Bangalow's Heartbeat July 2015

Heartbeat Bangalow’s

free l juLY 2015 No.193 l Celebrating the Life and Times of the local Community

Chocolate rocks!

From mid-July the Museum hosts an exhibition and tasting sessions of our favourite guilty pleasure, page 6.

With a Rocky Road symposium and a wine and chocolate matching evening, it’s sure to warm your cockles.

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Companion Animals Welfare Inc

CAWI provides care and finds homes for unwanted or surrendered animals. CAWI is run by volunteers and is now raising money to build a BYRON ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTRE.

Our dedicated volunteer groups were busy, as always, in June; weeding and planting in our public areas, preparing for future repairs and construction at the Parklands, monitoring traffic problems, organising fundraisers and much more.

These activities will no doubt continue this month, despite the colder, wetter weather. Events to look forward to in July are: another interesting ADFAS lecture, a new exhibition and associated activities at the museum, the rescheduled

Newrybar Fireworks as well as concerts at the A&I Hall and Bowlo. There are organised holiday activities for the kids, big and little, and the AGM season is also in full swing for our clubs and societies.

And, advance notice of major festivals coming up in August, favourites for locals and visitors alike: the Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival, the Music Festival and the Byron Bay Writers Festival. Make sure to book your tickets early.

Di Martin, Editor

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Bangalow Water Tank Mural Byron Shire Council has recently completed work beautifying the water tank in Bangalow at the top of the hill in Rankin Drive. Council was very aware that the tank is in a high profile location and wanted to do something that could be viewed from near and far and look interesting.

A local photographer, David Young, supplied the image, which was taken at Terania Creek. The photo was printed in sections by AdPhence who mostly do bannermesh for fences. It’s hoped that, apart from being beautiful, it will act as a graffiti deterrent.

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Towards a safer, quieter, less crowded and healthier B62 On a cold June evening over 40 Bangalow residents and others gathered to discuss ways to make Granuaille and Lismore roads better and safer to live beside. This was a joint Bangalow Progress Association and Byron Shire Council initiative. The mayor was unable to attend as he had to be in Germany at a UN meeting. Council Duncan Dey more than adequately stood in for him. The Road and Maritime Services regional director, who was invited, neither responded to the invitation nor attended.

The meeting rejected any attempt by RMS to increase traffic on the road by having additional directional signage to Lismore added to the Pacific Highway at Ewingsdale.

All agreed a long term local traffic strategy is essential for managing the overall traffic patterns around Bangalow. Options range from a new east-west Bangalow by-pass through to pedestrian/traffic shared zones in Bangalow and even full pedestrianisation of some central streets.

The meeting’s immediate demands are a reduction in heavy freight traffic (which has increased since Binna Burra bridge was removed) and adherence to speed limits by private cars. BPA was asked to work with council, police and RMS to achieve:l Increased police speed patrols on the Bangalow section of B62 plus mobile speed camera installations (to be proposed immediately to Police and RMS) l Prohibition and policing of compression

braking in Bangalow l Relocation of the commencement of the 50kmh speed zone to the end of the divided road on Granuaille Road, north east of Bangalow l Relocation of the commencement of the 50kph speed zone to between the industrial estate and Rifle Range Road on Lismore Road with clear road markings and differentiation at the entry to the 50kph area (as in Clunes) l Clear advisory school bus-stop signage at the Rifle Range Rd-Lismore Rd junction l Clearer line marking and signage on all roads entering the Bangalow roundabout and clearer roundabout signs l Speed activated signs 100m after the start of the 50kph limit and speed cameras on both Granuaille Road and Lismore Road l We will observe the impact of the opening of the T2E but if freight traffic does not reduce on B62 we will request prohibition of fuel or other hazardous through freight on route B62 because of the dangers of overturns at the Bangalow roundabout that could have disastrous impacts on Bangalow’s main street and therefore its health and livelihood. l Placing a freight weight limit on the road due to the dangerous turn at the Bangalow roundabout l Erecting signs (such as those at Clunes) with text such as ‘Traffic calming, preserving Bangalow’s health and wellbeing’.

A few days prior to the meeting some of us became aware of two recent and conflicting statements from RMS about its intentions for a sign directing traffic to Lismore via Bangalow to be installed at the Ewingsdale interchange. Regardless of our opposition to this sign (of which it has been aware for 18 months) RMS is going ahead with a temporary sign – but of what type and with what purpose? One statement says the sign will advise of an alternative route to Lismore via Bangalow; the other says it will be a tourist sign pointing to Tourist Drive 24 from Bangalow, to Woodburn via Lismore. We have since made the CEO of RMS aware of these somewhat contradictory and confusing public advices issued within two days of each other, saying that Bangalow might be prepared to live with a tourist sign subject to him meeting with us to discuss the ameliorating action sought by the meeting.

We await his response.

STOP PRESS – again without proper local consultation, another agency of State government makes a decision that affects many people within Bangalow and has impacts on the return of rail, or even light rail on our disused rail corridor. NSW Rail Corporation has announced that Bangalow’s Rifle Range Road bridge will be demolished as from 2 July.

The next BPA meeting will be on Thursday 2 July at Heritage House.

Tony Hart

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NEW BATTERIES - Storing on-site generated power Many local homes, farms and businesses now have significant solar electricity generating ability. At present most can sell excess back to the grid at variable, but often rewarding, rates. This will change next year, as feed-in rates drop significantly.

Particularly affected will be those currently receiving 60c/kWh. Batteries to store excess production will be well worth investigating.

A Bangalow firm, Blitzability, is in the forefront of testing and supplying an interesting new battery option. Blitz’s owners, Jürgen Israel and Janelle Israel Stein (pictured) run one of only two companies importing into Australia new US batteries based on salt. These have some important environmental features and are ‘Cradle-toCradle’ accredited (essentially waste free). A feature for home use is their safety. They can be installed, for example, under the average house or in a garage. By comparison, traditional lead-acid batteries and the newer lithium-ion models can be dangerous if exposed to sparks and should be housed in fireproof, ventilated enclosures.

The Aquion Energy ‘salt batteries’ were developed in the US by venture capital investors, such as Bill Gates, with the aim of producing batteries which: l Can be easily made in a range of countries, using ‘simple components’

carbon and plastic. Their technical description is Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries.

The batteries currently come in 2.4kW modules, around 1m high and weighing 100kg. These can be joined to make small, medium or large storage banks. Pictured is a six-cell, 15kW unit, in Jürgen and Janelle’s garage. Like all solar systems they are linked to inverters which can control where the solar power goes – for onsite use, load shedding or to the battery.

Batteries can also be recharged, over night for example, with cheaper offpeak power. Jürgen told me there is still some fine-tuning to be done with the inverter/battery interface and they are working with an Australian inverter manufacturer on this. He says some early users in this area are very happy Jürgen Israel and so far. These include large homes, Janelle Israel Stein farms and also businesses using with their batteries batteries as stand-by backup.

Like many new products they are a little l Suit stationary, long-term applications l Are flexible in their tolerance of variable more expensive at present, but seemed frequency and intensity of use and charging to me to be well worth investigating. If e.g. can sit unused for lengthy periods or we are serious about renewable energy, the storage systems ideally should be take full emptying l Can be easily recycled. The main renewable too. Further information: www.

