Byron Shire Echo – Issue 24.29 – 22/12/2009

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Byron Bay’s community spirit overflowed to Steve and his family from Melbourne while on holiday this week when he won Byron Bay Preschool’s first prize in their annual Christmas raffle. Doug Unger from Town and Country Surfboards has been generously donating a surfboard every year for more than fifteen years when his nieces and nephews first attended the service.

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Water, water everywhere. Eight writers read their short stories based on the theme ‘Water’ at the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre 2009 Short Story Slam in Byron Bay. Judges and resident authors, Robert Drewe and Liz Gay, selected Susanna Freymark’s story Big Rain as the winner on the night. The tragic story of flooding was written after Ms Freymark saw water lapping across Federal’s Keyes Bridge during a particularly heavy flood. Director of the writers centre Jenni Caffin presented a mountain of books and a three-day Writers Festival pass to a thrilled Ms Freymark. ‘It was exciting to read my story aloud – you forget when you’re writing in solitude that one day you might have to face an audience and share that story,’ Ms Freymark said. Second place went to Ban-

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North Coast Area Health Service’s (NCAHS) major hospitals are set to remain open 24 hours a day throughout the holiday period. According to NCAHS, ‘Although there is a decrease in demand for elective surgery during the holiday season, hospitals will continue to provide emergency medical attention.’

NCAHS Chief Executive Chris Crawford said it is important the community knows ‘that patients can still expect to receive high quality care from our staff across the North Coast and that patients who need surgery will receive it’. All NCAHS major hospitals will resume normal activity for elective surgery in January.

Our holiday timetable The Mullumbimby and Byron Bay offices of The Echo will close at 5pm Wednesday December 23 and reopen at 9am on Wednesday December 30. The next edition of The Echo will come out on January 5. Bookings for this paper will be taken from Wednesday December 30. We will be shut on the public holiday Friday January 1, therefore the deadline for display ad copy is noon Thursday December 31 – one day earlier than usual. Classified bookings will be taken as normal until 1pm on Monday January 4. Over the break you can still fax material to 6684 1719 or email letters/editorial/press releases to editor@echo.net.au and advertising copy or sales enquiries to adcopy@echo.net.au.

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Byron Bay drop-in centre launched Story & photo Victoria Cosford

The Fletcher Street Cottage drop-in centre for the homeless was officially launched last week in Byron Bay by Mayor Jan Barham. In response to a recommendation by the Byron Poverty Forum back in May, the Cottage will be operated by Byron Community and Cultural Centre under a two-year lease. Launched concurrently was the Fletcher Street Cottage Appeal, the aim of which is to provide practical assistance and support for those in need in Byron Bay. About 60 people turned up for the launch, including Ballina MP Don Page and Greens MLC Ian Cohen. General manager of the community centre, Paul Spooner, told The Echo that ‘it’s a fantastic Christmas present for the people of Byron Bay – we’re creating something unique for the homeless in town. Today is about allowing people to know what is needed to get this happening.’ It is hoped that the centre will be up and running by February 1, 2010. Its premises, the old green weatherboard house previously occupied by Earth Car Rentals, requires ‘a little TLC’ before being fully operational. Bundjalung artist Lewis Walker at the cottage opening.

Showers and meals Once open, the cottage will be available for use from Monday through to Friday from 10am to 4pm. ‘People can come and have a meal here, or a shower,’ Paul said, ‘no sleeping but we will have a safe place for them to store their things.’ He said that ‘once we take care of the rent we will need $20,000 a year as operational costs’ – and to that end community, business and political leaders are being invited to support the Appeal via dona-

tions of goods or money. Jan Barham told The Echo that the centre ‘personifies a caring community – everyone coming together to help those in need. It shows that Byron does have a big heart. This is what Byron is about: it’s a place of great need and we attract people who might be misfits and we try to help them out... that’s the real Byron.’ Paul Spooner in his introduction emphasised all the various organisations working together toward the project: St Vincent de Paul, the Salvation

Army, the Neighbourhood Resource Centre, the local Arakwal Corporation – and Byron Shire Council, which is supporting the initiative through a rental subsidy. Representatives of these bodies were then called upon to say a few words. Former councillor John Lazarus spoke about how ‘this has been a long-held dream for me... the importance of this cottage cannot be overrated. Byron Bay is a flourishing town but people forget this Shire is very poor. We need a voice for the majority of the

people in this town. This is a start...’ Major Darren Elsley from the Salvation Army spoke about ‘a place where people can feel loved and accepted’; Ian Leggo from St Vincent de Paul said that ‘all the organisations working together is one of the great things here’; and Gwen Gould, who for the last six years has been tirelessly dispensing breakfasts to the homeless, said that it was ‘so easy to lose a sense of community in this town what with all the tourists and the backpackers.’

Caring community Then it was over to Jan Barham. She thanked everyone involved in the project but singled out the community centre for special mention, especially in the past year when so many ‘great changes’ had been wrought. ‘The best thing for 2010’, she said, ‘is that we all become aware of how caring this community really is.’ She then handed over an enormous key to the cottage to Paul Spooner, who declared himself ‘really honoured and thrilled to accept this key and to show the rest of the world that this is a caring community’. Perhaps the most stirring moment came at the end, when local Bundjalung artist Lewis Walker took to the stage, played a short piece on his didgeridoo, and then called out to the crowd, ‘We all one mob!’ In order for the Cottage to open in February, equipment is urgently needed. To make a donation of goods or money to the Fletcher Street Cottage please contact Paul Spooner at info@byroncentre.com.au. See ad on page 19 for details of things needed. â–

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Human rights our responsibility: Kirby Victoria Cosford

Summer school law students were treated to the great privilege of insights by former High Court Judge the Hon Michael Kirby in Byron Bay recently. Now in its 12th year, the Southern Cross University Summer Law School attracts students from Australia and overseas and runs from December 12 to January 7, 2010. It offers a range of niche and non-mainstream subjects delivered by School of Law and Justice lecturers and a variety of distinguished Australian and international guest presenters. Mr Kirby was just one of this year’s special guest teachers in the popular Human Rights unit of study, whose particular emphasis was on the Asian perspective. About fifty students were offered the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the two discussions he delivered. He explained that his own interest in human rights and ‘making the world a better place’ had been sparked 60 years ago when he was in primary school. ‘It’s our responsibility as human beings to believe that the only way to

Michael Kirby with Southern Cross University student and project officer at Byron Bay, Angela McCormick.

ensure we don’t blow ourselves to smithereens is if we get our act together and defend peace and unity... but it’s a matter of taking it step by step’, he said. He spoke about the dictatorial regimes in Somalia, North Korea, South Africa, the Islamic republics and Cambodia – the latter country where he served as United Nations Special Representative for Human Rights. One very important lesson in Human Rights he had learned

over there was that ‘the Asians are right when they say human rights is also about a clean glass of water when you’re thirsty, about health care and education – these are human rights too. We tend to think of human rights in an old-fashioned way – that they are all about courts...’ Poverty, he went on, is ‘a serious infraction of human rights, which we tend to think is incurable...but that was the

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Splendour in the Grass festival organisers last week handeded over cheques of $5,190 each to Saint Finbarrs Primary and Byron Bay High School. The schools raised the money by assisting with festival parking. ‘We want to say thanks to Splendour organisers for the opportunity to be involved in such a wonderful fundraising event,’ said John Wilson, Principal at Saint Finbarrs School. ‘We will certainly feel the loss if they are not able to come back to Byron Shire.’ School parents volunteered to work in the car park next door to Belongil Fields during the festival and in return they received the parking proceeds less some of the expenses associated with the setup and operation of the car park. Ian Davies, Relieving Principal at Byron Bay High School, said, ‘We are really appreciative of the relationship we have with Splendour and the significant amount of money that was raised. This will really benefit

Darcy Condon, GM of Splendour in the Grass, is at the top, John Wilson, Principal of Saint Finbarrs School, is centre left and Ian Davies, Relieving Principal at Byron Bay High, is on the right.

our school. A special thanks to the P&C Association for the work that they do.’ ‘It’s been great to have this

arrangement which benefited all parties,’ said Darcy Condon, general manager of Splendour. ‘A huge thanks to the parents

and others in the community who put in the hours and stepped up to help out these two schools.’

Keep the café at The Pass, says local MP Don Page Ballina MP Don Page has come out in support of keeping the café and a community feel at The Pass as The Cape Byron Headland Trust considers submissions for a plan of managment for the area. ‘I have had a number of people contact me who are

concerned about the possibility that the café building will be redeveloped and turned into tourist accommodation,’ Mr Page said. ‘I know the area well and I have again recently inspected the facilities at The Pass. ‘I think it would be a great

loss to the community if the café was redeveloped for tourist accommodation. I think it should remain a café. ‘I believe any accommodation at The Pass would be aimed at the high end of the tourist market and would therefore become an exclusive

facility that would only be accessible to a few people. ‘Facilities at The Pass should be able to be used by all locals and visitors regardless of their budgets.’ The closing date for public submissions on the plan was last Friday.

Council sets out plans for NYE in the Bay The Byron Bay twilight beach market and amusements rides are on again this New Years Eve. Starting from 4pm, the twilight markets will feature local artisans, market stalls holders and buskers on the main Byron Bay beach foreshore. Byron Shire Mayor Jan Barham said the low key event was being staged by Council to promote a family friendly event for residents and visitors to the town. ‘The Samba Blisstas will be performing from 8pm and McGregors Festival Amusements will have a range of rides to entertain the whole family,’ Cr Barham said. As in past years, there will be alcohol restrictions in Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads on NYE. Alcohol is prohibited to be consumed or carried in certain public areas including

public roads, footpaths, parks, car parks and beaches. Mayor Barham said the restriction of alcohol in Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads during the NYE period is part of a number of strategies developed by Council to ensure a safe event for all. She said the alcohol restrictions are provided in an attempt to minimise the effects of alcohol related behaviour and to promote a low-key family friendly environment for locals and visitors alike. The alcohol ban will begin at midday December 31 and run through until 6am on January 1. In Byron Bay the alcohol free zone is defined by Bay Street, Fletcher, Marvel, Butler and Lawson Streets and includes the First Sun Car Park. A map of the Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads alcohol free

zones can be found on Council’s website www.byron.nsw. gov.au/events. Temporary road closures will also be in effect December 31 to January 1 in Jonson Street, north of Lawson Street,

Fletcher Street, north of Bay Lane, Bay Street, west of Jonson Street, and Middleton Street, north of Lawson Street. Council has contributed $25,000 towards staging the NYE event in Byron Bay.

Community grants announced Member for Ballina Don Page has announced the successful applicants for the NSW Community Building Partnership Program, totalling $398,950. In Byron Shire they include Bangalow Tennis Club $3,650, Bangalow Children’s Community Centre $40,000, Byron Community Centre Theatre $50,000, Mullumbimby Community Garden Inc $30,000, 1st Byron Bay Scout Group $1,300, Spaghetti Circus Ltd $20,000, and The Bangalow

Pool Trust Inc $80,000. ‘Due to the large number of applicants, unfortunately, not everyone was successful in this round. However, there may be another round of funding and the unsuccessful applicants will be notified if subsequent funding becomes available,’ Mr Page said. ‘These funds will go towards building important community facilities and will be very well received by each organisation in the community.’

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Council splits on sportsfield plan Councillors went separate ways on the sports complex project at Ewingsdale when a new ‘final’ price was decided upon on Tuesday last week. The vote was 6-3 in favour but three councillors – Woods, Cameron and Morrisey – voiced their objections to the cost. Originally budgeted at $14 million with $8m in federal funding, the project is now expected to cost at least $16.8m. Councillors also voted to note the staff ’s call to abandon the project because of cost overruns. In a press release Cr Patrick Morrisey said, ‘All agree sports and cultural facilities would be excellent on the site but the budget blowout became the issue. Even though Councillors noted that senior management did not support progressing the sports complex project given the cost and budget blowout before even turning one sod of turf, or receiving one ‘variation’, that didn’t worry the chief cheerleaders, Crs Barham and Tucker joining forces to plunge Council into a terrible financial commitment of about $7m from reserves,

loans and a special rate variation for everyone. ‘Sportsman and gentleman Herb Elliot said during public access that we don’t need a “Rolls Royce” facility, but then acknowledged during questioning that indeed the Master Plan he was lobbying for would indeed be a Rolls Royce facility. ‘The enthusiasm for blowing the budget before you even start by the Greens Mayor makes one wonder whether Labor Party preferences to The Greens influenced the Feds giving $8m to a local government project that had no Business Plan. ‘I hope Crs Barham and Tucker undertake to pay for every cost variation that comes in out of their own pocket and not put forward another special rate variation to pay for a scale of project we cannot afford. ‘We do have other special rate variations planned for roads and culverts too but they aren’t as popular an issue.’ Deputy Mayor Basil Cameron also took aim at the decision: ‘Herb Elliot addressed Council… saying that the com-

munity did not want a “Rolls Royce” and would be happy with a “Holden”. ‘Council ignored that advice and promptly endorsed the Rolls Royce model as the master concept. Without the money to achieve the project on such a grand scale, Council then endorsed a scaled-back version of a Rolls Royce, taking out most of the seats, putting a lawn mower engine under the bonnet and filling up the boot with debt. ‘In addition to the $5 million that has already been committed, some of it in loans, Council has now also drained the S94 fund for open space in Byron and Suffolk Park as well as dipping heavily into the shirewide fund for open space in order to find the extra funds. Council will also have to find around $500,000 in the first year (rising every year after that) just to maintain the facility once built. Anyone with expectations that Council will have funds to develop sports fields and facilities elsewhere in the Shire over the next few years had better shelve those expectations. ‘Long time residents will

recall the mountain of debt that the Shire laboured under following the commitment to build a new Council administration building and chambers in Mullumbimby. Some current Councillors complained long and hard about the way that decision constrained Council’s ability to fund infrastructure and services for a decade. ‘Council would have done better to commit to a “Holden” with less debt and the result that a functional facility would be deliverable earlier. The community would have been the winner all round, had we learnt the lesson of the “Tuckerbox”.’

LEP move ‘slap in face’: Cameron At a meeting of Byron Shire Council on December 17 Councillors voted 6-3 to reject a Community Consultation Strategy (‘the Strategy’) for the draft Local Environmental Plan (LEP) as put forward by a community focus group set up by Council for the purpose of developing the strategy. ‘This decision represents a serious setback for community consultation in Byron Shire and is a slap in the face to those residents who have dedicated a significant amount of time and effort to participate in the focus group,’ said Deputy Mayor Basil Cameron. ‘As the LEP is Council’s most significant planning document, setting out the rules and constraints for how the Shire is developed over the next 10-20 years, the lack of any comprehensive consultation strategy is

likely to undermine residents ability to make meaningful submissions during the exhibition period. ‘I am at a loss to understand why some Councillors have rejected community consultation so completely on the document that will determine the future character of the Shire.’ During debate at the Council meeting, planning director Ray Darney told councillors he intende to seek approval to exhibit the LEP at the next Council meeting in February in order to be able to meet the timeframe set down by the Department of Planning for Byron Shire to adopt the LEP. ‘Even if Councillors were to reverse their stand on the Strategy at a meeting next year it will not be possible to undertake all of the Strategy as recommended and the remain-

ing elements are likely to be seriously compromised by the lack of available time,’ Cr Cameron said. ‘I implore Councillors to reflect on this issue during the summer break and to do all they can to repair the situation and Council’s credibility with the community at the earliest opportunity next year.’ At a meeting on April 9, Council resolved to establish the Community Consultation Focus Group. The CCFG included representatives from BEACON, Arakwal, Byron United, Ocean Shores Community Association, Tourism Byron Bay, Rural Landsharing Communities Association, Brunswick Heads Chamber of Commerce and community associations from Federal, Main Arm, Mullumbimby, Goonengerry and North Ocean Shores.

