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Have you ever ventured into an open-wooded forest in the Northern Rivers at twilight?
Mullumbimby High School captain, Harriet Killips, has won second place in a national songwriting competition for a song titled ‘I Hate the Piano.’
We are standing at the precipice of a global neurological emergency – one born of our own synthetic convenience. Microplastics and heated plastics, once hailed as marvels of modernity, now infiltrate every corner of our biosphere – and every cell...
Venezuela has the world’s largest crude oil reserves and our allies have begun attacking Venezuela, claiming Venezuela is the source of the drugs in America. An AI search engine says that more Americans die of fentanyl than any other drug,...
It feels so nice, To sip some ice, In Mullum on a hot summer’s day. Though you may dismay, When your keys go astray… Mullum is no place to hate! Fun times and lots of laughs, With different people at different parks. Funny to see them all...
The Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club last Friday evening handed out $30,000 in cash and in-kind support to community initiatives that make a real difference in our region.
Splitting his time between Byron, Sydney, and LA Jonathan Pease, otherwise known as JP, has launched his podcast, Winning The Room that features conversations with some of the world’s most interesting minds.
NAPLAN results came out last week and The Pocket Public School has done extremely well.
A beautiful and thought-provoking retrospective exhibition I am Gurgun is the art of local Bundjalung woman Dr Bronwyn Bancroft AM and is currently on show at the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, 55-59 Flood Street, Leichhardt, Sydney.
The alleged domestic violence murder of Ashleigh Grice in September 2025 brought hundreds of people together to grieve and to question how this could have happened in our community. Yet it is happening every day.
An application to protect the Wallum development site at 15 Torakina Road, Brunswick Heads has been submitted under the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) (ATSIHP Act) by Minyungbul Mulanjali woman Ms Arabella Douglas of the Bundjalung Nation.
Santa Claus, Christmas carols, and lots of fun will be happening at Ross Park this Friday, 19 December at the Lennox Head Lions Christmas in the Park event from 4.30pm.
Byron based skydiving instructors went on strike last Friday,which continued into Saturday, joining seven other strike sites across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
This year, Shedfest offers a myriad of workshops, food, drink, and entertainment from 10am to 3pm on Sunday, 14 December at 18 Prince Street, Mullumbimby
As we all know parking in Mullum is a massive issue with limited spaces, and with an ever-increasing number of cars in the Shire, it’s hard to find a spot. Our beloved Byron Shire Council appears to be taking full...
For the past year, Wilsons Creek Road has been going through a major make-over, costing over $140 million of Commonwealth flood relief money. Workers have carved 55 culverts across the road, and built massive retaining walls in preparation for paving...
After reading the letters and the account of Council’s proceedings last Thursday in The Echo, all that I find to say positive about the town is that the poinciana trees and the flame trees are in splendid blossom this year. In...
As a regular commuter on the Byron solar train, I’ve seen a steady increase in patronage. Tourists love the short, but beautiful train ride into town from Sunrise. However, in a region where most of us are totally car dependent, when...
The Minns NSW Labor government is investing $3.5 million to support healthy behaviours in men and boys, as the government releases new research into domestic, family and sexual violence.
The Versace Boys and Hotmess have been cooking up a Christmas show that’s dedicated to pint-sized legends and their families. Will Henderson (one half of the Versace Boys) calls it, ‘The funnest family day out of the year! We are heading to Federal Hall on 20 December at 2pm to kick the silly season into gear.
Following strong advocacy by the Bangalow Advisory Committee (BAC) members to Norths Collective, Norths have delayed seeking external expressions of interest (EOI) to acquire the club.
Could the long-delayed plan to build a pedestrian and cycle path on the Kolora Way bridge near New Brighton finally be getting a kick along?
Mullumbimby Road is now back open to two-way traffic, detours are no longer in place and heavy vehicles can resume use of the road.
Years ago, I heard a comedian tell a squirming funny/not funny story about two guys from Mullum in the pub joined by Garth from Byron. When the latter goes to get a drink the Mullum lads discuss how much they hate people from Byron.
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