The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 33.34 – January 30, 2019

GRIST FOR THE MILL WHILE IN BYRON WE CHILL The Byron Shire Echo • Volume 33 #34 • Wednesday, January 30, 2019 • www.echo.net.au

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Hugh and Rosie Hudson at Saturday’s combined service clubs Australia Day breakfast in Brunswick Heads.

Events were held throughout the Shire, including Survival Day. Photo Jeff Dawson

Change maker accolades The founder of a program offering emergency accommodation and help to women has been named Byron Shire’s 2019 citizen of the year.

SHIFT Project founder Anne Goslett joined other award recipients in being recognised as tireless contributors to the community at the Australia Day awards presentation, held at the Cavanbah Centre on Friday.

Byron Shire mayor Simon Richardson said, ‘Anne’s compassion and drive to help women in our Shire has directly changed the lives of 32 women in our community in the short space of three years and for this we are very grateful.’

Senior citizen of the year is Sybil Johnston, who is well known for her work with the Bangalow CWA. ‘Sybil is also involved in the Bangalow RSL, the Red Cross and the Bangalow Show and it’s fabulous that we are able to recognise the wonderful work she does for the Bangalow community,’ mayor

Richardson said.

Other award recipients were volunteer of the year Lynn Smith, creative artist of the year Will Gammon, and sportsperson of the year Chris Layland. Community event of 2018 was awarded to the Mullumbimby Agricultural Show and environmental project of the year went to the Rotary Club of Mullumbimby for their Rainforest Park.

Senior citizen of the year Sybil Johnston with mayor Simon Richardson. Photo supplied by MLC Ben Franklin’s office

Election candidates disclose drug use Hans Lovejoy With Greens MP Cate Faehrmann’s admission recently that she has taken illegal substances, what better opportunity to ask the three state election candidates about their own drug use?

Three candidates that have so far declared their intention to run for the NSW election seat of Ballina on March 23 are incumbent MP Tamara Smith (Greens), Asren Pugh (Labor) and Ben Franklin MLC (Nationals).

The Echo asked all three if they had ‘ever taken an illegal

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substance, and if so, what?’

Local Ballina MP Tamara Smith told The Echo, ‘It’s difficult to answer this question publicly but it’s time we had an honest conversation about drugs because the war on drugs has failed.’

Smith smoked weed, tried ecstasy ‘In my younger years I smoked pot and I tried ecstasy.’

She said, ‘The real issue is whether or not we take steps to protect people’s lives because

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people do try substances – legal and illegal – that can harm them.’

‘I believe we need to treat personal drug use as a health issue and that it is by increasing education, counselling and support for people that we will reduce drug use – and that’s a good thing.’

Franklin tried marijuana Ben Franklin MLC (Nationals) told The Echo, ‘Like many others of my generation, I tried marijuana when I was at university. I have never taken any other illegal substance and have not smoked

marijuana since then.’

Franklin reiterated his position on pill testing and said, ‘On a personal level, I am not opposed to the consideration of pill testing. However any policy change in this area must be evidence-based and developed after advice from local and international experts and examining experience from around the world. I think it’s very difficult to do that during the heightened emotional climate of an election campaign.’

Labor candidate Asren Pugh told The Echo ‘Yes’.

‘In the past I have tried an

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illegal substance, marijuana and MDMA, a few times, but those days are firmly behind me.’

Pugh tried pot, MDMA Pugh also responded to comments by Nationals candidate Ben Franklin, who told The Byron News (Newscorp) last week that ‘the [pill testing] issue cannot be considered rationally and sensibly during the heat of a campaign.’

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Activist locks on to hospital

David Bradbury and police. Photo supplied Well-known Mullumbimby local, documentary filmmaker David Bradbury, locked onto an excavator at the old Mullumbimby hospital site last Wednesday.

Mr Bradbury, who is spearheading a last-ditch community bid to save the hospital buildings, was handed a $300 fine by police.

The hospital, which was sold to Byron Shire Council for $1, is set to be demolished owing to asbestos contamination, at a cost to Council of $3 million.

Mr Bradbury says the buildings could be remediated and retained for a fraction of the sum – although

Council denies this.

Mayor Simon Richardson (Greens) took to Facebook and said while he supports Bradbury’s long history of activism, the independent report concluded that the asbestos in the building is a public danger and needs to be removed.

But Mr Bradbury said, ‘Council was only given the hospital for $1 if they agreed to demolish the site using the Tweed-based contractor the state government had already signed the contract with’.

Mr Bradbury has called for a public meeting on January 31 from 6pm at the Mullum Services Club to discuss a stay of execution for the hospital.

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Hud Maughan wakes each morning wondering what ‘little delights’ he will discover in the front yard of his family’s Byron Bay home.

That’s if he managed to get to sleep in the first place.

The 39-year-old’s house is located next to the free parking zone in Byron’s Butler Street Reserve, putting him, his mother, and brother right at the pointy end of the town’s vanpacking problem.

Every night a dozen or more travellers park up in the reserve, playing loud music, leaving behind their rubbish and, more often than not, excrement.

‘Ever since the council made it free parking the backpackers have been taking advantage – staying there overnight, dumping their rubbish, and going to the toilet,’ he says.

Health hazard ‘The rubbish blows into our front yard and sometimes they defecate or urinate there.

‘It’s a health hazard, it’s absolutely disgusting.

‘We also have to put up with the sound of loud music and car doors being slammed late into the night.’

With vanpacking seemingly becoming more popular than ever, the issue is rapidly evolving from a seasonal annoyance into a serious problem.

Byron Council says it has rangers trawling popular spots like Butler Street Reserve on a daily basis over the summer period, yet that

Byron’s Butler Street Reserve. Photo supplied without the power to tow vehicles or use tyre clamps, there’s little more they can do.

Figures provided to The Echo show that Council has issued 74 infringement notices to people parking in and around Butler Street Reserve between 4am and 6am (when parking is prohibited) since November 18.

Six infringements for camping have been issued in the same area.

Wheel clamps needed Labor’s candidate for the state seat of Ballina, Asren Pugh, called last week for parking rangers to be given greater powers, including wheel camping.

He said in a media statement that rangers had reported that some international tourists were not worried about fines as they simply left the country without paying.

‘Councils are spending significant ratepayer resources on policing illegal

camping and they should be able to enforce the rules,’ Mr Pugh said.

Mayor Simon Richardson (Greens) agrees that tougher laws are needed to address the issue.

He told The Echo, ‘I really feel for any locals who are caught up in it, but until the laws are changed [by the state government] to give rangers greater powers there’s not much more we can do,’ Cr Richardson said.

Cr Richardson said rangers needed to be able to put wheel clamps on illegally parked vehicles and to tow them in certain circumstances.

‘I think if we could do that things would change pretty quickly, not just here, but across the Shire more generally,’ he said.

However, he said policing late-night parking restrictions in areas like Butler Reserve was hindered by the need to ensure the safety of rangers, the wider community, and the vanpackers themselves.

‘Often by one or two o’clock in the morning these people [vanpackers] have had a few drinks and that isn’t always a safe environment for staff to walk into,’ he said.

‘It’s also not always safe for the vanpackers to be told they have to leave because they’re heavily affected by alcohol.’

The mayor added Council rangers inspected the parking area two to three times a day.

But Mr Maughan is adamant that, in his patch at least, more needs to be done.

‘I would absolutely disagree with the mayor that there are rangers here two or three times a day,’ he said.

Free parking but little policing ‘I would say they are here every second day at most. I think it’s strange that Council have made it free parking here, but they’re not really willing to police the time limit.

‘I’m the one riding around on my bike every day telling people that they can’t camp here. Sometimes they’re okay and they apologise and move on, but other times they become quite rude and aggressive and refuse to leave.

He called on Council to either lock the gates of the reserve each evening, or to introduce paid parking there.

‘You could introduce paid parking but provide parking permits to locals and to people who to come into Byron for work.

‘At least they’re making a contribution to the town, unlike the backpackers.’

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Local News Vinnies overloaded with Survival Day, Main Beach unwanted donations According to the local Mullumbimby Vinnies shop, they are spending $2,000 a month in transportation and tip fees to dispose of unwanted donations.

‘Clothing, kitchen, dining items and bric-a-brac in saleable condition are being stolen in night-time raids, even from inside the donation bins,’ said a Vinnies spokesperson.

‘Unwanted goods are being strewn around, further contributing to the mess.

The combined impact of the dumping and pilfering is significantly reducing the funds Vinnies can spend on its community support work.’

Vinnies executive officer Michael Timbrell said the dumping of unwanted goods such as broken furniture, mattresses and electrical goods around charity shops has become a mounting problem right across Australia, including up and down the north coast.

‘It’s fair to say the situation has reached crisis point, especially as the cost of sending waste to landfill is so high now. While only a

small minority of people is engaging in these activities, the impacts are huge.

‘The alleyway at the rear of the Mullum shop is frequently an eyesore and a health hazard, and distressing to the shop’s volunteer workers who try to rescue clean and usable items that can be put on sale.’

Meanwhile in Lismore, the City Council’s environmental compliance officer Stuart Thomson says he is baffled that there is a problem of dumping, given residents and businesses in Lismore Shire are entitled to dispose of waste for free via Council’s electronic waste voucher system. Residents are offered three free visits and businesses two free visits to the Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre each year.

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this area, my home, a better, safer and even more beautiful place to live. I am in this to talk about what I would do to make life a little bit easier for my community. And that means having the courage to have the hard conversations and talk about hard issues.’

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with Pugh that the public debate on pill testing and drugs should be had.

She said, ‘It is absolutely ridiculous to duck the issue by claiming we can’t talk about this at the exact time that the public deserves to have real answers to real questions before they vote.’

Pugh said, ‘Slogans just don’t cut it.

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Local News Questionable process surrounds transport hub Hans Lovejoy Who is in charge of the proposed Byron bus interchange project – councillors and the town’s masterplan group or Council staff and state government bureaucrats?

With a remarkably poor process emerging around the project and no community input, it appears the latter; plans for a transit centre in the abandoned Byron Bay CBD rail corridor adjacent to Butler Street were quietly put on exhibition January 17 with just a sign placed on the reserve.

Public submissions around the state significance of the site close February 14 with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and raises the question of whether this location for a bus interchange is a done deal.

According to OEH, the area is assessed as historically, scientifically, architecturally, and socially rare.

And while Council staff say the plans and designs can be viewed at its Mullumbimby office, there is nothing available online other than sparse information the OEH website (https://bit.ly/2RPwYHb).

OEH say, ‘Construction of a transport interchange including: amenities block; kiss and ride facilities; shelter and bus stop; taxi stand; bicycle facilities, within a landscaped precinct at Bryon [sic] Bay Railway Station and yard group (SHR 01107).’

No plans for the DA are included.

While Council staff appear to have some involvement in the process – as confirmed

by Transport for NSW – mayor Simon Richardson claims Sydney bureaucrats have driven the project.

He told The Echo, ‘I’ve been pretty disappointed with the level of public consultation from Transport NSW throughout the process.’

‘It’s certainly not at the level you would get from local government. But they’re the lead agency and it’s their responsibility.’

Yet Butler Street residents are not so convinced that it just a state government department that has decided upon large infrastructure project that has virtually no community input.

Masterplan group not consulted Masterplan group member Chris Hanley told The Echo, ‘We were not consulted on the transport interchange.’

One of the few publicly availabe images of what Sydney bureaucrats are planning for Byron Bay. According to Council staff, the bus interchange project ‘is part of a broader “rail precinct” partnership between Byron Shire Council and Transport for NSW.’ Paul Jones, who represents the Butler Street Network, says they are yet to be consulted on the interchange planning. He told general manager (GM) Mark Arnold via email recently, ‘A transport interchange as envisaged by Council and Transport for NSW will by its nature generate considerable potential impacts.’

Heritage precinct ‘It is also acknowledged that the proposal lies within a heritage precinct that should be respected and ideally enhanced by the proposal.

Noise, light, and air pollution, vibration, ecological and social impacts need to be acknowledged and managed within the design.

‘We have grave concerns about the concept designs revealed thus far.

‘We trust that Council will acknowledge that we are not opposed to a traffic and transport solutions for Byron Bay, we are however concerned that due process, good planning principles, and sensible outcomes prevail.’

GM Arnold replied to Jones by encouraging him to submit his feedback through the formal submission process.

GM Arnold told Jones, ‘While Council has other projects happening in the vicinity of the interchange, this is not a Council project.

As such, we are not in a position to change the location or layout of the interchange.’

Cr Cate Coorey (independent) also expressed concern with process and lack of community input.

She told The Echo, ‘It is more than disappointing to learn that the notification of this important piece of infrastructure was just stuck

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on a fence in a spot where no one would see it and none of the neighbouring residents received letters.’

‘I’m told by OEH that here was one ad in the Byron Shire News but in the midst of the holiday season who was likely to see it?

‘I feel very sorry for the residents of Butler Street who will be affected by this.

‘This exhibition process does not show a commitment to informing affected residents – or indeed any residents.

Out to tender ‘What is also disturbing is that tenders have already gone out for the building of the interchange and they close two weeks before community submissions close.

‘This suggest the consolation and submission process in entirely cosmetic unless the state government are prepared to consider possible changes after the tenders have been awarded.

‘From the beginning this process has been a case of Transport for NSW just telling us how things were going to be. As councillors, we lobbied to have it moved off Butler Reserve and to get a better design – the original had less charm than a correctional facility. Now the new design is on exhibition, trying to view the proposed plans in order to make a submission on them is unnecessarily difficult.

‘You have to email to request them, then you get sent an email that tells you to click to receive another email that has a code in it which you then enter to see a 337 page document with tiny print that is almost impossible to read on a normal computer screen so you can’t read the key on most of the plans.

‘I would be surprised if this even reaches the state government’s very low bar when it comes to genuine community consultation.

‘When I asked the OEH why there was no way to

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look at the exhibition docs online, I got the response that “the OEH website does not support this approach.

Perhaps the Byron Bay Council could assist.”

‘I am so sick of state government agencies doing things that have major impacts on Byron without consulting with the people who will actually be affected.

‘We have seen it with the Parklands site, with the new hospital, and with the West Byron rezoning. The community must be allowed to say what happens with this major piece of infrastructure.’

No costings The Echo requested project costings and documentation from Transport for NSW in November 2017.

A spokesperson did not provide anything and instead said, ‘Transport for NSW has been working with Byron Shire Council on developing a new bus interchange since 2015.’

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The Byron All Shorts filmmakers on the steps of Mullumbimby Civic Hall, the venue for last weekend’s Flickerfest festival.

Photo Jeff Dawson Mullum Flickerfest screened to near full houses over the weekend, with audiences experiencing the best of short films from around Australia and the world.

The event also features the Byron All Shorts program, where around 50 shorts from the northern rivers region were selected.

Fifteen finalists contested for prizes that recognise excellence in short filmmaking.

Flickerfest’s Shane Rennie said, ‘A big congratulations

to all entrants. We are proud to provide an important platform for our region’s filmmakers.’

Winners include Elsa Stewart’s film Libby, Luca Fox and Natalie Grube’s Act Natural, Krista Werner’s Foil Man, Rani Brown’s Courage For The Long Haul and Clare and Jasmine Sladden’s Dolls.

Rennie added, ‘The Byron All Shorts film festival competition was judged by an esteemed jury of film practitioners including

Anne Chesher (producer) and senior lecturer at SAE Creative Media Institute, legendary Australian actor and activist Tony Barry, and Lisa O’Meara, programs and operations manager at Screenworks.

Vivid-style event Organisers, IQ Inc, took the opportunity to announce their plans for a Vivid-style event to be held at the Island Quarry Reserve, Byron Bay, in the near future.

Lake Ainsworth remains closed Testing by Ballina Shire Council’s environmental health officers on Tuesday January 29 indicates the level of blue-green algae remains dangerous, so the lake will remain closed for at least another week.

The officers say the dominant species currently in the Lake is microcystis, ‘which is potentially toxic’.

A film exploring the challenges Australians face in trying to access medical marijuana is set to have its world premiere at a major medicinal cannabis symposium in Tweed Heads in March.

The film High as Mike follows the journey of a sound technician suffering from multiple brain tumours as he cycles around the country speaking to those who have benefited from medicinal cannabis and those who helped them do so.

Travelling from Tamworth to Townsville and numerous places in between, Mike speaks to patients and politicians, a former federal police commissioner, a neurosurgeon, and a woman who is facing 18 years’ jail for providing medicinal cannabis.

‘It’s a beautiful film that highlights the real-life experiences of people who need these medicines,’ symposium organiser Lucy Haslam said.

The film will be one of the highlights at the 2019 Medicinal Cannabis Symposium, a three-day conference being

held at the Twin Towers resort in Tweed Heads over March 22–25.

Organised by the not-forprofit organisation United in Compassion (UIC), the symposium will feature Australia’s first medicinal cannabis course for medical practitioners, a trade expo featuring the latest medicinal cannabis products, the film premiere, and a gala dinner.

‘We want to send a message that the system needs to change,’ said Ms Haslam, the co-founder of United in Compassion.

Criminalised for wanting to be well ‘At the moment we have a situation where patients are being criminalised for wanting to be well.

Ms Haslam said UIC had chosen the northern rivers as the location of the 2019 symposium (the fourth such event since 2014) because a large number of people in the region used medicinal cannabis.

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A multi-award-winning documentary celebrating the power and majesty of the world’s mountains will be screened at The Byron Theatre on February 9 from 7.30 pm.

Presenter of the screening and Zero Emissions Byron director John Taberner says mountains are ‘so much more than an escape or an enemy to overcome. The greatest value of mountains lies in their power to inspire wonder and awe; they remind us of the limits of our

schemes and ambitions.

Taberner is also director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the film is set to music performed (with some specially composed works) by Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO).

Director Jennifer Peedom says making the film presented ‘a unique creative opportunity’ in collaborating with Richard Tognetti (a keen skier) and the ACO, while exploring the space between the wonder of mountains and

the kind of madness we experience in their drawing power.

‘To those who are enthralled by mountains, their wonder is beyond all dispute. To those who are not, their allure is a kind of madness.’

The screening of Mountain is a fundraiser for Zero Emissions Byron (ZEB), a not-for-profit community organisation working to reduce Byron Shire’s emissions to zero by 2025.

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Focusing on the economy is enabling people to join together in ways that singleissue campaigning simply can’t; and is leading to a push for policy shifts so that tax dollars no longer subsidise the global corporate juggernaut.

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On Wednesday, February 13, we are organising a Big-Picture Activism event at the Byron Theatre, featuring leading change-makers from five continents.

Manish Jain (India) graduated from Harvard, worked

at Morgan Stanley and the UN, before returning to Rajasthan to learn from his illiterate grandmother.

He is co-founder of Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Re-thinking Education and Development.

Camila Moreno (Brazil), PhD, has degrees in Philosophy, Law and Sociology and is a leading climate policy expert. She is author of Carbon Metrics and the New Colonial Equations.

Michael Shuman (USA) is a lawyer and economist by training, is the world’s foremost authority on local business and finance and is author of Local Dollars, Local Sense, which includes hands-on methods for building local financial structures

and institutions.

Kai Sawyer (Japan) is a nonviolence activist. After Fukushima, Kai founded Tokyo Urban Permaculture as a way to transform the culture and politics of Tokyo.

Anja Lyngbaek (Mexico/ Denmark) is associate director of Local Futures and coordinator of the International Alliance for Localization.

She headed Local Futures’ first-ever local food program in the UK. Keibo Oiwa (Japan) is a professor of cultural anthropology and one of Japan’s best-known environmentalists. His numerous books include Slow is Beautiful: Culture as Slowness, and The Japan We Never Knew, which he co-wrote with David Suzuki.

Having just returned to the northern rivers after seven months interacting with grassroots projects around the world, it is clearer to me more than ever that a fundamental shift in the economy is urgently needed: away from the global towards the local.

A move in this direction brings multiple, interrelated benefits – rebuilding the fabric of community while reducing carbon emissions, poverty, unemployment, and even ethnic conflict.

What’s more, when people reconnect with each other and the natural world, a deep personal healing can happen. There are many real-world examples of this,

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But what can I do?

When people talk about changing the economy, they often say ‘But what can I do?’

My response is twofold: start or join a localisation project in your own area – a farmers market, a tool-exchange program, a community fund etc. In doing so, you will discover the huge rewards – environmental, economic, social and psychological – of renewing your connection to people and place.

Also become a ‘bigpicture activist’, helping to build a movement that steps back from the overwhelming

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They include Early Childhood Education, Future Youth Program, Permaculture, and Massage Therapy to name a few.

And there are plenty of examples where locals have upskilled and landed jobs in the Shire.

Local Catherine Hollis recently completed the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and is now employed with local Byron Bay centre BuzyKids, where she undertook her work placement during the course.

She says, ‘Learning at the college provided me with all the support and guidance I needed to complete the course. The small class size meant I could get the help I needed. The highlight of the course was the camaraderie with the class and tutor, and I can’t talk highly enough about Jud.’ Byron College tutor Jud King has over 20 years’ experience in early childhood and says the small, supportive class sizes at the college are a huge advantage.

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Another Mullumbimby local Leon Dawes joined the Future Youth employment pathways project between the college and Byron Council ‘to get a job’ last year. He completed four months of classroom-based training and work experience and has

been successful in securing a job with Council.

‘I definitely think the course I did will help me in the future, particularly for interviews,’ he says. ‘I found the college easy going and the teachers were awesome, not at all like at school.’

College director Richard Vinycomb says, ‘Through the college’s industry connections and extensive work placements, qualifications lead to new job opportunities for students.’

‘The college’s local, quality and affordable higher

education is an invaluable pathway for recent school leavers who may be unsure of their next steps, not ready to leave Byron Shire yet or simply can’t afford further education and don’t want to incur exorbitant HECS debt.

‘Our nationally recognised courses are funded through the NSW Government Smart and Skilled program, meaning courses can be fee free or as little as $240 per course for many meeting the eligibility criteria,’ says Vinycomb.

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Byron Shire Council Notices COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS

LEASE OF 1 RAFTONS ROAD BANGALOW

REQUEST FOR TENDER NO: 2018-0061

Council Administration Centre 70 Station Street, Mullumbimby Opening hours 8.30am to 4.30pm Phone 02 6626 7000 Email council@byron.nsw.gov.au Website www.byron.nsw.gov.au Emergency after hours 02 6622 7022 Works Depot 02 6685 9300 SES Controller 02 6684 3444 Rural Fire Service 02 6671 5500 Byron Resource Recovery Centre 1300 652 625 Cavanbah Centre 02 6685 5911

Council is proposing to lease part of Lot 38 DP 262183, being 1 Raftons Road Bangalow NSW 2479, for a period of two successive five (5) year terms, to the Bangalow Community Children’s Centre for the purpose of early childhood education and care services.

WET PLANT HIRE TO GRIND AND SCREEN SELFHAULED GARDEN ORGANIC GREENWASTE AT THE BYRON RECOURSE RECOVERY CENTRE

In Byron? Customer service for general enquiries now at Byron Visitor Centre, 80 Jonson Street, Byron Bay. Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 12.00pm and 12.30pm to 4.00pm or phone 02 6626 7000. Card only payments accepted at this location.

Documents on exhibition are available for viewing at the customer service centre in Mullumbimby and on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice.

MAKE A SUBMISSION Submissions may be made to Council in the following ways: Online:

www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/Make-a-submission

Written: Address to: General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219, Mullumbimby NSW 2482 Email:

submissions@byron.nsw.gov.au

Please be aware that all submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) of the GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author. For further assistance please contact our Records team on 02 6626 7113.

CURRENT VACANCIES Apply for a job at Council. For current vacancies refer to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/Working-at-Byron-Shire-Council/ Current-vacancies.

DEVELOPMENT CONSENTS In accordance with Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended), notification is hereby given of the following development consents granted by Council. The consents listed are available to view Online at Council’s website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/find-a-DA. Information relating to these applications as required by Schedule 1, Division 4, Clause 20(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended) is also available online.

APPLICATIONS APPROVED 10.2018.416.1 – Bangalow, 1 Market Street (Lot 1 DP 716393) Secondary Dwelling

In accordance with Section 47 of the Local Government Act 1993 interested parties are invited to make submissions about this proposal within 28 days.

Submissions should be in writing and addressed to the General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482 or sent by email to submissions@byron.nsw.gov.au.

Emailed submissions to this address only will be acknowledged.

Submissions Open: 10 January 2019.

Submissions Close: 7 February 2019.

Enquiries: Paula Telford Leasing Coordinator 02 6626 7300 All submissions will be made public in accordance with schedule 1 clause 4(i) of the GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author.

For further assistance contact the Records Team on 02 6626 7113.

COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE 2019 Come and see democracy in action. Council’s meeting schedule for 2019 has been determined and includes a 12 month trial to separate planning matters from the Ordinary Meeting. There will be two meetings per month – one Ordinary Council meeting, one Planning Council meeting.

