Community at work Regular As Clockwork
Dzogchen Meditation and Study Group 1st and 3rd Saturdays each month at Brunswick Heads Community Centre. Contact Didi 0408 008 769 for more info. Byron Mindfulness-Insight Meditation Sangha & Pairoj Brahma 7pm–9pm Tuesdays at The Yurt, Temple Byron www. templebyron.com. No fees. Andrew 0426 119 171, Pairoj 0423 241 916. Healing Meditation for heart, mind and soul, Sunday mornings in Myocum. Call Dean 0414 364 415 or www.unityhousebyron. com.au. Buddhist meditation and conversation with John Allan, Mondays 6.30 – 8.30 pm, The Yurt, Temple Byron. No fees. John-0428 991189.
Volunteers sought, please contact the museum 6687 2183.
Drug support groups
Neighbourhood Centre
Landcare
Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre is open Monday–Thursday 9am–4pm and offers a range of services and activities. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy art, music, games, great food and more. Call reception on 6684 1286 and discover what is on offer.
Bangalow Land and Rivercare working bee every Saturday 8.30–10.30am. See www.bangalowlandcare.org.au or call Liz 6687 1309.
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. 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
Craft group
U3A discussion group
The Uniting Craft & Social Group meets every Monday 9.30am–2.30pm at the Uniting Church in Carlyle Street, Byron Bay. 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.
Brunswick Valley U3A audiovisual discussion group, Thursdays 10am Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club. Info 0432 165 006.
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Low-cost or free food 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. Free Food Relief Bags for anyone doing it tough, every Thursday 9–11am at The Hub Ocean Shores, cnr Rajah Rd and Bindaree Way. No ID or Concession Card required. NILs referral service also available. Check Facebook page The Hub Baptist Ocean Shores for details. C3 Care Byron Bay Food Care – log on to www.c3byronbay. com to see if you are eligible, or call 6680 8872.
Respite Service 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.
No-interest loans 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.
Budgeting Support Money Matters is a free service helping people identify where their money is going, how best to save and, most importantly, how to get on top of bills! Contact the Byron Community Centre to make an appointment; private sessions run every Monday afternoon.
Junior chess club
Seniors Activities
The Mullum junior chess club meets after school until 4.45pm Tuesdays in room F4 at Mullumbimby High School. All ages, all standards, encouragement and professional coaching. Ph Mike 6684 6281.
Seniors Activities Tuesdays at the Byron Community Centre, Jonson St Byron Bay. Elder Beats seniors drumming 10:30-11:30 am with Gareth Jones in the theatre, 11:30 Morning tea in the courtyard, 12:00 1:00 Chair Yoga with Pippy Wardell
Bridge club Brunswick Valley Bridge Club meets every Saturday and Monday at the Ocean Shores Country Club, seated at 12.30 to commence play at 12.45. Visitors welcome. See brunswickvalley.bridgeclub.org or for partner ring Phyllis Keyte 6684 1103.
ESL classes Free English as a Second Language classes in Mullumbimby, suitable for beginners to advanced learners. More info call 0421 796 529 or 6674 7267.
Meditation Buddhist meditation teaching and practice now at the Living Yoga Sanga, first floor, 63 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby, 6–7.30pm, Mondays. Contact Mishaela on 0438 858 842 or mishaela@si.org.au.
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BHPA meeting Brunswick Heads Progress Association meeting Monday 5 June, 7pm, Memorial Hall, Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. All residents welcome.
Suffolk Park Dune Care Suffolk Park Dune Care weeding and planting followed by morning tea on Saturday 3 June at 8.30am meeting at the beach entrance at the end of Wareham St. Contact Helen on 6685 4964.
Bush School Each Thursday during term time the Brunswick Bush School takes kids 6-14 years out into the bush to learn, grow and connect with each other and the land. Meets at 9am outside the Brunswick Surf Club, group returns 3pm. Facebook: Brunswick Bush School, Email: brunsbushschool@gmail.com Web: www.brunsbushschool.com.au
Museums Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc Museum corner of Myocum and Stuart Sts Mullumbimby, open Tuesdays and Fridays 10-12 and market Saturdays 9-1. Discover your local history, join our team – 6684 4367. Bangalow Museum & Tea Room open Tuesday-Friday 10am-3pm, Cnr Ashton & Deacon Sts Bangalow. fiction, classics and a great collection of children’s and young-adult titles. All funds raised go to our Shire libraries.
U3A Ballina/Byron Join in the ‘Fun with Limericks’ session led by Margaret Thurecht at 10am on 6/6/17 in the RSL, Mullumbimby. All welcome. Enquiries 6680 7350.
Mullum CWA
Quota Club Quota Club of Brunswick Valley meets every 1st Thursday of the month at the Ocean Shores Country Club at 6pm. Ph 0439 733 763 for more info.
