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THE BYRON SHIREVolume 33 #17Wednesday, October 3, 2018

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Over 50 nationally recognised artists installed their creative sculpture works around the beaches and parklands of Brunswick Heads for the

Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk. It kicked off last Saturday, and ran until October 2. Nick Warfi eld’s piece Dingo fascinated Ewan, Rory and Heath.

For more info visit www.brunswicknaturesculpturewalk.com. Photo Jeff Dawson

NSW government’s ‘recipe for koala extinction’Aslan Shand

Despite the NSW government’s koala strategy being touted as ‘the biggest commitment by any state government to secure koalas in the wild,’ local MLC Ben Franklin (Na-tionals) has not disputed claims by environmentalists that proposed koala reserves will cover only 0.2 per cent of forested areas that experts have identifi ed as core koala habitat.

It’s raised the question of wheth-

er the NSW government genuinely wants to save the vulnerable koala, given the strategy does not appear to protect known areas of habitat.

Regardless, Franklin claims his government’s National Park Estate (Reservations) Bill 2018 introduced last week will transfer over 4,500 hectares of state forest to the na-tional park estate.

Documents obtained under a freedom of information request, called a Government Information

(Public Access), show the NSW government ignored the advice of its own koala experts when select-ing its so-called koala reserves, says North Coast Environment Council (NCEC) vice-president Susie Russell.

National Parks Association (NPA) of NSW, who requested the FoI, say, ‘Freedom of information documents show we’re facing a koala colony wipe-out unless the government im-plements the Great Koala National Park and other key reserves.’

But such a park has been ruled out by Franklin, who told Th e Echo, ‘Th e locking up of vast tracts of state forest to create the proposed Great Koala National Park is not sup-ported by the government. We need a sustainable forestry industry and strong environmental outcomes.’

Meanwhile the North East For-est Alliance (NEFA) say that the freedom of information documents ‘prove that the NSW government’s

Hydro power pre-feasibility launches Oct 11A pre-feasibility study will be launched at the Mullum Drill Hall on October 11 from 5.30pm that ex-plores the potential to re-commis-sion the historically signifi cant hy-dro power station at Wilsons Creek.

Community Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby (COREM) say the Mullumbimby Mini Hydro Pre-Feasibility study was written by Entura Energy as part of the NSW government Department of Plan-ning and Environment’s, Clean En-ergy Knowledge Sharing Initiative.

Project manager Svea Pitman says, ‘We are very excited to be at this stage with the Mullum Mini Hydro project, where we can share with the community the results of this pre-feasibility study.’

‘It’s taken a long time to get to this point and we do still have a way to go; however, completing this re-port is a signifi cant milestone.’

Byron Shire Council

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West Byron determined October 8 from 1pmA contentious large-scale hous-ing/industrial proposal for 387 lots on land opposite the Byron industry estate on Ewingsdale Road will be determined on Oc-tober 8 at Byron Shire Council’s Mullumbimby chambers at 1pm.

It will be decided by the JRPP, an unelected panel that deter-mines large-scale developments in NSW. To speak at the meet-ing, call (02) 8217 2060 or email [email protected] before 4pm on Th ursday October 4. It’s a free vent, ahem, event.

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Snakes are on the move…Th e days are warming up and Wildlife Information, Res-cue and Education Service (WIRES) is warning people that snakes are starting be-come more active.

‘Like other reptiles, snakes are ectothermic (cold-blood-ed), relying on their environ-ment for thermoregulation. In winter we do not see them as oft en, although contrary to widely held belief, they don’t “hibernate.”

‘Unlike some warm- blooded animals who enter a deep sleep and do not move at all during winter, snakes enter a state known as “bru-mation”, and on warmer win-ter days will move around and fi nd water,’ said a WIRES spokesperson.

Travelling snakeOn Sunday there was one

python who took a motor bike trip from Ocean Shores to Ballina aft er the rider, Stu, had been to visit friends.

‘Given that the bike is usu-ally parked in a secure snake-proof garage, he quickly realised that it must have climbed aboard while he was parked next to parkland at Ocean Shores,’ said a WIRES spokesperson.

With a WIRES snake han-dler at the ready, Stu carefully removed the fuel tank to re-veal the two-metre python happily perched on the frame.

‘Bikie the snake was taken into care and following some

hydration therapy and remov-al of a few ticks was given a lift , this time by car, back to Ocean Shores, where Bikie was released close to its home.

‘Stu was as relieved as Bik-ie to end this adventure, and was most appreciative that Bikie travelled all the way from Ocean Shores to Ballina without deciding to make his presence known while on the highway,’ the WIRES spokes-person said.

Many people pass close to snakes every day but because snakes are so afraid of us and prefer to stay out of our way, we never notice. Snakes know the food, water and shelter in their territory and learn the daily movements of the resi-dent humans. In reality, it is only occasionally that snakes and humans come into con-fl ict – generally because the snake cannot make a quick exit. During spring snakes can become more defensive

and territorial so it is a good idea to be a little more wary.

Snakes are protected by law and play an important role in our ecosystem. A resident carpet python will easily keep rodents in check and deter venomous snake species from moving in! Relocating snakes out of their territory puts them at risk of not fi nding water and food, and they may die trying to get back home.

Helping wildlifeIf you are keen to make

a diff erence for the wildlife in our area, consider joining WIRES.

Now is a great time to join since their next workshop will be held in Lismore on October 7 and there is time beforehand to complete the online part of the course.

For more information about how you can join and contribute call 6628 1898 or visit www.wires.org.au.

Five arrested following police pursuit Five people were arrested fol-lowing a police pursuit in the state’s north last Wednesday (September 26).

About 9.30am offi cers from Richmond Police District say they were patrolling West Ballina when they spotted a stolen Mercedes-Benz sedan parked on Hayman Street.

Police say they went to speak with the young men but they got in the vehicle and fl ed the scene.

Two teens, aged 15 and 17,

were arrested nearby following a short foot pursuit and were taken to Ballina police station.

A police pursuit was initi-ated with the Mercedes-Benz but was terminated owing to safety reasons.

Byron lockdownThe vehicle was sighted

in Byron Bay about 10.45am, before it was located aban-doned a short time later in Paterson Street.

Th e young men fl ed into

nearby bushland.Officers from Richmond

and Tweed/Byron police dis-tricts, with assistance from the dog unit, conducted an extensive search of the area.

About 2.30pm, three males, aged 14, 17 and 18, were arrested at Treelands Crescent, Ballina, and taken to Ballina Police Station.

Inquiries are continuing and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Lighthouse run, October 14Th e Byron Bay Lighthouse run is now in its 12th year, and is known worldwide as a scenic fun run that takes in the iconic lighthouse and two stretches of beautiful Byron beaches.

Co-organiser Lisa Parkes says, ‘You will see dolphins and whales, sunshine and smiles!’

‘It’s the chance to grab a group of friends and be part of

something truly special as you work on your health and well-ness while giving to charity.’

The Lighthouse run sup-ports the Our Kids charity in Lismore and Samantha Bulm-er, who lost the ability to walk aft er her pregnancy revealed an abnormal cluster of veins wrapped around her spinal cord. Th e aim of the Our Kids charity is to improve the health

services for local children by purchasing paediatric equip-ment for the Lismore Base Hospital and the surround-ing satellite hospitals. As part of the 10km run, Lighthouse Road will be closed from 7 till 10 am on October 14.

To register for the run – which starts at Clarkes Beach, visit www.byronbaylighthou-serun.com.au.

This python took a bike ride from Ocean Shores to Ballina.

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Mullum’s own sculpture festival takes shapeStory & photo Aslan Shand

Is Mullumbimby becoming the cultural centre of the northern rivers?

That was the hope ex-pressed by NSW parliamen-tary secretary for northern NSW Ben Franklin (Nation-als) when he gave $5,000 to Creative Mullum on Tuesday morning.

Th e funding will support the upcoming Ingenuity Sculpture Festival that is be-ing run in conjunction with the Mullumbimby Music Fes-tival this November.

‘Th e Mullumbimby Mu-sic Festival has taken us un-der their wing to assist in developing the sculpture fes-tival,’ said Suvira McDonald from Creative Mullum, who are co-ordinating the sculp-ture walk.

‘This is about grassroots artists from Byron Shire showcasing their work. Th ere have been 20 submissions from both established and

aspiring artists. ‘Th is is not about being a

professional sculpture show – this is about the community.’

The inaugural Mullum-bimby Ingenuity Sculpture Festival will see around 20 temporary sculptures on dis-play from November 14 and 18 in Palm Park and Brunswick Terrace in Mullumbimby.

Th is will be supported by

an exhibition at the Mullum-bimby Scout Hall that will showcase the design for the next permanent sculpture installation for the Mullum-bimby Sculpture Walk – Th e Spirit of Chincogan sculp-ture Elevate.

Elevate, selected from 18 entries, will straddle the path at the Federation Bridge end of the sculpture walk, creat-

ing an alternative entrance to the space. Th e concept was put forward by local Fed-eral artist Ellen Ferrier and will include fi ve profi les of Mount Chincogan.

‘Th ey will be made up of three low-lying profi les that will also be benches as well as two profi les that will be arch-ways creating a gateway for the entrance to the walkway,’ said Ellen.

‘I studied interior archi-tecture and this is really an opportunity to step into the future. I’m really interested in public art, how people engage with it and how it tests your perceptions.’

ContributionsThe Spirit of Chincogan

sculpture has been funded in partnership with the Mul-lumbimby Chamber of Com-merce, who have contributed $15,000 raised from the Chincogan Charge, and it is hoped that it will be installed early next year.

Skennars Head locals concerned over LEP changes Skennars Head locals have raised concerns over zoning changes to Ballina Coun-cil’s Local Environmental Plan (LEP) for more medium-den-sity and commercial zoning.

Developer Intrapac Prop-erty has applied for the changes in relation to the development of the Sken-nars Head Expansion Area, opposite Sharpes Beach and adjacent to Skennars Head.

227 res lots A development applica-

tion (DA) that will be deter-mined by the Joint Regional

Planning Panel (JRPP) is cur-rently under consideration to ‘undertake the fi rst stage of a residential subdivision com-prising 227 residential lots, fi ve public reserve lots, seven super lots for future subdivision, fi ve utility lots and one residue lot.’

However, it is the changes to LEP that will potentially allow for the re-zoning of 2.9ha of the 28.29ha site from R2 low-density housing to R3 medium-density housing and the increase of the B1 Neigh-bourhood Commercial zone from 0.087ha to 1.32ha.

‘If the re-zoning of the

neighbourhood commercial zone goes ahead it will in-crease the current size they have applied for by 15 times,’ said Skennars Head local Lee Middleton.

‘Th ey have also asked for a rezoning of 29,000m sq devel-opment at a minimum 300m2

lots with no additional green or community space.’

However, Ballina mayor David Wright told Th e Echo, ‘Th e development has been around for a number of years.’

‘There have been some changes advertised and the submissions are coming in

quite quickly.‘Any late submissions are

considered if they are submit-ted before the report comes before Council.’

Ballina Shire Council’s acting manager for strategic planning Klaus Kerzonger also confi rmed with Th e Echo that the 10m height increase (from 8.5m) originally re-quested by the developer was rejected by Council.

‘Th e height limit extension is not being reconsidered and is off the table,’ said Mr Ker-zonger. Th e development ap-plication number is 2017/244.

Malolm Price, Ben Franklin MLC, Suvira McDonald and

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‘No scientifi c basis, ignored reports’: NSW govt plans for vulnerable koala under fi re

Dog owners invited to breakfast, Oct 7 Pooches and their pals are in-vited to Byron Shire’s free and inaugural Dog’s Breakfast this Sunday October 7 from 7.30am until 9.30am at the Suffolk Park Dog Exercise area, lo-cated at 94 to 104 Beech Drive.

Event organiser and Council’s Koala Project of-fi cer Joanne Green said, ‘Th is is a free dog-friendly event to promote and celebrate responsible dog owner-

ship across the Shire with a barbecue breakfast for dog-owners, specialist veterinary advice on dog care and loads of giveaway dog goodies.’

‘We are really excited to be hosting this initiative in part-nership with the NSW gov-ernment’s Saving our Species Program, My Vet Byron Bay, Th e Larder Byron Bay, Friends of the Koala and Bangalow Koalas,’ Ms Green said.

‘As well as all the fun and giveaways, there’s a more se-rious side to the morning’s celebrations, with a focus on what’s being done locally to curb dog attacks on koalas.’

Koala deaths‘We know that 115 koalas

have been injured by domes-tic dog attacks since 2009 in the northern rivers area and some of these attacks hap-

pened in the Byron Shire. ‘However in the last fi ve

years, there has been a de-cline in reported domestic dog attacks on koalas, and we believe this is the result of increased education.

‘Th at’s why it’s important to bring our information to events like a Dog’s Breakfast.’

For further information contact Joanne Green on 6626 7068.

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koala reserves are a sham;’ however, they also see it as an opportunity to ‘provide a sound scientifi c basis to pro-gress meaningful protection for koalas that should not have been ignored’.

According to the NPA, they sought documents and data aft er reserves announced in the NSW government’s ko-ala strategy were shown to be already protected and contain few or no koalas.

Th e released data confi rm that most of the NSW gov-ernment’s koala reserves have ‘no scientifi c basis and oft en no koalas,’ NEFA spokesper-son Dailan Pugh said.

OEH report‘It is disgraceful that the

detailed koala habitat assess-ments undertaken for the Koala Strategy by the Offi ce of Environment and Heritage (OEH) were ignored.’

Th e National Parks Associ-ation point out that, ‘Analysis of the documents confi rmed that the government reserves fail to protect koalas. Just 0.2 per cent of koala “hubs” (areas of known koala occupancy) identifi ed by the NSW OEH are included in the govern-ment’s reserves. In contrast, a suite of reserve propos-

als made by NPA and other conservation groups showed strong overlap with hubs, with the Great Koala National Park alone containing 56 per cent of hubs in northeast NSW.’

The area between Taree and Grafton that has been identified by the National/Liberal government for large areas of clearfelling contains 33 per cent of all koala hubs in NSW. Th is leaves just 14 per cent of koala hubs protected under their current proposal.

Susie Russell from the North Coast Environment Council, the peak umbrella environment group in north-ern NSW, said, ‘Most of the

so-called reserves they creat-ed a few months ago were al-ready off limits to logging, so the koalas got no addition-al protection.’

‘And many of them didn’t even have a significant ko-ala presence. They created 24,000ha of koala reserves that will do next to nothing to save the koala,’ said NCEC’s Ms Russell.

‘Had they protected the 22,000ha of koala hubs that had been mapped by the OEH, they would have given the current real living koa-las a fi ghting chance.

‘Th e government is spend-ing $45 million on a strategy likely to fail and telling us they are saving the koala… well they are not. What they are actually doing is a recipe for extinction. Government- sanctioned logging and land clearing destroy koala homes every day.’

Path to extinction Greens MP Dawn Walker

said, ‘NSW’s wild koalas are facing a crisis and are on the path towards extinction. Yet

rather than protect the areas of habitat identifi ed by their own experts the state gov-ernment wilfully ignores the science and selects random areas that are essentially bits of forest no longer needed by the logging industry.

‘Th e Liberal-National gov-ernment’s Koala Plan is largely a con job that doesn’t address the root causes underpinning the crash in koala numbers across NSW and these docu-ments now prove it.’

The National Parks As-sociation, NEFA, NCEC and the Greens are just some of the groups who are calling for the NSW government to take immediate action to protect the already diminishing koala populations across the state.

‘If the premier has any genuine concerns for the plight of koalas she must urgently establish a mora-torium from logging over the 20,000ha of clusters of resident koala populations, along with appropriate buff -ers, identifi ed on state forests until further assessments are undertaken,’ Pugh added.

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Koala populations on the

nation’s east coast have been

declared as vulnerable under

national environment law.

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‘Th e government created 24,000ha of koala reserves that will do next to

nothing to save the koala’ – Susie Russell, North Coast Environment Council


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Brunswick Surf Life Savers Dave Kyle-Robinson, Nick Pittore and Grant Carey pictured last

Saturday. Photo Guy Knox

Volunteer surf life savers on patrol

Across NSW, red and yellow flags have been raised along beaches as the summer sea-son begins.

This year, 15 beaches will also have drones on hand to look for sharks as well as swimmers in distress.

Drone trialsThe drones, formally

known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), will be tri-alled as part of the govern-ment’s beach safety surveil-lance program.

The trials on the north coast will include Main Beach Kingscliff, Byron Bay, Lennox Head, Lighthouse

Beach Ballina, Evans Head, Yamba and Coffs Coast as well as other beaches towards and below Sydney.

Council kick off community surveyCouncil has commenced its 2018 Community Survey and is keen for your feedback.

Four hundred residents will be phoned over the com-ing weeks and asked about community needs and cus-tomer satisfaction on a broad range of services, issues and current experiences.

Byron Shire Council’s

general manager (GM) Mark Arnold said it was, ‘a great opportunity for residents to let us know where we are do-ing well and where we need to improve.’

‘Residents will be phoned randomly and we are aiming to get a good representation from throughout the Shire and across all age groups.

‘Results from the survey will be compared to a similar survey that was done in 2016 to help determine changing needs and views.’ Mr Arnold added that the 2016 survey had supported the need for Council to invest in upgraded community infrastructure.

For more info visit www.byron.nsw.gov.au.

Politics played over Tweed Hospital siteWhile the NSW National/Liberal government deter-minedly dig in and pursue the Cudgen Plateau near Kingscliff as their preferred site for the new Tweed Valley Hospital, and Greens MP and health spokesperson Dawn Walker has called for the cur-rent Tweed Hospital site to be redeveloped, Country Labor candidate for Tweed Craig El-liot has issued sitting Nation-als member Geoff Provest the challenge of a public debate.

‘Mr Provest needs to find some courage and front up to a public debate to explain why he is imposing a seven-storey hospital on prime ag-ricultural land,’ said Mr Elliot.

‘Locals know I will stand up and take decisive action to protect what matters to the people of Tweed. It’s time Mr Provest came out of hid-ing and debated me on the location of the new Tweed Hospital.

‘The location of the new Tweed hospital should be determined by the commu-nity; not the Nationals and

their Sydney mates who only want to open up Cudgen and Kingscliff to Gold Coast style overdevelopment.

‘There’s a clear choice. The Nationals want to impose an inappropriate high-rise hos-pital at Cudgen near King-scliff on protected agricultur-al land while Labor will save the farmlands and build the new hospital at shovel-ready Kings Forest better, faster and on budget.’

Provest respondsLocal member for Tweed

Geoff Provest has responded to the challenge saying that ‘It’s time the Labor Party quit playing politics with the new hospital. The location of the new hospital was determined by extensive public consulta-tion and by experts at NSW Health Infrastructure. I have also already attended a num-ber of public forums about the development.

‘We’re getting on with the job of building the new Tweed hospital; that’s the ex-pectation of the community.

‘If the Labor Party have made a promise to a develop-er mate that they can’t fulfil, that’s their problem, not ours.’

Political donor runs consultation

However, as previously re-ported in Echonetdaily federal Labor MP Justine Elliot has called for Mr Provest to ex-plain why the Berejiklian gov-ernment has a political donor running the current consulta-tion process for the proposed Tweed Valley Hospital.

‘Peter Lawless and his company the Calcutta Group – who claims to be working for Health Infrastructure – was brought in by the Bere-jiklian government to help convince the community to accept the Cudgen site hand-picked by the Nationals.

‘Donation disclosures re-veal Peter Lawless donated $1,000 to the then Liberal treasurer Andrew Constance during the 2015 NSW state election campaign,’ Ms El-liot said.

Mark Colvin’s Kidney – in reviewJim Beatson

Mullumbimby’s new Drill Hall Theatre triumph is Mark Colvin’s Kidney.

The play is based on the true story of Colvin, one of Australia’s great journalists, who was covering the geno-cide in Rwanda and contract-ed an infection that left him dependent on dialysis.

But tangled within Colvin’s struggle is the great life-af-firming story of Mary Ellen Field. This Australian expat in the UK was the brand manager for Elle McPherson’s UK-based lingerie company and was falsely accused of be-traying Elle to Rupert Mur-doch’s scurrilous newspaper News of the World.

Although Colvin’s health was failing, he continued investigative journalism for ABC radio and took up Mary Ellen’s case. Her private mo-bile texts to Elle, like texts to

many other celebrities, were illegally intercepted by Mur-doch’s hirelings. Her career, reputation and resources were falling apart.

Publicly revealed The dramatic private

communications between Colvin and Mary Ellen and their astonishing conse-quences are now for the first time publicly revealed, with their permission.

For its full two hours, the play sparkles with great writ-ing, acting and direction.

Be prepared for laugh-out-loud humour, interpersonal conflicts and personal di-lemmas. Former professional Sydney actress Liz Chance is remarkable as Mary Ellen, Elle’s PR hack, a mature, pushy capital-L Liberal.

Liz is well matched by a convincing Greg Aitken, who plays the increasingly ill Colvin. Her husband Bruce,

ably played by Owen Trevor-Jones, is her remarkable stal-wart and ally.

This production is another step forward for this ambitious company. Tommy Murphy’s clever script is very sophisti-cated, deserving of its Austral-ian theatre successes. The Drill Hall set, an inspired multipur-pose design by noted Sydney designer Tom Bannerman, is a bonus. The many scene chang-es shift effortlessly across the set with no need to repeatedly dim the lights.

This is a great night at the Drill Hall, of a high profes-sional standard, and one that receives no ongoing funding from NSW Arts.

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The future of hemp is in your handsAslan Shand

Creating a future for hemp in the northern rivers seems like a no brainer, but it isn’t going to happen if people in the re-gion don’t come on board and get involved.

Th e industry is currently in the early stages of devel-opment in Australia and the Hemp Collective understand it is now that the opportuni-ties need to be seized if the northern rivers is going to become the centre for hemp.

Th e Hemp Collective had another gathering last Satur-day to discuss the possibilities and opportunities that the industry can provide at the Mullumbimby Community Gardens. Around 60 peo-ple came together to share knowledge and demonstrate opportunities. Th ese ranged from hemp guitar picks to hemp-growing experiences

and brought together ‘a re-ally amazing group of people,’ said organiser Dan Atkins.

If the local industry can be developed and create the economies of scale needed for growing, processing and new markets, Dan believes the industry has huge poten-tial for the region.

‘You can use many parts of the plant,’ Dan explained

to Th e Echo. ‘People need to under-

stand what plant varieties of hemp to plant for fi bre and seed and what the crops can be used for. In Australia, we are restricted in how we can use the oils, so we are focu-sing on industrial hemp, which is currently legal.

‘For example, Hemp Foods Australia are trying to

get people to produce hemp seed so that they can buy the seed locally.’

Other hemp businesses have sent their hemp to New-castle for processing and Dan points out that if we can create the economies of scale for the region this will also become, ‘a massive driver for employment as the industry creates markets and demand for products’.

A Hemp Demonstration School at the Mullumbimby Community Gardens is one idea that has emerged from the recent gathering, and they are currently looking for peo-ple who would like to get in-volved in developing the idea.

‘We want to create a dem-onstration school at the com-munity gardens and we are looking for people to support this so that it can be a com-munity-led project,’ said Dan.

To get involved, email: [email protected].

Council’s Community Solutions Panel seeks new membersFollowing on from Council’s recent Community Solutions Panel, where infrastructure priorities for the next four years were determined by a randomly selected group of residents, Council are invit-ing new members for the ‘Byron Model’.

The mayor and council-lors, together with the Re-search Committee of the newDemocracy Foundation, have invited around 21 Shire residents to participate in de-veloping the Byron Model to determine ‘How do we want to make democratic decisions in Byron Shire that can be widely supported?’

A Council spokesperson

says the Byron Model ‘builds on the success of the recent Community Solutions Panel (where we developed infra-structure priorities for the next four years) in an attempt to continue doing something diff erent – to show you that we value your input, your exper-tise, your willingness to work with and alongside us to make decisions that aff ect all of us.’

Th e recommendations by the panel ‘will be considered along with those developed by stakeholders and council-lors… ultimately fi nding the one where they reach com-mon-ground agreement to recommend to Council. Th e unedited recommendations

of each group will be pub-lished by Council. Th e model that is decided upon will be used for future decisions in 2019. Th e model will be eval-uated aft er a two-year trial.’

The newDemocrac y Foundation claim they are a ‘non-partisan, non-issue- based research organisation exploring less adversarial and more representative modes of public decision making. Th e Foundation does not receive funding from government or any political parties.’ More information is available at www.newdemocracy.com.au.

For more info visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/Byron-RSVP.

J-Biz Mush Wiz and Dudley Leggett at the recent Hemp

Collective meeting. Photo supplied

Food-waste program to roll outLocally based environmen-tal consultants Coolplanet have been awarded a $59,500 grant from Love Food Hate Waste to reduce food waste throughout Byron Shire.

Th e Love Food Hate Waste program, headed by the NSW Environment Protection Au-thority (EPA), shows house-holds, communities and busi-nesses how to stop wasting food and start protecting the environment.

Coolplanet director Dan-iel Harper says the project will involve working with 60 hospitality businesses throughout the Shire to identify and prevent food

waste with a specifi c focus on ‘plate wastage,’ as nearly 50 per cent of food waste in the hospitality sector is un-

eaten customer food.He said, ‘We are proud to

be one of the 18 recipients of the Love Food Hate Waste

grants in this round.’ ‘The EPA’s Love Food

Hate Waste program, which is a part of the Waste Less, Recycle More initiative, helps NSW households and busi-nesses avoid wasting food.

‘Wasting food wastes mon-ey and the considerable ener-gy, water and other resources used to produce it.

‘Preventing food waste is the best outcome for the en-vironment.’

If you are in the food business and want to take part in the program, please contact Daniel Harper on 0405 459 565 or [email protected].

Program participant Yasmina Cross from Byron’s No Bones

restaurant and Daniel Harper from Coolplanet.


DREAM WITH YOUR EYES OPENOCTOBER 12–21, 2018 BBFF.COM.AU

BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

There are plenty of

tears shed throughout

Backtrack Boys – and

plenty of good reasons

for them.

The man behind the BackTrack

program, former jackaroo Bernie

Shakeshaft, wells up when he

explains its purpose – to keep trou-

bled young people alive and out of

jail, and to help them realise their

hopes and dreams.

He is emotional too, when one of

his charges looks like going inside

– an experience that can change

them forever. And in telling their

stories of neglect and failure, the

youngsters can become tearful too.

But as much as there is sadness in

this fi lm, it is overridden by a sense

of joy and hope that would make

the hardest heart crack open. It’s an

emotional roller-coaster.

And then there are the dogs…

The BackTrack program, run from a

shed on the outskirts of Armidale,

teaches young men and women

dog-handling and other rural/out-

door skills as a way of getting them

off the path that in the past has

always led directly to jail.

The dogs are the basis of the pro-

gram’s success: the ‘boys’ love and

train them, keep them calm – and

the dogs’ unconditional love helps

to bring out the best in their human

companions.

‘The dog … doesn’t judge,’ Shake-

shaft says. ‘He doesn’t care if you’ve

been in jail, whether you’ve been

kicked out of school, how life’s go-

ing. He just takes you for who

you are.’

Shakeshaft is a raw-boned,

roughly spoken softie whose

dog skills (involving high-level

canine psychology), gentle,

supportive presence and loving

colleagues create an atmos-

phere in which these tough

and angry youngsters can fi nd

the softness inside themselves

also, and build a love and

respect for themselves – and

others – they had never known

before.

‘While we’re chillin’ out the dogs,

we’re chillin’ out the kids too,’ says

Shakeshaft. ‘We call it dog Valium.’

Except this medication doesn’t put

the kids to sleep: it wakes them up,

to their inner beauty and potential.

Zac applies his considerable intel-

lect to reading, and teaching the

others; Russell, a swearing, spitting

12-year-old with a lifetime of entan-

glements with the law, becomes,

with the help of a towering

Great Dane, a playful boy, with

some innocence and openness

restored.

Not every story is a successful

one: Shakeshaft says he’s been to

too many funerals, and the fi lm

shows how easily setbacks occur

– more trouble with the law; a

prison sentence.

But in the past 10 years more

than 500 young people have

walked through the BackTrack

doors. It’s an alternative response

to youth off ending, and suc-

ceeds where others have failed.

BackTrack’s Paws Up dog jumping

team has become a world record

holder. Audiences too will jump for joy.

Despite the tears – or because of

them – it is sure to be an audience

favourite at the festival, one among

many home-grown works that

make up a stunning showcase of

imagination, left-fi eld humour, and

seriousness of purpose.

Backtrack Boys is one of a dozen

feature fi lms made by Australians

at this year’s Byron Bay Film Festival

– documentaries and dramas –

and there are dozens more in the

shorter fi lm categories.

Resilience, evolution and redemption The signature motif of the festival

springs from Michael Franti’s Open-

ing Night fi lm Stay Human, and

the theme of resilience, evolution,

redemption, emerges in several of

the works being shown.

Among them is Teach a Man to Fish,

in which fi lmmaker Grant Leigh

Saunders fi nds himself struggling

with identity – in both his work and

his Aboriginality – and that of his

children, ‘Koori-wegians’ as he and

his Norwegian wife jokingly call

them.

Feeling cut off from his home coun-

try of Taree, Saunders decides to

put everything aside for a while in

order to go fi shing with his father,

Ray, hoping to reconnect with him

and his origins.

Despite considerable professional

success, Saunders had always want-

ed to be a fi sherman like his father,

grandfather and fi ve uncles – role

models he admired for their vigour

and strength of character.

But Ray never wanted his son to be

a fi sherman and when he stopped

waking Saunders up to go fi shing

with him, as a way of deterring him,

it devastated the young boy.

Making a fi lm about the history of

the family fi shing business – perhaps

the oldest Aboriginal commercial

fi shing enterprise on the east coast

– Saunders gets an opportunity to

be in front of the camera as well, to

relate his own personal history.

It also provides the opportunity

for him to mend a relationship

he spoiled sometime ago, and

to learn about and reconnect

with the Biripi community and

culture.

Connection – or lack of it – is a

theme too in Happy Sad Man, a

fi lm by Genevieve Bailey. It’s a

disarmingly honest documen-

tary about men’s mental health

that builds empathy without

being didactic or heavy handed.

Happy Sad Man delves into

the complex inner worlds of a

number of Australian men, from

Bondi Beach to the Outback,

surveying their hopes, anxieties,

joys and sorrows, and challeng-

ing the way we think about

masculinity.

It is the long-awaited follow-up

to Bailey’s smash debut I Am

Eleven from 2011. She is a natural

storyteller, and her focus on a

group whose portrayal in popular

culture is often superfi cial reveals

again that those stereotypes don’t

match up with reality.

One person’s reality is another’s

insanity, and an alien watching

the antics of the boyband girlfans

would diagnose them as very far

gone: the obsessiveness, the un-

controllable crying and screaming;

the irrational attachment.

But fandom has helped generations

of women (and men too, perhaps)

by providing them with a tribe, and a

lodestone when life gets tricky, and

I Used to Be Normal demonstrates in

a hugely fun way the ups as well as

the downs of following a boy band,

from the Beatles to One Direction.

You’ll laugh, you may cry. You may

even sing along.

• The Byron Bay Film Festival runs

over October 12–21. Program and

tickets are available online at

www.bbff .com.au

Dogs take kids for a walk on the mild side

Main pic: Backtrack Boys

Above: Happy Sad Man

Left: Teach a Man to Fish

Bottom: I Used To Be Normal:

A Boyband Fangirl Story


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Hinterland vistas to be protected – have your sayCouncil staff say that owing to changes in NSW legisla-tion, new zonings are needed for scenically important land.

Director sustainable en-vironment and economy Shannon Burt said, ‘Much of the rural scenic escarpment is zoned 7(d) Scenic Escarp-ment, but changes to NSW government legislation means councils can no longer apply an environmental zone to pro-tect scenic or aesthetic values.’

‘Council understands the need to protect scenic escarp-ment and it is important that people do not assume a new zoning will allow inappropri-ate development in areas that are currently protected.

‘The community has re-peatedly told us how much the rural scenic escarpment is valued, and we agree,’ Ms Burt said.

‘Th e proposed RU6 Tran-sition in the Byron LEP 2014 seeks to maintain the existing development controls around suitable land uses in these vis-ually prominent areas.’

Council planners are avail-able to take questions on 6626 7315 and feedback is invited until Friday October 5.

Seaweed restoration underway Local filmmaker Nigel Ha-slam and his daughter Yumi have joined a global marine permaculture project to help combat global warming, re-store marine biodiversity, re-duce ocean acidifi cation and provide food security.

