REAL Illawarra: February 2011

Thursday, February 17, 2011

sorry

Hi All,
you would of received an email during the week as a reminder to fair day on sunday. you may have noticed that there was a huge list of names on the email. unfortunately, due to being new in the job and new to gmail we failed to BCC the information. I hope that everyone deletes these email addresses in order to maintain privacy of others. please don't use any of the email addresses for your own benefit as I'm sure you wouldn't like it if someone used yours.
we hope to remember not to do it again. Sorry.
Fay and Janine

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

REAL @ Fair Day

REAL @ Fair Day, Sunday 20th Feb

Happy Mardi Gras 2011,

Why not come along and join in the fun of Mardi Gras Fair Day with REAL Illawarra.

We will be at our usual shady location under the trees with a great view of the stage (Uni side of the open dance area near stage)
REAL will supply cold drinks and a picnic lunch, so come along, hang out and enjoy the show.

If you would like a lift up there let us know via email or text to REAL (see below)

Cheers

Janine

Mardi Gras- Fair Day

Location,

Victoria Park
City Road,
Chippendale, New South Wales
When

20 Feb 10.00am to 8.00pm
Cost

Gold coin donation

The biggest and best-loved community event of the Season, Fair Day will officially launch this year's Mardi Gras and promises a fun, relaxed day out for all the family, even the pets!

Up to 70,000 routinely turn out to sit on the grass, browse the stalls, gorge themselves on the plethora of delicacies available at the stalls, have a few drinks, but most of all to catch up with old friends – and make some new ones.

A showcase of entertainment will be the centrepiece of Fair Day, including performances from Mardi Gras Festival highlights, international DJs and bands, and the return of the AXN Search for a Cover Model competition on the ANZ Main Stage.

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REAL- Respect and Equality Amongst Lesbians.
A social network for lesbians in and around the Illawarra and Wollongong region
Mobile: 0431 88 7770 - email: real.illawarra@gmail.com - Web: http://realillawarra.blogspot.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29229974902&ref=ts
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

real FW: Mardi Gras Shine next Friday, 25 Feb

From: bushscout@bigpond.com
To: ;
Subject: Mardi Gras Shine next Friday, 25 Feb
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:29:37 +1100

Hi Zesters,

You are invited to join Lemon Zest at the Alexandra Hotel, Leura, for a Mardi Gras event of performances and dancing next Friday, 25 February.

The Mardi Gras 'Shine' event is organised by the Glittercorp Carousel and commences at 9pm, but you might like to come along and join a Lemon Zest table for dinner beforehand at 6.30pm at the hotel's restaurant. If you wish to join our table, please contact Jay at jjgreenaways@bigpond.com to book in with her. If you are not joining us for dinner, then we will hopefully see you during the evening! Local duo Spiral will be playing for 45 minutes from 9.30pm, and there will be other performances and a great atmosphere. Its not often that we have Mardi Gras events up here, so let's get behind this one!!

Cheers

Jocelyn

Lemon Zest

bushscout@bigpond.com

real FW: World of Women Film Festival 2011

Zesters, you might be interested in the attached info for the World of Women Film Festival in March.

Cheers

Jocelyn

Lemon Zest

bushscout@bigpond.com

Friday, February 11, 2011

Real Fwd: UNITY Events update

Hi All,

Just a quick reminder that the Unity Diners club is this coming Tuesday 15th at Fontuna's Chinese Restaurant in Kenny St (opposite car park entrance) at 7pm.
You MUST now RSVP via email, mobile, if you wish to attend, if we do not get enough number the event will be canceled for this month. This is to avoid any inconvenience to the restaurant.

Our preparations for our next dance BURLESQUE on Saturday March 26th are coming along nicely...you really wont want to miss this one, even if its just to your committee preform in a show which can only be described as titillating!!!

If you wish to contribute your ideas skills and talents to the creation of this fabulous event come along to our "Dance Collective" meeting at ACON community space on Saturday the 26th of February any time from 10am. We will be crafting decorations to make BURLESQUE our biggest sexiest dance ever.

We would love to see you there and to here any comment or suggestions you have to make your dance experience even better.

Yours sincerely

Scott

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real fwd Lemon Zest camp cancelled

From: bushscout@bigpond.com
To: ;
Subject: Lemon Zest camp cancelled
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:36:27 +1100

Hi Zesters,

This weekends camp at Dunns Swamp is being cancelled. I have had a number of cancellations from women and the weather looks like it will be a tad damp so its best we put it off to some other time.

Cheers

Jocelyn

Lemon Zest

bushscout@bigpond.com

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Real: FW: Bush Lemons bushwalk - Sat, 19 Feb

Hi Lemons,

Our next walk is on Saturday week, 19 February. It is different from the scheduled one because the track to Lindemans Pass is closed due to a landslide. Therefore we will be tackling a walk in the Wild Dogs Mountains - Ironpot Mountain to Coxs River and Breakfast Creek. This is a hard full day walk of about 15km in this gorgeous wilderness area.

