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Welcome to our last

edition for 2014. I am re-

lieved that our graphic

designer, Anna, is back on

deck after her sojourn in

Greece, allowing me to

concentrate on other aspects

of the publication.

An article in our last TT

outlined the dire $nancial

plight of %e Channon

tennis courts. Well, a fund-

raising ra'e is now ready to

go. First prize – a weekend

for two at Byron Bay – was

donated by former resident

of %e Channon and now

proprietor of ‘Baystay’, John

Witham.

Second prize – a now famous

‘Feral Cheryl’ doll was donat-

ed by %e Channon’s Lee

Duncan and third prize –

morning tea for two - was

donated by Goanna Bakery

& Café in Keen St. Lismore.

%e passing of long-time

resident Meri Humphries

touched many folk in %e

Channon and beyond. Read

a tribute to Meri on page 4.

A welcome addition to

TT #56 is two original

cartoons - thanks to BB and

John Rev. Are there any

other budding cartoonists in

the community? If so we

would love to publish an

example of your work. I like

to keep reminding everyone

that this is a community

publication, so articles about

local people and events are

always sought after. If you

don’t want to write your own

article we are willing to pen

something from your sup-

plied details.

Do enjoy the rest of the

year and we will be back in

2015.

Ray Flanagan

Terania Times December /

January 2014

Issue 56

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Editorial

Issue 56 Terania Times 3

The Channon Craft Market Coronation Park (details page 24) Sunday November 9th

The Channon Open Mic The Channon Tavern Sunday November 23rd from 3pm

The Channon Craft Market Coronation Park (details page 24) Sunday December 14th

Tuntable Ck Landcare AGM Eternity Springs Saturday 22nd November 5pm

Social tennis The Channon Tennis Courts Every Monday from 6pm

Kung-fu The Channon Hall Every Monday: 4.30pm & 6pm

Every Thursday: 6pm

Circus classes The Channon Hall Contact Rena 6688 6175

Every Thursday

Seekers and Sages Luncheon Contact Cedar: 6689 1709 Third Thursday

Karate: Kids The Channon Hall

Contact Rachel 0427778837

Every Tuesday & Friday

4:30-5.30pm

Karate: Adults The Channon Hall

Contact Rachel 0427778837 Every Friday 5.45-6.45pm

Rural Fire Brigade meeting The Channon Fire Station First Monday at 7.30pm

community diary

what where when

TO BOOK contact The Channon General Store at 6688 6240

The

Channon

Hall

per evening

extra for kitchen

for one-off meeting

weekly bookings (Drama, Dance etc.)

BBQ facilities available

$55

$30

$15

$15

HIRING RATES

Ken Chelshworth Land & Engineering SurveyorLand & Engineering SurveyorLand & Engineering Surveyor

Terania Creek Rd. The Channon

phone: 6688 6120

Boundaries

Marked Building Set-outs

Subdivisions

Identification Surveys


QRod Johnston has sold his Nimbin Street house and is

moving to Ocean Shores to live with his girlfriend until he

buys another house.

He’s happy to be closer to his son and granddaughter at

Caloundra.

Always generous and has been a great help with mowing

%e Channon Tennis Court grounds.

Good luck Rod!

QA New Arrival in the village

Welcome little Sebastian Foster Worts, new son for Kiah

and Rod. “He’s beautiful” – Kiah.

out &about Q

%e Channon lost a valued

member of the community

last month, with the death of

Meredith Humphries. Mere-

dith was a major strength in

the community, taking on

many voluntary roles over the

years, including President of

%e Channon Pre School

Committee, active member

of %e Channon Public

School P&C and supporter

of the Channon Youth

Group.

Meri also served as Presi-

dent of Richmond River

High School P&C and was

a teacher’s aide at the school

for more than ten years.

%e Richmond River High

School newsletter on Sep-

tember 12 included this trib-

ute by the Principal Dave

Harvey and Deputy Diane

Williamson.

In Memory of Meredith

Humphries

“It is with great sadness

that we write of the passing

of one of our long-term staA

members, Meredith Hum-

phries. Meri has been a

teacher’s aide at our school

Vale Meredith Humphries 1958 - 2014

Sebastian Foster Worts born on 6/10/14 @ 38 weeks, 6lb 14oz


for over ten years and was un-

til the last couple of years, the

schools P&C President. To

say that Meredith was highly

regarded by students and staA

would be a huge understate-

ment. She worked with stu-

dents with varying learning

and medical needs assisting

and helping to ensure that

their time at school was mean-

ingful and positive.

Meri gave above and beyond

to the community of RRHS.

She was always willing to as-

sist with school activities such

as the Year 12 Breakfast. She

was an active member of our

‘Wraps for Love’ group who

each year knit squares and

make them into blankets for

disadvantaged groups. Meri

helped to teach our students

to knit and patiently $xed

mistakes and picked up

dropped stitches.

%e loss of Meri is signi$-

cant to us and our hearts go

out to her family, in particular

her children and to her part-

ner, Col Blake, who was

until recently a teacher at

Richmond River. Meri’s

children Libby, Blake, Gene-

vieve and Adam (currently in

Year 11) all attended RRHS.

Meri was one of the strongest

advocates for our school. She

has made many close and dear

friends through the school and

%e Channon communities.

Her children and grandchil-

dren have been the absolute

joy of her life. In the last 12

months she was able to attend

3 of her children’s weddings.

We have all seen the beautiful

wedding photos and have

shared in her ongoing pride

and love of her family.

Her dedication and positive

outlook will be greatly missed.

As a parent, support oLcer,

colleague and friend Meri has

been a huge part of our cul-

ture. We will miss her and

her strength, goodwill, care

and support.”


