Mysterious Australia Newsletter - July 2012

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Vol. 2, Issue No 07

JULY,2012

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INSEARCH OFQUEENSLANDSANCIENTCELTS.


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Another find awaited in the form of an over 2m tall by 2m wide phallic image. Ogham glyphs cut intothe granite read Ho the Phallus!A faded face on the top half of the upright stone bore the badly deteriorated,shadowy outline of a face, perhaps another Bel image. Time was against me on this trip to carry out anextensive investigation, but this we plan to do in the not too distant future.

*****We arrived at Camilles farmhouse on the evening of Thursday 21st June, two years to the day that we

had arrived there for our first investigation, which had been in response to Camille emailing us a photo of a

large Celtic ogham-inscribed stone from her second property.On our previous search our car had been so full of inscribed stones that we had to leave four large

inscribed specimens behind until our return. One of these I was now able to translate. Its four-sidedinscription stated: Here all things grow in the Suns light. The light of Bel upon this City falls, the City of Bel, so that

fishermen can work and gather fish on the waters in numbers great.The next of these stones was engraved upon five surfaces. It stated: In the City built upright inthe Sun,

Bamo the Eder declares that all ships crews put to sea, at the Suns Temple gather there before Bels Eye and ask for hisprotection.

The next stone translated read: City of Bel. The fourth of these stones contained the message: Onthis landgrain is grown for which we thank the Gods.

On the Friday morning Camille drove me in her truck up onto the scrubland west of her house, to

show me what turned out to be the still visible outline of an ancient road extending south-north. On the eastside of the road at one point was a crumbled former sandstone platform. Lying to one side of this I found a43cm long by 13cm wide and 12cm deep sandstone slab bearing the weathered outline of a bearded rightprofile head with the faded outline of a pointed cap [ie Phrygian cap]. Besides this head, but separated by aslab of sandstone, was a 30cm wide by 29cm tall, 9cm deep sandstone slab bearing a Celto-Phoenicianmessage identifying the head: Eye of Bel watch over King Kobegada, grower of crops. Obviously this ruler had beenconcerned with the agricultural needs of the kingdom and City of Bel, the inhabitants of which, would havenumbered thousands at any one time.

Just south of what appeared to be the end of the ancient road was something that Camille had beenwanting to show me the rubble outlines of a structure, which rock inscriptions and images that I quicklyuncovered, identified it as a Temple of Bel. Lying amid the rubble Camilles keen eyes spotted what turned

out to be a probable Bel head with no identifying inscription on it, but rather unique in style. It measured26cm tall by 26.5cm wide and was 13cm deep.

Not long after this I found nearby Camilles head find on the west side of the temple ruins, a roughlycircular stone 30cm tall by 26.5cm wide head image with the Celtic glyphs B and L on the forehead - Bel.

This image lay near an altar stone measuring 84cm by 80cm by 17cm in depth. The Celtic glyphs for altarand sun were engraved upon one side.

Then just north of the altar stone I picked up a small, partly broken libation bowl with a phallic imagecarved at its top. The rough sandstone bowl was 32cm in length by 22cm wide and 11.5cm deep. At thispoint we returned to the house for lunch and to bring Heather back with us. Further big finds were about tofollow

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On the east side of the ruined Bel Temple Camille discovered a stele lying almost buried in theground, broken in two. Engraved down the middle had been a serpent image and above the head thehieroglyph for an egg with Celto-Phoenician letterings on either side. Joined together the stone was 1m longby 60cm across the base and 75cm wide across the top.

When erect the stele would have faced the east. The inscription read:This stele praises the Sun Serpent Bel who guards the great Egg of Creation,

from which he brought forth all life. Let all life grow in his light.At his sacred Temple Bel the Sun make offerings in

thanks and behold his sacred light.1.4 metres away lay a smaller inscribed stone stating:

Beholdthe Suns Light as he stands upright in the heavens as we gather at his Temple.

The golden grain grows in his light as we gather here to celebratethe Spiral [seasons] of life and the year ahead.

On the north side of the temple and at the beginning of the ancient road I had found a slab broken intwo, but which joined together was 85cm long by up to 59cm tall. It bore large ogham glyphs stating: All

gather here in a body in praise of Bel. Turning our attention to the temple ruin we measured its outline at 10


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metres north-south by 5.8 metres wide east-west. At the west side ancient steps had fallen away at theentrance, which measured 2.5m long by 4.7m wide.

