Bangalow Heartbeat November 2012

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Cock-a-hoop We all feel proud when show time rolls around. Enter your best cake, your favourite chutney and what’s blooming in your garden. And it’s a great place to meet friends and to take out-of-town visitors. See p.3.

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editorial It’s time to keep a close check our diaries for the coming festive season, which nowadays spreads over November and December. This issue of Heartbeat brings you a host of activities to be fitted into your November schedule. These include the wonderful Bangalow Show, celebrations for Melbourne Cup Day and Greek Day, movies, book launches and more solemn occasions for Remembrance Day and the re-dedication of the lich gate at the Bangalow Cemetery. We also bring you a sneak preview of December events.

Those feeling weary in advance might like to take a look at our Health and Wellbeing pages which provide some helpful tips.

In this issue we also provide more information on the Wetlands Project and background on The Buttery’s programs, amongst many other features. And what many have been waiting for; fabulous photos from the BCCC’s Party at the Moulin Rouge and the Sample Food Festival. Photos also in our Streetscape series, this month featuring Keith Street, one of Bangalow’s oldest. Di Martin

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Spider Flower (Cleome hassleriana) This flower is an old fashioned favourite which is regaining popularity. It is native to South America and grows very well in our climate on the North Coast.

Spider flowers do well in sun or part shade and grow to about 1 m tall with quite attractive spirally arranged leaves.

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After flowering, a large number of elongated seed pods develop, not unlike spider legs which gives the plant its name.

They’re a very useful plant to fill in spaces in the garden or planted in borders mixed in with other plants. Older plants do develop short thorns so care needs to be taken with them. They are an annual and self seed very easily, some would say much too easily, so there are always heaps of small seedlings to pass Team: Judy Baker, Marika Bryant, Hart, Lyn onEditorial to other gardeners.

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it’s showtime!

On Friday, 16 and Saturday, 17 November, the most beautiful showgrounds on the north coast will be full to the brim with all the colours and sounds that reflect the diversity of our wonderful community, at the 113th annual Bangalow Show.

As part of the celebrations of this long and proud tradition, the theme of the Show is ‘Year of the Farmer’. Many of the sections in the pavilion have included new classes to enter, specifically for the Year of the Farmer.

A bouquet of ‘unloved Farmers’ Friends’ or weeds in the horticulture or a weathervane in the craft section are two examples. Of course, the actual show theme section is packed with challenges, from making a three minute DVD, constructing a garment from either farm produce or recycled materials or making insects that farmers love, such as ladybirds.

This area is renowned for its produce and the Bangalow Show will be showcasing some of our hand-picked local providores

in a ‘Gourmet Row’, between the Moller Pavilion and the Lions Barbecue area.

Chefs from two of this area’s best known restaurants, Katrina and Karl from Town and Shannon from Harvest in Newrybar, will be performing cooking demonstrations between the hours of 11 and 2pm and taster plates made up of these delicacies will be available.

New events include the Bush Poets Breakfast where there will be sure to be plenty of tall tales and true over a cup of tea and some damper on Saturday morning at 9am beside the main ring. A ‘Ute Push’ on Saturday afternoon will test the strength of teams made up of four blokes pushing the ute, one girl steering the ute and a dog in the back as they attempt to move the vehicle 70 metres.

Musicians from Ballina Country Music will be performing on Saturday in the entertainment area in front of the Poultry Pavilion, where you will also find the

poultry, caged birds, ducks and geese. This area of the showgrounds is also home to an exhibition of alpacas and the extremely popular guinea pig competition. This is a ‘happening’ little area!

Other entertainers include the Crack-Up Sisters who have performed at the Calgary Stampede in Canada twice and have again been invited back next year. A baby animal zoo, face painters, magicians, Steve’s Reptile World and barefoot gypsies will all be there alongside the sideshow alley.

The finale of the 2012 Show is the Hooves of Thunder performance, followed by the fireworks. Sixteen very skilled horsemen from the district will be executing a synchronised drill to music, a performance that is roughly twenty minutes long and not to be missed! Karen Ryan, Show Secretary Entry fee $10 adults, $5 students and pensioners and under 12 years are free. The Showgrounds are alcohol free for the duration of the Show, apart from the designated area.

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Hundreds of local residents turned out for the annual Big Scrub Rainforest Day on Sunday, 16 September, which this year was held in Bangalow, down near Bangalow Weir.

Big Scrub Landcare hosted the full day of activities. The event provided a forum for community members from across the Northern Rivers to come together to control weeds, replant and restore the park by revegetation and build awareness of all the help and information available to residents in their everyday efforts to support the environment. The program included children’s entertainment, a rainforest planting workshop and education sessions.

Several local environmental organisations had stalls, offering competitions, information, surveys and the opportunity to ask questions and volunteer to get more involved.

The event was opened by Roy and Auntie June, representing the Widjabul people, who gave a wonderful welcome to country in their native tongue. There were several information sessions and workshops, before everyone rolled their sleeves up, grabbed a shovel and got their hands dirty! It was a great success - organisers estimate that 700 native plants were planted by local people, along the creek by Bangalow Weir, with three access paths down to the water incorporated into the plan. The replanting helps to re-establish the native Big Scrub vegetation to Bangalow and restore the creekside to its former glory.

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Rebirth of the wetlands “The guys did a fantastic job! They have shown themselves to be conservationists, not just workers. And their efforts have helped bring the promise of better biodiversity to Bangalow.”

This is how Dave Pont of Bangalow Landcare describes the team of council workers who helped bring together the redevelopment of the Bangalow wetlands.

The work is still continuing but the redevelopment of the Bangalow wetlands is nearly complete. It’s been ongoing since the beginning of August, when the team first came together. Mark, Ben, Troy and Greg made up the council

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works team. “Some people may just see big guys in fluoro jackets driving heavy machinery,” jokes Dave. “But the reality is they’ve brought about some simple yet beautiful changes which promise some significant improvements in the delicate biodiversity of the wetlands area.”

What sort of changes can we expect?

Well, the wetlands area is changing week by week as the planting of native aquatic plants continues and these plants grow and spread.

The team’s focus was to rebuild the area and maximise its biodiversity. Mark Gapps, the Works Supervisor, has a wealth of experience in this area, having worked for the council for 25 years on such projects. He focussed the team’s efforts on developing the initial Council plans to ensure that the site was designed and constructed to optimise the wetlands’ ability to treat the storm water from Bangalow’s streets.

