The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 35.48 – May 12, 2021

RECYCLING HEADLINES SINCE 1986 The Byron Shire Echo • Volume 35 #48 • Wednesday, May 12, 2021 • www.echo.net.au

Broken Head DA raises tensions as community protests

Renewing faith in a sustainable future

Aslan Shand

Locals oppose east coast oilëŕĎ īëƆǕ ĕōĎ Paul Bibby

Since the 1980s the community has fought against significant tourist development in Broken Head, in particular the site that is currently called Linnaeus Estate. Following a major community battle with developers of the site, the Land and Environment Court (L&EC) gave it a restricted education zoning. This zoning was changed by Council, without community consultation in 2017, opening up the site for potential development, and a new development application (DA).

Once again the community has come out to strongly object to the implications of the DA. More than 60 people gathered at 7.30am last Thursday on Seven Mile Beach to demand that the DA be rejected and that the failure within council that led to the new zoning be investigated.

‘It is great to see such a turnout at short notice and it goes to show the depth of concern from all over this community,’ said local resident and protest organiser Cedar Anderson.

Opposition to the DA has spawned the Friends of Seven Mile group (www.friendsofsevenmile. com). This group is behind the recent protests, and is supplying the community with information on how to object to the DA. ‘There have been many moments over the last two years where us residents have been told mistruths about other neighbours being in support of this proposed tourist development,’ another local resident, Dave Rastovich, told The Echo.

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Aunty Napanangka Nelly Patterson and Jeanna Paapaa with Anna Freeman, watching Jeanna’s daughter, Nattali Rize perform with West Papuan sisters, Rossa and Anna Emaline at Renew Fest last weekend. Renew Fest has grown into a shining example of how we can gain huge personal and community satisfaction from treasuring our relationship with ourselves, each other and our planet. Festival Director, Ella Rose Goninan, said, ‘I am beyond grateful for all the beauty that wove together at Renew Fest – the people, the trees and mountain, the arts, Indigenous wisdom, and so much more. It was an honour to be amongst so many who gathered to deeply listen and honestly share, with their hearts on fire for full system change.’

Photo Jeff Dawson ‘We needed to make our unified opposition to the tourism proposal very overt and very clear.’

Multiple issues Key issues that have been raised in relation to the DA are the destruction of precious littoral rainforest, tourism development on the fragile site, failure to consult the community over the zoning changes from education to mixed use, concerns about cultural heritage, inadequate survey work

MAYDAY – 100 years ago ▶ p23

done to identify species on site with no thorough biodiversity assessment, and increased fire risks.

‘Every few years we have a fire down on the Jali heathland that puts the whole area at risk.

Increased development increases the fire risk,’ former Byron Shire Mayor Jan Barham told The Echo.

The fragility of the site and the lack of a Biodiversity Development Assessment Report (BDAR) that some ecologists have identified

Get the Scoop ▶ p24

as being required have not been supplied. They say that the claim that there aren’t significant impacts on threatened fauna can only be put forward because there have not been enough field surveys and therefore there is a lack of knowledge of their local occurrence and habitat requirements. They point out that this indicates a failure to consider the potential for significant indirect and cumulative impacts of the DA. ▶ Continued on page 2

Hundreds of local surfers and water-lovers paddled out at Clarkes Beach over the weekend to protest against a massive oil- and gasfield proposed for the NSW east coast.

The locals were standing in solidarity with their southern counterparts in opposing the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP11) gasfield, which would cover 4,500 km2 of ocean from Newcastle to Manly.

‘It’s just absurd that this project is being considered on one of the most popular and pristine coastlines in the world,’ surfing legend and former world champion Layne Beachley said.

‘If something goes wrong it will be catastrophic, we need to let the people in power know that we will not accept this, and they have to get this out of our backyard,’ she said.

While the permit for the gasfield project officially expired in February, and has not yet been renewed

by Federal Resources Minister, Keith Pitt, the current permit holders – Advent Energy (85 per cent) and Bounty Oil and Gas (15 per cent) – are pressing on with plans to drill.

Coastal communities are now rallying to stop their plans.

Advent Energy announced last week plans to increase the depth of their drilling at their Baleen prospect off Catherine Hill Bay from 2,150m to 3,150m.

‘This proposal has been the best ▶ Continued on page 4

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Local News dşĈëōƆ Ĉëōō Īşſ ëƖƐşŔëƐĶĈ ſĕưşŊĶŕī şĪ ƆżĕĕĎĶŕī Ǖ ŕĕƆ şŕ LĶŕƐĕſōëŕĎ ÉëƷ Ķŕ Ǖ ſƆƐ IJëōĪ şĪ żſĶō Aslan Shand More often or not when you get a speeding fine the idea of challenging it is far too difficult. But when local man Nathan Hicks saw posts on Facebook about other locals who had received fines they believed were incorrect he decided to look into challenging his fine.

Local Nathan Hicks has had his speeding fine revoked.

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online and there seemed to be a clear sentiment from participants that the speed cameras near the Ewingsdale roundabout on Hinterland Way was recording speeds significantly above the speed people felt they had been doing.

‘I was charged $300 and, lost six points off my licence,; said Mr Hicks. ‘Other people might have lost their licence and their jobs. It is really difficult to prove yourself innocent.’

Fine removed Following significant media coverage and the support of local Detective Chief Inspector Matt Kehoe Mr Hicks says he has had his fine removed.

‘Mine has been removed, but others are still going through the process. My

question is “why aren’t they just automatically revoked?”.

I think the RMS should revoke all those fines that were given out during the period where they have been proven to be incorrect. Say if someone was from Sydney, how would they know that they can apply to have the fine revoked?’

Tensions continue over Broken Head DA ▶ Continued from page 1 Brandon Saul, who is one of the Linnaeus Estate owners, told The Echo that he agreed with objectors in relation to the inappropriate zoning changes.

‘We’ve already spoken to Council to downzone the property to an appropriate ecological zone. But given private education doesn’t exist anymore, the most appropriate change would be to an environmental living zone.’

Not tourism Mr Saul has further refuted claims that this is a traditional tourist resort telling The Echo that, ‘The Byron LEP clearly states eco-tourist facilities are not a type of tourist and visitor accommodation. We haven’t applied for tourism we’ve applied for ecotourism, this is [rarely] used it because it is so restrictive. Whilst the protesters are calling it a resort, it’s actually a

wellbeing retreat on a similar scale to Gaia.’

‘Contrary to what the protesters are promoting, the quantum of development onsite will actually be reduced as a consequence of this DA. All up, what will be constructed covers less than one per cent of the site. Nor is it a new/greenfield development. We’re actually just, reconfiguring a pre-existing development, swapping out houses for tree houses and cabins. The pool, gym, tennis court and clubhouse are already there, and have been for almost 20 years… The only other buildings of consequence involved are the spa, yoga pavilion, meditation area and reception pavilion.

‘In short, the DA will replace a bunch of houses for the rich, that would almost inevitably end up as shortterm holiday lets, with a carefully designed, low scale, wellbeing retreat coupled

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Controversial Marvell Street development could be approved this week Paul Bibby Will a controversial hotel development in central Byron that exceeds both height and floor space limits be given conditional approval at this week’s Byron Council meeting?

This is a distinct possibility after Council staff recommended councillors accept a revised set of plans offered by the project’s developer.

The plan The three-storey mixeduse development proposed

for 7 Marvell Street involves a 38-bed hotel with swimming pool located above groundfloor shops and a basement health spa.

Byron Council opposed the plan in its original form on a range of grounds, including the fact that it exceeded the 11.5m height limit for that part of town.

It also smashed the floor space ratio limit for the area, exceeding this limit by more than 20 per cent, and did not provide sufficient parking spaces to cater for the number of hotel guests.

The Council received 25 letters of objection from local residents who oppose the plan.

Legal action With its original plan facing likely refusal, the developer – Pace Development Group – took the now well-worn path of appealing Council’s ‘deemed refusal’ in the Land and Environment Court.

The matter is set down for hearing this week, though that will be cancelled if an agreement is reached or is close to being so.

During the court-ordered conciliation process, the developer submitted revised plans for the proposal, adding a second basementlevel car park, a car share space for hotel guests, and design changes to the front and rear facades.

Rather than reducing the height or floor space ratio of the plan, they submitted detailed arguments as to

Artists impression of the proposed development. why they should not have to abide by those rules.

This included the argument that ‘both the front and rear of the site is bound by public roads, which in this case provides added separation to adjacent existing development’.

They also argued that ‘a substantial component of the additional floorspace is contained in a basement level that has no implications in regard to the size of the building’.

In response to the developer’s amendments

and arguments, Council staff have recommended that it is now appropriate for the development to be approved, if the developer will agree to a reduction of the floor space ratio of 100 square metres.

‘With a reduction of 100m2 the floor area would be appropriate in terms of the floor space ratio controls,’ the author of the Council report said ‘In the event that Council does not support any variation to the floor space ratio this will remain an

outstanding contention and council will [need] to defend the contention in the Land and Environment Court.’

‘Should the floor space ratio and car parking matters be resolved, then it is considered that public interest issues fall away.’

Should councillors vote in favour of the staff recommendation at this week’s meeting, General Manager, Mark Arnold, will be authorised to enter into behind-closed-door negotiations with the developer to approve the plan.

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kept secret hiding in plain sight with the majority of NSW residents having no idea this was even a threat,’ Surfrider Foundation Campaign Director, Damien Cole said.

‘These paddle-outs have brought attention to this potentially disastrous project and of course people are instantly horrified and vehemently opposed to it when they find out what is being proposed,’ Mr Cole said.

Surfrider Foundation’s first three Stop PEP11 paddle-out rallies were held over the last three weekends at Mona Vale on the Northern Beaches, Central Coast’s Terrigal Haven and in Newcastle.

Momentum has been building, with an increasing number of community members attending each week, including Ms Beachley, and fellow surf icon Tom Carroll, in addition to internationally acclaimed musicians Ash Grunwald and Lime Cordiale.

‘The fact that a gasfield was ever

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‘But the fact it is being allowed to proceed, despite almost unanimous

public opposition, is mind blowing.

Nobody wants this, apart from the gas companies, and Surfrider holds grave concerns the PEP11 permit will be renewed against the wishes of the people of the coast.’

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NO LINNAEUS RESORT ‘We need the tonic of wildness... We can never have enough of nature.’ – Philosopher, Henry David Thoreau

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Byron Shire is a place of high ecological and cultural significance and has been under pressure for decades. As residents it’s our responsibility to speak up to protect her from exploitation and commercialisation.

BROKEN HEAD is precious with cultural heritage, a wild coast, Nationally Critically Endangered Littoral Rainforest, at least 49 threatened fauna species, all in a Biodiversity Hotspot and significant wildlife corridor.

Now is a crucial time to speak up, submissions are required URGENTLY as development threatens those values.

An application for an eco-tourism resort 10.2021.170.1 for 27 new cabins, 7 other new buildings and a sewer (wastewater) upgrade for the Linnaeus site proposes an unacceptable increased pressure on this sensitive and fragile area.

Reasons to say NO to DA 10.2021.170.1 • The site is part of a precious and fragile ecological and cultural area in a wildlife corridor and must be protected.

• The zone change that allows tourism was flawed, it lacked transparency and denied the community the right to comment.

• Lack of detailed consideration of Climate Change impacts on biodiversity and the coastline.

• Failure to report on prior development approval conditions since 1998 including regeneration of 25% of the site.

• Commercialising what is precious is unacceptable, we do NOT need more tourism.

• Failure to undertake comprehensive fauna surveys and consider the likelihood of local threatened species.

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• Failure to present a comprehensive assessment of biodiversity values and cumulative impacts of the proposed development and activities.

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• Unacceptable clearing of vegetation and impacts on threatened flora and fauna.

Since 1990 the 111 hectare Linnaeus Estate site has been designated in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) for education, not tourism; it has never been studied or considered for tourism in Council planning documents.

In 2017 the zoning was changed from Education to Mixed Use Development, which permits tourism. Councillors voted to change the zone to Private Education but it ended up Mixed Use Development, allowing tourism. The community weren’t informed and therefore didn’t respond. If we had known, we would’ve opposed it then.

• Negative impact on the wildlife corridor and Critically Endangered Littoral Rainforest.

• Failure to recognise the local koala population and the presence of koala feed trees on site.

• Increased human disturbance – this DA triples the human impact (including staff ) from the 1998 approval.

• Increased impact on the fragile coast with more people accessing the beach and fragile coastal vegetation and risk for threatened shorebirds; Endangered Pied Oystercatcher and Beach Stone-curlew roosting areas.

The zone change was wrong!

• The wastewater (sewerage) upgrade fails to consider soil and slope constraints and the impact on vegetation and waterways from the irrigation areas.

An error that should be corrected, not accepted

• Increased development in a bush fire prone area is reckless and will expand the fire risk for the area including Broken Head Nature Reserve.

In 1998 a 22-unit Education Facility was approved for the site. The DA stated that it was ‘the total development use for the site’. The site is still in the same ownership.

• Buildings in the bush create additional fire risk and negative impacts on the environment.

The current application is speculative and would deliver a doubling of the number of buildings and people on site and disturb areas that were previously required for regeneration. Increased development will impact on the ecology of the area, not just the site.

This DA 10.2021.170.1 will be considered by the Northern Regional Planning Panel not our Council.

• Lack of detail on waste management for the increased human impact.

• An unacceptable impact on neighbours and nature from noise, light disturbance and fire risk.

• The application is not in the Public Interest and the Precautionary Principle must be applied.

The alternative is the previous approved use for an Education Facility, we do NOT need more tourism impacts.

See https://datracker.byron.nsw.gov.au (search for DA number)

We need to express our personal stories of love for this unique area and commitment to protecting nature.

These precious and fragile lands must be protected not commercialised

Please make a submission by the 19th May 2021

This site is deserving of the highest protection and requires a commitment to the Precautionary Principle. We can’t take risks with our precious environment.

The application isn’t comprehensive or convincing.

Send to council@byron.nsw.gov.au and quote in subject line DA 10.2021.170.1 Details at https://datracker.byron.nsw.gov.au (search DA number) See www.friendsofsevenmile.com Jan Barham

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Goverment’s new housing plan fails to impress local gov reps Mia Armitage Local government representatives on the Northern Rivers have expressed doubts over the state government’s new Housing 2041 Strategy.

NSW Housing Minister, Melinda Pavey, announced the strategy last week.

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Tweed Mayor Chris Cherry says it’s a ‘wrong end of the

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Should Council have predicted bypass delays? Celebrating mums and healing mother Earth Paul Bibby Could Byron Council have anticipated that the Byron bypass project would be delayed because of protests against the loss of local habitat that it entailed?

The answer is ‘No’ according to a Council staff report to be debated at this week’s planning meeting.

The Byron Bay Bypass Closeout report provides a final update on the much-debated road and a reflection by Council staff on what lessons can be learned from it.

It notes that the project was $1.75 million over budget and significantly delayed.

This was ‘due to specific challenges largely outside the control of Council,’ according to the author of the report, Council engineer Joshua Winter.

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Then protest activity, which caused ‘substantial additional cost’.

Mr Winter’s argument that the protest activity could not have been anticipated may raise a few eyebrows given that, prior to the project’s commencement, there was quite vocal opposition from those concerned about its environmental impact.

This concern resulted not only in a lengthy camp-out protest at the site, but also a referral of the entire project to the Federal Government on the grounds that it would further endanger the Mitchell’s rainforest snail.

This referral caused a further costly delay to the project.

While the government found that Council had taken appropriate action to protect the snail, staff did acknowledge that this challenge could have been anticipated.

‘The lesson in this, is that even if Council is confident in our consultant’s recommendation regarding the EPBC Act, we should refer the matter to the Australian Government,’ Mr Winter said.

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Cost savings could also have been achieved through a more thorough investigation of the site prior to construction, Mr Winter said.

‘In the case of the design changes required for unknown services, contaminated soil, poor subgrade

and the heritage find, this could have been mitigated by undertaking a more substantial pre-construction regime, including ground penetrating radar and geotechnical investigations,’ he said.

‘It is highly likely that the additional cost of those investigations would have provided a substantial cost benefit ratio, when compared to the ultimate cost of the variations

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It is where the community fought off Club Med and it is once again in the spotlight as the current owners, Elements, are seeking to have the zoning of the environmentally sensitive area in Bayshore Drive changed from tourism to residential with an E4 zoning.

The application for a change of zoning is currently on exhibition and you have until 16 May to submit your response to the proposal.

While the current zoning is tourism, it is also protected by the environmental zonings of 7F1 and 7F2 under the 1988 LEP (Local Environment Plan). These currently require Council to take into account any developments’ impact on landscape, scenic or environmental quality of the locality and ‘whether adequate safeguards and rehabilitation measures have been or will be made to protect the environment’.

‘Going from the old LEP to the new one is far from replacing like with like,’ says former Byron Shire Councillor Sandra Heilpern.

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peak storm / tide events.

Under several metres, there is no doubt.’

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Oystercatcher and chick at the old golf course, the area subject to rezoning, which is now home to a plethora of birdlife. Photo Deborah Pearse ‘Gone are the adverse impacts on the landscape and the scenic values, the adequate safeguards and the rehabilitation measures to protect the environment. E4 does not contain the same protection and conservation.’

The original application

by Elements to seek a state government gateway determination for a potential zoning change only went through on the casting vote of former Mayor Simon Richardson. At the time Councillor Sarah Ndiaye spoke passionately against the proposal highlighting: the fragile nature of the area; that it is premature to rezone the land prior to the completion of the coastal management program; the fact that no further residential development is supposed to take place east of the highway; and the impact on the broader community.

‘Residential lots in this landscape I don’t think are consistent with other uses on that site. These blocks will be costly because of where they are, they won’t be small houses, they will want fences, they will want pets,’ she pointed out.

‘They will come to think of that open space around them as theirs and likely feel encroached upon by regular pedestrian access nearby, something we have seen time and time again.’

The NSW Libs have rammed a new Koala SEPP (State Environmental Planning Policy) through parliament but it’s designed by their dummy-spitting coalition partner, The Nationals.

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The issues of residents illegally rock-walling their properties at Belongil was raised as an example of the failure of planned retreat once a residential home has been built.

‘We have learnt in the past that beachfront residential development involves investment that leads to interference with the natural environment aimed at protecting those investments, but at huge cost to the environment, including its ecosystems,’ said former councillor and Greens mayoral hopeful Duncan Dey .

‘The principle of planned retreat may be applied as a condition under which coastal development may be permitted, but experience shows that retreat does not take place. Court cases take place, and the community pays, as well as the environment.’

This is particularly relevant in relation to the impact of sea level rise, he points out.

‘The Pacific Ocean will be a metre higher during the lifetime of the allotments that would follow this rezoning. It will eventually be two or three metres higher.

Under even one metre of SLR, it is doubtful that the current dunes will keep the ocean out of the land during

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The failure to adequately account for the impacts on current infrastructure of sewerage and roads has also been raised. Former Mayor, Jan Barham, has highlighted that, ‘There has been no residential strategy that has supported that site for residential living.’

‘This is another unplanned infrastructure load. With the unplanned increase in the number of residents now in the Byron Arts and Industry Estate and the increased population from medium density housing that has been facilitated by the state affordable housing SEPP we risk overloading our sewerage treatment plant (STP). This is what happened in the 1990s, and why we ended up with a moratorium on any further development in Byron Bay. ‘The impacts will add pressure on the limited STP capacity to cope with additional demand and put at risk the health of the Belongil Creek and the habitat for the many bird species that require its refuge for survival.

‘The additional traffic will also add to the already pressured local road network.

‘Surely 2021 has demonstrated the vulnerability of our dunes to increased cyclonic activity, high tides and sea surges. Extreme weather conditions are predicted to get worse, not better,’ said Ms Heilpern.

‘How irresponsible to be turning grasslands, lily ponds and wooded dunes into 2ha residential blocks at this time. It has been noted by local residents that Elements itself has had to fortify its own frontage from the ravages of severe weather events.’

Join your local Greens, and State MP Tamara Smith and Cate Faehrmann MLC when they go head-to-head on a Koala Hard Quiz, hosted

At Renew Fest The Greens gifted Ben a T-shirt and asked him and carer Isabel to come to Koala Hard Quiz in Mullum on Wednesday 2 June.

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Local News Marvell Hall’s ‘Dangerously Poetic’ fundraiser this Sunday In the 1880s the streets of Byron Bay (named after Vice-Admiral John Byron) were mistakenly named for English writers and philosophers by a Sydney clerk who had the romantic idea that the town was named after the sailor’s grandson George Gordon Byron (poet).

Nonetheless, there are those who have taken the idea and run with it and this Sunday Marvell Hall will host a tribute to some of the street-named fellows with poetry, music and portraits as a fundraiser for the hall.

Readers from the Dangerously Poetic Press will share the poetry and dramatic backstories of four famous poets.

Echo star, Lilith Rocha, will recite a poem by Andrew Marvell at the hall’s fundraiser. Photo Tree Faerie In honour of Marvell Hall, 37 Marvell Street, Echo astrologer Lilith Rocha will

recite a poem by Andrew Marvell. Deborah Lilly will recite a bush ballad by Henry Lawson, Susan Hayward will read Dorothea Mackellar, and Byron Shire’s young Citizen of the Year, Mia Thom, will read her favourite poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Interludes of violin music will be performed by Vindi Ferguson.

