Hello beautiful people!
Where am I and what am I doing?I'm going with the flow, or rather with the Joe, to be clear he is Ban-Joe, because of his incredible banjo playing:
Sorry for that shot, Joe :D
Joe is a brother I met at the Rainbow Gathering in Tasmania, from where I have just surfaced. More than 4 weeks well spent in a most gorgeous valley, with lots of music and jamming, swimming and drinking from the deliciously clear river, yummy food, dancing, workshops, meeting sooooo many inspiring and wonderful people... living in a love bubble!
Hard to say in a few typed words how amazing it was. Rainbow Gatherings is where I feel at home.
So now it's over and we emerged so clear and purified, so happy and charged with good energy, off to new adventures of exploring Tasmania! First it was Tessi and me, then we teamed up with Joe (who's got a car yeah yeah) and then it turned into convoying with Ananda, Justina, Sarah and Maria... a 7 people gathering on the road. So much fun!
We accidently drove right into a forest devastated by bushfires....
RUMINATIONS:
I post some pictures, there's not enough time to write all the stories to them.... Again, I'm bound to the time limits of a library computer.
Begin in the beginning. On the plane to Australia!
Russell and Sonya welcomed me back where they had dropped me off 6 weeks prior. Soooo good to be back! :))))
At the Woodford Folk Festival I had more fun than can ever be described in a few words. I had the best crew, and I met Passenger! He had a secret gig in Bills Bar and I had the chance to walk up to him and tell him how much I love his music **************
Fencers and facepainting!
Then I went on my first real hitch hiking journey all by myself - getting from Brisbane to Melbourne in 3 days! It was suuuuuch a success, it's incredible! I got picked up by the most wonderful people, who hosted and fed me both nights.... in Melbourne I met up with my good old buddy Pumpkin! Aw what a joy to hang out with him and his friend Clinton in a flat on one of the highest buildings in Melbourne. What view.
And yeah, they had Bitburger Bier, Babba, this one is for you.
Then I got on the plane to Launceston, Tasmania, and already on the plane I met fellow Rainbows. We hitched to the Gathering together and so a beautiful month started....
I really got into facepainting! I painted so many people until I ran out of paint.
My home.
The girls always good for some mischievous fun! They tied me to a tree when I wanted to leave :D
Oh my god, time is up. Forgive me! I love you all!
Hellooooo!!! I have hardly any time on this library computer to write anything, but there's been sooooo much amazingness happening, oh wow! Maybe there wouldn't be any words for this any way. Look at two of my favourite photos from Woodford! Woodford that is more than just a festival and seems to be getting better every year! (As impossible as this sounds, I have experienced it to be true!) The Fencing crew, my pirate nation! All the music and good times, all the wonderful people and lucky moments. And then, an epic hitch hiking journey to Melbourne in 3 days, fast forward to the Rainbow Gathering....without reception. So long people! So much love!!!!
