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Thousands support Stop Adani Convoy

Sunday’s Stop Adani Convoy at the Mullum Showgrounds drew thousands. Photo Jeff Dawson Eve Jeffery Organisers who took a headcount say around 5,000 people packed into the Mullumbimby showgrounds on Sunday to show support for Bob Brown and the Stop Adani Convoy, which left Tasmania last week.

Rain, which had been falling for days, magically stopped for a man some call Saint Bob, who is leading the charge to the Galilee Basin where

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the massive Adani mine is planned.

Brown said he was delighted that so many took time from their Easter Sunday to stand for the environment.

‘This is the biggest turnout anywhere in Australia,’ he said.

‘In the election campaign, it is a simple issue that goes to the heart of Australia as a nation: do we vote for the deadly effects of the Adani mine, or do we vote for a secure future for our children?’

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Sixteen-year-old Mia Thom called on voters to save the future from the climate emergency.

After an Aboriginal welcome to country, Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst spoke to the crowd, as did fellow musicians Lukas Nelson, Moreton, and Australian actor Isabel Lucas.

‘This is an issue that is amazingly still there after all this time,’ said Hirst.

‘We thought it might have gone away by now. What a crazy idea,

burning coal in 2019.’

Global awakening US musician Lukas Nelson also shared his thoughts on coal. ‘There is a global awakening now,’ he said.

‘We are starting to realise that the old ways aren’t working.’

Brown called opening new coal mines like Adani a ‘criminal act’ in light of the estimated 150,000 deaths from global warming worldwide last year. Hussy Hicks members

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Leesa and Julz performed at the rally as the crowd assembled.

They said, ‘The positivity in the air was undeniable. Mia Thom was incredible! So many beautiful people standing up for the planet’.

The convoy left Mullum and spent the night in Brisbane, then held a street rally against the Adani mine on Monday, with speakers including businessman Geoff Cousins.

To keep up with the convoy, visit www.bobbrown.org.au.

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m É īşưƐ Ɛş ǖşī şǔ Ŕşſĕ Ʒſşŕ ſëĶō ōëŕĎ A parcel of Butler Street land in Byron’s CBD, managed by Transport for NSW on behalf of the NSW government, is up for sale.

While the blurb on www. ciaustralia.com.au says the property is zoned R2 Low Density Residential and comprises a 373sqm prime vacant, there is no mention of the slated bypass.

An online auction is planned at auctionworksonline.net.au on May 7 at 11am.

Additionally, lot 11 Milton Street in Byron Bay is also

being sold, which is located next to the disused railway near Belongil Beach.

Without road access Yet the 373 sqm land comes without access to the property from a public road.

There is ‘no right of way over any of the land fronting Shirley or Milton Streets’.

The tender process will close at 4pm on May 6.

The sale follows other planned auctions for three large railway lands in Lismore, which was highlighted

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NSW Labor MLC Walt Secord says, ‘Since April 2011, the state Liberals and Nationals have overseen the sell-off of $70b worth of public assets’.

ĕōō şǔ şĪ żƖćōĶĈ ëƆƆĕƆƐƆ ȡǤǝćǼ dëćşſ ‘This is astounding – and a betrayal’, Mr Secord said.

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DëſŔĕſƆ lëſŊĕƐ Ɛş ſĕōşĈëƐĕ Ɛş !ëưëŕćëIJ !ĕŕƐſĕ Hans Lovejoy The weekly Byron Bay Farmers Market, which has operated at the Butler Street Reserve for 17 years, is set to temporarily relocate in July to accommodate the construction of the Butler Street bypass.

Councillors voted last Thursday to not only move the markets to the Cavanbah Centre on Ewingsdale Road, but to pay $69,969 for the facility to become an operational market ground.

This is despite the monthly Community Market stallholders previously stating they do not want to temporarily relocate to the the Cavanbah Centre.

In August 2017, The Echo reported that Council staff took it upon themselves to prepare a development application (DA) to use Cavanbah Centre on Ewinsgsdale Road as a primitive camping and market site.

It came without informing councillors, and the community, or the agreement of stallholders who operate on Butler Street.

Mayor Simon Richardson told The Echo at the time, ‘There is no move to move current markets out to the Cavanbah Centre.’

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$5,000 be offered for the Farmers Market relocation costs, it became clear in the meeting that it would cost the markets around $25,000.

Funding sources will come from the Butler Street bypass project, say staff, where the state government have committed $10.5m and Council $4m.

During debate, staff said relocation would be six months while the Butler Street section is constructed.

Additionally, staff said the successful tenderer for the roadworks would not be liable if they go over the time alloted for construction.

Cr Lyon said, ‘We can revisit this’.

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David Farmer, representing the Farmers Markets, told the chamber in public access there are 80 members.

‘It’s their livelihood’, he said, ‘and all are nervous’.

Farmer added, ‘We haven’t even talked about coming back to Butler Street’.

Acting mayor Michael Lyon’s motion was eventually adopted, with only Cr Basil Cameron voting against. $20,000 will be offered towards relocation costs before and during the bypass construction period, as well as $4,914 towards admin support.

While in their report Council staff suggested

Last week, Extinction Rebellion protesters brought central London to a standstill, undertaking a series of non-violent protests that gained global attention.

Now the movement is coming to the Northern Rivers.

The group had its first information night last week, with about 50 people in attendance at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall.

‘What we’re saying is that there’s no time to hesitate,’ a member of the Northern Rivers Extinction Rebellion group Ben Mccorquodale said.

‘We’re fighting for our species, it’s not just the loss of other species as bad as that is, it’s ours.

‘We need to take action now and potentially be willing to be arrested’.

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BBC reports that more than 1,000 Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested since the protests began in central London a week ago.

Rebellion movement is the belief that the world’s leaders are failing in their duty, and that direct action and acts of civil disobedience are essential to achieve change.

Three key demands In light of that they have three key demands: That governments firstly ‘tell the truth’ by declaring a climate and ecological emergency;

and secondly act now by halting biodiversity loss reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025.

This means that the amount of energy used is equivalent to the amount of energy created through renewable means; and thirdly, ‘Create a citizen’s assembly on climate change and ecological justice, which would lead government action’.

‘They looked at the rebellions around the world and which were effective and realised it has to be really strong, direct non-violent action,’ Mccorquodale said.

‘If things don’t change, then our children will inherit a planet where they can’t live in anything like the comfortable way we do now.

‘Eventually we will wipe ourselves out.’

The Northern Rivers group is still in its infancy, but Mr Mccorquodale says there are

good signs the community will get involved.

‘Mullumbimby is a really progressive town, one of the most progressive places in the country,’ he said.

According to www.ausrebellion.earth, ‘One of three mammals that have gone extinct in the last 400 years were Australian’.

‘The signs of ecological collapse are all around us.

‘The Great Barrier Reef is continuing to suffer back-to back bleaching events, and is predicted to die off completely if we reach a 2oC degree rise in global temperature.

Globally, we’ve lost 60 per cent of all wildlife since 1970.

‘Scientists have declared that the sixth mass extinction is well under way, and it’s human driven’.

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For more Bluesfest photos see page 40 and also on www.echo.net.au. Photo Jeff Dawson Pim Hendrix It’s somewhat amusing to think that James Newell Osterberg Jr, aka Iggy Pop, was a mere slip of a young punkster at 41 years of age when the first Bluesfest kicked off in Easter 1990.

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And just like Iggy, Bluesfest has grown up as well.

30 year history Back in 1990, when it was held at the old Byron Arts Factory, the lineup included regulars Canned Heat, The Paladins, Smokey Wilson, and Dr Ross and the Hellhounds from the US. Domestic blues men like Phil Manning, The Witchdoctors, The Dynaflows, and Dutch Tilders and the Blues Club also played a pivotal role in shaping the festival.

To celebrate the 30-year history, director Peter Noble brought back seasoned regulars Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, and Paul Kelly, who all closed out Mojo on different nights.

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As did other Aussie legends like Russell ‘The Real Thing’ Morris, Richard Clapton, The Black Sorrows, local growler Tex Perkins, wise elder Archie Roach, acoustic guitar maestro Tommy Emmanuel, and Colin Hay, whose anthem Land Down Under recieved a

very spirited singalong.

Yet Noble also brought in some fresh new blood, who seemed to slot right in like old family. Top End hip-hop sensation Baker Boy has got some serious moves.

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Is there legal immunity for councils?

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A crowdfunding campaign for a new composting system that will ‘revolutionise how we deal with our food waste’ has been extended, ending on May 18. Subpod is the invention of Andrew Hayim De Vries (pictured), who heads Compost Central, located at 1/22 Brigantine Street in the Arts & Industry Estate. For more info visit https://bit.ly/2IGU50S. Photo Jeff Dawson

Fisherman drowns at Lennox Head A fisherman who was pulled unconscious from the water on Monday at Lennox Head has died. Police believe he was washed off the rocks at Boulder Beach.

Police report that several surfers went to the man’s aid and attempted to support him in the water, on

a surfboard. The surfers eventually returned the unconscious man to land.

Resuscitation failed Attempts were made to resuscitate the man, but they were unsuccessful.

Officers from Richmond Police District attended and

commenced an investigation. Police will prepare a report for the Coroner outlining the full circumstances surrounding the man’s death.

As investigations continue, police are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Can a section from the Local Government Act 1993 (LGA) be invoked by councils to give them legal immunity in cases over land in coastal zones?

It would appear so – under section 733 of the LGA, there is ‘Exemption from liability – flood liable land, land subject to risk of bush fire and land in coastal zone’.

The only catch appears to be that a decision made

by Council on these types of lands must be done so in ‘good faith’, which is defined in Section 731 of the LGA. That section deals with the liability of councillors, employees, and other persons.

So given this immunity exists, was it an option when Council was taken to court in 2016 by wealthy Belongil landowners?

Ɛëǔ ſĕżōƷ The Echo asked Council’s legal counsel Ralph James, ‘Given that Council operates under state government laws and has delegated authority, has Council ever asked the state for specific legal assistance – for example when wealthy Belongil landowners

took Council to court in 2016?

He replied, ‘I can’t answer this’. The Echo also asked if this would be considered in the West Byron case, and any future instances where Council has been taken to court by large corporations or wealthy individuals.

James again replied, ‘I can’t answer this’.

Sue Higginson is a former EDO lawyer and was the 2019 NSW Greens candidate for Lismore.

The Echo asked her, ‘Do you believe that if the previous Byron Council (2012–2016) had not agreed to its Belongil residents’ court case be taken over by insurers, they may have successfully defended a position of planned retreat (provided that position was undertaken in good faith)?’

Higginson replied, ‘It is hard to say because good faith by way of s733 is measured on all the facts and circumstances objectively’.

‘However, on first order principles and based on my memory of how it all played out, I think Council could have relied on s733 and all of the actions that it had taken over many years (since 1988) to

notify landholders at Belongil that it had a clear, reasonable, and consistently applied policy of planned retreat.

‘That said, there may have been some facts buried away that eroded (non-intended pun) the confidence of this position. I do think that the sustained pressure and powerful influence of the Belongil landholders played a significant role in why Council probably let go’.

When asked about Council legal immunity, acting Greens mayor Michael Lyon told The Echo, ‘If Council is sued and the law provides some protection for Council’s conduct, then of course, Council would consider relying on the protection provided. However that provision only relates to the LGA, not development cases’.

‘Legal action thus far taken in respect of rock walls and West Byron would be pursuant to the EPA Act. ‘Consequently, any protections created by the Local Government Act 1993 would have no force or effect in, for example, matters being dealt with pursuant to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979’.

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Local News Byron bypass awkwardly passes major hurdle Hans Lovejoy It was a chaotic and often confusing Council meeting last Thursday, yet a significant step was taken to begin the process of appointing a tender to start work on the long-suffering and controversial Byron bypass project.

Another milestone was approving the relocation of ‘nervous’ folk from the Farmers Market to the Cavanbah Centre (see page 2).

Despite a plea from former Greens mayor and NSW upper house MLC Jan Barham to apply the precautionary principle on the bypass, councillors steamrolled onwards without really addressing her concerns or questioning much around the issues that have plagued the project.

Barham told them during public access, ‘This is all unknown‌ this is frightening. We have a proud history of pioneering biodiversity protections’. ‘I’m not sure you know what you are doing here – it’s a very poor process.

You owe the community transparency’.

Acting Greens mayor Michael Lyon later said during debate that the Greens have a good record with environmental projects and policy, and referred to the Brunswick Holiday Parks negotiations (which have yet to be accepted by Reflections Holiday Parks).

Eventually a motion by Cr Paul Spooner was carried, which awards the

noise attenuation (design and implementation) tender to Renzo Tonin Associates NSW Pty Ltd, with a ‘lump sum component of $142,000’ to kick off the project.

Tender awarded The consultants will now work through the noise issues that will face Butler Street residents. Crs Cate Coorey and Basil Cameron voted against the motion.

A motion from Cr Cate Coorey to delay and seek more information was knocked back – it would have established ‘whether all necessary requirements have been met in relation to the consent conditions and the biobanking requirements and issues raised by [ecologist] David Milledge in the document presented to councillors’.

Cr Coorey told the chamber she was, ‘gobsmacked’ to learn that, at a Byron

chamber of commerce meeting years ago, the former general manager said, ‘we will have a bypass.’ ‘It’s the last infrastructure trigger to enable West Byron’, she said. ‘There’s strong data to indicate that if you build a road, inevitably it will be filled within three years and benefits fade within a decade. ‘I can see the rest of you are all committed and I don’t know why. Why weren’t the [conditions of consent] made publicly available? ‘We haven’t done infrastructure all that well in the past’, she said, referring to the koala hotspot that was not addressed at the Ewinsgdale Road roundabout.

Yet Cr Lyon said he was ‘happy with the tender process’. ‘If something changes, we won’t have spent that much [Council money].

We need to do the baseline data again to legally fulfil requirements. ‘There is no reason not to go ahead, but I’m happy to look at the issues of biobanking. I hope to do more in the environmental space’.

Cr Spooner adopted a pragmatic tone and said the opportunity for the rail corridor was two years ago with his unsupported motion. ‘I suggest councillors have the “all or nothing attitude� which has got us to this point. It’s not a road or a bypass – at best it’s a ring-road around Byron’.

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Celebrating community roots, April 27 What is it that drew you to Byron Shire?

Was it the alternative lifestyle that was created in the 60s and 70s that continues in many different manifestations?

Would you like to engage with some of the people who were part of creating the place that the Byron Shire and the Northern Rivers has become? Or perhaps you’re just interested in how the rainbow region became the place it is today.

The Alternative Lifestyle Elders Event is being held this Saturday April 27 at Durrumbul Hall in Main Arm to

explore this history and look to the future.

Organisers are bringing together a range of speakers from the early days of the alternative lifestyle of the Shire. ‘Mullumbimby is at an extraordinary place in history, and Sharon Shostak’s docos have also stirred up further interest in meeting with those still able to tell their story,’ says co-organiser Alan Grey. ‘The questions I get asked in the street are numerous‌ “How did Mullumbimby get its tag of the biggest little town in Australiaâ€?, “What planning of Mullumbimby’s CBD has gone down in the

past?�, “What is the history of Mullumbimby Shire Council before it amalgamated into Byron Shire Council?�, “How did the community get the old hospital site gifted back – and its future?� and the list goes on.

Speakers Local 91-year-old historian Frank Mills will regale with stories of the past, while David Bradbury will talk about the environment.

Mello from Organic Fossil Farm will address participation and education, and Binna Powell will discuss if there was an historic standing-stone site

in the local area.

Alan Grey will talk about history, visions, and the benefit of community trust and life after the 60s.

The event will kick off at 1pm with a first-time local grassroots band playing as people get a chance to meet and gather. ‘It is envisaged that the interests from the event will become more regular with a representative from a youth council having a voice addressing their needs and aspirations as well,’ said Grey.

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Local News 0ëƆƐĕſ żëſŊĶŕī ǕŕĕƆ rile residents An Ocean Shores resident says she is furious that Council sent seven people to her local beach on Easter Sunday to fine people for ‘respectful’ parking.

The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said that she had angle parked her car at New Brighton.

‘They provide inadequate parking next to the dog beach and have said only parallel parking is allowed,’ she said.

That only fits three cars.

‘Out of respect for everyone else also trying to attend the beach with their dogs and children, people park on an angle so more cars can fit.’

Fining everyone The woman said they were fining everyone on an angle. ‘Not because we were blocking anyone’s driveway or

doing anything even remotely wrong other than parking on an angle instead of parallel to allow more people to fit.

‘They have come along on Easter Sunday with seven staff, a few walking around on the ground and another three in a car driving around.

They started fining families $112. It’s disgusting and a complete waste of time’.

The woman said she spoke to the parking inspector. ‘I said, “You provide inadequate parking here, so we park on an angle so that more cars can fit in”.

“We’re just being respecting of the people that live in the area”.

‘And he said, “You’re disrespecting the people who live here because they’re the ones that ring and complain”.’

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Arlian Ecker, aka Plastic Free Boy, will speak at the 2019 Asia Pacific City Summit and Mayors Forum. Photo supplied Aslan Shand Byron Bay Public student Arlian Ecker, aka Plastic Free Boy, will take to the stage again, and this time he will be talking to mayors from around Asia and the Pacific in July as he brings them his message on plastic.

Arlian’s project began as a school assignment in 2017 about the impact of plastic in the oceans, and with his mother’s help, he made the film called Plastic Alarm.

Since then he has become known as the Plastic Free Boy, and has shown his film not only at his own school, but throughout Australia and Europe, showcasing the

problems of and solutions for plastic pollution.

At the upcoming 2019 Asia Pacific City Summit and Mayors Forum, Arlian says he hopes to ‘reach mayors and city leaders and influence their decision making towards a sustainable future for future generations’.

The summit and forum will be held in Brisbane July 7 till 10. For more info on the summit and forum visit www. apcsummit.org.

Awareness and education ‘I hope with their support to share my film Plastic Alarm in the schools in

countries where pollution is a real big problem,’ he said.

‘We need to bring this awareness and education to the kids in schools. From experience, my films really speak to young people as they listen to someone their own age. We are all in this together. The future depends on us kids as much as adults to save our future from the devastating effects of plastic pollution and climate change.

‘I believe we kids can make a big difference.’

Arlian will also be talking at the Youth Sustainability Summit in Ipswich later this year, and has been asked to join a leadership forum being put together by the Alstonville

Public School on youth citizenship and activism for sustainability on May 6.

Arlian has recently contacted a number of scientists he wants to interview and is looking for places to film underwater to create more content to engage and empower his peers to take charge of their future environment.

Arlian says he is determined to unite kids on the issues of plastic pollution and climate change.

You can help Arlian achieve his goal by becoming his patron on www.patreon.com/ join/plasticfreeboy.

For more information visit www.plasticfreeboy.global.

Ewingsdale koala tree planting April 27 Mullumbimby Mitre 10 are hosting a morning tea Tuesday 30th April 8am–11.30am Come buy some raffle tickets!

Donations to cancer research 95/101 Stuart St, Mullumbimby Proudly local Ph: 6684 2083

Bangalow Koalas is having another working bee to plant 1,325 koala and rainforest trees.

Co-organiser Linda Sparrow says it will involve planting the trees in pre-dug holes and mulching.

‘Easy!’ she says.

She says there is no weeding, digging, or whipper snipping required.

A sausage sizzle and sandwiches will be available, thanks to Bangalow Lions and Julie Frankham.

What you need to bring and wear: trowels, drinking water, sunscreen, long sleeves, long pants, gloves, fully enclosed footwear and hat.

The address is 191/199 Myocum Road, Ewingsdale.

The event is thanks to

Byron Shire Council Community Initiatives Program, Community Underwriting Small Grants Program, and Bangalow Lions.

RSVP: Linda Sparrow on twodogsmedia@optusnet. com.au.

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Byron Shire Council Notices COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS

DEVELOPMENT CONSENTS

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

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.

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

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 10.2019.87.1 – Byron Bay, 59 Sunrise Boulevard Use of Existing proposed Southern and Eastern Fences maximum 1.8 High

10.2019.50.1 – Mullumbimby, 34 Argyle Street Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling House and New Secondary Dwelling

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

10.2019.61.1 – Mullumbimby, 36 Ann Street Dwelling House and Secondary Dwelling

Email:

10.2019.124.1 – Mullumbimby, 24 Cockatoo Crescent Dwelling House

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.

LOVE BYRON HALLS The dedication of our volunteers places halls at the heart of the community.

Do you love where you live?

Do you want to meet new people?

Do you want to make things happen locally?

Do you want to create new connections?

CALLING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MANAGE COMMUNITY HALLS Council is calling for nominations for additional members to the following hall committees: • Brunswick Heads Memorial Hall Management Committee • Brunswick Valley Community Centre Management Committee • Marvell Hall Byron Bay • Ocean Shores Community Centre Management Committee Love Byron Halls is an initiative to celebrate your halls and venues as spaces to get together. We want you to help create a new history in your town or village. Research shows that community involvement in managing community facilities provides better outcomes for locals while engaging and including local people and providing an opportunity to participate in local community life.

Nomination forms, further information such as Terms of References, the ‘Halls and Venues Guidelines for Section 355 Management Committees and Boards’ and past meeting minutes can be found on Council’s Web site at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ section-355-committees To apply, please complete a nomination form available from the website.

Nominations close: Friday 24 May 2019 Enquiries: Joanne McMurtry, Community Project Officer 02 6626 7316

PROPOSED LICENCE PART LOT 444 SECTION 28 DP 758207

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.

10.2018.370.2 – Byron Bay, 23 Marvell Street S4.55 for Minor Modification to Garage

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

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979 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.

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.

10.2019.80.1 – Byron Bay, 28/5-7 Byron Street, 30/5-7 Byron Street Boundary Adjustment to Strata Plan

10.2017.546.2 – Byron Bay, 142 Bangalow Road S4.55 to Delete Condition 2 in Relation to Trading Hours of the Approved Café in Tenancy 1

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PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

10.2017.536.2 – Ocean Shores, 10 Namoi Glen S4.55 to Delete Conditions 5 and 6 10.2019.85.1 – Brunswick Heads, 9/31 Kingsford Drive Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling House 10.2018.409.2 – Suffolk Park, 135 Alcorn Street S4.55 to Amend Condition regarding Specification of Building Materials and Colours 10.2019.53.1 – Suffolk Park, 14 Macgregor Street Secondary Dwelling 10.2018.386.1 – Mullumbimby, 43 Prince Street Secondary Dwelling and Renovate Existing Garage 10.2019.136.1 – Suffolk Park, 9/27 Kalemajere Drive Patio Roof Addition to Existing Dwelling House

APPLICATIONS REFUSED 10.2018.446.1 – Bangalow, 1/16 Byron Street Internal Alterations to Office and Amenities and part Change of Use for Residential Accommodation

APPLICATIONS DEFERRED 10.2018.532.1 – Brunswick Heads, 61 Tandys Lane Use of Shed as a Secondary Dwelling

POLICY EXHIBITION POLICY CODES OF CONDUCT Council at its Ordinary Meeting 28 March 2019, resolved to place the Policy Code of Conduct for Councillors 2019, Policy Code of Conduct for Council Staff 2019 and Policy Code of Conduct for Council Committee Members, Delegates of Council and Council Advisers 2019 on public exhibition for a period of 28 days for public submission.

All Policy Codes of Conduct are available for viewing at Council’s Administration Office, Station Street Mullumbimby and on Council’s website under Public Notices.

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 close: Thursday 9 May 2019 Enquiries: Ralph James 02 6626 7228 Submissions will be made public in accordance with section 7(1) of the GIPA 2009 as applicable including both the substance of the objection and the identity of the objector. For assistance with this please call Council’s Records Coordinator on 02 6626 7113.

EVENTS AND FESTIVALS SPONSORSHIP FUND 2019 OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

EXHIBITION CLOSES 1 MAY 2019 10.2019.146.1 – Suffolk Park, 49 Bottlebrush Crescent (Lot 126 DP 1121466) Planners North, Alterations and Additions to Existing Child Care Centre including Increase in Enrolment Numbers to Fifty (50) Children and Tree Removal

EXHIBITION CLOSES 8 MAY 2019 10.2019.158.1 – Brunswick Heads, 219 The Saddle Road & 21 Tandys Lane (Lot 4 DP 810118, Lot 1 DP 1172674) Mr M O’Reilly, Agricultural Produce Industry including Use of Existing Wind Turbine and Ancillary Rural Infrastructure and Road Side Stall 10.2019.154.1 – Byron Bay, 96-100 Centennial Circuit (Lot 59 DP 835249) Joe Davidson Town Planning, Temporary Use of Part of the Site for an Annual One Day Event over Three (3) Consecutive Years (Festival of The Stone) 10.2019.161.1 – Bangalow, 23 Lismore Road and 59 Lismore Road (Lot A DP 376877, Lot 2 DP 1214341) Lismore Venture Pty Ltd, Multi Dwelling Housing Comprising of Seventeen (17) Dwellings

EXHIBITION CLOSES 15 MAY 2019 10.2011.530.3 – Clunes, 155 Stewarts Road (Lot 1 DP 793478) Mr T G Smith & Ms S A Morrow, S4.55 to Modify Condition 11 regarding Operating Hours

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM (SECTION 356) OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS Council’s Community Initiatives Program aims to improve community wellbeing and quality of life for Byron Shire residents.

Council invite applications for community driven initiatives that address a specific community need which builds a sense of community, and aligns with Council’s goals.