Three portraits of the Australian poets have been donated by a local artist and will be unveiled to hang in the hall.

Refreshments will be available to celebrate. This is a fundraiser for Marvell Hall and entry is by donation, this Sunday, 16 May, from 2.30pm.

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Aslan Shand It has once again been left to residents to raise serious issues in relation to a development application (DA) that is pushing to develop at 6 Keats Street, Byron Bay, at the expense of the environment, in particular the Cumbebin Swamp.

Residents have raised concerns with council over the DA (10.2020.215.1) in relation to privacy of adjacent blocks, traffic and stormwater. However it is the inability of the site to accommodate the required Bush Fire Protection Zone (BFPZ) and the Coastal Wetland Protection

Zone (CWPZ) that has raised the most serious concerns.

‘One of the most contentious issues with this DA is its proximity to Cumbebin Swamp and the conflict between the BFPZ and the CWPZ. There isn’t room on the site to accommodate both,’ local resident, Nick Buckley, told The Echo.

Doesn’t meet zoning Council’s ecologist has stated ‘that the application has not adequately demonstrated that significant impacts on the coastal wetland will be avoided by the development owing to the limited buffer

width and that the buffer is required to be managed for bushfire protection purposes (rather than for ecological benefit).’

‘A solid, non-combustible fence... to minimise urban edge effects on the wetland’ has been prepared.

Mr Buckley explained that ‘to the uninitiated this sounds like they are suggesting putting up a Colorbond fence as the solution to separation of wetlands from “peri-urban” areas, which in turn sounds like a potentially dangerous precedent.’

‘To me the big issue is the one about compromise on the Coastal Wetland

Buffer. Council’s ecologist is saying the DA does not allow a sufficient buffer; BUT then goes on to recommend a metal fence!

To me this suggests that Council has at the very least a “flexible” attitude to wetland protection, and at worst is happy to roll over to the developer for a bit of Colorbond!

‘If the DA was reduced from ten [dwellings] to six, and three of those were rotated through 90 degrees, there would be a vastly improved wetland buffer and set-back amenity for the residents of Keats Street,’ said Mr Buckley.

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Lismore Council set to increase fees, cut costs in a bid to balance budget Lismore City Council is set to increase fees and charges and cut spending in an attempt to overcome a $19.5m operating deficit.

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Assange’s father to beg Secret footage from Manus detention Biden for son’s freedom centre to be screened in Lismore Mia Armitage John Shipton, father of detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, says he’ll return to the United States to ask President Joe Biden to drop legal action against his son.

The acclaimed journalist is still in London’s highsecurity Belmarsh Prison, despite British High Court Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruling against his extradition to the US earlier this year on grounds she considered the prisoner a suicide risk.

US lawyers said at the time of the ruling they would appeal it but Mr Shipton told supporters at a public forum in Mullumbimby last week the US had a new attorneygeneral under Mr Biden’s administration.

Mr Shipton said the change came alongside a number of other significant changes that could have an impact on Mr Assange’s detention.

Mr Shipton is on tour down the east coast of Australia with plans to stop in Canberra and lobby federal politicians to intervene on Mr Assange’s behalf.

Letter: Simple but powerful A small but passionate crowd of supporters turned up in Byron’s Railway Park on Friday to hear Mr Shipton speak along with Melbourne4WikiLeaks member Jacob Grech, Greens Byron

Shire Councillor, Sarah Ndiaye, and Bay FM Community Newsroom reporter Dr John Jiggens.

The appearance happened after larger turnouts to last week’s public forum in Mullumbimby and a packed-out crowd at Nimbin’s Town Hall during the recent MardiGrass festival.

Mullumbimby supporters heard one of the simplest yet most powerful actions they could take to help Mr Assange was to write to him in prison.

One of the speakers on the panel, long-time peace advocate Ciaron O’Reilly, had visited jails overseas – including in the US – and said when prisoners received mail it also sent a message to prison authorities that the person in their care wasn’t forgotten.

Increased political support for Assange, says father Supporters also heard that while Mr Assange hasn’t been allowed to see his lawyers for the past twelve months owing to pandemic restrictions in Belmarsh Prison, he is no longer being kept in isolation for 23 hours per day.

Prisoners inside Belmarsh have petitioned authorities three times asking for Mr Assange to be shifted from a maximum security area to an area with provisions for Mr Assange’s health needs, Mr Shipton said.

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Mr McDonald is a visual artist as well as a documentary filmmaker and last year won the Archibald People’s Choice Award for his portrait of former Manus Island detainee, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani.

The artist is also an ambassador for Human Rights Watch Australia and Asia, and World Vision’s Kids Off Nauru campaign.

He’s scheduled as guest speaker at a Politics in the Pub event in Lismore this week.

Byron Shire readers may be familiar with the former Ngara-hosted Politics in the Pub sessions and more

recent ones hosted by Turning Point Talks – Lismore’s event is run separately.

Mr McDonald says his intention, with all of his work is to ‘contribute towards the public rediscovering their compassion and changing our collective approach towards how we deal with those fleeing war and persecution’.

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Police chase ends in head-on car and truck crash Police have declared a critical incident investigation after a car chase in Ballina ended in a crash Friday night.

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Emergency services and traffic crews were still at the scene Saturday morning with one northbound lane and all southbound lanes fully reopened by 10am.

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‘Endless land releases’ no solution for Byron’s housing crisis, says Labor mayor hopeful Labor Byron Shire Council candidates running together in the upcoming September Byron Shire Council elections (L-R): Peter Doherty, Linda Watson, Jan Hacket, Asren Pugh, Mel Franz, Kaylene Chamberlain.

Mia Armitage Northern Rivers-based trade unionist and MBA student Asren Pugh has announced his candidature for Byron Shire Mayor in September’s local government elections on behalf of Labor.

It’s Mr Pugh’s second foray into representative politics, having run for the seat of Ballina in the 2019 state election.

‘Our natural environment is what makes our region precious and needs to be protected,’ Mr Pugh said, ‘our Council should be doing more to combat climate change and prepare to adapt to its impacts’.

The Labor candidate said his vision of the Sshire included less reliance on cars thanks to regular, accessible public transport and paths for bikes and pedestrians within and between villages.

He said he was ‘fairly agnostic’ as to the modes of public transport he’d like to see in the region but that a return of trains to the old railway lines ‘like they used to be’ wasn’t a ‘viable option’.

The mayoral candidate has also paid his respects to the Arakwal people, saying he acknowledges their sovereignty and wants the Council to support them ‘to live, work, practise and celebrate culture and care for the land’.

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campaign after winning two seats on the Byron Shire Council in 2016 for Jan Hackett and Paul Spooner.

Joining Mr Pugh and Cr Hackett in their local government campaign are Linda Watson, Peter Doherty, Mel Franz and Kaylene Chamberlain.

Ms Watson will probably be the second name on the Labor ticket, Mr Pugh said.

The Ewingsdale resident is an early childhood educator.

Meanwhile, Mr Doherty lives in Bangalow, is known as a co-founder of prominent advocacy group Bangalow Koalas and works in disability support; Ms Franz is a nurse educator from Mullumbimby; and Ms Chamberlain is a longtime resident of Ocean Shores who volunteers in community transport services.

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Byron needs a housing plan Mr Pugh also addressed the Shire’s worsening housing crisis in his media release, saying his family only paid about $180 per week for a three-bedroom home in Baywood Chase ‘on the income of a single mum casual teacher’ when he was growing up.

‘Of course things change, but the current housing crisis is ripping the heart out of community,’ he said.

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The vulnerable at risk Most of us would hope that the taxes we pay go towards key areas such as health, education and to supporting the most vulnerable in our community. This so-called ‘social contract’ surely wasn’t meant to provide $10.3 billion in fossil-fuel subsidies in the financial year 2020-21, as the Australia Institute pointed out in April.

And now, while providing handouts to its friends, the government is targeting one of our most vulnerable groups. It seeks to save money by stripping funds from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), firstly by privatising the funding assessment process.

Documents seen by The Guardian show that the transition to ‘independent assessment’ is predicted to save $700m over four years.

The new NDIS minister, Linda Reynolds, claims that the system is ‘unsustainable over time’. Ms Reynolds’s care for the vulnerable was shown when she called Brittany Higgins a ‘lying cow’ following her allegations of being raped in Ms Reynolds’s office by another staffer.

I know firsthand of the ‘care’ shown by the government to the vulnerable. A family member receives NDIS funding.

As his mother became more ill owing to a progressive disease, we sought greater funding to substitute the care she had provided. Not only was this denied, his funding was reduced. The decision was appealed, but his mother was dead before the appeal was heard.

Informal carers provide billions of dollars of free care every year. I am one of those people. According to Deloitte Access Economics, informal care in Australia (for the aged and those with disabilities) was valued at $77.9 billion in 2020. This is based on the estimated replacement cost of the 2.2 billion hours of care they provide each year.

When Ms Reynolds and the government talk about the NDIS being unsustainable, it is not just the direct dollar figure that needs to be assessed. As support for families and carers of people with disabilities reduces, this threatens their ability to be productive members of society, hold down jobs and, yes, pay their taxes.

The recent Royal Commission into aged care clearly demonstrated that under-resourcing of care leaves those being cared for open to exploitation, neglect and abuse.

Reducing funding for people with permanent disabilities will result in the same disaster.

The billions the government throws around on fossil-fuel subsidies, rather than tackling climate change, shows that the attack on NDIS funding is unwarranted cruelty.

There are an estimated 430,000 NDIS participants. If a high-needs participant requires on average a $100,000 NDIS care provision, then the $10.3bn fossil-fuel subsidies handout could have provided care for over 100,000 people.

Surely that is money well spent and a better use for our taxes?

Aslan Shand, acting editor News tips are welcome: editor@echo.net.au

War the bloody hell are you?

When faced with potential conflict, why are we abandoning the strategy that’s worked in the past for one that will definitely fail?

My late, beloved grandfather served in the Australian forces in World War II and it was the making of him, in that he returned with a leg injury, which never healed, and post-traumatic stress disorder that saw him spend the last three decades of his life rarely leaving his bed.

He was proud of his contribution, but also deeply grieved those mates who never came back, and he railed against the sheer waste of it all. And that horror was all from what was the only armed conflict in which Australia was unambiguously on the winning side.

Our more recent efforts in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq aren’t exactly a litany of triumphs – the troops packing up in Afghanistan right now aren’t exactly coming home because everything’s gone brilliantly and it would be impolite to outstay their welcome.

Even without well-supported reports of war crimes committed by Australian forces against civilians, you’d think that our leaders would be hesitant to send our citizens to expensively die in another foreign conflict. And yet certain members of our federal government are beating the drums of war with such wild enthusiasm that Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee would tell them to stop being so unnecessarily flamboyant.

Peter Dutton declared we are ‘already under attack’ from China in the cybersphere, while his former departmental head, Michael Pezzullo, ominously talked up the imminent threat of conflict in his ANZAC Day address.

And it shouldn’t need to be said, but; despite Dutton and Pezzulo’s breathless rhetoric, if Australia did actually go to war with China we’d come a distant second.

It doesn’t help that successive coalition governments have committed us to multi-billion dollar spends on flashy new toys, such as the unflyable series of design flaws that is the Joint Strike Fighter, and the submarine program that promises to eventually produce largely obsolete machines, assuming that they’re completed at all.

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It’s especially concerning when, after military fetishist Tony Abbott became PM he didn’t just valorise the military, but also began the budget cuts in our diplomatic corps and foreign aid programs that represented Australia’s actual regional clout.

Diplomacy used to be our superpower, the smart move for a small country far from the big decisionmaking centres of the northern hemisphere. However, along with a new hawkishness over our military activity came cuts to foreign aid. Last year saw us slump close to the bottom of the aid tables among OECD countries, ranking alongside the likes of Portugal.

And leaving aside the moral dimension of a rich country plonked amid a lot of very poor ones not pulling its weight, there’s also the cold, hard, security calculation; because, if things kicked off with China, we’d need all the friends we could get.

The much-demonised Belt and Road Initiative can very reasonably be seen as a way for China to exert influence on every country in our region. But before you sneer about China bribing its way to popularity it’s worth making clear that we’ve not exactly been endearing ourselves to the neighbourhood of late.

If push should ever come to live-fire shove, which way would any Pacific nation choose to jump right now?

Would they support the country who flew in health workers and built a highway system, or the one whose leadership made jokes about how stuffed they are when rising sea levels come ‘lapping at your door’?

Australia can’t possibly win a war with China. Not merely because they could nuke us without raising a sweat, but also because we’ve been taking a hard line with international aid at the same time that China has been approaching all our neighbours and

saying things like ‘Hey, fancy a hospital system? How about a new port? How about a nice fat loan in exchange for which we’d like your mineral wealth to act as collateral?’

And the war needn’t get too hot to devastate us. Sure, China’s military might dwarfs that of most of the planet (except the US), but now they’re also the biggest economy on Earth. They don’t have to waste expensive missiles on us: they simply have to pick off our markets and wait.

Morrison can talk up the unbreakable bond that unites Australia and our traditional allies (when not accidentally endorsing China’s position on Taiwan…), but does he honestly think that if Indonesia, or India, or even the US were told they had the choice between trading with China or Australia, but not both, that they’d bravely stand up for us on something as flimsy as principle? Yeah, me neither.

For all sorts of reasons, from COVID19 to climate change, from a global recession to regional geopolitics, the world is looking set for a lot of volatility.

The winners in the times-to-come are not going to be the countries that provoke entirely avoidable fights; they will be the ones that find smart ways to further their interests and their agendas, which is unlikely to involve starting battles they can’t possibly win.

What Australia needs is cool heads in leadership and absolute guns in DEFAT and our ambassadorial corps. We need exceptional foreign, trade and defence ministers to help regain the level of influence and amity we’ll need to survive and thrive in the coming decades.

Or, y’know, we could trust in the cool-headed wisdom and boundless personal charisma of Peter Dutton to continue his public-threat-based diplomatic strategy and see how that shakes out.

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You would have to say that the Byron district has more than its fair share of wankers, however, most of our local wankers are identifiable by their intemperate and ill-considered adherence to some cause or belief system.

We love our local wankers, they are an important element in Byron society.

People’s objection to the Netflix program is basically that the program’s participants, the influencers, are commercial wankers, which cuts across Byron’s admiration of the gifted amateur.

David Gilet Byron Bay

īĕĶƆŔ ëōĶưĕ ëŕĎ Ʊĕōō I have been spending time in the ocean since before I could walk; I grew up at the beach; I have been swimming at Byron’s beaches for more than 40 years – and today, at Main Beach, I was asked by the lifesaver to leave the water so that he could talk to me – and he told me that the surf was rough and that there were rips, all of which I was aware of as I was swimming only about a metre from the shore and certainly not diving or catching any waves – ‘bobbing’ would be the best description!

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I stayed a bit longer and then noticed that a much younger woman went into the surf where I had been swimming and she was not hauled out of the water ‘to have a word’!

I decided to approach the lifesaver and question him on this anomaly. He changed

his story and said that he was worried about the rocks.

I know that I was asked to leave the water as I am older.

No-one else in the three hours that I was there was subjected to what I was.

Enough now.

Margaret Boshier St Ives

I was gobsmacked when I read that the ‘Greens’ mayor’s parting gift was to aid privatisation of land at the Belongil Spit. Indeed, it was hard to digest the fact that Greens councillors will support this by sending a letter to the State Government requesting rezoning of the Belongil Spit’s LEP. I ask – have they visited the land with environmental concerns in mind?

The existing golf course will potentially see the development of houses that have ‘green labels’ – a form of green legal puff that upholds an Environmental Living Zone. The latter is land with special environmental or scenic values, where residential development can be accommodated. This land is on the Elements Estate. The area where, over the last thirty two years, the community have fought the No Club Med campaign and the Becton proposals.

The most astounding feature of this proposed development is that it backs onto the thinnest of dunes

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with the sea directly behind.

Over the past 30 years the area has been rapidly losing dunes. An area that was formerly a road has gone. A large building was removed owing to dune erosion, and the possibility that it was dangerous and would topple.

No seafront development in the state of NSW is impervious to the devastating challenges of sea levels rising owing to the ongoing effects of climate change.

The Byron community have, for years, fought this type of development.

This proposal is sheer lunacy and certainly not sustainable or affordable to Byron Shire’s ratepayers. The mayor is not thinking of the community. This is ‘crony’ behaviour.

I ask – will Ben Franklin be involved in this ‘deal’ to aid the mayor and the developer? The bypass ignored community and environmental concerns too.

Resistance and transparency please.

Jo Faith Newtown

Byron rail trails It is an environmental obscenity, and an economic absurdity, for the old Byron railway line not to be

transformed into a rail trail.

Every time I cross the derelict tracks on the Old Bangalow Road rail crossing I think of the missed opportunity for Byron Council to build a beautiful trail and create another environmental asset for the town.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Council could work in partnership with the three levels of government, including neighbouring councils, to develop a cycling and walking alternative to our busy roads – or is that just another Byron utopian dream?

David Marnie Parwan

Outgoing & incoming Farewell Mayor Simon Richardson; the man with charisma, gift of the gab, Greens credentials and Steiner philosophy. Such a promising prospect. There is, however, many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip.

The Echo letters May 5 outline a few outgoing disasters: ‘Mayor’s parting gift’

by Michele Grant describes the 38 room boarding house, which sounds as charming as a battery chicken farm. I dread to think of the impact the frustrated people living on junk food (no cooking facilities) will have on the Bruns/Bayside community.

What if there’s a lockdown?

And then John Lazarus’ letter about proposed rezoning to residential on the old Club Med site – yes I did march against Club Med and Becton – and my heart sinks at this prospect, so near to the rare beach bird nesting sites. Besides, wouldn’t it be extremely vulnerable to sea-level rise?

And Rhonda Ansiewicz’s letter about Tamara Smith being snubbed. I felt very upset about that too, researched, and found that she had in fact declined the invitation to ride in a kombi at the opening of the new bypass with Simon and Ben Franklin (Nationals). Oh yes, the bypass. Habitat destruction. Community destruction. Mitchell’s rainforest snails’ destruction. Oh dear.

May things work out better in your next job, Simon.

What hope do we have?

There’s a glimmer of promise in that Duncan Dey will be standing at the next election for councillor and mayor.

He’s a true-blue Greens candidate; a civil engineer specialising in floods and water issues, who has already been a councillor for six years so he knows the ropes, he’s been in the community for donkey’s years, and keeps the Shire informed of what’s

going on at BSC with letters to The Echo. He’ll be getting my vote.

Deborah Lilly Mullumbimby

No car for who?

The completion of the Byron town bypass has evidently motivated Byron Council to float the idea of a ‘car free’ space in the centre of town.

This proposal is likely to attract more visitors (with their cars) all wanting to have the ‘no car’ experience in Byron. Was that the reason for the bypass in the first place? Who wins and who loses in this? Or are we all just going around on a merry-go-round with the Council playing the tune?

Tourists having the fun, and ratepayers paying for their ride!

Paul Gannon Coopers Shoot

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Looking at Linnaeus at Broken Head Save Broken Head Broken Head is precious but fragile.

Again, it’s under threat and it’s urgent to act now.

This time it’s an ecotourism proposal at the Linnaeus Estate, which doubles the human impact.

The application detail doesn’t match the hype. It’s just not good enough for this significant site. Byron deserves better and Broken Head deserves much better!

Decades of activism have protected its values and it’s time again to act to protect against commercialisation.

There’s 100 hectares in the nature reserve; once privately owned, but community advocacy secured its protection. We knew then and we know now, caution must be applied to biodiversity, if we stuff it up, extinction is next.

I agree with former Mayor, Simon Richardson, when he said in December 2014, ‘Byron is the third most bio-diverse region in Australia, and Broken Head is our jewel in the crown. If ever a precautionary principle should apply it is in Broken Head.’

The Linnaeus site was protected since 1990 by a restrictive zone for education, until 2017 when it was secretly changed to allow tourism. The community didn’t know, so we couldn’t oppose it, but we are now. It has an approved education facility and that’s enough.

Please help, act now, do a submission.

Jan Barham Broken Head

A hands up poll Hands up everyone who wants another high-end tourist resort in Byron: a place for already pampered outsiders to be pampered still further, at the expense of local livelihoods and community – and on one of the most stunning and ecologically delicate pieces of land in the Shire… No takers?

Pity, because that’s what we are going to get if we allow a Development Application currently before Council for the Linnaeus Estate on Seven Mile Beach to be approved.

Whereas the appalling narcissism and crass consumerism of Byron Baes

will (hopefully) be relatively short-lived, this new example of massively misplaced priorities will be here to stay: the damage will never be undone.

The DA contains two startling projections for the project once it is up and running: a full-time equivalent staff of 121.5 and a gross turnover of $18.5 million.

Don’t for a moment believe the developer’s fairytale that these figures represent long-term benefits for the existing population of the Shire.

There will be no trickle down of the riches to the people who actually need them most, and jobs within the tourist industry offer no security at all for the future. This is nothing more or less than shameless commercialism.

