9 TYPES OF GARDEN PATHS

Garden paths do more than just guide us from point A to point B; they invite us into a world of beauty, mystery, and tranquillity. The right path can transform a simple garden into a captivating journey through nature’s wonders. Here, we explore nine different types of garden paths, each offering a unique blend of aesthetic appeal and practicality.

Gravel Paths

Gravel paths exude a natural, understated beauty that complements cottage-style gardens with grace. They’re not only cost-effective but also relatively simple to install. The soft crunch underfoot adds a sensory pleasure to garden strolls. For a more refned look, bordering them with bricks or stones can elevate their charm signifcantly.

Paver Paths

Pavers present an array of design possibilities. The wide selection of colours and shapes available allows for customised patterns that can ft any garden theme, from formal to contemporary, making paver paths a favourite among landscapers.

Concrete Paths

Concrete paths cater to gardens with a modern or minimalist ethos. Available in poured or precast forms, they can be customised through stamping or dyeing, providing a sleek, uniform appearance that emphasises clean lines and geometric shapes.

Stepping Stone Paths

Stepping stones create a playful yet rustic path that encourages a leisurely exploration of the garden. Whether embedded in lush grass or nestled among sandy beds, these paths can seamlessly blend into both formal and informal landscapes, adding a touch of whimsy and wonder.

Flagstone Paths

For those seeking to create a garden path with natural charm and a sense of age, fagstones are an ideal choice. Their irregular shapes and varied sizes lend a rugged beauty to rustic or cottage gardens, inviting visitors to meander with anticipation.

Mulch Paths

For a garden path that blends seamlessly with its surroundings, mulch is an excellent choice. Though it requires more maintenance than some other materials, its soft texture and natural look make it ideal for woodland or naturalistic gardens.

Brick Paths

With their rich colours and versatile laying patterns—ranging from herringbone to straight lines—brick paths evoke a sense of timehonoured tradition. They are particularly suited to complementing traditional and colonial garden styles, offering durability and a classic appeal that never fades.

Wooden Boardwalks

Wooden boardwalks are reminiscent of serene beachside walks, perfect for coastal or woodland gardens. They offer a warm invitation to explore, gracefully navigating through damp or sandy areas with a sturdy, elevated surface.

Crushed Stone Paths

A more polished cousin to gravel, crushed stone offers stability underfoot with a refned appearance. It’s well-suited for formal gardens or those seeking a minimalist aesthetic, providing a clean, crisp pathway through green spaces.

Choosing the right path for your garden involves considering not only the style and atmosphere you wish to create but also practical aspects such as cost, maintenance, and installation requirements. Whether you’re drawn to the natural elegance of fagstone or the playful charm of stepping stones, the perfect garden path can enhance your outdoor space’s beauty and functionality, inviting visitors to discover the joys and serenity of your garden.

Funeral Notice

HUDSON, SHIRLEY ANN (Nee HENRY)

85 Years

Passed away 11TH March 2024, late of Casino, at Lismore Base Hospital, in the presence of her family.

Dearly and very much loved Wife of John (Dec).

Dearly and very much loved Mother and Mother -in -Law of Michael, Susan, Scott & Julia and Lynnette and John Halliday. Grandmother of Luke, Ashleigh and Matthew.

Great Grandmother of Ayla and Colten.

Sister and Sister-in-Law of Robert(Dec) & Fay Black.

Shirley will also be sadly missed by the members of her extended family and friends.

Relatives and Friends are invited to attend

Shirley’s Funeral Service will be held at the Casino Community Centre, Walker Street, Casino

On Monday 25th March 2024 Commencing at 10.30am Followed by a private cremation.

Warnings

See www.bom.gov.au/australia/warnings

Northern Rivers District:

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening.

Thursday. Cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a storm in the south. Light winds becoming southerly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Northern Tablelands District:

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the south, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a storm in the south in the afternoon and evening. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly during the day then tending northeast to southeasterly during the afternoon.

Thursday. Cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a storm. Winds southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h.

