Bangalow's Heartbeat June 2015

Heartbeat Bangalow’s

free l june 2015 No.192 l Celebrating the Life and Times of the local Community

Brave Hearts Local band, In Hearts Wake, are conquering the world. But they’re coming home to launch their new record, page 9. And we are launching into the cold of winter, be not afraid!

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The month of May was a busy one in Bangalow and surrounds, with lots of activities for young and old(er). The new theatre company was launched, the quilters proudly displayed their masterpieces and, of course, the billycarts roared down the main street for the derby while the mad hatters ‘hatted’ at the school.

See our reports on these and other activities in this issue.

As the weather gets cooler in June we are lucky to be able to look forward to two ‘hot’ events: the Newrybar Fireworks and the Lions Curry Night. You may

be surprised to notice in the diary that Australia Day is happening again. You’ll have to read the report to be enlightened.

Great efforts are being made in the community to raise funds for Nepal after the disastrous earthquake. We feature in this issue the account of a local doctor who joined a team to provide medical assistance to survivors and another, one of many, who raised funds to assist with that mission. Other fundraisers are planned for June. The people of Bangalow have responded with typical concern and generosity. Di Martin, Editor

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Tree dahlias have been in full flower during May, making a beautiful show of colour.

The tree dahlia is a fast growing tuberous perennial from South America which has thick bamboo-like stems up to five metres high. The foliage is tropical looking and attractive in its own right, but the flowers are the real winner. They are most commonly pale mauve in this region, but there are white and darker mauve varieties as well.

Flowers are often more than 10 centimetres across with attractive dark yellow to orange centres. They hang face down in lovely large clusters on arching branches.

Plants need to be grown in a part sun-

ny position which is sheltered as they are very susceptible to strong winds. Staking the tall stems is not much help as they will often snap off at the top of the stake.

When tree dahlias finish flowering they need to be cut right back to the ground.

The stems can be cut in sections to include a couple of nodes and replanted by laying them horizontally in the ground.

The cane-like stems are hollow and it is said the Aztecs used them for carrying water. So if you have the space and a sheltered spot in your garden, plant some tree dahlias for a stunning flower display each autumn.

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anzac day in bangalow Bangalow 1st Scouts proudly participated in the ANZAC day march and ceremony in the RSL hall. It was a beautiful autumn day, perfect for a day of national remembrance honouring those who have made contributions and sacrifices for our country.

Col Draper said, “On this special day honouring the centenary of the landing at Gallipoli there were strong and supportive crowds including lots of kids. It was a short and emotional time with the remembrance segment, a full house for the service inside the Hall and strong support for the barbecue cooked by Bangalow Lions. Big thanks to the two dozen local volunteers, mainly from the Scout community.�

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Shedding light on the T2E Following up last month’s article on Granuaille Road traffic, Byron Shire Council has confirmed its continuing objection to signage at Ewingsdale specifically directing southbound traffic from the upgraded Pacific Highway to Lismore via Bangalow and along Granuaille Road. Mayor Simon Richardson has joined with Bangalow Progress Association to call upon the Minister for Roads to intervene to prevent this sign going ahead. He also supports urgent action be taken to ameliorate the increasing vehicle impacts on Granuaille Road. We believe the following are essential: radar controlled speed signs, extending the 50k limit out to Rankin Crescent and to the Rifle Range Road junction on the Lismore Road, speed cameras at the northern and

developed three alternatives for the design of the Bangalow interchange. This working party arose out of strong community objections to the original design, a key objection being highway lighting so close to and above Clover Hill. Reporting the working party’s findings, RMS clearly states that all three alternatives will have “low level lighting”. We have now discovered that over 40 street lights are planned for the interchange, five already erected, with illumination extending along the motorway slipways and therefore being way above the height of the sound mound and clearly visible from many parts of Bangalow. Requests to RMS for discussion of interchange and highway lighting have, so far, fallen on deaf ears.

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western entries to Bangalow, a weight limit on the road and rigorous policing of speed limits on Granuaille Road.

The Mayor and BPA have called a public meeting for Thursday, 4 June at Heritage House (5.30pm) to bring to the attention of the Bangalow community the likelihood of more traffic being diverted onto Granuaille Road and to clearly demonstrate our opposition to the directional signage proposal by the Minister for Roads and his agency Roads and Maritime Services.

Here’s your opportunity to have your say, build our argument against the signage and help the residents of Granuaille Rd. Another simmering issue is illumination of the Bangalow interchange. In 2012 a joint community and RMS working party

BPA Community Conversation Community Roundtable Last month could prove to have been very significant for community advancement in Byron Shire. At the invitation of the Shire Council some ten community groups in the shire were invited to the inaugural Community Roundtable. For some years council has held Roundtables with Chambers of Commerce and Sports Associations, but the resident community has not previously been afforded similar contact with council. We have had to rely upon letters, telephone calls and speeches in public access at council meetings. On behalf of the shire’s citizens we welcome this initiative and look forward to the planned quarterly meetings. BPA will consult with all Bangalow community groups prior to future Roundtable meetings.

At the Cavanbah Sports Centre on Ewingsdale Road community representatives from each of the towns and villages of the shire met with the shire’s General Manager, Ken Gainger, all of his directors and executive managers and four councillors, each of whom gave up after-hours time for this important

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meeting. The purpose of the Community Roundtable is to facilitate community groups’ communications with councils and between themselves. The Roundtable will be an opportunity for us to advise on competing demands for improved infrastructure and services within the shire and to participate in whole of shire future strategic directions. It will also be a forum for council to update us on its future strategic initiatives.

Once meeting protocols were agreed, the meeting received a valuable update on the Byron Bay Town Centre Master Plan (see http://www.byronbayourplan. com.au/about-byron-bay-town-centremasterplan for more information), a very positive report from General Manager Gainger on how the shire is approaching the state’s ‘Fit for the Future’ program to ensure our shire is financially sound enough to stand alone to avoid becoming a candidate for amalgamation and an enlightening talk on the principles and processes council is adopting for engaging with residents – intriguingly called IAP2 Consultation Spectrum .

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Further thanks to the council for making the effort to better communicate with the community, this time on the Bangalow DCP and the shire’s rural land use discussion paper. Council’s new Director of Sustainable Environment and Economy, Shannon Burt and a number of the council’s planning staff were at Bangalow’s Saturday market actively encouraging discussion and comments another very welcome initiative. Further more formal information meetings on the DCP will held during the month.

Granuaille Road Protest Meeting The next BPA will be held on Thursday 4 June at Heritage House starting at 5.30pm. It will be a public meeting to call attention of the Bangalow community to the likelihood of more traffic being diverted onto Granuaille Road and to clearly demonstrate our opposition to this decision by the Minister for Roads and Maritime Services. It will be followed

by BPA’s AGM. Everyone is welcome, especially residents of Granuaille Road and anyone else bothered by its traffic noise. For more details see Shedding light on the T2E above.

