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Free evac centre training this week

Two free information sessions on becoming a disaster evacuation centre volunteer are to be held in the Byron Shire this week.

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I recently visited the beautiful Byron Bay and region for a holiday. I was disappointed to see cafe after...

Things of Stone and Wood

Things of Stone and Wood bring the heart of ’90s folk-rock to the Ballina RSL on Friday, July 25 and if the opening chords of  ‘Happy Birthday Helen’ still tug at your heartstrings – or if you ever shouted ‘Wildflowers’ from the back seat of a car – this one’s for you.

Pottsville koalas win in court 

The Pottsville community and local wildlife won in the Land and Environment Court on Thursday, 5 June when Commissioner Dickson refused the appeal by Turner Contracting Pty Ltd for the proposed development of a long-term luxury caravan park at Pottsville. 

Choppers to the rescue for Lismore’s flood-damaged roads

Lismore residents may notice helicopter activity throughout June as 84 flood damaged sites across 25 roads are surveyed.

Warming plates, cold pints and good times

Winter at The Australian Hotel Ballina There’s something about a classic corner pub in winter. The kind of place where...

ATO scam alert – Don’t respond to ATO messages or texts until you know they are real

Do you know anyone who has been caught out by a tax scam phone call or email? I certainly do and it can be devastating for people who lose their food and rent money and savings

Stories about "Mary Gardner":

Goodbye to an inspiring scientist, activist and friend

Mary’s influence on me as a local activist, and later councillor, was profound – she opened my eyes to how water courses through and shapes this place.

Jim Beatson and Mary Gardner – a valediction forbidding mourning

Jim and Mary are moving to Queensland. I am pretty sad about it. Even if you don’t know them, they have been your friends too because, separately and together, they have done so much for Byron.

The small fry in a world of baleen giants

Like others that day at the Cape Byron lighthouse, David Bryant saw this small whale ride a wave. Skilled photographer that he is, he had his camera to the ready and took this photo that has flashed its way through media around the world.

Protocols, process, and system failures

In the lagoon, the pace of winter life during the long dry seems pretty settled. The growth of small estuarine prawns slows down. Bream now five years old are grown up, itching for saltwater and their winter spawn.

Are there more sharks in our waters?

Are there more sharks or have we just become accustomed to vanishing species in our midst?

Trees or biotechnological genetic rescue?

We peered through the branches amazed to see this colourful bird, resting one wing awkwardly. By the next day it would be dead.

Batting for bats: their vital role in forestry

Flying foxes live life large across the landscape. They are the chief pollinators and seed carriers for many species of forest trees.

It’s not over till the big trucks fill

It’s not a done deal. The swamplands that define Byron Bay are crippled but still alive. The NSW Joint Regional Planning Panel is still debating how mega-development of West Byron might harm the Cumbebin Nature Reserve and the Belongil waterway.

Ancient anger a potent symbol for modern times

This replica nawi, unlike the bark canoe at the Maritime Museum, is oversized and made of steel. It is moored at a cove at Barangaroo, the inner city place named after a Cammeraygal woman.

Explore the waterways and let curiosity lead

Where to go during the holidays? Try following waterways and discovering waterplaces. Start with a ramble down some path or an hour along a shore: curiosity will take over. Where did this water come from? What is it doing now? Where might it go? What does it mean?

Protesters try to stop logging near Coffs

Protesters say they are trying to stop logging today in Orara East State Forest, near Coffs Harbour.

Lismore’s new Volvo biodiesel-capable garbo trucks

The Lismore City Council has announced eight new Volvo garbage collection trucks due to join its fleet from September this year at a cost of $5 million.

Police fine boy more than $3,000, seize his bike

Police say they’ve seized an unregistered electric bike and issued multiple fines to a teenager after investigating dangerous riding around the NSW/QLD border.

Writers fest locked and loaded

More than 160 heavyweights in the Australian and international literary scene will explore the important themes shaping our world at the scenic Bangalow Showground from August 8 to 10.