Holistic Living - Issue 7 1st Birthday issue

1st BIRTHDAY EDITION Issue 7 / April 2015

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KELLY FIELDING // Kelly is a passionate writer and we raw/vegan chef who combines her love of writing

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with her forays into health and wellness. Kelly has traveled and worked extensively across the world in health resorts, detox centers, raw

Jade Hopley is the Co-

Her work is regularly published on several online

founder of Holistic Living and

journals as well as her own website ‘Bella and

HL Emagazine. She studied

Bhakti’ which offers information about plant-

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BA Visual Arts at Southern

based living, vibrant nourishing recipes as well as

Cross University and is an emerging artist and locals doing great things in the arts, environmental

JAMES O’MALLEY //

nature, Kelly finds inspiration in the world around

and humanitarian fields. She absolutley loves the

James O’Malley is our resident

her and translates her visions into whimsical stories

Gold Coast surf lifestyle and wants to share it with

grapho , developing the layout

and edible creations.

the world. When she isn’t running around taking

since it’s inception. He is a third

bellaandbhakti.com

photos or writing articles for us, she hangs out with

year Graphic Design student

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inspiration to encourage others to share their own

photographer. Jade has a passion for promoting

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to live simply, mindfully and sustainably.

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food restaurants and wellness retreats, sharing ways JADE HOPLEY //

passions and dreams. A gypsy heart and lover of

local people living with disabilities. You can check

from Wagga Wagga in rural NSW. James has a

facebook.com/bellaandbhakti

out her work at

passion for all things print design and branding.

instagram.com/bellaandbhakti

instagram.com/moana_creative

Juggling university study, competive kart racing,

facebook.com/jadehopleyphotography

and ever growing portfolio of design clients. He

facebook.com/MoanaCreativeArts

prides himself on being a rare breed of university student, one that is actually busy. Watch this space for details on how to view some of his work, but until then feel free to swing an email his way at james@ohmalleycreative.co

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KATE CHIFFEY-GRAY // Kate is a free thinking closet hippie with a passion for defining the meaning of life. She moved to the Gold Artist, Environmentalist

Cameron. Kate is enthusiastic about life, she finds

currently studying Ecology and

each moment whether labelled good or bad a

Conservation Biology at Griffith

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BENJAMIN STRAND //

Transformers Holistic Health with her partner

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Coast from Melbourne in 2012 and started Body

Greg Howell is an ethically

baoks333@gmail.com

her 3 crazy pooches or writing musings for various

minded compassionate

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magazines and online journals! You can connect

autocrat who stepped on the

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Yoga, studying Eastern Philosophy, playing with

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Husband, Son, Brother, Human Being.

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GREG HOWELL //

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people in her studio she is practising Ashtanga

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School of Environment. Father,

blessing. When she is not mentoring and training

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committed to the end. Thank the cosmos he is also

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even though this path is rocky & full of pitfalls is

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with Kate through.

a passionate environmental activist with Surfrider Foundation & surfer which keeps him tuned. climatewave.com greg@climatewave.com facebook.com/ClimateWaveEnterprises facebook.com/EcoChallengeGoldCoast

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EDITORS LETTER +++ The big one! Did we think we’d make it this far? Of course we did! Did we think we would get to N

meet SO many incredible people and be blessed to see the wonderful things that we have? We I O

hoped so, but this year has just blown us out of the water!

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One year ago, we were dreaming about where HL could go. We had a dream to promote

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happiest and healthiest lives. We like to think that we have achieved that, even in some small way.

Rounding off our first year covering the 26th annual Bluesfest and interviewing Xavier Rudd have

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the environmental issues surrounding our home and educate our readers on ways to live their

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the diverse and talented musicians, artists and businesses in our area, create a platform for

been highlights that this time last year we could have only dreamed of. We would like to thankyou

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for allowing us to be a part of your lives this last year and very much look forward to many years

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to come. Lots of exciting plans ahead for HL to continue to bring our message to readers in our

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community and Worldwide. I hope you enjoy our very special first birthday edition and thankyou

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for letting us bring it to you.

Love Josephine x

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Written by Jade Hopley // A classic example of the benefits of chasing ones I O

dreams. Kris Klein packed his van and left the big smoke for a better life. He

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wound up on the Southern Gold Coast and hasn’t looked back. He has put

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at Sydneys District 21 Gallery and is now studying Graphic Design. From Nautical inspired bearded men to surealist dreamscapes, Kris Klein is set to

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goals! He was finalist in the Cake Wines label competition after an exhibition

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his skills from his business course into action with his art career and is kicking

take the Australian Art world by storm! Keep an eye out for this one! What

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medium/mediums do you work with? Within my art practice I primarily use

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oils and acrylics on a range of papers, canvas and timber. I also use inks, pen,

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spray cans, collage and (various other mediums?) anything else you could

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think of. Recently, I’ve been working in the digital world and dabble in film, digital photography and videography. Anything that will help me to translate what’s in my mind into the real world. When did you start creating? As with most artists, I’d say I’ve always been creative or pursued creative outlets. It

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guess inspiration is knowing now that I can do anything

far with a steep learning curve. We

I want to do and I think that applies to everyone in this

hear you recently packed up your

world. The decision to pack up my life and start again

life in Sydney and hit the road for

wasn’t made lightly. Leaving a regular pay check, full time

greener pastures, and ended up

job, friends etc was a very hard one to make. Leaving

on the Southern Gold coast. Why

the security of regular pay and a support system was

did you choose Coolangatta? I

daunting but in doing so I guess I freed myself up to

grew up on the Central Coast and

explore and find out where I really needed to be in life.

spent many years in Sydney. I got to

Life’s so slow up here. Just having the time to sit back

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influenced/inspired you? The biggest advantage and I

work. It has been a great journey so

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2014. So far, the gamble has paid off. How has the move

on my techniques, style and body of

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Management course at SCU in Cooly at the beginning of

seriously and began working solidly

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to go, so I decided to enrol in the Diploma of Sports

years that I started to take it more

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creativity and inspiration. It hasn’t been easy but it’s been

Coolangatta was reasonably easy,

well worth the risk. There is a lot of nautical nuances

I wanted more time to pursue my

within your work, is this a direct influence to being

creative outlets, more time at the

a surfer or is it deeper than that? I guess it’s partly

beach and Byron’s only 40mins

influenced by being a surfer, but more-so it’s influenced

away. I also have some history with

by my physical and mental environments. The more

the Gold Coast and know some

graphic works I have been working on recently definitely

special people up here, so the

have a lighter feel to them, which I can attribute to surfing

decision was easy. I had no idea

and the feeling and lifestyle that comes with that. But I

which direction my career was going

also have other works that are more heavily influenced by

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I’m on now. The choice to move to

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So, I decided to take the plunge,

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incredibly expensive and fast paced.

