Designed and crafted by Alan Williams, the seat is custom made from rosewood and tallowwood and includes a beautiful hand carved labyrinth. 

Bellingen Shire Council and Labyrinth community volunteers gathered on site to watch and celebrate as the seat was proudly installed by Dorrigo Men’s Shed.

The new seat is one of several additions which have been added to the Labyrinth this year including a stoneware centre piece and interpretive signage. Council received funding for these Labyrinth improvements from the NSW Government's Public Reserves Management Fund Program. This funding also enabled council to complete stage two of the pathway upgrade earlier this year. 

Mayor Mark Troy said: “Council is delighted to have the Dorrigo Men’s Shed involved in this project. Their skills and experience are valuable assets to the community and their involvement is in keeping with the community spirit which has driven the Labyrinth project from the beginning”.  

This year, the Dorrigo Men’s Shed will be installing additional directional signage further along the walkway towards the back of the park land. Bush regeneration contractors will also continue to implement weed control to improve the native vegetation throughout Dangar Falls Reserve. This includes an area of Antarctic beech cool temperate rainforest, which has considerable conservation significance. Ongoing bush regeneration is funded by council’s Environmental Levy. 

For more information contact council’s River and Biodiversity Projects officer, Jane Eales on 6655-7300 or email council@bellingen.nsw.gov.au.

Image Attached: Dorrigo Men’s Shed and Council Project Officer test out the new bench seat at The Labyrinth