Mar 9,10,11: Women's Weekend
Take a weekend off to celebrate your unique; femininity, energy, beauty and
power with like mined women at the Grove. This weekend is loosely structured
to include activities such as; yoga, bush walking, belly dancing, singing,
meditation, crafts, storytelling, Tarot and Rune readings and anything else
we create together - magic happens! Ring Cath for further details: 4566 4792
or 0417 689963, cost $150. Enroll now as numbers are getting full.
The weekend also provides an opportunity to do personal and relationship
development work.
Mar 31 - Apr 1: 'Languages of Love' Workshop
Jacqui is running a workshop on the language of communication - how to be in
a meaningful and loving relation and to understand how they breakdown. Get
some insights and tools that will help you maintain healthy relationships.
This workshop is limited to 10 participants, full meals and accommodation
provided. Cost $350. Friday evening till Sunday afternoon. Ring Jacqui for
details and dates on: 4566 4614 or 0411 656 350. www.jacquisegal.net.
Apr 6 - 10: Easter ConFest
30 years of ConFest 1976 - 2006.
New site on the Edward River, east of Moulamein Between Swan Hill and
Deniliquin.
What happens at ConFest: Set up a camping spot, relax, join in and make
friends.
Workshops, play shops, singing, dancing, discussions, tai chi, yoga,
jamming, alternative technology, vegetarian market, fire twirling, circus
skills, meditations, walking, swimming and more. You may have some skill or
thoughts you'd like to share with others. Create your own workshop.
Advertise it on the workshop boards. ConFest is as much you as it is any
other person. Be free to just do your own thing. Create or join with a
village that is your flavour. www.dte.org.au
Apr 25 - 29: Sydney ConFest
Sydney ConFesters: "creating a space to experience community while being
yourself!"
You can have lots of fun building an awesome Community while experiencing:
Dancing, Great workshops, Campfire discussions, Camping, Idea sharing,
Swimming, Drumming, Chai tent leisure, Hot tub and steam room and Healing
space. Everyone is welcome including families, children and first timers -
no specific skills or experience needed. www.dte.org.au/sydney. Join the
sydneyconfesters email group.
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Kotema Community Inc & D.T.E. are holding a Pre ConFest Gathering at
the St Andrews Hall on 17th March After the Market ... 6p.m.
Free Entry , Chai, Coffee , etc ..... All Welcome ....
hello confest junky, yes you!
The dates of the next Sydney Confesters gathering have been announced - yes,
we are blessed that the dream and gifts will continue:
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Wednesday 25 April (Anzac Day) 2007 - Sunday 29 April 2007
(Site details to be confirmed)
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Put them in your diary now.
Next Confest Meeting - The Festival Starts at the Meetings - Your Energy Is
Needed
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Wednesday 21st Feb 2007 - 15 Sutherland Avenue, Paddington.
730pm - 930pm
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As usual
7.30 kick off, 9.30 close
EJ Ward Centre
189 Underwood St Paddington
0412363930 if you get lost :-)
See you tonight !!
Sophia
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Dear Festivaltees
Please look at our updated Website for important information regarding the
next meeting and the potential bus to the April festival.
http://www.dte. <http://www.dte.org.au/sydney> org.au/sydney
Regards,
Sydney Confesters Gnomes, Faeries, Ferrals, Delicate Randoms and other
Loving & Loved Souls
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This Group has not been moderated for many months.
This is because there has not been offensive emails or spam for a long time
I this is the only one we get then im happy to keep it un moderated. Till it
becomes an issue
Kindest regards
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Hi every one : )
Thanks for your concern regarding the recent spam.
Mr moderator-Benny is at Sydney ConFest at the moment [www.dte.org.au/sydney]
& am sure he will attend to the mischief makers when he returns : )
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Wonderful news!!
The festival is back on track !!!
COMMENCING in full glory at 1pm TODAY !!
at our usual Ironbark site in Lower Mangrove -
(direction on the website http://www.dte.org.au/sydney)
Come and join in the fun & get your tent up before dusk : )
Thanks to all the efforts of the Rural Fires Service keeping the area safe
by back burning and the heavens for providing a well timed shower.
Thanks also to The Grove for hosting the pre-festival party - the party
goers are now heading to our site.