The storm water enters the wetlands via a pipe. The team helped to design the wetlands area to ensure that as the water flows from the pipe through the wetlands, it spreads around the base of the plants, sediments settle to the bottom, watertreating bacteria establish themselves in the slow moving shallow water, and a natural, living filter is created to treat this polluted water.

The water flows slowly through the living filter created by the wetlands to a depth of about 200mm and ultimately flows into the creek. It was therefore also important to the team to ensure that

the wetlands design helped improve the flow of clean water into the creek by limiting soil run-off into the creek. It’s for this reason that they’ve put in place hay bales and silt fences and also rock fillways along the creek bank to support the new construction. All of this was with NSW Fisheries approval.

The team showed sensitivity to the environment, thinking through the potential positive impacts of the change and translating the Council’s plans on this basis. It is envisaged that there will be an increase in the number of water dragons, as well as birds and frogs. And look out for more platypus! The females love to gather the leaves of the native aquatics that have been planted and then take them back to the burrow to use them as nesting material, so as the plants grow, we should see more and more native wildlife.

“We’re delighted with the result!” says Dave. And they’re not the only ones apparently – lots of local Bangalow residents have approached the team to thank them for their efforts. The plants are still only young and there is still some planting going on, but community members can already visualise how it will look when the plants are fully grown and the area is green and lush.

So, next time you see a big guy in a fluoro jacket down by the wetlands, go over and say hello! Thanks to their efforts, we can look forward to a greener, cleaner wetlands area for Bangalow. Vicky King

Bangalow Cup The 2012 Frank Scarrabelotti Memorial Bangalow Cup was run and won at Ballina Racecourse on Monday, 12 October and 200 Bangalownians had a great time. The Cup was sponsored for the first time by the Bangalow Hotel and won by the hot favourite Reece. First prize in the Calcutta was won by David and Deb Daniel and their friends Dick and Liz from Canberra and was an apt reward for David’s help in organising the event.

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Bangalow’s new record label Sally Schofield reports on her recent interview with Bianca Lindstom and Sam Cutler about their new record label, Dragging Canoe.

Jeff Beck once reportedly quipped the best way to have longevity in the music industry is to get out of the music industry. Bianca couldn’t agree more. The former Sony BMG (Queensland) staffer left the impersonal machinations of big cities and big record labels behind to strike out on her own in the seemingly unlikely location of Bangalow. “I moved down from Brisbane a few years ago to get away from the music industry... I’d lost my passion,” says the self-confessed rock lover who was spoon-fed Jancis Joplin as a baby.

A fateful Bluesfest gig by local teenager Shae O’Toole reignited Bianca’s love of music and opened the young entrepreneur’s eyes – and ears – to the potential of the Byron Shire music scene. Pairing up with former Rolling Stones tour manager, Sam Cutler, the duo aim to meld experience, technology and passion to give emerging artists a holistic experience. “One of the things we are doing, which major record companies don’t do anymore, is my role – artist and repertoire, ” says Sam. “Dragging Canoe is actually the tribal name of one of my distant ancestors, who was part Cherokee Indian,” reveals Bianca. “As a child, he wanted to go to war along with his father and grandfather. They said, “If you can carry a canoe to the other side of the river, you can come to war with us.” But he couldn’t carry it, he could only drag it, and so he earned the name Dragging Canoe.” And he went on to be a big chief of the Cherokees in Tennessee.”

Thanks go to Sharon Rudgley and all the race and activity sponsors for the day listed below. See you all again next year!

Greg Nash.

Cup sponsors were: Coopers Shoot Orchards, Herne’s Butchery, Bangalow Guesthouse, Cedar Grove Consulting, Bangalow Real Estate, GNF Bangalow, Byron Bay Pork, Bangalow Bowling & Sports Club, Bangalow RFC, Windhorse Gallery, Millar & More, Eden Country Store, Hudson Management Services, Bangalow Limousines and Jenner’s Bobcat Hire.

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community noticeboard Red Cross report September was a really pleasing month for our members. Our fund-raising efforts were very well rewarded – especially our collection at the Public School election booth. Our thanks to those lovely folk who took a moment from working out who should run this Shire and gave generously to the Red Cross.

Our next meeting is Friday, 2 November at 10am at the RSL Hall. All welcome.

We will be holding our annual Christmas street stall on Saturday, 1 December from 8am. On sale will be all kinds of delicious and useful gifts to help with the Christmas shopping. We will also hold our much-prized raffle of a bountiful hamper.

You’ve got to be in it to win it! Stop by and say hello to the ladies of the Red Cross. Stephanie King

Travelling Flicks Crossfire Hurricane, the new documentary by Academy Award-nominee Brett Morgan commemorates one of the most successful bands of all time, The Rolling Stones, on its 50th anniversary. Following its recent world premiere at the London Film Festival, it will screen at Bangalow A&I Hall on Saturday, 3 November.

Doors open at 7.30. Popcorn, chai and chocolates before the film. Tickets from Barebones.

Also, another splendid evening at

Newrybar dinner/ movie night to help raise funds for the Newrybar Community Hall will be held on Saturday, 1 December. For details and ticketing please see: www.travellingflicks.com Enquiries: 6687 4424 or 0423 275 356 Noel Jeffries

Museum and Tea Room There is so much happening down this end of town prior to the ‘Silly Season’. Check out the happenings and get ready to be informed and entertained.

Ochi Day: Sunday, 4 November at 12 noon.

Traditional Greek buffet catered

by The Cyprus Tree restaurant. $50 p/p at12 noon. BYO. Members and volunteers $35 p/p. Music, dancing and more with a blue and white theme. Bookings by Friday, 2 November.

Melbourne Cup Lunch: Tuesday, 6 November. High Tea buffet, BYO, $30 per head. Watch race on TV. Sweeps, games and prizes. Enjoy a great afternoon on our beautiful verandah.

Bookings essential.

General Meeting of Historical Society: Saturday, 10 November, 2-4pm. Afternoon tea provided.

Guest Speaker is Sheldon Harrington, Original Elder of Bundjalung Nation who will talk about his background, his art, and looking after the environment. Sheldon has done the artwork for the new wetland park opposite the museum. All

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Sunday Market Breakfast: 25 November from 8am. Juices, muesli, sausages, bacon, eggs, tomato, mushrooms, spinach, savoury muffins, toast, tea/ coffee. Please join us at the Museum. This is a fundraiser for new verandah furniture.

