On the Hill . . . in 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Come what may, some memories fade..........but some stay as vivid as the moment they were made

Dreams of the days where he stood like a mountain
It's been a while since then ,but who's counting

He lies awake, lies in wait,

For the light of the morning to bless him, and shine again

Excerpt from "Cigarettes" - Illy

I simply thought in front of the creator that I wanted to photograph birds in front of the dawning sun, within seconds my wish was granted. It happened that quick. Now to apply the same principals to all things in my life.

I feel very very blessed when I see the light come into the sky each morning. Today the sun is expected to rise around 6:15am and I am always always keen to see this. The photographic opportunities are so expansive at dawn. The light is changing so fast at times its hard to keep up with it.

I find myself running to capture stuff photographically. I get extremely excited by the prospect of the image I am going to take. Its not a bad thing. It gives me a level of excitement each day at day break that cannot be matched by human kind. It is mostly a feeling of communion that I feel. Like I am standing alone with God.

Standing alone with God is a pretty awesome feeling believe me. I welcome this so much. It is a feeling that there is huge understanding and the universe is unfolding as it should. I need to do this often and commune with the Creator of the universe and I prefer to refer to this as God.

Our ideas on God may differ, but I love God, The Dreaming talks about when the earth was created and the stories of the seed power are phenomenal. This "seed" power is very evident in this area. You can almost see the hand of creation over this place.

Image by Mezza - Birds at Dawn in Urunga

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Next to temperance, a quiet conscience, a cheerful mind, and active habits, I place early rising as a means of health and happiness. - Flint

Looking out over the back garden at dawn!

Morning is the best of all times in the garden. The sun is not yet hot. Sweet vapors rise from the earth. Night dew clings to the soil and makes plants glisten. Birds call to one another. Bees are already at work. William Longgood

http://www.gardendigest.com/morning.htm

Always I love to get up early and work in the garden before the heat comes about. Working and seeing the sun rise is a gift that not all see or even appreciate. Some are literally horrified at the thought that they should rise and see the dawning of the day.

I for one would be lost if I did not arise from my sleep each day to gaze upon the day and all of its beauty and the prospect of what the day will bring. Each day is a great day here on the hill. Today I heard from my friends Dean and Leanne at the Gold Coast. She isn't working at the moment and so it is great to hear all of her family and her grandchildren are all well.

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Image by Mezza - The Backyard at Morgo Street Urunga at dawn

Thursday, January 26, 2012

And on this day many lessons were learned and bridges were burned to the ground

Metaphorically speaking because not much is actually burning around here. At the moment this Australia Day finds the place totally inundated and experiencing some fairly serious flooding.

It has been raining for over a week now and the area has a maximum capacity and at the moment we are actually teetering on a real disaster occurring if the rain continues. The water table is at maximum because of continual steady rain now for a good while. We wait to see how much the rain falls.

Tears from heaven.... to take care of you.. for the ones who have loved and lost.

MODERATE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BELLINGER RIVER

Issued at 10:36 am EDT on Thursday 26 January 2012

Flood Warning Number: 22
Up to 550 mm has fallen over the Bellinger catchment in the last 4 days. However the rainfall intensity has increased during the last 3 hours with up to 80 mm falling during this period. This has resulted in renewed rises in the Bellinger River.
There is currently moderate flooding at Thora. Bellingen is expected to reach moderate flood level (6.7 metres) around 12 pm.
Further rainfall is predicted for the next 12-24 hours, which could produce further river rises. The situation is being closely monitored and revised predictions issued if necessary.

Latest River Heights:

Location	Height of River	Date/Time of Observation
Bellinger R at Thora	4.92m rising	10:17 AM THU 26/01/12
Never Never Ck at Gleniffer	2.91m rising	10:02 AM THU 26/01/12
Bellinger R at Bellingen Br	5.87m rising	10:19 AM THU 26/01/12
Kalang R at Kooroowi (Scotchman)	4.16m rising	10:19 AM THU 26/01/12
Kalang R at Newry Island	1.19m rising	10:19 AM THU 26/01/12

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

Image by Mezza - Sun hiding in a puddle.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain. - Douglas William Jerrold

Glad I am on the hill in Urunga at the present moment. I received information that the SES ( State Emergency Service) are door knocking in my old street in Bellingen. When the SES come knocking you know its bad.