Tony Hart

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Sports Fields - 15 Years On Many people new to town may not know that the western playing field was a rough old cow paddock not that long ago. 2015 marks the 15th anniversary of the start of regeneration work along the creek by Bangalow Landcare. It all started with a $2000 grant given to us by the Olympic Committee, as they did for towns along the route of the Olympic torch which passed through Bangalow in 2000.

A handful of us would meet down there and bush bash our way across the paddock to reach the planned planting area, using the existing beautiful old Black Apple in the centre as a base. The original planting being only as far as the first bend in the new pathway, we worked our way up and down from that tree. Weeds were removed and camphor laurels cut back in preparation for a community planting day. The day was well attended with 10 sporting and community groups represented and many local residents; 2500 trees were planted, mulched and watered in.

This was not an easy area to maintain as it was hit year after year by frosts, floods and cattle damage. Many losses were sustained; the wattles were planted to withstand frosts but they died when it got too wet so in went more rainforest species. The battle is never over as now it is subject to weed invasion, but on the good side the trees are now fruiting and self re-generating.

The second stage from the bend right down to the highway (1.3km) was started in 2008. Again with a grant and a community planting day 5000 trees were planted. The pathway that is enjoyed by many came

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only a few years ago in 2009, a vision the Bangalow Landcare team held, and was named the Bangalow Riverwalk.

Work continues to fully restore this riparian zone of Byron Creek but standing back and looking at what just a few dedicated greenies can achieve in 15 years is very rewarding.

This is a legacy we are very proud to leave to the town and to future generations.

More information on our work can be found at www.bangalowlandcare.org.au

Liz Gander For more detail on the history of the sports fields, see Heartbeat Oct ‘05 - Sports Association formed 1977; land purchased from the Holm family 1980; Lions Club involvement; Ballina Shire bulldozers have a ‘practice run’ to form up first ovals 1981.

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community noticeboard Red Cross news Our next street stall fundraiser will be held on Saturday, 6 June (yes, the long weekend) in the main street of Bangalow.

We will be there from 8am so please come along, pick up some morning tea, buy a raffle ticket in our big basket of goodies and support the Red Cross. Our meetings are held on the first Friday of each month in the Bangalow RSL Hall at 10am.

Everyone is very welcome to join us.

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Newrybar Fireworks Newrybar Public School is set to light up the night sky on Saturday, 13 June with its annual fireworks and bonfire spectacular. Put on by the Newrybar School P&C, Newrybar Fireworks has been celebrated by the school for more than thirty years.

The Fireworks and Bonfire night is a tradition which adds to the more than 125 year history of the Newrybar school. Newrybar Fireworks taps directly into that history. Through community support the school is able to raise much needed funds to directly benefit the students.

There’s plenty to do before the fireworks spectacular with activities on the night such as Tombola, a cent auction, raffles and local produce stalls. There is also great local food with everything from the Bangalow

Lions Club’s famous Aussie barbeque, to vegetarian curries, chicken satays, homemade cakes and desserts. There’s also the local Zentveld coffee cart lending its support on the night.

Entertainment includes a DJ plus plenty to entertain the kids with a super slide and a chair-oswing plus jeeps for the bigger kids – all topped off with the night sky fireworks spectacular at around 7.30 pm.

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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Bangalow joins hands with Langtang Nepal Residents of Bangalow and beyond are being asked to support efforts to help Langtang Valley Health, an Australian charity based in Nepal since 2012.

Lisa Parkes, a Bangalow fitness professional, is organising this fundraising evening of information, traditional Indian Nepalese food, circus performances, live music, Bollywood dancing, live auction, DJ and MC Mandy Nolan. We are blessed to have Nepalese nationals attending this event.

A not to be missed evening for the whole family being held at the A&I Hall on Saturday, 13 June from 6:30pm. All funds

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Come along to our Theatre Workshop series! We hope to engage anyone and everyone from the community. If you have always wanted to have a taste of something theatrical, this is your chance. We are offering short, fun packed and skillbased workshops from Mask Making, to Creative Movement, to Shakespeare and even Introduction to Contemporary Dance. For the young, the young at heart, and the advanced.

First workshop date is Sunday, 14 June at The A&I Hall. For bookings go to our website www.bangalowtheatre.com.au and follow link to our email or FB page www.facebook.com/

Scout’s Trivia night We are fundraising to send our Bangalow Scouts and leader to the Australian Jamboree in January 2016. Cost per Scout is $1,350 and we are about a third of the way with fundraising so far. Help us meet our target by attending our Trivia night on Saturday, 20 June hosted by the fabulous Neil Lithgow, ‘The Voice of Neil’. Make a table of eight or join a mixed table at $12 head, plus bring your coins for games and raffles. BYO food and drinks (the RSL hall is next door to the bottle shop!).

We will provide coffee and tea.

Not only do we have a Trivia night for the adults. At the same time we will be running a Movie night in the Scout Hall for children of those attending the Trivia night: $5 per child, plus $5 for a movie meal pack (sausage, drink, popcorn, treats, and an ice-cream).

Brookfarm are providing a fabulous prize for the winning table, and other great prizes will be donated by our local communities. There will be prizes and games and plenty of fun for all.

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Newrybar film night Newrybar Hall will again be the venue for a film and supper night on Saturday, 20 June.

The film is Paper Planes and doors open at 6pm with the film screening at 6.30 pm.

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It is a busy time of the year for the Bangalow Lions Club. On Saturday, 20 June we will host the Singh family Curry Night at the A&I Hall. Tickets are always ‘hot’ so please register your interest with the friendly people at Bangalow Newsagency or the Post Office.

Friday night raffles at the Bangalow Bowling and Sports Club continue with all proceeds going back to the community.

We have just purchased a ‘floating chair’ for the residents

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of Feros Village.

The Men’s Shed is well under way with the slab poured and the frame ready to be erected.

It is an exciting time and many areas of the community are joining with us to build ‘the shed’.

The 2015 Bangalow Lions Billycart Derby has been run and won. This year the Chamber of Commerce took a lead role in the organisation and we thank them and all of the volunteers who worked together to keep this wonderful community event going from strength to strength.

Lions members and helpers collected at the Bangalow Markets for the Red Shield Appeal. Thank you for your generosity.

Thanks for the fabulous community support to the Bangalow Lions.

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Farmers Market on a Saturday morning has carried our Byron Farmers Market logo. Now we want our own identity and we need your help! As we very much pride ourselves on being a part of the Bangalow community, we are asking the good people of Bangalow to help us out by designing a logo for the newly named Bangalow Farmers Market.

