It’s holiday time. It’s hot. The beach is pumping. There’s a sparkle in the air. They’re here. The people who work in shit jobs that are killing them, with people they hate, to save for this two weeks of Byron.
Gentrification is the makeover process that a town undergoes when wealthier people move in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, and often displacing current inhabitants in the process.
Haven Gallery has opened in the heart of Byron Bay in the former Woolies building, and sits alongside and inside the Haven nightclub.
It’s that time of year, the social norms of expectation for festive celebrations, generosity and decadence, on the back of exhaustion of the closing of the working year, and another year of housing and economic pressure.
Standing nonchalantly on a street corner in the inner-Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst is an iconic sculpture with a little-known link to the Byron Shire.
Byron Shire Council has voted to beef up its community consultation process for large projects including significant policy changes.
Byron Shire Council has won a Land and Environment Court (L&EC) case against Middle Pocket landowner, Robert Wookey, whose holiday letting operation was shut down in late 2024.
‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.’ Margaret Mead said that. She died in 1978, but the words of this American cultural anthropologist still ring true. I hear it repeated often. But today I really thought about it.
I’m a religion-weary Australian. I’m a product of a country where our ancient race of original people were ripped away from their roots by ‘well-meaning’ Christians. But I love Jesus. I get the story, it’s good – Jesus came to...
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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.
They have performed alongside some of the biggest names in music – but you probably wouldn’t recognise any of these musicians if you passed them on the street. Such is the nature of being a ‘sideman’ (or sidewoman) – a musician who is integral to a performance but tends to avoid, or be left out of, the limelight.
As the festive season of films for kids gets underway, you can’t go wrong with ridiculous anthropomorphism. Pets on a Train, is a film whose story follows pets trapped on a speeding train trying to stop the plans of a vengeful badger.
Emerging from the sparkling local waters, indie-rock band Seaside is touring their debut album Desiderata. A sun-soaked 11-tracks filled with punchy riffs, dreamy melodies, and heartfelt storytelling, that crystallises the band’s signature high-energy sound, blending an alt rock edge with introspective lyricism, as they explore themes of love, longing, and self-discovery.
Flow Music opens the new year with an event dedicated to progressive mastery, bringing together three generations of refined electronic storytelling. On Friday, Haven Byron Bay becomes the meeting point for deep, driving, and forward-thinking sounds as two global pioneers – Dave Seaman and Kasey Taylor – take the controls.
Food Culture has been Ocean Shores’ unofficial pantry for years. The place you duck into for olive oil refills, a scoop of oats, a sneaky square of good chocolate or a chat with whoever’s at the counter. It’s a...
After all that Christmas food, why not make a lovely leftovers salad using ingredients that keep well, so you can whisk up something fresh, nourishing and full of flavour from your Mullum market haul? This salad is adapted from a...
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