Last Saturday marked six years since Théo Hayez went missing. Hayez, a Belgian tourist, was last seen leaving Cheeky Monkey’s bar in Byron Bay at approximately 11pm on May 31, 2019.
National Reconciliation Week commemorates two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey with First Nations’ mob – the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.
The battle over the future of a stunning, tree-filled mega block at Wategos has ended up in court, with its multi-millionaire owner appealing Byron Council’s rejection of his plans for the site.
A large development proposal (DA 10.2024.230.1) for two homes by Rae’s Residents Pty Ltd at Wategos is on public exhibition, prompting concerns by neighbours over the potential removal of littoral rainforest, and a threatened ecological community.
A motion by Cr Sarah Ndiaye (Greens) to amend the LEP to reduce the building height limits in the Wategos residential area from 9m to 8m was unsuccessful at last Thursday’s Council meeting.
Patricia, better known as Pat or Patsy, was born in Byron Bay in 1933 and was the second eldest of nine, to Horace Cecil Vernon Freeman (better known as ‘Bluey’) and Dorothy Lulu Freeman (nee Daniels).
A fundraiser has been established to buy three defibrillators for Byron Bay beaches, after local surfer, Phillip Jones, died after being pulled from the water on Thursday, August 26.
It began under a tree in Clunes in 1895 when a group of 40 farmers gathered to discuss how they could collaborate to secure a better and more profitable future for the dairy farmers of the region.
In what has become a cherished local tradition, the Byron Writers Festival is once again teaming up with First National Byron to offer the Sunday locals’ pass.