Guidelines, including the assessment criteria, and an application form can be downloaded from Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ Community/Supporting-communities/Funding-opportunities Applicants need to: • read the guidelines to understand if their organisation and project are eligible for funding; • show a matching contribution to the proposed project as outlined in the guidelines; • complete an application form on the template provided.

To assist applicants in developing their application, a Funding Workshop will be held in Mullumbimby from 5–7pm on Tuesday 30th April 2019. It is strongly recommended that potential applicants attend this workshop. To RSVP for the workshop, please email events@byron.nsw.gov.au.

Applications close: 4.00pm Friday 10 May 2019 Enquiries: Joanne McMurtry 02 6626 7316 or joanne.mcmurtry@byron.nsw.gov.au Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this funding program will automatically result in disqualification of offending applicants.

LEASE OF PART LOT 3 DP 706286

Council is proposing to licence part Lot 444 Section 28 DP 758207, 35 Carlyle Street Byron Bay, known as the Byron Community Cabin, for a period of one (1) year to the Byron Bay Community Association for the purpose of a community hall.

The Events and Festivals Sponsorship fund is an annual fund that enables Council to partner with local homegrown and emerging events to help grow their economic and environmental sustainability.

Council is proposing to lease office and storage space in the Cavanbah Centre being Lot 3 DP 706286, 249 Ewingsdale Road Byron Bay, to AFL Queensland for a term of five (5) years.

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

Application information can be downloaded from Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Community/Supporting-communities/ Events-and-Festival-Sponsorship-Fund.

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.

Applicants need to: • read the guidelines to understand if their event is eligible for funding; • complete an application form on the template provided.

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 April 2019

To assist applicants in developing their application, a Funding Workshop will be held in Mullumbimby from 5–7 pm on Tuesday 30 April 2019. It is strongly recommended that potential applicants attend this workshop. To RSVP for the workshop, please email events@byron.nsw.gov.au.

Submissions open: 11 April 2019

Submissions close: 8 May 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.

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Applications close: 4.00pm Friday 24 May 2019 Enquiries: Jess Gilmore 02 6626 7312 or jgilmore@byron.nsw.gov.au

Submissions close: 9 May 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.

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Local News Three weeks to go! Get your Bangalow billycarts ready…

Bangalow’s billycart derby is on again Sunday May 19.

Photo Tree Faerie Nothing screams Bangalow more than a great atmosphere and the annual Billycart Derby.

With just three weeks to go, there’s just enough time to create your own billycart and enter on the day.

Billycarts will thunder down the main street of Bangalow on Sunday May 19 and Summerland Credit Union are again on board as the major sponsor, which will be a welcome injection of funds for the not-for-profit groups that benefit from the donations raised on the day.

There are no barriers to entry – everyone can take part as an individual or part of a family, or a workplace

or school team. The primary schools challenge will have $1,000 up for grabs, spread over a number of categories, with prizes going to the school P&C Associations.

The event relies totally on community support, so those interested in voluntary work on the day, no matter how small, please visit www. bangalowbillycart.com.au or leave your details on the volunteer list at either the Bangalow Newsagency or the Bangalow Post Office.

Sporting or community groups wishing to participate in the parade can contact Richard Millyard on 0428 573 511 or 6687 1540 or richard@ pegron.com.

Acting Greens mayor taken to task by local party convener Division continues within the local Greens membership, with the Byron Greens convener telling The Echo that claims over the Byron bypass by acting mayor Michael Lyon in The Echo were incorrect.

Byron Greens convener and former councillor Duncan Dey told The Echo that the Byron Greens was the ‘local group’ mentioned in the mayor’s Echo column, published last week.

Dey said, ‘We wish to clarify that the group has not been “consulted” nor taken a position for or against the current Byron Bay bypass project’.

‘The Greens oppose biobanking and locally we have expressed concern to Greens councillors that biobanking was fundamental in gaining approval for this bypass route’.

Biobanking, as explained in last week’s Echo, involves taking ‘credits’ when removing/destroying native habitat, and compensating

No public forum on bypass Acting Greens mayor Michael Lyon.

Photo David Hancock

Byron Greens convener and former councillor Duncan Dey.

for it with similar biodiversity plantings elsewhere.

‘It was discussed, and this is consultation in my book.

‘I share the concerns over biobanking and believe there is nothing stopping us from doing more as additional compensation for the loss of vegetation’.

Dey added, ‘The mayor’s column read like the Byron Greens supports Michael’s position’.

‘So far, the group is neither for or against – we have not been consulted.

‘I disagree with Michael that an impromptu discussion is consultation’.

Consultation v discussion Cr Lyon told The Echo, ‘We have a different view of what consultation is – this issue was discussed with the local group [Byron Greens] at the time the decision was being made’.

‘The local group left it in our hands to determine and, as Duncan says, did not form an opinion one way or the other.

Calls by local Greens MP Tamara Smith for a public forum on the Byron bypass have fallen flat owing to Greens councillors being unsupportive.

No councillor support Local Greens convener and former councillor Duncan Dey says, ‘The Greens aren’t planning a public meeting at this (late) stage. If councillors were on side, it would have value. Personally, I’d support it’, he said. ‘I expressed my dissatisfaction with the route about to be built in my Notice of Motion to the August 2014 meeting of Council.

‘I still hold that same view’.

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Doesn’t Green mean inexperienced?

Former Greens mayor and NSW upper house MLC Jan Barham made life difficult for councillors and staff who had assembled in the Council chambers on Thursday.

Usually that’s the job of longtime Council watcher John ‘Fast Buck$’ Anderson and sometimes Matthew ‘Cleva’ O’Reilly, who represents Community Alliance for Byron Shire (CABS).

Barham’s passionate plea during public access for a pause on selecting a noise-attenuation tender for the Byron bypass eventually came to naught.

She argued that the precautionary principle should apply and that transparency and good process are vital.

Councillors – many of them claiming to be Green – appeared to either not care or understand.

There were awkward silences throughout her explanation of the biobanking mess.

She said, ‘I can’t see enhancement within the biobanking proposal [as required by legislation]. There is a red flag component within the biobanking scheme, which is defined as a “no go” zone. The Office of Enviroment and Heritage (OEH) made a [red flag] mistake within their assessment, and staff have not corrected the mistake’.

Another awkward moment was when she asked, ‘Is there a proper dispute-resolution document prior to the bypass commencement? It could be a disaster for the residents and a liability for Council. Many councils suffer from decisions made without due diligence – especially with houses that are heritage listed’.

Politics in the modern age appears to be all about belligerent, delusional self-belief.

We are now at a point where all local, state, and federal political actors double down on idiotic positions that you can drive, ahem, a truck through.

Poor process is ignored and questions remain unanswered and dodged in the hope that corporate governance will grind onwards, leaving everything flattened.

Another plausible explanation for the mess this council finds itself in is because of a massive lack of experience, coupled with – as mentioned above – delusional self-belief.

If the current Greens councillors really think that former members should just shut up, then fine. That’s been the message so far. Old and in the way.

The new lot just need to explain why their policies are better. So far, all that’s been presented are blind faith that staff have it all covered and there’s no problems except a noisy minority. That’s about as scary as governance gets.

Quick! We need a community solutions panel to distract us with a positive public relations exercise!

Hans Lovejoy, editor

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short week of campaigning and an even shorter one to come – which is perhaps why the temperature has ramped up to almost febrile levels.

There was a heap of colour and movement, lots of smoke and mirrors.

But whether it actually achieved anything substantial is at best dubious.

There were the usual distractions – dual citizenships, damaging tweets from the past, gaffes and miss-steps, a dilemma over the kids stuck in Syria, craziness from the frotting wanker Advance Australia’s Captain GetUp, more embarrassment from George Christensen and the usual unhelpful intervention from Tony Abbott.

And bigger than all of them the disaster of Notre Dame, already the subject of demented conspiracy theories involving Islamic jihadists. There were even a few hasty extra promises aimed at a public well and truly promised out – and there are four weeks to go.

But mainly there was noise – if anyone could be bothered to listen.

The loudest, most belligerent, the most repetitive and, of course, the shoutiest was Scott Morrison, screaming liar about the policies of Bill Shorten – or rather his interpretation of them, which was not the same thing. Somewhat reluctantly Shorten responded, calling ScoMo a liar in return.

Either or both may be at least partly right, but the problem is that the argument, to flatter the brawl, is going way over the heads of the hardworking taxpayers at whom it was aimed.

The figures of the cost of the various agendas have now escalated from the hundreds of millions to the hundreds of billions – fantasy numbers incomprehensible to normal workers.

And as a result, they have turned off; most don’t believe them, especially when they have been projected beyond two or more elections, but in any case they have been dismissed as simply noise – increasingly extravagant claims and counterclaims, assertions and contradictions, a blur of incomprehensible statistics, page after page of tables about who wins and who loses in one, five or ten years’ time, endless pots of gold at end of ephemeral rainbows.

This is not just ordinary noise – it is more properly white noise, a background buzz whose only purpose may

be to induce sleep. And it is unlikely to let up, which in the end will not be good news for ScoMo’s marketing strategy.

However, he has no real choice – the economy is his only hope, the coalition’s chosen battleground, and if he cannot defeat Shorten in that field, he effectively has nothing left.

He has tried to broaden the attack, bellowing that everything depends on a strong economy – it is only through his diligence that Australia can provide schools, hospitals, roads, the environment – the whole shebang.

The money manager argument does not bear serious scrutiny, and ScoMo can only be grateful that the punters are too exhausted to scrutinise it.

Mungo MacCallum And in one sense that is true, but in the other – the perception that the economy is not being used to benefit the broad commonwealth, but is being subverted to give concessions, lurks, perks and rorts to favour the fat cats who fund Liberal Party coffers – it is utterly counterproductive, and Shorten appears to be getting some traction for this heresy.

And Morrison can only try to shout him down, because the other big issues discerned by a war-weary electorate – climate change, obviously, but also health, education, and welfare – are all largely under Labor’s control.

Normally the confusion and apathy would help Labor – as the front runner, Shorten can afford to allow ScoMo to rant away, to market his unheard nostrums into oblivion.

But as mentioned, the economy is not only the coalition’s chosen turf – apart from the almost obsolete obsession with border security, it is also the only area where the polls give them a clear advantage.

Voters appear to have stuck with the belief that the conservatives make superior money managers – not particularly good ones, but better than the Labor alternative. The coalition, trumpets Morrison, will always deliver lower taxes – except that it doesn’t.

The tax take in the last five years has

been substantially higher than that of the Rudd-Gillard years. The coalition will reduce debt and deficit – except that national debt has doubled in the times of Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison.

The coalition will look after families – except that it has given us three years of wage stagnation and no clear idea of what to do about it.

The money manager argument does not bear serious scrutiny, and ScoMo can only be grateful that the punters are too exhausted to scrutinise it.

So while Shorten will get away with fudging costs over his climate policies and closing the tax loopholes, Morrison will be able to dodge questions over spending cuts to pay for long-term tax cuts and backloading to delay infrastructure.

Swings and roundabouts, the former being what Morrison needs and the latter what Shorten favoured at Luna Park on Saturday. But the difference is that while Shorten will still have other things to talk about.

Morrison will not – it has to be the economy or nothing.

Stay on the message, even if the punters have heard it, rejected it, and just wish it would go away.

The consensus – the irrefutable conviction, if you believe the Murdoch press – is that the week belonged to Morrison, if only by default: Shorten’s misunderstanding of a question about superannuation was seen as a serious blunder.

But in spite of Morrison’s efforts to memorialise it, it is unlikely to last past the long weekend, and nor will Morrison’s transitory win And nothing else has really changed in substance: there are still questions about dodgy transactions over water to be pursued and the odd intervention from Malcolm Turnbull, but no gotcha moments, no game changers.

This week we are told that Shorten will pursue the case for restoring penalty rates and Morrison will, as always, say no, it would wreck Australia’s strong but amazingly fragile economy.

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Once again, Byron Shire Council isn’t listening.

It appears the Byron Bay Memorial Recreation Grounds are once again under threat, being scrutinised and considered for leasing out to private commercial interests. It’s prime CBD real estate indeed!

In December 2017 the same masterplan ‘overlords’ attempted exactly the same manoeuvre – that is, less than 18 months ago. They were met with widespread community opposition and there was a big protest at the Recreation Grounds.

What is going on here?

Does the council not get it?

What has changed in the last 18 months that the council should again be pushing up against the community here?

The council at the time assured everyone at the meeting that this would not happen again and that it was all just simply some kind of bureaucratic error in the drafting. Yet here we go again.

The Recreation Grounds were established by the original community of Byron Bay, specifically as a sports and recreational green area.

It was a big community project, largely supported by and paid for by the charity

and the hard work of the community, and the grounds were dedicated in perpetuity as such.

It was not set up to become a parking lot or a venue for fast-food joints, or given over in whatever way to private commercial interest.

Why are Council making so many errors, and such publicly obvious ones, like the roundabout sculpture etc? Why are they ignoring their constituents? Do they want the developers to jump back on board at the next election?

Would someone please pinch me and tell me I’m dreaming.

Ron Curran Ocean Shores

Money and politics Politics is dangerously flawed. Why? Because it has become a big-business money game.

How do we halt this slide?

For a start, stop political donations and lobbying.

Everyone knows if Australia’s filthy rich donate millions of dollars to both major parties, they want some law, such as allowing cheap labour into Australia, and that money gets it done.

The lobbyists also offer rewards to elected

parliamentary members for when they leave parliament.

This is very easy to check.

Just look up large companies and their lists of directors.

Of course these new directors have hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to them for life as pensions by the Australian government (people) – even if they are subsequently earning millions of dollars as directors and lobbyists.

This is shameful especially when aged pensioners are having their pensions cut even if they earn $150 a week.

Australians must demand better behaviour from our government members and urgently demand a stop to political donations and lobbying.

Darrell Mcdowall Mullumbimby

Disco dong, dong...

In response to Byron’s ‘Disco Dong’ still riles community in letters (April 17). At the John Pilger talk the MC said that the Byron Shire is one of ‘the most forward-thinking’ regions in the whole country.

I bit my tongue. Would a forward-thinking region honestly complain incessantly about this sculpture for five months?

Sure, you don’t like it.

Sure, you feel the money would be better used on other things. But hey, it’s done now. Let’s take a collective deep breath and accept the fact that the sculpture is staying. Learn to love it, meditate around it, get – over – it.

Need help? I can think of several issues that really deserve your attention, passion, and your creativity. The destruction of the natural world (see: climate change); plastic in our oceans; the Adani mine in Queensland;

the continued abuse of refugees on Manus Island; the death of Aboriginals in custody and horrific suicide rates of young Aboriginal’s.

Or are the ‘sensibilities of the creative souls of Byron Shire’ strictly reserved for Byron Shire issues?

Raphael Lee Cass, as a woman I can tell you I wouldn’t be too bothered if the media changed the

name from ‘Disco Dong’ to ‘Polished Pussy’, but I do mind about how much the media cares for something that, at the end of the day, is just a sculpture.

Let’s prove the MC at the John Pilger talk right: let’s be the most forward-thinking region in the country. Let’s focus our anger on issues that are more important and ▶ Continued on page 16

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vandalised Tyagarah Nature Reserve sign on March 30 2019 at the Tea Tree Lakes on Grays Lane. The sign has been repeatedly vandalised. and the public have had to pay for the sign to be repaired via NPWS. This time the word ‘not’ had been overlaid with a blank metal plate so that the sign reads, ‘Tyagarah Nature Reserve is a designated clothes optional (nude) area’.

In the past the word ‘not’ has been gouged away. Each time Council has to repair the sign.

I took a photo on Tyagarah Beach on Monday April 9 2019. There was a blue tent popped up on the (damaged) dunes. The tent was manned by a single nude male who was relating to pairs of nude

men using the dune path beside the tent to get into the bushes – he also seemed to be on the alert for intruders.

The tent was popped down as soon as my camera appeared.

There were also nude men parading outside of the designated nude beach area on that day.

How are security cameras to be placed to correctly capture the sex offences along the remoter sections of the beach? Who will assess the footage, how will it be acted upon? How will vandalism of the proposed security cameras be stopped?

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the clothing-optioals beach gave residents an absolute guarantee that they would fix the problem of vandals and sex pests at Tyagarah beach. This is not happening – the problem is as bad as it ever has been.

Gwenyth Broug Tyagarah Q The best option for a nude beach was actually made by Jenny Coman when she was on Council, that it be located somewhere between The Wreck and the mouth of the Belongil Creek.

Actually it functioned that way for a year or so. In about '96 or '97 the beach was severely eroded, to the extent that neither police or rangers could get their vehicles down onto the beach. Many people took advantage of the situation to get their gear off.

There were old hippies, young ferals and ordinary families – both clothed and unclothed. Everybody seemed to be able to share the beach without conflict.

The advantage of this location is that it is a relatively open, providing little opportunity for surreptitious and covert activity.

David Gilet Byron Bay Q Jim Nutter’s letter (April 17) about the clothing-optional beach (COB) at Tyagarah ends up with a brief solution: put the COB at The Pass.

As with Byron Council’s ill-researched and

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by Ian Rogers Just 18 months ago, Nigel Short was riding high; the only player aged over 50 among the world’s top 50.

Since then his form has dropped away dramatically and last week’s Bangkok Chess Club Open was just the latest demonstration that age was finally catching up with the former world title challenger.

Short was top seed in the Open but after dropping half a point to a local amateur he lost to Deep Sengupta in the penultimate round, to leave the Indian Grandmaster and German GM Jan Gustafsson as co-winners.

What was noticeable about Short’s play in Bangkok was a crash-through-or-crash style, which was how Vladimir Kramnik played shortly before his retirement; many suspect Short, who is now a Vice-President of the world body FIDE, may soon make a similar decision.

If so, England will have lost one of their three greatest players of the past 50 years, while the chess world will be missing games such as the following.

unimplemented suggestion (with zero community input) of using the dog section of Belongil Beach for a COB, it will be unworkable.

Many beaches in the Shire could fit the terms of a COB. It needs to be police, ambulance, and wheelchair accessible. It needs to be close to social services like lifeguards and other people in case of problems like drowning, heart attack, and bad behaviour from other beach users.

Clothed people may not want to see naked people. So a densely populated beach won’t do.

There are people with mental health issues acting badly on all our beaches, in pubs, and on Jonson Street.

The varied, often legitimate, often embellished complaints from the Tyagarah residents are tired and dated when juxtaposed with the police view that the Tyagarah area has had few complaints for many months since COB users and police have patrolled the area.

I met with the Tyagarah residents several times. My issue was to have a win/ win solution: to make the beach safe for all and allow freedom of beachwear to the individual’s taste. The last I heard was they were not interested in any solution (eg move the COB or CCTV) other than closing the COB. They want a win/lose outcome.

As with all mature societies, inclusionism works. If you had one vegan in a nonspecialised restaurant, you wouldn’t say, ‘No. No food for you.’ You feed them.

Raphael Lee Cass Byron Bay Bangkok CC Open 2019 White: N Short Black: R Avinash Opening: English 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4!? Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.g3 d5 6.Na3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.0-0 Na6 9.b5 Nc5 10.d4 Nce4 11.Ne5 a6 12.Nc6 Qd7 13.Qc2 axb5 14.Ne5 Qd8 Better 14...

Qe6! 15.Nxb5 Rfc8. 15.cxb5 Qd6 16.Nb1!?

Ra5?! The start of a poor plan, which leaves the Black rooks misplaced. 17.a4 Rfa8 18.f3 Ng5 19.Nd2 Qd8 20.Rfc1 Ne8 21.f4 Ne6 22.Qb3 Nf8? Now White’s advantage is clear. After 22...

Bxe5!? 23.fxe5 N8g7, Black is still in the game.

23.e3 e6 24.Bc3 R5a7 25.Bb4 Nd7 26.Bf1 f6? 26...Nd6 27.Bxd6 cxd6 28.Nc6 Bxc6 29.bxc6 was ugly for Black but better than the game.

27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.Rxc6 Kf7 (See diagram) All according to plan for Avinash, but Short has a giant surprise in store... 29.Rxe6!! Nb8 Black loses trivially. Short planned 29...Kxe6 30.Qxd5+! Kxd5 31.Bc4 checkmate! And after 29...Nc5 30.dxc5 Kxe6 31.Bg2 White is winning.

30.Re7+ Kg8 31.Bg2 Bf8 32.Qxd5+ 1-0

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Period is not a dirty word or a curse Eve Jeffery

Clean water

It took a man with a woman’s name to tell us all that Only Women Bleed, and in 1975 some of us felt a bit icky on several levels. The double entendre was not lost on Alice Cooper fans, yet today over forty years later, the concept still hasn’t quite gotten through: only women bleed and we don’t actually do it on purpose.

It’s a thing. It happens.

To some it is a joyous rite of passage and to others, as its antiquated named suggests, it’s a curse.

No woman or girl should have to manage their period without access to the sanitary product of their choice.

At a minimum, women everywhere need clean water for washing themselves and any reusable sanitary materials, and decent private toilets that give them space and, privacy, as well as access to adequate and acceptable sanitary products and disposal methods.

For a start, let’s all start practising the word.

Period.

Not a choice To reduce it to nuts and bolts, when a female reaches a certain age and a certain weight (about 34 kilos), her body, without her permission, decides she is an adult and therefore able to reproduce humans.

Her ovaries via one of her fallopian tubes will release an egg that has nestled within her since before she was born. If within about four to six days that egg is not fertilised, the lining of the womb where the egg was deposited falls away and is

There are a myriad of ways women manage their period including IUD, menstrual cup to cloth, menstruation skirt or homemade sanitary pad. Image supplied expelled via the vagina. This is what is most commonly called, in grownup circles, her period. She’s menstruating, and our year 8 biology books will tell us that, left unfertilised, those eggs will be expelled at a rate of about one every 28 days.

A natural event Menstruating is a natural and very normal part of a woman’s life for about 35 years, and most women choose to not leave traces of their DNA on every flat surface so they take measures, as my mother would say ‘to

keep themselves nice’.

Governments fail to prioritise periods – why?

From menstrual cup to cloth, menstruation skirt or homemade sanitary pad, a new photo gallery from WaterAid highlights the many and varied ways in which women around the world manage their periods.

Millions of females menstruate every month, yet governments across the world continue to ignore the issue and its associated links to women’s health, economic and social wellbeing not to mention the stigma

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Top-selling author Di Morrissey made her name in Byron Bay. She arrived as a skint divorcee clutching the hoped-for key to her dreams and future… a contract from Pan Macmillan to write a novel based on a 30 page TV script treatment she’d written.

Di wanted to write books from age seven. She worked around the world as a journalist and women’s editor of the Daily Mail in Fleet Street, London, after completing her formal training as a cadet at Australian Consolidated Press. She then married an American diplomat and began a very different life in the US Foreign Service.

Fast forward a decade or so and she is divorced, living in Sydney and making her name as a TV presenter on our first current affairs breakie TV show – Good Morning Australia alongside Gordon Elliott and KAK. But a dream is a dream.

And after eight years of TV Di quit and walked out the door – it was now or never to write a book.

Di had given that TV synopsis idea to bookseller and literary agent Selwa Anthony, who took Di’s idea to Pan Macmillan, who then commissioned Di to turn it into a novel.

TV and film pals had told Di about this place called Byron Bay, so she put the dog and all she owned in her old car and headed north.

A chance conversation

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At the Rails in Byron a bloke asked her what she was doing up here, as ‘It was a sleepy old town in many ways. I said, “I’m a writer looking for somewhere to live.”’

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Di Morrissey is heading back to the Bay for a walk down memory lane for this years Byron Writers Festival. Photo supplied the back of my place you can rent,’ offered the man who turned out to be Tom Mooney, owner of the Railway Hotel (The Rails).

So began Di’s great and long association with Byron.

She lived for nine years in the cottage down by the pond on Mooney’s acreage. This was also where she wrote nine bestsellers, establishing a new market for Australianbased commercial fiction.

Then it was time to move into a home of her own in Ewingsdale with now partner and old friend, Boris Janjic.

Becoming Byron Along the way, Di joined a very active local environmental group who helpped stop McDonald’s coming to town, stopped Club Med moving in, and put Byron on the map for green activism.

Then she helped start the Byron Writers Festival (BWF).

‘I’d had some unhappy experiences, along with Bryce Courtenay, of being this new breed of “popular fiction writers” selling Australian stories to the world, yet while sales soared, we were regarded with some

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disdain by the literary establishment. The snobby literary festivals in Sydney and Melbourne treated us with what we considered flagrant disrespect,’ says Di.

Creating their own writers festival It was not so common back then to start a writers festival out of the big cities but Byron already had a following.

‘Our mantra was... only Aussie writers, and keep it small and friendly. (It has, of course, now exploded from those modest beginnings).

‘The BWF was a huge success from day one thanks to the efforts of Chris Hanley and a loyal team and many local volunteers and helpers.

‘The festival was held all in one place... at the old Byron Bay Beach Resort, where everyone also stayed on the premises.

‘The stories of the parties are legendary, the freezing little cabins in July where the visiting writers stayed. The stories of the escapades and episodes are endless and have gone down in history.

Some participants (like Bob Ellis) may have gone but their legends live on,’ Di reminisced.

After her (and other popular authors’) cool reception in the big smoke, Di decided to start ‘Di’s Drinks’, a get-together for everyone appearing at the Byron Festival to meet in the convivial atmosphere of Di’s home.

The garden ablaze with flame torches and fairy lights, homemade food, plenty to drink (supplied

by Pan Macmillan), great ambience and company, ‘Di’s Drinks’ became the must-do

kick-off to the festival.