We will be carpooling out to Dunphys Campground at the end of the Megalong Valley where the walk begins and ends. We will ascend up Ironpot Ridge and then descend off the end of Ironpot Mountain down to the Coxs River. This section of track if fairly indistinct and its a long descent where a trekking pole or stick is handy. We arrive at the gorgeous river for lunch and a dip, and then walk along iconic Breakfast Creek and then onto Carlon Creek and the long ascent back up to Dunphy's Campground yet again. This walk has amazing views into the wilderness, lots of gorgeous bush, wildlife and a lovely river and creeks where we can have dips. There will be a lot of shallow creek crossings on the walk back from Coxs River, and the walk itself will take 7-8 hours. Previously this walk has had stinging nettles near the end, so long pants or zip off pants are advisable. This is a favourite walk of mine because of the wilderness aspect, the challenge of the walk, and the particular beauty of this area, so I hope that you'll be able to join us.

Book: With me via email or text by Thursday, 17 February. Please ensure you leave your contact phone numbers.

Meet: At 8am at the Blackheath railway station carpark. To get here, turn left over the railway line at the second set of lights in Blackheath, and turn immediately right into Station Street and the small carpark is a very short distance up here on the right, just past the Mitre 10 Hardware. We will carpool the 20 mins or so from here to the start of the walk.

Bring: As this is a long walk please bring plenty of walk (minimum of 3 litres), lunch, snacks, raincoat, sturdy boots/shoes, trekking pole if you wish, long pants or zip off pants for any nettles, hat, camera, warm top etc etc.

Cheers

Jocelyn

Bush Lemons

bushscout@bigpond.com

0414 572991

REAL FW: Creative Womyn Down Under 9 Feb 2011 - News below this time

Creative Womyn Down Under
Email Newsletter

9 February 2011

Show & Share Cafe - Inner West, Sydney

Hi everyone. We want to let you know about our new monthly event for women from all creative paths. You may have already seen some information on our website.

The first Creative Womyn's Show and Share Cafe will be held on Thursday 24 February 2011 from 6pm – 8pm. Please email gabrielle@creativewomyn.net to register or phone Gabe Journey on 0400 619 868 for more information.

What's it all about?

Reconnect with that childhood "Show & Tell" energy and excitement of sharing with others about something you have created. Whatever form of creativity you enjoy, Creative Womyn's Show and Share Cafe is a place for women to discuss their creative journey. We share our latest creative work, ideas, goals, challenges and achievements in a friendly cafe in Sydney's Inner West.

All creativity welcome: Writers, Poets, Spoken Word Performers, Actors, Film Makers, Visual Artists, Photographers, Craftswomen, Sculptors, Mixed-Media Artists, Jewellery Makers, Musicians, Cake Decorators, Weavers, Digital Artists, Knitters, Painters, Cooks, Graphic Artists, etc.

This is a lovely space to listen as well as share, and to inspire your creative self and others. We are aiming each time for a small group of up to 10 women to ensure plenty of share time for everyone.

If there is a lot of interest we will have a waiting list and also look into options for other meeting times.This gathering is for women. It is a drop in style so if you can't make one Cafe you can always register for the next month.

The group meets once a month at Romey's Cafe, 4 Crinan Street Hurlstone Park. There is free on street parking, and Romey's is only minutes walk from Hurlstone Park railway station. View more information here The cost each month is $20 which includes a hot drink and Romey's home-made savouries. We look forward to seeing you there !

Not in Sydney??

If you don't live in Sydney, you might want to start something up yourself closer to home. This idea was sparked from years meeting up with friends in small talking circles based on Julia Camerons The Artist Way "Creative Clusters". Julia shares some great guidelines for creative groups at http://www.theartistsway.com/tools/creative-clusters

You might already run something similar in your area, if you do let us know and we can include it on our noticeboard if you are looking for more participants or just want to share about it.

In Creativity and Sistahood

Georgina JD Abrahams & Gabrielle Journey Jones

CREATIVE WOMYN DOWN UNDER

Creative Quotes

"Re-vision -- the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction - is for women more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival."

Adrienne Rich, Poet, Educator

"I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear readers, are an after-thought."

Gertrude Stein, Author

"Who knows where inspiration comes from? Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses."

Amy Tan, Novelist

Noticeboard Updates

February 18—20, 2011

Creative Painting Weekend @ Arcadia B&B, NSW South Coast

Mixed Media in Acrylics and Watercolours

Contact Roxanne or Annie to reserve your place
(02) 4446 0733
or 0418 257 424.
Email roxyart_24@hotmail.com Visit the website here for more information.

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Monday, February 7, 2011

REAL Newletter

January 2009 • Email: real.illawarra@gmail.com • Blog: realillawarra.blogspot.com • PO Box 1073 Wollongong •

REAL Update

Hi Everyone and thanks for the lovely welcome as new facilitators to REAL. Janine and I are very excited to take over this role. A big thanks to Tania and Wendy who did such a great job in the past. Janine and I have some wonderful ideas for things to do, many contributed by you, and as this is your group too we appreciate any suggestions of what you would like to do with the group. Janine and I have decided to have a structured evening every second month to perhaps draw in some of the people who don't just want to sit around and have a chat. We are going to have movie nights, thai cooking lessons, tarot night, and we are looking into self defence as well. We are planning on restarting the dinners and breakfasts as quite a few people requested this. You will be receiving reminders about Real meetings frequently and when we have organised other events you will receive frequent reminders about those also. We are currently in the process of upgrading our mobile phone as the one we have is constantly requiring charge, as soon as the new phone is in place you will be able to contact us by mobile.

