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West Byron flooding
All east coast communities are now daily regularly warned by the ABC radio/TV, by the Bureau of Meteorology, to...
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U/12s win NSW country rugby championships
The Far North Coast U/12s rugby team won the NSW junior country championships earlier this month in Coffs Harbour.
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Were you affected by the floods or landslides?
What were the effects of the February floods on you, your home, your property, your neighbours and your community? How could the response have been more effective and better assisted you and those around you to recover?
Get your sculpture ideas in by Sept 30
The Ingenuity Small Sculpture Prize is seeking entries by September 30 from Northern Rivers artists with $6,000 worth of prizes up for grabs.
Surf legends and film coming to Lennox tonight
The award-winning surf documentary, 'Bustin’ Down the Door' will be showcased at the Lennox Head Cultural Centre tonight.
Students in the dark about milk production
NSW Farmers says an Australian university study has discovered four in five primary school students have no idea how modern milk is produced.
7.30am update from the SES regarding floods in the Northern Rivers
The State Emergency Service (SES) issued a statement a few minutes ago with an update on the flooding situation in the Northern Rivers.
Stories about "Wave Pool":
Ballina considers BMX track, wave pool
First a wave pool, now a BMX track … is Ballina shire vying to become the sporting capital of the north coast?
Byron Echo
Odd row of lights
Just following up the letter from Sarah Smith in the August 31 issue. It was a Starlink satellite train. My webcam captured the scene.
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Articles & Columns
Trampling of the graves of the murdered: reply to Will Liley
As I read Will Liley’s response to my article in dedication to my late uncle, I recalled the poem in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel Clandestine in Chile:
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Murwillumbah mega-school merger public meeting on Monday
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Opposition to the merger of the four Murwillumbah Schools, which includes two primary and two high schools, remains strong. Monday will see Leader of the NSW opposition MP Chris Minns and local MP Janelle Saffin joining concerned parents, students and community members at a town hall meeting in Murwillumbah on Monday at 5.30pm.
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Byron Council looking at rain damage
Byron Shire Council says they have staff out and about across the Shire today assessing damage from the rain.
