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Floodplain Mullumbimby

Mullumbimby is a floodplain. Every time we have a heavy downpour I am up and down through the night,...

Other News

First responders critical of government/Council on second flood anniversary

A public event to recognise the second flood anniversary was held at the Soundshell in Bruns last Wednesday, with the mayor, deputy mayor, police representatives and a handful of locals present, according to the photos posted on Council’s Facebook page.

Sexual offence and fraud charges, Gold Coast

Detectives from the Gold Coast have charged two men with sexual offences that were arranged through an online classified advertisement.

Pirates plunder second-grade cricket grand final

Lennox Head Pirates second-grade cricketers have won this year’s Coastal League premiership after beating Byron Bay at their home ground, Megan Crescent Oval, last Saturday.

Next round of Butler Street Reserve investigations

Byron Shire Council will start the next round of contamination investigations at Butler Street Reserve in Byron Bay today and tomorrow in response to a request from the Environment Protection Authority.

Veterans’ and Families’ Hub for the North Coast

The federal government has announced that a $5.445 million grant has been awarded to RSL LifeCare, working with RSL NSW, to establish a Veterans’ and Families’ Hub in the Tweed/North Coast region of New South Wales.

Alliance Française French Film Festival

The opening of the Alliance Française French Film Festival (AF FFF24) last week was brilliant, with a screening of the epic The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan – there are still sessions available for this film and the sequel, The Three Musketeers: Milady. There are so many truly good films in this festival, the program is definitely worth checking out, but the one I am looking forward to most is Neneh Superstar.

Ah yes, all this death

because we could not listen

and a bus

winding through

the renamed country road

once a walking track

now paved and framed

a meter wide by

remnant grasses

poof! all up in smoke

I hope they were relieved at least

you a poof, me a poof

shall we dance then?

yeah baby, hair ablaze

black ash is good

white ash is bad

and the opposite goes for smoke

that’s what I learned yesterday

on Widjabul Wia-bal Country

with the roo grass

it wants to burn

you hear it crackle

the important thing is

to see these hills

for what they are:

a millenias-old ecology

managed

a Lore and people who survived everything

fighting fire with fire.

Of course you’re scared.

You even had a friend

in the community hall

flames encroaching

the green frogs are turning brown

the koalas all but gone

and they want to put another dam

on another sacred site

maybe it feels like a lifetime ago,

the longest years in the history of our lives

since we touched down

the plane wings covered in ash

but once that door is open

it does not close

the hinges squeak in a distant memory

and another summer

is just around the corner

 

Sarah Hall

East Lismore

Ah yes, all this death

because we could not listen

and a bus

winding through

the renamed country road

once a walking track

now paved and framed

a meter wide by

remnant grasses

poof! all up in smoke

I hope they were relieved at least

you a poof, me a poof

shall we dance then?

yeah baby, hair ablaze

black ash is good

white ash is bad

and the opposite goes for smoke

that’s what I learned yesterday

on Widjabul Wia-bal Country

with the roo grass

it wants to burn

you hear it crackle

the important thing is

to see these hills

for what they are:

a millenias-old ecology

managed

a Lore and people who survived everything

fighting fire with fire.

Of course you’re scared.

You even had a friend

in the community hall

flames encroaching

the green frogs are turning brown

the koalas all but gone

and they want to put another dam

on another sacred site

maybe it feels like a lifetime ago,

the longest years in the history of our lives

since we touched down

the plane wings covered in ash

but once that door is open

it does not close

the hinges squeak in a distant memory

and another summer

is just around the corner

Sarah Hall, East Lismore


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