But, as the festival grew and succeeded so did Di’s Drinks… But 200 out-ofcontrol writers, lecturers, journos, ex-PMs, movie stars, and moguls, finally got too much and after a decade, Di’s Drinks was farewelled.

Di is still a legend round the Bay. Her book The Bay still draws people to Byron though Byron is not as it once was. Time moves on.

Di, like many others, moved on after 20-plus years in the Bay to seek a place a bit like the Bay used to be. So she and Boris are now a force in the Manning Valley, where Di was born.

Taking a leaf from Nicholas Shand, the legendary founder of (the then) outrageous newspaper, The Byron Shire Echo, Di has started her own brave and fiery newspaper – The Manning Community News, while she continues to write bestselling Australian novels.

Number 27 is coming up.

She has not sold out to overseas publishers but stuck with Pan Macmillan these past 28 years, so her earnings stay in Australia, where her publisher supports new writers and our publishing industry.

Di is a well-known environmental activist and fighter for her country.

Her bestselling book, set in Broome, Tears of the Moon, is currently being made into a TV drama series by David Jowsey producer of Mystery Road and Sweet Country fame.

She is looking forward to returning to her old stamping (and stomping) ground this coming writers festival.

See Di’s newspaper at: www.manningcommunitynews.com.

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Byron bypass pushed through at expense of residents?

Q In last week’s Mayor’s

Column, Michael Lyon claimed that those who do not want any kind of bypass for Byron Bay ‘offer no feasible alternative solution to Byron’s traffic woes’.

Really? Michael obviously needs to get out a bit more.

Among the people I know, there is a very clear consensus: reduce the number of cars coming into town in the first place.

It’s not rocket science: operate efficient shuttle bus services from the edge of town (ideally linked to a broader web of public transport, including Mullumbimby, Bangalow, Ocean Shores, Brunswick Heads and Suffolk Park), while making the CBD relatively unattractive to private car-owners – through speedbumps, one-way streets, pedestrianisation, and so on.

For many years, I have told friends elsewhere in the world that Byron is different, that it has genuinely progressive politics. Sadly, I’m not sure I can say that any more.

Even as climate chaos presents its existential threat, our best response to the problem of too many

cars is to build another road.

Someone please tell me that this is just a bad dream.

John Page Byron Bay Q Rounding the corner of Butler Street near the railway crossing, I noticed that a little patch of land tucked into the swamp is currently posted for sale by the NSW government (by online auction). It is advertised as being ‘zoned low density residential’ (no mention of any bypass of course).

The area for sale is 373m2.

I suppose many front lawns are larger; but in Byron Bay today any handkerchief of land is as desired as Naboth’s vineyard.

One can only speculate what it is imagined this land may be used for. Or is it the first of a series of land sales in the area as older residents are driven out?

(And it is mostly older people who are being shafted by this – stressed and subjected to anxiety; but what do the perpetrators care? ‘It’s Money that Matters’, as Randy Newman sings.)

Doubtless, we’ll see photo opportunities for the next mayor in the spurious

Seniors Week – ‘See how much we care for our community’s elderly’.

But not when there’s a buck to be made. Then they are simply an inconvenience and can fend for themselves.

Or they can be subject to literal emissions and noise pollution and traffic hazards.

‘Blockbusting’ was wherewhere residents were driven out by being surrounded by inappropriate developments. I have witnessed this in Byron Bay. Why is this not considered criminal?

In John Lazarus’s letter to The Echo (17 April), he suggests that the bypass is for the development of the Butler Street neighbourhood, for the ‘massive proposed commercial expansion of the central business district etc.’

It is arguments such as this that demand an honest response from the council and state government; not equivocation. But what do they care when there’s money to be made?

David Morris Byron Bay Q Hi Michael,

With one month to the election and your potential

resignation from the Byron Shire Council as deputy mayor looming, could you please place a moratorium on the Byron bypass? Or cancel the bypass altogether to show your full support of the International Greens Charter and Code of Ethics.

The destruction of 1.5 hectares of old-growth wetlands and koala habitat for this project is unacceptable.

It is not okay!

Additionally please refund our Byron Shire ratepayers the astounding, is it $2,000,000(?), already spent on the project.

Like West Byron and Adani, driven by the majority of our nation's accountants, economists and politicians desire for perpetual growth, the Byron bypass mirrors these developments on a micro scale.

Our leaders have failed us, and the people and children now have to resort to mass civil disobedience to get things (un)done.

Please support NSW Greens MP Tamara Smith to dismantle this project and stand true to your Greens code of conduct and ethics.

Morgan Knoesen Brunswick Heads

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overcome the inertia of our institutions and our culture.

Does history repeat itself? Is it cyclic, or is it unidirectional?

Certainly many aspects of history are repetitive – the rise and fall of empires, cycles of war and peace, cycles of construction and destruction.

On the other hand, if we look at the long-term history of human progress, we can see that it is clearly unidirectional.

An explosion of knowledge has created the modern world. Never before has the world had a population of seven billion people, to which a billion are added every decade. Never before have we had the power to destroy human civilisation and the biosphere with catastrophic anthropogenic climate change or thermonuclear weapons.

Our situation today is unique. We cannot rely on old habits, old traditions, or old institutions. To save the longterm future for our children, grandchildren, and all the other creatures we must

▶ Continued from page 11 beneficial for the good of all humanity. Not just the Byron Shire.

Meran Grace Bull-Watkins Mullumbimby

Easter meanings Regarding the article The Easter Myth (Echo, April 17). I would like to address three issues that were raised: 1) Crucifixion: Jesus came to Earth to die. He knew beforehand that this was his purpose (Matthew 16:21). At the start of Jesus’ ministry, John the Baptist proclaimed that he was ‘the lamb of God

Restoring harmony Harmony between human society and nature must be restored. Fundamental change has been called for by Pope Francis and former US vice president Al Gore.

In June, 2015, Pope Francis addressed the climate crisis in an encyclical entitled ‘Laudato Si’, saying ‘Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political, and for the distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.’

In his Apostolic Exhortation ‘Evangelii Gaudium’, he wrote: ‘Just as the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say "Thou shalt not" to an economy of exclusion and inequality.’

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who takes away the sin of the world’ (John 1:29). Isaiah had prophesied that there would be one who would come who would be ‘pierced for our transgressions’ and be ‘led like a lamb to the slaughter’ (Isaiah 53: 5,7). The Jews understood the need for a blood sacrifice for sin.

2) Forgiveness: Sin was defined by the ten commandments and other laws given to Moses. Jesus took the law to another level – it was not just committing murder, it was being angry enough to want to. It was not just the act of adultery, it was the lustful

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has struggled to call public attention to the existential dangers of catastrophic climate change. These efforts were recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Change needed The October 2018 report of the IPCC shocked the world.

The report finds that limiting global warming to 1.50c would require ‘rapid and farreaching’ transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport and cities.

Global net human-caused emissions of CO2 would need to fall by about 45 per cent from 2010 levels by 2030, and net zero around 2050. The report also concluded that humanity has only 12 years in which to act if tipping points are to be avoided, beyond which uncontrollable feedback loops would be set in motion.

Fundamental changes are needed in order to give our

look (Matthew ch 5).

No-one can maintain that standard. We all fall short and need forgiveness for the wrongs we have done whether in thought or deed.

The difference is that some, like the tax collector in Jesus’s parable, are aware of their need for forgiveness and receive it, while some, like the self-righteous pharisee remain just that (Luke 18:9–14).

3) Salvation: This is the good news of Easter – Jesus died for each one of us. Our slate is wiped clean and we can have a wonderful new life in relationship with him.

The choice is yours (John 10:10).

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Symbolic Nailed to the cross and the chocolate rabbit (the easter bunny) was a very amusing cartoon in the Easter Echo.

‘What the f#*k has a rabbit got to do with it?’

The potential of 7Bn+ different interpretations may exist.

The symbol of the cross runs through human society with varying meanings. One is that a cross represents the four human senses: sight, hearing, taste, and smell, and that they converge at a centre representing a source, a centre in a human being.

The rabbit is known for its breeding habits, a sexual appetite. Chocolate is

economic system both an ecological conscience and social conscience. In many countries, economics and politics are linked, because excessive inequality in wealth has meant that corporate oligarchs control our political systems.

To restore democracy, we must decrease economic inequality and reformed economic systems must prioritise ecological goals, especially the replacement of fossil fuels by renewable energy, reforestation, and the drastic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

The need for rapid and fundamental changes means that we need an ecological revolution – but it must be a non-violent revolution, fought in the court of public opinion.

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confirmed by many as a taste delight.

It can be said that the cross and the human being, united at the centre in inseparable union, is being distracted away from its centre by feeling and desire, for taste and sexual appetite.

The chocolate rabbit is a symbol of external experience and being nailed to the cross is the symbol of a human being's potential.

A modern symbolic representation of the challenges for a human being to face in life. We can make a choice.

Robert Podhajsky Ocean Shores

Precedent and STHL A few years ago Council planning staff started adding a consent condition to NSW residential zone approvals stating that the premises were not to be used for short-term accommodation, ie holiday letting. I don’t think that move was a result of any Council resolution.

The anything-goes prodevelopment crew protested loudly about this and more recently I began to suspect that the practice must have been quietly discontinued.

Accordingly I asked a question about this during public access last week. On this occasion the senior staff didn’t send it to a city lawyer for clever evasion as they usually do; they achieved the same result by putting a ▶ Continued on page 19

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Any ideas on what to do with a dead whale?

The old adage that burying whale carcasses at the beach will attract sharks has been called into question with the release of new research from Southern Cross University.

The researchers found that decomposition plumes from whales remain close to a burial site and therefore the practice of burying whales at the beach would be a safe option – when done correctly.

Lead researcher James Tucker, a PhD candidate at the university’s National Marine Science Centre in Coffs Harbour, said the study was important and timely.

‘With the recovery of whale populations along Australia’s coastlines, the frequency of carcasses being stranded on beaches is growing.

‘Beach burial has long been a common method to dispose of whale carcasses.

Communities, however, fear this practice attracts sharks because the leachate travels with groundwater towards the ocean.

‘Our first study implies those concerns may be unfounded,’ Mr Tucker said.

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The project involved two experiments, one at the beach and the other in the laboratory, which mapped the decomposition products from a beach burial, as well as the time taken for plumes to disappear.

‘Our experiments showed that provided certain conditions are met, those decomposition plumes are unlikely to reach the ocean where they could be sensed by sharks,’ Mr Tucker said.

‘Both field and laboratory experiments revealed

groundwater is very effective at downgrading the whaledecomposition products.’

Mr Tucker said the key recommendation in choosing a burial site was to ensure minimal levels of groundwater movement.

‘We recommended authorities select a site where there is no water or limited water passing through. And to account for any high tides, the carcass needs to be buried as far as possible from the ocean.’

The study ‘Whale carcass leachate plumes in beach groundwater: A potential shark attractant to the surf?’ was published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.

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recommended that: 1) Burial sites be above the groundwater table and high-tide mark to minimise leachate transport; 2) Groundwater chemistry near whale carcass burial sites be monitored to support management decisions on beach closures.

James Tucker’s work forms part of the NSW Shark Management Strategy led by the NSW Department of Primary Industries.

His first paper was published last year, ‘Whale carcass strandings on beaches: Management challenges, research needs, and examples from Australia’ in the journal Ocean and Coastal Management.

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We were informed that Council does impose such a condition on granny flats, on dual occupancies and secondary dwellings. However, when I subsequently asked said staffer why the condition wasn’t imposed on all new residential developments as it used to be he replied that he hadn’t been given any directive to do so.

It all sounds a bit random to me, leading to the question: who makes the actual decisions in this council?

So: why were such conditions initially imposed and

who made the decision?

Why was the practice subsequently discontinued and who made that decision?

Have any of those who had such a condition imposed subsequently applied for its deletion under Sec 96, and were they successful? Were councillors informed of any of this? Did any councillors actually ask? (The last two are joke questions.)

Mr Mayor went public in The Echo about a year ago claiming that were was no law against holiday letting, illustrating the unwisdom of relying on advice given by some Council staff.

The truth is that there are two sources of law: the parliament and the judiciary.

I accept that probably no parliament has passed a law prohibiting holiday letting.

The fact is that there are precedents going back well over 100 years disallowing short-term accommodation in residential zones. A judicial precedent is law.

The staff didn’t actually lie to you; they merely told you only half the story – the half that suits anything-goes development. It is also the half that allows you to go around making pious antiholiday-letting statements

without actually doing anything about it.

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Meida control The outburst by the Beijing communist regime against the Australian media, particularly the ABC (Beijing accuses Australian media of colluding with ‘heretical cult’ in Fairfax press), for listening to Falun Gong practitioners, is another example of the Chinese Communist Party’s attempt to control Australian political life.

Falun Gong is simply a system of meditation

exercises and a code for living, but its adherents also refuse to knuckle under to the criminal dictatorship of totalitarian Chinese communism.

It is to be hoped Australian politicians and journalists stand up to this latest example of bellicose intimidation from Beijing.

Bob Vinnicombe Sefton

Civilised debate Gareth Smith, please tell me how the ‘quotes’ on your car promote civilised debate?

You have them all over your car to upset people and

to get a reaction.

I was surprised by the number of people who have thanked me in the past year for responding to your posts.

So many people see your car and your ‘information stand’ as doing absolutely nothing to promote a positive outcome and really are disgusted.

Hey, I have an idea. How about plastering something positive on your vehicle?

Something that is actually constructive and promotes coexistence. Any chance of that?

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Term 2 participants are invited to perform in Spaghetti Circus’s annual show on June 28, 29, and 30. Active Kids and Creative Kids vouchers accepted. Term 2 earlybird enrolments open now!

More info at spaghetticircus.com 6684 3038

In the second week of the July holidays, dozens of young musicians from across the region will converge on the Northern Rivers Conservatorium to play together as an orchestra.

Now in its eighth year, the Northern Rivers Youth Orchestra in 2019 extends regional music students by providing the opportunity to experience the social and educational benefits of playing together in a large ensemble. ‘Buddies’ from the Sydney Conservatorium are an integral part of the three-day NRYO intensive program, which culminates in a public concert at Lismore City Hall. www.nrcac.edu.au

Flying trapeze and circus – term 2 at Circus Arts!

Circus Arts’ massive indoor venue is the place to do high flying trapeze and over 20 various circus classes this term. Choose from aerials, gymnastics, trampolines, parkour, circus play, ninja warrior, and flying trapeze!

There are classes for all ages (1yo and up), including recreational classes for absolute beginners and Levels Program for students who’d like to progress in their skills.

Active or Creative Kids vouchers can be used towards any term class. Term 2 starts on Monday 29 April. Book by 28 April and get 10 per cent off! www.circusarts.com.au | 6685 6566 | 17 Centennial Cct, Arts & Industry Estate, Byron Bay

Byron Bay Dancewear Byron Bay Dancewear is a new and exciting shop located in the heart of Byron’s dynamic arts and industry precinct on Centennial Circuit. Stocking Capezio, Studio 7, MDM Dance, Bunheads, Balera, Urban Groove, and Weismann’s, all of your dance requirements are provided for in one location. Now is a great time to buy your back-to-dance uniform and dance items. ‘We have a full range of dancewear here and if we don’t have it we can order it in just for you,’ says store manager Stevie. Byron Bay Dancewear has also launched their online store www.byronbaydancewear.com.au, making shopping for your dancewear an even easier option. School holiday opening hours are 9am–4pm Monday–Thursday.

7/84–86 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay | 6680 7250 | Info@byrondancedynamics.com.au

Term 2 circus classes begin Monday April 29 Foundational circus training and specialty classes for all ages and levels Ask us about Active Kids and Creative Kids vouchers

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3 Days of Workshops 16 - 18 July School Holidays Concert: Lismore City Hall 6:30pm - 18 July GUES T CO NDUC TO R | E XPER T T U TO R S | BUDD IES FROM SY DNE Y CO N

Senior Orchestra: Early Bird $170 (Full Price $180) Junior Band and String Ensemble: Early Bird $150 (Full Price $160)

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For information & tickets nrcac.edu.au

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The Tweed shire is a blend of traditional old country charm with chic, new artistic influences. It is definitely worth exploring. You'll be amazed at the variety and vibrancy of these localities.

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BOATING MADE EASY

Tweed Coast Marine is a local familyowned, one-stop specialist for Quintrex, Haines Hunter, Misty Harbor Pontoon boats and Mercury. Also offering service, spare parts and chandlery.

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THE LASER, SKIN AND BEAUTY SPECIALISTS

Are your eyebrows thinning or gone, or you can't see to put eyeliner on?

Visit us for a Cosmetic Tattooing treatment.

Phone Kathy 0427 047 138 Kingscliff & Chillingham 31 Pearl St, Kingscliff thelaserskinandbeautyspecialists.com 4

KINGSCLIFF NURSERY

Don’t give Mum a bunch of flowers this Mothers Day. Give her a plant that will bloom year after year. Indoor or outdoor, there is an amazing range at Kingscliff Nursery.

438 Cudgen Road, Cudgen 6674 1022 kingscliffnursery.net.au 5

CASUARINA DENTAL

Dr Maria treats her patients with more of a focus on the whole person, continuously searching for the latest advancements, least invasive procedures, and most natural resources available.

Shop 9, 480 Casuarina Way, Casuarina 6678 2220 casuarinadental.com.au 6

JOHNNY FRANCOS

Casual elegant all day-dining that is affordable and delicious. Open lunch 7 days. Dinner 5 nights. Afternoon, morning catch-ups and takeaway available.

Awesome Sunday brunches.

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Experience the ultimate comfort at HOYTS Tweed Heads South. Sink back into recliner seats in every cinema, with alcohol and hot food service, self-serve kiosks, free parking and great group booking deals!

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Harvest Trail Market at Mavis’s Kitchen Gardens Sunday 5 May, 8.30am–3pm.

Purchase your week’s produce from farm to plate while enjoying the live music, breakfast, or lunch offerings. We proudly support the Northern Rivers Harvest Trail.

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There is something for everyone at The Adventure Club. We stock a unique range of puzzles, games and toys that are designed to inspire imagination, exploration and adventure through play.

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PET RESORT CABARITA

We have always loved working with animals and pride ourselves on our extra special care we give to each and every pet we care for. Special care is given to each and every pet that holidays with us.

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PURE HEALTH THERAPIES

Acupuncture, Ayurveda, osteopathy, psychology and massage. Natural and integrative therapies for your health and wellbeing – Medicare and private health fund rebates available.

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Delicious food cooked to order. Meal packs, burgers, home made items and a variety of fish. Fresh fish too.

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BURRINGBAR SPORTS CLUB

One of the friendliest clubs in the Tweed.

Drop in for a drink or have a meal at the bistro Mels on Broadway. Relaxed venue for parties and group bookings.

Fourth Avenue, Burringbar 6677 1188 FB: @burringbarsportsclub

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Great place to stop and call in for a meal.

Fantastic country pub. Great service, cold beer and awesome food. Pool, tennis court.

This weekend…what’s stopping you?

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Peruvian feast at Barrio Chocolate Lounge y All day vegan breakfast y vegan meals y toasties

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

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– Organic, Vegan, Gluten Free options – Fresh local made Italian cheese

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Barrio Eatery & Bar have a monthly collaborative cooking event called Slinging Plates. They invite local restauranteurs, chefs, and sommeliers to create affordable dishes at fixed price points for the local community to enjoy.

Held on the last Tuesday of every month, the menu is designed by a different culinary artist, allowing them the opportunity to work with local producers, and the freedom to create something different from what they’re usually known for.

This Tuesday 30 April Barrio head chef Francisco Smoje welcomes Peruvian chefs Andres and Franco from A Chefs Pocket, who will share the real soul food of Peru with vibrant dishes highlighting the variety of fresh produce available in the Northern Rivers. Wine will be supplied by Jed Merchants.

Peruvian cuisine is known for its fusion of historical influences from local populations such as the Incas, and native and traditional food plants such as quinoa, chilli, sweet potatoes, and corn with colonising and immigrants from Europe, Africa, and Asia.

‘We’re looking forward to cooking a Peruvian feast with Andres and Franco from A Chefs Pocket as we invite new Latin American flavours, new energy in the kitchen, and new friends to Barrio,’ says Francisco Smoje, who was himself born in Argentina.

Prices will be $10 / $20 plates (meat

and vegan-friendly options are available) and $10 for a glass of wine. À la carte menu also available.

Barrio Eatery & Bar. 1 Porter St, Byron Bay. Tuesday 30 April 6–9pm.

No booking necessary. www.barriobyronbay.com.au

Harvest Festival this Sat Don’t forget, the Harvest Autumn Fair, showcasing the Northern Rivers’ amazing chefs, farmers, and food and beverage producers is on this weekend! Running from 10am till 4pm on Saturday 27 April 2019 at North Byron Parklands, the Fair will be a family-friendly event – a country fair to celebrate our region’s harvest.

Amongst others, Harvest Newrybar, Beach Byron Bay and Three Blue Ducks, Stone & Wood and Cape Byron Distillery will be there.

Plus there will be an array of Northern Rivers Food stallholders providing samples and selling produce, plus kids’ activities including tractor rides. www.northernriversfood.org

Locura Cinco de Mayo No cover charge, just come on in. On Sunday 5 May, Locura will play on its Latin American vibe and host what they call ‘the ultimate’ Cinco de Mayo Sunday session. Expect a taco bar, a chicken-wing bar, Mexican-inspired cocktail specials, including Cinco de Mayo frozen margaritas, and live music – all from 5pm until late.

Menu specials will include shredded achiote pork, burnt pineapple & tomatillo tacos, adobo spiced chicken wings with lime & hot sauce, grilled corn, herb stalk & green chilli oil, and more. Items can be ordered individually or as a entire feast for $55pp.

And they promise that there will be plenty of tequila to go around!

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A smart choice – Froth Cafe At a recent visit to Froth Café the pies were so inviting that my dining partner and I couldn’t resist ordering the same meal: topped with buttery pastry, with a satisfying chicken filling, and awash with a flavoursome leek sauce. The sign of a good pie is when an Aussie is not compelled to smother it with tomato sauce. Thankfully, this was one of those gourmet pies where the flavour spoke for itself, with no need to plump it up with condiments. We resolved that Froth’s pies are likely to impress the most discerning pie enthusiast.

The Chicken and Leek pies shared their plate with a combination of snap-fresh salads, glistening with crisp and healthy ingredients; a testament to the owner’s passion for fresh produce. Relatively new owner Amery Waterhouse has sparkled-up the premises and created an enticing breakfast and lunch menu.

For time-poor diners, we found there is plenty of ready-made fare to choose from for quick bites. Some delectable offerings are Chicken and Mushroom Filo pastry, Salami Sandwiches, oozy Beef Lasagne and an Asianinspired Chicken San Choy Bau. From the menu, Froth’s organicbun burgers pack a mighty punch to the hunger pangs for just $15.

Vegetarians are sorted with Vege Frittata, filling salads and nourishing veg bowls.

Breakfast treats abound starting with Froth’s comforting classic:

bacon and egg on organic seeded bun with house relish for $10. Or diners can stock up on their antioxidants with an abundant Açai Bowl, filled with banana, medjool dates, crispy coconut flakes, activated caramelised buckinis and fresh fruit for $14.50.

Froth’s cobblestone outdoor dining is surrounded by tropical gardens. There’s some convenient offroad parking nearby so it’s easy to duck in for a quick cuppa, coffee or smoothies. It’s an inviting space to enjoy some autumn sun and linger over a hazelnut brownie or blueberry muffin.

If you feel like exploring Life Cykel range of healthy liquid extracts, Froth can give your coffee a boost with some extract drops. The various extracts can boost energy, induce relaxation and improve skin and health. Having tried the Lion’s Mane Brain Health elixir, which is said to improve cognitive function and brain health, we left Froth feeling we might be just that little bit wiser.

Froth Byron Bay. Open 7am till 3pm. 1B Banksia Drive, Byron Bay Arts and Industry Estate.

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BYRON BAY

Ballina RSL Club

Level One Pizza Bar & Snacks

1 Grant St, Ballina 6681 9500 www.ballinarsl.com.au

Hot and Cold Beverages from 9am All day menu 11am to 10.30pm

Open 7.30am daily, till late every night Coffee, breakfast, lunch & dinner, functions & weddings.

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

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PAN ROASTED tasmanian salmon

4 Jonson St Byron Bay

Good Taste Wharf Bar & Restaurant

crisp battered fish AND CHIPS

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Words and images by Terase Davidson: Terase is the founder of Taste Byron Bay, a local business that showcases local produce across all their menus for catering, events, private dining, food tours & cooking classes. For more information contact: www.tastebyronbay.com or follow the fun on INSTAGRAM @ tastebyronbay

Open 7 Days Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks

$35

SPECIAL $25: Pulled lamb pizza, with pumpkin, salsa verde, rocket and feta plus a stubby of Coopers Pale Ale We practice the responsible service of alcohol.

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TAKEAWAY ONE STOP SHOP

The Hideout Cafe

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

OPEN 7 DAYS TILL 8.30pm counter orders only

Breakfast and Lunch 7 days a week from 7.30am

www.WharfBarBallina.com.au

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BYRON BAY

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

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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

CHILLED VIBE IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING 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. $5 SCHOONERS AND $12 COCKTAIL OF THE WEEK

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

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

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Chupacabra

Gourmet burgers created by chefs

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

Treehouse on Belongil

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

Success Thai Mon-Fri lunch & dinner closed Sundays Dinner from 5pm.

3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

St Elmo Dining Room & Bar Mon-Sat: 5pm till late.

Sun: 5pm till 10pm.

Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson Lane, Byron Bay 6680 7426 www.stelmodining.com

Targa Modern European Cafe • Restaurant • Bar 11 Marvell Street

Byron Bay 6680 9960 targabyronbay.com targabyronbay@gmail.com

Lord Byron Distillery

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

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.

Fully Licensed.

1 Jonson St, Byron Bay

www.fishheadsbyron.com.au

No Bones Open every day from 5pm 11 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay

6680 7418 @nobonesbyronbay

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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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BYO Home delivery 7 days Established 1992

Trattoria Basiloco

The Italian Byron Bay

Green Room Byron Bay

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

Legend Pizza

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

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

25 Childe St, Byron Bay 6680 9452

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.

Eat in or take out.

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

Cocktails, wine and beers served all damn day.

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

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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

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

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

We do special events functions.

New bar and bites at Beach Hotel using the best local produce Sunset Specials 3pm – 6pm daily $12 Signature Cocktails $2 Oysters

All your favourites every lunch and dinner Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh delicious Thai food for you.

BYO only Welcome for lunch, dinner and takeaway.

Menus available on Facebook

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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

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.

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!

NEWRYBAR OPEN - 7 days breakfast & lunch Dinner Tuesday to Saturday

Harvest

3 courses $60 All day menus, licensed bar

18-22 Old Pacific Highway Newrybar NSW 2479 02 6687 2644

Happy hour AFTERNOONS 4–6pm daily $12 Cocktails, $7 beers, $8 wines, $12 Moet

www.harvestnewrybar.com.au @harvestnewrybar

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

Naturally Better!

No artificial flavours, colours or preservatives.

Dolphin Cove Bistro

- book online. Gin Making Gift Vouchers available.

LORDBYRON.COM.AU LordByronDistillery

Traditional Vietnamese Foods

functions@fishheadsbyron.com.au

Plant powered Tapas & Cocktails Happy Hour 5–6pm $11 Cocktails $6 Wines $5 Beers / Ciders Group Bookings / Functions www.nobonesbyronbay.com.au

Come enjoy our $12 meals, Nolan Private selection Rump, chicken schnitzel, Flathead fillets more to choose from.

CATERING

CELEBRATIONS Celebrations Catering By Liz Jackson

BEACH FRONT DINING NEW MENU

6680 7632

Harvest Deli is open daily with take-away pastries, sandwiches and salads Harvest Deli: Mon–Sat 8am–5pm / Sun 8am–4pm Coffee cart 6.30am–2pm daily Harvest is available for events, weddings and catering

7 Days Lunch & Dinner 11.30 – 2.30 Lunch We also have a wide menu selection from our 5.30 – 8.30 Dinner 7.30 – 11.30 on the Deck Breaky everyday menu. Specialising in all types of function and events from small cocktail parties to large Ocean Shores Country Club weddings and conferences.

Orana Road, Ocean Shores Please call for more information 6684 2533

Pho Beef Noodle Soups, Special Lunch Stir-fries and Vermicelli Noodles

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

Lunch 12–3pm daily / Dinner 6–10pm Wednesday–Sunday / Weekend breakfast 8–11am

OCEAN SHORES

GIN MAKING AND COCKTAIL MASTERCLASS

Trading Hours Lunch – Monday to Friday - 10.30am – 2pm Dinner – 7 Nights - 5pm – 9pm

Traditional weekend country breakfast Long lunches on the garden verandah Weekly changing Wild Harvest foraged dinner menu

BY LIZ JACKSON

Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management

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

TOURS AND TASTING Take a behind the scenes tours of 3 breweries and a distillery in the Byron bay and Ballina region.

Website: Includes a large array of samples of beer and spirits www.behindthebarrel.com.au at each place and lunch.

Email: Pick ups from Byron Bay, Lennox head and Ballina. info@behindthebarrel.com.au Tours run Saturday and Sundays. Please enquire about Mobile: 0498 364 919 Facebook and Instagram: midweek tours. Get in touch for private tours and custom behindthebarrelbyronbay made tours. Hens/bucks and Work parties welcome.

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Property Insider ĕǖ ĕĈƐĶşŕƆ ëŕĎ żſşŇĕĈƐĶşŕƆ Alli Page from GNF Real Estate Bangalow shares her insight into the property dynamics of real estate in the Bangalow hinterland.

Soccer, Bangalow Rugby, the Show Society, the Men’s Shed, the preschool, and numerous other community organisations.

The market constantly vacillates between aggressive buyer markets where people fear missing out and tempers when outside markets falter, banks are reluctant to lend, and more stock becomes available. It is a natural cycle. Real estate agents come and go but GNF Real Estate has been in business in Bangalow for 17 years, where Alli Page and Chris Hayward recognise the importance of a proven track record, repeat business, and the strength of community involvement. Both are longtime locals and are actively involved in the Billycart Derby, Lions club, and major fundraisers. GNF Real Estate sponsors Bangalow

The market, according to Alli, has plateaued and slowed but there is still very keen qualified interest in property in the village and hinterland. ‘Chris and I have never been busier with locals thinking of selling and servicing strong real estate enquiry from potential buyers – it is a demanding time in the cycle but rewarding. I cannot think of a better place to be!’, she says.

As to where we are going Alli believes the demand to live in this area will remain keen; there is limited supply of stock, not much more is being created, and the Byron hinterland is a worldwideacclaimed place to put down your roots, a most positive scenario.

Email us: propertyinsider@echo.net.au

īĕŕƐƆǼ ®żīſëĎĕ ƷşƖſ žƖëōĶǕ ĈëƐĶşŕƆȂ ĕĪşſŔƆ ëſĕ ĈşŔĶŕīǾ Holding a Certificate of Registration for your entire career will no longer be an option. All certificate holders will need to complete a Certificate IV in Property Services (Real Estate) (CPP40307) and transition to their Real Estate Licence within a defined timeframe. If you don’t, you will be excluded from the industry for a period of 12 months.

Alli Page

While the start date for the reforms is still to be confirmed by NSW Fair Trading, one thing is for sure – it will happen.

Make sure you and your team are ready for the reforms by starting now.

Every agent is different, with different skills, knowledge, and experience.

There are many approved trainers that can offer courses. The REINSW has created five learning pathways to

6680 1100 7/84 Rajah Rd Ocean Shores

Learn from experienced trainers in a face-to-face environment. Day and evening classes available.

1. Gain your qualification online, working in a time and place that suits you.

2. Mix classroom and online courses for flexibility and tailored support.

3. Have your experience recognised and only undertake gap training.

4. Gain on-the-job experience while completing your qualification.

It’s your choice.

Chris Hayward

gain your licence:

The REINSW training team says that each pathway has been designed to ensure agents get the most out of your learning experience.

Find out more on their website reinsw.com.au.

6684 3300

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4 Bed, 2 Bath, 4 Car

$1,089,000

SET IN STONE 4 Woggoon Terrace, OCEAN SHORES It is our pleasure to introduce you to this quality, master craftsman, spacious showpiece home set on a near level, elevated 1442 m2 cul-de-sac block offering superb ridgeline views.

This unique 4 bedroom Ocean Shores home has undergone renovations adding a twist of modernity whilst retaining its original classic features.

With a hand crafted stone fire place as the central piece of the sunken living area and stone feature exterior walls complemented with cedar cladding and new render, soaring ceilings with exposed beams, timber flooring throughout and tiled kitchen/dining area with under floor heating, this home offers luxury, comfort, space and privacy on another level.

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45 Acres

195 Goonengerry Road, Goonengerry Originally known as ‘Mountain Spring Dairy’ this vacant 45 acre lot sits 250m above sea level. With some of the most fabulous views in the area, this prime block will make the ideal location to build your private sanctuary in the rolling Goonengerry hills.

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By Appointment Price $1,750,000 Gary Brazenor 0423 777 237

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Lot 13 Roundhouse Place, Ocean Shores

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By Appointment Price $595,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

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A rare elevated vacant parcel with panoramic views of the ocean, valley and hills. Architect designed plans have already been approved by council which take full advantage of the outlook and north aspect. Call to meet onsite and inspect.

33 Rangal Road, Ocean Shores

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Inspect Saturday 27th April 11-11.30am Price $870,00 to $930,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

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5-minute walk to the sands of South Golden Beach. Open plan living, dining and kitchen areas. The wrap around NE corner deck is a great place to enjoy the tropical mature gardens while swinging in a hammock. Vaulted ceilings, big windows & light filled spaces.

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4 Kuringai Way, Ocean Shores This freshly renovated brick and tile home built on 999m2 is all set for a family to move right in to. There’s an updated kitchen, new bathroom, blinds, carpets, paint and flooring. The property also boasts dual occupancy potential with room for a 2nd house.

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Inspect Saturday 27th April 10-10.30am Price $675,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

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By Appointment Price $740,000 to $780,000

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2/2 Gara Court, Ocean Shores

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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By Appointment Price $1,290,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

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Inspect Saturday 27th April 1-1.30pm Price $695,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

34 Natan Court, Ocean Shores Best value home within an easy stroll of the sand of South Golden Beach.

This little gem sits near the canal and reserve in a peaceful cul de sac. A family friendly property with openplan living area, covered outdoor entertaining & fully fenced backyard.

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Inspect Saturday 27th April 2-2.30pm Price $650,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

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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.

1 Left Bank Road, Mullumbimbimby

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Direct golf course access and views of the lake, fairway & 4th hole make this property special. Enjoy the beautiful views from the verandah. Recent upgrades to the kitchen and main bathroom. Perfect for the modern family or golf enthusiast. Dual occ. potential.

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48 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores

Great unit in a convenient location just a 2-minute walk to the shops.

Ideal for the first home buyer or investor, this 2-level apartment has an attached garage and a private outdoor entertaining area with rear access. Don’t miss this one.

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By Appointment Price $415,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

27 Muli Muli Avenue, Ocean Shores Completely level 719sqm plot and ready to build your dream home on.

This outstanding block borders 13 acres of private reserve with its’ very own private beach access, it will take you less than 350 steps to reach the water’s edge.

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5/1 Bindaree Way, Ocean Shores

719m2

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By Appointment Price $990,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

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36 Pine Avenue, Mullumbimby The property is waiting for a magic touch. Well positioned on a flat corner block with two street accesses and fenced yard, you’ll find this retro home is practical and affordable. Located opposite the local soccer field within a comfortable stroll of town. Great value.

7 Left Bank Road, Mullumbimby This is a rare chance to grab a beautiful creek side acre in Mullumbimby. The home is family sized and suited with privacy from the street and recent renovations have updated the kitchen and bathrooms so there’s nothing to do.

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Inspect Saturday 27th April 12-12.30pm Price $640,000 to $670,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421

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By Appointment Price $950,000 to $990,000 Todd Buckland 0408 966 421 żſĶō ǩǫǽ ǩǧǨǰ The Byron Shire Echo 29

Ocean Shores / Brunswick Heads 37C Byron Street, New Brighton

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INCOMPARABLE NORTH COAST BEACHFRONT ACREAGE

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Rarely is a private, absolute oceanfront estate along the Byron Coast available for sale this one is exceptiona!

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Situated in a peaceful, relaxed seaside haven just north of world-famous Byron Bay, in an exclusive enclave of just three beachfront land holdings designed for maximum privacy, the property offers 88 metres of irreplaceable ocean frontage with your own private access to the stunning white sand beaches & crystal clear waters of pristine New Brighton beach.

You’ll be captivated by the stunning Balinese-influenced, 598 square metre luxury residence set amongst nine park-like acres ensuring your peace & privacy.

Whilst surrounded by native bushland & reserve, the estate offers convenient access to the nearby motorway & is just 35 minutes south of Gold Coast Airport.

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Four spacious bedrooms, four beautifully-appointed bathrooms

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Walk-through dressing room plus huge ensuite with spa bath to master

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Additional living and entertaining spaces on the lower level

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Covered alfresco entertaining patio, deck & viewing platform

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Studio with kitchene e offers dual living or income potential

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Private natural lagoon set amongst sprawling manicured gardens

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25m solar-heated infinity edge lap pool, tennis court & club house

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Agent Julie-Ann Manahan LREA Licensee/Principal / 0411 081 118 Jason Di mar / Area Sales Specialist 0477 222 452

PINNACLE ESTATE Apo Street, Goonellabah

Sleepy Hollow Acreage

PREMIER LAND RELEASE

ONLY 5 LOTS REMAINING

Lots from $250,000-$290,000 Agent on Site

Saturday 11.00am – 12.00pm

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Jason Di mar / Area Sales Specialist 0477 222 452 Julie-Ann Manahan LREA Licensee/Principal / 0411 081 118

Lot 2 – 21 Acres $750,000 Lot 3 – 20 Acres $1,250,000 Lot 334 – 101 Acres $2,500,000

Lot 1 – 30 Acres $1,200,000 Lot 10 – 13 Acres $975,000

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Ocean Shores / Brunswick Heads 46 Banool Circuit, Ocean Shores 4 AUCTION If not sold before - FABULOUS FAMILY HOME

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32 Redgate Road, South Golden Beach RELAXED MODERN COASTAL LIVING

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56 Narooma Drive, Ocean Shores MODERN FAMILY LIVING ON GOLF COURSE

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Love your golf? Simply open the back gate of this renovated, modern family home and you’re right on the Championship Ocean Shores Country Club.

• Stunning contemporary kitchen • Sparkling inground pool with tiled undercover area • Double garage with storage + side access • 854mw block with fenced backyard • Sleek, easy care tiles throughout the living areas

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Price $739,000 – $775,000

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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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Are you looking for an elevated home in a great neighbourhood? Stop looking, this property certainly fits the bill!

• 3 living areas including a great sized lounge room, a games room & family room • Large covered, paved patio - fantastic for alfresco entertaining • Huge 734m2 landscaped block with stone terraces & established gardens.

Agent Auction On-site 27th April 1.30pm Price Bidding guide $690,000 – $750,000 View Saturday 12.30pm – 1.30pm

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Julie-Ann Manahan LREA Licensee/Principal / 0411 081 118 Jason Di mar / Area Sales Specialist 0477 222 452

6A 6B Goondooloo Drive, Ocean Shores 3 2 BRAND NEW ELEVATED COASTAL DUPLEXES WITH VIEWS

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Capturing fresh sea breezes thanks to its elevated location, these a ractive lifestyle duplexes offers desirable low maintenance living amongst an idyllic coastal community.

• Open plan kitchen with stainless steel appliances & dishwasher • Rumpus room downstairs includes 3rd bathroom, ideal guest accommodation/studio • Easy-care vinyl plank flooring • Landscaped surrounds • Slim line water tank • Garage

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Price $620,000 – $680,000 View Saturday 12.00 – 12.30pm

Julie-Ann Manahan LREA Licensee/Principal / 0411 081 118 Jason Di mar / Area Sales Specialist 0477 222 452

17B Royal Drive, South Golden Beach 2 ESCAPE TO THIS SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH RETREAT

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Price $680,000 – $720,000 View Saturday 10.00am – 10.30am

2/6 Kooringa Court, Ocean Shores RELAXED MODERN COASTAL LIVING

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Tucked away in a peaceful and private cul-de-sac is this easy care modern home, ideal for the first home buyer, young family or investor.

• Light & bright kitchen with dishwasher • Alfresco entertaining area • Easy care laminate flooring • Side access & fenced garden • Handy study nook • Double garage with storage • Potential to run a home business

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This beautifully presented, low Maintenance duplex offers you the ideal entry point into the local property market.

• Sleek modern kitchen with dishwasher • Polished timber floors in living areas • Large timber alfresco entertaining deck • 500m level stroll to South Golden Beach • Landscaped gardens, fenced back yard

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Jason Di mar / Area Sales Specialist 0477 222 452

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY Brunswick Heads 13A Byron Street Yes it’s brick and retro, Wow, what a location overlooking a nature reserve, short stroll to town & river, a pleasant surprise when you enter, high ceilings, walk-in robe, en-suite, 2 separate living spaces, big covered patio, rear lane access, fenced and pet friendly, 3 bedrooms & much more!

If you are looking for the last property in this price range in down town, Brunswick Heads to put your infusion on this is a must to inspect.

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$1,150,000 Saturday 12.00pm – 12.30pm

Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

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KIAORA - YESTERYEAR CHARM & ELEGANCE Brunswick Heads 30 The Terrace A landmark building, Kiaora is one of Brunswick Heads’ original block of flats built in the 1940s, consisting of 2 flats downstairs: a 1 bedroom & a 2 bedroom. Upstairs is an era perfect and stylish renovated residence, so TVO GJMMFE MJHIU ªSJHIU ZFU UIF FMFHBODF JT BT FYQFDUFE from a building of her age. On the lane is a garage & studio featuring recycled timbers and iron to continue capturing the essence of the era.

Desirable location, East side on the only one-way street in Brunswick Heads and less than 5 mins walk to town & BQQSPY N GSPN UIF SJWFS

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$2,450,000 – $2,650,000 Saturday 1.00pm – 1.30pm Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

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LET’S GO SURFIN’ NOW! South Golden Beach 45 Helen Street

WATER WATER WATERFRONT Ocean Shores 25 Natan Court

Grab your surfboard, step over the bridge, paddle out, get some waves, call into the SGB store have a feed then head home to your own piece of paradise.

Manicured grounds, fully fenced, kid and pet friendly yard, large covered outdoor entertaining area, a big shed and workshop, veggie patch & a neat tidy well maintained 3 bedroom, flood-free house.

Fishing around for a waterfront lifestyle property? Look no further! I have found it for you!

Grab the fishing rods, kayak, tinny and crab pots and start living. You’ll almost never have to leave home if you are a lover of seafood, set the crab pots in the back yard, put some bait on a hook and get into it.

Price $749,000 View Saturday 10.00am – 10.30am Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

Price $785,000 View Saturday 11.00am – 11.30am Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177

LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177

A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS Ocean Shores 15 Mundurra Avenue A large elevated block with an opportunity to do a strata subdivision or dual occupancy.

The street is in a quite leafy area of Ocean Shores with a north aspect, free from flood and fire.

The current house has the ability to be used as one home or divided in to two dwellings.

The 974m2 property is located in a quiet, no through road, with leafy surrounds, is handy to shops, beaches, schools and golf.

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$700,000 – $730,000 Saturday 12.00pm – 12.30pm Contact Steven Dale 0411 801 795

LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177

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D E %DOHPR 'ULYH bOCEAN SHORES +DYH D %RQÄ&#x2020; UH ZLWK <RXU )ULHQGV Perched alongside the Ocean Shores golf course and sprawled over a generous 1,379m2, lies this impressive multi residence property. Being only four years young and perfect for extended families, savvy investors or to have the option to live in one and rent out the other. Closely located to all of the Northern Rivers most desirable locations (including Byron Bay) and being within 30 minutes drive to the Gold Coast International airport, this impressive home is one opportunity you can not afford to miss.

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135 Broken Head Reserve Road, Broken Head 1306A Main Arm Road, Upper Main Arm $695,000 $705,000 $2,500,000 3 3 2 3 1 2

Right on the edge of Water Lily Park, this fabulous modern home is waiting for its new family. Light fills the living areas, coming in from the double height gallery windows. The kitchen is great, there is plenty of drawer storage and a big bench for pulling up a stool.

Open plan living and dining areas flow out on to the back deck with views over the adjoining park and lake. The rest of the downstairs accommodation comprises a luxurious master suite, enjoying the same outlook and a walk-through robe leading in to a spacious bathroom. The second level has a wide gallery style landing area overlooking the void and living space. The two large upstairs bedrooms and family bathroom are all bright and have heaps of storage.

Open: By appointment only Contact: Todd Buckland 0408 966 421 Byron Shire Real Estate

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Privately located among the pavilions of Barefoot, Broken Head is this quality master built modern beach house.

Only metres to the surf of Broken Head, just minutes to relaxed Byron Bay and a short drive from Ballina and Gold Coast airports. Light and airy throughout. Capturing the gentle sea breezes; modern open-plan living with tiled and timber floors and high ceilings throughout. Spacious master bedroom, privately located with an ensuite. Second bedroom with access to second bathroom. Third bedroom with access to third bathroom. Lounge, dining and kitchen each open with bifolding doors to a covered and screened deck.

Accommodation for two cars with automatic doors. Private fenced backyard with outside hot and cold showers to wash down in after a day in the saltwater waves. Enjoy beautiful rainforest walks, protected headlands and the sun, sand and surf of the stunning Broken Head Beach, patrolled during the holiday season. Enjoy drives through the Byron Bay hinterlands. Agent declares interest.

Inspection by appointment View: Contact: Katrina Beohm 0467 001 122 Katrina Beohm Real Estate

From the moment you turn in to the leafy green driveway of this property you feel as if you have arrived in a very special place. Set in the heart of Upper Main Arm, this home is a sanctuary for those seeking a lifestyle at a different pace.

After 20 odd years bringing up the family in their rainforest hideaway, these people are now ready to hand their property on to the next custodians. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a warm and inviting home with some wonderful quirky touches which give it true character. Surrounded by five acres of privacy, the property is complete with a pool, a real artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio and a great cubby house. â&#x20AC;˘ Polished timber floors â&#x20AC;˘ Timber joinery throughout â&#x20AC;˘ Refurbished kitchen â&#x20AC;˘ Rainforest outlook â&#x20AC;˘ Large covered deck â&#x20AC;˘ Serene and quiet Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Todd Buckland - 0408 966 421 Byron Shire Real Estate

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200 St Helena Road, Mcleods Shoot

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8 Canowindra Court, South Golden Beach

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OPEN HOUSE Saturday 12.30pm – 1.00pm Michele Jackson 0407 906 301

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38 North Head Road, New Brighton

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$499,000

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• This high set coastal beach abode is complemented by open-plan interior and absolutely maximised by natural light.

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• Spacious 1135m2 level block, nearing the end of a quiet culde-sac.

• Explore the picturesque estuaries which travel through the beauty of our desirable district.

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23 Philip Street, South Golden Beach

• ŝƌĞĐƚ ƌŝǀĞƌ ĨƌŽŶƚĂŐĞ ƚŽ Ɵ ĚĂů Marshalls Creek.

• ĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝƐƟ ŶĞ ƐƵƌĮ ŶŐ ďĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ EĞǁ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ • 639m2 vacant block of land perfect for the weekend getaway.

• Family friendly community ĐŽŶƐŝƐƟ ŶŐ ŽĨ ůŽĐĂů ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ markets, children’s play park, sports grounds, café, general ƐƚŽƌĞͬƉŽƐƚ Žĸ ĐĞ͘

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• Situated on a large N/NE facing 1012m2 block, only 100m to the ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵů EĞǁ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ ƌŝǀĞƌ ͻ ^Ɖůŝƚ ůĞǀĞů ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͕ ďŽĂƐƟ ŶŐ ϰ spacious bedrooms with built-ins & main with ensuite ͻ Ϯ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝǀĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ Ň ŽǁŝŶŐ to an undercover entertaining deck, complemented by tranquil surroundings. ͻ /ĚĞĂů ůŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ ĂďŽĚĞ͕ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ϮϬϬŵ ůĞǀĞů ƐƚƌŽůů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝƐƟ ŶĞ ƐƵƌĮ ŶŐ ďĞĂĐŚĞƐ͘

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• Direct access through Arkawal EĂƟ ŽŶĂů ƉĂƌŬ ŽŶƚŽ dĂůůŽǁ ďĞĂĐŚ • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas all on an easy care 630m2 fenced block • >ŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă Ɵ ŐŚƚůLJ ŚĞůĚ ůŽĐĂƟ ŽŶ Ăƚ the end of a quiet cul-de-sac • Modern and recently renovated ŽƉĞŶ ƉůĂŶ Ň Žǁ͕ Ň ŽŽĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƟ ƐĞĚ ďLJ established tropical gardens.

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• 3 bedroom open plan home with ǁŽŽĚ Į ƌĞ͕ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ϮϬ<s solar panels • ĚĚŝƟ ŽŶĂů ůĂƌŐĞ ϯ ďĂLJ ƐŚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ a further room upstairs and bathroom plus double carport.

OPEN HOUSE Saturday 11.30am – 12.00pm Michele Jackson 0407 906 301

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amenities, where period features blend seamlessly with modern conveniences • 2 x 25,000 litre water tanks and a pump from the creek to take care of your gardens needs • 2 x large sheds to use as you wish, and wellappointed kennels for your canine friends Close to everywhere $1,405,000 Contact: Scott Harvey: 0412 296 872

• Three bed original timber cottage on 4439m2. Ideal to renovate, redevelop or build again.

• Simply prime private location, just minutes to Brunswick Heads, Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and Bangalow.

• With views from the mountains to the ocean sweeping across to the Cape Byron lighthouse.

• Magnificent established trees, set in a picturesque country lane.

• All the charm of yesteryear, timber floors, high ceilings, French doors and romantic sunny verandah The possibilities are endless and the opportunity is yours!

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The home has been built on 5 acres with the majority of the land being level.

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Situated in a highly sought after area of Bangalow.

- well-appointed family home - 3 double bedrooms with the master featuring a walk-in robe and en suite.

- Large open plan living with high ceilings and separate media/office room.

- Landscaped gardens and just metres to local park.

