tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92070687555810805022024-03-16T02:29:29.792-07:00Anita Heiss BlogAnita's blog is largely about gratefulness - hers and others - but she also posts about things important to her including books, reading, literacy and Aboriginal arts and culture. The above photo was taken by Tammy Law at Anita's TEDx talk in Brisbane, 2013.Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.comBlogger539125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-3516735092054417132013-11-04T21:36:00.002-08:002013-11-04T21:36:34.419-08:00I’m grateful for the Channel Country Ladies Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>My first experience as co-pilot with Roger Crouch </i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I recently had the most wonderful
experience attending the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChannelCountryLadiesDay?fref=ts">Channel Country Ladies Day </a>(CCLD)
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>in Noccundra. I most likely would never
have had the opportunity to cross the landscape that covers south-western
Queensland and leads into South Australia and the Northern Territory, had I not
been invited to be part of this annual event. The CCLD brings together women
from across outback Queensland, and the gathering showcases the best of country
hospitality and local -which can be anything in a 500km radius- arts, craft, fashion,
and extraordinary produce (ie beef). Note: this is not the best place to be a
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writing journey and sharing some practical skills with soon-to-be-authors, I
was grateful for many things, but at the top of my list are the following:</span></div>
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<i>With the talented and beautiful Jacqueline Furey and Bev Killick </i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NEW TIDDAS:</b> part
of my journey to Noccundra was the chance to travel with other invited, city
gals; comedian <a href="http://www.standup.com.au/comedian/bev-killick"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bev Killick </span></a> from
Melbourne, and burlesque babe Jacqueline Furey from Brisbane. We arrived
together via a small plane into the town of Quilpie (see previous <a href="http://anitaheissblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/thank-you-quilpie-im-grateful.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">blog</span></a>) and then road
tripped it out to Noccundra the next day. Stopping for photos of emus,
cattle, eagles, landmarks and lunch at the Eromanga Hotel – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eromanga,_Queensland"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Eromanga </span></a> is touted as
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">COMMUNITY CANVAS:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Quilpie artist <a href="http://www.lynbarnes.com/">LynBarnes</a> coordinated the development of a
paining</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">that over 30 women added their own touch to. I had a go myself, careful
not to ruin the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">beautiful foundation Lyn had done. It’s the
only attempt I’ve ever made at anything in terms</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">of visual arts, and I am grateful to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MARVELLOUS MOSAICS:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> I’ve always wanted to have a go at doing a
mosaic table or mirror</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and with the guidance of artist Scott Maxwell I
finally had the opportunity to learn the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">process and again be part of a
communal piece of art. The finished piece will feature at the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">entrance to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ROGER and MARJ CROUCH</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: The event, like many around the
country relied heavily on the </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">goodwill of volunteers. Two
beautiful people I met at the ‘Hilton’ (okay, I really meant at the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">dongas
where we stayed) were Roger and Marj from South Australia. Marj came to
my </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">writing workshop with a plan for her book, and Roger gave me the most
extraordinary time</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">in his light aircraft at day break. Seeing the
land from the air was breathtaking, and literally </span><span lang="EN-US">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">left me speechless (and
that’s saying something!). There are few words to describe the </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">scene so I
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<span lang="EN-US"><i> Aerial shots of Noccundra</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">THARGOMINDAH:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> The tiny town of Thargomondah has a population
of around 250 people</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and is famous for having the first energy
station in Australia, and was one of the only three</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">in the world at the time: Paris,
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I’m grateful for the ride back to Thargo – as it’s known as
to locals – by Kitsa and Girta (pictured above) who are the own’s
entrepreneurs, having opened their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeOnDowling?fref=ts"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Coffee on Dowling</span></a> café only
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Situated in
the revamped Echidna Place, next door to the Thargo Tourism Office and the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">local
library, the café sits facing the crystal, cooling waters of the local pool.
This café is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">bound to become the hub of local activity with it’s homemade
cooking. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Attached to
the café is the Killili Room with walls lined with paintings reflecting life
and </span></div>
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the land. City-slickness meets country hospitality and storytelling at it's
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Dameyon Bonson to my blog with a poem about something significant to him. Please read his intro below to understand context, and share with others you think may be interested, may appreciate and / or learn from.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b><i>Dameyon says...</i></b></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In recent years there has been
an unearthing of a phenomenon that affects minority groups such as us, the
Indigenous peoples of Australia. It is a phenomenon, which acts as a cancerous
agent of self-destruction among the disempowered. It is a behaviour that is
exhibited when power is sought by those, individuals or as groups, which have
been robbed of power. They seek it from each other is often harmful and
destructive ways. This poem is a reflection of this disempowerment. This poem
is about lateral violence. It is not about people’s behaviours, but rather how
the disempowerment at the hands of the colonial might continues to affect our
people. I am of Aboriginal and Torres Islander descent. I am of white
Australia. I am an Indigenous Australian and these words below reflect my
experiences also.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">'Lateral Violence'</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Am I not black enough?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is my past too stolen?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Am I white too much?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Am I too outspoken?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why do choose to abuse me?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is it because I'm not from here?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is it my skin tone?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why do you choose to exclude me?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Am I not black enough?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is my past too stolen?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Am I white too much?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is my education, forboden?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why do you choose to abuse me?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Am I not black enough?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Are my thoughts not jaded,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With a history stolen?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My stories raided.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why do you choose to refuse me?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yes, I'm not from here.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But I'm black enough.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So please don't hate me.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-53951196532374687272013-10-20T23:39:00.000-07:002013-10-20T23:39:18.660-07:00Thank you Quilpie, I’m grateful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">As part of being part of the Channel
Country Ladies Day (blog to come) I spent 24 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hours in the town of <a href="http://www.quilpie.qld.gov.au/">Quilpie</a>,
experiencing the best the locals had to offer. My gratefuls for my time there
include:</span>
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HOSPITALITY:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> It’s true, there is nothing like it.
The slower pace of life (newsagency opens at 9am instead of the usual 6am start
in the city for example) lends itself to more time for talking to people;
strangers in the street, the locum in the pharmacy, patrons in the pub and so
on. I also had a yarn to two fellas outside the local bakery who’d been advised
at their previous stop to try one of the local pies. It was 9am and I just
couldn’t bring myself to do it, but they swore it was worth the stop.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>Dancing in the dust was my fave painting of Lyn's</i></span></div>
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GALLERY:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> My visit for sunset drinks and yarns at
the Eagle Gallery was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, as our hostess, gallery
owner and artist <a href="http://www.lynebarnes.com/">Lyn Barnes</a>
welcomed us with wine and cheese under the gumtrees, a few cowboys to pose
with, horses to stroke, a Shetland pony to coo over and local women to share
stories with. All with the glow of an orange-pinkish setting sun as a backdrop.
An extraordinary Thursday evening by any measure.</span></div>
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<i>Cheery Courtney makes the best cuppa!</i></div>
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GALLERY ST CAFÉ:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> I’m grateful to Courtney at <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Restaurants-g499683-Quilpie_Queensland.html">27Gallery Street Café</a> who makes the best coffee in town, delivered with the warmest
smile. The space usually has walls adorned with artwork, boasts a small but satisfying
menu each day, and a local clientele as friendly as you’ll get.</span></div>
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<i>Bet these sheep are glad they're not outside the butcher!</i></div>
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ART:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Stone and metal installation artwork down the
middle of Brolga Street reminded me a little of Wagga Wagga in terms of the innovative
public art they have on display in Quilpie. Congrats to the artist and the
local council and those who sponsored the work, it adds much to the character
of the town.</span></div>
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HERITAGE INN:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> I’m on the road a lot, and I need my
creature comforts to sleep well and get on with my work the next day. A big shout
out of thanks to Rob McConachy (above) who runs the <a href="http://www.quilpieheritageinn.com/">Quilpie Heritage Inn</a>. For a city-slicker like me relying heavily on access to the internet to work
while traveling, I’m grateful for Rob’s extra efforts to set me up early
morning with wifi so I could get some work done before we hit Noccundra and
there was no access at all.</span></div>
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HOTEL/MOTEL:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> I’m not a beer drinker by any means
but I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed an ice cold shandy at the <a href="http://www.quilpieimperialhotelmotel.com/">local pub </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>in Quilpie, sharing the space with their
own version of Red Dog (only less red in colour) and friendly locals. Thanks to
the barmaid who introduced me to Great Northern Beer for the first time, and to
the restaurant staff who prepared one of the best steaks I have ever eaten. Kudos
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my broken toe hindering my exercise routine (I haven’t been able to run since
August23) I have gained weight. But as I was writing this, I came to realize
it’s not just about my training, it’s about my eating! The rule is we need to expel
more energy than we intake and I simply haven’t been doing that… as you’ll see!
But boy have I had fun investing my newer, bigger girth </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"></span></div>
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arriving in April, it’s fairly obvious this Italian restaurant at River Quay is
one of my favourite places in Brisbane. Most recently I was fortunate to get
the last table available on the night of Riverfire. After struggling through
what seemed like trillions of people – and why take kids in prams? – it was
with sheer relief I sat down to the ultimate view of the action. It’s fair to
say that my cousin Bernardine and I had the perfect view of the best fireworks
Brisbane puts on. [I spent New Years Eve at Aquitaine and the fireworks were
fairly underwhelming and no, that’s not my Sydney Harbor bias talking!).</span></div>
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goes beyond the stunning view over the river to the city landscape; it’s the
yummy cocktails, and the divine menu – I recommend the arrancini balls and the
dessert platter with basil ice-cream. Added to this is the high quality but
easy going personal service by the young, energetic, eager to please waitresses.
