←Volume 31
March 8, 2017
In this Issue:
Rusty takes on Noosa and wins
Crystal Cylinders Up at the Noosa Surfing Festival Byron Bay’s Rusty Miller did what he does best: surfing with style, getting the judges’ appreciation and a win in the Over-70s Magoo memorial division. Miller appeared not only in the...
The two of them and all of you at Bello
The lineup for 6–9 July Bello Winter Music Festival is out. It’s the third time round the dance floor for this NSW village and this time featured acts include dub-and-bass heroes Salmonella Dub, Texan singer/songwriter Joe Pug, taking leave...
Swivel, Mark Swivel
Mark Swivel presents a rousing, ridiculous how-not-to guide on parenting politics and pools in his show Dad Joke. Simone Whetton on 702 ABC Radio called his show ‘vulnerable, excoriating and hilarious in one loveable mixture!’ So, Mr Swiv… Why do a show...
Live Music Roundup – March 10, 2017
Bowie up the Duff In January of 2016, the music world lost one of its greatest and most respected artists in David Bowie. Now a year later in 2017, Jeff’s Bowie Unzipped show salutes the enormous legacy that Bowie left...
Culture Roundup – March 9, 2017
Lismore Laughs Lismore’s new annual comedy festival Lismore Laughs returns this weekend with three great shows. Friday see the star of The Weekly and host of Hard Quiz, Tom Gleeson present his show Cheer Up and Saturday at lunchtime the wacky...
Music with Hart
In 1999 Beth Hart rose to fame with the release of her single LA Song from her second album Screamin’ for my Supper. It’s all about the music for this sultry woman of song. What is the one song that...
We of the Pirra Pirra
With the identical ginger twins in the rhythm section, the relationship between the vocalist (Jess Beck) and the ‘other guy’ on guitar, Pirra is something of an unorthodox family band. They began back in 2008 honing their skills looking...
State government ‘ignoring’ promises made to Byron council
Funding commitments for Byron Shire Council that have been ignored by the state government are causing ‘reputational damage,’ according to the council’s general manager Ken Gainger.
Nearly $100k injected into north coast events
Up to $95,000 will be invested into far north coast events through the NSW government’s 2017 Flagship Event Fund, while funding to support the region’s ailing infrastructure has been promised ‘at a later stage.’
100 trees cleared around Tyagarah Airfield
Byron Shire Council staff have admitted that more than 100 trees have been removed and a similar number pruned in stage one of a program designed to 'provide safe aircraft approaches for take-off and landing' around the Tyagarah Airfield.
Byron council updates residential strategy
Requiring affordable housing in all new developments, encouraging secondary dwellings and setting aside land for caravan parks and manufactured homes are three new controls Byron Shire Council planning to implement as part of its new residential strategy.
Sound system of the Heart
Following his recent relocation from Melbourne to Mullumbimby, Australia’s King of Reggae Soundsystem, Derek Marr, brings us the unique Heartical Hi-Powa. Heartical Hi-Powa was the original dub reggae soundsystem in Australia, founded and hand-built in 2002. Now based in Mullumbimby,...
Locals join the lineup as World Surf League lands on the...
Local pro surfers have been busy with a heap of events along the east coast of Australia for the start of the WSL year.
Mullum fall short at Fours final
The Mullumbimby Bowling Club was defeated by Kingscliff at the final of the District Fours played at Cudgen on last Sunday.
Shores United claim new home ground with ‘emphatic win’
The Shores United Brown Snakes claimed a great a comeback win to put their stamp on the Shire’s newest sport’s field on Shara Boulevard in Ocean Shores two weeks ago.
Matt Slee wins Tweed triathlon
Byron athlete Matt Slee battled more than 500 other competitors, high temperatures and extreme humidity for more than four hours to win the Tweed Coast Enduro triathlon at Pottsville the weekend before last.
Learn to coach soccer at Mullumbimby
The Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley Football Club is hosting a free MiniRoos Coaching certificate training course at Pine Avenue, Mullumbimby, this Saturday, March 11.
Brunswick surf life savers host Masters and finish in second place
Brunswick Surf Life Saving Club hosted the annual Masters Surf Life Saving Competition in late February and finished in second place.
Byron Community school among the medals after return to pool
Byron Community Primary School swimmers Skye Pockley and Josie Nagel have been invited to compete in Sydney later this month after strong performances at the North Coast Independent Schools swimming carnival held in Lismore last week.
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: And… cut
A pair of scissors could save the world. Well, not normal scissors. Gene scissors. Of course these aren’t actual scissors, you can’t Steiner your way through a felt collage with these, these are for scientists into bio-craft. These are CRISPR...
Beautiful Byron Bay boutique picnics
Byron Bay Boutique Picnics has recently re-launched, after a hiatus of a year. Suffolk Park local Nicole Greenwood is not only an excellent cook and owns a superb range of picnic accessories; she is a lover of picnics.
Who pays when food is cheap?
Government subsidies, exploitive labour practices, and costs to land are the reason conventional food is too cheap, and organic food relatively expensive, according to the US Cornucopia Institute, a tax-exempt public-interest group.
Ice-cream for Sunday breakfast
Yes! The one time you might be able to make your children eat broccoli for breakfast is this Sunday, because ‘breakfast dessert’ (my children tell me that all the other kids at school get this) can be an ice-cream feast that helps homeless people.