The great thing is there are no restrictions on the design, drawing, colour scheme etc. The only rule we have is that the words: ‘Bangalow Farmers Market’ must appear in or on the logo somewhere.

The entries can be emailed to info@byronfarmersmarket. com.au or dropped in to the managers tent on a Saturday morning at the market.

Competition closes 1 July. The winner shall receive a $100 voucher. As well the winner and five friends will be treated to a farmers market breakfast prepared by chef Gavin Hughes at the launch of the new logo late July.

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the arts

Are There Too Many Roos Loose in the Community Hall?

This month NORPA brings the best of Lismore performances coming up under Australian Comedy to the Lismore Stage your direction? with Australia Day, a play written and A: As a writer it can be dangerous to direct your own work but because the play has directed by Jonathan Biggins.

The rural town of Coriole is getting been put on stage by others before, it’s now ready for Australia Day celebrations but safe for me to pinch their best ideas and the officials have a few snags to sort out direct this production. And each new cast brings a fresh perspective; between themselves first, a play only lives through before firing up the barbie. the actors so I think we can What exactly does it mean promise quite a different to be a proud Aussie? This is show for anyone who saw it social satire at its finest by one in Brisbane. of Australia’s most versatile Q: You are renowned for and respected funny men. your political satire on the Jonathan Biggins was a long Australian stage and screen time director of the Sydney and it does seem that good Theatre Company’s Wharf Australian political satire Revue, he wrote for SMH’s Jonathan Biggins always tends to lean markedly Good Weekend for seven years, has been in numerous films, major to the left. Why do you think it is that the stage plays and even sung in operas. right leaning side of politics in Australia is Readers may best remember him from the yet to produce any political satire of note?

ABC sketch comedy show Three Men and Or have I missed something? a Baby Grand with Phillip Scott and Drew A: Barry Humphries, one of our best, is Forsythe. I managed to ask Jonathan a quite politically conservative and I often few general questions on the subject of his find Andrew Bolt laughable. But it is true that political satire generally comes from work.

Q: The Queensland Theatre Company’s what can be vaguely described as leftist, season of Australia Day was directed by largely because there’s no money in it so Andrea Moor. Do you prefer to direct your why would those leaning to the right bother? own work on stage and would audiences Satire in Soviet Russia was not from the left, who attended the Brisbane production it came from the poor sods about to be notice any discernible differences in the sent to the gulags. Because, like music, the

best comedy comes from the underdogs; triumphalist comedy is a bit like a Sousa march – brassy but not a lot of soul. And I think satire in this country tends to be like the politics itself, largely centrist.

Q: As an eminent all rounder of the Australian stage, screen and media, what roles give you the greatest satisfaction in your work these days. What advice, if any, would you give to the younger generation of satirists out there who aspire to emulate your very broad range of skills and achievements in the Australian arts scene today?

A: I probably derive the most satisfaction from writing with my colleagues Drew Forsythe and Phil Scott; comedy’s much more fun when written by committee but writing alone I find a painful experience. I quite enjoy acting in something I haven’t written and I enjoy directing – well, enjoy may not be the precise word but it can be very rewarding. I think any aspiring satirist faces a big challenge because anyone with a twitter account can be called a satirist and they give it away for free! So if you want to make a living, perform live satire in the theatre because it’s the one thing you can’t get on the internet.

Australia Day has played in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to rave reviews so don’t miss this chance to see it in Lismore on Tuesday, 23 and Wednesday, 24 June.

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In Hearts Wake: 2479 rising stars The members of metal band, In Hearts Wake, young locals Jake Taylor, Ben Nairne and Eaven Dall, along with Kyle Erich from Tweed Heads, are enjoying success not only in Australia but internationally. They recently returned from a 46 show tour of the United States and Canada.

Their third album, Skydancer, was released world-wide at the beginning of May, and debuted on Australian iTunes at number one on May 1 and on the ARIA chart at number two. The album has also charted in North America and across Europe.

The band is touring Australian capital cities during the end of May and in early June to promote the album at already sold

out venues. They will then head to Europe Wake during the last week of April with for shows scheduled in England, Belgium, the proceeds being donated to the Byron Young Residents Alliance and Netherlands, Germany, the sustainable development France, Spain, Poland and Local Futures organisation the Czech Republic. Their headed by Helena NorbergEuropean engagements Hodge. The on-line auction include some of the biggest raised over $7,000. metal music festivals in Check out their visually Europe. stunning music videos on You As part of the band’s Tube for their songs ‘Traveller’, on-going commitment to contribute to the community, Eaven Dall, Ben Nairne, ‘Divine’ and ‘Breakaway’, which showcase our local an eBay charity auction of Jake Taylor, Kyle Erich scenery, and their most recent music memorabilia donated

by Australian and international bands video Badlands, which was shot in the US Ian Dall and artists was conducted by In Hearts States of Utah and Arizona.

HI-HEEL HEAVEN! This is the title of ADFAS Byron Bay’s presentation on Monday, 22 June.

Professor Peter McNeil, Professor of Design History at the University of Technology Sydney, will present an illustrated lecture on shoes, their mobility and history from Renaissance platform chopines to Sex in the City ‘limousine’ shoes.

Shoes convey a wide range of meanings associated with fashion, style, personality, sexuality, class and gender.

New studies have given us an awareness of the personal, social and sexual connotations attributed to footwear and created by footwear. Different shapes and colours for men’s and women’s shoes today revolve primarily around the construction of gender difference. Many of these gendered distinctions developed in the so-called ‘long eighteenth century’.

Why do men’s and women’s shoes look so very different today? Peter will explore and explain

the evolution of these differences in his presentation.

Prior to his role at the University of Technology Sydney, Peter was a Foundation Professor of Fashion Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden.

He has published 10 major works on fashion including the best-selling Shoes (2006) which was translated into Italian (2011). Hi-Heel Heaven will be presented at 6.30pm on Monday, 22 June at the A&I Hall, Station Street, Bangalow. Doors open at 6pm for a welcome drink. Guests are most welcome - $25 per person. This includes a light snack and drink after the presentation.

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Leaping in to help Nepal In 2002, Bronwyn Hudson went to Nepal as an Australian Youth Ambassador with AusAid. She stayed for three and a half years, eventually returning to Australia and studying medicine.

These days, GP Dr Hudson works at the Bangalow Medical Centre and Byron Bay Hospital. With her children Maya and Buster who attend Bangalow Public School, she lives in Harry Fowler’s original farmhouse on the Jindibah Community in Fowlers Lane.

When word came through of the 25 April earthquake, like many other Bangalow residents, Bronwyn immediately wondered what she could do to help. It took just minutes for her to decide to return to Nepal.

To help by using her medical skills, she connected with non-profit organisation, International Medical Relief (IMR). IMR recruits qualified medical teams and offers short-term assignments for volunteer doctors, health care professionals and nonmedical volunteers, to conduct overseas medical clinics where needed.