Book Launch: Saturday, 8 December at 2.30pm. A real insight to the beginnings of Bangalow, the town Street Stall: Saturday, 17 December from 8 - 11 am.

Delicious home cooked cakes, jams and relishes. Donations appreciated.

Membership: If you would like to become a member of the Historical Society and support or have some input into your local museum, please visit and fill out our membership application form. The cost is $15 per year which enables you to attend our numerous outings and events at a discounted rate plus receive our newsletters which keep you up to date with what is happening. The museum is a local community facility run by volunteers and is a great place to meet new friends and have a lot of fun.

Wendy Grissell

Bangalow Business Women’s Networking Group Yummy buffet breakfast for only $20, inspiring and educational guest speaker, door prizes and

fabulous networking Date: Thursday, 8 November Time: 7.30am - 9.00am at the Tearoom.

All new members warmly welcomed. Tickets can be purchased at stickytickets.com. au/9525. ‘Like’ our Facebook page wwww.facebook.com/ bangalow.business.womens. networking. Information: 6686 8413.

Teresa Bassham

Draft Northern Rivers Catchment Action Plan The new Catchment Action Plan for the Northern Rivers (CAP2) will set priorities for investment in natural resource management projects over the next decade from Port Macquarie to Tweed Heads and west to the New England Tablelands.

Residents and landowners, and anyone interested in the future management of our natural resources, are invited to find out more about the draft plan which will be on public exhibition until 9 November, 2012. The plan can be viewed or downloaded at www.yoursay.northern.cma.nsw. gov.au.

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Natural Death Centre The Natural Death Centre will host their annual Day of the Dead events on 9 - 11 November.

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can offer a greater perspective into what is possible. Petrea King, Dr Joanne Doran, Zenith Virago and Joe Sehee (from US) will speak at a forum Friday night at the Byron Community Centre and conduct workshops on Saturday at the Mullumbimby Civic Centre. On Sunday, a ceremony of remembrance will be held in Heritage Park, Mullum.

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Remembrance Day on Sunday, 11 November 2012 Bangalow Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia will be conducting a Remembrance service at the cenotaph outside the RSL Memorial Hall, Station Street, at 10.45 a.m. All serving/exservice personnel and the general public are invited to attend. Enquiries to secretary Col 6624 5560 or 0408 440 243.

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CWA news The CWA ladies will be serving a Devonshire Tea at the Bangalow Show. They will be making the scones from scratch at the A&I Hall kitchen from 9 till 4 on Saturday, 17 November. For only $5 you will get freshly baked scones and a bottomless cup of tea. Join us on the verandah or take away.

All welcome.

Sue Gow

Bangalow Networking Breakfast Bangalow Networking Breakfast for men and women will be held at TOWN Bangalow on Thursday, 22 November and our Christmas luncheon at LILIANA’S Possum Creek on Wednesday, 12 December. Bookings are essential. Phone 0412 475 453 or email rosemarie@ byronand beyondnetworking. com.au or go to www. byronandbeyondnetworking. com.au.

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Bangalow Pony Club celebrates 50 years Since its humble beginnings in 1962, Bangalow Pony Club has provided hundreds of young riders and their mounts with instruction, guidance and support in many different areas of the equestrian discipline.

The club has enjoyed a strong tradition of outstanding competition results and seen many of its riders progress beyond Pony Club to regional, state and national level in dressage, show jumping, camp drafting, showing and polocrosse.

The club welcomes any past members, family and friends to celebrate this momentous occasion with a spit roast dinner and band on Saturday, 23 November from 6pm at the Bangalow Showground. Tickets are available at Barebones,

Bangalow or Newrybar Produce ($25 adult and $10 child or student). Enquiries to Peter Hill ph 6684 7495.

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Uniting Church fair The Bangalow Uniting Church will be holding its very popular Fair Trade Fair outside the church in Station Street on Saturday, 24 November at 8am. There will be Fair Trade products, crafts, tea, coffee and cakes. It’s a great opportunity to do some fun and ethical Christmas shopping. Lisa Sharpe

Book launch Reclaiming Joy: Living well with chronic illness contains intimate stories from a small group of locals transformed by adversity. It provides tools, tips and insights as we journey with them to their current place of empowerment and fulfillment.

The book will be launched at 3pm on Sunday, 25 November at the Yogalates Studio in Bangalow. Afternoon tea and champagne provided. Enquiries 6687 1648. Ruth Winton-Brown

A very crafty Christmas Sew & Tell presents a very crafty Christmas at the A&I Hall on Saturday, 8 December from 9 till 1.30. There will be a diverse array of crafty goods for sale including everything from handmade journals, children’s

clothes and home-wares, textiles, stenciling and felting to applique, painting, jewelry, handmade cards and wrapping paper, and sew much more.

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KIC committee opportunity Over the past 10 years Kids in Community has played an active role in recognising the outstanding contribution to our community by children aged between 14 -23 years old. The work of our committee through the year culminates in a yearly awards night that gives children the opportunity to be publicly recognised for their amazing efforts.

Recently the last original founding committee member retired and her tireless efforts will be greatly missed. If you feel that you would like to be a part of our wonderful organisation please contact either Des Kelly on 0410 076 868 or Chris Jeffery on 0401 747 247 Chris and Katrina Jeffery

New mountain bike trail Byron Bay Farmstay co-manager Ivan Holland has opened a 2.5 km mountain bike trail on private property on the Bangalow – Byron Bay road. It is open to the public. The Regional Tourism Product Development Funding Program contributed to funding and International Mountain Biking Australia helped with design and construction. eds

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the beginnings of bangalow On Saturday, 8 December at 2.30pm this fascinating book, Thomas and Charlotte Robinson and their families 1780-2010.

Bandon Grove to Bangalow and beyond, will be launched by our local member Don Page at the Bangalow Museum. Author Lyndy Cracknell (great great grand-daughter of Thomas and Charlotte Robinson) and her family will be present and copies will be available for sale. Afternoon tea is provided for a gold coin donation.

