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←Volume 33
August 29, 2018
In this Issue:
Falls Festival introduces patron safety initiative
Organisers of Falls Festival, held at the North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, say they will be introducing sexual assault counsellors to all sites.
Film screening focuses on youth mental health
Local filmmaker Darius Devas is holding a fundraiser screening Thursday September 6 at Pighouse Flicks for his new documentary series called HeadOn.
Be mindful of these upcoming events
Two leading practitioners of mindfulness will be holding workshops at Temple Byron in the next two months.
Interview: Sheppard
Kingscliff Hotel | Friday 7pm | $35.65 Hailing from Brisbane, Sheppard is an indie pop band formed by brother and sister Amy and George Sheppard back in 2009. Bombs Away was their debut studio album back in 2014 and featured...
A space for sharing and helping others
The Womens Shack had been Kristin’s dream since her 2011 trip to Nicaragua, where she volunteered with the Earth Education project, a charity that helps displaced women in the La Chureca rubbish dump.
Culture Roundup: 29 August 2018
Circus Rio Lismore Showgrounds | Thursday til 9 September | 7pm Circus Rio bring their electric energy to Lismore Showgrounds for an action-packed season in what is to be their north coast debut! Circus Rio unites diverse culture and dance with...
Cinema Review: Slender Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRV-c3hs3vw The original Ring (1998) consolidated a new offshoot of the horror genre by having its malevolent spirit be conveyed through telephone messages and a TV. It was technology that hosted the enemy. More recently, the fiendishly clever and unsettling...
Lilly Pilly Preschool hits the books
In celebration of the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Week, Syber, a local librarian, visited Lilly Pilly Preschool in Brunswick Heads and captivated the children.
EMR resistance meeting at Wilsons Ck Hall
A newly formed community group against a proposed Telstra mobile-communications tower in Wilsons Creek are holding their next meeting at Wilsons Creek Hall tonight.
Youth seriously bashed at Yelgun tunnel party
A young man remains in hospital with serious injuries after being attacked by a group of youths last weekend at a party in the disused Yelgun train tunnel.
Byron school parking fees prompt staff complaints
Byron Council is engaged in delicate negotiations with Byron Public School over the question of whether teachers should have to pay for parking in the streets around the school.
Interview with alternative PM: Mark Swivel
Catch Mark Swivel at the Mullumbimby Drill Hall Friday, 7.30pm and Sunday 5pm Alternative Prime Minister Mark Swivel’s national campaign to get elected got off to a cracking start this week with the top job up for grabs in a...
Saddle Road suburb knocked back
Plans to create a new suburb of upwards of 450 dwellings – including an affordable-housing component – on the ridge between Brunswick Heads and Mullumbimby were rejected by Council before its assessment was completed.
Cinema Review: Working Class Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBTDqy3f_c Jimmy Barnes, lead singer of the much-loved (by others) Cold Chisel, is something of an icon in the Australian music scene. Because I have never been a fan, I approached this doco with some misgiving, but I was quickly...
Interview: Dan Tuffy
Dan Tuffy, Lucie Thorne, Matt Walker & Michael Turner | Club Mullum: Mullumbimby Ex-Services | Friday 7.30pm | $20-25 Some of you as old as I might remember from the psychedelic folk group Wild Pumpkins at Midnight. Tuffy has always...
A peek at Rupert Murdoch’s revised walking dead cabinet
Good riddance Turnbull, a PM of massive wealth and ego who left office without much record of accomplishment. Remember when the Libs scoffed as Labor tore itself apart?
Mullum gears up for music fest
The third and final lineup of artists for the Mullum Music Festival, held in the town’s venues and streets November 15 till 18, has been announced.
Live Music: 29 August 2018
Byron Guitar Festival Byron Bay Brewery | Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 October | $50-90 Byron Bay Guitar Festival director Nick Sergi is passionate about making sure women guitarists feature on his lineup. ‘Looking at history there are not many women celebrated for...
Mandy Nolans Soapbox: Les Enfants Terribles & the Fight for the...
I have privileged white man fatigue. Frankly I’m sick of the pricks. The recent Liberal party room ‘I want a turn’ tantrum just left me and a lot of Australians cold.
Compost facility opens in Myocum
A new state-of-the-art compost facility for garden organics has been launched by Byron Shire Council, and aims to close the loop on garden organics for local farmers and residents.
Raising a glass to our farmers
Drought-stricken farmers are soon to benefit from the Let it Pour fundraising event held last weekend across Australia.
Orchids are for everyone
Arthur Winter is one of the most talented and respected orchid growers that this region has produced.
Philanthropic night in Brunswick Heads
Local philanthropic organisation Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) is holding its annual fundraiser at the Brunswick Picture House tonight from 6pm.
Dickens wins double again at the Oz titles
Lennox Head’s Ben Dickens has repeated his double victory in 2017 with another flawless performance at Cabarita Point on the Tweed at the 2018 SAE Group Australian Surf Festival. Dickens was undefeated the whole event winning all his heats and...
Lennox Head play Ballina in rugby major semifinal
The Ballina Buccaneers and the Lennox Head Trojans will go head-to-head this weekend in far north coast rugby to decide who will play in the grandfinal against Wollongbar-Alstonville. The local derby was set up after Lennox Head had a convincing...
