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Page 1: Issue 5 - December Issue

Photo - Jade Hopeley Issue 5 - December 2014

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Editor Josephine Flynn

LayoutJames O’Malley

Cover ImageJade Hopley

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It seems like we say the

same thing every year

“Where has this year gone?”

But quite honestly, WHERE

has 2014 gone? We seem to

fill our lives to the point of

breaking and put so much

pressure on ourselves to be

on top of everything, that

we often get to November,

notice the Christmas

decorations coming out and

think “Oh my god…wasn’t it

just New Years?”

This year I have been

practising mindful

meditation as I am

constantly thinking about

what I have to do “next”,

creating lists in my head

of what needs to be done

in the next hour, by the

EDITORS LETTERend of today, tomorrow,

end of week and end of

month. I always knew this

was somtthing I needed to

work on, but it wasn’t until

I moved in with my partner

this year that he said he

could notice when I was

“phasing out.” I was getting

so into my own head and

worrying about what I still

needed to do, that I was

missing out on moments

we were spending together.

This was further brought

home when I had my first

Bowen Therapy treatment

with Ash Perrow (see Bowen

article in this issue.) When

Ash was working on my

head chakra, he could feel

the thoughts flying through

my mind – like a TV set that

was constantly changing

channels. It was after this

that I decided it was time

for me to stop worrying

and start being. I am now

seeing the end of 2014 with

a clearer head, enjoying

moments with those closest

to me and finding myself not

worrying about the things

I cannot change and it is a

refreshing way to see out

the year.

2014 has been a wonderful

year for us here at HL,

with this our fifth (and we

may even say finest) issue

rounding it off. We have

connected with inspirational

musicians, artists,

individuals, businesses and

environmentalists – some

that we have been following

and dreaming of working

with for years! We have

met many of our beautiful

followers and readers and

have had the privilege

of travelling around

the country to promote

wonderful festivals and

network with like-minded

souls. We thank our lucky

stars each and every day

for being able to do this and

we thoroughly look forward

to continuing into 2015

and practising being in the

moment. Live each day as

if it is your last and we wish

you all a very safe, happy,

loving and green Christmas.

Love Josephine x

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Words & Photos Jade Hopley

It’s a scorching HOT November morning

in Mullumbimby, a small town around 20

minutes inland from Byron Bay. We are

here for a day of Art, Music and Culture

for the Mullumbimby Music Festival. But

first a quick stop in to meet one incredibly

talented man. To say I am a little excited to

meet this artist and get to spend some time

in his studio is an understatement. Inspired

by the POP Art, and Psychedelic movement

of the 60’s, at the age of 12 Potts picked up

his pen and the rest is history! Starting his

professional graphic design career for Rip

Curl, if you grew up wearing this iconic surf

brand, we can guarantee you have worn

one of Potts designs. He now works from

his home studio which he shares with his

equally talented artist wife Anne Leon, Potts

still creates some of the most unique Surf art

and designs out there. Read on to hear more

about our morning with one of Australia’s

best…

How long have you been creating Art?I remember starting to draw around 1967. I was 12 years old & became inspired by the Pop Art & Psychedelic graphics and posters. I thought the St. Peppers Lonely Hearts LP

art

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cover was the most amazing image I had ever seen. What inspired you to study graphic design?The inspiration to study

graphic design came from all

the popular art of the time.

I drew like & copied artists

like, Martin Sharp, Michael

English, Milton Glaser &

Peter Max.

How did you get into Rip Curl and what was it like designing for one of the world’s biggest surf brands?I was designing & printing

my own Tshirts with a friend

in 1982 when I got a phone

call from someone who

knew someone at Rip Curl.

They told me that they were

looking for an artist who

understood

T-shirt design as well as

surfing. Up until then Rip

Curl had only made wetsuits,

clothing was a whole new

area for them. I meet with

their production team, did

some designs which they liked and off we

went. We would design the summer range

in winter and the winter range in summer,

due to the printing at that stage being done

in America. There was no grand plan, if they

liked my designs they would buy it. Some

how I ended up freelancing for them for the

next 10 years.

You have worked and exhibited all over Australia and the World. What is your proudest achievement to date?I don’t think there is a ‘proudest achievement’,

there are more likely a few. Looking back I

would say working for Rip Curl was a high

point, as was my first solo show, which

was in Sydney. I really had no idea how to

go about showing and promoting an event

like this. Then to sell 80% of the work

within the first 2 days, even the Gallery

was pleasantly surprised as they had taken

a big punt on this ‘unknown’ from Byron

Bay. Also being invited to work with the

German glass company Ritzenhoff in 1999.

They use designers from all over the world

and the standard of work is very high. So

being the only Australian designer is a major

achievement. Also topping my year with my

Fine Arts diploma stands out.

We first spotted your work at Café Dbah

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Gallery last year and fell in love! Can you

tell us more about the inspiration behind the

Surf-X-Scape collection?

The Surf-X-Scape works were inspired by

a road trip down along the Great Ocean

Road in Victoria. I had not been back there

in over 15 years. This is the area I learned

to surf & spent every weekend surfing and

its lifestyle swallowed me up. It is also the

home of Rip Curl where I had spent many

a creative hour. While on this trip I was

reading Andy Warhol’s biography, mix that

with memories of my lost youth & you have

a lot of inspiration to draw on.

For the first few years I painted and printed

onto canvas, but it was a bit too ‘clean’ for

what I wanted. So I started experimenting

with driftwood & salvaged timbers. After a

few hits & misses it started to work. I love the

unpredictability of salvaged timber & paint

together.

You’re originally from Melbourne, what inspired the sea change to the northern rivers and how has the change in lifestyle influenced your work?My sea change came about with the

disillusionment of running a small design

studio which had grown to a size where I was

forever dealing with clients and delegating

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the design work to my staff. The drawing

board & myself had separated leaving me

artistically frustrated. At around this time

I became very ill and was placed in hospital

for 2 weeks, then another month of total

rest. It was during this time that I decided to

move north to warmer water with my wife

& one year old son to find a new life with a

slower pace. So we sold the business and

headed north with plans to live somewhere

in Queensland. We stopped in Mullumbimby

to visit friends and just fell in love with

the Northern Rivers. We kept travelling

north for a few more months, but nothing

compared, so we returned to the area and

have never left.

You also became quite well known for the “Phutts” in the 90’s. How did you come up with these characters and what is the message you were sending to the viewer with the “Phuttsville” Collection?The Phutt characters started as doodles and

sketches while on our 3 month road trip into

the far north and somehow evolved into

paintings & illustrations. It’s a look into the

human condition. They are venerable and

skeptical living on a fragile planet, where

everything is not quite what it seems.

Looking at this work now there was a strong

Mambo/ Reg Mombassa

influence I think. In 2000 I

started a Fine Arts Diploma

and this style fell away as I

explored other mediums &

styles.

Do you have any local exhibitions coming up?The first couple of months in

2015 I will be painting a mural

on the side of a recycled

water tank in Lennox Heads

for the Ballina shire Council

and I have been talking with

D-bar about another show in

the first half of 2015, but no

dates are set yet. I will also

be in a summer group show

at the Manyung Gallery in

Victoria, and Barebones in

Bangalow, NSW.

For more information on

Potts beautiful work, or to

find out where you can see

his work showing, please

visit his website below:

W - www.pottstudio.blogspot.com.au

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Words – Josephine Flynn / Pictures – Jade Hopley

If you’re local to the Gold Coast/Byron area or visit our

beautiful shores regularly, chances are you’ve come in

contact with the wonderful souls at Threeworlds. Their

energy, passion, good vibes and super wide smiles have been

gracing the Gold Coast and surrounds since 2001, spreading

love and joy everywhere they go. We were so fortunate to

hang out with Matt and Jason for an afternoon recently and

find out where they draw their inspiration, how they created

the magic of Threeworlds and just how they get away with

having fun all day every day.

