Australian Red Cross are looking for Byron emergency services volunteers, with full training and ongoing support available to equip you for this rewarding role.
A free event called ‘Landsharing, Affordable Housing and Community’ will be held at the Nimbin Hall on Saturday, May 24 from 10am to 5pm – all are welcome.
Beacon Laundry, a commercial laundry operating in Bangalow, has celebrated its first year of operation.
Bangalow’s daredevil kids and crazy adults are getting ready.
Very disappointed to see a (whilst very funny) AI rendered image in the Backlash section this week. Using AI is not only a slap in the face to many local talented artists that could of been commissioned for this...
This article has not been generated by AI. But how do we know? Is there a way of telling?
Residents around Chinbible Avenue near the Mullumbimby Showground are right to feel disappointed by Council.
Owing to recent heavy rainfall, and with a fair bit more predicted this weekend, Brunswick Valley Landcare has postponed the upcoming Mother’s Day tree planting for Sunday, May 11.
Ocean Shores Place Plan reads like a ‘Destination Byron’, pre-determined agenda. It guarantees our town only a few footpaths linking Byron Shire Council’s (BSC) designated ‘tourist hotspots’ dispersing tourists through our residential streets. Our neglected residents have been unfairly...
Just before the elections, Peter Dutton was asked if he minded a nuclear reactor in his own electorate. He did not mind. His voters did. What a brilliant question to unmask the people’s ‘down-dumber’! Burkhard Schulze Waltrup, Crabbes Creek
When I was on the bench I made some ‘brave’ decisions. And shock jocks, tabloid rags, the police association and politicians would pile on with their critical views.
Further to last week’s story around The Saddle Road upgrades upsetting residents, The Echo asked Council staff for more details around the project.
This long-established, successful, welcoming community, a most successful garden club, has recently seen a rather sad division. A member requested via the committee that a ‘Welcome to Country’ be included in the introduction at each monthly meeting as she felt...
The Anglican Op Shop in Mullumbimby is a charitable organisation run by a group of volunteers, financially supporting other charities in our community. We are forever thankful for donations dropped off at our shop by the wider community. On the Tuesday...
A controversial development on flood-prone land near the Mullumbimby Showground is a step closer, after Byron Council and the developer reached a court settlement in relation to one of two development applications for the site.
Good news for Ballina Shire residents! A development application (DA) is no longer required before you build! Step 1: Build whatever you want, wherever you like on your land. Step 2: Ignore any Council directives. Step 3: Have a...
My family and I own 30 Middleton Street, Byron Bay, which backs on to Keesing Lane. We, along with our neighbours, are shocked and scared, by the proposal for the sites 111 to 115 Jonson Street. Merivale purchased Cheeky Monkeys, then...
Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival.
Palace Cinemas, in collaboration with German Films, is delighted to unveil the 2025 program of the HSBC German Film Festival which will take place from May 8 to 28 at Palace Byron Bay and Ballina Fair Cinemas.
Letters to the editor The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send...
Embark on a mystical journey with filmmaker Dean Jefferys, as he explores the secrets of the universe through the use of the most powerful psychedelic known to man, 5-MeO-DMT from the Sonoran desert toad in Mexico.
I have been trying to keep this column non-political. But today I can only write one thing. I can only write about how I woke up today. Because in over 22 years of writing the Soapbox I have a contract with my readers. I always write from my authenticity. I tell you the truth. I write what is front of mind. And today when I sit at the desk, I’m in tears. Tears of gratitude for the beautiful people who have turned up, who have carried me through, and tears of sorrow for this terrible feeling that I have let my community down. That I gave people hope for something I now couldn’t deliver.
The 5th annual Bangalow Film Festival finished with a burst of colour, as fashionistas gathered at the A&I Hall to celebrate Milano, the Inside Story of Italian Fashion, on Sunday night.
Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week. (May 7-13, 2025)
Three strong contenders and a mish-mash of minor candidates once again made for an interesting race and a complicated preferences count that will take days to be finalised. The Echo went on a deepdive into the polling data to see how we voted around the electorate, revealing the picture of Byron Shire being a Greens stronghold, and Labor edging ahead of The Nationals in both the Tweed and Ballina shires.
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