by storytree | Feb 12, 2018 | Aboriginal stories, Australian stories, Byron Bay, environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Local stories, Public Performances, social justice, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, Water stories
We attracted a capacity crowd last night with all 140 chairs taken! Forty people had to sit on the tables, the only thing left to sit on. There were 180-200 people all together. Athol Compton, traditional Minyunbul custodian of the First Light people (Bunjalung), gave...
by storytree | Sep 11, 2017 | Storytelling
Just heard from the editor of ‘The Northerly’, The Byron Bay Writer’s Festival magazine The Northerly, that he has published my poem in the current issue (p22). I was prompted to write this poem by the Volunteer Poetry competition, again organised by...
by storytree | Dec 12, 2016 | environmental storytelling, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Resources, Storytelling
Each year I repost this sweet Christmas tale, which has no mention of Santa, but a focus on trees and forests, connection to earth. For five years the recording has been available for free, but this year a little fairy whispered to me, ‘Why don’t you allow...
by storytree | Oct 14, 2016 | Byron Bay, environmental storytelling, Feminism, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Labyrinths, Public Performances, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, Water stories
For many years, my friend, Jacquelina Wills and I have dreamed of building a public, local labyrinth in Byron Shire. We recently scored a small grant from the Byron Shire Council’s Placemaking Seed Fund, as one of seven catalyst events for the Byron Bay Town Centre...
by storytree | Mar 13, 2016 | environmental storytelling, Folk Tales, Green Storytelling, Learning to tell stories, social justice, Storytelling, The value of oral storytelling
As the power of story has been increasingly recognised, the quote ‘the best story wins’ (1) has enjoyed high circulation. Organisational storyteller, Annette Simmons used it in the title of a book and subsequent workshops. So let’s unpack for a bit,...