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Open For Inspection Byron Shire Real Estate • 4 Kuringai Way, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–10.30am • 33 Rangal Road, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am • 36 Pine Avenue, Mullumbimby. Sat 12–12.30pm • 2/2 Gara Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 1–1.30pm • 34 Natan Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 2–2.30pm Byron Bay First National • 5 Chinbible Avenue, Mullumbimby. Fri 9–9.30am • 20 Azalea Street, Mullumbimby. Fri 10–10.30am • 86 Brushbox Drive, Mullumbimby. Fri 11–11.30am • 31 Smith Street, Clunes. Fri 1.30–2.30pm • 21B Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. Fri 2–2.30pm • Lot 20/31 Hayters Drive, Suffolk Park. Fri 3–3.30pm • 4 Myokum Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 9–9.30am • 29 Scott Street, Byron Bay. Sat 9–9.30am • 86 Brushbox Drive, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.30am • 11 Sansom Street, Bangalow. Sat 10–10.30am • 4 Oodgeroo Gardens, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am • 45 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 10–10.30am • 21 Scotts Wood Grove, Mullumbimby Creek. Sat 10–10.30am • 41 Foresters Way, Tintenbar. Sat 10–10.30am • 39 Julian Rocks Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am • 15 Bottlebrush Crescent, Suffolk Park. Sat 11–11.30am • 1 Gittoes Ln (Cnr Friday Hut Rd and Gittoes Ln), Possum Creek. Sat 11–11.30am • 29 Blue Seas Parade, Lennox Head. Sat 11–11.30am • 19 Taylors Lane, Ewingsdale. Sat 11–11.30am • 31 Smith Street, Clunes. Sat 11.30am–12pm • 11 Ironbark Avenue, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm • 62 Nashua Road, Fernleigh. Sat 12–12.30pm • 11/124 Lighthouse Road, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm • 35 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm • 100 Stewarts Road, Clunes. Sat 12–12.30pm • 16 Richmond Avenue, Ballina. Sat 12–12.30pm • 1 Ribbonwood Place, Suffolk Park. Sat 1–1.30pm • 347 St Helena Road, McLeods Shoot. Sat 1–1.30pm

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ljhooker.com.au • 1/70 Ballina Street, Lennox Head. Sat 1–1.30pm • 11 Ironbark Avenue, Byron Bay. Mon 11–11.30am Elders Brunswick Valley • 9/1 Langi Place, Ocean Shores. Sat 9.30–10am • 4/22 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10–10.30am • 4 Teven Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11–11.30am • 7 Byron Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11–11.30 am • 3A Langi Place, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm • 100 Argyle Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 1–1.30pm ForSaleByAgent • 18A Stuart Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 10.45–11.30am GNF Bangalow Real Estate • 233 The Saddle Road, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10.30–11am • 2364C Dunoon Road, Dorroughby. Sat 10.30–11am LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads • 45 Helen Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 10–10.30am • 24 Warrambool Road, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–10.30am • 25 Natan Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am • 36 Yamble Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am • 13a Byron Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 12–12.30pm • 15 Mundurra Avenue, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm • 30 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads. Sat 1–1.30pm Professionals & Mark Cochrane Mullumbimby • 61 New City Road, Mullumbimby. Sat 11–11.45am • 40 Banool Circuit, Mullumbimby. Sat 11–11.45am • 69 Argyle Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 11–11.45am • 4 Brushtail Court, Pottsville. Sat 1–1.45pm Raine & Horne Ocean Shores • 17B Royal Drive, South Golden Beach. Sat 10–10.30am • 56 Narooma Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am • Lot 5 Apo Street, Goonellabah. Sat 11am–12pm • 6A & 6B Goondooloo Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm • 46 Banool Circuit, Ocean Shores. Sat 12.30–1.30pm

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New Listings Byron Shire Real Estate • 195 Goonengerry Rd, Goonengerry. Vacant land. 45 acres. $1,750,000 Byron Bay First National • 187 Coopers Shoot Road, Coopers Shoot. $4.2m–$4.5m • Lot 3 Middle Ridge Road, Upper Main Arm. $770,000 • 21A Gordon Street, Byron Bay. $1.595m–$1.695m • 31 Smith Street, Clunes. Auction 25 May 11.30am. Guide $685K • 752 Bangalow Road, Talofa. $4.9m–$5.2m • House 1/4–6 Roundhouse Place, Ocean Shores. $770,000–$820,000 • 21 Scotts Wood Grove, Mullumbimby Creek. $1.3m Elders Brunswick Valley • 7 Byron Street, Brunswick Heads • 3A Langi Place, Ocean Shores • 140a Orana Road, Ocean Shores Professionals & Mark Cochrane Mullumbimby • 69 Argyle Street, Mullumbimby. $849,000 Raine & Horne Ocean Shores • 1/3 Miram Place, Ocean Shores

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BREAKFAST ME UP, SCOTTY! With Mothers Day around the corner, here’s a great idea! Get Mum a ticket to have breakfast with Denise Scott the following Sunday! It’s a great treat for her to look forward to! She can spend Mothers Day enjoying a bit of family love, with Denise in the diary for the following Sunday!

You can’t help but love Denise Scott. Only a few weeks ago she was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Now she’s the host!

That’s how it rolls for Denise – she’s a ‘just say yes’ kinda gal.

Dancing for a comedian isn’t always easy!

‘I was terrified,’ laughs Denise. ‘But it was great. Doing the dance was so hard. I was the second to be eliminated. It feels shithouse when it happens. I felt alright at first and then I went home. It’s horrible because it’s based on public voting and the judges. I really thought 30-odd years of comedy would have prepared me, but it’s serious rejection and that hurts!’

It’s refreshing to hear someone talk about it what it really feels like – those shows are often very intense and super competitive.

On the upside Denise did get very fit!

‘I was dancing about five hours a day. I got a lot fitter and my dancing partner, fortunately, was amenable to having coffees and listening to me tell long-winded stories. When I started I was so unfit and by the end I was alright. It was so incredible having a daily routine, and I really looked after myself. Generally I eat and drink what I want and move occasionally!’

With Grant Denyer the show host being out of action with serious back issues, Denise was called back as the show host.

She’s also a regular on Studio 10, another high-profile posting that puts Denise

smack bang in everyone’s lounge rooms at least once a day!

‘I love Studio 10,’ says Denise. ‘It’s full on, because you really do have to talk about a lot of stuff! The show is three and a half hours long so you cover a lot of topics, or pretend to know about them! I think, Oh well get in there and have an opinion! Although that can backfire from time to time.

‘I’ve mainly managed to avoid creating a controversy, which I am grateful for,’ says Denise, who admits that it is hard to manage criticism. It’s a good idea, says Denise, to stay off socialmedia pages of the shows you are on! ‘It’s where trouble lives!’

‘I am sensitive to it; I am not tough at all. I just saw Maria Bamford and she does this great routine; she writes about Trump a lot, and she was saying I never knew I would have so much in common with the extreme right wing. ‘Maria, you are a crazy cunt, yeah I am, why don’t you go kill yourself; it was funny I thought that!’

Well when Denise joined Studio 10 she did replace Ita; those are pretty big boots to fill!

Denise is looking forward to coming to Byron for her breakfast comedy show at the Byron Comedy Festival.

‘I haven’t done a show in a while and I am really looking forward to it.’

Denise Scott is the headline comedian at Byron Comedy Fest on Sunday 19 May at 10am. Tix are $55 including breakfast.

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‘There’s no time for crying, we have work to do.’ These were the words sung by Mavis Staples – she’s 79 and she still believes in change. I wonder how as black woman pushing up against decades of oppression she’s maintained her hope, her belief in human capacity for good. In a world where many of us feel engulfed by hopelessness, it’s these Mavis moments that can reinstate belief.

Of course when she sings it I start crying, which is ironic because she’s right: it’s self-indulgent; better to do something. Like if I went home and cried about the washing up it won’t get me as far as actually doing it. Or smashing the dishes and telling everyone to fucking do it themselves.

I went straightaway and bought a refillable water bottle.

Doesn’t feel life changing, but maybe somewhere for a turtle in the Pacific Ocean it is. I have been contemplating the politics of change. Society can no longer dismiss ‘dirty hippies’ chained to trees. Or angry vegans protesting impacts of meat production.

Or lefties saying NO to Adani and to coal.

They’re right. Everyone knows it. Government knows it.

Investors know it. It’s just there’s so much vested interest they won’t stop. The human race is in denial.

It’s no surprise there’s a rise in suicide; our generalised lack of care for the planet and the future of those who come next has become a normalised mindset. We’re killing the future and then wondering why suicide is the leading cause of death for people aged 24–44. We have to change. Every person. Every country.

I’ve always hated the mantra ‘change must come from within’.

It’s the perfect rationalisation for lazy radicals with yoga mats and no intention of any action except long tantric love-making sessions with a few of their best mates. But the other day it dawned on me. Maybe it’s true. Change must come from within; it’s what we change in ourselves that will impact on the world the most: because changing who we are and what we care about is the ONLY way to change our behaviour, and until we change our behaviour, nothing changes. So here’s your 10-point personal change plan to change the planet… meditate on this and then get cracking.

1. Stop believing that you are going to be rescued. It really is up to you. This ‘someone else will do it for me’ has made you dependent on the system.

2. Discover your competence. In order to change you have to be open to developing new skills. You need to be able to do real stuff. With your actual hands. Like could you grow your own food? What’s stopping you?

3. Stop being avoidant. Get engaged. Not to another person – in your community. Put your hand up. Take responsibility.

4. Stop wanting shit you don’t need. This is key. You might need to work out why you need so much stupid shit in your human hole – it’s not your right. And it doesn’t work anyway.

People with lots of stuff just have bigger holes. Just look at Rupert Murdoch. He’s a black hole.

5. You’re not an individual. That’s an illusion. For fully fledged consumerist trickle-down capitalism to work they had to sell you that first. Start thinking of yourself as part of a community. Kind of like a lego block, you’re meaningless until you’re connected.

6. It’s your fault. Well, it’s going to be. Don’t get stuck in the blame cycle, just sit a minute with the shame of your own ignorance, dependence, and general incompetence. Own it.

Move on. Find your inner caveman/woman.

7. You have to give a shit. Your not giving a shit is so incredibly self-indulgent you just have to stop. You see ‘not giving a shit’ is a mindset people use for doing whatever they want without care for consequence. Anyway, why do you think you are so important you have the right to not give a shit? It’s not about you. Shape up, shithead, and start sorting your rubbish – let’s start with where you get your ideas, your values, and whom you vote for. Make informed decisions – use information rather than beliefs.

8. Develop compassion. This is one I have to work on too.

When it comes to compassion the human race needs a sixpack. Start practising on people you hate. For some people that might mean practising on me.

9. Believe. It just seems pointless not to. If we die in a cataclysmic climate-change event, saying ‘I told you it wouldn’t help’ to your mate at the Solar Start Up doesn’t make you a winner. You’ll be dead too. And your kids. And your kids’ kids’ kids’ kids.

10. Act. Just do it, dickhead. It’s not that hard. Remember when you had something to do and you couldn’t be fucked so you put it off and worried about it and made up excuses and bargained and faked illness? Then you just did the thing you had to do?

Pretty much the same process here.

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well it’s going to take our world village to raise a change. Real, systemic, economic, social, lasting change. Don’t wait for government to do it for you. They won’t. It really is up to you. The revolution starts now.

Except we’re not burning buildings. We’re burning mindsets.

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RETURN OF THE BADLANDS The Badlands have returned in 2019 with a highly anticipated new single Ultraviolent due for release later in the year and produced by Lacueva Studio’s Nick Didia. The song is nothing short of massive. With a drum introduction that punches through the solar plexus like a cannonball at short range, there’s no way you won’t know about it.

In the leadup to the release the band are rearing up to play their major comeback show at Byron Bay’s best loved rock’n’roll venue The Northern.

The main Byron event is being held in association with the Byron Deus store and looks to be celebrated in true local style, with a preparty at Deus in Lawson Street held between 6 and 8pm. Local DJ Mohndoo will be spinning some tracks in anticipation of the show at the Northern at 9pm.

The Badlands play The Hotel Great Northern on Friday 3 May – free entry

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MUSIC FOR THE SOUL

Owing to Anzac Day’s falling on the last Thursday on the month, Miss Amber and Stukulele’s Uke Night will take place on Friday from 7pm. Guest vocalists are local Byron talent Tim Stokes joining Clelia Adams, Erina Leech and Rosie Eadie. The Songbook is called Keep It Simple and is perfect for beginners with one small step up as a few new chords have been introduced to keep advancing your Ukeplaying skills. It’s a great night’s entertainment whether you are strumming along or not. Best of all, this month is not a school night so if you’ve never been this your chance to experience a unique community experience.

4Tet is a show that displays Taikoz’s trademark high-energy performance in a more scalable and flexible format ideal for smaller venues and touring, featuring all the unique drama, vibrancy, and musicality that Taikoz is famous for Taikoz Quartet! The show delves deeply into the roots of the taiko drum, but with a contemporary twist.

With a brand-new 22-string guitar/sitar and a crystal ball is Shivam Rath, one of Australia’s young emerging slide guitarists, and he is joined on the tabla by Shen Flindell, his guru Bhai Massimo Bidin and Japanese vocalist Mico Sundari. The evening promises to be deeply devotional and touches on Vedic philosophy and the mystical world of Raga – the mastery of Tala.

Premiered in Sydney at the Darling Quarter Theatre to a full house and recently performed at the Bellingen Fine Music Festival, this 70-minute work comprising four performers and a multitude of drums as well as the Shinobue (Japanese flute) takes the audience on a thrilling musical journey in a more intimate setting.

The doors are opening at the newly built Shantidwara, on Friday, after the family lost everything in a fire a couple of years ago. 128 Middle Pocket Rd, Middle Pocket.

Byron Bay Saturday 4 May at 7.30pm.

Tickets $43.80/38.80 & family of four $107.60. Tix byroncentre.com.au

Mata 0404 351 252. Veg dinner 6pm – preorder 0412 968 841. Chai and cakes also sold for fundraiser for Refugees from Bali Detention. Also on Saturday at Mullum Civic Hall for Harmony Day from 7pm.

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THIS WEEKEND CELEBRATE OUR SHIRE’S MULTICULTURAL STORIES WITH HARMONY DAY IN MULLUMBIMBY! JUDY SHELLEY THE FESTIVAL CO-ORDINATOR SPOKE WITH THE ECHO.

Out of Range are coming to the Treehouse at Belongil on Saturday, 7pm, with a slightly sophisticated slant on their usual upbeat shenanigans. Featuring the magnificent trumpeting talent of Cameron Smith (The Maginificence, Timbuktu), they will be featuring some more jazz-influenced tunes alongside their usual happy, irreverent, upbeat, genre-fluid feast.

VINCE TRIBUTE FOR VAN

Au s t r a l i a n j a z z l e g e n d Vince Jones and the Astral Orchestra perform songs from Van Morrison’s classic albums Astral Weeks and Moondance.

When The Beatles stopped touring and progressed to psychedelic rock and Dylan left folk and went electric, Van Morrison hired some of New York’s finest jazz musicians and recorded two of the classic albums of that golden era – Astral Weeks and Moondance.

Both albums had enormous

impact on aspiring musicians and singers around the world. Australian jazz legend Vince Jones was one of them.

Now Jones, a remarkable jazz interpreter, has invited a selection of Australia’s finest jazz/rock musicians to form The Astral Orchestra. His music director Matt McMahon joins him in this homage to Van’s extraordinary repertoire – his most acclaimed album, the magical Astral Weeks – a poetic, mercurial blend of jazz, folk and blues – and most commercially successful, the wonderful soul/ jazz-influenced Moondance.

Vince Jones has set the benchmark for Australian jazz vocalist/musicians across his 20 albums; his international career and his Celtic/jazz/ blues influences provide the perfect blend for his reading of two of contemporary rock

music’s greatest works. In April this year Vince Jones released his 18th album, A Personal Selection, a collection of his favourite songs recorded over his 40-year career.

The Van Morrison Masterpieces concert brings together Vince Jones (vocal, trumpet) with the eight-piece Astral Orchestra comprising acclaimed Australian instrumentalists Matt McMahon (piano & musical director), Ben Hauptman (guitar), Ben Robertson (double & electric bass), James Hauptman (drums), Paul Cutlan (saxophone & flute), Phil Slater (trumpet), Eugenie Costello (violin), and Stephanie Zarka (violin).

Friday 10 May at Lismore City Hall, 7.30pm. Tix $69–74 at lismorecityhall.com.au.

THE ROLLING STONES EXPERIENCE

Get ready for The Rolling Stones Experience as it pays homage to the band that, along with the Beatles, was at the forefront of the British invasion in the mid-1960s. A band that are true legends of the rock genre. A band that Australia can’t get enough of!

The Rolling Stones are the epitome of rock’n’ roll and their 50-plus-year career consisting of over 120 singles (eight of which topped the charts globally with a further 23 peaking in the top 10), 30 studio albums, 23 live albums and 25 compilation albums, plus countless awards including two Grammys, cements them as one of rock’s greatest!

The Rolling Stones Experience is a rock’n’roll band that really rocks out and recreates that Stones sound and the songs you know and love with absolute authenticity, professionalism, and a band that has over 150 years of combined experience between them. Not just another tribute band thrown together, this is a band that’s been crafting their art of The Rolling Stones for over ten years and are as close as you can get to the real thing. Fronting the band is John van Zyl – a man who has been making

people stop in their tracks for the past ten years, often being mistaken for the British rock legend himself.

John van Zyl is a seasoned entertainer and was born to be Mick Jagger. His uncanny look and eerily similar vocal style makes him an instantly recognisable Jagger performer. John enthuses with the same confidence in his musical and vocal ability and his performance as Jagger is flawless – right down to the moves.

The Rolling Stones Experience at the Byron Theatre on Saturday at 8pm. Tix are $28.80 ages 16 plus. Tix at byroncentre.com.au.

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What is the philosophy behind Harmony Day? The Australian government first created Harmony Day on 21 March 1999 on the annual International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to celebrate multiculturalism, inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians regardless of cultural background. To me Harmony Day is a day to stand up for Equality For All and to say No to Racism!

Why is it important do you think to celebrate our diverse cultures?

One of the most important reasons is to give a face and a place for people of all cultures who live with us here in community – often unnoticed, and to celebrate and acknowledge their presence and deep intrinsic value in representing the beautiful glory of our human cultural diversity through music and arts.

Another very important reason is that racism grows from fear of the unknown. Statistics prove that racism is far more likely to exist in areas of Australia that have low numbers of migrants – in places with high migrant populations, everyone has friends, neighbours, workmates and relatives of all cultural backgrounds and become familiar with diversity – creating harmony! So by putting our ethnic communities front and centre at Harmony Day – our whole community gets a chance to experience the joy and happiness of our multicultural humanity.

What are some of the challenges faced by people from different cultures in our region?

Regardless of our community being one of the most progressive in Australia, people from different cultures face some similar challenges here in our region as people elsewhere. On one hand our community is very diverse, welcoming and inclusive of people of all kinds. However, racial discrimination comes in many forms; one of the most hurtful forms of racism such as unconscious bias operates in subtle ways to marginalise and deprioritise the involvement of people of ethnic backgrounds in management, community leadership, or government.

What is unconscious bias?

Well one real example is that most people wouldn’t notice is there are very limited support services for migrants in Byron Shire compared with other regions. For example there is no ‘Multicultural Officer’ at Byron Council. There is no ‘Multicultural Centre’ anywhere in the Northern Rivers region. There are no migrant support workers based in Byron Shire, there are no migrant community workers employed at any government or community service in Byron Shire. This is unconscious bias at work.

The specific needs of migrants are not catered for here in any way – except through outreach services from Lismore.

Why don’t people in power notice this unconscious bias?

Unconscious bias is when a community board or committee is made up entirely of AngloAustralians and they neglect to notice the need to take ‘affirmative action’ to prioritise diversity, the need to hear diverse voices represented – this is Australia – We Are Multicultural – so if your committee is all male Anglo-Australians or if your committee has no Indigenous or ethnic representation – you are

participating in white privilege and you need to seek out people to represent diversity.

The people who suffer most are our children. If multiculturalism is not celebrated and racism is allowed to grow, our innocent sensitive children in schools will face increased discrimination and bullying – a fear that is always there in the hearts of parents with diverse children, such as me.

Another challenge faced by people of different cultures is loneliness and isolation.

When a person arrives from overseas to live in Byron Shire they may find it hard to find people who speak their language or to make friends. This is one reason we started the new group called Byron Multicultural and we hold monthly Multicultural Lunch gatherings in Brunswick Heads to create new friendships and support for our new migrants.

What are some of the highlights for the day?

Some exciting new talent will be onstage at Byron Harmony Festival along with some of our awesome regulars. Lucy Gallant has just packed out Bluesfest stages and this year will celebrate five years at our festival!

Newcomers include sensational Yoyo Tuki from Easter Island, who is part of Small Island Big Song 2019 winners of Songlines World Music Album of the Year. Solomon Islands custodian and elder Natty Dolaiasi will share sacred chants of seven traditional Island cultures and young Indigenous rising star JUZ will share his beautiful voice and message with his unique fusion of reggae, hip-hop and soul. A major highlight is always the awesome Japanese community with a fantastic array of taiko drumming, Japanese classical dance, music, food and costumes – plus the exciting new Japanese culture parade.

Another highlight will be the inclusion of the classical Indian concert Soul Sangeet as our separate evening event with international guest of eight musical generations Sangeet Mishra.

What should people expect?

Byron Harmony Festival will be bigger and better than ever, presenting the biggest and most exciting multicultural program in the North Coast region in the iconic Mullum Civic Hall venue. It’s a non-stop, colourful, fast-paced show of every cultural experience we can fit on stage over an 11-hour day. An extravaganza of sounds, sights, culture, music, traditional dances, plus plenty of great kids’ activities including two jumping castles!

The daytime concert will commence at 11am on the main stage inside Mullum Civic Hall and continue on throughout the day till 7pm with outdoor stages offering more fun in the lovely garden area plus the CWA Hall.

The fundraising evening concert will commence at the Mullum Civic hall at 8.30pm with classical Indian music with Soul Sangeet. Shivam Rath is the founder of the Soul Sangeet series inviting highly regarded classical Indian musicians to perform with local artists here in Byron Shire. This time will feature eighthgeneration musician Sangeet Mishra direct from India on sarangi with Shivam Rath on crystal slide and Shrai Shriki.

Door sales $30 after 7pm.

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CULTURE GODDESSES OF COMEDY FOR DUNOON SPORTS CLUB Women Like Us, Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs’s smash hit show, was a hit at Adelaide Fringe Festival where they performed two sold-out shows and garnered two 5-star reviews from festival reviewers, being officially declared ‘Goddesses’ by the Weekend Notes writer, who asserted that ‘everything they say and do is the absolute word of sacred truth!’

Glamadelaide declared the audience ‘barely had time to draw breath between the hearty laughs’ and ‘it’s not just women who love this hilarious crowdpleaser’.

With over 100 shows at festivals from Adelaide to Perth, Sydney, and Melbourne, and a tour planned for New Zealand and the UK, the girls love performing on home turf, and are getting the big undies ready for Dunoon Sports Club.

The show is two hours of standup, 60 minutes apiece by these powerful, tell it how it is pin up girls for what they call Real Women.

‘We want our comedy to demystify a lot of the garbage that we’re fed about being women,’ says Briggs. ‘We tell everyday stories about our struggles, our failure to parent, the beauty industry, getting fatter, strange surgeries, obsessions, frustrations, and at the end of the day, ‘who unpacks the dishwasher’.

They call themselves ‘the bogan woman’s thinkitng woman and the thinking woman’s bogan’.

‘It’s not a show just for women,’ says Ellen Briggs, who appeared recently on Hughsey We have A Problem. ‘In the same way a comedy show by two men would never be seen as a bloke’s-only show. Women Like Us is about making our experiences universal rather than ‘niche’. And as it turns out, there are a lot more Women Like Us out there than we ever realised. There’s even a growing tribe of Men Like Us too!’

Mandy Nolan is a columnist for The Byron Shire Echo, and writes regularly for Mamamia – and she is the host of their new podcast The Split. Ellen Briggs is a national finalist for RAW comedy and winner of Foxtel Comedy Channel’s Be A Comedian.

The two women have well over 30 years of comedy experience between them, and this year they released their book Women Like Us nationally.

Women Like Us is standup at its best, where Ellen and Mandy talk about housework, chickens, love, big undies, disappointment, resentment, sex when you’re drunk, fit bits, yoga farts, and being a menopausal woman dealing with teenage angst. They’re overworked, overweight and over it…

It was perhaps the 27-year-old reviewer from Adelaide Fringe who really got what Women Like Us was all about!

‘I’d be offended if they weren’t considered pioneers of comedy, because they know their shit and do that shit damn well!… Heck, it should be part of a woman’s right to be able to be blessed by Briggs and Nolan!’

Dunoon Sports Club on Saturday 1 June. Tickets $35 at the Club or online at womenlikeus.com.au. Doors open at 7pm – show at 8pm.

BIG BLOKES GIG

REAL LIVE RADIO DRAMA: MYSTERY IN THE AIR

Having headlined and emceed all of the major comedy clubs around Australia as well as regular corporate engagements and cruise-ship bookings, Mark McConville has comfortably become known as ‘one of the most reliably funny comedians in the business’.

As a storyteller Mark can keep an audience enthralled as he peppers them with punchline after punchline littered throughout real-life true stories from his own experiences.

Mark has been seen on all of the major commercial TV channels, and radio stations haven’t escaped his attention either, where he’s been heard around the country under the Home Grown Humour banner, but to be fully appreciated, he has to be seen live.

Mark also holds a genuine belief that the comedy industry has a significant role to play in regard to helping reduce the current rates of societal stress, anxiety, depression, and suicides.

Mark is joined by Alan Glover as support – a man who has been referred to as one of the ‘elder statesmen’ of Australian comedy.

