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Heritage Horsepower Rain Fed Rice Allen Fraser Ramsay - by Helen Trustum Rusty - Lismore New Motoring Section - The EH Holden Do you remember? The Gazunder Farmers Eye Health Gardening Let's Cook - Beef Stroganoff Sixth Local,Local, Proud Proud & & Edition we'rewe're independent independent We recently opened our new Heartland Office in Casino. Heartland is based from 81 Walker Street, Casino and on our opening day we were met with a crowd of well wishes from all over the region, people came in and have continued to come in and tell us their stories, stories on History in their families and the area, people coming in all day every day, thanking us for giving the area a magazine that they can read and enjoy. Advertisers can now come in, sit with our graphics team and we can custom design them an ad. We are proud to be local and employ locals. Our goal with Heart- land was to make it so people would discuss topics and stories with each other, remember the old times and it become something that the community could get in- volved with and make it and the stories a talking point. We've achieved that and we The sixth Issue of Heartland are hearing of stories of husbands and wives, mums, dads and kids, grandparents Magazine is and grandkids discussing stories and do you remember? And yes, we are indepen- underway and will start appear- dent and will stay that way. Thanks everyone. Sharon & Jeff ing via Australia Post and busi- nesses throughout the Northern Rivers from June 14. Heartland Magazine is growing and we will be adding more and more pages to the magazine. www.heartlandmedia.com.au Ph: 02 6662 6222 // The NSW Northern Rivers Heartland Magazine 3 Inside this month HURRY, FREE ENDS JUNE 30. 6 Back in Time Regular feature by Rusty 9 Fascinators Ready for cup day Memory Lane 10-11 Harness Heritage Horse Power Weekend 12 Kids Corner Fairies in the Forest Come on and JOIN US at 14 Do you remember? facebook.com/heartlandmediansw/ The Gazunder 16 Allen Fraser Ramsay 32-33 Seasonal & Stocktake Sale Helen Trustum EOFYS 19 Hall of Fame 36 Australian Tractors History of the Australian Tractor 20-21 A brief History 38 Rainfed Rice Thank you to everyone that attended and helped make the official opening of Heartland Magazines new office in Casino a Casino Slater Farms wonderful experience and fantastic day. 22 Aussie Motoring 42 Let's Cook The EH Holden Beef Stroganoff 28 Tax Time 47 Close your eyes ATO Advice Go back in time.. 30 Good Old Days 50 Save the Date History Community Heartland Media Jeff Gibbs Sharon Bateman Ph: 02 6662 6222 Director of Online & Print Marketing Director of Sales & Marketing Ph: 1300 697 787 0448 362 362 0427 633 354 [email protected] [email protected] 81 Walker Street Northern Rivers Heartland Office opened in Walker Street, Casino by State Member for Lismore Mr Thomas George. Official guests Casino NSW 2470 Mayor of Casino Mr Robert Mustow, General Manager Mr Vaughan McDonald also Mr Fraser Ramsey. Pictured Sharon Bateman, Jeff Gibbs, Debra Mortimer, Chloe Milton, Helen Trustum, Lance Skimmings, April DeWith, Judy Skimmings, Jenny Allan, Sharon Davidson www.heartlandmedia.com.au Design & Layout by Heartland Media and many more. Thank you to all our readers for the cards, well wishes and flowers. Heartland Magazine is © copyright and may no part of it can be reproduced without written permission from the Publisher 4 The NSW Northern Rivers Heartland Magazine // Call 1300 679 787 www.heartlandmedia.com.au www.heartlandmedia.com.au Ph: 02 6662 6222 // The NSW Northern Rivers Heartland Magazine 5 class acts form around the globe took part. This spectacular show would be something you would never forget. However, mother nature ended this show very quickly as this was 1954. The Queen and Duke were also in Lismore as part of their World Tour. At Oakes Oval, the schools represented wearing different coloured crepe paper outfits and you could just imagine all these kids, me included, standing the pouring rain and the colours running and the paper falling apart. On the drive around the Oval the the laneway on the other side. I bet many Duke was heard to say “Bloody wet isn’t it”. What I miss about Lismore: drinkers at the winsome gave up after seeing That night they stayed at the Gollan Hotel but Things like the noise of steam trains shunting elephants walking past. That old wooden bridge had to leave the through the night for higher carriages at 2:30 am. The noise could be heard out nearly caused a serious incident as one of the cages country as then the Richmond