THREEWORLDS

business

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Three Worlds began in the living room of your old share house. Can you tell us a little bit more about how that happened and your reaction to its success?We were renting this two

storey, 4 bedroom house on

the Gold Coast Hwy in Palm

Beach.

The landlord said we could

do whatever we liked to the

place because in his words

‘it gives me the creeps’ plus

he planned to demolish

the place anyway. It was

a funky old house and the

rent was really cheap, so

we ran amuck, painting the

place, knocking walls out

and basically having a blast!

It was a rare opportunity and

we definitely made the most

of it!!

Jason and I had both been

trading independently at

markets, small festivals

and running workshops.

Jason’s specialty was making

African Drums and mine was

making fire equipment. One

day we merged our market

stalls and so Threeworlds

was born music, movement,

and meditation. It happened

very naturally and the two

worlds just complimented

each other so perfectly.

The meditation aspect is at

the heart of it all, it’s how

Jason and I originally met,

that common interest that

we share and what sets our

intention and vision behind

what we do.

People kept on asking us if

we had a shop so we decided

to transform our living room

into a showroom. One year

after opening the doors

(well back then the doors

were opened only after the

customers rang the doorbell,

and then only if Jason and I

weren’t out the front surfing)

our business had grown to

occupy not just the lounge

room but now the entire

top floor. The bedrooms had

been turned into an office,

a workshop, a stock room, a

UV glow room, a meditation

space, a jam space and an

extension of the growing

shop. Jason, our housemates

(Jodie and Andrea) and I

ended up living downstairs

and in the backyard, which

was now home to three

caravans and a Tipi.

The shop had become a

home of sorts for customers/

friends of the business.

Threeworlds was fast

becoming a community

centre of sorts. There

were jam nights, parties,

workshops and lots of

people coming to help in the

drum making and fire toys

workshop.

The house was painted from

wall to wall with murals and

other abstract art. It was

really fun and exciting times.

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Why do you think this area of Australia is a good environment for a business like Three Worlds?People on the Gold Coast

are awesome, they’re super

active and open to trying

new things and having new

experiences. It’s all about the

lifestyle here and that’s what

we are all about too, taking

it to the next level. Whether

it be through drumming

with your friends around

a campfire, playing ukulele

at a party or slack lining in

the park. Everything we do

and share aims to uplift your

mind in some way and bring

you back to that connection

with yourself, your friends,

family and nature. Moving to

Burleigh was one of the best

things we’ve done, there’s

an awesome community feel

and the council is starting to

really get behind some of the

local events, like Burleigh

Beat, which is the local

Sunday night drumming and fire twirling

jam that’s been running for about 15 years.

We’re really lucky to have all these beautiful

parks, beaches and sunny days to play and

enjoy in.

At the end of the day everyone wants to be

happy and that’s what we’re really selling.

It’s not the hula hoop or the guitar that puts

a smile on your face, but the experience that

it creates. You really can’t think about your

problems while you’re drumming or juggling

otherwise you’ll lose the beat and rhythm.

It’s not just distracting your mind but it’s

freeing you up and making you feel lighter

and if you change your thoughts you affect

how you feel. We’re in the control seat of

how we feel and can be the masters of our

mind.

What is your overarching vision for the business and what would you love your customers to get out of their interaction with you?Our vision has always been to spread

happiness, inspire people to be the best

version of themselves and create a

community that supports that lifestyle. Like

a ripple that flows out, spreading positive

vibes into the world.

When someone walks into the shop it’s a

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full hands on experience, you can play with

everything. We want you to touch and play

the instruments and circus toys. If you want

to play drums, learn some fire twirling tricks

or a few chords on the slide guitar, juggle or

anything, that’s what we want you to do.

That’s inspiring to you and that’s inspiring

for us.

The business is far more than just a store front now with so many incredible services, (our favourite being the Bongo Bus which seems to have taken on a life of its own.) We understand you’ve travelled with this quite extensively, can you tell us a little bit more about where you’ve been, what you do and the message you send?There’s a lot more to Threeworlds than meets

the eye. Apart from our retail store we have

an online store, we manufacture many of our

own products including African Drums and

Fire Twirling Gear, we wholesale to other

shops, run music and circus skill workshops

and we also offer fire dance and drumming

shows.

The Bongo Bus was one of Matt’s creations.

He loves people, travelling, drumming,

firetwirling and pretty much having fun and

sharing it with as many people as he possibly

can. So he got his bus license, bought an 18

seater Coaster Bus and sprayed it bright

orange (in Threeworlds tradition). That bus

has been on a lot of adventures. From music

festivals all the way up the East Coast to

Cairns, WOMAD Music Festival in Adelaide,

Woodford Folk Festival, Island Vibes and

heaps of local events. Every few weeks we

run drumming jams on the bus, where we’ll

pack the bus out and cruise up to Broadbeach

and Surfers Paradise. The reactions are

classic ‘cause people on the street will usually

hear us coming before they see us. It turns a

lot of heads and gets a lot of toes tapping but

it’s the best when people start dancing in the

street. The main message behind it is to have

fun and be light, never take life too serious.

We’re all still kids deep down.

Can anyone come in and learn an instrument/skill at your workshops or do you need to have some kind of an idea before you walk in?Our workshops are for absolutely anyone

and everyone. We have weekly classes for

beginners in African Drumming, Ukulele,

Didgeridoo and Meditation. There’s a more

advanced class in African Drumming for the

super keen drummers. All our classes are

held weeknightly and usually run for 1 to

1.5 hours. We’re really blessed to have some

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amazing facilitators, including Ago, a Master

Drummer from West Africa.

Outside of our normal lesson times you

can pop into the store anytime for a free,

spontaneous lesson or jam with Suki, Luke or

Chris in our shop.

Every Thursday and Sunday between

4pm 6pm Suki and Matt run a Juggle Jam

in Justins Park, right beside the beach at

Burleigh Heads. It’s free and is part of the

Gold Coast Active & Healthy Program. We

bring hula hoops, diabolos, practice poi,

staffs, devilsticks, juggling balls, spinning

plates, slacklines and more for a full on play-

fest in the park.

We’ve seen the Three Worlds shop at festivals and the Bongo Bus around at special events quite a lot. Do you get a good reaction from people when they see you doing what you do?Yeah the reaction is always super positive,

even more so at festivals and events because

people are there to have a good time and let

their hair down. This year will be our 14th

year at Woodford Folk Festival, that’s pretty

crazy. Our market stall has hosted some

really huge, always spontaneous drumming/

music jams where our whole marquee will be

full of people jumping up and down, shaking

maracas, rocking on, beating

on drums and dancing to live

rhythms made by the crowd

of festival goers. It’s really

magic to be a part of and a lot

of people say to us it’s been

their festival highlight.

Whenever we’re out at these

different places we want to

give an experience and to add

to the festival atmosphere.

It‘s way more fun to become

a part of it, engage in it and

be inspired to learn and

create the music yourself,

rather than just watching

your favourite band and

artist playing music. That’s

when it really comes to life.

You can also supply performers for special events i.e fire twirlers, drumming circles etc. Do you get a lot of interest in these services from the general public?Our Fire and African

Drumming shows are pretty

niche, so we find ourselves

at some wild places. Most

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recently we drummed at the V8 Supercars in Surfers, a work

Christmas party, a life coach boot camp and an opening of

a franchise fast food store. We get asked to do all sorts of

things and we’ve even drummed for a few brides as they’ve

walk down the aisle. Parties are our favourite because we get

to bring extra drums and firesticks and get guests involved.

That’s when the fun really begins, everyone encourages each

other and has a good laugh at their friends.

With festival season just beginning, are you guys busy over the Christmas and New Year period?Yeah it’s a really busy time for us. The shop is going off,

that’s probably because there’s so many great Christmas

gifts (shameless plug). And we’re getting ready for Woodford

Festival which we’ll be heading up to on Boxing Day.

