It’s time. Bellingen Community Automotive.

I love a great idea, and when I come across one I get excited at the prospect that many people could achieve if they put their minds to this.

Dr Herzberg has certainly pulled one out of the hat with this idea to purchase the late Carl Foster's iconic garage in the centre of Bellingen NSW.

He puts forward a very interesting point of view that may enlighten a lot of people to the truth of the business situation and why ideas like his are important to consider.    I also think it would be an honour to Carl Foster too because no doubt they would retain the name .. it is the name everyone knows the Garage as, either that or it gets called Cj's.

You may be aware that Fosters garage is for sale.

It appears that it is close to sale. The business will close and the site will be developed, in some way. It will be owned, as most of the buildings in our public area are, by a private individual. That person will put in the money to buy the property, invest in its development, earn from renting out the space and, perhaps, at some point in the future, sell the property and probably earn some more from the capital gain.

Foster's Garage was iconic and I hope it stays that way.

Fosters Garage

There is a great opportunity here. For us, as a community to own something together. As part of a step in the direction of collaboration and cooperation among all of us.

As the challenges to our society and our planet continue to become more complex ( and dire, one might say) the relative power and ability of each of us individually to engage and affect these challenges is diminishing. We watch, mostly helplessly, in the face of …..moral and ethical catastrophes across the realms of media, immigration, first people, health, law, finance, agriculture, mining, education while our governments struggle to balance the needs and wishes of the few with the many…. Many of us spend a good deal of time and energy working to correct these wayward strategies, all the while recognising a deep sense of futility.

There is a massive shift occurring amongst human activity across the planet. The time of separation has past. A time of new interconnectedness is here. Our fates are inexorably linked. They actually always have been, only now it’s becoming ever clearer. We all breathe the same air, drink the same water, eat from the same earth. We drive on the same roads. We employ the same politicians.

It is time for us to collectively own and take stewardship of more than just the cars we drive and the houses we live in ( if we own them ).
If a single individual can own a strip of shops in the main street of a small country town and glean a financial benefit, why not a group of people? Why not the whole community?

This is not specifically a money making venture, although I doubt anyone would complain if we all made a little money as well.
This is an investment in community. Our community. By our community.

There are many possibilities for how this can occur but in essence at this stage my suggestions for what we need:
The money: at least $1.2 million. That’s $1200 each from 1000 people, on average. This can be lots of very small amounts, a few very large ones and everything in between. The point is to secure the premises.

We also need:

The Board - 5- 7 people with a range of skills and experience and social groups to represent the broader community in the vision and mission of the enterprise.

The executive - 3-5 people with the skills and experience to run the business as and with the board directs.

The employees - work for the business.

The members - own the business.

We will still need to clarify what a share in the business looks like but the principle is one of inclusion. This is not designed to be a process for making lots of money using lots of money. They have a say in how it works, is run, the broader development or new streams and activities. Ideally, members get cheaper fuel, access to mechanics, opportunities for training and employment, cheaper rent for other business premises once the site is further developed… There are many possibilities.

I propose a community consultation and workshop process to find out who is interested and how much.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Gull
Dr Gull Herzberg
Bellingen NSW

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"Our Generation" - Showing in Bellingen.

A big story on film in Bellingen....   The Memorial Hall has had some awesome events lately but this one is really big..  

Image - Our Generation - LAND CULTURE FREEDOM

 THE GROUND-BREAKING & AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY (2010) ON ABORIGINAL LIFE.

     Ticket Price $10 ... or whatever you can afford
....A YarnUp event to raise funds for Aboriginal empowerment initiatives

HIDDEN FROM THE EYES OF THE WORLD, THE OLDEST LIVING CULTURE ON EARTH FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL.

THIS IS THEIR UNTOLD STORY.

Told through the voices of Yolngu people of Elcho Island, Northeast Arnhem Land, Our Generation is an unforgettable journey deep into the heart of remote Aboriginal Australia. Where the pride of an ancient culture is entrapped by third world conditions and the ongoing violation of their human rights.

Carrying the unyielding flame of resistance and justice for Australia's First Peoples, Our Generation is a fresh and contemporary look at issues that remain unresolved. It is a rallying call for understanding and action, so that Australia can finally proceed with dignity and respect for it's Indigenous people.

With Music by John Butler Trio, Yothu Yindi, Archie Roch, Goanna, Xavier Rudd, Saltwater Band, Royal Dealers, Oka ... and more....

"THE TRUTH IN THIS FILM IS LIKE A RED HOT POKER DRIVEN THE CONSCIENCE OF A NATION. THIS FILM IS A PLEA FOR REASON. ARE WE LISTENING? WILL WE ACT?" - Jeff McMullen, Former ABC Foreign Correspondent.    Source Facebook  Event Post

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My Hypothesis on what is destroying the lives of the 'Elsaya Georgesi' Turtle

Clean water is a must for native wildlife

Elsaya Georgesi or the Georges Turtle is still turning up dead in the Bellinger River on the Mid North Coast Hinterland.  This is a very serious situation for the river, the turtles and the people along the river who depend on the river for water for numerous reasons.


