17.1 C
Byron Shire
March 31, 2023

Spag Circus shows its regeneration skills this Sat

Latest News

Is polluting a lake in a national park to support new housing ok?

From Byron Bay to Evans Head to Casino the questions about how we deal with what is politely termed ‘effluent’, and how that may or may not destroy our local environment, demand real and urgent answers.

Other News

Rethinking the tourism paradigm

The past three years have been a fairly challenging time for the Byron tourism Industry, after fires, floods, and a pandemic. According to local tourism organisation, Destination Byron, now seems the right time to rethink the tourism paradigm for Byron.

Missing woman located – Tweed Heads

A woman reported missing from Tweed Heads on Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 has been located safe and well.

NEFA welcomes the election of a new government

The North East Forest Alliance welcomes the election of the Minns Labor government with their promise to create a Great Koala National Park, and calls for a moratorium on logging within the park proposal until the promised assessment is complete.

It’s Sunset and it’s Loooooong

If there’s one thing that indie music fans can all agree on, it’s The Long Sunset – the wanderlust music and camping festival set in the lush surrounds of the Canungra, Queensland hinterland on 29 April.

No dog problem – really?!

David Heilpern was recently roasted here by P. Lawrence, who sees ‘no problem’ with the issue of dogs on...

Fools for the nUdGe

No fooling – with this epic lineup at nUdGe nUdGe WiNk WiNk! You’d be a fool to miss International...

Super Mighties from Spaghetti Circus. Photo supplied

The Super Mighties from Spaghetti Circus will perform this Saturday at the Regeneration community festival at Mullum Community Garden.

Spaghetti Circus is one of Australia’s leading youth circuses, and they’ve created the performance specially for Regeneration.

The show will draw on the popular novel, Big Magic, by local author, Sarah Armstrong, who’ll also read an extract from her forthcoming kids’ book.   

‘It’s a celebration of the magic of the natural world,’ says Petrina Hutchinson, head of school with Spaghetti Circus, ‘with the kids being a bridge connecting our future with our history.’

Regeneration will have lots of hand-on fun for kids, including seed bomb and seed propagation workshops, a tree-planting, and audience participation during the circus performance.

The free festival is funded by the NSW government, and aims to reconnect communities following fire, flood and pandemic, via the joy of ecological restoration.

It’s aspiring to have zero waste to landfill so attendees are encouraged to bring cups, water bottles and plates, and book a free ticket beforehand, to help let food stalls know how many people to expect.

Most sessions are under cover, but a brolly could be helpful if it rains.

Other event highlights include the REDinc signing choir, high-profile documentary maker, Damon Gameau, and an all-Bundjalung panel called ‘Learning from Country’. 

Super Mighties from Spaghetti Circus. Photo supplied

Free workshops

There are workshops on permaculture, good fire, climate-ready gardens and incentives for landholders to reforest. And there’ll be walks and talks with respected local bush regenerators, Bob Smeuninx, Nadia de Souza Pietramale and Dave Rawlins.

The event will be powered by SCU’s famous mobile solar battery, called the Sunflower, and students from SAE are generously delivering the sound.

The festival closes with a special performance from the nine-piece Afro-groove dance outfit, The Palm Wine Ambassadors.

Ray Moynihan is Regeneration event organiser. For more visit www.regeneration.mullumseed.org.au.


Support The Echo

Keeping the community together and the community voice loud and clear is what The Echo is about. More than ever we need your help to keep this voice alive and thriving in the community.

Like all businesses we are struggling to keep food on the table of all our local and hard working journalists, artists, sales, delivery and drudges who keep the news coming out to you both in the newspaper and online. If you can spare a few dollars a week – or maybe more – we would appreciate all the support you are able to give to keep the voice of independent, local journalism alive.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Appeal to locate man last seen at Casino on way to Tweed

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man from Grafton missing from the North Coast area.

Do you still need help to get two rooms fixed after the 2022 flood?

More than 80 Lismore residents have had help getting a few rooms in their flood-impacted homes re-sheeted and habitable following the devastating 2022 floods.  The...

$15,000 fine and warnings over illegal logging in Kyogle Shire

Urbenville-based logging company Rojech Pty Ltd were fined $15,000 earlier this month over logging operations near the entrance to the Border Ranges National Park in Kyogle Shire.

No street gathering policy for Ballina Shire

A majority of Ballina Shire councillors have voted against a Greens-led motion for a new policy enabling resident-led street closures for gatherings and play.