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and the lifestyle down there is

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a point where I needed a change,

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That was a great experience.

themselves to the darker or more

I first exhibited at District 21 in Surry

surreal side of life.

Hills late last year, in an exhibition

I think music is by far the biggest

called ‘From the ground up’ and

influence over my work, from that

Cake wines were a sponsor. Through

base all sorts of experiences and

that first exhibition one of the co-

past times come into play. What

founders, Glenn Cassidy, saw some

artists/if any influence your style?

of my work on Instagram, got in

There are so many great artists

touch and asked me to submit a

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of all disciplines who inspire me.

specific piece to their Archi-bottle

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Musicians, fine artists, designers,

comp. Long story short, I made

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street artists, film makers, poets and

the top 30 but unfortunately didn’t

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writers, surfers, and regular people

take the prize. It was an incredible

that I’ve met at home and abroad.

experience, and I was so humbled

I really love the work of James

to have been sought out and asked

Gleeson, Brett Whiteley, Daniel

to enter. There were some other

O’Toole aka EARS, Alex Kopps,

amazing artists involved so it was

Vhils, David Carson and so many

great to be held to that standard.

other artists and musicians.You

Only the winning design goes to

were recently a finalist in an art

mass production, so you won’t be

competition to have your work

seeing my piece in the shops this

on a wine bottle. How was that

year, but maybe the next one will

experience and where is our wine?

be mine. What are your creative

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specific moods or dreams and lend

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goals for 2015? I’ve just started studying graphic design at Shillington College in Brisbane and that is taking all of my time and attention until June. Beyond that, I will be aiming to broaden my skill set into digital design and continue to pursue film jobs when they arise. I have a bunch of personal projects I’m always working on, so F I R S T

we’ll see what happens there. If time permits, by the end of the year you might see some apparel, videos, and

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plenty of colourful canvases. Any exhibitions coming

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up? I was lucky to have a good run in the second half

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of last year and sold a lot of my works so now it’s about

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getting back into the studio and seeing how the paint flows. I’ve been approached by a few people regarding

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exhibitions so there’s sure to be some in the second

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half of the year. For now I need to concentrate all of my

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of work. Finally, where can our readers find/buy your work online? You can head to my website to check out my portfolio www.krisklein.com.au email, art@krisklein. com.au if you have any questions or you just want to get in touch. Also a selection of works for sale are at www.krisklein.bigcartel.com

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PandaMouth are changing the way we drink. When you combine two young creative minds that

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share an equal passion and drive to support their industry, bright ideas are made. Now, thanks to

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PandaMouth, your coffee can look as good as it tastes. PandaMouth is a locally run initiative by two

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creatives, Shane Hastings and Felicity Lupo, who are changing the way we drink. Collaborating with

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local artists and cafes across Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast, the PandaMouth team are transforming the humble takeaway paper coffee cup into a takeaway art exhibition.

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Founded in early 2014 and launched in November 2014 with Series 01, PandaMouth began as

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an initiative to bridge the gap between showcasing local creatives and sharing their vision on

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sustainability. In one year, PandaMouth has grown from a fanciful idea on the beach, to a locally run

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business with the support of over 3000 followers. And the support continues to grow nationally with New South Wales’ cafes the latest to jump on board.

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Each paper cup series showcases unique artwork by local feature artists, designed specifically for the PandaMouth series. To date, PandaMouth have collaborated with the likes of illustrators Dave Homer and Henry Bennett, whose individual styles have transformed each series into works of art. Homer’s bold lines and colourful shapes in Series 01 made way for Bennett’s distinctly dark and fantastical illustrations in Series 02, together offering two unique and With a strong vision for supporting a sustainable paper cup future, PandaMouth have partnered with the

cups. These Eco BaristaTM cups are made to minimise their impact on the environment by stepping away from the currently used petroleum-based plastic. Together,

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artwork on 100% compostable and biodegradable paper

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likeminded guys behind EPS Distribution to showcase

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contrasting series.

PandaMouth and EPS Distribution are helping cafes take their first steps in minimising their carbon footprint and pass on this mindset to their customers.

So where to next for PandaMouth? The team is excited to keep the inspiration rolling with PandaMouth Series 03 hitting the streets in May. As the support for the initiative continues to grow, PandaMouth are setting their sights on the future and are always open to collaborations and opportunities in the art and design community!

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Words Josephine Flynn. Pictures Jade Jopley & Gina Martin // Bluesfest…the pinnacle of Australian music festivals. Knowing people that have been invited to Bluesfest either as artists or media, we had heard extremely positive reports about not only what goes on in front of the 10s of thousands of punters that walk through the gates, but behind the lights and stages. We went into Bluesfest with very high expectations.They were exceeded!

In the words of Diesel “from the road leading in, before you even get into the site…the good energy even from the traffic directors…it’s rare, that’s all I can say, is it’s very rare.” A music festival that runs for 26 years must be doing something right. From very humble beginnings, Bluesfest has grown to this year hosting 908 artists and a crowd attendance of 105,000+. Making it the second largest Bluesfest in history (second only to the 25th anniversary last year.) Incredibly, this year saw not one, not two, but THREE headliners pull out in the months, weeks and days (!) leading up to the festival. The success of this year is a testament to the quality, professionalism and dedication of the organisers, 13

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at the same time and calling for love

Since leaving Tyagrah Tea Farms

amongst our people sent tingles up

for the last time on Easter Monday

our spines. Jimmy Cliff and his high

night (with very sad faces), we have

kicks, I mean come on! Rodrigo y

been asked many times “What was

Gabriela – the passion, electricity

your highlight?” That’s like asking

and fire they produce on stage with

someone once they’ve come back

two guitars is out of this World.

from a trip through Europe “What

Jurassic 5…enough said! Trombone

country was your favourite?” There

Shorty, Alabama Shakes, SOJA,

were so many highlights, that to

Michael Franti…I mean come on!!!

say we had just one, would feel

Highlight? The whole five days was

like we would be disregarding the

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Long story short, if you are yet to

and passion we witness over the

experience Bluesfest, no matter who

Easter long weekend. Sitting down

you are, where you come from, how

with some of our all-time favourite

old you are, what music you like, you

Australian artists for interviews, there

will LOVE this festival! We hope our

was a lot of “pinch me” moments.

pictures can share even some of the

Standing in the pit watching Diesel

moments we were lucky enough to

sing his heart was a moment we

experience and we would like to

won’t forget. Xavier Rudd and the

thank the organisers of Bluesfest for

United Nations on their last show of

having us this year.

the Australian leg, with the mojo tent

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really nice. Bluesfest would be the pinnacle of all festivals.

