←Volume 29
July 1, 2014
In this Issue:
Swingers slash Armers
Sport fans, cricket buffs and the easily distracted flocked to Lomath Oval in Mullumbimby on Sunday to see sand-encrusted surf dudes the Suffolk Swingers attempt to negotiate a victory over Upper Main Arm autonomous cricket collective.
Rams eleven for eleven
The Park Hotel Byron Rams continued their winning run on Saturday, with a comfortable Premier Division win over neighbours Lennox Head.
Mungo’s Crossword N025
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Cornells sell Hotel Brunswick
After 26 years, Delvene and John Cornell have sold the iconic Hotel Brunswick, or Bruns pub as it is affectionately known.
Page mute over govt’s plans for Bruns parks
‘A town square beheading without even letting the public bear witness,’ was how Byron Shire mayor Simon Richardson described the quiet adoption of large-scale development plans for Brunswick Heads holiday parks and reserves last week.
Pedal-cart plan could keep rail track in place
RailExplorers Byron are proposing to use the 13km of abandoned railway line that runs between Banglaow and Byron Bay as a ‘tourism experience’ involving pedalo-style rail carts.
Byron Bay parking charges could raise $1m a year
Byron Shire mayor Simon Richardson has thrown his weight behind a review of parking in Byron Bay that recommends a flat-rate fee of $2 per hour throughout the town centre.
Paradise last
This week sees the screening of Last Paradise, a film which is becoming a talking point at cafe tables around the shire. Sessions are followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Clive Neeson. The Echo had a chat to find out what it’s all about.
The Sultan of Sing
For a boy who grew up in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, Dan Sultan has a voice that is as wide and as vast as an endless horizon viewed from a country road.