Brian Sundstrom components are salt, manganese oxide, blitzability.com.au

BPA Community Conversation Bangalow Progress Association held its Annual General Meeting immediately after the Granuaille Road public meeting (see Towards a safer, quieter, less crowded and healthier B62 on page 3). Tony Hart and Jenny Coman were elected unopposed as President and Secretary and Aileen Cole took on the role of Treasurer. The next BPA meeting is scheduled for 5.30pm on Thursday, 2 July. We will invite representatives of each community group to come along to our August meeting to outline their current activities and priorities to assist us all in ensuring we are operating in common directions and not at cross purposes.

It is now 10 months since we had the inaugural community groups’ meeting and a lot has happened in that time. We note the recent council exhibition of a DA for the Bangalow Swimming Pool (to 4

be built between the tennis courts and the old highway (which will become Hinterland Way) and a rezoning of land adjoining the Bangalow bowling club. We also note that at the time of writing we had yet to receive answers from the Northern Rivers Rail Trail Group to the 24 questions we posed following our public meeting in March. Perhaps the group was waiting to see if they had been successful in their expression of interest to the government.

Please consider becoming a member of BPA – only $2 per year. Every member and subscription fee helps us towards our objectives, which are to facilitate community input regarding the development and management of the local area; act as a resource, to educate and disseminate information to the whole community, with respect to the special characteristics of Bangalow;, to encourage

progress which is sensible and sustainable and which provides long term benefit to the community; preserve, protect and monitor the development of Bangalow for the common good of the community; be proactive, developing projects which benefit the community and cultivate a strong and positive community, developed through open discussion, public forums and collaborative community projects.

BPA is not a new organisation. It has existed since the late 1990s with the same objectives, but with varying priorities.

Without BPA Bangalow would not have its skate park nor Heritage House its kitchen range! If you believe Bangalow is a special place, please help keep it so, by joining Bangalow Progress Association.

A quick call to Aileen Cole is all that is necessary. (aileenbcole@bigpond.com)

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A new ‘Roundabout at Bangalow’

By the time this issue of Heartbeat is published, southbound Pacific Highway traffic will be temporarily diverted to cross Bangalow Road via the new, albeit incomplete, roundabout.

Bangalowbound old highway traffic from the south now diverts from the highway down to the roundabout to turn left into the town under the old highway bridge (while it remains).

The existing slip road at Clover Hill will be closed so that the final construction of the Clover Hill sound mound can begin. In a few weeks northbound highway traffic will also be diverted through the roundabout for about six weeks (weather permitting).

During this time the remaining Bangalow bypass bridge span will be demolished.

Sound mound work will involve a few weeks of vegetation clearing and mulching – a somewhat noisy process, dumping soil for the mound, shaping and vegetating.

Some of this work will continue after the new highway is open and through traffic is no longer using the roundabout.

In response to community concerns, eastwest (Bangalow Road) and north-south (Pacific Highway) traffic competing for space on the roundabout will be required to

approach it at no more than 40kph. There will be warning signs and lights, and traffic lights will be used if the traffic snarls up. How many crashes or near misses will be needed before traffic lights are used remains to be seen.

Of course, if you Photo by Judy Baker are Byron bound you could avoid the roundabout by going via Ewingsdale. But be aware there will be some changes there too during July. A new northbound on-ramp at Ewingsdale interchange will open to traffic early in the month with a new southbound on-ramp by the end of July. Let’s hope it’s all completed by Christmas.

Tony Hart

Rail Trail derailed? Not so sure.

Earlier this year six applications were submitted for projects along the Casino to Murwillumbah railway corridor.

According to the NSW Minister for Regional Development responses to the recent expression of interest process “embraced differing views as to the best model for the corridor and a range of views and options for investment.”

TOOT’s report on the Minister’s media release, issued on 19 June, was that stage 2

of the expression of interest process for our corridor will not go ahead. Wishful thinking perhaps – the actual words in the release were “Further work will be necessary before we can progress proposals on that corridor”. This does not necessarily mean that the rail corridor will continue unused, but neither can we yet be sure that it will not be turned into a rail trail, deliver tourist thrill rides between Byron Bay and Bangalow or even become a local rail service again.

More likely it probably means that all the proposers will be encouraged to get together to come up with a joint proposal for the corridor. If so, let’s hope affected communities are given a meaningful role. In the meantime Tumbarumba Shire Council with its Tumbarumba to Rosewood rail trail is ahead in the race to snare the lion’s share of the $50 million on offer from the government for both unused rail corridors.

Tony Hart

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community noticeboard LAST MONTH Bangalow Tennis Club Inc Thanks to all who attended the AGM on 1 June, and to the committee for their ongoing hard work. We maintain the principle of keeping tennis affordable in Bangalow and an opportunity for all. It is a great game for all age groups.

For our kids, teaching them respect and good personal conduct is an important part of their development. Good sportsmanship is as important in tennis as in any sport.

Come along and join us. New members are always most welcome (email aileenbcole@ bigpond.com).

Aileen Cole

JULY Garden Club The next meeting is on Wednesday, 1 July in the Moller Pavillion at 1.30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Debbie Shortis from the Byron Bay Herb Farm and Carole Lea will present Plant of the Month. Our usual Saturday visit will take place on Saturday, 4 July with the venue yet to be confirmed.

Many thanks to Amanda and Theo Poteris for the wonderful visit to their garden ‘Yarraga’ at Goonengerry. Many members visited the garden and while the weather was wet it did not dull

our enjoyment of the 10 acre garden paradise.

Wendy Hearne and Hilary Wise

Rous Water free School holiday activities Here are a couple of free activities for school kids in the holidays. Water Lab Wednesdays (1 and 8 July) to discover more about water with fun experiments, investigations and games, for children five to 11 years with a supervising adult. Find the Water Lab at Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre, 2101 Dunoon Rd, Dorroughby.

And, five minutes drive away from the Dorroughby centre, explore the flora and fauna of Rous Waters Rainforest Reserve at Rocky Creek Dam. Join the Rous Water Bush Regeneration Team on a guided walk featuring 30 years of rainforest regeneration at the Dam, 1.30 – 3.30 pm. Details www. rouswater.nsw.gov.au

BPA The Bangalow Progress Association held its AGM on 4 June. As you may read in detail on page 3, the BPA is currently working hard on Bangalow’s behalf, concentrating on two roads matters greatly affecting the future of Bangalow. The

BPA greatly appreciates your interest, participation and support. 2015/16 membership is only $2 pa, which will go towards basic running costs.

Email aileenbcole@bigpond. com if you would like to join and assist in positive action for the future of Bangalow. The next BPA meeting will be held on Thursday, 2 July. Aileen Cole

Red Cross

At the Bowlo

Along the Camino, Peter Kearney,Thursday,16 July, 7pm, bookings essential: camino@ peterkearneysongs.com.au Chocolate Rocks From 13 July to end August we are having an exhibition on all things Chocolate. There will be a guided tasting session, July 14, with Alison Campbell from Love Byron Bay Chocolate, who will also introduce an expert to teach the making of the perfect Rocky Road. Plus there’ll be a special Wine and Choccie tasting evening – a practical demonstration of how to blend the best of both worlds. Limited places available, $10 per head for members and early bookings. $15 at the door. There is also a showing of the great French movie Chocolat with a drinking chocolate tasting session, supplied by Mark Bullivant. Call Wendy on 6687 2183 now for information. For full details of

Swing Mania on Friday, 3 July.

The Swing On In Dancers will entertain as you eat, drink and enjoy the atmosphere. A free class at 7pm for 30 minutes.Free for non-dancers, $10 for others.