The distressing prospect of this pristine piece of land being turned over to yet more tourist development is compounded by the knowledge that a fullyfunded alternative plan for the land is already in place: the creation of a cutting-edge Centre for Holistic Education modelled

on the world-renowned Schumacher College in the UK. This Centre would explore the framing for genuinely sustainable development.

It would also provide community groups and Indigenous guardians free access to run activities that would directly benefit the lives of local people and the local economy. And this comes with a legally enforceable guarantee that the land could never be developed further.

This is a very rare opportunity, not only to say ‘No’ to business-as-usual, but to say ‘Yes’ to a vision that is life-enhancing, inclusive and inspirational.

Please take the time to help protect our shared future by making a submission opposing the proposed development.

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CHESS by Ian Rogers The chances of a fair fight for November’s world title match in Dubai between Magnus Carlsen and challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi took a hit this week when it was revealed that the president of the world body FIDE was actively helping Nepomniachtchi win the recent Candidates tournament.

After Nepomniachtchi’s victory in Ekaterinburg last month to become challenger, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich revealed that, using his role as Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation, he had helped Nepomniachtchi gain access to a Russian supercomputer for his preparation and analysis. ‘We are very happy our Skoltech computational resources have played a small but significant part in Ian’s victory,’ declared Dvorkovich.

‘Chess tournament preparation these days is very dependent on software,’ said Nepomniachtchi after the tournament. ‘Skoltech provided a full range of computational power for me and my team.’

Neither Dvorkovich nor Nepomniachtchi seemed concerned about admitting that the

head of the controlling body of the Candidates tournament was favouring one player over the others, and this provokes a number of unpleasant questions. What was the real reason behind Dvorkovich’s insistence that the second half of the tournament be continued in Russia rather than a safer country? Was young tailender Kirill Alekseenko put under pressure to lose to Nepomniachtchi near the end of the tournament, for the good of Russia? (There are plenty of confirmed instances of similar pressure being applied during the Soviet period, a practice many had hoped was over.)

What is unquestionable is that Nepomniachtchi’s rise to become title challenger has been greeted by, in one commentator’s term, a ‘chauvinistic frenzy’. Media and commentators in Russia have declared that the World Championship title is on the verge of returning to its rightful home.

Nevertheless, Nepomniachtchi will be unable to officially represent Russia in Dubai, nor play with a Russian flag, owing to sanctions placed on Russia for long running and state-supported drug cheating in multiple sports.

Water and the dam An organisation called ‘Our Future NR’ is distributing and promoting information intended to put the Dunoon Dam, which was excluded from Rous Water’s 2020 Water Strategy, back on the agenda.

Unfortunately, they tell only part of the story.

Our region has some of the highest rainfall in New South Wales, and alarmist suggestions that any option other than the dam below Rocky will not secure our water supply into the future is simply untrue. Indeed, it’s fair to say that this region would be the least likely in the State to need another dam.

The closest Rocky Creek Dam came to being unacceptably low was in 2002 when, at the end of the drought, it was at 22.8 per cent.

However, this only happened because the longstanding policy at Rous County Council that restrictions should be

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implemented when the dam was at 60 per cent full did not occur and, when restrictions were finally implemented, they were far more severe than would have otherwise been necessary.

In contrast, on 13 January 2020, after the far north coast had experienced its longest dry period on record (2018–2020) Rocky Creek Dam was 60.7 per cent full. The Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) says that being dependent on surface water increases water insecurity, and that a diverse range of water supply sources including new or alternative sources – such as indirect potable reuse and direct reuse of purified water – increases water security.

Several councils in the region have already introduced the use of recycled water, but have not yet introduced purified recycled water for drinking water. For the whole story, go to www.

waternorthernrivers.org/.

The dam would inundate 25 graves of the Widjabul Wai-bal people, for whom this is a sacred site. It would also intersect with an important koala food tree corridor used by koalas in a very healthy state owing to their lack of exposure to intensive urban areas with all their dangers.

Removal of this koala habitat would simply push koalas further along the path to extinction.

Dr Roslyn Irwin Caniaba

nothing to do with the Shire.

I think this would be a good way to avoid over-exploitation and capitalisation of our beloved Byron Bay, putting it back in the hands of its true residents.

David Pettifer Uki

NOROC, who had all fought for our railway and saw the tourism need it addressed, backflipped, changing their position to: Rip our rail lines out!

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Trainspotters In the article – At a gathering of trainspotters, 21/4/21

by David Lisle, re Tweed Council Rail Trail, it is noted in brackets ‘fully funded and already under construction’ – well, no. Their RT is not either. Actually, in a document produced by Rider Levett Bucknall, called Casino to Murwillumbah Rail Trail Concept Cost Plan Estimate Report, the estimate presented is a desktop study only.

Mr Bucknall’s report states: ‘The sites have not been visited to look at the issues relating to converting existing track to rail trail’. No allowance had been made for umpteen works, including treatment, handling or disposal of any contaminated material, and the list went on!

Mr Bucknall’s report was for The ARUP Study, stating there was no way we could keep our rail line, yet actually ARUP did say, all should be stopped until connection with Qld had been fully investigated!

So much information was ignored and MPs, Crs,

Diverse and resilient After statements and actions by some Rous councillors, I am left wondering how many refusals to accept the democratic vote at their meetings would it take to be considered just plain vexatious?

We have a dam, which is excellent. The rest of our water strategies should be drought proof,

Exotic and hybrid I was shocked to see the abundant exotic and hybrid plantings at Byron’s new bus interchange.

As Byron Council used to have a policy of planting local endemic species I checked their website in the hope that I could find a requirement that was being breached. I was disappointed to find that the idea of planting local species has apparently been expunged from Council’s planning.

I did find ‘endemic’ and ‘local provenance’ in the glossary to the new Biodiversity Strategy, though these were only relics from the past, as there is no mention of them in the text.

We are privileged to live in one of the world’s centres of endemism. We are endowed with over 1,500 local endemic plant species, though we have among them the most threatened with extinction in Australia because of past excessive clearing. The plants, in turn, support a plethora of other endemic species; we don’t even know the multitude of attendant microbes and

rain independent.

The new IWCM includes many options. Logically, we should have all of them shovel ready. The more options, the more resilient the system.

My preferred option is purified recycled water. This ‘toilet to tap’ rubbish is a scare tactic. We already drink recycled water. Chances are if you live downstream from a town with a water treatment plant, it is more than likely that purified waste water goes into the creek, which is likely to be drawn as part of the water supply for your town, after further purification.

There is no need to destroy any Aboriginal heritage, rare forest, koala or platypus habitat for an expensive asset, which will be empty in a protracted drought, when there are better options available.

Andrya Hart The Channon fungi and how they interact.

So Council, how about restoring some of what we have lost and reinstating the rule that plantings in public places must be local endemic species? The bus interchange should be a place where we showcase local pride and a real concern for our environment by displaying some of our multitude of fantastic, attractive and unique plants for all the world to see, rather than another homogenised collection of foreigners.

Dailan Pugh Byron Bay

Get it right Ed (it was one tuna) I heard on the local news late this afternoon (April 20) that a 370kg tuna [a single gargantuan fish] had been pulled from the sea on the east coast.

It is now at some fish market – it should’ve instantly gone back into the ocean – an ancestor of the sea.

Humans [the ones who don’t understand how bad this is] suck.

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ĈşŕĪƖƆĶşŕ şĪ ōĕƐƐĕſƆ Ķŕ wĈĕëŕ IJşſĕƆ Apparently there is another Ocean Shores in another part of the world, and they have deer…

The Ocean Shores & District Garden Club secretary, Claire, was a little perplexed when she was replying to a lady named Marilyn who showed interest in coming to the club meeting last week.

Marilyn wrote I moved to Ocean Shores in September and was hoping to find a garden club.

I was hoping to learn more about how people garden, especially with the deer population here.

Deer?

Claire was very curious and intrigued about the possible deer of Ocean Shores.

She responded to Marylin with all the club details of time and location of meetings and other events and was happy to welcome the new member to the Far North Coast club.

This came from Marilyn…

Looking forward to Ǖ ſƆƐ ŔĕĕƐĶŕī Thank you, so much, for your reply. I’m looking forward to attending my first meeting Monday.

I’ve never been to a club meeting. I haven’t had time for gardening in years.

The house we moved to had no plants at all. I just started planting 80 pots of daffodils, lilacs, snowball bushes, and a few other plants.

Have to get several peonies still, too. I’m planning on building a greenhouse this year too. I’m sure I’ll have lots of questions going forward.

See you Monday!

!ōëĶſĕ ƱſşƐĕȞ I think you have us confused with another garden club.

Ocean Shores is in the Northern Rivers 30 minutes past Byron Bay.

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Deer aren’t a problem here and the flowers you mention we would love to grow but aren’t suitable for a subtropical climate.

Intrigued to know where you live.

Uho-oh!

Marilyn wrote: Oh no! Are you in Australia?!

I’m in Ocean Shores,

Washington USA! I thought I finally got the right one. I typed in my city and state and thought it sounded right. Darn!

Well, I’m sorry for taking your time, and the confusion.

Thank you anyway. The search will go on, I guess.

Marilyn Ocean Shores Washington, USA

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The underbelly of the internet is the same as that of humanity at large. Deception, misinformation and manipulation are older than language itself. The snake oil salesmen will always be there, yet we want to believe that we have found the magic potion, that we have seen behind the curtain and know the truth that others are blind to. So, how then do we know shit from shinola?

Debunking false information takes dedication and effort, Brandolini’s law tells us that ‘the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than to produce it.’ The picture looks even grimmer when we also consider the finding from Vosoughi et al that lies spread faster than the truth online (Science Vol. 359, Issue 6380).

In the information age there is seemingly an equivalence given to knowledge and opinion. We’ve all seen it in some form or another and, to varying degrees, we all accept it. It is vitally important to be open minded but in the words of Prof.

Kotschnig ‘keep your mind open, but not so open that your brains fall out’ (check

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Anyone who has ever tried to get a large number of people to keep a secret such as a surprise party or business project will know that the more people are involved the harder it becomes to stop tongues from wagging and spilling the details.

via the vaccines. Ask yourself, if you were an evil billionaire with this goal then is that really the way you’d achieve your goal? If a single vial of vaccine escapes the chain and is subjected to analysis then you risk global exposure. You’d need the support of every single person who ever handles the vaccine,

Image by PixxlTeufel And yet when notions such as flat Earth come along, we are asked to somehow believe that we have been coherently lied to over centuries by every advanced civilization on the globe and for no apparent financial or other gain. It doesn’t pass muster, yet for some the belief persists.

Here we are in the midst of a global pandemic and yet we don’t have to look far to find those who are totally, utterly convinced that the novel coronavirus is a fabrication so that some sinister biological agent or nanobot can be secretly administered

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Yes, there are the unforeseen consequences such as the correlation of clotting and the AstraZeneca vaccine, yet almost all of us understand that every medication has the potential for side effects. Accidental death from taking paracetamol is more common, yet this and the harms of many other medications are often ignored in the public sphere.

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trying to kill us and if they were then we’d be dead or chemically sterilised already.

Instead life expectancy and quality of health have been increasing for over a century, in a way not seen at any other time in our history, and this is thanks to scientific methodology and medical advances.

If we want to see conspiracies then consider that the Liberal-National Coalition has used public money to pork barrel key electorates. Regardless of your political orientation this must be seen as corruption and conspiracy. Similarly, the fossil fuel lobby gives significant cash donations to political parties and uses its influence to seek protections for an industry that is driving the environmental crisis, killing most of life on Earth and risking the collapse of civilisation. Those are real conspiracies.

It is easy to forget that conspiracy theories come with a price tag; in that they steal our attention and effort away from the real problems and divert it towards a labyrinth of uncertainty. There is a parallel between the coronavirus outbreak and the climate emergency: both have been exacerbated by the denialism and complaceny of a vocal minority.

If we are to have any chance of achieving a sustainable future then let’s not waste our effort on conspiracy theories when we have conspiracy facts to contend with.

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The Dunoon Dam damning for koalas Nan Nicholson The proposed Dunoon Dam is still a possibility, though it has been voted against twice by the members of Rous County Council. Now information has emerged that presents another reason to shut down the threat of the dam once and for all.

New information has been revealed about the local population of koalas who would be impacted by the proposed 50 GL dam at Dunoon.

¨ëŊĕŕ şǔ ƐIJĕ Ɛëćōe The Dunoon Dam was taken off the table by Rous County Council in December 2020.

The councillors who voted down the dam proposal cited the loss of important ecological systems and fauna habitat, as well as the valuable cultural heritage sites of the Widjabul Wia-bal people.

However, it appears that the Dunoon Dam koalas are even more important than first thought as they can help other koala populations to recover robust genetics.

Dr Steve Phillips from Biolink Ecological Consultants says the Dunoon koala population has different genetic origins.

‘These koalas are more robust and outbred than other koala populations to the south and east, which are, in contrast, immunologically compromised and demonstrably inbred,’ he said.

‘The Dunoon koalas thus have lots to offer these other koalas, which suffer from high disease levels and associated mortalities, as well as the manifestation of physical traits of inbreeding such as smaller average body sizes and microcephaly,’ said Dr Phillips.

‘As far as we can tell, the genetic affinity/origins of the population imply a link to hinterland koala populations of SE Queensland, loosely referred to as the SEQ genome,’ he said.

Dr Phillips says we have known about the presence of this special koala population for some time, since at least the mid-1990s, but ‘we do not yet know such critical things as population size

assisted incorporation of genes from the Dunoon koalas into these other populations will increase their overall genetic and immunological fitness and so increase their capacity to resist change.’

'ĕƆƐſşƷĶŕī ǟǠIJë şĪ Ŋşëōë IJëćĶƐëƐ

When koala populations across the country are struggling, why would we wipe out a healthy group with much needed robust genetics? Photo Hugh Nicholson. and the full extent of the population’s distribution in the Dunoon area.’

Why is the population so special?

Dr Phillips says is it because the population

carries genetic information known to be missing from the coastal populations of Byron, Ballina, and the Richmond River floodplain around Lismore.

‘The progressive or

The Dunoon Dam would destroy 23ha of koala habitat according to the Terrestrial Ecology Impact Assessment prepared for Rous County Council in 2013.

This does not include forest damaged or fragmented by construction works, or peripheral impacts on koalas living around the edges of the impact zone.

The forest consists of key koala feed tree species such as Tallowwood, linked by rainforest and regrowth.

In addition to habitat loss, koala corridors linking this population to others would also be negatively impacted.

Mitigation is not an option because koalas need these trees now and cannot wait for a regrown forest.

DëƐIJĕſ ëŕĎ Ɔşŕ ƱĶŕ ǕſƆƐ ƆëĶōĶŕī ſëĈĕ On The Horizon Sixteen boats competed in the Tweed Valley Sailing Club’s race day earlier this month in a 10-12 knot breeze that suited the newcomers to the sport.

Adam Andrewartha entered his first race with his son Zac on an NS14. They scored a first on handicap in the second race of the day.

‘I was really pleased with how Zack and I worked together as a team,’ Adam said.

‘We had a reasonable run on this race, keeping up with the front pack and finishing in a respectable position, this is great from our perspective as we can learn by watching the faster boats/skippers in front of us.’

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The fleet heads down the Tweed. Photo supplied ‘We learnt a lot and now have new things we can work on for next time to try and improve our placing.’

Monique also had her first try at racing.

‘It was amazing to see so many boats participating.

Chirps of encouragement from the other boats, great

displays of sportsmanship in giving buoy room and navigating around near collisions. All in all, an awesome introduction to Dinghy Sailing,’ Monique said.

‘I’ll definitely be joining the next She Sails course,’ she said

wĈĕëŕƆ ǞǢȞƐſĶƖŔżIJëŕƐȞſĕƐƖſŕ The Ocean Shores Aquatics team have returned home with some great results after a month-long stint at various State School Swimming competitions.

‘They have all performed well, while enjoying the experience immensely,’ coach Adrian Filipic said.

‘Every swimmer was

inspired and challenged to swim their best to establish a ranking amongst the states finest’.

The primary school swimmers, most of them on debut, produced some great personal bests with the chart toppers being Mali Stewart, Teo Martin and Jack Matkevich.

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The Byron Bay junior girls relay team excelled with the combination of Delilah Warton, Andie Gilbert, Lily Purtell and Henly Smith together dropping over nine seconds from their time to finish fifth in the final.

The secondary school swimmers showed that there is no substitute for

Mullumbimby Community Market is on this Saturday from 8am until 2pm, Cnr of Stuart and Myocum Streets Mullumbimby. Great local artisans, massage, good food and coffee, plants and records. Tim Stokes is playing live.

Visit the museum. We love your dogs but they can’t come inside the market.

Please support your local community market.

Byron Book Fair The annual Byron Shire Book Fair needs your secondhand or new books to sell and raise funds for the Libraries of Byron Shire. Books need to be in good condition, and all genres, such as fiction, non fiction, art, children’s, history, DVDs and games, are needed.

Call Beryl 6685 3030 or Janene 0407 855 022, who can arrange collection points. The Book Fair will take place between 2 and 5 July.

Friends of Libraries Friends of Libraries Byron Shire are holding a book event for Jed Hart, a local Byron Bay resident, discussing his first novel Without Warning in conversation with Mick O’Regan, at

experience as most secured top ten placings to make finals.

Lawson King had a debut in the Boys 11yrs 50m backstroke and swam his best.

Other great swimmers were Ivy Gilbert, Phoebe Pockley and Zara Morris in their respective relays.

Marvell Hall 37 Marvell Street Byron Bay on Friday 28 May from 5.30pm.

Entry $10, light refreshments and drinks are provided. Bookings are essential at www.byronbayfol.com.

Ocean Shores Garden Club, Australia The next meeting of the Ocean Shores Garden Club will be held on Monday 17 May at 1.30 pm at the Hub hall next to K-Mart Hub (previously Target).

Our speaker will be Grant Boyle from Fig Landscapes, Byron Bay. Visitors are very welcome. Phone Margie 6680 1736

BV VIEW Club Brunswick Valley VIEW Club will meet on Thursday, 13 May at 10.30am for luncheon at Brunswick Heads Bowling Club. Book in with Wenda on 0449 563 580 or email wjhunt@ yahoo.com.au. To find out more about VIEW, visit www.view.org.au or call 1800 805 366.

Northern NSW koalas could be extinct in less than 30 years if nothing is done to halt ongoing habitat loss.

FƖƐƖſĕ WëƐĕſ A new Future Water Plan, without the Dunoon Dam, has been prepared by Rous County Council and released for public comment.

Nan Nicholson was on Rous public reference group from 2008 to 2013, and is a founding member of the WATER Northern Rivers Alliance which represents local groups promoting diverse water options and opposing the Dunoon Dam: www. waternorthernrivers.org/ The organisation is urging people who care about koalas to put in a submission supporting Rous’ new Future Water 2060 plan. This plan has taken the Dunoon Dam off the table.

More information about the Future Water Project can be found here: www.rous.nsw.gov.au/ future-water-for-our-region Submissions close 28 May. fundraiser on Saturday 15 May from 9am until 12.30pm reaching out to support and mentor youth at our local high school.

A special feature will be a silent auction for a chance to purchase an original painting by Bessie Liddle a Luritja/Pertame woman formally from Alice Springs. The painting and supporting information will be on display in the op shop.

Prostate Cancer Support The next meeting of the Northern Rivers Day Prostate Cancer Support Group is to be held on Monday 17 May, 10am until 12 noon at the Ballina Cherry Street Bowling Club.

Men diagnosed or newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and their partners or carers are most welcome to attend.

These meetings are a wonderful opportunity to share, learn and benefit from other people’s experiences.

Enquiries phone Bob Corney (02) 6628 1527 or 0400 747 630

CWA Crafty Women

The Op Shop Crn Dalley & Whian Streets Mullumbimby is holding a

Please join the Crafty Women at the CWA Brunswick Heads, Crn Booyun and Park St, each Friday (except public holidays) 10am to 2pm. Bring along your craft project or learn new skills like quilting, knitting crocheting, making clothes or soft toys. BYO snacks. Mums and babes-in-arms most welcome. Gold coin donation. We are friendly and COVID Safe, log on using the NSW Service AP.

Other results: Sashi Wills; Girls 17-19yrs: 8th 400m Freestyle, 6th 200m Freestyle, 9th 200m medley, 10th 50m backstroke. Tiggi Groves; Girls 13yrs: 10th 100m back, 9th 50m freestyle, 7th 50m backstroke. Eve Porter; Girls 16yrs: 10th 200m Freestyle, 10th 50m Freestyle. Tom

Cheek; Boys 16yrs: 8th 100m breaststroke. Meg Porter; Girls 17-19yrs: 7th 400m medley.

Maddison Oliss placed 11th in the Girls 13yrs 50m breaststroke. Montannah Archibald swam in the Girls 14yrs 100m breastroke and Jay DunbarRied swam in the Boys 16yrs 100m breastroke.

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MAYDAY – MAYDAY – One hundred years ago Byron Bay Historical Society One hundred years ago this week, around noon on Saturday 14 May 1921, the 2,000 tonne steamship Wollongbar ran aground on Belongil beach.

