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Hi All,
This forum is intended as place to share information and resources related to the Bioregional Report Brief.
Please feel free to add anything that may be of interest.
Dear learned peers,
I have no doubt that you are all intending to research every aspect of our Bioregion (as per the assignment requirements).
This considered, you may or may not chose to note that some students are taking "particular interest" in some areas of research.
Geology and Soils Gunsy (AKA Amanda)
Flora and Fauna Wayno
Weather and Climate Bec
Ecologies Amy
Human Settlements Naomi, and Guy may also have had a look around in this field?
Cultural Elements Gunsy focus local Indigenous culture,
If anyone has further research on
Water Catchments
Natural Resources
or Transport Systems
and would like to engage in discussion on these topics please feel free to post your thoughts on this forum. (Perhaps you could even direct us to a blog you may have on the topic
Keep you posted on further research developments,
Bec
I have no doubt that you are all intending to research every aspect of our Bioregion (as per the assignment requirements).
This considered, you may or may not chose to note that some students are taking "particular interest" in some areas of research.
Geology and Soils Gunsy (AKA Amanda)
Flora and Fauna Wayno
Weather and Climate Bec
Ecologies Amy
Human Settlements Naomi, and Guy may also have had a look around in this field?
Cultural Elements Gunsy focus local Indigenous culture,
If anyone has further research on
Water Catchments
Natural Resources
or Transport Systems
and would like to engage in discussion on these topics please feel free to post your thoughts on this forum. (Perhaps you could even direct us to a blog you may have on the topic
Keep you posted on further research developments,
Bec
Here is what I wrote off the top of my head on the topics raised. I intend to flesh it out and add more, maybe it sparks something that you can add too!
Bioregion around Avalon
Avalon Community is situated between the towns of Nimbin and Kyogle on the well used and recently sealed Stoney Chute Rd.
The closest town is Cawongla, where there is a general shop.
The local aboriginal tribe is the Wiyobel people of the Bundjalung nation. Elder Patsy Nagas is a councillor and deputy mayor of Kyogle.
There is a rich culture that links these people with the land. Dreaming stories about key landmarks. There is also special rules that govern the
Willumbin – initiation only
Nimbin rocks – boys only
Lillian rock ladies space
The bioregion is in the jurisdiction of three councils; Kyogle, Tweed and Lismore.
The white settlers history of this area can be traced back to the ceder getters of 1842. Licenses were issued for 4 pound a year and this entitled the sawman to harvest from crown lands. Easy get logs were cut and pushed into the creeks to wait until they flooded and washed the logs downstream to Lismore for milling.
Dairy farming was introduced into the area in 1880’s.
Natural Resources:
Timber was an abundant resource here and still remains a large part of the local economy.
Vast tracts of land have been cleared for cow pasture.
Cultural elements:
The area has attracted a large alternative fringe to mainstream culture. Artesians, healers and musicians are drawn to the area by a strong history of acceptance.
The Aquarius festival held in Nimbin in the 1960’s (?) first stimulated this in earnest, attracting hippies from around Australia who stayed and have now raised a generation.
The biome is humid subtropical. Once a huge rainforest known as the big scrub stretched across the entire bioregion. This is almost entirely gone, and around us now is regrowth eucalypt forest.
One of the key challenges in this area is generating enough local economy to prosper. Blocks of land are often large and the hilly terrain can make travelling without a car difficult. There is a strong culture of hitchhiking.
Train links connect the town of Kyogle to Lismore. There is a disused track to Murwillumbah.
School busses run past the front of the community twice a day and can be used to get into town if there is space.
Due to their spectacular nature; the roads are well used to by motorcyclists.
Cycling is only for the very able bodied.
Due the health consciousness that penetrates the area, organic and biodynamic food production is a vibrant local industry. There is a weekly organic farmers market in Lismore, from which the Nimbin Organics shop resells produce. Smaller local producers also bring stock straight into the shop.
Rainfall;
The area is famous for good rainfall and good sun – lending to the name the Rainbow Region. 800mm a year
Bioregion around Avalon
Avalon Community is situated between the towns of Nimbin and Kyogle on the well used and recently sealed Stoney Chute Rd.
The closest town is Cawongla, where there is a general shop.
The local aboriginal tribe is the Wiyobel people of the Bundjalung nation. Elder Patsy Nagas is a councillor and deputy mayor of Kyogle.
