The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 35.13 – September 9, 2020

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Exploring the risks of illegal dwellings

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Aslan Shand The Byron Shire and the Northern Rivers are well known for their abundent range of illegal dwellings, additions, and converted garages.

Byron Shire Council is currently running its second illegal or ‘unauthorised’ dwelling moratorium, the first being under Greens mayor Jan Barham in the 1990s.

So what does this new moratorium mean for owners, sellers, and buyers?

In their PR, Council have said that they will be taking a ‘tough stance’ on illegal dwellings that were built after 18 June 2020.

In addition to Council’s threat, residents need to consider insurance and resale risks.

‘If there is a house on the land, but it is not approved by Council, then the property is only worth the land value’, said Russell Shaw from Acceptance Finance in Bangalow.

In regards to secondary dwellings and improvements, he said that banks aren’t particularly concerned about illegal granny flats, or inbuilding downstairs.

However, if you are looking to use the existence of a secondary dwelling on the property, which doesn’t have Council approval, to support your mortgage application, you will struggle.

‘A legal secondary dwelling increases the borrowing capacity of the buyer,’ said Mr Shaw.

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Despite a lack of support from Bundjalung woman Delta Kay, and condemnation by police, hundreds of protesters marched up Jonson Street on Saturday. At the Peace Pole near the Surf Club, speakers questioned the validity of COVID-19 lockdowns, border closures, government interventions and mandatory vaccinations.

Photo Jeff ‘Relatively Free Since 1986’ Dawson Hans Lovejoy Saturday’s march from Railway Park in the name of freedom resulted in nine arrests and charges laid for breaching Public Health Orders, assaulting police (x1), resisting arrest and hindering police.

The march was part of a national day of gatherings, which saw arrests and scuffles with police in Sydney.

The COVID-19 related Public Health Order is made under section 7 of the Public Health Act 2010, and reads, ‘People can participate in outdoor public gatherings of not

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more than 20 people’.

Det Chief Insp Matt Kehoe from Tweed Byron Police District told The Echo that police spoke with organisers several times prior to Saturday’s event and requested that the event be postponed or cancelled owing to the existing Health Minister’s order.

‘Organisers refused all reasonable requests by police’, he said.

Health order hypocrisy But organisers pointed to the hypocrisy of other public gatherings, which do not attract similar

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draconian measures.

One speaker told The Echo, ‘Brisbane’s march had no arrests and was held next to a football game’.

‘Byron’s night markets were setting up as we were leaving. According the these alleged directives, everyone in town was breaching them’.

March organisers promoted freedom of choice and speech, an end to mandatory vaccines and border closures. Website links supplied to The Echo by organisers were of private citizen/straw man movements.

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The impacts of the border closure are significant in the health and construction sectors; however, the tourism and retail spaces appear to be holding their ground.

Destination Byron president David Jones told The Echo, ‘Northern NSW has indeed become one of the strongest, perhaps the strongest, of the visitor economies in Australia, after the easing of travel restrictions to regional NSW’.

This appears to be the consensus of business chambers across the region, including in Murwillumbah, Byron Bay, and Mullumbimby.

‘Retail in Mullumbimby has picked up again following the COVID19 lockdown,’ said Mullum’s chamber president, Janelle Stanford.

Byron’s chamber president, Todd Sotheren, added, ‘While I completely appreciate the many hardships imposed by the border closure, in terms of the recovery of our visitor economy, it seems to have created a catch-all effect – as we are essentially the furthest north that escapees from Sydney can go’.

Meanwhile, the QLD border closure has impacted the building and construction industry. Tweed Shire Mayor Katie Milne (Greens) told The Echo, ‘There are enormous impacts on businesses, both large and small, with ripple effects occurring throughout our communities’.

This is reflected in comments from other local Mayors, David Wright from Ballina Council, Simon Richardson from Byron Council, and Deputy Mayor of Lismore City Council, Darlene Cook.

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described the movement as Organised Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments (OPCA).

Det Chief Insp Kehoe added, ‘Police are very disappointed that the selfishness of a few people in organising this event may impact on the safety, health and economic recovery of the region’.

‘The people of Byron Bay and Northern Rivers have perhaps been impacted more than any in NSW with COVID19 restrictions, given our region’s reliance on tourism.

‘People have worked hard and endured much to ensure our region has remained a safe and healthy environment. This has potentially been jeopardised by the selfish acts of those organising and attending Saturday’s event’.

Meanwhile, Woody Sampson from Freedom Of Choice Alliance said, ‘The only thing I see good in life is one used in service to freedom’.

‘Otherwise why are we

waking up in the morning?

‘We’re here to let everyone know in Victoria we love them, in Byron and all of Australia, that we love them, and to let the police know we love them.

‘We want what they want.

We want peace, we want harmony, we want freedom!’

Apology The group of organisers added they wanted to extend an apology regarding the use of Aboriginal flags and colours used for the event.

They said, ‘An aunty talked us through why the colours used, and the name of the walk, was so offensive to some of the mob’.

‘The group came together in a very short space of time, and before we could invite Delta Kay, she had already denounced the event.

‘Both Uncle Lewis and Jarmbe stressed how important it was to have Delta do the Welcome to Country’.

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Kermit the Frog said, ‘It’s not easy being green’ and he was right. Creating a service or a product that is useful and sustainable, both environmentally and economically, isn’t always easy.

More often than not, a sustainable product costs more at the producer’s end, and consumers don’t always put the planet first, so it becomes a fine balancing act of being nice to the planet and not going broke in the process.

In early March, Council opened submissions for their 2020 Sustainability Awards to highlight those businesses doing good things for the environment.

They were unable to host an awards ceremony this year, but still wanted to showcase local community groups, businesses, and schools who were nominated for their various projects and initiatives.

The list of winners includes Resilient Byron; Ocean Shores Tidy Towns Committee; Mullum Cares Inc.; Byron Palms Guesthouse; Zero Waste Kulture; Interflow Pty Ltd; O’Meara Dental; Bangalow Koalas;

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Dr Marcus O’Meara from O’Meara Dental says they are over the moon to receive a sustainability award.

‘The whole team at O’Meara Dental is passionate about sustainability and the environment and it is inspiring to live in a community that echoes that sentiment,’ he said.

‘To be sustainable is to

allow future generations to enjoy life and the world around us like we do. Not recognising and acting on sustainability is to stand idly by and supervise the neglect of our planet.’

Meanwhile, Earth Bottles founders Danni Carr and Ash Grunwald say it was wonderful to be acknowledged within their own community for the work they do as a company.

‘We were among some pretty amazing businesses and groups in the awards, who are making some

massive changes to better our planet’ said Danni. ‘It is very humbling’.

Danni said she feels it is important that people who are trying to do the right thing by the planet, by having sustainable products or sustainable services, are acknowledged.

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to increase the mortgage capacity of the borrower.

It is up to the valuer to do a full check on the legal status of the buildings on the property’.

Mr Shaw cited a recent case of a property in Ocean Shores that had been cut into two dwellings. If the property had been legally subdivided, ‘The property would have had a significantly higher re-sale value’.

But it is a buyer beware market, and even if you believe due diligence has been done, you can end up in challenging legal wrangles with Council.

As reported by The Echo on August 26, New Brighton local Barry McIntosh, who bought his house ten years ago, is now being prosecuted

by Council for the work done downstairs prior to his purchase of the property.

Local building certifier and consultant Nat Andrews told The Echo that they deal with issues of illegal or unauthorised dwellings and building additions and alterations every single day.

‘Most of our business is working with vendors and purchasers to regularise dwellings and other diverse types of buildings. It is a day to day occurrence for us,’ he told The Echo.

Insurance risks However, he pointed out that if people don’t have an occupation certificate for dwellings or buildings, then there is a real risk insurance companies won’t pay out.

This can be a risk for unauthorised secondary dwellings, converted garages, and additions to otherwise approved dwellings.

In relation to converted garages Mr Andrews said it ‘can be a problem,’ and ‘can often be difficult for Council to approve’.

‘Council and development applications (DAs) have to comply with the local environment plan (LEP) and development control plan (DCP). This includes streetscape, amenity, privacy, overshadowing, view loss, and amenity issues.

‘If owners want to sell the property, or Council comes

knocking, that is when it really becomes an issue,’ he said.

Booming market And the property market in the Byron Shire and Northern Rivers seems to be booming.

‘Four to five years ago, it was baby boomers and retirees buying properties.

Now it feels like the younger generation with families’, said local real estate agent Gary Brazenor.

‘Across the board, people are wanting to get out of the city. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the demographic [of buyers] to younger people with families. They are coming up earlier than they were planning, and are looking for property now, because they are able to work from home.’

Mr Brazenor said that currently the demand was coming primarily out of Sydney, as Melbourne is in lockdown, and Queenslanders can’t cross the border. However, he said he had also seen an increase in digital sales, where people

hadn’t physically seen the property.

‘I’ve also had sellers who have pulled out of offers at or above the asking price. They felt there is a paradigm shift happening, and felt that they might be selling too early.

‘One buyer recently bought a house with a pool here for $900,000 and commented that it was ‘really cheap’. For people with a city wage of over $100,000 who have sold a flat in Sydney for well over $1m, being able to buy a house with a pool looks cheap to them. If the trend of city wages coming to the area continues, it will have an impact.’

Price impact on illegal dwellings The fact there is an illegal dwelling can, but often doesn’t, impact price at the moment. Though for people coming from out-of-area it can be more of a concern.

‘When properties were, say $300,000, people were prepared to accept more risk, but the property market has changed,’ said Mr Andrews.

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Big plans for Mullumbimby’s CBD Paul Bibby Imagine the main street of Mullumbimby with half the traffic, shady spaces for conversation, and colourful, locally-made public art welcoming people to town.

That’s the vision Byron Council will attempt to actualise, after securing a $250,000 grant from the state government under the Streets as Shared Spaces program.

Council is planning to use the money to transform Burringbar Street, at least temporarily, into a pedestrian-friendly ‘Talking Street’ featuring ‘parklets’ to encourage people to stop, chat and create.

The vision was developed by a ‘Place Planning Collective’ made up of community members and Council staff.

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Council is also planning to install temporary pedestrian crossings at the two remaining sides where crossings are not already in place.

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There will also be quadrant-shaped seating platforms in each corner of the intersection that can be used for seating, performance or public art.

ĕĎƖĈĕ Ɛſëǔ ĶĈ In an attempt to reduce the growing tide of traffic clogging the street, Council intends to create new traffic flow measures diverting through traffic onto Station Street.

‘This is a pragmatic measure that would have a profound impact on pedestrian safety and amenity on the whole main street,’ the author of the Council report says.

There will also be traffic-calming measures, carriageway narrowing and visual cues in a bid to reduce speeds on Burringbar St to under 20km/hr.

Local artists will also be engaged to create brightly

painted markers to ‘communicate to drivers they are entering, and are in, a place of community importance’.

The measures, which must be installed within 12 months as part of the grant funding, and are semi-permanent only, with Council promising to discard anything that doesn’t work.

They will also be subject to further community input, prior to installation, through the involvement of a community working group.

Funding agreement It will also involve the creation of a funding agreement between Council and the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

‘This is a way of trialling a whole bunch of ways that the street can be reconfigured’, Creative Mullumbimby president, Malcolm Price, said.

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Dunoon Dam proposal – is it a Rio Tinto moment for the Northern Rivers? waste water. Too often, it’s the latter.’ Ms Kia mentioned the example of Lismore City Council’s proposal for development at North Lismore Plateau which included no plans for re-use water through the purple pipe system.

Story & photos David Lowe With public submissions closing September 9 on the Rous Future Water Project 2060 (available at rous.nsw.gov. au), two legendary Northern Rivers protectors have expressed their views on the proposed Dunoon Dam. Nan Nicholson is particularly concerned about the ecological impacts and threats to First Nations heritage, having spoken to some of the Widjabul-Wyabul people who are directly affected. ‘What they’re most upset about is the process that Rous has gone through,’ she said. ‘It seems to be a common white problem – they just ignore Aboriginal people, and this is really happening with Rous. Because Rous is acting like just a water-seller, that’s all they have to do; they don’t have to take any of the nonmonetary values into account. ‘And because you can’t put a money value on the Aboriginal heritage or the ecological heritage, it just doesn’t count. ‘Rous is saying, we’ll listen to you and do all this extended consultation period’.

But Ms Nicholson says that the Aboriginal input should be

Water re-use Annie Kia and Nan Nicholson acted upon, and not ignored. ‘The cultural heritage assessment that was done for Rous was so strongly worded, saying that this place is extremely significant, and there’s no doubt about that,’ said Ms Nicholson. ‘It was one of the most strongly worded documents that [former EDO solicitor] Sue Higginson’s ever seen. ‘And it wasn’t just saying that the stones and bones are important, or even that the burial sites are important. What they were saying is that this is living heritage – these people are connected to this place in a living way’.

Nan Nicholson acknowledges the complexities of who is entitled to speak about what and when in Aboriginal society, but says,

‘Rous is using this as a way of not actually talking to anyone in particular. ‘The people I have spoken to are very upset, and they’re calling this a Northern Rivers Rio Tinto moment, because the burial sites and the artifects amount to an ancient heritage that is being swept aside by white desires, yet again.’ Meanwhile Ngara award winner, anti-gasfields campaigner and local resident Annie Kia told The Echo, ‘The more we learn about this, the more we discover that the water system is broken’. ‘Rous County Council is the bulk supplier of water, and we have four local governments, all of whom sometimes have good local policy to do with water, and sometimes [they]

She said another example is in Byron Shire, where the new waste water treatment plant ‘did a great job’, but generated a problem of how to dispose of the resulting water, with no plan to connect it through the purple pipe system to the proposed greenfields housing development at West Byron. ‘There are further examples that are replicated in decisions large and small, where we just don’t optimise water in our system,’ she said. ‘When we talk about systemic waste in the system, we’re not just talking about leaky pipes,’ said Annie Kia. ‘We’re talking about poor decisions that are made over and over and over again, the end result of which is that we throw good water away. ‘On average, we use in our region 160 litres per person per day, yet a person can

only ingest 2.5 litres of water! ‘This is really not a sensible way to manage water, and we need to value water at every single point of its journey through our water system. And there are many ways that we can do this. ‘Should the dam go ahead, it’s a green light for councils to continue with business as usual,’ she said.

Nan Nicholson, and her partner Hugh Nicholson, have written the book on Australian rainforest ecology (in fact many of them). The Echo asked her about the ecological impact of the proposed dam. ‘Because I’m a rainforest botanist, I have an extreme interest in this, and have had for many years,’ she said. ‘I recently realised how important this particular bit of rainforest is. It’s part of the Big Scrub, and the Big Scrub has been reduced to one per cent of its former extent; there’s about 940 hectares left. ‘And the amount of rainforest proposed to be cleared for this proposal is about 55 ha, and half of that’s going to be demolished. So, 55 ha works out to be over five per cent of the remaining Big Scrub, which has been reduced to one per cent.

‘It might not sound much, but actually it’s incredibly critical, particularly because it’s in two large blocks, and most of the Big Scrub remnants are just tiny little patches.

Rous chair replies Rous chair and Ballina councillor Keith Williams has supplied a reply to the claims made, which has been posted on www.echo.net.au.

In part, he said that groundwater was the preferred future water strategy but has failed to meet adequate quality and cost analysis.

He said a new dam is the ‘lowest cost option for our region’s future’.

As for ecological loss, he admits some of the dam’s footprint encompasses Big Scrub Rainforest remnant. ‘Whether these ecological communities are unique to the site or are able to be offset by other regeneration works in the immediate catchment needs further detailed investigation and assessment’.

He added, ‘With the greatest respect to the nonIndigenous community, we will continue our discussions with the relevant Indigenous parties in private’.

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Local News Bangalow heritage home redevelopment sparks opposition Hans Lovejoy A proposal to rezone a heritage listed Bangalow home for commercial use has residents concerned.

Ian Holmes from the Bangalow Progress Association says his group will be objecting to the DA for 68 Byron Street.

The proposal by Sydneybased owner, Nathan Keevers, is estimated at $1,179,100 and comes with major changes to the original building, which would be used as offices/shops.

Predictably, the applicant’s DA states the proposal

is acceptable.

The proposal includes adding another dwelling to the block and adding an extension to the rear of the existing building.

Both buildings would reduce the garden area considerably.

Mr Holmes told The Echo he is concerned about these changes and also the proposed usage for commercial activities.

He said, ‘The LEP (local environment plan) is clear in its zoning and it prohibits commercial use in this zone’.

‘The LEP also protects various heritage aspects, as

does the DCP (Development Control Plan), the Bangalow Village Plan and other Byron Strategic Plans’.

Mr Holmes says, given the home is heritage listed with a garden and fence, it ‘gives it a strong reason for refusal’.

‘It’s one of the grand old houses of Bangalow’.

dëĈŊ şĪ ƆżĕĈĶǕ ĈƆ Mr Holmes says that Council have, in the past, been supportive of

protecting heritage values, and hopes that the same determination will be applied to this development.

Mr Holmes added there is a lack of specifics around what type of commercial activity would operate from the property.

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Arborist gear stolen from Main Arm A local arborist has had his equipment stolen and is offering a reward for any information.

Nick from Hart Tree Services says, between 5pm Thursday August 3 and 6am Friday August 4, his truck and chipper were broken into outside the Upper Main Arm Public School.

‘It’s a real blow to my business’, he said, adding that he believed it was possibly professional thieves

given everything that was taken. The theft has been reported to the police.

The stolen items include three STIHL professional chainsaws of different sizes, a green army bag with a Buckingham climbing set, numerous climbing ropes of different colours, four orange and black tool boxes, and a red tool box.

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Top issues for local Labor MP Surf’s up at new museum Hans Lovejoy Federal parliament has returned! It’s like they never went away.

The Echo asked local Federal MP Justine Elliot (Labor) what her top issues were in the last week.

Her replies are as follows.

Recession/JobKeeper Mrs Elliot said, ‘Australia is in the deepest recession in almost a century, with the economy experiencing the sharpest contraction on record. A record one million workers are already unemployed and an additional 400,000 are set to join the jobless queues by Christmas.

‘Yet the Morrison LiberalNational government still has no proper jobs plan.

‘Instead of a jobs plan, the Morrison Government is cutting JobKeeper, cutting JobSeeker, cutting wages, cutting super and freezing the pension.

‘Across the North Coast, workers, businesses and communities need a plan from the Morrison government to create local jobs, support businesses and promote economic growth.

‘While the extension of JobKeeper is needed, there are still many locals who’ve been unfairly excluded, and this includes many casual workers, and those in the arts and entertainment sector.

‘We need increased infrastructure investment and we need greater education and training opportunities for our young people’.

Aged care crisis/ pension freeze ‘The Morrison government’s crisis in aged care has shown how incompetent they are in protecting our elderly.

‘We now have 663 active COVID-19 cases in residential aged care, and 554 deaths in our aged care facilities. The neglect seen in our nursing homes is a national tragedy.

‘The government’s legacy will be their incompetence: $1.7 billion in cuts, more than 100,000 Australians waiting for home-care packages and a tragic crisis occurring in our nursing homes.

‘We must always remember that it’s our seniors who built this nation. They worked hard, raised their families and paid their taxes.

‘We have a duty as a nation to ensure that every older Australian is treated with dignity and respect, and we must ensure they can access the services that they need when they require them. These are our parents and grandparents and we have an obligation to care for them and to keep them safe.

‘Some of our suggestions for aged care include minimum staffing levels in residential care; reducing the home-care package waiting lists so more people can stay in their homes longer; and ensuring transparency and accountability of funding to support high-quality care and better training for staff, including on infection control.

‘This government’s plan to freeze the age pension at

current rates will severely impact our seniors.

‘The government has refused to increase the pension, and has said it would keep it at the current rate with no indexation.

‘Most other payments, including the disability support pension and the carer payment, will not be indexed either’.

Environmental protection ‘Labor opposes the Morrison Liberal-National government’s attempt to rehash Tony Abbott’s failed 2014 environment bill, which would harm Australia’s natural environment and put jobs and investment at risk.

‘The proposed changes to environment laws would devolve major project assessments to state governments.

‘The changes put forward to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) lack any additional funding for the states, lack an independent review mechanism, and have no National Environmental Standards.

‘This bill would see more major project job delays, more investment uncertainty, more conflict, less trust in decisions and worse outcomes for the environment’.

Other federal govt news A proposal to hike uni fees for humanity degrees (including law) will go to a Senate inquiry, says Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi.

She tweeted, ‘The gov has backed down after our motion and crossbench pressure’. Meanwhile Greens MP, Larissa Waters tweeted, ‘Labor is siding with the govt to pass its donations reform bill, creating a backdoor for

dirty donors to bypass state donations laws. The major parties will go to every length to keep secret who is funding their campaigns’. Ms Waters also tweeted that the ‘Greens are suspending standing orders in the Senate to bring on our bill to pay all workers paid pandemic leave, so people don’t have to choose between losing wages and iso when symptoms appear’.

Nat Folkes, museum curator and proprietor with Bert (The Dog Father) Reid and legendary surf photographer/film maker Dick Hoole. Photo Jeff ‘Museum Exhibit Since 1986’ Dawson A priceless 30 year collection of surf nostalgia and culture will soon be made public, with the launch of the Legends Surf Museum.

Opening day is Thursday September 10 and it is located at the Cavanbah Arcade, next to Loft Byron Bay and opposite The Beach Hotel. The museum will be open seven days a week, from 9am till 5pm.

Mojosurf founder Nat Folkes says the museum will be a testament to Australian surfing icon Scott Dillon (August 19, 1928 – December

History shared ‘Scott always wanted to share the history with the world and he had embarked on this journey with the original creation of Legends Surf

Museum on the Coffs Coast in his shaping shed.

‘For me, this is an opportunity to showcase not only a good friend’s collection, but also provide a platform for others to tell their story and connect’.

Surf memorabilia and surfboards in every shape and size imaginable, from all over the world, will be on show, featuring legendary shapers Scott Dillon, Jerry Lopez, Takiama, Mark Richards, Bob McTavish, Robert August and many more.

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Law Council of Australia president, Pauline Wright, said the committee found major reforms are needed to Commonwealth investigatory powers, secrecy offences and public interest disclosure laws to ensure public interest journalism is

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Nat says Dillon was a long-term friend, and passed his collection on to him, ‘with the aspiration to share his collection with like-minded individuals who have a passion for the history of surfing and the evolution of the surfboard’.

adequately protected under Australian law.

She says, ‘The Law Council strongly supports the Committee’s key recommendations for special procedures for the issuing of warrants to investigate journalists’.

Warrants ‘The Committee has recommended that superior court judges should be responsible for issuing all such warrants, and that

independent public interest advocates should be appointed to contest all of these warrant applications.

It also recommended public interest advocates must be retired judges or senior counsel, and that there be a review of all Commonwealth secrecy offences.

‘These recommendations offer a much stronger foundation for the Australian media’.

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Weeding volunteers celebrate ten years On their last working bee, Byron Shire Chemical Free Landcare (BSCFL) volunteers celebrated the end of bitou bush primary work and follow-up weeding of all dense seedling patches at their Brunswick Heads site.

Project co-ordinator Nadia de Souza Pietramale says, ‘This is a massive achievement and thank you to all the community members who helped physically or financially in the completion of this task’.

‘It has taken us 10 years to finish remediating five hectares of densely-bitou bush, though much of the time has been spent in fun, socialising, and discussion. It has been a wonderful experience with strong bonds formed’.

‘We will now focus on the small infestations of other weeds such as Glory Lily, Syngonium (planted by campers), Madeira Vine and Coastal Tea Tree.

‘The site is recovering amazingly with the return of banksia woodland and littoral rainforest communities and, during our work, three

Indigenous land management and bush food farming are among the skills that will be taught in four new agriculture-focused training programs, launched last week by the North Coast Community College (NCCC).

The courses, to be taught at the NCCC’s primary industries’ training centre, include Level III certificates in Indigenous land management, conservation land management, production horticulture and agriculture.

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Weeding enthusaists Greta Diaz, Helen White, Bavara, Gerd, Linda Hibbard, Nadia de Souza Pietramale and Maggie. Photo Jeff ‘Weeded Since 1986’ Dawson threatened species have been discovered: Pink Nodding Orchid, Baker’s Wattle, and Stinking Cryptocarya’.

Hampered by illegal camping Nadia says, ‘The recovery has been inhibited by illegal camping, with a great deal of vegetation destruction

and fires, and we have spent many of our working days removing the rubbish they accumulate’.