And to the local Bowling club for keeping our food cool & safe overnight ; )
See you very soon !
*Sydney ConFesters Dream Team*
www.dte.org.au/sydney
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Are you ready to be in a great Online Family and take part in the FUN &
activities? WOOs are offered! Friends who like to have fun and maybe
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we have discussions, jokes and love to welcome new members.
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We are a group of people who love to have fun, have some serious
debates, love to meet new people and turn them into friends. Need some
fun or a hug we can supply it.
-----Original Message-----
From: sydneyconfesters@...
[mailto:sydneyconfesters@...] On Behalf Of alenergie
Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 2:39 PM
To: sydneyconfesters@...
Subject: [sydneyconfesters] LIFT Requested melbourne sydney or sydneyfest
LIFT Requested melbourne sydney or sydneyfest
Dear friends, I am Albert from paris,after melbourne confest i wish to
go to sydney confest. Slownly or kwick after saterday melbourne
confesters party. so sunday and on is parfect.
With lot of love Albert.
04 220 29 713 >
Bisous
albert
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-----Original Message-----
From: sydneyconfesters@...
[mailto:sydneyconfesters@...] On Behalf Of Susan Marr
Sent: Sunday, 21 January 2007 6:15 PM
To: sydneyconfesters
Cc: Sydney Confesters
Subject: [sydneyconfesters] Canberra car pool to Sydney Confest
Passing this on from Gregory
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Hi fellow confesters!
Myself and two other men are looking for a fourth and maybe fifth
person to share transport costs and driving to and
from Sydney Summer Confest, 2007. We are expecting to
leave Canberra on Thursday 25th Jan and return on
Monday 29th (or maybe the the night of Sunday 28th).
We are in the process of getting quotes on hiring a
van or station wagon ( we will hire a 'people mover'
if we attract a fourth/fifth person).
Please let me know on bodywork@webone. <mailto:bodywork@...> com if
you are
interested.
happy Confest!
Gregory Barnes
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Hi,
Take a look at this site, which I found on uk.rec.naturist recently:
Nudists and Textiles
There is a minority of people who get some kind of pleasure from
wandering about in the nude and being seen. I am prepared to believe
that for some of them this isn't even a form of sexual deviation. Of
course for many of them it is quite clearly a fetish, a form of sexual
deviance, and these people are sick but use the acceptable face of the
nudist movement to hide their perversions from the public censure they
so richly deserve. Many nudist beaches and the like are notorious for
lewd conduct and promiscuous homosexual acts. Unfortunately the nudist
and naturist movements are so small they seem to divide the whole world
into us and them, nudists and "textiles" and assume everybody on their
side of their line is good and all the rest are uptight prudes. This is
a shame. There are some people who do feel relaxed and empowered by
being naked among other naked people, they should be allowed to get on
with their own thing protected from perverts spying on them or hiding
within their group.
Most people do not feel greatly troubled by clothes or repressed at the
thought of wearing them in public. Most people are happy to wear clothes
and happier still to see other people around them wear their clothes
too. Such people are normal. The majority. The majority should never be
given a derogatory label by any minority which is seeking tolerance and
understanding. For the nudist minority to call the majority "textiles"
is highly offensive and counterproductive. Perhaps the majority of
normal people should also be called warm-fuckers because of their
refusal to engage in necrophilia? What inventive derogatory names would
those who engage in bestiality like to confer on the majority that don't?
If a group of people go down to a lake and strip off they are turning
that lake into a nudist area and deterring anybody who does not want to
encounter nudity from using that resource in the way that they want to.
Nudism is an aggressive act. It stakes a claim on a large piece of
territory, the radius defined by the usable range of a pair of
binoculars. It cannot be right that two or three people can lay claim to
such a large area by their selfish actions without the rest of the
community having any say in the matter at all.
If you go down to a busy public beach and lay out a beach towel and lie
on it in a swimming costume that is reasonable act. People will give you
a reasonable amount of space to get on with what you want to do. But you
cannot expect a large group of people on a public beach to give you the
space you might like to fly a stunt kite, draw up a full sized cricket
pitch or indeed to lie around naked or to have a shag. There's a time
and a place for everything and the community does not owe any special
favours to people who want to "act naturally".
