Letters

Other articles in this series:

• 53 Fox is currently zoned 1a, under the proposed DLEP... (Issue 269)
• Closure of the Rosebank Co-Op’s Shop. (Issue 269)
• Important to have a community consultation process. (Issue 269)
• If its carbon you want why go to the financial and labor expense of making charcoal? (Issue 269)
• In his latest letter, Dr Recher’s original strident rebuttal of secondary poisoning from rodentidice may have moderated but he seems to persist in his scepticism, if not denial. He now suggests that as it takes several days to poison a mouse with Bromakil (Issue 269)
• I am bewildered by the spin building, that a fight against Over Development by Rosebank Residents is somehow an Anti Vipassana vendetta. (Issue 269)
• Traffic, trees and devotees... (Issue 269)
• In reply to Garth’s ‘…fortunate few’ comment VJ9/11 (Issue 269)
• In response to India Fox’s letter in September VJ. (Issue 269)
• It pains me to read the increasing divisions in our community (Issue 269)
• In the past I was a president of the Trust at the Blackheath Vipassana Meditation Centre. (Issue 269)
• 'the argument seems to be that just because the developers are nice people, we should let them just go ahead and do it' (Issue 269)
• As for myself, I thoroughly approve and support... (Issue 269)
• I have gone to the ashram in blackheath... (Issue 269)
• I am one of the main volunteers at the Vipassana centre in WA which is close to a town called Brookton... (Issue 269)
• Vipassana helped me to improve my "Peace of Mind"... (Issue 269)
• In a world that is being increasingly ruled by fear, uncertainty, anger and greed, more of these centres are needed... (Issue 269)
• I have attended two, ten day Meditation Retreats with Vipassana at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains... (Issue 269)
• 7 years ago I was fortunate to find the meditation technique taught by the Vipassana group... (Issue 269)
• as to concerns about traffic etc... (Issue 269)
• I attended a 10 day vipassana 'retreat' about two years ago... (Issue 269)
• I understand there is concern about the impact of having a Vipassana meditation centre near your community. (Issue 269)
• I have been a Vipassana meditator since 1999... (Issue 269)
• For the past five years I have been involved in Dhamma Bhumi, the mediation centre at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. (Issue 269)
• The centre which I attend in the Blue Mountains (Dhamma Bhumi at Blackheath)... (Issue 269)
• re your concerns about the impact of a long course. (Issue 269)
• I strongly encourage the residents of Rosebank to welcome the Vipassana meditation retreat. (Issue 269)
• All I can say is that I would have been privileged if such a centre is built in my neighbourhood... (Issue 269)
• O you fortunate residents of Rosebank, having a Vipassana centre in your backyard... (Issue 269)
• From Fox Rd Resident. (Issue 269)
• 'low environmental impact while enhancing the peaceful and spiritual awareness of the people attending the course'... (Issue 269)
• I think that people have the right to be concerned about what is happening at their own back doors and that they should be able to voice these opinions. (Issue 269)
• Could Rosebank support a housing estate and a mediation retreat development? (Issue 269)
• Letter re Fox Rd (Issue 268)
• Letter re Vipassana Development (Issue 268)
• Please be aware of our wildlife when driving, slow down and keep your domestic pets restrained overnight. (Issue 268)
• I am a macadamia grower in Rosebank... (Issue 268)
• A mouse is a low body weight mammal... (Issue 268)
• The first time we saw our home was a wet, newly sprung New Years morning... (Issue 268)
• In my previous letter I shared my experiences of living alongside the Vipasanna Centre in Blackheath... (Issue 268)
• Re: proposed Vipassana development and neighbouring multiple occupancy. (Issue 268)
• Northern Rivers Vipaassanas (Issue 268)
• We would like to express continuing goodwill toward local residents... (Issue 268)
• Should you ever come over the hills from Byron... (Issue 268)
• Letter re Neils thoughts on the subject... (Issue 268)