The ship had been moored against the ‘old’ jetty and to a buoy in the sea. It was also anchored.

At about 11am gale-force, easterly winds and high seas pushed the ship away from the jetty and broke several of the mooring ropes. Before the remaining mooring ropes could be cast off, the anchor raised, and ‘full steam’ gained, the vessel had drifted, struck bottom and began bumping along the seabed ‘broadside on’ closer and closer to the shore.

A desperate captain Under full steam and with damaged propellers the desperate captain tried several times to turn the vessel toward the sea and sail to deeper water.

Each time the wind and waves prevailed, pushing the craft ever closer to the shore. Within half an hour the ten-year-old Wollongbar was hard aground on the beach with its stern facing the old jetty. Large waves rocked the vessel and scoured the seabed around it. Soon it had settled into the sand with huge waves crashing over the deck and superstructure.

Several members of the Byron Byron Bay Life Saving Club, as well as other locals, were immediately on the scene, and after many heroic attempts a line was linked from the shore to the boat.

No-one was seriously injured, and no-one was killed. Fortunately, none of the passengers due to depart

the vessel to Sydney at 5pm that evening had boarded, otherwise the story may have had tragic outcomes.

The next day being Sunday saw hundreds of spectators from Byron Bay and nearby towns visit the scene. The Wollongbar was fully loaded with more than 5,000 boxes of butter, 9,000 boxes of bananas and a large amount of bacon. Most of this cargo was retrieved and transported to shore using a flying fox rigged from the ship to dry land.

Several attempts were made to refloat the ship. All failed. The furniture and fittings were removed and sold or ‘acquired’ by locals. The number of chairs allegedly ‘recovered’ far exceeds the actual number of chairs on the ship at the time.

The wreck was sold to salvagers, who took all they could but abandoned the hull and boilers. The ship broke into pieces that are still partly visible at low tides and between waves in storms. It is now locally known as ‘The Wreck’ and has become a favourite surfing location. The outline of the hull is still clearly visible from the air.

Loss of a crucial link The loss of the Wollongbar was also the loss of a crucial link for passengers and freight from Byron Bay and its hinterland to the outside world. In fact, so vital was this link that the owner of the Wollongbar, the North Coast Steamship Navigation Company, had an identical ship built. It was imaginatively named the Wollongbar II and made its maiden voyage to Byron Bay on 11 January 1923. A longer and safer ‘new’ jetty was completed in 1928.

The Wollongbar became a huge tourist attraction in Byron Bay then it broke up and became The Wreck; a haven for sea life and divers.

Photos courtesy of the Byron Bay Historical Society.

The Wollongbar II The Wollongbar II, the twin of the Wollongbar, also met an unfortunate fate.

After loading a cargo of bacon and butter at Byron Bay, and a later departure for Sydney than planned on the evening of 28 April 1943, the Wollongbar II was torpedoed by Japanese submarine 1-180.

It was attacked and sank off Crescent Head, approximately 280 kilometres south of Byron Bay. Two torpedos hit the ship in quick succession at 10.15am on 29 April 1943 breaking it in two. Both pieces sank within minutes giving those onboard little chance of escaping. Only five of the crew of 37 survived.

spent searching for survivors of the freighter Limerick which has sunk 32km off Cape Byron two days previously, after being fired on by the Japanese submarine 1-126 on 26 April.

Thirty-seven ships were attacked by enemy action along the eastern coast of Australia during WWII.

Byron Bay captain The captain and many others who died were from Byron Bay. The delayed departure of the Wollongbar II from Byron Bay resulted from time it

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Bell & Ford

What happens to your digital assets when you die?

The days are shortening and autumn is in the air, with winter fast approaching.

The Bell & Ford Byron Bay and Bangalow stores are fully stocked with a diverse range of midseason linens and knitwear in cashmere, merino wool, cotton, and blends, in soft pastels and bold multicolours.

All of your favourites are in stores now; cosy knits from Odd Molly and Melbourne labels Cashmerism and Zaket & Plover, a stunning linen collection from Muse, designed and made in Brisbane, the most comfortable and stylish pants from Bianco and Caroline Sills, beautiful, unique handcrafted jewellery from local jeweller Chattral, and much more.

They look forward to seeing you in store.

Open seven days.

3/111 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 44 Byron Street, Bangalow 02 6685 7095 www.bellandford.com.au

A person’s digital assets include all online activity such as cryptocurrency, bank accounts, shares, and social media accounts.

With the growth of the paperless environment, people’s digital assets and online activities are increasing.

Digital assets are often overlooked when it comes to administering an estate.

A failure to include your digital assets in an estate plan makes it extremely difficult to identify or deal with digital accounts when you are gone leaving them open indefinitely, at risk of identity theft and or unclaimed assets.

Ensuring your digital assets are included in your estate plan will protect your online life after you are gone.

For a confidential discussion call Somerville Laundry Lomax Solicitors.

Lismore: 02 6621 2481 Ballina: 02 6686 2522 Byron Bay: 02 6680 8525 Email: advice@sll.com.au Web: www.sll.com.au

Lismore Gemfest

Byron Community College Wanting to upskill, learn a new hobby and meet some new people? Byron Community College’s Term Two program offers over 120 general courses across Language, Cooking, Wellbeing, Business, Computers, Writing, Music, Handcrafts, Drawing & Sustainable Living.

If you’re wanting to brush up on your business skills the following courses are on offer in the coming weeks: Social Media Marketing, Power Pinterest, YouTube for Business and Branding, Smartphone Photography for Social Media, Working with the Media and Webdesign with Wordpress.

Look out too for some exciting new courses such as Fashion Design Illustration, Finish That Novel and Painting Landscapes with Acrylics to name a few.

It’s never too late to learn.

Enrol online today at www.byroncollege.org.au or call 6684 3374

Australia’s largest Annual Gem and Mineral show celebrates 30 years! Come along to the Lismore Showground on 15–16 May for two massive days of fun!

With over 140 tailgaters and dealers to explore, there will be something for everyone, from unexpected bargains to unusual raw specimens, stunning jewellery and spectacular, rare minerals and gems. Explore amazing displays of minerals, gems, fossils, jewellery and equipment from Australia and all over the world. A great day out for the whole family, there will also be sand sieving for crystals and gem fossicking on the hill, as well as food and beverage stalls and plenty of space and time to find your perfect treasure.

Lismore Showgrounds Alexandra Parade, Lismore www.gemfest.gemclublismore.org.au

Zena Theta Healing Zena Gourevitch is an experienced Theta Healer/ teacher.

Theta Healing reprograms bad habits, opens the mind, unblocks the body, processes unresolved history/trauma, works through stress/anxiety, connects us back to nature, teaches us to live in the present, helps us become mentally, emotionally, and physically strong.

Zena is known globally and teaches in Russian and English. A Russian immigrant, Zena came to Australia thirty years ago after surviving the Chernobyl explosion.

She had heavy metals in her body and was extremely sick.

Through Theta Healing she transformed her body, mind and life, and after practicing and teaching Theta Healing for twenty five years she is in perfect health.

She doesn’t just teach this, she lives it.

Call: 0409 302 548 Facebook/Instagram: Byron Bay Theta Healing

Mr Mac: Serving the Byron Shire since 2001 Dave Carnovale is ‘Mr Mac’: Byron Shire’s go-to Mac support service.

Specialising in Apple computer related issues, Mr Mac offers upgrades, fine-tuning and system optimisation. Often the solution involves software updates, application upgrades or iCloud activation and setup.

For certain models, enhancements such as extra RAM or storage can improve your computing experience. He can also offer advice on system upgrades that best suit your needs.

Items needing physical repair or attention can be dropped off at the Mr Mac lab in Brunswick Heads for system recovery, upgrades, software installation and specific repairs. Items are thoroughly cleaned on arrival and prior to pickup.

Go to www.mrmacintosh.com.au Fb (Mr Macintosh), Instagram (@mrmacbyronbay) or text 0418 408 869 for bookings.

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The Fairy Wren Did you know that male superb fairy wrens change colour every year, from dull brown to bright blue around breeding time?

Although female fairy-wrens have a stable social partner, when egg-laying time comes, they briefly leave their territory under the cover of darkness and ‘visit’ the male who became blue earliest in the year.

Tamsin Smyth has created a fine art poster print tribute to our favourite tweeter. You can find it at Tamsin Smyth Designs on Etsy.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic of Fear

The Cork Shop

Are we being told the whole truth about COVID-19 or just a one-sided view? Is the PCR test being used to diagnose this disease fit-for-purpose? Was this coronavirus modified in a laboratory using gain-offunction research to increase its transmissibility?

Are the COVID-19 vaccines really safe and effective?

Award-winning writer Margaret Stevenson says, ‘In my book The COVID-19 Pandemic of Fear: Are medical and scientific facts being obscured by politics? I provide verifiable scientific facts and sound reasoning on these and many other issues. My book uncovers hidden truths that will help people reclaim peace, hope and personal sovereignty. By offering such information, readers will be empowered to make informed decisions giving them the strength and confidence to journey forward in whatever direction they choose.’ www.margaretstevenson.com.au

Australia’s only cork shop opened ten months ago in Byron Bay and has been a great success! Cork is the perfect vegan alternative to leather for handbags, wallets, accessories and much more.

Responsibly harvested in Portugal, cork is a completely sustainable and eco-friendly product.

Some of the exclusive jewellery pieces are handmade locally, and all of their products are lightweight and durable.

Now in-store are cork joggers and sandals extremely comfortable, fabulous shoes already running out the door! They also stock an exclusive, stunning range of Alma Gemea kitchenware, which fuses the warmth of natural cork with the coolness of ivory porcelain.

Check out the most interesting shop in Byron!

Byron Bay Arcade, 5A/13 Lawson Street - Byron Bay Social media: thecorkshop_byronbay thecorkshop.com.au

Lock your gate to 5G

Norco Primex

Many of you would have seen Stop 5G signs popping up around town. In the same way that gas is invisible, so is electro-smog (also known as electromagnetic radiation), which 5G emits.

In the same way that the Federal Government declared best practice fracking has little to no impact on the environment, the same Government is declaring there is no evidence technologies such as 5G cause adverse health impacts. Telcos are doing their best to convince us of this too. The Stop 5G signs are a reminder that not everything is as it seems.

Critical thinking and more research are needed for a better future.

The signs campaign is brought to you by the Northern Rivers for Safe Technology group.

More info: www.wearenotsam.com.

Australia’s sustainable farming and primary industries expo, Norco Primex, is back for 2021! The family-owned brand has been bringing city and rural communities together since 1985, and this year’s COVID Safe event will feature over 300 exhibitors including outdoor leisure and recreation – it’s a fun day out for industry and locals alike!

Program includes livestock action and machinery demos, live entertainment and cooking demonstration, alongside a growing paddock-to-plate offering that aims to connect farmers and producers with chefs and food lovers from the Tweed to Clarence regions.

It all takes place between 20–22 May, 2021 at the Richmond Valley Event Centre in Casino.

Check www.primex.net.au for program updates and guest chef appearances. Tickets on sale now – thirty per cent early-bird discount ends midnight 16 May.

Chics with Chainsaws A fun information day at the Mullumbimby Golf Club for women who want to know more about outdoor power products. This is your chance! Not just chainsaws, but covering the new ranges of battery-operated equipment, all types of products from ride-on mowers to mulchers, to pressure washers and more. Ladies will be able to try out products for themselves. Other topics of interest will include perfecting water for your home with the best filtration, pumps and irrigation.

Running from 10am until 2pm on Wednesday 19 May with lunch provided. The event will be hosted by comedienne Ellen Briggs so is sure to be fun and informative.

All interested ladies please call Farmcare on 6684 2022 to register as numbers will be limited.

Device Trader

A career in care

Device Trader Byron Bay continues to evolve after six years of repairing and selling mobile devices in the Byron Shire.

Device Trader’s Founder Duane Tutchen told the Echo, ‘We experimented with stocking a much wider range of devices and accessories and have had a really good response from customers. We now offer Macbooks, Apple Watches, Airpods and virtually every current iPhone. We found that by stocking iPhones from the 6S at $119 to the 11 Pro Max at $1399 and everything in between, we really do have something for everybody! We spent a lot of time building our online store and it has paid off.

You can now see all of our products and services online and find huge discounts on refurbished devices and repairs.’

1/ 130 Jonson Street Byron Bay www.devicetrader.com.au 02 6685 5585

Crowley Care in Ballina has always done things differently.

In their latest recruitment campaign Crowley took the opportunity to thank staff for the incredible support they’ve provided to residents, particularly during periods of visitor restrictions owing to COVID. It required creativity, teamwork, resilience and compassion. And the team at Crowley demonstrated these qualities in spades.

To hear directly from the team on what it’s like working at Crowley go to crowley.org.au/ careers-at-crowley/. Here they tell their unique stories of their working life at Crowley Care and why they believe they have a great future.

So if you are a care worker, or would like to become a carer go to www.crowley.org.au to find out more.

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Good Life

Locavores out and about The sun is out, the sky is blue, it’s beautiful, and so is the barbeque… or picnic, at this time of year.

We are blessed with a slew of awesome food producers and growers, as well as some divine locations to eat al fresco.

You can park at a lookout and recline on a grassy bed with a view, pack a gastronomic backpack and go deeper into the rainforest, rest at a picnic table overlooking the water and near a barbeque, sip and sup while supine on the sand at the beach, or even hire a barbeque boat and grill a gourmet meal on board. Just remember to take your rubbish home.

First there are drinks. We have many locally sourced options to choose from: mineral water, juice or kombucha or locally brewed beer and local gin and rum. One idea for picnicking is to pre-make any mixed drinks in jars, put the lid on at home and add ice from the esky once at the location.

Here’s a recipe from Cape Byron Distillery using Brookie’s Gin:

Bangalow Mule Glass: Jar Garnish: Lime Wedge Method: Build in glass over ice and stir Ingredients: ǭǧŔō ſşşŊĶĕƆȜƆ ōşƱ EĶŕ ¨şż ƱĶƐIJ EĶŕīĕſ ĕĕſ

A first course idea is a simple antipasto board, which could include locally produced cheese, local olives, some figs or other fruit, locally made crackers and local ham – we got all of ours from Mullumbimby IGA. If you’re more organised, whip up some corn, double cheese and chive mini muffins before you leave home:

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For the main course, a big salad is super easy: a bag of loose-leaf greens with your other favourite salad vegetables such as capsicum, tomato, cucumber and carrot is super easy – go for colourful combinations. For extra minerals, flavour and crunch, add seeds; try (raw or toasted) hemp, sunflower or sesame. For an easy dressing simply squeeze lime or lemon juice over it and some olive oil if you have it. We made a beautiful organic salad with produce from Santos Mullumbimby and the farmers’ markets.

Add local seafood, tempeh,

felafels, frittata or meat for protein, and some artisan bread from one of the many fabulous local bakers – and the meal is complete!

Another option is organising a local caterer to make up a gourmet picnic or barbeque for you, some will even deliver

to your outdoor location. You can go for a themed menu such as Middle Eastern or Mediterranean and have a grazing table or multi-course affair.

The final course can be as simple as watermelon wedges or as indulgent as a luscious chocolate cake, either house made,

Doing it right How do you know you’re doing hummus right?

When the international visitors tell you it’s some of the best they’ve tried in the world! This is the level that Baraka Foods is hitting, and they’re proud of it.

Alan Schwarz has been running Baraka Foods for five years and the business specialises in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, including hummus, babaganoush, tahini and labneh cheese. ‘Our products are made using traditional recipes passed down through the generations, with some modern adaptations,’ Alan says.

The products have found popularity in the Northern Rivers thanks to being gluten-free, GMOfree, preservative-free, and not using any artificial colours or flavours. Baraka Foods also offers a large vegan range.

Alan says 2021 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the business, with a completely reconfigured production site. ‘We’re feeling good because we’ve refreshed and modernised,’ he says. ‘We have a purpose-built site, which means much better product flow of inputs coming through the production area, packing area, coolroom and dispatch. Everything feels really fresh and squeaky clean, and it makes us really proud of the business we are running and the products we’re creating for our customers.’

And what’s the hot tip for the autumnal and winter tables this year? Baraka’s salsa and babaganoush perform well in the cooler months, with more people starting to eat indoors.

Alan says that after five years the business is as passionate as ever and continues to live by its principles of employing local staff, sourcing ingredients locally, as much as possible, and minimising all waste within the business.

‘We are big on minimising food miles, and we work hard to generate very little waste,’ Alan says. ‘We have other businesses that repurpose some of our waste and we compost a lot of our green waste.’

Call by and see Baraka Foods at the Mullumbimby Farmers Markets from 7–11am every Friday.

‘Seven and a bit’ stone Stone & Wood are thrilled to announce the return of Festival of the Stone to their Byron-based Brewery, Saturday 5 June. As they say, it’s a neighbourhood party of epic proportions.

With live music, food trucks and tanks of fresh beer to hand, the family-friendly festival is set to welcome the winter months ahead and celebrate the amazing community the brewery calls home.

As part of Stone & Wood’s commitment to their role as local brewer, Festival of the Stone will be turning a spotlight on the incredible Northern Rivers community. With an all-local music lineup soon to be

catered or picked up. A wander to the nearest gelato establishment is also a fine option.

However you do it, the most important thing is to get outside, feel the earth on your feet, the breeze in your hair and let nature bring you back to balance once more.

announced, all profits from the festival will go back into supporting the community via the inGrained Foundation, Stone &

Wood’s charity organisation.

Rested in 2020 owing to COVID Public Health restrictions, Festival of the Stone began in

2014 with Stone Beer, Stone & Wood’s prized limited winter release, at the heart of the celebration. Back again this winter, Stone Beer 2021 is a wood-fired porter designed to warm your winter cockles.

The pride of the festival, Stone Beer will be on tap and flying out of their store in cartons and four packs, alongside all of your other Stone & Wood favourites, like Sunly Seltzers and new kid on the block, Little Dragon ginger beer.

Autumn on the Northern Rivers is the time for coming together, dancing and joy.

For Festival of the Stone news and updates, head to www.stoneandwood.com.au and Stone & Wood’s socials.

Dining at loft Modern, relaxed dining ideal for intimate dinners, groups and special occasions. Menu by Head Chef, Craig Mcfarland.

Our ‘set menu’ option is perfect for groups - enjoy our chef’s selection of dishes.

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9 dishes $55 pp

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OCA a ‘diamond in the rough’ Around four years ago a group of like-minded friends started a Syntropic Farm project. Since that time, they have deepened and strengthened their bonds in the community, and their work has evolved to create a unique, organic restaurant in Byron’s Arts & Industry Estate, OCA. An online review by Arthur Randolph expresses a sense of what this special place is about: ‘OCA is a diamond in the rough.

You would think that more restaurants in the Byron Shire would be serving organic cuisine with a holistic, community-driven approach. But no, OCA is singlehandedly carrying that torch.’

OCA’s golden ingredient is cassava, a nutritious and versatile gluten-free root vegetable.

Their creative recipes include cassava gnocchi, cassava Hidden Treasure, cassava chips, arancini balls, artisan wood-fired cassava bread and more!

Research has proven cassava to be a great source of ‘clean’ carbohydrates. It is also a drought-tolerant crop, making it a great ally in regenerative

farming, especially here in Australia.

The wood-fired artisan pizzas use naturally fermented organic sourdough bases complemented by many different homemade sauce options, like pesto, mushroom patê, babaganoush and traditional tomato. Expect some colourful and tasty combinations!

A source of pride for the OCA chefs is that they prepare all their fresh menu ingredients from scratch. Be sure to try their house made cashew cheese while you’re there!

The Egg Plant Steak, Funghi World Pizza and Vegan Moussaka are just a few of their mouthwatering vegetarian and vegan options.

At night, a combination of talented local musicians help create a cosy, artistic environment – and enjoying music with your dinner can make the experience all the more memorable, can’t it?

‘We have worked in many restaurants and felt the need to serve the community with clean

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organic food – the same food we cook for our kids and families,’ says Head Chef, Bruno Assuncao.

‘We decided to change the way our food is grown, and then brought it to the table.’

As part of their commitment to helping the planet, OCA is run by a not-for-profit association (Sun Moon Star Regenerative Community Alliance) with the objectives of supporting organic regenerative practices and building resilient communities.

OCA is open Monday to Friday (9am–2pm) and Tuesday and Friday evenings (5–9pm). Be sure to follow @ OCACUISINE on social media to keep updated with their special events held monthly!

‘This is a great chance for foodies to ask me anything they want’, says local chef Darren Robertson, who will be hosting demonstrations at Primex, Australia’s Sustainable Farming Expo.

A very courageous attitude, Darren. The three-day agricultural field day will take place in Casino May 20–22. See primex.net.au

Good Taste

Eateries Guide

BALLINA

BYRON BAY

Wharf Bar & Restaurant Ballina FB/Insta: wharfbarballina 12–24 Fawcett St, Ballina 6686 5259

EVERY DAY

HAPPY HOUR 4–6PM Dine in and takeaway Great summer menu www.wharfbarballina.com.au

Bowlo Kitchen

Family friendly, tradies’ local, restaurant quality.

