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![]( "Culture Roundup – February 10, 2016")
![]( "Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: You Had Me At Colonoscopy")
![]( "Byron’s iconic surfing beaches still under threat")
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February 10, 2016
In this Issue:
Look out AFL, here come the Byron girls!
The Byron Magpies Junior AFL Club will field its first all-girls teams this year.
Who will you vote for?
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is calling on the nation’s sports fans to vote for their favourite athlete and team as part of its annual awards ceremony, the AIS Sport Performance Awards. A public vote will determine the ABC...
And the award goes to…
The Countdown is now on to the 27th Byron Bay Bluesfest. On 26 January festival director Peter Noble, who ironically describes himself as ‘an old angry motherfucker!’ was awarded the very prestigious OAM – Order of Australia medal for his services to the music industry.
Terrific talking twats!
This Sunday is Valentines Day. And before you think it’s all wine and roses and corny cards about true love, remember that it’s also V Day – part of a global revolution to protest against violence against women and children around the world…
Culture Roundup – February 10, 2016
Stefan Smith’s photographic vistas are informed by more than 20 years of experience as a practising visual artist, and showcase the natural beauty of the Byron Shire and beyond.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: You Had Me At Colonoscopy
By 4 February I’d achieved some of my bucket list items: (1) Taken family on overseas holiday Tick. (2) Elope on beach in Hawaii Tick. (3) Have a colonoscopy…
Byron’s iconic surfing beaches still under threat
Byron’s world-renowned surfing beaches and related ‘tourist activities’ are at risk owing to Byron Shire Council’s relentless push to create plans that favour coastal protection structures, a state government department warned again recently.
The grand Earle of Blues
Steve Earle has had a big life and has often found his way onto the highways and byways of controversy, sometimes on his own path and sometimes where he crossed the path of others…
Bruns van owners evicted – Fingal next
It was an end of an era for caravan owner Kelly McKelvey, as her storage van left Brunswick Heads last week after North Coast Holiday Parks evicted the last onsite caravans owned by the public.
Byron Council moves against mandatory detention centres
No Business In Abuse, a movement which aims to pressure corporations that ‘are making billions from the abuse of people seeking asylum’, was supported by councillors at last week’s meeting.
