Written by Peter and Ruth Carter - residents of Kalang. It was natural really, and unhurried. Ruth and I had left the deeply satisfying, demanding life in Sydney and sailed for six years to and around the islands of Australasia. Now, in 2006 we paused in Coffs Harbour, awaiting news of the birth of our first grandchild, and found - Kalang. The river, the ferns, the rainforest filled our souls. We became part of the community of Kalang, richly divergent families who were acc

Written by Michael Mulholland a new resident & osteopath to all Kalang aches & pains. Gabriele and I are newcomers to the Kalang Valley, having moved here early in 2021. After sailing the East coast of NSW and Qld we decided to search for land in the hinterland between Kempsey and Gympie. While many places were beautiful, the Bellinger Shire has community values that resonated with us. People that are connected with the environment, respect the traditional owners and are mo

Written by Louise Cranny, longtime resident of Kalang Valley. I arrived in the Bellingen area on the back of a 750cc Honda in 1975 at the tender age of 18. This was the Shire. I had just read Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and, just like Lord of the Rings, it was green, it was fertile, and it was beautiful. I had come up for the weekend to visit a friend. He said I could stay. So I did. I left my depression, my honour’s stream university course, my worried family, and stayed. I