it was so pleasing to see whole The Floating Gardens of Sphinx Rock Bush Theatre News families, including pet dogs, by Daniel Soler enjoy themselves thoroughly. The venue was respected, the It was a most heart-warming sight alcohol consumption was within on Saturday morning of the 27th reason, the food was praised October. There were a dozen or and our effort to please was so men and women, arched back, rewarded with warm thanks and pulling vines or kneeling to the congratulations on our input ground digging weeds (not that into the life of Nimbin. kind!). This brought to me the Sunday 25th November raison d’etre of Nimbin; the kind at 6pm Voices for Change of friendship that cared, admired and respected celebrating Global Day of Consciousness (the three ingredients for love). This group of with the maestro of classical guitar Bob Oort people, gardening enthusiasts, volunteered and performing for the occasion. Also on the same donated their Saturday morning to the Bush evening, the Nimbin Environment Centre will Theatre. The garden and surrounding grounds be showing at the usual time 7.30pm, the film all the way to the old bridge needed attention ‘The edible city’ / grow the revolution’. and despite the dedicated help from Andrew We are looking forward to the Women’s Mangan (BT official greenkeeper), the weeds Dinner and Film Night planned by the NNIC and vines were getting out of hand. After a few on Wednesday, 28th November. This will be a by Michael Balderstone but the boxes float a bit deep for a lot of hours of back-breaking exercise interrupted by a women’s only gathering. plants. So now they are just touching the well-deserved morning tea, the bad growth was There is also a young people’s cabaret In this hot and dry spell, with gardens water on buoyant frames (mostly from the mostly eliminated. I cannot thank the Nimbin being planned by Lisa Doherty, date to be needing watering and the wildlife hungry tip). Garden Club enough for taking the initiative confirmed. It will be most probably a No for the worms attracted to wet patches, Some plants love the water so much they and especially those members who gave their Alcohol night. here’s an idea if you have a dam close to are growing across it like cress. Others precious time to us (Daniel and Belinda) and Kerrianne Cox will be graciously present home. need to be up as high as possible. the Bush Theatre. and active at the CD launch of Sisters Healing The foam boxes are lined with The great advantage has been no need The roller derby night was a great success and Earth on Saturday 8th December. This is also shadecloth to stop the dirt falling through. for watering, ever, and so far no predators although the amount raised was reasonable, a No Alcohol night. At first we had them floating around the at all have discovered them. the patrons who attended were not cheated To finish, let me tell you that I have met dam with strings attached to haul ‘em in And gardening waist-deep in water is a out of their ‘sonnant and trebuchant’ (French beautiful people in Nimbin. This town can like fish traps for picking before dinner, real pleasure on a hot day! slang for money). The girls gave a most amazing shed its current image and reinvent itself as a display of acrobatics and speed on the floor clever creative cultural hub. There are a lot of of the cinema; they were soon joined by our talented and creative people that are ready to ‘Paralympians’ Mick and Rainer, who also offer their talent and time to make this village Nimbin’s GreenBank has lots to offer gave us a glimpse at what it is to manoeuvre the jewel in the crown of the rainbow. Writers, here at The GreenBank, the wheel chairs amidst a speeding rough poets, comedians, sculptors, painters, dancers, saving yourself a drive to and tumble flock of birds with aliases like singers, filmmakers, musicians, magicians, Lismore or beyond, not to ‘Amazon’. Everyone concerned had a ball and actors and more... We can do it, yes we can. mention enjoying a much more pleasurable shopping experience! Reviewed by BUSINESS PROFILE We also welcome a new Belinda Marsh practitioner, Tom, on Friday Bush Theatre screen previews ell, we’re still here afternoons. Tom employs a Wafter those hard unique and gentle form of NOVEMBER PROGRAM Edible City (Grow The Revolution) winter months, and despite play for kids of all ages, and therapeutic acupuncture, Sunday 25th the GFC which everyone we look forward to sharing bringing several decades of Arbitrage Music from 6pm and documentary from 7.30pm says is just now hitting us it with you in the coming experience to the therapy Friday 9th / Saturday 10th at 7.30pm $10 Cafe open for dinner from 6pm in our sleepy little village in weeks. room. A New York hedge-fund manager is the Bob Oort, guitar virtuoso, will be performing the hills. We continue to stock our If you need an energy from 6pm for International Global We continue to expand popular range of stainless reset, then Tom’s the man portrait of success in both business and family. But Robert’s carefully constructed world is Consciousness Day to raise funds for the many our range, in response to steel tiffins, cups and water for you. We continue charities he supports. our customers’ needs and bottles; allergy-friendly to offer a tasty menu of about to come crashing down as the depths of his fraud are uncovered. Stars Richard Gere, At 7.30pm the Nimbin Environment Centre desires, and we now stock cleaning products and skilled and experienced will be showing this fascinating documentary. a large range of Steiner- Earth-friendly cleaning mind, body and spirit Susan Sarandon and Tim Roth. Rated M. inspired art and craft tools; locally made kids’ practitioners six days per Women’s Film Night supplies, including pencils, toys, gift cards, shopping week. Marley Wednesday 28th crayons and modelling wax. bags, jewellery and more; as Drop in some time to see Friday 16th / Saturday 17th at 7.30pm $10 The allure of these well as the ever-expanding what’s on offer, and make Tickets and info available from the Nimbin products lies in their therapeutic ranges from the commitment to take Marley is a detailed chronological account of Neighbourhood Centre. the life and times of the legendary musician Bob simplicity, and their Naturally Nourished and some time out for you. I Wish pigments, which are truly Tea Medica. Tea is brewing Rebecca, Kylie (pictured Marley, brought to us by those who knew him Friday 30th / Saturday 1st december at 7.30pm $10 unmatched. Unleash your all day every day, giving you above) and Lishia thank best—his family and friends. There are detailed child’s latent artist by an opportunity to sample the Nimbin community for insights and never-before-seen footage, and, of Two young brothers live hundreds of kilometres investing in some quality the different blends, before your continued support, course, his music. Rated M. apart; Ryu lives with his dad, and Koichi lives artist’s tools from The you buy. and look forward to sharing with his mum. Koichi hears of a new bullet GreenBank. The GreenBank is fast a cuppa with you some Searching for Sugar Man train that will bring him closer to the brother We are also about to he misses. But Koichi and Ryu also want their gaining a reputation as time. Friday 23rd / Saturday 24th at 7.30pm $10 launch the new Makedo the place to go for unique family reunited. The brothers hatch a plan that range, which inspires and inspiring gifts and we In the late 1960s, a couple of Detroit producers involves making a wish at the crossing of the two recycling by providing the encourage you to spend loved Rodriguez’s music and recorded an album. new trains. Rated PG. Japanese with English tools to turn many of your your money locally on His records didn’t sell, so he disappeared. But subtitles. waste materials into new products you can trust. some bootlegs of his music made it to South and exciting games and With Solstice and Africa where they became a phenomenon. This Coming soon toys. Christmas just around docu-movie follows two fans who are trying to Shadow Dancer; Sisters Healing Earth with This is a great tool for the corner, you may well track down their hero. Rated M. Kerrianne Cox; Safety Not Guaranteed; The open-ended imaginative find that perfect gift Wedding Party. 