A new innovative method called Marine Permaculture Arrays (MPAs) aims to restore seaweed forests, fi sh popula-tions and marine diversity and will be built in Bali.

Haslam says MPAs are an excellent solution to reverse the impacts of climate change and restore the balance of natural systems, ‘while pro-viding food resilience and food security in the face of increasing uncertainty.’

The project came about aft er fi nancial risk modelling specialist James Maitland PhD met with Brian Von Herzen PhD of the Climate Foundation (www.climate-foundation.org) at last year’s Woodford Folk Festival.

Haslam says as a finan-cial risk modelling specialist, James Maitland ‘brings ex-tensive experience of fi nance and investment to the project which, if it proves successful, will create solid investment opportunities as well as help-

ing save the world.’‘Impact investors, super-

annuation funds and eve-ryone else interested in our long-term future will see this as a win-win solution.

New design‘Large-scale farming of

seaweed isn’t in itself a new idea, having previously been trialled by both the US and China, but it was written off as a failure owing to storm damage. However, Brian Von Herzen’s design embraces innovative technologies to neatly overcome previous problems and also increase

the seaweed yield by pip-ing cold, nutrient-rich water from the depths below.’

Haslam will travel with Yumi and James to document the project, located fi ve kilo-metres off the coast of Bali next week.

‘Underwater time-lapse cameras will be installed to monitor the seaweed growth’, he says. ‘Th e images will be uploaded immediately to the internet where they will be available for viewing.’

To support the project, watch the seaweed grow and find out more visit www.motioncircus.com.

Nigel and Yumi are taking part in an innovative seaweed

restoration project. Photo Jeff Dawson


www.byron.nsw.gov.au

Byron Shire Council Notices

DEVELOPMENT CONSENTS

In accordance with Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended), notification is hereby given of the following development consents granted by Council. The consents listed are available to view online at Council’s website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/find-a-DA.

Information relating to these applications as required by Schedule 1, Division 4, Clause 20(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended) is also available online.

APPLICATIONS APPROVED

10.2018.175.1 – BYRON BAY, 89 Wordsworth Street (Lot 1 DP 70229)Construction of a new dwelling house to create dual occupancy including swimming pool associated with the new dwelling and carport to the existing dwelling.

10.2018.357.1 – BYRON BAY, 16A Pacific Vista Drive (Lot 2 DP 860242)Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling

10.2017.464.2 – BANGALOW, 58 Charlotte Street (Lot 8 DP 1214403)S4.55 to Relocate Laundry, Bathroom and Kitchen and Add Patio Area to Secondary Dwelling and Relocate Laundry Within Existing Dwelling House.

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979

The following development applications (DA) have been received by Council and require exhibition in accordance with Development Control Plan 2014 (A14). The DAs may be viewed online at Council’s website ‘www.byron.nsw.gov.au/find-a-DA’ or by using the Online Kiosks at Councils Customer Service Centre during normal office hours.

DA submissions can be lodged using an online form via Council’s eServices Portal. Once you have viewed a copy of the DA, select ‘Make a Submission’ to lodge a submission directly with Council. Information on making a submission is available at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Make-a-submission-on-a-DA.

If you are making a submission, there are requirements in relation to the disclosure of political gifts and donations. Refer to Council’s website to satisfy yourself that you are complying with your disclosure obligations prior to lodging a submission www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Political-donations-disclosure.

Please quote the development application and property description when making a submission.

EXHIBITION CLOSES 10 OCTOBER 2018

10.2018.457.1 – EWINGSDALE, 51 Kennedys Lane (Lot 21 DP 858323) Mr S I McKenzie, Rural Tourist Accommodation: Two (2) Cabins

EXHIBITION CLOSES 17 OCTOBER 2018

10.2018.476.1 – MULLUMBIMBY, 62 Stuart Street (Lot 1 DP 578267) Joe Davidson Town Planning, Change of Use and Alterations and Additions to Existing Shop to Create a Café and Yoga Studio

LOVE BYRON HALLS

The dedication of our volunteers places halls at the heart of the community.

Do you love where you live?

Do you want to meet new people?

Do you want to make things happen locally?

Do you want to create new connections?

CALLING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MANAGE COMMUNITY HALLS

Council is calling for nominations for additional members to the following hall committees:

• Brunswick Heads Memorial Hall Management Committee

• Brunswick Valley Community Centre Management Committee

• Mullumbimby Civic Hall Board of Management

• Ocean Shores Community Centre Management Committee

• Suffolk Park Community Hall Management Committee

Love Byron Halls is an initiative to celebrate your halls and venues as spaces to get together. We want you to help create a new history in your town or village. Research shows that community involvement in managing community facilities provides better outcomes for locals while engaging and including local people and providing an opportunity to participate in local community life.

Nomination forms, further information such as Terms of Reference, the ‘Halls and Venues Guidelines for Section 355 Management Committees and Boards’ and past meeting minutes can be found on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/section-355-committees. To apply, please complete a nomination form available from the website.

Nominations close: Friday 2 November 2018

Enquiries: Joanne McMurtry, Community Project Officer 02 6626 7316

LEASE OF BYRON TENNIS COURTS

Council proposes to lease the Byron Tennis Courts located in the Byron Recreation Grounds Lot 444 Section 28 DP 758507 on the corner of Tennyson and Carlyle Streets Byron Bay for a period of ten (10) years to Andrew Bates Tennis Pty Ltd for tennis related purposes.

In accordance with Section 47 of the Local Government Act 1993 interested parties are invited to make submissions about this proposal within 28 days.

Submissions should be in writing and addressed to the General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482 or sent by email to [email protected]. Emailed submissions to this address only will be acknowledged.

Submissions open: 4 October 2018

Submissions close: 1 November 2018

Enquiries: Paula Telford 02 6626 7300

All submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 clause 4(i) of the GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author. For further assistance contact the Records Team on 02 6626 7113.

COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILSCouncil Administration Centre 70 Station Street, MullumbimbyOpening hours 8.30am to 4.30pmPhone 02 6626 7000Email [email protected] www.byron.nsw.gov.auEmergency after hours 02 6622 7022Works Depot 02 6685 9300SES Controller 02 6684 3444Rural Fire Service 02 6671 5500Byron Resource Recovery Centre 1300 652 625Cavanbah Centre 02 6685 5911

In Byron? Customer service for general enquiries now at Byron Visitor Centre, 80 Jonson Street, Byron Bay. Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 12.00pm and 12.30pm to 4.00pm or phone 02 6626 7000. Card only payments accepted at this location.

Documents on exhibition are available for viewing at the customer service centre in Mullumbimby nd on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice.

MAKE A SUBMISSION

Submissions may be made to Council in the following ways:

Online: www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/Make-a-submission

Written: Address to: General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219, Mullumbimby NSW 2482

Email: [email protected]

Please be aware that all submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) of the GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author. For further assistance please contact our Records team on 02 6626 7113.

CURRENT VACANCIES

Apply for a job at Council. For current vacancies refer to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/Working-at-Byron-Shire-Council/Current-vacancies.

REVISED DRAFT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POLICY ON EXHIBITION

The Revised Draft Community Engagement Policy is on exhibition for a period of 28 days and is available on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/public-exhibition.

Submissions close: 22 October 2018

Enquiries: Annie Lewis 02 6626 7320

For information on lodging a submission, and where to address it, refer to the “Make a submission” section in Council’s advertising.

Submissions should be in writing and addressed to the General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482 or sent by email to [email protected]. Emailed submissions to this address only will be acknowledged.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM (SECTION 356)

OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

Council’s Community Initiatives Program aims to improve community wellbeing and quality of life for Byron Shire residents. Council invite applications for community driven initiatives that address a specific community need which builds a sense of community, and aligns with Council’s goals.

The 2018/19 financial year round opens 10 September 2018. Guidelines, including the assessment criteria, and an application form can be downloaded from Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Community/Supporting-communities/Funding-opportunities

Applicants need to:

• read the guidelines to understand if their organisation and project are eligible for funding;

• show a matching contribution to the proposed project as outlined in the guidelines;

• complete an application form.

Applications close: 4.00pm Friday 12 October 2018

Enquiries: Joanne McMurtry 02 6626 7316 or [email protected]

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this funding program will automatically result in disqualification of offending applicants.

HERITAGE HOUSE BANGALOW EXTENSION AND RENOVATIONS

REQUEST FOR TENDER NO: 2018-0052

Byron Shire Council (Council) invites tenders for a contract to extend and renovations to Heritage House Bangalow. Details of the proposed contract and the assessment criteria requirements are set out in the Request for Tender documentation referred to below.

Request for Tender documents may be obtained by contacting Tenders Online at www.tendersonline.com.au/byron. If you experience difficulties accessing the website, please call the Tenders Online helpdesk on 1800 233 996.

For further details please contact Mick Crosbie at [email protected]

A tender briefing/site inspection will be held on 16/10/2018 at 2.30pm at Corner Deacon and Ashton St Bangalow

Tenders close: 2.00 pm 8 November 2018

Council invites any person willing to fulfil the requirements of the proposed contract to submit a tender to Council by the deadline specified in this advertisement and in accordance with the Tender Documents referred to above.

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this tender will disqualify tenders from the tender process.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES BLUESFEST REGULATORY WORKING GROUP

In 2016, Byron Shire Council approved the use of the Bluesfest site for a mixture of small, medium and large events at Tyagarah. A condition of the consent requires Bluesfest to form a Regulatory Working Group (RWG) to oversee the environmental and operational performance of events.

RWG meetings occur 6 monthly for approximately 2 hours during business hours.

Council therefore is seeking Expressions of Interest from persons who are interested in being nominated and appointed as a Community Representative on the RWG.

A copy of the RWG Terms of Reference is available on Council’s website, along with the Expression of Interest Nomination form. Any person interested in nominating should download and complete this form and the response to the position criteria.

Nominations should be lodged with Council and clearly marked ‘2018 Nomination for Community Representative Bluesfest RWG’.

All expressions of interests will be reported to Council at an Ordinary meeting to be held on the 22 November 2018.

Expressions of Interest close: 4.00pm Monday 15 October 2018

Enquiries: Chris Larkin 6626 7136


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Siboney Duff and Tristan Bancks have worked with fourteen young writers aged 11 to 16 to

produce the book POV that was launched last night. Photo supplied.

Collaborative youth story launchedGreens claim Nationals failed to support Richmond River healthAslan Shand

A Greens motion calling for the government to take action on protecting and improving the health of the polluted and degraded Richmond River was rejected by the NSW coalition last week, with local Nationals MLC Ben Franklin claiming such a move is un-necessary as his government ‘is already acting.’

The motion in the upper house by Greens MLC and en-vironment spokesperson Cate Faehrmann highlighted that a ‘recent environmental assess-ment of River and Estuarine Condition conducted by the University of New England graded the Richmond River in northern NSW as D mi-nus, the second-lowest grade possible, and found that: (a) despite the upper reaches of the system having better water quality, there is no improve-ment in riparian or catchment conditions, and (b) the lack of a formal organisation in co-ordinating the health of the Richmond River has caused inaction and is exacerbating the concerns for both agricul-ture and the environment.’

Ms Faehrmann called for the NSW government to in-vest in infrastructure and regulate to improve the water quality and flow of the Rich-mond River, as well as support community action groups to effect the change needed to improve the river’s health.

Ms Faehrmann said, ‘If the Nationals were serious about their commitment to support-ing regional areas, they would be using their positions of power to protect vital systems like the Richmond River.’

‘The farmers and primary industries of the future need us to fight for their water rights today. Tomorrow is too

late when this river has been in decline for years.’

The Richmond River is heavily used for irrigation of pastures and supplying dams with a reliable source of wa-ter in dry times.

Ms Faehrmann also said, ‘The Richmond River once supported a healthy ecosys-tem including a robust oys-ter population. These ani-mals once provided income and sustenance to European settlements as well as the Nyangbal people of the Bun-djalung Nation.

Oyster industry‘The Richmond River

oyster industry is now dead, despite expensive attempts at reviving it, because the oysters cannot survive the polluted waters that government mis-management have created.

‘What’s particularly disap-pointing is that the Nation-als candidate for Ballina, Ben Franklin, who talks big about the Richmond River, did not support a motion calling on the government to act.

Franklin respondsHowever, Mr Franklin has

told The Echo that he didn’t vote against the motion and has defended his govern-ment’s handling of the seri-ously degraded river system.

‘The Greens suggested the NSW government blocked support for the Richmond River.

‘They also implied that I voted against a motion to support the Richmond River. Both of these suggestions are wrong,’ said Mr Franklin.

‘[The Greens] tried to have [that motion] adopted by the House without debate. Under the rules of the House, if one person votes against such a motion it is not passed and

remains on the business pa-per for debate on another day.

‘I did not vote against the motion and any suggestion to the contrary is incorrect. However, the government whip did vote against the motion because it called on the government to act. It was unnecessary because the gov-ernment is already acting.

‘I believe that moving a motion is easy and achieves nothing.

‘Action in government is what will actually start to ad-dress the issues surrounding the Richmond River. And the government has enacted a comprehensive plan on the Richmond River.

‘Recently the government released its Marine Estate Strategy. Improvement of ri-parian zones is a major prior-ity of the Marine Estate Strat-egy, especially in the northern region, which includes the Richmond River catchment.

‘There is funding allocated to improving the health of the Richmond River under the government’s Marine Estate Strategy: In the first year alone, $1.4m has been allocat-ed to the north coast region – in which the Richmond River is a priority catchment.

‘This funding is for ripar-ian management, bank sta-bilisation and activities to address gravel road runoff. In year two, this will grow to $2.5m in the north coast.

‘The Richmond River will also benefit from a share of $1m statewide from the Clean Coastal Catchments program – which is separate from the funding above. $250,000 is being spent to develop risk-based frameworks the Rich-mond River, so we can target on-ground works for coastal floodplain management and rehabilitation.

It isn’t every day that young wannabe writers get the chance to work with au-thors they admire, but for a group of young writers in and around Byron Bay that was exactly the chance they got.

Last week they launched their book POV at the Byron Writers Festival office with their mentors, writers Sibo-ney Duff and Tristan Bancks, who have worked with the team on every aspect of the writing process from initial idea through free writing, plotting, character develop-ment, drafting, editing, dis-tribution and publicity.

The fourteen young writ-ers aged 11 to 16 and the core group were chosen through

an application process.The group committed to

one afternoon a week after school over two school terms plus additional time working on their stories between face-to-face sessions.

They developed a set of stories that are based in the local area and capture the place and its people, and are connected by a central crime that flows through the nar-rative.

New territory ‘They have showed great

dedication through the many challenges that the writing process provides, pushing themselves into new territory as storytellers,’ says Tristan.

Ossian, aged 15, chose the project because he has ‘always loved writing and not many opportunities come up in By-ron to extend those skills…’

Ossian says, ‘the best part of the project was being able to work on our own stories and to be anchored around a common outcome.’

StoryBoard has collabo-rated with Richmond Tweed Regional Library, Byron Bay who have provided a work-shop space and have promot-ed the workshops through their networks.

POV is a fusion of fact and fiction, capturing a moment in time specific to Byron Bay but relatable to young (and older) readers everywhere.

Bangalow and Mullum Men’s Sheds get funding boostThe Bangalow and Mul-lumbimby Men’s Sheds were successful in receiving grant funding under Round 17 of the National Shed Develop-ment Program.

Local federal MP Justine Elliot (Labor) says the Mul-lumbimby Shed received $1,900 in grant funding to

go towards improving shed safety with floor pavers, while Bangalow Men’s Shed received $1,200 in grant fund-ing to go towards a Mental Health First Aid training course.

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Important planning decision Monday Plans by a handful of ‘local’ and interstate developers to capital-

ise on a large parcel of land on Ewingsdale Road will be decided

by the Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) on Monday October

8 at the Council Chambers from 1pm.

It’s taken about 25 years to get here.

Approximately 56.9ha in area, the proposal comprises two

separate areas within the West Byron Urban Release Area

(WBURA). The development application (DA) seeks consent for a

subdivision (and associated works) to create lots for residential

(378 lots), business (two lots), recreation (one lot) and industrial

(two lots) use.

While it has generated considerable protest from locals over

potential increased traffi c congestion and environmental destruc-

tion, Council planner Ivan Holland diligently set out his rationale.

The Council Assessment report – at 36 pages – explains how

West Byron has nothing to do with good planning.

It’s like the developers made no attempt at all to align with any

council or state regulation and legislation.

They’ve ignored Council requests for more information and

have made no attempt to address community expectations.

Koalas? The report reads, ‘Impact of Ewingsdale Road on

koalas as both a barrier to movement and the risk of animals

being killed/injured by traffi c’ has not been addressed.

Road congestion? ‘Concerns about the exacerbation of cur-

rent road congestion issues on Ewingsdale Road must be taken

into consideration.’

And how about the justifi cation for the DA? The report

says, ‘The development is contrary to numerous provisions of

Council’s adopted development standards and development

controls without suffi cient justifi cation.’

Potential economic and social impacts have not been

expressly addressed, say staff .

Site constraints include, ‘A combination of class 2 and class

3 potential acid sulphate soils; category 1 and buff er bushfi re

vegetation; fl oodprone land (100-year fl ood); high environmental

value vegetation; primary and tertiary koala habitat; and threat-

ened fl ora and fauna habitat.’

‘The development application has not adequately demon-

strated that ecological impacts will be appropriately managed or

that the development meets the relevant requirements,’ he says.

Perhaps the most alarming claim by staff is, ‘The development

application does not include suffi cient evidence to demonstrate

the proposed stormwater detention and infi ltration devices will

not have an impact on the level of the water table.’

Given the unelected Joint Regional Planning Panel approves

almost 100 per cent of applications that come before them, it

makes sense for a developer to lob a big pile of poo and then

work backwards.

This DA is not the fi rst to be submitted, but has again demon-

strated that these developers are not interested in making Byron

Shire a better place to live. Some of these people even claim to

call Byron Shire home. The proposal is about as horrendous as

you can expect, yet is similar to what is occurring in Ballina and

Tweed Shires. Thankfully Byron Shire residents expect better.

Please, if you care about the future of the town, turn up on

October 8 and let the JRPP know that West Byron represents

nothing but greed and mindless vandalism.

Hans Lovejoy, editor

That’s what happens when you make a cap-tain’s pick, choose your

mates to fi ll important jobs be-cause… well, basically because they are your mates.

We have oft en been told that Malcolm Turnbull didn’t really have mates – associates, con-tacts, acquaintances and plenty of them, but few if any intimates beyond his immediate family.

However Justin Milne was probably the nearest thing around to a Turnbull crony. Th e two had been colleagues of a kind in the Ozemail days and had re-mained on relatively close terms ever since, so it seemed logical for the prime minister of the day to bump his friend up to one of the most sensitive jobs available – chairman of the ABC board.

Milne was essentially a businessman, with no discern-ible experience in journalism or broadcasting, but obviously this did not matter – aft er all, six of the other seven members of the board, all appointed by the coa-lition government, came from much the same background.

Only the staff elected direc-tor, Jane Connors, had hands-on knowledge of the media, and in particular the special needs and demands of running Aunty’s nephews and nieces, and apart from being hopelessly outnum-bered by the bean counters, she was seldom brought into their main interest – which, it has since transpired, was placating a hostile government.

Apparently this was Milne’s principal preoccupation – that, and securing money for his pet project, digitising the ABC, which meant the two obsessions dovetailed very neatly. Th is was what he really meant by saving the national broadcaster – it had nothing to do with the separa-tion of powers between him and his managing director, and where there was confl ict, he did not hes-itate to throw her under the bus.

Th e logic seemed to be that af-

ter all, Turnbull had given him the job, so by defi nition Turnbull was his superior, and thus his word was law. Of course he never said anything directly – of course.

And of course Rupert Mur-doch does not tell his editors what to do.

He doesn’t have to – from the moment they are appointed they know precisely what is expected by the their paymaster. So it was for Justin Milne.

If Turnbull doesn’t like jour-nalists like Emma Alberici and Andrew Probyn they have to go – get rid of her, shoot him. Turn-bull may not have said so in so many words, but Milne had no

doubt what he meant. Aft er all, the men were cronies.

And there was no need for telepathy when Milne discerned Triple J planned to move its Hot-test 100 away from Australia Day – he knew the prime minister would go ballistic. So the solu-tion was simple – toss the crew overboard to save the ship, or at least the money for his precious Jetstream, which he apparently thought was the same thing.

Even Rupert Murdoch’s most assiduous allies in his feud against the ABC and all its works found this a bit much and vigor-ously bucketed Milne.

A cynic might think they were more worried about saving the patron’s commercial inter-ests from Jetstream, but at least they showed more sense than Milne himself, who still believes he did nothing wrong – he was acting in the best interests of his corporation by sacrificing his journalists to suck up to Turn-bull and Mitch Fifi eld.

Th is is not only clearly coun-

ter to the ABC’s charter; it would essentially make his own role redundant. Aft er all, if the gov-ernment is really to be the one in charge of the ABC, why not cut out the middleman and make Fifi eld chairman – and managing director and perhaps news direc-tor and why not throw in the job of weatherman as well.

And this is the nub of it: Milne acknowledges the ABC as a na-tional broadcaster, but not a pub-lic broadcaster in the true sense.

Like so many political play-ers, he seems to conflate the public interest with the national interest, by which he means the government’s interests.

Milne’s example and his fall was the most blatant and, let’s face it, stupid excess of cronyism in appointing the ABC board, but it was certainly not the fi rst: governments from both sides have rewarded their supporters with what some see as a sinecure but others as a key weapon in the endless culture wars.

Th e most blatant stack was when John Howard gave direc-torships to lunar right lumi-naries Janet Albrechtsen, Keith Windshuttle and Paul Brunton – all had less qualifi cation for the job than even Turnbull’s cronies, but were regarded (by Howard) as reliable zealots in the crusade.

Th e last Labor government tried to break the cycle by set-ting up a selection panel to ap-point board members on merit, but once the coalition got back Tony Abbott stacked the selec-tion panel, even resurrecting the appalling Albrechtsen.

And this is where, and why, we are stuck today. So what next? Th e new acting chair, air force

offi cer turned real estate mogul Kirstin Ferguson, was only avail-able for interview by the ABC and refused to tell it anything anyway.

Th e remaining board mem-bers have circled the wagons and are saying nothing either. Mitch Fifi eld has – or, we are assured, soon will – initiate a departmen-tal inquiry designed to absolve the government of any taint.

A more credible senate in-quiry is foreshadowed, but will have to wait till parliament re-sumes, which Fifi eld and Mor-rison fervently hope will take the issue off the boil.

And in Th e Australian, the fulltime ABC basher Chris Kenny told his gullible readers that of course the ABC was a Green-left nest of parasites but Godfather Rupert has nothing to do with Newscorp’s relentless campaign against it – and, never one to let the facts spoil a good vendetta, Kenny signally failed to mention that Rupert has al-ways seen the ABC as a hated rival to his commercial interests – especially Fox News.

Which leads to a serious di-lemma: the mad right, includ-ing the Liberal machine as well as its paid propaganda arm the Institute of Public Aff airs, wants the ABC privatised.

But that would put it in di-rect competition with the com-mercials for advertising reve-nue, to the detriment of, among others, Fox.

Fortunately Morrison and Fi-fi eld realise that the voters would never stand for that, so they will, presumably, pursue their war of attrition, slowly starving the public broadcaster to death. And of course the fi rst step will be the appointment of a new chair-man. Another Justin Milne is unlikely – you only get one like him in a lifetime. But there must be plenty of other willing cronies around.

Watch this space. Watch it on the ABC while you still can.

A hostile govt undermines ABC independence

Like so many political players, Milne seems to confl ate the public interest with the national interest, by which he means the government’s interests.

by Mungo MacCallum

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Police chaseI would urge anyone caught up in the high-speed police pursuit through the streets of Byron last Wednesday morn-ing to fi le a formal complaint with the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.

To chase a car full of joyriders into a busy, traffi -congested holiday village is totally irresponsible. It’s an absolute miracle no-one was killed. I was overtaken by the Mercedes and at least fi ve po-lice cars between St Finbarr’s and The General Store, all travelling at around 100km/h, in my estimate.

To fi nd out the following

day it was all over a stolen car, with inexperienced young teenagers at the wheel, was even more shocking than the incident itself. So much risk to the public. What happened to Skye’s Law?

Georgia Fox

Bangalow

Reshaping ByronTh e report of the public hear-ing on the draft Plan of Man-agement (POM) for Railway Park is now fi nalised.

Surprise, surprise – it rec-ommends Council proceed with the change of categori-sation from ‘park’ to ‘general community use’.

Innocuous? No. Th ere are a huge range of uses (includ-ing building and commer-cial development) that can be authorised under ‘general community use’ that are not available under the Park classifi cation.

Under planning guidelines land should be categorised as a ‘park’ if it is ‘for use mainly for passive or active recrea-tional, social, educational and cultural pursuits that do not unduly intrude on the peace-ful enjoyment of the land by others’.

Sound ideal for Byron Bay’s one and only peaceful green public area? Conversely the

guidelines state that ‘general community use’ should be adopted where, among other provisions, ‘the land does not satisfy the guidelines... for cat-egorisation as a natural area, a sportsground, a park or an area of cultural signifi cance’. Clearly Railway Park does sat-isfy the classifi cation of ‘park’.

It is interesting to read the report’s justifi cation that, given the terrifi c location and popular events already tak-ing place, ‘it follows that there will be a potential desire for other community and com-mercial activity to be under-taken in the future’. Th is, de-spite speakers for the change off ering reassurance that it’s not about commercialisation of the park.

One source of reassurance though is the response to fears of the door opening to three-storey buildings across the park. Council, we are told, must notify the community of any applications and follow legislative requirements.

Precisely – if the new cat-egorisation is adopted the legislative requirements won’t off er much of a fi lter.

Liz Levy

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But the response of the gov-ernment has been a panicked, knee-jerk reaction – five sharks have been killed in the space of a week, with no evidence that any human has been made safer.

Sharks have inhabited the oceans for 34 million years, earning their right to live in their natural habitat without being hunted and killed. Last year, there were only five fatal shark attacks recorded glob-ally, despite billions of people entering the oceans.

In Australia, an average of

280 people drown every year in our waterways, yet this re-ceives far less paternalistic at-tention from the authorities.

Humans pose a far greater threat to sharks than they ever will to us. Every year, humans pull roughly 100 million sharks from the wa-ter, slice off their fins to make soup, and throw their muti-lated bodies back into the sea to bleed slowly to death. Yet we are afraid of them?

Polls have consistently shown that an overwhelm-ing number of Australians oppose culling of sharks. In almost every case of a shark attack, people are back in the water, often before the beach-es are officially reopened, well aware that the sharks in the water present an infinitesi-mally smaller risk than that posed by driving their cars to the beach.

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OverpopulationThe Greens, Cate Coorey, Paul Spooner, good old Basil, Jeanette, Jan and Sarah were voted in because we, the majority of voters in Byron Shire, believed they were the best ones to hold the line in seeing our Shire did not go the way of Noosa, the Gold Coast, Ballina, Coffs and the rest of the east coast.

We elected these impres-sive heavy hitters because we wanted to see them do a lot more than tick a few to-

ken boxes to keep the likes of ‘radicals’ like me vaguely happy that they really are making Byron different.

We lost the Battle for By-ron 20 years ago. It’s gone and most people living in the hinterland shudder when they have to do business or attend functions in Byron. Aside from traffic gridlock, any sense of ‘community’ is gone. Replaced by strangers and... the tourist economy.

We now face losing our be-loved Mullum and environs to overpopulation and commer-cial rezoning unless Council decides to ‘Lock the Gate’.

Periodically Dick Smith or environmentalist Tim Flan-nery raise the question of what is an optimum population for Australia, a very fragile, an-cient continent with a very limited water supply, fringed by a narrow green belt on our east and west coasts.

Byron Shire is a micro re-flection of our continent. Aus-tralia and Byron are unable to support an unlimited popula-tion. It is not elitist to ask the question: what is a sensible, optimum population for any area of land mass? It’s basic good planning.

There has to be a satura-tion point at which the ca-pacity of available rural land for growing our food, pro-tecting other species in their environment, housing and infrastructure and providing realistically available jobs for the workers is reached.

I would argue we have over-reached that saturation point already. When are we going to have that long-over-due debate on optimum pop-ulation levels here in ‘radical’ Byron Shire?

David Bradbury

Wilsons Creek

OverdevelopmentWhat is the go with the Byron Shire Council pushing AN-OTHER West Byron onto us?

They own 40 hectares down by the community gar-dens across the road from the high school and they want to put in tiny house blocks – 200 square metre house sites – the same as West Byron.

The land is currently zoned recreational, ie for the community to use for fun: cricket, skateboarding, net-ball, bmx riding, etc.

Anyone who knows the land knows it goes completely underwater when it floods.

Anyone else would be told they can’t subdivide the site because ‘this land goes com-pletely underwater it is not suitable for development.’

Right now Council is ask-ing if we need this land for community recreation. Make a submission, otherwise Council are one step closer to turning this land into a housing estate and pushing an extra 1,000 people into the CBD of Mullumbimby.

Where would they park their cars? The council haven’t

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Here’s a law that would reduce the never ending-violence and death between nation states: the Stop Arming Terrorists Act.

US Democratic congresswoman and Iraq war veteran Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) introduced this bill to the US Senate in March 2017 and while it is unlikely to become law, it does give hope that humans are capable of more than just killing each other and destroying stuff .

Such legislation could well advance the species past this current idiotic stone age and help us explore inner and outer space.

According to www.congress.gov, the bill would prohibit the use of ‘federal agency funds’ to provide assistance to its favourite terror organisations: Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), ‘or any individual or group that is affi liated with, associated with, co-operating with, or adherents to such groups.’

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Mungo’s expose on aged care in Australia and the PM’s politically expedient decision to pre-empt 4 Corners’ expo-sure of another major scan-dal by calling, with indecent haste, a royal commission on Sunday September 16, the night before the first episode was aired, was enlightening (The Echo 26 September).

The PM’s announcement was more than a thought bubble but, as Mungo states, with little apparent consid-eration given to the terms of reference, finding staff for the commission and alerting coa-lition members.

However, hastily devel-oped terms of reference and an invitation for people to provide feedback were pub-lished on the Commonwealth Department of Health’s Con-sultation Hub on September 17 with a closing date for feedback of Tuesday, Septem-ber 25, a seven working day timeframe.

An open letter from Min-ister Wyatt about the royal

commission inviting feed-back from aged-care work-ers was not released by the Commonwealth Department of Health until 12.32pm on Friday, September 21.

Both the limited time-frame and the minister’s late notification letter highlight that the royal commission is purely a marketing exercise in damage control and is just another cynical exercise by a government unfit to govern.

Meg Pickup

Ballina

After viewing the ABC’s Aged Care debacle I won-dered if what is known as Lateral Violence could be the step-by-step springboard to the problem.

Stage 1. The adult group-cult circle as it closes the gates thus restricting a per-son’s admission via snide remarks.

Stage 2. The young to teenage alliance: those who use words of violence (usu-ally by text) causing horrid

outcomes – including death.Stage 3. The aged care re-

cipient left open to mental and physical abuse by an em-ployed member of the above owing to the conduct of stag-es one or two, or both.

Apart from pondering, let’s call it for what it is... bul-lying. Those in aged need all the support we can offer.

Stefanie Bennett

Lismore

I find it rather ‘odd’ that, 19 years after my previous (handwritten and delivered) letter, during a huge flood (after a massive drought), the missive I wrote in regard to my brother’s suicide is still hugely relevant today.

It is not surprising that our youth are losing hope. It is about time that we had some decent federal representation in our parliament. People with a vision for the future, who don’t feel the need to lock up children dealing with inter-generational trauma.

People who have not lived

a sheltered life, who have lived and loved in our com-munities. People who are not wishing to create a massive underclass of homeless.

People who see that Centrelink paying enough for people on ‘Newstart’ to at least cover their rent (let alone for food or bills) is a long-term, positive commit-ment to this country’s long-term health – Centrelink is well below the ‘poverty line’.

Our federal parliament’s Question Time is way be-yond embarrassing. Both main parties are obviously dealing with enormous bul-lying issues.

It is about time that they grew up and begin to reflect the standards expected of them in today’s society.

To begin with, they should put standards in place in aged-care centres equivalent to those demanded of pre-schools... it’s not ‘rocket sci-ence’ – just obvious.