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Copenhagen collapse not end of world t wasn’t quite the end of the year party that Kevin Rudd had planned. Copenhagen Volume 24 #29 December 22, 2009 ended not with a bang but a whimper, and not even the most zealous apologist can possibly spin it any other way. As fascinated as I am by chooks – I recently acquired four of the Even the Mickey Mouse poentertaining characters who are busy in the vegetable garden sition announced unilaterally snapping up grasshoppers and pecking holes in the broccoli by Barack Obama in the death leaves – I could tell by the line of debate on organic egg certifica- throes was rejected by a large tion last Thursday in the last Ordinary meeting of 2009 that Byron number of the participants, Shire councillors were in for a long day. In fact the premonition most of whom simply refused of upcoming longueurs arrived with the first agenda item, as to believe that the heavies were councillors struggled with a relatively simple motion to appoint serious about anything except delegates to next year’s Seachange conference, and there were their own self interest. over 20 items to go. Regretfully I decided to get back to working The Australian take on this on a 104 page paper, secure in the knowledge that other newsdebacle is that at least some of hounds were unlikely to scoop me, the media desks abandoned the opponents of the Obama in favour of ambulance-chasing or Christmas cheer. declaration were ‘rebel nations’, Public access was quieter too, though we did listen to suppliwhich may have some truth in cants on six items. As well, Fast Buck$ and Mayor Jan Barham had it, but is hardly the most diptheir ritual falling-out, with Buck$ refusing to vacate a staff chair lomatic description if any kind at the start of the meeting proper until the mayor allowed him of progress is to be resumed in an extra question, thus avoiding a major tanty and possibly an the foreseeable future. Dividadjournment. ing the world into the goodies On the question of meeting length, Council’s Corporate Mana- (our side) and some kind of gement department put up a report suggesting changes to the axis of evil (those who don’t code of meeting practice to encourage brevity. The report did agree with us) is exactly what not include the obvious – put less items on the agenda. As Buck$ Copenhagen was supposed pointed out in public access, it does sometimes take a while to not to be about. The fact that nut things out. ‘Council exists to serve the community, not make it degenerated so far and so life easier for bureaucrats,’ said Buck$ – amen to that. The report’s fast does not bode well. suggestion of lessening speech time from three minutes to two The collapse of Copenhagen minutes has merit but it would only result in councillors voting is not the end of the world; at their compadres one or two minute speech extensions. No, least the urgency of the probperhaps the best option is for councillors to make New Year reso- lem has now been acknowllutions to think before crafting a motion, think before speaking, edged, and while the sceptics and to think whether or not there is a need to speak at all. Failing may continue to grumble in that, distribute cocaine at the tea break. the privacy of their medieval A report also came up from Corporate Management detailing cells, scepticism is no longer guidelines for the so-called internal ombudsman. The guidelines an acceptable political posiare modelled on Warringah Council’s, with a number of changes. tion, even for the National Interestingly, they reflect the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, Party of Australia. A theowith councillors and staff having the right to remain silent during retical target has been set: the investigations. Staff may suffer disciplinary action if they ‘obstruct, mean temperature should not hinder or resist the Internal Ombudsman’, but they have the right rise by more than two degrees to remain silent, don’t they? Let’s face it, a council ombudsman Celsius. How this is to be doesn’t have the lawful ability to compel anyone to do anything achieved is not even hinted at, and his/her potential good to the public is as a whistleblower, as but there is a general accephe/she does have the power to publicise the non-compliance of tance that all countries have the general manager to the ombudsman’s recommendations – to do something, and that they after the lawyers have been over it, of course. should start sooner rather Play will resume, supposedly, on February 11, 2010. Mark your than later. calendars in anticipation. And there is a tacit under– Michael McDonald, editor standing that the lead has to

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come from the big polluters of the developed world, which of course begins with the United States, but very definitely includes the per capita gold medallist, Australia. If we are to get back on track at Mexico City next year, there is no more time to lose. It was not meant to be like this. Rudd had hoped to go to Copenhagen with an Emissions Trading Scheme for

ny was already destroyed. From the beginning there had been antipathy and distrust, and these quickly led to a determination among many of the key participants to take the view that their most important job was to defend their own turf. Even Rudd talked constantly about doing what was in Australia’s national interest, not about what was needed to solve the crisis. Unsurprisingly

Dividing the world into the goodies (our side) and some kind of axis of evil (those who don’t agree with us) is what Copenhagen was supposed not to be about. by Mungo MacCallum Australia signed and sealed, and, his credentials thus proven, to operate as one of the inner negotiating group to bring the various competing blocs to some kind of consensus. After all, he had been appointed as a Friend of the Chair, had had lengthy discussions on the subject with most of the key players and was, uniquely, a professional diplomat as well as a head of government. Securing a legally binding agreement from the 190–odd (and we do mean odd) participants may have always been too much to hope for, but it should have been possible to arrive at a more general understanding about what was required and how the burden was to be shared. If ever there was an occasion to apply the old socialist adage: ‘To each according to his need, from each according to his ability’ then Copenhagen was it. But by the time Rudd arrived on the scene any hope of harmo-

Australia was quickly identified as a member of the enemy camp by the groupings of smaller undeveloped nations, particularly the Africans and the Pacific Islanders. The only hope of correcting this impression will be for Rudd to produce concrete evidence that Australia is doing its bit, and given the intransigence of the Tony Abbott led opposition, this will not be easy. Abbott made no real attempt to conceal his pleasure at the fiasco in Copenhagen, and promptly renewed his fatuous demand for a debate with Rudd about the whole issue of climate change, a subject on which he has no policy beyond wishful thinking. This is a slight improvement on outright denial, but not much. The prospect of a year stuck in the dark ages must be something of a nightmare for Rudd, and he could hardly be blamed for pulling an election trigger as soon as possible. A poll in

the first half of the year would be disruptive to the political timetable, but since Abbott has announced his determination to celebrate his leadership by disrupting the entire process of government, it might be the lesser of two evils. hey call this the silly season for the media, and it seems that the Sydney newspapers are determined to prove it. Both the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph have decided that it’s time for the state Labor government to go, and they are not going to let the inconvenient fact that the election is not due until March 2011 get in the way of their convictions. The Tele takes the straightforward approach: the governor should simply sack the bastards. This would involve tearing up the state constitution, which provides for dismissal only in the case of proven illegalities, but so what. Granny Herald is a little more subtle: she’s running a petition for people to sign requesting a change to the rules which would provide a way for the people (well, at least some of them) to demand an early election if they felt like it. This is cheap populism at its worst; it took a long time to secure fixed four year terms of government, a campaign applauded by Granny for the stability it promised, and the consequent improvement to government. To seek to undo this important reform simply because one particular government is on the nose is too silly even for this season. On which note allow me to say bah, humbug for another year. I’m sure Kevin Rudd would agree.

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A shire awash in alcohol and crime I hope that concerned residents of Byron Bay will heed the Mayor’s call for support in contacting the State authorities at the email address she gave us to object to nightclub owners’ applications for extended trading hours; surely residents suffer enough with all the holiday letting and ‘party-going’ as it is and I agree with Jan that the current 3am closing time is too much of an impost and it should be earlier.

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Bangalow Mayor Jan Barham is to be commended on her public stance opposing any extension to trading hours of licensed venues in Byron Bay. Government (except perhaps the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing), health professionals and Police all clearly identify ‘alcohol’ as the major problem facing the Australian community today. Every year, around 3,000

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Mark Ryding from the Tweed (Letters, December 15) complains his daughter and friends failed to get a casual spot at the Byron Markets despite queuing, paying a deposit and turning up on the day. Predicting how many casual stallholders we can fit in is like predicting the weather. If it had been raining some of our permanent stallholders wouldn’t have turned up, leaving spaces for his daughter to fill. Byron Markets prioritises locals and 100% craft ahead of the crowd, a fact greatly appreciated. Yet on that sunny day nearing Christmas 30 new casuals turned out for this irresistibly popular market placing unexpected demands on the system and regrettably we had to turn away highly valued regulars. Yes, we keep minimal funds available for refunds but hopefully Mark was pleased that we promptly refunded his deposit electronically. We are always keen to hear criticism and although we work closely with the North Coast Stall Holders Associa-

Australians die from alcohol related trauma – mothers lose sons, fathers lose daughters, children lose parents – and many more are left with chronic injury, including brain injury. Last year over 65,000 hospital presentations were attributed to alcohol. This included many young people. Last year more than three-quarters of a million Australians were physically abused by persons under the influence of alcohol, and in NSW, 45% of all assaults were alcohol-related, equating to 33,147 assaults. The total cost of alcohol-related problems to the Australian community annually is a staggering $15.3 billion. Anyone who thinks Byron does not have a drinking problem should take a drive down Jonson Street at midnight, or earlier, on any Friday or Saturday night, and watch the public drunkenness; perhaps remember the young Irish-

man who was fatally assaulted in the street this year; perhaps remind ourselves that Byron Shire had the highest incidence of drink driving in NSW; perhaps recall the recent sight of dozens of barely legal schoolies staggering and falling for days on end. Perhaps wonder why no resident would venture into town late at night. And then ask, who would benefit from extending licensing hours to 3am on a Monday morning in our town. A few business people? The Byron Bay Liquor Accord frequently professes social responsibility. It represents a few business people who sell alcohol and do well out of this town. I find their claims for extended trading at odds with their claims of social responsibility. The cost to this community of its drinking problem is not borne by those who provide the drinks, and the community has a right to feel angry about the Accord’s direct

lobbying of the Department of Liquor, Gaming and Racing. Further, I agree with Mayor Barham that late night trading hours in Byron Bay are already too late and warrant restriction. Liquor practices in Byron Bay are at odds with interests of public health and community safety and, I believe, are at odds with the majority community view. I enjoy a drink as much as the next person, and appreciate a well-run, responsible licensed venue. However, the balance is wrong in this town. Council may wish to facilitate a public meeting in the near future and canvass the full community view. Finally, I urge any resident who feels concerned to let the Minister know (The Hon Mr Kevin Greene, fax 9228-5549 or email office@greene.minister.nsw.gov.au) and support Mayor Barham.

tion we are currently looking to streamline booking procedures which take up a lot of stallholders’ time and ours.

sea water. Mr McTavish should also know that the ice floating at the pole is relatively salt free as ice will desalinate itself and the ice floats in a medium that has a higher specific gravity than the ice itself, therefore ice floats higher out of the water in salt water. When ice is thick and breaks off into icebergs it parallels the action of ice breaking off a glacier or ice shelf and my remarks were totally correct in that description. What sank the Titanic – was it not a piece of ice of enormous depth that broke off an ice shelf in the Arctic and was floating partly above the water? Sea ice in salt water will increase in volume when melted and that increase is equivalent to the amount of ice below water times the specific gravity of sea water divided by the specific gravity of ice which is relatively the same as unsalted water. It also appeared that you were trying to belittle my education and institution of learning, so here are my qualifications. I am a professional engineer designated as special-

ist in structures. The university I attended was the University of Queensland 1960-1965 and I have been a consultant for 44 years with my own company. I also have a diploma in architecture, I was a registered arbitrator, I was a member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada, I attended in courts as an expert witness in sciencerelated subjects in many cases and lost none. Mr McTavish, if you want to discuss the sea ice matter, I hereby authorise The Echo to give you my phone number and you can call me.

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Try to understand

Mr McTavish in his letter to the editor of December 15 states that he has trouble trying to understand my reply to his letter of December 1. I am not surprised that Mr. McTavish cannot understand my reply as he writes as though he is an authority on sea ice and no one else appears to be. When Mr McTavish made the statement that school children know that floating ice displaces its own volume and goes off on a tangent about having ice in your drink and it won’t spill over when the ice melts, he made a serious error. The statements in his letter of December 1 relate to ice in seawater and not to the glass he might be having a drink out of. I used the ice in glass as two experiments that he could do at home so as not to get confused on the issue. One experiment with fresh water and one with

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wonder if the same approach would have been applied if an individual rather than a corporate giant such as Woolworths had caused the same impact on flooding however insignificant. We were told by Planning NSW that Woolworths could only be stopped on a technical issue such as flooding and sewage and not on planning issues which had been dealt with during the development consent phase. It now seems that the only issue that can now stop the development is the sewage treatment. Let us hope that the Court rules in favour of Council and does not accept Woolworths’ attempt to circumvent good practice which would be applied to the community at large. The approach of Planning NSW in this matter is disappointing and unsatisfactory. However, although we are living in a democracy, there seems little that we can do about it. I hope for the sake of those living near Station Street that damage resulting from flooding should Woolworths be built is minimal. Chris Abraham

Mullumbimby Creek

What about respect?

As a result of my latest slanging match with Jan Kingham, sorry Barston – oh, whatever – we now know why her majesty has never responded to my numer-

ous criticisms in The Echo: my writing is ‘crap’. Having clarified that, her nibs then went on to say that all I had achieved was more sympathy for her. Okay, sympathy’s nice, but what about respect, Jan? You know, the thing that flows from taking on the staff and Ross Tucker, instead of capitulating to them and pretending you’re making a difference when you’re not? And while all this is going on Ross Tucker sits there theatrically sniggering as though everything I say is nonsense. As I pointed out to Jan: when you get Ross Tucker in effect supporting you it’s time to have a good look in the mirror. PS: Ross, the reason we on my side of politics fight among ourselves is that we have this thing called ‘freedom of speech’, see. On your side noone dares criticise you. Why is that, Ross? Fast Buck$

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To the editor: been to the beach lately? Hello, this is a letter from the Real World. Longtime Echo readers and locals will be aware of the debate that has raised regarding a policy of planned retreat versus protecting property and habitat. The argument has been that measures to protect homes would mean there would be no beach for people to enjoy, and that the dunes were shifting natural features.

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Enough with the holiday letting Enough is Enough is a resident group formed to reclaim the amenity of our Byron Bay neighbourhoods lost through the extremes of holiday letting to noisy groups in party mode by irresponsible property owners. Thank you to all residents who replied to our initial request for examples of how your lives have been affected. It is apparent many people feel disempowered, frustrated and at times fearful to take action against disruptive renters and the property owners. This includes elderly residents and women residents. We applaud those owners who take responsibility by be-

ing members of the Holiday Letting Organisation, or are on site or on call if disturbances occur. We have met with John Gudgeon of the Holiday Letting Organisation and discussed strategies to encourage the use of the Noisy Neighbours Hotline and ways of preventing noise and disturbances in the first instance. We are calling on the Holiday Letting Organisation to regularly advertise in the local press the Noisy Neighbours Hotline, particularly over peak tourist periods, and ensure its brochure is widely distributed to all residents; extend its self regulation coverage to include

those owners not registered with HLO; ensure a ‘no partying’ clause is in all advertisements and agreements; introduce better screening of potential tenants, and initial face-to-face briefings of tenants on arrival re respecting the neighbours; and place a poster prominently in all holiday lets setting out the expectations re behaviour and the penalties for breaches. We encourage all residents to adopt a zero tolerance attitude to any disturbance in their neighbourhood and to report all such disturbances to the local police or the Noisy Neighbors Hotline (6626 6888). We also encourage residents to

take further action, including through the courts, where the situation is not resolved. We are currently developing a draft statement of minimum standards to restore the community amenity, and this will be available for community comment. We are also identifying further options residents might take against persistently irresponsible owners. The Enough is Enough email address is enough2481@gmail. com. We welcome any comment, support, suggestions or personal experiences that residents may wish to share.

