Our seditious history
Where does one draw the line over the liberty we give society’s antagonists? Should free speech really have limits?One of the first European settler antagonists in Australia was Ballarat.....
| Latest News | Updated July 20, 2010 |
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Rusted-on type gets the Wilde touch
On shore leave, last Sunday, to sell war bonds and award prizes to winners of the Brunswick Heads Show and Shine Hot Rod show, Mae Wilde posed with one of the least shiny entrants, this... Read more»
Patt hammers together a book
‘When I was five I snuck into my stepfather’s shed and borrowed his hammer. I spent a few hours wandering around our dairy farm trying to whack four-inch nails into the shed door, the... Read more»
Kobi Jae takes on the Fringe
The Sydney Fringe festival is an alternative and independent arts event held over two weeks in September, across 50 venues and totalling around 200 shows and local chanteuse Kobi Jae is about to... Read more»
BU has a big night out
Lyn Parche of Byron at Byron and Rick Walkom of Spoon Café at the Byron United Business After Hours function at the Byron at Byron Resort and Spa last week. BU Executive Officer Diana... Read more»
School art on display
Art features strongly throughout Bangalow Community Children’s Centre so it was very rewarding when a canvas painted by the children in the west room won the NAIDOC Week competition for... Read more»
Knight in aid of Cambodian children
A local schoolboy has gone to Cambodia to help train teachers and to visit orphanages. Peter Knight, Year 11 student from Shearwater Steiner School, was so moved by a documentary he saw which... Read more»
Primary school extensions completed
The new extension to Byron Community Primary School was officially handed over on a sunny day toward the end of the school holidays. According to the school’s finance and administration... Read more»
They’ve built the stairway to heaven
Bangalow based architect Dominic Findley Jones has teamed up with artist Lauren Brincat for their ‘Best Time Ever’, a 23 metre long steel and timber stairway to heaven. (I’m not... Read more»
Local man dies in car crash at Byron Bay
Byron Bay identity Ben Donohoe, 20, has died following a single vehicle crash at Byron Bay last Sunday morning. According to a police report, about 3.15am a Volvo station wagon was travelling south along Bangalow Road, Byron Bay, when it failed to negotiate a left hand turn, mounted a curb and struck a tree. As a result the rear seat passenger, Mr Donohoe, was ejected and died at the scene. The driver, a 26-year-old man, and his 24-year-old male front seat passenger, both locals, were taken to Tweed Heads Hospital. One was later transferred to the Gold Coast hospital. ... Read more»
Engine gears up for high drama
Mullum High’s Ruby Walters and Millie Hauritz, below, will feature in the Byron performance of NORPA’s upcoming production, Engine, written by Janis Balodis and directed by Julian... Read more»
A beautifully stretched canvas
Jess Bowen of Mud Honey fame adds to her tattoo collection courtesy of Lennox Head custom ink artist Millie Zavattaro. The performance needling was part of the Revolution of Art, Retrospect... Read more»
Renewable energy forum at Bangalow
Bangalow Climate Change activist group, Green Coast Catalysts, in conjunction with Don Page, Member for Ballina, will present a public forum focusing on renewable energy options on the morning of Sunday August 1 in the Bangalow A&I Hall. The event, running from 9.30am to 1pm, will be hosted by local journalist, Mick O’Regan. ‘The event starts with an overview of the situation we are faced with now, as Climate Change converges with Peak Oil,’ says Mr O’Regan. ‘Then it filters down to what forms of renewable energy are actually available in the... Read more» |
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Abbott all at sea on navy’s role
The first duty of sailors is to rescue those in danger, irrespective of whether they be friend or foe.Young men and women join the Royal Australian Navy for a variety of reasons: to fight for their.....
Invasion of the privacy snatchers
There are three little magic words that thrill every mother to the core. Back To School. Thank Christ they’ve gone. Yeah I love them. Yeah I’d lay down my life for them. I just.....
What's in a name?
Bell pepper, pimiento, capsicum, sweet pepper, bullnose pepper – depending on where you reside the name will vary. And Christopher Columbus can be blamed for the confusion: on his voyage to.....
Cinema Review
The Descendants In the same fashion as Up In The Air (2009), we enter the movie accompanied by the confiding, measured tones of George Clooney’s voice-over. As Matt King, a descendant of.....
Moving our birthday
On Thursday, January 26, Byron Shire, along with the rest of Australia, will be celebrating Australia Day – see www.byron.nsw.gov.au/australia-day.The fashion for widely celebrating the birth.....