If you want to fly your kite on the beach you have to go there early in
the morning or when the sun isn't blazing down. If you want to sunbathe
naked you have to find somewhere that does not inconvenience other
people. And being naked is inconveniencing other people whatever you
might like to think about it. You might think that other people should
think like you do but the fact is they don't, and tolerance, the first
step to civilization, requires that you accept that other people are not
the same as you.
Nudism is a reasonable activity and it should be accommodated. That
means designated areas in which clothes are optional and people seen to
be spending too long gawping at the nudists should be moved on or
arrested for breach of the peace. There should be no places that clothes
are banned unless such places are privately owned and administered. As
the vast majority of people are not nudists clothes optional areas
should be relatively small and located in such a way that they can be
easily avoided, they should be at the end of the footpath not right next
to the car park.
The designation of areas for nudists and naturists (a term British
nudists seem to prefer) should be down to the local communities, not the
nudists themselves. Communities should be protected from invasion by
incoming nudists imposing their culture on somewhere they think is
pretty and a good place to spend a few hours and not a lot of money.
Nudists don't have pockets.
Areas designated for nudity is a good idea. There is a minority who find
that walking about naked is "liberating" in some non-specific way, and
of course another minority of perverts who just like to see and be seen
naked. But nudism is not appropriate for everywhere and everybody. Or is
that every body? Most people don't have bodies that are attractive
enough for them to be comfortable parading around naked. For many people
clothes are a bloody good idea. Therefore I am very much against any
extension of nudity into new areas without the appropriate local
democratic decision making, tourists who impose their standards on
foreign communities deserve a good slapping. If the locals don't say
it's alright to go topless on their beaches then it is incredibly bad
mannered and arrogant to just do it.
Nudity and Sexuality
Thrusting your sexuality in the faces of the wider community is not a
basic human right.
Public nudity is not a basic human right.
Nudity is fine in its place: in the nude spa, on the nude beach and in
the home. It is not acceptable in shops, factories, schools, offices or
on the street. Neither is semi-nudity, the boundary-pushing that women
seem to think somehow expresses their personality. It's amazing how many
women keep their personality on their chest and between their legs.
I would also like to see more women charged with indecent exposure. It's
not on for women to go about with no knickers and short skirts or long
dresses with slashes to the waist. Some women are even wearing
miniskirts to work with no knickers on and complaining that men are
looking at them and getting the men into trouble: absurd! That is sexual
harassment and indecent exposure. I wouldn't say that knickers should be
compulsory or that miniskirts should be banned but the combination
certainly should not be tolerated in public, it is exhibitionism and it
is incredibly antisocial behaviour. The idea that a woman can choose to
wear no knickers because she wants to, can choose to wear a short skirt
because she wants to and can choose to do a pirouette on the dance-floor
because she wants to and if any man she doesn't fancy makes a comment
about seeing her pudenda she can call him a pervert for looking at her
is ridiculous.
The perverted response is not to notice.
But don't worry, I'm not being sexist here, I'd make men in kilts wear
pants too and if people of either sex want to go commando they can do so
in skirts that reach below the knee.
The Janet Jackson nipple baring incident was just bad manners. Women do
not expose their breasts on TV except late at night. Everybody knows
that rule. She was just trying to get herself extra notoriety in a tried
and trusted way. Remember Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct? She became in
some people's view the only woman in America with a vulva. Janet was
trying, and succeeding, in becoming the only woman in America with
nipples. And everybody fell over themselves to see that she got exactly
the notoriety she sought. Now if you think Janet Jackson you think
breasts and if you see a nipple exposed accidentally you think Janet.
Any commercial company trying to get that kind of effect on the world's
opinion would have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in
advertising. $550,000 fine? And it was CBS that paid it! She'll be
laughing all the way to the bank.
Do you remember anything about *the plot* of Basic Instinct? Me neither.
After this film was released the world reacted as if Sharon Stone was
the only woman in America with a vulva. But what did we actually see?
Women who dress to expose are a public menace.
Short skirts are reasonable. Wearing no knickers is reasonable. But
wearing a short skirt and no knickers is simply exhibitionism and a
public menace. It is designed to distract men and make out that the
"wearer" of this fashion statement is the only woman in the vicinity
with a vulva and the will to use it.
