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Possible future beach retreat for Byron Bay Paul Bibby The state government is set to install sand bags at Clarkes Beach to protect the Beach Byron Bay cafe and Whites Cottage from the coastal erosion that has decimated the popular strip. But it says the bags are just a temporary measure to give the building owners time to ‘reconfigure’ their premises, and that the cafe owner has been told to prepare for ‘future retreat’. Management strategies were discussed at an urgent meeting held last month by the various state and local agencies who have responsibility for the Clarkes Beach area, including Council, Crown Lands and the Environment Department. Clarkes has been severely affected by erosion over the past 12 to 18 months, with tonnes of sand stripped away exposing a rock shelf beneath. The beach is littered with uprooted pandanus trees, and the eroded dune line is now within metres of the Beach Byron Bay cafe. There has also been further exposure of Aboriginal middens. A report of last month’s meeting, contained in the agenda to this week’s Byron Council planning meeting, states that NSW Minister for Property and Water, Melinda Pavey, has ordered the installation of geobags (sand bags) in front of the cafe and cottage under emergency works provisions. The bags are only to remain for 90 days, to ‘allow time for works to be done to reconfigure those buildings and to avoid an “uncontrolled incident”,’ Council staff said in their
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report of the meeting. At the end of the 90 days these bags, along with the sand bags that Reflections Holiday Parks have already installed next to their Clarkes Beach caravan park, will be removed. In a crucial development for the Beach Byron Bay cafe, the report declares that: ‘The cafe lessee has been directed to take steps to separate the beach side deck from the main building to ready it for removal if required, and to commence preparation for reconfiguration of the building for future retreat’.
ĕǖ ĕĈƐĶşŕƆ ƱëŕƐƆ ƆëŕĎćëīƆ Ɛş ƆƐëƷ However, Reflections Holiday Parks told the meeting that they would seek to make the bags in front of their caravan park a permanent addition. According to the Council report, they have engaged consultants to provide them with advice on the potential to prepare a development application for the works. This could set the stage for a ‘battle of the bags’ akin to that taking place at the badly eroded Belongil Beach between Byron Council and the owners of multimillion dollar beachside properties. Representatives from a number of the agencies also expressed their views about the causes of the erosion; most were generally in agreement. This included an expert from the NSW Environment Department’s Sciences Group, who said the erosion was owing to a general ▶ Continued on page 2
Performers and artists, Áine Tyrrell, Bindimu, and Emily Wurramara took part in last Friday night’s NAIDOC concert at Bangalow’s A&I Hall. NAIDOC celebrations were held across the nation, and locally, from November 8 till 15. The local mob are the Bundjalung Arakwal Bumberlin people. Photo Jeff ‘Mobbed Since 1986’ Dawson
¨ſëǔ ĶĈ ōĶīIJƐƆ Īşſ 0ƱĶŕīƆĎëōĕ ĶŕƐĕſĈIJëŕīĕ Hans Lovejoy Byron Shire is about to have its first traffic control signals installed. Owing to ‘significant delays’ and ‘safety hazard with traffic queuing on the southbound slow lane of the highway’, Transport for NSW (TfNSW) have announced $750,000 for traffic lights. Referred also as ‘metering’, it aims to ‘manage traffic flow and reduce highway congestion during peak traffic periods for motorists travelling to Ewingsdale and Byron Bay’. The two page project update available at www.rms.nsw.gov.au
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does not explain what public consultation occurred, or what other options were considered to reach the decision. It does say however, ‘Traffic modelling shows traffic control signals at this location will improve traffic flow from the Pacific Highway onto Ewingsdale Road’. ‘TfNSW is also working with Byron Shire Council to explore whole of transport solutions to the travel patterns in the Byron LGA’. Changes to the Byron Bay Hospital roundabout were made in 2019, say RMS, ‘In an effort to reduce congestion along Ewingsdale Road’. Inexplicably, RMS designed a
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ÉĶĎĕŕĶŕī ƐIJĕ ſşëĎ He said, ‘But we haven’t been presented a design, or been given info on how much land is required’. He added that the impact on The Farm is unknown, as ‘infrastructure will have to be relocated’.
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Doctor Marc Heyning MB.BS. DRANZCOG Advanced, ACCAM, MEd experience before finally sitting their exams. Dr Heyning says, as the supervisor, he has to continually maintain and update his own knowledge and skill base to a high level, so the registrars obtain advanced training by an experienced general practitioner, and the patients get the highest possible evidence-based care on offer. ‘I feel that everyone benefits from this medical practice being a training practice.’
240 GP supervisors Currently, across the north coast region, there are more than 240 accredited GP supervisors, training nearly 230 GP registrars. Dr Heyning says he is absolutely thrilled to be recognised and acknowledged for what he is doing
both professionally and personally to pass on his enthusiasm, knowledge and experience to the new registrars coming through. ‘I’m also a little sad, since I know that most supervisors are working just as hard, and are just as dedicated to training the next group of GPs and they should also be getting the recognition they deserve.’ Dr Heyning says the patients of this practice deserve recognition as well. ‘By their willingness to see the registrars, they have also contributed to the advancement of the registrars’ clinical experiences and skills. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the patients of Brunswick Heads Medical Centre for their patience and understanding, as together we have upskilled the next generation of General Practitioners who will, in turn, look after us as we get older.’
Creating connections the key to ending rough sleeping Aslan Shand
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The rough sleeping count has been conducted across Byron Shire annually for several years, and has consistently highlighted that Byron Shire has the highest number of rough sleepers per capita, outside of Sydney. On the back of these numbers, an important community initiative is underway to connect with rough sleepers and look at what help and assistance they need. The End Street Sleeping Collaboration Connections Week will run between 16 and 20 November.
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‘We were flagged because our street count was so high’, Cherie Bromley, who is the Community Programs Manager at the Byron Community Centre, told The Echo. ‘We’ve got a big demographic of rough sleepers, so this is an opportunity to find out about their needs, history, how they came to be here, challenges, barriers to ending rough sleeping and what they have tried
No Fixed Abode is a locally produced book that gives a voice and face to the many homeless people in Byron Shire. It’s available at the Byron Community Centre. Photo supplied to do before that has either worked or not’. The initiative is being run by a collaboration of Byron Shire Council, Social Futures, regional NGOs and the End Street Sleeping Collaboration.
Connections Week During Connections Week trained volunteers and workers will connect with rough sleepers and conduct voluntary interviews with them about their situations
and their lives. The aim is to establish a By Name List – a comprehensive database of those sleeping rough in Byron Shire. The survey follows a similar count held in Sydney in November 2019, by the End Street Sleeping Collaboration (ESSC), a collection of leading NGOs and Sydney Council. ‘There will be up to 50 people, both paid workers and volunteers working on this. Byron Shire Council have put on some extra
hours to facilitate the process’, said Ms Bromley. ‘Since the COVID-19 crisis, we have been supplying rough sleepers with mobile phones, advocating to Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) [for them], buying tents and paying for camping sites, as well as helping people with taxi fares to Ballina so they can access temporary accommodation. There is no temporary accommodation in Byron Shire. ‘We hope to have the DCJ available for crisis response work during the coming week to assist’. While Byron Shire has a reputation for affluence, Social Futures CEO, Tony Davies, has pointed out that it is also ‘home to some of the most vulnerable members of our community – and many are sleeping rough’. ‘This survey puts people at the centre and works to build a complete picture of rough sleeping, which is vital in informing Government policy and in supporting services like ours to bring people out of homelessness’, Mr Davies said.
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Arts Yard in need of next curator In the mid ‘90s, painter, sculptor and installation artist, Gabrielle Rosati, was so inspired by her visit to the the Epicentre arts enclave in Belongil that she decided to move here from Sydney. Unfortunately, by the time she arrived in the mid 2000s, the hive of creative activity had diminished. Ms Rosati said, ‘When this large, rambling conglomeration of sheds on the Lismore Road at Bangalow became available, I could see galleries, workshops and studios’. ‘It just needed some love, hard work and a realistic vision. ‘The site even had an old red rattler train carriage. Artists displaced by skyrocketing rents in Byron found the
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Yard is on the market. ‘I really hope a new owner will keep the dream alive. Meanwhile, I’m ready for my next
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Memories blurred and statements changed in police youth assault trial Mia Armitage Hearings in the trial of former Byron Bay police officer Michial Luke Greenhalgh, 39, for alleged assault on a youth will continue next year, despite it being scheduled to take four days in Lismore’s courthouse last week. After hearing from ten witnesses, including the alleged victim and his mother, and accepting two written statements as evidence from other witnesses, Magistrate Michael Dakin rescheduled the trial to resume on February 23, 2021. The final six baton blows to the naked 16-year-old boy in Byron Bay’s Lateen Lane, nearly three years ago, is the focus of the case; the prosecution must prove they constituted unreasonable force and therefore assault.
The alleged victim, who cannot be legally named, was sprayed in the face with capsicum-spray before twice being tasered, and hit nineteen times with a baton. The now nineteen-year-old TAFE student told the court he asked his parents for permission to hang out with some other young people after dinner in Byron Bay with his family on January 10, 2018. He remembered accepting a beer before shortly noticing ‘everything was getting bright’. The young man said he hadn’t asked for drugs. After being lost and dehydrated in Byron’s CBD, he said he searched for his family’s holiday apartment. Senior Constable Matthew Roach was working as the accused’s partner, when they responded to the Lateen
Lane call-out on the morning of January 11, 2018. The officer testified he told the naked and unarmed male, ‘mate, if you don’t calm down, you’re going to get a gobful of this,’ referring to capsicum spray, before the boy took a ‘drunken haymaker swing’ at him. Yet three other witnesses said they didn’t recall the ‘haymaker swing’ and the alleged victim denied making it. Witness Shane Marrion had been holidaying in Byron Bay and later told a Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) inquiry the boy was ‘aggressive’ and ‘seemed to have the strength of three or four men’. But in court last week, Mr Marrion said ‘I wouldn’t say “aggressive”, I’d say “confused”.’
Sen-Constable Roach said officers ‘couldn’t control’ the boy because he was sweaty and got out of their grasp. The officer told the LECC the boy kicked another officer off during their struggle, but in court said he didn’t recall the kick. At least two witnesses said their memories had become a combination of what they saw and the viral internet footage. ‘It feels like the video is another witness,’ Sen-Constable Roach said, after earlier saying that watching it some thirty times during the LECC inquiry was ‘quite distressing’. It also emerged that the yearly refresher training on the use of force focused only on the use of firearms. ▶ Full story online at www.echo.net.au
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Possible future beach retreat after sandbagging ▶ Continued from page 1 reduction in the frequency of southerly swells, which played an important role in bringing sand to Clarkes Beach and Main Beach. At the same time, there was an increase in the frequency of east and/or north
east swells – patterns that have the effect of taking sand from the beaches. ‘The net result over time is that the shoreline is undergoing a long-term trend of landward recession…’ the expert reportedly told the meeting. ‘Shoreline recession will
also be influenced by sea level rise. An erosion period is occurring at the moment with no way to estimate when it will end. History tells us that the shorelines will eventually accrete [gather more sand]; however, when this will occur there is no way to know’.
The meeting also heard that government departments had been working with with Reflections and representatives of the Arakwal people on a salvage plan and retrieval works for the Aboriginal midden that has been impacted by the erosion.
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wĆ–Ć?ÄŽĂŤĆ?Ä•ÄŽ Ć?ſÍǔ ÄśÄˆ ſĕşĹ&#x;ĹżĆ?Ɔ ſĕĹ?ĜĕĎ Ć–ĹźĹ&#x;Ĺ• ćơ !Ĺ&#x;Ć–Ĺ•ÄˆÄśĹ? ĂŤĹ•ÄŽ ÄŽÄ•Ć°Ä•Ĺ?Ĺ&#x;şĕſƆ Hans Lovejoy Questions around the use of outdated traffic studies by Council and developers to plan the future of Byron Shire remain unanswered, says a local civil engineer Anthony Stante says the last comprehensive strategic traffic modelling to cover the whole Byron area was done in 2008. He said, ‘It is hopelessly outdated, considering changes to economic/tourism dynamics since then’. ‘All private developments since then, including both West Byron developments, hang their hat on the outdated model. Various bits are re-quoted to suit their individual agendas. Justifying why the development is possible, when it is not’. Mr Stante said strategic traffic modelling should include the ‘massive upswing in tourist/day trippers since 2015’, and that ‘Airbnb has changed Byron significantly since 2008, with workers being moved to live outside town and needing to come into town during the AM peak
when day trippers are arriving from the north. ‘The 2008 model does not take these types of changes into account. The completion of the Woolgoolga to Ballina highway upgrade in 2021 will exacerbate the issues with easy motorway access for day-trippers from the south, which has not been considered. ‘The current [Butler] bypass is a bandaid until more work and funds are committed by the state and local governments’. ‘In line with findings within Council’s outdated 2008 traffic report, West Byron’s developers point to Ewingsdale Road needing to be four lanes, ultimately all the way into town, to service current and future traffic demands. ‘This was confirmed in this week’s Land and Environment hearing on West Byron. ‘Beyond the $78 million just committed by the state government for the section of Ewingsdale Road around the new hospital, who will foot the remaining $200 million cost to build the four lanes?’
‘The proposed West Byron development’s Section 94 contributions certainly don’t contribute to the cost.’ Phil Holloway, Council’s Director Infrastructure Services replied to The Echo, ‘Council is currently working on a Shire-wide Integrated Transport Management Strategy. There has been a significant amount of work done to date, and the document is now in the final review phase prior to being placed on public exhibition for comment prior to adoption early 2021’. Mr Stante said in response, ‘The question remains. Has a new regional traffic model been run with new data to feed the traffic model?’ ‘If not, what is the timing for having one done, as it would likely steer the Shirewide Integrated Transport Management Strategy.’ Mr Stante adds, ‘Without a new comprehensive regional traffic model with input of new up-to-date traffic data, destination surveys, tourist increase forecasts and latest census data, there is no point completing a strategy’.
ÉÍŕĆ? ÄŞĹ&#x;Ĺ&#x;ÄŽ Ĝŕ ơĹ&#x;Ć–Ĺż ÄŤĂŤĹżÄŽÄ•Ĺ•Čƒ Members of the Abundant Earth Project – in the foreground: Rainbow Eagle, left Isabella Petrova, and back right, Laing Kerns-Stokes. Photo Jeff ‘Garden Gnome Since 1986’ Dawson Paul Bibby A group of locals is voluntarily creating organic food gardens in local backyards and properties as part of its vision to create a sustainable community food network across the Shire. Called the Abundant Earth Project, the group is seeking expressions of interest from locals who would like to have a food garden planted at their home, free of charge.
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providing materials. Three homes will be chosen to be part of a garden blitz on December 12, in which volunteers will set up fully functioning food gardens. More gardens are planned in the coming months. ‘If you’d like a garden at your home, take a video or picture of what your dream is, what your vision is, and send it to us,’ one of the members of the group, Rainbow Eagle said. ‘We invite you to be as colourful and creative as you like – wear costumes, sing songs, let us know what inspires you.’
The group believes that the food gardens will be prosperous enough to both feed their household and share excess produce with people in the community, particularly older people or anyone in need. They will run a food delivery service to help share the food around, and hope to one day have food gardens across the Shire – creating a grass roots food production network. A GoFundMe page is also seeking funds for tools and materials. Send your videos and/or pictures to rainboweagle@sparkleland.net or visit abundantearthproject.com.
