Byron Shire Echo – Issue 22.38 – 04/03/2008

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THE BYRON SHIRE ECHO Advertising & news enquiries: Mullumbimby 02 6684 1777 Byron Bay 02 6685 5222 Fax 02 6684 1719 editor@echo.net.au adcopy@echo.net.au Available early Tuesday at: http://www.echo.net.au VOLUME 22 #38 TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 22,700 copies every week Printed on 100% recycled paper

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Australia’s ‘Sundance’ flickers into action Jann Gilbert The third annual Byron Bay Film Festival got under way at the Community Centre on Friday night, and played host to a cast and crew of hundreds at the opening night party and screenings. Directors of the world premiere, opening-night offerings were onhand to chat to festival goers as was AFI Best Actor, Stephen Curry, who stars in You better watch out. Mark Forstmann and producer Tamara Popper from Monkey Puzzle say they are ‘very excited and thrilled that Byron has taken us in’. Their feature film is made entirely independently of government assistance yet, to their credit, they still managed a development phase. Adopting a Mike Leigh method of filmmaking, they spent eight weeks workshopping the script with actors, and then developed it over the following 12 months. ‘It’s a Byron-type film, it’s a young person’s film, it’s a bit rootsy,’ says Mark. ‘We tossed up, you know, should we premiere it in Sydney or somewhere and we thought, no, let’s go for the Cape. So here we are.’ Ironically enough, one of the film’s investors lives in Suffolk Park, and the independent nature of the festival was a real drawcard. ‘It’s independent, it’s very grass roots. We see this as like America’s

Celebrities and cinephiles rubbed shoulders at the Byron Bay Film Festival opening party. Bay FM personality Margie Farrell (aka Dj Rapunzel) and image consultant Steve Baldwin failed to avoid the paparazzi. Photo Obi McDonald-Saint

Sundance,’ says Tamara. ‘It’s the sort of place where filmmakers will want to come. The directors of the festival have a beautiful optimism and they can build on that to make this Australia’s Sundance.’ The festival runs until March 8 with session prices from $5 to $12 and lots of other special ticket offers. Phone 6685 6807 for information and bookings and see the

program online at www.bbff.com. au. The closing night event on March 8 features the Australian premiere of Laya Project. The project’s musicians are the people of coastal and surrounding communities in the 2004 tsunamiaffected regions of Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar and India.

Against a rich visual tapestry regional folk music traditions were recorded, mixed and enhanced, creating a musical journey crossing borders, while preserving the music of the people. The stories of survival and loss create a personal and collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. Filmmaker Yotam Agam will be in attendance.

Miracle tales of survival marred by tragedy Jann Gilbert The search for 39-year-old skipper Charlie Picton, missing since his trawler sank off the coast of Byron Bay, was called off by police last Thursday night. In making the decision police said they believed it was unlikely that Mr Picton was still alive. Two other men aboard the boat when it sank, Michael Williams, 39, who swam for over ten hours to reach the shore to raise the alarm and John Jarret, 41, who was rescued after surviving 30 hours in the water,

have been recovering in hospital. Neither have plans to return to sea. Superintendent Mark Hutchings from Marine Area Command, NSW Police, who coordinated the search, said he believed police, emergency and volunteer services had done everything possible to find Mr Picton. ‘Once locating the second fisherman and rescuing him we concentrated our efforts around where debris was found, using five aircraft and four rescue craft in the search,’ said Supt Hutchings.

Supt Hutchings praised the ‘incredible efforts’ of all the agencies involved in the search including local volunteer rescue vessels from the North Coast (who rated a special mention), Australian Search and Rescue, the Westpac Lifesaver helicopter, and local area command and marine police resources. ‘They have my sincere thanks for all their efforts,’ said Supt Hutchings. ‘It’s great to be part of what can only be considered a fantastic team whose sole motivation was to locate these people.

health and beauty International Women’s Day celebrates 100 years of action Jann Gilbert International Women’s Day (IWD) originates from the protest action of women garment makers in New York in 1908, who demonstrated to demand better working conditions. They worked in appalling conditions, earned half of men’s wages, died prematurely from poor health and didn’t have the right to vote. To mark a centenary of action, the theme for this year’s IWD on Saturday 8 March is ‘100 years of active women in paid and unpaid work’. The theme acknowledges the enormous contribution of countless women in improving workplaces and working conditions as well as the millions of hours of volunteer or unpaid work done by women each year. As part of the celebrations the Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) and Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre (NRCLC) are offering a program of events at the Moller Pavilion, Bangalow Showgrounds. The program includes workshops, activities for children, guest speakers, lunch, and evening entertainment featuring a debate, a dinner and a women’s dance.The debate topic, ‘Nothing much has changed for women in 100 years’, promises to promote some lively discussion between panel members, who range from a union organiser to a women’s refuge worker. The WRC and the NRCLC also hope to raise awareness of the need for adequate emergency accommodation and affordable housing so that women leaving abusive relationships are not forced to return simply because they have nowhere else to go. For all enquiries about IWD activities contact Kassa Bird at the WRC on 6684 4299 or Angel Pollard from the NRCLC on 6621 1000.

‘And the courage of the gentleman that swam ashore, the miraculous bravery of that man, the stamina, the determination, is beyond belief. Without him, we may not have located the second gentleman or even the area. Being unable to locate Mr Picton is an absolute tragedy. Our hearts go out to his family and we offer our condolences.’ Mr Picton’s family thanked emergency service crews for their efforts and praised the bravery of his deckhands. Q Comment, page 10

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This year audiences in the Northern Rivers should prepare themselves for a very different Seniors Week. If you are expecting some sweet little Bingo ladies humming along to morning melodies then you are in for a big surprise. Mandy Nolan, director of The Big Joke Comedy Festival, has taught 12 seniors from Ocean Shores to Lismore the gentle art of standup comedy. The men and women, who range in age from 63 to 80, have drawn on their life experiences, their wisdom, their mistakes, their struggles and their triumphs to create dynamic and engaging routines. Subject matter ranges from the positive aspects of a prosthetic leg, taming wild walking frames, the tyranny of ďŹ tness instructors, baking bread to being single and seeking a good warm cuddle. The Shooting From My Hip Replacement crew had their first performance at The Big Joke Comedy Festival a few weeks ago to an appreciative audience which was amazed at what this courageous bunch of novice performers had achieved in just a few days. The project strongly echoes the Seniors Week theme of Live Life.

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According to Mandy Nolan, the most important part of The Shooting From The Hip Replacement is its emphasis on story. ‘Standup comedy teaches people to value their own experiences and draw on their personal story for inspiration. Older people in our community just have so much wisdom and humour to share with us, it’s important to take the time to listen. ‘It’s amazing to hear an older person talk about things like the need for human contact and being

lonely, or their disenchantment with ďŹ tness regimes, because it reminds us that regardless of age, our human experience is shared. Comedy is great for connecting with other people!’ Shooting From The Hip Replacement is MCd by Mandy Nolan and will be performed at the Byron Bay Services Club on Monday April 7 at 7pm for $5. Tickets are available at the club or bookings can be made on 6685 6878. The Lismore performance is scheduled for 11am on Wednesday April 9 at City

Hall. Entry is $2 and bookings can be made to 6622 0300. A morning tea will be provided from 10am. For any enquiries please phone Mandy Nolan on 6684 3443. The Shooting From the Hip Replacement Senior’s Week Project has been funded through DADHC and jointly funded by Lismore and Byron Council. NORPA has provided assistance as the auspice body for the funding and The Big Joke Comedy Festival has facilitated the training and the promotion.

Council bans kite surfing at Main Beach Byron Shire Council last week voted 7-0 on a notice of motion from Mayor Jan Barham to prohibit kite surďŹ ng at Byron Bay from The Pass to the swimming pool until it has a report on the suitability of the activity on public beaches and sought further submissions.

The interim ban follows on community concerns after a number of accidents and close calls involving kite surfers and swimmers. Cr Barham said concerns about the dangers of kite surďŹ ng had been raised over a number of years. ‘It’s important we gives this some consideration as there

have been accidents.’ During public access Wendy Boyd of the Stingray Ocean Swimmers – a local club which has up to 80 members on swims from The Pass to Main Beach – advised Councillors of ‘frequent incidents’ of swimmers being hit by a kite surďŹ ng board or wire.

Ms Boyd called for an ‘immediate no-go zone’ at populated beaches. The report to Council will consider public safety protocols on kite surfing from government agencies and other councils. Ms Boyd told Councillors that in Hawaii kite surfing areas were marked out with buoys.

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Further delays on YAC repair ByronYouth Service director Paul Spooner has lamented further delay in the refurbishment of the Youth Activities Centre at Byron Bay so it can achieve a Place of Public Enter tainment (POPE) licence. He told Councillors last Thursday that a staff report which set the opening of the YAC as an entertainment venue on November 30 this year meant ‘the facility will not have been opened for entertainment for nearly two years and it will have been nearly two and a half years since Council first allocated funding for it to be repaired. ‘I believe this is an unacceptable situation for the young people of our community. As the only dedicated youth entertainment facility in the Shire it has not received the priority it deserves.’ Mr Spooner also called on Council to ‘make a commitment to have the Byron Youth Activity Centre reopened prior to the end of the current term of Council (September 2008)’. He also asked for the Byron Youth Activities Centre Group established by Council in 2006 to’provide advice on

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Council searches for dog home Byron Shire Council is assisting the local group Companion Animals Welfare Incorporated (CAWI) in its search for land for an animal shelter. Council resolved last week to ‘note that the proposed site for the dog shelter at the front of Tyagarah Airfield is considered to be unsuitable’ and is now receiving a report on the suitability of a parcel of land owned by the RTA. CAWI founder Margaret Brown addressed Councillors during public access at last Thursday’s meeting. She said the operation of a dog shelter would enable the group, which has been saving animals since 2004, to apply for tax-deductible gift status. Ms Brown said Council would benefit from the construction of a dog shelter ‘by the saving in time and costs of Rangers, who at present relocate dogs after the mandatory seven days to neighbouring shire shelters that are already overburdened with unwanted dogs. We will also be assisting with the education of the public on responsible animal ownership.’ According to Ms Brown, the land for the dog shelter needs to be at least three hectares in size, and would house at least 20 kennels, ten

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Story & photo Eve Jeffery Pancake Day to pancake make-up, Mardi Gras (from the French ‘fat Tuesday’), has morphed from a religious festival into the expression of gay pride worldwide. Traditionally Mardi Gras was the final day of Carnival, the three day period preceding the beginning of Lent and immediately before Ash Wednesday, but today most people would associate Mardi Gras with a spectrum of colours, the rainbow flag the symbol of diversity and pride for gays and lesbians everywhere. As Sydney warmed up for the 30th birthday of the Mardi Gras on Saturday night, Brunswick Heads girls K T Hole and A Little Miss Jeevyas donned their lippy and stilettos and headed into town for a mini Mardi Gras of their own making. The two ladies along with a small band of playmates, set up a sound system outside Starfish in Mullumbimbi Street and over 100 spectators looked on in amazement as Miss Jeevyas mounted the back of a Holden ute and under the light from the zebra crossing, performed three dance numbers with impressive grace and style. The show was literally a

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traffic stopper as a group of teenage boys parked their car in the middle of the street and sat on the bonnet for a better view, the crowd roaring appreciation after Miss Jeevyas completed her finale. The girls are hoping to turn the performance into an annual event, possibly incorporating a small parade into the festivities, but the idea is based on more than just fun and fashion. The two are wanting to highlight the plight of gay and lesbian youth in country areas. ‘Well firstly we don’t think that Sydney should have all the fun,’ said Miss K T, ‘but we’d like to bring some awareness to country areas. It is believed that one of the top causes for youth suicide in regional areas is the fear of family and community reaction to coming out. Every time I hear of a single person, single car accident I

wonder if the driver was gay.’ The two believe that it is a lot harder to be gay in the country as the general population is a little more conservative about the issues of sexuality. ‘There has always been gender diversity.Throughout history from Socrates and Einstein to Anthony Callea,’ said Miss Jeevyas, ‘The sad thing is that there are still 58 laws that discriminate against gays and lesbians. We are not going to stop being who we are. It’s time we all grew up and accepted everyone.’ The pair hope to use the annual mini Mardi Gras as a platform to help promote groups like ACON, which is a community organisation promoting the health and wellbeing of a diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, and a leading agency in HIV/AIDS policy development, and

PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), a worldwide voluntary organisation whose members have a common goal of keeping families together and to support and give information to families and friends of all gay people. ‘Heterosexuality is not necessarily the norm, it’s just more common,’ said Miss Jeevyas. ‘Parents have to love their kids enough to love them for who they are.’ ‘We would love to see an annual Bruns Mini Mardi Gras, it is a positive project for all members of the community and we need something like this to show support for the gay and lesbian youth in the area,’ said Miss K T. For more information about gay and lesbian support networks visit www. acon.org.au or www.pflagaustralia.org.au.

Cate shows character in workshop Strong, believable characters make us care about the story that’s being told. And convincing dialogue is the link that connects us, the reader, to those characters. Writer and poet Cate Kennedy will explore these elements of story in Character and Dialogue, a writing workshop to be held on Saturday March 8. This work-

shop will look at ways of inventing convincing characters, developing and getting to know these ‘invisible friends’ and bringing them to life on the page through dialogue, narrative voice and point of view. The following day, Sunday March 9, Cate will present a short story masterclass, Sting in the Tail. This masterclass

will offer a small group of experienced short story writers the chance to probe this challenging genre and discover what makes a short story fly. For bookings call Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre on 6685 5115 or email susie@nrwc.org.au. Workshop $55/$70, masterclass $70/$90.

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Following last year’s successful event, local nonprofit organisation Byron Shire Early Intervention Service will once again be holding a Golf Day Fundraiser and are hoping to drum up local support to make this year’s event bigger and better. BSEIS, which provides much needed therapy, support and education for local children with disabilities and learning difficulties, are hop-

ing to raise funds to provide the children with additional therapy such as Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. Every additional hour of therapy given to these kids in the early years of their life gives them a better chance of leading a normal life within the community. The Fundraiser will be held on Sunday April 6 at Byron Bay Golf Club, 8.30 am for a Shot Gun Start.

Cost is $200 per team of 4 or $50 per person, individual entries are welcome. Any golfing fanatics interested in joining in the fun and enjoying a great day of golf, as well as helping a good cause, please register before March 28 by mailing your cheque and contact details, including your team name, to BSEIS, PO Box 1257, Byron Bay 2481. For more information call Zoe or Susan on 6685 3023.

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Goonengerry rocks: art for soil’s sake Story & photo Lou Beaumont At the corner of Mafeking Road and Federal Road in Goonengerry stands evidence of community and council collaboration. A large scale rock installation was borne of the need to excavate the site to control erosion at what is the headwaters of Byrangery Creek. Goonengerry residents Patrick Morrisey, artist Suvira McDonald and neighbour of the site Basil Cameron, together with Byron Shire Council, recognised the need for an aesthetic treatment of the erosion problem. Patrick went to Suvira with an idea to approach the site artistically who came up with the concept of the boulder installation. Together they approached Byron Shire Council, which promptly came on board. No money has exchanged hands between involved parties. Indeed a fellow Goonengerry resident, Steve Marshall, donated the boulders from his own property and loaded them onto Council trucks with his excavator. Of the site Suvira McDonald said, ‘Being the headwater of Byrangery Creek, a tributary of the Richmond River, this is a significant and sensitive site. We are paying

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tribute to that through this alignment of rocks.’ The site, adjacent to Basil Cameron’s property, was cleared of lantana while the intersection was being redesigned. Surrounding the rocks, the gully will be landscaped with plants appropriate to the region. Currently the area is covered with a large weed mat provided by Council and a ‘Sorry’ message laid down in rocks by the Goonengerry trio on Sorry Day.

Patrick Morrisey told The Echo, ‘We really want to thank Byron Shire Council’s engineering staff for all their help and cooperation, the equipment, the weed matting, and just their support all the way through.’ The success of the Goonengerry gully collaboration has inspired the residents to look into further aesthetic development of the intersection. Specifically, sights are set on a crest of land alongside the gully that was cre-

ated when existing property was dissected by the new road. The newly formed area has attracted attention among locals as a potential site for a park or other community area. Basil Cameron said, ‘Of course it would be subject to the landowner’s wishes, council support and other factors but it would be wonderful to see that patch of land become something special for everyone to use.’

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The Northern Rivers Hang Gliding & Paragliding Club intends to celebrate International Womens Day in combination with the up and coming Relay For Life Cancer Council fund raising project by offering 12 local women a free day introduction to paragliding and hanggliding on Saturday March 8. The paragliding training will be provided by local school Poliglide and the hanggliding training by Byron Airwaves and Flight Zone. The instructors will be assisted by the female members of the Northern Rivers

Hang Gliding & Paragliding Club. ‘Our Club already boasts the best female to male ratio in Australia, including the youngest ever female pilot, 14 year old Angeline Polidano, the first and only female paramotor pilot Jan Smith and highly ranked pilot Sonja Hans,’ says the club’s press release. ‘Members of the Club have just returned from the Manilla (Tamworth) Xc Open, a three stage international competition where 26 countries were represented, with approximately 100 competitors. Our locals

brought home a record four prizes, including Jan Smith who took third place in the women’s category. ‘This training day offers women in the area the opportunity to meet other female pilots, to become familiar with the aircraft we fly, as well as hands on training that will enable you to get the feel of this amazing sport. To register for one of the 12 places call Jan Smith on 0410 314 673 or 6686 5271. ‘The Club has a team participating in the upcoming Relay for Life, Cancer Council fund raising event on the March 29. Cancer

has affected the lives of some of our members and their families and we would like to accept donations from all the participants in the training day to go towards our contribution. We wish to encourage other sporting organisations to register and attend the Relay for Life. We have designed some simple relay events for the evening that demonstrate our aircraft and offer basic skills for participants.’ For further information on the Relay for Life which is to be held at Mullumbimby Leagues Club contact Gill Lomath on 6684 6328.

Mayor responds to blast from BU Byron Shire Mayor Jan Barham has responded to an attck on Council by local business group Byron United. Last week the group issued a press release saying, ’Byron United is tired of excuses and wants to know when the Byron Shire Council is going to step up and get something in done in Byron Bay. ’It is now nearly three years since the [Lighthouse Road] walkway was washed away and we appear no closer to having it repaired than we did back then. Three bridges can get built across the Brunswick River but we can’t get a walkway fixed for the community to safely exercise on and to alleviate the traffic problems getting to and from Watego’s. ’Mayor Jan Barham leads a Council of inaction and negativity according to Byron United and they lack

the will to create the necessary infrastructure to meet the community’s needs.’ Byron United president Ed Ahern said ‘We are desperate for a bypass to improve traffic conditions, our public library is a disgrace, public toilets are sub-standard, we are screaming out for adequate and safe bike tracks, our parks and public spaces are unkempt and unsafe at night and the community’s calls for something to be done are being ignored.’ In response Cr Barham said in a press release, ‘It’s very easy to criticise any local government – there will always be a number of projects or works outstanding for longer than anyone would like and attempts to explain the realities are always labelled excuses. ‘It’s disappointing but not unexpected to see a pre-

election position by some business interests and that Byron United has chosen to be so negative toward Council. There has been ample explanation by Council regarding some of the issues raised, eg Lighthouse Road and the bypass being beyond Council control and requiring state government input, expenditure and approval. ‘It seems it’s easy to overlook significant achievements. Council has undertaken major works and expense in Byron Bay, eg roadworks, Lawson Street carpark, roundabouts, Railway Park upgrade, West Byron Sewerage Treatment

Plant, Recreation Grounds upgrade and Byron Street landscaping and developed a Community Safety Plan, refocussed NYE, employed additional youth workers and an Economic Development Officer etc yet there hasn’t been any positive recognition by Byron United. ‘All local government faces ongoing difficulties with the state government assuming control over planning and crown lands and cost shifting many responsibilities. ‘I can only hope that the community appreciates the difficulties that Council faces in meeting the needs of the whole community.’

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Letting down our youth There are many things which Byron Shire Council has left undone but the most disappointing, and one of the most urgent, is the repairs to the Youth Activities Centre (YAC) so it can be used as a place of public entertainment (POPE). The delay is not the will of the majority of Councillors. Mayor Jan Barham has been a staunch supporter of youth activities and in August 2006 (2006!) Councillors resolved to allocate $111,000 to upgrade the YAC. It seems an easy enough job. As Byron Youth Service director Paul Spooner said at last Thursday’s Council meeting, ‘This is not a Lighthouse Road project. This is not a Helen Street footbridge. Basically, this is a big shed that needs some repairs!’ However a staff report tabled at the same meeting reckoned the building could not be repaired and opened until November 2008, two months after the Council election. Council’s own development application and POPE licence application weren’t lodged with the planning department until December 2007. It must be a long walk from one desk to another. That a report on the ďŹ nance/ resource implications on a public building the public is funding was kept conďŹ dential from the agenda papers is ludicrous. Getting a POPE licence is more complicated than whacking up a shed in your backyard but the process should not take two years from the initial resolution. It is bureaucracy gone mad. The refurbishment of the Mullumbimby civic hall, a much bigger job, is expected to be ďŹ nished on time at the end of April after only six months’ work. In the meantime the youth of the Shire are left without an alcohol-free venue for entertainment. During the last two years the two Council directors responsible for the YAC project have resigned. Now two new directors – Mark Arnold of governance and community services and Phillip Holloway of asset management services – have an ideal opportunity to prove their mettle. In addition, Council has appointed two new youth development ofďŹ cers who should be keen to urge their colleagues on. Parents nagged by teenagers with nothing to do would also feel justiďŹ ed in giving Mark and Phillip a call. Councillors also want to encourage some action, voting last week to ‘receive a report at the 27 March 2008 Ordinary Meeting to provide opportunities to stage and fast track the YAC facility renovations and to clarify the status of the current leased/licensed area.’ Let’s not keep the youth of the Shire waiting any longer.

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nternational Women’s Day (IWD) on Saturday March 8 celebrates 100 years of action in the ďŹ ght for equality. And given the starting point, it’s easy to look at the advances of the women’s movement in the past 100 years and believe that women have made a monumentous leap forward. However, statistics quoted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last week at the 52nd Commission on the Status of Women confirm that the underbelly of misogyny and discrimination is still alive and well in cultures throughout the world. Women’s Resource Centre Caseworker, Kassa Bird, who is organising a debate for IWD on the topic ‘Nothing much has changed for women in 100 years’, agrees. ‘Even in my own lifetime, a lot has changed,’ says Kassa. ‘But if we look at global realities for all women then we have to question which women’s realities have changed. Even within societies like Australia we could say that middle class and upper class women have a lot more opportunities like education and career but perhaps not a great deal has changed for immigrant or working class women or Aboriginal women, who only got the vote 40 years ago.’ While middle class and upper class women may have beneďŹ ted from more opportunities, even in 2008, one in three of them will be the victims of sexual or physical violence (it’s still the leading cause of death or disability for women aged between 15 and 44); they will still earn on average at least 10% less than their male counterparts (the same gender pay gap as 30 years ago); they will still be under-represented in executive positions and on

boards in the business sector (fewer than 10% of board positions or senior executive jobs are occupied by women); and they are more likely to be dependent on welfare or live at the economic margin or in actual poverty, simply because they are female. ‘Yes, we’ve got jobs and yes, we’ve got education and yes, we’re able to do all sorts of things,’ says Kassa, ‘but we still have to look good, we still have to keep the house clean, we still have to raise the children‌ the pressure to be perfect is greater [and] the punishment of women for all sorts of ills in society is still really dominant.’ A prime example of this is domestic violence where women are often blamed for somehow ‘provoking’ an

‘The pressure to be perfect is greater [and] the punishment of women for all sorts of ills in society is still really dominant.’ by Jann Gilbert attack (which in some cases kills them) or, as a recent SMH article revealed, they may be charged with assault for defending themselves. Rape trials are another example, where the defence is able to parade a woman’s sexual history as an indication of the likelihood of her ‘consent’ while the prosecution can make no mention of the defendant’s priors. National estimates put the cost of domestic violence at more than $8 billion, WHO statistics report that 80% of the 50 million people affected by violent conicts, civil wars, disasters and displacement are women and children, and other worldwide statistics ‘paint a horrifying picture of the social and health consequences of

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possible discussion of equality the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission was on the receiving end of a walloping 40% budget cut, and the human rights branch in the Attorney-General’s department had its staff cut from 21 to ďŹ ve. As a consolation prize however, women got the baby bonus. The Rudd government hasn’t exactly got off to a ying start either with the appointment of one woman to a 10-person steering committee for the Federal Government’s 2020 summit. Nothing against Cate Blanchett but she’s hardly representative of your average working woman. While some progress might have been made, many of the services or conditions needed by women to participate equally in society, such as education, childcare and childfriendly workplaces, exible employment, and equal pay, conditions and employment opportunities, remain nothing more than ideals. And, in or out of the home, women still do not have personal security. Perhaps the only way to ensure that the next 100 years is not peppered with the same forward-back, forward-back motion of women’s rights, and similar or worse statistics, is to reignite the feminist ame. Women have done themselves no favours by dropping the ball or their standards. Whatever the neo-conservatives might say, there is a dire need for women and men to put equality back on the agenda. Rather than the social chaos detractors predict, it is the only way to ensure that future generations of women will know true equality as a right not a ďŹ ght.

Howard succeeded in stymying any voice for women in the federal bureaucracy. The OfďŹ ce of the Status of Women had its staff and budget cut, and the government appointed a woman to its top position who had little or no credibility. The Sex Discrimination Commissioner resigned following Howard’s accusations that she was ‘a Labor stooge’ and the position remained vacant for 14 months.TheWomen’s Bureau in the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, and the Women’s Statistics Unit in the Australian Bureau of Statistics were abolished, and the government made a serious attempt to wind up the AfďŹ rmative Action Agency. To minimise any other Q Mungo is on holiday.

