Awareness Groups in Australia

Awareness Groups is a general rather than a particular term used here to describe spontaneous, informal and casually linked get-togethers of friends exploring Presence Awareness and the teachings of non-dual spirituality.

Click on the area of interest on the map below to bring up a list of local groups.

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra -- Forrest
(Eckhart) Meets regularly Sats. 2.30pm
Contact: Karen Dahl
Tel: 02 6295 7295 or 0406 272 299
E-mail: kada@netspeed.com.au

Canberra
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Leigh Lehane
Tel: 02 6295 2994 or 02 6295 6328
E-mail: llehane@yahoo.com

Canberra -- Crestwood
(Byron Katie) Meets regularly
Contact: Sally Mclintock
Tel: 02 6284 4547
E-mail: sallymclintock@yahoo.com.au

Canberra -- Lyneham
(Waking Down in Mutuality) Meets first Sat. each month, 2–4pm
Contact: Esther Duffy
Tel: 0422 197 641
E-mail: estherduffy@hotmail.com

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Queensland

South Brisbane
(Eckhart) Meets Thursdays 7.00-9.00pm
Contact: Craig Sheehan
Phone: 0411 177 031
E-mail: craigasheehan@hotmail.com

Brisbane -- Bellbowrie
(Eckhart) Meets Thurs evenings 7.00pm
Contact: Marie Condon
Phone: 07 3202 6628
E-mail: mariec@pacific.net.au

Brisbane -- Ormeau
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Elaine Berndt
Phone: 07 5549 3577
E-mail: elaine4peace@hotmail.com

Gold Coast -- Mudgeeraba
(Eckhart/Adyashanti) Meets Saturdays, 10.00am
Contact: Dale Barlow
Phone: 07 5559 0692 or 0411 715 661
Email: dalebarlow@dodo.com.au

Sunshine Coast -- Twin Waters
(Eckhart) Meets Weds. Evenings
Contact: Veronica Canning
Phone: 07 5457 0314
Email: veronicacanning@bigpond.com

Sunshine Coast -- Bli Bli (btw. Nambour & Maroochydore)
(Eckhart) Meets fortnightly, Tues. 7.00pm
Contact: Karen Green
Phone: 0400 836 254
Email: kazgreen@dodo.com.au

Samford (northwest of Brisbane)
(Adyashanti) Meets 2nd Friday of the month.
Contact: Christine and Phil
Phone: 0432 976 600
E-mail: prefstillness@optusnet.com.au

Ipswich
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Thomas Beer
E-mail: stupifiedkk@hotmail.com

Bridgeman Downs (40 mins north of Bris.)
(Eckhart) Meets monthly, Mons. am.
Contact: Roslyn Bates
Phone: 0403 995 000
E-mail: rbates01@bigpond.com

Gladstone
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Nathalie Wilson
Tel: 07 49722579
E-mail: natcola@yahoo.ca

Mount Chalmers (near Rockhampton)
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Nathalie Wilson
Phone: 0411 475 684
E-mail: natcola@yahoo.ca

Yeppoon (near Rockhampton)
(Eckhart) Meets regularly.
Contact: Robyn Brodien-Crigan
Phone: 07 4939 7855
E-mail: rbrod5@bigpond.com.au

Cairns (central)
(Eckhart) Meets weekly, Mons. 7.30pm
Contact: Troy Haines
Phone: 07 4015 2517
E-mail: info@iamconnected.com

Townsville
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Genene Bates
Phone: 07 4778 2943
E-mail: genene63@yahoo.com.au

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New South Wales

Sydney – Avalon
(Eckhart) meets every monday night at 7.30pm
Contact: Lizzy Wiseman
Tel: 0414 405 246
Email: lizzywiseman@bigpond.com
Also you can contact Lizzy for details of gatherings at ...
Baulkham Hills: meets 2nd and 4th tuesday of the month.
Bondi: meets every 2nd and 4th monday of the month
Crows Nest: meets every second Tuesday at 12.30 pm (day time meeting ! )
Forrestville: meets 3rd Monday each month (jan-nov 2010)
Illawong: meets 2nd and 4th wednesday nights.
Kirribilli: meets Tuesday evenings.
Sutherland: meets 2nd and 4th wednesday of the month
Stanmore: meeting meets every tuesday evening.
Sydney Central: meetings every 3rd Saturday morning of the month.

