Abstract
The authors explore what it means to belong through various contexts: music and other creative arts, environmental protests, alternative housing, shifting demographics, the drug culture, tourism, gay and lesbian politics, the Indigenous community, and different forms of media communication and how this has affected the region.

Suggested Citation
Ricketts, A 2003, ‘Om Gaia Dudes, the north east forest alliance old growth forest campaign’, in H Wilson (ed.), Belonging in the rainbow region : cultural perspectives on the NSW North Coast, Southern Cross University Press, Lismore, NSW. ISBN: 1875855610