Head down to Belongil, and have a look at the beach that is not supposed to be there, to start with. Actually have a damn look. In reality, the sand has come back, just like it has after previous major storm events. So it appears the real world, in which things actually happen, is again at variance with a plan. Next, try looking at the photographs previously published in The Echo showing bulldozers tearing Belongil and Main Beach apart, then do some background reading on what they were mining for. Geological evidence is that the heavy sands mineral deposits

are thousands of years old. Then, look at the survey maps showing the top of the dune scarp. You will see that apart from oscillation, the dune has moved sweet FA since 1883, but took a huge gouging right after the sand mining, which no doubt people were assured would have no environmental impact, mate. So, we have a geologically stable feature with wave impacts over a 7,000 year period. Reality. We have destabilisation caused by sandmining. Reality. We have a beach that absolutely insists on recovering, though we are told it won’t. Reality. So, we need to retreat for what reason?

Here is the reality based solution. A simulated sloping ancient dune face, looking a bit like a ramp with a corrugated surface. Corrugated like colourbond or galvanised iron tank, made of reinforced concrete. It goes in front of a rock wall, diminishing the velocity of waves at high tide and causing them to drop sand, making the beach build up even quicker after storms, while ensuring no erosive effect are passed along downshore. It basically covers itself in sand. The Main Beach carpark to be modified to match the average scarp profile over the years, and similarly equipped.

There may be better ideas. But does that not sound reasonable and based in reality? So we can all calm down, live in the real world, and get on with living. If Belongil and Main Beach can be easily fixed, and they can, then the whole coast can be stabilised. Don’t Panic. I know, you think global warming will change everything. We fix that next.

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■I’d like to thank Byron Council, and in particular, Hayden Kress, engineer, for getting Possum Shoot Road re-opened. Hayden was very helpful in keeping us informed about the progress of the road being repaired. Residents greatly appreciate it. Possum Shoot Road suffered a landslip due to heavy rains, in addition to getting much wear and tear from big trucks using it that were too heavy for the construction of the road. There is now a load limit on it preventing heavy vehicles from using the road. It is an old road that has been around since the turn of

the last century when it was used to shoot the logs (from the clearing of the rainforest) down to the coast to the waiting ships. And, it is still today a vital link for people from Coorabell, Federal and Possum Creek communities to the coast. It allows people from these areas to enjoy the country drive rather than have to navigate the Pacific Highway especially where it intersects with the Coolamon Scenic Drive – a most dangerous place. We are glad to have our road back.

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bourne), Shore Thing (Sydney) I found Splendour to be the most organised, professionally run and enjoyable event. With the amount of money the festival must inject into the shire, I feel it is a great shame to see it leave! As a bystander, I know little about the politics and motivations behind the parties involved, however, as a citizen in this shire, I think the council and festival organisers owe it to the community to sit down and draft a plan together, perhaps with a little compromise from both sides, to ensure the greatest festival in Australia can remain at its true home for years to come. The sentiments are echoed by the many South Australian friends who attended Splendour with me, including Holly Hammond, Marnie McManus, Dan Wray, Ben Bellinger and Dianna Sare.

‘Why go to the enormous bother of inventing a fictitious global environmental issue?’ As any high school student would not be able to tell you there have been many instances where a so-called conspiracy theory has grudgingly turned out to be at least partially if not entirely true. Not too many issues are good old black or white any more, Mr Editor. Anybody contemplating a potential government/big business coordinated agenda must ask: who benefits? In the ‘climategate’ issue I would suggest the nuclear (new clear) energy industry is the bitter medicine we are being prepared for. A medicine which citizens around the world have been resisting for a long time. The honourable Peter Garrett has already taken a good swig and Mr KRudd will, in the near future, most likely put on a resigned face and declare nuclear to be the only reasonable solution to our pending energy woes. Tired clichĂŠ time: don’t throw the baby out with the conspiracy theory‌. and read this from The New Statesman www.newstatesman.com/200505230004. Mauricio Laratro

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I attended Splendour in the Grass 2009 at Belongil Fields. I was from South Australia and had never visited Byron Bay. While here for that short few days, I fell in love with the town and in October I moved here! Of the many festivals I have been to including Big Day Out (Adelaide), Summadayze (Mel-

■I emailed Byron Shire Council on Friday November 20, suggesting/requesting that they install a dog waste bag dispenser and rubbish bin near the gate at the junction of Bangalow Road and the Suffolk Park cycle track (opposite Byron Bay golf course). I received an email response from Council the next working day, followed by a phone call from one of the rangers (Mel Hamilton) a couple of days after that. I was expecting a brush-off, but he said he’d do what he could, as soon as he could. A bag dispenser was Tricia Shantz installed just over a fortnight Coorabell later. I’m still surprised by how

posed Coastal Management Plan. If it were a bushfire, he says, we would be doing everything possible to defend our homes. Fair enough, but very hypocritical when you hear him time and again scoff at efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the process of denying the near certainty of man made global warming. Surely ‘everything possible’ would include an all out effort to reduce carbon emissions even if you accept that the science may never be 100%. I live two metres above sea level and I find Ross’s head-in-the-sand approach totally irresponsible and his logic infantile. We have two clear choices. Do nothing, and if the AGW sceptics are wrong we lose our homes amid total collapse of the global economy or alternatively we reduce emissions, and even if the sceptics are proven Sam Hammond right, we still end up with a Byron Bay greener and technologically more advanced world. I know which I would choose. Middle East news Following the article about GaMac Nicolson North Ocean Shores reth Smith’s one man protest, your readers may wish to better inform themselves by accessing Final thanks for 09 three websites: www.jpost.com, After three and a half years of www.ynet.com, www.haaretz. (real) living in this shire, it’s com. These three newspapers time for some thanks. (In no with a wide range of views will particular order) 1. To all the rural women give interested people different perspectives and compre- who ran this place before us inhension of the nature of the terlopers ‘discovered’ it, thank conflict between Israel and its you for being the salt of the earth to our peppery addition. neighbours. Henri Joncourt Your lives, dominated by red Byron Bay dirt and weather patterns have made you icons of calm, resilDo something ience and fortitude. CongratuSo Ross Tucker uses the bush lations on surviving hardship fire analogy in order to serve and (in some cases) husbands a broadside at Council’s pro- and please allow us emigrĂŠs

fast and with how little fuss it happened, and I’d like to use your letters page, if I may, to say thank you to all those involved, especially Mel. Fingers crossed, a rubbish bin might be installed as well. However, I understand this is more problematic as Council incurs additional expenses for each bin that has to be emptied. Here’s something I didn’t know a month ago: while Council provides the bags, it’s volunteers who keep the dispensers topped up. As a dogowner, I’d like to say thank you to them, too. Jane Fellows

Byron Bay to smile at or seek out your wisdom whenever we need grounding. 2. To anyone ancient: thank you for still wanting to be with us. Even if you say nothing, your presence here allows us consciously or unconsciously to remember the cycle of life we’ve all volunteered for is one you’ve nearly completed and where are the medals? If a strange woman beams at you it’s because I’m trying to make up for society’s shortfall. 3. To all pothole-mendermen: well done, boys! Us home cooks and cleaners recognise the entropic nature of your task and do not blame you personally for its impermanence. 4. To the original inhabitants: the wildlife. Thank you for hanging in there and pretending we’re not here. I learn from you daily and the frequency you possess seeps into my soul and helps dissolve the rigidity of my ego. 5. To all friends who have been here for more than three and a half years: thank you for opening up your circle of friendship to include my family. I am overwhelmed by your generosity and love of life. 6. And to all my heroes: the ex-smokers. Thank you for lighting the way. Next time you see one of us self-handicapped daringly out in public, please send a prayer our way. I and others, are detecting an activation of a ‘quit’ vibe and your undercover contribution will be gratefully accepted. 7. Finally, thank you to the Echo makers who give dags like me a public voice. Helen Burden

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Pilgrimage to Pele Island Eve Jeffery

What started out as the 2007 class camp for a group of year 10 students has turned into a yearly pilgrimage to Pele Island, one of many in the island nation of Vanuatu. The girls, Turi Grierson, Amber Watts, Hollie White, Grace Stevens, Ruby Stevens and Geneva Goldenberg, are in the same class at Sheawater and have returned twice to the island after their first trip when they built an eco bungalow to assist the villagers in maintaining a sustainable income. ‘The aim of the first trip was to initiate a community project,’ says student Turi Grierson. ‘We built a bungalow on Pele Island so the local people could begin to have tourists stay on the island and generate an income source for them to buy provisions. That first trip impacted on us strongly. The local islanders took us in as their family, and we made very strong connections with the people and the place.’ The girls say that on each of the trips to the island they have spent time at the local primary school and were shocked by both the poor state of the learning environment and lack of resources and the girls plan to travel to the island next month to supply the school with much

Local student Amber Watts with children from the Pele school.

needed equipment. ‘Our main aim is to take back with us the resources needed to make the school a better learning environment, for example learning games, sports equipment, pencils, crayons, art materials and so on. ‘One of the biggest problems after year six is that if students wish to continue their studies they must canoe an hour each way to a nearby island or move away from their family to live in the capital city of Port Vila. Our dream would be to one day bring a secondary school teacher to the island, as 95% of students over the age of 12 do not have access to education. ‘The people are incredible,’ says Turi. ‘Every person who

lives in the comfort of a western existence could benefit from seeing how these people do so much with so little. They have no running water, no electricity, one unreliable public telephone that services the island entire population, and no health care. ‘Yet they are so happy and such a strong vital community where every member is accepted, valued and loved. The way they work together is an amazing example of the potential of the human spirit to triumph over adversity.’ Anyone interested in assisting the girls to take supplies to Pele Island can contact them at turi.grierson@gmail.com or 0429 844 403.

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BATbus volunteer driver Ian Lewis drop members of the Byron Girls Group to Kiva Spa in Mullumbimby Story & photo Eve Jeffery

Ian Lewis is my hero. He’s the man that takes my teenage daughter out at all hours of the day and night, her driver for shopping, bowling, shows and concerts and even a midnight viewing of New Moon in Tweed Heads. And when she has finished her butterfly socialising, he gathers her and the other butterflies up – quite often with a stop at Maccas on the way home – and plants them safely at their front door. Ian is fully accredited as a bus driver who donates hundreds of hours each year to the youth of the area as a driver for the Byron Area Transport, BATbus. The BATbus has provided transport to social and recreational outings over the past 17 years for thousands of young people who reside in Byron Shire. It is funded through the state government’s Department of Transport and Infrastructure. The BATbus is an alcohol and drug free service. ‘Ian has been driving for us as a volunteer for over six years,’ says BATbus

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coordinator Melissa Armstrong. ‘His involvement has directly enabled us to keep our fares low as we save money on wages and other costs associated with commercial rates’. Apart from being a competent driver, Ian is a wonderful fellow who the kids really love. ‘Ian’s best attribute is his kind and thoughtful nature,’ say Melissa. ‘He is extremely popular with the passengers as he goes out of his way to make sure they have a great outing on the BATbus. ‘Ian is incredibly generous with his time and is very rarely unable to drive young people to the places they want to go to. I am very grateful to him when I ask him a sometimes difficult request, like the midnight movies, and he says his usual refrain “That won’t be a problem�. ‘What’s more, Ian always does everything within his ability to make sure that passengers are safe getting home, often driving them to their door. Sometimes this is in the early hours of the morning and after a long drive when most people would just want to get home. That Ian

does this as a volunteer never ceases to impress me. ‘The BATbus is a great service for the young people of Byron Shire and we often receive thanks for what we do, but the fan mail and positive feedback I get for Ian is well above what I would normally expect.’ Ian says he just loves working with the kids and since retiring in 1998 has been able to donate his skills as a driver. ‘If I can drive the kids to where they would like to go, then it gets them off the streets. ‘Young people need something to do and if I can take them out and drop them home it is much better than them hanging around the streets at two in the morning.’ My question to this special man is: what does one do at midnight waiting for a bunch of teenage girls at a vampire movie. ‘Well I go for a walk and I read a book, but the cinema has a nice couch upstairs – sometimes I have a nap’. For more information about the bus, ring Melissa Armstrong on 6685 8771 or visit www.batbus.net.

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David Leser examines police overreaction to local young people

When police officers lose their cool with children Dude – noun Colloquial 1. An adult male. 2. A person who is well regarded, especially as being fashionable and up-to-date. 3. (a familiar form of address.) 4. Originally US a person who is stylishly dressed in a somewhat ostentatious way. 5. There came a jackaroo on a visit to the station … He was a dude with an expensive education and no brains – Henry Lawson. (Macquarie Dictionary.) eorgia Enter’s biggest mistake on Saturday night was probably calling the NSW police officer ‘dude’. She realises now she should have called him ‘sir’. That might have prevented what was to follow. Still, she can’t understand – nor can her parents and friends – how the police could treat a 15 year-old girl in this way. It started with a garage party at Lennox Head on December 12. The party was closed down by police at around 9pm because the lease on the house had expired. No one was entitled to be using the place, let alone holding a party there. Suddenly around 250 teenagers were on the street. Some of them were drunk, although Georgia Enter was not among them. As those who know her can attest, she never drinks. Around 10pm the police came by in a paddy van and told the crowd to move on. Georgia heard one of them say to a colleague: ‘There are fucking kids all over the fucking street.’ At 10.50pm Georgia was at the bus stop with friends waiting for one of their mothers to pick them up. The mother was late but only a few minutes away. The police drove by once more.

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‘You again?’ the officer said to Georgia, recognising her from before. ‘I told you to move on.’ ‘I’m just about to get a lift back to Byron,’ she replied. ‘I told you to move on,’ he barked. ‘Dude, my friend’s Mum is coming in about two minutes.’ ‘I am not your dude,’ the officer said, visibly angry. ‘Get in the back of the van. You’re coming to the station.’ ‘I am not coming with you,’ Georgia replied. ‘I have done nothing wrong. I am waiting for my friend’s mother. She’ll be here in a minute.’ The policeman, a large man with a gun at his hip, was incensed. He grabbed Georgia by the arm and dragged her to his paddy wagon. ‘Ow … let go of me,’ she said. ‘You’re hurting me. I am not getting in there.’ The officer pushed her inside and shut the door. Her friends looked on in shock. One of them asked the police if she could go with Georgia. She could see how frightened she was. This girl was warned she, too, would be arrested unless she moved on. Georgia rang her parents from the police van. ‘These cops are being fucking arseholes and have got me in the back of the van,’ she wailed. ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’ One of the two arresting officers showed Georgia his middle finger. ‘You just put your finger up at a 15 year-old girl,’ she told him. He’d done more than that. He’d arrested a minor for sitting in a public place. He’d failed to inform her parents of her arrest. He’d placed her in

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Journalist David Leser with local teenager Georgia Enter, who got into trouble with the law for calling a police officer ‘dude’.

a police van on her own. He hadn’t explained why she was being arrested. He’d grabbed her forcefully by the arm and been so intimidating as to leave her with a sense she might be in peril. ‘I was so scared,’ she said a few days later. ‘I thought he might just drop me off on the side of the road and bash me up.’ I have known Georgia Enter for five years. She has been my younger daughter Hannah’s best friend since their days at Byron Bay Primary School when she – Georgia – was school captain and dux of Year 7, as well as a member of the Student Representative Council. Three years later she was still excelling. Last Monday morning (two days after her arrest) she was awarded the Year 9 first prize for both Physical Education (PDHPE) and Visual Arts at Byron Bay

High. To those who know her – family, friends, parents, teachers – she is among the best and brightest of her generation, possessed of a vivacious personality and a fierce, questing intelligence. ‘You are obviously intoxicated,’ the officer said to her when she was escorted into Ballina Police Station. ‘I am not intoxicated,’ she insisted. ‘Look how bloodshot your eyes are,’ he said. ‘I have been crying,’ she said. eorgia’s mother, Elizabeth Enter, then called the station from her mobile phone. Elizabeth Enter is a formidable woman. A former prison psychologist with nearly 20 years experience in trauma counselling and mental health and drug and alcohol-related issues, she was