He’s been performing standup since 1983 and he’s not about to sit down. Alan’s act includes a variety of sound effects, silly voices, physical humour, and some very clever one-liners! John Knowles from Drum Media says ‘His material just keeps getting better’.

This month the Big Gig will be hosted by S Sorrensen, the funniest man in a sarong for well over 100 kilometres.

Please note that owing to ANZAC Day’s falling on the same day as the Big Gig would have been on, the BIG GIG is on Friday. 8pm. Free.

Michael Veitch is back doing what he is loved for – original comedy. Simon Oats joins him onstage as the perfect matinee idol rogue, dashing former Squadron Leader, Tony ‘The Ace’ Hamilton. Set in a 1940s radio station, the original radio plays Flash Gordon and The Wax Works Museum are performed, but there are even more dramas onstage from the shenanigans.

Sharply written intelligent comedy that crosses politically correct boundaries but manages to hold the audience by their heart strings. A much-loved fading star is feeling the heat from a dashing newcomer. Talent versus stability, old versus new… the drama doesn’t just go live to air – the laughs come from everywhere!

This is without a doubt a terrific night of entertainment with big laughs at a cracking pace. Don’t miss out – one performance only of Mystery in the Air! Byron Theatre, Wednesday May 1st | 7.30pm | $25/30

OPEN STUDIOS Ever wondered what goes on inside an artist’s studio? All over our region potters, painters, sculptors, and makers devote themselves to their craft.

It’s a real revelation to see where artists work, what they’re working on, what inspires them, and what they’ve achieved. Once a year Open Studios allows the community into these creative sanctuaries. Open Studios is a weekend for ‘non-commercial’ galleries and showings and means many commercial galleries are excluded from the trail. The idea is to show the public what’s possible in a home, shed, or garage studio. All the artists are happy to sell their own work! It’s a bit like the thrill of buying milk directly from the farmer!

All artists have been asked about their artwork, ‘How do you do that?’

Open Studio’s Art Trail: Ballina, Byron and Beyond: 27 & 28 April and 4 & 5 May. Find out more about this artistic adventure ON Facebook. facebook.com/OpenStudiosBBB/

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DANCING ALICE There is nothing more evocative I think than Alice in Wonderland. It’s a children’s story, but is it?

The curious symbology of mushroom-eating hookah-smoking Alice is seared into my memory. I remember that topsy-turvy world of childhood, that dreamlike state where I tried to make sense of the adult world. Of good and bad, of right and wrong. When I felt too big. Or too small.

When I couldn’t work out which side of the mushroom would make me ‘just right’. And whom to choose for one’s allegiance?

Nothing is ever as it seems! It’s darkly twisted, and I think all great children’s stories are. I detest the feelgood moral tales of ones that aren’t. A classic children’s tale introduces children to our dark side – to our eternal battle with who we are and how we think.

Two of Australia’s leading choreographers, Melbourne City Ballet’s Michael Pappalardo (artistic director) and Brendan Bradshaw (artistic associate), collaborate to pay homage to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland with a ballet complemented by a Tchaikovsky arrangement.

Join the White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts, and the Mad Hatter as Alice ventures through Wonderland. This all-new ballet is perfect for all ages and is a magical portrayal of the classical story, over a year in the making. Melbourne City Ballet is set to entertain across Australia and New Zealand and bring a smile to both ballet audiences with its exquisite choreography and non-ballet audiences through its dynamic storytelling. With 40 unique costumes and newly designed tour-able sets, this ballet is sure to be a colourful and playful rendition on this story.

In true Melbourne City Ballet fashion the company brings a feast of movement to the stage.

Byron Theatre on Sunday at 1.30pm and 5.30pm. Tix are $42–36 at byroncentre.com.au.

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POP YOUR DRAG CHERRY AT LOCURA When I was 17 I went to drag shows. I was often one of the only women in the club. I just couldn’t get enough of drag queens.

I loved their biting wit. I loved their putting shit on everyone. I loved that they could be beautiful and mean. I loved how they satirised gender. I was under age, but no-one ever checked. It was a different era. Drag queens taught me everything I know about dealing with hecklers! It’s so much fun, and if you have never been you should! Make it a tick on your bucket list! Join the crew at Locura in Byron on Thursday night for a night of drag queen performances for their very fabulous Cherry Pop night.

Dance to funky disco tunes by Vinyl Ritchie.Entry includes a cocktail or beer!

Thursday 2 May at 7pm at Locura in Byron. Tix are $45

THE POLITICAL POETIC For election season, Dangerously Poetic is offering Political, Poetical, an afternoon of music and poetry. It will be held at the Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah, on Sunday from 2 till 4pm. The afternoon is open to all and will feature Beat Jam, an ensemble of poets and musicians performing Beat poets such as Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Levertov, and others as featured on Bay FM’s Bohemian Beat. For the open section, the audience is invited to share their own or a favourite political poem. Bongos and rattles are welcome to help keep the beat! Suggested donation to keep the poetry flowing is $10.

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MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL ROADSHOW Looking for a laugh? The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow is coming to town. Forget I Spy, Spotto and stale servo snacks; this road trip is jampacked with a crew of fantastically funny comedians, specially selected to bring the fun of the festival to towns and cities around the nation.

For 20 years the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been touring far and wide, bringing giggles, guffaws, and good times to Australia and farther afield.

Whether you’re in Katherine, Quirindi, Kyneton, or Cairns you can still experience Australia’s largest and best-loved comedy festival in your own backyard.

They’ve got over 80 destinations on the laugh-laden schedule, and a lineup of artists to tickle anyone’s funnybone.

The Roadshow really has something for everyone! Grab a mate, grab a date… grab a ticket to the Roadshow!

Friday 10 May at the Ballina RSL – featuring Danie Connell, Jane Hatings, Josh Earl, and Rahul Subramanian. Tix $35 at ballinarsl.com.au

JOEL’S DOGTOWN International Man of Circus Joel Salom presents Talking Dogs on Saturday 18 May at the Byron Comedy Festival. It’s every kid’s dream come true, a playful, interactive show where kids get onstage with Allen (the shy soft dog), do stunts with Erik (the mean robotic one), and Joel, the crazy human man-child who tries to keep it all together! Joel’s creation Erik the Dog was a grand finalist on Australia’s Got Talent. Allen has never done a show before

but Joel has performed in more than 25 countries as a world-class juggler so he’s bound to know how to keep his balls in the air (dog balls that is).

For more information about workshops and shows, ticket purchase, and programming, go to byroncomedyfest.com.

Byron Comedy Fest at the Surf Club In Byron Bay 17–19 May.

MACBETH AT THE PALACE Palace Cinemas’ opera and ballet program presents Macbeth, Harry Kupfer’s smashhit staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s vivid take on Shakespeare’s classic featuring operatic icons Anna Netrebko in a signature role and Plácido Domingo, led by legendary conductor Daniel Barenboim.

After winning in battle, Commander Macbeth receives a prophesy that he will one day become king of Scotland.

Influenced by the whisperings of his wife, he literally stops at nothing to fulfil the prophesy. But racked by guilt, the Macbeths soon sink into delusions and

become victims of their own thirst for power. This is a new production captured live in June 2018 during a sold-out run at Staatsoper Berlin on the historic boulevard Unter den Linden, once the largest opera house in Europe. Destroyed thrice over the years, the 1955 post-WWII rebuild was recently renovated, reopening in 2017 as a modern, 1,356-seat venue.

Macbeth screens at Palace Byron Bay Cinemas on Sunday at 1pm, and Wednesday 1 May at 11am. Tickets available at the cinema or online at www.palacecinemas.com.au.

MULLUM’S IN THE SHIT

When someone is told repeatedly that they’re worthless, they come to believe it. That underpins the character dynamic in the new show at the Drill Hall – directed by Georgia Martin and starring local actors Kate Foster, Kate Horsley, and Claire Atkins. Bitterly funny, this is about women living on the fringes, so it only seems fitting that its also a major fundraiser for the SHIFT Project, which is focused on getting women in our region back into their lives. The show runs at the Drill Hall in Mullum from 10 till 25 May. Georgia spoke SHIT withThe Echo!

Why did you choose SHIT? What’s it about and why is it called SHIT? The play was brought to me by the actors with a view to my directing it. I’d previously directed all of them before, in one play or another. I read it and was blown away. It’s beautifully written and constructed and boy, is it powerful. Patricia Cornelius, the multi-award-winning playwright, has just been invited to take the play to the Venice Biennale in July – the first Australian work to be staged there. I said, ‘Shit, stand back everyone, I want to direct this’.

It’s about class, misogyny, internalised oppression, shit parents, abusive relationships with men, brutal relationships with each other, the foster-care system. And above all what’s female and what’s feminine. We never see these characters through the male gaze, which is quite liberating for the actors. Sounds pretty grim, but it’s not all. You’ll get your quota of laughs.

The three women love no-one and no-one loves them. They think life’s shit, their world is shit, and they’re shit.

Are you worried that if it gets reviewed that you’re set up for someone to say it’s SHIT?! Or are you hoping for Good Shit?

Oh, it’s good shit, alright. I’m pretty sure that this SHIT can handle its own shit. But of course, it’s not going to be everyone’s cuppa tea. I don’t want it to be everyone’s cuppa tea; it’s too extreme, too in your face. Fantastic if people are shocked and appalled.

There’s bound to be some people who’ll find it offensive, in particular by the language. It’s not ‘nice theatre’. But it’s exciting theatre.

How are you directing the piece and staging it?

Because there is such an underlying anger and grief my job has been to rein it in when necessary.

This play has such a raw energy that it doesn’t need any embellishment so the staging is minimalist. I’m focusing on

the rawness of the women being allowed to carry it without any restrictions.

Tell me about the women in the show? What do they bring to the roles?

The actors are Kate Foster, Kate Horsley, and Claire Atkins. All three have rolled up their sleeves and jumped into the play and characters with absolute commitment and gusto, no holds barred. From the first rehearsal it seemed as if they’d been waiting to perform in this play all their lives. ‘Let me at it,’ they seemed to say.

You are raising money for SHIFT Project. Why did you align with them?

We read about The Shift Project’s work in The Echo and saw a tie-in with their them and SHIT. SHIFT does fantastic work for local women who’re being supported through the challenges from homelessness to independence. As a community theatre it has been our practice to offer fundraising opportunities to local charities, ideally those with a connection to the themes of the play and this connection with SHIFT is ideal.

SHIT is on at The Drill Hall Theatre at 2 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby, over May 10–25 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and on Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $22/$25 and can be purchased at www.drillhalltheatre.org.au/shit and at The Bookshop in Mullumbimby.

Offensive language and adult themes – for mature audiences. General enquiries call 0420 986 570.

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STARS

BY LILITH

ARIES: As you put the inspirations of recent weeks into production, Venus and Mercury in Aries are broadcasting loud and clear that doing what you love is what attracts cash and happiness. Though you’ll need to handle authority clashes with charm rather than confrontation: more as a dance than a declaration of war.

TAURUS: Happy birthday, beautiful Venusians. A trio of backtracking planets – Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto – are currently offering reality checks to ensure you don’t expend energy unnecessarily.

Slow and steady sets the pace and wins this week’s race, and since tortoise is more your spirit animal than hare, this suits you just fine.

GEMINI: Geminis like to gogo, while the present triple planetary retrograde sets the pace to slow-mo – a rich, nourishing time that allows you to sink into recognition of past habits that are stopping your forward motion. And yes, it’s a blessing: unless you want to be dragging old baggage into next month’s bright new birthday future.

CANCER: With Pluto and Saturn retro in your relationship house it’s time for the Viagra eyedrops, as in a long hard look at relationships.

How you do them. Your contribution to any current dissatisfaction or resentment you may be feeling about them. The next four months reward reflection and repair work, starting with yourself.

LEO: How do retrograde outer planets affect your world? They slow life down so you have time to look at your life from a deeper perspective, perhaps see some confronting or inconvenient truths you might not have otherwise. The mirror they hold up this week reflects that self-care and nourishment are a must..

VIRGO: As Saturn and Pluto set out this week to backtrack through your love zone – which includes the self kind – this week could bring up doubts about well, everything.

And that’s ultimately a good thing, because you get the next four months to recognise and revel in your own essential okayness and core adorability.

WITH PLUTO AND SATURN HIBERNATING IN THE SIGN OF LEADERSHIP, BUSINESS, AND FINANCE FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WHAT TO SAY BUT YEA FOR THIS EARTHY, PLEASURE-LOVING TAURAN WEEK…

BY JOHN CAMPBELL

CINEMA REVIEWS

LIBRA: This week’s antidote to edgy retro energy is suitably Venusian: keep things as beautiful as possible. According to Libran Marie Kondo, the reason we can’t let something go is either attachment to the past or fear of the future, so clean, clear, smudge, do whatever’s necessary to feng shui your home space to zen clarity.

SCORPIO: Present planetary retrogrades are plugging speaking with integrity. Sarcasm and sharp remarks only get others offside, so consider the three classic filters before you speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? And edit social-media posts carefully: this is a period when even the most well-meant comments can be misconstrued.

SAGITTARIUS: Retro Pluto in your financial sector gives you till October to dive into scarcity fears and resentment issues around money – with a professional if necessary.

With time lord Saturn also in your cash zone, if you can learn from past mistakes, someone from the past could reappear with a timely offer or lucrative opportunity.

CAPRICORN: Pluto retro in Capricorn for the next five months and Saturn for the next four offer the deep self-reflection and examination you need before proceeding on La Vie de Capri.

If this evokes a mini identity crisis, that’s a good thing.

Something that isn’t yet ready for takeoff needs to go on hold for now.

AQUARIUS Saturn doing its annual backflip can be a bit of a gloom-bag: ditto retro Pluto excavating your shadow side and digging into emotional blind spots. Fun? Not so much, but deeply healing if you’re prepared to go there and delete some unhealthy patterns. Take your time, and as Shambhala teachings advise: cradle yourself in loving kindness.

PISCES: Drama alert! This week’s triple planetary backflip could bring group tensions to boiling point, accompanied by cathartic outbursts. Be very wary about wading in to save the day, because not having all the facts will make the situation worse for everyone – most of all your well-intentioned, under-informed self.

DESTROYER Is this really how the LAPD go about their business? A bank robbery is in progress. Six masked gunmen are holding the staff and customers in terror. Three coppers turn up, a couple with automatic rifles, and they storm into the bank firing blindly at anything that moves. It beggars belief that in the US this might be seen as standard operational procedure, but it is sold to us in the movies ad nauseam. This is one of those dark and gritty flicks in which you begin to wonder at the half-way point just how much longer you might be prepared to spend with a collection of so many unpleasant characters – which is to say, everybody is tough and they all swear a lot (but don’t smoke ciggies). Nicole Kidman is Erin Bell, a detective who has ‘lost it’ after a botched undercover job in which she was involved resulted in the death of Chris (Sebastian Stan), a fellow police officer and the father of her child. The hair and makeup people have made her look like the living dead and she carries herself accordingly. Erin has a constantly downcast expression that is accompanied by a low, almost whispering vocal delivery that renders much of her dialogue almost incomprehensible. She has become active again after discovering that Silas (Toby Kebbell), the murderous villain responsible for her fall from grace, is back in town. The story is told with constant flashbacks to when Erin and Chris were infiltrating Silas’s gang, interspersed with her tracking down her nemesis. The sidelight is how, as a mother, she is determined to keep her impressionable sixteen-year-old daughter, Shelby (Jade Pettyjohn), out of Los Angeles’s gangsta underworld. The circular plot – ending with a surprise reveal that had been cleverly concealed throughout – is tight and not too complicated, the score heavy-handed, and the violence customary. It’s absorbing, but not an easy film to like, and I didn’t care in the least what happened to Erin, despite director Karyn Kusama’ mawkish last shots.

EVERYBODY KNOWS Iranian Asghar Farhadi is one of the most original and compelling writer/directors working today. A Separation (2011) and The Salesman (2016) – both Oscar winners – were so far above much of the dross that is churned out by mainstream cinema that the arrival of his latest was more than keenly anticipated. And it didn’t disappoint. Farhadi does not adhere to the idea that there is a clear distinction between who is right and who is wrong. Nor does he opt for the simplicity of having a protagonist and antagonist in the traditional sense – his people are just like you and me, caught up in life’s maelstrom of uncertainties. This time his story is set in Spain. Laura (Penélope Cruz) has returned BF Baby Friendly from Argentina to attend SP Kh][aYd Hj]k]flYlagf PS Private Screening

her sister’s wedding and re-connect with friends and family.

During the celebrations, her teenage daughter Bea is abducted.

A ransom is demanded and Paco (Javier Bardem), a winegrower and former flame of Laura, emerges as the only person in a position to raise the money – if he sells his estate. Old resentments and secrets that are not really secrets (because ‘everybody knows’) bubble to the surface while the problem of what to do about Bea is argued over. This is a ‘slow burn’ of the highest, most absorbing quality, as all characters begin to fray at the edges. The rich, almost tactile cinematography of the first half eventually gives over to a mood that is quieter, but with passions on the verge of erupting at any moment.

Bardem and Cruz, probably because they are performing in their native tongue, have never been better and the fabulous Ricardo Darin, as Bea’s father, arrives on the scene when the mystery of the girl’s whereabouts intensifies. Underpinning it all is the ancient theme of land and long held grudges over its ownership. And how easy it is to forget what a treat it can be to listen to the ebb and flow and cadences of another language – the Spanish is simply beautiful in its own right.

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CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C .................................... 66291169 or 0412 967677

AUTOMOTIVE

CARPENTER Lic 39791 Decks, studios, pergolas etc Paul Varendorff ................66845035 or 0414 842602

• Tyres • Batteries • Wheel Alignments MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

AH

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C ...............................................0432 565060 RENOVATION SPECIALIST Excellent quality. Builder: Levi Alexander Lic 189611C .......0402 434154 CARPENTER All work types, 20 years exp, free quotes, fully insured, no job too small...0473 027848

BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 .................................66802444

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns - bindii weeds .....................................................0418 110714 EAST COAST BUSH REGENERATION Tree planting, weed control. Call Rossco Faithfull.0409 157695

Affordable bathroom renovations are our speciality. From a simple makeover, to a total transformation, we deliver on our guarantee of workmanship and price.

Call Kane

0410 534 081

All aspects of plumbing: Gas Fitting, Drainage, Construction, Renovations.

15+ years experience. Free quotes.

Licence # 289899C

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS For a free quote call Paul ..................................................0423 852559

LOCAL

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

CARPET CLEANING

TLC

Truck Mounted Machine

CARPET CLEANING

TENDER LOVING CARE Specialising in household carpet cleaning Speedy Drying

Kevin & Margaret Bower

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS SUNSCREENS

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

CURTAINS

(02) 6684 1001

Green & Clean

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

APEX CARPET CLEANING www.apexcarpetcleaning.com.au......................... Nathan 0412 926441

02 6680 8862 PLANTATIONSHUTTERS

FREE MEASURE QUOTE AWNINGS

ON OUR COMPLETE RANGE OF QUALITY

CHIMNEY SWEEPING BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR WINDOW TREATMENTS

ROLLERBLINDS

www.blinddesignbyronbay.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

Honest and North Byron Reliable Service

Blinds www.northbyronblinds.com.au

For all your window furnishings needs

MICHAEL SCHWAGER 108 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ...................................................66841962 MULLUMBIMBY CHIROPRACTIC Massage & Chiropractic. 110 Dalley St ........................66841028

CLEANING

We come to you

0404 421 518 free M & Q

BRICKLAYING BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268

BUILDING TRADES • 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).

DUFbuild

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & flyscreens • Water efficient • Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 6687 4655 or 0412 495750

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build the dream

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Award Winning Builders • Renovations • Extensions • New Homes

0412 497 637

02 66 804 173

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420

CARPENTER HANDYMAN FB Greg’s Handyman Services Byron Bay Lic No 1039897....0414 109595

Darren Paxton

0439 624 945

www.growbuilding.com.au info@growbuilding.com.au

CARPENTER BUILDER Extend, renos, cabins, sheds. Peter Bergin Lic 147887C..................0432 060110

COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753 RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C.....................0487 264137

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

Renovation • Alteration • Carpentry

Builder/carpenter • Owner-builder friendly • Fully insured • Lic 269566C

CARPENTER. Insured & qualified. Homes, decks, small jobs, free quotes. Lic 231104C...0431 674377

Lic 246545C

– Sales – Installation – Repairs – All Commercial Refrigeration – Residential & Commercial Airconditioning – Coolroom Design & Construction – Freezer Rooms

It’s ALL in the details

BUILDER – 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

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION artisanair.com.au

Grow Building

ARCHITECTS

SPECIALISTS IN HOME AUTOMATION

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis..................................................66842559

0488 950 638

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786 DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415 ACCOUNTANT BANGALOW + BYRON BAY The Office Accountants & Business Advisors ...66872960 BOOKKEEPER Local and reliable .................................. barbarasbookkeeping.com.au 0402 118649 LOOKING FOR A XERO BOOKKEEPER? byronbaybookkeeper@gmail.com Call Drasta 0400 971480

ALL ASPECTS OF CARPENTRY WORK

matt.rowan.wardle@gmail.com • Floor installations • Door & Window installations • Decks & Pergolas • Alterations

Josh 0406 351 730

APPLIANCE REPAIR

Visit or Showroom at

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS

FULLY INSURED

Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705 IWIRE ANTENNAS David Levine FAST Service Antenna Repairs and Replacements ......0402 022111

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1300 095 393

FREE QUOTES FREECALL 1800 683 838 MOBILE 0419 677 991 cmhwindows@gmail.com COMMERCIAL, DOMESTIC, SHOPS & REAL ESTATE FULLY INSURED

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DENTISTS

ELECTRICIANS

BANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow ......................................66872766

Call

0434 539 979

www.byroneco.com.au

BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE .......................................................................66851264 MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street .....................................................................................66842644

Quality Exterior Refinishing Roof & Pressure Cleaning Roof Painting Deck Oiling

Full Circle

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE 20 Year+s Exp.

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Holiday lets and Airbnb, residential homes and end of lease cleans, bond cleans, builders cleans etc.

Friendly reliable and trustworthy local service.

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Local, home and hosting support services: cleaning, bookings, linen, restocking, listing management and property management.

Flexible to your needs and requirements

DONE & DUSTED CLEANING Going the extra mile, professional, dependable...............0498 731447

0458 267 777

CALL

0423 877 102

ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

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SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS Burringbar

Byrne Civil

DETAILED STEAM CLEANING Natural products. Bathrooms, kitchens, spring cleans .0410 723601 BEYOND CLEANING GROUP Quality focused. Brunswick to Ballina from $39.60ph .....0451 102239 HOLIDAY CLEANERS AVAILABLE NOW! Domestic, AirBnB, last-minute. Local, exp & reliable .0421 360961 BOND CLEANING ..............................................................................................................0421360961

COMPUTER SERVICES

TINY EARTHWOR 0409 799 909

various implements available for limited access projects

0431 122 057 A consumer Any con digital device Any An ny digital di project at home

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EARTHMOVING & PLANT HIRE Specialising in driveway construction & maintenance

â&#x20AC;˘ Tip trucks 3 to 12 tonne â&#x20AC;˘ Excavator 5 to 21 tonne â&#x20AC;˘ Positrack loader augers 150 to 600mm & rock grab â&#x20AC;˘ Driveways â&#x20AC;˘ Roads â&#x20AC;˘ Acreage clearing â&#x20AC;˘ House pads â&#x20AC;˘ Drainage â&#x20AC;˘ Carparks â&#x20AC;˘ Bush rocks â&#x20AC;˘ Rock walls â&#x20AC;˘ Competitive rates

Training & assessment: earthmoving plant & forklift â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nationally recognised qualiďŹ cations

0427 663 678 / 0410 056 228 5.5 TONNE EXCAVATOR, POSITRACK & TIPPER HIRE MOBILE COMPUTER SUPPORT Home & business workrightcomputersupport.com.au 0422 804449 RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335 BETTER CALL SAUL The Mac Doctor. Repairs. Upgrades. Used Macs.............................0411 562111

ELECTRIC BOOGALOO â&#x20AC;˘ 24/7 Emergency â&#x20AC;˘ Residential, Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Level 2

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

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 0422 207299 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ...........................66771852 or 0432 107262 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

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

EXPERIENCED OPERATORS | FREE QUOTES 0432 299 283

â&#x20AC;˘ Driveways â&#x20AC;˘ Landscaping â&#x20AC;˘ Rock walls â&#x20AC;˘ House & shed sites

SALISBURY CONCRETING

0414 905 900

Lic No: 143433C | ACRS Master Cabler A017916

Specialising in road works, land clearing, retaining walls and general earthworks.

Augers and rock grab available.

5.5 Tonne Excavator, Positrack Loader & 12 Tonne Tipper

CONCRETING & PAVING

Suffolk Park

FENCING Philip Toovey

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GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

â&#x20AC;˘ Land clearing â&#x20AC;˘ Augers, rock grab &Â breaker attachments â&#x20AC;˘ Free quotes

Lic.136717c

Luke Jarrett â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0431 329 630

STEVE BROWN EARTHMOVING

FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATIONS. Lic No. 310498C. Ph Andrew ..................0401 968173

Rock walls, clearing, house shed and tank pads.