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%e three bridges on Ter-

ania Creek Road, currently

being replaced, were built in

1987 by Ross Standing, JeA

Muntlewit, Rick Caster,

Robyn Whyte, Rosie Lee,

John Culverwell and Peter

Jackson with funds from the

Labour Govt 'Red Scheme’.

%e third new bridge nears

completion at the time of

printing. Council will then

demolish the old fords below

the three bridges under the

Dept of $sheries instruction

to allow $sh to migrate up-

stream. %e new concrete

bridges are a vast improve-

ment on the previous steel

decks that were rusting slow-

ly away. It will be interesting

to see the eAect the bridges

will have on rising Qoodwa-

ters. (when it rains!)

Personally I’d like to thank

council and council’s bridge

building team for the fantas-

tic job they have done. Con-

struction occurred with mini-

mal interruption to traLc

and with minimal eAect on

the environment.%e bridge

construction team worked

hard in all weathers and are a

compliment to Councils

work force.

The three bridges

On Terania Creek Road

John Rev

By David Yarnall


Are you eligible to vote in the

Lismore electorate in the next

state election?

We Want To Hear From You!!

∗ Do you feel that your elected repre-sentatives are not hearing your voice?

∗ Do you feel disillusioned with the

state of our democracy?

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Many voters in the Lismore Elec-

torate are deeply concerned that existing

political parties aren’t listening to them

and they don’t particularly like how

these parties choose their candidates for

State or Federal Elections. %ese same

voters have also expressed their concern

that their voices just aren’t being heard

nor are their interests being considered

either before or after elections.

‘Can You Hear Us’ is a volunteer or-

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Lismore electorate and our goal is to

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their voices are heard at the next state

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community that has a say in its govern-

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We are using a method of ‘Kitchen

Table Conversations’, where groups of

people meet and put in writing their

views in answers to set questions. %is

information will be collated and printed

in a report that lists all

comments. We will

then give this report to

all candidates standing

in the March 2015 State

election. %e report will

also be available online

for download.

We are also holding

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the Lismore electorate.

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tell us what you think.

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Our new services are being well used and so will continue, as follows: Free Health Checks now in front of the Neighbourhood Centre Every 2nd Friday. Run by a Nurse Practitioner and a RN:

Risk assessments, including general health assessment, random Cholesterol and blood sugar tests. All welcome. Diabetic Clinic at Nimbin hospital every 3rd %ursday of the month. Phone Leanne Boothe 6630 0488 Respiratory clinic at Nimbin hospital. With Specialist Respiratory Nurse and a nurse Practitioner. Every 2nd %urs-day of the month. Phone 66881401 New News Nimbin NSP will be open on Mondays and %ursdays, 0930hrs - 1200hrs. Arrangements can be made to see a Community Health Nurse, through NSP.

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Around The Channon

Excerpts from Pauline Barratt’s historical book published in 1999

B efore %e Channon Hall was built, and even after, dances and parties were often held in private

homes. %ere would be music - accordian, concertina and sometimes violin - and danc-ing. %ese gatherings were very important to people working hard clearing their land and making homes for their families.

Weddings were also held at home. %e $rst to be held in the district was at the residence of Mr and Mrs James B. Mitch-ell, in May 1907, when Miss Isa Mitchell married James Stevens. %e oLciating cler-gyman was the Rev. Coleman, Methodist minister of the Dunoon Circuit. After the ceremony the newlyweds left for their home in Queensland where James was employed on the railways. %e bride's parents enter-tained the guests to a social evening. Many people who were unable to be present at the wedding ceremony came to the social.

Another district wedding was that of Charlotte Hall, daughter of Mr and Mrs William C. Hall to Mr John Henry (Jack) Reis conducted by the Lismore Salvation Ar-my Captain. %e wedding, celebrated in March 1909, was held at the bride's home and was attended by close family members. %e young couple moved to Yungaburra in North Queensland. Jack worked in the sawmilling business there.

In September 1905 %e Channon bachelors gave a ball, which was held at the residence of Mrs Arkinstall of Tunta-ble Creek, for the married people. About sixty people attended. %e dining room, which was used as the ballroom, was decorated with Qowers and ferns. On this occasion there were indoor games and a

concert as well as music and dancing. %e Dunoon Hall was also used for

functions before %e Channon Hall was built. 'Traveller' on 15th May 1905 reports on an event hosted there by the bachelors of %e Channon who were apparently better known as 'the Waybackers of Nightcap Gully'. About forty ladies responded to their invitation. “%e bright faces and fascinating smiles of the ladies, the profusion of beautiful Qowers, the decorations of

the hall, "and when music with its voluptuous strain," you know the rest - history repeats itself For belle of the ball, the honours were shared by Misses Bray, Kitty Munro, May StaA and Polly Flick %e list was a lengthy one, consisting of twenty-eight dances and $ve extras, and neatly printed pro-grammes gave extra tone to the aAair Refreshments were served at midnight by an energetic committee, and the unanimous opinion is that the ball was the largest and most successful ever held in that part of the district. %e ball terminated at early morn by singing and waltzing to the tune of 'Auld Lang Syne'. Everybody was pleased with everybody. %e following are particulars of ladies' costumes, as far as I could obtain them - Mrs Gaddes, Syd-ney, black satin skirt, white silk

blouse; Mrs W. Hadlow, Ballina, blue silk, white chiAon; Mrs Munro, Du-noon, black marveilleux, Paris insertion; Mrs Willbrandt, Dunoon, white silk, lace trimmings; Mrs Little, Dunoon, black silk; Mrs Shehan, Dunoon, black silk, blue blouse; Mrs Friedman, Du-noon, black marveilleux, silk; Miss Bray, Channon, black dress, white chiAon; Miss Kitty Munro, Dunoon, black skirt, pale green blouse; Miss Rachael Hall, Dunoon, white muslin…”

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T here’s a lot of talk about

cholesterol and it seems it’s

all bad, even though your

doctor will tell you there’s “good” cho-

lesterol too. Perhaps you’ve heard you’re

at increased risk of stroke or heart attack

with high cholesterol, it’ll clog your ar-

teries. If it’s too high or you’ve already

had a heart attack you may be taking

statin drugs as well.