Breakfast and Dinners

Yes they are coming back. As facilitators for REAL Janine and I could make all the decisions about where we go, but as this is your group as well and we want as many of you as possible to attend we want you to make suggestions of places you would like to go. We are looking for places from Kiama in the south to Bulli in the north. We are also looking for a fairly reasonable price range as we have people on all sorts of budgets. Do you want to have family dinners as well? if so please suggest venues that are family friendly. We also want to know what times suit everybody, do you eat early around 5:30 or do you prefer a 7pm start, do you want breakfast at 9 or 10. Please take into consideration that we are not going to be able to please everyone, but we will endeavour to accommodate the majority. Just drop us an email and let us know what you want. This group is for you.

International Woman's Day

This is on the 8th March and this year REAL is having a meditation session and breakfast to be held at ACON's community space, from 7am. We realise that this is a tuesday morning, but with Mardi Gras the weekend before we felt that it was better to have something small on the actual day rather than letting this important day just slip past. If you are interested please drop us an email.

GLBTIQ EVENTS AND INFO

Fair Day- 20th February 2011 at Victoria Park, Chippindale

Mardi Gras Parade - 5th March 2011 -Oxford street Sydney.

UNITY Dance – Three times a year, Beaton Park Tennis Club, for more info and other events: www.unity-wollongong.org MOB: 0403 899 015

LISA: Lesbians in the Shoalhaven Area, PHONE Claudia : 042 366 622 31

VOX FM 106.9 - 'The Pink Nation Hour', 5 - 6pm Thursday's

ACON – Supporting Lesbian GLBTIQ health,

Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service of NSW – Lesbian counselling and info line, 630pm - 930pm mondays, PHONE 1800 14 4527 (admin 02 8594 9500)

IWHC – Illawarra Womens Health Centre, PHONE 02 4255 6800

COAL – Coalition of Activist Lesbians, EMAIL coal@aapt.net.au

• Email: real.illawarra@gmail.com • Blog: realillawarra.blogspot.com • PO Box 1073 Wollongong

Disclaimer - REAL does not accept responsibility for any text, photographs or illustrations submitted by members. The REAL Newsletter is a forum for ALL members who wish to submit/contribute content. REAL will not however print any materials that is deemed discriminatory, incite violence or hatred or consider to be extremely sexually graphic. REAL encourage members to submit creative, factual and event materials.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Fwd: REAL @ Fair Day

Fwd: REAL @ Fair Day, Sunday 20th Feb

Happy Mardi Gras 2011,

Janine

Mardi Gras- Fair Day

Location,

Victoria Park
City Road,
Chippendale, New South Wales
When

20 Feb 10.00am to 8.00pm
Cost

Gold coin donation

The biggest and best-loved community event of the Season, Fair Day will officially launch this year's Mardi Gras and promises a fun, relaxed day out for all the family, even the pets!

REAL @ Fair Day

Fwd: REAL @ Fair Day, Sunday 20th Feb

Happy Mardi Gras 2011,

Mardi Gras- Fair Day

Location,

Victoria Park
City Road,
Chippendale, New South Wales
When

20 Feb 10.00am to 8.00pm
Cost

Gold coin donation

The biggest and best-loved community event of the Season, Fair Day will officially launch this year's Mardi Gras and promises a fun, relaxed day out for all the family, even the pets!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

real FW: Bush Lemons 15 year anniversary INVITE!

Hi Lemons,

Our 15 year anniversary is a mere 2 months away and we are celebrating. We have booked a venue at Kurrajong for the weekend of Friday, 1 April - Sunday, 3 April! Its a great place because its quite central for those in the upper mountains, lower mountains or Sydney or elsewhere. Its also a gorgeous area totally away from anything else, with great views, 5 cottages, a huge entertainment shed, bushwalks, a creek for swimming and canoeing. All the information is attached and children and sociable dogs are most welcome.

Bookings will be made via me on a first-come first-served basis, so once you have had a look at all the attached information, please book in as soon as possible. Let me know if you have any queries. I imagine that beds will be at a premium, so the quicker you book in the more likely you will get what you want.

This is a pretty big milestone for the Lemons so I do encourage you all to support the group and join us for what will be a wonderful weekend for all!

Cheers

Jocelyn

Bush Lemons

bushscout@bigpond.com

Thursday, February 3, 2011

REAL: FW: IWD flyer

FWD........

Hiya

Here's info about IWD events down here in the Shoalhaven. Our dance is on the 19 March

Marg

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

REAL @ Fair Day, Sunday 20th Feb

Mardi Gras- Fair Day

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Fwd: REAL @ Fair Day, Sunday 20th Feb

Mardi Gras- Fair Day

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When

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Fwd: REAL @ Fair Day, Sunday 20th Feb

Mardi Gras- Fair Day

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Thursday, February 3, 2011