WYTALIBA RISING

It's been 9 LONG years, since the last edition of Deliverance. In that time, the Ranty-One took a break to start a new family – we didn't plan to stay away so long, but..... climate change had other plans. On November 8th, 2019, the community of Wytaliba (home to Deliverance) was all but destroyed in the catastrophic bushfires that later swept the rest of the Australian East Coast. Many of you expressed the willingness to help clean up, and rebuild – however – several months of rain kept our community isolated – our only entry bridge was destroyed in the fires, and the flooding delayed any replacement. We lost 6 temporary bridges before we finally got one to stick! And then – 3 days or so after that bridge was put in place? Covid lockdowns meant events, travel, and help, well... they weren't going to happen. We've been through our personal community apocalypse – losing 60 out of 80 homes.

We still haven't completely recovered – even though nature, being nature, is resilient as always. We miss the large part of our community who've been forced to move elsewhere – and those of us who hold space here, are still rebuilding, recovering, and mourning our lost family members. And you, out there in the rest of the world? You've also suffered a loss... Some of you have lost loved ones – many have lost jobs, and some have lost homes to other symptoms of climate change such as flooding, fire, and plague. Shit looks dire, fam! So – just in case this really is it?  Just in case, the bad times aren't over? We thought we should invite you all to get together with us for Last Drinks. Just in case, you know?

And in case the world doesn't end just yet... well... we've missed hanging with you freaks. So come visit. Set a spell. Take your shoes off. Have a boogie.

Deliverance is a gathering designed for the crew, by the crew. We welcome input and collaboration from all creative peeps, as well as the unity of differing musical tribes, in cooperation with our own home tribe - without whom this would not be possible.