Wednesday to Friday happy hour, midweek specials, The Bowlo, Bangalow excellent wines, foodies delight, creative cocktails, 6687 2741 local produce, massive kids’ space, welcoming staff, Open Wed–Fri 12–2.30pm & 5–8.30pm; and COVID Safe.

Sat 12–8.30pm; Sun 12–7pm.

Come along to the Bangalow Bowlo and find out.

BYRON BAY

OCA Organic Cuisine 1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Bay

6680 8228 @ocacuisine www.ocacuisine.com

Kiki On Byron Byron Bay 14 Bay St ( opposite Main Beach Surf Club) www.kikionbyron.com @KIKIONBYRON

MVP 7/7 Lawson St, Byron Bay Booking via our website mvpbyronbay.com.au

Lord Byron Distillery

BANGALOW

Club open Wed–Sun from 12 noon www.bangalowbowlo.com.au bangalowbowlo @thebowlo

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A collaboration between local chefs and regenerative farmers, OCA is all about vegetarian organic food and the power of community, not to mention some seriously amazing flavours.

The artisan wood–fired pizzas are the best in town.

The place comes alive for dinners and special events, with some unique local performances. A real cultural experience!

Open from 9am to 2pm Mon–Fri and from 5pm to 8.30pm on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Good Vibes. Live Music. Beach Views.

Cocktails. Mexican Cuisine.

Come and join us for some yummy cocktails by the beach, delicious Mexican food and groovy tunes.

Open Tuesday–Sunday Happy Hour 3–5pm

Open Tuesday–Saturday 12 noon – 5pm 7, 4 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay 8646 4901

Probably the world’s best pasta* Open for Dine in + takeaway + delivery Thursday – Friday – Saturday – Sunday – Monday To book, order takeaway or free pasta puns visit mvpbyronbay.com.au Or dm slide@mvp_byron_bay *Internal staff poll

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

Naturally Better!

Free from added artificial flavours and colours.

MAKE YOUR OWN BOTTLE OF GIN

- book online. Gin Making Gift Vouchers available.

LORDBYRON.COM.AU LordByronDistillery

Loft Byron Bay

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

4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 9183

Happy Hour | Every day 4–6pm $6 Loft lager or wine, $10 Aperol Spritz, $14 Margarita

Book online: www.loftbyronbay.com.au

Fishheads Byron Bay 1 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 7632 FISHHEADSBYRON

Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9–11pm 2 for $25 Classic Espresso Martini Open every day from 4pm till late.

GREAT SUMMER MENU

Indulge in one of our new creations!

We are proud to say, that for over 20 years, we have been serving the Byron community fresh, local seafood and ingredients.

To improve your dining experience, we have developed a smaller plate menu, designed to be shared, and enabling you to try a greater variety of dishes.

Enjoy! The Fishheads Family

The Italian Byron Bay The Italian, Byron Bay, provides a bustling 21, 108 Jonson St, atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary Byron Bay inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s Open 7 days from 5.30pm finest cocktails and wines.

5633 1216 www.theitalianbyronbay.com

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Chupacabra

Krill Bar

Fresh authentic Mexican in a relaxed atmosphere.

This is food made with love, all produce sourced locally.

Eat in or take out.

Margaritas and tacos all night long!

Shop 12A, 3 Clifford St, Family friendly, totally GF menu.

Suffolk Park DINNER 5pm–9pm 6685 3059 WED–SAT www.chupacabra.com.au Book via Resy @chupabyron

Forest Byron Bay 77-97 Broken Head Rd, Suffolk Park 6685 4969 www.crystalbrookcollection. com/byron/forest

@forestbyronbay

Oma Food and Wine 6 Lawson Street, Byron Bay 8960 7478 www.omafoodandwine.com

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

Main Street Open 7 days 11.30am until late Call to make a reservation or for takeaway orders 18 Jonson Street 6680 8832

The Rocks @ Aquarius Brunch 7am–12 noon Mon–Fri 7am–1pm Sat & Sun 16 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 7663 – Menus at therocksbyronbay.com.au

Success Thai Mon–Fri lunch & dinner closed Sundays Lunch 12 noon–3pm Dinner from 5–8.30pm 3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

Barrio 7am–3pm Mon, Tues, Sat 7am–8.30pm Wed, Thurs, Fri 1 Porter St, North Byron Booking via our website barriobyronbay.com.au

Saltwater Social Club A gathering place for all 32 Jonson St, Byron Bay saltwatersocialclub.com.au

No Bones Vegan Bar and Kitchen.

11 Fletcher Street 6680 7418

Set next to a lush rainforest oasis, Forest celebrates sustainability working hand-in-hand with local farmers, growers and artisans.

Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and just-drinks… the perfect place to feed your soul.

Stay awhile.

As a Byron Bay Crystalbrook Local you get to enjoy 15% off food and drinks when you sign up online.

62 Stuart St, Mullumbimby 6684 3778 www.yamanmullumbimby.com.au

Open 7 days from 9am–8pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

The Empire 20 Burringbar St, Mullum

6684 2306 Tues–Fri 8.30am–2.30pm Sat, Sun 9am–2pm FB/Insta: EmpireMullum empiremullum.com.au

Check us out on

Paséyo Corner of Stuart and Tincogan Streets Mullumbimby

0498 010 881 Monday–Friday 7.30am–3pm Saturday 8am–2pm

Gourmet burgers created by chefs

Frida’s Field 76 Booyong Road, Nashua Open 12–4pm Fri, Sat, Sun Bookings via our website www.fridasfield.com

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

Menus available on Facebook.

The Hut 471 Friday Hut Road, Possum Creek

Sun Bistro Bottleshop and Home Delivery 61 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay

Join us on our expedition to save the Earth one Brussels sprout at a time.

02 6685 6500 www.thesunbistro.com/ deliveries deliver@thesunbistro.com

HAPPY HOUR EVERY DAY 5–6PM $6 BEERS / $12 COCKTAILS / $7 WINES Open every day from 5pm till late

Healthy, fresh, balanced and nutrient dense meals that create a sensory delight for our customers.

Buddha bowls, smoothies, coffee, cold-pressed juices, and so much more.

Long Lunches Contemporary country dining from award-winning chef.

Seasonal produce-driven set menus with multiple dishes shared amongst your booking.

Beautiful eco-farm location, just 10 minutes from Bangalow.

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL.

HARVEST RESTAURANT, DELI + BAKERY Culinary creativity that harnesses the connection between food and nature.

Lunch: Wed–Sun 12–3pm Dinner: Wed–Sat from 6pm Baked goods at Sourdough Weekends : Sat + Sun 8am until sold out Deli 7am–3pm daily

Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 12pm À la carte Mediterranean menu Book online www.thehutbyronbay.com.au Info@thehutbyronbay.com.au

At the Sun Bistro Bottle Shop you will find a hand curated range of quality wines, spirits and beers.

RARE AND NATURAL WINE • CRAFT BEER • HANDCRAFTED SPIRITS • TEQUILA AND MEZCAL • HOME DELIVERY Open 7 Days 10am–8pm Monday to Sunday

CATERING

CELEBRATIONS Celebrations Catering By Liz Jackson

WE LOVE LOCALS! Every Thursday is locals night!

Bookings via website www.karkalla.com.au

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

ALCOHOL SUPPLIERS

GOOD TIMES ~ HIGH VIBES ~ LATE NIGHTS ~ HIGH TIDES

Curry, roti & glass of wine $36 + LIVE MUSIC performance from 6.30pm

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.

POSSUM CREEK

Open 4pm until late Monday through Sunday for sundowners, dinner, and late-night drinks.

Lazy weekend lunches with sandy feet, rowdy dinners with family and friends, and late night drinks and DJs are the standard. Laid back vintage vibes and classic coastal style create an eclectic feel, complemented by our menu of shareable snacks, locally-sourced salads and hand-stretched sourdough pizzas, as well as beers on tap, organic wines and hand-crafted cocktails.

Drop in for an authentic atmosphere, dine-in or takeaway.

NEWRYBAR

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.

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

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

Book via our website for lunch and dinner in the restaurant at www.barriobyronbay.com.au Walk-in tables available.

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

NASHUA

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.

Breakfast Thursday–Monday 8.am–11.30am Lunch Thursday–Monday 12pm–2.30pm Dinner Thursday–Monday 5.30pm–late

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Yaman Mullumbimby

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

BYO Home delivery 7 days Established 1992

Cocktails, wine and beers served all damn day.

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

Amazing cocktails, fabulous local food, a la carte and bar menus all with super friendly service.

Head Chef Minh Le was a finalist for Australian Chef of the Year in 2016 and has owned multiple hatted restaurants.

Come in and experience his fine food in the stylish decor.

Happy Hour Thursday–Saturday 5–6pm Online booking preferred

MULLUMBIMBY

FRESH PIZZA BYRON STYLE

Karkalla Byron Bay

5614 8656 www.karkalla.com.au @karkallabyronbay

KRILLBARANDRESTAURANT

Oma offers a locally sourced, seasonal menu with a wine list boasting 50 natural wines. Just like the cyclone, big energy has gone into the creation of Oma, and it is now ready for the people in Byron Bay to enjoy.

For any events of up to 30 people please email nobonesbyronbay@gmail.com

Corner of Bay Lane and Fletcher Street, Byron Bay

47 Ballina St, Lennox Head www.krillbar.com.au 6685 5538

Oma is the latest restaurant from the team at Three Blue Ducks.

Book online: www.nobonesbyronbay.com.au

Café, Bar & Restaurant

Lennox Head

Open Thursday 5pm–10pm; Friday 3pm–11pm; Saturday 12pm–3pm, 5pm–11pm; Sunday 4pm–9pm

BY LIZ JACKSON

Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management

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

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BOMBA ON MALIBU

MANDY NOLAN’S

Enigmatic performer, producer and lifelong troubadour, Nicky Bomba, returns to the scene with Malibu, his first solo release in ten years.

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ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING My dog died. I haven’t been able to write about it until now. It was a month ago, and he was old, but it was still unexpected, and it leaves you feeling a bit raw. It’s weird feeling deep grief for an animal – it feels like you get a day, but anything longer than that is some sort of attachment problem. His dog beds are still around the house. And most days my eyes make out the silhouette of him there. I have to look again, and then I realise I’ve imagined it. Everything becomes him for a moment, a discarded jacket, a crumpled towel. He’s been in my frame longer than my youngest daughter. I am so used to seeing him, my eyes still believe he’s here.

Elvis is absolutely tied into the story of all my kids. He was their puppy. They chose him, and I told their dad that I’d found the perfect puppy at the pet shop and he was only $200. It was a lie, he was $500. It was nearly Christmas – wouldn’t this be the perfect gift? That’s how Elvis turned up.

His going is the last remnant of that shared childhood. When I am alone I think about him and I cry quietly. I’m crying now. Not rivers of tears. Just small, sad, burning ones. Ones that come when you’re old enough to know death is part of life, but vulnerable enough to feel the pain of letting go.

I’m not really a dog person. I don’t walk past puppies and go weak at the knees.

Babies do that to me. But Elvis made his way into my heart, into all our hearts.

He was 15. He was blind in one eye, deaf, had a dodgy knee, his teeth were falling out and he was a bit demented. It was, by human standards, the equivalent of living with an old man. On the night he died he’d wandered onto a busy road at midnight and got hit by a car and died pretty well instantly. We were all away and my poor friend had to deal with it. The lovely people that ran over my dog kept him until they could go doorknocking the next day to find his home. That is such a kind and gracious act, whoever you are, thank you. We then had to put him in the fridge at the vet until

we could all be home to bury him with a fitting tribute.

Elvis had another life. He had people in my neighbourhood whom he visited, many that I knew nothing of. He was a dog who didn’t like fences. He spent his first three years digging his way out and escaping.

We nicknamed him Houdini. Eventually I stopped locking him in, and he stopped escaping. But he did start taking himself on two short walks a day. He liked to do these alone. If I took him in the morning he would still nick out for a stroll. On those walks he visited people. I know, because I have a photo, from my daughter’s friend, when he popped by and knocked on her window. He was like a creepy little stalker.

Every morning and afternoon he would trot down the driveway, turn left and come back 20 minutes later. When I ran into him as I was leaving and he was coming home, he looked awkward, kind of embarrassed, like ‘I just had to stretch my legs’. His legs were only 15cm, max. Liar. I knew he had at least one other woman on the side. Maybe he had several. I could tell he was getting love from other women, but he always came home to us, so I allowed him the odd indiscretion.

He hated the cat, so in the four years we had her, he refused to even look at her. He killed one guinea pig – but that was the sum of his violence.

We buried him with his enduring love – his little sheepie; a stuffed toy he had claimed from my eldest daughter’s bed maybe ten years ago. It was the only toy he liked. He slept with it between his paws most nights.

He was a great little dog.

I won’t be getting another. I’m a onedog woman. And Elvis has left the building.

He’s taken his last walk, he’s out on the Big Road.

He’s free.

STARS BY LILITH

Whether at the helm of the titanic Melbourne Ska Orchestra, or slamming skins on the drum kit with John Butler, Nicky’s magnetic connection with the audience is a testament to his spectacular creativity and joyously bon vivant attitude. With new material and a whole new live show, Nicky is hitting the road in May to bring his electrified energy to the stage.

Nicky Bomba plays all the instruments on the album, and he produced and recorded the whole thing whilst deep in lockdown during 2020 at his home studio in the Alpine region of north eastern Victoria. The album is about simplifying and getting back to basics, acknowledging the trappings of modern living and finding a way to fly through the bullshit.

You can see Nicky Bomba this Saturday, 15 May, at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall.

Tickets https://bit.ly/May15Malibu

ONCE IN LISMORE… After a sell-out 2019 Sydney season, the breathtaking Broadway musical Once is about to melt hearts again when it plays the Lismore City Hall for five shows only in August. Based on the movie of the same name by John Carney, Once features a script (book) by Enda Walsh, and music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.

It is the only Broadway show with music that won the Academy Award ®, Grammy Award ®, Olivier Award and Tony Award ®.

This critically acclaimed production is directed

by Richard Carroll with musical direction by Victoria Falconer. It features stunning dance sequences created by Hamilton’s resident director Amy Campbell. Jay Laga’aia joins Australian musical theatre stars, Toby Francis and Stefanie Caccamo, who are returning to the roles inspired by the love story

of Once’s songwriters: Hansard and Irglová.

Irish singer and songwriter Glen Hansard formed his group The Frames in 1990, before appearing as guitarist Outspan Foster in the motion picture The Commitments. In 2001 he performed with The Frames at a music festival in the Czech Republic, where he first met Markéta. Six years later they formed the folkrock duo The Swell Season. Their self-titled album included several songs that found their way onto the 2007 Once soundtrack: including, When Your Mind’s Made Up, Lies, Leave and the Oscar-winning Falling Slowly.

Now it is Lismore’s turn to fall in love with this modern-day musical that reminds us of the power of music to connect us all.

Once plays the Lismore City Hall from 19–22 August. Book now at: norpa.org.au/ events/once/

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TAURUS THE BULL: Galactic gas giant Jupiter taking up residence in Pisces is considered auspicious and fortunate for charitable endeavours, artistic ventures and personal growth…

ARIES: Jupiter in your astral house of endings and transitions suggests a winding up of certain cycles over the coming couple of months in order to move on – and you know how much you love a new start. Meanwhile, embracing the joy and love you have right now opens the path to greater creative awakening.

CANCER: The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter is believed to expand our minds, hearts and vision; To open us up to the endless opportunities in our lives and possibilities in our world. It encourages us to think big and reach further; beyond our perceived limitations, toward feelings, thoughts and experiences we never dreamed possible.

TAURUS: Jupiter’s dive from intellectual Aquarius to emotional Pisces, where it’s thought to be exalted, strengthens our connection to something bigger than ourselves. Unseen forces, amorphous and intangible energies – the vibe. Information and understanding are more likely to be sensed than learned, and not easily expressed in a simple sentence.

LEO: Jupiter brings situations into your life that encourage expansion and abundance.

When Jupiter turns retrograde, which it does next month, these growth opportunities won’t disappear, but they may change form. This week stokes the courage for an eyes-wide-open look at your fears, and just doing that lets a lot of air out of them.

GEMINI: Jupiter is known as the teacher planet, but during his transit through Pisces, knowledge is more likely to arrive not by reading books or listening to lectures, but from your own inner guidance. Which is more readily accessible through silence, meditation or walking in nature.

And not usually by thinking…

VIRGO: Jupiter in Pisces is not so much about material possessions, money and celebrity, more about a feeling of responsibility to be of use and assistance in the world. A sense of accomplishment is important to Virgos, and the lesson of this transit is to be as kind to yourself as you are to others.

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Bomba’s reputation as a world-class performer has seen him grace stages from Istanbul to Tokyo, Hong Kong to Detroit and garnered him a weighty trove of accolades including four ARIA awards.

LIBRA: Generous Jupiter in kind-hearted Pisces rewards helping others, particularly those in need, which, in return can’t help but give your own spirits a significant lift. Over the next couple of months you can attract the most good fortune and rich life experience by being charitable, imaginative and compassionate

CAPRICORN: Jupiter moving through Pisces deepens your sense of empathy. You’ll be more sympathetic to the feelings of others, and it will be harder to disregard their problems. This transit brings development opportunities for using your executive skills to help those around you make a happier home, workplace and/or wider world.

SCORPIO: Jupiter’s happy navigating the psychic tides of Pisces, and Scorpios are strong swimmers in these deep waters with their influences and energies of the invisible world.

Annoying things about this transit? People can be unreliable, flaky and over-sensitive. Best things?

It’s also healing, supportive, sympathetic and more likely to attract funding for helpful causes.

AQUARIUS: Jupiter in Pisces expands your naturally humanitarian impulses. Aquarians are already astrologically inclined to be idealistic, and the lesson of this transit is to not expect others to necessarily share your vision. They have their own, and Jupiter in Pisces is about finding ways to blend these and work together.

SAGITTARIUS: By listening to the experiences and views of others, it’s obvious we’re all connected to the same source, beyond right and wrong, even when the specific paths we follow are different. Your mentor planet Jupiter, in the sign of spirituality till late July, offers a primo opportunity to deepen your own soul connections.

PISCES: Flamboyant Jupiter joining mystic Neptune in your sign torches Pisces creativity all the way till late July, redirecting your focus from the collective to self-healing. Personal reflection isn’t always easy, but Jupiter asks the difficult questions you may have been avoiding, which open up access to the beautiful soul growth this transit offers.

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GET YOUR HA HA ON! BYRON COMEDY FEST IS HERE! After a year under a COVID-19 hiatus, The Byron Comedy Fest is back! Next Thursday sees this fledgling

event open the doors to its second weekend presenting all that is fabulous and funny. Set on the Byron beachfront at the Byron Surf Club and styled as a classy bespoke beachside speakeasy, this event is the creative lovechild of besties Zara Noruzi and Mell Coppin. ‘We love comedy and we love this town’ says Zara, who believes a beachfront comedy festival is a no- brainer. ‘We are going to be able to attract big names in comedy in upcoming years because everyone wants to come to Byron! Our lineup this year is incredible.’

The girls have never wanted a massive festival. ‘Small is beautiful’ says Mell Coppin adding that the two were committed to the boutique genre from the start for their event.

‘It’s imperative to create sustainable events. We are taking a

kilo of plastic out of the ocean with every ticket sold with the help of our partner The Hidden Sea. We have offset the whole festival via Our Trace. We are donating the proceeds of one of our closing shows to The Byron Bay Care Farm.’

Good news for punters, the festival is also registered as a NSW Dine and Discover event so you can use your vouchers!

The event kicks off on Thursday 13 May with Karl Kruszelnicki – it’s sold out but you can catch a second go at Dr Karl’s show on Saturday 15 May at 2pm. Friday 14 and 15 see the return of the Best of British, headed up by UK legend Dan Willis – this is a chance to see some international comedy courtesy of internet sensation Rory Lowe and Dublin’s stand up genius, John Flynn. Dave O’Neil and Glenn Robbins’ show is sold out (you can see them on Saturday when they’re part of the Modern Love Panel), but there are still tickets to see the star of The Block, from a few years back, Andy Saunders, as he dishes the dirt alongside Ting Lim. Later that evening Rebel Lyons presents her missive on monogamy: Same Penis Forever.

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Up and early Sunday morning is No Eggs for Breakfast – when Mandy Nolan hosts a chat about life beyond fertility, how do we stay relevant and dangerous without killing ourselves in the process? Sunday arvo see’s Mandy Nolan’s latest Funny Kids present their new killer routines, and from 3.30pm it’s Rebel Bingo. So, from the Theatresports show at 11.30am onward it’s full family programming until the closing show with Zoe Coombs Marr and this year’s winner of Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Best show, Geraldine Hickey, at 6pm.

It’s been a tough year for performers and for events. Get out, support the industry and enjoy some laughs. You’ll feel good for weeks!

Byron Comedy Fest. Small. Hilarious. Sensational.

13–16 May at The Byron Surf Club. byroncomedyfest.com

Saturday comedy kicks off with Yoga & Giggles, then a Slapstick workshop for kids hosted by UK clown and stuntman Alex Frith – this is a great way to keep the kids busy while you grab a bit of downtime on the beach or have a late brekkie – and they get to present a micro show to parents at the end!

