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What Happened to Our Walking Track?
2 Terania Times Issue 57
2014 has seen a major
makeover for Terania Times.
I do hope the changes have
made for a more interesting
and reader-friendly publica-
tion. Your feedback is always
welcomed, including con-
structive criticism.
You will #nd plenty of
interesting holiday reading in
this edition. Melinda gives
some good tips for holiday
reading.
I want to pay tribute to
our regular contributors who
make our job easier and the
publication what it is. At the
risk of becoming a ‘cracked
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it’s available by the beginning
of the month. It’s been a
challenge to get this edition
out in time with the usual
chaos of the ’silly season’.
Wishing all our readers a
happy and peaceful 2015.
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Betty Ryan
Jason & Robin Gough
Maggie Ritchie
Angelos Bakas
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Martha Beasley
Lina Svensson
George Urbarszek
6e Channon Hall
Committee
Nan Nicholson
Julie Wattus
Sho Wakejima
Contact us
Terania
Times
January/
February 2015
Issue 57
Editorial
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The Channon Craft Market Coronation Park (details page 24) Sunday January 11th
The Channon Craft Market Coronation Park (details page 24) Sunday February 8th
The Channon Open Mic The Channon Tavern Sunday February 22nd from 3pm
Social tennis The Channon Tennis Courts Every Monday from 6pm
Kung-fu The Channon Hall Every Monday: 4.30pm & 6pm
Every Thursday: 6pm
Circus classes The Channon Hall Contact Rena 6688 6175
Every Thursday
Seekers and Sages Luncheon Contact Cedar: 6689 1709 Third Thursday
Karate: Kids The Channon Hall
Contact Rachel: 0427 778 837
Every Tuesday & Friday
4:30-5.30pm
Karate: Adults The Channon Hall
Contact Rachel: 0427 778 837 Every Friday 5.45-6.45pm
Rural Fire Brigade meeting The Channon Fire Station First Monday at 7.30pm
community diary
what where when
TO BOOK contact The Channon General Store at 6688 6240
The
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Hall
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phone: 6688 6120
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Marked Building Set-outs
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Identification Surveys
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In April of 2014 a new
committee of 6e Channon
Hall Trust Board began
working on behalf of every-
one wanting to use the hall,
as well as community mem-
bers near the hall. I am one
of the committee members
and want to give you an up-
date on happenings.
6e Channon Hall now
has a website where you will
#nd almost everything you
need to know about hiring
the hall. As before, the hall
hiring is managed by 6e
Channon General Store
(phone 02-66886240).
6anks to the generous sup-
port of Chris, Dianne and
staD, the store continues to
take bookings for the hall.
6e current hire fees, plus
updated hire terms are avail-
able at the shop. You will al-
so #nd the current hiring
rates for 6e Channon Hall
in this edition of 6e Terania
Times.
Due to a couple of unpleas-
ant events that eDected many
members of the community,
the terms for hiring the hall
were in need of an update.
Because 6e Channon Hall
is a place for the community
to enjoy, we trust the new
terms and conditions reEect
everyone's best interests
and intents.
On Sunday, 1 February
2015, there will be a Work-
ing Bee at the hall, beginning
at 9am. If you want to help
maintain this valuable com-
munity asset, please come
along and assist in any way
you can.
We are looking for another
one or two committee mem-
bers. In case you want to
contribute to 6e Channon
Hall Trust Board, please
phone Beth on 66886331.
I can say from my own par-
ticipation that the experience
has been fun and rewarding
in many ways.
We all have useful skills, so
how about applying yours to
help 6e Channon Hall and
the community?
What's Happening at The Channon Hall
Q Big congratulations to
6e Channon's Ruby Ger-
rish, a year 12 student at
Richmond River High
School. Ruby has just been
awarded a swag of awards
including #rst in Personal
Development, Health and
Physical Education, #rst in
English Extension 1, com-
mendations for Mathematics
and Chemistry, and overall
Dux of RRHS.
6is tops oD a couple
of action-packed senior
school years in which Ruby
also spent time
volunteering at an orphanage
for HIV suDerers in Cambo-
dia, travelled to Sydney to
compete at state level in cross
country, and was part of a
RRHS science team that
won the Chemistry Titration
competition at Southern
Cross University this year.
While achieving these out-
standing academic, sporting
and humanitarian feats, Ru-
by also managed to hold
down a part-time job and
play football for Dunoon.
Ruby is currently sitting
exams for her HSC and
hopes to study at university
next year. Keep up the fan-
tastic work, Ruby!
George Urbaszek
www.thechannonhall.com T.C.H. Work Bee @ 1/2/2015 +
out & about
Ruby Gerrish
Issue 57 Terania Times 5
Call to ACTION to create change in LOCAL communities
Lismore City Council will
be visiting seven rural com-
munities over the next 18
months to create action plans
with local people that reEect
the community’s unique
wants and needs.
Council’s Community
Engagement and Partnering
Team will hold a series of
two-day Community Plan-
ning Workshops with resi-
dents encouraged to share
ideas for community projects
they can undertake with the
Council’s support to improve
their community.
6e planning day feedback
will form the basis of Com-
munity Plans and people will
be invited to join Communi-
ty Panels in the seven diDer-
ent areas to oversee the im-
plementation of key actions.
Council’s Partnering and
Community Engagement
OKcer Casie Hughes said
the idea is to inspire commu-
nity leadership and volun-
teering with plans that are
project and activity based,
engendering community
ownership and participation.
“We know from experience
that each small community
in the Lismore Local Gov-
ernment Area has its own
unique character and needs,
so we knew right from the
beginning that a one-size-#ts
-all approach would not
work,” Casie explained.
“We are looking for com-
munity members that have
fresh ideas, creativity, enthu-
siasm and energy. If you have
passion for your community,
then please join this process.”
