A couple of weeks ago I came across the creature. I thought it was dead. It looked emaciated and was totally unresponsive to me asking it questions and poking at it with a stick.
In response to last week’s letter ‘Rail line’s future’, Mike Yarrow mentions Mayor Michael Lyon’s apparent change of mind regarding his support four years ago for rail in Byron Shire. When it closed 19 years ago in 2004, I thought...
While Mandy Nolan’s weekly Soapbox is sometimes interesting and thought provoking, it does provide her, a Greens candidate, with an unfair advantage for self-promotion. Why doesn’t The Echo give other candidates equal space to present their opinions and to...
There was carparking rage in Mulllumbimby on 3 July. Senior woman indicates same time for car park as man (on other side of road) indicates. She gets it; it’s on her side. Man stops his car, leaving it blocking...
It was disappointing to read yet another set of articles in The Echo attacking Byron Council for trying to take action on housing people in our Shire. I was proud to move the motion at our last meeting putting...
Two years ago a group of us gathered beneath the pandanus and fig trees near Main Beach, Byron Bay in the pouring rain. We had come together to commemorate Julian Assange’s 50th birthday. As we discussed the latest developments in...
A time for human compassion; and for government to stop regarding grants as one great joke because it controls the ‘bank’. The poor thing was under his thumb, he was the boss and he made her say it. Secret...
The heading for the ‘Positions Vacant’ ad on p42 of The Echo (5 July) certainly provides concrete evidence for the need of a ‘Poof Reader’. It is just so deliciously ironic! Do please employ a ‘Proof Reader’. J Rose, Mullumbimby
The Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital faces possible closure, after a NSW government panel recently deemed the facility did not demonstrate ‘value for money’ in its funding application.
Self-reflection isn’t a common attribute for politicians, especially the corporatised ‘in the tent’ types.
In her work at the Byron Youth Service, youth worker, Deb Pearse, began to notice that many young people are really concerned about the plight of the environment and its wildlife.
To the 14- or 15-year-old girl who made aggressive, nasty, vicious faces, noises and hand gestures to my partner as she drove slowly out of the Woolworths car park on Monday 3rd: I truly hope you have a loving...
In these politically divisive times leading up to the Voice referendum, I’m impressed with the calm, positive approach by the ‘Yes’ side. This contrasts with the alarmist, ‘sky’s gonna fall’ approach of the ‘No’ side. Hypocrisy is front and centre...
There is an urgent need to change the street name, Hottentot Crescent in Mullumbimby to Khoisan Crescent. The reason for this important change to occur is that the derogatory term ‘Hottentot’ (same connotation as ‘nigger’) was given to the indigenous...
Public submissions close Friday July 14 for vague ‘fast tracked’ plans by the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation to upscale the populations of both Bangalow and Saddle Road.
Dancer, performer and drag queen, Max McAuley, has spent the past 15 years finding his groove in the competitive world of live theatre, and is now kicking goals.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers tells us the budget surplus this financial year ballooned from an expected $4.2 billion out to $19 billion. Ordinary Australians, desperately trying to keep their budgets under control and cost cutting wherever they can, should expect some kind of relief from this surprise windfall.
Years ago, elderly widows and widowers with a big house or spare room took in men and women who had no family or place to call home. This gave them dignity, a family atmosphere, and a safe place in...
Byron Bay’s most popular beach has an ocean outfall. All of the urban detritus from the Carlyle, Massinger and Kingsley Streets basin flows into a drain from Cowper Street. The drain was only installed about 1970. It opens directly...
The top-of-the table clash between Byron Bay FC and Bangalow in senior football is all set for this Friday night, with both clubs riding high after wins on the weekend. The Bangalow Bluedogs senior male sides had a good day...
By Colin Beaton Local croquet players revelled in the opportunity to test their skill against talented opposition when the clubs at Byron Bay and Ballina hosted the 2023 New South Wales Golf Croquet Championships over five days from June 28...
The Point Break Brazilian Jiu Jitsu team has again won the award for best overall junior academy at the 2023 Grappling Industries Gold Coast tournament held in early June. The Point Break team amassed a total of 1990 points, well...
Club newcomers Helen Baker and Judy Smith have won the open pairs championship at the Brunswick Heads Women’s Bowling Club played on June 27. The two players are ‘very new’ according to publicity officer Kerry Dexter. In the final they took...
The NSW Reconstruction Authority has released a draft document, Protocols – exercise of powers and functions under the NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022, outlining its powers to act in relation to promoting ‘community resilience to the impact of disasters in NSW’.
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