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A peek inside your local P&C Trish Crossley & Caterina Barry As many parents sigh with relief that the hands on involvement of primary school is over, it is not long before you find yourself facing the next challenge – high school. That is where being a member of the Parents and Citizens (P&C) Association can help. At Mullum High P&C meetings, you hear directly and frankly from the principal about what is actually happening within the school. Prior to COVID-19, once a term, a different head of subject teacher would give a presentation to inform parents about what that particular learning area has to offer. Like many organisations, the P&C adapted to Zoom during COVID-19, and carried on. This has been a silver lining to the 2020 COVID-19 cloud, because it has opened the meeting up to parents who, for any reason, find it difficult to get to meetings. The Mullumbimby High School P&C is made up of parents and community members who come together
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From left, Noah Jonson, Shakti Ameena Subby, Mullum P&C president, Damian Farrell, and Seamus Graeme Cook. Photo Jeff ‘A Spotted Youth In The Paleolithic Age’ Dawson to work to strengthen community ties and improve teaching and learning outcomes for students and teachers at the school, and also to have a bit of a laugh.
Voice in planning Through the P&C, parents can have a voice in the school planning process to contribute to shaping the school to reflect the diversity within our community and those unique aspects of this lifestyle we all value. Parents
also contribute by participation in the staff recruitment process, again shaping the learning environment. The P&C also raises funds and host events for the benefit of the community, like the recent parent forum on adolescent risk taking behaviour. ‘In 2020, the P&C has committed funds toward the air conditioning in some of the classrooms, and funds toward improving the school grounds. We currently have our fingers crossed that our CBP smarty
grants application, to resurface the school tennis courts, may be approved. Next year, we are introducing environmentally friendly hemp uniforms, following suggestions and initiatives from a number of parents’. To get invloved, P&C contact details are on the school’s website: www.mullumbimbyhs.nsw.edu.au. Q Trish Crossley and Caterina Barry are from Mullum High P&C.
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Ɛëǔ ƐĶŕŊĕſ ƱĶƐIJ ëǔ şſĎëćōĕ IJşƖƆĶŕī ưĶōōëīĕ żſşżşƆëō Paul Bibby At this week’s planning meeting, Byron Councillors will consider changes to the affordable housing village Council is planning to build in Mullumbimby. Despite being a matter of considerable contention among locals, the proposal is intended to be an ‘innovative housing precinct that stands apart from traditional approaches’ that will be built on Council-owned land, next to the Mullumbimby Community Gardens. The proposal has already
been on public exhibition, but following a new flood study for the area, and a resulting ‘structure plan’, Council staff are suggesting a number of changes to the proposal. The idea is that the revised plan will go back on public exhibition as part of the process of seeking ‘Gateway approval’ from the NSW Planning Department. The amendments include provisions that would allow greater flexibility in relation to the lot sizes on the proposed development. They will also include greater variation in the types
of houses and other structures that can be built. This is said to be necessary to meet the differing needs of those wanting affordable housing in the community. In addition to the lot size and housing diversity changes, staff are also proposing changes in response to the recommendations of the recently released flood study.
Residential zoning expanded Under these changes, a larger area of land would be
given an R1 residential zoning. There would also be an adjustment to maximum building heights to factor in the additional fill that will be needed to ensure the houses are not flooded. The flood study found that a significant amount of fill would be required to ensure this. Much of that fill would come from the lots themselves, with the remainder being trucked in. More detail on the Lot 22 plan and the proposed changes can be seen in the agenda for this week’s Council planning meeting.
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Ballina News Sick turtles on the rise Photo & story David Lowe The Ballina Byron Sea Turtle Hospital, at Australian Seabird Rescue HQ in Ballina, say they are seeing more sick and injured sea turtles come into care than ever before. Assistant Manager Kelsey Banister says, ‘From June last year to June this year, we rescued 89 turtles, and that’s double from the previous year.’ Ms Banister said, ‘There are so many factors, and it’s really hard to pinpoint it on one thing. What we are thinking is there’s a lot of climate shifts, already. We are seeing some species of turtles we’ve never seen before. We even had a flatback turtle this year, and we’re seeing more and more green sea turtles. ‘We’re thinking a lot of the turtles are possibly getting sick and injured in other areas and then they’re moving down to our area’. Ms Banister said if you find a sick or stranded turtle,
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After Ballina Coast High School’s recent announcement that demountables are going to be used to accommodate extra students next year, questions are being asked about how a newly-built $50 million state-of-the art super-school could already be full to overflowing? It seems that the rapid population growth of the region is having unforeseen consequences, with the school noting on its Facebook page that ‘BCHS has to accept all in zone enrolments. Given there has been a significant increase of in zone applications, the demountables give the school the flexibility to accommodate this increase.’
Ballina Coast High School. Photo supplied Eight demountables are currently planned to augment the 63 classrooms, six learning spaces and hightech facilities at Ballina Coast High School in Cherry Street, which consolidated Ballina High School and Southern Cross High School when it opened last year.
Logging rare habitat near Bentley sparks activists An environmental group are pushing back on plans by NSW Forestry Corporation to log the Bungabbee Forest, which sits midway between Lismore, Casino and Kyogle. Its location is near Bentley, where thousands of protesters, residents – and NSW police – gathered in 2014 after the NSW government approved plans for a minor gas company to explore the area. The community eventually won the standoff, with the government buying back the licence from Metgasco. Yet The North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) are now warning of a different destruction, after the government owned corporation says it intends to log Bungabbee from April 2021. NEFA say, ‘Bungabbee is home to many threatened species. It forms part of the Mackellar Wildlife Corridor, connecting to the World Heritage Border Ranges. It is an
species so they can be appropriately protected’. Renata Phelps has been working with a team of locals to share information and organise future actions.
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Bungabbee State Forest. Photo supplied area of outstanding biodiversity value in an extensively cleared landscape. ‘Twenty-seven threatened species have been previously recorded from this vicinity, including koalas, glossy black cockatoos, powerful owls, yellow bellied gliders, squirrel gliders, greater gliders, parma wallabies and red-legged pademelons’. A recent weekend survey by botanists and zoologists was organised by NEFA,
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A spokesperson for the NSW Department of Education told The Echo, ‘The school has enjoyed several positive outcomes since opening, including improved results and attendance rates. ‘A significant portion of new enrolments are students who have never
entered the public education system before. ‘The increasing share of enrolments for this school is a vote of confidence from the community in their new school’, he said. ‘The school has also seen increasing enrolments from 2019–21 along with more year 10 students continuing to year 11. Eight new demountables have been allocated to the school for 2021 to cater for the growth. ‘The modular units used at Ballina are specially designed air-conditioned classrooms with first-grade facilities, including smart boards and LED lighting,’ concluded the spokesman. A site plan and images of the proposed demountables have been sent to neighbouring residents.
which they say revealed the previously unknown presence of two vulnerable animals – the long-nosed potoroo and marbled frogmouth – and the critically endangered native guava, along with localities of 175 threatened plants. NEFA spokesperson Dailan Pugh said, ‘Our results clearly demonstrate the need for pre-logging surveys to identify the presence and locations of threatened
She says, ‘The local community is strongly opposed to the logging, and are taking a pro-active stance lobbying against the proposed actions’. ‘With an increased emphasis on local tourism, post COVID, Bungabbee is far more valuable as a forest, accessible to the public, than as wood chip. ‘We should focus on enhancing the environmental, recreational and tourism potential of this area, not destroying it’. A petition against the logging can be signed online at www.change.org/ SaveBungabbeeForest.
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retaining walls and hard surfaces’. Council mayoral hopeful and water engineer, Duncan Dey, also made a submission against the DA, and said many issues raised in his first submission in 2019 remain unsolved.
Callum Sked’s proposal, if approved, would dramatically increase the density of the area. Image from DA time. This included a geotechnical report wherein staff had flagged the lands as ‘unstable’. Staff recommended refusal of the DA, owing to it being inconsistent with a myriad of sections within the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. According to the original DA, Mr Sked is leading a consortium of landowners comprising UK-based Eliot and Katherine Warrington, Edward and Anna Robins. Neighbour Paul Wilsher, who is an architectural draftsperson and horticulturalist, wrote a comprehensive seven page submission against the latest DA. He says there are ‘some omissions and inconsistencies in the documentation provided to Council. This makes a full and accurate assessment difficult’.
Among his concerns about the DA’s negative impacts, he says it is unclear where 27 garbage bins will be stored. He also writes, ‘The plans showing the new driveway and vehicle circulation do not show any swept path assessment for the garages within the existing dwelling at 9 Bian Court’. ‘The existing dwelling is not drawn on the architectural plans (section J1). ‘The Arborist’s Report shows tree number four as being retained. This appears to be within the driveway. ‘The Arborist’s Report also states that there is to be no placement of fill or change of soil levels around the trees to be retained. ‘The Bulk Earthworks Plans show that there are many trees that will be impacted by cut and fill,
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‘These include objections on the grounds of: development density; protected trees; stormwater problems and downstream flooding caused by introducing hard surfaces and fill, and by lengthening and adding corners in the existing trunk stormwater line; underestimation of the width required for overland flow; poor stormwater investigation methodology; errors and lack of detail in detention tank configuration, and lack of a stormwater quality investigation’. He added, ‘The risk of an increase of 30 per cent in overland flows across downstream properties in this locality is unacceptable. ‘The hydrology and hydraulics of this proposal must be correctly assessed and the interests of downstream residents not ignored, as is currently the case’.
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If approved by councillors, the LEP (local environment plan) will be amended so rural community titles, like multiple occupancies, are limited in their dwelling density.
Rationale Staff write of their rationale, ‘Community Title Management Statements often include restrictions on secondary dwellings and dual occupancies in the rural zones. The LEP overrides the Community Title
Statement, and on the face of it, appears to permit these land uses in the RU1 ad RU2 zones, which is inconsistent with the intent of multiple occupancy and community title approvals’. ‘Clause 4.2B governs dwelling density on rural multiple occupancies and community title, however the current application of the clause is only to multiple occupancies. This clause should also apply to rural community title to
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Anglicans welcome new priest for Byron Story & photo Eve Jeffery The new kid on the block in church circles is Rosemary Wynter, the Anglican Community Priest for the Byron Shire. Rosie, as she is known, was born in London and grew up in the central west of NSW, and the Southern Highlands. Apart from raising four children, working in retail and design and in a natural therapy clinic in the Blue Mountains, Rosie was deaconed and priested in Bathurst Diocese. When the chance came to take a Byron Shire leap of faith, she did. ‘I worked as a locum earlier this year in the area, and felt at home and I connected with many people, so the return was easy in that sense. ‘There is always adjustment – I’m missing my family, but I feel called to work with the community in this area’. As well as feeling called to the Northern Rivers, Rosie is now a Disaster Recovery Chaplain for this region. Rosie says she does feel a real pull leaving a parish behind.
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Dan Cassidy from North Coast Events, and new Anglican priest, Rosemary Wynter. North Coast Events will light up Byron Shire churches for Christmas. ‘One becomes part of the fabric of their lives and so there were tears – especially when they’ve travelled much of the journey with you’. Rosie says her role as community priest covers the region in Byron, Bangalow and Mullumbimby, including other smaller centres, ‘which I pray will open again very soon’. With the help of parishoner Merridy Godwin, Rosie has devised an outreach to
employ local lighting specialists Dan Cassidy and North Coast Events, who usually do the lights at Splendour in the Grass and other events.
Churches lit up by North Coast Events ‘They have truly struggled through COVID-19, and so we wanted to support them financially and hope to advertise their work. We have asked them to uplight
three churches. One in Mullum, one in Byron and one in Bangalow. ‘The concept is to uplight the churches for a week before Christmas, and a week after, with colour and words of hope and love. ‘It has been a rather yuck year for many, and this is our chance to give the community a gift from us. ‘Hopefully to put a smile on a few faces as they drive by’.
A group of locals have addressed the Land and Environment Court (LEC) over the proposed West Byron housing development, raising concerns about the traffic, flooding, residential amenity and environmental impacts of the plan. The court case was brought by Site R&D, which is one of two developers who have applied to turn the Ewingsdale Road site into a sprawling housing estate. The other developer, listed under the name Villa World, is owned by Tower Holdings. Both developers had their development applications refused by the Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP), and Site R&D has elected to appeal that decision in court. Last week, around half a dozen locals were given the opportunity to address the court regarding their opposition to the proposal. Byron resident, and member of the Belongil catchment drainage board, Tom Vidal, addressed the
court on the flood risks posed by the development. ‘Fifteen years ago we experienced a flood, which was pronounced a one in a 100-year flood event,’ Mr Vidal said. ‘Since then, we have had several, similar flood events, three of which occurred just over the last 18 months.’ ‘Not only were hundreds of acres of agricultural land inundated at each occasion, but also flooded were the Cavanbah sports grounds, parts of the industrial estate, and at times parts of the Byron Bay CBD.’ Mr Vidal said that the Belongil Basin, where the proposed development is located, was subject to many processes that could be disastrously disrupted by flooding. His said that this risk would be significantly increased if the development went ahead, because it would mean importing more water into the basin via gardens, driveways and the Byron Sewage Treatment Plant, which would be ‘releasing up to five million litres of treated effluent into the drainage system per day’.
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Ldw ſĕƆżşŕĎƆ Ɛş ưĶĈƐĶŔƆ şĪ IJşōĶĎëƷ ōĕƐƐĶŕī ȎÈwLdȏ The peak local holiday letting industry organisation has refuted claims from residents adversely impacted by the activity, specifically around its legality. Doug Luke from Victims of Holiday Letting recently told The Echo, ‘Holiday letting is still illegal in Byron LGA (local government area) Residential Zones without development consent’. Yet HLO Byron president, John Gudgeon, says it never has been illegal. ‘It was always an innominate residential use as is longterm renting’. ‘This simply means that, while it was not specifically contained in the list of definitions in the Standard Instrument Local Environment Plan (SILEP), it is very much a legal residential use. ‘Mr Luke then gives advice not to use Quiet Hotline (QHL) the noisy neighbour service which, as he says, was previously administered by HLO Byron. ‘Most people who use this service, which has operated for 15 years, are grateful that they can get a prompt response to incidents in
properties registered on QHL. This includes all properties [managed] by professional property managers, but unfortunately not all independently managed. ‘Any complaints relating to unregistered properties are directed to the police on behalf of the caller. The police have not got the resources to prioritise all noise complaints, so understandably cannot give the response of QHL. ‘Quiet Hotline provides a response-and-reporting system on behalf of property managers and owners relating to non-compliant behaviour by their guests. ‘[Mr Luke’s] comments about vexatious complainants is somewhat relevant, as the system will quickly identify any abuse. ‘However, the patrol still attends and notifies the occupant that a complaint was made, whatever the circumstances. ‘For the record, there have been very few callers that have been identified as vexatious over the years. Most use the service responsibly. ‘Given that STRA has
been recognised by the NSW Government as a legitimate and important contributor to the visitor economy, it is perhaps time that those who have crusaded for so long against its very existence accepted this reality’. Mr Gudgeon also pointed to the new short-term rental accommodation (STRA) code of conduct, which was recently released by the NSW government. He says, ‘Mr Luke is quoted as saying: “The Code states that a host or the host’s authorised representative must be contactable within ordinary hours, 8am to 5pm daily”.’ Mr Gudgeon referred to the code’s section on who to contact during ordinary hours, and outside hours. ‘2.4.4: A host, or the host’s authorised representative, must be contactable within ordinary hours to manage guests, the premises, neighbourhood complaints and other issues related to use of the premises. ‘2.4.5: A host, or the host’s authorised representative, must be contactable outside ordinary hours to deal with emergencies’.
