Byron Shire Echo – Issue 21.43 – 10/04/2007

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THE BYRON SHIRE ECHO Advertising & news enquiries: Mullumbimby 02 6684 1777 Byron Bay 02 6685 5222 Fax 02 6684 1719 editor@echo.net.au adcopy@echo.net.au http://www.echo.net.au VOLUME 21 #43 TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2007 22,300 copies every week $1 at newsagents only

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Residents feel ‘abandoned’ by Council

Groups fear bund change will increase ooding Community groups in the north of the Shire fear that Byron Shire Council’s proposed changes to the Kallaroo Circuit Bund at North Ocean Shores will increase ooding in the area. A staff report coming to a Council meeting this Thursday recommends adopting a draft LEP which will allow a development application ‘to increase the hydraulic capacity of the Capricornia Canal culvert located within the Kallaroo Circuit road reserve at Ocean Shores’.

The move follows on threats of legal action from Tweed Shire and a longstanding legal agreement with Tweed cane farmers. The then local government minister Tony Kelly called on Byron and Tweed to resolve the matter and the LEP proposal is a result of subsequent talks. According to a press release from the South Golden Beach Progress Association, New Brighton Village Association, Conservation of North Ocean

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Shores (CONOS), Byron Environment and Conservation Organisation (BEACON) and seven community representatives on Council’s Marshalls Creek Floodplain Committee, ‘Local north Byron Shire residents feel abandoned by their Council. In their report Council staff have totally ignored submissions from at least two groups (New Brighton Village Association and Byron’s Floodplain Committee).’ continued on page 4

Paddlers make it into the Bay

The legendary Taj Mahal was one of the more mature artists at this year’s blues festival, while performers like Wolfmother attracted punters as young as ten. See more of Jeff Dawson’s and Lou Beaumont’s blues photos on back page of Seven.

Council wins Landcare award

The determined paddlers crash through a wave. Photo Peter Aitchison

Hans Lovejoy After 30 days averaging ďŹ ve kms an hour, two young Sydney lads finally landed in Byron on Tuesday last week, just in time for the Blues Festival. Dale Butler and Nick Young, both 23, kayaked from Palm Beach, Sydney, to

Byron Bay to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and throughout their journey they encountered large sharks, dolphins, turtles and huge swells. ‘We’ve been thrown by freak waves,’ says Dale Butler. ‘A couple of hammer-

head sharks nearly hit us, and we saw sharks ranging up to three metres.’ With no land-based backup, the kayakers were weighed down with over 70kg which included tents, ďŹ shing gear and surfboards. continued on page 2

Byron Shire Council has won the NRAC Local Government Landcare Community Partnership Award at the inaugural Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority Regional Landcare Awards held in Grafton on Thursday March 29. Landcare established this award to recognise outstanding achievement by a local government organisation in collaborating with its community to preserve and manage its local environment and natural resources, encouraging a Landcare ethic and action in the local community, and cooperating on Landcare issues and projects

with neighbouring organizations, businesses, other councils and landowners. Byron Shire Council took out the award ahead of seven other local government organisations. ‘This award is recognition of Byron Shire Council’s leadership role in the region as a local authority which incorporates Landcare principles into planning, works and programs and promotes and supports a Landcare ethic in the community,’ said Mayor Jan Barham. Byron Shire Council was nominated for the award by local Landcarers who have worked with Council as part-

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ners in restoration projects. The nominations cited a number of initiatives by Council as worthy of recognition including the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, the Sustainable Agriculture Strategy and the West Byron Integrated Water Management Reserve. Also highly commended at the presentation dinner was Byron Shire resident and member of Wilsons Creek Huonbrook Landcare, Sue Riley. Ms Riley was recognised for her outstanding work in the Landcare movement by achieving runner up for the NRCMA Individual Landcarer Award.

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Writersfest supports portrait prize The Byron Bay Writers Festival celebrates its support of FEHVA with a novel (pardon the pun) twist this year. ‘Rather than sponsor a guest speaker as we have in the past we have conjured up an interactive link between the literary and visual arts community,’ said Jeni CafďŹ n, Director of the Byron Bay Writers Festival. ‘A portrait of one of our local “men or women of lettersâ€? sprang to mind to inaugurate a literary wall of fame. ‘Dee [Tipping, FEHVA corodinator] and I put our heads together and came up with the FEHVA portrait prize where the Byron Bay Writers Festival would acquire a portrait of one of our loved local literary ďŹ gures through an acquisitive prize. Mungo MacCallum is one of the shire’s great personalities and literary ďŹ gures and he enthusiastically accepted the offer to sit and be immortalised.

The framous Mungo MacCallum with, left, writers festival director Jeni Caffin and FEHVA coordinator Dee Tipping. Photo Jeff ‘Poor Traits’ Dawson

‘The Byron Bay Writers Festival will apply $1,000 sponsorship to an acquisition prize. In a similar scenario to Rolf Harris’s ABC series of portrait paintings

of celebrities, Mungo will choose the winning portrait of himself and award the prize at The FEHVA art auction on Thursday June 28’.

Paddlers make it to Byron Bay From front page

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paddler would scoop up a bluebottle and it would slide down and sting that paddler while also potentially stinging the paddler behind.’ The pair also encountered generous hospitality. ‘We broke a pin on a rudder ten kilometres south of Coffs Harbour and had to paddle in a three metre swell,’ Dale said. ‘When we arrived into the Coffs Yacht Club, the club’s commodore gave us hot showers and donated the meat raffle’s cash to our charity.’ He also let them sleep on his yacht, and ďŹ xed the rudder the next day, according to Dale. ‘We had a lot of support all the way up, from

Swansea, Belmount, Red Head (near Newcastle) Black Head, Crowdy Head, Coffs Harbour, Woolgoolga and Woody Head.’ So what made both young men want to paddle for charity? ‘None of us was associated with charities before,’ says Dale. ‘We researched a few charities, and thought of the kids. What we did was an adventure, and we thought it suited the Make A Wish Foundation as many kids wish for adventure.’ Donations can still be made by ringing 1800 032 260 and quote ‘Head to Head East Coast Tour’ to make a credit card donation.

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Justine Elliot endorsed Local Federal MP Justine Elliot has been endorsed as the Federal Labor Party’s candidate in the seat of Richmond in the forthcoming federal election. Ms Elliot was elected unopposed in a rank and ďŹ le preselection last Wednesday. ‘It has been my honour to represent the people of Richmond, and I am so proud to ďŹ ght for their concerns in Federal Parliament,’ Ms Elliot said. ‘It is a privilege that I will never take for granted. ‘Every election is a challenge, and I know I have to keep working hard to earn the support of the people here in Richmond.’

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Local comic makes it to Raw ďŹ nals Story & photo Lou Beaumont Mullum mum Ellen Briggs was the winner of the Queensland Raw Comedy ďŹ nal the other weekend. After a ďŹ ve minute bash at comedy during an ACE course with Mandy Nolan, Ellen got the bug. From there she was given further opportunities to express herself comedically and the rest is history. She is now one of several ďŹ nalists in the Raw Comedy National Championships to be held in Melbourne in two weeks’ time. According to Ellen, the comedy path ‘sort of took on a life of its own’. It is not a career she is actively seeking to promote, and insists that if it wasn’t such good fun she wouldn’t bother, but, unbeknown to Ellen, her six years as a stay at home mum to her twin 6 year old boys, became a well of material for her to dip into every time she hits the stage. Ellen elaborates, ‘Being a mum to my kids is deďŹ nitely my main source of inspiration and material. I’ve had people say that I openly express what all mothers think but don’t say out loud. ‘People seem to laugh [and wince] in a way that illustrates that they think they probably shouldn’t laugh at that kind of material, as it may not be politically correct, but they can’t seem to help it! ‘Sometimes I think we take ourselves too seriously, especially when it comes to parenting, and it wouldn’t hurt to lighten up and have a bit more fun. In any case, in the comedy arena, things can be said relatively inoffensively. That’s what comedy is to me – having an idea and pushing the

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boundaries with it.’ Indeed, Ellen does push the comfort boundaries with some of her material but her delivery is key. A fresh faced, fairly conservatively dressed woman who confesses she looks as though she should be at home playing with her kids Play-doh, Ellen delivers the darker side of parenting with buckets of irony and humour. It is this contrast, she believes, that makes it work. ‘That’s the stuff that works... the stuff that’s really real. All parents know about the tough stuff but don’t seem to talk about it openly.’ Ironically, her stage persona of tough loving mother disappears as soon as she steps back behind the curtain. ‘I automatically click back into being a mum to Eden and Jared. As soon as I found out I had to go to Melbourne for a weekend of course my immediate thoughts were who was going to look after

the kids.’ Her kids appear to thrive under their jocular mum and dad. Constantly quipping between each other, the children already have a well established sense of humour. Ellen thinks her kids are a ‘gift from the Comedy Gods’. Indeed, the boys are attending scripture class at the moment and when one of them has trouble with the order of things... ‘Jesus died on Friday and on Sunday he went to prison’, the other twin can quickly correct him, ‘no, no, he died on Friday

The re-elected NSW Labor government’s refusal to appoint a Minister for the North Coast shows Labor has learnt nothing from the election result in this area, Shadow Minister for North Coast Don Page said. 'In all north coast seats there was a signiďŹ cant swing away from Labor, with a 5.1

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per cent swing to the Nationals in Ballina, 7.1 per cent to the Nationals in Tweed, 2.3 per cent to the Nationals in Lismore, 5.6 per cent to the Nationals in Coffs Harbour, and 6.5 per cent to the Nationals in Clarence,' Mr Page said. ‘[Our] policy was to appoint a Minister for the North Coast.’

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Local News Green and Clean celebrates 10 years

Hens-on approach to poultry auction On Sunday April 29 at the Bangalow Showground Poultry Pavilion, the Bangalow A&I Society (Inc) Poultry Club, will be holding The Northern Rivers Pure Breed Poultry Auction. Vendors must have birds penned between 6.30am and 8.30am on Sunday 29, and viewing of birds and inspection for bidders from 8.30am until the auction starts at 10.00am sharp. The Pavilion will remain open for the duration of the auction.

‘If you are interested in buying birds for laying, showing or pets we will provide every colour, shape, size and breed on that day,’ says the club. It is expected about 400-500 fowl, pheasant, waterfowl and partridge birds will be penned, so everyone must come early to allow yourself time for inspection of birds, and every bidder must have a registered number prior to the commencement of the auction. A catalogue and auction

conditions will be available two weeks before the auction and is obtainable by contacting the club secretary, phone 6687 1322 or email gmckenzie@hotkey.net.au. Entries for vendors close March 31, so if you require a schedule and consignment form, also contact the above phone number or email. BBQ and refreshments will be available at minimal prices. It is a friendly family day so bring your cash, bring your boxes and bring the family.

Art trifecta for Mullumbimby Three university students from Mullumbimby have been honoured with the Kaske Award from Southern Cross University. Students Byron Bay First National principal and GCAT supporter Chris Hanley shares the birthday joy with must display the best perGCAT cofounder Veda Turner. Photo Jeff ‘Cakewalk’ Dawson formance in their chosen fields for Visual Arts Studio nators, Udo, Veda, Teresa A cake and candles is part committed locals. Studies to receive this GCAT began working at Heal and Miles Shorten are of any ten year old’s birthaward. day. For Byron environment six sites in Byron, however excited at the possibilities The recipient for 2nd year group Green and Clean over the years has come to the next year holds. painting is Leonie Jackson; ‘Together with our partners Awareness Team, the cake focus on Clarkes Beach and Rainforest Rescue and Byron has been sweetened with Dunecare. Other key projects have United, we will plant 1,000 1,000 trees to plant and $1,000 to pay the bills and included the rubbish round- trees at Main Beach, and have up and plantings at Butler a Department of Lands North Coast residents and keep up the momentum. A meeting in1997 saw the Street market ground, and funded project ongoing at visitors are being urged to landcare at the beautiful Clarkes Beach,’ Veda said. birth of the GCAT. take extra precautions to ‘For this ten year old, the avoid mosquito bites over the With the founding group Eric Wright Lookout at birthday trip to the beach is coming weeks. The Public of Gerd and Inga Modlich, Paterson Hill. Udo Moerig and Veda Byron Bay business has going to be a beauty! Health Unit has warned of ‘Join us next Sunday from an expected seasonal increase Turner, GCAT set out to embraced GCAT. For some reduce litter, regenerate it has become a long term 9am at Clarkes Beach for in the risk of contracting the dunecare and celebration.’ mosquito-borne viruses, habitat and increase envi- relationship. ‘Since our outset in 1997 ronmental awareness in the Beach Hotel, Varcin Byron Bay. Ten years on, and thou- Massage Clinic, Trevor sands of people have ‘got Mead Meats and Santos South Golden Beach down and dirty’ and so Wholefoods have been part From front page ‘Our submission was not Progress Association repreenhanced Byron’s green of our crew – a special thanks to them,’ said coor- even noted in the staff report sentative Richard Whitling image. to Council,’ said New said, ‘Council received subThese volunteers have dinator Veda Turner. Most recently, First Brighton Village Association missions from 189 individuincluded school students from Southport to Ballina, National Real Estate has president Kayleen Chamber- als and community groups. travellers from the four cor- donated $1,000 to operat- lain. ‘Who knows how many One hundred per cent of the other group and individual submissions, received from ners of the globe, and the ing funds. GCAT’s current coordi- submissions were not con- Byron Shire residents, totally essential core group of sidered or acknowledged by opposed Council’s proposal. staff?’ ‘Only two (from outside Ms Chamberlain said that the shire) supported the proNew Brighton residents had posal. Yet staff have not only sought to prevent incremen- failed to acknowledge some UÊ," Ê tal increases in flooding of submissions but have also UÊ6 ,/ Ê , * their area for some 20 years. ignored the wishes of its rateUÊ6 / Ê -Ê­/ ÊEÊ 1 ® ‘Every time that a new devel- payers by recommending UÊ " Ê opment takes up some of the that Council proceed with UÊ* / Ê UÊ , ÊEÊ / Ê 7 floodplain water storage the changes to the bund. UÊ* / "Ê "6 ,-Ê capacity, New Brighton ‘Previously we presented UÊ- , Ê "-1, receives extra flooding. UÊ- 1, /9Ê "",-ÊEÊ- , Council with a petition UÊ 9- , -ÊEÊ "",‘We thought that we were signed by 300 residents who UÊ/ ,Ê- 1// ,protected from these types of wanted Council to prepare a * " \Ê­äÓ®ÊÈÈnäÊ{ÎxÎ developments since Council Floodplain Plan to address £{Ê " < Ê , 6 ]Ê 1 ÊÓ{nÎ and the community com- the problem – this was also pleted their Marshalls Creek ignored. Floodplain Plan. But now ‘We regard ourselves as Council is abandoning that green but now find ourselves 7iÊV> Ê` Ê> ÞÌ }Ê> `ÊiÛiÀÞÌ }°Ê plan by going against the at odds with the Greens "ÕÀÊ ÊiÝV>Û>Ì ÀÊiÛi Ê >ÃÊ>Ê}À>LÊv ÀÊÀ V ÊÜ> à objectives of the plan by Byron councillors who seem allowing an increase to flood to be running scared that the level and flood duration. Minister for Local GovernWhile Council staff suppose ment will disagree with them that the increase in flooding if they oppose allowing more *À Õ`ÊÌ ÊÃÕ«« ÀÌ will be small, we note that floodwater through. It Ì iÊ* Ê >` ià their previous flood predic- appears they are playing > `ÊÌ iÊ À i `à tions were wrong and once politics at the expense of the vÊÌ iÊ LÀ>ÀÞ° again New Brighton Village residents and the environ > Êv ÀÊ>Ê will bear the brunt of this ment.’ vÀiiÊµÕ ÌiÊ foolish Council project.’ BEACON representative

2nd year printmaking Belinda Charlton; and 1st year 3D Kylie Stoddart. Along with the recognition for their dedication to studies, each student received a financial prize to assist with the cost of purchasing art materials. All three women are mature age students returning to studies after having

families. They acknowledge the support and encouragement received from each other whilst juggling home and study commitments. Car-pooling to Southern Cross University in Lismore enables lively debates on contemporary issues in the art world as well as the chance to ‘blow off some steam’ with lots of laughter.

Increased risk from mozzies Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus, at this time of year. ‘Both Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus can cause painful or swollen joints, sore muscles, skin rashes, fever, fatigue and headaches,’ said the North

Coast Director of Public Health, Paul Corben, warned today. ‘Symptoms can last for weeks and sometimes months and people are strongly advised to do their best to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes.’

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changes to the Bund if there were found to be detrimental impacts on the adjacent Billinudgel Nature Reserve. ‘The National Parks people want to ensure that if something goes wrong and the values of the Nature Reserve are threatened by the project then the amount of water flowing through the Bund can be reduced to protect the Park’s hydrology,’ saidVal Scanlon for CONOS. ‘Not only would this be a precautionary measure for Council to adopt because of global warning, but it would also be prudent for Council to adopt this measure in order to protect affected residents in the floodplain should the estimated increase in floodwaters prove to be incorrect. ‘Council staff have rejected the NPWS recommendations because apparently they are not prepared to change the document that went on public exhibition. We trust that Councillors will consider the NPWS recommendation carefully and will see merit in protecting the valuable wetland resources within the Reserve system. After all it is imperative, and in Council’s interest, to get this right.’

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Solveig takes art to the café Story & photo Lou Beaumont Café Mazah in Mullumbimby has been transformed, for the indefinite future, into a gallery showcasing artist Solveig McDonald. Solveig, (pron. sil-way), naturally thrilled to have her community’s support by way of wall space, will be updating the works on display every month. A former psychologist by trade, and a mother of three, Solveig returned to painting fulltime five years ago. She trained at the National Art School in Sydney and she loves the fact she is now doing what she loves without major distractions and life dynamics to stop her. She is also happy to do away with the ‘snobby, egotistical gallery world art is so often caught up in’. A self-titled graphic impressionist, Solveig employs opposing colours adjacent to each other to create vibrant scenes and abstract depictions that appear to vibrate and jump off the canvas. Solveig explains, ‘I can see auras of energy around things, so I use the contrasting edge effect to energise the image. I want your eye to be forced to jump all over the painting, rather than rest in one spot. If I paint a current

water at once.’ Shape and colour are Solveig’s tools of the trade, using no form, line or tone. She believes this creative formula will keep her interested in painting for the rest of her life. Her material of choice is acrylic on board, however the works on display are giclee canvas prints. Solveig’s works can be seen at Café Mazah (opposite the old Popular) in Burringbar Street any time between 8am to 5pm Monday-Friday and 8am to 3pm Saturday, or you can log onto www.solveig. com.au.

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in the water, I want it to appear as though it’s about to sweep you off the page.’ Solveig, like so many local artists, finds the nature which surrounds her to be an infinite source of inspiration. She believes she will never run out of things to paint,

especially since the same scene can change countless times with the light. ‘I’m going through a bit of a water phase at the moment. I don’t just paint the surface of the water, but also try to represent the “inside” of the water, all the depths of the

‘The North Coast Environment Council congratulates the Iemma government on its quick action to consolidate the Department of Environment and Climate Change and its abolition of the Department of Natural Resources, said Jim Morrison, NCEC president. ‘We are also cautiously optimistic that Minister Koperberg will bring an equivalent level of seniority and talent to this key area of government action as Minister Debus, a tireless advocate for the environment.’

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Street art goes off the street A new experimental artspace, Starvin’marvin, in Mullumbimby is providing a platform for urban street art and is local artist Kel Thompson’s ‘home’ for two weeks. Kel has shut herself in the gallery to explore a new process of working – bringing street art, usually anonymously appearing as grafďŹ ti style or stencil art – to a conďŹ ned space. This Friday evening, April 13, Kel will be released from confinement at the public opening of the space, and with it her work will be immediately exhibited. Kel said, ‘This is a great opportunity to think with my hands in the moment. There is no contemplation and no control and the entire process will be documented in the space... I am a living experiment.’ Kel said urban art, which usually appears in public spaces and where the artist is mostly invisible to the process, stimulates varying Kel Thompson at work in Starvin’marvin. Photo Lou Beaumont responses from the public stood. rience of creating “urban artâ€? but is generally misunder‘We are exploring the expe- within a conďŹ ned environ-

DNA sought in rape case Magistrate Jeff Linden has allowed DNA tests to be taken of two of the youths charged with rape of a teenage girl in Byron Bay in March. In Byron Bay last week Mr Linden granted the request of the Lismore Director of Public Prosecutions. Police have alleged that ďŹ ve youths aged 18 or under sexually assaulted the 13year-old girl on March 11. The names of the youths have been suppressed because of their age. All five boys involved must not have contact or association with any their co-accused or with the alleged victim. There will be a further hearing at Lismore Local Court on May 22.

Khandro Thrinlay Chodon ment to deďŹ ne how this alters street art and its purpose. ‘Does this scenario change the value or meaning of the art and does it create a platform for a greater understanding of this expression of sub-culture?’ Kel Thompson, who lives in Suffolk Park and recently spent ďŹ ve months in Berlin on an arts sabbatical, said that she would be losing herself to ďŹ nd herself during this process, investigating the concept of freedom and living and embodying art in a ďŹ xed environment. Starvin’marvin, at the back of The Old Bakery in Burringbar Street, explores the art that appears on the street from a gallery’s perspective and is running a series of experimental exhibitions this year to provide people with a greater understanding of street art. Kel can be seen working on this project through the gallery window until 6.30pm on Friday April 13 when her work will be open to the public.

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Coastal migration pressure Coastal councils around Australia are struggling to keep pace with a population migration of historic proportions, according to the National Seachange Taskforce. The taskforce was established in 2004 as a national body to represent the interests of coastal councils and communities experiencing the effects of rapid population and tourism growth. It currently has more than 60 member councils in all Australian states. Cr Joe Natoli, chair of the taskforce, said the latest data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that in the ten years since 1996 the population of non-metropolitan coastal areas had increased by a million people – from 4.9m to 5.9m. ‘This is a massive movement of population on a national scale but it has not been matched by the necessary allocation of resources,’ Cr Natoli said. ‘Over the past ten years the percentage of taxation revenue provided to councils has declined signiďŹ cantly. The range of essential services local government is called on to deliver has increased enormously. ‘Growth areas have been denied the resources they need to match the huge increase in demand for infrastructure and services. The last ten years have been lean ones for local government and for coastal councils in particular.’ Cr Natoli said the local government sector desperately needs a new funding formula. ‘Commonwealth and state governments have growth taxes such as PAYG and the GST, but the local government sector has no similar revenue source, is seriously under-funded and is falling further behind,’ he said. ‘While growth is driving a big increase in state and commonwealth tax revenues it is having the opposite effect on local councils and is placing them under enormous strain.’ Cr Natoli said coastal Australia continues to grow at a faster rate than the rest of the nation. ‘Since 2001 the cumulative rate of growth for coastal LGAs outside the metropolitan areas has been 9.8%,’ he said. ‘This compares with a national growth rate of 6.1% for Australia during the same period, illustrating only too clearly the extraordinary pressures that coastal councils and their communities are attempting to deal with. ‘It is estimated another million people plan to start moving to the coast at the end of this decade as the baby-boomer generation reaches retirement age.’ Cr Natoli said the National Seachange Taskforce is developing a policy framework for coastal Australia to address the many challenges faced by coastal communities. ‘The major political parties will ignore this issue at their peril. This will be a priority election issue for people living in coastal Australia, which includes some of the most volatile electorates in the nation.’

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ou’ve got to hand it to Malcolm Turnbull, the government’s ambitious young water boy. He can really keep his cool. Last week the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Committee on climate change spelled out its apocalyptic forecast for Australia in the coming century: drought and ood, bushďŹ res and cyclones, the Murray-Darling to dry up, the Great Barrier Reef to die, the coastline to disappear. But Turnbull isn’t fazed. There’s nothing new in all this, he says soothingly. We’ve known all about it for years. It’s just what we’ve been planning for. The insouciance was too much even for the morning TV presenters, not known for their sensitivity. ‘So what’s his plan,’ one of them asked cynically. ‘Magic?’ It will need to be, given the pitiful nature what has been announced so far. An unplanned $10 billion to ďŹ ddle with Murray-Darling water that should never have been allocated in the first place; $200 million to slow deforestation somewhere else; a chat with the Chinese about cleaning up coal by some unspeciďŹ ed means at some unspecified time; an invitation to business to work out how much, if anything, it thinks it should pay as carbon tax; and some vague nuclear aspirations for the distant future. Oh, and maybe some ethanol in the petrol for the National Party, along with a couple of other pittances aimed at sustainable energy sources. But that’s about it. This mish-mash of tokenism and handouts is what Turnbull claims unblushingly as proof that ‘there is no government in the world which has done more about the

consequences or the anticipated consequences of climate change than the Australian government’. And note that even now he is hedging his bets: he cannot quite bring himself to admit that the consequences are real, rather than just ‘anticipated’. Kevin Rudd is justiďŹ ed in exposing Turnbull and Howard, in particular, as unreconstructed climate change sceptics who insist on treating the crisis as a purely political one which will go away if sufficient spin is applied. In the circumstances it is

There will be much more emphasis on market forces, about dealing with energy production as it is rather than as others might wish it to be. by Mungo MacCallum hardly surprising that Ken Henry, the formidable head of Treasury, has signalled his determination to take control of the issue. His speech leaked to the Financial Review last week was more than just a sigh of complaint about being ignored while important economic decisions are made on the run: it was a clear warning to the government that the adhockery had to stop, and that Treasury demanded its place at the table when major policy was being drafted. And if it did not get it‌? Well, John Howard is old enough to remember 1974, when the Whitlam government left Treasury out of the loop while planning to borrow $4 billion in petro-dollars to build a national pipeline grid. When the then Treasury head Sir Frederick Wheeler failed to persuade

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the government to abort the project, or at least run it through conventional channels, a mysterious source known as Mr Williams became a serial leaker to the opposition. Mr Williams was later named in the senate as Des Moore, then a deputy secretary in Treasury and now head of a conservative think tank. Moore denied the allegation, but whatever their origin the leaks were incredibly damaging to the government, and eventually what became known as the Loans Affair triggered the blocking of supply in 1975 and Whit-

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lam’s subsequent dismissal. The circumstances are slightly different – for instance, Howard’s $10 billion is less than half of Whitlam’s $4 billion in today’s money – but the parallels are still clear enough to worry Howard, if not his coolerthan-cool water boy, who sneered dismissively that Treasury would not even know the cost of replacing a Detheridge wheel with a computerised ume gate. It may not, but, like Turnbull, it can learn; and it does know a thing or two about making life very uncomfortable for bumptious young ministers. Expect water policy to become a lot more rigorous in future. This will not be all good news for the Green lobby; there will be much more emphasis on market forces, about dealing with energy production as it is

rather than as others might wish it to be. Coal and oil will be taxed, but will remain central to the debate. Other sources – wind, water and solar, and also bio-fuels and nuclear – will be left to fend for themselves. As, perhaps, will the water boy.

