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Taqueria in Byron celebrates four years
Chupacabra Mexican restaurant in Suffolk Park is turning four this week! Through the ups and downs of the past...
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The wetlands questions for the new Council
The Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP) recently gave a determination for a Bioenergy Facility to be built within the...
Flood-prone land in Murwillumbah swapped for flood-free land
It has been five years in the making but the innovative land swap of flood-prone land for flood-free land in Murwillumbah is underway with a second round of ‘expressions of interest’ about to open.
Two whales simultaneously entangled in shark nets off SEQ coast today
Two whales have been entangled in shark nets on Queensland's coast today, one at Kirra Beach on the Gold Coast and the other at Marcoola Beach on the Sunshine Coast, Humane Society International says.
Contentious Bruns DA before Council again
A controversial decision by Byron Council to approve a mixed-use development in Brunswick Heads could be overturned, after a group of councillors who oppose the plan got the numbers for a rescission motion.
Australia to light the way with industrial-scale power
Big ideas are easy. Finding the big money and big names to back them is not. But a long-term plan to turn WA’s Pilbara into the largest renewable energy hub in the world has just taken a giant leap forward.
Australian-first Surf Series and workshops ends in Lennox Head on Sunday
It might be cold outside but that's not stopping women who love to surf and over 100 women and girls will participate in the first female event series in Australia on Sunday at Lennox Head.
Stories about "Refugee Welcome Zone":
Tweed to celebrate becoming Refugee Welcome Zone
Tweed Shire Council, which last year voted to become a ‘Refugee Welcome Zone’, will formalise its status at a free public screening of the documentary Mary Meets Mohammad, at The Regent Cinema in Murwillumbah on February 7.
Tweed joins push to welcome refugees
Tweed is joining a push around Australia to identify shires as welcome zones for refugees in the face of a global crisis in displaced people.
Byron now a Refugee Welcome Zone
Byron Shire mayor Simon Richardson signed a Refugee Welcome Zone declaration during yesterday’s council meeting
The Good Life
Celebrating 40 years of Fig Tree Restaurant
It all started with a simple dream, to convert its original farmhouse in Ewingsdale into a restaurant in which its guests could gather to...
The Good Life
Crabbes Creek Woodfired
By V. Cosford
There’s a contingent of Europeans who don’t mind travelling a considerable distance in order to stock up on Jon and Gina Hutton’s...
The Good Life
Stone & Wood’s Brewery Festival Returns
Stone & Wood are opening the gates to their Murwillumbah brewery with the return of their ‘Murbah Open Day’, on Saturday 6 August.
Welcoming the...
Byron Echo
Decades of volunteering earn prestigious NSW Sports Award
Brenda Zakaras and John Beasley from Lennox Head were two of 19 sports volunteers from a wide cross-section of sports who received a Distinguished...