New South Wales:

Widespread showers across the eastern half, including the ranges, western slopes and plains where showers are likely to tend to areas of rain. Scattered showers elsewhere. Isolated storms possible across all but the far northeast and far west, most likely about the ranges and western slopes. Daytime temperatures above average in the northeast and below average elsewhere. Northeast to northwesterly winds in the east ahead of a cool and fresh southerly change spreading across the state. A cool, strong and gusty southerly change moving along southern and central parts of the coast during the day.

Thursday. Scattered showers and isolated storms possible across the northeast quarter. Scattered showers possible elsewhere in the east. Dry and mostly sunny in the west. Daytime temperatures below average. South to southeasterly winds, becoming fresh easterly about the ranges and western slopes. Fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds along central and northern parts of the coast.

Byron Coast:

Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Coffs Harbour. Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres. Weather: Mostly sunny. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a storm.

Coffs Coast:

Winds: North to northeasterly 15 to 20 knots. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres south of Coffs Harbour. Swell: Easterly 1 to 1.5 metres. Weather: Mostly sunny. 60% chance of showers. The chance of a storm.

Gold Coast Waters: Winds: Southeasterly 15 to 20 knots turning easterly during the evening. Seas: Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore. Swell: Easterly 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore. Weather: Mostly sunny.

BROOME

By Baiden Forster

My name is Baiden Forster and I recently committed to “Run to combat suicide in Australia” fundraising operated by The Shaka Project, a not-for-proft organisation.

The motivation for this commitment is the impact suicide has had on myself, family and friends. Last year my younger brother lost his good friend at the young age of 14. Another one of my brothers has endured his own battle with depression, as have I.

I chose this running challenge as I fnd running promotes good physical health and it’s a mental test to be able to stay motivated to complete the monthlong challenge. I put my cause on social media to rally support. My aim was for $1000 and at the moment I have raised $2350. This past week I was presented by the

Secretary of the Evans Head Old Boys, Gary McDonald with a muchappreciated donation of $250 at Club Evans.

The biggest surprise doing this challenge has been the amount of support and stories I have encountered from other people in the community who have also been personally impacted by suicide. This past week we experienced loss within our football club with the passing of a mate; and our local community lost another young friend. All of this emphasises the need for support from mates and has motivated me more to complete this challenge.

My football club, the Evans Head Bombers are planning to dedicate the profts from their regular Thursday night raffes (with additional prizes) on 4th April at the Evans Head Bowling Club to this cause.

15.03.2024 BALLINA

MAHJONG

1. Barbara Ellan, 2. Joy Lowien, 3. Lisa

Wong, 4. Coral Lavelle, 5. Sally Lowry, 6. Kathy Pickles, 7. Vanessa Reynolds, 8. Valda McLerie, 9. Ramsay Roper, Cindy Smith, 11., Pauline Kearney, 12. Lesley Ritchie, 13. Carol Meyer, 14. Jane Fenech, 15. Val Heinritz, Gail McDonagh, 17. June Greenaway, 18. Wendy Thornton, 19. Yvonne Weddup, 20. Pauline Bolte, 21. Gladys

D’Anna, Susan Allan, 23. Linda Lloyd, 24. Susan Scott, 25. Lynda Lovett, 26. Jan Henley, 27. Kath Hubbard, 28. Shirley Coleman, 29. Diana Auret, 30. Lorna Simpson.

Casino Social Golf Results

17-03-2024

The 2 ball Mexican stableford was won by Trevis Jenkins & Wayne Jackson with a score of 54 points. The players draw went to Vinny. Nearest to pins:1st, 5th & 6th, T.Jenkins. 2nd & 3rd, W.Jackson. 4th, Vinny. 7th, G.Shephard. 17th, G.Randall. 18th, G.Skennar. Next Sunday’s event sponsored by Newstead Automotive Services Casino Will be a single stroke on the bottom 10 holes and visitors are welcome to play with hit off from 6-30am till 7-30am.

