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Lindy Stacker, Binna Burra In response to Tim Harrington’s letter, taking a swipe at Phillip Frazer’s FU article (18 December, 2019). After some deep breathing and lots of chamomile tea, here’s my take on the inaccuracies you expressed. On matters that... Read More →
The Mullumbimby Pool would get solar heating, a hydrotherapy pool, disability access, and a kids’ ‘splash down’ area under a proposal from a local residents’ group.
John Davies, Mullumbimby On Sunday night at the Drill Hall, I saw the other side of The Echo editor. No longer will he be the hard-nosed iconoclast ripping into councils or other collective fools. For ever, etched into my mind, will... Read More →
‘Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third storey window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.’
Vashti Easton Wright, Byron Bay I have discovered that the Mullumbytes Facebook group has 11,652 members and is moderated by one white man (admin). There is another moderator listed who, I believe, is the same person! I posted the letter published... Read More →
SAE founder Tom Misner has lodged a development application (DA) for land at 255 Coolamon Scenic Drive, Coorabell.
Culture in the Byron Shire for the Week Beginning 8 January, 2020
After ten years curating the Cube art space in the Byron Council’s front office in Mullumbimby, Dev Lengel is passing the baton to artist Hannah Massey.
Hugh Ermacora, Byron Bay Jan Barham’s article Will Byron Shire Achieve an Ecologically Sustainable Future? (24 December, 2019) needs to be compulsory reading for all who wonder how and why Byron Shire might be seen as ‘uniquely different’; particularly against the... Read More →
Inspired to help after fires raged through Cobargo on the NSW south coast, youth worker Nicqui Yazdi has assembled a crew to assist impacted residents.
Live Music in the Byron Shire for the Week Beginning 8 January, 2020
Ariane Minc and Wu Wong, Ocean Shores There are no ‘Simple Pleasures’ for local residents and ratepayers in Brunswick Heads and surrounds – including native flora and fauna. The once-regular sightings of dolphins, turtles, goannas, fish diversity, and even echidnas... Read More →
The War and Treaty Bluesfest | 9–13 April If you’ve seen The War and Treaty at BluesFest then you don’t need to be told they’re something special. Husband and wife Michael and Tanya Trotter came from different paths, and... Read More →
After the fires have gone there are innumerable jobs to do to get farmers and graziers back up and running. A little of your time can make all the difference...
Magenta Appel-Pye, Mullumbimby In last week’s Echonetdaily I read the interview with the hilarious Kitty Flanagan. To my mind Australia’s best comedians are female. With such laughable luminaries as Kitty, Mandy Nolan, Hannah Gadsby, and Judith Lucy, I don’t understand why... Read More →
Martin Bail, Federal Apparently Nero fiddled while Rome burned. What instrument has our illustrious coal-loving leader ScoMo been playing while Australia has been burning; or has he just been singing a hymn?
Scott and Jenny hosted an exclusive dinner party to watch the Sydney Fireworks – meanwhile 500,000 animals burnt, 17 people died, and 28 are missing. At least 10.1 million hectares of country has burned. More than 1,000 buildings are lost.
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... Read More →
The Byron Bay Red Devils have narrowly missed out on the rugby league finals for 2019 after finishing in sixth place behind Tweed Heads, who went through on a better for-and-against tally.
Mullumbimby’s Matilda Vial has beaten all comers to become Australia’s fastest runner over 200 metres, for her age. Matilda attends the Shearwater Steiner school and has achieved outstanding results at the Australian Track and Field Championships held in Darwin last week.
The Shores United women’s football team lost their inaugural grand final 3–0 against Richmond Rovers last Sunday at Crozier Oval Lismore. The team never gave up, but a 2–0 deficit at half-time, and a late strike, proved too big to chase down.
A double grand final showing was a fitting swan song for Byron Bay Services Club’s retiring premier coach Damon Bell.
The Mullumbimby Moonshiners took home the Far North Coast Rugby reserve grade premiership after beating Ballina 20–7 at Crozier Park, Lismore in September.
The hospitality industry may not seem like a likely fit for two veterans of several tours of Afghanistan, but ‘brothers by choice’, Daniel John, Brad Butson, and Maryann (Mez) Butson have built a team with years of experience, and together... Read More →
While water restrictions appear to be having little effect in Mullumbimby (see page 1), it is a slightly rosier picture in the region more broadly.
