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Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment hanging from the Pequod's side.

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Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment hanging from the Pequod's side.

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2020 Podcast series – Ep 7 Lena Malouf

June 15, 2021
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During the 2020 lockdown I started a podcast – in 2021 we are revisiting those chats.

Lena Malouf grew up in Canowindra in regional NSW and learned retail from her shopkeeper parents.

Lena Malouf

Engaged at 18, married at 19, then starting a business with three young children Lena had to be resourceful.

We follow her career from opening a floristry business in Wollongong in 1957 to teaching at Ultimo TAFE, then back into a floristry business that thrived in Sydney with contracts for the major hotels along with weddings – including that of Elton John to Renate Blauel in 1984.

During this time Lena also turned to writing books on floristry.

While in the US at a conference Lena met Angelo Bonito who convinced her to start a chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES) in Australia.  Lena reached out to others who were producing or providing services for events (including myself) and within a couple of years we had a fully operational chapter that lasted for 25 years. 

Lena Malouf farewell to ISES Sydney chapter

Lena opens up about the time in 2002 when she found herself on the front page of the SMH – for all the wrong reasons!

When you lose $21m, it must be party time

These days Lena still keeps in touch with the industry and the people in it.  
Lena is a regular golfer and was chuffed to tell me in the interview that she won the competition the previous week and the prize was a parrot driver cover, it will be called Alan (listen to the podcast).

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