The worlds of physics and computer science are abuzz as this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to two trailblazers in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies.

With locally-owned Brunswick Valley Gas (BVG) being recently sold to international gas and engineering company Elgas, there’s many who may not know there is a locally-owned option.

A correspondent who wishes to remain anonymous has sent The Echo a beautiful personal story about legendary master craftsman Geoff Hannah, formerly of Lismore, in response to the news about the Hannah Cabinet.

It was the musical that got the whole region talking. Written in the Byron Shire, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed musical New Blood returns to the Byron Theatre for two nights only.

Tweed institution, The Imperial Hotel has announced its biannual carpark fiesta Impy Yard Party will be returning this November. The all-ages community event will take place on Saturday, November 9, with an afternoon of local music, local beer, and good times galore. This round there’s a collab on the cards, with the event co-hosted by fellow Mur’bah locals, and good mates, Spangled Drongo Brewery in a toast to their latest beer launch, the Organic Lager.

Since its first opening night back in 2006, the Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF)’s opening nights have always sold out. This year, tickets have flown out the door for the premiere of Aquarius, a documentary about the 1973 festival that changed the cultural landscape of the Northern Rivers forever. To ensure that everyone has a chance to release their free spirit and let the sunshine in, the BBFF team have designed Aquarius Rising – an after-party held in Byron’s colourful and psychedelic gallery Otherworld.