niggles

Hey @Torsten, I havent found donation details anywhere, but i am using my phone and can barely type on this thing. Could you let me know if you would like them in advance? Otherwise i can bring some to camping.

Hi folks, As you may or may not know, I have just moved up to NNSW to attempt living a completely different lifestyle. Its already showing me many challenges and many rewards. I have started a little blog about it, mainly to keep my mum in the loop now I am far away from her, but also for all my friends and interested parties. A lot of what I am trying to do is very new to me and it is all a grand adventure/experiment in freedom and gardening a deprogramming my head from the city. So I am very keen for feedback, advice, assistance - anything at all really. You can follow along my blog here at : https://nigggles.wordpress.com but I will probably update it here each week too.

Hi folks, I want to plant out the rocvering sites on my property with acacias. Preferably phleb, courtii and obtusifolia. Anyone help? Thanks!

Hey folks, my parter jess is being part of a local art exhibition here in northern rivers at lennox head on Thursday. Any support would be most welcome. This is the event: https://www.rawartists.org/northernrivers/radiant This is Jess: http://www.rawartists.org/jesssaunders If you would like a cheap ticket just let me know we can sort it out

yeah shes pretty inspired. And lives with me in the bush. Amazing tolerant and creative. Win. (Did I mention shes going to marry me?)

theres some more updates for your enjoyment@ lots of photos this time.

Hey just wondering if anyone else here loves mysterious universe. If yu haven't heard of it it is an podcast from some aussie dudes focussing on strange or paranormal events and information. Theyre not true believers or total skeptics, they explore details of the ridiculous and the more plausible. It is often funny and sometimes very thoughtful and thought provoking. I have become fully hooked. They provide links to info on everything they cover from ufos bigfoot, government conspiracies, to new info on gut bacteria and how artificial fragrances can be toxic. So much entertainment. Get into it http://mysteriousuniverse.org/category/podcasts/

So my friend will be in melbourne from the 6th so anytime from then would be great

sorry for slow reply ... i lost this thread, then thought I had a lift organised for her, but it turns out I dont.. I will ask her and let you know

Are you all psyched for this? Finally after years of waitingits back outdoors. Thisevent has been the highlight of the year for me in the past. I'm looking forward to meeting my community again. Seriously if you haven't been or are unsure about attending, make the investment. You just don't get to meet this group of people together at the same time in other circumstances.

I was recently introduced to the Wim Hof Method by a friend, I have been getting some very interesting results... If you dont know about the Wim Hof method, its a form of breathing exercise/meditation popularised by this guy: Wim Hof. He has become famous for his ability to perform extreme feats of endurance, usually to do with resisting the cold. He attributes his achievements to his breathing method. (He currently holds about 20 Guinness world records for various things like running marathon in subzero conditions wearing only shoes and shorts, sitting in ice up to neck for hours on end and being able to consciously control his immune system to some degree) If you would like to see a Vice doco about him and his method it is here: https://www.vice.com/video/iceman I became interested as my friend claimed to have had amazing changes in his health since working with the breathing method each day - eczema and asthma apparently ceased to be a problem for him. So I started doing the breathing, (I have shared a link to a free demonstration of how to start doing this below) and started to get some really interesting results right away. Within a week of starting the course, i was able to hold my breath for 4 minutes 39 secs, without forcing it, it was easy. I started having cold showers as this is part of the technique... Now just to be clear... I hate being cold. I am moving to warmer climates because i find the cold of winter in melbourne to be crippling.. if I am not rugged up my back seizes up and i am in pain for weeks. I cant stand being in cold water. i wont go swimming unless the water is above 28 degrees. So to have a cold shower is something i would never normally dream of doing. However with use of the breathing technique I have found cold showers to be quite tolerable and after only 2 cold showers I had this realisation that all the pain i experience related to cold is actually just me reacting to the cold - not something the cold does to me .. and it is something I can choose not to do! So all of a sudden i no longer have to rug up in fear of having an injury! All it took was some breathing. (and a cold shower) My understanding is that this awareness and control of my physical reaction should be able to expanded to include my immune response.. it is possible I will be able to control my allergies and skin reactions! Whenever I do the breathing it makes me feel extremely calm in a way I have only previously been able to achieve through using floatation tanks or long meditation sessions, but now can be achieved with 5 minutes of breathing. So now I am embarking on the ten week course - I am still in the first week but I feel changes occurring already. I have had some pretty amazing and beautiful out of body experiences doing longer deep breathing sessions.. have accessed some places I didn't think that I personally would ever be able to get to without the use of some mind altering substance. I am really excited about all of this and feel like this technique has opened a whole new realm of possibilities for me. Anyone else had any experience with this? I would love to hear about it if you have! Here is the demo video: http://www.wimhofmethod.com/video-miniclass/

dont fig tease me! wha types you got ?

that was really wonderful! Such a good group of people. Glad to see each and every one of you and share the plants and food. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside to get to hang with younall when im down.

im on way but will be a little late

yeah its very nice and i enjoy their faux meats see you at the gardens

yes there is a meet on this saturday -i will be in the gardens from around midday. also having dinner at loving hut from around 645 tomorrow address below if you wanna come! 377-379 High St, Northcote VIC 3070

That is a fine suggestion! It took me a while to find the sig option but there it is I am glad you enjoy. Imiss you! Ilove you all for being here!

Ok so march update is up, photo heavy this month

Heres some photos// unfortunately i didnt take many useful ones. im just in lismore now for the first time.. the place is trashed. They got so much rubbish they dont know where to put it all. the landslip is about 5m deep.. fortunately no on my block. The other is tuntable creek.. well down from its 9m peak

Hi there, Im not far from lismore and yeah the rain has been epic. Im ok, being up on a ridgeline certainly helps. My road has been chewed up real bad by the water and a couple of trees came down, but my garden is fine and house is fine. Looking at the road reports it looks like it will be a while before I can get to town easily, lots of landslips and roads torn away and still water everywhere, but I have plenty of food, Im all snug in bed watching the rain out the window. Internet is really suffering at the moment, Iguess because everyone is stuck at home, but once I get to town I will post some photos

Had to drop a couple of trees after the hectic rains up here.. both appear to be the same type of acacia.. can anyone help me ID them? Most of the seed pods were dry and empty or too green to get a good seed, but the one I found was very flat and oval shaped like the photo below.. I havent seen them flower ufortunately so I cant tell you about that. Both big trees, sorry they had to come down.

Ive been told it is acacia melanoxylon

the phylodes are about 11cm long.. hope these photos help..

Hey folks just letting you know the dates are set! I will be in the RBG at the usual place at around midday the 22nd April so Ihope you can come along. Also as previously stated Iwill be having a dinner in Northcote at a vegetarian restaurant with friendly people. If you want to come to dinner let me know so I can make the reservations. Look forward to seeing you all!

Great post! Just what I need. I have a friend who is coming to her first EGA. Shes going to be in Melbourne and needs a lift up to and back from the event (shes from QLD) Anyone who can help please let me know. She is a Biochemist/scientist/fulltime uni student just bursting with information, I personally think she should be giving talks but maybe after she has attended I can push that agenda on her But Im sure you will have an interesting time whoever ends up helping.