6e aim of the #rst Com-
munity Planning Day is to
explore people’s thoughts,
ideas and aspirations, and to
document these into actions
and objectives. At the second
Community Planning Day,
Council staD will return with
a draft plan to show commu-
nity and further identify
priorities and feasibility
of projects.
“6is is your chance to
have a say in planning for
the future of your com-
munity,” Casie said.
“6is is a real chance to
make a diDerence at a grass-
roots level and see real
change take place in the
place you live.”
See below for �e Com-
munity Planning Days for
6e Channon, Terania
Creek, Tuntable Creek,
Koonorigan and Keerrong
communities
Where: The Channon Hall
When: 31 January 2014
Start: 9.30am for 10am
Finish: 3.30pm
RSVP: 9 January 2015
Planning Day One
Where: Koonorigan Hall
When: 28 February 2015
Start: 9.30am for 10am
Finish: 3.30pm
RSVP: 9 February 2015
Planning Day Two
If you live in or around these communities and need further information or want to register your attendance at a Community
Planning Day contact Lizette Twisleton or Casie Hughes on 1300 87 83 87.
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New rainforest “bible” is launched
H ugh and Nan Nicholson
have #nally released the
computer-based inter-
active key for rainforest identi#cation
that nobody actually believed they
would ever #nish.
It has taken 13 years but Rainforest
Plants of Australia – Rockhampton to
Victoria is now available.
6e new key has been a mammoth un-
paid eDort by four colleagues. As well as
Hugh and Nan, Gwen Harden and Bill
McDonald, the authors of the well-
known “Red Book” and “Green Book”,
have been involved from the outset.
Gwen is a retired botanist from the Na-
tional Herbarium of NSW in Sydney
and editor of the 4-volume Flora of
NSW. Bill is a retired ecologist from
the Queensland Herbarium with an
encyclopaedic knowledge of the
Queensland Eora.
Hugh is the photographer for the
key and has contributed or collected
over 12,000 photos of the 1139 species
of trees, shrubs, vines and mistletoes.
He and Nan have travelled 1000’s of km
to rainforest sites in Queensland, NSW
and Victoria to gather the photographs
and collect herbarium specimens.
With this USB key, people with little
or no botanical knowledge will be able to
work out the names of rainforest plants
that they see around them. Even fruits
or Eowers picked up from the
forest Eoor can be identi#ed to species.
6is key will make life a lot easier for
landcare workers, consultants, research-
ers, gardeners, environmentalists, profes-
sional botanists – in fact anyone interest-
ed in rainforests.
It is available for sale for $80 from
www.rainforestplantsofaustralia.com
or you can pick one up directly from
the Nicholsons if you ring them
on 66 886 204.
Hugh and Nan will run a free work-
shop on using the key for Channon lo-
cals. It will be at their house at 391 6e
Channon Rd, 6e Channon (entry via
6e Channon Village Campground) in
early January, on a date to be con#rmed.
Ring 66 886 204 if you would like to be
part of it. If you bring your own laptop
you will be able to start using the key
and take advantage of some expert help.
Bring your key if you have already
bought it or you can buy it on the day.
Issue 57 Terania Times 7
T he Walking Track was
constructed by local people
under an EnviTE Work for
the Dole/Training Scheme back in 1995
on the land along the side of Terania
Creek between the Tennis Courts and
Madman’s Gully. 6e initial project
unfortunately never completed its in-
tended #nish and was left in limbo with-
out any real end before Madman’s Gul-
ly. 6e initial plantings became over-
grown with weeds and the track slowly
degraded.
6anks to a council grant the track
was #nally completed and linked across
Madman’s gully to Coronation Park in
2004. Since then 6e Channon Land-
care have cleared a large portion of weed
growth and carried out several plantings.
6is work has allowed native Eora to
thrive.
However, inherent faults in the ini-
tial track work mean that problems re-
main with landslips, and the slippery
nature of the surface has limited safe
access to the public.
6e long-term vision for the track is
to address some of these problems. 6is
includes revegetation along the track so
that it becomes a well-used recreational
asset of the village. In order to achieve
this it was thought that the main access
be created at the end of Mill Street and
putting partial steps on the steeper sec-
tions of the track. It is hoped that by
changing the access position and closing
the original section to the tennis courts,
major construction work can be avoided
for a while as the rest of the track gains
use. 6is proposed entrance point would
allow access to an open area which is
regularly mown and provides a pleasant
picnic area which could be further devel-
oped into an information and interpreta-
tion site.
6e Channon Public Hall Trust
Committee, as administrators of the
Walking Track Reserve, are looking for
anyone with pictures of before, during
and after the track was built so that we
may copy them to make a historical rec-
ord and show them on an information
board along the track.
If you can help with photos, infor-
mation, and even your view of the future
of the Walking Track, please phone
Beth Wallach on 66886331.
The Channon Walking Track A Great Community Asset
Call Jeremy
t: 02 6689 5414
m: 0457 895 414
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Intentional teaching at the TCCC
W hen the Tuntable
Creek Landcare Group
was started back in
1991 the group had a vision to rehabili-
tate the riparian zone along accessible
sections of Tuntable Creek. Integral to
this was involving the students at Tunt-
able Creek Public School. Consequently
a nursery was set up within the school
grounds where students could actively
learn about seed collection and propaga-
tion. One of the early projects was a
planting inside the school grounds of
local rainforest species suited to a school
garden. Now, some 15 years later, these
plantings are well established providing
ongoing student learning opportunities.
Another project, a site on the steep
creek bank next to the school, long used
as a public dumping point, was planted
out with species designed to slow ero-
sion of the site. An access track from the
school to the creek was refurbished with
the help of funding and work by Tursa
and is still used by school students and
the public today. Next year we aim to
continue work on this site and hope to
attain funding to extend work further
north along the creek bank.