Ordinary

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

Planning

28 March 9.00am

Ordinary

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979

11 April 11.00am

Planning

18 April 9.00am

Ordinary

16 May 11.00am

Planning

23 May 9.00am

Ordinary

20 June 11.00am

Planning

27 June 9.00am

Ordinary

15 August 11.00am

Planning

22 August 9.00am

Ordinary

19 September 11.00am

Planning

26 September 9.00am

Ordinary

17 October 11.00am

Planning

24 October 9.00am

Ordinary

21 November 11.00am

Planning

28 November 9.00am

Ordinary

12 December 11.00am

Ordinary and Planning (combined)

REQUEST FOR TENDERS FOR BYRON BAY BYPASS – CONSTRUCTION WORKS REQUEST FOR TENDER NO: 2018-0062 Description: Byron Shire Council (Council) invites tenders for a contract for the Byron Bay Bypass – Construction Works. Details of the proposed contract and the assessment criteria requirements are set out in the Request for Tender documentation referred to below.

10.2015.727.3 – Suffolk Park, 2 Marattia Place (Lot 32 DP 830347) S4.55 for use of 1.8m High Front Fence and Shed

Contact: For further details please contact Joshua Winter at jwinter@byron.nsw.gov.au.

9.2018.40.1 – Brunswick Heads, 2 Bower Street (Lot 12 SEC 27 DP 758171) Tree Removal One (1) Tree

On Site Tender Briefings: Two on site tender briefings will be held on Tuesday 26 February 2019 at 10.00am (AEDST) and Monday 4 March at 1.00pm (AEDST) at the Butler Street Reserve, Byron Bay.

APPLICATIONS DEFERRED 10.2018.93.1 – Myocum, 568 Myocum Road (Lot 4 DP 614645) Use of Artist Studio, Shed, Gazebo and Sauna

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this tender will disqualify tenders from the tender process.

21 March 11.00am

10.2018.642.1 – Ewingsdale, 58 Plantation Drive (Lot 36 DP 786291) Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling House

The following applications have not been granted approval by Council, but are listed for the information of the community:

Invitation: Council invites any person willing to fulfil the requirements of the proposed contract to submit a tender to Council by the deadline specified in this advertisement and in accordance with the Tender Documents referred to above.

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Obtaining Documentation: Request for Tender documents may be obtained by contacting Tenderlink at www.tenderlink.com/byron.

If you experience difficulties accessing the website, please call the Tenderlink helpdesk on 1800 233 533.

10.2018.610.1 – Brunswick Heads, 15 Teven Street (Lot 19 SEC 25 DP 758171) Front Boundary Fence 1.8 Metres High

Deadline: Tenders close at 2.00pm on 8 February 2018.

28 February 9.00am

Enquiries: Heather Sills 6626 7171

10.2018.229.1 – Upper Main Arm, 1306 Main Arm Road (Lot 1 DP 555088) New Dwelling House and Use of expanded Dwelling to Create Dual Occupancy (Detached)

A Mandatory Tender Briefing/Site Inspection will be held Monday 21 January 2019 at 9.00am at the Byron Resource Recovery Centre, 115 Manse Road Myocum NSW 2481.

21 February 11.00am

10.2018.379.1 – Bangalow, 10 Rifle Range Road (Lot 16 DP 872596) Secondary Dwelling

10.2018.604.1 – Goonengerry, 411 Goonengerry Road (Lot 3 DP 255790) Swimming Pool

Contact: For further details please contact Lloyd Isaacson at lisaacson@byron.nsw.gov.au.

Council Meeting

Agendas are available one week prior to the meeting on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/Council-meetings/AgendasMinutes and at Council’s administration centre in Mullumbimby.

10.2018.516.1 – Mullumbimby, 10 Smith Street (Lot 18 DP 848061) Alterations and Additions to Existing Vehicle Repair Station (Office Extension and Mezzanine Storage)

Obtaining Documentation: Request for Tender documents may be obtained by contacting TENDRELINK at www.tenderlink.com/byron.

If you experience difficulties accessing the website, please call the TENDERLINK helpdesk on 1800 233 533.

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10.2018.412.1 – Billinudgel, 16 Bonanza Drive (Lot 7 DP 850926) Vehicle Repair Station

10.2018.635.1 – Bangalow, 17 Byron Bay Road (Lot 2 DP 6478) Demolition of Existing Dwelling

Description: Byron Shire Council (Council) extends an invitation to suitably qualified and experienced parties to Tender for the supply of plant and associated equipment under wet hire arrangements to grind self-hauled garden waste and screen a compost product at the Byron Recourse Recovery Centre (BRRC) located at Myocum.

Contract details and assessment criteria are set out in the Request for Tender documentation referred to below.

Deadline: Tenders close at 2.00pm (AEDST) on Friday 22 March 2019.

Invitation: Council invites any person willing to fulfil the requirements of the proposed contract to submit a tender to Council by the deadline specified in this advertisement and in accordance with the Tender Documents referred to above.

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this tender will disqualify tenders from the tender process.

The following development applications (DA) have been received

by Council and require exhibition in accordance with Development Control Plan 2014 (A14). The DAs may be viewed online at Council’s website ‘www.byron.nsw.gov.au/find-a-DA’ or by using the Online Kiosks at Councils Customer Service Centre during normal office hours.

DA submissions can be lodged using an online form via Council’s eServices Portal. Once you have viewed a copy of the DA, select ‘Make a Submission’ to lodge a submission directly with Council. Information on making a submission is available at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Make-a-submission-on-a-DA. If you are making a submission, there are requirements in relation to the disclosure of political gifts and donations. Refer to Council’s website to satisfy yourself that you are complying with your disclosure obligations prior to lodging a submission www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Political-donations-disclosure.

Please quote the development application and property description when making a submission.

EXHIBITION CLOSES 6 FEBRUARY 2019 10.2019.12.1 – Bangalow, 32-34 Byron Street BANGALOW (Lot 1 DP 1062312) Mr M Scott, Change of Use Retail Premises to Restaurant and Modification of 10.2017.280.10 Consent to Include Shop-Top Housing

EXHIBITION CLOSES 13 FEBRUARY 2019 10.2019.15.1 – Billinudgel, 156 The Pocket Road (Lot 19 DP 755687) Joe Davidson Town Planning, Tourist and Visitor Accommodation Comprising Three (3) Cabins 10.2019.19.1 – Byron Bay, 3/12 Tasman Way (Lot 3 SP 76189) Joe Davidson Town Planning, Change of Use to Recreation Facility Indoor (Dance Studio)

EXHIBITION CLOSES 20 FEBRUARY 2019 10.2019.23.1 – Upper Coopers Creek, 321 Coopers Creek Road (Lot 11 DP 622586) Byron Bay Planning & Property Consultants, Demolition of Existing Dwelling House, Shed and Carport and Construction of Two (2) Rural Tourist Cabins, and Three (3) Expanded Dwelling Modules 10.2019.24.1 – Main Arm, 22 Johnstons Lane (Lot 2 DP 1010894) Byron Bay Planning & Property Consultants, Use of Existing Structure as a Tourist Accommodation Cabin and Use of Two (2) Existing Swimming Pools 10.2019.16.1 – Bangalow, 18 Pioneers Crescent (Lot 1 DP 1154192) Ardill Payne & Partners, Proposed Mixed Use Development Comprising Eco Tourism Facilities, Recreational Facilities, Environmental Facility, Agricultural Produce Industries and Associated Retail Outlets, Garden Centre with Restaurant/Cafe 10.2019.40.1 – The Pocket, 789 The Pocket Road (Lot 9, DP 618234) Wybalena Investments Pty Ltd, Four (4) Bedroom Accommodation Building to Existing Rural Tourist Facility

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Local News Developer speaks over residents’ concern with large Ocean Shores DA Further to last week’s story regarding a large DA submitted for south Ocean Shores for eight dwellings over three large lots and the removal of over 800m2 of vegetation, developer Callum Sked has responded to The Echo.

Disappointing He said, ‘After spending significant time and expense on behalf of the owners’ co-operative to amend the

DA, at the request of the immediate neighbours, led by the editor of The Echo, it is disappointing that both the neighbours and The Echo have collaborated to produce an article full of inaccuracies and misrepresentations about the project application, the owners’ group, and my motivations in relation to the project personally.’ The Echo has asked for further clarification as to what

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was inaccurate in the story but there has been no reply.

All surrounding residents maintain the proposal is totally inappropriate for the area. They say the DA provides no assurance that the high density proposed would not exacerbate an already boggy catchment or will be geographically stable.

Q The Echo’s editor has previously disclosed his pecuniary interest in this matter.

More cops put on the beat The Tweed-Byron and Richmond police districts are set to get extra police after the state government announced an additional 60 police across the region. The region contains 11 police districts from Newcastle to the border.

There is no exact figure of how many officers will be allocated to each district. Tweed MP Geoff Provest (Nationals) says 1,500 extra police officers will be deployed over the next four years.

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Three guest tellers who will speak at the Stories in the Club on February 10 at the Mullum Services Club are Lyn Carson, Jim Tait, and Mark Swivel.

Organiser Jenni CargillStrong says the theme will be ‘What Do You Stand For?’ Featured speakers are newDemocracy founder and academic Lyn Carson.

NewDemocracy is an independent, non-partisan research and development organisation.

Mark Swivel runs community legal clinic Barefoot Law and is founder of the political party Together.

Mark also moonlights as MC

for Dustyesky. Last year he published Making Australia Slightly Better Than Average Again and will be running as a senate candidate for NSW in the 2019 federal election.

Jim Tait will tell the story of what motivated him to also form a new political party.

His concern for the emerging climate emergency led to his establishing Independents for Climate Action Now (ICAN).

He will be running as a senate candidate for NSW in the 2019 federal election.

The event starts at 4pm and finishes at 5.30pm. For more info visit www.storytree.com.au.

Upon closure of the road, council intends to sell the land to an adjoining land owner.

All interested persons are hereby invited to make submissions concerning the proposal to the General Manager Mark Arnold, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby NSW 2482, within twenty eight days of the date of this advertisement. Please note that under the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, such submissions may be referred to third parties for consideration.

Once the submission period is completed, Byron Shire Council will consider all duly made submissions before deciding whether to continue with the road closure proposal.

Council Ref: #E2018/116095 Enquiries: Deanna Savage. Telephone: 02 6626 7000 This document will be available on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice.

Submissions Close: Friday 28 February 2019 4.30pm Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this tender will automatically result in disqualiďŹ cation of offending tenderers.

SANDHILLS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE – STAGED REFURBISHMENT WORKS 2019 REQUEST FOR TENDER NO: 2018-0054 Description: Byron Shire Council (Council) invites tenders for a contract to complete the Sandhills Early Childhood Centre Staged Refurbishment Works 2019. Details of the proposed contract and the assessment criteria requirements are set out in the Request for Tender documentation referred to below.

Obtaining Documentation: Request for Tender documents may be obtained by contacting Tenders Online at www.tenderlink.com/ byron/ If you experience difďŹ culties accessing the website, please call the Tenderlink Online helpdesk on 1800 233 533.

Contact: For further details please contact Col Sims at csims@byron.nsw.gov.au Mandatory Tender BrieďŹ ng/Site Inspection: A mandatory tender brieďŹ ng/site inspection will be held on Saturday 2 February 2019 8.00am at Sandhills Early Childhood Centre, 6 Gilmore Crescent, Byron Bay Deadline: Tenders close at 2.00pm on Tuesday 12 February 2019 Invitation: Council invites any person willing to fulďŹ l the requirements of the proposed contract to submit a tender to Council by the deadline speciďŹ ed in this advertisement and in accordance with the Tender Documents referred to above.

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this tender will disqualify tenders from the tender process.

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New forest agreements will continue ecology destruction: environment groups Environment groups say a lack of Commonwealth government accountability means forests are destined to go the same way as rivers such as the Murray Darling.

The statement was released by the North Coast Environment Council, The Wilderness Society and National Parks Association of NSW. The group say that renewed Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs), which outline the management of forests, will facilitate the

continuing decline of threatened species, unsustainable destruction of forests and the loss of important benefits they provide to communities.

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Political actor of the week Let’s give it up for New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern (Labour), who is perhaps one of the few leaders on the planet who appears somewhat sane.

All is not what it seems of course – Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau looked promising until it became apparent he was furthering the fossil fuel NZ PM Jacinda Ardern. agenda.

Photo Samoa Observer At 38, she is the youngest person to have held the role in 150 years, says Richard Shaw from academic website The Conversation.

Ardern gained the leadership of her party seven weeks out from an election, and won. Labour’s vote nearly doubled.

In a little over a year in government, there have been some considerable achievements.

Shaw says immediately after the election, she negotiated for nearly two weeks with the leader of the centre-right New Zealand First (NZF) party, Winston Peters. ‘[She] surprised virtually everyone (including Labour’s front bench) when he used the balance of power to form a government with Labour and the Greens,’ wrote Shaw.

Her public life is positive and appears genuine (unlike, say PM Morrison). At the United Nations General Assembly in September last year, she made history by being the first world leader to bring her newborn into the chamber. And as New Zealand has paid maternity leave, she was the first PM to take it.

She also increased paid-parental leave from 18 to 22 weeks.

Only last week, Ardern and David Attenborough issued a strong message to world leaders who do not believe in climate change, while appearing together at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

Unlike Australia, New Zealand seems to be able to think for itself on matters of foreign affairs. That history extends back to its anti-nuclear stance in the 1980s.

Her government just refused to back Venezuelan Guaidó as interim president. Australia followed America’s stance instead.

Yet Ardern has been criticised for not taking a stronger stand on the plight of refugees and on questions concerning possible Chinese involvement in domestic politics.

Her government did, however, offer to take the poor souls persecuted on Manus and Nauru by the Australian government.

And Ardern has just unveiled a new approach to running New Zealand’s finances, which complements a review of their banking sector. ‘We need to address the societal wellbeing of our nation, not just the economic wellbeing,’ she said during a Davos discussion on More than GDP. Shaw says New Zealand is ‘cautiously re-familiarising itself with the idea that the state can be a force for good.’ Imagine that!

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arren Mundine is a serious politician. For most of his life he has been a player in the great game, either directly or more often and perhaps more effectively indirectly, through working in and around his community.

His campaigns have not always been successful but he has a solid record of achievement in both advocacy and business. Under normal circumstances he would be seen as a worthy and effective candidate for parliament.

But these are not normal circumstances, and there is no guarantee that Mundine will win the ultra-marginal seat of Gilmore for the Liberals.

Indeed, he may not be the best bet to do so. In the rush to install him from a leader desperate for purchase in a fraught election, Mundine carries a lot of baggage – perhaps too much for a provincial and parochial south coast electorate which would generally prefer to look after its own affairs.

For starters, Mundine is a blow in – he can honestly claim that his forbears have lived for generations in the area, but he himself is a resident of Sydney’s wealthy North Shore, a long way from the workers of Shoalhaven. He plans to move in and start converting his neighbours, but he does not have much time to do so.

Then there is the fact that he is a party hopper; after a long career in Labor, including a stint in the presidency of the party but unable to gain pre-selection, he said that he was leaving the ALP because it has changed – which it has, but then, presumably so has he, and he can be expected to change again. He parked himself with the libertarians under David Lyonjhelm for a while before being head-hunted by Scott Morrison for his captain’s pick.

He has not yet been branded Labor rat, nor a Liberal Democrat one, but he is hardly a lifelong true believer.

Mundine’s association with the sworn enemy was far deeper and longer than the flirtations of Malcolm Turnbull, and we all know how unacceptable that turncoat was for the conservatives.

But the biggest problem remains the nature of the pre-selection.

The Liberal branches in Gilmore believed they had already chosen their candidate – Grant Schultz, a local who

had been active for many years.

True, he had been preparing to challenge the sitting member, Ann Sudmalis, before she jumped ship, but Scott Morrison’s accusation that he had bullied his way into the seat was both offensive and hysterical, and if anything has hardened the opposition to Mundine. Those with long memories will recall that Morrison’s own original preselecting for his seat of Cook was hardly a smooth one either; it is the nature that politics is competitive, and not always played with Queensberry rules.

Mundine has not yet been branded Labor rat, nor a Liberal Democrat one, but he is hardly a lifelong true believer.

Mungo MacCallum Schultz is entitled to be aggrieved and to manifest his grievances as an independent against Mundine.

This could be decisive, especially given Mundine’s longstanding support for nuclear energy.

The idea of a nuclear reactor at Jervis Bay triggered a long and bitter campaign before it was shelved – a reprise would not be popular.

Morrison apparently believed that he had stage managed a coup, a winning strategy. But quite apart from his chronic inability to think through the consequences of his impulsive actions, he has yet again been caught up in the battle over just who runs his party and how, and especially when preselections are concerned.

The push by the Liberals in NSW for more democracy and fewer edicts from the top has been endorsed by both Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, and Morrison pays at least lip service to it – when it suits him. But if the popular will does not accord with his demands, all bets are off.

Thus we had Craig Kelly given protection by Morrison when his interests were threatened when it was abundantly clear that he had lost the support of the local branches. Was he bullied? Rather the opposite according

to those in the electorate, one of whom described Kelly as a thug, a bully and a disgrace, which is presumably why they wanted to get rid of him.

In spite of all the protestations of chauvinists opposing female quotas, it is impossible to believe that Kelly was chosen on merit – and he is hardly Robinson Crusoe. A cursory look at the House of Representatives – both sides of it – will reveal that when there is merit, it is more often through good luck than good management.

The majority owe their preferment to blind factional obedience and to calling in favours. And in the senate – Paul Keating’s unrepresentative swill – the mix is even worse. There are exceptions, of course: Matthias Corman and Penny Wong would be formidable players in any parliament on Earth. But most are little more than party hacks, taking a victory lap or two after years of loyal service to their party bosses.

Mundine felt that his own service to the Labor Party was insufficiently rewarded, so he went elsewhere, twice in fact – his commitment must be considered at least dubious.

Which is only one reason that it might have been smarter to pause, to consult the electors of Gilmore and indeed the some of the wiser heads in the Liberal Party’s broad church before anointing him the new messiah.

But that is not Scott Morrison’s way – his way or the highway. And if it’s the highway, there are bound to be a few crashes along the road.

And in case Morrison’s sacred Australia Day was not already sufficiently tarnished, his euphoric homilies were interrupted when first Michael Keenan and then Nigel Scullion both announced they were pulling the pin.

Along with Julia Banks, Ann Sudmalis, Kelly O’Dwyer, and Andrew Broad (not to mention the unmentionable Malcolm Turnbull) they have decided that if they must be rodents, they would rather identify as rats than lemmings.

So more preselections for Morrison to ponder, and probably bugger up. He may want to speak to Mundine about whether he has any friends or relatives available to fill the gaps. Or with rumours of at least two more potential deserters, he may just send out an order for more parachutes and life rafts.

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Australia Day? One reason not to celebrate anything on January 26 is that it is not Australia’s birthday. Australia wasn’t even born until 112 years later.

What most people can’t be bothered finding out is that what they are drinking to is the day NSW became a British colony. It also marks the beginning of the Aboriginal wars. There is evidence of 250 massacre sites across our golden soil.

January 26 also marks the beginning of the end for 27 species of mammals, 20 species of birds, seven species of frogs, and many reptiles and plants. Then it marks the start of the introduction of foxes, rabbits, black rats, feral goats, cats, camels, pigs, and deer.

If you look closely at the official painting of Governor Phillip’s mobs’ takeover, you will see that at least three large trees have been cut down, ON THE FIRST DAY! Give me a flag that doesn’t remind me of all this, a national anthem that doesn’t exclude the oldest civilisations on Earth, and a day worth cerebrating ( say Republic Day) and I’ll drink to excess with the rest of the country.

Lee Pearce Dunoon

țdşƐ ǩǩȜ ƐIJĕĪƐ Many residents in Mullumbimby have heard about ‘Lot 22’ but understand little about where it is or what all the talk is about. Everyone knows about West Byron but why do so few know about

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Lot 22? It’s because Council has never once described it as Mullumbimby Sportsfields or the Rec Ground at the end of Stuart Street.

Lot 22 adjoins the skatepark, tennis courts, netball courts, playing fields and athletics field used by the community and the Mullumbimby High School.

Lot 22 was bought from a local farmer some years ago for sport and recreation because it wasn’t suitable for residential housing owing to a number of constraints including major flooding.

Council have now decided this land is excess to the community’s needs and perfect for housing so are planning to get the land rezoned from Recreation to Residential so they can create a 200+ lot subdivision, with each lot being 200m2 for a manufactured-home estate.

Many believe this should be kept as community land so as the Shire grows in population, we would have this asset that could be turned into a fantastic open space and sporting precinct

(hockey, BMX track, soccer, footy, netball etc) with parks, wetlands and wildlife.

Why are our ‘Greens’ Council more than happy to develop our sportsfields however, openly they oppose any other landholders who may wish to develop their land?

Byron Shire has a lot of land so is it really necessary to steal Lot 22 out from under this community?

A public hearing about the rezoning is scheduled for Wednesday 6 February, 5:30pm at the Council Chambers, 70–90 Station Street Mullumbimby.

To speak at the public hearing register on Council’s Website (www. yoursaybyronshire.com. au/lot-22-mullumbimbyfuture-housing-proposal) or by contacting Steve Daniels on 02 6626 7315 before 4pm Wednesday 30 January 2019.

If you are unable to attend the public hearing you can email your submission to steve.daniels@ byron.nsw.gov.au.

Jo Campbell Mullumbimby

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Last Sunday an unprecedented amount of dust covered the stock the stallholders were trying to sell.

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taring into the water channels of West Byron, I’m searching for futures for marine and freshwater wildlife and their homes. For all of them, the coastal squeeze is a matter of life and death. Every heatwave, drought, flood, or storm increases the pressure.

What to do?

Coastal squeeze is a pincer. Development in floodplains and on shores means walls, roads, residences, and every kind of construction are built.

These form hard barriers at or just beyond the current high-water mark. As the sea levels rise, the low-water mark marches landward to meet these barriers. The space between is shrinking or disappearing. Entire communities of animals and plants are losing these places to live. Nor is there any space for them to migrate inland and reestablish themselves.

Creating environments Cities like New York and Boston are easing the pinch with ‘resiliency infrastructure’. These projects mean to benefit people, but they also deliberately cater for other species. The aim is to not only accommodate sea-level

rise and storms, but to hold extra space in readiness for inland migration of wildlife, terrestrial and aquatic.

Resiliency infrastructure avoids building seawalls, barriers and ever more development in flood-prone areas. Instead, it creates and expands open spaces and parks which are expected to be wet or boggy. It plans entrances for coastal flooding which then run into networks marked with various elevated areas.

Resiliency infrastructure builds harbourside walks and connections to marine and freshwater frontages.

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with niches for microhabitats, and temporary flood barriers.

The projects plant thousands of trees for urban coastal forests. They rebuild salt marshes, wild oyster reefs, and sea-grass beds.

As importantly, they reserve extra space to allow inland migration of wet or boggy habitats.

Using nature to protect assests Planners such as ArchitectureBoston work to resilience checklists. The first step is to clearly identify risks to assets. Among the assets are other species and habitats.

The sealevel changes and other impacts of global warming are factored in and then some.

The second step is to create resilience plans. Decisions are made to protect certain critical built assets,

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New Zealand’s Summer of Chess concluded last week with the longest running continuous national chess championships in the world, the 126th New Zealand Open in Auckland.

Brandon Clarke added the NZ Open title to his win of the George Trundle Masters a fortnight earlier, though this time the Englishman had to rely on tiebreaks to edge out top seed Timur Gareyev.

23-year-old Clarke had earned the final ‘norm’ required for his International Master title at the Trundle tournament but did not suffer from the usual letdown, leading all the way.

Clarke, whose crash and burn attacking style has made him a fan favourite, has been working as a chess coach in Sydney for two years but has been let go by his sponsoring employer and may be forced to return to England soon.

Four Australians, two New Zealanders and a Russian Grandmaster tied for second place in Auckland, with the two locals sharing the New Zealand Championship title. (Unlike Australia, co-winners are allowed to share the national title rather than compete in a playoff.)

Those two were veterans Anthony Ker, claiming the coveted (and ancient) Silver Rook for the 14th

move others, and shift people out of harm’s way.

The third step is to rezone these risk areas, including buffer zones for the future.

All this adaptation enhances prospects for people and their neighbourhoods as well as the coastal economy.

Wildlife, fellow nations in the mysteries of evolution, can escape the coastal squeeze.

Here in Byron Shire, our council has joined others around Australia in declaring a climate-change emergency.

In May 2018, the top science journal Nature published the work of Hanslow and colleagues. They modelled climate changes in unique Australian waterways such as the Belongil and Tallow.

These Intermittently Closed and Open Lakes and Lagoons (ICOLLS) will spread, expand and deepen. The banks will change. So will sites upstream. time, and Russell Dive, who has now managed ‘only’ six NZ titles.

Ker is now only six NZ title wins behind the legendary Ortwin Sarapu – a record thought never likely to be approached.

Vasily Papin ended his two month long Australasian tour, which began spectacularly at the Australian Young Masters, with a modest tie for third, but the Russian had the satisfaction of playing one of the tournament’s best games, below.

White: V Papin Black: L McLaren Opening: Nimzo-Indian Defence 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6!? A rare sideline, once favoured by Australia’s Darryl Johansen. 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd2 d6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Re8 9.Rd1 a5?! Too slow. Black should play 9...Qe7, intending to meet 10.e4 with 10... e5. 10.e4 d5 11.Bd3! dxe4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bd7 14.0-0 a4 15.Rfe1 Qc8? Allowing a lightning attack. The b7 pawn did not need protection as 15...Ne7 16.Qxb7?! (16.Ne5!) 16...