On 28 July 1881, Thomas Robinson was given a land grant of 500 acres in the county of Rous, parish of Byron. He went home to Dungog to enlist some help. William Barby, the 14 year-old neighbour’s son, and Jack Robinson, Tom’s half-brother, agreed to come to Byron Creek to work for him. They cleared a single track from Jarrett’s farm at Newrybar to Tom’s 500 acres bordered by Maurie’s Creek, Paddy’s Creek and Byron Creek. It was about 10 Lyndy Cracknell miles long and took them two weeks. The scrub was so thick it was said you could walk from Ballina to the Brunswick River without seeing the sun.

When they had a house built, and enough land cleared to feed a cow, Thomas went back to Dungog to collect his family: Charlotte, his wife of 10 years, and four children, Mary, Kate, Bill and ‘Dolly’ (Eliza

Emma).

Charlotte became the area’s midwife and nurse, never losing a patient. Her daughter Mabel was the first white child born in Byron Creek. It is said she chose the name of Bangalow for the town as

she loved the Bangalow palms everywhere. Tom started the first dairy, built the first creamery on his land, cleared a cricket pitch and hosted cricket competitions for the district.

He leased George Reading land to build his shop, helped build the first school on Avoca Hill, cleared the first 10 acres at Byron Creek and donated land for the Masonic Lodge. Their farm ‘Sunnyside’ on the Lismore Road hosted church services of every denomination for the first ten or more years of the settlement. Together they reared eight children, a wonderful family. They retired to their newlybuilt home, ‘Byron’ at 17 Charlotte Street in 1907.

Robinson, Charlotte and Thomas Streets are part of the original farm.

The lovely cedar font in All Souls Church was donated by the family in memory of Charlotte, the wonderful pioneer, mother and midwife, after her death in April 1907. Thomas died in 1922. Their grave with black granite obelisk is in Bangalow cemetery.

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ukes at the bowlo Have you seen the sign at the Bowlo – Uke Night Wednesday 7pm? Perhaps you’ve always wanted to have a go, strumming along to popular tunes or joining a group for a bit of fun? Judy Baker went along to find out more.

‘Stukelele’ they call him, or Stu for short.

Stuart Eadie is a muso from way back, learning piano, drums and guitar at 13, then going on to become a drummer and playing in numerous bands (Clouds, The Whitlams, still a member of Karma County). Three years ago he was given a ukulele as a Father’s Day present. Within six months he was teaching at Mullum public school and then began the first of four ukulele courses for the Byron Community College. At the end of the courses the students were asking, “So where do we go now?”, so Stu began the Mullum Uke Club on Monday nights as a way of creating an affordable weekly meeting place for people who enjoy the group strum.

He’s hoping to attract people further south, Lismore and surrounds to Bangalow. “We seem to have a regular ten at the moment, but there’s always room for more,” Stu said.

“The original concept was to create a uke orchestra. Working with Peter Haddock, a seasoned multi instrumentalist, helping me with direction and creating some sheet music, we chose some instrumental pieces and a bunch of good ‘ol knee slappin’ singalong tunes. We are extending ourselves

by playing melodies, learning to read and play tabs. It’s as much a challenge for me as anyone. Everyone is welcome as long as you don’t use the words “I can’t play that.”

It’s a balancing act to remain inclusive of all skill levels and keep everyone involved.

The tricks I’ve found are: the song choice;

keeping it fun and giving the hard parts to the people who are up for it. The ultimate goal is to find the keen beans among the group and to create an hour of material which we can perform (without having to read sheets of music).”

And are they planning any public performances? “That’s the plan,” said Stu. “As it is a big group I foresee us doing the odd appearance for special events. Let’s see how good we become.”

If you’re interested, contact Stu at www. ukeorchestra.com or www.ukemullum. com (for lessons) or check the website for some video: www.ukemullum.com. You

don’t need any musical background to join the beginners’ class. It’s a good introduction designed to get the ball rolling for anyone who has never played. To go further Stu recommends a private lesson and then maybe a group class. “Like anything, it takes practice and you will need to be ‘bitten by the bug’ before you see results. You gotta get hungry!!!” Stu says. Meet at the Bangalow Bowling Club: every Wednesday (apart from the last week of the month) - Beginners 6:30 - 7:00pm ($10); Orchestra from 7:00 - 9:00pm ($15).

Judy also spoke to Brian Mackney from the Bowlo who commented, “The Uke Club helps our objective to put on events that are appealing across demographics. Whilst the more mature generation enjoy many of the old-time uke tunes,the younger gen seem to be embracing the quirkiness of this instrument. With growing enthusiasm and appreciation for Stu’s obvious talent and effort, I’m sure that the Bangalow classes are only going to grow in popularity. I urge locals to come along and show support for the dedicated and passionate individuals who put their time and energy into providing such events often for very little profit.

“We’re doing our best to attract quality entertainment but the Bowlo won’t survive unless the locals walk in the door on a regular basis - suggestions and feedback are always appreciated.”

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the buttery part1 The Buttery is a highly regarded addiction recovery centre in the old butter factory at Binna Burra, near Bangalow. Brian Sundstrom recently interviewed director Barry Evans to provide the following overview. Barry (pictured) has been the director since 1988 and prior to that was an art therapist and counsellor there. The story is in two parts – this month The Buttery history and residential programs – next month, their outreach programs.

History: Due to amalgamation, the NORCO butter factory at Binna Burra was closed in 1947. In 1972 the Anglican Church saw a need for a youth ministry, following the Nimbin Aquarius Festival. Their vision was for a Christian community where people needing assistance could come, contribute and benefit from their stay. The old butter factory was offered to the church and, with the aid of a State Government establishment grant, renovations commenced. It was the original ‘drop in’ refuge on the Far North Coast and was widely used. By 1978, however, there was questioning of the direction in which The Buttery was heading. Increasing interaction with drug-dependent people caused a shift from an alternate Christian community with an outreach mission to the current therapeutic community with specialised staff treating drug dependence.

The Buttery is now an NGO with 50% government funding (particularly the NSW Health Dept). The Anglican church still has a small role on the board and the local pastor is assisting residents in other ways. There is also significant government funding of outreach programs such as the Northern Rivers Gambling Counselling service. Benefactors and local fundraising are also very important, particularly for the residential program.

The Buttery operates residential and outreach programs.