‘We have also spent a lot of time clearing rubbish from the Tyagarah Nature Reserve. Unfortunately, locals also often take their dogs through the bush or the fire trail, ignoring the ‘no dog area’ signs’.

The next fortnightly working bee is on Saturday, September 5, from 9am till 1pm, at the Brunswick Crown Land site, Lot 428, just south of the surf club. Meet Nadia and the team at the fire trail gate.

‘Please call on 0478 272 300 if you can’t find us.

Self distance of 1.5 metres will be required during the working bee’.

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NCCC’s Cultural Trainer, Tracy King said, ‘As a Bundjalung woman with cultural connections through kinship throughout the Bundjalung Nation, I am very passionate and a firm believer in Aboriginal cultural and heritage values to use as a tool for future generations’.

‘I am excited to be given this opportunity to be part of the North Coast Community College program

in this shared exchange of knowledge, which will enable community members to be involved and engaged in future opportunities to develop their skills.’

Organised in collaboration with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, the courses are subsidised by the NSW government and part-funded by the Northern Rivers Community Foundation and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal.

Fifth largest sector Those running them hope they will inspire a new generation of locals to enter

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This industry is the fifth largest in the Northern Rivers in terms of economic output, and the eighth largest in terms of employment.

The NCCC’s CEO Kate Kempshall said education was key to securing the industry’s future and giving young people opportunities.

‘In Australia, the average age of a farmer is 57, and in the Northern Rivers this average age is slightly higher,’ Ms Kempshall said.

‘The prospect of quality employment outcomes for participants is very real.’

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lşƱĕſƆ ëŕĎ ćſƖƆIJĈƖƐƐĕſƆ ĈIJëŕīĕ IJëŕĎƆ ëƐ DëſŔ!ëſĕ Aslan Shand Anyone who has been in Mullumbimby a while, and needed a helping hand with sorting out their water and fire pumps, irrigation or keeping that wild summer green growth under control, would have visited FarmCare.

Brendan Chandler and David Torelli have recently bought the business.

‘We saw the business for sale, and over a couple of beers we convinced ourselves to buy it’, said Brendan.

Their open day includes a COVID-19 safety plan, and is on Saturday, September 19.

New FarmCare owners Dave Torelli and Brendan Chandler.

Photo Jeff Dawson Live music will be playing between 10am and 1pm

at 101 – 103 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

'ſşŕĕƆ Īşſ lëĶŕ ĕëĈIJ ƐIJĶƆ ƆƖŔŔĕſ Beach safety measures at Byron Bay’s Main Beach will be expanded during the school holidays and summer season, with Surf Lifesaving NSW (SLSNSW) to introduce drones to complement surf lifesaving services.

Council staff say, ‘The

surveillance program will operate at Main Beach seven days a week during the QLD and NSW school holidays.

‘The decision comes after the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and SLSNSW trialled drone surveillance on NSW beaches

as a way of improving beach safety and gathering data and footage on shark behaviour’.

The drone will be operational from September 19 2020 – October 11 2020, as well as the 2020/21 Christmas and Easter holidays.

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wĈĕëŕ IJşſĕƆǽ ëŕīëōşƱ ŕĕƶƐ Īşſ ſşëĎ ĶŔżſşưĕŔĕŕƐƆ Roadworks continue to be upgraded say Council staff, owing to the NSW government’s $25 million Roads and Infrastructure election commitment funding.

Council’s Director Infrastructure Services, Phil Holloway said a total 15,300m2 of asphalt overlay and resurfacing has now been completed in Brunswick Heads.

‘Council’s works teams then headed to Bangalow at the end of August to start the $1.2 million upgrade of Bangalow Road, directly east of the Byron Creek Bridge – which is also getting a major overhaul and is expected to be completed by October 2020.

‘Smooth roads are also on the way for Ocean Shores with sections of Rajah Road, Orana Road and Balemo Drive all scheduled for resurfacing works starting mid-September.

‘The $25 million has been

a lifeline for Council and the community, and has already brought great improvement to nine roads in Byron Bay and Ewingsdale, three in Suffolk Park, 10 in Brunswick Heads, three in Federal, a major reseal of Kolora Way, South Golden Beach, as well as a smooth resealed road for Federal Drive, Goonengerry’, Mr Holloway said.

‘This is a Shire-wide program and we’ve got lots more to come with around 55 significant road resurfacing, overlay and heavy patching projects scheduled for completion between now and August 2021.

0ëſŔëſŊĕĎ ſşëĎƆ ‘Roads earmarked for upgrades in September/ October include Pearce Road in Booyong and Mullumbimbi Street in Brunswick Heads – which will be resurfaced from Tweed Street to the Brunswick Heads Bridge to complement the timber

renewal of the town’s iconic bridge.

‘Design works are progressing well in preparation for road reconstruction on Stuart Street and Fern Street in Mullumbimby, as well as for a staged reconstruction of the Pocket Road from Main Arm to Billinudgel.

‘The $25 million funding has given us important access to new technology and new expertise and we are now delivering smooth, resurfaced roads that will last 15 years or more, while also continuing with asphalting and pothole repair and maintenance as well’, Mr Holloway said.

‘Our target was to have $2.5 million worth of road reseals and overlay works delivered by August, which we’ve exceeded, and the best news is that we’ll be spending another $5.3 million by August 2021, $10.85 million by August 2022 and $6.35 million by August 2023’, he said.

ƖƆIJǕ ſĕƆ ƐIJĕ ĪşĈƖƆ şĪ Ķī ĈſƖć dëŕĎĈëſĕ ĕưĕŕƐ To celebrate the 22nd annual Big Scrub Landcare event during COVID-19, organisers have switched to an online format, taking place on Sunday, September 20.

This year’s theme ‘Saving our Rainforests from Fire’ will be relevant to the north coast community.

The feature of this year’s event is two panel discussions, facilitated by well-known former ABC journalists Kerry O’Brien and Mick O’Regan.

The experienced panels will discuss important issues related to the recent bushfires in and around Nightcap National Park. The first panel will discuss the impacts of the fires on our rainforests and the

lessons that should be learnt.

The second panel will discuss what strategies and on-ground actions should be pursued and how bushfire management should be improved to minimise the impacts of future major bushfires on our local rainforests.

l! bĕſſƷ wȜ ſĶĕŕ Panel members include Dr Robert Kooyman (Rainforest Botanist-Ecologist, Macquarie University), Matthew Wiseman (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service), Oliver Costello (Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation), Dave Kelly (NSW NPWS/Saving Our Species Program), Andy Baker (Researcher, Southern Cross University) and David Milledge

(Wildlife Ecologist).

Big Scrub Landcare’s President Dr Tony Parkes said Big Scrub Landcare is delighted to have such high calibre, skilled, locally-experienced panel members to discuss these contentious issues.

‘Big Scrub Landcare is specifically focusing on the recent bushfires in our local area in and around Nightcap National Park, with emphasis on our significant Gondwanan rainforests – rather than fires on a broader regional, state or national scale’.

More information on panel members, and all updates, including registration details for this free online event, can be viewed at www.bigscrubrainforest.org.

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Byron Shire Council Notices PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS DETERMINED

We are here to help.

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979

Call us or check our website for current opening hours and temporary service changes.

The following development applications (DAs) have been received

by Council and require exhibition in accordance with Council’s Community Participation Plan 2019. DAs may be viewed online www.byron.nsw.gov.au/DAs_exhibition or by using the online kiosk at Council’s Customer Service Centre during normal office hours.

Development Applications determined are available online using the DA Tracker on Council’s website.

COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS

Phone 8.30am–4.30pm Website Email Emergency After Hours Office Address Works Depot SES Controller Rural Fire Service Byron Resource Recovery Centre Cavanbah Centre

02 6626 7000 www.byron.nsw.gov.au council@byron.nsw.gov.au 02 6622 7022 70 Station St, Mullumbimby 02 6685 9300 02 6684 3444 02 6671 5500 1300 652 625 02 6685 5911

Documents on exhibition are available for viewing on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice and on www.yoursaybyronshire.com.au.

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.

SIGN UP TO OUR COMMUNITY E NEWSLETTER Visit www.byron.nsw.gov.au/enews or use your phone camera to access the sign up page using this QR code.

Submissions Once you have viewed the DA, you can use the online form in the ‘Make a Submission’ tab on the DA Tracker or go to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/dasubmission. Further information on making a submission is available at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Makea-submission-on-a-DA. Political Donations Disclosure 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-donationsdisclosure.

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

EXHIBITION CLOSES 16 SEPTEMBER 2020 10.2020.399.1 – Byron Bay, 1/7 Centennial Circuit (LOT: 1 SP: 93330) McCourt Family Investments Pty Ltd, Use of Mezzanine Storage Area as Recreation Facility 10.2020.402.1 – Federal, 878 Binna Burra Road (LOT: 1 DP: 869145) Ardill Payne & Partners, Use of an Existing Building as a Studio

SEPTEMBER COUNCIL MEETINGS

EXHIBITION CLOSES 23 SEPTEMBER 2020

The following Council meetings are scheduled for September 2020:

10.2020.407.1 – Byron Bay, 36 & 1/38 Carlyle Street (LOT: 1 SP: 99483, LOT: 1 SP: 45265) Ardill Payne & Partners, Use of Side Boundary Fence greater than 1.8m in Height (3 metres)

17 September 2020 – 11:00am Planning Meeting 24 September 2020 – 9:00am Ordinary Meeting Agendas are available one week prior to the meeting on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Agendas-Minutes.

In response to COVID-19, several protocols will be in place for the September meetings. Council meetings are live streamed via www.byron.nsw.gov.au/livestream.

In order to meet current public health orders, members of the public will not be permitted to attend unless speaking on a matter listed on the agenda. Council encourages public access participation via Council’s online webinar platform, submission of a pre-recorded video or audio recording, or in writing to be read out on your behalf.

To register for public access please visit our website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Access. Registration closes noon Wednesday prior to the meeting.

Enquiries: Jazz Hardy 6626 7051

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL ROAD CLOSURES PROPOSED ROAD CLOSING UNDER SECTION 38B ROADS ACT 1993 In pursuance of the provisions of the Roads Act 1993, notice is hereby given that Byron Shire Council proposes to close the council public road listed in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1: • Part Road Reserve adjoining PT Lot 30 DP 862126 Upon closure of the road, council intends to sell the land to an adjoining land owner.

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

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

Council Ref: #E2020/60388 Enquiries: Deanna Savage 02 6626 7000 This document will be available on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice.

Submissions Close: Friday 9 October 2020 Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this tender will automatically result in disqualification of offending tenderers.

10.2020.419.1 – Byron Bay, 4/27 Brigantine Street (LOT: 4 SP: 66320) Byron Bay Planning & Property Consultants, Use of First Floor as Dwelling Ancillary to Light Industry and Use of Ground Floor For Manufacture, Ancillary Sales and Product Demonstration

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Go to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/datracker and navigate to Applications Determined from the menu on the left side of the page.

Notices and accompanying documentation will be available online up to 5-7 days following determination.

SECTION 356 DONATIONS GRANTED Under Section 356 of the Local Government Act 1993 – “A council may, in accordance with a resolution of the council, contribute money or otherwise grant financial assistance to persons for the purpose of exercising its functions.”

Council wishes to advise that at its Ordinary Meeting held on 27 August 2020, it resolved to grant the following Section 356 Donations to community organisations. The donations are granted following successful application to Council’s Community Initiatives Program 2020/21 funding round.

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Spaghetti Circus

To create a scholarship program for $5000 children aged between 12 and 18 years old from low social-economic, indigenous and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Significant Trees Project (Mullum SEED)

An initiative to increase community $5000 involvement in local conservation and nature appreciation in the Byron Shire. A collaborative effort of many environmental groups, the aim is to showcase the incredible, rare and ecologically important trees of the Byron Shire.

Queer Family

To support Queer Family and the new $5000 Queer Peers project by funding two major events for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies. The initiative aims to provide avenues and spaces for vulnerable individuals to come together and connect with their community.

Bangalow Lions Club

Working with more than 30 local organisations, this project extends the BASICS Program “Combatting Social Isolation for Seniors during COVID-19” (funded by NSW Government) to include people younger than 65.

$5000

Bunyarra Culture Collective

Bunyarra Culture Collective aims to restore cultural practice in the region.

The opportunity is free of charge to the Aboriginal community to reduce barriers to participating in culture. Council’s support will enable the group to access venues to share cultural practice more broadly with the community.

$5000

Brunswick Valley Landcare

This project called “Take a walk in the park” aims to promote the educational and recreational health benefits of the Arboretum and increase visitation by residents and visitors. The Maslem Arboretum commenced in 1981 to facilitate knowledge of the unique native flora of our region, the MacleayMacpherson Overlap, where the temperate and tropical meet.

$5000

We look forward to working with you in the future.

LOT 2005 DP 808461 Council is proposing to licence Lot 2005 DP808461,125 Shara Boulevard Ocean Shores known as the Shara Community Gardens, for a period of five (5) years to the Shara Community Garden Incorporated for the purpose of a community garden.

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 must be made in writing by visiting www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Home under the Public Notice tab.

Submissions Open: 31 August 2020 Submissions Close: 28 September 2020 Enquiries: Julia Curry, Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Officer, 02 6626 7295

Bangalow Koalas Community Wildlife $5000 Corridor is connecting and creating a koala corridor from Byron Bay across the hinterland towards Repentance Creek to enhance, protect and conserve habitat.

Byron This project, in partnership with North $4750 Multicultural Coast Settlement Service, will develop Inc a resources hub for the Byron Shire Multicultural (CALD) community. The aim is to re-engage important connections recently impacted by COVID-19 and build a sense of community belonging and cohesion.

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Eureka Hall This donation will enable Eureka Hall to $5000 replace the existing kitchen to provide a safer, more inclusive and more accessible facility to continue a highly sought community service for weddings, wakes and birthday celebrations, in a unique historic building.

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Enquiries: Joanne McMurtry, Community Project Officer, 6626 7316

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Byron Shire Council Notices PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979 As part of the Land and Environment Court Appeal (Case No. 2019/00310612), the applicant has submitted amended plans.

The amended plans may be viewed on Council’s website via www.byron.nsw.gov.au/datracker, or at Council’s Customer Service Centre using the electronic customer kiosk during normal office hours.

You can also access the application through the public notice page www.byron.nsw.gov.au/westbyronsubmission.

Development Application No:

10.2017.201.1

Northern Regional 2017NTH013 Planning Panel No: Property Address:

342, 364, 394 Ewingsdale Road BYRON BAY, 22A and 22B Melaleuca Drive BYRON BAY

Property Legal Description:

LOT: 1 DP: 542178, LOT: 227 DP: 755695, LOT: 9 DP: 111821, LOT: 1 DP: 1166535, LOT: 229 DP: 755695, LOT: 2 DP: 542178, LOT: 1 DP: 520063, LOT: 7020 DP: 1113431, LOT 5 DP 1222674, LOT 6 DP 1222674

Applicant:

Villa World Byron Pty Ltd

Description of development proposed by amended plans:

Amended Proposal: Subdivision of Six (6) Lots into One Hundred and Forty Nine (149) Lots consisting of One Hundred and Forty Five (145) Residential Lots, Four (4) Large Residential Lots and dedication of residual land to Council for Public or Drainage Reserves.

The proposed subdivision comprises the following key elements: • The subdivision will be carried out in seven (7) stages; • Construction of internal roads; • Provision of essential services including water, stormwater, sewer, power and telephone; • Upgrading and embellishment of the drainage channel within the site (Lot 7020 DP 1113431); • Works on land shown on the Acid Sulfate Soils Map; • Earthworks across the subject site including approximately 7,000 cubic metres of cut and the importation of approximately 215,000 cubic metres of fill; and • Removal of approximately 2.9 hectares of native vegetation and environmental restoration works, habitat reconstruction and offset planting.

The amended application will be on exhibition for a period of three (3) weeks from 10 September 2020 to 30 September 2020.

Council is interested to hear your view on the amended plans and submissions should be made to Byron Shire Council, but will be provided to the Land & Environment Court and Joint Regional Planning Panel (as the consent authority in this matter) and may be viewed by other persons with an interest in the application.

For further information on making a submission please refer to information on Council’s website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ developmentsubmissions.

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Local News Short St DA given short ƆIJſĶĪƐ ćƷ !şƖŕĈĶō ƆƐëǔ Paul Bibby A property developer who had his Brunswick Heads development application knocked back, and then returned with a revised plan that doubled the number of dwellings, looks set to be refused permission again.

Sasha Hopkins’ proposal to build four houses at 16 Short Street – each with its own swimming pool – will come before Byron Council’s September 17 planning meeting.

His first plan for the site, which involved two five-bedroom houses, was knocked back on the grounds that it would unfairly overshadow a neighbouring property, and that it would exceed the maximum building height plane for the site.

This time, Council staff have listed a dozen separate reasons for refusal and declared that the proposal is ‘considered to be an overdevelopment of the site’.

‘The proposed development is substantially inconsistent with the objectives of the R2 Low Density Residential zone and substantially inconsistent with the planning controls applicable to the site as prescribed by Byron DCP [Development Control Plan] 2014,’ the report said.

‘The development has generated significant community opposition and is not in the public interest.’

They found that the density of the proposed development would have an

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unacceptable impact on the neighbourhood character, and generate deleterious impacts on neighbours through overshadowing and loss of privacy.

There was also insufficient landscaping, parking, and stormwater infrastructure, and the development’s design was likely to create traffic safety issues.

In addition, the digging required to install four swimming pools had the potential to disturb acid sulphate soils beneath the site, and possible asbestos risks related to the demolition of the existing dwelling had not been adequately addressed.

Staff also noted that the proposal for the site had generated strong community opposition, including a total of 121 letters of objection across the two proposals.

Cr vote Sept 17 Councillors will now vote on the proposal at the September 17 meeting.

‘I can’t see how Council could really approve it, when there’s so much evidence given in that report,’ said George Stinson, who lives next door to the proposed development.

‘I don’t think people will be rejoicing in the street until it’s formally knocked back by the Council, but this is a good, thorough report.

‘I’m mystified as to why the developer thought this was going to be approved.’

Mr Hopkins did not reply when contacted for comment by The Echo.

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Deferred democracy Recession needs more than tried, failed policy Council elections would be occurring this week but it got caught up in the world series pandemic event.

Instead, our benevolent NSW govcorp overlords have put it off for a year, which suits them just fine.

Yet an election this week would have brought fresh Political compromise new energy to local politics – is also known as horse it’s clearly needed. trading. So how successful Four year terms are gruelhave councillors been in ling enough, and now there’s that regard for the past another 12 months to go. four years?

This week’s election would would have seen the end of Greens Mayor Simon Richardson’s eight year stint as a ‘Greens’ mayor.

He announced he would not contest again, a week before the virus hit.

In his first term (2012–2016), the mayor of party town found himself in opposition, and without a majority to enact his bold and exciting visions.

Without the power to pass policy, the mayor instead delivered inspiring speeches around how the pro development right wing councillors at the time lacked transparency and ignored process.

Reckless, divisive decisions result in community angst.

Clearly leadership was needed to heal and unite, and the mayor has had that opportunity to do that from 2016.

How did that go?

Since his announcement to quit, the Byrons Greens members voted on the councillors they wanted to present to the public for the 2021 elections.

They included a mix of the present Greens councillors (the mayor’s protégés), the old guard and newcomers.

The newcomers and old guard did better, which signals a lack of confidence in the mayor’s political direction.

The mayor’s agenda throughout his last term appeared to be trying to pull his party – and the community – from the uncompromising lefty protectionism of community amenity and environmental credentials into the middle lane of oncoming traffic.

There is of course the argument for getting the balance right, being pragmatic, and working with, instead of against, those who are ultimately more powerful.

Yet the eagerness with which this Greens councillor majority have sided with unelected bureaucrats (executive staff) and National Party policies has sent a clear public message.

The mayor and his followers have protected and defended executive staff from scrutiny, of what has been at times, very poor governance.

The public message from these councillors is that honest representation of this community’s values comes second.

The previous two local elections have shown this community’s values to be aligned more with ‘lefty protectionism’ than ‘pro development at all costs’.

With Byron Shire under enormous increasing pressure to accept ‘pro development’ at all costs, it would be great to see a return to the mayor’s 2012–2016 rhetoric, instead of the 2016–2020 lunacy currently inflicted upon us.

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ast week’s numbers brought us the bad news we were expecting: Australia has fallen into the worst recession in nearly a century.

But now for the worse news: it is now clear that the recession has collapsed into a full scale depression, three consecutive quarters of what the economists euphemistically call negative growth, with the likelihood of a fourth to follow.

The official figure was a fall of seven percent in the June quarter, catastrophic enough. But the human cost is still more dire.

Whatever jiggery-pokery our treasurer can devise, unemployment will go into double figures by Christmas – unhappily, the latest date Scott Morrison has fixed on for his wildly optimistic turn around. And it will be months, possibly years, before they subside to an acceptable level.

Confidence at all levels is at rock bottom: both consumer spending and business investment have plummeted.

And with much of the government support that has had the survivors hanging by their fingernails about to be reduced or removed entirely, the chances of a revival in hope are slim indeed.

Morrison’s plan, if it can be dignified with such a name, is, as usual, tax cuts for the medium to rich, cutting red tape, tweaking industrial laws. At least, that is what the well-informed leaks are telling us will underpin the budget next month.

But this formula has been tried before numerous times without success, and in any case has been so well trumpeted that the likely response will be at best indifference and at worst disappointment.

Infrastructure programs already in the pipeline may help in the medium to long term, and starting new ones will always be welcome, but will be no panacea: What Morrison needs – what we all need – is big jolt, shock treatment to bring our timorous and torpid economy to some semblance of life. If Morrison and his indefatigable treasurer Josh Frydenberg have the electrodes in their kit bag, they have kept them securely hidden.

They are, however, still determined to look on the sunny side: things may be tough here, but you should see the rest of the world. Not all of it, perhaps, but with a little judicious cherry picking we can find a few countries in an even more parlous position.

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It has always been argued that gas, while not a squeaky clean fuel, is at least a better bet than coal. But now it turns out that it may ćĕ ĕưĕŕȝĎĶſƐĶĕſȁ Mungo MacCallum The advantage Australia had was that we were always a bit behind; as the virus raged around the northern hemisphere, it paused at the equator, and Australia was able to learn from the depredations and profit from the experience.

Hence we closed our borders, implemented lock downs, refined social distancing rules and brought the public, horrified by the figures in places like Italy and the United States, largely on board. So we came through the first wave better than most, and all governments and their agencies deserve considerable credit.

But then, in spite of all the warnings, complacency crept in. The feds failed to heed the vulnerability of aged care, Victoria was negligent over quarantine, the public decided that it wasn’t really too bad and now it was just about over.

So when the second wave broke, as it was always going to, Australia was reduced to playing catch up.

And the disillusionment spilled through into a widespread resentment: why haven’t the authorities fixed it by now, asthey had promised? Why have we missed out on the curve flattening, snap backs, return to normal? Trust was broken, and an unintended (certainly from Morrison) consequence was that so did confidence. Restoring it will be far harder the second time around.

So the budget cannot be just more of the same. There will have to be a

genuine circuit breaker, and perhaps – just perhaps – this might mean jumping outside the square, devising a new, exciting, even visionary approach.

Anyone for a real energy policy?

After about 20 failed attempts, it is obviously time for one, and as the consensus moves inevitably away from coal and towards renewables, there just may be an opportunity now that gas, once the remedy for the transition, is being shown to be not a saviour but a Trojan horse.

It has always been argued that gas, while not a squeaky clean fuel, is a least a better bet than coal. But now it turns out that it maybe even dirtier, because the methane leaks that cannot be contained will probably nullify any advantages from emissions of coal.

Methane is a far more damaging greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, so only a little can be a big problem, Add in the damage wreaked on agricultural land and, crucially, water supplies, and gas looks a lot less attractive than its proponents claim.

It has, however, one big plus: unlike coal power or renewables, gas can easily be turned on and off. But with the advances in batteries, this last advsntager is becoming obsolete. As a former government chief scientist, Penny Sackett, points out, that ship has sailed.

The current Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, is still a gas pusher, but he is becoming increasingly isolated: not just the environmentalists, but business and agriculture are jumping aboard the renewables bandwagon. And if it is not already. it is rapidly becoming not just the cleanest, safest most acceptable option available, but the cheapest.