ëǔ ȜƆ īſĶĕĪ ƆşşƐIJĕĎ ćƷ ëſƐ Aslan Shand After his mum’s death in April this year, Saffron decided he wanted to ‘do some art for Mum’ and began a series of paintings in her memory. His carer, Cheryl Bailey, is also an art therapist and the organiser of the annual Red Inc art show. She said, ‘It was during the COVID-19 lockdown and I had Saffron one-on-one, and we came back to the Red Inc house and he, just out of the blue, said, “I want to paint a picture for mum, and I want to paint a magpie, and I want it to have a pink worm”.’ ‘Saff spilt some of his tea on the wing of the magpie he was painting and felt like he’d made a mistake. ‘I said “not at all” and we mopped up some of the liquid and then he took a brush and gave it a few strokes – it was fantastic. ‘From then on it became his trademark to put a little bit of tea on each picture he created. I would make up a special cup of tea for him to use on the canvas and he completed nine paintings at
Saffron Shand. Photo Jeff Dawson the time. It was a beautiful, and at times teary, expression of his grief’.
0ƶIJĶćĶƐĶşŕ mşư ǟǤ Art forms an important part of the day support program provided to Mullumbimby clients by disability service provider Red Inc. On Friday, November 27 they are having their annual, one day exhibition, which not only allows participants to exhibit and sell their work, but also raises much needed funds for the art program. ‘The artists get 80 per cent
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of the sale price, and 20 per cent goes to refunding the art program,’ said Cheryl. The event will be held at 22 Tincogan Street, Mullum from 6 till 8pm. This year, Stone & Wood have donated beer for the opening. As the art program is run on hope and the sniff of an oily rag, anyone with any art materials that they would like to donate to the program, please contact Red Inc on 5628 7056. Q Aslan Shand is the elder sister of Saffron
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Oregon is on crack While the NSW government grapples with perhaps the worst state budget deficit ever this week – along with neverending scandals revolving around their lack of a moral compass, greed and hubris – there’s a bill making its way through Parliament that should concern those interested in the neverending and ridiculous ‘war on drugs’. The Drug Supply Prohibition Order Pilot Scheme Bill 2020 [NSW] was recently introduced to parliament, which if passed, would allow a police officer ‘to stop, detain and search a person‌ who has been convicted of a serious drug offence, without the requirement for a warrant’. As it’s a pilot scheme, the presumption of guilt and lack of basic civil rights would apply to those living in Bankstown Police Area Command and the Coffs-Clarence, Hunter Valley and Orana Mid-Western Police Districts. The NSW Law Society told The Guardian that if passed, it could lead to people previously convicted of lower-level drug offences being harassed by police. The NSW Council for Civil Liberties said in their submission that the 10-year period within which police can apply for an order may, ‘have the unintended impact of interfering with rehabilitation efforts’. By contrast, in the wake of the US election, the state of Oregon decriminalised the possession of small amounts of hard drugs: cocaine, heroin, oxycodone and methamphetamines. According to www.washingtonpost.com, marijuana has been legal in Oregon since 2015, and ‘Oregon also joined the District of Columbia in decriminalising psychedelic mushrooms’. The November 5 report reads, ‘Proponents of decriminalisation say it offers a remedy to a costly campaign that has done little to improve society but has wreaked havoc on minority communities’. The Post continues, ‘In favouring rehabilitation over incarceration, proponents say the measure prevents recovering drug users from being stigmatised by employers, lenders and landlords for years — and gives them the ability to pull themselves out of a cycle of drug-related criminality’. ‘We have been criminalising people for at least 50 years, and what we know is that it hasn’t gotten us any closer to having our loved ones get the care that they need, at the scale that it requires’, said Kassandra Frederique, executive director of Drug Policy Alliance, which spent more than $4 million backing the Oregon measure. ‘Criminalisation is not a deterrent to use, and it’s not a humane approach’. According to www.oregon.gov, in its first year (2016), the state reaped $73m in marijuana state tax. It’s unclear how clamping down endlessly on drug users improves social outcomes. But taxing Oregon’s supply sure does pay well. Hans Lovejoy, editor
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oel Fitzgibbon’s resignation from the front bench does not change the policy of the Labor Party, nor its leadership. But it does change the mechanics. The member for Hunter can no longer be seen just as a rebel, a maverick baying at the fringe of an executive overwhelmingly committed to putting climate change as one of its top priorities. From his position on the backbench, he will be acknowledged as a warlord – a minor one, perhaps, but chief of a formal alliance which will coalesce around discontent over what the critics see as Anthony Albanese’s surrender to the inner-city progressives. And his resignation will force other front benchers to either put up or shut up – to declare their advocacy for the majority decision for a swift transition out of fossil fuels, with the aim of zero emissions by 2050, or to seriously consider joining Fitzgibbon on the backbench. It is not clear how many of them there are, but reports vary from four to nine, a reasonably solid core. Some are among the regular diners at the swanky Otis restaurant in Canberra, who have been meeting for several months to air their gripes over what they see as the Labor leadership’s move towards the left, away from its working-class base. In the past, they have been tolerated as a harmless supper club, just part of the normal political discourse where like-minded members mull over the loss of the last election and what needs to be done about it. They have been a distraction, but in no sense a threat. But now they must be recognised as a faction, the party’s right wing seeking to reclaim its former dominance over an era in which the left has held effective power over policy, if not always personnel. And unlike many of the factional divisions occurring in the past few decades, this one will not be about personal loyalties alone – although there will be elements of that – but about ideology. Within the parliamentary party, the names left and right will actually mean something in a way they have not really since the ALP clawed its way out of the great split of the 1950s. The labels lost their coherence around the time Arthur Calwell and Gough Whitlam faced off some 50 years ago. By any normal measure, Calwell
was a conservative. But he was a Victorian, and his home power base was the hardline political machine run by the Melbourne Trades Hall. Thus he was branded forever as a creature of the left. Whitlam, by contrast, was inherently progressive, but his NSW support came overwhelmingly from the right.
There is no argument that the future is in renewables. The only question is how urgent the switch must be. Mungo MacCallum So within the caucus, the simplistic trademarks stuck, and endured over the years as their successive mentors took control of factions that had little, if anything, to do with policy, but were all about control of the numbers needed to secure patronage and promotion for loyal followers. This lack of serious ideology untrammelled the warlords and their troops from any bonds of conviction or principle – it was all about winning, whatever it took. It gave rise to comparisons with the mafia – the capo di capi of the right, Graham Richardson, was anointed as the archetypal Godfather; a feared despot not to be crossed for pain of losing preselection or possibly sensitive body parts. Fitzgibbon will never inspire such terror; he is genuinely dedicated to ideas, to dragging the Labor party room to what he sees as the mainstream, to a position from which Labor can win the next election. His ambition may be wrong-headed, but it is not megalomaniacal. However, it may easily turn out to be destructive. Coal may be king in his electorate of Hunter, and in parts of regional Queensland, but it is undeniably on the way out just about everywhere else in Australia, and indeed the rest of the beleaguered planet. Virtually every day brings a new report of plants, corporations, whole nations, moving to divest themselves from what are rapidly becoming stranded assets. Mines are closing, orders curtailed or cancelled altogether. There is no argument that the future is in renewables. The only question is how
urgent the switch must be. Naturally, Morrison tried to exploit Labor’s division. Fitzgibbon had been driven out by ideological zealots, he exulted. Presumably he was referring to Mark Butler and Mark Dreyfus, Fitzgibbon’s most voluble critics. Dreyfus dismissed Fitzgibbon’s complaints; after a major setback in the last election, the member for his coalmining constituency was just concerned with being re-elected, he said. Well, probably. That is, after all, his day job. But in fact, Butler and Dreyfus are much more in tune with popular sentiment than Fitzgibbon and Morrison’s recalcitrant government. Polls have shown regularly, and decisively, that Australians are worried about climate change and just want the politicians to get on with fixing it. However, Fitzgibbon and his troops are now openly campaigning to have Butler dumped as Albanese’s environment spokesman. Whether they succeed will be the first real test of the clout the right faction can muster. Meanwhile, in the world beyond the bubble, signs of progress continue. New South Wales, led by its energetic Environment Minister Matt Kean, has announced a bold plan to invest $32 billion in infrastructure to supercharge renewables and drive down prices – oh, and provide a lot of jobs for hardworking Australians. This is a real road map, with a real target: four coal power stations to be phased out and replaced with pumped hydro over the next 15 years. Kean is rapidly emerging as the hope of the nation, easily overshadowing the risible federal minister Angus Taylor – or Morrison, for that matter. And across the Pacific, president elect Joe Biden prepares to bring America back into the global consensus for urgent action, most importantly the target for zero emissions by 2050. This will not be a clincher; there will be holdouts and fringe dwellers, but they will be seen as still more irrelevant as the rest of the international community ignores their denialism. And of course, our boy ScoMo will be proudly at the head of the resistance, foghorning that the little Aussie battler will not be pushed around by a bunch of foreigners – just as soon as he rises from his knees after completing his ritual obeisance to Washington.
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Letters extreme weather events in the future, and yet another typhoon is devastating the Philippines (the fourth or fifth in as many weeks?). Council’s proposal to put hundreds of potentially flood-liable houses on the floodplain, in addition to all those already there in Mullumbimby, is simply stupid. Matthew Lambourne Mullumbimby
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Illusory Mullum The rather large pothole on Main Arm Road near Sherry’s Bridge has created an optical illusion. Driving into town it appears on my right and driving back from town it appears on my right again and yet it is not in the middle. I’m finding it impossible to anticipate, it’s very Mullumbimby. Dianne Canabou Main Arm
Mullum’s housing ark The Echo’s report last week on Council’s ‘affordable housing’ proposal contains
a significant error. It says the report by WMAwater ‘assesses the potential flood issues’; it doesn’t do this, it only assesses the flooding impact of filling the proposed blocks, and finds that this will increase flooding in some neighbouring residential areas. Despite advice from the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), the report does not assess the flooding impact of building the roads that will obviously be necessary to enable residents of these raised blocks to get to a flood refuge in the event of
a really big flood. The report also doesn’t assess the impact the proposal will have on surrounding areas in a full range of flood events. Again, despite the advice of OEH to make this assessment. In addition, the NSW State Emergency Services (SES) have said that ‘the NSW SES... does not support Council’s proposal to rezone the land to allow residential development.’ As I write this, the radio is reporting the release of CSIRO and BOM’s latest State of the Climate Report with dire warnings of more
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On the fourth day of November 2020 desperately needed change came to the USA. A highly dangerous sociopath and pathological liar was taken down, big time, ending the worst period of political and racial upheaval since the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The entire western world could not have endured another four years of his extreme right-wing ineptitude; the climate emergency requires urgent action now. Trump’s chaotic tenure in the White House has left a trail of destruction in his wake; he inherited a burgeoning economy and ran it into the ground – America’s reputation has been trashed. Vladimir Putin ▜ Continued on page 13
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Children, I’ll tell you a story of when we had wildlife... Q I recently witnessed a murder, a hit and run outside the Links golf course on the road from Suffolk Park to Byron. The baby was struck. The driver just drove on, either oblivious or uncaring of the fact that a dying being lay on the road. The baby died in my arms. I placed her gently under the Blue Quandong tree in front of the Links. All life is sacred. Speed kills. Please slow down and be alert to all living beings as they cross the road. We are all part of one living Earth. Mati Jo Beams Byron Bay
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Q I have not lived here too long, maybe 15 years, but as I work at the back of Wilsons Creek every week I have been well positioned to notice a very profound change in the general driving speed of cars in this area; which also reflects my experience of traffic in the shire as a whole. In this year alone I have seen wildlife run over in front of me, and the roadkill toll has very noticeably increased. Always stop to remove roadkill out of respect for Country and to help prevent further deaths. A few weeks ago I helped two courageous and caring souls who had stopped and put themselves in harm’s way to help move an echidna that had been hit and left on the main Goonengerry Road near the golf course. Luckily, together, we did relocate the bashed but not bleeding animal, and whilst we were doing this it occurred to me how this individual animal was a representative of a species that has been here for possibly over 50 million years. My fear is that echidnas might not adapt in time to coexist with human made
vehicular traffic, and that they will not be as resilient as our local Mobs have proved themselves to be with the continued flood of economic refugees. It also struck me that I have an opportunity to respect all Indigenous people and their wisdom traditions, and all the other very real endemic members of our local Shire, just by slowing down enough to Care For Country. I implore you all to acknowledge this opportunity to cease rushing towards further disconnection, and to stop and allow a connection between you and this ancient wilderness that still co-exists with us today, in our backyards and streets... despite our best efforts to completely conquer it! We have the power – you and I. Please allow yourself to be blessed by our local biosphere. We are so very, very rich here... what a profound shame to ignore our country’s most obvious rights and needs. If you aspire to becoming a local, if you aspire to being here at all... then SLOW DOWN! Caspar Brace Mullumbimby
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must be overjoyed with the damage Trump has caused to Western alliances. The aggression of Russia, Iran, North Korea and China has only increased. Thankfully most demagogues like Trump bring themselves down; enough of their supporters eventually wake up to the fact that they are being conned. Trump’s election in 2016 was a wakeup call for Western democracies; it demonstrates how the selection process can be so easily manipulated by powerful vested and state-run interests. We now wait in eager anticipation for this cheap, foul-mouthed bullshit artist to be indicted for multiple crimes against the American people. Alan Veacock Cumbalum
Sand bypass Oliver Dunne generally knows what he’s talking about, but I do not want a permanent pumping station off the Cape and I make so bold as to say it may not be necessary. There are a few other possibilities that can be acted upon. One is to do nothing, a second is to use temporary protection works, and wait for currents to bring new sand into desired locations, and the third is to use a connected and well-planned series of passive works while at the same time increasing the sand supply coming up from down south. True, it would take a while to work. Why not take the step of proposing to Ballina Shire that we share with them, and perhaps state and federal government, the cost of a sand bypass? A major
increase in sand supply will benefit many beach communities. At the same time of course I would do those passive works, but I don’t exactly hear thunderous calls to action on that front, so I guess it’ll be business as usual: contradictory and dysfunctional. Matt Hartley Byron Bay
Pay to save koalas Conservation of koala populations would be much enhanced if landholders with koala habitat on their properties were compensated with some sort of concession for retaining it and/or for planting wildlife corridors (subject to yearly inspection, of course). Now this may sound like a very cynical approach to the problem. However, if people are unwilling to do the right thing out of decency and national pride, there is no point denying the mindset – you have to deal with it. As most of the tree clearing is done for financial gain, some compensation would be appropriate. David Gilet Byron Bay
Early bird bookings I’m curious to know if any other locals have had their cars booked for early morning visits to the beach (before 6am)? As a local, I, and everyone I talk to, know the no parking 1–6am is purely to stop people camping or sleeping in their vehicles... but it doesn’t... and it doesn’t stop locals parking there either. For at least five months of the year the sun rises before 6am, but dawn is a good half an hour before this. This
means if you want to park at the beachfront for sunrise, no matter what your recreational activity (fisher people, dog walkers, joggers, boot campers etc) you are parking illegally (locals pass or not). Throughout the Shire the various beachfronts have no parking 1–6am or 1–5am. This is hundreds of car spaces that aren’t allowed to be accessed, and for what reason? I know this is very first world, but we are a community, and these rules are locally generated and there is a huge cohort of people who are illegally parking – illegal for no fair or sensible reason. I’ve written to Council to have the signs adjusted... I know it’s a big job, but why are we penalising ratepayers? Another option might be a ‘sunriser pass’ that gives us access to the beach for dawn visits throughout the year so we can park legally in the safest and most convenient spaces that are otherwise available to us after 6am. Is there anyone else who sees these time restrictions/ parking restrictions as unnecessarily uncompromising? Melissa Hirsch Suffolk Park
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▶ Continued from page 13 Sustainable Visitation Strategy (SVS) and reports the Council’s media release: ‘The aim of the SVS is to support a visitor economy that cares for and respects local residents, protects the natural environment, celebrates cultural diversity and shares local values’. Well, sorry, but I have not seen much evidence of that in recent times. Perhaps some are trying very hard in these administrative bodies to follow these guidelines. If so, I crave indulgence. Despite claims of dropping numbers, I see no indication of that. The place
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a ‘very sophisticated plan’, without even the barest of evidence, validation or any direction to any scientific, underground, investigative body, left wing groups, and even more so that it was printed by The Echo. Surely you can do better than that. Rod Murray Ocean Shores
My essential letters seems packed to me. As for respecting local residents and protecting the natural environment, Butler Street’s devastation, with developments on sold-off sites, plus the so-called ‘bypass’ and monstrous bus transit station, gives the lie to that. I sat near some fellows discussing real estate sales and the grabbing of a personal million from a ‘knock down’ and ‘rebuild’ – I love these terms – fairly arcane to the likes of myself. Then one real estate fellow remarked that he was off on holiday next week. ‘Not here. Too many people in Byron Bay’. Quite. The irony, if he saw it, or gave a stuff, seemed lost on him. As I walked out this morning in Butler Street, I saw some tree ‘surgeons’ hacking branches (limbs) from a venerable silky oak (native) whose bronze-gold blossoms I had admired again this spring. Whether any tree will remain on the border of this site remains to be seen. I wonder whether a snail check was carried out before the trees and remnant vegetation was cleared on that site? Or does the earlier survey for the resident Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail population cover that also? I fear this town is set to implode in the not too distant future as a consequence of the open slather certain business and private interests seem to be enjoying in this gold rush town of ‘Booming Byron’ [sic]...