The residential program is committed to “assisting chemically dependent people realise self worth, nurture living skills and take their place in society”. A therapeutic community approach is used. This is a key to success, as dependence on drugs can result in poor communication skills, low self-esteem, distrust and fear of intimacy or abandonment. The program therefore includes group therapy, living skills

instruction, stress management training and art and music therapy (including a residents’ choir). Staff members are selected on tertiary training and life experience. The support of an understanding group of people, the power of example and the

opportunity to make mistakes in a safe environment are key benefits. There is individual case management, so significant personal issues can also be addressed.

Residents live in groups of six to eight and are responsible for managing many parts of their daily life, eg each group plans and prepares its own meals, ordering ingredients within a budget. They also contribute to cleaning and maintaining the buildings and grounds – see picture of director Barry Evans with a retaining wall residents are currently building.

There is accommodation for 30 people and residents start with a 12-week basic program. A follow-up five-month course is optional, dependent on individual needs, motivation, and capacity to complete the course. A typical day for a resident may include: early morning time-out for selfreflection through meditation, yoga and a walk before joining the daily program of talks, counselling and ‘sharing’. Evenings are mostly attending local Narcotics

Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous meetings accompanied by volunteers, themselves ‘clean addicts’, happy to help the recovery program.

Residents contribute towards their treatment costs, either privately or 80% of their Centrelink benefits. Since 2000 some participants in this residential program have also entered via the MERIT system (Magistrates’ Early Referral Into Treatment). This aims to help break the drugs-crime cycle by referring eligible people facing court with drug-related offences.

After residents complete a Buttery residential program additional support is offered through two halfway houses in Byron Bay and such options as joining the Recovery Choir (recently renamed Twisted Fate). Quite a few residents attend the Bangalow Anglican church while at The Buttery and the rector, Phillip Hardie, keeps in touch with many afterwards eg: weekly coffee sessions.

The Buttery residential program has a very high success rate. Over 70% of ex residents surveyed report being abstinent from drugs at the time of interview.

Getting involved and finding out more Detailed information is on www.buttery. org.au or 6687 1111. A newsletter can be sent to interested people. By assisting you will help reduce the sense of isolation and alienation that most drug dependent people experience and help them regain a meaningful and productive place in society.

Perhaps the clearest message this journalist gleaned from researching this article is the importance for all people of being part of a supportive and caring community.

It is important to note residents only enter the program after a full detox at other locations. There is therefore no worry to people in the Binna Burra/Bangalow area.

Even very close neighbours have never had a problem.

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a win-win for the bccc We promised a spectacular spectacular and consensus is that Party at the Moulin Rouge was just that. Almost 200 people from the Bangalow community and beyond dressed up in their finery and sashayed into the A&I Hall, which was transformed into a Parisian boudoir circa 1880. There was a sea of fishnet stockings, corsets, top hats and feather boas with one wag joking that it was “the most flammable event” ever held in Bangalow.

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sample food festival shines The sun shone very brightly over the 12,000 plus foodies who made their way to the Bangalow Showground on Saturday, 6 October for the Sample Northern NSW Food Festival. This is the second time the event has been held in Bangalow, organised by Remy Tancred, energetic publisher of the quarterly Sample magazine.

Participants were vying for shady spots to perch whilst enjoying their $5 or $10 gourmet samples purchased from local restaurant stalls. An example of a $10 sample was this Fleurs Restaurant four-dessert plate of pannacotta infused with rosewater and finger lime, Portuguese custard tart, Italian canola with hazelnut chocolate cream and Belgium chocolate silken slice. Delicious!

As well as sampling food, participants were also given the opportunity to stay in touch with their favourite stalls. Social website, Community Engine, ran a Stay in Touch competition during the festival.

Participants could text the number of their favourite stalls and describe, in just three words, their festival experience. The competition winner picked up a weekend for two at The Byron at Byron Resort for this description: ‘Delicious, nutritious, sampliscious’.

went to Raw Ecstasy’s Davidson plum tart.

The Boardwalk at Ballina RSL took out people’s choice for the second year in a row.

News Limited food critic Simon Thomsen, TV chef Ben O’Donoghue, Sydney chef Alex Herbert and cookbook author Belinda Jeffery judged the tasting plates.

This daylong event was a great opportunity to showcase the abundant food and beverage industry within the northern NSW region. It also provided an occasion for some new product launches, book launches and fantastic local live entertainment. Remy Tancred and Sample are to be congratulated! Andrea Sturgeon

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Gavin Hughes of Byron at Byron Resort was the winner of the $10 plate Sample Golden Fork Award for his Balinese pork curry and radish. The runner-up was Lennox Head’s Beef and Beach for its snapper and king prawn pie. Best $5 plate went to Alphadale 561’s Angus beef cheek cornette and runner-up in this category

Bangalow Show fashion alert!

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the Bangalow Show. And it could be you!

Judging will take place at the Moller Pavilion at 2pm – with the winners to take part in the opening ceremony. The judges will be seeking Stylish Stallions, Spunky Steeds, My Little Pony, Cowboys and Cowgirls, Majestic Mares and the fabulous

Fashionista Filly. There are great prizes to win and a glorious sash to wear. You can pre-enter at Charlotte’s Parlour.

So come on – put on your best hat and frock up or drag out the classy jacket. It’s time to strut your stuff at the Bangalow Show!

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Loss of strength, lack of fitness, weight gain, poor sleeping patterns, reduced balance and compromised mobility are normal as we age, right? WRONG! Many of the health problems we associate with ageing are a result of inactivity rather than age per se. All of the issues mentioned above, and many more, can be effectively managed, or indeed prevented, if we remain active and fit as we age.

Our strength will diminish if we suffer from sarcopenia (the age-related loss of muscle mass, strength and function). The great news is that we can rebuild muscle at any age. A graded, progressive strength building program will yield amazing results and reverse sarcopenia.

Building lean muscle mass will also help control blood sugar, thereby assisting in the natural management of Type 2 diabetes.

And if you want to lose weight, lift weights! Increasing lean muscle mass will lift your basal metabolic rate (the amount of calories your body needs each day to just stay alive), meaning that you will burn more calories 24/7, even when you are passive.

Dieting without exercise may result in the loss of muscle as well as body fat, which is not a desirable outcome.