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ur Dear Leader’s demand that the business community run an advertising campaign in praise of WorkChoices shows either hubris or stupidity or both, not a good sign for his followers in election year. Our business leaders have repeatedly told him that the business of business is business, not social welfare, charity, or politics. It will render unto Caesar what it is compelled to but no more, and it’s certainly not going to leave itself open to a terrible revenge from an incoming government. If John Howard wants to counter the ACTU’s anticipated $20 million campaign he will have to stump up the cash itself, either from Liberal party funds (to which business contributes lavishly, but largely anonymously, in any case) or by once more stealing from Treasury to run a spurious ‘public information’ campaign. This, of course, has already been done: the original ogging of WorkChoices cost us hapless taxpayers around $40 million – double the ACTU budget – and on top of that there was a secret $2 million survey to see if it worked; judging from the current polls and Howard’s pleas for help, it obviously didn’t. Howard now says it would be ‘inappropriate’ to do it again; but if things get any more desperate, Ken Henry will want to keep a very close eye on the keys to the vault.

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Good news for maca growers It’s not all bad news for macadamia growers. Growers of organic macadamias are doing OK. Organic macadamia and coffee grower Cath Ford showed us around her farm at Rosebank recently. She showed how she saved $1,000 a hectare on pesticides through organic management techniques. Her return on investment is as high if not higher than most other farmers using pesticides. Also it is safer for her, her staff, her neighbours and her customers. We heard from an organic

adviser that glyphosate used for clearing weeds under the trees can penetrate as far as the nuts, further adding to health risks. Cath’s answer to herbicide use is simple. The mower has been adapted to keep the weeds under the trees down. She has also found that the owls are more effective in keeping rats down than dangerous poisons which put wildlife at risk. I wonder how many owls are killed by rat poison? Now that even Walmart in the USA is going organic, as

are other European supermarkets and the organic market is growing very fast worldwide, it’s time for our local macadamia farmers to gain a marketing edge by following the lead of Cath Ford and others. There will always be a better market for organic nuts. Your neighbours will thank you, too, as they avoid having Endosulfan and other cancer-causing poisons drifting into their rainwater tanks. Please give it serious consideration for all our sakes.

thought very courageously, expressed his opposition to the invasion of Iraq. I believe he was the only Coalition MP in Australia to take a public stand opposing the Iraq invasion. Far from condemning him, we should be praising him Bill Buckle for having the guts to take Federal such a principled position. Given the mess Iraq is now, Don’s position he was right. Gareth Smith, In response to Gareth Smith’s as usual, is wrong. most recent tirade against John MacLeod Mullumbimby Don Page for being part of the Howard-Bush invasion of Iraq (Letters, April 3), I dis- Dolphin drives tinctly recall going to a huge Please allow me to set the public meeting in Mullum- record straight about the bimby where Don Page, I dreadful Japanese dolphin

drives. Scott Taylor (Letters, April 3) asserts that a gruesome video ‘supposedly documenting the slaughter of dolphins paid for by the dolphin swim industry’ is a shock tactic ‘designed to inspire protest over the dolphin drives’. I was in Futo some years ago to investigate the dolphin drives and I can assure Scott Taylor and anyone else who might be confused that the primary reason for the drives is demand from the aquarium industry. Hardy Jones, a former CBS journalist and documentary ďŹ lm maker, has led the ďŹ ght to stop these obscene

and wicked drives for more than 20 years. He has irrefutable evidence, given by the Japanese fishermen themselves, that the aquarium industry’s insatiable demand for dolphins is the major reason for the atrocities. In the Solomons several years ago, I secretly taped an interview with a veterinarian who regularly spent time in Japan at Taiji, identifying which dolphins would be ‘saved’ after the drives for the dolphin industry. There are two dolphin bases in Taiji and a new one at Iki where dolphins ( caught in the drives ) are ‘packaged’ for export. A formidable dol-

Hands up Enclosing a copy of an article from Sunday April 1 Sunday Telegraph (hope it’s not an April fool’s joke!), quoting homeowners wanting to unload their properties, bypassing real estate agents, has jumped from 1% to 3% in the past year. This is allowing for the fact that Sydney agents are charging around 2% to 2.5% commission on sales. I do wonder how many of our local agents would be prepared to lower their reported rates from around 4% to 4.5% and match them? Interesting question. Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands up.

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phin packaging infrastructure has developed at Taiji which contributes to the continuation of the slaughter. An explosion in demand for dolphins for swim-with programs and for dolphinaria around the world is creating massive cruelty for dolphins in Japan and in the Solomons. Asian nations are lining up to exploit dolphins. More than 400,000 dolphins and porpoises have been slaughtered by the Japanese in the last 20 years. The bays in Japan where the killing takes place run red with blood. Dolphins are subjected to the most horriďŹ c cruelty, sometimes dragged

out of the water alive and taken on the backs of trucks to slaughter houses where they are hacked to death. Dolphin mothers try desperately to save their young. Dolphins cry in terror. Dolphins who are not caught in the huge nets often drown or die from the trauma of what is happening to their pod. Dolphins belong in the oceans. These beautiful creatures were not created for human amusement; to be exploited for human greed or to act as some kind of therapist for human sickness. The activists who have fought this horror for years and years are brave people. It continued overleaf

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your dream and working like a girl possessed to keep the music alive! And thanks also to the lovely bar, door and maintenance crew who are now out of work. Byron will never be the same again. Or Sue Arnold will it? Australians for Animals No bush parties, no club‌ NSW get ya lounge rooms ready! Suzanne Bourchier Ocean Shores Byron Bay

is the most sickening and soul destroying experience to witness what is taking place in Japan and to realise that the dolphin industry supports these atrocities.

Goodbye PLAY

‘Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone‌’ and now PLAY nightclub disappears... Phut!... just like that, to make way for another shop or hairdresser or something that we already have plenty of. PLAY was our club, a little Byron miracle, with our friend running it and many of our friends, world (cosmic actually)-class DJs, playing our kind of music, amazing music. Not only that but it was a chance for us to hear some of the best new music by from many of UK, Germany, France and Australia’s ďŹ nest DJs. Byron Bay DJs are worldrenowned for cutting edge sounds and mixes and we got to hear them all here, whenever we liked. Thank you, Becky, for following

Logging woes I watched Parliament on Sunday night and the nauseating hypocrisy has prompted me to write this truth and ask how many people have been robbed of their chance in life because they were arrested in Australia trying to stop the logging of old growth forests. Please explain, Mr Malcolm Turnbull. How did a country one quarter covered by forest and temperate woodlands become the driest continent in the world? With reduced cover of 5% and the Howard government is protecting only 68% of the remaining 5%. What kind of policy allows clearing over 600,000 hectares of native bushland annually? Which federal government allowed Australia’s old growth forests to be logged

and churned into woodchips, at a rate of ten average house blocks every minute, of every hour, every day, of every week, for the last ten years? How many CO2 emissions is that the equivalent of? The only figure not smoothly quoted and conspicuous by

its absence. Tell us how many trees, how many CO2 emissions, how much environmental degradation has the Howard government inicted upon us all. Even though it was clear by 1985 employment in Australian forestry had fallen by

around 40% and that a heavily mechanised industry dr iven woodchipping increased logging by 40%, and 90% of old growth forest logged woodchipped in Tasmania is for export markets and processed to make single use products like hamburger

Bring hearts and minds for the beneďŹ t of youth My heart and spirit go out to Gina Lakosta (Letters, April 3) in her dreaming for youth. She articulated beautifully what this community needs to hear. Young people need the full support of their friends, family, teachers and community leaders. More than ever before young people need our support to make it safely through their critical teenage years to the relative safety of a balanced adult life. We do live in troubled times but then again we always have. As a quote attributed to Socrates so clearly illustrates : ‘The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show dis-

respect for elders.... They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannise their teachers.’ So, what has changed? you may well ask. The world for one. We now live in a global village that knows no boundaries. This applies to economics and communications as much as it does to sexuality and relationships. The ground has shifted.The times have changed. And many of today’s young people have found themselves with no direction home. Sound familiar? It should. The sixties revolution had the Cold War as its incubator. The noughties have had the War on Ter-

ror as its greenhouse. If we think global dynamics are not impacting on young people we have our head ďŹ rmly buried in the sand. It’s time we did something about what’s going on. A recent survey of the pages of this newspaper reect the concerns of the community: fights, arrests, car crashes, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, police abuse, the YAC closed down for entertainment. What more are we waiting for? There is no knight in shining armour riding down Shirley Street to rescue the young people (for a start he couldn’t get through the trafďŹ c jam!). There is no glorious queen who will wave her magic wand and the peo-

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ple will live happily ever after. We have to do it ourselves. As we always have. Gina Lakosta in her letter dreamt of a community of people coming together to address youth issues in this area. I would like to invite Gina, young people and any others who are interested and motivated to do just that. ‘Visualise,Vocalise the Future of theYAC’ will take place on Thursday April 19 from 3pm to 6pm at the Byron Youth Activities Centre (1 Gilmore Crescent). All young people and those wanting to actively support them are invited to this community forum. The intention of this forum will be to focus the creative minds and spirits of this region

towards the support and actions needed (and wanted) by our young people at this time. The afternoon will not be a talk fest. It will include: ďŹ lm, food, music, displays and the opportunity to interact, identify and organise. All welcome. This gathering is being held intentionally during NationalYouth Week to highlight the needs of young people in this community. It is being sponsored by Byron Youth Service and planned in conjunction with Belle Arnold, YAC Coordinator. All inquires to 6685 7777 or info@bys.org.au

wrappers, or from the mainland for toilet paper, what more contempt for nature is there? Even the dullest of brains can see that the length of time it takes a forest to grow, it wasn’t intended for the use of one generation. Why pay $200 million to compensate corrupt governments for illegal logging? Talk about a Johnny-come-lately climate change policy. Enough is Enough, we want to hear how much the federal government is going to pay the Australian loggers for jobs that preserve our remaining old growth forests. Charity starts at home. Robyn Lucienne

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Why was it called Good Friday? For starters, Friday is the only day of the week named for a Goddess, a Norse Goddess, Freya. Before the Pagans were converted to Christianity their culture was matrilineal, the women carried the bloodlines, owned their tribal terPaul Spooner ritories and generally ruled BYS Director the roost. In fact, any coun-

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Letters try or region with a name ending in the feminine ‘a’ or ‘ia’ will have been named after a Pagan Goddess or progenetrix. Christianity, being a blokey religion, had to get rid of that idea and anything connected with the feminine had to have all bad vibes, eg the superstition long held by sailors about the dangers of putting to sea on a Friday. But then the crucifixion was on a Friday. What to do? No problem, the Christian spin doctors made it a ‘good’ Friday. Then there was the number 13. This number had very powerful female connotations. The Pagan calendar went by moon cycles: 13 noon cycles plus one day = 365 days, one year. Not only that but women were connected strongly to the moon, having 13 menstrual cycles in a year. So the number 13, held

somewhat sacred by the Celtic Pagans, had to be feared by the converted. So when a Friday falls on the 13th day of the month, horror of horrors, this is a double whammy. Pagans held it to be a cause for happy celebration, but it was to be observed with fear and trepidation by the Christians. (You’ll never get to heaven if you mingle with those nasty Pagans y’know.) Peggy Balfour

Mullumbimby

Nerve struck Was it James RobinsonGale’s questionable community representation in the Cape Byron Marine Park Consultation process, or his love for the poor management of Byron Shire, that struck a nerve (Letters, April 3) or was it the lack of ‘educational programs’ and ‘proper beach signage’ for our travellers, backpackers

and visitors, in regard to surviving in our oceans? However it was good to see James vented his spleen and actually dug up some surf safety pamphlets, handouts and other various advertising material that he has at his backpackers accommodation, but they are not what I mean about ‘education programs’. You don’t read pamphlets to get your bronze, do you? What I was talking about were real hands-on courses for these travellers. So when James wants to learn about the real ‘education programs’ of sea survival I can explain to him what they are; not that spending most of my life working and surfing in the ocean would probably qualify me in his glazed-over perception of sea survival education! Until then I’ll lend him a punching bag with a picture of myself on it so he can really get his anger out on me. My critical

letters only try to promote April 5 to 25. By then I suspositive actions. pect that much more progress Terry Hudson will have been made toward Byron Bay completion of the house. The point I wish to make A bloody hide is this: If the time it normally On Tuesday March 27 a takes this council to approve house was transported from DAs is any criterion, then the Brisbane and placed in posi- application would have been tion on a vacant block which in their hands for some conoverlooks my property. While siderable time. Why then did not yet set in its final posi- they wait until the house was tion, this house overlooks my delivered before notifying property, thus depriving my anyone of the existence of the wife and I of the only remain- DA? My suspicion is that ing bit of privacy we had left. they purposely waited until (A house of similar height they made quite sure that the was approved on the south- house was safely in position ern side of our house a few before mailing any notices to years ago despite several the neighbourhood. (My letobjections.) ter is dated March 29, two On Friday March 30 we days after the house was received a letter from Byron delivered). Shire Council informing us The whole idea behind that a DA had been lodged this method of course is to and that we could forward avoid any objections being any comments /objections in considered, because by the writing only after viewing the time they got around to DA. The DA will not be reading them the house available for viewing until would be occupied. This is

just another example of the contempt with which this council treats the people who elected it. And now for heaven’s sake, they want to increase my rates by 8.5%. What a bloody hide. Sam Wolfson

Mullumbimby

More hypocrisy Have you seen the latest antismoking ad on TV (not that I take too much notice of ads) put out by the federal government, where a young woman is sucking on (what appears to be) a glass tube with smoke and tar bubbling away, yeah, very impressive? Then it shows a mouth that’s gone cancerous from, yep, smoking tobacco, even more impressive? I suppose the latest hike in price for this addiction will help the do-gooders in the government’s health department to feel good about continued overleaf

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putting hypocritical bullshit about what’s bad for you on TV and paying the TV networks your good tax dollars. We could have a much better rail service from Sydney to Tugun on the northern branch line instead of the billions they are putting into the PaciďŹ c Highway bullshit for the trucking industry, with lots of change left over in the bank vault. We can reclaim our power back this year by voting in the federal elections, so take back your power and be heard. Paul Brecht

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for preselection the next time, or pilloried in some other way. • Parties are able to accept large amounts of money from interested entities to help in their reelection, and individual politicians are easily able to engage in favouritism and self enrichment as a condition of their advocacy – for individuals, businesses and other organisations seeking special treatment. This is all a perversion of the idea of democracy and certainly not consistent with the spirit of the Westminster system of democracy, which is what they say we have. And none of this, particularly an entrenched two party system enshrining rule by political parties, is consistent with the spirit of the Australian Constitution. Perhaps rule by political parties should be declared illegal by the courts, as this process usurps the power of the electorate. One would think that the application of coercion or inducements to an elected representative, even in the form of opportunities for promotion within a party, or threats of discipline by a party, corrupts the democratic process. The quickest and best antidote to this set-up is to vote for independent candidates and ‘non party parties’, such as the Greens and Democrats, who are actually

serious about democracy within their organisations, and in the broader political process. It’s time, indeed. Time we got more of an appetite for genuine debate, power sharing, real accountability, candidates who will represent their electorates rather than take orders from head ofďŹ ce‌ and‌ democracy. There is something rotten in the state of Australia. It’s the two party system. Tom Jagtenberg

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End of an era Global warming is one sign of the ending of the current era of this aeon and the beginning of the next, and ďŹ nal, one. Those conservative thinkers, including the governmental greenies, who think that the related problems can be solved by means of science, technology and parliamentary-governed capitalism, including that of parliamentary democracy, as distinct from a radical change in their own state of self-consciousness, are off with the fairies at the bottom of my dear old granny’s ganja garden. Doug Ogilvie

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Easing Byron’s growing pains Dailan Pugh, BEACON The issue of how fast and big should Byron grow has now been resolved by the state government, at least for the time being. What remains is for Byron Shire Council to ďŹ ll in the details of how to best achieve the dwelling (population) targets that have been set while ensuring equity for landholders. They need to hurry up. The Far North Coast Regional Strategy establishes a target for Byron Shire of 2,600 dwellings over 25 years from 2006 (ie until 2031). These dwellings are required to be spread around the Shire (ie with 40% west of the highway) and need to be provided in stages over time. The trouble is that the big developers are rapidly using up our dwelling allocation and denying others their rights. In addition to Becton’s recently approved 174

dwellings, there are existing proposals for another 205 dwellings at Bayside Brunswick, 130 dwellings adjacent to Sunrise, 220 dwellings on Belongil Fields, and now Crighton Properties are pushing for 600-700 dwellings adjacent to Belongil Fields. There are also many smaller multi-unit developments that have either been recently approved or are seeking approval. When you consider that the Regional Strategy target is effectively for 624 new dwellings being built east of the highway over the next ten years, it is apparent that the big boys are going to have a ďŹ ght over the division of the spoils. One thing is certain, if Byron Council continues to dither there will be nothing left for small landholders. All those proposals for garden flats (which represent the

most affordable form of accommodation outside caravan parks in Byron) will have to be scrapped, along with dual occupancies, ats and other inďŹ ll development. The Regional Strategy requires that Council prepares a Local Growth Management Strategy to identify how best to meet its dwelling targets. This gives Council the opportunity to ensure that allowances for new dwellings are equitably distributed between towns, rural areas, and landholders. It’s also likely to be the last chance to provide for affordable housing. The public exhibition of a Growth Strategy will give us all the chance to have a say on how best to meet Byron’s dwelling targets. Council needs to act urgently to complete this relatively simple, though probably controversial, task. In the

interim it is essential that Council places a moratorium on approving any more large developments so as not to foreclose other landholder’s options and rights. Byron should consider itself lucky to be on a slow growth trajectory relative to our neighbours of Ballina and Tweed. It gives us the opportunity to evolve as a community (rather than being overwhelmed), to better live in line with environmental and infrastructure constraints, and to better cope with our tourist burden. Let’s not blow the Regional Strategy before we even start to implement it. Q Byron Environment and Conservation (BEACON) is a conservation lobby group. Dailan Pugh was awarded the Order of Australia in 2003 for services to forest conservation.

Too much food for taut young bodies John Campbell David Hicks and Greenhouse have nudged the epidemic of fat kids off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean they’re not still there. You can’t help noticing, what with the tsunami of Easter visitors. I reflected on this as I drove Cat Carer and Faerie Queene to Coolangatta Airport on Sunday. After decades of sifting our and getting the right balance of sugar and eggs, the old boiler’s impossible dream had ďŹ nally come true. One of her sponges was in the baking finals at the Royal Easter Show. She hasn’t been there since Jimmy Sharman was challenging young toughs in the crowd to slug it out with his troupe of broken-nosed bush pugs (tempus fugit, I sigh). In fact, it was in the boxing tent that she met Cat Carer’s father, The Ferret. He fell into her lap unconscious after having his front teeth knocked out by some brute from Brewarrina. She took pity on the poor sod and invited him home for a cuppa. The only thing he could eat for a week were her sponges. It was love at ďŹ rst bite. Cat Carer joined her mother for the trip because she can’t abide the throng of the Blues Fest’s canvas Kaaba (I like her because she reminds me of myself). The spiders in Faerie Queene’s purse preclude her from paying to keep her Datsun in the airport’s car park. I think she’s also embarrassed to have it surrounded by gleaming auto-porn 4x4s, but I don’t mention that,

cheerful to be of service and cruising on the picturebook freeway. I especially like the tunnels and their unnatural lighting. Freed from the shire’s potholed roads, the Commie chewed up the ks. Its wire coathanger aerial quivered joyously in the fury of our progress, providing reception without static or fading. How good the footy call sounded (Panthers v Titans) – at least for the ďŹ ve minutes before my passengers’ mutiny forced me to change the station. I twisted the dial to my next choice, ABC Classic FM. An elegant Boccherini string quartet. Just the shot, I thought. But they spat the dummy at that, too. ‘I think you passed through ‌ ‌.’ Cat Carer lobbied hard for a return to the station that was playing an insipid singer/songwriter whose name I can’t remember. Faerie Queene stared into space, fantasising about winning the blue ribbon for her sponge. Daughter and I

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the same time as a festival? Children, families as well as festival-goers will all want to access the site at the same time. This is neither safe nor convenient. Furthermore, the festival will have a negative impact on the Billinudgel Nature Reserve. The peaceful lives and the amenities of the residents in the north of the shire will be lost to big business – permanently. We need sportsďŹ elds, but this is not a good idea. Sue Knight

Ocean Shores Q The proposed Splendour In The Grass site is well chosen. It is positioned on cleared ex cattle farm land on the north side of Jones Road, a road which runs along a high ridgeline. This land falls away sharply to the north, forming a perfect, beautiful setting for musical/cinema events in the north of our Shire. Ri Fraser writes, ‘The noise will affect a large residential area of approximately 7,000 population.’ An incorrect statement arousing fears in many of the population already suffering from trafďŹ c noise due to incorrect routing of the PaciďŹ c Highway. Mother Earth is the best insulator and absorber of unwanted noise. Because of the high ridgeline of Jones Road, no noise will drift towards populated areas. This can be proved by setting up a test trial using modern directional sound equipment

with music raised to the decibel level of the proposed event. Most events are held in large tents/buildings and with modern directional sound equipment and new generation sound engineering very little sound is heard outside. Do not confuse well organized events with the tortuous noise coming from our local pubs and doofs using outdated sound equipment. Ri Fraser also writes ‘Event goers (drugs and alcohol usually imbibed by a large percentage will ood into‌)’ This is another alarmist, highly exaggerated statement. Event organisers have a strictly regulated duty of care and would lose their licence if drugs/ alcohol consumption is not policed and prevented on their property. I have attended many events and as a non smoker, non drinker and one who wants harsher penalties for drug pushers, appreciate the strict enforcement of the law by event organisers. At the Ocean Shores meeting another issue raised was a possible bank-up of trafďŹ c. It takes an average 4.5 seconds to admit vehicles into the parking site, but nine seconds to process vehicles at a booth once inside. More than one booth is used for processing inside, therefore no large build-up occurs. At the next community consultation meeting I hope that no person is confronted with the personal abuse and insults experienced by me when I attempted to speak in support of Splendour proposals. Thanks to the many who phoned or spoke to me since about the shameful, undemocratic treatment A separate spin-off issue is the possibility of Splendour offering to sell the

front block to Byron Council for a much needed sportsďŹ eld in Ocean Shores. Since we have lost the Lot 107 Shara Boulevarde site, it is the last remaining land of size suitable for a multiple sportsďŹ elds. Ray Ellis

Ocean Shores Q Contrary to Peter Noble’s claims in last week’s Echo that he has ‘no plans right here this moment to do anything other than what I am doing right now’ we have heard from many sources that Peter Noble has bought the tea tree farm in Tyagarah. Now we have a proposed site at Yelgun and I would assume that Peter will want the Blues Fest in Tyagarah. Do we need two sites for Byron? Do we need any sites for Byron? The site in Tyagarah oods rapidly including the lower part of the highway. Even longtime residents are surprised sometimes by how quickly ooding can occur. If the Tyagarah site is used, it is a recipe for disaster, as there is no way to be able to get that many festival goers evacuated in the amount of time before severe ooding. Also, I live next door to the nature reserve and see many highly poisonous snakes on our property. Having campers who are not familiar with snakes is an interesting situation to contemplate. Isaac Shapiro

Tyagarah Q Tyagarah is not the place for a festival site of any kind. 1. The sound pollution will travel for miles because there are no hills or buildings of any signiďŹ cance to hold it back. It will affect all residences between the sea and

Coolaman Scenic Drive. It is not going to be one festival but many, which will increase over time because the owners and organisers will get greedier. They have no thought or sympathy for the local inhabitants who bought their land and property in the country precisely to get away from noise. We will not hear the music, we will only hear the doof, doof of the bass notes which are the notes that travel the furthest through air. 2. The trafďŹ c movements in and out of Byron will be horrendous as the majority of festival goers will without any shadow of doubt go in and out of Byron several times a day during each festival. At the moment the majority walk into town. This must add to the risk of more and more drink drivers getting back to the sight after visiting the pubs and clubs. The queues going off and on the highway will be long and must be a potential threat to road safety. The Tyagarah turnoff, going north, is on the blind side of a railway bridge with limited long distance visability and must be a danger point for fast travelling B doubles suddenly confronted with a stationary queue of trafďŹ c. 3. This land is a oodplain. It rains every Easter. 4. The Byron Bay community have had this festival for 18 years now, they know what to expect and how to organise themselves for each occasion, the infrustructure is in place and improving each year. Why can’t it stay where it is or go somewhere else, like the Gold Coast, but not Tyagarah. This development must be stopped. It is unfair, unjust, wholly unnessasary and not suitable. Andrew Player

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BMW takes up carbon package BMW was in town at The Byron at Byron Resort, launching their new X5 to the national market. As a part of their launch they took up the Byron at Byron’s Carbon Neutral Conferencing package. The resort teamed with Rainforest Rescue to offer the package, which calculates the amount of carbon dioxide created by each conference. This carbon footprint includes the CO² emissions from travel, accommodation and general conferencing activities. Rainforest Rescue then plants rainforest trees in the Byron hinterland rainforest areas to offset this CO² output. ‘It may sound like an unu-

sual dichotomy,’ said the Resort’s manager Lyn Parche, ‘luxury cars and tree planting. But it’s about working toward making whatever we do as carbon neutral as we can, whether that’s assisting a company launch a new car or looking at ways to cut down our electricity consumption.’ Every rainforest tree absorbs approximately one tone of CO² over its lifetime and for those who attended the launch a tree has been purchased and planted on their behalf. Tom Noble, BMW’s Australia’s general manager of marketing, said, ‘The resort embodies a lot of the ideals that BMW has.

‘It’s very environmentally friendly and ďŹ ve star in its approach. And Byron’s weather, location and roads all make it a great place to drive around in. ‘We’re about efficient dynamics – how we can make our cars perform but be as efďŹ cient as possible. In the new X5 the engines are 17%19% more powerful yet at the same time are 8%-9% more fuel efďŹ cient. ‘We’re also creating a liquid hydrogen car. Hydrogen as a fuel is viable and drives very similarly to a petrol engine, yet the only emissions coming out of them are water. ‘Carbon neutral makes a lot of sense for us.’

