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What to do with no booze at your party
Eve Jeffery
It’s almost human nature, certainly Australian nature, to celebrate with a drink. Nothing says wetting the baby’s head...
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Hand-picked beans make the best brew for Bangalow Coffee
Story & photo Melissa Butters
Andy and Michelle have been serving up great coffee at farmers markets for 18 years....
Mullum gravity mains
Alan Dickens, Brunswick Heads
The Water & Waste Sewer Advisory Committee (WWSAC) submitted to the elected council that a five-year...
Water in short supply for Alstonville on 27 January
Around 185 properties in Alstonville will be without water on 27 January wile the Ballina Shire Council installs a new water main. The outage will be from 9am to 3pm.
Is the failing state of the planet causing our youth to be stressed?
Poor mental health in youth is an ever increasing problem. It is often flagged at by the media and various organisations, and whilst there are often brilliant resources that can be found, when it comes down to the cause of the increase in mental illness in Gen Z, parents and caregivers tend to put it (somewhat jokingly) down to our phones.
Of concrete & canals
Matthew Hartley, Byron Bay
A sharp-eyed observer sent me a link to a paywalled article advancing the conversion of the...
Teddy Sheean VC remembered in Ballina
Member for Richmond Justine Elliot spoke to a group who gathered at the Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum this week to remember Victoria Cross winner, Teddy Sheean, who was awarded the highest award for bravery in 2020.
Stories about "Oceanic Research Institute":
UN’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Local research duo Professor Jennifer Gidley and Earle de Blonville have just come back from the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030 conference in Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Lismore research centre seeks to solve climate puzzle
Lismore has just become the capital of Australia’s first international climate and oceanic research organisation – and its founder has set a very high bar for its first expedition.
The Good Life
Hand-picked beans make the best brew for Bangalow Coffee
Story & photo Melissa Butters
Andy and Michelle have been serving up great coffee at farmers markets for 18 years. Andy, an exploration geologist, and...
The Good Life
A lot to bang on about at golf clubs and bowlos
Gone are the days when services and sports clubs dished up a choice between a pie and chips, or bangers and mash.
Food in clubs...
Byron Echo
Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 27 January, 2021
Lemon Chicken is not only a Chinese takeaway favourite, it's also a great local five piece band who play songs that you forgot you loved. They like to pick and choose from the fine selection of great tunes we all grew up on.
Byron Echo
Rail Trail or nothing!
Neil McKenzie, Bangalow
David Lisle’s article A short history of our rail corridor debate summed up succinctly and accurately the compelling case for a rail trail,...