shop till you drop bop till you pop
the Bluesfest of Byron is near
the Belongil site’s ready
and Tyagarah looks steady

The Byron Bay Bluesfest 2009 clearly illustrates that the  dichotomy of human rational, ignorance and self-gratuitous environmental belief systems is alive and well in Byron Bay, 2009. The Byron Bay Bluesfest has a long history within the Mt Warning Caldera Region and beyond.
And the slow subtle degradation of habitats and environmental health in the Byron Shire also has a long history.  Players in this field (Belongil Fields and beyond) can pat themselves on the back, preen their egos and shuffle their heads back into the sand. I just wonder how many cigarette butts, bottle tops and pieces of plastic they will find there, after the Byron Bay Bluesfest 2009 is gone and the animals that have survived the trauma of forced relocation come back to their homes to continue their lives.
I love music, I love the land, I love the animals and the human spirits that live in this beautiful Mt Warning Caldera Region.  I pray with all my might that some mass consciousness shift occurs at the Byron Bay Bluesfest at Belongil Fields (or is it Tyagarah?) this year (2009), so that the coming years of Bluesfest “mania” (Tyagarah ?)become directly, immediately and thoroughly accountable to the authentic spiritual land guardians of the Mt Warning Caldera Region.
I say this, because it is clear to me that the Byron Shire is incapable of taking care of this beautiful part of the world – one only has to walk along the shoreline at Byron and through the parklands to see just how much plastic, rubbish, cigarette butts, bottle tops, batteries and god know’s how much unseen waste and toxins have infiltrated the habitats that they proclaim to protect.
The Arakwal people are the historical custodians of the land in this area. Their land stewardship preserved a unique and diverse environmental heritage, much of which has now been swallowed up by inappropriate 19th, 20th and now 21st century development.  Today, more and more people have an increasing  impact on this area and region, and from what I can see, the heritage and rights for the native animals that live in the Habitats of the Byron Shire have been severely compromised.
Words like “precautionary principle”, “environmental sustainability”, “caring for country” and “global crisis” mean nothing, when the current dichotomy of human words and actions are let loose on the planet. Please don’t let the “vision fade”.

2009 Spendour in the Grass Festival Yelgun

Byron Shire Council and the Splendour in the Grass Festival – article in Byron Shire Echo 27th January 2009

Environmental Defender’s Office NSW

EDO Compliance Portal – a tool to assist citizens in enforcing environmental law

Byron Flora and Fauna Study 1999 (google HTML) or at Byron Shire Council publications website

NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has some current info on Tsunamis.

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program has an Earthquakes Centre with updates on recent earthquakes, maps, data and much more. This link will take you to a WORLD MAP showing Recent Earthquake Animations.

International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) .

What are Tsunamis, and what causes them?

Tsunami Facts and Information at Australian Bureau of Meterology

The Australian Spaceguard Survey has some interesting articles on Tsunamis, and is worth looking at for much reference material, concerning Australia and Tsunamis. They include:

• Tsunami from Asteroid/comet impacts .
• Tsunami Hazard to Coastal Populations in Australia .

Catalyst, on ABC TV has archived a presentation on Tsunamis and asteroids from 24.10.2002

Probabilistic Analysis of Strong Ground Motion and Tsunami Hazards in SE Asia – this is a HTML  document  generated by google from  http://www.riskfrontiers.com/index.html .

Geological and Historical Records of Tsunami in Australia - this is a HTML  document  generated by google from University of Sydney School of Geosciences . A copy of this article can be found at Sciencedirect.com in the Marine Geology Journal 239 Issues 1-2 .

NSW State Emergency Service : Tsunamis .

Qld State Emergency Service :

Australian Tsunami Warning System explained: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)

Geoscience Australia : Australian Government Geoscience Website – connecting you to Energy, Minerals, Earth Monitoring, Natural Hazards, Online Mapping, Oil & Gas, Satellite Imagery, Geomagnetism, Carbon Capture & Storage, Educational Information and much much more

Geoscience Australia  : Tsunami information .

I was looking for some internet articles that I had earlier read, concerning myths and stories from aboriginal populations of NSW re Tsunamis, but so far, haven’t found them. Hopefully, they shall turn up, so that I can add them to this article.