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educated in South Africa under the old apartheid regime. She has seen firsthand the way police brutality works. She was now demanding to know why her daughter was in custody. ‘We’ve taken her in because she is intoxicated,’ the officer said. ‘Why didn’t you ring me? Why have you just put her in the back of a paddy wagon and not told me what is going on? She is 15 years old.’ One of the police officers allegedly became irate. He told Elizabeth Enter to be quiet while he talked. She refused to be silenced. The signal dropped out. ‘What a fucking bitch,’ he reportedly said to his colleagues – all within earshot of Georgia who by this time was in a small holding cell on her own. Georgia’s mother and father arrived at the station a few minutes later. ‘Why have you

got my daughter here?’ Elizabeth Enter demanded again. ‘Because she’s intoxicated,’ one of them replied. ‘Well then, give her a breath test now,’ her mother insisted. ‘With pleasure,’ the officer said. The reading was 00. ‘Well, she looked intoxicated,’ he said. Elizabeth Enter began shouting at the police. There were four of them. ‘Get your missus under control,’ the arresting officer said, turning to Georgia’s father, Hans Enter. ‘In our family,’ Elizabeth fired back, ‘the missus isn’t brought under control. She has equality.’ Hans Enter, a teacher and former trainee Jesuit priest, then attempted a private conversation with the arresting officer. The officer brought up the fact that he’d taken exception to being called ‘dude’. ‘If that was an issue why didn’t you tell her?’ Hans Enter suggested quietly. ‘What do you like to be called?’ ‘Senior Constable, officer or sir,’ he said. ‘I have worked very hard to reach this rank and I expect respect.’ Meanwhile Georgia was crying, imploring her mother: ‘Mum … I haven’t done anything wrong.’ One of the police officers then turned to Elizabeth Enter and said: ‘Don’t mollycoddle your daughter. She will never learn self-respect.’ ‘My daughter has plenty of self-respect,’ Enter fired back. Then a barrage of questions to the young girl. ‘Have you tried to take your life?’ ‘No.’ ‘Do you have any serious continued opposite

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Articles medical or mental problems?’ ‘No.’ ‘Is this the first time you’ve been arrested?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?’ ‘No.’ (Georgia has olive skin.) ‘Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?’ they asked again a few minutes later. ‘No.’ ‘Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?’ ‘No.’ eorgia Enter’s story is as familiar as a perfect point break below the Cape. In the last few years there have been countless cases of young people abused, threatened, intimidated and arrested by police. No doubt the police are having a time of it. In the past ten years Byron Bay has become arguably the nation’s premier party town. Summer holidays, schoolies season and festivals like the Blues and Splendour in the Grass have seen Byron bursting at its seams. Young people are often drunk. Fights regularly break out. It is impossible sometimes not to feel the tension. ‘My basic attitude is Byron Bay is a community where a lot of parents aren’t as involved with their children as they should be,’ leading criminal lawyer John Weller told The Echo. ‘Those parents seem to let their kids loose on the street and the community itself has no priority for sporting facilities or music and theatre, and an extremely low priority for supporting 15- to 18 year-old kids generally. ‘We’ve got a situation where all these kids are on the street and there is nothing to do and police are saying “move on� and they don’t want a committee meeting about it.’ Just as often, however, the police and hotel security overreact, with what sometimes looks like wilful disregard – and deep contempt – for the young.

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Many of them seem like they’re in need of anger-management training themselves. Emma Nicholls was arrested in May this year outside the Beach Hotel. Nineteen years old at the time. Emma had been in the hotel for an hour when an out-of-uniform security guard put his hand on her lower stomach as he was walking past. Emma pushed his hand away and within seconds was being ordered to the entrance of the hotel by the same man and another (uniformed) guard. Within a few minutes they had been joined by three police officers. Emma asked to speak to the manager. Her re-

ing an arrest and assaulting a police officer causing actual bodily harm. She was found guilty of the last charge earlier this year. She now has a criminal record. Meanwhile Georgia Enter has been fined $220. On the penalty notice it says ‘not comply with direction’, and ‘Intox’. Elizabeth Enter told the police she would be taking the matter further. One of them retorted: ‘I don’t care. I get paid anyway.’

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‘I think the most damaging thing about these situations is that for young people who are doing the right thing these sorts of experiences really destroy the faith we have in our policing system. And that’s a shame because the policing system we have in this country is a remarkable asset.’ quest was denied. One of the police officers then told her if she didn’t leave the premises she would be getting a $550 infringement fine. ‘But I haven’t done anything wrong,’ she said. The police officer began writing the fine. ‘Why am I getting a fine?’ she asked. ‘If you say anything else you will be arrested,’ he replied. She asked again for an explanation and was placed under arrest. She then began swearing at police. Like Georgia Enter I have known Emma Nichols for five years. She is one of my elder daughter Jordan’s closest friends. Like Georgia she is a polite, gentle and intelligent young woman, with a disarming grace and dignity well be-

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His friend chimed in sarcastically: ‘Thanks for keeping the streets safe. If you can call us dickheads can we call you dickheads too?’ The boy, who asked not to be identified, was arrested, put in a cell and released without charge at 4.30am. Perhaps he should have called the police officer dude. After all this is Byron Bay.

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Enter] would get away with calling a police officer dude,’ the arresting officer was heard telling his colleague, ‘but not in our area.’ The week before Georgia was arrested a 16 year-old Byron male was also arrested after he and friends were told to get off the streets. ‘You can abuse your power and we can’t do a thing,’ one of the boys said. ‘Shut up, you dickhead, and get out of town,’ the police officer allegedly replied.

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Mary Gardner undergoes the persistent interrogation of youth

The birds and the bees in winged conflict in the trees ‘What’s that?’ asked the Girl, who is forever ten, pointing at two bright birds on the bare tree branch. I stopped to look. Medium size, maybe twenty centimetres, from head to tail. With five centimetres extra being those two thin long feathers hanging down from each of the tails. ‘Ah! Rainbow bee eaters!’ ‘They eat bees?’ She was incredulous. ‘Doesn’t that hurt?’ As we watched, I remembered what I could about these insect

eaters. They do dart through the air after many bugs as well as bees. I read that a young one might get stung the first few times snaffling a bee. But it quickly learns to close its eyes, hold the bee tight in its thick bill, whack it on a branch, breaking the sting and popping the venom sac before eating it. Later it coughs up pellets of the indigestible bits. ‘Did you know you can look at these pellets under a microscope and see exactly what the birds eat? In Darwin, the birds

roost in large flocks. People check the pellets underneath to see what kinds of bees get eaten. If a new type of bee ever comes over from Indonesia, we will know because checking those birds is a kind of alert system.’ When the birds flew away, we continued through the trees to the beach. The air was alive with bugs. ‘Our subtropic forests here have lots of insects for a certain time of the year, from September to April. That’s the time that the trees grow. That’s the time the bee eaters come down from their other homes up north, over the Torres Strait.’ Now at the beach, we dropped our things. The Girl was thoughtful, drawing in the sand with a seashell. ‘They live in Papua New Guinea too?’

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‘Yes,’ I said. ‘They live in groups and migrate together. When some scientists were catching and checking some traveling birds, they noticed the others waited. They wouldn’t go on until the birds of their group were released and rejoined them.’ ‘Are they really old birds?’ ‘Actually, they only live about two years.’ ‘But they know. They know where to go and when and who matters.’ Later that evening, the Girl finds something on the Internet. A man near Noosa

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wrote about four years he spent watching the local flock of rainbow bee eaters at their nests. She wants me to explain all the grown-up words and numbers. ‘Well,’ I say, scrolling through the long document. ‘The birds come back and always nest in these long burrows. The female digs a new one every time, digging about three centimetres a day.

Living in burrows ‘The final burrow is about 118 centimetres long. Sometimes there are other nests nearby. She lays about five eggs. When the chicks hatch, there are usually two males who help her feed them.’ ‘How did they tell which bird is which?’ ‘Oh, they put ID bands on their legs. And they took blood samples.’ I click through to the other pages. ‘The birds that return go to the same place to nest. Hmmm, the chicks need about a month to grow up.’ ‘Do a lot of the chicks make it? What’s the mutant number?’ That’s the term the Girl made up to describe statistical averages. ‘Oh, 0.08-1.5 birds per nest.’ ‘Ha! They are either missing one wing or having two heads!’ ‘Hmmm. Lizards, dingoes and yellow-footed antechinus ate some. But the biggest predator was young cane toads. No one ever reported this before.’ 20 December 22, 2009 The Byron Shire Echo

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‘Eat and be eaten!’ she interjects. ‘It also says that the nests that don’t get invaded might average a bit better. Mutant number is 1.6 chicks.’ ‘Extra head and one toe on left foot!’ she shouts and laughs. ‘Actually, a lot of the chicks starve to death.’ I am intrigued. So each year, fewer grow up than the number needed to replace the parent birds. I sit back and think. After all the predation, chicks still starve, depending on fluctuations of insect numbers which in turn depend on plant growth.

Adaptive response All are depending on rain, temperature changes, air quality and land use changes. Generations in two years or less and between Noosa and Papua New Guinea. What’s the phrase? ‘Avian adaptive response to local conditions’, so – ‘Where is God in all this?’ the Girl’s abrupt question snaps me back. Demanding ten year olds! I am trying to think and this other attitude keeps breaking in. ‘Where?’ I stall. ‘Well, if there is a God, what side is God on? The birds? The cane toads? The insects? Or the trees?’ ‘Does God have to take sides?’ ‘But what am I supposed to care about?’

Right now, the Girl, like any human being, is stuck going down an uncomfortable pathway full of contradictions. ‘How about caring for the season?’ I say. ‘What about caring about all of it and whatever is more than all its little parts?’ ‘How do you do that?’ I look at my life, day to day and over years. What is the point to getting more aware? Alert to all the contradictions, over and over again, I end up doing something else. Something I wouldn’t have dreamed of before. Something that has different ripple effects from those of my first impulse.

Celebrate ‘For starters, let’s celebrate it. How about we mark it with the summer solstice?’ Who cares what it’s called – Christmas, Hanukkah, or even Ta Chiu? Taoists the world over have ceremonies on December 27 summoning collective powers to renew life. ‘The bird can be our symbol of the solstice this year. But it’s more than just a bee eater. It’s not just what it does. It’s what it is. A sparkling marvelous rainbow bird.’ With that, the Girl lets herself be tucked in. She’s always there, right inside me, ready to wake up with that child’s view of things. I’m not sure I am up to this. Even after all these years, as the responsible adult in a troubled world, I am still making it up as I go. www.echo.net.au

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Bear roars for an end to prohibition Rak Razam

There’s an old adage that if you can remember the 60s then you weren’t really there, which is all the more reason to go straight to the source and ask an elder. And what better altered statesman to ask than the infamous ‘Bear’ Owsley Stanley, acid cook and entrepreneur who helped fund the Grateful Dead, Ken Kesey and his Acid Test experiments – and gave away hundreds of thousands of acid doses that helped catalyse the hippie movement. Usually a fierce recluse, Bear, 75 in January, came out of his cave in Far North Queensland, to speak at the recent EntheoGenesis Australis (www. entheo.net) consciousness conference held in Victoria with a passionate message to end the prohibition of illegal drugs. After throat cancer surgery some years back he’s been left with one vocal cord and he uses a hearing aid, but he’s still as stout and sharp as ever. ‘Prohibition is the problem. The most important thing I have to say to anyone, anywhere, is that they have to legalise drugs, and I mean not decriminalise, not harm reduce, legalise,’ Bear says. ‘Make them available on an open market and you can control them, you can limit them, do anything you want ... We will not recover from the [current] economic collapse until the drugs are taken out of the mix. The worse it gets the more money goes to the black market. So as the economy deteriorates more and more people will try to sell drugs and more people will use their stimulus packages to buy drugs, etc.’ Bear is renowned for his original take on many things, from his all-meat diet, his belief that global warming isn’t what the experts say it is – and even the 1960s themselves. ‘I was never a hippie. I saw the hippies as a real danger to our community and sure enough they destroyed the whole scene very quickly. The Summer of Love was the summer of “look

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the stuff I did in the 60s. I did it cause I had to. I didn’t want to be an acid maker – I’m an artist. But as an artist I needed a tool, like a painter needs a paintbrush.’ And the picture he helped paint shaped a generation.

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There is always something new to enjoy in the rich and beautiful tapestry that is Crystal Castle. With the bamboo swaying higher and higher along the Buddha walk, the garden beds bursting with colour and fragrance and the incredible growth of the 5000 rainforest trees planted in the past few years by Rainforest Rescue and the local community, the beauty of the castle gardens is an ever changing canvas. Delight in the exquisite, mystical statues, walk the ancient labyrinth, and surround yourself with the tranquil beauty of the rainforest. And all this before you even enter Nature’s treasure trove of incredible crystal beauty. The family owners of Crystal Castle are continually scouring

with a consecration ceremony to request the continuous blessings of the deities invoked. And finally, after days of work, they dismantle the mandala, sweeping up the colored sands to symbolize the impermanence of all things and returning it back to nature.

the world for items of beauty and spiritual significance. Marvel at the tallest pair of amethyst geodes in Australia, recently unveiled in the courtyard of the newly renovated Castle buildings. Simply turn around to be soothed and healed by the liquid symphony of the new giant rose quartz fountain, an awe inspiring 310 kilos of rose rock in motion.

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form of middle-class welfare meant that income disparities did not widen as much as many believed, but there were fringe benefits as well: Howard subsidised private education and private health funds, and gave the rich a big leg-up with superannuation. And on the other side of the scale, he introduced both the GST, which made the tax mix more regressive, and WorkChoices, which once again widened the gap between the top and bottom ends of the workforce.

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and decency to the Australian scene: the fair go was back. And the public responded, not only by showing their approbation through the opinion polls but in the most practical way possible. As we have seen, in the wake of the financial crisis unemployment had been expected to accelerate towards double figures; but in fact it barely crawled upwards, so slowly that the economists revised their forecasts down by a full percentage point. Analysis of the statistics showed why:

Egalitarianism in the old sense was for the do-gooders and bleeding hearts. Those who still argued that policy should be designed to close the gap between rich and poor were accused of ‘the politics of envy’. It was this last that gave Rudd his opening. He did not disparage ambition and initiative, but declared that Howard had gone a bridge too far. We had reached a fork in the road and it was time to restore fairness and balance. And after his election, when the global financial crisis struck, Rudd could and did claim vindication: it had been the greed, the neo-liberal extremism, which had led us to this catastrophe, and people like Howard were to blame. In fact, Howard was a pretty wishy-washy sort of neo-liberal, as Des Moore had pointed out. But he had espoused enough of the rhetoric to make the charge plausible, and many voters seemed happy enough to accept him and his party as the villains in the drama Rudd was scripting. Rudd, of course, was cast as hero, the champion who would restore justice

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although fulltime employment had fallen considerably, parttime employment had risen by almost as much. What had happened was clear: employers and workers had come to an informal agreement that the available work would be shared. Rather than some full-time workers losing their jobs altogether, a great many would accept fewer hours and lower wages. This, surely, was the essence of mateship; a concept John Howard had embraced and indeed tried to appropriate for himself while rejecting the egalitarian ideal in which it had originated. By stating the obvious – that the two could not

be separated – Rudd was able to take the conservative position while depicting Howard as a foaming extremist. Once again, he came through as a stable and reassuring force in an uncertain world. The quest for stability and reassurance is another of the enduring Australian traditions. There is a paradox here. On the one hand, we like to see ourselves as larrikins and rebels, contemptuous of authority in all its forms, sturdily independent and self-reliant. But our history is that of a people who not only have avoided open revolt, but have willingly acquiesced to authority even when it has been blatantly arbitrary and unjust. There have been periods of dissent and even of violence, but they have been infrequent and short-lived. Australians have generally been content to do as they are told, and Kevin Rudd has shown no hesitation in telling them just what that should be. In doing so, he shows that he is aware of the contradiction. Our claim to rugged independence must not be dismissed, but it should not be taken at face value either. Indeed, it offers the clever politician endless opportunities for exploitation. ■Extract from ‘Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country’. First printed in Quarterly Essay 36, December 2009 www.quarterlyessay.com.