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For those up late, Mandy Nolan presents The Best of the Fest – an hour of comedy power with some of the surprise stars of the festival.

Madeleine West is running a Theatresports workshop for kids, which culminates in a Sunday show. This is an intensive dive into some dynamic comedic training. Saturday also sees ABC’s Adam Zwar present Modern Love – a panel featuring Dave O’Neil, Glenn Robbins, Jean Kittson and Fiona O’Loughlin giving their low down on love.

The Queen of Comedy, Fiona O’Loughlin, is back at her best with her popular festival solo show on Saturday at 7.30pm, and later that night, at 9pm, Dave Callan presents The A–Z of Dance, complete with backup dancers! You have never seen comedy like it! Finally – jokes you can dance to!

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BYRON MUSIC FESTIVAL Nick Sergi, producer of the Byron Music Festival talks to The Echo.

Tell me what is the vision for the Byron Music Festival?

Our vision is to reignite the local music industry and provide much needed performance opportunities for artists, and paid work for crew and suppliers after the industry was decimated by COVID Public Health Restrictions.

By thinking local, out of necessity, we also chose to harness the original idea of a Byron Bay music festival by keeping it small, grassroots, locally focused, accessible and affordable for locals, so it is an event we can celebrate and enjoy as a township.

Not to take anything away from our major festivals, but the majority of them have outgrown Byron and most locals have been priced out so they can’t afford to attend these amazing events that take place in their backyard. We wanted to ensure everyone in Byron could go to this event if they wanted to. Our unique selling point is we’re literally the only Byron-branded music festival actually held in Byron Bay itself.

What are some of the highlights of your program?

Over three days, audiences can expect to be treated to a plethora of amazing, diverse, live music across a range of venues. The highlight [for me] is looking at the overall program and thinking “Wow! All of these amazing artists are local!”. We have every reason to celebrate the immense talent right here in our own backyard and it’s something we should be very proud of as a region.

We’re also really excited about the Music Industry Conference we’re hosting at Byron Theatre on Sunday 20 June. This is something completely new for Byron, and our format is unique for an industry conference, as most events like this are confined to industry only, whereas, we’re opening this one up to the public so they get to be part of these interesting conversations usually held behind closed doors. The variety of topics will appeal to a lot of people, and I think many will get a lot out of it.

What is the response from artists coming to perform?

Local artists are stoked to be playing a show in their hometown up on their favourite landmark – Dening Park. From Kyle Lionhart via Facebook: ‘I’ve always wondered why someone hasn’t put a festival in the park looking over the bay (where many of you probably found me busking over the years’.

community connection is, that’s why we persevere to bring these important activations to our communities. We need music to feel human, especially during tough times.

How could the government better support the music industry?

Culturally, the government just needs to be better at supporting culture Australia-wide, and not setting the tone from the top that sport can do what it wants but the arts will be restricted to within an inch of its life. The policies of the last twelve months have been inequitable, and mostly unjustifiable.

They can support the arts practically by eliminating barriers to eligibility for funding, and reducing restrictive processes that delay outcomes, increase overheads, and ultimately end up affecting the patron experience.

The distribution of funding needs to be more equitable as well to ensure grassroots organisations and start-ups in regional areas get a fair shot at funding and don’t end up competing directly with established major events with more historical data to strengthen their applications.

I support the live event insurance scheme that Peter Noble is advocating for; it is very much needed as well.

You are at the beachfront – the beach is in a precarious position right now, how are you going to ensure that punters respect the sand dunes and that your event doesn’t cause more harm to the foreshore? (Sorry, I have to ask this.)

The original vision I had for this event, feeding back to the idea of it being quintessentially Byron, is the sun setting over Main Beach behind a stage as the audience enjoyed live music together as a community after being deprived of such an experience for over twelve months. That was the primary reason to design an event in Dening Park.

minimise the impact of the event on the natural environment, we’re also developing plans to make the entire festival carbon negative, have a zero waste and strict no plastic policy for the event site as part of our environmental commitment. The Dening Park event will be only one day of the festival (Saturday).

respectfully and responsibly, especially from an environmental standpoint. We are aware there is concern, from a small group in the community, but they are raising concerns publicly based on old (original) plans that have evolved over the last nine months of planning based on rigorous consultation with Council, environmental and safety consultants, police, Arakwal representatives, and more.

We have been open with the community and invite anyone with concerns to contact us directly to discuss this in more detail if they would like.

Every detail of the event site has been planned, based on the number one priority of minimising impact on the dunes. Without going into every nuanced detail, we have no weighting, no vehicles, and no public access on the northern ten metres closest to the beachfront, the site capacity has been limited to minimise foot traffic, to the point where this event will attract only a third of the average regular markets’ attendance. There will be no invasive activations on the grass or public access from or to the beach. Our security team has a watertight trespassing mitigation plan as well.

What should we expect for the Byron Music Festival?

Multiple live music performances in venues throughout town, a youth music showcase at the YAC, a music industry conference at Byron Theatre, coalescing as a weekend long celebration of the uniqueness of Byron Bay and it’s wonderful creative, cultural landscape, itsartists, and people.

Byron Music Festival, 19–20 June, Denning Park, YAC and Byron Theatre. byronmusicfestival.com.au.

Additionally, we’re working closely with environmental consultants to not only

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Practical restrictions during planning also eliminated every other site in Byron Bay we looked at, for a multitude of logistical reasons.

There is a perception amongst a small few that this has not been carefully considered. Trust me, we have agonised over it and looked at this from every possible angle.

We have worked extremely hard to ensure every aspect of this event has been done

After watching what happened to Bluesfest – how are you feeling leading up to your event? Does it make you nervous?

It’s hard to not feel nervous, but all festival and event managers are experiencing the same trepidation at the moment. Running events is high-risk and high-pressure at the best of times. The amount of restrictions, obstacles, and downright discrimination we’re currently experiencing has made it almost paralysing for most in the industry.

But we have no choice except to have a go. If we don’t try, the industry will die. We know how important music and

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WOMEN LIKE US: ALL NEW SHOW After five star reviews and sell out seasons at Adelaide and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals (A/MICF), Women Like Us comedians, Ellen Briggs and Mandy Nolan, present their brand new show. These mouthy mamas of mirth are lauded for their ability to dish the dirt on the everyday.

Melt: Festival of Queer Arts and Culture is a spectacular event with dazzling performances and provocative discussions.

This festival is designed to celebrate LGBTIQ+ arts and culture to promote visibility and inclusivity among the queer community.

Melt will inject sparkle and substance into Brisbane Powerhouse, with a mix of theatre, cabaret, music, visual arts, storytelling, forums, panels and conversations. This event is an explosive vibrant celebration of love!

Melt is on at Brisbane’s Powerhouse from 20–30 May.

Women Like Us started out as a touring show five years ago to take the stories of seasoned comics and middle aged women on the road to speak to other women.

Comedy clubs seemed so dominated by the narratives of men, and very often the young. Women Like Us was an experiment in claiming space for a section of society who often feel overlooked and underrepresented: middle aged women. The experiment paid off. With over 170 shows under their belt, performances at Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Gold Coast Festivals, and as regulars on the regional touring circuit for mental health drought relief functions, Women Like Us has formed something of a tribe around them.

When they were showcased as part of ‘Upfront’ at MICF another reviewer said ‘Two totally relatable ladies who hit the nail on the head of charismatic female comedy.

Prepare yourself to be hunched over in hysterics!’

Women Like Us is stand up at its best, where Ellen and Mandy talk about BBFM_Echo Ads_85x148mm_17122020-v4-outlines.indd 2 housework, chickens, love, big undies, disappointment, resentment, sex when you’re WIDE OF THE MARK SCREENING + Q&A drunk, fit bits, yoga farts Thursday 13 May, 7pm and being a menopausal $25.50 woman dealing with teenage angst. How do you navigate BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL conspiracy theorists in a WORLD TOUR 2021 Friday 14 & Saturday 15 May, 7pm small town? Is it wrong to Adult $35 | Child U15 $25 | Group of 15+ $30 ea admit you don’t like your dog? How do you deal with BOTICELLI, FLORENCE & THE MEDICI the death of your parents ART ON SCREEN and the failures of your kids?

Wednesday 19 May, 3pm

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Confessions of Women Like Us is an autopsy on the life you’re living; Is it what you expected? After a show with Mandy and Ellen, you’ll feel cleansed… and probably a lot better about your life!

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Full $24 | Conc $22 | Student U18 $18

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Ellen Briggs and Mandy Nolan are overworked, overweight and over it… they are Women Like Us.

Arrive early and enjoy a drink at the Theatre Bar

Dunoon Sports Club, Saturday 29 May at 8pm.

Doors at 7pm. All tix $40 at womenlikeus.com.au.

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Founder and Managing Director at FutureSeeds, Cyprien Clerc, talks to The Echo about this upcoming event.

So what is the overarching vision for FutureSeeds?

To provide a different perspective on our future. Many people are anxious, ‘eco anxiety’ is new in the last couple of years.

We are continuously bombarded with negative information, problems and catastrophes. A majority of information we receive is negative. Information isn’t passive; it modifies us, it makes us. If we ingest 90 per cent of negative information then our mind lives in doom and gloom. As a result, people are losing hope in the future. I want to provide positive media to people, which promotes solutions to the world’s problems.

FutureSeeds’ vision is for people to find hope again – the kind of hope that’s grounded in reality.

You theme it ‘planting a different narrative’ – tell us a little about your background and how you switched your narrative?

I’m originally an IT engineer. One thing I will never, ever regret is having quit my job in corporate Paris, leaving everything behind and traveling the world with a backpack. I travelled cheap. I slept in $1/night rooms, I harvested rice and bought a small wooden boat to paddle down the Mekong. I visited intentional communities and observed the multitude of different worlds that exist within our world. The idea that ‘there is only one correct answer’ to important questions like governance, spirituality, or even economy is one of the most wrongheaded statements ever made. There are as many worlds possible as there are dreamers. Planting a different narrative is opening to the possibility of us being the absolute creators of our world. As human beings, we are the designers, we choose our way and our fate. We can, today, plant a different narrative into the soil of our mind by opening to the possibilities of tomorrow.

What new narratives would you like to see take hold?

First of all we need to get rid of the way-too-popular idea that we humans are a virus on this planet. We need to shift from ‘we are exploiters and destroyers’ of the planet to ‘we are guardians and custodians’. With power comes responsibility.

We really need to believe in ourselves, or else we won’t even bother trying to solve the social and ecological crises that are dawning on us. We need to believe in our creativity, our capacity to imagine solutions and solve the problems that we have created. We need to behave as a healthy species, connected to each other and the natural world. Then a new narrative, a new story of society, will unfold. It will be a second Renaissance, a blossoming of ideas, innovation and enthusiasm for the future.

What are the key themes around change that keep coming up?

The climate emergency is real. Australia is going to lose about 40 per cent of its beaches over the next 80 years. Our economic system is either creating or worsening climate change. An economic transformation is already taking place but nowhere near fast enough. In the near future, our social and democratic structures could even collapse under the intense pressure of the ecological catastrophe. We can act now, while we can.

We can act on our governance and economic systems, build community safety nets, and ensure we have the right systems in place to protect us from further ecological destruction and flouting of human rights.

Tell me about the speakers and what they bring to the conversation…

I am very proud of the speakers that FutureSeeds will be presenting. Together, they form a circle of interconnected fields that, if reformed together, can change the trajectory of our world. Kyle is a design and research manager at NewDemocracy and will be offering us a different take on what democracy could be. Jean is the founder of Resilient Byron and a lecturer at Southern Cross University, he will develop how he came to believe that mindfulness, resilience and regeneration are the ways to navigate the future. Helena Norberg-Hodge is a worldwide renowned environmentalist who received the Goi

Peace award in 2012; she brings a focus on localisation and community-building, and has brilliant insights into the fork in the road we’re at following the COVID crisis. Finally, last but not least, Mara Bun is the president of the Australian Conservation Foundation and a director at Australian Ethical Investment and will share her thoughts on how we can use money to steer the world in a positive direction.

Is our region capable of embracing real systemic change?

What might that look like?

If we believe our four speakers, change is already on its way all around the world. Jean tells us that grassroots community initiatives are springing up everywhere. Helena sees change in almost every country, with farmers’ markets, permaculture, community co-ops, local finance and business alliances, placebased education and nature reconnection testifying to this shift in values. Mara tells us that investors have injected 51 billion dollars into sustainable development goals in 2020, more than twice the total of the year before. As for Kyle, he mentions that the number of deliberative processes happening in the world, from participative budgeting to citizen assemblies, is skyrocketing.

In our region, its strength will come from community, local services and businesses. We need to take the future in our hands. Organisations like Resilient Byron are a wonderful example of this.

What should people expect for this event?

They should expect uplifting conversations and ideas. They can look forward to time to meet and connect. My wish is that people leave the event with real calls-to-action in their mind, enthusiasm in their heart, and a desire to connect even more with like-minded people and be part of a vibrant, local, solutions-driven community.

Tix from $27.80, 26 May, 6pm, Byron Theatre. www.futureseeds.news/futureseeds-live-byron.

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CINEMA AT THE QUAD The Quad is thrilled to present its first ever outdoor cinema event! Set over three nights from the 21–23 May, The Quad is bringing you some cult classics to kick-back and enjoy under the stars. The program will be presented with headsets delivering crisp and perfect sound in a truly immersive experience.

The program has been put together by highly regarded film critic and programmer, Peter Castaldi, and is designed to offer something for everyone; a selection of music and performance-oriented features on Friday

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NEW FILMS EMA (MA15+) NFT Daily except Wed: 12:00, 4:40, 7:00PM Wed: 11:00AM (Babes In Arms), 4:40, 7:00PM FINDING YOU (CTC) NFT Daily: 2:10, 7:00PM SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW (CTC) NFT Daily: 2:15, 4:30, 7:15PM THE UNITED WAY (PG) NFT Thu-Sun: 2:30, 7:00PM THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD (CTC) NFT Daily: 12:00, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15

OPÉRA DE PARIS: AIDA (CTC) Special event Sun: 1:00PM Wed: 11:00AM THE GODMOTHER (M) Golden Member Preview Wed: 11:30AM

FAMILY FILMS PETER RABBIT 2 (G) Daily except Sun, Wed: 11:50AM Sun: 11:00AM RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (PG) Daily: 2:00PM TOM & JERRY THE MOVIE (G) Daily except Sun: 11:50AM Sun: 11:00AM ANTOINETTE IN THE CÉVENNES (M) Daily: 2:30PM DE GAULLE (M) NFT Thu-Sun: 12:00, 4:50PM Mon-Wed: 12:00, 4:50, 6:45PM

night, family friendly classics on Saturday and a deeper dive into the world of arthouse and high end cinema on Sunday.

‘This program is designed to delight, entertain and shake the audience around a little. Each night is specifically tailored to suit different age groups and tastes, but also to appeal to all who might just want to drop in on any of them,’ says Castaldi.

NFT = No Free Tickets

FATALE (MA15+) Daily: 11:40AM GIRLS CAN'T SURF (M) Daily: 4:20PM JUNE AGAIN (M) NFT Daily: 12:15, 4:40, 7:00PM LOCKED DOWN (M) NFT Daily: 1:50PM MORTAL KOMBAT (R18+) Daily except Sun: 2:10PM NOMADLAND (M) Daily: 2:20, 4:30, 6:50PM PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (MA15+) Daily: 4:30PM THE COURIER (M) Daily: 11:50AM, 6:30PM THE FATHER (M) Thu-Sat: 12:00 Sun: 10:50AM Mon, Tue: 12:00, 2:30PM Wed: 2:30PM WRATH OF MAN (MA15+) Daily: 4:30, 6:50PM

Session times are subject to change. Please check online for all live session times

108 Jonson St, Byron Bay

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‘I’m especially thrilled that this Quad series is the perfect combination of picnic, gathering, and great films under the stars – with the bonus of perfect sound heard through WiFi headsets!’

Friday is an epic Aussie double bill featuring One Perfect Day, taking you into the wild and dangerous world of clubbing, trance and dance, followed by Baz Luhrmann’s modern masterpiece Romeo + Juliet.

Saturday night could not get more family-friendly, warm and fuzzy! The original, and the best Storm Boy, remastered, will always be one of the most moving and captivating family movies to have ever been produced in Australia.

Sunday night is for all those who want to take a leap into the truly unusual. Cory McAbee’s The American Astronaut is a post punk cowboy rock ‘n’ roll sci-fi western, rich in both reference and originality.

Bring the picnic blankets and hampers and head to The Quad for a great night of outdoor cinema in the heart of Lismore, 21–23 May.

Admission Prices: Adults: Stud/Conc: Senior: Child:

$14 $12 $11 $10

Wednesday All tickets

$10

The brand new Byron Underground Film Festival will be held across two weekends starting on Friday 21 May at 7pm with Terror Nullius, a collage of Australian films, splicing together historic sound and vision with a streak of malicious humour, followed by multiple sessions on Saturday 22 May, from 2pm covering a wide range of short film categories, then closing the festival on Friday 28 May at 7.30pm with the Australian Premiere of CBD Nation, a brilliant documentary following the emotional stories of people who’ve opted to take medicine into their own hands when conventional medicine has failed them. For more info go to filmfreeway.com/byronbayunderground.

BALLINA FAIR CINEMAS Thursday May 13th to Wednesday May 19th

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The Arts

Murwillumbah Arts Trail is an art lover’s paradise...

ART EVENT IN FOCUS

MURWILLUMBAH ARTS TRAIL Visit historic Murwillumbah, the creative heart of the region, and follow the trail through some of the most picturesque countryside in Australia. Spend up to three days touring the stunning countryside from Cabarita Beach to Uki, enjoying the work of some of the best artists and makers in the area as they open their homes, studios and shared venues, showcasing a range of art forms, including: painting, printmaking, jewellery,

sculpture, photography, fine glass and mosaics.

It’s a chance to get behind-the-scenes insight on creative processes, to learn about new artists in the area, and to take advantage of studio sales.

Join the artists and makers, the crafters, musicians, poets, storytellers and other creative people of the Murwillumbah Arts Trail on 28–30 May 2021. murwillumbahartstrail.com.au

LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY

BYRON SCHOOL OF ART

Max Dupain: Australian Modern is an exhibition of work

by Australia’s most revered photographer. This exhibition of 60 original photographs is from a collection of prints hand printed by Jill White. It spans the 1930s to the 1980s and includes iconic Dupain photos such as Sunbaker, At Newport and Meat Queue as well as lesser-known still lifes, landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, and beach scenes. Max Dupain’s images presented a new vision in Australian photography, departing sharply from the sentimentality of soft focused nostalgia.

Max Dupain: Australian Modern is exclusive to Lismore Regional Gallery. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience his work. On display from 5 May to 8 August, 2021. This project has been assisted by Jill White.

11 Rural Street, Lismore www.lismoregallery.org 02 6627 4600

There are still some places available in the Weekend Workshop with Susan Gourley, 22/23 May. Look out for Winter Taster Sessions in July – a week of three-hour art classes offering a sample of courses available throughout the year, such as Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Cyanotypes and more.

Stay tuned for more six, eight and 12-week Short Courses coming in Term Three. www.byronschoolofart.com

JAY PEARSE

RUBY & FRANK STUDIO

7 MAY - 4 JULY 2021 An exhibition curated by Emily McDaniel, in conjunction with UTS Gallery & Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, presented nationally by Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program, and through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Image: James Tylor (Deleted Scenes) From an Untouched Landscape #7, Knocklofty Reserve, West Hobart, Palawa Land, 2013, inkjet print on hahnemühle paper, velvet, 63 x 63cm framed, Courtesy the artist & UTS Art Collection. Photo: Campbell Henderson

In the heart of Federal is a lovely little store often referred to as a hidden gem.

Artist Natalia Torres Negreira hand-makes a range of ceramic pieces in her mezzanine studio and showcases her work, together with a few local artists, in the store below.

From sculpture to unique functional ware, there is something for everyone.

Open Thurs–Sun 10am–3pm 439 Federal Drive, Federal 2480 www.rubyandfrank.com

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VOID ARTICULATES THE UNKNOWN AT TWEED REGIONAL GALLERY Tweed Regional Gallery will present Void, a touring exhibition of work in which contemporary Aboriginal artistic practitioners visually articulate the unknown as space, time and landscape.

Void is a multifaceted concept that brings together contemporary Aboriginal artistic practice from across the country. The work of the included artists does not simply define the void as presence and comparative absence, but rather they utilise form to represent the formless.

Void will be on display at the gallery from Friday 7 May until Sunday 4 July 2021.

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MIST GALLERY CONTEMPORARY ART

Belongil Beach Recent paintings by Jan Rae. Open by appointment.

