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Flash flooding in the middle of March took the Bangalow community by surprise; while the forecast had been for minimal rain, over 115mm of rain fell between 9am and 1pm and water levels rose quickly. (Because the Bureau of Meteorology has no collection station in Bangalow, we don’t have an official measurement, but I have reliable reports of local rain…

Seb Stockdale, 20-year-old son of Stockpot Kitchen founders Jen and Graeme Stockdale is battling rare leukemia. The family is calling on fellow young adults to get tested as a potential lifesaving blood donor.

Byron Leeworthy meets two of the driving forces behind the Bangalow Community Pantry.

For 115 years, the Bangalow Bowling and Sports Club was a constant in our community. You’d know a face, find a seat, and settle into conversation. It didn’t matter who you were. Everyone belonged. So, when the club shut its doors abruptly earlier this year, no community notice, no public consultation – just a sign and a visit from the…

After years of hard slog, Bangalow Cricket Club finally has the new nets it’s been dreaming about. The old ones were falling apart, but no one had the money to replace them until now. The club, led by President Anthony Maxwell, didn’t give up. Grants Officer Danielle Atkinson, whose son plays juniors, chased every funding lead and wouldn’t take no…

It was a feeling of deja vu (and not the good kind) for the Bangalow community as word spread around the village on Friday 24 October that the beloved Bowling Club had closed, effective immediately. Over 80 people gathered at the Moller Pavilion, Bangalow at short notice to have a say, ask questions and volunteer in many capacities for essential…

The Bangalow community has been left reeling after the unexpected and immediate closure of the much-loved Bangalow Bowlo on Friday 24 October, with no prior communication from current operators Norths Collective. Even on Sunday afternoon, long-time members and locals arrived at the club expecting to share a drink and support weekend bowls, only to find the doors locked and a…

In the words of Midnight Oil (who once graced the stage at the Bangalow Bowling Club), “you wouldn’t read about it!” Or would you? The photo above was taken at midday, on a clear, warm late spring day in October when the club should have been in full swing. But, as of the morning of Friday 24 October, the Bangalow…

The Campton family reflect on the life of Paul ‘Campo’ Campton, tragically killed in Bangalow in July.

Many of you will remember my partner, Richard Rombouts, as one of the friendly faces from the Bangalow Newsagency – an icon of the village, which sadly, no longer exists.

You’ve heard the rumours. It’s true. From Saturday 7 December, the Bangalow Farmers Markets will be operating out of Piccabeen Park, not in the carpark behind the pub. After months of waiting while the Development Application wended its way through Council corridors, permission was finally granted for the markets to start at Piccabeen Park on a “temporary trial” which ends…

Artist Damian Bisogni spent a weekend sitting on country with the subject of his Archibald Prize portrait, Goreng Goreng man Chris Sarra, before he fully understood the direction the painting needed to take, writes Digby Hildreth.