Many in the coalition ranks will never be persuaded. but the evidence is irrefutable. And what a coup for Morrison it would be if, on top of stellar polling, he could bring this one off – forget buggerising around with feasibility studies and inquiries to try to justify throwing taxpayer money at his bankers in the mining industry and embrace the science, engineering and even the economy he constantly invokes.

Of course it won’t happen. But he needs to do something, and quickly. He is already the leader who gave us the second depression in a century.

If he is to salve his legacy, nothing less than another of his miracles will suffice.

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And sure, there has been, is, and still will be, a huge price to be paid, but Australia has got through the COVID pandemic better than almost anyone – our rates of infections and deaths are surely something to be celebrated. Well, they certainly were. But unfortunately those days have come and gone; we are now back in the pack, even if we only consider the developed world.

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Letters Love sea life?

Last Wednesday, 1 September, an unfortunate incident occurred that a few locals have been trying to prevent, and have brought to Byron Council’s attention.

A turtle was rescued on the beach near Captain Cook Lookout with part of a sandbag around its neck.

The bag looked like one of the smaller ones exposed under the kiosk at Clarkes Beach in Byron, although the larger ones under Reflections Caravan Park are also splitting.

If regular walkers, swimmers, kayakers, boat operators, and surfers remove light, loose bags, and Council dealt with heavier ones, this incident hopefully will not occur again.

Yvonne Jessup Byron Bay

The Channon/ Dunoon Dam The proposed dam at The Channon/Dunoon is not about future water security.

It is about driving unsustainable growth on the coast.

Future water security for the region can easily be achieved without a big new dam. All that is needed is for Rous County Council and its local councils (Lismore, Ballina, Byron, and Richmond

Queensland who said that Queensland hospitals were for Queenslanders have a clue where we could find Australian hospitals for Australians?

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A new dam at The Channon/Dunoon means (a) trashing an irreplaceable Endangered Ecological Community of Lowland Rainforest, (b) losing threatened fauna habitats and threatened species of flora and (c) severing important local wildlife corridors, particularly for koalas.

Considering that less than two per cent of water is actually used for drinking

and cooking, surely we can do better than flushing these priceless assets down the toilet?

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It seems the hypocrisy of ‘our’ Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Targets, Angus Taylor (the irony), has just reached another level.

The ever-conspiring Angus is now diverting public funds from the Clean Energy Fund into a $4 million feasibility study into building a new coal-fired power station at Collinsville in Queensland.

In a highly suspect move, a relatively unknown company called Shine Energy – which has never undertaken a single energy project – was asked by the Federal government to apply for the grant, just two days after the funding was announced.

Even more intriguing was a statement from Queensland Liberal-National party (LNP) shadow Energy spokesman, Michael Hart stating, ‘the LNP would not ▶ Continued on next page

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▶ Continued from page 13 support any government investment in the controversial coal-fired project’.

He went on to say that the state already had ‘plenty of power’. This is a U-turn on their previous policy.

The Queensland government’s most recent analysis showed that any new coalfired power station would require a wholesale price of $120 per megawatt hour, which is double the current wholesale price in Queensland, opposite to Angus’s cheaper power push.

It’s becoming quite obvious that the marketplace is now deciding the

fate of thermal coal, and recalcitrant governments like Morrison’s mad mob are now struggling to stop the transition to cheaper, cleaner renewables.

Michael Kellett Pimlico

Misner’s DA refusal Reading Hans Lovejoy’s piece in last week’s Echo re Council’s refusal of Tom Misner’s development application (DA) for a luxury dwelling and recording studio on Coolamon Scenic Drive was a WTF moment for me.

Consider a couple of things: for instance, the recent approval of the DA for

a restaurant and car park at Scarabellotis Lookout that also included other dwellings (and the subsequent sale of that property!). Also the fact that two of the oldest recordings studios in the Byron Shire are in the same area, Music Farm and Rockinghorse Studios, Council planning staff deem that the DA is ‘...not in the public interest and would create an undesirable precedent’.

According to the Council a recording studio is considered to be ‘light industry’!

The definition of ‘light industry’ is widely considered to be the manufacture of footwear, clothing, and small

appliances, for example.

The Echo article states that Mr Misner is taking Council to court. If Council loses, guess who’ll be paying the bill?

Marie Sherd Mullumbimby

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Yes, Commissioner Simon Alderton, Murwillumbah We continue the riveting saga of 2020’s most celebrated man in the state… the NSW Cross Border Commissioner. In this week’s episode of Yes, Commissioner, our besieged hero receives an email from a disgruntled resident of Byron Bay.

Scene One The secretary enters the Commissioner’s office wheeling a tray of fresh coffee and cake, while the great man himself works tirelessly on his computer.

Commissioner: Ahhh… secretary, any news for me today?

Secretary: Good morning Commissioner. You have one email.

Commissioner: An email! For moi? How exciting, who’s it from? (rubbing hands in eager anticipation) Is it from Gladys?

Sec: I’m afraid not Commissioner. It’s one of those not-so-nice letters. This one’s from a Fleur in Byron Bay. Com: Oh dear… one of those! But, hang on, Byron Bay isn’t in my jurisdiction is it?

Sec: Shall we have a look Commissioner?

The Commissioner and his secretary get out a giant magnifying glass to study a map of NSW. Some moments later…

Com: Ohh… I found it!

Com and Sec together: (gasping in shock) Byron Bay really is in NSW. Com: Oh well, go on. What does she want?

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Sec: Well, she says she needs a specialist, but can’t get to her nearest one because she hasn’t got a border exemption.

Com: Which border may that be?

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Sec: Ummm? Shall we take a look?

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The Commissioner and Secretary return to their map to determine which border is Fleur’s local.

Sec: Looks like Queensland, Commissioner.

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Sec: But, Commissioner, she also says that if you don’t take personal responsibility, she’ll go to the media.

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Com: (laughing in relief) QUEENSLAND! Haha, not our problem. Forward it up to those banana bending hillbillies in Brisbane. Now, back to my game…

Com: MEDIA! The hide of these people! Oh, what to do? What to do? Any suggestions secretary?

Sec: Well, my nephew once went to Byron Bay for schoolies and said it was full of drug fucked hippie degenerates.

Com: Ahhhh… this is why you get paid slightly more than the checkout chicks at Maccas. Call the vice squad immediately and have the place raided. And see what they can pin on this renegade, Fleur.

CHESS by Ian Rogers The Trainers’ Commission of FIDE has long been an object of derision, having devised a system whereby people with no knowledge of how the chess pieces move can earn qualifications as instructors.

However, the new FIDE administration, headed by Arkady Dvorkovich, has set about improving the TC’s reputation and the COVID-19 period – with training possible, but not practical play – an ideal opportunity to do so.

Jordan’s Sami Khader had the idea to organise an Asian Online Camp for Girls and, with funding support from FIDE, managed to create an event which will set the standard for years to come.

Khader, a 48-year-old International Master, studied in Russia and used the training systems he saw there to set up the Asia Chess Academy in Amman.

He set up a three week camp employing top Grandmaster coaches, while also managing to juggle multiple time zones – from the Middle East to New Zealand.

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by Canberra’s Saffron Archer.

However, when some countries were unable to participate, Australia was offered a second place, allowing the Queensland Women’s Champion, prodigious eight-year-old Elizabeth Williams, to join Archer.

These two, joined by close to 50 other girls, could listen every evening to Viswanathan Anand talking on his thought processes, Judit Polgar on the false assumption that you must choose between a family and a chess career, Viktor Bologan on how to prepare, Lev Psakhis on pawn structures, Jacob Aagard on strategy, plus lesson after lesson by Artur Yusupov on technical rook endgames and their pitfalls.

With a dozen participants rated above 2200, including some already fully professional, the level was set high and the questions challenging, so Archer was especially pleased to receive a shout out from Aagard for one of her solutions.

Tough? Indeed, although when asked if she would particpate in another camp if it began the following week, Archer replied, ‘Absolutely!’

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Opinion/News We need a pandemic of imaginative change Phillip Frazer

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veryone agrees that this virus pandemic has changed everything.

Questions must be answered now that will remake everything: do we need office buildings, how do we relate to our neighbours, our pets, and our devices, international travel, coughs and sneezes in public places. Is Daniel Andrews God or Lucifer?

And who should make all the new decisions that will change all our lives forever?

Tumbling wildly inside this avalanche of newness, our first response is to try to limit all this change, sequester the entropy. Like well-trained border collies we try to round up fragments of change that might help: paying nurses and teachers for what they do, training security guards to be useful, and shopping the aisles least travelled in the IGA. But all the new decisions we must make will spawn new questions, and while we can stop the chain from becoming genuinely exponential with a facemask here and an intensive care unit there, we can’t go back to the time before COVID-19.

Like ‘Away’, where we throw our trash, it is an illusion.

At this critical moment in history we have to ditch containment as the prime policy for dealing with change. We need to fire up our imaginations, rather than hosing them down. Throw the border collies a distracting bone and let a whole pound full of dogs out.

Last Saturday, Geraldine Doogue, on Radio National led a discussion on energy policy in the post-COVID era.

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‘our COVID success’ is due to our governments allowing science to guide us. But really, our relative COVID success is mostly owed to being a small population on a very large island, so closing international transport does most of the required containment.

Geraldine’s progressive thinkers suggested that our politicians could go one step further in containing the disease by putting the scientists in charge of amelioration – and then putting them in charge of the much greater threat of global climate change – wouldn’t that be lovely?

Dreaming of politicians for ƐIJĕȞżĕşżōĕ Yes, but it’s a pipedream.

It would require our politicians to switch their allegiance away from the very wealthy corporations and individuals who own and operate them, to an allegiance to the common wealth and the common well-being. And even if some parliamentarians made that unimaginable leap of allegiance, few of them have a good enough grasp of science to understand how to integrate it into socioeconomic policies.

In America today the politicos most energetically appealing to any notion of

common good are promising to round up all the liberals engaged in sex trafficking children and drinking babies’ blood, and all the scientists inventing vaccines whose only purpose is to further enrich Bill Gates.

Here, our ruling team in Canberra is, awfully, run by fossil fuel merchants and profiteers. (Morrison’s trying to catch up; one of his staffers is married to an avid promoter of the QAnon conspiracy, which is a 13-year-old boy’s dream of a cosmic nightmare wearing red shoes).

So let’s take our imaginations off the leash and reinvent things; like the University of Newcastle researchers who’ve designed a ‘Lego block’ made of material that stores energy as effectively as lithium-ion batteries at about one fiftieth of the cost (https://bit. ly/35ljhp7). Given that most of our politicians are five watt bulbs in 200 watt sockets, let’s invent new ways of generating political energy.

In fact, better ways of doing everything have already been invented. What has kept them from being implemented is that they don’t enrich the rich. Time to tell the rich, we can’t afford you anymore.

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Koala scats indicate refugia in Myrtle State Forest A spokesperson for the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) Dailan Pugh, said that in light of the increasing evidence of the devastating impacts of the 2019–20 bushfires on koalas, NEFA is renewing its calls for an independent survey to identify the full extent of koala refugia in Myrtle State Forest after finding a significant koala fire refuge last Thursday.

‘In a brief audit of seven hectares of burnt forest in Myrtle State Forest on 3 September NEFA identified 1,118 koala scats under 18 trees, with 516 scats under one tree, in an area where the

Forestry Corporation have never identified koalas.

‘Despite the government’s refusal to look before they log, NEFA have proven that koala fire refugia exist in Myrtle State Forest, and are likely to be more widespread, making it clear that a full survey needs to be undertaken if the government has any intent of honouring their promise to save koalas,’ said Mr Pugh.

‘Rather than continuing to intentionally and blindly log surviving koala refugia the government must undertake surveys to identify and protect them from

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Mr Pugh said the problem is that there is no requirement to undertake surveys to identify the most important wildlife areas to be protected in perpetuity, rather it is up to the whim of a forester.

‘This surviving koala colony is of exceptional importance for recovery of the decimated Banyabba population, it is grossly irresponsible for the government to now log it,’ he said.

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Q After months of selfisolating, I think we could be forgiven for escaping over to Nimbin and the market last Sunday for some good food and the laid-back atmosphere.

We went duly armed with our recommended COVID-19 facemasks and respectful of the need to self-distance.

We must have missed the ‘Nimbin is a COVID-19 free zone’ sign on our way in.

Probably due to us both being just under 70 years old.

Not a mask to be seen, apart from our own, and uninhibited co-mingling and hugs and kisses all round but wry smirks in our direction. Alas, the forlorn and unfrequented bottles of hand sanitiser placed here and there, out of the way, and the obligatory COVID-19 management plan at just one food stall, brought reality back into sharp focus. We are still at the battlefront of an insidious killer virus.

Maybe we have it all wrong! It was hard to ignore the conspiracy theory discussions taking place, even from a safe distance, as to how Bill Gates is determined to implant microchips – and the virus, into our nostrils

at the end of a testing swab – and that it is all designed to control our minds and subjugate us.

After appropriate risk assessment, and feeling fairly out of place, we decided it was not worth hanging around and have now disappointingly returned to our self-isolation.

I can’t honestly say that Lismore is doing much better; but for those who believe in such a thing, we are not going to beat this virus unless we all take personal responsibility for prevention control and have respect for others.

John Caldwell Georgica Q Well stone the bloody crows, Kevin Hogan has said something! The photogenic image we constantly see in our local newspapers

has developed a voice, and to cap it all off, Kevin has suddenly become an expert on health, by advising the Queensland premier on how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic!

Yes, it is an inconvenience to have to go through border control procedures to visit Gold Coast hospitals for specialists’ appointments and medical procedures, however, it is also an inconvenience to spend two to three weeks in hospital on a ventilator after being infected with COVID-19.

Maybe if health facilities were better in Northern NSW, people wouldn’t have to travel to Queensland.

Kevin is quick to jump on the political bandwagon and badmouth Annastacia Palaszczuk for doing her best to keep COVID-19 under control. The same Kevin

that supports a government that has presided over the complete failure within the aged care industry, by being totally unprepared to deal with the pandemic.

Ever since the Howard government started down the road to privatisation, the aged care sector has suffered chronic understaffing. Shocking revelations emerged from the recent Royal Commission of people with ants crawling in open sores being left unattended; residents left hungry, alone in their rooms; our most vulnerable Australians dying without their families by their sides. Anything to say about that Kevin?

Keith Duncan Pimlico The article by Ewan Willis (Echo, 2 September) Pandemic or Plandemic – what is the value of a vaccine? naively implies the new coronavirus vaccines will be just like the old vaccines, and doesn’t differentiate between new mRNA vaccines and previous conventional vaccines.

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▶ Continued from page 14 be able invest in solar in increments of 1kW (known as a plot) and receive direct credits on their bill for the value of the generation (less the costs to manage it).

Membership in the solar garden is portable – so renters can still get their rebate if they move home but stay with Enova as their electricity supplier (currently within the NSW service area). Solar gardens, like the one mentioned on The Echo’s front page last week, are an example of a model that puts energy production into the hands of the community and decentralises the energy grid.

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Besmirchment John Lazarus’s letter (26 August) addressed the possibility of a new art installation. I was hoping that [a proposal to spend] ratepayers’ money would include the possibility of a First Nations artist being included. First Nations artists are recognised globally as unique. [But apparently] Not so. I continued reading as John Lazarus attempted to explain process to Cr Michael Lyon.

Reading the conclusion I

felt physically ill and despairing for Byron Shire. Michael informs John, ‘It’s pretty clear no-one is listening to you John. Give up the ghost mate, for your sake more than anything. You are less relevant than Fast Buck$’.

In this besmirching statement I felt that not only was John vaporised, but also the whole Byron Environment Centre (BEC) and the volunteer collective of environmentalists, who for over thirty years have earnestly worked for the rights of nature and the rights [and recognition of] of First Nations peoples.

The BEC has a legally recognised constitution that has upheld rights and democratic principles for all the community.

My depression intensified as the threads of Council attitudes to community gathered. For example, the recent attack on Dailan Pugh who chose to educate Council on the ecology surrounding fish kills. Why did another community group CABS (Community Action Byron Shire) find their email in the spam system in Council? CABS upholds the dignity and rights of civil society. Many people who come to live in the ▶ Continued on page 18

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There were many who knew Big John Keevers well, because John always made you feel welcome.

John always took the time to make you feel special and he always engaged and connected from the heart, he made you laugh. Most of all, John made sure that he knew who you were, and that you knew who he was in return. That was the guy he was.

John was a larger-thanlife character, but those who truly had the pleasure and blessing to know him, would describe him as tall, and a tank of a guy, but more so a guy with a big, warm hearted, cheeky and frisky personality that stood out a mile. John had massive shoulders that could hold you and the world up, and that’s where he held his wife and soulmate, Possum.

John was a true local; his

▶ Continued from page 16 Byron region immediately realise the huge debt we owe to Mother Nature. The community, for decades, have never stopped working for the rights of nature. Fast Buck$ holds decades of collective memory and has a right to speak! It really looks like wilful ignorance is aiding development and governance in Byron. A great shame, as dignity and consciousness is socially stripped to the lowest and darkest common denominator. Depression results.

Council does not like women speaking, or environmentalists, or civil society; it

Big John Keevers after his morning surf. Photo Sean O’Shea ancestors were from country, he was descended from the Watego family, and he was born in a little wooden shack on the grass, right in front of Rae’s.

John was the undisputed King of the ‘Table of Knowledge’ and after his daily sunrise surf he would hold court all morning from his perch at the table. Possum would cook a fresh hot breakfast and they entertained all who emerged from their surf sessions, or those who just does not even note its failure to recognise the inclusive rights of First Nations peoples.

Governance does have ratified charters of applied principles. Let’s elevate the discourses. Council – you claim to be Green – use funding to educate staff in these principles. Pandemic times reveal Morrison aiding mining magnates by stripping away environmental laws. Elevate governance principles, democracy and collective rights. We give you our money. No more bloke narratives please.

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dropped by for a chat – yet ended up hanging out for hours.

Saying goodbye I was there for John’s paddle out. I wasn’t going to miss my opportunity to say farewell to John, as I never got to say goodbye in person.

Not many of us did owing to his sudden passing. The sea was rough, the swell big and wild, yet the 180 or so of us ventured out to the open bay. Some took longer than

High rates low outcomes Great letter David Froggett (2 September) I couldn’t agree with you more!

Byron Shire Council (BSC) rates are now higher than Tweed Shire residential rates, and they’ve still stuck all our ratepayers with the highest water and sewerage rates in NSW. Our higher rates give us third world road standards and potholes you could fish in! A Council that steadfastly puts obstacles in the community’s way (after multiple community consultations and surveys) to do everything they can not to bring our little kids’ swings back to Waterlily Park. That is after they took them out in 2017, promising to bring them back, then burying them in the Council tip a year later, prompting an outcry from the many parents with babies and small children.

This meant that the local schools and community had to fund raise for a replacement set of little kids’ swings to install in Waterlily Park.

It certainly is time for a change: to councillors who actually say ‘Yes’ to Olympic public pools, so our rising young Olympians can practise; proper integrated sportsfields; and cycleways (alternate transport) that actually connect with and through all towns in this Shire. Not councillors like the current Greens who have supported high rise development in Byron, and a large

others due to the conditions but we all finally made it.

Serendipitously the seas calmed and a lull ensued.

We were able to form a circle around Possum, holding tight to Millsy riding on the back of the jet ski, and we all held hands; no mean feat for that many people. Grinning at each other, feeling connected to the moment and to each other, and to Big John. We threw our flowers as Possum gave his ashes to the sea, we cheered and hollered to send his spirit on. Two whales joined us, as well as a Brahminy kite flying overhead. We were all there to celebrate the man that was Big Johnny Keevers.

Afterwards we all caught a wave for John, to honour the man who had made us all feel welcomed to the place where he was born.

John’s spirit lives on through us, our connection to him, and our community.

Bless you John. precinct of holiday homes on coastal dunes at Broken Head.

Who have allowed hundreds of secondary dwellings that don’t have to pay any extra residential rates. Who have allowed ‘fill ins’ in the north of the Shire across our beautiful coastline and hills, which don’t allow for adequate parking and cause more cars to park along our residential streets, more traffic on our roads, less amenity.

Who support more burden on our state of the art sewerage treatment plant (STP) that Council have understaffed for decades, and now want to close, to link us up with piping to Mullum’s STP and their old buckling drainage systems; and a mayor who’s hell bent on paid parking in friendly little villages. I’ll bet he doesn’t want paid parking in Federal where he lives!

A Council that are increasing the yearly lease on Brunswick Surf Club by tenfold ($3,000) to force them to pay the highest annual rental in NSW for a surf club with all volunteer lifesavers. They all worked very hard to redesign their surf club and achieve a government grant to finally bring their club into the 21st century, and you penalise them. Great way to thank your tireless volunteers councillors!

Absolute lunacy! Shame on you Council!

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Pŕ ƐIJĕ ƐIJĕëƐſĕ şĪ ƐIJĕ IJëſĎ Ɔĕōō ȑ ſĕëō ĕƆƐëƐĕ Ķŕ ƐIJĕ ćƖććōĕ Richard Hil

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ave you noticed how real estate agents have taken to sending out lengthy missives on all things apart from real estate? I’ve just received one via email. It’s full of recipes, gardening tips, exercise regimes, and commentary on the climate emergency.

I was also invited to click on a video ‘wrap up’ of the current state of the property market and a story about a commendable bloke strongly opposed to shark nets.

Is it just me, or do you get irked by this sort of attempted ingratiation? After all, if I’m about to buy some fish and chips I don’t expect to receive a homily on Pope Francis’s episcopal or how to tip prune late-winter flowering shrubs.

Welcome though such information might be – no doubt lubricating the conversational wheels – they can also feel out of place, unnecessary props in the theatre of the hard sell.

It’s like when someone is trying to sell you a house that you know you can’t afford and you get festooned with visions of renovated splendour – never mind that the cost of fixing up your pricey dump would plunge you into intergenerational poverty.

So, what’s going on here in the brave new world of real estate?

Are the missives a symptom of

desperation, or simply a clever ploy at relationship building?

Maybe real estate agents are just nice people, who knows? I like the ones I’m dealing with.

But the world has changed.

Thanks to COVID-19, the property market is in a dithery state right now, with some inner-city residences plummeting in value. On the other hand, the Byron Shire property market is like the Wild West, with prospective buyers obsessively surveying websites for that elusive bargain. The problem is that there aren’t many bargains to be had. Everything is being snapped up. Houses that would normally attract the attentions of a wrecking ball are being sold for ludicrous amounts. Anything with a roof is being flogged off, most often to big smoke fossickers. I’m told that the market is ‘spiking’ which is code for mayhem.

EĕƐ Ŕĕ ë Ǖ ƶĕſȒƖżżĕſ My modest little weatherboard (or what my mum would refer to as a shed) has been the subject of this madness too. I was receiving offers that made my head spin. I could feel the ruthless capitalist instinct stirring within. The hidden hand of the market was having its way with me. But I’m not the only one.

Perfectly sensible and committed

For Sale! progressives suddenly abandon all principle as they bludgeon competitors for that fixer upper.

Previous reticence around financial matters is swept aside by boastful claims of huge profits derived from an ‘astute’ sale or purchase. Howls of joy can be heard as the corks are popped – it’s wild stuff. Few of us – at least those ‘in’ the market – are immune from such lapses, but I welcome being jolted back to a state of semi-decency by friends who can barely pay their rent.

¨IJĕ ëǔ şſĎëćĶōĶƐƷ ŇşŊĕ Getting into the market is hard – just ask young people, the marginalised, the precariat, etc. While some of us relish our good fortune, or take on the burden of debt enslavement, the housing precariat

don’t even get a look in. Many young people have been exiled forever. Even if they can borrow from mum and dad to scrape together a deposit, the offerings in Legoland are meagre.

The tiniest ticky-tacky boxes in Sydney or Melbourne are inordinately exsy. And as for Byron Bay, forget it. Let’s face it, what passes for ‘affordable’ these days is a sick joke – Byron/ Mullum, anywhere in the Shire, included. Those diminutive abodes crammed into residential blocks will set you back half a million or more. It’s a return to the long-standing tradition of housing lesser mortals into tiny spaces, as opposed to the rich folks who, of course, require vast estates to accommodate their inflated egos. I witnessed this phenomenon when, as a kid, I’d walk past working-class houses where the front door led straight onto the street – no sign of defensible space there! Why is it, I’d wonder, that poor people only live in tiny cubes? It took sociology 101 to sort that one out.