I’d poach them for my own restaurant if I had one. So for a fab food, service,
view and ambiance then head to Popolos. It’s the perfect setting for a romantic
dinner, a girls night out, or if you want to impress an out-of-towner!</span></div>
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bar and I’m a big fan of the pre-dinner drink and love a glass or two of
bubbles at The Cove where I can sip some sparkling and soak up the city skyline
as well. The pic at the top of this blog was taken while perched on a stool, contemplating
life while waiting for my friend to arrive. Not too shabby eh?</span></div>
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Jetty<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.thejettysouthbank.com.au%20%20/"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a>sits between The Cove and Popolos and while I
thought it slightly more pretentious and the delivery of our sides incredibly
slow (were they peeling the potatoes for the fires?), the location and my
cooked-to-order very well-done steak (read: cremated) made for an appreciative night
out with friends Cathy Reid and Adela Blair whom have both blogged for me here
recently.</span></span></div>
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one of the most peaceful, breezy places to meet up with friends in Brisbane.
Even when the cyclists are there early morning on the weekend the <a href="http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/visiting-us/Restaurant_Cafes_Bar">GOMA Café</a></span><a href="http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/visiting-us/Restaurant_Cafes_Bar"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sits
under a tree canopy near the Karilpa bridge. calm. I’ve had meetings, meltdowns
and plenty of bowls of fries at this riverfront venue. It has a smaller menu (go
the duck salad) but less people than the State Library Café and the waiter is
as cheeky as the ibis that jump on the tables. It’s one of the places I’ll miss
when I leave Brisbane shortly.</span></div>
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while here in Brisbane, Sunday means I’m usually looking for somewhere to chill
out after Saturday night and catch up with the girls. One spot that I’ve found
that is deceptive in terms of weather – that is you can’t feel the searing heat
while there – is <a href="http://www.jadebuddha.com.au/%E2%80%8E%20">Jade Buddha</a> </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">at
Eagle Street Pier. They have a great ala carte menu and cocktail specials – but
I recommend the <a href="http://jadebuddha.com.au/whats-on/sensual-sundays/%20">Sensual Sunday</a> </span><a href="http://jadebuddha.com.au/whats-on/sensual-sundays/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">bbq between 2pm-5.30pm where $10 will buy you
1/2 Moreton Bay bug, prawns and fish skewer or $15 gets you the or surf’n’turf.
Great meal, cheap price. Grab your girlfriends, like I did and sit, eat, be
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Similarly, head to the <a href="http://brisbanepowerhouse.org/">Powerhouse </a></span><a href="http://brisbanepowerhouse.org/%20%20"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">on
Sunday, Grab a drink at Bar Alto and sit upstairs on the balcony. You may just
feel a breeze you didn’t think possible, given the stifling heat you may have
just left at the door. Yes I am speaking from experience. I was surprised the
day we went, given we cursed the humidity on the way there. But, we grabbed a
glass of bubbles and chilled alongside other patrons doing the same, and then
headed downstairs to Watt, where unfortunately the restaurant service was
confusing and questionable and didn’t match the friendly service of bar staff inside.
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a bit of Chinese and readers of this blog know that salt’n’pepper squid is on
my ‘last supper’ menu. So I was pleased to venture to Emporium recently
following my TEDx appearance. A busy restaurant in Stanley Street it’s advisable
to book on a Saturday night, and as it was during Brisbane Festival there was
atmosphere aplenty! Service friendly, but it’s fair to say much of dinner
conversation was around the appalling planning done along both sides of the
riverfront where patrons have to leave restaurants and use public toilets – and
on the night we were there they were closed! No doubt a bloke did this planning!</span></div>
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front corner of the The Markets West End. Fairy lights give a romantic
atmosphere, service is professional and unobtrusive and the food is quality –
highlight for me the sesame and prawn toast, something I hadn’t indulged in for
a very long time. Motto: Don’t be fooled by restaurants that are attached to
shopping centres and face car parks, they could well be a gem like Siam. [My
only gripe, as with most of dining out in Brisbane – there’s no loos in the
restaurant, and one must go under into the car park and use public toilets.]</span></div>
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of the newest additions on Boundary Street, <a href="http://www.chopchopchangs.com.au/%20">Chop Chop Chang’s </a></span><a href="http://www.chopchopchangs.com.au/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pan-Asian restaurant
has a huge, bright yellow sign that captured my attention immediately, and I
immediatwly want to go there. The perfect mid-week spot to dine after work, we
were seated quickly, and aside from the waitress suggesting I choose my food
before choosing my wine – listen lady, I know what I want to drink and I know
what I want to eat so please just take the order – the dining experience was
fantastic. Foods to die for include: salt’n’pepper cuttlefish, Chang Mai chicken
curry and caramalised pork. The man in charge was friendly, the outfit new and roomy and
our window seat gave us the chance to people watch as well. Definitely add it
to your West End eating experience.</span></div>
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the best dining experiences mid-week I’ve had in Brisbane. </span><a href="http://www.jakarta.com.au/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Jackarta </span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> in</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> Newfarm does a fantastic $22 banquet (loved the Balinese chicken, gado-gado and beef
rending!). And we all left full. It’s licenced and BYO with a bottlo next door
so you can expect a great night out for under $30. [Again, loos in the car park
also!]</span></div>
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met as part of the <a href="http://anitaheissblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/women-in-focus-i-am-grateful.html">Women in Focus </a>conference in Port Douglas recently. What was interesting about our first words
on the shuttle from Cairns Airport was that we had a mutual friend in common. I
have to ask: what’s the chance of two-degrees of separation when only 140 women
from around the country have been invited to attend one event? It was simply
meant to be. And today Adele is joining my gratefulness blog with some awesome
gratefuls of her own. For me today, I am grateful that while we didn’t have a
chance to chat at our mutual friend’s 50<sup>th</sup> a few months ago, Tropical
North Queensland brought us together to share what we have in common.</span></i></span></div>
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supportive Partner</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> (above), he provides me with the freedom to challenge
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lost one of my dearest friends to Breast Cancer. After her passing I felt
guilty that I had not been there for her enough, and that I didn’t look after
myself well enough either. To honour her and to create a healthy lifestyle for
myself I set a running challenge, I continued to run 10kms events until I
raised $5,000 for the Wesley Research Institute. I am so grateful I could
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WIF conference</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">. To be invited was such a surprise an
honour. I had “heard” about the conference and the consistent
feedback from those who had attended was “life changing”, so naturally I was
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supportive group of women</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> (and a few men). I learned that I should
not compare my Chapter 1 to someone else’s Chapter 20, we are all at different
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last week I had the pleasure of being an invited speaker at
the <a href="http://blackwomenstrong.com/#">4<sup>th</sup> annual Black Women Strong Conference</a> hosted
by the Yarrabah Community. The two-day event included a series of workshops,
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<u><i><b>MY GRATEFULS INCLUDE:</b></i></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>YARRABAH DREAMING</b>: Only 40 minutes
drive from downtown Cairns is the community of Yarrabah <a href="http://www.yarrabah.qld.gov.au/">http://www.yarrabah.qld.gov.au/</a> with 3000 people and a setting to die for.
Pick a tree by the sea, breathe in the serenity and start to feel the city
stress just slide away. It is the perfect setting for reflection, planning, and
getting motivated for the challenges that face us as women. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>MUSCIAL INTERLUDE</b>:
At the hands of three members of the <a href="http://www.blackarmband.com.au/">Black Arm Band </a>– <a href="http://www.blackarmband.com.au/artist/deline-briscoe/">Deline Briscoe</a>, <a href="http://www.emmadonovan.com/Home.html">Emma Donovan and</a>
<a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/lunch-with-lou-bennett-20120830-251iw.html">Lou Bennett </a>
we spent some time under the trees (where the best creativity occurs) and
penned a Black Women Strong Anthem. As a writer of books, articles etc., it was
interesting to watch the team effort that went into writing the song as a
collective. It was the women’s generosity and an ability to listen to what each
person suggested in terms of lyrics and melody, that made me consider: what
might the process look like if men were doing the same thing. I wonder!</span></div>
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For me personally, I am always grateful to just STOP. My life has been pretty
hectic over the past decade and so the opportunity to connect with First
Nations women where I can sit, yarn and listen to the stories of others from
around the country, was a real blessing. Aside from delivering a speech and a
workshop on writing memoir, which I also felt inspired doing, I got simply be
an audience member and just indulge myself in other people’s stories and
wisdom.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUDGIN-GAL GALS:</b>
It was a great opportunity for me to see two of my favourite tiddas from <a href="http://www.redfernfoundation.org.au/mudgingal.html">Mudgin-gal</a> <a href="http://www.redfernfoundation.org.au/mudgingal.html"></a>
present their recently completed NRL Kit on domestic violence. Both Ashlee
Donohue and Dixie Link-Gordon have presented their work at the UN a number of
times and are wonderful advocates for the rights of women. One of their key
messages on the day was that we need to stop saying domestic violence is a
women’s issue because as men make up the bulk of perpetrators, it is in fact <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">men’s
business.</i></b> Men need to be talking about DV and challenging each other.