This isn’t your first Bluesfest, how is

just keeps rising. I mean, we saw Jimmy Cliff last night!

this year comparing to other years?

He’s been playing for 50 years…just blowing our minds

In the past I have drummed for a

and that’s just one example. Bluesfest seems to have

whole bunch of different people,

a thing where they honour the older generation and

lots of different blues acts, and

still have them at festivals. So it’s not just what’s on the

reggae artists just as a background

mainstream radio, so full respect to Byron Bay Bluesfest.

drummer, so this one (Diesel n Dub)

It’s been what, 26 years and yeah it’s just a great festival.

is the project that I’m heralding

You’re project Diesel n Dub is the music of Midnight

and bringing out to hopefully more

Oil produced in a reggae dub style. How did you

festivals. We are sort of at the end

come up with the idea? I was raised in Australia and

of our summer tour of a whole

have always been a big supporter of the first Australians.

bunch of Festivals, so yeah, it’s a

Especially now, Midnight oil songs seem to be ringing

good one to take the summer out

true about what is going on at the moment (in Western

on. Festivals, seem to get the best

Australia.) I’ve always been a fan of midnight oil, what

out of musicians. You get a lot of

they’ve stood for and their music is quite powerful. So

love from the crowd, especially here

I’ve always just listened to them growing up and it’s part

at Bluesfest and it just makes you

of the Australian psyche to have that bit of drive to stand

feel good and play better. Festivals,

up to the man. I heard a couple of albums by The Easy

on that level are pretty important.

Allstars and they did The dub side of the moon which is

And also, there are no CD shops

a reggae version of Darkside of the Moon and they did

anymore, so there’s no connection

Radio Dread so the idea pretty much came from that.

in terms of being able to give out

Then I thought why not put reggae music to one of the

what you record, so this is kind of

great Australian bands that stood up for the Indigenous

the only place where you can meet

people and honoured the Earth and it’s people and to

people when you’re doing the

spark interest and to make people you know, actually do

signings, so it’s really nice that you

something positive.

The standard of music that they’re putting on their rosters

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was created. And other things too, you know, because

Oh he was amazing. He was doing high kicks on

music isn’t just music for your ears you know? Music is

stage. That man is PHENOMENAL! He breaks all rules of

more than that. Everything on the planet has a resonate

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haven’t seen him for a couple of years.

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platform, a medium for delivering messages, I mean that

friends play in that band too. He is just amazing huh? I

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powerful. I mean, music has always been a vessel and a

Gipsy Kings, I love them. Jimmy Cliff, a bunch of my

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people a political platform and a voice? Oh it is SO

the previous days. Keziah Jones the French guy and

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How powerful do you think music is in terms of giving

see…I actually wanted to see people that were playing

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the displacement of Indigenous communities in WA.

sometimes at these festivals, you don’t always get to

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Yeah! They were all wearing the “Stop” t-shirts for

did he already play? There you go. That’s how it goes

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today too. Oh great, yeah, with the Diesel n Dub project?

him? Yeah we just saw him about an hour ago. Oh

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a very spiritual person, just wow! We saw Declan Kelly

know, I want to see Gary Clark Jr. Have you guys seen

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yoga and a lot of meditation…lots of meditation. He is

there anyone you want to see while you’re here? You

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one of them you know, like, “What??” He does lots of

with SOJA. Oh we love SOJA. Yeah they’re great! Is

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Freedom and have that energy and inspire the masses,

creates all of creation. So music

then their regime is in trouble. So the system crumbles

is a sound and it has a vibration.

when the people realise that they are united. And what

Everything has a vibratory level. So

unites people? Music. It’s one of the things that unites

if you tune in the right vibration to

people. I’ve heard some people say that music can’t save

the right message, then that can

the World, but I disagree with that completely because

have a powerful impact and that’s

music saves the World every day! Can you imagine if we

why music isn’t just a pretty sound

didn’t have any music in our lives? It’s constantly saving

for your ears, you know, it can be

the World, it’s constantly reminding us that we are human

so much more. And those people

and we are supposed to be creative beings and reminds

who choose to use it for that are

us who we are One of our favourite collaborations that

aware of that and we just don’t get

you have produced is with Gurrumul. (laughs) I knew

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up on stage and play music, there’s

you were going to say that. (laughs) How did that come

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intention behind it, there’s intention

about? Gurrumul and I had met once before, before that

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behind the words and that coupled

collaboration, we’re friends now, but we had met through

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with the audio delivery of sound and

a very great mutual friend. We had seen Gurrumul

vibration and frequency, that is very

performing with Salt Water Band, he used to perform

powerful in raising awareness about

with them and still does, and then he started doing the

any issue. Politics, yeah, in politics,

solo project way back and I think it was The Dreaming

music is King and you can see proof

that we say him. It was the first Dreaming festival and we

of that because so many musicians

were just like “Wow! This dude is next level awesome”. I

have been made into refugees for

met him and then he came and caught our shows and

example. Two of my girls that sing

it was his idea, he said “Oh I’d like to play with them”

with me, their Father was a very

because he does his solo thing and it’s beautiful, but

famous musician in West Papua and

he does like playing with a big band. I mean Saltwater

they sang songs of Freedom and

band is a big band, you know, so we were just like “Oh

they had to flee because they feared

we’d love that, we would love to have him!” So we went

for their life because the government

and learnt one of his songs and then he would get up on

knows that when people sing about

stage with us and sing it whenever we were in the same

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he does for sure. Final question, what else have you got lined up for the rest of the year? Rest I O

of the year we’re focusing on our new album “Born Free” which came out at the end of last year,

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so all of these shows are about that. We have some more shows I think toward the end of the year

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and see Nikki Hill, and she was incredible. Um I saw a bit of Xavier Rudd.. Oh great, yeah, what

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did you think of that set? Oh it was incredible! The crowd were just like in a total trance, they were just one person all joined together, they were just all in sync with each other it was incredible.

