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free l OCTOber 2015 No.196 l Celebrating the Life and Times of the local Community

Good food guide We now live in a ‘foodie’ area but in the early 70s, when 33 Byron St opened its doors as Bangles restaurant, it was hard to find a good local meal. See our report on page 13 for the history of this magnificent building, from Bangles to Town.

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This month we congratulate five locals who have won awards in their respective fields, two musicians and two environmentalists and a chef. And a premiership win by one of our local sports teams! Not a bad report card for a small town. We have more foody reports (don’t we always?), performing arts, the arts, health, the environment and lots more. And the CWA , ‘not just tea and scones’, report on their fundraising for victims of domestic violence and other worthy causes. Coming up this month are launches of works by two talented local women, a poetry reading, more fun and entertainment at the Bowlo, concerts, lectures ... check out the diary on page 20

for the full list of ‘what to do in October.’ Pictured below is the removal of the bridge over the old Pacific Highway on 25 August, an amazing feat of technology and awe-inspiring spectacle. Visitors and past residents be warned that the through route to the north on the old highway is now via the roundabout and not the missing bridge! Work on the sound mound for Clover Hill is progressing and will hopefully soon be planted out. And peace may reign ... Heartbeat is looking for a new treasurer to replace our long standing treasurer Rob Campbell. See our ad on page 13. We’d love to hear from you! Di Martin, Editor

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Big Scrub Landcare scores double win The 2015 NSW Landcare Awards have honoured both Dr Tony Parkes and Big Scrub Landcare, which Dr Parkes helped to form in 1992. Tony Parkes has been awarded the 2015 NSW Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award and will represent NSW at the National Landcare Awards, while Big Scrub Landcare has been awarded the Landcare Community Group Award. The primary mission of Big Scrub Landcare’s 160 members is to help save lowland subtropical rainforest and its biodiversity. “Receiving these awards recognises the importance of the work that Big Scrub Landcare does,” said Tony Parkes, Big Scrub’s president since 1993. “We hope that putting the spotlight on the threats to our rainforest will lead to further investment in rainforest restoration by all levels of government, landholders and our community.” As reported in previous editions of Bangalow’s Heartbeat (‘MR BIG OF RAINFOREST RESTORATION’ HB Aug 2010), Tony Parkes’ own ‘love affair’ with rainforest restoration started 25 years ago when he moved to a degraded 42ha exdairy farm just outside Bangalow. The farm was once part of the Big Scrub, the largest area of lowland subtropical rainforest in Australia. Over 99 percent of the Big Scrub has been cleared since settlement, leaving 60 significant remnants with incredibly rich and endangered biodiversity. Keen to do his bit to help replace what

had disappeared, Tony and his family started restoring rainforest in their own backyard. Today, he (and his Big Scrub buddies) have planted 35,000 rainforest trees there, no small feat. Regarding the group’s on-ground restoration of critically endangered lowland subtropical rainforest, Tony explains, “This involves rehabilitation and ongoing management of rainforest remnants and the revegetation of cleared rainforest land. If you’re going to be successful in this, you need to involve the community. So we work in partnership with private landholders, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, all levels of government and the local community. ” Big Scrub Landcare has now implemented 35 restoration projects (worth more than $5 million) which have been focussed on Big Scrub remnants. They’ve also contributed to the ecological restoration of more than 90 lowland rainforest remnants and the revegetation of 250 ha of lowland rainforest. Tony added, “The Australian government’s Green Army and 20m Trees programs have been of great help in our revegetation activities. However, we have to use professional bush regenerators to provide ongoing care of the priceless remnants of our unique lowland subtropical rainforest because it is critically endangered and is the habitat of many threatened species. Grants are a critical source of funding for this work. We very much hope that the Australian Government will restore its funding of

Tony Parkes being congratulated by Russ Glover, Commonwealth Department of Agriculture

biodiversity conservation.” In all its activities, Big Scrub follows best scientific practice. It has produced excellent useful manuals on subtropical rainforest restoration and on the identification and control of subtropical rainforest weeds that have become standard reference texts in the community. It’s also done such valuable work as successfully nominating lowland subtropical rainforest for listing as critically endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, and as endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act. With the help of supporters, the group has run 17 annual Big Scrub Rainforest Days with an aggregate attendance of more than 23,000 - one of the most successful and long-running landcare events in Australia. As well, each year Big Scrub runs practical field days and informative site visits, produces newsletters, and promotes lowland rainforest restoration through its website www.bigscrubrainforest. org.au Christobel Munson