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violence against women’. As Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi so keenly observed in Backlash, for every forward step women make in the quest for real equality there is a backlash that seeks to undermine the advances or limit any further progress.This is done primarily with myths of infertility epidemics, man shortages or a loss of ‘femininity’ – just the sort of thing that should bother a stereotypical woman in patriarchal culture – and by blaming feminism for women’s stillunhappy lot. Unfortunately everything Faludi wrote in 1992 still holds true today. Under the Howard government Australia experienced its own backlash. In his ďŹ rst year as prime minister,

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Eye on the ball Splendour may have withdrawn its DA, though Council is still in the process of deciding whetherYelgun and Tyagarah can become festival sites. Now is deďŹ nitely not the time for those concerned to take their eyes off the ball. As part of the preparation of its Local Environmental Plan (LEP), Council is now making decisions to allow Belongil Fields (and possibly adjoining properties) to be developed for housing, thereby excluding it as a caravan park and a music festival venue. At the same time they are deciding what parts of our wildlife corridors will be protected and what activities will be allowed in them, including at Yelgun. Also they are determining whether activities, such as major festivals, will be allowable activities at Yelgun, Tyagarah and other sites in the Shire. Councillors will be making their decisions on such issues over the next few weeks. Theoretically the community will get a chance to comment when the draft LEP is exhibited for public comment, though it is unlikely that Council will accept any substantive changes as this will require the LEP process to be restarted. The only way the community will get a real say is if Council prepares the Growth Management Strategy required by the Far North Coast Regional Strategy. The Strategy is meant to address urban and rural settlement as well as commercial, retail, industrial and tourism development (presumably including festival sites), with explicit ten year staging programs and identification of infrastructure requirements. Unless people speak out now and demand Council prepares and exhibits a Growth Management Strategy they may soon find something they don’t like in their back yards. Dailan Pugh

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The religion of economics If I don’t know much about economics, I seem to be in good company when it comes to inflation and interest rates. A few months ago Alan Kohler, the likeable expert who delivers the ABC ďŹ nancial news, expressed wonder that although petrol prices had spiked there had been no increase in other prices as a result. But if we spend more on petrol we are obviously going to have less left to spend on other items, right? According to conventional theory there should therefore in fact have been a downward pressure on other prices due to the reduced demand. What Mr Kohler was getting at, without saying it (and perhaps even without realising it) was that increased petrol prices increase costs to business and therefore increase the price these businesses need to charge in order to survive. This observation brings us to the fundamental aw in conventional thinking about ination: it is not excess demand alone which drives prices up, meaning that putting interest rates up so that there is less money around may not always be appropriate. It seems to me that in the current climate it isn’t only petrol which is driving up costs, but also the huge increase in other prices resulting from the drought and the resources boom. Increased retail prices affect

not only local manufacture, but drive up the price which China must charge for the shoddy junk it makes out of those resources and sends back to us (a process I call ‘Mao Tse Tung’s revenge’). If I’m right about those premises then it’s not only the aspirational mortgage belt that suffers from interest rate hikes but also local manufacturers and importers; their margins will shrink because of the reduced amount of money available for their products. Now in a market economy what’s ‘good’ and what’s ‘bad’ is supposed to be determined by the forces of supply and demand. If the result of these forces is ination, then ination should be ‘good’, shouldn’t it? And once the ‘excess’ money around has been absorbed by inflated prices, then things should quickly return to normal. I can understand the situation that existed in Germany in the 1920s where you would willingly pay a wheelbarrow full of bank notes for a loaf of bread because you feared that tomorrow it would cost two wheelbarrows; who needs it. But what is the basis for deciding that once an arbitrary ďŹ gure of around 4%pa has been reached it’s time to press the panic button? More importantly, who decides what prices are included and excluded in the calculation of the ination

rate? There is no media alarm when land prices and share prices go up; indeed they praise it, disguising this gross inconsistency by referring to ‘value’ instead of ‘prices’. The day you see a market crash reported in your favourite newspaper with the headline ‘Shares and land now more affordable’, you’ll know that you’ve died and entered a parallel universe. Economics resembles more a religion than a discipline, let alone a science, and I’m reminded of the ancient Confucian saying I invented a few years ago: ‘Things which look, smell and sound like bullshit unlikely to be lotus blossom.’ My reason for commenting locally is that we have in this shire one Mungo McCallum, devoted Labor Party fancier who may be in a position to pass on my puny thoughts to the beloved Kev. It would be nice if the latter decided that being an ‘economic conservative’ does not bind him to the usual economic correctness and the unchallenged assumptions that go with it. Besides I’m sure Mungo would love to put me forward as one of the 1000 visionaries to attend Kev’s upcoming Canberra Crapon. What would be the point in sending 1000 people who agree with each other?

to strengthen the capacity for change in all areas of society, by linking up, supporting and providing empowering learning opportunities for local leaders. The Ethos Climate Change Leaders Network is coordinated from Byron Shire. It has networking hubs here in the Northern Rivers and the Coffs Harbour/Bellingen region in NSW, and in Queensland on the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast hinterland. Ethos maintains close connections with a number of Brisbane organisations with a similar mission. The development of youth leadership for sustainability is an important objective of the Ethos Foundation. We have a policy of seeking sponsors for youth scholarships to many of our learning programs. Ethos is now researching the possibility of offering internships to young people who are interested in developing the leadership, organising, facilitation, and communication skills needed to help bring about a transition to a more sustainable future. In order to assess the need for such an internship program and identify the kinds of hands-on learning experi-

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action from the same local member some years ago on the issue of a new hospital for our Shire. Given the less than forthcoming position of the rabble down in Sydney one would have thought a local member of the same political persuasion might have had a go at getting a few back door snippets of useful information. After some very muddled communication the ball was thrown back in my lap with – yes you’ve guessed it – ‘It’s a state government matter.’ To say I was speechless is the most polite spin I can put on it. Regular performance assessment for local members anyone? Hugh Ermacora

Koonyum Range Q There’s no denying that in heavily populated areas, trains make perfectly good sense as a means of transporting people and goods about. In small country towns, however, private transport appears to be the only realistic option both in terms of convenience and cost. One hundred and fifty million dollars could lay an awful lot of new bike track down (or build a decent

homeless shelter in nearly every town in NSW) and with the ready availability of light electric bikes and carts, they certainly seem much more environmentally friendly than large diesel trains. The rail corridor is not going to see trains back on it so why is everyone wasting so much time and energy, hassling pollies for reneging on election promises they were never going to keep in the first place (like that’s something new)? Plus it’s not as though a train track can’t be relaid in the future if the population ever warrants it. But I’m not so sure we’d want to accommodate so many people that the Shire becomes the thriving metropolis that would justify a train service. There are many downsides to reinstating a train service in the Northern Rivers. Bangalow for instance would be divided once again by a fence they fought so hard to stop. A large unsightly walkway would have to be built which would spoil the ambience of the pleasant historic village. The chances of ever getting the desperately needed bypass between the north and south of Byron would be reduced to virtually nil. Without an overpass or

underpass built at the current crossing, mass chaos will ensue during peak holiday times. If a freight train line was to be built between Brisbane and Sydney somewhere, it should go out west away from the more populated coast. Just imagine what one of those ten-minute freight-

ers would do to an already gridlocked town. We don’t have the population figures of most northern hemisphere countries, and we have much greater distances to cover. I’m no fan of those big b-double trucks, but in general, those professional drivers are far more courteous and safer to be

around than many other road users. Plus, anyone who ever tried biking between Bangalow and Byron knows how much you are putting your life at risk, whichever route you take. I can only imagine a similar scenario for Mullum and Ewingsdale cyclists as well.

Council failed to win our hearts and minds Q Your cover story re the purchase of the Telstra site in Mullumbimby by Council for $461,000 may have filled the hearts and minds of the Mullum locals with delight but it filled us with consternation about Council’s use of ratepayers’ money (to buy popularity and approval perhaps?). Our situation in the north of the Shire is dire, more so after the rains of the last eight weeks. Where is Council’s duty of care to us? The streets of South Golden Beach are a disgrace and a danger, especially Robin and Peter Streets. They’re way beyond rescuing by the tar ‘ploppers’ now – they need

a proper resurfacing. The open channels – loosely called drains – are overgrown with weeds and filled with rank water that is a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Whatever happened to the promised pump that was supposed to take this water away? And it takes very little rain for Redgate Road, the main access into South Golden Beach, to reduce to one lane in a couple of places because of the appalling drainage. It’s feeling increasingly as though we’re living in the backblocks of Goa or Kerala, with no-one in authority prepared to act. Despite the best efforts of

our active and energetic Progress Association and Floodplain Management Committee, Byron Council has already given in to Tweed Council and the cane farmers about widening the bund so they can add their flood water to ours; and Council is apparently still flirting with the notion of inflicting the Splendour in the Grass festival site on residents up this end of the Shire with all the problems your readers are only too aware of. It fills us with despair. As Julie Boyd of Sustainable Villages Alliance said in her excellent comprehensive letter in your last edition: ‘There is a strong ground-

swell of dissatisfaction in five it is still congested at communities... Listen to the 9am, when all of us other drudges are trying to get to people.’ Jill Lennon and work. Please, Jan, if you are Gwen Bloomfield so ‘green’, could you respond South Golden Beach and advise as to what is being done about this issue, as Q Look, don’t get me wrong, these gridlock emissions are it’s fantastic that Byron Shire certainly not good for the Council has just spent half a environment nor my inner million bucks on some land peace! Now that Becton has for the community in Mul- the go-ahead and Byron is lum, but what is happening becoming ever more popuabout the bypass in Byron? lar, this situation will only get I’ve put up with the traffic worse. Maybe one of those jams for ten years and would green arrow, red cross thingys love to know if anything is for when there is no traffic happening at all to alleviate heading the other way could the traffic going in to town be a start! I know, I know, most days (every day in peak traffic lights shock horror!! season)? It is now nearly Trish Cunningham March and three days out of Byron Bay

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Hitchhiker blues To the two hitchhikers I picked up at the Middle Pocket turnoff on 23/2/08 around 3.30pm. It was a very hot afternoon and out of compassion (not to mention the fact that you, the female, stood almost in the middle of the road and you, the male, was behind a tree and only appeared after I had stopped) I decided to give you both a lift, and as it was my local road I trusted in your integrity. I was feeling uncomfortable with the way you put your arm behind your girlfriend’s back (not around her shoulders as a loving boyfriend would do) as I knew my purse was in the back. You took advantage of the fact that I had to keep my eye on the road while your girlfriend (accomplice?) made chitchat. You obviously managed to reach it and take it from my bag. Because of your scumbag

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Letters behaviour I will be reluctant to pick up anyone again, especially teenagers. I hope you and your peers get this. Everything you do has consequences. You could make retribution by returning my purse with the important cards, ie driver’s licence and various others.You can leave it at the Billinudgel Post Office, Box No 315 and no questions asked. I will be reporting this to the police and giving them a description of you both. Chantni Da Silva

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Loving waters I believe that the waters of the world are pouring upon us, here, in this blessed pocket of the world. So that we can love the rain and therefore imbue the rain with love, and as that water flows into the oceans and spreads around the world the love goes with it.

Are we being tested, here in the Shire, to prove our spiritual natures and love the water, no matter how frustrating, at times, it may seem?! Water gives us LIFE – and LOVE can change the world. If only we can spread it around” !!

ron is the writer’s conscious intention. It’s a contradiction for effect, usually poetic, dramatic, rhetorical and so on. As Melissa Flowers clearly wasn’t aware that ‘objective opinion’ is a CIT she could not have been creating an oxymoron. Simple. And no need for your parting criticism.

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In the interests of balance, for which The Echo is renowned, you ran both sides of the argument in the great oxymoron debate (Letters, February 26). Unfortunately, this only creates further confusion. At the risk of labouring the point: all oxymorons are contradictions in terms but not all CITs are oxymorons. All tigers are cats, not all cats are tigers. What defines an oxymo-

Re the very important topic of John Campbell’s movie reviews. Sometimes, when reading the letter pages, a letter comes along which stumps me: I don’t know whether the writer is being serious, or not. This was the case with Melissa Flowers’ letter the other week: for a while there, I couldn’t tell whether Melissa was writing in jest, or genuinely having a go at John Campbell.

tory. What more could we ask of a film reviewer? I do not want beige and ‘correct’ movie reviewing, I want to continue reading John’s informed and informative (and frequently humorous) opinions on the offerings of modern cinema.

To my horror I realised that Melissa was serious. That her opinion really is that John Campbell is a dreadful movie reviewer. Well, I’m writing to disagree. I don’t think that John rants, and I don’t think his reviews reveal a love affair with his own cleverness. If by that statement Melissa means that John’s enjoyment of writing and playing with words is at the expense of his heart and what he feels about a film, then again I must protest. I find his opinions are, to use a phrase that Byronites might well understand, full of ‘emotional intelligence’. Further, I argue that John’s qualifications as a reviewer are not ‘non-existent’ but, on the contrary, impressive, because it’s obvious he has a strong interest in and care for the art of filmmaking, combined with a good knowledge of cinematic his-

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Suffolk Park Q We have had letters pro and con John Campbell’s reviewing. This topic is now closed – Ed

Café success It is with great pleasure I announce that the Byron Bay Community and Cultural Centre has now purchased a new multicore lead

which has greatly improved the quality of the sound in the theatre. This was due to the great success of World Music Café and the response from the communtity. A big thank you to all the musicians who gave so freely of their talents and to the production team, Greg Courtney, sound engineer, Sandesh, lighting engineer, Ken Ford and all volunteers who generously give time to the Centre, without whom we would not have had an exceptional show. We look forward to many more nights of great performances at future World Music Café events. Radha Koch

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Q Letters received from Michael Scanes, Byron Bay, Terry Hudson, Byron Bay, Alok O’Brien, Mullumbimby, Chris Abraham, Mullumbimby, Luke Lovatt, no address, Gary Opit,Wooyung, Gareth W R Smith, Byron Bay, Paul Brecht, Mullumbimby, D T Joyce, Mullumbimby. Letters about Woolworths overleaf.

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Juggernauts, cheap goods and local shopping Q ‘You can’t stopWoolworths, be realistic’ is an attitude I have encountered in our community, and everyone’s perception is equally valid. However, I wonder what it is in our psyche that accepts this as a fait accompli? The Woolworths juggernaut is indeed big and powerful and earns a profit of some $5m per day (net profit after tax up by 28.6%: ABC Lateline 26.2.08). Furthermore, our State Minister for Planning, Frank Sartor approved the DA – one of the reasons being that it is in line with Mullumbimby becoming a ‘major town’ as per the Draft Far North Coast Regional Strategy which he wrote. As far as power structures go, the Sartor/Woolworths combination is intimidating – yet is this what we really want in our community? Do we want

to become a similar link in the Tweed Coast/Ballina/Lismore homogeneity? Is passive acquiescence the way to go, or can we retain Mullumbimby as a model of unique, sustainable and innovative creativity? What do we have here that’s so special? Well, The Echo is one of the most independent and different newspapers in the world, we have unique and ecofriendly businesses like Santos, compost toilets, innovations such as the We-Moon washable women’s pads and many more. In fact, I am collating a register of sustainable businesses; please call me on 6684 3723 with details. We welcome useful information for our campaign to stop Woolworths and create a model of sustainability here in Mullumbimby. Please visit our street stall outside Santos

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most afternoons and volunteers are needed to help run it. If there is anywhere in the world that creates a viable vibrant alternative to the one-size-fits-all Woolworths, we can do it. We’ve had one win against Woolworths’ acquisition of the Telstra site, and we can do it again! As Margaret Mead said, ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.’ Deborah Lilly

Mullumbimby Q I write to support the argument put forward by Richard Kidby in support of Woolworths (Letters, February 26). It astounds me to have been inundated with such a spate of uninformed opinion. Much of it emanating from the very people who would have most to benefit from such a happening. It is a sign that Mullumbimby has become of age. We should take pride in the fact such a successful highly respected Australian organisation should elect to establish here. They should be welcomed with open arms – and not looked upon as a pariah dedicated to destruction of our life style. Many people across our

nation are prepared to drive miles just to shop at ‘Woolies’ and there are a great many of us Mullumbimbians prepared to take a weekly horror trek to Byron Bay for the privilege. Certainly it will bring some change to our village, but the only thing one can be sure of in life is ‘change’ and those opposed to it should wake up and gear themselves to live with the times. C’est la vie.

shopping centre was placed at the end of or in your quiet residential street, where children play cricket, football, ride their bikes and scooters, hang in the tree house, the one of many trees that will be ripped up all in the name of progress (try explaining that one to the kids). So not every protest is just about business – it’s about protecting our children, our Bill Shirley environment and our lifeMullumbimby styles that so many of us chose to live in MulQ I’m getting a little fed up lumbimby for. reading letters from people in Tracey Hamilton support of Mallams and how Mullumbimby sorry we should feel because they have been forced to sell Q If only Stewart Fox were up. Maybe some considera- around to give us one of those tion should be for the Mul- wonderful images that would lumbimby residents that face show us with shocking clarity the same reality of being what that Woolies supermarforced to sell their family ket will actually look like in homes, unless they are pre- Mullumbimby. All those pared to live among the beautiful old houses and garincreased noise, pollution and dens lovingly tended by their traffic, delivery trucks coming owners will be assaulted day and going at all hours, kids and night by the imposition using the car park for their of this ugly metal box, blaring new hangout late at night, the lights 24 hours a day… with view from the loungeroom, enough bitumen to ensure a the litter and not to mention super increase in temperathe disturbance and mess tures. Imagine the blasts of from the building process. hot air created by that? Not to mention the conSo for anyone who thinks that we protesters have no stant nerve grinding noise of valid reason I would like to it all? And the structure will see how you would feel if a block any remaining breezes whopping great ugly concrete from the coast that just might

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have squeezed into town past the Council chambers. Another horrible thought comes to me… what’s to become of the present Mallams space? Will we get yet another increase of square metreage devoted to a pandemonium of cheap Chinese goods? Imagine this. If we took every Chinese good out of every shop along Burringbar Street and piled them in the road; what would be left in the shops? Now that’d make some good reality TV. Trude Helm

Byron Bay Q Has the community ever talked about and tried to collectively create a Mullumbimby farmer’s market? If not, how about it? The site could be within spitting distance of the proposed Woolworths site, or in the train station park where we held last year’s ‘New City Rd and Surrounds Street Party’. We adore Mullum but it’s quite challenging to find affordable, good quality produce. Mullum Farmer’s Market would solve this pickle and provide another opportunity to bring the community together. Jake Whitfield, Marissa Treichel and Pearl Whitfield

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(BYS) is just one of a number of community organisations that have been on the receiving end of the grants program. NRCF grants have provided the seed funding for a high-level computer/graphics access point for young people at the YAC (Studio 1), and a new PA for the ‘Riff’ alternative education music program. In both projects, NRCF funding was critical to purchasing equipment. While the funding is a godsend, Director of BYS Paul Spooner feels that it’s the community aspect of the Foundation that adds an extra dimension. ‘It’s not just about the money, it’s actually about the relationships with the board members,’ says Paul. ‘Christopher Dean, the Chair of the Foundation, was at the launch of Studio 1 and met some of the young people so he got to know some of the issues that they’re confronted with. Marg Robertson, another board member, was here when we used the PA for the first time and she was able to talk to young people. The difference with a large funding body, say, the government, is that you don’t have that sort of connection. The Foundation fills a need, where small projects can get off the ground, because of their local involvement.’ Spaghetti Circus, another grant recipient, has also benefited from its relationship with the Foundation. The grant has helped with Circus plans to turn its ‘back shed’ into a performance area so that, in future, gala shows can be held there. This allows management to spend funds on infrastructure rather than the incredibly expensive hire of a big top and its related costs or continual DAs. Tanya Burkhardt, Communications & Funding Coordinator with the Circus says, ‘The Foundation has provided funding for the initial bank of seating, which seats about 40 to 50 people.

Our vision is to have four or five banks of seating. The idea is that they’re movable, we can bolt them in and out. Our major show this year is Super Heroes and we’re going to do it in this space.’ At present the back shed is used as an advanced class training area, which is also beneficial when it comes to transforming it into a performance space because, for the performers, it’s familiar territory. Where they train is where they will perform. Tanya also highlighted the relationship factor with NRCF board members as an added bonus. ‘I’ve really enjoyed what they’ve provided,’ says Tanya. ‘It’s not just about “Here’s your money, what’s the outcome?”. They actually met with us and wanted to know more about the organisation. John Callanan has been fantastic in terms of mentoring. It’s been great just to know that there are people you can call on for advice. It’s not just about the dollars, as an organisation grows you need that sort of support to guide you.’ Another of the many community organisations to benefit from the NRCF grants program is the Byron Homeless and Community Breakfast, which was saved the agony of dipping into its meagre funds in order to continue the breakfast. Subsequent to losing the community markets funding source, organiser Gwen Gould watched the little the Community Breakfast had in reserve dwindling even further. When she saw the NRCF’s call for small grant applications Gwen took what she thought was a long shot and applied for a grant. ‘Even though we have funding to cover the food we still need to buy equipment, urns and other stuff,’ says Gwen. ‘And then when Auntie Jude died we put on a special spread in the park. So we’ve always tried to keep a bit of money aside to do things for them when something special comes up. We

also wanted to be able to cover the costs of a Mental Health First Aid training course for our volunteers because we’re dealing with some very unstable people at the breakfast. We didn’t really expect to get it, and lo and behold, we got the grant.’ Gwen started the homeless breakfast over three years ago as part of the Community Centre’s emergency relief program. The breakfast is important not only because of its ability to feed a large number of homeless and marginalised people at a very modest cost but also because it has become an access point for a range of community health and welfare workers to maintain contact with these people. ‘We have a lot of different services come in,’ says Gwen. ‘It’s become a bridge for the whole community.’ Building bridges is exactly what NRCF is hoping to do: between donors, recipients, the Foundation and the whole community, and they appear to be succeeding. It’s clear when talking to people from the many organisations that have benefited from NRCF funding that it’s the relationship rather than the dollars that ultimately counts. ‘The real strength of the Foundation is in connecting with its local community,’ says Paul Spooner. ‘Being able to provide some seed funding so we can then go to other people and say, “Well, these people think it’s worthwhile, how about you come on board?”.’ So how about it? For all of you folk out there who might feel the need to help, or have itchy fingers and a cheque book, surely, there can’t be any better place to invest your money than in your own community. Q For grant information, to make a donation or for general enquiries contact NRCF on 6621 9996 or visit the website www.nrcf.org.au.

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Out to create resilient communities Kali Wendorf When Mullumbimby residents discovered their town was soon to boast a new Woolworths supermarket, they found themselves suddenly thrust into the challenge of our time: how to sustain a healthy community in the face of looming crises like peak oil, climate change, food security, water scarcity and the often predatory practices of huge global corporations. The times we live in call us to ask this question of all such development proposals: will it contribute to the strength and resilience of our community? The aggressive pricing strategies of large corporate supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths force other local businesses to the wall. They also undermine the economic viability of small farmers by driving their margins down. When a community loses its locallyowned businesses and local family farmers its vulnerability to external crises is greatly increased. In an age of steadily rising energy costs and the threat of climate change related disruption, no community can afford to leave itself open to such risk. What capacity for self-reliance and reduced reliance on oil will remain

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for communities whose local economy has been gutted by corporations driven only by the goal of maximising profits? With steadily rising energy prices and the even greater threat of global warming, how smart is it to be dependent for our basic food supplies on supermarkets that transport food thousands of kilometres from the farm to the consumer? How much more sensible it would be to rebuild our capacity to feed ourselves from the bountiful resources of our own region. Along with peak oil and climate change, a new threat is emerging. According to experts, a global food catastrophe that will reach further

and be more crippling than anything the world has ever seen is soon approaching. Record oil prices, increased demand for biofuel crops, and the growing middle class in China and India demanding a Western-style diet with more meat and more processed food means food prices are rising steadily. ‘If you combine the increase of the oil prices and the increase of food prices then you have the elements of a very serious [social] crisis in the future,’ said Jacques Diouf, head of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation, recently. Reviving and protecting local food economies reduces our reliance on transported food (and therefore oil), but also protects jobs and increases the community’s capacity to be self-supportive. Self-reliance means that a community can boost its immunity against global changes, and better respond to the local demand. The Ethos Foundation and Kindred magazine are hosting an evening of conversation about our local food system and how we can create a more resilient community through community gardens, community suppor ted agriculture (CSAs), farmers markets

and of course growing more of our own food. Our special guest is Roberto Perez, Cuban per maculture designer and local food activist. Roberto is best known for his role in the inspiring film, The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. In dialogue with Roberto we bring, from the front lines of local production for local consumption, Robert Pekin, director of Food Connect – one of the world’s largest CSAs, Russ Grayson from Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network, and Sue Haynes, local farmer and organiser of the Byron Farmers Market. ‘Think Global: Eat Local – in conversation with Roberto Perez’ will be at the Byron Bay Community Centre on Wednesday, March 12. The main part of the evening will open with a screening of the new Australian short film Think Global: Eat Local – Diet for a Sustainable Society. An optional screening of The Power of Community is also scheduled prior to the event at 5.30pm. Tickets are on sale at Santos, or online at www.kindredmagazine.com.au. For more information call 6684 4353.

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Wal-Mart in Woolies clothing: the tactics of expansion David Maslow An article last month (The Echo, February 19) mentioned how Woolworths appears to be patterning its operating procedures on America’s infamous WalMart retail giant. I have just returned from spending many years in the US as a property analyst. My work included shopping centres that contained a Wal-Mart, particularly in the southeast of the country. There, antiunion labour laws and few development controls have allowed Wal-Mart to run rampant. Guy Rundle, quoted in last month’s article, accurately described the bleak landscape in South Carolina. In conventional economic terms, Woolworths Limited,

an independent company, is one of Australia’s, and shareholders’, great success stories. Woolworths is still primarily a supermarket, with 86% of its 2007 revenue coming from the supermarket division. But its growing reach into electronics, liquor, petrol, variety stores (Big W), plus the opening of new buying offices in India and China, suggest they may be viewing the market dominating tactics of Wal-Mart as a model. That trend makes sense, because Wal-Mart is the world’s largest and arguably most successful corporation. Four of the ten richest Americans are heirs of Sam Walton. Wal-Mar t combines supermarket and general merchandise sales, including A Wal-Mart Supercenter in Madison Heights, Michigan, USA.

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pharmacy, appliances, clothing, tyres and electronics under one roof. The typical store, without a food market, is just over two acres in size, but the latest model superstores that include food, cover over four acres. WalMart’s success as the world’s number one retailer is based on high-tech inventory control, driving out competition, and scandalous labour practices, keeping costs to a minimum. In many small towns across America, they are often the only store left standing. In such instances they may become the only commercial employer in the town. Along this path to corporate Nirvana, Wal-Mart is known for its union-busting, small town local retailing destruction and the poverty and despair that lie in its wake. This is the situation I saw in the mid-1990s in Eastern Tennessee, a rural area between Chattanooga and Knoxville. The once charming commercial centre of Madisonville was completely boarded up. Except for a couple of law offices, not one retail store was open. A cou-

ple of kilometres away was a Wal-Mart, in a small centre that also contained a couple of fast food joints. A local realtor said that the housing market had dried up and people were leaving because there were no jobs that paid a living wage, other than a few government and service jobs. Sadder still was that the Wal-Mart was scheduled to close. A large superstore was nearing completion about 20km away and all of the smaller model Wal-Marts in the region were closing. That meant that the people served by the original Wal-Marts had to drive 15km to 50km or so to buy basic necessities as pretty much every other store had been wiped out by the original Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart employees are offered barely subsistence wages. Healthcare benefits, if any, are so expensive that most employees can’t afford them, so they are forced to go on to Medicaid, the inadequate public health system of last resort for the poor. Any employee found talking to a union representative is summarily fired. Illegal immigrants, typically from

Mexico, are prime targets for cleaning staff. They are offered extraordinarily low wages and forced to work long hours. Stories abound of mistreatment such as locking exit doors so they can’t leave during the night shift. Deaths have occurred from blocked fire escapes. Yes, Woolworths has a softer touch. It prides itself on employee relations… it loves the lower-wage 16 to 20 year-old group. It has even started a green store program and has an excellent food waste recycling program – maybe there is money in it. But its treatment of suppliers, demanding rock bottom prices, and its predatory pricing prac-

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tices that drive out competition, all smack of Wal-Mart. Last month’s ar ticle described the example of the destructive effects of a Woolworths enclave on Kempsey. The concentration of a Big W with the supermarket and liquor store in Kempsey suggest that a Woolworths megastore concept may be waiting to happen. Who needs small shops anyway? Woolworths’ net income in 2007 was up over 20% from 2006, even though its food sales revenue was up only 9%. This is due to its diversification into the more profitable categories, as well as its improvements in IT and transportation operations, which saved the company $7.2 billion in 2007… Wal-Mart again. The Woolworths 2007 AGM report discusses how future expansion will include 15 to 25 new stores per year. So there is tremendous corporate pressure to meet that target. Small town Australia, like Mullumbimby, will be under siege. In NSW, all this is facilitated by the huge ally this kind of development has in the notorious Planning Minister, Frank Sartor, the anti-planner. As we experienced in Mullumbimby, local Council disapproval of the supermarket DA now owned by Woolworths was simply swept aside. This has got to stop now. It appears to be only the beginning of the Wal-Marting of Australia.

