On Saturday, 22 November, between 6am and 2pm, 14 members of the Fire and Rescue NSW, Byron Bay ran a relay from the Byron Bay Surf Club, 2/10 Bay Street, Byron Bay to the lighthouse and back to raise money for prostate cancer as part of Movember.
Byron Shire Council have said they are currently waiting on Landcom to respond to their Request for Further Information (RFI) on the contentious development application (DA) for the carpark at 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby.
As Norths Collective explores the sale of the Bangalow Bowlo after refusing to hand back the keys to the community the local Save Bangalow Bowlo group continue to look at a variety of ways to protect and regain control of the vital sporting and cultural hub.
The much-debated redevelopment of the Bangalow Hotel has been given the green light by Byron Council after the owners of the pub agreed to amend the size and location of their new pokie room.
The average price for a Byron Bay house currently is about $2.5m. If all house owners sold their houses to developers from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and possibly China, there would be collective funding to build thousands of dwellings...
COP30 started in Brazil on Thursday, and António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, held firm to the 1.5°C limit in global warming telling the COP that, ‘The 1.5°C limit is a red line for humanity’.
Recognising the vital work volunteers and wildlife organisations do, Ballina MP Tamara Smith recently called on the NSW state government in parliament to provide ongoing funding for wildlife organisations to rehabilitate and conserve Australian wildlife.
Three years ago, the not-for-profit Global Ripple Charity Op Shop was devastated by a fire. A week later it rose phoenix-like from the ashes on a wave of support from the local community. Saturday marked its reopening in a new home.
I fear there is too much punctuation in your publication. Larry Hoofs, The Pocket
Across Ballina Shire, the small businesses that give our towns their personality – the cafes, tradies, shops, and service providers who know their customers by name – are asking residents to sign a petition opposing Council’s proposed Special Rate...
The 2010 review of taxes, called Australia’s Future Tax System, estimated that Australians pay 125 different taxes, across all levels of government. Just some are income tax, GST, excises, levies, duties, company tax, fines, registrations, superannuation, tolls, rates, licences, parking...
Celebrating National Recycling Week, Stone & Wood’s Circularity program is turning its Byron Bay brewery into a hub of ideas, inspiration and good vibes, inviting the community to roll-up their sleeves and dive into the circular economy through film, music and some hands-on crafty workshops.
Most young people I know smoke vapes. They start there and then often end up smoking cigarettes as well. They are not buying cigarettes for $50 to $80 a packet from your official distributor; they are picking them up illegally and cheaply.
The Byron Shire community is split on its support for the proposed Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP) in Byron Bay with many people highlighting the lack of financial commitment from the state government to meet increased community safety and transport needs, which they argue will be caused by any SEP because it will allow extended opening hours for licensed venues.
Dog owners need a massive wake up call to be respectful of our community. There are many elderly and disabled people within this community, as well as very young children. Having your dog off-leash is dangerous for us. I’ve had a...
Coorabell resident, Mr Stante, wrote a succinct letter addressing the dangerous hazards surrounding ‘fatigue, roads, and the Byron bus’ associated with the proposed SEP Merivale development in the Byron township. Let us not forget that alcohol sales shall far...
On October 3, Sapoty Brook from Main Arm suggested our computer wiz kids should build a platform for truth. It seems nobody replied, and yet this is a subject involving each and every one of us. We search for truth, but...
Thank you to Council and NPWS for wisely consolidating protection for Marshalls Creek Nature Reserve. The reserve forms an tiny isthmus, a long narrow finger of land, which can’t be compared to any other ocean-front boardwalks, being surrounded on...
In attempting to defend the environmental vandalism of building a boardwalk through the Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve at Ocean Shores, Simon Alderton (Letters, November 5) claims that Marshalls Creek is full of rubbish and weeds. Not so. Considering that it runs...
Following the revelation that Byron Shire Council (BSC) staff had not followed through on the Mayoral Minute (resolution 25-454 on 9 October) to extend working hours on Mullumbimby Road to six days a week the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce (MCC) sought an ‘urgent meeting’ to ‘express our very serious concern about the devastating impact of the roadworks on Mullumbimby businesses’.
It was disappointing to see this e-bike at Tallow Beach, after having been ridden down one of the tracks in Arakwal National Park, as it was ridden through a nesting site for pardolets, not far from where the e-bike...
It is with sorrow that I mark the passing of Alfred H who many will know as ‘the walker’. Most locals would be familiar with Alfred as the crazy walker and traffic menace, who showed no regard for his personal...
It was with sadness that I heard about the passing of Alfred, a great walker. He was, perhaps, after Petria Thomas, one of Mullumbimby’s greatest athletes. The distance he covered every day, and sometimes night, come rain or shine,...
I’d like to commend David Heilpern on his excellent article (Echo, October 29) about the need for advanced care directives for people living with dementia and other memory conditions. We’re an ageing population, and sadly our system is failing so...
David Heilpern was born on April 1, 1979? Sounds like an April’s Fools’ Day joke. Burkhard Schulze Waltrup, Crabbes Creek
Choose how you'd like to support local journalism.
The Echo
We sent a verification link to the address above. Click the link to confirm your account, then come back here to sign in.