Bc6 offers good play for Black. 16.Ng5! f5 16... g6 also loses to 17.Qf4!, intending 18.d5 and an invasion along the dark squares. 17.Qh4! h6 18.d5! exd5 19.cxd5 Rxe1+ 19...Na5 20.Qg3!! leaves Black’s king fatally exposed. 20.Rxe1 hxg5 21.Qxg5 Qf8 22.dxc6 Be8 Desperation, since on 22...Bxc6, 23.Re7 leads to checkmate.

23.cxb7 Rb8 24.Re7 Bf7 25.Rxc7 Rd8 26.Qxd8 Qxd8 27.Rc8 1-0 2019 New Zealand Open, leading scores: =1 Clarke (Eng), Gareyev (USA) 7/9; =3 Papin (Rus), Johansen (Aus), Stojic (Aus), Wohl (Aus), Sandler (Aus), Dive (NZ), Ker (NZ) 6.

West Byron ǖşşĎżōëĶŕ ĕƆƆĕŕƐĶëō In Byron Bay, our awardwinning sewage treatment centre in West Byron now works at least 75 per cent of total capacity. It relies on wetlands and the channels of the Belongil Drainage Board to accept the treated effluent. This area, the focus of proposed West Byron mega-developments, absorbs a lot of this water.

It’s an uncelebrated wetland and wildlife habitat, where fish kills have become rare.

Finally, excess flow runs through channels into the Belongil and finally the sea.

This is the coastal squeeze, Byron style. The ICOLL will expand into more of its floodplain. The spit will change. Our ‘hey ho let’s all grow’ development plans will also require expansion of the sewerage works.

As the waterway changes, so will the reach and impact of the sea and its tides. Seawater reaches not only into the Butler Street Drain, but other parts of the network.

Storm surges combine with heavy rain and stormwater to exacerbate flooding.

Add the current West Byron proposals and the lightly used floodplain will be burdened with new walls, fill, and development. It becomes the final barrier.

So step three – rezoning – is desperately needed now. Not to juggle megadevelopments, as council planners try, but to envision resiliency infrastructure for the near future.

ōƖĕ Ĉëſćşŕ In January, the ABC featured Dr Peter Macreadie, who would call all these mangroves, wetlands, expanding channels, and future effluent pathways ‘blue carbon’. He says such habitats sequester carbon 40 times faster than rainforests.

They should be protected and expanded, financed as ‘carbon credits’.

Rezoning in Byron Bay, then in other parts of the Shire, can be part of our way out of the coastal squeeze. It may also generate offsets for carbon emissions (residential and tourist), credits into the Shire’s coffers and resiliency against flooding and drought.

But it’s also part of some bearable future for both us and animals and plants too.

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not the environment, the residents, or the stallholders.

Why not use the railway line, disused for almost two decades, as parking instead of ruining lives and businesses?

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Byron’s silver peril I write in support of Ali Nankivell’s call for everyone to take a cold shower over Byron’s latest cultural asset, Corey Thomas’s sculpture on Ewingsdale Road.

People from Melbourne will recall the saga of the ‘yellow peril’ (Vault by Ron Robertson Swann). It cost $70,000 and was also greeted with general outrage in 1980.

Dubbed ‘the yellow peril’ by a hostile press, the sculpture was shifted around, like an unwanted foster child, before finally finding a home in the Centre for Contemporary Arts on the Yarra’s Southbank. It is now regarded as an important local icon.

The point about sitespecific sculpture is that it’s meant to evoke a reaction.

(Did some one say ‘Dada’?)

Irrespective of how it came about, Thomas’s work has already guaranteed its place in our local cultural history simply by virtue of the

passionate public response generated.

It has provoked a typically articulate and energetic pushback with reports of some of the birds being stolen and a large plastic phallus making a brief appearance. People are actively taking part in its ongoing physical evolution.

Let’s remember that Gustave’s Eiffel Tower evoked similar outrage when it first started appearing over Paris’s strict five-storey height limit with demands for it to be immediately torn down. What about the hostile reaction to Gough Whitlam’s purchase of Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles, now worth many tens of millions.

Mullumbimby has a wooden pelican, Ballina its plastic prawn; where was the protest when that went up!

On Ross Lane it’s a rusting giant surfboard; even Mooball has the Big Motor Bike. Let’s just chill a bit; maybe one day we’ll look back and wonder what all the fuss was about.

Paul Davies Suffolk Park

IJşƱ Ŕĕ ƐIJĕ Ȩ It’s typical of the city-centric Liberal/National state government that while they have led the way federally for the provision of affordable

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housing in Sydney, they have completely ignored the northern rivers. Here the housing prices are comparable to Sydney and the average income is more than 30 per cent lower.

The Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF) is a reasonable example of how public funds can be used to fill the ‘gap’ required to deliver new below market housing, so why hasn’t it been focused on the areas of greatest need?

According to the 2018 ‘Housing Needs – Northern Rivers Housing Study’ our community housing waiting list has over 3,000 applicants and most have been waiting for over ten years. This list could be completely cleared with the investment of a mere $1.8 billion. Sounds like a lot? Think again.

The city-based state government has been making a motza speculating on Sydney property. Since coming to office Gladys’s government has sold off $10 billion in property and still holds $160 billion in their portfolio. This could explain how they afforded reducing house prices in marginal city seats; so where’s our cut?

Here in the national capital of ‘housing stress’ where rents keep our

pensioners struggling to feed themselves and where the rate of homelessness has skyrocketed more than 23 per cent in the last six years – we’re screaming – show me the money.

It is hard to not feel that we’ve been played for fools by decades of National Party representatives – who have sat in parliament and watched us being ignored and exploited. Neither of the big parties can provide representatives that represent their local constituencies as their first priority; they are all beholden to Sydney. Its time to think we looked to our own.

Laurence Axtens Lismore

Back to basics The questions raised by James Willison (letters January 23) are systemic of the problems that exist throughout our shire.

Under Ken Gainger as general manager (GM) Byron Shire Council seems to have adopted a strategy of removing long-serving outdoor staff under the guise of restructuring.

The strategy seems to be to remove these experienced outdoor staff and replace them with engineers or salaried officers.

The current GM should be asked to justify the number of salaried positions that have been created over the last seven years and supply salary staff numbers to outdoor wages staff numbers, not contractors.

The director of Infrastructure should also explain what the strategy of downsizing of outdoor staff numbers will benefit the Shire.

We have a plethora of salaried staff, engineers, managers and rapidly disappearing outdoor staff. This will lead to less maintenance work being carried out.

We have daily seen the result of maintenance being neglected over the last ten years. This certainly will not improve if this strategy of removing the people who do this work continues.

Alan Dickens Brunswick Heads

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Natural therapy loss From April 1, federal legislation will prevent private health insurers from offering rebates for a number of natural therapies, including naturopathy.

The 2.5 million Australians who see a naturopath as part of their healthcare program should be deeply concerned as natural therapies will be out of the reach of many without the rebate.

The value of naturopaths in promoting and supporting preventive illnesses has been proven repeatedly. A burgeoning public health budget (state and federal) is based largely on meeting the cost of the traditional medical model. The role natural therapies play in preventing ill health should be recognised and supported.

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Letters ▶ Continued from page 15 to represent the interests of naturopaths and their patients during this process have been made. To date letters to the federal minister for Health (Hunt) and the local federal member for Richmond, Justine Elliot, have gone unanswered.

If you support your local naturopaths/herbalists take the time to contact the Hon Greg Hunt and Ms Justine

For North Coast news online visit Elliot and urge them to review the new legislation and remove naturopathy from the prohibited list.

Your freedom to choose a healthcare model based upon a preventive focus is at stake.

Susan Garrad Bangalow

Clothing-optional Congratulations to councillors on the proactive

decision to continue with the clothing-optional (CO) area at Tyagarah Beach and for the trial period with lifeguards. We found this section of beach is welcoming and pleasant during our first visit for a long time over the weekend.

Couples and singles were using the CO status along with those who did not wish to be swimwear free. Both groups used the flagged area side by side, mixing, swimming, body surfing and communicating.

The media regularly remind us of the spate of drownings on our beaches, so to have a flagged area, being policed under the watchful eyes of the trained lifeguards, is extremely proactive. We believe with the correct mix of authority and safety, Tyagarah Beach will only continue to encourage singles, couples, and families on both sides of the fence, to use this section of beach, and in harmony.

We’re aware of the undesirable elements that previously branded this section of beach; however, with the various authorities coming together to provide a safe and respectful environment, there’s a marked improvement in the experience of going to Tyagarah Beach.

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Totally agree Edward Kent, I and thousands of ratepayers in the Shire agree with everything in your letter of last week on the Byron model of democracy.

Andrew Hunter Bangalow

Bruns Holiday parks The Crown Trust managers of our parks at Brunswick Heads are unsuitable managers of public parkland and here is why.

Recent statements by Reflections CEO Mr Edmonds concerning the Ferry Reserve that ‘the foreshore land, gazetted as public recreation (holiday park), dates back to 1952’ and ‘Aerial photos from the time prove that it was used as a holiday park’ are misleading.

Just because there may be evidence of some tents on a foreshore in the 1950s this does not mean there was an approved holiday park operating there.

I’m sick of reading misinformation emanating from Reflections Trust. Following is the truth and I publicly challenge Mr Edmonds to send The Echo copies of any proof to the contrary.

In 1988 the Byron Shire Council, as park trust managers, put out approved plans of management (PoM) for Ferry Reserve and Massy Green holiday parks. In these plans all the foreshore at Ferry Reserve, not just ten metres of it, and land next to Massy Green known as Lot 7005 were officially excluded from the holiday parks.

Before 1988, there is no record of any approval to operate holiday parks or have camping sites on disputed park lands.

As for the statement that ‘the Ferry foreshore is all part of the same reserve 74701’ and ‘gazettal clearly says bounded by the Brunswick River’ and that ‘This land is rightfully ours to manage’ is circumventing the truth.

While it is the trust’s land to ‘manage’, it is not theirs to legitimise an expansion of a holiday park footprint on to public foreshore park land that is contrary to public consultation. They also ‘manage’

Banner and Torakina parks, but this does not a holiday park make.

Consultation with the broader community is united on preserving the foreshore park at Ferry Reserve for all to enjoy.

In ignoring the results of the consultation process and the actual true history regarding all the parks this trust, like their predecessors, continue to show disdain of the public response and for the consultation process.

The land grab at the western side of Massy Green holiday park that borders the boatharbour, known as Lot 7005, is like Ferry Reserve, the same all over again. To continue down this road that it too was ‘always part of the holiday park’ is rubbish.

The Trust knew this full well because representatives from the Lands department were present and privy to information gathered at community foreshore management meetings at Brunswick Heads well before the holiday parks were wrenched from Byron Shire Council.

Dave Kolb Brunswick Heads

Kitty cats A miserable piece of rubbish, aka a cat, leaps 2.5m to catch a small water dragon on the wall in our garden. They are of far more value than the atrocious vermin that killed this one.

Anyone who is a cat owner (or cat lover, god forbid) should keep the vile creatures inside a secure cage on their property: if the vermin is let outside, it should be on a leash with either a human or a brick on the other end.

Vermin owners should not demonstrate deplorable irresponsibility by letting them loose on the neighbourhood. Anyone who thinks their kitty cat (vermin) is not an actual or potential native fauna killer is, not to put too fine a point on it, a confoundedly ignorant, irresponsible, demented, and deluded drongo.

J Rose Mullumbimby

previous droughts have they survived?

We found it both pathetic and predictable that the Nationals’ New South Wales Primary Industry minister Niall Blair and the Nationals’ federal Agriculture minister David Littleproud couldn’t blame the drought quickly enough.

Freedom of information documents obtained by the Labor Party reveal that the NSW government was warned by its own experts in 2012 that flow rules under its proposed 10-year plan for the Darling River would put threatened species of native fish at risk.

It also revealed the draft 10-year plan was based on a series of outdated flow classes developed over a decade earlier, even though river flows had plunged by as much as 73 per cent in some areas, and if the government proceeds with its changes and allows more water to be sucked out of the rivers the fish and other aquatic life will suffer.

We unanimously supported NSW Labor leader Michael Daly’s commitment to establish a commission of inquiry into water management by the NSW coalition government. The members also debated just what role the Nationals’ candidate for Ballina, Ben Franklin, played in passing the legislation in the NSW upper house to reduce water flows in the Darling basin.

Yet Mr Franklin wants us to trust the Nationals to fix the Richmond River.

Alan Veacock Ballina Country Labor

A bit rubbish Airbnb’s version of recycling... everything in one red bin on a Saturday and not due for collection until Wednesday.

The overflowing bin contains everything from unwrapped food waste, plastic, soiled cardboard, beer cans, bottles to other rubbish.

Why do the rest of us pay such attention to sorting our rubbish?

P J Prideaux Byron Bay

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Ballina Country Labor sadly discussed the unfolding environmental disaster in the Darling River near Menindee at its recent meeting.

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Yes ,Sue Arnold, we have experienced similar disrespect and inaction from Brunswick Heads police station. The same also happened to a friend of ours.

We cannot rely on them for help when needed.

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PĆ&#x2020; ơĹ&#x;Ć&#x2013;Ĺż Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x;Ĺ&#x2022;Ä&#x2022;ơ Ć&#x2020;ĂŤÄŞÄ&#x2022; ÄśĹ&#x2022; Ć?IJÄ&#x2022; Ä&#x2021;ĂŤĹ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x160;Č&#x192; Patricia Warren The foxes are in the henhouse and deposits in financial institutions are the hens. In September 2017 Australians had $2.7 trillion in deposits in registered financial institutions with over 80 per cent concentrated in the four major banks. These deposits are at risk of being confiscated.

In December 2018 a UK report exposed the Big Four global accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst and Young (EY) KPMG and Deloitte as highly compromised in their capacity as auditors of almost 98 per cent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest corporations and banks while at the same time consulting to the same corporations, principally on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tax minimisationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and other financial strategies.

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These firms earn billions of dollars per year, two-thirds of which simultaneously comes from consulting to and one-third from auditing their clients.

Prior to the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) in 1998, mandatory auditing was done under the independence of the Auditor-General.

Now under APRA as the auditor, PwC audits CBA and Westpac, EY audits NAB and KPMG audits ANZ. These auditors have successfully colonised tax offices and regulators around the world. Yet, with appalling track records in auditing, they are entrusted to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stresstestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the banks as a measure of their resilience to changing financial circumstances.

Independent examination of them was excluded by now-PM Morrison from the

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Terms of Reference of the Royal Commission into the Banking Industry allowing them to cover up their connections to the banks.

Ă?Ĺ&#x;Ć&#x2013;Ĺż Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x;Ĺ&#x2022;Ä&#x2022;ơ ĂŤĆ? ſĜĆ&#x2020;Ĺ&#x160; The big game in the global financial markets is not the declining value of real estate but the derivatives market.

It remains the biggest fox in the henhouse and it links Australia to the global financial system.

The Australian government has committed, under the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Crisis Resolution Powers and Other Measures) Act 2018 (FSLA) private monies owned by people, businesses and superannuation funds to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stabiliseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; financial markets.

While not all derivatives are evil, gambling in that market is where the big risks and gains/losses are made.

Unregulated, and oftentimes off the balance sheet, the current global derivatives market is estimated at US$540trillion.

Settlement of derivatives has priority claims on a bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assets. In 2018 Australian institutionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exposure was $40.6t or 29 times annual GDP and up from $12t in 2008. In other words the derivatives market has

grown substantially since the GFC. Stripped bare, the FSLA is the central bankersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;insuranceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; agreement against losses in the derivatives market by using peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; savings.

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Deposits can be seized under FSLA as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;any other instrumentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; provided for under s5.15 of the Explanatory Memorandum. Worse, BAILIN of deposits can be done under the secrecy provisions of the Act leaving depositors without any time to protect themselves.

CEOs of major banks and other institutions state that deposits in financial institutions cannot be confiscated to BAIL-IN a failing financial institution. Yet, as a signatory to the 2009 G-20 agreement USA, Japan, 23 EU member nations, UK, NZ, and Canada have enacted BAIL IN of deposits legislation.

So why has Australia such a privileged position making us an outlier to the International Band of Settlement (IBS) and the Financial Stability Board?

Instead, the banks are not answering the question about FSLA having the legal capacity to seize deposits and are deflecting away from the issue by stating that the Financial Claims Scheme (FCS) gives a government guarantee to depositors of up to $250,000 under the Authorised Deposit-Taking Institution (ADI). What they are doing is: a) Deliberately misinterpreting vague definitions in the FSLA in order to defend it; b) using the FCS to defend the FSLA when these are different pieces of legislation with different intents to be activated at different times in a financial crisis; c) avoiding acknowledgement that the FCS is only activated at the discretion of government, has no funding and if activated would be funded by taxpayers; d) stating they are controlled by APRAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regulatory authority, thus distancing themselves from lobbying government to make it explicit in law that deposits are excluded from the FSLA. The FCS will not trap the foxes and protect the hens! The government chose to give preference to depositors over other unsecured creditors in the event of an ADI failure, contrary to advice from the IMF to put a levy on the ADIs to fund the FSC. The FSC guarantee is limited to $20b per ADI and does not address what action the government would take in the event of multiple failures as was threatened in 2008.

Unless people contact their federal politicians and demand an amendment to the FSLA to explicitly exclude deposits, then the hens have no protection at all.

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JUST COMPLETED Bayshore Drive Roundabout

The new roundabout at the intersection of Bayshore Drive and Ewingsdale Road was opened to traffic in both directions on 13 December 2018. Minor kerbing works were undertaken in January and the new roundabout is now officially finished.

The Australian Government made a $2.6 million contribution to the roundabout via a grant from its Building Better Regions Fund.

The first edition of Something to Talk About was published in The Echo at the end of November but bad weather resulted in damage to the publication run. This is a summarised four-page update of the first edition.

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Bangalow Bridges Replacement Project Council’s Bangalow Bridges Replacement Project is now completed and local residents are enjoying the benefits of safer, better crossings at O’Meara’s, Scarrabelottis, James, Parkers and Booyong Bridges as well as the Blindmouth Creek Causeway.

One of the most complex infrastructure projects undertaken

by Council, the Bangalow Bridges Replacement Project was funded by the Australian Government ($2.58 million - Bridges Renewal Program), the NSW Government ($2.58 million - Restart NSW Fixing Country Roads

Program) and the Byron Shire Council ($780,000) Each new bridge now has a load limit of 44 tonnes which enables agricultural industries to have much improved access to markets, emergency services can move heavy vehicles across the bridges when necessary, and locals can now do simple things like get large water deliveries during dry times.

At Blindmouth Creek the new causeway means greatly improved access for the community during wet weather.

Left Bank Rd Causeway Council replaced this causeway at a cost of $140,000 because the old one was in such poor condition. Thanks to the locals who threw a BBQ for the construction team when it was finished.

Blindmouth Creek Causeway

James Bridge The new James Bridge was opened in late December.

Parkers Bridge

Mafeking Rd - $5,500 Federal Dr - $11,100 Binna Burra Rd (north) - $67,500 Rose Apple Pl - $4,000 Childe St - $35,000 Giaour St – $10,000 Fern Pl, Byron Bay - $3,800 Woodford Ln - $7,300 Parkway Dr - $33,000

Myokum St - $12,100 Stewart St - $7,400 The Manse Rd - $51,600 Tweed Valley Way - $37,200 Booyun St - $12,800

Kipling St - $4,900 Cowper St - $39,100 Council has completed major works on a brand new two lane causeway over Main Arm’s Blindmouth Creek on Main Arm Road. This $1.48 million major project was jointly funded by the Australian Government’s Bridges Renewal Program ($570,000) with Byron Shire Council providing $910,000.

Broken Head Rd reconstruction

Paterson Ln (north) - $4,500 Kingsley St - $31,000 Opened in November 2018.

Ruskin Ln - $4,000 Ruskin St - $19,300

Scarrabelottis Bridge Opened in December 2018.

O’Meara’s Bridge

Cooper S - $35,400 Patterson St - $100,000 Binna Burra Rd (south) - $157,760 Goonengerry Rd - $223,000

640m south of Midgen Flat Road – reconstructed and upgraded.

HEAVY PATCHING PROGRAM- COMPLETED

Clifford St Intersection

Approx. $370,000 The new Booyong Bridge opened in August 2018.

The new O’Meara’s Bridge opened in late November.

Tweed Valley Way major culvert upgrade at Yelgun – $500,000

18/19 Bridge Renewal and Maintenance Program – $329,000

Settlement Road and Johnstons Lane causeways replacement with bridges at Main Arm – $546,000

• Byron Creek Bridge

Eureka Bridge embankment repair at Eureka – $573,000

• Englishes Bridge

Mafeking Road resealing – $188,000

• Various other bridge maintenance and guardrail repairs

• Belongil Creek Bridge walkway • Tallow Creek Bridge • Upper Main Arm Bridge

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PROJECTS COMING IN 2019

Federal Drive landslip stabilisation – $350,000

Repentance Creek Rd - $81,300

Cudgen St - $4,900

Booyong Bridge

Improvements have been made to the intersection of Clifford Street and Broken Head Road to improve safety.

Broken Head Rd - $52,400

Left Bank Rd - $28,000

Durrumbul Causeway There’s a new $460,000 causeway on Durrumbul Rd. The causeway gives improved access to residents. Road approaches and kerb barriers have also been upgraded.

RESEALS - COMPLETED

Myokum St Bangalow Road Renewal (Pacific Highway to Coopers Shoot Road) stage one – $600,000

Three causeways for replacement in upper Main Arm starting in June 2019 – $1.15 million Design of major timber refurbishment of South Arm Bridge at Brunswick Heads – $30,000

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FAQ’’s

Byron Bay Bypass

Potholes Q Why do you keep patching potholes – why don’t you rebuild the roads?

A. Whilst we would love to rebuild all the damaged roads in the Byron Shire, we don’t have the money. It’s as simple as that!

The poor condition of our roads is partly because elected Councils over many years did not see funding for roads as a priority so there was not enough spent on road maintenance.

In 2016, when the current Council was elected, Councillors decided to change that and each year since the budget for road maintenance has been increased.

This financial year $41.3 million will be spent on roadworks and construction.

It’s the biggest expenditure area in the budget and the biggest capital road works budget this Council has ever had. The special rate variation (SRV) raised an extra $1.18 million in 2017/18 and that will grow to $2.27 million this financial year.

This extra money is being spent on renewing and improving our roads, bridges and other community infrastructure. Examples of how this extra money has been used include rebuilding The Terrace at Brunswick Heads, upgrading a section of Pine Avenue at Mullumbimby, increasing drainage works across the shire, regravelling some of our unsealed roads and heavy patching. These works would not have occurred without the money raised from the SRV. Q. Why does Council spend money on things like art, bus shelters, playgrounds and parks. Why can’t you just fix the potholes?

A. We know the state of the roads are of major importance to the community but residents also ask for the many other services council provides like libraries, swimming pools, sports fields, patrolled beaches, halls, club houses, community services, emergency services, support for vulnerable members of our community, parks and gardens, environmental projects, waste, water and sewer management and everything else our community expects.

Construction on the new Byron Bay Bypass will begin this year, thanks to a $9.5 million funding investment from the NSW Government.

The new bypass will provide an alternative route for people travelling through Byron Bay, easing traffic congestion and pressure on Jonson and Fletcher Streets.

The bypass is part of a broader ‘rail precinct’ partnership between Byron Shire Council and Transport for NSW, who are funding the construction of a new bus interchange, to be built alongside the Byron bypass, replacing the existing bus stop in Jonson St. Council is ready to construct the Byron bypass – detailed design is complete and fully approved by Council, the Joint Regional Planning Panel and the Land & Environment Court.

The bypass is the critical ‘domino’ for all Byron town centre projects including the upgrade of Railway Park and the revitalisation of Butler Street Reserve in Byron Bay. Council anticipates construction of the bypass beginning in August 2019.

New adventure playground at Bangalow Parklands a big hit Children and adults are giving Council’s beautiful new playground at Bangalow Parklands (also known as the Weir) a big thumbs up.

Q. How do I find out where Council is filling potholes?

The playground was designed to activate the imagination of children of all ages, utilising old sections of timber recycled from Bangalow bridges to create gang planks, with large rocks, rainforest plantings, a forest of climbing poles and two slippery slides, all providing opportunities for play and creativity.

A. Our maintenance schedule for potholes is on our website and is updated every week. To report a pothole go to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ report-it

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Ben Franklin MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Renewable Energy and Northern NSW, with Byron Shire Mayor, Simon Richardson, at the announcement of $9.5 million from the NSW Government towards construction of the new Byron bypass.

Local resident, Gracie, enjoys the new playground at Bangalow parklands

The playground and a new carpark were funded by a $250,000 grant from the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions program and the Byron Shire Council ($164,000). Council acknowledges the tireless support and assistance of the voluntary Bangalow Parklands team in creating this special community space.

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START DATE

Milton Street sewer rising main upgrade - Byron Bay

Construction of a new rising main and wet weather sewage storage at sewer pump station (SPS3004) in Milton Street

330,000

November 2018 - Ongoing

Install water main link through Railway Park precinct - Byron Bay

New water main crossconnection through Railway Park to increase the level of service in terms of flow and pressure in the Butler Street area.