Sarah Smith

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Don’t you love it when a politician, like – say – the PM, tells

you black is white. Or, at least, black should be white.

I love (not) the way a fed-eral politician lies. He will puff himself up like a cane toad, furrow his brow and stare down the camera with all the sincerity of a fi ve-year-old child with crumbs down his shirt, and tell you that, re-ally, a bad man climbed in through the window and ate all the biscuits. Or that Janu-ary 26 is for all Australians.

Tones of truthSo the puffed-up toad,

all wart and toxin, suit and shave, constructs this con-venient lie, using a tone in his voice that he believes is what a sincere person telling the truth would sound like, but, working, as he does, in a place where honesty is the enemy, he has no idea what truth actually sounds like, so his put-on sincere tone rings fake to everyone but him.

In reality, his speaking is a useful alarm that alerts the citizenry that what you are hearing is a fabrication, a concoction, bullshit. (Of course, if the newly mint-ed truth suits you, you can choose to believe it. Th is is the modern way.)

Th e PM reckons that Janu-ary 26 is a celebration for all Australians. Oh, come on. All Australians?

It’s a lovely thought, Scott. It’s a saleable dream. A one-nation fantasy. I can see it now through the wavy lines and overexposure... Happy people are gathered as one around the barby (Weber) in the suburban backyard, beau-

tiful young people with re-ally white teeth (dental plan), lamb chops sizzling, children laughing (not in detention), old people with sports socks (and superannuation), Aussie fl ags fl apping, beers clinking, and everyone singing, ‘We are young and free.’

Aw. (Sniff .) Lovely.

Un-AustralianBut wait, Scott. Aboriginal

people don’t seem to want to join in. Aboriginal people don’t want to celebrate the anniversary of the invasion of their countries and the trash-ing of their cultures. But, be-ing a master of fakery, you do ‘righteously indignant’ (a favourite in your repertoire), puffi ng up even further, the poison oozing from you: It’s un-Australian not to cel-ebrate January 26.

But, I believe that, deep inside that grey suit of yours, Scott, between the Bible cov-ers, under the juvenile hubris, is a heart. And heart recog-nises truth. You do under-stand that January 26 cannot be a celebratory date for all Australians.

However, as a federal poli-tician, you have the ability to say anything – no matter how stupid – and still get paid well. And you will say any-thing – no matter how stupid

– as long as there is a political advantage to be gained.

Only a man who, when asked about his values, an-swers, ‘… loving kindness, justice and righteousness on Earth,’ quoting the Bible (Jeremiah, chapter 9:24), but made the children suff er in detention, could say Australia Day on January 26 is for all Australians. It takes a certain skill: an ability to deny reality, to harden the heart, to put oneself above all others. It means you’re a bully.

Scott, PM and all pow-erful, seated on his golden throne (and entitlements) in the high tower of the elite, is now hurling down wrath upon the little people who don’t buy his lie; little people like Byron Shire Council peo-ple, who have decided that January 26 is not a suitable date to celebrate Australia.

Th at’s the thing about local governments: Th ey still have some contact with reality. Th e federal government, though, doesn’t like reality – the real-ity of refugees, climate change or Aboriginal sovereignty. It prefers the lies of border protection, ‘coal is good’ and terra nullius.

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One of Australia’s greatest sporting streaks came to an end this week at the Batumi Chess Olympiad when Anton Smirnov lost a game.

Smirnov had, until his defeat by Belarus Grandmaster Vladislav Kovalev, never lost an Olympiad game, his undefeated record start-ing at the Tromso Olympiad four years ago when Smirnov made his debut for Australia at the age of 13.

Smirnov had scored 6.5/9 at his first Olympiad and an incredible 8.5/10 at his second in Baku, but he met his Waterloo on top board in the second round at the 43rd Chess Olympiad ongoing in the Georgian coastal town of Batumi.

Smirnov remains the only teen-ager from any country to complete his first two Olympiads undefeated (playing a minimum of 15 games). However Smirnov has some way to go to emulate Wesley So, who lost only a single game in his first four Olympiads for the Philippines between 2006 and 2012.

The Batumi Olympiad, which features 184 teams in the Open Olympiad and 150 teams in the women’s division, has featured plenty of other firsts, including a pre-game wedding proposal (see youtu.be/QAkGdo6Nr6w).

The Russian women’s team also suffered the unfortunate first of losing a match in the second round, the earliest defeat ever for a Russian or Soviet team.

Australia has so far performed slightly above expectations in both divisions, with Zhao Zong Yuan producing the best game to date, against Qatar.

Batumi Olympiad 2018White: Zhao Zong YuanBlack: H NezadOpening: Guioco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.0-0 Ba7 7.Bb3 d6 8.Re1 h6 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Bxe6!? A new idea in a quiet position seen hundreds of times. 11...fxe6 12.Ng3 Qe8 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Qf7 15.h3 Rad8 16.Be3 e5?! The wrong centre pawn. After 16...d5 17.e5 Ne4!, Black is fine. 17.d5 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Ne7 19.Rb3! c6? Commencing complications which Black cannot control. Passive defence with 19...Rb8 was necessary. 20.Rxb7! cxd5 21.Nf5! Rfe8 22.Qb3 22.Rc1! Qe6 23.Rcc7 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.N3h4! Nxf5 26.Nxf5 was close to decisive. 22...Kf8 23.Nxe7 Rxe7 24.Rxe7 Qxe7 25.exd5 Qc7 26.Nh4! Rb8 27.Qa3 Nxd5? The final error. 28.Rd1 Nb4 29.Nf5! d5! 30.Rxd5 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Qf4+ 32.Ng3 h5 33.Rd3!! Without this trick, Black would be fine. 33...Kg8 33...e4 loses to 34.Rd4 h4 35.Rxb4 hag3+ fxg3 and Black must resign. 34.Rf3 Qg5 35.Qb3+ 1-0

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thought that far ahead.If there needs to be another

250 homes in Mullum, surely we, as a community, can come up with a plan? We need a solution, folks, and another housing estate on a fl oodplain is not very forward thinking.

To develop Lot 22 they propose to truck in millions of tonnes of fi ll to bring the height to ‘acceptable levels’ for fl ood mitigation. Sound familiar?

Why can’t we take some of the 66 acres of elevated rural lands and rezone them into fi ve-acre blocks and give the people what they want, a sus-tainable farm for the kids to run around on.

It is time to change from the ‘old world’ way of housing development and planning and think of a Mullum way, a practical solution that a pub-lic servant can understand.

Andrew Crockett

Mullumbimby

No fl ies on AlanYou’ve gotta hand it to the ubiquitous Alan Dickens. He clearly knows his shit.

John Donnellan

Ocean Shores

Byron traffi c lights?I am not a traffic manage-ment consultant; I’m writing as a car driver who, in my working life, has regularly driven a car for an average of forty thousand kilometres each year and has held a li-cence for over fi ft y.

In my travels I have obvi-ously used many a rounda-bout at busy intersections in most states of Australia.

In my work as a plant and machinery auctioneer across many industries I’ve devel-oped a strong sense of what seems to work and what does not; a pragmatic view of the world you might say.

In my view the $5.7 million

roundabout being construct-ed at the junction of Ewing-sdale Road, Bayshore Drive and the as yet un-named ma-jor egress from West Byron housing estate has the prover-bial snowball’s chance in hell of managing the traffi c fl ow at that intersection.

Th e decision to build this roundabout is fl awed, and I believe it will not work.

The traffic study incor-porated in the Byron Shire Development Control Plan (2014) is from 2011 (seven years ago) and development in the Shire has grown expo-nentially since that time.

The missing, major, in-gredient from this so-called solution is the (un-named) major exit from the proposed West Byron estate.

Even with the flow of traffi c into/out of West By-ron (the most recent under-estimate at around 14,000

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So now we know! In the game of ‘Simon says’, we are to believe that ‘no-one wants Australia Day on the 26th’.

By what particular process of divination did Simon come to have this revelation? Or was there a poll of all Austral-ians (apart from me) that re-vealed this astonishing (near) universal ‘truth’?

Perhaps it is pure solip-sism. Th e mayor’s obsession with trivia is astounding; it is possible that it is a result of his interest in numerology – fi ddle the numbers and lo! all is revealed and repaired!

Surely we would rather have had him say, ‘no-one wants Australia(n children to be assaulted and raped in their own homes and no little girls should have to go to hos-pital for reparative surgery)’.

Graham Richardson was succinct. ‘Byron Bay is a place where mugs are trumps’ and the mayor ‘will sink back into his well-desired oblivion’.

J Rose

Mullumbimby

Scott Morrison is quite right to call out the Greens party for their utterly nonsensical ideas

about Australia Day (Byron Council was not elected to play national politics but to at-tend to roads, waste, develop-ment application submissions and Shire beautifi cation).

Firstly, moving the date doesn’t make sense. Between end of the fi nal school term and New Year many Austral-ians celebrate Christmas (or enjoy the holiday), and aft er New Year they enjoy a vaca-tion. A national day of cele-bration at the end of summer makes perfect sense; if not in summer, do Australians re-ally plan to celebrate a con-trived national day in winter?

Secondly, the characterisa-tion of January 26 as ‘Inva-sion Day’ is pure political agi-tation. Yes, Great Britain did send convicts down to a penal colony (which, subsequently went on to become the envy of the world with a quality of life second to none). Yes, Indigenous Australians suf-fered some hardships in this period as did many convicts and early settlers themselves. (Recall too, that the British were slaughtering the Scots in horrendous bloody battles far worse than anything the

Indigenous Australians were subject to).

However, it is now 2018. Th ere are several billion peo-ple on the planet. Australia was bound to be discovered sooner or later.

Indigenous Australians being generally mired in poverty, not technologically advanced or of military ca-pacity, were destined to be colonised by someone.

The simple fact is Great Britain brought the best avail-able model of civilisation to Australia, and Indigenous Australians rather than be encouraged to believe some fi ctitious return to 1600 is on the menu should be encour-aged to appreciate the fact it was not the French, Dutch, Chinese or Indonesians who colonised their land!

Yes there have been abuses and outright discrimination through the White Australia Policy. However, changing the date will not help advance In-digenous Australians in mod-ern Australia but serve only to assuage the guilty consciences of upper-middle-class whites with too much money and time on their hands.

Thirdly, Indigenous Aus-tralians should be fully as-similated into modern society; their children should be edu-cated for all modern Australia has to offer; their children should imagine that top posi-tions in law, fi nance, military, and medicine are all possible.

Indigenous Australians should be able to continue aspects of their culture where possible; Indigenous knowl-edge should be incorporated into modern society where expedient; Indigenous Aus-tralians should continue in-troducing their history to non-Indigenous people as they are generally being en-couraged to do now.

However, fi rst things fi rst. Australia needs to stop play-ing suicide games with those who would continually try the present for the crimes real and perceived of the past. We are all here now and need to all move forward together.

The Greens policy will only serve to further divide Australians entrenching so-cialist identity politics into an increasingly fractured society.

Edward Kent

Suff olk Park

Moving Australia Day raises passions



Hail the progressive parrot! Neoliberalism of our timeRichard Hil

Neoliberalism is the dead parrot of our times.

It’s been knocked off its perch by a combination of greed, ineptitude and public disquiet over inequality. It was meant to deliver greater pros-perity for all – that at least was the offi cial line – but deepened social and economic divisions, and stoked widespread anger and resentment.

According to economists Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty, levels of economic in-equality across western coun-tries are on par with those of a century ago. Wealth is increas-ingly concentrated among the rich while the poor, marginal-ised and most of those in work are doing it tough.

Wage stagnation, record levels of household debt, the abolition of penalty rates, underemployment, casuali-sation etc are the hallmarks of a deeply iniquitous society. Rising energy, housing and food costs have merely added to social suff ering.

Meanwhile, the benefi ciar-ies of what US economist Paul Krugman refers to as ‘share-holder capitalism’ are CEOs and, of course, shareholders.

Free market deathBut it hasn’t all be plain

sailing. In a recent Quarterly Essay, the Australia Institute’s Richard Dennis observed that the neoliberal parrot has been killed off largely by the free marketers themselves. Gone are the days when, for them, government interven-tion was regarded as anath-ema to free-market econom-ics – not that the market was ever really free (witness the generous subsidies handed to the fossil-fuel industry, and the obscene support for the Adani mine).

Th e coalition government

intervenes at will in the en-ergy, finance, agriculture, education and telecommu-nications markets, largely in the interests of the rich and powerful.

Th e privatisation of public assets, a key plank of the neo-liberal agenda, has resulted in diabolical outcomes, not least declining quality of service, la-bour casualisation and shonky work conditions sometimes bordering on slavery.

Many of these workplaces are devoid of union member-ship, making workers even more vulnerable to greedy bosses. Like everything else in the parrot cage of economic liberalisation, the mantras of cost eff ectiveness, workplace fl exibility and increased pro-ductivity are cover for profi t maximisation.

Lust for profi tAs we all know, the lust for

profi t at any cost is most evi-dent in the so-called fi nance industry where greed and sometimes criminal deception are what pass for business. Th e greed of our banks has been spectacularly exposed by a royal commission.

Corporate self-enrichment has occurred under the watch of both Labor and coalition governments. Despite Paul Keating’s recent declaration that neoliberalism has ‘run its course’ it was he as treasurer, egged on by PM Bob Hawke, who presided over the privati-sation of the Commonwealth Bank and the marketisation of the university system. Th e consequences: in the case of universities, an alarming slide in standards and growing stu-dent debt.

So who or what gave birth to the squawking parrot? It was conceived in a small Swiss village circa 1947 by a gaggle of economists, phi-losophers, billionaires and conservative ideologues.

Anti-communist crusaders

Confronted by Keynes-ian interventionism, these dogged advocates of the open society set a course that cul-minated in the ascendency of neoliberalism in the late 1970s to the present day. It was in the post-hippy era of glam rock that we saw the election of PM Margaret Thatcher and US president Ronald Reagan.

Aided and abetted by the likes of Frederick von Hayek and Milton Freidman, these anti-communist crusad-ers set out to create a global free market characterised by small government, deregula-tion, and the privatisation of public assets. But this itera-tion of capitalism was much more than a simple economic doctrine with its origins in the 18th century Enlightenment.

Thatcher put it this way to Th e Sunday Times in 1981: ‘Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul.’ In other words, what the free market-ers were aft er was a radical transformation in the way we thought about ourselves and our relationship with others.

So, you become my com-petitor and the name of the game is wealth maximisation with only me and my family in mind.

‘There is no such thing as society’ Thatcher once opined in a moment of breathtaking candour. It was a message so infused with interpersonal rivalry (or ‘competitiveness’) that few in Th atcher’s Britain escaped its pernicious infl uence.

Ask folk in the UK what Thatcherism did to Britain and they’ll tell you: more selfi shness, competition and greed, and less community, belonging and attachment.

There’s no room in the world of neoliberal capitalism for namby-pamby ideas like sharing, caring, cooperation, collaboration or community. Thatcher’s vision, extolled still by nutters on the far right of Australian politics, is neo-Darwinism on ster-oids, devoid of the social and immersed in the quest for wealth accumulation: ‘greed is good’.

Which brings me to the goings on in our federal parliament. We’re witness-ing a lot of squawking from a fl ock of parrots who want to take us back to the neo-liberal stone age. By the time you read this, the right-wing crazies will have ditched their leader (a closet socialist ac-cording to many in the coali-tion) and installed someone much more attuned to the interests of private enterprise.

Th e planet can go to hell as long as there are profi ts to be made, and if you don’t like it, well, we’ll just lock you up – that is the message coming out of Canberra.

As Noam Chomsky point-ed out long ago, neoliberal-ism has always been at odds with democracy – you can’t have both; they simply don’t fi t together.

What is to be done in the face of all this: see Australia remade, a manifesto for a decent, fairer, liveable future: www.australiaremade.org.

Hail the progressive par-rot!

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vehicles per day) missing from the equation the coun-cil announces on its rounda-bout information page that it will control 20,000 traffi c movements along Ewings-dale Road each day. From my own observations this fi gure is way too low.

Even on Mullumbimby Road/Argyle Street be-tween Uncle Tom’s Pie Shop and the railway crossing in Mullum there are between 12,000 and 15,000 vehicle movements each week day between 7am and 7pm. Ew-ingsdale Road is very much busier than this.

For a roundabout to work efficiently there need to be occasional breaks in traffic fl ow coming from the driver’s right so waiting vehicles can enter the roundabout.

We all know there are hardly any breaks in the fl ow of traffi c coming from either direction on Ewingsdale Road over summer. At the height of summer it can go al-most back to the expressway. At times in Bayshore Drive it can go back to IGA shopping centre.

So... a $5.7million rounda-bout to help ease and speed up traffi c fl ow? I don’t think so.

Clive Jeff ery

Mullumbimby

Nude numbers rallyGood on Karina Mereki for falling into the same trap as the other two Tyagarans using exaggeration, uncorroborated anecdotes and skewed data.

Th ankfully she got caught out by The Echo. Th e Nude not Rude rally on Sunday 16 September was a windy and cold day. I kept my clothes on.

I rode my bike along the beach so my number plate, back at Sunrise, was not avail-able for her inaccurate reck-onings of attendees.

On the day, rally attendees instigated methods for the community to take action to repel people behaving badly.

Karina uses the royal ‘we’ when it is her speaking alone. She mentions criminal behaviour, and that termi-nology, according to police, is correct. It is criminal be-haviour, not peace-and-sun-loving people lying on the beach, causing any problems. Byron police have stated the criminal activity has reduced significantly since March 2018 while they have been monitoring the beach.

Tyagarah residents often tell tales from before then. Tyagarah residents, it is not your local beach. It is every-body’s beach.

Raphael Lee Cass

Byron Bay

As bad as it getsOnce in a generation, in the world of politics, we may have the misfortune to witness a politician so consumed with ideological hatred of every-thing that doesn’t conform to their Neolithic view of the world that they are prepared to destroy everything and eve-ryone perceived to be a threat.

Most neo-conservative politicians, like John How-ard, do harbour strong views; however, most possess an in-built cut-out switch stopping them when they see a bridge too far.

During Howard’s stint as PM he became famous for backfl ipping, along with badly mishandling the truth.

A certain political follower of Howard, who also has a serious aversion to the truth and harbours a negative dis-position, is on a mission to resurrect the ‘glory’ days of his hero’s reign, and does not possess anything vaguely re-sembling a cut-out switch.

This neocon is the ulti-mate terminator, hard-wired and programmed to rid soci-ety of any ‘left ist’ threat to his sanitised world.

Th is ‘person’ does not care where the threat exists; even members of his own politi-cal party do not escape his relentless attacks.


John Woinarski, Chris

Dickman, Richard Kingsford &

Sarah Legge

Australian rural com-munities face hard-ships during extended

drought, and it is generally appropriate that governments then provide special support for affected landholders and communities.

However, some politicians and commentators have recent-ly claimed that such circum-stances should be addressed by circumventing environmental laws or management – by, for example, reallocating environ-mental water to grow fodder or opening up conservation re-serves for livestock grazing.

But subverting or weaken-ing existing protective conser-vation management practices and policies will exacerbate the impacts of drought on natural environments and biodiversity.

Drought-related decline in wildlife

Impacts of severe weather on some natural systems are obvious and well recognised. For exam-ple, during periods of elevated sea temperature, coral bleaching may conspicuously signal extensive en-

vironmental degradation and bio-diversity loss.

On land, however, the impacts of comparable extreme climatic events on natural systems may be less obvious, even if of comparable magnitude.

Nonetheless, the record is clear: drought leads to extensive and severe declines in many wildlife species.

Early observers in Australia re-ported the collapse of bird com-munities (‘the bush fell silent’) and

other wildlife across vast areas during the Federation Drought.

Th ere were comparable re-sponses during the Millennium Drought.

Unsurprisingly, wetland environments, and species de-pendent on them, may bear the brunt of impacts. Th at said, impacts are pervasive across all landscapes exposed to drought.

Drought contributed to the extinction of one of Aus-tralia’s most beautiful birds, the Paradise Parrot. For example, the pastoralist and zoologist Charles Barnard noted:

Previous to the terrible drought of 1902 it was not un-common to see a pair of these birds when out mustering… but since that year not a single specimen has been seen… For three years… there had been

no wet season, and very little grass grew, consequently there was little seed; then the worst year came on, in which no grass grew, so that the birds could not fi nd a living, and… perished… they have not found their way back.

Furthermore, water sources can disappear from much of the land-scape. Organisms dependent on floods are now more vulnerable, given that overallocation of water from rivers has increased drying of wetlands.

Drought not new, but the stresses are greater

Of course, drought has long been a recurrent characteristic of Australia. Indeed, many Australian plants and animals are among the most drought-adapted and resilient in the world. But drought impacts on wildlife are now likely to be of unprecedented severity and dura-tion, for several reasons:

1. With global climate change, droughts will be more severe and fre-quent. Th ere will be less opportunity for wildlife to recover in the reduced interval between drought periods.

2. Feral cats and introduced foxes now occur across most of Australia. In drought periods, these hunt more eff ectively because drought reduces the ground-layer vegetation that many native prey species rely upon for shelter. Cats and foxes also con-gregate and hunt more effi ciently as wildlife cluster around the few water sources that are left .

3. Prior to European settlement, the reduction in vegetation during drought would have been accom-panied by natural feedback loops, notably reduction in the density of native herbivores. Now, livestock are oft en maintained in drought-aff ected areas, with supplementary food provided, but they also graze on what little native vegetation re-mains. Now, wildlife must compete

with feral goats, camels and rabbits for the last vestiges of vegetation.

4. Clearing of native vegetation across much of the eastern rangelands means it will now be much harder for species lost from some areas during drought to recolonise their former haunts after drought. The habitat connectivity has been lost.

5. Many wildlife species could pre-viously endure drought by maintain-ing a residue of their population in small refuge areas, where nutrients or moisture persisted in an otherwise hostile landscape. Now, livestock, fe-ral herbivores and predators also con-gregate at these areas, making them less eff ective as native wildlife refuges.

6. In at least woodland and for-est habitats droughts may interact with other factors. Notably, drought increases the likelihood of high in-tensity and extensive bushfi res that can cause long-lasting damage to wildlife and environments.

Our intention here is not to downplay the needs or plight of rural communities aff ected by drought.

Rather, we seek to bring attention to the other life struggling in that landscape. Australia should bolster, not diminish, conservation eff orts during drought times. If we don’t, we will suff er irretrievable losses to our nature.

This article has been reprinted from www.theconversation.com.

We must strengthen environmental protections during drought

Drought contributed to the extinction of

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Story & photo Mary Gardner

‘We found it dead on the sand near the mouth of the Tal-low’ the woman said.

Th e corpse stunk a little but I hardly noticed. I was so astonished. What was this platypus doing here? Who knew there were any around this side of Byron Bay? How did it live? As importantly, how did it die?

Th e dark fur of this aquatic mammal is so thick and soft to touch. Th e outer layer has long thin shiny hairs covering an inner one that is shorter, woollier and denser than the fur of a polar bear. Together they trap air close to the skin. When a platypus swims, some of the trapped air bubbles trail behind it. Th e fur keeps the animal a comfortable 32°C while submerged for up to twelve hours.

Th e bill feels rubbery. Not until 2003 did science appreciate how it works. Th e skin is full of pores that hold two types of electro-sensors. One type has a fl ex-ible rod and the other is fi lled with mu-cus. Both sensors are connected to the trigeminal nerve and then to the brain.

Th is sixth sense is how platypus hunt underwater. Diving and digging for up to two minutes, holding its breath, its eyes, nostrils and ears all closed, it locates yab-bies, shrimps, shellfi sh and frogs in the murky sediments.

Th is platypus is a male. Th e head of its penis has two glands with the left one the larger one. Th is would complement the female who has two ovaries but only the left one is functional.

Th e female lays eggs that she incu-bates in a deep burrow in the banks of a waterway. Milk for her platypups oozes through milk patches on her belly. Th e milk is made of unusual proteins that the CSIRO says include a new type of antibi-otic – only discovered in March this year.

Th e male also has two hollow spurs on its back legs. Each delivers a unique

and painful venom, strong enough to kill a small dog. Th e quantity of venom pro-duced is much greater from August till October. Th is is the time that males will wander far overland seeking females.

I look at the webbed feet. Anatomists point out that the platypus on land does ‘knuckle walking’, as do chimpanzees and gorillas, they walk on their fl exed fi ngers.

How did this male, of a freshwater species, wind up almost on the beach at Tallow? Each day of his life, this male would have hunted in a home range of up to seven kilometres of waterway with up to fi ft een hectares of foraging area. He would range up to four kilometres a night. Could he have lived somewhere upstream?

Maybe he was like those brash young males with radio tags in the Yarra River. One moved forty kilometres over eight-een months and another forty-eight over seven months. Still another travelled ten kilometres overnight. Was he originally

part of the mob oft en seen around Coop-ers Shoot or at the ‘Bangalow waterfront’? Or was he a senior: reaching ten years of age?

A female platypus would only range over about four kilometres. September is the silly season of mating for these animals who usually are quite shy and solitary.

I feel bamboozled trying to imagine the lives of platypus of either sex around here. Th ese animals are badly aff ected by urban or agricultural changes to wa-terways. When an area has more than 11 per cent covered over with hard surfaces such as roads, roofs and parking lots, their numbers drop.

Rising concentrations of dissolved nitrogen, phosphorus or heavy metals also badly aff ect them. Rapid increases in fl ow from conventionally engineered stormwater systems and many agricul-tural drains also wash out the animals or their food. Did the recent opening of Tallow ICOLL play any part in this?

A tissue analysis might reveal the tox-in burden this platypus carried. A DNA analysis might identify some relatives. Maybe a nitrogen isotope sample of the tissues compared with tissues from some of its food animals from various nearby waterways might reveal where it foraged.

An autopsy might reveal if the thick fur is hiding puncture wounds or a bro-ken back from a dog or fox. Dying or dead, it could have fl oated down in the rush of the Tallow waters and ended up on this far shore.

Any of these investigations require specialists and funding. Likely none of this will ever be done. Still...

‘Let’s put it in the freezer and call Na-tional Parks and Wildlife.’ I said. ‘Maybe they can get a proper examination of the poor little thing.’

Any sightings please email [email protected].

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Obviously, this ‘person’ could only be Tony Abbott: this aberration cannot be al-lowed to prosper. God forbid if he is ever allowed to wield any power again – nobody will be safe. Th e sooner this political assassin is consigned to the dustbin of history the better.

Keith Duncan

Pimlico

Life on a fl oodplain I thank Jim Mangelson for confi rming (letters, last week) what I said the week before (letters, September 10), that Council asked the develop-ers to restore access along the track at the site of the tempo-rary fl ood outlet they built in 1973, but did not ask or order them to close the outlet.

It was the developers’ decision to close the outlet, although they probably had little choice – the Shire engi-neer’s report of 22 June 1976 refers to the company agree-ing to ‘restore the ground

to its original condition in accordance with its agree-ment with the Department of Lands’.

In the same report the Shire engineer agrees that Council might be responsi-ble for any increase in fl ood-ing caused by the work the developers had done (the early parts of North Ocean Shores), and estimated this might be one to three inches (25–75mm).

In 1995 a fl ood outlet simi-lar to, and at the site of, the 1973 outlet was modelled. Th e reduction in fl ood levels for a one-in-100-year fl ood was 28mm at the Capricornia Ca-nal, 19mm at Balemo Drive and 24mm at New Brighton.

When the modelled outlet was increased to more than three times the size of the 1973 outlet, the respective re-ductions were 69mm, 36mm and 59mm.

If such an outlet could be responsibly built (it can’t) it would cost millions of dol-

lars, and the benefi t/cost ra-tios would be minuscule.

This was recognised by Council when they adopted the Marshalls Creek Flood-plain Management Plan, without a flood outlet, in 1997, and will no doubt be acknowledged again in the current management plan process.

Matthew Lambourne

Mullumbimby

Act fast on climateI’d like to thank our wonder-ful community who attended the recent climate-change rally. Everyone there under-stood the urgency of the crisis that is happening right now.

Never have we needed to act more quickly. Once a government is committed to action it can move fast. We’re not seeing this from our state and federal leaders and we hear they’re controlled by big corporations.

If they were free to react for the good of the country

we would see large-scale re-newable energy projects, rapid reforestation and re-instatement of railways. Not everyone understands that transport emissions have become the biggest cause of emissions in the world.

Beth Shelley

Booerie Creek

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REPTILE AWARENESS DISPLAYS OF AUSTRALIADates: Monday 8th till Saturday 13th OctoberTime: 10am till 2pmShowtimes: 10am, 11pm, 12pm & 1pm Come along an experience the Reptile Awareness Displays of Australia shows, with shows every hour.

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Essential schoolholiday info onkids activities

and familyfriendly fun inByron Bay and

beyond!

BYRON4KIDS Love ’em or loathe ’em, school holidays are in full

swing and we are here to help!

From tots to teens our What’s On Guide lists awesome

school holiday activities, workshops, events, shows

and other fantastic delights that are put on for kids and

families either living here or visiting, so have a look at

what you fancy doing for or with the kids and make a

morning, afternoon, or a day of it!

Check out byron4kids.com.au to find out more!

MULLUMBIMBY CHOCOLATE SHOPBe sure to bring the family and friends to the

Mullumbimby Chocolate Shop during the school

holidays! Step in and be greeted with sweet smells and

old-fashioned service and smiles. Have fun choosing

your chocolates and lollies at our bar counter and we’ll

fill a lolly bag just for you! We’ve also got a bulk section

with chocolate-covered fruits and nuts along with

honeycomb, Turkish delight, peanut brittle, ginger, and

more plus loads of licorice!

Vegan, g/f and organic… we’ve got plenty of that

covered too!

We’ll be doing some instore promotions over the

holidays so be sure to pop in. Enjoy the school holidays

and we look forward to seeing you!

Shop 1/104 Dalley St, Mullumbimby

BRUNSWICK BUSH SCHOOL Spring has sprung! The weather is warming and it’s the

perfect time to send the kids bush for some awesome

nature-connection time. We spend the whole day in

bushland. Brunswick Bush School’s holiday program is

brimming with high-quality holiday fun to re-connect,

engage and activate your child. Weave a basket, paddle

a boat, make a journey stick or craft a leather pouch.

We guarantee the best night’s sleep at the end of the

day when we’ve tuckered them out – all you have to do

is tuck them into bed!

For bookings contact Rohan on 0407 898 374 or visit

brunsbushschool.com.au for more information.

ENDLESS ENTERTAINMENT AT BALLINA FAIR!Ballina Fair Cinemas features the latest new-release

movies: see Small Foot, Rowan Atkinson in Johnny

English Strikes Again, The House with a Clock in Its Walls

and a Disney Classic, Christopher Robin.

Come along and see a Reptile Awareness Displays

of Australia show. Their aim is to combat a general

misunderstanding of snakes and other reptiles

within the community. Owner Allan Burnett has a

leading edge in this field, knowing only too well the

consequences of snake bite. Having served 20 years as

an ambulance paramedic, his objective was then as it

still is now – to save lives.

Reptile Awareness Displays of Australia found a need

to promote public awareness of reptiles – especially

snakes – and will also show you first aid treatments.

Joining Allan’s team is Ballina local Bridget from The

Fauna Fetchers, one of the identical twin sisters whose

mission in life is to ignite a passion in people to help

our native wildlife. Come and be inspired to be a

wildlife warrior!

See the Reptile Awareness Displays of Australia display

at Ballina Fair.

Dates: Monday 8 till Saturday 13 October

Time: 10am till 2pm

Showtimes: 10am, 11pm, 12pm & 1pm

Outside Woolworths


THE BRUNSWICK PICTURE HOUSECome one come all to the Brunswick Picture House.

We have an amazing holiday lineup for the whole

family. Live shows, comedy, cabaret, circus and

cinema. The Brunswick picture house is a magical

destination for all holiday-makers. Our shows are

always totally original and like nothing you will see

anywhere else. We bring in the best performers and

shows from around the Shire, the country and the

globe for your entertainment pleasure. Come along

and enjoy our restored classic seaside cinema and

relax in our beautiful garden before and after the show.

We guarantee you will all have the best fun in our very

special venue. Then take a wander through the very

special village of Brunswick Heads and enjoy the river,

the parks and the stunning beaches.

Check out our full program

at brunswickpicturehouse.com.

crystalcastle.com.au open 7 days 10am-5pm 81 Monet Dr, Mullumbimby

Welcome to the home of the biggest & most beautiful natural crystals in the world.Walk among gods through stunning botanical gardens and rainforest. Touch the World Peace

and food. Discover the jewel of Byron.