The authorities are all there in force. The NPWS is working closely with Bellingen Shire Council, Taronga Zoo, Department of Primary Industries, Wildlife Health Australia (WHA), the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and WIRES as well as the local community from Bellingen who are helping where possible.

Boats are being launched from Lavender's Bridge to head up river taking samples and collecting sad and or dead turtles along the length of the Bellinger River. 

The NPWS have sent samples for testing and Dolphin Marine Magic are care-taking some of the turtles and have also sent samples for testing.  This is good to at least have two testing platforms with which to compare results.

I woke up yesterday morning with a vision of the turtles and in this vision I could see gravel trucks and rocks and a quarry.  I thought I was seeing the quarry up behind Dorrigo.  I needed only one lead to bring my vision into full clarity. 

The road work on Waterfall Way just past the Nut Farm which has been wanting since the floods of 2009 was commenced on 17th May 2013 and finally completed last year in February 2014 by RMS with funding from the $4 million allocated by the O'Farrell-Stoner Government.

Quarry site from the air at Valla.

The rocks used for this large construction to fill in the wash out land slip and various other road works along waterfall way to bring it into line with RMS Guidelines for better roads were brought in from a quarry at Valla NSW which is southeast of Bellingen.  The quarry where these rocks were quarried from was a Gold Mine before it was a quarry.  A Gold Mine!

I think the incidence of toxicity could come from those rocks and the cyanide and or arsenic toxicity that the local Valla residents are continually speaking up about and who are conveniently not being heard?  Gold mines are not nice places.  The mine sites are toxic time bombs waiting to explode. 

The rocks when first transported from the quarry to the job site were being washed on site.  This process was suspended allegedly due to the mess it was making.  The mess it was making was running into the Bellinger River.  The Bellinger River is adjacent to this RMS Job Site.   The rocks were put in place and the job was completed. 

This area experiences an above average rainfall and lately we have had above average plus rainfall, therefore those rocks are continually being cleaned by the action of rain.   Rain would then wash the run off into the river and in the river is where the turtles live.  The turtles do not like the contamination of heavy metals which are the results of gold mining, metals such a mercury, antimony and the use of Cyanide to process the gold.   All of this could have been transported from the quarry site to the RMS Job Site on Waterfall way, and done so knowingly as well.  It cannot be said it is not  known as many have complained about the quarry for years because of the damage it continually causes in the local Valla area.

"We would like to look at levels of arsenic in the environment from the dust that is coming off the quarry."  Valla Resident 

This quarry is now no longer locally owned and operated.  It is a Queensland company and its name is South East Queensland Excavation Quarry Solutions, and the locals in that are are up in arms about the fact of the doubling of the quota of rock allowable out of the quarry.  This was supposed to be scaled back.  It appears no one is listening to the residents of the quarry area either who are continually smothered with dust full of arsenic. READ MORE HERE on the Valla issue.

Gold and what is left behind these days is a time bomb if they continue to mine this substance and dig up the earth for so little return and such a great damage bill to the environment.  Gold is a costly substance in so many ways. 

 The majority of gold ores are classified refractory because the gold mineralogy is contained in sulphides. This type of gold is typically very fine gold or locked in solid solution within sulphide minerals pyrite and arsenopyrite (FeAsS).

The arsenic bearing pyrite is commonly known as arsenian pyrite and can contain gold in its structure. Rimming of pyrite with arsenic-rich assemblages is often common as well as arsenopyrite-marcasite-pyrite associations.

The gold-pyrite association is dependent on ore grade and textural features of the ore. When present with pyrite, arsenopyrite commonly will have significantly higher gold grades than the pyrite associations.

Enargite (and Luzonite) is a common copper-arsenic mineral that can be a significant gold carrier.

Other less common are chalcopyrite and other sulphides and sulphosalts such as pyrrhotite, covellite, arsenides, and antimonite.   Pdf

The waters that flow into the Bellinger

News Links :

• http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/lengthy-roadworks-waterfall-way-begin/1872228/

• http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-30/valla-quarry-wins-green-light-to-almost-double-production-capac/5420088

• http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/03/04/4190826.htm?site=coffscoast

• http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2015/03/05/more-turtle-deaths-in-the-bellinger-river/http://www.bellingencourier.com.au/story/2894320/community-eagerly-awaits-turtle-results/

• http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublictopics.PublicPostFileLoader.html%3Fid%3D537632d2d3df3ed07f8b45a2%26key%3D50463537632d1f241d&ei=c_r8VMLxKoiV8QWh_YHoAw&usg=AFQjCNGBIE0oAPUUygKg1GeFkE-nwdNxzw&sig2=-o6VgHWtzJnMBRoPFO5RHg

• Document_2_Report_to_Council_and_Resolution_19_October_2011.pdf

•   map_routeoptions_section3.pdf  

• CHRONOLOGY - 1930: Gold Trails  

•  03 Sep 1929 - VALLA GOLD AND ARSENIC MINES.
  
