The Aussie thread....

[Bronzewing]

I love taking my tin whistle out to play for the trees and birds. I guess our local fairies have been getting an earful too. The atmosphere always does get really strange and yet peaceful when I play outdoors, especially if I am sitting cross legged beneath some of our big old jarrah trees. It is good to connect myself more to the earth by plonking right down on it. Earth told me so. Not so good today though, was burning my tootsies when I went out barefoot to give my horse her lunch.

I am not too twee to do the tiny sandwiches etc. It strikes me that it would be the perfect way to celebrate Alban Hefin while involving my little nieces, five and seven.

I'm getting some great ideas here. Any more planned celebrations, rituals etc?

Hugs,

Bronzie

[LadyAoftheshire]

Greetings!

Just a reminder that the next issue of Serpentstar comes out at Lughnasagh and I am looking for contributions!

Recipes, reviews, poetry and prose, articles, drawings, anything really. Please send through to ladya.serpentstar [at] gmail.com

I'd especially like to speak to someone who is based in QLD or is in touch with anyone in QLD.

Bright Blessings Under the Southern Stars!

LadyA

[Dragonwyst]

Contribution sent.

I have now signed up for the OBOD course. This will be an interesting year!

[Aurora]

Congratulations Dragonwyst I hope you enjoy the journey

[wyeuro]

good on you, dragonwyst. it'll be the best thing you've ever done.

[Dragonwyst]

How lovely it was to finally meet some Aussie OBODies!
I'm really glad I was able to make the journey to Cronulla despite the drama of the overflowing swimming pool. It's good to put some faces to names, though I have little hope of remembering everyone after just one meeting like that, and there is the additional complication of matching faces to some familiar forum names but then learning the alternate names too!
For those who use Facebook, if you enter Dragonwyst in the search option I come up at top of the list with my conventional? name (Alice Suttie), and now that you've seen me you'll recognise the pic.
Thank you, LadyA for the organising and hosting
Here's to more of this sort of thing...

[LadyAoftheshire]

No problem at all Dragonwyst. I really really enjoyed it also. It was my pleasure.

If any other Sydney OBOD'ers would like to join us next time we meet, please PM me.

Even if you are a solitary practioner (which I am more or less) I still encourage you to try to meet some people face to face even if its for a Coffee/Chai or something. Doesn't need to involve ritual, but the human contact definately helps!.

[eeepapillon]

Hello everyone!

I've only recently become a member of the OBOD, I wasn't sure what the presence would be like for Druidry in Australia before I joined but my first impression is that it's all happening!

I think at the moment I'm more like an over-excited 5 year old when going through my gwersi than my supposed tag of 'adult' - I recieve the package - open it - get unsure where to start - read everything but get too enthusiastic about the experience of it all - consequently read everything again later. I'm really ejoying the journey so far though, even though I'm only at the very beginning.

Anyway though I live in Adelaide and travelling interstate may be an issue for me currently, should I ever get the opportunity to meet any of you (and I hope I do) I should be very glad to do so indeed!

[Ra3vyn]

w00t! Congratulations Dragonwyst and Hi there eeepapillon, nice to meet you I'm in Western Australia doing the Bardic Grade and enjoying it, tho events in my life the last couple months have slowed things down somewhat I'm still enthusiastic

Bronzie- sounds lovely! I've recently discovered an Old Giant Oak in our local park. It was a rather hidden from the road by another tree which unfortunately was knocked over and uprooted during a storm.
I've visited with Grandmother Oak a couple times (I got the distinct impression of being corrected firmly yet kindly "Grandmother" after I addressed her as "Grandfather Oak" ) She has baby acorns growing so when they're big enough I am going to ask her permission to collect one to plant here at home

and Blessings,
Ra3vyn

[Dragonwyst]

Thank you Ra3vyn. and welcome eeepapillon. Good to have you with us
our numbers grow little by little - even if we are rather spread out. maybe we'll have to learn to communicate via the song lines

[kytty]

hi everyone,
anyone up for a pint and some today? lamb
kytty

[astrocelt]

Druidic Dawn has recently produced a short video relating to Druidry in Australia during the 2010 Summer Solstice. The video embraces the landscape with various commentaries by Australian Druids'. It too, is very grateful to the Melbourne Grove for there participation.

It can be viewed at http://www.druidicdawn.org/node/2270 or
via youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boY0GY_4zvY

Enjoy
Astrocelt

[Dragonwyst]

Very nicely done! I love all the animal snippets in it

[Davin Raincloud]

Druidic Dawn has recently produced a short video relating to Druidry in Australia during the 2010 Summer Solstice. The video embraces the landscape with various commentaries by Australian Druids'. It too, is very grateful to the Melbourne Grove for there participation.

It can be viewed at http://www.druidicdawn.org/node/2270 or
via youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boY0GY_4zvY

Enjoy
Astrocelt

Very cool!

Thank you for uploading!

[Rowan Ravenseed]

Howdy all,

It seems it's taken me quite
sometime to find this thread I am
Sorry to have left it so long to meet every-one.

My name is Rowan Ravenseed I've been with Obod for
around 5 years now in saying that I am still making
My way through the bardic gwersi I guess it's fair to say
I tend to take my time. I hope one day soon
I will get the opportunity to meet some of my fellow obodies
At a gathering sometime.

Bright blessings

Rowan Ravenseed

[Dragonwyst]

Hi Rowan and welcome!

if I had my way I'd get this thread pinned. However, the threat of having it pruned if not viewed for 60 days is a good way to keep us posting! if ever you head down towards Sydney, give a yell. There's a few of us spread out and about. And then there's the assembly later this year. Follow the links higher up the thread to Serpentstar for details regarding that.

Bright blessings
Dragonwyst

[kytty]

Hi Rowan Ravenseed
Dont stress over the bardic grade. Theres no time limit on it. the main thing is too take your time learn and enjoy!.
kytty

[wyeuro]

gday rowan. yeah it'll be good to meet up. the next assembly's in port lincoln in south oz. see you there?

[Aurora]

Thanks for the video astrocelt it was great.

Hi Rowan Nice to meet another bard still on the gwers at the 5 year mark

Definitely check out the links for the assembly for this year. I met one of the hosts for it recently and it sounds like it will be awesome, am saving my pennies to be able to go

[wyeuro]

yeah, rafayard and dean always put on a magnificent show. can't wait!!
wy