Splash controls it's National Organisation from Cairns, Queensland Australia.
"Here we are in 2010, and it only seems like yesterday when David and I arrived in Cairns totally broke, with the full intention of becoming beach bums, and remaining that way for an eternity.
It has been an interesting 12 years in Cairns, with expected ventures not yet eventuating, and totally unexpected concepts coming into their own in awesome fashion.
The one thing we both agree upon is that we are grateful to Cairns for providing us with the healing environment to recover and take back our business identities. Every character whom we met along the way (and that includes our competitors and some of the sheisters that ventured across our path) gave us something valuable to learn.
We have totally proven the power of the internet for marketing goods and services to any location from any location, by building a wonderful National and International organisation "Splash Structures"; and still enjoy an extraordinary ranking in major cities through Flair Web Design. We are now in the process of the relaunch of our Call Centre, with plans of enormous expansion in the future. We beleive the time is ripe to recommence expanding, as the economy has finally bottomed out, and is about to bloom again ... and Australians are OVER international call centres.
Our Web Design Services will become stronger with the re-inclusion of some strong IT Talent and Web Publisher Training Programs.
It's our turn to be the Blue Cow!"
David Burston
David began as a Victoria Farmer and Landowner and has over 25 years experience in the development, management and marketing of high level Agricultural and Aquaculture ventures. David is a QA Auditor, Business Development Consultant and Systems Developer. David is still keen to head a number of proposed fish farming and fisheries ventures in the East and West Pacific.
David changed direction dramatically in 2008, and now manages Splash Shelters Systems, marketing and supervising the install of industrial strength fabric structures to Australia and other countries, as far away as Africa . This year David will venture into a new patented design structure which is the brain child of Greg McInnes and himself.
Interesting bitz:
David was born in Euroa, Victoria and is a direct descendant of the Yates and Lane-Poole families. David's grandfather Charles Lane-Poole was one of the first environmentally aware foresters for Australia and New Guinea, whereas David's Grandmother, Ruth Lane-Poole was the original interior decorator of the Prime Ministers Residence, The Lodge in Canberra. You can read an interesting National Archives of Australia Account here: http://www.uncommonlives.naa.gov.au/
David's Great Uncles on the Yates side of the family tree were Arthur and William Yates, globally acclaimed artist and poet, revered to this day.
David's Grandfather on the Burston side of the family was one of the former Mayors of Melbourne, and every time you drink a Fosters Beer, you can be thankful to the original Barret-Burston Maltsters, the family company purchased by a feisty John Elliott in pre-mogul days.
An avid Toastmaster, David is presently Queensland Northern District Governor and has spearheaded a local Speech Competition called "I Love Cairns" in conjunction with Festival Cairns 2009.
Pauline Douglas
Pauline has been actively involved in the sales promotion and marketing industry since 1984 and has worked upon the launch of more than 2,000 products and services to the Australian domestic and international market. Products ranged from food and wines to fashion, cosmetics and entertainment.
Pauline's relationship with computer technology began in 1978 and she became one of the pioneers of Interactive Marketing Technology and Turn Key data base solutions in Australia, which involved understanding SQL Enquiry Language (long before Windows on a Xenix OS! )
Pauline began trading as Splash Marketing in Sydney in 1991. Pauline turned her attention to the new medium of internet marketing in 1995 to establish skills in Web Design and Internet Marketing. The new communication medium was used to meet David and their knowledge became invaluable for the advancement of all Splash Projects.
Pauline is now responsible for the marketing of all Splash Projects and runs her nationally based web design studios (Flair Web Design) from Cairns.
Flair Personnel Pty Ltd which was an attempt to revive a national promotion staffing organisation, was put promptly back to sleep until the economy improves. More focus was applied to Flair Web Design which currently enjoys a high ranking in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Pauline still gains a passive income from 8 Singles Romance Websites and has recently updated her high profile Internet Marketing Training Program for those interested to learn more about internet marketing.
Interesting Bitz:
Pauline Douglas (nee Pauline Town) aka MadamSplash was born in Clinton Ontario in Canada to Liverpool English (Liverpuddlien) parents, who went to the same school as John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles. Paulines father was a radar specialist who was commissioned at the Woomera Rocket Range tracking rockets, at the time of the Moon Walk.
Highlights of her life included being the first woman to pilot an Airspatiale Trinidad aircraft (and the first to have it taken away again lol) and a brief period working with Bobby Limb (OBE) on the re-launch of the Sydney Aquashell plus a few other projects that co-incided with the development of Darling Harbour. Pauline is passionate about Psychic Development, Intuitive Technologies, Quantum Mechanics and is a Second Phase Player.
Pauline is also an avid Toastmaster, and successfully sponsored the creation of a New Club called KickStart Cairns which currently meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday mornings at the Sebel Cairns..
When asked why her nickname is MadamSplash she replied "Attempt to steal my time, my money or my mate .... and you will soon find out why '**grin** "
Cairns Office has now relocated to even bigger premises on the first floor, Pier Shopping Centre. Photos featured in our header.