Cholesterol is carried in the blood by

proteins designed to carry fats. Some of

these proteins are shopping baskets car-

rying heaps of cholesterol to cells, giving

it away freely and dropping it in arteries

if they see a place to do it. %ese pro-

teins Qoat easily because of all the fat

they carry so are called Low Density

Lipoproteins (LDLs), they’re the bad-

dies. When a cell has $nished with a

bit of cholesterol it gives it to the garbo

protein that carries less cholesterol – it

doesn’t Qoat very well so it’s called High

Density Lipoprotein (HDL) and is the

goody. %e ratio between these two guys

is important as it shows how neat and

tidy you’re keeping your blood and how

at risk your arteries are. Apparently, you

divide your total cholesterol $gure by

the HDL $gure and hope to get some-

thing around 3:1 or 5:1. You can see

from this that your total cholesterol isn’t

going to give you the whole picture, so

get the details from your doctor.

Arteries do get clogged and this

can lead to heart attacks and strokes:

not very nice.

Arteries have

areas of wear and

like the elbows

in an old sweater

arteries wear at

turns and curves.

If the artery lin-

ing tears there’ll

be attempts to

mend it (using

cholesterol and

other bits and

pieces) and the

scarring may

lead to further

damage from

turbulent blood

Qow, especially if

blood pressure is

high. %ese arterial wall injuries can’t

stop working and they bleed sometimes,

developing clots and the area becomes

inQamed and rigid. Not a good look for

a highly elastic muscular tube. Ortho-

dox medicine will give you sensible pre-

cautions such as keeping your blood

pressure low and cholesterol levels down

and statin drugs are given to ensure you

don’t absorb or produce too much cho-

lesterol.

Not everyone agrees that cholesterol

is the ring leader in arterial damage

pointing out that poor artery health is

the culprit. Cholesterol is essential: we

make cholesterol in the liver and eat it

in animal fats and it’s used by every body

cell to stabilise the delicate two molecule

thick membrane that surrounds it. Cho-

lesterol is also the prime ingredient of

many hormones it would be hard to live

without. Low cholesterol can cause

memory loss and depression and statin

drugs are linked with tiredness and ach-

ing muscles and joints.

So what can we do to protect our

arteries from injury? I hate to harp, but

vegetables – lots of them and lots of col-

ours – are a good start. %ese are going

to supply you with protective anti-

oxidants and essential nutrients. Too

many calories in your diet are going to

make fats, sure, but it’s not the good

fats that you eat that are mostly to

blame – it’s the carbohydrates, especially

the sugars that are stressing our bodies

and making fat. So if your cholesterol

level is high, lower it by dropping sugars

from your diet and keeping carbohy-

drate intake low. Don’t snack on toast,

biscuits, lollies, bars or chips; have a

handful of nuts or a bowl of soup

and throw out the instant noodles.

Or go for a walk: exercise will lower

stress the same way a cigarette or sugar

will, but with better medium and long

term consequences. Stress is damaging

in itself, tensing the arteries and increas-

ing blood pressure and putting the sys-

tem under strain. Cigarettes are toxic to

arteries and use up nutrients we could

better use to stay healthy.

If you need to take statins, don’t

despair, there’s evidence that these drugs

decrease the chance of developing alz-

heimer’s dementia. Just take some vita-

min D and Coenzyme Q10 along with

the statins to keep your blood rolling

along and energy levels normal.

Remember, we rely on our arteries,

but they’re relying on us.

healing arts Cholesterol & Health BETTY RYAN

Greek “Village Salad”, best of both worlds


SIMON CLOUGH

Simon Says At

Lismore Council’s last

meeting I put forward

a motion requesting

that Council express its concern over

the government’s proposed reduction or

even abolition of the Renewable Energy

Target (RET). Council is preparing a

Renewable Energy Master Plan that

aims at being energy independent by

2020. %is plan is under threat if the

RET is changed. Up front the Coun-

cil's Farming the Sun Project could lose

$73,000 if the RET is abolished. It is

estimated that changes to the RET

could cost the average homeowner

$3,000 to install solar panels to meet

their needs. %e impacts on the local

solar industry will be disastrous.

Already the renewable energy industry

has had a 70% reduction in investment

because of uncertainty. Unfortunately

Councillors Scheibel, Meineke, Marks,

Bennett and Battista opposed the mo-

tion.

I recently spent 7 days traveling

around 3,000 kms talking to 7 commu-

nity meetings at Mullaley, Bellata, Nar-

rabri, Nyngan, Coonabarabran, Coona-

mble and Wee Waa, with a team of four

others. We talked about the threats of

unconventional gas and the advantages

of non-violent direct action. Our recep-

tion was generally excellent. A high

proportion of people were prepared take

action to contribute to stopping the

mining.

It’s hard to understand the thinking

which encourages invasive gas and coal

mining in one of the most productive

food producing areas in the world, the

Liverpool Plains. Even if the farmers

are not in close proximity to the mining

they could be devastated by the drop in

their underground water levels or even

more critically the possible contamina-

tion of the Great Artesian Basin one of

the largest underground water resources

in the world. One farmer explained to

me his whole 8,000 acre farm and hun-

dreds of farms like it are totally depend-

ent on bore water. If that water is lost

or contaminated they literally only have

enough time to get their livestock oA the

land and to walk away.