Thursday, 9 July. Live Standup Comedy with Denise Scott and Dave O’Neil.

TINCAN in Tintenbar TINCAN (Tintenbar Community Aid Network) runs a series of social activities at the Tintenbar Hall. The dates in July are as follows: Scrabble: Thursday 10am-12noon, 9 and 23 July Carpet bowls: Friday 10am12noon, 3, 17 and 31July Shopping bus: From home, starts pickup at 9am Wednesdays , 2, 16 and 30 July. Goes to CBD and Ballina Fair (there is a small charge for the bus). Contact Marg on 6687 8033 for more information.

Our next is meeting is our AGM which will be held at Heritage House Tea Room on Friday 10 July, 10am. $7 per head.

Our June street-stall raffle was won by local, Margaret Curtis, whose husband was celebrating an important birthday that evening. Perfect timing! Del Smith

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Alternately, cut this coupon out, fill in your email address in space provided and bring it into the cafe. We look forward to seeing you for a brew soon.

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happenings and coming events: www.bangalowmuseum.com Please note that when the Tea Room is not open the building is available for hire. Day and night and weekends. Hire money goes to Byron Council, who owns the building, and pays for maintenance and upgrades as funds become available.

So by hiring the premises you contribute to our town’s only Museum. If people require the inclusion of our kitchen, or the skills of our catering cooks, those profits are returned to the Museum itself to pay for the mounting of exhibitions, acquisitions, and purchases like our fab new stove. Wendy Grissell

Newrybar Fireworks Newrybar Public School annual Fireworks and Bonfire spectacular has been rescheduled for Saturday, 18 July. There’s plenty to do before the fireworks with activities and entertainment and also local produce stalls and great food available. Gates open at 4pm. Parking is available along Broken Head Road and the Pacific Highway. Tickets cost $5 each or $10 per family.

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Daniel de Borah: The Steinway Recital Sunday, 19 July at 2pm at the

Byron Community Centre, 69 Jonson Street Byron Bay. Adult $30 / BMS Member $25 / School Student $10.

Tickets: byroncentre.com.au or 02 6685 6807

Limited tickets are available from 3 July. Please pre purchase tickets ($35) and bring with you on the night. Call Brooklyn 0432 181 169 or email brooklyn.smith94@gmail.com

Emerging Filmakers Fund

Fundraiser for Thomas Jenner Monday, 20 July, starting 6.15pm, there will be a fundraiser to support local motor-bike racer, Thomas Jenner, in his journey to the International Six Day Enduro, which is held in Slovakia.

The fundraiser will be held at Earth ’n’ Sea Byron Bay, who has kindly donated the venue and delicious mouth-watering pizzas.

Tickets $35 per person, which includes all you can eat pizza, a drink and a lucky door prize ticket. During the night we will be selling raffle tickets for some great prizes donated by local businesses and individuals.

Also there will be an auction for some fantastic packages and items!

Applications are now open for the 2015 round of the Emerging Filmmakers Fund (EFF): the pre-eminent fund for short film production in NSW. Three teams will be provided with up to $30,000 cash to complete their projects. Projects can be narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, multiplatform or webisodes, and must be a maximum of 15 minutes in length. Applications for EFF are now open and will . close at COB on Friday, 31 July.

For more information about the fund and general eligibility requirements, please read the guidelines and application form including the applicant checklist, at metroscreen.org.au

RSPCA Cupcake Day Monday, 17 August. Register to host a cupcake event. Go to rspcacupcakeday.com.au and they will send you a kit.

Landcare stand at the Farmers Markets Bangalow Land and Rivercare

group plan to have a regular information table at the Farmers market on the third Saturday of the month. We will have lots of brochures and resource information to give away on native plants for your garden, weed identification and control methods. We also have resource kits for Rural Landholders in the Northern Rivers. Every month we will bring along samples of weeds we are focusing on and will have some plants available for use in small gardens. Please come along and talk with us and find out about the work Landcare has been doing in Bangalow for the past 18 years.

Liz Gander

Council concerned about dog attacks Byron Shire Council Rangers are concerned at the increasing number of dog attacks occurring within the shire and will be increasing enforcement actions for dog offences. Rangers will be actively patrolling and issuing infringements for all dog related issues where applicable. More serious offences may result in Court Attendance Notices being issued.” Dogs must wear a collar, identification tag and be under the control of a competent person at all times when in public places. Call 6626 7107.

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Landscape into Art ADFAS Byron Bay presents: Landscape into Art: Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Long and David Nash an illustrated talk by Gerald Deslandes on Monday, 20 July.

During the late 1970s a group of British sculptors emerged who made work by altering natural elements in the landscape rather than by representing them as images in the studio. Andy Goldsworthy created small poetic configurations of leaves and stones that sometimes resembled miniature bird-nests. David Nash used a chain-saw to transform whole trees into sculptures in ways that seemed a half-way house between natural and man-made forms. Richard Long undertook long walks that he punctuated by carrying out preprogrammed actions such as moving a heap of stones into a line or creating a circle in the landscape.

Gerald’s talk will place these three sculptors in the context of other international artists such as Robert Smithson, Walter de Maria, Giuseppe Penone and James Turrell.

He will explain the artists’ debt to the earlier traditions of romantic landscape art. He will also talk about the sculptors’ links to other artists using performance and installations as a way of circumventing the physical and commercial constraints of galleries. As a former curator, he has shown the work of all three sculptors whose work will be the focus of the talk.

Gerald studied art history at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art. For many years he worked as a curator in publicly funded galleries curating

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exhibitions of sculpture by some of the best known artists working in the U.K. including Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Long and David Nash. He lectures in art history and visual studies and is a consultant to museums and galleries in the U.K. He also leads cultural tours to France, Italy, Austria and other European countries, as well as to many areas of the UK. Landscape into Art will be presented at the A&I Hall, Station Street, Bangalow at 6.30pm on Monday 20 July 2015. Doors open at 6.00pm. Guests welcome - $25 includes a welcome drink and a light snack and a drink after the presentation.

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The Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival is on again!

Following the sell-out inaugural event in 2014 the Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival returns with a celebration of authentic local food, music and old-time entertainment, at the Bangalow A&I Hall and Showgrounds on Friday, 7 and Saturday, 8 August.

The first line-up of artists announced feature two time ARIA Award Best Blues and Roots album nominees The Wilson Pickers, accomplished Bluegrass luminaries (and Golden Guitar recipients) The Company (Brisbane), former Gram Parsons tribute band, quartet Green Mohair Suits (Sydney), festival perennials and locals Hussy Hicks, and the ascending Sian Evans (Bessy-Lou, Pollysasin, The Rusty Datsuns) and more.

The festival’s artistic director, Ash Bell (Starboard Cannons) says of the lineup, “I’m fortunate to count many of these bluegrass musicians as my friends, sometime collaborators and passengers on the journey of this expansive music genre. This year will see more progressive and new bluegrass sounds from some of Australia’s best Bluegrass bands and local talent.”

New in 2015 is the launch on Friday, 7 August of an old-time variety show with a vaudevillian flavour in a raucous adults only time slot. Unscripted and adventurous, expect the unexpected! A promise of delight for the festival’s performing artists and patrons alike. All proceeds will be donated uired by Council)”after

to support artist bursaries to foster original music artists in our local region.

An authentic low ‘n’ slow BBQ competition open to purists and enthusiasts alike will feature again under the auspices of the Australasian BBQ Alliance. In 2014 The Meat Sweats, current title bearer of ‘Bangalow BBQ Grand Champion’, beat off the hot competition winning $1000 for their top performance in four meat categories.

