Last week an old friend of mine died. His name was Gary Cook. We met here in Byron Bay, when I was 23. He would have been in his early 30s. He was handsome. And funny. And weird. And self-involved. He used to come to Ringos, where I worked as a waitress. He’d sing to himself, bludge cigarettes, and shine up the serviette holder. He loved looking at himself. He’d laugh and say, ‘God, I’m a handsome man,’ and then he’d laugh this really infectious laugh

In some ways Valda Iris Watt was a simple person who lived a simple life, and yet it would diminish her legacy to leave it at that.

Tributes are flowing for Dr Ros Irwin, the president of Friends of the Koala and Lismore's first female mayor, who has died at the age of 82.

Born in Sydney in 1952 to Ronald and Judith, Philip Shine was an Air Force brat.

One of the key people behind the regeneration of the coastal strip of Angels Beach and Ballina was Shirley White, who died recently.

The Byron Environment Centre say they are sad to note the passing of Sharon Curry, who died on February 15, 2022.

You could say that Sue Mallam was destined to run a business in Mullumbimby.

Ballina's legendary man of the sea Peter Warner died doing what he loved best, sailing, during an attempted crossing of the Ballina Bar in rough conditions last week. He was ninety years old.

The former Deputy Prime Minister and stalwart of rural politics, Doug Anthony, has died at the age of 90, in Murwillumbah, the northern NSW town where he was born.

Longtime Byron resident and environmental advocate Edith Evelyn Franks (nee West) has passed away peacefully at the age of 92 surrounded by the love of all her family.