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Palm oil use drives forest destruction PM John Howard’s announcement of $200 million over five years to help developing countries preserve their forests is a positive step in the right direction. However its success will be limited if the federal government does nothing to address the drivers of deforestation. According to Tony Gilding, Byron Shire resident and Australian Orangutan Project (AOP) spokesman, massive tracts of rainforest are being cleared daily in Indonesia much of it to make way for palm oil. Australians are unwittingly adding to the problem through consumption of palm oil products. Palm oil is in many shampoos, fish and chips and thousands of processed foods. It is also touted as an environmentally friendly biodiesel, a claim which AOP firmly rejects. Australians currently

import 10kg per person of palm oil per annum ( 224,000 tonnes). There is no point Australia offering to help on the one hand but buying the offending products on the other, says Tony Gilding. ‘The key question is how will these taxpayer funds be spent and will they really stop the destruction. ‘This announcement comes at a critical time for the world’s dwindling rainforests. The Indonesian rainforests are the most speciesrich in the world containing iconic animals like orangutans, elephants, rhinos, tigers, leopards, sun bears, gibbons and monkeys. ‘Much of the deforestation of Indonesia’s rainforests is on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, the only home of one of man’s closest cousins, the orangutan who shares 96.4% of our DNA. A star-

tling new report published by the United Nations in January predicts that 98% of the natural rainforest in Indonesia will be degraded or gone by 2022 if nothing is done to combat current trends (www. guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2043724,00. html). This would spell extinction for the wild orangutan species. ‘In addition, the drainage of Indonesian peat lands produces 632 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year,

The report found that the average lifetime financial cost of cancer on a household in NSW equates to 1.7 years of annual household income. ‘To ease the load for families who are really struggling, we now give grants to patients via social workers and are also awarding money to community groups to roll out cancer control initiatives on a local level.’ According to the report, in 2005 at least $2.5 million was spent on providing accommodation to people with cancer by non-profit organisations in NSW. ‘The costs of travel and accommodation can be prohibitive for patients, particularly when you consider many have to endure long courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy far from their home. We’re now directing more money into transport for patients to get to treatment, funding services in Gloucester, Port Stephens and the Southern Highlands. ‘It does help that, after years of lobbying, the government expanded the assistance available through IPTAAS so now 11,000 additional patients get assistance to travel to treatment. However, this report shows that more needs to be done. ‘As the incidence of cancer increases with the ageing of the population, we will need a greater focus on addressing the hidden costs of cancer that patients have to bear.’

be partly attributed to the global “green” push for biofuel which can be made from palm oil. In a recent article, George Monbiot, an environmental and political activist/journalist in the UK, has asserted that “biodiesel from palm oil causes 10 times as much climate change as ordinary diesel”. ‘Consequently, it is imperative that the governments of developed nations around the world take a strong stance in defence of tropical rainfor-

ests. Indonesia needs financial, strategic and logistical assistance to control the illegal logging operations that are ravaging its forests. ‘These developing countries also require a financial incentive from rich western countries to preserve their forests. The action taken by the federal government is a positive step towards safeguarding the lungs of the planet and the future of its biodiversity, including ourselves.’

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according to Marcel Silvius from Wetlands International. But what is even more disturbing is the releasing of another 1,400 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually from agricultural fires lit to clear land particularly for palm oil plantations. In comparison, a country like the Netherlands emits only 80 million tonnes a year (http://news. b b c. c o. u k / 2 / h i / a s i a pacific/6354079.stm). ‘Recent deforestation can

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Free your voice in local choir Local singer Parissa Bouas’s latest project is a community choir which starts a new ten week term at the Byron Yoga Centre on Tuesday April 24, 7pm– 8.30pm. Cost for ten weeks is $170. The choir had its debut performance at the Peace Convergence on March 31 at the Byron Community Centre. ‘This is a community choir so everyone is welcome,’ said Parissa. ‘You don’t have to be a brilliant singer or have past experience. ‘I’ll be starting with easier pieces and seeing where the group is at. I’ll also be using warmups that improve the voice and train the ear to hear harmony and rhythm better. ‘It takes a while for a choir to build its sound. Mostly I want people to have fun and feel that special bonding that happens when we sing together. ‘I’d love to have 20–30 people coming along. Lots of men – I love their voices, but it is often hard to get them to

join choirs... maybe they think it’s too wussy? ‘I have very eclectic musical taste and am attracted to musical gems from around the world. While travelling in Greece in 2005 visiting my family I discovered the folk singing of the Ionian Islands. ‘Their music is very influenced by Italian and Sardinian traditions and is quite different to other parts of Greece. So we’ll be doing a few of those mixed in with Latin American, Gaelic, Bulgarian and African songs. ‘This is my ďŹ rst local choir for many years, because I’ve been touring too much with The Hottentots, so I’m very excited about it.’ In 2000 Parissa cowrote the anthemic ‘PutYour Hand in Mine’ for the Woodford Millennium Fire Event Choir (see picture below) of 700 voices, which she also conducted. The performance before a crowd of 20,000 was beamed across Australia and to 1.6

billion people in 61 countries. ‘This one performance was the highlight of my life...700 voices singing my song, with me conducting like crazy to keep it all together with the band and Neil Cameron’s fireworks going off behind me, the ABC cameras recording. ‘When I walked around the festival afterwards people would break into the song and I would burst into tears.’ Parissa also stages ‘Sunday Singups’. ‘I know that a lot of people like to go to church to sing on Sundays. So this is just the singing without the rest... singing itself is innately spiritual.’ The next ‘Sunday Singup’ will be held on June 24 at Ewingsdale Hall, 10am–2 pm, $30. Enquiries about the choir or singing classes can be made to 6680 8878 or thehottentots@thehottentots .com, or visit www. thehottentots.com.

Musical chairs at Arts NR Arts Northern Rivers CEO Lois Randall will take six months leave to work as the production manager for East of Everything – a new television series by Sea Change producer Deb Cox, and cowriter Roger Monk, being shot entirely in the Northern Rivers region. As CEO for Arts Northern Rivers Lois played a signiďŹ cant part in securing the production for the region, which has already proven to be a boon for the hundreds of screen industry workers who live in the Northern Rivers. The Arts Northern Rivers board agreed to the leave proposal, recognising it as an important professional development opportunity that will become an asset for the organisation when Lois returns in September this year. In the meantime former Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre and Byron Bay Writers Festival Director Jill Eddington will replace Lois. Jill said, ‘I’m thrilled with the opportunity to work with the many individuals and organisations that make up the creative industries in this region. There are a number of exciting projects that Arts Northern Rivers has on the boil and I’m looking forward to seeing them through to completion.’ For more about Arts Northern Rivers visit www. artsnorthernrivers.com.au.

Mardi Grass aims for safe festival According to Michael Balderstone, Hemp Embassy president, ‘We want a “safe friendly festival for all participants, visitors and local residents� also, as Superintendent Bruce Lyons from Richmond Local Area Command said. ‘It’s hard to believe the police will come in such high numbers as last year. Many of them were overheard saying “What are we doing here?� They looked bored at times and have never answered questions asked in NSW Parliament by Greens member Ian Cohen about the cost of policing Mardi Grass. They came last year because of supposed threats of gang violence.What’s their excuse this year? ‘For years we’ve rolled out the same line, “The harder they police cannabis the more people turn to more

dangerous, harder drugs which are largely undetectable�. It’s all come true and now ice is a real problem. ‘We invite the police, or those among them who understand what’s going on, to march with us on Sunday in the Cannabis Law Reform Rally. The English cannabis laws were recently changed because the police asked for it, and since the change a new respect has emerged for law enforcers. When are we going to review how our war on drugs is going in Australia? ‘We need real community policing instead of political point-scoring orders coming from Sydney, out of touch completely with what’s really going on. There has never been a problem with violence at MardiGrass, in fact the opposite, thanks largely to the very herb in question.

The few arrests over the years are usually alcohol related. ‘Last year the police turned back MardiGrass visitors on the Nimbin entry roads, telling them that “Nimbin is full� or “MardiGrass is cancelled!� This year we will have our own fleet of MUNCH (Monitoring Unfair Nimbin Cannabis Hype) vehicles on the road giving out MardiGrass information and bearing witness to police behaviour. ‘Many people believe the police tried to provoke a riot at MardiGrass last year, so they could cancel the event. If this is true it is appalling, but whatever, we will do our utmost to make it a peaceful protest. Last year all they got was a riot of colour!’ Nimbin’s 15th Mardigrass is on May 5 and 6 – see www. nimbinmardigrass.com.

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world following the recent defeat of the old enemy from the coast, kick off their campaign on Sunday with a visit to Casino while The Devils, with the bye this weekend, will have to wait until Round 2 to get stuck in when they travel to Murwillum-

bah for what will be a keenly anticipated showdown with the highly fancied Mustangs. Unfortunately, the draw doesn’t see The Giants and The Devils come to grips until Round 7, by which time both teams should be in top gear.

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tialed in the game, being familiar with success at the highest professional levels, the two newcomers at the helm are club men through and through. Nicklin was a member of Byron’s last premiership winning team in 1996 and Scott, a product of the mighty St Gregory’s College nursery, where he played under the mentorship of the renowned Peter Mulholland, is a loyal servant of the blueand-golds who only hung his boots up last year. He’ll have the vast experience and class of Paul Latta and the quality of the returning Adam McKenzie, Scott Hogan and Glen Goodbee to rely on as well as the pool of rapidly improving youngsters who made it to the 2006 reserve grade Ànal. Down at the Bay it’s a case of hello stranger for a restructured team. Like the Bunnies in the NRL, the Devils didn’t like the taste of last year’s wooden spoon and, thanks to the

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2 0 0 6 , when the Devils frequently struggled to field two teams. With last year’s Under 16s champions coming on, the optimism for the future is well founded. It won’t be easy for either side, however. This is a tough comp and, with the Gold Coast Titans just up the road and looking to our area as a source of potential NRL talent, the ante has been upped considerably for everybody involved. The standard of football, which has always been good, can only get better. As a result there won’t be any soft games and all competition points will be hard earned. Already the Bay have had a morale boosting, handsome victory over the always strong Marist Brothers but stumbled against a committed Mullum outÀt in a tight and uncompromising encounter last month. The Giants, feeling a whole lot happier with the

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he long limbo for footy fans is almost over. The cricketers have had their day in the sun and it’s getting a bit nippy for the beach, which means that, at last, we can look forward to the thrills and spills, the grunt and à air, the rolling thunder of rugby league, the greatest game of all. Last year’s NRRRL has, with new sponsorship for 2007, morphed into the Retravision Northern League. There will be fourteen A-grade teams – Ballina, Byron Bay, Casino, Cudgen, Grafton, Kyogle, Lower Clarence, Marist Brothers, Mullumbimby, Murwillumbah, South Grafton, South Tweed Heads and Tweed Coast Raiders – battling it over eighteen rounds of footy to make it into the top Àve play-offs and from there to the ultimate, September’s grand Ànal. The reigning premiers, Cudgen, are not exactly in disarray, but the split that has seen their coach Jamie Matthieu take a number of last year’s championship side with him into the QRL means that they have been brought back to the field – a field that includes from our neck of the woods the radically made-over Byron Bay Red Devils and the Mullumbimby Giants, the 2004 premiers who, buoyed by the return of some favourite sons, will be hell bent on making up for their unlucky 2006, when they just missed out on making the semis. Both of the local outÀts will be under the watchful eyes of energetic new coaches. Vince Nicklin has taken over at The Devils while, at Mullum, the reins are now in the hands of Damon Scott. Well travelled and highly creden-

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Mullumbimby Public School finished Term One in fine style, with an Easter Hat Parade and a giant Easter Egg Raffle. As part of the school’s Class Buddy program, senior students at the school were matched with junior students to help create some fabulous hats for the parade, and also to foster strong bonds of friendship and community. Older students gain a sense

of responsibility as they assist the younger pupils, while younger students learn to feel trust and a sense of belonging to the school. The Buddy system is wellingrained within the school, where nearly all of the 320 students seem to know each other. Friendships cross both class and age boundaries, and pupils are encouraged to assist each other when-

ever needed. The Easter Hat Parade is the most obvious display of this program in action. As well as the parade, the giant Easter Egg Raffle is a feature on the school’s annual fund-raising calendar. This year was the biggest ever, with 70 baskets of donated eggs to be raffled, and over $1,000 was raised for the school.

Mums want birthing options The recent formation of The Northern Rivers Maternity Action Group, highlights community demand for better birthing options. The Northern Rivers Maternity Action Group believe the community needs to become better informed about current maternity care choices available to local women, and to be aware of alternative models of care operating in other areas of NSW. The group held its first meeting on March 29 and is part of the wider North Coast Maternity Action Group, with members as far south as Bellingen. Spokesperson Sandy Jeudwine said ‘A number of women identified the Northern Rivers as the homebirth capital of Australia, with many locals seeking alternatives to mainstream lifestyles, yet the local area health service appears to be the most conservative in the state, hardly responsive to community needs. ‘This is borne out by figures available from the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, which show home birth rates of between 50-60 women a year delivering their babies outside of hospital in this area, many

of these unable to afford engaging a private midwife are birthing unattended. We are really concerned about the safety of these women and their babies, who are opting out of health care which does not meet their needs, especially when you consider that other area health services in NSW offer publicly funded and supported home births. The Northern Rivers Maternity Action Group would like to see midwidery led care (supported as cost effective by the National Health and Medical Research Council) and continuity of caregiver, as a publicly funded service, available to women in the Northern Rivers, regardless of whether she chooses to birth at home, a birth centre

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or in hospital. The Northern Rivers Maternity Action Group is planning a public forum, to be held with the assistance of the peak consumer group, National Maternity Coalition and the Southern Cross University’s School of Nursing at 10am on Friday May 11 at SCU. Anyone who wants to be a part of this forum or who wants to propose solutions for improving maternity care is welcome to either contact Vicki on 6689 5783, Emily on 6682 8123, or simply join the group at the next meeting at 10 am Wednesday April 18 at Lismore Workers’ Club in Keen Street. Babies and toddlers are also very welcome to the forum.

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Television Guide

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1. Bill Murray does his whisky commercial in Lost In Translation (TEN, Friday, 8.30pm), an intelligent comedy with a fine performance by Scarlett Johansson. 2. Tom Hanks is hardly the wonderful Alec Guinness – the English do eccentricity so well – in the remake of The Ladykillers (Prime, Saturday, 9.45pm). 3. Manhattan under snow in The Day After Tomorrow – is this the future? Check out Future Focus: 2057 – The World in 50 Years (SBS, Sunday, 7.30pm), in which scientists take a guess at the world of tomorrow, assuming there is a world tomorrow. If you can stand the presenter’s twee mannerisms, Around The World In Eighty Treasures (ABC, Saturday, 7.30pm) is worth a look.

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Parkinson Can We Help? Kids’ Programs Battlefield Detectives Midday Report National Press Club Address Talking Heads The Bill Kids’ Programs Behind The News Kylie Wong: Mushrooms The Cook And The Chef ABC News The 7.30 Report The New Inventors Spicks And Specks The Chaser’s War On Everything The Catherine Tate Show (M, cl) At The Movies Lateline Lateline Business Four Corners Media Watch Dame Edna Lives At The Palace! (PG) Movie: All Coppers Are… (PG, 1971) In a working class district of London, a criminal and a police officer compete for the attention of a beautiful young woman. Starring Nicky Henson, Martin Potter, Julia Foster, Ian Hendry 3.25 National Press Club Address

4.30 UEFA Champions League LIVE – AC Manchester United v Roma 6.55 World News 12.05 Indonesian News 12.30 Business Report 1.00 World News 2.30 Tales From A Suitcase 3.00 Mum’s The Word 3.30 Down Under: Singapore 4.00 A Fork In The Road 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour 6.00 Living Black 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Future Focus: Eco House Challenge Creating sustainable lifestyle 8.00 Inside Australia: Going Bush (PG, cl) A 3000km trek from Uluru to Cape York and the islands of the Torres Strait 8.30 Dateline 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: A Song For Martin (M, cl,a,s, 2000) Swedish drama 12.00 Goalissimo Football 12.55 Love For Sale (M, a,n,s) 1.40 Drawn Together (M, a,s) 2.00 Weatherwatch

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Sunrise Bambaloo Early Perky Backyard Science Morning News Home Shopping Movie: Principal Takes A Holiday (G, 1998) Kevin Nealon, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jessica Steen, Rashaan Nall, Kurt Fuller The Mole In Paradise Trading Spouses It’s Academic News M*A*S*H Deal Or No Deal Prime News Seven News Home And Away Air Crash Investigations Heroes (M) Prison Break – On The Run (M) 24 – The New Beginning (M, v) City Beat (M, cl) Crime Scene Acadamy (M, a) Home Shopping Religion Home Shopping

Most Prime programs between 6.30pm and 11.30pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)

Parkinson Can We Help? Kids’ Programs Time Cracks With God On Our Side Midday Report Monarch Of The Glen Strictly Dancing The Bill Kids’ Programs Grand Designs: Devon Hidden Treasures ABC News The 7.30 Report Catalyst Thanks For The Memories (PG) Heart transplant recipients inherit memories, habits and desires of their donors Big Enough Several stars of Little People Lateline Lateline Business Live At The Basement Kurt Elling Movie: First A Girl (G, B&W, 1935) A girl finds success when she poses as a man posing as a woman. Starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Griffith Jones Movie: Something Money Can’t Buy (G, B&W, 1952) Anthony Steel, Patricia Roc, Moira Lister Movie: Pot Luck (PG, B&W, 1936) Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn

4.45 Euro 2008 Qualifier LIVE – Munich v AC Milan 6.55 World News 9.20 French News 9.55 Russian News 10.30 Greek News 11.30 Arabic News 12.05 Indonesian News 12.30 Business Report 1.00 World News 2.30 Dateline 3.30 If Only 4.00 Food Lovers Guide To Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.20 Hotline 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) 8.30 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (M, v,a) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 VH1 Illustrated (MA, a,cl,s) US animated comedy series 10.35 UEFA Champions League Hour Highlights 11.35 Movie: Blindman (MAV, v,n, 1971) Italian comedy about a man escorting 50 beautiful women to a house of ill-repute when some Mexican bandidos ambush them and steal the women 1.25 Weatherwatch

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Parkinson Can We Help? Kids’ Programs The Life Of Mammals Midday Report Born And Bred Creature Comforts Parkinson Spicks And Specks Kids’ Programs Behind The News As Time Goes By Can We Help? ABC News Stateline Collectors Murphy’s Law (M, v,dr) Murphy goes undercover in a convent Spooks (M, v) Lateline The Chaser’s War On Everything jtv Rage (M)

4.30 UEFA Cup Quarter Final LIVE – Tottenham Hotspur v Sevilla 6.50 World News 8.30 Spanish News 9.20 French News 9.55 Russian News 10.30 Greek News 11.30 Arabic News 12.05 Indonesian News 12.30 Business Report 1.00 World News 1.30 Insight 2.30 World News 3.30 Living Black 4.00 Wine Lovers Guide To Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Black Coffee: Gold In Your Cup Brazil, slaves, the US and mass marketing 8.30 Future Focus: Great Expectations (M) Architectural visions of the future 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Obscene Machines (MA, s,cl,n) 11.00 Movie: Mademoiselle (G, 2001) French romantic comedy about a married woman who joins a small band of performers 12.20 Movie: Red Sun (M, n,v, 1971) American western 2.15 Weatherwatch

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Today Mornings With Kerri-Anne TVP Direct Danoz Dr Phil The Catch-Up Fresh Cooking New Macdonald’s Farm Horse Racing Oaks Day – LIVE from Randwick Antiques Roadshow Temptation Evening News A Current Affair McLeod’s Daughters (PG) Cold Case (M) Lotto Without A Trace (M) Extreme Makeover Nightline Quizmania Guthy Renker Untold Wealth Good Morning America 137 more oil wells liberated for democracy www.ironictimes.com

All Ten programs between 5pm and 11pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)

Sunrise Bambaloo Early Perky Backyard Science Morning News Home Shopping Movie: Submarine X1 (PG, v, 1967) A submarine commander conducts a secret program to sink a German battleship which earlier in the war destroyed his first sub and most of his crew. Starring James Caan, David Sumner, Norman Bowler The Mole In Paradise Australia’s Guinness World Records It’s Academic News M*A*S*H Deal Or No Deal Prime News Seven News Home And Away How I Met Your Mother My Name Is Earl Lost (M) The Amazing Race: All Stars (G) Family Guy (M) Con (M) Stargate Atlantis (M) Home Shopping Religion Home Shopping

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Sunrise Bambaloo Early Perky Backyard Science Morning News Home Shopping Movie: Full Court Miracle (G, 2003) The new coach could be a ticket to salvation for a winless basketball team. Starring Alex D Linz, Richard T Jones, RH Thomson, Sean Marquette, Jase Blankfort The Mole In Paradise Australia’s Guinness World Records It’s Academic News M*A*S*H Deal Or No Deal Prime News Seven News Home And Away Better Homes And Gardens Ghost Whisperer (PG) AFL Premiership Season Collingwood v Richmond Danoz Direct Expo

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Ten Early News Toasted TV Rock It! 9am With David And Kim Ten News Charmed The Oprah Winfrey Show Ready Steady Cook Infomercial Huey’s Cooking Adventures Totally Wild The Bold & The Beautiful Ten News The Simpsons Neighbours The Biggest Loser The Simpsons Hour (PG) Movie: Lost In Translation (PG, cl,sr,n, 2003) A movie star filled with a sense of emptiness and a neglected newlywed meet in Tokyo. Starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Akiko Takeshita, Kazuyoshi Minamimago Veronica Mars Late News Sports Tonight Late Show With David Letterman Video Hits Up-Late Infomercials The 4400 (M) Religion

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Today Mornings With Kerri-Anne Danoz Guthy Renker Dr Phil The Catch-Up Days Of Our Lives Fresh Cooking New Macdonald’s Farm The Shak Antiques Roadshow Temptation Evening News A Current Affair Getaway Chopper ride to a restaurant in Auckland, a NSW north coast seaside town, a Vanuatu family resort, Young in NSW the cherry capital of Australia, the Murray River journey in a tinny continues Missing Persons Unit The Footy Show (M) Nightline AFL Footy Show (M) Da Vinci’s Inquest (M) Blue Collar TV (M) Guthy-Renker Australia Untold Wealth Good Morning America

Today Mornings With Kerri-Anne Danoz Guthy Renker Dr Phil The Catch-Up Days Of Our Lives Fresh Cooking New Macdonald’s Farm The Shak Antiques Roadshow Temptation Evening News A Current Affair Friday Night Football LIVE – Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels Friday Night Football Gold Coast Titans v Brisbane Broncos ICC World Cup Cricket LIVE Entertainment Tonight Cricket continues Pope tells crowd: ‘You are all condemned to eternal damnation’’ – doesn’t crack a smile during annual April Fools day message. www.ironictimes.com

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World News Filipino News Italian News German News Spanish News French News Russian News Greek News Arabic News Indonesian News Business Report Five Days In Septembeer: Rebirth Of An Orchestra Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz JS Bach: The 48 Preludes And Fugues Judgement Day: Images Of Heaven And Hell Newshour Mythbusters World News Australia Podlove Top Gear Iron Chef Rockwiz With Josh Pyke and Neko Case VIP Pass: Cream – Disraeli Gears (PG) Rock’s ďŹ rst super group SOS: Shorts On Screen Movie: Baby Cart In Peril (MA, v,a, 1972) Japanese drama Weatherwatch

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World News And Weatherwatch German News Spanish News French News Russian News Greek News Arabic News Indonesian News Polish News The Food Lovers Guide To Australia Living Old (PG) National ageing crisis and new realities of ageing in America Insight Dateline The Journal The Crew Living Black Global Village World News Australia Mythbusters South Park (M, a) Pizza World Record (M, du,a,s) Australian comedy series World News Australia Wilfred (M, cl,du) Australian comedy Autopsy: Life And Death (M, a,n) English documentary Movie: Flashback – Murderous Vacation (MAV, h,v,s, 2000) German horror Queer As Folk (MA, s,cl,a) Weatherwatch World News Indonesian News Business Report The Elephant (PG) English crime series double episode Fine Line Journalism in Australia Football Stars Of Tomorrow A Fork In The Road The Journal Newshour Global Village World News Australia Insight Future Focus: New Cyberspace Worlds Virtual world meets real world includes real estate, weapons and new personalities for players World News Australia Hot Docs: Yamakasi (G) Athletic code rooted in discipline, self sacriďŹ ce and physical endurance Future Focus: Five Distasters Waiting To Happen (PG) London, Shanghai, Mumbai, Paris and Tuvalu, all identiďŹ ed as vulnerable to climate change and all doing something about it Movie: Spare Parts (M, v,cl,s, 2003) Slovenian drama about people smuggling from former Soviet republics My Mother My Son (PG) English drama Weatherwatch

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Sunrise Bambaloo Home Shopping Morning News Less Than Perfect Food 4 Life Movie: A Step Toward Tomorrow (PG, a,v,cl, 1996) A family learns to deal with the paralysis of their younger son which was a result of a diving accident. Starring Judith Light, Tim Redwine, Kendall Cunningham, Tom Irwin, Christopher Reeve Master Of Champions All Saints It’s Academic News M*A*S*H Deal Or No Deal Prime News Seven News Home And Away The Rich List Desperate Housewives (M) Brothers & Sisters (M) Boston Legal (M) Scrubs (PG) Last Comic Standing (M) Danoz Direct Expo Religion Home Shopping

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Cricket continues Kids’ Programs Danoz Kids’ Programs Don’t Blame Me The Batman Streetsmartz My Home The Music Jungle TVP Direct Speed Machine The Car Show Horse Racing LIVE from Randwick – Sydney Cup Talk To The Animals The Garden Gurus Fishing Australia Evening News Australia’s Funniest Home Videos I Shouldn’t Be Alive (PG) Wife Swap USA (PG) Lotto Movie: Double Jeopardy (M, cl,s, 1999) A man stages his own death and frames his wife for his murder. Starring Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Benjamin Weir, Jay Brazeau ICC World Cup Cricket LIVE from the West Indies Frasier Cricket continues What’s New Scooby-Doo? TVP Direct Untold Wealth Sunday The Sunday Footy Show Sunday Roast Planet X Summer Games Discover Downunder Australian Surf Life Saving Championships From Scarborough Beach, WA Sunday Football Wests Tigers v Cronulla Sharks Evening News 20 To 1 60 Minutes CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (M, v) CSI: Miami (M, v) True CSI (M, v) Movie: Agnes Of God (M, 1985) A court-appointed psychiatrist tries to ďŹ nd an explanation for a young nun who apparently becomes pregnant and murders her own baby in the cloistered atmosphere of a convent. Starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft Shopping For Love Outback Jack Eve Guthy-Renker Australia 20/20

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Mullumbimby is a no hype, no rush alternative community where you can receive healing and pamperings from professionally run health centres and where the tourists won’t pay any more for their sessions than the locals. Mullumbimby is a true healing environment.