KIDS TURNING

WILD?It must be time for

School Holidaysat

Tuesday 9 October Wednesday 10 October Thursday 11 October

Day workshops for 7-14 year olds Morning workshops for 4-6 year olds

spaghetticircus.com | 6684 3038

CRYSTAL CASTLEA short scenic journey into Byron Bay’s hinterland lies a

tranquil and magical sanctuary.

Home of the world’s largest and most beautiful natural

crystals, The Crystal Castle, with its peaceful ambience

and exquisite natural splendour, is a place of wonder

for everyone.

Walk in the lush rainforest and botanical gardens,

revealing the wonder of sacred statues and the World

Peace Stupa, a project blessed by the Dalai Lama.

Be immersed in the magic of the Enchanted Cave, the

largest amethyst cave in the world, or stand between

the world’s tallest geode pair, The Crystal Guardians.

Discover the famous Buddha Walk, find yourself in the

ancient labyrinth, or walk the bamboo avenue.

You can join the daily workshops and experiences,

including the famous Peace Experience, which includes

a crystal bowl sound bath.

Enjoy the breathtaking views while you sip on a fresh

local coffee or enjoy a tasty, healthy meal or a tempting

treat in our Lotus Cafe.

Only 20 minutes from Byron Bay and 40 minutes from

Gold Coast airport.

Enrich your spirit and discover the jewel of Byron.

crystalcastle.com.au

SPAGHETTI CIRCUS WORKSHOPS OCTOBER 9, 10, 11Are you thinking of enrolling in circus classes but want

to see what the fuss is about first? We are running three

days of circus workshops on Tuesday, Wednesday and

Thursday in the second week of the school holidays!

Come for one, two or three days!

Workshops for 7–9-year-olds

10am–3pm


10am–3pm


9.30am–12.30pm

We welcome beginners and challenge regulars who

want even more juggling, acrobatics, trapeze and

trampoline. You can achieve some tricky things

through practice and precision but first you have to

give it a go!

Find out more and book online at spaghetticircus.com.


BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL VACATION CARE Are your children looking for something interesting

and exciting to do these school holidays? Did you know

we have three Vacation Care services in your local

community? We run programs at Byron Bay Public

School, Mullumbimby Public School and Brunswick

Heads Public School.

Why spend your holidays with us?

• Action-packed excursions to your favourite places

• Art, craft and cooking galore

• Run wild at Lazer tag, inflatable soccer and an

obstacle course

• Child-initiated experiences

• Most importantly you will have truckloads of fun!

From as little as $10 per day (dependent on CCS

eligibility). Why not spend a day with us.

Email [email protected] or call

0418 996 372 for a full program and enrolment

information.

Tutoring~Recreation~Holiday programs~All ages

BYRON SHIRE COUNCILVACATION CARE

Join us for some school holiday fun at one

of our 3 venues across the shire – Byron Bay,

Brunswick Heads or Mullumbimby.

We have excursions to the cinemas, gallery,

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and TIMEZONE!

We also have so many exciting activities at

our venues such as lazer tag, inflatable soccer

field and inflatable obstacle course.

With a huge variety of craft and cooking

activities planned you won’t want to go home.

Come for a day or come for a week.

Daily costs can be as little as $10 per child(Individual fees are dependent on CCS entitlement)

For a copy of our program and to

make a booking, please email

[email protected]

or by calling 0418 996 372

MCTAVISHMcTavish Surfboards is a high-quality surfboard

manufacturer based in Byron Bay. The brand was

founded by Bob McTavish in 1962, with boards bearing

the McTavish name in production ever since.

Bob’s loveable larrikin personality and his

contributions to surf design and culture form the basis

of what McTavish is all about – design excellence,

excitement, fun and adventure.

Today the McTavish team is proud to run an

independent, low-volume establishment dedicated

to quality and craftsmanship, with a small, dedicated

staff of about 20 people working in the Byron Bay Arts

& Industry Estate, which consists of a factory, cafe and

showroom displaying over 200 new boards, as well as

McTavish-branded apparel and accessories.

91 Centennial Cct.

Byron Bay 6685 6736

www.mctavish.com.au

STUDY BY THE SEADoes your child need some extra support to reach

their full potential? The last term is a great time to

consolidate and refine skills.

Stewart and Julie Clarke are experienced international

educators who offer individualised tutoring for primary

and English/Humanities secondary students.

Holiday and after-school recreational programs can be

catered for upon request.

See the website for details–

www.studybythesea.com.


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ChampagneCOUNTRY STYLE

dinnerChampagne season is upon us and to celebrate we are holding our Annual Champagne Dinner at The Byron at Byron. Chef Matt Kemp will source the best local produce from the area to complement a carefully selected range of Champagne wines.

International Champagne Day

FRIDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2018 | 6.30pm

$225 PER PERSON

Chocolate Lounge1/53 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby 0406 422 465 www.puremeltchocolate.com

Chai Coff ee Hot Chocolate Milkshakes Chocolates Fudge Light meals

NOW SERVING GELATO

BALLINA

Wharf Bar & RestaurantOpen 7.30am Daily. Open till late Thurs–SunCoff ee, breakfast, lunch & dinner, functions & weddings. Fully Licensed.12-24 Fawcett St, Ballina6686 5259 / 6685 6011

TAKEAWAY WOOD FIRED PIZZAS

Or dine in & enjoy live music

Friday, Saturday & Sunday

with our NEW range of

Wood Fired Pizzas

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BYRON BAY

Contemporary and Middle Eastern fl avours

• Breakfast and lunch

• Wood-fi red pizzas

• Fresh juices

• Great coff ee

www.lusciousfoods.com.au

Luscious FoodsMon-Fri 7.30am–3pmOpen Friday nights 6–9pmLive music and BYO1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industry EstateBYO & RSVP6680 8228

Terrace SessionsEvery Friday 7.30pm to 10.30pm

Free Live MusicShare Plate Specials

$9 Cocktails - 8pm to 9pmBeer and Wine of the Week

Beverage Tasting

Ballina RSL Club1 Grant St, Ballina 6681 9500www.ballinarsl.com.auOpen 7 DaysBreakfast, Lunch, Dinnerand Snacks

The Hideout Cafe

Breakfast and Lunch 7 days a week from 7.30am

Shop 6/13 Lawson Street6680 9300FB thehideoutbyronbay insta @thehideoutbyronbay

Hidden away in Byron’s iconic ‘Eat street’ Bay Lane, The Hideout Cafe and Bar

off ers indoor, outdoor and deck dining

With a fresh, funky, relaxed vibe, generous serves, cruisey staff and 10am licence, come and fi nd us

for ‘Byron’s BEST breakfast’ all day…

Takeaway availableVegetarian,Vegan and gluten free options available

Kids menu

DAILY HAPPY HOUR FROM 3 TILL 5 PMSlow down & chill out!Immerse yourself in Slo-mo Joes relaxing vibes while you enjoy live music & delicious fl avours inspired from around the world.There’s something for everyone; from slow-cooked meats to mouth-watering burgers and nutritious salads. Guaranteed to leave you wanting more!

Slo-mo JoesOpen every dayFrom 11am till late

Corner of Fletcher St and Bay Lane, Byron Bay

6685 7502

IG - @slomojoes

BYRON BAY continued

Gourmet burgers created by chefs

Cocktails, wine and beers served all damn day.

Group bookings available, please email

[email protected]

for reservations.

Main StreetOpen 7 days 11.30am until late

Call to make a reservation or for takeaway orders

18 Jonson Street

6680 8832

The Italian Byron Bay: Me AmoreWords and photos by Terase Davidson

We all need to make the time to go to The

Italian Byron Bay for a little ‘Me Amore’.

We started our evening on Saturday with

cocktails because hey, why not! I headed

straight for a classic Passionfruit Sour, which

was a perfectly balanced dance between

vibrant fruit, liquor, sour and sweet with

organic eggs used to make the sour super

fl uff y while also providing an extra-clean

mouthfeel too. Big tick!

I found myself in a rare mood for not

wanting to make any menu decisions. So

after our epic cocktails, Dave and I asked our

waitress to see if Chef would be keen to send us food that he loves best

off the menu, and he said Yes! And wowza, does life taste good when

you hand complete control over to a chef with the skill and fl air of Will

Ennis.

We started with the plumpest of Pacifi c oysters, with a pickled apple

verjuice garnish, a clever and fun little fl avour combination for our

delicate juicy bivalves, followed by the most divine arancini with

taleggio and romesco sauce. I’m always looking for diff erent fl avour

pops on my fork and the

snapper served with a

silky-smooth caulifl ower

puree, broccolini with

apple, almonds and herbs

was bang on the money!

Next came an old-school

classic with a twist pairing

of free-range pork belly

with parnsip puree,

roasted pear and candied

walnuts. Okay so I may

have discreetly licked the

plate here! Ah, and if you

love fresh homemade

pasta you simply must,

yes must, order the ravioli with goat cheese. Oh and please make sure

you save room for dessert, so you can indulge in the moreish chocolate,

peanut and banana trio, because each spoonful will have you nodding

knowingly at your dinner date and thinking, yes this really is the perfect

fi nish to the most perfect night!

Terase is the founder of Taste Byron Bay, a local business that

showcases local produce across all their menus for catering,

events, private dining, food tours & cooking classes. For more

information contact: www.tastebyronbay.com or follow the fun on

INSTAGRAM @tastebyronbay.

di VinoWhere’s this sign? Up in the air, outside a new Italian place that’s

opened at the surf end of Fletcher St, Byron. They have a copper

bar with beautiful green tiles, a range of cocktails, wine by the glass

including ‘orange’ wines, and Italian food courtesy of chef Bruno

Conti from Terra Catering. Photo: S Haslam


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BYRON BAY continued

Harvest

18-22 Old Pacifi c Highway Newrybar NSW 2479

02 6687 2644

www.harvestnewrybar.com.au

@harvestnewrybar

A short ride from Byron Bay, Harvest Restaurant, Bakery and Deli off ers country charm and fresh, seasonal, organic food

sourced from local artisan producers and Harvest’s own gardens.

Lunch 12pm–3pm daily / Dinner 6pm–10pm (Wed–Sun)Weekend breakfast 8am–11am

Harvest Deli is open daily with take-away pastries, sandwiches and salads.

Harvest Deli: Mon–Sat 8am–5pm Sun 8am–4pmCoff ee cart: 6.30am–2pm daily

Harvest is available for events, weddings and catering.

NEWRYBAR

CATERING

E: [email protected]

P: 0414 895 441

Celebrations Catering By Liz JacksonCelebration cakes

Personal catering services

Event co-ordination and management

CELEBRATIONS

BY LIZ JACKSON

LENNOX HEAD

Williams St50 Pacifi c Parade, cnr of William St, Lennox Head

0476 892 194

insta @williamst.lennox

Relaxed dining by the beach. Food that celebrates local produce served with a

healthy dose of good tunes and good vibes. All welcome.

Our opening hours are 6.30am–2.30pm, 7 daysfor Breakfast + Lunch

Thursday, Friday, Saturday for dinner.

Sunday Tapas & Happy Hour Specials till sundown

MULLUMBIMBY

Mullum’s iconic Empire Cafe serves up an exciting menu with something for everyone. Indulge yourself with a delicious brekky, the best burgers in town, or if it’s more your style enjoy healthy superfoods like acai bowls and buddha bowls plus loads more. If you need a treat there’s a selection of cakes and also healthier dairy-free, refi ned sugar-free treats. The house-made organic coconut ice-cream is a must try. Plus of course, great coff ee, delightful teas, shakes, smoothies and all the rest. Enjoy the good vibes and satisfy your cravings!

The EmpireOpen 7 days M–F 9am–5pm, S,S 9am–3pmDine in and takeawayLicensed

FB/Insta: EmpireMullum

20 Burringbar St, Mullum

6684 2306

BYRON BAY continued

Freelance means I can take watermelon breaks

and no one can yell at me

Mandy Ashcraft

Luke Yeaman live acoustic 6pm Fri 21st September

Spring Dinners 3 course $55

OPEN - Tuesday to Saturday evenings7 days breakfast & Lunch

All day menus, licensed bar

APERITIVO happy hour AFTERNOONS 4–6pm daily$12 Cocktails, $7 beers, $8 wines, $12 Moet

Targa Modern European

Cafe • Restaurant • Bar

11 Marvell Street Byron Bay

6680 9960

targabyronbay.com

[email protected]

Fresh Healthy Delicious

Hawaiian and Japanese fl avoursSignature Poke Bowls

• High-quality diced raw fi sh, vegetables, sauces & spices• Vegetarian - Vegan options

Any Poke Bowls $15.95 | Tuna Poke Bowl $17.95

www.fi nnpoke.com.auFB Finnpokebyron IG @fi nnpoke_

Finn Poke RestaurantOpen 7 days 11am till 8pmFri & Sat 11am till 8.30pm

Shop 5, 8 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay02 6685 8156

Take away available

Hong Kong chef specialising in Chinese and Malay foods

Fully licensed Dine In / Takeaway / Home Delivery Available

Happy Chilli GardenOpen 6 days - closed Sundays

Byron St (opp Aldi) Byron Bay

P 6680 9191 F 6676 4869M 0403 516 793

[email protected]

Fishheads7:30am till lateCoff ee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, functions and weddings.HAPPY HOUR 4–6PM MON–FRI1 Jonson St, Byron Bay6680 7632

BEACH FRONTHAPPY HOUR

$12 Cocktails + $7 Tapas$6 Beers + Wines + Spirits

MONDAY TO FRIDAY4pm to 6pm

NEW - VEGAN - RESTAURANT

We are part of a plant based movement and invite

you to join us on our expedition to save the Earth one

Brussels Sprout at a time.

Spread the word

#plantpowered #brusselsnotbeef

No BonesFood & CocktailsOpen Tuesday through to Sunday from 5pm11 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay

6680 7418@nobonesbyronbay

Thoughtful menu refl ecting the region, the seasons and the climate. Elegant dining in a relaxed atmosphere.

Open for breakfast lunch and dinner, or cocktails on the verandah overlooking the rainforest.

Open seven days: breakfast, lunch & dinner

Thursday Farmers Market Dinner

2 courses $52 per person

Byron at Byron77–97 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay

6639 2111thebyronatbyron.com.au

Chupacabra

Eat in or take out.

Shop 12A, 3 Cliff ord St, Suff olk Park0448 077 401

www.chupacabra.com.au @chupabyron

Tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner in a relaxed, fresh and bright atmosphere.

This is slow ‘fast food’ with all produce sourced locally.Margarita cocktails, Oaxacan mezcal, micheladas and

Mexican blend Moonshine coff ee.

Coff ee and breakfast 6.30–11.30amLunch 11.30am–3pm

Dinner Tues–Sat 5–9pmSunday long brunch 10am–5pm

FRESH PIZZABYRON STYLE

Check us out on

facebook.com/byron.legendpizzaScan code for our menu!

BYOHome delivery 7 days

Established 1992

Legend PizzaOpen 7 days9am till after midnight

Shop 1 Woolworths Plaza90-96 Jonson Street

6685 5700

www.legendpizza.com.au

Trattoria BasilocoOpen 7 days for Dinnerstarting 5.30pm

See menu, book a table, or order takeaway atwww.basilo.co

30 Lawson St, Byron Bay6680 8818

Wood-fi red pizzas & real Italian cuisine with a Sardinian twist

Famous for seafood, meats and pasta dishes.

We do special events functions.

Barrio Byron BayMon–Tue 7am–3pm; Wed–Sat 7am–9pm

1 Porter Street, North Byron

No reservations. Bookings over 8 email: [email protected]

A 5-minute drive from Byron Bay, Barrio eatery at Habitat brings together the local community

in a relaxed environment for all-day dining. Wood-fi red oven, charcoal grill, veges, meat, fi sh, salads,

natural wines, local beers, cocktails and St Ali coff ee.

Eat in or take-away

www.barriobyronbay.com.au@barriobyronbay

NEW WINTER MENU AT THE ROCKS!

Join us at The Rocks on Lawson for some winter warmers!We have a range of fresh, locally sourced breakfast and

lunch at aff ordable prices. Enliven the senses with a Byron Bay Coff ee or super healthy smoothie! Enjoy an Ice-cold

beer, wine, or hand-crafted cocktail with your meal! Cosy indoor seating and heated outdoor patio space available.

$5 SCHOONERS AND $12 COCKTAIL OF THE WEEK

The Rocks@ AquariusBreakfast/Lunch7 days from 7am

16 Lawson St, Byron Bay6685 7663 – Menus attherocksbyronbay.com.au

Share plates, mains, desserts and famous Treehouse

wood-fi red pizza. Our kitchen is open all day and night.

Presenting incredible original music in

Byron’s most intimate atmosphere.

Check our website or Facebook for the gig guide.

facebook.com/treehouse.belongil

treehouseonbelongil.com

Treehouse on BelongilFull Cocktail & Wine Bar.Extensive Menu Includes Tapas, Mains, Desserts and Famous Woodfi red Pizzas.

25 Childe St, Byron Bay

6680 9452

St Elmo is a place where you can enjoy great

company, fi rst-class food, sophisticated cocktails

and an extensive wine list. St Elmo is plating up

modern Spanish cuisine to be enjoyed amongst

friends and family. Our menus change regularly

and feature daily specials.

St Elmo Dining Room & BarMon-Sat: 5pm till late.Sun: 5pm till 10pm.

Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson Lane, Byron Bay

6680 7426www.stelmodining.com

The Italian Byron Bay provides a bustling atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired

Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s fi nest cocktails and wines.

The Italian Byron BayOpen 7 days from 6pm

Next to the Beach Hotel

Bay Street 6680 7055 italianatthepacific.com.au


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One day a builder and designer walked into a home…Having recently completed renovations on their own home close to

Bangalow and a client’s full house build in Nashua, Michael and Ali, builder

and interior-design team from Beukers Building, have transitioned their

business full time to the northern rivers from Sydney’s northern beaches.

Property Insider had a chance to speak to Ali during the week. ‘I grew up in the English countryside and have been yearning to get away from the city and traffi c and back into the country and I fell in love with the coun-tryside here. Of course I didn’t realise at the time that certain aspects of living here would challenge my bucolic ideals. It’s like a Juras-sic version of the English country; I didn’t

quite count on the snakes, bats, rats, goannas and the water dragon that felt the need to run through our home one day,’ laughs Ali.

‘Michael and I work as a team. He is a qual-ity builder and I bring an eye for space and interior design,’ says Ali. ‘What you get with Michael is a master builder who is passionate about his work. He can take your project from draft ed or architectural plans, work in with

your architect, or simply turn your dream for a rethink of a home layout into a reality. With a strong work ethic and well known for a high level of fi nish he shows acute attention to detail. And he actually turns up when he says he will!’ says Ali. As for her role, Ali says she is not sure whether she was born with it or whether she learn’t it by default from years as an art director and stylist in the fi lm and fashion industry. ‘I have an innate sense of space. I can walk into someone’s home or look at their plans and im-mediately see if things could be improved, both in functionality and aesthetics.

‘Th e amount of decision making when you’re

doing a build can be overwhelming,’ says Ali. ‘Particularly for fi rst-timers. Th ey get their plans and then don’t know really what they are looking at or what happens next. If you have an architect they will guide you through the whole project. but for those with a simple idea for improvements or pre-draft ed plans we can step in and aid this process.’

To have a team like Beukers Building on your side, bringing both expertise in building and someone who can help cut through the deci-sion-making overload and can help you make your home look and feel exactly as you want. sounds like a great choice, don’t you think?

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+ Kitchen with dishwasher & peaceful views. Tiled lounge area with a ceiling fan & wood heater+ Bedrooms with access to verandahs, master with ensuite. Ample water supply & solar power+ Close to Mullumbimby, approx. 25 mins to Byron Bay & Gold Coast Airport is under 45 mins

Absolutely nothing remaining to be done. Th is immaculately presented home is ready to be moved into and enjoyed!

It is located on a corner block in close proximity to visitor parking and is just a short stroll to tennis court and swimming pool. It has recently been redecorated throughout. New timber-eff ect vinyl planking throughout the living areas and bedrooms. Plus, new blinds and curtains have recently been installed.

Spacious open-plan living area with veranda door from the dining area opens to a private and secluded, partially covered courtyard.

Recently renovated kitchen has new Caesarstone benchtops/work/surfaces and ivory coloured fl at panel doors. Th e kitchen is complemented with a new Bellini dishwasher, a built-in Simpson fan-forced oven/grill, and a relatively new ceramic cook-top.

Th e home has two good sized bedrooms with built-in robes, ceiling fans and privacy blinds.

Th e tiled bathroom comprises a shower cabinet and vanity unit with a separate toilet. A carport adjoins the home and has a remotely operated roller door and space for two small vehicles.

Energy-effi cient home with solar panels and inverter.Reduced $20,000 now $329,000 must be sold.

Open: By AppointmentContact: Kelvin Price

0423 028 468Mr Property Services

Noble Lakeside Park - Kingscliff

Site 180

2 1 1 $329,000

Council approved dual occupancy with construction certifi cate for the second house.

Th e existing 2 storey home is a great starting point with heaps of room for a family.

Polished timber fl oors upstairs. Open plan living dining with lots or light and cross fl ow for breezes. Th e downstairs has loads of room and potential with a second bathroom and large storage rooms.

Th e approved plans are for a modern 4 bedroom home which will have elevation, privacy and perfect north aspect.

Th is is a rare low-risk project for anyone from the experienced developer to a fi rst timer with all the guess work taken care of.

Inspect: By AppointmentContact: Todd Buckland

0408 966 421Byron Shire Real Estate

Approved Dual Occupancy

119 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores

4 2 2 $850,000

• Elevated character home adjacent to Waterlily Park

• New carpets, freshly painted interior

• Triple lock up garage with extra height to securely park a caravan, boat or golf buggy on trailer

• Stunning polished timber fl oors, modern open plan design

• Stainless steel appliances, gas cooking & dishwasher

• Ducted air conditioning, ceiling fans throughout

• Solar power, solar hot water and insulation

• Expansive covered timber deck with cafe blinds for alfresco dining

• Internal laundry with easy access to deck and backyard

• Fully fenced yard with stone retaining walls and excellent drainage

• Flood free corner block, approximately 661 sqm

If you’re in the market for a quality home on a fl ood free block in a friendly neighbourhood, then this could be your new home.

View: Saturday 1.00 – 1.30pmContact: Fiona Johnson 0400 418 886

Elders Real Estate Brunswick Heads

Motivated and Moving

1 Glendale Crescent, Ocean Shores

4 2 3 Price Reduced $775, 000


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InspectSaturday 6th October 12-12.30pm Price$749,000


Inspect Saturday 6th October 1-1.30pm Price$759,000


It’s hard not to be charmed by this c1920s weatherboard. With restoration at the heart of its recent revival, the owner has preserved every period feature of the house and the results will bring a smile. Gorgeous landscaped gardens.

Contemporary new home with a flat fenced yard. Ideal for the family with generously proportioned bedrooms, study and powder room downstairs for added convenience. The open plan kitchen has stone benches, a walk-in pantry and gas cooking.

First time offered in over 60 years. This double brick 1950s home has maintained its priceless original features such as polished timber floors, timber sash windows, moulded plaster cornice, terracotta roof, french doors & Bakelite fittings.

2/26 Helen Street, South Golden Beach 3+ 22

InspectSaturday 6th October 11-11.30am Price$950,000


Every component of this architect designed home has been carefully considered and the result is a house which is both pleasing to the eye and easy to live in. Timber floors and light filled spaces. Huge master suite and large study.

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Live in the vibrant community of Federal! Character brick home with charm & warmth. Featuring solar power, high raked ceilings & wood heater. Open plan living & dining with access to verandahs. Kitchen with timber benches, gas cooking & plenty of cupboard space. Tiled master with a built-in, walk-in robe, which opens into its own sunroom with access to the front verandah. Th ere is an open loft style bedroom. Outside fi nd two covered verandahs perfect for entertaining plus an in-ground saltwater pool. Th ere is a carport attached to the double lock up garage which has a concrete slab, storage loft , built-ins & power on both sides. All this plus 6.45KW of solar power & a 18,000L water tank. Th is property is in an ideal location, within walking distance to the buzzing Doma Cafe and general store. It is 20 minutes to Mullumbimby & Bangalow while Byron Bay is 25 minutes. Enjoy day trips to the world heritage rainforests & national parks

Open: Inspect by appointmentContact: Katrina Beohm 0467 001 122 Katrina Beohm Real Estate

Rare Package

10 Roses Road, Federal

2 1 3 $795,000

You won’t fi nd a more aff ordable way into the Brunswick Heads property market.

Perfectly liveable as-is, but also ideal for the renovator.

Great bones and potential plus with large proportions and plenty of fl oorspace to be creative with and value add.

Its close proximity to the river and town centre make for convenient village living.

If you want your own piece of paradise for a price that won’t break the bank, don’t miss this one.

Inspect: By AppointmentAuction: Saturday November 3, 10 – 10.30am on siteContact: Todd Buckland

0408 966 421Byron Shire Real Estate

Ready, Set…

3/2 Tweed Street, Brunswick Heads

1 1 1 Auction

Due to circumstance the owners of River Cottage are ready to release this unique property & will consider genuine off ers. River Cottage is the perfect sanctuary away from the hustle & bustle of city life. Set in an idyllic location, the home has an unrivalled outlook over some of the most stunning rainforest & picture-perfect river frontage the area has to off er. Wilsons River originates a short distance from the property & fl ows only metres away from the home giving it a clean, abundant water supply & your own amazing natural swimming pool. Th e original 1900s farmhouse has been lovingly restored & benefi ts from wrap around verandas, open plan living & plenty of light fi ltering in through the northerly windows plus a separate studio. If you are looking for peace & tranquillity where you can let your creative juices fl ow, then look no further. Expressions of interest closing 30/10/18.

Open: By AppointmentContact: Gary Brazenor 0423 777 237

Denzil Lloyd 0481 864 049Bangalow Real Estate & Byron Hinterland Properties

River Cottage

132 Upper Wilsons Creek Road, Upper Wilsons Creek

3-4 1 1 Expressions of Interest


Property

110 YANKEE CREEK ROAD, MULLUMBIMBY CREEK

• Comfortable 3 bedroom double brick home• Idyllic lifestyle property• Boasting 8 acres of established native gardens• 800 metre frontage to Mullumbimby Creek• To be sold with established nursery business• Six minutes to Mullumbimby

Open: Friday 5th October 4.00 – 5.00pmSaturday 6th October 3.00 – 4.00pm

Auction: Saturday, 3 November 3pm Onsite. Guide $1.35m to $1.45mEnquiries: Paul Prior 0418 324 297

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Auction This Saturday!755 The Pocket Rd, The Pocket

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Brunswick Heads

Bus Man’s CottageStep behind the ornamental hedge and discover ‘The Bus Man’s Cottage’. Gorgeous historic homestead comprising two bedroom cottage plus a generously sized timber shed designed to garage a school bus.

* Bore water, onsite septic, above ground swimming pool

* Located on fl ood free land 7.5km from Billinudgel turnoff

* Just 2.1km to The Pocket Public School

* Located 15min drive from Mullumbimby & Brunswick Heads

* Combustion wood stove, air conditioning, timber fl oors

* Spacious covered timber deck overlooking green pastures

* Fenced yard, private, level 645 sqm block

* Lovely nest for fi rst home buyers or investors

Enjoy the peace and privacy of rural lifestyle, but without all the work.

View: Thursday 12.00 – 12.30pmAuction: Saturday 6 October at 11.30am

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Open for InspectionBangalow Real Estate • 475 Fernleigh Road, Fernleigh. Sat 10–11am

Byron Bay & Hinterland Property • 3/20 Sunrise Blvd, Byron Bay. Sat 12.45–1.30pm

Byron Bay First National • 1/1 Cumbebin Park, Byron Bay. Thu 11–11.30am

• 2/92 Rajah Road, Ocean Shores. Thu 11–11.30am

• 354 Upper Wilsons Creek Rd, Upper Wilsons Creek. Thu 12–12.30pm

• 98 Hinterland Way, Knockrow. Thu 1–1.30pm

• Lot 20 Hayters Drive, Suff olk Park. Thu 2–2.30pm

• Lot 6, 155–159 Broken Head Rd, Suff olk Park. Thu 2.30–3pm

• 5 Chinbible Avenue, Mullumbimby. Fri 9–9.30am

• Lot 1 & 2/20 Azalea St, Mullumbimby. Fri 10–10.30am

• 1635–1651 Coolamon Scenic Dr, Mullumbimby. Fri 11–11.30am

• 45 Shelley Drive, Byron Bay. Fri 1–1.30pm

• 7/130 Lighthouse Road, Byron Bay. Fri 1.30–2pm

• 110 Yankee Creek Rd, Mullumbimby Creek. Fri 4–5pm

• 33 Morrison Avenue, Mullumbimby. Sat 9–9.30am

• 35 Station Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 9.45–10.15am

• 34 Killen Falls Drive, Tintenbar. Sat 10–10.30am

• 70 Brushbox Dr, Mullumbimby Creek. Sat 10–10.30am

• 55 Teak Circuit, Suff olk Park. Sat 10–10.30am

• 7/41 Redgum Place, Suff olk Park. Sat 10–10.30am

• 10 Marattia Place, Suff olk Park. Sat 10–10.30am

• 98 Hinterland Way, Knockrow. Sat 10–10.30am

• 32 Middleton Street, Byron Bay. Sat 10.30–11am

• 1/1 Cumbebin Park, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am

• 2/92 Rajah Road, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am

• 1/12 Coachwood Close, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am

• 63 Helen St, South Golden Beach. Sat 11–11.30am

• 2e Kalemajere Drive, Suff olk Park. Sat 11–11.30am

• 43 Corkwood, Suff olk Park. Sat 11–11.30am

• 7/1 Langi Place, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 22/24 Scott Street, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 17/2 Alcorn Street, Suff olk Park. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 21 Aloota Crescent, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 19 Taylors Lane, Ewingsdale. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 2 Bannister Court, Bangalow. Sat 12.30–1pm

• 354 Upper Wilsons Creek Rd, Upper Wilsons Creek. Sat 1–1.30pm

• 3/2 Durroon Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 1–1.30pm

• 1/18 Jacaranda Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 1–1.30pm

• 110 Yankee Creek Rd, Mullumbimby Creek. Sat 3–4pm

Byron Shire Real Estate • 2/26 Helen St, South Golden Beach. Sat 11–11.30am

• 47B Orana Road, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 46 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby. Sat 1–1.30pm

Elders Brunswick Heads • 755 The Pocket Rd, The Pocket. Thu 12–12.30pm

• 4 Gin Gin Crescent, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 1 Glendale Crescent, Ocean Shores. Sat 1–1.30pm

ForSaleByAgent • 17 Brunswick Tce, Mullumbimby. Sat 10.45–11.30am

McGrath Byron Bay • 124 Coopers Shoot Rd, Coopers Shoot. Thu 12–12.30pm

• 68 Charlotte Street, Bangalow. Thu 5–5.30pm

• 16 Dehnga Place, Suff olk Park. Thu 5–5.30pm

• 15/3 Pecan Court, Suff olk Park. Sat 9.30–10am

• 46/12 Hazelwood Cl, Suff olk Park. Sat 9.30–10am

• 8/3 Beachcomber Dr, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am

• 4 Oak Court, Suff olk Park. Sat 10–10.30am

• 20 Kalemajere Drive, Suff olk Park. Sat 10–10.30am

• 124 Coopers Shoot Rd, Coopers Shoot. Sat 10–11am

• 3 Blackwood Street, Byron Bay. Sat 10.30–11am

• 32 Browning Street, Byron Bay. Sat 10.30–11am

• 2/20 Old Bangalow Rd, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am

• 49 Beech Drive, Suff olk Park. Sat 11–11.30am

• 68 Charlotte Street, Banaglow. Sat 11–11.30am

• 16 Dehnga Place, Suff olk Park. Sat 11–11.30am

• 31 Brushbox Drive, Mullumbimby. Sat 12–12.30pm

Ray White Byron Bay • 29 Shelley Drive, Byron Bay. Thu 11–11.30am • 6/47 Belongil Crescent, Byron Bay. Thu 12.30–1pm • 450 Left Bank Road, Mullumbimby. Thu 12.30–1pm • 26 Veterans Lane, Brunswick Heads. Thu 2–2.30pm • 1681 Hinterland Way, McLeods Shoot. Sat 9–9.30am

• 18 Pacifi c Vista Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am • 4/22 Alcorn Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am • 6/47 Belongil Crescent, Byron Bay. Sat 11.30–12pm • 450 Left Bank Rd, Mullumbimby. Sat 11.30–12pm • 29 Shelley Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 1–1.30pm • 14 Wright Place, Byron Bay. Sat 1–1.30pm • 26 Veterans Lane, Brunswick Heads. Sat 1–1.30pm • 23 Parrot Tree Place, Bangalow. Sat 1.30–2pm • 963 Main Arm Road, Main Arm. Sat 2.30–3pm • 4/22 Alcorn Street, Byron Bay. Wed 11–11.30am • 14 Wright Pl, Byron Bay. Wed 1–1.30pm

New ListingsByron Bay First National • 1/1 Cumbebin Park, Byron Bay. Auction. Guide $700K–$770K

• 4 Shirley Lane, Byron Bay. Contact Agent

• 22/24 Scott Street, Byron Bay. Auction 17 November

Byron Shire Real Estate • 2/26 Helen Street South Golden Beach. $950,000

• 3/2 Tweed Street Brunswick Heads. Auction Sat 3 November 10.30am onsite

McGrath Byron Bay • 16 Dehnga Place, Suff olk Park

• 8/3 Beachcomber Dr, Byron Bay

Raine & Horne Ocean Shores • 26 Redgate Road, South Golden Beach

AuctionsByron Bay First National • 32 Middleton St, Byron Bay. Sat 11am. $1.65m–1.8m

• 2 Bannister Court, Bangalow. Sat 1pm. $770,000–$847,000

• 110 Yankee Creek Rd, Mullumbimby Creek. 3 Nov 3pm. $1.35m–1.45m

• 22/24 Scott Street, Byron Bay. 17 Nov

Byron Shire Real Estate • 3/2 Tweed St Brunswick Heads. Sat 3 Nov 10am onsite

Elders Brunswick Heads • 755 The Pocket Rd, The Pocket. Sat 10am in our Offi ce

Ray White Byron Bay • 6/47 Belongil Crescent, Byron Bay. Sat 12pm onsite • 23 Parrot Tree Place, Bangalow. Sat 2pm onsite • 26 Veterans Lane, Brunswick Heads. Sat 20 Oct 1.30pm onsite

Make it your Own17 Brunswick Terrace, MullumbimbyFacing the Brunswick River and Palm Park, this high-set home is raised above flood height and made from real hardwood. Currently it is stripped back right to its frame and is waiting for someone to make it their own. The location is perfect with only a 2 minute walk into the centre of town.