Where can our readers find out more about what you do or come and see you in action?Come visit our store at 20 James St Burleigh Heads we’re

open 7 days a week. You can check out our workshops times

and our online store.

W - www.threeworlds.com.auA – 20 James St. Burleigh Heads

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Words – Mikael Strand (Dubmarine Trombonist) / Pictures – Jeremie Nagabbo (Dubmarine Guitairist)

In late September, Dubmarine had the unique privilege of travelling to Burketown to perform at the Morning Glory Festival.

As part of the festival we also had the opportunity to meet and run some workshops with kids from the local primary school

over ten days.

DUBMARINE DOES BURKETOWN

culture

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Burketown is a small town

located on the Gulf of

Carpentaria, in north-west

Queensland. We needed two

planes to get there as well

as stops along the way at

Normanton and Mornington

Island. The band quickly got

a sense of the magic of this

country and its people. We

were made to feel extremely

welcome and the community

spirit was evident in the

incredible hospitality we

received.

Over the 10 days, we worked

with the kids on writing

some new lyrics to the

Dubmarine song None the

Wiser, which reflected the

natural flora and fauna of

Burketown. The kids also

had the opportunity to learn

some drumming skills on

makeshift African drums

(lovingly put together by

African drumming legend

Elliot Orr).

Needless to say, the

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festival was an incredible

community gathering and

the kids performed to an

enthusiastic crowd. On our

last day the local council

cooked up a huge feast for

the town, which included

Dugong and Sea Turtle,

caught using traditional

Indigenous methods. It was a

fitting last day for the band as

we farewelled this incredible

part of our country.

We were also blessed to

bear witness to the Morning

Glory clouds on our last

morning. These clouds move

over the area in large banks

of unbroken cloud, and it

is a truly magnificent sight

to behold. This area is the

only place in Australia to

experience these types of

cloud formations.

Dubmarine will never

forget our adventures in

Burketown. A massive

thanks must go to all the

members of the local council

for welcoming us to your

community, as well as to

Arts Queensland. And a

special thanks to the people

of Burketown, who allowed

us to share our passion for

music-making with your

children. It was truly an

unforgettable experience for

all of us and we can’t wait to

come back!

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culture

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Words and Pictures - Jade Hopley

Last year we headed over to North

Stradbroke Island to bring you the Island

Vibe experience via video (view on our

website www.holisticlivingtv.com This year

we invited our readers to enter a competition

to win season passes to the festival, the only

catch is they had to experience as much as

they could and tell us all about it because

let’s face it, we can’t just keep the Island Vibe

experience all to ourselves. Plus, what better

way to review this amazing festival than

through the eyes and ears of someone new

to the experience.

Sally is our competition winner and mother

of one extremely gorgeous two year old

Annabelle. Our competition judges chose

Sally’s response because she wanted to show

our readers what it’s like to experience this

family friendly festival from the perspective

of an actual family.

Is this your first time at Island Vibe? Yes, first time.

How did you hear about it?Holistic Living. I saw the video from last

year and entered the competition from the

magazine.

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What were your favorite acts, workshops, and/or activities? Oh the Kids Space, my daughter loved it

there.

Did the sustainable way the festival was run, make you think about the environmental impact of other festivals? Yes indeed! There was minimal waste and I

feel they thought about the least impact on

the land right down to their choice of toilets!

Do you normally go to festivals, if so what other festivals have you been to? Yes I do. I’ve been to Big Day Out, Soundwave

and Raga muffin

How does Island Vibe compare? Will you come back?

Yes I would definitely return for another

Island Vibe adventure! Such a great location,

especially compared to where most festivals

are held.

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Sharon is my mum. She also tagged along to

Kuranda Roots festival. She loved Kuranda

roots (also organized by the rad dudes at

RudeKat), so much that she booked her

accommodation and tickets for Island Vibe

the week we got back from Cairns. Shazza

brings us a festival experience from a

different generation, because just because

your not 25 anymore, doesn’t mean you can’t

party with the cool kids!

Is this your first time at Island Vibe? Yes this is my first Island Vibe

How did you hear about it?I heard about it through the awesome Holistic

Living TV and HL magazine crew.

What were your favorite acts, workshops, and/or activities? Wow so many great acts workshops and/

or activities. Fav acts, Chocolate Strings,

Archie Roach and Bullhorn. Didn’t do any

workshops but liked the Island vibe t-shirt

printing activity and brought my t-shirt

from here so I could pick the design myself.

Did the sustainable way the festival was run, make you think about the environmental impact of other festivals? I was so impressed with the sustainable

practices of the IV Festival. I took pictures

and sent them to people I know on the GC

who work very hard to get the word out

to protect our environment and to use

sustainability practices.

Do you normally go to festivals, if so what other festivals have you been to? Last festival I went to was the Kuranda Roots

festival. They’re hard to separate as they’re

both pretty awesome.

How does Island Vibe compare? Will you come back? I felt the atmosphere, more stalls, location and

activities at Island Vibe were the best. I also

loved location of IV festival will definitely go

again.

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Jade is a seasoned festival attendee, but this

was her first Island Vibe experience. She is a

musician, artist and hippy at heart and was

here to help run some activities in the kids

space.

Is this your first time at Island Vibe?Yes it was my first time to the festival.

How did you hear about it?I heard by word of mouth and it was

advertised around the community. Also a lot

of fellow friends were going.

What were your favorite acts, workshops, and/or activities? My favourite acts would have had to have

been OKA and Hugo and Treats. They did

a great job of bringing the crowd together

and connecting collectively. Also the earth

freq stage had some funky fun beats going,

I had an awesome time there too. I was

helping out at an art space with a friend, so

I enjoyed having the kids come in, creating

and bringing such a beautiful spontaneous

energy.

Did the sustainable way the festival was run, make you think about the environmental impact of other festivals? I was very impressed with the compost loo

system, it was innovative and it didn’t stink

or anything! I was really happy to see the

effort put into keeping the environment

clean, considering Stradbroke has been

protected quite well, apart from the

residential development. I didn’t think about

it then, but now I think about other festivals

and how waste management isn’t a priority

as much as it was at Island vibe. Definitely

can say that they were proactive on the

eco-friendly front!

Do you normally go to festivals, if so what other festivals have you been to?Yes I love going to festivals! I go to bush

doofs such as Manifest, Eart freq and usually

Woodford and Blues Fest every year.

How does Island Vibe compare? Will you come back? Island vibe is much more family friendly

which I really loved, seeing children

everywhere added a lovely energy. And I

noticed there are no substances and drinking

like other festivals can involve. The vibe is

very mellow and gentle, and the people were

really nice and approachable. Also the surf is

right there which is really unique and it’s on

an island, time slows down. It will be up there

with my favorites.

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November 20-23 2014.

Pictures - Jade Hopley

We are very fortunate here

at HL to be able to attend

some of the most popular

and exciting festivals in

Australia. We had heard

so many wonderful things

about the Mullum Music

Festival that this year we

just had to be there. Held

in the hinterland town

of Mullumbimby, just 15

minutes north of Byron Bay,

this usually quiet town gets

transformed overnight to

a buzzing arts metropolis

with 12 venues hosting over

120 shows and workshops

over 4 days.

Launching in 2008, the

festival grew out of a

realisation from locals that

they had the capacity and

resources to promote art,

music and culture within

the town using the beautiful

facilities they already had

culture

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available. Considering the first opening

night back in 2008 nearly didn’t happen

due to severe storms, Mullum Music

Festival has exploded over the last eight

years, drawing international names this

year such as Hurray for the Riff Raff, Nahko

(from Nahko and Medicine for the People),

Andy Brown, Bongeziwe Mabandla and C R

Avery. Aussies lining up this year’s festival

were just as impressive and came from all

over. From locals Bullhorn, Dubmarine,

Kooii, Bobby Alu, and Claire Cottone from

CC the Cat to interstate artists like Declan

Kelly and the Rising Sun, Kim Churchill,

Husky, Bustamento and Jordan Rakei. The

impressive and diverse line up suited all

age levels and had an eclectic mix of roots,

reggae, world, R&B, soul, rock and funk.

