18.1 C
Byron Shire
June 4, 2026

The clean beach quest is on this Sunday!

Latest News

Update on Mullumbimby house fire which destroyed locals’ home

Long-term residents of Mullumbimby, Jeff and Alma Jackson lost their home to fire last week.

Other News

Mur’bah woman arrested over alleged bomb threats

A 23-old woman accused of making multiple bomb threats to public places across the state was arrested in Murwillumbah on Friday.

Stout Blackout Blowout at Earth Beer

Nestled among the rolling green hills of Cudgen, just minutes from Kingscliff on the Tweed Coast, Earth Beer Company...

Return Mullum hospital to Bundjalung

‘Public land should serve the public vision,’ Greens councillor Elia Hauge is quoted as saying in The Echo (May...

Conversations in the Pub starts with Janelle Saffin

Conversations in the Pub – Lismore’s new civic meet-up – kicks off on Friday 19 June with its inaugural special guest, the NSW Minister for Small Business, Minister for Recovery, Minister for the North Coast and Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin MP.

Fund set up to help Chase Goldstraw’s family after tragedy

A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help the family of a young father recently killed in a truck accident in Tweed Heads.

Trains vs buses

As one of the many thousands of locals who have been involved in the long campaign for accessible, socially, environmentally, and cost...

Constanza, Anthony and Catarina, are part of the Byron Yoga Centre clean-up team who will spend two hours on Saturday morning with gloves and bags in Byron Bay. Photo Eve Jeffery

Two local beach clean-ups, as part of Clean Up Australia Day, will be held in Bruns and Byron on March 3.

The Bruns event is being organised by Byron Shire Council and Positive Change for Marine Life.

They invite the public to meet at Torakina Park on South Beach Road from 8am, with the focus on  rubbish around the Torakina and Brunswick Heads beach area.

Everything provided

‘We will provide everything you need, and you will even get a free coffee as a little thank you, just bring your own cup’, Sarah Child, Council’s Resource Recovery Strategy and Engagement Officer said.

Over in Byron, the Byron Yoga Centre will lead a team to clean up the town’s beaches. Organisers say ‘We’d love for you to join us – we’re meeting at our Town Yoga Studio: 6 Byron St, Byron Bay from 9am’.

‘Bring your friends, comfy shoes and some gloves and we will supply the bags. Let’s clean up Byron Bay together!’ Both events finish at 11am.



For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling.

If you are a local business owner help us and in turn we help you. All The Echo asks for is advertising, not a free ride. It is every advert in The Echo and on www.echo.net.au, which creates the space for all the stories and coverage of community events, happenings and concerns.

If you are a reader you can become a sponsor of The Echo. Your support keeps the us independent.

Even a small one-off or regular donation from you will help keep the echo’s independent voice alive and strong.

Support Us

Become one of the supporters who helps keep independent, local journalism alive in the Byron Shire by contributing anything from as little as the cost of a coffee each month.

You're Wonderful, Thank you for supporting independent journalism in the Byron Shire

You’re supporting The Echo, thank you

Your contribution is keeping independent, local journalism alive in the Northern Rivers.

Because of supporters like you, we can keep every story free for everyone — no paywall, no exceptions. Your money goes directly to funding our newsroom of 40-odd local workers covering the stories that matter to this community.

Tell us what you think, give us your opinion

The Echo loves your letters and comments and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, email us your epistles at editor@echo.net.au.

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. Please remember to include your full name, address and telephone number.

Online comments are no longer available.

Local family-owned Byron businesses asking for your support

Long-term, local Byron businesses are calling on the community for support as they struggle to remain afloat as the drainage works in Byron Bay continue.

Bay FM’s Karena Wynn-Moylan wins at Aus Audio Awards

Australia’s top radio and podcast talent were crowned at the inaugural Australian Audio Awards last Thursday night at Carriageworks in Sydney. Entries were judged on their technical expertise, audio quality, content and impact.

Drugs: a health problem needing law reform

The 2024 Penington Institute’s Annual Overdose Report stated that, ‘in 2022 there were 2,356 drug-induced deaths in Australia, equating to approximately six lives needlessly lost each day’.

Northern Rivers philanthropic org reveals 2025 achievements

Not-for-profit philanthropic organisation, Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF), have released their annual report for 2025, revealing $2.4m was raised which provided to 121 projects across the region.