Another farmer I talked to said that

if the Shenhua coal project were to go

ahead their water bore would drop 167

metres according to the company's $g-

ures. %is impact would make her farm

totally unviable.

Under these circumstances it’s easy

to understand why farmers who are tra-

ditionally conservative and who would-

n’t normally think of ‘rocking the boat’

are prepared and in some cases eager to

engage in non-violent direct action to

stop the mining.

I’ve been at a number of forums

lately including the Local Government

Conference where well informed people

have been singing the praises of Lismore

City Council’s recycling eAorts. If you

would like to see our new $3.64 million

Material Recovery Facility (MRF) there

is an open day on Sunday, 9th Novem-

ber from 9 – 2 at the Recycling and Re-

covery Centre.

Amalgamation or merging as the

government refers to it is de$nitely on

the agenda with the government com-

mitting to no forced mergers at least up

to the election in March. Call me sim-

ple but I fail to see how merging two

struggling Councils does anything other

than create a larger struggling Council

which is even more isolated from its

community. To my mind lack of re-

sources is the overwhelming problem of

local government. %is is not a problem

that will be solved by ‘merging’.

Wishing you all a wonderful Spring

Cr Simon Clough

Our Sustainable Future Party

Lismore City Council

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Gasfield Free Communities

NEWS JEN IRELAND

It is still a critical time in

terms of government deci-

sion-making around uncon-

ventional gas licences, mining and poli-

cies. Well, really around government

understanding of the issues and respon-

sible political decision-making. It seems

that responsible, aware citizens still need

to take action to bring this gas madness

to a halt! Keeping up the motivation

and momentum seems to have taken its

toll on some people, so here are a few

things below that you can do,

Action needed!!!

RALLY ON 1ST NOVMEBER to

make the Northern Rivers completely

Gas$eld Free – a call for all licences to

be cancelled! %is rally has to be enor-

mous so that our overwhelming opposi-

tion is completely clear to all politicians.

Action: Be at Riverside Park in Lis-

more, 10.00 am, Saturday 1st November

– bring a friend, bring the family, bring

your neighbours, bring your signs, bring

your voice – 10,000 people wanted!

THE CHIEF SCIENTIST’S RE-

PORT on coal seam gas was released

on 1st October. %e report identi$ed a

major failure by the NSW Government

to adequately manage the industry and

highlighted potential risks to human

health and water supplies, highlighting

the fact that there are major de$cits in

the baseline data required to properly

monitor the impacts of the industry.

%e Chief Scientist recommended a

complete overhaul of the laws governing

CSG in the State and urged the govern-

ment to identify the areas where it

would be appropriate to extract CSG in

NSW. %is would require the govern-

ment to follow through on its commit-

ment to map the places in the State

where CSG simply should not be al-

lowed. %e ‘unintended consequences’

referred to in the report is Orwellian

speak for pollution they know will hap-

pen and will impact communities and

the environment, because they know it

is unavoidable and the CSG industry

will impact negatively. It is also of some

concern that the report stated that fu-

ture technology (yet to be proven and

tested) would address issues of concern

in the industry. %is says to me that the

report is, in part, based on hope rather

than scienti$c facts! Action: It is im-

perative that we all write to Premier

Baird and other NSW State Ministers

supporting the Chief Scientist’s recom-

mendations to overhaul CSG laws.

LETTER WRITING – %ere is

a new letter writing campaign, which

involves taking a photo of each person

sending the letter, then printing the

photo on the top of the letter. %is is

an exciting new development and makes

the letter ‘come alive’ showing a real

person! %e idea is to Qood

Premier Baird with photo letters

which are designed to demon-

strate, pictorially, that we are

more than addresses and signa-

tures on a page. %ese are the

faces of those who will be aAect-

ed by gas$elds

in the Northern Rivers should

the government allow them to go

ahead. Watch out for the letter

writing/photo stall at the Carboot

markets, Organic Markets at the

Showground and at the Big Rally

on 01/11. %e stall in Magellan

Street has come to an end, but

did generate 1,165 letters hand

written and posted from the stall.

Action: Write letters to the vari-

ous State Ministers and local pol-

iticians pushing for NO GAS !

KEEPING POLITICIANS

ACCOUNTABLE – Labor re-

cently announced that if elected

to government, they will ban unconven-

tional gas mining in six government

areas in our region. Labor are to be

congratulated on taking this strong posi-

tion – it is abundantly clear that our

community will stand for nothing less!

However, Labor has excluded the Clar-

ence from their policy on a gas$eld free

NR. %e Clarence makes up half of the

area of the Northern Rivers! Action:

We need to encourage all candidates,

from all parties across the Northern Riv-

ers, to make similar commitments to

protect the whole of our region, includ-

ing the Clarence.

Finally, at �e Channon! Come

along to our monthly meeting held on

the $rst Monday of each month, 5.30 to

6.30 at %e Tavern. Until all gas licenc-

es are revoked, and no new licences is-

sued, we still have lots of great trouble

making to do!!

CRITICAL TIME STILL FOR GAS


C laire Dunn has

close friends in

Terania Creek

Road. But even if she was a

perfect stranger I’m sure this

book would $nd a welcoming

audience here.

%is is Dunn’s memoir of a

year spent living on a 40ha

bush block south of Grafton.

Dunn set out to live using

only the materials provided

by her immediate environ-

ment. She constructed a

cosy dome-shaped shelter by

bending saplings and cover-

ing them with thatched

grass. She learnt to tan hide

and weave baskets. She de-

veloped tracking and hunting

skills. But it was learning the

making of $re that de$ned

the experience for her:

“It felt like I was witness-

ing a birth – it was that inti-

mate, that profound. %e

sheer simplicity of picking up

one stick and spinning it on

another to produce $re was

the most improbable and

stunning act of human crea-

tion I could imagine.”