As the festival is spread out over the

community, the local businesses benefit

from the influx of festival goers and get to

enjoy the festival atmosphere. Free events

are held over the four days and walking

from venue to venue there is a real sense

of fun, community, collaboration, relaxation

and enjoyment.

Due to the fact the venues are already

existing and capable of holding crowds, the

environmental impact is extremely low.

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Festival goers either walk,

ride or catch the eye catching

“magic bus” from venue to

venue (dressing up advised

but not compulsory.) To

offset any carbon footprint

the festival may create, they

have initiated a tree planting

program with the Byron’s

Bush Regeneration team and

Brunswick Valley Landcare,

which has planted more than

1000 trees in the Mullum

area to date.

The promotion and

nurturing of the local youth

and their passion is evident

in every aspect of the

Festival. Young local artists

are encouraged to apply to

perform and many are given

slots throughout the festival

to showcase their work. A

mentoring program is also

set up between professional

artists such as Declan Kelly

and the local kids to help

them hone their skills and

learn from professionals in

their chosen field.

Mullum music festival is a

place where you will run

into old friends, dance to

your favourites and discover

some new ones. Whether

it be a soulful solo act on a

keyboard such as Jordan

Reiki or the Bollywood

infusion of eleven piece

Bombay Royale, this festival

is hitting all the right

notes and we drove away

exhausted, inspired, grateful

and smiling.

Thanks Mullum!

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Words – Josephine Flynn

Christmas is the most enjoyable and exciting time of the

year. Unfortunately, it can also be a time where we create

excessive amounts of waste and put extra pressure on our

environment but this does not have to be the case! Read our

tips below to create a fun filled and sustainable Christmas.

1 – Create homemade cards and gifts.Homemade cards and gifts is one of the easiest (and money

saving) ways to help reduce waste. Instead of buying lots of

cheap little gifts from the two dollar store (all imported from

China), take time either by yourself or with friends or the

kids to make a gift filled with love.

2 – Buy services instead of goods.Buy buying a service from a local business (e.g. massage,

bowen therapy treatment, guitar lessons) you’re not only

helping the environment, you’re supporting local businesses.

Buying gifts online from a website means shipping costs,

packaging and delivery costs, which are all detrimental to

the health of the planet. Reduce the size of the gift (gift

certificate) and by buying local, you’ve created a nearly zero

impact gift and supported a local in the process – win win!

3 – Support a charity and give a gift that gives back.This is one of our favourites here at HL and we’ll give a lot

of these this Christmas. We LOVE giving gifts that give

back. Our favourite is a gift from Oxfam. They send a card

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to your recipient telling them what gift you

have bought in their name for someone in

the World in need. We love giving chickens,

kids pencil packs, a goat, even fresh water to

people who need it the most. PLUS no gift

that’s going to go out of fashion or run out

of batteries that will get thrown out. This

is the perfect gift for absolutely anyone and

most importantly, those in need benefit from

it too!

4 – Start a tradition.This Christmas start a tradition with your

family that gets everyone thinking about

how lucky we are. Take a bush walk, create a

birds Christmas tree in your back yard with

peanut butter, pine cones, tinsel, anything

that the birds love to play with and watch

them enjoying Christmas too, plant a tree,

take one hour to head to your local beach/

park/river and clean up, anything that gets

your working as a group or family to get

outdoors and enjoy the wonderful world we

live in.

5 – Gift give back.Prior to Christmas, get the kids to go through

their toys and pick toys they want to give to

those in need while explaining how others

aren’t as fortunate as they are. Take the toys

down to the local Op Shop with the kiddies

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and let them give them to

the staff – it gives them a

sense of helping and giving

– which is what Christmas is

all about.

6 – Recycled wrapping paper.My Mum always told me to

save my wrapping paper and

I’ve kept doing that through

my adult life – this has created

a myriad of mish mashed

coverings and a world of

possibilities! You can always

reuse wrapping paper! Get

inventive by sticking pieces

together, using greenery

from the backyard as your

decoration and then keep

your wrapping paper from

this year! Alternatively, use

pieces of fabric as wrapping

paper and give a unique

twist to your gift giving.

7 – Reusable dinnerware.It’s so easy at this hectic

time to rely on plastic plates

and cutlery. STOP before

you pick up that $2 bag

of plastic forks, about the

environmental impact that would have if

we ALL bought just one of those packets…

and being plastic, they’re around FOREVER!

Instead, use the plates you have, if you need

more, go to the local op shop and create a

unique and vintage look at your Christmas

table this year with plates from tables past.

Alternatively, borrow from friends! It’ll be

a talking point at the dinner table and you’ll

look like you’re totally “on trend” with your

vintage inspired table.

8 – Eco-friendly Xmas TreeThis has been a great debate for some time…

which Christmas tree is the most sustainable?

Some say the good old real Christmas tree, as

long as it has come from a specific Christmas

tree farm and not from the forest. Although,

others question the sprays used to keep the

trees alive. Some people opt for the fake

Christmas tree, however, once these are

used a few times they become rather ratty

and end up in landfill. We at HL like to use

what we already have or something we’re

going to keep. E.g. decorating a tree in your

yard or a plant in your home to look like a

Christmas tree. Alternatively, but a plant

that looks like a Christmas tree and watch it

grow over the years while giving joy to your

family at Christmas time. Money saved each

year on buying one and an

environmentally friendly

option for the planet! Yay!

9 – Environmentally friendly decorations.Now we all know Christmas

trees look the best of a night

time with the lights on! This

year, make sure you use LED

lights or energy efficient

lights to keep both the cost

of running the lights down

and if they’re LED, they’ll

last you much longer…saving

money and keeping them out

of landfill.

For the decorations, instead

of buying a big cheap box

of plastic ornaments that

will break and die before

next year, choose to make

decorations at home (an

awesome activity with the

kids) or buy local and support

a local business. My parents

buy one new Christmas

ornament each year

from a local shop or from

somewhere they’ve been

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during the year. Their tree

is always full of memories

from years past and each

piece tells a story.

10 – Shop Local for your dinner table.Visit your local fruit and

veg shop, butcher, baker or

organic markets to create

your Christmas feasts. Large

grocery stores ship in their

produce and is stored in

freezer trucks up to months

before it’s in your fridge. Cut

the cost down and get your

plates as fresh as from the

paddock as possible. More

nutrients for you and your

family, support local and

cut down transport costs for

produce.

11 – Compost.

After serving the masses,

ensure any food scraps go

into the compost and not

into the bin. At least 40%

of house waste comes from

food wastage and that’s

gorgeous nutrients that can

be going into your plants!

Organic material that ends

up in landfill is eventually

compacted and covered,

which reduces the amount

of oxygen it receives. These

materials then release

methane, a flammable

greenhouse gas 21 times

more potent than carbon

dioxide! Create a compost

or worm farm, make your

garden beautiful and protect

the ozone layer all at the

same time.

12 - Clean Green.Once the guests have left

and the Christmas pudding

has settled, make sure you

clean up using all natural

cleaning products that you

can make yourself using

products from your kitchen

cupboard. No toxins, so not

harmful to the family and

no negative impact on the

environment. Use products

such as white vinegar or

lemon juice (inhibits the

growth of bacteria), baking

soda (natural scouring agent,

deodoriser and cleanser),

Olive oil to polish furniture

and hydrogen peroxide to

help remove stains. Essential

oils mixed in to any of these

will give a pleasant smell and

depending on the oil, will

give added benefits to the

task.