Over 310kgs of smoky ribs, 270kgs of pulled pork, 250kg of beef brisket, and 150kgs of chicken were consumed in over 3,000 tasting plates sampled last year! Entries are now open for 2015. You be the judge!

The pickers competition, open to all skill levels (Guitar / Banjo / Mandolin / Fiddle) has $250 in prize money and will be supported by the introduction of a free pickers’ workshop demonstrating bluegrass instrumentalism under the mentorship of Dan Kerin (River Mountain Riot), Gareth Bjaaland (Barkers Vale Brothers) and other amazing local pickers. Bring your strings!

In 2014 this not-for-profit community

event raised over $20,000 for regional arts and cultural initiatives of which the arts-inschools program was a primary beneficiary.

“The Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival gave local primary schools the opportunity to host a day of $2 games for the kids, raising over $8,300 to fund arts in schools programs. It enabled some of those participating schools to increase their arts funding 10 fold,” said festival director Fletcher Potanin. The festival aims to raise $20,000 for local schools this year and calls on regional primary schools to register to participate now. It also funded the recent launch of the Bangalow Theatre Company.

The Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass festival was realised, in part, through the collective effort of 145 volunteers in 2014 and invites anyone interested to register to help in 2015.

‘Grass roots, community engagement is a defining characteristic of this region and aligns with the core values of our festival, celebrating living authentically.

We’re proud to contribute to the social, cultural and economic sustainability of the region’s arts and cultural initiatives for our youth.’ said Potanin.

Pre-sale tickets on sale now for a limited time at bbqBluegrass.com.au or contact kelley@bbqbluegrass.com.au 0433 535 796 2 day pass $68 Adult, $138 Family. Booking fees apply. Children under 18 free. Includes free tasting plate.

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There’s no drama...

‘til the septic system goes

your on-site sewage management system cleans the water you use every day.

Not the most glamorous of duties, but critical to the overall ‘health’ of your home.

Effluent from leaking systems can be expensive to fix and can pose environmental health issues if not addressed.

Protect your family, investment and the quality of our region’s water supply. Here’s how: ✔ Have your system inspected every 2 to 3 years by a reputable contractor (or as required by Council).

When necessary, have your tank pumped out. ✔ Avoid field compaction and broken pipes. Never park, drive or build on your tank or land application area. ✔ Protect the bacteria in your system. Use mild, ‘septic safe’ detergents and cleaners. ✔ Check for signs of system failure: areas in the yard that remain moist during dry times; patches of excessive grass or plant growth; or excess algae growth along watercourses. If you see signs of failure, schedule an inspection and repairs immediately.

skip the unnecessary drama. take care of your septic system and it will take care of you.

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A Night of Michael Bublé’s Music At the A&I Hall on Friday, 24 July Rhydian Lewis will present ‘A Night of Michael Bublé’s Music’, featuring Rhydian on vocals and The Swinging Residuals 8 Piece Big Band.

Locals may remember Rhydian singing at the judging of the Man Cake Bake and the Bee Hive Lounge at last year’s Bangalow Show, as well as his performance at Cabaret da Desh in 2014. He is certainly a great singer and showman.

Rhydian recalled, “The Man Cake Bake and moustache and beard competitions were such fun to host. I felt right at home because everybody there was as wacky as me, and just wanted to put on a show of their talents or gifts and just have fun. No ego, just pure joy. I’ve been asked to host another couple of themed competitions this year too. Da Desh was actually a lot of fun and such a great way to meet the village folk. I love Karen and Ruth, who helped organise my piece, they are so giving and conscious. Da Desh introduced me to the magic of the A&I Hall. It is such an amazing space; it really does add a certain class to any event. The new paint and refurbishment job has made the place look stunning; what a gem to have in any town.”

Rhydian sings Bublé’s songs like no one else and has made a career out of touring and singing in the crooner style. Originally from South Wales, Rhydian’s career makes for interesting reading. His optimism and entertaining personality have gained him success with his engaging voice and presence. And it must be mentioned that he and his family have the good taste to live in Bangalow.

“We moved to Bangalow four years ago,” said Rhydian. “My wife Paula lived in Newrybar for five years prior to that, so she knew Bangalow really well. The first time I visited Bangalow, when we were dating, we rented a movie from My Favourite Video and ate at Utopia. I was hooked. The whole street looked so quaint and old fashioned as if frozen in time. So when we moved here it was wonderful to be able to walk into such a buzzing little place that really does have all the important ingredients a resident could wish for.”

Back to the show. With a whirlwind of platinum hits, the up tempo songs will have you tapping and wriggling your behind in your seats. Hits include ‘Sway’, ‘Save the Last Dance for Me’, ‘It had be Tonight’, ‘Moon Dance’, ’Heartache Tonight’, ‘Baby You’ve got what it Takes’ and many more.

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Bublé’s relationship forged some of the most moving love songs of his career to date. His music has been with us now for over 12 years and he has carved out a niche and place in musical history.

“Mr Bublé has given my life a career,” said Rhydian. If it wasn’t for him I simply would not have begun singing again. I heard the song ‘Everything’ on the radio just after I moved to Australia 10 years ago. I became so excited I just had to buy it and learn it so I could sing along to it in the car on the way to college or work. I was working at the time as a hairdresser in Hope Island.

When I was cutting a singer’s hair he told me how he sang in hotels and restaurants and parties and that’s where the idea started to have a singing job to supplement my income. I’ve never looked back. Even though Bublés’ music genre is jazz, in

the early days whilst I was trying to find new clients, if I mentioned jazz, their eyes would glaze over, but if I mentioned Bublé I would get hired. So he has created this whole pigeon hole that people can relate to. But more than anything I simply love the emotion and arrangements that his music delivers; it’s just so good for my soul to sing his songs. I love my job.”

If you’re a fan or just love the music of Michael Bublé, then it will be Rhydian’s pleasure to help recreate those favourites.

Tickets are available from the Post Office, The Cellar, Barebones, Bangalow Hotel Dining Rooms, Utopia and The Italian Diner.

Online at www.rhydianandtheresiduals. com/bangalow_show. $45 per ticket. Doors open at 7.15pm; show starts at 7.30 pm with a guest artist.

Show finishes at 9.45 pm.

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Big dreams Once upon a time a dentist and a documentary film producer living in Melbourne started to dream of a new life. It would be somewhere up north. Somewhere warm. Somewhere they could bring up their two sons. Somewhere offering them a radically different way of life.

Bangalow hit the spot. In 1988, they bought a run-down 96-acre dairy farm at McLeods Shoot. “It was full of weeds and covered in camphor,” recalls Martin Brook. Making good use of bank capital readily available at the time, that year they planted 4,500 macadamia trees “almost by accident”, and 12 months later planted 30,000 rainforest trees, creating corridors of flora and fauna and coaxing back to life pockets of old growth forest by the creek.

With their sons Will, then 11, and Eddie, eight at the time, the family made the move here in 1999. Though Martin’s wife Pamela initially continued working as a dentist in Byron Bay, they began experimenting with creating value-added products based on the macadamias they grew. Their first dream was to create a macadamia-based mayonnaise (a flop), then quickly moved on to muesli.

In the early days, the business was solely a family affair. After preparing the muesli in a food-grade kitchen in Ballina, Martin would cart the product to be baked at the Blue Seas Bakery, then take it back home for packaging and labelling. “Eddie was hopeless at labelling but is a great salesman.