Compromised mobility and poor balance are so very common amongst older people. Falls-related injuries are a leading cause of hospitalisation and death in older Australians. Once again, if you don’t use it, you will lose it, so be sure to include balance training in your exercise regime. Mobility will reduce if joints are sore and stiff and if you add balance issues, we see the ‘shuffling’ gait develop. Mobility can be improved with correct exercise, which can be prescribed by your fitness trainer, exercise physiologist or

physiotherapist. Range of motion exercises, along with strength training, can lead to dramatic improvements, particularly if you suffer from arthritis.

And should we assume that it’s normal that, as we age, we will struggle to walk up hills, tackle stairs or walk long distances? Absolutely not! Each time I run the Sydney City2Surf, I am astounded and delighted to see people in their 70s and 80s cruising past me like I’m standing still.

These people are not necessarily ‘freaks’ – they are more likely to be people who have regular exercise as part of their lives. They are probably walking or running daily and constantly challenging themselves with hills and stair climbs.

And chances are these older dedicated exercisers sleep like babies every night!

Remember: if you are considering starting or re-commencing an exercise program, be sure to discuss this with your GP or treating physician before you begin.

And ensure you get expert guidance and advice from an appropriately qualified and experienced exercise professional. And then, GO FOR YOUR LIFE! Paula Todd

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so what’s making you so tired all the time?

Fatigue is a feeling of weariness, tiredness or lack of energy that does not go away when you rest. People may feel fatigued in body or mind (physical fatigue or psychological fatigue). With physical fatigue, your muscles cannot do things as easily as they used to. With psychological fatigue it may be difficult to concentrate for as long as you used to. In severe cases, you might not feel like getting out of bed in the morning and doing your regular daily activities.

Fatigue can be traced to one or more of your habits or routines. It can be a normal and important response to physical exertion, sleep deprivation, emotional stress, mental overload, too many commitments and pressures or unhealthy lifestyle habits such as a poor diet.

Research suggests that when you’re constantly suffering physical, mental, or emotional stress your stress-hormone system may become ‘burnt out’.

Commonly known as adrenal fatigue , this is also associated with depression, anxiety, irritability, lack of motivation, food cravings, mood swings and weight gain. It can also

affect reproductive and thyroid hormones.

Unrelenting exhaustion may be a sign of a more serious underlying illness that requires diagnosis and medical treatment.

Dietary intolerances, allergies, anaemia, effects of parasitic, bacterial, fungal and viral infections, chronic pain from injury or disease, sleep disorders, heart and respiratory disease, diabetes, MS and cancer, to name a few.

No matter what the cause or the degree of fatigue there is much that can be done naturally to lessen the symptoms.

Obviously the lifestyle factors that are contributing need to be reassessed, particularly diet. Foods that are nutritionally poor don’t provide the body with enough fuel or nutrients to function at its best.

Caffeine, sugars and alcohol only offer a temporary energy boost that quickly wears off, eventually leaving your body more drained than it would have been. Quite often just taking wheat out of the diet improves energy too. Skipping meals or being overweight just adds to the problem.

Absorption and elimination problems

affect nutrition so it is important to make sure the bowel is clean, the flora viable and the digestive enzymes optimal. The next stage is to support the other eliminative organs, the kidney and liver. Once assimilation and elimination are improved there is better utilisation of nutrients in the body. Obviously iron, magnesium and B vitamins (particularly B12 and folate) are amongst the first considerations. More specific supplements may be taken whilst the body is repairing. An example here is Co Q 10, a supplement which delivers energy straight to the cell.

Whilst one is re-evaluating the lifestyle factors which may be contributing to the fatigue herbal adaptogens can be used to aid the body’s natural ability to adapt to stress as well as boost energy and vitality.

They are amazing. Examples are skullcap, Siberian ginseng, withania, gotu kola, rehmania, rhodiola licorice and panax ginseng, to name a few. These herbs need to be prescribed but can undoubtedly put the spring back in your step.

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Lich gate restoration In 1934 the Anglican community of Bangalow constructed a lich gate in the Bangalow cemetery. The purpose was to receive the body of the departed and provide shelter for the ensuing service of committal. It was intended for the use of all denominations and as such reflected the community spirit so prevalent in country Australia. Over the years the lich gate had fallen into disrepair. Thanks to the efforts

of Brian Schultz and Col Draper a grant was secured for its restoration. This has now been completed thanks to the generous efforts of Michael O’Meara and it is to be re-dedicated on Sunday, 4 November at 11am, the closest Sunday to the Feast of All Souls, following the patronal service in All Souls’ Anglican church at 9 am. The community is grateful to Don Page for all his assistance in this matter. Father Phillip Hardie

Bowlo update Tony Hart fills us in on happenings at the Bowlo

With spring well advanced and summer near, the Bowlo has entered a new phase of its rebirth. Brian Mackney is now Secretary/Manager of the club.

He is temporarily standing down as board chairman. This will give him the opportunity to put into place many of his ideas for stimulating the club’s new image.

Board deputy chairman, Tony Hart, will be acting chairman.

The board’s main priority is to encourage more people to use the club and increase membership. Many new initiatives are underway. The most exciting of these is the new Super Draw. The Bowlo has joined with nine other NSW country clubs to establish a regular members’ draw. The difference to past draws is that the initial weekly prize is $10,000 which jackpots if not won. Commencing Thursday, 18

1 November, the Super Draw will take place every Thursday night between 6pm and 8pm. One of the ten clubs is drawn randomly each week; its members will then be eligible for the prize draw. Of course to win you must first be a club member and members need to be in the club to claim the prize if their name is drawn. As Brian so deftly puts it, “Why not book a table for dinner and enjoy the excitement on 1 November”.

Over the past weeks the Bowlo has hosted a number of events in its auditorium, ranging from jazz concerts to grand birthday parties. The community recognises that the club provides a unique combination of large auditorium, bar facilities and high quality catering plus the outside verandah (plus bowling greens if needed). Together, these make the Bowlo a highly competitive venue. Over the next few months events will include the big band

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sounds of the Well Swung Daddies (17 November), comedienne Mandy Nolan (15 December) and a special Melbourne Cup Celebration (6 November). Others are in the pipeline, including Galapagos Duck who will perform in late January.

Barefoot Bowls is up and rolling each Wednesday now that daylight saving has begun with play starting at 5.30 p.m.