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Anna now in Mullum!

Health & Beauty Practitioners Naturopath, Iridologist, Herbalist Avail consults Tues & Fri David Ackerman Chiropractor, Cranial Sacral Balancing NET – Mon & Wed Tina Gough Homeopath, bush flower essences, healing massage – Thursday Margreet Maes Golden light healing, Reiki, massage, tarot readings – Thurs & Fri Mohani Ayurvedic aromatherapy, Marma massage – Wed & Sat Steve Cassidy Remedial therapy – Mondays Komal Relaxing aromatherapy facials – Saturdays Herbal & supplement dispensary – Mon-Sat Gift shop 9.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, Sat 9.30-1pm 75 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby. Phone 6684 1419

Anna now practicing Wednesdays and Fridays at Mullumbimby Chiropractic where she specialises in massage and also does Reflexology. Holding a diploma for both services, Anna has been a therapist for 7 years and is fully accredited and also a member of ATMS. She currently offers a range of services to soothe the modern man and woman. • Therapeutic Massage • Remedial Massage • Pregnancy Massage • Reflexologist • Energy Healing • Face Massage • Reiki Master • Angel Intuitive Anna has a background as a legal secretary previously living in Sydney but decided to do embark on her own recent soulful journey so here she is. She loves what she does and is mighty fine at it too! Anna also practises Conversations of Intent therapy where the client and therapist converse on how to move forward in life, reach goals, overcome the things that hold one back and get one down. All enquiries are welcome, phone Anna on 6684 1028 or 0415 357 736 Look forward to hearing from you all, Anna.

Mullum Herbals

Mullumbimby Medical Centre

Organic, locally grown and produced herbal products

The aim of the Mullumbimby Medical Centre is to provide Holistic Family Health Care in a safe and pleasant environment. The centre was established in 1986. As well as routine consultations, the following services are also available: • Acupuncture • Family Planning • Women’s Health • ECG: Heart Check \ • Muscular-skeletal Medicine • Spinal Realignment • Vaccination • Home Visits • Weleda Health Care Products • Health Care Plans • Lung Function Testing • Therapeutic Ultrasound • Naturopathy Consultations are by appointment. Children & concession card holders are bulk billed. Practice hours Monday-Friday 8.30am-5pm Saturday 8.30-12pm Please call 6684 1511 for an appointment.

Ellie Dyson

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& potions

We have been dispensing herbs to the community for over a decade. During this time we have evolved away from using commercial products where herbs are sourced from exceedingly diverse places such as Eastern Block and South American countries. Quality standards in raw herbs tend to vary greatly. At Mullum Herbals we grow many of our herbs locally, organically, or source our materials from premium quality Australian organic growers. With best available organic herbs we manufacture our own tinctures using minimal heat. This results in medicines that maximise the healing power of plants. Phone 6684 3002

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Herbals...

Mullumbimby Health & Beauty Centre Mullumbimby Health and Beauty Centre – 104 Stuart Street. Phone 66841255. Opposite Mitre 10 and at the rear of the Presbyterian Church. Acupuncture with Simone Ormsby: Gentle effective Japanese and 5 element style for the treatment of physical / emotional and spiritual disharmony in men, women and children. Specializing in infertility, pregnancy and post natal care. Available Tue – Fri. Beauty Therapy with Rosmarie Maeder: Waxing, tinting, facials, manual lymphatic drainage for the face and neck as well as full body lymphatic drainage massage. Weleda and Dr Eckstein beauty products. Available Wed – Fri, Sat by appointment. Bodywork with Gina Offredi: Deep tissue massage, Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy and Zero Balancing, Nurturing Pregnancy Massage. Delight in profound relaxation, harmony and wellbeing. Available Thur. Kinesiology and Breath Therapy with Sandra Hotz: Professional Kinesiology and Breath Therapy. Available Wed. Weight Management Workshop covering nutrition, diet, hormones, metabolism, tissue health and fat loss programs, Mondays Apr 23rd – May 14th, 0418 714 345

Heartspace Massage Clinic Located above Santos in Mullumbimby Now offering 2 hour Bali Bliss Treatments – treatment includes: Delicious Aromatic Lymphatic Body Scrub plus 1 hour Relaxing Massage $100 or 1 hour Deep Tissue Massage including Reflexology $120 Also available 1 hour Therapeutic Massage $60 1 hour Massage $30 Mon-Fri Phone 0423 293 995.

Mullumbimby Chiropractic Providing quality, affordable chiropractic care to the northern part of the Byron Shire for over 25 years. The clinic aims to combine the best of old and new approaches combining gentle muscle release work as well as cutting edge neurologically based techniques. We are now proud to have a qualified massage therapist here on Wednesdays and Fridays. To make an appointment with Brent or Karl please phone 6684 1028. We are located at 110 Dalley Street Mullumbimby.

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Chiropractic Brent Verco

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Karl Wedeman B SC (D.C.)

Ph: 6684 1028 Mob: 0400 993 641 110 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby

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n one of the most remote islands within the Solomon Islands, subsistence farmers and ďŹ shermen live one of the world’s truly carbon neutral lives. Narasirato Pan Pipers are currently on tour within Australia, raising money for a Cultural House in their village, and in the wake of the Tsunami that devastated coastal regions within the Solomons, they are contributing part of their CD sales towards relief efforts. Peter Keelan is their road manager and promoter, in a phone chat from just outside Denmark WA, he described the rather unique communication

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‘These guys live in untouched rainforest. It’s a stunningly beautiful place, 10 kilometres up the lagoon, you can see what happens when people sell out their land to logging companies. It’s devastating. They are very very strong people, very strong leaders, all of their supreme spiritual belief systems are still intact. They don’t have the money to educate themselves, that’s part of what we are working on – their music is extraordinary and they get standing ovations wherever they go.’

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‘The guys I am with have a very old tradition – Are’are tradition – and that tradition goes back to the beginning of time in their historical Warato’o and that is their supreme belief system. They say the pan pipe was birthed at the beginning of time.’ ‘They do a lot of unaccompanied dances with 4 part harmony in voice. Yesterday they pulled out this dance I’d never seen before. I have lived in their village for long periods of time, been on tour, and yesterday they pulled out two things I have never seen before! They are very funny guys. They have a John Cleese-like sense of humour! We were driving down here and their lead singer pulled out a uke and he gave a

When queried about the civil unrest within the Solomon Islands, Peter negates that as negative media representation.

was going to sleep and heard this beautui pan pipe music and I peeked through the cracks in the pandanus and it was all these 8 and 10 year old kids impersonating Narasirato. The leader of the group Donaton Manuasi is leading a cultural revival, and he has been passionate about this since he formed the group in 91, especially about teaching the children. He told me once, when he was in Year 12 all he could think about was taking his culture all over the world.’ So what is it like, travelling with people who are used to leaving such faint footprints in a ďŹ rst world culture, that as David Suzuki once put it, ‘leaves deserts for footprints’?

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‘Being on this tour is like being part of the Gods must be Crazy. They are coming out of village life and getting things like swipe cards for hotel rooms – something they have never seen before. Some have never toured before. Your supermarket is how much you dig with your hands. If I asked the 50 members of the group for every dollar they had I would be lucky to get $100. Not one person in the group owns a pair of shoes.’

system that keeps him in touch with the group.

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‘It’s a very complex system to get a message through. I email a man in the city, he gets on a short wave radio and then radios someone two hours up the lagoon, someone gets in a dug-out canoe and paddles 2 hours down the lagoon and tells someone in the village.’ With the phone out of the equation, this form of communication is purely ‘mobile’!

I reected to a Helena NorbergHodge documentary I saw once, which depicted a village of subsistence farmers impacted by globalisation and ďŹ rst world culture. While villagers may have no money, or shoes, poverty is something that only arrives with a free market economy. Peter agreed:

Peter Keelan’s passion is the Pan Pipe. Being a player now himself, he recalled the ďŹ rst time they met. ‘I was about 19 and I was very sporty, I was given the opportunity to represent Australia at the World’s YMCA conference in South America. We stopped in Chile, and there I heard the Pan Pipe. It sent tingles up my spine. I fell in love and it became a lifelong passion. But now, I am as much interested in the music as I am in eveyrthing else that goes with the culture, the games children play, what people eat. For instance with Narasirato I am as interested in the people wanting to log out their rainforest as I am in their music.’ Narasirato hail from Malaita Island, and are one of the few tribes who haven’t succumbed to selling their logging rights to the Malaysian government.

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‘Up until 2000 they were one of the most peaceful nations on earth. But people became tired of corruption at the high levels – what you see here is the tv/press images of the Solomons. It’s safer being anywhere in the Solomon Islands – at any time than most places in the West – they’re very peaceful people.’

It’s the strong ties with tradition, and the life untouched by capitalist economy that Peter credits in imbuing Narasarito with such power.

Narasirato’s music is the spiritual spine of the village. Their music keeps the new generations connected to their culture, their stories and their language. Their music, as their album title proclaims is ‘The Cry of the Ancestors.’

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‘The reason I am working with these guys is that it’s very intact (their culture), for instance in their village, I get put into the men’s only house, and women can’t come near. (My husband dreams of such a place). I

‘They live in paradise and eat organic food every day. And they never take more than they need, that’s part of their culture.’ (Jesus, couldn’t we learn something!) The nine members of Narasirato perform one gig only with a special show– stopping closing performance with the Samba Blistas on Friday 20 April at the Bangalow A&I Hall. Tickets are at the door only and doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm show. Tix are $20/15, bring a cushion and kiddies under 6 are free.

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[ the soapbox ] [ mandy nolan ] Richard Chamberlain as the bell ringer of a watery apocalypse. It ends with a prostrate and powerless Chamberlain facing the oncoming wave. It’s a great ďŹ lm. It is true horror. The images have remained with me for over twenty years, and deep in my subconscious there is an unshakeable paralysing terror at the thought of our streets, our towns and our landscape being suddenly consumed by water – like being held in the gums of a giant toothless god.

he Big Wave. It’s been prophesied for years. It inspired hundreds of paranoid hippies to take cover in their rainforest treehouses some twenty years back, and there are still those who keep their larder well stocked with canned goods and fresh heads, just in case. Nothing like a blast on a 1975 Rosebank reefer to enhance the culinary potential of baked beans as Upper Main Arm becomes beachfront.

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The Boxing Day tsunami was one of the most chilling events in history. In moments, a natural event claimed the lives of over 300 000 people. Curiously that event is still overshadowed by 9/11, the much celebrated death of 2000 white accountants. (In the game of human chess white king beats black pawns every time.) So one day post April

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SurfinG the TSUNAMI Fools, Australia gets to test out its tsunami early warning system. Mainly that consisted of an East Coast game of Chinese Whispers with freaked out Aussies going ‘Did you hear about the fuckin’ sarnami?’ Beaches were closed. It’s spooky, but a bloody excellent time to get a wave at The Pass. And a park. That slow Weir inspired terror started rising in my legs. Here it comes. I thought, do I get the kids from school? Maybe I should hedge my bets and just pick up the one, abandonment and rejection can be great fodder for personality development. I was pleased to learn that a few other overprotective breeders like myself had already been in. The schools were contacted by emergency services to

have an evacuation strategy. Like what are you going to do? ‘Alright kids, grab your desks and kick.’ I removed all three children from school. I would say their expression was less of fear, and more of sheer delight. It was hard though, to look into the wide eyes of the uncollected children without feeling guilt. I drove to Coolamon Scenic Vista where around 40 people were gathered to watch the rest of you poor fuckers die. I realised, then and there, that I am neurotic and that I was in fact gathered with my people, my fellow cowards, the obsessive compulsives at Coolamon. We were watching the sea for a wave, which at best would have been 10cm high. If 10cm goes unnoticed under the

coming from the Middle East. Together with his artistic and spiritual tribe now residing in Byron Shire, Amir Paiss (Amen – Sheva) and Avishai Barnatan (Sheva) and guests. Nyck hosts the enchanting voyage through story, sacred chant and spirit world music in Hebrew, English, Spanish, and spiced with Arabic and Aramaic avours. Delicious Middle Eastern food by Open Table. Happening Sunday April 22, 6-9.30 pm at Soul Garden @ The Byron Temple – 46 Melaleuca Drive‌opposite Arts and Industry Estate (formerly the Aikido Centre). So plant your good vibes and see if you don’t pull up the odd spiritual carrot or two!

INXS and Chisel. Fashioning their own sound in the music market, Engine 37 are not just a must see, they are a must hear. For the hill dwellers, save yourself a bit of petrol and pop in to see them when they rock the Federal hall on Sunday. Tix are $15/10 or $25 for a family...which could be a good deal considering how related we all are!

sheets, it ain’t gonna do shit 5 kilometres away. We waited for an hour. Nothing. After two hours I expressed my disdain. The kids were bored and so was I. As your basic 5 year old will attest, death is preferable to boredom. I asked the mob if the threat was over. One of the blokes was adamant: ‘Nah, not yet, I wouldn’t be going back in yet. They still haven’t called off the warning.’ So I waited another half hour. Then it dawned on me. Most of the people on the hill were wagging work. There was even a bloke up there from the SES on a blanket having a cup of tea. They weren’t concerned about facing the wave, they just didn’t want to face work. My 8 year old daughter started reading the grafďŹ ti. While my fellow neurotics quietly perused the coast for signs of natural

disaster, she chimes in ‘I shave my pubes.’ No reaction. Then she said it again. And then again. ‘Mum, what does it mean: I shave my pubes?’ What possesses someone to write that at a scenic lookout? I wipe my bum, but I have never felt a desire to inscribe that at a bus stop. While Australians ed to the high country, villages in the Solomon Islands were wiped out. In the face of our fear, our compassion didn’t really kick in until nightly news time when we were declared safe. I have to admit, there was a tiny part of me that wanted to see Watego’s and its 16 million dollar properties sink into the sea, or at least snap off and become the lost island of the rich. So, nothing happened. It was the boy that cried tsunami. And we all know what happened to him. He shaved his pubes.

LIVE MUSIC FOUR GYPSIES AND JAZZ Gypsy Quartet Jazz Manouche perform their high energy acoustic music that takes the audience on a gypsy journey from Bach to Django Reinhardt. Featuring Cameron Ford – virtuoso guitar, JÊrÊmie Nagabbo – rhythm guitar/vocals, Shenzo Gregorio – violin / guitar, Peter Walters – double bass, these guys pull out a pumping swing rhythm, guaranteed to keep the joint jumping. Brisbane-based, each member comes from a performance background. Add to that a good blend of Hot Club Jazz and many experiences in Montreaux, London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Spain and Paris and you have a well-seasoned group of

world class musicians. It’s live jazz at its best. The Lismore Jazz Club stages live jazz on the 3rd Sunday of the month, featuring a variety of bands and jazz styles. Sunday at the Lismore Bowling Club from 2pm – 5pm for just $5/8.

THE SOUND OF THE SOUL What does your heart sound like? Nyck Jeanes presents Soul Garden, a spiritual concert that creates, plays and promotes music rooted in Kabalistic, SuďŹ and world sacred traditions. The ďŹ rst concert features Gabriel Meyer Halevy a musician and co-founding director of the grassroots Sulha Peace Project in Israel. They create a new language of peace, spirit and positive news

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ENGINES IN MOTION Engine 37 bring their pub rock sensibility to the Hotel Great Northern on Thursday. With grinding guitar,and smoky rock vocals this will take you back to the 80’s pub shows of bands like

RAZ AT THE RAILZ Raz Bin Sam and the Lion I band are playing The Rails on Friday launching their brand new EP. The self titled EP is just newly hatched and is a glimpse of the upcoming new album: ‘Feed Dem’. So go on, get dem feet out da house and go and hear dem.

HANNIGAN UP TO HIS USUAL SHANNIGANS Todd Hannigan was born in Connecticut, far from the surďŹ ng community of which he has become such an integral part. At the age of four, Todd and the

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rest of his family moved to Ventura, California where Todd still lives today. Todd’s musical inuences include Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Dire Straits and Stevie Wonder but says that ‘because of his experimentation with tunings and melody ‘ he has been most inuenced by Nick Drake. Even though he is a well respected surfer, Todd

admits that surďŹ ng has had more of an inuence on his mental state than his music, concluding that surďŹ ng is a ‘way to reboot the main frame’. SurďŹ ng nonetheless has played a large part in Todd’s career so far. Travel has also inuenced Todd’s music. Todd shared music and songs with musicians he met during his travels around the world and draws inspiration from their lives and culture. One country that Todd has not yet visited is Ireland, although his song ‘Ireland’ from his ‘Volume I’ album, is about his Irish ancestry. ‘I have never been to Ireland and my father is 100% Irish so I wrote a song about an imaginary journey there sailing through storms and arriving to a full Celtic band playing on the hills.’ Todd has played live with and recorded many musicians, ranging from Jack Johnson and the Malloy brothers who are childhood friends of his, to Tristan Prettyman, Crosby Loggins, Minnie Driver, Joshua Grange, Ted Lennon, Aerto Morea (Miles Davis percussionist), Fernie Apodaca and Xocoyotzin Moraza among others. Todd is also CEO of Brotheryn

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showcases an intimate and powerful solo show on acoustic lapsteel guitar, mandolin, six string guitar, stomp box and tambourine,’In a style that’s both fresh and traditional sounding’ according to Melbourne’s Beat Streetpress. Dubbed the ‘One Woman Band’, Deb toured nationally for nine months of 2006 promoting her album, ‘High on the Warm Dusty Breeze’. Deb’s tours for 2006 included Cairns, Darwin, Sydney and the East Coast. The response has been overwhelming. Don’t miss this talented folk/roots and rhythm powerhouse. Accompanied in her second set by guests on banjo, violin and bass. The show kicks off at The Rails on Wednesday at 6.30pm with Cairns based singer/ songwriter Jeremiah McMahon followed by Deb at 7.30pm.

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Studios, where he has a partnership with Jesse Siebenberg and Jason Mariani. Located in Ojai, California on the 10,000 acre Haley Ranch, Brotheryn Studios is a place where music can go as deep as it needs to, whether it is a soundtrack or an album. About the Jack Johnson collaboration in 1996, which stemmed from Keith Malloy’s introduction of the two musicians, Dan Malloy says â€˜â€ŚTodd and Jack worked together producing some of the most raw and intimate ‘Jack’ recording to date.’ Todd worked with Jack as a producer for Jack’s early recordings and as a musician on the ‘Lullaby’ album and ‘September Sessions’ album as part of the ‘September Sessions Band’. He plays the Hotel Great Northern on Thursday 19 April. Tickets are $12 presale or $15 on the door.

MAKING THE GRADA Irish group Grada return for their third Australian tour atop a raft of awards and reviews that have propelled them into the elite circle of Irish super-groups. A rare

musical complicity ensure that Grada have perfect control over their incredible sound, unleashing it during powerful full tilt jigs and reels and demonstrating tasteful restraint during delicate ballads and instrumental excursions into traditional and original tunes. They play The Rails onThursday.

BANG YOUR JED Singer/songwriter and slide guitarist, former Northern NSW resident Jed Rowe returns to play the Bangalow Hotel on Saturday. He relocated to Melbourne 5 years ago and in that time he has been developing his sound and ďŹ nding a niche in the music industry with his powerful vocals, folk/blues/ world music songwriting and mastery of the lap steel guitar. With an artistry not deďŹ ned by gimmicks or fads, Jed Rowe is not the next candidate for the music industry’s: ‘Next Big Thing’, but he is a talented songwriter/musician who’s likely to put in digs for a long and successful career.

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Originally from Santa Monica, California, Joule l’adara is a classically trained singer who has performed in locations and venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, New York to techno clubs and trance festivals in Berlin, Germany and Ibiza, Spain. She came to Byron Bay to create and record a new sound: operatribal-fusion. This new style of ‘classical crossover’ music incorporates a wide range of instruments from the electric e-bow, to the classical clarinet and ute, to didgeridoo, combined with tribal drumming, computer programmed sounds, and of course, Joule’s angelic operatic vocalizations. At Byron Bay’s Buddha Bar she will premiere her new songs along with many of the local musicians who perform on her recording. This is your chance to hear Joule live before she returns to Los Angeles in May! Following Joule’s performance, several other local artists will perform in a variety of styles: singersongwriters, a jazz duo and the funk band Terminator’s Love Child – followed by a two-hour free-jam/open-mic. Musicians are encouraged to come down and bring their instruments! The Buddha Bar: Back Room on Saturday from 10pm to midnight. $10/5

TWO SMART Smart Artists (Colloseus Entertainius) perform Friday night as a duo at the Eltham Hotel. Peter and Shannon promise one ‘helluva’ great evening out enjoying some of the great songs from the 70’s through to the ‘naughties’. The songs span the age barrier and this is one of the key factors in the duo’s popularity‌everyone enjoys the music, the gags and the good vibes the boys put across. Smart Artists start with some laid back, ‘cruisy’ classics... just to ease you in and get you in the mood for what is about to follow. Tunes from PowderďŹ nger, U2, Bill Withers, Stereophonics, The Beatles, Peter Frampton, Jeff Healey plus many more‌all certain to revive and re-ignite memories from those parties of ill repute. You catch Smart Artists performing as a duo this Friday night at the Eltham Hotel from 6pm.

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IRONING OUT A FEW HICK UPS Jimmy Willing and the Real Gone Hick-Ups play The Rails this Saturday with a Lennox Point Hotel gig lined up for Friday 20 April. Jimmy’s latest on the band is that: ‘Things are cooking well for us at the moment with packed local shows and now airplay on American radio. It seems the Yanks and the Johnny Rebs relate to our music, {It would be great if they could relate to our politics as well and get the hell out of Iraq}. My bass player Tom Jones recently got on the bus with our friends The Re-Mains but we have so far managed to keep him playing in both acts. At around the same time banjo maestro Uncle Burnin’ Love hopped off the Re-Mains bus so he could spend more time with his kids, The Re-Mains loss has been our gain as he is now playing in The Real Gone Hick-Ups with great effect. Musical chairs is what you call it I suppose. By the way if you didn’t know The Re-Mains recently made us all proud by receiving a 4 star review in Rolling Stone for thier live album ‘Love’s Last Stand’, good on you boys. I feel this is thier best yet so make sure you get yourself a copy.’ Always promoting local music, what a champ! Jimmy Willing – Shane McGowan meets Nick Cave on a dark country road.

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After the success of The Nutcracker last year, The Byron Ballet Company are busy casting and preparing for the well known childrens ballet ‘Peter and the Wolf’ to be performed in late June. The company is looking for advanced classical and contemporary dancers including a strong male dancer for the role of the wolf, some roles involve pointe work. There is also corps de ballet roles for six to eight committed dancers from around 10 yrs plus several boys groups

and is titled ‘Absinthe – From Green Fairy to Green Hydra – The Cocaine of the 19th Century.’ Guests are welcome to attend for a $15 entrance fee. Supper with wine (sadly no absinthe) will be available after the lecture.

FASHION PASSION FOR FASHION God don’t we love Fashion? I wonder whether cavewomen waited eagerly for the next new launch of the Winter look for their animal skins. ‘Darling, bear skin is so last season. This year we’re wearing manskin. It’s not as warm, but it’s thick!’ Will your waist be high? Will it be

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which involve a blend of contemporary and hip-hop dancing. For enquiries, contact Yvonne at the Byron Ballet Company: 6684 7779

LECTURE ABSINTHE USER’S SUPPORT GROUP It was the drug of choice for writers and artists in centuries past. Imagine their parents, worrying about poor William smoking way too much Wormwood. You know your kid is on the juice when you see the signs: like rhyming cuplets in iambic pentameter under the bed. The Byron Bay and Districts Branch of ADFAS (Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society) will be holding their third meeting for the year at the A&I Hall, Bangalow on Monday at 7.30 pm. The lecture, accompanied by slides, is to be given by Silvia Sagona

low? Followers of fashion like myself were shocked when the supremely low pant fashion made a hasty retreat up to the bustline. Where will the waist be this season? How about, a waist line at the waist line, but we go for a low bust line? Tribal tits are finally back in. OK, thats just my surgery free fantasy, but it was worth a shot. If you ar a lover of art, and fashion and music, then do I have the gig for you: Hotel Great Northern on Wednesday 18 April: tix are just$12 and entry is from 9pm.

POETRY DANGEROUS WORDS April is the month, Dangerously Poetic will celebrate Aussie poetry, both iconic and contemporary. All poetry lovers are invited to join us on Sunday from 1pm at the Bangalow RSL Hall.

dance | fashion | poetry | art | comedy | theatre | lecture Featuring bush poet, Col Hadwell who began writing bush poetry 12 years ago after being inspired by listening to the bush poets at the Country Music Festival at Gympie. He published his own book, self illustrated ‘First Bunch of Ballads from Byron Bay’ in 1997 and won the prestigious Tamworth ‘The Blackened Billy Competition’ in 1999, placing 2nd the following year. Also featured is Melissa Lucashenko, an Australian writer of mixed European and Murri heritage, local author of award winning novels: Steam Pigs, Killing Darcy, Hard Yards and Too Flash. She will read some Patterson and an eclectic collection of other favourites. The most Australian instrument, the didgeridoo will be played by local didge maker and teacher, Anthony. He offers didge lessons and teaches about Aboriginal culture on Johnson Street. Bring along an original poem or a favourite by an Australian, either classical or contemporary to share in the Open Reading. Entry $5/$ 4 for DP members.