River was East Lismore and the community together of metal toppled over and three large male lions escaped but rising 18 per hour and the creeks in the you would think the old trains were in your street. were quickly rounded up and put back in their cage. catchment had all broken theirs bank. I Monthly theses would have been freight wagons Lismore was a place that a had a lot of hadn’t long moved into Lismore from Whian whian with being shunted into position ready to be hooked up entertainment going all year. It had pristine theatres, and my Mother had purchased part of the Worowee the loss of all to the train from Murwillumbah which pick would up eleven pubs, rugby league every Sunday with teams hospital in Dawson Street and started a boarding on board her. I may be wrong but onto freight wagons in Lismore on the way to form Casino, Kyogle, Nimbin, Ballina, Cabbage tree house. A cyclone had made the landfall over Byron I think that did happen. The last ship to enter the Sydney markets of cattle wagons to go to Victoria. and Woodburn. Bay which was to cause a record flood since that Richmond were the sugar boats which carried raw The old steam trains letting off steam resounding flood the record has been broken twice, 1974 and sugar to be refined. These ships were the hardwood across the city and the smell of coal fuming in the There was also… rides in Lismore forming the 2017. It happened so fast and being new to Lismore and the Cobargo. night air. group. Every year on Magellan Street there was and not knowing much about river heights we lost a floral carnival’s run which was blocked off to the everything including my much-loved pottery. We had The last sugar was carried the Cobargo, who only If you were catching a train to Sydney you didn’t traffic with every window with a display in the whole to make through fast flowering water down Dawson allowed to half fill because they had trouble with wear your best white shirt as these would always block. There was a garden competition run with street to get to the high school in Keen street. We sand bars and the entrance to the river form the be some clown who would on the window and stick outstanding gardens. Every Easter a rowing regatta had nothing left but happy to be alive and well. ocean was unsafe. However, she got out to sea and their head out to see how long the train was and of was held with clubs from Sydney and Brisbane and called into hardwood and topped up their load into course your shirt would turn black form the chocking many places in between also taking apart. Every I don’t think the older generation understands the theirs. Nowadays all sugar is transported by road to black smoke. By the time you reached central Sunday night it was of the River with dancing to way today’s generation understanding the metres as Brisbane. Cobargo would have made its final railway station in Sydney you looked like of. The Stan chillcotts 26 peace land. If you couldn’t dance for years like the late Bill Coverdale which gave the journey about 40 years ago. The last ship Bunawee worst part was the cinders, hot at times and they you eat and listened to this top band or you joined in river height ever hour on the Radio 2LM in feet and which Used Ballina as its port was used for taking always hit you in the eyes. The passenger train from the bird watcher’s clubs (girls). inches and included all the creeks in the catchment. people out to the reef off Ballina and finished form Lismore to Sydney was called the north coast mail You could gauge the heights… in the creeks were her. It had up to around fifty people each trip and and the train took about fourteen hours. Friday nights was usually a night to do window still rising and if they were falling. I think reading charged fifty dollars for a day. Very dear fish and if We had a good time also on every Sunday you could shopping in the main block or you could to the the rain gauges and river and creek heights should you were lucky you catch a fish or two but if not you catch the train to Byron Bay for the day. Metropole Hotel and have a few drinks and be include feet and inches as f eel as metres. I also feel would get sea sick. entertained by the Cyclones band. Beside all that people should be allowed back to their homes to One of the longest trains to come to Lismore was a there was the North Coast National show which clean the walls and floors using the flood water as it Another thing I miss was the playing of the bells privately-owned train which was owned by Wirths back in the 50’s and 60’s was much bigger attraction makes it easier to clean.