‘What do you read, my lord?’ Hamlet is asked. ‘Words, words, words’ he replies. I suggest much as with this promulgated Council SVS. David Morris Byron Bay
Diversity? When I read about Council’s ‘Sustainable Visitation Strategy’ and Council’s press release accompanying it, I didn’t know whether to larf or barf. ‘The aim… is to support a visitor economy that cares for and respects local resident, protects the natural environment, celebrates cultural diversity, and shares local values’. There we have it, Council’s media unit mercilessly and shamelessly cranking out a parallel reality for those of us who still believe in Santa Claus. I only wish here to address the claim of ‘diversity’. I probably spend more time in the front foyer of the Council building than most people do and I’ve yet to see a wheelchair, or an Asian, or brown face among the staff members coming and going. Fast Buck$ Coorabell
End fearmongering It was unbelievable and ridiculous that Peter Olson presented his latest, nutty, fearmongering Letter (14 October) about the impending elimination of ‘90 per cent of the world population over the next three years’ by
If Biden wins, it means war with Russia. Hey Warren, repeated replies with 11 references, to your 495 word Echo letter (14 October), were not published by The Echo. The WHO is the highest authority and they now say: ‘lockdowns cause more harm than good’. Restrictions are forever, even long after the pandemic is over. Peter Olson Goonengerry Q Ed note: The letter was published on Echonetdaily at: www.echo.net.au/274562.
Silence him The only good thing resulting from the cessation of the local Ballina Weekly was not having to see and read the letters to the editor by that boring left wing @#$@%# Keith Duncan of Pimlico. Much to my horror it appears to me that he is now attempting the same with The Echo. Bill Ashford East Balllina
Bikes not cars... In an Echonetdaily article (https://bit.ly/3pxVXff ), MP for Ballina, Tamara Smith, says she sees her job as helping people and working with the community to protect the environment. After years of record temperatures, drought, followed by the most catastrophic bushfires in recorded history, the extreme weather events scientists have been warning ▶ Continued on page 17
Connections Week, 16–20 November, 2020 TAKING ACTION TO ADDRESS ROUGH SLEEPING AND HOMELESSNESS. Byron Shire Council is proud to be joining with local organisations and state government service providers to take action to address rough sleeping and homelessness in our community. During Connections Week, trained volunteers and community sector workers will be conducting surveys to better understand people’s stories, as well as their housing and health needs. Byron Shire is the first area in NSW, outside Sydney, to pilot an internationally-renowned project aimed at drastically reducing and
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hopefully ending rough sleeping. It is called End Rough Sleeping in the Byron Shire, and it is part of part of the NSW Premier’s Priority Commitment to reduce rough sleeping by 50% by 2025 and end rough sleeping by 2030.
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24 – 34 BAYSIDE WAY, BRUNSWICK HEADS COMMUNITY CONSULTATION SESSIONS PLANNERS NORTH will shortly submit to Byron Shire Council a Development Application for a 20 lot community title subdivision at 24 – 34 Bayside Way, Brunswick Heads. To ensure that people in the neighbourhood have a full understanding of the proposal and have the opportunity to provide feedback before the proposal is lodged with the Council, Community Consultation Sessions are being conducted. The proposal entails: • obtaining development consent for a 20 lot community title subdivision from Byron Shire Council; • the construction of the internal access road and utility installation, drainage, landscaping and works on the public road in accordance with the specifications in the development consent; • consolidation of the existing six Torrens Title Lots into a single allotment and registration of a community title subdivision plan; and • the erection, in a staged and orderly way, of the approved dwellings on each of the lots. The Covid-safe community consultation sessions will take place between 11am and 6pm on Saturday 21st November 2020 in the part of the dining room at the Brunswick Heads Bowling Club. To make an appointment, please email your contact details to consultation@plannersnorth.com.au. You may review the proposed plans and background information on the community consultation website - https://tinyurl.com/yy4pyjgm We need to receive any comments or suggestions you have before 5pm on 30th November 2020. Authorised by: Steve Connelly - Partnership Principal PLANNERS NORTH
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CHESS by Ian Rogers The Hjorth Memorial, normally run by Melbourne Chess Club over the Melbourne Cup long weekend, was the first major Australian tournament to venture online and the main nineround invitational event was won by Sydney Grandmaster Daniel Fernandez after a tight race with Melbourne’s Ari Dale. In a first for Australian online events, the competitors had to stay connected to a Zoom meeting throughout a game, so that the arbiter could see what any player was doing at any time. But the key anti-cheating measure – one which has become standard worldwide – was to check all games to see if one side’s play matched too closely a chess engine. Even the world’s top players can manage only a 70-80% match over a series of games, so numbers consistently higher than that require investigation. As expected, after thorough analysis in the invitational event, all the games were cleared. However, in the open tournament held simultaneously the winners have not yet been announced as there are many
more games to check. All told, it seems the MCC’s measures were effective, and the great play seen in the Hjorth Memorial (as below) was just that – great play and not the creation of a cyborg. Hjorth Memorial Invitational 2020 White: I Sukandar Black: T Tao Opening: Centre Counter 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd2 c6 8.Qe2 Qc7! White was threatening 9.Nb5! Qd8 10.Nd6 checkmate! 9.0-0-0 e6 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.d5!? cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 0-0-0 15.Bg5! Nf6? Not liking 15... exd5 16.Bxd8 Qxd8 17.Rxd5 – though 17...Rh5 should then be fine – Tao walks into something worse. 15...Re8 was also safe enough. (See diagram) 16.Bxb7+!! A bolt from the blue, after which Black has no defence. 16...Kxb7 16...Qxb7 17.Qc4+ is similar. 17.Qb5+ Kc8 18.Qa6+ Kb8 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Bf4+ 1-0
Aslan Shand Driving up The Pocket Road from Billinudgel, the veil of green is suddenly ripped aside as you see what appears to be a hillside cleared back to bare earth. The first thought is – ‘disaster coming at next rain’. Actually, it was a disaster many rains ago, and continues to be, according to neighbours in the area. On 17 August, 2019 a road was carved into the hillside with a significant number of trees and other material pushed into part of the watercourse, say locals. After one of the landowners Max Lacopetta (who was on Grand Designs in relation to a property in Wategos that sold at a loss in 2013) was called by neighbours, there were attempts to remove the material ‘but there was still a lot of mud, rocks and debris left in the waterway and gully’ said one neighbour who asked not to be named. The development application (DA), granted in 2017, was for upgrading an existing road and for work on the culvert crossing Marshalls Creek that is located in the upper reaches of the waterway. When they started work on the culvert in 2019 they ‘put in a 90mm PVC pipe under the culvert – that is still there’ and the crossing site is still covered in rock, mud, and debris, according to neighbours. ‘There is no way that could
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satisfy or comply with the fisheries department regulations in relation to the flow for fish for example,’ said Deputy Mayor of Byron Shire Council, Michael Lyon, who is also a resident of The Pocket.
Inadequate sediment controls Byron Council planning staff were contacted with an anonymous complaint following these initial works. Further work clearing the hillside began in early February 2020. With news reports of a big storm on the way, neighbours said they were surprised that the bulldozers were continuing their work rather than the site having sediment controls put in place. ‘As far as I understand it, if they put any in, it was too little too late,’ said one neighbour. Mr Lacopetta apparently
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responded at this stage to locals’ concerns, saying that he would ‘reinstate the creek’. ‘The entire hillside went into the creek,’ said another neighbour, who also asked not to be named. This decimated years of regeneration work that had been done downstream of the site, according to locals who told The Echo that the creek had a range of native fish, prawns, platypus, eels, vegetation, and clear water, prior to the work on the site. ‘It is now filled with red soil from the hillside,’ pointed out one of the neighbours.
Alerts to authorities The Echo has been told that multiple neighbours contacted the landowners and tried to anonymously alert Council, including people going and talking to Council staff about the supporting education for girls (India), disability support (Sri Lanka), clean water (Papua New Guinea), seeds for growing (Ambon, Maluka).
Probus club All Probus club activities have been suspended owing to COVID-19. Hopefully meetings will resume in February 2021. We will notify you through The Echo when meetings are to resume again. Enquires, ring Margaret on 6680 3316.
Pop Denison Park Pop Denison Park in Ballina will reopen Saturday, 21 November.
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environmental impact of the work throughout the process. A formal complaint was made to Natural Resource Access Regulator – Land and Water Division, on 13 February, 2020. However, it appears that after three months they referred it back to Council to investigate, and Council then informed the complainant that, ‘The Principal Certifying Authority, being East Coast Building Consultants, is responsible for ensuring that works are carried out in accordance with the development consent and Construction Certificate.’ Previous approaches by neighbours to East Coast Building Consultants over the work at the site had elicited statements from the private certifier that they were doing works according to the DA.
What was approved? The Notice of Determination is the only document relating to the DA on Council's DA tracker on its website. Therefore, there are no documents for the public to compare the work that has been carried out to what was approved. Deputy Mayor, Michael Lyon initially applied to access some documents in late October 2020, including sediment control plans, vegetation plans and the
Pop-up book sale Friends of Libraries are holding a special pop-up book sale. A wonderful selection of books will be on sale near the former Woolies site in North Byron Plaza, Jonson Street, Byron Bay from November 16 till 28 November 10am–4pm.
Suffolk Park AGM The Suffolk Park Progress Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday, 23 November at 7pm at the Suffolk Park Community Hall. COVID Safe measures will be in place, and numbers will be limited. For enquiries email: sppa.secretary@gmail.com.
Art in the Shed The Art in the Shed artists are holding an exhibition in Uki at the Holy Trinity Church, December 4–6.
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ĕëſƐIJƱşſŊƆ ëƆ ſƖŕşǔ Ǖ ōōƆ lëſƆIJëōōƆ !ſĕĕŊ table of trees via the freedom of information (FOI) process. However, he was told by Council staff that while staff could view those documents, ‘community members can’t FOI documents like the construction certificate because they went through a private certifier’. Subsequently Cr Lyon has viewed some of the documentation in his role as councillor. Work appeared to have stopped at the site for the three months prior to October and Councillor Lyon told The Echo that, ‘Council has been aware of the issues on this site for some time following several complaints over the last two years. It is complicated by the fact that the original approval for a construction certificate was done by a private certifier (PCA), therefore initial compliance queries needed to be directed to them for resolution. ‘Now that work has stopped on the site with several outstanding issues we are moving forward with compliance action. The next step is to issue a prevention notice under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act (POEO) which will require the landowner to install adequate sediment and erosion controls where identified as lacking.’
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about for decades, are upon us. There’s little time left to reduce our emissions and stop the destruction of climate change. We know that road transport is one of the biggest contributors to those emissions. But one of the most contentious local issues, the long battle by so many locals to stop the state government’s plan to destroy the Casino to Murwillumbah (C-M) rail line, which I believe
Left: Following wet weather the creek downstream of the site filled with red soil that locals believe washed into the creek following the earthworks. Photo supplied. Right: The cleared site on Google Maps. Subsequent to The Echo contacting landowner Mr Lacopetta, metal fencing has been installed in the driveway and work has again commenced at the site. Council has been informed that the work will be completed in approximately eight weeks.
Landowners to pay for remediation? ‘If we have sufficient evidence we may also lodge an action for polluting a waterway under the EPA. Subsequent to Council staff has the capacity to take thousands of cars off the roads and reduce emissions, to replace it with an expensive bike track, doesn’t deserve a mention. In one of the busiest, over-promoted tourist areas in the country, it’s planned to spend $78m to upgrade the M1 exit into Byron to mitigate the dangerous traffic congestion, the $5.7m roundabout on Ewingsdale Road and $24m for the bypass. That’s a total of
that we force the landowner to pay for remediation, and if they are unwilling, to force the sale of the property to pay for it. ‘The system that state government has introduced that allows the use of PCAs is lacking and can cause horror shows like this scar that has been created on the landscape. The PCA in this case was, and is, responsible for the site and we will be following up and reporting them to the appropriate authority.’ Cr Lyon said the particular circumstances had broader implications at a time when cashed-up city residents were driving up the local hinterland property market. ‘It is disappointing when people come to our Shire and think they can treat it like a plaything for their grandiose dreams without any reference to our community or the environment,’ he said. If there was sufficient evidence, he continued, ‘I will be ensuring we prosecute this matter in the fullest manner possible.’
inspection of the site they said that it is clear that sediment control is inadequate and that the topsoil has been washed away,’ said Councillor Lyon. ‘Following this I will be pushing for us to issue orders, under the EPA,[for the landowners] to comply with the conditions of consent, most importantly the vegetation management plan. If the landowner is unwilling to comply with this, then we may have to do the work ourselves and then charge this to the landowner. Ultimately, I will be pushing
Q The Echo put the allegations in this article to both Mr Lacopetta and the PCA (East Coast Building Consultants) prior to publication, but both declined to make any comment whatsoever.