0409 604 405 www.janrae.com.au

Shop 3, 2–6 Pandanus Parade, Cabarita Beach, NSW Thursday to Monday: 9am–2pm (or by appointment) 0419 870 305 www.mist-gallery.com.au

BILLINUDGEL PICTURE FRAMING & PICCOLO ART GALLERY

Drill Hall Complex 2 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby Friday and Saturday 10am–2pm www.mullumclayworkers.com

MULLUMBIMBY CLAYWORKERS GALLERY

7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel 6680 3444 www.billinudgelpictureframing.com.au BS’A PROJECT SPACE 112 Dalley St, Mullumbimby 0487 362 141 byronschoolofart.com/exhibitions BYRON BAY GALLERY & PICTURE FRAMING 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–3.30pm Saturday 9.30am to noon 0435 941 591 www.creativeartisans.org.au HEALING ART DESIGN & NEW AGE GALLERY Azura Kingscliff – Shop 2B, 60 Marine Parade 6674 1692 www.healingartdesign.com LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY

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 02 6681 0530 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 Thurs–Sun 11am–4pm or by appointment 0407 417 169 STUDIO SUVIRA CERAMICS & SCULPTURE GALLERY Home Gallery and Sculpture Garden 28 Left Bank Road Mullumbimby 0402 125 922 (call/sms first) suviramcdonald.com

Wed & Fri: 10am–4pm Thurs: 10am–4pm Sat & Sun: 10am–2pm Mon & Tues: Closed 11 Rural St, Lismore 6627 4600 lismoregallery.org

ART ON SCREEN: BOTTICELLI, FLORENCE AND THE MEDICI Beauty, creativity, genius: the Renaissance of Florence under Lorenzo de’ Medici was a powerhouse of art and culture. It was a time of endless beauty coexisting with the dark side of the city, made up of power struggles, plots, intrigues and brutal violence.

One revolutionary artist, more than any other, was able to project into his works the light and shadows of an era destined never to be forgotten: Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510).

In this special cinema event, relive Florence and all its astonishing art and culture through Botticelli’s life, his collaborations, his challenges and successes under the wing of the powerful Medici family.

Wednesday 19 May | 3–4.30pm | Byron Theatre

TWEED REGIONAL GALLERY & MARGARET OLLEY ART CENTRE

LONE GOAT GALLERY 28 Lawson St, Byron Bay Mon–Fri 10am–4pm / Sat 10am–midday lonegoatgallery.com MACKAY HARRISON GALLERIES Artist / Sculptor 79 Bayview Drive East Ballina 0412 664 284 David Harrison Open Wednesday to Saturday 11am–5pm

Gallery hours | 10am–5pm (DST) Cafe open | 9.30am–4.00pm (DST) 2 Mistral Road, Murwillumbah 02 6670 2790 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 Monday to Friday | 10am–3pm (DST) Saturday | 10am–2pm (DST) 0426 230 193 artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/GalleryDownTown

Stay up-to-date with new courses, workshops & exhibitions.

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If you’ve been searching for a standout, unique investment opportunity - stop looking, this is it! This rare shop and residence property has the potential to generate substantial income, with a return on investment for the savvy investor. Alternatively, you could set up your business downstairs and move your family in upstairs - the choice is yours.

Built with flood prevention in mind, the ground floor is elevated and offers two sizeable lock up shops with bathroom access and disabled ramp. One shop has a handy storeroom while the other has a rear deck. At the rear of the 885 square metre property, you have sealed, off-street parking for multiple vehicles, including an allocated extra wide disabled parking space and resident’s carport.

The property will be sold by Tender, unless sold prior. We expect the property to generate substantial interest in the marketplace due to the rare combination and unique location - so you’ll need to be quick to enquire.

Adrian Howe Sales Consultant 0477 222 457 adrian.howe@oceanshores.rh.com.au

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9 Flinders Way, Ocean Shores

126 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores

Fabulous Family Home in Great Location with Ocean Views Nestled amongst natural bush surrounds in a peaceful corner of beautiful Ocean Shores, this welcoming family home would be a great holding for the savvy buyer. The fabulous floorplan provides separate areas for parents and children, together with spacious family living and dining zones for you to spend quality time together.

This is a true family home, complete with lofty ceilings, a saltwater inground pool and a sense of space and privacy thanks to the huge 1847 square metre block.

Adrian Howe Sales Consultant 0477 222 457 adrian.howe@oceanshores.rh.com.au

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Laidback Lifestyle On The Water Right on the peaceful lake shore, this spacious family home offers a relaxed, laid back lifestyle many people dream of. Enjoy evening drinks on your private, covered deck as you take in uninterrupted views across the lake. Or launch your canoe, tinny or paddle board from your own backyard, to head off and explore the beauty of this serene and pristine waterway.

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Quality Home in Lennox Village with Expansive Coastal Views • This quality property is being offered to the market for the first time in 24 years

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Address:

17 Blue Horizon Drive, Lennox Head

Price:

Contact Agent

Open:

Thursday, 13th May 12.00pm – 12.30pm

• The main bedroom has an ensuite, separate WC, walk-in robe and private access to deck

Saturday, 15th May 10.00am – 10.30am

• Byron-Ballina Gateway airport and Byron Bay are only a 20-minute drive where you can

Enquiries:

Helen Huntly-Barratt 0412 332 232 Olivia Coates 0408 966 098

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Address:

3/41 Redgum Place, Suffolk Park

Address:

1/16 Marattia Place, Suffolk Park

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Enquiries:

Katie Teague 0417 006 667, Su Reynolds 0428 888 660

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Su Reynolds 0428 888 660, Luke Elwin 0421 375 635

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‘Halekulani’, Mullumbimby’s Best Kept Secret • Stunning Renovated home - 40ha - 5 Mins to Mullumbimby • Fully renovated historic Queenslander Circa 1940 plus studio nestled in 40 hectares of breathtaking native landscape including rainforest with waterfalls and Koala colonies • Open plan living area with hardwood floors, wood burning fireplace, wraparound balcony, modern kitchen and stunning bushland views • Established plantation forest and possibility for development of eco tourist cabins (STCA) provide opportunities for passive income • 5-minute drive to vibrant Mullumbimby town centre and 15-minute drive to Brunswick Heads and its beautiful beaches

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• The open plan living is a dynamic space offering polished timber floorboards that lead to the large covered verandah with countryside backdrop • The huge main bedroom has a walk-in robe, ensuite, separate WC and private access to gorgeous timber deck • The lower level is a wonderfully versatile space that can be re-imagined or transformed to fit any family’s needs • 10-minute stroll to vibrant Bangalow town centre

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Saturday, 22nd May at 10.00am. Guide $3m

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Saturday, 22nd May at 11.30am. Guide $1.7m

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Sat 2–2.30pm • • 9 Flinders Way, Ocean Shores • 1/16 Oceanside Place, Suffolk Park. Thu • 1/16 Marattia Place, Suffolk Park. Thu Panorama Estate, 2981 Kyogle Road, Kunghur.

• 3–3.30pm; Sat 11.30am–12pm Atlas by LJ Hooker • 17 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 9.30–10am • 47 Tuckombil Road, Tuckombil. Sat

New Listings

10–10.30pm

• 17 Blue Horizon Drive, Lennox Head. Thu • • • • • • • •

12–12.30pm 3/41 Redgum Place, Suffolk Park. Fri 11.30am–12pm 81 Myocum Road, Ewingsdale. Sat 10–11am 17 Blue Horizon Drive, Lennox Head. Sat 10–10.30am 606 Federal Drive, Federal. Sat 10–10.30am 28 Browning Street, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am 163 Tandys Lane, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11–11.30am 6 Barby Crescent, Bangalow. Sat 11–11.30am 8/1–2 Cape Court, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am

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• 5/26 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 12.30–1pm North Coast Lifestyle Properties • 5/2 Rajah Road, Ocean Shores. Sat 10–10.45am

• 10 Matong Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.45am

Tue 11am–1pm

Ray White Rural Bangalow • 3/9 Colin Street, Bangalow. Wed 4–4.30pm • 3/9 Colin Street, Bangalow. Sat 12–12.30pm Tim Miller Real Estate • 16 Jarvis Street, Clunes. Sat 10–10.30am

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First National Byron Bay • 81 Myocum Road, Ewingsdale. Sat 15 May,

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11am 2 Dobie Place, East Ballina. Sat 15 May, 12pm 163 Tandys Lane, Brunswick Heads. Sat 22 May, 10am 6 Barby Crescent, Bangalow. Sat 22 May, 11.30am 6 Killarney Crescent, Skennars Head. Forthcoming Auction

McGrath Byron Bay • 1/16 Oceanside Place, Suffolk Park. Sat 12pm • 5/26 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 1pm

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ACUPUNCTURE

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ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis.............................................0490 022183 LINE ADS: $99 for 3 months or $340 for 1 year prepaid.

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ACUPUNCTURE & acupressure massage. Ph Dr. Derek Doran .......................................0414 478787 DISPLAY ADS: $68 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid.

Tyres for Cars, Trucks, Vans, SUV, Ag. & Industrial.

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

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AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, 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

45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

6680 88 862

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PLANTATION SHUTTERS

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ROLL BLINDS

NORTH BYRON BLINDS For all your window furnishings................................................ 0404 421518

BRICKLAYING

6684 2783

Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492

BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268 COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753 BRICK & BLOCK LAYING 15 years exp. Reliable & competitive. Call Andrew for a quote ..0423 151092 RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C.....................0487 264137

BUILDING TRADES

CLIMATE CONTROL AUSTRALIA Lic 362019C AU 27106... JARREAU.............................0421 485217

• DEPT OF FAIR TRADING: A licence is required for all residential building work where the reason-

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

0439 624 945

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able 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 Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

LICENCE NUMBER 344531C

SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

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

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

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

ARCHITECTS

Lic: 317362C

Licensed builder, specialising in Bathroom renovations.

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

AUTOMOTIVE

0417 654 888

Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

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We come to you. Fully qualified, fully insured and all work is guaranteed.

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

ALL CARPENTRY WORK FULLY INSURED

Bumper to Bumper Repairs | Cory 0403 918 831

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CAR CARS RS

6684 5296 A B S O L U T E LY F R E E

Lic. 266174C

www.stoneysbuildingcreations.com

Lic No: MVTC157416

Accountants & Bookkeepers.............................. 42 Acupuncture ....................................................... 42 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration ...................... 42 Antennas & Installation ..................................... 42 Antiques/Restoration ......................................... 42 Appliance Repair ................................................ 42 Architects ............................................................ 42 Automotive ......................................................... 42 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters .................. 42 Bricklaying .......................................................... 42 Building Trades ................................................... 42 Bush Regen & Weed Control .............................. 42 Carpet Cleaning .................................................. 43 Chiropractic......................................................... 43 Cleaning .............................................................. 43 Computer Services ............................................. 43 Concreting & Paving ........................................... 43 Counselling ......................................................... 43 Decks, Patios & Extensions ................................ 43 Dentists ............................................................... 43 Design & Drafting ............................................... 43 Driveway Maintenance ...................................... 43 Earthmoving & Excavation ................................ 43 Electricians .......................................................... 43 Fencing ................................................................ 43 Floor Sanding & Polishing ................................. 43 Flooring ............................................................... 43 Funeral Services.................................................. 43 Garden & Property Maintenance ...................... 43 Garden Design .................................................... 43 Gas Suppliers ...................................................... 43 Graphic Design ................................................... 43 Guttering ............................................................. 43 Handypersons ..................................................... 44 Health .................................................................. 44 Hire ...................................................................... 44 Insurance ............................................................. 44 Kitchens ............................................................... 44 Landscape Design .............................................. 44 Landscape Supplies ............................................ 44 Landscaping ....................................................... 44 Locksmith ............................................................ 44 Osteopathy.......................................................... 44 Painting ............................................................... 44 Pest Control ......................................................... 44 Photography ....................................................... 44 Physiotherapy ..................................................... 44 Picture Framing .................................................. 44 Plastering ............................................................ 44 Plumbers ............................................................. 44 Removalists ......................................................... 44 Roofing ................................................................ 45 Rubbish Removal ................................................ 45 Self Storage ......................................................... 45 Septic Systems .................................................... 45 Snake Catchers.................................................... 45 Solar Installation ................................................ 45 Television Services ............................................. 45 Tiling .................................................................... 45 Transport ............................................................. 45 Tree Services ....................................................... 45 Tuition ................................................................. 45 Upholstery .......................................................... 45 Valuers ................................................................. 45 Veterinary Surgeons .......................................... 45 Water Filters ........................................................ 45 Water Supplies .................................................... 45 Welding ............................................................... 45 Window Cleaning ............................................... 45 Window Tinting................................................... 45

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

NSW Lic. 83568c Qld BSA 1238105

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

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 CARPENTRY, TILING, DECKING ...................................................................................0498 064825

CAR BODY ODY REMOVAL

LELAND CARPENTRY All carpentry – small renovation specialist (under $5K) Jesse ...0458 968290

CASH ON THE SPOT GUARANTEE

CARPENTER Insured & qualified. Renos, decks, small jobs, free quotes. Lic 231104C ...0431 674377

$50 - $1000

WE BUY UNWANTED CARS, UTES & VANS

PHONE 0466 113 333 24/7

EMAIL: enquires@adrians.com.au

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns – bindii weeds – Army worms – grass grubs .....0418 110714

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DESIGN & DRAFTING

Green & Clean

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993 BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0439 078549

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours

DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256 FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham .......................livingbalancedesigns.com.au

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

BORRELL DESIGN Drafting & design. Commercial, retail, residential, shop fit-outs .....0412 043463

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

NORTHFACE DESIGNS www.northfacedesigns.com.au..............................Cody Greer 0434 272353 THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690

CHIROPRACTIC WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman...66858553

CLEANING

FUNERAL SERVICES

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ..............................66855282

NORTHERN RIVERS DIRECT CREMATIONS Personal service, female-led exceptional care

Coast to Country Asphalt Specialising in

24 hours. All-inclusive and local. $2100 .........................................................................1300 585778

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

• Asphalt Driveways • Sub-divisions • Earthworks • Carparks • and all Maintenance!

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

For a Free Quote Call Now

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• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & flyscreens • Water efficient • Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 0409 207 646 or 0412 495750

0467 482 948

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ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

6677 1859

5 Stars

Byron Bay

FENCING

&

CLEANING SERVICE

CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring

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SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS

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All aspects gardening & mowing Enhancive garden makeovers

Burringbar

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437 livingearthgardens.com.au

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

Phone Mick 0409 009 024

Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated ..0410 723601 BEYOND CLEANING GROUP Quality focused. Brunswick to Ballina from $39.60ph .....0451 102239

TINY EARTHWOR

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394

Philip Toovey

PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330

COMPUTER SERVICES

Est. 2010

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839

0409 799 909

various implements available for limited access projects

A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335

ACES LANDSCAPED GARDENS Renovations & maintenance. Ph Sam..........................0477 851493

BETTER CALL SAUL The Mac Doctor. Repairs. Upgrades. Used Macs.............................0411 562111

LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, tree maintenance .....................0402 487213

CONCRETING & PAVING

SALISBURY

NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, excavator, cable locating & tpr. 0402 716857 RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, hedging.........0424 805660 GRADER HIRE All road construction, driveways, pads, horse arenas. Adrian ................0428 845091 GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442

CONCRETING

POLLEN GARDENS Lawn & garden maint’. Professional & reliable. Dip. Hort. Dave ......0438 783645

GARDEN DESIGN

24 HOUR SERVICE

0439 624 945

Call Daniel

0424 876 155

AH

02 66 804 173 All Jobs Small or Large

Domestic Commercial

PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788

www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au FENG SHUI / GARDEN DESIGN .........................Lyn 0428 884329

GAS SUPPLIERS Free Delivery

COUNSELLING

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING Get unstuck & reclaim life purpose. TracieAnne.com .. 0437 174804

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

FREE QUOTES

Reliable

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

GRAPHIC DESIGN Residential & Commercial Electrician Renovations, New builds, Service calls & Maintenance

0419 789 600

DECKS

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental

0408 760 609

Robert Moore Lic No 142383C

•

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

nichollselectrical@outlook.com

• Deck restoration, sanding and oiling • Special sanding machine removes old coatings, not timber • Fantastic over raised nails and screw heads • Timber oils & coatings that dry in minutes and last years Call Oliver for a free quote and assessment.

Call Mark 0498 115 182 THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690 SPECIALIST DECK SANDER (raised nail heads no prob), deck oiling, etc by FCR ..........0419 789600

DENTISTS

GW GARDEN MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, trees & hedges, trailer ..............0408 244820

ELECTRICIANS

ALL AROUND

Lic No. 337066C

BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109

Lic: 154293c

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting.

Residential • Civil • Industrial

LOCAL, QUALIFIED & RELIABLEE Lic.136717c

DARYL 0418 234 302

www.fullcirclerefinishing.com

A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ................0405 716552 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772

CONCRETING

Free Quotes

PAUL’S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow.........0422 958791

MINI DIGGER!

Call or SMS

0438 535149

Lic: 228999C parallelpower.com.au

Graphic Design Print Branding Websites Tutoring

www.thinkblinkdesign.com

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173 RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355

GUTTERING

JP ELECTRICAL All electrical. Level 2 ASP. Solar, data + TV. Lic 133082C .......................0432 289705 JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028 SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477 BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801 BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408

AAA GUTTER GUARD Over 17 years of gutter protection in the region.

Ph 0427 648 981 www.aaagutterguard.com

LOCALLY PROVEN QUALITY PRODUCTS

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816 E4 ELECTRICAL SERVICES Lic 116621c. Solutions made E4 EASY! Phone Jamie ..........0410 502060 BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE .......................................................................66851264 ELECTRIC CITY ELECTRICAL Domestic, Commercial Byron/Ballina. Fully licensed. Pete 0404 426499 SPOTLESS GUTTERS. Gutter Guard Specialists. Ph........................................................0405 922839

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HANDYPERSONS

OSTEOPATHY

PICTURE FRAMING

NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Tues/Thurs/Fri .............................................66857517 MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791

24 hr response time guaranteed

0414 210 222

Fully Insured

paul.munten@bigpond.com.au

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR

• DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

C. A. Warwick Lic. No. 114578C )UHH TXRWHV *\SURFN À [LQJ VHWWLQJ

ALL-WAYS PAINTING BYRON BAY

A.S.A.P. All renos, carpentry, plastering, painting, studios & bathrooms .......................0405 625697 HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417

• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed • Attention to detail

ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

Lic No 189144C

R E S I D E N T I A L | C O M M E R C I A L | I N D U S T R I A L | S T R AT A | M A I N T E N A N C E S E R V I C E S

HANDY MAN SERVICES

PLASTERING

PAINTING

BUILDING SERVICES

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451 186

DQQH P ZDUZLFN#JPDLO FRP SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001 J. RAY PLASTERING 30 years experience. Quality workmanship. Ph John ....................0467 598038

PLUMBERS

HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael ........0421 896796 KEEN HANDYMAN SERVICES Repairs, maintenance, gardening, odd jobs ..................0428 679704

HEALTH

Chay 0429 805 081

• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy

Licence No. 207479C

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

GOOD NEWS HANDYMAN Carpentry, home repairs/renovations etc. Jesse..................0458 968290

20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE YVES DE WILDE

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING X 6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002

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REMEDIAL MASSAGE: Deep tissue, sports, relaxation. HICAPS avail. Aaron Ovens ......0408 707304 MOVE TO NURTURE PILATES STUDIO & mat classes. Lennox Head ............................0404 459605

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0400 852 141

HIRE MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003

INSURANCE AUSURE BYRON BAY General insurance. Phone Mick Urquhart .................................. 0428 200310

KNIGHTSBRIDGE PAINT & DECORATE

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

• Restoration • Free Quotes • Commercial/Domestic • Fully Licenced • Clean & Reliable • Fully Insured

Lic. 213034C

EAST COAST PILATES STUDIO Brunswick Heads Ph Judy .............................................0408 110006

LLOYD SHERLOCK

BYRONBAYPAINTINGSERVICES.COM.AU – Reliable. Quality work. Lic#309278C. Ph 1300 255 724

PEST CONTROL

LANDSCAPE DESIGN BEAU JARDIN Landscape plans & horticultural consultations. beaujardin.com.au .................0417 054443 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Garden Design & Property Planning. Andrew Pawsey ..........0478 519804

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

Professional Property Protection you can Trust • Targeted treatments for all pests with “no spray” 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

energyplumbing@gmail.com WWW.ENERGYJETTING.COM.AU WWW.ENERGYPLUMBING.COM.AU

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025 BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 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

0411 784 926

KITCHENS D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery. Lic 283553C. www.hinged.com.au .......................Dave 0409 843689

Blocked drain specialists Everything plumbing, drainage & gasfitting SHANE

AYURVEDA, NATUROPATH, Herbs, Jacinta McEwen – Om Healing ...................................66849422 THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Swedish/deep tissue. Paul Daniel ........................................0402 302897

30 years experience

Lic 167371C

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

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

0429 149 533 Est 2006

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

• Freight services to Brisbane weekly • Carriers of fine art • Furniture removal • E-bay pick up & delivery

0409 917646

Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS www.allpestsolutions.com.au

• Sand • Soils • Gravels • Pots & statues • Lots, lots more

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

LANDSCAPING

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714

BYRON BAY’S LOCAL REMOVALIST MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional • Commercial • Personal 30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

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PHYSIOTHERAPY LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853 NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday EXCAVATION & TIPPER HIRE Concreting & landscaping. Phil or Steve ........................0499 359702 466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288

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MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813

Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148 shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499 BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

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Service Directory ROOFING

0412 026 441

DOMESTIC • INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Metal Roofing Installations • Guttering Downpipes • Fascia • Skylights • Whirlybird Patios • Repairs • Leaf Guard

MONTYS METAL

ROOFING

Craig Montgomery – 0418 870 362

Leaky showers sealed at a fraction of the cost of re tiling.