Even when he was just topping the table when we sold at the local markets, he’d be spruiking the muesli’s benefits.” (These days Eddie lives in Sydney, and consults for Brookfarm on social media. Will is now the company’s production manager.)

Brookfarm now employs about 45 people and produces 20 tonnes a week in their factory in the Byron Bay Industrial Estate. Pamela is Brookfarm’s CEO and the creator of the company’s 94 products, while Martin is chairman, in charge of international sales. “Rare for a company of our size, nothing gets farmed out, from Pam’s product development to packaging and distribution. We make everything right here,” said Martin, though with business booming, plans are afoot to build another factory nearby to keep up with growth.

Today, about 15 percent of what they make is exported, with a goal of making that 50 percent. “We see there’s a real opportunity, especially throughout Asia, for high quality Australian-made products made with Australian ingredients.” Brookfarm uses 12

macadamias from two local processors, and “endeavour to source” everything else from small Australian farmers. Dried apples come from Tasmania. Pistachio nuts and dried fruit come from S.A. Pecans are local (though Brazil nuts used come from Brazil, and cranberries come from Wisconsin, USA).

Innovative and creative, the company has won countless awards. The display cabinet in the foyer of their factory exhibits various awards for excellence, such as the Telstra Australian Business of the Year; the NAB Best Rural Business award, and one dear to Martin’s heart: becoming a finalist in the 2009 National Association of Speciality Trade Foods in the USA for their Lemon Myrtle Infused Macadamia Oil. The recent addition of 288 solar panels on their factory – which creates enough energy to drive 25 homes - earned them Silver status from the 2015 NSW Sustainability Advantage program.

But the company gives back to the community in which it exists in many ways.

Apart from being closely involved with local

agricultural societies, plus ‘foodie’ and tourism bodies, Pam and Martin are very keen to foster staff development, and make a conscious choice to work collaboratively with staff, and are proud to see them grow and succeed.

The couple clearly feel strongly connected to Bangalow and love the town which has supported them over the years as their company has grown. Says Pam, “Bangalow still has that small town feel, with events like the Bangalow Show, groups like the CWA and places such as Heritage House. It’s got that great mix of traditional and edgy. It’s small enough that you know lots of people, yet it’s all a bit quirky, though tolerant of eccentricity. And though day tourists like to visit Bangalow, they generally stay elsewhere, giving the town a different feel to other local towns.”

Both of them feel that it’s important that our history is preserved, and that people continue to be actively involved in community life. Just like them!

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PHOTOGRAPHER KATE HOLMES Local photographer Kate Holmes was thrilled recently to win three Silvers in the NSW State Awards from AIPP, the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers. Since being given her first camera at the age of ten she has had an enthusiasm for photography. Her other great love is dance, which also developed at a very young age after she received her first pair of ballet shoes when she was only three. Kate grew up in Killara in Sydney and pursued both those interests throughout her schooling years.

Kate attended numerous dance schools while young. Her training in contemporary dance led to her becoming a professional dancer while she was still at high school.

After leaving school she began a fairly nomadic way of life combining performing arts, professional dance and travel within Australia and overseas. Kate performed with dance groups in the Philippines, Japan and Europe. Throughout her travels she was also able to pursue her other great interest in photography. During some time

spent back in Australia when she was 26 Kate expanded her skills and trained as a yoga teacher.

From the age of 18 Kate travelled regularly to the North Coast, and in 1998 she studied dance at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium. Her life of travel and dance continued until 2005 when she decided to settle permanently in the Bangalow area.

Family and parenting commitments have now taken regular travel off the agenda for the time being. Since moving here Kate received many requests for family portraits and had many opportunities to further develop her photographic skills.

Her photographs cover a diverse range from fine art portraiture to weddings and corporate events and ‘stills photography’ for film and documentary. She also covers dance, theatre, fashion, architecture and food photography. Her photographs have often appeared in Australian and overseas publications, and also on numerous online sites. She comments, “I feel a great sense of encouragement and validation to receive three Silver Awards from AIPP. It is wonderful to have the recognition as a professional photographer.”

Kate leads a very busy life combining motherhood with photography. She says, “One of my dreams is to merge my two loves of dance and photography. I would like to entwine dance, movement and photography to create a body of work for an exhibition. I have been approached by a well- known choreographer for a possible collaboration in the future.”

Kate’s work can be seen at www. k a t e h o l m e s p h o t o g r a p h e r. c o m . a u

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health and wellbeing

Sinusitis and Allergic Rhinitis (Hay fever) Autumn brings many joys. Temperate sunny days with a touch of chill to entice for lie ins, cranking surf, fewer tourists, still, tranquil days, russet hues.... but as recent weather has displayed it can also be a dynamic time of change and movement. Pollen from grasses, weeds or trees like to travel on the winds at this time of the year, getting up noses and causing immune response characterised by watery, itchy eyes, nose, ears and throat, sneezing and nasal congestion. Impaired sleep and fatigue may accompany conditions like sinus infection and asthma may get worse.

Sinusitis can be caused by viral or bacterial infections which are usually self limiting or to an allergy to things like pollen, mould, animal dander, dust and even chemicals in buildings. Dental infections and structural defect of the nose may also be a cause. As the mucus membranes in the nose swell in response to the trigger, sinus secretions accumulate and may cause pressure, pain, headache, fever and tenderness. Hay fever symptoms of nasal congestion, sneezing, itchy eyes and fatigue are caused by an allergenic response to a substance. As histamine is released from the immune system it causes mucus production and itching and swelling of mucus membranes.

So how can we harmonise this frisson between the elements and self? If infection is present then herbs are powerful allies to counter the bacteria or virus and give our own white blood cells help to get the upper hand. Andrographis ‘king of bitters’ and elderberry are specific for virus and also helpful for bacterial infection, along with thyme, golden seal, pelargonium and elecampane. For sinus infection herbs can help to tone the mucus membranes and decrease mucus; think eyebright, elderflower, ribwort, garlic and horseradish.

These herbs are useful in hay fever as well as classic anti-inflammatory herbs such as albizia and baical skullcap. Ask your herbalist for the most specific blend for you.

Herbal medicine is strengthening for your whole system and does not have the side effects associated with antihistamines such as drowsiness or nervousness/excitability.

Nutrients that complement herbs include; zinc - for immune enhancing and anti inflammation, vitamin C and quercetin to decrease the histamine response, vitamins E and A enhance immune, decrease the allergenic response and help tone mucus 14

membranes. Vitamin D is key in modulating a healthy immune response (particularly in chronic conditions) and N-acetyl cysteine is dynamic at decreasing mucus (and wonderful for many other things besides!).

Food is medicine and cooking with immune enhancing herbs such as warming mustard seeds, turmeric, garlic and ginger in soups and dhals with an array of colourful vegies will be a powerhouse of nutrients.

Decoctions of herbs are wonderful - Reishi mushrooms are key for this time of the year as an immune-enhancing, strengthening tonic. Holy basil infusion, full of essential oils, is lovely for the throat as well as cleansing and fortifying for the immune system. Yarrow is also a good all rounder and astringent on mucus membranes.