But how to make the trip happen? What about the kids and her work commitments?

Would she go alone?

To raise money for the 10-day trip, Bronwyn set up an account with GoFundMe. com asking friends to help. Within five days, there was enough donated to cover equipment, supplies and travel expenses.

Her generous friend Sue Graham took the kids, a locum was found to replace her at work, and Bronnie and two colleagues from Byron Bay Hospital, Dr Kevin Hartley and registered nurse Therese Missiaen, were on their way.

On her return, Bronwyn emphasised that Nepal has “incredible doctors, nurses and health practitioners. Our role was to support the local professional health structures, rather than taking over as foreigners. I

cannot speak highly enough of their skills. They could cope so well in the disaster, even in the terrifying second earthquake.”

Her biggest feeling of satisfaction came from “being able to use the skills I have in a practical way, to contribute”.

Afterwards, Bronwyn said she planned to continue her fund-raising efforts and was considering setting up a formal charitable fund. In that way, “We can continue to support the partnerships that were established during this mission.

It is going to take a lot to rebuild Nepal and we are now in a prime position to be able to contribute to this in a constructive, ethical and appropriate way.”

Christobel Munson Bronwyn Hudson’s Facebook Updates Every few days during the 10 day trip, Bronnie posted to Facebook.

Extracts follow: Update #4 “We are here. We are safe. We were at work within an hour of arriving. We are staffing a clinic just inside the Kathmandu valley, acting as a step-down for patients to clear hospital beds for those more needy.

The injuries are severe and there is a lot of suffering.

There is a lack of organisation. It’s hard to get the resources to where they are needed most, but we are committed to this happening.

Our team is supporting a local Ortho hospital and local surgeon who is doing 2030 surgeries a day. The patients are lining up but cost is prohibitive for many. It costs

about US$220 for a surgery. Many just don’t have this. Our team are paying for some of these surgeries, including providing the meds needed to support them.”

Update #6 “Yesterday I joined a local NGO team to deliver aid to remote people yet to receive any support since the quake. We headed for the furthest reaches of Kathmandu, hard hit by the quake.

It was a long day of travel by car, bus, motorbike and foot, seeing patients along the way and getting to know my new friends from the NGO, the Peace Rehabilitation Centre (PRC). (They usually focus their efforts on the trafficking of young girls but have been doing disaster relief since the quake).

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We stopped off at a little village hut for a break. The region we were trekking is predominantly made up of Tamang people - the untouchables and poorest of the poor.

Since the quake, this tiny hut was housing three big families. They were also grieving.

We were swiftly offered chai and biscuits, followed by a generous helping of Dahl Bhat complete with freshly slaughtered (just for us) chicken. After losing so much, they were so willing to give.

Despite aching feet and full body tiredness (I’d been up since 4am and it was now 10pm) I felt so grateful to be there, so welcomed and so cared for by these beautiful people.

After 12 hours’ travelling we arrived in Pangtang. The supply truck full of tarps, tents, rice and salt made its way shortly after, thanks to sheer determination, a little late night excavating and an army escort.

We spent the night in the village and woke to a spectacular view of the snow topped mountains and sprawling valley. This would be such a beautiful thing to stand and look

at but for the utter destruction caused by the earthquake.

So while the lads from PRC spent the morning ensuring the equitable distribution of supplies, I set to work seeing patients with help from my team.

I had a personal assistant fetching me my translator, a wound care assistant and an equipment supervisor - all under seven years old.

I ache all over, my eyes sting from the dust, I have found a new level of exhaustion and it’s only day 3.”

Update #8 “The team and I are safe. We are tired and shaken (literally) but safe. We were having lunch on the 1st floor of a building in Kathmandu when the 7.3 quake struck.

We made it down a shaking flight of stairs and out into the streets and huddled together until the ground stopped shaking.

This, and the next hour were the most terrifying of my life.

We made it safely through a stampede of people through the streets and into an open car park where we stood for some time before seeking refuge in the grounds of the British Embassy.

After some time, we moved to the Radisson hotel. Later in the evening the team went to the Kathmandu Medical College to lend a hand. All the patients had been moved to the car park. We were once again in awe of the Nepali doctors and nurses who had the situation completely

under control, despite a flurry of new patients. We are still on schedule to leave tomorrow after donating blood.”

Over the 20 days since Bronwyn’s GoFundMe account opened, 206 people contributed $24,143.

Bangalow Fundraiser Meatball pasta, Nepal disaster I woke up at 4am the other day thinking about Dr Bronnie Hudson, and how amazing it was that she just organised herself to get funded and went with two other medicos to Nepal to help out.

Then as her funding ran out I thought there must be something I can do to help.

For some reason the word ‘meatball’ and how it rhymed with Nepal came to mind… and then ‘meatball pasta’ rhymes with ‘Nepal disaster’, which sounds terrible but that was the thought process.

So then the next morning I explained to my husband what I wanted to do: organise a fundraiser night at our restaurant, The Italian Diner. We would donate the food and charge everyone $20 for a plate of meatball pasta which would be donated directly to Dr Bronnie’s fundraising. He agreed and I sent a text out to a bunch of Bangalow friends.

Within two hours we were booked out, with 65 adults and over 30 kids booked in. The night was a huge success, and very loud!

We ended up raising about $1650 that night and then a further $375 trickled in over the next few days, including a very generous donation from Sally Schofield which was her DJ’ing fee from Bangalow Hotel after the Billy Cart Derby.

We live in a great community. What we did (us and all the people who came that night) was easy. What Dr Bronnie did was inspired. We were so happy we could help her in her incredible efforts in Nepal.

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May happenings

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BANGALOW BILLYCART DERBY COORDINATOR I was the first person to roll into Byron Street at 4.30am on Billycart Derby morning and, with a big sigh, it dawned on me that the street was clear of cars (tick that box).

The road was wet and there was a light shower but at no time during the day did I seriously worry that the event would be cancelled. As I left the shop in my car full of newspapers for delivery and boxes of volunteer T-shirts and lanyards for later, I noticed that the hire company had arrived with the crowd control fencing (Nashy, Brian Grant, Richard and ‘the boys’ would be here shortly to start giving instructions – tick that box). On returning to Byron Street I started getting that excited feeling; the road block detour had been commenced, the street was well populated with helpers erecting fencing and distributing hay bales and a couple of billycarts had already arrived. There was no need to worry about the PA system because Richard, Rick and Neil had spent several hours on Friday putting up the wiring and testing the system.

Billycart scrutineering commenced and a lot more billycarts were now in the street.

