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Mullumbimby railway station burns down
At around midnight last night, a fire started which engulfed the old Mullumbimby railway station. It's been twenty years since the last train came through, but the building has been an important community hub, providing office space for a number of organisations, including COREM, Mullum Music Festival and Social Futures.
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Jungle Juice – squeezing the most out of life!
Four years ago, Guido and Natalia Annoni decided to swap the rat race for the jungle – heading north...
Northern Rivers rugby league underway for 2024
Senior rugby league got off to a good start for the 2024 season with Byron Bay, Ballina and Mullumbimby teams picking up competition points.
Cartoon of the week – 17 April, 2024
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Tweed Council wants your ideas on future sports facilities
Tweed Council is looking for feedback from residents about future plans for sport and recreation in the area.
Reef snapshot details widespread coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
Latest CSIRO research shows that the fifth major bleaching event since 2016 is still unfolding, but bleaching was just one of the disturbances on the reef over summer.
Not enough letters like this about Gaza in The Echo?
The Echo’s studied indifference to the plight of the Palestinians and its reluctance to publish letters on the subject...
Stories about "Brunswick":
Stay safe in the water this summer
From Point Danger, to Brunswick, Cape Byron, Ballina, Evans Head, Iluka Yamba and Wooli there have been 325 search and rescue missions by Marine Rescue NSW units in the Northern Rivers, safely returning 673 people to shore.
Brunswick Surf Lifesaving Club needs you!
We can always hope that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often does, and if last summer is anything to go by, we are going to need all the lifesavers we can get on the beaches this year.
Bruns rescue crew equipped with new Zodiac
Marine Rescue Brunswick has become the first service in NSW to receive a new type of inflatable boat designed to undertake flood rescues in difficult conditions.
Evacuation orders issued for parts of the Byron Shire
Residents in Ocean Shores, New Brighton, Brunswick Heads, South Golden Beach and Billinudgel were ordered to evacuate or find higher ground this morning.
Marine Rescue training centre opens in Bruns
A new Marine Rescue Brunswick training and meeting centre opened last week, located beside the town’s boat harbour.
Brunswick caravan park contention
Patricia Warren, Brunswick Heads
And then there was silence. No one spoke against the motion led by councillors Sarah Nydiaye and Paul Spooner to exclude all...
Mullum High students get the groove on for charity
Out in force collecting for their annual charity year 12 students from Mullumbimby High School have hit the streets with flare this morning now that classes are at an end.
The Walking Dead
Traditionally the second scariest time of year after tax time, Halloween brought out the decaying worst in expeople.
Again, Brunswick Heads Public School put on...
Bruns-Byron Netball state champs
Brunswick–Byron Netball Association has been crowned State Champions at the 2015 Netball NSW State Age Championships, which was contested across four venues in Sydney last weekend.
Club accreditation for Mullum Bruns FC
The Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley Football Club has become the sixth Football Far North Coast club to achieve National Club Accreditation.
Byron Echo
Flood insurance inquiry’s North Coast hearings
A public hearing into insurers’ responses to the 2022 flood was held in Lismore last Thursday, with one local insurance brokerage business owner describing the compact that exists between insurers and society as ‘broken’.
Local News
Getting ready for the 24/25 bush fire season
This year’s official NSW Bush Fire Danger Period closed on March 21. Essential Energy says its thoughts are now turned toward to the 2024-25 season, and it has begun surveying its powerlines in and around the North Coast region.
Local News
Keeping watch on Tyalgum Road
Residents keen to stay up to date on the status of the temporary track at Tyalgum Road – particularly during significant rain events – are urged to sign up to a new SMS alert system launched by Tweed Shire Council.
Byron Echo
Blaming Queensland again
I was astounded to read Mandy Nolan’s article ‘Why The Nude Beach Is A Wicked Problem’, in which she implied that it may largely...
