On a chilly midwinter’s night we came together at the Nimbin Bowling Club to explore the theme of Crossroads, where we heard eight locals share their remarkable personal stories of:

• how the nature of travel and encountering other cultures can place us in unlikely, surreal situations (Tim Baker), 

• how experiencing first hand a massacre in Guatemala steeled his resolve to pay witness to inhumanity by becoming a journalist (Warwick Fry), 

• making a choice between sitting on the sidelines and charging in when life presents us with an opportunity (Cindy Thummel), 

• taking an intentional decision to manifest fulfilling, meaningful experiences (Melaina Faranda),

• a modern Western that unfolded at a crossroads in Chihuahua, Mexico, that left her with a lasting desire for peace (Emily Jett),

• a tragic accident that brought his life to the kind of crossroads we pray never befalls anyone (Danny Miles),

• finding herself at a moral crossroads which brought her values into stark contrast with her needs (Leanne Logan),

• how his life resembled navigating through a maze of opportunities and choices that brought him to a place of contentment (Richard Swinton).

 

Thank you to Gwilym S. for capturing the night's photos.