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Pam’s chemical-free farming passion
Third-generation farmer Pam Morrow has been growing her own organic food for over 20 years. Her passion for farming...
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State of destruction
Tasmanians go to the polls next weekend, in an early election brought on by Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockcliff, whose party has fractured during its ten years in office but is currently warning voters not to elect a Labor minority government, which he's been calling a 'Coalition of Chaos'.
2022 flood doco screening March 21
In March 2022, not-for-profits Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) and Holding Hands Under Ground (HHUG) joined forces to respond to the catastrophic floods that devastated the Northern Rivers community.
Kylie to headline Splendour in the Grass for 2024
Taking to the Splendour stage Kylie Minouge will be the opening night headline while she makes a triumphant return home and stamps her name in the annals of Splendour lore.
Film fundraiser for Save Wallum
Our Generation Media together with the Brunswick Picture House will be hosting a special fundraiser screening of the award-winning documentary, Luku Ngärra: The Law of the Land in support of Save Wallum.
Tweed hospital and playgrounds welcomed
State Labor politicians have officially welcomed two upgraded playgrounds and a new hospital built in the Tweed Shire.
Surf’s up for World Pro Adaptive Titles in Byron
Favourable conditions are expected for the World Pro-Adaptive Surfing Titles 2024, to be held at Byron Bay’s Main Beach from today.
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Culture Roundup: 29 August 2018
Circus Rio
Lismore Showgrounds | Thursday til 9 September | 7pm
Circus Rio bring their electric energy to Lismore Showgrounds for an action-packed season in what...
Local indigenous icon, Digby Moran, exhibits in Lismore
Albert (Digby) Moran is one of the Northern Rivers’ most recognised artists. Growing up on The Island is a major solo exhibition by an artist continually seeking new ways to express his place within Bundjalung land.
Culture: 22 August 2018
Terrapin Puppet Theatre present Red Racing Hood
NORPA at Lismore City Hall | Friday 31 August, 6pm | Saturday 1 Sept, 11am | $15–38
Terrapin Puppet Theatre’s Red...
Culture Roundup: 15 August 2018
A round-up of the coming events in the Byron Shire and beyond.
The hills of Bangalow echo with the sound of music
The soothing and beautiful sounds of classical music drifted over the hills of Bangalow last weekend during the 17th annual Bangalow Music Festival.
Creating art can be the ultimate in upcycling
This year’s Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk encompasses all aspects of the environment, from the actual sculptures, to the materials used, to the setting of the exhibition itself.
Culture Roundup: 8 August 2018
A round-up of the coming events in the Byron Shire and beyond.
Culture Roundup: 1 August 2018
Writers at the Rails: Jesse Oliver, David ‘Ghost Boy’ Stavanger, David Hallett
The Rails | Sun 5 August | 2pm | FREE
Writers at the Rails’...
Culture Roundup July 25 2018
Wonderbabes By Kate McDowell
The Quad, Lismore | Thursday 2 till Saturday 4 August | 7pm | $25-30
Wonderbabes is a powerful and thrilling live storytelling performance...
Culture Roundup: July 18 2018
A Roundup of cultuarl events in Byron shire and beyond
National News
Many rental homes barely habitable due to heat
Rental homes had an average indoor temperature of 25°C and experienced two hours a day over 30°C according to a new report, 'Cruel Summers', from tenant advocacy organisation Better Renting.
Byron Echo
Stone and Wood’s new NRB beer
Stone and Wood have launched a new beer: Northern Rivers Beer (NRB). At a warm, and pretty laidback, night at the Billinudgel Hotel earlier...
Byron Echo
The Drongo: even more of them around these days
The team at Spangled Drongo Brewing officially fired up their brewhouse in June last year, but you may have heard their name prior to...
Byron Echo
Organic seedlings at the market
Victoria Cosford
From the age of 17, owner of Seedlings Organic, Luke Sansom, has worked in horticulture. Down on the Mornington Peninsula he was a...