In August this year Tuntable Creek
Landcare Inc was invited by the Tunta-
ble Creek Public School Principal, Ali-
son Bath, to once again reconnect with
the school as a collaborative partner in
their project to protect the Giant Barred
Frog, Mixophyes iterates, a critically en-
dangered frog which has been identi#ed
in our area. Our members have conduct-
ed a walk around the school planting
where current students learnt to identify
both native tree species and invasive
weed species as well as develop a better
understanding of the role of habitat
creation for fauna such as the Giant
Barred Frog.
In December Tuntable Creek Land-
care Inc and Tuntable Creek Hall Trust
combined their eDorts as the‘Charity of
the Day’ at the Channon Craft Market.
6is fundraising opportunity is vital to
our organisation’s ability to function and
we are grateful to the market and its pa-
trons for their support.
2015 is shaping up to be an inspiring
and busy year for our group. Our mem-
bership has risen from a caretaker four
to an enthusiastic sixteen and we wel-
come our new members along with their
knowledge, skills, experience and new
ideas for future projects. Richmond
Landcare Inc has been invaluable in
helping our group with setting up a
website as well as other administrative
details and we look forward to continu-
ing our association in 2015.
TCL Inc committee
President John Wyngarden
t: 0415482009
Treasurer Amanda Furze
t: 66886385
Secretaty Lina Svensson
t: 0427891781
Public O<cer Jo Pitt
t: 66886459
email [email protected]
website www.tuntablecreeklandcare.org
Wishing everyone a safe and
happy holiday season.
Regards, Lina Svensson
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Giant Barred Frog, Mixophyes Iteratus
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Around The Channon
Excerpts from Pauline Barratt’s historical book published in 1999
T he early settlers took up their land on the understanding that the state government would pro-
vide access to their properties. In this area this was slow to happen. It took until 1905 for work to begin on a road between Rocky Creek and Terania Creek. 6is was followed by work on Tuntable Creek Road as far as Dunn's selection, three miles from 6e Channon and on a road into the Terania Creek Valley known as the Closer Settlement Road. 6e construction of these roads made life a little easier. But from then on it was a constant battle between resi-dents and the Public Works Department and later Terania Shire Council to have them maintained. In 1907 a bridge was built over Rocky Creek. 6ere had been many near fatali-ties on the Rocky Creek crossing. 6e contract for the bridge was let to Kenne-dy & Ward for £400. 6e ironbark piles, girders and heavy bridge timber were cut from George Rose's selection on Tunta-ble Creek. 6e sawn timber came from Roach's Mill. 6e bridge was oKcially opened in November 1907 by Terania Shire President, Cr. W. Massey Greene. Following the opening, a Basket Picnic and Sports Day was held on George Bailey's property beside the bridge, and about 400 people attended. In 1911 a water trough was erected half way down McCarthy's Grass Cutting (now called 6e Channon Cutting) to water the horses and bullocks using the road. 6e trough was moved to Corona-tion Park many years later.
6e Tuntable Creek Road was extended past Dunn's selection in 1909 to meet up with a road being constructed from Nimbin which was becoming a thriving business centre. 6is allowed the people at the north end of Tuntable Creek to bring their cream to 6e Channon in wagons instead of by packhorse. Major reconstruction work was carried out on the Closer Settlement Road in 1910, from Roach's Mill to Flemings. Several culverts had to be replaced. 6ey had been built with green timber — rosewood slabs with sap and bark still on them. A very bad patch of road which caused trouble for years was the 'Bog Hole' at Branch Creek. 6e year 1912 saw the second bridge constructed in the district. 6is was built over Terania Creek, just below its junc-
tion with Tuntable Creek. 6e bridge was designed by the Shire Engineer, Mr C. Burrows and built by Mr W.F. Oakes at a cost of £1084. 6e timber for the bridge was drawn by George Standing with his bullock team. William (Dinky) Ward had a horse team winching gravel to the abutments of the bridge. 6e la-bouring for the bridge was done by local men contracted on day labour. In 1912 the residents along the top of the range (later Wallace Road) made an application to Terania Shire Council for a bridge over Terania Creek at Funnell's crossing (just below present F. Ford bridge) and a road to be constructed from Funnell's to Tom Wallace's prop-erty. 6e road was surveyed later in the year but the bridge was not built until thirty-seven years later in 1949. 6e long awaited bridge became known as Ford's Bridge. It serviced Wallace Road, named after Tom Wallace but known locally as 'the back road'. “Around the Channon” can be purchased at The Channon Store, The Channon Market, Lismore Tourist Info. Centre or direct from Pauline by emailing [email protected]
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Official opening of the long awaited Rocky Creek Bridge, 11/11/1907
PART 1
10 Terania Times Issue 57
Gasfield Free Communities
NEWS JEN IRELAND
T here’s still more action
needed to stop unconven-
tional gas mining coming
to, and worse still, taking over the
Northern Rivers! Large numbers of peo-
ple are needed to take action leading up
to the State Elections in March – espe-
cially to get the message across to all
parties that gas mining is not welcome,
not wanted, not needed and not possible
in this area! 6e Government needs to
be reminded of this on a continual basis,
it would seem, so that would-be State
government candidates get the message
that they will not be voted in unless they
make a public stand and commitment to
block gas mining. And certain candi-
dates need to be reminded that they will
be voted out because of their lack of
commitment. We especially need to be
wary of the National Party candidates
and current representatives – a recent
example was in the Ballina Shire where
the National Party announced their sup-
port for a gas#eld free Northern Rivers
by revoking part of a licence where there
was, in fact, no gas! We
cannot be complacent
with untrustworthy gov-
ernment representatives
and untrustworthy min-
ing companies dictating
our future!
So what action can you
take? All the usual ones
that have worked well in
the past, such as writing
letters to the candidates
who are standing for the
coming elections. And
also sending letters to
the NSW Premier Mike
Baird and current Min-
isters for Mining, Ener-
gy, etc. Look out for
the letter writing stall
at local markets or come
to local CSG meetings.
Also, more people are
needed to call into the
recently opened Lis-
more Environment
Centre, in the same building as the
Transit Centre in Molesworth Street.