Sydney Central -- Theosophical Society
(Eckhart) Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of month at 7.30pm
Contact: Betty Carmody
Tel: 02 9639 3622
E-mail: betty.carmody@exemail.com.au

Sydney -- Kings Cross
(The non-dual teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj -- Meets weekly)
Contact: Mark West
Tel: 02 9360 6515
E-mail: markwest7@gmail.com

Sydney
(Gangaji) Meets regularly
Contact: Margaret Pridham
Phone: 02 9744 2406
E-mail: pridham281@ozemail.com.au

Sydney (South)
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Paula Hunt
Phone: 0422 801 981
E-mail: paulah10@iprimus.com.au

Sydney – Stanmore
(Eckhart) Every Tuesday evening
Contact: Damien Lynch & Merilynne Gee
Tel: 02 9569 8096
Email: tollegroup@tpg.com.au

Sydney – Forrestville
(Eckhart) Meets 3rd Mon. evening monthly
Contact: Bev Robinson
Tel: 02 9451 6140
Email: focusonharmony@gmail.com

Sydney -- Kirribilli
(Eckhart) Tuesday evenings, 7.15pm
Contact: Jilly Robinson
Tel: 02 9956 7839
E-mail: jillybeans@ozemail.com.au

Sydney -- Padstowe Heights
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Teresa Wong
Tel: 02 9771 5073
E-mail: teresa.david@bigpond.com

Sydney -- Liverpool
(Eckhart) Thurs. Evenings Fortnightly.
Contact: Satheesan Pacha
Phone: 0402 111 971
Email: sathesan@hotmail.com

Sydney -- Glenhaven (Baulkham Hills)
(Eckhart) Meets regularly..
Contact: Cheryl Wright
Phone: 0413 153 761
Email: cheryl@mortgageview.com.au

Sydney -- Gloucester
(Eckhart) Meets Tues. evenings.
Contact: Sharon Costa
Phone: (02) 8004 8355
Email: sharon_kevin @activ8.net.au

Armidale
(Eckhart) Meets regularly.
Contact: Robin Elizabeth
Phone: (02) 6772 9392
Email:likearose@live.com.au

Sydney -- Chatswood
(Douglas Harding) 3rd Sundays 10.30am
Contact: Alan & Margot Mann
Tel: 02 9419 7394
Email: amann@bigpond.net.au

Sydney -- Clifton (near Wollongong)
(Adyashanti) 1st Sunday of the month, 2.00pm
Contact: Michael Cook
Tel: 02 4268 1746
E-mail: mkncook@bigpond.com

Wallerawang (near Lithgow)
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Robin Hughes
Tel: 02 6355 7999
E-mail: wangmc@westnet.com.au

Sydney -- Cronulla
(Gangaji) Meets regularly
Contact: Penelope Meads
Tel: 0404 038 158
E-mail: penny_meads@hotmail.com

Bangalee
(Gangaji) Meets regularly
Contact: Rhonda Silver
Tel: 02 4422 0202
E-mail: silver@shoalhaven.net.au

Blue Mountains & Central Coast
Waking Down in Mutuality (WDM)
(Meets monthly - Canberra, Blue Mountains & Central Coast)
Contact: Sean Arnold
Phone: 0421 579 951
E-mail: sean_arnold@hotmail.com
Web: www.wakingdown.org

Albury
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Brian Harty
Tel: 02 6021 3311 or 0418 255 337
E-mail: bjh@networkprofile.com.au

Newcastle
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Charlotte Thaarup-Owen
Phone: (02) 4956-3426
E-mail: charlotte@creativetransformations.com.au

Lismore
(Eckhart) Meets regularly.
Contact: Doug Armstrong
Tel: 02 6625 2364
E-mail: dougnow@bigpond.com

Lismore
(Adya, Gangaji etc.) Meets every Second Sunday
Contact: Delphi and Kyogen
Tel: 02 6622 0091

Byron Bay -- Ocean Shores
(Eckhart, Adya etc.) Meets by arrangement
Contact: Rayah Rowswell
Tel: 02 6687 1564
E-mail: OziRayah@optusnet.com.au

Byron Bay -- Suffolk Park
(Adyashanti) Meets Mons. 7.00pm
Contact: Grace Underwood
Tel: 02 6685 4822
E-mail: grace@thealchemyoftheheart.com.au

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Victoria

Melbourne -- St. Kilda
(Eckhart) Meets Tues. evenings 7.30pm
Location: Port Phillip Eco Centre, St. Kilda Botanical Gardens. Cnr of Blessington and Herbert Sts. Melway 67 B11.
Contact: Waltraud Reiner
Phone: 0425 745 299
E-mail: thebluehatproject@gmail.com

Melbourne -- Flemington
(Eckhart) Meets Fortnightly Mon. 7.00pm
Location: Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning Centre, 28 Farnham St Flemington. (close to Newmarket train station)
Contact: Rosemary Grant
Phone: 0409 354 424
E-mail: etsg4melb@gmail.com

Melbourne -- Deepdene.
(Satsang with Sailor Bob Adamson) Meets regularly Tues. 7.30pm, Thurs. 7.30pm, Sun 10.00pm.
Web: Sailor Bob Adamson
Tel: 03 9817 5878
E-mail: gilbertschultz@yahoo.com