But back to me-in-Mullum.

Like countless others I traverse realestate.com and Domain in search of something remotely affordable. There’s not much out there these days other than brick and tiles on the floodplain. The middle classes have already fled to

the hills, spooked by floods, and the rest of us are kinda stuck. I’m really not complaining, but it does seem odd to be relatively cashed up and stranded because house prices have gone stratospheric. I’m a superannuated retiree who, in purchasing a property in Mullum a few years back, has done rather well – on paper at least. But I have contributed to the current housing affordability fiasco by being prepared to pay the asking price for what was then a dilapidated wooden bunker.

When I put this proposition – that it’s not just negative gearing and Howard’s fiscal policies that are to blame for high housing prices – my cashed-up friends respond with horror, accusing me of analytical idiocy.

I suppose, to some extent, it all comes down to how the almighty dollar shapes our choices; for the cashed-up it’s getting that view, for the precariat it’s a roof. So rather than being groomed by real estate agents, I’d like to know how we can make our domiciliary nests truly affordable, how we can lower house prices, stop the colonising influence of Airbnb and backyard granny flats, and invest massively in more social housing. The market is us; there’s nothing hidden about it. Give the market enough rope and it’ll hang us all – apart from the rich, of course.

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Recording the rebirth of the Big Scrub Wendy Champagne

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n an outstanding example of not seeing the forest for the trees, European settlers cleared this Northern Rivers region of its native sub-tropical lowland rainforest to create grazing pasture, all but wiping out one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet.

Yet in a good news story for our troubled times, The Big Scrub is slowly coming back. And it’s the direct result of local vision and knowledge development, carefully negotiated private-public partnerships, and the tireless dedication of a tiny army of workers, many of them volunteers.

Filmmaker and author, Oren Siedler, began documenting this quiet revolution over ten years ago.

‘I was commissioned to film the stories of several large-scale planting projects, and the people on the ground

getting their hands dirty planting the trees,’ she says.

‘I soon realised I wasn’t only following incredible reafforestation stories, but a holistic movement towards an exciting sustainable future for the region.’

If the bushfires have taught us anything, it is the irreplaceable value and vulnerability of our ecosystems. Maintained

by First Nations people for millennia, our region once held magnificent swamp sclerophyll forests. Giant melaleucas lined creeks, creating drought refuges for animals. Higher up, on the escarpments and plateaus between Byron, Nimbin, Lismore, and Ballina, the Big Scrub covered over 75,000 hectares. After European occupation, just 80 isolated, degraded rainforest remnants, and only one per cent of the Big Scrub remained, the majority on private land.

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good, private land in the Northern Rivers is where the great work of restoration, regeneration, and reafforestation of our native rainforest is happening today.

In Byron Shire, there are astonishing private regeneration projects, including around 200,000 specimens of local cabinet timber species for sustainable harvesting.

More than 500,000 rainforest plants for restoring riverbanks, wildlife corridors and degraded steep pasture land have been propagated. There has been intensive regeneration of exotic grassland into wetlands, with over 40,000 trees planted so far, and there are many others.

Peter Ryan, president of the largest umbrella Landcare group in the region, Brunswick Valley Landcare, estimates about 1.2 million trees have been planted in the last ten years.

Ecologist, Dr Jo Green, is one of many committed and

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the cedar getters and cleared the rainforest for agriculture.

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tunistic weeds quickly took root as dairy farming ceased.

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of the Big Scrub remains in 80 isolated remnants scattered across the Northern Rivers basalt belt.

Filmmaker and author, Oren Siedler. Photo supplied talented environmentalists restoring the region’s native habitats through strategic regeneration projects.

‘There is so much amazing work taking place on private land’, says Jo. ‘Large scale projects, and Big Scrub regeneration, and people just quietly plugging away at it on MOs and Community Title properties’.

People like Rod Gibbs, who recently made the decision to leave Sydney and settle in the bright, green world of the Northern Rivers, in what Peter Ryan calls ‘refug-ing’ to the Shire.

Rod has continued a massive melaleuca regeneration project on his property, begun by a former owner.

He has also started to adapt the sustainable agriculture practices promoted and taught through Brunswick Valley Landcare, improving his pasture as a result.

When not overgrazed or compacted, soil microbes build up again, deep rooted perennial grasses grow and keep moisture in the ground – effectively droughtproofing pasture.

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It takes a while for newcomers to recognise that a lot of the ubiquitous ‘green’ in this region is actually camphor, a particularly opportunistic weed species that started taking over the place when the dairy farmers ‘moved on’. It is the crown of thorns of reafforestation programs – although it does have some value in carbon sequestration and as a seed bank. However, it will dominate our region as a monoculture if left unchecked.

There are several options for transforming camphor forest into rainforest including

mechanical removal, or killing and leaving in place to use them as perches for birds (to deposit seeds) and as valuable mulch for rainforest regeneration.

Let’s plant and plant For some groups, it’s less about method and more about numbers; Vicky Brooke, chair of Zero Emissions Byron has been spearheading an ambitious tree-planting program launched in October last year whose aim is to support the planting of 1.8 million trees by 2025 – that’s 300,000 trees a year.

‘The prime purpose of RePlant Byron is to draw down carbon from the atmosphere, restore biodiversity, habitat, and increase the greening of the Shire,’ says Ms Brooke.

Then there is Bangalow Koalas, Rainforest4Foundation and our very own Byron Shire Council who are doing work on riparian (waterway) wildlife corridor regeneration. Perhaps the most ambitious project of the moment is happening with Big Scrub Landcare, under the inspired guidance of Dr Tony Parkes.

Tony and a group of concerned friends began Big Scrub Landcare 27 years ago when it was clear the government was not going to step up and save the last remnants of original rainforest.

‘Eight hundred hectares were left’, he says, ‘and that’s what we started with. It was desperately small and isolated.’

Key threats There are two main threats. Weeds – including the dreaded camphor, left uncontrolled, will kill the rainforest trees and destroy

remnants. They need to be brought under control first.

‘Weeds never relent’, says Dr Parkes.

Some of the 80 remnants are still at the de-weeding stage, while others have progressed to follow up work.

The second threat is lack of genetic diversity among the remaining key species found in these isolated remnants.

‘There are simply not enough individuals to provide the necessary genetic diversity to prevent inbreeding and provide resilience to climate change, disease and insects, and planting stock has the same issue’, says Dr Parkes.

That’s how Science Saving Rainforests came into being.

In conjunction with geneticists at the Botanic Gardens in Sydney, and leading ecologists, the project will create a genetic inventory of more than 20 key lowland rainforest species from Sydney to the Wet Tropics.

‘This in itself is a mammoth project, like space exploration for new habitat’, says Dr Parkes.

Long game Science Saving Rainforest is a program made to develop a resilient Big Scrub that can last for the next 40 million years.

The regeneration story is all about playing the long game. Living in one of the most biodiverse regions of Australia comes with responsibility. And many in our community are doing the really important work to ensure we leave this place better than we found it.

Filmmaker Oren Siedler agrees, ‘I felt it was really important to document these projects, to not only help promote the great work being done, but also to help educate and motivate others to take on their own regeneration and planting projects.’

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Opinion Back to school Byron – time to plan for your future Alison Drover

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he decision by our Mayor to welcome schoolies is an interesting one worthy as a topic for discussion at Byron’s next Tourism Symposium.

Schoolies is, by definition, a gathering of groups of young people wanting to have fun. Above average drinking and drug taking is usual. After all, it’s a time for celebration and letting go.

Social distancing and schoolies won’t go hand in hand.

The important questions here are around the responsibility of, and repercussions for, our community. The change in dynamic, caused by the pandemic response, provides the community and businesses with an opportunity to stop, consider, and re-evaluate the question of ‘are we on the right path with tourism?’

Schoolies places additional stress on our medical services, our police, and community. Schoolies don’t support the farmers, nor are they looking to pay a premium for accommodation with accredited eco-practices.

The danger of young visitors bringing the virus to Byron Shire and the north coast during schoolies will mean that older people in our community will have to withdraw to stay safe.

Why are we opening ourselves up as the destination with open doors for partying when we struggle as it is with doofs on beaches and in sacred areas? Schoolies doesn’t really serve our community at any time, least of all now. Haven’t we learnt our lesson?

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Top: Some of the remaining rubbish after a weekend doof at Mt Jerusalem National Park in the Byron hinterland recently.

Photo NPWS Right: Beachgoers parking along the sides of Seven Mile Beach Road is a common outcome as more people move to and holiday in the region. Photo Ian Cohen line of nature? It is a time to invest in repair work for damaged dunes and Nature Reserves that need management plans, especially with regard to fires and changes in climate that are visibly playing out.

Managing our impact Our compliance teams from both Council and NPWS struggle to achieve habitchanging impacts.

This could be a time for Byron to look to what we want our target markets to be, and how we can work strategically to attract those markets, rather than just continuing on with more of the same. Is the market we need one that is seeking refuge or healing in nature; one that is willing to pay to both see it – as pristine as possible – as well as to maintain it for the future?

We can’t be all things to all people; we can’t be a party town and also lead the way in ecotourism and biodiversity conservation.

Let’s use the time and money that it usually costs the community in additional enforcement, clean up, medical resourcing, and policing of schoolies, to focus on getting our sustainable house in order, so we are better placed for eco-tourism visitors who have a different footprint.

To get this right takes putting in best practice, new technologies, and reviewing compliance by operators.

How could we do things differently? For example, what natural areas do we want to access at night and how can we manage this through reducing motorised vehicles and facilitating walking and cycling? What needs designing so that best practice can be instated for

upholding conservation?

Solving the problems of human visitation in a Nature Reserve can be as simple as removing the cars and getting your visitors to walk and cycle in. Walking in silence at night and looking at owls and fireflies can be what people come for. Learning to cook a bush tucker dish, learning about rainforest species that heal, or a lesson in Indigenous astrology certainly requires less police force than a doof. It’s all in the design, planning, and management. This in turn becomes the ‘visitor experience’ and also the ‘authenticity’ of their holiday.

There are huge returns in eco- and bird-watching tourism and car-free nature trails; but this style of sustainable tourism requires planning and funding. This is the type of tourism that I believe sits harmoniously with our local community.

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A great trainless journey – treasures and challenges of the rail trail Photos & story Benjamin Gilmour

long. For the first time on the mission my children were genuinely alarmed. The more we struggled the more the karroo dug in. I reminded the children this always happens near the end of a story; the audience thinks all is lost, but it really isn’t. Then they pointed out that we weren’t anywhere near the end yet, and if it wasn’t the end, then what other horrors lay ahead?

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ince moving to Bangalow a few years ago, my children have wanted to walk the old railway line to Byron Bay. The last ‘surf train’ ran in 2004, and the rusty tracks have lain quiet since then while railway enthusiasts lobbied for its return, and others championed a scenic ‘rail trail’.

Our children, Paloma (9), Romeo (7) and Bohème (2) weren’t going to wait. My wife, Kaspia, offered to be our on-call rescuer in case we hit trouble, and to pick us up at the other end. I clipped our youngest daughter Bohème into a baby carrier and donned a backpack containing warm clothes, umbrella, sandwiches, binoculars, snake bandages, and a machete. Then we set off, feeling like real explorers.

Day 1: machetes and toddlers Some Bangalow residents with homes backing onto the line grow vegetables down to the rails. One pumpkin vine was so vast it had crept onto the tracks, guarded by a large black dog on a chain.

As we left Bangalow we entered a forest of young fir trees, a carpet of pine needles underfoot. But soon we got a taste of the trouble to come. Dense lantana rose up in front of us like a wall. It was time for the machete.

I quickly realised taking along a toddler strapped to the chest while hacking jungle style with a machete wasn’t that sensible.

Nevertheless, we forged on. After each step I hacked, then took another step and hacked again. Surely this wasn’t how it would be the whole way?

Day 3: persuasion

The lantana momentarily cleared for a railway bridge, which the children crossed with ease. After passing the blueberry farm and heading over Bangalow Road, the lantana became so dense again that we needed to attack it along the edge of the line. We heard a woman’s voice calling out and came to another bridge, this one smaller. Below was a collection of makeshift dwellings, a bush community. And there was the owner of the voice, a kindly woman holding an armful of oranges.

‘You must be tired and thirsty,’ she said, throwing up oranges one at a time. But the next person we came across wasn’t so hospitable. A section of track at Coopers Shoot backed onto a fancy property with a lavish mansion. Hearing our approach, a lady in a broad-brimmed gardening hat came to the fence. She offered us nothing but a stern talking to.

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‘You heard of snakes? Where you going?’

When we told her, she couldn’t believe it.

‘Madness,’ she muttered, walking away.

A hundred metres on we heard a deep rumble, like thunder, coming and going. Was it a storm? No, just the sound of vehicles going over the planks of a tall bridge. Under it, Paloma found a bunch of roses. We imagined they’d been tossed from the window of a passing car; an unwanted gift from an unwanted lover. Nearby we found a white porcelain railway insulator in the grass: the perfect vase for the flowers Paloma would give to her mother.

After battling lantana for another half a kilometre, two-year old Bohème decided she’d had enough. In a clearing at the edge of the tracks was a small marijuana plantation, then some wild strawberries. It was now 4pm and I knew we’d barely made it a third of the way. At the next bridge we waited for Kaspia to collect us.

Day 2: the point of a journey A month later we returned, this time without the toddler. When my daughter asked me why exactly we were doing this, I told her she’d realise one day, that answers are not always apparent at the outset – because the journey itself provides them.

It was an encouraging start thanks to heather on the tracks and spectacular views of rolling hills. Romeo found a rabbit’s skull and followed a trail of vertebrae to the rest of the skeleton. Paloma collected vintage bottles.

But a kilometre on and the jungle was back. We hacked through it as if in the Amazon. ‘Cat’s claw’ creepers had twisted their tendrils like serpents around old railway signs, bringing them to their knees.

We passed a bamboo forest, its slender stems rubbing against each other with an eerie creaking sound. Thankfully, around lunchtime we arrived at a break in the jungle on a ridge – we could see all the way to Byron and the ocean twinkling beyond. We ate our sandwiches as we watched a pair of hawks on the updraft. What a great railway journey this once had been, and if it ever became a ‘rail trail’ it would make a spectacular attraction.

The rest of the afternoon was slow going.

The lantana was so thick in places we slid down the muddy edge of the track to get around it. When it started getting dark I knew there’d be a third day. As we headed up to the road we navigated a forest of thorny acacia karroo vines. All three of us were soon trapped by the vicious thorns, each 2–3cm

It was more than six months before I could talk our children into finishing what we’d started. And the benefits of not giving up, of determination, but the satisfaction of achievement didn’t compel them as much as the promise of a lemonade at The Rails hotel.

So be it. They’d realise the rest in due course.

The next leg took us into a picturesque tunnel of ferns, some so tall the children snapped a few stems off to make fern crowns.

As we neared the water towers of Hayters Hill we came across another community of fringe dwellers, this one abandoned. Several rusty station wagons lay open and abandoned.

There were tables and chairs and a clothesline. In the middle of the track was an old caravan. The children imagined what it must have been like to call this place home.

About a hundred metres past Old Bangalow Road, Paloma found a gold belt and a beaded butterfly that looked like it had come off a lady’s dress. We speculated how these treasures had ended up here. I struggled to come up with an explanation for a plastic bottle with a length of garden hose in the side.

The track curved around into Lilly Pilly, right alongside the back fences of houses on Cemetery Road. We were close to Byron now.

Although we’d made good time, we were yet to meet our greatest obstacle yet. It came in the form of the most enormous diamond python I have ever seen. It was like an anaconda, its body thick as fig roots, length close to four metres! Dense lantana made a quick escape impossible, and going back wasn’t an option – never an option. Romeo started banging the rails, but the python didn’t flinch. We stamped our feet and yelled, but nothing woke it.

‘We’ll just have to go around,’ said my daughter, matter-of-factly. And so we did.

Just as we got level with the python, it opened a lazy eye and swivelled its head in our direction. Keeping our nerve, we continued creeping past and into the next thicket. When I looked back I saw the python settling his head down on the tracks again to continue its siesta.

We came out near The Roadhouse. The swamp on either side of the rails here made it easy to understand the mosquito problem in the area. After passing a graffiti gallery on the back wall of the hardware store, we entered an alley maze leading to the kitchen of the Avocado Hut. It was the end of lunch hour and the cafe was full. Nevertheless we stumbled into the civilised world through the diners and their clean linens. They all stared at our scruffy clothes and machetes, muddy faces, and heads adorned with fern crowns.

But we weren’t stopping, not until we reached The Rails hotel, the Railway Friendly Bar to be exact, for a schooner of Stone & Wood and two glasses of cold lemonade.

Q Benjamin Gilmour is a local author, filmmaker and paramedic. A longer version of this story and more pictures can be found at www.benjamingilmour.com.

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The Rocks at Aquarius, a highlight for locals and backpackers Originally from Scotland, General Manager of the Aquarius Resort and The Rocks Cafe, Brad Duncan has been with the business since 2008 in different capacities. ‘I started working in the accommodation sector in 2008 – it was my first job in Byron,’ says Brad, who has a variety of roles within the job. ‘I am never bored! The diverse types of people I meet means I have to think on my feet, and offer guests an amazing experience in one of Byron’s hidden gems.

It is obviously always essential to plan and prioritise, but in this industry, there are always so many variables (especially this year!).’

The Rocks Cafe is definitely a highlight of a visit to the Aquarius with delicious, rustic dishes in a beautiful setting. The meals are value for money served up by friendly, long-term employees who have built a great rapport with the locals.

Brad says the Aquarius and The Rocks are registered as COVID Safe.

‘Initially, we had to reduce our paid employees from 35 to three. We have since been able to restructure business activities, and re-hire a number of employees on JobKeeper paid positions. We have also offered any employees who were with us prior to COVID-19 accommodation onsite to help us get through this together’.

Aquarius have implemented a number of changes to safely manage this period, including, but not limited to: increased sanitisation practices in the accommodation, cafe, reception and communal spaces; COVID Safe signage throughout the resort; maximum seating capacities in the cafe and communal spaces; COVID Safe sign-in procedures; installation of Perspex shields and social distancing markings in all areas; and meetings with departments to

make staff fully aware of their roles and responsibilities, while also allowing them to air any queries, concerns or suggestions.

‘We are a team at Aquarius, and want our employees to feel safe, secure and comfortable at work,’ Brad says.

‘We are incredibly appreciative of our customers, and their continued support and co-operation.’

Brad Duncan says he is never bored. ‘The diverse types of people I meet means I have to think on my feet.’ Photo Tree Faerie.

The inner bar and rooftop bar are unfortunately still closed – but they are hoping to open again from Thursdays to Saturdays, from late September onward – in line with current NSW government legislation.

‘At the moment, The Rocks operates at night from Thursday to Saturday with an amazing home-made chicken dish, amongst others. It is fully licensed, and has a great 6–8pm happy two-hours with $5 basics and $10 cocktails. Thursday night is quiz night, and Friday is Live Music where we support local acts.’

Brad says they are doing their best to

rebalance after recent health regulation including a bacon and egg roll with a hash changes. He says ‘normal’ is a distant brown and freshly brewed Byron Bay thought at the moment. ‘We have battled Coffee for just $13, health bowls, freshly through the first and second phases and squeezed juices, and lots of other brekky remain in a position to continue to rebuild dishes on offer as well. the business as the year continues. The Q You can find The Rocks Cafe at the owner has been incredibly supportive and Aquarius Resort, 16 Lawson Street, Byron is fighting through these times with us.’

Brad says, as they slowly reopen all areas of the venue, they are looking forward to welcoming back their supportive locals and onsite backpackers. ‘We are incredibly appreciative COVID-SAFE VENUE. 10% discount for all of our customers, and their emergency workers (*ID required) continued support and Local, organic and ethically farmed produce.

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True wilderness for original tree changers Steve and Sharon were the original tree changers, even before the phrase was coined.

They left their city jobs some 39 years ago to build themselves something different to the suburban dream, in the middle of the Great Dividing Range at the headwaters of NSW’s largest coastal river – the Clarence.

They were organic farmers for some years with the help of overseas travellers (Willing Workers on Organic Farms). These helpers are what inspired Steve and Sharon to build what would become the Clarence River Wilderness Lodge.

The backpackers would often return, after travelling around Australia, to say that this region was one of the most scenic parts of the country they had visited.

Given Steve and Sharon’s commitment to environmental values and their limited financial resources, they decided to rebirth some existing buildings.

One of the cabins started life as a ‘tickies’ accommodation on the Mt Lindsay border gate. The other cabin was a main roads workers’ accommodation. These cabins were refurbished in a rustic style using timber that had been felled and milled on the property.

The inspiration for the tree huts came from an early type of semi-permanent camp used by selectors and tick fence boundary

riders in the region. To protect the canvas and give good cross flow ventilation, a corrugated iron roof was built over the canvas tent as well as half timber walls and a timber floor. This type of structure was used by the early settlers for up to ten years while they accumulated the resources to be able to build a more permanent structure.

Off the shelf safari huts seen in lots of remote tourism operations were contemplated, but it was decided something that had the uniquely Australian look and feel would better suit this location, and Steve and Sharon’s love of early Australian colonial history.

The Clarence River Wilderness Lodge is in true wilderness, with 11km of Clarence River/ Tooloom creek frontage and surrounded by the Cataract and Yabbra National parks.

Steve and Sharon manage their 1200 ha for its environmental values, dedicating the property as a wildlife refuge before they even moved onto the land.

They look forward to sharing their slice of paradise with you.

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The best place to buy organic produce is at a farmers’ market Story & photo Kate O’Neill If you’re a fan of organic produce but can’t stand the fact that supermarkets continue to wrap it in plastic, there is an answer – buy your organic produce at the farmers’ markets.

The Byron Shire community is spoilt for choice when it comes to fresh local organic produce, with at least ten certified organic stalls at Mullumbimby Farmers Market and six at New Brighton Farmers Market, offering a wide range of organic vegetables, fruit, nuts, coffee, eggs, jams, sauces and more.

To celebrate Australian Organic Awareness Month, we spoke to local grower and organic educator, David Forrest, of Organic Forrest Farm at Federal, about why shoppers should buy organic, and why certification is important.

‘Certified Organic farming provides customers with the opportunity to support their health while also supporting a verified environmentally-sound production system,’ says David. ‘Support for organic farmers is a partnership creating healthy soil, health-giving plants, and healthy local

ecosystems. Research has shown better nutrition through higher levels of minerals, antioxidants and polyphenols, carbon sequestration, clean water and air, and higher biodiversity on certified organic farms.’

David says organic certification has underpinned the growth of organics as it provides a definition to what is organic, and a marketplace quality assurance system.

‘There is a requirement to document the production process and inputs for all crop cycles and management activities. These records, coupled with farm inspections, provide a validation that customers are getting what they expect of organic food, and that the farm is not causing environmental damage. Farmers are happy to carry this out so customers know their purchase is helping to create a greener world.’

Q For more information about local organic farms and farming practices, look up TROPO (the Tweed Richmond Organic Producers Organisation), or visit their insta account @troponorthernrivers.

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We are thrilled to announce that Wharf restaurant is now open to the public!

It is important to us that we support the community as best we can, and do our best to uplift spirits with delicious seafood and welcoming customer service.

As part of our reopening, we have also launched a new restaurant and takeaway menu!

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St Elmo Dining Room & Bar

Open Thursday – Sunday 5 – 10pm Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson Lane, Byron Bay 6680 7426 www.stelmodining.com

Chupacabra Eat in or take out.

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

2/29 Brigantine Street 0431 842 340

Our Rocking New Brunch Menu Come and join us at the Rocks for some light brunch options or hearty breakfasts. We offer a range of home-made, locally sourced produce at affordable prices, including our delicious new loaded halloumi or chorizo tacos, vegan nasi goreng and our signature Rocks Big Brekky which will keep you going for hours! Fresh juices, Byron Bay coffees and healthy smoothies available too. The Rocks is registered as COVID Safe, and is practicing all NSW health guidelines.

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French deli shop that offers all products

by Byron Bay Olive Co and amazing options for breakfast and lunch. Sandwiches, salads, soups and Mediterranean style products such as olives, dips, cured meats and French cheeses.

Mon – Fri 9am–3.30pm

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Harvest

We are thrilled to announce that Fishheads restaurant is now open to the public!