The day was getting late so we all returned to base for the night. Besides I had two large inscribedstones placed by Camille outside her front gate that I had seen on arrival. Now I set to work translating them.One stone measured 53cm tall by 44cm wide and 14cm deep with the message: This stone declares thatmushrooms be gathered for the festival of fertility and the gold brought here by the ships.

The second stone 50cm tall by 52cm wide and 15cm deep read: The placing of the stones in measurementis overseen by Elder Gavin who organises all construction.

On Friday 22nd June Camille directed our attention to her east paddock. At a point south-east of herhouse she showed me a broken slab 40cm long by 20cm wide with a depth of 27cm. This heavy rock boreCeltic script which was soon translated to read: Behold the lightning of the Sun. If there had been more it wasmissing where the stone had long ago cracked down one side.

That day was one of some significant finds made in the vicinity of where the former shoreline hadonce penetrated from south to north across where Camilles road to her house now lay, over what is today agully but in Bronze-Age times was an inlet branching off the vast waterway to the south. On my way down tothe former waterline and turning north along a rise overlooking the inlet I spotted a squarish block oflimestone bearing distinct glyphs. The stone was 60cm long by 40cm wide and 50cm deep. The inscriptionstated: The Sun upright in the heaven, behold his light. Bel our God.

Just to its east I picked up a red stone slab with Celtic ogham statingMa, son of Bada.This messagestone was 28cm long by 31cm wide and 6cm deep. Ma, son of Bada once walked this shoreline over 3,000years ago!

A little further north I came upon a fallen stele,90cm long by 38cm wide almost buried in the ground.A serpent image lay down its centre with a message at the base: Behold Serpent Bel. Behold the light of theSun atthis place.

Reaching the shoreline I soon identified the remains of a waterfront Bel Temple, for here amidscattered stones stood a deteriorating altar stone 74cm tall by 1.5m long, atop which was a flat surface forofferings and below another platform perhaps for the same purpose. The ogham strokes for B andL Bel

were engraved on the altars west side. It lay on an north-south axis. A serpent image was cut into the loweroffering platform or altar. In fact, I had seen an identical Celtic altar a few years ago on the HawkesburyRiver, NSW at another Bel Temple site!

To the north of this altar, lying on its back at what was once the north end of the temple precincts, Ifound a large stele 1.9m long by 80cm wide and 26cm deep. Bearing a large Eye of Bel, ship images,mushroom symbols and other script. The translation was informative:

All people rejoice at the Temple of the Eye of Bel. Ships arrive safely.The grain is gathered in and the giant lizard is slain by Tsa.

Here before this stone all gather to praise Bel.Here consume mushrooms so as to praise the Sun. On this prepared ground of rejoicing the grain grown

in the Suns light is gathered and apportioned to all.The grain grown here overseened by Tarak especially for the Festival

of the Sacred Fungus is placed in readiness.Grain ships arrive from our other settlements commanded by Rata.

We rejoice in the Suns rays.Shortly after this find and just 76cm north of the altar I discovered there were in fact two inscribed

stones so far overlooked. One 50cm tall by 57cm wide by 33cm deep stone bore the image of a duck with theglyphs stating:Ducks swim by day on the water. The second stone 43cm tall by 47cm long and33cm deep read:For Bel the ships of Amah sail for gold. For Bel the White Sun we all gather at this prepared ground to givepraise to Bel.

Camille joined me and I showed her the altar stone and the other finds. She then drew my attentionto a large fallen slab, another stele measuring 1.66m long by 1.2m wide and which contained anotherinformative inscription: All gather together for thesun. The grain grown beside the water, beneath Bels Eye is harvested bythe women who praise the God on high. This stone inscribed by Nui declares.

I also found another stele which measured 1m long by 65cm wide, further south of the altar up on therise overlooking the extinct inlet. Its inscription stated: Behold the light of Bel on high this pillar declares erected here.The Serpent-Sun Bel. Here give voice. All gather in a body before the Sun.

Camille meanwhile next found a partly intact rock inscription on a 54cm long by 40cm wide and18cm deep slab. Its inscription read: The Gods light, Bel, as he rises all give voice. Nearby I also turned up a


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20.5cm by 24cm and 4.5cm deep stone bearing the inscription: All gather for the divine of the Gods, Bel here by thewater on the prepared ground of His Temple.

As we drove back to her east gate of the house I found a small stone beside her gate, 30cm tall by38cm wide and 9cm deep, it bore the message: Eye of the Sun.