While Dunn permitted

herself tarpaulins while her

shelter went up and supple-

mented her bush tucker

with store-bought food,

she was determined to be a

purist about $re: no lighters;

no matches. She managed

the bow-drill $re-starting

technique quickly, but

longed to learn the Indige-

nous Australian method of

hand-drilling. For most of

the year her attempts pro-

duced only nasty blisters.

Dunn’s attempt to master the

hand-drill became a meta-

phor for her quest to recon-

nect with her true wild self.

As her $re-making mentor

frustratingly advised her,

“you have to want it more

than anything but give up

the trying”.

Dunn’s bushcraft is im-

pressive, and reading about

how she went about things is

fun, but her physical achieve-

ments aren’t as gob-smacking

as, say, Robyn Davidson’s in

Tracks (yep, an inevitable

comparison – “Aussie Wom-

an Goes Bush”). Five other

young people joined Dunn

on the bush block as part of

a paid-for and organised gap-

year style experience, an ele-

ment that reduces the sense

of adventure.

Nonetheless, Dunn’s story

shines because of the intima-

cy of the telling. Dunn’s

mental and emotional trans-

formation during the year

was extraordinary. With

enormous eAort she sloughed

oA her city “busyness” and

became a deft-footed, shrewd

-eyed, unhurried creature

of the forest.

%ere were two things I

loved most about this book.

One was Dunn’s description

of life lived in the Qow of the

land. I envied her con$dence

as she wandered oA alone

overnight carrying little more

than a sweet potato. She be-

came “like the roos in the

paddock – eating when

hungry, resting when hot”.

%e longer Dunn lived on

the block, the more closely

attuned she became to the

complexity of life around her.

For example, while Dunn

was stalking a wallaby, a yel-

low robin disrupted the hunt

by seemingly alerting the

prey with a single tweet.

“%e more I notice in this

forest, the more I realise I

must miss,” Dunn writes.

“%ere are layers of relation-

ship that I can only guess

at, understandings and

agreements that I am not

privy to”.

%e other thing I loved was

Dunn’s beautiful nature writ-

ing. She writes about plants,

wildlife and weather with

$ne and lyrical detail.

Dunn took up a daily

“sit spot”; a nook on a fallen

trunk where the birds be-

came accustomed to her

presence so that she was

able to observe them closely.

%ese passages are some

of the most enjoyable in

the book.

But you feel the rustle and

heat of the bush throughout

Dunn’s story: the pause of

insects in the night before

resuming “like $ngers thrum-

ming on a table”; a butterQy

like “a piece of blue sky”

swaying on a tuft of whisky

grass; wet grasstree needles

decorating her legs “with

long calligraphy strokes’’;

and the wattle “rebelliously

letting loose masses of yellow

pompoms”.

So what do you do once

you’ve discovered your essen-

tial self in the wild, but the

year is up and you have to go

home? As a former forests

campaigner, Dunn is some-

one who would like to

change the world.

Her quest was not only per-

sonal and her memoir is no

armchair adventure. She

leaves the reader with her

conviction that this sense of

connection to nature is avail-

able to everyone, and that it

is the balm urgently needed

to heal our earth.

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Basket knitting becomes essential in the bush


O ur September

26th session of

%e Channon

Open Mic was eventually

well attended.

Regular local performer,

Glen impressed with another

of his fascinating home craft-

ed instruments; although the

banjo was constructed pri-

marily from recycled materi-

als, the crisp sound belies its

humble beginnings.

It was great to hear some

songs by their composers,

Tasmanian expats, Les and

Tony, who are now living in

Jiggi and young singer/song-

writer Connor -all very ac-

complished musicians. Les

and Tony performed a couple

of mandolin duets and a cou-

ple of guitar duets with some

lovely accompanying harmo-

nies and Connor performed a

popular mix of covers and

originals.

Stop press

Just returned from the Octo-

ber Open Mic, another good

turn-out. %ree $rst time

performances from Pete, Mia

and Jo mixed nicely with

some regular performers.

Glen’s new cigar box guitar is

his third creation in as many

months. We were saved from

the hot and sweaty afternoon

by a cooling breeze.

Rain or shine our

Folk Club gets us out

of Sunday snooze.

Ray Flanagan and

his faithful volunteers

keep the show running

whatever the weather!

the channon

Folk Club

Glen’s new instrument Pete

Mia

November's Open Mic is the last

for this year so don’t miss it @3pm on 23rd


Maggot Brain (1971) by Funkadelic

J ason’s Jive

Funk funkier and

Funkadelic. %is is

where it all began. %e

Mothership has landed and

it’s time to get the funk on.

%e Metres may have invent-

ed funk but George Clinton

and associates took funk and

added a freak factor to the

power of 10 to get Parlia-

ment/Funkadelic, or P-funk.

Funkadelic is an apt name

for this combination of funk,

psychedelic rock, gospel and

soul. ‘Maggot Brain’ is a

sublime journey through the

diAerent musical aspects of

Funkadelic. %e $rst and title

track is a mournful and cap-

tivating feedback drenched

guitar solo. From there layers

are added until there are a

succession of thumping

juggernaut tracks like “Can

you get to that”. %e instru-

mental musicianship is top

shelf but the real power of

the album is in the gospel

like vocal harmonies. %e

message of ‘Maggot Brain’

is clear and compelling, get

your freak on and shake it!

Check out the album then

check out the band at Byron

Bluesfest 2015. 9/10 pairs of

platform shoes.