Melbourne ~ Warrandyte
(Bob Adamson - nonduality) ~ Meets Sun. & Weds. evenings.
Kalyani & Peter Lawry.
Ph:(03) 9844 3312.
Email: kalyani@nonduality.com.au
Web: www.nonduality.com.au

Melbourne ~ Fitzroy
(Bob Adamson - nonduality) ~ Meets regularly.
Kalyani & Peter Lawry.
Ph:(03) 9844 3312.
Email: kalyani@nonduality.com.au
Web: www.nonduality.com.au

Melbourne -- Blackburn
(Adyashanti) Meets by arrangement
Contact: Pennie Kendall
Tel: 03 9894 8747
E-mail: pennie@spin.net.au

The Melbourne Eckhart Tolle Meetup Group (METMG)
Meets regularly at Ashwood.
Contact: Stefan Abeysekera
Tel: 03 980 7017 & 0439 196 240
Web: METMG
Email: stefan_abeysekera@bigpond.com

Melbourne -- Black Rock
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Bill Connett
Tel: 03 9589 5015 or 0425 759 039
E-mail: bill.connett@bigpond.com

Mt Eliza (Mornington Peninsula)
(Eastern, Western and Indigenous non-dual traditions) Meets monthly.
Contact: Simon & Anita
Mob: 0415 943 121

Glen Alvie (South Gippsland)
(Eckhart) Holds regular gatherings (incl. retreats)
Enlightenment Now, 1742 Loch-Wonthaggi Rd. Glen Alvie Vic 3979
Contact: Annie & Steve Durie
Tel: 03 5678 3322
E-mail: info@enlightennow.com.au
Web: http://www.enlightennow.com.au

Geelong -- Highton
(Mostly Adyashanti, ET etc.) Meets fortnightly -- Tues. 7.30pm
Contact: Colin Brown
Tel: 03 5241 9009
E-mail: colb@internode.on.net

Melbourne
(Gangaji) Meets regularly
Contact: Carli Axford
Tel: 03 9572 0457
E-mail: carli@embracechiropractic.com.au

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Tasmania

Hobart -- Mt Nelson.
(Gangaji) Meets Tues. 7.30pm
Mike Brown & Mary Ewington
Tel: 03 6223 5531
E-mail: marymary10@tastelbpl.com.au

Premaydena.
(Gangaji) Meets Tues. 7.00pm
Mukula McKenzie
Tel: 03 6250 3090
E-mail: mukulagrace@yahoo.com.au

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South Australia

Adelaide & Maleny
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Kate
Phone: 0418 845 700
E-mail: anjelkate@hotmail.com

Adelaide
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Karen Niedz
Phone: 0433 148 862
E-mail: karenniedz@hotmail.com

Adelaide -- Reynella
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Angela Loverence
Phone: 04 1608 4606
E-mail: angelalove@bigpond.com

Adelaide -- Hendon
(Eckhart) Meets regularly
Contact: Tanya Smith
Phone: (08) 8240 3242
E-mail: tanyasmith3@hotmail.com

Crafers West
(Meditation -- Zen orientation, Hogen-san)
Teacher: Linda Clair
Tel: 08 8339 7848 or, 0418 737 689
E-mail: davidclair@adam.com.au
Web: http://www.simplemeditation.net/offer/

Western Australia

Perth -- Fremantle
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(Eckhart, Adya, Gangaji etc.) Meets 1st & 3rd Sats. of month at 3.00pm
Pete & Pearl Sumner
Tel: 08 9336 4737
E-mail: omniread@iinet.net.au

Perth -- Baldivis/Rockingham
(Eckhart, Adya etc.) Meets fortnightly, Fri. evenings.
Lorraine Fisher
Tel: 0418 951 315
Email: lfisher2@bigpond.com.au

Perth -- Greenwood
Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth Study Group Monday mornings. 10.00am
Dawn Kelly
Tel: 9246 5373
Email: dawnkelly@iinet.net.au

Perth -- Kallaroo
(Gangaji DVD group) Meets Thurs. evenings.
Margaret Stagles
Tel: 08 9307 5172 / 0403 256 006
E-mail: stagles@westnet.com.au

Bunbury
(Eckhart, Adya etc.) Meets regularly.
Chris Carrier
Tel: 08 9798 2390 Mob. 0417 948 430
E-mail: cjconline@gmail.com

Dunsborough
(Eckhart) Meets regularly.
Ninni Rosen-Tarrant
Tel: 08 9759 1793
E-mail: nwtarrant@hotmail.com

York
(Gangaji) Meets Weds. 1.30pm
Rose Cullis
Tel: 08 9641 2640
E-mail: roseerose@westnet.com.au

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Northern Territory

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