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This Thursday the innovative and amazing Idan Raichel Project perform at the Bangalow A&I Hall. Here’s what the man behind the Idan Raichel Project had to say about the inspiration for the musical collaboration... It started as a studio project. I was working on demos in a studio I set up in my parent’s basement and was inviting many different singers and musicians to work with me. I was hoping to create demos that would lead to more work as a producer or songwriter, but it developed into the recordings that are the basis of the album. After the songs started getting airplay and there was a demand for a live show, I decided to invite seven musicians of various backgrounds, each exceptional artists on their own, to participate in creating a stage show. We sit in a semi-circle on stage, I am off to the side, and each artist gets a chance to shine. I thought this embodied the collaborative spirit of the project. We have been touring with the live show for a few years now. Why do you think you have been so successful? I had no expectations that the first album would be as successful as it ended up being. It was a surprise how well people responded. World music is not the mainstream music of Israel and I had not expectation that it would be played on the mainstream radio of Israel. It is very exciting that people reacted to the album like this, and I think people like it because they can see something of themselves in it. My audience is themselves of different backgrounds and ages and I think they can all find something in it that they can relate to. Well, the success of the album has demonstrated that the Israeli public is more open to different sounds than most people in the music business realized. There’s a growing world music and reggae scene in Israel and a lot of different groups experimenting with folk and traditional music from different cultures. I wasn’t the first, but for some reason the way the public reacted was very personal. How do you balance ancient and modern instruments? Does it change the kind of music that you create? My music is very diverse and has a lot of different influences, which probably comes from all of the different sounds I grew up listening to. You can hear the influences of Middle Eastern and East African melodies in the songs I compose, as well as African and Caribbean rhythms. In my music you can hear elements of Israeli folk songs, some jazz flavours, and echoes of the Gypsy music and Latin American music I used to play on my accordion as a child. I am a keyboard player, so I use a fair amount of programming in my music, but more then

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anything I focus on the acoustic, organic elements. Some of our songs are purely acoustic, others have a lot of treatment. I just try to do what what works best to support the melody. On stage we play a lot of songs acoustic, and I have even been doing a series of concerts with just me on grand piano, a hand percussionist and guest singers, or instrumentalists, instrumentalists a very intimate show. show

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You have so many traditions within your project – how do you weave it all together so cohesively? Honestly, I didn’t consciously seek out musicians of particular backgrounds, I just invited my friends to record with me, and my friends just turned out to be from different cultures. That’s the reality of modern Israel, so I decided to celebrate it and focus on the things that each musician brings that makes them special and unique. For me it was something very natural. In Israel I live along my friends, I’m not just doing music with Ethiopian singers, I’m doing music with my friends. In Israel in every neighborhood you can find people from all over, you just have to have an open mind. You can explore and respect the history of each neighbour of yours. It came very naturally that the Project was so diverse because my friends all come from diverse areas and have diverse backgrounds. How important is spirituality to your music production? My songs are more about love then religion, but I draw a lot of inspiration from the poetry and messages of religious texts. I read the bible a lot. Agatha Christie said, all of the important things have already been told and we just have to repeat it. All of the important sentences have been written and we have to express it in our contemporary language. I found the most beautiful love songs in the Song of Songs, and ideas of commitment in Job. The philosophy of King Solomon, the sun goes up the sun goes down and nothing changes. Ecclesiastes, King Solomon write it and also Psalms. The song Out of the Depths was inspired by this. Sometimes, I take sentences from the bible and edit it for a contemporary feeling. Why do you think music is so important? Music speaks to people in a way that words alone cannot. It is a powerful vehicle of expression that goes straight to the heart. With triple platinum album sales and fresh from a world tour, The Idan Raichel Project is an unparalleled concert experience not to be missed. The Bangalow A&I Hall on Thursday. Tickets are available at Santos in Mullumbimby, Fairy Floss and Orgasmic Foods in Byron Bay and Yami’s in Brunswick.

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HATCHING YOUR GRAND PLAN Human beings can no longer make decisions. We have become so inept we have taken to outsourcing all of our major life choices. Case in point: Life Coaches. They assist us to time manage, find direction and make choices that people in previous generations just got on with. Our sense of individualism has reached such epic proportions we are terrified that we may not live fully actualised lives, own big enough houses or drive big enough cars. If you want a good life, you are told to plan for it. It’s all about the plan. There’s the financial plan, the life plan, the wedding plan, the holiday plan, and of course the funeral plan. Heaven forbid your cheapskate family book a shitty covers band for the wake and bury you in a cardboard box. Plans are all about taking control and ensuring you get the life you believe you deserve. But life isn’t like that. Life is a furry beast with a mind of its own. Having a plan offers the same security as a saddle. You may stay on your horse for longer but there’s no guarantee that she ain’t gonna take you out at the first branch she comes to. Life is random. Life is chaotic. Life does not go to plan. That’s what I love about it. Planning is for dickheads with no sense of adventure. I’ll admit it, I have succumbed to the plan. When I had my first child I joined a pregnancy support group and under the advice of the attendant midwife I wrote a birth plan. The birth plan included a best top 10 cervical dilation hits play list (including Push It and Like a Virgin), assorted oils for rubbing into my sacrum, requests for a drug free birth (which was ironic because to date I had lived a drug filled life), candles, heat bags, and magical affirmations. As it

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turned out I went crazy on the stink of jasmine, told my partner to get the fuck out of my face and demanded Pethidine. Babies make such distinct and different entries into the world, foot first, arm first, head jammed in the pelvis, half an hour in the car, blue with the cord around the neck, 39 hours in second stage... the fact that I had a fucking plan reflected my complete ignorance. There is only one birth plan: Get the baby out. This leads me to why my angst has turned against the plan. Just when you thought people couldn’t get any frigging stupider, in walks the Baby Planner. These are people who help indulgent middle class couples plan for their sprog. The mere existence of the Baby Planner van in the driveway should be an indicator that these people should not breed, lest they produce a killer strain of accountants or financial planners. You aren’t supposed to be able to afford a baby. Having a baby is the most expensive, time consuming, exhausting, unpredictable and energy draining thing you will ever do in your life. The baby bonus isn’t a government gift. It’s a compensation payout for the years of hardship to come. What does a baby planner actually do? ‘Mate, you sit there and relax while I knock up your wife.’ If all pregnancies were planned then most of us wouldn’t exist. I was unplanned. Most of my children were unplanned. I live an unplanned life. It’s wonderful. Nothing in my life never goes to plan because I don’t have one. It’s chaos, but I think you’ll find it’s more aligned with the nature of life. Life is an accident. All you have to do is respond. Eat the plan.

>>>Live MusiC... ... TO THE MAX Tweed/Gold Coast band, Max Judo are just back from their second US tour and stoked to announce they will be teaming up with world renowned surfer/ musician Tom Curren on his Australian film/music for a mini tour in March. Tom Curren, a three time World Surfing Champion, is not only a iconic figure within the international surfing community but also a well respected musician throughout the world. With the majority of the members from Max Judo all being surfers it’s no wonder the lads are stoked to be part of this unique opportunity. Surf’s up at the Hotel Great Northern on Wednesday.

RING OF FYAH Roots Reggae group Fyah Walk hit the Beach Hotel Sunday sessions at 4pm. Introducing a fat new horn section, this band will be sure to groove and dub your troubles away with their rollin reggae lushness. King Charlie from the Red Eyes has almost finished producing their new CD due to hit the North Coast in two huge launches in April.

BLUE STEVE Pianist Steve Russell has played with the greats of jazz, from Gerry Mulligan, Eartha Kitt, Nancy Wilson, to bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Billy Hart, and a host of international and Australian musicians. He has opened for Wynton Marsalis, and in November last year The Steve Russell Trio was chosen to support Dionne Warwick’s concert at the Lyric Theatre (QPAC). Steve was said to ‘represent Australian jazz at its best’ (James O’Brien BCM) in one review of his CD When The Light Comes containing seven original titles, and featuring some of the best musicians in the country. If you have never seen this inspiring musician perform as a leader, here is your chance to discover his enormous talent as a pianist and composer, in the performance of some of his original titles and reworked

standards. It’s also your chance to hear some new material which will feature on his next album. Steve’s band will showcase the enormous talents of the Crossfire rhythm section, bassist Greg Lyon and drummer Scott Hills (The Flood) and will introduce emerging giant, guitarist Matt Smith, who at the age of 21, is drawing national acclaim. The Steve Russell Trio with guest Matt Smith will be performing at The Blue Birdy on Wednesday.

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BUDDHA BAR BARBY The popular Sunday session is on again out the back of the Buddha Bar with great barbecued food, bar service and hot music. Backpackers and locals alike can enjoy the funky outdoor ambience, a fair dinkum Aussie barbecue, (beef, Atlantic salmon or marinated chicken with three gourmet salads) great bar prices and the music of Mook with talented friends like Rick Fenn and Guy Madigan. Come along for a truly unique evening in Byron’s most original and authentic venue... while the season is still with us!

BIG BOWLO OF THE BYRON VISTA Byron Vista’s recent move to the Byron Bowlo has proved so popular that it is not possible for the organisers to hold tables for people who want to arrive late. The best idea seems to be to get there early from 6.30pm onwards and enjoy Harry Freeman’s wondrous hour of piano bar while you have a drink and a great meal and wait for the main show to begin at around 7.45pm. Wednesday March 12 features one of the Shire’s true treasures in the form of Carl Cleves, best known as the guitarplaying half of the extremely popular Hottentots duo. Carl is appearing on his own this time, having just released a solo CD (with a little help from his friends), the first one since his Brazilian recordings, titled All Alone (MGM Aust) and one of its songs The Rose of Kordofan captured the Best Lyrics Award 2007 from the Australian

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S i A Songwriters Assoc (ASA) (ASA). He’s joined by local legend Azo Bell, maestro ukulele and guitar man who will also be on the bill with his quirky songs and death-defying instrumental virtuosity. Azo always presents a wonderful treat of true musicianship at its best. Celtic faerie-realm duo Emerald are back with harp, guitar and flute to transport you once again to Rivendell and beyond, joined for a song or two by the wonderful Susanna Carman who will also feature in her own spot as well. As a multiinstrumentalist who plays the Irish fiddle, viola and guitar, Susanna has a unique musical intuition that allows her to merge song with story, melody with rhythm,

d art with i h craft. f She Sh is i a and voice for those craving an intelligent, thoughtful and sincere musical experience and always delights her Vista audiences. And there’s more! Newcomer to the Vista is acoustic gutarist/singer Caroline Agostini who sings annually at the infamous Glastonbury Festival, U.K. For her debut Vista performance, she will present some of the heartfelt and haunting tracks from her upcoming EP release. Something new to look forward to. Mook and Shanto, James and Rick as ‘Island Heart’ round off the night with fine harmonies and fun songs. $10 with great food and bar service at low Bowlo prices. Don’t miss the Vista!

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A KU FOR BOBBY Ku Promotions present Bobby Flynn and the Omega 3 in concert at the A&I Hall on Friday 4 April in Bangalow. Bobby is a pop explorer, a sonic adventurer, mining emotion, confounding critics, and delivering a thrilling collection of genrebusting songs. He’s not a pop commodity – and that’s a very rare and precious thing nowadays. ‘It’s his voice, which brings to mind the otherworldly tenderness of Nick Drake and baritone flashes of early 70’s David Bowie. The idealism of another time we may have felt we lost.’ Mark Mordue (SMH). Tickets are on sale now : www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545 for $22 or $25 at the door.

passion of Flamenco with the room for improvisation that Jazz offers. They play Tuesday at the Jazz N Blues Club in the Winsome Lounge – 8.30pm.

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GET SMART Smart Artists are back at the Lennox Point Hotel this Saturday 9pm promoting the release of their new album aptly titled Never Too Late. Smart Artists continue to deliver one ‘helluva’ great night out delivering a brand of rock that reflects what they feel is missing in music today. Rolling verse flowing into catchy chorus, which melts into tasty guitar work… traditional rock/pop that captures energy and emotion with intelligence that doesn’t shift for trends or friends.

NOT LOST IN TRANSLATION The Translators is a collaboration between brothers James and Ben Hauptmann, Steve Hunter and Damien Wright. The band has been writing and rehearsing together since May last year and have created a unique blend of music with influences from Flamenco and Jazz traditions. Steve Hunter is one of Australia’s most accomplished electric bass players as well as an award winning composer with over 90 of his compositions/songs released on various albums. James and Ben Hauptmann have made a huge impact on the Sydney Jazz scene,

Peter C and the Soul Shakers are back at the Rails on Saturday at 7pm to play an eclectic mix of originals, standards and funky style blues sprinkled with a little bit of soul. This time round they have a mighty special guest on keys and vocals – John Hill who has spent the past 6 years touring extensively in Europe and UK with his partner Cora James and the Soul Shakers’ sax player, Andy Thompson as The Whisky Angels. Shake a leg and get yourself there on Saturday.

BROADFOOT NO TIME TO GET BORED FOOT CARL CLEVES AT THE BYRON VISTA SOCIAL CLUB ON WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH

featuring on a number of albums and performing regularly with Australia’s top Jazz Musicians, Ben recently finishing 2nd at the National Jazz Awards at The Wangaratta Festival of Jazz

this year. year With the inclusion of Damien Wright, who is at the forefront of contemporary Flamenco guitar playing in Australia, The Interpreters have been able to compose music which is filled with the

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Mullumbimby band Broadfoot can’t believe their good fortune – two meals in one week. Following their recent good news that Bo’s in Byron are happy to have them over for dinner on Thursday evenings, the Ballina Hotel have invited them down for dinner on Friday. Broadfoot are often been described as ‘hungry’ but most people have mistaken this as being a band with drive and ambition. From now on the band wishes to be described as ‘thirsty’ and is actively seeking venues to quench their dusty throats – nothing fancy, domestic beer is fine.

OUT THERE Eleanor McEvoy has been busy since releasing her album Out There. Hailing from Ireland, her new album takes her into new territory featuring songs from various artists and songwriters. It is as diverse as it is about love, loss and romance and she misxes it all up with songs from jazz, country and folk genres. She plays the Rails on Monday.

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<<< <<<<CULTURE CULTURE>>> >>> FILM BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL Anja Daeleman’s film is a quirky comedy about an office clerk trying to connect with his colleagues despite the faceless and cold atmosphere where he works. When he meets a tango dancer online, he reaches out to a workmate by trying to convince him to teach him to dance. Tanghi Argentini screens at BBFF on Friday from 7.30pm as part of session 26, which is also screening the Australian premiere of the feature film Ripple Effect, starring Forest Whittaker and Minnie Driver, and filmmaker and star Philippe Caland will be at the screening. Tickets to Session 26 are $12/$10.

FILM WORKSHOPS – SO YOU WANNA WORK IN FILM? Careers in Screen Expo will be held on Wednesday March 5 from 11am – 4pm and is open to the public free of charge. The Expo is being held as an integral part of the festival program and is aimed at informing budding filmmakers, directors, writers, actors and anyone who aspires to a career in the television and/or film industries. Those present are Southern Cross University Film and Media Studies

School, SAE Institute, Screenworks, Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Byron Model Management and other representatives from various facets of the film and television industries.

AWARDS NIGHT The BBFF Awards Night is being held on Saturday from 7pm and follows the screening of three sensational films; The Sound of Cry, Tyger and the Australian premiere of Laya Project. Tickets to the BBFF Awards Night are $35 and includes entry to a catered after-party. Tickets can be booked by calling the BBFF Box Office on 6685 6807.

REEL MUMS MAKE FAT BOY RUN For busy mums who want to catch a flick and bring the bubs, Reel Mums has a screening of Run Fat Boy Run at 10am on Thursday. Dennis (played by Hot Fuzz star Simon Pegg) is an ordinary guy. He works as a security guard, he’s a little overweight and he smokes, but he’s basically a nice guy. However years ago Dennis did a terrible thing. On his wedding day to pregnant fiancee Libby (Thandie Newton), Dennis did a runner. Now Dennis realises he made a big mistake – he’s still in love with Libby, whom

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he sees frequently because of their now five year old son. Libby however has a new man in her life – handsome, charming, successful executive Whit (Hank Azaria). To prove to Libby that he’s no longer a quitter, he impulsively announces that he will compete against Whit in the London Marathon. Can Dennis really trade in his cold feet for running shoes, and win back the love of his life? A romantic comedy that affirms true love isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon.

COMEDY MANDY IN THE RAW... AGAIN!!! Every year the Melbourne International Comedy Festival runs a competition to flush out the best and brightest emerging talent in the country. Stand Up comedy is a hard mistress, she’s enticing and cruel and to those of us who are afflicted by the bug, it can be years and years on a brutal circuit before so much as a snicker. Raw Comedy offers talented new comics the chance to fast track their career when they get the ‘Go Directly to Edinburgh’ card. Comics all around the country have built their careers on it, as the festival continues it’s mandate to nurture new and unique comic voices. Even our local voices have made it through. In fact, Melbourne Comedy Festival Associate Director, Toby Sullivan has commented that we have some particularly strong

talent here, and we have a style that stands alone. Ellen Briggs made it to the National Finals at Melbourne Town Hall last year, found herself in front of 2000 people and on telly in front of one million more. It’s an amazing experience for a polite, Mum of twins from Mullumbimby. Who will make it through this year? Do we have any more contenders for the Melbourne Comedy Festival finals? At the first Heat Paul McMahon made it through to the Brisbane semi-final – find out which talented new comic gets the second spot. Come and cheer them on at the Byron Service’s Club Pandanus Room with Mandy Nolan as MC on Monday. Bookings to 6684 3443. Show starts at 8pm. Tix are $15. Don’t forget as well that if you want to see me do my thing at the Service’s Club on Monday 17th before I head to the Melbourne Comedy Festival to perform my one woman show ‘She’ll Be Right’ with Divishti and Ellen Briggs as support and MC, then book on 6684 3443 or get your tix ($15) at the club. I’ll be giving the full Mandy hour experience, and I promise to keep my clothes on, so you don’t have to lock up your aortas!

WOMEN’S FESTIVAL The weekend of 8-9 March women from all around the region come together to celebrate The Whole Woman Festival and International Women’s Day

with a scintillating array of female authors, professionals and performers at the 6th Whole Woman Festival being held at Mantra @ Salt Beach. This year’s theme of the Women Planting Seeds of Change Forum is Back to Basics. Festival Director, Tania Usher says ‘Getting back to basics encapsulates ways to live simpler yet richer lives, often very challenging in this fast paced society in which we can find our lives being hijacked by an ever increasing burden of responsibilities. The 2008 Festival will encourage women to consider what’s important in their lives and suggest ways of simplifying the chaos when constantly bombarded by distractions. However the overarching theme of Whole Woman is to introduce fresh perspectives on everyday concepts so women walk away feeling empowered to make little changes that will enhance their lives, the lives of their family and in turn their community.’ Topics include relationships, sexuality,

business, motherhood and the environment and will explore ways to slow down and live in a life that supports more harmonious relationships and connections. Tickets cost $25. Kingscliff Performing Arts will open the day with a fantastic dance performance. With the huge success of shows such as So You Think You Can Dance, School Principal Kristy Godfrey is keen to show that dancing is for everyone and her performance dancers will get the day off to a vibrant start. Nationally acclaimed performer Andrea Szabo will lead a lineup of women who will entertain guests with a number of singing and musical performances throughout the day. Visit www.wholewoman.com.au for full Festival and workshop details. Childcare is being provided by the accredited Kids Club from 10am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday. Cost is $5 per child which includes mini-jumping castle, face painting, art and craft. Booking essential.

interview EMPIRE OF THE SONS The Cat Empire make their welcome return to Bluesfest, the event they credit with breaking their sound onto the mainstream market. Harry the falsetto singing trumpet player gave me a few minutes of his time to talk about stuff like the new album: ‘It’s just more songs – I guess it’s better, bigger, more exciting then everything I have done before.’ Alright, that line of questioning isn’t going to work. So how does Harry keep up with the momentum of The Cat Empire, let alone have time to set up another outfit like Jackson Jackson? ‘I am a lazy person – I know how to latch on to the right people... I think it’s really important to play the music you want to play. I think there is right and wrong reasons for playing music, music and music business are quite different entities.’ The boys from TCE come from a jazz background, but their foray into pop culture has seen them move away from a more purist sound. ‘It’s funny me and Ollie had a free jazz jam the other day and I realised I could barely remember how to do it.’ ‘Although I think it’s always a matter of repetition – you are better at doing the thing that you do the most. In between the well known songs and the well-known bits there are sections of improvised music, maybe for whatever reason the audience may have never heard a 10 minute organ solo before, but we give em a chance to.’ Although no one is going to play a 10 minute organ solo on the radio. Harry agrees with some disdain. ‘Let’s just say it would be nice to have some people with more vision, or more risk taking in the pop scene.’ The band have been playing huge stages both here and overseas. In fact they draw such huge crowds there’s not really enough venues

to house them here. They have no choice but to expand into an overseas market. At this year’s Woodford Festival The Cat Empire bounced about 20 000 kids in the mud. My 12 year old daughter was amongst them – and that night she learnt some important lessons about the mosh pit, like don’t take your brand new $400 digital camera out and give it to someone else because they will drop it. All she has from her Christmas Camera is a 3 minute recording of The Cat Empire. ‘I think the whole band has a real soft spot for oodford, its a fairly unique festival – and we feel the same about the Blues and Roots – it was our first Bluesfest gig that people say launched our career outside of Melbourne. We were fairly unknown and no-one had heard of us and all of a sudden there was this buzz where we played to people all around the East Coast. There is a lot of energy in those big concerts, the crowd is a lot further away – you probably feel a lot more energy - there is nothing quite like the feeling of finishing the song on a big stage and hearing the cheer come up’ As for TCE at this year’s Bluesfest: ‘We will do what we do every year, cane the fuck out of it.’ For more information about Bluesfest: www.bluesfest.com.au

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#&"54 / #014 SPIRIT CATCHER The duo’s music sounds something like this: Minimal Tech Trance Electro stirred with Funk and Disco. The production is so sophisticated it reveals two Belgium nerds. Jean Vanesse and Thomas Sohet are about to re-‘futurize’ Disco. ‘Modern disco music is probably the best way to describe our music. We are both very influenced by the Disco and Electro-Funk from end of the seventies, beginning of the eighties. We like to mix old analogue gear from this period with new modern technologies, it ‘futurizes’ the past very well.’ Q: True or false Jean, were you born in a studio or not, and what was your mother doing in a studio at the time of your birth?! A: ‘Not at all! In fact this bio is written and completely imagined by a crazy friend of us. We wanted to avoid the classical boring biography with a ‘non-exhaustive’ list of label names, track’s titles,

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all famous venues where we played and blah blah blah…’ Q: Jean’s father owned a recording studio though right? A: ‘Yes, he recorded a lot of jazz bands from Belgium. It was nice to meet all the musicians during the recording sessions. I remember there was always a good vibe at the house.’ Q: What’s the story of Jean and Thomas? A: ‘We met each other in a Sound Engineer high school in Brussels/Belgium. We just became friends, talking about keyboards and stuff like that. So we just got together and started making music for some ‘studio practice works’ for school.’ Q: Who does what when you’re composing in the studio? A: ‘We want to share the studio work together as much as possible but we have both our own strengths: I’m the producer, I try to maximize each idea to get

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Television Guide The commercial channels are offering three very different movie genres on Friday in the 8.30pm slot. 1. Prime has The Day After Tomorrow where, as in many recent SF flicks, the weather has taken over as villain from extraterrestrial aliens. 2. Hugh Grant makes a most unlikely prime minister in the romantic comedy Love Actually, a Richard Curtis confection on Channel Ten. 3. Fans of shoot’em up action get Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr & Mrs Smith on Nine, a movie marred by a plot even more farfetched than the other two.

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Parkinson (G) Repeat. Kids’ Programs Wild Europe (G) Midday Report MDA (M* at) Spicks And Specks (PG) The Way We Were (M*,n) Kids’ Programs RollerCoaster Message Stick (G) Can We Help? (G) ABC News Stateline Collectors: Pedal Cars Dalziel And Pascoe (M*,v) Part 1 + 2 My Family (PG) Lateline Little Miss Jocelyn (M*,cl) Comedy. triple j tv Repeat. Good Game rage (M) goes on until 5am Saturday. Drug of the week: Coffee. Studies show that the risk for type 2 diabetes is lower among regular coffee drinkers than among those who don’t drink it. http://www.health.harvard.edu/ press_releases/coffee_health_risk.htm

5.30 World News in various languages. 6.30 UEFA Champions League 2007/08 Live Match 8.55 World News in various languages. 2.30 Dateline 3.30 German News 4.00 Business Report 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer. 6.00 Global Village Provence. 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 The Drummer Of Ravel’s Bolero (G) 7.40 Stockinger: Salzurg Balls Part 2. 8.30 Unit One (M) Continuing drama series from Denmark. 9.35 World News Australia 10.05 The Movie Show 10.15 UEFA Champions League Hour 11.15 Movie: You Are My Hero (M,l,s, 2003) Comedy from Spain. 1.00 Movie: Whisky (M,l,a, 2004) Drama from Uruguay. 2.45 WeatherWatch Overnight Drug of the week: Coffee. Studies show that the risk for type 2 diabetes is lower among regular coffee drinkers than among those who don’t drink it. http://www.health.harvard.edu/ press_releases/coffee_health_risk.htm 5.20 1.00 1.30 2.30

World News in various languages. Wine Lovers’ Guide to Australia (G) Insight. Che Guevara: The Body & The Legend Documentary from Italy. 3.30 Living Black (G) 4.00 Business Report 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer. 6.00 Global Village Brittany’s stud farms. 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Geoffrey Robertson QC (G) 8.30 As It Happened: The Welsh Great Escape (PG) Documentary from the UK. 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 The Sexual Life Of Us (M,a,s) 11.00 Move: Wild Camp (MA,s,v,a, 2005) Drama from France. 12.25 Movie: Food Of Love (M,s,a,l, 2001) Drama from Spain. 2.15 WeatherWatch Overnight

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Victoria Cosford I am in my element. Here I am talking to a man who makes cheese for his living, a man whose life revolves around one of my absolutely favourite foods. Justin Telfer and I are sitting in cafe one one one – a ďŹ tting venue given chef Jade Campbell-Scott’s fondness for showcasing and utilising specialty cheeses in his dishes (I occasionally dream about his kiper potatoes oozey with Heidi gruyere). We actually met last year at the Kyogle Degustation Dinner where we were seated opposite each other and where he told me his plans to set up his own cheesemaking company. And here he is now having done it. The Bangalow Cheese Company’s cheeses are currently being sold at the Byron Farmers’ Market though will soon be available at the Bangalow one as well. Justin describes the response to them on his ďŹ rst market day as ‘overwhelming’: he brought along 80 and sold every single one within the ďŹ rst hour, and the following week he sold out again. It was a circuitous route for a Townsville-born boy who at the age of 21 was studying musical theatre at the Perth Academy of Performing Arts. A horse accident put an abrupt end to that; during the resultant six months of short- term memory loss he ‘rethought his life’, abandoned the notion of performing arts and got a job at a casino. Next move was to Melbourne where for ten more years he continued working in the casino, eventually being promoted to manager in the VIP Room. A combination, however, of job demands, house, mortgage and stiing city existence left him with a yearning for a regional life, and so once more he submitted himself to self-scrutiny and came up with a possible means of employment, which was cheesemaking. He has always loved cheese. He recalls that in his extremely food-conscious family he would demand camembert of his mother, a precocious eight year old dismissive of the standard supermarket excuses for cheese. And so he began to do courses. At Melbourne University he met one of the chief authorities on cheese education, dairy consultant Neil Willman, who eventually offered him a job as his assistant. There were intensive short courses, intensive theory courses, courses on farmhouse cheeses, on setting up businesses, there were Research and Development projects. After three years there was no turning back: Justin was committed.

Following a brief stint in a small Melbourne cheese factory and a joyless couple of years in Sydney, he moved up to the Far North Coast where he miraculously landed a little cheese factory in Corndale to lease. He considers the cheesemaking conditions up here to be perfect: I express surprise that there are not more small cheesemakers around in such lush, fertile dairy country and he agrees – though reminds me about Paul Wilson the goats’ cheese maker (who is apparently only a few weeks away from being ready to start selling his cheese). His is a one-man show – with occasional input from his partner. Several days a week he will put in 12-14 hours creating cheese from the mixture of Jersey and Friesian milk he procures from the Woodlawn Dairy cows. I ask him if the process of cheesemaking is more science than art and he believes it is a combination of both; that his own personal creativity is expressed through the particular signature he will stamp on to his cheeses, a playing around with the various ora in the mixes, assorted experimentations which will often result in exciting batches. Because he is only interested in a natural product he does not stabilise the milk; seasonal variations will produce avour uctuations from batch to batch. He hopes eventually to have a factory with a cellar door and a small cafÊ, so that people can come for tastings and he will be even more free to continue experimenting and creating, as well as educating and expanding public awareness of all the varieties. Justin can be found at the Byron Farmers’ Market on Thursday mornings, or contacted on 6629 1888.

COOKING CLASSES There’s an exciting range of cooking classes coming up, for those who feel they have inadequate skills or who simply enjoy the social aspect of meeting new people and wish to widen their culinary repertoires. During the month of March there is Northern Italian and Camembert Cheese Making on offer at the Bangalow Cooking School in the A & I Hall, with places still available (call 6687 2799) – while in Byron Bay chef and food consultant Igor Persan will be teaching French techniques in a series of classes which include sauces, ďŹ sh and seafood, and the traditional dish Bouillabaisse. He can be contacted on 0409 041 884 for further details.