R obin’s Jive ‘Maggot brain’

is one big, hot,

bubbly mess of feel good soul

vibes and gospel choir. As

the third and likely highest

critically acclaimed studio

album of the genre de$ning

Funkadelic, ‘Maggot brain’

not only ful$lls the extended

legacy of the combined P-

funk scene, but exceeds that

margin. In correlation with

solid funk grooves, this al-

bum incorporates many

conventional rock inQuences,

particularly with the $rst

track. As boring and ill-

suiting as it may sound on

paper, Maggot brain’s intro-

ductory ten minute fuzzed

out guitar solo is a hallmark

of juxtaposition. Instead of

sounding carelessly mish-

mashed, the heavier aspects

of this album (later revisited

in the track ‘Super Stupid’)

create a unique freshness

through contrast.

Funk X Rock crossbreeds

had been done before and

they were certainly done after

this, but Funkadelic did it

Qawlessly and with an un-

mistakable sound. I give it

nine out of ten not-so-out-of

-place guitar solos.

notes music Music news, views, reviews and all sounds that

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Terania Shutterbug CHRISTIAN UHRIG

Take control of that 20% that makes a good photograph a fantastic one and rise above your camera’s auto settings

H ey there and welcome

back – let’s recap on what

we previously covered:

For the purpose of this exercise I sug-

gest 3 key elements to better photos:

∗ %e Light – what is it and how does it inQuence the outcome

∗ Interesting subjects / objects to take photos of – and the story you want

to tell

∗ %e Equipment you have or should

have and how it works

So previously we covered No.2

– %e Why

∗ %e driver for good photography is your motivation and passion.

∗ Only if you really understand your

subject / object well, you can hope

to control it in a way that you get

stunning photos.

∗ If you only “take photographic im-

pressions” – you are not telling a

story and the photos are usually

not very exciting.

So, as an exercise I suggest that eve-

ry time before you take your camera out

to “take a photo” you MUST think

about and be clear on “what story

should / will that photo tell and how can

I tell it in a better way than just pressing

the button”. Photos (stills) have a limi-

tation over video (and our day to day

life) – they are ONE image only – and

you must tell the story in this one shot.

%inking about the story $rst means

that you will think about what is needed

and what should or shouldn’t be in the

image. Many photos suAer from too

many and competing elements becom-

ing cluttered – the story is not clear.

Composition is the term used to

“think through and arrange” photos.

I will talk about the elements and tech-

niques a little later. Some scenes / envi-

ronments you can inQuence and control

e.g. a Family shoot in the Studio, Prod-

uct shoot in the factory and those where

you can set up subject and light and

have a certain inQuence and can repeat

the shot until you have the desired re-

sult. Many others you can’t really con-

trol. Yes, the mountain might always be

there but the nice cloud, the snow top,

the morning fog, the Qying ducks and

the great morning sun – try to inQuence

and control that – good luck.

Being in the right spot at the right

time is important and may mean you

have to return to your scene many times

before all the elements that you wish to

have in your shot are present or line up.

And it may never happen. On the other

hand – I have often stopped the car in a

hurry to grab my camera out of the bag

I always carry – to capture a scene that

was worthwhile – and many of my best

photos are created that way. To allow

me to work like that, I need to exactly

know how my camera will capture this

scene – then make fast decisions on how

to compose the image.

To allow me to be fast and eAective

in those situations I always reset my

camera settings to a base setting before

packing it up again (ISO 200 – F 5.6 –

Aperture Priority). By doing that I don’t

lose valuable time as when I take the

camera out of the bag next time I know

exactly whether and what settings I need

to modify to adjust to the current situa-

tion. Keynote: Never let a “great oppor-

tunity” pass – it might be a one in a life-

time opportunity. Always be ready.

Let’s talk about the main ingredient

of “painting with light” – THE

LIGHT. As such, light is a relatively

complex matter and the good news is

you don’t have to study physics to create

good photos. Usually we humans think

of and experience light in the context of

Bright and Dark. Maybe sometimes we

see “nice light” – but what is that nice

light made of compared to the other

light (not so nice??) we see.

For the purpose of photography we

need to understand some additional as-

pects:

∗ how do our eyes work

∗ how is light coloured and what does that do to our photos

Our Eyes are amazing sensors and in

combination with our brain, the capabil-

ities are thousands of times better than

what any camera ($lm or digital) can do.

We can see from near NO LIGHT

to the brightest day light (snow or

beach) where the light intensity is

10,000 times stronger than in the dark.

All with the same system.

[End of Part 1]

The Light: friend not foe

w: www.uhrig.com.au e: [email protected] photo Christian Uhric

PART 1

Light And How It Works


Peter Boyle art beat

O ver the last two weeks of

October (17-31), %e

Channon Gallery is hosting the Annual RED Inc Art Exhibition.

Based in Lismore and Byron Bay,

RED Inc oAers a range of programmes for

people with disability, aimed at improving their opportunities and choices in life and,

more broadly, building a culture of inclu-

sivity and respect for disabled people in

the wider community.

%ese are our words, not theirs! For

much more information on the work of

RED Inc, please view their website - www.redinc.org.au.

As the artwork of the RED Inc artists

arrived in the gallery and we had our $rst

opportunity to view it in-person, it made us reQect on many things associated with

art and the processes of creating art,

whether the artist is disabled or not.

As gallery people, we are mainly inter-ested in the outcome or the visual product

of the creation process. For us it’s all about

the artwork - its perceived quality and its

visual and emotional engagement. %is normally provokes a subsequent interest in

the processes and creative thinking that

were employed in the work’s creation. %is

is all about the artist and how he or she works and thinks.