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THE HOME FRONT Back in 1915 the Bangalow A&I Society held the 19th annual Show over two beautiful, sunny days in March. Day Two was a Public Holiday and a special train service was scheduled to bring show-goers in from as far as Murwillumbah and Casino. The Northern Star reported all stewards “carried out their duties with zest” and Show Secretary Mr Reading always had “an appropriate smile.” The names of some of the Committeemen - Armstrong, Alcorn, Reading, O’Meara, Hayter, Dudgeon and Noble, are still familiar in the district today. Earlier in 1915, the Show Committee had purchased a ‘moving picture plant’ and was very successfully hosting picture shows. Mr Reading built a generator to provide electric lighting in their A&I Hall, a progressive move that not all were happy with at the time. Five members of the committee were ‘disgusted’ with this advance, threatening to resign. Later that year though, many discussions were held looking at the possibility of the Show Society providing electricity to the main street. Looming over the lives of everyone in 1915 was the war and young men across the country were joining up to ‘fight for the Empire’. The Show President, Mr W. Fredericks, tried to step down from his position that year, as his eldest sons had enlisted, leaving him to manage the farm on his own. The Committee refused and created a roster of workers instead. The theme for the 116th annual Bangalow Show is ‘1915, The Home Front’. 4

Members of the Australian Light Horse one of Australia’s greatest stars of the day Association will be at the Show, performing – Dame Nellie Melba. Competition tarts in the main ring on Saturday, both in the are to be influenced by the ‘Peach Melba’, afternoon and evening. They will also hold peaches, raspberries and a very big splash a Tent Pegging demonstration, a military of Edwardian Diva. The Charlie Chaplin film, ‘The Tramp’ was exercise where a group of mounted soldiers released in 1915, and we celebrate would ride through a camp pre-dawn, the iconic character with the ‘Little removing the pegs holding up the tents of Tramp of the Show’ contest, with the enemy, with the tips of their spears. Head Steward, Lisa Hambling. Every In the Pavilion, the Show Theme touches oversize suit with bowler hat needs on all sorts of characters and topics a gold embossed ‘Little Tramp from the era, including May Gibbs of the Show’ sash. This event is with her Gum Nut Babies, Duke open to all ages and Chaplins of Kahanomoku and the introduction any denomination. of surfing, suffragettes, aviators We would love to hear from and explorers, artists and fashion. anyone who likes to recite or There is a nod to the Show Society perform poetry. The ‘Poets ‘picture show’ nights with a Silent Film Breakfast’ will be held in the Competition. The film should be three Marquee on Saturday morning minutes long and can be filmed on from 8am. If you would like your i-phone if you like. Details will be to take part, contact Angus on our web-site and facebook. Thurgate 6687 1512. After the chaotic success of the Very important to add ’Beehive Lounge’ last year, we will – any girls between 18 create a whole new venue on the and 24 years who would same site called ‘The Pompadour Charlie Chaplin like to participate in the Palace’ marquee. Rhydian Lewis will return as the MC of a variety of events to Bangalow Showgirl competition for 2015, be held on Saturday, including pompadour contact Showgirl Chaperone, Rosemary hairdressers, steampunks and ballet dancers, Hill, 6678 2003. There is a lot, lot more!!! all competing in wonderfully unique events 2015 Bangalow Show – 20 to 21 November. like the ‘Dying Swan’, in honour of Anna Pavlova. Contact Head Steward, Sue Franklin For further information check out our website – Bangalow Show or our facebook page – 6687 1512. Karen Ryan The ‘Tart of the Show’ pays homage to Bangalow Show Society. BANGALOW’S HEARTBEAT

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hhooooowwwwlllllll!!!!! Poetry night for the 60th Anniversary of Howl, by Allen Ginsberg Bangalow resident James Cowan believes that “poetry has lost its place in society”, and that “the great poems that really define our culture are not actually heard.” In an ‘act local’ attempt to redress this, James has planned a poetry night at Heritage House Bangalow on Friday, 30 October at 7 pm. “I thought we should start off with Howl by acclaimed American Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg, as it’s a poem that everyone has at least vaguely heard about,” says James. “I think he’s one of the most important poets of his generation. He galvanised people around the idea that poetry had within it the catalyst for change.” On the night two films will run – a 50 minute documentary on the life of the poet, followed by a film of Ginsberg reading Howl in New York in the late 1950s. In addition, there will be a reading of a version of Howl that Australian iconoclast Richard Neville wrote in the 90s, which James describes as “a very effective and acerbic view of late 20th century culture.” The two poems are each in turn highly critical of their time – Ginsberg’s original Howl of America in the 50s, and Neville’s late 20th century critique of corruption and environmental