It is important to us that we support the community as best we can, and do our best to uplift spirits with delicious seafood and welcoming customer service.

As part of our reopening, we have also launched a new restaurant and take away menu!

Book now while tables are still available.

18-22 Old Pacific Highway Newrybar NSW 2479 02 6687 2644 www.harvestnewrybar.com.au @harvestnewrybar

HARVEST RESTAURANT, DELI + BAKERY

Lunch: Thurs – Sun 12–3pm Dinner: Thurs – Sat from 5.30pm 3 courses from the wood-fired oven in the historic bakery Sat + Sun 8–10am: Baked goods at Sourdough Weekends Sunday 3–5pm: Chook Night Deli hours are 8am–4pm

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 Barrio’s canteen takes its inspiration from locally sourced produce with Moorish cuisine.

Offering daily bakes, breakfast cakes, classic sandwiches, vibrant salads, smoked fish, grilled meats.

Aperitif Hours Friday 5–7pm: $10 plates + drinks Private Dining: Now taking private party enquiries for lunch and dinner with your closest friends: gather@barriobyronbay.com.au

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Handcrafted spirits using locally sourced ingredients.

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Free from added artificial flavours and colours.

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The Empire 20 Burringbar St, Mullum

Incredible cocktails, locals beers & all-day snacks and food to share with ocean views.

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Tues–Fri 8.30am–2.30pm Sat, Sun 9am–2pm FB/Insta: EmpireMullum empiremullum.com.au

Happy Hour | Every day 4-6pm $6 Loft Lager or Wine, $10 Aperol Spritz, $12 Margarita Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9-11pm 2 for $20 Classic Espresso Martini

Yaman Mullumbimby

Open every day from 4pm till late.

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.

Authentic Mexican in a relaxed, fresh and bright atmosphere.

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

Mexican blend Moonshine coffee by day, margaritas by night, TACOS all day long!

Family friendly and specials each night.

Coffee: 7am – 11.30am Dinner: 5pm – 9pm Saturday Lunch: 11.30am – 3pm Open Mon – Sat: Closed Sundays

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Open 7 days from 9am–8pm *Delivery Sun–Fri 4–8PM, Mullumbimby only Free Delivery from $39

The Empire is where it’s at!

Something for all tastes from epic burgers to vegan delights. Enjoy delectable treats and good vibes at this Mullum icon.

Takeaways and lots of grab-and-go goodies available. Phone orders welcome – call ahead and avoid the queue.

Coffee, Malawach Rolls, Pita Pockets, Falafel, Traditional Yemenite spices and all your favourites always freshly made.

Drop in for an authentic atmosphere, takeaway or get it delivered* to your doorstep.

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The Arts

BILLINUDGEL PICTURE FRAMING & PICCOLO ART GALLERY 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel 6680 3444 billinudgelpictureframing.com.au BS’A PROJECT SPACE 112 Dalley St, Mullumbimby 0487 362 141 byronschoolofart.com/exhibitions BYRON BAY GALLERY & PICTURE FRAMING

BYRON THEATRE – SECRET IMPRESSIONISTS Art On Screen is back on the big screen at Byron Theatre! Secret Impressionists showcases fifty unseen masterpieces – unveiled for the first time.

MICHAEL ZAVROS Michael Zavros, is an award-winning Australian artist renowned for his photorealistic drawings and paintings.

Zavros’ impeccable attention to detail is evident throughout his varying range of subject matter, which includes staged still-lives, figures, animals and lavish clothing and accessories. With works eerily reminiscent of photographs, Zavros’ delicate hand leaves behind little to no trace of visible brushstrokes in his paintings.

His work embraces low art or kitsch and repositions it in the realm of luxury with hyperreal attention to detail.

Zavros’ work is held in numerous collections, including at The National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, University of Queensland Art Museum, and the Tasmanian Museum and Gallery.

PEEK GALLERY Come and visit Byron’s newest art space, Peek Gallery.

Landscape paintings, still life, figurative and abstract work by NZ/Australian artist Gabrielle Pool, and Australian artist Bill Undery. Peek Gallery exhibits a range of work suitable for any art lover or collector, from small inks on paper, limited edition lithograph and Giclee prints, through to major oils on canvas.

Open daily.

Shop 7/8 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay (beach end) Gabrielle Pool 0488 64 64 64 7/8 Fletcher Street Byron Bay NSW 2481 https://peekgallery.com Instagram: @peekgallery

This wonderful film tells the story of the art revolution at the core of the Impressionist movement, through an exploration of fifty legendary paintings, including hidden gems of Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet & Cézanne, previously inaccessible to the public, now on display in Rome for the very first time.

Rest assured, Byron Theatre is a registered COVID Safe venue. With reduced audience size and a ticket system that automatically allocates a safe space between your ticket group and the next, Byron Theatre staff are dedicated to keeping our events safe for all.

Book now at byroncentre.com.au

APPLY NOW Byron School of Art (BSA) is now accepting applications for their 2021 year-long courses.

2021 will be BSA’s sixth year offering a 3-year course in Contemporary Visual Arts studies, a long way from its humble beginnings as the small studio-based art school in 2013.

Today BSA’s Mullumbimby studios are thriving and abuzz each week with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year students immersed in their work, investigating contemporary ideas and practices while learning the practical skills needed to build and sustain an informed visual arts practice.

Students can study for one to three years in BSA’s structured year-long courses, incorporating disciplines including drawing, painting, printmaking, 3D studies, design principles, colour theory, art history and critical thinking.

Applications close 31 October. byronschoolofart.com

17 Lawson St, Byron Bay Open weekly – appointments recommended 1300 489 855 byronbaygallery.com CREATIVE ARTISANS GALLERY Original creations & artwork by local artisans.

Wigmore Arcade, River St Ballina Open Monday to Friday: 9.30am–4pm Saturday 9.30am to noon 0435 941 591 HEALING ART DESIGN & NEW AGE GALLERY Azura Kingscliff – Shop 2B 6674 1692 www.healingartdesign.com LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY New opening hours: Wed–Sun: 10am–4pm Thurs: 10am–6pm Mon & Tues: Closed 11 Rural St, Lismore 6627 4600 www.lismoregallery.org LONE GOAT GALLERY 28 Lawson St, Byron Bay Mon–Fri 10am–4pm / Sat 10am–midday lonegoatgallery.com MULLUMBIMBY CLAYWORKERS GALLERY Drill Hall Complex 2 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby Friday and Saturday 10am–2pm www.mullumclayworkers.com NINBELLA GALLERY 19a Byron Street, Bangalow Open 7 days 10am–4pm 6687 1936 www.ninbella.com ninbella on instagram @ninbella NORTHERN RIVERS COMMUNITY GALLERY Cnr Cherry & Crane Sts, Ballina Open Wed–Fri 10am–4pm Sat/Sun 9.30am–1.00pm nrcgballina.com.au PEEK GALLERY Open Tuesday–Sunday 7/8 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay 0488 646 464 hello@peekgallery.com www,peekgallery.com @peekgallery STOKERS SIDING ART GALLERY 224 Stokers Rd, Stokers Siding Fri–Mon 10am–4pm or by appt.

0407 417 169 STUDIO SUVIRA CERAMICS & SCULPTURE GALLERY Home Gallery and Garden 28 Left Bank Road Mullumbimby 0402 125 922 (call/sms first) suviramcdonald.com

Open Tues–Sun 10am–6pm

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TWEED REGIONAL GALLERY & MARGARET OLLEY ART CENTRE 2 Mistral Rd Murwillumbah Open Wednesday to Sunday Book your free ticket on the Gallery website artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au GALLERY DOWN TOWN ANNEXE OF TWEED REGIONAL GALLERY Located upstairs at M|Arts Precinct Cnr Brisbane St and Proudfoots Ln Murwillumbah Open: Monday to Friday 10am–3pm & Saturday 10am–2pm artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/GalleryDownTown

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Nhoj with artwork “The Heads”

East Macdonnell Ranges

Tip Toe Through The Termites

His passion for art began when, at the age of 4, his mother, an artist, threw a bunch of crayons into his cot. That same passion continues to this day, quite a few decades later. When asked to describe the style of his art endeavours, he struggles to answer that question as he is perplexed to be categorised.

His answer is ‘a regurgitation of current emotions’.

To explain it simply, he paints what he feels. He places himself in environmental situations that press his emotional buttons, the results of which then hopefully triggers an emotional response for the viewer. Colour often defines his work, as does humour, and more recently to use the power of his medium to deliver a strong message, albeit subtley. Exhibiting now at Ninbella Gallery, 19a Byron Street Bangalow.

ARTIST IN FOCUS ~ NHOJ Nhoj is a local to the Northern Rivers. He tends to his garden, growing his own food and painting.

His arresting array of paintings, rich in colour and textured gloss, are based on subjects from the wonders of the natural world his outback and seafaring journeys.

MICHAEL ZAVROS BRISBANE ARTIST

Self portrait 86cmx86cm acrylic on canvas

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Echo Issue# 35.13 September 9–16, 2020

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MANDY NOLAN’S

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MAY THE LORD OPEN Earlier this year, I was one of the many hooked on The Handmaid’s Tale. There was something weirdly compelling about this dystopian take on life; where humans have lost agency in a society controlled by extremist rule.

The Handmaid’s Tale is about the totalitarian power of governance over a population. The series always left me tingling with fear, imagining what it must be like to live a life without freedom. It’s not real, but it felt real. History shows us how quickly this can happen, but from the comfort of my bed with my doona of democracy it was hard to believe that a population would allow such complete subjugation without protest.

That same feeling I had watching The Handmaid’s Tale has settled on me and it hasn’t left. 2020 has turned out to be the most surreal year of our collective lives. A pandemic has hit, it has devastated our ageing population and caused the rest of the population to lose agency – very quickly, for their ‘protection’. I had never considered the profound impact of such an exceptional circumstance; what it means for those in lockdown who are living in a State of Emergency. In a State of Emergency none of the existing rights of a democracy – like the right to gather in protest, or to speak out against the government, exist. This is a new and sudden landscape of law and enforced compliance.

What happened in Melbourne on the weekend has left me feeling conflicted. I am not a conspiracist. To date I have supported the disease control measures. I understand how, without the availability of adequate treatments, wearing masks, distancing and lockdown are possibly our only tools in controlling the rampant spread of this coronavirus.

But I’m starting to wonder, at what cost? Governments focus on economic outcomes as the key measure of how to mitigate disaster and manage its impact. But I think there’s a measure missing. A social measure of our collective wellbeing. A check on the eradication of our agency. I worry that the impact on the mental health of a population in extended periods of lockdown may be enduring. In prison, solitary confinement is the most extreme form of control within corporal punishment.

It is used to break people. When an entire population is forced into isolation, it’s going to do the same. Are we going to come out of this pandemic a broken population?

There have never been more rules. Rules that are implemented in the blink of an eye, rules that limit our movement, rules that prescribe some behaviours and prohibit others. Rules that close our borders. Rules that have shut bureaucratic hearts, that have seen new born babies die because of inflexible adherence. I thought the rules were there to save lives, not to end them. Rules that see a pregnant mum arrested in her pyjamas, in front of her children, for posting about a Freedom March on Facebook.

This footage is frightening. I do not have to agree with a person’s position to defend their right to express it. This is not a country I recognise.

TWO EXHIBITIONS OF INDIGENOUS ART LAUNCHED AT LISMORE GALLERY Two Indigenous art exhibitions are now open at Lismore Regional Gallery: Language of the Wounded by Penny Evans, and Body Language – a major touring exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from National Gallery of Australia.

BODY LANGUAGE Director of Lismore Regional Gallery, Brett Adlington says that the National Gallery of Australia has almost 160,000 works of art in its care and holds the world’s largest collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander material.

‘It’s really exciting for Lismore Regional Gallery to be sharing this collection with local audiences for the very first time. This is an incredibly rich exhibition, depicting the diversity of contemporary First Nations practice.’

Kelli Cole, Curator Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia says that for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people identity is a source of strength and resilience. ‘There are many ways in which we identify, what we believe in, how we look, how we feel and how we see ourselves in society and language is fundamental to the expression of our cultural identity. Before the arrival of the British colonisers in 1788 there were over 250 Indigenous Australian languages, including 800 dialects, but today those numbers have dramatically declined to under 50 spoken languages.’

‘As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people we did not have a written language but our oral stories were shared throughout generations keeping our culture alive. Body Language explores the iconography of language as expressed through symbols and patterns and includes works that explore themes such as identity or representation, mark making, spiritual beings and Ceremony with song and dance.’

Body Language – a major touring exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from the National Gallery of Australia. Left: Indigenous artist Penny Evans.

PENNY EVANS: LANGUAGE OF THE WOUNDED Language of the Wounded is an exhibition of powerful new work by Penny Evans, a Northern Rivers NSW based artist of Gomeroi descent. Referencing bones or keloid scars, Evans’ ceramic wall installation explores a system of signs, an hieroglyphics-like language strewn across the gallery wall.

‘These new works reference dispossessed ancestors fallen during frontier conflicts, the billions of our native animals who perished as a consequence of multiple environmental disasters in recent years, and intergenerationally traumatised peoples from everywhere,’ says Evans.

AN EXCITING SUITE OF EXHIBITIONS Brett Adlington says this a really exciting suite of exhibitions for the gallery. ‘Firstly, to have the first touring exhibition from the National Gallery of Australia in Lismore is really a great coup for us. This never would have been possible in our old facility – so illustrates the level of exhibitions we can now bring to audiences.’

Penny Evans: Language of the Wounded and Body Language – a major touring exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from the National Gallery of Australia run until November at the Lismore Regional Gallery For more information, visit the gallery website: www.lismoregallery.org.

‘The work also creates a rhythm of cultural forms that evokes cultural connectedness, a cadence that lies at the very heart of our country.’

The Rules have become The Way. State leaders, whose names I previously never knew now step forward to enact paternalistic territorialism to protect their patch, blurring the greater good with their future election interests. Our once united Australia has become factionalised through border control. It’s possible to consider Australia as no longer being one nation but a series of autonomous states and territories.

This is a time for considered governance. Totalitarian and heavy-handed measures use fear to control the many, but will tip others into extremism. This is why lunatics in the US fight for the right to bear arms. We have to be careful not to trigger that mindset. Our government is elected to serve us, not incarcerate us for speaking out. That is not the country where we live. This is a true democratic dilemma; where the choice is between pandemic management incumbent with loss of freedom versus freedom with a rampant virus.

I long for the day we can open our homes, our streets, our shops, our venues and our borders again.

In lieu of the government doing it, I guess it’s back to the oftrepeated refrain from The Handmaid’s Tale: ‘May the Lord Open’.

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Gig guide INAUGURAL WRITE NORTH WRITERS’ GROUP RESIDENCY Cinema From Bill Jacobi at the Beach Hotel this Wednesday to Ooz at the Rails next Wednesday, there is great entertainment for you in our online gig guide: www.echo.net.au/gig-guide.

Included are Jon J Bradley at the Rails, Kenny Slide at the Kingscliff Beach Hotel and Megan Core and Pablo Laverde.

There’s a great afternoon to be had at Wandana Brewing Co on Sunday with Joe O’Keeffe, and Walking Francis at the Beachy on Monday, and down at the Rails you can catch Stephen Lovelight on Tuesday.

But wait… Make sure you get in a few of the Byron Theatre screen-at-home shows – any time of day or night during the week. So much to do, so little time…

WEDNESDAY 9 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, SUNSHINE DUO Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM BILL JACOBI Q STREAM FROM HOME WITH BYRON THEATRE (www.byroncentre.com.au/whats-on)

THURSDAY 10 RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, JON J BRADLEY BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM JOSH HAMILTON DUO OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB 7PM TRIVIA NIGHT KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 5PM PHIL JAMIESON & PAT DAVERN Q STREAM FROM HOME WITH BYRON THEATRE Q Q Q Q

FRIDAY 11 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, DAN HANNAFORD Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM KARUAH, 5.30PM SCOTT DAY VEE, 8PM NATHAN KAYE DUO Q LISMORE CITY HALL 7.30PM HARRY ANGUS Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM KENNY SLIDE Q SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN, 7PM DAMIEN POWER & MEL BUTTLE Q STREAM FROM HOME WITH BYRON THEATRE

SATURDAY 12 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, MAJESTIC NIGHTS Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 1PM ADAM HARPAZ, 4.30PM MATT HANLEY, 8PM ANIMAL VENTURA Q DUZZIE ARTS MARKET, BYRON BAY, 12PM MEGAN CORE AND PABLO LAVERDE Q WANDANA BREWING CO, MULLUMBIMBY, 3PM MILK Q LISMORE CITY HALL 7.30PM EMILY LUBITZ Q TYALGUM HALL 11AM TYALGUM MUSIC FESTIVAL 2020 Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM MATTY ROGERS Q STREAM FROM HOME WITH BYRON THEATRE

SUNDAY 13 Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 1PM SARAH GRANT, 4.30PM DALLAS JAMES DUO, 8PM SKY EATER Q WANDANA BREWING CO, MULLUMBIMBY, 3PM JOE O’KEEFFE Q STREAM FROM HOME WITH BYRON THEATRE

MONDAY 14 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, TIM DEGAN Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM WALKING FRANCIS Q STREAM FROM HOME WITH BYRON THEATRE

TUESDAY 15 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, STEPHEN LOVELIGHT Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM JASON DELPHIN Q STREAM FROM HOME WITH BYRON THEATRE

WEDNESDAY 16 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, OOZ Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM MATT BUGGY Q CLUB MULLUM, MULLUMBIMBY, 8PM COMEDY – VIRGIN SACRIFICE Q STREAM FROM HOME WITH BYRON THEATRE

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Byron Writers Festival and Create NSW have announced the recipients of their inaugural Write North Writers’ Group Residency for a group of mid-career and established NSW writers – Robyn Cadwallader (of Murrumbateman), Nigel Featherstone (of Goulburn) and Julie Keys (of Wollongong).

The Residency, valued at almost $40,000 (including total in-kind and cash value of the residency plus $10,000 direct financial support to the writers’ group), will support the winning group in a creative residency across seven days from 7–13 September 2020 in the Byron Shire. The group will receive mentorship from award-winning, established author, Charlotte Wood, and further development in their individual writers’ projects towards publication.

Session Times: Thu 10 Sep - Wed 16 Sep THE TRANSLATORS (M) Thu: 7:30PM Special Event Fri-Sun: 4:15PM Adv screenings Arena di Verona: IL TROVATORE (CTC) Sun: 1:00 Wed: 11:00AM

All three writers of the successful group reside in regional NSW. Robyn and Nigel formed a writers’ group in 2011, after meeting at Varuna, and Julie joined in 2019 when Nigel and herself both had their novels published by Hachette, and attended a range of events together. During the seven-day Residency, each writer will focus on developing an existing individual manuscript spanning several novel genres, including literary fiction, contemporary environmental and historical fiction.

Byron Writers Festival Director Edwina Johnson said the festival were thrilled to be welcoming Robyn, Julie and Nigel to Byron as the winners of the inaugural Write North Writers’ Group Residency.’

It is undoubtedly a special opportunity to work collaboratively with Charlotte Wood whilst surrounded by the natural Admission Prices: Adults: $14 beauty of the Northern Rivers.

Wednesday Stud/Conc: $12 ‘We would like to extend our thanks to all of the applicants, the quality was truly impressive.’

Create NSW Executive Director Chris Keely extended congratulations to the inaugural recipients of the exciting debut Residency.

‘I’m pleased Write North will allow our winners to carve out space to advance their stories against the beautiful backdrop of Byron Bay as they work collaboratively with their esteemed colleagues and mentor, Charlotte Wood.’

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Retro Neptune, fact v fantasy. Retro Uranus, change and liberation. Retro Pluto, karmic consequences. Retro Mars, energy management. Thank goodness at least Jupiter’s on the move…

CANCER: If you’ve been feeling stuck in rut lately, and frankly who hasn’t, retrograde Mars recommends an in-depth review before you pursue any new direction. Is it what you really want, or are you making survival decisions? The weekend moon in Cancer is this week’s best time for talking it through with your besties.

TAURUS: While expansive Jupiter’s move probably has you percolating with bright ideas, Mars’ retrograde till midNovember isn’t the time to force anything. Which doesn’t mean do nothing, just don’t push it. And sure, we all need a laugh, but this is a week when your jokes could easily miss their mark and backfire. the time wise Geminis back up data and strengthen security.

Look past the present moment; what’s happening is temporary, and the winds of change will shift in a couple more months. For now, as Jupiter picks up forward momentum, at least some things will start to gain traction.

STUDIO GHIBLI NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (PG) Thu: 6:30PM Sat: 2:00PM FAMILY FILMS PAW PATROL: JET TO THE RESCUE (G) Thu, Fri, Mon, Tue: 11:50AM, 1:15PM Sat, Sun: 10:45, 11:50AM, 1:15 Wed: 12:10, 1:15PM TROLLS WORLD TOUR (G) Daily except Sat, Sun: 12:00PM Sat, Sun: 11:00AM, 12:00, 1:15

ARIES: Mars reversing through your sign for the next two months brings a wonderful opportunity to work with kneejerk reactions and irritability. For which you might find the Hawaiian ALOHA acronym helpful: Akahai, meaning kindness; Lokahi, meaning working in harmony; Olu’olu, meaning positive and pleasant; Ha’aha’a, meaning humble; and Ahonui, meaning patient.

GEMINI: Mars’ retrograde is

RETRO SCREENINGS TALKING HEADS: STOP MAKING SENSE (G) Fri: 8:30PM HEAT (MA15+) Mon: 6:45PM

007 DOUBLE FEATURE THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN + THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (M) Sun: 2:00PM

NFT = No Free Tickets

LIBRA: Mars’ retrograde is known to ramp up arguments with partners, and strife in life generally. But handled with courage and care – plus the push of genial Jupiter moving forward – this two-month transit could sort through itchy issues, settle petty grizzles, and get you back on track with your nearest and dearest.

CAPRICORN: The rowdy red planet Mars reverses every other year for some in-depth, behind-the-scenes activity, which presently centres around getting your house in order. From now until mid-November it’s suggested you focus, not necessarily on major renos of Chateau Capricorn, but deep cleaning, and space clearing; more information about which in coming weeks.

LEO: Though it sometimes appears life is steady and linear, in reality everything ebbs and flows. With Mars lowering its amperage, you and everyone else could have short fuses. But don’t go there. Just, if you must, give them the Cat Look, because no-one wins if you lose your cool, especially you.

SCORPIO: Scorpio’s planetary co-ruler Mars going underground for two months has historically caused blowups with colleagues. But Jupiter correcting course will help with clearer communications, and you can manage stress levels best by looking after yourself, because the current heavy retrogrades need the benefit of your laser-like and X-ray perception.

AQUARIUS: Mars heating up communications for the next couple of months could see you, along with the rest of humanity, quick to combust. So step away from heated conversations, don’t engage in snark and gossip.

Avoid sensitive, touchy topics, resist the urge to provoke. Or retaliate. And the saint’s halo is now officially yours…

VIRGO: With Mars making its biennial backswing through the intimate, intense part of your life, old issues could resurface, yet again, for resolution. The good news is Jupiter’s leap forward in your fun sector for the next three months. It won’t be back for another twelve years, so seize the days while you may.

SAGITTARIUS: Even if your ruling planet Jupiter has you feeling comfortable and flush right now, it’s best not to rack up non-essentials on credit as a feel-good exercise. Some form of financial management’s essential for the rest of year, so get a grip on the fantastic plastic, and try to find the joy of budgeting.

PISCES: Change isn’t always easy, and people deal with it in different ways. If Mars retro in your work and income zone brings stuff you thought was sorted flaring up again, don’t hit the panic button. Call for backup, because with Jupiter’s forward move, others will be more than willing to help.

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What a year!

Janice Maple went out on her own under the @realty brand 12 months ago now, and is filled with gratitude for the support she has received from the community and for what she has been able to give back as a result.

Although Janice has been in real estate for many years, it was a big decision to go out on her own. Trusting her intuition Janice decided to create the opportunity to do things her own way.

‘That is one of the best things that has come from taking that leap of faith a year ago’, says Janice. ‘I am my business. The way I am, the things that are important to me, treating people the way I like to be treated, is the way my business is.’

She beams. ‘I have really wonderful relationships not only with my

clients but with other agents and people involved in the industry.’

