The Bears in the City are John, Dominic, Craige, Seumas and Julian.

John

Bears in the City’s “work in progress” bear. John has travelled near and far, and his claim to fame is surving an Contiki Tour of Europe, but only through selling pictures of his willy taken with other people’s cameras. Volunteering to host “John’s Dating Corner”, we’ve quickly realized that he is now using it to his advantage to pick up homeless cubs, drag them home and…

Born: Bankstown, Sydney
Age: 39
Works: Sydney Airport
Loves: Airplanes! And food…
Fave TV: Star Trek, Farscape, Sci Fi in general
Fave Movies: Connie & Carla, Another Gay Movie, Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Status: Single, and on the prowl
Music: Just about anything!
Goals: To travel to Japan and sample Sushi First Hand. A past goal was also to become a member of Abba.

Find John (and perhaps feature in his next “Dating Corner” episode) at:
BearWWW
Livejournal

Dominic

Dominic, like many New Zealanders, waved goodbye to the New Zealand Government 17 years ago and as came to the sunny shores of Australia. Also known as “CubOz’, he spends hours in front of his PC, aimlessly downloading…

Born: Paraparaumu, New Zealand
Age: 38
Works: Train Driver (his dream job!)
Loves: Music – mainly dance music… hence being a DJ….!
Fave TV: Heroes, Futurama, Family Guy, The Simpsons
Fave Movies: Edward Scissorhands, Tron, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Sunshine
Status: Partnered to the lovely Roy!
Music: Dance, Club, Pop – Royksopp, Air, etc…
Goals: Just recently been achieved!

Bear411
BearWWW

Craige

Our resident “sash bear”, Craige won the 2005 “Mr. Australasia Bear” at Southern HiBearnation in Melbourne, something which made him cry. With the sash now retired and proudly displayed in a glass case at home, Craige has returned to his other love: dealing with White Trash as a Retail Bear!

Find Craige on a beach in summer - he’ll be the one who is having photos of his willy photographed ready to email around to his friends…

Born: Newcastle, Australia
Age: 45
Works: Think department store starting with a big K
Loves: Cats, Dogs, Wine, Chocolate
Fave TV: Judge Judy, Property Ladder, Jerry Springer
Fave Movies: Anything from www.bearfilms.com
Status: Single, but deciding which of his current 72 beau’s he’s gonna settle down with
Music: 70’s and 80’s
Goals: To travel more – and Bear World Domination.

Bear411 (they’re nude pics, too!)
BearWWW

Seumas

Seumas was adopted and brought out at an early age by a pack of Sydney Lesbians who named him their ‘Little Bear’. He wasn’t so little for a while, but has returned back to the “Otter” look now. Recently described as a “reformed fat person”, as well as Fitness First. Despite this, Seumas is the king of laziness at home. The reason Seumas is a bear is because he can’t be bothered shaving every morning.

Born: Gladstone, Queensland
Age: 32
Works: He makes people very sleepy
Loves: Breakfast Cereal, Dairy Products, Japanese Food, Photography, Coffee shops and Chatting
Fave TV: The Office, Heroes, CNNNN/The Chaser’s War on Everything, Desperate Housewives, The Colbert Report, American Dad, Penn and Teller: Bullshit!, Scrubs, The Sarah Silverman Program, Thank God You’re Here, The IT Crowd, The Amazing Race
Fave Movies: The Breakfast Club, Bend It Like Beckham, Babel, Kenny
Status: Partnered
Music: Pop, Electronica, Trance, Australian Rock
Goals: To find more than 24 hours in the day to get everything done

Bear411
BearWWW
Homepage (Professional)
Homepage (Personal)

Julian

Bears in the City’s token non-bear-identifying host, Julian recently moved to Brisbane but can be heard on the early podcasts. Julian spends most of his time in the company of his “special friend”, emerging from the den to occasionally make sarcastic remarks (especially about Seumas) on the podcasts.

Born: Canberra, Australia
Age: 31
Works: it
Loves: Music, travel, movies, photography, special friend
Fave TV: Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Nigella Lawson.
Fave Movies: 1970s euro horror movies
Status: Civil Unioned
Music: Country, folk, classical, dance, etc.
Goals: Early retirement

You can now find Julian fishing on Moreton Bay, deepening his tan!