Chief organisers and officials: Carolyn Adams, Chris Hayward, Greg Nash (Nashy), Amber Adams (Carolyn’s daughter who has been on the start line since she was 16 years old)

After quick consultation with Ian, our Chief Scrutineer, we tweak our newly designed system to help proceedings flow better.

Kylie, our fantastic social media guru, texted me for Facebook instruction – it’s pouring at Federal and the folks out there want to know if the event is going ahead – we’re going ahead – tick that box. At 8am I’m astounded, on looking around, to see how many volunteers have turned up early and are wearing their yellow and red

T-shirts. At 9am the PA system crackles and we have the pleasure of the friendly banter of Alli, Hutch and Mick who did a stellar job on the mikes. It’s 10am before I know it and I should probably eat something (tick that box). Before lunch I’ve conducted two video interviews with the Northern Star and NBN and now it’s time for the Street Parade which Julie-Ann had done an absolutely superb job of organising this year. Suddenly I realise that the trophies need to be out

MAD HATTING Bangalow Public School again held its Mad Hatter’s Derby Tea Party to coincide with the Bangalow Billy Cart Derby.

Families were entertained with bouncy castles, fun rides, face painting, hair chalking by Get Steffed, flash tattoos by Driftlab, kids’ craft and activities, and this year’s new carnival-game additions. The cake stall oozed with love with a superb coffee on hand to wash those yummy treats down. Barcoo beef burgers sold out of their quality prime beef burgers again this year, alongside tummy-friendly vegetarian and sushi stalls.

Bangalow Public School Principal Susie Boyle expressed the school’s gratitude to the local community and businesses

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for bringing the community together in such a fun day for families to enjoy. She said that this annual school fundraising event and raffle raises significant funds to

support much-needed resources for the school.

“This year, we hope to contribute to playground beautification, sports nets, playground equipment, sunsafe shelter, and to continue funding the school’s vision to provide high-quality 21st century education via creative, dynamic, innovative and challenging programs for all our students,” added the school’s P&C President Jenny Kennedy.

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for the lunchtime presentation and at this point I should acknowledge the fabulous assistance that photographer, Christina de Water, gave me throughout the day. Louise from Cloud 9 stepped up at the last minute to provide beautiful calligraphy for the trophies which are much admired by the recipients.

And in no time at all it is all over! The crowds disperse and the billycarts slowly disappear but volunteers remain for the

clean up. As I am walking down the hill I reflect on how tired everyone must be. Just as I make it to The Cellar I realise that I’ve not collected the bins. Without complaint Richard, Amber and Chris and some others help me to sort that out. It’s past 4.30pm and it is well and truly time for that celebratory glass of champagne. As I leave I discover our ‘Works Supervisor’ Snr Constable Peta Ericksson still hard at work removing the road block signs. It’s a really long day

for some of the volunteers and, without complaint and no payment, they just get on with getting the job done – tick that box.

Amazing!

So! After months of planning, preparation and meetings I can sign off on the 21st Billycart Derby. I am able to go home happy that the day has been a great success – lots of fun and only minor injuries. THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! Carolyn Adams (See page 21 for the sponsors.)

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more May happenings

bangalow Theatre Company Launch Saturday, 2 May saw a wonderful night of performances at the A&I Hall, a buzzing crowd and an abundance of community support! Thanks again to everyone who helped bring our launch to life! Over 200 people attended and it was a fantastic fund raising effort to support the start of our Theatre Company.

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Anouska Gammon, Fletcher Potanin and Adrienne Megan Lester

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Talent Show… of a different kind Over the first weekend in May quilters from far and wide braved the rainy weather to enjoy time to quietly wander through the avenues of quilts on show at All Souls Anglican Church Hall in Bangalow.

The Bangalow Quilters had not had an exhibition since 2010 and there were over 170 items from hand bags and potholders to table-runners, wall hangings and quilts to inspire and delight. Visitors had the opportunity to vote for the quilt that they liked the best. With such a wide variety of styles votes were widespread so choosing a favourite was difficult. However the winner was made by Lois Cooper-White, a member from Clunes. Lois designed her quilt with inspiration from a book available in the club’s extensive library.

Visitors had the opportunity too, to be in the draw for some lovely prizes. All who bought tickets knew that the monies raised were going to a worthy cause. The Bangalow Quilters have, for many years, bought materials and made quilts that are donated to folk in need in the community.

Bangalow Quilters Inc. raffle results: 1st Prize - Handmade quilt and cushion Cathy Watson from Coorparoo, Qld 2nd Prize - hamper of local products Jodie Walker from Mullumbimby 3rd Prize - Kylie and Richard Allen from Bangalow The Bangalow Quilters meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, 9.30am at All Souls Anglican Church Hall in Ashton Street, Bangalow.

New members are always welcome.

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1st prize winner Cathy Watson

2nd prize winner Jody Walker

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Club secretary, Jenny Cobden (02) 66872896 is keen to talk to anyone who is

interested in developing a new passion.

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animal health and wellbeing

HOME IS WHERE THE DOG IS Do you want unconditional love, a friend to run with, someone to talk to and always be happy to see you? Then you’re in luck.

CAWI is currently looking for foster carers for our homeless four legged friends.

We are currently negotiating with Byron Council to start a dog shelter for the area but until we get it up and running we need a part time solution to a permanent problem.

CAWI has rehomed hundreds of abused, neglected, abandoned and, through no fault of their own, dogs that have ended up homeless due to changing circumstance of their owners.

We have 12 foster carers at the moment and they are bursting at the seams with dogs looking for forever homes with people who will love them.

To be a foster carer you will need a fenced yard, an understanding of your dog’s needs, time to walk and exercise your dog and maybe do a bit of training. If you don’t want the responsibility and long commitment of owning a dog but are happy to have one for a while this could be perfect for you.

CAWI supplies all the food and bedding and meets vet costs so it is at no expense to the carer. We work with the foster carers and offer support when needed and will be happy to take the dogs when you need to go away or have a break.

As only dog lovers know, dogs can bring joy and love to a home and can teach kids the responsibility of having an animal to care for.

At this time of year we get inundated with

unwanted dogs because some people who have enjoyed having a dog for summer find that the dog has become a problem when they want to leave the area. This is when the dog gets abandoned and is left to fend for itself.

If you can help you will find that having a dog can be a rewarding experience, with the extra benefit of being able to keep the dog if you decide you would like a permanent addition to your family.

We welcome anyone interested to contact CAWI. One of our volunteers will come to your house and go through the procedure with you. If you are interested please call Ailsa on 0458 461 935 or 6685 1444 (shop) or go to www.cawi.org.au

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The adventures of Pusskins Sunny Duncombe, Heartbeat junior journalist, entertains readers with the adventures of a most remarkable cat.