Janice is very grateful that launching on her own enables her to handle enough business to focus on providing exceptional service to her clients. She aims to have only two listings to focus on at any one time. Managing the marketing of only two properties at a time enables her to communicate and consult in a meaningful, genuine way with her clients. ‘Keeping my workload in balance means I can provide an excellent service for my clients. It has also allowed me the time to develop a not for profit women’s community group: Kindred Women Together’, explains Janice.

‘It is so rewarding seeing women learning, laughing and growing

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together. The format of the group has evolved. COVID-19 means we can’t hold large scale events, so there are now more activities with smaller groups. There is no membership or a minimum level of involvement required. Women simply join in the activities they like.’ Some of the activities Janice has organised for the group include Tai Chi, surfing, art classes, morning teas, breath work, golf, meditation, introduction to tarot, and singing classes. ‘It has been really wonderful to see what has flowed from this group; friendships have been forged, it is testament to the benefits of a community in connection.’

It is hard to imagine what year two of Janice Maple@realty might look like. If it is anything like year one, it will be filled with happy work, happy customers and lots of learning, laughing and growing.

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It’s My First Anniversary!

Thank you to everyone in my community for supporting me in my first year trading as I am so grateful for all the love and best wishes extended to me over the past 12 months.

I especially want to thank all those property owners (you know who you are!) who believed in me and trusted me to sell their home…without a shopfront, without a sales team behind me and most of all, without the high fees and marketing expenses!

It was a win-win for all of us!

By supporting me, you have also supported many women in our community. You have enabled me to establish and financially support a ‘not for profit’ initiative called Kindred Women Together…Learn Laugh Grow. ‘KWT’ has benefitted so many women over the past year, especially during this uncertain time when social connections have been extremely difficult to maintain.

Our ongoing vision for ‘KWT’ is to provide a safe space for like-minded women to come together, learn new things and have fun, all whilst forming new friendships and connections within our community. In the past year, we have connected over 300 women in various activities.

If you would like to see what we do and join in too, please visit our website www.kindredwomentogether.com or follow us on Instagram or Facebook All women welcome!

If you would like to have a chat with me about how I can work with you to sell your home, please call me on 0401 026 359.

YOUR LOCAL BANGALOW SPECIALIST

JANICE MAPLE

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7/19 TEAK ROAD FEDERAL PRICE $650,000 Perfect north east aspect with hinterland views

It’s in the bag

Land

3,916m2 + Council approved plans 0411 757 425 tim@millerrealestate.com.au millerrealestate.com.au

Open for Inspection

Byron Bay & Hinterland Property

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Belle Property • • • • • •

2/17 Marina Pl, Ballina. Sat 9–9.30am 254 Old Byron Bay Rd, Newrybar. Sat 10–10.30am 20A Killarney Cr, Skennars Head. Sat 10.30–110am 12 Megan Cr, Lennox Head. Sat 11–11.30am 18 Greenview Pl, Skennars Head. Sat 12–12.30pm 2 Bannister Crt, Bangalow. Sat 1–1.30pm

Byron & Beyond Real Estate • 2 Strand Ave, New Brighton. Sat 10–10.30am • 15 O’Rourke St, Cumbalum. Sat 12–12.30pm 56 Stuart St, Mullumbimby. Sat 10.30am

Byron Shire Real Estate • • • • • •

1 Tongarra Dr, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–10.30am 8 Short St, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11–11.30am 29 Warrambool Rd, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am 75 Orana Rd, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm 15 Riverside Dr, Mullumbimby. Sat 12–12.30pm 140 Dalley St, Mullumbimby. Sat 1–1.30pm

Byron Bay First National Real Estate • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

748 Federal Dr, Federal. Wed 12–12.30pm 1 Lychee Dr, Rosebank. Wed 1–1.30 pm 78 Lawson St, Byron Bay. Wed 1–1.30 pm 14 Roseview Rd, Mcleans Ridge. Wed 3–3.30pm 804 Main Arm Rd, Main Arm. Thu 10–10.30am 5 Palm–Lily Cr, Bangalow. Thu 11.30–12 pm 6 New City Rd, Mullumbimby. Fri 10–10.30am 97 Federal Dr, Eureka. Sat 9–9.30am 6/1 Wollumbin St. Byron Bay. Sat 9.30–10 am 14 Roseview Rd, Mcleans Ridge. Sat 10–10.30am 42 Waterford Pd, Skennars Head. Sat 10–10.30am 48 Myocum Ridge Rd, Myocum. Sat 10–10.30am 11/3 Sallywattle Dr, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am 94 Beech Dr, Suffolk Park. Sat 11–11.30am 2/69 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am 2E Pacific Vista Dr, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am

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3 Main St, Clunes. Sat 11–11.30am 119 Hunters Hill Rd, Corndale. Sat 11.30am–12 pm 4 Pacific Vista Dr, Byron Bay. Sat 11.30am–12 pm 6 New City Rd, Mullumbimby. Sat 12–12.30pm 9/18 Mahogany Dr, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm 549 Booyong Rd, Booyong. Sat 12–12.30pm 1 Lychee Dr, Rosebank. Sat 1–1.30pm 9 Natan Crt, Ocean Shores. Sat 1–1.30pm 135 Rocky Creek Dam Rd, Dunoon. Sat 1–1.30pm 5 Palm–Lily Cr, Bangalow. Sat 1.30–2pm 60 Massinger St, Byron Bay. Sat 2–2.30pm 748 Federal Dr, Federal. Sat 2–2.30pm

2/28 South Beach Rd, Brunswick Heads. Sat 9.30–10am 10 Newberry Pd, Brunswick Heads. Sat 9.30–10am 1/20 Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10–10.30am 22 Garden Ave, Mullumbimby. Sat 10.30–11am 2/48 Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am

Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/ Brunswick Heads • • • • • • • • • • • • •

9 Banool Cct, Ocean Shores. Sat 9–9.30am 23 River St, South Murwillumbah. Sat 9.30–10am 1/4 Roundhouse Pl, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–10.30am 38 William St, Murwillumbah. Sat. 10–10.30am 119 River St, South Murwillumbah. Sat 10.30–11am 10 McPherson Crt, Murwillumbah. Sat 11–11.30am 1 Point Lookout Chase, Murwillumbah. Sat 11–11.30am 10 Kooringa Crt, Ocean Shores. Sat 11.30am–12.30pm 1 Hunter St, Burringbar. Sat 12–12.30pm 61 Hunter St, Burringbar. Sat 12.30–1pm 28 Larelar Crt, Ocean Shores. Sat 12.30–1pm 2/15 Boondoon Cr, Ocean Shores. Sat 1–2pm 72/73–101 Darlington Dr, Banora Point. Sat 1.30–2.30pm

Real Estate of Distinction • • • •

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2 Namoi Glen, Ocean Shores 7 Yengarie Way, Ocean Shores 69 Argyle St, Mullumbimby 47 Andrew Ave, Pottsville 72/73–101 Darlington Dr, Banora Point

Auctions

37 Broadway, Burrringbar. Sat 10.30–11am 44 Waranga. Burringbar. Sat 11.30am–12pm 9 McLean Skennars Head. Sat 2–2.30pm 1787 Kyogle Rd, Uki. Sun 11–11.30am

Belle Property

Belle Property

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Harcourts Northern Rivers

• 12 Megan Cr, Lennox Head

Byron Bay & Hinterland Property

• 9 Mackay St, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am • 6 Highfield Tce, Cumbalum. Sat 12–12.30pm

Byron Bay First National Real Estate

• 56 Stuart St, Mullumbimby. Sat 11.30am

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Byron Shire Real Estate

144 The Warra Willows Rd, Burringbar. Sat 12–12.30pm

Fiona Johnson @Realty • 6/3 Newberry Pde, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11.30am–12pm • 3/88 Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores. Sat 1–1.30pm

Janice Maple @Realty • 32 Parrot Tree Pl, Bangalow. Sat 2.30–3.30pm

McGrath Byron Bay • • • • • • •

7/114 Bangalow Rd, Byron Bay. Wed 4.15–4.45pm 7/114 Bangalow Rd, Byron Bay. Sat 11.30am–12pm 22/3 Pecan Crt, Suffolk Park. Sat 10–10.30am 8/3 Pecan Crt, Suffolk Park. Sat 11–11.30am 2/10 Blueberry Crt, Byron Bay. Sat 11.30am–12pm 8 Charltons Rd, Federal. Sat 10–10.30am 6 Seaview St, Byron Bay. Tue 1–1.30pm

New Listings 8/11 Korau Pl, Suffolk Park 48 Myocum Ridge Rd, Myocum 37 Beech Lane, Wilsons Creek 40/11–19 Cooper St, Byron Bay 6/1 Wollumbin St. Byron Bay 119 Hunters Hill Rd, Corndale 4 Pacific Vista Dr, Byron Bay

Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/ Brunswick Heads • 33 Baromi Rd, Kynnumboon • 33 Beach Ave, South Golden Beach • 120 Balemo Dr, Ocean Shores

2/17 Marina Pl, Ballina. 27 Sept 9am onsite 12 Megan Cr, Lennox Head. 27 Sept 10am onsite 18 Greenview Pl, Skennars Head. 27 Sept 11am onsite 2 Bannister Crt, Bangalow. 27 Sept 12pm onsite 461 Goonengerry Rd, Montecollum. 27 Sept 2pm onsite

• 8 Short St, Brunswick Heads. Sat 3 Oct 11am onsite • 140 Dalley St, Mullumbimby. Sat 10 Oct 11am onsite.

Byron Bay First National Real Estate • • • • • • • •

748 Federal Dr, Federal. Thu 17 Sept 5pm onsite 6 New City Rd, Mullumbimby. Thu 17 Sept 94 Beech Dr, Suffolk Park. Thu 17 Sept 14 Roseview Rd, Mcleans Ridge. Sun 20 Oct 10am onsite 1 Lychee Dr, Rosebank. 10 Oct 1.30pm onsite 6/1 Wollumbin St. Byron Bay. 10 Oct 11am onsite 119 Hunters Hill Road, Corndale. 10 Oct 3pm onsite 4 Pacific Vista Dr, Byron Bay

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Built in 1908 this beautiful example of Edwardian architecture steeped in local history is one of the most beautiful period homes in the region. The architectural integrity of the house has been preserved and it retains all its original character and grace. There are 4 generous bedrooms, the master suite featuring an ensuite, a fireplace, original safe and built in robe.

Separate to the house, the original Maid’s Quarters are also fully serviced. The quality and craftsmanship built into the home is amazing. Coveted local Red Cedar was used extensively throughout the home, including all doors, windows, cabinetry and decorative features. There are 11ft pressed metal ceilings, four fireplaces, timber floors in every room and Art Nouveau leadlight windows and panels feature many times around the home. Register your interest for this rare property.

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This home offers a family friendly layout with great separation between the master suite, living areas and further four bedrooms. There is also a large storage room under the house, great shed , plenty of space for a granny flat (STCA) and a very handy location.

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8 Short Street, Brunswick Heads Tastefully renovated brick three-bedroom house with private tropical garden in one of Bruns’ best streets. Options galore with immaculate, approved self-contained studio with rear lane entry and income.

Plus office/garage with DA approval for conversion to 2 bed granny flat.

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15 Riverside Drive, Mullumbimby You can imagine a family loving this property. 4 generous bedrooms with built in robes, the main with ensuite and walk in robe. The ceilings are 9 ft allowing for plenty of light and air flow. The second living area is a great for space for the kids, so is the huge backyard!

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Exceptional Land Awaits Architectural Masterpiece 46.2 HA

• 200m stroll to Tallows Beach and a 5 minute walk from the Suffolk Park village

• 114 acres of both level and ridgeline topography • Approval for a superb architecturally designed residence • Sweeping panoramic views from the Lighthouse to the mountains • Conveniently located close to Byron, Brunswick Heads and Mullumbimby • Fully fenced, this low-maintenance acreage perfect for equestrian pursuits • Driveways in place to elevated build pad with north-west aspect • Detailed architect’s plans are available on request

Address:

8/11 Korau Place, Suffolk Park

Address:

48 Myocum Ridge Road, Myocum

Price:

$850,000 to $900,000

Price:

Expressions of Interest

Open:

By Appointment

Open:

Saturday, 12th September 10.00 – 10.30am

Enquiries:

Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

Enquiries:

Denzil Lloyd 0481 864 049, Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

• Located in sleepy beachside Suffolk Park • Open plan living area • Private paved courtyard surrounded by established trees • 3 sun-filled spacious bedrooms

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• Private and elevated unit with timber wrap-around balcony • Well maintained shared facilities including heated indoor pool • Beautiful established gardens • Plenty of natural light and lovely treed outlook • Air conditioner in the living/dining area; fans in living room and master bedroom • Lock up garage plus lower level store room • Walking distance to Byron Bay Centre and Tallows beach

• Located in central Byron Bay in an exclusive elevated quiet lane position • Panoramic views over the bay, to the hinterland and over National Park to Tallow Beach • Architecturally designed for privacy and to capture the breathtaking views • Relaxed open living rooms flow seamlessly to private outdoor living and pool areas • Wide decks for outdoor dining, entertaining and relaxing or sitting around the fire pit • First level living and verandas offer sensational beach, bay and sunset views • Beautiful, established ornamental and edible gardens feature in the generous yard

Address:

40/11–19 Cooper Street, Byron Bay

Address:

38 Paterson Lane, Byron Bay

Price:

$650,000 to $675,000

Price:

$4.3m

Open:

By Appointment

Open:

By Appointment

Enquiries:

Su Reynolds 0428 888 660, Luke Elwin 0421 375 635

Enquiries:

Su Reynolds 0428 888 660, Luke Elwin 0421 375 635

35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466

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‘Spring Hill’ via Federal – 40 Hectares (approx) 100 Acres 5

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• DECEASED ESTATE UNDER INSTRUCTONS FROM THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE • Prime frost free agricultural country • Solid original home plus adjoining granny flat • Huge machine sheds and separate self contained studio • Abundant spring fed water from dams and creek • Amazing alternate homesite offering privacy and panoramic views • First time offered in 50 years, Spring Hill – a Byron hinterland gem

• Privately positioned in the hills between Byron Bay and Lismore • New modern home with large open plan living, huge deck with amazing views • Modern kitchen with butler’s pantry • Parents retreat with private office/nursery • The 33 acres with macadamia trees in production • Bird life, platypus, wallabies and fish all at your doorstep • Quiet country lane position with calming outlook

Address:

748 Federal Drive, Federal

Address:

1 Lychee Drive, Rosebank

Auction:

Thursday, 17th September at 5pm- Unless Sold Prior

Auction:

Saturday, 10th October at 1.30pm onsite – Unless Sold Prior

Open:

Wednesday, 9th September 12.00 – 12.30pm Saturday, 12th September 2.00 – 2.30pm

Open:

Wednesday, 9th September 1.00 – 1.30pm Saturday, 12th September 1.00 – 1.30pm

Enquiries:

Greg Price 0412 871 500

Enquiries:

Greg Price 0412 871 500

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• Private, spacious family home located on a special block surrounded by nature • Generously proportioned with two large internal living areas • Large covered and open deck area overlooking the fenced yard and lake • Kitchen with island bench, large pantry, dishwasher & servery bar to deck • Master suite features ensuite, large walk in robe and access to the deck • An easy stroll to sports field, skate park, kids play area, community garden & shop • Excellent opportunity to buy in a great family friendly area, move in ready!

• Perched high on the hill overlooking Wilson River Valley

Address:

94 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park

Address:

14 Roseview Road, McLeans Ridges

Auction:

Price Guide $1.050m to $1.150m

Auction:

Sunday, 20th September at 10am – Unless Sold Prior

Open:

Saturday, 12th September 11.00am – 11.30am

Open:

Wednesday, 9th September 3.00 – 3.30pm Saturday, 12th September 10.00 – 10.30am

Enquiries:

Su Reynolds 0428 888 660, Luke Elwin 0421 375 635

Enquiries:

Greg Price 0412 871 500

35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466

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• Unobstructed northerly panoramas from gentle acreage • Big, bold and beautiful family home • Separate two bedroom granny flat • Low maintenance established grounds and gardens, self-sufficiency beckons • Rainforest pockets and loads of water for irrigation and pool

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GUESTHOUSE/BACKPACKERS FOR SALE SELLING FREEHOLD! BE YOUR OWN BOSS!

14 EWING ST LISMORE – INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT

So many options; owner-operators, investors, or social housing organisations We have a backpacker’s licence and a boarding house licence. In its current configuration the house has 9 bed rooms including 5 doubles, 1 twin, 2 singles and a girls-only dormitory which sleeps 3, with room to increase capacity.

The house is an historic building of 260m2 with high ceilings and large rooms. It is on a large block of 911 m2, with space for 2 car parking spaces and ample on street parking.

Buy yourself a well-paid, secure job, and meet people from all over the world.

• Successful well established lifestyle business • Consistently 90–95% occupancy • 3 brand new renovated bathrooms • Start earning $$$ immediately

For more info and photos go to: https://rb.gy/ckky5c

• Proven track record so you can be your own boss with a guaranteed income

Carefree Coastal Living, Skennars Head.

Aureus is the new gold standard in beachfront living, an exclusive coastal community within easy access to an array of amenities.

Featuring a future Neighbourhood Centre, with beachside dining, fresh food shopping and expansive parklands, everything you desire is all just moments from home.

This is a rare opportunity to recapture the balance between relaxed seaside living and uncompromising coastal luxury.

1300 899 701

• Turnover of over $85–100k+ per annum

Sales team available 7 days a week.

• Huge potential, in the CBD area of Lismore

Video conferencing available.

• Comfy manager’s accommodation on site

Registered land available soon.

Discover more at aureus.com.au

• The sale price is based on a WIWO basis at $539,000 negotiable and includes all fittings, furniture, equipment etc For sale by owner, contact Amanda Kenyon: 0428 969 954 or akenyon55@gmail.com

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Located in the friendly village of Clunes and walking distance to local shops and cafe is this lovely 3 bedroom character home circa 1950.

This charming older style home has lots of original features with some modern updates. There is plenty of scope to really open up the floor plan (STCA) and put your own stamp on this gem, but it is certainly move in ready and would be perfect for a young family.

The undercover deck is easily big enough to double as a perfect outdoor living/dining space.

Outside is a large level backyard with beautiful established trees.

The garden has been well maintained and there is plenty of room for a vege patch.

Situated just 20 minutes to Southern Cross University and Lismore Base Hospital, and only 30 minutes to Byron Bay.

“Aabi’s” presents a rare opportunity to own a beautiful luxury Byron Bay bed and breakfast. This could be your chance to live comfortably and work in paradise.

Approved as two (dual occupancy) 4 bedroom luxury B&Bs with shared resort style pool and outdoor relaxation areas. The dual occupancy could be strata subdivided (STCA) to two properties offering options for joint ventures.

With security entrance and 10 car parks plus a substantial managers residence, Aabi’s is set up, systemised and ready for the new owner to take over smoothly, live the Byron Bay lifestyle whilst enjoying the solid income this property offers. The property is only nine years old and is in immaculate condition.

Located in central Byron Bay on a beautiful, elevated north facing 1200m2 lot. A lovely outlook over town and such an easy walk to restaurants, shops and Main Beach.

Open: Saturday 12 September 11–11.30am Contact: Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698 First National Byron

Open:

By Appointment Contact: Su Reynolds 0428 888 660 First National Byron

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Brand new Industrial development in the heart of Byron Bay Don’t miss out on your chance to secure one of eight exclusive self-storage warehouses in Byron’s Arts & Industrial Estate.

The development will comprise of 8 strata-titled warehouses in a boutique complex which will include landscaped gardens, CCTV security cameras & fully fenced with electric gate.

Enjoy the ultimate work & lifestyle location, 200m from Stone & Wood Brewery, 3km from the Pacific Motorway & Byron Bay beach only minutes down the road.

• Each unit ranging from 115m2 to 169m2 is complete with • 4m x 3-4m wide electric roller door • Full width mezzanine floors • Air conditioning • Kitchenettes • Bathroom complete with shower & toilet Contact: Bryce Cameron Cape Byron Property - 0412 057 672

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• Quiet convenient location with just a short stroll to cafe and South Golden Beach

• Fully renovated with modern finishes - Ease of living, clean and tranquil sanctuary

• Generous open plan living area plus additional lounge room

• Custom-built kitchen with induction cooktop and dishwasher

• Master bedroom features large walk in robe and ensuite

• New reverse cycle ducted air con throughout, all bedrooms with built-ins & fans

• Undercover patio area with plenty of space for alfresco dining

• Private yard, ideal for entertaining, single lock up garage with internal access

• 20 minutes to Byron Bay

• Easy access to local cafes, shops and schools

Address: Price: Open: Enquiries:

Address: Price: Open: Enquiries:

9 Natan Court, Ocean Shores $900,000 to $950,00 Saturday, 12th September 1.00 – 1.30pm Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698, Sally Green 0488 030 116

1/9 Sunrise Boulevard, Byron Bay $770,000 – $800,000

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ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415

INDEX Accountants & Bookkeepers.............................. 41 Acupuncture ....................................................... 41 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration ...................... 41 Antennas & Installation ..................................... 41 Antiques/Restoration ......................................... 41 Appliance Repair ................................................ 41 Architects ............................................................ 41 Automotive ......................................................... 41 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters .................. 41 Bricklaying .......................................................... 41 Building Trades ................................................... 41 Bush Regen & Weed Control .............................. 42 Carpet Cleaning .................................................. 42 Chimney Sweeps................................................. 42 Chiropractic......................................................... 42 Cleaning .............................................................. 42 Computer Services ............................................. 42 Concreting & Paving ........................................... 42 Counselling ......................................................... 42 Decks, Patios & Extensions ................................ 42 Dentists ............................................................... 42 Design & Drafting ............................................... 42 Driveway Maintenance ...................................... 42 Earthmoving & Excavation ................................ 42 Electricians .......................................................... 42 Fencing ................................................................ 42 Floor Sanding & Polishing ................................. 42 Flooring ............................................................... 42 Garden & Property Maintenance ...................... 42 Garden Design .................................................... 42 Gas Suppliers ...................................................... 43 Graphic Design ................................................... 43 Handypersons ..................................................... 43 Health .................................................................. 43 Hire ...................................................................... 43 Kitchens ............................................................... 43 Landscape Design .............................................. 43 Landscape Supplies............................................ 43 Landscaping ....................................................... 43 Locksmith ............................................................ 43 Osteopathy.......................................................... 43 Painting ............................................................... 43 Pest Control ......................................................... 43 Photography ....................................................... 43 Physiotherapy ..................................................... 43 Picture Framing .................................................. 43 Picture Hanging .................................................. 43 Plastering ............................................................ 43 Plumbers ............................................................. 43 Pools .................................................................... 43 Removalists ......................................................... 43 Roofing ................................................................ 44 Rubbish Removal ................................................ 44 Self Storage ......................................................... 44 Septic Systems .................................................... 44 Solar Installation ................................................ 44 Tiling .................................................................... 44 Tree Services ....................................................... 44 Tuition ................................................................. 44 Upholstery .......................................................... 44 Valuers ................................................................. 44 Veterinary Surgeons .......................................... 44 Water Filters ........................................................ 44 Water Supplies .................................................... 44 Wedding Services ............................................... 44 Welding ............................................................... 44 Window Cleaning ............................................... 44 Window Tinting................................................... 44 www.echo.net.au/byron-echo Byron Shire Echo archives

BOOKKEEPING, BAS, payroll, hubdoc, etc. Serving N. Rivers since 2007. D Evans .......0432 176091 TAX AGENT Graeme Toohill graeme@saltwateraccountancy.com.au .................................66874746 BECK THE BOOKKEEPER Xero, MYOB, BAS, Payroll, COVID-19 assistance .....................02 66084372

ACUPUNCTURE

UNWANTED CARS

6684 5296 BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 .................................66802444

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis..................................................66842559 MARLENE FARRY Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine marlenefarry.com ..............66842400

LOCAL

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

SUNSCREENS

ACUPUNCTURE & acupressure massage. Ph Dr. Derek Doran .......................................0414 478787

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION 1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

66 680 0 8862

FREE E MEASURE E QUOTE E

CURTAINS

PLANTATION SHUTTERS

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AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

PLEASE CALL 6680 9394 artisanair.com.au AU 37088

Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services

Lic 246545C

– Sales – Installation – Repairs – All Commercial Refrigeration – Residential & Commercial Airconditioning – Coolroom Design & Construction – Freezer Rooms

6684 2783

45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492

COMPASS CURTAINS

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

0439 624 945

AH

23 years and going strong!

