Both the old Court House and Police Station in Bellingen (just to the south of Coffs Harbour) were built in 1910 using these unusual concrete bricks made with sand from the nearby Bellinger River. Clay bricks and stone were a little hard to come by in the area back then, so this was the innovative solution. Concrete is often such a homogenous, drab and uninspiring material, but in this instance it has a wonderful natural colour and texture with a character unique to its location through the use of very locally sourced sand. (Not suggesting sand mining should begin in the Bellinger again of course...)
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