This present inclement weather is caused by the following, High cloud with embedded thunderstorms covers much of eastern Queensland and northern NSW and is associated with an upper-level trough. Extensive areas of cloud with embedded thunderstorms also cover much of the far north of the continent as well as waters to the north and northwest of Australia. This cloud is associated with an active monsoon trough.
http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/?hdr
The link above is a link to all the weather regions in Australia

Quote: http://www.searchquotes.com/search/Umbrella/3/
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Image by Mezza - Man with an umbrella taking shelter in the helter skelter of wind

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Stand still. The trees ahead and bush beside you are not lost.

Albert Einstein

And one should remember that all who wander are not in fact lost as one might first jump this conclusion. Many folk are just born to travel and other of us folks are born to stay rooted . I give to you a poem from JRR Tolkeins / The Fellowship of the Ring

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

Urunga has many favorite places a weary traveller can take refuge for a short time while on their wanderings. This morning I found some of these under the bridge.

Image by Mezza - Campervans at Dawn in Urunga

Saturday, January 21, 2012

URUNGA is hardly ever a flowerless garden if : A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden. - Terri Guillemets

A very colorful dawn in Urunga in January.

This morning we embarked before dawn to capture what was shaping up to be a spectacular array of colors. I was not disappointed at all as all over the sky was turned to a beautiful pink! It was a sight to behold. This is what I saw today. I found it hard at times to photograph it as it was one great moment one after another. Like a child in a candy store feeling.

Then I turned around and I took this shot of the hill. I chose to include this image because it is looking back up to the hill on which I live. It is a cliff most say. I have reservations about this and feel that I am living on top of a midden.

Definitely blessed with beauty

Quote from http://www.quotegarden.com/sky-clouds.html

Image by Mezza - Flagstaff Hill in the pink of dawn.
Looking towards the mouth of the Kalang and Bellinger Rivers at dawn.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Open afresh your round of starry folds, Ye ardent marigolds! Dry up the moisture from your golden lips.

John Keats...

They say the scented variety are the potent breed of marigolds that deter pests. Well my marigolds are so bright they attract everyone. They also say that marigolds do attract slugs.

I have planted them all through out my garden and I have collected the many seeds they produce so willingly after their blight flowers have spent.

The Marigold is a very hardy little plant to have around because it does keep insects away and it is so easy to grow. I grow them well.

Image by Mezza - Our Marigolds

Thursday, January 19, 2012

I was in one bedroom, dreamin of a million. Now I'm in beach houses, cream to the ceiling.

P Diddy ...

Here at "On the Hill" the weather is perfection plus today. I can feel a swim coming on at some stage and more sun. I must wear the Nj Rashie everywhere today it is just that bright . I could do some more stringing of shells and make another Canowind Chimes mobile today as well if I get time.
Today we will Pray for the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change and the courage to change what things I can and the absolute wisdom to know the difference between the two of those! The Courage and the Serenity. I feel it is important for me as a human being to retain my serenity.

Image by Mezza - Beach house sign at Cathy's

Tuesday, January 17, 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 /

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Nothing More desperate than a desperate politician - GERALD CELENTE

Each day I awake very early with and increasing sense of doom . I have become increasingly concerned about the state of the world and the trouble brewing within the governments of the world and the greed and the rampant consumerism. I am sick of being dictated to and I want to take back the power into my own hands and be responsible more for myself and not live by government stipulations about seeds and food and eating. It is the eating that has made everyone sick so why do I want to take their poison. I don't.

Local trading must get back on the agenda and we need to have sovereignty over our food in our own shires, areas etc etc. That would mean we could purchase foods ie. Vegetables cheeses Milk and meats etc etc from local farmers at the gate. We would do this with common sense and at our own risk. You for example would not purchase milk from a filthy dairy. Your own common sense will be necessary to look out for your own health etc. You take back the responsibility to think again for yourself.

