←Volume 31
![]( "Bad Moms – Cinema Review")
![]( "The Legend of Barney Thomson – Cinema Review")
![]( "Richard Jones’ Ceramics for the Rainforest")
![]( "Live Music Roundup – August 18, 2016")
![]( "Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: The Senseless")
![]( "Bluedogs win 11–0 as they chase premiership")
![]( "Byron local glides into 10th national title")
![]( "Horseback gymnastics")
![]( "Sunburnt surfers shock Bankers")
![]( "Wyte wins Champ round at Teven")
![]( "Bring on the Bluegrass!")
![]( "Mullumbimby Drill Hall celebrates 100th year")
![]( "Large rural seniors development for Bangalow secretly knocked back")
![]( "Culture Roundup: Wednesday 17 August, 2016")
![]( "Roll out the barrel")
![]( "The Golden milk")
![]( "Variety is the fruit of life")
August 17, 2016
In this Issue:
Bad Moms – Cinema Review
If you were to compile a textbook on how to write a screenplay by numbers, this boisterous frippery would be among the first entries. It’s not bad, but if you don’t belong to the demographic at which it is...
The Legend of Barney Thomson – Cinema Review
Barney Thomson (Robert Carlyle) has not been with a bird since Shakin’ Stevens was number one on the charts. At the Glasgow barbers salon where he is meant to cut hair, nobody will get in his chair because he...
Getting Stuck in the Mud
Claire Atkins is one of the founding members of The North Coast Mud Trail, and the hands behind Pinky & Maurice Ceramics, a ceramic studio specialising in porcelain in South Golden Beach. Claire is also the assistant editor of The...
Richard Jones’ Ceramics for the Rainforest
There may be nothing ‘creative’ about politics, but in retirement Greens MP Richard Jones has found his creative side. No longer pushing the Greens agenda at the political coalface, Jones is now a Possum Creek potter, engaging in his...
Expect Love
Tralala Blip are a Lismore-based mixed-abilities musical ensemble involved with Urban Theatre Projects and NORPA for the re-imagined My Radio Heart. A few of the band members spoke with The Echo about their creative endeavours. How did the band get together? Randolf:...
Live Music Roundup – August 18, 2016
Bella Music Experience the beautiful music of local community choir, Lighthouse Voices, led by Parissa Bouas from The Hottentots at the Ewingsdale Hall on Saturday 27 August. The Bella Fontes feature the musical and theatrical genius of Nadia Sunde (vocals/guitar/percussion),...
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: The Senseless
What the hell happened to the Census? For the next four years the government will be using the data of a handful of people without computers who actually triumphed over electronic citizens when the online platform spat the dummy....
Bluedogs win 11–0 as they chase premiership
The Bangalow Bluedogs’ Women’s Premier League team won its fourth straight minor premiership trophy over the weekend, and are looking the goods to win the grand final again for the fourth consecutive year. The core of the team have been...
Byron local glides into 10th national title
Alan Atkins proved his pedigree when he won the over-65 National Surfing Championship in Coffs Harbour last week. The surfing veteran has lived in Byron Bay for 20 years, and has another nine national tiltles to his name as well...
Horseback gymnastics
Four horse-vaulting clubs competed at the Byron Bay Equestrian Centre on Sunday as part of their preparation for upcoming state titles. Best described as ‘gymnastics and dancing on horseback’, the origins of vaulting can be traced to the ancient Roman...
Sunburnt surfers shock Bankers
While a certain vicarious pleasure can be gained from cheering on our publicly funded elite athletes in Rio, back in Byron Shire the home-grown champs of the Shand Series live the full gamut of sporting emotions and go home...
Byron Magpies clinch a ‘nail-bitter’
It was a tough, hard-fought contest but the Byron Magpies AFL side clinched a nail-biting 8-point victory over a determined Ballina team on Saturday afternoon. A crowd of more than 100 were treated to a ‘nail-biter’ and the game was...
Wyte wins Champ round at Teven
Bill Wyte won the Men’s Division Stroke competition held last Saturday morning at Teven Golf Club. The event was the 2nd of four rounds for the 2016 Club Championship. Results: Bill Wayte (Net 52), John Harbisher (Net 55), David Fowler (Net...
Bring on the Bluegrass!
This weekend sees the third annual Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival hit the Bangalow A&I Hall and showgrounds. With an old-time variety show scheduled for Friday night, a barbecue cook-off that starts in the evening and culminates on the Saturday,...
Mullumbimby Drill Hall celebrates 100th year
A space that began its life as a response to a war has over the last century become a gathering place for art, craft, music, food, dance, theatre, storytelling, fitness and Mullumbimby’s Biggest Little Choir. To celebrate its 100th birthday, the Mullumbimby Drill Hall is having a party on August 28.
Large rural seniors development for Bangalow secretly knocked back
A large-scale disability seniors housing proposal for 338 dwellings on isolated farmland on Rifle Range Road, Bangalow has been secretly knocked back but senior Byron Shire Council staff have called on the state government to change the process under which is was considered.
Culture Roundup: Wednesday 17 August, 2016
Art about What Matters If you want to see the most innovative art in the region, don’t miss the Ocean Shores Art Expo. This exciting show boasts a number of new and emerging artists with unusual imaginative flair. And many...
Mark Swivel is… Dad. Joke.
Lawyer. Micro-finance enthusiast. Writer. And now comedian. Is there nothing a dad can’t do? Mark Swivel launches his new show Dad. Joke. at the Mullumbimby Ex-Services this Saturday. Becoming a dad was… something I thought would stop one day (an...
Roll out the barrel
Some of The Echo crew were treated to a fun tour of the Byron home of Stone & Wood brewing recently. While one of the most interesting bits was our pseudo-scientific tasting of the actual beers, the tours, which...
The Golden milk
Curcumin is the main active ingredient in turmeric. It has powerful anti-inflammatory effects and is a very strong antioxidant. Pictured here is the turmeric-and-coconut-milk drink incarnating as a Golden Milk turmeric latte at Poinciana Cafe in Mullumbimby. Among turmeric’s claimed benefits is the regeneration of brain...
Variety is the fruit of life
Story & photos by Vivienne Pearson With spring almost in sight, it’s time to turn your thoughts to luscious fruits. Two people who have exotic fruit firmly in their sights all year round are John and Lyndall Picone. You might recognise...
