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WIRES course The NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) offers a basic training course that will teach you how to safely rescue and provide emergency care for injured and orphaned wildlife. The next course will be 5 June. Call our 24-hour hotline on 6628 1898 or see http://wiresnr.org/ Helping.html to join us.
U3A Ballina/Byron Enjoy some ‘art therapy’ with Liz Dowling at 10am on 31/5/16 in the meeting room of the RSL, Mullumbimby. All
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Neighbourhood Centre Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre presents: Mondays – Toddler Time 9.30–11.15am; Feldenkrais gentle exercise from 9.30am courtyard; Lunch 12–2pm, Board games in the courtyard. Tuesdays – Cuppa Tea Choir and ukulele from 9.30 Hub; Lunch 12–2pm, Extreme Knitting 2pm. Wednesdays – Spirit of Chi Gong 9.30am courtyard; Jammm session Hub from 10am all day; Lunch 12–2pm; Soup Kitchen 5pm. Thursdays – Express Yourself Art as therapy from 10.30am courtyard; Nature Walk with Eugene 9.30am sharp. Everyone welcome! Please call Renae for further info on 6684 1286.
BCC Seniors Activities Byron Community Centre’s Tuesday Seniors’ Activities are back on their regular schedule: 10.30am Elder Beats Drumming $10; 11.30am Morning Tea; 12 noon Chair Yoga $5. The Bay Community Singers Choir will be resuming its Monday class at 10.30am from 2 May, cost is $10.
Respite Service
welcome. Enquiries 6680 7350.
Biggest Morning Tea Bangalow Quilters Biggest Morning Tea Thursday 26 May 10am at Bangalow All Souls Anglican Church Hall. All very welcome.
U3A Brunswick Valley U3A Brunswick Valley Tues 31 May 10am–12, Uniting Church Hall, Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. Deb Carney, hospital change manager, will give vital information about the impending changeover to the new Byron Central Hospital. Phone 6685 1732.
Baby Bounce session Mullumbimby – Tuesday 11.30am, Brunswick Heads – Friday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Friday 10am. Storytime for toddlers and preschool children Mullumbimby – Friday 10.30am, Brunswick Heads – Monday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Tuesday 10.30am.
Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre’s Express Yourself art group collaborative art project for Byron community – If you are interested in joining, Thursday mornings 10am– 12pm. Enquiries Rennae 6684 1286.
Ocean Shores Art Expo Attention all artists! The 2016 theme for the Ocean Shores Art Expo is ‘What Matters?’ Details for entering at www. osartexpo.com.
Lone Goat Gallery Till 1 June, A Survey Show – 3 Years at the Goat, selected artists who have previously exhibited at the gallery.
Coffee morning
Tutors wanted
Poets night
Bridal & Events Fair
Bangalow Progress Association AGM Thurs 2 June at 5.30pm in Heritage
Combined Service Clubs of Brunswick Valley are hosting a great poets night at St Martin’s Hall, Mullumbimby, on 4 June from 6.30 for 7pm start with a two-course meal with show. Cost $25
The annual Rotary Bridal & Events Fair of Lismore is on Sunday 5 June at the Goonellabah Workers Sports Club 10am–3pm. Fashion parades from
No-interest loans
Lions Club
Byron Community No Interest Loans Scheme (NILS) is a not-for-profit community program providing people on low incomes with safe, fair interestfree loans of up to $1,000 for purchasing essential goods and services. Contact the Byron Community Centre to find out more.
Interested in making new friends and helping our community? Lions Club of Brunswick Mullumbimby meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 7pm Ocean Shores Country Club. More information President Joan Towers 0400 484 419.
is a worldwide network of groups of men and women learning how to develop and maintain healthy and fulfilling relationships. For more information visit www.codependentsanonymous.org.au or phone 9281 3330.
Museums
Food Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. If you have any sort of Centrelink card you may purchase cheap food, obtain free veges, and enjoy a cuppa. C3 Care Byron Bay Food Care – log on to www.c3byronbay.com to see if you are eligible, or call 6680 8872.
Ballina Camera Club digital meeting Thursday 26 May 6.30pm at the Kentwell Community Centre. New members welcome. Enquiries Mark 6686 6915.
BPA AGM
Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc Museum at corner of Myocum & Stuart Sts Mullumbimby open every Friday 10am–12 noon and market Saturdays 9am–1pm. Discover your local history. Bangalow Museum & Tea Room open Tuesday-Friday 10am-3pm, Cnr Ashton & Deacon Sts Bangalow. Volunteers sought, please contact the museum 6687 2183.
