Plans for a proposed 23-townhouse development in the outskirts of Bangalow are open to the public today, with a drop-in information session being held from 11am to 4.30pm at the Old Scouts Hall, 9 Station Street, Bangalow.

For Kerry Pauley and the six other remaining permanent residents at the Glen Villa Resort on Butler Street, Byron Bay, news of the luxury retirement village that has been proposed for the site at 80-86 Butler Street has been devastating.

The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.

An activist who came to national attention after being punched by a police officer while protesting, has had an anti-protest charge dismissed in court today.

Some films arrive as an invitation to gather, reflect, and begin a conversation. Common Wealth, screening at Byron Theatre on Friday, 10 July, feels made for that kind of room.