destruction. Howl is a long-line poem that lends itself to being read aloud as, according to Ginsberg, the lines are “built on bop” and work as a “bop refrain.” Ginsberg wrote each line to be a “breath length long.” Howl is written in three parts plus a footnote. It starts with a wild, graphic, heartrending lament for the lives of the people Ginsberg knew in the 40s and 50s – Beat Generation activists, artists, poets, and jazz musicians,

living on the fringes of conservative post WWII American society, alienated and sometimes crushed by its conformism and materialism. It moves into a rage against the military-industrial machine that rose to dominate America under and after Eisenhower. It shifts gears yet again in the third part, and by the footnote has become heraldic, an ecstatic spiritual celebration of life and love. The last line of the poem is this: “Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul.” When Ginsberg first performed the poem in 1955 in San Francisco, his friend Michael McClure wrote: “Ginsberg read on to the end of the poem, which left us standing in wonder, or cheering and wondering, but knowing at the deepest level that a barrier had been broken, that a human voice and body had been hurled against the harsh wall of America...” “If this one works, and we hope that it will, then we might run a poetry night in Bangalow every few months,” says James. “There are lots of great long poems, like T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, John Keats Endymion, even some of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. If you get the right atmosphere, people will come back to poetry. We’ll put on related films, read poems and serve supper.” If you are interested in attending, you need to book online at Byron Philo Café website http://www.meetup.com/ byronbayphilocafe/. The cost is $10 and limited seats are available. Supper will be available after the show. Jenny Bird

Book of Bangalow Advertising opportunities have opened for the 2016 Book of Bangalow. This annual directory is a Chamber of Commerce initiative which, among other things, helps us to fund local events such as the Christmas Eve

Carnival, Billycart Derby and the Bangalow Music Festival. This prestigious, glossy magazine is distributed to every 2479 household and every Tourist Information Centre in the Northern Rivers, a total of 8,000

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community noticeboard Screenworks Screenworks has engaged leading pitch producer Victoria Baldock to deliver their upcoming Pitching Workshop to be held at Bangalow RSL Hall on Thursday, 1 October from 10am – 1pm. For more information and tickets visit www.screenworks. com.au or call 02 6687 1599. Lisa O’Meara

Animals one and all The annual Blessing of the Animals remembering St Francis of Assissi will be held at All Souls’ Anglican Church at 9am on 4 October. All creatures great and small will be welcomed. Eds

Ewingsdale for our September outing. Kay’s love of the Japanese art of Ikabana was evident with her beautifully manicured and sculptured plants. Our next meeting is on 7 October in the Moller Pavillion at 1.30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Leon Coventry speaking on orchids. Our annual excursion is on 10 October where we will be visiting three gardens in the Tweed area. Wendy Hearne

CWA events Weekly Wednesday craft 9.30 – 2pm; 12 October - Evening Craft 5-7pm; 14 October – AGM; 17 October - Street Stall. Ruth Ryan

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Bowlo events Family Fun Day Sunday, 4 October. NRL grand final on the big screen. The latest dance craze from the streets of New York, LATIN HUSTLE is coming to the Bowlo - every Friday at 7pm. It’s easy to learn and lots of fun. Starts 9 October. Social bowls starts Friday, 9 October at 4.30 pm. Must be club members. Jodi Martin ‘Contemporary Folk’ Saturday, 24 October. Shane Ironside

Garden Club Nearly 50 members enjoyed the visit to Kay and Graham Pearson’s property at

The Byron Lighthouse Run (or Walk) for charity takes place on Sunday, 18 October. The run is 10km while the walk is 6.7km, starting at Denning Park. Register at www.byronrun.com Lisa Parkes-Jetha

Real Men Do Cook… A generous grant from Uniting Care, the community services body of the Uniting Church, has meant that Brian Nash of Bangalow Uniting Church has been able to put into action an idea - to teach men to cook! The cooking classes run for 5 weeks at a time, on a Friday morning at the RSL Hall, starting at 10.15 am and finishing at lunchtime with a shared meal