Inhaling essential oils can bring instant relief for congestion. A respiratory blend can be inhaled by putting a few drops of the oil on the palm of the hand, rubbing hands together and cupping up to the nose and inhaling deeply. The respiratory blend may also be added to a bowl with steaming water and inhaled with a towel over the head or a few drops added to the floor when showering. Nasal sprays containing herbs and salt are also useful. For a traditional Ayurvedic experience invest in a neti pot, a small cup with a spout. You fill the cup with warm water and add a pinch of rock or sea salt, gently insert the spout up your nose as you tip your head back slightly and to the

side and the warm water flows up one nostril and comes out the other, cleansing the nasal passages. The first time can feel pretty trippy but also very invigorating and empowering, giving one a sense of being a traditional health warrior!

For chronic sinus and allergy conditions it is important to investigate the underlying cause. If environmental allergens are the problem then remove them as much as possible - such as feather bedding, dust, mould, mites or closing windows if it’s outside pollen. Investing in a dehumidifier if mould is an issue or an air purifier can work wonders. Food allergies and intolerances are often the underlying cause behind chronic sinus and hay fever and are worth investigating. Just to clear up the difference an allergy to a substance activates a subset of immune factors (known as IgE) that trigger a histamine response. It is characteristically instant and can usually be seen or felt itchy palate or throat, red rash, flushing and swelling of mucus membranes. Intolerance involves activation of a different subset of immune factors (igG) that don’t activate a histamine response, however cause low grade inflammation, compromising immunity, gut health and the efficiency of the body in general. Testing can be performed to investigate allergies and intolerances or your herbalist or naturopath can guide you through an elimination diet if it is food related.

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HELP US TO SAVE A LIFE The Bangalow community can take comfort in knowing that our township has a number of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) located within easy reach in the event of a medical emergency.

What is an AED or defib machine?

Sudden cardiac arrest is something that can happen at any time! It literally means that a heart has stopped beating. The cause of the cardiac arrest is not important (to the bystander) in the initial stages of the event, but it is important that it is recognised and treated as quickly as possible.

Chances of survival from cardiac arrest are reduced at about 10% every minute if there is no treatment. If treatment does not occur within about 10 minutes of the cardiac arrest there is little chance of survival.

The American Heart Foundation and the Australian Resuscitation Council both agree that the only proven successful treatment for cardiac arrest is early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation (with an AED).

As an intensive care paramedic stationed at Byron Bay I have often arrived at the scene of a cardiac arrest and started a resuscitation that I know is probably futile because no one knew how to do CPR. NSW Ambulance Paramedics are amongst the most skilled in the world; however the person who makes the real difference is the person(s) closest to the person who has that cardiac arrest. When you call an ambulance, unless it is around the corner it would be unlikely on scene in less than

10 minutes from the exact moment of the cardiac arrest for treatment to begin. This is because there are many events that make up the ambulance response to the scene, such as initial diagnosis, making the 000 call, having the call assigned, driving to the scene, getting equipment ready etc. The application of CPR to a person cannot harm them, and it extends the 10 minute window

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of survival to a point where the paramedics can use their defib machine and start advanced treatment. If there is a local AED handy that chance of survival is greatly increased and it WILL save lives. As soon as someone turns the unit on, the machine will talk to you and give you instructions on how to operate it.

Our community is fortunate to currently have two AEDs available for public use. ➊ The Lions club kindly donated a public access AED located outside Foodworks ➋ The fire station also has an AED on its premises.

We are also looking at trying to introduce other AEDs into the area and will keep you updated as that occurs. In the interim, it is important that everyone learn how to do CPR. This alone can give the best chance to save someone’s life. There are short inexpensive courses available all the time and there will be a number of these occurring in upcoming weeks in Bangalow. These courses incorporate a session on using AEDs. If you have any questions on this subject, I am happy to give out further information. You can contact me on 0408 267 688.

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A GROWTH INDUSTRY Reprinted from the recently published anthology The Blind Tattooist with kind permission from the Bangalow Writers Group and author Marie Hart We who are part of the rapidly increasing aged population of Australia must surely be front runners in keeping others in employment. The rest of you need to be suitably grateful to us for keeping the country solvent, for we have created a burgeoning growth industry.

Professionals in medicine, dentistry, radiography and physiotherapy are run off their feet as they hurry to the bank with their takings, for if one is not telling a GP about sleeping difficulties, painful knees and failing hearing, we are at the podiatrist having toenails trimmed, lining up for root canal therapy or handing prescriptions over the counter to our friendly pharmacist. We are sent for frequent pathology tests, bone density studies and hearing assessments and in between times we attend exercise classes and special courses on fall prevention. It’s all so much fun; no doubt you wish you were part of it.

As we fend off muscle and memory loss, dementia and other frailties we are responsible for an increase in crossword and puzzle compilers frantically keeping up

a supposedly beneficial supply in magazines and newspapers. Along with wheelie walker, stair lift and scooter manufacturers they too are raking in the dollars.

Retirement villages and nursing homes have long waiting lists, TAFE colleges are churning out trained Aged Care workers and finally, in the wings, wait the funeral directors rubbing their hands together in the sure knowledge that their businesses will never fail.

Growing old is indeed a challenging and interesting time of one’s life which you cannot quite understand until reaching it yourself.

Suddenly it hits you that you’ve arrived while you were not looking! We delude ourselves for as long as possible that we won’t join the club, but finally have to accept that indeed we are fully paid up members.

On the up side, people become excessively polite and helpful when once they wouldn’t have noticed you were even there and you receive reminder calls from dentists with whom you have appointments for they apparently think you won’t remember. You find yourself reaching

for handrails when using steps and can only marvel at the confidence and skill of our similarly ageing Queen Elizabeth when we saw her descend the many steps from St Paul’s Cathedral after a special service there. Since nobody must touch, or is even within reach of her, she was quite alone as the world watched with millions of held breaths until she safely reached her waiting car.

When we finally depart one by one, our family and friends mourn for a time, but no matter how great our contribution may have been, our space is soon filled and life continues as always. One can only hope that we might occasionally be remembered with affection and that we did contribute something worthwhile along the way.

Maybe that contribution will continue if we have signed consent for any salvageable body parts to be used so another person might enjoy a little longer in this wonderful world. But until then let’s just get on with it and use every precious minute of our allotted quota before we reach that inevitable expiry date.

High Demand for Aged Care Workers Training Australia, a national provider of qualification courses in the field of Aged Care, recently reported that there are more than 6.1 million Australians over the age of 55. A closer look at the aging population across Australia and in our region reveals huge disparities between the numbers of elderly or frail people requiring care

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and the people to give it. In short, the Aged Care industry urgently needs more qualified caregivers.

There were over four million people born in Australia between 1946 and 1961. The baby boomer years are now swiftly increasing the need for adequate care both at home and within aged

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$20,000 raised for Langtang Valley Bangalow’s A&I Hall was up in lights on the night of Saturday, 13 June for the ‘Bangalow Joins Hands with Langtang Nepal’ extravaganza. The colourful evening of feasting, dancing, singing and a fabulous live auction saw over 100 people delving deep into their pockets to donate funds and send messages of love and hope to those in the Nepalese Langtang Community.

The night was a huge success thanks to the entertainers, cooks, auctioneers, volunteers and local Bangalow businesses that joined hands and came together for this wonderful evening. We were blessed to have a few Nepalese nationals attending, who were overcome by the generosity and

spirit of our community.

All funds raised will go to Langtang Valley Health, being used initially for disaster relief for the people of Langtang Village and surrounds, a popular trekking area that was totally destroyed in the recent earthquakes.