Yeah, he has a beautiful connection with the crowd. Yeah he does and he started that really early on, you know, I mean that’s kind of where he started from. It’s really important to have that, um,

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just after the last record, he’s an

you’d like to see happen in the

incredible musician. Singer/

yeah Mavis (Staples). She is just my most favourite singer

future? Oh you know, I just leave the

songwriter, plays fiddle, plays guitar,

in the World! I’m serious! She is an incredible woman.

door open for accidents to happen.

plays mandolin, just the guy you

I love male singers, but I’ve just always been more into

I mean, working with people like

want in your band you know? He’s

female singers. I just find them more interesting...

Matt Anderson, who I’m spewing I

just so friggen handy. He’s another

Aretha, Mavis, you just can’t go past them they’re just the

missed. He’s a Canadian artist that

artist who is setting this country on

best! So you’ve been to Bluesfest a few times, have

has been out here about 4 or 5

fire at the moment. He just played

you noticed a change? Oh my god! I mean it’s just

times now. He just did Woodford

at Woodford and he’s got this

gone from this little mud fest, kind of, with a couple of

last year and just set it on fire and I

traditional Irish music thing going

stages that you just sort of (squelch, squelch squelch) ,

think last time he did Bluesfest last

at the moment as a side project

you know, where it was kind of messy, to this incredibly

year he had the record for the most

called the East pointers who just

well-oiled machine. I mean, from the road, leading in,

CD’s sold, after his gig it just went

tore up Woodford recently. So,

before you even get into the site, the guys out there

nuts. Anyway, he is just incredible,

yeah, I don’t know why its Canadian

that tell you to go that way or this way, this good energy

um, he’s just this fireball of energy

artists, but I’ve got this thing going

even from the traffic directors…it’s rare, that’s all I can

on stage and has this voice that is

with Canadian artists at the moment

say, is it’s very rare. So what’s your plans for this year?

as big as a, like, an oil tanker! So we

which is pretty cool. I mean, go

Um, well I’m going to start making another record, that’s

did some writing and did a gig at my

figure, a lot of my favourite artists in

definitely…um..I can feel it in my waters (laughs). I mean

brothers’ restaurant, Lizoittes’ and

the World have been Canadian; Neil

it’s been, what is it now, a year and a half, so that’s usually

it’s still in the can, we recorded it, but

Young, Joni Mitchell and people

when I start getting itchy. In the meantime I’m doing a

hopefully we’ll get to do something.

don’t realise that they’re Canadian

lot of production for other people, finishing off projects

Either that, or another recording, or

you know? It has this incredible

for other people that I’ve recorded and played on and

a tour together I’m hoping, I mean,

rich history of great music and

mixed. It’s like other people’s babies that I’m seeing. So

that’s my dream.

great musicians, like Australia, it’s

it’s great, you know, that’s great. It’s like having Children

I’m really lucky that I’m solo in the

very similar! We’ve noticed a lot

and then you just don’t need to be responsible for them.

sense that I can just float. I can

of Australian artists do really well

You get to do all of the stuff that you like and then just go

just bang up against someone,

over in Canada as well. Yeah! It’s

“Here you go…your problem now” (laughs.)

like I mean Tim Chaisson, another

a funny thing, they just tend to

So you have had some really cool collaborations in the

Canadian who I made an EP with

get what we do there, they’re not

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freaked out by the hybrid that we end up being. I think, especially an artist like myself, I don’t seem to fit into a category so well, especially in America they go (in his best American accent) “So you’re a white guy, and you’re right into the blues…you wanna be a soul singer?” You know, I mean there’s been a few people that have just broken that mould, but not that many. It’s still kind of hard sell you know, but in Canada, they don’t care. It’s N

just…it’s good or it’s not, it’s that simple. They don’t get I O

all analytical about it. They’re very much like Europe, it’s

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does “Diesel” come from? (Laughs) Yeah, well we were all in a band and when I say “we” I mean the band that

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cool. Now your birth name is Mark Lizotte, so where

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Then one day, he just came off stage…and at the time we were the most successful original band in Perth because it was all cover bands. And we made it across the desert to Sydney and had just released our first single, a political single about Lebanon and it had just gotten to number one in the Indi charts and anyway he just came off stage one night and basically fired me! It was a Wednesday night at the Floreat hotel and, um, it turned out he was 22

Then our manager discovered us, Brett Eckles, he was

and he took me under his wing as if I was his younger

again and his friend that used to help us out, this big

the drummer of The Angels at the time and he was also

brother and when I think about what we did over two

Maori guy, Steve, Maori Steve, he just said “Ohhh Johnny

working at MMM in Sydney doing radio and stuff and he

years, it was pretty amazing. I was only, like, 18 at that

Diesel and his little injectors hahaha, you’re gonna have

brought us across the desert and he said “Well, you’re

point. We’d achieved an awful lot and he was just sick

another baby hahaha!” And I’d heard him say that and

going to have to put up with people thinking it’s (Johnny

of it.

I must have just made a little mental note, a little post

Diesel) you, because you’re in the middle of the stage

Next morning, the band came with me, and said “We

it note in my brain so when she called I went “Ummm

and people are going to think that it’s YOU.” So I just

don’t want to do that, we want to be with you” so I just

yeah, Johnny Diesel and the injectors” and I thought that

thought Oh, OK. I was so naïve, I didn’t even think that.

said “OK”. The band didn’t have a name, so we played

would be funny to put it in the newspaper so we could

So, I had to make the decision of saying to everyone

for about 6 months at this little bar in Perth as the

open up the newspaper and show it to our bass player

all the time, “No, I’m Mark Lizotte” or just put up with

nameless band that everyone knew (laughs). Then one

and laugh. So that’s what we did (laughs) and we all

people calling me Johnny Diesel, because, really, how

day the girl that did the publicity for the venue, she calls

went “Hahaha”. So weeks went by and we didn’t think to

am I meant to explain that to every person on the planet?

us up and goes “Oh, I think you pulled about 20 people

take it out of the newspaper or come up with a different

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just about to have another baby, his wife was pregnant

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because no one cares, care factor was zero at that point.

met through the newspaper, we liked all the same music

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our bass player, his name was John Delzell. He was

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what?” And we thought well does it matter? You know,

He was 21 when I’d met him and I was probably 16, we’d

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time for you to go out and do your own thing.”