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Crossword 041 by Mungo MacCallum

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Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1. Greek philosopher (10) 6. A single time (4) 10. German for street (7) 11. Insulting (7) 12. Imposing tomb (9) 13. Sensation or flavour (5) 14. Particle of bread (5) 15. Examiner of new aircraft (4,5) 17. Sleep in past tense (9) 20. Charming scene (5) 21. To drive or urge forward (5) 23. Ocean travellers (9) 25. Italian rice dish (7) 26. To cut or clip (7) 27. Dreadful (4) 28. Relevance (10)

ACROSS 1. Philosopher has measure of disturbed sleep, gets doctor in (10) 6. Operating church in the past (4) 10. Suffers stress, a German way (7) 11. Cursing public transport, one in the street (7) 12. Mother carries goldfish into the tomb (9) 13. Make sense out of confused state (5) 14. Medico goes after quality vineyard, just a little bit (5) 15. Top flier to match irrational prophet (4,5) 17. Poor district has the queen in bed; slept well. (9) 20. Lazy audience for poetry (5) 21. Unhappy limpet loses its tail, and force (5) 23. Burns grabs food for the navy (9) 25. Back, Sir! Miranda is a dish! (7) 26. Science is so right – cut! (7) 27. A rough ride can be grim (4) 28. Teen prince rebels, gains relevance (10)

DOWN 1. Mineral spring in England (5) 2. National Park in WA (14) 3. To disconcert (14) 4. Mild or merciful (7) 5. 15th century Dutch scholar (7) 7. Sharp metal fastenings (5) 8. Simple, primary or uncompounded (9) 9. Arithmetical process (14) 14. Dishonourably discharged (9) 16. Not a clergyman (9) 18. Minced meat fried in breadcrumbs (7) 19. Determined, unmoveable (4,3) 22. One who pretends (5) 24. To wait on or help (5)

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This week’s game comes from the recent Newcastle Open, which featured Canberra junior Luthien Russell on top board in the final round. Russell, the lowest rated player in the top division of the upcoming SIO, will be causing a few more upsets later this month if the following game is any guide. Newcastle Open 2008 White: S Anton Black: L Russell Opening: Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Be7 Too peaceful. To fight against White’s trendy English Attack Black’s bishop belongs on b4. 9.g4 d6 10.0-0-0 Bb7 11.h4 Nc6 12.h5 Nxd4 12...h6, here or next move, would hold up White’s attack. 13.Bxd4 0-0?! 14.g5 Nd7 15.g6! Ne5 (See diagram) 16.gxh7+?

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cricket team have made it through to the Grand Final in the Ballina Junior District Association Competition with a stunning victory over Byron by 103 runs in the semi-final. The strength of the side is TABLE TENNIS Mullumbimby 28/2: M Smith 7/7; r/up A Roddan 6/7; C Strybos 5/7. TENNIS Mullumbimby Comp: 25/2 Ladies Rnd 3; Div 1 Whiskey 41 d Rum 30; Bourban 39 d Brandy 30; Div 2 Drambuie 33 d Cointreau 18; Baileys 23 d Tia Maria 13. Men Rnd 1 on 4/3; 28/2 Mixed Rnd 3; Sauvignon Blanc 50 d Semmillon 46; Merlot 47 d Pinot Noir 46; Reisling 53 d Champagne 21. Coaching Justin 0403 841 241, other Tennis Greg 0427 788 773.

VOLLEYBALL Brunswick Heads 4/3 Rnd 8 J V Towing Comp: 6pm Mixed Chickens v Silver Bullets, Ballistic v No Mercy, Brewers v Jeffreys Angels, Duty Dragons. 7pm Lounge Lizards v Dragons, Hit and Run v Flash, Duty Jeffreys Angels. 6/3 Rnd 10 OS True Value Hardware Comp: 6pm Tripods v Kaos.Com, Hot and Sweaty v Short and Sweet, Comeback Kids v Red Frogs, duty Bolters. 7pm Chilli Twist v Cosmic Kittens, Bolters v Volleys, Panthers v Barefoot Bandits, Duty Comeback Kids. To play ph 6685 1794.

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Nine year old Abbey Lang is very pleased with herself after unexpectadly winning the Age Championship prize for junior girls at the recent Tweed Zone Catholic Primary Schools Swimming Championships. Abbey, who is in year 5 at St John’s in Mullumbimby, performed well at her school carnival last year, winning all her events including freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly and the individual medley. For her stellar effort she was awarded the Junior Girls Champion prize. A bundle of jumping beans, Abbey is also a competition dancer and cross country runner, who found that she was placed in slower heats at the Tweed zone event due to her previous times. Even so, she still produced great results with a win in the butterfly final, a second place in the breaststroker final and 4th place in the freestyle, backstroke and individual medley finals. Abbey and mum Michelle were surprised when they were preparing to leave the event, to hear Abbey’s name being called over the PA system announcing she had won the Age Champion medal for the event.

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‘I was so excited and happy,’ said Abbey. ‘I wasn’t expecting them to call my name. I couldn’t believe it!’ Michelle attributes Abbey’s win to the great support from her school and Abbey’s coach Adrian Filipic from Ocean Shores Aquatics. ‘Abbey just loves her training sessions. Adrian gives the kids a lot of feedback and constructive criticism. He came to the event to watch his kids swim. He is very supportive and has been great travelling to the Byron pool to train the kids as he is no longer able to coach at the Mullum pool,’ said Michelle Abbey has been swimming

competitively for two years and her mother says that her original swimming teacher was surprised when Abbey swam freestyle before she could dog paddle. Abbey and three of her classmates, Brittany McDonald, Ela Heiniger and Isaac King were the only students from St John’s to advance to the next level. Either her class was born in the year of the fish or there is something in the water in the year five room. The quartet will compete again this afternoon at the Lismore Diocesan Championships at Banora Point, The Echo will publish the results next week.

Schnieder, H Schollbach, B Croft 37 d B Briars, I McCausland, E Rand 8; R Mills, B McClymont, T Johnston 15 d M Curtis, J Ferguson, D Amey 15; L Boyter, J Rowland, R Day 31 d J Stephenson, R Martin, B Martin 17; N Lee, H Robb, K Buckman 37 d R Maunsell, C McDonald,J Brooker 9. Mullumbimby Ex Services Women 26/2: J Lee, J Kidman 32 v K Johnstone, J Towner 19; R Mills, B Croft 32 v J Morrow, E Jones 19; S Boyd, J Graham, J Beaumont 26 (winners) v S Brown, B Reglin, H Robb 25. Raffle: R Mills. Ocean Shores Men 25/2 S/S Triples: 1st R Barnes, S Brecard, P Brassington; 2nd R Campbell, K Hosie, R Roberts; 3rd B Paine, P Henderson, G Randell; other winners; J McGowran, M Haines, B Priest; B Danswan, E Boyter, M Danswan. 1/3: Club Sel Pairs: 1st R Bartlett, S Burgess; 2nd L Mason, B Baber, 3rd T Warr, B Burgess. Semi Final Carsburg Pairs: T Mason, R Ellis d K Hosie, D Whitney 19/9; R Roberts, D Matheson d J Gray, P Earl 20/14. Ocean Shores Women 27/2: A Slater/C Chidlow, D Grant, L McGowran (W Highest No Ends) d S Woolford, J Lofts, JM Quirke; J Berry, M Moodie, W Sprengel d B Paine, B Baber, P Quirke. 29/2: J Williams/M Flesser (W Out of Hat) d C Timewell/F Crowder; T Warr/L McGowran (r/up) d J Lofts/D Grant; T Campbell/G Johnston d B Baber/M McConville; L Bland, B Stone, B Sprengel d L Bland, E Hill, M James. Minor Singles: J Bartlett d M Hosie. BRIDGE Brunswick Valley 25/2: N/S 2nd net and lst gross: J Baker/M Buckley: lst net and 2nd gross: M/I Homfray. E/W lst gross and net D Grant/F Patterson: 2nd gross and net P Sullivan/J Murray. 1/3: N/S 2nd net and lst gross: A Gray/C Wellings: lst net and 2nd gross: D Gall/M Homfray; E/W lst net and gross: M Solway/G Falson: 2nd net and gross: F Patterson/D Grant. Byron Bay 29/2: North/South 1st J Theakstone,A Humphreys; 2nd P Baldwin, P Quirke; 3rd K Milne, J Lipski. East/West 1st T Macdonald, G Lynn; 2nd G Falson, R Heale; 3rd M Solway, A Gray. Ocean Shores 27/2: N/S 1st gross/net J Selleck/B Simons; 2nd gross A/G Withey; 2nd net C Timewell/R Keyte. E/W 1st gross P Hems/R Skinner; 2nd gross/1st net K Westall/R Heale; 2nd net A Hauser/C Blacker. D Gall will give a brief lesson beginning 6:20pm next Wed. CYCLING Byron Bay Freeriders Next Criterium Sunday 9/3. Registration 6.30am at Free To Ride bike shop in Centennial Circuit, Arts and Industry Estate at Byron for a 7am race start. Check website: http://home.exetel. com.au/philspace/freeriders/ DARTS Brunswick Valley 27/2: Fumbles 8 v Workers 3. MHS J Greenhalgh 134, MHP R Lawrence 111, WHS and WHP P Cartner 105. Corndogs 4 v Off The Board 7. MHS D Wickham 121, MHP PJ Johnson 47, WHS M Phillips 100. 5/3: Off the Board v Workers; Fumbles v CornDogs.

GOLF Mullumbimby Ladies 28/2 Versus Par: Div 1 F Gannell minus 1; Div 2 T Robbins minus 4. Weekly Ball Comp: S Kosaka 37; N Carsburg 34; L Walker 32. 6/3 Monthly Medal Stroke Seeded: 1st Tee; 9am G Lynn, F Gannell, S Kosaka; 9.06 N Carsburg, F Booth, G Mackay; 9.12 M Crichton, M Allan, L Riches; 9.18 N Dwyer, M Bertoli, E Henshaw; 9.24 G Stenner, B Mules, R Wilson; 9.30 L Walker. 10th Tee; 9am J Stuart, K Thomson, A Moser; 9.06 L Siddall, T Robbins, G Poynting; 9.12 E Froggatt, B James, M Davey; 9.18 H Hammond, M Trivett. Kitchen A Moser, L Siddall; Table G Lynn, K Thomson. Mullumbimby Men 27/2 Single Stab: G Huish 42; r/up D Crow 39. NTP: 9th J Cullen (3 balls). 1/3 Monthly Medal: A Grade B Griffin 66 net; B Grade A Lumsden 69 net; C Grade R. Phillips 69 net. NTP: 5th A Snow 1.5m, 9th K Lawler 1.14m, 12th J Matthews 4.94m, Gundies Mug B Griffin. 2/3 Mixed American: M Donnelly, G Parsons 67; r/up J Matthews, B Mules 68. NTP: 9th Male P Schweitzer; Female B Mules; 12th Male M Donnelly; Female J Dengate. Ocean Shores Vets 28/2 Stab: P Conaghan Snr 43; r/up G Lockhart 40; B Burgess 39 c/b. NTP: 3rd h/c 0 to 19 R Bartlett, h/c 20+ H Gould, 6th B Devlin, 8th R Conway, 12th D Sharp, 15th B Smith, 17th h/c 0 to 19 B Burgess, 20+ B Paine. Gorilla: h/c 0 to 19 B Burgess, h/c 20+ B Spruce, chooks to 23, balls to 33, Scrubbers Ball B Paine. RUGBY UNION Mullumbimby/Ocean Shores 8/3 Annual cricket match and sign on: 12 noon Brunswick Heads. Refreshments $20 per person, season fees $100 (pay on day). Training Wed 6pm Bruns Heads. Season starts early April, trials in March. Moonshiners information: Matthew 0404 771 031 or Darryl 0404 991 816. SQUASH Brunswick Heads 5/3 Rnd 11 Business Houses Teams Comp: Bruns Blinds v OS Glass; S Sleep v B Staff, D Runciman v C Ashworth, C Pearce v C Booth, C Johnston v S Moon, Kijay v Jeff Heers. The Potato Works v Canty’s Surveyors; M Underwood v S Thompson, L Clarke v I Bissett, C Staff v J Gribble, M Stratton v J Nicolson, J Holmes v T Mason. OS Bakery v Byron Bay Trophies; B Trivett v D Bird, P Hill v T Wood, A Li v C Walsh, J Heers v S Bruyn, B Doran v M Isbister. Bruns Heads Pharmacy v Bruns Smash Repairs; G Elliott v G davis, M Ottery v S Koop, D Wraight v R James, R King v R Cameron, F King v J Moodie. 10/3 Rnd 1 Byron Health Foods Comp: Div 1; 5pm B Trivett v B Staff, G Davis v M Underwood, L Powell Bye. Div 2; 5pm G Kamisnki v M Cassidy, M Ottery v C Pearce, C Walsh v I Bissett; 6pm S Koop v D Runciman. Div 3; 5pm R King v J Gribble, R Draper v A Li, S Bruyn v P Westcott; 6pm D Wraight v L Miller. Div 4; 5pm Jeff Heers v D Williams, J Holmes v J Heers, F King v T Mason, B Doran v C Johnston. Div 5; 5pm S Davidson c A Booth, P McQueen v B Alander, B Pruul Bye. Tp play ph 6685 1794.

a combination of superb batting from Vince Quigley, Todd Arthur and Scott Baber, all scoring well over 100 runs for the season, fantastic bowling and enthusiastic fielding by the entire team. Scoring 4/151 runs in the first innings of the semifinal, The Maddogs hadByron all out for 48 with Aaron Booth 3/2, Sam McAuley 2/4 and Mikey Calcutt 2/6 the best of the bowlers. Billy Hedditch backed up everything. Catches to Sam, Scott, Davine, Tim and Pierce with tight bowling from newcomer Jariah Landford. The team faces minor premiers Alstonville Gold at Geoff Watt Oval over next two Saturdays. Mullum Brunswick Junior Cricket Presentation BBQ will be held on March 15 at Bruns Grounds at 4.30pm for all juniors including U8s MiloHave-a-Go. For details phone Mary on 6680 2135.

what is most important is what is going on in your head, not actual reality. ‘Believe’, a film about dreams, started as a dream, and the people in it are living theirs. They are doing what comes naturally without too much thought or contrived ideas. They do what they do every day, with knowledge gained from past experience or from some older teacher. It doesn’t matter where the knowledge has come from, as long as the past is acknowledged. The struggle to make ends meet, to juggle the demands of family life, limited finances and steep learning curves, is all part of the process. I guess they do what they’ve learnt and feels right and are accountable to themself, the past, and that becomes their future. Believe, a film by Mick Waters, has been nominated for ‘Best Surf Film’ at the Byron Bay Film Festival. Surf film asks you to Believe will screen at SesBelieve… sion 27 in the Home-grown The dreams you have as a Films session for films by kid are sometimes all you local filmakers. For more have. You lay awake at night info visit www.bbff.com. thinking of the next day and what action figure you will MONTHLY MARKETS be or who you are going to 1st SAT Bruns Heads 6684 4437 play like in the backyard 1st SAT Murwillumbah 0417 759 777 footy game. Even if you don’t 1st SUN Byron Bay 6680 9703 score the winning try, it 1st SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 7333 doesn’t matter, there is no 2nd SUN The Channon 6688 6433 one watching. Sometimes 2nd SUN Lennox Head 6672 2874

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will be well represented next weekend when the under 19s boat crew heads to Blacksmiths Beach just south of Newcastle, to compete in the 2008 New South Wales Surf Life Saving Championships to be held at the Swansea Belmont SLSC. The team, headed by sweep Stewart White, has performed well considering the age of the rowers and the recent change to the lineup. Even though members Sam Martin and Trent Richardson are still only sixteen years old, the team won their event at the recent Branch Championships held at Main Beach Byron Bay. Making up the team Sam Condie and newest member Dean Richardson will compete in a round robin series on Saturday and if they are in the top group will compete again on Sunday in the finals.

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on behalf of our Nippers, would like to thank the following businesses for helping make our Branch Championships Carnival and our 2007-08 season such a successful one. BRANCH CHAMPIONSHIP MAJOR SUPPORTERS Hotel Brunswick, Mallam’s 5 Star and Devine’s Quality Meats and also IN BRUNSWICK HEADS/OCEAN SHORES Brunswick Hot Bread, Brunswick Fisherman’s C-op, Brunswick Book Gallery, Brunswick Health Food, Coast Country Cellars, Dominics Go-Video, Happy Dolphin, Lucky Duck, Massey Green Holiday Park, Michaelas, Pastiche, Print Rescue, Silver Dragon, Spinifex Moon, Tahi’s, Village Greens, Ocean Shores Country Club SPECIAL THANKS TO Peter and Chyrelle at PRD Ocean Shores for their ongoing support. IN MULLUMBIMBY Bridglands, Buon Appetito, Middle Pub, James Hardware Mitre 10, Mullumbimby Dental Centre, Mullum Hire, n.joy publications, Pearl Denture Clinic and also Super Surf Camps Gold Coast, Cool-a-bah Cooling Services Murwillumbah & PMD Screen Printers Byron Bay. The support of the following organizations was also greatly appreciated. Quota, Lions Club, Byron Surf Club and Byron Shire Council

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• Lights • Power • Connections • Data • Home Automation • Antennas & more

6685 4114 Lic. 141857C

INTERIOR DESIGN KATE PLATT Interior Designs, www.kateplatt.com ....................................0411 888416 or 66807606

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AD PAINTING BY JOHN HAND Lic 13246C ............................................0413 185399 or 66841249 ALL-WAYS PAINTING Shahron Shahar. Lic 189144C .............................. 0438 784226 or 6680 9281 BYRON PRO-PAINT Free quotes, value. Lic 87771C ...........................................Call Ben 0418 662281 CAPE BYRON PAINTING SERVICES .....................................Mark Ward 0409 421169 or 66853780 DEREK BULLION PAINTING Free quotes Lic R98818 ..............................0414 225604 or 66805049 NEW BRIGHTON PAINTING Quality work Lic 64066C..........Derek Bond 0401 920540 or 66805551 PAINTED EARTH Eco friendly paints & finishes ............................................................... Deb 66805729

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BAY RECLAIMED New & Used building supplies ....................................................................66855991 BRICK & BLOCKLAYER Neat, reliable, quality. Lic 114688C.............................................0410 326052 BRICKLAYER Lic 164155C ......................................................Phone Gary 0437 135483 or 66849102 BRICKLAYER A brickie you can trust when quality is a must .............................................0417 062912 BRIMS BUILDER’S HARDWARE ...........................................................................................66801718 BUILDER/CARPENTER Bob Stewart. Lic 14815C Mullum – SGB..............0418 989928 or 66805639 BUILDER/CARPENTER Jamie McKenna Renovations, kitchens, stairs, frames, etc. Lic 43205...66801683 CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C ..................................... 66291169 or 0412 967677 CARPENTRY/JOINERY Renovations, kitchens, bathrooms, small jobs. Lic 157823C Paul ......66805722 CARPET LAYING & REPAIRS Quality work, free quotes ......................................... Rick 0412 755244 CONCRETING & TIGHT SPOT EXCAVATIONS Lic 124842C ...............................................66858559 CREATIVE METALWORK Handrails, stairs, awnings, gates etc ........................................0428 550251 DECK DOCTOR Repairs, oiling, maintenance .......................................................Richard 0407 821690 DECKS, PAVING, SANDSTONE, LANDSCAPING Lic 10711C ...... Greg 0414 859830 or 66803234 PLASTERER & CARPENTRY Small jobs, satisfaction or no charge David 66802001 or 0419 902002 PLASTERERS High quality, renos, cottage, commercial Lic 136925c ....0404 453004 or 0423 729963 PLASTERING Quality, Integrity, Reliability ...............................Phone Rick 66872264 or 0403 947408 STAINLESS WIRE BALUSTRADING Supplies and installation ..............................................66872253 TILING PERFECTION All types, helpful advice, free quotes Lic 179306C ..0409 847653 or 66801168 TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C Phone Karl.......................................66804103

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Fine quality Carpentry & Joinery & Cabinets Feature projects, renovations, shop ďŹ tting, cabinets, kitchens Phone 6685 9014 or 0431 184 315 See our website: www.hansendesigns.com.au

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Local, reliable, friendly electrician 24 hour service, extensive experience, no-obligation free quotes.

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FLYNN’S QUALITY PAINTING

Erwin McCullough

0402 782 072

• 16 years’ experience • Professional • Friendly • Clean

Reliable and friendly service Lic. No. 202871C

For a free quote call Mark on 6680 3070 or mobile 0410 520647

RURAL • DOMESTIC • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

Lic 130521C

‘Quality work to be sure, to be sure!’

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Mullumbimby Pools Shop

• Prompt reliable service • Work guaranteed and fully insured • Fully qualified professional 6684 9249 or 0424 446 038

Your local pool specialist since 1972 Lic. 39126 Free water testing • Sales • Mobile service • Construction Mon, Wed, Fri 8.30am-5.00pm Sat 8.30am-12.00 midday Phone 6684 4846 Mob. 0418 666 839 12 Smith St, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate

Lic. R89743

KEN EGAN Painter & Decorator

Lic 168414C

Byron Shire

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Domestic or commercial, small or large jobs Interiors or exteriors, colour schemes Reliable, honest and friendly service Quality work and attention to detail Insured / Licence No. 186717C

BILL CONNORS Plumber & drainer Gold Lic No L1051 CA 1221.............................................66801403 DART PLUMBING Plumbing, roofing, gas service. Lic. 1175539C.....................................0421 334515 I LOVE PLUMBING Call Steve Lic 148904C.......................................................................0412 916140 JUMPIN PLUMBING Plumber, drainer & gasfitter Lic 96004C ..........................................0418 472313 MARK CORBETT Plumbing, draining, gas fitting. Lic 13121......................66877645 or 0418 210802

ANTENNA EXPERT Fast service guaranteed ...........................................................................66854265 BRUNSWICK TV SERVICE 30 years. Byron Shire. Bill Sked .....................................................66851778 ROB DEEGAN Antennas, parts, installation .............................................0429 994516 OR 6684 5525

Antennas Installed Phone

6685 4114

‘no improvement, no charge’ * Conditions apply

Call us first – fast service BYRON ANTENNA – ALL AREAS – Call Richard 6685 4265

Prompt service 6684 7776 or Competitive rates 0429 635 378 Free quotes Plumbing, roofing & drainage Gas fitting work Lic 165363C

CLEANING

Green Earth PLUMBING Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainage and Roofing maintenance Phone Steve 6680 1456 or 0409 181 353

LIC NO. 5425

Lic No 4838

Cape Byron PLUMBING

ALL BYRON SHIRE CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING...........................................0429 853767 ALL BYRON SHIRE CLEANING SERVICES.....................................................................0401 249543 AMORE CARPET CLEANING, ECO FRIENDLY ......................................0429 726999 or 66807721

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TRINE SOLUTIONS 6680 2358 or 0407 439805

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SEWAGE SOLUTIONS

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Professional Window Cleaning DOMESTIC – COMMERCIAL – BOND CLEANS Level 5 restrictions compliant

Reliable and of the highest quality – call for a free quote FREECALL 1800 68 38 38 MOBILE 0411 444 367 Eco-friendly cleaning services using quality natural plant and mineral based products

SEPTIC SYSTEMS Independent advice and approvals for the simplest waste water treatment systems around. Phone Stuart 0427 897 496

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25 BRIGANTINE ST, BYRON INDUST. ESTATE • 6685 7610

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PHONE & DATA EQUIPMENT CABLING • Installation • Maintenance • Trouble shooting • Broadband installation Phone 0400 207 886

ABOUT BYRON SHIRE Rubbish removed/recycled ..........................Mark 66855570 or 0421932945 ANDY’S HANDY SERVICE Rubbish removal ....................................................................0408 628130

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MULLUMBIMBY APPLIANCE SERVICE Byron Shire ..............................0408 851633 or 66842952 N.J. ELECTRONICS 28 yrs exp. TV, video, audio repairs ...........Call Nestor 0410 532528 or 66843622 VACUUM & APPLIANCE REPAIRS & SPARES Power & Air Tool Repairs.............................66844514

Reception problems, new sockets, video/dvd set up

Ace Plumbing

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CARPET CLEANING

Kevin & Margaret Bower

!LL ANTENNA INSTALLATIONS AND REPAIRS AND ELECTRICAL WORK &RIENDLY s ,OCAL s 0ROMPT s 2ELIABLE

PLUMBING, DRAINS, LP GAS Dennis McKinnon Lic L6616 ....................66878191 or 0400 726610

24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Ph 66809997 – YOUR LOCAL PLUMBERS

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All plumbing, gasfitting & roofing

p: 0412 034 719 h: 02 6680 3569 natureinmind@gmail.com

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• Holiday Rentals • Domestic • Commercial – Hotels, OfďŹ ces, Medical Centres, Shops & Schools

ANTENNA & INSTALLATION

Friendly • Reliable • Professional Service SMARTEN UP PROPERTY SERVICES

ECO CLEANING

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

North Point Painting Services Bruce Butler 6684 7137 0403 332 654

Quality assured Allergen free Fully insured Security cleared High Grade Eco Products Environmentally responsible Covering the Byron Shire

Nature in Mind

• Domestic & Commercial • Fully insured Lisa Stow 0404

860 738 or 6687 5474 ecomaniac@wwwires.com

Green Rocket cleaners

• Specialising in eco-friendly cleaning • Builders clean, bond cleans, commercial, home & holiday rentals • All equipment supplied

call 02 6688 4777 or 0405 437 431

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BYRON TO TWEED 6680 1516 OR 0412 161 564 GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

AAA ACTION GARDENERS For all your garden needs, treelopping & chipping ....................66847775 A LOAD OF RUBBISH REMOVAL Storm, Garage & Garden clean up......0402 541202 or 66857952 ABOUT BYRON Mowing, gardening, rubbish removal.................... Mark 0421 932945 or 66855570 ABSOLUTE ALL MOWING, garden maintenance & rubbish removal Michael 0424 946226 or 66854423 ALL HOME JOBS Indoor/out, mowing, handy, fix & more ...................................................0447 904358 BYRON OCEAN SHORES LAWNS & GARDENS Lawnmowing, gardening, rubbish removal 0448 042550 BLUEGUM LANDCARE Mowing, gardening & property maintenance.....0434 244224 or 66844730 BLUESCAPES Landscaping & cleanups..............................................................................0410 406334 GARRY’S ORGANIC LAWN & GARDEN TLC service..................................66846193 or 0423 527882 GROWING THINGS GARDENING & LANDSCAPING Honest & reliable.Dave 0404 492927 or 66291635 GUTTERS CLEANED All areas, free quotes, fully insured...........................66850125 or 0405 922839 LAWN MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, fertilising............................ Phone John 0403 694462 MARTY’S MOWING & BRUSHCUTTING Incl. acreage.................Marty 66846693 or 0422 798013 MULLUM-MOWING@mullumonline.net .................................................................Peter 0423 756394

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• Pruning • Planting • Lawn mowing • Watering systems • Quality mulch delivered • Low maintenance gardens • Organic alternatives • Overgrown gardens restored • Bush regen • Tree pruning • Land clearing • Rubbish removal • Tick control

Phone George 0429

882 058 Est. ‘92 • Fully insured

BLACK EARTH Landscape Design & Garden Management Jorge Henao M: 0425 271 659 E: jorge_henao@hotmail.com • Materials, plant selection and supply • Landscape consulting • Planting and mulching 20 years experience in tropical plants

HANDYPERSONS A TO Z HANDYMAN SERVICES Jack of All Ph Andre.............................................................66847553 ACTION PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Carpentry, repairs, renovations ...........................0422 417295 ANDY’S HANDY SERVICE All household repairs ............................................................. 0408 628130 BEST QUOTES Carpentry, locks, security. All trades ph Matt ..............................................0405 565268 BUILDER Lic 3442C Renovations, handyman ph Larry ...............................66845331 or 0418 608407 BUILDER/CARPENTER Quality work, integrity guaranteed..............................................0410 800217 CALL A HUBBY for all your little odd jobs ...................................................................Ami 0421 347320 CAPE BYRON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Tom Scott...........................66840386 or 0418 600576 DAN HANDYMAN Leaking taps to minor building maintenance .............66228911 or 0402 009361 DEREK’S LANDSCAPING & mowing services..........................................66777285 or 0437 771219 GENERAL CARPENTRY, DECKS, PAINTING & FENCING................................Richard 0407 821690 PAINTER/DECORATOR Quality work, cheaper rates ................................................Alex 0431 810056 SAM THE HANDYMAN Tidy up, repairs, maintenance .............................66872395 or 0403 300136

C.Vella

• Roof and gutter repairs and cleaning • Taps and toilets Complete House Maintenance • Tiling, fencing ABN 64 142 650 794 and painting Brunswick Heads • Whirly birds and insulation Caleb

0439 746 185

HIRE BYRON WEDDING & PARTY HIRE ........... www.byronpartyhire.com.au 66855483 or 0439855483 CRANE TRUCK Large & small lifts............................................................................................66855991 MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more .............................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003 TRUCK WITH CRANE & GENERAL CARRIER Large & small lift & carry jobs .......................66846789

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Rob & Lorraine Cubis Ph: 6685 1969 Mob: 0412 995267

Phone Anthony

0410 349 170 Marty’s Mowing & Brushcutting

ACREAGE MOWING Servicing the Byron Shire • Insured

Byron Shire

K ONSITE REPAIRS TO ALL MAJOR PUMP BRANDS K POOL PUMP SALES REPAIRS K ALL TYPES POLYPIPES FITTINGS

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Iron Bark

Landscape Design • Acreage specialist • Toro zero-turn 6ft cutting deck • 0427 399 955

Little Scrub Landscape Design Phone Damien 02

6684 7226

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Over 20 yrs experience - friendly reliable service Ring Dean on 0417 856 212

Rod Taylor’s

EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE • 5 tonne excavator • Prompt reliable service • All general earthworks • Enviro bush clearing MOB 0401 657 304 AH 6684 3025

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• Hollands • Venetians • Pleated • Security • Awnings & Patios • Vertical drapes

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ENVIRONMENTAL PEST CONSULTANTS

with a huge range of beautiful mouldings, fillets, matts and framing options to produce the perfect frame for any artwork... at the most reasonable price?