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If you suffer from While the key to kicking allergies is more Sharing knowledge and skills, camping out hayfever, sinusitis or complex than popping a pill, symptoms of under the stars, a campfire, stories and songs seasonal allergies then hayfever can be minimised using a good creates an ambient relaxed atmosphere that you are just the person herbal mix of anti-inflammatories and attracted people from all over and from all I’m looking for! antihistamines, decongestants and immune walks of life. Tea Medica is boosters. Fortunately for us, we never attract large working on some I’m seeking people to test out my new crowds... small is beautiful... and we are only new therapeutic formulations for hayfever, hayfever mix, and provide feedback on its a small group of women weavers. sinusitis or seasonal allergies, and I’d like your efficacy. Many thanks to all those who came who feedback. Drop into The GreenBank for your free helped and who enjoyed. Particular thanks Though the calendar tells us it’s springtime, sample of the new hayfever mix – a specially goes to Nimbin Community Centre, the at times you’d be forgiven for thinking formulated blend of herbs which may assist Nimbin School of Arts who sponsor us each summer has come early while at other times in the relief of symptoms of hayfever, such year, and to the Hemp Embassy for delivering it’s tempting to light the fire again to ward off as runny nose, sneezing and sore and itching our most essential item... firewood. the chill. eyes. This time of year is pure hell for those who This is the first of many opportunities to suffer from hayfever and seasonal allergies. advance test my new products. In the coming Hayfever is an immune system response to a months I aim to add a potency mix for men, threat from an allergen, releasing a chemical and a menopause relief mix for women. called histamine, which is the cause of the I’m also keen to start mixing up symptoms. some new chai blends. Keep Occasional sufferers can reach for an an eye out for information antihistamine pill to find symtomatic on how you can get involved relief, but for the in these local product trials, small proportion or better still drop into The of the population GreenBank for a cup of tea required to take and see where I’m up to antihistamines with the new range. Food Paradise long-term the I’m in the shop most side effects of Mondays and Thursdays Estate, between 10am and and wine, guest chefs will antihistamines and ready and able to mix 11am (9am start QLD time) demonstrate their skills and can be nearly as you up a custom blend to at 753 Clothiers Creek the atmosphere will hum debilitating as suit your individual needs. Road, Clothiers Creek, with live entertainment and Tropical Fruit World by Lil’ Fi and other local between 12.30pm and musicians. 1.30pm (11.30am start QLD Sumptuous Saturday – at 29 Duranbah Road time) Saturday 1st December Cook’s Corner The Tweed Foodie Fest is Duranbah NSW. Sumptuous Saturday is with Carolyne a sumptuous celebration of Tweed’s biggest dinner all about finding your inner local food, bringing together party – Friday 30th chef, rolling up your sleeves the tastes, talents and LemonMeringue November, 6pm – 10pm and learning the art of producers of the region. The festival’s premier event, food preparation under the This four-day event Tarts Foodie Friday is set to be guidance of local chefs and includes the screening of electric mixer until pale and until sugar dissolves( 2 to 3 Tweed’s biggest dinner party, food experts. Ingredients a ‘foodie flick’, a signature creamy, add egg and beat minutes), transfer to a bowl staged at Murwillumbah’s From Vietnamese cooking, dinner party, a range of Sweet Pastry well. Add flour mixture and of an electric mixer and picturesque showgrounds. French high teas and cooking and food preparation 250gm plain flour mix until dough starts to whisk on medium speed till This is a wonderful summer-time canapés to workshops and local farm 50gm almond meal form (1 to 2 minutes). glossy and soft peaks form opportunity to get a group of preservative free sausage tours. 120gm unsalted butter Turn onto a lightly-floured (2 to 3 minutes), spoon over friends and work colleagues making, cheese making and (softened) surface, knead lightly until lemon curd and using the Foodie Flick – Thursday 29th together to share and sample creating designer coffee, you 80gm pure icing sugar smooth, wrap in plastic back of a fork make peaks in November the many flavours of Tweed’s are guaranteed to finesse (sieved) wrap and refrigerate for 10 the meringue. The festival opens on restaurants, cafes and food your culinary skills, find 1 egg (lightly beaten) minutes. Roll on a lightly Using a blow torch, lightly Thursday evening at aficionados. Each stall will friendship and laugher and Lemon Curd Filling floured surface to 3 to 4mm. scorch meringue, or place the Regent Cinema in prepare their signature $5 feast on fine fare. Grated rind and juice of 2 thick and line 10 x 10cm under grill until lightly Murwillumbah with the and $10 sample plates, the For more details go to: lemons diameter fluted tart tins and golden, sprinkle meringue NSW movie premiere of the bar will offer a range of beer www.tweedfoodiefest.com.au 2 eggs (beaten) blind bake to light golden with a few strands of finely feature-length documentary, 59gm butter (10 to 15 minutes). shredded zest and serve. ‘Ingredients’. 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www.nimbingoodtimes.com November 2012 The Nimbin GoodTimes Page 21 Living in the Woodonbong Hills by Marilyn Scott familiar feeling. ASTRO FORECASTS BY TINA MEWS Yes, we live in times YOUR MONTHLY REVIEW OF WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE HEAVENS ell, we’re moving closer unprecedented, where much Wto the end of this appears concerning, but Aries Libra infamous year 2012. Only when I stop and just feel, The Solar eclipse on Nov You are asked to re-assess eight weeks left – how’s it and observe, I see Magick November 14 offers the potential your values including your been for you? happening all around me. You We have reached the energetically for a fresh start if you are material possessions. What I’m eternally grateful that see, that’s the real order. Life intense sign of Scorpio in our willing to explore your own is holding you back from this passage of time, 2011 and is dancing, full of joy, in any yearly cycle around the zodiac. psychological depth and clear shifting onto the next level of 2012, has been spent here, way it possibly can. Life is Scorpio is a water sign and relates to away old hurts. Navigate your evolutionary journey? cocooned and nurtured in Sacred, incredibly Sacred – emotions and deep-seated feelings between being dutiful and Old dependencies might the Woodenbong Hills. It’s a it’s where the Life Force takes that might not be easily detected from the outside. committed versus being have to be dissolved to make time I’ll never forget. a form and longs to express its The proverb “Still waters run deep” sums it up very independent and creative. space for new developments. ecstatic joyfulness. nicely. Individuals with a strong Scorpionic signature I spent my early years in Taurus Scorpio Sydney. I’m grateful for The answer lies right in might hold onto their grudges and contemplate that – it taught me about front of us – it’s all around us. revenge. More than anybody else they are driven The unpredictable energies This powerful Solar eclipse community. Strange, you It’s Life, singing and dancing, to get to the bottom of things, not leaving a stone of the moment might play in your sun sign offers may say, learning about whispering and serenading. unturned. Scorpio likes to dig for the subterranean havoc with your needs for opportunities for re-defining community in a big city. It’s powerfully wooing a riches including the truth and is not afraid to expose stability and