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Pink Ribbon Day Spread the word on Pink Events and Pink Ribbon Day Friday, 23 October. Support local stories (we can provide the contacts), wear Pink to work, wear a pin on camera, share Pink through your social media channels… there really are so many ways to bring people together, have fun and raise funds for Pink Ribbon. Sarah Royall

Fair Trade stall Bangalow Uniting Church will be holding their annual Fair Trade stall in Byron Street Bangalow on Saturday, 31 October from 8.30 am to noon. Inexpensive and beautifully crafted Fair Trade goods from around the world will be on sale. For further information call Corinne 6629 1692. This will be part of our mission to have Bangalow accredited as a Fair Trade Town. Corinne Nash

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And next month: ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ set to take the stage Bangalow Theatre Company (BTC) is excited to announce the details of its first ever production, The Drowsy Chaperone, set to grace the stage of the A&I Hall on Friday, 27 and Saturday, 28 November. BTC founding members Adrienne Megan Lester and Anouska Gammon believe this to be a stellar choice for their inaugural production – one that will set the path for the company’s direction. The company is also seeking any volunteers who would like to offer their time and talents to become part of this wonderful creative journey. Volunteers should contact bangalowtheatrecompany@ gmail.com. Early Bird tickets will be available soon from the BTC website. To register please go to:bangalowtheatre.com.au/ early-bird-alert/ Viv Fantin

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So Much More than Tea and Scones

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On Saturday, 19 September, Bangalow CWA used its annual Awareness Day to raise funds for the local Domestic Violence service by offering tea and scones in their rooms. Partnering with Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia, CWA’s 400 state-based branches hope to inform communities throughout regional and rural NSW about the services available to those who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic violence, as well as raise much needed funds for ongoing support. NSW State Government research shows 19 out of the top 20 Local Government Areas for domestic violence are in rural and regional NSW. Ruth Ryan, President, Bangalow CWA, says, “Communities within the Byron Shire are known for being close-knit however, unfortunately, this can sometimes work against someone who is experiencing domestic violence.” “The services are often limited in regional areas and where they do exist, often there can be a personal connection with the emergency service provider, such as the local police officer, doctor or hospital worker. This can result in a reluctance to seek help by the person experiencing the violence or for that matter the person who is using the violence in their relationship.” The money raised on Awareness Day will complement the $2,000 recently donated to

the Women’s Resource Service towards their ‘Escape Fund’ which provides assistance to women leaving domestic violence. Many other local community groups also received donations at a recent presentation morning tea. There were 12 groups in all, receiving donations totalling $9,000. Zeke Huish, Fundraising Manager with the Helicopter Rescue Service thanked the CWA for its ongoing support. “The Bangalow CWA has donated generously to the Helirescue Service every year since 1990,” he said. Other appreciative community groups to receive donations were the Bangalow Men’s shed, Brunswick Valley Rescue Service, Newrybar Rural Fire Service, Youth Housing (The Family Centre), Riding for the Disabled,

Bangalow Land Care, the Uncles Project, Liberation Larder, Shaping Outcomes – Byron and The Buttery. In addition to these local donations, Bangalow CWA donated $2,000 to assist in the Nepal Earthquake and continues its financial support of the Far West Children’s Home, Royal Flying Doctor Service and the State CWA’s National Emergency Fund and NSW Disaster Fund. Ms Ryan said, “For 67 years, Bangalow CWA has been working to improve the lives of rural women and families in the area. Our members work hard to raise funds to support the organisations that provide our much needed community services. ” If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence please call 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732). Di Campbell

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The Wonder Years of Rail This month’s spring treat from NORPA is Railway Wonderland, a play set outdoors on location at Lismore Railway Station. The play sold out opening night when it was first performed in 2012 and is now coming back for a three week season you really can’t afford to miss. The Lismore community really goes to town when they put on a show in town. Railway Wonderland is about four strangers who take shelter in the fluorescent glare of a railway waiting room. They are waiting for a bus because the trains don’t run any more. They have different reasons for wanting to leave town – love, fame, to run away or to go home one more time. The distant sound of a train whistle announces the arrival of a mysterious old woman who has come to catch the train. Is she an apparition, an angel, mad – or all three? The strangers are swept up into the old woman’s tale of her arrival as a young girl in a strange land and her search for belonging in a country town. Railway stations are places where life’s journeys begin and end. I have fond memories of Bangalow railway station before all the stations closed in 2003. It’s a shame nothing happens there anymore. A few cycads are all that remain of the once prize winning garden. Lismore had a much

bigger and busier train station which is now the Country Link bus station. This collaborative community production has been in development ever since local writers, actors, musicians, Rail Corp staff, historians, community choirs and local lobbyist groups were given the call out in 2009 to submit short stories that were then performed at the 2010 Byron Bay Writers Festival. The cast of collaborators include musician Shenton Gregory, well known local dancers and performers Emma Saunders and Phil Blackman plus Neridah Waters, Jo Turner, Johnny Nasser and Katia Molino. The musical director of Railway