• So what if a monno culture macca farm bought up land and spread chemicals... (Issue 268)
• Letter re the land sharing... (Issue 268)
• Letter re the small-minded attitudes of a few selfish and noisy Fox Road residents... (Issue 268)
• I am a resident of Rosebank. Actually a relative newcomer to these beautiful climes... (Issue 268)
• When I drive into Lismore I count thirteen separate households... (Issue 268)
• I wish to apologise for the way the proposed development on the property I sold last year has got the residents of Fox and Maso roads up in arms... (Issue 268)
• Re: Garth Kindred’s reply to my Letter to the editor July 2011-07-07 (Issue 267)
• Regarding the recent resumption of live export to Indonesia. (Issue 267)
• Paul Recher wrote in June that a VJ “blurb”, contained a “grievous error” in stating secondary poisoning from anti-coagulants can occur. He stated secondary poisoning “does not happen”. His own and other evidence seems to contradict this assertion. (Issue 267)
• The Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Vipassana Trust, John Hanna, Marshall Brown and your Dubai architect. (Issue 267)
• We hope to finalise our proposal by the end of August. The proposal as shown at the presentation day, has been staged into 3 parts - as funds become available. (Issue 267)
• I am writing in response to the letter in the last VJ hoping to share my experience of living alongside a Vipasanna centre. (Issue 267)
• My objections... (Issue 267)
• Last Thursday I attended a meeting of some residents who had concerns about the potential development of a Vipassana Meditation Retreat on Fox Road... (Issue 267)
• Community Get Together (Issue 267)
• In writing to you I add my voice to the many who have already expressed their concern to two developments on Fox Road – the Vipassana Centre at No 81 and the multiple occupancy at No 53 (Issue 267)
• Previous forum letters of the journal have raised a number issues to do with our plans for creating a land share community. We would like to address a number of these and to also clarify what our intentions are. (Issue 267)
• There should be no fears about the planned Vipassana meditation Centre disrupting the peace! (Issue 267)
• I note that there seems a tendency of late in the VJ to not identify by full name the authors of letters to the forum... (Issue 267)
• I refer to your interview in The Age Saturday Oct 3 2009... (Issue 267)
• Re the Vipassana Meditating Retreat. (Issue 267)
• letter re concern about the possible combined impacts of the two development proposals for Fox Rd. (Issue 267)
• Letter re the Fox Rd DAs (Issue 266)
• Letter re new Vipassana temple (Issue 266)
• Letter re the Vipassana DA. (Issue 266)
• Letter re the Fox Rd DA (Issue 266)
• Response to Neils letters in the last VJ. (Issue 266)
• Comment on the proposed MO and Vipassana retreat project. (Issue 266)
• GOBSMACKED! (Issue 266)
• Letter re the recent Vipassana meeting. (Issue 266)
• Letter re the Vipassana DA, (Issue 266)
• Letter re the Vipassana presentation. (Issue 266)
• The ‘Please Don’t Poison Me’ blurb made a grievous error in reporting on anti-coagulant rodenticides. Yes, some native animals will feed and die from repeatedly eating such poison e.g. possums and bandicoots. To prevent this I use narrow necked bottles se (Issue 265)
• Re proposed development on our much loved Fox Road, Rosebank - Home to the fortunate, where the tall trees scratch the underbelly of the sky, and the world purrs. (Issue 265)
• Julia Hansen writes: “National Parks has been using 1080 poison continuously for years in the Yabbra NP, this seems to have decimated the wildlife…” (Issue 265)
• There has been a rumour going around that the Anglican Church at Federal is going to be sold. The rumour is now fact. The Anglican church has to dispose this property to raise funds for important projects. This church is not heritage but to the community (Issue 265)
• I have been watching all the people attempting to have the Government listen to them voicing their rights to their land, it seems to no avail – yet!! (Issue 265)
• Have you heard about Fracking? (Issue 265)
