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Splendour approval taken to courtTuesday, 18 November 2008 | The Byron Shire Echo
Environmental lobby group Conservation of North Ocean Shores (CONOS) has lodged an appeal in the Land & Environment Court against Byron Shire Council for its approval of a Splendour in the Grass ‘trial’ festival at its site located at Yelgun, adjacent to the Billinudgel Nature Reserve.Read More |
Brangus shines at Bangalow Thursday, 20 November 2008 | The Byron Shire Echo
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Juanita Trustum from the Weona Brangus Stud at Leeville near Casino stands with her beautiful and very successful Brangus cow at the Bangalow Show on Saturday. The Brangus (Brahmin/Angus cross) and her offspring won all their categories – the cow is All Breeds Champion and Senior Champion, while she and her calf also topped the Cow and Calf category. The stud also picked up the Supreme Breeders award.
Show steward Clayton James told The Echo what they look for in champion cattle: ‘They must be functional, well put together, be able to move out well, with the calves showing much...Read More |
Keeping kids safe on the streetWednesday, 19 November 2008 | Lou Beaumont
BYS Street Cruise coordinator Deb Pearse and co-worker David Dalton check in with some of their young friends on a typically busy Friday night in Byron Bay.Read More |
Growing the mo for a good causeTuesday, 18 November 2008 | Eve Jeffery
Clinton Ludlow is putting up with the itch to highlight awareness of men’s health issues.
Clinton Ludlow of Brunswick Heads is going all itchy and scratchy in the name of men’s health. Clinton is one of thousands of men all over the world who are growing a fuzz on their upper lip to help raise funds for the Movember Foundation.
The Movember event raises awareness around men’s health issues and funds are used to support charitable organisations, with a focus on prostate cancer and depression in men.
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| Council defers rural settlement strategy review Tuesday, 18 November 2008 | The Byron Shire Echo
Byron Shire Council last week voted 7-1, Cr Tucker opposed, to defer the review of the Byron Rural Settlement Strategy (BRSS). It also voted to ‘receive a report on the resources, cost, content and time frame for preparing a Local Growth Management Strategy (LGMS) that addresses rural residential and residential development on a Shirewide basis and is consistent with the Far North Coast Regional Strategy and Department of Planning Settlement Planning Guidelines (2007)’. Read More |
Mungo MacCallumSpill the beans on the leak, ChrisTuesday, 18 November 2008 | Mungo MacCallum
It’s time for Chris Mitchell, The Australian’s Editor in Chief, either to piss or get off the pot.
For weeks now his paper has been beating the hell out of what it describes variously as a gaffe,...Read More | EditorialA tough mini-budgetTuesday, 18 November 2008 | Michael McDonald
NSW Premier Nathan Rees was unlikely to win any friends with his cost-cutting mini-budget, and that holds doubly so on the north coast. One of the more reliable indicators of its impact is that...Read More |
| Columns (lead story)Barack Obama: it’s (a new) morning in America? Tuesday, 18 November 2008 | Adrian Gattenhof
Leonard Cohen crystallised his hopes for a better America with the words: ‘May the lights in the land of plenty/ Shine on the truth some day.’ I join with Mungo and Victor Marsh (Echo,... Read More | Mandy NolanIn the Family WayTuesday, 18 November 2008 | The Byron Shire Echo
Lately I’ve been getting some rather peculiar stares. Eyes wander to below my breasts and pause on my swollen tummy. I can hear the thoughts ‘Oh no, Mandy’s getting fat again.’ Just to let you...Read More |
Live MusicLive MusicTuesday, 18 November 2008
Funk it Up
The very dancey Funk’N’Stein comes to Mullum Civic Hall on Thursday
December 4. This promises to be a very special show from a band who
bring a fresh and edgy sound sourced from the funk fountain of funk
bands past. It’s uncompromising groove. These guys are dudes. From day
one Funk’N’Stein The Band was a phenomenem, packing up clubs and
developing a strong fan base that is growing every day. They’ll sweep
into your soul with their deadly groove.
Jazz-Bah
The duo of Jack Thorncraft and Steve Russell is always a crowd-pleaser. Quirky singer/songwriter/bassist Jack will be dishing up a few sets of his fave jazz standards, as well as a few of his own nifty originals, accompanied by his incredibly talented musical buddy, Steve Russell on the keys. Wonderful jazz on a Saturday night in an equally wonderful...Read More |
