Costa Georgiadis and illustrator Brennia Quinlan shared their joy of flowers and gardening with the large audience at the Mullumbimby Civic Centre as they launched their children's book Flowers.
Starlight Festival returned to the Bangalow A&I Hall and surrounding areas on January 2 for four days of transformative healing, discovery, and connection.
Byron Shire Council staff say the stormwater system at the corner of Station Street and Fern Street in Mullumbimby will be soon upgraded, which aims to reduce flash flooding in the area.
It is an outstanding factor that Byron Shire Council (BSC) continues to promote developers to utilise mega-tonnes of fill to justify development on floodplains. This catastrophic method of ‘development normalisation’ not only destroys healthy ecological wetlands, but also the...
On behalf of Northern Rivers Rail Ltd (NRRL) I’d like to take this opportunity to wish both locals and the many visitors to the region a bright, prosperous and safe New Year ahead. No doubt those of you in...
Dear Liz. I did grow up in a more normal area. Our smartest, most popular resident once held up a piece of coal telling everyone not to be frightened. Unfortunately the woke, fake press left out the next bit where...
Do you care about ecological diversity? Many living in this region do, and we are lucky to live in a place where there is some of the highest biodiversity in the state.
The developers behind the Harvest housing estate in West Byron are seeking yet another modification to their 150-lot subdivision project.
What great news. Byron Council plans to hold a ‘tourism symposium in a bid to generate much-needed energy for the visitor economy’ (Echo online, December 31, 2024). After several decades of spending untold millions of taxpayers’ money on Destination Byron...
As someone interested in ecology and the environment, I commenced an in-depth study of fire ants many years before fire ants appeared in Australia. Once fire ants appeared in Australia, I formed the Australian Fire Ant Coalition and successfully lobbied...
NSW Labor have passed new laws around what they say are improvements to how development impacts vulnerable ecology.
Who wasn’t nauseated at the sight of Scomo cosying up to Trump on New Year’s Eve at Mar-a Largo to celebrate his Second Coming?
The 2024 annual Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) exhibition opens on Thursday, January 9, explores place and memory.
A holiday letting operation deep in the bush at Middle Pocket has been ordered to close its doors after a court found that the dwellings were unauthorised and not up to standard.
Tweed Shire Council will now require builders and developers to pay a bond for non-subdivision Development Applications and Complying Development Certificates.
Congratulations Boring Bay, for hosting the lamest NYE event I have ever attended. I should have stayed home and watched paint dry rather than drive over from Lismore to partake of such a non-event. If you were lacking the financial wherewithal...
What a surprise, not (!), that a new hydrotherapy pool included as part of the proposed expansion of the Cavanbah sports centre has been rejected by Byron Council. How wonderful it would be if such a facility were built specifically...
Additional updated reports have been quietly added to Council’s website regarding an exclusive 38-large-lot subdivision DA near the busy Mullumbimby Road and McAuleys Lane intersection.
The Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) is celebrating another big milestone in its 40th year, with the transfer of title of 3.79 hectares of the Sandhills precinct in Byron Bay to the Tweed Byron LALC by an Aboriginal Land Agreement (ALA).
Recently two friends of ours from afar, both avid bike riders in their 80s, decided to visit the region and cycle both bike trails. They were so looking forward to a well-planned trip. After enjoying the Casino to Lismore...
We welcome you to our precious little town. We love what you do for our economy. We only ask that you enjoy and respect what we maintain here. Return a smile with a smile, carry that empty take away...
Smoking is gross. It stinks. It’s full of poison. It’s anti-social. It gives you cancer. It’s stupid expensive. It makes you look ten years older. But I loved it.
This exhibition is a look at family, childhood, single mothering, with particular focus on the effect of alcohol on babies during pregnancy, i.e. foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or FAS
The Cunning Stunts are pretty chuffed to be celebrating nine years and their 80th event this weekend, having raised over $421k for dozens of very good causes and raised the fun levels of everyone at their gigs. We had a chat with the four co-founders of Cunning Stunts ahead of their show this Saturday at The Billi.
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