The Conch

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Sustainability Conference at Fed Square, Feb 2010

conch at fed sqr, sustainability conference, feb 2010

conch at fed sqr, sustainability conference, feb 2010

conch at fed sqr, sustainability conference, feb 2010

conch at fed sqr, sustainability conference, feb 2010

conch at fed sqr, sustainability conference, feb 2010

conch at fed sqr, sustainability conference, feb 2010

conch at fed sqr, sustainability conference, feb 2010

conch at fed sqr, sustainability conference, feb 2010

at Fed Square fighting workchoices

November 30, 2006. Yep, we felt very rockstar indeed rolling into Fed square on the back of a huge flatbed truck, playing in front of 10′s of thousands of angry people, angry at Howard and co’s rotten workchoices- what choices? The choice to be super-exploited, easily sacked… we gotta get rid of these laws, and it doesn’t matter who’s governing them, hear that Kev and Julia? Bad laws  must be broken!

fed square gig

fed square gig

fed square gig 2

fed square gig 2

rolling down flinders st

rolling down flinders st

rolling some more

rolling some more

paolo et al

paolo et al

fed sqr gig

fed sqr gig

Forrest gig: Gellibrand Clean Water Campaign – part 2

The right to clean water part 2…

special thanks to greg “pops” gear for guest appearing! and to everybody who turned up that night to support a great cause, hear the Conch, and finally for some of the best dancing we’ve seen in ages…

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for-gig 1

for-gig 2

for-gig 2

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for-gig 3

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for-gig 9

Forrest gig: Gellibrand Clean Water Campaign – part 1

best conch gig ever, everybody says so…In August 2006 we took a Conch road trip down to a gorgeous place known as Forrest to do a benefit gig for the Gellibrand Clean Water Group. A local community organisation involving people from around the Otways district, the GCWG are fighting for their right to clean drinking water! Seems fair enough, but once again profits and business interests are being put ahead of the wellbeing and safety of local communities as clean water supplies are threatened as the companies running the blue-gum plantations carry out aerial spraying of dangerous pesticides.

We had such a fantastic night, and the wonderful Eva took so many photos, this is only the first batch!

forrest 1

forrest 1

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forrest 2

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forrest 3

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forrest 12

fun at fishy studios

on the fishy balcony...

on the fishy balcony...

the infamous fishy studios weekend, where, in a matter of just hours our 4 track demo was recorded! we missed you ralphy, but guddy (aka russ) was a magnificent dep – cheers guddy! and thanks to robby for his magificent tech expertise and to neilo for his wonderful hospitality, ahh jeez make it big hugs all round…

horns

horns

scotty and sashi

scotty and sashi

lads

lads

sound man

sound man

guddy

guddy