Heaps of praise for the recent efforts by The Echo to increase local content and provide more ‘in depth explanation and analysis’.
The original founders Nicholas Shand and David Lovejoy would be proud.
As a very long-time reader of the weekly hard copy, I was especially impressed by last week’s edition.
It is not easy in the electronic era of ‘news and information’ to maintain the standard.
Special mention to Aslan Shand and Paul Bibby for maintaining quality in spite of their huge volume of print.
No, I’m not related to anyone who produces The Echo. I have never even met any of them.
Re: letter writers last week and their opinions on Clarkes Beach drain and Byron development.
According to the NSW government press release, 1 December 2025, regarding the Sandhills development, the intention is that all that runoff that has been going onto Clarkes Beach will be caught and then slowly redirected towards Belongil Creek.
Secondly, I agree with the opinions of letter-writer Simon Alderton: Bonobo by Rae’s on Jonson St does look to me also, like a 1960s housing commission development! I was 12 years old in 1960 and that brick colour was everywhere.
I also agree with everything else you said in your letter Simon, developers are great on impression management but relatively poor on final outcomes. Unfortunately Byron wears it!
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. 
