←Volume 35
July 8, 2020
In this Issue:
The tides of history on our sands
Clarkes Beach, like many other east Australian beaches, is much changed, again. The sand is swept away, exposing reefs and riffles of round rocks.
Activist org Ngara shuts shop
For nearly five years, the Nagara Institute created a space for the critical discussion of progressive ideas and agendas, bringing some of Australia’s foremost thinkers to the Shire.
Lifting the lid on Byron Shire Council’s unauthorised dwelling amnesty
Byron Shire Council (BSC) say they are about to take a ‘tough stance on unauthorised development’. Yet for many, this just seems like Groundhog Day. And for others, another example of the failure of Council to implement compliance on existing unauthorised developments.
Fish kill apology sought
Dailan Pugh, Byron Bay I demand that Cr Michael Lyon issue a public apology for again slandering me in The Echo (Letters, 1 July) with his false claim that I requested Council staff be fired or prosecuted for killing thousands...
Poo flow you
Duncan Dey, Main Arm Thanks for the article on the new effluent flowpath in Byron Bay. Part V of the Environmental Protection and Assessment Act enables authorities like councils to bypass what some call the green or red tape of development assessment....
Join the upcycling revolution!
Now in its tenth year, Plastic Free July is testament to the appetite of the masses to reduce their negative impact on the planet.
Kollective’s Sunrise DA approval a shemozzle, say residents
Julian Rocks Drive residents in Sunrise are still fuming over Council’s planning process, court mediation and the approval by councillors of a contentious six multi-dwelling development on their street.
Putting a lid on the pothole problem
We laugh and joke about them, and occasionally we curse them. We talk about them over dinner and sometimes threaten to sue the Council when our car suspension systems or tyres are wrecked.
Scarrabelottis
Charles MacFarland, Ewingsdale I’m not entirely dismayed about the Scarrabelottis Lookout becoming the site of a deluxe restaurant, because I can imagine how pleasant it would be to have a meal with such wonderful views all around. However, I am a bit...
Cartoon of the week – 8 July, 2020
The deadline for the Byron Echo newspaper is noon Friday and letters longer than 200 words may be cut for the paper. However, longer letters are often published online before or after being published in the paper.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The Burn
What inspires you to push past your pain barrier? It’s the question that every personal trainer wants to know. What motivates you? How do you activate the mindset that gets you up at 5.30am when the alarm goes, and into a pair of exercise pants and runners? How does a person resist the temptation to snuggle a little longer in the fluffy warmth of the doona and go back to glorious sleep?
Fifty years a butcher: a Devine life
Vince Devine has been selling top quality meat to locals and newcomers alike for the last 50 years, including running Devine Quality Meats in Mullumbimby for the last 30 years.
Life is boring without pasta!
What happens when you take a cup each of Italy, Holland and Canada, and add a pinch of Berlin? You get flavour filled pasta in Byron Bay! With Italian and Dutch heritage behind him, Daniele Trimarchi is the chef at the Pasta Bowl at the Byron Bay Golf Club, with his German-born partner, Emily Witzel.
Entertainment and Arts in the Byron Shire for the week beginning...
Entertainment and Arts in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 7 July, 2020
Organic Forrest at New Brighton
Some of Dougal Forrest’s earliest memories are of being out in the garden with his mum and dad, and crawling around in the macadamia orchard ‘helping’ to gather the harvest.
Thus Spake Mungo: there’s something about Guy
I have nothing against pop singers, some of them are very nice people, generous, tolerant, kind to children and dogs. And they give pleasure to many Australians…