Information on letter writing, petitions,
and other interesting facts and #gures
are to be found, not to mention interest-
ing people, plants and purchases to be
made…..and more! I was happy to re-
ceive a phone call recently to say that I’d
won the Xmas RaYe – so it pays oD to
go to the Lismore Environment Centre!
6e CD “Songs from the Bentley
Blockade” was launched on the 19th
December in Byron Bay. 6e CD fea-
tures more than 20 songs by the com-
munity of artists who lived and sang
at the Bentley protection camp. 6ese
songs were shared in the chilly, foggy
mornings at Gate A and around the #re
at the main camp and were recorded at
various studios around the northern riv-
ers. Artists and producers all donated
their time. Like Bentley, the creation of
this CD is a testament to the strength of
uni#ed community. Google/Facebook
“Songs of the Bentley Blockade” or buy
the CD at locations such as the Lismore
Environment Centre.
Many thanks to all those who have
donated towards the two part time paid
Gas#eld Free Northern Rivers Coordi-
nator positions – more donations are
welcome as funding is only secure for
these positions for the next three
months. We could not voluntarily do
what these two paid people do in terms
of running campaigns, organising rallys,
compiling press releases, etc.
THERE’S STILL MORE ACTION TO TAKE !
The prestigious North Coast Envi-ronment Council 'Triumph over Greed Award' (TOGA) was present-ed to Ian Gaillard (pictured) and the Bentley protectors, who took part in the Bentley Blockade that saw thousands of people con-verge on an unconventional gas
project near Lismore. The award honours everyone who took part in the Gasfield Free and the Lock the gate movement in the Northern Rivers. The award was last awarded 4 years ago.
Issue 57 Terania Times 11
SIMON CLOUGH
Simon Says So
good to see some
rain the country is
turning green so
quickly and it’s such a vibrant colour.
Our #nal Council meeting of the
year was quite momentous, as is often
the case. Some of the highlights were:
REMP: �e Renewable Energy Mas-
ter Plan. 6is plan has the goal of: “Self
-generate all of Lismore City Council’s
electricity needs from renewable sources
by 2023”, and the following priorities
were agreed:
a. Aggressive energy eKciency initiatives
to reduce consumption;
b. Install solar photovoltaic (PV) sys-
tems ‘behind the meter’ for all buildings
and facilities where possible;
c. Install solar hot water for all buildings
and facilities where possible and
d Construct and commission a large-
scale solar plant (i.e. utility sized).
6e REMP has the potential to put Lis-
more City Council at the forefront of
energy eKciency and renewables in Aus-
tralia. Councillors Bennett, Meineke
and Scheible voted against the plan.
�e next stage in ‘Farming the Sun’
a community solar farm project. 6is is
an innovative community energy initia-
tive that aims to result in renewable en-
ergy production by the Lismore com-
munity in line with Council’s delivery of
the Imagine Lismore 10 Year Plan
Community Vision: Lismore Being a
Model of Sustainability - To have Lis-
more recognised nationally and interna-
tionally as a centre for sustainable living.
6e project requires the setting up of 2
private companies where the community
invests to lend the money for two 99
kW solar farms. Unfortunately because
of the uncertainty around the Renewa-
ble Energy Target created by the Feder-
al Government the project could not be
done as one project. Once again Coun-
cillors Bennett, Meineke and Scheible
voted against the recommendation.
I put forward a motion that Council
write to politicians and Essential Energy
expressing our concern that essential
Energy was being very slow in the provi-
sion of LED streetlighting. LEDs have
the potential to save Council’s signi#-
cant amounts of money and greenhouse
gas emissions. Councillor Meineke op-
posed this motion.
�e rail trail probably caused the
most discussion of the whole meeting.
Cr Ekins put forward a motion that
proposed dual use of the rail corridor by
trains and bikes etc. Councillor Bennet
put forward a “bring back the train” mo-
tion which failed.
I have changed my position on this
issue having been a #rm supporter of the
rail coming back into use, possibly with
a rail car. However the complete lack of
interest in rail by either major party has
convinced me that pursuing that course
is a waste of time. Additionally the rail
misses out on 2 major population cen-
tres, Ballina and Tweed Heads. With
177 viaducts and much of the rail ease-
ment on the Eoodplain I don’t believe
dual use is possible unless there is a pot
of gold to regularly restore the rail trail
after Eoods. In the end a motion to sup-
port the rail trail was endorsed with
Councillors Bennett, Meineke and
Marks dissenting.
Gas�eld Free Northern Rivers is
still awaiting the results of the judicial
review on Metgasco’s claims that it has
been treated unfairly by the government.
6e results could be quite decisive about
other unconventional gas#elds in NSW
in terms of the responsibilities for drill-
ers to consult with communities.
I recently returned from Adelaide
where I ran a weekend training in non-
violent action and strategy for 20 people
from around the state. It’s deeply shock-
ing to hear of the plans of the mining
companies and the state government to
damage or destroy the 1% of SA which
is arable land. For example the Coona-
warra region famous for its wine grow-
ing is facing Beach Energy which is al-
ready doing exploratory drilling for shale
gas. Apart from producing some of the
best wines in the world Coonawarra is
totally dependent on artesian water. But
don’t worry the government and miners
say it’s very diDerent from CSG drilling,
much safer. I can’t count the number of
times I’ve been told in our area, “don’t
worry all those #lms about gas from the
US are about shale gas, CSG drilling is
much safer!” As an older farmer said in
‘Fractured Country’ “you can tell when
their lying because their lips are mov-
ing.”
Wishing everyone a joyous Christ-
mas and a happy and healthy new year.
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F inally mainstream medicine
is taking the human gut
Eora seriously. Up ‘til now
research has been stymied because drug
companies can #nd few bucks in gut
bugs, but the internet has provided
us with crowd sourcing as a way to #-
nance things and there’s exciting re-
search underway.
What do we know about our bugs?