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Thursday – Sunday Tapas 2.30pm, Dinner 5.30pm Aperitivo happy hour 3–5.30pm & Cheese/wine special Single cheese plate & 2 glass wine $30 Double cheese plate & 2 glass wine $35
Byron Bay 6680 9960 targabyronbay.com targabyronbay@gmail.com
Dine in and take away
FB/Insta: wharfbarballina 12–24 Fawcett St, Ballina 6686 5259
Open 7 Days Breakfast & Lunch
Targa Modern European
EVERY MONDAY
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Indoor & outdoor seating (puppies welcome)
La Cuisine Deli Shop
BANGALOW
by Byron Bay Olive Co
2/29 Brigantine Street 0431 842 340
Bowlo Kitchen
Family friendly, tradies’ local, restaurant quality, Wednesday to Friday happy hour, midweek specials, The Bowlo, Bangalow excellent wines, foodies delight, creative cocktails, 6687 2741 local produce, massive kids’ space, welcoming staff, Open Wed–Fri 12–2.30pm & 5–8.30pm; and CovidSafe. Sat 12–8.30pm; Sun 12–7pm.
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Come along to the Bangalow Bowlo and find out.
Club open Wed–Sun from 12 noon www.bangalowbowlo.com.au bangalowbowlo @thebowlo
The Rocks @ Aquarius
Lord Byron Distillery
Open Tuesday–Saturday 12 noon – 5pm 7, 4 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay 8646 4901
CELLAR DOOR – TASTINGS & TOURS Handcrafted spirits using locally sourced ingredients.
Naturally Better! MAKE YOUR OWN BOTTLE OF GIN
4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 9183
Open Thursday – Sunday 5 – 10pm Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson Lane, Byron Bay 6680 7426
1 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 7632
Incredible cocktails, locals beers & all-day snacks and food to share with ocean views.
Mon-Fri lunch & dinner closed Sundays Lunch 12 noon–3pm Dinner from 5–8.30pm 3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay
Open every day from 4pm till late.
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St Elmo is a place where you can enjoy great company, first-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.
Barrio 7am–3pm Mon–Thu 7am–7pm Fri 1 Porter St, North Byron Booking via our website barriobyronbay.com.au Walk in tables available
www.stelmodining.com Fresh authentic Mexican in a relaxed atmosphere.
This is food made with love, all produce sourced locally. Eat in or take out. Margaritas and tacos all night long! Shop 12A, 3 Clifford St, Family friendly, totally GF menu. Suffolk Park DINNER 5pm – 9pm 6685 3059 WED – SAT www.chupacabra.com.au Book via Resy @chupabyron
Forest Byron Bay 77-97 Broken Head Rd, Suffolk Park 6685 4969 www.crystalbrookcollection. com/byron/forest
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Open 7 days 9am till after midnight Shop 1 Woolworths Plaza 90-96 Jonson Street 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au
18 Jonson Street 6680 8832
Corner of Bay Lane and Fletcher St, Byron Bay Wednesday–Sunday All day breakfast 8am–2pm Thursday–Sunday Dinner from 5.30pm
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All your favourites every lunch and dinner Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh delicious Thai food for you. BYO only Welcome for lunch, dinner and takeaway. Menus available on Facebook Barrio’s canteen takes its inspiration from locally sourced produce with Moorish cuisine. Offering daily bakes, breakfast cakes, classic sandwiches, vibrant salads, smoked fish, grilled meats. Aperitif Hours Friday 5–7pm: $10 plates + drinks Private Dining: Now taking private party enquiries for lunch and dinner with your closest friends: gather@barriobyronbay.com.au
Karkalla reflects the essence of what we believe to be truly Australian: coastal, sun kissed, relaxed and most importantly generous. Featuring local seasonal produce and native Indigenous ingredients. Bottomless brunch Friday–Sunday $75 per person for a share style brunch & bottomless Rosé.
The Italian Byron Bay The Italian Byron Bay provides a bustling 21, 108 Jonson St, atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary Byron Bay inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s Open 7 days from 5.30pm finest cocktails and wines. 5633 1216 www.theitalianbyronbay.com
FRESH PIZZA BYRON STYLE Check us out on
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Main Street Open 7 days 11.30am until late Call to make a reservation or for takeaway orders
Karkalla
Set next to a lush rainforest oasis, Forest celebrates sustainability working hand-in-hand with local farmers, growers and artisans. Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and just-drinks… the perfect place to feed your soul. Stay a while. As a Byron Bay Crystalbrook Local you get to enjoy 15% off food and drinks when you sign up online.
Legend Pizza
We are proud to say, that for over 20 years, we have been serving the Byron community fresh, local seafood and ingredients. To improve your dining experience, we have developed a smaller plate menu, designed to be shared, and enabling you to try a greater variety of dishes.
Success Thai
Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9-11pm 2 for $25 Classic Espresso Martini
Chupacabra
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Indulge in one of our new creations!
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Happy Hour | Every day 4-6pm $6 Loft Lager or Wine, $10 Aperol Spritz, $14 Margarita
Book online: www.loftbyronbay.com.au
St Elmo Dining Room & Bar
Byron Bay
- book online. Gin Making Gift Vouchers available. LORDBYRON.COM.AU LordByronDistillery
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Our Rocking New Brunch Menu
Fishheads
Free from added artificial flavours and colours.
Mon – Fri 9am–3.30pm
Come and join us at the Rocks for some light brunch options or hearty breakfasts. We offer a range of home-made, locally sourced produce at affordable prices, including our delicious new loaded halloumi or chorizo tacos, vegan nasi goreng and our signature Rocks Big Brekky which will keep you going for hours! Fresh juices, Byron Bay coffees and healthy smoothies available too. The Rocks is registered as COVID Safe, and is practicing all NSW health guidelines.
Brunch 7am–12 noon Mon–Fri 7am–1pm Sat & Sun 16 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 7663 – Menus at therocksbyronbay.com.au
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French deli shop that offers all products by Byron Bay Olive Co and amazing options for breakfast and lunch. Sandwiches, salads, soups and Mediterranean style products such as olives, dips, cured meats and French cheeses.
Gourmet burgers created by chefs Cocktails, wine and beers served all damn day. Group bookings available, please email mainstreetburgerbar@gmail.com for reservations.
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Krill Bar Lennox Head 47 Ballina St, Lennox Head www.krillbar.com.au 6685 5538 KRILLBARANDRESTAURANT
Open Thursday 5pm–10pm, Friday 12pm–3pm & 5pm–10pm Saturday 5pm–10pm, Sunday 11:30am–4:30pm Amazing cocktails, fabulous local food, a la carte and bar menus all with super friendly service. Head Chef Minh Le was a finalist for Australian Chef of the Year in 2016 and has owned multiple hatted restaurants. Come in and experience his fine food in the stylish decor. Happy Hour Thursday – Saturday 5–6pm Online booking preferred
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Eateries Guide MULLUMBIMBY
The Empire 20 Burringbar St, Mullum
6684 2306 Tues–Fri 8.30am–2.30pm Sat, Sun 9am–2pm FB/Insta: EmpireMullum empiremullum.com.au
Yaman Mullumbimby 62 Stuart St, Mullumbimby 6684 3778 www.yamanmullumbimby.com.au
Open 7 days from 9am–8pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
The Empire is where it’s at! Something for all tastes from epic burgers to vegan delights. Enjoy delectable treats and good vibes at this Mullum icon.
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That extra special thing at the Sun Bistro Bottle Shop
Takeaways and lots of grab-and-go goodies available. Phone orders welcome – call ahead and avoid the queue.
Coffee, Malawach Rolls, Pita Pockets, Falafel, Traditional Yemenite spices and all your favourites always freshly made. Drop in for an authentic atmosphere, Dine-In or Takeaway .
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Harvest 18-22 Old Pacific Highway Newrybar NSW 2479 02 6687 2644 www.harvestnewrybar.com.au @harvestnewrybar
HARVEST RESTAURANT, DELI + BAKERY Culinary creativity that harnesses the connection between food and nature. Lunch: Wed – Sun 12–3pm Dinner: Wed – Sat from 6pm Baked goods at Sourdough Weekends : Sat + Sun 8am until sold out Deli 7am–3pm daily
Julz Recsei is happy to have his hands on a unique collection of wines at the Sun Bistro Bottle Shop. Photo Tree Faerie Eve Jeffery
ALCOHOL SUPPLIERS Sun Bistro Bottleshop and Home Delivery 61 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay
02 6685 6500 www.thesunbistro.com/ deliveries deliver@thesunbistro.com
At the Sun Bistro Bottle Shop you will find a hand curated range of quality wines, spirits and beers. RARE AND NATURAL WINE • CRAFT BEER • HANDCRAFTED SPIRITS • TEQUILA AND MEZCAL • HOME DELIVERY Open 7 Days 10am – 8pm Monday to Sunday
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Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management
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said Julz. ‘Most are extremely rare and were hand-picked by their team of wine sommeliers. There are some true classics in the list, and some weird and wonderful wines that are not for the faint-hearted – more for those who like to try something on the edge of funktown.’ Already known as the hub for craft beers and artisan spirits, including a huge range of tequila and mezcal, Japanese whiskey (at least two bottles of these walked out the door while we navigated our photo shoot), and local gins, the Sun Bistro Bottle Shop is the place to get the things you want, the things you need and something extra, and they also offer home delivery and cater for functions large and small. ‘It has been a wonderful journey creating a place that the locals love to come and find something special. Our staff enjoy coming to work and learning about this incredible world and sharing their enthusiasm for life and tasty drinks with the community. We continue to evolve, and truly enjoy looking after our locals. And they seem to love it as well.’
Arriving at the Sun Bistro Bottle Shop at 3pm on a Thursday for a photo shoot might not have been the best idea. A steady stream of locals filed in and out with their ‘usual’ and most also had a little something special, often hand-picked by one of the staff. The Sun Bistro is about more than just buying grog – it’s about focusing on local customers, with the aim of delivering great service with something for every occasion; be it your wedding, a night at Kouzina Restaurant, or a date night watching reruns of Seinfield with a tub of Ben and Jerry’s. Retail manager Julz Recsei says there is an extra ‘something special’ available at the moment. ‘We got our hands on some amazing natural wines.’ Owing to the lockdown, one of Australia’s top restaurants, the Franklin Bar and Restaurant in Hobart, sadly had to shut its doors. As part of their closure they sold their extensive wine list of over 180 different natural, organic and low preservative wines from Australia and around the world. ‘We managed to get our hands on these wines,’
Q Sun Bistro Bottle Shop, 61 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay.
Dining at loft Casual, relaxed dining perfect for intimate dinners, groups and special occasions. Menu by Head Chef, Craig Mcfarland. Our new ‘set menu’ option is perfect for groups - enjoy our chef’s selection of dishes. View our menu online. Open every day from 4pm - Late
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7 dishes $39 pp
9 dishes $49 pp
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Billi’s authentic Indian food is beyond delicious Eve Jeffery I have eaten at dozens of Indian places in my life, and personally, my go-to on the Far North Coast for authentic Indian food is Billi’s Indian Restaurant. I just love it, I can’t get enough. Apart from the fact that all the food is beyond delicious, and they serve up some pretty stunning meals for annoying vegans like me, the variety for all diners is great and the service is always on point. A few of us Echo chicks went for a celebration a while ago and we couldn’t believe how quickly we were served when
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there were so many of us – dish after scrumptious dish came out from the kitchen, which smells like heaven, and they made our occasion something really special. I can certainly recommend heading to Billinudgel for your Christmas or end of year party – but I’d book ahead, they get pretty busy! My daughter and I also get takeaway from Billi’s Indian on a regular basis; the serve sizes are
huge and we always make sure we get extra naan bread cooked in Billi’s tandoor by specialist naan baker Sachin. It keeps us fed for days! The wide variety of naan perfectly offsets chef / owner Rohit Sherma’s excellent flair with Indian food – there is always something new and interesting on the menu, and even if you are not an annoying vegan, you will find more yumminess than you ever
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On the couch, our Indian ‘friends’ Rohit Sherma and Jyoti, and Sachin Sharma, making a night at Billi’s Indian an unforgettable adventure for your tastebuds.
Following in their footsteps Georgia Powell was destined to become a farmer. It wasn’t just the influence of growing up on a farm at Burringbar – it goes much further back than that. In fact, almost nine generations. Her ancestor, Edward Powell, came out on the First Fleet and started farming at Parramatta. More than 200 years later, the farming gene still runs strong in the Powell family. ‘Dad said I didn’t have a chance to get away from farming,’ says Georgia. While Edward’s focus was grain and cattle, Georgia’s grandfather and father moved into banana farming when they bought a property in Burringbar in the late 1940s. Georgia works on the farm
full-time, but she says despite what her dad says, it wasn’t always a given that she would end up on the farm. ‘[Farming is] a good life, but a hard life. [Dad] gave me the choice. I went to uni for a year, studying for a Bachelor of Arts in Victoria. However, I only ended up staying for a year before coming home. ‘I missed being outdoors and on the farm and at that point Dad was wondering if he should bother to continue with the farm, particularly if there was no one to take over. He thought it might just be easier to get a job. ‘Seeing all that effort Dad had put into the farm, I couldn’t live with myself if nothing came of it – I wanted to be a part of it and
Georgia Powell farmer by destiny at the Bangalow Farmers Market. to ensure the farm had a future.’ Since then, Georgia hasn’t looked back. As well as working on the farm, which converted to organic in 2000, and now grows avocados and pawpaws as well as bananas, Georgia attends
Byron and Bangalow Farmers Markets. In fact, her father, Lance, was one of the original members of Byron Farmers Market when it first started back in 2002. ‘I’ve been coming to the
farmers markets at Byron and Bangalow since they first began. I would come and help Dad at Byron [market] during the school holidays. I’ve almost never missed a market at Bangalow, except [because of] sport when I was a kid, because it’s on Saturday. ‘Many of our older customers have watched me grow up, and I’ve watched customers’ kids grow up. The markets have always felt like my second family. There’s such a great sense of community and everyone supports each other. I always go home with a buzz.’ Q Byron Farmers Market is held every Thursday 7–11am at the Cavanbah Centre, and Bangalow Farmers Market is every Saturday morning 7–11am behind the Bangalow Pub.
Setting the record straight about bananas
bananas grown further north. ‘They demand a really big Australia’s best tasting banana with no skin blemish. bananas are grown right here Everything’s got be squeaky clean,’ says Lance. ‘Producing on the North Coast, but you’re unlikely to find them on the big such fruit is almost impossible Make the Switch works supermarket’s shelves. in our climate – the cold winter with food retailers in Byron Third generation Burringbar slows the bananas down and to help them switch away banana grower, Lance Powell, gives them a duller appearance from single-use plastics. than those grown in places like says despite their beautiful flavour, local bananas don’t have North Queensland, and without ‘the look’ supermarkets insist the heavy use of chemicals, skin Find out more & join at: on, and are rejected in favour will almost always be slightly plasticfreebyron.com/join of bigger and ‘better looking’ blemished.’ Ironically though, Lance says it is these locally grown ‘rejects’ that taste the best. ‘They don’t have the appearance, but you have that beautiful intensity of flavour. The smaller cavs Learn the secret art of fermentation that turns normal (cavendish) are almost like food into healthy probiotics. In this fun course you will
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hoped for. Billi’s caters for mild, medium and hot tastebuds, it’s family friendly, it’s BYO and it’s actually everything you could ask for, right across the road from the Billinudgel Hotel. Give them a try – tell them Eve sent you, they know me, I’m a regular – they’ll look after you! PS, try the mushrooms – drooool!