• A presentation day for the proposed new Vipassana Meditation Centre will be held at Rosebank Hall on Sunday the 19th of June from 10am to 3pm. (Issue 265)
• The horrific cruelty that recently aired on ABC’s Four Corners – including cattle being beaten, having their throats hacked, and their eyes gouged out in Indonesian abattoirs – is, sadly, business as usual in the live-export industry. (Issue 265)
• I began reading with a smile the letter from a neighbour in the latest edition of our Village Journal. (Issue 265)
• Letter re living in Rosebank (Issue 264)
• Letter re the proposed Rosebank DA. (Issue 264)
• letter re Fox Rd DA (Issue 264)
• Letter re proposed DA in Rosebank. (Issue 264)
• Story about feral cats. (Issue 264)
• Reply to Garth's letter from the last VJ. (Issue 264)
• Another letter re this weed. (Issue 264)
• Another letter on the Devil's Fig (Issue 264)
• I read with a chuckle and some empathy last month’s letter to the editor from Stan regarding his woes with wallabies in the veggie patch. (Issue 263)
• While the wallaby population may seem healthy in one part of Rosebank at least... (Issue 263)
• How disconcerting it was to read Stan’s item last month on “Wallaby Explosion”! (Issue 263)
• There has been some about a reference of Mario Maso re this weed - it seems it appeared under two different names ie devils claw and devils fig. (Issue 263)
• Correction to last month's cover pic. (Issue 262)
• The new landowners at No 53 & 81 Fox Road have informed some of their neighbours that they intend to lodge a Development Application (DA) with Lismore Council within the next month. (Issue 262)
• An invitation is extended from the Clunes & Eureka Uniting Churches to join us for our service at 9.30am on a Sunday morning. (Issue 262)
• Is now the time to call in a commercial shooter to deal with the explosion of wallabies in the area? (Issue 262)
• Have you seen the car in the creek just down from the causeway on Eureka Rd? (Issue 261)
• A number of items were taken from a locked stage wing room at the hall, sometime between mid December and 21st January. The items mostly included audio gear belonging to Rosebank Community Inc that was used in conjunction with the projector. (Issue 261)
• It's crucial to have animals desexed now… (Issue 260)
• … not a good mix (Issue 260)
• This is a formal letter of apology to the Rosebank community regarding Rosebank Community Reserve. (Issue 259)
• It has come to my attention and therefore should be the attention of all people in the region that the local Councils have no right to create by-laws of any kind as we voted NO to this referendum in 1988. Read and know your rights. (Issue 257)
• The Virtues Proposal: A systematic approach and suggested practice of virtues. (Issue 256)
• All past students and staff of Dromana (Victoria) Primary School 184 are invited to its 150th birthday celebrations on the Labour Day weekend next year. (Issue 256)
• The Constitution does not currently recognize local government. (Issue 256)
• Correction from last VJ. (Issue 256)
• Letter re the dangers of wild dogs. (Issue 253)
• Thanks to Dianne Horton for sharing her reflections on the state of poor communications and conflict and in reminding us of the meanings of ‘co-operative’ and ‘community’. (Issue 253)
• “For our reforms to endure, the whole mood, mind and attitude of the nation must be permanently changed” (Fabian Society Centenary Dinner, 1984 – Bob Hawke) (Issue 253)
• Whian Whian Public School will celebrate 100 years on the Saturday of the long weekend in October 2011Planning meetings for celebration events have commenced. (Issue 253)
• Despite months of community and inter-agency negotiations, yesterday morning (29 March) Forests NSW commenced harvesting timber for woodchipping and high-quality logs in Mumbulla State Forest near Bega on the Far South Coast. (Issue 252)
• In attending the local Co-op meeting this month, I came away feeling very sad about how people communicate with each other and how much against-ness there is in our local community. (Issue 252)
• Did anyone see... (Issue 251)
• Response to “A wedding in Rosebank – 1909” (Issue 251)
• We’d love to publish some articles about your gardening experiences... (Issue 251)
