Bellingen news, sport and weather | The Bellingen Shire Courier Sun

Bees Nest Fire. Photo Brad Nutt.

Bees Nest fire update

Janene Carey

Stock photo

UPDATED
Bushfire on Darkwood Rd, Thora

Janene Carey

Sept 6 - this is what it looks like at my house

Bees Nest fire blog from Mt Hyland

Janene Carey

Kath Puddey from Woolgoolga with a Cymbidium Orchid

PHOTOS
Spring Plant Fair offers a green sanctuary

Janene Carey

Photo Adam Marshall MP

Free fodder for fire-affected graziers available at Ebor

Janene Carey

Steam rises from Victoria's Yallourn power plant. Picture: Getty Images

Survey shows Australians are increasingly concerned about climate change

Scott Hannaford

Barnaby Joyce

If Tamworth runs out of water, a ripple effect would influence an election

Jamieson Murphy

Bees Nest Fire. Photo Brad Nutt.

Bees Nest fire update

Janene Carey

Stock photo

UPDATED
Bushfire on Darkwood Rd, Thora

Janene Carey

The dichotomy of the 21st century laid bare. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
From robot dairy farms to Mother Nature exploding on your doorstep

AFL tickets have been pulled from sale amid an investigation into possible price gouging.

AFL tickets pulled in price gouging probe

2018 Eel Fishing Champion Kyra Clarke with the Waterhole Wal Perpetual Trophy

School holiday eel fishing fun

Back - Winston Munro, Saul Easman, Alex Lopez, FinlaySampbell
Front - Perry Hannah, Rio Luther Barr, Riley Barr, Sonny Filmer and Mollie Bailey

Bellingen Bats Under 9s dominate the southern division

Jake Barr

AFL tickets have been pulled from sale amid an investigation into possible price gouging.

AFL tickets pulled in price gouging probe

North Coast relay GOLD - Willow Neal (left on the centre podium) with her gold medal

State medals for Bellingen High athletes

Liz Hoy

Jon Lowe and Matt Bryant

Close but no toast for Brewers

Charles Wolfson

Joseph Tawadros

Coptic Australian oud virtuoso to star at Bellingen Fine Music Festival

Seth Jordan

Actors Indy Loos, Arlo Bennett and Meika Bellew

Bondi Bedlam in Bellingen

John Drake

Fundraising concert Dorrigo Showground on Friday

Fundraising concert Dorrigo Showground on Friday

Joseph Tawadros

Coptic Australian oud virtuoso to star at Bellingen Fine Music Festival

2018 Eel Fishing Champion Kyra Clarke with the Waterhole Wal Perpetual Trophy

School holiday eel fishing fun

Skilling tomorrow's environmental change agents

Skilling tomorrow's environmental change agents

Strength in collaboration: The Farming Together Program team receive a BHERT Award for community engagement, August 29. Pictured Susan Webster, Amanda Scott and Lorraine Gordon.

Let the era of Carbon Farming commence

Lorraine Gordon

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

Sponsored content

INPUT: What do you have to say about living and working in regional Australia? Join the discussion at futurefocusproject.com.au.

Have your say on living in regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

Strength in collaboration: The Farming Together Program team receive a BHERT Award for community engagement, August 29. Pictured Susan Webster, Amanda Scott and Lorraine Gordon.

Let the era of Carbon Farming commence

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Sponsored content

Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

Six top tips to get the best out of this weekend's garage sales

Ruth Lewis

Everything you could wish for

Everything you could wish for

House of the Week

Enjoy the laid-back lifestyle

Enjoy the laid-back lifestyle

Property of the week

Ideally placed duplex gives options

Ideally placed duplex gives options

Property of the week

Answering the call with generosity

Answering the call with generosity

Ute Schulenberg

File photo.

