Richmond Valley Regional Job Precinct

The draft master plan for the Richmond Valley Regional Job Precinct has been released and is on display for public review and comment.

The draft master plan has been developed by the NSW Government, specialist planners and technical experts, in close consultation with Richmond Valley Council, with the aim of establishing a clear planning framework for industrial growth and to create highly skilled jobs on the North Coast.

The draft master plan is focussed on industrial development at Nammoona, the existing Casino Food Co-op, and around the Cassino Drive industrial estate in Casino.

Community information sessions: In-person community information sessions will be held in Casino and Evans Head from 21 –23 February 2024.

There is no need to register for these information sessions, simply pop in, the details are:

• Session 1:

Wednesday 21 February 2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Casino Community Centre, 35 Walker Street, Casino

• Session 2:

Thursday 22 February 2024, 4:00pm to 6:00pm, Casino Community Centre’ 35 Walker Street, Casino

• Session 3: Friday 23 February 2024, 10:30am to 12pm, Evans Head Library, 19 Woodburn Street, Evans Head

Download the draft Richmond Valley Regional Job Precinct masterplan and have your say follow the link https://www. planningportal.nsw. gov.au/draftplans/ richmondvalleyRJP

Submissions close on 10 March 2024

A portrait of a rural family’s life in hard times

Title: Spuds, Rabbits and Flour Bags

Author: Joy Rainey

Price: $36.95

Publisher: Shawline

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Samantha Elley ere are many of us who would love the opportunity to sit down with our older relatives and have them open up about their lives before we were born. ere is humour, sadness, joy and courage in the telling of these real life stories of a large farming family of 12 children. e era covered is 1920 to 1946 and Joy weaves in her childhood memories, gaining understanding from the adults of the time.

In Spuds, Rabbits and Flour Bags, Joy Rainey had that opportunity, staying faithful to the conversations she had with her mother and aunts and uncles about their lives as potato farmers and growing up through the Depression of the 1930s and World War Two.

Written in her beautiful, lyrical style, Joy delves into the memories of her family members to help paint a picture for the reader, of the times and di culties they faced.

Joy’s family grew potatoes and sowed crop to feed their animals. Reject potatoes were used for the family.

And while there was a rabbit plague, the meat gave them a protein supplement to many of their meals.

And as for the our bags, they were recycled in a time where the cost of living was tough. It was not unusual to have a pillow case made from a our bag.

Joy Rainey grew up in the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria.

She studied social work and psychology at the University of Melbourne, where Joy published a number of professional papers.

She has held seven solo art exhibitions and gained notable awards for her talents.

A collector from way back, the author’s interests include family stories, Australian plants, bantam poetry and objects of interest and beauty. She lives with her husband in the Ranges of Melbourne.

You can order your copy of Spuds, Rabbits and Flour Bags from shawlinepublishing. com.au