Here! Here!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE ORGANISERS</b>: A
big shout out of gratitude to <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/telling-it-like-it-is3a-elverina-johnson/4410428">Elverina Johnson </a>
and Joanne Houghton who worked tirelessly over the past year (I imagine since
the last conference finished) to pull this year’s event together. Having
organised literary events / seminars etc in the past I know the coordination
and stress involved. So with that in mind, I say thank you for the time,
effort, energy, enthusiasm and invitation to me to participate. Much peace.</div>
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<b>TIDDA TIME:</b> Just want to shout out to the beautiful Ruth Ghee (with me below) who shared breakfast, a stunning view and some special yarns with me while there. Peace tidda.</div>
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<a href="http://www.anitaheiss.com/index.html">Anita Heiss</a> is an impressive Aboriginal writer and
intellectual. She’s worked in many genres including social policy and politics as
well as ‘chick lit’ (which she describes as ‘choc lit’). This book is a memoir
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Heiss and others (including the equally impressive <a href="http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&recipientID=446">LarissaBehrendt)</a> were viciously attacked by Andrew Bolt, resulting in Federal Court
proceedings under the Racial Discrimination Act. Bolt’s putrid rantings claimed
Heiss <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>had chosen her Aboriginal identity
for political and career motives, was motivated by political and financial
advantages and was a ‘white Aborigine’. The entirely correct Court decision condemning
this drivel was greeted with outrage by pro-Bolt forces with rhetoric about
free speech. <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/society-and-culture/nuts-come-out-after-the-truth-has-bolted-20110930-1l1al.html">Mike Carlton</a> and <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/society-and-culture/controversy-is-one-thing-getting-it-wrong-should-be-another-20111019-1m80p.html">David Marr</a> pointed out and Heiss reinforces here
that’s arrant nonsense – Bolt got things hopelessly wrong, seemed to do no
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That doesn’t mean this is a book about the Court case or a
legal analysis of legislation or an attempt at retribution. It’s much broader,
much more interesting and much more fun than that. The first page includes this
“I am an urban beachside Blackfella, a concrete Koori with Westfield Dreaming,
and I apologise to no one”. That gives a sense of the book.</div>
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Heiss’ focus on being an urban Aboriginal in contemporary
Australia is incredibly important. One fifth of Australian Aboriginal people live in Greater
Western Sydney (32% of Indigenous Australians live in urban centres). That is
not what the mainstream media or most of the non-Aboriginal community think. Many
think that to be ‘authentically Aboriginal’ you have to be a desert dweller,
poor, uneducated, at risk and dark-skinned. That is an identity being imposed
by non-Aboriginal people on Aboriginal people. But they’re still blacker than Bolt,
who’s setting up degrees of blackness among Aboriginal people. And it doesn’t
explain fellow students at Heiss’ primary school calling her ”Abo” and others
harassing her on her way to high school.
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Heiss’ father was an Austrian migrant with whom she clearly
had a very deep bond. It’s not intellectually difficult to understand the idea
of someone with Aboriginal identity and Austrian heritage. It’s no harder than
understanding non-Aboriginal Australians with Greek, Italian or Irish heritage.</div>
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This memoir tells of Heiss’ life - schooling then UNSW and a
PhD at UWS and academia and then working full-time as a writer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It deals with life coaches, Oprah, Mr Right
and being a workaholic. It also stresses the importance of education, the need
to respond to racist slurs and criticism from within community. It’s well
written and some of it hilariously funny (especially some of the bits about
camping – this urban Aboriginal’s concept of traditional camping “under the
stars” is to be on a bed in a house and seeing the stars through a window pane!).
None of that makes it any less political or any less a great work of advocacy.</div>
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<i>Paul Lynch</i></div>
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<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/anita-heiss/am-i-black-enough-for-you-9781742751924.aspx">Am I Black Enough for You?</a> is available from <a href="http://www.gleebooks.com.au/CatalogueRetrieve.aspx?ProductID=7546169&A=SearchResult&SearchID=26373589&ObjectID=7546169&ObjectType=27">Gleebooks,</a> <a href="http://avidreader.com.au/index.php?option=com_topnavmenu&view=details&Itemid=219&ITEMNO=9781742751924">Avid Reader,</a> <a href="http://www.readings.com.au/products/13961136/am-i-black-enough-for-you">Readings,</a> <a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/am-i-black-enough-for-you--anita-heiss/prod9781742751924.html">Booktopia</a> and all good bookstores.</div>
<br />Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-74444132147827494912013-09-24T20:40:00.000-07:002013-09-24T20:40:02.992-07:00Alexx Stuart is grateful every day... here's why...
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Women in Focus Conference (see <a href="http://anitaheissblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/women-in-focus-i-am-grateful.html">blog<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a>below!). I attended Alexx’s Health and
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Family. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I am grateful to have a supportive family and an
amazing partner, who let's me fly. Friends often say things like 'wow, and
Ollie's cool with you doing that? Going there?' and similarly when he travels
to amazing places for work, "I bet you hate that you don't get to
go…" I have to say, I get excited and Ollie does too for me. Partnership
is about lifting each other up and letting each other fly. It's about nurturing
bravery, the seizing of opportunity and the support in each other's endeavors
and beliefs, so that you live a full life - both together, and as individuals.
I totally chose awesomely if I do say so myself and I am so grateful we found
each other and have our beautiful little man with us for the ride. </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Gifts. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I have always taught and directed, ever since I
was tiny. Bossy little thing I was. As I got older I got better at getting
people on side and better at making people feel good about converting to a new
way / product. While that was very useful in a sales marketing career across
cosmetics and hospitality, I never realised until last year, that I could
really help make a difference once I developed a personal interest in health
and well being. I'm so grateful to be able to transition into this new career
phase, helping people regain their best possible wellness and re learn the
wisdoms we've lost to convenience and clever marketing. To be truly able to
help in an area so needed is just so exciting. </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Travel. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I love to travel and I'm so grateful for the
change to have travelled twice in this past week to Port Douglas and the Gold
Coast to see life out of a different window for a few days. You can't put a
price on what that does for the soul. </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Friends that lift you
up.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> I have seen again and
made so many new connections this past week thanks to Women in Focus and
Problogger conferences and am excited no end at the new people coming into my
life and the conversations I have now in my every day. No status quo talks.
We're all too busy helping each other be the best we can be and having fabulous
giggles and experiences along the way. </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">My grandmère</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">, who's 93 birthday it would have been
yesterday. She taught me desserts, and while they were classic French all white
flour / white sugar versions, it is her inspiration I carry with me today, as I
finish editing my first book about to be launched, on healthy treats. I hope
she's up there somewhere licking the bowl in spirit and while I'm sad we can't
share the moment, I'm excited to have had such a beautiful woman as a
grandmother for the 34 years that I did.</span></div>
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grateful every day. When you've been sick in the past for long periods of time,
you have the gift of perspective. If you've been more or less well and never
sick, take a moment to think: Wow, I'm lucky, and be proud to continue to
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of Alexx’s recipes, inspirations and ideas on low tox living <a href="http://alexxstuart.com/">here</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Two weeks ago I attended the CBA’s <a href="https://www.womeninfocus.com.au/welcome">Women in Focus Conference</a>
in Port Douglas. The day I received the invitation to participate I was
grateful, intrigued and excited all in one. That’s quite a positive mix of
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I assumed the invitation was extended to me because of a <a href="https://www.womeninfocus.com.au/welcome">RAWomen </a>
webinar session I’d previously done with Karen James (GM of Women in Focus,
also of CEO Cook Off fame), and Catriona Wallace (CEO, <a href="http://www.fifthquadrant.com.au/fifthquadrant/About_Us">Fifth Quadrant</a>). If you missed it you can watch on demand <a href="https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/470834240">here</a>!
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Having already engaged in the political and the personal
with Karen and Catriona on-line, I was enthusiastic about joining other like-minded
women to share their positive stories of success in business, and to determine
how we could support each other’s personal and professional goals. Even with backgrounds
ranging from legal to pharmaceuticals, health and well-being to farming, data
mining to philanthropy, I found it possible to connect on some level with most
of the women I met. Sometimes it was just sharing the issue of frizzy-humidity
hair in tropical QLD!</span></div>
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me (okay I created the lists myself), but today I wanted to share some of my gratefuls
about my time with this extraordinary group of women from around the country.</span></div>
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new friendships is not why most of us go to professional events, but it was
hard to walk away from this gathering having not only made professional contacts
but also new friends. I need to mention specifically here Karan White from <a href="http://www.podlegal.com.au/about/executive-team/karan-white/">Pod Legal</a> who has been an avid supporter of mine on Twitter in recent months, and while
me may share some professional work in the future, her sistahood is what I am most
grateful for today.</span></div>
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of two deadly Aboriginal women featured as part of the conference. <a href="http://vimeo.com/41542185">Joanne Nasir</a> (pictured above) from Darwin
was the creator of the ‘starfish’ rock each delegate received (see mine
pictured below), and Bibi Barba from Roma Queensland. It was great to see
Bibi’s art as gifts for presenters. Be sure and check out her work <a href="http://bibibarba.com.au/">here </a>for your own enjoyment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>NEW CONNECTIONS:</i></b> Aside from new friends and deadly sistas, other
connections that will cross personal /professional are what I have taken away
also. Cathy Reid (has already blogged for me <a href="http://anitaheissblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/brilliant-businesswoman-cathie-reid-is.html">here</a> about her gratefuls), Alexx Stuart (will
appear here shortly), Vicki Fitzgibbon and Louise Curtis (the original CBA WIF
poster girl, see below) are all now in my thoughts and I hope to be able to
share my skills – and a few cuppas or cocktails -with them in the future.</span><br />
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conference left me brimming with new ideas, a greater sense of possibilities
and a better understanding of my own professional potential. And for that I am
grateful. My time there listening to speakers like <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaudiaBatten">Claudia Batten</a>,
Victoria Ransom, Andy Lark, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.ploughcreek.com.au/about-us.html">Debra Cerasa</a>, <a href="http://www.ozharvest.org/ourimpact.asp?pageID=610">Ronni Kahn</a> and <a href="http://www.momentum2.com.au/kim-mckay-ao/">Kim McKay </a>, left me in awe for the strong, staunch women out there. Having spent most of
my life working on the NFP sector within community organisations, as well as
doing a lot of ‘love jobs’ still, I was also pleased to listen to a panel about
being socially conscious in business.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>FOCUS:</i></b> I am grateful for the time to sit, listen, learn,
engage, share and reflect on my professional goals, and just to FOCUS on what
is needed to grow my own business. I may be a sole trader, managed by and
manager of none, I am still a businesswoman motivated by making change. I also
have bills to pay, so being able to manage my business is just every day life.
