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Bowling clubs aren’t traditionally known as foodie hubs. Social hubs yes, places that serve as community meeting places yes, but not really somewhere you would once have gone for a fine meal, something other than your run-of-the-mill pub grub....
Wine and cheese – a combination so well accepted that the words roll off the tongue as smoothly as the actual wine and cheese slide down the throat. There are historical reasons for this pairing – in early times...
The Byron Bay Brewery has been bought by beverage giant Lion, who are very conscious of fitting into their new space. As was widely reported in late April, brewing giant Lion have purchased the Byron Bay Brewery. Wholly owned by...
Once upon a time, but not so very long ago, there was a man who took over a business. The business was not only a rival to his previous employer, it was located next door. In many versions, this...
I have found a new venture that allows me to indulge in three great, yet simple, pleasures: eating outside, lovely views and cereal. The Ocean Shores Country Club has built a new deck and it overlooks the sea. The club’s...
Baby et Lulu is the magical musical partnership of Abby Dobson: ‘Baby’ (Leonardo’s Bride) and Lara Goodridge: ‘Lulu’ (FourPlay). Singing and recording in French, choosing classic and contemporary chansons has grown from a kooky little side project to a going...
It’s early days yet, but this dreadful movie of mind-numbing noise and bluster has shot into contention, with a bullet, for a leading place among the year’s Joe Cockers. Old-school ghosts, the ones that you rarely ever see other...
Your Radio Heart My Radio Heart, a co-production between Sydney’s Urban Theatre Projects, NORPA and Performing Lines, premiered at NORPA in 2014 with audiences raving about the emotional and evocative world Tralala Blip created on stage. My Radio Heart is being re-designed and re-imagined at NORPA...
After thirty years of publication, The Echo, publisher of the Byron Shire Echo and Echonetdaily, has joined the Press Council
Welcoming our latest Immigrants at the Rails Willie McElroy & The Immigrants are an exciting new band formed in the Byron Shire. Their music traverses Celtic to soul to folk. Willy’s passionate lyrics deal with contemporary struggles of oppression, love...
When I met Ms Stella her name was still Barbara. The return of Ms Stella When I met Ms Stella her name was still Barbara. She was this intensely clever and attractive 20-something young woman who’d rolled into tow from Melboune,...
As a proto-feminist (long before the term was ever coined), Jane Austen will always remain relevant. Her Pride And Prejudice and Emma are unlikely to ever be out of print. This movie, adapted for the screen by American writer/director...
Andy Saunders has always known how to make people laugh. ‘I was always a bit of a bad boy. Always saying the most inappropriate thing at the most inappropriate time. It was my not just thinking dirty thoughts. I was...
A member of Council’s Heritage Advisory Committee has told The Echo he believes that there are grounds for refusal of the Mullum affordable housing project on Stuart Street.
Community Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby (COREM) have been successfully awarded a $5,000 federal grant, which will go towards funding a solar PV system at the Mullumbimby Showgrounds.
Mayor Simon Richardson (Greens) has announced his intention to run again for the top job, and promised that affordable housing will be a cornerstone of the campaign.
In what other job do you get to preside over an operating budget of $73 million while being paid a nominal wage of just $18,840 per annum?
A QLD-based company that develops suburbs around Australia is in talks with one of the West Byron landowners to sell his share of residential blocks.
Local councillor and Richmond River Sailing Club member Duncan Dey took 4th place in the Annual Tumbulgum Passage Marathon Race along the Tweed River from Condong to Fingal Head. Dey competed against 35 other boats, both dinghies and cruising yachts,...
Poledancer Christine Priestly was ‘in shock’ when it was announced she had been crowned Miss Lioness after winning a Gold Coast competition last week. ‘I can’t express how I felt. I couldn’t believe it when they called my name,’ she...
The Brunswick Byron Netball Association has been awarded a $20,000 grant to help build a weather shelter at the Mullumbimby courts. Lisa Alexander, coach of the world champion Australian team, was on hand to help make the official presentation of...
Next week Byron Writers Festival is running workshops covering everything from fiction, writing for children, adapting your work for screen and public speaking. We’ve highlighted just some below. Fiction Writing with Louise Doughty and Kathryn Heyman. International bestselling author Louise...
Stan Grant is the Indigenous affairs editor for The Guardian Australia. He is the winner of the 2015 Walkley award for coverage of Indigenous affairs. Stan Grant will be giving the Thea Astley Annual Address at Byron Writers Festival...
Based on her best-selling memoir, Hello, Beautiful! Hannie Rayson will be performing her brilliant one-woman show at Byron Theatre on Saturday August 6 as special Feature Event for Byron Writers Festival. Hello, Beautiful! is written and performed in the style...
Magda Szubanski is one of Australia’s best known and most loved performers. She began her career in university revues, then appeared in a number of sketch comedy shows before creating the iconic character of Sharon Strzelecki in ABC TV’s...