•  pomvallajagnfnal2.pdf 
  
• Valla Mine (Nambucca Heads Gold Mine; Valla Arsenic Mine), Urunga, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia
  
•  Map of Valla Mine in New South Wales showing Valla Beach (highlighted in purple) - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia 
  
• Valla Quarry wins green light to almost double production capacity - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

RMS : Roads and Maritime Services
DMM : Dolphin Marine Magic
NPWS: National Parks and Wildlife Service

BLOGS:  Bellinger River Turtles
Updates: Courier Sun

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Flood Warning For Bellinger River.

Tropical Cyclone Marcia will go down in record as being the furthermost south a tropical cyclone has made landfall.

Looking towards the Pacific Ocean in Urunga.

• Minor Flood Warning for the Bellinger River
  
  
  Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
  New South Wales MINOR FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BELLINGER RIVER
  
  Issued at 1:43 pm EDT on Saturday 21 February 2015
  Flood Warning Number: 2
  

  
  

  An average of 75 millimetres of rain has fallen during the past 36 hours to 1pm today [21/02/15].  However, the rain intensity has increased during the past 6 hours.

  Further rain is forecast for the remainder of today.

  This forecast rain is expected to cause minor flooding at Thora this evening [21/02/15].

  At this stage it is not possible to predict the flood peak because of uncertainty over how much more rain will fall.

  
  Predicted River Heights/Flows:
  Thora:
  - with forecast rain reach minor flood level (3 metres) around 11pm Saturday [21/02/15]
  Bellingen:
  - remains below minor flood level
  Urunga:
  - remains below minor flood level
  
  

  FloodSafe advice is available at www.ses.nsw.gov.au
  For emergency assistance call the SES on telephone number 132 500.
  For life threatening emergencies, call 000 immediately.
  Weather Forecast:
  For the latest weather forecast see www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/
  Next Issue:
  The next warning will be issued by 5pm Saturday [21/02/15].

  
  Latest River Heights:
  Bellinger R at Thora 2.37m rising 01:24 PM SAT 21/02/15
  Never Never Ck at Gleniffer 1.26m rising 01:32 PM SAT 21/02/15
  Bellinger R at Bellingen Br 1.96m rising 01:33 PM SAT 21/02/15
  Kalang R at Kooroowi (Scotchman) 1.23m rising 01:37 PM SAT 21/02/15
  Kalang R at Newry Island 1.06m falling 01:38 PM SAT 21/02/15
  
  

  For latest rainfall and river level information see www.bom.gov.au/nsw/flood/
  

  Issued by: The Bureau of Meteorology, Supplied to the ABC by: Weatherzone

  For further information or additional warnings visit: http://www.bom.gov.au/

  More information on this warning

  
  ABC Emergency

Why are the Bellinger River Turtles Dying?

Lavender's Bridge Bellingen NSW

The beautiful and unique Elsaya Georgesi turtle, one of three turtles inhabiting the Bellingen River of Northern NSW in dire distress from what?

READ FULL Story Bellingen Courier Sun

Three dead and 24 ailing turtles have been found up the Bellinger River, north of Lavender’s Bridge.

Canoeists found them distresses and took six to the local veterinary clinic to find out what was ailing them.  More have been collected since and now people are questioning the quality of the water.

The EPA and the Bellingen Council have taken water samples that take approximately 48hours for any results to come back.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Office of Environment released the following statement:

"Three species of freshwater turtle are found in the Bellinger River however, it appears that only one of these - the Georges Turtle or Elsaya georgesi – has been affected.  "This indicates that it may be a disease, rather than a pollution event which has impacted on the turtles. Water and other samples have been taken for testing and this should help narrow the possible causes."

EPA Advise:

• “Anyone with information which they think may be useful to the investigation to contact the EPA's Environment Line on 131-555. [Confidential reports can also be made.]

• EPA also advises:"Persons should not handle sick or dead turtles unless they take appropriate precautions, such as wearing rubber gloves."

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Banks

Banks began simply as a depository facility, a place to leave their piles of money or gold so as not to have to carry it all around with them.

Only after “merchants” began storing money for a fee which are negative rates did was it discovered that it was profitable to then lend that money pile at a fee to someone else.

This is Giro banking and how it was born. A giro bank is where money changes hands between two people and the money does not leave the bank.

Read More about the Financial system Armstrong Economics where our mission is provide a public service for the average person to comprehend the global economy and for professionals to access the most sophisticated international analysis possible.