Specialising in alternate and integrated methods of control. Termite inspections/non-chemical control.

3 Centennial Cct A&I Estate Byron Bay 6685 5808 www.the-centre.com.au

Ph/fax 6684 2428 Mob 0418 110 714

LANDSCAPING & EXCAVATION

REMOVALISTS

A NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65HP trencher and mini excavator .......................0402 716857 BLUESCAPES Earthmoving & excavations.........................................................................0410 406334 WWW.BYRONSCAPE.COM LANDSCAPE DESIGN ......................................................0427 845284

ALWAYS AFFORDABLE REMOVALS ......................................................66876445 or 0409 917646

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Peter McDonald Fencing & Farm Maintenance 6684 2440 / 0415 838979

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6684 2198

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

SECURITY SERVICES BRUNSWICK VALLEY LOCKSMITHS Shirewide .....................................66771550 or 0412 144679

SEWING MACHINE & APPLIANCE SERVICE

BEAUTY

A1 SEWING MACHINES Since 1964 Leaders In Service .........................................................66847447

ALLURE BODY WAXING Suffolk Park...............................................................................0403 417508

UPHOLSTERY

CHIROPRACTIC

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Re-covering specialists: Bangalow Upholstery..........................66871553 BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Curtains & soft furnishings...........................66853745 or 0403 713303

CHIROPRACTOR Bruce Campbell, Brent Verco 52 Shirley St, Byron Bay .................................66858159 MICHAEL SCHWAGER Chiropractor 108 Stuart St, Mullumbimby .........................................66841962 MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Karl Wedeman & Brent Verco. 110 Dalley St ................................66841028 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIROPRACTIC Andrew Badman.............................................66858553

WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE MOBILE SERVICE Cars, homes, etc .....................................................Richard 0412 158478

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DENTISTS BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ...........................................................................66851264 BYRON DENTAL SURGERY Mercury-free restorations ..........................................................66807774 MULLUMBIMBY DENTAL CENTRE 100 Stuart St, Mullumbimby .........................................66842644

FLORISTS OH HANG IT OH POT IT Fresh local flowers & plants. Deliveries ............................................66842557 PASSION@FLOWERS Byron Bay. Fresh flowers, weddings. Interflora member ......................66855209

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BUSINESS & OFFICE SERVICES LAMINATING Still @ The Centre. Extra wide (1.6m) hot and cold laminating & mounting .....66855808 WORDPROCESSING/ TYPING SERVICE Business/ student/ personal, reasonable rates .....66803707

ACCOUNTANTS ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..................................................................................................66847415 BIZWIZZ Professional & mobile – MYOB & Quickbooks, www.bizwizz.com.au .................0400 758192 BOOKKEEPING, MYOB Annette Stanton .........................................................................0419 627506 GRIFFITH & PETERSEN Bookkeepers 28 Mill St ,Mullumbimby www.griffithpetersen.com.au Office hours 9am - 4pm ..............................................................................................................80033831 HUDSON MANAGEMENT SERVICES ...................................................................................66858129

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BANGALOW Jodie Jacobs ........................................................................................................66872337 BRUNSWICK HEADS OSTEOPATHY Sue Broadbent, Mon - Fri ............................................66851126 BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE Eve Schoenheimer & Jodie Jacobs..........................................66807575

PRINTING & GRAPHIC ART

PHYSIOTHERAPY

ACCENT COLOR THE COPY SHOP ........................................................................................66856236 ACCENT COLOR THE LAMINATING SHOP ..........................................................................66856236 NORTH COAST PRINT SOLUTIONS Design and Printers......................................................66858264

Art d’Echo 66841777

COMPUTER SERVICES ADAM THE COMPUTER GUY www.neonblade.com ...............................66850136 or 0439 587858 COMPUTER RENTAL Still @ The Centre. Fully equipped Macs are yours to rent – hour/day ..66855808

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ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne .....................................66857366 ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis.....................................................66857001 ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Postural re-education for pain, stress/dysfunction. M. Hayes ......66809770 MULLUM HOMEOPATHY Christina (Ina) Buhse registered classical Homeopath..................66841028 MULLUMBIMBY Herbals, Naturopathy, Massage, 79 Stuart St...............................................66843002 MULLUMBIMBY MEDICAL CENTRE 60 Stuart St.................................................................66841511 REFLEXOLOGY & BREATHWORK Anna Fisher ...............................................................0408 155031 SUZIE PHILLIPS ACUPUNCTURE & ORIENTAL MEDICINE ...............................................66809696

WHERE CAN I FIND?

CREATIVE & PROFESSIONAL GICLEE PRINTING

on Fine Art Media & Canvas extra wide (1.6m)

STILL @ THE CENTRE

+ Scanning + Retouching + Stretching + Framing + Laminating + Block mounting + more... at the most reasonable price?

3 Centennial Cct A&I Estate Byron Bay 6685 5808 www.the-centre.com.au

Onsite Computer Services

OSTEOPATHY

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Suffolk Park 1 Bryce Street .............................................................66853511 BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Craniosacral, Massage & Pilates Libbie Nelson, Petra Karni, Clare Connolly Lot 1, Ballina Road, Bangalow.................................66872330 CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, acupuncture, physio..............................................66857222 CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel. 3/10 Station Street, Bangalow .......................66872337 NICK EDMOND & MARTINA RIGBY Mullumbimby Physiotherapy & Acupuncture Centre ‘Govinda’ 8 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby Monday, Wednesday, Friday .........................................66843255 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY NIGEL PITMAN .........................................................66803499 PAULA RAYMOND-YACOUB Acupuncture and physio .........................................................66851646

MOTORING ALL MECHANICAL REPAIRS at Byron Bay Motor Wreckers ..................................................66856685 BILLINUDGEL BRAKE CENTRE..............................................................................................66801382 BILLINUDGEL TYRES & BATTERIES .....................................................................................66802366 CAR BODIES REMOVED Any condition, for quote phone Mark ......................................0427 660641 CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE $$$’s PAID ..................................................66845296 or 66845403 FRED HENRY MECHANICAL REPAIRS Billinudgel...............................................................66802155 MECHANICAL REPAIRS, welding, MTA member, Pearce Motors...........................................66851252 MECHANICAL REPAIRS, WARREN SIMMONS Byron Bay..................................................66858500

BAYSIDE RADIATORS, WINDSCREENS AND AIR CONDITIONING

24 Hours 7 Days Serving Byron Shire

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AUTO COOLING SERVICE CENTRE

Where else would you take a leak! Lot 4, Wilfred St, Billinudgel. Ph 6680 2444

specialising in small to medium business and private users servicing the Byron Shire - over 15 years experience call 6688 4174 or 0448 527 660

• Digital Colour Printing • Digital Colour Labels • Posters • Canvas Prints • Art Prints • Scanning • Film • Design • Photocopying 3/6 Tasman Way Byron Bay

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A large selection of New MacBooks and iMacs & iPods In Stock too ! m-th 10-6 • fri 10-5 • sat 10-1at 1/10 Brigantine St. Byron Bay 6685 8796

PICTURE FRAMING BYRON ART SUPPLIES & PICTURE FRAMING 3/97 Centennial Circuit..............................66808010 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ............................66803444 HAIKU FRAMING & DESIGN 144 Jonson St, Byron Bay ........................................................66807891

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PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION SERVICES All languages ..................................................66847994

BYRON BAY VET CLINIC 1/70 Centennial Cct. Rowen Trevor-Jones.......................................66856899 MULLUMBIMBY VET CLINIC Neil Farquhar & Dr Richard Gregory .......................................66843818 SUFFOLK PARK VET CLINIC Michael Cumpston ...................................................................66853696

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ClassiďŹ ed Ads INDEX AGMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Business Opportunity . . . . . . . 41 Businesses For Sale . . . . . . . 41 Bus Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Caravans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Car Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Childcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Garage Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Halls For Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Health Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Holiday Accommodation . . . . 41 House Sit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Houses For Sale . . . . . . . . . . 41 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Indoor Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Lost & Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Motor Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Motor Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Musical Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Only Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Positions Vacant. . . . . . . . . . . 42 Property For Sale . . . . . . . . . . 41 Public Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Return Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Share Accommodation. . . . . . 42 Short Term Accommodation . 41 Social Escorts . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 To Lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 To Let . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tractor Repairs. . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Tradework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Tree Lopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Wanted To Rent . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Work Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS 6684 1777 PHONE ADS

$13.00 for the ďŹ rst two lines

8.30am – 1pm Monday 9am – 5pm Tuesday to Friday

(minimum charge)

Ads can’t be taken on the weekend

(these prices include GST)

AT OUR OFFICES

Cash, cheque or credit card – Mastercard or Visa.

Mullumbimby – Village Way, Stuart St Byron Bay – 95 Jonson St

– CLASSIFIEDS – Can be booked any time during business hours Monday to Friday by phoning 66841777. Please be very clear about what you want to have printed in your ad. Our Echo staff will read your ad back to you. Please help us by making sure we have correct details and phone numbers. Please also have your credit card ready for ALL ads placed over the telephone. PHOTOS All photos handled by The Echo – all care & no responsibility taken.

FOODS

FLAWS? COVER THEM UP THE RUG SHOP BANGALOW

BLISS BOTANICALS

100% NATURAL SKIN CARE HANDMADE in Byron Bay for men & women. FOOD FOR THE SKIN Avail now at : GYPSY LE FAY 1/22 Mullumbimbi St Brunswick Heads Shop enquires : 0417427518

DEREK HARPER

CELEBRANT 66803032, derekharper@mac.com

COUNSELLING SUSAN ALLEN CMCAPA Phone 66802805

TAX DOCTOR!

Ronald H Wolff, former ofďŹ cer with Tax Dept is happy to keep you in good tax health incl. GST. For personal and professional tax services call 66795330. Will make house calls.

www.antheaamore.com HONOURING LOVE AND LOSS

Audrey Fisher Celebrant - 0414720081

JAW R.E.S.E.T. HEALING Helps stress from teeth grinding, dental work or accidents. Tibetan Sound Chakra Healing. Rose Gilmore 0429194912 – 66855475

LOCAL VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED to assist with set up of the Blues Fest. Please email vollies@bluesfest.com.au

AFRICAN DANCE

with Cheze Tues 6.30-8pm Ewingsdale Hall, $20 per class. 0411843384 or 66857927

with Simeon & Lyanne First beginners course for 2008 Starts 6.30pm, Wed 12th March @ Buddha Bar, Singles or couples. Phone 0415045867

Hip Hop School Adults, Boys & Girls I â?¤ Sassy Salsa

Mon, 7.30pm Chini Hotel also Teen Street Salsa. Ph 0431108791

with Chinta Ewingsdale Hall, Thurs 6.30 - 8pm $20. All levels 0402678220

MEDIUM / GRIEF COUNSELLOR readings, counselling and classes. Ph 66845346 or visit www. lizwintermedium.com

LATIN DANCE

MEDIUM WORKSHOP Sun 6th April. www.lizwintermedium.com or 66845346

WITH MAGDALENA 4 sessions starts 29/2 to 31/3. Buddha Bar Studio 6.45-8.30pm $20. 0403413146 or 66849463 The Oceania Project 19th

Whale Expedition

Hervey Bay Qld. Aug - Oct 2008 Join for a week or more. 66858128 info: www.oceania.org.au

SHOE DOCTOR

Shoe Surgery now operating @ Sole Bros, Arts & Industry Estate. Surgery hours 8am - 5pm BODHI AVINASHA World renowned USA TANTRA teacher presents THE POWER OF VOICE. Intro Thurs April 24th, Tantra & sound Ambaji April 26-27 Oceana 66803504

LAHAY

MEN’SLINE SUPPORT COUNSELLORS – Willing to listen. Call 66222240 7pm-11pm every night.

MULLUMBIMBY SOUP KITCHEN Neighbourhood Centre, Dalley Street, Wednesday 5pm. 66841816

CHOKE THE SMOKES

Back by popular demand: THE AUSTRALIAN CANNABIS COOKBOOK @ Echo ofďŹ ces Mullumbimby & Byron Bay or www.ozshop.net THERE IS A CERTAIN WAY rich people get rich. You can learn this certain way. Free 2 min message 1800825299

PIANO TUNING

Reuben Barkley, 2nd gen. family trade. Pianos bought, sold & repaired. 66284475 - Mob 0422221116 SPIRITUAL HEALING THERAPIST Let me support your journey to inner peace. Enquiry phone Karlee 66859068

Sandplay Art Therapy

Counselling and healing through creative play. Children, teenagers & adults. Ph 0402074568. Bev Clarke G.Dip Art Th PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING accessories & pattern making. First samples, designing, garment engineering & manufacturing services. Fully qualiďŹ ed, 20 years experience, free quotes. Phone 66802747

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WITH HYPNOSIS. Paul L. Jones C.Ht. DO IT NOW! 0429332067

ALI’S RUG CENTRE

Specialist rug washing & repairs Quality rugs for sale

LEARN TO SALSA

AFRICAN DRUMMING

Marriage Celebrant 66847165

Account enquiries phone 6685 5222

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The Channon Craft Market

6688 6433

The best market in the country!

$10 cover

OCEAN SHORES DANCE

Contemporary, Classical, Jazz/Funk Ages 4yrs+, adults classes, boys class, beginners - advanced. Ph Danielle 66805819, 0428876346 e: byrondance@hotmail.com

100% NATU NATURAL SKIN CARE

25% O OFF SALE

Only at : GYPSY G LE FAY 1/22 Mullumbimbi Mullumbimb St Brunswick Heads Shop enquiries enqui : 0417427518 SEWING: HEM HEMS & ALTERATIONS. Piecework/Dance Clubs. 0432185180

DANCE WEAR

DANCE SHOES, LEOTARDS &, GYM WEAR The Byron Baybz Dance Wear Co 7/18 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay Ph 66808425 BRUNSWICK LEARN TO SWIM QualiďŹ ed instructors. Enthusiastic, quality teaching in indoor heated pool. All levels and ages, including infant & adult. Book for Term 1, Sess 2. Ph Sam 66882346

FOREST FAST

3 DAY SILENT RETREAT Detox & Renew with Organic Juice, Yoga, Meditation, Walks, Massage + Rest. Mar 14-17th $295 / $250. 66845279, www.funkeyforest.com FREEFORM DANCE FOR FUN! Wed 5th March 4.30-6pm Ewingsdale Hall $8/$5 concession. Ph 0415251045

SEWING

ALTERATIONS Tues & Thurs 9am – 5pm 2/69 Centennial Ct. Byron Bay Ind. Estate 6680 7005

Do you need something simpliďŹ ed, organised, planned or managed? Business or private. Call us to discuss it. Satya Pty Ltd – Project Management Phone 6684 0112 Back due to popular demand

Wild Nights Weekend Inspired by David Deida Inviting men to master the challenges of life, work & sexual desire Inviting women to explore being opened in the presence of strong, trustworthy & passionate men Ambaji Wellness Centre Byron Bay 29 – 30 March $450 for singles. $800 for couples. Call 0408 205 671 www.johnhale.org/wildnights.html

'IFT 6OUCHERS

Cnr Wollongbar & Centennial Cct Byron Arts/Ind Est 6685 7750/0427 469 843

THIS SUNDAY

Custom framing to suit all needs – huge range at best available prices – discount for local artist and multiple orders. Mon-Fri 9:30-5pm Sat 9:30-1pm 144 Jonson St Byron Bay

FRENCH COOKING CLASSES

www.bys.org.au

IN BYRON BAY by Chef Igor Persan SAT MARCH 8: PREPARING FISH Different ďŹ sh and different ways to approach them; raw, baked, steamed, pan-fried‌

SAT MARCH 15: PREPARING SHELLFISH AND SEAFOOD Lobster, bugs, crabs, prawns, yabbies, oysters‌

SAT MARCH 29: LA BOUILLABAISSE – FESTIVE COOKING Traditional Mediterranean ďŹ sh dish adapted for Australian ďŹ sh. Bring a friend to share our feast. And more to come‌ 4 hour classes – All produce included And we eat what we cook!

+ Tapas Menu + BYO + Event will be postponed if raining PH: 6680 8228 MOB: 0414 895 441 1/6 TASMAN WAY, BYRON ARTS & IND EST. www.lusciousfoods.com

I LOVE CLUTTER

Let me help you sort yours out in your home, ofďŹ ce or business. Call Fay 0417028642 www.acleanslate.com.au

Clothing manufacturers. Manufacturing for wholesalers, shops & market stalls. Ph Jocelyn 66846665, Mon - Fri (bh)

1st 7.30pm

Gypsy Flamenco

1pm Monday for line ads

Prepayment required for: Garage Sales, Share Accommodation, Short Term Accomodation, Wanted to Rent and Work Wanted classiďŹ cations

ARE YOU IN LOVE Call SUE BASSER

+ Saturday March A night of

12pm Monday for display ads

FOR CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK

ANTHEA AMORE

PUBLIC NOTICES

DEADLINE

$4.00 for each extra line

ClassiďŹ ed ads may also be lodged at our ofďŹ ces:

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RATES & PAYMENT

Ads may be taken by phone on 6684 1777

BLISS BO BOTANICALS

$95 PER CLASS $270 FOR 3 CLASSES, $850 FOR 10 CLASSES Gift vouchers available.

visiondance.com.au

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AMRITA HOBBS

International facilitator returns to the Shire offering workshops & private sessions for adults, teens & families. 0419336291- www.amritahobbs.com

Little Goddesses

• TOYS • GAMES • SPORTING • DRESS-UPS • WATCH BATTERIES/BANDS

Toy Kingdom

Shop 2 Carlyle Street, Byron Bay. Tel: 6680 8811

CLAIRVOYANT

Spirit Guide & Soul Readings Spiritual Healing & Soul Retrieval Spiritual/Psychic Development Classes

JAYA

6684 6747/0400 656 444

ANXIOUS? Professional support in a safe & caring environment. For appointments call 0405 462 488 Renato Conroy Psychotherapist/ Counsellor

For 7 to 9 yo girls & mum’s. Amrita Hobbs welcomes your daughter to sacred circle, Sat 15 March, 1.304.30pm. Call Georgia 66848046 SPIRITUAL/PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT 5wk class starts Tues 18/03 @ 7pm. Connect to your Spirit Guides, Strengthen your Psychic/Intuitive gifts. Enq. Jaya 66846747 or 0400656444

DYNAMIC Drawing

Wednesdays - Mullum Drill Hall Fridays - Byron Scout Hall both classes 9.30am - 12 noon Cost $15/$20. Enq: 0421101220 www.dynamicdrawing.com.au Weekend workshop 29/30 March, bookings now open Byron Scout Hall

CLEANING

SPARKLE AND SHINE Honest, Professional, Thorough. Transform your home or ofďŹ ce space, refs. Phone 0414094238

CHANNELLED GUIDANCE

via clairaudient Shelley Neller. www.byron-bay.com/shelleyneller Bookings 66853587

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID

12 hour certiďŹ cate course $120. Byron Services Club, Tues, March 11 & 18 9.30am-4.30pm or Mon evenings April 21 & 28, May 5 & 12, 6pm-9pm. Ph 66855950 or 0402013177

FRUTTI TUTUS

STREET WEAR TUTUS FOR EVERY OCCASION – INFANTS TO ADULTS 18 Exclusive to Gypsy Le Fay Also catering for all your dance wear needs for the new school year. BRUNSWICK HEADS 0417427518

gypsylefay.com AGMs Wilsons Creek Community Preschool AGM March 10th, 3.30pm. All welcome THE AUNTY PROGRAM AGM on 29th March 2008 at Torakina Park, Brunswick Heads at 1pm. Further information contact Rhonda on 66884217

HEALTH

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$40 massage Mon-Fri 0423293995 Jo Morrish & Honourable Therapists

KINESIOLOGY

With over 45+ years of invaluable experience as a Psychic, Consultant, Medium, Counsellor and Advisor for business, personal, career and relationships. I can offer a level of accuracy, a depth of compassion and proven psychic gifts, and I request that you do not reveal your particular enquiry.

Learning enhancement (including help with ASD) help your children perform better. Change unhelpful patterns. Enhance emotional well-being De-stress... increase your energy levels! SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract. 66846914

All sessions by appointment only.

& Counselling. Wendy Purdey. Relax, resolve, release & restore inner calm & clarity. BeneďŹ ts include insights, understanding & energy to create change. Enq welcome 66802630

6687 1006 Annabelle.

From 28 March - 6 weeks. Enjoyable, fun yoga. Ph 66843250, 0439492804

HYPNOTHERAPY

PILATES@CORE STUDIO mat + apparatus 66856716

MULLUM WAXING

Massage/Beauty. Vashti 0423135569 SIMPLY DIVINE MASSAGE Beauty & Healing. In/out calls. Lisa 66844003

SWEDISH Massage Ocean Shores 1.5 hrs $70. Susan 0411409123 JAPANESE ACUPUNCTURE Inge Sarathulsingh 66841145

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Fitness Circuit Classes in Ocean Shores. 6 week courses start next week. Phone Dee 0408002260 THAI MASSAGE 1.5 hrs $50. Home visit $60. 7 days. Ekka 66804478. No sex CLAIRVOYANT healing, respectful, nurturing rebalancing Chania 66803773

BEST MASSAGE ANYWHERE EVER!

CERTIFIED IYENGAR TEACHER Claire Evans, Ewing’s Hall, Mon & Tues, 10am. Other classes check Yoga Lounge Ad

Flo Fenton Dip.R.M. Home Suffolk Visits – Park Byron Bay Health Funds

SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICE Free STI/HIV checkups Clinics: Byron Monday; Ballina Friday. For appointment phone 02 66202980 or 07 55066850 PERSONALISED AYURVEDIC YOGA With Jacinta Tuesday 6 - 7.30pm Heartspace, Mullumbimby Phone 66843165 Limited Places

BEST MASSAGE

Deep tissue relaxation and 4 hand massage, 20+ years exp. 7 days. In/Out calls. Bernie 0407431588

EXTRA SENSORY

HEALING & ACUPUNCTURE Massage, Reiki, Shamanic healing, Medium. Fri & Sat @ Medicine Wheel, Byron Phe Gitsham B.H.SC Chinese Medicine By Appt 0405475411

Bikram

ASIA JOES

Redeem your Regular Joe Cards on Wed’s and receive a main course for $5

1ST AID FOR EMOTIONAL TRAUMA One-day practical course with Parijat Wismer (22yrs exp). Be a blessing to people in trauma know how to respond effectively. Sat 12 April. Cost $165. Ph 66857991

PSYCHIC CONSULTANT: MEDIUM

THAI MASSAGE COURSE

Tel 6685 9910 ATMS Accredited

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Come experience a relaxing, healing and energising weekend and learn the ancient Chinese practice of Qigong for Health

Be revitalized 8, 9 March Bookings 6687 5636 www.wellnessandbeing.com

Yoga Byron Bay

pure organic fusion suffolk park community hall corner alcorn street and clifford street bangalow studio and head office 72 byron street, bangalow (parking at rear)

Private sessons available call 6687 2031 or visit www.yogalates.com.au

CertiďŹ cate Teacher Training Courses monday

10am - 11.30am 6pm - 7.30pm

Yogalates : mat work Yogalates : mat work

suffolk park suffolk park

tuesday

9.30am - 11am 6pm - 7.30pm

Yogalates/Pilates : mat work Yogalates/Pilates : mat work

bangalow bangalow

stretch with core stability

suffolk park

wednesday 6pm - 7.30pm thursday

10am - 11.30am Yogalates/Pranayama meditation 9.30am - 11am Yogalates/Stretch with core stability bangalow 6pm - 7.00pm Yogalates : mat work bangalow

friday

10am - 11.30am

stretch with core stability

suffolk park

saturday

8am - 9.30am

stretch and strengthen

suffolk park/bangalow

Special unlimited classes for 3 months $190 $180.

Comments from our new students “Invigorating, inspiring and dynamic! Persevere and the results speak for themselves. Norma is focussed, encouraging and a great facilitator to go at your own pace. One of the best things I’ve done for ME!� Janet, Brunswick Heads “It mentally and physically challenges me, it makes me feel so alive!� Andy, Bangalow “I have suffered with scoliosis my whole life. After a few months of Bikram my spine is showing no signs of scoliosis at all!� Elissa, South Golden Beach “My quality of life has dramatically improved. I have more energy and strength and discovered peacefulness and balance in my life, overcoming symptoms of depression.� Heidi, Mullimbimby

LOCALS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER Enjoy 7 days of Bikram Yoga for just $17* – valued at $119! Mon

Tues

Weds

Thurs

Fri

Sat

Sun

8:00am 9:30am 10:00am 4:00pm

Everyone welcome

Teenagers $6 per class

MONDAY THURSDAY 9.30-11.30am Hatha Diana 9.30-11.30am Ishta Joanne 3.30-5.00pm Hatha Diana 3.30-5.00pm Hatha Diana 5.30-7.00pm Hatha Diana TUESDAY 10.00-12pm Hatha (Intermediate) Sam FRIDAY 5.30-7.30pm Dru Yoga Diana 9.30-11.30am Hatha Diana WEDNESDAY 9.30-11.30am Hatha Beginners Diana SATURDAY 5.30-7.00pm Hatha Diana 9.30-11.30am Hatha Pennie & Paul Term 2 Beginners Yoga Courses - 5 weeks starts Mon 21/4 & 26/5. Bookings essential for both courses.

• Gift vouchers available • Shiatsu massage by appt

9 Myocum St Mullumbimby 2482 Diana Ewing 6684 3431 Email: yellowchurchyoga@linknet.com.au

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6:00pm

193 The Pocket Road Billinudgel phone 02 6680 3703 for more information visit

www.bikramyogabyronbay.com.au OSTEOPATH A biodynamic approach to Osteopathy in the cranial ďŹ eld

ANDREW HALL

New Brighton, 66802027, Thurs, Fri. Not your usual Osteopathy.

HYPNOTHERAPY

NLP, EFT, PAST LIFE & COUNSELLING Anxiety, Weight, Smoking, Pre & Post Operative, Phobias, Depression & more. Irene Colville 66770064 MASCH, AMACA

BAY MASSAGE

Deep Healing. Phone Kathy 66858458

SATURDAY YOGA

with meditation & pranayama new Mullumbimby class Saturday 10am Pioneer Hall, Gordon St also Tuesdays 9am, Temple Byron Thurs 9.30am, Yellow Church, Mullum Joanne Langton 66843654

CLASSICAL HOMOEOPATHY BALANCING THE VITAL ESSENCE TO TREAT THE WHOLE PERSON

DR SUE HAYNES PhD Dip Hom Health Fund Rebates

Ph 6685 5883

BREATHWORK MASTERY

www.rebirthing.com.au Accredited courses, private sessions & groups. Alakh Analda 0413167688.

DR JANE REFELL

Womens health & wellbeing. Bangalow. Appointments 66872337

•Clinical hypnotherapy

RESTORATIVE HATHA YOGA and meditation for everybody. Experience deep physical & mental relaxation. Mon 6-7.30pm Temple Byron. Deb 66846549

Naturopath Phillippa Church B.Nat @ Ballina and Brunswick Heads • LIVE BLOOD ANALYSIS • DYSBIOSIS TESTING Consultation by appointment

6684 1401 Medical Rebates • ANTA 5970

•Neurolinguistic Programming •Personal insight reports •30 years healing practice HOLISTIC HEALING

•$80 per session

RELAXATION • STRESS MANAGEMENT • ANXIETY DEPRESSION • MOTIVATION • PERFORMANCE STOP SMOKING • ADDICTION • WEIGHT LOSS

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YOGA

EGBERT WEBER N.D.

