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Wollangarra Newsletter Takes Away from a Week on Number 100! (And Thanks for a Stage I, I Reckon the Staff Waiting!) Are Doing a Good Job Page 1! Autumn-Winter Newsletter 2016 Wollangarra Number 100 Licola, 3858 June 2016 Ph: 5148 0492 Patron: John Landy, AC, MBE www.wollangarra.org.au Greetings and welcome to If that’s all a young person Wollangarra Newsletter takes away from a week on Number 100! (And thanks for a Stage I, I reckon the staff waiting!) are doing a good job. But we see them take away a lot To those that eagerly await more than that, as a week at t h e i r i n s t a l m e n t s o f Woll weaves it magic. It’s Wollangarra news in this also probably why we’ve ran form, my apologies for taking so many full Stage II so long. But, may I invite you programs over the last year to put aside your fears that and half too! things were amiss, as Woll’s been ticking along just like it Now a lot’s happened since always has. Wollangarra Newsletter Number 1 - many younger In the past 18 months, since people involved in this place Clare and Raku typed their goodbye and farewell wouldn't have even been alive to know about it - Directors Report and canoed across from Tussocky including half of this years’ staff! (and a few on the with Tilly in tow for the final time, staff have come, Woll Council too!) In that first newsletter, Ian gone and new ones have come again; gardens outlined the initial aims of Woll, which included: have been dug and planted; fruit trees have fruited and been pruned; the sheep have lambed and they, “At Wollangarra, I want to take groups of young in turn, have grown-up and fed many mouths; people…back to a simple, down-to-earth, way of tracks have been maintained in remote mountains life, amongst a remote, small and recognisable areas; huts have been cared for; events have been community, where hard work, good honest fun, and organised and attended; wood has been cut, real practical purpose are part of every day. And stacked and used for fuel; Stage II’s have become where a real love and care for the mountains, and Stage III’s and Alpine Walkers have hiked many a the environment in general, is encouraged in every difficult track; But, at the centre of it all, close to a possible way, and is backed up by a commitment to thousand young people have headed up to Woll to get out and do something practical towards their experience meeting the mountains on a Stage I. So protection and long-term well being.” (Ian many of these young people have come away from Stapleton, October 1988) this experience with a good dose of perspective, like this young fella pictured. Chatting to him not Well, being here in this role in 2016 and steeping too long after this picture was taken, soaking in the back for a moment to soak it all in, I reckon Woll’s afternoon light with a view that seemed to go on doing a pretty good job of meeting all that! Thanks forever and holding a “letter-to-self” that he’d just to all that have been, are, or will be a part of this written, he mentioned a few things that he was special little place. I feel really privileged to have appreciating being out there in the mountains and a this position and to be a part of it all. Thanks Woll. few more he’d appreciate when he got back home. - Dan Wollangarra Open Day 2016 SAVE THE DATE - Saturday 1st October A day to bring together the community of Wollangarra to celebrate what we do and to showcase that good work to new faces, in the spirit of practical purpose and good honest fun! All are invited. More details to come early Spring. Wollangarra Autumn-Winter Newsletter 2016 Page 2! Meet the Staff Rita Gyffory - Outdoor Leader Born in the faraway lands of Hungary, Rita has travelled the most out of all of us to be at Woll. Before arriving here, Rita spent two years traveling up and down Australia’s East Coast in her kitted out trusty van, visiting eco-villages and living on the road. She studied transpersonal counselling and has a fresh interest in delivering ‘rites of passage’. Rita has a love for animals and nature which shows through everything she does. She has a deep interest in eco-psychology, connecting people and nature through meaningful experiences. She is already wooing the young people through song, yoga or dance: Rita has a beautiful knack for engaging others in new practices. At Woll, you’ll find Rita whipping up banana cake, hand mashing a delicious cocoa smoothie, huddled by the fire or splashing with joy in the