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AVANT GARDENER - Courtney Barnett

AVANT GARDENER
I sleep in late
Another day
Oh what a wonder
Oh what a waste.
It’s a monday
It’s so mundane
What exciting things
Will happen today?
The yard is full of hard rubbish it’s a mess and
I guess the neighbours must think we run a meth lab
We should ammend that
I pull the sheets back
It’s 40 degrees
And i feel like i’m dying.
Life’s getting hard in here
So i do some gardening
Anything to take my mind away from where it’s sposed to be.
The nice lady next door talks of green beds
And all the nice things that she wants to plant in them
I wanna grow tomatoes on the front steps.
Sunflowers, bean sprouts, sweet corn and radishes.
I feel pro-active
I pull out weeds
All of a sudden
I’m having trouble breathing in.
My hands are shaky
My knees are weak
I can’t seem to stand
On my own two feet
I’m breathing but i’m wheezing
Feel like i’m emphysem-in’
My throat feels like a funnel
Filled with weet bix and kerosene and
Oh no, next thing i know
They call up triple o
I’d rather die than owe the hospital
Till I get old
I get adrenalin
Straight to the heart
I feel like Uma Thurman
Post-overdosing kick start
Reminds me of the time
When i was really sick and i
Had too much psuedoefedryn and i
Couldn’t sleep at night
Halfway down high street, andy looks ambivalent
He’s probably wondering what i’m doing getting in an ambulance
The paramedic thinks i’m clever cos i play guitar
I think she’s clever cos she stops people dying
Anaphylactic and super hypocondriactic
Should’ve stayed in bed today
I much prefer the mundane.
I take a hit from
An asthma puffer
I do it wrong
I was never good at smoking bongs.
I’m not that good at breathing in.

Wish I had the Guitar tabs cause this song is great exercise I think!  I am going to just  make up my own!

GIRLS DO IT GREAT AT BELLINGEN

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Matt Montez .. Enroute EP Appears Live on Melonpop Drive 2bbb

 This is the link to Matt Montez on Soundcloud but through there you will find he is well connected in the cyber world and he can be contacted regarding his music.
 He is presently promoting his debut ep of five awesome tracks called "Enroute".  It is beautiful.

 http://www.mattmontez.com/en-route-ep-on-soundcloud/




 Matt came into 2bbb around 5pm and wowed listeners with his live performances, He is certainly an artist who has such a beautiful ability that just appeared as he came into this area.

A unique and beautiful story that he told and we look forward to him returning to the show when he releases his debut album which he is already working on.   He can come on anytime but we look forward to the product of his labor of love with music and Australia.   Thank You Matt

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Bellingen joins in and protests with the rest of the world and says NO to GMO!

 People came from everywhere to be part of this and join with the rest of the world in saying no and this was reported in the Advocate 

Temporary photo till mine is up  by Tammy Mills-Thom

AROUND 100 marchers staged a street protest in Bellingen today as part of a world-wide movement in 52 countries.  

Activists are protesting against genetically modified organisms in general but their biggest individual beef is with multinational Monsanto. 

Bellingen Day of Action. March against Monsanto and other important local issues...
The people of Bellingen voice their horror at Councils motion to overturn a previous decision and grant a development application to a quarry in Dorrigo, allowing for a massive increase in truck movements on the extremely dangerous waterfall way mountain pass and down through Bellingen main street and past the high school. This could mean up 700 truck and trailer movements a week, or one every seven minutes. The people are putting pressure on council to have an independent engineering and safety report carried out on the impact to our roads and tourism industry, before work can begin.  From the About on Youtube.

Video work by John Considine of Gleniffer near Bellingen,  big thanks to John for his tireless efforts behind the camera always.

Justin who has been here in this area for about six years. He was my neighbor.  From my observations of humanityI think he will have trouble with his children,  lets see how close to the mark I am.  I clearly saw this living next door.  Perhaps this is their issue.  They know I know, jeezus I can't help this, I do have ears and eyes, what can I do?

 The American chemical and agricultural biotechnological giant is the world's largest manufacturer of genetically engineered seed and fertilizers and is under increasing attack for attempts to "own" the world's food supply with it's products. 

Labor's Federal Electoral Council spokesperson in Cowper, Alfredo Navarro, said the evidence is growing of the dangers of dabbling with natural produce. "It starts when the genetically modified seed goes into the soil and is washed down with pesticide," he said. "Then animals consume the soy beans or corn or other crops as feed and then we consume those animals in the next stage of the food chain. 

"Because the technology is so new it's not until much later that we find out we've been consuming something that's a long way from what we thought we were getting." Mr Navarro said that apart from the dangers of changing genetic make-up, consumers have difficult finding out what products are affected.

"Monsanto is fighting against mandatory labelling of products to show the processes that got them to that stage," he said. "I believe consumers have every right to know where the products come from and what is in them. "It's very little to ask if consumers are to have a choice. 

"For any company to stand in the way gives me a strong indication there is something to hide and we are running a risk if they start disabling the natural order of food products."

Petition table

I was accompanied by Suzanne and Merve at the march and for the weekend.   We had a lovely time and an educational time.  We listened to many great speakers and we caught up with people I had not seen for some time.  We even saw Simmo's Grand Child. 

I am glad I took my mat made of recycled plastic bags and it was such a hit with so many people.  Others just stared at it,  I could sense they wanted to say something or ask but because of their prior lack of sensitivity they probably sensed I was aware of their patronizing spirit. 

I am absolutely aware that it is difficult for those around me  that have audibly said too much in the past which was clearly unfounded and ungrounded and with out credence whatsoever.  There are levels in Bellingen, its always been this way! 

