The Northern Rivers Wildlife Hospital (NRWH) has opened its doors at the purpose-built site at Wollongbar to provide care, rehabilitation, and conservation support for injured, sick, and orphaned animals across the Northern Rivers.
Like most 15-year-olds, local songwriter Seraph Hrubos is yet to experience the full gamut of life’s ups and downs.
Starting today the Byron Writers Festival will be igniting imaginations, stirring conversations, and celebrating the power of stories at the picturesque Bangalow Showgrounds on Bundjalung Country.
A hundred thousand people turned up on a bridge in Sydney to let their government know they wanted a better result, but local government planning matters are often only complained about when they’re built.
Byron Council is investigating an alleged incident of unauthorised land clearing in Byron Bay last month.
I recently went to the Convergence In Canberra for Gaza and to try and sway our government towards sanctions on Israel. Recently I saw a YouTube clip regarding the surveillance of Palestinian people, and saw the drones that have...
This year’s Chincogan Charge on Saturday, 20 September, is more than a run – it’s a celebration of community creativity.
The Byron Bay community has come out in force to seek clarity over the proposed Byron Bay Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP).
The editor’s note, pointing out that antisemitic doesn’t really mean anti-Semitic (Echo, July 23) helps illustrate the fallacious nature of the Zionists’ favourite calumny. Israeli politician, Shumalit Aloni, interviewed by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, said, ‘It’s a trick,...
I’m getting a little tired of your illustrious leader lecturing us from fantasy land. After 58,000 civilians slaughtered, untold injured and engineered starvation on a mass scale, bombing schools and hospitals, medical and aid staff killed and every international...
Monday night saw Mullumbimby residents and businesses come out in force to attend a public meeting raising serious concerns about the viability, impact, and long-term outcomes for the town of the Byron Shire Council (BSC) sponsored development of the public car park at 57 Station Street at the entrance to the town.
Childless women, or women without children must endure a culture where they are underrepresented, often maligned and ridiculed, patronised and ignored. Childfree women are excluded for not having a family and are more likely to be targets for workplace incivility and aggression. They are also likely to be negatively stereotyped.
I was surprised to see a letter by Mayor Sarah Ndiaye posted publicly on Facebook to her community. Many of the people who were at the meeting, or who organised the meeting, were in that position because the...
This is about Byron Council’s risky nightlife experiment. While most discussion around Byron Bay’s Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) has focused on potentially increasing alcohol-fuelled violence, a far more insidious risk is flying under the radar: our young people, driving...
Three talented students from The Pocket Public School have qualified for the NSW Public Schools State Championships, representing our region with pride and determination. Earlier this year, Skye made a splash in the pool, qualifying for the state swimming championships....
Mullum Giants reserve grade won 14-4 this week which made it two wins in a row. Mullum Giants A-grade saw the Evans Head Bombers win 20-10 while the Mullum Giants Ladies League Tag won 12-6 securing a semi-final placing....
NSW Breaker, wicketkeeper-batter Kate Pelle and NSW Blue Ryan Hicks will travel to Lismore and Ballina to meet the state’s youngest cricketers and cricket lovers with one mission: to inspire everyone to play and love cricket. On Wednesday, August 6,...
There’s a new restaurant in Brunswick Heads called ‘River – Wild at Heart’, with a Scottish-born chef (Michael Lee), who has won chef hats in the AGFG since 2017, most recently during a 5-year stint at Potager at Carool, and before that as head chef at Peppers’ signature Season restaurant in their Salt Resort at Kingscliff.
The next season of the local interclub NET League tennis competition is set to commence on 16 or 23 August. Organisers say, ‘Building on the success of our inaugural season, this new chapter brings even more opportunity for players and...
If you’re looking for top-quality lamb with a flavour profile unlike anything you’ll find at the supermarket, head straight to the Boorabee Dorper Lamb stall at your local farmers’ market.
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.
With a stellar voice cast including Kurt Russell, John Goodman, Nick Kroll, Sandra Oh, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Natasha Lyonne, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña, JP Karliak, Amy Sedaris, Dan Levy, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, and Rihanna as Smurfette, the new Smurf movie, called, Smurfs, is all drama, drama, drama.
‘Hi. My name is Andrew Hamilton, and I’m a standup comedian’. It sounds like an introduction at a 12-step program meeting – not the comedian bit, the next bit, ‘I’m also a convicted drug supplier’.
Film director Damon Gameau (2040, That Sugar Film) invited eight children on an epic adventure across Europe in a school bus powered by biofuel. Their mission: to better understand the planet’s predicament and take the conversation into the boardrooms of some of the world’s largest polluters and most influential companies.
Fleetwood Nicks is a blend of songs from the unique and iconic Fleetwood Mac and the solo career of Stevie Nicks.
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