Drug support groups Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 423 431 or 0401 945 671 – 30 meetings a week in the shire – www.aa.org.au. Are you experiencing difficulties and challenges because of the alcohol or drug use of someone close to you? Learn coping skills and gain support from others. Confidential meetings in Byron Bay 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, upstairs at 75 Jonson Street (stairs beside Westpac Bank). Phone Jane 0410 494 933.Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. For information and meetings call 6680 7280. Are you concerned about somebody else’s drinking? Al-Anon Family Groups meetings held Fridays 2pm. Uniting Church Bangalow – 1300 252 666 www.al-anon.alateen.org/australia
Voluntary euthanasia options are discussed at meetings held quarterly on the Gold Coast. Phone Elaine 55808215
Library fun
Express yourself
The Heart of Parenting is a free, 6-week support group for parents of teenagers that will provide skills, experience and knowledge based on mindfulness and the latest findings in neuroscience and attachment theory. Thursday evenings 9 June at the Mullumbimby Wellbeing Hub. Bookings essential: A.Garlick@nrsdc.org.au or 0448 559 968.
Byron’s Biggest Car Boot Sale: Book a site to sell all your precious secondhand goods. Saturday 4 June 8am–12 noon. Only $20 to book a site – all proceeds go to the Byron Bay Public School P&C Committee. For more info call 6685 6557 or email byronbay-p.
Camera Club
Landcare
The Uniting Craft & Social Group meets every Monday 9.30am–2.30pm at the Uniting Church in Carlyle Street, Byron Bay. Come and chat, enjoy a cuppa, the company and your craft. Bring lunch and whatever else you need. All welcome. Do you prefer patchwork and quilting? Come along on Monday evening same place at 6pm. Enquiries Tilly 6685 5985.
Byron Sophia Philosophical Group: The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, presented by Anthony Petcopoulos, Theosophical lecturer, Thursday 26 May, 1–3pm, at Masonic Centre, Byron Bay. Info: Celia 6684 3623.
Heart of Parenting
Mary Vidler at 11.30am and 1pm. All proceeds go to Rotary charities.
per head. Artists include The Mullumbimby Bloke, Errol Gray, Clelia Adams, Devine Folk. Tickets available at Stewart’s Menswear, Ray Towers Carpets, Siwicki Real Estate. A monster night of laughter, song, and bush poetry.
All-town Garage Sale Sat 11 June: Registrations for this year’s Brunswick Heads Old & Gold Festival are now open at Byron Shire Real Estate. Phone 6685 1003 for more info.
U3A discussion group
Craft group
Byron Sophia
school@det.nsw.edu.au.
Would you like to be a volunteer tutor in your community and work with people requiring help with the English language? Free 4-week course on Fridays from 10am till 2.30pm; start in June at Murwillumbah. Information contact Anne on 0421 796 529.
Byron Shire Respite Service Inc delivers high-quality respite care to a broad range of clients throughout the Byron, Ballina and Lismore shires. Donations welcome: Ph 6685 1921, email fundraiser@byronrespite.com.au, website: www.byronrespite.com.au. Bangalow Land and Rivercare working bee every Saturday 8.30–10.30am. See www.bangalowlandcare.org.au or call Liz 6687 1309.
House, Bangalow. Members and new members welcome.
U3A over-50 discussion group Thursdays 10am in Mullumbimby ExServices Club.
End-of-life choices
Rainbow Dragons Abreast Rainbow Dragons Abreast (RDA) welcomes breast cancer survivors for a paddle at Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head, on Sundays 7.30 for 8am start. Info Marian 6688 4058, mazzerati2010@gmail.com.
Op shops Uniting Church Op Shop, Dalley St, Mullumbimby – open each Saturday 8am–12 noon. Byron Bay Anglican Op Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–1pm. Volunteers needed. Enq Jeni: 6685 7816 or 0439 344 281. Anglican Church Mullumbimby Op Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am–12.30pm. Volunteers needed, enq Liz 6684 2622 nights. Mullumbimby Seventh-Day Adventist Op Shop opens Monday – Thursday 10am-3.30pm, Friday 9am – 2pm and third Sunday of the month 10am-2pm.
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Car Boot Sale
Low-cost food
Carers’ support Mullumbimby Mental Health Carers’ Support Group for family members and friends who have a loved one with a mental health issue. Meeting on 4th Thursday of each month 9.30am at the Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre. Info: Leanne 0409 818 643.
Toastmasters Byron Cavanbah Toastmasters practise public speaking and leadership through our community-run course. Meetings coaching in communication and self-development run on 1st and 3rd Mondays, 6.40pm at Byron Services Club, Byron Bay; www.byronbaytoastmasters.org. MullumMagic Toastmasters meet 2nd, 4th and 5th Mondays at 7pm, Presbyterian Church Hall in Mullum. Please call Satisha 0402 134 390 for more info.
CoDA Co-dependents Anonymous (CoDA)
All-town garage sale
Tuesday 7 June at 10am is Guess Who’s Coming for Coffee at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Byron Bay. This month’s guest speaker is Kath Southwell from Australian Seabird Rescue.
Art Orchestra Art Orchestra meets 7.30pm Tuesday evenings at Pioneer Hall (behind Mullum Civic Centre). Seeking sensitive, respectful players/listeners for structured, melodic and rhythmic improvisations, soundscape and intuitive new music. All instruments welcome. Info: rodmurraymusic@yahoo.com. au/0488 235 179.