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an ad in the paper, I think that will help, so do you guys

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grew into. Then about two months went by and I think it

probably was, but I think he was probably saying “Now it’s

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name and it was just one of those things that we sort of

weren’t paying us anything. So she said “I want to put

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last week” you know, like sarcastically – I mean they

“I’m sick of you being so loud! You’re fired!” And I

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still get a little bit stoked with the

and you’ve got quite a few sets!

success you’ve had over the last

Congratulations! Yeah, I do, I know

couple of years? Oh yeah, all the

I got so lucky! I’ve got 3 shows all

time, I mean it’s kind of surreal. I

together, which seems to be quite

mean even just to be here talking to

rare. So, yeah, that’s amazing in

you guys is just…I still find it really

itself. And it kind of takes some

amusing and kind of hard to believe

pressure off. The first one is out of

in a way. It’s kind of happened…

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the way now, that was the one that

everything has just flowed really

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nicely and here we are. I mean I

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about. Now that that’s done, I kind

hope I never lose that. We were

of know how everything runs and

reading your bio and you’ve had

a few of the “unknowns” are now

a rocky start getting into music, it

“knowns” so, yeah, now I just get two

seems like it’s been a long time

chances to just have fun! Whenever

coming. Yeah it has! I mean part of

we interview artists we always

the rockiness was that fact that I was

ask them what local artists they’re

expending my energies in everything

loving at the moment and every

besides music. I’ve always been

single issue an artist is saying that

called to it but I never really took

you are their favourite! Oh really?

it to heart. It took a while before

Wow!! That’s so amazing! That’s so

I took to it. I thought I’d go crazy

nice! Yeah! Definitely! So do you

first before I took it seriously. But,

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a bit of Alabama Shakes. They were definitely high on

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plans for the rest of the year? Well, um, immediately

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to catch a bit of their set as well. Awesome! So what’s

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Gipsy Kings were pretty dear to her heart so we managed

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Josie managed to have a chat with Xav just before he kicked off the Aussie leg of the tour for his new project Xavier Rudd and the United Nations.

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extra special. How more special does it get than the man himself Xavier Rudd?

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You’re well known for your incredible one-man shows, however, now your

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patient with that concept, you know, I knew when I did put that band together, that I wanted it to be really powerful and everything should be right. So yeah, I’ve had it in the back of my mind for a while and then this year really presented as the right time; spiritually, musically, in every way, all the arrows

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were pointing to the right time to

they are some of my most favourite

put it together, so as soon as I put it

artists! YEAH!

out there into the universe, it really

great music up around here and

came quick and, um, all the right

some very under rated musicians. I

members presented organically, it

mean, I think Kooii are one of the

was really bizarre how it happened. It

most under rated bands in the

was almost as if all our Ancestors had

country and so yeah it’s good to be

a cup of tea and put it together for

able to do this. I’d love to do some

us. There was no audition process

gigs later on in the year where we

or anything, everyone just presented

can get out to some outdoor venues

and everyone was very powerful,

and showcase the other bands that

they all have very powerful stories

everyone is from as well and create

and bring those stories to the table

some sort of mini festival, you know?

Well there’s some

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other albums, which of course is

well as musicians from all corners of

the influence of the band. Was the

the Globe. People like Bobby Alu,

song writing process for this album

Yeshe and Pete from Kooii, I mean

a collaborative one with the band

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love. It has a different feel to your

talented and unique musicians, as

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make for a great day. I’ve had a listen

Beautiful! Now you’ve got some of

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right there and I think it would just

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rainbow serpent coming together.

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bloodlines, it’s all the colours of the

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different days, different weather and

going to be a boogie time, you know, there’s

individually then workshop with the

everyone’s had that emotional input

going to be a lot of dancing (laughs.) Everyone

group? Um it was a combination of

and I think that really shows with the

is pretty damn groovy. We spoke with Charles

stuff that I have sort of been writing

record. I’m really glad we did that

Wall (aka Bobby Alu) last issue and he said

with the project in mind for a while.

because it feels like an equal group. I

he was fairly gobsmacked by being able to

So yeah I wrote the music and sort

think if we’d done it like a session and

perform at a sold out show at the Fillmore

of directed everybody in terms of

put it together in the studio, then it

in San Fran with you, knowing that so many

the parts, but at the same time, I

would have sounded quite stiff, which

other amazing artists had performed on

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made sure that it was a rehearsal

is what I wanted to avoid and I love

that stage in days gone by. Do you still get

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process so that we didn’t get into

that about this record.

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the studio and I was saying “do this

We just rehearsed for the first time

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do that.” I made sure that we had live

this year and there have been times

rehearsals to give everyone a chance

where I have thought “Oh how are

to follow my direction but to really

we going to be?” But it hit me once

feel it and it feel it as a group, as a

again the other day just how good it

band before we recorded anything.

is and how powerful it is and I think

So everybody’s creative input was

you’ll really get to see that when you

able to flourish.

There was no

come and see the show. We can’t

perameters, so everyone could really

wait, we’re going to see you at

sit with the songs.

Bluesfest, so we’re getting excited

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We’d jam, you

know, late nights, at different times,

to see that.

Oh great!

Yeah, it’s

and after every show. I haven’t been

the artists that have gone before

doing that religiously lately, but

you and you are standing and

yeah, um just good vibes.

performing where they stood?

always good vibes back stage..a bit

Yeah I do, you know, I do for sure! I

of a stretch, a laugh…Yeah, laughter

mean I’m still blown away by my

is good for the soul.. Well yeah, I

success with a lot of the World. I mean

mean that is probably the best way

I’m from a small town in Australia and

to approach it make sure everyone is

I go to these places where people

having a good giggle.As well as your

don’t even speak English and they’re

music, you are also very well know

singing my lyrics, you know. It just

(especially in this area) for your

spins me out, it’s a real honour. So

Environmental activism, specifically

I don’t think I could ever lose that,

for the fight against fracking. We

you know, I would never take that

are doing an article this issue to

for granted. And the Fillmore is one

give our readers the facts, what

of those places that is really quite

would you like our readers to know

special. I mean I think Jimi Hendrix

about the topic? Yeah I think if

hangs around there, that’s what I feel.

there is a resistance movement in an

You can feel his spirit; every time I go

area, you just need to have a read…

in there I can feel Hendrix (laughs.)

get involved.