Wonderland is composer Michael Askill and with all Peter Lehner’s singers and the Vox Caldera choir in attendance for this production, it’s safe to expect an extravaganza. Video projections by Salvatore Castro will transport the audience to different eras, using the windows and station surfaces to add another layer of visual language. Speaking of visual language, last month’s NORPA stand out was Cockfight. It was the smartest, freshest, funniest yet most intense piece of physical theatre I have ever witnessed. A couple of suits having an extraordinary day at the office had the audience gripping their seats in awe. Five stars. Never mind if you missed it, better luck next time, but don’t miss Railway Wonderland. Show starts 8pm, Thursday, 22 October Sat 7 November (except Sundays), Lismore Railway Station $22 - $49 Benny Saunders

The Lost Civilisation of Cambodia On Monday, 19 October, ADFAS Byron Bay presents an illustrated talk, The Lost Civilisation of Cambodia. The talk will be presented by Hugh Ellwood, architect, artist and lecturer, from the U.K. This is the story of a lost civilisation, influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism, that disappeared some 800 years ago leaving behind an incredible array of buildings and sculpture. These were only re-discovered in the 19th century. Cambodia’s religious, royal and written traditions stemmed from India and coalesced as a Cambodian tradition from about the 1st century AD. The people of Cambodia were the Khmer, united in the 8th century by a god-king. Their religion was Hinduism. In the 12th century Buddhism was introduced and both religions existed side by side. Between these centuries, huge complexes of palaces and temples were built, the most famous being Angkor Wat. The Bayon temple at Angkor contains over

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a kilometre of bas relief carving in stone and sculptures, depicting historical events and scenes from the everyday life of the Angkorian Khmer. The huge public works, temples and other religious buildings put such a strain on the economy that they precipitated the fall of the kingdom to

the Thai people in 1431 and the buildings themselves were overcome by the jungle to lie hidden for four centuries. Hugh Ellwood was educated in the classics. He studied philosophy in Rome, followed by a degree in architecture at the University of Manchester. Hugh practised as an architect and was a partner with Building Design Partnership, the largest multi-discipline design organisation in the UK, for over 20 years. He was for some years an external examiner in architecture at the University of Manchester and also a visiting lecturer in the history of art and architecture at the University of Central Lancashire. The Lost Civilisation of Cambodia will be presented at the A&I Hall, Station Street, Bangalow at 6.30 pm. Doors open at 6pm. Guests are most welcome - $25. Entry includes a glass of wine before the presentation and a light snack and drink afterwards. Anni Abbink

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Patron Peter Thompson presents the first of a series of articles for Heartbeat leading up to the 2016 Festival. There’s a nugget of gold at the end of Station Street – yes, you know where it is. It’s buried under the A&I Hall and it’s dug up and admired in August every year when the Festival comes to town. I was asked to step up as patron this year when Don Page retired. My only qualification is that I love the Festival – I’m no expert in classical music. But Victoria and I were knocked sideways when we discovered it several years ago. It’s remarkable that such a superb event should be so easily accessed right here in Bangalow. The Peter Thompson mantra of the Festival is: “Celebrating excellence in chamber music”. In fact, that’s a very broad definition of chamber music because the stage is often crowded with musicians comprising what amounts to a symphony orchestra – certainly too many for a chamber! But ‘excellence’ is the key word. The performers are world class, many invited from the international concert circuit and

many of them Australians who flourish on that circuit, people like Piers Lane, Daniel de Borah, tenor Alexander Lewis and the wonderful guitarist Karin Schaupp. This year, William Barton blew us away with his incomparable didjeridoo, demonstrating why audiences around the world respond to him so powerfully. Apparently, musicians love coming to Bangalow. It’s one of the best, most intimate music festivals on the planet. For the life of this community, the excellence of the festival represents a benchmark, a symbolic representation of our highest aspirations. Inevitably, we all face personal compromises and little defeats every day, but for balance, we need those shining beacons in front of us, proof that we can reach for the heights. As Oscar Wilde said, “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Everyone who experiences the Festival is, without exception, bowled over by it. But what I’m most concerned about is getting more young people along.