Word of mouth is powerful advertising and now with social media this is a time like no other and a WINDOW like no other to take back the power from these power hungry soldiers in the HUMAN GROCERY STORE ( Guns and Roses lyric)

We need to stop buying all the crap from overseas at cheap prices. Everyone does better if we trade locally in our own country! We need to STOP. Otherwise the manufacturing and retail industries are going to lose more jobs. We have to stop looking at the bottom line and start looking back at what is good for us as the nation we live in. For myself I should buy real Gold and hang onto the gold I already have. Including my ex's wedding ring he gave me back. ( he now wants back again) Gold may come in handy in this upcoming depression that will inevitably happen and its happening fast. Growing your own food in some capacity, either in a co op or in your back yard or balcony. Growing anything that will help you survive will be an advantage.

The photographic image above to me represents the empty street where no one buying anything in the retail outlets. Why? Because we just cannot do it anymore!

Please watch the Gerald Celente interview with Australia's own ABC interview with him recently this week.

Understanding how this all has occurred one must understand how the agenda's of governments and greedy capitalist nations. Please watch the following video regarding chemtrail's and globalization etc etc etc and the horrible results from thereof. If you think this stuff isn't real. You are in for a shock aren't you.

On a slightly and I mean only slightly I would love it if you also then watched 4o years of history .. a song to make you think and so much more has happened since then.

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Image by Mezza - Deserted street in Urunga

Thursday, January 12, 2012

LAW BREAKERS.. Late Wakers.. NO just Japanese Wankers.. COME ON JULIA - Relese the Hounds!

Early this morning the Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru III was holding fast in Australia’s World Heritage Area and territorial waters off Macquarie Island. This is despite a call from Australia to have the ship exit our territory.

The ship is breaking Australian law which prohibits the entry of such vessels into our exclusive economic zone as well as territorial waters.
“At this stage a naval vessel should be dispatched to the Macquarie Island World Heritage Area to assert Australian law,” Senator Brown said.

Image by - http://greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/tokyo%E2%80%99s-illegal-invasion-world-heritage-area-continues

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Today is a new day......... Hiding from your history only shackles you to it. We can't undo a single thing we have ever done, but we can make decisions today that propel us to the life we want and towards the healing we need. - Steve Maraboli

On the hill today we are a little sunburned and we cannot change that either. But our yard is beautiful and the garden is all mulched and so we are very happy on the hill.

Image by Mezza - Woodburn at Dawn

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Instead of regretting where you've BEEN..give thanks for where you're GOING. ( author unknown)

That quote above with the unknown author is however very very similar to another quote by someone who I do know and that is Joyce Meyer. She says this " Enjoy where you are on the way to where you are going".
In other words just enjoy where you are at the moment, and this doesn't need to depend on the outside circumstances.

On the hill today was an awesome dawn and with that always comes new hope. For today I will hope that I can make a difference. For today I will concentrate on sending vibrational love to all three of my children, the ones to whom I am hopelessly estranged from due to the mad circumstances of life.

Image by Mezza - Reflections of a new day at Urunga 2012

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Tragedy strikes our sleepy town here in Urunga NSW

This morning at approximately 5.00am a utility driven by a 38 year old Nambucca Heads person veered into the path of an oncoming B-Double truck. The driver was killed on impact. The B-Double then careered out of control into a house where the occupants were sleeping at the time. The accident was witnessed by someone having their early morning cuppa in the vicinity. They saw the accident take place. A young person inside the house died in his fathers arms at the scene.

This is a heartfelt plea from a Urunga resident living on the highway. This was recorded by the ABC news team.

Some of the media earlier were reporting the accident with a biased slant towards the truck involved. You can watch these reports here. We all know the trucks are notorious on our roads. In this area they seem to have a particularly nasty attitude and act somewhat like a bunch of renegade cowboy's. There are good and bad truck drivers and I am glad I know some personally, ones who don't drive with an attitude. The town is righteously up in arms about this lack of attention to the Pacific Highway in this area. It will not be swept under the carpet this time. The Local mayor Mr Mark Troy also spoke out about the tragedy.

