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Inter-club cycling gets underway in Glenugie
Byron Bay Cycling Club is in second place in a three-way tussle after race one of the inter-club cycling...
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Busking For Change in the Northern Rivers
If there is one thing that Northern Rivers communities loves, it's a good busker and after a successful pilot program in 2022, Busking For Change is launching nationally – we're in!
It’s a lady tradie workshop!
Mullumbimby High School hosted a practical workshop for year 9 and 10 girls. The event was supported by Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen and the DoE Educational Pathways Program.
Private partnership sought for bioenergy facility proposal
Byron Council have been forced to explore the possibility of a public private partnership to fund its planned bioenergy facility in Byron Bay.
Classic storytelling from Tim
Tim Freedman has been developing an alt-country outfit since 2021 – The Whitlams Black Stump Band – which features...
Global Village and Little Splendour
With the countdown to Splendour in the Grass well and truly on, the festival is thrilled to reveal the...
Byron Council compliance staff bolstered
Are the van campers of Brunswick Heads thoughtless travellers with no respect for the town and its inhabitants, or are many in fact local homeless folk looking for a safe space with toilets and running water?
Stories about "shelter":
Historic Lennox shed saved after years of arguing
After what seems like an endless, acrimonious debate, Ballina Shire Council resolved at its last meeting to save and restore the 70 year old Lennox beach shed/pavilion/eyesore/beloved relic.
Northern Rivers Animal Services needs helpers
Ballina-based animal welfare organisation Northern Rivers Animal Services Inc is on the lookout for cat-lovers to help at their cat cottage, and foster carers for both dogs and cats.
Byron Echo
Master Games on the way for Lismore
The Lismore Workers Masters Games is back this year after being cancelled in 2021 due to the pandemic.
The biennial event started in 1999 and...
Byron Echo
Mullumbimby Giants rope in the Mustangs
The Mullumbimby Giants have played their way back into the top four of local, first-grade rugby league with a solid 30–14 win over the...
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Fire dining with Terra Firma
Terra Firma is revolutionising ‘eating out’ with their no-boundaries cooking-over-fire dining experiences coming 24 June to the Mid North Coast.
Terra Firma Dining is an...
Byron Echo
Funding for organic growers
For the last 40 years, Santos Organics has prioritised products on its shelves that are locally grown or produced. It also strongly supports organic...