a peaceful your concept of self and the Living in the inner city, passionate lover. It only reality for what it is. Therefore, Scorpio energy is existence. Allow yourself to roles you play in the world. people weren’t rich in golden knows Life – it’s from Light transformative and its owners can use it for helping be shaken up and moved by Do not fight the old, rather treasures, but rich in heart not darkness. It has a feeling, and influencing others in a positive way. Nevertheless, events over which you have focus on building the new. and feeling, friendship and one that can’t be copied. their wilful nature, resilience and determination no control. Avoid getting Those of you who are born loyalty. It’s joyful, it’s warm, it’s remains a power to be reckoned with. stuck with your own views mid-month will be most I remember those times comforting, and it’s healing. We probably will look back onto this passage of on things. affected by the energies of the eclipse. fondly – it was like living It’s loving, it’s wise – oh, and time in our lives as a moment when energies finally Gemini shifted. Australia is experiencing a total eclipse of in a big, extended family, with wisdom so ancient. And The dramatic current cosmic Sagittarius the Sun on November 14 which will be passing across where everyone was welcome. within the passage of Life are energies might be strenuous Right now it is difficult to the North of Australia from Darwin to Cairns. It is That inner city enclave is cycles upon cycles, birth and for your nerves. Take extra make rules for reaching said that eclipses will have their strongest effects in now Darling Harbour... yes, death, rebirth, rejuvenation. vitamin C for boosting decisions because important areas where they are visible. This is a rare event (the changes, changes, changes... So 2012 is moving towards your immune system. information might be last visible Solar eclipse for Australia took place in now golden treasures have an ending – a massive year of Keep breathing gently and hidden. Adjust your urge Dec 2002 ) and we can witness it from our local area superceded warm handshakes transformation and learning. consciously if too much to start new projects with between 6.57 am and 9.00 am. Remember to wear and spirited friendships. Death needs to occur mental energy is buzzing finishing off anything that protective glasses with a special sun filter! During a All of Life moves in cycles before rebirth is possible... around your head at the Full has been completed in the solar eclipse the Moon passes in front of the Sun (= – I’ve experienced this on a rejuvenation is offered if we Moon lunar eclipse on Nov past. Your patience might be powerful New Moon) and the constant flow of solar much deeper level now, living approach with humility. The 28-29. tested towards the end of the energies to the Earth is interrupted. During these here amongst this magickal secret is bound in the air that month. So, please keep cool! splendour. It is Magick – real, we breathe, it lives all around few moments cycles can end, old programs can be Cancer pure Magick. Every moment us, it never leaves. erased and new paradigms can emerge. Since ancient The call for adventure and Capricorn of every day Life dances, Yes Life is Sacred, as too are times, eclipses have been observed as harbinger of change has been out for a Use the energies of the manifests to us, through so we, and it’s the honouring of sudden and unexpected change. Collectively, we are while and you have witnessed moment for clarifying your many exquisite creations. this Sacredness that will be asked to shift onto a higher, more inclusive level and others going through most important goals and But, always, with that such our salvation. take decisive steps into a new direction. In the sign of transformative processes. objectives. You will have Scorpio issues regarding land ownership and resources More than anything it is lots of energy for different could be triggered, making us asking the question of your time for new creative projects from mid month. who is actually owning our land and its riches. On projects that allow your Remain open for new a more practical level, we are advised not to make ‘inner child’ to come out and friends entering your life important decisions a week before or after an eclipse be playful without too many who might change the ways because significant information might be concealed. outer or inner restrictions. you perceive and connect Individuals who are born mid February, May, August with your day-to-day or November might feel the effects of this eclipse more Leo environment. than others. Endings and new beginnings A Lunar eclipse follows two weeks later just after will take place especially Aquarius midnight early on Nov 29 in the sign of Gemini. concerning your domestic Make sure not to get lost During a lunar eclipse the Moon passes through the life which might impact on in your own world and shadow of the Earth and for a few hours the Full your goals and ambition for understand the impact you Moon will be darkened without reflecting the light the future. When Mars, the have on others. Be prepared from the Sun. We might feel confronted with feelings planet of action enters the to make important changes and events that have remained unintegrated within sign of organised Capricorn to your life direction. Know our subconscious. It is essential to hold back with on Nov 17 your ambition to that you are supported if our opinions and remain open for intuiting the larger succeed with your work will you are willing to shift to picture. What we see depends on where we stand. In be renewed. another level. this context it is important to be aware of Mercury’s Virgo Pisces retrograde phase from November 7 until November Sudden events in your Open up to new discoveries 27. The cosmic messenger might bring out its shadow everyday life might force about yourself and the side and we can expect that anything concerning you to re-evaluate the things world through study, travel communication, transport and travel will not work that you took for granted. or meditation. Allow fresh out as planned. Those who are heading north for the Examine your agreement insights to inspire you. eclipse are advised to allow extra for travel time ....and with others. Are they still Avoid narrow-mindedness the unexpected. working or do they need to based on the assumption For Personal Readings contact me on 6689-7413, mobile be adjusted to reflect new of already knowing it all. 0457-903-957, e-mail: [email protected] or visit my circumstances? 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Page 22 The Nimbin GoodTimes November 2012 [email protected] ‘children’s films’ that aren’t disturbing, the townsfolk really children’s films at get him sacked. He cautions Frankenweenie all. They are just slightly Victor that science needs a Nimbin Crossword too creepy to be children’s heart as well as a brain, which films, and not in a good is fine as far as it goes. And 202- way. Think, Charlie and the perhaps, for Tim Burton, this by 5ynic Chocolate Factory and Alice is searing social critique and in Wonderland. Tim Burton’s about as much as Americans Film review by Stephen Wright Scissorhands, which was made children’s films are like films can take. But it’s a critique that’s over 20 years ago. His better made by your weird uncle who not really built on anything I believe there’s a general films – which are not that wants to sit you on his knee coherent. Frankenweenie is in rule in film-making that one good – all seem to be set in and pretend to steal your nose. fact film where the baddies are must never kill a dog. Dogs the same place; it’s the town of When you are twelve. two other children, one Asian have a cinematic history of Edward Scissorhands. Ditto Frankenweenie is made in and one disabled, so critiquing miraculous escapes, usually for Frankenweenie, which is a black and white, which is not a American fear of scientific truth from burning infernos, and of kind of ‘Edward Scissordog.’ bad move but works more as a starts to look odd in that kind rescuing children. Even Bruce Frankenweenie’s New gimmick rather than anything of context. Willis dies in some of his Holland is a small town in else. And Tim Burton is very Frankenweenie is probably a films. Dogs never. which the inhabitants are more much a master of the gimmick. film to watch on DVD when Tim Burton’s latest offering or less the characters in 60’s About midway through the you’re stoned and don’t want the animated Frankenweenie Hammer horror firms. The film, Frankenweenie starts to have to think too much and doesn’t swerve from this. hero, Victor Frankenstein, is to attack the US right-wing just eat cheezels and ice-cream Frankenweenie is about the a schoolboy with a fascination suspicion of science and for on the couch. So, go for it. dog that can’t die even when with film-making and science. ten minutes begins to look It does after all have its own it does. He also has a small dog, interesting. It’s an angle that kind of cleverness, with a lot Burton is a strange film- Sparky and two parents Burton could have played well, of cinematic references to old maker. He’s made about a straight out of Happy Days. especially in an era when even horror films and so on. And of dozen and a half films most of When Sparky is accidentally the destruction of Manhattan course, it’s a film about a dog. Across resembles emu which have been terrible. But run over one day and killed, gets written off as a freak event So there probably won’t be a 2. (and 18 across) Sweet 3. Cold cuts counter he still seems to get tagged Victor decides to see if he can or the vengeance of God. dry canine eye in your house. Chinese paste, used in 4. Having shallow grooves like with the label of ‘wunderkind’ resurrect him. Finding young Frankenstein’s And by the way, I have no idea desserts a classical coumn? Played mostly on the basis of Edward Burton has a rep for making teacher weird, and science why it’s called Frankenweenie. 4. Soft sugar candy on a woodwind instrument. 8. Nobleman 5. Semiconductor allowing 9. King’s return on investment? current only in one direction by Stephen Wright 10. Defibrillated, or zombified? 6. High official of court? Reviews from the Crypt 13. Wait (old English) Stoat The Beat the best. Its ska beat is preoccupations: ‘Big Shot’’s sarcastic 15. Supermarket 7. Readiness 11. Maiden name I Just Can’t Stop It (1981) complex and super-catchy attack on the powerful, ‘Mirror in the 18. See 2 across. and reminds us that ska Bathroom’’s twisted ponderings on 20. (7,3) small fruit bread 12. Larger than 2 down. Extinct. The Beat were part of the ska was dance music that identity and ‘Twist and Crawl’’s take on 23. Used before the final 14. Deep-fried confectionary revival that came out of the wore its politics on its the byzantine nature of relationships. portion of every web address dusted with 25 across English midlands in the early sleeve. A few years back The Beat’s black 24. Couldn’t hold Napoleon 16. Pantry? 17. Local store or supermarket 1980’s, a revival that included In Two Swords, The Beat toastmaster Ranking Roger said he 25 Crystallised cane juice The Specials, Madness, the attacked the neo-Nazi National Front, wanted to reform The Beat because it 26. Aussie pub tucker 18. Autonomous vehicle? Selecter, UB40 and The Bodysnatchers. 21. Smallest tides (at the just as The Specials did in Concrete looked to him like today’s young people, Down Spearheaded by The Specials and , at the same time reminding in the UK at any rate, were returning equinoxes) Jungle 1. Butter biscuits their record label Two-Tone, and everyone that, as much as we might hate to the racist attitudes of their great- 22. Smoke in the car? Cook 2. Large flightless bird – riding on the coat-tails of punk, to them – and they were worth hating grandparents. Whether he is right or in the oven. who they owed their political debt, – the NF were largely just dumb kids wrong to pull The Beat back together ska was innovative, musically rich who had no understanding of how they – I for one have no interest in seeing a Solution Page 27 and confronted the endemic racism carried out an essential function of the 50-something Roger singing ‘Big Shot’ of Thatcher’s Britain head-on. Like corporate state, harrassing blacks and – the fact remains that politics seems to The Specials, The Beat were a large Asians. have drained out of popular music. ensemble, with both black and white I Just Can’t Stop It is also notable for The Beat and the Two-Tone members. In 1980’s Britain this was a several hits, including ‘Big Shot’, ‘Mirror experiment did something very special massive political statement. in the Bathroom’ and ‘Twist and Crawl’. in pop music. 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www.nimbingoodtimes.com November 2012 The Nimbin GoodTimes Page 23 whatever. As for Bing Crosby and Fruit of the vine White Christmas... by Terry Beltrane Anyway... It turns out that power 9, On The Organic Omnibus 30 X 20, the big bottom step, is awfully close numerically to science’s ‘Big Bang’ Looking back on when I date. first started making wine in The next step, power 8, coincides the mid 1960s, I’m horrified closely with first signs of life on Earth, to think what was sprayed then come the first animals, the first onto grapes and the chemical monkeys, the first humans... cave art additions that were used in and primitive messages, the printing ‘processing’ the nectar that press followed by the digital era... and was the end result of all that finally step No. ... the top. December work. The wine industry has 21, 2012! It’s referred to as the changed immeasurably since Completion of Creation. It’s an arrival... then, with technology and apparently not Doomsday at all. the recognition that a more To the intrepid Carl, it’s a lucid map holistically organic approach of the growth of consciousness... in fact, to the entire wine making a spot-on calendar of communication process, from vineyard to since time began. Nothing prophetic! winery, is not only beneficial No, no, no! Simply pure maths to wine quality but is also coinciding with Terrestrial events. This more cost effective – money preservative free. inert gas being more dense in fact, is the very premise of Astrology. talks. Certified organic wine than air, winemakers now use As above... so below! When Mars is up An industry that 40 by Brendan “Mookx” Hanley must be made from fruit that this as a “cover’ over the grape your woofer... there will be war! (Note to self: years ago was comprised has been grown organically; juice minimising the need for Just summed up Astrology in 10 words). of a large number of small “Beyond the hype about 2012 and beneath agricultural practices that sulphur dioxide. All wine Next, Calleman divides up all the dates ‘boutique’ and medium the nonsense about global catastrophe is an include crop rotation, green movements within the winery based on the 13s and 20s and so on, and sized producers is now ancient Mayan culture with an astonishing manure, compost, biological are conducted under a cover of comes up with very accurate dates for dominated by conglomerates understanding of the universe and of pest control, mechanical carbon dioxide, again negating happenings like revolutions, renaissances, that make approximately cultivation that maintains the use of sulphur dioxide. It’s consciousness – more relevant today than when it medical and scientific breakthroughs, 70% of all Australian wine. soil productivity and control common, generally considered was developed thousands of years ago.” – Internationally celebrated author and discovery of countries, war and peace... the Amalgamations and takeovers pests excluding the use of essential, to add a small Mayan Calendar expert Carl Johan Calleman lot. It’s an impossibly accurate, pre-emptive in the last 20 years have seen synthetic fertilisers and amount of sulphur dioxide just almanac of world events, with a big-picture many smaller quality wine synthetic pesticides, plant prior the bottling process to www.calleman.com ever mind 1984, Brave New World subtext of the development and growth of makers incorporated under growth regulators, livestock