These same people who can no longer speak belong to the click as I prefer to call this, and they are perfectly aware of this fact and take themselves to have a  crude sense of betterment on others because of this.   I knew most of these people I saw.  Most still looked shocked again to see me.  Was I painted that bad by those who were so jealous in past times. 

Of course I didn't help myself in that three year period that I drank myself into oblivion after our marriage was over.    I was suffering an immense pain that was indescribably torturous to bear, alcohol may not be the best choice but it was legal and it was affordable at the time and it numbed me. 

Surely these same people do understand that 28 years of marriage over is not something to be sneezed at.  If they are that insensitive and brainless, Fuck them!   Let us see their sorry arses when their children find out about all the partner swapping they participate in these so called great parents get up to up the valley fair.  

I always say fair is fair.  If someone can tell my children a perverted version of my own events to cause havoc, then bring on the absolute truth for these people because their truth is way weirder than mine ever was!   That is word!  This is the bullshit that pervades this place and has done for as long as I have been around in the last thirty years in this area, nothing changes under the sun they say.  Nothing much changes in Bellingen.  The place attacts this type of arrogance with such a magnetic quality.   I would love to write more about this vibrational aspect down the track.  Some thing we attribute at "Bellingen Time".

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The SUPER DAIRY SALE NEEDS ATTENTION!

We really need to be proactive about this in our own area of the Bellingen Shire.  We do not need super companies coming in here to buy this.  This land is Gumbayngirii land and it should be claimed as such.

COW IMPRESSION

 This used to be a lot of little dairies that were bought up by a consortium.  It is now classed as a 850 Hectare property and it is to be marketed by Colliers International.

The entire scam has already been sold into the shire by the promise of future jobs for locals.  How many times to they fall for the same story.  This was the promise when the NZ consortium first arrived also.  Did that come to fruition?  No,  it didn't.

Raleigh cows.

China has been rumoured to have been sniffing around the venture.  They usually buy farms like this to ship the produce back home.   The President of the Dairy Farmers Assoc. Mr Noel Campbell said this was unlikely to occur as most Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland Dairies are for domestic consumption.

That begs the question of just where are these so called Chinese specific dairies at?

Mr Campbell is really trying to throw off in my opinion and lighten the shock at the end of this parade of absolute in your face "We are taking your local land and lets see you stop us", episode that is about to unfold.

I would like to see this land given back to the original peoples of this area.  After all it is their land.  It is the area they were herded to when white man came here.  This of all places is the last connection right there.

If this family has that much money couldn't they just forget about it and give it back.  After that would be fair I think.

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Festivals

River Festival getting ready to 'feste'

The word fest derives from the Middle English, from Middle French word festivus, from the Latin word festivus. Festival was first recorded as a noun in 1589. Before it had been used as an adjective from the fourteenth century, meaning to celebrate a church holiday.

The etymology of feast is very similar to that of festival. The word "feste" comes from Middle English, from Middle French, from the Latin word festa. Feast first came into usage as a noun circa 1200, and feast was used as a verb circa 1300.

A festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, that is usually religious. There can be many different types of festivals, like Halloween, Saturnalia, and Christmas.

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BIG LIGHT Sails over the east coast of Australia heading East!

A very bright and very big light was reported hurtling through the skies of SE Queensland and Northern NSW all the way to the Hunter region.  That light was none other than the decomissionioned Soviet Satellite  Molniya 3-53.

I missed the action.  I  really really missed this!  I eagerly ventured outside last night when I heard there was action up in the sky over SE Queensland around Nanango and Kingaroy area in Queensland.  I went outside up into  the back yard for a look, I didn't stay long enough though it seems.  I should have stayed longer.  I didn't see anything so I abandoned it all and  went to bed almost straight away after coming back inside frozen to the core.   Isn't it always the way, what do you know,  it was all going on and I didn't know a thing.  I was oblivious to what sight everyone was seeing.  So Yes, I am disappointed slightly.

Today was a flurry of reporting.  There were reports from all up and down the eastern seaboard of Australia from North of Brisbane all the way down to Port Macquarie and down as far as the Hunter Valley.  In our area here there were Hundred's of reports from the Coffs Harbour surrounding districts.

I think the funniest report was from my great friend Gail.  Yes Gail saw it!   She witnessed this entire event  while she was having a cigarette on her verandah.  The sky started to go strange and suddenly it was lit up everywhere with a peculiar light and then she saw it sailing in over the top of her from the west. 

She was convinced it was going to hit Fuller's Fruit Barn on Waterfall Way.  She said she was waiting for the siren's but they never happened.  I laughed with her picturing all of this.  I think Gail was very lucky.

Reports today also say it was Space Junk and not an actual meteorite after all.  Either way it gave lots of people a site they will never forget.

 

From this website then we read that it was Space Junk from an old satellite http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CO-20130614-39605-AUS

Event into space in Australia on Friday, 14 June, 2013 at 04:39 (04:39 AM) UTC.