Camille needed a rest and Heather was also taking it easy at the farmhouse, when I decided to makeuse of the last 3 hours of daylight. So, already somewhat tired from the full day of rock inscription hunting, I

set off northward following a dirt road that led up a slope to the flats beyond which lay the Bel Temple.However, I left the road to bush-bash entering a neighbouring property. Here on rough scrubby ground Icame upon a fallen stele covered in still visible though fading script. This translation would leave me gaspinglater that night as I worked on many of the inscriptions discovered so far. The stone was 1.93m long by 63cm

wide at the base and 43cm wide towards the top and 70cm deep. After three hours of translation work thatnight following dinner I read the following sensational information concerning the daily lives and activities ofthe people who once were born, lived and died in this vast Celtic kingdom over 3,000 years ago.

All rejoice at the Temple of the Sunconstructed by Natamo the builder;This winter the Elder, the priest of the Sun, over the mountains

in good weather brought people who worship the sunto grow grain and work in our mines of gold.

The growing is helped by the people who come by ship to our land.They worship at the White Temple of the Sun Bel and give thanks for their safe voyages.

The ships bring cattle to this land to breed. The year begins. We celebrate together.The gold we mine is stored in the Temple enclosure, the gold of Bel.

By the water on the land people rejoice. Horses arrive. Men and women celebrate.The crops are farmed in plenty. Men and women celebrate.

Gold is dug in the mines, with copper and tin.The land on which our City stands is rich. King Kogada declares.

On Sunday while Heather relaxed at the house Camille drove me south of the house and along therise above the southern beachfront where in 2010 I made so many inscription finds, then into a gum treecovered gully. Parking in the scrub, we climbed a 60-70ft rise from where after exploring around the top I

found the gully to be an L shaped formation and an offshoot inlet from the major waterway to the south. Atthe east end of the gully which like all the others hereabouts was covered in ancient beach sand, I recognisedtwo ancient stone paths leading down about 20m apart to join at where there had once been a large wooden

wharf.Camille informed me that we were actually just west of the Bel Temple, reached by about 40m bush-

bashing. One could imagine the ancient mariners coming ashore and making offerings at the temple, and thearea around this secluded inlet surrounded by dwellings and numbers of settlers, men, women and childrenmoving about.

I afterwards drew a rough map of this inlet and the vast waterway beyond and the outline of the greatharbour from which the eastern inlet extended northward not far below Camilles house.

After returning to the house Camille later drove me back to the

Bel Temple for some photography. South of the ruins I stumbled upon a badly worn upright-standing Belhead, its right face profile containing the ogham letters B and L. The head was a sandstone slab which hadlost the top of the outline of a Phrygian cap. There was a wide open mouth and large right eye; the identifyingglyphs cut one beneath the other behind the eye. Chalking in the image as I have had to do with all the otherfinds which have for so long been exposed to the elements, I measured it before photography. It stood 50cmtall by 63cm wide and was 19cm deep. However, I found it stood at the east end of an east-west rectangle ofcrumbling stones that had once lined an offerings enclosure.

In the vicinity I uncovered among shrubbery a 38cm tall by 40cm wide, 9.5cm deep slab bearing theogham glyphs for Beland nearby lying on sandy ground I picked up a small Bel head votive offering stone.It measured 15.5cm tall by 10.5cm wide and 5cm in depth; The head possessed a right ear, mouth, nose andeyes with the outline of a Phrygian cap above. The flat back of the stone bore the B and L glyphs for Bel.

The weather had by now changed from a nice day to dull, rain-threatening weather, yet as dark cloudshovered and we began walking back to the truck, I made one last great find in the scrub to the south of thetemple in the form of a large roundish sandstone head of Bel. Its roundish shape, like others alreadydiscovered hereabouts, perhaps symbolising the round face of the Sun.


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This relic had two large eyes and a large nose with long wide-open mouth, and Bel glyphs to the leftof the face. The large image stood above surrounding grass to a height of 58cm by 74cm wide with a depthof 12cm.

This find effectively ended the Gilroys latest visit to the City of Belfor now, but we intend returningas soon as possible to see what else this vast property can turn up and also to return to Camilles otherancient waterfront property which boasts a truncated pyramid and more inscriptions telling of the daily livesof these Bronze-Age settlers.

And we enjoy the wonderful hospitality of Camille!There is also that Bel Temple down on the NSW side of the border to map out;who knows what other exciting finds await us there as well?