Langtang Valley Health had worked with the community in developing its health clinic. This has led to the inhabitants of the area trusting the organisation and turning to it now in their time of need. Langtang Valley Health is currently feeding over 400 displaced people from Langtang. It is our hope to rebuild the community and clinic that was once in Langtang.

Even in a country that has seen so

much devastation and so much personal heartbreak, what happened to the village of Langtang is different. The people of Langtang lost everything, including the health clinic that was supported with funds raised by our local Brookfarm Byron Lighthouse Run. Nothing but dust and rubble remains of the village.

We are blessed to have such a giving community so willing to help and offer hope to the beautiful, strong spirited people of Nepal. Thank you to all who volunteered time and skills to support this cause.

We are still taking donations. To donate and/or find out more about how to help visit: www.langtangvalleyhealth.org

Lisa Parkes, event organiser

ON BEING A CAWI FOSTER CARER Companion Animals Welfare Inc (CAWI) is a rescue and rehoming organisation that looks after unwanted dogs. Many of these dogs have been abused or abandoned and need to find their forever homes with people who will love them. At present Byron Shire doesn’t have a suitable refuge so CAWI organises foster homes where the dogs can stay and be assessed before they find a suitable home.

One day Pru came into the office beaming, with two dogs in tow, one she had adopted and the other currently under her care. I asked her about her experience in this role.

Pru has been a foster carer for two years. She said that in the beginning she just wanted to adopt a dog, which she did. She decided not long after to also be a foster carer as she had the time to help a few more of our unfortunate four legged friends.

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Some dogs are fantastic with children while others prefer a single owner.

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Community Working Bee prepares for The Waterfront An enthusiastic and energetic crowd of all ages descended on the defunct tennis court behind Heritage House in Bangalow Parklands on the last Saturday in May. The aim? To clear away as much of the court as they could in three hours, in preparation for the construction later this year of a multipurpose community building to be called The Waterfront.

In conjunction with Byron Council, several dozen people arrived from 7.30am and began the blitz. Council provided volunteers with high-viz tops, gloves and eye protection, while Brookfarm generously donated muesli and sausages for those who hadn’t had time for breakfast.

Chicken wire surrounding the court came down first. Then fence palings surrounding three sides of the court were prised off, sorted, and nails removed.

Meanwhile, a concerted attack was made on the spectator shed. A crew of determined women derived great satisfaction in knocking down and removing the shelving, seating, cupboards and derelict kitchen sink before phase two. Men with bigger mallets,

crowbars and brute force then removed the corrugated iron and weakened the wooden frame structure, which finally toppled.

Individual components were sorted and stored for re-use.

Simultaneously, others less into working with mallets and crowbars joined with members of the Bangalow Land and Rivercare group weeding and cleaning up the surrounding Parklands and wetlands.

By the time work had to stop (a tarot reading workshop requiring silence was being held in neighbouring Heritage House), workers celebrated a very satisfactory job done with a sausage sizzle and hot drinks.

“Essentially, what’s been happening around the Parklands of late is a resurrection of the dormant community spirit which created this public space in the 1920s,” said Terry Bleakley for the Bangalow Parklands team, the driving force behind the ongoing upgrading of the area.

“Since the tennis court was cleared away, a substantial amount of rock has been donated by a major contractor, to be used

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Construction of The Waterfront is being funded primarily from a grant received from the NSW Government’s Community Building Partnership program. Other funds are being raised from a variety of sources including the sale of BRING BACK BANGALOW’S WATERFRONT bumper stickers (still available at Heritage House, the newsagents and Summerland Credit Union). Plans for the building, currently being prepared

by Bangalow architectural draftsman Michael Spiteri, will reflect Bangalow’s agricultural origins, while a mural depicting Bangalow’s native flora and fauna will also be incorporated.

“The Waterfront will become a simple multi-purpose space. It will be a shelter from the rain, a performance space, a bush theatre, a bandstand, an outdoor movie theatre – whatever’s needed at that moment,” added Terry. Christobel Munson

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what I’ve been reading What’s the worst thing that can happen to a man who has not one, not two, but three secret families on the go?

The Wonder Lover by Malcolm Knox

A weird and WONDERful book by Malcolm Knox about a man who has a job authenticating records before they can be entered into the Guiness Book of Records. This career means constant world travel for John. After marrying Sandy, a successful career paediatrician, a series of events leads him to marry Paulina and, shortly thereafter, Kim. These three wives live in three different unidentified countries. Each wife bears John a girl and a boy child and, fortunately for John, the wives agree to the boys being called ‘Sam’ and the girls being called ‘Evie’. John is a devoted father who applies himself diligently to being an involved and caring father to each family when he is home for one week out of every three. Somehow, John has managed to keep each family a secret from the other but the secret is out and the story is now being told from the perspective of one (or perhaps all) of the sons called ‘Sam’.

And the reason for John’s downfall? One lying, trashy, promiscuous, outrageously beautiful Cicada Economopoulos whom John has fallen in love with! John has known Cicada since childhood. At the same time each year he visits Mrs O’oagh to authenticate her age as she is the oldest living citizen on the planet earth. Mrs O’oagh has an extremely large and expensive estate which she sold 60 years earlier to a Mr Economopoulos (Mr E) in a reverse mortgage transaction which enables her to reside there until her death. Mrs O’oagh has outlived the first Mr E and it’s looking likely that she will also outlive his son who is so enraged by this situation that he has been placed under house arrest for fear that he will murder Mrs O’oagh. Each year when John authenticates that Mrs O’oagh is still breathing he also authenticates Mr Economopolous as the longest known ‘house arrestee’.

I had so many laugh out loud moments reading this book, the plot is outrageous but engaging, the characters are cleverly complex and the writing is superb. A truly weird and wonderful book.

Carolyn Adams – Bookworms & Papermites

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Hec McKenzie and Bob Fowler Photo by Judy Baker

IT’S ALL ABOUT CHOOKS Bangalow Poultry Club held one of their most successful functions on May 30 at the Poultry Pavilion on Bangalow Showground, when the club honoured one of their long time members and Leghorn breeder, Bob Fowler.

Over 540 birds were entered into the show with 96 coloured Leghorn Bantam amongst them.

The Leghorn Bantam is one of Bob’s favourite breeds so the Club featured that breed, and unfortunately, by the judge’s decision, Bob was beaten for the champion Leghorn on the day by his best mates Hec and Dean McKenzie.

Dr Brendan Sharpe from Armidale officiated for the featured breed. Brendan is experienced in breeding Leghorns and judging poultry all over Australia. His father, Grahame judged the Soft Feather Heavy Bantam and at the end of the day they came together to decide on the Champion Soft Feather of the Show, which was taken out by a Black Pekin Cockerel belonging to the McKenzies.

The Leghorns were some of the best he had ever seen in one show, Dr Sharpe announced at the presentation, and many of them will go on to win anywhere in Australia.

A delightful day was enjoyed by all and that evening about 90 friends and family enjoyed a dinner in Bob’s honour at the Moller Pavilion. The hall was decorated with show rosettes, ribbons and memorabilia of Bob’s awards from over the years, and the tables had chickens and eggs in nests under the floral arrangements and candles.

This was the work of Jan Hulbert and her helpers who prepared the dinner.

Mr Jim Hanley was MC for the night, and

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the crowd was entertained by Jim Brown, one of the poultry judges from Inverell, reciting bush ballads and Bob Fowler’s brother Allan sang and played guitar. The crowd was overcome with laughter from the two performers.

