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Victoria Cosford
School holidays shouldn’t only be holidays for children. Parents too are entitled to a break in routine, the...
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Everyone reads The Echo – 10 April, 2024
The letters deadline for The Echo is noon Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. The publication of letters is at the discretion of the letters editor.
Beady-eyed miner
As I sat for a coffee in Brunz the other day, sharing my table with a beady-eyed miner, I...
Local grom takes national tube-riding prize
Local grom takes national tube-riding prize. Broken Head surfer Leihani Zoric has taken out first place in the U/14 girls and best barrel (girl) categories of the Australian Junior Online Surf Championships.
Community land trust group home approved
Construction work on the Shire’s first permanent group home for women and children in housing stress could begin within months, after the project was formally approved by Byron Council.
Protest this
Remember Bentley, near Lismore, in 2014? Do you know what happened at Terania Creek, again near Lismore, or the Franklin River in Tasmania?
Bangalow retaining wall damage
The wall supporting the western end of Deacon Street has failed – opposite the Roman Catholic Church. Fortunately, this...
Stories about "WSL":
Majority of Lennox businesses support WSL
The majority of businesses in Lennox Head have responded ‘yes’ to the Lennox Head Chamber of Commerce survey asking if they were ‘in favour’ of the World Surfing League (WSL) being held at Lennox.
Tyler Wright wins in Rio
Lennox Heads champion surfer Tyler Wright didn’t take any shortcuts on her path to a second straight Oi Rio Women’s Pro. The 2016 World Champ took the long road to the title this year, surfing in every round of the event.
Tyler Wright named world champion
Lennox Head surfer Tyler Wright has claimed the jewel in the crown of international surfing, being named women's world champion of the 2016 season.
Lennox local Stu Kennedy defeats Kelly Slater
Stu Kennedy of Lennox Head (pictured) caused a massive upset by defeating 11 times World Champion Kelly Slater during Round 2 and eliminating the American from the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast yesterday (Sunday, March 13).
Twin fin win eludes Rastovich
Hawaiian Shane Dorian has defeated Australia’s Dave Rastovich in the final of the Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy twin fin division.
Fanning beats De Souza to Rip Curl Pro title
Mick Fanning of Tweed Heads has won his fourth Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach title, defeating Adriano De Souza of Brazil in a count back after the pair finished in the first ever tiebreak final in WCT history
Champions honoured at WSL World Surfing Awards
It was an Australian story as the stars of the surfing world gathered on the Gold Coast last night for the WSL World Surfing Awards.
Soli Bailey runner up at Sunset Beach Pro Junior
Up-and-coming junior Byron Bay surfer Soli Bailey has been narrowly defeated in the World Surfing League's Sunset Beach Pro Junior event in Hawaii.
Byron Echo
New chef at Crystalbrook Byron
Joachim Borenius has been appointed as the new executive chef at Crystalbrook Byron resort’s signature restaurant, Forest.
Joachim Borenius brings a wealth of experience, gathered...
Byron Echo
Jungle Juice – squeezing the most out of life!
Four years ago, Guido and Natalia Annoni decided to swap the rat race for the jungle – heading north from Sydney with their kids...
Byron Echo
Local grom takes national tube-riding prize
Local grom takes national tube-riding prize. Broken Head surfer Leihani Zoric has taken out first place in the U/14 girls and best barrel (girl) categories of the Australian Junior Online Surf Championships.