Rambling thoughts of an overactive mind

Shoalhaven: |  Aunty Julie Freeman art  |  Australian First Nations research  |  Berry & Arawarra  |  Cullunghutti - Sacred Mountain  |  Gooloo Creek, Conjola  |  Mount Gigenbullen  |  Byamee's Hands, Shoalhaven River  |  Ulladulla Mission  | Aunty Julie Freeman, Nir-ing djamaru (Rush cutters) , 2024. On Saturday, 2 November 2024, the Bundanon Art Museum celebrated the opening of the exhibition bagan bariwariganyan: echoes of country , a creative collaboration between Gweagal / Wandiwandian storyteller and artist Aunty Julie Freeman, leading Walbunja / Ngarigo artist Aunty Cheryl Davison, and Wiradyuri / Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones. It ran through to 9 February 2025 and included Aunty Julie's first solo exhibition. The present writer, being a non-Indigenous Illawarra historian, had visited Aunty Julie at Wreck Bay during April 2024 to discuss Shoalhaven Indigenous cultural heritage issues, in association with a presentation that month to a group of Elders and co

1. Looking for an amp A friend recently sought to identify the precise date of manufacture and specifications of a Fender Vibrasonic Reverb 100 Watt guitar amplifier. The one in question was made by Fender Musical Instruments of Fullerton, California. The front face of the amplifier shows the following detail: Vibrasonic Reverb with the following controls - Normal 1 & 2 input / Bright switch / Dials: Volume / Treble / Middle / Bass /// Vibrato 1 & 2 input / Bright switch / Dials: Volume / Treble / Middle / Bass / Reverb / Speed / Intensity / Master Volume / On/off light. On the rear, the 300W label refers to the AC input power, not the power output, which varies from 100W to 135W. This is shown in the following two illustrations. Specifications of the present example include: Four power tubes (replacements), being Electro-Harmonix beam power tetrodes / vacuum power tubes 6L6EH. Made in Russia. Legend 15 inch speaker, replacing the original JBL D-130-F