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TRANSPORT

BYRON BUS Co

arrive@ byronbuscompany.com.au

Door to Door Charter Services Call 0490 183 424

TREE SERVICES

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 MAN WITH UTE. RETHINK REUSE RECYCLE. Ph Mark ................................................0411 113300 THIS IS RUBBISH Tipper truck for hire. Call or text Jono ...............................................0412 871438

SELF STORAGE

Mon to Fri 9am–5pm

WELDING WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, General, Repairs: Steel, Aluminium & Stainless ..0408 410545

WINDOW CLEANING WINDOW TINTING

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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TRIDENT WATER Remote access delivery, 4WD water truck. Northern Rivers & surrounds ..0412 580 564

TILER / STONEMASON / WATERPROOFER. Lic 24418C. Ph Karl................................0439 232434 TILER. Small jobs, repairs. Lic R75915............................................................................0468 465344 CLEAN VIEW Prompt, professional, insured. Phone David .............................................0421 906460 TILING AND BATHROOM RENOVATIONS.....................................................................0498 064825

Email: montysmetalroofing@gmail.com www.montysmetalroofing.com.au

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

WATER SUPPLIES

info@theshowersealer.com.au

The Fully Insured Professionals

• Stump Grinding • Bobcat • Cherrypicker • Crane Truck • 18” Chipper Mark Linder Qualified Arborist 0408 202 184 choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

BYRON BAY SELF STORAGE

Self storage with security. Largest choice of sizes.

8-10 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industrial Estate www.byronbayselfstorage.com.au | 6685 8349 | bbss@westnet.com.au

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Northern Rivers Pty Ltd

• 20 years local knowledge and experience • Fully insured / free quotes • 19 inch chipper • Bobcat • Cherry picker • Crane truck

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ON-SITE WASTEWATER Management Reports. Professional environmental reports & advice. . 0484 993990

SNAKE CATCHERS

0427 347 380

ALL AREAS OF THE NORTHERN RIVERS & SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND

0401 208 797

• Professional Tree Removal, Surgery & Maintenance • Stump Grinding • Weed Control • Arborist Reporting & Consultancy • EWP Cherry Picker Hire • Mulching of Green Waste • 24 Hour Emergency Call-Out • Professional, Reliable Service

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Serving Northern NSW since 1998

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SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66813140 or 0417 698227 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 LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + crane truck. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes .......0402 487213 PROBLEM CAMPHORS and woody weeds removed. No fuss-green waste, lantana too! ..0478 779650

UPHOLSTERY BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255 UPHOLSTERY & CURTAIN MAKING Free quotes. Phone Rebecca .....................................66840427

VALUERS BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010 SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential, Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976

VETERINARY SURGEONS

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Cryptic Clues

Quick Clues

1. Guinness to depict Fury (6) 5. Gang became older and tightly organized (8) 9. Urges damnation – but it’s notoriously brittle! (8) 10. Go back to summary (6) 11. Worn out friends – no point in continuing (10) 13. Idiots and lice (4) 14. Plots for British journalists (4) 15. Fresh enthusiasm with our neighbour (3,7) 18. Yankee sheila’s promise – a formidable weapon! (10) 20. Soft time for a leaf (4) 21. First individual sun helmet (4) 23. Stops meals –weird, but it keeps you regular (5,5) 25. A jewel in one of the twins (6) 26. Comparative nephew, perhaps (8) 28. Causes trouble with small locks (8) 29. Priest’s patch – pretty fair, they say (6)

1. In Greek mythology, one of the Furies (6) 5. Wrapped up (8) 9. Breakable outer layer (8) 10. Come back to (6) 11. Possible chess outcomes (10) 13. Eggs of human head parasite (4) 14. Cots (4) 15. Country across the ditch (3,7) 18. Battle-axe (10) 20. Attendant (4) 21. African antelope (4) 23. Common laxative (5,5) 25. Star sign (6) 26. A member of the family (8) 28. Emphasises (8) 29. Church community (6)

8. English man encountered an ant (5) 12. Find more seats for the cloistered houses (11) 16. West circles court (3) 17. No, not, never –destroys, avenges it! (9) 19. Like IIX – silly (7) 20. For each around final coat of lime (7) 22. Open to view overtime (5) 24. Organises classes (5) 27. Circle around mate (3)

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North Coast news online

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DEADLINE TUES 12PM

PHONE ADS

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Ads may be taken by phone on

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EMAIL ADS

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Cash, cheque, Mastercard or Visa Prepayment is required for all ads.

TIM STOKES mullummarkets.com.au Cnr Stuart and Myokum St, Mullum No dogs please

AGMs FEDERAL COMMUNITY CTR AGM Wed 26 May, 7pm, at the Pre-School 898 Binna Burra Rd. All welcome.

LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

HYPATIA’S LEGACY

0437 341 921

BYRON TWILIGHT MARKET

PUBLIC NOTICES

THE BIG SING

Group singing for confidence & fun. $15, Sunday 16 May, Marvell Hall, Byron Bay email: ByronBaySinging@gmail.com

Every Saturday 4 – 9 pm RAILWAY PARK, BYRON BAY

Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma.

Maureen Bracken 0402205352

On sale at Mullum Echo office $12

Clear subconscious sabotages.

Reprogram patterns and beliefs.

Restore vibrancy and physical health. De-stress.

Ph 0403125506 SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract.

FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH • Sausage sizzle • Hot dogs • Sandwiches • Coffee & tea • Fruit Salad

EVERYONE WELCOME Come one come all and join us in a meal or just a chat.

Takeaway most welcome: COVID safe rules apply.

Frozen takeaway meals now available.

10am to 12pm

In the Ballina Presbyterian Hall

KINESIOLOGY

Osho Kundalini meditation Thursday 13th May 6pm. Osho Mevlana Hall 15 mins shaking 15 mins dancing 15 mins sitting 15 mins lying down

Meditation made easy.

Call Deeva 0490 824 984 Shahido 6688 2494

BEETU FULL BODY MASSAGE A divine exp: Therapeutic, sensuous, nurturing. 28 yrs exp. Lucy 0427917960

HYPNOSIS & NLP 30 years exp.

Helping you to create positive changes.

Call Wendy today!

0497 090 233

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Body Based

Corner of Cherry & Crane. Just behind the Presbyterian Church.

Psychotherapy Somatic Practice

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre Connecting the Byron Shire Community

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TRADE WORK

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HUGE MOVING OUT SALE 18 Pine Ave, Mullum. Fri & Sat, 8am. Coffee as well!!

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TREE SERVICES LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper, crane truck, stump grinding. Local, qualified, insured, free quotes. 0402487213

HELP YOUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Baristas – – Gardeners – – Food Sorters – – Cleaners – The team at MDNC are searching for some dedicated volunteers to help us continue to support our community.

Contact Volunteer Coordinator Kaz Wednesday – Friday 6684 1286

Julie Wells Anne Goslett (nee Mannix)

Dip.Som.Psych, Clinical PACFA Reg.

Individual and Couple Therapy Supervision and Coaching (02) 6685 5185 9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay

Beginners Courses

20 years local experience • 19 inch chipper • Stump grinding • Cherry picker • Crane truck • Bob Cat

Fully insured • Free quotes

0427 347 380

• FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

6684 4421 0402 364 852

CARAVANS We buy, sell & consign.

All makes & models.

0408 758 688

BUSINESS FOR SALE

FOOD VAN with weekly permanent market sites at Pottsville & Kingscliff. $35k WIWO. Phone Sarah 0407248181

TO LET EXQUISITE ONE BEDROOM home in east Tyagarah overlooking the ocean.

Very private, tranquil, with easy walk to the beach. Will suit single or couple, and ideal for long-term locals. 0266847099

LOCAL REMOVAL

• Arborist • 15” Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Fully Insured Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

6681 3140 Mobile 0417 698 227 FOR SALE

MIELE WASHERS

Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

SUMMERLAND STORAGE BANGALOW From $105 to $290 per month Call GNF Bangalow 66872833 ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT Close to Baz & Shaz, Suffolk Park. Fully appointed apartment attached yet completely separate from our house. Available for 3–5 months. Super comfy bed, small kitchen with bi-fold doors opening to a courtyard.

Whitewashed floors throughout, huge airy living room with a 4-seater and 3-seater couch. Bi-fold doors onto front deck off the living room. Shared laundry with us. Offstreet parking. This space ideally suits a single person for $450 per week. All bills included. Contact Helen 0412707911

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617 BAMBOO PLANTS: clumping, screening, hedging, flowering gingers, bromeliads.

Close to Mullum. 0458535760 YACHT S&S 34 Good Yanmar motor. $3500. Ph 0484110243

BYRON BAY FIREWOOD Pickup / Delivery Seasoned Firewood

byronbayfirewood.com.au

SPECIAL: Book in for a month @ $95, try as many classes as you like.

See website for additional classes.

0432 047 221 yogalates.com.au

CARAVANS

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646

BANGALOW

Mon 10–11.30am Yogalates Wed 6–7pm Yin Yang Yoga Sun 6.30–7.30pm Hatha Fuse Yin Rejuv

0408 210 772

MARKET FOOD VAN with excellent sites.

0432402120

Yoga Yogalates Pilates

SUFFOLK PARK

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal

MITSUBISHI 380 Great, manual engine.

Must sell. $2,000 ONO. Ph 0476139191

Kindling, bags, trailer, tonnage.

Residential / Commercial / Wholesale Prompt and reliable service.

Mon 6–7pm Hatha slow flow Sat 8.15–9.30am Yogalates Wed 6–7.15pm Yin Rejuv Yoga

6 YANGARUP PL, O/S Sat 7am. From $2 treasures to clothes & collectibles.

MOTOR VEHICLES

PURA VIDA

WELLNESS CENTRE Brunswick Heads COLON HYDROTHERAPY HYPERBARIC OXYGEN FAR INFRARED SAUNA REMEDIAL MASSAGE + more 66850498

GARAGE SALES OCEAN SHORES 14 Wirree Drive.

Sat 15 May, 8am. See listing on: secondhandsaturday.com.au

HYPNOSIS & EFT

Books are notorious time travellers, and a dangerous book from first century Alexandria has arrived in the present.

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COMMUNITY FREE HOT BRUNCH

TAROT READINGS, BALLINA 30 mins $60. 1hr $90. Ph 66865715

ORIGINAL THAI MASSAGE Call Yah 0477594800

David Lovejoy

COORABELL HALL WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES 66871307 www.coorabellhall.net

READINGS HEALTH

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WANTED LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

THIS SATURDAY 8am – 2pm

DENTURES

Calling budding aerialists!

Personal training for adults on silks, lyra, trapeze and rope.

Beg-Adv. Learn amazing skills, get strong and create your own act.

20% discount mentioning this ad.

HALLS FOR HIRE TYAGARAH HALL Great for yoga classes or small functions. $20/hour, min 2 hours. Ring Karina 0481012051

& MUSEUM OPEN

PROF. SERVICES

DISCLAIMER Advertisements placed in The Byron Shire Echo do not reflect the views or opinions of the editorial staff.

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HAMBLY’S FIREWOOD Delivery available

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WANTED TO LEASE ACCESS TO ACREAGE, dwelling or not.

Prefer 2x2 or 3x3 or similar. Substantial security deposit OK. Pls call 0423218417

POSITIONS VACANT NANNY/HOUSEKEEPER all-rounder for 10–25 hours p/w on Byron property; someone hardworking who knows how to use their initiative. Responsibilities include cleaning, taking care of 2 children (5 and 6), laundry and meal prep. Must have min. 10 years proven exp. working with children, be flexible with times available, have police check and current blue card.

If this sounds like you, outline your exp. by email to rebecca.k@ushergroup.com

www.echo.net.au

Classifieds PRACTICE MANAGER required for Byron Bay Skin Cancer Clinic 4 days p/w.

We are looking for a qualified person to join our 3 highly skilled doctors, our exp. reception staff and our loyal patient base.

Please send cover letter and CV to info@ byronbayskincancerclinic.com.au

The Italian Byron Bay is looking for an

OCEAN SHORES

The Echo has a contract position to insert, fold, bag (wet weather) & deliver The Echo to the following areas: Shearwater, the Mullumbimby Steiner School has the following exciting opportunity available:

ASSISTANT MANAGER AND FLOOR STAFF

(One Year Term – maternity leave)

Good pay and good conditions.

Applications close on on Sunday, 16 May 2021

Please email to hello@theitalianbyronbay.com

CASUAL SALES PEOPLE With commencement of our new renovation, we are now seeking casuals for our new store opening in July.

Do you exude energy? Do you have what it takes to give amazing customer service? Do you have experience in the retail fashion, lifestyle sector?

Are you able to work fast paced and autonomously?

We would love to hear from you. Positions with immediate start for new opening in July.

Please email info@ mimosabyronbay.com.au Shop1/20 Fletcher St, Byron Bay.

HR Advisor

For position description and details on how to apply please refer to our website www.shearwater.nsw.edu.au/ working-at-shearwater.html

SANTOS ORGANICS We are looking for the following positions: Mullumbimby store Assistant Store Manager Byron Arts & Industry Estate Store Manager Warehouse Assist/Driver Barista Ecommerce Manager More information and to apply go to santosorganics.com.au/employment-2/

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Happy Birthday Tequilaretta!

GRAINEY,

JOSEPH MICHAEL. ‘JOE’ Passed away peacefully on the 5th of May after fighting a long battle. Much loved husband of Pauline. Loved father & father-in-law of Martin & Kylie and Melissa and Dinny. Loving Grandfather to Samara, Sean, Lucas, Ryan and Ayla. Joe will be sadly missed by family and friends in England, America and extended family and friends here.

Aged 77 years Relatives and friends are invited to attend a graveside service to be held at Mullumbimby Lawn Cemetery on Wednesday (12 May, 2021) commencing at 10.00am.

Michael Currie Funerals 6684 6232

PETS Byron Dog Rescue (CAWI) 6-year-old desexed male Bull Arab x Boxer ‘Nelson’ is looking for a stable loving forever home.

Nelson is a big, absolutely loveable and easy-going boy. He has a sweet goofy demeanour and would suit a loving, but dog-confident, companion.

Nelson has had some challenges recently but will thrive in the right situation.

Please phone Shell on 0458 461 935 for more info.

MC: 900164000971285

NELSON

Always the life of party...

Lots of love from us xx

WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post office box LADIES WANTED, MUST BE 18+ Casual or permanent work available in busy adult parlour. 66816038 for details.

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Want to work in outside school hours childcare?

Community Gateway is a not-for-profit community organisation providing welfare and community capacity building services.

Our Rainbow Region Kids service provides accredited before and after school care and vacation care

This can easily be done by a single person. The successful applicant(s) will have an ABN, a covered area in which to work, and a reliable vehicle and, to make it more profitable, live in the distribution area. They will receive the papers early on Wednesday morning eg 6–6.30am and have delivered all the papers by 5pm on Wednesday. Suit mature or stable persons/couples with a strong throwing arm for throwing the papers to residential premises. Some delivery to OS shops requires walking around with the paper.

Email simon@echo.net.au or phone 0409324724

FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 0403224842 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au

FACE-TO-FACE FUNDRAISER Rainforest conservation Training provided, call David 0405852481

Many tracks,one road,sustaining community.

Northern Rivers Community Gateway

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EROTIC MASSAGE STAFF reliable and friendly for Gentlemen’s Relaxation Centre 18+. Tweed. Grace 0418185791 TAXI DRIVERS WANTED COMMISSION BASED Please send enquiries to operations@ byronbaytaxis.com FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST for Glen Villa Resort, 86 Butler St, Byron Bay. Must be a hands on, passionate person with very pleasant and professional attitude with excellent customer service skills.

Only apply in person.

CARER. Reliable, strong, caring, female, 20–45 years old to assist quadriplegic man with personal care and household duties. No experience necessary.

Mornings 8–11.30am, &/or evenings 5–7pm. $34p/h, $44p/h Sat, $54p/h Sun. Must have Tax File No. Ocean Shores.

Please leave a detailed message at wheelgoodservice@hotmail.com

MUSICAL NOTES QUALITY PIANOS for sale, and expert piano tuning. Ph Fred Cole 0412216019

LIFE CELEBRATIONS A CELEBRATION FOR MICHAEL WILSON will be held at Ocean Shores Country Club on Saturday 15 May, 1pm.

Friends of Mike are welcome to attend.

FUNERAL NOTICES

JOHN

JOSEPH DYNAN

. .  ~ . .  Passed away peacefully at home in Byron Bay. Dearly loved husband of Mary. Much loved father and father-in-law of Sharon Paton, Kellie and Gary Logan, James and Fran Hodson.

Cherished grandfather of Adrian (dec), Thomas, Sarah, Emily, Alex, Ellen, Ben and Sophia.

Forever In Our Hearts Requiem Mass for the repose of John’s soul will be celebrated at St Finbarr’s Catholic Church, Ruskin Street Byron Bay on MONDAY (May 17, 2021) commencing at 10.30 am.

After Mass a private cremation will be held.

All guests will be required to comply with the COVD-19 regulations.

GUARDIAN FUNERALS BALLINA 6686 7036

If calico cats are your kind of cats, then you’ll be sure to love Chaya.

She’s adorned with beautiful markings coupled by a lovely, affectionate nature. Chaya is a young teen, full of play, inquisitiveness and love. She gets on well with others and would make a wonderful addition to your family. To meet Chaya, please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

CHAYA

OPEN: Tues 2.30–4.30pm Thurs 3–5pm, Sat 10am–12 noon Call AWL 0436 845 542.

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AWL NSW Rehoming Organisation Number: R251000222

Juno is a 5-monthold desexed female LabX. She came from a shaky start in life and needs lots of love and encouragement to reach her full potential. She is good with other dogs and would be best with older kids. If you can give Juno a permanent, loving home please contact Pam on 0421 017 461.

juno

Microchip No 991003000572357.

Visit friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for a home.

ABN 83 126 970 338 Just imagine that this is in colour… very striking long hair Tortie…orange, grey, white, black…

So this is MISCHKA, about four years old. She is a very well adjusted cat who has quickly shown that she likes people and loves to get up close and personal. Mischka is easy going, has no hangups and is adaptable.

A wonderful bright, and breezy cat who will certainly enrich your home.

All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.

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How nice that the universe sings to itself.

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Less than a week after the two major NewsCorp-owned outlets on the Northern Rivers lost their websites and redirected readers via The Daily Telegraph, sister publications in Queensland announced almost the opposite. Mackay’s Daily Mercury and the Sunshine Coast Daily will reappear in curated weekly print in August in response to calls from readers and advertisers. See more at echo.net.au.

If your Echo was delivered on Thursday, that’s because we asked our dozens of distributors to deliver them a day later, rather than in our emergency plastic bags.

Those who could, will have, but many have to work multiple jobs, and couldn’t.

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Welcome Dr Julie Alexander MB BCh BAO, FRACGP, MMed (Skin Cancer) Adv. Cert Dermoscopy, Adv. Skin Cancer Surgery

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Anonymous street artist Wanksy who compelled his local council to fix roads by spray-painting graffiti penises around potholes was an inspiration for an Auckland resident who was caught by police this week.

Auckland Transport says it will take legal action against the man.

An Echo reader coughed last week and felt the need to reassure those around her that she was COVID free.

Then she reminded everyone that once-upon-a-time when

Nina turns 100

Well known Byron elder, Nina Marzi, turns 100 this week. Not really the shy retiring type Nina is a regular at Byron’s V-Day celebrations. To honour her coming of age, her friends and family will be presenting a tribute show at the Byron Community Theatre, 10am–12pm on Sunday, May 16. The event will begin with Nina arriving at the venue in a Mini Cooper convertible, after doing a lap of Jonson Street from 10.15am, and a dance down the red carpet to be greeted by those who love her from the community. As Nina often says, ‘Why walk through life when you can dance!’ Photo Jeff ‘I should live so long’ Dawson you farted you covered it with a with a cough and wondered if the reverse was now the case.

In a fiendish move Transylvanian medics were able to count on stakeholders to allow the grave measure of using Dracula’s castle for vaccinations. Sadly it is not possible to give blood at the same location.

Mumbai Masala, an Indian Restaurant in Ballina, are hosting a ‘Curry for a Cause’ fundraiser on Friday May 21.

The special tasting-menu will raise funds to supply oxygen and medical equipment for those in need in India.

It is $80pp and includes a complimentary drink, three courses (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free available), and live music. Book on 6681 4095 or 0433 433 157.

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Zenith Virago, the Natural Death Care Centre and IXQHUDOV other local & national organisations present a community day to discover and explore the incredible services available in our Shire for dying, death and funerals.

Welcome & Speakers 11am - 1pm including

Pallative Care & Medical Services Local Hospices Trusted Funeral Directors End of Life & After Death Care Services Celebrants Death Cafe And More

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