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Neighbourhood Centre 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.
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.
Alateen Meeting Alateen Meeting every Thursday at 5–6pm. Do you have a parent, close friend or relative with a drinking problem? Alateen can help. For 8–16-year-olds meet St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church Hall, 13 Powell Street, corner of Florence Street Tweed Heads. Al-Anon family groups for older members at the same time and place. 1300 ALANON 1300 252 666 www.alanon.org.au
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.
Breast Cancer Support Byron Breast Cancer Support Group meets every 3rd Wednesday 12–2pm at NSW Cancer Council rooms 8/130 Jonson St, Byron Bay. Anyone experiencing/ed breast and gynaecological cancers are welcome. Enquiries Linda 0413 668 828.
Greif loss bereavement Free support service. Carl Moore, registered psychologist. By appointment grief.loss.bereavement.byron@gmail.com 0401081713.
Volunteer hub Choose from 40 organisations at the volunteer hub at Byron Community Centre. Make a difference in your community, have fun, learn new skills and meet people. Ph 6685 6807 email volunteers@byroncentre.com.au
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Moon view Come and view craters on the moon and maybe a couple of planets through a large telescope. Join Marie and Philip
Cty Shopping Bus Seats available on fortnightly Community Transport Shopping Bus from Suffolk Park/Byron Bay to Byron 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.
Language exchange Byron language exchange club is a free conversation meet up held twice a month in Byron Bay. Contact Paola info@ clacademy.com.au, and don’t forget to mention the language you want practice. Volunteers welcome.
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 Heritage House Museum & Cafe Open Monday from 12 - 4.30pm, and Tuesday - Friday 7.30am - 4.30pm. Cnr Ashton & Deacon Sts Bangalow. Available for event hire and welcome all groups and visitors. Phone 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. 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. Crystal Meth Anonymous is a fellowship of people for whom all drugs (but especially crystal meth) had become a problem. Meeting held Wed 7.30am, Byron Bay Surf Club. Call 0478 061 479 to speak to a local member or visit www. crystalmeth.org.au.
Library fun Baby Bounce session Mullumbimby – Tuesday 11.30am, Brunswick Heads – Friday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Friday 10am. Storytime for toddlers and pre-school children Mullumbimby – Friday 10.30am, Brunswick Heads – Monday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Tuesday 10.30am.
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.
Mullumbimby 7–9 pm. Contact Ashni 0439 843 657 or Mani on 0488 433 047.
End-of-life choices Voluntary euthanasia options are discussed at meetings held quarterly on the Gold Coast. For more information phone Elaine 0755808215
CoDA 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.
Social Table Tennis
Op shops
South Golden Shores Community Centre every Monday at 10.30. Phone 0435 780 017. Bangalow Bowlo Sundays at 2pm. All welcome. Enquiries Margot 0412 394 932.
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. Mullumbimby Anglican Church Op Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–4.15pm, Saturday 9.30am–12.15pm. 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 Monday–Friday 10am–5pm, Saturday 9am–2pm.
Bruns tennis Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 4–6pm. $6.00, all welcome. Enquiries Linda 0449 825 108.
U3A discussion group Brunswick Valley U3A audiovisual discussion group, Thursdays 10am Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club. Info 0432 165 006.
ManTime
Quota Club
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.
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.
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.
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
Bridge club Brunswick Valley Bridge Club meets every Saturday and Monday at the Ocean Shores Country Club, seated at 12.15 to commence play at 12.30. Visitors welcome. See bridgewebs.com/brunswickvalley/home.html or for partner ring Phyllis Keyte 6684 1103. Facebook Brunswick Valley Bridge Club.
Repair Cafe 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.
Spanish conversation A Spanish conversation group meets every Monday evening in Mullumbimby in order to improve language skills and cultural knowledge. Phone Paco 6684 0242.
Men’s Groups Complete Men has regular fortnightly men’s groups on different nights in both Byron and Mullum. Tim Fisk 0422 508 533.
Lions Club Interested in making new friends and helping our community? Lions Club of Brunswick Mullumbimby meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 7pm Ocean Shores Country Club. Info: Joan Towers 0400 484 419.
Bay Singers meet Wednesdays at Byron Community Centre, 10.30–11.30am. Enquiries 0425 363 589, kim@kimbanffy. com.au. Singchronicity Choir meets Thursdays at Ocean Shores 6.45pm8.45pm. 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. Raise the Roof Choir: Gospel, bluegrass & more. 1–3pm Tuesdays, Suffolk Park Hall. 6–8pm Tuesdays, Bruns Uniting Hall. Weekly Uki & Channon sessions. Info@ raisetheroofsinging.com 0417277211.
Craft 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.
Handicraft Group 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.
Carers’ support
Klub Ngobrol, Indonesian conversation club to practise Indonesian and learn about Indonesian culture. Meets first Friday of the month, 6-8pm, Byron Services Club. Ph 0405 463 663.
Seniors Activities
Toy Library
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
The Byron Shire Toy Library is open Mondays and Thursdays 9am–12 noon, at the Children’s Centre, Coogera Cct, Suffolk Park. Come and see the large range of preschoolers toys available for loan.
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 Prebytarian Church Hall, 101 Stuart Street
Bosom Buddies
Rainbow Dragons
Ballina Bosom Buddies Support Group meets the third Thursday each month 10am–12pm at the Ballina Kentwell Community Centre. Contact Julie 0499 550 757 or Karen 0439 438 576 for further information.
