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Surf films make a splash at Byron Bay Film Festival
Surfing is a central part of Byron Bay’s identity and this year’s surf films are certain to bring the whole community together in a celebration of athleticism, wild seas and sheer joy in our exquisite environment.
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Hearing Australia urges action on workplace hearing loss
With more than 1.1 million Australians continuing to be exposed to harmful noise levels in the workplace, Hearing Australia is urging workers to protect their ears from dangerously loud sounds.
Interview with Phil Manning
What do blues folk Muddy Waters, Roy Buchanan, Albert Collins, BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Sonny Terry, Brownie...
Mullum biz petition for road improvements
A petition from Mullumbimby industrial estate business owners will be tabled at the upcoming September 29 meeting, which calls on Council to upgrade pothole ridden Manns Road.
Lismore City Bowlo and all that jazz
What Lismore needs more of now is fun and joy and music and the Lismore Jazz Club’s popular monthly gigs are about to return to help make that happen.
Consideration of state significant farmland for SUGA development leaves bitter taste
One of Ballina Shire Council’s independents is continuing to argue against suggested expansions of development between the plateau villages of Alstonville and Wollongbar.
Short films grace the screen from Oct 21
The Byron Bay International Film Festival is back from October 21 to 30 with a ten-day program of premieres, panels and parties.
Stories about "dying":
Australians getting dead-set about dying
As a nation, we are not always comfortable with talking about the end of our lives. Leading not-for-profit, The Groundswell Project Australia, is calling on Australians to ‘get dead set’ around death and dying as part of its annual Dying to Know campaign.
Death and dying in the Byron community
Today is the start of National Palliative Care Week (May 24-30) and the amazing folk who help people in the last few days of their life, and their families in the days afterwards, are highlighting services available in the Byron Shire for dying, death and funerals.
Lets talk about death…
It is a question discussed in public all too rarely - how well do we 'do death' in our communities?
The Good Life
Just us, with the wild goat
Simon Haslam
I don’t know if you can recall one of those luminous moments in your life when it just seemed to be you, perhaps...
The Good Life
Lambruk Pantry
Simon Haslam
Lambruk Pantry is a family-owned local gourmet providore based in the heart of the Byron Shire. If you’re looking for something classy, that’s...
The Good Life
Oliver’s happy hens
‘If you can look after fifty chickens’, Oliver tells me, ‘you might as well look after 500.’ In between a steady stream of customers...
Byron Echo
Alstonville takes out top tier of the Oceania Cup
The Oceania Cup delivered exciting and close football for the 19 teams that competed across last weekend at the Alstonville FC’s Crawford Park fields.
The...
