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Today was Christian (anydyamine)'s funeral. A very sad day that many in our community could not share because of distance, short notice, and proximity to EGA & Xmas. Christian used to organise several of the SAB camp outs which were weekends in a beautiful location in northern NSW exploring plants and rituals. I thought it would be a fitting tribute to organise one of these camp outs with plenty of notice sometime in the new year 2018 so that everyone who missed out on the funeral can come and participate in a memorial gathering. No need to have known him to attend, but I suggest to familiarise yourself with his contribution on these forums. It will be a fun weekend. We don't want to be sad, but we want to remember him for the kind and generous person he was. There will be music, campfire, nature walks, maybe some workshops and lectures, and lots of socialising. Please indicate your expressions of interest either here or on the FB thread (or both). This is a picture of Christian at one of the SAB camps a few years ago. He was in his element. Update 10/03/2018 Ok folks, the date i set. Sorry it took so long, but I had to wait for a few other things to fall into place. Please start making your arrangements to come to Mullumbimby from the 20th to the 22nd. Camping on my property will be available from friday lunchtime through to monday lunchtime. If you want to stay around the area before or after then please make independent arrangements. if you can only make it for part of the time then please aim to be there for at least saturday afternoon. This is when we will take some time out to specifically remember Christian as a whole group. To avoid unpredictable numbers this event will be ticketed and there will be a $10 fee. This is simply so we don't get people announcing big groups, but then not turning up. The funds will also help with costs such as toilets, shelters, etc. I haven't quite worked out how to set this all up yet, but will provide details in the next few days. I'll also get some quotes and then set up a donations target. Not aiming for anything big, but just the essentials. It all depends on the group size too. Anyone who can't afford the $10 please discuss with me privately. The fire danger period will be finished by then, so a communal fire in the open paddock should be no problem unless there is unseasonal hot & dry weather. The property has a lot of long grass, so there can't be any fires in other areas, but you can use camping stoves etc.. A BBQ will also be provided for anyone to use. A tap with drinkable bore water is also available for refilling water bottles, etc. I'll provide more info about what's available in mullum and what is not in the next few weeks. The property is just 7mins drive from mullumbimby. It can be walked, but some of it is along a very fast and dangerous road, so best to arrange lifts to our laneway (which is still about 1km from the property). Update 22/03/2018 To be able to keep tabs on numbers and contact details I've set up a hidden item in our webstore for the camping registration. You can't find the item by looking for it in the store. You can only get to it by using this link: http://www.shaman-australis.com.au/shop/camp_site_booking_fee_per_person_pr_2145.php Please register as soon as possible to allow us to start planning for numbers. As with any event, the sooner numbers are known the cheaper it is to get the required facilities. Please note that anyone is welcome, but must have purchased a registration. If you can't afford the registration then talk to us. Registrations are open till the 15th of april, but the sooner you can do it the better we can organise the event. I have also set up a donations section on the forums for anyone wanting to contribute to the camp above and beyond the registration fee. I have not set a goal yet as i am not sure how much we'll need. The toilets alone are $600 for the weekend (for 2 of them). Haven't looked into marquee prices yet. It would also be nice to have some excess to organise a shared meal. I am also working on having a kambo practitioner present for saturday morning. He/she won't be free, but heavily subsidised. This will be a good opportunity to earn your spots without paying the usual $150-$200. Update 15/04/2018 Essential details for packing & travel. Go to post:

Hey everyone, I haven't done a comp for a while so I think it is time to kick the new year off with a bang. Post an original artwork that you have created. It can be any form of art that has not been posted in any previous comp on SAB. Some ideas are painting,music,poem,sculpture any form of art. No copying from the net please it must be your own work and an original. The winner will win a nice fat loph de-graft and whatever else i can find which will probably be cactus LOL. Please like your favourite artwork as SAB users will choose the winner. The art work with the most likes will win the prize !!! Comp ends on Feb 7th Thanks in advance all who vote and enter. Peace

Nice one Sharxx... Here's the first 2 tracks from a new project of mine. I highly recommend listening on good speakers or headphones to get the full experience...

New year 2018 - repotted my Trichocereus pachanoi var. cristata. Bought in Sept 2016 from a Dutch outfit, Succulent Corner, good size but had very little root - I wonder if it was once grafted but had outgrown its stock. Grew hugely throughout 2017 - had to smash the pot to get it out - didn´t want to risk damaging this exceptional plant - found great root growth as well. Repotted in a nice big pot in a grittty mix.