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.
at the Terrace, Brunswick Heads, near the road bridge on Friday 29 September about 6pm. It’s free. Details 0413 779 223.
Enquiries ring Margaret 6680 3316.
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Byron Sophia
St John’s
Mullumbimby Hospital Auxiliary’s next meeting will be held at Byron Central Hospital, on Wednesday 4 October 2017 at 10am. New members most welcome. Enquiries 6684 2449.
Byron Sophia Philosophical Group: Mysticism of Sound. Musician Zebu Anna Parker who has travelled along the Sufi Path will present Hazrat Inayat Kahn’s vision of the Harmony. Thursday 28 September, 1–3pm, Uniting Church, Carlyle St. Byron Bay. Celia 6684 3623.
St John’s Catholic Parish, Mullumbimby, invites all parishioners to their Parish Centenary Celebrations on Saturday 30 September commencing at 10am. Registration and payment required by 20 September. Contact on 6684 2106 or mullumbimby@lismore.catholic.org.au.
BV Probus Club
Kenya Op Shop
Vinnies Byron
Brunswick Valley Probus Club meeting on Tuesday 3 October at the Ocean Shores Country Cub. Meeting starts 10am sharp. Guest Speaker is Karla Durrington.
Education Care Projects – Kenya Op Shop in River Terrace, the street behind the Mullumbimby Post Office. Summer stock out now. Currently supporting 60
Vinnies Byron Bay will hold their annual Linen, Lace & Collectables Sale in their Marvell Street shop during the month of November, while stock lasts.
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.
Toastmasters
Mullum Auxiliary
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Mullumbimby Potters & Sculptors at 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
Meditation Buddhist meditation teaching and practice now at the living Yoga Sanga, first floor, 63 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby, 6-7.30pm, Mondays. Contact Mishaela, 0438 858 842 or mishaele@si.org.au. Dzogchen Meditation and Study Group 1st and 3rd Saturdays each month at Mullumbimby Civic Hall. Contact Didi 0408 008 769 for more info. Byron Mindfulness-Insight Meditation Sangha & Pairoj Brahma 7-9pm Tuesdays at The Yurt, Temple Byron www.templebyron. com. No fees. Andrew 0426 119 171, Pairoj 0423 241 916. Buddhist meditation and conversation with John Allan, Mondays 6.30 – 8.30pm, The Yurt, Temple Byron. No fees. John-0428 991189.
Byron FLEA 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.
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1. Ag, Med – everyone a winner! Well, not quite (6,9) 9. North Eco embraces West – like 1 across (6,3) 10. Pastry? Thanks, it’s an icon! (5) 11. Bad luck about the river – snouts are in it! (6) 12. See terms deceptive – one term, anyway (8) 13. Tennis ace a drifter? (6) 15. An appendage – small shelter, perhaps? (8) 18. I, Orlando, unhappily dead as one … (8) 19. … shroud. I, dead and wan (6) 21. Athlete risen, like 9 (6-2) 23. Support, like 28 (6) 26. Bury between ... (5) 27. … dead single grandmother and single friend (9) 28. Poise, charm, nerve needed for 21 (7,8)
ACROSS 1. One behind the winner (6,9) 9. One behind the winner (6,3) 10. Religious image of the Madonna and Jesus (5) 11. Opposite of peak (6) 12. School or university term (8) 13. Tennis great Pat … (6) 15. Sensitive appendage, feeler (8) 18. Dead as a … (8) 19. Wan, colourless (6) 21. One behind the winner (6-2) 23. One behind the winner (6) 26. Bury, place in tomb (5) 27. Lifeless, totally passive (9) 28. One behind the winner (7,8)
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1. Member of upper house of federal parliament (7) 2. State of forgetfulness or unbaptised infants (5) 3. Non-deciduous (of plants) (9) 4. Friend, partner (4) DOWN 5. Greek philosopher, founder of 1. Lawmaker’s sock treason (7) Cynics (8) 2. Place of the forgotten dance (5) 6. Pause, interval (5) 3. Plant always immature – like 7. The same in every respect (9) Brown? (9) 8. Plant of the genus Leptospermum (3-4) 4. Partner’s final move (4) 14. Comments or references at the 5. See God in eccentric Greek cynic (8) bottom of the page (9) 6. Pause in circuits, we hear (5) 16. Quadrilateral with one pair of opposite sides parallel (9) 7. In perfect agreement – perfect, about new twitch (9) 17. Statuette, small image (8) 18. Less clean (7) 8. Drama loses heat before English leptospermum (3-4) 20. Great indignation (7) 14. Legend pays attention to added 22. Mistake (5) comments and references (9) 24. African animal related to the giraffe (5) 16. Ambush? Simple we hear. Er ... it’s a 25. Cleanse, launder (4) sort of quadrilateral! (9) Last week’s solution N197 17. Fruit – wee statue (8) P L A Q U E S T R E A K E R 18. Tidier components? About right, O U R H E B L but not as hygienic (7) A S P I R A T E G O A T E E T B I U N G 20. Prison releases a number but takes I C E B R E A K E R D A Y S in 500 instead? Great indignation! A L X G O (7) N U D E P A S S I O N A T E 22. Mistake, or – well, mistake (5) S E O T U L Y R E 24. All right, a transcendental animal (5) T E R R A C O T T A E T T E N 25. Was hot – launder! (4) A G E D O N T H E H O U S E R F C A M E R C R R E I N D
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