240,000

November 2018 Project completed

Lighthouse Road water main replacement - Byron Bay

Replacement water main that will increase the level of service in terms of flow and pressure to the Lighthouse Road residents.

380,000

February 2019

Bangalow Road sewer rising main renewal - Byron Bay

Replacement of ageing asset to ensure integrity of the sewer system into the future.

700,000

February 2019

Stuart Street Sewer pump station and rising main upgrade - Mullumbimby

Construction of a new rising main in Stuart Street and increase in wet weather sewage storage at sewer pump station (SPS4001) to ensure sufficient capacity into the future.

920,000

April 2019

Azalea St & Left Bank Rd sewer rising main - Mullumbimby

Final section of main to allow sewerage to be redirected away from sewer pump station SPS4001 to mitigate sewer capacity issues along Azalea Street in the vicinity of Mullumbimby Creek

370,000

Have you spotted the purple taps around the Byron Bay town centre?

The purple pipes and taps are for recycled water which is used to flush public toilets and irrigate parks and gardens. While it is safe for this purpose it’s not for drinking.

Our recycled water is highly treated wastewater (effluent) from the Byron Bay Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). It has passed through a number of stages of treatment to remove all harmful microorganisms and potential pollutants.

Bike path upgrade for Ocean Shores The 1.7km path goes through the Marshalls Creek Nature Reserve via the New Brighton Road reserve.

The bike path was built as part of the installation of a new major water supply main in the area.

“We have constructed a new trunk water main in Ocean Shores along a Rural Fire Service access route which was in quite poor condition,” Jason Stanley, Systems Planning Officer in the Water and Sewer team, said.

dedicated bike path at the same time,” he said.

The new 3.9km water main is a significant water supply upgrade project to Ocean Shores with the contract valued at $2 million.

The installation of this main provides a dedicated water supply to customers in Billinudgel and North Ocean Shores which will improve water quality and fire protection capability in these areas.

“As this access was being used by cyclists during the design phase of the project Council thought it would be a great opportunity to create a new

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Rainwater tanks Rebate Did you know there are some rebates available if you install a rainwater tank at your house?

Council has been encouraging people to put in rainwater tanks since 1995. They save water that would otherwise flow into the drain, are good for the environment and will save you money as well.

Rebates are available to people living in the Bangalow, Byron Bay, Brunswick Heads and Ocean Shores - areas where the water is supplied

by Rous County Council, the regional water supply authority.

Recycling our water

Have you noticed we’ve upgraded the bike path between Billinudgel and North Ocean Shores?

If you notice a sewer problem on the weekend or after hours call 02 6622 7022

December 2018

Go to our website for more information or call Rous Water on 02 6623 3800.

New FREE online native plant guide There is now a FREE online resource available that shows people what local native plants to put in their gardens.

The Tweed Byron Native Species Planting Guide has been developed by the Byron and Tweed Shire Councils and Brunswick Valley Landcare and Tweed Landcare. Landcare Support Officer, Alison Ratcliffe, said the guide is a database of what native plants are available in this area and what plants are good for a particular purpose.

Wastewater data now online

www.byron.nsw.gov.au/native-plant-guide

Council is now regularly posting detailed information about the amount of wastewater being treated at the Ocean Shores, Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby and Byron Bay sewage treatment plants (STP) on our website.

Save water – plant a native garden

The information specifically relates to the inflow and quality of water coming out of the treatment plants, as well as water quality data from areas in the Belongil and Tallow catchments.

One of the best things you can do for the environment is to plant a native garden. Not only will it save water but it will be an important haven for local wildlife.

Check out the My Local Native Garden booklet published by Brunswick Valley Landcare.

You can buy a copy of the booklet from the Council office at Mullumbimby for a gold coin donation, or download it from the Brunswick Valley Landcare website: www.brunswickvalleylandcare.org.au.

It’s packed with information to help you design, plant and maintain your own native garden.

Having this information about inflow and water quality on our website gives community members a chance to see exactly how our plants are performing as well as how we are complying with NSW Environment Protection Authority licence conditions and relevant regulations.

We are the first council in the Northern Rivers to be providing this depth of information to our community and we’re hoping it will be an educational tool as well with people able to see the impact forces such as the weather or large events have on our wastewater treatment plants.

To access the information go to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/wastewater-data or call our Water and Sewer team on 02 6685 9300.

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How do we use recycled water in Byron Shire?

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Bangalow Recycled Water Scheme Onsite irrigation at the Bangalow STP irrigates a bamboo plantation which is currently harvested for fibre production. The long-term plan is to use the bamboo as feedstock for the bioenergy plant.

Byron Bay Urban Recycled Water Scheme Recycled water is used for: •

Flushing public toilets in the town centre and at Habitat, North Beach

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Irrigation of sporting fields, parks and gardens including:

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Cavanbah Centre Byron Bay Golf Club Byron Bay Bowling Club Byron Bay High School

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Nurseries - Byron Bay Herb Nursery, Envite Nursery, Eden at Byron Garden Centre

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Construction and dust suppression We’re also connecting the Beach Hotel, Railway Hotel, First Sun Holiday Park and Byron Holiday Park shortly so every flush of the toilet will be using recycled water.

EMERGENCIES

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NSW SES

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RURAL FIRE SERVICE

1800 679 737 (bushfire info)

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NSW POLICE

13 14 44

www.police.nsw.gov.au

NSW FIRE AND RESCUE

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ESSENTIAL ENERGY

13 20 80

www.essentialenergy.com.au

BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

1300 659 210

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BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE

02 6685 6807

www.byroncentre.com.au

MULLUMBIMBY NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE

02 6684 1286

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LIFELINE

13 11 14

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BYRON HOSPITAL

02 6639 9400

https://nnswlhd.health.nsw.gov. au/about/hospitals/byron-centralhospital/

02 6622 7022

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BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL AFTER HOURS EMERGENCIES

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Visit Council You can visit us at our offices in Mullumbimby and at the Byron Visitor Centre to renew permits, make payments and have your questions answered by our friendly team.

Report It Did you know you can report a problem or request a service via Report It? Visit www.byron.nsw.gov.au/report-it To report an issue after hours, call 02 6622 7022.

Visit our website www.byron.nsw.gov.au

www.byron.nsw.gov.au/emergency

For more information on smartphone apps and online resources that might be useful during a flood or other hazard, download the Red Cross Guide to Emergency Apps and Online Resources at www.redcross.org.au/prepare.

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Chocolate Lounge

A little bit superhuman Tonic herbs have been used for thousands of years to bring health and vitality to the entire body, support longevity and healthy ageing, and to create inner and outer radiance.

This Tuesday 5 February there’s a chance to meet the crew at SuperFeast in Byron and find out more about their premium herbs and medicinal mushrooms. According to the SuperFeast crew, they only sell what they take – what they give to their families and friends, and so they only work with the best herbs.

‘We want potent herbs, rooted in history and love, grown with their feet in the soil and the sun on their faces. We want our mushrooms to experience their potential as the connectors and unifiers of the forest before we ingest them, so we can take on those qualities too. You are what you eat.

‘We want our herbs to push up through rocky soil and compete, to fight to survive, to grow strong. We want to take on those qualities too. We want to support industries that have been operating for thousands of years, cultivating and ingesting these herbs. We believe in nature. We believe she provides the best feast. We believe we all have the potential to be a little bit superhuman.

‘Our wild or wild-crafted herbs are extracted consciously, packed with love, and delivered to your fave healthfood store or doorstep,’ they say.

On the Chinese New Year you are invited to join the crew at SuperFeast HQ in Byron Bay to celebrate! From 10am till 4pm there will be delicious herbal tonics (BYO cup), free giveaways and prizes, and an interactive display of tonic herbs and medicinal mushrooms. Mason, Tahnee, and the crew of herb specialists will be available all day for herbal consultations and chats. Plus there will be 20 per cent off all their old branded stock, so it’s a terrific opportunity to stock up on your favourite herbs!

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12-24 Fawcett St, Ballina 6686 5259 / 6685 6011

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BALLINA

Wharf Bar & Restaurant

crisp battered fish AND CHIPS

4 Jonson St Byron Bay

Good Taste 1 Grant St, Ballina 6681 9500 www.ballinarsl.com.au Open 7 Days Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks

$35

2 course SET MENU

02 6680 9183

Ballina RSL Club

BYRON BAY

Open from midday till late takeaway, lunch & dinner 6 days a week (closed Tues) 2/26 Mullumbimbi St, Brunswick Heads 6685 1111

Thursday 14 February Spinnakers 3 Course Menu $55 Sittings available from 6pm Complimentary beverage on arrival Bookings Essential

Mon-Sat: 5pm till late.

Sun: 5pm till 10pm.

Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson Lane, Byron Bay 6680 7426

Flying Fox Bistro

Feed your family with a choice of pizza, pezzo pockets, burgers or fish & chips.

OPEN 7 DAYS TILL 8.30pm counter orders only

Opening hours Mon–Fri 11.30am–3pm lunch and 5–9pm Dinner Sat–Sun 11.30am–9pm

at Club Byron Bowlo

6680 8703

www.WharfBarBallina.com.au

Targa Modern European Cafe • Restaurant • Bar 11 Marvell Street

• natural, biodynamic & organic wines • coastal kitchen • craft beer • caffeine • picnic boxes • the river & you the.kingswood thekingswoodbrunswickheads www.thekingswood.com.au

New bar and bites at Beach Hotel using the best local produce

Open daily from 3pm 1 Bay Lane, Byron Bay 6685 6402

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Sunset Specials 3pm – 6pm daily $12 Signature Cocktails $2 Oysters

St Elmo is a place where you can enjoy great company, first-class food, sophisticated cocktails and an extensive wine list. St Elmo is plating up modern Spanish cuisine to be enjoyed amongst friends and family. Our menus change regularly and feature daily specials.

www.stelmodining.com

TAKEAWAY ONE STOP SHOP

BYRON BAY

Green Room Byron Bay

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Valentine’s Day Dinner

BRUNSWICK HEADS

The Kingswood

VEGA BURGER N F FRIDAYS UNK A SATURD ND AYS 4-9PM

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B B^b h° Kitchen

Mim’s Kitchen 62 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay 6685 6470 functions@byronbaygolfclub.com.au

Lord Byron Distillery

MON-SAT 10AM–6PM Closed Fri Arvo 7, 4 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay 8646 4901

Grab your friends and family This rustic Bistro has all the classics and loads of delicious specials every day and desserts to die for. Take advantage of the large al fresco area which can be booked for a casual Aussie BBQ or private function, great for mates and families.

The little foxes are well catered for with our $10 kids menu – Chilled out Byron vibe and the best bar prices in town!

See our website for our function menu www.flyingfoxbistro.com.au

OPEN - Tuesday to Saturday evenings 7 days breakfast & Lunch All day menus, licensed bar APERITIVO happy hour AFTERNOONS 4–6pm daily $12 Cocktails, $7 beers, $8 wines, $12 Moet

Mim’s Kitchen is perched above the pristine fairways of the Byron Bay Golf Course.

Serving classic lunch meals from 11am – 2pm & dinner from 5pm – 8pm Wednesday through to Sundays.

Trivia nights on Thursday, Smokehouse BBQ Sundays and live music on the deck where kids eat free with every Traeger Smokehouse plate ordered.

A stunning spot to enjoy a meal while the sun goes down or have your next event or party catered for by Mim and her passionate team.

CELLAR DOOR – TASTINGS & TOURS Handcrafted spirits using locally sourced ingredients.

Naturally Better!

No artificial flavours, colours or preservatives.

GIN MAKING AND COCKTAIL MASTERCLASS

- book online. Gin Making Gift Vouchers available.

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Bay Pho Located in Woolies Carpark Shop 6/90–96 Jonson St Byron Bay Phone orders welcome 6680 9223 FB phointhebay

Fishheads

7.30am till late Coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, functions and weddings.

Week Day Happy Hour 4–6PM 1 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6680 7632

No Bones Food & Cocktails Open every day from 5pm 11 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay 6680 7418 @nobonesbyronbay

Chupacabra Eat in or take out.

Shop 12A, 3 Clifford St, Suffolk Park 0448 077 401 www.chupacabra.com.au @chupabyron

Legend Pizza Open 7 days 9am till after midnight Shop 1 Woolworths Plaza 90-96 Jonson Street 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au

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Traditional Vietnamese Foods Pho Beef Noodle Soup and Banh Mi (Vietnamese Salad Rolls) Open from Wednesday 12th December.

Trading Hours Lunch – Monday to Friday - 9am – 2pm Dinner – 7 Nights - 5pm – 9pm Lunch Time Special - Free 375mL can with any Banh Mi/Salad Roll purchase. Offer Valid until 31/1/19.

The Italian Byron Bay

Come indulge in one of our NEW creations or just come along for a drink by the sea these Summer Holidays

Open 7 days from 6pm Next to the Beach Hotel Bay Street 6680 7055 italianatthepacific.com.au

6680 7632 functions@fishheadsbyron.com.au

Treehouse on Belongil

NEW - VEGAN - RESTAURANT We are part of a plant based movement and invite you to join us on our expedition to save the Earth one Brussels Sprout at a time.

Spread the word #plantpowered #brusselsnotbeef

Full Cocktail & Wine Bar. Extensive Menu Includes Tapas, Mains, Desserts and Famous Woodfired Pizzas.

25 Childe St, Byron Bay 6680 9452

Williams St

Coffee and breakfast 6.30–11.30am Lunch 11.30am–3pm Dinner Tues–Sat 5–9pm Sunday long brunch 10am–5pm

50 Pacific Parade, cnr of William St, Lennox Head

0476 892 194 insta @williamst.lennox

FRESH PIZZA BYRON STYLE Check us out on

The Stro

facebook.com/byron.legendpizza Scan code for our menu!

BYO Home delivery 7 days Established 1992

Wood-fired pizzas & real Italian cuisine with a Sardinian twist Famous for seafood, meats and pasta dishes.

We do special events functions.

Club Lennox

10 Stewart Street, Lennox Head 6687 4313 www.clublennox.com.au

The Rocks @ Aquarius Breakfast/Lunch 7 days from 7am 16 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 7663 – Menus at therocksbyronbay.com.au

The Hideout Cafe

The Empire Open 7 days M–F 8.30am–4pm, S,S 9am–3pm Dine in, takeaway, licensed FB/Insta: EmpireMullum 20 Burringbar St, Mullum 6684 2306

Breakfast and Lunch 7 days a week from 7.30am Shop 6/13 Lawson Street 6680 9300 FB thehideoutbyronbay insta @thehideoutbyronbay

Luscious Foods

Mon-Fri 7.30am–3pm Open Friday nights 6–9pm Live music and BYO 1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industry Estate BYO & RSVP 6680 8228

The Stro’s new menu features everyone’s favourite pub grub options as well as some new, tasty dishes.

There are gluten free, vegetarian and vegan options available as well as al fresco dining options.

Serving Food Lunch | Dinner Monday – Saturday *Limited menu available Monday, Tuesday lunch

Mullum’s iconic Empire Cafe serves up an exciting menu with something for everyone. Indulge yourself with a delicious brekky, the best burgers in town, or if it’s more your style enjoy healthy superfoods like acai bowls and buddha bowls plus loads more. If you need a treat there’s a selection of cakes and also healthier dairy-free, refined sugar-free treats.

The house-made organic coconut ice-cream is a must try.

Plus of course, great coffee, delightful teas, shakes, smoothies and all the rest. Enjoy the good vibes and satisfy your cravings!

A short ride from Byron Bay, Harvest Restaurant, Bakery and Deli offers country charm and fresh, seasonal, organic food sourced from local artisan producers and Harvest’s own gardens.

18-22 Old Pacific Highway Lunch 12pm–3pm daily / Dinner 6pm–10pm (Wed–Sun) Weekend breakfast 8am–11am Newrybar NSW 2479 Harvest Deli is open daily with take-away pastries, sandwiches 02 6687 2644 and salads.

Harvest Deli: Mon–Sat 8am–5pm Sun 8am–4pm www.harvestnewrybar.com.au Coffee cart: 6.30am–2pm daily @harvestnewrybar Harvest is available for events, weddings and catering.

$5 SCHOONERS AND $12 COCKTAIL OF THE WEEK

Contemporary and Middle Eastern flavours • Breakfast and lunch • Wood-fired pizzas • Fresh juices • Great coffee www.lusciousfoods.com.au

Our opening hours are 6.30am–2.30pm, 7 days for Breakfast + Lunch Thursday, Friday, Saturday for dinner.

Sunday Tapas & Happy Hour Specials till sundown

Harvest

CHILLED VIBE IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING

With a fresh, funky, relaxed vibe, generous serves, cruisey staff and 10am licence, come and find us for ‘Byron’s BEST breakfast’ all day…

Takeaway available Vegetarian,Vegan and gluten free options available Kids menu

Relaxed dining by the beach.

Food that celebrates local produce served with a healthy dose of good tunes and good vibes.

All welcome.

NEWRYBAR

Join us at The Rocks on Lawson for lots of summer bites!

We have a range of fresh, locally sourced breakfast and lunch at affordable prices. Enliven the senses with a Byron Bay Coffee or super healthy smoothie! Enjoy an Ice-cold beer, wine, or hand-crafted cocktail with your meal! Cosy indoor seating and a beautiful outdoor dining space available.

Hidden away in Byron’s iconic ‘Eat street’ Bay Lane, The Hideout Cafe and Bar offers indoor, outdoor and deck dining

Share plates, mains, desserts and famous Treehouse wood-fired pizza. Our kitchen is open all day and night.

Presenting incredible original music in Byron’s most intimate atmosphere.

Check our website or Facebook for the gig guide. facebook.com/treehouse.belongil treehouseonbelongil.com

MULLUMBIMBY

Barrio Eatery & Bar

A 5-minute drive from Byron Bay, Barrio brings together the local community Mon–Sat 7am–9pm in a relaxed environment for all-day dining. Wood1 Porter Street, fired oven, charcoal grill, veges, meat, fish, salads, North Byron natural wines, local beers, cocktails and St Ali coffee.

No reservations. Bookings Eat in or take-away over 8 email: gather@ www.barriobyronbay.com.au barriobyronbay.com.au @barriobyronbay

The Italian Byron Bay provides a bustling atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s finest cocktails and wines.

LENNOX HEAD

Trattoria Basiloco Open 7 days for Dinner starting 5.30pm See menu, book a table, or order takeaway at www.basilo.co 30 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6680 8818

Cocktails, wine and beers served all damn day.

Group bookings available, please email mainstreetburgerbar@gmail.com for reservations.

18 Jonson Street 6680 8832

NEW SUMMER MENU

Tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner in a relaxed, fresh and bright atmosphere.

This is slow ‘fast food’ with all produce sourced locally.

Margarita cocktails, Oaxacan mezcal, micheladas and Mexican blend Moonshine coffee.

Gourmet burgers created by chefs

Open 7 days 11.30am until late Call to make a reservation or for takeaway orders

CATERING

CELEBRATIONS Celebrations Catering By Liz Jackson

BY LIZ JACKSON

Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management

E: lizzijjackson@gmail.com P: 0414 895 441

HOME COOKED MEALS

Byron Pantry Delivery available Wednesday to Sunday in the Byron Region Order online byronpantry.com.au

Delicious Home Made Meals fresh bread, artisan gelato and other great local products delivered to your door.

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Here are some tips to prepare for tax time brought to your from Russel Shaw and the team at Acceptance Finance: Update your depreciation schedule. You can find a guide to depreciating assets 2018 form the Australian Taxation Off ice website (www.ato.gov.au/Forms/Guide-to-depreciating-assets-2018/ ). If you’re confused, seek advice from your accountant. If it’s a new property investment, you may need to have a quantity surveyor prepare a depreciation schedule report.

Understand what you can claim (once again refer to the ATO website for clarification).

Get your documents together and organise your receipts.

Tally up your deductions. It’s a good idea to create a spreadsheet with all your income and expenses listed. That way, you can save on accounting fees (rather than giving them a shoebox of receipts to go through).

Book in with your accountant (they are flat out at tax time, so the sooner the better).

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Capturing views of the ocean and Cape Byron this elevated timber home sits on an 877m2 block. A quiet, leafy locale with the property backing onto reserve.

Tropical easy care gardens with plenty of room for a pool or granny flat.

The residence is currently being offered as two separate spaces, this is easily converted back to a three bedroom home if so desired.

Features include hardwood floors throughout, high ceilings, stylishly renovated bathroom and kitchen.

French doors opening onto a large covered deck overlooking the reserve. Lofted bedroom, plus sun

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room/office nook/studio space. Air con, solar panels, outside shower and laundry.

Ideally located close to primary school, beaches, the New Brighton store and weekly Farmers Market and less than half an hour to Tweed Heads.

Take the time to inspect this comfortable and liveable property.

VIEW Saturday 11.00–11.45am CONTACT Ruth Russell 0402 855 929 OFFICE Mullumbimby 02 6684 2615

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2/2 Gara Court, Ocean Shores This gorgeous contemporary home is an elegant option for downsizers not willing to downgrade, and for young families wanting space without the big price tag. A sun-filled home in a great location a short walk to the shops and surrounded by nature.

SA OP T EN 10 am 1 Left Bank Road, Mullumbimby Set on a rolling green acre with perm creek frontage, this property offers a wealth of features. Established gardens, four car garage, and a big family home.

Constructed of double brick the solid house will accommodate a growing family or multigenerational guests.

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Within a 12-minute stroll to the waters edge at South Golden Beach, this little gem sits near the canal and reserve in a peaceful cul de sac. A family friendly property with open plan living area, covered outdoor entetaining & fully fenced back yard.

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2/26i Coomburra Cres, Ocean Shores Adjoining Water Lily Park, this fabulous modern home is waiting for its new family. Light fills the living areas from the double height gallery windows.

Open plan living and dining areas flow out on to the back deck and views over the park and lake.

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Low Maintenance Family Home History in the making

27 Cemetery Road, Byron Bay 36 Pine Avenue, Mullumbimby Expressions of Interest 4 3 2 3 2 2

Beautiful federation home rich with history.

Originally built in the 1920s, the architectural Queenslander was relocated & has been meticulously restored.

The home boasts 14ft high ceilings, large double hung timber windows, decorative fireplace with original bricks, tongue & groove VJ walls, plus wide hoop pine timber floor boards. Generously sized verandahs. Lounge & separate dining room which joins a kitchen that features polished concrete bench tops, breakfast bar, dishwasher, large gas stove, & walk in pantry. Large library or 2nd living room. The master has an ensuite, & verandah access. The family bathroom oozes elegance. Downstairs is a spacious open area ideal for a studio. 3rd bathroom & laundry downstairs, internal stairs that lead to the covered verandah. 10,000 litre rainwater tank for outdoor use. Home is serviced with solar hot water. The block is landscaped with beautiful gardens, paved driveway & room for a pool. Walk to cafes, schools, golf course & the beach.

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22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;30 Aults Road, Uki $680,000

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This property is waiting for the magic touch. Well positioned on a corner block with two street access, there is plenty of space for boat or caravan storage. A beautiful old poinciana tree spreads out over the front corner of the block providing shade and privacy.

Inside the home you will find a large, bright family living area, leading on to the dining room and retro kitchen. A new induction cooktop and oven have made meal preparation easier. The master bedroom has built in wardrobes and an ensuite, and the two other bedrooms with built in robes. No excuses for clutter with two large linen press or storage cupboards to stow away the items a family need.

Internal entry to the oversized double garage is useful in inclement weather to unload the shopping or kids from the car and two concrete driveways with street parking for four cars.

Only 2nd time on market in 70 years.

DA approved for a 4 lot rural subdivision.

900m to the village of UKI. 45 mins to Gold Coast (airport) & Byron Bay. 30 mins to Brunswick Heads and Kingscliff. The village of Uki is signposted â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;where the mountains touch the skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Malabar Holdings with its lush rolling hills and the natural amphitheatre setting, Wollumbin (Mt Warning, Twin Sisters, Mt Uki). The current parcel consist of 2 titles with an area of 129.4413 hectares (ha) (as per DP). With approx. 1.8km river frontage to the Tweed River and a 265 Megalitre irrigation licence with extensive underground irrigation mains.

The proposed subdivision has been â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;activatedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in 2 stages with all lots having river frontage, (water licence allocation negotiable), mountain views, natural bush and productive useable land.

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* Big block backing onto nature reserve * Approximately 886 sqm, north-west aspect * Scope for extension, pool, secondary dwelling * Suitable for dual occupancy or strata subdivision * Rental appraisal $570–$590 per week * Original decor, rock solid house built in 1988 by reputable local builder * Easy walk to corner store, swimming hole, playground * Lilly Pilly Pre-school, bowling club and sportsfields at your door step

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Ocean Shores / Brunswick Heads 11/10 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores

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32 Redgate Road, South Golden Beach

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7 Beach Avenue, South Golden Beach

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From the moment you arrive at this iconic property, set amongst sumptuous tropical gardens, you know you’ve discovered something truly special.