As well as myself many other friends have been literally terrorized here on the roads of the North Coast of NSW. over the previous years of driving them with children in the vehicles attending sporting events up and down the Pacific Highway. The state of the road itself is deplorable and was long known as the goat track. It was just that, a goat track as the Pacific Highway upgrade was shoved further and further to the back burner in this area.

Now perhaps others will understand after an accident of this magnitude, that something needs to be done to eliminate the heavy vehicles off our roads and get freight back onto the rail system. Stop the carnage of innocent people. This accident would not have been this horrendous if the truck was not on the road, regardless of all of the other circumstances concerning the deadly impact.

A report will be prepared for the very busy coroner.
Image by Mezza - Accident scene in Urunga.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Nobody is in a state of stillness; they cannot be. That seems to be a waste of time. Sitting silently, doing nothing is the foundation of meditation ... OSHO


Overlooking the river at dawn in Urunga

This is most certainly a great place to sit near where I live and just take in the absolute beauty there is just in front of your eyes. I think that I am blessed to live where I do and that it is a gift the creator threw my way to offset a little bit of the pain that life deals out at times. Sit awhile and take in this beauty, I can assure you it is good for the spirit.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

“It’s hard for me to put into words why I like the beach so much. Everything about it is renewing for me, almost like therapy...Beach Therapy.” - Amy Dykens


A majikal day at the beach , Valla NSW.

There is some conjecture as to whether the name Valla is of European or Aboriginal derivation. The Gumbaynggir translate the name Valla to Janingbirriny, which means wattle tree gum-bridge (Morelli, 1999). Other accounts on the history of the area note that the Aborigines name for the locality was Valla Valla
(Thurtell & Smith n.d.). Jagun is Gumbaynggir for homeland, country or birthplace (Morelli, 1999).

Aboriginal communities have an association and connection to the land. The land and water diversity values within a landscape are central to Aboriginal spirituality and contribute to Aboriginal identity. Aboriginal communities associate natural resources with the use and enjoyment of foods and medicines, caring for the land, passing on cultural knowledge and strengthening social bonds. Aboriginal heritage and nature are
inseparable from each other and need to be managed in an integrated manner across the landscape.

During consultation with the Gumbaynggir people they have indicated that they have a
strong connection to the Valla Beach and Oyster Creek areas. The entrance to Oyster
Creek is highly significant to the Gumbaynggir people as well as an important spiritual
link with Nunguu Mirral Aboriginal Area (Picket Hill):

Sunday, January 1, 2012

The "Art of Christmas..

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the shire of Bello: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true!

Happy New Year 2012... wonder if things will improve this year. I still miss my kids

OYSTERS - CELLULAR MITOSIS MEETS ALIEN LIFE FORMS - gaga..

Wring out the last of the joy from this past year... the rest needs to be packed up and left in a bin somewhere near here. The past year has been a year of living in fear. Like a script from a movie. Its been a year that has been far from groovy. However it is the year that I started blogging so that is a massive response to my frustrations and a way of keeping up with my many tramps into dilettantism. I love all the quotes running round everywhere and I especially like this one by Oprah Winfrey - Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.

Image By Mezza - Oysters in Urunga - the beach a favorite New years day way to play.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

“Gentlemen,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I could not have slept tonight, if I had left those helpless little robins to perish in the wet grass.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Image of Curlew - http://lazybirder.blogspot.com/

Bush Stone-curlew
Burhinus grallarius
Status: ENDANGERED
Distribution: Australia wide

The Bush Stone-curlew, or Bush Thick-knee, is a ground-dwelling bird that grows to an average of 55cm. The appearance of this bird is unique in Australia. Its distinctive call is likened to a “WER-LOOOO”.

Below my house the National Parks have fenced off an area where one of these female birds has a nest scrape. The dogs and cats of the neighborhood are responsible for killing off this species in particular. I have many photos of the birds I see in the area beneath the cliff my house is on.. This is a nice present for all of us to know that the species is hanging in there and she has an egg. I think I want to go and sleep down there!