CASINO WOMENS BOWLS RESULTS

On Wednesday 13/3 there were 2 rinks of social bowls & the result was:

The winners for the day were Nancy Moran,

Annette James & Mary Mead who def Marlene Jordan, Raelene Skirrey & Ivy Watson The other rink winners were Denise Grice, Jan Cooke & Maria Hellyar who def Judy Carthew, Denise Skinner & Helen Lavelle.

New members are welcome, we play on Wednesdays from 9.00am to midday at the RSM club.

CHERRY STREET

CROQUET CLUB

SPORTS RESULTS

ASSOCIATION

CROQUET :

R.Chapman 18 d

D.Simmons M.Donati

10, G.Drew P.Waters 19 d G.Porter 14

RICOCHET CROQUET :

B.Bill N.Poynting 11 d

P.Scott M.Russell 6

P.Waters N.Barnes

19 d C.Woodlands

R.Chapman 5

W.Gilmore 10 d

R.Offey J.Hannigan 9

P.Bolte J.Doust 17 d

B.Wellings B.Waters 9 Club Championships

Handicap Singles

R.Poynting 12 d

D.Scott 11

PENNANTS :

Cherry Street 9 d Byron Bay 1

Casino 7 d Lismore 3 Alstonville 7 d Ballina 3

TOURNAMENTS :

Australian Mens Association Croquet Singles Championships

R.Fletcher 1, S.Forster 2, S.Pearce 3.

Mike Gidding Ballina

9th & winner Y Div.

Margaret Mitchell Memorial Association

Handicap Doubles :

M.Campbell & C.Parker 1, P.Waters & R. Chapman 2, J.Hughes & P.Behrens 3, V.Smith & G.Porter 4.

Sawtell Ricochet Tournament

Block A K.Munro 2, R.Mulvaney 2, P.Deeth 3, D.Scott 4 .

Block B H.Chalmers 1, P.Scott 2, W.Forbes 3

C.Brooks 4.

Croquet for Kids commences 9th April 4pm.

Free Lessons, All equipment supplied.

Age Required 10 years plus.

Contact Robyn Poynting 0414700512

CORAKI VETERANS GOLFRESULTS

THURSDAY 14/3/24

52 golfers played nthe single stableford winner S Ormond, 2nd P Bruggy, 3rd T McBurney, free game P Smith, chicken/ball winners W Swindle, G FDlaherty, S Dawson, J Savins, A Ganter, S

Toms, M Fairfull, T Doyle, D Vagne, D Knox, G O,Connor, W Lunnon, R Gacioppa, J Nilsson. Nearest pins 3rd/12th R Mackay, 6th/15th R Mackay. This Thursday will be another single stableford event commencing with a shot gun start at 8.00am.

AS USUAL TILL THEN GOOD

Golfing

Evans Head Womens Bowls

Fours Championship

Semi Finals played 13-03-24

L. Vidler, A. Eyles, G. Marczan, M. Carey defeated B. Hancock, I. Bale, L. Hayes, P. Freeman.

T. Bell, K. Hickey, J. Fernance, K. Robson defeated V. Forshaw, K. Townsend, V. Hart, E. Gollan.

By Tim Howard

Lawerence skipper

Nathan Ensbey had his hands all over his team’s 199-run win over Tucabia Copmanhurst in the CRCA preliminary fnal at the weekend.

Ensbey fell just three runs short of a century as he inspired his team to 8/322 and then helped secure the win with a pair of stumpings as his team roared to a decisive win.

Ensbey fell in the penultimate over of the Lawrence innings, caught by Kyle Hancock from the bowling of Jaxon Moran, searching for the three runs to bring up his ton.

Despite the disappointment of missing a milestone, he has the satisfaction of leading to his team to a massive total that dominated the rest of the game.

After being on the receiving end of a fnals lesson from Harwood in the qualifying fnal, Lawrence showed it was capable of dishing it out.

After winning the toss and batting, opener Ben Hill, 58, made sure his team didn’t squander the opportunity.

Left arm bowler Dylan Lucas made a couple of early breakthroughs, but Hill and the middle order put together a series of partnerships that blunted the Tucabia bowling.