Heather and I lead an adventurous, if not unique life, a Mr and Mrs Indiana Jones existence thatothers envy and can only dream about, uncovering lost cities thousands of years old, finding ancient rockinscriptions, pyramids and other megalithic monuments of Australias hidden past. Soon the bush will beckonus again and we will be off on yet another new adventure to see what awaits us over the next hill

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The boulder containing a Celtic ogham Belworship message discovered near a Temple

of Bel close to the Queensland border.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

A close view of the glyphs, tellingworshipers to gather at the stone to worship

Bel. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The 3m tall head of Bel, left profile,found at the remains of a Sun-worship

temple near the Queensland borderon Thursday 21

stJune 2012. Photo

copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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A view of the Bel head and temple looking south.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The large stone beside the head containing script

on the opposite side, identifying the site as a Beltemple. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

A close-up of the male stick figure and ogham strokesstating Bel. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012. The large altar stone found near the Bel head.

Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The avenue of large, worn granitestones heading south.



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A view of the far end, blocked by a large granitestone. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The large, deteriorated Bel phallic imagefound at the site.


Camilles farmhouse from the risebehind the house, beyond is a clear

area with scrubland. The clear area isactually the former inlet heading north

[left of picture].Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The 12km or so wide harbour on thesouth side of Camilles property.The beach extends east-west.

The ploughed land marks the formerwaterway.



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Camille and Heather going overresearch objectives at points on

her property where 3,000 or moreyear old Celtic colonisationevidence is being found.

Photo copyright Rex Gilroy2012.

Side 2 The light of Bel upon thisCity falls. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.Side one of the rock referring to the City of Bel

and fishermens activities. This side states

Here all things grow in the Suns light.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Side 3 Fishermen can work and gather fishon the waters in numbers great.



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Side 4 For the Sun our God may theirnumbers swell.


This stone has five inscribed surfaces. Sideone mentions the City upright in the Sun.


Side 2 states that Bamo theElder declares all ships crewsmust ask protection of Bel.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy

2012.

Side 3 ships putting to sea.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy

2012.

Side 4 the Sun onhigh. Photo copyright

Rex Gilroy 2012.

Side 5 crewmen areinstructed to gather atBels temple to ask for

his protection.Photo copyright Rex

Gilroy 2012.


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This stone reads: City of Bel.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

This inscription says On this land grain isgrown for which we thank the Gods.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Heather points north to the still visible gap in thetrees marking the remains of a Bronze-Age road.

Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.This broken message stone on the east side of the ancientroad at its south end states: All gather here in a body inpraise of Bel. The ruins of the Bel temple are found justsouth of this stone. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The head of KingKobagada foundon the ancientroadside amid

the remains of astone platform

near the brokenmessage stone.Photo copyright

Rex Gilroy2012.

Beside KIng Kobagadas image thisinscription was found which identified the

head image as such.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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Scattered ruins of the Bel Temple. The large stoneat the bottom of photo is an altar stone.


More scattered remains on the western side of theruin. One would have to see the site to detect the

rectangular layout of the former temple.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

A view of the north-east corner of the temple with aruler against large stones once part of the corner ofthe structure. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012. Close-up of the large stones once forming the

corner of the north-east side of the temple.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Rubble forming the south-east corner of thetemple looking south, towards scrub which

produced a number of finds including ancientdwelling remains.



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Rex Gilroys rough sketch plan ofthe Bel Sun-worship temple,drawn on the site in a field

exercise book.Photo copyright Rex

Gilroy2012.

The probable Bel head image found at thetemple site by Camille.


The Bel image found by Rex Gilroy nearthe temple altar stone.


The Bel head exactly where it was

discovered beside the altar stone.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Sketch copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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The altar contains the Celtic glyphs for SunAltar. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The small libation bowl with its severalcentimetre deep hollow and a phallic imageabove, found just north of the altar stone by

Rex.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

This photo shows the positions of the altar, Belhead and libation bowl. The distance between

each relic was measured.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012. The broken stele discovered by

Camille, displaying an image of Bel in

Sun-Serpent form. The stele oncestood upright facing the east on the

east side of the temple.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The inscription was found just 1.4 metres north ofthe fallen broken stele. The message includes

reference to the spiral of life.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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Heather inspecting the fallen, half-buried and broken stele of Bel and

Egg of Creation.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The two large inscribed stones lying outside Camilles front gate.The inscription left of picture contains a phallic symbol, a

mushroom and two ships. It declares that mushrooms must begathered for consumption at the Festival of Fertility The other

message tells of the Elder Gavin who gathers] all construction.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The broken stone found by Camille in her eastpaddock with the lightning of the Sun

inscription. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Rex about to head off on a search forancient Celtic settlement evidence,

wearing his Indiana Jones hat!Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

This inscribed limestone block found above theancient waterfront of the eastpaddock. It

refers to the sun upright in the heaven. Beholdhis light. Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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Close-up of the inscription, carved in Celto-Phoenician script.