Price $120
lollies, they’re so sweet.’ Lance converted to organics and started selling direct to the public and without the middleman, Lance has finally been able to get a decent price for his produce, including his small and slightly blemished – but great tasting fruit. ‘When you come face-toface with your customers, you realise it’s the supermarkets that want the big, ‘perfect’ bananas, not the customers. People are conditioned – when they go to the supermarket and everything’s perfect, they come to expect that – but it’s not like that in the natural world.’ Lance says people who regularly visit farmers markets.
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AUCTION IF NOT SOLD PRIOR – Desirable 25 acres in Possum Creek with Original Farmhouse • ‘Willowvale’, originally the Possum Creek Town Hall, rare property rich in history • Possum Creek is renowned for its beauty and prime location to Bangalow and world famous beaches of Byron Bay
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Address:
620 Friday Hut Road, Possum Creek
• A large rustic shed and bales both have power connected
Auction:
21st Nov 12:30pm if not sold prior
• There is an alternate, elevated building site which is accessible from Gittoes Lane
Open:
Thursday, 19th November 1.00pm – 1.30pm Saturday, 21st November 12.00pm – 12.30pm
Enquiries:
Helen Huntly-Barratt 0412 332 232
• This property is water rich with a permanent water supply fed from springs • 8 minutes to Bangalow and 10 minutes to Newrybar
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• Ultimate family beach house with a handy flexible floorplan • Perfect location - just a short walk to Tallow Beach or town centre • Seamless indoor / outdoor living • Fantastic covered decks and large, landscaped garden • Stylish kitchen with 40mm stone benchtops & stainless steel appliances • High ceilings, mixed hardwood painted timber floors and A/C • 4 generous bedrooms, 3 luxury bathrooms
• Currently achieving a combined rental return of $3,000 plus per month
Address:
10 Cooper Street, Byron Bay
Address:
17 Booyun Street, Brunswick Heads
Auction:
Saturday 5th Dec 12pm, Guide $2.15m – $2.365m
Auction:
Saturday, 21st November 10.00am
Open:
Thursday, 19th November 1.00pm – 1.30pm
Open:
Wednesday, 18th November 12.30pm – 1.00pm
• Over 520m2 of stable usable land • 20m2 street frontage for profitable development • Enjoying a B4 Mixed Use Zoning for a variety of opportunities • Divided into 4 leased flats on a stable level site
Saturday, 21st November 1.00pm – 1.30pm Enquiries:
Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698
35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466
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Saturday, 21st November 9.30am – 10.00am Enquiries:
Denzil Lloyd 0412 871 500, Lee Grimes 0400 462 312
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• Undercover parking area, heaps of storage, large laundry & lock up garage
• Rare private sanctuary with lush valley views of gently rolling hills • Set on 2.02 hectares (approx. 5 acres) of pristine rural land • 10 minutes to Clunes and 40 minutes from Byron Bay • Generous open plan kitchen and living on the ground floor • 3 generous bedrooms upstairs, plus study and living area with balcony access • Spectacular undercover deck and large in-ground pool • Plenty of room for vegetable gardens, fruit trees, chickens and horses
Address:
42 Caniaba Crescent, Suffolk Park
Address:
54 Duncan Road, Numulgi
Price:
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Open:
Wednesday, 18th November 2.00pm – 2.30pm Open:
Saturday, 21st November 1.00pm – 1.30pm
Enquiries:
Paul Prior 0418 324 297, Oliver Aldridge 0421 171 499
• Stunning architectural home with a flexible floorplan • Very special elevated block (916m2) with bush reserve on 2 sides • Wide covered verandas accessed by sliding doors • Spacious open plan living room with high ceilings and timber floors • The large kitchen features loads of storage, a dishwasher and gas cooktop
Saturday, 21st November 11.00am – 11.30am Enquiries:
Su Reynolds 0428 888 660, Luke Elwin 0421 375 635
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• Single storey family home on immaculate, professionally landscaped land
• Meticulously maintained single storey, solid brick home set on a corner block
• Elevated northerly aspect and wide rural vistas
• Freshly painted with new vinyl flooring
• Fantastic indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces
• Four generous bedrooms with built-in robes, the master with large ensuite
• Stylish, modern kitchen with stone benches, quality appliances & butlers pantry
• Within walking distance to South Golden Beach
• Beautiful lagoon style pool
• Large, level and fully enclosed lawn
• Four light-filled bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and the spacious master
• Excellent opportunity for first-time homeowners, retirees and investors alike
Address:
20 Lovegroves Lane, Uralba
Address:
19 Kolora Way, Ocean Shores
Price:
$1.695m – $1.795m
Price:
$785,000 – $825,000
Open:
Saturday, 21st November 12.30pm – 1.00pm
Open:
Saturday, 21st November 9.00am – 9.30am
Enquiries:
Su Reynolds 0428 888 660, Luke Elwin 0421 375 635
Enquiries:
Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698, Sally Green 0488 030 116
35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466
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Stunning Hinterland Wilderness Property • Spectacular hinterland, rural lifestyle property offering pristine space and privacy
49 HA (APPROX . 120 ACRES)
• 49 hectares (approx. 120 acres) with kilometres of maintained trails
• Stunningly beautiful frontage to Wilson River • Elevated plateaus provide scenic vistas in all directions
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Address:
Lot 21, 510 Goonengerry Road, Montecollum
Price:
Forthcoming Auction
Open:
By Appointment
Enquiries:
Denzil Lloyd 0412 871 500, Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698
• Expanded dwelling provides rustic country living around central pool & courtyards • Huge machine shed with power, water and septic plus two separate studios • Easy 10 minutes from Mullumbimby and 20 minutes scenic drive to Byron Bay
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• Undulating, sloping and level land with ridgelines, gullies, plateaus and open grassy paddocks • Stunning 76-acre (29.14 hectare) parcel offering peace and privacy • Brick and tile house with a gorgeous rural outlook • Multiple access points to a large outdoor patio via the living areas and master • Elevated position provides gentle breezes and an abundance of natural light • Flanked by Koonyum Range, Goonengerry National Park and Laverty’s Gap
• 3 Bedrooms plus an updated bathroom and covered deck
Address:
Address:
54 New City Road, Mullumbimby
Price:
$800,000 – $850,000
Open:
Saturday, 21st November 11.30am – 12.00pm
Enquiries:
Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698
167 Sheaffes Road, Goonengerry
Price:
Forthcoming Auction
Open:
Thursday, 19th November 11.00am – 11.30am Saturday, 21st November 10.00am – 10.30am
Enquiries:
Helen Huntly-Barratt 0412 332 232
35 FLETCHER ST, BYRON BAY NSW 2481 PH: O2 6685 8466
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• Quiet family friendly street with easy stroll to town centre • Freshly painted throughout plus aircon • Separate large studio with covered deck • Lovely original wooden details • Lush green tropical gardens with established trees and rear lane access
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A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY MEETS THE COAST !
Imagine living on top of the tallest ridge in Mullumbimby Creek in an east facing home on two acres with ocean views and only being six minute drive to Mullumbimby? Soak into the privacy and bird song and cooling summer breezes and enjoy the outdoor-indoor living of this contemporary treetop home. You may even spot a koala in the eucalyptus trees.
Shhhhh, don’t tell anyone…. How do you feel about 13 acres of natural bush conservation area at the back of your property? Walk the trails and feel like you are in a National Park somewhere way out on the Range? But… you are in Ocean Shores, close to the beach, Brunswick Heads and Byron Bay, OMG, tell me more. This home includes: • Dining room • 2984 sqm • Carport • Five bedrooms • 10KW Solar system • Study or Nursery • Tandem garage • Three bathrooms • 40 fruit trees The space on this property is incredible! With the potential to add a secondary dwelling (STCA) on this ¾ acre block plus you can be in Brunswick Heads in 5 minutes and Byron Bay in 25 minutes.
• 2.2 acres • 3 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms • Entertainers kitchen • Wrap around timber decks
• Deck off master suite • Town water and rain water tank • Space for secondary dwelling (STCA)
They are not making land anymore so what are you waiting for!
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Auction Wednesday 25th November 5.30pm
Leah Ashenhurst 0408 871 400 leah.ashenhurst @oceanshores.rh.com.au
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Auction Auction 21st November 10.00am. On-site
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B Y R O N B AY 11 Shelley Drive $1.59M - $1.69M 3
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Katrina Beohm 0467 001 122 or Christopher Plim 0467 000 222
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BROKEN HEAD 135 Broken Head Reserve Road $2.5M 3
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+ Quality masterbuilt modern beach house + Designed to take in light and cooling breezes + High raked ceilings, 3 large open living spaces + Walk to Broken Head beach.10 mins to Byron Bay + Outdoor hot/cold showers. Agent declares interest
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N O TI A UC Originally an early 20th century cottage, discover original weatherboards, timber floors, high ceilings - the ideal renovator. Great shed and central location. 807m² lot & 2 road frontages make for a neat dual occupancy & strata subdivision subject to BSC approval. Last sold in 1961.
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87 Prince Street, Mullumbimby Positioned close to town, this mid-century charmer is bursting with character. Beautifully restored whilst maintaining its original appeal & offering high ceilings, floorboards throughout, open plan kitchen /living plus a spacious back yard with rear lane access & room for a pool.
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Cool, Light & Breezy Family Home on A Big Block 3 6 Thomas Street, Bangalow, NSW • Easy walk to cafes, schools & social hub • Town’s most desirable precinct — Bangalow Central • 2SHQ SODQ OLYLQJ VSDFHV ćRZ WR DOIUHVFR GLQLQJ • Spacious, well appointed kitchen adjacent to huge family room • Room for pool & rumpus room conversion
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Open for Inspection Byron & Beyond Real Estate
• 11 Tweed Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10–10.30am • 8/3 Sallywattle Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 12.30–1pm
Elders Brunswick Valley
• 32 Redgate Road, South Golden Beach. Sat 10.30–11am • 185 (Lot 6) Kielys Rd, Mooball. Sat 12–1pm
First National Byron Bay • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
17 Booyun Street, Brunswick Heads. Wed 12–1pm 48 Myocum Ridge Road, Myocum. Wed 1–1.30pm 42 Caniaba Crescent, Suffolk Park. Wed 2–2.30pm 28A Coolamon Scenic Dr, Mullumbimby. Wed 3–3.30pm 167 Sheaffes Road, Goonengerry. Thu 11–11.30am 10 Cooper Street, Byron Bay. Thu 1–1.30pm 620 Friday Hut Road, Possum Creek. Thu 1–1.30pm 20 Matong Drive, Ocean Shores. Thu 4–4.30pm 6/231 Fowlers Lane, Bangalow. Fri 12–12.30pm 19 Kolora Way, Ocean Shores. Sat 9–9.30am 20 Matong Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 9–9.30am 3/5 Train Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 9.30–10am 17 Booyun Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 9.30–10am 8 Seastar Court, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am 167 Sheaffes Road, Goonengerry. Sat 10–10.30am 17 Pacific Street, New Brighton. Sat 10–10.30am 28A Coolamon Scenic Dr, Mullumbimby. Sat 10.30–11am 42 Caniaba Crescent, Suffolk Park. Sat 11–11.30am 6/231 Fowlers Lane, Bangalow. Sat 11–11.30am 54 New City Road, Mullumbimby. Sat 11.30–12pm 12 Pine Avenue, Mullumbimby. Sat 12–12.30pm 620 Friday Hut Road, Possum Creek. Sat 12–12.30pm 20 Lovegroves Lane, Uralba. Sat 12.30–1pm 10 Cooper Street, Byron Bay. Sat 1–1.30pm 54 Duncan Road, Numulgi. Sat 1–1.30pm 356 Ridgewood Road, Rosebank. Sat 2–2.30pm 41 Massinger, Byron Bay. Wed 2–2.30pm
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4/24–26 Linderman Street, West Ballina. Sat 10–10.30am 33 Highfield Terrace, Cumbalum. Sat 11–11.30am 319 Hermans Lane, Pimlico. Sat 12–12.30pm 3/3–7 Henderson Street, East Ballina. Sat 12.30–1pm 57 Lismore Road, Alstonville. Sat 10–10.30am
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• 25 Peter Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 10–10.30am • 2/3 Newberry Parade, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11–11.30am • 85 Montecollum Road, Wilsons Creek. Sat 11am–12pm
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4/86–88 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Thu 12.30pm–1pm 152 Shara Boulevard, Ocean Shores. Sat 9.30–10am 37 Browning Street, Byron Bay. Sat 10–10.30am 4/86–88 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Sat 11.30am–12pm
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39 Yamble Drive, Ocean Shores. Wed 4.30–5pm 13 Yungarup Place, Ocean Shores. Wed 5–5.30pm 69 Argyle Street, Mullumbimby. Wed 5.30–6pm 39 Yamble Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 9–10am Pinnacle Estate, Ramsay Close, Goonellabah. Sat 9–10am 8 Trinity Drive Goonellabah. Sat 10.30–11am 9 Palmer Ave, Ocean Shores. Sat 11am–12pm 13 Yungarup Place, Ocean Shores. Sat 11am–12pm 47 Andrew Ave, Pottsville. Sat 11.30am–12pm 34 Reserve Creek Road, Kielvale. Sat 11.30am–12pm 69 Argyle Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 1–1.30pm 23 Scotts Wood Grove, Mullumbimby Creek. Sat 3–3.30pm
Real Estate of Distinction • 1787 Kyogle Rd, Uki. Sat 10–11am
New Listings First National Byron Bay
• 54 New City Road, Mullumbimby • 17 Pacific Street, New Brighton • 8 Seastar Court, Byron Bay
Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/ Brunswick Heads/Murwillumbah • 13 Yungarup Place, Ocean Shores
Auction First National Byron Bay
• 17 Booyun Street, Brunswick Heads. Saturday 21 November, 10am
• 620 Friday Hut Road, Possum Creek. Saturday 21 November, 12.30pm
• 10 Cooper Street, Byron Bay. Forthcoming Auction
Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/ Brunswick Heads/Murwillumbah • 39 Yamble Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 10am
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Issue# 35.23 November 18–24, 2020 Editor: Mandy Nolan Editorial/gigs: gigs@echo.net.au Copy deadline: 5pm each Friday Advertising: adcopy@echo.net.au P: 02 6684 1777 W: echo.net.au/entertainment
THE POWER OF BEING COMPLACENT
It’s always a thrill when you live long enough to see the grown children of musicians you’ve always admired find their way onto stage. Tainui Richmond is the son of Terepai Richmond (The Whitlams, DIG) and thanks to Great Southern Nights he is playing Lismore City Hall this Saturday. His latest single is Complacent, a deeply personal and honest snapshot of a transformational time in his life. He spoke with The Echo. Complacent has a really beautiful feel… tell me about where you recorded it? What was the feel you were looking for? For me, the feeling lay dormant… waiting to be unearthed. We found it in Complacent quite easily; it wanted to be this boozy stumbling thing that you could sink into and ponder on gently. I like music that immerses you in a world of your own, and you get little scenes and images come afloat in your mind, all cinematic ’n’ stuff. My dad, Terepai, played the drums in his garage in Coopers Shoot for the demo, which we ended up keeping ‘cause it really added to the feeling. The rest was recorded at Cooper Lane in Surry Hills. My very good friend George Georgiadis, a sound engineering wizard, and co-producer on the song was working as the house sound engineer there at the time. With live music on the down low since March, what have you been doing during COVID? The lockdown gave me some space to explore my relationship with music, and deepen the connection to my own musical pathway. I quite enjoyed the lack of www.echo.net.au/soap-box
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THE REAL THREAT TO THE FUTURE: OLD WHITE MEN The world has reached peak old white man. Ever since someone decided God was a really old white dude sitting on a cloud we have given these ageing patriarchs more status than they deserve. They have held supreme power. They have been captains of industry. They have initiated wars. They have controlled the financial
social pressure; did a lot of meditating, some surfing, and a fair bit of writing and rehearsing my live show. Where are you based normally? I grew up in Cronulla, moved up [to the Northern Rivers] about four years ago when my dad bought a place in Coopers Shoot. I grew up with Jacob Boylan, frontman for Miniskirt, who is an all ‘round great human/friend, who has recently moved up here as well. He was my social tour guide in the beginning. Started working in the bar at the wonderful No Bones, where I met my beautiful woman Tahlia, who is a part different instruments on stage. Will be good fun! Come one, owner and also my boss! She and Yasmina have done an come all! incredible job of growing and evolving the place, which Tainui Richmond plays at Lismore City Hall on Saturday at has been a joy to witness. 7.30pm. Tix $40 on lismorecityhall.com.au. How do you work a song generally? Do you grab a riff, or have a hook that you build on? Often little melodies pop into my head, sometimes it’s a theme song for feeding the pets. You could scroll for hours through my voice memo’s. I’ll find some chords, and build the lyrics to suit the melody and feeling. But I have a few different methods, and it’s nice to switch it up. The feeling usually comes out with special guest with special guest with special guests different, depending on Mykaela Jay Bradley Stone Naomi & Vee how I start. SAT 28 NOV SAT 21 NOV THU 26 NOV What should we expect for your upcoming Lismore show? BAR FROM 6PM ALL SHOWS 7:30PM @ LISMORE CITY HALL Expect a theatrical theme-park
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In America where the retirement age is 66, we’ve watched the competition for the top job play out between a 74-year-old white man and a 77-year-old white man. It’s not Rupert Murdoch is probably one of the most powerful men in the world, and guess called ‘The White House’ by accident. It should be renamed The Old White Man what? Old white man. All this access to power and he’s probably making decisions House. I just think, if you’re going to be president, you should at least be under while sleep deprived from being up half retirement age. And maybe not white. And the night with a dodgy prostate. History is maybe not a man. And maybe not old. the story of the world under siege by the Kamala Harris, Biden’s running mate was sociopathy of saggy eyed septuagenarians. probably the most perfect candidate. A Why do we afford old white men so politician and attorney, 56, and a woman much power? of colour. Someone still at the peak of her career. Someone different. While most of us are shuffling our ageing parents off to a nursing home, how do Australia’s no different. We love voting for some old men slip through the net and old white men. Or white men who look enter politics? We all congratulated a lot older than they are. Boring white potato farmer Cliff Young for unexpectedly men will do when old white men aren’t winning an ultra marathon at 61 – because available. Oh yes, we did have a female prime minister, but they got rid of her we all know most old dudes just wouldn’t pretty quickly when they realised she have the stamina. He was exceptionalised as a bit of a maverick. 61 seemed ancient to didn’t roll like an old white man: Carbon do something that required the strength of tax? Gonski? Bring back coal! Bring back someone young. But it was just a race, and the old! Bring back old white men. he was at least a decade younger than a Why do we trust old white men to make lot of the old white men who hold the reins the decisions? White men are dangerous. of power. We don’t exceptionalise them, (Except for David Attenborough. He’s because old white men in power are never amazing. Why are men like that never interested in power?) There’s some things the exception. sector. They have chosen what is news and history. They have orchestrated coups. Collusion. Collateral damage.
