←Volume 34
September 25, 2019
In this Issue:
Interview with Claire Anne Taylor
Claire Anne Taylor Mullum Music Festival | 14-17 Nov Claire Anne Taylor is a force of nature. Born in Tasmania’s ancient Tarkine rainforest into her father’s hands in the family barn, her music comes growling from the floorboards, right into the centre...
Locals enriched by exploration of wide, wild world
As much as possible, Northern Rivers filmmakers are included in the BBFF programme, invited to talk about their work, share screenings with their friends and family, and welcomed to the rich and fertile networking events that occur over the 10 days.
Precedents
Fast Bucks, Coorabell There’s been some local public discussion about ‘precedent’ mainly in relation to the maximum permitted height of buildings. But also in relation to the number of cabins permitted on certain types of land. Most of the discussion is...
Shelley Davidow’s novel looks at betrayed women in Byron Bay
Queensland author and academic, Shelley Davidow’s latest novel High Infidelity, tracks the fortunes and re-emergence of Lara, runaway English wife, as she rediscovers herself in Byron Bay.
Interview with Matt Okine
Matt Okine, Nick Cody & Dan Willis Mullum Ex-Services | Friday 4 October | 8pm | $25/30 When I first met Matt Okine he was doing open mic’s. That’s a beginner comic’s life. In the 10 or more years since I...
Tallow Creek changes
Leon Norman, Suffolk Park As a resident adjoining the Arakwal National Park, I have been able to observe the changes to the Tallows Creek floodplain. We experienced two, three month floods right up to the permitted 2.200 metre maximum level, in...
Commendable mayor
L Andrews, Lennox Head While Mayor Richardson’s plan to reduce energy is commendable, has he considered the safety aspect of his proposal to turn off streetlights in Byron? In a town with few footpaths and plenty of potholes, residents walking...
Tourist value
Neil Matterson, Byron Bay Much has been written about tourists. Their supposed value, their supposed burden on the local community along with the supposed need for them into the future. The one that bothers me the most is their burden,...
Interview with Tora
Tora – Can't Buy The Mood Tour Hotel Great Northern | Friday | 7pm | $33.55 This region is renowned for some very creative people. Tora are a band created by kids from Shearwater back in 2013 – years later that...
Culture in the ByronShire for the Week Beginning 25 September 2019
The 20th Lavazza Italian Film Festival Palace Byron Bay | 26 Sept–13 Oct The 20th Lavazza Italian Film Festival celebrates Italian cinema and filmmakers at their very best. With a programme featuring 26 of the best new Italian films from the past...
Heartbroken
Alison Nankivell, Suffolk Park I must say Byron Bay, that I’m heartbroken. Oh, for all your pride on being creative, unique, self expressive, individual and progressive, to see my favourite beautiful sculpture torn down and fed to the dirt, shattered me....
Kids today
Stephen McIllhatton, Skennars Head Last Friday morning I was driving north and passed the Byron Bay off ramp (eastern side) and witnessed cars at a standstill, both lanes, and all the way back to Tyagarah. Most vehicles had only one...
Bypass angst
Cr Basil Cameron, Goonengerry The bypass angst shows how poorly supported we are by the NSW Government on transport infrastructure. State coffers were opened only if it was spent on a bypass despite community advocacy for projects with widespread and more...
Bemused
Alan Dickens, Brunswick Heads Duncan Dey’s statement in the article Cleaning up Mullumbimby (Echo September 18) bemuses me. The conversation on inflow/ infiltration has been going on for twenty-five years. For Mr Dey to now come out with the statement...
Since life began
Gary Opit, Brunswick Heads Warren Kennedy is perfectly correct when he writes that large numbers of species have gone extinct since life began on this planet and that we should always try to minimise our effect on other species. Scientists...
Live Music in the Byron Shire for the Week Beginning 25...
Live Music in the Byron Shire for the Week Beginning 25 September 2019
Cinema: Ad Astra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6AaSMfXHbA Ad Astra is a science-fiction epic by director, James Gray. The story follows a stoic astronaut, Roy McBride (Brad Pitt), who is sent to Neptune to find his father (Tommy Lee Jones), who has been missing for 30 years...
Interview with Brett Haylock of the Brunswick Picture House
Cheeky Cabaret Brunswick Picture House | Friday and Saturday | 7pm | $35/40/45 For more than three and a half years the Byron Shire has had the privilege of experiencing the world class cabaret of La Soiree via Cheeky Cabaret. When Chris...
Byron rises to demand climate action
‘Because the science tells us that in fact emissions are rising,’ called out organiser Mia Thom to the unprecedented crowd at the Byron Bay Student Strike 4 Climate last Friday morning.
Community Engagement Officer
Len Bates, Mullumbimby Our council has made many attempts with strategies to involve the community in their decision-making process. But when it comes to the bottom line very few people actually get involved and often the same committed ones. The council...
A little Hairspray and diversity holds us all together
Just about everybody loves the musical Hairspray and last weekend a packed Byron Theatre saw the Bright Lights Performance School perform Hairspray Jr, a show that celebrates diversity and delivers a positive message with a sense of humour.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Mullum is the Bomb
There’s nothing like a bomb to put you on the map. We’re gonna have to change our sign from ‘Biggest Little Town in Australia’ to ‘Biggest Little Terrorist Threat in Australia.’
Photographers focus on Bruns icons
Twenty-six awesome photos were recognised in an award ceremony on Sunday as photographers in the annual Simple Pleasures Photo Competition waited to see who was the big winner.
Great action
Ri Fraser, Ocean Shores It was great to be at the massive Climate Action Strike in Byron, and especially gratifying that I didn’t have to avert my eyes from the disco bling. Thank you Council for removing it. So now,...
Cartoon of the week – 25 September 2019
Letters to the editor We love to receive letters, but not every letter will be published; the publication of letters is at the discretion of the online and print letters editors. The deadline for the Byron Echo newspaper is noon Friday and letters longer...