506 m2 of land with rear lane access High ornamental ceilings, timber floors

Solar Hot Water plus 1.5kW Solar System

New outside cladding, freshly painted Second toilet in laundry, outside shower Various tradesmen quotes available A renovator’s dream, nothing hidden

Price: $ 760,000 – $ 820,000Open: Saturday 10:45 – 11:30 amContact: Ernst Mayr-Reisch

0428 842 387

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Six over-65-year-old Gold Coast locals share their lives in a new show All the Sex I’ve Ever Had at HOTA this week.

First performed in Germany by Mammalian Diving Refl ex, the show is created in situ with non-professional participants whose experiences and stories weave together a unique story of place.

‘A lot of people tour a show, but this is a process that is toured,’ says co-writer and creator Alice Fleming.

Working with Darren O’Donnell, the two spent a month working with six locals to create the show.

‘We break it down year by year from zero until now,’ says Alice. ‘We use sexuality as the lens. The fi rst time they saw someone’s genitals, the fi rst kiss, the fi rst crush, the marriage, the divorce, the heartbreak and everything in between. Sex and sexuality is just the lens that we look through.’

It all started a few months ago when there was a call out for older people who might like to participate. After a series of one-to-one interviews, six people were chosen. Those six were as diverse as the list would let them be.

‘We have the owner of the Love Street recording studio; he’s a party animal! People who have dabbled in same-sex encounters; there are people who have had aff airs, marriages and children, then broken up; people who are single now then broken up; people who are doing online dating now. There’s a lot of diversity.’

As creators, Darren O’Donnell and Alice Fleming have distinctly diff erent points of view when it comes to relationships.

‘I am a romantic,’ says Alice, ‘Darren O’Donnell doesn’t believe in monogamy and I am naively the opposite. I am quite interested in people who have short-lived romances early on, and there is one person here on the Gold Coast who has this amazing through line that they have with this one person on and off , and then fi nally they are together. Life is quite incredible how it can hit you over the head with the same message!’

The end result is a pacy show that’s very funny and engrossing. ‘You become quite obsessed with one person’s story. You want to know what happened and then it moves on to a diff erent person and then you get hooked into them. It’s fascinating following the threads.’

All the Sex I’ve Ever Had at HOTA on the Gold Coast. Thursday 2pm and 7pm; Friday at 7pm. Book on hota.com.au.

Great name for a band. Where did it

come from?

Unfortunately there was no great epiphany

or someone appearing on a ‘fl aming pie’ in a

dream à la The Beatles. As 15–16-year-olds we

saw the name of a clothing store in Singapore

and were at the same time devouring The

Beatles’ Anthologies and must have been up

to the episode where they spent a long time

in India.

This tour is like a fi nal farewell party for

Nic Wilson, your lead guitarist. Is it sad for

you guys to have him leave?

It’s extremely sad that Nic is leaving. He

has been a great barometer in so many

ways for the band, whether that was in the

songwriting realm or coming to the man for

stressful business decisions we have had to

make. Nic exists on his own plane and has

never been one to follow a trend, so his ideas

have always come from a pure well. Nic is

retiring from touring AND music so he won’t

be a part of another album. What’s next? We

don’t know. As I have said to a lot of people,

the bomb has just gone off and we have to

see where the dust settles. We have spent half

of our life making music and touring, so our

next move is one that we need to consider carefully and be respectful to what we have achieved and what we still want to achieve.

What can your fans at the Byron Bay Guitar Festival expect from your show?

Because we are sending Nic off we will be playing a large retrospective of our career. It will be sad but we have to enjoy every last gig with him and we have always loved playing festivals together.

Other than the release of the album you’re working on, is there anything else on the horizon for British India?

Our main focus at the moment is giving Nic the proper farewell. This band means a lot to the many fans who have come to our shows every year and we want to put on a great show for them with Nic still on the stage. Other than that we are just writing and assessing what the future will hold.

British India headline the Byron Bay Guitar Festival at the Byron Brewery this Saturday and Sunday. With 25 performances, fi ve specialty workshops, and even a guitar retail section! $50 day pass or $90 for both days.

www.byronbayguitarfestival.com.

BEST OF BRITISH INDIA FOR BYRON GUITAR FEST

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I AM BOGANLast week someone, let’s say a man, on social media called me

a bogan. And a cunt. It was meant to shame me. To humiliate

me. To put me in my place. To remind me that not only am

I a useless woman but I’m also lower class. Uneducated.

Unrefi ned. Crass.

Those words are meant to reduce my value. To silence me.

Those words are sent as a reminder of my deep unworthiness.

Those words are meant to devalue the actual words that I speak.

Words are powerful. Ugly words have a violence intended to

cause harm. They are arrows layered with meaning. It’s why

some words go so deep. They carry with them generations,

sometimes centuries of shame. Like poisoned tips. They are

words like nigger, wog, spic, poof, spazzo, abbo, retard, hippy,

gypsy, loony… those words are meant to keep people down.

To seed self-hatred and then infl ame it. They are words that

remind you that you are NOT privileged. They are words that

relegate you to the margins because you DO NOT belong.

It is a tiresome exercise to attempt to hurt people with

poisonous words. To throw rocks of shame at the heart of

another. But even the most well educated persist with name

calling. These words must be unpacked. Disempowered. A

kind of semiotic disarmament. So lets start with Bogan.

We all love calling people bogans. In a politically correct world

it seems that bogan is still permissible as a word to diminish

people. But should it be? Aren’t we just calling someone

working class? Aren’t we just saying someone is lower status

than us because they haven’t enjoyed our privilege?

The dictionary tells me that a bogan is ‘an uncouth or

unsophisticated person regarded as being of low social status.’

Low-status-people tend to be uneducated, from low socio-

economic areas or origins, and as a member of a lower class

have none of the refi nement of the more privileged. They

probably say fuck a lot. I say fuck a lot. They probably speak

loudly and don’t have a fi lter. I speak loudly and don’t have a

fi lter. We all know that low-status people aren’t perceived as

valid or as esteemed as high-status people. High-status people

come from the upper classes; they have power and privilege.

I may well be a bogan. In fact, if we’re throwing around labels,

I’m probably a redneck. Sometimes it’s hard to fi nd the right

label to diminish yourself with.

I grew up in housing commission in a regional town. The

holes in our fi bro walls were all fi st shaped from my alcoholic

father. No-one in my family had been past year 10. We lived

on welfare. There was no talk of literature in my home. Or

classical music. Or art. We didn’t own land. We didn’t have

prestigious jobs.

My family were tradies. They painted houses. They cut hair.

They got drunk and they fought. On pay day they partied until

all the pay was gone. They loved footy but they also watched

the news. They were staunch Labor voters.

My neighbours played Slim Dusty so loud that the Lights

Coming over the Hill nearly deafened me. My dad came home

drunk and howled along to Chad Morgan’s classic 78 The

Sheik from Scrubby Creek. Ironically Chad comes from the

same town as me.

Growing up I had one brother. And one sister. She’s

Indigenous. Is she a bogan too? Another sister came along

later who was born in Sri Lanka. Is she bogan?

Wow, it’s so easy to reduce people, but so hard to defi ne

them…

I fi nd books, I start to read. I fi nd life hard, but learning easy.

It becomes clear to me at an early age that education and

achievement are the way out of my struggle street. And so

this bogan working her bogan arse off because no-one was

going to rescue me. There were no fancy schools. No trips

overseas. No after-school tutoring. No Mummy and Daddy

setting me up in my fi rst home. I decide at an early age that if

I want anything I have to make it happen.

I became a feminist at six when my father died and I vowed to

never let a man beat my mother again. A 6-year-old feminist

bogan. Probably about the same time I became a cunt. That is,

a female person who believes that her life, her voice and her

story is equal to that of a man. How dare I.

So to all my bogan cunt friends out there, those of us who

strolled libraries in our thongs, scared we would never be

taken seriously: Take heart. We’re no longer controlled or

diminished by your fear and inadequacy. The bogan cunts are

coming for you.

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MUSIC VANNSFormed in high school in their hometown of Wollongong, The VANNS’ story centres around Jimmy Vann (vocals/guitars) and Lachie Jones (drummer) when they casually threw a band together to enter a competition. Following 2017’s EP Shake The Hand That Starts The Fight, the four-piece are thrilled to announce the brand-new single How Was I Supposed to Know and a string of shows in support of the single. How Was I Supposed to Know is produced by Oscar Dawson (Holy Holy, Ali Barter, Alex Lahey) and showcases the band’s unique rock roaring sound. ‘This song is about the collapse of a relationship and the frustration, confusion and envy that comes along with seeing the other person easily move on while you’re still caught up in what was. “Baby, you don’t feel inside. Can you teach me how to feel how you feel?”’ explains vocalist/guitarist James Vann.

When high school fi nished and members left to pursue other lives, Jimmy and Lachie reached out to bass player and long-term associate Tommy Teiko to complete a tightly wound trio dedicated to developing a sound around their shared love of acts like Cold War Kids, Band of Horses and Jeff Buckley.

What followed was a series of two EPs and multiple singles beginning with the self-titled The VANNS in 2013, Scattered by Sundown in 2015 and culminating

with the release of the single Skinny Legs in 2016.

While those EPs led to high-profile shows with The Griswolds and being handpicked for national tours with acts like Delta Riggs and Tired Lion, and festival spots at Party in the Paddock, the band really saw a change of fortunes when they enlisted a local guitarist/songwriter, Cam Little, to try his hand at overdubbing some ideas during the recording process for 2017’s EP Shake the Hand that Starts the Fight.

The VANNS at the Hotel Great Northern on Saturday. 9pm. Free

SHOW US YA WILLIEThe wait is over! The former Old Crow Medicine Show star Willie Watson is one special cat, an oldtime troubadour of the highest order. His live shows are a journey in the history of folk, country and the blues. One-man band. Voice. Guitar. Banjo. His smokin’ second solo release appropriately titled Folk Singer Vol 2 was released last year and this will be the fi rst time our ears will hear the joy, sadness and tales of these historic tunes.

He is joined by Ash Bell and Sara Tindley at Club Mullum at Mullum Ex-Services on Friday 12 October. Tix $38.50, redsquaremusic.com.au.

A NUDGE FOR THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTREOctober’s Nudge Nudge Wink Wink is all about raising money for local not-for-profi t Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre’s More Than a Meal program, which produces an average of 45–50 meals per day, with some days as high as 75–80, equalling over 13,000 meals a year. October’s DJs bring soul-tisfying satisfaction to every set they plate up! Sunday’s fi rst course starts with DJ Bango, a now Byron Bay-based DJ, journalist and radio programmer. Originally from Rhodesia, Bango launched his music career in London, ramped it up in Sydney, is featured at world-renowned festivals, and is now based locally doing what he loves for all of us – cooking up incredible music every set!

Wetting your tastebuds for the second and fourth courses are the delectable Cunning Stunts resident DJs Lord Sut

and Dale Stephen, who will be serving soul-satiating delights across multiple genres to whet your whistle and titillate your toes as you dine on their tunes.

In between is the main course curated by Stephen Allkins, celebrating his 40 years in the industry; his special two-hour set is guaranteed to be a culinary sensation for the senses!

Sunday at Billinudgel Hotel at

2–9.30pm. cunning stunts.com.au.

BUNNY ROCKGet the kids rocking their nappies into the next gen with

Bunny Racket. Pure rock’n’roll awesomeness delivered by

the ‘Motorhead of children’s music!’ Forget everything that

you thought you knew about entertainment for the kiddies.

Bunny Racket are reshaping the way that children and their

parents relate to music and each other.

The new album, BunnyRumble, was recorded in Los Angeles

with Brant Bjork (Kyuss) and Robby Krieger (The Doors)

and has just been released on Spotify. Family car trips will

never be the same again. That’s right! This band of bunnies

deliver real music for people who care about such things!

This Sunday in Byron Bay, it’ll be loud. It’ll be exciting. It will

be the best rock show that you have ever been to before

lunchtime!

Like a cross between Sesame St and MTV, the pilot episodes

of the upcoming Bunny Racket series will be shown on the

big screen before the band takes to the stage.

Get in early for tickets through www.byroncentre.com.

au and don’t miss the show that every kid in town will be

talking about!

You bring the kids. Bunny Racket will bring the ROCK!

Sunday at the Byron Theatre at 11am. $20. Tix at

byroncentre.com.

E N T E R T A I N M E N T


Every two years new artists step up to the plate to be the patron of everyone’s favourite little festival: Mullum Music.

This year Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss of Husky have thrown their hat into the ring to create artist-led unique programming and grassroots musical engagement.

For Husky Gawenda it’s all about having a chance to give something back to a festival where the band got their start.

‘We have been playing there since the beginning of our career,’ says Husky of Mullum Music Festival. ‘It was important for us in the early years as an emerging band and it remains important for us as an established band. I am looking forward to giving something back.

‘I am hoping we can do some of that work and bring some of our ideas and diff erent projects that we have been working on together and individually, to bring together some unique collaborations.’

One such project will be the two intimate solo shows that Husky Gawenda will be playing at the Drill Hall.

‘This is a chance for Gideon and me to do stuff we wouldn’t normally do and may never do again. It will be unique

to the festival. I am doing some really, really intimate shows. I will be singing songs I have been working on slowly over the last year in my downtime. It will be just me and my guitar. They were songs that were written with no intention. It’s about performing in a solitary and private place. I am really trying to take the intention out of it. The songs exist in this vacuum and I want to see what happens in the vacuum without external forces or infl uences. Who knows I might eventually put them down on an album, but maybe the Drill Hall will be the only time they are heard… at Mullum Music Festival.’

Gideon Priess, a trained pianist, will be programming and performing at the Piano Bar, a cool honky-tonk hang upstairs at the Village Vanguard.

‘All the shows I have seen at the Piano Bar have been super intimate and super interesting,’ says Husky. ‘You get to see stuff you wouldn’t see anywhere else. One of the things this opportunity gives us is to enable us to do some things that will play to our strengths but things we wouldn’t normally do. I haven’t played solo shows for many years. And Gideon: he’s such a great piano player and he has this knack for bringing great musicians together.’

Both Husky and Gideon will also act

as mentors to young emerging artists via the festival’s long-running Youth Mentorship Program and, of course, lead the annual street parade.

The street parade is something Gawenda is really looking forward to.

‘Leading the parade is the highlight of the festival. It really shows it is a festival for everyone. It’s such a good time. Everyone joins in. All the patrons get to be part of it. It epitomises what it’s all about – that you are part of this unique community in the hills where everyone listens and plays. It’s like the audience is part of the show. There is no separation in the street parade!

‘We’re honoured to be this year’s patrons of Mullum and thrilled to be chosen to play a part in what is always a magical weekend of music and song. We have been going to Mullum for almost a decade and we’re always blown away by the beautiful Mullum community, the warm and electrifying atmosphere of the festival, and the amazing calibre of the music each and every year. As well as playing as HUSKY, there will be lots of amazing collaborations and we have some brand-new side projects to present for the fi rst time at Mullum. Can’t wait to see you there!’

Mullum Music Festival, 15–18 November 2018. Tix and program on mullummusicfestival.com.

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BYRON’S TREEAn exhibition of paintings opening at Lone Goat Gallery

this Friday night will shine a light on an iconic local tree, the

Coolamon, and raise funds and awareness for the species’

recovery. The Coolamon ( Syzygium moorei ) is endemic to a

very small region from Mugereeba to the Richmond River. As

such it really could be described as ‘Byron’s tree’. However very

few locals would be aware that the tree is listed as vulnerable

under the federal EPBC Act. Local artist Dean Power has created

a body of work in reverence to the tree and its feminine presence

in the Byron landscape. The artist has donated a painting to Big

Scrub Landcare to be auctioned on opening night. David Mills

of McGrath Real Estate will be on hand to auction the work and

all proceeds will go to the Landcare group.

The exhibition opens on Friday at 6pm till 8pm and runs

until 31 October. Dean will also hold an artist talk at 11am

Saturday 20 October, free, at Lone Goat Gallery in Byron.

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The underrepresentation of women in the music industry – from festival lineups to management – has been in the media of late calling attention to the barriers and challenges women artists face in fi nding parity with their male colleagues. Her Sound Her Story is a documentary that celebrates women in Australian music through conversations with more than 45 artists spanning six decades of Australian music. The fi lm unveils the personal, historical and social legacies of these women as they carve a space in what has been, and what continues to be, a male-dominated industry.

The fi lm was inspired by a conversation about gender inequality in the music industry by Melbourne artists and storytellers Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore and Michelle Grace Hunder.

‘The initial idea came from Michelle after doing a photography project where she documented the history of hip-hop in Australia,’ says Claudia. ‘She took 180 portraits, and only eight were women; that rang alarm bells for her. She asked Why is this? Is it only applicable to hip-hop?’

‘At the same time there were similar things being asked about Triple J’s Hottest 100 and the lack of women on festival lineups. So she thought Whatever I do I want to shine the light on women musicians.’

The project started modestly back in 2014 with Michelle taking photos of women artists for Rolling Stone and Claudia coming along to do the interviews.

As the documentary started to take shape so did the Me Too movement, which seemed to give the fi lm a louder voice in the public arena.

‘People were ready for this conversation to be had,’ says Claudia, who admits that even seasoned performers like Kate Ceberano were shocked by some of the statistics once she saw the fi lm in its entirety.

While the fi lm strives to represent women artists who are diverse in the sonic fi eld, in age, ethnicity, and genre of music, it seemed that some of the key sentiments of the contributors remained the same.

‘The main theme over and over regardless of age was

this idea that women lack confi dence and self-belief’ says

Claudia. ‘They will never be the ones who put their hands

up fi rst in a situation. For them it’s still a constant battle.

The documentary covers sexism and racism and ageism,

and the act of becoming a mother and juggling all that

with a career, and of course the competition that women

then face with each other.

‘Mama Kin speaks about the moment when Banjo her

daughter asked her, “You know, Mum, why don’t you sing

like Papa sings”, and she turned around and growled,

“Because I’m your mum; I am too busy being your mum.”

She says that in that moment she realised that she was

handing down this narrative to her daughter to be a mum

you have to choose that or a career. She thought you have

to unpack that – it’s a beautiful moment in the fi lm and

one that really resonates with women in the audience.

‘Ochery speaks of the self-doubt when it comes to

releasing music. A presenter on Playschool, she regularly

receives mail from young fans, and on the eve of releasing

she received a letter from a mum saying she was one of

her daughter’s favourite presenters on Playschool. Her

daughter had said that she has a smile like me and hair

like me, and Okenyo realised it was important for her to be

in the public space, as a role model and as a queer woman

of colour…’

Tina Arena also talks about being asked to leave the

industry… because of her age.

‘She has people trying to tell her to stop making music.

She draws attention to how absurd this is; no-one would

ever ask a man to step down from his career.’

Her Story Her Sound is screening at the Brunswick

Picture House on Thursday 11 October at 7pm, With a

Q&A to follow. Tix on

https://www.trybooking.com/book/

event?eid=415952&.

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FLAMENCO WITH AN EDGEArrebato Ensemble is contemporary fl amenco with edge, led by best friends and longtime musical collaborators, the acclaimed fl amenco guitarist Greg Alfonzetti and Damian de Boos-Smith (cello, oud, fretless bass and guitar). As they celebrate 15 years together, Greg and Damian release their third album Sofi a’s Dream and play a string of dates along the east coast – including the Brunswick Picture House – with a new lineup that includes Byron Mark (cajon and percussion) and dancer Chachy Peñalver, founder and director of Sydney Flamenco School.

The group’s first CD snared them the Best World Music Artist at the MusicOz Awards, and performances at WOMADAdelaide, Sydney Festival, Apollo Bay Music Festival, Sydney Opera House, International Australian Festival of Chamber Music, followed. The second CD, Absolución, was launched at the Sydney Opera House in 2011 to a sellout audience and also enjoyed rave reviews.

Brunswick Picture House on Thursday at 7pm. $23/$27. Tix on brunswickpicturehouse.com.

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Dying to Live is the new documentary by the fi lmmaker

who brought you Frackman. In Dying to Live Todd

follows the lives of everyday Australians awaiting organ

donation. His goal was to raise awareness of the need to

get on the donor register as Australia is well behind other

western countries in tissue donor rates, which creates

immense suff ering for those requiring organ donation.

For Todd it all started with an article he saw about Allan

Turner, who had just lost his daughter Zaidee.

‘She had a brain aneurysm and they previously had

decided as a family to go on the donor list. At the time

they had thought it would be them – not their daughter.

I had daughter turn eight about the same time so I got

quite emotionally moved by the story. In the article Allan

spoke about how 86 per cent of Australians said they

would donate but only 1,400 are actually on the registry.’

Many people aren’t aware that South Australia is the only

state where you can still request organ donation on your

driver licence. In all the other states you have to go to a

centralised electronic database to register.

‘Part of our campaign is to encourage people to get on

the register,’ says Richard. ‘We direct people through our

website – ours is easy: dyingtolive.com.au. Follow the

links and you can register to donate.’

Richard Todd spent 2–3 years making Dying To Live, where

he tracked the lives of people waiting for donation.

‘I guess the biggest eff ect you see is that it’s a waiting

game. It’s the eff ect that has on the people in the story

and on families and close friends. It’s the part of the story

I didn’t expect – it’s a ticking time bomb scenario. You

don’t know if you are going to get it or if it’s going to be

successful; the family is on tenterhooks waiting for that

phone call.

‘People are waiting for the phone to ring. They could

already be on the phone, or have run out of battery, so

there has to be a few other people who are on 24/7 alert.

You have to move as quickly as you can. When Holly

got her lung transplant she was already in hospital so

they just came in and told her and transferred her to a

transplant hospital.’

Fortunately for the recipients, and for Richard Todd as a

documentary maker, those calls did come in making the

fi lm – although that’s certainly not something that could

ever have been planned.

‘I thought we’d need 10 characters to get the fi ve or six

we followed,’ says Richard. ‘But we ended up with these

star characters. Allan often says Zaidee was pulling the

strings. We start the story with an animation of what

happened to Zaidee that evening when she dies. The

family are really honoured to have her story told.’

This is a powerful fi lm telling very human stories of

life and death. It’s defi nitely bring a tissue. ‘There were

several points where people cried at our screening at

the Sydney Film Festival,’ says Todd. ‘Five of the cast were

there. They had a standing ovation that went on for a

ridiculously long time.’

Dying to Live screens at the Byron Film Festival at the

Byron Theatre on Sunday 21 October at 2pm. Tix $15 at

bbiff .com.au

CULTURE

THE MONEY BADGER FOR BREAST CANCEREveryone loves the Honey Badger, aka Nick Cummins. And why shouldn’t they? His down-to-earth curly moustached mojo has made The Bachelor one of the most watched shows on the telly for years.

The Ocean Shores Tavern are getting a bit of badger action when they host their 8th annual pink ribbon fundraising event: Girls Night In on Thursday is a cocktail party for the fi nale! Tickets at the club!

MARK COLVIN’S KIDNEY CONTINUES Mark Colvin’s Kidney premiered in Sydney last year. It opens in London next year, and guess what, our own local Drill Hall Theatre have their own production on right now. It’s as good as anything you’ll see in the city. This is an Australian play based on actual events, showing just how startling real life can be. Mary-Ellen Field is a successful Australian business consultant in London – until she’s accused of betraying the secrets of her clients to the press. Her life comes crashing down, and she starts to wonder if she’s losing her mind. Then it emerges that her phone messages were heard on a client’s phone that was illegally tapped by reporters, and she sets out on a campaign to restore her reputation.

But along the way, her ideas of redemption change; she’s been interviewed by a journalist on the other side of the world, and his story puts everything into a new perspective. Mark Colvin is that journalist. This is their story.

Running at the Drill Hall Theatre, Friday–Sunday until 14 October with shows at 7.30pm and a matinee on Sundays at 2pm. Tickets: The Bookshop Mullumbimby and via www.drillhalltheatre.org.au.

GREG FLEET TALKS ABOUT HIS BOOKComedian and writer Greg Fleet has written his fi rst work of fi ction. Renowned onstage for his ability to tell stories, USA-born Greg is famed for being one of the best yarn spinners in the business. This isn’t Fleety’s fi rst book, but it is his fi rst work of fi ction. The Good Son is a story about when to hold

on and when to let go. It’s about falling in love. It’s about impulsive journeys to Byron Bay. So it seems

only fi tting that as part of his national book tour he should stop off here for a chat. Charming, charismatic and hysterical, Greg talks with Mandy Nolan about The Good Son, the story of a man who starts visiting people in nursing homes with dementia, pretending to be their son, not for money, but simply to make them happy. ‘I think this is a beautiful story, and

beautiful stories can make the world a better place,’ says Greg.

THE Greg Fleet in conversation with THE

Mandy Nolan! Wednesday 24 October at the Drill Hall in Mullumbimby. 7pm. Tix are just $10. Book now on mandynolan.com.au or at the door.

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caricatures, but Beresford is too smart for that. Instead, his characters are shown respect and encouraged to be normal, resulting in the flawless cast delivering pitch-perfect performances. Rice glows with girliness, Noni Hazelhurst finds deep poignancy in her role as the spinster manageress, while the romance of Fay and Rudi (Rachel Taylor, Ryan Corr) provides the touching through-line. Don’t miss it – it’s fabulous.

* The champion racehorse Galilee, backed by Jacobson, was not yet foaled in 1959.

TRANSITBeaucoup de bouquets are once more in order for J’aimee Skippon-Volke and the crew that bring us the Byron Bay International Film Festival. Because cinephiles cannot rely entirely on camp Marvel violence and cheesy rom-coms for stimulation, J’aimee has made it her mission to celebrate the art of film by screening original and provocative, weird and wonderful features from around the globe. German director Christian Petzold’s Transit is a bit like Groundhog Day meets Franz Kafka. The place is Marseille, the time is now – or maybe the day after tomorrow. Paris has fallen to neo-Nazis and those who can have fled

to France’s second city in the hope of finding a passage by sea to safety in the West. Among the refugees is Georg (Franz Rogowski – a dead ringer for Joaquin Phoenix), assuming the identity of a novelist who has committed suicide. In Marseille, he inadvertently comes into contact with Marie (Paula Beer), the novelist’s wife, and Richard (Godehard Giese), a doctor who is Marie’s current lover. All three of them are hoping to obtain visas that will allow them to sail to Mexico. Officialdom and missed boats leave them stuck in existential limbo, with Lyon taken by the unnamed putsch and time running out. Despite the contemporary setting, the movie has a claustrophobic,

1940s feel and a pungent

hint of Ilsa and Victor before

they arrived at Rick’s Bar in

Casablanca (it might easily

have been shot in B&W, and

there is no suggestion that

there might be flights out

of the city). With the rise of

the Right in an increasingly

unstable world, this is an

edgy movie that never lets

you be certain of anything.

And then there is the

mystery of the narrator –

who is he? And how does

he know so much about

Georg? Or is Georg merely

a character in a story by the

novelist whose name he has

taken? The Festival opens

on Friday 12 October – check

screening times and dates

and try to fit this one onto

your list.

LADIES IN BLACKBruce Beresford is one of Australia’s finest filmmakers. Well into his seventies, in this he has directed the sort of movie that, if your life experience does not include blood-drenched gunfights and car chases, you wish you could see every week. Based on the late Madeleine St John’s best seller, it is set in Sydney in 1959*. Lisa (Angourie Rice) has just completed her Leaving Certificate and wants to be a poet. In the meantime she has been taken on as a temp at Goodes’s department store (in reality, the seventh floor of David

Jones, with the gloriously kitsch Mark Foys building used for exterior shots). It is a coming-of-age experience for young Lisa, as the period is for the nation as a whole. Refugees (reffos) have flooded into Australia after WWII, bringing with them strange customs and a yearning for high culture. Wide-eyed Lisa, who has changed her name from Lesley, is exposed to these middle European influences by fellow saleslady Magda (Julia Ormond) and her husband Stefan (Vincent Perez). As homage to a more naïve era, this is a sweet

and caring portrayal of a teenager and a city on the cusp of, literally, growing up. There is so much to love about it (including some snide put-downs of Melbourne), but its refusal to treat an earlier, Anglo age in a mocking tone, as

happens too often when the yarts goes into Sir Les Patterson mode, is primary among its qualities. Lisa’s father (Shane Jacobson), a typesetter who likes a beer, and housewife mum (Susie Porter) might so easily have been just

ARIES: Aries have gener-ous natures and that’s a good thing: unless you let others take advantage, which someone may be inclined to this week. Or is it you who’s expecting too much? Either way, the balance of give and take is presently up for examination and some equitable adjustments.

TAURUS: This week’s learning curve continues repairing your foundations by highlighting what needs a grateful goodbye and how past actions, attitudes and beliefs are presently manifesting in your life. Meantime, Plutonic energy on the forward move in a fellow earth sign gets Tauran money and business balls rolling again.

GEMINI: This week of exceptionally chatty gatherings and social media interaction recommends protecting private information, both online and face time. Be very aware of the possible repercussions of what you share with who and if in any doubt at all, don’t. Asked a question you’d rather not answer? Be discreet: you know how.

CANCER: Specific information could be hard to evaluate in this week’s sea of opinion, gossip, misinformation and intrigue, so listen to your intuition. Unknown variables are at work, and sharing critical opinions or grievances could lead to needless drama. Best times will be nesting with besties or your favourite plus-one.

LEO: Feeling misunderstood, under-appreciated, ganged up on? Take it easy. Contrary to certain opinion, attack isn’t the best form of defence; your feelings and interests are better protected by maintaining your guard. Under late-week Leo moon’s spotlight, no-frills pleasure won’t appeal, so by all means spoil your majestic self.

VIRGO: This week it’s wise to keep your personal life private, so be careful what you share and cautious what obligations you sign up for. If you need to make a stand against fes-tering hostilities, do it, but stay a free agent. Most important of all, adminis-ter some luxury doses of self-nurturing.

LIBRA: If communications get a little edgier than you like or expected this week, with persuasive, articulate Mercury in Libra what you say and the way you say it can make a big difference. So choose words and language that emphasise common ground, and arguments designed to move proceedings for-ward amicably.

