is now getting interviewed. Hey, uh my name's uh Mr. Lavender, just from uh New Zealand from Tuhoe country, but I'm um uh happy to be here in the Brisbane area. Um being part of this awesome event.

[00:27:49]>> Do you know what you're wearing on your shirt?

[00:27:51]It's called Indigenous Mana.

[00:27:52]>> Indigenous Mana, so well, I coach a bit of uh rugby league, so what we do is we try and um we we tutor we tutor youth that are struggling uh trying to find a pathway.

[00:28:02]Basically, try and tutor them through footy, but it's any other pathway really. Like we get some NRL players to come in and just sort of talk to them and show them that there's other ways uh outside of what they may not know.

[00:28:11]>> Looking forward to seeing today perform.

[00:28:13]Do you know any of the artists performing today?

[00:28:14]>> uh there's there's a man by the name of Wok. Uh yeah, Wok. Brother Wok. So, uh yeah, I'll be getting around and trying to have a have a have a little uh chat to Wok. He's not big on the camera, but I'll see what I can do. Good night.

[00:28:24]>> [laughter] >> So, uh if you guys KNOW WOK, YEAH, I THINK HIM AND HIS BROTHER HAD A A RAP group back in the day, so they might be uh reviving themselves. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:28:33]They'll be reviving themselves today and tonight as well. We've got a something happening in Brisbane, a little bit of an after function, so yeah, it'll be good.

[00:28:40]>> Yeah, >> solid. Thank you, my brother. Thanks for coming up there.

[00:28:43]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Yeah, so we got um we did it all handmade and stuff. We got um necklaces, we got beanies, got not cotton knit beanies, we got um little bag, we got >> [music] [music] >> The boys haven't turned up yet, so I'm just heading off to my car to make sure I haven't got a parking ticket cuz I parked in a real ratchet spot. So, I thought I'd bring you guys along for the ride.

[00:29:42]We'll see what happens. And I might as well get some content out of it. If I have to pay a $200 parking ticket, might as well get some content.

[00:29:49]Yes.

[00:29:50][ __ ] yes.

[00:29:52]Nothing, baby, nothing. So, we've got Braden Trindall, Ronaldo Mulitalo, and Nathan Merritt, as well as walking AB. So, they'll be coming through, too, to perform.

[00:30:02]Uh yeah, we'll check out um check out the performance tonight cuz they're doing the after-party, as well.

[00:30:18]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Hey bus, what's going on?

[00:30:42]What's happening?

[00:30:44]Hey, >> good to meet you, brother. How are you, man? That's me, all right. You too, brother. You too. You too.

[00:30:47]>> All right, man. Nice to meet you here.

[00:30:49]>> Ah, no look, um you know, it's a special event that's a time for all our mob to get together and and um you know, be around each other and enjoy enjoy the culture of of the event, you know. So, you know, it's always good to be around all black fellas and you know, you feel you feel at home. Feel comfortable com- comfortable. So, you know, it's a awesome awesome experience to come here today.

[00:31:12]>> Tell us about the Street Warriors. Got Walking AB here?

[00:31:15]>> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:31:16]>> How far back do they go, man?

[00:31:17]>> Ah, yeah, we're we're brothers, man. We go back for years. So, ah the boys hit me up to come come um do some stuff here with them. So, you know, I was I was more than privileged to come and help and you know, it's always always great to be around the mob and you know, give give them back to the young kids and you know, try and help them and you know, guide guide them and tell tell them what's right from wrong and >> Thank you for giving back to the community, brother.

[00:31:43]>> Thank you, brother. Thank >> You always do, man. You always do. There he is.

[00:31:49]Good good, brother. Good.

[00:31:50]>> You well?

[00:31:51]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:31:51]>> Ah, no look, it's about about all the mob coming together and and just just celebrating our culture and just just letting people know that we're still here and still sharing our culture and and growing and developing and just being deadly.

[00:32:04]>> What's going on today, brother? There's a stage over there. You're meant to be on it?

[00:32:06]>> Yeah, yeah.

[00:32:07]Yeah, yeah, yeah. We We come up from Newcastle. So, um we never ever got to play this festival before. So, we're doing our 20-year anniversary tour this year. Me and my brother, Street Warriors, a hip-hop group from the early 2000s and yeah, we've we've we've had a break for about 10 years and we're back now. We're going to do a bit of a tour this year. So, Musgrave Park, yeah, we've always wanted to play here and we get the chance to play today on our second gig back. So, really excited.

[00:32:34]>> And um what are we hoping to see from the South African there, of cartwheels and some backflips or >> Maybe a bit of shake [laughter] a leg or something. maybe do a cross fit style. I don't think I'll do anything. So, I've got them a bit loose. So, I'm excited to just to get out there and have a bit of a shake a leg. Yeah, it'll be good.

