As the development of West Byron currently continues, community members are demanding that a moratorium on this development be immediately addressed. Since the floods in February/March 2022 a new epoch in human consciousness has developed embracing the harsh facts that...
I am waiting with passion in my heart to hear from two gorgeous men – I don’t care which one gets in touch with me first. I’ve never been married but I will absolutely marry whichever one of these lovely...
Living in Byron Bay has, for some time, felt rather like inhabiting a home where a party has been thrown and the partygoers have stayed on and on. I take no gratification from seeing my gloomy prognosis for the place...
The United Nations has made the call: ‘Restricting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees is unachievable’, which effectively gives eviction notices to Byron Bay, Bruns, Ocean Shores etc, as they are developed at a lower height than the approximately three-metre...
Overpaid, oversexed and over here. I may well be in the absolute minority in expressing these opinions but as an Australian, I feel strongly about this issue. On Monday night I watched in dismay the story on ABC Four Corners...
Greed, militarism, massive overpopulation, and consumerism in general, are major causes of global degradation. And given that the Northern Rivers has, for some years now, been experiencing a population boom, the region certainly has a significant footprint. To deny these facts,...
A gallery of Jeff 'Not poached, pooched' doggo photos to make your Friday a happy place.
Local artists who are part of REDinc, a disability support service, will be exhibiting as part of their annual show this Friday November 11 from 6–8pm at 22 Tincogan Street, Mullumbimby.
You state that you are part of the community. Unfortunately, expecting to make money from the community by using private homes for holiday letting shows no respect for our community. Byron is very small geographically, it was never planned...
Eulogy for all secondhand bookshops of past, present and future as the lights turn off and the door locks for the last time on The Little Second Hand Bookshop of Byron Bay. I write this eulogy with great sorrow at...
After acquiring Twitter for $44B, the world’s richest individual is now trolling its users, and removing people’s accounts he doesn’t like.
Here we go again worrying about littoral rainforest that will be seaweed in a few hundred years if we don’t reverse the climate disaster. Here we go again turning the global fossil fuel tap on even harder with a one...
Plans for a $1.3 million rural tourism development in Bangalow that is double the size of what is usually permitted, have angered nearby residents, and drawn a recommendation of refusal from Byron Council staff.
As two locals choked up, there was uncomfortable foot shuffling by Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon, a spokesperson for Resilience NSW, and an engineer who worked on the flood report for the Mullumbimby pod site.
A local group of residents have warned of ‘Unlimited pokies, Sydney ownership and minimal sporting club support’ if a large entertainment corporation amalgamates with the Bangalow Bowling Club.
If you were told your route to work, education, medical appointments etc was to be upgraded to make it safer, you would probably be grateful. Until you discovered the ‘safer’ route would add 15km to your commute in each...
Two weeks ago I took my six-year-old grandson to Tallow Beach. We were strolling through the ‘no dogs’ area and enjoying the sight of so many terns and gulls, when we came upon a wallaby, leaping about in circles...
‘This is going to be the first of many journal entries’. I read this on the first page of a moleskin diary. It is the only entry. It belongs to my daughter. I am cleaning through boxes of stuff...
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Build | Rebuild: Northern Rivers Ceramics, After the Floods is an exhibition bringing together the incredible talent of local ceramic artists in the Northern Rivers, who were all affected by the major flooding events in the region earlier this year. It...
What does a man do when South America’s most bloodthirsty revolutionary threatens to kill him and his loved ones? That question confronts Jake Hunt, who faces a slow, painful death for what he’s done. In a single climactic morning, Hunt,...
Local Sports Grants ranging from $2000 to $10,000 with a total budget of $50,000 are available across all NSW electorates The grants are designed to encourage participation in sport. Some examples of eligible projects include: come and try days, coach or...
Byron Bay local Michelle Pullen was delighted to win the Byron Bay Football Club’s major raffle prize worth $20,000. ‘I entered to support the community to build the clubhouse for our young footballers, but to win is just amazing. I...
The Mullumbimby High U/16 girls Futsal team have won another championship after travelling to Coffs Harbour in late October to contest the Combined High Schools North Coast Title. They qualified for the event after wining the CHS Far North Coast...
Tintenbar East Ballina cricket club is sitting on top of the three senior grades of local cricket, and all three sides are undefeated for the season. The first grade LJ Hooker two-day competition has seen TEB take one win for...