People who work for themselves will understand that taking time to focus on
your own life and dreams is a luxury, especially when my deadlines and travel
for work get in the way. I remain grateful for the time dedicated over the two
days to allow me to considered how I might focus on redefining my own “Anita
Heiss” brand, and where I might see my professional life head in 2014 and
beyond. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>INFORMATION</i></b>: From learning about successful business models
here and abroad, to how to consider being well-thy, and the importance of
social media in connecting with my clients – i.e. audiences internationally – I
was given the tools to move forword through information sharing. Most
importantly for me, as someone who is an Ambassador for the <a href="http://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/">Indigenous Literacy Foundation</a> and Advocate for the <a href="http://www.ncie.org.au/">National Centre for Indigenous Excellence</a>, I was impressed to learn about the various community programs run by the CBA.
These include the <a href="https://www.commbank.com.au/about-us/who-we-are/in-the-community/community-grants.html">Community Grants Program </a>
and support for <a href="https://www.commbank.com.au/about-us/sustainability-and-community/community/indigenous-australians/education.html">Indigenous Youth</a> to name a few. I was also impressed to learn
that the CBA has raised over $2m through staff donations alone for community
projects. Awesome!
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models to me and thank them for their support and most importantly, their good
humour. Huge shout out to Catriona Wallace (pictured above) and Karen James
(below middle) for taking me under your powerful wings.</span></div>
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8am-10pm (networking over dinner is work!) then you may as well be doing it at
<a href="http://www.qtportdouglas.com.au/">QT, Port Douglas</a>. The places adds new meaning to the phrase working-paradise.
Thank you to all the staff who took care of us, fed and watered us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I'd also like to thank <a href="http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/">Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning</a>, UTS for supporting my travel to the conference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is 2013, and it is 150 years since the first <a href="http://www.humanrights.gov.au/erace-archives-australian-south-sea-islanders">South Sea Islanders were brought into Queensland to work as indentured labourers</a>
on plantations that were part of the opening up of the new colony. <a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/towns-robert-4741">Robert Towns</a>
had a cotton plantation at Townsville (now Veradale) near Beaudesert. This was
the destination of the first Islanders brought into Queensland. They arrived at
Redbank and walked 45 km to Townsville stopping to break the journey at
Jimboomba station. Other local plantation owners soon followed suit with the importation
of South Sea Islander labour. After the failure of cotton growing on the Logan
River, South Sea Islander labour was used extensively to develop the sugar,
pastoral and Beche-de-mer industries in Queensland. Up to 60,000 South Sea
Islanders were brought to this country until the early 20th century.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On Saturday 24<sup>th</sup> of August I was lucky enough to
be a part of the <a href="http://www.assi150.com.au/">ASSI 150 project</a>, my name is Mikael Willie I am a Year 11
student at <a href="http://www.chisholm.qld.edu.au/">Chisholm College,</a> and I am of South Sea Islander descent, from
Banks Island at the very top of Vanuatu, I also have connections to Tanna Is,
Ambrym Is and Epi from my two great grandmothers, I also have Indigenous
heritage from the G<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gureng_Gureng_language">ureng Gureng</a> people near Bundaberg, it was a real
honour to stand by my people as we marched the land of Beaudesert, it made me
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The march was walked on the same path that my ancestors
walked when arriving at the sugar canes. I was very proud to be a part of the
march, representing my people. I walked with the highest Authorities of Vanuatu
Paramount Chief Richard Fandanumata (from Tonga) he is the representative chief
of all Vanuatu and founder of <a href="http://www.blackbird.vu/">Blackbirding </a>issue against Australia. This event
was very significant as the Indigenous tribe of Beaudesert the Mununjali people
welcomed us into their land also using a smoke ceremony where all the South Sea
Islanders in the march walked through the smoke into the land. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Nowadays, their descendants are scattered across
Queensland and NSW and have made a significant contribution to the country.
Specifically, the ASSI 150 Project will work towards an exhibition and
associated events initially for a period of time in 2013 but the vision is for
these to be exhibited and performed in venues throughout SE Qld. The aim is to
help tell that story to the wider community and to acknowledge and commemorate
the contribution that Australian South Sea Islanders have made.</span></span>
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Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-2938927509229563292013-09-17T20:17:00.000-07:002013-09-17T20:18:07.837-07:00Brisbane… a never-ending list to be grateful for…<div class="MsoNormal">
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{page:WordSection1;}</style>When I started this gratefulness blog, I religiously sat
down of a night and easily found five things to document and be grateful for in
my day. I still can, I just haven’t been, and for that I am mentally slapping
myself. Of course there is plenty to be grateful for, especially during my
extended working / break her in Brisbane, and today I just want to share some
of my gratefuls of the past few weeks.</div>
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<i>The All Stars before the run...</i><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RUNNING BUDDIES:</b>
I am grateful to the beautiful women affectionately known as THE ALL STARS (Nadine
McDonald-Dowd, Louisa Panuel and Jasmyn Sheppard) who ran with me recently to
raise money for the <a href="http://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/">Indigenous Literacy Foundation.</a> We travelled up from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast Marathon, and gained some
strength the day before by lying by the pool of the <a href="http://www.twinwatersresort.com.au/">Novotel Twin Waters</a>. I was
also nursing a broken toe – which I won’t bore you with here – so I also need
to extend my gratitude to Nurse Nadine to provide an endless supply of tape and
sympathy.</div>
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We did our 10km run in the heat of the Sunday morning sun, replenished
ourselves with big breakfasts afterwards and came back content knowing we had
all achieved in our run and our fundraising. <br />
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I am especially grateful to all those who put their dollars where my feet were
for the race. Collectively, THE ALL STARS were the <a href="http://www.everydayhero.com.au/event/sunshinecoastmarathon2013/top_ten">top ranking</a> fundraiser!
Awesome! </div>
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<i> Mel Kettle's cooking class - how lucky am I?</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COOKING LESSON with
MEL KETTLE</b>: I can’t cook, that’s no secret, but I have friends who are
deadly chefs, including Mel Kettle who’s blog – <a href="http://www.cooks-notebook.com.au/">The Cook’s Notebook </a>
– has given me some simple <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> simply
delicious recipes that I have been able to manage all on my lonesome. In
exchange for a copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">M<a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/manhattan-dreaming-anita-heiss/prod9781864711288.html">anhattan Dreaming</a></i>,
Mel invited me into her all-equipped and well-stocked kitchen for a lesson in
preparation for a dinner-party I was hosting – see next entry.</div>
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I am grateful for the personal tutorial and just being able
to watch a ‘real cook’ up close and personal to see how it’s done. Would I dare
to cook for Mel one day??? Maybe that will be a challenge for 2014… I do have a
recipe or two up my sleeve now, I just need the courage.</div>
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<i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Josie, Anita, Narelle, Sheryl and Angela at the non-dinner party!</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE NON-DINNER PARTY</b>:
So, with my cooking lesson and confidence under my belt, and a new set of wine glasses
and cutlery to play hostess in my temporary home here in Brisbane, I set about preparing
my menu for some of Brisbane’s deadliest writers. These women are award-winning,
witty, warm and wonderful. They cross-genres and are multi-skilled BUT also
have some issues with their food! I learned that one was vegan, another GF, one
a fruitarian, one a carnivore, one lactose intolerant, one sugar-free, one
didn’t like capsicum, another anything spicy, one was all of the above, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">none </i>really drank. But by the time we’d
finished our email exchanges I was on my third glass and in tears. It was my
worst hostessing nightmare. I couldn’t even make this up for a novel if I
tried!</div>
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So what am I grateful for with this little event – the local
Thai restaurant I took them to instead, where I said – pick what you can eat! </div>
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I don’t recommend you inviting them all for dinner at the
same time, but I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">do</i> recommend you
read their books! Check out <a href="http://www.booksbyjosie.com.au/AboutMe.html">Josie Montano,</a>
<a href="http://www.sherylgwyther.net/">Sheryl Gwyther,</a>
<a href="http://www.narelleoliver.com/">Narelle Oliver</a>
and <a href="http://www.angelasunde.com/">Angela Sunde!</a> </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PICNICS FOR ONE</b>:
Perhaps one of my most significant gratefuls for my time in Brisbane has been
the ‘me time’ I have gifted myself and spending time sitting under trees along
the river and having picnics for one. I find an incredible sense of peace at
Orleigh Park and along the stretch from West End to the SLQLD where I spend
time every weekend. So I am grateful for the weather and the landscape for
providing the perfect setting for me. Oh and a good book (i.e. Cate Kennedy’s
<a href="http://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/title/dark-roots1/">Dark Roots</a>), a beer and some Twistie’s also make for a great party for one.</div>
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Brisbanite's hate me sayin<span style="color: blue;">g their city</span> is like a country-town, but it is, in a good
way. It’s logistically easier to get around and catch up with people, and
indeed bumping into people, like I did…. There I was on my way home from my
picnic-for-one and I look to the right and see none other than deadly artist
<a href="http://www.artsconnect.com.au/adamhill/">Adam Hill</a>. It was a surreal but typically small-town-in-a-big-world-moment. I was
grateful for the fleeting moment we shared before I toddled of home and he got
back into his book… perfect Sunday arvo along the river. Oh and it pays to look left and right, not just when crossing the road, cos you never know who you might see!</div>
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Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-44190521415984491072013-09-16T19:55:00.000-07:002013-09-16T20:05:55.688-07:00Brilliant businesswoman Cathie Reid is grateful... <style>
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connections I made at the #womenCAN conference in Port Douglas recently.
Hosted by the <a href="https://www.womeninfocus.com.au/welcome">Women in Focus</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>team of the CBA, the event brought together
140 women who are positively disrupting their industries through the businesses they run.