We know that bugs living in and on us
outnumber our cells 10:1 and that they
have heaps more genes than we do, out-
numbering ours 100:1. We also know
there are good and bad bugs and a lot
–just like us– can be either. 6ey are
crucial to our health and well-being:
training our immune systems, providing
essential nutrients and protecting the
lining of the gut.
6e immune interaction is really im-
portant with 70% of immune sensors in
the intestine, tasting the environment
and responding to the microEora. Kids
without appropriate gut Eora are more
likely to develop inappropriate immune
responses such as allergies.
While there may be bacteria that are
passed through the placenta our intesti-
nal Eora is kick started at birth as the
baby gets coated in bacteria from the
birth canal. In Puerto Rico it is now ac-
cepted that Caesarean birth babies are
wiped with their mother’s vaginal Eora
if it has tested as healthy, to overcome
the lack of appropriate bacteria. So it’s
obvious that the baby’s intestinal health
begins with the mother’s good health.
Skin to skin contact with parents
helps de#ne the baby’s outside Eora and
more of the intestinal bugs are supplied
by the mother’s milk, which comes with
sugars that feed the intestinal Eora ra-
ther than the baby. As the baby interacts
more with its environment it picks up
more bugs and there’s evidence that kids
growing up in farm situations where
there is contact with animals and a more
robust environment have fewer allergies.
By the age of three the child’s intestinal
Eora is largely set; there’s still room for
change but it will be alterations in bal-
ance more than diversity.
6e Western lifestyle has led to a
loss of variety in the internal milieu and
this could be the cause of the increasing
prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as
the increase in allergies, cardio-vascular
disease and bowel problems to name just
a few. Our diets encourage a more lim-
ited range of bowel Eora and we pass
this on to our kids and so it goes.
Can we change this? Well yes, sort
of and gradually. Again, we need to cut
down on sugars and #ll our meals with
the beloved vegies but some of them
should be fermented to enliven the inner
garden –sauerkraut’s good here being
both fermented and kind-to-the-gut-
cabbage. Other fermented
foods and drinks, added to
the diet as tolerated will also
do a lot to improve the gut
microbiota.
Exploring “gut microbiota”
and “fermented foods” online
will overwhelm you with in-
formation on this
fascinating subject.
healing arts Bugs ‘R’ Us BETTY RYAN
Human Bacteria at work
Issue 57 Terania Times 13
L ooking for a good
summer read? Here
are a few books I’ve loved.
�e Secret River
by Kate Grenville (2005)
6is confronting and cele-
brated historical novel re-
imagines the colonisation
of the Hawkesbury River,
outside Sydney. On the one
hand, it’s a #rst-class story
that gives you that goose-
bumpy feel of being taken
back in time. On the other
hand, it left me with a lasting
and eerie awareness of the
invisible violence that is pre-
sent throughout our “settled”
landscape. I loved that Gren-
ville has compassion for her
convict protagonist, despite
her unEinching and con-
demning description of his
ignorance and brutality.
�rowim Way Leg
by Tim Flannery (1997)
6is is a jaw-dropping
memoir of adventure and
misadventure in Papua
New Guinea by the Australi-
an zoologist and all-round
national treasure. Flannery
has visited PNG many times
to collect specimens, journey-
ing into some of the most
remote and rugged areas and
sometimes putting his life on
the line to do so. 6e tales of
adventure are equalled by
Flannery’s colourful and
compassionate accounts of
the people he met, and by his
descriptions of astonishing
animal life and the extraordi-
nary landscape.
�e Children’s Book
by AS Byatt (2009)
6is novel by a legendary
British writer is multi-
faceted, beautiful, and poign-
ant. A good one for art-
lovers, it is about children
growing up in bohemian
households at the end of the
19th century. 6ere are glit-
tering parties, complicated
relationships, and nasty fami-
ly secrets. Byatt is an intellec-
tual writer and this book ex-
plores the human cost of ar-
tistic creation. (PS, if you’d
prefer something lighter,
Byatt’s book Possession is
a gem – a clever, romantic
mystery story.)
�e Amazing Adventures
of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon (2000)
6is is a wonderful novel
that genuinely made me both
laugh and cry. A summary of
the plot cannot do it justice,
but here goes…. It begins
with two Jewish teenage
boys, cousins, in New York
during WWII. One is a refu-
gee from Prague (and former
apprentice to a master magi-
cian), the other, an NY local.
Together they invent (a #c-
tionalised version of) Super-
man and in turn, the modern
comic book. 6e book fol-
lows their friendship over
several decades. 6e novel
won Chabon the Pulitzer
Prize in 2001.
Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert (2006)
I was ready to hate this
book, but it swept me oD my
feet. I expected it to be cheap
and cheesy, but instead I
found it delicious and nour-
ishing. It’s a travel memoir
by an American who went to
Italy to eat, then to an Indian
ashram to seek God, and #-
nally to Bali where she fell
into a novel-worthy romance
that turned to true love. Yes,
it is a rather girly book. It
works because Gilbert is a
charismatic and intelligent
narrator who speaks from
the heart.
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
6is is a science #ction
book, but it doesn’t feel like
one. It is set in an orphanage
-style institution in the Eng-
lish countryside and follows
the friendship between three
of the children who live
there. At #rst the children’s
lives appear idyllic: they are
nurtured, educated, and
freely roam the picturesque
grounds. Of course nothing
is as it seems and when the
truth emerges it is chilling.
Like much science #ction,
this book warns of the mis-
use of technology – but I
found it had even more inter-
esting things to say about
mortality and friendship.
Animal Vegetable Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
(2007)
Kingsolver and her family
spent a year in Virginia, US,
eating only what they could
grow themselves or buy di-
rect from local growers. An
inspiring and beautifully-
written memoir with lots of
research about the environ-
mental cost of mainstream
farming practices. It is telling
I think that when this book
came out its subject was kind
of eccentric, but now it seems
totally chic.
