Trunk Calls 41 November 2011

TRUNK CALLS
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Elephant Rock
# 41
November 2011
Phone: 07 54635555
email: [email protected]
web: http://elephantrock-naturally.com.au
snail mail: 2055 Lake Moogerah Rd. Moogerah Qld 4309
G‟day readers.
Yet another epistle from us at Elephant Rock.
Should you not have time to read it, just look at the
pictures to get a bit of an idea about the activities here.
Also we have kept the writing pretty short so the time
you have to spend to read it should not be too long.
The end of another Calendar year is
approaching and we are going into our 10th year of
providing shelter and fun activities to the Nudist
fraternity. This time next year we will have a birthday
party to celebrate ten successful years - if we are still
here!
So let us take this opportunity to wish you all a
very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and
prosperous 2012.
...but is it
really art?
Cheers,
Sue & Jaak
Who said you cannot jive in
thongs?
July 16 - 17
Wintry Xmas
Middle of the Queensland winter.
You do expect it to be cool but sunny.
Lovely in the warmth of the sunshine
soaking up vitamin D. So of course the
decision was made to hold a bit of a „doo‟
and call it Wintry Xmas expecting the
typical “beautiful one day, perfect the
next” Queensland weather.
What happened? The Friday was the
harbinger for things to come being cold
and miserable. Saturday the Melbourne
drizzle set in - never saw the sun and the
rain that fell ( 9mm) just made for
pronounced misery! But the show went on
as intended, in the warmth of a roaring log fire in the
Common Room....and guess what? The Sunday
blossomed into a beautiful Queensland sunny
winter‟s day! Bugger!
The night in the common room went off beautifully the dinner with all the different foods (and finished off
with really scrumptious desserts): the performances
by the recepients of X‟mas presents and the general
fun of the night cannot be emphasized enough.
Fabulous!!
Of course there are always those who do not
participate - like Jaak who was „too shy‟ to get up so
he called on an outsider acquaintance of his to do
something in lieu. This „someone‟ turned out to be a
wandering „artist‟ who introduced himself as Pablo
Sebastian vanGogh daVinci, the fastest artist in the
East. He asked for, and got a blond to pose for him
and painted a fast ‟work of art‟ while attempting to
amuse the spectators with some feeble jokes.
Thankfully he did finish pretty quickly and
departed...never to be seen
again.
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August 13 - 14
A Psychic Weekend
In August we tried out something different - a “textile” event.
The renowned Psychic, Greg Sheehy conducted as many sittings as he was able to
get in during the Sat/Sun time frame. From all accounts he was very good and even
provided all participants with a personal tape of the individual sessions.
Even „though all were required to wear clothing during the weekend, the general
feeling was that it was well worth the discomfort.
Will we do this (or something similar) again? Only time will tell.
September 17-18
Camp oven cookout
The September weather was still
unnaturally chilly at night, but the days
were wonderful, the temperature
reaching low thirties.
Although we have been told by
email that we do not know how to cook
by camp oven the finished product(s)
turned out pretty bloody good. The
crowd really appreciated the banquet
on the night and there was plenty left
for the next day.
There were lots and
lots of people...
...who enjoyed the
happy hour campfire
which was there slowly
preparing the night‟s
repast.
We will enjoy this again in August next year!
“I think men who have a piercing are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry”.
Rita Rudner
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October 22 - 23 The Second “Annual” Art Weekend
And again the wannabe artists thronged
to Elephant Rock to partake of of the
knowledge that Kathy and John so
willingly passed on. Thankfully the
weather treated us much better than the
one we had last October.
Explaining
colours
Looking to Trunk Calls #38: “Rain rain,
go away…and it did, at least some times
during the Art weekend. So the budding
would-be artists carried on. To get out of
the wet, and cold, the brush wielders took
refuge in the carport...and
covered themselves for warmth.”
This time the tutoring again took place in
Eager students
the carport, but only as a convenient
„studio‟ for the weather was just the right taking it all in
temperature for us ‟nudies‟.
Came the night and there was no need
for the “ wood stove in the Common
Room to keep every body warm”. Instead
the Black Tie & Tiara dance (see next
Let‟s see the
page) required the fans be turned on to
results
cool the sweaty bodies!
„John-with-the-knowledge‟ and others
from the learners group insist that being
able to draw is beneficial for all budding
artists so a Drawing Workshop was
proposed. (Doubtful have you seen Picasso's drawings?) No date for this has been set, but if
enough interest is shown we can do something about it.
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DID YOU KNOW?
In the 1500‟s most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May,
and they still smelled pretty good by June... However, since they were starting to smell . .. .
brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of
carrying a bouquet when getting married.
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There be dancers... Black ties and tiaras
were all the go at Elephant Rock that
beautiful night after the hard yakka of
the opening day of the Art Weekend. It
was good to see that the participants
had gone to some lengths to dress for
the occasion.
The tired (?) assembly let their collective
hair down to the „old time‟ dance music
from the „60s and „70s which boomed
out in surround sound.
...and there be watchers
Needless to say the
doors and windows
were flung open to allow the cold night air to
cool down the heat created by the exuberant
dancers– the dancers who suddenly realised
that they knew how to jive.
The men jumped and tripped and threw the
ladies around the
dance floor nearly
dislocating arms in the
process.
...and of course always there be jokers
Everyone got into the swing of things, so much so that we
are looking at having more such party dancing sessions
in the future.
Any ideas? What about a Zumba
Party...in the nude???????????
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2011
Events Calendar
October 22 - 23 By popular request The Second Art
Weekend for the year. Again ourtefavourite
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November 26 - 27 Friends of ER picnic on
Saturday - then relax and socialise
December 31 - New Year’s Eve. This year the theme is
“Bollywood” so accessorize with lots of flowing colours
...and then comes 2012
January 26 - Australia Day. This is a Thursday so
possibly a looong weekend will have to be the go.
Usual Australia Day activities such as Thong Throwing
competition damper cooking/eating camp fire etc.
Keep an eye on our web site for more in 2012
http://elephantrock-naturally.com.au
Phone: 07 54635555
email: [email protected]
web: http://elephantrock-naturally.com.au
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