It was during a casual afternoon walk in Las Tres Palmas, Mexico, that Northern Rivers locals Leigh and Kate McEvoy found their calling.
A new Landcare group started in March this year at Waterlily Park in Ocean Shores has a focus on removing weeds and introduced species, encouraging and planting native wildlife and giving the park the attention it deserves.
An estimated 100,000 tonnes of solar panels are expected to reach end-of-life in Australia by 2030.
Mullum is open and businesses are asking that locals keep visiting the town as Byron Shire Council (BSC) completes Stage 2 of the upgrade of Mullumbimby Road, between Gulgan Road and The Saddle Road.
What, and why, are the local pro-Palestinian groups still protesting? Why are they not dancing in the streets? Ceasefire has been achieved, aid is entering Gaza. War is over. It’s hard to take seriously the performative outrage of certain locals...
An agreement was reached to stop the war, and isn’t it incredible that the UN announced the very next day that there was already three full months of aid inside Gaza (no famine whatsoever eh?). Hamas agreed to the deal...
On October 23, the Lower House of Parliament in Macquarie Street in Sydney was packed with members from civil society supporting Jenny Leong MP for Newtown and Sydney Inner West, as she mounted her detailed submission on the need for...
Last Tuesday’s American White House media event between Trump our PM ‘Albo’ and our US Ambassador Kevin Rudd of course had nothing to do with the so-called scripted ‘critical minerals deal’, which was nothing more than a ‘red herring’. Trump...
Last week’s Destination Byron symposium raised serious questions around how Byron Shire can position itself going forward, the challenges it faces and how the business and local community can take hold of the future with positive, sustainable and, one day, regenerative tourism.
The long-discussed plan to build a boardwalk connecting Ocean Shores directly to the beach has been formally dumped by Byron Council.
The Trump empire brands all those who are not in sympathy with their sad and dangerous agenda as ‘Antifa’, which stands for anti-fascist. Conventionally the term was applied to so-called far-left activists, but recent usage seems to have broadened...
The announcement by US Secretary of State Rubio, that UFOs are regularly loitering over sensitive American nuclear facilities, is the first official US government admission that UFOs are real. So quietly ends the 100-year cover-up of their existence. Many details of...
Could the director of finance at Byron Shire Council please supply the amount paid by ratepayers in wages for the directors, management, GM, mayor and councillors on a weekly basis? Not including superannuation, etc, cars, fuel cards, computers, phones, etc....
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together again. In the written history the king was the closest link to what most...
Four or so years ago a development application was lodged for 37 small dwellings on this 1.23-hectare site on a quiet street near the Mullumbimby Showgrounds. Adjacent development is around 15 dwellings per hectare. The current proposal increased the density...
The van that was rolled at New Brighton beach this week apparently belonged to two Belgian tourists.
Well known local artist Zion Levy recently had a large dog, chasing a ball thrown by its owner, run into him on New Brighton beach, leaving him with a serious injury.
Last week King Charles prayed with Pope Leo. It was the first time in 500 years, since the royals split with the Catholics so Henry could divorce his wife.
Despite ‘promises’ to fast-track (no pun intended) the repair of Mullumbimby Road and associated drainage, there has been no work happening on Saturdays! Why not, Council? Carole Gamble, Mullumbimby
It has been said that Ocean Shores has been left behind in terms of attention and development across the Byron Shire, but this notion is being reframed by locals who see it as a complete advantage these days. We are...
Having seen a gathering of camper vans along the foreshore of the Brunswick River, late afternoon during the week, my impression was that they added a youthful, international flavour to the scene. Their background music was not loud (the hotel’s...
What has happened to Mullumbimby and its sense of love in recent years? We moved here after falling in love with the town and its community when our daughter was born at the old Mullumbimby Hospital. For many years, we enjoyed...
I would like to thank the following people for their kind assistance after I fell off my bicycle in South Golden Beach on Tuesday: Izelda, for phoning the ambulance and remaining with me until it arrived; Lucas, the Byron...
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.
The 2025 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival, presented by Palace, lands in Byron Bay this November with a spectacular line up of exquisite dramas, fascinating documentaries, much-loved retrospectives, comedies and more at Palace Byron Bay and Ballina Fair Cinemas.
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