​ Colin Herring

 ACADEMIC

 2000 BA Flinders University:  Drama, Media and Natural Resource Management. Flinders  University

 2001 B Indigenous Natural Resource Management, Law, Cultural development and Health  Southern Cross University, Lismore

 2002 Cert IV Workplace Training and Assessment Aboriginal Education Wakefield St

 2007 Post-Graduate Certificate of Applied Science in Natural Resource Management,      Environmental Law.

 2015 PHD – Indigenous Governance – On Hold.

 

 APPOINTMENTS

 TAFE Lecturer 1999-2002 Regency TAFE Indigenous VET

 Salisbury High, Paralowie High and Christies Beach High School teacher

 Clown School at numerous Primary schools and High Schools

 1984-1992 Santa Claus- Through Trojans Theatrical Agency - Sydney

 2005-2016 Santa Claus for Essential Talent - including induction AS (Australian Standard)

 1986-2016 Private Jobs as Santa through own business (Daddy Long Legs)

 2000-2015 Chief support to Chris MacDonald organising many promotions in Salisbury CBD  Salisbury Parade, Come Out, Salisbury Alive, Mental Health Week, revitalisation of Town Centre  includes proposals and grant funding. Strategic Planning

 2010-2016 Winter Promotions at National Railway Museum. Thomas the Tank engine and circus  train comes to town.

 1978 – 2016 CEO of Daddy Long Legs website www.colinherring.net.au  FB Daddy Long Legs

 2012/13 Production Crew Adelaide Fringe

 2014 Performance ‘jack and the beanstalk’ @ Glenelg and Poets Outa Work (Salisbury) Fringe      Events

 2016 – Multiple characters in “That siege in Adelaide” Fringe performances, Bakehouse Theatre  23rd Feb-mar 3.

 COMMERCIALS

 Toyota – Featured Extra

 Holeproof Underdaks – Principal featured on stilts

 West End with John Swan and the Party Boys – Principal doing a John Cleese funny walk with  sidekick (Manwell)

 VOICE OVER & Spruiking

 100s of clients, Sydney and Adelaide 1992-2016 Chemists, Jewellry, Fresh Food, Fruit and Vegies,  Chemists, Target.

 Diamonds International 1972

 Domestic Violence App, 2016

 Christian Missionary DVD for orphans in Vietnam 2016

 

 OPERA in THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

 Medee - supernumary

 

 HAND MODEL

 Magician displaying poker hands for toiletries eg “the full flush and a Full Hand”

 

 SPORTING EVENTS

 Cricket (Adelaide & Sydney)

 Cycling Classics (Brisbane to Sydney-3 times)

 Adelaide Tour Down Under (One Tree Hill, Salisbury, Victor Harbour, Burnside, Norwood, Prospect  (Tourrific -5 times)

 George Bass Rowing (Batemans Bay to Bega)

  AUTHOR

 Numerous Articles and Stories in Adelaide University’s “On Dit”

 Friendly Streets Poets Anthologies No. 37 & 38 (latest anthology also).

 Poets at the Pub (Gawler) anthologies No 5 & 6

 Articles in Nexus Magazine

 2016 Launch of own poetry book entitled “You are not alone” (Garron Publishing)

 Editing – “Seven League Boots” and autobiography due to be published by Christmas 2016

 
 Poetry Slams

 Adelaide, Salisbury.

 

 Insurance personal and Public Risk

 $20 mill through Duck for Cover currency to Aug 12, 2016 Member number 5433

 

 CERTIFICATES.

 Windows excel word emails

 Traffic Marshal for special events SAPOL accreditation

 Working with Volunteers / training​

 Drive a radio station-needs updating

 MR Licence and Forklift

 Adopt a Creek Program

 Child Safe Accreditation

 

 SPECIAL SKILLS

 Clown, stilts, juggling, puppetry, magic, comedy

 
 REFEREES

 CEO of Salisbury Civic Centre Christopher MacDonald (retired) 0407084143

 Roz Laidlaw – Essential Talent 08 82315000

 Childsafe Accreditation registered through the South Australian Department of Education and Child  Services (DECS)

 Police Clearance Current.