SCORPIO: During these last weeks of Jupiter’s year in your sign it’s worth assessing what you’ve learned, and all you have to be grateful for – includ-ing the experience you’ve gained to deal with this week’s conflicting signals, mixed messages and mis-trust issues. Clandestine backstage skulduggery happening? Then enjoy the gameplay…

SAGITTARIUS: Sagittarians hate not knowing, but others didn’t sign up to be your open book. If people are unforthcoming this week they have their reasons, so respect that. No need to poke, provoke, start controversial conversations or attend every argument you’re invited to. Invite your kind, inspiring, entertaining self to the stage.

CAPRICORN: As Pluto moves forward in Capricorn in tandem with practical Saturn, not everyone will have your confidence and command. Try not to engage this week’s indecisive mindset in my-way-or-the-highway mode. If you need to negotiate terms of endearment or engagement, stay open to creative alternatives.

AQUARIUS: Plenty of artistic ideas and interesting suggestions in this week’s airwaves, which may lose traction when it comes to putting them into practice. In the midst of a mayhem of mind-changing, hold off on committing until things settle. Under late week’s dramatic moonlight, tact and diplomacy are your smartest social accessories.

PISCES: As October eases into a cautious kind of forward momentum, Piscean finances continue to dominate this week’s agenda. Are there any existing skills or resources you’re able to repurpose in a new way? Group activities, especially those supporting humanitarian causes, are getting an extra cosmic boost at the moment.

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BYRON BAY GOLF CLUB 7PM TRIVIA

WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY 8PM DJ CHEF DE PARTY + FRIENDS

BANGALOW HOTEL 6PM SHIRE CHOIR #2

BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 2PM DANDYMAN FOR THE LOVE OF IT, 7PM ARREBATO ENSEMBLE

OCEAN SHORES TAVERN 6.30PM 8TH ANNUAL PINK RIBBON FUNDRAISER, GIRLS NIGHT IN COCKTAIL PARTY FOR THE BACHELOR FINALE

MULLUMBIMBY EX-SERVICES CLUB 7PM OPEN MIC WITH SLIM PICKENS

LENNOX HOTEL 9PM JAM NIGHT

LISMORE CITY HALL NORPA 7.30PM WILDSKIN

THE NIMBIN BUSH THEATRE THURSDAY OCT 4. 11AM SCHOOL HOLIDAY MOVIE KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE

MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6PM PHIL GUEST

TWIN TOWNS THE STAGE 2PM SOCIAL NEW VOGUE DANCING, 7PM THE KAMIS

FRIDAY 5 HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN,

BYRON BAY TOY BOYS, KING CIG

RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY BOHEMIAN COWBOYS

BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 5PM TUFFY, 9PM THE HOMBRES

BYRON BAY BREWERY 7PM YOUNG MONKS + OLE FALC

BYRON THEATRE 10.30AM CHILDREN’S AFRICAN DANCE WORKSHOP WITH GABRIEL OTU

LONE GOAT GALLERY, BYRON BAY 6PM COOLAMON EXHIBITION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR BIG SCRUB

THE STICKY WICKET BAR, BYRON BAY 9.30PM ROMI 9PM UPSTAIRS DJ KYLE WALKER

THE SUN, BYRON BAY 7PM SCOTT HILDEBRAND

WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY 9PM ADAM HARPAZ

BANGALOW HOTEL 7PM THE GARDEN PARTY

BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 2PM DANDYMAN FOR THE LOVE OF IT

HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM ARCHIE RYE

OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB 6PM LIVE MUSIC

OCEAN SHORES TAVERN 7.30PM FANCY DRESS KARAOKE

SABI SUSHI, OCEAN SHORES 5.30PM BILLY JAMES

DRILL HALL THEATRE, MULLUMBIMBY 7.30PM MARK COLVIN’S KIDNEY

MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY 8PM KRAPPYOKEE

STOKERS SIDING HALL 7.30PM 15 MINUTES OF FAME

LENNOX HOTEL 10PM ISAAC FRANKHAM BAND

BALLINA RSL 4PM BOARDWALK PIANO BAR BRIAN PAMPHILON 6.30PM BOARDWALK LOUNGE JESSE BALFOUR

HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD 8.30PM DJ CORNELIUS


LAVIDA BAR, LISMORE 7PM CELLAR SESSIONS WITH LAURA NOBEL

LISMORE WORKERS CLUB AUDITORIUM 7PM GRAEME CONNORS PLATINUM LOUNGE 7.30PM DYLAN PINKERTON MAIN LOUNGE 7.30PM TWO MEN AND A LADYZ SPORTS CLUB BISTRO 202 8PM ROO

THE GOLLAN, LISMORE KAYHAT’S LISTENING LOUNGE

THE NIMBIN BUSH THEATRE 7PM CHAD WILKINS

MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 7.30PM RENE DIAZ

RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 8PM FOLLOW THE FOX

CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM BUGGY BROTHERS

KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 5PM JON J BRADLEY

KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM NICOLE BROPHY

SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF 8.30PM WHO’S CHARLIE

TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS THE STAGE 9PM THE KAMIS

TWIN TOWNS JUNIORS, TWEED HEADS 5PM SHOTGUN DUO

CURRUMBIN PUB 8PM THE WAYWARD SUNS, DOGTAGS, CHILLUMINATI, RYAN MUNRO

CURRUMBIN RSL 5PM ACOUSTIC SESSIONS

SATURDAY 6 HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN,

BYRON BAY 9PM THE VANNS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS WING DEFENCE, VANILLA GORILLA

RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY GOODRICH

BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 5PM DJ LONGTIME, 9PM DJ FONZAIUS

BYRON BAY BREWERY 12PM BYRON BAY GUITAR FESTIVAL 2018 FEATURING BRITISH INDIA, DALAS FRASCA, THE FUMES + MORE

BYRON THEATRE 6.30PM SCOUNDRELS PRESENTED BY BRIGHT LIGHTS PERFORMANCE SCHOOL

THE STICKY WICKET BAR, BYRON BAY 9.30PM MARTA KALANI TRIO 9PM UPSTAIRS LOCAL DJS

THE SUN, BYRON BAY 6PM OPEN MIC NIGHT

WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY 9PM LIVE DJS

BANGALOW HOTEL 5.30PM TRUE GRIT FUNDRAISER – BANGALOW TO BINGARA

BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 2PM DANDYMAN FOR THE LOVE OF IT

HOTEL BRUNSWICK 12PM OKTOBERFEST

SABI SUSHI, OCEAN SHORES 5.30PM BILLY JAMES

DRILL HALL THEATRE, MULLUMBIMBY 7.30PM MARK COLVIN’S KIDNEY

LULUS CAFE, MULLUMBIMBY 11AM SAM BUCKINGHAM

STOKERS SIDING MEMORIAL HALL 7PM MUNSTERBUCKS

BALLINA RSL 6.30PM BOARDWALK LEIGH JAMES

BALLINA RSL BOWLING CLUB 6PM BOB WALTON

SLIPWAY TAVERN, BALLINA 7PM SLIM PICKENS

HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD 8.30PM MOSSY ROCKS DUO


MARY G’S, LISMORE OCCA ROCK

LISMORE WORKERS CLUB MAIN LOUNGE 7.30PM ROCKHOUNDS

THE NIMBIN BUSH THEATRE 12.30PM MONKEY AND THE FISH, 8PM HIP HOP AT THE BUSH. MJ MAIN AND CREW/LOCAL MCS

MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6PM SURF REPORT

CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM WHO’S CHARLIE

KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 5PM FOZZY BEAR

KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM CLAUDE HAY

ROWAN ROBINSON PARK, KINGSCLIFF 1PM JUZZIE SMITH

SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF 8.30PM DJ REQUEST NIGHT – DJ JAKE

SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD 7PM FELICITY LAWLESS

TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS THE SHOWROOM 8PM THE RAT PACK FROM VEGAS THE STAGE 4.30PM ROCKKS, 9PM THE KAMI

TWIN TOWNS JUNIORS, TWEED HEADS 5PM GIG CARTEL

COOLANGATTA HOTEL 2.30PM KAV TEMPERLEY


SUNDAY 7 HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN,

BYRON BAY HOBO PONCHOS

RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY DAVEY CRADDOCK

BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 4.30PM LISA HUNT, 8PM DJ DAVE DOG

BYRON BAY BREWERY 12PM BYRON BAY GUITAR FESTIVAL 2018 FEATURING ASH GRUNWALD, JEFF MARTIN, HUSSY HICKS + MORE

BYRON THEATRE 11AM BUNNY RACKET KEEP ON ROCKIN’!

BYRON GOLF CLUB 2PM LIVE MUSIC

BYRON COMMUNITY MARKET 9AM ELENA B. WILLIAMS, RAKU O’GAIA, GUY KACHEL, JUZZIE SMITH

THE SUN, BYRON BAY 5PM AUGUST MARTA

HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4PM BOBBY ALU

SABI SUSHI, OCEAN SHORES 12PM & 5.30PM BILLY JAMES

DRILL HALL THEATRE, MULLUMBIMBY 2PM MARK COLVIN’S KIDNEY

MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY 3PM JAM

BILLINUDGEL HOTEL 2PM NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK – DJ STEPHEN ALLKINS, DJ BANGO, DALE STEPHEN & LORD SUT

BALLINA RSL 11.15AM SMOKEHOUSE COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB – MEMBER SHOWCASE FEATURING MARGE GRAHAM

CLUB LENNOX 4PM KENT EASTWOOD

HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD 2.30PM WORD PLAY DUO

WINDARA, CASINO 12PM HEARTLAND ROCK & ROLL FEAT THE LINELOCKERS, LEO & THE MIDNIGHT HOUR & THE WINDARA WORKERS

SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 12PM LOU BRADLEY

THE NIMBIN BUSH THEATRE 10AM SONIC BLISS, 1PM NEIL PIKE

RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 3PM TAHLIA MATHESON

KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 3PM DAVE ORR BAND

KINGSCLIFF SURF CLUB 3PM SUNDAY SESSIONS

TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS THE STAGE 1PM THE SHUFFLE BOYS, 6PM THE KAMIS

TWIN TOWNS JUNIORS, TWEED HEADS 2.30PM ROB KEITH

COOLANGATTA-TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 2PM TWEED LINKS QUARTET


MONDAY 8 RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY

TAHLIA MATHESON

BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 8.30PM 4’20 SOUND REGGAE NIGHT

BYRON THEATRE 10.30AM IMAGINITUS STARRING SHORTY BROWN

BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE – BYRON SHIRE VOLUNTEERING EXHIBITION 2018, 10.30AM SHORTY BROWN IMAGINITIS

WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY 8PM REGGAE AFTERPARTY

BRUNSWICK PICTURE HOUSE 9.30AM THE PICTURE HOUSE CHOIR

BALLINA B-SPACE 5PM JAM NIGHT

KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 10AM MIKE WINKWORTH

TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS

THE SHOWROOM 10.30AM &

6.30PM MOVIE: THE MERCY

THE STAGE 2.30PM LINE

DANCING WITH RUSSELL

HINTON, 6.30PM MARK

WILSONS DANCE NIGHT

TUESDAY 9 HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN,

BYRON BAY MARSHALL OKELL

RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY

ADAM BROWN

BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 8PM

JASON DELPHIN

BYRON THEATRE 10.30AM

SHORTY BROWN IMAGINITIS

BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE –

BYRON SHIRE VOLUNTEERING

EXHIBITION 2018,

HALL UNDER BYRON GYM

6.45PM NO LIGHTS NO LYCRA

WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON

BAY 9PM YEWSDAY LIVE DJS

BANGALOW HOTEL 7PM OPEN

MIC WITH SLIM PICKENS

BANGALOW BOWLO 6PM

SALSA CLASSES

MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY

7PM TRIVIA

THE GOLLAN HOTEL, LISMORE

6.30PM CUBAN DANCE

CLASSES

TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS,

THE SHOWROOM 11.30AM

BACK TO THE TIVOLI THE

STAGE 2.30PM LINE DANCING

WITH RUSSELL HINTON

3.30PM SOCIAL NEW VOGUE

DANCING, 7PM SCOTT

DOUGLAS DUO

WEDNESDAY 10 RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY

TRISTEN BIRD

BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 8PM

JON J BRADLEY

BYRON BAY BREWERY 7.30PM

OPEN MIC WITH HARRY

NICHOLS

BYRON THEATRE 6PM BRIGHT

LIGHTS PERFORMANCE

SCHOOL OCTOBER HOLIDAY

WORKSHOP SHOW

FRESH CAFE, BYRON BAY 4PM ELENA B WILLIAMS DUO

THE STICKY WICKET BAR, BYRON BAY 9PM BIGGY P

BANGALOW BOWLO 6.30PM SWING CLASSES

COURT HOUSE HOTEL, MULLUMBIMBY 7PM REBECCA IRELAND THE ROADSIDE FLOWERS PROJECT SPECIAL GUESTS WALRUS & THE CARPENTER AND JOHNNY UTAH

BALLINA RSL LEVEL ONE 6PM FREE LEARN TO DANCE, 7PM SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCE WITH DEAN

LIVE MUSIC LOUNGE, SCU LISMORE OPEN MIC

COOLANGATTA HOTEL 6PM OPEN MIC

TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE SHOWROOM 10.30AM BACK TO THE TIVOLI THE STAGE 12.30PM TOMMY MEMPHIS, 4PM THE MUSTANGS, 7.30PM SEVEN DEADLY SWINGS

CLUB BYRON 6PM MIC WIDE OPEN

WHAT’S ON

Byron Community Centre69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay | 6685 6807 www.byroncentre.com.au

Enjoy a drink at the Theatre Bar

Byron Theatre Club Membership now available

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CHILDREN’S AFRICAN DRUM AND DANCE WORKSHOP PRESENTED BY GABRIEL OTUWednesday 3 & Friday 5 October, 10.30amSingle $22 | Group of 2/3 $20 ea. | Family of 4 $70 | Suitable for ages 2+

BUNNY RACKET – KEEP ON ROCKIN’! PRESENTED BY BUNNY RACKETSunday 7 October, 11.00am All tickets $20

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – RSC LIVE SCREENINGSunday 7 October, 3.00pmFull $25 | Conc $23 | BT Club $20 | U18 $15 | Group of 10+ $15

IMAGINITIS STARRING SHORTY BROWN PRESENTED BY SHORTY BROWNMonday 8 & Tuesday 9 October, 10.30amFull $15 | Family of 4 $45Ages 3 - 8 years

THE 12TH ANNUAL BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL: DREAM WITH YOUR EYES OPENFriday 12 October – Sunday 21 OctoberTickets and information at: www.bbff.com.au

SAFER DRIVERS COURSE FOR LEARNERSBOOKINGS: WWW.BYS.ORG.AU | $140

WEDNESDAY17 OCT

4.30–7.30PM

POSITION VACANTSOCIAL ENTERPRISE/BUSINESS DEVELOPER

FOR BYRON YOUTH SERVICEAPPLY AT SEEK.COM

BYRON FLEA MARKET @ THE YACPLEASE CALL CHRISTINA TO BOOK A STALL

M: 0490 026 840 E: [email protected]

SATURDAY13 OCT

9AM–3PM

1 Gilmore Crescent Byron Bay | bys.org.auByron Youth Activity Centre (YAC) is managed by

Byron Youth Service (BYS)

BARISTA COURSE LEVEL I$50 - AGES: 15 TO 24

CALL STEFFIE ON 6685 7777 OR BOOK ONLINE WWW.BYS.ORG.AU

TUESDAY9 OCT4–7PM

Drop into Byron’s local independent brewery...

The way it should be

P: 6684 1777 E: [email protected]

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ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry .............................................................................................. 66847415

ACCOUNTANT BANGALOW + BYRON BAY The Offi ce Accountants & Business Advisors ... 66872960

DISCOUNT BOOKKEEPING /TAX & BAS Agent. MYOB, XERO, QBO ................................0414 500640

ACUPUNCTURE ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis .................................................. 66842559

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

AU 37088 Lic 246545C

artisanair.com.au

PLEASE CALL

6680 9394AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services

– Sales – Installation – Repairs – All Commercial Refrigeration – Residential & Commercial

Airconditioning – Coolroom Design & Construction – Freezer Rooms

14 Manns Road, Mullumbimby Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492 6684 2783

CALL US NOW 1800 466 174AU23106 [email protected] 195534C

INSTALL, MAINTENANCE, SERVICE & REPAIRS

ALL MAKES AND MODELS

OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

LOCAL - RELIABLE - COMPETITIVE

COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753

RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C .....................0487 264137

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

0439 624 945 AH 02 66 804 173

Digital TV

ALL Antenna

Installations & Repairs

ALL Electrical Work

Friendly

Reliable

Prompt

Local

ANTENNASNO FIX NO CHARGE*

For fast service call

iwireantennas.com.au0402 022 111

IWIRE

*conditions apply

• New digital antennas• Reception problems• Extra TV outlets• Phone sockets• Pensioner discounts

David Levine

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705

BYRON ANTENNA SERVICE Call me fi rst for fast service. Richard ..................................0401 190960

ANTIQUES / RESTORATIONFURNITURE RESTORATION Old/antique, 40+ yrs exp. erwinfurniturerestoration.com ...0412 528454

APPLIANCE REPAIRDIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786

ARCHITECTSFRANK STEWART ARCHITECT Reg. 6075. www.frankstewart.com.au ............................ 66856984

OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au .............................................. 66855001

AUTOMOTIVE

• Tyres • Batteries • Wheel Alignments

MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICEDalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 ................................. 66802444

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

Affordable bathroom renovations are our speciality. From a simple makeover, to a total transformation, we deliver on our guarantee of workmanship and price.

All aspects of plumbing: Gas Fitting, Drainage, Construction, Renovations. 15+ years experience. Free quotes.

Call Kane 0410 534 081 Licence # 289899C

Call Jason 0434 177 594

REVAMP BATHROOMSBathroom Renovations and Tiling services providing

Complete Bathroom Renovations from $14,990

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS

COMPASS CURTAINSBarbara Wilson0435 954 212

20 years and going strong!Custom made curtains, blinds and decor items

We come to you, wherever you are: Byron, Lismore,

The Clarence and beyond…[email protected]

BRICKLAYINGBRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268

SEARLE’S BRICK & BLOCK LAYING. Contact Tom .........................................................0487 947237

BUILDING TRADES• DEPT OF FAIR TRADING: A licence is required for all residential building work where the reason-

able market cost of the work to be done (labour and materials) exceeds $5000 (including GST).

Award Winning Builders • Renovations • Extensions • New Homes

Darren Paxton

0412 497 637 1300 095 393Master Builders

Licence No.94573C

buildbuild the dream

PRESTIGE BUILDERS

SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

• RELIABLE TRADESMAN• JOBS UP TO $5000

• DECKS & PERGOLAS • TIMBER SCREENS & DOORS

• GARAGE CONVERSIONS

DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998

CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C .................................... 66291169 or 0412 967677

BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242

FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C ......................... 66808162

BUILDER CARPENTER Extensions, renos, new homes, insurance, all jobs. Lic 19953 .......... 0403 458177

CARPENTER Lic 39791 Decks, studios, pergolas etc Paul Varendorff ................ 66845035 or 0414 842602

BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C ....0408 663420

CARPENTER. Insured & qualifi ed. Homes, extensions, decks, free quotes. Lic 231104C ..0431 674377

CARPENTER. Quality work - all jobs. Lic No 296706C ....................................................0421 448182

BUILDERS SKILLS, carpenters rates. 25 years exp. Lic No. R84001. Ph Greg .................0422 069632

TP CONSTRUCTION Deck & patio specialists. Great results and prices. Lic No 253288C ..0404 123285

SERVICE DIRECTORY RATES, PAYMENT & DEADLINEDEADLINE: For additions and changes to the Service Directory is 12pm Friday.

LINE ADS: $99 for 3 months or $340 for 1 year prepaid.

For line Service Directory ads email classifi [email protected].

DISPLAY ADS: $66 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid.

Please supply display ads 85mm wide, 28mm high. New display ads will be placed at end of section.

For display Service Directory ads email [email protected].

The Echo Service Directory is online in Echonetdaily – www.echo.net.au/service-directory

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

INDEX

Accountants & Bookkeepers ......................................38Acupuncture .......................................................................38Air Conditioning & Refrigeration .............................38Antennas & Installation ................................................38Antiques / Restoration ..................................................38Appliance Repair ..............................................................38Architects .............................................................................38Automotive .........................................................................38Bathroom Renovations .................................................38Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters........................38Bricklaying ..........................................................................38Building Trades .................................................................38Bush Regen & Weed Control .......................................39Carpet Cleaning ................................................................39 Chimney Sweeping .........................................................39 Chiropractic ........................................................................39Cleaning ...............................................................................39Computer Services ..........................................................39Concreting & Paving .......................................................39Decks, Patios & Extensions ..........................................39Dentists .................................................................................39Design & Drafting ............................................................39Driveway Maintenance .................................................39Earthmoving & Excavation ..........................................39Electricians ..........................................................................39Fencing ..................................................................................40Film Production ................................................................40Floor Sanding & Polishing ...........................................40Garage Doors .....................................................................40Garden & Property Maintenance .............................40Garden Design ...................................................................40Gas Suppliers .....................................................................40Glaziers .................................................................................40Graphic Design ..................................................................40Guttering..............................................................................40Handypersons ...................................................................40Health ....................................................................................40Hire..........................................................................................40Ironing ...................................................................................40Kitchens ................................................................................40 Landscape Design ...........................................................40Landscaping ......................................................................40Laundry Services ..............................................................41Lighting ................................................................................41Locksmith ............................................................................41Offi ce Services ...................................................................41Osteopathy .........................................................................41Painting ................................................................................41Pest Control ........................................................................41Photography ......................................................................41Physiotherapy ...................................................................41Picture Framing ................................................................41Plastering .............................................................................41Plumbers ..............................................................................41Printing & Copying Services .......................................41Removalists.........................................................................41Roofi ng ..................................................................................42 Rubbish Removal .............................................................42Scrap Metal Merchants .................................................42Septic Systems...................................................................42Sewing & Alterations......................................................42Solar Installation ..............................................................42Swimming Pools ...............................................................42Tiling ......................................................................................42Tree Services ......................................................................42Upholstery ...........................................................................42Valuers ..................................................................................42Veterinary Surgeons ......................................................42Water Cartage ....................................................................42 Water Filters .......................................................................42 Water Tanks & Tank Cleaning .....................................42Welding .................................................................................42Window Tinting .................................................................42


Service DirectoryBUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

Native bush regeneration, tree planting and weed control. Fully insured and qualified with more than 12 years’ local experience. Free property assessments and quotes. Call Ross Faithfull 0409 157 695 a/h 6687 2948 e: [email protected]

P/L

WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns - bindii weeds .....................................................0418 110714

CARPET CLEANING

TLCTENDER LOVING CARE

Truck Mounted Machine

CARPET CLEANINGSpecialising in household carpet cleaning

Kevin & Margaret Bower (02) 6684 1001Speedy Drying

Far North Coast NSWJohn & Teresa

0408 232 066

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR! Green & CleanCarpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffi c

areas, deodorising and sanitation.

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

CARPETTILES

UPHOLSTERYLEATHER

MATTRESS

BOND/EXIT COMMERCIALPRE SALEAIRBNBCLEANING0405 456 073

www.bpurecleaningservices.com.au

APEX CARPET CLEANING www.apexcarpetcleaning.com.au ......................... Nathan 0412 926441

CHIMNEY SWEEPINGBLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation ..... 66771905

CHIROPRACTICBAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay .............................. 66855282

WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman ... 66858553

MICHAEL SCHWAGER 108 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ................................................... 66841962

MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Massage & chiropractic. 110 Dalley St ..................................... 66841028

BYRON BAY CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE Bruce Campbell. 1/12 Tasman Way, A&I Estate .... 66858159

CLEANING

• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & fl yscreens • Water effi cient • Free quotes

Phone Joe or Helen 6687 4655 or 0412 495750

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

FREE QUOTESFREECALL 1800 683 838

MOBILE 0419 677 [email protected]

COMMERCIAL, DOMESTIC, SHOPS & REAL ESTATE

FULLY INSURED

• Window Cleaning• Screens & Tracks• Pressure Washing• House •Roof• Paths • SolarCall

0434 539 979 www.byroneco.com.au

Reliable • Friendly • Professional • Fully Insured • Free Quotes • Affordable Rates Locally Owned and Operated • Quality Work with Over 10 Years Experience

Window Cleaning Professionals

Call Glenn or Tracey 0403 428 232 or 6680 9901email: [email protected]

Full Circle

Q u a l i t y E x t e r i o r R e f i n i s h i n gPressure cleaning

Roof cleaning

fullcirclerefinishing.comPhone Oliver 0419 789 600

Professional Cleaning ServicesHoliday lets and Airbnb, residential homes and end of lease cleans, bond cleans, builders cleans etc.Friendly reliable and trustworthy local [email protected]

Blue Sky

Sanctuary ServicesLocal, home and hosting support services:cleaning, bookings, linen, restocking,listing management and property management.Flexible to your needs and [email protected] 0410 630 042

DONE & DUSTED CLEANING Going the extra mile, professional, dependable ...............0498 731447

DETAILED STEAM CLEANING Natural products. Bathrooms, kitchens, spring cleans .0410 723601

BYRON & BEYOND CLEANING Brunswick to Ballina & inland towns from $35.20ph ...0451 102239

HOLIDAY CLEANERS AVAILABLE NOW! Domestic, AirBnB, last-minute. Local, exp & reliable . 0421 360961

BOND CLEANING Ph ......................................................................................................0421 360961

COMPUTER SERVICES

Whether you need a tech mentor, advice or just support -

I’m here to help

0431 122 057�

Personal tech support for bamboozled bipedswww.mygeekmate.com.au | mark@

Any consumer digital deviceAny digital project at home

No sales or repair - purely support, advice & tech mentorship

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MOBILE COMPUTER SUPPORT Home & business workrightcomputersupport.com.au 0422 804449

BETTER CALL SAUL The Mac Doctor. Repairs. Upgrades. Used Macs .............................0411 562111

CONCRETING & PAVING

SALISBURY CONCRETING Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting.

• Residential Civil Industrial. • Resurfacing and rejuvenation of existing concrete.

• Steel fi xing & formwork.

DARYL 0418 234 302 OR 02 6680 1793 Lic

.136717c

PLATINUM CONCRETE 20 years experience. Free quotes. Lic 225874C. Justin ..............0458 773788

FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATIONS. Lic No. 310498C. Ph Andrew ..................0401 968173

ADVANCED CONCRETE POLISHING Grind & seal, polished concrete. Shane ................0419 961708

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONSFULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Timber & deck oiling, coating, stripping. Fast free quotes .....0419 789600

THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refi nishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690

DECKS Screens & all structural landscapes. Lic no 220282C Ph Graham ........................0411 382355

DENTISTSBANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow ...................................... 66872766

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ........................................................................... 66842816

BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ....................................................................... 66851264

MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ............................................................. 66842644

DESIGN & DRAFTINGBAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com ..........Bob Acton 0407 787993

DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

Jai – 0467 482 948–

Specialising in Asphalt Driveways, Subdivisions, Earthworks, Carparks and all Maintenance!

20+ YearsExp.

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

Byrne Civil

TINY EARTHWORPhilip Toovey

0409 799 909various implements available for limited access projects

0427 663 678 / 0410 056 228

EARTHMOVING & PLANT HIRE Specialising in driveway construction & maintenance

• Tip trucks 3 to 12 tonne • Excavator 5 to 21 tonne • Positrack loader augers 150 to 600mm & rock grab • Driveways • Roads • Acreage clearing • House pads • Drainage • Carparks • Bush rocks • Rock walls • Competitive rates

Training & assessment: earthmoving plant & forklift– nationally recognised qualifi cations

STEVE BROWN EARTHMOVINGSpecialising in road repairs & drivewaysRock walls, clearing, house shed and tank pads.

Augers – hole boring. All general earthworks, excavators, positrack, bobcat, roller and tipper hire.

Ph: 6684 0160 Mob: 0439 840 160

Specialising in road works, land clearing, retaining walls and

general earthworks.Augers and rock grab available.

EXPERIENCED OPERATORS | FREE QUOTES 0432 299 283

5.5 TONNE EXCAVATOR POSITRACK & TIPPER HIRE

,

5.5 tonne excavator & 12 tonne tipper• Driveways • Landscaping • Rock walls • House & shed sites • Land clearing • Augers, rock grab & breaker attachments • Free quotes

Luke Jarrett – 0431 329 630Follow us on

Byron Bay Excavations and Rock Walls

6 tonne excavator 14 tonne tipper• Augers • Rock grab

Call Mason 0474 830 401

NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, mini excavator, cable locating .0402 716857

BANGALOW MINI DIGGER SERVICE Exp operator 1.8 tonne multiple attachments .....0413 878978

BYRON BAY BOBCAT & TIPPER HIRE Driveways, rubbish removal. Ian .......................0412 853479

BEAU JARDIN 1.8 tonne excavator & 3 tonne tip truck .................................................0417 054443

ELECTRICIANS

Lic: 1

54

29

3c

0439 624 945 AH 02 66 804 173

24 HOUR

SERVICE

Domestic

Commercial

All Jobs

Small or

Large

DOMESTIC

COMMERCIAL

INDUSTRIAL

JAMIE 0408 809 817

licence no. 201775c

ELECTRICALSteve Nichollsph: 0455 445 343lic: EC28753

SECURITY, DATA, TVTim Nichollsph: 0468 384 203lic: 000102498

[email protected]

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ELECTRICIANS (continued)

0458 267 777Lic. 211410C

www.mgelectricalservices.net.au E: [email protected] M: 0417 025 019

6684 8239Michael Lamb providing Byron Shire with

quality electrical services since 1984

Lic. 236341C

0417 025 019

gE: [email protected]

M:

Lic No: 143433C | ACRS Master Cabler A017916 0414 905 900Suffolk Park

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173

RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355

BYRON BAY ELECTRICAL Geoff Bensley. Lic EC 34079 ...................................................0427 857824

JP ELECTRICAL Level 2 ASP Under-g/O-head lines, Pwr poles, Solar. Lic 133082C ........0432 289705

CHRIS APPEL. Ocean Shores. Lic EC 22349 .....................................................................0422 607444

JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C ..............0415 126028

SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477

BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801

FENCING

POOLSAFE GLASS FENCING

GLASS & ALUMINIUM POOL FENCING PROFESSIONALS0499 178 297 [email protected]

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes ....... 66804766 or 0416 424256

EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service ............................. 66771852 or 0432 107262

FILM PRODUCTIONFILM, EDIT, PRODUCE. All Projects. Phone Marcus ......................................................0425 747769

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

NJH FLOOR SANDING Eco oils, hard wax oils & water-based fi nishes. Nathan .............0420 215716

THE FLOOR SANDER non-toxic fi nishes. Free quotes [email protected] ...0407 821690

GARAGE DOORS

LICENCE NO:175956C ABN: 03 113 342 699

Q U A L I T Y G A R A G E D O O R S T O S U I T A L L B U D G E T S

7 Stinson Street, Ballina Ph: 02 6686 4238 W: www.cmgd.com.au E: [email protected]

Garage Doors & Openers

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

FOR ALL YOUR RURAL ASSET MANAGEMENTFrom 4x4 tractor slashing to house yard maintenance

Complete care plans provided for ALL ongoing customersFULLY INSURED • FREE QUOTES

100% satisfaction!