American Sucker
by David Denby (2004)
A decade before the Global
Financial Crisis, there was
the burst of the Dot.Com
bubble. Denby is a New
Yorker #lm reviewer who got
sucked in big time as a novice
investor riding a midlife cri-
sis. I loved this book because
Denby writes so well and is
so embarrassingly honest
about how badly he was se-
duced by greed and how hard
he fell. As an economic igno-
ramus, I also found this book
informative about how, like,
money works and stuD?
book nerd In this issue Melinda Marshall
is proposing some good summer reads
14 Terania Times Issue 57
Terania Shutterbug CHRISTIAN UHRIG
Take control of that 20% that makes a good photograph a fantastic one and rise above your camera’s auto settings
A really really really good
digital camera (and #lm)
can cover a range of 5 to
6 EV (Esposure Value) – meaning that
the diDerence between a dark and a
bright section of your photo can only
be 5-6 times – outside of that, your
camera either shows pure BLACK or
pure WHITE (under and over exposed).
In many day to day situations the diDer-
ence between bright and dark area, es-
pecially here in Australia, is 10 to 20
times (EV / Stops).
Remember the shots you took of
someone on the beach trying to capture
the sunset or sunrise at the same time?
Nice sunset – black face. Or your Eash
kicked in and the person is bright and
the background is near white. Nothing
like you saw it.
Keynote: You can not always take a
good photo of everything your “eyes can
see well”. Our eye/brain system is far
more powerful than a camera.
Our brain and eye combo also learns
and interprets what we see. A camera
can not do that. 6e camera only cap-
tures the photons and converts them
into a representation of the scene you
pointed at. Now this is where it gets ex-
citing! 6is representation, or the nega-
tive, is the raw material you can work
with. While we try to take (technically)
good photos “in camera”, processing
them in post production (on the phone,
camera or the computer) is a very im-
portant step to achieve the #nal result
and especially to overcome the limita-
tions mentioned above. But let me get
back to THE LIGHT. So you now
know that if you want ALL of the ele-
ments to be visible in the photo your
light range should be 5 - 6 EV (stops)
from the darkest to the brightest. Over
and under exposure are also design
elements (e.g. back lit photos, silhou-
ettes) where you use the intensity of
the light in a certain way.
Now, did you know that Light has
a colour/temperature? In simple terms,
light takes on the colour of what ever
reEects (deEects) it. While pure white
light has ALL colours still in it and is
usually experienced as “the plain sun
at noon” with a temperature value of
5000 Kelvin (also the setting of your
Eash and studio Eashes) – the morning
and evening light is usually Orange to
Red (warm, 500-1000K); and the light
before sunrise and after sunset is seen as
BLUE – the blue hour. 6is is due to
the diDerent colours being #ltered out
or reEected by something (e.g. the dust
or mist in the sky).
And again, our eyes can identify/
see a large spectrum of the present col-
ours and give us a “normal representa-
tion of our environment” – a camera
can’t “interpret what it is pointed at”.
6e settings de#ne what the camera
sees/shows. 6e settings around the
colour of the light in the image that
we want to understand are called “the
white balance”.
Sounds diKcult, is relatively easy.
Tell the camera what to interpret as
white? Example: You hold up a white
cardboard before sunrise, 20min after
sunrise and at noon – and your eyes al-
ways see it as white – because we know
it is white and also know what time of
the day (what light) it is. 6e camera
(without adjustments/settings) shows
it as BLUE, ORANGE and WHITE.
To make it even more fun, your output
device and the environment you are in
when looking at the photos also inEu-
ences the appearance. If you use a cheap
digital monitor or even a TV and you
run it near a Euorescent or incandescent
light source in your house what you see
might have very little resemblance with
what your eyes registered at that beauti-
ful sunset on the beach.
TVs and computer screens have a
strong BLUE and arti#cial light (light
bulbs) usually emit a GREEN light.
(Con�nued on page 15)
The Light: friend, not foe
PART 2
The Colour of Light
See below the images to show a “as shot” and “slightly modified” – with Black & White (format of Terania Times) contrast is an important feature – so the 18% grey looks boring and unspecific where the high con-trast takes the attention and focus of the viewer to the interesting areas.
NOTE: Terania Times is a black and white publication and these photos were taken with colour as a major design element and I use them here only to show the before and after effect.
Issue 57 Terania Times 15
Peter Boyle art beat
W hen does a photograph
become a work of Art?
6is is perhaps one of those post-modern meta-questions that
could be levelled at just about anything
that these days could be held up as some-
thing that could or should be viewed as Art. Considering the recently reported
sale at auction of a photograph called
“Phantom” by Peter Lik, this could be
the $6.5 million (US) question! We have had cause to reEect on such
things with recent exhibitions at the gal-
lery - by photographers - Colin Beard and
Matthew Shepherd (currently exhibiting) - and past exhibitions by internationally
renowned Sue Adler and a group show
that included works by Lismore photo-
grapher, R. J. Poole. Fine art photography began in the
early days of photography where the cam-
era was used as an instrument to explore
and apply aesthetics, just as a painter
would use a brush. 6e work of US pho-
tographers, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Stelchen, were inEuential over long careers
in bringing acceptance to photography as
an art form. Later, Ansel Adams, Robert
Mapelthorpe, Cindy Sherman and con-temporary artists, Bill Henson and JeD
Wall developed the art form across a range
of genres including the landscape, still life
and the nude.
6e hint is above in the application of ‘aesthetic’ theory (or whatever ‘art’ theory
may be applicable at the time) and the
intent of exploring and expressing a sub-
ject beyond its material form. 6e work should perhaps evoke some emotion or
invite the use of imagination of a viewer
to distinguish it from photography
that is commercial in nature, journalistic
or scienti#c.
6ere are of course cross-overs where artistry is expressed in the likes of photo-
journalism, fashion photography and other
forms of illustrative photography.