Arts programmes in the broader spec-

trum of the work undertaken with disabled

people are often considered within an ‘expressive art therapy’ or ‘creative art ther-

apy’ paradigm. %e visual arts are often

just a part of a broader engagement in a

number of artistic modalities. %ey are perhaps more about ‘the process’ than ‘the

product’ and there are very good reasons

for that. Such programmes facilitate socia-

bility, inclusion, motivation, co-ordination

and concentration. %ey employ processes

to promote self-expression, storytelling,

understandings of feelings and frustrations as well as communicating the same. %ey

are also sometimes an escape from the

daily routine and the struggles encoun-

tered in living with disability. All of this is great work!

Looking around at the artworks that

we have before us, we can sort of imagine

how all of these things came about in the RED Inc studios - what the creation of art

might have done for the artists and how

they made their art.

What we see here is ‘ability’ though, not disability.

%is artwork often articulates its own

story. Some of it is highly expressive, some

of it is naive and some of it is poignantly minimal. So much of it is really interesting

as a $nal product, regardless of the pro-

cess.

We in no way wish to take anything away from our exhibiting professional

artists - the richness of their creative pro-

cesses, their $ne outcomes and the great

respect that we have for them - but it’s refreshing to experience the work of a

bunch of very individual people brought

together because of their shared life expe-

riences. %ey may be classi$ed as ‘amateur’

artists and their work may not be seen as

‘$ne art’ in terms of the ‘isms’ and the

often tedious descriptors that go along with such terminology, but at face value -

the work as it is visually perceived and

experienced - has the potential to engage

on many levels with its audience. Some pieces will be more successful in some

people’s eyes than others; some will be

moving, amusing, challenging, disturbing,

peaceful or playful.

%at’s art … and we celebrate it!

�e Annual RED Inc Exhibition days: Friday, 17-Friday, 31 October.

More information at:

www.thechannongallery.com/exhibitions

Celebrating Ability The Annual RED Inc Exhibition

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Gallery


H ello again! It is shaping up

to be an incredibly active

Term 4 for all the students

at %e Channon Public School. Follow-

ing the great success of the school’s

annual Teams Day last term, we started

to inquire about the history of the event.

From looking at old records held at the

school, students discovered that Teams

Day has been held every year since 1970.

Originally in May to coincide with

Empire Day, the event brings together

students from small schools in the

area to play in friendly games with

each other.

We found out that the principal at

the time Teams Day was started was

Bob Levett and 28 small schools from

the local area participated, (the Chan-

non being the biggest school). %e girls

played softball and the boys played

soccer. Now, students from years 3 to 6

play soccer or T-ball. Students from

Kindergarten to Year 2 play Danish

Rounders. Back in 1970 the canteen

served saveloys on bread for 10c, ice

blocks for 5c, and pies and sausages

for 6c each.

%is information has sparked in the

senior class a process of inquiry into the

history of %e Channon. We have been

extremely lucky to have Georgette

Everingham come to the school to share

her wealth of knowledge on the subject.

Students continue

to enjoy specialist

education in crea-

tive and performing

arts (circus and

music), science and

Japanese thanks to

the dedication and

expertise from staA

and parents. Stu-

dents also continue

to extend their

maths and literacy

skills through engaging with the new

Australian Curriculum in a creative

learning environment. One of our

parents, Vanessa Eden (who is a trained

science teacher), is running the school

Science Club. Students are so engaged

with the many diAerent investigations

they are undertaking.

At %e Channon Public School, we

feel it’s important for all students, from

Kindergarten to Year 6, to be given a

chance to voice their views and concerns

about the environment. We have been

invited to present our ideas at the up-

and-coming Our Voice Sustainability

Conference being held at Southern

Cross University and the whole school

is preparing for this event. Our School

Parliament Environment Ministers will

be coordinating the event with assis-

tance from the teachers and parents.

If you would like to view some of the

student’s work, the school’s video clip on

water conservation can be viewed on the

Dorroughby Environment Education

Centre and Rous Water websites. Our

garden is looking great thanks to the

hard work of our parents and their kids.

Our giant pumpkin has made the

journey to the North Coast National

Show and we are looking forward to

visiting it!

At %e Channon School, all students

have a voice through the School Parlia-

ment. Just like Australia’s Parliament,

there are Ministers with diAerent areas

of responsibility. Students from Years 3

to 6 are the ones who take on the

leadership roles as Ministers. Students

from Kindergarten to Year 2 join com-

mittee groups to support the Ministers

in their work. We also have Prime

Ministers who are from Year 6 and are

the most senior students in the school.

%ey run the morning assemblies where

announcements about the week are

made. Students get to choose which

roles they would like to have for two

school terms. %ere are ten ministerial

roles to choose from.

We have commenced our Kindergar-

ten Orientation coordinated by our

wonderful infants class teacher, Diana

Cantrell. Diana has an impressive depth

and breadth of teaching experience.

She has specialist training in Reading

Recovery and brings these particular

skills to developing high literacy levels in

children at all stages. If you are thinking

about starting your child in Kindergar-

ten next year, please feel free to contact

Diana or myself to discuss your child’s

learning and social needs.

photos The Channon Public Sch

ool

The Channon Public School news

Zac Taylor running School Parliament.

Gardening and teamwork


F irstly an update on our

Top Tuntable Tiger, Luna

Spence. He competed in

Sydney on the 15th /16th October in

the State Primary Athletics Champion-

ships in the 100 metres.. Whilst Luna

didn’t gain a placement in the $nals,

he did beat his previous PB of 13.51

seconds with a 13.10 seconds. As a

school, we are very proud of Luna’s

achievements.

Tuntable Creek Public School is

committed to Making a DiAerence and

building strong Partnerships with our

Community. %is year, we applied and

received a grant to help an endangered

species of frog.

Our Community project- %e Giant

Barred Frog, would not be possible

without the support of our community.

Tuntable Creek Landcare is just one

of our local groups that we are proud

to work with.

