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Alerts

In an emergency call 000.

Fire danger today

🟢 MODERATE Plan and prepare.

No Total Fire Ban today. Gas, electric, wood and charcoal BBQs are fine with care: keep an adult on it, water handy and nothing that burns nearby. Burning off or a fire in the open? Check if you need a permit.

Tomorrow: 🟢 MODERATE

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire Danger Ratings (North Coast). Updated Sun, 18 Oct, 9:00 am.

Fires within 100 km

No fires listed within 100 km.

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fires Near Me. Updated Sun, 18 Oct, 9:30 am.

Weather warnings

No current warnings for our area.

Source: Bureau of Meteorology, NSW warnings. Updated Sun, 18 Oct, 9:30 am.

Why you'll love Bellingen

What 2454 has that nowhere else does. Every fact sourced.

• The setting of a Booker Prize winner
  Bellingen is the notional setting of Peter Carey's Booker Prize-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda. The town was also a filming location for the 2003 comedy Danny Deckchair.

  Source: Wikipedia

• A calendar packed with festivals
  The town hosts the Bellingen Jazz and Blues Festival, the Bello Winter Music Festival, the Global Carnival, and the Readers and Writers Festival, which began in 2011.

  Source: Wikipedia

• A community market for over 40 years
  The Bellingen Community Market has run monthly for more than 40 years, with live music and over 200 stalls.

  Source: Wikipedia

All the reasons to love Bellingen →

What's on

Specials, members nights, bingo, trivia, live music, markets and events around Bello, in one place.

These venues' websites block automatic reading, so we can't show their specials: C.ex Urunga (weekly activities), C.ex Urunga (club page), Bellingen Community Markets. Check with them directly.

Read from each venue's own website twice a day. Specials can change, so check with the venue before you go. Know a venue we're missing? Tell us.

Community events

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Births, Deaths and Marriages

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Handy tools

Dog friendly

Off-leash beaches, dog parks and places happy to see your dog. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.

Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.

LGBTQ+ friendly

Local places that welcome everyone. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.

Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.

Fuel

Source: NSW FuelCheck

Supermarket watch

The everyday basics at each supermarket today. Cheapest in green. We update these prices twice a day, around 6am and 2pm, so you always know how fresh they are.

Cheapest basket today (milk, bread, eggs, chocolate): Woolworths at $17.80, Coles $20.80.

ALDI prices didn’t load at this check. We’ll try again at the next one.

Online prices from each supermarket's own website, house brand where there is one. Checked: Woolworths Sat, 17 Oct, 4:30 pm · ALDI not available today · Coles Sat, 17 Oct, 4:30 pm. Prices in store and specials can differ.

News in numbers

Facts from the sources named, side by side. No opinions: make up your own mind.

Big tech watch

Life and death

AI for good, AI for bad

A recent AI story of each kind from the news, so you see both sides.

Headlines from The Guardian and Google News, sorted into good and bad by AI, so check the full story. See every story we've logged.

Learn how AI can help in your everyday life, from your local experts at Maverick Digital →

Beer watch

The cheapest price for your beer at local bottle shops, posted by the shops themselves. No big chains, local only.

Prices posted by local shops, with the date they posted. Shown for 30 days. Please drink responsibly.

Wine watch

The cheapest price for your wine at local bottle shops, posted by the shops themselves. No big chains, local only.

Prices posted by local shops, with the date they posted. Shown for 30 days. Please drink responsibly.

Banks and the RBA

Home loan rates at the big four, and how quickly each passed on the Reserve Bank's (RBA) rate changes. Numbers only.

Cash rate: 4.60% since 29 Sept 2026

How fast they passed on RBA changes

Days from the RBA's decision to the date the bank's new variable rate took effect, for the 7 RBA moves since February 2025.

Tides & fishing

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Tide times are modelled estimates. Not for navigation; check the Bureau of Meteorology before boating.

What's biting in October

• Snapper peak
• Pearl perch
• Tailor, whiting & flathead

Seasons: Source: NSW DPIRD GoFishing guide (Coffs Coast) and Coffs Coast tourism.

Where to fish within 20 km

• Urunga Boardwalk (breakwall end) Breakwall
  Known for: mulloway, bream, luderick
  Directions
• Lido breakwall, Urunga Breakwall
  Known for: bream, luderick
  Directions
• Kalang River rock wall Breakwall
  Known for: bream, luderick
  Directions
• Newry Island bridge (Kalang River) Estuary
  Known for: flathead, bream, mulloway, mangrove jack
  Directions
• Hungry Head Rocks
  Known for: bream, snapper, whiting
  Rock fishing: watch the swell
  Directions
• Wenonah Headland Rocks
  Known for: bream, snapper, drummer, tailor, mulloway
  Dirt road can wash out
  Directions
• North Beach, Mylestom Beach
  Known for: bream, tailor, mulloway, whiting
  4WD permit needed
  Directions
• Bellinger River River
  Known for: sand whiting, luderick, mulloway; Aussie bass upstream
  Bass and estuary perch: catch and release only, May to August
  Directions

No listed shore spots within 20 km of you.

Know your 2454

The handy stuff, all in one place. Every item is sourced and shown as the source has it. We don’t edit it. We tell you where it’s from and how well the owner keeps it up to date.

Bellingen in numbers

Figures for the whole Bellingen Shire Council area, from the ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics): population is the ABS estimate for 30 June 2025; ages, incomes, rent and households are from the 2021 Census. Shown as the ABS publishes them.

Spotted something out of date? Let us know.

Renting

Looking for a place in Bellingen? Every rental site, already searched for you.