protect the wine during this and Y2K millennium bugs. Never consciousness. We are apparently a result of the umbrella of the four major feed additives and genetically aggressive process. The empty mind Coal Seam Gas companies mathematics. We’re nothing but a massive producers. What’s this got to modified organisms. Anything bottles are sparged of air with N and Lismore Council’s Fluoride Death Squad. Rubik’s Cube! We have apparently been do with organic wine? Large that you add to the land must the use of carbon dioxide for Never mind Israel and Iran and America and evolving from the primeval mist to the digital public companies need profits be organic. For a vineyard to white wines and a blend of Armageddon and Arseholes running the show wisp and now it’s almost over! We have to satisfy their shareholders become certified as organic carbon dioxide and nitrogen and all of that paranoia. The beginning is grown too big for our collective boots! We are and garner more investment requires three years under the (another inert gas) for reds to nigh! celestial poker machines about to jackpot! to continue their expansion inspection of an independent prevent oxidation. I read a book called “Cosmic Consciousness” Calleman does not interpret the date and therefore market share. inspector contracted to You will find on many wine (of all things) with chapters like Greece, as an apocalypse, Armageddon, or other Any/all means of reducing Australian Certified Organic. labels the terms ‘may contain Egypt, Babylon, Astrology, Numerology, cataclysmic event but a slow transformation costs and improving quality Nearly all winemakers now traces of milk (powdered) and Knights Templar, The Vatican, Freemasonry, in which people experience a higher ‘unity contribute to the bottom line. adopt a near organic approach or egg (egg white) products’. Maya and so on. It was a salad of paradigms, consciousness’. Just what we need. And it’s all Ironically it’s been the to their vineyard practices: These products are used as belief systems, mathematics, astro-sciences, about together! We can’t get there until we are small winery/viticulturists it’s more cost effective and ‘fining’ agents designed to prophecies, eras, religions ... you name it. My all in the same head-space. It’s all or nothing. who were committed in produces better results with remove suspended particles in major impression of the book was that every It’s everyone or no-one! He believes we are their quality/wine/health vine health and quality yields. the wine that may contribute single one of those researched and studied arriving at a place in the scheme of things philosophy to take the initial Nitrogenous cover crops bitter or coarse taste/textures paradigms were seeming to say Look the that is clearly the end of a very long conscious, risks in implementing an contribute to soil vitality in the wine and will settle to FUCK out for December 2012! communicative process... and a subsequent organic approach to growing and reduce the need for the bottom of the tank, along Then I discovered Swedish toxicologist new beginning. He is entirely optimistic that grapes by improving soil water supplementation and with these additives, prior to Carl Johan Calleman who is into the Mayan we are arriving somewhere... and to me, that quality and therefore fruit the grape skins and seeds filtering the wine and bottling. culture, and in particular, the geometry seems both timely and obvious. It certainly that was less prone to the separated at the winery are Australia has one, if not the involved in the customary nine steps of their can’t continue the way it is. multitude of fungal and pest spread back out into the most, organic ‘approaches’ to pyramids. His research revealed that it kicks So! What if the end is nigh? What if we diseases to which grapes/ vineyards to add nutrients and viticulture and making wine off by multiplying the 20 Sun Signs by 13 do actually find ourselves at the end of life vines are susceptible. More soil friability. throughout the world: it’s in Galactic tones to determine the dimensions of as we know it? A new world beyond cave stringent health laws have Wines made from their and the consumers’ best the first step. The top one. paintings, printing presses and dare I say evolved to significantly reduce organically certified vineyards interest from both a quality Then you raise that number to the power of it... Facebook? No more petrol-guzzling, the amount of permissible are still permitted levels of and cost perspective. If the two, three and so on, up to nine. Each step’s plastic-purchasing, porno-perving, neighbour- additives to wine, the most up to 125ppm of sulphur label stipulates Certified specs appear and you build your Pyramid as hating, ego-inflating, money-misbehaving, significant being sulphur dioxide, though these levels Organic you can be doubly mathematically ordained! profit-shaving, microwaving, slaving sheep dioxide. Once the maximum are mostly considerably less in confident that the winemaker Not content with such a mundane, in a chemtrailed, up-for-sale, coal-seamed, allowable level of sulphur keeping with the producers’ has done their absolute best to architectural, artisan explanation, our reamed, irradiated, overstated, constipated, dioxide (preservative 220) was philosophy in making a bring you a crafted beverage Swedish boffin, being a curious, non-run-of- vaccinated, fluoridated, masturbated, 650 parts per million (ppm); product as purely organic as with your health in mind. the-mill lad like he is, decides to do a little outdated, overtaxed, un-relaxed, drugged and today the maximum allowed possible without spoilage in Oh! Before I sign out, by way number crunching on the side. So he runs raped, pear shaped, owned and droned, cell- is 250 ppm, with the general the finished wine. Sulphur of comparison non-organically his computer over each of the nine ‘20 X phoned, indexed, oversexed, multiple-hexed, industry standard being that dioxide is almost always added dried fruit contains 3000ppm 13 to the power of’ equations... and finds exponential, potential wasteland! 150 ppm is more common and to the grapes as they enter the of sulphur dioxide – small lots of interesting, universally-comforting Let’s hope it’s the end of unsustainable often significantly less. Suphur crusher/press so as to prevent wonder it congests the sinus co-incidences amongst his mathematical corporate monopolies, hollow meaningless dioxide is important to the the juice from oxidation and to and makes you sneeze. meanderings. religion, crooked untrustworthy politicians, point of being necessary to inhibit the natural yeast cells Keep in mind, it’s not the First up... he assures us that the world isn’t malicious manipulative media, wanton war make quality wine free from until a pure yeast culture is alcohol that does the damage going to explode in December! Although it and despoilation of our beautiful Mother microbiological spoilage and added to the expressed grape – it’s the person who drinks it might be nice to miss out on all that Xmas Earth. We simply have to move to a higher herein lies the conundrum. juice. With the introduction in excess. crap just for once! Imagine... no more Jingle plane. 