Local News
16 Mar 10 | More extremely hot days, fewer cold ones wetter in the north and drier in the south: this is not a forecast for Australia’s climate but a snapshot of our climate now.
16 Mar 10 | Landowners at Dorrigo and surrounding areas have a great opportunity to learn more about the legumes and herbs growing in their pastures on Friday, March 19.
16 Mar 10 | The Chantelle 2 ran aground on Saturday afternoon near Tuckers Rock.
16 Mar 10 | Despite the heavy rainfalls on Saturday experienced widely along the coast, the skies cleared over Bellingen bringing sunshine and a delighted throng of customers from as far afield as Grafton and Kempsey to celebrate Bellingen’s 20th Autumn Plant Fair.
16 Mar 10 | Parents of Repton Public School are furious over a decision by the education department to transfer the school’s only male teacher.
16 Mar 10 | Bellingen Public School hosted a visit by the Director General of Education, Michael Coutts-Trotter last Wednesday (March 10).
16 Mar 10 | In the July school holidays later this year and again in December, two teams of young teenagers from the Bellingen area will be heading off to Thailand to help in a leper colony.
16 Mar 10 | Electricity consumers waiting for gross feed-in meters to be installed will have to wait a bit longer.
16 Mar 10 | The Bellinger River District Pipe Band is busy preparing for the start of the 2010 Contest circuit.
09 Mar 10 | Midyim or Midgen Berry would have to rate as one of my favourite plants. Why? Because it’s versatile, tough, attractive, has yummy edible berries…. and it’s local.
Austromyrtus dulcis (it’s botanical name) is in the family Myrtaceae that includes Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Syzygium and others.
09 Mar 10 | Learn how to use fungi, bacteria, and microbes in soil to quickly create soft friable fertile garden soil in raised beds with the No-Dig Garden method with David Wilson from CROPO, is one of the workshops (seating and shelter provided) at the Bellingen Autumn Plant Fair on March 13th.
09 Mar 10 | The Bellingen New Energy Festival (formerly the Renewable Energy Fair) hopes to inspire people this year with a program of activities to engage the ‘heads, hearts and hands’ of participants.
09 Mar 10 | Smaller hospitals on the North Coast will be at risk as a result of Kevin Rudd’s hospital policy announced last week.
09 Mar 10 | The afternoon of Sunday, March 7 saw the opening of an exhibition celebrating the joy of colour in the main gallery of Nexus Gallery at the Old Butter Factory.
09 Mar 10 | The year is flying by and soon it will be SHOW TIME in Bello. This year to streamline the ticket selling process the Committee has introduced a Prepaid Weekend Pass to the Show.
09 Mar 10 | Community groups should ensure they take advantage of funds available from the NRMA Insurance Community Grants program.
09 Mar 10 | Sooty caught these two, 1.5kg tuna on Monday (March 1) at the Urunga foreshore.
09 Mar 10 | Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan this week announced more than $17 million in funding for projects to make communities safer and more resilient to the impacts of natural disasters.
09 Mar 10 | Darkwood resident, Howard Welsh joined by many of his fellow neighbours in the last council meeting in asking Council to please explain why the repair of Justin’s Bridge had not been made a priority.
09 Mar 10 | Bellingen Council says it has initiated many works over the past six months to address infrastructure damage caused by the many flood events of last year.
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