Lismore

Life in Lismore is swell. I have been hanging out with Margaret, with the 3 other girls living in town, and going to school. Saturday, our first day, Margaret took Michelle and I (Michelle stayed until Monday) to see the bats at Rotary Park and to see koalas. Every night at 7:30pm, the hundreds of bats migrate over her house towards another area of forest. It is incredible and I took a great video and it will just not upload anywhere.

Sunday we went to The Channon where there was a huge market -1st Sunday of every month-. We saw a lot of the people from the group there, got some Nimbin ice cream and sugar cane juice, and it was a great day. Afterwards we went to Margaret's friend Jula's house (it was almost a treehouse...) at Bodhi Farms, a nearby intentional community.


Tuesday was our first day back at school. We meet here at the Lismore Workers Club. We were warned that they have intense air conditioning and to bring warm clothing, but really it was fine. School was 10-4:30, and we basically talked about all the work we have to do the next 2 weeks. Most of it involves almost completely putting together our ISP projects. I have been emailing lots of people from all sorts of Transition Towns, hoping to be pointed in some sort of direction. So far I am most excited by the response from people from this town Bega on the south coast, and the Sunshine Coast (north of Brisbane). I also want to go to Katoomba, because it is in the Blue Mts near Sydney, but I have not heard from them yet.

And that's really it I think. I am very comfortable and happy here at this house, and basically just hoping my ISP will come together over the next few days. That would be so nice.........

We are also starting to organize our New Zealand plans for after the program. Me, Epps, and Michelle will be heading to the South Island May 21 -the day the program ends- until about June 14, for a last couple days in Brisbane before I start out on the long journey back. Everything costs so much money though, it takes the fun out of it a little, but hopefully that will all come together too. So yes, everything is good, talk to you soon!

And these are roots of a tree, growing all over the place at the bat forest.