Confusing, isn’t it? As with all art, there is always a theoretical, academic
and often objective way to ruminate over
de#nitions of ‘what is art’, but in the end,
it always falls back to the intent of the artist and the perception and experience
of the viewer as they engage with the
artist’s work.
6e gallery is currently exhibiting pho-tographic works by Matthew Shepherd.
Intent and execution of his work reside
very nicely within both ‘de#nition’ and
‘perception’. Explanation might be inter-esting, but ultimately, futile. Experience
is perhaps, everything.
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Exercise: go outside at night and let
your eyes adjust to the natural light in
the garden, then look back into the
house at a TV or lightsource. Until your
eyes adjust) you see the TV and the
room around it as bright blue. You can
also do the same exercise with a camera.
So, try it out and go and learn more
about the colour/temperature of light –
plenty of good sources (reading and
video) online.
Last, not least all cameras are set to
see 18% grey. Now what the heck does
that mean and why do you need to
know anyway.
Take a photo of a BLACK card-
board in bright daylight (5000K); what
colour does it show on the photo
(without adjustment)?
Take a photo of something plain
white (snow or white cardboard) at
bright daylight (neutral 5000K), what
colour does it show?
(Con�nued on page 16)
The 18% Grey Trap
What makes the photograph art,
though?
16 Terania Times Issue 57
O ur last Open Mic session
of 2014 was held at 6e
Channon Tavern on Sun-
day 23rd November. In spite of the
scorching weather we did attract a good
number of performers and audience.
Special mention to young Bridie for
her #rst public performance with dad,
Mark Bromley, backing with some nice
guitar #nger picking.
Our broken front-of-house speaker
has #nally been repaired so we hope to
be back on 22nd February with an even
better sound than the last few months.
Don’t forget our summer starting time
is 3pm.
Rain or shine our
Open Mic gets us out
of Sunday snooze.
Ray Flanagan and
his faithful volunteers
keep the show running
whatever the weather!
the channon
Open Mic
Lismore socialites meet Channon High Society under Open Mic umbrella!
Correct, both show 18% grey if you
don’t know which one is which (brain
inEuence) they look the same. Because
after analysing 100,000nds of photos
the camera designers found out that
on average each scene has 18% grey
and hence that is what the camera
should register to optimize the 5-6
stop limitation.
So, to close the circle: If you take
photos within the 80% range for which
the camera (on Auto) is programmed –
you will have most or all the parameters
within their optimum range and the
photo looks good. Take it outside that
80% (e.g. too dark, too bright, too
much diDerence between the bright
and dark areas, too much red, too
much blue, into the light source etc.)
the camera struggles and you don’t get
the shot your eyes and brain registered
and you were hoping to capture.
Now for the good news – you can
make a lot of adjustments in “POST
processing” – on your phone, camera or
computer. Of course this is also where
the more expensive cameras and taking
manual control over your settings come
into play.
More about that next time.
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Pure Guava
by Ween (1992)
J ason’s Jive
Be warned! 6is
album contains ex-
plicit lyrics and at times du-
bious content. Press on if
you dare and you will #nd
a treasure trove of inspired
brilliance and freestyle frolics
to delight and entertain. It is
diKcult to categorize or draw
musical allusions to this
piece. Even within Ween’s
own discography each album
is its own genre. Ween is un-
abashed, unapologetic and
unexplainable.
Gene and Dean Ween
(not their real names) forged
new pathways of stream of
consciousness “alternative”
music. Pure Guava is some-
times sublime and sometimes
abrasive with all sorts of lev-
els of delightful wrongness in
between. To my mind this
album encapsulates Ween.
6ere is a lot of creepy
voice synth which I really
like. 6ere is also some very
raw noise play which seems
like lazy #ller to me. 6e best
song is de#nitely “Push th’
little daisies”, a kooky ro-
mantic classic. 6is song
made it to number 40 on
Triple J’s hottest 100 of 1993
and is probably Ween’s best
known song. I love ‘Pure
Guava’, but not every bit of
it. Having said that, it’s a
‘must listen’ for anyone into
weird alternative rock. I give
it 7.5/10 little daisies (make
‘em come up!).
R obin’s Jive
Pure Guava is
the kind of al-
bum that most won’t imme-
diately like, and I’d say it’s
likely that many never will. If
you don’t like swearing and/
or innuendos, don’t listen to
this album. In my eyes Pure
Guava is Ween’s best album,
it provides an excellent caba-
ret of ridiculous personalities
and stories that intertwine
perfectly with the raw instru-
mental performances.
Gene(r) and Dean(er)
Ween are the two eccentric,
pseudonym bearing master-
minds that sing every insane
verse and pluck every twangy
guitar jingle. Pure Guava is a
hazy dust storm of un#ltered
noise, dissonant ‘southern
blues’ inspired guitar riDs and
mumbled motifs. Every time
I listen to this record I notice
another nuance to the fe-
vered shouting and endless
layered vocal eDects.
6ere isn’t really a song
I would list as a taster, (as
Jason said, ‘push th’ little
daisies’ is their most popular)
as the album is too varied
and must be taken all at
once, in order. 6e songs
are paradoxically annoying
and catchy. I rarely listen to
Ween anymore, however I
love them dearly. I give Pure
Guava 8/10 disgruntled pet-
rol station staD.
notes music Music news, views, reviews and all sounds that
Robin & Jason Gough find so interesting
that they have to share them with you
*
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CHOOSING
T he master barely tolerated
being called ‘master’, let
alone ‘guru’ or ‘sage’ or any
such names. If anyone came to him and
said “teach me”, he would retort “teach
yourself” and dismiss him immediately.
6e few people who followed him, had
come to him mostly by accident, much
like I had. However, when I asked him
once why he avoided choosing his disci-
ples, all he said was: “Who says I do?”