His poster is up in the band room

busy, you know, everybody has got

when you get in there at whatever

stuff going on, but it really is just so

time and it really is just one of those

important to have a quick read and

special rooms, you know, yeah it’s a

if you can get involved in it, in the

trip. Are there any pre-show rituals

resistance movement in your area

you like to go through? Ummm,

than it is important. This is way more

yeah I guess, yoga…I used to stand

real than anyone realises and there

on my head for 5 minutes before

is nothing in the history of the East

There’s

I mean everybody is

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Coast of Australia that has been more of a threat and it can be stopped. That’s the thing, this can be stopped and I know some people are thinking “Oh well what am I going to do?” but in the end, we have shown, I mean the Bentley rally, we have shown that it can be stopped! In the Kimberley, you know, that was the biggest gas operation N

Australia had ever seen and we stopped that! So there is I O

a much bigger effect from protesting than I think people

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realise and the media and the Government like to portray

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is just really important for people to have a read and get involved if you can. It might mean sending an email, or

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any way they can by putting that through to society. So it

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that those rally’s don’t really do much and they will do that

it might mean turning up for an hour, or it might mean

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signing a petition, or it might mean you’re simply having a

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read and forwarding it to a couple of friends, or whatever,

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but it is very important.

For our children and for our

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country. I mean, it’s just a mess, that whole industry, so to have a chat with the Nahko Bear in Issue 5. We were at the Positive Change for Marine Life event a couple of years ago in Byron where they performed Spirit Bird with you and it was a moment we will never forget.

Was this the start of your friendship, or had you guys performed with each other before then? Yeah I can’t

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you know, it is our responsibility. We were lucky enough

writing some of that on the road. Obviously Kooii and Yeshe as well,

would have been around that time or a bit before that. And then,

but then I was also in Byron the other day and happened to stumble

yeah they came out and opened for us in the States and then again

across this guy who was playing in the street and he was brilliant,

in Australia too, so we’ve spent a lot of time together now. I haven’t

Kyle Lionhart? Apparently he was quite well known, but I didn’t know

seen him for a while but, we do always seem to be doing the same

anything about him. Anyway I bought one of his albums, his EP and

shows and festivals and things now. Lastly, what local musicians are

played it when I was on Roots n All the other night on Triple J, yeah he

you loving at the moment? I love Bobby’s new stuff, his Bay Sessions

was great, he’s wicked.

stuff that speaks to me because I was listening to him when he was

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markets. Stall holders and punters

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few weeks ago at Currumbin night

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Who would it be and why? I would

streets in Mount Tamborine to huge national festivals

probably mostly be into jamming

like Gympie muster and Byron Blues Fest. Whats your

with guitarists like John Mayer/ Stevie

fav gig to date and why? I can’t choose a favourite gig.

Ray Vaugh. There’s something pretty

Each gig is quite different for me and whilst playing at

special about having the ability to just

big shows can generate an awesome feeling it surprises

be able to play and improvise with

me that sometimes I can enjoy the small intimate

another guitarist whilst one plays the

environments equally as much. Why did you choose the

lead and the other plays the rhythm,

Blues genre? Blues is only half of what I play. A lot of my

going back and forth between the

music also resembles Folk music, and alternative pop. For

lead. I think you can learn a lot from

me the music I play is only based on what I enjoy to play,

the other guitarist, just by listening to

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anyone tomorrow dead or alive.

to create a One Man Band show. From busking on the

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like Kim Churchill and John Bulter.

that point onwards I have been filling up my sound by

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17 that I started writing songs and learning to sing. From

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Stevie Ray Vaughn. But these days

starting point of my interest in music. It wasn’t until I was

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trio, and many blues guitarists like

up the guitar seriously, and for me the guitar was the

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with John Mayer and his Blues

you started playing music? I was 14 when I first picked

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start clocking up very quickly. How old were you when

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early days, I was almost obsessed

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idols? There has been many. In the

then. So when performing music is all you do, shows

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Who are your major influences/

when I was 18 and have been going at it full time since

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particularly live.

managed that at such a young age? I first started gigging

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how they play, so playing with those guys would teach me a lot.

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under the sun’ released last November and it’s been on

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repeat ever since. Any plans for a second album in the

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recording ‘A life under the Sun’, I felt very pretty new to the art of recording and actually a little nervous, as It was

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album by the end of this year/early next year. When I was

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near future? Absolutely. I have plans to release another

the first time for me in a professional studio. But I learnt so

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much and ever since being in the studio, I have really got

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excited and passionate listening to the detail of amazing

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recordings from other artist who inspire me. So I can’t

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not being able to get out there? Yeah, had an unlucky accident and fell on a glass damaging two tendons in my right wrist. I was pretty disappointed and upset and had some really good shows and music festivals that I missed out on. But when I look back, I think having a break did me good. I had plenty of time for myself and it felt pretty nice to not be busy, for once. During the time I F I R S T

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of my head that have amazed me, would include Dan

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Hannaford and the Swamp Stompers. Dan is also a One

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Mand Band, and is an amazing live performer. I actually had him play at my 21st Birthday about 6 months ago,

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last year at the Byron Bluesfest, and they are one of the

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most funkiest/ dirty grooviest, blues bands I have ever

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got lots happening. I’m playing a few festivals such as, Blues on Broadbeach, and Surfers Paradise Live in May, Palm Creek Festival in Townsville in June, Gympie Muster in August, plus many more. I’m always playing around the Gold Coast, and too stayed tuned with gigs, I post on my

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NUTRITION

blow out in terms of nutrition! I think the days of fairy

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honor to be involved with Holistic Living and watching

bread and hotdogs may nearly be over, or at least,

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the magazine grow over the past 12 months. I am always

stepping into new, healthier territory. These recipes are

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excited to sit down and devour each edition when it

simple and quick to make, they are eye catching and

appears in my inbox and I always gain new insights,

colorful, they are easy to eat and of course, delicious to

information, ideas and respect from each and every

share with friends. Happy Birthday Holistic Living and

article. I have so much respect for Josephine and her

thank you for this outlet to share my nourishing creations!

team and for this special birthday edition I wanted to

All the best for the coming year ahead.

