14.4 C
Byron Shire
April 22, 2021

Latest News

Byron EchoEve Jeffery - 0

Pandemic plate lickers release lockdown dessert

The 2020 pandemic lockdown meant the entire entertainment industry was cancelled, but making music cannot be cancelled.
Read more

Other News

LettersThe Echo - 3

An insult, Poppa

From what I can understand, Poppa Veet Mayo’s letter seems to imply that this latest COVID scare is a...
Read more
Byron EchoEcho - 0

Yamba restaurants

I’m often asked about Yamba, one of our favourite holiday spots over the last 20 years. With a great range of beaches, walks, tennis courts, skate parks and accommodation etc it’s been great for the kids growing up, and they still love it. Plus, it’s now only 90 minutes’ drive from Mullumbimby.
Read more
Byron EchoThe Echo - 0

Your Local Club Academy Games

The North Coast Academy of Sport prepared its largest squad ever to compete at the 2021 Your Local Club Academy Games, held in the Hunter region last weekend.
Read more
Byron EchoThe Echo - 0

Holiday lets

David Wallace, Suffolk Park The following query was recently sent to NSW Planning Minister Mr Rob Stokes: On Friday, 9 April, 2021,...
Read more
Byron EchoThe Echo - 0

Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 21 April, 2021

Check out entertainment listings for the week, with music, dance, cinema and all sorts events happening in and around the Byron Shire
Read more
Byron EchoThe Echo - 0

A bouquet for Lilac House

L Jenkins, Byron Bay Nicole Habrecht should receive free paint and brushes and a pat on the back from Council for...
Read more

Volume 35

Byron Shire Echo issues June 17, 2020 to current

Byron Echo

5MW solar farm funding under question

The Echo - 0
A 5MW solar farm proposed for Myocum, located near the Byron Resource Recovery Centre, poses a ‘high degree of risk’, and could jeopardise funding for other large Council infrastructure projects, according to a staff report, to be tabled at this Thursday’s meeting.
Read more
Byron Echo

Tony Barry, Ben Chifley and FD’s Four Freedoms

Eve Jeffery - 0
Local actor-vist, Tony Barry, has taken on a lot since he moved to the Northern Rivers, and though cancer took one of his legs, Tony still manages to put in the hard yards for social, environmental and human rights causes.
Read more
Byron Echo

Government bullying and hidden agendas

The Echo - 0
Frank Ball, Tweed Heads The treatment of Christine Holgate while CEO of Australia Post is nothing short of scandalous. Not only is it a prime example...
Read more
Byron Echo

A coast in need of management

Hans Lovejoy - 0
It appears that the long-suffering management of perhaps the region’s most precious resource and attraction, Byron Shire’s beaches and estuaries, are not a high priority for Sydney-based bureaucrats and the Liberal-Nationals government.
Read more
The Echo is made possible by the support of all of our advertisers.

FEATURED STORIES

Pandemic plate lickers release lockdown dessert

Byron Echo Eve Jeffery - 0
The 2020 pandemic lockdown meant the entire entertainment industry was cancelled, but making music cannot be cancelled.
Read more

5MW solar farm funding under question

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
A 5MW solar farm proposed for Myocum, located near the Byron Resource Recovery Centre, poses a ‘high degree of risk’, and could jeopardise funding for other large Council infrastructure projects, according to a staff report, to be tabled at this Thursday’s meeting.
Read more

Fresh faces for Council elections

Local News Paul Bibby - 8
A very distinct, black flat-cap has just been thrown into the ring for the upcoming Byron Council elections, pegged for September 4.
Read more

Tony Barry, Ben Chifley and FD’s Four Freedoms

Byron Echo Eve Jeffery - 0
Local actor-vist, Tony Barry, has taken on a lot since he moved to the Northern Rivers, and though cancer took one of his legs, Tony still manages to put in the hard yards for social, environmental and human rights causes.
Read more

POPULAR POSTS

Kingscliff’s amenity or company profit?

Local News The Echo - 7
Kingscliff property developer Gales Holgins is seeking to increase truck movements by bringing in fill from the M1 road works rather than using fill from the development site. But Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association say that the impact on residents and business is too high a cost to pay.
Read more

Local concert series organiser hit with $5,000 fine

Local News Paul Bibby - 9
When local musician Lisa Hunt arrived for a meeting with police last Thursday she was hoping for a somewhat friendlier reception than she had received on the last occasion.
Read more

Byron Shire Mayor, staff mute over Council court loss

Byron Echo Hans Lovejoy - 0
Byron Mayor, Simon Richardson (Greens), is again remaining mute over questions around Council’s court loss, this time over a fencing dispute in Suffolk Park.
Read more

Car mania clogs Mullumbimby

Byron Echo The Echo - 13
It was a fatal error – driving half a kilometre into Mullumbimby to pick up a carton of milk. My partner drove while I conducted reconnaissance for that elusive parking spot. 
Read more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

Give Website Feedback

FOLLOW US