I was grateful having been invited to learn, but also to share so many inspiring stories and moments with women from around Australia. (I will blog my own gratefuls ASAP).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Cathie Reid is one of the women I got to spend time with, talking about
life in general, and some fantastic fashion as well (see her gorgeous outfits above and
below!)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Cathie is<span style="color: #17366b;"> </span><span style="color: #262626;"><a href="http://www.aphs.com.au/"> APHS Managing Partner </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and <a href="http://www.aphspackaging.com.au/">APHS Packaging Founder</a> but that’s
not why she’s blogging today. I invited Cathy to share her gratefuls because I
think she’s not only deadly in business, but also on the dance-floor.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><i>1. Opportunities</i>. I am so
grateful for the opportunities that continue to present whereby I am able to
attend amazing thought provoking, stimulating events that also allow me to
catch up with existing connections and make new ones. Last weeks Women in
Focus conference was a great example, and delivered a wonderful new connection
with the amazing Anita Heiss!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><i>2. Health.</i> Good health is an
asset that so many of us take for granted, but when friends undergo health
challenges it is a salient reminder of how grateful I am for the good health I
enjoy, and the responsibility to do everything I can to maintain that.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><i>3. My family. </i>I have a wonderful
husband and two great kids who support and encourage me in everything I do,
even when it involves spending time away from them. They constantly find
ways to surprise me and light up my world, and I am so grateful that they are
in my life.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><i>4. The sheer joy women get from each
other’s company.</i> The Women in Focus conference illustrated this in spades
as we all embraced the opportunity to dance like loons to 80s music in the
middle of a rainforest, with laughter and new friendships fizzing like champagne
bubbles. Women supporting other women is such a powerful force, and I am
grateful to be part of supportive communities with like-minded women who love
to celebrate being in each other’s company.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><i>5. Living in Queensland. </i> After
leaving beautiful sunny days in Brisbane to head to equally beautiful sunny
days in Port Douglas my arrival into Melbourne to a temperature of 14 degrees
was a rude shock. As I shivered in my shorts I was so grateful that life
enables me to live in a climate that suits my cold blood!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I can relate to all Cathie’s gratefuls – except husband and kids, and I’m
good with that. How many of Cathie’s gratefuls can you relate to?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;">You can follow Cathie on <a href="https://twitter.com/cathiereid">Twitter!</a>
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Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-67488031212936939382013-09-08T20:04:00.000-07:002013-09-08T20:04:06.201-07:00Where our journey begins… an anthology by primary school students
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As part of my wonderful few months in Brisbane, I had the
pleasure of doing a writing residency at <a href="http://www.spcthegap.qld.edu.au/">St Peter Chanel</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in The Gap. During my time there I worked with
the entire student body from Preps to Year 7, and together we created an
anthology of writing titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Where Our
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Within these pages you will read the passionate,
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In considering the role of totems in Aboriginal society the
energetic Preps and Year 1’s were asked to choose a totem for their own clan,
their own family. I think parents and siblings might be interested to see what
animal each child chose for their totem to protect the ones they love, and why
they wanted to protect their chosen totem. It was interesting to see that the
black snake and carpet snake were as popular as the koala and the shark!</div>
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Years 2 and 3 brainstormed all the ways they could care for
land and the sea, as well as why they should protect and respect the earth. In
sharing their strategies for caring for country, they also explained why they
love living on Turrbul land around The Gap. </div>
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Places like Uluru and the Bunya Mountains are known as
sacred sites to Aboriginal people and important cultural heritage, but most of
us have somewhere that is sacred to us on a personal level; a place that holds
fond memories, a space where we feel safe and at peace. Years 4 and 5 wrote
about those places that are sacred to them; why they are special, who they go
there with, any rules there might be to protect their sacred place. They used
their senses to describe in detail just exactly what the place was like, so the
reader could be transported there as well. I’m sure you will be.</div>
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In talking about Indigenous Australia in modern society,
Years 6 and 7 brainstormed all the words, phrases, people and concepts that
come to mind when they think about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
today. Some of their work also reflects their own understanding of our shared
Australian history as well, and the choice to write performance pieces also
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It is important to note that some of the words and phrases
used in some these pieces reflect the racist vernacular of the time the
children were writing about, such as ‘half-blood’ and ‘native’. This
terminology is not used in today’s discussion around Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples, the First Peoples of Australia.</div>
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I thoroughly enjoyed the writing journey with these
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This is a belated blog but I didn’t want to let the
experience of the <a href="http://www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au/v2/index.php">Byron Bay Writers’ Festival</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pass without me expressing my gratitude.
This fabulous <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgi40WFAdSg">video</a> shot by Tim Eddy truly captures the spirit of the festival, and I recommend
watching it just to make yourself feel good today.
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In the meantime, in no particular order (and leaving out
lots of other things I am grateful for) here are five gratefuls from my weekend
at the BBWF:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FUNNIEST PANEL EVER:</b>
I have been to writers festivals around the country and indeed internationally,
and I always have a laugh and sometimes a weep, but the BBWF this year provided
the biggest laughs I have <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ever</i>
experienced at any event anywhere. Taking the stage with local author <a href="http://www.lisawalker.com.au/%20%20(">LisaWalker </a>featured on my <a href="http://anitaheissblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/author-lisa-walker-is-grateful.html">blog</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>below and in the pic above) to talk about chick lit and mass
market, we say alongside <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com.au/authors/colin-falconer.aspx">Colin Falconer <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></a>who had more identities than I could
count, <a href="http://www.edchatterton.com/">Ed Chatterton</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who was supposed to be suffering from
man flu, and our deadly chair <a href="http://storydoctor.com.au/about/about-moya">Moya Sayer-Jones </a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>who facilitated the laughter! Seriously,
I nearly peed my pants. You will see the laugher of the panel and the audience
in the fab <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgi40WFAdSg">video</a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>by Tim Eddy.</div>
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The BBWF was the second Stella Prize Trivia night I’d done (the other being at
the Perth Writers Festival). The event is always full of laughter, a touch of
competition and the occasional boo, but it’s also very stressful. So stressful
in fact that I didn’t recognise my own work (from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/not-meeting-mr-right-anita-heiss/prod9781863255110.html">Not Meeting Mr Right</a>) </i>being read out to the audience. Thankfully my team members <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Blain">Georgia Blain </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and <a href="http://horacek.com.au/">Judy Horacek</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>had all the answers! Big shout out to the
awesome <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2694546.htm">Sally Warhaft <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></a>who is the most awesome mediator, timekeeper,
chair, judge ever! And of course, even <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">she</i>
knows we were robbed on the night.</div>
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I like going to festivals because I get to meet my readers. I think it’s a
normal part of being a writer to engage with those I write for. I like to know
what they get out of my storytelling, which characters they relate to and why.
I especially loved the audience engagement in our chick lit session with
support from readers such as Colleen Hickey (pictured above). She gladly
stepped in as one-woman cheer squad, just like a mother. Too gorgeous!
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CATCHING UP WITH
FRIENDS</b>: The BBWF was a wonderful opportunity to catch up with writerly
friends and to make new ones. Just because I have this fabulous pic of <a href="http://www.benjamin-law.com/">Benjamin Law </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from
the Stella Prize event, I’ll flag him today and note that I am <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">always</i> grateful to see Ben. And if you
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BYRON BAY BEACH FRONT</b>:
One cannot ignore the absolute beauty of the beachfront at Byron. Peaceful
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today I’m thrilled to have the lovely <a href="http://www.lisawalker.com.au/">Lisa Walker </a> guesting
here at my blog. Lisa and I met for the first time at the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival; we were on opposing teams at the Stella Prize
trivia night, and then chick lit comrades on a panel the next day. That's us below, and I've written about it here! Lisa’s sense of humour makes me like her a lot. And I’m looking forward to reading her books; <a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/sex-lies-and-bonsai-lisa-walker/prod9780732294137.html"><i>Sex, Lies and Bonsai</i> </a> and <a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/liar-bird-lisa-walker/prod9780732294120.html"><i>Liar Bird. </i></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the
meantime, I’m grateful I can share in the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><u><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lisa says: 'I am
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Writing.</b> Being able to share my
thoughts in this way has brought me so many wonderful connections with readers
and writers. It’s like diving into a
refreshing pool of ideas and conversation. I meet with my little writing group
every few weeks to share progress, stories and laughs. It enriches my life
immeasurably. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 2.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Laughter:</b> When we can laugh with
someone we know we're on the same wavelength. I am grateful for the laughs I share
with readers, family and friends. Not a day goes by when I can't find something
to laugh at. Being overwhelmed by mirth is one of life’s great treats. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 3.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Love
and heartbreak</b>:
Love comes in many forms. It can tear you apart and stick you back together
again. I am grateful for the enduring love in my marriage and my overwhelming
love for my children. But let’s not forget those mean
bastards who have broken my heart in the past. Without you, I'd have nothing to
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 4.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>Work:</b> 'Love and work… work and love, that is all there is' said the peculiar,
but sometimes spot on Sigmund Freud. Work can be a pain on days when I'd rather
lie in bed, or go to the beach, but it also gives me a sense of purpose and
engages me with the world. Right now, I have three jobs - I work at the writers
centre in Byron Bay, I am an author and I am doing a Masters in Creative
Writing at the University of Queensland. My 'to do' list is a mile long, but
nothing on it is a chore. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 5.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b>The
place I live:</b>
Here in the Northern Rivers the air is clean, the sea is blue and because it
rains an awful lot, the rainforest flourishes. I don’t mind the cloudy days, they help us to enjoy the sun. Right
now, the whales are jumping, the parrots are feeding and the water dragons are
lazing in the warmth. If I had any sense I’d join them. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And because five things just aren’t enough… I am also grateful to have
been asked to appear on Anita's blog. Thanks Anita! This is such a positive
place and I feel like I'm part of a lovely conversation between go-getting
women. Happy days indeed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>You can find out more
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Blog: <a href="http://lisawalkerwriter.wordpress.com/">http://lisawalkerwriter.wordpress.com/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaWalkerTweet">https://twitter.com/LisaWalkerTweet</a></span></span></div>
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This is a blog of absolute, from the bottom-of-my-heart,
unconditional gratitude to all the team who recently looked after me at the
<a href="http://www.whitsundayvoices.com.au/">Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in Mackay. With 5000 students filing
through venues over two days, and a group of writers from all around the
country with various needs and dietary requirements, it can’t be easy
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As festivals go, and from my humble-authorly-opinion, Whitsunday
Voices was incredibly well organised. And truly, I have never been fed so many
fabulous baked-goods; biscuits, fudge and scones delivered to the green room at
the drop of a chef’s hat. I am still working of the calories! </div>
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<b>STUDENT MINDERS</b>: Over the two days of the festival, I was blessed
to have four minders who escorted me to and from venues, delivered me lunch,
offered to get coffee, and in fact, two even showed up with massive amounts of
chocolate in the arms. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">[Note to self:
remove references to your love of chocolate from your website Anita!] </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to thank these young ladies – pictured above
and below – for their hospitality and professionalism, but most significantly,
their capacity to laugh with me, especially when no one was in my signing
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<b>YOUNG IT GIRLS:</b> These beautiful Year 7 students (below) were
brimming with the enthusiasm that many of us only have after a double-shot of
coffee. Their smiling faces, interest in reading and IT skills made my day run
smoothly. I felt like I had a new group of younger sisters. Lucky me!</div>
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<b>WILLIAM McINNES: </b>Anyone who has heard this actor / writer
speak will understand why he’s one of my gratefuls. One of the best dinner
addresses I have ever experienced. Also got myself a signed copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/worse-things-happen-at-sea-william-mcinnes/prod9780733628023.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Worse Things
Happen at Sea</span></a>: <a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/worse-things-happen-at-sea-william-mcinnes/prod9780733628023.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tales of
Life, Love, Family </span></a></i>illustrated by the late Sarah Watt.</div>
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<b>NEW WRITERLY FRIENDS:</b> The best thing about festivals is
meeting others in ‘your world’. Those who are obsessed with stories, writing
and sometimes illustrating too. This festival I got to hang out with someone
who likes food as much as me; children’s author <a href="http://www.felicearena.com/">Felice Arena</a> was a barrel
of laughs (that’s him above with my dear friend Boori Pryor). Also go to hit
the dance-floor with one <a href="http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A17921">Anna Fienberg</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>who boogies as deadly as she writes! </div>
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<b>THE TEAM: </b>Now, last but not least, a huge cyber-hug of
gratitude to Sonia Anderson and her amazing team pulling the festival together.