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Mark Byrne puts a case for a hard-done-by predator

Sharks: savaged by the jaws of the media If sharks are in the news, it must be summer. A non-fatal attack on a surfer near Evans Head, a Spotted Wobbegong killed in Cape Byron Marine Park, and a recreational angler photographed with the young bull shark he had caught all remind us of the curious relationship Australians have with sharks. On the one hand, most of us flock to the ocean in warmer months, and for millions of surfers the passion is yearround. On the other hand, the often frenzied media reaction to shark attacks suggests a primal fear that is undiminished by the knowledge that only about ten people die around the world as a result of shark attacks every year, while we kill around one hundred million of them. Sold as flake or hake, shark remains among the most common sources of seafood, especially in fish and chips and frozen fish. Species commonly fished include the docile, bottom-dwelling Wobbegong, commonly found around reefs and headlands along the Australian coast.

Fins cut off Sharks are also frequently killed in fish nets and shark control nets on some beaches, and by ingesting hooks, fishing lines, plastic bags and other foreign materials. Even the barbaric practice of cutting off shark fins for soups in some Asian countries continues in Australian waters. According to the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, ‘hundreds of tonnes of sharks are caught for their fins with the government’s blessing every year. In NSW, regulations are such that what are eventually landed are shark carcasses that serve as architectures for fins. The carcasses are headed and gutted so that the bare minimum required by the law remains.’ One third of shark species

not being overfished. If you want to know what fisheries are managed sustainably, go to the sustainable seafood page at www.marineconservation. org.au and enjoy guilt-free fish meals. Mark Byrne is education officer at the EDO Northern Rivers. For more information or help about this or any other environmental law issue, please call 1300 369 791 or email edonr@edo.org.au.

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EARTHMOVING ROADWORKS DRIVEWAYS have been overfished to the point of extinction. As the Australian Marine Conservation Society warns, they are keystone species that maintain the balance of prey species and the marine food web. Reducing the numbers of sharks has significant and unpredictable impacts on the ecosystem. Only one shark species, the Grey Nurse, is listed as critically endangered under the NSW Fisheries Management Act. This buck-toothed beauty looks menacing but is docile around humans. Only about 500 remain on Australia’s east coast, thanks to fishing, shark control devices, shark finning and inappropriate research and tourism.

Critical habitat While it is a migratory species, aggregations are commonly found on the north coast at Byron Bay, Brooms Head, Solitary Islands, South West Rocks, Laurieton, Forster, Seal Rocks and Port Stephens. Some of these places,

including Julian Rocks, are listed as critical habitat sites where special fishing and diving rules apply. After years of campaigning to save the critically endangered east coast population of the Grey Nurse Shark, in 2006 the Nature Conservation Council decided that it had no alternative but to try and convince the courts of the need for greater protection.

Little protection Unfortunately, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal recognised that this species has a high risk of extinction but did not agree that greater control of the NSW ocean trap and line fishery would have a measurable impact on its chances of survival. In theory, harming a Grey Nurse can attract a fine of up to $220,000 or imprisonment for two years. Harming a Great White, which is listed as vulnerable under state legislation, attracts a fine of up to $55,000 or imprisonment for one year.

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Both species are also protected under federal environmental legislation. However, there has only been one successful prosecution for harming a Grey Nurse, with a 51-year-old Lake Munmorah man who cut the throat of a 1.7 metre female shark being fined a mere $2,000 in 2007. There have been no prosecutions for harming a Great White in Australia, even though there are shark hunters who have, in the recent past, targeted them. Other shark species are afforded some protection in reserves like the Cape Byron Marine Park by the prohibition on recreational and commercial fishing in sanctuary zones, and by restrictions on some forms of commercial fishing in habitat protection zones. State and federal authorities monitor fisheries to assess their environmental performance and encourage sustainable management. But the fact that other shark species are not listed as threatened or vulnerable in legislation does not mean that they are

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Articles Victoria Cosford recounts tales of independent living

All alone in a flat of one’s own y very first flat was a ten minute walk from home, out of which I flounced one winter, aged seventeen. It was a bedsitter at the back of someone else’s house: one large room with a pleated blind which divided a tiny kitchen from the living room where at nights the divan turned into my bed. I left home chiefly because I was fat: I had visions of following elegant little Vogue diets in the privacy of my own place, well away from a mother who insisted I eat Sensible Family Dinners and an egg each morning for breakfast. I became almost instantaneously lonely. No telephone, no television, no record player: I would return from work in the dark evenings to a hollow chilly silence, and force my mind away from the crackling fires in the lounge room at home around which I could see both my parents sit with their pre-dinner drinks watching the ABC news. After a week I began to curl up in bed eating scorched peanuts miserably; by the end of the month I had moved back home. The next flat, years later, was still close to the ancestral home but by this stage I had travelled and lived overseas. Older, I also knew about budgeting and laundromats; I had acquired a measure of self-sufficiency. I moved in with a journalist with whom I was working. An ambiguous relationship, we spent the first few weeks sitting up most of the night having long complicated discussions, cooking macaroni cheese at two o’clock in the morning, drinking wine and smoking joints before retiring chastely to our respective bedrooms. One night he invited me to join him on his water bed; I awoke the following morning glowing with a sense of changed direction. The invitation was not repeated and when several days later a tall black model friend of his arrived from Sydney to stay and I could hear the en-

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spoiled daughter of very rich parents, a fondness for Scotch and a tendency toward dramatic scenes and emotional crises – generally generated by the Scotch. A job in Melbourne cut short that cohabitation, and

Years later I learned about Jeff’s arrest for car-theft and felt no surprise: there had always been a shiftiness about him and about his oafish friends with names like Butch and Bunga who slumped on the couch in the livingroom filling it with smoke and slurping lustily from cans of beer. lie on languid summer afternoons smelling of jasmine in our front garden – down the road lay the blue blue harbour. We lived on fiery tacos, Sambuca, Blue Castello smeared on to Jatz. Then Mandy fell in love and it was time again to move. Into a North Sydney flat with stunning harbour views out the floor-length windows which at nights threw back our reflections. I shared with a girl I had met through a friend: the

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into an unprepossessing flat in South Yarra I moved with Jeff. Years later I learned about Jeff ’s arrest for car-theft and felt no surprise: there had always been a shiftiness about him and about his oafish friends with names like Butch and Bunga who slumped on the couch in the living room filling it with smoke and slurping lustily from cans of beer. It was never terribly clear what Jeff did for a job – and yet he was always

extremely gentle and polite to me. ‘Knock it off fellas!’, he would bark at his mates if they let slip an expletive in my presence; he made me feel fragile and womanly. Other homes: the decayed and crumbling mansion, moss-covered, from which I could walk to work alongside the Yarra. Then to London, my tiny room above the pub in Bloomsbury where I had a live-in job as a barmaid for several months, from which late at nights I would creep down the stairs to remove from the refrigerator scones baked by Gordon the drunken Scottish chef and then devour them over War and Peace. In Brondesbury Park was the huge house of a dentist who was never there, a scruffy north west suburb full of Pakistani families, the corner store pungent with dust and spices. And thence to Florence in Italy and more flats and flatmates, disasters and successes before back, eventually, to start it all over again in Sydney. Other flats and other homes where I have wearily unpacked and begun to occupy. Positioned the alarm clock I always keep by my bed, the eccentric yellow desk lamp I have carried around the world, my nightie under a hundred pillows. Waking up the first morning failing to remember where I am, in which direction the bathroom is, what side I get out of the bed. What city I am in, what country I am in. Each time I move I believe it will be for a long time; like a plant I put down my roots, firmly and grimly. Each time I pack up to leave I remember how odious a task it is, how extremely hard. And it’s not, I am sure, the mere physical effort. It’s the wrenching up of the roots again, the leaving a little part of you behind, events and habits and smells which will never be repeated, which are often forgotten. Left behind with the final closing of the door.

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I met CL in the week before Christmas. We were on a trans-Euro budget bus. I’d been in London to arrange for the removal of my belongings to the apartment I was renting with Jannali Girl in Athens. CL was returning there after visiting Pater in Kent. The trip was broken by a stopover in Paris, where we were put up at the Hotel de l’Eaufroid. I was billeted with the fellow I’d been sitting beside since Piccadilly. A morose Canadian, Chip towered over me and had a forest of corkscrew red hairs bursting from the top of his lumberjack shirt. During the night, as I often do if in a strange bed, I rose and walked in my sleep. A collision with the bidet jolted me into wakefulness and, though I’m pretty sure that I did nothing untoward while in my somnambulant state, I still regret being in the nude when Chip turned on the light. Next morning, bleary-eyed and tetchy, he snubbed me and headed to the rear of the bus, where he cowered for the duration. CL took the Kanuck’s vacant spot. Older than me by a dozen or so years, with a Terry-Thomas gap between his two front teeth, he wore rimless specta-

cles, a paisley cravat and, most fetching, a fedora. Introducing himself, he confided that he’d stocked up on essentials for the remainder of the journey. ‘You can’t go wong with bwandy,’ he counseled, offering me a swig of Courvoisier. Being unable to say his Rs blew away the Oxbridge ĂŠlan, but I warmed to him instantly. Across the aisle was Forbes, a dishevelled Aussie reading a Len Deighton novel, and Michiko, une petite Japonaise who came aboard at the Gare du Nord. T h rou g h Fr an c e we hummed, under Mont Blanc and into Italy, then by sea from Brindisi, during which leg the four of us took up a vigil at the ferry’s bar. Disembarking at Patrai, we were finally in the home stretch. But the previous night’s crossing had taken its toll. Forbes, with jaw agape, snored all the way across the top of the Peloponnese while Michiko vomited daintily out the window and CL nattered non-stop to anybody within earshot. An old hand hereabouts, he recalled bitterly the time of the Generals, when Greece was under the jackboot of a military junta (pronouncing it ‘hoonta’, which I’ve copied – not that it crops up very often in conversation). Michiko was whisked away by waiting friends when we alighted at Omonia and, as he was without digs, I invited Forbes to stay with me and Jannali Girl at Othos Nektariou. Before parting, CL insisted we get together the following evening for a celebratory nosh. We rendezvoused at a cafĂŠ in Syntagma Square and from there CL escorted us to his rooftop residence in posh

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she insisted on wearing them straightaway when learning that we’d be dining among the great and the good. The blisters took a month to clear. ‘It was worth it to see the envy in those bitches’ eyes,’ she reckoned – as far as Yuletide goodwill is concerned, Jannali Girl is strictly bah-humbug. The air was bracing when we left the taverna and, being typically under-dressed Australians, we groaned when CL suggested it might snow. ‘If it does, you should go and see the Kawiartids at the Ewekthion.’ It was a mouthful for him even without the retsina we’d polished off. ‘There’s no lovelier sight.’ At dawn, the streets of Athens were carpeted in white so, as advised, we hastened out to climb the Acropolis. A wintry sun had risen when we got to the top and saw the Caryatids of the Erechtheion. They were draped in mantles of snow. CL was right – John Forbes, who went on to publish numerous books of poetry, wrote: ‘Death, you’re more successful than America, even if we don’t choose to join you, we do.’ – and he died prematurely in 1998. Jannali Girl is in the kitchen as I recall this, attempting to reproduce that delicious okra dish. And CL? Could it have been him I glimpsed on SBS News recently? A sound bite from an interview with a British ambassador – in Nicosia? Ankara? Beirut? Behind him a scrum of foreign office types. In their midst was a gap-toothed bloke in a fedora ‌ Peace on Earth, and ΚιΝΏ Î§Ď ÎšĎƒĎ„ÎżĎ?γξννι to you, CL, wherever you are. www.echo.net.au

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We learnt, we grew, we graduated Jo Kennett

A graduation party at Mullumbimby Civic Hall on Wednesday night wrapped up a fantastic six months for students at ACE Byron’s inaugural Certificate 3 in Media course, and some of the best fun I’ve had since I accidentally set my sister’s hair on fire. From day one the course was everything we could have asked for and more, jam-packed full of information and hands-onlearning relevant to a career in media. It felt like a four year university course distilled into six months by taking all the crap out. Seriously… The lovely Lorraine Jones was our class Mum and took all the writing, creative thinking, media theory and the OH & S unit which defied expectations – for me at least – by not being really boring. We toured Southern Cross University, ABC Radio Station, and the SAE College in Byron and miraculously, within weeks, we had transformed from a confused mob with no real direction to an ambitious bunch of go-getters who know exactly what we want to do in the future and lookout any poor bugger who tries to stand in our way. Radio Programming with Bay FM President Ros Elliott was brilliant, and everyone at

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The film and lighting unit with Rex Forwood and Steve Mack was fantastic. The best day of the course was filming a spoof news show, much of it made up on the run, live at The Pass. I laughed so hard I had tears running down my face half the day, as we put the ham right back into acting. Later on as we sat out our computers with our headphones on editing our masterpiece, the room reverberated with sporadic bursts of chortling. There were all sorts of class-

room confessions and we ended up a tightly-knit, slightly neurotic and incredibly noisy group. Every Friday afternoon I’d drive home with my car pool buddy Holly – who along with another student now has her own Bay FM show – and we would be absolutely euphoric at all that had happened at college. For anyone contemplating a career in the media this course is the bomb, a brilliant place to start and I for one, can’t recommend it highly enough.

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A brief history of international whaling and politics Story & picture Wally & Trish Franklin

It’s Christmas, the humpback whales have gone south to their Antarctic feeding areas: out of sight, out of mind. So why should we think about the humpback whales at Christmas? Well, one good reason is that the humpback whales will have unwelcome guests at their Antarctic Christmas krillfest in the form of the Japanese whaling fleet! Each year between May and November humpback whales travel along the eastern coastline of Australia tracking to and from their breeding and calving grounds within the lagoon of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. More than a million Australians and international visitors travel out into the whale’s ocean domain aboard whale watch vessels from numerous ports, to spend brief periods of time in the company of these remarkable creatures as they undertake their annual migration. Hundreds of thousands more people view the migrating Humpback whales from vantage points, such as Cape Byron, along the eastern Australian coastline. On a daily basis our newspapers and television screens carry images of encounters between humans

and the whales, as the whales go about their daily social activities involving spectacular surface behaviours such as breaching, lob-tailing and pectoral slapping. We become passionately involved in the daily drama of their lives as reports come in of individual whales trapped in shark nets, stranded on beaches, fighting off shark and Orca attacks, or surviving being run over and wounded, sometimes severely, by recreational and commercial boats.

Adopting whales This annual and extraordinary engagement between humans and humpback whales has stimulated sixty eastern Australian communities to adopt known individual humpback whales, who return annually to eastern Australian waters. During June each year these communities organise and undertake a wide-ranging community based program of activities to celebrate the return of their adopted humpback along with rest of the eastern Australian humpback group. Byron Bay celebrates the return of ‘Yumbalehla’, a breeding female. When in 2006 Japan announced that they planned to kill 50 humpbacks a year in Antarctica for the next eight-

een years, as part of their updated scientific whaling program called JARPA II, sixty Australian communities under the banner of ‘The humpback ICON project’ made it clear in no uncertain terms that Australian humpbacks were off the menu! As a result of local and global public reaction Japan backed off killing humpbacks, but they have been to Antarctica each year since killing minke whales in the name of so-called ‘science’, each year threatening to take humpback whales; but as yet not doing so. Nevertheless Japan has not taken humpback whales off their ‘scientific whaling’ agenda and again this year their whaling fleet is on its

way to Antarctica. Since the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted to implement a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986, Japan has used a loophole in the outdated IWC regulations to issue itself permits for ‘scientific whaling’ to avoid the moratorium and maintain its capacity to conduct commercial whaling. At the same time Japan began systematically building a block of ‘friendly’ votes at the IWC by encouraging small countries to join the IWC and pledge their vote to support Japan’s position at the IWC in return for investments in the fisheries infrastructure in those countries.

