So then it was break time and whilst the Poets chatted and ate and made merry, up on stage Jem SPARKLES shimmered and shone, stomping & moaning and growling and purring her up-beat selection of Original tunes and Seventies favourites. Indeed many who commute by car on a daily basis via the adjoining and overlooking William Jolly Bridge would be unaware of its very existence. photo by Marie Anita Moon The precinct is undergoing gentrification under the direction of the Brisbane City Council and Queensland Government’s Kurilpa Riverfront Renewal Project. "There's certainly not...a lack of police resources in that area, he said, highlighting nearby South Bank as heavily policed. The name of the bridge is Aboriginal and means the place of the Water Rats. Kurilpa Derby 2015. He clearly enjoyed the opportunity to get back to his poetic roots. No doubt about it, as a Performance Poet he is up there with the best. The bridge is a multiple-mast, cable-stay structure which reminds me of sailing ship masks. and police halted the set! Next up was TREEBEARD, who had travelled all the way from Arnhem Land to be with us, a rapping Daedalus from the Desert seamlessly delivering a Tripping Tap-dancing rap at impressive length. Gird your loins, sharpen your teeth and bring your bitter words! On a wet Friday evening on 22 August West End locals packed into Avid Reader Bookshop for a charge of West End history: the launch of the West End Making History Group’s third and latest walking guide, Walking with Water Rats ... Kurilpa Point to Davies Park and Beyond. March Master of Ceremonies & part time Plague Doctor, the Reverend Hellfire welcomes you all to join the Kurilpa Water Rats at our Emergency Pandemic Poetry/Vector Event, as they spread Poems for the Plague and Verse for the Hearse! Which would be nice as the ‘Loops will be launching their new single, (based on a poem by Charles Baudelaire and a riff stolen from Jerry Lee Lewis!) Straight up out of the gates was former Kurilpa President, the Reverend Hellfire. The spine protects the information highway of nerves that send messages up and down the spine. We thought it only fitting therefore, that Shane himself take the spotlight as the Unsuspected Artist of the Month, for this our final, monthly Kurilpa Poets gig at the olde Croquet Club. Reverend Hellfire led off with his own Epic of Environmental Angst, laden with prophetic foreboding. "Kureelpa" is an aboriginal word that allegedly means "place of the water rat". This was my fourth time attending the Kurilpa Derby. There will also be some cash and some handsome certificates presented not just to the Winner but to the Runners Up to commemorate their Triumph, and indeed there will be a general grab bag of prizes to be presented, as whim and fancy dictates, to competing poets on the day. There will also be a Peoples Choice Award, and worthy competing Poets this year may be awarded various other trinkets for their efforts as the Judges whim or fancy dictates. South Brisbane together with West End and Highgate Hill is known as Kurilpa (meaning water rat) by the local Indigenous people and the area remains important in Indigenous life. Bring your sarcastic satires! Keep watching the skies.). Our Visual Arts Director, Shane K then stepped forth to demonstrate his skills in a different Medium from his usual oeuvre, delivering us a charming piece of whimsy concerning a Cats Dream, that won the Judges heart and took Shane thru to the finals. Indeed, he is a polished and articulate poetic performer in his own right, and we look forward to his return appearance at the Croquet Club for the 2019 Kurilpa Poetry Cup. A short walk from the CBD, Kurilpa will be a new riverfront destination - a sophisticated inner-city community with a mix of contemporary apartments, state-of-the-art offices and world-class cultural venues. It is the artists’ challenge to viewers to find the seven water rats within the mural. Most crimes related to public order, however there were nine assaults, three robberies and two other offences against the person. In recent times the spotlight has also been shone on the region as frequented by backpackers who choose to camp or sleep in vehicles rather than pay for traditional accommodation. Young David on Cello soared industriously away, ably supporting Jem’s pyro-technics with a magnificent humm & thrumm. Kurilpa is the traditional name for the South Brisbane/West End peninsula, meaning ‘place of the water rat’, with Reach referring to the Brisbane River that surrounds the area on three sides. You can always have more resources and we'd always love to have more resources, but I can assure you it is heavily resourced. Next up was Paul Dobbyn with a humorous conversational/observational poem with Beetlesque overtones that landed him in Christchurch with a cracked skull. There are no toilets or power points to attract people to Kurilpa Park, however despite attempts to lighten the area, it falls decidely dim at night next to the darkened mass of the river curling around it. Along with West End and Highgate Hill, the area is known as Kurilpa (Water Rat) to … The Aboriginal place name of Kurilpa derives from the name Kureel-pa meaning place of water rats. Damien Becker delved into the deeply personal to discover the archetypal. It refers to the suburbs on the river-bounded peninsula of Highgate Hill, South Brisbane, West end and Hill … Amongst other things Vince is the Winner of the coveted, featured as Mystery Musicians of the Month, the, and police halted the set! Joining us all the way from Murwillumbah was Damien Becker. the multi-purpose magnificence of the CUP itself. Various Public Service Announcements of Interest filled the brief interlude, as our worthy Judge tallied his notes, flipped coins, and prepared his Alibis. The structure of the bridge represents the spine. Water rats are also included in the mural as derived from the Indigenous name for the area — Kurilpa — which translates to ‘place of the water rats’. (One of Damien’s prize winning poems will be appearing shortly on this site.). We were fortunate to have as Feature Poet and esteemed Poetic Judge this year, non-other than our very own local City Councillor, noted Political Maverick & Poetic Firebrand. 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