We think of classical music as old people’s music and it’s true that the audience at Bangalow tends to be ‘mature’. But it’s a big mistake to think that way. Mozart was dead at 35, Schubert at 31, Mendelsohn (and Gershwin!) dead at 38. It’s not their early deaths that count but what they had done by that time. Two of the most exciting groups at this year’s Festival were the Geist String Quartet – all still studying at the Sydney Conservatorium – and the Orava String Quartet, four amazing young men already playing the world stage. But there’s deep experience and wisdom also. Creative director and flawless oboist Tania Frazer does an astonishing job organizing the performers and pulling together a thrillingly diverse program. Local pianist and harpist, the amazing Margaret Curtis, coordinates the frantically complicated logistics. Many people step up to help. So make a note in your diary to keep the weekend of August 12-14 free next year. It will be the 15th Bangalow Music Festival, an event that each of us can feel proud of because each of us own a little bit of its brilliance. It’s our Festival.

Young local musicians on song Two young Bangalow musicians have recently excelled at the NCEAI Dolphin* awards – well done girls! time between Bangalow and Anna Free won Sydney, developing her musical both the Album of career and playing in many the Year, with The gigs. Recent local performance Unsolved Crimes, venues have included hotels and Song of the Year. and Banglow A&I hall and the Her very significant Bowlo. prizes included a Find more at: Annafree.net Tanglewood guitar; and Anna Free & the unsolved $1200 in mastering crimes on for her next album; Facebook and two tickets to Spotify. Woodford folk Anna Free H a n n a h festival and a few Parrington of days in a rehearsal studio in Tweed Possum Creek Heads. won the Youth Anna, who was schooled at Award for Bangalow Primary and Byron the song she High, has always been keen on wrote, ‘Bones’. music. Piano is her forte, but she As part of also sings and plays guitar. She is her prize largely self- and home-taught. She Hannah Parrington Hannah will had one year of piano lessons and a lot of guidance from her talented be performing on the Busking stage at father Mark. Now 21, Anna divides her Blues Fest next year and she also won a

mentoring package from Northern River Conservatorium. Hannah has music lessons with Melia Naughton and has been encouraged to write songs and enter various competitions. Already with great success, especially for a 13 year old. Hannah, who is in year 8 at Woodlawn, loves to perform and busks whenever she gets the chance. You may see her in the streets of Bangalow. She has just recorded her first EP at the Music Farm, Mullumbimby. It will be released later in October on CD & iTunes. She is planning, and looking forward to, a future of song writing and performing. Brian Sundstrom *The NCEIA(North Coast Entertainment Industry Association) was formed in 1991 by local musicians to promote and celebrate the regions rich music and performing arts industry. It includes artists from the Tweed down to Coffs Harbour.

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bottles, bangles and feeds Town 2479, Ate, Janot’s, Janot la Fritte - longtime residents of Bangalow will remember these names as restaurants situated in premises at No 33 Byron Street, Bangalow, but the dining history of this lovely old venue goes back over 40 years. To 1974 in fact, when a young refugee engineer from Sydney, Dennis Steel, and his wife, Sarndra, bought a property in Newrybar and, over a lovely meal with a neighbour, Barry Crooks, bemoaned the lack of places to dine in the area. Barry, from an old Broken Head family, had recently returned from living and studying in Paris for several years, was a good cook and at a loose end. By the time the three of them had killed several bottles of red they had decided to go into the eating game. First thing next morning they went into Bangalow, saw No 33 Byron Street and, seduced by the beautiful façade of the shop, bought it there and then for the massive sum of $7,000. ‘Bangles’, the centre of Bangalow’s nightlife, was born! There followed times of restoring furniture, sourcing handmade crockery and serving dishes, cleaning up the premises and, because Bangalow had no sewer back then, making hygiene arrangements

fillet etc – garlic was a big thing then. If at any time the cook was in need of a kitchen hand, there was always a hitchhiker out the front (remember this was the Pacific Highway in those days) who was happy to earn some cash. Some lifetime friends were made this way! Tipping might be in cash or some of the popular ‘home’ produce. The north coast has always been a musicians’ Mecca, and at this time Fowler’s Lane was host to the premier bands Cold Chisel, INSX, Jimmy and the Boys etc - there were always lots of people out for a good time, and ‘Bangles’ flourished. However, after about three years, restaurant fatigue set in and our entrepreneurs sold the building and the business. Barry went on later to open ‘Bangladesh’, further up Byron Street, and many years later, Dennis opened Makuti café on the ferry wharf at Iluka. Seems like food was still in the blood! So, from these pretty humble beginnings, Bangalow now has a wonderful ‘hatted’ restaurant at 33 Byron Street, thanks to another talented generation. Still miss the old ‘Bangles’ though! Lyn Binns