• Open plan living areas with stacker doors providing seamless indoor/outdoor living • Covered outdoor entertaining deck plus separate swim spa deck/pavilion • Easy stroll to the unspoilt sands & clear waters of beautiful South Golden Beach

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STYLISH, CONTEMPORARY FAMILY HOME + GRANNY FLAT This uber-stylish, low maintenance home, set on a 796m2 block is ideally located in the peaceful enclave of North Ocean Shores. The excellent floorplan boasts individual zones for privacy + an approved granny flat.

• Large master bedroom with stunning ensuite & large walk-in robe, study/5th bedroom • Council-approved self-contained granny flat with A/C, single garage & private entrance • Raked ceilings in the spacious kitchen & living areas, plus 2.7m ceilings throughout

This two-storey beach house is conveniently located just a short stroll to the surf & sand in the unspoilt village of South Golden Beach, just 15 minutes to Byron Bay & 25 minutes to Gold Coast Airport.

• Rear lane access with parking for multiple vehicles, caravan or boat.

• European oak floors feature throughout this open, light-filled home • Magnificent kitchen features stainless steel appliances & gas cooking

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Positioned amongst quality neighbouring homes in the small, friendly community of “Fairway Villas”, this beautifully-presented, master-built freestanding villa offers you the perfect low maintenance lifestyle.

• Three bedrooms, two quality bathrooms + third toilet downstairs • Oversized double garage with workshop area & internal access • High ceilings, ceiling fans, solar panels and solar hot water

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Irish Mythen taking a refreshment break on the Jambalya stage at Bluesfest

A volcano of epic vocal proportions

TASMANIAN SONGSTRESS CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR HAS JUST RELEASED HER SECOND ALBUM ALL THE WORDS, A SOULFUL MASTERPIECE. RECORDED IN A WOODEN CABIN IN THE HUON VALLEY, IT HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF HER OWN FOREST BIRTH. SHE PERFORMS AT THE MULLUMBIMBY EX-SERVICES ON SATURDAY. Tell me about your new album All the Words. What was the feel you were going for?

I wanted to create an album that was honest and understated and that’s why I made the decision to record it in my home in Tasmania, where I feel most at ease and most like myself. Recording it in a wooden cabin in Tasmania’s Huon Valley also helped to add a warmth and earthiness to the production. The album is predominantly a soul record, with a deliberate choice of horns, keys, and strings to give it that classic, timeless feel.

Tell me about Pick Your Bones and the barroom brawl it tells a story of.

A few years ago I had a brief, unpleasant experience doing some work in a bar and I was horrified to find myself the target of some horrendous, threatening comments from some of the patrons there. I would love to elaborate on the sorts of comments I received but they are far too offensive to be included here. My experience got me thinking about what many female bar workers (and I’m sure male bar workers) must be subjected to on a daily basis in this kind of environment and it inspired me to write a female character who was ballsy and unafraid to stand up for herself.

I can think of many songs about men who have barroom brawls but I don’t know of any that portray the woman as the strong, gutsy character in the story so I felt it was a character that I needed to write.

How integral was your childhood and your sense of nature a part of your work? How do you think it shaped you?

I am the youngest of six and we were all born in a barn out in the bush in Tasmania’s Tarkine rainforest. My siblings and I spent most of our childhood playing barefoot in the bush, building cubbies made of ferns, and climbing trees. Growing up with all that space and freedom certainly brought out a lot of creativity in us and I think it allowed us to let our imaginations run wild. I really believe that my songwriting and my music owe a lot to the space I had to express myself in my childhood and undoubtedly to the love and encouragement I received from my parents.

What is the key, do you think, to taking an audience on an emotional journey?

I think listeners can tell when you are being sincere and when you’re not and I think that emotional connection from an audience comes when there is that trust between the artist and the audience.

For me, the times when I connect to my audience the most and when I take them on an emotional journey are the times when I am being myself.

What do you love most about performing?

I love the way that it allows you to connect with other people, strangers even, and for a moment we can get to the heart

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of what’s important. It’s the human connection that I love the most.

Has how you approach a live show changed over time?

I think the more you play in front of people the more comfortable you become. My experience of playing shows has taught me to be myself on stage and to be vulnerable with my audience. Sometimes I share things that are deeply personal with complete strangers and I believe that this honesty is really important, especially in the modern world we live in where social media often encourage people to present the best side of themselves.

What should we expect from your Mullum show?

Coming back to play in Mullum feels like a homecoming of sorts because I lived in the area for a few years and I got to know and love the community there. I guess you can expect me to be bloody happy to be back in one of my favourite communities, so there will be a lot of joy in the room.

Mostly, I’m just so looking forward to sharing the songs from my new album and catching up with some beautiful folks in the area.

Claire Anne Taylor plays the Mullumbimby Ex-Services on Saturday at 6.30pm with Ash Bell & Sara Tindley as support.

Born in Ireland and now living in Canada, which is vaguely like Ireland but with less Guinness but more Mounties, the multi-award-winning Irish Mythen is making the trek back to Australia for Bluesfest 2019.

The first time I saw Irish was at Bluesfest 2017.

I had just arrived on a hot dusty afternoon and all I could hear was this incredible voice pouring out of one of the small tents. All I could see were people pouring into the venue by the hundreds.

Inching my way to the front, I saw a teeny-tiny performer of epic vocal proportions with an audience hanging off every word and cheering on every sip of black gold that cleared those dusty pipes.

I actually missed the show of a much bigger name to go and see her second appearance that year, and that set was equally awesome – Irish delivers every time.

If you follow Irish on Insta you’ll see a woman selfdescribed as ‘very short in height and probably in temper’, and when you see her, you’d believe it. She has been stalked by a #TinyRyanReynolds and she’s played stages in countries where I didn’t know there were countries – she’s everywhere, all the time – a non-stop dynamo.

Powerhouse doesn’t quite sum her up. When Irish opens her mouth, words take flight. You can see them. It’s tangible. She’s volcanic – but silky.

It would seem that Irish has fallen in love with Australia. She was back in the country last year and she’s coming again this year because she can’t get enough of Aussie punters. Lucky us, because we can’t get enough of her either. Trust me, you’d be absolutely mad not to see one of her shows at this years Bluesfest!

Irish Mythen plays Bluesfest on Thursday 18 & Friday 19 April 2019.

Tix are $20 at mullumexservices.com.au.

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There’s nothing quite like swimming naked in the ocean.

Swimming naked is always so much more invigorating and life affirming than wearing bathers.

I’m not a naturist. I’m one of those people who sees a deserted beach, strips off and has a swim, and would really like not to be fined because society has developed some weird hypocrisy around the human body that seems to be okay with hardcore porn being accessible on your phone but not okay with the non-sexualised activity of nude bathing.

Today I checked out Tyagarah’s newly appointed clothingoptional beach: 800 metres of beach where people can legally swim, stroll, sunbake, and even play volleyball in the buff. Of course they can also wear pants. That’s what ‘optional’ means. It’s possibly the most inclusive 800 metres of beach in the Shire.

Today was their family fun day, so it was possibly busier than most days. As I arrived at Grays Lane a bunch of skydivers were scurrying into the carpark ready for pickup; 200 metres along I spied the group who had to fight so hard to defend their right to beach usage. The group I had heard described as the ‘honeypot’ for sex predators. I wonder if anyone who used this term had actually attended the beach.

Honeypot is not the word I would use. I would probably describe the Photoshop-perfect bodies of the under25s in brazilian bikinis on Byron’s Main Beach in that way, but not those at this beach. These were older men and women. Grandmas, grandpas, possibly even great grandmas and great grandpas. A dad and his young son. A woman who’d had a double mastectomy. Bodies weren’t pumped and preened. They were unashamedly normal. Sagging, hairy, gender diverse, chubby, thin, old, and young.

Are normal bodies offensive? Is this what upsets people? Are we only comfortable with artifice? Are we the imperfect supposed to be unseen? I watched a few comfortably round people enjoying a game of cricket and thought how wonderful that they were proudly enjoying their bodies on a beach where there was nothing to hide.

Where they felt included and accepted. This truly was body positivity in action.

Society spends so much time shaming us about our imperfections that this simple act of very normal ordinary people shamelessly enjoying the body they inhabit becomes somehow deviant.

I love seeing the bodies of older women because it tells me of what is ahead for me. The powers that be don’t want us to see these bodies. They don’t want us to ever truly like ourselves, in case we stop getting botox, or attending boot camp, or joining gyms.

When I was in Munich we spent a day in the English Gardens and swam in the river. One side of the river is clothed, the other is not. That’s about five metres of river separating the groups. I got a wonderful photo of an old naked dude with a giant donger walking with two women in burquas beside him. No-one seemed to have a problem. It was so refreshingly healthy I took a photo but I can’t show it on Facebook because it’s owned

by Americans and they censor healthy humanity. Giant boobs pushed together in a bra commercial for Victoria’s Secret would be okay though. Objectification is fine. Just don’t show us anything real.

You don’t have to be a naturist to support a person’s right to a clothing-optional beach. It’s about Beach Usage. I don’t like dive boats going out at The Pass because it makes it congested and wrecks my quiet swim, but I understand that other people get something out of it. The beach has many users: commercial and non-commercial – like beach weddings, horse riding, dog walking, surfing, fishing, boot camp… it’s clear that we must share this incredible resource. And hey, there is enough to go around.

In Queensland there are no clothing-optional beaches.

In NSW on a coastline that extends for 2,137km there are only 2.4km designated clothing-optional beaches. There are 79,000 skinnydipping / naturist beach users in NSW – so on that allocation that gives about 3cm of space per person!

The argument against our CO beach has been around safety for women. If we were to look at targeting sexualassault hotspots in our region, we’d have to stop selling alcohol and close down Byron’s main streets.

People are responsible for their behaviour. You can’t limit the freedoms of everyone else to ‘control’ a minority of sick people. I am proud that I live in one of the few progressive communities in NSW that has a clothing-optional beach.

If Byron Shire ever loses that, if we become another conservative town, then who are we?

You may as well pave paradise and whack in a McDonald’s.

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EVERY YEAR THE BYRON BAY SURF FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE VIBRANT AND UNIQUE SURF CULTURE OF OUR REGION. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR JAMES MCMILLAN SPOKE WITH THE ECHO ABOUT HOW IT ALL STARTED. How did you get involved – is it just you now as the festival director?

I have learned that passion, naivety, and a creative mind can land you in some precarious positions. I had the idea with a friend back in 2010. I remember the exact moment on a farm at Skinners Shoot as I leaned over a surfboard with a piece of sandpaper in my dusty hand fixing a ding. I thought, ‘Yeah, I reckon we could do it. I’ll call up some mates who surf and are artists and if you can do the paperwork and phone calls and all that stuff we could pull it off.’ Nine years on and the festival is still here and humming along nicely. Different people have come and gone, because it’s not for everyone. It’s madness and depending on how many balls you can juggle while surfing will see you either stay or leave. So yeah right now it’s me with a small but amazing team, my awesome three sons, and a really great wife.

How would you describe the Surf Festival? What is different about it to the big-brand-name festivals?

BBSF is a non-competitive and all-inclusive event with a particular awareness of the environment we all play in. It’s a cultural event. I’ve always been into surf culture, into people and the arts. There’s a clear divide between surfing as an art and as a sport… Sit Gabriel Medina beside Craig Ando and there it is, both great surfers but they approach it very differently. I had a book published in 2005, Blue Yonder: A Journey into the Heart of Surf Culture. Before that I had my share of competing as a surfer but I was always into the culture, art, and the like. BBSF celebrates a different side of surfing where our focus is not on a contest alone but more about the boards, the shapers, art, film, and music, and bringing people together for a really good time.

What is it about the spirit of surfing that goes across the arts? I couldn’t imagine a tennis festival with tennis bands and films about people playing tennis?

I would not go to that! Surfing is creative; it’s not a fixed playing field and it puts you in direct connection with nature, sometimes totally alone. If you happen to catch a very good wave that allows you to get inside the tube then you could either touch god or you get smashed! Either way, when you leave the water and get into your car to drive home, by the time you get home you will be ready to do it all again. It’s addictive and I could tell you my theories why, but it’ll all get too weird. Let’s just say no mind state…

Surfing is a sport but it seems to be more…

As I mentioned before there is for sure a clear divide between crew; those who see surfing as a sport and those who look at it more as an art, and some probably don’t care either way. I’m biased because I hold the art-guy view on it. It’s like a dance, right. You’re basically dancing across a wave of energy as it moves towards the shore and before it disappears forever you’re making tracks as you react to the movements of its

breakingness. This is all dependent on where you place yourself on the wave and that will surely depend on what board you’re riding. It’s much more than a sport.

What are some of the unique events on for this year?

There are so many highlights but here are a couple: Tom Carroll (1980–1985) is our first event on Wed 20 February. Tom is a highly decorated Australian surfer, a two-time World Surfing champ and a Pipeline master, and also a photographer. In the mid-80s when Tom was dominating the competitive surfing world he was also packing his trusty Canon AV-1 camera and capturing the unique and crazy lifestyle of a pro surfer in that era. Tom will be there with his personal collection of images, live narrating them up on the big screen. Also showing will be the National Geographic short film Salt in the Blood featuring Tom followed by live Q&A. The Surf Legends Lounge on Thursday night featuring Dave Rastovich, Mark Occhilupo, Taylor Steele (USA), and Dick Hoole will be just so amazing too.

To get all these guys in one room with one or two other very special guests for a live Q&A and discussions is just gold. And another massive one is on Friday morning – we have three amazing women surfing world champs at the Beach Hotel: Stephanie Gilmore, Lisa Andersen, and Kelia Moniz will be our guests for Women; Beyond the Curl with the World Champs. We also have Australian film premieres, the BBSF art show, photo comp, Sunset Cinema, the Surf Art Markets and our Freestyle & Stoke Surf Sessions on Sunday at Wategos featuring the McTavish Trim. And live music every night at the Beach Hotel.

What are the challenges in running an event like yours?

Boring stuff like time, money, and the spreadsheets, which I do my best to not be a part of (it doesn’t work). And also chasing famous people with good ideas to tell them about my good ideas and then getting them to come to BBSF so we can show them our awesome town and learn from them, or just at least bask in their skills and glory.

How has the festival grown and changed since its inception?

It’s grown to be a little bigger with a few more events and better event locations. More people know about it so when the sponsor guys talk to the companies to get involved it’s a little easier ’cause we have a great rep as a fantastic event, doing good things. I also have a much better idea on how to make the festival happen for our 10th anniversary! Have already chatted to a couple bands and some artists.

What should people expect for this year’s event?

Expect everything that’s on the program and to walk away inspired. Our theme for this year is Connection… What Connects You to the Sea? Hopefully all these connections are covered at this year’s Festival.

Byron Bay Surf Festival 20–24 Feb. For more info go to byronbaysurffestival.com.au.

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Howl & Moan Records and Bolt Records are joining forces to present the best independent and alternative local bands at the Byron Bay Brewery on Friday and Saturday.

Friday night from 8pm is punk and psych rock in the band room featuring Dicklord, The Lonesomes, Perve Endings, Cassowarys, and Float Therapy.

Saturday is the Night of the She-Wolf from 6pm on the Garden stage where we will be celebrating femalefronted bands and performers.

Featuring local acts Nicole Brophy, Moreton, Demi Casha, Tom’s Daughter, Lou May, and Tilka Fosmale.

Both events are free with Wolfman from Howl & Moan Records deejaying on vinyl between bands.

It’s happening this Friday and Saturday night at Byron Bay Brewery.

Mapstone play the Brewery this Friday

A MAP FOR MUSIC Steeped in conscious lyrics, thoughtful grooves and an energy that is simply captivating, blending and bending reggae, folk, and world music into a unique fusion, Mapstone are a five-piece powerhouse band.

Combining voice, didgeridoo, bass, percussion, guitar, and Hammond organ, Mapstone infuse the dancefloor with an uplifting and enticing sound. The lyrics and music are powerful and take the listeners and dancers on a deep journey: some say transformative; some say awakening.

Their music is from the heart, for the heart, and of the heart.

Mapstone have been travelling the world for the last three years and sharing stages with the likes of Nahko and MFTP, Dustin Thomas, OKA, The Beautiful Girls, and Murray Kyle.

Returning home to begin their Australian tour into the new year, Mapstone will be releasing a double A-side, Tribal Nation, which was recorded with Sunny Coast legends OJ Newcomb and Paulie B at Yama-Nui Studios.

Mapstone play this Friday from 7pm at the Byron Brewery with with Yoyo Tuki and Ladi Abundance.

AMERICANA TRADITIONS AT THE BREWERY Fiona Boyes and Gary J Vincent are on their 2019 Tales of the Road tour. Blues artist Fiona Boyes is joined by twotime Grammy nominee Gary J Vincent sharing original songs, exquisite guitar playing, and lots of stories from their experiences of more than a combined 75 years of touring international. Fiona and Gary will have you dancing, laughing, crying, and celebrating the magic of the blues and Americana traditions.

See them at the Byron Brewery, Sunday at 2pm.

OLDER AND GOLDEN Miss Amber and Stukulele are back in 2019 with traditional January special guests Ash Bell and Sara Tindley. The theme is an eclectic bag: Golden Oldies… any song recorded before 1999. Bring your uke and happy face.

Visit www.ukemullum.com for songbooks and more info. See you Thursday at 6.30pm at Club Mullum.

BUT WAIT… This summer two of Sydney’s most exciting live upand-comers pack into a Kia Carnival of carnage to take on the Pacific and the Hume. Covering more miles than Scomo’s promo bus, Nick Nuisance & The Delinquents and 100 will be running up and down the east coast, giving the people what they really want – a split 7” of two of their fave tracks along with a splitting headache the morning after.

The past 12 months saw both bands rise to the top of the pops, quickly gaining a reputation for loud, raucous shows and stealing the spotlight at King St Crawl and the Psyched As 1000.

Nick Nuisance & The Delinquents, 100 and Kimono Drag Queens play The Northern on Friday.

Miss Amber and Stukulele are back

PUNK & PSYCH AND THE LOCALS

For many artists, finding someone simpatico whom they can collaborate with is a gift.

For singer/songwriter Gyan her creative coupling with Jane Siberry is just that. This year Gyan celebrates 30 years since her debut release Wait, the song that saw her soar to national and even international attention. It’s the same year that her good friend Jane is knee deep on a world tour so the planets have aligned so that both these exceptional artists and dear friends get to be in the same place, on the same stage, at the same time.

Gyan recalls first hearing Jane’s music back in 1989.

‘When I did my first deal with Warner Brothers the label gave me an album and said you are going to love this girl – they gave me an album of Jane Siberry… and someone else took me to a Tori Amos show. I thought wow, these chicks are good. I have loved Jane from afar especially the When I was a Boy album she did with KD Laing and Brian Eno. Back in the day of Myspace she put up a post saying, ‘I am backpacking into Byron,’ so I jumped on and said that we were doing the Adelaide Cabaret Festival (she was too) and would she like to meet up. I was so nervous going to meet her that I nearly crashed the car. I had just recorded Billy the Rabbit (the album with Leunig that seeded the project he is now doing with Katie Noonan).

‘We just clicked and from that day on she came and lived with us for four months, and made the preparation for two albums in our studio. We became buddies. In all my years I can’t say I have very many close peers and most of the women I try to befriend often end up being like competitors. Jane just wrapped her big generous arms around me and said: ‘I’ll distribute you through

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my American website’. She was so generous. I appreciated her mind and her heart and her talent. It was a chance meeting; it’s been over a decade now…’

In the show at the Byron Theatre Gyan and Jane called UnTogether Again both artists will be performing together and they’ll be performing solo sets.

‘I love collaborating,’ says Gyan.

‘When we did that last house concert here we had to turn people away.

Jane deserves the theatre – she can play the Steinway – so she is doing a lot more theatres on her world tour.

I love collaborating and the fact we can do some songs together – any chance to sing with someone is an honour and a gift!’

Thirty years on since Wait Gyan has decided to put together a retrospective, ‘tracing some of the old records to see how I wasn’t to do them and to give a nod to that anniversary. I have completely remodelled Wait – to some people it’s disrespectful and annoying – I got rid of the middle eight – James Cruickshank helped me bring it back.

I don’t really sing the same now as I did when I started; I used to belt it out. Now I am a lot more subtle. I am more in the classical genre. Where I used to be loud, now I am quiet.’

Gyan has the kind of voice that binds you to the spot. It’s mesmerising.

Interestingly she tells me that she ‘never thought I was much of singer at all. So I put a lot of importance on the word. I like my lyric to be succinct. I love creating a picture!’

And that she does. Close your eyes when you listen to Gyan and you’ll get to imagine your own movie.

And together with Jane Siberry? A double feature.

Wednesday 20 Feb at 7pm Byron Theatre – tix at byroncentre.com.au.

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Pinheads play The Northern this Saturday

PINHEADS The Pinheads return from a multi-member sabbatical with a new single, Not Like You. A tune about our divergent world of round-the-clock connection resulting in chronic isolation, the mingling pot of personalities, untameable ego, opposing ideologies, conflicting cultural ideals, and a societal anxiety time bomb threatening to blow at any second.

Born out of friendship, bowling, sci-fi movie marathons, and literal brotherhood, The Pinheads formed out of what is now colloquially known as the Leisure Coast, spread out among the northern suburbs of the Illawarra and Wollongong region.

They quickly established themselves as one of the area’s must-see live bands; no mic stand was left unturned, no face left unmelted, no speaker stack was left unclimbed.

Fans don’t leave Pinheads shows with fond memories – they leave with battle scars and folklore tales to last the ages.

Get scarred on Saturday at the Northern.

33RD NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK Raising money for a very worthy cause, the Tweed Palliative Support & Wedgetail Retreat, Nudge Nudge Wink Wink is playing their 33rd outing.

You can to soar into the skies with resident DJs Lord Sut and Dale Stephen, and making her Nudge debut local Eva J, and flying for his Nudge debut representing Superbreak – Kosta Ellis.

Sunday 2pm Billinudgel Hotel.

ONYA ÁINE Support the incredible talent of Áine Tyrrell by attending the Sunday Summer Soiree at the Federal Hall on Sunday 10 Feb with the fundraiser a Few Good Women – with dancing by Delta Kay and the Bunyarra Dancers, comedy by Mandy Nolan, then a conversation between Nolan and Tyrrell, then a fabulous intimate one-hour solo set by the siren of social comment – MS Tyrrell!

This will be a cracker of a show – don’t miss out! Sunday 10 Feb at 3pm at Federal Hall. $30 – tix at the door or at mandynolan.com.au.

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Let us know what you would like to hear on YOUR community radio station & how we can improve our services.

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MULLUMBIMBY’S MAGIC This second documentary in the culture series, and third film commissioned by the Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc, Mullumbimby’s Magic – the Culture of 70s–80s part 2 – Activism & Politics, documents the birth and development of environmental and social awareness that pushed those early new settlers to achieve world-first successes in important environment protections that are now taken for granted.

Part two – Activism and Politics features those seminal battles: the spraying of poisons, the Federal dam proposal, the lobbying for the right to share land, the Terania blockade, the birth of alternative publications, the marijuana raids that became a civil-rights issue, and how the alternative ethos slowly took over Council, are all amazing stories told by those who were there, and delivered in Sharon Shostak’s usual informative and entertaining style, rich with rare archival photos and film.

Mullum Magic is screening at the Drill Hall on Friday 1 February for two sessions: 5pm and 7.30pm. Doors open an hour before. Food and drinks for sale thanks to the Community Gardens.

Tickets available at the museum in Myocum St and The Bookshop Mullumbimby – $15 adults concession $12.

IN THE RAW The Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Cinderella search for who fits the comedy shoe is on again! RAW Comedy is the straw broom that sweeps the comedy talent from the cracks – the people who were just on the sidelines having a smirk, the bloke in the office who has everyone wetting themselves by the water cooler, the strange depressive you’ve seen on the bus – they are the people who end up stars!

Comedy has this remarkable ability of finding the ordinary extraordinary – it’s the place of those of us who aren’t supermodels, or rockstars, or rocket scientists to make our mark on the world! We are the out-of-the-box thinkers! RAW Comedy has its first heat in Byron Bay with some stunning local talent on Monday!

Byron Services Club at 8pm for $15!

Tix at the door or on mandynolan.com.au.

SLOW TRAVEL - INFO NIGHT Australian Desert Expeditions partners with Indigenous Australians, leading universities, state and national government land management authorities, and private research institutions to conduct scientific and ecological survey expeditions into remote regions of Australia’s deserts, the largest desert region in the southern hemisphere.

They say, ‘There are two components to our research surveys – the ecological and scientific documentation, and the desert trekking experience with our camels. Walking alongside traditionally outfitted packcamels, in the grand tradition of the early explorers and pioneering Afghan cameleers, delivers the smallest environmental footprint possible. Our scientists and ecologists will teach you about the extensive desert flora and fauna and the people who have called our deserts home for thousands of years.

‘Our expeditions are a direct living link to the historical spirit and cultural heritage of scientific desert exploration of the 19th and 20th centuries.

‘Walking the desert is timeless. Every single step reveals the story of this ancient landscape.’

Walking with Purpose: Simpson Desert 2019 presented

by Australian Desert Expeditions. Wednesday 6 February, Byron Community Centre, 6pm.

STORIES ARE BACK Stories in the Club starts back on Sunday 10 February 10 with the theme What Do You Stand For? This year there will only be four tellers, so each has a little more time. At the end of all the stories, there will be a short informal discussion with the tellers.