Blocking votes At the 2006 meeting of the IWC, for the first time in 20 years since the 1986 moratorium vote, Japan used its block of friendly votes to obtain a simple majority to pass the ‘St Kitts and Nevis Declaration’. The wording of the declaration offers a clear insight into why Japan is at odds with the rest of the world over cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises). Specifically it declares: ‘whales consume huge quantities of fish making the issue a matter of food security for coastal nations’. The key phase here is ‘food security for coastal nations’! Since 2006 Japan has continued to use its block of ‘friendly’ votes to disrupt and distract the conduct of business at the IWC The issue of cetacea, for the majority of the rest of the world is aligned with the position taken by Australia at the IWC. In 1979 Australia conducted an enquiry into whaling the outcome of which was a report titled ‘The Whaling Question’. In the report the Chairman of the enquiry, Sir Sydney Frost, informed the Australian Government that the attitudes towards whales of civil societies on a world-wide basis had changed, and that a majority of people believed whales had a right to exist and should be considered part of the ‘global natural heritage’. Australia acted on this moral imperative and replaced 30 December 22, 2009 The Byron Shire Echo

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its fisheries based whale legislation with the conservation based ‘Australian Whale Protection Act of 1980’. Australia also declared it would pursue the moratorium on commercial whaling at the IWC, seek a permanent ban on commercial whaling and initiate a program of whale and dolphin research. At the 2009 meeting of the IWC in Madeira, Australia presented a view that the future work of the IWC should be focussed on conservation and protection of whales and dolphins. Their position was backed by a report on the ‘Global Status of Cetaceans’, prepared by scientists from the Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre. The report informed IWC delegates that 14 species of whales and dolphins were critically endangered or vulnerable, and that there was insufficient information to assess the conservation status of nearly half of the existing 86 species of whales and dolphins.

‘Food security’ For Japan the whale issue is one of ‘food security’ and is a ‘fisheries’ issue; for Australia, and a majority of people in the rest of the world, the whale issue is about ‘global heritage’ and is a ‘conservation’ issue. Dr Sidney Holt summed it up eloquently in a statement to delegates at the 2009 IWC meeting, on behalf of all nongovernment-organisations (NGO’s) attending the meeting as observers, when he said, ‘The wondrous, vulnerable whales will never contribute substantially to the food security of humans. Nor do they threaten it. Despite insistent propaganda they’re not responsible for the troubles of the fishing industry.’ So what are the troubles of the fishing industry? In June 2006 the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) published a report ‘Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas’. They reported that: 75% of the world’s fish stocks are already fished up to or beyond their sustain-

able limit; there are 35 million fishing boats plying the worlds oceans and large industrial vessels (1%) take 60% of the catch: the world’s tuna fishery has declined 90% over the last 100 years and 30% of tuna caught goes to Japan. The world’s fisheries are in trouble from overfishing, illegal fishing and the as yet, ineffective sustainable management of numerous fisheries. Human impacts on fish and whale species have followed similar paths. Commercial whaling commenced in 700 AD and continuous unregulated and unsustainable commercial whaling on a worldwide basis bought the stocks of all species of the great whales to the edge of extinction by the 1930s. Regulation of whaling only came into effect with the establishment of the IWC in 1946. Illegal Soviet whaling after the Second World War, especially in Antarctica, finally brought commercial whaling to an abrupt end in the early 70’s, because the whalers literally ran out of whales. However the use of fish and whales by humans has been fundamentally different. Fish have and will continue to be used as a food source for humans. Whereas in the past whales were predominantly used by humans for oil, and a range of industrial and household goods and commodities. In our time a majority of the world’s people believe that whales have a right to exist and should be considered part of our global natural heritage.

Global forum Without question food security is an issue for all of us, not just Japan. There is however a global forum, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which deals with the issues related to global food security, including global fisheries. Australia’s Global Cetacean Report tells us that 14 species of cetaceans are endangered or vulnerable and that we are unable to assess the conservation status of nearly half the existing 86 species. Over and above that cetaceans are becoming increasingly threatened by human activities including fisheries interactions, habitat degradation, noise disturbance, vessel strikes, depletion of food resources through competition with fisheries and climate change impacts. Clearly Japan needs to take its concerns over food security to the appropriate UN forum and stand aside from the IWC – the global forum for whales and dolphins – thereby allowing that body to get on with the essential work of the protection and conservation of the world’s ‘global heritage’ of whales and dolphins. www.echo.net.au

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Whether it’s solstice or Santa you celebrate we’ll certainly satisfy your senses. From statues to sarongs, art to artefacts, Buddhas to banners, furniture to frankincense, and jewellery to gemstones there are abundant treats and temptations for every budget. Wishing all our valued and future customers a season of satiation. From ‘In Your Dreams – Home Exotics’ Lismore. 63 Woodlark St Lismore, phone 6621 5678.

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There is a new version of feminine vintage inuenced dresses from ‘Gigi and Me’, strictly limited editions. We have great little beach dresses from Zebart (don’t miss their new rayon jersey dresses), party dresses, occasion wear and those perfect little black dresses from Very Very. There are still a few beautiful print dresses from our favourite French label ‘Derhy’, and the talented girls at Misu just keep their fabulous, attering comfortable dresses coming, all the way till Christmas. We could go on all day but you will just have to come in and see for yourself. We are all very happy to ďŹ nd what suits your needs...even if you’re not normally a dress girl, come in and have some fun you just might be quite happily surprised. P.S. We have lots of other clothes, bags, wallets and some fun Christmas gifts too. Merry Christmas to all our clients. Thank you for your continued support. Shop 7 Cavanbah Arcade, Byron Bay, phone 6685 8566.

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Enrol now for the nationally recognised and Austudy approved Certificate IV or Diploma in Remedial Massage Course and beat the price rise which will come into effect on January 5. Our courses have been running in a similar format since 1996. They are delivered in a practical hands-on format that A Spot of Paint ceramic and art will lead to an studio is running the easy and quick usual kids school implementation of holiday art program various massage packed with fun and techniques. This creative things for will give graduating kids to do. Activities students the ability include ceramic to gain employment painting, pottery on sooner rather than later. Come the wheel, clay sculpture, painting and visit us in our newly renovated on canvas, textile art on singlets, rooms at the main roundabout in window painting, plaster casting, Byron Bay above the surf shop Bay beading and more. Adults are Action. also welcome to come and paint ceramics, no experience needed, just We are also open 7 days a week for all different styles of massage, choose a piece and paint away and it will be fired in the kiln to achieve a beauty treatments and Tarot beautiful glossy finish. Bookings are essential, phone 0410 343 646. 9/18 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay 0410 343 646.

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Circus Arts, Byron Bay’s AWESOME indoor circus venue at the Byron Entertainment Centre, is gearing up for its popular School Holiday Circus and Trapeze Workshops!! The Circus Workshops provide a full or half day immersion in all things CIRCUS including activities such as mini-trampoline, acro-balance, hula hoop, tumbling and aerial skills on the low trapeze and silks. Plus everyone gets the opportunity to swing on the high flying trapeze! Don’t forget your loved ones Circus Workshops are held every weekday except Tuesday. Circus Arts is also running all-ages high flying trapeze sessions with massive discounts for multi-flys! A single session is $45. But for those serious The waxing specialists about flying, an intensive is offered allowing you to join five classes in one week for just $120! During the holidays, Circus Fabulous facials Arts continues its Thursday Expert skin analysis morning Kinder and PreCircus sessions along with Perfect pedicures an Adult Circus class on Wednesday at 5.30pm. GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE For more details see www. Now offering IPL permanent hair circusarts.com.au removal and skin rejuvenation Byron Entertainment Centre 17 Centennial For pigmentation and capillary Circuit Byron Arts and removal. Industry Park. Phone 6685 6566.

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We have the full range of fine teas, Asian groceries and frozen Yum Cha for all your Christmas entertaining needs plus a good range of the exotic and hard to find ingredients: excellent saffron, Middle Eastern spices – za’atar, sumac, baharat, Ras El Hanout, Persian fairy floss for an exotic touch to summer desserts and our favourite Australian extra virgin olive oil – Joseph’s First Run – not Asian but a staple in the Portuguese Asian mix of the Red Ginger household and we just have to share it with you. Merry Christmas and happy holidays from us all at Red Ginger. Bangalow – Byron St (behind Aurora) 6687 2808 and Byron Bay – Jonson St (opposite Cinemas) 6680 9779.

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Did you know that as well as having a great rental library offering the latest new releases in all genres, Red Ginger is a comprehensive weekly section and games to rent, always a great store for finding beautiful, exotic, unusual gifts.This year it’s even easier with the opening Video Ezy Mullumbimby also has a huge range of new of the new Red Ginger store in Bangalow. Now you can DVDs, Blu-Ray, TV on DVD, music CDs and a great range of games and game consoles? If they don’t have shop for Christmas gifts and food at the Red Ginger it in stock they will be happy to order it in for you. Byron Bay store opposite the cinema or at the new They also sell pre-paid mobile phones and e-pay top store in Bangalow, behind Aurora.

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All our latex is both ECO certified (100% natural) and LGA tested (durability test) for a superior, longer lasting feel. Combined with 100% pure wool pillowtopping quilted to luxury Belgian cotton jacquard fabric for an all natural sleep that is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and dustmite resistant. WE DO NOT USE firm foam base layers, soft foam pillowtopping, use Dacron or poly blended pillowtopping, or synthetic fabrics which are all common in lesser quality mattress production. Come in and feel the difference.

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along and hit 2010 in style, with rafes, games and prizes on the night. See you there, at Burringbar Street in the heart of Mullumbimby!

OZciV^ A^k^c\ Whether you are looking for a new look to the bedroom, a sofa/bed for holiday guests, or simply a new plush mattress, Zentai Living will surprise you with its extensive range of quality products. Specialising in 100% natural, ECO certiďŹ ed latex mattresses, solid timber bedframes, oak living furniture and hotel quality Pocketsprings. Our humble store also stocks foam/ cotton mattresses, organic cotton sheet sets, pillows, quilts, mozzie nets, plus much, much more. Have a browse at www.zentai.com.au. Zentai – supplying quality products, direct since 1981. Come ďŹ ll your Christmas stockings with natures gifts. 1/11 Banksia Drive Byron Industrial Estate phone 6685 6722.

All workshops will be held in the artist’s studio in Lennox Head between the 4th and 18th of January. Class sizes are small so bookings are essential. More information and prices available at www.annheggie.com Phone: 02 66 192 470 or Email Anna: Niblic@niblic.com U*>ÂˆÂ˜ĂŒÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠvÂœĂ€ĂŠLi}ˆ˜˜iĂ€ĂƒĂŠ­ VÀÞÂ?ˆVĂƒÂŽ U*>ÂˆÂ˜ĂŒÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠ Â˜ĂŒiÀ“i`ˆ>ĂŒiĂŠĂŒÂœĂŠ>`Ă›>˜Vi`ĂŠ­ VÀÞÂ?ˆVĂƒÂŽ UĂŠ*>ÂˆÂ˜ĂŒÂˆÂ˜}ĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠ"ˆÂ?ĂƒĂŠÂź Ă€ÂœÂ“ĂŠ/Â…iĂŠ >˜˜iÂľĂ•ÂˆÂ˜½ĂŠ Children’s Art Workshop U9Âœ}>ĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂƒĂŠ Ă•ĂƒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂŠvÂœĂ€ĂŠĂŒii˜>}iĂ€Ăƒ U9Âœ}>ĂŠ Â?>ĂƒĂƒĂŠvÂœĂ€ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠÂœĂ›iÀÊ{x½Ăƒ U9Âœ}>ĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂƒĂŠ Ă•ĂƒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂŠvÂœĂ€ĂŠ>`Ă•Â?ĂŒĂƒĂŠ­>Â?Â?ĂŠ>}iĂƒÂŽ U-iÂ˜ÂˆÂœĂ€ĂŠ Ă€ĂŒĂƒĂŠ7ÂœĂ€ÂŽĂƒÂ…ÂœÂŤĂŠvÂœĂ€ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠÂœĂ›iĂ€ĂŠĂˆx½Ăƒ 40 December 22, 2009 The Byron Shire Echo

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The Artisan Market in Railway Park continues con every Saturday, 5pm and 9pm. Meander through the stalls and ďŹ nd a treasure trove of local crafts, clothes and more. The Community Bazaar every Saturday, 9am-2pm at the Byron Community Centre has become a popular minimarket. Come and check out the eclectic range of stalls! www.byronmarkets.com.au

Christmas Day Lunch Celebrate with us this year at Pacific Dining Room Limited number of bookings remaining $190 per head

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We have two double passes to give away to Austen Tayshus when he headlines at the Byron Services Club on Monday January 4. Email gigs@echo. net.au with subject header ‘Tayshus Tix’.

Bring the new year in with a bang with Bob Downe, the Murwillumbah boy who left his caravan over two decades ago to forge a stellar international career. He hosted UK TV chat shows, danced at Gala royal performances and released countless hit records. Bob is a man who knows his way around a brinylon tracksuit. Smooth, straight talking, he’s just the chap for a bit of NYE advice. What does New Years Eve mean to Bob? I’ve seen too many of them! It’s just another night for me now – except everybody makes far too much noise and then I can’t get a cab. What fashion advice does Bob have for people over the Christmas break? A kaftan pretty well covers everything. Hey, that’s funny! And dress thongs are a must. Any special outfits that he’d recommend for NYE? A full burqha I think. Let people guess who they’re snogging! What resolutions does Bob intend to make? All the ones I made last year but didn’t keep – and they were recycled already! But let me think… Have an affair with Tiger Woods? Become Premier of NSW? Everyone else has! What was Bob’s worst NYE? 1999. The year I put Planet Hollywood into receivership. The year we were all freaked about the 2KY bug. Remember that? It didn’t really affect me – I don’t even like racing. The Best ?

1969. Man had landed on the moon. Woodstock had happened. The Beatles were still together. Push button phones and colour TV were just around the corner. Life’s pretty sweet when you’re 10, let’s face it. Bob, tell me your ultimate NYE soundtrack. I’ll be singing it at Ballina RSL! Don’t want to spoil the surprise. When Bob dies , what song does he want played at his funeral… and what does he want to be buried in? I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred. PR if that’s considered too tasteless, Another One Bites The Dust by Queen. And bury me in my Jason Recliner rocker please! With a pile of NW magazines within easy reach. Dating advice for the lovelorn? Go for the tongue. Will you be making it back to Murwillumbah? Of course! I have to spend four nights a year there for tax purposes. How do you stay in shape? By writing answers to silly questionnaires on my iPhone. It’s superb for your neck, shoulder and wrist. He is supported by Jamie Harding and the evening is hosted by the grand dame of deviance, Ms Mandy Nolan. Thursday December 31 at the Ballina RSL. Two course dinner and show is $59.90.Doors open 6.30pm. Dinner and show at 7.30pm. Bookings essential. To book phone the venue – Ballina RSL 02 6686 2544.