• Calling all Playgroups and Preschools who would like their information on the VJ Calendar each month. (Issue 251)
• Where is your favourite place? (Issue 251)
• In retrospect, the Copenhagen talkfest with its disappointing outcomes was all fairly predictable and should have surprised nobody. (Issue 250)
• This letter is to anyone who frequents the Whian Whian waterhole, and/or who cares about this beautiful place and others like it in our area. (Issue 250)
• Response to Mr Daniel Saks (Forum letters – Nov, 2009) (Issue 249)
• Motorcyclists and cyclists are ever more confronted with grass clippings on the road in our community, a little known hazard to people who do not ride 2 wheelers. (Issue 249)
• I felt compelled to respond to the letter by Jim Shanks and his criticism of the wisdom of vaccination and his comparison of it to a kind of voodoo or black magic... (Issue 248)
• If Fluoride in our water is good for us, why not wait for Byron Bay to come on board? (Issue 248)
• The idea that NASA bombed the moon is bordering on the hysterical... (Issue 248)
• A local reader expresses a vote of thanks to the editors. (Issue 247)
• Council has fixed Dorroughby Road… (Issue 247)
• More musings on vaccination. (Issue 247)
• On NASA searching for water on the moon… (Issue 247)
• Musings on the Repco Rally… (Issue 246)
• Re other letters regarding vaccinations… (Issue 246)
• Letter of thanks from a reader a little further afield… (Issue 246)
• Note from the postie to all in Rosebank (and surrounds) (Issue 246)
• Does Jim Shanks in the July VJ want vegetables not to be grown because some people have allergic reactions to them e.g. tomatoes and peanuts? ... (Issue 245)
• The 1917 global unleashing of Bolshevist -Communism on Russia, by the brainchild of avaricious Wall St banking barons, as their bloody revolutionary arm in their drive for an economic world crown, now being manifested in a National economic ‘melt down’ th (Issue 245)
• While composing a submission to the Senate’s Electoral Reform (Disclosure and Funding) Inquiry I found that Australia’s dominant electoral system, based on the 1918 Commonwealth Election Act, is unconstitutional. (Issue 245)
• I have no doubt that there are adverse events from vaccines, but let’s get real about the issues and stop hiding behind fear and ignorance. (Issue 245)
• Correction in regard to last months VJ. (Issue 245)
• ‘All vaccinations are neither safe nor effective. They do not prevent disease. They cause disease.’ read more... (Issue 244)
• Re comments in June 2009 VJ – (Issue 244)
• Thank you letter to the Rosebank Fire Brigade and neighbours who helped out in the floods. (Issue 243)
• Apology letter to Stan. (Issue 243)
• Letter regarding injuring wildlife on the roads. (Issue 243)
• Letter regarding the train line. (Issue 243)
• Trying to make contact with Kaye Shadbolt. (Issue 243)
• Comment on the April Issue. (Issue 242)
• Letter on establishing a republic. (Issue 242)
• Last 30 people alive settle in Rosebank… (Issue 241)
• Other-world-ness conspiricy against order… (Issue 241)
• Thanks to our very own domestic Godess… (Issue 241)
• Farewell BBQ for Rosebank Postman Peter Thiel... (Issue 240)
• More than a million native animals may have been killed in the recent Victoria Bushfires... (Issue 240)
• The Federal Reserve, congress, the world, politics... (Issue 240)
• The ALP policy to have a two-stage plebiscite about the Republic invites unnecessary failure. The recent new survey by UMR Research, reported in the SMH demonstrates exactly that. (Issue 239)
• Letter re local government. (Issue 238)
• Letter with thoughts on financial reward. (Issue 237)
• Letter with thoughts regarding the government. (Issue 237)
• Letter re economic nationalism. (Issue 235)
• Apology to Stan Heywood regarding the Rosebank Roads Improvement Group. (Issue 235)
• A letter thanking Alan Davies for all his efforts as the RCI President. (Issue 235)
• About frogs getting stuck in silver leaf Desmodium 'Velcro Vine'. (Issue 234)
• How 'Pinky', our cover story joey was saved by our local WIRES group. (Issue 234)