Town, the latest restaurant in the line begun by Bangles Photo by Judy Baker

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Gardens of time past: Ancient India Indian horticulture has a long tradition which is attested in ancient texts and scriptures and archaeological evidence. The earliest evidence of agriculture and permanent settlement has been dated to the 6th millennium BCE. One of the greatest earliest civilisations was found in the Indus Valley where by the mid third millennium there is evidence of dozens of large, well planned and engineered urban centres well superior to those of Egypt. By the beginning of the second millennium that civilization was in decline and a people coming from central Asia, the Indo-European speaking Aryan as they named themselves, arrived to take over. Texts as old as Vedas or later texts such as Arthasastra, Sukranitisara, Astanghahrdaya, Caraka Samhita and Brhatsamhita talk of the growing and cultivation of plants in precise scientific manner. Practices such as seed rearing, grafting, fertilising, pruning and the importance of a horticultural trained workforce raised to the standard of craftsmen is mentioned in these ancient texts. In the late first century BCE, King Asoka promoted the planting of Banyan trees for shade along highways and mango groves at regular interval for fruit consumption. He also established botanical and medicinal herb gardens. Pleasure gardens filled with climber-covered pergolas, lotus ponds and other ornamental features were well established by then. The use of plants in Ayurvedic medicine and the religious significance of plants had spurred researches in the horticultural sphere. Literary evidence shows that classification followed three distinct principles, botanical (udbhida), medicinal (virecanadi) and dietetic (annapanadi). The knowledge of plants included botany, pathology, physiology, nourishment, genetics and sexual reproduction, cultivation, taxonomy and nomenclature. Some of the more remarkable insights can be found in the texts of Parasa and Santiparva.

Banyan tree shading Goa, India

In his Vrksaurveda, Parasa mentions his detailed anatomical observation and description of the plant cell. In Ancient Indian Botany and Taxonomy Lalit Tiwari writes, “Parasara gives a more detailed study than Robert Hooke who discovered the cell in the 17th century. Parasara notes that the internal structure of the leaf consists of innumerable compartments, which are filled with sap. They are the storehouse of sap (rasasrayah) and covered by a boundary-cell wall or cellmembrane (kalavestana). The structure has five elemental principles (pancabhautika gunasamanvita) as well as a colouring principle (ranjakayukta), and can’t be visible to the naked eye. The thin boundary originates from a fluid (kalaladupajayate), which is called protoplasm by the modern botanists”. Santiparva was no less insightful in his explanation of the ascent of sap: “The tree sucks water from its base (root)

with the force, and along with air, water is drawn up the tree.” This will be a theory developed by Dixon and Joly On the Ascent of Sap in 1894. The texts on plant heredity found in Charaka and Susruta are very close Darwinian theory of 1800 years later. Ancient Indians pondered the question of consciousness. Manu deducted that, as living beings, plants had a consciousness, not comparable to animals but capable of perceiving pleasure and pain. Santiparva in Mahabharata goes on to explain that plants can touch and feel, and even have their own sense of smell and vision. This theory is only now being explored by modern science with experiments on plant communication and plant to plant interaction. For further reading go on www.facebook. com/Interactive.landscapes where I have posted my reference sources. Patrick Regnault, Registered Horticulturist MAIH

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sampling the afternoon tea generously donated by members of Bangalow CWA and Bangalow Landcare. The event raised $1,400 for Bangalow Landcare’s maintenance programme. Bangalow Land and Rivercare has been working on restoring the buffer zones along Byron Creek throughout

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raised money to help pay for facilities and support nurses’ salaries. Jan Hulbert (née Jarrett) reminisced about her brother Mervyn, born at the hospital 71 years ago. Born at just seven months gestation, he weighed 3 1/2 lbs and had to be fed with his mother’s expressed milk with an eyedropper every 1 1/2 hours. To keep him warm, he was placed on a sunny verandah during the day and at night, stones were heated to warm his crib. So tiny his mother carried him around on a pillow! Unfortunately Mervyn wasn’t able to be at the re-union.