All the volunteers, parents, drivers, bakers, everyone! Collectively, you made
the experience of visiting Mackay for the first time a most memorable one. You
also reminded me why I do what I do. Thank you!</div>
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<br />Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-78397667673911768732013-08-07T20:57:00.003-07:002013-08-07T20:57:42.788-07:00Rooms with a view... I am grateful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Airlie Beach from the Coral Sea Resort!</i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuIc41LEqHczMX_SZT40622Kdl7T5_W6-gxBHbfDFVdvFiy_j9go9LY-KhZgh4vCgquZ0P_K-2AqN-RHyr1ICK0kP1_fH520FVu13_rOqd5tyF3_x1U2WEepkUYQLbWOrBdivmW6-vA/s1600/photo%5B2%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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I’m not going to bore you with how difficult the writing
life can be, you know, not having paid work for months on end, having to be
away from family and loved ones when doing book tours and festivals, how life
on the road takes it’s toll on your body (you don’t eat, sleep or do other
bodily functions like normal… I’m just saying). These more unpleasant aspects
of the career are all trade-offs to the choice I make to be a full-time writer
and continue to create work that will hopefully impact positively on someone
else's life, somewhere in the universe.</div>
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Instead, because I am Miss Positivity most of the time, I
want to share just one of the wonderful sides of the writerly life; the views
that can come with the rooms in just some of the hotels I get to stay in. In
recent weeks, thanks to being an author, I have had the good fortune of waking
up to these views above and below. Yes, I know it’s awfully depressing, but I do somehow continue
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BYRON BAY:</b> Last
week, as an author on the program of the <a href="http://www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au/v2/index.php">Byron Bay Writers Festival</a>,
I was hosted by owners Sandy and Dion at <a href="http://thesummerhouse.com.au/">The Summerhouse<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a>- an
extraordinary piece of paradise in the hills above Byron Bay. Walking in late
afternoon, I was like a child having never seen anything so beautiful before.
The whole place has that ‘WOW’ factor. My pics don’t do it justice though, so
check out their website. Better still, go stay there and feel like you are at one
with a nature while also experiencing an enormous sense of luxury!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MACKAY:</b> As an
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AIRLIE BEACH:</b>
Presenting at the <a href="http://wowfestival.blogspot.com.au/">Whitsunday Writers Festival</a> in Airlie Beach in July, I also had the terrible situation of having a room at
the <a href="http://www.coralsearesort.com/">Coral Sea Resort</a> that pretty much sat in the water, as you can see at the top of the page and below. I could actually
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CAIRNS</b>: In July
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had the good fortune and fun experience of meeting the lovely <a href="http://annabelsmith.tumblr.com/about">Annabel Smith </a>at this year’s Perth Writers Festival. We were on the same team for the Stella Prize Trivia night (that's us below!), which was nothing short of a rollicking good time. Most impressive on the night was Annabel’s reciting (off the cuff mind you!) of the NATO phonetic alphabet. This is what is expected of you when you write a book titled <i><a href="http://annabelsmith.tumblr.com/whiskycharliefoxtrot">Whiskey Charlie Foxtrot! </a></i><i> </i> Not long after Annabel invited me to be part of her Friday Fave’s session on her own blog, where authors offer one of their favourite reads. You can check out mine <a href="http://annabelsmith.tumblr.com/post/53435545876/friday-faves-butterfly-song-by-terri-janke">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, I am thrilled that Annabel has been generous of time and spirit to share with us what she is most grateful for. Feel free to add your own gratefuls below. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I’m grateful for the accident of my birth</i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The older I get, the more aware I am of the suffering around the world: the people born into poverty, or living in danger, in fear, in ill health, with persecution and oppression and I remind myself not to take for granted things like running water, access to education and freedom of speech, which are, to so many people, the most incredible luxuries and privileges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>I’m grateful for my mental health.</i></b> After struggling with depression on and off for six years, I feel grateful for where I’m at right now, which is not perfect, but fairly stable, and for all the friends, family members, doctors and counsellors who’ve helped me to reach this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>I’m grateful for my family.</i></b> My husband is supportive and caring and deeply engaged with parenting our son; my son is hilarious as well as challenging, which presents me with many opportunities for personal growth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>I’m grateful for books.</i></b> Reading and writing have enriched my life in more ways than I can say; they bring me joy and inspiration on a daily basis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>To find our more about Annabel check her out here:</i></span><br />
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I’ve been in Brisbane three months and I still wake up excited every day! I remain
obsessed with the river and can’t believe it when I meet locals who have never ridden
on a City Cat or ferry. Last Friday night I took the City Cat from West End to
Southbank, and the experience was simply beautiful (see pic above). Then at the
end of the night I played tourist with a tourist (see Francois below) who was our
tuk tuk driver from the city back to Southbank. Sharon and I laughed all the
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minutes divided into three separate performances – SCAR, YEARNING, KEEPERS –
the company manages to dance out issues of self-identity within the modern
urban life, the various life experiences we may have over time and learning to
know who you are, and finally, a visual celebration of culture, knowledge and
our Elders who carry it on. After every Bangarra performance I want to get into
my training gear and stretch, limber up. Alas I will stick to telling stories
through writing and remain grateful for the works that Stephen and David Page
and the team keep bringing to us. I’m grateful I was able to share the
experience of BLAK at the QLD Performing Arts Centre with my deadly tiddas
above, Louisa, Jasmyn and Sharon.</span></span></div>
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Yesterday I attended the inaugural <a href="http://www.meganmorton.com/things/">Megan Mortan, </a> <a href="http://www.theschool.com.au/">The School </a>#book_chat book swap event supporting
the <a href="http://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/">Indigenous Literacy Foundation.</a> Held at <a href="http://tobyscott.com.au/studio">Toby Scott’s studio </a>
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together a group of awesome Instagramers from around the country, who each generously
brought along their favourite book to swap with another, while donating to the
ILF. Orchestrated by Megan Morton (wearing dazzling glittery sandals), and
supported by her publisher Julie Gibbs (Penguin) and Suzy Wilson, deadly owner
of <a href="http://www.riverbendbooks.com.au/">Riverbend Books</a>
and founder of the ILF, the night was full of laugher, literature and a human
pineapple! Check out Megan and Mr Pineapple below!</span></span></div>
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book group at the <a href="http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/">State Library of Qld.</a> This is a book
club with a difference, and is now celebrating their 9<sup>th</sup> year of
getting together to discuss stories by and about Indigenous Australia. The
group has no political purpose or religious affiliations and the avid readers
come from a variety of backgrounds and ages. Their common purpose is to explain
their knowledge and understanding of current Indigenous issues in Australia by
reading and discussing woks (primarily) though not exclusively by Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander authors, in an informal, friendly setting. This
month the group read <a href="http://www.anitaheiss.com/am_i_black_enough_for_you_.html"><i>Am I Black Enough For You?</i></a> I’m grateful for the opportunity to yarn
with the group, and that they choose to engage with our work as writers with
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I’m always grateful for breakfast at The Cliffs at Kangaroo Point overlooking
the mighty Brisbane River and the city. I love the nearby installation art as
well, and below is the stainless steel sculpture by Wolfgang Buttress. Titled
Venus Rising, it’s 23m tall (that’s why the whole thing is not in the picture)
and the spiral formation you see when you look upward from inside is meant to
refer to the principles of geometry and symbolism about transition, growth and
evolution. Or so said the plaque. I like is as a landmark that you can be seen
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<i> Jacob with other young leaders at the QIYLP in Brisbane</i></div>
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I was in a dark place in my life!
I lost many significant people in my life in various ways, such as manslaughter,
suicide, multiple car accidents, cancer and drowning, before I even turned 21.
These things happened in such a short amount of time, but the thing that was a
catalyst to my spiral was the stopping of the attempted suicide of one of my
best mates at the time.
