The connection between Bowraville and Bellingen has been continuous for 160 years.
The Value Management workshop in December 2010 recognised the cultural links to the road, including the Aboriginal heritage connection to the road as "it was part of the journey of hope", when women had to walk the road to have their babies at Bellingen hospital
The current Bellingen/Bowraville road was not the first road connecting the two towns and the tab at the top of the blog includes a paper on the history of the road.
If you would like to add photographs or information to this blog, please email treefern@westnet.com.au.
Also on the tab bar at the top of the blog, you can find an economic case for the restoration and the benefits of local spending
The Bellingen/Bowraville Road was badly damaged by storms early in 2009. This included Hanly's bridge over the Kalang. Further damage to Hanly's bridge lead to its closure to traffic in November 2012 This blog shows the original damage and new information is being added as further progress or regress happens. Natural Disaster funding was approved in 2010 and work started at Spicketts Creek in 2013. There are a lot of photographs, click on "older posts" when the photos stop.