There is a rich culture that links these people with the land. Dreaming stories about key landmarks. There is also special rules that govern the
Willumbin – initiation only
Nimbin rocks – boys only
Lillian rock ladies space
The bioregion is in the jurisdiction of three councils; Kyogle, Tweed and Lismore.
The white settlers history of this area can be traced back to the ceder getters of 1842. Licenses were issued for 4 pound a year and this entitled the sawman to harvest from crown lands. Easy get logs were cut and pushed into the creeks to wait until they flooded and washed the logs downstream to Lismore for milling.
Dairy farming was introduced into the area in 1880’s.
Natural Resources:
Timber was an abundant resource here and still remains a large part of the local economy.
Vast tracts of land have been cleared for cow pasture.
Cultural elements:
The area has attracted a large alternative fringe to mainstream culture. Artesians, healers and musicians are drawn to the area by a strong history of acceptance.
The Aquarius festival held in Nimbin in the 1960’s (?) first stimulated this in earnest, attracting hippies from around Australia who stayed and have now raised a generation.
The biome is humid subtropical. Once a huge rainforest known as the big scrub stretched across the entire bioregion. This is almost entirely gone, and around us now is regrowth eucalypt forest.
One of the key challenges in this area is generating enough local economy to prosper. Blocks of land are often large and the hilly terrain can make travelling without a car difficult. There is a strong culture of hitchhiking.
Train links connect the town of Kyogle to Lismore. There is a disused track to Murwillumbah.
School busses run past the front of the community twice a day and can be used to get into town if there is space.
Due to their spectacular nature; the roads are well used to by motorcyclists.
Cycling is only for the very able bodied.
Due the health consciousness that penetrates the area, organic and biodynamic food production is a vibrant local industry. There is a weekly organic farmers market in Lismore, from which the Nimbin Organics shop resells produce. Smaller local producers also bring stock straight into the shop.
Rainfall;
The area is famous for good rainfall and good sun – lending to the name the Rainbow Region. 800mm a year
Previously Guy Stewart wrote:
Here is what I wrote off the top of my head on the topics raised. I intend to flesh it out and add more, maybe it sparks something that you can add too!
Bioregion around Avalon
Avalon Community is situated between the towns of Nimbin and Kyogle on the well used and recently sealed Stoney Chute Rd.
The closest town is Cawongla, where there is a general shop.
The local aboriginal tribe is the Wiyobel people of the Bundjalung nation. Elder Patsy Nagas is a councillor and deputy mayor of Kyogle.
There is a rich culture that links these people with the land. Dreaming stories about key landmarks. There is also special rules that govern the
Willumbin – initiation only
Nimbin rocks – boys only
Lillian rock ladies space
The bioregion is in the jurisdiction of three councils; Kyogle, Tweed and Lismore.
The white settlers history of this area can be traced back to the ceder getters of 1842. Licenses were issued for 4 pound a year and this entitled the sawman to harvest from crown lands. Easy get logs were cut and pushed into the creeks to wait until they flooded and washed the logs downstream to Lismore for milling.
Dairy farming was introduced into the area in 1880’s.
Natural Resources:
Timber was an abundant resource here and still remains a large part of the local economy.
Vast tracts of land have been cleared for cow pasture.
Cultural elements:
The area has attracted a large alternative fringe to mainstream culture. Artesians, healers and musicians are drawn to the area by a strong history of acceptance.
The Aquarius festival held in Nimbin in the 1960’s (?) first stimulated this in earnest, attracting hippies from around Australia who stayed and have now raised a generation.
The biome is humid subtropical. Once a huge rainforest known as the big scrub stretched across the entire bioregion. This is almost entirely gone, and around us now is regrowth eucalypt forest.
One of the key challenges in this area is generating enough local economy to prosper. Blocks of land are often large and the hilly terrain can make travelling without a car difficult. There is a strong culture of hitchhiking.
Train links connect the town of Kyogle to Lismore. There is a disused track to Murwillumbah.
School busses run past the front of the community twice a day and can be used to get into town if there is space.
Due to their spectacular nature; the roads are well used to by motorcyclists.
Cycling is only for the very able bodied.
Due the health consciousness that penetrates the area, organic and biodynamic food production is a vibrant local industry. There is a weekly organic farmers market in Lismore, from which the Nimbin Organics shop resells produce. Smaller local producers also bring stock straight into the shop.
Rainfall;
The area is famous for good rainfall and good sun – lending to the name the Rainbow Region. 800mm a year
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