Description

A former Soviet satellite that burned up in the earth's atmosphere is thought to have been the bright burning light spotted by thousands across the East Coast last night. A US-based observer who spotted the Coff's Coast Advocate's online article shortly after the sighting on Thursday night used social media to quiz witnesses. NASA projections showed the decommissioned satellite Molniya 3-53 had a trajectory right over Australia and was due to crash into the Pacific Ocean off the East Coast. Around 6pm, a large white light with a burning tail was seen to cross the sky. The satellite was reportedly sighted from the Central Coast to the Hunter Valley, Mid North Coast, and throughout South-East Queensland. After the Advocate posted the story online, it went viral on social media with upwards of 100 people confirming they saw the flying object which was initially thought to be a meteorite.

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MARCH against MONSANTO: The GMO - CSG connection.

by Mary-Ellen Peters.

Good Morning  ..
Thanks heaps for coming out this morning nice and early and especially  the elderly and those with children and a huge thank you to You Uncle Tom for opening for country.

NAMASTE

My name is Mary-Ellen Peters, 
I'm a  local radio programmer at 2bbb
I'm a concerned Mother
and,I'm an advocate for our PLANET.

Today, I am going to speak to you briefly about Monsanto / GM Cereal Crops and the specific connection to the CSG industry  in N.S.W as we speak!

The information may shock some and others will be  up to speed on the dilemma.

I'll open by quoting the DEA ,who are Doctors for the Environment AUSTRALIA.

"The health factors are ignored by industry, and completely overlooked by governments at both a State and a Federal level.  Failures to prevent pollution and protect human health is creating a costly legacy for Australia.   the "DEA",   argue that proper "health impact assessments" and "national oversight" of the mining industry at every stage is crucial and long overdue."

I want to highlight those words  "NATIONAL OVERSIGHT"  - yes! a watch dog is definitely necessary.

I'm here today to show my support for this world wide action MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO
and to let the world know  I saw no to the US MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT  and YES to clear labeling of all modified foods  and to sign a petition to our government saying this.  We want to let them know how we feel

Enough is enough.!

To tie the 2 subjects I mentioned together I will firstly summarise the Csg Industry for some background on WATER ( the blood of our planet)...

Coal and gas licenses or applications already cover more than half of Australia.   Its big folks.

 Hydraulic fracturing or "FRACKING"  of the coal seam  is done by pumping la huge volume of water sand and BTEX Chemicals at high pressure down the well into the seam ....
this causes the coal seam to fracture.

 The left over water extracted during this operation is  referred to as “produced or used water”. 
it's salty and contains toxic, radioactive compounds and some heavy metals.

Once the water has been extracted  it's stored in ineffective holding ponds at well sites then trucked  to a water treatment facility.  The holding ponds are ineffective as they  often leak and leech their toxic bootee into the soil.

The CSIRO says, “The quality of the produced water varies from site to site,  and it is generally not fit for human consumption.”

REMEMBER THAT POINT .... its important   Not fit for human consumption.

I would like now to enlighten you to these facts regarding Cereal GMO crops that are Monsanto Round Up Ready  and engineered genetically so they are salt tolerant crops

Do you think this is just a coincidence?  That part of the equation we may never know.   
HOWEVER..
How things change fast.   For the first time in NSW  the produced salty water the CSIRO report as unfit for human consumption   from deep in those coal seams is now being blended with fresh water and used for irrigation purposes and this is happening  at  Gloucester just west of Taree on AGL ENERGY Limited's Tiedemans Road property there. 

By all accounts  they are up to some pretty crazy stuff on their AGL "Fracking Farms" as I call these. 
and quoting the Gloucester Advocate here : Mr John Ross AGL's HYDROGEOLOGY Manager said he is very pleased with the trial so far.

The crops AGL are trialling are GENETICALLY MODIFIED to deal with the saline,......
and whacky doo its also Round up Ready.

TRITICAL and Lucerne. crops are being irrigated with this saline water, and there is a second  trial set for Chicory and Red Clover.    All watered with this toxic saline water mixture.

So what is TRITICAL?  It is a  GM Crop:  It is Wheat crossed with Rye.  Two completely different cereal crops.  2 different proteins.  Rye is the more salt tolerant of the two

Back In 2006  Countries all around the world  vowed they would never  grow TRITICAL because of the dangerous  Genetic Modifications now  AGL are adding to those  dangers by adding this toxic saline water to the GMO recipe.

AGL's website clearly tells us their plans.  They plan to feed this grain to stock.   The type of stock that if the trial is considered a success will end up meat from feed lots.

Now its coming together isn't it". 

Engineering plant proteins   animals and humans ingest as part of the food chain  changes DNA and how we cope with illness and how our immune system reacts.  Our DNA is protein.  
I'm aware as you are that the rates of cancer and immunodeficient illnesses  has been on a dramatic  rise since the early Nineteen eighties..  

Please join me in saying no to these types of trials continuing with the used saline mining water. 
its not rocket science ..this is a minefield   excuse the expression.

Where is this going?  Intent on solving the food crisis  it will be fed to humans by proxy via the meat breads and syrups,  all the time  still telling us it is good for us.  I want to mention here this is what the DEA are talking about / there is a huge gaping hole in the NATIONAL OVERSIGHT of this in Australia.