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you should know about white men; like, that they are twice as likely as non white men and white women to own guns. Conservative white men are at the forefront of climate denialism. In America, white men don’t make up the majority of the population, yet they continue to be the primary decision makers. Rich old white men still hold most of the sway in politics around the world. Old white men wrote the Australian constitution. Old white men started all the wars. Old white men created climate change. Old white men control the news. Old white men need go sit on the recliner and give someone else a turn up front. I tried to imagine a parliament I could respect; a parliament with compassion and vision, but also able to be tough; able to make hard decisions for the long term, rather than profiteering in the short. In my perfect setting there are no white men. In fact there are no men at all, young or old. Just black women of all ages. Powerful women with a lot to say, and all the time in the world to say it. All Aunties. Let’s give Australia to the Aunties. Auntiestralia! Now that’s something I would vote for. I just have to wait for old white men to give me permission.
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GIG GUIDE
DUSTY RICH AT THE BALLINA RSL FOR THE BIG GIG ON THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER.
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Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, JAMIE ASHFORTH DUO Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM JOHN FOGGON, 8PM JASON DELPHIN Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 7PM MULLUMBIMBY’S MAGIC – PART 3: THE ARTS Q VARIOUS VENUES, GOLD COAST, BLEACH* FESTIVAL
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RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, BOHEMIAN COWBOYS BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM HENRY DEAN, 8PM LUKE MORRIS DUO OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB 6.30PM TRIVIA SLIPWAY TAVERN, BALLINA, 7PM JASON AYALA VARIOUS VENUES, GOLD COAST, BLEACH* FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 20 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, RAGGA JUMP Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 3PM SUNDAY LEMONADE 5.30PM JOCK BARNES 8:30PM BEN JANSZ Q BYRON THEATRE, COMMUNITY CENTRE, BAY FM BENEFIT GIG WITH TEX PERKINS Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 7PM MATT CORBY Q BALLINA RSL LEVEL ONE 7PM DAN CLARK Q SLIPWAY TAVERN, BALLINA, 7PM MATT BUGGY Q DUNOON SPORTS CLUB 7PM DES SHERIDAN MUSO’S CORNER Q CASINO RSM 8PM ADAM ECKERSLEY & BROOKE MCCLYMONT. Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM MATTY ROGERS Q VARIOUS VENUES, GOLD COAST, BLEACH* FESTIVAL Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM STEVEN MICHAEL, 9.30PM CHAD AGENT 77 SOLO
SATURDAY 21 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, THE WHISKEYS Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 1PM LOKI HOUGH 4.30PM NATHAN KAYE 8:30PM ANIMAL VENTURA Q MULLUMBIMBY CIVIC MEMORIAL HALL, 7PM THE LITTLE BIG BANG WITH SPANKENHIDE, BATALA, SALVE JORGE, ZORMIWASA Q YOUTH ACTIVITY CENTRE (YAC), BYRON BAY, THE BUCKLEYS, TAHLIA MATHESON, OLLIE TWOHILL AND HUNNYBEE Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM DJ ZIV, 6.15PM DJ JASON LEWIS Q AUSTRALIA HOTEL, BALLINA, THE BUCKLEYS Q SLIPWAY TAVERN, BALLINA, 7PM FRIENDLY ENEMIES Q MARY G’S, LISMORE, 7.30PM Q Q LISMORE CITY HALL 7.30PM TAINUI RICHMOND Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM JACK BOTTS Q VARIOUS VENUES, GOLD COAST, BLEACH* FESTIVAL Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM MICK EVANS, 9.30PM LOCKY
SUNDAY 22 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, LEIGH JAMES DUO Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 1PM ADAM HARPAZ 4:30PM TIM STOKES BAND 8PM HARRY NICHOLS DUO Q BYRON THEATRE 3PM GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS CLASSIC STEINWAY CONCERT Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 8PM BENJAMIN WALSH & THE ORKESTRA OF THE UNDERGROUND Q YOUTH ACTIVITY CENTRE (YAC), BYRON BAY, JACK BOTTS, JAKE HARPAZ, GEORGIA CUMMINS AND REMEDI Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM MAJELEN Q BALLINA RSL PIANO BAR 2PM SHARNY RUSSELL Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 3PM SOPHIE HOPES Q VARIOUS VENUES, GOLD COAST, BLEACH* FESTIVAL Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM LATE FOR WOODSTOCK
MONDAY 23 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, STONED WAVES Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 5PM HAYLEY GRACE 8PM SIMON MEOLA
Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, SUNSTONE DUO Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 5PM MANOA 8PM LEIGH JAMES
WEDNESDAY 25 Q BYRON THEATRE 7PM GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS PERFORMERS & BUSKERS OF BYRON Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY 5PM FINTIN CALLAGHAN 8PM WILL HENDERSON Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 7PM BYRON YOUTH THEATRE: HOW ON EARTH (PART 2) Q SCHOOL OF ARTS, BURRINGBAR, 3PM DANGEROUSLY POETIC 17
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THE BUCKLEYS AT THE YAC.
DOUBLING THE LAUGHS Last month saw comedy lovers surprised by a free gig by Tom Gleeson. After rolling out some of the best comedy gigs on the North Coast for the past 14 years, the Ballina RSL doesn’t fail to disappoint this month when they present two feature comics in a stand up comedy double header: Dusty Rich & Steve Allison. Steve Allison is regarded by his fellow comedians as the best comic around that nobody has ever heard of, even though he is one of the most worked acts in Australia. For more than 30 years Steve has been making people around the world laugh. Dusty Rich, the wild man of South African comedy is sharp, freewheeling and electrified. Rich shot to fame for the off-thewall style of his shows, for throwing the rehearsed, practised stand up format out the window, and replacing it with a fire and ice rollercoaster of continual spontaneous improvisation and crowd interaction. A huge name in South Africa where he toured as support for Trevor Noah, Rich moved to Australia just a few years back, and his star is definitely on the rise. Ballina RSL, Thursday 26 November at 8pm. Free. Bookings essential as numbers limited – ballinarsl.com.au
GIGS AT THE YAC! Byron Youth Service are hosting two live gigs for Great Southern Nights this month on Saturday and Sunday with eight amazing local young artists performing their original tunes! This initiative is to kick-start the live music scene again after the extremely challenging six months the arts and entertainment industries have faced. BYS will be partnering with Byron Music and ACEntertainment, with support from Destination NSW and ARIA. To book your free tickets please visit www.bys.org.au/projects The two events are from 4–7pm and will be outside in the fresh air, are drug and alcohol free and COVID Safe.
A Dickensian Sideshow stems from recently acclaimed work that Karla Dickens created for the 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and the 22nd Biennale of Sydney. It brings together these bodies of work, along with new pieces Karla created in lockdown, creating another immersive installation that steps deep into the dark corners of the circus tent to interrogate what lies beneath the glitter and lights. A Dickensian Sideshow unlocks stories of insidious discrimination against Aboriginal people, but also greatness in adversity, including stories of the Lismore-born and worldfamous Aboriginal tightrope walker, Con Colleano, known as ‘The Wizard of the Wire’ who became one of the most highlypaid circus performers of his time. Working in her trademark method of collecting found objects, largely found in the Lismore area, Dickens has amassed what she classifies as ‘the memories, whispers and materials’ from which these works have been constructed. The result is a powerful, multifaceted memorial for a bygone sideshow; where narratives are unearthed of tender and melancholy co-existence between circus and boxing-tent performers of Indigenous descent with other performers and crew, and of their haunting interactions with audiences. Says Karla ‘A Dickensian Sideshow celebrates the unheralded Indigenous performers of times-gone-by whose extraordinary talents and skills have entertained Australians for over a century. I have interwoven many current issues and stereotypes into their stories. The works engage with racism, politics, consumerism and the environment.’ This exhibition is being developed in partnership with Orange Regional Gallery, where it will be exhibited in late 2021. On show at the Lismore Regional Gallery until 31 January.
FINAL SHOWING FOR BSA STUDENTS Byron School of Art second year students are presenting Eleven Seconds, at The BSA Project Space until 25 November. During 2020, eleven students investigated contemporary art practices, including printmaking, sculpture, assemblage and painting. This exhibition is the result of an unusual year of negotiating and investigating ‘space and place’ in the expanded field – both literally and metaphorically – to come to a position of resolve. Eleven Seconds features works by Cindy Alice, Tamara Cox, Sue Davidson, Shanti Des Fours, Elizabeth Dwyer, Tiffany Gee, Jen Hogan, Priya Link, Bill Meertens, Anastasia Rashid and Jen Schirmer. All welcome.
WHAT’S ON TRENT DALTON IN CONVERSATION - BWF VIDEO ON DEMAND Wed 18 – Fri 20 November $8
MAD MAX SPECIAL EVENT PARADIS MOVIE CLUB
Saturday 21 November, 6.30pm $49 | Ages 18+
CLASSICAL STEINWAY CONCERT GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS
Sunday 22 November, 3pm Adult $35 | Conc $30 | Student U18 $25
PERFORMERS & BUSKERS OF BYRON GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS Wednesday 25 November, 7pm $30
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HOW ON EARTH… PART 2 BEN AND SHAUN’S ARRIVAL – FROM BRUNSWICK TO INDIA
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When percussionist/composer Benjmin Walsh first saw Shaun Tan’s graphic novel, with over 700 images drawn with pencil, and no words, he said his jaw dropped open. ‘It is such an amazing body of work – then I had the idea to score the book – which is weird. Scoring images doesn’t make sense. It took me two years of having the idea before my agent, who was running Graphic: a festival for illustrators and animators, at the Opera House, had the idea to commission the very thing I had been dreaming of! Shaun Tan said ‘Yes!’. And that’s how we created the show The Arrival that now tours the world!’ Presented by The Orkestra of the Underground this amazing sonic performance is usually sold out at the Sydney Opera House, the Melbourne Writers Festival, and MoFo in Tasmania. Now, this large scale show comes to the Brunswick Picture House and coincides with a live stream of the concert to the Tata Literature Live Festival in Mumbai. This is a large presentation of tiny, intricate stories, with the visual work from The Arrival brought alive on the big screen. There is power in such a complex story being told without words. Very often people are entering countries who don’t speak the language [of the place], so to have the emotive context being so strong and resonant is at the heart of the work. Ben related comments made by Greens ex-leader Christine Milne after a show in Tasmania, ‘She said that it really made you see the people’. The show focuses on people in society who are often disregarded and misunderstood. The story it tells is ‘voiced’ by an orchestra that Ben has created that sits outside the usual tradition. ‘I wanted my Orkestra of the Undergroud to be a non-elitist orchestra, so it’s not just rooted in western classical culture, but in electronics, Indian classical, and percussion… people standing together making a beautiful sound.’ For Ben, the visual component is key in getting his audiences to listen with extra care. ‘We live in a visual world, and I am a sound person, but I do make films. I feel, as a composer and musician, I want to give people something to look at so they open their ears. People don’t want to [only] sit and listen for an hour, so if I give them something their eyes can eat [too] I can do my thing…’ Come witness an amazing live ‘sonic-scape’ that combines Shaun Tan’s exquisite illustrations with a tapestry of instruments featuring violin, sousaphone, clarinet, guitar, tabla, synthesisers, drums and percussion, clarinet, saxophone, zithers and a collection of handmade instruments… oh, and a vacuum cleaner. Brunswick Picture House, Sunday, 8pm. Seating inside $45. Tix brunswickpicturehouse.com
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Mandy speaks with Lisa Apostolides How on Earth do we navigate our rapidly changing world? Byron Youth Theatre’s latest original production. How on Earth (Part 2) is funded by Regional Arts NSW Country Arts Support Program, Northern Rivers Community Foundation, and NSW DPIE, and is supported by Arts Northern Rivers, the Joyality Project, and the Brunswick Picture House. It takes the audience on an intriguing journey set in a possible, not too distant future, where an inspired young person and her friends seek new ways of being, to help save themselves and their home planet – but will it work? How on Earth is accompanied by a mesmerising music score (including music donated by musicians overseas), a projection compilation, and professional lighting by local youth and older artists. Why did BYT choose to talk about change specifically? As a social action theatre company our main focus is change, and for this production a central message is how we deal with it, or not. Young people often experience heightened emotions owing to the massive changes in brain and body development. Add to that the pressures of rapid technological, global and social changes, and you start to scratch the surface of what they are dealing with. What key areas cause young people the most concern? Research conducted in the development of this production revealed that many young people are deeply concerned about the future of the
Exciting new Indie Rock band, Cafe No One, plays The Courthouse Hotel in Mullumbimby this Friday at 7.30pm. With lead singer Joey Vidakovic as their frontman, this Brisbane band, in the tradition of Powder Finger (and endorsed by John Collins), is set to take Australia by storm. Entry is free and numbers are limited owing to Public Health restrictions.