ART LEVEE MAN WHERE CAN YOU BE?? Jimmy Willing has just finished his painting, When The Levee Breaks on exhibition at the Lismore Art Gallery in association with Ted Harvey’s Led Zepplin exhibition. Jimmy has done some very interesting research on the Zeppelin song: ‘When the Levee Breaks’ to inspire his latest creation. ‘If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break.’These are the opening words to one of Rock & Rolls greatest songs, ‘When The Levee Breaks’. ‘When The Levee Breaks’ was recorded by Led Zeppelin on their ‘Symbols Album’. The writing credits were given to the four members of the band and to an old blues singer by the name of Memphis Minnie. Hunting down the original 1929 recording one finds a song

far removed from Zepp’s hard rock song. It was originally a jug band tune; country blues at its best and features Memphis Minnie on one guitar with her lyrics sung by her husband, Kansas Joe McCoy. What ties the souped-up Led Zeppelin version to the original is not the music of Kansas Joe but the words of Memphis Minnie. The 1927 flood was the greatest natural disaster that the United States had ever had to face. In the spring of that year the levee banks on the Mississippi River broke causing major catastrophy. The flood displaced 700,000 people and covered an area equal to four whole states. Looking deeper into the words one finds ‘I works on the levee, mama both night and day’. The levee of the song was a man-made wall of earth that protected the towns and valuable farmland of the Mississippi Delta from the river. Men, women and children of AfricanAmerican families were conscripted and forced to work on the levee and not allowed to evacuate. The white plantation owners refused to allow black population to leave the Delta fearing that they may never return. These people lived in squalor on a thin sliver of ground above the water. They were unpaid and threatened that if they did not work on the levee they would not be allowed the food that had been supplied by Red Cross flood relief. The whites on the other hand were allowed to evacuate, a gross inequality that fused huge racial tensions. Thus, this is, amongst other things, a song of protest. The flood of 1927 was the nation’s greatest natural disaster. In hard facts its devastation was phenomenal. Over 1,000 people died in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta alone, 41,673 homes were flooded, 21,836 buildings were destroyed, 62,089 buildings were damaged and 2,836 work animals, 6,873 cattle, 31,740 hogs, and 266,786 poultry were drowned. A full farming year was lost and the economy was totally disrupted. The exodus that the white elite feared did in fact happen and many black families left the delta forever seeking a better life in the north. Many resettled in Chicago taking their delta Blues music with them to a new urban environment. Here in the big city the music became electrified and changed, ultimately leading to the birth of Rock & Roll. Music, art and culture are not born in a vacuum, there are always social, political and environmental forces at play. The Mississippi flood of 1927 was to dramatically effect the lives of hundreds of thousands of folks along it’s banks. It was the catalyst for

massive change. Popular culture would be very different today if the levee didn’t break. ‘ Now that’s the making of an excellent thesis. Courtesy of Jimmy Willing.

STAND UP COMEDY Remember the Big Gig? It introduced the country to stand up comedy and literally brought comics like The Doug Anthony All Stars and Wendy Harmer to national awareness. It created a comedy love affair that has continued ever since. Ballina is about to have it’s comedy hymen broken with it’s very own Big Gig, when the last Thursday of every month is comedy night at the Ballina RSL. The very first Big Gig is Thursday 26 April and features the sensational, Steve Allison. The Gold Coast Bulletin has called him ‘The Gold Coast’s favourite comic.’ Audience members, big and small attest the genius that is Steve Allison, who’s simple philosophy: ‘funny is funny’ resonates through every perfectly timed gag, every succinct set up. Jimeoin cacked himself, Bob Hawke was more than impressed and Mike Whitney said: ‘Great line, I’m going to use that!’

corporate gigs, International tours and television appearances, on ‘The Footy Show’ and The Comedy Channel’s ‘HeadLiners’. S teve Allison isn’t a yobbo. He’s a genuine larrikin, with an individual show of fun and laughter. He is joined by support act David Eastgate, who performed a showstopping set at the Big Joke Festival’s Comedy Breakfast this year. Insanely talented, Eastgate weaves story and experience into song and produces a sublimely funny and musically excellent show. I will be there as the monthly MC. The first three Big Gig’s are Free – to allow even the reticient and timid to become stand up audience initiates. Doors open at 7.45pm with an 8.30pm show. To secure a table come early and enjoy some dinner from the Bistro. Thursday 26 April at Ballina RSL.

THEATRE BAYWRITE HOT SHORTS RIDING UP! Byron’s long-established playwrights’ laboratory is up and running for another year of readings, workshops and productions. This year Baywrite are trialing a ‘new look’ venue and

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Steve was born into show business, his parents (The Allison’s) were Australia’s top sight act for over thirty years. His dad always said as long as you live under this roof you will do things my way. So Steve had to come home from school every day drunk, and tell mum a joke. Steve Allison knows how to make people laugh. The confidence and experience earned from performing over a thousand live shows is clear. He is funny! With a natural sense of humour and quick wit, Steve’s show is a well crafted mix of snappy one-liners, hilarious stories, funny home truth’s and current topics. It’s Aussie humour at it’s best. Standout performances in comedy clubs has led to countless

format for our monthly play readings. After many years at the High School, they’re moving to the The Byron Entertainment Centre in the Industrial Estate – the big blue building at 17 Centennial Circuit. To increase the entertainment value of readings they will be rehearsed beforehand – so no more ‘cold’ readings! The next play workshop/reading will be held on Saturday at the Byron Entertainment Centre. Readers will be chosen beforehand and will rehearse from 12 noon2pm. The Reading will be from 2-4pm including discussion. After that, play readings will return to the first Saturday of the month. For further information go to their website at www. baywrite.com

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The gallery is open 7 days and the glass blowing process may be viewed on weekdays. Select a piece from the extensive display of goblets, vessels, sculpture and paintings – a unique gift idea or as a personal reflection of your own good taste.

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Luxury Paints. They have a range of environmentally friendly paint technology that is sold around the globe. It’s also worth mentioning they have the lowest Including paint brands Cabots, Feast Watson, Sikkens, automotive paints and their own luxury paints.

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David Lawson Computer Services has been serving the shire since 1994 and can help with computer repairs and tuition, upgrades, new computers, peripherals, printers, scanners, cameras, usb devices and monitors. Broadband and Internet connections including wireless broadband are also supplied and setup to your configuration. Explore the easiest way of using the latest computer equipment with a computer lease PC, laptop or peripheral. This saves your capital and is tax deductible if you use it for business. David is the local Westnet agent, providing help and advice on all ADSL & Dialup needs – ‘it’s the service that sets Westnet apart.’ Ph. 6684 3955 or 0414 843955

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Research proves that early integration of music into your child’s daily routine means improving his/her ability to think, reason, create and express. With Kindermusik, the world’s most respected name in musical learning for newborns to age 7, you will participate together in every step of the learning Semester after process. Music skills to academic skills to life skills. semester you discovered the one choice that provides Kindermusik believes every child is musical and more ways for your that parents are children’s most important teachers. child to grow and thrive than any That’s why Kindermusik programs involve children other. From birth to age 7, choose and their parents in activities, music, movement and Kindermusik. more. Parents are also supplied with home materials to make music and learning part of their family time together. Enrol now for term 2 for classes in Mullumbimby and Byron Bay! For further information visit www.kidsonkeys.com.au or call Rochelle on 1300 554 946.

are available six days of the week, offering a wide variety of services. This is a bulk-billing General Practice with a skin check clinic. Since opening, Byron West has been fortunate to have Dr Charles McDonald, a member of the Australian Skin Cancer Society, joining their team offering patients a comprehensive skin check clinic. This is truly a well-equipped medical centre providing quality service and, in order to fit in with busy lifestyles, it is happy to accommodate walk-ins. 8am-5.30pm Monday-Friday 8am-1pm Saturdays Shop 2, Byron West Shopping Fair 8 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay Phone 6680 7919

Holistic means to take into account the whole body in the context of healing – each tooth corresponds to a different system, gland, organ or meridian within the body. The health of your mouth, teeth and gums are a reflection of what’s going on within the body so with this approach to dental health, balance can be restored to whole being New: Avatar Bio-Feedback Testing System – the latest in computerised electrodermal health screening. Dental Health Screen – Amalgam Fillings? Root Canals? Dead Teeth? BioCompatability? Let the Avatar screening process tell you what is really going on with your mouth. Call 0411 031 301 for an appointment

New in Brunswick Heads, Gypsy Le Fay studio is an authorised stockist for Bloch ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary shoes and a selection of Bloch dancewear and accessories. Bloch is known worldwide for quality and style in dance supplies for both student and professional performers. One of the great new Bloch products available is the Elastosplit ballet flat which adds greater flexibility to all freeform dance styles as well as circus and theatre performance. Try a pair on – you’ll love them. Gypsy Le Fay studio is at 1/22 Mullumbimbi Street, Brunswick Heads. Phone 0417 427 518, email: gypsy@gypsylefay.com, www.gypsylefay.com

You can help save the Daintree rainforest in far north Queensland with a donation to not for profit organisation Rainforest Rescue. Each $2 will save one square metre of the Daintree and see it protected forever in a declared Nature Refuge. Daintree Gift Cards that recognise your contribution are also available from the Green Garage in Byron Bay, Santos in Mullumbimby or the Brunswick Heads Health Food Shop. For more information visit www.rainforestrescue.org.au or phone 6684 4360

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Out For The Day! An exhibition by Annie Younger, her latest sculptures are being released for the day. Come and view, enjoy, buy or just laugh. From robots to helicopters. Sunday April 15, 10am to 5pm. 10% discount off selected pieces. (See ad on this page.) Phone 6680 9033.

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With the release of their ďŹ fth album Hydromajestik, Wicked Beat Sound System have maintained their position at the forefront of the Aussie electronic music scene. Hitting mainstream exposure with their debut album ‘Music from the core’ in ‘96, WBSS have continued evolving their sound with this album conjuring a brighter down tempo, neo soul feel. Supporting the likes of Ben Harper and The Fugees and gaining heavy rotation on Triple J brought them a wider audience, while the excellent production, beautiful vocals and rocking live show has helped put WBSS at an international standard. The nucleus of the group, Damian Robinson, produced Hydromajestik at Bungendore near Canberra and as the album has a much more expansive feel than their previous releases I asked him how much his environment shaped the sound of the album?

Hyrdromajestik is more down tempo than its predecessors, due in part to the departure of MC Kye. With this more chilled out version will there be an impact on the dance oor?

I think being in a peaceful environment either in the country or in the city is a useful thing for writing music. Generally a studio in the city is sound proofed and it can be quite peaceful but where you write and record is one element, what you do outside the studio is very important as well. Your lifestyle and mental attitude affects the recording process, so as your surroundings inuence that, your environment is becomes very important. So your environment affects where your head is at, and where your head is at makes a huge difference on the ďŹ nished result, it makes sense. The front cover of Hydromajestik shows a beautiful picture of snow covered trees near where the album was produced and seems indicative of the serene feel of the album. When we moved down here a few years ago, I remember thinking how magniďŹ cent it was but after a couple of years you get used to it, it’s like anything. I grew up and lived most of my life in inner city Sydney, so to have had a

Yeah, our new album is a little bit more down tempo, Kye leaving has that impact, but that’s the way things go. I don’t think the show will really suffer from that it will just have more of a soul feel than a hip hop feel. You still have Linda’s amazing voice so the foundation is still there, but has it changed much having Kye gone? Yeah, it’s a bit more relaxed, he’s an intense character Kye, he’s quite demanding in a lot of ways so our studio time is a bit more chilled out. Kye’s involvement in the writing process wasn’t huge so it’s not too much of a change. As the epicentre of WBSS how much inuence does Linda and other members of the band have on the song writing process? Quite a lot really, as much as they want. Generally the songs get written, half the time the songs will be instrumentals and Linda will have a listen and write some lyrics and melodies and we’ll throw it back and forth and maybe change the music if we want to. The other half of the time, Linda will come with an idea and we’ll whip something up quickly and I’ll take that away and come back with something more wholesome. There are a variety of different ways we write. Some of the stuff we start we just chuck out, I try to edit myself as thoroughly as possible. If any things not quite happening I’ll get rid of – it there’s not much point in keeping stuff I don’t like. When producing do you sample live instruments or do you have a plethora of electronic samples you refer too? A bit of both really, I have a huge sound library that

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with dan I’ve collected over the years from sample CD’s, recording stuff, all kinds of different sources. When it comes to speciďŹ c things I want, I’ll get someone to play it and then I might chop it up or move it to a different song, there’s no rules with this sort of stuff. We don’t sample records as much anymore, we used to but it was more of a hip hop thing, I guess we just got better at playing it ourselves. You worked at the Sydney Opera house for many years, do you think this has inuenced the way you approach music? It has, not so much the orchestral side but deďŹ nitely the operatic side of things, the large themes and the dynamics of music. I am inuenced by that stuff and challenged by how to morph the ideas I get into my own style of music. I did mix a lot of opera and you could get carried away with a Puccini piece and the next day when in front of the computer you try and get that idea out with a sample or maybe some strings or something similar. So it did inuence

me, especially by honing my technical skills. When Inna Styles (their second album) came out I thought, wow these guys are ahead of their time, comparable perhaps only to some UK stuff that was around. We’ve always compared ourselves internationally. Australia now more than ever is heading down the rock and roll path, I’ve never been that into it, I’m not knocking it but Aussies do have an afďŹ nity with guitar based bands. I don’t listen to a lot of mainstream music in Australia, there’s a lot of good electronic stuff coming out but it doesn’t get the exposure it deserves. There’s a ďŹ nite amount of ears to listen to electronica. When Inna Styles came out

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radio stations were more interested in looking at that kind of music. Now it’s bands like Wolfmother and jet that dominate the musical landscape. There aren’t many outlets in Australia for electronic music, it seems that Triple J can make or break an emerging artist. It’s true, there’s none really, FBI in Sydney is starting to take off but compared to the national exposure triple j can give, there is nothing like it. Some of your songs give a political angle, I enjoy songs that have a bit of depth too them, some intelligence and awareness of the political landscape. Do you think music is a good medium to put across new ideas and political views? Yes I do, it works very well. Political motifs in music are as old as music itself. A lot of those things are largely due to the songwriter, Linda writes a lot of the stuff and she is politically minded. One of our ďŹ rst radio hits was called local MP and that is a song about politicians being heartless motherfuckers. It’s always been a popular motif within the band and also with our reggae orientation, Marley and Tosh have been inuences. We release stuff on our own label so we don’t have a major record label breathing down our necks afraid we’ll offend someone. You see what happened to the Dixie Chicks, they stood up and dissed Bush and the backlash was huge, now they’re regarded by some as heroes. I don’t know why anyone would think Bush was anything more than an idiot. I’m not a fan of John Howard but he won some unwinnable elections, I wouldn’t put anything past him. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Liberal party were in Indonesia organising some boat people to come over before the next election. We can only wait and see. Wicked Beat Sound System play at the Great Northern on Saturday.

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LIBRA: Energy’s shooting everywhere like ďŹ reworks right now, giving even ordinary things an exciting dazzle. This week’s vivid, vibrant and outrageous – also self-centred, petulant and possessive. The trick of course is to enjoy the best and ignore the rest. SCORPIO: Use opinions that don’t gel with yours as opportunities to look through a different view ďŹ nder this week and you’re likely to pick up some extremely useful insights. You’ll ďŹ nd people unexpectedly candid, surprisingly informative and extremely revealing‌ SAGITTARIUS: Don’t talk about it – do it. Organise your time and energy constructively and this could be one of the most successful weeks in the Sagittarian year. And be advised that a non-inammatory attitude will generate immediate and tangible beneďŹ ts. CAPRICORN: According to Einstein: To raise new questions, new possibilities – to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination. Reconsider ideas this week you initially dismissed as ditzy – could there be something there you could use‌? AQUARIUS: No matter what the world thinks, whether others accept it or not, you’ll do your own strong willed, unconventional, individual thing this week. Just be very sure to do it sweetly rather than in any way abrasively where others are concerned. PISCES: You’ll have to really suss out people’s motives this week because they won’t be obvious – even to those operating them. Use your common sense, follow your natural instincts and don’t take anyone’s opinions personally – listen to the friends who respect and love you.

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300 This is not as far from the truth as you might expect. It follows reasonably closely the incident that Herodotus records when, in 480 BC, King Xerxes’s Persians descended upon the Peloponnese. Under King Leonidas, a band of Spartans stood in their way at a narrow gorge. Herodotus was given to ights of fancy himself, but he couldn’t hold a candle to director Zack Snyder, whose graphic version of events is as spectacularly lurid as any airhead adolescent could hope for. The boring scenes, when people are talking, are minimised and basically it’s all about the battle. The Greeks are a tough lot, but when they see the size of the Persian mob they realize they are up against it – there are about ďŹ ve million of them! Fortunately, the overdressed barbarians aren’t worth a pinch of poop as ďŹ ghters and Leonidas and his boys scythe through them at twenty to the dozen. My favourite bit was when the great Spartan decapitated the giant – the meanest, ugliest mother you have ever seen – with one fabulous swish of his sword. It’s juicy slaughtera-go-go as, in ultra slo mo, guts are speared, throats cut and eyes gouged out.

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I wasn’t counting, but the world record for severed limbs would have been smashed well before the halfway point. It’s also very loud, the blokes rarely able to communicate without yelling and in Leonidas’s case I am surprised he wasn’t heard above the bands at the big pop concert down the road. What was more disconcerting, though, was his Scottish accent – he sounded like he’d just got off the train from Dumfries. And when it comes to that, Australia’s David Wenham’s skinny voice, instead of sounding like that of the wise survivor, gives the narration a not exactly appropriate Enid Blyton feel. Poor Wenham also looks ridiculous running around in leather undies – I kept seeing Diver Dan in drag. In fact, the Greeks in general, in what is not so much a gore as a pecs and abs fest, resemble a bunch of escapees from an Oxford Street bondage bar. It all adds to the homo erotic, high camp heroics that teenage lads and Bra Boy types love so much. At the close of play, the crowd in the cinema all checked their text messages as the credits rolled and I felt lucky to get out of there alive – luckier still to be getting home in time for the much more stimulating ‘My Name Is Earl.’ John Campbell

Clint Eastwood is a gravelly voiced, grey haired old bloke who has been making movies forever. Unfortunately, most punters associate his name with retribution, rough justice and cowboy icks. Plenty of them were good, too, but his later work as a director is of a quality that few ďŹ lmmakers achieve. He is not much interested in tricks and he does not necessarily say anything radically different in his movies, he just seems to be able to make his point more emphatically, focused as the stories (regular writer Paul Haggis is again involved) always are on the simple and abiding truths that trouble and enlighten, that make devils and angels of us all. This is the partner to last

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We took a ballot and Abbotsleigh was selected as the test pilot, bribed into acquiescence by the promise of a night with Miss Trixie Shovelbliss of Gold Coast nightclub fame. The naked pilot inserted, Feltmallard had the honour of shoving Eros into motion. By the time Abbotsleigh hit the 60 zone, the LCD counter by the roadside was reading 83. To the outside observer his trip was relatively uneventful, apart from bouncing off the wire restrainers once or twice and swerving to avoid a duck. Once the journey had ended, to the cheering of hitchhikers stranded on the overpass, we carefully extricated Abbotsleigh from the vehicle. Digby’s hypothesis had proven correct: our pilot was the consistency and colour of oiled blanched asparagus, and his eyes were ďŹ lled with transcendental visions of delight. We wrapped him in lavender-scented cheesecloth and left him in the inďŹ rmary, where he took a week to recover with the assistance of Nurse’s tender ministrations. We resolved to use Eros only on important ritual occasions and rewarded Feltmallard with a small island in the Caribbean.

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Digby was as good as his word. He had bribed the RTA to close off the St Helena hill and divert the highway trafďŹ c through Byron Bay, which seemed to make little difference to the town’s ambience. We assembled at the top of the hill, looking down on the magniďŹ cent view which immediately engenders a sense of homecoming in the ardent Shire resident. A grease-streaked Feltmallard beamed proudly at his creation, which resembled a bronze lipstick container on wire-spoked rubber wheels, and which Digby had christened Eros. A ďŹ ligreed silver dolphin ďŹ n protruded for effect from behind the driver’s seat. ‘There is no motor,’ explained Digby, ‘which is why we need this hill. Gravity drives not only the wheels but the various devices which make Eros special and exhilarating. A system of ywheels and levers ensures the correct insertion of the cranial and oriďŹ cial probes, along with the application of the body-length rubber massage mallets. A further arrangement of hydraulic gears ensures both the vehicle and the driver are regularly lubricated with canola oil. A parachute will open when it hits the tripwire near the Myocum overpass.’

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BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, colourbond & timber fencing ................0417 491136 BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes ........ 66804766 or 0416 424256

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BRICKLAYER, BLOCKLAYER Lic 173697C .....................................................Phone Bob 0431 792260

BRUNSWICK BUILDING DESIGNERS Home plans/additions ................ 0427 851512 or 66851512

FLOOR SANDER Prompt, efficient, non-toxic ..............................................................Jeff 0414 804277

BRICKLAYER, BLOCKLAYER Neat, realiable, quality Lic 114688C ...................................0410326052

COUNCIL APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLANS..............................................Robyn Isaac 0417 629192

BRIMS BUILDER’S HARDWARE .......................................................................................... 66801718

DAVID ROBINSON House plans and extensions....................................... 66858114 or 0419 880048

BUILDING TRADES BRICKLAYER Lic 164155C ......................................................Phone Gary 0421 859106 or 66849102 BRICKLAYER, BLOCKLAYER Excellent references, reliable. Lic 129723C. Phone John ......... 66872138

BUILDER Alrick East Lic 27307 ................................................................................................ 66842708 BUILDER/CARPENTER Jamie McKenna Renovations, kitchens, stairs, frames, etc. Lic 43205.. 66801683 CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C ..................................... 66291169 or 0412 967677 CARPENTER/BUILDER ‘Colin the Carpenter’ Lic 162072C ...............................................0419 722132

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STAINLESS WIRE BALUSTRADING Supplies and installation ............................................. 66872253 TILER / HANDYMAN – ALL TRADES ..............................................................................0438 092935 2EG

TILING PERFECTION All types, helpful advice, free quotes Lic 179306C .. 0409 847653 or 66801168 WALL & FLOOR TILING Ceramic, terracotta & stone. Lic 176242C ..................................0404 089660 WATERPROOFING & TILING REPAIRS Free quotes, helpful advice. Lic 179306C............... 66804612

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SHORT BACK & FRONT MOWING All gardening .............................Jim 0413 292316 or 66809033 SURF & TURF HOME SERVICES Specialise in rural brushcutting, lawns & gen. maint ...0401 068127

GARDEN DESIGN & FENG SHUI ............................................................. 0428 884329 or 66857756

THE CLEAN UP MEN Rubbish removal 24/7. Same day service. Byron Shire ....................0410 705877

LANDSCAPE & DESIGN Brad Turk. Lic 24884C www.turklandscapes.com.au ................0418 661145

TREE & PALM Lopping, felling, rubbish removal, fully insured, free quotes.......................0405 620261

LANDSCAPE DESIGN by David Pettifer www.byronscape.com ......................................0427 845284

TREE FELLING & CHIPPING Fully insured, goor rates, ph Nick ................ 0415 935048 or 66884336

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ACTION PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Paint, repairs, renovations ...................................0434 554163 ALL HOME & BUSINESS Handyman service. Carpentry, painting, etc.....................Chris 0410 588112 ALLROUND Carpentry, renovations & repairs ....................................Tony 66804725 or 0439 424925 BAY BUILDING SERVICES Int + ext home improvements ph Pete ...................................0427350470 BUILDER Lic 3442C Renovations, handyman ph Larry ............................... 66845331 or 0418 608407 CALL A HUBBY for all the little odd jobs, call Ami ..............................................................0421 347320 CAPE BYRON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Tom Scott........................... 66847449 or 0418 600576

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SECURITY SERVICES BRUNSWICK VALLEY LOCKSMITHS Shirewide ..................................... 66771550 or 0412 144679

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SHANES HANDYMAN SERVICES General carpentry & odd jobs ...................................0439 335659

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HANDYMAN PETE Computers, phone extensions, pumps, carpentry, gate repair .............0407 662900 JOHN’S HANDYMAN SERVICE property maintenance, lawns & rubbish removal 66805374 or 0428 736874

38 April 10, 2007 Byron Shire Echo

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Service Directory BUSINESS & OFFICE SERVICES

DENTISTS BYRON DENTAL SURGERY Mercury-free restorations ......................................................... 66807774 MULLUMBIMBY DENTAL CENTRE 100 Stuart St, Mullumbimby ........................................ 66842644

SORTING CHAOS SECRETARIAL BUSINESS SERVICES........................................................ 66805555

FLORISTS

ACCOUNTANTS

OH HANG IT OH POT IT Fresh local flowers & plants. Deliveries ........................................... 66842557 PASSION@FLOWERS Byron Bay. Fresh flowers, weddings. Interflora member ..................... 66855209

ACCOUNTANT HUDSON MATTHEWS MANAGEMENT SERVICES ............................... 66858129 ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry ................................................................................................ 66847415 BIZWIZZ Professional & mobile – MYOB & Quickbooks, www.bizwizz.com.au .................0400 758192 BOOKKEEPING & OFFICE REORGANISATION MYOB & more.................. Call Vimala 0417 188436

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HAIR & BEAUTY ALLURE BODYWAXING Professional, Affordable, Friendly Service ..................................0403 417508 EDGE HAIRDRESSING Award winning salon. Open 6 days & Thursday nights ..................... 66858391 SLEEK BODY WAXING Bangalow ............................................................ 0432 564512 or 66872264 SPRAY TAN – BRONZED BYRON BABES ............................................... 0432 533680 or 66809356

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ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne .................................... 66857366 ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis .................................................... 66857001 ACUPUNCTURE & CHINESE AYURVEDIC HERBS House of Wellbeing, Kim Kilgariff ........ 66858538 ACUPUNCTURE FOR ANIMALS Brigid Beckett ...............................................................0431 702560 ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Postural re-education for pain, stress/dysfunction. M. Hayes ..... 66809770 CRANIO SACRO BALANCE Also for animals ........e: craniosacrobalance@hotmail.com 0432 625612 MASSAGE THERAPY with Kristine at Lennox Head .............................................................. 66875001 MULLUMBIMBY Herbals, Naturopathy, Massage, 79 Stuart St.............................................. 66843002 MULLUMBIMBY MEDICAL CENTRE 60 Stuart St ............................................................... 66841511 SUZIE PHILLIPS ACUPUNCTURE & ORIENTAL MEDICINE .............................................. 66809696

OSTEOPATHY BANGALOW Jodie Jacobs ....................................................................................................... 66872337 BRUNSWICK HEADS OSTEOPATHY Sue Broadbent, Mon - Fri ........................................... 66851126 BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE Eve Schoenheimer & Jodie Jacobs......................................... 66807575

FINANCE BUYER’S AGENT, MORTGAGE BROKER Asset management info.......Michael Murray 0428 555501

PRINTING & GRAPHIC ART ACCENT COLOR THE COPY SHOP ....................................................................................... 66856236 ACCENT COLOR THE LAMINATING SHOP ......................................................................... 66856236 NORTH COAST PRINT SOLUTIONS Graphic Design and Printers ....................................... 66858264 PROFESSIONAL ILLUSTRATOR / WRITER ........................................................ Shawna 0412 765939

