In reply to two articles in the latest Echo. First, the dreaded van overnight parking – why can we not offer what Qld does... some beautiful places to stay overnight or longer, for free, with a decent toilet. Some enterprising...
When desktop decisions aren’t based on the granular data then it is inevitable there will be conflict. Such has been the case with Reflections Holiday Parks’ intention to bring in tiny houses onto the foreshore in the Terrace Holiday...
I have only limited understanding of ‘The Dreaming’ despite listening to and reading Indigenous explanations of how fundamental ‘The Dreaming’ is in Indigenous culture. I don’t well appreciate what it means to be ‘on Country’ except that it is...
Personally, I find the non-stop redevelopment happening along South Beach Lane in Brunswick Heads far more annoying than the young people picnicking and planting pineapples in the park. The large three-storey buildings with visually imposing awnings and huge verandahs hanging...
For all those so very heavily involved in/with the so very, very sad Ben Roberts-Smith V.C. civil court case, an ancient Mexican adage: ‘If you want to live in peace: don’t tell all that you know; and don’t judge all...
A previous Echo letter mentioned a Russian statement: ‘If you send uranium to us, we will send it back to you’, and another letter mentioned the potential long-term contamination of the food supply by depleted uranium (DU). We now...
Definitely the newest, and possibly the best tourist attraction Byron has to offer, Jarjumirr Park, is a competition-level skate park that is located between the courthouse, library and Youth Activities Centre.
An Echo article about saving koalas in the Braemar State forest prompted 12-year-old Leila, from Byron Public School, to share the plight of our cute marsupial icon with her class.
Can Byron Council please submit to The Echo and Byron Shire ratepayers evidence that the required public interest democratic process required for the approved erection of the bioenergy facility in the Arts & Industry Estate, was totally favoured by...
The very first amendment made to the American Constitution protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
There is so much ignorance on display with regards the Voice. The Voice came from First Nations people through hundreds of meetings of ordinary people leading up to the Uluru Statement several years ago. It is not a product of...
As the landscape dried out in the leadup, and during, the 2019–20 Black Summer fires, Ocean Shores resident, Kitty Crain, began to look around and wonder who would come to her rescue if a fire started in the bush around her home?
Thank you to the cane growers south of here for blanketing us with your smoke on such a beautiful day – not to mention the health hazard. PS: Could you not have waited for a westerly instead of a southerly...
Political attack ads are underway by the local sitting Labor MP just a week after Greens candidate, Mandy Nolan, announced her second tilt for the local federal seat of Richmond.
More killing of Palestinians on the West Bank by the Israeli military just recently. Again. I know because I saw it on ABC TV news. I’m sick of all and sundry supporting Israel to carry out this persecution of...
Victoria Cosford Whenever I approach Jumping Red Ant, I immediately want to make ratatouille, or caponata – any of those gorgeous jammy European braises of capsicum and tomatoes and zucchini and eggplant. These, however, are merely some of the beautiful...
Federal Labor have announced local Indigenous companies in Tweed Heads are starting construction of new facilities, which will benefit the Australian Army’s A Company, 41st Battalion, Royal NSW Regiment and 225 Army Cadet Unit.
The company behind a controversial mixed-use development in the heart of Suffolk Park has quietly submitted revised plans for the proposal as part of the ongoing court battle over the matter.
The 2023 Chinny Charge, a fun run up Mount Chincogan just north of Mullumbimby, is open for registration for both runners and walkers.
Up to 1,300 new dwellings could be accommodated in Byron Shire under vague draft fast-track development plans released by the NSW government-run Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation (NRRC) last week.
If you want to destroy someone without lifting a finger, make them wait. Keep them believing that help will come. Farm their hope. Ensure there are no other options, but to wait. Then make them wait some more. Make...
I refer to David Morris’ recent letter (May 24) about the ‘continual snide disparaging of the British (English monarchy).’ The confusing use of brackets appears to suggest he opposes the snide remarks against ‘the British’, which I also oppose;...
It seems like the world is in a constant state of war. Refound this quote but can’t remember who said it: ‘The fourth world war will be fought with rocks and sticks’. This will be something lovely, warm and...
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COVID-19 and a mounting injury toll truncated the senior rounds of Far North Coast Rugby Union with just four games taking place across the top-three grades. Top-placed first-grade side, Wollongbar Alstonville (WAR), achieved a 33–7 win over Lismore, who are...
