Copyright © 2024, The Echo
Latest News
Splendour 2024 cancelled
It's official, Splendour in the Grass 2024 has been cancelled.
Other News
Urgent appeal
At last Thursday’s Byron Council meeting a long and dedicated campaign to save rail tracks and restore trains in...
Got a creative theatre idea?
Mullumbimby’s The Drill Hall Theatre Company (DHTC) is offering two creative development opportunities for local independent artists to develop new performance piece concepts.
Breakfeast, Bluesfest weekend
Victoria Cosford
Oh to be a cow with a four-chambered stomach system! Farmers’ market, Bluesfest long weekend, a spot of...
Caper Byron Bay Food & Culture Festival
Caper Byron Bay Food & Culture Festival returns to Byron Bay in May, and this year ‘locals favourite’ pub...
Premier yet to respond to Albo’s offer of disaster recovery funds
Northern Rivers community groups are renewing calls for the NSW premier to formally ask the Commonwealth to fully fund the region's 2022 disaster recovery.
Mullum pods
They look so uninviting and dismal. It would not cost a lot to change the name to ‘tiny homes’...
Stories about "mobile":
3G networks phased out Dec 15
The peak lobby group representing Australia’s telecommunication industry announced last week it will phase out 3G networks in the region on December 15.
FOMO keeping young people glued to their screens
We've know for a long time that the social media world is not always a fun or safe place to be and new research shows that many young people would like to cut back their viewing habits.
BreastScreen visits Byron Bay
The importance of having a mammogram cannot be stressed enough and women in the Byron area are urged to make a booking when the BreastScreen NSW mobile screening van visits Byron Bay from next week.
Byron Echo
We just love him!
If you’re over 50 you might not be a fan of Tom Jones, but you can bet your mum is. If you’re under 40 you might not even know who he is, but your grandmother probably wet her pants at the mere mention of his name.
Byron Echo
Peter Garrett gives Bluesfest the nod
Eve Jeffery - 0
If I say the words ‘US Forces give the nod’, I can pretty much guarantee that you will hear the unmistakable voice of Peter Garrett ringing in your ears. Your head may even start to bob up and down a bit.
Local News
Save Wallum finalist in NSW 2024 environment awards
The Save Wallum campaign has been named as a finalist in the Nature Conservation Council of NSW Environment Awards 2024. The award ceremony will be held in Sydney tonight, and Save Wallum spokesperson and ecologist James Barrie will be attending with Tegan Kitt, another founding member of the group.
National News
New report highlights gaps in rural and remote health
The second annual Royal Flying Doctor Service ‘Best for the Bush, Rural and remote Health Base Line’ report has just been released. Presenting the latest data on the health of rural and remote Australians and evidence on service gaps, it identifies issues in urgent need of attention from service providers, funders, partners and policy makers.