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soAP Zen and the Politics boX of Christmas Lunch Mandy Nolan

Every year, families around the country have the annual discussion: who gets Christmas this year? In the typical nuclear family it’s a jostle between inlaws and doting grandparents who must vie for this ‘special’ day. It’s like winning an Olympic bid. The victorious family shoots streamers into the sky, lights sparklers and covers themselves in fairy lights in celebration of a home Christmas. It’s a relatively simple affair for the average family. They have the obvious tussle between husband and wife, inlaws and outlaws with an overwhelming desire to bugger it all and just grab an esky and head to the beach. Let grandma sit in the car. I have a very complicated situation. In our family group there are three dads, one ex wife and numerous sets of grandparents to consider. Of course all five kids also expect to have a shot at a bit of Christmas action as well. This is the one time of year that we are reminded that we are a family that exists on the margins. We are the next generation of Brady, if Mike

had already been married and Carol was a wild tart with a history. Being the instigator of a family tree that looks more like a ground cover, or an advanced game of Twister, I took it upon myself to meditate on our complicated structure and devise a plan that keeps everyone happy. Our first Christmas starts on the traditional Chrissy Eve. This is where we gather all the kids, my three originals, my stepdaughter and my newest baby girl for a Mullumbimby Christmas. We pretend it’s the 25th. Wake up do prezzies. Eat ham. Get hot. Have a fight. Eat more ham. And then sit around wondering what all the excitement was about and why this much desired pinnacle of pleasure is always such a let down. Except for the ham. The ham is excellent. That evening my partner and I climb aboard our seven seater bus and drive the kids to the Bangalow Street Party where we return my son and daughter to their dad. We forge on to return his daughter to her mum. We then head home with our baby and my eldest daughter. Christmas morning we wake at 5am, eat some ham and then shoot up to the Gold Coast, taking my eldest to her dad (partner one – circa ‘95) and grandma, and then fly to Sydney to be with my partner’s family for the day. After a relaxing few hours on Wiley’s Beach, eating

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don’t let there be ham. We swim. We eat. We celebrate our sweet but strange family (courtesy of me and my rather curious inabilty to commit). My longsuffering and patient ex husband follows in the rearguard. He picks up the youngest son and middle daughter and takes them home. My partner and I take the teenage girls and the baby daughter on to my mother’s house at the Sunshine Coast for Boxing Day tea… with ham. It’s perfect. I can’t believe I managed to come up with a plan where everyone gets a piece of the action. Shit. The Dog!

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Brothers and sisters sound the siren, the long-awaited return of Wolfmother is well and truly here with a wonderfully ambitious new record, Cosmic Egg, released worldwide in October. It’s been a long road back following the internationally lauded, self-titled debut Wolfmother record, one that sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide and earned praise from all and sundry, including a Grammy. However it’s a road Wolfmother had to travel in order to find themselves in the inspired place they are today, about to take the exit to somewhere over the rainbow, halfway along the path to righteousness and rounding the corner of a new beginning, right outside the dragon’s lair. And here they’re clutching a confident, bold, kaleidoscopic step forward titled Cosmic Egg. The seeds for Cosmic Egg were sown when the touring cycle for the debut record came to a close,

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time to plant trees bought from festival proceeds. Years of such land improvement has created the perfect backdrop for the colourful processions and joyful ceremonies that are integral to the unique energy created during the festival. The inclusive and celebratory ethos behind the festival runs through the entire organisation, from the directors to the volunteers, ensuring that at the turn of another year thousands of festival goers, seasoned patrons and firsttimers, will be coming together to mark the end of the year, celebrate the dawn of a new one and enjoy that special ‘Woodford feel’ yet again. For full program and ticketing info go to the websiite: www. woodfordfolkfestival.com or call the Queensland Folk Federation on 07 5496 1066. and frontman and guitarist Andrew Stockdale sat down to start from scratch at his home studio in Brisbane. Following an extensive gestation period and the enlistment of new band members, Stockdale and his band of merry men, with producer Alan Moulder, rode ashore in picturesque hippy mecca Byron Bay, to begin pre-production. Moulder meanwhile brought a giant hessian sack of worldly producer experience to the table, full of milestone works from the likes of My Bloody Valentine, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ride and Nine Inch Nails. From there the process transplanted to Los Angeles for recording proper to commence, a location that added another dimension of rich experience to Cosmic Egg, and the perfect place to make magic from one’s own mind, a fact concisely reinforced in the resultant 50-odd minute suite. Lead single, New Moon Rising, is a thumping, ripping slice of optimistic future –

Japanese Taiko drumming to be the perfect complement to the more subtle elements of Sumatran music. On returning from intensive study in Japan in 2002, Rendra developed the physicality of Taiko alongside the shamanic Sufi-like traditions of Indonesia into what has become The Rhythm Hunters. Sunday January 3 at the Bangalow A&I Hall. Doors open 7pm, show 8pm. Price: $22 (+BF)/$18 concession. Tickets are available from Barebones Bangalow & www. kupromotions.oztix.com.au

Sonic Somersault

Somersault are the great combination of members from the Romaniacs, chanteuse Sadie Jones and North Queensland harmonica great, Steve Gilbert. They celebrate their first year together with a Boxing Day gig at the Rails and a big gig at the Channon blues, complete with textbook back with his full band and artistic inspiration stems Tavern on New Years Eve. For from the dream of celebrated is one of the hottest soul flaming Wolfmother guitar those who like to mark their multi-instrumentalist Rendra acts on the scene, having and joyously bludgeoning diary a week or two in advance Freestone: to make The Rhythm you can catch them at Byron’s played with everyone from drums. It’s a thrilling rush Hunters a self-supporting Prince and George Clinton to of good times direct to the most exciting new venue, the international performance Primal Scream. Recording in soul and one that’s sure to Byron Brewery on Saturday group. Unique to The Rhythm Kingston Jamaica, Inspiration be inescapable very, very January 9. Information was recorded over Hunters is the fusion of Taiko soon. Ahead of the 12-track drumming with indigenous just three days with overdubs sophomore broadcast, As it is in Kevin music from the little known Wolfmother (Andrew Stockdale done a week later in Detroit. With a professional career Islamic provinces of West The result is reminiscent of (vocals/guitar), Ian Peres spanning 30 years, Kevin Sumatra and Aceh, Indonesia. 70s and 80s Sly and Robbie (bass/keys), Aidan Nemeth Borich has done it all. BegRendra is a composer, (his producers) with a fresh (guitar), Dave Atkins (drums) inning with the La- De- Da’s community musician, ethnoapproach. Taking to the stage did journey across the USA in New Zealand, writing the musicologist, director, musical classic hit Gonna See My Baby before the Fiddler is Japanese in support of The Killers in funk jazz sensatioin, Mountain mentor and recipient of the late August and thereafter Tonight, to his Kevin Borich Mocha Kilmanjaro. Hailing from 2004 Asialink Performing Arts conducted a sellout headline Express and The Party Boys, an unknown prefecture on the Residency Scholarship (which world tour touching down at Kevin has performed at some outskirts of Tokyo, this six piece enabled him to record remote of the biggest Rock events the Byron Bay Brewery on indigenous music in West Tuesday December 22 for The is taking Japanese audiences Australia has seen. Sunbury Sumatra, Indonesia). From Wolfmother Acoustic Jamboree by storm. and the Rockarenas in the 70s a young age Rendra sought – and in full throttle rock mode with 60,000 people, featuring to innovate the traditional A New Force in World at the Hotel Great Northern Fleetwood Mac, Santana (with Sumatran music of his family on Wednesday December 23. Music whom he was invited onstage to create rich music of beauty. to play) and The LIttle River The Rhythm Hunters are a Rendra was so enthralled by young, upcoming force in Soul Survivors Band. He also has a swag of the complexity and richness world music specializing in Two soul acts from opposite impressive support credits for of Sumatran music that he has international acts, including dramatic physical drumming sides of the globe collide at constantly looked for ways performances, indigenous the Hotel Great Northern on Elton John, Status Quo, Jeff to revivify traditions in new Islamic music from Indonesia Saturday January 2 – Amp Beck and Buddy Guy. Kevin and exciting ways. Rendra Fiddler and Mountain Mocha and tasty modern textures of Borich plays Byron Brewery on found the physical intensity of Saturday January 2. our age. The Rhythm Hunters’ Kilmanjaro. Amp Fiddler is The Mullumbimby Music Festival magically presents direct from the

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We all live in a Yellow Dubmarine

Dubmarine will be launching their new single Chip at the Buddha Bar (Byron Bay Brewery) at a free gig on Boxing Day, Saturday December 26. Dubmarine were recently nominated for the 2009 Deadly award for best band, which comes after the band’s standout performances at this year’s Dreaming Festival and Woodford on the Sunshine Coast. In between festival slots they’ve been busily toiling away in the studio, working on their debut album – set to be released nationally next May. Chip is the first single off the album; you can hear it at www. sonicbids.com/dubmarine

Coast shows with his band in December and January to support the national release of Midnight Sun, the debut full length album by The Jed Rowe Band. With its diverse and progressive roots sound, the album has gained airplay on Triple J, ABC and community radio across the nation. The band makes a welcome return to their homeland with a gig at the Tyalgum Hotel on Saturday December 26, the Rails on Tuesday December 29 and the Bangalow Hotel on Friday January 8.

Listening to Loren

Every now and then a singer songwriter will come around that has critics raving. The dreadlocked diva, Loren Kate, is one such act. Drum Media Rowe Rowe Rowe Your raved: ‘Loren Kates’ delicate Boat storytelling style… was The first thing you notice about lapped up by an audience that The Jed Rowe Band is the would stay hooked for the slide guitar – lap steel ringing entire night. Her mixture of and wailing with echoes of finger picking and strumming Ben Harper or Jeff Lang. Then laid the foundation for a set the groove grabs you, double that, while featuring solemn bass and drum kit locked in meaningful songs, was watertight. As you listen closer, delivered with humour and the depth of the songwriting a balanced unguardedness’. reveals itself – stories told ABC South West WA gushed through poetic lyrics, char‘Loren Kate, a star of the future.’ acters moving through Like spine-tingling velvet Australian towns, living real enshrouding a precious gem, lives… and you’re humming Loren’s enchantingly beautiful along to the chorus...this is The voice, paired with her down to Jed Rowe Band! Jed Rowe, who earth humour and storytelling, grew up on the North Coast creates a uniquely sublime and and now resides in Melbourne, haunting sound that is rapidly will perform a string of East capturing the attention of

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African singers you will ever hear. She is recognised as the greatest female African star of her generation. In fact Oumou Sangarè has enjoyed a long and illustrious career, touring internationally and becoming an ambassador for the music of Mali. On stage her natural presence, huge charisma, irrepressible energy and joie de vivre is very much in evidence. Oumou’s latest album Seya (Joy) was released in 2009. Don’t miss these special, in depth shows – bound to be nothing short of exhilarating. For more information about Bluesfest visit www.bluesfest. com.au

audiences around the country. Over the last few years, Loren has travelled extensively around Australia, taking her music from the deserts to the seas and all the little corners in between. She has performed at countless venues and festivals around the country including Woodford Folk Festival, Peats Ridge Folk Festival, Fairbridge Festival, Fleurieu Folk Festival, Tamar Valey Folk Festival, Earthdance, Alice Springs Desert Festival, Oenpelli Open Day and was awarded most promising emerging artist at the Nannup Music Festival last year. Loren has also shared the stage with such fine musicians as Tim Freedman (The Whitlams), Lior, Vika and Linda Bull (The Black Sorrows), folk legend Eric Bogle, iOTA, Epicure, Tinpan Orange, Saritah, Rob Sawyer, Wild Marmalade, the list goes on. She plays Drill Hall in Mullumbimby Friday January 8.

Bill Jacoby at the Lennox Point Hotel on Monday December 28 One big Extended Family

Extended Family take in all the rellies with a series of gigs scheduled for the North Coast over the hols. Bringing their own brand of Delta Disco Funk Sex from the steamy inner Sydney streets to you. On stage the band delivers contemporary roots, funk, soul and blues, to create something deliciously sexy and new that you can’t help but groove to. Their infamously huge live show has secured industry attention, with one Australian ‘Cigar’ legend describing Extended Family as ‘a cross between Sly and The Family Stone, and Frank Zappa’. Sunday January 3 at 5pm at the Lennox Point Hotel and at the Rails on Monday 4 and Tuesday January 5 from 5pm.

Bèla Fleck’s African Project Featuring Oumou Sangarè Touching down in OZ for Bluesfest Easter 2010 Bela Fleck is a world class treat for music lovers. Béla Fleck will be joined by the inspirational African singer Oumou Sangarè and her band from Mali! New York City native Béla Fleck is regularly considered the premier banjo player in the world. He made a name for himself on countless solo and ensemble projects as a virtuoso instrumentalist unbounded by genre. Béla has in fact won 11 Grammy awards and has received a massive 28 nominations. He is now up for another three Grammy awards in the 2010 ceremony, including those for Best Contemporary World Music Album and Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his latest album, Throw Down Your Heart, and Best Classical Crossover Album

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for his album The Melody Of Rhythm. Béla Fleck’s latest album, Throw Down Your Heart is a companion to the awardwinning documentary of the same name, which premiered in 2009. Motivated by a deep love of African music, the film follows Béla on a boundarybreaking musical adventure to explore the little-known African roots of the banjo and record an album. Transcending

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Jamie T And The Pacemakers have returned to Australia to play three intimate club shows in Byron Bay, Sydney and Fremantle. Touring in support of their latest release – Kings and Queens – a 43-minute, allkiller, no-filler set of stunners about city sickness, aimless rebellion and dissolving relationships – the Christmas

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dates include a first time visit to Byron, a welcome return to Sydney, and the reschedule of the Fly By Night Club show in Fremantle which was cancelled last September due to illness. Their raucous performance of what is fast becoming a catalogue of classic hits and Jamie’s witty stage repartee has most certainly cemented their position as one of the most memorable live shows in the current musical landscape. These are the only headline shows Jamie T will perform when he steps back into town over the Festive season, when he also joins the bill at Falls in Lorne and Tasmania, Sunset Sounds in Brisbane, and the Southbound Festival in Bussleton. You can catch Jamie T and the Pacemakers at the Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay on Tuesday January 5.

swag full of new songs which will be previewed in the leadup to the girls album release early 2010. Brooke Supple and Jimmi Nolan have been based in the UK for the past five years and have toured all across Europe. Brooke’s dance rendition of Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi recently gained her a number one single in Japan. Check it out from 2.30pm Sunday December 27.

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Mihirangi is back in Australia, hitting the road with a National Summer Tour of concerts, promoting not just a new live band, but a brand new business model for indie artists that’s bound to be of major interest. Having been a solo performer for four years, Mihirangi is excited to be sharing a stage once more with her new live ‘band’ at her capital city shows. Easily Led Zeppelin DJ Katch from the Resin Dogs Escape the queues and crowds will be adding cuts, scratches of Byron and Coolangatta this and samples, while killer drumNew Year’s Eve, and revel in the mer Elvis Aljus (Kate Ceberano/ peaceful rural surroundings of The Bamboos/Renee Geyer/ Burringbar. Burringbar Sports Ross Wilson/Deni Hines) will Club are putting on the Zed be supplying an even higher Leppelin Show – Australia’s level of energy to Mihirangi’s premier Led Zeppelin tribute already lively beat-boxing band. This spectacular proand percussion laced shows. duction amazingly recreates With an extraordinary talent the extraordinary magic of the of timing and rhythm, and an original masters and captures amazing vocal ability, Mihirangi their supernatural stage creates an amazing big band presence with breathtaking sound of earth-shaking bass realism. Burringbar Sports Club lines, ‘ska’ chops, jazzy riffs, New Year’s Eve from 8pm till soaring solos and beat boxing; who knows, $15 members, all live in front of her audience $20 non members, $35 non with the power of her incredmember couples. For bookings ible vocal range and a Roland phone 6677 1188. RC50 loop pedal. Mihirangi has performed with Public Enemy, Sly and Robbie, Michael Franti, Couple of Hussys Lee Scratch Perry, Resin Dogs Get ready for an afternoon and Arrested Development, of local talent with plenty of solidifying a growing following international flavour at the Federal Hotel when the Hussy worldwide. Of late, she’s been attracting big crowds at festiHicks and special guests vals; breaking CD sales records Brooke Supple and Jimmi Nolan hit Alstonville. The Hussy all over Canada; The Stewart Park Festival, Hillside Festival, Hicks have, as usual, spent Komasket Festival, Regina Folk much of the year continentFestival, Robson Valley Music hopping and have gathered a

Festival and Starbelly Jam to name just some. Earlier this year, Mihirangi was also wowing audiences at WOMADelaide (drawing 5000 people; the largest onsite crowd at the event) and WOMAD NZ, and was the poster girl for The Dreaming Festival (again luring the largest attendance). Wednesday December 30 at the Beach Hotel.