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Inspiration, Music

Picture care of Nahko Australianmanagement Heapsaflash

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{NahkoWords - Jade Hopley

A few years back we had the pleasure

of covering an event in Byron Bay for a

community organization called Positive

Change for Marine Life. As we interviewed

the Director of the organization, Karl Goodsell

for Holistic Living TV, we hear a distant

drumming and chanting, slowing making its

way closer and closer. I run off up the street

to be greeted by this amazing crew, lead by

one of the most beautiful beings I’ve ever had

the pleasure of meeting. Overwhelmed by the

magic of moment, I quickly forget my mission;

suddenly I’m snapped back to reality and

continue to run towards the group. In the heat

of the moment, my professional composure

is lost, and I yell, “You are beautiful but you

need to shut up!” Instantly I regret my words,

but before I could recoil, the man with the

drum grabs me and hugs me… I eventually

introduce myself, officially, and explain what

the deal is. We all have a laugh as we walk

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towards the venue together.

Fast forward to November

2014 and here I am writing

an interview for that very

man. In the years following

that first encounter I have

found a deep love for the

music and the message of

Nahko and Medicine for the

Peopl. There is so much I

want to ask, but alas I have

a word count… so ill leave it

here and let you discover the

magic of the man they call

Nahko Bear.

We hear you have a very interesting background. We would love to hear your story, and how you came to be a musician. Everyone’s story is unique.

Mine just happens to be

translatable through music

and storytelling...or maybe

I’ve just been gifted to share

it as such. There are so many

twists and turns and ups

and downs in this story that

reflect the rawness of the

human condition and experience. There’s something in there

that everyone can relate to. I started playing piano at age 6,

kept up with it through teenage years, taught myself guitar

at 14, started writing little songs during that time. All very

angsty teen love songs, ya know? It wasn’t until I moved to

Hawaii in my early twenties that I really started digging deep

into self-discovery and a spiritual path.

You always seem to be on the road, what is your favorite gig to date?Bluesfest this past year was pretty full power. That’s a hard

one. I find so much depth in every performance. A different

beauty is found in each transmission. Playing in the Black

Hills of South Dakota alongside my brother Xavier Rudd this

past fall was also very powerful.

Where is home? And how often do you get to head back there?I go back and forth between Hawaii and Los Angeles. I’m not

in either of those places much, but when I am I soak it up and

ground in as much as possible.

Your music is very socially & environmentally conscious. Do you get much feedback from your fans on how they have been inspired/touched by your words?A lot of the feedback comes from the heart. I’ve heard a lot of

“I’ve turned my life around” stories which is really beautiful

to hear so much because that means we’re doing the right

thing.

We recently interviewed Australian musician Akova who is doing a ‘Time To stand’ campaign, asking his fans to post photos and videos of the sign which will be featured in his

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upcoming video clip. It is a very similar concept to your ‘I believe in the good things coming’ campaign. Can you tell us more about it?Oh, yeah I saw that. That’s so awesome. The

“I believe” campaign is really simple. And it’s

turning into a really cool interactive sharing

stage for our tribe. It’s a picture message,

essentially. It’s a way to show the tribe what

we’re working on and where work needs to

be done still. It’s a hopeful visual collage of

the world we want to live in. And, of course,

it came from the song ‘Black As Night’ that is

all about moving on to the next phase of time

and washing away the old paradigm.

How did you come together with your band Medicine For The People?I met everyone at different times and very

different locations. And what is so beautiful

I think too is that we all have been friends

for some time now and we get to travel and

share healing and ceremony with our tribe.

It’s pretty special.

You seem to be in Australia more and more each year; what is it that draws you to our beautiful part of the world?I have a deep connection to the red land. The

story of the indigenous people of America

and the Aboriginal people of Australia Picture care of Jade Hopley

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are very similar and my work with native

communities here in the states is easily

translatable in the red country. Also, our

music has caught like a wildfire over there

and the people and land seem to be calling us

back all the time. I’m in love.

What’s next for you and the band? We’re on a little break finally so we’re soaking

up some island sun here in Hawaii. Then off

for the four weeks of ‘Water Is Life’ tour in

Australia.

How can our readers find out when and where you will be playing?www.nahko.com

Lastly, what independent music, are you digging at the moment that our readers should be checking out?Trevor Hall, Ed Sheeran, Dustin Thomas,

First Aid Kit, The Tallest Man On Earth,

Tribe Called Red, The Earth Guardians,

Frank Waln.

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Picture care of Jade Hopley

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How did OKA start and how long have you been together now?OKA started in 2001 as a street busking

jam connection that continued into a jam

in my parents lounge room. Our first

album ‘elements’ was born 3 days later and

we started on this crazy journey that still

continues today.

At your recent Island Vibe gig, you spoke about a strong connection to country and culture. Can you please tell our readers about this connection? You hear a lot of black fellas talk of

their connection to ‘country’, this is their

connection to the spirit of the land/mother

earth. Indigenous communities, culture

and customs have evolved from this direct

Words - Jade Hopley

Pictures - Care of OKA

Walking through Island Vibe 2014 on

Sunday afternoon with my counterparts,

all of us on a high after just seeing Archie

Roach perform, reminiscing about the past

two and a half days, I suddenly see Stu from

OKA in the distance. Without a word I run

off to catch him. He stops and gives me a big

hug, and we have a chat about his band OKA,

our shared love and respect for Island Vibe

Festival, culture, family and collaborations.

He introduces me to Marcus Berg, whose

vocals blew the crowds minds the previous

evening; then we bid each other goodbye and

promise to catch up on the dance floor later…

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connection to country. It’s a connection that connects us all as Australians,

we just need to learn to listen and relate to country again. By respecting

& connecting to country we connect to each other through respect, which

builds a stronger community built around looking after earth and each other

and not existing in a world of greed.

You also mentioned that your Yidaki (didgeridoo) has been passed down through generations, what is the story behind that? The Yidaki literally translates to: the sound of mother earth. It’s used in

ceremony to connect to the spirit of country. It is an instrument that is passed

from generation to generation as part of keeping that connection to country,

keeping culture alive.

On your new album Free spirit and at recent gigs we have had the pleasure of hearing the incredible vocal styling of Marcus Berg. How did this collaboration come about? Marcus Berg aka MARKANDEYA is an amazing roots vocalist from Sweden

that we met a few years ago in Bali. We were performing at the Bali Spirit

Festival and he was in the audience listening. By chance we connected the

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next day walking through

the streets of Ubud where he

gave me some of his music.

Instantly we connected and

started collaborating on

some new tracks that ended

up on the latest album ‘Free

Spirit’.

What was the inspiration behind the Mt Wollumbin (Mt Warning) camp outs? The site is very sacred to the local Indigenous community, however sadly a lot of people I talk to have no idea about its history. Is this something you talk to the revelers about when you’re there? The whole idea of the OKA

Camp Out was to reconnect

to the spirit of the land. 

OKA music is all about,

Culture, Connection, Family,

Community, Dance, Relaxing

and living life in the positive. 

So the Camp Out is a way

for us to celebrate all those

things in a two day event. 

We wanted to give people the opportunity

to dance to an extended OKA sound track, to

share a night connected as a community and

even experiencing YOGA in a new way with

an OKA flavour. The true focus however,

was to create an environment for people to

learn and experience Indigenous culture in a

new way and by absorbing the spirituality of

the sacred country. Hopefully people gain a

stronger connection to country, Indigenous

culture and community.

Are you the main songwriter or is it a team effort? Although I’m the main musical and creative

director in OKA the sound is a colour created

by all the musicians involved. It really is the

OKA collective, each player brings a certain

flavour and energy to the sound.

Who are your main inspirations when it comes to songwriting? My inspirations when songwriting are

my family, my culture, my travels, the

communities we connect with along the

way, but most importantly the connection to

earth/country & culture.

We hear you’re also a pretty mean artist! Is this something you have always done? Yeah art has always balanced my life along

with music, I’ve always done it from a little

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kid to now. It’s a big part of my life for sure and a nice

connection I share with my little daughter who is exploring

her own culture, identity & self expression through both

art and music.

