health & healing

Byron Bay Detox Retreats is a beachfront sanctuary where you can purify, reconnect and rejuvenate. Experience a life-changing transformation on an exclusive group retreat, rejuvenate during a personalised one-on-one retreat, escape for a weekend reset, or book and visit their beachside clinic for wellness treatments. Their wide range

Now in their fourteenth year of running retreats in Byron, Byron Bay Detox Retreats know how to facilitate your journey to good health and happiness. Founder and facilitator, Natalie Purcell, has supported thousands of clients on their wellness journeys and is passionate about being of service to assist clients to heal and awaken to their true potential.

0458 633 869 info@byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au www.facebook.com/ByronBayDetoxRetreats/ www.instagram.com/byronbaydetox

Belle is a passionate Herbalist and gut she works with all areas of gut health, imbalances, auto-immunity, mental health issues, women embarking on the wise woman stage of life experiencing menopause symptoms, and much more.

When the digestive system is unwell instead of being a source of nourishment it becomes a major source of toxicity. We begin to see many systems of the body experiencing stress and fatigue simultaneously and often there are diverse symptoms that can seem unrelated.

When you work with Belle you feel heard and understood, and equipped with a unique combination of your own personalised herbal medicine, inspiration, knowledge and recipes for scrumptious foods, you’ll be ready to embark on your healing journey.

Belle Eder

0405 337 433 mygutstore.com

Introducing the inaugural three-night culinary winning author and opportunity to learn, cook, and linger with like-minded guests and new-found friends. Alice is one of Australia’s friendliest voices in food, using recipes to connect time spent immersed in our hinterland surroundings will only encourage. An award-winning author, broadcaster, and self-appointed ‘vegelante’, Alice brings Don’t miss this never-seen-before opportunity to experience Alice’s cherished

Are you looking for a trusted local doctor for your regular health checks, chronic disease management, or skin cancer has welcomed a new female

Dr Alara Areli has practised in the local area for the past several years, with a focus on preventative medicine, mental mental wellbeing.

Book at The Bright Side Medical & Skin Cancer Centre (at Byron Bay Fair) on 6680 7788 or thebrightsideclinic.com.au.

early intervention for the past 15 years, Easy Access founder and director, in-house collaborative, multidisciplinary team consisting of psychologists, speech pathologists and occupational therapists. This team is now up and running. They are passionate about their work with individuals and families, and come together to create and design intervention

The team supports individuals of all ages and across the spectrum of Lismore and Mullumbimby and will also come to you.

Volume 38 #02

21–27 June, 2023

Editor: Eve Jeffery

Editorial/gigs: gigs@echo.net.au

Copy deadline: 5pm each Friday

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P: 02 6684 1777

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It’s time to wiggle in the winter for six hours in a six DJ adventure with local legends – Dakini, R.I.A., Nick Taylor, Gez & SiClone B2B, Halo & Pob. This show is an epic world-class production with Void sound system, next level moving head lightshow, projection mapping and lasers c/o Crystal Grid and Spectacle Art

Feel free to have some fun with the dress code – fur & sparkles – get some Orchid Angles face paint, try some Discopig smoking teapot mocktails, check out Rady J Blackcrab’s live art, hang by the bonfire, and catch up and wiggle with friends.

Winter Wiggle – Solstice Tribe Connect is happening Saturday @ Durrumbul Hall from 6pm til midnight. This is an 18+ event – bring ID if you look young.

Limited tickets $45 + bf at Humanatix: events.humanitix.com/winter-wiggle-ddu9immg

The Uniting Church ran a photography competition for young people living in the Northern Rivers. The theme of the competition was ‘Youth Post-Floods’ with the aim of the competition being to help young people in our community reconnect – to themselves and to the people around them.

Highly acclaimed and local photographers, Cait Miers and Duncan Macfarlane, judged the entries, and the winners will be announced at an exhibition on Monday 26 June, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm at Ignite Studios in Ballina where photographs taken by the finalists and winners will be on display.

Everyone is welcome to attend the exhibition, enjoy some delicious mocktails and nibbles, and view some up-and-coming young local talent.

Jesse Witney was one of those young kids you see on groovy parents’ shoulders at festivals. His family has a strong musical pedigree, with both his parents being musicians, as well as festival producers of the Imbil Folk Festival for over 15 years. His older brother Matty Witney, who he performed with in The Brothers Witney, is currently a Chicago resident musician.

Jesse started singing at an early age, with an obvious talent. At 13 years he picked up a bass guitar and helped form the punk band, Better than Britney. By 16 years old he was winning music competitions, including the George Hoya Tribute Award, and getting a name for himself in the surf-music scene. He moved to Lismore to study guitar performance at Southern Cross University with Jim Kelly.

One day, Doug de Vries, the leading exponent of Brazilian guitar in Australia, gave a lecture about Brazilian guitar music and ‘a light came on’ for Jesse. He began to study Brazilian music with a passion. By the age of 20 he had learned the language and by 21 he was in Brazil, gigging as much as possible across the country and recording with a plethora of Brazilian talents, including producer Marcelo Müller.

His deep appreciation of and immersion into, the Brazilian tradition has been a constant in his musical journey, and infuses his music with a spicy edge.

You can see Jesse on Sunday at The Rails.

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Just say you gave us $1000 – very nice thank you! – and you’re an average tax refund of over 300 bucks. So we win - but you win too!

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Friends of Libraries Byron Shire have announced their annual Book Fair for 2023, which once again covers four huge days. This outstanding event attracts both regional and interstate book lovers with over 15,000 secondhand books, magazines, and CDs on sale. As usual there is plenty to choose from, all donated and in excellent condition. This collection offers a rare chance to find gems from many categories. Be it fiction, children’s, art, coffee table, history, cooking, or rare and old editions.

Friends of Libraries are a not-for-profit organisation that tirelessly raises funds to support the Byron Bay, Brunswick and Mullumbimby libraries. The Book Fair is definitely the major fundraiser for the year. The funds raised go towards purchasing new books, supporting special programs and events, and also supplying much needed equipment and capital improvement. The Byron Bay Surf Club has generously supported the Book Fair since 2015. This historic venue has very much contributed to the Book Fair’s ongoing success in raising much needed funds.

The annual Book Fair has become a landmark event for the year and is extremely popular with all ages.

Libraries of Byron Shire Book Fair, Friday 30 June to Monday 3 July, from 9am to 4pm at the Byron Bay Surf Club.