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April 19, 2024

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Byron Bay Football Club may finally get the funds to complete its new clubhouse, with Byron councillors to consider loaning the club $200,000 at this week’s meeting.

Invitation to get to know the real Nimbin

The MardiGrass Organising Body (MOB) say Nimbin's annual festival will kick off with the launch of a very special audiovisual book on Friday 3 May, 'Out There: a potted history of a revolution called Nimbin'.

Byron swimmer airlifted to hospital

A man swimming in Byron Bay on the weekend was airlifted to the Gold Coast University Hospital, rescuers said. 

Thousands of high-school leavers from across the state have descended on Byron Bay for the annual Schoolies Week celebrations, many away from family and home for the first time, and volunteers of the Schoolies Hub are being kept busy looking after their safety and wellbeing while putting smiles on their faces, 24-hours a day for two weeks.

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