Volunteers needed to support justice in court

Wendy Carpenter

Katie Griffiths Coordinator, Prue Cooper Nominated Supervisor, Michelle Coleman Administration, Melinda Gosschalk Educational Leader

Bouquets for family day care educators

Prue Cooper

Answering the call with generosity

Answering the call with generosity

Come and have your say about the Mylestom Pathway design

Come and have your say about the Mylestom Pathway design

Dollars up for grabs for your community

Dollars up for grabs for your community

Large healthy adult koala spotted in compartment 128 of Roses Creek State Forest

Koalas in Kalang: citizen science documents significant presence in forests marked for logging

The dichotomy of the 21st century laid bare. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
From robot dairy farms to Mother Nature exploding on your doorstep

Veterinarian Dr Duan March and vet nurse Kieran Marshall in pursuit of the swan

PHOTOS
Saving Bellingen's swan

Kath Puddey from Woolgoolga with a Cymbidium Orchid

PHOTOS
Spring Plant Fair offers a green sanctuary

NOTHING HERE: A kangaroo looking for food on farm land at drought-stricken Lightning Ridge. Picture: Rural Aid

Drought, dead cattle and a bleak forecast

Belinda-Jane Davis

ON SITE: Me, where Annette Deverell's remains were found in 1982 in the bush outside of Mandurah, WA.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My cold case crime podcast for forgotten victim

Carla Hildebrandt

The power of words cannot be under-estimated.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My word, mind your language

Jodie Bruton

GLOVES UP: Bec Sandridge fought through a relationship breakdown, social anxiety and self-doubt to record her debut album Try + Save Me out on October 4.

MUSIC
Bec Sandridge pulls no punches on her debut album

Josh Leeson

Letters to the editor Sept 11

Letters to the editor Sept 11

The Urunga Lido under construction last week

Letter: Farewell Esma May

Peter May

Letters: Infill is a failed concept for town's growth

Letters: Infill is a failed concept for town's growth

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

Tony Abbott has told an anti-abortion rally in Sydney that abortion was "infanticide on demand".

Abbott: NSW bill 'infanticide on demand'

1hr ago

NSW rivers and dams are running dry, threatening drinking water supplies, according to projections.

'Critical' water situation across NSW

The WA government is hoping a university sets up a campus in Perth's CBD.

Plans for Perth CBD uni campus ramp up

Firefighters undertook back-burning around NSW, with warm and windy conditions expected to return.

Bushfire threat eases in northern NSW

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama will be officially welcomed to Australia in Canberra.

Fiji PM welcomed as Labor hounds Lui

Colin Brinsden

Hot and windy conditions are expected to return to Queensland, raising the risk of more bushfires.

Binna Burra fire may be deliberate: Police

Sonia Kohlbacher

Melbourne Airport has launched an Australia-first program to help people with "hidden disabilities".

Vic airport help for 'hidden' disabilities

Marnie Banger

Labor is reviewing its third election loss in a row after Bill Shorten's defeat on May 18.

Labor awaits 'ruthless' election review

Colin Brinsden

One of two top-priced rams, which fetched $4500, at Darriwell Merinos is pictured with Darriwell principal Russell Jones, buyer and volume buyers Gus Shannon and Peter Morley, Boomey, Molong and auctioneer Jason Hartin, of Hartin Schute Bell.

Darriwell Merinos sells to $4500 twice

Daniel Pedersen

James Morris, Bonanza stud, Walgett, bought two rams including the $6500 sale-topper. Pictured are Paul Jameson, Elders, Dubbo; George Falkiner, Haddon Rig principal; buyer James Morris hold the $6500 ram, HR stud manager Andy Maclean holds the $5000 ram with Andy McLeod, classer, Dubbo, and John Settree, Landmark, Dubbo.

See who was at Haddon Rig Merino ram sale

Mark Griggs

The Queensland state government is considering removing tag-free movements for the goat industry.

Queensland government looks at removing tag-free movements

Katie Davies

Master reef guide Pablo Cogollos takes passenger on Sunlover Reef Cruises on a snorkelling tour. Picture: Calypso Reef Imagery

Discover the reef with a master guide

POPULAR: Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangkok tops Paris, London as world's most-visited city

Chayut Setboonsarng in Bangkok

The Capricorn Coast: great snorkelling territory.

Best travel deals this week

John Rozentals

IMPACT: Ageism, the stigma associated with dementia, and an inability to report incidents are ways people experience discrimination at work or in the community.

Remove stigma and show support for dementia

37m ago

DESIGNATED SPACE: Nominate a place to set up your home office that ideally has a lot of natural light and is a little out of the way.

Five tips for creating an effective home office

While the 'functional elements' of the house aligned to the subdivision grid, the main spaces were cranked off grid to better orient to the views and sun. Photos by Tom Blachford

Angling for the most sun and views