Antarctic Adventure Film to screen in Maleny for Community Centre fundraiser

The first party to ascend Big Ben 25 January 1965, from left, Warwick Deacock, John Crick, Colin Putt and Philip Temple (kneeling). Pic: Grahame Budd.

A significant event will happen in Maleny on Friday evening 18 October. Multi-award winning film, The Great White Whale, will be screened at the Maleny Community Centre. The documentary features six adventurous men who, in 1965, climbed Australia’s highest mountain, the icebound active volcano of Big Ben on sub-Antarctic Heard Island.

Warwick Deacock, expedition leader, was President of the Maleny Community Centre for a number of years. It is a fitting tribute that this film will raise funds for the refurbishment of the MCC hall. Filmmaker Michael Dillon will host a Q&A session after the screening.

• $15 ($10 con) at the door or through Trybooking: www.trybooking.com/CUNLO