Women who wear short skirts or slashed skirts and no knickers should be
prosecuted for indecent exposure. No, it isn't reasonable to expect men
not to look or not to notice, they are supposed to notice. Somehow women
think that they can wear revealing clothes and only the men they want to
have sex with will notice! That is absurd.
Repression, Modesty, Exhibitionism and Feminism
In societies controlled by men and in which women have no power the
women are not told to prance around naked or in conical bras for the
enjoyment of the men. Repressed women have to hide their bodies, their
shape and their beauty. Things might be different if the world was run
by bachelors, then perhaps everywhere would look a bit like The Playboy
MansionT, but no such society exists or has ever existed in human
history. In societies run by and for rich powerful men female sexuality
and beauty is dangerous, something to be controlled and harnessed. Men
do not want women to go around half naked and looking sexy. Why? Because
it undermines men's control. Men are not in control of which women are
beautiful and sexy. Beauty is a threat to a well-structured society
because it is nearly randomly distributed. If men could really make all
the rules then princesses would be beautiful because they were
princesses, because they were the daughters of kings. Beauty would
belong to rich and powerful men's wives and daughters, it would belong
to the men who owned those women. Nature doesn't co-operate in this
fantasy so when wealthy men make all the rules and women have no say
women are expected to dress in bags, to hide their faces and forms, so
all women become generic, commodities, chattels. In a world in which all
women are dressed in sacks who is the attractive woman? The daughter of
the wealthy and rich man, the way things should be, by their standards.
Women in male dominated societies dress not to impress or to be
individual but to hide their individuality and to stress their status as
property of their lords and masters, if they wear jewellery it is to
show how wealthy their men are, not to show how beautiful they are.
Women can only be seen as attractive and sexy when securely housed and
guarded in a harem. In public they must dress in sacks and make no noise.
In societies in which young women have power sexuality is expressed
openly. Sexuality and beauty belong to the women themselves and they use
them to their own devices, to further their own ends. Of course older
women want younger women to cover up because they see youth as an unfair
advantage, so older women make alliances with older men to try to
repress these expressions of sexuality, youth and beauty. Older lesbians
can be particularly bitter and twisted about this, hence the feminist
movement.
What is a healthy way to run a society? There have to be standards and
rules otherwise there will be an unceasing arms race of beauty and sex
in which women spend more and more time and effort to express their
sexuality and we will be constantly battling with ever-more sexualized
images and clothes.
Erotic Pollution
What is the benefit to society as a whole from allowing young women to
walk around looking as if they just fell off a Mardi Gras float or the
set of a rubber fetishist porn movie? Oh, she's got breasts and a flat
belly. Big bloody deal. Is that all she's got to express? Is that the
sum total of her personality? Give us a break here. Do you think men
would forget about sex if semi-nudity wasn't thrust in their faces every
few minutes?
How much further can things go? Women are wearing tops that cover one
random fifth of their breasts, no knickers and skirts that are little
more than belts. What else can they do to make themselves look any more
sex-obsessed, desperate, shallow and lacking in self-worth other than to
walk into the nightclub on their hands with beer smeared over their vulvas?
This kind of behaviour degrades the women that take part, womankind and
sex. I cannot see how this kind of behaviour can be anything other than
extremely destructive of a woman's self-image. It transforms her into a
throat into which expensive alcohol is to be poured plus a vulva on
legs. In what possible way is this "having a good time"?
I have nothing against nudity, sex or getting drunk as such but surely
there are better ways of handling these things than doing them in large
anonymous crowds in city centres to the accompaniment of mind-killing
music and light shows designed to induce a state of mindless trance?
I'm 43, I'm allowed to rant like this. Where was I? Oh yes. And if you
think you're wearing that out in public you've got another thing coming
young lady.
Deep healing breaths.
Martin Willett
http://mwillett.org/
Regards,
Dario Western
"There are plenty of good things happening in the world, but it's always the bad
things that people are going to find more interesting" - Johnny Marr
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Sydney confesters gathering
- IMPORTANT information
January Long Weekend Gathering
'IRONBARK' property - Lower Mangrove
9am Wednesday 24th to 4pm Sunday 28th January 2007
FESTIVAL GOING AHEAD AT IRONBARK CREEK
CU THERE AT OUR USUAL SITE
The WebSite is
www.dte.org.au/sydney
If the map is not up in time on the web site
Please send an email to: sydneyconfesters@...