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Page 24 The Nimbin GoodTimes November 2012 [email protected] Nimbin Bushwalkers Club Inc. Walks Program for November Saturday 10th November Jerusalem in Bundjalung Country Wanganui Gorge (near Minyon Falls) Leader Judy Hales (6689-0254). Grade 3 2-3 hr: initial shade-less walk on farmland followed by walk up Cooper Jerusalem Creek Creek through Bangalow Palm forest. Some spiky thorns and slippery rocks. Meet 9am at Nimbin car park for car- pooling, 9.30am Channon pub, or 10am at end of Upper by Michael Smith, Len Martin and Coopers Creek Rd, off Coopers Creek Rd, Repentance Catherine Baker Creek. Bring food for picnic and water. The last day of September saw just three of us in Evans Head, walking among the Sunday 18th November Spring wildflowers to Goanna Headland. Terania Creek Basin to Gracies Spire We crossed heathlands of short, Leader Judy Hales (6689-0254). scratchy vegetation, stunted by poor Grade 4 Wild rugged rainforest. Climb the spire if you soil and salty winds, with flowers of dare. Swim in a rainforest pool. Mostly off track. every colour. On reaching the grassy Meet 8am Nimbin car park, 8.30am Channon pub. 9.05am knolls, boulder beaches and ochre cliffs end of Terania Creek Road, near Protestors Falls Car Park. (Dirrawong’s wound), we wandered Bring food, swimmers and water. south along the goanna’s tail. There were lots of people doing stuff Whale watching Sunday 25th November on the beach. Not gold mining as of yore, Booyong Reserve & AGM but recreating: a sunny spring, school few flowers. return trip to the Byron Bay Lookout Leader Michael Smith (6689-9291). holidays long weekend – the beach, and The water in the creek was very high, took about three hours, excluding lunch. Grade 1 1hr, flat, 1.2km through a Big Scrub remnant. children being shepherded around the and I assumed that this was due to it A shaded track all the way, the first 40 AGM to follow in picnic area. Photographers, bring your analogue world, that inspired the virtual. being high tide. Not so, when we reached or so minutes were uphill, not so much best pictures for the photo competition. Entry to the Squandering a little post-peak fossil the ocean end, the entrance was blocked. steep as awkward, with deep rain-eroded competition, bring something for the prize pool. Photos fuel, we transferred to the Gummi Garra The creek had obviously been well channels. The recent lack of rain meant must have been taken on one of our walks. Walk on the banks of the Evans River, over the path, presumably filled by the a practically leechless walk – I saw only Meet 9am Nimbin car park, or 10.05am Booyong Reserve, one of the best wildflower walks on the continuous rain earlier in the year. one. Booyong Road (6km east of Clunes). far north coast. Close to the end we sat on the dunes After the track levelled out we were Bring lunch, water, chair, photos, stories and happiness – and A couple of months of dry, windy to watch the activity of Humpback rewarded with a nice view of the insect repellant! weather had pruned the flowers down whales heading south. Lunch under a Doughboy, though tree growth will to a basic set of the usual suspects. The shady banksia beside the creek, where probably block this in the not-too- Weekend 8-9th December bush was suffering, dropped leaves, petals some of the ladies enjoyed a swim, while distant future. At about an hour we had End of year camp at Koreelah Gorge dried around the edges, and no orchids. I photographed waders, Rainbow Bee- both the Doughboy and Mount Warning It was a brave and special place, eaters, Osprey and Dollar bird perched in our sights. Two day camp ring Don for details. sandwiched between a bombing range close together, Crested Terns bathing and Not the best of views of Mount Leader Don Durrant (6633-3138 at night). and a retiring population. People were a Brahminy Kite. Warning, as the day was fairly overcast. There will be no further walks in December happy here in the past, as evidenced by Low tide was at midday with planned But for me it’s the walking that counts, and none in January. the Bundjalung campsite and midden, return along the beach beside the the movement. There was a time when and it was possible to find happiness spectacular Black Rocks. Alas, though I took my Omega OM-1 camera Unless otherwise specified, visitors (non members) welcome, but will there still. Cath was blissing out on the we started back only one hour later, the everywhere, bristling with every kind of be required to pay a fee of $5 per walk, deducted from membership spiritual vibe, so we sat on a bed of fallen ocean was already starting to lap the lens and filter. No more. fee when they join Club. Membership $15/head to Treasurer Kay Kurrajong leaves and explained our rocks and most of us had to scramble up As we continued along a narrow Martin PO Box 20061 Nimbin, 2480 (Tel. 6689-0254). reactions to this place. over them to complete the return on the but easy track towards the Byron Bay www.nimbinbushwalkers.com There were oysters on the rocks below, creekside track. Lookout, Michael Smith cleared up what Secretary, Len Martin ([email protected]) at a place called The Iron Gates. We We think that the previous weeks’ had been a bit of a mystery to us on could have added new shells to the rough seas had lowered the beach. previous visits. There are many marks midden. Modern “hunters” in tinnies Another quiet and pleasant evening. in the rocks to the right – long smooth were moving about the river for fish, Next morning, we set out across semi-circular dints, varying from about peace and beauty. Eventually we had to heathland towards Wendoree Lagoon. 20 to 50cm. Weird. Not natural. go home. Few flowers – Boronia, Leptospermum My friends (one of them eight years A planned early Friday morning start – but many Grass Tree flower heads with old) and I had spoken of aliens,kind for a weekend camp at Black Rock, white-cheeked honey-eaters feeding on of hopefully. “They’re drill holes”, said Bundjalung National Park, was delayed the nectar. But the only insects on them Michael, “for dynamiting the rock by car problems. We arrived late to find were feral European Honey bees. that was in the way of the Casino to the place fairly crowded. The day had A sad sight. Such flower heads were Murwillumbah mail run.” Of course! been very windy, so it was good to find a once crowded with a vast diversity of Why hadn’t I thought of that? Maybe sheltered shady camp-site. insects, numerous species of flying because we’ve so lost touch with the idea Judy immediately scampered away to beetles, jewel beetles, scarabs, longihorns, of mail runs and ponies and so on. explore vast areas in the dark. Michael butterflies, day-flying moths, native bees, From the Byron Bay Lookout you can and Joy arrived later and we enjoyed a flower wasps. It was a reminder of the normally see the lighthouse in a whole remarkably quiet night, given the number vast amount of biodiversity that has been new context, but it was denied us this of neighbours. A brief evening walk to lost in a mere 60 years. overcast day. Nothing daunted, we paid a near by dune revealed the spectacular A walk highlight was a pair of carpet homage to what might have been and panorama of our galaxy, the Milky Way, snakes in flagrante by the roadside. made our way back to where we could Scorpius at centre with red planet Mars Wendoree Lagoon, where some of the overlook Mount Warning, to enjoy lunch. (Ares) closing on red star Antares. ladies swam, was beautiful as ever with The conversation was such that Michelle and Catherine joined us in the reeds and fringe of Melaleucas. A great bushwalkers – new, old and returned morning to walk along Jerusalem Creek. weekend. – generally enjoy. Drill holes, rock faces, LISMORE The bush looked wonderfully healthy The walk from the end of Huonbrook close encounters, dicky knee joints and beautiful ladies – well recovered from fire damage, Road in Byron Shire up to Mount my best sandwich ever... remarkably free of bloody bitou, but with Jerusalem Road isn’t a tough one. 