river. Rita brings a river of deep flowing wisdom down to the Wollangarra flat. If you would like to slow down your mind, find her. She has an awareness of your needs that goes far beyond “How are you?” A big believer in breathing, Rita is an oxygenated energy that oozes Woll wonder. - by Isaac. Mairead (Raidy) Murphy - Outdoor Leader Raidy, our gleaming matey, is a wondrous creator of song and soulful tunes. She first stepped upon the hallowed grounds of Woll for Tomato Bottling one year ago, and has never looked back. She comes to Woll with her cello and a deep care for rights, connection to country with a background in Indigenous Studies and a great love for community. She’s fun-loving, likes long walks on the beach and is deep into the bush. Since being at Woll, Raidy has been dedicated to her daily baptism in the River, though she is not religious. She also sleeps under the stars every night and is committed to giving awesomeness in the veggie garden here at Woll. Raidy is a committed crap stirrer, luckily it’s only of the humanure kind. Her dedication to the composting toilets is neck deep. She aces any task from Bronze Medallion to Chainsaw. She’s one the keenest beans that I know. She will take on the world single-handedly, if we let her, and she could do it too. Imagine an ant carrying a load six times the size of her body or a monkey thinking that she’s actually an octopus. She’s great for a deep heart to heart too. This is our Raidy, we love her dearly, living in the fast lane or slow, she’s a great all-rounder. Peace out. - by Rita. Gemma Costello - Outdoor Leader Some of you might remember Gemma in the midst of the silly dance competition at last year’s city Bush Dance. Straight out of Broady, Gemma stumbled into Wollangarra World probably the most Woll way of all. Her interview was through dance at a Sal Kimber gig. She impressed us with her dance moves and wooed us with her butt bumps and mischievous grins. A whimsical juke box, Gemma can strum out any old country tune at the flip of a guitar pick. Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele; her fingers move like the clappers. Gemma is a wordly woman; she has lived in a valley in Greece, skied Japan’s snowy mountains in diamond studded jackets and played Rugby in Switzerland. Her humour is dry, like vita wheats that Wollangarra Autumn-Winter Newsletter 2016 Page 3! have gone up and down the Crinoline. Whether it’s Kath and Kelling to the rotaloos, 50 pumps in the wash house or talking to Tambo, there is always laughter and that classic Gemma giggle. Gemma’s Melbourne life embodied soy flat whites, a lost kitten called Ray Ray, mowing lush lawns plus following the lovely Liz Stringer gigging around. She was also occupied by a social work degree with a passion for LGBTIQQ+. Now you’ll find her sipping cups of chai, frolicking with Tambo, lighting candles in the breeze way and speeding around with the Woll Whipper Snip whispering "For life is like an ocean, that I’m yet to sail. And love is like a Mountain, that I’m yet to sail.” (A Liz Stringer quote that Gemma relates to.) A determined lassy, Gemma has a beautiful ability to be real and is never afraid of standing up to a challenge. She's full of sass, zass and class. Thank you Gemma for your wise, giggly and kick-ass vibes. Bring on the next 268 days! - by Claire Gemma Tristan O'Brien - Program Manager The superb fairy Tristan has migrated from the streets of Adelaide with his knowledge of its close hills and their birds. His time was spent researching environmental biology and mimicking bird calls from behind binoculars. Growing up with his family and a big garden with chooks, the superb fairy Tristan knows of many environmental ways. He now is seen around Wollangarra with his calm presence, tending to the intricacies of pumps and tractors. Thorough in his work and caring in his ways, Tristan is a really good asset to the Wollangarra Woods. He is quick to learn and share and has a big heart for this place. Tristan is loved by the Young People, his humour and knowledge engages them wherever they walk. The superb fairy Tristan perks up at the slightest mention of Top Gun and will respect anyone who can quote it like the Koran. He enjoys his morning and midnight swims and his solo adventures, driving, bird watching or climbing. With a guitar in his hand as he serenades Tambo with classical melodies or with a cuppa as he lies in his hammock, Tristan is a happy wren.
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