Custom made curtains, blinds and decor items We come to you, wherever you are: Byron, Lismore, The Clarence and beyond…

0435 954 212

compassinteriors@optusnet.com.au

YOUR LOCAL BLIND MAN at North Byron Blinds .................................................. Amos 0404 421518

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).

• RELIABLE TRADESMAN • DECKS & PERGOLAS • TIMBER SCREENS & DOORS • GARAGE CONVERSIONS

02 66 804 173

LICENCE NUMBER 344531C

Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

IWIRE

ANTENNAS

• New digital antennas * • Reception NO FIX NO CHARGE problems For fast service call • Extra TV outlets

0402 022 111

David Levine iwireantennas.com.au

ROLL BLINDS

Barbara Wilson

COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753 RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C.....................0487 264137

AWNINGS

SPECIALISTS IN HOM E AUTOM ATION

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SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

ALL CARPENTRY WORK FULLY INSURED

NSW Lic. 83568c Qld BSA 1238105

• Floor installations • Door & Window installations • Decks & Pergolas 0488 950 638 matt.rowan.wardle@gmail.com • Alterations

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705 ANTENNAS PLUS. TV, WiFi, Electrical. Reliable. Call Norm ............................................0422 668582

ANTIQUES/RESTORATION FURNITURE RESTORATION Old/antique. 40+ yrs exp. erwinfurniturerestoration.com 0412 528454

APPLIANCE REPAIR DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786

Lic: 317362C

Licensed builder, specialising in Bathroom renovations.

COFFEE MACHINE SERVICE & REPAIR coffeetechbyron.com.au Phone Stuart ............0407 395263

ARCHITECTS OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au ..............................................66855001

AUTOMOTIVE

0417 654 888

Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

www.stoneysbuildingcreations.com

Complete Home Maintenance Solutions • Tyres • Batteries • Wheel Alignments MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

Bathroom and Kitchen Renovations • General Carpentry • Timber Decks • Home Maintenance RAY GOUGH 0477 005 144 completehome_1@bigpond.com

Lic. 266174C

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

BOOKKEEPER Local and reliable .................................. barbarasbookkeeping.com.au 0402 118649

CASH PAID FOR

DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998 BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242 BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420 HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C ...............................................0432 565060 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162 CARPENTER HANDYMAN FB Greg’s Handyman Services Byron Bay Lic No 1039897....0414 109595 LELAND CARPENTRY All carpentry – small renovation specialist (under $5K) Jesse ...0458 968290

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For North Coast news online visit

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173

COUNSELLING

RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355 WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns – bindii weeds – Army worms – grass grubs .....0418 110714 COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING Get unstuck & reclaim life purpose. TracieAnne.com .. 0437 174804 JP ELECTRICAL All electrical. Level 2 ASP. Solar, data + TV. Lic 133082C .......................0432 289705 EAST COAST BUSH REGENERATION Tree planting, weed control. Call Rossco Faithfull.0409 157695 JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

CARPET CLEANING FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Timber & deck oiling, coating, stripping. Fast free quotes .....0419 789600 THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690

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

DENTISTS DESIGN & DRAFTING

CHIROPRACTIC

BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ..............................66855282

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0422 207299

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

FLOORING

Coast to Country Asphalt Specialising in

CLEANING

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

THE TIMBER FLOORING SPECIALISTS NEW DISPLAY 10 Dudgeons lane, Bangalow T 6687 2483 | M 0410 406 334

• Asphalt Driveways • Sub-divisions • Earthworks • Carparks • and all Maintenance!

actionjoewindow@gmail.com

• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & yscreens • Water efďŹ cient • Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 0409 207 646 or 0412 495750

• Window Cleaning • Screens & Tracks • Pressure Washing • House •Roof • Paths • Solar

www.byroneco.com.au

Quality Exterior Refinishing Roof & Pressure Cleaning Roof Painting Deck Oiling

For a Free Quote Call Now

0467 482 948

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ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

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EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

Contact Vadi: 0404

TINY EARTHWOR

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437 livingearthgardens.com.au

various implements available for limited access projects

WILSONS

5 Stars

978 383

Acreage & Residential Mowing | Gardening Fire Hazard Reduction | Landscaping | TurďŹ ng Brush Cutting | Tip Runs | Fully Insured

0409 799 909

Phone Oliver 0419 789 600

Excavation & Plant Hire

Specialising in Driveway Construction & Maintenance

CLEANING SERVICE

• Tip Trucks 3 to 12 Tonne • Excavators 5 & 21 Tonne • Posi Track Loader • Driveways • Roads • Cleaning • Civil Works • House Pads • Drainage • Carparks • Bush Rocks • Rock Walls • Water Truck

Training & Assessment: Earthmoving Plant & Forklift

CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring

Nationally Recognised QualiďŹ cations

Phone Mick 0409 009 024

admin@wilsonexcavationsandtruckhire.com.au Byron Bay 0427 663 678 or 0452 400 565

Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

5.5 TONNE EXCAVATOR, POSITRACK & TIPPER HIRE

Window Cleaning Professionals

Specialising in road works, land clearing, retaining walls and general earthworks.

Augers and rock grab available.

Call Glenn or Tracey 0403 428 232 email: impresswindowcleaning@gmail.com Reliable • Friendly • Professional • Fully Insured • Free Quotes • Affordable Rates Flyscreen Repairs • Locally Owned & Operated • Quality Work • Over 15 Years Exp

EXPERIENCED OPERATORS | FREE QUOTES 0432 299 283

DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated ..0410 723601 NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, mini excavator, cable locating.0402 716857 BEYOND CLEANING GROUP Quality focused. Brunswick to Ballina from $39.60ph .....0451 102239 ALEX EXCAVATION 3.5T Zero Swing excavator & bobcat loader & 5T Tipper Rock Grab 0417 920300 PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330 EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE 300mm, 450mm augers & concreting Lic#143161C. Steve . 0431 678130 ECO-FRIENDLY Immaculate, local cleaner. 10+ yrs exp. Exc refs. Domestic/commercial..0449 173056

ELECTRICIANS

COMPUTER SERVICES CONCRETING & PAVING

0439 624 945

AH

02 66 804 173

Domestic Commercial

CONCRETING DARYL 0418 234 302

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting.

Residential • Civil • Industrial

Lic.136717c

SALISBURY

ALL AROUND

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

0434 329 111

Don’t waste your weekends cleaning your gutters!

Let us take care of them for you! • Professional & friendly service

Call Phil & Rheu 0480 286 276 or 1300 654 253 www.guttervac.com.au

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394 GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839 A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697 A.C.E. LAWNMOWING & GARDENING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed. Ph Sam.......0438 655763 LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, tree maintenance .....................0402 487213 PAUL’S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow.........0422 958791 A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ................0405 716552 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772 RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, pool service ...0424 805660 GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442

0424 876 155

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• Paving • Stonework • Timber work • Retaining wall • Garden maintenance • Planting • TurďŹ ng • Mulching • Hedging • Lawns

BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109

Call Daniel

FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATIONS. Lic 155456C. Ph Andrew.........................0401 968173

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

nichollselectrical@outlook.com

CONCRETING

PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788

All Jobs Small or Large

Lic: 154293c

BETTER CALL SAUL The Mac Doctor. Repairs. Upgrades. Used Macs.............................0411 562111

THE BYRON BAY GARDEN & LANDSCAPING COMPANY Structural Landscaping

• Wet/dry Vacuum cleaning • Safety trained & fully insured

24 HOUR SERVICE

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335

Lic No. 337066C

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS

Philip Toovey

fullcirclerefinishing.com

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

BORRELL DESIGN Drafting & design. Commercial, retail, residential, shop fit-outs .....0412 043463 THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690

WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman...66858553

Free Quotes

FENCING

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448 FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au Ph .0431 678608

Byron Bay

BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408 CIRCUITS PLUS. For everything electrical in Byron Shire. Lic 201844c ..........................0422 668582

BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE .......................................................................66851264

CHIMNEY SWEEPING

0434 539 979

BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816 E4 ELECTRICAL SERVICES Lic 116621c. Solutions made E4 EASY! Phone Jamie ..........0410 502060

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

Call

SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477

GW GARDEN MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, trees & hedges, trailer ..............0408 244820 A1 RUBBISH REMOVAL AND TIP RUNS. 9m3 trailer. Same day service. Best rates .....0413 289443 LAWN MOWING rubbish removal, hedge trimming. Mullum, Bruns, Ocean Shores. Mark ..0437 343348

GARDEN DESIGN www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au FENG SHUI / GARDEN DESIGN .........................Lyn 0428 884329

North Coast news daily in Echonetdaily www.echo.net.au

Service Directory GAS SUPPLIERS

PICTURE FRAMING

• DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791 to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental

ALL-WAYS PAINTING BYRON BAY

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed • Attention to detail

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

GRAPHIC DESIGN

PICTURE HANGING

PROFESSIONAL PICTURE HANGING, also display of art and objects. Phone Lenny ....0407 031294

Lic No 189144C

Free Delivery Reliable

PAINTING

PLASTERING

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

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SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001

Print | Branding | Social Media | Websites | Graphic Design

HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 www.duluxaccredited.com.au

X 6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

THE HANDYMAN CAN All home maintenance, repairs, painting, odd jobs etc .............0427 110953 GOOD NEWS HANDYMAN Carpentry, home renovations/repairs etc. Jesse..................0458 968290

HEALTH • OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture,

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ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002 REMEDIAL MASSAGE: Deep tissue, sports, relaxation. HICAPS avail. Aaron Ovens ......0408 707304

HIRE

NEIL A McINTOSH

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR • PLASTER REPAIRS • WALLPAPERING CLEAN & TIDY • ALWAYS ON TIME • ALL AREAS Mobile: 0421 938 104 – 465 Uralba Road, Uralba

ABN 48867459605 Lic 33995C

PAINTER

Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy

EAST COAST PILATES STUDIO Brunswick Heads Ph Judy .............................................0408 110006

Lic 167371C

HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael ........0421 896796

MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003

Mark Wopling

ABN 31 490 733 798 LIC 203196C

KITCHENS

Painting & Decorating

24 years experience

D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery. Lic 283553C. www.hinged.com.au .......................Dave 0409 843689

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Accredited

Chay 0429 805 081 20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

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

New Builds Hot Water Renovations Maintenance

QUALIFIED • INSURED • LOCAL • FREE QUOTES 7KH À QLVKLQJ WRXFK WR \RXU KRPH

Mob: 0409 451 518

mwoplingpainting@hotmail.com

PLUMBERS • DRAINERS • GASFITTERS

AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ................................................ 0413 185399 or 66841249 BEAU JARDIN Landscape plans & horticultural consultations. beaujardin.com.au .................0417 054443 BYRONBAYPAINTINGSERVICES.COM.AU – Reliable. Quality work. Ph .....................1300 255 724 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Garden Design & Property Planning. Andrew Pawsey ..........0478 519804 ALL WAYS PAINTING NORTHERN RIVERS. Qualified, insured, clean. 0413 401907 or 66805015

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

Licence No. 207479C

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING

A.S.A.P. All renos, carpentry, plastering, painting, studios & bathrooms .......................0405 625697 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417

PLUMBERS

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

PEST CONTROL

license no 322340C

HANDYPERSONS

YVES DE WILDE

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025 BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035 ADM PLUMBING SERVICES‌ (NO JOB TOO SMALL)‌ Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

• Sand • Soils • Gravels • Pots & statues • Lots, lots more

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

LANDSCAPING

Professional Property Protection you can Trust • Targeted treatments for all pests with “no sprayâ€? cockroach treatments • If you have found live termites, do not disturb them and call us for advice!

No cost for quoting on active termites Relax, when safety, reputation and experience matters, we are the experts

6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

02 6681 6555

POOLS

ATTENTION POOL OWNERS • All pool requirements • Professional advice • Water testing • Friendly service • Pool servicing 73 Station St, Mullumbimby (opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003

Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS www.allpestsolutions.com.au THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714 BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

Shaun Savage Landscapes Established 2008 ~ Lic No: 247282c

Specialising in: • Retaining Walls • Pool Surrounds • Block Work • Paving • TurďŹ ng • Stonework 20 Years Experience

0405 594 288

LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853 ALL ASPECTS landscaping, green waste & tree removal. Lic #143161C. Ph Phil ...........0499 359702

LOCKSMITH

PHOTOGRAPHY

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional • Commercial • Personal 30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518

PHYSIOTHERAPY

NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288 Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148 ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri.....................................66857517 PETRA KARNI PHYSIOTHERAPY & Craniosacral, Manual Therapy, TMJ. Suffolk Park. Ph...0403 226858

OSTEOPATHY

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MULLUM POOL SHOP Water testing, eco products, mobile service, construction/repairs....0418 666839

REMOVALISTS

Andy’s Move & More

Small & Medium Moves, Pianos, Artworks, Tip Runs, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby Calls always returned

0429149 533 Est 2006

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

• Freight services to Brisbane weekly • Carriers of ďŹ ne art • Furniture removal • E-bay pick up & delivery

0409 917646

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LEAPFROG REMOVALS

Juno Energy is your local authorised LG energy specialist offering solar and battery solutions for your business & home

Patrick - 0425 256 802

BYRON BAY’S LOCAL REMOVALIST MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

www.junoenergy.com.au licence number: 255292C

0432 334 200 02 6680 8170

0401 208 797

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66813140 or 0417 698227

• Best Price Promise • Highest Quality Products • 10 Year Installation Workmanship Guarantee • 5 Year Annual Onsite Cleaning and Maintenance included

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PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist................................................0414 186161 BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852 MARTINO TREE SERVICES ..............................................................................Martino 0435 019524

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LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + stump grinding. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes.0402 487213

1800 88 68 77 firstsunsolar.com.au 268 Ewingsdale Road, Byron Bay

A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES................................... Happy to help. Andrew..0412 558890 PROBLEM CAMPHORS and woody weeds removed. No fuss-green waste, lantana too! ..0478 779650 Lic. 258112C

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BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999 MAN WITH A TALL VAN Furniture removal services. $60 an hour. Call Evan .................0410 120777

ROOFING

0435 791 129 info@eastpointpower.com.au www.eastpointpower.com.au

Solar. OďŹ&#x20AC;-Grid. Electrical.

Solar designed by Electricians NOT Salesmen DOMESTIC â&#x20AC;˘ INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 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

ROOFING

Craig Montgomery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0418 870 362 Email: montysmetalrooďŹ ng@gmail.com www.montysmetalrooďŹ ng.com.au

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

No Money Down Finance Options.

10 Year Workmanship Guarantee

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THIS IS RUBBISH Tipper truck for hire. Call or text Jono ...............................................0412 871438

SELF STORAGE

BBSS

Mon to Fri 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5pm

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255

VALUERS SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential,

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976

TILE & GROUT CLEANING

Servicing the Far North Coast for 20Â years.

Free quotes. Experienced local technicians.

ChemDryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patented cleaning systems.

VETERINARY SURGEONS MULLUM VET CLINIC: Richard Gregory, Bec Willis, Mark Sebastian â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After hours avail ...66843818 NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICES Dr Lauren Archer .................................................66840735

WATER FILTERS

WINTER SPECIAL:

Every 5th m2 FREE

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ..............................0472 622980

The Water Filter Experts

TREE SERVICES

for home, commercial and rural properties

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 MAN WITH UTE. RETHINK REUSE RECYCLE. Ph Mark ................................................0411 113300

UPHOLSTERY

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD regâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232 A1 RUBBISH REMOVAL AND TIP RUNS. 9m3 trailer. Same day service. Best rates .....0413 289443

HARMONIUM TUITION, REPAIRS, SALES. Contact Alice.............................................0427 423723

Visit www.sunconnectsolar.com.au to get a free energy assessment

0408 232 066

RUBBISH REMOVAL

TUITION

Mullumbimby & The Northern Rivers 0424 652208 | dean@sunconnectsolar.com.au

TILING

RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL NEW ROOFS / RE-ROOFS INSULATED ROOF PANELS FASCIA & GUTTERS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

OUT ON A LIMB outonalimbtreeservices.wordpress.com Call Lucas ..........................0402 191316 VERTEX TREE SERVICE vertextrees.com ....................................................................0428 715886

MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813

MONTYS METAL

ALL AREAS OF THE NORTHERN RIVERS & SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND

â&#x20AC;˘ Professional Tree Removal, Surgery & Maintenance â&#x20AC;˘ Stump Grinding â&#x20AC;˘ Weed Control â&#x20AC;˘ Arborist Reporting & Consultancy â&#x20AC;˘ EWP Cherry Picker Hire â&#x20AC;˘ Mulching of Green Waste â&#x20AC;˘ 24 Hour Emergency Call-Out â&#x20AC;˘ Professional, Reliable Service

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES The Fully Insured Professionals

â&#x20AC;˘ Stump Grinding â&#x20AC;˘ Bobcat â&#x20AC;˘ Cherrypicker â&#x20AC;˘ Crane Truck â&#x20AC;˘ 18â&#x20AC;? Chipper Mark Linder QualiďŹ ed Arborist 0408 202 184 choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

BYRON BAY SELF STORAGE

WATER SUPPLIES TRIDENT WATER Remote access delivery, 4WD water truck. Northern Rivers & surrounds ..0412 580 564

WEDDING SERVICES WILD WEDDINGS BYRON BAY. Life Celebrant, Jeni Gonzalez ......................................0407 629770

WELDING

Self storage with security. Largest choice of sizes.

WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, General, Repairs: Steel, Aluminium & Stainless ..0408 410545

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

CLEAN VIEW Prompt, professional, insured. Phone David .............................................0421 906460

Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

Lic 312643C

8-10 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industrial Estate www.byronbayselfstorage.com.au | 6685 8349 | bbss@westnet.com.au

Sales Installation Service

Northern Rivers Pty Ltd

WINDOW CLEANING WINDOW TINTING PRUNING ~ REMOVALS ~ STUMP GRINDING â&#x20AC;˘ 20 years local knowledge and experience â&#x20AC;˘ Fully insured / free quotes â&#x20AC;˘ 19 inch chipper â&#x20AC;˘ Bobcat â&#x20AC;˘ Cherry picker â&#x20AC;˘ Crane truck

www.harttreeservices.com.au

SUNRISE W. T. 3/19-21 Centennial Cct, Byron. Cars, homes, offices, etc. High quality ..0412 158478 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009

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0418 754 149 â&#x20AC;˘ 07 5523 9930

â&#x20AC;˘ 1300 Taylex â&#x20AC;˘ www.talex.com.au

TRINE SOLUTIONS Local sewerage specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fitters. Lic 138031C. 0407 439805 NEWT wastewater treatment. Septic design, upgrades, maint & intall. Lic 207479C............... 0429 805081

SOLAR INSTALLATION Pioneers of the solar industry

Serving Northern NSW since 1998

Call us on 6679 7228

Your local, qualiďŹ ed team. m 0428 320 262 Specialists in standalone & e sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com grid interact system designs.

Electric Lic 124600c

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Classifieds INDEX Annual General Meetings .45 Birthdays ...........................46 Caravans...........................45 For Sale ............................45 Garage Sales ....................45 Halls For Hire ....................45 Health Notices ..................45

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS – 6684 1777 CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGS

DEADLINE TUES 12PM

PHONE ADS

Publication day is Wednesday, booking deadlines are the day before publication.

6684 1777 AT THE ECHO HEAD OFFICE

Ads may be taken by phone on

Ads can be lodged in person at the Mullum Echo office:

In Memoriam.....................46

Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby

Motor Vehicles ..................45

EMAIL ADS

Musical Notes ...................46 Only Adults .......................46 Pets ...................................46 Personal ............................46

CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK!

Echo Classies also appear online in Echonetdaily – echo.net.au/classified-ads

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 classies (box ads): adcopy@echo.net.au Line classies: classifieds@echo.net.au

DISPLAY ADS (with a border): $12.50 per column centimetre

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.

These prices include GST.

Cash, cheque, Mastercard or Visa Prepayment is required for all ads.

Positions Vacant ...............46 Professional Services .......45 Public Notices ...................45 Social Escorts ...................46 To Let ................................46 Tradework .........................45 Tree Services ....................45 Tuition................................46

BYRON TWILIGHT MARKET Every Saturday 4 – 9 pm RAILWAY PARK, BYRON BAY

byroncentre.com.au

Wanted..............................45 Wanted To Lease ..............45 Wanted To Rent ................46 Work Wanted ....................46

HYPATIA’S LEGACY

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

CHAKRA SONG

What’s stopping you loving your voice?

How can you unblock your song?

Time to take back control of your voice.

To restart with a new song–your song.

Chakra Song is a way to find your voice.

Brunswick Heads, Tues & Thurs Small COVID Safe groups email: ByronBaySinging@gmail.com

GROUP SINGING

Group singing classes for confidence, fun Brunswick Heads Tues & Thurs Small COVID Safe groups email: ByronBaySinging@gmail.com

AGMs

HYPNOSIS & NLP

TRADEWORK

AMITAYUS HOME HOSPICE SERVICE AGM Monday 14 September 7pm at Ewingsdale Hall.

New members very welcome. info@amitayus.org.au Ph 0401081713

COVID blues, anxiety, depression and isolation.

Weight gain, alcohol abuse.

Need Help?

Call Wendy today.

3EPTIC 7ASTE 2EMOVAL

BRUNSWICK SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB AGM. Sun 20 Sep 2pm at the Clubhouse.

All welcome.

BANGALOW BRANCH CWA AGM will be held at A&I Hall, Bangalow, Wed 14 Oct at 9.30am. All members are invited to attend.

PROF. SERVICES

DENTURES

David Lovejoy

People may not be time-travellers, but books are. A dangerous book from ancient Alexandria arrives in the present. US $15 + postage from: www.blurb.com/b/10221196hypatia-s-legacy

BANGALOW FLEA MARKET AND GARAGE SALE

SATURDAY 12th September TO BOOK / ENQUIRE

CALL/TXT 0490 335 498 Free parking in Bangalow Showgrounds via Market St. COME AND BROWSE FOR A BARGAIN

BANGALOW PRIMARY SCHOOL

WATERNSW Notice of Application to AMEND a Combined Approval (Water Supply Work and Water Use) WaterNSW has received an application from Electra Marian Resta Jensen for a new pump, with a capacity of 4 L/S, on Numulgi Creek, Coopers Creek water source, subject to Richmond River Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2010, and water use of irrigation located at Lot 2 DP 539905, parish Dunoon county Rous.

Objections must be submitted in writing to PO Box 1400 GRAFTON NSW 2460 or water.advertising@waternsw.com.au.

Objections must specify the grounds of the Objection and contain the name, address and signature (or authentication) of the Objector. All Objections should reference Application Number A024594. Objections must be lodged with WaterNSW within 28 days of this Notice, please refer to the NSW Water Register (“closing date” column) for the final date to lodge an Objection. You may use the Objection form www.waternsw.com.au/advertising-and-objections. For enquiries contact Mark Campbell Senior Water Regulation officer, on 1300 662 077 or the above email.

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LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

0497 090 233

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HALLS FOR HIRE BRUNSWICK HEADS SCOUT HALL for hire during school term. Avail full/half day Wed 8-5, Tues/Thurs 5.30pm-9.30pm.

Email: scouts2483hallhire@gmail.com COORABELL HALL WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES 66871307 www.coorabellhall.net

HYPNOSIS & EFT Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma.

Maureen Bracken 0402205352

KINESIOLOGY

TREE SERVICES

A VERY HANDY MAN

Clear subconscious sabotages.

Reprogram patterns and beliefs.

Restore vibrancy and physical health. De-stress.

Ph 0403125506 SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract.

Covering all aspects of tree work and tree stump removal (stump grinding)

HAWAIIAN MASSAGE Ocean Shores, Michaela, 0416332886

Call Andrew Wilson 0412 558 890

TREE SERVICES

Experienced climber • Insured • Licensed FREE QUOTES HAPPY TO HELP

After hours & emergency service available

PURA VIDA

WELLNESS CENTRE Brunswick Heads COLON HYDROTHERAPY HYPERBARIC OXYGEN FAR INFRARED SAUNA REMEDIAL MASSAGE + more 66850498

Stem Cell

0402 364 852

20 years local experience

Ph: 0418 187 268

• 19 inch chipper • Stump grinding • Cherry picker • Crane truck • Bob Cat

Fully insured • Free quotes

0427 347 380

Mon 6–7pm Hatha slow flow Wed 9.15–10.15am Barre Fusion Wed 6–7.15pm YIn Rejuv Yoga Mon 10–11.30am Yogalates Mon 6–7.15pm Yogalates Wed 6–7pm Hatha Slow Flow Special book in for a month @ $95.00 either or try all classes 0432 047 221 yogalates.com.au

WANTED LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

FOR SALE

BAMBOO PLANTS: clumping, screening, hedging, flowering gingers, bromeliads.