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I was deep in depression; anxiety
was growing and dealing with post-traumatic stress/flashbacks and I was
surrounding myself with negative influences. Spiralling out of control with the
use of alcohol, smoking and the domino effect eventually continued to substance
abuse. I was still working, paying bills but it wasn’t long before I found
myself borrowing money, selling items I worked hard for, angry at the world and
pushing the people I love and care so much for away. I neglected the reasons
why I was depressed, which were loss and grief.</div>
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My name is Jacob Ridgeway a proud
young Worimi & Kamilaroi man. That is the person I unfortunately become but
my positive change was yet to come</div>
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In February, I made a sacrifice
to move 2000km away with a car full of belongings from my home in Newcastle in
NSW and move north to Townsville in QLD. I quit smoking, stopped drinking and
separated myself from the negatives in my life that were making me unhappy. I
called it downsizing the quantity of life and upgrading my quality of life but
had no specific timeframe. I managed to lose 17kgs, stopped drinking/smoking
and pushed aside the people who couldn’t support the fact I want better for
myself and for one day a family of my own. I soon gained employment and a
hunger for higher quality independence with my own place to live.</div>
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My pace personally and
professionally began to pick up but what I didn’t anticipate was that an email
to apply from the <a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/education-training/indigenous-youth-leadership-program/">Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership Program</a> would change my life. With the support of my work place, I applied for the
program not knowing what to think, but knowing I would learn some tools to
better myself and to better others on my journey.</div>
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Last week I had the opportunity
to meet 40-50 strangers in the Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
2013 in Brisbane. I had the opportunity to listen to some deadly people from
all aspects of life and hear their journey. Some of these people included Dr
Anita Heiss, <a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/education-training/indigenous-youth-leadership-program/">Kaylah Tyson</a>,
Mark Hunter, Wally Tallis, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Carroll">Luke Carroll</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>
and many of the individuals or people from various government and
non-government organisations.</div>
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Each guest speaker had their
story of trials and triumphs and the thing I began to think about was that
‘There are many more ways to measure success in this life’. They all had a
simple concept of ‘Dream it, Believe it, Achieve it’. This concept is all well
and good, however a crucial aspect of this concept was missing which is ‘Plan
it’. All the above people emphasised the importance of goal setting and all
mentioned how that is was a key factor of success and reaching their outcomes.</div>
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Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership
Program 2013 has been the most rewarding experience of my life. I did things
that I thought I would never do without liquid confidence such as clowning/performing
around the mall, singing up around the bar. I was blessed to meet new people
who also shared a vision for themselves and those around them. The support and
encouragement from everyone was incredible.</div>
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Friday 5<sup>th</sup> July 2013,
I was involved in probably the most powerful experiences of my life with other
participants. We had an adjournment debate on about things or issues that were
important to us. Tears were flowing from the stories told and it was great to
see people who I could now call friends express their topics with such passion,
very moving. </div>
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Below is a copy of my speech that
meant the world to me to share which was inspired from a yarn with Justin Noel
and by presentations of Dr. Anita Heiss & Kaylah Tyson. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">“I knew I was here to grow and lead,
absorbing truth and wisdom to believe and achieve.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Here with all my Murri mob in Brissy for
the week, but it wasn’t so long ago that future seemed just bleak.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Depression & dependence were some
obstacles for me, not to mention these growing pains I had with anxiety.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Made the shift from Newy & moved up
north to the ‘Ville, made commitments to myself of which I knew I had to deal.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Stability with my job; stability with my
weight; stability for my family for mind, body and souls sake.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Completed my goals now and so ready to
make new ones, time to take this chance I have to lead but remember to have
fun.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">I lost the morals of the man my parents
raised me to be, though I’m not the only brother or sister to struggle with
loss of identity.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Help nurture our talents and our skills;
we are the oldest culture you know, because our people are more than the
negative traits that the media only seem to show.”</span></i></div>
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This was the 1<sup>st</sup> time
I had openly expressed my inner battles and it was a relief to express issues
with the support of those around me. I not long after found a passion within
myself which I haven’t had in a very long time. </div>
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Jeremy Ambrum played a massive
role in my speech in where we had a conversation at the start of the week and
the reoccurring theme was ‘Vulnerability’. I now know that letting go of my
personal barriers is essential for happiness and wellbeing. I use to think of
it as a weakness, but it’s the complete opposite. We need to be open to feel anything
because vulnerability is honesty. Thank you my brother.</div>
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Last week I had the opportunity
to meet 40-50 strangers in the Queensland Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
2013 in Brisbane. This week I can now call these strangers my family. Thank you
to everyone, I will never forget the past week and know that you guys have
played an important role in my life's journey. </div>
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I'm grateful for the work Nigel
Daisy, Amy Wockner and especially Louisa Panuel put in for us along with Aaron
Nagas, Justin Noel and all mentors involved especially our teams’ mentor Regina
Orcher (Team Purple). I can’t thank you guys enough for the time and effort
placed in our group.</div>
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This is just the beginning;
beginning of a new chapter; new step; a chance to use the skills that have
empowered us to instil positive change from the bottom to the top, from
wherever our path takes us. Be sure to remember the achievements, milestones,
hard work, setbacks and sacrifices that we have encounter as each one defines
where were are at, where we have been and where we are going. </div>
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<u>My short term goals are:</u></div>
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Cert 4 – Mental Health.</div>
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•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Visit
Cairns.</div>
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•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Keep
learning the guitar.</div>
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•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Keep
seeing a vocal coach.</div>
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•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Post
videos or recordings of me singing.</div>
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<u>Long term goals are: </u></div>
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•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Move
to Brisbane.</div>
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•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Record
music.</div>
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•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Combine my skills welfare and
music to tell my story and build awareness of issues in community.</div>
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•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Have a beautiful girl and family
of my own to share and support each other’s gifts, dreams and goals.</div>
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I can’t effectively do all this
on my own in Townsville and need to finish rebuilding my relationship with my
immediate family. I have unfinished business in Newcastle and I need to take a
step back for me to move forward. I have made the hard decision to return home
for now but my goals and focus remains the same. DETERMINATION, DEDICATION,
MOTIVATION!</div>
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NAIDOC week http://www.naidoc.org.au/
is a special time for me. It gives me time to reflect & celebrate the
history, culture and achievements of our people. NAIDOC is a time where we get
the opportunity to share our culture on a broader level. NAIDOC is a great
opportunity to participate actively and support community.</div>
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This year I have had the
opportunity on being a guest at Heatley State School and Ingham High School.
This is an honour to be able to represent my people so far away from home and
speak about the pride I hold with my Aboriginal heritage and history.</div>
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When I think of people that
helped shape where we are today names come up like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mabo">Eddie Mabo</a>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C<a href="http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/subjects/perkins/">harles Perkins</a>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.cathyfreeman.com.au/">Cathy Freeman</a>, <a href="http://www.arthurbeetsonfoundation.com.au/">Arthur Beetson</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>and Ernie Dingo. On a more personal
level I think of people back in my own community such as my father Justin
Ridgeway (First Worimi Police Officer), relative <a href="http://caama.com.au/tag/dr-kelvin-kong">Dr. Kelvin Kong </a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>(First Indigenous Surgeon), friend &
mentor <a href="http://www.lastkinection.com/?page=bio">Joel Wenitong</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>(The Last Kinection – Medicine Student) but
the big name for me would be my grandfather & Worimi Elder Noel ‘John’
Ridgeway OAM.</div>
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You ask any member of our family
or community and he is a man who has been through the struggle; he is a man who
has done it tough; he has paid his dues; been rewarded with the highest of accolades
for our people and is well respected by our community and its surrounds. This
respect was shown recently when he needed urgent surgery to correct
deteriorating vision and community held a fundraiser to assist. We had plenty
of donations, raffles & auctions rolling in but the biggest names I seen on
the list were Anthony and Tony Mundine. Anthony and Tony donated a set of
signed boxing gloves for auction to help my pop.</div>
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I know how important our pop is
to us as a family but it was an eye opener just to see how important he is to
our community and other areas. The list of awards he has received is remarkable
so it shouldn’t be a surprise of the influence he has had on our people. This
list includes OAM, Premiers Medal, Port Stephens Citizen of the Year and many
more. </div>
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To finish I would like to say; be
proud of who are; have fun; embrace yourself, your strengths and continually
push our limits to better ourselves and our people and spread the message of
love and respect to ourselves and each other.</div>
Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-74731696415624427382013-07-08T00:13:00.000-07:002013-07-08T03:37:55.735-07:00NAIDOC is about celebrating all that is good!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As we kick off <a href="http://www.naidoc.org.au/">NAIDOC Week</a> around the country I feel incredibly positive about what is happening and what is possible for the future of our mobs. I choose to be a half-glass full kind of girl and actively seek out the ‘good’ in people and society. I haven’t had to look far for inspiration in our communities, and today I’m just going to list five gratefuls in recent weeks that keep me smiling today.<br />
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<i>Inspiring QIYLP participant Jacob Ridgeway</i></div>
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<b>QIYLP: </b>Last week I stood in the Undumbi Room of Parliament House in Brisbane, as a guest speaker at the Q<a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/education-training/indigenous-youth-leadership-program/">LD Indigenous Youth Leadership Program</a> and I was not only inspired by the words of wisdom by Uncle Hughie Kirk (who also plated the gum leaf) and Uncle Thomas Sebasio, but I was in awe of the young Murri people there who had begin their own leadership journeys. One has already posted on my blog (you can read Kayannie’s words here), others will be writing for me shortly. The group came from across the state and had different stories and dreams, but all share the sense of knowing what they can achieve as individuals and give back as community members. A huge shout out to the coordinator of the program, Miss Louisa Panuel (pictured with me above), a deadly Senior Program Officer Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services.<br />