Just for fun i drew this... I dont need any more Cactus

Thanks for the comp sharxx :-) Is photography considered art? If not i will delete my entry. Taken with my camera phone

Wondered what SAB might be. Thought unlikely School of American Ballet, more likely Scientific Advisory Board. Thought I might like to come along, but it will need depend upon transport, (and perhaps whether others have evaluated me as not scientific enough) All the same, fare thee well andyamine ....editing this in "ah!... Shamanis Australis Botanicus,...hmmm that's me, can't see trees for the forest, . . ." . . . the bigger picture too far burned into my skull to dodge, my oddity of mind might be indicative of somehow knowing ... ah, nevermind.

I'll have to confirm when we know dates, but yeah I'm keen too. There was too much happening at EGA, I never got a chance to talk with most of you northerners - it'd be good to catch yas.

I just checked and there are still zoophiles on winmx [the old movies and music P2P where it happened], so if that is what tickles your tapioca and its legal there just install winmx and video search for 'bestiality' or 'horse' or whatever. [Those videos actually are legal in quite a few places] Dont be tricked into paying anything, the connecting patch is free just like the program. Anyway, what I really dont get in all of this is why our cultures brainwash us into being so conceited that we think its our duty to run around judging people on stuff that is clearly none of our business. Unless one of you wants to put the information out there its none of my business what race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, political inclination, hedonic proclivities, etc. you ascribe to. Just because I have a 'right' to have an opinion doesnt mean its my duty to shove my nose into your life and have an opinion by force about everything you do. So it really is not my place to puff up my ego commenting on what it is any of you look at while stroking your boy salami or rubbing your girl bacon. Unless I'm right beside you, helping you stroke it, its really none of my business. This is a forum about plants. MSS is a nice guy who helped lots of people with plants. If hes ever brave enough to return, I wont be mentioning this incident.

Hes american, so no, they cant. Its a very taboo crime here. Its prosecuted more harshly than premeditated multiple homicide in some instances, especially in cases where there was any real world contact with kids, but even people who just download can go to prison longer than a murderer. People are killed just for downloading pics here. Only an imbecile would turn himself in in MSS's country, even if it were to seek 'help'. In my state there is actually an island prison where they are shipped to, the guards main job is to make sure people dont come in and murder the inmates. Another thing about being american, our laws defining 'child' are very screwey. In 5/6ths of america girls can be old enough to legally have sex with and yet any picture of them is prosecuted as child porn and can send you to prison [pornography laws were made at the federal level, so set to the highest age of consent- 18, sex laws are state level, in 2/3 the country the legal age for sex is 16 and in 1/6th of the country its 17]. In some cases the girls could even be fully clothed. The girls you bed legally in australia could be in the same 'child' age range in the US. Torrent was a good point, a mistaken download could very easily happen. When a major blockbuster film came out a friend of mine downloaded a cam recording of the movie from a P2P site, or she thought she did, what she actually got was a movie length dutch bestiality video. In the digital age 800 pics doesnt even get someone counted as a collector, and internet cache counts in prosecutions. Read the news, collectors are busted with hundreds of thousands of images and videos. This isnt 1970. If its true he was given probation he must have been so minor that the prosecutor didnt even see him as a pedo, his prosecution may have just been a technicality for christ sake. And yet his supposed friends here condemn him. Interesting.

Hard to believe we lost another one. Christian was such a warm soul. I'd love to make it If I can.

Anybody from South Eastern Vic? Carpool?

I want to make it to this one, depending on dates. Be cool to finally meet you Tosten, and sab folks is always good folks.

will have to check with the venue sharxx. I brought mine for the first ever camp out, but that's 15 years ago, so who knows what the rules are now.

I am interested in attend. I am sad to hear he is gone :(. Would it be ok to bring the dog too?

Count me and Ren in too please.

I remember that school holiday weekends are a bad idea, so it will definitely be once kids go back. Another date to keep in mind is university semester start. When is that? I'd love some advice on that for all states (school hols I can look up myself). Usually the best dates are between end of school hols and start of uni.

Great idea, Torsten. I would love to make it, but it will depend on the weekend chosen. I'll keep an eye on the thread.

I will there - it will be fun. I've never gone up to Northern NSW for a meet up so will hopefully get to meet some new people.

This would be a big trip for me, i personally didnt know Christian but i've seen him about here and always appreciated his posts. If I can make it up I will.

i would definitely be in

some Stropharia rugosoannulata popping up in my garden. Took a few years to get them established, now they're everywhere.

Bravo... They've eluded me from wild colonizing so many times.

Anybody as I am interested in this too Cheers

welcome Chris! yay to the LED pioneers! wishing you all you seek and a fantastic journey there, -thunderhorse