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A life well lived – Vale Jim Mangleson

From running the local hardware store ‘Manglesons of Mullumbimby’ from 1972 to 1977 to starting Chincogan Real Estate in 1979, all with his wife Jan, Jim (James Harry) Mangleson was a man who liked to get on with life.

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Music comes to Mullum this weekend!

Wild Rocket blast into Mullum as Mullum Roots Festival lights up the town this coming weekend. Three venues around Mullum will host music, while songwriting workshops will happen at the Drill Hall Theatre on Sunday.

Ballina king tide alert for 13–16 July

Ballina Shire Council is encouraging motorists to drive safely over the coming days with king tides leading to minor flooding of some local roads.

Try pickleball and support a great cause

Northern Rivers Pickleball Club are holding a marathon day of pickleball on Sunday, 19 July at the Goonellabah Tennis and Pickleball Club on Reserve Street, Goonellabah.

Bumpers to Bruns

Last Sunday, antique chrome and stylish engineering was on display in Brunswick Heads as the Back to Bruns hot rods came to town. Jeff Dawson was there to capture it.

Your existence on Earth

Most people do not walk around with a clear, conscious philosophy about their existence. Human beings evolved to survive, not...

Deadly weaving at Lismore gallery

Eighteen months ago, a group of First Nations artists from the Northern Rivers came together at the Lismore Regional Gallery as part of the Gathering Space project.

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Museum in a caravan travels to remote schools

A vintage caravan packed with interactive exhibits, historical objects and immersive storytelling is making the rounds of the north-coast, bound for some of the most remote classrooms in NSW.

Back in the olden days we had Morse code

If you were born after 1990 you probably won’t remember life without mobile phones and would possibly have no idea how soldiers communicated during the first or second World Wars.

Vibes and beats return to the streets of Tweed

The Tweed’s biggest party is back, with the 2025 Tweed Regional Museum Street Party set to light up the Museum precinct on Saturday 6 September from 3–9 pm.

Murwillumbah to enjoy free street party for next three years

Murwillumbah’s much-loved free Street Party now has funding for the next three years and will help create safe and vibrant spaces, and stimulate nightlife activity for the town.

Explore art and science through dinosaurs

It is time to let your imaginations run wild and take the opportunity to imagine what your favourite dinosaurs were like at the Tweed Regional Museum’s dinosaur exhibition at 2 Queensland Road, Murwillumbah.

Museum wins major award

The Tweed Regional Museum has taken out top honours for its exhibition Supertonic at the prestigious 2024 Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) Awards.

Tweed Olympians coming to the party

Tweed Regional Museum is inviting everyone to join their epic street party celebrations, marking the museum's 20th anniversary.

Celebrating Tweed Museum’s 20th anniversary with all and everything

A stunning new exhibition has opened to celebrate the Tweed Regional Museum's 20th anniversary – Omnia: all and everything.

Retro video games to vintage dolls – experience an entertainment journey through the ages

GAME ON is coming to the Tweed Regional Museum and will give kids and adults alike a chance to take a journey through time,...

The MoW’s Coastal Culture: Gold Coast to Byron

In what looks like a cross between the Partridge Family and an art gallery, the Tweed Regional Museum’s colourful Museum on Wheels, aka the MoW, will be a star feature at the Flotsam Film & Photography Festival on the Goal Coast this weekend.  

Renewable energy opposition

The media narrative suggesting regional people oppose renewable energy projects, when the data unarguably shows the opposite, is now the subject of a published...

Your existence on Earth

Most people do not walk around with a clear, conscious philosophy about their existence. Human beings evolved to survive, not to contemplate meaning, and so...

Cudgen Plateau

The recommended approval to rezone the Cudgen Plateau State Significant Farmland (SSF) for mixed-use high-rise development guarantees the continued development of the Cudgen Plateau...

Ballina potholes

The huge potholes at the Fox Street entrance to Ballina Fair should make management deeply ashamed of themselves. One would think that sufficient money could...