While millions in the US celebrated the Fourth of July in the traditional way, local woman Rosie Lee found another use for the date near Little Wategos Beach in Byron Bay.
Twelve Richmond Valley Shire farming families will receive vital support this month as Rural Aid delivers a two-week Farm Recovery Event (FRE) from 20 July to 2 August.
Abuse of the beach by 4WD users, with some drivers now covering their number plates, has led to calls to close the Evans Head part of the Evans Head to Ballina Beach.
TreadLightly is celebrating a new recycling record this month but is calling on Australians to ‘step up’ for National Recycling Week to help reach its target of one million recycled shoes.
Abuse of the beach by 4WD users, with some drivers now covering their number plates, has led to calls to close the Evans Head part of the Evans Head to Ballina Beach.
Council’s subdivision plans for its Mullumbimby HQ land have become a little clearer, with staff telling The Echo that one parcel of land, ‘relates only to the access road and is unrelated to the creation of a carpark’.
A large-scale upgrade of Mullumbimby Road –from Uncle Toms to the town – has commenced, and Council staff are warning residents it will cause significant traffic delays and detours until December.