What’s next for OKA and where can our readers keep up to date? We are deep in the creation of a new album, recording new

music and preparing a 2015/2016 tour that will see us back

in Europe, UK, Nth America, Asia and in new territories

for us like south America, India, Nepal and South Africa.

A big part of the tour will be sharing our music in remote

communities both here in OZ and over in Canada which is

very exciting. That will definitely keep us busy, so wish us

luck… the OKA journey continues…

Lastly what Aussie artists are you digging at the moment? Well there are some amazing aussie artists at the moment

and some of my fave reggae - roots groups are coming out

of brizzy based studio - ‘Tanuki Lounge’ like Kingfisha

and Bobby Alu. Check out the big sounds of Bullhorn and

the crazy sound of my favourite ‘up n coming’ blackfella

guitarist - Chris Tamwoy.

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Words and Pictures - Kelly Fielding

There is something I really love about eating outdoors. A

big rug on the grass, a spread of healthy colorful food, plates

balanced on knees, the smell of summer in the air, good friends

and beautiful nature- it doesn’t get much better really.

I love eating with my fingers, letting time roll by without any

need to know the hour, allowing laughter and conversation to

flow over the passing of plates and pouring of drinks.

My idea of picnic food isn’t really sandwiches, chips and soda.

Instead, these simple raw vegan picnic recipes are vibrant and

nourishing, full of the flavors of Summer and the colors of all

seasons combined!

I like to make simple food that allows the robust flavors of

seasonal produce to shine- there is nothing quite like the taste of

summer strawberries or biting into fresh ripe cherry tomatoes.

So visit your local Farmers market, grab your favorite picnic rug

and head into the wildness to laze about and enjoy the taste of

summer goodness.

The following recipes serve two to four people.

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C l e a n G r e e n N o r i R o l l s w i t h a v o c a d o s p r o u t s a n d t a h i n iThis was my staple travel food for a while, sometimes minus

the fresh sunflower sprouts! I found that if I traveled with

nori sheets and macadamia butter or tahini and some good

quality salt, I could usually pick up an avocado or some fresh

greens somewhere, and this was just heaven.

4 raw nori sheets

4 tablespoons of tahini

2 cups of fresh sunflower

sprouts

2 avocados

a dozen sun dried tomatoes

Himalayan salt

Lay the nori sheets flat and fill

each one with one tablespoon

of macadamia butter, ½ a

cup of fresh sprouts, ½ of an

avocado, a few sliced sun dried

tomatoes and a pinch of salt.

Roll the nori up and eat fresh

with your hands!

You can choose to add any

fillings you like, but I find this

particular combination so

simple and so tasty. Sometimes

I will add a spread of miso

paste instead of the salt.

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C h o c o l a t e , B e e t r o o t a n d O r a n g e C a k e w i t h R a s p b e r r y C a s h e w C r e a m F r o s t i n gThis was a cake created in part by one of my all time favorite kitchen partners.

How much fun we used to have creating new recipes and going on foodie

adventures! This is a light chocolate cake, lightened by the addition of orange

zest and coconut flour. It is a brilliant red color when sliced and always delights

dinner guests!

2 ½ cups of brazil nuts

½ cup of coconut nectar

1 ½ cups of coconut flour

1 cup of soft or soaked dates

2 beetroots grated

1 orange- zest only

1 cup of cacao powder

Process brazil nuts until they form a fine

powder. Add all of the other ingredients

and process until smooth and the mixture

combines easily. You may need to do this in

batches if your food processor is small.

Press the mixture into a spring form cake tin

and refrigerate while you make the icing.

Icing

1 cup of soaked and strained

cashews (try to soak your

cashew for 2-4 hours)

1 tablespoon of coconut nectar

¼ teaspoon of vanilla essence

2 tablespoons of coconut oil

½ cup of fresh raspberries

1-2 tablespoons of almond milk

Blend all ingredients in a high-speed blender

until smooth and creamy. You may need

to add a little extra almond milk so that it

blends easily.

Spread the icing over the cake and decorate

with coconut and pistachios.

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R a w Z u c c h i n i H u m m u sI think it is almost impossible to have a picnic without

hummus- they were just made to be together. This hummus

uses zucchini in place of the usual chickpeas. You can still

make a raw hummus with chickpeas, you just need to soak

and sprout them for a few days before making. This one

though is simple, fast and really delicious!

2 large zucchinis

peeled and chopped

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons

of tahini

1 ½ teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons cumin

2 cloves of garlic

Paprika and sesame

seeds to garnish

Blend all of the ingredients in

a high speed blender or in a

food processor until smooth

and creamy. I find grating

the zucchini first enables it

to blend really easily.

Taste and season to your

liking.

Serve on top of salad or as a

dip sprinkled with paprika

and sesame seeds.

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A S I A N S U M M E R S L A W½ a large green or purple

cabbage finely sliced

2 carrots grated

1 spring onion finely sliced

1 red capsicum finely diced

1 cucumber finely diced

2 teaspoons of sesame seeds

1 tablespoon of raisons

Dressing

¼ cup dried apricots soaked

+ 2 tablespoons soak water

1/4 cup of tahini

2 tablespoons of tamari

1 tablespoon of fresh ginger

2 tablespoons of lemon juice

1 tablespoons of raw

untoasted sesame oil

Blend dressing ingredients

until smooth, using enough

of the apricot soak water to

create a smooth consistency.

Mix the dressing through

the coleslaw until well

combined, massaging well

with your hands.

Sprinkle with fresh mint and

sesame seeds

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Q u i n o a T a b b o u l e h w i t h m i n t a n d s u n d r i e d o l i v e sTabbouleh is a bit of a staple picnic salad! Fresh and full of flavor with mint,

lime and parsley, this is a delicious salad on its own or with a dollop of zucchini

hummus (see recipe below!) Here the wheat is substituted with quinoa for a

light, gluten free alternative

1 ½ cups of cooked quinoa

1 large Cucumber diced

1 red bell pepper diced

¼ cup of sun ripened black

olives

1 handful of mint leaves, finely

chopped

1 handful of coriander leaves,

finely chopped

1 cup of parsley finely chopped

1 handful of pea shoots or

sunflower sprouts

½ a punnet of cherry tomatoes

halved

1 lime juiced

1 tablespoon of olive oil

Freshly cracked Himalayan salt

and black pepper

Chop the cauliflower into large chunks then

add them to the food processor. Pulse until

the texture is a rice-like consistency.

Place in a bowl and add the cucumber,

capsicum, coriander, parsley and mint.

Squeeze the juice of 1 lime over the vegetable

mix and top with cherry tomatoes, pea shoots

and lots of freshly ground black pepper.

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‘Tis the season to be jolly and

we cannot believe how fast

it has come around this year.

Thinking about Christmas

brings back memories of

summer holidays. Growing

up in western Sydney, I

was not lucky enough to

grow up next to the ocean.

Being a surfer meant that

my summer holidays as a

teenager were spent with

my friends catching public

transport, taking up to 3

or more hours to get to the

surf. This all went down

pre internet, pre surf cam

and no magic seaweed to

check before we left. We

just grabbed our boards and

jumped on those trains with

the faith that Huey would

come through… On the

days we arrived after our

epic journey and the surf

was flat, we made the most

of it. Soaking up the rays,

eating chiko rolls, drinking

chocolate milk, reading

our favorite surf mags and

fantasizing about the age

old surfer’s right to passage-

The Surf Trip. We would

read tales from other surfers

heading north to surf the

famous Kirra Beach (which

I now view from my lounge

room window), or better

still jumping on a plane to

Indo, or Tonga, or Hawaii.