Postural Bodywork

Mon @ Med Wheel Byron. 66858366 ARCHETYPES CONSULTANT Personality proďŹ les, life map reading. Phone 66228555 FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS TRAINING - Brisbane 2008 Yildiz 1800209388 www.familyconstellations.com.au

class starting Upper Mullum Creek adapted to your needs, integrated with breath, beautiful surrounds, exp teacher, cert 20 yrs. Kate 66841013

Kundalini Dance!

8 week Chakra Dance Journey Throat Chakra this Thursday 10am-12.30pm Ewingsdale Hall. All Welcome. Ph Sally 66849437

NIA - WHOLISTIC FITNESS Byron / Mullum. Nia classes blend dance, yoga & martial arts. Suitable for everybody. Inq Julie 0402980805 Acred Nia teacher. www.niaaustralia.com.au

MASSAGE 1 hr $25 Student clinic in Byron Bay Phone 0407299258

BEST MOBILE MASSAGE therapeutic 20yrs exp. Phone Julie 0419339319 DR OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE Naturopath (B.H.Sc Nat) & Herbalist offering safe, natural & affordable health care & medicine. Concession & health fund rebates avail. Se habla espanol Phone 0412654272 FEELING LONELY? Do you need a chat & a cuppa or some support and human contact? New Brighton/Golden Beach pref. Ring Marette 0421907754

LIGHT OF REIKI

Will open your heart to unconditional love. Reiki 2 Class 8-9 March. Phone Devi 0401796769

Reexology QualiďŹ ed Practitioner A non–invasive therapy to promote deep relaxation via pressure points in the feet, hands & ears. Let your body experience complete homeostasis.

Call Amanda Hesse 0413 209 236 or at Byron clinic 6685 8005 Healthfund rebates. ATMS member

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YOGA INTENSIVE Beginners/General level 10th - 14th March, Mon - Fri 7.00-8.30am, Yellow Church with Kristen 66840371

LAWYERS BARRISTER Jonathan de Vere Tyndall. Coorabell. Ph 66847842, 0439651813

BUS SERVICES

MASSAGE With Gabe, Tues at Lotions & Potions Bookings 66841419 PAST AGE CLEARING & HEALING A gentle way to assist in releasing blocked energy on a cellular level and enhance emotional, physical & spiritual well-being. Call Julia Williamson 66804071 or 0412201736 www.pach.com.au

BYRON 2 BRISBANE EXPRESS City/Airport 2 hours. 1800626222

CHILDCARE

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Experienced CHILDCARER/NANNY PARENT COACH caring/reliable, REIKI Linda Joy Flower. Ph 0421892812

IN MULLUM Mon 10am, Thurs 6pm. All gear provided. Uniting Church Hall, Dalley St. Louise 66884445

EWINGSDALE HALL AVAILABLE for your function. Ph 66847706 AH

TRADEWORK

HANDYMAN

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With 25 years carpentry expeience. Phone 66840227

HAWAIIAN BODY WORK Brigitte 0402503603 home visit avail

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Heartspace $100 BALI BLISS TREATMENTS Includes Delicious Aromatic Scrub + 1 hour deeply relaxing massage & reexology ALSO AVAILABLE 1 hour Therapeutic Massage $60 1 hour relaxing massage $40 SPECIAL OFFER Sharmanic Bodywork 1 hr $60 NEW Gift vouchers available For appointments please phone 0423 293 995

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Build Environmentally

Enter into the magic tastes of India Wednesday to Friday at Sushi Wala with authentic Thali plates prepared by an Indian chef for you! Main St, Mullumbimby, behind owers Mon – Fri 12 till 8. Phone 6684 4315

Counselling

Hatha Yoga with Karen Tuesday – 8.30am Wednesday – 9am Thursday – 6pm BRUNSWICK VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE

Phone 6685 0164

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Fern is back in Byron Bay ‘Wu Tao for Two’ Is the spiritual practice you do together! A unique and beautiful dance form, ‘Wu Tao for Two’ will take you and your partner to new levels of joy and intimacy while balancing your energy. Energising, centering and lots of fun!

2 day workshop 7–8th March 2008 at Samaya Retreat Facilitated by Co-creators Michelle Locke and Steve Richter

Call 0417 989 397 or wutao@webace.com.au for info.

available for • readings • massage • meditation

Call 0412 629 459

FULLY INSURED FOR YOUR PEACE OF MIND • 15 years experience • Free quotes • Best rates Phone 0412 818 563 6685 7652

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HALLS FOR HIRE

YOGALATES

TIBETAN & AYURVEDIC MASSAGE Reiki $45. Phone Victoria 0401344047

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Do you know that your Thinking & old Feelings are creating your current life? Heal your past and Create a better future,now! Call Brian Emmett for free intro meeting @ 6684 2936 ~ www.artofself.org Trained in Systemic Therapy & more. Individual or Couples

byronyogacentre

$5 classes (all proceeds to charity)

6am Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun 4pm Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun Free yoga class Thurs 2pm @ the Byron Yoga Centre

www.byronyoga.com Making yoga affordable for everybody

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COMPUTERS

MR MACINTOSH

I’ll come to you! Troubleshooting, tuition, internet. Call Tom 66855504 MOBILE COMPUTER SERVICES New & Used. Ph 0422071536 byronmac.com Mac, Linux, Filemaker solutions, training, support. 66845557

FOR SALE

VACUUM BAGS BRIDGLANDS

To suit most makes & models Mullumbimby. 66842511

CARPET OFFCUTS – Lots of sizes and prices at Ray Towers Carpets, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate.

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TIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. Brims Builders Hardware, Mogo Place, Billinudgel. Phone 66801718

TREE LOPPING

CARPET MATS – from 50 cents each at Ray Towers, Carpets, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate.

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COMPOST TOILETS Garry Scott • 66843468

BAMBOO PLY

& Bamboo Flooring from $10.50sqm. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66764088 - sample & brochure

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BEDS - MATTRESSES - ENSEMBLES Best brands. Best range. Sleep Zone, Bridglands, Mullumbimby. 66842511

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All sizes, Direct sales‌ save $$$. Sunshadow Latex. 66841263

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LATEX Mattresses

KING SIZE latex mattress on Italian ergo base, valued at over $4000. Selling for $900. Ph 0414955779 DRY PRESSED BRICKS 60sqm make an offer. Ph Matthew 66872098 QUEEN SIZE size bed with mattress $250. Ph 66859888

Organic Fruit + Veg Saturday 9am - 1pm. Fossil Farm, 419 Left Bank Road. 0429843408

PIANO good cond $2000, elec guitar vgc $300, full sized violin $250, Hohner accordian $400. Ring Inge 66841145

4REE LOPPING GREEN WASTE REMOVAL INCH CHIPPER 0H ,ES OR &ULLY INSURED

PEARL EXPORT DRUM KIT Zildjan cymbals & cases $1200. 0431319822

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SAFE & SOUND newborn to 1 yo capsule $95, Amby baby hammock with frame + mozzie net + Jolly Jumper $180, square solid timber table $290, 8 solid timber chairs $50 each. Phone 66853624

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U-SHAPED KITCHEN good condition. Phone 0400971480

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FRIDGE Kelvinator Opal, 300L, 2 door, no frost, g-cond, $275. Ph 0402273358 ANTIQUE bathroom ďŹ ttings, Cast iron claw foot bath, beautiful shape, Brass tap set with cradle shower, Waterford Wood Stanley stove in good working order, Stained glass window, ex old Bris Court House, 950x1250 & more. 66809259

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www.echo.net.au END OF SUMMER PLANT SALE! Gingers from $10 - Buy 1 - Get 1 free. All plants at discount prices. Bamboo 15% off. Lots of varieties & sizes available. For March & only while stocks last. Call 0400696264 or visit www.byronbamboo.com.au

CAMPER TRAILERS for sale & hire at 3 Dog Camping, 66855460, 1/7-17 Brigantine St, A & I Estate, Byron.

2 OVERSIZED antique Balinese style coffee tables & 1 x 8 month old silver/ grey Simpson fridge-freezer, as new, with warranty, $700 each. Ph 0415084311

APPLE IPOD TOUCH

ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement.

BLUES FEST GUESTS?

RED PAWPAW, bisexual, organic, $5 ea. Phone 66882381

O. SHORES 2 Natan Ct, Sat 8am-1pm, relocating, all must go, wash mach, furn, kitchen, elect, plants, etc. 0438214872

Mattress Xpress 66855212

SOFA BED $150, BBQ, 4 burner + wok $250. Phone 66809426

16 Brigantine St, Byron Bay

DESIGNER round, retro, glass top table, $450. Phone 0419276998 ROLAND sign cutting machine, very reliable, seldom used, comes with computer program to generate signs, custom wooden carry box and extras. Would make great small business opportunity, $1900 ono. Ph Bruce 0424234500 TOSHIBA laptop, 6 months old, 4 years warranty, Windows Vista program incl Word 2003 DVD/CD RW Internet ethernet compatible extra memory very light & thin $1000 ono. Ph Bruce 0424234500 2 DRAWER Fisher & Paykel dishwasher, only used 9 months, new $1699, sell $850 ono. Wooden cot and innerspring mattress, $150. Ph 66809504 REFRIGERATOR upside down, 505L frost free, exc cond $300 ono 66845010 SKYLIGHT $100, 4 rolls fencing wire $25 each, boxed tiles, furn etc 66841691 FOOD PROCESSOR Superwhizz, new, unboxed $60. 66841691 BLUES FEST 4 x 5 day adult tickets, $320 each. Ph 0406563497 LOUNGE SUITE, 2 x leather chairs, HWS. Ph 66844514

BLANK DVDs CDs & Mini DV tapes BRIDGLANDS Mullumbimby. 66842511

WARD’S Landscape Supplies

Wooden railway sleepers, concrete sleepers, garden ornaments & pots, mulches, soil, metals, gravel & more. Mon-Fri 7.00am-5pm, Sat 7.00am-2pm. 1176 Myocum Rd, Mullum. 66842323 WASHING MACHINE auto $170, fridge 2 door $250, freezer $140. 0413589388 GOOD used furniture bought and sold Bridglands Mullumbimby 66842511

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617

,/#!, .!4)6% 0,!.43 &OR PROPERTY PLANTINGS ,ARGE RANGE OF TUBE STOCK FOR REGENERATION 4REES s 3HRUBS s 5NDERSTORY

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YO YO second clothing for women + men + kids

NOW OPEN 4 Bay Lane Byron Bay behind Beach Hotel 0421 778 436

in stock now. Bridglands Mby 66842511

IKEA LOFT BED single, metal, good condition, $130. 66803360

COLOURED GLASS scrap, excellent for mosaics, leadlight books, surďŹ ng magazines. Phone 66847246 LOTION / SPRITZ BUSINESS SET-UP Stylish silver pumps/sprays & label designs suitable for new business venture. Price neg. 66855747 RELOCATABLE CABIN, solid wood, complies, approx 6.5 x 4.5m, kitchen & bathroom built in, $20,000. 66847420 FRIDGE large $200, Washers: medium $130, lge $180. Delivery. 0412609519 BABYLISS PRO ionic hair straightener, as new, was $279, now $150. Phone 0403704772 SECOND HAND KITCHEN A1 cond, large U shape, with appliances $1000 ono. Phone 66853176

GOOD used furniture bought and sold Bridglands Mullumbimby 66842511

GARAGE SALES

CORNDALE 220 Hunters Hill Rd, Sun 8am-5pm, fridge, wash mach, arts, furn, etc, everything must go. 66895919 O. SHORES Nth 59 Helen St Sat 8am, furn, kitchen ware, books, clothes MASSIVE SALE ladies designer clothing, bags & belts, nothing over $50, Friday 7/3, 10-5pm & Sat 8/3, 9-4pm. Myee Carlyle Collections 4B/11 Banksia Drive Byron Bay Arts & Ind Est. 66808323 RELAY FOR LIFE garage sale Saturday March 8, 8am to 2pm, 234 Myocum Rd Ewingsdale. Interior doors, furniture, retro clothes, electric appliances, books, linen + much more. Enquiries 66847241 MOVING SALE furn, fridge, wash mach, dryer, microwave, kitchen utensils, tupperware, china etc, everything must go. 9 Minyon St, Brunswick Hds Sat 8am MOVING SALE baby & kids stuff, dinghy, car seat, high chair + more. Sat 7am, 43 Elizabeth Ave, Sth Golden Beach

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403 or 0413120970 SUBARU OUTBACK LTD ‘99 auto, 164,000km, gc, $11,900. 0403075076 COMMODORE VN ‘89, auto, mags, 6 mnth rego $1500. Ph 0431319822 HYUNDAI EXCEL ‘98, 12 months rego, 4 new tyres, 155,000km, auto, twin-cam engine, air-con, overdrive, $3500 ono. Best buy in town. Priced to sell, excellent condition. Ph 0488589653 FALCON BA, 4.0L, s-wagon, 2003, performance auto gearbox (ex Police), new tyres, tow bar, reg 12/08, 104,000km, good cond, $10,500 ono. Ph 66874405 MITSUBISHI ‘95 Express van LPG/ petrol, roof-racks, 227,000km, good cond, registered May ‘08 $6600. Phone 0437746838 TOYOTA COROLLA SECA 1995, with pink slip, 5 speed, cent-lock, new tyres, $4000 ono. Ph 0403487011 86 TOYOTA SECA needs blue slip to re register, still has lots of go left in her. As is $500. Ph 66871881 bh FORD LASER ‘89 10 mnth rego, runs well, good body $1500 ono. Anna 0432162884 TOYOTA CAMRY ‘95 s-wag, 243,241km, auto, central locking, tidy & very reliable $3900 ono. Phone 66878309

WORK BENCH solid timber with craftwood top & base, 820 H, 240 L, 120 W, $150 ono. Ph 66803012 FENDER JAZZ BASS 90’s Mexican Sunburst vgc ight case, new strings $850, paid $1000. Ph 0412732465 PANDANAS small to large. Nursery trays & pots. Phone 66848055 PLANT SALE - 25%-50% OFF Gingers, Heliconias, Broms, Succulents, Indoors, Palms & much more. 4 Short St, Brunswick Heads Ph 0434941619 Retail/Wholesale

2ND HAND SHOP

CLEM’S CARGO Lots of wooden furniture & interesting things. 38 Tweed St, Brunswick Heads. Tues-Fri 10-5pm, Sat 10-2pm 66851213 GAL 6x4 TRAILER, mower ramps, spare tyre, VGC, $1000. TEAC TV & DVD JVC, sell as set, $150. LG 100L fridge, good cond, $200. 66872641 5pm-8pm or 0420492172 HARDWOOD TIMBER large sizes, long lengths, reas rates. Ph 66849415 SAILING DINGHY 3M, mast, sail, oars, dagger board and launching trolley incl, vgc $2350ono. Ph 0437575241 DOG KENNEL duplex, can house 2 medium sized dogs in separate units $150. Ph 0437575241 MULCHER/ SHREDDER Cox 5hp, petrol vgc $500 ono. Fisher & Paykel chest freezer 270L gc $200 Ph 66841998 FIBREGLASS BOAT 3M good for river ďŹ shing, with 2hp outboard and oars and launching trolley $850. 0437575241 COOLAMON GARDENS

PLANT SALES

Natives & exotics for the home garden and larger landscapes. Great prices & huge range. Come and browse. Ocean Shores end of Coolamon Scenic Drive. Open 7 days. 66805505 FRIDGE/FREEZER 350l gc $200, Stove classic Chef ok cond $200. 66842808 ORIGINAL artwork & limited edition prints. Norman Lindsay, Dali, Picasso & antiques. Ph 0418271489 DUAL CD-J PLAYER $250. Phone 0412729902

Mullum 2nd Hand

Shop is full, with more stock coming. Doors, windows, kitchen, vanities, casements, shower screens. If its not in stock I will try & ďŹ nd it for you. Lot 5 Manns Rd. 66843063 PING PONG TABLE $200, timber desk $50, 3’ ďŹ shtank with stand, ďŹ lter etc $300. Computer speakers, graphics card etc. Ph 66854907 or 0411532871 SOLID ROSEWOOD TABLE foyer size, 125cm x 40cm, $1200. Camphor slab, rosewood ends, dining/desk, 150cm x 90cm $750. Solid Camphor mirror 110cm x 80cm, $600. Ph 0401017663 FREE PIANO Mullum area. To pick up. Phone 0434232589

TOYOTA CAMRY s-wagon, 12 months rego, great condition, low kms, CD player, $2650 ono. Ph 0422417295 FORD FALCON GHIA worked 4.1 EFI, A1 cond, 9� diff, 10 mth rego $3800 ono. 0418411706 or trade for diesel 4WD EA FALCON, 97 head, fuel inj, mags, rego 22/6/08, 233,400km, $1600 ono. 66872641 5pm-8pm or 0420492172 FORD FALCON GL 1989 sedan, 10 months rego, runs well, as is $1250 ono. Phone 0437575241 SUBURU L Series, ‘91, 4WD wagon, a-c, p-s, auto, tinted windows, new tyres, excellent interior, new water pump & alternator, 12 mths rego, $3500 ono. Phone 0422084329 no texts please. FORD LASER ‘97 hatch, red, a-c, auto, 5 mth rego $9000. Ph 66846354 TOYOTA COROLLA 03, man, sedan, $11,500. Phone 0410004891

BARGAINS 94 Holden Nova/Corolla 5spd, air & steer, 121,000kms, reg 9/08, 2BF-917 ........$5250 Nov ‘94 Mitsubishi Lancer 5spd A/C, P/S, low kms $4650 Nissan Auto sedan A/C 10 months rego, good clean car AD–71KB ......................$2250 98 Toyota Camry CSi 5 Spd 141,063Kms A/C, P/S, 1 owner full service AS57CA ........$7950 95 Toyota Camry Auto, air, steer, 11/08 reg, QHS-399 ....... ......................................$4950 16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

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HONDA 600XR ‘93, great bike, 12 mnth rego $3500 ono. Ph 0418411706 YAMAHA XT 500cc, 1969, gc, motor vg, collectable or road bike, needs rego $2250ono. Ph 0437575241

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TRACTOR REPAIRS

Be part of our exclusive treatment offer - for a limited time Paradiso and Madison are offering a 50% discount on hour facials – All you have to do is buy the March edition of Madison magazine and bring it into Paradiso beauty and laser studio in Byron Bay to receive your half price facial! Dermalogica’s signature facial is a truly innovative skin treatment based on a face mapping skin analysis and customised at every step by your skin therapist. All clients have to do is cut out the coupon on the bottom of the page in this month’s March issue and redeem. Every client will receive 10% off products purchased on the day of their facial and a 15 ml pre-cleanse. What are you waiting for? Get the March issue now and call Paradiso today 6685 8005.

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CAR SERVICE

BSW MOTORS

Pre-purchase inspection from $40! Pink slips, service + repair. 10 Bonanza Dr, Billinudgel. 66804999

CARAVANS CARAVAN for sale. Aero frame President 15‘ double bed, heaps of room, dining table, sink, microwave, hot plate etc. Awesome reverse cycle air-con, tows well $2700 ono. Ph Bruce 0424234500 CARAVAN 7.700 x 2.300, open space, no furniture, great spare room etc. no rego $1600. Phone 0431180024

MOTOR VEHICLES

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$$$s for most. Phone 0418189324, 0438189323

EXERCISE BICYCLE in good condition. Please phone 66848131

CAR AUCTIONS

EXERCISE BIKE small to medium. Phone 66802772

Buy at Dealers only through us. Ring David 0414306152 CHOICE MADE, $$$ SAVED.

WORKSHOP COMPRESSOR 2-3 hp. Phone 66849138

ASTRA ’88, 5 sp, 2 wks rego, reliable, great cond, $800 ono. Ph 0431206571

ALLWHEELS

CAR BUYING SERVICES Save time & $$$ 12 mth warranty avail. Barry 0427667177 www.all-wheels.com.au V6 COMMODORE ‘98 manual, aircond, 9 months rego, Alpine 700 watts, Clarion 300 watts, mag wheels, new tyres $10,900. Ph 0422031345 HZ HOLDEN UTE 9 months rego, all new running gear, too much to mention $2300 ono. Phone 66845058 MERCEDES C200 12/99 auto, white, excellent condition, log books, garaged, 137,000km dec. estate. 0422022097

EASY CAR SEARCH Mitsubishi 05 Wagon - Low km, $13,990 (stk16) Nissan Patrol 99 - Auto, 135000km, 7 seater, $14,500 (stk17) Toyota Corolla 92 - Auto, air, steer, sedan $5,990 (stk99)

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IMPORT & WHOLESALE BUSINESS ‘ON THE SILK ROAD’ Est 4yrs. Purchasing silk, scarves, accessories, jewellery, from China, Vietnam, Indonesia through exclusive connections. Well est clientele throughout NSW. Would suit rep or couple who love to travel. Potential unlimited, will accompany purchasers o’seas to introduce to contacts. $70,000 plus stock & ďŹ ttings. Have last 3 years ďŹ gures to show. For more info call Cindy Martyn 66853422 or 0423365871 HAIR & BEAUTY Beautiful salon, sea change lifestyle, low rent, Tweed Coast. 0411721527

HOUSES FOR SALE BANGALOW original timber home, 4br, 2 bathrm, close to CBD, $675,000. Income potential $600+ pw. www.diysell. com or phone 66871323, 0421432285 SPACIOUS 2 STOREY DOUBLE BRICK 5br/rumpus + s-cont apart. 5 acres Coolamon Scenic. Ocean & valley views. Home business & horse prop. Ph 66843143 / www.house-for-sale.com.au OS Anstey Designed 3br, 2 storey, LUG, quiet, 11 Boonboon. $395K. 66843004

PROPERTY FOR SALE MORTGAGE BROKER, Buyers agent. No application fees. No exit fees. No hype. Just great rates and good service. MICHAEL MURRAY 0428555501 MAIN ARM house on small acreage, 3br, lge covered verandah, bush setting, nice yard, 2 cabins/outbuildings, fruit trees, dam, recently valued at $540k, terms neg, $540k ono. Phone owner 66857652 BRUNSWICK HEADS block of 4 ats, 2 x 2br, 2 x 1br, 2 x outbuildings, walk to beach, river & marina, rear lane access, recently valued at $1.2M, terms neg, $1.2M ono. Phone owner 66857652 MYOCUM ACREAGE private, www. diysell.com. ID 17078. 0418779786

HOLIDAY ACCOM. WATERFRONT 4 Star Brunswick f-f 1 & 2br luxury apartments. Ph 66851631 BLUES FEST WEEK, 2br farm cottage, sleeps 4, near Bangalow $400pw. Ph 0419781967 BLUES FEST Byron CBD, fully furn, queen garden room, $100pn. 66858458 STILL AVAILABLE for Blues Fest/Easter holidays, absolute beachfront, ground oor apartment in Suffolk Park, 2br, $1500 weekly. Ph 0412288210 STYLISH studio retreat with views, 20min Byron, massage available, night/ weekly 66843358, 0431108037 BLUES FESTIVAL ROOMS, 10 mins stroll to gig, 5 min beach. 0408855738 NOW & BLUES FEST, garden studio in town. byronshanti.com or 0409062074 BYRON 3br, gorgeous house, 5 min beach, town. 28/4-28/6, $400pw & BLUES FEST 1 dbl br $500. 0404100325 BLUES FEST 3br half house, 5min town, 2min beach, quiet area. 0409728279 BLUES FEST Byron 3br, 2 bathrm, fully furn house, quiet, 5 mins town, 20/3 25/3 $2000. 0428272878, 0447778077

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BUSINESS FOR SALE

BYRON studio in town, fr $25pp/pn, new, quiet, furn, avail now. 0409062074

ADVERTISING STUDIO National management rights $35,000 - $50,000 neg. Project manage, market, launch, Australia with local owner. $200K per state. High income proďŹ le, based locally, interstate travel, rare opportunity $6000K nationally. 0415402929

SELF-CONT accom close to Blues Fest, suit couple. Ph 66847137

ZAPATOS SHOE REPAIR Byron Bay for sale, established clientele 11 years. Only shoe repair business in Byron Bay. Easy to operate, full training provided. Great potential. Ph Ricardo 66855171

BYRON CBD fully-furn queen garden room, n/s, $180pw. Ph 66858458

JONSON ST 68sqm. Retail business, great location, $80,000. Includes stock and ďŹ ttings. 0422031345

LENNOX HEAD room to rent, rural setting, $150pw. Ph 66878983

BANGALOW f-f rm, pref fem, n/s, no pets $120pw incl bills + b’band. 66870434 OCEAN SHORES secluded 2 br house 25/3 to 20/4 $180 pw. Ph 66804478

2 BED ROOM - furnished, absolute beachfront apartment, Suffolk Park. Phone 0412288210

96 Camry Wagon - 135000km, 4 cyl, auto, $5,900 (stk116)

BRUNSWICK RIVER KAYAK TOURS Cape Byron Marine Park, Est 5 years, hobby bus ready to expand, very low overheads, $30,000. Jeff 66805580

Toyota Camry Sedan 87 - Auto, air, 159000km, long rego, $2,490 (stk11)

THE JUICE KOMBI mobile juices and smoothies, easy operation, lots of equipment $30,000 ono. 0423725422

HINTERLAND LUXURY Stunning Balinese inspired 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom luxury home in the hills behind Byron Bay. Glorious 360 deg views. Soaring indoor space invites total relaxation. Gourmet kitch, designer pool with inďŹ nity edge. Exquisite master suite of rooms. Peaceful & serene private creek. Fully furnished, available for rental anytime from April to Nov 2008. $1900pw. 0411508509

KIA Rio 05 - 5dr hatch, low kms, $8,990 (stk100)

VEGETARIAN FOOD VAN for sale, $79,000. Ph 66856792

BYRON funky dbl for healthy, n/s pers, 4 mth min, $150pw incl. 0421164201

Hyundai Accent 05 Hatch, 40,000kms, $8,990 (stk101)

CAFE IN LISMORE Opposite theatre, freehold & business $175,000. At this price cheaper than rent. 0414502222

F-FURN double/twin share room, central Byron $240pw. Ph 0411427342

TRUCK rigged for removals. Ready to go. Best offer. Phone Mark 0405696647

Magna Sedan 2000 161000km, $5,990 (stk7)

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INNER SPRING MATTRESSES Single $129, Double $179, Queen $199

TOPFIELD DIGITAL set-top TV box, hard drive recorder, remote & manual, as new, $460. 66840495

LP RECORDS Good condition. Phone Matt 66841634

BUSY CAFE / RESTAURANT at Brunswick Heads. 0407527432

BYRON single room furn, fem, share fem h-hold, traveller/student, walk town/ beach. $25pn/$140pw. Ph 0431331205

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BLUES FEST lovely furn apart 5 min festival, sleeps 2/4. Ph 0403022356

SUNRISE large room, nice house, quiet, $150pw incl bills. 66808847 after 4pm

BYRON, 3br, 2.5 bthrm, townhouse, near main beach & CBD, avail April/May, f-f, s-c, 1 mth @ $800pw, 2 mths @ $650pw. Phone 0418271489

SUFFOLK large sunny f-f room, n/s, pref female, $135pw. Ph 0409728279

MULLUM modern studio, 1br, $250pw, for 3 months, begins April, furnished, must cat sit. Ph 66846354

HOUSE SIT FULL TIME house sitter required for entire month of June, to care for one really nice dog who needs a walk on the beach every day, 2 x 6mth old mischievous Burmese kittens and gardens. House at Ocean Shores overlooking ocean, must have own transport, refs essential. Interviews and trial weekends prior to long stay necessary, no children and no full time working people need apply, only suitable for reliable honest person/s. Please write to: Housesitter, PO Box 673, Byron Bay 2481 with refs and contact details. PROF CARER avail 2008, refs, pets / gardens/kids. Sarah-Jane 0415167284

SHARE ACCOM. ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement. TEMPORARY accom South Golden Beach 1 room in semi furnished house walk to beach, $120pw. 0415415233 LENNOX 1 room in comfortable large house, quiet location, $140pw, LUG option, 3 mins to beach. 0417691117

MULLUM h’mate wanted for funky, happy creative house, $135pw. 66846662

LILLI PILLI, 2br house, garden, LUG, timber floors, peaceful, n/s, vego pref, $400pw. Ph 66856008

BYRON SUNRISE BEACH room $150pw or $170 incl bills, avail now. Phone Kylie 66808370 or 0423866821

BYRON HILLS 1br + study, partly furnished, garden outlook $340pw includes costs. Ph 0488108228

SEMI S-C STUDIO in beautiful 4br house The Pocket, en-suite, bathrm, own ent, garage, verandah, fem pref, share with 1 other, $180pw. 66803484, 0421593093

COORABELL lovely 1br, self-cont, partfurn apartment, suit working couple, $200pw. Phone 66884038

TO LET BANGALOW SELF STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333 1BR SELF CONTAINED studio, forest outlook, between Bangalow & Byron, $230pw + bills. Ph 66871256 EARLY APRIL cute contemporary open plan cottage, short walk to Mullumbimby shops & school, would suit professional n/s couple, 2br, $315pw. Email: info@fit-habit.com or 0401740432 BEACHSIDE SUFFOLK lovely garden setting, 2br home, LUG, backs onto reserve, near shops, long lease, $395pw. Phone 66807225 STH GOLDEN BCH 3br, leafy garden, cul-de-sac, covered deck, shed, recently renovated, pets neg, pref long lease, $330pw, leave message 0400819210

BYRON STUDIO self-cont unit, quiet, long term, close to town & beach, n/s, d/f, $225pw. Ph 66807391

BOARD REQUIRED for 16 year old boy attending Shearwater School during the week. Please ph Jennifer 0412335189

BUSH CABIN on 6 acres in Coopers Lane. Solar power, suit couple, $160pw + some gardening. Ph 0419403183

ROOM in funky stylish share house. Well run, plenty of atmosphere in beautiful bush setting. Working female preferred. $150pw. Leave message on 66857652.