Many poultry friends spoke of Bob and his wife Evelyn fondly as they all recorded what happened around the poultry shows, and all agreed Bob was one of the best competitors and judges on the circuit. His sons David and Craig both spoke about growing up on the farm with their father and breeding poultry; they both enjoy the passion of showing.

Bob and Evelyn’s daughter, Bronwyn Wade, put together a power point presentation of Bob’s life which he shared with his twin brother Geoff, and other brothers.

People had travelled from many districts including Tenterfield, Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Narangba Qld, Jimboomba Qld, Chambers Flats Qld, Tweed, Lismore, Evans Heads, Bonalbo, Casino and all local areas.

Bob Fowler is a great exhibitor, a great judge, a great bloke and a friend to everyone. He has contributed over 56 years to the poultry world which he started at the age of 10 years in Junior Farmers.

Bangalow Poultry Club Life members, Bevan Burham and Hec McKenzie, presented Bob with a plaque inscribed with the club’s logo: “Presented to Robert Fowler at his Testimonial Show 2015 for 56 years contribution to breeding and showing Poultry.”

Congratulations Bob, keep on breeding, keep on showing and we will see you at the next show with the champion bird.

Glenda McKenzie

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in the garden

Gardens of time past Gardens, like art, architecture, science and other human endeavour have a long history.

If we are truly to comprehend the depth of horticulture, garden design and construction we need to seek to understand what preceded our modern thinking. As we do so, we then realise that we are not inventing new concepts but reinterpreting them.

History is important in bringing a perspective to who we are and what we do. It prevents us from repeating mistakes, provides us with the hindsight for improving the way we operate and, if we are very good learners, gives us the opportunity to foresee and pre-empt future problems.

We will, over the next issues, look down the spiral of time and possibly learn what the history of gardens and horticulture can teach us about the past, present and, hopefully, the future.

Gardens as providers Little is known of the origin of gardens. What we can deduce is that the function of gardens has always been the same, providing us with food. What the gardens gave is varied but we can safely assume that food was most certainly foremost in the minds of the first garden designers. I use the word designer on purpose, as to use a plot of land efficiently to provide food requires careful consideration, understanding and insight into natural science.

What is known is that during the Neolithic period hunter gatherers, in separate and very distinct parts of the world, became agro-pastoralists and started to grow grains in permanent places. This is known to have occurred in what are now China, India, Turkey, Papua New Guinea, Mesoamerica and East and West Africa. This started what is known as the Neolithic revolution leading to major societal changes and ultimately the rise and fall of many large civilisations.

How long before the food plot became a source of beauty is subject to conjecture but understanding the human need for medicine, clothing, dyes, and cosmetics gives us an idea of the time scale. As the societies grew so did the gardens: more food was needed for the population and for trade, and the creation of settled social elites

This Assyrian relief (now housed at the British Museum) shows trees hanging in the air on terraces and plants suspended on stone arches, supporting the idea of a hanging garden at Nineveh.

Photo by Judy Baker

engendered a greater need for food, flowers and dyes for ceremonial functions and to assert power.

Gardens as ornament Whilst plant selection for food is known to have been performed in hunter-gatherer societies, the advent and rise of agrarian societies increased the pace of development of plant selection, first for its food and then for its ornamental purpose. One of the earliest written mentions of plants’ healing properties was found on a Sumerian tablet dated from 2100BCE. The earliest known

ornamental garden can be found on Egyptian tomb paintings and 200 species of flowering and aromatic plants were found and identified in tombs of the same period. Egyptian gardens were designed in formal forms and used irrigation as well as container gardening. Of course we cannot say that they invented any of this but probably borrowed and improved on techniques from elsewhere. Chinese silks dating from the 10th Century BCE found in Egypt show that trade routes played a role in the development and exchange of horticultural practices and products from Central Asia, India, and the Far East to the Mediterranean centres at least. These exchanges also took place in the other centres of horticultural development in Melanesia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. Archaeology can provide us with clues to how this occurred and no doubt more will be discovered in the coming years.

Evolution of gardens In the next articles we will explore the development of ornamental horticulture and how garden design was influenced by spiritual, political and economic needs to become, at its best, the scientific and artistic form it has now reached.

For further reading go to: www.facebook. com/Interactive.landscapes where I have posted my reference sources.

Patrick Regnault, Registered Horticulturist MAIH

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market forces

five minutes with a farmer Kaye Shadbolt and Chris Casagrande have several seasonal crops. Avocados are their main one and it was about 15 years ago when they planted their first 1000 trees.

They also have a good planting of custard apples and citrus.

Ground crops make up the rest of the offerings they sell at the farmers markets.

That produce includes pumpkins, chillies and watermelons.

One other very important point to mention is that Kaye is quite famous among locals and visitors for her ‘Nanna Kaye’ range of chilli jams and guacamole. Chris too plays an important role in the business by looking after all the farm maintenance and the orchards. Chris has been farming all of his

working live and certainly does not plan a career change any time soon.

What is the most rewarding thing about farming?

We live in a beautiful environment. We work with natural processes – seasons, weather conditions, bees, worms, growing healthy food – supplying local food to local people.

Have you always been farmers?

Chris: Northern Rivers resident and farmer for most of his life. Grew up on a banana plantation in Jiggi. Has been farming in Nashua for the last 25 years.

Kaye: Grew up in Melbourne, lived in Sydney for nine years, and then moved to Bangalow 18 years ago, to experience life in the country. Practiced as a naturopath

for 20 years, firstly in Sydney and then in Bangalow. Has become a full-time farmer at Nashua since 2011.

What is the best advice you have been given?

Chris: “Experience is the best teacher.”

Kaye: “Make the most of what you’ve got.”

What do you love the most about Bangalow Farmers Markets?

Relaxed, friendly environment – we usually get time to have a chat with people at the market. We get our own weekly fruit and vegetable shopping done – there is a great range of produce available.

Bangalow is a unique village that we enjoy being a part of, and only 10 minutes from home.

Remy Tancred

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Scouts Trivia Night The RSL hall was transformed into a trivia lovers oasis on Saturday 20 June. Hosted by the fabulous Neil Lithgow, the hall was packed with trivia lovers coming together to help raise money for a great cause. The money raised will help the children and one leader of 1st Bangalow Scouts get to Jamboree 2016. Both trivia goers and their children reported a fun night all around! A very special thank you to all our sponsors. See you next time! Cyndi Harris

Before the winter’s chill and following their successful Quilt Show the Bangalow Quilters delivered eight new quilts to Feros Village on Thursday, 11 June. The quilts serve to brighten not only the rooms of the residents but their hearts as well. Pictured is one such resident with his new quilt.

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BPA meeting

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Bowlo Swing night

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Rous water day

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Denise Scott and Dave O’Neil at Bowlo

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Red Cross AGM

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Chocolate Rocks!

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CWA raffle; Newrybar fireworks

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CWA Raffle The Bangalow CWA has a beautiful pure wool rug lovingly knitted by our very talented ladies for raffle.

All money raised will support community activities. Raffle will be drawn on Saturday, 18 July at the CWA Rooms.

Tickets are $2 or 3 for $5. Sue Gow

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Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass; Writers Festival starts

Beauty @ Bangalow The girls from Station Street with clients and friends celebrated (with a glass of champagne or two) their relocation to Suite 8 at 20 Byron St (behind Design Bank) on Friday, 19 June. Eds Pictured L to R, owners Chris and Jenny with naturopath Salli and hairdresser Tori.

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