This year’s Governor General’s Honours List sees the appointment of Bangalow CWA’s Social Justice Officer, Rhonda Ansiewicz, as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Georgia Fox sat down… Read more: Rhonda Ansiewicz – a journey with people
Bangalow-based sculptor Ben Hellewell recently wrapped his first solo exhibition, Where Movement and Stillness Collide. Created mostly from assembled driftwood, it’s a body of work that represents the deeply personal… Read more: Meet the Maker: Ben Hellewell
Snakes are active in the Byron Shire throughout the warmer months, and it’s important to be aware of what species are around and what to do if you see one,… Read more: Living with snakes
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… Read more: I go to Rio
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… Read more: Local painter in Archibald bid
It’s a formidable undertaking to buy a 120-acre farm in a totally new location, and to set out to create an entirely new business venture. What’s needed is tenacity, endurance,… Read more: A dream to farm
Long time Bangalow resident, Jit Chong, is a community pharmacist. In September, he opened The Little Dispensary in Brunswick Heads. It is one of very few pharmacies between Coffs Harbour… Read more: Dispensing hope
The story of how Abracadabra came to be, 50 years ago this year, paints a picture of a very different time in an almost unrecognisable place. “Terminal to trendy,” laughs… Read more: Golden days – 50 years of Abracadabra
Melia Naughton is a busy woman. She sings, acts, composes and plays music. Melia has her finger in many creative pies around the Shire. Here she tells Lyn McCarthy all… Read more: Singing your heart out
Christobel Munson goes deep into the features and facilities of the unique green oasis, Bangalow Parklands. The year 2023 has brought new life and energy into the precinct currently known… Read more: Parklife
In the September edition of the Herald, I asked the community if anyone wanted to share their reasons for voting No in the Voice referendum for potential publication. The conditions… Read more: Voicing your opinion
“I have no other reason to be here, other than I care about the viability of Australia’s wildlife,” says Coorabell resident Delvene Delaney, who’s in the middle of one of… Read more: Delvene goes wild
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… Read more: Local medics in Fiji
The Shire’s long-established culture of farmers’ markets, along with our proximity to the agricultural sector, make eating locally and seasonally relatively inherent. But even the most urban city-dweller can be… Read more: Floribundant
In our April issue we reported that both Bangalow and the 2479 postcode grew a lot between 2016 and 2021 – both population and houses. In this article Jenny Bird looks at income – did we grow richer as well as bigger?
The Northern Rivers Reconstruction Commission (NRRC) has released its draft Northern Rivers Resilient Lands Strategy, and it has big implications for Bangalow. In the short term, it is proposing a… Read more: Is Bangalow set to get bigger?
When you think about it, rubbish bins are an essential part of life. Humans are consumers of products that create waste. Where would we be without our red bin, green… Read more: The Joy of Bin Boy
Life is short but art is long’ could be a motto for the latest collection of works from local artist Hilary Herrmann, on exhibition at the Tweed Regional Gallery from… Read more: Brushing up on memories
From the sublime to the seemingly ridiculous, from Beethoven’s transcendent ‘Moonlight’ Sonata to the sight of a man making an instrument out of a carrot – and playing it –… Read more: Sound and vision splendid
All the thrills and spills of the day captured by Lyn McCarthy – Niche Pictures Bangalow Lions Club thanks all of our sponsors, supporters, volunteers and Bangalow families and community… Read more: Bangalow Billycart Derby 2023
“I got this reputation And everybody knows my name I was born to play the guitar I got the blues running through my veins.” (Buddy Guy, Born to Play the… Read more: ‘Hubcap’ Stan
Later this year, Australians will have their say in a referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution through a ‘First Nations Voice.’ A referendum is… Read more: A Voice to parliament
Towards the north-eastern end of her rural community title lot is a paddock that’s remained unutilised since the construction of her home in 2006. Not wanting to have it mowed… Read more: Creating a Bush Tucker Food Forest
One of my annoying mantras oft repeated: “weeds are just plants growing where you don’t want them to grow!” but this does not apply to Solanum viarum aka Soda Apple.… Read more: Tropical Soda Apple
This, the second in the Herald’s Census 2021 series, analyses data on population and housing collected by the ABS on the 10 August 2021. At the time most Australians were… Read more: Boy, have we grown
For the past month and into April, Ninbella gallery on Bangalow’s main street has displayed works by Byron Shire environmental artist, John Dahlsen. Here, John talks with Christobel Munson about… Read more: Environmental artist: John Dahlsen
Christobel Munson explores the convenient treasures of The Library of Stuff, where borrowing beats buying and creates an awareness of our excessive expense and unnecessary waste.
The Bangalow Progress Association relaunches as the Bangalow Community Association and aims to increase community engagement in 2479, writes Ian Holmes.
Tricia Shantz has lived in Byron Shire for 40 years, 33 of those in Coorabell. Here she explains the genesis of her book Neverland, a social history that documents the… Read more: Finding Neverland
Showground Committee member and Herald stalwart Neville Maloney puts the square peg into the round hole to explain the quirks of Bangalow Showground’s historic rotunda.
Growing up next door to the weir, Lynn Smith from the Bangalow Parklands Group, knows a thing or two about the history that spans the newly placed bridge.
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… Read more: An adventure seeker’s dream