Rest day.
In the cosy, green town of Bellingen which was set up in the 1960s by hippies who couldnt afford the land prices charged by the surfies on the coast. Surrounded by rolling, almost English farming country. At dusk - get to the Bellingen river, and watch the hordes of fruit bats flying in formation coastwards, darkening the sky, like a low level black milky way, lasting 15 minutes or so. Surreal.
Rest day. Yet we still end up working, connecting, inspiring, coaching, filming, documenting, learning of new people to meet, places to visit/ stay/help… still having a coffee and gluten free cake at the Bellingen Farmers Market (organic produce) can’t be too bad really. Gotta get our own social needs taken care of or else we wont be sustainable!
In the farmers market, bumped into my own cousin Katherine who I havent seen since 1989. She knew I was in town, but still it was a wonderful moment.
Drove towards the mountains with – Olivia Bernadini – (who is putting us up). After a degree at the LSE, she spent 2 years living up a tree in the UK anti-roads campaign in the 1990s (Twyford Down, Newbury, and somewhere in Wales). Now a yoga teacher and environmental education teacher. Swam in the crystal clear waters of a river pool in a sunny wooden glade, some 15 km from Bellingen, in what is known as the Promised Land. Afterwards ate solar-cooked vege made in a solar cooker.
Attended the community stakeholder meeting organised by Transition Bellingen for Bellingen Shire Council using "world café" stakeholder engagement tools to consult on what are the priorities for Bellingen over the next few years. Impressive that a council considers recruiting the Transition Town to carry out the work. The transition community refused to take money in recompense, not wanting to thwart their impartiality and independence.
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