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I’m always on the lookout for interesting people who I might be able to create a literary event for. When Gillian Wills appeared in the shop one day, introducing herself and espousing her memoirs, I was sufficiently taken by her engaging personality to agree to read her book. Of course, an engaging personality is no guarantee of a good book and this was a book where one of the main characters is a horse! I must confess at this point that I am not much of an animal lover and I declined to allow my children any pet that was larger than a guinea pig. A couple of falls from horses in my childhood sealed a relationship that was never going to be enduring. A copy of Elvis and Me duly arrived in the mail and I sat down to read it one Saturday afternoon. Well! I couldn’t put the book down; what on earth was this intelligent academic, writer, musician doing with this crazy ex-racehorse which should have gone to the knackers? This is the story of Gillian’s journey, when one day, out of the blue, she decided to fulfill a childhood dream to own a horse. And this is also a story about Elvis, an emaciated ex-racehorse who scored big time the day that Gillian arrived in his life but is arrogant enough to believe that Gillian was the lucky one. Written in a style which is very readable I found Gillian to be authentic and her honesty refreshing. I was surprised by some of the facts of the racing industry but less surprised by the personalities she described of the horsing fraternity and some of her amusing encounters with them. I laughed out loud, cried at the cruelty and cheered at the triumphs… an extremely captivating and enjoyable book. The Byron Shire Friends of the Libraries and Bookworms & Papermites invite you to an evening soiree at Heritage House where Gillian will be in conversation with Jesse Blackadder. Elvis is now a much loved and splendid looking horse and, at the time of writing, we are hopeful that Gillian may be able to bring him along for the event! You can meet Gillian on Thursday, 8 October at 5.30pm. A $5 booking fee includes a drink and nibbles on arrival. To confirm your place book at Bangalow Newsagency in person or phone with your Credit Card details (6687 1396). Carolyn Adams – Bookworms & Papermites

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also has a very beautiful work environment. Noel has several oyster leases on the Brunswick and Tweed rivers. These have different characteristics to suit stages of oyster growth and marketing. The ‘home lease’ is at Brunswick Heads, near the river

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mouth. This site is very good for spawning and the early stages of growth. Naturally spawned seed oysters are collected on floating tubes. Extra ‘seed oysters’ are bought at times from a hatchery. These are selected lines to maintain the genetics of local stock. As the oysters grow they are continually graded for size and they progress through catching racks, growing cylinders and frames. They are then moved to a lease further up the Brunswick River for on-growing, before a final fattening on the Tweed River. Oysters for sale are taken from the Tweed to depuration tanks to meet the NSW Food Authority standards. They are finally opened at a neighbouring Tweed River shed and come fresh to you at the markets the next day. You can buy the oysters raw (great with

Bangalow Farmers Market logo competition results announced! Tiki Rand of Knockrow submitted the winning entry and has won a $100 market voucher and a Farmers Market breakfast for herself and five friends to be cooked by Chef Gavin Hughes at the launch of our new logo. The entries were of a very high standard and Sammi Russell, the 14 year old runner up, is to be highly commended for her entry. Byron Farmers Market Inc is the umbrella organisation for both the Byron Bay and Bangalow Farmers Markets. The competition was held for a new logo for Bangalow Farmers Market to give it its own identity. The winning Logo is being slightly modified and will be on show in next month’s Heartbeat along with a report on the breakfast. Justin Telfer, Market Manager

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and women soccer talent in our town. This team is one of Bangalow’s success stories. Narelle Parker Photo: Maralyn Hanigan

Bangalow Designers’ Market The market took place this year on Saturday, 19 September at the school grounds. Congratulations to our local designers for organising another successful promotional event for their businesses. Di Martin Photo: Judy Baker

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Congratulations !! Bangalow Bluedogs Soccer Club Womens premier team, grandfinal winners for the last two years, did it again this year when they triumphed over arch rivals, Alstonville, with a 4-nil score on 20 September at Oaks Oval Lismore. Bangalow Bluedogs Soccer Club is a showcase club promoting, supporting and mentoring the amazing girls

On the third Saturday of the month Bangalow Land and Rivercare hold an information stall at the Bangalow Farmers Market. Please come up and talk with us about our work or any questions you have on regeneration of your own place. We have lots of resource material to give away. Noelene Plummer Photo: Judy Baker

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