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Good Life Loft: top of the town S Haslam Winter doesn’t have to mean hibernation! Shake off those winter woolies and enjoy the best of town again. Loft Byron Bay has just launched their Happy Hour Snacks menu! Combined with their ever-popular Happy Hour drinks offering, this makes for the perfect afternoon soiree. Their signature Cheese or Charcuterie Boards are half price ($15), plus you can choose from a $9 snack menu featuring dishes like Tempura Eggplant and Fried Squid, every day from 4–6pm. Loft Byron Bay has arguably one of the best vantage points in town, sitting at the top end of town, opposite the Beach Hotel and high above the streets below. With views out to Main
Beach, it’s the perfect spot to wind down after a long day at work or a weekend sunset drink with friends! You will need a drink with that cheeseboard – their Happy Hour Drinks include $14 margaritas (classic or chilli), $12 Aperol Spritz and $6 house beer and wine. For those late night people Loft also has some great cocktail specials. Cocktail specials run from 9pm till close every night, and the $15 cocktails include their famous Lychee Chilli Coconut Martini, a Tommy’s Margarita or the Popcorn Espresso Martini. Or, for that late night pick-me-up, they have two for $20 Espresso Martinis.
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Chupacabra are coming up to their third birthday, and to celebrate all the ups and downs they are hosting a fiesta on Sunday 4 July. Yes, finally a three-year-old’s party with cool music, good food and chilli. ‘Lucky for us,’ says Amelia from Chupacabra, ‘a perk of being committed to the Mexican theme means we know an amazing mariachi band, and they will be joining us for a night of live music and good times! We are so thankful for every customer who has supported us over the past three years and we would love them all to join us from 4pm – there will be beers, Mexican street corn and margaritas all round. Kids are welcome, no set seating, so no bookings are required!’ In addition, the crew at Chupacabra have been thinking about some toasty indoor activities to keep everyone all warm and bring the community together – over the
‘Bring your nine dollar note on Taco Tuesday ‘cos that’s all it’s gonna cost you. *T&Cs apply like the need to pay in legal Australian tender not jpgs you got from the internet’.
‘Come on, check out this picture of the Mad Mariachi duo and tell me that you don’t want to see them at Chupacabra on 4 July. I’m going. Simon’ next few months they will be showing some cult cinema classics with a south-of-theborder flavour! The first of these movie
nights for which bookings are required will be Thursday 17 June: it’s Dusk till Dawn, a wonderfully gory flick starring young George Clooney (adults
only for this one!). Keep an eye out for the next title showing Thursday 22 July. Movie snacks and specialty themed cocktails will be available during the film, which starts at 7.30pm and those who book ahead through Chupacabra’s Resy site will get a free Mexican spiced popcorn. As well as these events and the popular Wednesday Chook Dinner Night, Taco Tuesday is returning for a limited time only – customers can tune in
weekly to Instagram @chupabyron to find out the flavour of the week, which comes in at a tantalising $3 per taco in a plate of three. A nine dollar dinner! I lived in Suffolk Park for a while. It’s a great place to live, and whilst it’s also a magnet for visitors, those people who live in the Suffolk Park area count themselves pretty lucky to have a quality venue they can get to without having to drive into Byron. Amelia’s got a shout-out for these locals, who are doubly welcome to drop in for the birthday party: ‘Chupacabra is so thankful for all our customers who have helped us remain open and thriving through all the turbulence of the past year especially. We would be nothing without our community and we hope some of our wonderful locals will join us for these winter events!’ Find them on Instagram and book via that page or at www.Chupacabra.com.au.
Catch Flock’s Brice Fundraiser: Cycle For Brighter Futures Matt Brice cycled through India solo in 2014 under the name of Cycle for Brighter Futures (CFBF), raising funds to provide education to children from Kalyanpuri Slum in Delhi, and then went on to develop and run an annual group cycling tour to raise funds for the same community. ‘We have taken 10–15 people to India for this 10-day event every year, until COVID19 hit,’ says Matt, ‘but since then I have been stuck in India and fundraising has unfortunately come to a halt. ‘Now the situation with the second wave of COVID is devastating for this community, who have no means of social distancing, share many
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common facilities, have no access to nutritious food, and are struggling without proper medical attention... something had to be done! ‘As I am in India I approached my dear friend Evanna – who has joined every single cycle tour from day one – by my side all the way, fundraising thousands of dollars for the project and inspiring many others, and asked her if she would be interested in running another charity FEAST fundraiser on behalf of Cycle for Brighter Futures. ‘The FEAST event will raise much needed funds to set up a kitchen in the slum where we can cook nutritious meals for those affected by the covid pandemic.
‘The FEAST event is on 26 June, hosted at Flock Lismore. It is a volunteer run, community event, sponsored by Flock and local businesses, with all funds raised on the night going to feed Indian children and families who need our help desperately right now.’
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