The three guest tellers will be Lyn Carson, Jim Tait, and Mark Swivel. As usual, curator Jenni Cargill-Strong will also tell a folktale about a wise, talking snake who challenges a man on his slippery principles.

Tune in for great stories on Sunday 10 February at Club Mullum.

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What his money can’t buy is a rapprochement with his wife and daughter (Dianne Wiest, Alison Eastwood), whom he has always neglected in favour of his work. Meanwhile, the cops (Bradley Cooper, Michael Peña) are closing in. Through Earl, Eastwood is defiantly old school. He can’t text and is astounded that a man would need to Google ‘how to change a flat tyre’ – he even refers to a coloured couple as ‘negroes’ and cannot understand why that’s not done any more. But the venerable director’s

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critical asides are delivered with a surprisingly light touch and I frequently found myself chuckling at his crusty sarcasm – on racial profiling; a Latino driver stresses that ‘statistically, these are the most dangerous five minutes of my life’ when he is pulled over by the police. As always, he maintains a tight narrative, spurning indulgence and making only sparing use of Arturo Sandical’s haunting theme. Earl’s road to redemption has him confronting the wrongs he has done to others without hiding behind excuses. At 89, Eastwood is in a reflective mood but no less committed to the virtues that make the man. Fantastic.

GREEN BOOK This is one of those road-trip movies that you happily embark on knowing exactly where you are headed and what the stops will be along the way – not even the revelation that involves a bailout from a lockup comes as a surprise. Having said that, I also admit that it’s a movie that is impossible not to love.

Being based on a true story adds to its charm, and that the two actors involved combine so well make its otherwise standard procedural approach not worth carping about. In 1962, Tony (Viggo Mortensen), an out-of-work New York bouncer, was hired to act as driver and minder for the renowned pianist Dr Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) on a performing tour that would include the segregated deep South. The two men are poles apart – foulmouthed, chain-smoking Tony is a yob whose claim to fame is his gluttony, whereas Shirley is prim and proper and dismayed by Tony’s gaucherie. Mortensen skates perilously close to caricature

while doing his ‘Italian from the Bronx’ shtick, but Ali’s clipped aloofness is equally inflated, so the camaraderie that grows between them is more satisfying because of those extremes.

In dealing with his potentially explosive subject, director Peter Farrelly finds a perfect balance between comedy and drama, with the ugly racism encountered by Shirley in the redneck towns contrasted with the intimate journey of selfawakening that the odd couple are sharing. Shirley has never heard Little Richard – ‘this is your people’s music!’ Tony says in frustration – nor has he eaten fried chicken, while Tony’s blinkered life experience has been concerned only with putting food on the table for his family – in an early scene, we see that he has thrown in the bin two glasses that were drunk from by black workmen.

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AS JANUARY RETREATS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR, THIS WEEK USHERS 2019 INTO THE ORIENTAL NEW YEAR OF THE EARTH PIG, ABOUT WHICH MORE NEXT WEEK…

ARIES: With impatient Mars and changeable Uranus in Aries, your free spirit needs breathing room and freedom to express yourself.

And while you’ll feeling like raging at what astrologer Hunter Reynolds calls shamelessly recycled clichés presented with absurd earnestness, do you really want to alienate sponsors, mentors and supporters?

LIBRA: Your prima planet Venus moving from fiesta energetics of Sagittarius into classy, upmarket and far more serious Capricorn can sometimes morph into La Perfecta: an exacting but not nourishing archetype, because who can live up to those superhuman standards? Not even you. Silver lining? The Eastern year of the extremely easygoing Porker for balance…

TAURUS: Luck is where preparation meets opportunity, and news from out of the blue (your lucky colour) could supply both spontaneity and security to this week, celebrating the new year of the luxury-loving and indulgent Earth Pig who revels in fine food and fleshy pleasures. Sound like anyone you know?

SCORPIO: Saying sayonara to certain people, being forced to alter former plans or relinquish a few personal preferences? Then resist the urge to lash out – even worse, rant on social media.

Stick to facts, use filters.

Stay available to serendipity, because something wonderful can happen when you least expect it.

GEMINI: Venus moving into mature Capricorn could see you ready for steadier, long-term partnering of the deep and meaningful, body and soul variety. Need to discuss that with someone? New moon and the year of Earth Pig issue a personal invitation to add lashings of enjoyment to everything you do.

CANCER: This week’s about change: about doing things differently from the way you always do. Being open to a new approach, other ways of thinking.

Honouring differences of opinion, outlook, behaviour and preference, with bonus points for extending this to people nothing like you, whom you may never understand.

LEO: If this week shakes up the same old same old, consider it a good thing.

Not happening? Then take charge and DIY by jazzing up routine schedules, adding some pizzazz, throwing a bit of spice into the mix – enjoying life instead of getting tunnel vision around what you have to get done.

VIRGO: The key to February, and a lifelong learning curve for Virgos, is asking for help rather than always doing it yourself. As the Asian year of the Earth Pig insists on incorporating more enjoyment into our lives, kick off this week on the right hoof with some sinful self-indulgence and a brazen call for support.

SAGITTARIUS: Been coming on strong lately, dropping a few truth bombs that may have backfired? As Venusian temperatures cool from fiery to earthy, and explosive emotions settle, so do you. If broaching touchy topics this week, make sure the other person’s open to having the convo before you go there.

CAPRICORN: Time to really speak the truth with your closest people, Capricorn, about boundaries, commitment, and planning the endurance, resilience, and longevity of shared goals.

Best portal of opportunity for this could be next Tuesday’s new moon, when Mercury’s powerful persuasion’s tempered by charming, empathetic Venus moving into your sign AQUARIUS: During this week’s leadup to February 5’s annual new moon in Aquarius – the start of your personal new year – radical, life-changing ideas are absolutely pumping, so be extremely specific what you wish for during this open planetary portal, because this is when you’re most likely to get it.

PISCES: As the sign probably least fazed by this week’s unusual, inexplicable, or outrageous behaviours, you won’t need to waste time reacting, getting offended, or wanting explanations. Instead you can just have fun refreshing longstanding relationships and everyday routines by shifting out of autopilot and making fabulous the new normal.

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THURSDAY 31 Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY FRIEND ZONE Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, OOZ Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 8.30PM THE DIRTY CHANNEL Q BYRON BAY BREWERY 8PM JOYRIDE NATIONAL TOUR + APPROACHABLE MEMBERS OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY + HEAPS GOOD FRIENDS Q LOCURA, BYRON BAY, 5PM LOCURA VINYL DJS Q BYRON BAY GOLF CLUB 7PM TRIVIA Q TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY, 7.30PM ANDY V Q WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY, 8PM DJ CHEF DE PARTY + FRIENDS Q SABI SUSHI, OCEAN SHORES, 5.30PM BILLY JAMES Q CLUB MULLUM, MULLUMBIMBY, 6.30PM UKE NIGHT – GOLDEN OLDIES, 7PM MULLUM ACOUSTICS OPEN MIC NIGHT Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6PM PHIL GUEST

Q BROKEN HEAD HALL 5PM ULTRAVIOLET ART FEAT, HANNAH DARLING, PAUL GEORGE AND KALAPA Q BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM JAMIE ASHFORTH Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM MUSICAL BINGO Q SABI SUSHI, OCEAN SHORES, 5.30PM ELENA B WILLIAMS Q OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB 6PM LIVE MUSIC Q OCEAN SHORES TAVERN 7.30PM FANCY DRESS KARAOKE Q DRILL HALL THEATRE, MULLUMBIMBY, 5PM MULLUMBIMBY’S MAGIC – THE CULTURE OF 70S-80S PART 2 – ACTIVISM & POLITICS, 7.30PM MULLUMBIMBY’S MAGIC – THE CULTURE OF 70S-80S PART 2 – ACTIVISM & POLITICS Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 8PM KRAPPYOKEE Q STOKERS SIDING MEMORIAL HALL 7.30PM 15 MINUTES OF FAME Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6PM GLENN MASSEY, 8PM LIVE MUSIC Q HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD, 8.30PM DJ CORNELIUS Q NIMBIN HOTEL 7PM BURGER JOINT

Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM JORDAN MCROBBIE Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 7.30PM GREGG PETERSON Q CURRUMBIN RSL 5PM ACOUSTIC SESSIONS Q CURRUMBIN PUB 8PM DAVE ‘YOCHOLIDAY TOUR’, DEJA VUDU, TREACHERY COVE, GIRL & GIRL Q SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN, 8.30PM NATH VALVO Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM TATAU

SATURDAY 2 Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, THE PINHEADS + WASH GEE TEE Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM GOODRICH Q BYRON BAY BREWERY 5PM NIGHT OF THE SHE-WOLF 2 W/ NICOLE TROPHY & BAND + TIM’S BIG DAY OUT + DEMI CASHA + TOM’S DAUGHTER + LOU MAY Q BYRON THEATRE 6PM, HARMONIC SPACES 2019 PRESENTED BY EARTH FREQUENCY FESTIVAL Q LOCURA, BYRON BAY, 5PM EVA J, OLI WRIGHT, BENJAMAS AND GUESTS Q THE SUN, BYRON BAY, 6PM OPEN MIC NIGHT Q TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY, 7.30PM JOSH LEE HAMILTON Q WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY, 9PM LIVE DJS Q THE STICKY WICKET BAR, BYRON BAY, 9PM LOCAL DJS Q BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM PETER KORO Q EUREKA HALL 2PM FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS SUMMER TOUR 2019 Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM BANGERS & SMASH Q SABI SUSHI, OCEAN SHORES, 5.30PM OLIVIA ROSEBERRY Q LULUS CAFE, MULLUMBIMBY, 11AM SALI BRACEWELL Q CLUB MULLUM, MULLUMBIMBY, 6.30PM CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR – ‘ALL THE WORDS’ – ALBUM LAUNCH Q COURTHOUSE HOTEL, MULLUMBIMBY, 8PM THE JOLTZ Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6.30PM GUY KACHEL, LEVEL ONE 7.30PM MILO GREEN Q HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD, 8.30PM FRIENDLY ENEMIES Q MARY G’S, LISMORE, CATH SIMES BAND

Q NIMBIN HOTEL 7PM MITCH LANCASTER Q ROWAN ROBINSON PARK, KINGSCLIFF, 3.30PM SALT AND STEEL Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM SUNNY COAST RUDE BOYS Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 7.30PM BEN WALSH Q CHINDERAH TAVERN 6.30PM SIMON MEOLA Q SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD, 2PM GREAT AUNT MUSIC, 7PM ANDY V Q CURRUMBIN RSL 4PM ACOUSTIC SESSIONS

HARMONIC SPACES PRESENTED BY EARTH FREQUENCY FESTIVAL Saturday 2 February, 6.00pm $33.80 | Ages 15+

Wednesday 6 February, 6.00pm Free Event

Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY JESSE PUMPHREY Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM LOU BRADLEY Q BYRON BAY BREWERY 2PM FIONA BOYES & GARY J VINCENT Q LOCURA, BYRON BAY, NORMAN J Q BYRON COMMUNITY MARKET 10AM MAPSTONE, TIM STOKES, KOBYA, RUSSELL & BAND Q BYRON BAY GOLF CLUB 4PM EL SCORCHO Q THE SUN, BYRON BAY, 5PM MANOA Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4PM THE MASON RACK BAND Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 3PM JAM

Friday 8 February, 7.30pm Full $62 | Concession $52

Q CLUB LENNOX 4PM TINA APPLEBY Q BALLINA RSL 11.15AM SMOKEHOUSE COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB Q HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD, 4PM LISA HUNT Q ELTHAM HOTEL 1PM LEIGH JAMES Q SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL, 12PM ELBURY Q KINGSCLIFF SURF CLUB 3PM SUNDAY SESSIONS Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 3PM JASON DELPHIN

Q COOLANGATTA-TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 2PM TWEED LINKS QUARTET Q CHINDERAH TAVERN 2.30PM DUAL FREQUENCY

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Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM STEPHEN LOVELIGHT Q BYRON BAY BREWERY 7.30PM OPEN MIC WITH HARRY NICHOLS Q CLUB BYRON 6PM OPEN MIC Q BYRON THEATRE 6PM AUSTRALIAN DESERT EXPEDITIONS – WALKING WITH PURPOSE: SIMPSON DESERT 2019 Q BANGALOW BOWLO 6.30PM SWING CLASSES Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 6PM TRIVIA NIGHT Q ELTHAM PUB 6.30PM NOT QUITE FOLK JAM Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 6PM OPEN MIC

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WEDNESDAY 6

Q BILLINUDGEL HOTEL 2PM NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK – DJS KOSTA ELLIS, EVA J, DALE STEPHEN & LORD SUT

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Saturday 9 February, 7.30pm Full $25 | Conc $20 | Child U18 $10 | Ages 10+

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LINE ADS: $99 for 3 months or $340 for 1 year prepaid.

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DISPLAY ADS: $66 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid.

14 Manns Road, Mullumbimby Please supply display ads 85mm wide, 28mm high. New display ads will be placed at end of section.

Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492 For display Service Directory ads email adcopy@echo.net.au.

The Echo Service Directory is online in Echonetdaily â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.echo.net.au/service-directory COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753 RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C.....................0487 264137

6684 2783

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

INDEX

BRICKLAYING BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268 SEARLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BRICK & BLOCK LAYING. Contact Tom.........................................................0487 947237 BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Free quotes. Lic 60801C. Phone Paul ........................................0423 852559

BUILDING CERTIFICATION CERTIFIERS 2U Building Certification Specialists www.certifiers2u.com.au......................66805424

BUILDING TRADES â&#x20AC;¢ DEPT OF FAIR TRADING: A licence is required for all residential building work where the reasonable market cost of the work to be done (labour and materials) exceeds $5000 (including GST).

Accountants & Bookkeepers ..........39 Acupuncture .................................39 Agent ...........................................39 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration....39 Antennas & Installation.................39 Antiques / Restoration ..................39 App Developers .............................39 Appliance Repair ...........................39 Architects .....................................39 Automotive...................................39 Bathroom Renovations..................39 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters39 Bricklaying....................................39 Building Certification ....................39 Building Trades .............................39 Bush Regen & Weed Control ..........39 Carpet Cleaning ............................39 Chimney Sweeping........................39 Chiropractic ..................................39 Cleaning .......................................40 Computer Services ........................40 Concreting & Paving ......................40 Decks, Patios & Extensions.............40 Dentists ........................................40 Design & Drafting..........................40 Driveway Maintenance ..................40 Earthmoving & Excavation.............40 Electricians ...................................40 Fencing .........................................40 Floor Sanding & Polishing..............40 Garage Doors ................................40 Garden & Property Maintenance....41 Garden Design ..............................41 Gas Suppliers ................................41 Glaziers.........................................41 Guttering ......................................41 Handypersons ...............................41 Health ..........................................41

Hire ..............................................41 Interior Decorating........................41 Ironing .........................................41 Kitchens........................................41 Landscape Design .........................41 Landscaping .................................41 Lighting ........................................41 Locksmith .....................................41 Osteopathy ...................................41 Painting........................................41 Pest Control ..................................42 Phones & Communication .............42 Photography .................................42 Physiotherapy ...............................42 Picture Framing ............................42 Picture Hanging ............................42 Plastering .....................................42 Plumbers ......................................42 Printing & Copying Services ...........42 Removalists ..................................42 Roofing.........................................42 Rubbish Removal ..........................42 Scrap Metal Merchants ..................42 Septic Systems ..............................42 Sewing & Alterations.....................42 Solar Installation ..........................42 Swimming Pools ...........................42 Tiling ............................................43 Tree Services .................................43 Upholstery ....................................43 Valuers .........................................43 Veterinary Surgeons......................43 Water Cartage ...............................43 Water Filters .................................43 Water Tanks & Tank Cleaning .........43 Web Design Services......................43 Welding ........................................43 Window Tinting ............................43

0439 624 945

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ACCOUNTANT BANGALOW + BYRON BAY The Office Accountants & Business Advisors ...66872960

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Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705

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APPLIANCE REPAIR DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786 DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998 CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C .................................... 66291169 or 0412 967677

ARCHITECTS

BUILDER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242

FRANK STEWART ARCHITECT Reg. 6075. www.frankstewart.com.au............................66856984 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162 OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au ..............................................66855001 BUILDER CARPENTER Extensions, renos, new homes, insurance, all jobs. Lic 19953 .......... 0403 458177 CARPENTER Lic 39791 Decks, studios, pergolas etc Paul Varendorff ................66845035 or 0414 842602

AUTOMOTIVE

BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420 CARPENTER. Insured & qualified. Homes, extensions, decks, free quotes. Lic 231104C..0431 674377 BUILDERS SKILLS, carpenters rates. 25 years exp. Lic No. R84001. Ph Greg .................0422 069632 SKILLED CARPENTRY. Craftsmanship, functionality & enduring qual. Lic. 300912C ....0432 065277

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CARPENTER BUILDER Extensions, renos, cabins, sheds. Lic 147887C ...0481 785008 or 0432 060110

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 .................................66802444

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Free property assessments and quotes. Call Ross Faithfull 0409 157 695 a/h 6687 2948   e: faithfullrossco@gmail.com

WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns - bindii weeds .....................................................0418 110714

CARPET CLEANING

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PLEASE CALL

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CARPET CLEANING

TENDER LOVING CARE Specialising in household carpet cleaning Speedy Drying

Kevin & Margaret Bower FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

(02) 6684 1001

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Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

& producer 0407 076 374

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AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

1300 095 393

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0412 497 637

ALL ASPECTS OF CARPENTRY WORK

APP DEVELOPERS

BOOKKEEPER: XERO cert. MYOB and BAS AGENT. 19 years experience. Phone Deb .....0411 659959

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis..................................................66842559

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FURNITURE RESTORATION Old/antique, 40+ yrs exp. erwinfurniturerestoration.com ...0412 528454

BOOKKEEPER Local and reliable .................................. barbarasbookkeeping.com.au 0402 118649 BATHROOM RENOVATIONS For a free quote call Paul ..................................................0423 852559

ACUPUNCTURE

PRESTIGE BUILDERS

ANTIQUES / RESTORATION

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415

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02 66 804 173

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APEX CARPET CLEANING www.apexcarpetcleaning.com.au......................... Nathan 0412 926441 6KRZURRP 2SHQ 0RQ )UL SP &HQWHQQLDO &W %\URQ %D\

CHIMNEY SWEEPING

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0435 954 212

BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905

20 years and going strong!

Custom made curtains, blinds and decor items We come to you, wherever you are: Byron, Lismore, The Clarence and beyondâ&#x20AC;¦ compassinteriors@optusnet.com.au

CHIROPRACTIC BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ..............................66855282 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman...66858553 MICHAEL SCHWAGER 108 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ...................................................66841962 MULLUMBIMBY CHIROPRACTIC Massage & Chiropractic. 110 Dalley St ........................66841028 BYRON BAY CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE Bruce Campbell. 1/12 Tasman Way, A&I Estate ....66858159

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DENTISTS

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BANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow ......................................66872766 LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816

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BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE .......................................................................66851264 MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby .............................................................66842644

DESIGN & DRAFTING BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993 DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448

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ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

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0423 877 102

Call Glenn or Tracey 0403 428 232 or 6680 9901

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Holiday lets and Airbnb, residential homes and end of lease cleans, bond cleans, builders cleans etc.

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purely support, advice & tech mentorship

MOBILE COMPUTER SUPPORT Home & business workrightcomputersupport.com.au 0422 804449 RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335

CONCRETING & PAVING

Luke Jarrett â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0431 329 630 Follow us on

Specialising in road repairs & driveways Rock walls, clearing, house shed and tank pads.

Lic.136717c

DARYL 0418 234 302 OR 02 6680 1793

â&#x20AC;˘ Land clearing â&#x20AC;˘ Augers, rock grab &Â breaker attachments â&#x20AC;˘ Free quotes

STEVE BROWN EARTHMOVING

SALISBURY CONCRETING

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting. â&#x20AC;˘ Residential Civil Industrial. â&#x20AC;˘ Resurfacing and rejuvenation of existing concrete. â&#x20AC;˘ Steel ďŹ xing & formwork.

Lic No: 143433C | ACRS Master Cabler A017916

0414 905 900

â&#x20AC;˘ 24/7 Emergency â&#x20AC;˘ Residential, Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Level 2

fullcirclerefinishing.com

Personal tech support for bamboozled ed bip bipeds

Suffolk Park

ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

Phone Oliver 0419 789 600

Professional Cleaning Services

Blue Sky

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

Lic no. 141097C

email: impresswindowcleaning@gmail.com Reliable â&#x20AC;˘ Friendly â&#x20AC;˘ Professional â&#x20AC;˘ Fully Insured â&#x20AC;˘ Free Quotes â&#x20AC;˘ Affordable Rates Locally Owned and Operated â&#x20AC;˘ Quality Work with Over 10 Years Experience

1800 763 911 | 0417 415 474 COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173 RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355 JP ELECTRICAL Level 2 ASP Under-g/O-head lines, Pwr poles, Solar. Lic 133082C ........0432 289705 CHRIS APPEL. Ocean Shores. Lic EC 22349.....................................................................0422 607444 JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028 SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477 BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801

FENCING

POOLSAFE GLASS FENCING GLASS & ALUMINIUM POOL FENCING PROFESSIONALS 0499 178 297 psgfencingnsw@gmail.com BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0416 424256 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service ............................. 66771852 or 0432 107262

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING NJH FLOOR SANDING Eco oils, hard wax oils & water-based finishes. Nathan .............0420 215716 THE FLOOR SANDER non-toxic finishes. Free quotes richardneylan1@bigpond.com ...0407 821690

GARAGE DOORS

Augers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; hole boring. All general earthworks, excavators, positrack, bobcat, roller and tipper hire.

6684 0160 | 0439 840 160 | 0421 460 932 NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, mini excavator, cable locating.0402 716857

FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATIONS. Lic No. 310498C. Ph Andrew ..................0401 968173 BANGALOW MINI DIGGER SERVICE Exp operator 1.8 tonne multiple attachments .....0413 878978 ADVANCED CONCRETE POLISHING Grind & seal, polished concrete. Shane ................0419 961708 BEAU JARDIN 1.8 tonne excavator & 3 tonne tip truck .................................................0417 054443

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Service Directory GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

GLAZIERS

LIGHTING

24/7 EMERGENCY GLASS 0415 660 801

6685 8588

Mirrors â&#x20AC;˘ Security doors and screens Shower screens â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial glazing

Lighting Showroom Open 9am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5pm Mon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fri Unit 5, 21-23 Tasman Way, Byron A+I Estate Free on-site consultancy 6680 7007 creativelightingsolutions.com.au

CREATIVE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS

BYRON GLASS & ALUMINIUM Home, Shop & Office. 24 hr/7 days. Lic 313329C ..............66808123

GUTTERING

978 383

THE BYRON BAY GARDEN & LANDSCAPING COMPANY Structural Landscaping

â&#x20AC;˘ Paving â&#x20AC;˘ Stonework â&#x20AC;˘ Timber work â&#x20AC;˘ Retaining wall â&#x20AC;˘ Garden maintenance â&#x20AC;˘ Planting â&#x20AC;˘ TurďŹ ng â&#x20AC;˘ Mulching â&#x20AC;˘ Hedging â&#x20AC;˘ Lawns

0434 329 111

Acreage & Residential Mowing | Gardening Non-Toxic Herbicide Spray | Brush Cutting Tip Runs | Fully Insured

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437 info@byronbaymowing.com.au www.byronbaymowing.com.au

DASH LOCK SERVICE Commercial & Domestic Locks & Security Call Ash .....................0430 170841

OSTEOPATHY

OSTEOPATHY

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42

at Mullumbimby Comprehensive Health Centre

HANDYPERSONS

Dr. Matthew Fourro (Osteo) Dr. Egbert Weber (Osteo)

A TO Z HANDYMAN SERVICES Tip runs, pressure cleaning, gardening, odd jobs ....Andre 66847553 or 0439 495247

60 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby | 02 6626 7900

A.S.A.P. All renos, carpentry, plastering, painting, studios & bathrooms .......................0405 625697

HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Mon, Wed, Fri..............................................66857517 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417

PAINTING

THE HANDYMAN CAN All home maintenance, gardens, painting, odd jobs etc ...........0427 110953 RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES Michael ...........................................66844970 or 0405 325569 MCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HANDYMAN SERVICES Exp. painter, home repairs, odd jobs. Great rates............0412 559509 BUILDER SKILLS, carpenters rates. 25 yrs exp. Lic No. R84001. Ph Greg.......................0422 069632

â&#x20AC;˘ DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

CARPENTER HANDYMAN FB Gregâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Handyman Services Byron Bay Lic No 1039897....0414 109595

Paola Landscapes Pty Ltd Garden Clean Ups Gutter Cleaning Lawn Maintenance Irrigation & Repairs Hedge Trimming Planting & Lawn Edging Turf Laying Full Garden Maintenance Servicing Residential, Commercial and Government PLEASE CALL MATTHEW PAOLA 0431 871 245

R E LIAB LE

Caring for all your garden needs

20 years experience in residential & acreage care Mowing, Brushcutting, Hedge trimming.