Or Me :-)
Sydney ConFesters: creating a space to experience community while being
yourself.
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT
Sydney ConFesters Gatherings are about experiencing community in an
environmentally sustainable way: helping and sharing in activities including
setting up, creating facilities, communal meals, running and attending
workshops and packing up. It's open to everyone including families with
children - no specific skills or requirements are needed.
* Sydney ConFesters is run by volunteers: It is only possible for
the gatherings to run smoothly if everyone chips in and helps by
contributing in many different ways. You choose which activities and tasks
you would like to be involved with, to help create the gathering.
* To ensure harmony within a large community camping in close
contact, we have agreed on some conditions, they include:
* The gathering is drug-free - do not bring any illegal drugs.
* It is also alcohol-free - do not bring any alcohol.
* Communal areas are smoke-free - please do not smoke in or around
communal tents or areas.
* The gathering is for people only - do not bring any pets.
* Only live acoustic music is permitted (except if required for
workshops or the concert) - please do not play recorded music.
* Sydney ConFesters is non-commercial - please do not bring goods for
sale or provide services for a fee.
* The gathering is clothing-optional, your choice to wear clothing or
not is respected
* Photographs, which include people, may not be taken without their
prior consent.
* Food provided by Sydney Confesters is plant based - please do not
prepare any meat-based meals in the communal kitchen or chai kitchen.
* Set up commences around 9am on the first day, with everyone
helping to erect the kitchen, chai tent and chai kitchen, kid's and workshop
spaces, hot tub and steam room, toilets etc.
* Welcoming Ceremonies are often held after the evening meals.
* Getting to know each other (with lots of chai) all happen while
the facilities are being erected as a group activity. When completed,
workshops, activities and hangout days can begin, with even more getting to
know each other.
* There is an informal concert either on Friday or Saturday evening.
* The last day of the gathering is pack up day where we play
together, removing our presence from the site and finishing with a beautiful
Closing Ceremony.
* There are always lots of newcomers and we aim to make everyone
welcome - if you are a newcomer, go and say hello to someone and ask for an
orientation. If you've been before - share the joy. Hugs are the order of
the day - but please remember to ask first!
* If you see something that needs doing, please do it or ask how to
get it done. See the Tasks Board for tasks to be done. You can help in the
kitchen, front gate, setting up marquees, maintenance of amenities,
cleaning, site care, etc. Please offer your assistance regularly, as we are
all part of the team.
* Action will be taken in the event of inappropriate behaviour of
attendees at ConFesters Gatherings. Inappropriate behaviour may relate to
the use of drugs and alcohol, sexual or physical harassment or
inappropriateness, mistreatment of the site or breaches of policy or
conditions.
* Notice Board is the place for any general or specific notices you
wish to convey to others.
* We depend on your feedback so we can keep improving Sydney
ConFesters gatherings. Please put any feedback on the Notice Board, in the
ConFesters feedback book, or email to
<mailto:sydneyconfesters@...>
sydneyconfesters@....
Workshops
* Anyone can run a workshop and anyone can attend a workshop (check
the Workshop Noticeboard). Workshop attendees need to be aware that Sydney
ConFesters does not oversee workshops and you attend at your own risk.
* All workshops are free.
* Workshop spaces will be set up as part of the general group
activity.
* Please bring all equipment and items necessary to run your workshop.
No power is available on site.
* Workshop spaces are booked by entering details on the Workshop
blackboard.
CONCERT
There is at least one performance night over the weekend. Please bring
ideas, musical instruments, jokes, costumes, etc. that you may like to use
as part of the performance. Get together with some new friends and be
creative.
WHAT'S PROVIDED
* Entry cost is payable at the front gate. (Your work contribution
occurs during the festival). Cash only and exact money please. Festival
costs are:
Entry cost - Adults $60
Children under 17 (with an adult) $2
* The entry cost includes daily lunch and dinner created from plant
based foods as well as chai and other hot drinks. Drinking water will also
be available. Please bring any additional foods and drinks you may require.