COOLAMON SCENIC DR COORABELL Spotless 3br timber cottage, character, lge deck, peaceful half acre, lawns incl. $430pw. Ph 0415152151

THE POCKET, rural, huge house, big v’dahs & garden, 2 sgl rooms $125pw each or half house $225pw. Suit truth lovers, sgl/cpl. 66845263, 0423665963

SUNRISE immac 3 br villa, priv garden, SLUG, close shops, beach, transport $400pw, avail 14/3. 0403016700

HOUSE MATE for luxury home, 3 bthrms, 2 spas, huge living area, Sunrise, $155pw + bills. Phone 0431914650 BYRON opp beach, couple/twin/3 person furn rooms avail now. 0429965465 LARGE room in spacious house, ensuite, mature, n/s, share with woman & student $160 incl. Phone 66803226 SUFFOLK, room for rent in share house for d/f, n/s, vego, garden entrance, clean, quiet, happy people, $100pw bills incl. Internet avail. Ph 66853170 SUNRISE f-furn dbl room in 2br t-house, n/s, walk beach, bus & IGA, swim pool. $175pw. Ph 66855723 O. SHORES, en-suite room for wrkg, n/s, veg, new house, $135pw. 66804717 ALCORN ST Suffolk Park. Lge bedroom with BIR & ensuite + deck access $200pw + bond. Suit reliable working person. Available 07/03. Ph 66853829 LARGE DBLE ROOM for rent. $120pw plus bills, central Bangalow, car access. Please phone Russell 0429662966 POTTSVILLE near beach, share with 1 other, own bathrm, pref employed, n/s $130pw + bond. Phone 66763104 RESPONSIBLE housemates (x2) for great Byron home in Shelley Drive, d/f, n/s, vego $150 - $160pw incl b’band & elect & piano. Phone 0423742792 BANGALOW house to share, male or female, great house, great spot, close to town $180pw. Ph 0423637246

U. MAIN ARM, 2br timber house, 2 storey verandah, garden, carport, LUG, solar, privacy, ocean views, 15 min Mullum, $320pw. Ph 0428839009 66845259 NEW BRIGHTON tropical beach house, 1 minute walk to beach, direct river access, 3br, 2.5 bathrooms, DLUG, avail now $450pw. Phone 0400243037 STUDIO Ocean Shores, timber floors, priv, garden, deck, n/s, no pets, quiet working fem or cpl, long lease, $190pw + exp. Email: sgfbali@gmail.com COORABELL cabin self-cont, well appointed, suit employed single person only, $175pw. Phone 66847420 OCEAN SHORES 3br large open plan house, LUG, views, part furnished, $390pw. Phone 0414936287 UNIQUE retail opportunity. Share 120sqm Emporium. Prime position. Antique, decor etc, considered. Ph 0432609360

COOLALIE, LILLI PILLI very large room in big beautiful house, $200pw single or $280pw double + 2wks bond. Ph Ruby on 0408895018 - MUST SEE! SUFFOLK beachside, lge room, internet, pref fem, $150pw + bills. 0408623938 BB/SUNRISE studio, sgle $250pw, dble $290pw, b/band, calm. 0431745149

Byron Bay From a month to a year... • right in town • single / double / studio • fully furnished rooms • from $100pw no bills phone 0421 925 531

CARAVAN in peaceful quiet setting, $120pw for mature person. 66847013 BYRON HILLS 3br, fully furnished home, $370pw. Ph 66854058 CARAVAN $85pw. We will deliver to you. Ph 66882396 EXECUTIVE BYRON PENTHOUSE Spacious 1br apt, mod kitch & bathroom, wrap around balcony, located centre of town, furn or un-furn, avail now, $500pw. Gail Fuller Real Estate. 66808111 MULLUM beautiful 2br house, Mt Warning views, furn, wood floors $275pw no pets/ small children, Ph 66844731 MULLUM spacious self-cont studio & huge shed/workspace/storage. 2 mins walk to town. $200pw. 66843385

WANTED TO RENT ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement. SHORT TERM due to studies, 5 Apr to 9 May, quiet, mature fem. 0409461940 BYRON A & I ESTATE commercial zoned space, min 100sqm, long lease pref, price around $250pw. Ph 0402770441 ROOM or GARAGE wanted, worker, quiet, reliable, clean, pay up to $150pw in Byron or Suffolk. Ph 0434553257

New Brighton Farmers Market Fresh, Local, Seasonal Produce NEW BRIGHTON OVAL EVERY TUESDAY 8-11AM RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE

OCEAN SHORES 3 bed, 1bath, no garage, lush gardens $320pw avail 26/093 OCEAN SHORES 3 bed, 1 bath, SLUG, big yard $340pw avail now.

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NORTH OCEAN SHORES 3 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, track to beach $350pw avail soon L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

SUPPORTING LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION NORTH BYRON FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION

CONTACT 6684 5390 MARK COCHRANE

6684 2663

61 Burringbar Street Mullumbimby

3 bed, 1 bath, SLUG, free standing duplex. $375 per week.

SELF CONT accomodation plus ensuite and kitchen for professional female, unfurn, pref Mullum/Ewingsdale/ Bangalow areas, good refs. Ph 66809426

BYRON BAY Booyong Court

BIG STORAGE SHED needed urgently. Mullum to Billinudgel area. 0411606882

Large 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 storey house. DLUG. $500 per week.

BYRON/SUFFOLK prof cple seek peace ful wooden house/studio. 0412317421

SUFFOLK PARK Armstrong Street

BYRON TO BALLINA REGION urgently need good quality home for corporate lettings. Min 2 - 3 yrs. 4 bed, 2 bath, with separate granny flat/studio. Gail Fuller Real Estate 66808111

BYRON BAY Julian Rocks Drive

2 bed villa + detached studio, fully furnished. $550 per week.

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New Brighton OCEAN SHORES Avail 21.03.08 $380 4br home, ensuite, kitch/ lounge combined, yard, carport. Avail mid to 17.03.08 $350 3br townhouse, open plan living, ensuite, deck, lug. Avail now $280pw 2br unit top floor, open-plan, balcony, lug. (property for sale) NEW BRIGHTON Avail 13.3.08 $280 3br downstairs flat, close to beach and river, carspace. (property for sale) SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH Avail 1.03.08 $450 9 Month lease, 3br fully furnished beach home, two bathroom + ensuite, deck, open plan living, double carport. Avail now $225 2br flat, lounge/dine com, lug, close to beach.(property for sale) Avail 11.03.08 $270pw 2 br house, lounge, kit/dine comb, carport, deck. Avail 20.03.08 $350pw 3br house close to beach, renovated, ensuite, open-plan, deck. BURRINGBAH Avail 17.03.08 $500pw inc lawn/garden maint, 2br timber house, grannyflat, studio, lug, deck, patio. For further details or inspection please contact 6 Strand Ave, New Brighton 6680 1594

POSITIONS VACANT WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post office box.

BAY LEAF CAFE Enthusiastic & motivated chef required for 3 days per week. Phone Ben 0410541750 SENIOR HAIRDRESSER The Hair & Beauty Ctr requires a full time senior hairdresser. Ph Shelley 66841441 FISHHEADS @ BYRON Currently recruiting, 1 floor supervisor, 2 take-away cooks. Send resume to: dine@fishheadsbyron.com.au or hand into Ralph at restaurant. PERSONAL CARER Female to assist man in wheelchair $25ph. Phone Craig 0427121555

TAXI DRIVERS BYRON SHIRE Drivers required, shifts available. Full training provided. Ph BH 66209211 email: info@byronbaytaxis.com

CASUAL HOUSEKEEPER 6 hours per week, general house cleaning and chores, located Broken Head Rd, near Golf Club, email interest to: balander@westnet.com.au

FISHHEADS @ BANGALOW Now recruiting for a Senior Chef. Good terms. Looking for someone keen for responsibility, 35-40 hours per week. marco@fishheadsbyron.com.au or Ph 66872883

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ENTHUSIASTIC reliable worker for landscape industry. Ph 0427808570 CLEANER office & house, approx 4 hr per fortnight, near Newrybar. 66878312 EXCEPTIONAL CLEANER required for exclusive 5 Star Day Spa, experience essential, meticulous detail needed, approx 10 hpw. References required Please call 66871670 CARETAKER for holiday home wanted in Byron, gardening, maintenance, cleaning. Must be permanent resident & be online. Please email relevant info to: ohokawarren@xtra.co.nz FEDERAL AFTER SCHOOL CARE CO-ORDINATOR Monday-Friday, 3-6pm. For information & job package please email: fedccc@bigpond.com Applications close March 14th GROWING local business seeks 1 or 2 sales people. Phone work & face to face but no ‘door knocking’. Good money plus bonuses, diverse products & services, nice culture. Flexible hours & home work options. Call 66808440 or email suffolk@ tpg.com.au

Expressions of Interest are invited to produce a 5 minute training video addressing safety of women in licensed premises. Please send a 2 page EOI outlining relevant experience, approach, timeline and budget. Applications close Monday 17th March 2008. Email: jean.ellis@byron.nsw.gov. au for a copy of the project brief. Enquiries contact Kim Kendall, Community Health on phone: 6684 1677

OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB is seeking part time cleaning personnel to join our friendly team. Previous experience in the Hospitality Industry would be an advantage but not essential. Must be able to work early mornings and weekends. Please forward your application with resume to the Secretary Manager at Orana Road, Ocean Shores NSW 2483. Email: secmanager@oceanshorescc.cm.au Applications close 17th March 2008.

CLEANERS WANTED • Plenty of long term consistent work • Byron, Rosebank, Federal, Ocean Shores, Mullum • Housework & iron priv homes • Earn from $18 to $30 p/hour • No equip necess, choose own hours. exp own home essen + car & phone 02 9294 5539 or apply online www.absolutedomestics. com.au/jobs

PROFESSIONAL WAITRESS with experience in high quality service for O’sushi Japanese restaurant. Fax 6684 5127 or email to: info@osushi.com.au

OPERATIONS MANAGER

REAL ESTATE Coolamon Scenic Drive 2 bed house contemporary design + 1 bed self cont guest quarters. Private, elevated, verandahs, rural & ocean views. Avail now, $550 p/w. No pets. Upper Main Arm 3 bed house on 5 acres, timber floors, Lrg covered deck, gardens + separate rustic s/c cottage. Avail 18th Feb, $370 p/w. Wilsons Creek 2 bed house + sleep out, timber floors, Lrg lounge & bedrooms, covered verandahs, 2 bathrooms, private. Avail now, $330 p/w includes lawn maint.

STUNNING STUDIO/OFFICE high traffic area, cnr position in Byron Industrial Est, suit professional or creative business ent, 70sqm, 2+3 year lease, air-con, alarm, furniture optional. Ph 0419435893

WAIT-PERSON wanted must be available nights (definite weekend shifts) would suit 2nd income or student, exp pref. Phone 66803352

CARAVANS & CABINS from $195pw. Apply in person to Byron Bay Tourist Village, Ewingsdale Road.

SUNRISE room, nice & clean, couple $220pw, sgl $140, no bills. 0401302343 BYRON room in friendly share house, pref working male $120pw + bond, avail now. Phone 0402830780

MULLUM self-contained studio, $150pw. No kids, no pets. Phone 66841611 or 0404478745

ART STUDIO/STORAGE in centre of Byron, $150pw. Ph 0415084311

LENNOX female prefered to share with 2 other people in lovely fully furnished 4br home. Nice place, great space $120pw + exp. Ph Andrew 66877674

STH GB waterfront, 2 mins to beach, big studio, veg, $130pw + exp. 66805657

SUFFOLK PARK BEACHSIDE new 4/5br, en-suite, 3 WC, 4 LUG, $600pw, avail 3 March. Domain ID5626609. 0412367233, 66853814

PROFESSIONAL LOCAL BUSINESS COUPLE seek sunny home close to the beach, 3+ br, garage, outdoor ent area, private & clean with long lease, exc refs avail, Byron Shire area. Phone Mark & Myee 0432034929

TO LEASE Byron Bay Sunrise Beach – Bayshore Dr 2 bedroom fully furnished townhouse with air conditioning. Avail now! $370pw Byron Bay – Coral Ct 3 bedroom home with DLUG. Avail 24/3/08 – $430pw Suffolk Park – Beachside Dr 3 bedroom cottage minutes walk to beach. Avail after Easter – $450pw Suffolk Park – Brandon St Furnished 3 bedroom house with pool and spa bath. Avail mid March – $550pw Elders Real Estate Byron Bay 4/47 Byron Street 6685 8911

INDUSTRIAL UNIT 3/82 Centennial. 100 sqm incl mezz $275pw. 0412308708 ARTISTS WANTED to share studio/ gallery space in Byron Arts & Industry Estate. Ph Tracey 0431092618 BYRON 2br unit, newly renovated, close to town & beach, $350pw. 0414857683 BYRON Arts & Ind Estate warehouse with mezz, 140sqm, bathrm/wc, exc location, $360pw incl outgoings. 0412221576 SHOP FRONT Billi $120pw, Siwicki RE 17 Fingal St. Bruns. 66851206 OFFICE SPACE, 84 Jonson St, 38sqm, parking, private entrance, available mid March, $450pw inc GST. Contact Liz or Bren on 66858366 or 66859719 BYRON CBD OFFICE SPACE Former Wesley Employment offices, rear of Southern Cross Credit Union, Jonson St. Ph S. Hogan on 0428473405

Based in Billinudgel, Quatro Design is a leading manufacturer and supplier of “glass fibre reinforced concrete” landscape and architectural products with substantial market penetration and a reputation for superior quality and service. Due to rapid growth and expansion, the position of operations manager has become vacant. The successful applicant will ideally be a licensed builder, with ability to read and understand complex drawings, be literate in basic AutoCAD and be confident communicating with designers, architects, engineers. Responsibilities of the position include: client liaison, quoting, translation and mark-up of drawings, some general administration, co-ordination of factory production and general overall operational management. The successful applicant will be required to undergo basic training in the practical application of materials and fabrication of product. Please contact Chris Brown 6680 5500 or fax resume 6680 5511 or email: contact@domeshells.com.au APPRENTICE CHEFS required, all years Phone 66807994

WORK WANTED

PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER with own transport, 3-5 nights per week, Bangalow area. Phone 66871271 after 3pm.

ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement.

BRUSHCUTTING Mullum, 8 hours per day, few weeks work, must be experienced, own ABN, own brushcutter & 4WD pref, $20ph. 66845235

GABRIELLA’S Great Cleaning Service for all the things you don’t want to do. Phone 0417798461

MODELLING (18+) real natural women of all ages, styles & body types required for modelling projects (NUDE), cash payment min $400+, relaxed environment with female photographer. Ph Kate 66807755 FISHHEADS @ BANGALOW Now recruiting for a Chef. Good terms. Looking for someone keen for responsibility, 25-30 hours per week. marco@fishheadsbyron.com.au or 66872883 CHEF - Full Time Reflections Restaurant at Ocean Shores Country Club is seeking someone keen for responsibility with fresh ideas & knowledge of current food trends. 4th year or recently qual. Fun, small team. Ph 0430394888

REGULAR CLEANING Byron area 3-6 hrs/pw. Ph 66809408, 0412680199 MYOB BOOKKEEPING payroll, BAS preparation made easy, reporting. 15 yrs exp, free up your time to work on your business. Make informed decisions. Ph today, Stuart McPhee 0414788278 DOCUMENT PROCESSING SERVICE Prof/exp/reas rates. Claire 0421023711 TATTOOS LOW PRICE Apprentice seeks clients. 0405759976 BANG UP for Bookkeeping! - MYOB trained, - experienced in payroll Very reasonable rates. 0414706591 FARM MANAGER/CARETAKER avail mid March, exc refs. 0402040554

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www.echo.net.au NEED HELP? Hey we are 3 Norwegian guys willing to do any kind of work anytime. Feel free to call Thomas on 0424932491 BUILDER commerical shop fit-outs, renovation, construction, domestic work, immediate start. Ph Craig Salvatori B/L 201552C on 0413859172 MALE, fit, truck license, green card. Do anything. Ph 0413034748 HANDYMAN AVAILABLE will do fencing, painting, paving.... All jobs. Call for a quote. Phone Reg 0422200313

TUITION SINGING LESSONS with Parissa Bouas, former head of voice at SCU + NRCAC, member ANATS & singer with The Hottentots. Safe & sound contemporary technique, backing tracks in any key, mic technique. Beg - Adv. Ph 66808878 TUTORING Qualified, experienced primary teacher offering after school private tutoring, K - Year 6. All subjects, Maths specialist. Ph 0403797521 GUITAR TUITION - Fun & enjoyable lessons, all styles, 20 years experience. Dix Ozier 66854862 LEARN FRENCH with Jean-Jacques. 66221705

MUSICAL NOTES BYRON YOUTH STAGE BAND is holding auditions for woodwind, brass, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums & vocals. Alfredo Lopes 0422472398 VINCE AND THE VIPERS Acoustic three piece party band Cheap rates. Ph 66844235 www.myspace.com/ vinceandthevipers

IN MEMORIAM MARK PARRATT A passionate warrior & friend who will be sadly missed. Onward Voyager Conservation of North Ocean Shores

KITTENS 8-wks old, house trained. Free to good home. Ph 66871463

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PETS FOR LIFE ANIMAL SHELTER

World Day of Prayer

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I am a carefree happy little adolescent girl who loves to play and I don’t mind who with! I love cats, kittens, humans too, luv a cuddle and am a real purr machine. We have many cats and kittens, please phone Lisa 0421 064 100 for appointment. Billinudgel. petsforlifecatshelter.blogspot.com

ONLY ADULTS TANTRIC MASSAGE Relax and Heal. Paul 0409556969 BEST BODY MASSAGE. Guaranteed. 0415200866 – 10am - 6pm Bruns.

MARK PARRATT A long standing active core member of the BEC, devoted many years to grass roots activism and campaigning in support of an environmentally sustainable future for our planet. Mark was a scientist and also a sailor and boat maker and his love for the sea environment made him a passionate advocate for the Cape Byron Marine Park. His work, knowledge and friendship will be sorely missed by all the BEC. Sail on Mark. The BEC Crew

TANTRIC bodywork, Goddess mysteries. Ph 66854074. www.sexualalchemy.com SEXY BYRON BABE 0449780167 TANTRIC MASSAGE, blissful, heal sexual issues. Ph Anna 0422252676

SOCIAL ESCORTS DISCRETE Byron, out calls, in calls & massage avail. Ph 0409342216 ATTRACTIVE HOSTESS TO SPOIL YOU, 34 Piper Drive, Ballina, 10am till late. 66816038

ENGLISH (ESL) teacher. Qual, exp & friendly for individual & small group lessons. Exam prep & english for special purposes. Also editing & proofreading. Phone Kate 66840336, 0434236297

BYRON AREA OUTCALLS. Phone 0421401775 BYRON SENSUAL DELIGHT. Incalls. Phone 0402169906

ENGLISH LANGUAGE + TESOL ESL & TESOL courses in handy Byron location. BYRON BAY ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL. 66808253 TKNONANNY Mac tuition in comfort Call Bettjoy 66803497 MATHS with High School teacher, years 7-12, over 15 years exp. 66809343 LEARN GESTALT THERAPY Grad Diploma Program. Second intake open. Lismore, Coffs, Gold Coast. Fee help avail. Ph 66213911 MANDARIN lessons, beginners welcome, experienced teacher. Lee 66803203 or 0432584965 PIANO LESSONS in your home. Peter Harris has a few vacancies left for 2008, enjoyable lessons beg to adv. Phone 66872881 LEARN TO SING & ACT! • Learn to be confident with your voice. • Practice using a mic powerfully! • Learn fun vocal exercises and warm up your voice for life! • Create a vocal performance. • Choose songs that match your voice! Contact John 66874601, 0448874601 GUITAR/JAZZ Harmony Tuition Con/Uni level guitar, bass and theory taught privately by former head of guitar studies at NRCAC. Ph 66877665 or 0404611428 COM WWW.TEACHINTERNATIONAL.

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TRAVEL – WORK – ADVENTURE! No degree or experience required. Cert III & IV in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Recruitment service & Job Guarantee! FREE RESOURCE BOOK for prompt course enrolment! Free info session– March 17th at 6pm Next course starts April 16th

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FRANCIS HENRY PEATE 19/9/1923 - 3/3/2007 12 months ago we lost you, you are sorely missed by everyone who had the privilege of knowing you. May you now rest in peace. Love Mike, Betty, Michelle, Leon & Kim

RETURN THANKS THE FAMILY OF THE LATE Richard William Palmer of Byron Bay would like to express their sincere thanks to everyone including Feros Village Bangalow on his recent passing. A much loved Husband, Dad, Stepdad, Grandfather & Great Grandfather. From Natalie Palmer & Family.

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NEED your horse or kids pony ridden and quietened down? Ph Jade 0401048450

LABRADOODLE X med sized puppies, de-sexed & vac, from $550. Choc, black & cream, minimal shed. 66853623

AngelCare Pet Sitting. 0425262193

TLC PET SITTING

INDOOR FUN and FITNESS CIRCUS CLASSES FLYING TRAPEZE ★ Classes for all ages:

kinder to adults CHAI is a fluffy ginger tabby who is very pretty and extremely cuddly. She is about 1 ½ years old. Come and meet Chai at the Cat Adoption Centre, 123 Dalley St, Mullumbimby. Open Tues. 9-11 am, Thurs. 3-5 pm, and Sat. 10am - 12 noon.

Lawn Bowls is changing! No stuffy uniform for social games. Pleasant company. Fresh air. Ocean Shores Womens’ Bowling Club would like to invite any potential bowlers to their playing days held on Wednesdays (mixed) and Fridays (Ladies). All new bowlers would be most welcome and introduced to the game. You do not require your own set of bowls. Dress is casual. Flat soled shoes a requirement. President Glenys 6680 2666 or Hon Sec Maureen 6680 1748.

Toastmasters

The Anglicare Op Shop will host a garage sale at St Martin’s Church, Stuart Street, Mullumbimby between 8am and 12noon on Saturday March 8. For sale will be electrical goods, babies gear, quantities of fabric and general bric a brac. Be there early for a bargain. Gary Opit will speak about his book ‘Understanding Humans, Extra Terrestials and Planetary Mind’ at our meeting on March 11 at 10am in the CWA rooms, Brunswick Heads. All welcome. Enquiries 6685 1982.

DA Watch You may not see Council’s development application advertising as it is not placed in your community paper. As a free service, therefore, we regularly list all significant new DAs on public exhibition, making clear exactly what is sought in the applications and identifying the location of the land affected. We urge readers to follow up on DAs they feel may affect them by visiting Council’s office before the advised closing date and making an appropriate written submission. Be aware that all submissions are deemed to be public documents. 157 Coopers Shoot Rd Coopers Shoot 10.2008.75.1

A Eggenberger single storey house

45-47 Cemetery Rd Byron Bay 10.2008.58.1

A & M Ghioni close 5/3/08 dual occupancy & 2 lot subdivision

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13 Cape Vista Dve Ewingsdale 10.2008.60.1

D M Antico use of dwelling as B&B

Bowerbirds Garage Sale Bowerbirds Relay for Life are holding a monster garage sale on Saturday March 8, at 234 Myocum Road Ewingsdale between 8am and 2pm. Items on offer include a number of interior stained doors, clothes dryer, small wardrobe, desk, linen, Darcey Doyle prints, retro clothes, toys, kids books,birdcage/stand, oil heater, pillows and much more. Enq to Jan 6684 7241. Devonshire morning tea available.

Harmony Day

129-131 Broken Head Rd I McIntosh Suffolk Park subdivision to create 2 lots 10.2008.28.1

Come join the circus!

Try Lawn Bowls

U3A Ballina/Byron

PETS MISTY needs a new place. Silver/grey tabby, a very good cat, desexed, m/ chipped, does catch mice but not birds. Ph Fred or Rina 66872902

Speakers Forum for Tuesday March 11: Judith and Morton Kaveney are talking on ‘The Funeral of the King of Tonga’ at 10am at the Uniting Church, all welcome, contact 6680 4365. Telstra Connected Seniors Internet course commences Thursday March 13 at 2pm at Uniting Church Hall. Contact Bob 6680 1748.

Op Shop Garage Sale

Book at: Abraxas Book Shop Phone: 6685 5778

CHAI

For class timetable and more info: www.circusarts.com.au or call 6685 6566

Featuring *The Meditation of Creation *The 5 Laws of Manifestation *The Christos Meditation

LOST: TREK BIKE black & grey with baby seat stolen from Keats St. Disabled person needs for rehab/physio. Please return. Contact 0413898999

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fitness level ★ Café with free wireless connection Come rain or shine!

14th - 17th March or 2nd - 5th May 7.00 - 9.00 p.m

LOST: Gucci sunglasses Mullum or O. Shores, Friday. Phone 66803065

Brunswick Valley U3A

Mullum Magic Toastmasters next meet on March 10. We meet every 2nd and 4th Monday at 7pm. Boost your confidence, express your ideas clearly, become confident speaking in public; all in a fun, safe and supportive environment. It’s time to act on those new year resolutions. Call Megan for more details 6680 4702.

Workshop with Paul Tisdell

LOST & FOUND

PET SITTING

★ All abilities and any

Taking a Dream and Turning it to Reality

FOUND: Expensive sunglasses Broken Head, weekend 23-24 Feb. 66841619

ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070

INDOOR FITNESS

The Alchemy of Manifestation

Ballina: The annual World Day of Prayer organized this year by the nation of Guyana, have chosen the theme ‘God’s wisdom provides new understanding’. You are invited to share in this service held at St Mary’s Anglican Church, corner of Norton and Burnet Streets, Ballina, on Friday March 7 at 10am.Guest speaker is Reverend Hope Bennett from Kyogle. Mullumbimby: The World Day of Prayer will be held at St John’s Catholic Church, Mullumbimby on Friday March 7 at 7.30pm. Join with others and understand a little more of the nation of Guyana and share in worship and prayer. Light supper afterwards in St John’s Hall. Contact Pat Plater on 6684 1436.

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8 Park St New Brighton 10.2008.73.1

P I Montgomery 3 lot strata subdivision

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1 Gara Court Ocean Shores 10.2008.74.1

K & J Brooks Dual occupancy of 2 double storey dwellings

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41 Teak Circuit Suffolk Park 10.2008.86.1

T & J Knaus Dual occupancy of 2 single storey dwellings

close 12/3/08

We have discovered that there are over 30 languages spoken in Byron Shire. If you speak a language other than english, you are invited to share a Harmony Day message or read a short poem in your native language. For more info, contact Dharma (6680 8079/0431 055 407), check out myspace.com/ byronharmonyday, or email byronharmonyday@gmail.com.