0497 413 344 • www.charlibearlawncare.com

ACREAGE CARE

[email protected]

• Acreage Mowing Specialist • Irrigation • Landscaping • Rubbish RemovalByron Shire – Ballina Shire • Fully Licensed & Insured

Contact Vadi: 0404 978 383 [email protected]

THE BYRON BAY GARDEN & LANDSCAPING COMPANY

Structural Landscaping• Paving • Stonework • Timber work • Retaining wall • Garden maintenance • Planting • Turfi ng • Mulching • Hedging • Lawns 0434 329 111

Acreage & Residential Mowing | Gardening Non-Toxic Herbicide Spray | Brush Cutting

Tip Runs | Fully Insured

0430 297 101 / 6684 [email protected]

Paola Landscapes Pty LtdGarden Clean UpsLawn MaintenanceHedge TrimmingTurf Laying

Gutter CleaningIrrigation & RepairsPlanting & Lawn EdgingFull Garden Maintenance

Servicing Residential, Commercial and Government

PLEASE CALL MATTHEW PAOLA 0431 871 245

[email protected]. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter ................0423 756394

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839

A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697

A.C.E. LAWNMOWING & GARDENING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed.............Sam 0438 655763

LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, tree maintenance .....................0402 487213

PAUL’S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow .........0422 958791

A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ................0405 716552

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772

THE BURBS MOWING All suburban mowing. Andrew .................................................0431 248888

BYRON BAY BRUSH CUTTING Acreage mowing, garden detailing, insured. Gyan .........0402 728207

WINTER SPECIAL. Acreage mowing $50 hr. Insured .....................................................0402 728207

BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns .............................................0412 469109

OCAZ Property Maintenance: Koala habitats, brushcutting, lawns & Clean Ups ............0412 469109

LAWN MOWING Mullum, Bruns, Ocean Shores. Call Mark ............................................0437 343348

GARDEN DESIGN

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ...........................Lyn 0428 884329

GAS SUPPLIERS

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609

Free Delivery

No Rental

Reliable

Locally Owned Est 18 years

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

GLAZIERS

24/7 EMERGENCY GLASS 0415 660 8016685 8588 Mirrors • Security doors and screensShower screens • Commercial glazing

BYRON GLASS & ALUMINIUM Home, Shop & Offi ce. 24 hr/7 days. Lic 313329C .............. 66808123

GRAPHIC DESIGN

GUS.DESIGNS // logos, product packaging + branding, fl yers, business cards, templates, social

media. No job too small. [email protected] .........................................................0437 915481

GUTTERING

Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.www.spotlessgutters.com.au

0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42

Gutter guard Gutter cleaning Locally owned Fully insured Free quotes

GUTTERING & DOWNPIPES Leaf Guard. Lic 60414C. Darryl Patterson .........................0414 889453

HANDYPERSONSA TO Z HANDYMAN SERVICES Tip runs, pressure cleaning, gardening, odd jobs .... Andre 66847553 or 0439 495247

A.S.A.P. All renos, carpentry, plastering, painting, studios & bathrooms .......................0405 625697

HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956

AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne ...............................0423 218417

THE HANDYMAN CAN All home maintenance, repairs, painting, odd jobs etc .............0427 110953

RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES Michael ...........................................66844970 or 0405 325569

G LANZENI HANDYMAN SERVICE & property maintenance. Byron Bay ....................0412 395604

MC’S HANDYMAN SERVICES Exp. painter, home repairs, odd jobs. Great rates............0412 559509

ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance ........................................0402 281638

ALL TIMBER REPAIRS. Qualifi ed Joiner/Handyman, well presented. Andrew .............0412 293732

BUILDER SKILLS, carpenters rates. 25 yrs exp. Lic No. R84001. Ph Greg .......................0422 069632

HANDYMAN All services and areas. Reliable & friendly. ................................................0403 793834

CARPENTER HANDYMAN FB Greg’s Handyman Services Byron Bay Lic No 1039897 ....0414 109595

ALL TRADES. ALL JOBS. Licensed electrician C18391. Ph .............................................0411 184418

HEALTH• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture,

Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy

MULLUMBIMBY COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTRE 60 Stuart St ............................... 66841511

ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ........................................... 66857366

MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. ............................. 66843002

WWW.EASTCOASTPILATES.COM.AU Judy Leane BSpSc ..............................................0408 110006

MALI’S Therapeutic Chinese Massage Service. In & out calls .............................................. 66841790

HIREMULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003

BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ........ www.byronhire.com.au 66856228

IRONINGTHE IRONING LADY www.TheIroningLadyByronBay.com.au Angela ...........................0414 719680

KITCHENS

Driftwood Cabinetry0422 454 876

D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery. Lic 283553C. www.hinged.com.au ....................... Dave 0409 843689

ABOVEBOARD KITCHENS, BATHROOMS & ALTERATIONS Lic 80677C ...................0415 661814

LANDSCAPE DESIGN BEAU JARDIN We design & build beautiful gardens www.beaujardin.com.au Lic 177274C ... 0417 054443

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Garden Design & Property Planning. Andrew Pawsey ..........0478 519804

VARENDORFF LANDSCAPES Dip. Lscape Des & Hort. Ryde College Lic 39791 ..66845035 or 0414 842602

LANDSCAPING

• Sand • Soils • Gravels • Pots & statues • Lots, lots more

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

Specialising in: • Retaining Walls • Pool Surrounds

• Block Work • Paving • Turfi ng • Stonework

20 Years Experience

Established 2008 ~ Lic No: 247282c

0405 594 288

Shaun Savage Landscapes


Service Directory

landscaping supplies 0266 804555

SOIL

MULCH

GRAVEL

CRACKER DUST

ROAD BASE

FIRE WOOD18 Lucky LaneBillinudgel Industrial Estate

0409 785 584 www.otrlandscaping.com.au

Lic

3087

22C

SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C ................................0405 122456

LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853

LAUNDRY SERVICES

LAUNDRY

OPEN EVERY DAY

FAST TURNAROUND – AIR BNB• Self serve / service wash • New front loaders & dryers • Domestic & commercial servicesMullum Wash House – 0439 001 545

Bangalow Wash House – 0412 302 246

LIGHTING

Lighting Showroom Open 9am – 5pm Mon – Fri Unit 5, 21-23 Tasman Way, Byron A+I Estate

Free on-site consultancy 6680 7007 creativelightingsolutions.com.au

CREATIVE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS

BYRON GREEN LIGHTS LED garden lighting specialist, free on-site visits ....................0422 267313

LOCKSMITH

MOBILE LOCKSMITH SERVICE Automotive car keys & lock installation/repair .............0412 764148

OFFICE SERVICES

TYPING & PROOFREADING Ex Melb Paralegal & Hansard transcriber. Fees neg ..........0431 600138

OSTEOPATHY

OSTEOPATHYat Mullumbimby Comprehensive Health Centre

Dr. Matthew Fourro (Osteo) Dr. Egbert Weber (Osteo)

60 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby | 02 6626 7900

NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Mon, Wed, Fri .............................................. 66857517

PAINTING

• DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required

to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

ALL-WAYS PAINTINGBYRON BAY

• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed

• Attention to detail

Lic

No

1891

44C

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

YVES DE WILDE QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCEENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING

6680 7573 0415 952 494www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372Cwww.duluxaccredited.com.au

Lic

16

73

71

C

Mark WoplingPainting & Decorating

ABN 31 490 733 798LIC 203196C

Mob: 0409 451 518 [email protected]

AccreditedQUALIFIED • INSURED • LOCAL • FREE QUOTES

24 years experience

ALAN MALONEPainter and Decorator

Over 30 years experiencefor a friendly hassle free job

0412 794 364 Licence No 97474

Free quotes

AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ................................................ 0413 185399 or 66841249

PEST CONTROL

Professional Property Protection you can Trust• Targeted treatments for all pests with “no spray” cockroach treatments

• If you have found live termites, do not disturb them and call us for advice! No cost for quoting on active termites

Relax, when safety, reputation and experience matters, we are the experts

6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018 www.sanctuarypest.com.au

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

www.allpestsolutions.com.au

02 6681 6555

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714

BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL ................................................................................ 66842018

PHOTOGRAPHY

Tree Faerie FotosProfessional • Commercial • Personal

30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518

PHYSIOTHERAPYBANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, mat/reformer Pilates classes.

Kim Snellgrove, Cally O’Hara ................................................................................................ 66872330

NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby ..................................................................................... 66845288

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suff olk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511

CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel ..................Bangalow 66872337 & M’bah 66723818

PETRA KARNI Physio, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron. Open Saturdays .......0403 226858

OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, shock

wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge, Steve Cliff ord ....... 66803499

EWINGSDALE PHYSIO Renata Tenta. Matrix Rhythm Therapy, home visits avail ................ 66847838

PETER FARRELL Cold laser, manual therapy & exercise, Mullumbimby .............................. 66843385

PICTURE FRAMING

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ........................ 6680 3444

PLASTERING

PLASTERING CONTRACTORDOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

C. A. Warwick Lic. No. 114578C

0413 451 186 / 6680 4660

COL JENKINS PLASTER Gyprock, renovations, repairs. No job too small ......................0401 078733

SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001

GYPROCK PLASTERING SERVICE New homes, extensions, renos, 40yrs exp. Dave ......0457 117654

PLUMBERS

NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 0429 805 08120 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE Li

cenc

e N

o. 2

0747

9C

All Plumbing Blocked drains

Gasfi ttingSolar Hot Water

0404 053 857 Lic

. N

o. 2

06

91

3C

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fi tting & roofi ng. Lic 187712C ................0438 668025

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403

HRH PLUMBING Providing a prompt, reliable & effi cient service. Lic 220755C ............0402 652017

MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035

ADM PLUMBING SERVICES… (NO JOB TOO SMALL)… Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

BLOCKED DRAINS Drain camera, no dig repairs. Drain Pipe King. Lic 237124C ................... 66770004

SIMONS PLUMBING All plumbing, gas fi tting, draining & roofi ng. Lic 108199 ............0490 025872

I LOVE PLUMBING. All plumbing. All areas. Ph Steve. Lic 148904C ..............................0412 916140

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES

PRINTWORKS Traditional / Digital [email protected] ................................. 66843633

REMOVALISTS

Andy’s Move & MoreSmall and Medium Moves, Tip Runs & Deliveries,

1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most AreasBased from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby

Calls always returned 0429 149 533 Est 2006

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT COFrom Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

• Freight services to Brisbane weekly • Carriers of fi ne art • Furniture removal

• E-bay pick up & delivery6681 4912 / 0409 917646

LEAPFROG REMOVALSBYRON BAY’S LOCAL REMOVALIST

MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

0432 334 200 02 6680 [email protected]

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REMOVALISTS (continued)

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www.shiftremovals.com.auLOCAL + INTERSTATE REMOVALS ROAD + RAIL FREIGHT

CONTAINER REMOVALS + TRANSPORT0434 391 855

0434 391 855

www.byronbaycontainerstorage.com.au

LONG + SHORT TERM CONTAINERS FOR HIRE

MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813

BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

CAPE BYRON REMOVALS Local, Brisbane, Melbourne weekly. Since 1989 ..................0413 505893

ROOFING

MONTYS METALROOFINGLicence NSW: 30715CLicence QLD: 1227049

DOMESTIC • INDUSTRIALCOMMERCIAL

Metal Roofi ng Installations • Guttering Downpipes • Fascia • Skylights • Whirlybird

Patios • Repairs • Leaf Guard

Craig Montgomery – 0418 870 362Email: montysmetalroofi [email protected]

www.montysmetalroofi ng.com.au

ALL ROOF CLEANING Experienced, insured & fast free quotes. Call ..............................0419 789600

RUBBISH REMOVALOCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer ................................................................0408 210772

A UTE LOAD OF STUFF .................................................................................................0408 210772

TIPPER HIRE avail for rubbish removal & tip runs. Jono................................................0412 871438

SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS

FREEDrop off for all

steel, washing

machines and

dryers

FREE TOWavail for unwanted cars – cash paid for someNext to Tyagarah Service Station

Pacifi c Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351

BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP@ BRUNSWICK BYRON AUTO WRECKERS

Buying: • Scrap metal • Aluminium • Copper • Brass • Lead • Car Batteries

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

SEWERAGE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS Installing, maintaining and repairing onsite sewerage

management systems in Tweed & Byron Shires for over 25 years.

M 0418 754 149P 07 5523 9930NSW Lic. L10007 QLD Lic. 13395

NEWTNORTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

TRINE SOLUTIONS Local waste specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fi tters. Lic 138031C .. 0407 439805

SEWING & ALTERATIONSSEWING Repairs & alterations. Byron Bay & all areas. Phone Jan ..................................0427 570812

SOLAR INSTALLATION

Your local, qualified team. Specialists in standalone & grid interact system designs.

Pioneers of the solar industry Serving Northern NSW since 1998

Call us on 6679 7228 m 0428 320 262 e [email protected]

Electric Lic 124600c

The expertin solar

efficiency

Electrical License # QLD: 72258 | NSW: 227562C

Call 1300 18 20 50www.saegroup.com.au

Patrick - 0425 256 802

www.junoenergy.com.au licence number: 255292C

Life’s Good with Solar Juno Energy is your local authorised LG energy specialist off ering solar and battery solutions for your business & home

SWIMMING POOLS

ATTENTION POOL OWNERS• All pool requirements • Professional advice • Water testing

• Friendly service • Pool servicing

73 Station St, Mullumbimby(opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003

MULLUM POOL SHOP Water testing, eco products, mobile service, repairs ................0418 666839

BEAU JARDIN. Swimming pool plans. Organise & co-ordinate with council.................0417 054443

TILING

Dirty Tiles & Grout? ...forget pointless scrubbing

Call Ben on 0456 606 911 www.groutpro.com.au

TILE, GROUT & STONE CLEANING & SEALING SILICONE GROUT COLOURING RE-GROUTING EPOXY GROUT

GLASS RESTORATION SLIPPERY TILES LEAKY SHOWERS

MEMBER

Far North Coast NSWJohn & Teresa

0408 232 066

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR! TILE & GROUT CLEANING

Servicing the Far North Coast for 20 years. Free quotes. Experienced local technicians.

ChemDry’s patented cleaning systems.WINTER SPECIAL:

Every 5th m2 FREE

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ................................... 66804103

FLOOR & WALL TILER Water proofi ng. Lic No 5116C. Phone Rick .................................0408 528457

TREE SERVICES

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICESThe Fully Insured Professionals

0408 202 184 [email protected] Linder Qualifi ed Arborist

• Stump Grinding • Bobcat • Cherrypicker

• Crane Truck • 18” Chipper

LdS SilvicultureSpecialising in all aspects of tree work including milling services

Eddy 0477 720 200Karl 0423 396 508

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66877677 or 0417 698227

PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist ................................................0414 186161

BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualifi ed, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852

TALLOW TREE SERVICES Removal, free quote & full insurance .....................................0401 208797

MARTINO TREE SERVICES .............................................................................. Martino 0435 019524

OUT ON A LIMB www.outonalimbtreeservices.wordpress.com Call Lucas ............0402 191316

HART TREE SERVICES 18” chipper bobcat cranetruck stump grinding, cherry . 66849137 or 0427347380

A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES Happy to help. Andrew ...................0412 558890

UPHOLSTERY

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists ............................. 66805255

BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY. Soft furnishings & outdoor. ...............................................0403 713303

VALUERS

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010

SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential,

Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au ..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976

VETERINARY SURGEONS

MULLUM VET CLINIC Richard Gregory, Erin Tottenham, Bec Patison. 24 hrs 7 days .......... 66843818

WATER CARTAGE

Reliable, Friendly Service.

Water deliveries.

Pools, tanks and road works.

WATER FILTERS

The Water Filter Experts

for home, commercial and rural properties

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

ININH

Phone Chris 0414 229 114

Water purifi cation systemsRainwater Filters

Whole house fi ltration systems

$399FULLY

INSTALLEDIN YOUR HOME

WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING

WATER TANK CLEANING/WATER TANKS Concrete tank repairs. All areas .. 66888055 or 0407 002833

SCRUBBED Tank cleaning, repairs & liner insuls. Matt & Nick ............................................ 66884478

TANK CLEANING Repairs, installation, fi rst fl ush diverters, pumps, etc ........................0418 662285

WELDING

WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, general & repairs. Trade qualifi ed. Rod ............0408 410545

MOBILE WELDING + FABRICATION SERVICES Site, Home, Marine. Derek .................0410 093383

WINDOW TINTING

SUNRISE W. T. NO BUBBLES, NO TROUBLES Cars, homes & offi ces ..........................0412 158478

SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Offi ce tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009


Classifi eds

PUBLIC NOTICES

INDEXAnnual General Meetings ..... 44

Birthdays ................................ 45

Childcare ................................ 44

Clothing & Alterations ............ 44

For Sale ................................. 44

Garage Sales ......................... 44

Halls For Hire ......................... 44

Health Notices ....................... 44

Life Celebrations .................... 45

Lost & Found ......................... 45

Motor Vehicles ....................... 44

Musical Notes ........................ 45

Only Adults ............................ 45

Pets ........................................ 45

Positions Vacant .................... 45

Professional Services ............ 44

Public Notices ........................ 43

Share Accommodation .......... 44

Short Term Accommodation .. 44

Social Escorts ........................ 45

To Lease ................................ 45

To Let ..................................... 44

Tradework .............................. 44

Tree Services ......................... 44

Tuition .................................... 45

Volunteers Wanted................. 45

Wanted .................................. 44

Wanted To Rent ..................... 45

Work Wanted ......................... 45

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS – 6684 1777CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGSPHONE ADSAds may be taken by phone on 6684 1777

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Classifi eds PUBLIC NOTICES cont

HAIR BY YENNY IN CLUNES

Cut, colour, perm, foils, braiding,

balayage & more. 66291144 or

0481395635

MADE IN MULLUM

Interested in selling your handmade

crafts, artworks, photography etc locally

from $50 a week? Interested to see

what sells and what doesn’t? Contact

Facebook: Made In Mullum or email

[email protected]

AGMs

TOOT AGM Northern Rivers Trains for

the Future Inc AGM at Mullumbimby Ex-

Services Club 27 October 2018, 4pm.

New members welcome. toot.org.au

CLOTHING & ALTRNS

ALTERATIONS & REPAIRS

Bangalow. Ph 0417339920

CHILDCARE

BABY-SITTING I love looking after

children and I am a great cook, $15/hr.

Phone 0424025271

PROF. SERVICES

DENTURES

LOOK GOOD

FEEL GOOD

Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

HEALTH

MAKE CHANGE, BE FREED FROM

smoking, excess weight, habits, anxiety

with Hypnotherapy & NLP 0404140224

mindfulchangehypnotherapy.com.au

MASSAGE , Mullum Studio, n/s only. $50/

hr, SMS Josh 7 days 0422578090

CUDDLE THERAPY SESSIONS

Ph 0431173588

HEALING BODYWORK 25 YEARS EXP

Restorative, Remedial, Pregnancy,

Lymphatic, Scenar Therapy, Trigger Pts,

Spinal Massage – specialising in necks.

Tiana 0401875725 – byroncloud9.com

COLONICS Offering colonic hydrotherapy, sauna and

naturopathy at our beachside clinic.

Call or text 0458633869

www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au

BEETU FULL BODY MASSAGE

A divine experience: Nurturing,

sensuous. 28 yrs exp. Lucy 0427917960

HAWAIIAN MASSAGE

Ocean Shores Michaela. 0416332886

LIVE THE LIFE that you want to be living!

Resolve blockages with a practitioner

who balances physical, mental,

emotional and spiritual elements in

conjunction with each other, fi nding

the root causes of any problems and

clearing them.

Kinesiology North Coast Ph 0403125506

Registered practitioner.

www.kinesiologynorthcoast.com.au

CRYSTAL HEALING BED

to balance your chakras & aid healing

Margot - 0412394932

ALOHA HEALING Deeply nurturing

remedial, pregnancy & Kahuna style.

Experienced 26 yrs In Mullum and at The

Women’s Shack Byron Bay. 0417212540

HYPNOSIS & EFT Simple and effective solutions

Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma.

Maureen Bracken 0402205352

THAI MASSAGE With male, 1hr $50,

Brunswick Heads. Ph Nui 0413710742

HALLS FOR HIRE

COORABELL HALL

WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES

66871307 www.coorabellhall.net

TREE SERVICES TRADEWORK

FOR SALE

CHIPPER Chip ’N Shred. Great for

making mulch and reducing unwanted

vegetation. In VGC, ready for use. $450.

Ph 0412 732465.

COMPOST TOILETS STARTING AT $960

Green Building Centre 0431721073

MIELE WASHERS Dryers and dishwashers available at

Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

SCAFFOLDING Erect, hire & sales.

Aluminium, steel & mobile. 0427774450

DAVID LOVEJOY’S BOOKS

Available from The Echo reception:

Between Dark and Dark , a memoir;

Moral Victories , the biography of a chess

player; Heresy, an historical novel.

ALL JUST $10 each.

BICYCLES buy, sell, repair, recycle. Adult

bikes from $60. Phil 0413779223

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal

dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES.

Phone 66845517, 0418481617

BAMBOO PLY

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.

Ph 66884188 • sample & brochure.

www.bambooply.com.au

WANTED

LP RECORDS: good condition, no op

shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

GARAGE SALES

MOVING HOUSE lots of free items and

baby things. 34 Mia Court, SGB. Sat 8-12

BURRINGBAR 8 Cudgera Creek Rd. Sat

& Sun 8am. Moving house sale. Furn,

women’s clothing, h’hold, TV, chest of

drawers, retro cabinet. Lots of great stuff

MOTOR VEHICLES

PEUGEOT 308 ‘08 auto, 5dr, petrol, good

cond. Lady owner, 121K km, rego, log

books, priced to sell $7,500. 0425206240

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

Local reg’d business

66845296 or 66845403

2010 MODEL HYUNDAI iLOAD turbo

diesel, 163k km, new tyres, new shockies.

Would make excellent camper, work van

or family wagon. Ph 0404324023

2001 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Feb rego, no

rust, goes well $1800. Ph 0432800719

SHORT TERM ACCOM.

MULLUM House Avail 1 month 7/10 -

4/11. $580pw includes elect/wifi . 2 bdrm,

1 bath, sunroom, furnished. Nice garden,

walk to town. Ph Greg 0487333773

SHARE ACCOM.

O.SHORES Quiet home, 1 rm $250pw; 2

rms $400pw incl bills. Own bthrm, extra

storage & garage. Ph/text 0424301974

SUFFOLK Mature person to live-in

care for elderly disabled man. Cleaning

duties & other chores + main meal in

exch for rent/elect, room with ensuite. No

travellers, locals only. Ph 0409202337

BRUNS f-f n/s, mature age wkg fem pref,

s/term considered $200pw. 0418619633

BYRON cosy furn room, organised house,

healthy/peaceful, suit sgl female, worker/

student, n/s, 5 min beach/town $215pw

incl unlimited wifi . Ph 0421865737

TO LET

BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE

Hi-tech security. 66872333

SUFFOLK PARK s-cont studio, deck, priv

garden, entrance, l/up shed, $290pw. incl

elect WiFi, water. Suit quiet, n/s, mature

single. No pets Min 6 mths. 0419677361

PALMWOODS 2br cabin, rural, $350pw

elect incl. Ph Maree 0477727268

STORAGE ONLY shed 4x4m, $30pw.

Call at 107 Stuart St, Mullumbimby

MULLUM new s/c 1br granny fl at nearing

completion, close to town. Furn/partially

furn by neg. Expressions of interest

welcome from n/s working professionals.

$350pw incl bills/WiFi. Ph 0448663302

BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED

Modern & Secure from $140 p/m

Elders Real Estate 66871500

BYRON SELF-STORAGE UNITS

Clean & secure. Ph 1300762618

LOCAL REMOVAL

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly,

with 10 years local exp. 0409917646

STORAGE

From $105/mth. Bangalow. Ph 66872833

BYRON studio apartment, quiet location

$400pw + bills. Ph 0431011783

MULLUM 3br, 2 bthrm, large home, solar.

Nr farmers market $600pw. 0412811336

Chef – full-time Patrick Bugden VC Gardens, Suff olk Park

• Immediate start - $60K per annum

• Option to salary package a vehicle

THE ROLE:

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Chef to join the

team at our 65 bed nursing home in Suff olk Park, Byron. We are look-

ing for a motivated, reliable and caring individual with an excellent

work ethic to apply to join our team and our great organisation.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Demonstrated experience in menu planning, menu costing, or-

dering, food preparation, food delivery systems, documentation

and food service.

• A hands on chef invested in setting and leading by example

• Excellent communication & time management skills

• Profi cient in food hygiene standards and requirements

• Ability to lead and work collaboratively with the team

• Flexible positive attitude and genuine interest in aged care

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Industry leading salary packaging opportunities

• A workplace culture providing care and service to our veterans

• A thorough orientation with great sense of self-worth and

achievement

• Immediate start on completion of Police Check

The role is full time Monday to Friday with the occasional after hours

and weekend work.

Please send your resume or any enquiries to:Email: [email protected]

Applications close: Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Between Dark and Darka memoir;

Moral Victories, the biography of

chess player Savielly Tartakower;

Heresy, an historical novel.

DAVID LOVEJOY’S BOOKS

ALL JUST $10 EACH

Available from Th e Echo offi ce reception

FIREWOOD DELIVERIESALL YEAR ROUND

Supplying commercial, wood fi red bakeries, pizza restaurants and

residential, combustion stoves, open fi res, pot belly, kindling. Various load

sizes from 4’x 6’ to 4 ton tipper.

PRICES STARTING FROM $95. VOLUME DISCOUNTS. Matt 0427 172 684

Shane Eade – Chiropractor0467 660 323

Byron Bay, and now in Brunswick Heads

• Palings • Posts • Hardwood poles

• Sleepers • Firewood • Concrete

Posts • Tomato stakes • Cane Mulch

Kings Creek, MullumbimbyMark 0427 490 038 | Karen 0427 804 284

MOLASSES

Tip Runs &Rubbish Removal

0408 210 772

“One of the top 50 healthiest things to do in the world” Brit Airways

Turquoise Coleman 0432 653 824

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experiencelike no other

TOUCH ORGANIC SPA RITUALS

Concerts, forums, weddings,

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• FULLY INSURED• PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

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F R E E Q U O T E STREE PRUNING • TREE REMOVALS

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Nick Andrews 0439 849 332

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TallowTREE SERVICES

NICK HART

6684 9137 • 0427 347 380

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TREE SERVICES

Fully insured • Free quotes

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES

Mulch SuppliesByron Bay & Surrounding Areas

6687 7677Mobile 0417 698 227

• Cherry Picker• Wood Chipper

• Stump Grinder• Tree Surgeon• Fully Insured

VIDAPURAWellness Centre

Brunswick Heads 66850498puravidawellness.com.au

COLON HYDROTHERAPYSeptember Spring Specials

$78 per session, or 3 sessions for $220Single Colonic & FIR Sauna $1003 Colonics + 3 FIR Sauna - $280

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Body BasedPsychotherapy

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Julie WellsAnne Goslett (nee Mannix)

Dip.Som.Psych, Clinical PACFA Reg.Individual and Couple Therapy

Supervision and Coaching

(02) 6685 51859 Fletcher St, Byron Bay

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THERAPYIf you are a

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and are wanting space to grow, we have a

Private Therapy Room beautifully furnished of

approximately 18 square metres open to the right

practitioner, available now. Plus a new room available

December/January.

Would you like to join an equally skilled team in a

thriving, vibrant community at a central location in the

heart of Mullumbimby?

Expressions of interest to [email protected]

L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177

5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

Brunswick Heads2br 1bth $4803br 1bth $560

Mullumbimby3br 1bth $480

Ocean Shores3br 1bth $550

South Golden Beach3br 2bth $615The Pocket3br 2bth $5804br 2bth $750

4br 3bth contact agent


Classifi eds WANTED TO RENT

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WOMENS SHACK BYRON BAY

1-2 treatment rooms available. • $20ph • 4hrs $60 • 8hrs $100 •

Yoga studio $25-$35phBeautiful temple space.

Phone Kristin 0468496807

ART SPACE to share. 60sqm, Mullum on river. $90pw Ph Arion 0408809528

TREATMENT ROOM - BYRON

Central location. Avail. for hire 2-3 d/wInfo: [email protected]

POSITIONS VACANT

MOTEL RELIEF Energetic person or couple with pleasant personalities to operate a small motel. May be ideal for semi-retired couple. Apply in person to Bay Motel, Bay St, Byron Bay

REMEDIAL MASSAGE THERAPIST to join our team at The Haven. Good conditions guaranteed pay, set days. Resume to [email protected]

CHEF REQUIRED for busy Byron Bay venue. Please send resume to [email protected] or call Mo 0427015699

PASTRY CHEF . Part-time with the potential for full-time. Trade qualifi cation or equivalent necessary. Please send proof of training and cover letter to [email protected]

CHEF/COOK REQUIRED for busy Lennox Head restaurant, approx 35 hours pw. Professional, energetic team player for fast-paced kitchen. Resumes to: [email protected] or phone 0405069026

CHEFS WANTED to join our professional & friendly team

for occasional weekend work. Send CV to [email protected]

Ph 0439656063

CASUAL CHILDCARE WORKERS

1st Aid, Working with Children Check and Cert 111, minimum requirements.

Please email resume and cover letter to:admin@bangalowcommunitychildrens

centre.com.au.

WARNING

The Department of Fair Trading

has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements

offering work at home. Readers shouldbe wary if asked to pay money upfront

for employment opportunities and neversend money to a post offi ce box

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

SHOW OR GROW YOUR SKILLS

make new friends & celebrate cinema.

Join the Film Festival team

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WORK WANTED

ALL TYPES BUILDING WORK

Blocklaying & bricklaying Lic 60801C

Paul 0423852559

TUITION

FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN

Eva 0403224842

www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au

MUSICAL NOTES

1972 GIBSON SG No pro use, but fame

connect. Exc cond $18,000. 0438168001

QUALITY PIANOS for sale, and expert

piano tuning. Ph Fred Cole 0412216019

GUITAR STRINGS, REPAIRS

Brunswick Heads 66851005

LOST & FOUND

LOST : womans silver 3 band ring with red

stone. Sentimental value Ph 0407163828

BIRTHDAYS

LIFE CELEBRATIONS ONLY ADULTS

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classy cougar. Spoil yourself. In & out. 7

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General Maintenance / Gardener – Bayside @ Byron - Suff olk Park - part-time

RSL LifeCare’s Bayside @ Byron has an exciting opportunity for

an experienced and passionate person to work in the Main-

tenance/Gardening department in our brand new retirement

village. The position is 25 hours per week, 5 hours per day

from Monday to Friday.

The desired candidate will have a positive attitude, a sense

of humour and be passionate about gardens and grounds

and assisting to enhance the relationship with seniors in our

village.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience preferred in all aspects of preventive mainte-

nance and gardening

• Current driver licence

• Current National Criminal History Check

• Empathy with seniors and excellent communication skills

• Intermediate computer skills an advantage

IN TURN WE OFFER:

• Salary packaging

• A thorough orientation with great sense of self-worth and

achievement

Please send your resume or any enquiries to:Email: [email protected]

Applications open to: Friday, 5 October 2018

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[email protected]

For more information, please visit our website:

www.lifebridge.org.au

Ian Wingad26/6/51 to 29/9/18Passed away peacefully

Tweed Hospital especially

At Peace

TOMMY is a quiet, gentle boy who loves human affection. He’s completely black with beautiful green eyes. He tends to keep to himself around other cats, but shows no signs of aggression. Tommy adores head rubs & will happily soak up all the attention lavished upon him. He’d make a wonderful addition to a calm household where love is plentiful.

To meet Tommy & our other cats & kittens, please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at

124 DALLEY STREET, MULLUMOPEN: Tues 2.30–4.30pmTHURS: 3–5pm SAT: 10am–12 noon Call AWL 6684 4070Like us on Facebook!

TOMMY

MATTYMATTY is a 16 month old desexed

male mastiff x. He is an affectionate boy, good with other dogs but plays rough so better as the only dog and without children. He will come to his

full potential with more training. If you can give MATTY a permanent, loving

home please contact Pam on0421 017 461.

Visit friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for a home.

Please make an appointment 0403 533 589 • Billinudgel

petsforlifeanimalshelter.net

All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.

PETE is living proof that you can’t “judge a book by it’s cover”. Pete is not “Grumpy’s” brother, but the opposite. As soon as the photo was taken he rushed up all smiles and right into serious smooching. New to the centre Pete, misses his freedom and a close relationship with humans that he loves so much. Pop into to the centre and meet this friendly fellow. About two years old.

COMPANION ANIMALS WELFARE INC.

Hi, I’m GOLDIE, CAWI’s golden girl, heartthrob, trouble-child. I’m gorgeous in nature & looks ;). I’m fantastic with

children & other dogs & I’d love a constant companion (human or canine)

‘cos that would stop my inclination to jump fences to fi nd my own

fun. Please phone Shell from CAWI on 0458461935 so I can meet you.

