The  Northern  Rivers,   N.S.W.
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   World-heritage listed National Parks, rain forests, spectacular waterfalls and beautiful rivers, pristine surfing beaches, historical townships and Aboriginal sites, iconic wildlife, welcoming coastal and farming communities, the 'Northern Rivers' region has it all.   
​And, of course, a most enviable climate to boot.
      The 'Northern Rivers' is also the birthplace of the Australian nature conservation movement in the 1970's and it shows in the sheer quantity of land set aside for just that purpose.   And it shows also in the attitude of the people who live here.   There is in the 'Northern Rivers' a sense of community and belonging, a love of the land and all its' beauty and an admiration of all of its' natural wonders however small or imposing they may be.
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Protester's Falls
       On this site we aim to show you as much as we can of what the region has to offer.    Whether you are a local, a visitor or just passing through you are sure to find something of interest on these pages.
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The Log in the Forest...
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Fig 1. The Northern Rivers Project's coverage area.
​     The 'Northern Rivers' Region is an area in the far  north-eastern corner in the state of New South Wales.   However, a quick Google search will show that the exact location of the boundaries of the area does vary with every purpose for which these boundaries were determined.  The most common interpretation contains the Local Government  Areas of Tweed, Kyogle, Byron, Ballina, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Clarence Valley.   This area, however, does not quite feel 'complete'.  For historical, cultural and natural reasons the coverage needs to be expanded.
      So, in order to make this publication a coherent set of visual and written data collected from a wide range of sources, be it original or quoted; the boundaries covered by The Northern Rivers Project roughly follows a line from Tweed Heads to Bellingen, westwards to Armidale and then  northwards along the New England Highway towards Stanthorpe before returning east at the Queensland border to Tweed Heads again.   As you can see this is a larger area than usually indicated by the name 'Northern Rivers' and, there may be further 'border-transgressions', on all sides, in order to accommodate adjoining National Parks and Reserves.  Overall,  the vast bulk of information presented here will be roughly from between the Bellinger and Tweed rivers.  

CLICK   HERE  to find out how to use this web-site and what you can expect to find on the various pages.

The  'LIFE'  pages of this web-site are taxonomically arranged.  The drop-down menu under the heading 'LIFE'  reflects this.
This arrangement may make searching the site a bit challenging for those not familar with Taxonomy and its' terminology.  
So rather than using the drop-down menu at the top of the page,
​CLICK  HERE  to go to more user-friendly way to navigate the site.
These pages currently under construction.
The following contributors to The Northern River Project agree that all their images and texts as formatted and/or written and displayed on these pages are licensed under the 
 
​​​​​Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

​Erik Beringen    (ID:  C)
Tracy Beringen    (ID:  T)
Nick Lambert    (ID:  L)
Diana Davey    (ID:  D)
Sarah Cobb    (ID:  S)
Sandra Clark    (ID:  U)
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The following contributors to The Northern River Project direct that all their images as formatted  and displayed on these pages are copyright protected with all rights reserved.  
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Craig Robbins    (ID:  R)

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​For use of copyright protected  images,  please direct your enquiries
in the first instance to the editor through the  CONTACT  page.











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​​We, the people that make up The Northern Rivers Project,  acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout the 'Northern Rivers' and Australia and recognize their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

THE  NORTHERN  RIVERS  PROJECT

The NUMBER ONE  destination for everything 'Northern Rivers'.
     This web-site is a partnership between photographers, nature lovers, historians, keen observers and artisans; amateur and professional, all with a common point of interest: The 'Northern Rivers' Region of Northern New South Wales, Australia.
     It is a collaboration that serves to highlight the very best the 'Northern Rivers' has to offer be it Nature, Scenery, History and Adventure brought to you by people with a passion for their craft and the place they proudly call home.
OUR  CONTRIBUTORS
in order of appearance here in brief,  and soon in detail here.
              Erik Beringen.    Editor, photographer. Special interests, Butterflies, Fungi and Birds.                           Banora Point, N.S.W.             Member id:   C 
              Tracy Beringen.    Business and administration. Special interests, Whales and Dolphins.                     Banora Point, N.S.W.            Member id:   T
​              Nick Lambert.   Photographer.  Special interests, Macro, Insects, Plants and Molluscs.                         Coffs Harbour, N.S.W.         Member id:   L
             Diana Davey.  Photographer.  Special interests,  Flora and Fauna of Yuraygir Nat. Park.                        Wooli,  N.S.W.                          Member id:   D
              Sarah Cobb.  Photographer.  Special interests,  Gen. Nature Tweed Regional  Wildlife Corridor.     Tomewin,  N.S.W.                    Member id:   S
              Sandra Clark​.  Photographer.  Special interests, Gen. nature Urliup Wildlife Sanctuary.                        Urliup,  N.S.W.                         Member id:   U
​             Craig Robbins.  Photographer.  Special interests,  Plants and Plant Communities.                                     Gold Coast, Qld.                     Member id:   R

   
​   You too, can help.  Even as a casual observer you are quite welcome to make submissions of photographs and/or texts that you think may make a worthwhile addition to the Project.  For more detailed information on how to do just that,  click here to go to our 'Contact' page.

​       This web site is an ongoing work in progress..        As you can see there is still plenty of empty space throughout the web site;  it's development is a rolling process during which some parts will always be more 'complete' than the parts that follow and it is not seen as a project that will be finished anytime soon, if ever at all, for that matter.   The very purpose it serves pretty well means that there will always be more content to add.    And that, of course, implies that there will always be room for more people to join as contributors.    No matter what your interest,  if you live in the Northern Rivers region as defined by the map above, and you believe you have something worthwhile to add to this web site.... just do so.             (use the contact form below as your first port of call)


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