• Rhus - Toxicondendron succedaneum, a plant about 50% of people are allergic to. (Issue 234)
• Comments on the council meeting. (Issue 234)
• A forum now available for the Rosebank solar neighbourhood. (Issue 234)
• Addresses RCI's article in the last VJ. (Issue 234)
• Letter to anyone interested in creating a safe children's playground at the RRR. (Issue 233)
• Letter about renewing the constitution. (Issue 233)
• Why bother with local committees if they are going to be overridden by council anyway? (Issue 233)
• New industry for Australia? Act Now! (Issue 233)
• Disappointment in the LCC Rural Forum. (Issue 233)
• Trying to find a Peter in this local area. (Issue 233)
• Recently the writer concluded that the harmless Agrobacterium that causes crown gall, may well cause human extinction. (Issue 232)
• A letter giving a way to maintain woodlands for posterity. (Issue 232)
• A letter in response to the Rosebank Roads Improvement Group. (Issue 232)
• Letter about a recent Lismore Council meeting (Issue 232)
• Laurie describes his issues with the RCI and the VJ Team... (Issue 232)
• VJ received a letter that unfortunately they could not publish. (Issue 232)
• A letter on how some politians have sold Australian lands. (Issue 232)
• An article on profits and labour rates. (Issue 232)
• Where do birds go to, to die? (Issue 231)
• The major reasons for the current discrepancy between Lismore and Byron council rates. (Issue 231)
• A letter with views about Lismore City Councillors. (Issue 231)
• A letter about a missing water pump. (Issue 231)
• A view on the Governor General. (Issue 231)
• A congratulations to Elizabeth B for the wonderful article she wrote on the 'Tickle Brothers' (Issue 230)
• Letter regarding political party system reform. (Issue 230)
• A letter re Lismore & Byron City Council and our public halls (Issue 230)
• Letter regarding modern political arrangements. (Issue 230)
• A letter re the ability of the Silver Desmodium to hold baby green tree frogs in their stems. (Issue 230)
• A letter re comments on dog ownership in the March VJ by Nathan Hebbard (Issue 230)
• A response to 'Noisy Bikes' letter in the last issue (Issue 229)
• Thoughts on the proposed subdivision of Dunoon. (Issue 229)
• Letter in response to Sharon McGrigor's comments on the proposal for an Entry sign to Rosebank. (Issue 229)
• Letter regarding Kevin Rudd's apology to the Aborigines. (Issue 229)
• A letter regarding Rosebank Recreation Reserve and the idea of Rosebank having a community garden. (Issue 229)
• Long term local concerned about motorbikes in the area ‚Ķ (Issue 228)
• Calling for ideas on Rosebank Road signs ‚Ķ (Issue 228)
• Comments on LCCs roads efforts and the weather ‚Ķ (Issue 228)
• More comment on the 'History's hidden hand exposed' articles ‚Ķ (Issue 228)
• Another point of view on the 'Hidden Hands' saga ‚Ķ (Issue 228)
• Comments on IR and the new governments choices ‚Ķ (Issue 228)
• Comments on GM foods ‚Ķ (Issue 228)
• Agreement with Heather Graham's letter. (Issue 227)
• Warning regarding our 'lonely heart' ad published in our last edition. (Issue 227)
• Letter regarding an article published in the last VJ edition, 'History's hidden hand exposed'. (Issue 227)
• Letter re Dr Paul Recher and Heather Graham's opinions on dogs and cats. (Issue 227)
• An appeal to the residents in the Rosebank and Federal Areas. (Issue 227)
• A letter regarding the wonderful community spirit of Dunoon. (Issue 227)
• Editor's apology to any offense taken regarding Jim Shanks' article regarding 'History's Hidden Hand Revealed' in last month's VJ. (Issue 227)
• A reply to Paul Recher's letter regarding feral dogs. (Issue 226)
• Denton Cook is developing a picture dictionary for suffering from Alzheimers Dementia and other conditions of affecting memory, and she needs your help (Issue 226)
• Thanks to all the people who helped me during my months in hospital. (Issue 226)
• A 30 year old woman living in Ghana is looking for an Australian husband. (Issue 226)
• Effective Decentralisation? Abolish the states! (Issue 225)
• Letter on Pets vs. Pests. Get serious on protecting our native wildlife. (Issue 225)
• Letter about the new signs in Rosebank. (Issue 225)
