Image by PhotoDu.de via FlickrA lovely little documentary except for the various misconceptions. Some of the place names are incorrect. The information of the area depicts only white civilization.
Not a mention of the indigenous people in the area. No mention of the hideous murders that took place here when this place was settled by white man. No mention of the many people who have gone missing never to be seen or heard of again in the more recent years post commune living.
Urunga on the coast mentioned in this documentary is the place of the Long White Sands and it is a place of indigenous abundance of food and shelter. Yes, Tom Myles did come here and the town of Mylestom was built not MYLESTROM as was said in the documentary. Other wise Tom Myles would have been TROM MYLES. More research on the subject required here I think.
Not a mention of the indigenous people in the area. No mention of the hideous murders that took place here when this place was settled by white man. No mention of the many people who have gone missing never to be seen or heard of again in the more recent years post commune living.
Urunga on the coast mentioned in this documentary is the place of the Long White Sands and it is a place of indigenous abundance of food and shelter. Yes, Tom Myles did come here and the town of Mylestom was built not MYLESTROM as was said in the documentary. Other wise Tom Myles would have been TROM MYLES. More research on the subject required here I think.
Did I hear a mention of The mountain in the back ground known as Nungalli that is of special significance to the dreaming. It is a warrior laying down sleeping. Cast into the mountain by the tribe because he screwed up big time.
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| Looking down Hyde Street from the western end of the main street. |
Yes, It is an easy going place now however the LAST aboriginal massacre took place on the north side of the river in the vicinity of where the Life House church is now. The place has an invisible curse that cannot be seen by the uninitiated and the smoking of the place is a constant necessity to keep the peace with the spiritual caretakers.
Yes, it is a small town and unlike what was portrayed on the video team sports do figure big in Bellingen and many great athletes have come from the town of Bellingen. and as the local Bellingen FC has the biggest junior club in the on the north coast so then I would say it figures very big.
It is a myth spread for years now that Bellingen is some kind of Utopia of mind, body and spirit. This was a dream thought up through the haze of smoke from someones bamboo billie in the early 1970's when it really was a sleepy dreamy little place with a climate perfect for building a self sufficient lifestyle without too much hassle due to adequate rainfall and timber. Things have changed a terrible lot since then. I stand now on the outside of the bubble that surrounds the town of Bellingen. There are a lot of us who feel and even see this manifestation. When you come out from underneath it the world becomes a brighter more precious place as you once again touch reality.
The place is in a hole - look up the word valley in the dictionary, one of its meanings is hole.
Video - Simon Rowan - Mello Bello Pt 1
Images by Mezza - Hyde street Bellingen 2012 / North Bellingen old van park site /
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