All this reminiscing and

also planning of my own

surf trip got us thinking,

what if we asked some of

our fellow surfer buddies

about some adventure they

have had whilst on the

search for the perfect wave…

Read on to hear Shannon’s

treacherous journey to get to

a deserted wave somewhere

in Indonesia, Joel’s tales

of meeting the all too

famous Bali Monkeys and

Colbey’s (aka Rubber ducky)

memories from this year’s

Bluesfest.

surf

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N i c k C O L B Y

While Easter time for

surfing is focused around

the Bells contest, in Byron

Bay it marks the annual

Blues & Roots Festival

with this year boasting

its 25th  happening.  It’s a

pilgrimage undertaken by

all sorts of folk – the die-

hard older couples who have

also been together as long

as the festival. They cruise

around with armchairs and

laminated line-up guides

happily watching everything

from the edge of the tent.

Then there’s the families

out and about, the teens

who have just legged it

over the fence, the hippies,

the trippies, the skegs, the

bogans from Queensland,

the Sydney-siders, the

Melbourne-ites and all the

international travellers

who happen to be floating

around Byron the same time

as the festival. Then there

are people like me. I grew

up in Byron and now living

in Sydney (a.k.a The Squid)

it always seems fitting to go

home this time of year and

get amongst the action and

my word, what a bunch of

fucking action that went

down.

I jumped in my mate’s car

on Wednesday, also a born

and bred Byronian and as I

write this it’s been exactly a

week of amazement, hilarity,

challenges, confrontations,

dancing and bewilderment

since we left Sydney. The

journey up alone was a

worthy experience for a

long weekend. We surfed a

pumping 4-5 foot beachie

with 20 idiots surfing in the

corner getting amongst the

close outs leaving the far

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more peaky bank down the

beach left un-ridden and

solely for our enjoyment.

In Sydney, if someone even

paddles for a wave down

the beach you’d see sheep

come flocking to the peak

from everywhere as if it

were Jesus himself. The first

session was already worth

escaping the smog. You see,

my mate and I spend a whole

lot of time wondering why

the fuck we left Byron in the

first place and coming home

just re-enforces the question

to ring even louder in our

heads.

That night we rolled into

Angourie quite late and

heckled Rod Dahlberg’s

daughter for a spare couch

to crash on but she knew

better then to let two hedgy

dudes who’d been sitting in

a car for 8 hours into the

house. So we jumped in a

bush with our board bags

sporting all things warm.

But it wasn’t enough as the autumn chill

was freezing under a very bright and full

moon. You could watch lines roll through the

point and build over the hours of paranoid

tossing and turning on our board bags. We

woke up totally cooked from a long day prior

with no sleep and got a few out the point but

not having the best session, we opted to cut

it early and then continued north. Arriving

into the shire my brother and another local

lord who had flown home from Karratha in

West Oz took us to the best banks and we

had another challenging surf. All this and

Blues hadn’t even started. Before I knew it

the cans of beer were on ice at the back of

a friends house and the drunken foolery

began. Although that first beer tasted like

pure heaven it wasn’t easy to keep up to speed

with the rest of the crew on the first day. It’s

not easy either coming home to a small town

where everyone knows what your up to

and everyone wants to make a joke of your

“hipster” or “squirrel” antics moving to the

big smoke. Working at a surf mag, playing in

a band and studying are all excellent ammo

to give it to a once long time local and one

exhausted human from the drive up. Plus all

you want to do is get into the festival spirit

and all your Mum wants you to do is hang

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out with her and yarn the same gossip you

heard the last time you were up. But that’s

just how it is, you give and get given.

There’s nothing quite like a great music

festival. Everyone is high on life, talented

humans are blessing you with organized

sounds you swear are from outer space,

there’s amazing food available everywhere,

there’s beautiful women all around

letting their hair down and you’re usually

surrounded by your good friends kicking up

dust dancing your heart out or standing in

awe at a performance. Now drink a shitload

of beer and add other enhancements to that

concoction and your in for something very,

very special. And that’s how every night was

for 5 days – a hypnotic dance off filled with

laughter and weirdness and cooked brains

that later washed on into town with everyone

getting split up and somehow getting back to

Byron in the wee hours of the morning in

one piece. One thing is for sure is that most

surfers know how to have a great time day or

night. But the best thing about being a surfer

during this madness is that if the surfs good

your up regardless of your state, and that’s

how I got the new nickname “rubber ducky.”

Saturday morning I came too and was in

a car on my way to surf quite solid Lennox

down the beach. My mate got an absolute

ripper of a right in front of me. A 6 foot beast

that barrelled for 6 seconds before he stroked

in and got completely slotted for a further

50 meters. Being far from sober to say the

least watching this moment was incredible

and made me want to out do him. Huey

disagreed with a commanding no in the form

of an 8-ft whitewash chucked straight on

my head. I should of went in then as Huey

was definitely telling me to wash on up the

beach and stick to dancing this weekend but

I couldn’t walk away from the sight of empty

6 footers barreling down the bank. I then

proceeded to seriously struggle to get back

out the back for half an hour. Eventually

my stubbornness got me back out and after

all this I took off on one gem but it ran off

and sucked me over the falls. The next three

waves smoked me and my leg-rope came off.

I started to panic but luckily my board was

floating a mere 20-metres away. I turned and

started swimming as fast as I could thinking

I could get there based on my hazy judgment

between the next wave coming and my board

bobbing in the whitewash.  The frothy wave

was rearing up fast at my back but I was only

just a few strokes away from my saviour so

I thought I was in the clear. I latched onto

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my board and tried with all

my strength to cling on. The

board ripped out from my

exhausted arms. I started

freaking out. This wasn’t

the most hairy situation

I’ve had in the water but I

was completely zapped of

all of my energy. I looked

around with pure panic to

see something that was of

a mirage – a rubber ducky

boat with two lifesavers

patrolling the gutter closer

towards the beach. I yelled

out and somehow they

heard and were there in a

heartbeat to drag my sorry

arse to the beach. I told them

about my night previous and

they suggested I get some

rest. I also stupidly told my

mate about where I had been

the last hour upon arriving

to him cruising in the car

park eating a pie and he had

no sympathy whatsoever,

with a simply reply to my

tale saying “You’re fucking

washed up.”

And yeah to my defence of

course I am washed up, it’s

Easter weekend, half the

town of Byron is severely

hung over every morning

over this 5 day experience,

bar a fair few locals who

head for the hills every time

Blues Fest rolls around. It

was the dumbest thing I’ve

done pushing myself to

exhaustion on that Saturday

morning. But after being

barrelled all weekend and

ending up on stage with the

closing act Watussi on one of

the smaller stages on the last

day of the festival dancing

around with a makeshift

shaker made from a drink

bottle full of the dirt I was

dancing on all weekend with

thousands cheering me on

well, I knew I’d had enjoyed

the weekend for all it’s

worth.

- Colbey

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J o e l H u r r e ySurfing and adventure has

always been my life. I feel

if you take life too seriously

then you’re not “in the

moment” and that moment

will be lost.

With 17 years of surfing

under my belt and some

stunning locations stored in

my mind, life can only be

good. 

As a television surf

commentator / wildlife

expert I am very blessed to

be able to travel the world

and do what I love, surf and

work. Wherever my travel

bag goes, so does my board

bag and after traveling for

so many years I feel I haven’t

even scratched the surface.

A surfing life is a life with

dedication and passion.

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Growing up in Melb (I’m sure

it’s both) as a young gromy

in a non-surfing family, with

no license and the closest

beach 300 miles away, I had

to beg for my Dad to take me

surfing. Lucky for him the

Victorian winters kept me

in the car next to the heater

more than in the water. Ice

cream headaches, frozen

fingers and toes and no hot

showers for miles around

showed me I was born to be

a surfer. 

With age came strength,

advanced surfing and of

course my license, a great

recipe for any young surfer.

Free to travel the open road

and find endless waves with

no one on them, it sure

did sound like something I

wanted to be apart of.

Just like any sport as you

progress so does your drive

to become better, hence

the move the one of the

best surfing spots in the

world, The Gold Coast. I

have travelled to Hawaii,

Indonesia and still agree

with the surfing world that

when the Goldy is on, it’s by

far one of the best waves in

the world.