Michael 0497 842 442

Fully insured

Byron Bay hinterland and surrounds

0490 149 067

Acreage mowing â&#x20AC;˘ Brush cutting Care taking / Management Rubbish removal â&#x20AC;˘ Tree removal prestigeacreagecare.com

BYRON BAY

AAA HOME MAINTENANCE Handyman, painting decks, lawns, insured, reliable ........0434 705506

â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic & Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Servicing all areas â&#x20AC;˘ Workmanship guaranteed â&#x20AC;˘ Attention to detail

ALL BUILDING TRADES carpentry, fencing, landscaping, lawns. Free quotes. .............0415 454476

HEALTH

0438 784 226 â&#x20AC;˘ 6685 4154

â&#x20AC;˘ OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy MULLUMBIMBY COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTRE 60 Stuart St...............................66841511 ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002 MALIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Therapeutic Chinese Massage Service. In & out calls ..............................................66841790 WWW.EASTCOASTPILATES.COM.AU Judy Leane BSpSc ..............................................0408 110006

HIRE MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003

Prestige Acreage Care

ALL-WAYS PAINTING

BUILDER SKILLS carpenters rates. 25 years exp. Lic No. R84001...................................0422 069632

YVES DE WILDE

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING

BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ........ www.byronhire.com.au 66856228

INTERIOR DECORATING FOR ALL YOUR INTERIOR DECORATING NEEDS ..........................................................0457 575900

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

0415 952 494 X 6680 7573 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

IRONING

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394 THE IRONING LADY www.TheIroningLadyByronBay.com.au Angela ...........................0414 719680 GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839 A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697 A.C.E. LAWNMOWING & GARDENING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed.............Sam 0438 655763 LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, tree maintenance .....................0402 487213

KITCHENS

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D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery. Lic 283553C. www.hinged.com.au ....................... Dave 0409 843689

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LANDSCAPE DESIGN

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PAULâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow.........0422 958791 BEAU JARDIN We design & build beautiful gardens www.beaujardin.com.au Lic 177274C ...0417 054443 A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ................0405 716552 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Garden Design & Property Planning. Andrew Pawsey ..........0478 519804 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772 THE BURBS MOWING All suburban mowing. Andrew .................................................0431 248888

Lic No 189144C

Contact Vadi: 0404

MOBILE LOCKSMITH SERVICE Automotive car keys & lock installation/repair .............0412 764148

Gutter guard Gutter cleaning Locally owned Fully insured Free quotes Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.

LANDSCAPING

Mark Wopling Painting & Decorating Accredited

BYRON BAY BRUSH CUTTING Acreage mowing, garden detailing, insured. Gyan .........0402 728207

Lic 167371C

Acreage Mowing Specialist $75/hr | Mini excavation $90/hr

LOCKSMITH

ABN 31 490 733 798 LIC 203196C 24 years experience

QUALIFIED â&#x20AC;˘ INSURED â&#x20AC;˘ LOCAL â&#x20AC;˘ FREE QUOTES 7KH Ă&#x20AC; QLVKLQJ WRXFK WR \RXU KRPH

Mob: 0409 451 518

mwoplingpainting@hotmail.com

BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109 LAWN MOWING Mullum, Bruns, Ocean Shores. Call Mark ............................................0437 343348 RICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, pool service ...0424 805660 Weeding, Brushcutting, Hedging. Sml-med tree pruning/removal. Gutter clean. Brenda ..0406 684771

â&#x20AC;˘ Sand â&#x20AC;˘ Soils â&#x20AC;˘ Gravels â&#x20AC;˘ Pots & statues â&#x20AC;˘ Lots, lots more

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

GARDEN DESIGN

SOIL MULCH GRAVEL

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au...........................Lyn 0428 884329

GAS SUPPLIERS

No Rental

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18 Lucky Lane Billinudgel Industrial Estate

landscaping supplies Free Delivery

CRACKER DUST ROAD BASE FIRE WOOD

Locally Owned Est 18 years

Reliable

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609 www.echo.net.au/byron-echo Byron Shire Echo archives

0266 804555

SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C ................................0405 122456 LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853 IPS PTY LTD Paving, concreting, retaining walls, fencing, decks & design Lic 290231C ...0437 819087 GREEN SKY LANDSCAPES. All aspects of landscape construction + design. Lic 208800C.

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0410 454 066

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www.greenskylandscapes.com.au .................................................................................0421 986373 PAINTER 30 years exp. Available 7 days pw. Great rates. Call Bert.................................0491 334459

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â&#x20AC;˘ Targeted treatments for all pests with â&#x20AC;&#x153;no sprayâ&#x20AC;? cockroach treatments â&#x20AC;˘ If you have found live termites, do not disturb them and call us for advice!

No cost for quoting on active termites Relax, when safety, reputation and experience matters, we are the experts

6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

LICENSED PLUMBER + GASFITTER FRIENDLY + RELIABLE SERVICE

0490 025 872 simonplumbs@gmail.com

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 TIPPER HIRE avail for rubbish removal & tip runs. Jono................................................0412 871438 RUBBISH REMOVALS & TIP TRUCK HIRE Free quotes and same day service .............0451 079060

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025 A1 RUBBISH REMOVAL + tip runs. 7sqm trailer, reliable. Same day service. Best rates ...0413 289443 BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403

SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS

HRH PLUMBING Providing a prompt, reliable & efficient service. Lic 220755C ............0402 652017

02 6681 6555

MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035

Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

ADM PLUMBING SERVICESâ&#x20AC;Ś (NO JOB TOO SMALL)â&#x20AC;Ś Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS

BLOCKED DRAINS Drain camera, no dig repairs. Drain Pipe King. Lic 237124C ...................66770004

www.allpestsolutions.com.au

I LOVE PLUMBING. All plumbing. All areas. Ph Steve. Lic 148904C ..............................0412 916140 MATT WILSON PLUMBING Lic 10704. All plumbing, draining & gas fit. Free quotes ...0408 665672 www.keeponplumbing.com.au For all your plumbing needs 121906C ...................0410 469765

BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP E ll FRoE ff for a

Drop washing steel, es and machin ers dry

@ BRUNSWICK BYRON AUTO WRECKERS Buying: â&#x20AC;˘ Scrap metal â&#x20AC;˘ Aluminium â&#x20AC;˘ Copper â&#x20AC;˘ Brass â&#x20AC;˘ Lead â&#x20AC;˘ Car Batteries Next to Tyagarah Service Station

PaciďŹ c Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES PRINTWORKS Traditional / Digital art@mullumprintworks.com.au .................................66843633

BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

PHONES & COMMUNICATION IWIRE ANTENNAS David Levine FAST Service Antenna Repairs and Replacements ......0402 022111

PHOTOGRAPHY

Andyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Move & More

Small and Medium Moves, Tip Runs & Deliveries, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby Calls always returned

Tree Faerie Fotos

0429 149 533 Est 2006

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

Professional â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Personal

Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

REMOVALISTS

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714

FREE TOW

avail fo r cars â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unwanted cash for som paid e

Lic 312643C

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

SIMONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PLUMBING

RUBBISH REMOVAL

SIMON HERBERT

LIC 327106C

PEST CONTROL

Sales Installation Service

Northern Rivers Pty Ltd

â&#x20AC;˘ plumbing.td@bigpond.com

0418 754 149 â&#x20AC;˘ 07 5523 9930

â&#x20AC;˘ 1300 Taylex â&#x20AC;˘ www.talex.com.au

TRINE SOLUTIONS Local waste specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fitters. Lic 138031C .. 0407 439805 NEWT Environmental Wastewater Treatment. Design, upgrades, maint & intall. Lic 207479C . 0429 805081

SEWING & ALTERATIONS SEWING Repairs & alterations. Byron Bay & all areas. Phone Jan ..................................0427 570812

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just give us a ring

30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com â&#x20AC;˘ 0417 427 518

â&#x20AC;˘ Freight services to Brisbane weekly â&#x20AC;˘ Carriers of ďŹ ne art â&#x20AC;˘ Furniture removal â&#x20AC;˘ E-bay pick up & delivery

PHYSIOTHERAPY

6681 4912 / 0409 917646

BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, mat/reformer Pilates classes.

Kim Snellgrove, Cally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara ................................................................................................66872330 NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288 ANTHONY Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511 CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel ..................Bangalow 66872337 & Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;bah 66723818 PETRA KARNI Physio, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron. Open Saturdays.......0403 226858 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge, Steve Clifford.......66803499 PETER FARRELL Cold laser, manual therapy & exercise, Mullumbimby ..............................66843385

PICTURE FRAMING

LEAPFROG REMOVALS

SOLAR INSTALLATION Pioneers of the solar industry

Serving Northern NSW since 1998

Call us on 6679 7228

Your local, qualiďŹ ed team. m 0428 320 262 Specialists in standalone & e sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com grid interact system designs.

Electric Lic 124600c

BYRON BAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LOCAL REMOVALIST MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

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MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ........................ 6680 3444

02 6684 2198

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PICTURE HANGING PROFESSIONAL PICTURE HANGING, also display of art and objects Phone Lenny .....0407 031294

PLASTERING

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

www.shiftremovals.com.au LOCAL + INTERSTATE REMOVALS ROAD + RAIL FREIGHT CONTAINER REMOVALS + TRANSPORT

Patrick - 0425 256 802

Juno Energy is your local authorised LG energy specialist offering solar and battery solutions for your business & home

www.junoenergy.com.au licence number: 255292C

0434 391 855

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SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001

PLUMBERS

www.byronbaycontainerstorage.com.au

LONG + SHORT TERM CONTAINERS FOR HIRE

0434 391 855

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 0429 805 081 20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

Licence No. 207479C

MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813 BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

ROOFING DOMESTIC â&#x20AC;˘ INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

MONTYS METAL

ROOFING Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

Metal RooďŹ ng Installations â&#x20AC;˘ Guttering Downpipes â&#x20AC;˘ Fascia â&#x20AC;˘ Skylights â&#x20AC;˘ Whirlybird Patios â&#x20AC;˘ Repairs â&#x20AC;˘ Leaf Guard

Craig Montgomery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0418 870 362 Email: montysmetalrooďŹ ng@gmail.com www.montysmetalrooďŹ ng.com.au

ALL ROOF CLEANING Experienced, insured & fast free quotes. Call ..............................0419 789600 METAL ROOFING + GUTTER GUARD SPECIALIST. NSW Lic 102013C. David ..............0499 853889

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SWIMMING POOLS

ATTENTION POOL OWNERS â&#x20AC;˘ All pool requirements â&#x20AC;˘ Professional advice â&#x20AC;˘ Water testing â&#x20AC;˘ Friendly service â&#x20AC;˘ Pool servicing

73 Station St, Mullumbimby (opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003 North Coast news daily in Echonetdaily www.echo.net.au

Service Directory Swim in magnesium mineral water

LdS Silviculture

Convert your existing pool Supply & installation for all filtration requirements

Specialising in all aspects of tree work including milling services

Eddy 0477 Karl 0423

For enquiries call

Jason 0402 852 974 www.northcoastmineralpools.com | northcoastmineralpools@gmail.com

AREAS WE SERVICE

Dirty Tiles & Grout?

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

TILE & GROUT CLEANING

Servicing the Far North Coast for 20 years.

Free quotes. Experienced local technicians.

ChemDry’s patented cleaning systems.

0408 232 066

WINTER SPECIAL:

Every 5th m2 FREE

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66877677 or 0417 698227

for home, commercial and rural properties

PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist................................................0414 186161

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852

MARTINO TREE SERVICES ..............................................................................Martino 0435 019524 OUT ON A LIMB www.outonalimbtreeservices.wordpress.com Call Lucas ............0402 191316

Water purification systems Rainwater Filters Fridge water filters

HART TREE SERVICES 18” chipper bobcat cranetruck stump grinding, cherry . 66849137 or 0427347380

$399

FULLY INSTALLED IN YOUR HOME

Phone Chris 0414 229 114

TREE SERVICES

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255

WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING

BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY. Soft furnishings, curtains & outdoor. ................................0403 713303 TANK CLEANING Repairs, installation, first flush diverters, pumps, etc ........................0418 662285

The Fully Insured Professionals

Mark Linder Qualified Arborist 0408 202 184 choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

IN IN H

TALLOW TREE SERVICES Removal, free quote & full insurance .....................................0401 208797

UPHOLSTERY

• Stump Grinding • Bobcat • Cherrypicker • Crane Truck • 18” Chipper

The Water Filter Experts

info@evirongroup.com.au www.evirongroup.com.au

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES

WATER FILTERS

1300 384 766

Ballina / Byron Bay / Tweed Heads / Gold Coast / Murwillumbah

...forget pointless scrubbing

Call Ben on 0456 606 911 www.groutpro.com.au

Water deliveries.

Pools, tanks and road works.

We provide professional & reliable tree services to make your environment safe and healthy.

TILING

MEMBER

Reliable, Friendly Service.

720 200 396 508

MULLUM POOL SHOP Water testing, eco products, mobile service, repairs................0418 666839 BEAU JARDIN. Swimming pool plans. Organise & co-ordinate with council.................0417 054443 POOL CONSTRUCTION BYRON BAY. Baywater Pool. Lic 206487c .........0419 479921 or 66843489

9 TILE, GROUT & STONE CLEANING & SEALING 9 SILICONE 9 GROUT COLOURING 9 RE-GROUTING 9 EPOXY GROUT 9 GLASS RESTORATION 9 SLIPPERY TILES 9 LEAKY SHOWERS

WATER CARTAGE

WEB DESIGN SERVICES

VALUERS

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010 WEB DESIGN, SEO, Online marketing, Graphic Design ......................................................66846128

WELDING

SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential, Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976 NR VALUATIONS 25 years local exp. www.nrvaluations.com.au

WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, general, repairs & Aluminium. Call Rod ...........0408 410545 MOBILE WELDING + FABRICATION SERVICES Site, Home, Marine. Derek.................0410 093383

Stamp Duty, transfer duty, Capital Gains Tax. All areas ...................................................0428 694041

VETERINARY SURGEONS

WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE W. T. NO BUBBLES, NO TROUBLES Cars, homes & offices ..........................0412 158478

MULLUM VET CLINIC Richard Gregory, Erin Tottenham, Bec Patison. 24 hrs 7 days ..........66843818 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009

Classifieds INDEX Birthdays ................................ 46 Business For Sale ................. 45 Childcare................................ 44 For Sale ................................. 44 Funeral Notices ..................... 46 Garage Sales......................... 45 Halls For Hire......................... 44 Health Notices ....................... 44 Items Under $100 .................. 44 Motor Vehicles ....................... 45 Musical Notes ........................ 46 Only Adults ............................ 46 Pets ........................................ 46

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS 6684 1777

CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGS

DEADLINE TUES 12PM

PHONE ADS

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Ads may be taken by phone on

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AT THE ECHO HEAD OFFICE Ads can be lodged in person at the Mullum Echo office:

Professional Services ............ 44

Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby

Public Notices ........................ 43

EMAIL ADS

Positions Vacant .................... 45

Readings................................ 44 Share Accommodation .......... 45 Short Term Accommodation .. 45 Social Escorts........................ 46 To Lease ................................ 45 To Let ..................................... 45 Tradework .............................. 44 Tree Services ......................... 44 Tuition .................................... 46 Wanted .................................. 44 Wanted To Rent ..................... 45 Work Wanted ......................... 46

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PUBLIC NOTICES

BRUNSWICK HEADS MARKETS Saturday 2nd February

MEMORIAL PARK, BRUNSWICK HEADS Phone 6628 4495 No dogs please CLOTHING CLEAR OUT MARKET Sunday 3 February Wigmore Hall - 26 Swift St, Ballina 10am-2pm Over 20 stalls with second hand women's clothing and accessories at bargain prices!

No ATM onsite, please bring small change.

For further information you can view our event on Facebook by searching 'chicks clothing clear out market'.

MUSIC, FOOD, SHOPPING & KIDS FUN

BYRON MARKET Sunday 3 Feb 8am – 3pm Butler St Reserve

THE NORTH COAST DANCE FESTIVAL will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Saturday 2nd March at 2pm at the Byron Bay Services Club.

Please come along and see what our small but dynamic members get up to. We would love to hear feedback from you on what we could change or perhaps do better. Anybody is welcome, hope to see there.

BYRON TWILIGHT MARKET Every Saturday 4 – 9 pm

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RAILWAY PARK, BYRON BAY

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COSTUME HIRE, PROPS, SUITS & ACCESSORIES Open Thurs 4–6.30pm, Sat 10.30am–1pm or by appointment

TAYLORS PROPS 1 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby Phone 6684 2978

DAVID LOVEJOY’S BOOKS Between Dark and Dark a memoir; Moral Victories, the biography of chess player Savielly Tartakower; Heresy, an historical novel.

ALL JUST $10 EACH Available from The Echo office reception

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HYPNOSIS & EFT

CHILDCARE BABY-SITTING I love looking after children and I am a great cook, $15/hr.

Phone 0424025271

PROF. SERVICES

DENTURES

LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

READINGS INTERNATIONAL CLAIRVOYANT Readings by Chanty by appt only.

Mimi & Flo Mullumbimby shop or private.

43 yrs exp. Have worked with police.

Ph 0417961548

Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma.

Maureen Bracken 0402205352 GROUNDING CLASSES Begin Wed 13th Feb 6.30-7.30pm Wisdom Space, Byron Bay Ind Estate More info: bodypsychbyronbay.com Tania 0423349808

Study Kinesiology

Final Intake for Diploma HLT 52415 With Parijat Wismer FMAKA. Free intro Byron, Wed 13 Feb, 6pm Kinesiology Schools Australia www.wellness.net.au – 66857991

Take Care!

With Parijat Wismer: Kinesiology life skills seminars.

First Aid for Emotions Sat Feb 9, 9am – 5pm Rapid Stress Release Sun Feb 10, 9am – 5pm $220 each or $380 for both.

66857991 – www.wellness.net.au

HEALTH

COLONICS

Offering colonic hydrotherapy, sauna and naturopathy at our beachside clinic.

Call or text 0458633869 www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au

Yin Yoga with Kim

By the ocean 5:30pm Fridays Byron Surf Club ALL WELCOME

3EPTIC 7ASTE 2EMOVAL

3UMMERLAND %NVIRONMENTAL

4HE ,IQUID 7ASTE 3PECIALISTS

s 3EPTIC TANK CLEANING s 'REASE TRAP SERVICING s /ILY ,IQUIDS s 0ORTABLE TOILET HIRE s HOUR SERVICE

Just turn up or call 0405 452 496

TREE SERVICES

HALLS FOR HIRE COORABELL HALL WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES 66871307 www.coorabellhall.net HALL 37 Marvell St, Byron Bay from $20ph. Kitchen, conference/workshop space. Ph 0412665985 or 0468453344

Tallow TREE SERVICES

PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE • • • • •

Nick Andrews 0439 849 332

that you want to be living!

Resolve blockages with a practitioner who balances physical, mental, emotional and spiritual elements in conjunction with each other, finding the root causes of any problems and clearing them.

Kinesiology North Coast Ph 0403125506 Registered practitioner. www.kinesiologynorthcoast.com.au

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES • Cherry Picker • Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Tree Surgeon • Fully Insured

Mulch Supplies

Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

6687 7677

MAEW

HAWAIIAN MASSAGE Ocean Shores Michaela. 0416332886

HYPNOTHERAPY, NLP & COACHING

0488 609 774

bookings@mullumcivic.com

www.wendypurdey.com.au

Traditional Thai Massage Now at

BAN THAI 10 Years Experience The last 5 Years in Byron Bay

0478 654 405

Feeling trapped?

Learn how to overcome addictive and limiting behaviours.

Stop smoking, weight loss and so much more.

Call today 6680 2630 27 years experience.

17 Ruskin St, Byron Bay

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617 CARAVAN 21ft, fully equipped. For stationary use - instant granny flat/Airbnb. $15,850ono. bit.ly/carav123. 0411179060 DAVID LOVEJOY’S BOOKS Available from The Echo reception: Between Dark and Dark, a memoir; Moral Victories, the biography of a chess player; Heresy, an historical novel.

ALL JUST $10 each.

COMPOST TOILETS

STARTING AT $960 Green Building Centre 0431721073

BAMBOO PLY

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.

Ph 66884188 • sample & brochure. www.bambooply.com.au

Mobile 0417 698 227

FOR SALE Concerts, forums, weddings, exhibitions, functions, etc. www.mullumcivic.com

BREAK THE CHAIN OF ADDICTIONS NOW!

STUMP GRINDING TREE REPORTS DA APPLICATIONS CRANE HIRE CHERRY PICKER

6687 2750 - 0401 208 797

THAI MASSAGE With male, 1hr $50, Brunswick Heads. Ph Nui 0413710742

LIVE THE LIFE

• • • • •

REMOVALS PALMS TREE SURGERY FREE QUOTES FULLY INSURED

FREE QUOTES

TREE PRUNING • TREE REMOVALS • QUALIFIED ARBORISTS 12” CHIPPER • STUMP GRINDING • CHERRY PICKER • FULLY INSURED

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS

• FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

6684 4421 0402 364 852

TRADEWORK

ELECTRICIAN Alex Chala

NICK HART

TREE SERVICES

• Affordable tree services • Professional tree care • 18" chipper (crane truck)

For enquiry or free quote call

0424 688 766 Lic. No. 299101C

Fully insured • Free quotes

6684 9137 • 0427 347 380

SCAFFOLDING Erect, hire & sales.

Aluminium, steel & mobile. 0427774450

MIELE WASHERS

Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

MOLASSES • Palings • Posts • Hardwood poles • Sleepers • Firewood • Concrete Posts • Tomato stakes • Cane Mulch Kings Creek, Mullumbimby

Mark 0427 490 038 | Karen 0427 804 284

GUITARS, RECORDS, HI FI valiantmusic.com.au 66851005

ITEMS UNDER $100

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES ALL YEAR ROUND

CLOTHES designer brands S8 dresses/ shorts/jeans/skirts $99/bag. 0416251298

Supplying commercial, wood fired bakeries, pizza restaurants and residential, combustion stoves, open fires, pot belly, kindling. Various load sizes from 4’x 6’ to 4 ton tipper.

PRICES STARTING FROM $95.

VOLUME DISCOUNTS.

WANTED

Matt 0427 172 684

CAMPHOR LAUREL TREES Careful-Professional-Respectful operation Mullumbimby business. Text 0432747842 LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

HEALTH & HEALING WEEKLY CLASS TIMETABLE MONDAY ENQUIRIES BOOKINGS

AWARENESS IN MOVEMENT

ph: 0400 558 181 info@shirshamarie.com www.shirshamarie.com

Yoga Pilates Yogalates Barre

BANGALOW CLASS TIMES DISPLAYED YOGALATES.COM.AU

04032 669 17 sattvayogabyron.com.au sattvabyronbay @gmail.com

0439 492 804

The Corner

hello@ thecornernewbrighton. com.au 6 Strand Ave, New Brighton thecornernewbrighton.com.au/

0418 441 437 flo@ intouchyogabyronbay.com www. intouchyogabyronbay.com 10/21-23 Tasman Way Byron Arts & Industrial Estate www.wisdomspacebyron.com

WISDOM SPACE BYRON

THE BYRON SHIRE

MULLUMBIMBY 8.30-10am: QIGONG

WEDNESDAY BANGALOW 8.30-10am: QIGONG 6-8pm: TAI CHI

THURSDAY BRUNSWICK HEADS 8.30-10am: QIGONG 8.30-10.30am: TAI CHI

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

TAI CHI

QIGONG

SOFT-STYLE MARTIAL ART

GENTLE EXERCISE ART

Alignment, Relaxation, Meditation

Breathing, Awareness, Self-healing

SUNDAY / EVENTS CLASSES SESSIONS WORKSHOPS RETREATS

6.30-7.30am: BARRE FUSION 9.30-11am: YIN YANG

6.30-7.30am: YOGALATES

9.30-11am: 9.15-10.15am: YOGALATES WITH 9.30-11am: YOGALATES BARRE FUSION WEIGHTS 4.30-5.30pm: GENTLE 6-7.15pm: YIN YOGA 5.30-6.45pm: 6-7.30pm: YOGALATES GENTLE VINYASA

6.30-7.30am: BARRE FUSION

8-9.30am: SIGNATURE YOGALATES 10-11am: PILATES ALIGN

6.30am: VINYASA 8am: HATHA 10am: GENTLE YOGA

6.30am: VINYASA 8am: HATHA 10am: GENTLE YOGA

8am: HATHA 10am: GENTLE YOGA

8am: HATHA 10am: GENTLE YOGA

6.30am: VINYASA 8am: HATHA 10am: HATHA VINYASA 5.30pm: YIN

8am: HATHA VINYASA 10am: GENTLE YOGA

AFTERNOON: HEALING MASSAGE

5.30pm: YIN YOGA BOOKINGS REQUIRED

AFTERNOON: MASSAGE/ REFLEXOLOGY AVAILABLE

9.30am-11am: YIN YOGA CLASS ABOVE SANTOS MULLUM ALL WELCOME

PERSONALISED HEALING PACKAGES & GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE

SPECIAL EVENT 4-6pm: FEB 2ND ALCHEMY OF VOICE $20

6.30-7.15am: MOBILITY METHOD 7.30-8.15am: STRENGTH METHOD 5.30-6.15pm: CORNER METHOD

7.30-8.15am: CORNER METHOD 5.30-6.15pm: STRENGTH METHOD

6.30-7.15am: HIT CIRCUIT 7.30-8.15am: MOBILITY METHOD 9.30-10.15am: STRENGTH METHOD

7.30-8.15am: CORNER METHOD INTRO SPECIALS AVAILABLE 8.30-9.15am: STRENGTH METHOD

5-6.30pm: THERAPEUTIC VINYASA SUFFOLK PARK COMMUNITY HALL

8.30am-4.30pm: ONE DAY A WEEK LVL 1 TEACHER TRAINING MARCH-DEC SUFFOLK PARK HALL

5-6.30pm: THERAPEUTIC VINYASA SUFFOLK PARK COMMUNITY HALL

PRIVATE YOGA/ YOGA THERAPY BY APPOINTMENT

10am-12pm: DYNAMIC VINYASA SUFFOLK PARK COMMUNITY HALL

7-8am: YOGA 5.30pm: Q-YOGA 7pm: MOTHERS GROUP

7-8am: YOGA 7pm: WOMENS CIRCLE

7-8am: YOGA 5.30pm: BELLY FIT YOGA 7pm: “NEW TO BYRON” WOMENS GROUP

7-8am: YOGA 5.30pm: Q-YOGA 7pm: INNER JOURNEY

Sat 2 Feb 7pm: RETRO DANCE PARTY 70’S & 80”S HITS LETS DANCE!