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They even was an extremely hot and dry day. It practice his golf. A large enclosed vegie drive like Nimbinites – you go anywhere you like, bugger the was great to see many members attend banks of the creek. Areas like these demonstrate what a haven they are garden sits at the front of the house rules, but try not to run over anyone on the way. If it looks like despite the weather. This property with raised garden beds throughout. you are, you give them a honk on your horn. is an inspiration to anyone whose for wildlife and us on such a stifling day. The creek has a beautiful and The vegie garden was made up of The only Chinese Big Brother I can see is on the web, where land is being ravaged by weeds and plantings of beans, corn, strawberries, they’ve blocked YouTube and Facebook. Dumb! But hey, the finds it challenging to eradicate them. serene aspect around every bend and is home to Platypus, Catfish, Eels and broccoli and many others. Their AFL Grand Final, from good old Oz, got blocked on the web Everyone with acreage is not immune broccoli has now been protected after to all but subscribers, by our own Big Brother AFL. I don’t from weed infestations, as these species Frogs. Many native trees have sprung up since the Lantana has been cleared being victim of marauding Bower Birds know how they think that’ll help the game. It’s like dumb and leave no land untouched. often referred to as gangs by Sandy. dumber! The land is enclosed by 800m of and Sandy refers to these young trees as volunteers. The volunteer trees Thanks Sandy and Lyndal for your Politically the big thing in China at the moment is a dispute creek frontage (Leycester Creek) and informative visit. You made us all feel a between the Chinese and Japanese over some remote islands this is how it came to be named, The include, White Cedars which are everywhere, Native Hibiscus with their lot more optimistic knowing that these off the coast here. Many Chinese who have Japanese cars have Island, many years ago. When Sandy terrorists of the Australian bush can stuck small Chinese flag stickers over the Japanese logos on and Lyndal bought the property delicate single petaled flowers, native Tamarinds, Sandpaper Figs, Drongos, be overcome. All we have to do is be their cars. 15 years ago, it was a plantation persistent and vigilant until we win and I’m teaching English over here. Started off from a low base, of Lantana and many other weeds Orange Thorn, Gingers, Allamanda and Casuarinas. These species then constantly remain on the outlook but they still like me, both staff and students. Staff all said including; Giant Privet, Balloon Vine for new infestations. I looked tired, which I was, but I didn’t think it showed that and Tobacco Bush. account for 95% of the new trees on the property. Sandy and Lyndal have The club would like to thank much, and they started to get concerned. One teacher at Following advice from a friend a few Denise Braidwood for once again, school took me shopping in her car because she was getting so years ago, Sandy and Lyndal submitted also planted Davidson Plum, Bunya Pine, Banksias, Lilly Pilli’s and the organising a successful bus trip to concerned. an application for the EnviroFund Mount Tambourine. We visited four It was timely; I’d just about run out of groceries, and couldn’t Grant and were successful. This endangered Small Leaf Tamarind. The majority of the trees are laden spectacular gardens and the day was work out where the shops were. Having a foreign English enabled them to employ men from an thoroughly enjoyed by all. All members teacher at your school is a real big deal for Chinese schools, organisation in Lismore called Envite with numerous mature Stags, Elks and Epiphytes in abundance. One tree that are reminded that our Christmas get- because they want us to teach real English. They really do want and assigned them specifically to cut together will be at the Nimbin Bush you to succeed. Chinese students are deadly on books, but once down Lantana as well as all the other impressed all was a grand old 20 metre- high Fig. When Sandy and Lyndal Theatre commencing at 12pm on 17th they stray from it, the conversation becomes dead. obnoxious weeds. November. Bring a plate of food and So they really do need us. See us three foreign teachers in Sandy’s chosen garden tool was a purchased the property, this Fig was devoid of any leaves and was encased refreshments will be provided. photo. We each have a different school, and there’s not many of by 1 metre thick Lantana. Now it is a us compared to how many schools they have here. healthy tree and a testament to what Outside it is hard to get around because everything is in can be achieved and hopefully it will Chinese, would you believe! And Tianjin is geographically live on for many more decades. Other huge, so walking is useless. Prior knowledge is required to go rainforest species included; Black anywhere. Little English is spoken in the street. (Or written Apple, Hairy Walnut, White Beach either.) They do know ‘Hello’ and ‘bye bye’. The other word and a giant Stinging Tree whose name they know is ‘teacher’. I get instant recognition when I say it, says it all. and good vibes too. Teaching is a passport to acceptance in Walking back to the house is a China. They even have a national ‘Teachers Day’ to promote its importance. The common language the East and West has is numbers. sporting strummer’s manicure All Chinese know and can use our number system. This is The world according to... where the nails on the left surprisingly useful. When in a Chinese restaurant, the menu hand are short, long on the may be gobbledeegook to you, so you just have to gamble on Why has the world been right. I’ve developed ukelitis what you get, but at least you know how much it’ll cost. Great seduced by the ukulele? What Magenta Appel-Pye and my fingers are calloused when you’re on a strict budget, which I am, until I get my first is it about this undersized, pay. (You get paid monthly in China). and bleeding. My drums are high-pitched midget that’s only occasionally for a bit of Eastern drumming for the By the way, tried BBQ’d frog. Delicious. A bit like chicken. dusty, my saxophone’s rusty really only good for kindling? light-weight (literally) fun. belly dancers and spirit It was cheap too. Went well with some strange mushrooms and the piano is sulking in As a professional music I’ve seen many musical drumming to evoke ancestors BBQ’d on a stick. Chinese are the masters of mushrooms. And the corner. I don’t care, I have teacher for 30 years I looked fads. I’ve taught the piano and discover latent all washed down with Chinese beer, which is good, cheap, and a new child and I’m down my beaky nose at this princesses, the sultry ancestral rhythms. available anywhere and everywhere. But they don’t like it very Lilliputian instrument. Real saxophonists and the I’ve even taught a clucky ukulele cold - bummer. musicians didn’t take the guitar heroes. There’s been Indonesian Gamelan. mother. Another use for numbers is travelling. The buses have their miniature seriously, playing it African drumming, Middle But I staunchly I now specialise in route nos. in our numbers. If I see the nos. 581, 582 or 583 on resisted the runt of teaching older people a bus I know I can get home. If I do get lost, good ol’ numbers the string family. to play the plucky on my mobile phone will allow me to call someone for help. All CAREFREE CEREMONIES Last year, spurred baby. We happily Chinese have mobile phones with normal numbers. on by the incentive nurse our pride and And yet another use for numbers is the floor numbers. As I Unique & Personal of a free ticket to joys, singing corny trudge up the five flights of stairs to my flat, numbers on the Celebrations Mullumbimby Music songs without shame. floors let me know how much further to go. This is important by Gwen Trimble Festival in the uke Even my husband, a when you’re lugging your drinking water up. This is because – Weddings troupe, I picked up brilliant pianist has you don’t drink the water from the tap here in China. the pygmy and found that the condescended to learn and now On holidays at the moment, thanks to Mid-Autumn festival. – Commitments sports the silly ukulele grin. – Vow Renewals little bastard punches way Have been taking tours on the local buses just to see where above it‘s weight. I know that music self- they do go. Plus writing a postcard to you, of course. Back to Then my husband bought played is happiness self-made, school next week. 0427-486-346 and this little beauty gets A/H: 6689-1490 me a nice little Kanaloa I listen to Nim-FM on the web when I get home from school (made in China, of course). you there quickly, easily and www.carefreeceremonies.com to my flat. And look forward to each new GoodTimes edition. Now I’m addicted. I can’t get cheaply. I’m plucking besotted Keep up the good work. These things become more important [email protected] this monkey off my back. I’m but the dog hates it. the further you go from home.