Let me introduce you to Pusskins the cat. He is just like an ordinary cat but he has the most amazing adventures and he lives right here in Bangalow. He has travelled all around the world 17 times (which is 16 more times than he meant to!) and the most extraordinary things have happened to him. Today he pretended to be very posh and wore a suit. That is the story I am about to tell you.

It was an ordinary day in Bangalow. Pusskins watched the usual hustle and bustle from his window. A few little kids were walking down the road with their mothers, people were going in and out of shops, cars roared by and people walked to work.

“Why doesn’t anything exciting happen here?” thought Pusskins crossly. Now, Pusskins was lying a bit there. Lots of exciting things happened in Bangalow.

Yesterday Pusskins set the supermarket on fire because they didn’t have the cat food that he wanted. He also walked into the school to cheer the students up a bit, but he cheered them up too much by having a raucous disco in the school hall. After that he stuck a fake moustache on and walked into the bottle shop. He tried to convince the man who was serving him that he was 60 years old and needed a bottle of sherry. Fortunately the man knew it was Pusskins and didn’t give him anything.

“I know!” thought Pusskins. “I can dress up in a suit and pretend to be a lord! Lord Darlington sounds good, but Duke Winterbottom sounds more posh. I

Thanks to Mad Hatters Tea Party Sponsors A heartfelt THANKS from Bangalow Public School and P&C to our generous raffle sponsors: Byron Holiday Rentals, Gaia Retreat & Spa, Mitchell Brandtman, Lend Lease, Travel Through Time, Splendour in the Grass, Kachina Hair, Skydive Byron Bay, Let’s Go Surfing, The Italian Diner, Vintage Eastern, Richard Windeyer Photography, Spaghetti Circus and Apollo Blinds.

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think I’ll just go with Lord Darlington-Winterbottom. It sounds the best.” Then he walked into Abracadabra and bought a fancy dress costume, trying out different accents, then trying the different accents in different languages. I could tell you how he learnt them but that would take a long time so I won’t mention it and really he was just saying made-up words.

For example, this is how he thought you spoke Russian.

“Hooliewooolie maggie-mooplumpo Bihhhne blob.”

That’s how he did most of the other languages too. In the end he settled on a French accent. He would say something with no accent, then say it with one.

“The weather is very hot and I am sweating,” he said.

Then he would say something like…

“Ze veather is very hot and I am sveating.” He smiled a smug smile, thinking of all the people he would fool.

He then tossed his head and walked daintily down the street, a spring in his step. Then he turned around, made sure that no-one was looking, stopped his prancing and his dainty walk and scampered away home.

He slept soundly that night, his dreams filled with people bowing and giving him glorious things. Then he opened his eyes and the dream was over. He tried on the costume as soon as he got up. The costume was in the shape of a suit, making him appear to be an elderly man. He couldn’t wait for the adventures he was going to have and indeed, there were many ahead…

Picasso Cows Bangalow Public School students will take part in the national Picasso Cows Makeover program along with 58 schools nationwide.

The Makeover program is an extension of Dairy Australia’s popular Picasso Cows initiative which challenges primary school students to paint a life-sized, fibreglass cow while learning more about Australia’s 13 billion-dollar dairy industry and its contribution to the economy. The kids will be whipping out their art smocks and mixing their colour palettes as they embark upon the 12 week program to transform the blankcow-‘canvas’ into an impressive dairy-related art work, tracking their experiences along the way in a learning journal.

It’s all part of Dairy Australia’s annual program – now in its seventh year – which also aims to help kids discover the health and nutritional benefits of dairy foods like milk, cheese and yogurt as part of a balanced diet.

Schools will adopt one of three themes – ‘Unbeatable Bones,’ ‘Fuel for Life’ or ‘Farm to Plate’ – for inspiration and once their masterpieces are complete, schools nationally will compete against one another to be awarded the coveted title of National Makeover Champion.

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Mothers of Invention Bangalow is home to many talented artists, designers, bloggers, filmmakers, writers, foodies and other remarkably inventive individuals who also happen to be young mothers. Some of these local women have managed to turn their creative passions into a viable income stream from home, often from scratch, while raising little ones. This is no cake walk. It requires a great deal of patience, skill, commitment and the support of family, friends and peers. These sisters are not just doing it for themselves.

With big dreams and marketable ideas, talented mums around Bangalow have been forming a supportive circle of friends and encouraging peers to help each other on their personal quests toward a more abundant, creative, and often family centered livelihood.

They say that necessity is the mother of invention and creativity is not a talent, it’s a way of operating. Time management and creative networking are key factors for

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busy mums who are now choosing to stay at home with their children while also nurturing their own individual creativity. With supportive partners and a network of family, friends and peers, their creative output may be liberated in ways that can genuinely benefit the whole family.

With so many demands on their time, spending valuable moments on any other creative path can sometimes feel too hard to justify.

Encouragement can come as a form of permission to offer oneself some nurturing, attention and precious time to develop artistically.

“Mainstream life places huge demands on women today. We are expected to

work, parent, study, clean, fix and nurture, often with little time and concern dedicated to our own intrinsic needs and desires.

We are continually asked to buy, to do, to be. We want to be happy, successful and fulfilled but often, it feels like we have lost touch with what true happiness, success and fulfillment looks like.”

“Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?” “Actually, who are you not to be?”

From local photographer Amber Melody’s blog www. thebeautifullens.com .

Zanni Louise (pictured) is a local writer, blogger, creative facilitator and mother of two gorgeous little girls.

Inspired by a tight knit community focus on little people and their creative mums, she has two websites: www.thequincys.com is a family venture into music for children, with the release of a new original song every month. Zanni’s personal blog (www. mylittlesunshinehouse) is full of stories from her busy life and details of her first children’s book, Too Busy Sleeping, which will be released in September this year. Zanni runs a blogging course at Byron Community College and conducts storytelling and imagination workshops for kids around the north coast of NSW, most recently at the Lismore Library.

Her next workshop, Mama Creative, will be held in Brooklet on Saturday, 20 June.

This is a nurturing, one day retreat dedicated to helping women unlock and reconnect with their creativity after childbirth.

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five minutes with a farmer Husband-and-wife team, David and Anna Mendes, have been creating nutritious fermented foods since March 2014.

Cultured or fermented foods have been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. Our ancestors knew the value of this ancient tradition. In those days, fermented foods were part of every meal, helping to digest grains and meats due to their incredible enzyme content but also providing a huge range of healthy bacteria, increased vitamins and minerals.

Sauerkraut has been proven to contain 10 times more friendly bacteria than probiotic supplements.

“For us, fermented foods really were the missing link that ties everything together,” said David.” More than 80% of our immune system can be found in our digestive tract,” he added.

David and Anna believe our gut is the foundation, or the root system, of our entire body. Live, cultured foods can assist

with and play a big part in healing the gut and setting a strong base for a healthy, happy you!

