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Taqueria in Byron celebrates four years
Chupacabra Mexican restaurant in Suffolk Park is turning four this week! Through the ups and downs of the past...
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Two confirmed cases of diphtheria in northern NSW
On Saturday evening the North Coast Public Health Unit confirmed that there was a case of diphtheria in a two-year-old child in Northern NSW.
Sport and gender
Olympic golden girl Cate Campbell claims to have wrestled long and hard with herself before passionately promoting a ban...
Contentious Bruns DA before Council again
A controversial decision by Byron Council to approve a mixed-use development in Brunswick Heads could be overturned, after a group of councillors who oppose the plan got the numbers for a rescission motion.
Australian-first Surf Series and workshops ends in Lennox Head on Sunday
It might be cold outside but that's not stopping women who love to surf and over 100 women and girls will participate in the first female event series in Australia on Sunday at Lennox Head.
Flood-prone land in Murwillumbah swapped for flood-free land
It has been five years in the making but the innovative land swap of flood-prone land for flood-free land in Murwillumbah is underway with a second round of ‘expressions of interest’ about to open.
Will Byron become the Malibu of the antipodes?
Here’s another reason for millennials to be marching on the street. We found out last week that on census day 2021, 15 per cent of the dwellings in the Byron Shire were unoccupied (2,348 places to be precise). That figure was 30 per cent in Byron Bay itself, three times the national average.
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Nannas plan ‘welcome’ for Metgasco at Casino
The Knitting Nannas Against Gas are planning a ‘welcome’ party outside the new office of Metgasco in Casino this week.
The Good Life
Celebrating 40 years of Fig Tree Restaurant
It all started with a simple dream, to convert its original farmhouse in Ewingsdale into a restaurant in which its guests could gather to...
The Good Life
Crabbes Creek Woodfired
By V. Cosford
There’s a contingent of Europeans who don’t mind travelling a considerable distance in order to stock up on Jon and Gina Hutton’s...
The Good Life
Stone & Wood’s Brewery Festival Returns
Stone & Wood are opening the gates to their Murwillumbah brewery with the return of their ‘Murbah Open Day’, on Saturday 6 August.
Welcoming the...
Byron Echo
Decades of volunteering earn prestigious NSW Sports Award
Brenda Zakaras and John Beasley from Lennox Head were two of 19 sports volunteers from a wide cross-section of sports who received a Distinguished...