ADVANCED CONCRETE POLISHING Grind & seal, polished concrete. Shane ................0419 961708

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Specialising in road repairs & driveways 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 FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Timber & deck oiling, coating, stripping. Fast free quotes .....0419 789600 BEAU JARDIN 1.8 tonne excavator & 3 tonne tip truck .................................................0417 054443 THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690 ALEX EXCAVATION 3.5T Zero Swing & 5T Tipper Rock Grab + other attachments ........0417 920300

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Lic. 211410C

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

kylie-anne@sanctuaryservices.com.au 0410 630 042

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

Jai â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0467 482 948

6677 1859

Sanctuary Services

DARYL 0418 234 302 OR 02 6680 1793

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

PACIFIC BITUMEN

Phone Oliver 0419 789 600

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.

All Jobs Small or Large

Specialising in Asphalt Driveways, Subdivisions, Earthworks, Carparks and all Maintenance!

fullcirclerefinishing.com

Personal tech support for bamboozled ed bip bipeds

02 66 804 173

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Professional Cleaning Services

Blue Sky

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BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993

Call Glenn or Tracey 0403 428 232 or 6680 9901 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

0439 624 945

Domestic Commercial

DESIGN & DRAFTING DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048

Window Cleaning Professionals

24 HOUR SERVICE

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816

Lic no. 141097C

â&#x20AC;˘ Window Cleaning â&#x20AC;˘ Screens & Tracks â&#x20AC;˘ Pressure Washing â&#x20AC;˘ House â&#x20AC;˘Roof â&#x20AC;˘ Paths â&#x20AC;˘ Solar

Lic: 154293c

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Acreage Mowing Specialist $75/hr | Mini excavation $90/hr

Contact Vadi: 0404

978 383

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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

LOCKSMITH

Gutter guard Gutter cleaning Locally owned Fully insured Free quotes Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.

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

20 years experience in residential & acreage care

R E LIAB LE

Caring for all your garden needs

Mowing, Brushcutting, Hedge trimming.

Fully insured

Michael 0497 842 442

GARDENBOY. BYRON AND TWEED

Superior Specialised Horticultural Garden Care www.gardenboy.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

Paola Landscapes Pty Ltd

MOBILE LOCKSMITH SERVICE Automotive car keys & lock installation/repair .............0412 764148

NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Mon, Wed, Fri..............................................66857517

HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956

PAINTING

AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417

THE HANDYMAN CAN All home maintenance, repairs, painting, odd jobs etc .............0427 110953 â&#x20AC;˘ DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required MCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HANDYMAN SERVICES Exp. painter, home repairs, odd jobs. Great rates............0412 559509 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

ALL-WAYS PAINTING

GOOD NEWS HANDYMAN Carpentry, home renovations/repairs etc. Jesse..................0458 968290

BYRON BAY

â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic & Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Servicing all areas â&#x20AC;˘ Workmanship guaranteed â&#x20AC;˘ Attention to detail

ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovations, maintenance.......................................0402 281638

HEALTH

0438 784 226 â&#x20AC;˘ 6685 4154

â&#x20AC;˘ OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy 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

YVES DE WILDE

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 PAULâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow.........0422 958791

KITCHENS

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394 BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ........ www.byronhire.com.au 66856228 GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery. Lic 283553C. www.hinged.com.au ....................... Dave 0409 843689

X 6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ................0405 716552 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772

BEAU JARDIN We design & build beautiful gardens www.beaujardin.com.au Lic 177274C ...0417 054443

THE BURBS MOWING All suburban mowing. Andrew .................................................0431 248888 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Garden Design & Property Planning. Andrew Pawsey ..........0478 519804 BYRON BAY BRUSH CUTTING Acreage mowing, garden detailing, insured. Gyan .........0402 728207 BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109

Lic No 189144C

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

GUTTERING

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

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RICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, pool service ...0424 805660

AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ................................................ 0413 185399 or 66841249

BYRON BAY GARDENING & CLEANING SERVICES High pressure water cleaning .......0401 739656

PAINTER 30 years exp. Available 7 days pw. Great rates. Call Bert.................................0491 334459

FEMALE GARDENER with years of experience. Bridget.................................................0429 335501 STEVEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Acerage mowing, general prop main, fully insured...0488550988

GARDEN DESIGN

â&#x20AC;˘ Sand â&#x20AC;˘ Soils â&#x20AC;˘ Gravels â&#x20AC;˘ Pots & statues â&#x20AC;˘ Lots, lots more

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

GAS SUPPLIERS

SOIL MULCH GRAVEL

landscaping supplies

Reliable

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609

CRACKER DUST ROAD BASE FIRE WOOD

18 Lucky Lane Billinudgel Industrial Estate

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental

PEST CONTROL

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au...........................Lyn 0428 884329

Free Delivery

ALL WAYS PAINTING NORTHERN RIVERS. Qualified, insured, clean. 0413 401907 or 66805015

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

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

0266 804555

LANDSCAPING

GLAZIERS

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

02 6681 6555 Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS www.allpestsolutions.com.au

ASSET

24/7 EMERGENCY GLASS 0415 660 801

6685 8588

Mirrors â&#x20AC;˘ Security doors and screens Shower screens â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial glazing

PEST SOLUTIONS

SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C ................................0405 122456

SAFE & EFFECTIVE

BYRON GLASS & ALUMINIUM Home, Shop & Office. 24 hr/7 days. Lic 313329C ..............66808123 LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853

GRAPHIC DESIGN www.thinkblinkdesign.com

DESIGN Print | Branding | Social Media | Websites | Graphic Design

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Tree Faerie Fotos

REMOVALISTS

SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS

Andyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Move & More

BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP

Small and Medium Moves, Tip Runs & Deliveries, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby

Professional â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Personal 30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com â&#x20AC;˘ 0417 427 518

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Calls always returned

0429 149 533 Est 2006

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, mat/reformer Pilates classes.

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PaciďŹ c Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351

SCREENPRINTING

466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288

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

0409 917646

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 BYRON BAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LOCAL REMOVALIST MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

0432 334 200 02 6680 8170

Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

leapfrogremovals@yahoo.com.au

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ........................ 6680 3444

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SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001 GLENN WATERS For the finish you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see. Lic 58928C...............................................0427 908129

www.shiftremovals.com.au LOCAL + INTERSTATE REMOVALS ROAD + RAIL FREIGHT CONTAINER REMOVALS + TRANSPORT

0434 391 855

PLUMBERS Licence No. 207479C

20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

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0418 754 149 â&#x20AC;˘ 07 5523 9930

â&#x20AC;˘ 1300 Taylex â&#x20AC;˘ www.talex.com.au

Motion Mover Septic Pumping & Vacuum Excavation

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Chay 0429 805 081

motionmover@bigpond.com 0428 813 310

Multiple Tank Discounts | EPA & Council Approved 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

www.byronbaycontainerstorage.com.au

LONG + SHORT TERM CONTAINERS FOR HIRE

SOLAR INSTALLATION

0434 391 855

Pioneers of the solar industry

Serving Northern NSW since 1998

MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813 BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999 MOVE SMOOTHLY. For help & support with your move. Bridget...................................0429 335501

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

ROOFING DOMESTIC â&#x20AC;˘ INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

0490 025 872

simonplumbs@gmail.com

MONTYS METAL LIC 327106C

SIMONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PLUMBING

SIMON HERBERT

LICENSED PLUMBER + GASFITTER FRIENDLY + RELIABLE SERVICE

ROOFING Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

Hot/cold water plumbing Solar hot water Gas ďŹ tting Mechanical services Core drilling Drainage & storm water maintenance & installation

hello@treechangeplumbing.com.au

Servicing Ballina to Tweed & everywhere in between! Lic 333670C

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

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Craig Montgomery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0418 870 362 Email: montysmetalrooďŹ ng@gmail.com www.montysmetalrooďŹ ng.com.au

WĹ&#x161; ĎŹĎŽ ϲϲϴϴ Ď°Ď°Ď´ĎŹ

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TREE CHANGE PLUMBING 0420 371 151

Lic 312643C

NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

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From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just give us a ring

Kim Snellgrove, Cally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara ................................................................................................66872330

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ALL ROOF CLEANING Experienced, insured & fast free quotes. Call ..............................0419 789600

Lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Good with Solar 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

MR NORTHERN RIVERS ROOFING & Gutterguard Specialist NSW Lic 102013C...........0499 853889

30 years experience

Blocked drain specialists Everything plumbing, drainage & gasďŹ tting

SHANE

0400 852 141

energyplumbing@gmail.com WWW.ENERGYJETTING.COM.AU WWW.ENERGYPLUMBING.COM.AU

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025 BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403

ROOFING MAINTENANCE Pressure cleaning ABN 26565531984 Gutter Cleaning RTN Roof re-pointing / Painting Roof

Restoration

CALL RYAN 0412 873 816

HRH PLUMBING Providing a prompt, reliable & efficient service. Lic 220755C ............0402 652017 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035 ADM PLUMBING SERVICESâ&#x20AC;Ś (NO JOB TOO SMALL)â&#x20AC;Ś Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483 I LOVE PLUMBING. All plumbing. All areas. Ph Steve. Lic 148904C ..............................0412 916140

RUBBISH REMOVAL OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232

COLIN J WILLIAMS PLUMBING & GAS Lic L7990. Water specialist. Mullum/Byron .....0434 273726 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 RUBBISH REMOVALS & TIP TRUCK HIRE Free quotes and same day service .............0451 079060

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES

A1 RUBBISH REMOVAL + tip runs. 7sqm trailer, reliable. Same day service. Best rates ...0413 289443

STONEMASONS

PRINTWORKS Traditional / Digital art@mullumprintworks.com.au .................................66843633 EVERGREEN TIP RUNS and rubbish removal, 8x5 trailer, heavy duty...........................0427 176771 JAKEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STONEMASONRY. Check me out on Instagram .................................................0457 074139

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North Coast news daily in Echonetdaily www.echo.net.au

Service Directory SWIMMING POOLS

VALUERS

ATTENTION POOL OWNERS

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010 SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential, Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976

• All pool requirements • Professional advice • Water testing • Friendly service • Pool servicing

NR VALUATIONS 25 years local exp. www.nrvaluations.com.au

73 Station St, Mullumbimby

Stamp Duty, transfer duty, Capital Gains Tax. All areas ...................................................0428 694041

(opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003

LdS Silviculture

POOL OWNERS, WE COME TO YOU!

Specialising in all aspects of tree work including milling services

Call Luke 0468 829 756

Eddy 0477 Karl 0423

• Pool Cleaning & Servicing • Equipment Sales & Repairs • Pool Heating & Covers • Automatic Cleaners & Robots • Water Testing & Chemicals

131 546

Ballina / Byron Bay / Tweed Heads / Gold Coast / Murwillumbah

TILE & GROUT CLEANING

The Water Filter Experts

0479 066 311 yourtreefeller.com.au

WINTER SPECIAL:

Every 5th m2 FREE

for home, commercial and rural properties

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

1300 384 766

info@evirongroup.com.au www.evirongroup.com.au

• Tree felling & removal • Stump grinding • Chipping • Pruning • Clean up work • Spider lift / cherry picker

Servicing the Far North Coast for 20 years.

Free quotes. Experienced local technicians.

ChemDry’s patented cleaning systems.

0408 232 066

WATER FILTERS

AREAS WE SERVICE

TILING

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

MULLUM VET CLINIC Richard Gregory, Erin Tottenham, Bec Patison. 24 hrs 7 days ..........66843818 NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICE 24hrs, 7 days........................................................ 6684 0735

We provide professional & reliable tree services to make your environment safe and healthy.

MULLUM POOL SHOP Water testing, eco products, mobile service, construction/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

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

720 200 396 508

VETERINARY SURGEONS

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103 SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66877677 or 0417 698227 TILING PERFECTION & WATERPROOFING Free quotes, repairs. Lic 179306C .66801168 or 0409 847653 PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist................................................0414 186161 FLOOR & WALL TILING & WATERPROOFING. Lic no 157459C Ian ..............................0459 559237 BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852 TALLOW TREE SERVICES Removal, free quote & full insurance .....................................0401 208797 MARTINO TREE SERVICES ..............................................................................Martino 0435 019524 OUT ON A LIMB www.outonalimbtreeservices.wordpress.com Call Lucas ............0402 191316 HART TREE SERVICES 18” chipper bobcat cranetruck stump grinding, cherry . 66849137 or 0427347380 The Fully Insured Professionals A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES..................Happy to help. Andrew....................0412 558890 LEAF IT TO US Skilled climbing, chipping & pruning. Fully insured, with a smile ..........0402 487213 • Stump Grinding • Bobcat • Cherrypicker • Crane Truck • 18” Chipper

IN IN H

Water purification systems Rainwater Filters Fridge water filters

$399

FULLY INSTALLED IN YOUR HOME

Phone Chris 0414 229 114

WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING TANK CLEANING Repairs, installation, first flush diverters, pumps, etc ........................0418 662285

TREE SERVICES

WELDING

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES

WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, general, repairs & Aluminium. Call Rod ...........0408 410545

Mark Linder Qualified Arborist 0408 202 184 choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

UPHOLSTERY

MOBILE WELDING + FABRICATION SERVICES Site, Home, Marine. Derek.................0410 093383 WWW.DELAFORJA.COM-Unique Custom Gates, Railings & More, Made Locally..........0404 292344

WINDOW TINTING

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255 SUNRISE W. T. NO BUBBLES, NO TROUBLES Cars, homes & offices ..........................0412 158478 BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY. Soft furnishings, curtains & outdoor. ................................0403 713303 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009

Classifieds INDEX Birthdays ................................ 53 Business For Sale ................. 52

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS 6684 1777

Garage Sales......................... 52

CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGS

DEADLINE TUES 12PM

Halls For Hire......................... 52

PHONE ADS

Health Notices ....................... 52

Ads may be taken by phone on

Publication day is Wednesday, booking deadlines are the day before publication.

Childcare................................ 51 For Sale ................................. 52

Life Celebrations .................... 53 Lost & Found ......................... 53 Motor Vehicles ....................... 52 Musical Notes ........................ 53 Only Adults ............................ 53 Pets ........................................ 53 Positions Vacant .................... 53 Professional Services ............ 51

6684 1777

AT THE ECHO HEAD OFFICE Ads can be lodged in person at the Mullum Echo office:

Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby

EMAIL ADS

Public Notices ........................ 51

Display classies (box ads):

Share Accommodation .......... 52

adcopy@echo.net.au

Short Term Accommodation .. 52

Line classies:

Social Escorts........................ 53

classifieds@echo.net.au

Thank You .............................. 51 To Lease ................................ 53 To Let ..................................... 52 Tradework .............................. 52 Tree Services ......................... 52 Tuition .................................... 53 Wanted .................................. 52 Work Wanted ......................... 53

Ad bookings only taken during business hours: Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. Ads can’t be taken on the weekend.

Account enquiries phone 6684 1777.

RATES & PAYMENT LINE ADS: $17.00 for the first two lines $5.00 for each extra line $17 for two lines is the minimum charge.

DISPLAY ADS (with a border): $12.50 per column centimetre

DISCLAIMER Advertisements placed in The Byron Shire Echo do not reflect the views or opinions of the editorial staff.

The Byron Shire Echo does not make any representations as to the accuracy or suitability of any content or information contained in advertising material nor does publication constitute in any way an endorsement by The Byron Shire Echo of the content or representations contained therein.

The Byron Shire Echo does not accept any liability for the representations or promises made in paid advertisements or for any loss or damage arising from reliance on such content, representations or promises.

PUBLIC NOTICES

BYRON TWILIGHT MARKET Every Saturday 4 – 9 pm RAILWAY PARK, BYRON BAY

www.byroncentre.com.au

On sale at The Echo

Cash, cheque, Mastercard or Visa

CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK!

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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

BYRON FLEA MARKET SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH

8AM TO 2PM YAC, 1 GILMORE CRS WWW.BYS.ORG.AU/BYRONFLEA

Lismore Eats

MONTHLY FOOD MARKET See P13 for details 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

THANK YOU BIG THANK YOU TO JASON from Brunswick Heads.

So happy Monday morning when you walked up to me in my garden with my wallet!! Cards & cash still there. Love it that the good vibes continue in our wonderful world. Janice :)

Is Byron Shire a progressive community?

Prepayment is required for all ads.

THE BYRON SHIRE

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SOCIAL STREET LATIN dance classes.

Puerto Rican/Columbian Salsa plus more, every 2nd Tues. Next is 30 April 6.40pm Marvell Hall, Marvell St Byron.

Have fun, while making new friends Txt 0438214212

BYRON SHIRE IN A BUBBLE:

These prices include GST.

Echo Classies also appear online in Echonetdaily – echo.net.au/ classified-ads

VHS/VIDEO TAPE CONVERSION Local. Affordable. Negotiable.

Ph 0435095750 byronvhs@gmail.com

EXPLORING THE DRUG OF CHESS

Join the debate between Byron Cavanbah & Mullum Magic Toastmasters Clubs as they battle it out : WHEN: April 29th, 7pm–9:15pm WHERE: The Drill Hall Theatre, 2 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby Gold Coin Donation

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Classifieds

For North Coast news online visit

HYPNOSIS & EFT

HEALTH

Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma.

Maureen Bracken 0402205352

BEETU FULL BODY MASSAGE A divine experience: Nurturing, sensuous. 28 yrs exp. Lucy 0427917960

HALLS FOR HIRE

HAWAIIAN TEMPLE BODYWORK 3 hour transformational sessions Sapphire 0438928465

COLONICS

Offering colonic hydrotherapy, sauna and naturopathy at our beachside clinic.

Call or text 0458633869 www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au

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

DAVID LOVEJOY’S BOOKS Available from The Echo reception: Between Dark and Dark, a memoir;

• FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

Moral Victories, the biography of a chess player; Heresy, an historical novel.

ALL JUST $10 each.

6684 4421

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP 0402 364 852 QUARRY PRODUCTS

LIVE THE LIFE

PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE

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

THE SPIRIT TEMPLE For Soul Path Readings, Somatic Therapy, Counselling, Somatic Touch Therapy, and Massage.

Experience deep connection with your Body and Soul. www.thespirittemple.com

Call Kristine 0406 582 418 Over 25 years experience.

Concerts, forums, weddings, exhibitions, functions, etc. www.mullumcivic.com

TRADEWORK

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

TREE SERVICES

NICK HART

TREE SERVICES

• Affordable tree services • Professional tree care • 18" chipper (crane truck)

Fully insured • Free quotes

HYPNOTHERAPY, NLP & COACHING

6684 9137 • 0427 347 380

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES

www.wendypurdey.com.au

BREAK THE CHAIN OF ADDICTIONS NOW! Feeling trapped?

Learn how to overcome addictive and limiting behaviours.

Stop smoking, weight loss and so much more.

Mulch Supplies

Call today 6680 2630 27 years experience.

6687 7677 Mobile 0417 698 227

COMPOST TOILETS

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646

HOLDEN BARINA 2003 5 spd man, reliable, 176,000km, 4 new tyres, 6 mths rego, $2999 ono. Ph 0452391588

MULLUM mature woman/couple, catlover to caretake/rent f/f house, solar HW, green surrounds, 27 May to 7 Oct, no kids/pets, n/s, $300pw plus bills, incl WiFi. Chris 66842675 or 0432623165

Green Building Centre 0431721073

BAMBOO PLY

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. www.bambooply.com.au

MIELE WASHERS

Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511 GUITARS, RECORDS, HI FI valiantmusic.com.au 66851005

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES ALL YEAR ROUND 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.

Matt 0427 172 684

NOKIA 6300 phone. Gold w/batteries, chargers, CD. Works. $30 0409579671

WANTED LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

GARAGE SALES SHARA BOULEVARD Ocean Shores Sat 7.30am. Moving sale. Bargains!

BRUNS Ex holiday rental. Everything must go. Sat 27 Apr 8am, 2/30 Mullumbimbi St (above real estate, entry from Park St).

Or selling prior call 0422964125 http:// tiny.cc/bruns-sale

BYRON BAY FIREWOOD

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal

Pickup / Delivery Seasoned Firewood Kindling, bags, trailer, tonnage (up to 30 tonne).

Residential | Commercial | Wholesale Prompt and reliable service.

0408 210 772

Michael – 0401 739 656

BRUNS Moving sale.

FENCE POSTS • Palings • Posts • Hardwood poles • Sleepers • Firewood • Concrete Posts • Tomato stakes • Molasses Kings Creek, Mullumbimby

Mark 0427 490 038 | Karen 0427 804 284

Summerland Storage Bangalow From $105 to $290 mth Call GNF Bangalow 66872833

BYRON SELF-STORAGE UNITS Clean & secure. Ph 1300762618

Ph 66884188 • sample & brochure.

DRY FIREWOOD for sale. $150 per 7x4 large trailer load. Ph Sigge 0428819091

BANGALOW Garage/Shed Sale 71 Dudgeons Ln, Sat & Sun 8am–4pm.

H’hold, building, tools, fencing, books, elec, CDs, DVDs

MOTOR VEHICLES

For tiny houses to commercial

STUMP GRINDING TREE REPORTS DA APPLICATIONS CRANE HIRE CHERRY PICKER

FOR SALE

• Cherry Picker • Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Tree Surgeon • Fully Insured

Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

• • • • •

BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333

Phone 66845517, 0418481617

6687 2750 - 0401 208 797

bookings@mullumcivic.com

CHILD CENTRED PLAY THERAPY

Wendy Taylor 0458 222 981 wendy.taylor@ northernriverscounselling.com

REMOVALS PALMS TREE SURGERY FREE QUOTES FULLY INSURED

0488 609 774

A gentle, non-directive and nonjudgemental method of therapy for children aged 2–11 years.

• • • • •

BYRON Mahogany Dr Garden. Sat. Unique items + LPG heater. 0401021215

OCEAN SHORES 3 Reka Way Sat 8–1 H’hold clearance Furn, bric a brac etc.

dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES.

TREE SERVICES

TO LET

MULLUM bright 2br furn duplex, spacious patio, garden, incl WiFi, landline, 5 min town, 10 min beach, avail 15/5-29/8, pref worker, $385pw inclusive. 0417867056

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal

Tallow

EWINGSDALE 58 Parkway Dr, Sat 8-1 Antique furn, clothing, h’hold items

Everything must go. Furn, plumb fitt & pipe, elec eel, elec weld, bench saw, alum extn ladder, camping gear, security door, 160m Merbau timber screening, beer fridge. Heaps more.

5 Bower St. Fri 8.30 – 4 & Sat 7 – 3.

Come and get a bargain.

Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403

Automatic 2002 Mazda 323 SP20 172859km 6mths rego. Ideal for learners / cheap runabout SN4329 .................................................... $5250 2008 Nissan Tiida 6spd manual 148322km Great condition logbook history SN0480 . $5750 Automatic 2005 Subaru Forester 186947km Good service history fantastic condition SN0315 .................................................... $6990 1999 Holden Jackaroo 5spd manual 5seater 4wd. Perfect for travelling SN0953 .......... $5495 Automatic Toyota Hilux dualcab 147248km Near mint condition low km & cold a/c SN2632 .................................................... $8500

BARGAINS

ballinacarcentre.com.au

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

Ballina Car Centre

DLN 19950

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274

BUSINESS FOR SALE

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EXPANSIVE OCEAN VIEWS trees, space, priv 2br luxury f-furn, huge deck BBQ WiFi, laundry, off-street covered parking $500pw neg. all inclusive, short term ok, n/s, d/f, dog OK. Ph 0444538880 TYAGARAH cottage, part-furn. Single or couple only. Walking distance to Tyagarah beach. $420pw water, elec, gas included, Wifi extra. Ph 0437070795 BRUNSWICK HEADS furn caravan + annex + small garden, all facilities. Avail now for 6 months $250pw. 0432400392 HUONBROOK furn cabin, share sep bathroom, $135pw, pref n/s. 0432400393 HUONBROOK near new 27ft Opallite caravan + ensuite. $165pw Pref. n/ smoker. 0432400393

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New moon 5 April 7.50pm First quarter 13 April 5.05am Full moon 19 April 9.12pm Third quarter 27 April 8.18am Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, Low tide, month rise set rise set height (m) height (m) 1 M 0655 1844 0300 1638 0703 1.53; 1930 1.28 0028 0.59; 1330 0.47 2 T 0656 1843 0352 1713 0744 1.58; 2005 1.36 0114 0.52; 1403 0.42 3 W 0656 1841 0445 1746 0820 1.60; 2040 1.44 0152 0.46; 1433 0.38 4 T 0657 1840 0538 1819 0854 1.61; 2113 1.51 0228 0.41; 1501 0.34 5 F 0657 1839 0631 1851 0927 1.60; 2147 1.57 0303 0.39; 1530 0.32 6 S 0658 1838 0725 1924 1000 1.57; 2222 1.62 0339 0.38; 1559 0.31 DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS SUNDAY 3am – turn clocks back one hour 7 S 0559 1737 0720 1859 0932 1.51; 2159 1.65 0316 0.39; 1529 0.32 8 M 0559 1736 0816 1937 1005 1.44; 2237 1.65 0357 0.43; 1600 0.35 9 T 0600 1735 0915 2018 1042 1.35; 2318 1.64 0441 0.47; 1633 0.39 10 W 0600 1734 1014 2105 1124 1.26 0531 0.53; 1713 0.45 11 T 0601 1733 1114 2157 0007 1.61; 1217 1.17 0634 0.58; 1802 0.52 12 F 0601 1732 1213 2255 0106 1.58; 1330 1.11 0751 0.60; 1910 0.58 13 S 0602 1731 1308 2357 0219 1.58; 1500 1.12 0913 0.57; 2034 0.59 14 S 0603 1729 1400 0336 1.61; 1622 1.20 1025 0.50; 2157 0.54 15 M 0603 1728 1448 0102 0446 1.68; 1728 1.33 1123 0.40; 2307 0.45 16 T 0604 1727 1532 0208 0545 1.74; 1822 1.47 1212 0.32 17 W 0604 1726 1613 0314 0638 1.78; 1912 1.59 0007 0.36; 1255 0.25 18 T 0605 1725 1653 0420 0726 1.77; 1958 1.70 0100 0.29; 1334 0.20 19 F 0605 1724 1732 0525 0810 1.72; 2042 1.77 0151 0.26; 1412 0.19 20 S 0606 1723 1812 0629 0852 1.63; 2125 1.80 0241 0.27; 1449 0.21 21 S 0607 1722 1854 0733 0933 1.52; 2207 1.80 0330 0.32; 1525 0.26 22 M 0607 1721 1938 0835 1014 1.39; 2248 1.75 0420 0.39; 1600 0.34 23 T 0608 1720 2025 0935 1054 1.27; 2331 1.68 0513 0.47; 1635 0.43 24 W 0608 1719 2114 1032 1137 1.16 0609 0.55; 1713 0.52 25 T 0609 1719 2206 1125 0016 1.60; 1230 1.08 0709 0.60; 1758 0.62 26 F 0609 1718 2258 1213 0110 1.52; 1341 1.04 0814 0.63; 1900 0.70 27 S 0610 1717 2351 1257 0214 1.46; 1506 1.06 0918 0.62; 2021 0.74 28 S 0611 1716 1336 0322 1.44; 1617 1.14 1015 0.59; 2145 0.72 29 M 0611 1715 0044 1413 0423 1.45; 1712 1.23 1103 0.54; 2251 0.67 30 M 0612 1714 0137 1447 0515 1.48; 1756 1.34 1143 0.48; 2342 0.61

New moon 5 May First quarter 12 May Full moon 19 May Third quarter 27 May Day of Sun Sun Moon month rise set rise 1 W 0612 1713 0230 2 T 0613 1712 0323 3 F 0614 1712 0416 4 S 0614 1711 0511 5 S 0615 1710 0608 6 M 0615 1709 0707 7 T 0616 1709 0807 8 W 0616 1708 0909 9 T 0617 1707 1009 10 F 0618 1706 1106 11 S 0618 1706 1159 12 S 0619 1705 1247 13 M 0619 1704 1331 14 T 0620 1704 1411 15 W 0621 1703 1450 16 T 0621 1703 1528 17 F 0622 1702 1606 18 S 0622 1702 1646 19 S 0623 1701 1729 20 M 0624 1701 1815 21 T 0624 1700 1903 22 W 0625 1700 1955 23 T 0625 1659 2048 24 F 0626 1659 2142 25 S 0626 1659 2235 26 S 0627 1658 2328 27 M 0627 1658 28 T 0628 1658 0020 29 W 0629 1657 0113 30 T 0629 1657 0206 31 F 0630 1657 0300

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.