The Fluoride issue was similar.

Advocating for the planet now,  I envisage an end to the use of GLYPHOSATE entirely.  Humanity is now  subject  to environmental  modification  by  mining  and crop engineering.   This changes our personal health and our  way of living. It's a  manipulative technology with a controlled outcome.

 It is important for me to get this out there into the wider community.  These  two very vile industries are confusing, inefficient, uneconomic and its unethical science and I'm sure  this is something you would all be concerned about.   

The power is in your pockets to say no.  You are the consumers. 

I thank you for listening to me today and I wish you all well.  Please check the petition before you leave it is located over there. 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151935582052995&set=a.101311047994.112294.675742994&type=1&theater

Awesome warriors for the planet ... the guys from Icegraffic / Emma and Steve who have given their hearts to the planet both of them sold on her absolute beauty and so together we join in one mind right across the planet,  one heart to see her soils become rich again. Her waters to flow free and clean and for the animals to know we are their friends  and they will know by our heart energy.

MENTION THE PLEDGE   There is a pledge you can all take and it is the "Call to country" at Lock the Gate Alliance website / It is a petition you can download print out leave at various locations and when filled there are clear address instructions for postage.

Call to Country



Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr

REFERENCES:
http://dea.org.au/images/general/DEA_-_The_Health_Factor_05-13.pdf
http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/coal-csg-hurting-health-of-communities-doctors-say/1877494/
http://www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/
http://www.agl.com.au/about/ASXandMedia/Pages/InnovativeirrigatortrialinGloucestershowingearlysuccess.aspx

"Feed the people NOW" - Why?

Because soon, they are going to  be very very hungry. . .
This is what Deity said to my spirit.   
Deity has since told me that it isn't over yet.  Clearly and concisely, "It is not over Yet".

On the microphone in Gloucester

There is a large volume of work to do on the planet,  the ancestors are calling us to account now.  Get up and get out there and do this because as Vee always says, " WE ARE THE ONLY RESCUE TEAM" 

So what does this still mean? 
What did it really mean then?

Conscious talk / listening / communication as opposed to unconscious talk / listening /communication & how to become more conscious and aware.

Ancestral beings contact us on many levels,  dreams, symbolism, Animals and birds and even trees convey wisdom into our psyche and of course there is the Akasha where everything is.  I like to tap into that great source because it is the collective thought of everything that ever was.

Have you ever noticed that you can talk because you choose to.   You think  what you are saying is relevant, important or enjoyable to say or share.   There are other times your mind and emotions just run off like a teenager at a shopping mall  and all your feeling is in  words without you even being aware of it  like emotions spilling out of your mouth!
 
Dealing with large mining companies who are killing our planet I tend to start on my soap box and it is very hard to get me down off of it. 

I will stand and defend our planet until my dying breath.   I just wish I had known all of these years ago that others felt the same as I was feeling. 

I would have formed a movement.  Someone did form a movement in Bellingen.  The Environment Centre is a movement as such, and it is beautiful.  It is indeed a credit to the people who built this. 

I wish I had known more about the Centre from its inception.  It seemed to me like it was people who didn't know me and therefore I was not apart of this, sadly I was probably very wrong.  I am the one who missed out.  I was always fearful.  Frightened I never had what it was they expected me to have.  I was indeed very damaged by the past.

Now I have been into this centre.   It is a credit, it is a piece of absolute love work.

Images @ Eminpee Fotography

A new Memorial Cross for Texsy .... R.I.P. my love.

 If someone can make you laugh when you're about to cry, don't give up on them. They're the true meaning of happiness.  
~ Nishan Panwar ~

Yesterday we traveled up to Bellingen out on Waterfall Way and parked the car and dug the hole and put in the most beautiful piece of love.  A cross for Texsy bearing a plaque with her name and the inscription "Ride the Lightening"

 

My facebook post about the day when I came back .....

Today . . at least the sun was shining and the flowers were pretty and a chook came down to say hello and have a look. Texsy most certainly was there when the chook turned up. A few months ago the original memorial cross was wiped out and busted up when someone else ran off the road in the same spot. A few months later.... a new one with the same plaque from the original one. ( we found the original in the long grass - tell me that wasn't meant to be). We laid some flowers and arranged some rocks around the base. The chooking turning up was such a bonus. ♥ I hope you all like it... Ride the Lightening ..Texsy ♥

When the hen turned up all ginger and looking really pretty I thought of Texsy's love of chooks and my memories of her and this brought a smile to my face while we were there memorializing her life on Earth.  

There are some other funny things about Texsy that make us smile,  if a bit too much boobie comes out of my bra or Montana's bra, this is known as chucking a Tex.  Texsy loved that we said this.  She used to laugh.  So,  if it happens we still refer to this now forever as "Chucking a Tex".  Oh Lord I miss her presence in this world.
Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr

We are Fractal in a Holographic Universe

Our collective consciousness is stored in the Orion Nebula. This is where the Akashic record of all of humanity is stored  stored there also.  According to Walter Russell, it is stored in the inert gases of this ancient of ancient nebula's. Now is a great time to access this information because it is time for such revelations because we were born for such a time as this.  We are ready for it and as a man thinketh so shall it be. That is mental alchemy.  Thoughts transmute into the physical realm.