Please advise beforehand if you have any special dietary needs, we will
endeavour to accommodate them. Check with the Kitchen Coordinator before
contributing food to the kitchen.
* Part of the entry ticket is a work contribution. Our combined
efforts create this community - and you get to choose what suits you: site
set-up, daily community functions and activities (e.g. Kitchen help,
gathering firewood etc), ongoing site maintenance of all kinds and site
pack-up. Ask what needs doing or check the Tasks Board. (Workshops are
optional and not part of your work obligations.)
* No matter when you arrive, all attendees will be charged the full
entry fee.
* There are plans to erect a kitchen, chai tent, basic outdoor
showers and toilets, workshop spaces, steam room and a hot tub. Basic first
aid materials will be available.
ITEMS TO BRING
As the festival is camping-based, we have included a list of useful items
you may consider bringing as none of these items will be provided (labelling
your gear will help identify them if lost):
Camping gear: Tent, appropriately insulated sleeping bag or doona for the
season, rug, groundsheet, torch.
Eating gear: Personal plate, bowl, eating utensils, coffee/chai mug
(suggest in a carry bag so they don't get lost)
(remember, care for the environment - please do not bring disposables)
Clothes: Warm or light clothes (depending on the season it, could be cold
at night), hat, good walking shoes, rain jacket, swimming gear (all optional
of course).
Extras: Chair, acoustic musical instruments, additional snack foods (only
midday and evening meals are provided), water bottles, sunscreen, first aid
and insect repellent. Earplugs will help to reduce noise. Gardening gloves
and secateurs if you'd like to help with the blackberry eradication.
Smokers please bring portable ashtrays/film canisters.
Workshops: If you would like to run a workshop(s) please bring appropriate
equipment.
THE ENVIRONMENT
* The gathering is likely to proceed regardless of weather
conditions. However, please check for updates on the website & Sydney
ConFesters yahoo group.
* To encourage the best gathering experience for everyone we remind
attendees to act respectfully with and around each other and communicate
honestly, keeping in mind that everyone has different personal boundaries.
Please remember your neighbours may be sleeping, before commencing your
activities.
* Please take all rubbish and waste with you at the end of the
weekend, including cigarette butts.
* Only two campfires are allowed on site (communal area and front
gate). Due to fire hazard, site hire regulations state no other naked flames
are allowed (except in the kitchen).
* The use of the hot tub and creek is not advised if you have open
wounds.
* Tree branches may fall. Take care when choosing your site.
* To protect the trees, please do not park under trees.
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION
There is no Mobile coverage at the Sydney ConFesters site. You will need to
drive approximately 3km to get CDMA coverage or 5km to get coverage on other
networks.
VEHICLE ACCESS
* Drive in and park as shown. Separate Parking areas for: Gypsy
(camping in or beside the car); and Car Free (not camping near your car).
To optimise tent spaces please do not park vehicles close to river or under
trees.
* Access to the site is only permitted during the Sydney ConFesters
gathering.
* To minimise vehicle impact on the site, plan to remain on site for
the duration of the gathering.
* No public transport is available to the site. The nearest railway
station on route is Gosford or Hornsby, (a Sydney suburb) both about 45
minutes from the site. Car-pooling is encouraged.
* All tracks on the site are unsealed dirt, which may become
slippery after rain - drive carefully.
WHERE TEMPORARY ABSENCE FROM THE SYDNEY CONFESTERS SITE IS NECESSARY
Sydney ConFesters temporarily leaving the site are to give their tickets to
the front gate attendees who will mark them with a pass out. On re-entering
the site the mark will be removed from the tickets by the front gate
attendees.
CAR-POOLING
Please use car-pooling as much as possible. Requests or offers of
car-pooling can be emailed to <mailto:sydneyconfesters@...>
sydneyconfesters@... at least 4 days before the gathering
please! When offering or requesting a lift please provide full contact
details, the date, time and place of departure or pickup point, such as a
convenient railway station. No guarantee is provided that a lift will be
available for you but we'll do our best.
The entrance to the property will be indicated by a sign(s) displaying
'IRONBARK' attached to the gate and/or alongside the entry gate.