• Rentals in Bellingen on realestate.com.au: Australia's biggest property site.
• Rentals in Bellingen on Domain: The other big one. Includes Allhomes listings.
• Rentals in Bellingen on Rent.com.au: Rentals only, with a free renter résumé to send agents.
• Rentals in Bellingen on Homely: Rentals plus honest local reviews of each street.

Every rental site, your rights and bond help →

Jobs

Looking for work in Bellingen? Every job site, already searched for you.

• Jobs in Bellingen on SEEK: Australia's biggest job site.
• Jobs in Bellingen on Indeed: Pulls jobs from employers' own websites too.
• Jobs in Bellingen on Jora: Searches lots of job sites at once.
• Jobs in Bellingen on LinkedIn: Professional and office roles.

Every job site, plus council, harvest and local employers →

Local radio

Community radio from around the shire, run by locals, mostly volunteers. Tune in or listen live online.

• ☆2BBB (2 Triple B) 107.3 FM, Bellingen. Listen live

Tap ☆ to make a station yours: it sits at the top of your page, one tap to listen.

Source: Community Broadcasting Association of Australia list of community stations and each station's own website. Missed a local station? Tell us.

Council watch

Keeping an eye on Bellingen Shire Council, with every item linked to its source.

Meeting dates are on the council's meetings page.

Is council doing what it said?

Every three months Bellingen Shire Council reports on its own plan. We'll show its latest report here, in its own words. For now: council's progress reports.

Have your say or make a complaint

• Report a problem or make a request: Bellingen Shire Council on 02 6655 7300 or their website.
• Not happy with how council handled it? NSW Ombudsman.
• Concerns about a councillor's conduct: Office of Local Government.
• Suspect corruption: NSW ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).
• Have your say at a meeting: ask the council about speaking at public forum before the next meeting.

Mini Maverick Encouragement Award

Every month one local kid gets the Mini Maverick Encouragement Award: $50 to spend wherever they like at a local Bellingen business. Bookshop, surf shop, bakery, the footy club canteen. Anywhere local, except fast food.

The award must be spent at a local Bellingen business. No multinationals, no chains, no fast food.

Kindness, courage, trying hard, helping out. Anything worth encouraging. Grown-ups nominate; kids don’t sign up themselves.

Nominate a local kid → · Clubs and local businesses: apply

🌳 Get outside this weekend

Things for kids and families to do outdoors, free or under $50 a kid. This weekend: Sat, 17 Oct and Sun, 18 Oct.

No kids' events listed for this weekend yet. Running one? Add it free and tick "Good for kids".

Always-good local favourites

• Dorrigo Rainforest Centre & Skywalk Free
  Walk out over the World Heritage rainforest canopy.
• Urunga boardwalk Free
  Walk out to where the rivers meet the sea.
• Bellingen markets Free entry
  Local food, crafts and music. Check dates before you go.
• Dangar Falls Free
  Short walk to the falls just outside Dorrigo.

Outdoor and affordable, picked by locals. Check times and prices before you go · Suggest one

Sport & field closures

Flights at Coffs Harbour Airport

See everything coming and going at Coffs Harbour Airport (live board on FlightAware).

Holidays

Next NSW public holidays

• Fri, 25 Dec: Christmas Day in 68 days
• Mon, 28 Dec: Boxing Day in 71 days
• Fri, 1 Jan: New Year's Day in 75 days
• Tue, 26 Jan: Australia Day in 100 days

Source: Nager.Date public holidays. Updated Sat, 17 Oct, 5:30 pm.

In the sky, next 14 days

• Wed, 21 Oct: Orionid meteor shower peaks (look north-east after midnight) in 3 days

Dates are the usual peaks; meteor showers are best away from town lights. Source: timeanddate.com.

Asteroids passing by

• Sun, 18 Oct: 2026 TS, about the size of a jumbo jet (roughly 41 to 92 m), passes 2.4 times as far away as the Moon at 10.3 km a second today
• Thu, 22 Oct: 2026 TV8, about the size of a bus (roughly 19 to 43 m), passes 4.8 times as far away as the Moon at 9.2 km a second in 4 days
• Tue, 27 Oct: 2026 TB94, about the size of a bus (roughly 20 to 45 m), passes 5.1 times as far away as the Moon at 11.6 km a second in 9 days
• Sun, 25 Oct: 2026 UE, about the size of a bus (roughly 18 to 40 m), passes 5.3 times as far away as the Moon at 15.8 km a second in 7 days

Source: NASA JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Updated Sun, 18 Oct, 3:30 am. None of these will hit Earth. Most are too faint to see without a big telescope

Next school holidays

• Summer school holidays: Fri, 18 Dec to Wed, 27 Jan in 61 days
• Autumn school holidays: Mon, 12 Apr to Fri, 23 Apr in 176 days

Public schools in the Bellingen Shire. Source: NSW Department of Education · Private schools may differ

🧩 Crossword

Today’s Bello crossword in three levels: 🟢 Easy, 🟡 Medium and 🔴 Hard. Sign in free to keep your streak and best times. Play today’s →

✨ Horoscopes

Your stars for Sunday 18 October. The first-quarter moon says take action. This is the Year of the Fire Horse 🐎.

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Beach, surf & surf cams

Surf cams

Coastalwatch charges for its live surf cam feed, so we can’t show it here. Nobody pays to be on this site, and we don’t pay to show other people’s paid content either. Have a look on their site: Coastalwatch.

Swim between the red and yellow flags. Patrol times and beach-by-beach info: Beachsafe.

Source: Open-Meteo (modelled, updated hourly). Not for navigation. Which swell and wind suit each beach: surf-forecast.com break guides; patrols from council.