Luke Maloney 33, and Doug Harris 32 batted steadily with Hill to ensure the Lawrence total was . Ensbey, batting at number six, rammed home the advantage.

Aided by a stubborn tail Ensbey built the total to 7/274 at stumps on Saturday.

Resuming at 72no, he and Chris Townson, 29no, took the total past 300 but were running out of time for the skipper to get his 100.

Townson found himself on strike with two overs left in the innings but was unable to get his skipper on strike until the ffth ball of the over, when Ensbey lost his wicket.

It was the only downside for Lawrence, who never relinquished control of the game.

Lucas, 3/84 bowled 30 overs for those numbers and Matt Pigg 2/44, was tight, but Tucabia couldn’t follow up on Lucas’s two early wickets and Harwood continued to build handy partnerships between wickets.

Tucabia started slowly gambling on keeping wickets in hand and hoping to pick up the pace later.

But it never eventuated. Tucabia struggled to 50 for the loss of just one wicket, but that milestone proved an illusion.

They lost wickets at 50, 53, 55 and 63, which effectively ended the game as a competition.

Rohan Hackett, 15 and Travis Anderson, 21, battled hard and Derek Woods had a bright cameo of 19no as wickets tumbled.

In the end it became a matter of by how much Lawrence would win and it was a handsome margin.

Jarrod Ensbey was easily the pick of the bowlers with 4/30 from

19 overs.

Anderson chimed in with two wickets at the end – the stumpings by Ensbey – and Darby Rouse fnished the game, bowling Moran for a duck.

The Harwood/ Lawrence grand fnal makeup shouldn’t surprise anyone.

The Lawrence outft contains several players, including its skipper, who learned their cricket at Harwood, which has prided itself on consistently playing fnals cricket.

The Harwood formula, bat long, bowl tight and build scoreboard pressure, is easy to say but harder to do.

The approach makes winning the toss vital and puts pressure on both teams to have a plan B if the coin falls the wrong way. Both skippers, Ben McMahon for Harwood and Ensbey will be key players. Both relish big matches and hold key roles in the team apart from their captaincy.

McMahon, who scored two centuries during the season and consistently takes big wickets with his fast-medium bowling could be the difference between the two sides.

But it will be a game of attrition with both sides fghting for each run and determined to seize any advantage they can.

Which is just what you want to see in a grand fnal.

The game begins at 12.30pm on Saturday and 10.25am on Sunday at Ellem Oval, Grafton.

Rainbow Dragons (Lennox Head Ballina) had a fantastic weekend of fun, ftness, friendship and competitive racing at Grafton Dragon Boat Club’s regatta, and came home with three trophies.

Eight boats raced in steamy 30+o conditions in Saturday’s 6km Around the Island (Peanut) Marathon where Rainbows won 3rd place. The resulting times were wide ranging with the top three teams under 31minutes whilst the eighth boat was 9 minutes slower.

Sunday’s 200m sprint race placings were based on total times over two heats which meant a crew could look good in a heat, but not be guaranteed a place. Race conditions were blustery too which impacted on the times.

However, the Women 10s and Open10s teams managed the conditions well coming home with a frst place and third place respectively.

Rainbows’ head coach, Mary Davis said “Lots of comments were made about how well the Rainbow teams looked on the water with their smooth, synchronized stroking. This is something the teams have been training hard to perfect.”

Now, the club wishes the very best to eight Rainbows and a Ballina Dragons who have been selected in the Northern Region team for the Region v Region competition, at NSW State Championships in Sydney on Sunday 7th April.

They have all trained hard to get there.

Shakyia and The Gambrill Family

We would like to thank the Old Boys Of Evans Head for helping Shakyia reach her Goals of getting to Next Gen Down Under 2024.

Shakyia 15 has been a part of the cheerleading community since 2017 and is currently on the Mega Cheerleading

Worlds Level 5 team and will travel with to Disney land Florida in 2025 to compete on the World Stage against many teams.

Over the Next 12 months Shakyia will be fundraising for her Road To Worlds Journey and will be awesome if our local communities can get behind her and help get her there.

Thank you again.