It’s not just about all the great [environmental] projects out there, it is as much about how we interact – with ourselves and others. What mental health strategies can we employ that enable us to stay grounded, acknowledge all our feelings, and still take informed positive action? We decided to explore the idea of parallel worlds to remind people; it’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it that has a great impact. What was the most surprising thing for you in orchestrating this creative process? One of the most surprising things is the main piece of the set. You’ll have to come see the play to find out what it is… The Byron Youth Theatre present How on Earth (Part 2) at the Brunswick Picture House 25–26 November. Tix at brunswickpicturehouse.com
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The weekend of 21 and 22 November is the Australian Ceramics Open Studios weekend that was delayed from August.
In case you haven’t experienced the trail before, Open Studios – Ballina, Byron & Beyond is an exciting arts studio adventure trail where local artists of all genres open their studios to welcome you, inspire you and show you how they create their magic. Enjoy the journey over four days, discovering studios in hideaway locations you would never normally be able to visit. To find out more about visiting all these COVID Safe studios go to www.os-bbb.com
planet. The sense of overwhelm owing to the multitude of issues we are currently facing contributes to fear, anxiety and depression. Young people are also extremely frustrated, angry and disillusioned with the lack of positive action by many current governments.
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Great Southern Nights present Steve Balbi, Solo ‘n’ Acoustic at the Ballina RSL for two shows on one night. Celebrating the release of his new record I think I know for Sure, this is Balbi’s first show in the Northern Rivers for many years. Look forward to a passionate and equally enlightening remedy to six months of living in relative isolation; featuring an electrifying and profoundly emotive set that includes all the songs from the new record, played start to finish, alongside reimagined out-takes, hit picks and favourties from Balbi’s catalogoue. The COVID-19 lockdown was a creative time for chameleon Steve Balbi, who used it to peel back yet another layer. Reflecting on isolation, Balbi concedes ‘It allowed me to sit back, slow down and take stock. It became clear to me what mattered. Simply that family, friends and creativity are my world. I willingly went back to basics and was inspired to make a body of work that echoes the music that inspired me as a child. It seems to be the opposite of what is popular right now. Perhaps for that reason alone, I love it even more.’ Steve Balbi is at the Ballina RSL on Saturday 28 Nov at 6.30pm and 9pm. Tix on ballinarsl.com.au
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LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + crane truck. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes .......0402 487213 A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES................................... Happy to help. Andrew..0412 558890 PROBLEM CAMPHORS and woody weeds removed. No fuss-green waste, lantana too! ..0478 779650 MOWAT TREES – Local Arborist – Call Brad ..................................................................0482 613537
UPHOLSTERY BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255
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NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICES Dr Lauren Archer .................................................66840735
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1. Joint in the arm (5) 4. In the centre of the river (9) 9. Optical stress (9) 10. Rushes, usually in or by water (5) 11. Persevere, cope (6) 12 Adjusts and fits in again (8) 14. Not off the hook, bespoke (6,4) 16. On a singe occasion (4) 19. Type of mattress (4) 20. Electric goad for steers (6,4) 22. Flatter, cajole (6,2) 23. Uncommon, rare (6) 26. Unwanted mark (5) 27. Those who worry unnecessarily (9) 28. Most fussily apparelled (9) 29. Perilous, chancy (5)
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TO LEASE STORAGE SHED 6m x 3m. $80 pw. Ph Mark Cochrane Real Estate 0416142663
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POSITIONS VACANT BRUNSWICK HEADS SCOUTS needs a new volunteer General Manager. Are you a leader of adults with admin & management skills? Training and support provided. WWCC required. Continue your adventure! Call Cherie 0407855273. or cherie.bromley@nsw.scouts.com.au ACREAGE MOWING POSITION Experienced, zero turn operator required for local mowing business. Must have industry exp. 0402487213 7am–6pm FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST for Glen Villa Resort, 86 Butler St, Byron Bay. Must be a hands on, passionate person with very pleasant and professional attitude with excellent customer service skills. Only apply in person.
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CAPE BYRON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS CASUAL WORK CBRSS is a vibrant and progressive K-12 school dedicated to the educational principles inspired by Rudolf Steiner. We are currently looking for suitably qualified Mathematics and Science teachers for casual work in the High School. Applicants will be registered or eligible to register with the NSW Institute of Teachers and hold a current NSW Working with Children Check. Please send your CV and two references to: employment@ capebyronsteiner.nsw.edu.au
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AQUARIUS BACKPACKERS RESORT is currently looking for a part-time Night Reception/Door Person to look after the premises after hours. Potential applicants must have a current NSW RSA, be available weekends, display a calm and confident demeanour with excellent communication skills and have previous experience in hospitality. Security licence not necessary. To apply please drop in or email your resume, FAO Teneil to info@ aquariusbyronbay.com.au
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WAREHOUSE/ALLROUNDER, Billinudgel. Part-time 2–3 days with future goal to full time. Order picking, packing, dispatch, re-order, re-stocking, unloading pallets, some sales & invoicing. Requires some heavy lifting. Must have computer, email & phone skills, attention to detail and drivers licence. Email resume to walter@ greenpack.com.au or phone 0405383039 COMPUTER TECH Part-time for Mullum shop. Great manners, patience & problem solving skills essential. Ph Ben 66844124
THE ECHO PAPER DELIVERY
The Echo has a contract position to insert, fold, bag (wet weather) & deliver to BANGALOW : 1050 papers The successful applicant will have an ABN, a reliable vehicle and ideally they will live near the distribution area. They will pick up the papers from Mullum or Byron very early (eg from 5am) on a Wednesday morning , prepare them in their home, then will have delivered all the papers by 1pm Wednesday. Some walking to deliver to every shop in Bangalow, some throwing to individual homes. Suit mature or stable persons/ couples with a strong throwing arm. Commencing asap. Email simon@echo. net.au or phone 0409324724
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CLEANER Five mornings per week, flexible hours, may include weekends. Be part of a small, friendly team at an apartment complex in Byron. Must be reliable, cheerful & diligent. Casual position. PAYG or ABN. 0416430818
Juniors and school leavers wanted for weekend and after school, must be available in school holidays drop resume in or email: Chincoganstore2482@gmail.com
GLORIA McLEAN 11/05/1936–16/11/2002 You are my wonderful Mum. You are Nana to Cheryl and John. You are Big Nan to Alison, Mya, Tayla, Sammy, Lachlan and Freyiah. To say we miss you doesn’t come close to how we feel. The day you left us, you took a piece of each one of our hearts with you. You will always be part of us. Love you always. Lyn, Cheryl, John and families.
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With this week’s Sun, Venus and Mercury in Scorpio, pointing fingers won’t win fans, so find a way to offer feedback without blaming or shaming…
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Has the following exciting opportunities available for the 2021 School Year: Preschool Director (0.5FTE) Early Childhood Teacher (0.5FTE) Kindergarten Assistant (0.34FTE) Primary Soft Craft Teaching Assistant (0.24FTE) High School TAS Teacher Assistant (0.5FTE) Applications close at 9am on Wed, 25 November 2020 For Position Description and details on how to apply please refer to our website www.shearwater.nsw.edu.au
ARIES: Mars wants to blast ahead with its agenda, but are there any niggling background concerns, some unknown factors? As Venus and Mercury turn up this week’s heat, stay engaged but slow down. Try not to micromanage or project too far into the future – things are changing too fast for that. TAURUS: As Venus makes her annual sashay into your partnership house this week, hey presto! Mercury’s already there, planting precisely the right words in your mind and mouth that will activate talks with your plus one or special friend. Or anyone at all you might need an air-clearing convo with. GEMINI: If people seem aggravating this week, remember they’re human – just like you. Of course don’t press anyone who’s not ready to talk, but the current Venus/Mercury alignment offers creative brainstorms about the most efficient ways to get your needs met. And this is prime time for getting the Life of Gemini ordered, sorted and organised.
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Late of Mullumbimby. Passed away peacefully on Saturday 14th November 2020. Aged 96 Years. Dearly loved Wife of Charlie (dec’d). Loved Mother and Motherin-law of George & Barbara, Margo & Peter Gill, Charlie & Maria, and Michael. Cherished Grandmother, Greatgrandmother, and Great-greatgrandmother. A family service will be held
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PETS Dainty little Crumpet is desperate to be loved but is very wary of being petted. It’s so sad because you can see she is trying to trust but she just needs time and space. Crumpet will be a super kitty in the right home. Can you restore this pretty cat’s faith in humanity? To meet Crumpet, please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.
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Ben Ben is a 10 month old desexed male kelpie x labrador. He is a good natured boy, good with other dogs and children. He has some basic obedience training but is an active teenager so training will need to be continued. If you can give Ben a permanent, loving home please contact Pam on 0421 017 461. Microchip No 900113001715430
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Young INDIE was all set for a tragic death when she was found pregnant with a severely infected womb. The four kittens died, and she would have followed were it not that the poor stray was found in time. Safe now and one life already used, but she only wants one more, perhaps given to her by you, dear reader. Ready and waiting to be reborn. All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.
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Byron Dog Rescue (CAWI) Leroy is a desexed male 15-monthold kelpie x cattle dog – a dancer, an acrobat and a goofball. He has suffered profound trauma in his early life and is now very fearful of men. He is an extremely soulful boy who can sooth you with his loving. He is fantastic with children, women and is generally great with other dogs. Leroy needs lots of exercise, attention, mental stimulation and socialisation. For more info please phone Shell on 0458 461 935. MC: 941000023205533
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ON BEHALF OF THE PARON AND BROWNING FAMILIES, we are devastated to inform you of the passing of Monica Paron on 6 October. We will always remember her devoted faith and treasure her sense of humour and unconditional love for family. Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, flowers and kind gestures. Our angel will always be with us.
CANCER: Have doubts or suspicions about something? This week advocates restraint. Love planet Venus is stimulating intense feelings, some possibly not so pleasant. If you’re feeling agitated, stay away from the fray. Take private time out for an honest emotional inventory. Things aren’t all bad: look for the hidden opportunities. LEO: Leo is the astrological sign that rules the heart. The more you focus on keeping yours open, no matter what the circumstances are, the more satisfying and successful your experiences will be this week. Venus and Mercury activating the home zone could be delightful and exciting – it’s up to you. VIRGO: If Mercury’s been giving your tongue an edge, let love planet Venus sweeten it up. She’s at her spritzy, frisky, witty best right now, making this a good week for catch ups and end of year plans. Neptune’s kicking in too with x-ray hearing, so you can intuit what’s not even being said…
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LIBRA: As realist Saturn forcefully directs your Venusian vision towards an eyes-wide-open look at an inconvenient truth this week, try not to sugarcoat it. If galactic guardian Venus visiting your sector of security, work and money has you yearning for more comfort and stability, is an in-depth review of financials necessary?
CAPRICORN: If realistic, sometimes hard-hitting Saturn brings you to earth with a thud during late week Capricorn moon, then call for help from the hive mind or phone a friend. The assistance you need is out there. Focus on communicating clearly in a way that won’t leave room for assumptions and second-guessing games.
SCORPIO: With Mars powering ahead, Venus in Libra removes her rose-colored specs and steps into your laser-eyed sign, sending Scorpionic charisma off the Richter. And with expressive, articulate Mercury in Scorpio writing the script, people take notice of what you’re saying. So it’s important that you do too.
AQUARIUS: According to this week’s reality checks, others may not have behaved well. And it’s worthwhile asking yourself, have you? Receptive but perceptive, intuitive but logical weekend Aquarius moon extends excellent energy for self-enquiry. Someone older, or else younger with more experience, could be a source of important advice.
SAGITTARIUS: Mercury and Venus recommend looking further than surface presentation, because Saturn could cause a tug-of-war between what you feel like doing, and what you know is right to do. A good week to ask rather than tell, to strengthen rapport with others by showing interest in what they think and feel.
PISCES: With vibrant Venus and Mercury the cosmic conversationalist both in adventure mode for Pisceans, this week has interesting people waiting to meet you, so get out and about. Take a hike outside your comfort zone – if not physically, then figuratively and metaphorically. Early next week’s Pisces moon writes the perfect invitation…
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How good is incompetence and cruelty to the most vulnerable? A speculative federal government compliance program, that led to people killing themselves, has been settled out of court for $1.2b. And because the PM protects his mates – and it’s the taxpayer paying for it – the cruel and incompetent Alan Tudge MP will probably avoid accountability for his Robodebt project. Q Q Q Q
In brighter news, shining an ultraviolet light on a platypus makes the animal’s fur fluoresce with a greenishblue tint, reports the New York Times.
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While Victoria appears to have got a highly contagious deadly virus under control, South Australia is experiencing a small spike. And locally, health authorities say there have been no new cases since 25 July, which is 114 days ago. Spare a thought
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for the US though, they are now spiking at new levels, all the while the nation sails on without a rudder or captain until Biden takes charge on January 20, 2021. Q Q Q Q
The state government announced its budget on Tuesday, which according to The Guardian is pegged to be $16b in the red. The NSW economy, the largest in the nation, contracted by 8.6 per cent in the June quarter, which is ‘the worst on record’. Q Q Q Q
US media org CNN reports that ‘Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered at least 100 perfectly preserved ancient coffins, some containing mummies, and 40 statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo. Estimated to be more than 2,500 years old, it’s the latest in a string of discoveries at Saqqara, which was designated a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1979’.
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Last Saturday, the final polo game of the NSW season was played in Byron Shire. Brook and Claire Thomas from The Stables Byron in Myocum hosted the event, and their first event attracted around 250 punters. Claire said it was supported by Windsor polo club and the NSW polo association. ‘After a year of COVID-19 restrictions, it was amazing to see people coming together in a covid safe way; to enjoy something positive and fun’. She says it was a close contest and ended up neck and neck in the final, between Sydney and Byron. ‘Byron emerged as the winning team with Brook scoring the final goals’. Photo Jeff ‘Eight Legged Pony’ Dawson
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Thousands of fish, apparently pilchards, washed up on the shoreline at Lennox Head last Friday. The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) said, ‘Owing to the timing of the event and report, Fisheries Officers were unable to observe the scene and take samples, but believe, based on photographs of the scene it was a localised, natural event’. The DPI says fish deaths can be reported to the Fishers Watch Phoneline on 1800 043 536. Photo supplied
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