Letters ƖƆŊĶŕī ćĕŕĕǕ ƐƆ I am a local singer/songwriter who has grown up in the area. I first got booked at the Rails in Byron Bay in the early ’90s. Fast forward to 2016 when busking started becoming a viable source of income as travelling musicians started taking full advantage of our amazing beachfront and the huge appreciative crowds that often gathered there. I got myself a busking permit and started busking at Apex Park, and it’s been fantastic. The joy, gratification, and financial reward for doing so has helped support myself and my family. Fast forward to 2020 and with COVID-19 busking has been suspended three times, and is now suspended till January 2021. Now that venues are opening up I’m booked at the Beach Hotel and the Railway Hotel in town. People are gathering at the markets, restaurants have cheaply paid musicians on their doorsteps, tourist buses and kayak trips are all there for the taking. But busking is still suspended. Can we please review this situation? Anyone who lives in the
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Cartoon by Antoinette Ensbey Shire will notice that the pubs and the markets are making money while the musos are being paid a pittance. Those of us that hold a permit can’t play, yet those musos passing through don’t give a damn, they take the money and run. For me the satisfaction and financial reward from performing up at the beachfront has sustained and supported myself and my little family between gigs for years now. It is time to re-evaluate this ‘no busking’ rule. Fintan Callaghan Byron Bay
Thanks Mungo I want to thank Mungo for the crossword. I think over the many years I have got better at them, they are the only ones I do. Occasionally I get them out in a few days over my morning coffee, and then again, it can take me all week and sometimes not at all! There are times when I think old Mungo’s lost it, e.g. ‘throwing things out
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Shaws Bay, Ballina A pile of sand in a bucket of water will, over time, slump and spread out over the entire bucket. So, while I appreciate the council dredging Shaws Bay, Ballina it needs to be a regular, 10-year cycle. I don’t understand why they aren’t removing it from the bay, which obviously fills with sand anyway. The stretch west of the Marine tower, which is greatly loved by the public, has filled even faster since they tried to resculpt the edges. While not as aesthetically pleasing as a grass to sand interface, it probably requires a small rock wall with access points and
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dredging through the centre of the waterway to make it a good swimming area, even on lower tides. The current sea grass has drastically reduced since the construction, possibly smothered? I feel the whole bay needs to be considered as a park that requires regular maintenance. It is not a ‘natural’ waterway, and without dredging will become a shallow mangrove swamp. The Council is on the right track, but please consider the natural equilibrium between water and sand. Richard White East Ballina
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