Cooma: European History
http://www.monaropioneers.com/earlycooma.htm
Early Cooma
It was in March, 1849, that a survey for a reserve, or a village, to be known as Cooma, had been completed. On 29th October, 1849, Mr. T. L. (afterwards Sir Thomas) Mitchell, Surveyor General, wrote to Mr. T. S. Townsend, Surveyor at Tarcutta, by letter No. 49/600, as follows:
Sir,
“in… Continue reading
The Wisdom of Children: Happy Place, Environment Club, Living Now, Mandarins and Ghost Horses
I have been listening to my niece Bella and been amazed at the wisdom coming out of her mouth. I have done a double take. We haven’t seen each other that much but I recognise instantly that she is a peacemaker and is a person who will make a difference. I think children will teach… Continue reading
Cooma: Staying with Family
I headed to Cooma and had a whiring sound in my engine. Luckily enough I’d been to my friend’s place to do some computer backups and video uploads and decided not to eat there. As a result I stopped at a shop and just as I pulled in the car made strange noises. So I… Continue reading
Canberra: Life, Friends and Family
Life in Canberra has been interesting. Like most of this trip I feel I am revisiting places for closure. I am allowing life to show up with not too much planning. I cannot find my address book so just can’t contact friends here and my mobile is gone. Because I feel everything happens for a… Continue reading
Canberra: Cosmological Symbolism of Mysticism
http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:13443/n04_139_Proudfoot.pdf
ANCIENT COSMOLOGICAL SYMBOLISM
IN THE INITIAL CANBERRA PLAN
The design for Canberra, as developed from the initial plan of 1912, by Marion and Walter Griffin, cannot be understood without recognizing that the Land Axis connecting Mount Ainslie with the War Memorial, Anzac Parade, the lake system, the Parliamentary Triangle and Capital Hill, extends to… Continue reading
Canberra Designed on Theosophical Lines
What is not well known in Canberra is that it was designed on the principles of theosophy and eastern mysticism. Walter Burley Griffin’s wife Marion worked with him to design into the architecture energy and power. I climbed a hill here and thought of the energy of Canberra. The indigenous people named it Canberra –… Continue reading
Canberra: Reconnecting with Family and Friends
My journey to Canberra was 700km up the Hume Highway. I started at 6am and arrived around 2pm.
Canberra is where I grew up and it is aboriginal for meeting place. It is a political city with many industries created to support government projects. It is now around 60% private sector. Yet today I see… Continue reading
Melbourne: Reconnecting and Musings about Life
Visting Eliza and The Work
After I left my friend Donita’s I headed for Brunswick to have a coffee and lunch. I then headed to see my friend Eliza. Funnily enough I seem to have lost my phone with my other friends address. I was supposed to go to a party and stay the night… Continue reading
Melbourne: Thornbury to Taylors Lakes
I left my friend at the Northcote Uniting church having put all my things in storage and met with another friend in the city for lunch. I met Julia at the National Enterprise Industry Scheme program which educates budding entrepreneurs in a Certificate IV of Small Business. I did the course to develop my ideas… Continue reading
Melbourne: Dandenong to Thornbury
I repacked my car yesterday as I realised my friend was leaving her housesit before I return from Canberra. I will go to my family for a few weeks and return to Melbourne. I laugh at how tight my car is packed with things, but I go with the flow and do what I must.… Continue reading