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International Award
JCI Australia Deputy President Alex Beard flew into Perth to present JCI Senator Peter J Snow OAM with his “Tree of Life” award for being recognised as one of the 110 Influential Members of JCI in the Asia-Pacific
The award announced at the JC I Asia-Pacific Conference in Mongolia earlier this year was part of the international personal development organisation’s 110th anniversary celebrations.
"The Tribe" Vol 2. Launch
More than 140 people attended the luncheon to launch the second volume of The Tribe in the Not ORDINARY LIVES series at Swan Districts Football Club on May 26, 2025. Thirteen of the 16 stars featured in the book were introduced to the audience by the author.
Five charities benefit from book sales royalties.
"Timing is Everything" Launch
Western Australia's Parliament House was the scene for the launch by the Hon. Dave Kelly, MLA on April 1, 2025 of the authors semi biography.
Guests included “stars” of some of the author’s other books and three special guests to whom the book was dedicated along with JC I (previously known as Jaycees International).
Pictured from left: John Cooper OAM (Tribe 2), Bruce Gallash & Sciona Browne (to whom the book was dedicated), host the Hon. Dave Kelly, MLA, the Author, Seva Mozhaev (Movers & Shakers 1), Leith Putland (Tribe 2) and Garry Leighton (to whom the book was also dedicated
A Whale of a Tale
A chance meeting on Australia's Gold Coast in 1979 led to the creation of one of Australia's remarkable heritage tourist attractions.
As a community-driven social entrepreneur, Peter J Snow secured a gift of Australia's last derelict whaling station to The Jaycees Community Foundation Inc, a not-for-profit Foundation that he then chaired.
His vision of the creation of a heritage attraction capturing Australia's whaling history for future generations has now been visited by more than 2 million people and contributed more than A$45 million to the local economy.
Having retired after nearly 50 years involvement he remains Patron of the Foundation which has been renamed Albany Heritage Foundation Inc and owns Albany's Historic Whaling Station at Discovery Bay, Albany, Western Australia. The remarkable project history is related in "Timing is Everything".
The project continues to win awards and took out the Gold Awards for "Tourist Attractions" and "Cultural Tourism" at the 2025 Western Australian Tourism Awards.
Pictured from left: Peter J Snow (Patron) and Glenn Russell (Chairman of Albany's Historic Whaling Station) with the 2025 Tourism Awards