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<i>Uncle Chicka Madden gives a warm welcome to country at the IDEA Summit</i> </div>
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<b>IDEA SUMMIT: </b>An initiative of the <a href="http://www.ncie.org.au/">National Centre of Indigenous Excellence</a> (NCIE), the <a href="http://indigenousdigitalexcellence.org.au/">Indigenous Digital Excellence Agenda </a>is a partnership between the NCIE and the <a href="https://exchange.telstra.com.au/2013/07/03/telstra-foundation-and-national-centre-of-indigenous-excellence-support-idea-summit-in-sydney/">Telstra Foundation</a> and an innovative program to ensure that Indigenous youth and communities generally are part of the digital revolution.<br />
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<i>Talking about the future with Belinda Duarte and Rhianna Patirck </i></div>
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With words of support and encouragement (and the cash!) from Tim O’Leary (CSO, Telstra) the two day summit saw co-designers, presenters and invited participants develop a greater understanding of the obstacles to digital inclusion, but also the steps required to be part of the process, and even leaders in the field. Lead by IDEA Facilitator David Hood, participants had opportunities to hear from and quiz experts in the field and develop and present a pitch. It was awesome! The digital future is bright with the right support, which is being provided by the Telstra Foundation and the NCIE! Thank you! <br />
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<b>DEADLY BROTHERS:</b> Love, love, love the current exhibition at <a href="http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/kd/deadly-brothers?SQ_CALENDAR_DATE=2013-07-08">kuril dhagun </a> Indigenous Knowledge Centre at the State Library of QLD. Showcasing the best Murri men have to offer in terms of their musical talents, the exhibit is part of the Live! Queensland Band Culture program. Featured is <a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/blair-harold-9520">Harold Blair </a>(Cherbourg) who performed as Mundit in the Aboriginal opera Dalgerie at the Sydney Opera House in 1973! Wow! Also included are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAIZIPvuKrE">Mop and the Dropouts</a> (originally from Cherbourg also!), the five piece bands Black Image and Classik Nawu, and my favorite <a href="http://kevcarmody.com.au/">Kev Carmody</a>. I also love there’s a cardboard cutout (above) and costume rack for those like me who just can’t resist! Go check it out; it’s open daily from 10-5pm!<br />
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<i>We were full of enthusiasm and energy at 7am when we started!</i> </div>
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<b>CITY2SOUTH:</b> Yes, this is something I am still celebrating because we’ve only just got the final tally for our run for reading. Our team – the <a href="http://www.everydayhero.com.au/anita_heiss">All Stars</a> – raised just over $5000 for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, http://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/ as we ran 14km on a cold Sunday morning around the city of Brisbane, over to UQ and back to Musgrave Park. It was inspiring training and getting fit with my awesome Murri sistas while collectively we raised awareness of the need to get books into the hands of our most disadvantaged kids in remote Australia. We are in training now for the Sunshine Coast marathon on August 25.<br />
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<b>GOMA</b>: The Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane has to be one of the city’s greatest landmarks, with its walls always dripping with the best artwork from around Australia and the world. The current exhibition <a href="http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/my_country">‘My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia’</a>, is GOMA’s largest ever exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. Featured are some of our finest including Vernon Ah Kee, Doreen Reid Nakamarra, Michael Riley, Vincent Serico, Brook Andrew, Christopher Pease, Judy Watson, Warwick Thornton, Archie Moore, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarrnda, Sally Gabori, Richard Bell, Tony Albert, Dickie Minyintiri, Wakartu Cory Surprise, Destiny Deacon, Bindi Cole, Fiona Foley and Christian Thompson. Give yourself the afternoon off and immerse yourself in some powerful imagery and extraordinary talent. I did. And I’m going back!Dr Anita Heisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092628239600493279noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207068755581080502.post-51885586660205883202013-07-06T23:06:00.000-07:002013-07-06T23:06:46.624-07:00Five people to think about this NAIDOC Week, by Kayannie Denigan
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week I had the great pleasure of meeting Kayannie Denigan at the QLD Indigenous
Youth Leadership Program at Parliament House, in Brisbane. From the stage I
asked the future leaders if anyone would like to write something for my blog for
<a href="http://www.naidoc.org.au/">NAIDOC Week</a>, and <a href="http://www.naidoc.org.au/"></a> Kayannie shot her arm in the air first. Kayannie is a go-getter, a do-er. I
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is a young Anangu woman from Central Australia with family and cultural ties to
the Guugu Yimithirr and Kuku Yalanji people of Cape York. She is passionate
about Indigenous history and manages a Facebook page on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AboriginalhistoryQld"><span style="color: #0000ef;">history
of Queensland’s Aboriginal people</span></a>. She is in the process of
launching an Indigenous history corporation to provide support to people
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.naidoc.org.au/">NAIDOC Week</a> is a time to celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
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is important to our identity, our culture and our place in society to
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records, his Kuku Yalanji wordlists and other important documents about his
struggle. His brother Charlie never returned to his homeland after the war and
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as a child from the Northern Territory, Sarah Breaden was sent to South
Australia and then Victoria. She was under the 'protection' of the Protector of
Aboriginals until 1928 and in 1929 she married Robert Robertson. Records
relating to Sarah's time in Melbourne and her marriage have been located but no
other documents have been found. Sarah was my grandmother's aunt and I am
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Yarrabah Mission and spent most of his adulthood trying to take control of his
life. Despite growing up within 100kms of her homeland Mary has not been able
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eight years later. Many old people were abandoned at Palm Island on the way and
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I’m so grateful for the opportunity to visit schools as an
author, sharing my love of books, the writing process and the importance of
reading. Some of my visits are paid gigs, some of them are ‘love jobs’ (what others
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the good fortune of visiting some wonderful schools. First stop was <a href="http://bundambass.eq.edu.au/wcms/">Bundamba State School </a>I dropped by as part of my role as an
<a href="http://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/">Indigenous Literacy Foundation </a>Ambassador to thank the deadly students for raising $400 in 2012 for the ILF
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These kids were awesome! I loved their enthusiasm and they were so incredibly well
behaved and didn’t hassle me for getting lost on the way, arriving a little bit
late. Why don’t you get your school to organise a <a href="http://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/the-great-book-swap.html">Great Book Swap</a> this year,
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<i>School captains and Library Aide Chris Taege at Budamba State School. Deadly bunch!</i><br />
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<i> I just love the smiling faces when I hand over the book bags to excited kids!
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Another fantastic book initiative I am part of is the <a href="http://www.booksinhomesaustralia.com.au/">Booksin Homes</a> program, and I’m also proud to be an Ambassador for this mob too! Last week I
visited <a href="http://www.durackss.eq.edu.au/">Durack State School</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>(also out towards Ipswich) to be part of
the book giving assembly for Year 2. When I asked the entire school assembly
who liked to read, I was thrilled to see all hands in the air – even some of
the teachers raised their hands too. I love seeing the faces of students light
up when they receive their book bag filled with gems they’ve been able to
choose themselves from the Books in Homes catalogue. These books were
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was able to spend the day recently with Year 10 students from a range of
schools as they prepare for their final leg of secondary education, and head
towards reaching their own professional goals in life. I had a blast sharing my
own goal-setting journey and hearing about the range of occupations the young
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<i>The deadly girls are also creative :)</i></div>
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<i>What a handsome bunch of motivated students!</i></div>
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<i>Ok fellas, let's brainstorm this concept...</i></div>
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HER CHILDREN:</b> One of the highlights of my time here in Brisbane since arriving
six weeks ago has been attending the opening night of <a href="http://www.qpac.com.au/event/Mother_Courage_13.aspx">Mother Courage</a> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">at the QLD Performing Arts Centre. A
translation of Brecht’s work by the very deadly Wesley Enoch (with me above) and the lovely
Paula Nazarski, the stage took to life with stellar performances by Ursula
Yovich, Luke Carroll, Michael Tuahine, Roxanne McDonald, Eliah Watego, George
Bostock, Chenoa Deemal, Robert Preston, David Page, Dave Dow and musical
background provided by Mark Atkins. In a week when sporting headlines were
about racism, the arts sector in Brisbane at least, was celebrating our finest
wordsmiths and actors. And so was I! Thank you all.</span></div>
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foods. And you will get the chance to dance, meet new people, accidentally bump
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like a crazy woman on one ride, but I was generously helped from the ride by
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thought, ‘Yep, that’s my kind of place!’ </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Unfortunately, the night I went there
the fellas were not to be seen, and the space has the personality of a brick,
but the food, oh the food, that’s all you need to worry about. Try the burrito
de chorizo (soft flour tortilla filled with chorizo, beans, rice, sour cream,
salsa fresca, cheese and guacamole). It looks huge and it is, but you will
devour the lot because it is sensational. Take a bottle of something with you
and some awesome company and you’ll have a ball even without the sombreros!</span></div>
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your night out in West End, so head to <a href="http://www.slinglounge.com/">Sling Lounge </a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">sit out the back amidst the fairy lights and indulge in a martini or
margarita or whatever takes your fancy. The service is friendly too!</span></span></div>
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queue to order food when I get dressed up to go out on Friday night. But this
is one place I must make an exception, because watching the chef prepare your
fresh pasta in front of you is part of the dining experience at <a href="http://www.vapiano.com.au/vapiano-brisbane.htm">Vapiano</a>, off
Queen Street Mall in the city. </span><a href="http://www.vapiano.com.au/vapiano-brisbane.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">And the pizza! Wow, go the calzone
just because you can, and if you can fit in the dessert, then the lovely barman
will probably influence you to try the tasting plate </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">of<span class="bodytext"> tiramisu, panna cotta and crema di fragola. Take a gorgeous
date like I did – that’s Davey above – and it will the perfect night out!</span></span></div>
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fab, as you can see above, and the service was friendly, but the portions were
a little small for my belly – in which case they were probably the right size
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it’s the name of the international run and when you’re raising money for cancer
AND having a fabulous time getting fit with friends, then I’m okay with going
with the US spelling. I had a ball in the <a href="http://thecolorrun.com/australia/gold-coast/">Swisse Color Run</a> on the Gold Coast with sista Louisa – before above, after below – as we were
sprayed with orange, blue, green, yellow and pink dust, running a soggy circuit
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