CWA Meeting Bangalow CWA meeting will be held in the Rooms in Byron Street on Wednesday March 12 at 10am.

Seeking Volunteers Pets for Life Animal Shelter, Billinudgel is once again looking for volunteers to assist with the cleaning, feeding and petting of our beautiful

cats and kittens. Street stall in Brunswick Heads on Saturday, March 15 and are asking for donations of saleable items, especially baked goods. PFL are having their Annual General Meeting on March 15 also and are looking for new members as well as volunteers. Enquiries Jean on 6680 1864 or 0411 032 905.

Ocean Shores Expo 2008 All interested artists, historians and local residents of the Brunswick Valley are welcome to attend the next Expo meeting on Wednesday March 5 at 7pm sharp at the Ocean Shores Country Club. At this meeting, the theme for the coming expo will be discussed and decided. New members to the group are very welcome.

Band Auditions Byron Youth Stage Band is holding auditions for woodwind, brass, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and vocals. Contact Alfredo Lopes on 0422 472 398.

Candlelight Vigil A Vigil to mark the 5th year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq will be held on Saturday March 15. Meet at Railway Park at 6pm. Enquiries to Margeaux on 6685 8382 or email harmonyhealing@hotmail.com.

Newrybar Dance An Old Time Easter Dance at Newrybar Hall is on Saturday March 15 at 8am. Admission is $10, lots of prizes to be won, delicious supper provided and good music and dancing with the Rhythm Rascals Old Time Band. Enquiries to Lynelle 6687 1295.

Volunteers Needed The Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre at 55 Dalley Street is now recruiting new volunteers for their Drop In Centre and Reception areas. A training day is planned for early April. Phone 6684 1286 to leave your contact details or call in on Wednesdays between 10am and 4pm to see Coral Wheatley, Volunteer Coordinator.

Byron Bay Garden Club Monthly meeting at 1pm on Saturday March 8 at the Presbyterian Hall. Afternoon tea at Eden at Byron afterwards. Culture: a coloured leaf. Members going to Friendship Day at Banora Club, please put $5 (for lunch) in envelope with name and purpose and hand to Nola Pearson. New members most welcome.

Bruns Valley Garden Club Next meeting at 9.30am on Thursday March 6 in the RSL rooms, Fawcett Street, Brunswick Heads. Show table foliage arrangement. Guest speaker Danielle Davis from WIRES. Contact June on 6680 2855 or Margaret on 6685 1418.

View Luncheon The Brunswick Valley View Club has a luncheon on Thursday March 13 at Ocean Shores Country Club. Guest speaker is Pam Morris. Tea and coffee at 10.30am, start at 11am. Cost $17. Apologies to Myra Wilks 6680 1151.

Lismore Library Living Library on Friday March 7 from 11am to 2pm at Lismore City Library, 110 Magellan Street, Lismore. Borrow a Living Book for a half hour chat. The Library will now open for an additional session on Sunday afternoons between 1 and 4pm from March 9. For more information call 6621 2464 or visit www. rtrl.nsw.gov.au

Qigong and Tai Chi A Qigong and Tai Chi network was formed for all practitioners and teachers to meet close to Solstices and Equinoxes. Meet for the Spring Equinox at Ewingsdale Hall on March 16 from 1 to 3pm. Find out about World Tai Chi Day Festival at Bangalow on April 25 and 26. Contact Suzanne on 6687 5636 or Astrid on 6622 4604.

Cat/Dog Desexing If you are the holder of a Centrelink pension or health care card and are struggling to afford the cost of having your pet desexed, the Animal Welfare League NSW may be able to help you. Call 6684 4070.

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BOATING & MARINE

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QUINTREX wide bodied dory, GAIN OR LOSE WEIGHT 40hp Yamaha, safety gear, sample pack avail. (07) 5582 5466 canopy, tanks, 10 months rego, boat & trailer, all in HOME excellent condition. $7,500 IMPROVEMENTS PH: 0415 243 479

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HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

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VEHICLES - 4WDS

What are you doing this Easter? Do you like horseriding?

TOYOTA HILUX ‘84 extra cab ute, VP Series II motor, 3in lift kit, 5 speed, 4WD + extras $5,000 ono PH: 0421 510 295

How about a Pub Crawl on Horseback! Horses to suit all riding abilities. Accommodation, meals and horseriding included in the price for 3 nights/3days. Bullock Mountain Homestead, Glen Innes also offers self-contained vans, camp sites, Àshing, sapphire fossicking, nightly campÀres & more. Ideal for that family getaway.

CLADDING

Never needs painting. Great insulation. 3 DOG CAMPING Free quotes. All areas. Camping trailer sales & hire. Phone Bestclad on Ute back & roof top campers, box trailers. Agent for Waeco/ Freecall 1800 667 123 Engel fridges & camping PETS accessories. PH: 6685 5460 www.3dogcamping.com CORNISH REX low allergy kittens $450 (02) 6662 7456 CARAVANS JACK RUSSELL PUPS Purebred, 12 wks old, vacc., 3 A PERFECT males, smooth coat. $350 ea WINTER ESCAPE Princess Palm PH: 0428 321 164 GOOD USED Absolute beachfront. TENTERFIELD TERRIERS 2M, tri-colour, microchipped, 2 brm fully s/c CARAVANS & all needles, wormed. Born apartments. Your ideal MOTORHOMES 02.12.07 $350. 0423 048 146 Gold Coast destination

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VEHICLES

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GREAT LIFESTYLE 2 bedroom villa @ 4 star Coffs Beach Holiday Park, air cond, verandah, suit couple or single non-smoker, low maintenance. Available 5th March ‘08. $230 per week PH: 0427 820 064

MACHINERY

TRACTORS

CAMRY CSI ‘99 V6 auto, reg 12/08, power steer, air con, 145,500kms, alloys & many extras. AF-20-QF $10,200 PH: 0401 640 627 or 6629 6161 COMMODORE VZ 2005 Excel cond, 180,000k, log books, AZT-568 $12,500 PH: 0417 710 166 FORD FAIRLANE GHIA ‘94 Cardinal red, reg 08/08, log books, immac. cond, as new mechanically, excel fuel econ $4,500. AA-98-BF. 6646 2363 NISSAN NO MAD VAN 8 seater, 12/08 rego, good cond, 260,000 kms, ZIW-724. $5,200 PH: 6684 1001 _or 0407 451 398

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DAVID BROWN 880 front end loader, ½ bucket, forks, rebuilt page 5th slasher, rear carry-all, with New Front End Loader canopy, good cond, needs rear tyres. $7,200 PH: 6688 8161

Kubota $8,950

Caravans, Pop Tops and Campers MIGHTY RIVER CARAVANS South Grafton (opp McDonalds) Phone: 6643 2896, 0429 302 559 FOR SALE

PETS

LANDSCAPE PALM SALE Basic & rare. PH: 6649 4454 MOVING HOUSE SALE Lounge, dressing table, fridge, king single bed, dining table with 6 chairs, microwave, bikes, M/F. PH: 6646 4506

RED KELPIE - FREE to good home, young male, stray, Casino area, good temper, needs to work. PH: 0421 031 452

PUBLIC NOTICES

VIPASSANA MEDITATION RETREAT @ Tullera via POOL TABLE Pub size, mint cond, all Lismore Feb 29th to March accessories, 5 cues $850 9th. Silent, residential retreat - Vegetarian meals. Enquires PH: 0412 738 592 6628 2426 (donation) Info: www.buddhanet.net/bodhi-tree/ FOR SALE

Portable Steel Bridges

44 Tonne Capacity 3m x 15m from $21,450 inc GST. Other sizes available. Ready to use. No centre support required. All new steel. Fully Certified. Units on hand for inspection/delivery.

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To work in the Coffs Harbour (Raleigh) area. This is a permanent position for the right candidate. The successful applicant will need to have recent experience in all facets of cutter suction dredging, be well presented, hardworking, physically fit and very reliable! An OH&S green card is essential. Applicants should forward their resume and referees via email to: highqualityconcrete@bigpond.com

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$60-71K

Clem Rhoden (02) 6645 0297

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Community Support Coordinator (2 positions)

$46-54K

Glennis Heron (02) 6645 0275

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Environmental Officer (Education)

$43-51K

Ken Wilson (02) 6643 0262

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Policy Officer (21hrs/wk)

$26-310K

Simon Roberts (02) 6641 7232

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Peter Birch (02) 6643 0205

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$51-61K

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Ashley Lindsay (02) 6643 0804

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ELEVATED, PRIVATE, CHILDREN SAFE The choice is yours – either a 3 bedroom home or a 2 bedroom home and a completely self contained flat (home and income). Room to expand. Rendered brick, timbered floors, breezes, privacy and peace of mind when it’s flooding. A safe secure playground for the children or perhaps you would like to develop this elevated 822sqm corner block.

Call Peter on 0411 801 795. Price now $428,000

LIFESTYLE DESIGN x 2 Architect designed for our North Coast lifestyle are these 2 fresh freestanding villas with high ceilings, polished timber floors, front and back balconies/ verandahs with views. Elevated location, 3 bedrooms, the master upstairs with walkin robe and ensuite. The latest stainless appliances and designed kitchen, open plan living, ample windows providing natural light throughout. An absolute delight to inspect! Villa 1 asking $445,000 Villa 2 asking $465,000

Call Peter on 0411 801 795.

IDEAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY • Timber home • 3 bedrooms • Front and rear deck • Open plan living area • Single carport & garden shed • Private established gardens • Located at the end of a cul de sac

Call Peter on 0411 801 795.

BEST BUY Start here – get into the market. Very neat & sweet brick home with separate living areas, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and a covered north facing outdoor area. A handy location, close to the areas’ attractions, an elevated position and a large 999sqm block with a level yard. Heaps of potential, a great buy.

$ 395,000

Call David on 0421 906 460. Price is now $380,000

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5 bedrooms, parents retreat, private manicured 7 North Head Road, New Brighton Open For Inspection Saturday 12–12.30pm gardens, double garage with loft. Rendered

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30 Pandanus Court, Brunswick Heads Open For Inspection Saturday 11–11.30am

31 Elizabeth Ave, South Golden Beach Open For Inspection Saturday 1–1.30pm

Timber textures done well on this hidden hideaway with its own private beach access. The house collects great breezes and oozes the relaxing beach style with high ceilings, timber floors, verandahs, a large deck facing north and a large storage downstairs to lock up your belongings.

Located a short stroll from the beach, river, boat harbour, cafes and shop is this:• 3 bedroom house, main with ensuite • Open plan living areas, north & east facing verandah • Single lock up garage. separate laundry • 688sqm corner block

Priced to sell @ $769,000

contemporary private balcony, open plan design, timber staircase, only 3-4 minutes walk to pristine white sandy beaches. Price is by negotiation.

Call Peter on 0411 801 795. Price by negotiation Call Peter on 0411 801 795.

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Funky 2 storey timber home with 4 bedrooms, wide full length verandahs one with built in spa in quiet area, handy to school & beach. • 607sqm block • Waterfront living

$680,000

AUCTION 11.30am, 12 April 2008, at the Brunswick Heads RSL Hall.

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A P R O P E R T Y T H AT M O S T D R E A M A B O U T ! LOT 6 BROKEN HEAD ROAD, BROKEN HEAD Very rarely does a property of this nature in the Broken Head blue chip location

Those seeking to escape the busy city life this is the perfect getaway lifestyle retreat.

become available to acquire on the open market. This is truly a unique property

All this set on approximately 79 easy care grazing acres with the balance rainforest.

PRICE: BY NEGOTIATION THE PERFECT BEACH LIFESTYLE

that has four significant features:

Existing management arrangements with cattle grazing can continue for any potential

VIEW: BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS

1. Big Ocean views along Seven Mile beach to Lennox Head Point.

absentee purchaser. It is only a short drive to your chosen beach being Ideally located

2. Spectacular Rural and Hinterland views with great sunsets.

between Lennox Head and Byron Bay. Check out the surf before you leave home from

3. Unusual virgin rainforest bordering the existing home footprint.

the existing elevated funky solid home which is ripe for renovation. This is a property

CONTACT: LOIS BUCKETT 0428 877 399 MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

4. Assured Privacy with ample surface and underground water.

which demands your inspection if you are looking for something special.

S E D O N A - PA R A D I S E AWA I T S 14 TEAK LANE, FEDERAL A very special house designed to capture 360 degree views. Whether you love rising with the sun or watching the sunsets with a drink by the pool, this is hinterland dreaming. A private and secluded property, set on just over 7.8 gentle Ha. of easy care landscaped gardens makes it ideal for entertaining. With the beaches of Byron Bay just 20 mins away and only 15 mins to the cafes & shops of Bangalow, this is a private paradise just waiting to be discovered.

PRICE: $3,500,000 VIEW: BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001 LOIS BUCKETT 0428 877 399

“ T R E E T O P S ” - T R U E Q U A L I T Y , T R U E VA L U E 63A KINGSVALE RD, MYOCUM Owners have found another property they wish to secure and will consider all genuine offers right now!!! This property represents true value for money.

PRICE: GENUINE OFFERS INSPECTION HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIEW: 12-12.30PM SATURDAY BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001 LOIS BUCKETT 0428 877 399

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BANGALOW Rare Strata Title Opportunity!

COORABELL – OCEAN VIEWS $895,000 • 2 storey, 5 bed, 2 bath, A/C

MYOCUM LIFESTYLE

TOP LOCATION IN MULLUMBIMBY $650,000 • Enjoy the great view to

GREAT FAMILY HOME

• Fully self contained flat, private access • Large rumpus room + office downstairs • Wireless broadband to most rooms • 5 acres with ocean & valley views

This massive double house is located in a quiet street on 1,200sqm of beautiful established gardens with mature trees. Whether you would like to rent out rooms, live in one house and rent out the other, or have the property strata titled, this could be the lifestyle and income you are seeking. Seven bedrooms, four bathrooms, 2 kitchens, 5 terraces, 3 large living areas, two laundries, basement rumpus room, large basement workshop with w/c and sink, three lock up garages, and additional parking. Polished boards, vaulted ceilings and greenery from every window. $1.2m

PROPERTY BUYERS NET All Agents Welcome – Finance Arranged If Required Contact: Gai Hart-Hughes 0418 755 088 / 6687 1313

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“ALLANSBY” 103 Federal Drive, Eureka SA NOW LE N $1, FOR 4

o expense has been spared to restore this grand 100 year old residence into a beautiful home of extraordinary quality. Set on approx. 8 acres high on the Eureka plateau and located close to Federal Village, this original homestead boasts stunning views to the Nightcap Ranges. From the teak floorboards, pressed metal ceilings, original fireplace, rainforest timbers,

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iscover this superbly designed 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom, double garaged family home with exceptional attention to detail.You will love the 2 living areas flowing onto a spacious covered north facing outdoor deck overlooking a well designed, easy-care, landscaped yard. The enormous master bedroom with integrated ensuite, delightfully appointed open plan kitchen and dining room together with well thought out floor coverings and lighting makes this home a must to view. Now $585,000. 4 Gumtree Place, Clover Hill. Contact Scott on 0412 296 872 or Sonia on 0409 033 250.

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QUALITY COUNTRY HOMESTEAD OP L SatEN HO 2-2. US ifestyle and income are the combination of this lovely 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom, elevated homestead with separate living studio, in ground pool, good living areas and double garaging. You’ll love the easy sealed driveway to the home, fully equipped 2 large work sheds and managers flat. Good water and constant income from the mature 2300 macadamia crop. 552 Houghlahans Creek Road, Pearces Creek.

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• 3 bedroom + study family home • High ceilings, rev cycl air condition • Two new bathrooms, new appliances • Fully renovated, 2 living areas • Views to the ranges, walk to town • ½ acre + land, easy maintenance

large gracious rooms and expansive verandahs, it is impossible not to fall in love with this elegant home. Enhancing the charm, there is the new sealed circular driveway, the recently refurbished flood-lit tennis court, the natural spring flowing through four acres of original rainforest and the mature sub-tropical gardens surrounding the homestead. Contact Sonia Jervis 0409 033 250

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• 4 bedroom, 2 bath, country style homestead • Great views to Mt Warning and Mt. Chincogan • Polished timber floors throughout • Fully fenced with incredible fertile red soil • Bore and 10,000 gal water tank • Great horse paddock

atching the breezes this delightful 15 acre property tucked in the ridge of Newrybar offers history and space to move. A charming 75 year old homestead with new wide balconies, high ceilings, lovely timber features, 3 moderate living areas and 4 bedrooms, together with small pool, assortment of fruit trees and spacious under house parking this small farm also features a large work shed, 1900 macca trees, constant creek water and town water. Lot 1 Pacific Highway, Newrybar. Close to everywhere & priced to sell at $795,000 Contact Sonia on 0409 033 250

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Peaceful elevated position overlooking reserve Perfectly private north east yard Beautifully detailed 3 bed, 2 bath home, high ceilings Kitchen, dining & lounge open to covered deck

Modern pavilion style 4 bed, 2 bath home 4001sqm, private and level, north east aspect Wide covered decks, established gardens High ceilings, timber floors, luxury bathroom and approval for a pool $ 1,100,000

$ 725,000

Affordable At Left Bank Road 599 Left Bank Road, Mullumbimby • Beautiful rainforest setting • Creek frontage • 4 bedroom, wide verandahs • Close to town & Steiner School

The Perfect Start 4/1 Poinciana Street, Mullumbimby • Suitable for retiree, all on one level • 2 bedroom unit in town • Built-ins, A/C, private courtyard • Lock up garage • Quiet & private

$ 315,000

Basically Bangalow 25 Tristania St, Bangalow • Good solid starter home • 3 beds, DLUG, open plan living • Create your own Bangalow residence • Excellent opportunity to own an affordable property in this chic village

$ 550,000

79 Burringbar St MULLUMBIMBY 6684 2200 • www.seankenny.com.au

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10 The Links 64-70 Broken Head Rd, Byron Bay Sat & Sun 11-11.45am Contact Sharon on 0408 659 649

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26 Redgum Place, Baywood Chase Sat & Sun 11-11.30am Contact Neil on 0419 274 798

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12 Old Bangalow Road, Byron Bay Saturday 12-12.30pm Contact Neil on 0419 274 798

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PRI A beautiful rural property nestled in the tranquil Byron Bay hinterland. Immerse yourself in a truly natural lifestyle. The country style timber cottage consists of 2 bedrooms plus an upstairs loft, 1 bathroom, high raked ceilings, generous living and dining areas, a fireplace and outdoor timber decks. Set on 5 acres the property also features a horse stable, a magnificent natural free flowing creek, and well

established trees and gardens. This presents a goldern opportunity for the purchaser with imagination and and resources to realise its full potential. Within 10 minutes of Byron Bay this is a must to inspect today! For further information or to arrange an inspection please contact Glen Irwin on 0418 604 080 or Erin Chapple on 0434 007 227 at L.J Hooker Byron Bay. Byron Bay

location opportunity, and let your imagination take over. Properties in this particular street rarely become available. Price $1,250,000 Call Will Sorrell 02 6680 1594 or mobile 0417 653 312 www.eldersnewbrighton.com.au

New Brighton

Situated on twelve acres (8 acres cleared, 4 acres with rainforest), this luxury property is 15 mins from Byron Bay and 5 mins from Mullumbimby. It has established gardens and trees, with 186 macadamias, 18 mango trees, assorted citrus, lychee, finger limes and plum. There is a bore with a computerised sprinkler system and 16,000 gallon inground water tanks. Landscaped gardens and a 12m x 4.5m

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Maui Bay Estate, located on the beautiful Coral Coast of the main island of Fiji, offers an ideal lifestyle change/ holiday home destination and unique investment opportunity. A peaceful and relaxed living environment located on a white sand beach overlooking the ocean provides an idyllic living atmosphere close to resorts and world class surfing, diving and fishing reefs. Maui Bay Estate features electricity, telephone,

site. There are nine homes with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and one single bedroom, two bathroom home. Agent declares interest. From $575,000. To arrange an inspection today contact Glen Irwin on 0418 604 080 or Jon Luton on 0422 794 384. L.J Hooker Byron Bay on (02) 6685 7300. Byron Bay

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New Brighton is fast becoming the “let’s escape to” destination of the Far North Coast. It has all the ingredients if one needs a short break, or indeed a permanent change. This superb block of 1227sqm is fully fenced and is just 10 metres from the dunes of the pristine beach. As for the 3 bedroom home, I can only say come and inspect this unique

‘Breeze” Cnr Booyun & Tweed Sts, Brunswick Heads. These ten double story dwellings are located in downtown Brunswick Heads within an easy walk to the beach, river, local shops and the famous hotel. The houses have timber floors, large decks and are open plan designs with light filled balconies. A combination of modern materials have been used to bring an ‘architectural feel’ to the

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broadband internet access and Beach Clubhouse which makes for convenient living from your island paradise home. The best ocean view lots (over ½ acre) are selling fast from $125,000 (available on 10% deposit vendor finance). Taveuni Development Company (Australia Office) on 07 5572 4415 or 0404 448 430. From www.mauibayestate.com

$125,000

Tyagarah – Panoramic ocean views

inground saltwater pool enhance a modern 380sqm double brick rendered home with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 large living areas, 2 fire places, office and a modern kitchen with s/s appliances. Also a double carport plus double garage/workshop with phone. View at www.privacyinparadise.com Phone Barry on 0412 524 524.

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4 Riverside Cres, Brunswick Heads. Auction 11.30am onsite Sat Apr 5. Inspect Sat 1-1.45pm. 538sqm property 3 bedroom 70’s brick classic Timber floors, high ceilings Over 26 years with 1 family Fishers or water enthusiasts dream Peter Browning On 0411 801 795 Brunswick Heads

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Lot 3, Prestons Lane (left turn on the road to Tyagarah beach on top of the hill, first driveway to the right) Elevated 3 bedroom house Overlooking Tyagarah Nature Reserve, Julian Rocks, lighthouse 3 decks (facing east to north-west) Structure set for more rooms on level below (with views)

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floors & lots of windows designed Orchard, pond, meadows, forests The house is part of a twin house (right side on the picture) on a shared site of 8600sqm. It is currently part of a 7 site MO on 50 acres. Community Title is underway. Phone owner on 0450 043 417. Architecturally

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Sought after Ruskin Street Level walk to town and beach Happy, comfortable 4 bedroom,

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3/1 Nunyar Ct, Ocean Shores. $445,000. A secluded entry through a tropical courtyard leads you to this contemporary strata home, complemented by beautiful timber floors and a quality kitchen with stainless steel appliances. 3 bedrooms, ensuite, powder room Cul de sac location and large deck

LJHooker Brunswick Heads p45 • 30 Pandanus Court, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11-11.30am. • 7 North Head Road, New Brighton Sat 12-12.30pm. • 31 Elizabeth Avenue, South Golden Beach. Sat 1-1.30pm. • 4 Riverside Crescent, Brunswick Heads. Sat 1-1.45pm. • 23 Aloota Crescent, Ocean Shores. Sat 2-2.30pm. Lois Buckett Real Estate p46 • 63A Kingsvale Rd, Myocum. Sat 12-12.30pm. Scott Harvey Real Estate p47 • 103 Federal Drive, Eureka. Sat 11am-12pm. • 552 Houghlahans Creek Road, Pearces Creek. Sat 2-2.30pm. • Lot 1 Pacific Highway, Newrybar. Sat 1-1.30pm. Byron Bay First National p49 • 63 Teak Circuit, Suffolk Park. Sat 10.30-11am. • 13 Redbean Close, Suffolk Park. Sat 10.30-11am. • 25 Corkwood Crescent, Suffolk Park. Sat 10.30am-11am. • 24 Hayters Drive, Suffolk ParkSat 11.30am-12pm. • 5 Bayfigs Place, Tyagarah. Sat 1.30am-12pm. • 20 Cavanbah Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11.30am-12pm. • 1 Coral Court, Byron Bay. Sat 12.30-1pm. • Lot 2 Possum Creek Road, Bangalow. Sat 12.30-1pm. • 20 Blueberry Court, Byron Bay. Sat 12.30-1pm. • 2/3 Sallywattle Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 1.30-2pm. • 35 Brandon Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 2.30-3pm. LJHooker Byron Bay p50 • ‘Seadrift’ Browning Street, Byron Bay. Daily 2-2.30pm. • 10 ‘The Links’ 64-70 Broken Head Rd, Byron Bay. Sat & Sun 11-11.45am. • 26 Redgum Place, Baywood Chase. Sat & Sun 11-11.30am. • 16 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Sat & Sun 1-1.30pm. • 12 Old Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Saturday 12-12.30pm. • ‘Surfside Penthouse’ 5/52 Lawson St, Byron Bay. Sat 12-12.30pm. • 2a Pacific Vista Drive, Byron Bay. Saturday 12-12.30pm. • Unit 5, ‘Bogarts’ 21-25 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.30pm. • 178 Friday Hut Road, Possum Creek. Sat 2.30-3pm. • ‘Broken Ridge’ 591 Broken Head Rd, Broken Head. Sun 2-2.30pm. LJ Hooker Byron Bay p51 • ‘Breeze” Cnr Booyun & Tweed Sts, Brunswick Heads. Sun 2-2.45pm. Panoramic Ocean Views p51 • Lot 3, Prestons Lane (left turn on the road to Tyagarah beach on top of the hill, first driveway to the right). Sat11am-1pm. Winston Lamont Real Estate p51 • 3/1 Nunyar Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 11.15am-12.15pm. Elders Byron Bay • Lot 3 Montecollum Road, Wilsons Creek. Sat 1-1.45pm.

AUCTIONS LJHooker Byron Bay p50 • 4 Riverside Crescent, Brunswick Heads. Auction 11.30am onsite Sat Apr 5. Inspect Sat 1-1.45pm. Sean Kenny Real Estate p49 • 424 Tweed Valley Way, Murwillumbah. Auction 11am onsite Mar 29. Inspect Sat 12.15-1pm. LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads p51 • 4 Riverside Cres, Brunswick Heads. Auction 11.30am onsite Sat Apr 5. Inspect Sat 1-1.45pm.

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Backlash Congratulations and best wishes to Russell Eldridge, who retired as editor of the Northern Star last week after being with the paper since 1984, and a journalist since 1971. Something of a radical cog in the conservative APN management wheel, Russell stuck to his guns on political and social issues, and has contributed much to the community through theatre and his work with the Northern Rivers Writers Centre. Now he takes on a far more perilous task – writing a novel! Q Q Q Q Wouldn’t you know it? The very day we went to press and announced council elections as on September 27, local government minister Paul Lynch changed it to September 13, so it wouldn’t clash with the school holidays. See more at www.elections.nsw.gov.au. Think about it carefully if you plan to run for Council – it’s no bed of roses. Q Q Q Q And it’s goodbye to Council general manager Pamela Westing, who’s probably happy to go out on a high with the Telstra site auction. An acting general manager from staff ranks will be on duty from March 10 until a new GM is appointed. Q Q Q Q Oops! Further to a story last week, Byron Bay High School is still (most gratefully) receiving proceeds from car parking from Blues Fest organisers, however, given the change of venue this year the income from car parking is undetermined. The school has, however, been delighted to receive a donation of $3000 from the recently completed Beach Suites in Bay Street, Byron Bay. The money will go towards further funding of the Gaining the Edge pro-

The Epicentre of nothing: The last vestiges of The Epicentre art installation at Belongil disappeared last week (with the help of some earthmoving gear) to make way for a residential subdivision. Photo Jeff ‘Meat Works’ Dawson

gram, which tutors Year 12 students in English skills. Q Q Q Q It’s amazing how things go missing – Byron Ratepayers Association (BRA) chair John Bailey swears he gave copies of a petition on the Splendour DA to Council staff the week before last to pass on to Councillors but under questioning from Cr Lazarus at last week’s meeting Mayor Jan Barham said she had never seen it. As well as no contact on the Splendour issue, Mr Bailey says he hasn’t been able to interest the mayor in the drug and alcohol forum BRA is organising – see more at www.byronbaydrugandalcoholforum.com. Q Q Q Q Graham McCallum from the Citizens Electoral Council was doing okay during public access with a request to Council for in principle support for a petition to the House of Reps until some of the councillors read the Lyndon LaRouche propaganda presented to them. ‘Environmentalists are insane,’ the pamphlet noted, ‘and acting

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against the natural ordering of the Universe.’ This opinion is based upon the theories of Russian scientist Vladimir Vernadsky, who

died in 1945 believing humankind could change the planet through the transmutation of elements. Well, maybe… but for the better?

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