I’m so tired of this polarising narrative you push that divides self-proclaimed ‘locals’ and the town’s tourists – who, by the way, our entire town’s economy relies on. If you don’t like shopping alongside some of the world’s most beautiful people in tiny bikinis, move somewhere else. Maybe Ballina or Tweed Heads will make you less cranky.
For me, I love this town, especially because the free beach party with a $10 cask of wine is always more fun than the private, invite-only one at the $10,000-a-night beach house.
Relax Mandy, it’s Byron Bay – enjoy the views and chill out. Stop making it us against them and see Byron for what it really is: a place where with $10 you can have a better time than a millionaire, because the weather is hot, people are beautiful, and the vibes are high.
Stop complaining, join a gym, do some squats, and maybe by this time next year you’ll join us bootylicious babes with butt cheeks hanging out of barely-there bikinis, buying batteries and blueberries at Aldi in Byron Bay.
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. 
