QUOTE

Andy Warhol - The only genius with an IQ of 60.

- Gore Vidal

LISTENING

Xavier Rudd's new single and national tour dates released today

 

Follow the Sun

EXPLORATION

Karlie and Jemma's 

Noosa Everglades Kayak Adventure

Part 2

THE END.

Thank you to Kanu Kapers Australia for facilitating our adventure!

PHOTOGRAPHY

Once upon a time...

In a not to distant land; there was a young woman, contemplating this place that she found herself in...

LINK/QUOTE

article by Nala Mansell-McKenna 

from the Wednesday 25th 

January 2012, Koori Mail

Offensive date that must be changed

It's that time of the year again, when the shops line their aisles with cheap Australian flags, bikinis and toys, organisers are busily preparing events and there are ads all over the television encouraging us all to celebrate Australia Day.

But why not, this year, think about what it is that you are really celebrating.

"...so that we can all proudly wave our flags and celebrate the wonderful country that we now share."

- Nala Mansell-McKenna

Ask yourself why January 26 is the chosen date for celebrations and why Aboriginies find the celebrations of that date so offinsive.

We all know that the 26th of January 1788 marks the day the British first landed on Australian soil and began invading Aboriginal lands.


We know January 26 marks the beginning of invasion, murder, rape and theft.


But most Australians say they just just take the day off so that they can enjoy a barbecue and beer with their mates. So why not change the date to one that is not so divisive?


On January 26 Aboriginies from across the country will mourn, just as we do every Anzac Day.


We will mourn the deaths of the 50 Aboriginal men, women and children who were massarced at Risdon Cove while hunting kangaroo; we will mourn the deaths of those shot in cold blood while bathing in the waters of the Jordan River lagoon; we will mourn  the loss of our land, the stolen children, the remains of our ancestors held in overseas institutions and everything else that our people have had to endure since the arrival of the white man on January 26, 1788.


We will also call for the race-based celebrations of January 26 to come to a close and for a new date to be chosen, so that we can all proudly wave our flags and celebrate the wonderful country that we now share.




-Nala Mansell-McKenna
State Secretary
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
Launceston, Tasmania

LINK/EVENT

 

See the Full Moon Dance Facebook page for more information

MUSINGS

Photograph by Jemma Darlington

What urges drove her forward?

What do you think she could see beyond the granules of sand, out into the turquoise sea?

A glimmer of hope or a familiar face?

Maybe she did not know of what she followed. 

Could it have been the pull of the mother spirit, calling to her soul "Come with me and I will keep you near. Come to me and I will be yours my dear. Follow me, let me be your guide. Take my strength into your heart and we shall roam free..."

- Jem.

EXPLORATION

Karlie and Jemma's 

Noosa Everglades Kayak Adventure

DAY 1:

 

to be continued...

Thanks to Kanu Kapers Australia for facilitating our discovery of the Noosa Everglades

TAKE ACTION

LINK/VIDEO

She's Alive...Beautiful...Finite...Hurting...Worth Dying For

"She's our mother, she can be saved, she's worth defending, worth dying for..."

QUOTE

People are expecting things to work

out like there's a formula, and there isn't in art. 

It's a lifelong journey; 

you can never know it all.

It's infinite, it's creation.

- Sonja Georgeson, Artist

LINK/EVENT

Cooloola Festival of Birds

Jabiru fishing in the abundant waters of the upper Noosa River. Photograph by Jemma Darlington

 

 

 

WHEN?

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2012

WHERE?

Tin Can Bay Foreshore

 

 

"The  “Cooloola Festival of Birds” will highlight the Influence that Birds have had on our  Culture, Beliefs, and Daily Lives since earliest times  through Dance,  Song, Art, and Story Telling, while Promoting the Diversity of Birds,  their Habitats and requirements through Cooloola. 

Such an  all-inclusive approach to Environmental Education  will nurture a great understanding and feel for our Natural Environment as a whole among the General Public essential prerequisite to the re-awakening of our innate Bond with the Natural World."   

- Event Flier -

Kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree. Photograph by Jemma Darlington

LINK/QUOTE

Don't let your dreams be dreams...

-Jack Johnson, Dreams Be Dreams

EXPLORATION

Northey Street City Farm

A warm Welcome awaits at the city farm in Windsor, Brisbane

WHERE?

 

WHAT?

Sunday Organic Market 6.00 - 10.30 am

Nursery; Tues - Sat 9am to 4pm, Sun 6-12 noon

 

Community Events

Permaculture Design Courses

 

Membership

LINK/KINDRED SOUL

The Movement

"one earth - one mob - the movement"

Xavier Rudd's new blog;
currently following the latest Sea Shepherd Conservation Society campaign, Operation Divine Wind.

EXPLORATION

Places I'd Like To Visit: 

West End Twilight Markets

"West End Twilight Markets is a specialty marketplace, featuring an eclectic mix of treasures, tucker and performance.

WHEN?

Every Saturday night.
Starting Jan 21st, 2012

WHAT TIME?

4pm–9pm.

WHERE?

Reclaimed Hangar - Corner of Wilson and Boundary St, West End, Brisbane."

 

QUOTE

Extract taken from a Peppercorn Creek Farm (1375 Old Hume H'way, Picton NSW 2571) publication:

What You Believe...

I got into a conversation

with an older man who I could totally relate to.

"I believe in anarchy and changing the world,

and not just settling for what society has for me."

I told him, " I believe that everything is God.

You know, like all religions are just getting at the same thing,

but from a different angle."

He looked at me long and hard, squinting at me through his glasses,

studying my countenance. Finally, he opened his mouth.

"Actually," he sighed, "actually, you don't believe that at all.

What you believe is what you DO when you get up in the morining.

And what you do all day long. That's what you believe."

Pause...I think about this. I consider my "alternative lifestyle"

- if what he is saying is true, then...

I Believe in going to university and getting a degree

I believe in working at a supermarket for $10.00 an hour

I believe in being alone in my room, writing down all my ideas about life

I believe in letting my friends down when they need me to be there

I believe in renting movies

I believe in eating at resturants

I believe in Facebook

Somehow, what I believe doesn't seem so revolutionary from

this point of view. I know he's right. I wish he wasn't, but

I know he is. I have all kinds of stuff in my heart

- I even write about it and talk about it.

But I don't DO it.

I wonder why...?

LINK/VIDEO

Xavier Rudd playing live 

at 

Woodford Folk Festival 

on Friday 30th December 2011

LINK/VIDEO

I wish to see this film. Paul Watson is an inspiration. 

TAKEN FROM - Captain Paul Watson: 10 New Years Resolutions

"...(9) To say what we mean and to mean what we say, to continue to take a stand and to speak up against bureaucracy, politicians, corporations and corruption.
(10) To ignore all trolls, critics, nay-sayers, and spewers of negativity."

MUSINGS

Woodfordia sign WFF 2010-11

 

I have had a bit of a break over the festive season (including 8 days volunteering at Woodford Folk Festival) will be back soon with many more inspiring adventures, artworks, aspirations, activists and artists.

PEACE and LOVE
Jem.