At around midnight last night, a fire started which engulfed the old Mullumbimby railway station. It's been twenty years since the last train came through, but the building has been an important community hub, providing office space for a number of organisations, including COREM, Mullum Music Festival and Social Futures.
Regarding your article concerning the split in Sea Shepherd. I established Sea Shepherd as a global movement, not as an organisation, controlled by a few men. It was a democratic association of independent national entities
Richmond Valley Council says the upgraded Casino Showground and Racecourse will be a major hub for events in regional NSW, with a focus on horse-related activities.
The Invasive Species Council has expressed serious concern following the detection of multiple new fire ant nests at Oakey, 29 km west of Toowoomba in Queensland.
Beast Machine are coming home from a successful spell in the United States and the thrash/metal two-piece with their massive sound layered with riff-driven guitars and thundering drums are coming to lift the roof off of the Backroom. Check out their new music video currently out for their latest single ‘Pretend’, which is featured in HEAVY magazine.
Eve and Bear perform the ‘The Queen of the Night Aria’ from ‘The Magic Flute’ at the March 2015 Blue Moon Cabaret in Nimbin. Photo Tree Faerie.
The Nimbin School of Arts has been producing Blue Moon Cabarets for over 20 years.
The Cabarets present a wonderfully diverse array of the performance arts: comedy, poetry, music, dance ensembles, acrobatics and circus
Held three times each year in March, August and October the most recent event featured, Sadie & Jay, No Frills Twins, Kharn, Kerrianne Cox, Baby Durgas, Eve & Bear, The Pitts Family Circus, Darcy Grant and Emma McGovern, Paul McMahon, Angela Pieta, Gypsy Rose Soiree and the Erotique Fantasies Dancers
The following 2015 Cabarets will be held on Saturday the August 15 and Saturday the of October 17.
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A public hearing into insurers’ responses to the 2022 flood was held in Lismore last Thursday, with one local insurance brokerage business owner describing the compact that exists between insurers and society as ‘broken’.
This year’s official NSW Bush Fire Danger Period closed on March 21. Essential Energy says its thoughts are now turned toward to the 2024-25 season, and it has begun surveying its powerlines in and around the North Coast region.
Residents keen to stay up to date on the status of the temporary track at Tyalgum Road – particularly during significant rain events – are urged to sign up to a new SMS alert system launched by Tweed Shire Council.
