"The more law and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

   ~ Lao Tzu ~

 

Border Crossing at Goondiwindi

Crossing the border between Queensland and New South Wales is like going from one country to another, this is what it must feel like in Europe.

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"We must take sides .... Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

  ~ Eli Weisel ~

The Knitting Nanas  

I was there at the beginning.
I didn't vote GREEN, I wasn't considered acceptable
for membership in the long run.

 I spent weeks travelling by train from Urunga to Gloucester to knit with our newly formed group called Upstream Knags. (Upstream Knitting Nanas against Gas).  We were backing up Groundswell Gloucester.

It was the very beginning of their fight against the gas and Rocky Hill Coal Mine and there was no Gloucester Knitting Nanas group. We stood up for Gloucester in the freezing cold on the gates of Gloucester CSG properties blocking access, and then they make a film and there was no mention.  The other two got a very very brief mention. 

This Gloucester group have recently made a lovely short film. There are so many mistakes and misinformation in that film I cringed watching.  The woman doing all the speaking in this video was out of touch and arrogant whence she first happened upon our little group. She scolded me and told me I was rude for photo bombing the deputy Prime Minister with a NO GAS sign. 

Things that make you go Hmmm.

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You Cannot Find Peace by Avoiding Life!

  ~ Michael Cunningham ~

Image taken on a trip to Gleniffer  NSW 2012

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If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree!

  ~ Michael Crichton ~

Myself and my Half Brother David Fraser @ Pratten 
near Warwick Queensland.  1977. 

Because of my family situation, the mischief of growing up NOT in the family home has had me working very very hard to leave an intact history for my children.

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Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.

   ~ Matshona Dhliwayo ~

Wytaliba sold out to Twiggy Forrest...
Back room deals for pods it seems.

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The Thing that Interests me the Most about Family History is the Gap Between What we Think we Know about families and the realities.

  ~ Jeremy Hardy ~

Jackie Howe Statue / Memorial

Jackie Howe is my 2 x great grandmothers son.  My 2 x great grandmother was Louisa Howe (Chadburn) [nee Stokes.  She gave birth to a legend.

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