Adventure

He ran the Athens Marathon so you wouldn’t have to – and hallucinated Cliff Young 35km in – here Bangalow’s Angus Thurgate shares his experience of running up that hill.

At the best of times, you need stamina and determination to make a trip from the Byron Shire to north-east Arnhem Land. There’s the drive to Brisbane: let’s say two hours. Then a plane ride to Cairns: between two and three hours. Don’t forget long waits at airports for flight delays, unsettled weather and all that. Then there’s another two-hour…

Claire Oelrichs OAM has recently returned from a trip to Ukraine as part of her ongoing involvement with a grassroots initiative supporting the fight against the Russian invasion. Georgia Fox spoke with her to learn more.

You’ve probably heard the mantra: Dance like nobody’s watching. Well, what about: dance like 300,000 people are watching? Bangalow’s Caroline Ralph is about to discover just what that feels like as she heads to Rio de Janeiro to dance in the world-famous Carnival, writes Sally Schofield.

Helping others is a privilege in both senses of the word. It’s an honour and a gift, but often to assist others, we must be privileged, that is, more well-off than the recipient of our aid. But there’s more to it than that.

In June 2020, long-time Bangalow resident Liz Franks (formerly Liz Gander) packed her 2014 Mazda BT50, decked out with a rhino fibreglass canopy, and headed off on the adventure of a lifetime. Christobel Munson follows her travels.