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Mullumbimby railway station burns down

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.

Other News

Northern Rivers rugby league underway for 2024

Senior rugby league got off to a good start for the 2024 season with Byron Bay, Ballina and Mullumbimby teams picking up competition points.

Tweed Council wants your ideas on future sports facilities

Tweed Council is looking for feedback from residents about future plans for sport and recreation in the area.

Keeping an eye on the landscapes of the Tweed

Tweed Shire Council says they have made a commitment to identify and protect the Tweed’s unique landscape, to this end a draft Scenic Landscape Protection Policy has been prepared to ensure the Shire’s spectacular scenery is front of mind when there is new development, change in land use, or when preparing related new policy.

Can Council’s overturn their decisions?

NSW Labor planning minister, Paul Scully, when asked about the Wallum estate by local MP Tamara Smith (Greens)  in...

Paul Watson has his say on Sea Shepherd ousting

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

REDinc’s new Performing Arts Centre is go!

It’s been a long wait, but two years on from the 2022 flood REDinc in Lismore have announced the official opening of a new Performing Arts Centre.

Yasmina, Daniela and Thalia from No Bones with some of their delicious Konjac vegan ‘calamari’. Photo Tree Faerie. ​

Vegan was the new black at Sample Food Festival where several stalls catered to plant-based eaters and punters happy to munch upon them.

Greame, Brendan and David from Grumpy’s Ginger Beer left no thirst unquenched at their stall at Sample. Photo Tree Faerie.

Chef Daniela from No Bones whipped up a wonderful selection of plant-based dishes including gnocchi and ‘calamari’ and a very long queue told everyone how tasty the food was.

Sylwia from Extra Ordinary Foods had plenty of yummy Pimp My Salad cashew and hemp ‘cheese’ sprinkles on hand, and a coconut ‘bacon’ version for those smoky taste lovers – while the Grumpy’s lads sold lashings of  yummy ginger beer.

‘It was a perfect spring day with a wonderful family atmosphere. The event was a showcase of everything wonderful about this part of the world with our designers, artists and entrepreneurs contributing their finest to locals and visitors to the region,’ said oragniser Rose Taylor.

Ample to sample: Sylvia with her Extra Ordinary Foods. Photo Tree Faerie


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Flood insurance inquiry’s North Coast hearings 

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’. 

Getting ready for the 24/25 bush fire season

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.

Keeping watch on Tyalgum Road

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.

Blaming Queensland again

I was astounded to read Mandy Nolan’s article ‘Why The Nude Beach Is A Wicked Problem’, in which she implied that it may largely...