Byron Bay Pickleball Club has outgrown its digs at the Cavanbah Centre and is looking for a larger, permanent venue to call home.
‘Some kids do it so tough and they never complain,’ Liz McIver told The Echo when she had her hair cut to donate to the Wigs4Kids, which provides bespoke wigs for kids with cancer.
Brunswick River at dead low tide is usually a fairly subdued place. With swimmers and paddle boarders temporarily consigned to the shore, the river becomes a sandy sun-bed for cormorants and seagulls.
Healthy North Coast have told The Echo they have had funding extended for Safe Haven sites to operate until 30 June 2026.
The West’s war on Russia is rapidly approaching its inevitable, predictable and indeed predicted conclusion: the collapse of the Zelensky regime, a decisive victory for Russia and a humiliating defeat for the West. This outcome was obvious from the...
In paragraph one of ‘Reflections on Bondi attack’ (David Heilpern’s editorial last week), you note that you are ‘reeling, overwhelmed with sorrow, and yet, by paragraph two, as you have done for over two years, you shut down the...
A total import ban needs to be placed upon the weapons, namely guns of any description from an overseas port unless an issued permit is given prior to the departure from the export country to Australia. The permit would be...
Old Bangalow Road was once a quiet, leafy backwater – the kind of place where the arrival of a car was greeted with mild surprise.
Protest and gathering together are ways for people to create unity, to highlight what they see as important, when they see a problem, when the government of the day is not living up to the expectations of its citizens, and when a system is failing and should be strengthened.
There’s been some action at the Billinudgel-Ocean Shores Rural Fire Service (RFS) station of late.
Former mayor Michael Lyon has ‘taken issue’ with last week’s reporting of the terms of the nonbinding agreement between Council and NSW government development agency Landcom over a much used Mullum carpark.
Jewish leaders and the wider community need to recognise the elephant in the room, being that the actions of the current Israeli government in Gaza , the West Bank and Lebanon is a cause of rising antisemitism across the...
While we were having dinner in the Byron RSL, someone spraypainted the driver’s side of our car with swastikas on the driver’s window and on the tailgate. The police are investigating. On Wednesday, while we were parked in a disability...
Thanks to The Echo for continuing to publish my letters regarding the lack of responsibility taken by Byron Shire Council (BSC) and their continuing failure of maintaining important infrastructure, such as the stormwater pipes which collapsed in Bayside, Brunswick...
Nature reserves offer the highest conservation possible and protect habitat for threatened and endangered flora and fauna. They do not exist for humans. How many more times will this message need to be repeated before the understanding sinks in and...
Celebrating 21 years of short films in the Northern Rivers, the Byron All Shorts, a dedicated local Northern Rivers short film competition, is now calling talented Northern Rivers Filmmakers of all ages to submit their short films.
Local Byron Shire high schools all celebrated their students achievements in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) results.
‘Survival of the shameless’. I heard that term this morning in a BBC podcast I was listening to with Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, who is calling for a ‘moral revolution’. It was one of those simple phrases that landed in my body.
Mandy Nolan is right that accusing local candidates or comedians of belonging to the ‘Illuminati’ is absurd. But dismissing public concern about elite control as mere conspiracy misses the deeper issue many people are struggling to articulate. History shows that...
A state law which seeks to ban political protests would infringe a citizen’s right to demonstrate if that state law is disproportionate or lacks a legitimate purpose. That’s part of our civil liberties. The principle is one of the implied...
Again we have a visit from the J&J Rodeo on 3 January. It is a pity that some people of the Shire who have concern for the welfare of koalas do not extend that concern to livestock. In my...
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With Christmas Day falling on a Thursday, Mullum Farmers Market will have a one-week date change, opening Christmas Eve, Wednesday, 24 December (7am to 11am), and closing Friday, 26 December, for Boxing Day. It’s a chance to shop the way...
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.
If you’re sliding into Christmas with full ‘I’m not cooking another damn thing’ energy, The Tav is ready for you. Summer at Ocean Shores Tavern is built for keeping life easy. No prep, no dishes, no hosting panic. Just...
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