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Thai Restaurant NOW OPEN TUESDAY to SUNDAY from 5.30pm over the holidays MULLUM BOWLING CLUB RESTAURANT
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Spare a thought over the holiday period for the cops and other emergency workers. The Echo’s email inbox is daily filled with news of the tragedies, stupidities and nastiness the police have to deal with. You can read them yourself at www.police.nsw.gov.au/ news/latest_releases and get a better idea of what the thin blue line goes through. Check out also the work of the Tweed Byron command at its Facebook page www. facebook.com/TweedByronLAC. Try to make their lives easier by driving sober, mobile phone off and seatbelt on. Q Q Q Q
Byron Shire has been pretty fortunate so far in avoiding really hot weather, apart from a couple of muggy days in December, but it can’t last forever. If you want more tips on dealing with hot weather, other than drinking mint juleps on the verandah while the fan wallahs cool you down, then check out
NSW Health’s ideas at http:// bit.ly/beatheat2. There’s even a Urine Colour Chart so you can check if you’re drinking enough water! Q Q Q Q
What visitors and locals alike make of Council’s park-andride effort into Byron Bay is yet to be fully assessed but it was a splendid idea to make the venture fun by employing the Magic Bus, dancers and Joel Salom (www.joelsalom. com) to launch it. Getting Australians out of their private cars is a Herculean effort at any time of the year, so good on you, Council. See Sharon Shostak’s video of the launch at echo.net.au. Q Q Q Q
Much has been made of Australia’s crappy download speeds, averaged at 14.56 Mbps, according to The Guardian online. Definitely it’s much slower than Hong Kong speeds – 68.94 Mbps – but compares favourably with Indonesia (3.35Mbps). You can cultivate your download speed envy at http:// bit.ly/gdload.
Local artist/photographer Peter King discovered over Christmas that his dog Tookie had become a roadside entrepreneur.
A Japanese Touch for Your Home
Tatami Mats
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Radio Galaxy Zoo is a new ‘citizen science’ project that lets you become a cosmic explorer without leaving the comfort of your own home. By matching galaxy images with radio images from CSIRO’s Australia Telescope, you can work out if a galaxy has a supermassive black hole: http://radio.galaxyzoo.org.
Are you a film buff, theatre-goer or book lover who would like to visit or learn more about the locations of your favourite film, play or novel? The Cultural Atlas of Australia www.australiancultural-atlas.info is an interactive digital map that plots more than 300 locations depicted in over 150 texts. Cultural travellers, students and scholars can use the map to plot literary tours, visit film sites or research landscape and locations in Australian stories. It even has the locations for the upcoming Wolf Creek 2, surely the height of Oz cinematic excellence.
Shoji Lamps
Traditional Japanese Beautiful Japanese Tatami Mats in full Shoji Lamps with thickness, made from strong paper in Igusa and Rice Straw. 3 different sizes. 90Ă—180 cm $195 small 46cm $59 90 Ă— 90 cm $125 medium 61cm $79 90Ă—203 cm $220 large 91cm $99 Tatami Bedframe Queen $940 King $995 complete w. 2 bed size Tatami mats
Shoji Screens
folding Shoji Screens 3 Panels $219 4 Panels $289
Sliding Shoji Doors on request with custom sizing. We also stock Goza & Bamboo Mats.
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Gilt framed Lindsay prints
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10 – 50% OFF EVERYTHING SALE 87 Byron St Bangalow (next door to police station) 6687 2629 – www.vintageeastern.com – 56 December 31, 2013 The Byron Shire Echo
Lois & The Ginger Necktar Team would like to wish everyone a wonderful 2014!
Happy New Year
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