This is the area this bird is nesting in below my house here in Urunga.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. Jimmy Cannon

Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.

Garry Moore

Christmas is getting more and more lonelier each year. The massive Christmas's inviting everyone who had no one all done while nursing the latest sniper attack from my ex who managed to screw Christmas more times than I care to actually remember, to being completely forgotten and left out myself for any real Christmas lunch forevermore. Destined to always now have a time of loneliness and a time of tears remembering memories mostly bad but some good. The memories are strange now and warped in my mind but if I think carefully the thoughts bring themselves back into line and I realize its just a day and it will finally unwind just like all the others.

Image - Montana-Star's Teddy bear when he left home.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The War is over for some..

The convoy’s departure came three days after the American military folded its flag in a ceremony to celebrate the end of its mission and marked the end of the nearly nine year war.

The war launched in March 2003 with missiles striking Baghdad to oust President Saddam Hussein.. and then the the American military slipped out of the country last week, the world hardly noticed at all.

Sergeant Matthew Locke- Killed in action on October 25, 2007 - aged 33

He was a Special Air Service Regiment, the 3rd Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan.

He was also killed by Taliban fighters in Oruzgan Province.

On 25 October 2007, Locke, who was serving a second tour of duty in Afghanistan, was engaged in a firefight with members of the Taliban militia, when he was injured in the chest by small arms fire. Other soldiers in his unit provided first-aid care prior to and during evacuation to a medical facility, where he died a short time later. Gurkha Lance Corporal Agnish Thapa, serving in the 1st Royal Gurkha Rifles, British Army was awarded the Military Cross for running 100 metres (110 yd) through enemy machine gun and RPG fire and extracted Locke by physically dragging him back to cover. Locke was killed while serving in Orūzgān Province. During his first tour of duty, Locke had been awarded the Medal for Gallantry.

Locke came from Bellingen. ...

Monday, December 19, 2011

Relics are treasured as something close to the divine. - Sarah Vowell

Old Pylons by the twin rivers of the Kalang and Bellinger

Old things were once cared for and still are today in some quarters. This is a practice that is dying out as it becomes evident that the new generations are not interested in looking after what has gone before them. Today society is very much a throw away society and there is no value in looking after the past according to them. Do they know this though? When they are young do they really know this well enough to make this decision for humanity and should we let them do this?

Image by Mezza - Old Pylons by the twin rivers of the Kalang and Bellinger with Nungali the sleeping dreamtime warrior in the background.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

URUNGA CAROLS 2011 ... We call it peace in a pipe ..And it’s just like fireworks Mind Over Matter

Fireworks

This year the festivities started at 5pm and there was a wide variety of local entertainers and community singing. There was plenty of Food and drink available to purchase and most brought along a picnic. Santa turned up from the North Pole for a quick visit. The evening finish at 9pm with the most spectacular fireworks display out over the two rivers.( Kalang and Bellinger Rivers).

Morgo Street Reserve Urunga
New South Wales AUSTRALIA

Sunday, December 4, 2011

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. - Dale Carnegie

Looking Back towards home.

Today early to occupy my mind and my body I rode my push bike out to the beach and got a flat tyre. I am glad really as it was glass that caused the puncture and it was better in my tyre than a childs foot.
I pushed it all the way back home a little disappointed and then well occupied but not before snapping this pic of looking back towards home. I love my home.

Image - Looking back to Urunga f rom the Footbridge.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are. - Thomas Carlyle

I honour this man. Marshall B Mathers III.
Born in the same year as Gail. Born in 1972 on the 17th October. A Libran. He is in love with the idea of being in love. This is a man I honour. The absolute greatest lyricist ever, a total genius.

So... what sort of person does this make me? It makes me a person who loves .... A gangsta... a killer.. a violent person.. a mixed up human being ... good writer.. Blonde.. Rude... Full On..Outspoken and hated Blessed and very very rich.

Image - Marshall B Mathers ( aka Eminem)

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