Australia

Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide

27 days

February 21st -  March 17th, 2011

I will be staying at L’abri Australia for about 1-2 weeks, relaxing and reflecting on my trip as well as sharing some of my poetry exercises and world travel experiences with other visitors. Then I plan on touring, scuba diving and then make it over to Melbourne and Adelaide before I leave.

La’bri Austrilia
10 River Road
Elderslie NSW Australia 2570
Ph: +61 (0)2 4658 0227, Mob: +61 (0)421 475 999

I hope to visit a few places/organizations in Austrilia’s Poetry/Spoken Word Scene:

Austrialian Poetry Centre

The Australian Poetry Centre is a not-for-profit, incorporated association established to promote reading, writing and publishing activities associated with Australian poetry in all of its forms.

Melbourne Poets Union

The Melbourne Poets Union is dedicated to the development of the art of poetry and its promotion

Friendly Street Poets

Friendly Street is Australia’s longest running community open-poetry reading venue. Started in 1975 by Andrew Taylor, Richard Tipping and Ian Reid. Friendly Street was Adelaide’s first regular, open-to-all poetry reading. It has since achieved local and national recognition for its dedication to the nurturing, support and promotion of poetry