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[ The Best Veggie Sushi ]

Place the fillings one by one along a line near the bottom of the nori sheet

1/4 cup of fresh organic sauerkraut

(see picture!)

4 nori sheets

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quinoa mixture, leaving around 2 centimetres at the end clear.

sliced

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a small inch piece of ginger thinly

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board next to you.

a dozen thai basil leaves

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Have all of your filling ingredients sliced and ready to go on a chopping

1/2 a ripe avocado thinly scored

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final water and then spread the mixture over a plate and allow to cool slightly.

1 packet of pea sprouts

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12 sun dried tomatoes thinly sliced

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water if need be- around 15 minutes.

1/2 a cucumber thinly sliced

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1/2 a  yellow capsicum thinly sliced

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1 sweet potato steamed, cooled and

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1 1/2 cups of sushi rice

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Continue until you have 4 sushi rolls.

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Cut in half and serve with tamari.

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[ Raw Avocado Mango

Crust

To make the crust, place the

1 ½ cups of almonds

almonds in your food processor

1 cup of soft dates

and pulse until they break down

½ cup of desiccated coconut

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1 ripe mango, flesh only

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¼ cup of lemon juice

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½ cup of coconut nectar

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1/2 a lime

1/3 cup of goji berries

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Alaya Earth. With the prizes consisting of; 2 nights’ accommodation at Sea

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an easy sell. Funds raised will go towards environmental campaigns like

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the best in those attending – on land and water.

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tag team event was organised instead.

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metres up the beach, then headed into the water for a paddle back before surfing one wave in

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too full-on for some of our junior Roots of Surfing wooden surfboard team competitors, a fun

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With a wide gutter meaning the outer bank was a long way out and, the organisers judged, a bit

surfboard enthusiasts ripping on the fast but clean waves.

A plastic fashion show and competition, fantastic live music by local artists who donated their time, more than 30 food, product & community group’s stalls, face painting, yoga; there were endless sustainability based activities to keep the crowds entertained and informed.

Not all our sustainable event management practices were possible and/or lived up to our expectations, but at least we tried and will keep trying at future events. An event like this can only be as sustainable as its supply chain, and of course to the level of funding available. So for future Eco Challenges if we keep aiming for the best possible outcome with the least negative social & environmental impacts we will continue to improve.

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Sustainability practices included: Photo Credit - Monte Rego

// Free plants in compostable coffee cups // Ride your bike & leave the car at home. All cyclists will be rewarded on arrival with // Buskers by the Sea stage – Powered by Southern Cross University Sunflower Solar System // Market & Food Stalls with sustainable products and services

// Inclusion of community socially & environmentally active organisations // 4 bin monitored waste stations that included compostable & organic waste // Leaving a credible legacy for the community.

We believe the legacy is the most important component of a sustainable event and our pièce de résistance was that Climate Wave Enterprises & Maceco have instigated for our hosts Tugun SLSC to receive a 30 kW solar power installation which will see the club running on renewable energy for a minimum of 25 years. This legacy doesn’t stop there. If anyone purchases a solar system for a home or business through our installation company Green Initiatives, $500 will be donated to either your choice of Surfrider Foundation or Tugun SLSC. If you’d like our solar broker to contact you, please visit the website climatewave.com/ecgc/surfrider-foundation-ecochallenge-gold-coast-2015/

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Thank you to all these wonderful people...

Tugun Community Bendigo Bank, Tugun Surf Life Saving Club, Wilson Haynes Solicitors, City of Gold Coast – Active Travel, Soul Freedom, Patagonia Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Brewing Co, Soul Safari Surf Travel & Surf Organic, Southern Cross University Sunflower Solar Sound System, Young Murphies, emmy jae, Jake Fox, Gold Coast Hula School, Christine Olive, Coco Photo Credit - Monte Rego

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their community :) When the community comes together like we did on Sunday March 15 it

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couldn’t have done it without them is an old cliché but so true. Please support those who value

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The reason for this event’s success is because of these people, organisations & businesses; we

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Gecko, Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Sea Shepherd, Southern Beaches Community Garden, Surfrider Foundation, Ocean Connect, Dreams & Themes, Sea World, Pray for Surf, Leopold’s Treat, Jemma Lee, Alex Crook, Fire Beats, Neal Webb, Pete Tonks, Greg Howell, Hoddy, Dan Ware, Craig Macintyre, Chris Butler, Byron Barker, Nicole Garofano, Lea Lange, David Wardle, Jack Manners-Franks, Damo Anderson, N

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in their power to help you. How

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my hatred for my body began. I was

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always bigger, taller and “fatter” than

the institute of integrative nutrition

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Deakin University. The reason I got

or was beautiful and when I hit the

qualified is because the thousands

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of programs I paid other people

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for, (some personalised and some

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cookie cutter programs online or out

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of magazines) never gave me long

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What the Frack is going on?

Words by Benjamin Strand // The debate over the mining process Hydraulic Fracturing, or “fracking”, is reaching boiling point in Australia.

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big brother coal.

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high pressure underground activity,

Hydraulic Fracturing is a process of extracting natural gas from shale deposits. Water, chemicals,

environmental impacts and in the

sand and sometimes ceramic beads are injected into the strata of shale rock formations fracturing

spotlight more recently, unfair land

the rock and opening fissures for the natural gas to be released for extraction. Then the fluids

acquisition.

used in the process are also extracted and held in “ponds”. Most of the fluid used is reclaimed. and

This process is relatively new and innovative technology may spur economic growth, it may also

drawbacks of what fracking actually

pose threats to human health and the environment. Studies to date on either side of the fence

is, well, to the best of our knowledge.

are inconsistent and in need of additional research, objective evaluation and transparency on

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opposed

concerned with water contamination,

explore

the

benefits

The result of the study implies that “natural gas may be

Australia is also set to meet 25% of the world’s natural gas exports by 2018,

more damaging than other more carbon intensive fuels

boosting our economy and lifting the nations GDP which in turn creates more

to the environment as a result of unintended release of

jobs. Overall, Fracking is clean, safe, great for the economy, sustainable and

methane gas into the atmosphere”. Methane is one of

will keep hard working Aussies employed.

the most potent greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

Yes, you read that right, “sustainable”…

because of its heat retention. Over a 100 year period

Do the Petroleum and exploration companies truly understand the definition

methane can trap up to 34 times the amount of heat per

of sustainable? “Pertaining to a system that maintains its own viability by using

unit than carbon dioxide. Australia is already emitting

techniques that allow for continuous use”.

alarming amounts of methane, not only through mining

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“fugitive emissions” of methane in the fracking process.

however little is actually known of the undisclosed trade secret recipes.