PHYSIOTHERAPY ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Suffolk Park 1 Bryce Street ............................................................ 66853511 BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Craniosacral, Massage & Pilates Libbie Nelson, Petra Karni, Clare Connolly Lot 1, Ballina Road, Bangalow................................ 66872330 CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, acupuncture, physio............................................. 66857222 NICK EDMOND & MARTINA RIGBY Mullumbimby Physiotherapy & Acupuncture Centre ‘Govinda’ 8 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby Monday, Wednesday, Friday ........................................ 66843255 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY NIGEL PITMAN ........................................................ 66803499 PAULA RAYMOND-YACOUB Acupuncture and physio ........................................................ 66851646

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• Direct to fabric print t-shirts • Poster & canvas printing to A1 • Colour laser printing • Business cards • Shopfront signs & A frames • Short run specialists

Byron Bay Arts & Industry Estate Ph 6685 7350

BILLINUDGEL BRAKE CENTRE ............................................................................................ 66801382 BILLINUDGEL STEERING & SUSPENSION ......................................................................... 66801382 CAR BODIES REMOVED Any condition, for quote phone Mark ......................................0427 660641 CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE ......................................................................66845296 or 66845403 FRED HENRY MECHANICAL REPAIRS Billinudgel.............................................................. 66802155 HEADLINING FROM $175 & CAR UPHOLSTERY Dave Moody, Ocean Shores ................. 66801173 MECHANICAL REPAIRS, welding, MTA member, Pearce Motors.......................................... 66851252 WILSONS EXHAUST & SUSPENSION ................................................................................ 66856925

BAYSIDE RADIATORS, WINDSCREENS AND AIR CONDITIONING

24 Hours 7 Days Serving Byron Shire

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AUTO COOLING SERVICE CENTRE

Where else would you take a leak! Lot 4, Wilfred St, Billinudgel. Ph 6680 2444

NEW TYRES Estab 1988 BATTERIES & REPAIRS Mogo Place

Billinudgel Tyre Service Ph 6680 2366

Quality tyres & retreads, repairs, batteries, fitting & balancing

MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684

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CATERING BYRONCAKE Gorgeous cakes. Gluten free available .........................................................0427 608945

PICTURE FRAMING BYRON ART SUPPLIES & PICTURE FRAMING 3/97 Centennial Circuit............................. 66808010 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ........................... 66803444 HAIKU FRAMING & DESIGN 144 Jonson St, Byron Bay ....................................................... 66807891 PICTURE FRAMING Bill Veale ................................................................................................ 66842262

CHIROPRACTIC

VETERINARY SURGEONS

CHIROPRACTOR Bruce Campbell, Brent Verco 52 Shirley St, Byron Bay ................................ 66858159 CHIROPRACTOR Andrew Badman & Steve Foster– low force ............................................... 66858553 MICHAEL SCHWAGER Chiropractor 108 Stuart St, Mullumbimby ........................................ 66841962 MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Karl Wedeman & Brent Verco. 110 Dalley St ............................... 66841028

BILLINUDGEL/OCEAN SHORES VET HOSPITAL Jon Hollingworth, Russell Grigg............. 66803480 BYRON BAY VET CLINIC 1/70 Centennial Cct. Rowen Trevor-Jones ..................................... 66856899 MULLUMBIMBY VET CLINIC Dr Neil Farquhar and Dr Richard Gregory .............................. 66843818 SUFFOLK PARK VET CLINIC Michael Cumpston .................................................................. 66853696

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ClassiďŹ ed Ads INDEX

Agistment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Art & Artisans . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Business Opportunity. . . . . . . .42 Bus Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Childcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Church Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 For Hire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Garage Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Halls For Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Health Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Holiday Accommodation . . . . .42 Houses For Sale . . . . . . . . . . .42 Land For Sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Lost & Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Motor Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Motor Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Musical Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Only Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Pets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Pets of the Week . . . . . . . . . . .43 Positions Vacant . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Probate Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Property For Sale . . . . . . . . . . .42 Public Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Return Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Share Accommodation . . . . . .42 Short Term Accommodation . .42 Social Escorts . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Thank You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 To Lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 To Let . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Tractor Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Tradework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Tree Lopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Wanted To Rent . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Work Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

PUBLIC NOTICES

ECHO CL CLASSIFIEDS 6684 1777 PHONE ADS

RATES & PAYMENT

Ads may be taken by phone on 6684 1777

$12.50 for the ďŹ rst two lines

8.30am – 2pm Monday 9am – 5pm Tuesday to Friday

(minimum charge)

Ads can’t be taken on the weekend

(these prices include GST)

AT OUR OFFICES

Cash, cheque or credit card – Bankcard, Mastercard or Visa.

Cnr Wollongbar & Centennial Cct Byron Arts/Ind Est 6685 7750/0427 469 843

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Prepayment required for: Garage Sales,

Mullumbimby – Village Way, Stuart St Share Accommodation, Wanted to Rent and Work Wanted classifications Byron Bay – 95 Jonson St

12pm Monday for display ads 2pm Monday for line ads

Marriage Celebrant 66847165

HYPNOTHERAPY

& Counselling. Wendy Purdey. Relax, resolve, release & restore inner calm & clarity. Benefits include insights, understanding & energy to create change. Enq welcome 66802630

MARRIAGE CELEBRANT ALISON MACKAY Unique weddings, funerals, baby namings. Phone 66853213

ANTHEA AMORE

Account enquiries

MARRIAGE CELEBRANT 66807277 0422383151 www.antheaamore.com

phone 6685 5222

MULLUMBIMBY SOUP KITCHEN Neighbourhood Centre, Dalley Street, Wednesday 5pm. 66841816

FOR CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK SUBSCRIBE TO THE ECHO If you want to be sure of your copy each week, or if you have a friend who’d like to have a subscription, why not send them one? $30 per quarter or $110 per year, post incl. Write to Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby 2482. – CLASSIFIEDS – Can be booked any time during business hours Monday to Friday by phoning 66841777. Please be very clear about what you want to have printed in your ad. Our Echo staff will read your ad back to you. Please help us by making sure we have correct details and phone numbers. Please also have your credit card ready for ALL ads placed over the telephone.

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PHOTOS All photos handled by The Echo – all care & no responsibility taken.

MEN’SLINE SUPPORT COUNSELLORS – Willing to listen. Call 66222240 7pm-11pm every night.

STRESSED? TAKE RUGS

GENUINE CLAIRVOYANT READINGS Diane Webb - Psychic Medium Over 20 years experience. Personal & by telephone. 66809342

THE RUG SHOP, BANGALOW

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THANK YOU GEOFF WILLIAMS’ FUNDRAISER To all the wonderful people who worked hard to ensure the success of, and to everyone who donated to the fundraiser, many, many heartfelt and sincere thanks. Your generosity has touched our hearts and the practical assistance it gives us is much needed and greatly appreciated. Easter Blessings to you all. Geoff and Naree Williams

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www.echo.net.au BE SPOILT. Therapeutic Massage. Neck & shoulders or full massage. Reiki avail. Jean 66801864 – Ocean Shores.

Breathwork Mastery

Accredited courses and private sessions & groups. Alakh Analda 0413167688. www.rebirthing.com.au

PSYCHOLOGIST

PAULA BARUKSOPULO Member Aust Psychological Society Incorporating holistic counselling, Buddhist psychotherapy, kinesiology & hypnotherapy. Health fund & some Medicare rebates. 66870700

EAR CANDLING

– help clear ears/sinuses. 66857736

FLOAT & MASSAGE 2 hour session $65. 66858304

THAI MASSAGE

1.5 hours $50. Home visit $60. 7 days. Phone Ekka 66804478. No sex.

Mullum Homeopathy

Christina (Ina) Buhse (Adv. Dip. Hom.) Ph 66841028 - 3 days. Health rebates. LEARN GESTALT THERAPY Grad Dip Prog 2007. Prof. training in Lismore. FEE-HELP. Ph 66213911 THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Deep & gentle by qualified masseuse Nina Dip.Nat. 66841634 or 0409393352

Yoga

Practise ISHTA style meditation Pranayama & dynamic asana Tuesday 9am-11am Byron Aikido Dojo/Temple Byron Melaleuca Dr, off Ewingsdale Road Thursday 9.30-11.30am Mullum Yellow Church, Myocum Street. Joanne Langton 66843654 DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE Specialising sore backs, stiff necks, sciatica, pinched nerves & relaxation. Mobile service available, 15 years experience. 66840026

Early Morning Yoga

In Mullum at Pioneer Hall Tues 7.30am, Fri 7am & 10am. 66840044 Martine. MIGRAINES, WHIPLASH, SCIATICA, FROZEN SHOULDER, CHRONIC UPPER & LOWER BACK PAIN. Remedial & sports massage therapist. ATMS accred, health fund rebates. Student discount. Ila McDonald 0403748647, 66808400 BABAJI’S KRIYA YOGA INITIATION WEEKEND AT CORE STUDIO MAY 12 & 13 with Acharya Rohini receive 18 asanas, 7 meditations & 6 breathing techniques. Investment $295, www.babaji.ca Contact Rohini. Ph 0401369743 TANTRIC ENERGETIC FREEDOM Soft touch ancient technique & guidance. Ph Lucy 66854918 or 0427917960

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LIGHT TOUCH BODYWORK Qualified Lymphatic Drainage - Craniosacral Trager - Massage Ph Tara 0431207453

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR 20 years experience. Lic. 114578C. Craig Warwick. Phone 0413451186

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Ocean Shores 1.5 hrs $70. Susan 0411409123

KINESIOLOGY, REMEDIAL MASSAGE Bush Flowers. Paritosho now at Jade Tortoise Clinic, Ocean Shores. Phone 66771541 or 66805602

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Kahuna Massage

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I’ll come to you! Troubleshooting, tuition, internet. Call Tom 66855504

IF YOU CAN PICK UP A BRUSH - YOU CAN PAINT. 66871256 www.byronbayartworkshops.com

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CHILDCARE EXPERIENCED CHILDCARE/NANNY Loving & caring, flexible & reliable. All hours. Refs avail. Qualified. Linda 66859614, 0421892812

FOR HIRE BACKHOE HIRE/4WD John Coe – All excavations Ph 66841576, mobile 0408841576

HALLS FOR HIRE EWINGSDALE HALL AVAILABLE for your function. Ph 66847706 AH

TRADEWORK

SEWER CHOKES

Sewer, Drainage & Storm Water blockages. Sewer machine available. Gary Potter‌ All Areas. Ph 66871348 • Lic L190

Andy’s Handy Service Gutter cleaning. Rubbish removal. All household repairs. Ph 0408628130

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38 Tweed Street Brunswick Heads (old highway). Huge range of furniture, Books and Old Wares Open Tuesday to Saturday - 66851213

MOSQUITO NETS 100% COTTON – ALL SIZES Phone 66843191

BIOLYTIX Septics

CANOE large 17’ with side mount for outboard & paddles $550. 0427005808

ECO-DEMOLISHERS

Large ally windows + sliding doors, end matched T&G flooring, asst doors & windows, chamfor board, hot water services, Colorbond roofing iron, 15 boxes of new tiles 300x300, 10x2s, 9x3s, all your timber needs. Call for a quote 66840343, 0431396859 Also avail now recycled joinery service.

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HALF PRICE. Ph 66840006 SONY TRINATRON TV 59cm screen, exc cond, side speakers, has remote, great sound & picture, H-51cm, W-77cm, D46cm, $100. Phone 0418202627 ORGANIC FRUIT & VEG Saturday 14th 9am - 1pm. Fossil Farm, 419 Left Bank Road. 0429843408 DECKING 86x19, seasoned, Class 1 durability, local hardwoods Ironbark & Golden Walnut. Quality product, buy direct from sawmiller and save. Ph Mike 0407490887 Bangalow

Wooden railway sleepers, concrete sleepers, garden ornaments & pots, mulches, soil, metals, gravel & more. Mon-Fri 7.30am-6pm, Sat 7.30am-2pm. 1176 Myocum Rd, Mullum. 66842323

CARPET MATS – from 50 cents each at Ray Towers, Carpets, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate.

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ANTIQUE JARVI LOUNGE SUITE fully restored $5995. Byron Bay Upholstery. Phone 66871508

BRIDGLANDS BUY & SELL – good used furniture – good clean bedding – late model electrical & antiques. M’by 66842511

off Round with safety net. 0429847473 ★ Star-Light Trampolines ★

$10.50sqm. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66764088 - sample & brochure

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CLEM’S CARGO Quality used goods

We’ve got worms. 0427897496

O.SHORES, BRUNS, MULLUM mobile tech. Daniel 0422804449, 66801713

BUS SERVICES

STAINLESS WIRE & FITTINGS

SEWING TABLE with hydraulic lift, cupboards & extension arm $250, South Golden Beach. 66803314

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All natural from $49.90 Natural latex pillows from $59.90

COMPOST TOILETS Garry Scott • 66843468

BEDS - MATTRESSES - ENSEMBLES Best brands. Best range. Sleep Zone, Bridglands, Mullumbimby. 66842511 TRAMPOLINES, REPLACEMENT MATS & parts, a variety of pool tables in different sizes & accessories. Phone 66851624, mobile 0409851624

SODA STREAM

GAS REFILLS Bridglands Retravision 66842511 CARPET OFFCUTS – Lots of sizes and prices at Ray Towers Carpets, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate. TIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. Brims Builders Hardware, Mogo Place, Billinudgel. Phone 66801718 WASHING MACHINE auto $140, fridge 2 door $250, can deliver. 0413589388 GARDEN SHEDS Discount prices, slab & erection service. Ph 66841674, 0405922839

TYAGARAH MULCH Bales $4. BH 66844242

VACUUM BAGS To suit most makes & models BRIDGLANDS Mullumbimby. 66842511

TREADMILL electric, near new $600. Phone 66843527

Trampolines 50%

BOX TRAILER 6x4 good cond, reg till 6/07 $400 ono. Phone 66871136 BABY car seat, stroller and cot from Kmart, only used 10 times, $190 the lot. Phone 66853554 FURNITURE: round table + 4 chairs $140, bar fridge $150, double bed $70, baby travel cot $30, large desk $250, linen cupboard $50. 66882462 or 0411211369, ask for Luke or Jiska. SURFBOARD (DHD) Darren Handley 6’2� x 18 1/4� x 2 1/4� 4 weeks old, ridden 3 times, too small for owner $520 as new. Phone 0412333105 DUBLIN horse riding boots, kids size 5, hardly worn $45, junior golf club set with buggy, good condition $100, brand new Acusound 15� 100 watt active sub woofer $200. Phone 66844138

AUTUMN PLANT SALE

ALL STOCK REDUCED. Agaves, Bird of Paradise, Cordyline Australis ‘purpurea’, Dianella, Dragon trees, flax, Liriope, Lomandra, Mondo grass, Poinciana, Rhoeo, Succulents & much more. Arrange a time, bring your trailer. NARNIA NURSERY. 66805831, 0419771514 RINNAI GAS HEATER $200, garden sheds 5x3m $300 3x3m $100 good cond. 0417421064

BLANK DVDs CDs & Mini DV tapes BRIDGLANDS Mullumbimby. 66842511

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42 April 10, 2007 Byron Shire Echo BEDROOM FURNITURE qu. timber base, wicker basket tall boy, matching bedside table, filing cabinet. 0410540321 WARDROBE Ikea beech laminate, no door $40, solid pine wardrobe $200 & chest of drawers $250, surround sound system $100. 66854120 before 13/4/07

WANTED WANTED: ANTIQUES, GOOD USED FURNITURE. Clean double & queen size beds. Bridglands Mby 66842511 LP RECORDS Good condition. Phone Matt 66841634 OLDER WOODEN FURNITURE Bookcases, drawers, tables etc, old fishing gear & hand tools. Clem’s Cargo. Phone 66851213 WOOD HEATER Convection 1995 or newer, pool fence & gate 18m +, Duplo for kids. Ph 66849461

GARAGE SALES ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement. 12/2 CEMETERY RD Sat 8am. Sofa, huge coffee table, chairs, backpacks, etc. 25 KOLORA WAY Ocean Shores - tools, kitchenware, linen, garden pots, books, furniture, $5 lucky dips, Sat/Sun 9-12pm 10 BANKSIA PLACE, Mullumbimby, Sat 14th April, 8am-12.30pm, books, china, glassware, brassware, pictures, wall hangings, clothing, furniture and tools. SUNDAY ONLY, 4 Inderwong Ave, Ocean Shores, 8am-1pm, April 15. MOVING OUT SALE make an offer everything must go, this week only, 199 Myocum Road, Byron Bay

www.echo.net.au COROLLA 91, 2nd owner, reg Feb 08, 216,000km, $2500 ono. 66247078 MAZDA 121 1994 140,000km, excellent condition, air-cond, $4000 ono. Ph 0410004891 TOYOTA Corolla 4WD man wagon 89 reg 10/07, reliable, econ $3500. 66858564

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HOLDEN ASTRA sedan manual 96, white 100,000km, clean, solid car $5500 ono. Phone 66843192

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GOING O/S SALE: grab a cheap bargain, furniture, bar fridge, kitchenware, stand fans, kids’ clothes & toys. Billinudgel Storage, 4 Lucky Lane, 9-12 Sat 14 April. 0411211369 or 66882462.

SAT 14TH fridge, clothes, printer, kids stuff & more, 7 Gira Pl, Nth O.Shores

LOST VALLEY LODGE exclusive mountain retreat, relax in style. www. lostvalleylodge.com.au, 66840184

LAND FOR SALE RAINFOREST/RURAL retreats, high alt & rainfall, 10-588 acres. Phone 66795000 LAND RUSSELL ISLAND high bush block, 513sqm, 32ks to Surfers $34,000 neg. Phone 07 56658987

PROPERTY FOR SALE MORTGAGE BROKER, Buyers agent. No application fees. No exit fees. No hype. Just great rates and good service. MICHAEL MURRAY 0428555501

HOLIDAY ACCOM WATERFRONT 4 Star Brunswick f-f 1 & 2br luxury apartments. Ph 66851631 COORABELL RETREAT – huge luxury at lowest rate, spa & bbq. Phone 66884781

SUNRISE lge sunny f-f dbl room with pool, suit couple $250pw incl. 66857468 HEALING RETREAT rooms from $35/ night, tranquil garden setting. 66809242 BYRON CENTRAL Great 1 bedroom tropical garden flat, f-furn, s-cont, decks, 2 blocks main beach, 1 block to shops, avail for 4 months, 1 month min stay $350pw single, $400pw couple Ph 66855293 CRABBES CREEK 1br house, f-furn, quiet on acres, avail May & June. $180pw includes bills. Phone 66771918 ROOM for mature woman in lovely share house, Sunrise $150pw all inclusive. Phone 0431905741 MYOCUM 3br, 1 office, Q’lander beautiful quiet spot May 5 to mid-September $280pw. Phone 66841985 SUNRISE room in clean, quiet, n/s house $120pw. Phone 0412437707 LENNOX lovely t-house, 3 br, f-f, close to beach & lake, avail 3-4 months from end May, mature prof person, refs req $235pw + elect + phone. 0413299315 1 PERSON to share house, nice garden, central Byron, with 2 fem in 30s, d/f, n/ s, no dogs $150pw + bond & exps, avail 16/4 to end May poss longer. 66856775

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BANGALOW SELF STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333

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MATURE, reliable nanny/ housekeeper, 4 afternoons/week, Mullum area, exp required. Ph Tracey 0411597094

TAXI DRIVERS BYRON SHIRE Drivers required, shifts available. Full training provided. Ph BH 66209211, email info@byronbaytaxis.com

COUPLE WANTED to exchange house work/gardening/childminding for beautiful 1br fully-furn self-cont apartment in Ewingsdale. Call Susi 0402704332

MULLUM 3br renovated house, walk to town, no pets $400pw. 0418805795

CLEANER part-time for motel cabins. See Cathy, Byron Bay Tourist Village, Ewingsdale Road.

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BYRON magic house 4br, 2 bthrms, fully furn $600pw. 66808366, 0423409991

HAIRDRESSER. Part-time senior stylist req’d Bangalow. Phone 66871888

O.SHORES 4brs with 2br self-cont area, bush setting $420pw. 0411583376

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre Inc. Domestic Violence Outreach Program (AAS funding) delivered by the Women’s Resource Service (WRS) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OUTREACH WORKER Grade 4, SACS Award, 24 hours per week. Package available from Kassa Bird at WRS 66844299

WORKSHOP Billi $50pw. Siwicki RE, 17 Fingal St, Brunswick. 66851206 SUFFOLK lovely 2br apartment, SLUG, great garden, dog friendly, sorry no cats or children $300pw. Ph 66859033 SMALL CABIN on beautiful property 6 mins Mullum, would suit single, healthy living person, some exchange possible $145pw includes electricity & garden maintenance + bond. 66844889

STH GOLDEN BCH open plan 3br home, 2 bathrms, private garden, quiet location, $355pw + bond. Ph 0401457895 OCEAN SHORES nice 3br house, trees $300pw. Phone 66867678

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New oodlights for Byron rec ground

Mullum garden club Meeting Thursday April 12, 1pm at the Uniting Church Hall, Mullumbimby. Competition is a bunch of autumn owers, afternoon tea will follow. Members asked to bring along donations for street stall to be held on April 13.

Anzac exhibition Will be held by Bangalow Historical Society at Heritage House Museum, corner Ashton and Deacon streets, Bangalow from Saturday April 14 to Sunday April 29. This year covers the Vietnam war, air and sea battles and Australian POWs with an extensive display of photos and items of memorabilia. On Anzac Day after the service a sausage sizzle for $2 will be held in the grounds of the museum as well as free tea, coffee and Anzac biscuits for those who visit the exhibition. The museum will be open from 10am to 3pm, entry fee $2 per person. Further info Vivienne Gorec 6687 2170.

Green & Clean 10 year anniversary this Sunday April 15, we will be erecting a sign at Clarkes Beach to celebrate the wonderful community efforts achieved. All who have ever been involved in any way with the Green & Clean team are invited to come along and enjoy a relaxing morning, we will have our usual free bbq and prizes with birthday cake!

Alison Christie and Andrew Badman and the rest of the Ultimate Discs frisbee team can now train at the Byron Recreation Grounds at night, thanks to the new, powerful, recently installed floodlights. Photo Jeff ‘Turf’s Up’ Dawson

renovation, painting of building including murals, rendering of walls, trees to be trimmed and more. As we are a small group we really need support from the community so bring along your skills and we’ll ďŹ ll your bellies with lunch. Your time, skills and/or monetary donation will be gratefully accepted. More info contact Reg Robinson 6677 1592.

Byron toy library Needs volunteers to work three and a half hours a fortnight, either on a Monday or a Thursday morning. Please call Wanita 6680 1796 if you are interested in helping out.

Monday April 30, 9.30am to 3.30pm at Byron Bay Services Club, Jonson Street. RSVP to Lyndall 6622 3244 by Monday April 23.

Byron breast cancer U3A Brunswick Valley support group

April 24 Beth Trevan, health worker and traveller to Pakistan will be full of surprises. Enquiries 6680 4268. Boules Sundays 2pm to Aglow Birthday 4pm Brunswick market Celebrate the 26th birthday area. Enquiries 6680 4365. of the Aglow Women’s Christian Fellowship. Meeting on Volunteers needed Tuesday April 24 at Ballina for disasters Scout Hall, Canal Road, Red Cross is looking for Ballina, opposite the RSL caring people to join local Bowling Club. Morning tea Personal Support Teams, at 10am, meeting starts at assisting people evacuated Playreading during disasters. Free trainHeld by Baywrite Theatre at 10.20am, fee $6. Phone Lyn ing and lunch provided on the Byron Entertainment Warren 6680 2054. Centre, 17 Centennial Circuit, Byron Industrial Estate on Saturday April 14. The reading will be rehearsed by the readers from 12 noon till One of the most unlikely Rosemary Harrigan, who 2pm, followed by the reading success stories of Australia’s has undertaken extensive at 2pm. Everyone is wel- early settlement history will research on the expedition come, new members encour- be celebrated on Sunday says this is a truly remarkable aged and admission $4 will April 15 near Woodburn on story of perseverance and get you refreshments and the New South Wales far determination in spite of incredible setbacks. entertainment. Further info north coast. ‘These were people who In early 1881 around 200 ring 6685 7995. Regular attendees, note change of disillusioned and desperate had been desperate to escape Northern Italians arrived in from poverty, war and cripvenue and format. Sydney. They were the vic- pling taxes in Northern Italy OS garden club tims of a callous French con- in the 19th century, and they AGM Monday April 16 at man who had promised them eagerly responded to the 1.30pm at St Anselms Angli- a Utopian future in a new promise of a better life in a can Church, Orana Road. All colony he was establishing new colony being founded members are asked to attend. east of New Guinea. by a French nobleman, MarFlower of the month: beauty But in the six months since quis de Rays at New Ireland, of foliage. Phone Ann 6680 they had left their homeland, East of New Guinea. 5175. ‘The Marquis made they had watched almost a hundred of their fellow expe- extravagant promises about Garage sale ditioners die during a hor- the thriving settlement that Mullum Community Pre- rendous ship voyage and a already existed and the riches school will be on the corner futile attempt to carve a set- that could be made. Howof Station and Fern streets, tlement out of inhospitable ever, it was merely a scheme 8am to 11am on April 21. to extract whatever money jungle. he could from the intending When they eventually Scout group reached Sydney, these early settlers in order to rebuild needs help ‘boat people’ were grief- his family fortunes which 1st Brunswick Heads Scout stricken, destitute, spoke no had been diminished during group is in need of help English and seemed to have the French Revolution.’ with repairs and mainte- few prospects of realising Ms Harrigan says the nance of the clubhouse. their dream of a better life dream quickly turned to disWorking bee Saturday April than the misery they had aster. 21 and Sunday April 22 escaped from in Northern ‘When they reached their from 10am to 4pm. The Italy. destination the Italians knew kitchen and bathroom need One of the descendants they had been conned. There

Meet third Wednesday each month, next meeting May 18, 12.30 to 2.30pm. Connection, sharing, afternoon tea and guest speaker. Info phone Barb 6685 7997 or Robyn 6681 6672.

Whale Dreaming At the Uki Buttery on Sunday April 15 at 6.30pm a special screening of the documentary The Gathering – The Return of the Whale Dreamers. Admission is $10 individuals, $20 families.

