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NEFA says Forestry Corp are ignoring legal protections for gliders

The North East Forest Alliance is calling on the Environment Protection Authority to issue an immediate Stop Work Order for logging in Styx River State Forest, near Armidale on the Northern Tablelands.

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BaySounds competition launch

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Byron biz breakfast on May 14

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Husk: Tweed pioneers in rum and gin

The picturesque Husk Distillery is just an enjoyable 45-minute drive north of Byron, in the Tweed Valley, and is a wonderful place to visit if you like gin – it’s the home of the popular and innovative Ink Gin, and other gins made with local botanicals. Also, if you like rum and would like to try something really worthwhile, it’s also the pioneering home of Australia’s first farm-to-bottle rum, made entirely from sugar cane grown onsite.

Some of the competitors at last year’s state croquet titles at Byron Bay Croquet Club. Photo supplied

For the fourth consecutive year Ballina Cherry Street, Ballina, Byron Bay and the Lismore croquet clubs will welcome local, and interstate croquet players competing in the 2024 NSW Golf Croquet Division 3 Doubles and Singles events.

The four local croquet clubs unite to host the titles from July 9 to July 13, 2024.

Tournament Manager, David Scott, welcomes the return of Lismore Croquet Club following the devastating 2022 floods which saw their lawns unplayable for the 2022 and 2023 events. 

Most NSW events are held within the Sydney region, so local club members are excited to be able to enter a NSW event without having to travel and bear the cost of accommodation.

‘Similarly, non-local members are excited about the prospect of combining a NSW croquet event with a holiday in the best region within Australia,’ publicity officer, Deborah Jones said. ‘Planning is well underway to ensure the events are successful, so visiting participants want to return to the area’.

All golf croquet players on a handicap of nine or higher are encouraged to enter.


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