A player fee of $10 delivers a fun roll up, a sausage sizzle and a chance to win the raffle. This is an opportunity to try your hand at lawn bowls, hang out with some different people and have fun. Brian encourages everyone by saying “No experience in bowling is preferred!” Regular bowls is on Wednesdays (ladies at 9am, men 12.45pm) and men again on Saturdays at 12.45pm. New members will be made very welcome, as the men’s bowling club is the smallest in the district and looking for an influx of members of all ages.

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Needless to say the year has flown by and we are sailing on the November breeze of expectation. Expectation might lead to exploration, and exploration might lead to experimentation. Either way, November is here and as the days become warmer and the nights become shorter, it seems that there are more daylight hours to not only fade the curtains, but to colour them as well.

For those of you who have not yet been to the Mullum Music Festival in, you guessed it, Mullumbimby, then you are sadly missing out on some of the most diverse, local and worldly, abundant, quixotic, now, then, later, whatever music that can be arranged along the length and breadth of the ‘main street into town.’

Four, three, two and one day passes are available and this gets you threading your way through venues such as Mullum High Auditorium, Mullum Civic Centre, The Drill Hall, Court House Hotel, RSL and Bowlo with so many side shows and food stalls it will not only titillate your ears but send your tastebuds soaring as well. A throng of locals: ya gotta love that. Go to www.mullummusicfestival. com.au.

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Worthy of further note for those burgeoning artists among you: the Arty Farty Party (AFP) invites artists to be featured as ‘Artist of the Month’ with works on show every Thursday night for a month, receiving ongoing exposure on the AFP website and advertising/radio campaigns - exposing art via art/music residency.

JPegs of three works plus word doc introducing your art to artyfartyparty@y7mail. com by December 29.

Photography your lens to the outer world? Then show-case your environmental photography or video with your own issue-bank and illuminate the causes, consequences and solutions to climate change and social inequality that beset us on a daily basis. Rather than whinge to deaf ears, you can try to make a difference by ‘actioning that item’. www.parkerharris.co.uk/competition/EPOTY2012#general_info by December 31 (in time for a brand new year).

Musicians with a quest for touring might be interested in the Australia Council/ International Pathways supporting artists and their manager for international touring with a fund of $20,000 available if you have secured a gig internationally with five or more dates spanning at least three different cities or towns. Snap - so easy: how about Zurich, Venice, Madrid, Athens and Tokyo for a start? OK, you work out where you want to go, and let the Australia Council help you out!

I’ve done my bit! www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/2012/internationalpathways-music by December 3.

Art-on-the-Move will be showing off their collective arty wares at the Moller Pavilion, inside the showgrounds, fourth Sunday of the month, coinciding with the Bangalow Market Day. With any luck, the ATM will be on deck again where Jan can keep an eye on the money as she dispenses her fabulous devonshire teas. Some things never change (the quality of the scone for a start) yet some things do; the automatic teller machine is a much sought-after commodity on market day. After you’ve withdrawn your booty, walk in to the Moller and stroll around the art stalls. Enter the ‘lucky door prize’ and win a selection of art sampled from all the artists. Check it out on www.art-on-the-move.net .

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what I’ve been reading

Whiskey Charlie Foxtrot by Annabel Smith If you’ve ever wanted to learn the two-way alphabet now is your opportunity and, at the same time, you will get to read a very moving tale of brotherly love and rivalry. Charlie and Whiskey, identical twins, are estranged at the time Whiskey has the accident which leaves him in a coma. Whilst this book deals with the highs, lows and emotional trauma of having a family member in ICU for many months, it is principally about recollections of Charlie and Whiskey’s relationship from childhood to estrangement and how Charlie comes to terms with the possibility that there may be no opportunity for redemption and no opportunity to speak to Whiskey ever again. A thought provoking book with some endearingly flawed characters.

Foal’s Bread by Gillian Mears This book made it to the GET READING list this year and won the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Award (most deservedly, in my opinion). The story begins in 1926 with a birth and a death; a young 14 year old Noey gives birth to her dead uncle’s baby on the side of a river, puts the baby in a box and lets it float away. It’s a heart wrenching scene and Gillian Mears has you hooked from the minute you start reading. This is a love story about Noey and Roley, show jumping champions of NSW, and it’s a story about the heartache and triumphs of family life and working the land. But it is also a book about language and Mears’ writing in the Australian vernacular is superb. Highly recommended (and I don’t particularly like horses!)

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taking it to the streets

Bangalow settler Robert Campbell named Keith Street after his son Keith Mervyn. Keith was born in February 1904 to Robert’s second wife, Johanna Dwyer. Keith Street was one of Robert’s four subdivisions in the area. The first one hundred allotments went to auction in April 1903 and by 1910 all four subdivisions were sold.

The top end of Keith Street in Bangalow is entered via Granuaille Road. The street gently slopes down to the right where Colin Street intersects it. After passing Colin Street it moves around slightly to the left and heads straight down to meet Raftons Road to the right and Leslie Street to the left. The top left of Keith Street begins with Bangalow Chiropractic. This appears to be the only business within the residential street. Many of the houses on the left have an older feel and are perhaps a little more inconspicuous, hiding behind higher fences or shrubbery. On the opposite side of the street there are mostly one-story, timber-gabled Queenslanders with an abundance of federation features complemented by quaint matching picket fences. An ornate wrought iron gate hangs within an impressive arched arbor entrance to one of the homes.

The coastal tea tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) often lines this established street.

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recent events

aunty Bertha In conversation with Mick O’Regan, Aunty Bertha Kapeen told an enthralled audience about growing up aboriginal.

Imagine this. Mum and dad walk you down to the bus stop with your best friend Ruby, both of you excited to be going to the movies in town. The bus arrives and feeling very grown up you wave goodbye to your parents and step onboard, paying the fare as Ruby sits a couple of rows behind the driver. You keep walking because it’s accepted fact that ‘black goes down the back’.

You arrive very excited to be on a big trip out with your playmate and closest friend.

You don’t get to see her as much as you would like because you aren’t allowed to go to Ruby’s school, there’s a special one for you ten miles out of town. It’s going to

be a great movie, funny but a little bit scary.

You will have to deal with that on your own though because you can’t sit with Ruby.

There is a roped off area for you down the front where you have to practically lie down to see anything.

