←Volume 35
![]( "Are the forests, koalas, and wildlife worth saving? Red Rebels say ‘Yes’")
![]( "Will it be movie studios for Ballina and COVID Safe shooting for the region?")
![]( "Reforest Now lovin’ those new nursery babies")
![]( "Cartoon of the week – 19 August, 2020")
![]( "Arts and Entertainment for the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 19 August, 2020")
![]( "Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Annastacia’s borderline disorder")
![]( "From Russia and France with love (and deliciousness)")
![]( "Is your cafe struggling?")
![]( "Tastes you’re missing out on")
![]( "Brookfarm: the surf is well and truly up!")
![]( "Thus Spake Mungo – Murphy and the octogenarian")
August 19, 2020
In this Issue:
Are the forests, koalas, and wildlife worth saving? Red Rebels say...
Logging koala habitat that was severely burnt out during the recent and devastating Black Summer fires appears to be in opposition to the NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean’s statements.
Will it be movie studios for Ballina and COVID Safe shooting...
The idea of making the Ballina – Byron region the next place for movies to be shot and produced is gathering momentum with the latest feasibility study for the idea soon to be underway.
Reforest Now lovin’ those new nursery babies
You can never have enough trees and local tree planting NGO Rainforest Now say, the more they can grow, the more they can plant.
Cartoon of the week – 19 August, 2020
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...
Arts and Entertainment for the Byron Shire and beyond for the...
Arts and Entertainment for the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 19 August, 2020
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Annastacia’s borderline disorder
Queensland is closed. Annastacia is showing us she knows how to deliver some serious borderline discipline.
From Russia and France with love (and deliciousness)
Eve Jeffery Eclair at the Bay is a homemade pastry business entirely dedicated to the creation of contemporary eclairs. After losing his job as a chef in a local restaurant, owing to COVID-19, Pavel Stolarsky got to thinking about what he...
Is your cafe struggling?
Harris coffee has launched the Harris Cafe Recovery Project – a new scheme for Australian cafe owners nationwide to apply for a share in $1 million worth of support that will assist them in rebuilding, as they return to...
Tastes you’re missing out on
Story & photo Kate O’Neill About 20 years ago, Rebecca Barnes stumbled across some native raspberries growing wild in the bush. ‘I didn’t even know we had native raspberries. I had no idea at all,’ she said. ‘I thought to myself, “Why...
Brookfarm: the surf is well and truly up!
It’s exciting times at Brookfarm, with the launch in September of a new all-natural snack. Pam Brook has been busy in the family kitchen again creating Puffcorn; imagine the light crunchy texture of corn puffs, rolled in coconut butter, and...
Thus Spake Mungo – Murphy and the octogenarian
I will turn 80 next year, which means that the issue of aged care is rapidly assuming more than academic significance.
