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Taqueria in Byron celebrates four years
Chupacabra Mexican restaurant in Suffolk Park is turning four this week! Through the ups and downs of the past...
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Trees Not Bombs gone but not forgotten
On Friday evening the space that was home for the Trees Not Bombs recovery café stood empty of its tent, pots and pans, makeshift kitchen sink and cups of tea and cake, but the most noticeable absence was the smiles and support of the volunteers.
A poem
Row upon row
Lest we forget
the rows of trees
they planted to recall
the rows of boys
they sent to die
in the war
Jon...
Flood-prone land in Murwillumbah swapped for flood-free land
It has been five years in the making but the innovative land swap of flood-prone land for flood-free land in Murwillumbah is underway with a second round of ‘expressions of interest’ about to open.
Farmers: flood rebuild vital for regional survival
An increase in federal government funding to rebuild businesses in Lismore has been welcomed by the state’s peak farming body, but it remains concerned about vital job losses.
Locals tix on offer for Writers Fest
Byron Writers Festival is again offering Sunday locals’ passes, supported for the third time by partners, Stone & Wood.
First Nations place-names under Ballina council spotlight
Greater efforts at reconciliation with First Nations people in the Ballina Shire when it comes to place-names is to happen after furious agreement at June’s council meeting.
Volume 37
Byron Shire Echo issues June 15, 2022 to current
The Good Life
Celebrating 40 years of Fig Tree Restaurant
It all started with a simple dream, to convert its original farmhouse in Ewingsdale into a restaurant in which its guests could gather to...
The Good Life
Crabbes Creek Woodfired
By V. Cosford
There’s a contingent of Europeans who don’t mind travelling a considerable distance in order to stock up on Jon and Gina Hutton’s...
The Good Life
Stone & Wood’s Brewery Festival Returns
Stone & Wood are opening the gates to their Murwillumbah brewery with the return of their ‘Murbah Open Day’, on Saturday 6 August.
Welcoming the...
Byron Echo
Decades of volunteering earn prestigious NSW Sports Award
Brenda Zakaras and John Beasley from Lennox Head were two of 19 sports volunteers from a wide cross-section of sports who received a Distinguished...