Bellinger River at Fernmount, near my home. Scroll down for more local pictures.

 

My father's family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
Opening paragraph of Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens

Pip, though over tender-hearted, was at bottom very bright, with that pleasant, genial, jolly brightness peculiar to his tribe; a tribe, which ever enjoy all holidays and festivities with finer, freer relish than any other race. 
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, Ch. 93, 'The Castaway'

 

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The Coffs Harbour district has the best climate in Australia -- in my own opinion and that of many others -- so it's a popular tourist destination. Coffs Harbour is about halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, both state capitals, each about a day's drive from Coffs. Bellingen, however, is of a very different character from Coffs, and most of us would like to keep it that way. By the way, the town is called Bellingen, and its river is the Bellinger. Nobody quite knows why the spelling difference.

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Abundance and gratitude,

Pip Wilson

PO Box 1246,
Coffs Harbour, NSW, 2450
Australia

And here's your almanackist and friends, at Emerald Beach headland, not far north of Bellingen:

 

Below: Some pictures from Bellingen, and my blog posts about the area (my 'Bellinger Valley Almanac')