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Liberation Larder The charity that collects, cooks and distributes over 450 meals per week across the Byron Shire to people in need is on the look out for volunteers. There are a variety of roles. For information ring on 0435 879 778 or visit our Facebook page or iberationlarder.org.au.
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The Brunswick Valley Bridge Club meets every Saturday and Monday at 12.15pm at the Brunswick Heads Bowling Club. All welcome. Info: Silvia Van Rossum 6676 3720.
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$1,000 GRANTS MAY/JUNE 2016 PERIOD
The Lions Club of Brunswick Mullumbimby are offering
BI-MONTHLY GRANTS up to $1,000
These grants can be applied for by any Not-ForProfit organisation or group which supports our local community within the Byron Shire (except Bangalow who have their own Lions Club) i.e. Junior Sporting groups, Church groups, health groups, local charities, service groups, any humanitarian purposes. These grants will be offered every two months. Contact the Lions Club of Brunswick Mullumbimby
PO Box 12 Mullumbimby Email: clairejharris999@gmail.com An application will be sent to you. Applications must be received by 14 June 2016. The $1,000 grant for March / April was awarded to: Brunswick Marine Rescue. Unsuccessful applications do not carry forward, a new application is required. Any questions phone Tony Cornell 6680 2011 or Joan Towers 0400 484419 or Claire Harris 6680 3707.
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Mullumbimby Potters & Sculptors The Community Art Gallery (Gallery at the Drill Hall) is open every Tues & Thurs 10am–2pm and on the 3rd Saturday of the month (Mullum Market Day) 10am–4pm. Pottery and sculpture crafted by local artisans for sale. The Drill Hall Complex, 2 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby. Enquiries: mullum. potters@yahoo.com.au Please note: This section is intended to benefit of non-profit community groups, not for invitations to free events followed up by paid workshops.
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Byron FLEA at the YAC (1 Gilmore Crescent) 2nd Saturday of every month from 8am till 1pm. Free stalls for young people. Call Lotte 0490 026 840.
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Quick Clues
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1. Slimming drug? This is the place for it! (6) 4. Another drug; the elite give it to children for a treat (3-5) 9. Head to grab comfy seat (7) 11. Administrators of no-balls (7) 12. Drive off, send back victim of Hansen’s disease (5) 13. Roll ball after a bonanza (9) 14. Trio suffers – victims of home invasion by 20! (5,5) 16. Sly chief (4) 19. Medico, for example: worthless residue! (4) 20. Wealth one secures for a fairy-tale girl (10) 22. Cloth for drying found at the bowl (4,5) 23. Forwards! Engage in tally about credit (5) 25. Appendage X in “Karenina” (7) 26. Grand Merlin confused – mischievous sprite (7) 27. Nick, your old skulking… (8) 28. …bird; very big victim! (6)
1. Site, particular place (6) 4. Frozen dessert (3-5) 9. Large loose cushion filled with pellets (7) 11. Castrati, often harem guards (7) 12. Disgust, drive back (5) 13. Plenty, a great quantity (9) 14. Ursine trio, important in 20’s story (5,5) 16. Curved architectural structure (4) 19. Residue, remnant (4) 20. Little storybook girl who needed to find things exactly right (10) 22. Piece of material used for drying the body after washing (4,5) 23. Rugby Union set piece (5) 25. Appendage, aerial (7) 26. Mischievous being who caused machinery to break down (7) 27. Sly, cunning (8) 28. Fish hawk (6)
DOWN 1. Sign about direction for Baillieu; disengaged (9) 2. Grip mollusc softly (5) 3. Fibbed about jazzman Graeme – defamed in fact (8) 5. Variegated fall off in interest – but waved at the finish! (9,4) 6. Shut down the publicity, a cold country (6) 7. Behold the territory, Charlesworth – it’s a bit queer (9) 8. If you’re en this, you’re all together (5) 10. Graph software makes a great novel (6,2,5) 15. Again give a claim to let entire works (2-7) 17. A bribe, sweet stuff covering up soggy mush (4,5) 18. Strong flagellators – or different kinds of pervs (8) 21. Back the French, not a music without a key (6) 22. Overcomes Kerouac and Ginsberg (5) 24. Monarch, game little queen (5)
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Freed, disengaged (9) Grip firmly or a tool to do so (5) Defamed in publication (8) Banner waved to signal the end of a motor race (9,4) 6. Country to the north of the USA (6) 7. Off-centre, odd, queer (9) 8. All together, en ….. (5) 10. Novel by John Steinbeck (6,2,5) 15. Again give the right to claim (2-7) 17. Bribe paid to ensure silence (4,5) 18. Men who wilfully expose themselves (8) 21. Of music: without a key (6) 22. Hits, spanks (5) 24. Monarch (5) Last week’s solution N125 L O B A S T N A C B L E B S E A E V E B R
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