←Volume 34
July 17, 2019
In this Issue:
Hugh MacKay lecture, July 20
For an evening of warmth, acknowledgement, hope and insight join Hugh MacKay when he presents the Ralph Summny annual lecture in Mullumbimby.
Cops, dogs, and your rights at festivals – a Q&A
Find out what your rights are with police, dogs, searches and festival fun. The following Q&A is with Barefoot Law, who have offices in Mullum and Byron.
Afghan war atonement film, Friday
A special screening of Jirga will be held Friday July 19 from 7pm at Palace Cinemas, and will be followed by Q&A with director Benjamin Gilmour.
Protocols, process, and system failures
In the lagoon, the pace of winter life during the long dry seems pretty settled. The growth of small estuarine prawns slows down. Bream now five years old are grown up, itching for saltwater and their winter spawn.
How can you help secure our future water supply?
What would you do if your water supply was just stopped? Water is going to be in shorter supply in the future so do you have any suggestions on how to make sure we don't run out?
Editorial: MDMA, festivals, and you
With many of you coming to the area to enjoy Splendour in the Grass this week, let’s talk about something perhaps your parents, teachers, and preachers have not broached – drugs!
Books in cafes? Random Acts of Reading
Byron Writers Festival and local cafes across the region are spreading kindness and connection through the act of reading.
Mullum Public gets cooking, thanks to SCCU
Mullumbimby Public School have been working hard on their school produce gardens over the past six months, and have now received a grant from the Mullum Branch of the Southern Cross Credit Union to extend their Kids Cooking Program.
Culture in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 18 July,...
The Vegetable Plot Brunswick Picture House , Sunday 3pm | Adult $15-20, Family of 4 $65 Ladies and gentlestems, bulbs and girls, it’s time to twist and sprout with The Vegetable Plot, an award-winning live music band for kids, families and foodies. Their...
Live Music in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 17...
Warming up for Splendour Byron Bay Brewery | Thursday 18 July | 5pm–late | $25/$30 Start your Splendour weekend with The Warm Up. This Splendour Thursday the Byron Bay Brewery has teamed up with some of the biggest industry crews from Byron...
Interview with Richard Vinycomb about the play, ‘Extinction’
Extinction The Drill Hall Mullumbimby | 2–18 August, Friday & Saturdays 7.30pm | Sundays 11 & 18 August 2pm | $32/40 Edgy, Provocative, funny… that’s how Extinction has been described. This is Australian Contemporary Theatre at its best. The Echo spoke...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Mumstagram! Meet our Under-the-Influencers!
Hi. I’m Mandy Nolan, and I’m launching a brand-new social-media platform for mums who aren’t good looking. Mums with shitty lives no-one wants. Mums like you and me. Mums who have fat, unattractive or surly kids with bland names and...
Delight in new discoveries at this year’s Byron Writers Festival
From jellyfish experts to space archeologists, it’s often the names we don’t recognise that leave the most lasting impressions. This week we highlight some of the hidden gems within the 2019 Festival Program.
Blood calls to blood: Vicki Laveau-Harvie
Vicki’s writing has been compared to the work of Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro. This year she was the winner of the Stella Prize and in 2018 the Finch Memoir Prize. You can hear more of Vicki’s extraordinary story at Byron Writers Festival on Friday 2 August on the panel Memoir: Running in the Family.
Fighting the Mafia: Gianrico Carofiglio
One of Italy’s best-selling writers, Carofiglio will be at Byron Writers Festival to share his life experiences and discuss his latest thrilling novel The Cold Summer, inspired by a true story.
Surf’s up for local Groms
There were plenty of great results for local junior surfers up at the Billabong Occy Grom Comp held in great surf at Duranbah Beach last week.
Local league teams pick up good wins
The Mullumbimby Giants sealed a knife-edge, one-point victory over Marist Brothers in the Northern Rivers Rural Rugby League when Brett Kelly kicked a field goal from roughly 20 metres out to give them a 23–22 win.
Rams score a 6–0 win in top-of-the-table contest
Saturday’s top-of-the-table clash between pointscore leaders Lismore Thistles and the Byron Bay Services Club Rams turned out to be a surprisingly one-sided affair.
Sherril wins singles at Brunswick
Sherril Pearce has won the 2019 Open Singles of the Brunswick Heads Women’s Bowling Club.
The Bolt Hole
Since opening in 2015, The Bolt Hole has continued to evolve and grow: they want guests to enjoy a good time every time! Now open till 2am, the bar has ramped up its exclusive spirits portfolio to over 300....
Thus Spake Mungo: The betrayal
Scott Morrison really likes quiet Australians – as quiet as possible.
