Heading to the butcher is a regular event for many, and it is the butcher we rely on to give us just the right piece of meat to create the centrepiece of a delicious meal for family and friends.
From 29 October you will have the chance to see a breathtaking new show, circus spectacular Spaghetti Western, for its world premiere season.
Sensei Ric Light opened the first karate dojo in Byron Bay in 1977, and he was back teaching people again, at 70 years of age with a technique that has produced plenty of champions.
Get ready for the red carpet – The 2025 Byron Bay International Film Festival will run from 17 to 26 October.
Karyn, Mwanna and Cully Rose were part of last Friday’s Wallum Extravaganza at Mullum Civic Hall that raised just over $4,000 to support Save Wallum’s ongoing legal costs.
As the summer heads our way it is a salient reminder of how busy things can get in Byron Shire with around two million tourists visiting a year. With a ratepayer base of around 37,000 meeting the needs and expectations of those two million visitors is a challenge.
Thanks Echo, for making a space where peacemakers and eco-warriors can ‘keep breathing, slowly and gently’ as Jo Immig puts it in her op-ed article in last week’s Echo. Her column sits next to Aslan Shand’s editorial urging readers not...
Regarding improving Evans Head beach access, our border collie was run over and killed last year at Airforce Beach. The sad truth about this problem is a minority of people don’t obey the laws, and it’s only a matter...
The ‘ongoing saga over the notorious intersection at Clifford Street, Suffolk Park’ continues with plans to source ‘more funding opportunities’ to further inquire into roundabout treatment. In the meantime, ‘risks are increasing as traffic volumes grow, reinforcing the need for...
My partner and I fortunately own our house here in Mullum, and are very grateful that we were able to do so. I fully support truly ‘affordable housing’ – for everyone. When people are unable to have a safe, stable, affordable...
For more than 30 years the Rotary Club clock has stood on the corner of Byron and Jonson streets in the heart of Byron Bay – a rare constant in a time of nearly constant change.
For those who may be interested, it was revealed on October 8 in Senate Estimates, more revelations about the morally bankrupt Labor government. Barbara Pocock of the Greens questioned Labor’s Don Farrell as to why the Australian Future Fund invests...
I’ve been spending most of this year working with a team of artists at the Fundere Fine Art Sculpture Foundry in Melbourne, replicating a copy of my iconic costume worn over decades at protest actions both here and overseas. It was...
The MSM is banging on about three people dying when Optus breaks down. What about the deaths from the COVID-19 ‘so called’ vaccines that were promised as being safe and effective? What about the thousands of injured folk...
In reply to Mr Christopherson’s letter in The Echo, it’s important to advise readers that all work carried out by both Northern Regional Railway Company (NRRC) and Northern Rivers Rail Ltd (NRRL) to return rail services to the Northern...
Mandy Nolan dismisses opponents of wind farms as having ‘a Trumpian worldview’ . While many of us are deeply concerned about climate change, equally there is growing consternation at the destruction of pristine wildlife habitat, untouched bushland and prime agricultural...
As I drive around, I see the curbside yellow with Roundup-poisoned grasses. How completely ridiculous to spend millions of dollars on poison spray! They employ young folk to spray it, usually unprotected, which is a huge cancer risk. All they are...
Bangalow residents opposed to plans for a dramatic makeover of their local pub have secured a small victory, with Byron Council deferring its decision on the matter so that further negotiations over the proposed design can take place.
This morning I watched mist float through the treetops in the Wanganui Gorge. Soft greenness. The beginning of a new day. Tears ran down my cheeks. I don’t know if it was an overdose of the DEET in the Bushman repellent, or the build-up of lactic acid from three days of uphill hiking, but I felt very emotionally overwhelmed by this powerful, deep sense of connection. And really sore glutes.
The 57 Station St design belongs in a metropolitan city. It is inconsistent with the scale and character of buildings in town, many of which have heritage listing. It will increase pressure on parking needs, already under pressure with recent...
Top-down democracy isn’t really a democracy. It’s an authoritarian system. Right now, this is exactly what we are all experiencing with the Byron Shire Council. Three current issues in Mullumbimby highlight this mentality: the DA for the 57 Station Street monstrosity;...
I resisted writing – until I read that ‘it would be much more expensive to do the roadworks any other way’ (>30 per cent). Bunkum! Does Council insist on ‘rational economics’ being used, exclusively? For those who remember, it was debunked years...
With regards to the Mullumbimby Road closures, I wanted to mention that I had and experience last week where a 70-year-old lady was trying to hitchhike the Gulgan Road to meet the CountryLink bus which was now not coming into...
As an attendee at the ‘Keep Mullum Open’ protest meeting, I was spectacularly underwhelmed by the attitude of the organisers of the gathering last Thursday. The two speakers, on behalf of the chamber of commerce, were nothing more than apologists...
A big shout out to Otillies who provided a constant stream of pizzas and water to participants in the Mullum rally to keep the main road open. And, belatedly, to Mitre 10 and IGA, who kept open all through...
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