[00:32:47]>> Awesome. Thanks, Evin. Awesome. Can't wait to see you, brother.

[00:32:50]>> Cheers. Cheers, my brother. Thank you.

[00:32:52]>> We've got a bit of a queue. We've got a bit of a queue waiting for the boys to turn up.

[00:32:56]Tricky Trindall and Molotallo. Shouldn't be too far.

[00:33:08]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Hey, what's up? This is Chibber on Shades Nightclub at 42 Valley, 648 Ann Street. So, we're at NAIDOC Week tonight, 50 years of deadly. Can't wait for that. Shades is the place to be tonight.

[00:33:45]>> [music] [music] >> Boys just turned up.

[00:34:01]Hey, what's up, bro? How are you, man?

[00:34:03]Good. Got a good, good.

[00:34:04]>> So, how are you?

[00:34:05]>> Hey.

[00:34:06]Good to see you, brother. You're looking good. [laughter] >> Good to see you.

[00:34:08]>> My brother and I helped you when you were moving your arms.

[00:34:14]>> Hey, bro. How are you, man?

[00:34:16]You having a photo?

[00:34:18]>> Yeah, bro.

[00:34:18]>> Yeah, something good. How old are you?

[00:34:20]>> Mark, you want to get in that photo?

[00:34:21]Come and take a photo.

[00:34:22]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I hear you. It's all about tonight, all the all the mob coming together and and celebrating and having a good time together. And as you can see here today, there's plenty plenty of mob getting around here and having a good time with each other.

[00:35:01]That's all.

[00:35:02]>> Do you get the opportunity to get down to these much, man? You're you're pretty busy schedule. Do you get around to these sort of things?

[00:35:07]>> Yeah, I try to every year for the NAIDOC week and then throughout the year I whenever there's an indigenous thing on and I try to get to it and you know, spread the love and spread happiness.

[00:35:16]>> Finally, Bo, you're in the indigenous camp this year. Wasn't your first one, was it? You've been in a couple, was it?

[00:35:20]>> Nah, I think that was my fourth, I think.

[00:35:21]>> Well, how was it, man? Cuz I was actually there. I was I was around the camp with these boys in the hotel. How was it, bro? How was it? Being a you know, the older one, there's a couple of younger ones coming through. How was it for you?

[00:35:30]>> Nah, it was awesome, man. Just you know, being that being that younger fella as I was as I first come through, you you kind of get a bit nervous and to talk about you know, where you're from and and who you are as a person. But as you get older, you you start to see these these younger ones coming through and you feel like a >> [laughter] >> bit of a senior player there. But you know, you just you see how how comfortable they get around all the boys talking about themselves and then who they are as a person. So I think that's that's what the best thing about it was.

[00:35:53]>> Awesome, Bo. I appreciate your words, man. You're doing good work OUT THERE, BO.

[00:35:57]>> [laughter] >> SHE'S READY. SO YOU GO ON FIRST AND THEN YOU GOT to go. Who's going next? You?

[00:36:07]>> Happy NAIDOC everyone. There's a NAIDOC party at Shades.

[00:36:11]Love to see you all there.

[00:36:12]>> [laughter] >> He's going to be saying NO LIES TO ALL OF US.

[00:36:16]>> HAPPY NAIDOC EVERYONE.

[00:36:19]>> [laughter] >> SORRY, BRO. I WAS PLANNING IT.

[00:36:21]>> THERE'S A NAIDOC after party at Shades.

[00:36:23]Make sure you get there at 9:00. Stay tuned to God. We'll be performing live with Big Noise. I'll see you there.

[00:36:28]>> That's it.

[00:36:30]>> City of Gold >> Hey, I love you.

[00:36:38]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, that was awesome. Awesome day, man. 10 out of 10 experience.

[00:36:44]So, yeah, I'm happy to get around it and I bumped into a few of the boys.

[00:36:47]Obviously, you know, all the kids here were happy to see them.

[00:36:51]And now the boys are performing on stage, but I'm going to close it up here so I can get around and do some like just actually enjoy myself for the last little bit of this time. Going to put down the tents and yeah, once again, thank you all for watching. I'm going to I'll see what I can do with the camera tonight at the Shades. Might not get too much, but I'll take it in there and see what happens, but yeah, man, far out.

[00:37:07]Indigenous culture strong.

[00:37:10]The future's looking bright.

[00:37:12]Culture, arts, food, and everything.

[00:37:15]Yeah, much love, everyone. Much love, everyone, and uh yeah, I'm it's good to be a part of this indigenous community to get around and and experience this. So, yeah. Talk to you guys soon. Later.

[00:37:33]>> [music] >> She said, "Baby, let's go."

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