This year’s Byron Writers Festival is a star-studded celebration of national icons and local legends gathered under the festival theme Passion & Purpose.
With bumper snowfalls and school holiday crowds flooding the Snowy Mountains, the NSW government is urging drivers to be prepared before heading to the alpine region, warning that too many are arriving under-equipped for dangerous winter road conditions.
Operators of the Fletcher Street Cottage homelessness services charity say a new long-term lease for the central Byron Bay hub has been finalised with the Byron Shire Council.
Yet another triumph for our indefatigable prime minister. Now he has saved the nation – maybe the world – from the scourge of The Donald’s dastardly tariffs on steel and aluminium.
The Acropolis of Athens, the embodiment of Athenian power, birthplace of democracy, and cornerstone of Western civilisation, was recently closed to tourists owing to a deadly heatwave across parts of Europe.
Recently it was reported on the fact that Salty Lakes in Broadwater National Park had emptied, leaving behind an almost dry lake bed covered with brown sludge.
The death and injury of swans and other birdlife at Lake Kimberley in Banora Point led to significant community concern and Tweed Shire Council is now considering a floating platform for roosting birds at Lake Kimberley.
The NSW government has now opened applications for these organisations that suffered direct damage from Tropical Cyclone Alfred and severe weather events since 18 May.