Jo Morrish 0404 640 407

TUESDAY

CORE SLIDERS

9.30-10.15am: STRENGTH METHOD 4.30-5.15pm: 5.30-6.15pm: HIT CIRCUIT CORNER METHOD 6.30-7.15pm: CORNER 6.30-7.15pm: METHOD STRENGTH METHOD 6.30-7.15am: CORNER METHOD 7.30-8.15am: STRENGTH METHOD

PRIVATE YOGA/ YOGA THERAPY BY APPOINTMENT 7-8am: YOGA 9.30-11am: PREGNANCY YOGA 12-5pm: COMMUNITY

0403 747 442

ACUPUNCTURE

62 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby 1800 941 052 info@rainbowCentre. com.au www.rainbowcentre. com.au FB: rainbowcentremullum Insta: The.Rainbow.Centre

9:30-11am: YIN YOGA

6pm: GENTLE YOGA

7-8am: PILATES 9:30-11am: KIDS YOGA 9:30-11am: FREE COMMUNITY CLASS 12:30-1:30pm: CARDI4-5pm: FAMILY YOGA YOGA 5:30-7pm: ELEMENTAL 4-5pm: YIN YOGA VINYASA AFRICAN DANCE 6-7.15pm: KUNDALINI 6-7.30pm: 7.30-9.30pm: REBIRTHING YOGA BREATHWORK 10-11:30am: PRENATAL YOGA 12:30-1:30pm: VINYASA

6.30-7.15pm: HIT CIRCUIT

7-8am: ELEMENTAL VINYASA 9:30-11am: RISE! DANCE 12:30-1:30pm: YIN YOGA 4.15-5.15pm: QI GONG MEDITATION

5:30-7pm: E-MOTION YOGA

7:30-9.30pm: TANTRA DANCE

7-8am: YOGA TRANCE DANCE

9:30-11am: FIT FLOW FLY YOGA

10-11.30am: MUMS & CUBS

12:30-1:30pm: CHAKRA YOGA 4-5pm: VINYASA 4-5pm: KIDS YOGA 5:30-7pm: YIN YOGA

7-8am: VINYASA YOGA 9:30-11am: MEDITATION 12:30-1:30pm: PILATES 4-5pm: BE STILL + CHILL

8-9:15am: YIN YOGA 9:30-10:30am: FAMILY YOGA

10-11am: CARDI YOGA

11-12:30pm: ACRO YOGA 4-5pm: RAINBOW SPIRIT DANCE

The only studio in Byron overlooking the ocean!

Massage service from 12pm Monday to Saturday

BALI YIN YOGA RETREAT BOOK NOW – PLACES LIMITED

ENQUIRIES WELCOME

8.30am-4.30pm: LVL 2 TEACHER TRAINING. THURSDAYS FORTNIGHTLY MARCHSEPT. LENNOX HEAD

SPACE FOR HIRE SUITS WORKSHOPS & CLASSES UPCOMING EVENTS: THURSDAY 7TH NEW MOON VISION JOURNEY FRIDAY 8TH ZENTHAI FLOW YOGA + ECSTATIC DANCE- METAL ELEMENT SUNDAY 10TH VEGAN MARKET

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GARAGE SALES

TO LET

POSITIONS VACANT

MULLUM Lot 11 Ann St, Sat 3rd/Sun 4th Bric-a-brac, quality furniture, piano + more

BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333

CLEANER WANTED approx 2hrs/week cleaning, making beds, washing etc.

NDIS Registered or ABN a must. Mullum area. Please call 0429989839

MULLUM 18 Azalea St, Sat 8am. Quality h/hold goods. Books, Steiner toys, furn, clothes, camp gear and heaps more

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal 0408 210 772 BYRON A&I STORAGE SHED SALE Unit B16 Fern Ave. Sunday 3rd Feb 9am-12pm Quality furniture, rugs & lots more!!

WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FASHION CLOTHING SALE MANY BIG BRANDS

George, Lisa Ho, Ribkoff, Showers, Lyman, Morrissey, Brax, Sass& Bibe, Disegual and more. Sizes 10-14 Fri 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7pm, Sat 10amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;3pm 47 Dress Circle Dr. Lennox Head.

MOTOR VEHICLES

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS Local regâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d business 66845296 or 66845403

SUBARU FORESTER 2007 white, 2 owners, always serviced, full log book history 180,000km $8900. 66845238 AUTOMATIC 2005 HOLDEN COMMODORE 179855KM VERY HANDY WAGON SN2445...............................................$6490 AUTOMATIC 2008 HONDA JAZZ 5DR HATCH 132870KM REGO TILL MARCH FULL SERVICE HISTORY SN4397...............$6990 AUTOMATIC 2004 FORD ESCAPE 168152KM LOW KM 4 CYLINDER FANTASTIC CONDITION SN1576........$6990 AUTOMATIC 2006 HOLDEN ASTRA CONVERTIBLE 109227KM REGO TILL MARCH SN0300.................................$5490 AUTOMATIC 2014 MITSUBISHI TRITION GLX-R TURBO DIESEL 4WD DUALCAB SN4745.............................................$16990

BARGAINS

ballinacarcentre.com.au

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

Ballina Car Centre

DLN 19950

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274

BUSINESS FOR SALE MILK RUN KINGSCLIFF with 1 subcontractor. 4 days pw approx. 30hrs pw. Includes a truck. Massive growth area underway or approved. Ph 0412145610 BYRON B. HOLCIM MINI CONCRETE TRUCK & CONTRACT (2027) POA. MR Lic required. 0414276506 FOOD STALL PAELLA well-established business in the Byron Shire. Permanent sites at Byron, Bangalow & Channon markets. $45,000 ono. Ph 0401617780

STORAGE ONLY room, 4x3m, $15pw.

Apply at 107 Stuart St, Mullumbimby UPPER MAIN ARM suit mature couple, 2.5br 2 bthrms, solar power, 2 storey, fireplace, Uâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Cover parking, $360pw.

0417682276 GOONENGERRY 3br home, on acreage, creek. $400pw. 0498351434 WILSONS CREEK close to town, 2 bdrm, large garden. $440pw Ph 0412999797 BANGALOW rural s/c studio, $285pw, no pets n/s, wking sgl pref. Ph 0409348072 BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED Modern & Secure from $140 p/m Elders Real Estate 66871500 BYRON SELF-STORAGE UNITS Clean & secure. Ph 1300762618

LOCAL REMOVAL

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 ROSEBANK 1brm cabin, great outlook, private. Suit sgl worker n/s no pets. $350pw + bills Call Mark 0419483144 HUONBROOK beautiful, spacious (40sqm) rainforest cabin, large deck $250pw neg. Email: j.pillarji@gmail.com STORAGE SHEDS available for rent Byron Bay Industrial Estate priced from $120.00 per month Contact LJ Hooker Byron Bay 66857300 MULLUM 7 MIN small cabin suit single.

Basic kitchen. Sunny, stunning views on friendly farm/community, no pets n/s, d/f, $220pw incl elect/wiďŹ . Bond req, long lease avail. Text 0431702354 MULLUM 12 Min. 4br + ofďŹ ce, views, 5 min from Shearwater, aircon, orchard $535pw incl maintenance. 0419903106 HUONBROOK near new 27ft Opallite caravan + shower + toilet. $1165pw Pref. n/smoker. 0431314001

RESIDENTIAL Brunswick Heads 3 bed 1bth $570 Billinudgel 1br 1bth $240 Mullumbimby 3 bed 1 bath $600 neg

COMMERCIAL Brunswick Heads 54sqm in Fingal St Brand new with grease trap 27sqm in Park St Perfect for Retail Contact agent L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

WANTED TO RENT 2 LOCAL MATURE housemates require permanent rental. Both employed full time, n/s, d/f, no pets. We live a quiet, natural & organic lifestyle in a clean & organised environment. Ph 0411567844

TO LEASE

HUONBROOK 1br cabin, share sep bathroom, $170pw, pref n/s. 0431314001

TREATMENT ROOM Central Byron location, $80 per day, available 1-2 days per week. Please call Kari 0415379757 MADE IN MULLUM Interested in selling your handmade crafts, artworks, photography etc locally from $25 a week? Interested to see what sells and what doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t? Contact Facebook: Made In Mullum or email madeinmullum@gmail.com ARTISTS wanted to share studio/gallery space in Byron Arts & Industry Estate. No live-in. Phone Tracey 0431092618

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ADMIN LEGEND wanted to join Natural Therapy Association â&#x20AC;&#x201C; IICT in Byron Bay. Full-time, ďŹ&#x201A;exible hours. We need someone who can think on their feet; create happy members by solving problems. Our business is the combination of people & their information. If you like to work towards a goal independently with the backup of an experienced team, we would love to hear from you. Applications close 5pm January 28th. Visit: myiict.com/ careers/

Seeking a casual copywriter with a good understanding of behavioural science. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a Byron Bay-based online training company creating courses for the Psychology industry - check out our website at www.psychwire.com.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for experienced writers to work on web copy, EDMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, expert bios and short 100-250 word articles on behavioural science. Please send copies of your work, a cv and a short bio to: hr@psychwire.com. At least 10 years of writing experience only.

LOOKING FOR

SOUS CHEFS

St. Elmo restaurant in Byron Bay is looking for a full time Sous Chef. Please send your CV through to chef@stelmodining.com or come past the restaurant and speak to Brendan.Â

'OCKN [QWT EQXGT NGVVGT CPF %8 to: empiremullum@gmail.com

RTO NO: 90013

Looking for a new career?

Fee free places available in...

SEEKING TUTORS Byron Community College is seeking expressions of interest from experienced tutors to run courses in the following areas: Leather craft Candle making Calligraphy Beeswax food wraps Flower arranging Soap making

Blogging Copy writing for web Cake decorating Cooking Foraging Kombucha

Please send CV and brief info about what you are interested in teaching to marketing@byroncollege.org.au by 8th Feb.

Individual Support(Ageing and Disability) Starts 30th Jan(still taking enrolments)

Early Childhood Education & Care Starts 4th Feb

Courses starting soon...

Massage Therapy Starts 5th Feb

Permaculture

Mon 4th Feb

Starts 5th Feb

Future Youth Program Starts 26th Feb

MYOCUM F/furn house for single, n/s, d/f, cat & garden loving female. Avail mid Feb â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mid May $250pw. Ph 66846492

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BRUNSWICK HEADS 1 bedroom in spacious home, door to deck & garden.

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ACCOUNTS/ADMIN The Echo is looking for a capable generalist and problem-solver with two primary focuses: Firstly, supporting our sales team with, for example, database bookings, booking classifieds, phone answering and email mailouts. Secondly, working in accounts using MYOB to process payments, resolve customer queries and ensure accounts are paid on time.

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Community at work BYRON DOG RESCUE ADOPTION

ALL HOME MAINTENANCE/REPAIRS Lic No. 60801C. For a free quote call: Paul 0423852559

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Meet Shep - gentle quiet and a sweetheart - he’s a 6 year old Kelpie x Staffy & soon to be desexed. He’s been in the pound for over 2 weeks, after being found wandering.

Like to meet this absolute gentleman?

Please phone Shell at Byron Dog Rescue 0458 461 935

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Prof tuition, highly regarded teacher / performer / recording artist.

Parissa Bouas. Ph 0421330766

MUSICAL NOTES QUALITY PIANOS for sale, and expert piano tuning. Ph Fred Cole 0412216019

Jessie Jessie is a 2 year old desexed female mastiff x. She is an obedient, affectionate girl who will make a loving companion dog. If you can give Jessie a permanent, loving home please contact Pam on 0421 017 461.

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No fixed address? Lost your housing in the last 12 months? One Roof Byron is looking for people interested in joining a longterm accommodation program in this Shire. Enquiries: call/text Jenny 0422 455 735 9am–4.30pm, Monday to Wednesday.

Bay FM is conducting an online listener survey and would like to hear what you have to say about your community radio station. Go to www.bayfm.org to access and complete the survey. Completed surveys received by 31 January will be entered into a draw to win dinner for two at one of Byron’s top eateries. Survey results will help Bay FM improve services to the listeners of the Byron Shire.

BV Probus

Creative Mullumbimby

The Brunswick Valley Probus Club meeting is on Tuesday 5 February at 10am at the Ocean Shores Country Club. Guest speaker is Mandy Nolan.

She is a accomplished comedian, artist, and journalist. Inquires ring Margaret 6680 3316.

Creative Mullumbimby Inc AGM to be held on Monday 11 February at 5pm at the Byron Community College, Gordon Street, Mullumbimby. All welcome. Following the AGM discussions about projects for the year ahead including Ingenuity Festival, projects in Palm Park, and developing public work with local participation. New members welcome.

U3A Ballina/Byron Book review is the first subject for 2019 at 10am Tuesday 5 February in the RSL meeting room, Mullumbimby. Enquiries 6680 7350.

Visit friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for a home.

Have a good one!

Neighbourhood Centre

Respite Service

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre is open Monday–Thursday 9am–4pm and offers a range of services and activities. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy art, music, games, great food and more. Call reception on 6684 1286 and discover what is on offer.

Byron Shire Respite Service Inc delivers high-quality respite care to a broad range of clients throughout the Byron, Ballina and Lismore shires. Donations welcome: Ph 6685 1921, email fundraiser@ byronrespite.com.au, website: www. byronrespite.com.au.

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PETS This beauty is Pebbles!

She is an absolute love bug & adores to be fussed over. She’s great with other cats & kids too so Pebbles PEBBLES would be a great addition to your family. If you have a cat shaped hole in your life that Pebbles could slot into, come in & meet her as she’s sure to be the right fit.

To meet Pebbles & her friends, please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 DALLEY STREET, MULLUM OPEN: Tues 2.30–4.30pm THURS: 3–5pm SAT: 10am–12 noon Call AWL 6684 4070 Like us on Facebook!

Alateen meeting

Food Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. If you have any sort of Centrelink card you may purchase cheap food, obtain free veges, and enjoy a cuppa. Free Food Relief Bags for anyone doing it tough, every Wednesday 10–12noon at The Hub Ocean Shores, cnr Rajah Rd and Bindaree Way. No ID or Concession Card required. NILs referral service also available. Check Facebook page The Hub Baptist Ocean Shores for details.

Alateen meeting every Thursday at 5–6pm. Do you have a parent, close friend or relative with a drinking problem?

Alateen can help. For 8–16-year-olds meet St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church Hall, 13 Powell Street, corner of Florence Street Tweed Heads. Al-Anon family groups for older members at the same time and place. 1300 ALANON 1300 252 666 www.al-anon.org.au

End-of-life choices Exit International is a voluntary euthanasia group that meets quarterly.

Meetings are held at the Robina Community Centre. Attendees must be Exit members. The next meeting is on 7 February. Further information on our website www.exitinternational.net or phone local coordinator Elaine 5580 8215 or 0421 796 713.

Free youth DJ class Free Friday night beats and DJ workshops for young people 10–24 from 5 till 7pm at One Vision Studios, 4/10 Wollongbar Street, Byron Bay.

Evensong

Probus: Hastings Point

Sunday 3 February 5pm at St Paul’s Spirituality Centre. Choir for Evensong – practice is on Thursday 31st at 5pm at 14 Kingsley Street, Byron Bay (200 metres off Jonson Street). Contact: John Power: 0403 905 543

The next meeting of the Hastings Point/ Tweed Coast Probus Club will be on Tuesday 19 February at 10am at Tricare Retirement Community, 87 Tweed Coast Road, Hastings Point. The speaker will be

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The community voice for Bruns residents, the Brunswick Heads Progress Association, is starting up again on 4 February.

Regular As Clockwork

FUNERAL NOTICES

Of Ocean Shores, passed away suddenly on 17th of January 2019.

Aged 63.

Dearly loved husband of Robyn.

Adored father and father-inlaw of Amanda & Eddie, Jared & Karline and Luke. Loved Poppy to Winnie. Beloved son of Gordon and Joy. Brother of Barry, Christine, Robyn and Kay. David will be sadly missed by all family and friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a celebration of David's life to be held at the Tweed Valley Cemetery, 871 Eviron Road, Eviron, NSW 2484 on THURSDAY (February 7, 2019) commencing at 11am.

BH Progress Ass’n

Please note that, owing to space restrictions, not all entries may be included each week. Email copy marked ‘Regular As Clockwork’ to editor@echo.net.au.

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Yet another proud young mother, TORY. Only about 18 months old and all her kittens, bar one, have been adopted. So now it is Tory’s turn. She is undemanding, easy going and friendly. Tory is a smallish cat with a coat of many colours. Young, adaptable and very eager for a family life. Just look into those big green eyes.

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Times are Eastern Standard Daylight Savings Time.

Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data from Bureau of Meteorology.

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Clubs come together to deliver new cycling race series Chris Boogert has taken out the first race of a new series organised and co-hosted by the Ballina Bicycle Club (BBC) and the Byron Bay Cycle Club (BBCC) called the Shire Shooutout.

The first of eight races making up the Shire Shootout was held last Sunday at the Byron Arts and Industry Estate and featured 33 riders across four grades.

Despite a few cars around the place, riders had extremely safe conditions that made for some fun, exciting and tough racing.

The series will test riders across a mix of disciplines including criterium, road, handicap as well as individual time trial.

Points will be accumulated for placings, participation and volunteering over the eight rounds in a combined points score across all grades.

Round 2 of the Shootout

Cyclists from Byron and Ballina clubs battled for points in the new Shire Shootout series last Sunday. Photo supplied will be a road race hosted by the Ballina club starting from the Macadamia Castle on Sunday February 10.

Results A grade: Chris Boogert, Tim Reed, Tim Van Berkel.

Prime – Tim Van Berkel.

B grade: Wes Thompson, Matt Jones, Nick Howe.

Prime – Matt Jones C grade: David Walsh, Tim Ryan, Michael Hughes. Prime – Tim Ryan D grade: Dave Scully, Richard Brown, Sarah Ryn. First female: Sarah Ryan.

Local boardrider clubs join ōĶŕĕƖż Ɛş ĈşŕƐĕƆƐ ŕëƐĶşŕëō Ǖ ŕëōƆ Crystal Cylinders The Byron Bay Boardriders and Lennox-Ballina Boardriders clubs are all set to compete at the Nudie Australian Boardriders Battle Series national final at Newcastle Beach on February 16–17 after qualifying in 2018.

Newcastle’s Merewether Surfboard Club joins Phillip Island Boardriders Club, North Shelly Boardriders Club, North Narrabeen Boardriders Club and Culburra Beach Boardriders Club as five of the six wildcard entries to compete in the two-day national final.

Merewether will boast a lineup that will include the likes of World Surf League (WSL) star Ryan Callinan while defending champions Culburra Beach Boardriders Club will potentially field a team consisting of three members of the Wright family with two-time WSL Women’s World Champion Tyler to join brothers and WSL men’s tour stars Owen and Mikey. That’ll be a hard team to beat.

Bede Durbidge (Point Lookout), Adrian Buchan (Avoca), Soli Bailey (Byron Bay), Bronte Macaulay

All Girls vice-president Danah Bessonco with co-presidents Melissa Cook and Jane Collins. Photo Natalie Grono (Margaret River), Nikki van Dijk (Phillip Island), and Connor Oleary (Elouera) are just a few of the many other big names to bolster an already star-studded field of surfers.

The Nudie Australian Boardriders Battle is the country’s biggest grassroots boardrider event, involving more than 60 of Australia’s best boardrider clubs.

The series is officially sanctioned by the World Surf League (WSL), which allows Australian WSL World Tour surfers (men and women) the opportunity to represent their local boardrider club at

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respective state qualifying events and the national final.

All Girls sign-on The All Girls Surfriders club are having their membership sign-on for 2019 on Saturday the February 9 at Lennox beach, just south of the pub between 8am and 10am.

The club has members from throughout the far north coast and encourages females of all ages and abilities to surf. Club members range from six to 60-plus years of age riding any type of board.

Check out their website: www.allgirlssurf.com.au.

Kids laser in on sailing Bill Fenelon The last school holiday sail at Fingal by the Tweed Valley Sailing Club was the biggest yet with over 25 young sailors and the biggest number of teenagers so far.

A dozen boats took to the water, from classic Sabots with two small crew up to 16ft Corsairs carrying an adult and up to six kids at a time.

Everyone gets to learn how to steer and work the sails, lots of new vocabulary, and never a moment’s rest as the crew have to jump around to balance the boat when the wind picks up.

All agree the most fun is leaning right out as the boat flies along sending spray over everyone, all this only powered by the wind.

The other popular boat is the Australian made Extreme X3 – a durable plastic hull with various sail

Juliette Adlard (10 years) at the helm of Corsair 107 with her crew enjoying the ride. Photo suplied combinations to suit the crew and the conditions.

The team took a break for a sausage sizzle and refreshments and continued on after lunch so the more experienced sailors could make the most of a great breeze.

We also had a few adult

beginners come down for a lesson.

Igor Prado, originally from Brazil, was a complete beginner a few months ago and after only one full-day lesson from our chief instructor John Hayward he is now taking out any boat he can get his hands on.

Soccer coach wins Sportsperson of the Year award Byron Bay Football Club’s technical director Chris Layland has been named as Sportsperson of the Year by the Byron Shire Council.

Layland was singled out as a natural coach to players in the club as well as a tecaher to younger coaches, according to the BSC. He has also created a number of relationships with some of Australia’s biggest clubs in the cities. This is a pathway for Byron’s most talented players to be able to work towards a professional career, something that used to be very difficult for players from this region.

One year into this new arrangement players Samuel Shepherd and Griffin Bambach have signed U/20s contracts with Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney Olympic.

In 2018 Chris and his son Christian Layland become Australian champions after steering their New South Wales team to victory in the FFA U/13 National Youth Championships.

Also as part of his role as technical director he coaches Byron’s Summer Youth League team in one of the three major competitions in the area. The Byron side has won back-to-back titles in the tournament.

Chris (L) and Christian Layland early this year after coaching the NSW U/13s to a national win. Photo supplied

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Thanks NSW election candidates MP Tamara Smith (Greens), Asren Pugh (Labor) and Ben Franklin MLC (Nationals), who had the courage to say they all tried illegal substances in their youth. Such honesty is needed with any debate on drug use and their disclosure should help inform a reasoned political response.

NSW Labor say it may consider pill testing at music festivals if elected, which is a significant policy shift. The NSW Liberal-National coalition is against pill testing, despite its success in other countries. Oh and the Greens are for pill testing of course…

Labor’s federal leader Bill Shorten was reported in The Australian in April 2018 as saying there are ‘no plans to adopt the Greens’ policy of legalising cannabis.’

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Business confidence in the northern rivers has dropped significantly over the past 12 months, according to a survey by the NSW Business Chamber. The region was one of just five regions across the state to experience an overall fall in business confidence during the course of last year. Business confidence either increased or remained stable in the state’s other ten regions. The snapshot also indicates that

Margaret Giles from Quota, Ray Linabury of the Lions Club, and Rotary’s Sue Stirton at Saturday’s breakfast in Brunswick Heads. The combined services clubs have been hosting the Australia Day Breakfast for 30 years. Last week The Echo mistakenly reported the breakfast was put on by Rotary and omitted the Lions and Quota.

Photo Jeff ‘Making Corrections Since 1986’ Dawson unemployment in the northern rivers sits at 5.1 per cent – slightly above the state average of 4.4 per cent – with youth unemployment in the region remaining high at just under 10 per cent. Hopefully changing the bedsheets of government in March and May will instil that much needed confidence…

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Councillor Jan Hackett’s claim a while back that she felt decorative and left in the dark with Council operations is again highlighted on page 5, with the debacle around major infrastructure planning in Byron Bay. Regardless of the current councillors’ inability to cut through the bureaucratic iron curtain, there is a state election coming. It’s a great opportunity to ask candidates how they will ensure more trust and confidence in local planning. Abolishing the JRPP, strengthening local planning laws, and paying councillors a decent wage would be a good start.

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