The Ma, son of Bada inscription, found by Rex onthe edge of the east paddock inlet opposite the

limestone block inscription.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

This fallen stele states: Behold serpent Bel.Behold the light of the Sun at this place.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Among the remains of a waterfront BelTemple, situated at the north end of the east

paddock Rex identified this altar stone. Itparallels another found at a Celtic Bel temple

site on the Hawkesbury River NSW.

Photo copyright Gilroy 2012.

The altar bears the ogham strokes for Bel.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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The lower altar bears the image of a serpent.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The Serpent image.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Just north of the altar is this image of a duck and themessage Ducks swim on the water by day.


Beside the Duck stone Rex found thisinscription referring to the ships of Amah

sailing for gold.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The large stele containing a description of arrivingships and also mention of the killing of a giantmonitor lizard [Megalania prisca?] by one Isa.



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The stele found on the rise

overlooking the east paddock inletstating Behold the Light

of Bel on high.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The inscription All gather for the divine of theGods Bel found by Rex south of the Bel altar.


The Eye of the Sun inscription found byRex beside Camilles side gate.


The large stele found on aneighbouring property by Rex whichmakes mention of gold, copper and

tin mining, the bringing of workers by

ship to work the mines, and thatcattle are also shipped here as

declared by King Kogada.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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Ancient beach sand on the former inlet floor. Couldit hide ancient relics lost from ships?


Close-up of the top of the inscriptionmentioning the arriving ships with peopleto work the mines and reference to the

bringing of cattle by ship.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Men and women celebrate...Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Camilles truck negotiating the scrub-covered sand

floor of the former inlet that in Bronze-Age timespenetrated here from the nearby vast harbour thatbordered the south side of the property.


Camille climbs one of the formerancient pathways that led down to a

wooden wharf.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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The east end of the ancient inlet, looking

toward the distant edge of the inlet where alarge wooden wharf once serviced ships andtheir crews.


The area of the wharf looking north.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The remains of ancient stone walls andbuildings are to be found around the

edge of the inlet.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

The corner of an ancient building.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.


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A mysterious terracedpyramid hill on the southside of the great harbour,eroded by age, this four-

sided formation resemblesancient terraced Celtic

pyramid-temples found inEurope. Such structuresoccur at New Zealand

Bronze-Age Celtic sites.Photo copyright Rex

Gilroy 2012.

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A rough map drawn by Rex Gilroy of the area as it may have looked in Bronze-Age times.Sketch copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

South of the Bel Temple on his last visitthere with Camille, Rex uncovered thisdeteriorated Bel head with a Phrygiancap broken off across the top of the

image.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Sketch copyright Rex Gilroy 2012


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Another large, roundish Bel head withidentifying glyphs on left side of face, wasdiscovered projecting up out of thick grass.


This small votive offering image of Belwith Phrygian cap was found by Rex near

ruins south of the Bel Temple.Photo copyright Rex Gilroy 2012.

Glyphs on the back of the head identifythe image.



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lease Note

Our previous meeting was a huge success and we look forward to seeing you at our next one.Our next meeting will beheld on SATURDAY21STJULY,2012-same time, same place12 Kamillaroi Road, Katoomba.

So until our next meeting

Watch the Skies!

Rex and Heather

TEAM GILROYAre you aged 20 to 50 and able to enjoy bushwalking

and live in the Sydney/Blue Mountains area.Team Gilroy, who are engaged in the search

for the Yowie and mystery animals andhave discovered relics and rock inscriptionsof maritime cultures that explored Australia

thousands of years before the Dutch or CaptainCook are searching for an interested, psychicallyattuned man or woman to assist Rex and HeatherGilroy on a regular basis in their exciting searchesand discoveries of pyramids and megalithic ruins

of Australias Lost Civilisation of Uru?Interested??

We want to hear from you at 02 47823441or email us on [email protected].

This stone found near the Bel votiveoffering image bears the oghamstrokes for B and L ie Bel.


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