After just returning from

an epic stint in Indonesia I

learnt two things, 7-11ft is

my limit and monkey’s can

fly (attached picture) It’s

great to be home.....

If adventure is in your

blood and you just happen

to love surfing as well, be

sure to tune in to watch

Joel on Mysurf.tv, Sunday

4pm on One HD to follow

some seriously good surfing

at some seriously good

locations. Joel can also be

caught on his wildlife and

surfing segment on The

Daily Edition on Ch 7. 

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S h a n n o n D a v i d s o nWith no sign of any Westerner, she

passed cautiously through the rotted

wooden boat catching glimpses of dark

faces peering through the shanty cabins

intrigued by her blonde hair and tan

skin. Given the spontaneity of the six

month journey she quickly realised

that her basic Indonesian would not

serve her in this situation. There was

a task she had been putting off for as

long as she could bear but she was now

desperately needing to locate some

form of a toilet. The rear of the boat

was dark and unexplored, a kerosene

lamp clattered noisily against the wall,

hung by a tattered rope giving just

enough light to locate the only door

she hadn’t attempted to enter, a door

barely hanging upright on its hinges.

An Indonesian man sat nearby, cigarette

poised between his lips, his dark eyes

staring her down, she passed with little

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care as she was at the point of bursting. Sea

sickness hadn’t bothered her until the sight

of the apparent toilet, perhaps it was lucky

to not be so well lit as she closed the rusty

door, barely managing to fit in the small area,

the rock of the sea causing her to slip and

slide on the mouldy floor, the stench almost

unbearable. She noticed a small coke bottle

and plastic pipe letting water pass through

the drilled hole in the wooden deck, barely

keeping up to its intended task but assuring

her she must have been in the right place.

She returned to her sleeping area, stomach

now churning, once again finding her spot

nestled between dozens of Indonesians

on the floor. Chickens noisily contained in

woven cages, cockroaches scrambling past

avoiding the heavy footprint of restless

children. Her iPod became her saviour,

relieving the anxiety and reality of how far

she had stepped out of her comfort zone, the

lyrics of her favourite songs meaning more

than ever before, each beat matching the beat

of her heavy heart as she eventually drifted

to sleep only to be woken by the violent sway

of the boat in the treacherous swells. She

lay quietly observing the movement of life

around her. She began to cultivate thoughts

of the human condition, the basic need for

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survival and safety, food

and water, love and equality.

Later she would discover a

boat travelling that night

on the very same route had

capsized in the rough seas

killing seven locals. She had

risked it all for the prospect

of perfect waves.

She was two hours away

from her destination,

now travelling by a small

dugout canoe navigating

bays lined in palm trees

and mesmerising crystal

blue waters. It had taken

almost three days of travel.

The sight was absolutely

spellbinding. A surfer

standing tall in a perfectly

groomed overhead barrel

breaking along a pristine

reef. An immense grin crept

over her weary face and

shivers lit up her spine, her

previously held doubts of

the journey vanished and

she had finally reached the

ultimate surfer’s dreamland.

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Words – Ash Perrow / Pictures - Jade Hopley

Bowen Therapy is a gentle, holistic method of bodywork encouraging

healing and pain relief.  It was originally developed by Australian Tom

Bowen.  In 1975, several years before his death, a public inquiry (government

of Victoria, Australia) reported that Bowen treated an estimated 13,000

patients per year with an 80 per cent success rate in symptoms that were

associated with a wide range of conditions.

B O W E N T H E R A P Y

well-being

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B O W E N T H E R A P Y

Bowen believed that

the  cause or source of

many musculoskeletal,

neurological, neuromuscular

and other health problems

could be found in the soft

tissue or fascia. Fascia is

a structure of connective

tissue that surrounds

muscles, blood vessels,

and nerves, binding some

structures together, whilst

facilitating others to slide

smoothly over each other. 

Releasing the fascia tissue

reduces pain and stimulates

the body to heal in targeted

areas.  Fascia has become

the subject of increasing

research and recent studies

have shown it to be the

largest sensory organ in the

body. It is rich in a range of

receptors that impact upon

the body’s neuro-muscular

physiology.

Being a holistic modality

Bowen Therapy treats the

whole body.   This means that

Bowen treatments can not only reduce pain

and encourage healing but also impact upon

stress and energy levels, toxicology in the

body, immunity, circulation and lymphatic

drainage.  Treatments involve a series of

gentle moves or procedures on targeted

areas of the body.  Clients report muscle

relaxation, tingling, hot or cold sensations

and an improvement in their general sense

of wellbeing.  The non-invasive nature of

Bowen Therapy means that it is suitable for

newborns, infants, toddlers, children, adults

and the elderly.

Bowen Therapy now has more than 26,000

practitioners working in over 40 countries

around the world. One such practitioner is

Ash Perrow on the Gold Coast. We dropped

by to ask Ash a few questions about this

emerging therapy.

How did you get into Natural Therapies?My partner Kylie Lowe has a social enterprise

called Joining Hands (see August Issue 3 for

a full article). A percentage of profits from

Joining Hands goes towards giving homeless

and vulnerable young people health and

wellbeing services including Bowen Therapy.

I was playing in a band called ‘The Lamplights’

and found that I had spare time during the

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week. I wanted to help out

and so started learning some

Bowen Therapy modules.

I knew Bowen Therapy

worked as I had treatments

to recover from a minor back

injury and was amazed at

the results. Once I started

studying I found that I

loved Bowen and the results

with clients were beyond

expectation.

How is Bowen Therapy different from other natural therapies like acupuncture or massage? Bowen is based on sets of

gentle moves across muscles

and joints. These moves

stimulate the fascia which

is a layer of tissue just

below the skin. Messages

are then sent through the

fascia to the brain which in

turn stimulates the Central

Nervous System to exact a

bodily response. This can

be in the form of relaxing

muscles, healing joints or

healing organs. I often say that Bowen works

on similar energy lines to acupuncture. It’s

different from massage in that there’s not a

continual touch between practitioner and

client. The Bowen moves are specifically

targeted to certain points on the body and

a wait time where the practitioner doesn’t

touch the client is crucial to eliciting a body

response. If I put my hands on the client while

their body is processing the information and

response the body may get distracted and the

results may be reduced.

Having said that you do have more of a ‘hands on’ approach than classical Bowen Therapists. Is that true?You could certainly say that. My practice is

always evolving. At this point I use Bowen

Therapy to initiate healing, relaxation and

balance in the body and then I use more

specific energy work to heal the spirit. The

energy work includes Reiki and I’ve recently

been exploring something called Quantum

Touch which has been very interesting.

People often come to see me about physical

ailments but then we discover underlying

causes, such as grief or feeling stagnant, and

we work towards a deeper more sustainable

healing through connection to the heart,

their thoughts and purpose in life. This

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in turn gives them the

opportunity to go forward

and create deeper, life long

healing. Changing their

lives and acting in ways

more in line with their ‘path’

and who they are as unique

beings on this planet means

that their bodies and spirits

are happier.

So a sore neck is not necessarily just a sore neck?I believe that we create

many of our own illnesses

and bodily pains. If someone

is stressed their neck often

gets tight or if they are

trying to meet expectations

not congruent to their path

the upper back may get

tight between the scapulae.

Every thought we have is

communicated to every cell

in our bodies. If we’re in

joy our body feels that and

responds accordingly. If

someone’s worried about

money or depressed they

may get a sore lower back.

It’s a form of communication

from the body, kind of like a

wake up call. ‘These thoughts

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and actions are harming you and you need

to make a change’. I love that the body

communicates in this way. I love seeing clients

shift their pain and replace this with joy.

True healing takes courage and dedication on

behalf of the client and it can take significant

lifestyle changes and developing a greater

self awareness - the outcome being greater

freedom and happiness which is a core

purpose for all of us.

Ash Perrow can be contacted on the below

details:

W - www.GoldCoastBowenTherapy.com.auE - [email protected] - www.facebook.com/GoldCoastBowenTherapy

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