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safe and the chemicals used are “food grade” and used in small quantities,

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University composed a study in 2012 focusing on the

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Petroleum production and exploration industries insist that the practice is

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in regard to” clean and green”. In the journal “Climate

energy environment.

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burning transitional energy source, creating a more sustainable, lower carbon

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particular international interest. Natural gases are being touted as the clean

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but a band-aid solution.

gas deposits, the Galilee basin in QLD and the Canning basin in WA are of

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including restoration and revegetation, good intentions

natural gas extraction. In Australia there is an abundant source of natural

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by introducing new practices and mitigation techniques

To be fair, let’s survey the pro-fracking community and the benefits of

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that are trying their best to cause as little harm to the area

chemicals that are being held close to the chest as “trade secrets”.

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behalf of the mining companies, in particular concerning the exact type of

and landfill. Other sources of methane include landfill

The pro-fracking arguments are by and large short term, money, jobs,

at 12%, Ruminants (livestock) at 35% and Energy at 33%,

economic glory. If we all continue with this short term view that we can take

that doesn’t look like a lower carbon energy environment

more and more from nature without any consequences, we will forfeit our

when you consider the heat retention and emission rate.

long term future by destroying the ability of our environment to sustain us.

Another study conducted in May, 2011 from Duke

We are across the board taking more from our environment than its natural

University by Osborn, Vongosh, Warner and Jackson

systems can replenish, that, by definition is unsustainable.

explored the drinking water wells in Pennsylvania and

There is also the claim that it is clean and has been in operation safely for years

upstate New York. They found methane concentrations

with little to no evidence verifying any harm. There is a handful of companies

in 51 out of 60 water wells examined. These effects

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is a lot of unassessed, potentially

environmental protection. They come here to exploit the

especially because we are in the

harmful chemical compounds left

reserves and to get through our lagging legislation and

throes of a fracking boom.

underground.

policy on environmental safeguards.

The compounds used in fracking

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chemicals

Pro frackers want to connect the potential rise in economic

fluids are considered to be “Trade

already in use and their relevant

splendour with the growth in GDP, but you cannot have

Secrets” by individual companies,

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

infinite growth in a finite planet. The Brundtland report in

even regulators are being left out

is

concern.

the 1980’s outlined the fact that sustainable development

of the loop. In 2011 the National

Gluteraldehyde

mutagenic

cannot exist within a framework of an economy driven

Toxins Network (NTN) called on

effects

somatic

on infinite growth. Any industry (regardless of its

state and federal government to

cells, Boric acid impairs fertility,

potential benefits to a capitalist corporatocracy driven

introduce

Acetaldehyde targets the central

by materialism and consumerism) that places large areas

drilling and fracturing chemicals in

nervous

cause

of land above and below ground at risk to pollution and

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use. They discovered that out of the

respiratory

Napthalene,

contamination is a threat to humanity and Earths natural

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23 common chemicals used that

Quaternary

ammonium

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hydrochloric

acid,

petroleum

More recently in Australia there has been a focus on land

assessed by Australia’s industrial

distillate, the list is long and these

rights and mining companies. Resource industries usually

chemical

(NICNAS).

are only the ones readily available to

operate in remote areas on the traditional land of original

The others that were available and

the public, what is in their proprietary

peoples and on farming areas .As of the Native title act

identified concerned NTN because

mixes?

in 1993 resource companies had to negotiate with native

of their potential to cause significant

As for a boost to the economy and

title holders regarding the use of their land, mostly with

damage to the environment and

creating jobs, why are we not using

compensation and the prospect of jobs. As it stands

human health.

this resource in our own country, it

today, if you have Free Hold title on crown land, that

Most of the slurry used in the

could help lower our energy costs,

trumps any native title. Dirty deals with powerful friends

fracturing

reclaimed,

but Australian natural gas is largely

may lead to remote community closures under the guise

however, in a proposed site in

exported to energy hungry countries

of “lifestyle choices”, farmers have had their properties

QLD, up to 18,500 kg of additives

like China. Multinational companies

invaded by companies with a host of crack-shot lawyers

were to be used in each well,

are enticed her by our resource rich

and legalese to back them up, what other tricks resource

with

fluids

nation, like Adani for example, who

companies employ is yet to be fully understood. If you

remaining in the formations. That

do not have a beaming history of

superimpose a map of potential shale gas deposits in

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WA over a map of Native Title lands you might connect the dots. Jacaranda Minerals, a subsidiary of resource giant Gina Rinehardt received permission to go ahead with fracking operations on Indigenous and pastoral land in NT with little to no opposition. Governments and resource companies won’t be there when the wells are dry, they won’t be there to mitigate long term economic, environmental and human health costs. That task will be left to the communities, landholders and public to tackle.

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the means, the money, the legal backing and time to

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make it happen in their favour. Let’s not get started on the implications the upcoming Trans Pacific Partnership

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may have on anyone’s ability to protect the environment

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against those who are focused on profits, it is already

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A Lakota man spoke of the actions of fracking companies in America, Wallace

because they had to wait for an environmental review

Black Elk said “man’s scratching of the Earth causes diseases, like cancer. This

before starting operations.

scratching brings up the things deep in the Earth that should of stayed down

Being able to measure the risks involved with this relatively

there”. What other diseases will come of this fracking? Or is it more a case

new technology and fully understanding the ramifications

of dis-ease? The potential and current harm caused by hydraulic fracturing

to the complexity of our environment could help to keep

are yet to be comprehensively calculated, but if we wait around for that to

our legislators, regulators and courts up to speed with

become clear than communities, farmers, indigenous people and miners will

what course of action regarding the process of fracking is

continue to suffer at the hands of those men and women who wish to scratch

actually safe and in our collective best interest.

at the Earth, Our Earth, the only one.

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millions in compensation to a company for loss in profits

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happening in Canada, the Government had to pay

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