From Sydney: From Wahroonga take the F3 Freeway (to Newcastle), cross the
Hawkesbury River, continue north on the freeway and after 39km on the
freeway take the Peats Ridge exit at the Calga Interchange. Turn left and
drive along Peats Ridge road for 14km then turn left onto George Downs Drive
to Central Mangrove. Drive 2.3km then turn left into Wisemans Ferry Rd at
Central Mangrove. Drive 17.6 km and after the second bridge (which crosses
Ironbark Creek), 100 meters on the left you will see the entry gate to
Sydney ConFesters with the 'IRONBARK' sign.
From Newcastle: 5.6km after the Ourimbah Interchange take the Somersby
exit, drive along Peats Ridge Rd for 12.7km then turn right to Central
Mangrove. Follow Wisemans Ferry Rd for 2.3km to Central Mangrove and then
turn left into Wisemans Ferry Rd. Drive 17.6km and after the second bridge
(which crosses Ironbark Creek), 100 meters on the left you will see the
entry gate to Sydney ConFesters with the 'IRONBARK' sign.
From Windsor: (this way is 40km shorter than going via the F3) Head North
onto Pitt Town Rd at McGraths Hill for 29km, then at Maroota turn left
towards Wisemans Ferry. Take Wiseman's Ferry (NOT Webb Creek Ferry) and turn
right towards Spencer. 7km after Spencer you will cross Mangrove Creek, then
3km further on, just before Ironbark Creek, the entry gate is on the right
with the 'IRONBARK' sign.
From the entry gate proceed about 1km further into the property and you will
come to the "front gate" control point.
SYDNEY CONFESTERS YAHOO GROUP
You can join the Sydney ConFesters Yahoo Group to keep in touch with
upcoming events, see pictures of previous gatherings and access background
information about the group. Simply go to
<http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/sydneyconfesters/>
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/sydneyconfesters/ click on "Join this
group" and type in your name and password. It's quick and easy!
DISCLAIMER
Whilst every care is taken by the Down To Earth Coop and Sydney ConFesters,
they assume no responsibility and accept no liability for the activities of
patrons or for any loss, injury or damage suffered or incurred by patrons
whilst attending the gathering or whilst located on the Sydney ConFesters
site.
ORGANISERS RIGHTS
Down to Earth and Sydney ConFesters reserve the right to:
* Refuse entry to the Sydney ConFesters Gatherings site.
* Remove persons from the Sydney ConFesters Gatherings site.
* Require vehicles blocking access or parked inappropriately to be
moved.
* Require persons to leave if accompanied by a pet.
* Change festival dates or location with limited notification.
No written, aural or visual record of this event may be made without the
prior permission of Down To Earth. Down to Earth reserves all rights to
publication of any or all records of the Sydney ConFesters Gathering.
Permission will only be granted to make such records on the condition that
the individual agrees to transfer the copyright in the records to Down to
Earth.
IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT ANY ASPECT OF THE JANUARY GATHERING
please contact one of these people - Marie (02 9589 0261) or Jimmy or Gail
(02 9484 1097)
or email to sydneyconfesters@...
We welcome you to Sydney ConFesters
Have a great gathering!
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Hi,
I just want to say that Kev and myself had a ball of a time for our first
trip to ConFest. I had first become aware of it in the early 1990's thanks
to an advert placed by Charles McFarland in Australian Sun & Health magazine
whereby he had filmed some of the hippie goddesses dancing there.
A nudist friend of mine told me that he had been working voluntarily there
and kept bugging me to go along sometime. I finally went down when I had
lent a ConFest video to Kev and he suggested we go down.
I went along mainly to get over some fears and prejudices I had. As I have
had a fear of handling fire, I went to one of Winter's fire twirling
workshops the first night I was there. She was incredibly supportive and
gave me encouragement on my stick juggling techniques.
It was also the second time that I had performed nude for the camera with
Peter Gleeson's 'mud tribe'. I enjoyed myself immensely going around all
the stalls and clowning around whilst clad in mud, sand and dirt. Some of
the others made fascinating face and head dresses (especially 'Wilson'!!)
The food and music was brilliant, and I was incredulous at how those African
drummers could keep up playing 24/7, even though they had a curfew imposed
on them from 2 a.m. - 7 a.m. I can't believe that I lasted for 6 days
without having any takeaway food (and I've made a rezzo for myself this year
not to blow all my money eating at Maccas, Jackas or KFC thanks to ConFest).