Page 26 The Nimbin GoodTimes November 2012 [email protected] Rainbow Road – a whole of community project MAGICAL INDIA by Lois Kelly the School of Arts following an Aquarius village to make a special established right of way. sculpture and bird watching area Ironically Yours Lismore City Council has selected The walk will then go along land along the back of the subdivision the Nimbin Walking Path project owned by the Community School where the path will then lead to Travel diary of the irreverent as part of its funding application to and the Nimbin Hotel, where there Cecil Street, where walkers will by Dionne May the Federal Government. will be a little cul-de-sac. There is have the opportunity to partake Local community support for the a wonderful natural amphitheatre of activities offered by Djanbung path has been wonderful. It’s this here that will be developed and Gardens. The walk will then uxman Jhula, near Rishikesh, passion and support that will make used for a range of community come back along Cecil Street and L260kms north west of Delhi... this project a truly innovative and events. The walk will continue through the rainforest area beside what a magical place to begin my unique experience for visitors and along the creek, which will be the creek to re-enter the village. travels in India. Greeted at the local alike. developed into a special rainforest Students from Southern airport by the beaming smile of one At this stage, we are focusing on area. The Nimbin Garden Club has Cross University are involved in of my closest and dearest friends world. the first two stages of the walk. indicated interest in adopting part researching the project and we have Julie. We have two weeks together Returning we stop to chat with our The route for the first stage has of this beautiful area. had meetings with a range of people in India... how lucky are we? Warm friendly Baba, buy him some chai. One been changed slightly since the The Second Stage of the walk will who will add value to this great hugs, laughter and seven hours of day as we were photographing him we original community consultation. cross the creek, go along the side experience. excited babbling in the back of a wildly were surrounded by locals wanting The walk will start at the Visitor of the Nimbin Headers Ground We are planning a community swerving taxi and we were delivered to to photograph us with their families. Centre (hopefully to later move to and then over to the Rainbow session on this project on Saturday our destination... an Ashram know as The Baba sits watching bemused, and the Sustainability Hub at 7 Sibley Power Company. Negotiations 1st December. Any comments or Phool Chatti, 5kms north of Luxman Julie and I enter Indian family albums. Jhula. Our one-week course was not Street), and will go down behind are underway with the owners of input? Email: [email protected] But it was time to return to the due to start for five more days so we Ashram. As with our time in Luxman headed back to town to sample India. Jhula, we attacked life in the ashram After settling into our room with gusto. We rose at 5.30am to a Tinderbox time: know the drill perched over the river at the Hotel full program of meditation, chanting, by Marcus right channels to get the best within minutes, and of course it is Om, we set off on our adventures. yoga, meditative walks including a Mantscheff, resources needed. for emergencies only. In five days we practised yoga with memorable ceremonial bath strewn Nimbin RFS In an emergency, or if you are There are a number of ways a variety of instructors from serene with flower offerings in the Ganga genuinely concerned about a fire to keep up-to-date with NSW young god-like Hindi men to a 104- (Spirit God of the Ganges River), neti I’m guessing or smoke on a very hot, windy Rural Fire Service and local (fire) year-old Yogi who has practised yoga potting (morning cleanse of the nasal not even those day, dial Triple Zero (000) from weather conditions. Visit online for 85 years. It’s quite something to passage with warm salty water or for living in the your landline or mobile and ask at www.rfs.nsw.gov.au and link to witness a diminutive wizened old the really adventurous the rubber tube cooler, evergreen for FIRE when prompted. If your the TOBAN or Current Fires & man in his underwear wrap his legs inserted in through the nostril and out gullies of these Northern Rivers mobile phone was manufactured Incident pages. Northern Rivers behind his head and arms around the mouth), all mostly in silence on can avoid the dry-change to the before 2003, you will need to dial Zone also has a Facebook page his back. A hush fell over the room the banks of the roaring Ganges River. beginning of this fire season. 112, otherwise all modern mobile/ plus Twitter feed, and you can as he entered with brass pot in hand. It was here you would find Julie Water tanks are running smart phones are programmed to download the official RFS “Fires He seated himself and emptying his and I in our two free hours each dry, tender gardens are failing use Triple Zero (000). Near Me NSW” app to your paraphernalia from his pot produced day. Drawing, photographing, and lawnmowers remain idle. The Triple Zero (000) smart phone. his neti pot, a rubber hose, cloth and... reflecting and soaking up the glorious Also hard to miss are the many emergency service operator will As for the continuing dry a mobile phone! environment of sacred river, rocks paddocks and road verges of long ask some questions that will help conditions across our region, We ate the most delicious Indian washed smooth with age, and the dry grass and lantana. Offers to your brigade respond effectively. we are confident in the support Thali and Masala Dosa at the surrounding mountains, all mingled burn land for brigade training Be prepared to provide as much of our community. Permits are neighbouring town of Rama Jhula, a with the loving connection of a dear exercises are coming from many information as possible to required for any outdoor fires two-km walk along a tree-fringed, sun- friend. residents, however even the few emergency service operators about (Nimbin residents phone 02 dappled avenue dotted with stalls and I continue to count my blessings and written requests for assistance the location of the emergency. It’s 6689-1221). Babas sitting in the sun. Chotiwala is a am humbly and joyously grateful for the brigade receives are proving a free call, so if you’ve taken the famous local restaurant off the tourist all my wonderful friends and family. difficult to complete, with the dry decision to contact your brigade, Brigade Meetings track. On busy weekends bottlenecks Time spent in your company is time and windy conditions. stay calm and be as accurate as Nimbin brigade continues to of people, motorbikes and cows are bound with love. Julie has returned A recent brigade meeting saw possible with the details you meet the first Thursday of each created by the two pink painted to Nimbin and I settle back into my another important issue raised. provide. Your information will month – 6.30pm at the station on human ‘Gods’ sitting in the entrance lovely solitude. For all my wordy A resident observed a car fire and affect brigade response time and Sibley Street. gazing malevolently down on the ramblings I can’t help but feel that my (later) wanted telephone numbers the resources dispatched. The Blue Knob brigade meets the clicking cameras, revelling in the chaos experience in India so far comes down for local brigade members. The Triple Zero (000) call is the only first Monday of each month – they are creating to attract people to to the one word my Baba friend said to decision to call was a good one, call you need to make to reach all 6pm at the station, corner of Blue their restaurant. Not that that is even me as he looked deeply into my eyes, but it needs to go through the the pagers of your local brigade Knob and Lillian Rock Roads. necessary as the food is out of this passing the chillum... “Magic”.
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