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Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning May 12
Check out what's on going the Byron Shire and surrounding area this week
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Northern Star dimming under Murdoch shadow
As democracy advocates and journalists around the world did their best to acknowledge World Press Freedom Day on May 3, in regional Australia, The Northern Star was dimming.
Dam doesn’t give a damn about koalas
The proposed Dunoon Dam is still a possibility, though it has been voted against twice by the members of Rous County Council. Now information has emerged which presents another reason to shut down the threat of the dam once and for all.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Elvis has Left the Building
My dog died. I haven’t been able to write about it until now. It was a month ago, and he was old, but it was still unexpected, and it leaves you feeling a bit raw.
The legal smoke
Paul Rea, Coorabell
While Labor stopped taking donations from the tobacco industry in 2004 and the Liberals followed suit a...
Jonson Street bus shelter gone and an era ended
Byron Shire Council says that the wooden bus shelter on Jonson Street outside the Byron Visitors Centre is being removed today with all bus services operating from the new bus interchange on Butler Street in Byron Bay
Doing it right
How do you know you’re doing hummus right? When the international visitors tell you it’s some of the best...
Stories about "Fast Food":
Byron takeaways – taking out the rubbish
Australians today are now some of the world’s busiest people (statistically speaking). We are working the longest hours in the developed world (go figure)...
Sport
Father and son win first sailing race
Sixteen boats competed in the Tweed Valley Sailing Club’s race day earlier this month in a 10-12 knot breeze that suited the newcomers to...
Sport
Oceans 15 triumphant return
The Ocean Shores Aquatics team have returned home with some great results after a month-long stint at various State School Swimming competitions.
‘They have all...
Byron Echo
Interview with Bob Vegas
The glorious Bob Downe is back with a brand new show: Viva Bob Vegas! at the Brunswick Picture House. He gave Seven the Downe low…
Byron Echo
Interview with Cyprien Clerc, Founder and managing Director of Futureseeds
Founder and Managing Director at FutureSeeds, Cyprien Clerc, talks to The Echo about this upcoming event.