• Letter about the new signs in Rosebank. (Issue 225)
• Letter about the new signs in Rosebank. (Issue 225)
• Thoughts about Australia's independence. (Issue 225)
• A thankyou letter to Joe A. regarding his letter on Richmond River and it's signage. (Issue 225)
• Facts about the Twin Towers. (Issue 225)
• A thankyou and follow up to all the kind people who commented on last months story. (Issue 225)
• Tendering his resignation from UCC Landcare. (Issue 224)
• The coucils new signs might be a bit misleading. (Issue 224)
• The world is in debt to the international bankers. (Issue 224)
• A reply to Jim Shanks' letter from the August VJ. (Issue 224)
• Letter about the lead-up to the federal election. (Issue 223)
• Hamlet's prediction of a spiritual blindness associated with the rise of ‚Äòfoul deeds‚Äô, is mirrored in global bankruptcy incurred by banking harlotry. (Issue 223)
• A letter from Nathalie Buckland. (Issue 223)
• A letter about dog attacks in the area. (Issue 222)
• Letter about the Australian Law (Issue 222)
• Letter about the newly completed boardwalk at Minyon Falls (Issue 222)
• A letter regarding the lack of footpaths in Dunoon. (Issue 221)
• A letter regarding Australian lawlessness. (Issue 221)
• Vote NO to nuclear Australia. (Issue 221)
• Ideas on the Aussie flag (Issue 220)
• UCC postal collection system? (Issue 220)
• 2007 NSW election aftermath? (Issue 220)
• More post election commentary (Issue 220)
• ? should not be RLPB role (Issue 220)
• ? in bondage (Issue 220)
• ? tune in, help out (Issue 219)
• Local resident thanks neighbours (Issue 219)
• Comments on the system? (Issue 219)
• What's the alternative? (Issue 219)
• Further ideas on the design of the Australian flag. (Issue 218)
• Thoughts on our US alliance. (Issue 218)
• Further information on last month's 'Cover Mother' (Issue 218)
• Why he joined ARC. (Issue 218)
• Some questions for the community... (Issue 218)
• Congratulations to the Eltham Community for their efforts to save the railway signalman's cottage. (Issue 217)
• Farming practices debate (Issue 217)
• Letter about the true value of money... (Issue 217)
• A criticism of 'An Inconvient Truth' from someone yet to see the movie... (Issue 217)
• Letting in regad to farmers situation. (Issue 216)
• Response to film (Issue 216)
• Views on Profits and Farmers (Issue 216)
• Why homework might not be such a good thing. (Issue 215)
• Environmental change stems the need for political change (Issue 215)
• Australians such consider changing their system of government. (Issue 215)
• Debate over fluoride. (Issue 215)
• Woofing comments (Issue 215)
• Wollumbin Festival - Aboriginal and National Aborigines Day. (Issue 215)
• A thank you to the lone piper in Repentance Creek Valley (Issue 215)
• A thank you to Garth Kindred for all his work at Rosebank Public School. (Issue 215)
• A thank you to all neighbours and freinds who've helped during Kevin's recent stay in hospital. (Issue 215)
• Letter about shop closure? (Issue 214)
• Another letter about our shop? (Issue 214)
• Small business innovation (Issue 213)
• Council Meeting re Rosebank Hall (Issue 213)
• Endorses the VJ editorial on supermarkets. (Issue 213)
• Rosebank Store needs an Angel. (Issue 213)
• Equitable imposition of rates. (Issue 213)
• Do you know... (Issue 213)
• See what people are saying about the VJ Online? (Issue 212)
• Story about one of our native neighbours (Issue 211)
• ?can I have some too? (Issue 211)
• Comments on the LCC business meeting paper (Issue 210)
• Congratulations to Deb Roberts. (Issue 210)
• Another pest threatening agriculture? (Issue 210)
• Comments on TOOT (Issue 210)
• Response to WIRES article about camphor laurels (Issue 209)
• Starting up the VJ (Issue 209)
• Driving on our roads (Issue 209)
• Central locking might not be as safe as you think (Issue 209)
• Response to letter by Linden James. (Issue 209)
• Slow down drivers (Issue 208)
• Cane toads afford respect (Issue 208)
• Comments on TOOT (Issue 208)
• Donation for Reserve (Issue 208)
• Macro Water Plan (Issue 208)
• Thanks to Corndale Hall Community for putting on a great social night (Issue 208)