LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, COUNTRY IS CALLING.

 Janet Cox who was arrested yesterday while trying to prevent Woodside’s drilling equipment from commencing destruction.

From my heart to yours. I have inherited Country from my old people, and as custodian I

have my rights to stand up and protect our Native land from bullies, selfishness, greed, and those who have no respect for our future generations and Country. I live out here; Country keeps me strong and healthy. I drink and eat, have fresh clean air, have plenty to see and do. Country is very important and precious to keep for my children, grand children and our future generations. I am so proud and very lucky to have this richness and glory. I have just reunited with my family and Country. This is my life and this is what I want to teach my children, grandchildren and future generations; and any other who want to learn about our Culture and live a simple and healthy lifestyle.

No Government in this world have any right to over-ride our people's inherited sovereign rights, to destroy our culture, our songline; and the people's choice on how to live their life, safely and in harmony. You have taken us away from our family and Country when our hearts said no. Well, my heart said that is enough of all of this. You still want to take our land away from under our feet, tried to burn us out, raped our virgin ground; ripping our hearts out at the same time. We are people with hearts, souls, and strong feelings - and you drag us off Country like we are rubbish.

You are taking our water which is our life, our main resource. You are bringing on global warming, poverty, violence, rape, murder - because you want everything the people have. You leave them them with nothing; you leave them with no choice. People's rights are to do strongly what comes from the heart and soul - in good faith and full of love and care for future generations. You are bullies, greedy, selfish, have no respect, and care only for money, money, money - that is all not very healthy for human society.

You have sold your souls, your hearts, your Country - through selfishness, greed, bullying, and lack of respect. Shame on those for bringing heart ache, sorrow and tears every day. They have no right - Country belongs to the people who care about Country, and want to take care of it. You walked off Country and turned your back away from your people, and haven't looked back till you smelt the money - then you became selfish, bullies, greedy and have no respect for Country, the people, and future generations.

We the protectors for Country, make sure that is everything attached is still here walking, talking, and living it still - and is fit for real human beings. Our children, grandchildren, and future generations can be strong, healthy and happy. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, COUNTRY IS CALLING.

Janet Cox
Broome Local

Image by Jules Rau  https://www.facebook.com/julia.rau

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

Finally the sun shines after what seems days of rain.  Was it great to see this? Yes, it was because finally I could get some early morning rays into my body.  I love the sunshine at dawn.  In the image above I was standing at the base of Uluru at Dawn, my favourite time of the day.  I felt more than connected to the universe in this moment and during the time I spent with the Anagnu people.

Because I have great respect for the various vibrations and resonating energies that are about me, I had to make some changes around our house.   So yesterday we moved the lounge room around so as to freshen the energy in the room.  It was the last room to do.  I love cleaning so it was a lot of fun re arranging things in new places and re grouping and going over scraps of paper, one of my  bad habits.  If only I could pick up my book and write my varied scribbles then it would be so much easier to find what I am looking for usually.  Endless song lists and phone numbers with no names attached.  This is another bad habit.  I write these numbers down and neglect to add a name lately and this is such a pointless affair.

Today the Uluru images numbering approximately 10 gig were fully collated for the film maker.  I did most of this yesterday but I abandoned the job in favour of furniture re arrangement.  So with a fresh mind I finished it off today.  Tyrone can take the images and put together a show for Uncle Tom and his friends who helped him get to Uluru and realise his life's dream.

Image by Mezza - Mary realising one her life's dreams looking at Uluru

Go outside because miracles are waiting everywhere for you.

One of the Caves 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Rocks just out from the caves

Now I have seen the Valla Beach Caves, they were fascinating.  I have heard that these places are considered to be a mans space within Aboriginal or indigenous law or lore, whichever makes you feel comfortable.  I respected this, and I didn't enter into the caves, I stood out front and took pics of them but I didn't go inside. 

While I was there I got a tremendous buzzing in my head and when I came home I had the worst headache I have ever had besides having meningitis many years ago.  I did wonder if the two events were connected.  I do feel better now though so that is a good thing.  It was painful.

After I left the beach caves I traveled along the highway to Burkes Lane where I took a left turn in towards my favorite hill I like to photograph lately and I drove towards Pickett Hill.  A magnificent sight it is too.  It is also a mans space and even uninitiated men should not walk there.  It has strong indigenous spiritual meaning.

Image by Mezza - Valla Beach  NSW

Pickett Hill and Graft n Eruption

That was funny because lately all I have been thinking about is volcanoes near here. My young friend was wanting a name for an event and Graft N Eruption came straight to mind as a small play on words from Graft and corruption pun.   Anyway I hope that is a success for those fellahs up that way! It is all about the music and we must remember that and its so good to see that Malachi MC is following this principal in his business he loves.

Lately  I was fascinated with Pickett Hill.  I know now that it is a sacred place and young men are told to stay away! So I don't think that I will be going to close! If men are to stay away then why were the elder woman not respected at the meeting by national parks etc.  Very sad.

This hill still fascinates me though.  I am going to see a really big hill in May ... I am going to Uluru.  I live on a hill and this blog is called On the Hill.  I like hills.  I like high points.  Not sure if it is because I have experienced so many floods and this is the end result.

 

 For tomorrow the sun comes and goes like this on Fri Feb 17  

First Light 6:04am

Sunrise  6:28am

Sunset   7:34pm 

Last Light 7:59pm

Image by Mezza - Pickett Hill taken from Hungry Head.

DAWN ROLLS AROUND AGAIN...

The Dawn and New Dawn were magazines published between 1952-1975 



The aim of providing interesting information and an exchange of news and views

This is not the best photo but I was having a hard time with the tripod in the dark last night. I will be better equipped tonight after a few renovations to the tripod today

The Dawn and New Dawn were magazines published between 1952-1975 by the New South Wales Aborigines Welfare Board, with the aim of providing interesting information and an exchange of news and views. The Dawn and New Dawn were also a way for people to keep in contact. Today the magazines are a valuable source of family history information as they include details of births, deaths, marriages and baptisms, as well as hundreds of photographs
The Dawn and New Dawn contain articles about the conditions and activities on reserves, stations, homes and schools throughout New South Wales. During their time of publication the magazines were also used to report the work of the Aboriginal Welfare Board.

Accessing the Dawn / New Dawn magazines

To view and search the Dawn and New Dawn, see the AIATSIS Library's Dawn online exhibition
Issues of Dawn magazine are indexed in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Biographical Index, part of MURA®, the AIATSIS catalogue at http://mura.aiatsis.gov.au/  and the State Library of NSW Australian Indigenous index also known as INFOKOORI at www.sl.nsw.gov.au/infokoori/ .
On CD-ROM and DVD-ROM
The Dawn / New Dawn magazines are available on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM and may be purchased from the AIATSIS’ publishing arm, Aboriginal Studies Press:
Telephone:                  02 6246 1183
Website:                       Aboriginal Studies Press
Email:                           asp@aiatsis.gov.au
Print copies of the Dawn and New Dawn magazines are held at a number of libraries throughout Australia. To see which libraries hold copies of the Dawn, go to Trove and search for 'Dawn magazine'

This is not the best photo but I was having a hard time with the tripod in the dark last night. I will be better equipped tonight after a few renovations to the tripod today

Image by Mezza - Full Moon at dawn in the western sky over Urunga February 2012

Things are getting so much better when everyone is in. Are you in? mello bello part 1

Image by PhotoDu.de via Flickr

http://youtu.be/GxVocaLDrkI

A 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. 

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.

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 /