Minister For Small Business, Recovery and North Coast Janelle Saffin joined Mayor Robert Mustow and Member for Page Kevin Hogan to officially opening the Casino Suspension Bridge today (Saturday).
Community concern about large-scale water extraction in a quiet rural area, the use of heavy vehicle trucking on narrow, winding, country roads and unsustainable one-use bottling led to the formation of Tweed Water Alliance.
Residents are holding firm against a proposal to develop State Significant Farmland (SSF) near the Tweed Valley Hospital at Cudgen, after the Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP) held a public meeting on Friday 19 June around the Planning Proposal for Cudgen Connection (PP-2023-2669-Cudgen Connection).
Last week Australia had a glimpse of what life might be like under Prime Minister Pauline Hanson, via two speeches, one in Canberra and one in Townsville.
Creators of the Christmas Wonderland, Graham and Glenys Purnell in Station St Burringbar. The Purnells have been deLIGHTing families for 20 years.
One of the most spectacular festive light displays in the Northern Rivers is back for its 20th year, courtesy of Christmas enthusiasts Graham and Glenys Purnell, in Station Street Burringbar.
Echo photographer Jeff Dawson captured the magic of their Christmas Wonderland in the gallery below. ‘Definitely worth the drive!’ he says.
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar. Definitely worth the drive, so good.
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar.
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Christmas Wonderland, Station St Burringbar
Creators of the Christmas Wonderland, Graham and Glenys Purnell in Station St Burringbar. The Purnells have been deLIGHTing families for 20 years.
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The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
With 45 years combined experience across both sales and property management, husband and wife team Mark and Michelle Errichiello have recently moved to the Northern Rivers and teamed up with Byron Property Search to provide advocacy services for people looking to buy or sell across the region.
Today’s release of the government’s proposed Improved Native Forest Method, which allows governments to claim carbon credits in return for stopping logging has been welcomed by the North East Forest Alliance and North Coast Environment Council as "providing a way to end native forest logging on public land".
Who knows how many terrific ideas have wafted and dissolved after long literary lunches? This one didn’t – a shared idea took root, and after a lot of hard work the Northern Rivers Writers Centre, based in Lismore, was born and its first Byron Writers Festival took place in 1997.
NSW Farmers demand scrutiny on Bondi atrocity saying any state or federal Royal Commission must put the causes of hatred, rushed firearms changes and procedural failures under the microscope.
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