Close to Mullum. 0458535760 DAVID LOVEJOY’S BOOKS Available from The Echo reception: Between Dark and Dark, a memoir; Moral Victories, the biography of a chess player; Heresy, an historical novel.

ALL JUST $10 each.

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617

FIREWOOD • Fence posts • Poles • Sleepers • Sawn timber Kings Creek, Mullumbimby Mark 0427 490 038

ORCHID SALE 6 Pandanus Court Brunswick Heads Fri 11th & Sat 12th Sept 9am–4pm Plenty of quality plants

POP UP TABLEWARE SALE

• Arborist • 15” Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Fully Insured Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

6681 3140 Mobile 0417 698 227

UNIT 1/42 RAJAH, O/S. Sat from 8am.

H/hold, toys, tools, furniture, camping/ fishing, clothing, office furn, tinny BIG SPRING MOVE. New & used appliances, clothes, bric-a-brac, kimonos, tea, lemonade & cake! 8am–1pm, 41 Brushbox Dr, Mullumbimby HUGE COMMUNITY garage sale/flea market. Bangalow Public School. Sat 12 September. Text 0490335498 for details.

CLEARING SALE 156 Repentance Creek Rd, Goonengerry. 12 Sep, 8am– 2pm. Fitters hand tools etc, farm, camping, h/hold, disability eqpt, pump & motors.

LADIES DESIGNER FASHION, kids clothes, shoes, trucker caps. 2/47 Shelley Drive Byron Bay, Sat 12 Sep, 8am–1pm 5 INDERWONG AVE, O/S 7.30am–12.

Sat. Massive with something for everyone NEW & USED bedding, clothing, Shibori fabrics. 8am–12, 39 Queen St, Mullum

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal 0408 210 772 CARAVANS

Ph: 6685 1709 Social distancing applies

Bangalow

Suffolk Park

GARAGE SALES

s 3EPTIC TANK CLEANING s 'REASE TRAP SERVICING s /ILY ,IQUIDS s 0ORTABLE TOILET HIRE s HOUR SERVICE

Mon-Wed, by appointment Thurs/Fri 8am to 4pm | Sat, 8am to 3pm

All natural Non invasive Patches

Yoga Yogalates or Barre

4HE ,IQUID 7ASTE 3PECIALISTS

• FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

Activation

Beginners Courses

Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

GUITARS, RECORDS, HI FI valiantmusic.com.au 66851005

6684 4421

MIELE WASHERS

3UMMERLAND %NVIRONMENTAL

TRACTOR: KUBOTA 3150 HSD fitted with mid-mounted 72 inch rotary mower.

As new with 290 hours on clock; plus Wallenstein BX 32 3 point hitch wood chipper. $20,000 ono. Based at Friday Hut Rd Tintenbar. Ph 02 66878909.

HEALTH

POOL TABLE 8x4’, royal blue felt plus all balls & cues, immaculate condition, very heavy, Mullum. $2,100. 0419390498

100’s of plates, bowls, cutlery, glassware, serviettes, boards etc.

• Conservative and quirky.

• Almost new – only ever used as props in food photography for magazines, advertising, cookbooks and tv.

Saturday 12 Sept – Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre. 55 Dalley St

CARAVANS We buy, sell & consign.

All makes & models.

0408 758 688

MOTOR VEHICLES

WANTED!

GOOD, CLEAN CARS FOR $$ CASH $$ BARGAINS

ballinacarcentre.com.au

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

Ballina Car Centre

DLN 19950

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274

WANTED TO LEASE ACCESS TO ACREAGE, dwelling or not.

Prefer 2x2 or 3x3 or similar. Substantial security deposit OK. Pls call 0423218417

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Classifieds TO LET CENTRAL BYRON large 3bdrm 2bthrm SLUG 2-storey duplex. Big decks, 5mins walk to town/beach $780pw. 0409983046

LOCAL REMOVAL & backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 Summerland Storage Bangalow From $105 to $290 mth Call GNF Bangalow 66872833 LOOKING TO RENT A HOME in a safe, quiet environment, close to town centre. Inspect this home today at Glen Villa Resort, 80 Butler Street, Byron Bay. $595pw, conditions apply.

LARGE ROOM in tranquil Ocean Shores house with built-in-robe, ceiling fans, native gardens, 2 bath & separate toilet. respectful share with 1F & 1M. Close to shops & bus. $220pw & 2 weeks bond.

Sorry no pets. N/S. Ph Elly 0435725717 BANGALOW, SMALL HOUSE to rent, part furnished. Washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, refrigerator. No outgoings.

Carpets and tiles, large shower. Suit 1 person, male or female. No drugs, no smoking. $465pw. New house. Ph 0402061110

RESIDENTIAL Brunswick Heads 3 bed 2 bth $990 Mullumbimby 4 bed 2 bth $695 2 bed unit contact agent Middle Pocket 3 bed 2 bth $770 L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

WANTED TO RENT GRANNY FLAT/STUDIO Local man in full time employment. Excellent refs, bond/ deposit, in Byron Shire. 0401522150 CLEAN AND RELIABLE FAMILY of five looking for a property to rent, long-term, in Byron. 3–4bdr. Any info will be really appreciated. 0437771849 QUALIFIED bush regenerator seeks land for self-sufficient relocatable home within 15 mins of coast. Clean, quiet, n/s, d/f, non-drinking, pet-free. Recently qualified in aged care and disabilities support. 11 years of perfect local rental history, always on time & paid in full. 0466443863

POSITIONS VACANT JOIN THE ADVENTURE as an adult leader of Scouts and Cubs at Brunswick Heads. Receive great training and outdoor certification in kayaking, abseiling, orienteering etc. Assist young people to reach their goals. Other volunteering positions also available. A WWCC is a requirement. Ph Cherie about starting your adventure on 0407855273 or email cherie.bromley@scouts.nsw.com.au

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LONG-TERM JOB No travellers. Experienced gardener 5 days pw for local gardening & mowing business. Must have industry experience with zero-turn mowers, hedging & detailed brushcutting. kascha@leafittous.com.au

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Rusty Rusty is a 5 year old desexed male Red Cattle dog. He is best in a quiet home without young children - OK with teenagers - as long as he gets adequate exercise.

He has grown up with an older female and is still feeling his feet.

If you can give Rusty a permanent, loving home please contact Pam on 0421017461.

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SALES / E COMMERCE An exciting opportunity has opened for a new member to join our team. If you are great with people, articulate, computer/tech savvy, passionate about design and looking for a career in a dynamic company that offers excellent pay and incentives, we would love to hear from you.

For further details, please email suzanne@ creativelightingsolutions.com.au

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COVID HERMIT: lonely male, healthy, stable and fit at 76, without emotional or financial baggage, seeks similarly placed female for intellectual and/or physical companionship. How did it get so late so soon? Please write to: dw1949@mail.com for more information. All responses will be answered promptly and courteously.

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PETS Dusty is a pale faced tabby girl with a gorgeous curvaceous body. She’s an absolute stunner and is very comfortable in her own skin. Dusty is bursting with affection and is looking for a home that is willing to spoil her and keep her in special treats.

To meet Dusty, please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

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Well, camera shy JACKO is doing it tough….still no rescuers so that means he’s now buying another Lotto ticket. He is still the same , loveable, friendly, and well socialised furball that he has always been, just a few weeks older and even keener to have a real home with human friends. If he had fingers, then they would be crossed.

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TUITION FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 0403224842 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au

MUSICAL NOTES QUALITY PIANOS for sale, and expert piano tuning. Ph Fred Cole 0412216019

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EXPERIENCED TREE CLIMBER .

Good pay. Hart Tree Services. Text only: 0427347380

LADIES WANTED, MUST BE 18+ Casual or permanent work available in busy adult parlour. 66816038 for details.

CLUB SUPERVISOR Mullumbimby Ex Services Club are seeking a permanent Club Supervisor.

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AUTO TECHNICIAN / MECHANIC Banksia Motor Works is looking for a new team member. We specialise in high end vehicle servicing, diagnostics and repairs.

So if you have experience in BMW, Land Rover, Audi, Porsche and similar makes and would like to apply please send your resume to julesjulier@hotmail.com.

We offer attractive pay and conditions for the right person.

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AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE ...............................................................000 AMBULANCE Mullumbimby & Byron Bay ..................................131 233 BRUNSWICK VALLEY RESCUE Primary rescue........................ 6685 1999 BRUNSWICK MARINE RADIO TOWER ................................... 6685 0148 BYRON CENTRAL HOSPITAL .................................................. 6639 9400 POLICE Brunswick Heads ....................................................... 6685 1277 Mullumbimby .............................................................. 6684 2144 Byron Bay ................................................................... 6685 9499 Bangalow .................................................................... 6687 1404 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE Storm & tempest damage, flooding......132 500 AIDS Confidential testing & information (ACON) ................................ 6622 1555 AL-ANON Help for family & friends of alcoholics .......................1300 ALANON ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 24 hours............................... 1800 423 431 ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGS & CATS) ......................................... 6622 1881 BYRON COUNCIL: EMERGENCY AFTER HOURS ................ 6622 7022 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ............................... 1800 656 463 LIFELINE ..........................................................................................131 114 MENSLINE 7pm–11pm nightly (phone counselling & referral for men).. 6622 2240 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets daily .................................... 6680 7280 NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE .................................................. 6684 1286 NORTHERN RIVERS GAMBLING SERVICE ........................... 6687 2520 NORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE CARERS............................... 6628 1866 KOALA HOTLINE........................................................ 6622 1233 WIRES – NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service ......... 6628 1898 Full moon 2 Sep Third quarter 10 Sep New moon 17 Sep First quarter 24 Sep Day of Sun Sun Moon month rise set rise 1 T 0600 1731 1635 2 W 0559 1732 1731 3 T 0557 1732 1825 4 F 0556 1733 1918 5 S 0555 1733 2010 6 S 0554 1734 2101 7 M 0553 1734 2154 8 T 0552 1735 2248 9 W 0550 1735 2342 10 T 0549 1736 11 F 0548 1736 0039 12 S 0547 1737 0135 13 S 0546 1737 0230 14 M 0545 1738 0322 15 T 0543 1738 0411 16 W 0542 1739 0456 17 T 0541 1739 0538 18 F 0540 1740 0618 19 S 0539 1740 0656 20 S 0537 1741 0735 21 M 0536 1741 0816 22 T 0535 1742 0900 23 W 0534 1742 0948 24 T 0533 1743 1040 25 F 0531 1743 1135 26 S 0530 1744 1233 27 S 0529 1744 1332 28 M 0528 1745 1429 29 T 0527 1745 1525 30 W 0525 1746 1619

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Times are Eastern Standard Daylight Savings Time.

Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data from Bureau of Meteorology.

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The Mullumbimby branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) will meet on Wednesday, 9 September at 10am at the CWA Rooms. The Land Cookery competition will be held at the same time. Entries must be in by 9am for judging. For information contact secretary Jenny on 0427 847 282 or email johnandjen6@gmail.com.

Free lunch-time Yoga Nidra community class at Brunswick Heads, every Thursday 12.30–1pm (Wheel of Life Studio). This is a guided deep relaxation practice done from a lying position commonly referred to as a ‘yogic sleep’ where the body and mind have complete rest. This practice is great for busy minds and tired or sore bodies, and it promotes rejuvenation, healing, and calming of the nervous system. No experience required, just turn up. Contact Matt on 0430 008 293 or hello@sravan.com.au.

BPA AGM The Bangalow Progress Association AGM, scheduled for 16 September, has been deferred until further notice.

AGM Liberation Larder Liberation Larder 2020 Annual General Meeting to be held at Fletcher St Kitchen, Byron Community Centre on 24 September from 2pm. All financial members are invited to attend.

Nominations for vacant board of management positions are welcome and must be received by 17 September.

Black Summer volunteers Feedback from emergency services volunteers, staff, and their families involved in the Black Summer fires is being sought. Two forums will be held online. 17 September: Emergency services volunteers and staff who were part of the 2019–2020

bushfire response are needed to help develop support services to improve the mental fitness and wellbeing of first responders. 24 September: The partners and family members of emergency services personnel who were part of the 2019–2020 bushfire response are needed to help develop support services. Register online: www.fortemaustralia.org.au.

Craft and Social Group We are back! The Uniting Craft and Social Group is meeting again at the Uniting Church, Carlyle Street, Byron Bay, on Mondays from 9.30am until the afternoon. Bring whatever craft you enjoy doing, and whatever you need to do it. Come and learn something different, or enjoy company for a while. COVID-19 restrictions apply. A small cost is incurred. Bring your own food and cup, plus tea and coffee. A Patchwork Group meets on Monday evenings from 6 till 9pm. Phone Tilly pm 6685 5985 or Trish on 6685 6546.

bunches of flowers etc and swap with others for something you could use.

Even if you have nothing to swap, just come along, have a chat, and go home with some booty! No money changes hands – everything is free.

BV VIEW Club Brunswick Valley VIEW Club will have a friendship morning tea on September 17 at 10am. The venue is the Summerland Farm, 253 Wardell Road, Alstonville. Numbers are limited, so book in with Pauline Bullard on 0431 262 082 to avoid disappointment.

BHS AGM Bangalow Historical Society (BHS) AGM is on Tuesday, 6 September at 9.30am at Heritage House Cnr Deacon & Ashton Street Bangalow. All members welcome. Contact president Trisha Bleakley on 6687 2183 or bangalowhistorical@bigpond.com for more information, membership or volunteering.

Clunes produce swap

Big Scrub Rainforest Day

Clunes Park sat 12 September, 9am till 12noon. Bring along anything garden related – excess fruit and veggies, flower and vegetable seedlings, seeds, herbs, bulbs, pots, garden tools,

Join the fiery discussions to celebrate Big Scrub Rainforest Day 2020.

COVID-19 means the 22nd annual event for Big Scrub Landcare is switching to an online format. On

Network on 1800 700 600 or visit opan.com.au. The Older Person’s Advocacy Network (OPAN) are Australia’s leading advocates for older Australians receiving aged care. OPAN is a free, confidential and independent service.

clothing. Donations can be dropped to the op shop at 17 Grevillia Street, in the Arts and Industry Estate, Byron Bay between 9.30am and 4.30pm, seven days a week. If you need someone to collect your donations call 0457 192 225 to arrange.

Sunday 20 September you can be part of exploring this year’s topical theme ‘Saving our Rainforests from Fire’. Two panel discussions facilitated by well-known ABC journalists Kerry O’Brien and Mick O’Regan. All updates including registration details for this free online event are published at www.bigscrubrainforest.org.

Lismore playgroup Books & Butterflies is a free weekly supported playgroup for children aged 2–5 years old, and their parents and carers. It’s running on Monday 7 September from 10.30am–12pm in Lismore and bookings are essential.

For more information and to book your place, call Northern Rivers Community Gateway on 6621 7397.

Art grants Applications for the Country Arts Support Program (CASP) 2021 are now open for regional NSW not for profit organisations and local collectives.

Funding is available to support regional NSW community arts and cultural development through grants of up to $5,000, for projects including arts activities as part of community festivals or events, performances, exhibitions, workshops and other local arts initiatives. Applications close at 5pm on Tuesday 29 September. Applicants are required to speak with Arts Northern Rivers staff prior to submitting applications. The staff can be reached by phoning 02 6621 4433 or emailing info@artsnorthernrivers.com.au.

Community Visitors Scheme The Community Visitors Scheme is an empowering free service that connects volunteer visitors to senior citizens living in their own homes and in residential care. If you are a senior citizen who feels isolated and would like to safely connect to someone, call Northern Rivers Community Gateway on 6621 7397.

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Low-cost or free food Food Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. If you have any sort of Centrelink card you may purchase cheap food, obtain free veges, and enjoy a cuppa. Free Food Relief Bags for anyone doing it tough, every 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.

Mullumbimby District Neighbourhood Centre MDNC services that are running include: Community support/emergency relief: Food parcels, meals, assistance with electricity and Telstra bills.

Listening Space: free counselling.

Staying Home, Leaving Violence program.

Integrated Domestic & Family Violence program.

Financial Counselling: outreach available Thursdays & Fridays Financial Counselling: free service funded by the government, offering advocacy & assistance to find options to address debts.

Information, referral and advocacy.

To enquire about accessing any of these services call 6684 1286 or fill out an online enquiry form.

Support after suicide StandBy provides support to people who have lost someone to suicide.

They provide free face-to-face and telephone support and are accessible 24/7. Follow-up contact is available for up to one year. Find out more at: www. standbysupport.com.au or call 13 11 14.

If you, or someone you are with, are in need of immediate support please call an ambulance or police on 000.

Byron Community Centre Programs include Homeless Breakfast: 7:30–9am Wednesday.

Homeless Showers: Monday and Wednesday 10–12.30pm (book in at breakfast). Women’s Support and Counselling: Fridays 1–3pm in the Community Cabin. Free Phone Counselling for Byron Residents: Call 0415 322 064, 10am–2pm. Wet Weather Shelter: as required. Seniors Computer Club: Fridays 9–11am, Community Cabin. Seniors Activities

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including: Drumming and Chair Yoga, Tuesdays. Volunteer Hub: Volunteer referral service. Byron Community Pantry Food Delivery: Locals who are physically or financially unable to shop can phone 0482 787 552. For further information on all activities, phone 6685 6807 or visit www.byroncentre. com.au.

The Byron Community Centre Seniors Programs have started again. These include: Tuesdays Seniors Drumming with Gareth Jones. Session 1 at 10.30am and session 2 at 1.30pm in the Byron Theatre, Seniors Chair Yoga at 12.00noon; Wednesdays Choir and Ukulele; and Thursdays Studio 55 Drama for Seniors. For more information visit www.byroncentre.com.au

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Heritage House will be opening its cafe from Wednesday, 7 October. Opening hours 10–2.30pm Wednesday to Friday at Heritage House Cnr Deacon & Ashton Street, Bangalow. Memberships and volunteer enquiries welcome, contact president Trisha Bleakley on 6687 2183 or bangalowhistorical@ bigpond.com.

Respite Service Byron Shire Respite Service Inc delivers high-quality respite care to a broad range of clients throughout the Byron, Ballina and Lismore shires. Donations welcome: Ph 6685 1921, email fundraiser@ byronrespite.com.au, website: www.byronrespite.com.au.

Support after suicide StandBy provides support to people who have lost someone to suicide. They provide free telephone support and are accessible 24/7.

Follow-up contact is available for up to one year. Find out more at: www. standbysupport.com.au or call 13 11 14. If you, or someone you are with, are in need of immediate support please call an ambulance or police on 000.

Writing workshops, meditation and Ageless Grace (seated exercise for body and brain) are being held on Wednesday mornings at the Ballina Hockey Club, Bentinck Street, Ballina. Anyone over 65 can participate. Cost $2 includes morning tea. 9am: Meditation/ Ageless Grace (alternating); 10.45am: Learn how to write a story, life history etc. In line with COVID restrictions social distancing and sanitising will be observed. Bookings essential, phone Kristen: 0419 679719.

Computers for seniors Byron Bay Community Centre will be running a computer club for seniors at the Community Cabin in Carlyle St on Fridays, 8.30 till 10.30am.

Contact the Byron Community Centre on 02 6685 6807, email: beconnected@byroncentre.com. au or go to https://beconnected. esafety.gov.au.

Op shops

Byron Bay Croquet Club has resumed play with COVID-19 awareness. Play days are Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, or by arrangement.

Enquiries from new players welcome.

Free lessons. Call Max for more information 0431 906 536. Pottsville Fun Croquet Club has resumed at The Black Rocks Sports Fields (end of Overall Drive) Pottsville. We commence play at 9.30am, Tuesday and 9am Thursday. Please arrive 15 minutes before play starts. Call Jenny on 0413 335 941.

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 Prue Harrington 0420 316 610. 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.

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Donations please

For information, or support, regarding aged care issues you can call the Older Person’s Advocacy

The Global Ripple op shop are looking for donations of furniture, home wares, electrical goods, manchester, and

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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 Catherine 0435 228 443.

Carers’ support Mullumbimby Mental Health Carers’ Support Group for family members and friends who have a loved one with a mental health issue. Meeting on 4th Thursday of each month 9.30am at the Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre.

Info: Leanne 0409 818 643.

Rainbow Dragons Rainbow Dragons Abreast (RDA) welcomes breast cancer survivors for a paddle at Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head, on Sundays 7.30 for 8am start. Info Marian 6688 4058, mazzerati2010@gmail.com.

Repair Cafe Mullumbimby’s Repair Cafe at the Mullumbimby campus of Byron Community College in Burringbar Street on Saturdays 9am till 12 noon.

Volunteers will be there to help you fix things that might otherwise end up in the tip, or to advise how it might be done.

Volunteer Hub The Byron Community Centre Volunteer Hub is open weekdays at the Byron Community Centre. If you would like to volunteer in the local area fill out a volunteer application form on our website www.byroncentre.com. au or, contact us by phone 66856807 or email volunteers@byroncentre. com.au.

Muslim prayer Friday Muslim prayer. Jumu’ah service held weekly at the Cavanbah Centre at 12:30 pm. Come to the remembrance of Allah.

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1. Meteorological data predicts a wet hamper (7,3) 7. Horner lifter? (4) 9. About the hotel worker: he’s actually a journalist (8) 10. Pierce, I’m sallow! (6) 11. Washer, or maybe a tanner (6) 13. Power tool was back after the length of the pitch (8) 14. Wens – awful tidings (8,4) 17. Order C – they say it just keeps repeating itself (6,6) 20. A flower, a cheer, also the monarch (8) 21. Interment of old city, one in Billy Hughes’s first party (reversed) (6) 22. Old money for new nation? (6) 23. Bunch of bananas miss the servant (8) 25. Heavy metal to go first (4) 26. Teases invalid consumed in breasts! (10)

1. Chart predicting rain or fine (7,3) 7. Lifting device (4) 9. Journalist (8) 10. Pierce, with spear or lance (6) 11. Swimmer, washer (6) 13. Power tool for cutting (8) 14. Disastrous information (8,4) 17. Defective playing disc (6,6) 20. Poisonous flowering shrub (8) 21. Interment (6) 22. 21 shillings of old money (6) 23. Female servant (8) 25. Heavy metal (4) 26. Tickles, teases (10)

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(6) 12. Bad rain here – stormy, reckless (11) 15. Air fat actors (9) 16. Iterates ingredients of a methodical exposition (8) 18. Range of hearing, but lugs burning! (7) 19. Part of a sentence for Santa, English (6) 21. Bar Capone – hackneyed! (5) 24. Second a big bird (3)

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DETOX BENEFITS Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters gathered outside Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp Sydney offices and dumped large amounts of ‘bullshit’ last Thursday. Similar protests were held in Brisbane over the corporation’s climate change denialism, support of the 45th US president, and its umbilical cord to the Liberal-National governments. Photo XR Your local democratic rights have been deferred – Council elections across NSW should be occuring this week, but a virus got in the way. Instead, there’s another year of champagne leadership by the executive staff, current mayor and eight councillors. See page 12 comment.

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The removal of a beautiful, large fig tree in Mullum near the pool has understandably upset residents, yet Council said it was unfortunately needed, owing to a fungal infection that posed dangers for traffic beneath. Asked if other figs in the area are similarly affected, Council staff replied, ‘Not that we know of’.

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Here’s a familiar opening scene to a zombie movie – a willing stoopified public eagerly accepts an untested vaccine against a global virus. Those few who question the government – which is compromised by big pharma’s desire for profits ahead of safety – become outcasts in a desolate barren planet stripped bare by unnecessary polluting industries. The movie could just be called 2020.

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Recently, US protesters set up a guillotine outside the mansion of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. His net worth is now at US$200 billion, making him the largest hoarder of capital on the planet. Or put another way, his piggy bank holds $200,000,000,000. At this milestone, surely he will now reinvest into his Amazon slave workforce? That’s what conservative political actors say always happens when the wealthiest pay less tax. In 2018, CNBC reported Amazon paid $0 in US federal income tax, on more than $11 billion in profits.

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