Third quarter 2 Oct 7.45pm

New moon 9 Oct 2.46pm

First quarter 17 Oct 5.01am

Full moon 25 Oct 3.45 am

Day of month

Sun rise

Sun set

Moon rise

Moon set

High tide, height (m)

Low tide, height (m)

1 M 0525 1746 2341 0937 1242 1.48 0547 0.35; 1910 0.50

2 T 0524 1747 1030 0054 1.07; 1350 1.47 0647 0.41; 2036 0.50

3 W 0522 1747 0041 1129 0218 1.03; 1508 1.50 0804 0.44; 2158 0.44

4 T 0521 1748 0138 1231 0346 1.07; 1621 1.57 0925 0.41; 2304 0.34

5 F 0520 1748 0230 1336 0459 1.17; 1724 1.64 1037 0.34; 2356 0.24

6 S 0519 1749 0319 1442 0557 1.28; 1818 1.70 1139 0.25

DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS Sunday 2am – turn clocks forward one hour

7 S 0618 1849 0503 1647 0747 1.40; 2006 1.72 0041 0.16; 1333 0.18

8 M 0617 1850 0544 1751 0833 1.50; 2050 1.70 0220 0.10; 1423 0.14

9 T 0615 1850 0624 1854 0918 1.57; 2131 1.63 0258 0.08; 1511 0.13

10 W 0614 1851 0702 1955 1000 1.61; 2211 1.53 0333 0.09; 1558 0.17

11 T 0613 1851 0741 2055 1042 1.62; 2248 1.40 0408 0.12; 1645 0.24

12 F 0612 1852 0821 2154 1122 1.59; 2325 1.27 0442 0.18; 1732 0.33

13 S 0611 1853 0903 2251 1202 1.54 0515 0.26; 1822 0.42

14 S 0610 1853 0947 2346 0002 1.15; 1245 1.48 0550 0.35; 1917 0.49

15 M 0609 1854 1033 0045 1.04; 1332 1.41 0630 0.44; 2022 0.54

16 T 0608 1854 1122 0037 0141 0.96; 1431 1.35 0720 0.52; 2135 0.55

17 W 0607 1855 1213 0125 0303 0.93; 1541 1.32 0830 0.58; 2244 0.52

18 T 0606 1856 1304 0210 0430 0.96; 1648 1.33 0954 0.59; 2340 0.46

19 F 0605 1856 1357 0250 0535 1.05; 1747 1.37 1108 0.55

20 S 0604 1857 1450 0329 0624 1.14; 1835 1.42 0024 0.39; 1205 0.49

21 S 0603 1858 1544 0405 0705 1.25; 1917 1.46 0100 0.32; 1252 0.42

22 M 0602 1858 1639 0439 0744 1.35; 1956 1.49 0133 0.26; 1333 0.35

23 T 0601 1859 1734 0513 0820 1.44; 2032 1.49 0203 0.20; 1414 0.30

24 W 0600 1900 1831 0548 0858 1.53; 2108 1.47 0233 0.16; 1453 0.26

25 T 0559 1900 1930 0624 0936 1.60; 2145 1.43 0305 0.13; 1535 0.24

26 F 0558 1901 2031 0703 1015 1.65; 2223 1.36 0339 0.13; 1619 0.25

27 S 0557 1902 2134 0746 1058 1.68; 2304 1.28 0414 0.15; 1707 0.28

28 S 0556 1902 2236 0833 1143 1.67; 2350 1.18 0452 0.20; 1800 0.32

29 M 0555 1903 2337 0926 1231 1.64 0535 0.27; 1902 0.37

30 T 0555 1904 1023 0045 1.09; 1328 1.59 0627 0.35; 2014 0.40

31 W 0554 1904 0035 1124 0155 1.03; 1433 1.55 0731 0.42; 2129 0.40

Times are Eastern Standard Daylight Savings Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data from Bureau of Meteorology.

OCTOBER 2018Astronomical data

and tides

AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE ...............................................................000

AMBULANCE Mullumbimby & Byron Bay ..................................131 233

BRUNSWICK VALLEY RESCUE Primary rescue ........................ 6685 1999

BRUNSWICK MARINE RADIO TOWER ................................... 6685 0148

BYRON CENTRAL HOSPITAL .................................................. 6639 9400

POLICE Brunswick Heads ....................................................... 6685 1277

Mullumbimby .............................................................. 6684 2144

Byron Bay ................................................................... 6685 9499

Bangalow .................................................................... 6687 1404

STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE Storm & tempest damage, flooding ......132 500

AIDS Confidential testing & information (ACON) ................................ 6622 1555

AL-ANON Help for family & friends of alcoholics .......................1300 ALANON

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 24 hours ............................... 1800 423 431

ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGS & CATS) ......................................... 6622 1881

LIFELINE ..........................................................................................131 114

MENSLINE 7pm–11pm nightly (phone counselling & referral for men).. 6622 2240

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets daily .................................... 6680 7280

NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE .................................................. 6684 1286

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ............................... 1800 656 463

NORTHERN RIVERS GAMBLING SERVICE ........................... 6687 2520

NORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE CARERS............................... 6628 1866

KOALA HOTLINE........................................................ 6622 1233

WIRES – NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service ......... 6628 1898

EMERGENCY NUMBERSPlease stick this by your phone

1st SAT Bruns Heads 6628 4495

1st SUN Byron Bay 6685 68071st SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 7333

2nd SAT Flea, Byron YAC 0490 026 8402nd SAT Woodburn 0439 489 631

2nd SUN The Channon 6688 64332nd SUN Lennox Head 0419 369 6092nd SUN Alstonville 6628 15682nd SUN Tabulam Hall 0490 329 1592nd SUN Coolangatta

3rd SAT Mullumbimby 6684 33703rd SAT Murwillumbah 0413 804 024

3rd SUN Uki 0487 329 1503rd SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 73333rd SUN Ballina 6687 4328

4th SAT Evans Head 0439 489 6314th SAT Wilsons Creek 6684 0299

4th SUN Bangalow 6687 1911

4th SUN Nimbin 0458 506 0004th SUN Murwillumbah 0422 565 1684th SUN (in a 5 Sunday month) Coolangatta

5th SUN Lennox Head 0419 369 6095th SUN Nimbin 0458 506 000

FARMERS/WEEKLY MARKETS

Each TUE New Brighton 6677 1345 Each TUE Organic Lismore 6628 1084 Each WED 7-11am M’bah 6684 7834Each WED 3-6pm Nimbin 6689 1512Each THU 8-11am Byron 6687 1137Each THU 2.30-6.30pm Lismore 0450 688 900Each FRI 7-11am Mullum 6677 1345Each SAT 8-11am Bangalow 6687 1137Each SAT 8am-1pm Uki 6679 5530Each SAT 8.30-11am Lismore 0466 415 172Each SAT 8.30-12am Blue Knob

MONTHLY MARKETS

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On The HorizonDEADLINE NOON FRIDAY

Email copy marked

‘On The Horizon’ to

[email protected].

BV VIEWThe Brunswick Valley VIEW Club’s next

luncheon meeting is at Ocean Shores

Country Club on Thursday 11 October

at 10.30am. The guest speaker will be

Jenny Pratten talking about her nursing

experiences in the Australian Outback.

Apologies call Maureen 0408 294 973.

Marvell Hall FundraiserMarvell Hall Fundraiser on Friday

12 October. Arrive at 6.30pm for a

rehearsed reading of the play Wild

Spirits by Christine Willmot that reflects

on the ‘poets of Byron Bay’. Music and

discussion to follow. Entry by donation.

37 Marvell St. Enquiries 0407 857 991.

Suffolk DunecareSuffolk Park Dune Care will be working

next Saturday 6 October at 8.30am.

Meet at the bike track near the bridge at

Tallow Creek beach entrance.

Bangalow celebrationBangalow Land and Rivercare have been

working to restore the riparian buffer

zone on Byron Creek Bangalow for

the past 20 years. We will be holding a

birthday party at The Bangalow Parklands

on October 6 and we wish to invite the

community to help us celebrate.

Hastings Point ProbusNext meeting of the Hastings Point/

Tweed Coast Probus Club will be at

Tricare, 87 Tweed Coast Road, Hastings

Point, Tuesday 16 October, 10am.

Speaker: Jan Pilgrim, rescuer/carer,

Tweed Valley Wildlife.

The following meeting, Tuesday

November 20 – speaker: Snr Const

Bradley Foster, crime prevention officer,

Tweed/Byron. No meeting in December

or January. 2019 meeting: Tuesday 19

February.

Telstra tower defeatDefeating the Telstra tower in Wilsons

Creek information and update at 6pm

Wednesday October 3 at Wilsons Creek

Hall. Snacks and drinks for sale for a

celebration after the meeting.

Bangalow CWA AGMBangalow CWA’s Annual General

Meeting, Wednesday 10 October,

9.30am at 31 Byron Street, Bangalow. All

members are invited to attend.

Federal ExchangeFederal’s free quarterly crop swap is

coming up on Saturday 24 November,

10am at Federal Park. Bring your

garden produce to swap and share.

Veges, fruit, seeds, honey, bush foods,

eggs, cuttings, seedlings, manure,

worm juice, flowers, natural weaving

materials etc are exchanged as is our

local home-gardening knowledge. Email

[email protected] or join

FB group The Federal Exchange.

Byron SophiaByron Sophia Philosophical Group:

Ancient Australia’s Advanced Technology,

Steven & Evan Strong. Thursday, 4

October, 1.30–3.30pm Marvell Hall, 37

Marvell St, Byron Bay. Celia 6684 3623.

Mullum CWA AGMMullumbimby branch of the Country

Women’s Association (CWA) has its

annual general meeting on Wednesday

10 October at 9.30am at the CWA Rooms.

The monthly meeting will follow the

AGM. Bring a plate for a light lunch. New

members welcome. Info: Jenny 6684

7282 or Sue 6684 1675.

PFLAG

PFLAG – Parents, Families And Friends Of Lesbians And Gays Northern Rivers has relaunched with new energy. Email [email protected], find them on Facebook or call 0467 382 010 for more information.

#StartupByron#StartupByron Meet-up Thursday

4 October 5–7pm at The Sun Bistro

(Byron Arts & Industry Estate). Whether

you’re an existing entrepreneur, a

wantrepreneur, or just connecting with

what’s happening in Byron Bay and

the region. #StartupByron Meetup is a

free, open and inclusive group focused

on connecting anyone interested in

startups. More at https://www.startinno.

com/events/startupbyron-meetup-

sunbistro or look for #StartupByron on

meetup.com.

Tweed LandcarePottsville Community Dunecare:

Mondays 7–9am, contact Bill Hoskins

0431 712 726. Bilambil Landcare:

Tuesdays from 9am, contact Gary Austin

0427 269 486. Fingal Head Coastcare:

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

8–11am, Saturdays 9am–12 noon. Contact

Kay Bolton 0402 839 479. Hastings Point

Community Dunecare: Tuesdays and

Thursdays 7–9am, contact Arthur Good

0428 760 000. Kingscliff Community

Dunecare: Tuesdays and Thursdays

8–10am, contact Peter Langley 6674 5362.

Cabarita Beach Dunecare: 1st Saturday

of the month 8.30–11am, contact Faye

Nash 6676 2331. Friends of Wollumbin:

1st Saturday of the month 8am–12 noon,

contact Roland 0417 253 767 or Ian 6679

5441. Hospital Hill Landcare: 1st Saturday

of the month 8.30–10.30am, contact

Nola Firth 0419 200 971. Island Drive

Landcare: 1st Thursday of the month

8.30–10.30am, contact Clare Alchin 0438

559 049.

Awaken loveA free awakening of love weekend

workshop, on October 19–21, 2018 in

Byron Bay by Path Retreats Australia.

Contact Gina: [email protected] or

0404 093 865.

EvensongSunday 7 October 5pm at St Paul’s

Spirituality Centre, 14 Kingsley Street,

Byron Bay (200 metres off Jonson Street).

John Power 0403 905 543.

Jewish musiciansLooking for Jewish musicians to help

with a continual program for the

community. We need everyone’s input.

Call 0402 924 714.

Please note: This section is intended

for the benefit of non-profit community

groups.

Regular As ClockworkDEADLINE NOON FRIDAY

Email copy marked

‘Regular As Clockwork’ to

[email protected].

Neighbourhood CentreMullumbimby & District Neighbourhood

Centre is open Monday–Thursday

9am–4pm and offers a range of services

and activities. Everyone is welcome to

come and enjoy art, music, games, great

food and more. Call reception on 6684

1286 and discover what is on offer.

Low-cost or free foodFood Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at

Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. If you

have any sort of Centrelink card you may

purchase cheap food, obtain free veges,

and enjoy a cuppa. Free Food Relief

Bags for anyone doing it tough, every

Thursday 9–11am at The Hub Ocean

Shores, cnr Rajah Rd and Bindaree Way.

No ID or Concession Card required. NILs

referral service also available. Check

Facebook page The Hub Baptist Ocean

Shores for details. C3 Care Byron Bay

Food Care – log on to www.c3byronbay.

com to see if you are eligible, or call

6680 8872.

Respite ServiceByron Shire Respite Service Inc

delivers high-quality respite care to

a broad range of clients throughout

the Byron, Ballina and Lismore shires.

Donations welcome: Ph 6685 1921,

email [email protected],

website: www.byronrespite.com.au.

Alateen MeetingAlateen Meeting every Thursday at

5–6pm. Do you have a parent, close

friend or relative with a drinking

problem? Alateen can help. For

8–16-year-olds meet St Cuthbert’s

Anglican Church Hall, 13 Powell Street,

corner of Florence Street Tweed

Heads. Al-Anon family groups for older

members at the same time and place.

1300 ALANON 1300 252 666 www.al-

anon.org.au

Social sporting groupsBangalow: Senior social table tennis

at Bangalow Bowling Club on Sundays

2–4pm. All levels welcomed. Call Margot

0412 394 932. Mullumbimby : Tuesday

Ladies Group of Riverside Tennis Club

welcomes new players 9.30am every

Tuesday next to Heritage Park, for social

tennis, fun and friendship. Info: Barbara

6684 8058. Tuesdays: 10.30am. Byron:

Drumming with Gareth Jones at Byron

Theatre; Chair Yoga with Pippy Wardell

12 till 1pm. Wednesdays: Choir with Kim

Banffy, 10–11am; Ukelele 11.30–12.15.

Suggested donation of $10. No

bookings needed, information seniors@

byroncommuntycentre.com. or call 6685

6807.South Golden Shores Community

Centre every Monday at 10.30. Phone

0435 780 017. Bangalow Bowlo Sundays

at 3pm. All welcome. Enquiries Margot

0412 394 932.

ACAAdult Children Of Alcoholic Parents and/

or Dysfunctional Families (ACA) help &

recovery group meets in East Lismore

every Friday 10–11.30am corner 215 Dibbs

St and Wyrallah Rd in small Quakers hut

next to Community Hall.

Volunteer hubChoose from 50 organisations at the

volunteer hub at Byron Community

Centre. Make a difference in your

community, have fun, learn new skills

and meet people. Ph 6685 6807 email

[email protected].

Language exchangeByron language exchange club runs

every 2nd Friday from 6pm. Practise

other languages or help someone with

your English! Find us on Facebook.

Contact [email protected].

MuseumsBrunswick Valley Historical Society Inc

Museum corner of Myocum and Stuart

Sts Mullumbimby, open Tuesdays and

Fridays 10–12 and market Saturdays 9–1.

Discover your local history, join our team

– 6684 4367. Bangalow Heritage House

Museum & Cafe Open Monday–Friday

10am–3pm. Corner Ashton & Deacon

Streets Bangalow. Available for event hire

and welcomes all groups and visitors.

Phone 6687 2183.

Drug support groupsCall Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 423

431 or 0401 945 671 – 30 meetings a week

in the Shire – www.aa.org.au. Are you

experiencing difficulties and challenges

because of the alcohol or drug use of

someone close to you? Learn coping

skills and gain support from others.

Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship

of men and women for whom drugs

had become a major problem. We are

recovering addicts who meet regularly

to help each other stay clean. For

information and meetings call 6680 7280.

Are you concerned about somebody

else’s drinking? Al-Anon Family Groups

meetings held Fridays 2pm. Uniting

Church Bangalow – 1300 252 666 www.

al-anon.alateen.org/australia.

Library funBaby Bounce session Mullumbimby

– Tuesday 11.30am, Brunswick Heads –

Friday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Friday 10am.

Storytime for toddlers and pre-school

children Mullumbimby – Friday 10.30am,

Brunswick Heads – Monday 10.30am,

Byron Bay – Tuesday 10.30am.

Budgeting SupportMoney Matters is a free service helping

people identify where their money

is going, how best to save and, most

importantly, how to get on top of bills!

Contact the Byron Community Centre to

make an appointment; private sessions

run every Monday afternoon.

Breast Cancer SupportBreast Cancer Support Group Byron

Bay meets at the NSW Cancer Council

rooms, 8/130 Jonson St, Byron (upstairs

in shop complex next to Byron RSL) at

12pm–2pm, every 3rd Wednesday of the

month. Family and friends welcome.

Phone Ingrid 0431 207 453.

End-of-life choices Voluntary euthanasia options are

discussed at quarterly meetings at the

Robina Community Centre. Attendees

must be Exit Members. More information

on www.exitinternational.net or phone

Elaine 07 5580 8215 or 0421 796 713.

Labyrinth WalkWalk the Labyrinth at Byron Bay Uniting

Church 1st Sunday of the month (April

2018 2nd Sunday) between 2.30 and 4pm.

Introductory talk at 2pm. Info: Lauall

Greer 0438 608 776.

French ConversationAlliance Française – French Conversation

in Lismore. Café Conversation every

Thursday at Miss Lizzie’s, Woodlark St,

Lismore, 5–6pm. Come and speak French.

For more info: afnorthcoast.org.au.

U3A discussion groupBrunswick Valley U3A audiovisual

discussion group, Thursdays 10am

Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club. Info 0432

165 006.

Time to singCome sing inspiring songs and make

new friends, Sundays, 10am at South

Golden Beach Community Hall. Call

Linda: 0415 412 514.

Quota ClubQuota Club of Brunswick Valley meets

every 1st Thursday of the month at the

Ocean Shores Country Club at 6pm. Ph

0439 733 763 for more info.

Men’s GroupsComplete Men has regular fortnightly

men’s groups on different nights in both

Byron and Mullum. Call Tim Fisk 0422

508 533.

Lions ClubInterested in making new friends and

helping our community? Lions Club of

Brunswick Mullumbimby meets 1st & 3rd

Tuesdays at 7pm Ocean Shores Country

Club. Info: Joan Towers 0400 484 419.

Mullum tennisThe Tuesday ladies’ group of the

Riverside Tennis Club meets every

Tuesday at 9.30am at the courts next

to Heritage Park. New players very

welcome; ring Barbara on 6684 8058.

Craft groupThe Uniting Craft & Social Group meets

every Monday 9.30am–2.30pm at the

Uniting Church in Carlyle Street, Byron

Bay. Bring lunch and whatever else

you need. All welcome. Do you prefer

patchwork and quilting? Come along

on Monday evening same place at 6pm.

Enquiries Tilly 6685 5985.

ChoirsBay Singers meet Wednesdays at Byron

Community Centre, 10–11am. Ukelele

class at 11.45am. Enquiries 0425 363 589,

[email protected]. Singchronicity

Choir meets Thursdays at Ocean Shores

6.45pm-8.45pm. Eclectic and catchy

repertoire. Ph 0425 363 589. Mullum’s

Biggest Little Town Choir meets weekly

at the Uniting Church, corner Dalley

Street and Whian street, Thursdays at

6pm. Newcomers welcome. Raise the

Roof Choir: Gospel, bluegrass & more.

1–3pm Tuesdays, Suffolk Park Hall.

6–8pm Tuesdays, Bruns Uniting Hall.

Weekly Uki & Channon sessions. Info@

raisetheroofsinging.com 0417 277 211.

Brunswick Valley Choir Monday nights

at Bruns Bowlo, 6.30pm ph: Janet 0438

965 397. Picture House Choir - quick

sing fix at Brunswick Picture House on

Monday mornings 9.30am till 10.30am

Ph: Janet 0438 965 397. Rebel Rebel

Girls Choir for ages 8 to 12. Meet Friday

at 4pm, Ocean Shores. Ph: Janet 0438

965 397.

Carers’ supportMullumbimby Mental Health Carers’

Support Group for family members

and friends who have a loved one with

a mental health issue. Meeting on 4th

Thursday of each month 9.30am at the

Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre.

Info: Leanne 0409 818 643.

Baby massageAt the Mullumbimby & District

Neighbourhood Centre. Friday mornings,

weekly, baby massage classes for

expectant and new parents and carers.

Gold coin contribution. Bookings

essential. Linda 0411 985 557

Free ESLFree English as a Second Language

classes suitable for beginners to

advanced learners. Brunsick Heads 6672

0834 or Kingscliff 6674 7267.

ManTimeCalling all fellas who as a boy or man

went on a Pathways, Making Men or

Men2B Rite of Passage camp: weekly

Monday night men’s group 7–9.30pm at

the CWA Hall Mullum. Email mantime.

[email protected] or call Karim 0403

755 192.

Sex & Love Addicts Anon

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is peer-support group of men and women for whom sex and/or romance have become a problem. For details of weekly meetings, phone 0452 074 974 or visit www.slaa.org.au.

TimebankingTimebanking can help you build

a network of support within your

community through sharing skills. For

more: Northern Rivers Community

Gateway 6621 7397.

Bridge clubBrunswick Valley Bridge Club meets

every Saturday and Monday at the

Ocean Shores Country Club, seated at

12.15 to commence play at 12.30. Visitors

welcome. See bridgewebs.com/brun-

swickvalley/home.html or for partner

ring Phyllis Keyte 6684 1103. Facebook

Brunswick Valley Bridge Club. Play

resumes Saturday, January 6.

Repair CafeMullumbimby’s Repair Cafe at the

Mullumbimby campus of Byron

Community College in Burringbar Street

on Saturdays 9am till 12 noon. Volunteers

will be there to help you fix things that

might otherwise end up in the tip, or to

advise how it might be done.

Cryptic Clues ACROSS1. Hold back Len!? (4,6)

7. Cross over to entrance (4)

9. Turn east, turn an inseparable friend (5,3)

10. Peace keepers, equal and free (6)

11. Revolutionary queens? Applause! (6)

13. Worker with skin problems, proverbially busy places (8)

14. Favourite in Greek island included mixed Suez pancake! (5,7)

17. Vehicle with good French, inviting appointments for love or sex – it gives the right time! (6,6)

20. Earl Grey trophy? They say it’s very pleasing! (3,2,3)

21. Vertical self-assurance (6)

22. Bookie called – and jumped (6)

23. Higher frequency fi nished with bum note (8)

25. Gum or ash? (4)

26. Amble around and, say, 11 for a tasty snack (5,5)

DOWN2. Every one away, but entirely sane

(3,5)

3. Loud circle, English adversary (3)

4. Lady on two poles – a fair chance (5)

5. Archery expert, mused Spooner of the entertainment (4,3)

6. Ate sundae, uneasy, felt sick (9)

7. Unhappy, tired, insane – it can bad for the health! (11)

8. Comes in fi rst with a device to serve the drinks! (6)

12. Anticipate, speak and spit (11)

15. A jewel under the layers – clever plan (9)

16. Flowers interpret one’s name (8)

18. Where do you put the hamburger? Going really well! (2,1,4)

19. Tramp after each dangerous delivery (6)

21. Venue for Tina (5)

24. A pair, they say, as well (3)

Quick Clues ACROSS1. Wrestling hold (4,6)

7. Entrance to a house (4)

9. Very close associate (5,3)

10. Not bound (6)

11. Drinking toast (6)

13. Apiarists’ properties (8)

14. Pancake fl amed in orange sauce (5,7)

17. Method of ascertaining the origin of old previously organic products (6,6)

20. Refreshment or preferred option (3,2,3)

21. Poise, self-possession (6)

22. Leaped (6)

23. Harmonic of higher pitch (8)

25. Large woody plant (4)

26. Thin, crisp baked bread (5,5)

DOWN2. Compos mentis (3,5)

3. Enemy, rival (3)

4. Odds of one to one (5)

5. Entertainment industry (slang) (7)

6. Made ill (9)

7. Causing problems (11)

8. Batsman number one or two (6)

12. Spit, regurgitate (11)

15. Plan, tactic (9)

16. Sea creatures or cut fl owers (8)

18. Succeeding, doing really well (2,1,4)

19. Short pitched delivery aimed at the batsman (6)

21. Venue, stadium (5)

24. Also, in addition (3)

Last week’s solution N251

Mungo’s Crossword N252

M A T E R I A L I S T I C

I I E R V E U

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Byron Shire surfers Pauline Menczer, Jodie Cooper and Gary Elkerton finished in equal third, equal fifth and equal fifth respectively at the invitational Azores Airlines World Masters Champion-ship last month.

Australians Rob Bain, Layne Beachley and Dave Macaulay all won claiming victory in the final bouts against Cheyne Horan, Ro-chelle Ballard (HAW) and Shane Beschen (HAW) re-spectively in the Grand Mas-ters, Women’s Masters and Men’s Masters divisions held in good three-foot surf at Praia de Santa Barbara in the Azores Islands.

Equal payThe World Surf League

has announced that it will award equal prize money to male and female athletes for

every WSL-controlled event in the 2019 season and be-yond, becoming among the first internationally to achieve prize money equality.

All the Grand Slam ten-nis tournaments have offered equal prizemoney since 2007.

Parity holds for all WSL-owned events, which include all the CTs, the Longboard and Junior world champs, and the Big Wave Tour.

At present the winner of a WSL Women’s Champion-ship Tour event wins $65,000, which will be increased to $100,00 in 2019.

‘This is incredible, and I am thrilled. The prizemoney is fantastic, but the message means even more. I hope this serves as a model for other sports, global organisations and society as a whole,’ wom-en’s tour ratings leader Steph-anie Gilmore said.

Monica Wilcox

Lennox Head-based Rain-bow Region Dragon Boat Club came home with a first, a second and a fourth at the Coffs Harbour Regatta at Mylestom last month.

The weekend started out with favourable conditions for the three-kilometre race around Tucker Island on Saturday afternoon, where Rainbow Dragons picked up a respectable fourth place in a field of eight boats.

But Sunday dawned to a big southerly change that charged up the Bellingen River with gusto. Teams were confronted by 40 km/h salt-laden winds as well as having to paddle into an incoming tide.

Considering the condi-tions it was a significant and sweet win for Rainbow Drag-ons.

‘Once again our team sportsmanship, spirit and strong, controlled paddling were on display. The improve-ment in everyone’s fitness and technique has certainly sharpened our competitive edge,’ Club captain Leanne Somerville said.

Other clubs commented that the club’s long-distance training regime was evident because the team’s race finish-es were much stronger than they had been in the past.

Club members are keen to test their skills and fitness at the Grafton Jacaranda regatta coming up this month.

Chloe stays on course Maria Maluta

Lennox Head professional triathlete Chloe Butt has turned down the opportunity to join USA Olympic coach Jarrod Evans and his high-performance squad in San Diego.

‘Turning down this oppor-tunity to train under Jarrod Evans was very difficult. I will turn my focus to training lo-cally,’ she said.

The grant recipient at Southern Cross University looks to finish her Master’s degree at the end of the year.

‘Juggling a career in sport and a postgraduate degree has certainly had its challeng-es but I couldn’t be happier to have had this opportunity and to help people,’ she said.

Chloe has a background in oncology nursing and has spent time overseas provid-ing women and children with healthcare and education.

‘None of this would be possible without the amaz-ing support and assistance of SCU,’ she said.

Chloe holds numerous Australian titles in both swimming and aquathons, state titles in surfing, running, triathlon and swimming, an international ranking in tri-athlon, and back when she was just 18 she qualified for the Beijing Olympic swim-ming trials.

This year she won the By-ron Bay Swimming Classic.

Matilda Vial won herself three medals at the Com-bined Independent Schools primary athletics state cham-pionships held in Sydney in mid-September.

Matilda came first in long jump, first in the 200 metres

and second in the 100 metres sprint.

Matilda will next lineup against an all-schools field at the NSW Primary Schools Sports Association athlet-ics championship in mid-October.

Lets Go Surfing are offering free lessons for locals this month to thank the commu-nity for their support over the years.

‘We live and work in the local community and have the privilege of teaching surfing and SUP. Free Resi-dents Week is to thank our residents and to help provide access for all,’ Brenda Miley, surf school founder said.

The free sessions are a wonderful opportunity for both adults and kids in the lo-cal area to try out surfing or a Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) for the first time, she said.

All equipment is supplied, safe soft surfboards, wetsuits, UV rashvests, sunblock and

zinc, she said.

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Chloe in action for Australia. Photo supplied

Rainbow Dragons dig deep for big win

Better fitness levels helped the Rainbow Dragon boaters to a victory against regional rivals. Photo supplied

Byron Master surfers make world’s top five

Local Pauline Menczer brings the magic in good waves at Sao Miguel in the Azores Islands. Photo Marsurel/WSL

Snowboard team win bronze at nationalsThe Byron Bay High School Snowboard team made up of twins Jarra and Kai Mil-lis has won a bronze medal at the Interschools National Championships held at Per-isher Valley.

Both twins raced incred-ibly hard during the Border-cross; however, Jarra had the edge and came sixth overall.

‘It is an incredible achieve-ment at this level,’ mother Sorrell Millis said.

Jarra’s fast time combined with solid times on both runs from the twins put them in contention for a team medal.

‘It was nailbiting waiting as everyone knew it would be very close, but once the re-sults were collated it was an-nounced: a team bronze for Byron Bay,’ Sorrell said.

Kai then competed in the slopestyle that includes two runs consisting of two jumps and either two rail slides or boxes.

‘Conditions were hard as at the last minute the event was moved to a lower course, meaning it was slow and sticky, making it hard for

many riders to make it to the last rail,’ Sorrell said.

However, Kai had two solid runs, landing a great combination of spins and rail slides.

His final score gave him ninth place, ‘a position that he was incredibly stoked with,’ she said.

The twins will be back in Byron for the summer but are committed to next season at Perisher, so watch this space.

Jarra Milis gets some air at Perisher. Photo supplied

Matilda wins more gold and silver

Matilda has continued to beat all comers in her favourite events of long jump and running. Photo supplied

Free surf and SUP lessons for locals

Dave and Lara hook onto a nice tandem ride as they learn to surf in Byron. Photo supplied

Backlash

Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au/byron-echo

From the PDF vaults: ten years ago, Th e Echo reported (Oc-tober 7, 2008) that Mullum-bimby’s Bridglands celebrated 100 years in business. Origi-nally the furniture and electri-cal retailer was named ‘G D Bridgland – Home Furnisher’. And around this time ten years ago, a new batch of council-lors were elected. In Septem-ber Greens mayor Jan Barham was re-elected with three other Greens candidates – Simon Richardson, Tom Tabart and Richard Staples. ‘Group F, led by Ross Tucker, was success-ful in getting Tony Heeson and Diane Woods up as well, and the other two places went to Patrick Morrisey of Our Sustainable Future and Basil Cameron of Group C.’

Congrats Byron resident and Council worker Paul Mag-nay, who won $15,100 in prize money from a $20 footy tip at the Sun Bistro last week. Manager Rob McConnell says, ‘Our venue is one of very few where members are automatically tipped into the national competition.’

Th e Australian Financial Re-view (Fairfax) reports that ‘More than 17 per cent of all housing in Byron Bay is listed on online rental platforms like Airbnb, a new report from the University of Sydney shows.’ While it’s hardly new infor-mation, repeating it hopefully puts pressure on politicians who have the power to leg-islate for better community outcomes. Unless, of course, those politicians are influ-enced by online rental plat-forms like Airbnb, in which case be prepared for a lot of obfuscation and pollywaffl e.

Good to see some self-refl ec-tion from the pollies, rare as

it is. Regarding the appalling polluted condition of the Rich-mond River just south of By-ron Shire, Th e Echo asked local Nationals MLC Ben Franklin, ‘Th e Nationals have been in government for many years in that region – do you believe the Nationals are at least partly responsible for allowing the river to become so polluted and degraded?’ He replied, ‘I believe that all sides of politics could have done better in the past in dealing with the Rich-mond River, but I am pleased that the NSW government has now developed a framework so that the issues aff ecting the river can start to be addressed in a serious way.’ Th e Greens of course think otherwise, and have made their point by cit-ing an assessment by the Uni-versity of New England. See report page 11.

Those with disabilities and their support staff will be ral-lying Wednesday October 10 from 10am till 1pm at Missin-gham Park, Ballina, calling for separate funding of support

workers to ensure that they can maintain and develop the skills to support people with disabilities. Currently the National Disability Insur-

ance Scheme (NDIS) funding model doesn’t provide fund-ing for support workers to be trained to meet the needs of clients, say organisers.

Frankie and Freddy get framed by Craig Raynor’s Eternal Flux at the Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk. Photo Jeff ‘More Photos Online Since 1986’ Dawson

48 October 3, 2018 The Byron Shire Echo

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