Brunswick Mullumbimby meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 7pm Ocean Shores Country Club. Info: Joan Towers 0400 484 419.
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 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 every 2nd, 4th and 5th Monday in Mullumbimby 7–9 pm. Contact Ashni 0439 843 657 or Mani on 0488 433 047.
Breast Cancer Support
Mullumbimby’s Repair Cafe at the Mullumbimby campus of Byron Community College in Burringbar Street on Saturdays 9am till 12 noon. Volunteers will be there to help you fix things that might otherwise end up in the tip, or to advise how it might be done.
Byron FLEA at the YAC (1 Gilmore Crescent) 2nd Saturday of every month from 8am till 1pm. Free stalls for young people. Call Berri 0490 026 840.
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 to shop 6684 4718. Mullumbimby Seventh-Day Adventist Op Shop opens Monday – Thursday 10am-3.30pm, Friday 9am – 2pm and third Sunday of the month 10am-2pm. Companion Animals Welfare Inc (CAWI) op shop Brunswick Heads (next to supermarket) open Mon–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 9am–2pm.
Lions Club Interested in making new friends and helping our community? Lions Club of
Choirs Bay Community Singers is a singalong group for seniors and anyone else Wednesdays Byron Community Centre, 10.30–11.30am. Entry by donation. 0425 363 589, kim@kimbanffy.com.au. Singchronicity Choir meets Thursdays at Ocean Shores 6.45pm-8.45pm. Eclectic and catchy repertoire. Ph 042 536 3589.Mullum’s Biggest Little Town Choir meets weekly at the Timber Slab factory, Jubilee Ave, Thursdays at 6.30pm. Newcomers welcome.
ManTime Calling all fellas who as a boy or man went on a Pathways, Making Men or Men2B Rite of Passage camp: weekly Monday night men’s group 7–9.30pm at the CWA Hall Mullum. Email mantime. mullum@gmail.com or call Karim 0403 755 192.
Sex & Love Addicts Anon Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is peer-support group of men and women for whom sex and/or romance have become a problem. For details of weekly meetings, phone 0452 074 974 or visit www.slaa.org.au.
Potters & Sculptors Mullumbimby Potters & Sculptors at
to Rae 0427 103 072 by Monday 5 June.
Kingsley St, Byron Bay. Free event.
Probus Club
Circus Trivia Fiesta
Brunswick Valley Probus Club meeting Tuesday 6 June at the Ocean Shores Country Club 10am sharp. Guest Speaker Marion Walsham. Enquiries Margaret 6680 3316.
Circus Trivia Fiesta, Saturday 3 June 6pm, Circus Arts, 17 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay. Bookings 6685 6566. $30 a head includes meal, $15 for just trivia. Fundraiser for the Circus Arts Performance Troupe.
#StartupByron
BPA meeting
Mullumbimby branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) meets Wednesday 14 June at 10am at the CWA Rooms. Bring a plate for a light lunch. New members welcome. Info: Jenny 6684 7282 or Sue 6684 1675.
#StartupByron Un-networking Meet-up Thursday 1 June 5.30pm at The Sun Bistro (Byron industrial estate). #StartupByron is a free group focused on connecting anyone interested in startups in a casual setting. Register on meetup.com/ StartupByron-Un-Networking
Byron Sophia
Crowdfunding workshop
Byron Sophia Philosophical Group: The Movement of Thought & Becoming, DVD by Jiddu Krishnamurti, presented by Gerald Reardon, Thursday 1 June, 1–3pm, at Uniting Church, Carlyle St, Byron Bay. Info: Celia 6684 3623.
Free crowdfunding workshop presented by Pozible 8 June 6.30–9.30pm. Limited spots available so bookings only at startinno.com/events.
Online entry for artworks opens on 15 June at www.osartexpo.com, remaining until 24 July. This year’s theme is Spirit of the Land. More info on Instagram @ ocean_shores_art_expo and Facebook. The OS ArtExpo opening night is Friday 25 August.
Volunteers wanted
MARRA AGM
Byron Visitor Centre is looking for new volunteers. Please call 6680 8558 or drop in at 80 Jonson Street.
Main Arm Rural Residents Association Inc Annual General Meeting at the Main Arm General Store, Saturday 3 June at 2pm.
Coffee morning
Newrybar Fireworks
Guess Who’s Coming for Coffee: Tuesday 6 June 10am, guest speaker Louise from Samaritan’s Purse, 14
Newrybar Public School Fireworks and Fair Saturday 17 June, gates open 4pm. Please support our major fundraiser.
