Workshops

There will be two workshop spaces at the festival, one devoted to forest information and activism, the other devoted to more general skill-sharing on sustainable living, arts and organics. There will be daily tai chi sessions, kids workshops including circus activities, musical instruments and face-painting, and roving performances around the festival site.

There will be nightly slide shows showcasing East Gippsland's forests as well as other Victorian forest areas. There will also be screenings of activist videos.

Running throughout the festival will be a wide variety of forest tours through East Gippsland's spectacular and diverse forest, taken by a number of biologists who will highlight the unique features of these ecosystems. There will also be tours of local organic gardens and farms, real-life examples of sustainable living.


Workshop Program*

*all flexible and open to change

Saturday 13th January

Tours

A three-hour tour of the cool temperate rainforest of Brown Mountain, only a short drive from the festival site. See magnificent towering trees at the former site of 1989 forest blockades. Suitable for children. Guide: Andrew Piccone

Organic Farm Tour - self-sufficiency in action at the home of Jill Redwood. One hour in duration, two minutes drive from the festival site. Meet in the carpark at 10.00am.

A Trip to Fortress Goolengook - Time to be determined

Main Space

8.00 am Tai Chi with Carol
2.00 pm Alternative Media - Julliet from community radio station 3CR
4.00 pm Genetically Modified Organisms - Update on the British Campaign
6.00 pm HF Radios - how to set them up and use them
8.00 pm Goolengook Slide Show - Andrew Piccone (45mins)
8.00 pm - 10.00pm Astronomy Workshops "The Big Picture" with Tim Thorncraft
9.00 pm Central Highlands Slide Show - Gavan McFadzean (20mins)

River Space

All day: Climbing workshops by Future Rescue
10.00 am East Gippsland Campaign History
11.00 am Defend the Defenders - skillsharing on how to deal with false allegations, violence, cops for forest activists by Bob Burton (3hrs)
3:00 pm Bio-regionalism & Environmental Justice by Gareth Devenish and Anthony Amis
9.00 pm Spotlighting

Sunday 14th January

Tours

A half-day tour of Rooty Break Trail and Coast Range Rd on the Errinundra Plateau by botanist Kevin Theile.

All day tour of Tingaringy by reknowned scientist David Cameron

Organic Garden Tours - be inspired by two local gardens One hour in duration, two minutes drive from the festival site. Meet in the carpark at 10.00am.

Main Space

8.00 am Tai Chi with Carol
10.00 am Handy Farm Hints by Jill Redwood
8.00 pm - 10.00pm Astronomy Workshops "The Big Picture" with Tim Thorncraft

River Space

All day: Climbing workshops by Future Rescue
10.00 pm "Train the Trainers": Skills for experienced activists to assist anti-violence by Bob Burton (2hrs)
1.00 pm Police/Legal issues in forest blockading
2.00 pm Community Environmnetal Monitoring in Native Forests: Privately owned land (40 min), and Public Land (40 mins) with 10 min break. By Tim Anderson & Loris Duclos.
9.00 Spotlighting - Arboreal Mammal Hollow Watching

Monday 15th January

Tours

David Cameron tour to be announced

Main Space

8.00 am Tai Chi with Carol
8.00 pm East Gippsland Slide Show by David Cameron, very informative

River Space

All day: Climbing workshops by Future Rescue
10.00 pm Economics of Logging - Michelle
1.00 am Logging Industry Futures - where they are going (Gav McFadzean)
4.00pm - 6.00pm ACTION PLANNING
9.00 Spotlighting - Arboreal Mammal Hollow Watching


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MUSIC

Goongerah Gathering 2001
Music Programme

Friday 12th

Madeleine
Becks
Toni
Music vs Physics
Tzu
BBG
Coblernigh
Planktone
7:30pm
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:45
10:30
11:15
12-1am

Saturday 13th

The Bigots
Iron Sausage
Deconsume
CCCP
Bad Boy Bubby (live performance)
Nick Larkins
Migration
Pan
7:30pm
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:45
10:00
10:45
11:45-12:45am

Sunday 14th

Sally Forbes
Mark Eden
James Butt
Grasshopper
Coblernigh
Deep Sea Plaza
8:00 pm
8:30
9:15
10:00
10:45
11:30-12:30

Monday 15th

Psycorroboree DJs 10pm-8am:

Matt Flynn
Pixelton
Ben Blast
Jungle
Dylan
Jet More
Tweaka


P.A. provided by Black Star Club

Marketspace

Labrats wind-powered cinema and sound system;
Yum solar-powered sound system with chilled DJs:

Monkey Mark, Bass Kitty, Twister Sisters, Bear da Bass, Afro Bones, Ben Blast
Holding workshops daily.

Live Performance

Tsunami (roving cross-dressing marching band)
Pan Pixie (kids entertainment)
roving circus performance

more to be announced...
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