You grow up and have a tribe of happy healthy children and live in an area designated for ‘your sort of people’. You have been told that this is because your kind would contaminate the other kind. On Friday afternoons, the manager (yes you need to be managed) sends his wife around to your house while you wait outside with the children. Inside she wipes the surface of furniture looking for dust. She

looks at the bed to ensure you have clean sheets and then peers below to make sure you haven’t swept anything underneath. If there is no dust or soiled sheets you earn a tick. Any indiscretion earns you a cross.

Three crosses and your children are taken off you by welfare, for being untidy.

The government tells you one day that you would be better off moving into town because the white people could show you the proper way to live. You doubt it but apply for the exemption certificate, known as the Dog Licence, anyway. You leave your community behind and start a new life where noone will even sit next to you in the shopping centre and the important things in your life seem a million miles away.

Terry Bleakley DVDs of this and previous events are available at the museum.

‘Our House’ fundraiser Vicki Brooke of Gretel Farm, Eureka held a garden party, fashion parade and auction to raise funds for the ‘Our House’ charity in Lismore on Wednesday, 10 October.

The project is raising funds to build a house for patients and families of loved ones receiving medical treatment at Lismore base hospital.

It was a perfect day for the garden party held in the beautiful grounds of Vicki Brooke’s Gretel House, circa 1895. About 80 guests attended, champagne flowed and delicious morsels were piled high on platters for the lovely ladies to lunch on whilst being treated to two fashion parades. Pam Le May of Bangalow provided her vintage clothing collection for the parade, the highlights a

silk Christian La Croix mother of the bride dress and a 1930 embossed silk satin wedding dress.

Anna Middleton b o u t i q u e generously provided a parade made up of her current clothing range.

Peter Thompson MC auctioned a range of goods donated by local businesses.

It was a fabulous day which raised over $8,000 for this very worthwhile project.

A special thank you to the wonderful Bangalow businesses who generously donated goods for auctioning. As a small town, businesses are often asked to support charitable events. Times

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are tough but some businesses give all the time and I think it is important that they are named and thanked from our community: The Rug Shop, Brauer Birds, Island Luxe, Bangalow Guest House, Wax Jambu, Fish Heads, Lazy Bones, The Hotel Dining Room, Harvest cafe, Byron at Byron, Red Ginger, Mi Casa Tu Casa, The Bottle shop, Windhorse gallery, Lilliana›s, Gaia Retreat, Heart of the Home, Little Peach, Choux Choux, Bangalow Lounge, Pam Le May Cooking Class, Our Corner Store, Zenfields, Brook Farm and photographer Lisa Sharpe.

Anyone reading this article in need of accommodation whilst family members are in hospital or anyone wanting to make a donation to the project should contact Rebekka Battista of OUR KIDS on 6620 2705.

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that old time religion

St kevin’s catholic church

This is the second of a series about the churches of Bangalow, presenting how the churches came to be, introducing the people involved in the churches past and present, and describing what’s happening with the churches now.

The church in focus for this edition sits proudly in Deacon Street looking out over Bangalow town. This is, of course, St Kevin’s Catholic Church. The brick church we see today was designed by Sydney architect Clement Glancey and the foundation stone was laid in 1935. The building cost between £8,000 and £9,000 to build and furnish.

Today St Kevin’s Church is part of the Lismore Diocese and more specifically part of the Twin Parishes. The Twin Parishes are the Holy Spirit Parish Byron Bay / Bangalow which is St Finbar’s Church in Byron Bay and St. Kevin’s Church in Bangalow and the St John’s Parish Brunswick Valley which is St John’s Church in Mullumbimby and Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Brunswick Heads. The parish priest for the Twin Parishes is Father Anthony Lemon. Father Anthony advocates existing parishioners and also visitors to St Kevin’s Catholic Church should “come and see” the church and “get to know Jesus and his teachings”.

The building today provides for functions such as weddings, funerals, and Sunday masses. It is also welcoming to the cultural heart of Bangalow, opening its doors for events such as the Bangalow Music Festival. The high cathedral ceiling makes for wonderful atmosphere and acoustics for such events.

The arrival of the Catholic faith to Bangalow goes back prior to 1935 and the current St Kevin’s Church building. In 1887 the then Dean Jeremiah Doyle tended

to the spiritual needs of the Lismore, Bangalow, Byron Bay, Brunswick Heads and the Tweed communities on horseback.

Even before this in 1881 Irish settlers Robert Campbell and Tom Robinson paved the way to facilitate the Catholic faith in Bangalow.

Robinson constructed a small pit-sawn timber and shingle roof hut with a stone fireplace at one end which Dean J. Doyle used as an altar. Campbell donated the land used to build the first Catholic church and cemetery in Bangalow.

The original St Kevin’s Catholic Church was situated behind the present parish house adjacent to Lismore Road and the

George Readings building. It was opened and blessed in 1894 by the then Bishop J Doyle. This church was moved in 1908 by the bullock teams of George Johnson and Jack Healy to its present site and the cemetery of between thirty and forty graves was moved to the current Bangalow Cemetery site. Two side wings were also added to the church.

The building now served as a church and school. The Presentation Sisters followed by the Sisters of St Joseph supervised the convent school.

The original building remains and is now used as a church school and public hall.

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november diary

town talk Sue Gow, Dot Gill and Sybil Johnson doing what they do best

Light of his life Matthew Ridderhof, owner of Bangalow FoodWorks, vice president of the Bangalow Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the Bangalow Lions married Marian Light on Saturday, 22 September at St Kevin’s Church in Bangalow. Many locals attended the ceremony including FoodWorks employees, Lions and Chamber members.

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Bowlo’s first superdraw

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Red Cross meeting

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Crossfire Hurricane screens at A&I Hall

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Museum’s Greek Day; Rededication of lich gate

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Melbourne Cup lunches at the Bowlo and Heritage House

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Business Women’s Networking breakfast; Museum’s book launch

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Day of Dead forum; CAP2 exhibition finishes

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General meeting of Historical Society

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Remembrance Day service

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Mandy Nolan at the Bowlo Christmas party

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Bangalow Show begins

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Street stall for Heritage House; Well Swung Daddies at the Bowlo

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Bangalow Networking breakfast

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Pony Club dinner

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Uniting Church Fair Trade Fair

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Museum’s Sunday Market breakfast; ‘Reclaimimg Joy’ book launch; Bangalow market HB deadlines: 14(ads) 19(copy)

local family recently gathered to welcome the first contractors arriving to begin construction on the Pacific Highway bypass adjacent to their property in Newrybar.

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