New Italy celebrates 175th was no sign of the Utopian colony and the accommodation and facilities they had been promised, just thick, untamed jungle, oppressive heat, tropical diseases and cannibals,’ she said. ‘Finally, they appealed to the New South Wales government to let them travel to Sydney and as a humanitarian gesture, the Premier Sir Henry Parkes arranged for a ship to collect them despite his concerns they may become “vagrants without means of assistance�.’ However, Rosemary Harrigan said, the Italian settlers soon proved this concern was unwarranted. ‘They showed they had not lost their determination to create a better future for themselves and within weeks of landing many went to work on farms and in domestic service and soon gained a reputation of being reliable and industrious,’ she said.

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Sports Roundup with John Campbell

Tumble turn for an idol and his devotees John Campbell Lordy! Who would have thunk it? Well might Alice, dazed and confused, have asked that question in the trippy world of Wonderland. But in the chlorinated water of an Australian Olympic pool? Our people on the juice? I mean, we just don’t do that sort of thing, do we? Not on your Nellie. Especially the elegantly unshaven Ian Thorpe. I, for one, do not believe for a minute that the Thorpedo has knowingly taken any performance enhancing substance. He, more than any other sportsman of our time, comes across as the real deal, a bloke blessed by nature with the gifts of being able to swim like a dolphin and a work ethic that enabled him to make the most of it. But now there is the doubt. I can’t share the general hysteria that surrounds doping in sport. If fewer than half of all athletes competing at the highest levels were not improving their times by recourse to mother’s little helper in the pillbox, especially now that masking agents are one step ahead of the game, I would be astounded. The more interesting aspect of the charge laid against Thorpe by the prestigious sports magazine L’Equipe (merde alors, was Dubya right about those underhanded Froggies?) is the reaction here in Oz. So much has he endeared him-

SPORTS RESULTS BOWLS Brunswick Heads Men Wed S/S Triples: T Holt, B O’Donnell, B Bolland; r/up L Toressi, E Boyter, C Pav; V Rydman, K Boorman. Thur H’cap Singles: J Woods; r/up T Rynehart; C Pearce. Sat John Foster Easter Pairs: 1st rnd N Sharp, M Jeffreys; 2nd rnd A Latif, B Laybutt; 3rd rnd L Toressi, C Pav. Winners: B Burgess, T Makin; r/up E Beddoes, L Wade; J Ritchie, V Caldwell; D Maundrell, M Petrou. Sun 2 Bowl Pairs: B Rose, B Stewart; r/up E Beddoes, C Rendell, C Pearce, ZP Solomon; Louies Prize S Pearce, N Condon. Sun Recruitment 2pm contact Club/Noel 6685 1328. Brunswick Heads Women 3/4 Easter format: E Toovey, P Appel, D Guest 9/10 d E Beddoes, L McCormick, F Parkes 7/2. B Wyborn, D Hay, E Marks 11/12 d M Caldwell, N Philip, T Rynehart 3/8. J Loomes, B Cam, B Boorman 11/9 d R Mills, D Batson, S Iversen 5/3. Z Wagner, B Rose, J Kearney 13/13 d M Darby, S Riley, L Proudlock 9/6. Winners: D Guest, P Appel, E Toovey. Lucky Losers: L Proudlock, S Riley, M Darby. Easter Raffle: B Wyborn, E Beddoes. Byron Bay Men Tue Fred’s Singles: T Fenton; r/up T McDonald; B Lewis. Wed Social Triples: M Gunn, H Simmons,

self to us that we simply will not have a bar of any scuttlebutt that might sully his reputation. Unfortunately, you also get the impression that the great unwashed would be more concerned with the prospect of forfeiting the gold medals than with the character assassination of their champion. It was a different scenario with S K Warne. Loved for his larrikinism rather than his cleanskin behaviour, he could be relied upon to do the wrong thing. When he shunted the blame onto his Mum for giving him the gear that ruled him out of the 2003 World Cup we all

laughed. ‘That’s our Warnie,’ was the general attitude. Towards others we are less forgiving. The Chinese in particular have got us terribly distraught about the progress that they’re making in their training techniques. How did they get so big? we demand to know, sure in our hearts that they must be cheating. And just this week, German cycling star Jan Ulrich has been identiďŹ ed as a client of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the master doper in European sport, whilst rumours persist that Lance Armstrong’s seven Tour de France victories were not kosher. It’s almost as though

we need foreigners to be seen to be crooked in order to burnish our little Aussie battler self regard. So let’s not throw stones or, in a nation obsessed with sporting glory, stow thrones. If Thorpe is guilty it will shatter the image of boy next door perfection created of him by a doting media. The souring of all that we have greedily been spoon fed would be unprecedented almost. In the mundane world of drug running, it appears that the same thing may have happened with Chappelle Corby. Arrested in Indonesia with a bagful of dope, her

word was all we needed to come to the conclusion that the Indonesian judicial system was completely corrupt and inept. Chappelle appealed to us with a plaintiff cry; ‘I didn’t put the marijuana there and I don’t know who did.’ No court in Australia would acquit somebody with such a threadbare, insupportable defence. But everyone agreed, the other mob were wrong for doing what we would have done - ďŹ nding her guilty. ‘Bring Chappelle home’ somebody painted on a wall in Byron. Campaigns to free her were organized across the country. It became a political issue. Suddenly none of us are so sure anymore. Her brother was busted and a close friend of sister Mercedes claims that she had once been asked to be a courier too. Nobody likes to be duped, least of all a public so willing to see the halos that the press and TV place over chosen individuals’ heads. Thorpe’s surprise retirement from swimming was, surely, because he’d had enough. But it doesn’t look good, and nor does his ‘somebody’s out to get me’ public statements. ConďŹ dentiality may have been breached with the release of the ďŹ ndings that have cracked the shiny façade of our favourite, but that is irrelevant. The truth or otherwise of the allegation is all that matters.

B Lewis; r/up T Hillard, J Brooker, R Breckenridge. Thur S/S Pairs: B Vella, G Lightfoot; r/up A Harrow, J Wright. Sat Social: M Barry, G Lightfoot, P Anderson; r/up S Compton, R Reid. Byron Bay Women 3/4: H Roberts, T Hillard, J Wright; r/up G Simmons, C Reid, E Costigan; V Everingham, N Wilson, G Kennedy. Raffle: N Lockett. Mullumbimby Men 31/3 Final Mens Triples: P Jones, P Thompson, B McClymont 23 d R Philps, P McDonald, D Hammond 19. Social: C Sonter, J mcKay 29 d N Lee, T Fenwick 11; C Steel, R Gray, J Estreich 29 d G Schneider, C McClymont, D Kidby 16. 4/4: S Beadman, Sandy, F Buckley 17 d R Campbell, K Hosie, L Campbell 14; J McKay, T Estreich, R Philps 29 d P Jones, A Johnstone, T Johnson 18; D Kidby, M Murphy, T Batson 38 d L Boyter, F Cornale, L Henry 13; B Neate, R Ottery, T Trivett 14 d L Boyter, A Bartlett, B Gibson 27. Mullumbimby Women 31/3 C’ship: J Towner 33 d G Henry 16, marker E Jones; J Graham 31 d J Lee 27, marker Beaumont. Social: J Nicholls, J Towner 25 (winners) v H Robb, J Kidman 16; S Brown, E Jones, R Thompson 22 v S Boyd, J Lee, J Graham 18. Raffle: J Kidman, J Towner. Ocean Shores Women 4/4 Mixed Social: S Woolford, M Moodie, S

Burgess; r/up J Berry, K Farrell, B Sprengel; E Hill, M Flesser. Minor Singles C’ship: F Crowden 31 d V Balfour 27; raffle J Williams. Qrtly meet 20/4 8.30am, see Board. BRIDGE Brunswick Valley 2/4 N/S 1st gross and 2nd net: D Gall/J Wright; 1st net and 2nd gross: A Gray/B Powell. E/W 1st gross and net: D Grant/F Patterson; 2nd gross and net: P Hems/M Solway. 7/4 N/S 1st gross and 1st net: D Dare/C Johnson; 2nd gross and 2nd net: R Fox/I Homfray. E/W 1st gross and 1st net: P Quirke/C Donaldson; 2nd gross: P Hems/B Simons; 2nd net: S v Rossum/J Elliott. Ocean Shores 4/4: N/S 1st gross: P Baldwin/C Wellings; 2nd gross and 1st net: J Selleck/B Simons; 2nd net:S VanRossum/J Elliott. E/W: 1st gross: K Westall/M Hosie; 2nd gross and net: P Webb/W Sparrow; 1st net: P Witts/J Smith. BVBC welcomes new members. Play 1pm Mon and Sat at B’wick Heads Community Centre. GOLF Mullumbimby Ladies 31/3 Single Stab: J Dengate 37; r/up M James 36; NTP 7th M Isaacs, 12th J Griffin, 9th Pro Pin J Towner. 5/4 Monthly Medal: Stroke; div 1 L Walker 65 nett, div 2 R Wilson 68 nett; putts G Lynn 25. Gross ball : div 1 G Lynn; div 2 R Wilson. NTP: 7th M Essery, 12th R Wilson, 17th R Wilson, p/p 9th G McDonald. 12/4 Draw Versus par, All in Draw: T Mullum Newsagency; 1st Tee: 9am N Carsburg, B James, B Woolnough; 9.06 M Bertoli, G Redman, G Mackay; 9.12 L Riches, G Smith, E Leclere; 9.18 W Stenner, T Batson, M Crichton; 9.24 S Kosaka, E Henshaw, B Mules. 10th Tee: 9am G Lynn, K Thomson, A Moser; 9.06 R Manley, M Trivett, L Walker; 9.12 S Slogrove, R Slogrove, F Hayden; 9.18 F Booth, L Siddall, F Brooker; 9.24 H Hammond, N Dwyer, G McDonald. Table duty: N Carsburg, G Mackay. Mullumbimby Men 4/4 Srixon Single Stroke: G Jacobsen 62 net; r/up D Smith 63 net; P Swan 64 net c/b; R Johnston 64 net; J Cullen 65 net c/b. NTP 5th S Carey 2.68m, 7th R Graham 1.77m, 9th A Baldwin 2.59m, 12th S Brecard 2.50m, 17th G Lynn 3.42m. 7/4 Single Stroke: a grade S Powell 63 net; b grade N Emmanoilidis 63 net; c grade D

Deegan 70 net. NTP: 5th R Lynn 2.5m; 9th M Trivett 3.66m (11 balls); 12th G Smith 1.37m; 17th A Baldwin 7.2m; Mick’s Schooner B Lawler; Gundies Mug N Emmanoilidis. Ocean Shores Men Mon Ind Stab Medley: Y Fitton 40; r/up S Evans 40; W Keating 39; starters 76; balls to 33; NTP 3rd Smith; P/P 17th D Shapiro. 4/4 4BBB Stab: P McGavin, D McGavin 50; r/up G Andrews, D Webber 47 c/b. NTP: 3rd (Pro Pin) M McPherson; 6th B Burgess; 8th C Appel; 12th S Evans; 15th I Hill; 17th C Loomes; ball run down to 43 points; starters 100. Sat: M Dunn 42; r/up L Prendergast 40; L Moffitt 40; starters 164; CCR 33; NTP 3rd J Mounslow, 6th M Wilsdon, 8th M Dunn, 12th M Wilson, C Kaemler, N Comer. Ocean Shores Ladies 3/4 Golden Ball Event: B Crossley, M Farquhar, G Hendrikson. Stab: div 1 F Crowder 36; r/up V Marsh 35; div 2 J Jonson 34 c/b; r/up E Haywood 34; div 3 D Devir 33; r/up S Andrews 31. NTP: div 1 L McGowran; div 2 S Stephenson; div 3 J Selleck; vouchers to 29 c/b. 5/4 18 hole Stab: J Selleck 38; r/up J Rentz 37; vouchers to 35. 7/4: div 1 B Allen 37; r/up F Crowder 36; NTP V Marsh; vouchers to 30 c/b. Ocean Shores Vets 5/4 Stab Red Tees: N Adcock 46 c/b; r/up J Govett 46; J Hill 45; NTP 3rd h/c 0 to 19 J Conquerer, h/c 20+ J Bramall; 6th T Martin; 15th N Adcock; 17th h/c 0 to 19 C Godsmark, h/c 20+ L Hoffman; C’tains Pin A Phillips. Gorilla Award h/c 0 to 19 B Baxter, h/c 20+ L Hoffman. Chooks to 25; balls to 40; starters 60; Scrubbers Ball D Powell 22 points. SQUASH Brunswick Heads 11/4 Rnd 1 Bus Houses Teams Comp: The Potato Works v Bruns Blinds; D Bird v B Staff, M Ottery v D Runciman, G Kaminski v C Pearce, J Heers v J Miller, B Doran v C Johnston. OS Glass v Bruns Pharmacy; G Davis v S Koop, T Wood v C Ashworth, R James v J Gribble, M Stratton v L Miller, M Ibister v F King. Byron Bay Trophies v OS Bakery; L Clarke v B Trivett, P Hill v C Walsh, C Staff v C Booth, A Li v J Nicolson, T Mason v M Hogan. Bruns Smash Repairs v Canty’s Surveyors; M Underwood v S Thompson, L Crandell v I Bissett, D Wraight v W Ferrier, R Cameron v R King, Jeff Heers v S Moon. 16/4

Rnd 1 Byron Health Foods Dist Comp: div 2; 5pm R Draper v J Gribble, C Walsh v M Cassidy, I Bissett v M Ottery; 6pm D Runciman v S Koop. Div 3; 5pm M Rogers v A Li, 5.30pm R King v B Tilbrook, 6pm D Wraight v J Heers; G Kaminski Bye. Div 4; 5pm Jeff Heers v A Thomas, F King v S Moon, W Kniepp v J Nicolson; C Johnston Bye. Div 5; 4.30pm A Booth v M Heazlewood Ross, A Brooker v D Williams, M Wallace v B Alander; S Truesdale Bye. To play phone 6685 1794. SURFING 6/7/8 April Byron Bay Easter Classic, in memory of Ben King. Open Men: K Perrow 15.07 (Byron B); r/up J Sullivan 14.50 (Byron B); J Wood 13.10 (Lennox H); L Stickley 11.40 (Byron B). Junior Men: S Kennedy 13.83 (Lennox H); r/up T Salverson 12.50 (Werri B); N Colby 9.80 (Byron B); J Woods 7.14 (Cool’gatta). Cadets: T Woods 14.33 (Cool’gatta); r/up A Swaddling 11.60 (Coffs Hbr); J Freestone 8.66 (Cool’gatta); F Ettleson 7.60 (Cresent H). Fleas (U/13): S Bailey (Byron B); W Morrison (Tweed H); T Boucout (Ocean S); T Gordon (Lennox H). Senior Mens: L Hitchings (Sydney); r/up P Ward (Tweed H); r/up M Richardson (Palm Bch); M Hurworth (Cabarita). Masters: D Sparrenberg (Ballina); r/up M Perrot (Lennox H); N Graham (Lennox H); S Whitby (Ballina). Legends (Over 50 yrs): P O’Donnell (Cresent H); r/up N Cameron (Byron B); G Sharrock (Caves Bch); G Barnes (Curr’bin). Open Women: C Smith (Byron B); N Briggs (Byron B); R Bonhote Mead (Lennox H); E Allen (Cabarita). Junior Women: M King (Byron B); E J Coffey (Cresent H); K Delang (Emerald Bch); D McNeven (Tugun). VOLLEYBALL Brunswick Heads 10/4 Rnd 14 J V Towing Comp: 6pm Hit and Run v Flash, I Don’t Care v Silver Bullets, No Mercy v Lounge Lizards; duty Brewers. 7pm Brewers v Wild Ones, Powers Gold v True Value, Ballistic v Mixed Chickens; duty Hit and Run. 12/4 Rnd 15 OS True Value Hardware Comp: 6pm Shockers v Barefoot Bandits, Volleys v Bolters; duty Tripods. 7pm Tripods v Kaos.Com, Chilli Twist v Wing It, Hot and Sweaty v Amazons; Asthmatics Bye; duty Shockers. New Thur 3 a side ladies comp starts next week, new Tue 4 a side Mixed Comp starts following week. To play phone 6685 1794, beginners welcome.

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Gorty aims his racquet for Texas sive training, inluding participation in six tournaments. This is an opportunity that is far too good to miss, and Stephen is hoping that he may be able to raise the money required to cover the remaining cost of the trip – about $10,000. Stephen is being supported in his endeavours by Mullumbimby Tennis Club, with which he has played since childhood; the club will be holding a fundraiser later this year. In addition, a special account has been set up for the trip and anyone who is interested in supporting this talented youngster can call Margaret on 6684 1526.

Alex McAuley Stephen Gort is a ďŹ ne example of home grown talent, proving to be an exceptional tennis player from a very early age. Gorty will turn 18 later this year and is working hard to fulďŹ l his dreams and aspirations of his lifetime. His resume is impressive: he started competing at just eight years old; has represented the North Coast since he was 10 when he gained number one ranking in the region, a position he has held ever since; has won Byron

Sam does school proud Shire Junior Sportsperson of theYear and won one national singles and two national doubles titles, the most recent being this year. The list goes on; it’s exhausting just reading it. Gorty’s latest goal is perhaps the most exciting to date: after meeting with Clint Newcombe – yes, that would be John’s son – and having ‘a hit’ with him, Clint was so impressed with Stephen’s talent that he has offered him a half scholarship to attend the Newcombe Tennis Ranch in Texas for three months inten-

Mullum Public School student Sam Southern did his school and community proud when he performed strongly in the finals of the State Swimming Championships at the Homebush Aquatic Centre on Wednesday, April 5. The school vice-captain, was second in his heat, and narrowly missed State selection when he placed ďŹ fth in the 50m freestyle ďŹ nal, with a time of 35.64. The entire school is proud of Sam, and congratulates him for his sterling effort and outstanding achievement.

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Keiren Perrow wins a third Easter Classic Byron Bay local Keiren Perrow claimed his third Easter Classic crown at Broken Head on the weekend. In an event dominated by Byron and Ballina entrants, Perrow won after Jarrad Sullivan’s last minute ride fell just short of overhauling his lead. One to two metre testing conditions made it a battle of strength and astute wave selection, and with a flurry of late scoring, the result was in doubt until the final siren. Lennox Heads surfer James Wood placed 3rd, with another of Byron’s best, Luke Stickley ďŹ nishing 4th after leading for most of the twenty-ďŹ ve minute ďŹ nal. After the Bay’s Carly Smith took out the Women’s event on Friday, three days of competition climaxed with the men’s ďŹ nal on Sunday along with those of the seven other divisions. (See Sports Results). From the eas through to the legends, the quality of surďŹ ng was of an exceptional standard, despite the inclement weather conditions. The thirty-second Easter Classic, held in memory of Byron Bay Boardriders’ President Ben King, is one of the most sought after titles in Australian surďŹ ng, and all competitors and spectators once again Luke Hitchings on his way to taking out the Men’s Seniors. Photo enjoyed a fantastic carnival. by Jeff ‘The Big Kahuna’ Dawson

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Panoramic Ocean Views, Stunning Cliffs 33 Prince Street, Mullumbimby. Open House Saturday 14th April 1–1.45pm. This 1960’s character home has been fully renovated with a galley style kitchen, separate dining room and large living room with fireplace. Main bedroom plus ensuite, third bedroom and main bedroom have external access to the deck and covered patio. Fully fenced backyard with gardens providing privacy to this delightful and well presented home. Set on a level 543sqm block a short walk to the shops,cafes,schools and other amenities this growing town has to offer. $498,000

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Position. Views. 212 Kings Road, Federal. AUCTION 6pm at Bangalow Bowling Club April 26th. Popular Kings Road address. Magnificent rural vista. 19 acres, north aspect, frost free with permanent creek. 4 beds, large living areas, plenty of shed space + 2 bed studio. Only 25 mins Byron Bay. Why not renovate and reap the rewards? Some suited to small horticultural use with balance grazing. Phone Chris Hayward @ George & Fuhrmann Bangalow on 66 872 833 or 0416 005 700.

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Open Saturday 12.15-1pm. This fantastic investment is a freestanding home located in a quite cul-de-sac in Byron Bay. It features 2-3 bedrooms both with built-ins. There is also a private courtyard backing onto a peaceful reserve. Priced at $335,000 Call Sally Marshall 0404 471 548.

Multiple Occupancy situation. Beautiful property with livable shed, 3 bay undercover parking, large dam, spring fed creek, solar power, approved house plans, fruit and nut orchards, all this and only 15 minutes to Kingscliff, Cabarita Beach, Murwillumbah and 25 minutes to Tweed Heads and Byron Bay. Owner is keen to sell and wants all reasonable offers submitted. Price $480,000. Contact Reg Connolly 0427 357 068.

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BEACH, RIVER & RESERVE Seldom do you ever have the best of everything with beach, river, national park reserve, boutique shops, quality cafes and the hotel all within a short walk. This house is one for the renovator with 2 bathrooms, high ceilings and potential to burn.

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• 4 bedroom house with 2 bathrooms. • In a quiet location, great for relaxed living. • Open plan living, dining and kitchen. • Front and back verandah. • This house provides direct access to the canal.

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Opposite the marina – 2 bedroom top floor north facing unit. Covered verandahs on 2 sides, separate lounge and spacious eat in kitchen. Small 4 unit complex, with lock up garage. Stroll to the surf, river, restaurants, cafes and hotel. A stress free lifestyle with capital gains assured.

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This has to be one of the most exclusive waterfront addresses in Australia. An iconic, uninterrupted Watego’s Beach view, sets the scene for gloriously sunny days, and memorable, breathtaking sunrises and sunsets. The view is simply spectacular. Sit back and take in the splendour of Mount Warning, the inspiring aura of Julian Rocks and the lights of the Gold Coast. As you laze on the verandah or gaze out of the large glass windows you may well see whales swimming past, dolphins playing or ships sailing by. You are witness to it all. Overlooking this coastal paradise of Byron Bay, is a well established solid brick 4 bedroom residence boasting a host of features including multiple living areas with views captured from all principal rooms. The home boasts a large outdoor area and spa perfect for relaxing and entertaining on these dreamy Watego’s nights. Address: 37 Brownell Drive, Byron Bay Price: By Negotiation

Exquisitely designed and constructed by renowned local craftsmen, Scotcher Homes, this immaculate home is remarkable in every sense. The interiors exude a bright breezy ambience. You’ll love the spaciousness of the large tiled formal and informal living areas that flow out to a sparkling in-ground pool that is enhanced by a Balinese style gazebo simply perfect for entertaining and relaxing, with outdoor amenities for absolute convenience. Contemporary in design this smart and stunning home is extensively finished creating an inspired pristine environment. Featuring 4 generous bedrooms plus additional spacious office, all with built-ins. The main bedroom is luxurious and flows out to a private balcony that takes in expansive views of the in-ground pool and tropical surrounds. The walk-in robe is custom designed and the impressive ensuite features a glorious spa complete with lovely view. Other features include an inspired designer kitchen and remote DLUG with additional carport. There are simply too many features to list which makes viewing a must. This perfectly presented, sun soaked home is quietly secluded amongst beautifully landscaped tropical gardens and native trees. This is truly paradise found. Address: 8 Somerset Place, Lennox Head Price: By Negotiation Inspect: By appointment

Coastal Acres

If you are looking for seclusion in close proximity to stunning beaches then look no further. Nestled in a rich picturesque location this private and unique 5 acre property with 2 bedroom home has endless possibilities. Only 3 kilometres to Lennox Head’s main street and 15 minutes to Ballina you will enjoy a lifestyle that many dream of. Address: 294 Ross Lane, Lennox Head Price: $499,000 Inspect: By appointment

Private Family Home - Great Location

A private sunny outdoor area overlooks a beautiful landscaped garden making it a great area for entertaining or relaxing after a hard days work. This four bedroom home could be just what you have been looking for. Featuring two bathrooms, well appointed kitchen and dining room, separate lounge and double garage. Situated on a 945sqm block. You could be the one to capitalize on this opportunity. Address: 8 Karalauren Court, Lennox Head Price: $419,500

Must Sell

Lennox Head Beachfront Apartments has a spectacular beach setting with the Pacific Ocean at your front door and Lennox Village at your back door. This perfectly presented 2 bedroom apartment, ideal for the entertainer and boasting carefree living and lifestyle is second to none. Enjoy all the facilities of in-ground swimming pool plus toddlers pool, and

barbecue entertainment area. With a perfect blend of convenience, space and style you simply cannot go wrong. Address: 7B Beachfront Apartments, Lennox Head Price: $415,000 Inspect: Sat 2-2.45pm

How Close Do You Want To Be?

Here is a unique opportunity to indulge the Lennox lifestyle. This 3 bedroom unit is sure to impress. Featuring open plan living, lovely appointed new kitchen, air-conditioning, SLUG, landscaped courtyard and much more. If this is still not enough why not take a soothing dip in the ocean a mere 70 metres away. Units in this price range are few and far between. Act now! Address: 2-5 Byron Street, Lennox Head Price: $390,000 Inspect: Sat 1-1.45pm

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• Unique and compact three bedroom unit • Light & sunny with a private courtyard • Enjoy the convenience buying fresh local produce at the weekly Farmers’ Markets or a coffee at your favourite café • Great Butler Street location, walk to the beach

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• 3 bedroom family home just mins to all facilities inc. shops and h/school • Kids safe front and rear level yards • Sunny easy care gardens • SLUG, huge off-street parking, decks on 4 sides • Gorgeous hardwood floors in living areas • Walk to town, golf course, beach etc

• Over 55’s complex - safe, secure and quiet • Complex facilities located 10m from your front door • Fantastic inground swimming pool, social rooms and library • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and single garage • Elevated balcony with hinterland views – no stairs 21/19 Cooper Street, Byron Bay

$559,000

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• Quiet designer home in cul-de-sac with beautiful wooden verandah • 3 bed + office + huge soundproofed musician's recording studio / rumpus room • Automatic double garage with sep. outside room • 10 mins walk to secluded beach nth of Belongil

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Central To Schools, Shops & Beach $508,000

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• Spacious self-contained one bedroom apartment • Modern kitchen & laundry facilities • An easy stroll to beaches, restaurants and shops • Enjoy and relax by the saltwater pool and BBQ area • Convenient basement parking

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• Great times had in this large family home • Large open plan living, modern entertaining kitchen, dining & formal lounge • Almost ¼ acre corner block, giving loads of space around the pool • 4 generous sized bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms

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• Morning walks on the beach and late afternoon picnics are an easy reality • Private quiet cul-de-sac • 5 minute easy walk to the beach • 4 bedrooms with built-ins, 2 bathrooms • High ceilings, lots of storage

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COASTAL HIDEAWAY – LENNOX HEAD The rarest of opportunities – bushland retreat acres sooo…. close to the beach. Build your dream home overlooking the billabong, take in the ocean outlook from Lennox to Broken Head or ride your horses along Seven Mile Beach. The lifestyle choices this 17 acre property offers are endless. Positioned on the eastern slopes of “Fig Tree Hill” with town water and sewer available, the acres have a secluded untouched environment but is only 5 mins to Lennox Head village and world famous surf. The property is zoned secondary agriculture and could suit farm stay cabins, dual occupancy or B&B development subject to Ballina Council approval. House plans are available. The seller desires settlement before June 07 and all prior offers will be considered.