Now &Zen teachings of a reluctant master
ANGELOS BAKAS
TRUE WISDOM
“A few years ago”, said the
master, “I visited a small
monastery, whose mas-
ter, rumour had it, was a man of great
wisdom. When I arrived, all the monks
were sitting quietly in the yard, practic-
ing the art of doing nothing After I
bowed many times to get their atten-
tion, I asked who the master was. Im-
mediately, one of the monks replied:
‘I am’. I bowed again many times and I
left the yard. I went into the garden,
where I spoke with the man who was
tending the vegetables. He was a very
enlightened person.”
6e master took a sip from his tea.
“It’s never too diKcult”, he concluded,
“to see where true wisdom lies.”
Issue 57 Terania Times 19
Article adapted from conergy.com
Conergy Australia announced that it
has branched out into the Paci#c Is-
lands. 6e company, a subsidiary of one
the world's largest solar companies, will
build a #rst-of-its-kind heart-shaped
solar power plant in New Caledonia,
1200 kilometres east of its national
headquarters in Brisbane.
6e new 2MWp power plant will be
located in the northern community of
Pouembout, on Grand Terre, New Cal-
edonia's largest island, where 7,888 pan-
els will generate enough electricity to
supply 750 homes. Conergy will begin
engineering and construction (EPC)
work in the coming months, partnering
with local contractor AMBI Energy.
6e unique design was inspired by the
"Coeur de Voh", or "Heart of Voh", an
area of nearby wild mangrove vegetation
that has naturally taken the shape of a
heart. 6e "Coeur de Voh" gained
worldwide recognition thanks to the
aerial photography of environmental
campaigner Yann Arthus-Bertrand in
the best-selling book, "6e Earth from
Above."Completion and grid connec-
tion of the Heart of New Caledonia
Project is expected in March 2015.
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Adelaide company Muradel has
launched Australia's #rst algae biofuel
demonstration plant in Whyalla, on the
north-western coast of the Spencer Gulf
in South Australia. It comes after suc-
cessful completion of a pilot begun back
in 2011; this larger-scale plant is the
next step in the development of a com-
mercially viable operation.
6e $10.7 million plant's initial aim is
to produce 30,000 litres of green crude a
year, using processing technology con-
verting micro-algae into a renewable
fossil-fuel equivalent. Micro-algae spe-
cies tolerant to a wide salinity range are
cultivated in outdoor seawater ponds,
eliminating the need for fresh water, and
producing an algae biomass ready for
conversion into green crude oil. 6e
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waste as all used water, nutrients and
byproducts are recycled back into the
micro-algae production ponds.
Started with investment of $9.8 mil-
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program, the company aims to commer-
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www.muradel.com
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T untable Creek Public School
trusts that everyone had a
safe, peaceful Christmas
and a happy New Year.
We look forward to working with
our local community in 2015.Our Giant
Barred Frog project has created many
links with our community and we hope
to extend this next year. A workshop on
local weeds and native plant identi#ca-
tion will de#nitely be held at the begin-
ning of the year. Keep an eye out for the
Eyers.
A few weeks ago, Tuntable Creek
Landcare held a clean-up day at our
local creek. We cleared many weeds and
tidied up the path area. Unfortunately
we found quite a bit of rubbish – such
as glass bottles. It is such a shame to see
such a beautiful area being contaminated
by carelessness.
6e school is supporting the North-
ern Rivers Wildlife Carers by sponsor-
ing a page in their 2015 calendar. If you
would like to purchase a calendar, they
cost $15. We have a few available at
school.
We held our end of year concert on
the 16th. Miss Jodie and the students
did a wonderful job - with singing,
a play, even playing the ukuleles and
recorders. I am always amazed at the
talent we have.
Last week our students participated
in 6e Hour of Code. Again, I was im-
pressed with all students K-6, learning
how to code and program computers to
create animations.
Finally, I would like to wish our
top Tuntable Tiger Luna Spence, all
the best as he moves on to High School.
We hope to see him continue his awe-
some athletics and maybe represent his
country one day.
Tuntable Creek Public School
t 66886212, f 6688 6397 e [email protected]
Alison Bath
The Channon Butterfactory Tavern
T he 2014 Christmas night at
6e Channon Butterfactory
Tavern took on a diDerent
Eavour mixing “Hill-billy”, Irish, Rus-
sian and French music in with the tradi-
tional Christmas carols. An untimely
weather squall brought the event indoors
leaving the rainbow-lit gum tree to be
the backdrop for the chaos of our com-
munity’s children at their frolicking best.
Inside, the Ragged Blossoms bush band
had adults and children swinging their
partners, do-si-do-ing, dancing intricate
waves of Tory and boisterous arm-
raising Russian “OI OI OIs”! 6e fun of
an unintentional workout was followed
by performances from local school chil-
dren on the recorders and ukulele, led by
Miss Jodie. Our Christmas carols sing-
along was short but very sweet with
vocal performances, again, from local
schoolchildren led by Julie. A special
guest appearance was made by Santa
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who was welcomed by excited children
bearing their own “star of the east” in
the guise of glow stick necklaces. Santa
didn’t disappoint, and children, fuelled
by Santa’s sugar, took their fun outside
while the BluSkillet Rovers enlivened
the front bar with their Yip-Yah infec-
tious energy and toe-tapping music.
By the looks of the audience, it was
impossible to do anything but dance.
Fun was had by all and thanks to Na-
talie and 6e Channon Butterfactory
Tavern for holding the event.
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The Ragged Blossoms -Joe, Bianca, Melissa, Stu, Julie and Dave
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October 2014 22mm 1257mm Upper Terania
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Dave Yarnall reports that
the 26 year average rainfall for
Rainbow Falls (Upper Terania)
is 2083mm. I calculated the
average rainfall for Dharma-
nanda (Lower Terania) using
#gures dating back to 1973
(41 years) and came up with
1747mm. So you can see that
2014 was well below average.
Dharmananda’s wettest
year was 1988 with 2998mm.
6at contrasts incredibly with
1986, our driest year, with just
951mm, less than one third
of the 1988 precipitation.
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