Book Fair
VIEW Club
Friends of Libraries Book Fair Saturday 10 June, 9am–5pm and Sunday 11 June, 10am–1pm at the Byron Bay Surf Club. More than 12,000 books including collectables, antiquarian, art, photography, wellbeing, recent
Brunswick Valley VIEW Club lunch meeting Thursday 8 June at 10.30am at the Mullumbimby RSL Club. Guest speakers Wendy Watson and Narelle Higgins who are involved with building a school in Tanzania. Apologies
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Weekly handicraft group in Mullumbimby CWA Rooms each 1st, 3rd and 4th Wednesday of the month throughout 2017. New handicrafters welcome. Enquiries Margaret Mudge 6684 2956.
Seats available on fortnightly Community Transport Shopping Bus from Suffolk Park/Byron Bay to Byron
Byron FLEA
Op shops
Handicraft Group
Cty Shopping Bus
Repair Cafe
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.
Interested women are welcome Wednesdays and Thursdays 9am–1pm and the second Monday evening of each month 5–7pm in the Bangalow CWA rooms for craft and friendship. Rooms are open daily Monday–Saturday 9am–noon.
Co-dependents Anonymous (CoDA) 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.
Complete Men has regular fortnightly men’s groups on different nights in Byron and Mullum. Call Tim Fisk 0422 508 533.
Rainbow Dragons
CWA Bangalow
CoDA
Byron Breast Cancer Support Group meets every 3rd Wednesday 12–2pm at Byron Community Cabin (old Girl Guides Hall) in Carlyle Street. Enquiries Linda 0413 668 828.
Men’s Groups
the Community Art 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, 2 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby. Enquiries: mullum. potters@yahoo.com.au
Bangalow Progress Association meeting Thursday 1 June in Heritage House at 7pm. Community members welcome.
Ocean Shores Art Expo
town centre. The door-to-door bus costs $6 and is available to people who can’t access mainstream transport due to age, disability or other reason. Call Amanda 1300 875 895.
Timebanking Timebanking can help you build a network of support within your community through sharing skills. For more: Northern Rivers Community Gateway 6621 7397.
Volunteers sought Volunteers sought for Northern Rivers Volunteering, representing over 100 community organisations. Info: 6621 7397
Social sporting groups Senior social table tennis at Bangalow Bowling Club Sundays 2–4pm. All levels welcomed. Call Margot 0412 394 932. Tuesday Ladies Group of Riverside Tennis Club welcomes new players 9.30am every Tuesday next to Heritage Park, Mullumbimby, for social tennis, fun and friendship. Info: Barbara 6684 8058.
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1. Method of execution used in the United States (6,9) 9. Bursting, the result of a bomb (9) 10. Ancient Troy (5) 11. European fish (6) 12. Plummet head first, especially of aircraft (8) 13. Apply tension, exert oneself (6) 15. Deadly substance previously used as a building material (8) 18. Apply surveillance, usually in pursuit of crime (5-3) 19. Type of dessert or hair gel (6) 21. Offender, lawbreaker (8) 23. Small tower, often on top of buildings (6) 26. Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 27. Bravado, swash-buckling (7-2) 28. Capital punishment (3,5,7)
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1. Son of Polonius, brother of Ophelia (7) 2. South American animal, with along flexible snout (5) 3. Express regret (9) DOWN 1. Secret stealer is Ophelia’s brother (7) 4. Wading bird (4) 5. Excessive patriot, chauvinist (8) 2. Trip a shock for South American 6. Offence against the law (5) native (5) 7. Begins, originates (9) 3. A game soldiers and English show remorse for (9) 8. Integers, cardinals (7) 4. Single encore for the bird (4) 14. Brings back to life, restores energy (9) 16. Study and practice of voice 5. Super patriot, one no good in management (9) support! (8) 17. Opera by Puccini, set in Peking (8) 6. Church holds the edge in wrongdoing (5) 18. Old form of the trombone (7) 7. Starts eat-in – it is gross! (9) 20. Tendency to disorder (7) 8. One, two, three, four and so on – 22. Bring forth, also offspring (5) they’ll put you to sleep! (7) 24. Pertaining to the king (5) 14. Dance near one friend – it brings 25. Snare, deception (4) him back to life! (9) Last week’s solution N180 16. Cool tune I rehearse for speech P R O U S T R E S U R V E Y training (9) R P W C A N E E 17. 11, and for bass produces a Puccini E L E V A T O R S U P S E T opera! (8) S R N N E S T I C L A S S I C A L M U S I C 18. Old trombone is plunder, but … (7) I O E A G K 20. ... not prey; disorderly, at least a E A T E N R E B E L L I O N tendency to disorder (7) N H T E A O 22. Kids’ publication (5) C A R C I N O M A C O L I C E E N T O K 24. Lager raised for the royal (5) H E A V Y M E T A L R O C K 25. Snare role, on the way up (4) C S E A I L U N R O O M S N U M B E R T W O A M T O E C R C P R E S S U R E S T R E A K
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