 

 The plasma light beams and the resonance of the light  from the sun through the Orion Nebula is what  influences our entire being.  It influences us through a holographic realm and manifests into this physical plane of existence by accessing the light coming in from our Sun.  The Sun Gazing is most definitely beneficial.  The light that causes the alchemical transmutation along with good strong positive thought power is how the good things manifest into the body this way.  It is good for us and we not skilled at this level of understanding of connection.

This is a direct connection with the Akashic Record of all knowledge of what to do.  It is a place where you see inside of everything.  It is unusual that when LSD is taken images often appear fractal in nature and people often melt away to nothing.  Like as if there physical bodies disappeared. This has always interested me.  I find it very fascinating that a chemical can influence what we see with our eyes when we look out of them.

When you can access the Record, you can re influence and make amends there as well.  Changing a very negative situation into a positive one.  After all they all the same degree from the source or center.  They are just at opposite ends of the spectrum.  So seeding out negative thoughts and replacing those with positive outcomes in your mind is a tried and true method of transmutation in the spirit world or in the fourth dimension of thought.

I have written many times about how Cathy calls this conjuring when I actively bring things to pass through affirmation and thought power.  I think she may be on to something there.  I have been longing for an answer to a question and I have been vigorously searching and I was in a place when I started to see it this way and I saw that the spinning pendulum was like our spinning minds as we say.  I am spinning!  Well Spinning is what we do best.  Read on for the technique.

If you have a troubling situation in your life you may like to try this method of changing it around into a positive situation.  You do this as often as you and your spirit prompt you to do.
 Close you eyes and relax, where ever.  Just be really comfortable and breath .....

I want you to picture a pendulum swinging around and around and around and your problem or issue is attached to that pendulum.  With you eyes closed gently slow down the pendulum and detach the negative issue replacing it immediately with a positive outcome.  Hold the pendulum still for five seconds in your minds eye as you visualize this good and positive situation you wish to occur and slowly let the pendulum go and let it start spinning again and see it spinning with a positive outcome attached only from here on in.

Keep breathing nicely and breath out any negativity that jumps in straight away and rejoice in the wonderful time you just had and remember to replace the negatives in real time now as well.  Repeat this as often as you need to.  You are responsible for you and only you can do this.  Our good thoughts to influence others in the spirit world too. This is the prayers of love that go up like incense that is sweet to heal from afar and to hold people up in health who are not doing so well.  We can do this because in the fourth dimension everything is instantaneous and therefore it effects immediately.

Butter Factory Bellingen NSW

For your health, Close your eyes and see yourself very still for about the same amount of time and hold that fast and still and at this moment a salt is produced in the brain.  It is like a crystal and it enlivens us somehow. 

This is a transmutation process that now has a job of bringing this to pass in your life because the Universe cannot help but give it back to you because you have already seen it.  It is self perpetuating in a way.  This is the principal of Rhythm and Vibration.   I used to call this act - "Building in the spirit".

Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr

8 Ball Aiken Saved my Neck.

Friday today and its Radio Day as I affectionately call every Friday.

I had everything cued to go and everything was ready and I reached over to get the add and turn on the music and the chair rollers somehow ran over the usb extension cord and unplugged it from the computer and the music completely disappeared.
Another week starts off with me being completely mortified with surprise. I don't know this new Window's 7 Operating System well enough to save myself in a hurry. I looked around as I was talking on air and asking if everyone had had a great week since last week and by this time Brice had come in and grabbed the cords and got me reinstated and we through on 8 Ball Aikens CD because he was there in front of me as he was appearing at Diggers Tavern that night. I am a fan of his anyway so I didn't think this was a bad choice to start of the Drive show for this friday.
I got my folder back up and off we went eventless after that major incident in my radio life as Dj of the Friday Afternoon Mix-Up on Melonpop Drive with Mezza on 2bbb.

Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr

Rock the Gate against Mining!

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 Don't forget the Rally.  Csg Mining, Antimony, Nickel, Silver are all very very dangerous to your health and well being and the well being of our community as a whole.  This community is largely in the bush around here and depends on their own supply of water to fill the daily needs of the family.  Once mining starts occurring in the area you can kiss good water Good bye! 

This is why it is so important to stop this before it starts.  No way will I let big business take that given right to all people be taken away from us right under our noses.  They are lying and we know they are lying and we must keep on exposing their lies to the people of the communities and to their workers.

 

You should already be making or organizing your signs and banners for the weekends Rally in Bellingen.  Some suggestions to as what to write on your signs can be found at the this web address  for the Rock the Gate Event Page on Facebook 

See you there Saturday.   We have to do this for our CHILDREN and our children's children and our Earth.  Our Earth is the one who nourishes us.  Is this how we treat our Mother?  or any Mother for that matter.

Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr
 and various other sources from Facebook etc.

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