66a Fig Tree Hill Drive, Lennox Head

RARE AS HENS TEETH - VACANT RURAL LAND REP ONSITE Sat 2.00 - 2.30pm AUCTION May 3 SALES AGENTS Terri Williamson 0421 061 502 Michael King 0403 438 219

“I’ll meet the market” says Vendor. CALL NOW - DON’T MISS OUT!

Lot 3 Bougainvillea Drive, Federal

REP ONSITE Sat 1.00 - 1.30pm AUCTION May 3 SALES AGENT Denise Burch 0408 193 415 CO-AGENT John Brophy 0438 878 465

EASY STYLE FOR EASY LIVING…LIGHT & BRIGHT FAMILY HOME

This picturesque 46 acre property is ideally located only 10 minutes away from Bangalow’s shops & cafes. A quiet country lane opens up into gorgeous elevated hinterland views. The immaculate 5 bedroom country style home is ready to move straight into with absolutely nothing to spend. Surrounded by extra wide verandas makes best use of the level manicured surroundings. Several large sheds. Cool off in the large inground pool. Perfect for entertaining or that weekend BBQ. The gently sloping property then leads to a spring fed creek with swimming hole, plenty of area for the kids to play that weekend game of cricket. If you are looking for the perfect lifestyle property, this could be yours.

Lot 3 Kirklands Lane, Nashua

Here is an opportunity to secure hobby farm acres (approx. 4.8) boasting breathtaking views over rolling green farmland just 15 minutes to Byron’s beaches. Situated on the edge of the charming rural village of Federal, an easy drive to Bangalow and Mullumbimby. Our Sydney vendor has lightly cleared the homesites ready for building - power is handy, sealed road access to local schools, shops and sports Æeld are no problem!

WEB PID 263118

2ND TIME TO AUCTION OPEN HOUSE Sat 1.00 - 1.30pm AUCTION May 3 SALES AGENT Mark Castle 0418 971 826

This contemporary brick home is conveniently located close to the village, schools & sporting facilities. Perfect for growing families, the home features 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, outdoor entertaining area, a light and airy open plan kitchen & dining room with large bay window bringing the outdoors in. Set on a level block amongst easy care gardens, there is room for the kids to play and the family dog. An inspection will impress. Features XWonderful easy care landscaped gardens XLight & airy interior XOutdoor entertaining area XWalking distance to town amenities XDouble lock up garage XDesigned for low maintenance living

WEBSITE PID 242671

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OPEN HOUSE Sat 12.30 - 1.00pm AUCTION May 3 SALES AGENTS Mark Kinneally 0429 868001 Sarah Baber 0418 742 514

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This large hobby farm of 55 acres is located in the sought after area of Myocum, with a choice of elevated home sites and an eye-catching rural outlook Located only 10 minutes from Byron Bay land of this size is rare to Ænd with three dams, fenced and an old dairy bales. The original home stands proud with timber Çoor, verandahs, character and warmth. Perfect for those who would like to renovate or have somewhere to live while they build. Room for cows or horses and kids don’t delay on inspecting this one, prior offers will be considered.

Elevated home, extensive rural & village views X 4 beds 2 baths, open plan living, big deck X Quality Æxtures & Ættings X Lush landscaped gardens

OPEN FROM Sat 12.00 - 1.00pm ADDRESS 4 Barby Crescent, Bangalow SALES AGENT Mark Kinneally 0429 868 001 AUCTION ONSITE SATURDAY 1.00PM

682 Myocum Road, Myocum

TIMELESS APPEAL

OPEN HOUSE Sat 2.00 - 2.30pm

Beautiful restoration & extension X Expansive timber verandah X Country style gardens X Spacious open plan living X Desired dress circle location

AUCTION June 14 SALES AGENT Denise Burch 0408 193 415

OPEN HOUSE Sat 12.00 - 12.30pm ADDRESS 19 Keith Street, Bangalow FOR SALE WEBSITE ID 248976

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INSPECTION By Appointment ADDRESS Federal FOR SALE $750,000 WEBSITE ID 262869

No expense has been spared in the renovation & extension of this quality home and in doing so has captured the character and splendour of an original timber homestead. The elevated site offers far-reaching views over Federal village and the rolling green hills to the coastl that envelopes the changing hues of the brilliant sunrises & stunning sunsets. A magniÆcent timber deck encompassing the home provides a perfect platform to entertain. Features XTravertine entrance XPolished hardwood Çoors XExtensive use of timber bi-fold doors XHigh ceilings XSet on 9 fertile, frost free acres XSpring fed creek

50 Callistemon Drive, Federal

MUST BE SOLD

INSPECTION By appointment

Turn of the century home X Situated on a huge block X Charming Æreplace & polished timber Çoors X 12 ft ceilings X Short stroll to historic Bangalow village

AUCTION May 26 SALES AGENT Terri Williamson 0421 061 502

OPEN HOUSE Sat 12.00 - 12.30pm ADDRESS 18 Granuaille Road, Bangalow OFFERS OVER $580,000 WEBSITE ID 256227

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MAJESTIC 1910 HOME Charm of yesteryear X 29.4 acres (approx) X 4 B/R, 3 bath X Wide timber verandahs X French doors, polished timber Çoors X Beautiful views

INSPECTION By Appointment ADDRESS Repentance Creek FOR SALE $1,250,000 WEBSITE ID 243556

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No expense has been spared in the renovation & extension of this quality home and in doing so has captured the character and splendour of an original timber homestead. The elevated site offers far-reaching views over Federal village and the rolling green hills to the coastl that envelopes the changing hues of the brilliant sunrises & stunning sunsets. A magniÆcent timber deck encompassing the home provides a perfect platform to entertain. Features XTravertine entrance XPolished hardwood Çoors XExtensive use of timber bifold doors XHigh ceilings XSet on 9 fertile, frost free acres XSpring fed creek

81 Lofts Road, Coorabell

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OPEN HOUSE Sat 12.00 - 12.30pm

THE VERY BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Federation home with modern Ænish X Polished timber Çoors X Leafy outlook X Rural and mountain views X Wide verandahs X Covered deck X Stroll to Cafes

FOR SALE $895,000 SALES AGENT Mark Castle 0418 971 826

WEBSITE PID 236522

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OPEN HOUSE Sat 12.00 - 12.30pm ADDRESS 15-17 Granuaille Road, Bangalow FOR SALE $620,000 WEBSITE ID 255312

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Holiday living at Suffolk Park

Very quiet street, corner block 3 bed, 1 bath, open plan living areas Saltwater in-ground pool Short stroll to shops and beaches

Immaculate condition, built by master builder Open aspect, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 living areas High ceilings, kitchen + living with views 2 large timber decks, 14 m pool, DLUG

30 acres, 4,000 mature coffee plants Grows coffee known as The Myocum Coffee 3 bed, 1930’s farm cottage Alternative building site

5 bed, 2 bath timber home Private studio with ensuite and deck Close to beach and shops Quiet street, sunny back yard

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Grand heritage home

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Beachside block

Contemporary and light 4 bed, 2 bath home Spacious, split level and open living areas Wrap-around timber deck and private gardens Close to Suffolk Park + beaches

6 bed, 3 bath home with B&B approval 1,000sqm in original town area Views, original features, open fire Rear lane access, walk to beach

4 bed and 2 bath family home 200m from spectacular Tallow Beach In-ground pool, landscaped gardens Quiet and safe area, DLUG

Vacant 752.6sqm parcel of land Directly opposite beautiful Tallow Beach Located in prestigious Alcorn Street Close to all facilities in Suffolk Park

$ 709,000

$ 2,250,000

$ 870,000

AUCTION 2PM MAY 5

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www.byronbayfn.com.au www.inrealestate.com.au Elevated With Views In Town

Nothing To Spend

Perfectly positioned to enjoy the views to Mt Warning and Mt Chincogan this light filled home offers easy living with low maintenance. Located in sought after Gardenia Street in Mullumbimby the north facing property is close to the hospital and all other amenities in town and has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a separate living room and a double garage. The open plan kitchen/ dining area is leading out to a covered deck making entertaining a pure pleasure. There is ducted A/C throughout and under the house is a workshop to tinker in with extra storage space. Nothing to spend, just move in!

It is ready. It is central to Mullumbimby town. It is a great home for a young family or tradesman. The home consists of 3 bedrooms, a two way bathroom, a modern kitchen, a separate living room and a double garage with auto door. The 9x6x4 m colorbond garage / shed at the back of the property is ideal for a tradesman with power, water and a mezzanine floor for extra storage. Schools and shops are all in walking distance. The vendors have bought elsewhere and are very motivated to sell. Give us a call, have a look and make an offer.

$ 585,000

Spacious & Private In Myocum

$ 425,000

Cedar Road – Wilsons Creek

• 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, north facing brick & tile home • 9 ft ceilings, spacious living areas • Entertaining patio, pool and low maintenance gardens • 9x12m workshop with 3 phase power • 8 acres with plenty of water & large horse stables

Nestled in the hills just 10 minutes out of Mullumbimby this private and elevated residence on 6 acres is in a very sought after location. The home boasts 4 large bedrooms plus 4 bathrooms ideal for visitors or the extended family. It also has a sunken lounge with a stone fireplace and a formal dining both leading out to verandas and into the established gardens. The 10 x 7m double garage has a workshop with power and water and there is a well with ample supply of water for the keen gardener. The owners have a genuine reason for a reluctant sale. Call me, Ernst and arrange an inspection.

$ 1.1 million

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90 Robinsons Road, Mullumbimby

$ 849,000

(02) 6684 3600 Ernst Reisch 0428 842 387

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Something Different OPEN HOUSE LISTINGS Scott Harvey Real Estate p46 • 597 Houghlahans Creek Road, Pearces Creek. Sat 12.30-1pm. • 549 Houghlahans Creek Road, Pearces Creek. Sat 1.30-2pm. PRD Nationwide p47 • 33 Prince Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 1-1.45pm. Red Rose Realty p48 • Tuckeroo Beach Estate, Macgregor Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 1.30-2.30pm. • 8 Angus Drive Byron Bay. Sat 12-1pm. • 12 Shelley Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 3-4pm. • 18 Wright Place, Byron Bay. Sat 1.30-2.30pm. • 29 Morrison Rd, Mullumbimby. Sat 10.30-11.30am. Professionals Lennox Head p49 • 7B Beachfront Aparts, Lennox Head. Sat 2-2.45pm. • 2-5 Byron Street, Lennox Head. Sat 1-1.45pm. Elders Byron Bay p50 • 21/19 Cooper St, Byron Bay. Sat 12-12.45pm. • 4 Korau Place, Suffolk Park. Sat 12-12.45pm. • 6 Orara Court, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.45pm. Elders Bangalow p51 • 19 Keith St, Bangalow. Sat 12-12.30pm • 18 Granuaille Road, Bangalow. Sat 12-12.30pm • 81 Lofts Road, Coorabell. Sat 12-12.30pm. • 15-17 Granuaille Rd, Bangalow. Sat 12-12.30pm. LJ Hooker Byron Bay p54 • 50 Bay Vista Drive, Ewingsdale. Thu 1pm. • 26 Teak Circuit, Baywood Chase. Sat 11am. • 48 Carlyle Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11am. • 28 Pacific Vista Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 12pm. • Lot 4 Roses Road, Federal. Sat 12.30pm. • 124 Coopers Shoot Rd, Coopers Shoot. Sat 1pm. • 8 McGregor Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 2pm. • ‘Seadrift’ 6-8 Browning St, Byron Bay. Daily 12-12.45pm. • 6 Browning L, Byron Bay. Mon-Fri & Sun 1-1.45pm. • 75 Bangalow Rd, Byron Bay. Mon-Fri 1-1.45pm.

AUCTIONS Scott Harvey Real Estate p46 • Entrance off Pacific Highway, 500m south of Ross Lane. AUCTION April 21. Inspect Sat 11.30am-12pm. George & Fuhrmann p47 • 212 Kings Road, Federal. AUCTION 6pm at Bangalow Bowling Club April 26. Elders Bangalow p51 • 66a Fig Tree Hill Drive, Lennox Head. AUCTION May 3. Inspect 2-2.30pm. • Lot 3 Bougainvillea Drive, Federal. AUCTION May 3. Inspect 1-1.30pm. • Lot 3 Kirklands Lane, Nashua. AUCTION May 3. Inspect Sat 1-1.30pm. • 24 Parrot Tree Place, Bangalow. AUCTION May 3. Inspect 12.30-1pm. • 4 Barby Crescent, Bangalow. AUCTION 1pm onsite Saturday. Inspect Sat from 12pm. • 682 Myocum Road, Myocum. AUCTION June 14. Inspect Sat 2-2.30pm. • 50 Callistemon Drive, Federal. AUCTION May 26. Byron Bay First National p52 • 12 Hayter Street. AUCTION 12.30pm April 14. Inspect Thu 5-5.30pm. Sean Kenny Real Estate p53 • 19 Orana Road, Ocean Shores. AUCTION 11am onsite April 28. • 129 Tandys Lane, Mullumbimby. AUCTION 11am onsite May 5. LJ Hooker Byron Bay p54 • 64 Brandon St, Suffolk Park. AUCTION 11am onsite Sat May12. Inspect Sat 2pm. Ray White Byron Bay p55 • 10 Killen Falls Road, Tintenbar. AUCTION 12pm onsite Sat April 21st. Professionals Byron Bay p55 • Auction April 21.

“Sedona” “Sedona” is set on top of the world with 3600 hinterland and ocean views. This exclusive country home is an entertainer’s delight with large paved areas, pool and bar, surrounded by landscaped gardens. It offers open plan living, gourmet kitchen with granite bench tops and quality appliances as well as 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a luxury parents retreat. “Sedona” is set on 19 pristine acres with a private roadway, photo security and electronic gate.The property also features a large 250 square metre shed incorporating four bays plus a fully self contained 2 bedroom studio. This home was architecturally designed to take advantage of the never ending views and to give its owners the ultimate in peacefulness and privacy. “Sedona” is a 10 minute drive to Bangalow and a 20 minute drive to Byron Bay. Asking price is 3,500,000. Inspection is by appointment only. Please contact Neil Cameron on 0419 274 798 or at L J Hooker, Byron Bay on (02) 6685 7300.

Home on the golf range 19 Orana Rd, Ocean Shores. Auction 11am onsite April 28th. Sean Kenny Real Estate has listed for auction this beautifully presented 3 bedroom home in Ocean Shores. Enjoy the spacious formal entertaining and casual living areas. The patio overlooks the golf course and water lily ponds. There is direct access to the 5th tee for the golfing enthusiast. Drive your golf cart directly on and off the course, adequate space in the garage to park your cart. 3 spacious bedrooms, bathroom and bathroom size ensuite. The home and surrounding structures have all been maintained in new condition. There is nothing to do but move in, relax and enjoy golfing. Call Glenn Maxwell at Sean Kenny Real Estate on 0421 898 869 or 02 6684 2200

Motivated vendors relocating 129 Tandys Lane, Mullumbimby. Auction 11am onsite May 5th. Opportunity to buy in much soughtafter location of Andersons Ridge. 3 generous size bedrooms with a stylish bathroom and ensuite, the open plan dining and lounge area leads through the well equipped kitchen to an undercover verandah that overlooks the terraced gardens, an excellent place to enjoy barbeques and entertaining. There is a self contained studio that would provide additional living space for guest or family. An array of established exotic fruit trees exist, as well as a rainforest corridor with a grand fig tree that provides a quiet place to sit. Fully fenced, a large garage as well as carport and double entrance driveway, 5.5acres with north aspect, nothing to do but add your personal touch. Call Sean Kenny at Sean Kenny Real Estate, Mullumbimby on 0419 624 024 or 6684 2200

Tranquil riverfront retreat 3 bedroom home located in the quaint coastal village of New Brighton with direct access and views to the north arm of the Brunswick River. Launch the boat from your own private boat ramp – a facility boasted by only a few properties along this riverbank, alternatively it is only a one minute stroll to the beach. There is extensive use of quality hardwood throughout, beautiful timber flooring, raked ceilings and kitchen joinery. The broad decks adjoining the spacious open plan living area are perfect for entertaining and relaxing with a natural backdrop of river and hinterland scenery. Downstairs comprises a large multi-purpose room including laundry with 2nd shower, ideal teenagers retreat or for guests accommodation. Open house inspection Saturday 14th April 11am to 12 noon. Asking price $860,000. Contact Will Sorrell at Elders Real Estate, New Brighton/Ocean Shores. For an inspection call 6680 1594 or 0417 653 312.

The ultimate lifestyle 50 Bay Vista Lane, Ewingsdale. A private tropical hideaway with subtle Asian influences. This fabulous 4 bed, 2 bath home offers plenty of lifestyle choices. Relax on one of the expansive decks overlooking a stunning hilltop pool and deck whilst enjoying uninterrupted views to our beautiful lighthouse. A fabulous entertainer, with generous living areas both inside and out, featuring large glass and timber doors/windows creating a very Balinese feel. Situated on a gently sloping 6541sqm block with well established gardens this property also has approval to build a two bedroom studio and there is a separate office. Contact Sharon McInnes on 0408 659 649 or Jon Luton on 0422 794 384 or 02 6685 7300 at L.J. Hooker Byron Bay. $1,125,000.

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50 Bay Vista Lane, Ewingsdale Thursday 1pm Contact Sharon on 0408 659 649

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26 Teak Circuit, Baywood Chase Saturday 11am Contact Jon on 0422 794 384 PRICE

48 Carlyle N Street, Byron Bay Saturday 11am Contact Neil on 0419 274 798

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124 Coopers Shoot Road Saturday 1pm Contact Jon on 0422 794 384

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8 McGregor Street, Suffolk Park Saturday 2pm Contact Liam on 0417 780 795

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‘Seadrift’ 6-8 Browning St, Byron Bay Daily 12-12.45pm Contact Erin on 0434 007 227

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BEACH HOUSE AND STUDIO 3 Bedroom Modern Home 64 BRANDON ST, Q Covered Verandahs SUFFOLK PARK Q Separate Free Standing Studio Q Large 810sqm Block Contact Q Potential Rental Return Of $600 P/Wk Neil Cameron Q 3 Minute Walk To Beach And Shops 0419 274 798 Q

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Trees Q Ideal For Building Dream Home Q Only 5mins To Broken Head Beach Q Natural Spring On Property Q Unique Opportunity

$ 870,000

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Bathrooms Q In-Ground Pebble Pool Q Safe Quiet Area/CulDe-Sac Q Separate Family/Lounge Areas Q 3 Minute Walk To The Beach

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$ 450,000

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Contact Peter Yopp 0411 837 330 or Glen Irwin 0418 604 080 $ 1,150,000

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$ 875,000

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4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms Open Plan Living, Timber Floors Wraparound Verandah And Entertaining Area 5497sqm Rural Property High Exposure – Great For Home Business Situated Within 7 Mins To Town And Beach

L.J.Hooker 4/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 7300

nobody does it better

Contact Liam Annesley 0417 780 795 $ 850,000

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Coopers Shoot Road Don’t miss your chance to secure this premier piece of north coast magic. Enjoy spectacular ocean and rural views as you watch the sun rise over the ocean and set in the mountains. The land size is a manageable 1 acre lot with a perfect north aspect combined with an existing 3 bedroom residence and plans in council for a future redevelopment. This outstanding property is for those wishing the ultimate in location and lifestyle. Asking price is $1,620,000. Please contact Andrew Rosee on 02 6685 7300 at LJ Hooker Byron Bay or 0421 914 054 today for more information Byron Bay or to arrange an inspection.

For Sale By Public Tender 11 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay. Tender closes 5pm 13th April, 2007. Commercial strata centre comprising 8 fully let shops in the heart of the CBD & just metres from Main Beach. Approx. 1012sqm of land with 303sqm gross let area. Ideal redevelopment and value add site (S.T.C.A.). Solid leases, onsite parking & courtyards. Commercial property options report available. Please view at www.elders.com.au/byronbay I.D. No. 259429. Contact David Gordon Elders Real Estate, Byron Bay 6685 6222 or Byron Bay 0418 856 222.

Beach Village Overlooked By Developers 26 Nugget Street, Diggers Camp. Located amongst only 40 or so other dwellings in Diggers Camp, this 2-3 bedroom beachouse offers you ocean views from most rooms without the noise, traffic and hassle of other coastal spots. Diggers has solar power only, no shops, no crowds and no high rise and the locals are determined to keep it that way. Surrounded by Yuraygir National Park and just 35 mins from Grafton, this is a little slice of yesterdays coast living - a true seachange location. Genuine offers sought. Angus McKimm 0438 425 176. For more pics see www.mckimms.com.au

OPEN HOUSE WEDS 5-5.45PM & SATS 12-12.45PM

Regrettably Must Sell Vendor’s instructions – house must be sold at or before AUCTION date 21st April 2007. Versatile 4-bedroom brick house on 825sqm with reserve views and minutes to shops and beaches. A tranquil front courtyard surrounded by tropical plants leads to the inviting living and entertaining areas. Upstairs, there are 3 double bedrooms with built-ins, main with ensuite. Downstairs is a huge rumpus room, home office and guest accommodation. With plenty of room for a pool, the rear yard has loads of potential for a keen gardener to express themselves with a backdrop of native trees and shrubs. Contact Scott Baldwin at Professionals Byron Bay Byron Bay on 0414 322 434 or 6685 6552.

Scope To Renovate

Sanctuary At Possum Creek

10 Killen Falls Road, Tintenbar. Auction 12 noon onsite Sat April 21st. This elevated and roomy residence is set on 9 north facing acres in a quiet country lane. It is situated within a few easy minutes drive to Bangalow and not far from Byron Bay and the shopping facilities in Ballina. With 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms this property also features open plan living areas, north facing covered verandah with water views over the dam. Irrigation licence. Ideal hobby farm for a growing family. The property is ideal for renovation with lots of potential. Contact John Brophy 0438 878 465 or Janis Perkins 0438 841 122.

Secluded end-of-lane acreage with no close neighbours and no road noise. Century old farmhouse with sheds and bails surrounded by mature rainforest trees. Excellent water supply from a private spring and long frontage to Wilson Creek. Perfect for swimming, canoing, fishing and platypus spotting. A private 11m inground saltwater pool to cool off in. Pioneer stone walls and rainforest remnants full of wildlife from wedgetails to koalas. Just 5 minutes from Bangalow, 12 minutes from Byron Bay. For information phone owner on 6687 1011.

$1,200,000

OPEN HOUSE THIS SAT 2-3PM

Coolamon Scenic Drive This spacious 3 bed and 2 bath home. Set on over 2 acres, only 10 minutes from Byron Bay. The ground floor is surrounded by a large verandah and includes the main bedroom featuring shoji screens and ensuite, study and kitchenette, well-suited to a guest area. Upstairs are a further 2 bedrooms and bathroom, with open plan living and kitchen areas. Step out of the large sliding doors and take advantage of the beautiful ocean and hinterland views from every room. High ceilings, parquetry and timber floors, air-conditioning and a double garage. Pool and bbq/entertaining in landscaped gardens. Please contact Ed Silk Real Estate on 6685 7000 or email edsilk@edsilk.com.au

Bangalow – House For Removal Original 100 year old house with metal pressed facade and ceilings, polished boards, etc. Rewired, painted and ready for kitchen and bathroom installation. New rainwater tank and pump included. Plans and approvals also included. Appropriate land available nearby. Be quick – first to see will buy! $100,000 Contact Gai Hart-Hughes 6687 1313 or 0418 755 088

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‘The Entertainer’ 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a huge open plan living area with vaulted ceiling and polished boards, well equipped gas kitchen, full sized laundry, and double undercover carport. This over 800sqm property is located in one of Bangalow’s most sought after, quietest streets. Beautifully landscaped with a sparkling pool and large entertaining deck. Insect screened and with stainless steel ceiling fans throughout, this fabulous property is awaiting your interior decorating flair. Asking price $665,000, but vendor wants it sold, so make an offer! All agents welcome. Finance arranged if required. Contact Gai Hart-Hughes PROPERTY 6687 1313 or 0418 755 088. BUYERS NET

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Backlash ice is free but you have to register. Q Q Q Q Indent, the peak all-ages entertainment network, is looking for two young people from NSW aged 12 to 25 to join the Indent Advisory Group. If you have an interest in youth entertainment, music events or you’re a musician, this is a great opportunity to learn more about the industry and contribute to a positive youth music project that enables young people to stage music events in NSW. Contact greg@musicnsw.com to receive a copy of the selection criteria and application, or phone 9699 9706. Applications must be received by 5pm Friday April 27. Successful applicants will be notiďŹ ed by June 1, 2007. Q Q Q Q Erratum: Our review last week of Bobby identiďŹ ed the actors who play the cam-

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Congratulations to the Green & Clean Team which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this Sunday April 15 – a remarkable history of cleaning up and dune care. You can join them from 9am at Clarkes Beach for dune care and celebration. Q Q Q Q Here’s an unusual one, which appealed to our columnist Horatio Bitemark: The Byron Bay & Districts Branch of the Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) will be addressed by Silvia Sagona on the topic of ‘Absinthe – From Green Fairy to Green Hydra, The Cocaine of the 19th Century’. Silvia is writing a book investigating how the literary and visual images of the 19th century Parisienne were moulded by popular pseudo-medical

theories. Absinthe began its rise to infamy when it ďŹ rst entered France in the 1830s from Algeria. It was completely banned in 1915. The talk is at at the Bangalow A&I Hall on Monday April 16 at 7.30pm. Guests are welcome to attend for a $15 entrance fee. Supper with wine will be available after the lecture. Why not with absinthe? we thought. Q Q Q Q To help celebrate the centenary of Scouting, Scouts Australia has launched a website aimed at reuniting past friendships among the estimated two million current and former Australian Scouts. If you were one of those who donned the toggle and rubbed two sticks together, see if you can ďŹ nd old friends at www.scoutsreunited.com.au – the serv-

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