Deep valley in forest, + 60 odd gypsies, hippies, pirates and other assorted freaks, + freezing cold weather, + blazing fires, + music to melt your mind and make you mad with passion, = Rainbow Gathering, Benambra. (Top pic: KC the dog. Age: 6. Sex: F. Location: wherever Craig is. Talent: singing. Turn-ons: sausages, kids,…
…His hands were all over her. He was trying to take off her clothing..! I was completely incredulous… I acted without thinking. There was a heavy timber sandwich board, leaning against the wall, and I picked it up, with both hands, and bashed the indecent cretin on the back of the head with it……
…They start pushing me, in the chest, pretty hard. I step back, as far as I can, but the wall of the theatre is behind me, and so I’ve got nowhere to go really. Then one of them hit me in the face. And the pain was intense. And… I felt dizzy. And they hit…
My friend Tania is a person of many talents: traveler, mother, community facilitator, revolutionary, life coach, and, it turns out, she makes fantastic scones. Here’s the recipe. Combine flour and soft butter in a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add a little bit of salt, and a…
“This place is amazing Nev, thanks man” I tell him. “It’s been a couple of days since I had a hot shower, so I’m really gonna enjoy this.”
“Well I didn’t want to say nuthin’, but you do stink a bit” Nev quips, with a wink…
…Before you moved in there was druggies running a meth’ lab in that place. There were hookers turning tricks in there, fights, non stop fucking problems. I had to call the cops one night ’cause this guy climbed my fence and fell asleep in my back yard…” I lived in Redfern for a while, in…
“There is a hungry old wolf, lives in this wood. Better you should be home now that night has fallen, for he may smell your young blood on the breeze…
While we weave, Bianca tells us a story… “Mum has always been an activist. She has always been a proud and vocal Aboriginal woman, but when I was in my teens I was ashamed of who I was. I grew up in a context that was profoundly racist. At school I was regularly…
“When I was eighteen, I just went off and travelled… I didn’t have anybody watching me, or criticising me. I didn’t really have any money, but it didn’t seem to matter. People were so helpful and generous. My family reported me as a missing person. The police saw my truck parked in the street. They were like: ‘why don’t you call your mum? She’s worried about you.”
…It was like looking down on myself in a video game. I stopped shaking, and this insane anger just shot through me. I kicked the door of Steve’s flat, right beside the lock. The door split, and I pushed through the gap. The TV was on. He was standing in front of the couch, in his…
…’I have never hitchhiked’, Vladimir says. ‘Only once. It was during my time in the military. I joined the Serbian patriots when I was just turned fifteen. Tito was my commandant at that time’… ‘Poochera. I sleep here once with my wife’ Vladimir muses. ‘I think was here…’ Poochera is an almost non-existent settlement on…
I notice that the windshield is spider-webbed with cracks. The glove box lid is missing, and all the seats are torn. There is a heavy layer of discarded food wrappers on the floor, and the car has a slightly unpleasant odour. I’m getting a bit of a crack-head vibe off the guy…