Used as a condiment, sauerkraut, kimchi and other ferments should be eaten every day, with every meal.

The couple use only 100% certified organic ingredients and try to support local farmers where possible. They even grow their own cabbages at an organic farm in Tyagarah.

How long have you been interested/ experimenting in your field?

Anna: I grew up in Germany so sauerkraut has always been on my radar. But it wasn’t until I was suffering from chronic digestive problems about two years ago that I started to discover the healing benefits of fermented foods. I started eating it regularly and not long after, David was on board with me.

What do you like cooking at home?

We cook most of our meals at home. Now that the weather is cooling down we often

make slow roasted lamb or chicken. These dishes go so well with our French Beetroot and Alive Mustard. We often have fried or poached eggs with roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, avocado and our latest discovery, Plantain Pancakes.

What’s special about Bangalow Farmers Market?

Bangalow has a lovely feel to it. A bit smaller and intimate, you really get to know your customers and build friendly relationships.

What’s next for your business?

We are looking to expand and move into a commercial kitchen as we would like to supply our krauts to shops Australia wide.

We get such amazing feedback from our customers and get approached frequently from visitors who live in Sydney and Melbourne.

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Make sure you never compromise the quality of your product. And make sure that you love what you do. Only if your heart is 100% committed can you run a successful business.

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what I’ve been reading A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

I’ve read three of Murakami’s books and I’m a really big fan. However, I can appreciate that some readers would find his style quite dull and his stories quite bland. Murakami is a megastar in Japan; this latest book sold a million copies in the first week of release. I wonder, each time I read him, if anything is lost in the translation of his works. Murakami translated has a preciseness which I love; I feel compelled to enunciate each word while I am reading which forces me to slow my pace whilst, at the same time, wanting to devour the book. But I do wonder if the translation has somehow anglicised the story and perhaps missed some of our cultural differences?

1Q84 was my first Murakami book and it commenced with a business woman abandoning her taxi which has jammed in traffic on the Tokyo freeway. She is so concerned that she is going to be late for an important meeting that she leaves the freeway via a ladder down to a freeway depot in order to find an alternate route to the city. It is only a short time before the reader learns that, on descending the ladder, she has entered an alternative universe; this universe is very similar to the one she has just left except for having two moons at night! I know; normally an event like this would have me rolling my eyes and putting the book aside. But Murakami’s writing is so convincing that I am able to ignore the impossible and compelled to read every word (and this was a trilogy, printed as one book in English)!

Tsukuru Tazaki is a lonely, boring man in his mid thirties. He has been deeply wounded by his four best friends from high school who one day announced to the 20 year old Tsukuru that they did not want to see him, or talk with him, ever again. He returns to his university in Tokyo and achieves his career dream of designing and maintaining railway stations. His life is very ordinary and he has few friends until one day he meets Sara. She suggests that he is emotionally stuck and that he needs to track down his old friends and find out what happened. This is not a book about plot. The beauty of a Murakami novel is the prose.

An online reviewer said, “We bear the scars of events we can only comprehend in retrospect, but must rely on flawed memory and biased examinations of what truly came to pass”. Good description.

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the person behind the job

jane reffell Jane Reffell moved to Bangalow in 1995. She was 41 years old and had recently married a man called Bobby who also wanted to move here and start a family. They had met in Sydney two years previously, and agree that their meeting was “one of those flashbulb moments.” Twenty years later they live high on a hill with a big view of the valley and the Bangalow township.

They have two sons, one now studying Arts at Sydney University, and one in Year 11.

Many will recognize Jane as the doctor who runs the Women’s Health & Wellbeing practice in Bangalow. You might also recognize Jane via her involvement in the Skatepark Committee, or back when she was an active parent at Bangalow Pre-School and Bangalow Public School.

Jane has lived in Bangalow longer than anywhere else in her life, and, like many people who have moved a lot, she places a high value on home. “It’s been the most wonderful home,” says Jane. “The kids were born here, and we will always stay in this area.”

“I was a 10 pound Pom. My family migrated from England on the Fairstar in 1964 when I was 11 years old. Our first home

in Australia was a migrant hostel in Sydney,” recalls Jane. “Our parents imbued in us an attitude of excitement and optimism about our new country and I remember that boat trip as the biggest adventure.”

Her father was chasing warm weather, hard work and a better life. After serving in the British Navy in WWII he had become a cheesemaker (the family lived in the town of Cheddar). His first job in Australia was making cheese for Kamaruka, near Bega. “We lived on the Kamaruka Estate in a little four room cottage and we loved it,” remembers Jane.

“We were poor, but we had a creek to play beside and peach trees. We used to eat a lot of rabbit. I still think of that place every time I hear crows.” Eventually the family moved to Penrith on the outskirts of Sydney where Jane’s father owned a service station. Jane finished school and applied to go to university.

In many ways Jane was a reluctant medical student. She wanted to be an actor, or maybe a psychologist, and her choice of medicine was, as she describes, “a bit random.” But each time she thought of leaving, friends convinced her to stay, and she graduated in 1979. Early on she discovered her interest in women’s health and for a few years worked

part time at a women’s health centre in Sydney whilst studying acting. “I realized then that I was a better doctor than I was an actress, so I discontinued acting,” says Jane.

“But I learned a lot of psychology at drama school, which really helped me as a doctor.”

Jane was not ready to settle, so for the next few years she did short locums all over NSW, including a lot of locums in Bangalow for her friend Dr Carol Brown.

A family tragedy then catapulted Jane and her mother back to England, where Jane lived for the next nine years. “I still wasn’t sure that I wanted to be a doctor,” recalls Jane. “I did a course in psychotherapy, waitressed and worked part-time as a women’s health doctor in London. “The psychotherapy course turned medicine around for me, my practice is absolutely informed by it and I realised that I loved medicine. Then I came back to Australia, met Bobby and we moved to Bangalow and started a family.”

Like so many women with children, Jane went about building herself a medical practice that took account of school hours and family commitments. Somehow she managed to build up her own part-time practice, plus a Family Planning Clinic in Lismore, plus a monthly clinic in an isolated NSW town for the Flying Doctor Service.

“My life here has been very full,” concludes Jane. “I have never once thought of going back.”

Jenny Bird

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What does it take to become a local? ... was the question George posed 20 years ago this June at a barbeque organised to welcome us to the Parish of St. Kevin’s.

The late Ron Miller, the elderly gentleman to whom the question was directed, slowly stroked his chin and after giving it some thought, laconically enquired “Was your grandfather born here?” ‘Well, that was the end of that,’ thought George.

Realising it was never possible for us to be ‘true’ locals but feeling very much part of the Bangalow Community, at 10 years we decided we could probably tag ourselves pseudo locals as we were involved in the Bangalow Markets, the Anglican and Vinnies Op Shops, attended the Billy Cart Derby, the Music Festival and other local happenings. As well as being ‘regulars’ at St. Kevin’s, we had made many friends and had great neighbours.

