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Surf films make a splash at Byron Bay Film Festival
Surfing is a central part of Byron Bay’s identity and this year’s surf films are certain to bring the whole community together in a celebration of athleticism, wild seas and sheer joy in our exquisite environment.
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Lismore City Bowlo and all that jazz
What Lismore needs more of now is fun and joy and music and the Lismore Jazz Club’s popular monthly gigs are about to return to help make that happen.
Editorial – Break out the bubbly for Budget Estimates
Budget Estimates is truly one of the most revealing and best educational services that the NSW government offers. MPs from the opposition grill ministers and agency bosses without mercy, for hours.
Woman dies in multi-vehicle crash near Lismore
A woman has died in a multi-vehicle crash south-west of Lismore yesterday.
Ocea Curtis takes third place at national qualifier in Merewether
Lennox Head surfer, Ocea Curtis, has finished third in the U/16 girls division of the Grom Search National Qualifier...
CWA push for improved maternity services
The W in CWA stands for Women and the CWA have been standing up for women yet again during their recent webinar and annual Awareness Week campaign.
Labor leader promises to stop Murwillumbah mega-school merger if they win election
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has promised concerned parents, teachers, and the community that if Labor win the next election they will not follow through with the mega-school merger that is currently underway in Murwillumbah.
Stories about "traffic":
Splendour GM defends washed out event
The serious traffic safety issues at this year’s Splendour in the Grass festival were not a result of increased patron numbers, but a confluence of unforeseen circumstances, festival organisers say.
Planning Dept investigates Splendour festival site
The company which owns and manages North Byron Parklands is being investigated by the NSW Department of Planning over traffic safety breaches that occurred during last month’s Splendour in the Grass festival.
It was splendid anyway
Remember that time you were twenty-something and you were having so much fun that you didn't care how wet or muddy you got?
Traffic queues for hours as motorists head to Splendour in the Grass
With local reports that vehicles have been waiting up to eight hours in queues to get into camping sites, Transport NSW is advising festival goers and local residents that there is heavier than usual traffic around the Yelgun and Gulgan (Tyagarah) interchanges on the Pacific Highway.
Shoppers begged to support Lennox businesses despite parking chaos
The Ballina Shire Council says it’s doing ‘everything possible’ to minimise impacts of construction work in Lennox Head on the local business sector.
More traffic disruption for Lennox Head
The traffic and parking woes of Lennox are going to get worse before they get better (maybe) with temporary diversions announced by Ballina Shire Council, which will be in place from Tuesday until December.
Sausage sizzle and traffic raised over new Tweed Bunnings site
Cr Polglase has flagged 'traffic' as the major problem if Tweed Bunnings doubles in size and relocates.
One-way traffic trial for the Byron Arts and Industry Estate
The trial is described by the council as a 'quick-win action' from the Byron Arts and Industry Estate Precinct Plan.
Bangalow blackspot puts school children at risk
Will action ever be taken to protect school kids getting on and off the bus on Lismore Road, Bangalow as trucks fly by at 80km/h?
Byron’s new road: the good and not so
After more than 30 years of talk, debate, disagreements, tears and political gridlock, Byron Bay has a new road to divert traffic from the CBD to the southern end of town.
The Good Life
Just us, with the wild goat
Simon Haslam
I don’t know if you can recall one of those luminous moments in your life when it just seemed to be you, perhaps...
The Good Life
Lambruk Pantry
Simon Haslam
Lambruk Pantry is a family-owned local gourmet providore based in the heart of the Byron Shire. If you’re looking for something classy, that’s...
The Good Life
Oliver’s happy hens
‘If you can look after fifty chickens’, Oliver tells me, ‘you might as well look after 500.’ In between a steady stream of customers...
Byron Echo
Alstonville takes out top tier of the Oceania Cup
The Oceania Cup delivered exciting and close football for the 19 teams that competed across last weekend at the Alstonville FC’s Crawford Park fields.
The...