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.

APRIL 2019

Astronomical data and tides

8.45am 11.12am 7.11am 2.33am Moon High tide, set height (m) 1519 0600 1.51; 1834 1.44 1551 0639 1.52; 1910 1.54 1624 0716 1.52; 1946 1.63 1658 0752 1.50; 2022 1.70 1735 0829 1.47; 2100 1.76 1816 0905 1.42; 2139 1.79 1901 0945 1.36; 2220 1.80 1952 1029 1.29; 2305 1.78 2049 1117 1.22; 2356 1.74 2150 1218 1.16 2254 0054 1.69; 1332 1.15 2359 0201 1.66; 1455 1.20 0312 1.65; 1608 1.30 0103 0417 1.65; 1710 1.43 0207 0516 1.65; 1804 1.57 0310 0610 1.63; 1853 1.69 0413 0658 1.58; 1939 1.78 0516 0743 1.52; 2022 1.84 0618 0826 1.44; 2104 1.86 0720 0907 1.36; 2145 1.84 0819 0947 1.28; 2224 1.79 0915 1029 1.21; 2303 1.73 1006 1112 1.15; 2344 1.65 1052 1200 1.11 1134 0029 1.57; 1300 1.09 1211 0120 1.50; 1414 1.11 1246 0219 1.45; 1525 1.17 1319 0321 1.42; 1624 1.26 1351 0417 1.42; 1714 1.37 1423 0508 1.42; 1757 1.48 1456 0554 1.42; 1838 1.59

MAY 2019

Astronomical data and tides Low tide, height (m) 1217 0.42 0026 0.54; 1248 0.37 0105 0.49; 1318 0.33 0144 0.45; 1348 0.31 0224 0.42; 1420 0.29 0306 0.42; 1453 0.30 0351 0.43; 1530 0.33 0440 0.45; 1609 0.39 0535 0.48; 1655 0.45 0639 0.51; 1751 0.52 0747 0.51; 1901 0.58 0855 0.49; 2024 0.60 0957 0.44; 2144 0.57 1051 0.37; 2253 0.51 1138 0.31; 2355 0.45 1220 0.27 0051 0.40; 1259 0.24 0143 0.37; 1337 0.24 0232 0.37; 1414 0.26 0321 0.39; 1449 0.31 0409 0.42; 1525 0.37 0457 0.47; 1600 0.45 0545 0.52; 1639 0.53 0634 0.56; 1725 0.61 0726 0.58; 1821 0.68 0820 0.58; 1931 0.74 0915 0.57; 2048 0.75 1004 0.53; 2201 0.73 1047 0.48; 2302 0.68 1125 0.43; 2354 0.61 1200 0.37

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Mothers Day

Email copy marked ‘On The Horizon’ to editor@echo.net.au.

Come and celebrate mothers on Mothers Day with an hour of reflections, words, and music on Sunday 12 May at 3pm. It is followed by afternoon tea. St Martin’s Anglican Church, Stuart Street, Mullumbimby.

Enquiries: 6684 3552 on Tuesday and Thursday.

Byron bubble debate

Trivia night

Local Toastmasters clubs of Byron and Mullum are having a little debate. The theme is: ‘Is byron shire in a bubble?’

The debate question is ‘Is Byron Shire a progressive community?’ Spread the word far and wide and join us for the debate on April 29 at at the Drill Hall Theatre, 2 Jubilee Avenue, Mullumbimby at 7pm.

Goonengerry Primary School are hosting a Trivia Night to raise money for their Creative and Performing Arts Program at the Federal Hall on Friday 17 May from 6.30pm. Contact 6684 9134 to book a table.

Fun Croquet Pottsville’s ‘Fun Croquet’ Club’s social game welcomes beginners and visitors alike. Game starts 9.30am Tuesday and 2pm Thursday at the Black Rocks sportsfield. $5 per game. Enquiries 0413 335 941.

Byron Sophia Byron Sophia Philosophical Group: No Meeting on Anzac Remembrance Day.

Graeme Simsion Friends of Libraries Byron Shire present best-selling author Graeme Simsion with his new book The Rosie Result at the Byron Shire Library Tuesday 30 April at 5.30 for 6pm start. Admission $15 and includes

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Neighbourhood Centre Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre is open Monday–Thursday 9am–4pm and offers a range of services and activities.

Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy art, music, games, great food and more. Call reception on 6684 1286 and discover what is on offer.

Low-cost or free food Food Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. If you have any sort of Centrelink card you may purchase cheap food, obtain free veges, and enjoy a cuppa. Free Food Relief Bags for anyone doing it tough, every 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.

help & recovery group meets in East Lismore every Friday 10–11.30am corner 215 Dibbs St and Wyrallah Rd in small Quakers hut next to Community Hall.

Volunteer hub Choose from 50 organisations at the volunteer hub at Byron Community Centre. Make a difference in your community, have fun, learn new skills and meet people. Ph 6685 6807 email volunteers@byroncentre.com.au.

Language exchange Byron language exchange club runs every 2nd Friday from 6pm. Practise other languages or help someone with your English! Find us on Facebook.

Contact byronbaylanguages@gmail. com.

Museums

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.

Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc Museum corner of Myocum and Stuart Sts Mullumbimby, open Tuesdays and Fridays 10–12 and market Saturdays 9–1. Discover your local history, join our team – 6684 4367. Bangalow Heritage House Museum & Cafe is closed for renovations until further notice.

Alateen meeting

Drug support groups

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

Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 423 431 or 0401 945 671 – 30 meetings a week in the Shire – www.aa.org.au.

Are you experiencing difficulties and challenges because of the alcohol or drug use of someone close to you?

Learn coping skills and gain support from others. Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. For information and meetings call 6680 7280. Are you concerned about somebody else’s drinking? Al-Anon Family Groups meeting held Fridays 2pm. Uniting Church Bangalow – 1300 252 666 www. al-anon.org.au.

Respite Service

Social sporting groups Mullumbimby: Tuesday Ladies Group of Riverside Tennis Club welcomes new players 9.30am every Tuesday next to Heritage Park, for social tennis, fun and friendship. Info: Barbara 6684 8058. Tuesdays: 10.30am. Byron: Drumming with Gareth Jones at Byron Theatre; Chair Yoga with Pippy Wardell 12 till 1pm. Wednesdays: Choir with Kim Banffy, 10–11am; Ukulele 11.30–12.15. Suggested donation of $10. No bookings needed, information seniors@byroncommuntycentre.com or call 6685 6807. Byron Bay Croquet at Croquet Club next to the Scout Hall at the Byron Rec Grounds every Monday at 3.30pm. Ring 0477 972 535.

South Golden Shores Community Centre every Monday at 10.30.

Phone 0435 780 017. Bangalow Bowlo Sundays at 3pm. All welcome.

Enquiries Margot 0412 394 932.

ACA Adult Children Of Alcoholic Parents and/or Dysfunctional Families (ACA)

Library fun Baby Bounce session Mullumbimby – Tuesday 11.30am, Brunswick Heads – Friday 10am, Byron Bay – Wednesday 10am. Storytime for toddlers and pre-school children Mullumbimby – Friday 10.30am, Brunswick Heads – Monday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Tuesday 10.30am.

Breast Cancer Support The Breast Cancer Support Group Byron Bay meets at the RSL Services Club in Jonson St, Byron Bay, 12–2pm, every third Wednesday of the month.

For information about support for partners and families please call 0431 207 453. More info on Facebook: Breast

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Probus Club Hastings Point/Tweed Coast Probus Club will meet at Tricare, 87 Tweed Coast Road, Hastings Point, at 10am on Tuesday 21 May. Speaker is Jack Sammon, a local bush poet who is regularly invited to the USA to entertain with his Australian poetry.

Enquiries: Jean Watson 6670 4072.

BVU3A U3A Brunswick Valley Tuesday Forum 30 April 10am till 12 at the Uniting Cancer Support Group Byron Bay or call 0431 207 453.

Contact Improvisation Contact Improvisation Saturdays in Mullumbimby 10–12 noon at St Martin’s, Church Hall, Stuart Street, Mullumbimby. All levels of dancers welcome. Enquiries 0402 059 564.

End-of-life choices Voluntary euthanasia options are discussed at quarterly meetings at the Robina Community Centre.

Attendees must be Exit members. More information on www.exitinternational. net or phone Elaine 07 5580 8215 or 0421 796 713.

Labyrinth Walk Walk the Labyrinth at Byron Bay Uniting Church 1st Sunday of the month (April 2018 2nd Sunday) between 2.30 and 4pm. Introductory talk at 2pm. Info: Lauall Greer 0438 608 776.

Mantras Pralad and The Chants are inviting you to join them to chant mantras. Every third Sunday of the month 6.30–8pm at The Yellow Church, 9 Myocum St, Mullumbimby. Enq 07 5590 7746.

Permaculture Byron Permaculture Byron Bay meets 1st Wednesday of every month at Marvell Hall 7.30pm. Ph 0427 862 902

Cryptic Crossword Club Any cryptic crossword tragics out there – beginners or advanced. If you’d like to share your obsession with others and get together once a week at Marvell Hall as part of the new seniors’ activities, please ring Christine 0407 857 991. As a team we might be able to conquer DA!

CWA Bangalow Interested women are welcome Wednesdays and Thursdays 9am–1pm and the second Monday evening of each month 5–7pm in the Bangalow CWA rooms for craft and friendship.

Rooms are open daily Monday– Saturday 9am–noon.

Baby massage At the Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre. Friday mornings, weekly, baby massage classes for expectant and new parents and carers. Gold coin contribution.

Bookings essential. Linda 0411 985 557

#StartupByron #StartupByron Un-Networking meets the first Thursday of every month, focused on connecting anyone interested in startups or small biz.

See startinno.com/events/2015/5/7/ startupbyron-un-networking.

Toy Library The Byron Shire Toy Library is open Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am–12 noon, at the Children’s Centre, Coogera Cct, Suffolk Park. Come and see the large range of preschoolers toys available for loan.

Church Hall, Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. Roger Curran will talk about U3A – A New Era. Visitors and potential new members are very welcome. Ring 6685 1732.

Call to potters Calling all north coast potters to be part of the North Coast Mud Trail and Open Studio weekend on 17–18 August. Apply online at www. northcoastmudtrail.c

Byron Harmony Day Byron Harmony Day is even bigger and brighter this year with fantastic multicultural music, dance, crafts, and food from many cultures, such as gorgeous Japanese dancers, Taiko, belly dancers, Bollywood dancers, and more! Harmony Day is a national day of celebration when communities all over Australia celebrate their amazing communities and support multiculturalism. Join us at Mullum Civic Hall on Saturday 27 April from 11am till 10pm for a fun family day

Meditation Buddhist meditation teaching and practice at the living Yoga Sanga, first floor, 63 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby, 6–7.30pm, Mondays. Mishaela, 0438 858 842 or mishaele@si.org.au.

Dzogchen meditation and study group 2nd and 4th Saturdays each month at Mullumbimby CWA Hall. Didi 0408 008 769. Byron MindfulnessInsight meditation MindfulnessInsight Meditation Sangha and Pairoj Brahma, and Maggie Clark from 6.45 till 8.45pm. Tuesdays @ theYurt, Temple Byron www.templebyron. com Contact: Maggie 0409 611 845, Pairoj 0423 241 916. Buddhist meditation and conversation with John Allan, Mondays 6.30–8.30 pm, The Yurt, Temple Byron. No fees.

John 0428 991 189. Byron yoga philosophy club free meditation classes Monday, 6pm, 1 Korau Place Suffolk Park. Go to www.wisdom. yoga or phone Kris 0435 300 743.

Community Yoga Nidra class free, Wednesdays 1–1.30pm at the Bamboo Yoga School, behind The Health Lodge, 78 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Matt 0430 008 293. Meditation Collective Mondays 6.30pm at Temple Byron. For more info: www. byronbaymeditationcollective.com.au or call Geo 0431 747 764. Archetypal meditation at St Paul’s Spirituality Centre Wednesdays 2–3pm 14 Kingsley Street, Byron Bay (200 metres off Jonson Street). John Power: 0403 905 543. Free Community Yoga Nidra every Wednesday 1pm at the Bamboo Yoga School behind The Health Lodge 78 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Call Matt 0430 008 293. Integral Zen meditation Tuesdays 6–7.30pm at the Pura Vida Wellness Centre, 14a Park St. Brunswick Heads. By donation.

Contact Erik 0418 337 508.

Op shops Uniting Church Op Shop, Dalley St, Mullumbimby – open each Saturday 8.30am–12 noon and first Thursday of the month 9am–11am: food bank. Last Wednesday each month 10-11am: playtime. Byron Bay Anglican Op Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–1pm. Volunteers needed. Enq Jeni: 6685 7816 or 0439 344 281. Mullumbimby Anglican Op Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–4.15pm, Saturday 9am–12.15pm.

Volunteers needed, enq to shop 6684 4718. Mullumbimby Seventh-Day Adventist Op Shop opens Monday – Thursday 10am–3.30pm, Friday 9am – 2pm and third Sunday of the month 10am–2pm. Companion Animals Welfare Inc (CAWI) op shop Brunswick Heads (next to supermarket) open Mon–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat 9am–1pm, Sun closed.

Seniors computer club Byron Shire seniors computer club invites interested seniors to come to learn how to use your photos creatively. Meets at Ocean Shores Community Centre, Wednesdays 1–3pm during school terms. For more information phone Lynne on 0428 665 948.

celebrating our cultural diversity. For more info call 0405 463 663. om.au. Strict closing date 17 May.

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Artists! The 2019 Annual Ocean Shores Country Club Art Competition opening night May 16. Enter online at www.oceanshorescc.com.au. Entries deadline May 3. Categories are – Oil/ Acrylics; Watercolour and Pastel/ Drawing. Over $2000 dollars in prizes.

Byron Shire Chemical Free Landcare is pleased to announce six free work shops on ‘How to convert a camphor forest back into rainforest without a drop of synthetic herbicides’. First session starts Saturday 4 May in Mullumbimby. Workshops will run from 8.30am till 1pm. Limited places, email: byronshirechemicalfreelandcare@ gmail.com to book.

Free holiday fun Free holiday activities for kids at the Byron Bay Library. Wednesday April 24 is the kids show Super heroes of the compost kingdom on at 10.30am. Join Karen, the compost queen, for a fun and interactive session looking at how composting works, and take home a plant that you’ve potted. Suitable for children aged three and up. Bookings are essential for all activities: 6685 8540.

Summer clearance sale Huge summer clearance sale at the Uniting Church Op Shop, cr Dalley and Whain Sts, Mullumbimby. Open each Saturday 8.30am–12.30pm.

OS Art Expo Attention all artists! It’s time to get creative for the next Ocean Shores Art Expo. This year’s theme is Celebrating a Moment. An additional category of Digital Art is offered. Expo dates: 23 till 25 August. Registrations open midJune; see www.osartexpo.com.

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Dogwhistle The Byron Bay Rams enjoyed a heartening return to form this week, thanks in no small part to the emergence of an exciting new generation of football talent.

Backed by the skills and determination of club veterans, the youngsters including Otis Adlington, Rick Muir, Jack Martin, and Zac Miletic took full advantage of their opportunity to shine.

In the Anzac Cup semifinal against the Richmond Rovers the Services Club Rams put in an inspiring performance that helped drive the side to a 2–0 victory.

Goals to Ethan Archer and Simon McCarthy secured a berth in the Anzac Cup final at Crozier Field in Lismore on this Saturday April 27.

The Rams will take on the Bangalow Bluedogs with all the action from 4pm.

The pre-Easter game in round three of the regular season against Goonellabah produced more outstanding performances from Byron’s young recruits. The reserves set the tone with a strong 3–2 win over their Goonellabah counterparts. The young Premier Division side then hit the ground running.

Ram Rick Muir put in an inspiring performance playing full games in reserves and prems. Photo Dogwhistle Three minutes into the opening stanza, 17-year-old Zac Miletic cut through the Goonellabah defence and curled a stunning strike inside the near post to give the Rams an early lead.

Stung into a vigorous response, the Hornets fought back for the remainder of the first half and for much of the second, but were unable to penetrate James Tomlinson’s back line.

With young legs showing little sign of tiring, Jonno Pierce came off the bench late in the match to reinvigorate the Byron attack.

Young Jack Martin broke away from the Hornet’s defence and, after a solo

sprint towards the Goonellabah goal, slotted home number two for the Rams.

Close to the end Pierce out-flanked the Goonellabah defence to deliver a superb cross from out wide as Martin and Miletic stormed into the box. A cool-headed move saw Martin step over the ball to allow Miletic a clean strike into the Hornets net, sealing a much needed 3–0 win.

The victory, the first for the season, lifts the Rams from the bottom of the table and has them fired up for the next round in Alstonville on Wednesday, May 1. Reserves kick off at 6pm and the premier divisions at 8pm.

Tillman wins the golf at Teven Robert Tillman (the Winx of Teven) has triumphed at the Easter round at the Teven Golf Club.

Second place was awarded to Steve Blackmore after a three-way count back, with Chris Gee being awarded third place.

John Harbisher came fourth and was elated with his

maiden victory in the putting.

Ken Luke and Paul Becky rounded out the field of competitors NTPs: fourth – Dave Fowler and eighth – Steve Marks On Saturday April 27 there will be a 9-hole Stableford and Final of Match Play Championship – Chris Gee versus John Harbisher.

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Tom Cheek (14) swam 10 events and had some freakish competition but pulled rank in the 100m freestyle to make the final and finish eigth, after

producing a 1.01 to secure a berth.

Safranek and Ryan Schlederer also helped the Byron Primary junior boys relay team to finish 13th.

Winter Whales on track for another Ocean Swim Classic The Ocean Swim Classic is nearing a milestone of a $1 million in donations to community groups with over 200 early entries already lodged for the 2019 swim.

‘The usual last-minute rush is expected to push the final numbers up to around 1000 entries,’ a spokesman for the Byron Bay Winter Whales said.

‘These figures mean that we will be able to make similar donations to our usual local charities and organisations as we did over

Swimmers get ready for the 2019 Ocean Classic. Photo supplied the last seasons of these swims, which will bring our running total to nearly $1 million since our first in 1988,’ he said.

The Byron Bay Property Sales Ocean Swim Classic and the coinciding Byron Bay

Mitre 10 Min-swim will be held on Sunday May 5.

Enter online at byronbayoceanswimclassic.com. au or in person on the Friday and Saturday before the race at the Byron Bay Surf Club using cash or cheque.

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Match winner Robert Tillman. Photo supplied

The Shire Shout has reached the pointy end with final places determined this weekend. Photo supplied Over 60 cyclists have competed in the event so far, with plenty left to ride for in the last round this weekend.

‘It is far from over just yet,’

(Back row) Sashi Wills, Tom Cheek, Ocean Shores Aquatics swimmers of the season, and Meg Porter. (Front) Mollie Cheek with Eve Porter, who took out OSA’s most improved 13 years plus for the season. Photo supplied

Girl groms get strong results

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Byron Bay Cycling Club members Marco Goldberg (29 points), David Scully (26), and Matt Jones (25) sit at the top of the leader board with just one race in the series remaining.

Richard Brown is Ballina Bicycle Club’s best-placed rider in fourth spot on 23 points.

A mix of nerves, excitement, and expectation summed up the emotion for Ocean Shores Aquatics swimmers competing in state finals at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre before Easter.

Swimming can be a little hit and miss, but as it all unravelled there were some great results.

Sashi Wills (16 years) was outstanding making five state finals with a best ranking of sixth in the 100m freestyle and seventh in the 400 freestyle.

Meg Porter (16) took out the North Coast Encouragement Award on the podium at the meet.

Meg swam in seven events making a final in the 200 freestyle and finishing eighth.

Ballina Bicycle Club spokesman Andrew Downey said.

Action from 7am Sunday morning at Byron Bay’s Arts and Industry Estate.

Our local female junior surfers had podium finishes at the Billabong Oz Grom Cup held at Park Beach in Coffs Harbour in small playful waves last week Lehani Kaloh-Zoric (Byron Bay) was runner-up in the U/10s girls, while Lennox Head surfers Juniper Harper and Ocea Curtis finished third and fourth respectively in the U/12 girls.

Henley Smith (Suffolk Park) was fourth in the U/8 mixed division.

Touma Cameron (Byron Bay) along with Jack O’Brien (Lennox Head) made the 16 boys semifinals.

Most states were represented in the event, with surfers coming from Queensland, NSW, Victoria, and WA. Earlier in the month Ocea Curtis (Lennox Head) came

Lehani Kaloh-Zoric works through a cut back at the Oz Grom. Photo Ethan Smith runner-up in the U/12s at the 20th Barney Miller Classic at Sawtell. The annual event raises money for a different individual each year who has suffered a life-changing spinal injury.

Bells Beach Soli Bailey (Byron Bay) had a hard heat to start his campaign in Victoria at the 58th Annual Rip Curl

Bells Beach Pro. Bailey drew current number two Kolohe Andino from California and Seth Moniz from Hawaii. It turned into a fight for second place against Moniz after Andino took charge early in the heat. Bailey had the chance on a last second wave but fell short by less than half a point. He will now surf in the sudden-death round two.

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Members from the newly formed Northern Rivers Wildlife Hospital are having a community update and fundraising event Wednesday May 1 at the Seven Mile Brewery in Ballina from 6pm. Supported by the Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF), the night will include prizes, food and drinks. The Brewery is located at 188202 Southern Cross Drive, Ballina and to RSVP call Tania 0420833479 or email events@nrwh.org.au.

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Anzac Day is Thursday, and for Mullum residents wanting to take part, the dawn service will be held at 4.30am at the cenotaph opposite the Services Club.

Marchers can also assemble at 10.30am for a 10.50am start behind the Mullum Council Chambers, and proceed down the main street and end at the cenotaph. A 11am service will follow.

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Further to Byron Greens convener Duncan Dey rebutting acting mayor Michael Lyon on some of his mayoral comment last week (page 1), it should be pointed out that many bypass issues remain, and protagonists cannot claim there has been a good process that has led to this point. Councillors and staff

Diverse culture, colour, movement and fabulous food, Harmony Day always delivers in spades. Now in its 13th year, the day-long event offers a fantastic lineup of traditional and contemporary performances from all around the world. On Saturday 27 April 2019, Byron Harmony Festival, at Mullumbimby Civic Hall and Park 11am till 7pm followed by an evening concert from 8.30pm till 10pm. Photo Jeff Dawson need to do better on this.

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Extinction Rebellion (see page 2) appears the latest emergence of a collective empathetic response to being alive on a pale blue dot.

The collective sociopathic response, of course, is the prevailing business model, led by the one per cent.

Those wanting to get involved in planting natives and koalafeed trees can do so April 27 in Ewingsdale. For more see

story page 6, or contact Linda Sparrow on twodogsmedia@ optusnet.com.au.

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