The people there were really cool, especially Bex, Cherry & Elfie, Charles,
Matt (the juice bar attendant), Desiree, and the French family who kept the
crowd entertained with their beautiful singing.
I'm definitely going to go back again for this Easter and re-live the
experience, and probably spend my time doing a few workshops too.
Thanks to the organisers for a lovely festival. You are terrific!
Regards,
Dario Western
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Cotter 1976
We went late in the evening, dragging tents and gear
across the trench that had been dug to keep cars out
of the festival area. I settled my three children in
their sleeping bags, and sat around by flickering
candlelight talking to friends and drinking bad cask
wine before crawling into the tent.
We were all up before sunrise the next day, and
bathing in the river. I was more occupied with the
children than listening to speeches or participating
in workshops, but the dazzle of sunshine on water and
skin, the clothing and food stalls and the general
buzz of activity were all heady and entertaining. In
the afternoon we lay around in the shade listening to
music.
We got up extra early on our last day as my friend
Jeni Mackenzie was getting married to Mike Shegog.
Jeni's parents were extremely nervous of nudity, and
it was hoped that by having an early ceremony, the
morning chill would keep most people's bodies at least
semi-covered. We gathered by the river. Junie Morosi
performed the ceremony, with Jim Cairns, a friend of
Mike's, close by. It was hushed as we stood there just
after sunrise, wearing our caftans, most of the men in
sarongs. Words were spoken and rings exchanged. I read
from Kahlil Gibran's 'The Prophet.'
The wedding breakfast was a spread of fresh fruit,
including lots of mangoes. It was agreed that mangoes
were best eaten in the water, so we flung off our
clothes (Jeni's parents having beaten a hasty retreat)
and sat on rocks in the river, juice dripping from our
chins, laughing after the solemnity of the marriage.
Soon the river was crowded with naked bodies, many
starting to become pink in painful places.
For me, Cotter was a pivotal experience. Thirty years
on, I am thrilled that my eldest daughter will be at
the December 06 Down to Earth Festival. From my home
in Nimbin I send greetings.
Nathalie Buckland
This was written by my Mum - I was there (one of her
three children that are referred to). It was a huge
buzz attending the 30th confest - especially as i had
attended the first. The most amasing thing is that it
has changed so little.
Kat
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Hi all,
I'd like to depart stupidly early (around 7am) on the 28th Dec, from
Collingwood.
Station-wagon that will be packed to the hilt with drums, so either
one person with typical encumbrance, or 2 light travellers :)
If you have mechanical aptitude and can figure out why the silly thing
won't run on LPG like it should, then it's going to be super cheap,
(occassionally it does - something to do with the switch).
If we have to do the horrid petrol thing, then it's going to suck :/
Either way, we'll get there.
Looking to return on the 3rd Jan, + or - one day.
Also, I'll be running a series of both Middle-eastern/Mediterranean
and African drumming workshops, so watch out for them if it's your
thang :)
(Hey Marina! Be sure to hook up for much drum 'n' dancin' :)
Peace and Love,
Tony Lou - 0418 121 926
Dun Meister - Purpledog Rhythms - African Drumming Ensemble
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/africandrumming
Principal - Bellyslap! - Middle-eastern Percussion Ensemble
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/bellyslap
hi there! i'm tessa, and i have a friend called Blake, we are looking
for a ride up to confest on the 31st of december from the
melbourne/geelong area. if you can help out, we can help out with
petrol costs and entertaining conversation. also would love a ride
back on the 4th or the 5th. looking forward to it, peace out ###
Hi guys I'm leaving for confest on the 27th or 28th, I have a little
station wagon with with room for a couple of other travelers to share
petrol costs.
Leaving from Frankston.
Give me a call on 0404703089.
Hi, I still have 1 - 2 seats available in the magic red car to
Moulamein leaving Sydney morning or afternoon of Wed 27th Dec, coming
back around the 3rd Jan or...... onto Melbourne for a few days coming
back to Sydney around the 8th.
You can email me sherrycam@... or ring or sms 0432 159 799
Share fuel costs, manual driving if you can, and dreams .....
Much Love to All, Sherry
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