In the past Tuntable Creek Land-

care has worked on a site along Tunta-

ble Creek next to and within the school

grounds regenerating and stabilising the

creek bank habitat. %e Giant Barred

Frog Project provides TCL an oppor-

tunity to build on its past achievements

while sharing with the School commu-

nity its knowledge of suitable plant spe-

cies, planting techniques, weed identi$-

cation and eradication etc.

We welcome the invitation to be-

come involved in this project and look

forward to this association with the

School and its project.

Long term conservation of the Gi-

ant Barred Frog is reliant upon vital

habitat protection and rehabilitation to

improve conservation management.

As well as Tuntable Creek Land-

care, our school is planning and

managing the project with the assistance

of Dorroughby Environmental Educa-

tion Centre, Rous Water, Taronga Park

Zoo, Richmond Landcare and %e Frog

Pod at %e Macadamia Castle.

%is Community Project received

funding through the NRMA Insurance

Community Grants program, with sup-

port from Taronga Park Zoo, Tuntable

Creek Landcare and Tuntable Creek

Public School.

If you missed out on our Commu-

nity Afternoon on the 28th October,

keep an eye out for future events involv-

ing our project.

Coming Together Is A Beginning, Keeping

Together Is Progress, Working Together Is

Success Henry Ford

Tuntable Creek Public School

t 66886212, f 6688 6397 e [email protected]

Alison Bath

Top Tuntable Tiger, Luna Spence


Hi Everyone!!

We are back from

term break and set-

tling into term 4 well. We are all enjoy-

ing the warmer weather.

First and foremost, we wish to con-

gratulate Lisa Fosberry (our Nominated

Supervisor who is on Maternity Leave)

and her family on the safe and healthy

arrival of their newest family member

-a baby girl!!! We are so excited to meet

the little one, and welcome her into

the world!

We are proud to share that the pre-

school was recently accredited under the

new accreditation system, and have re-

ceived the highest possible rating within

our capacity – Meeting National Quality

Standards. It’s great to see all of the

hard work, passion, dedication and

vision that have shaped %e Channon

Children’s Centre formally recognised.

Last term we had Tuntable Creek

School visit. We ate morning tea to-

gether and the Tuntable Creek students

read books to our pre-schoolers. %ank

you to Tuntable creek School for the

lovely books you donated to us. We have

been reading and enjoying the stories.

%is term, our programs are focus-

sing on food, home and technology/

photography. Maya has organised a

designated camera for the children to

use, enabling them to take their own

pictures, and giving others a precious

sneak peak at what the children are in-

terested in and value. %is project will

expose children to the workings and use

of technology, and intends to use old

radios, computers, and phones and so

on for children to deconstruct, explore

and learn the inner workings of such

pieces. Any old gadgets, gizmos, ma-

chines etc. would be most appreciated

as donations toward this project.

Sheree is focussing on home and

family, encouraging children to think

about, learn and express each of their

own unique home and family experienc-

es. Children will be asked to bring in

photos of their home and family, a great

opportunity for them to let their home

life have a place at the Preschool, and

allow others to know them outside of

the centre.

Carrie will be focussing on food

and nutrition in many diAerent forms,

primarily through discussions, experi-

ences and woven throughout the pro-

gram to encourage children to wonder,

learn and think about the food that we

eat, where it comes from, how it is

made, and what bene$ts it holds for the

body. She is hoping to compile a Reci-

pe Book that showcases children’s and

families’ favourite meals that will be

available to purchase as a Fundraiser as

well as an opportunity for families to

share with the community. If you have

a special recipe you would like to share,

or would like to come in and do some

cooking with the children, please feel

free to give us a call on 6688 6330.

%e Charity of the day at %e Chan-

non Market was a great success, and lots

of fun!! %ank you to all who showed

their support by donating, helping to

organise and volunteering their time

for this great cause.

%e preschool roadside fruit and

vegetable stall is underway!! We are still

looking for volunteers, ideas, donations

and materials for this project. If you can

help, please contact the preschool.

We currently have spaces each day

for children aged 2.5 yrs to school age.

We are open Tuesday, Wednesday and

%ursday, from 9am-3pm, with an op-

tion for extended hours 8.30am-3.30pm

for a small extra fee.

We operate a playgroup for younger

children on Wednesday morning be-

tween 9.00am and 11.00am. %is is a

great way to meet other families in the

community and transition your child to

preschool. Please feel most welcome to

come and join us, meet the Educators

and experience the centre.

%ank you from the Educators

& Management Committee

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My name is Omid Asadi

and I currently live in Man-

chester, United Kingdom.

I created this work with carv-

ing and cutting techniques

on actual fallen leaves using a

craft knife and a needle. It is

not like a paper cutting be-

cause each part needs a cer-

tain pressure to cut. If I make

a mistake, I destroy maybe

hundreds of hours of work.

I always try to create pieces

with a message, not just

beautiful art. Some of these

messages or ideas come from

my world view, poems, sto-

ries, global problems and

philosophy. I’m also

inspired by other artists’

and designers’ works.

I believe that we look at

many things everyday, but

don’t SEE them.

For example, apples had

been falling from trees for

thousands of years but

only Isaac Newton truly saw

that and, thanks to him, our

lives have changed forever.

Sudoku is a puzzle based on pure logic. %e numbers 1 to 9

are used, no mathematics is required to solve the puzzles.

%e grid consists of nine boxes and nine cells within each

box. Each column and each row must contain one each of

the numbers 1 to 9. And each box must likewise contain one

each of the numbers 1 to 9. %ese puzzles have a rating

(from 1 to 6) according to the degree of diLculty. I will usu-

ally include one puzzle in the upper range and one in the

lower range (solutions page 23).

Happy solving!

LEVEL 6

Sudoku Puzzl3s

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