Living on six acres at Brooklet involved us in the rural side of local life. By agisting a few cows, we have managed electric fences, pumps, water troughs and tanks and learned to cope with the blackouts that come from being totally electricity-reliant. A small orchard gave us (some) horticultural experience and we learned (not always accurately) to forecast the weather and other vagaries of the climate. Having been told that, when all the cows were sitting down it was going to rain, we wondered if, when some were standing up, would it only be showers?

Some lessons we’ve learned: l not to depend on the posture of the cows; l that it is best to keep livestock out of the orchard as they love fruit even more than they enjoy grass; l not to let the ride-on mower slide into the dam, especially when you are still on it; l not to drive said ride-on with a large carpet snake coiled up in the engine; l not to leave gates open so the cattle can get onto the road – unless the postie is nearby to help. Bless you Jeff!

We thoroughly enjoy the birdlife. Leaving behind in Sydney any cats or dogs which might deter the native birds, we have encouraged them by providing water and nearby shelter; a variety of species return

each year, with galahs, rosellas, lorikeets and barn owls revisiting their same nests each season, in the huge Red Apple tree near the house. Eastern honeyeaters, whipbirds, white-headed pigeons and a catbird are currently making themselves at home.

Three bird baths are strategically placed so we can watch the battles in bird-land from the kitchen, as each species tries to oust the other. George still threatens to charge them water rates as their vigour requires their baths be filled at least twice a day. There are welcome surprise visits from bower birds, Wonga pigeons and even an eagle.

We particularly enjoy the performance of the large brush turkeys as they duck and weave while being hassled by the much smaller noisy miners as they – in turn – busily scour each bush for insects and nectar, saving us the trouble of spraying.

The ‘Noisies’ are a great alarm system for anything that is a threat in their garden – snakes, blue tongues, Pacific bazas - and they pursue the kookaburras if they venture too near their young.

The maggies and butcher birds gather as soon as they hear the ride-on start, searching for the insects it disturbs.

George has been known to stop and patiently wait while a grasshopper, or similar, is devoured before he can proceed.

We enjoy having frogs although there are not as many as when we first arrived, not since the Asian geckoes moved in. A possum visits regularly and echidnas, which move rocks and logs much to George’s annoyance, roam around at night so he can’t see them doing their dastardly deeds. Even the occasional kangaroo hops in.

Brooklet was our ‘tree change’ after my liver transplant 23 years ago and it has been a wonderful experience for us and for our family when they visit. The grandchildren have six acres to roam about unhindered in the fresh air, feeding the cows, discovering new insects, killing the toads (a favourite!) and in the pool, learning to swim and dive. Close proximity to the beaches and local towns and restaurants is an added bonus, but Bangalow is the favourite. And, as George often remarks, “We have the cheapest resort on the north coast!”

So, because we FEEL like locals, we are going to celebrate and declare ourselves TRUE LOCALS on the 20-year mark in midJune this year.

We have been blessed with good health and have so much to be thankful for in our 54 years of marriage and so much for which to thank Bangalow 2479 – the second best place on earth, as Brooklet is the first of course.

George and Deirdre Cox

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in the garden If you have a large property you could consider leaving a part of it as tall grasses perhaps even encouraging native grasses.

Below is a list of native grasses suitable for gardens: Themeda triandra, Kangaroo Grass: Widely distributed and used in pastures and landscaping alike, this deep rooted perennial grass has a soft erect or sprawling tussocky habit. The leaves are long and thin, turning from green to brown or purple as the plant matures. The seed head is a very attractive reddish colour that occurs in spring and summer. Wide soil range, loam to clay loam. Trim dead leaves annually, 30 to 70cm.

Themeda australis ‘Mingo’: This is a prostrate form of Kangaroo Grass with blue foliage and similar seed heads to triandra from late spring to summer. Full sun to 50% shade in a wide range of free draining soil.

Cut back the foliage by 2/3 in spring and feed with slow release fertilizer straight after. 20 to 30cm tall. For mass planting a rate of 5 to 7 plants per m2 is recommended.

Poa labillardieri ‘Erksdale’: a tufted grass with fine greenish blue foliage. Full sun to partial shade in a loamy free draining soil.

Cut back in April to 20 to 30cm high. Grows to 80cm by 60cm, 5 to 7 per m2.

Poa poiformis ‘Kingsdale’: a bluish grey fine foliage grass which flowers in spring and

grasses Autumn is a great time in gardens as the morning dew on the leaves softens the landscapes. This is no more evident than on grasses. Just look on the roadside as you walk or drive in the early morning.

summer with seed heads reaching 70cm.

Free draining loamy soil, suitable for coastal areas. Cut it in half in April. 50x50cm, 5 to 7 per m2.

Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Cream Lea’: A stunning autumn cream flowering form of Pennisetum. Planted in mass next to other grasses it will make a strong impact.

Requires full sun to light shade in free draining soil. Prune annually to remove dead flowers and old leaves. A tall grass 1 to 1.5m, 1 to 3 plants per m2. There is a select variety called ‘Purple Lea’ with flowers turning to purple.

Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Nafray’: This native non invasive Swamp Foxtail has a green foliage and foxtail seed heads that occurs from summer to autumn and add the magical feel in a garden. Plant in full sun to part shade in moist well drained soil. Trim annually at the end of winter. 90x90cm, 3 to 5 plants per m2.

Pennisetum advena ‘Rubrum’: This is an exotic grass with burgundy leaves which flowers nearly all year long. Full sun will give the best results with strong growth and masses of foxtail flowers. Not fussy on the soil, this is a very useful landscaping grass.

Trim back to 2/3 in August. 1 to 1.5m, 2 to 3 plants per m2.

Happy gardening! Patrick Regnault (Dip.Hort) Registered Horticulturist 0062 MAIH

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june diary

town talk events would not be the same without the Lions barbecue! Eds

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Garden club meeting

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BPA public meeting and AGM

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Red Cross stall

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Nepal fundraiser

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BTC workshop

20 Scout’s trivia night; Lions curry

NORPA Australia Day production Speaking of sausages, the promotional photo for Australia Day features this amazing sausage machine.

night; Newrybar film night; Mama Creative retreat

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ADFAS Hi-Heel Heaven

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NORPA Australia Day opens

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CWA birthday Ruth and Sybil are shown cutting the cake at the 67th birthday celebration of the CWA. Many thanks to Katrina from Town for baking the delicious cake. Our picnic lunch and meeting was held at the Moller Pavilion, overlooking the lovely Showgrounds. Sue Gow

Lions at the Derby The trusty Lions and helpers were hard at work as usual cooking sausages on the day of the Derby. Bangalow

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