Author: humansingeelong

Our friends at Surfrider Foundation Victoria are hoping you’ll join them at the beach this Saturday, to take action against Seismic Blasting in our oceans. Bring your board and paddle out, or just show your support from the sand! 

11.30-2pm

March 23rd

Cosy Corner Torquay

Here’s what they have to say: Multinational corporations (TGS and Schlumberger) are threatening to blast 4.5 million hectares of pristine ocean off the Victorian coastline. Blasts are as loud as an ATOMIC BOMB and endanger species such as whales and dolphins. Scientists and fishing communities are clear—this practice is incredibly damaging to local ecosystems. All species studied including rock lobster, zooplankton, scallops and octopus have been found to have permanent detrimental impacts.

Saturday the 23rd of March—join us on Wadawurrung Country to paddle out in support of our ocean. Meet at Cosy Corner, Torquay at 11:30 AM for a midday start.

Bring your board of choice, your signs and your voice—this is the chance for our community to stand united and show decision-makers that we do not want seismic blasting and offshore oil & gas exploration on our coasts.

This is an inclusive family-friendly event. You don’t need to be a surfer … paddle out on a kayak, a boogie board, or show your support from the beach!

Details:

– Meet at 11:30 AM at Cosy Corner, Torquay

– Parking available at nearby Point Danger and Front Beach.

– BYO signs, tee shirts and something to paddle on

– Don’t forget sunscreen, a hat and water

So we can get an idea of numbers, please register here, its FREE, but also fun!

www.surfrider.org.au

Fight for the Bight photo 2019, Cosy Corner, by Phil Hines.

Aussie rock band the Angels will be celebrating their 50th Birthday mid this year. They formed in Adelaide in 1974. Their performance Thursday night at Costa Hall was exhilarating. They played alongside Cheap Trick.

Cheap Trick from Rockford Illinois, America formed in 1973.

Life is for living & dancing! Thanks guys. #humansingeelong #geelong #angels #cheaptrick #livemusic

More footage on our Instagram. x

“Feed Me Geelong is one of the largest food rescue and relief charities in our region, we are dedicated to making a positive impact in our community. Each week, we deliver pre-cooked meals, pantry items and fresh fruit & veg to over 1500 homes for people who are unable to visit our locations.

“Our wasted market is a community initiative that relies on donations to provide a variety of rescued products to the public, helping to reduce landfill. The items vary daily. We weigh items upon exit to record the amount of food waste the community has helped save.

“Our markets are open to everyone and whatever you can contribute helps.

“If you find yourself in need of food relief, please reach out to one of our volunteers. Together we can continue making a difference.”

44 Westmoreland St, St Albans Park, Geelong. Mon – Sat 10-2pm. www.feedme.org.au With One Voice Choir sang at the open day on Saturday.

The Chemical Brothers played their only Victorian gig at Mt Duneed Winery, Geelong, last night. It was positively electric!

They are an English electronic duo, Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands from Manchester, who formed in 1989.

The beat travelled through the earth, up from through the soles of your feet, to your heart then radiated out into the world. Thanks guys, I’m sure Geelong will be buzzing with all that positive electric energy for quite some time.

The Pako Festa is held to celebrate cultural diversity and show appreciation for the artwork and fashion designed by the Geelong community.

The first festival was held in 1983, and currently attracts the participation of around 30 cultural community groups, up to 60 community groups. It is the largest multicultural festival in Victoria.

The Geelong Rainbow Festival is on today until 4pm at Johnstone Park. All loving, kind, accepting people welcome.

I’m proud of our city.

Geelong Jazz Soirées are every Saturday afternoon in February 2.30-4.30 at the Geelong Botanical Gardens. Check out their website for ticket info https://callumwatson.com.au/geelongjazz/

Thanks to all involved & Hot Club Swing for kicking off the February lineup.

Archie Roach in “It’s Not Too Late” sings “it’s not too late to turn it round, we have to find some common ground… not too late for peace and love.

Team member Jacinta Foster-Raimondo attended this morning’s first dawn service at Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-op. This is what she writes: This morning’s first dawn service at Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-op. was so poignant and so powerful… I cried.

CEO Simon Flagg cried too, as he spoke to the large crowd of First Nation People, their allies and friends. He was so buoyed by the large crowd and the tangible support…. so was I.

His message was simple.

This is not verbatim, but in essence Simon was saying, we are not blaming anyone, we want unity, we want to find common ground, we want to walk forward in love and respect, we love Australia, we love everyone who has made Australia their home, we want to celebrate Australia Day…. but this date triggers us.

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“It’s been a fun journey! My name is Flip, I’m a 33 year old artist based in Torquay. I’m originally from an organic fruit property in country Queensland (Bauple). Growing up in the bush with no TV, always encouraged me and my sisters to be creative (there are 5 of us girls). If we weren’t drawing or mucking around in the creek, we were figuring out songs on the piano or jamming out on the guitar. No technology really gave us a lot of freedom which my dad was a huge advocate for.  

“I used to draw a lot as a kid, I never really painted, I found painting really intimidating. Art was my favourite subject in school and probably the only subject I ever did well in, that and photography.

“I remember really enjoying drawing for others more than for myself, I found it rather exciting when I drew something for someone and saw how chuffed they were. 

“I think I stopped drawing so frequently when I was about 12 or 13, around the age my mum passed from cancer. Thinking back, I must have associated it with her and so unconsciously built a bit of an art block.

“It wasn’t until I moved to Torquay about 4 years ago that I made a conscious decision to get back into my art again, I missed it, it was definitely my form of meditation/escape.

“I had been working as a full time Graphic Designer for about 9 years, so I had comfort in a steady job that I enjoyed, while I drew for fun on the side.

“I only picked up painting about November 2022 and decided to give it a red hot crack! The first thing I painted was inspired by my dad. A simple table setting with all of the items that best represented him- coffee, cigarettes, toast. 

Continue reading “Flip Crilley, Artist.” →

A new social support group for adult survivors of child abuse is something Geelong’s Michael Constable is keen to set up. Please Share this information.

Michael’s awareness of the benefits of this sort of group, came from being a participant in them as a survivor of child abuse himself, then with experience in facilitating support groups, assisting in residential workshops for survivors, co-ordinating a national support and information line for survivors and supporters, and having had a 50-year nursing career working mostly with marginalised and vulnerable people.

As a psychiatric nurse and Counsellor himself, he was aware of the limits of talk-based therapy for himself, while recognising its initial usefulness as he experienced and practised it. He sought something more cathartic with which to shift the emotional turmoil, depression-avoidant busyness, dark moods and self-limitation which plagued him.

Michael started to explore non-talk therapies, including Breathwork, art therapy, music therapy, Voice Dialogue, inner child work, non-dominant hand drawing, Reiki, Pranic Healing, affirmation and response writing and Eye Movement and Desensitisation Reprogramming (EMDR). The most powerful, for him, was Breathwork, which he practised with many clients after undergoing approximately thirty sessions himself with a number of practitioners, attending a 6-month course, then a workshop with the originator Leonard Orr.

While Michael found many to be useful, he said alternative therapies are often expensive but not covered by health insurance or Medicare, and requiring money, time and the emotional and cognitive resources to engage with the therapy.

Continue reading “Social support for survivors – Michael Constable.” →