Bondi Cigars are Still Smokin

The Bondi Cigars have a distinctive sound and indisputably Australian voice which makes them instantly identifiable and utterly unique. They’ve been around for two decades, and are widely regarded as one of our greatest ever R’n’B bands. Led by the talented and productive team of Shane Pacey and Alan Britton with Eben Hale and Frank Corby rounding out the current lineup, the Cigars have produced great songs and fantastic live shows year after year. Their recent performance at the Cairns and Narooma Festivals, with packed crowds held spellbound from beginning to end is proof that while they are indeed an enduring outfit, their passion and skill has intensified over time, not waned. Their new album Universal Stew sees the band embark on a national tour. While a lot of today’s young blues and roots artists are now merging genres and styles, it’s something that the Cigars have done since the very beginning. Soul, funk and pop – always essential ingredients to the Bondi Cigars – saw some purists accusing them of not being ‘a proper blues band.’ New Years Eve at the Ballina RSL and Friday January 1 at the Byron Brewery.

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heighten the vibe and party atmosphere on so many levels as they bring in the new year with their inventive and unique dub/reggae/ electronica sounds. Visit their myspace for more info on the band and a peak at their music: www.myspace.coom/ themightyredeyes. Tickets are hot hot HOT property and will be gone before you can even blink an eyelid so get in quick and read the following ticket details carefully. EARLY BIRD TICKETS – $87 + bf Online at: www.oztix.com.au

beats and sumptuous sounds. A rhythmic didgeridoo Ganga Giri – Cool virtuoso and percussionist, Summer Beats Ganga Giri is a music creator Cool Summer Beats is an whose passion brings people extravagant night of music together in a modern day in Mullumbimby featuring corroboree. Blending an the global music troubadour Ganga Giri whose local shows array of tribal percussion with congas, djembe, bougarabou, are renowned for their high Nigerian talking drum, mbira, energy and festival energy. with authentic indigenous Ganga Giri returns to his moves and Aboriginal dancers, favourite part of the world to join up with incredibly talented Ganga Giri’s live shows are a modern/primitive multicultural local performers Mystic Beats, celebration and reconciliation DJ Dakini and Yeshe & World in action. Delivering his unique CitiZen. This promises to be a night of globally charged musical vision of multicultural

Byron Youth Service would like to thank our wonderful volunteers and supporters throughout 2009. We wish you all a happy festive season! Accidental Health & Safety, All Music & Vision, Alpacka Packaging, Anne Leon Design, Archimages Architecture, Atlantic Guest House, Balcony Bar & Restaurant, Ballina Fine Cotton Affair, Ballina Omega Hospitality Suppliers, Bangalow Quilters, Barceló, Bat Bus, Bird Textiles, Black Dog Surfing, Book City, Bright Lights Theatre Company, Burleigh Heads Fabric Frenzy, BunCoffee Byron Bay, Bush Marketing, Byron Bay Bowling Club, Byron Bay Beach Club, Byron Bay Chilli Co, Byron Bay Cinema, Byron Bay Coffee Company, Byron Bay Dive Centre, Byron Bay First National, Byron Bay Hidden Treasures, Byron Bay High School, Byron Bay Pilates Centre, Byron Bay Plaza Pharmacy, Byron Bay Tennis Club, Byron Beach Café, Byron Brain Gym, Byron Community & Cultural Centre, Byron Community Health, Byron Cookie Company, Byron Corner Store, Byron Farmers’ Market, Byron Gourmet Pies, Byron Guides, Byron Hire, Byronian, Byron in Bloom, Byron Music, Byron Shire Council, Byron Shire Echo, Byron Shire News, Byron Supa IGA, Byron United, Cape Byron Kayaks, Chaplin’s Electrical Service, Circus Arts, Cocomangas, Creative Lighting Solutions, Crystal Castle, Delissimo Bakery, Dominos, DVD Connection, Eagle Boys Pizza, Earth ‘n’ Sea Pizza, Eco Furniture, Ed Silk Real Estate, Essentially Me, Ewingsdale Coffee Estate, Fishheads, Fishmongers, Flush Media, Frangipani Creative, Frontline, Ginger Necktar, Hog’s Breath Cafe, Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, Individual Supporters, Kidz Club, Late Nite Video, Lions Club, Lismore Coles, Lunchtime Volunteers, Luscious Foods, Management Committee, Maddog, Medicine Wheel, Mentors, Mike’s Couriers, Mindright Institute, Moral Fibre, Mullumbimby Civic Centre, Mullumbimby Old Drill Hall, Oski Art Supplies, Mullumbimby Hire & Sales, Nature’s Child, Niluh, NORTEC, North Coast Area Health Service, Office Choice, Pharside SK8 Shop, PMD Screenprint, Prue Mitchell Design, Sports Direct, Still @ the Centre, Street Sushi, Street Cruise Volunteers, Subway, Succulent Café, Suffolk Park SPAR, Tallawong Nurseries, The Bay Seafood Market, The New Byron Bay Camera House, The Northern Star, There’s Always More Hairdressing, Telcogreen, Tracy Mair, Trevor Mead Butchers, TURSA, Tutors & Trainers, Wildbite, Woolworths, Zentfeld’s Coffee, Zest Boutique, 2481.

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response to the loud, boorish pub crowds Gutman faced when he began his career, In a recent feature article for almost 30 years ago. Gutman’s the Australian, Rick Murphy style of comedy – raw, quite aptly declared in his rebellious and libertarian – opening sentence ‘It’s hard to usually comes in short bursts know where Sandy Gutman before flaming out. Lenny ends and Austen Tayshus Bruce, Richard Pryor and Bill begins’. Hicks, among others, expired In a world of comedy where from the effort. But Gutman people are careful not to carries on, still railing against offend, Austen lets fly in a the evil trio he despises so stream of consciousness greatly: apathy, hypocrisy and tirade that is drop dead funny mediocrity. He is an intellectual to some and drop dead punk who will not go gently in obnoxious to others. You to that good night.’ can’t be middle ground about Tayshus, you either love him or There are no worst gigs for Gutman, who can turn any you hate him. If you hate him that generally means you don’t show into an unforgettable experience. There are those quite get satire or appreciate it in that rapid fire high energy who flock to every show and those who declare ‘that delivery. If you love him it bastard, I’m not having him means that you do get it. Austen is not just a comic, he’s back here.’ a fearless social commentator His material polarises an who’s been making people audience, which is his ultimate uncomfortable for well over goal. His routine makes three decades. the audience angry, makes There is a dichotomy between them laugh, makes them think, makes them question Gutman and Tayshus. One is everything. cultured and shy, the other obnoxious and relentless. Austen Tayshus, the ultimate Murphy sums it up beautifully. cultural google search. The ‘Gutman has been doing funniest man in the country. provocative things since Ă…nd quite possibly the most Austen Tayshus came into dangerous. In a world that being in 1981, entertaining and curbs its tongue for the fear of alienating in equal quantities. libel Austen speaks his mind. Austen can do what the This is comedy at full force, as surprisingly shy, gentle and not just entertainment, but as highly cultured Gutman could an agent of change. not do and has become an MC Mandy Nolan with a special almost full-time companion. suprise support act. Monday It’s the cause of the strongest January 4. Byron Services criticism of Gutman as a Club Pandanus Lounge. comedian: that he is always on; Tickets are $15/20 and are that there is no respite from available. Bookings 6684 3443. Austen’s bombastic rhetoric. But equally it’s his greatest Call for RAW strength, a shield that allows Who’s going to be the greatest Gutman to remain uncensored unknown daredevil of Funny? and unafraid to speak his mind. The Evel Knievel of the mic? ‘The character was created in RAW Comedy is the Melbourne

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Australia, Ganga Giri’s music has been widely and wildly appreciated in Australia, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States; igniting audiences in clubs, music festivals large and small, and outdoor dance events right across the globe. This show sees him coming straight from the main stages of Woodford Folk Festival with his full band including internationally renowned French Guyanian reggae dancehall vocalist Jornick Joelick, and indigenous singer and dancer Gumaroy, a Gumilaroi nation’s man. The special lineup includes international composer and multi-instrumentalist Yeshe & World CitiZen. DJ Dakini, one of Australia’s superstar female electronic artists, brings her infectious and unique beats to the dancefloor. To round out this night is Mystic Beats. They’ve garnered a strong following as a down tempo dance electronic outfit, fusing eastern influenced instrumentation with a smooth blend of sitar, guitar, violin, vocals and percussion. Friday January 8 at Mullumbimby Civic Hall - Doors open 7pm, music at 7.30pm. Food will be available. Tickets now on sale $20 + bf from select outlets or online through www. stickytickets.com/2660

International Comedy Festival’s annual hunt for Australia as yet undiscovered wit – it’s the country’s biggest, largest, fattest most prestigious open mic competition. It gets underway this January with heats across the nation. Those who make it through have the honour of making it to Town Hall (as did our local hero Ellen Briggs) and take out the title (as did ex Byron Shire Ace Comedy student, Hannah Gadsby). There are heats all over the country with a RAW heat happening in Byron Bay on Monday January 25. Registration is essential. Go to www.rawcomedy.com.au and swap the breadline for a punchline.

Films over Byron The 2010 Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF) is shaping up to deliver its most dynamic event yet, from March 5 – 13 in the heart of Byron Bay. Now entering its fourth year, BBFF is a growing enterprise that each year attracts a greater

number of film submissions and larger audiences. BBFF 2010 will screen 150 films which are a mix of Australian and international. Over 750 films were submitted from 57 different countries and the Festival organisers have been busily viewing and reviewing to select the cream of the submissions to deliver to the viewers. Both day and night sessions offer audiences a range of film choices – from art house to experimental to documentary to feature to surf, with plenty of animation and shorts in between. Adding to the festivities, 2010 will be a celebration of 100 years of film being shown in Byron Bay; on the same exact spot where the Festival takes place. This special centenary will add a memorable celebratory aspect to the Festival.

Starlight Wellbeing Twice a year people have the opportunity to access the best the area has to offer in natural therapists with the Starlight

Wellbeing Expo. It’s like the Pacific Fair of alternative modalities. From January 7 – 10 you can meet some of the areas finest natural therapists and readers. Daily admission includes; workshops, talks, cafe chats and free healings in our Healathon. Add to that healthy vegetarian food, organic coffee and gluten free cakes and you have the perfect recipe for a relaxing day out. The Starlight Wellbeing Expo is now in its thirteenth year. Each morning starts with a blessing from Tibetan Buddhist monk and Chant Master the Venerable Lobsang Tendar, followed by deep relaxation to the pure sounds of crystal singing bowl music played by Chicchan. Thursday, the first day of the expo, offers two for one full price admission. A special two hour guest workshop this January presents: Aboriginal Law and Spirituality. Experience the way Aboriginal people come together in community to discuss important matters, through dance, song, continued p54

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ceremony and a traditional Talking Circle. Understand the foundational laws of Aboriginal spiritual life, the traditional structure and governance of Aboriginal communities, men’s and women’s business and the Wandjina Laws of Eldership. Learn a simple Ngungkari healing technique which you can use with your family. We will explore history, reconciliation, the Three Laws of Respect and how they can create healthy relationships between Aboriginal and nonAboriginal people with Tjanara Goreng Goreng who is a ‘ngungkari’ (Aboriginal healer) with a Masters degree and completing her Phd. Crystal Skull Activation The Crystal Skulls form a grid of conciousness which can be integrated into your energy field via guided meditation and sound. This new frequency brings an expansion of intuition, insight and direction on your life path, bringing a deep sense of inner peace, support and guidance. You will be able to choose a crystal skull to work with to create a new energy grid in your auric field, with Dee Hearne and her skull collection from the UK. UK Crop Circles There have been 12,000 crop circles documented and archived since 1983. Averaging 500-1000 feet in diameter they are an enigmatic global phenomenon. In this well-

researched workshop we will explore what crop circles are, where they appear, observable facts, scientific evidence, plant/soil analysis, history of the phenomenon including Megan’s own astounding footage. We will discuss UFO sightings and reports associated with crop circles, sacred geometry, symbols depicted in crops and their connection to ancient wisdom with Megan Heazlewood who has been researching the phenomena for ten years. Heart and brain music, harmonics, biofeedback and spiritual growth By understanding the fractal and implosive electrical nature of empathy and bliss, they become measureable and teachable. When you successfully imagine yourself in beautiful nature, your body flips a switch and becomes electrically fractal. The resulting golden ratio in your brainwaves is powerful evidence of the very nature of enlightenment itself. Learn about what a fractal attractor you can become with Dan Winter from USA, an international expert on Sacred Geometry and the Fractal Science of spirit. Program www.global-healing. com

Camp Yoga Every year musicians vie for a position at Summersong Music Camp, a week long musical mentorship and hot pot for

budding and established artists. This full immersion in one’s passion has inspired the Queen of Camps, Ms Alison Pearl and FindYoga.com to instigate a new camp: The Byron Yoga Camp at Lake Ainsworth in Lennox from April 9 - 12. This is a long weekend where yogis can explore some of the greater and lesser known joys of yoga. The aim is to broaden and deepen our experience of yoga with the most inspiring guidance available, in one of the most beautiful oceanside and lakeside settings around! Designed for those who’ve been practising for at least a year, the unique program will allow participants to eat, cook, pose, pray, and generally ignite

their passion for the 8 limbs of yoga, and related activities, in a way that reflects the North Coast/Byron Bay creative community and lifestyle. The first year’s core faculty is composed of teachers from different traditions including: John Ogilvie (Byron Yoga Centre Director/Founder), Louisa Sear (Yoga Arts), Rose Baudin, Consta Georgoussis, Kathryn Riding, Tim Mitchell. These internationally renowned teachers will be leading us in Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Chakra study, Kirtan, Yoga Philosophy, Agni Hotra fire ceremony, and more. Musically, there will be singing and learning the significance of devotional chants with the kirtan wallahs

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intention, setting the scene for exchange of information and raising awareness of sustainable lifestyle choices. Beats, bleeps and dance floor bombs by local, national and international innovators and instigators provide the soundtrack to a positive and transformative festival experience and consolidation of community bonds. Expect techno, progressive and psy-trance, live reggae, dub, world music, hip-hop, glitchhop, dub-step, breaks and chillout in two production areas. Artists such as Tipper (USA), Zen Mechanics (Netherlands), Haltya (Finland), Grouch (NZ), Seph (Argentina), Rubix Qube (South Africa), Kojiro (Japan) along with a strong contingent of Melbourne’s electronic music designers including Spoonbill, Sun Control Species and Opiuo contribute to a hyper sonic and multi cultural resonance at Earth Freq. Beat makers and poets from the Northern Rivers such as Pagan Love Cult (Nimbin), CC The Cat (Byron), Seed (Byron) and Fyah Walk (Byron) join Oka (Sunshine Coast) in bringing local musical oscillations to the international smorgasbord of sound. I had a chat with headliners Tipper and Opiuo. With remixes in the pipeline for Muti Music (An-ten-ae aka Adam O’Hana), Interchill (Bluetech), Colony Productions (UK) and Empathy Records (NZ), Opiuo is clearly making his mark in dubstep.

The New Zealander is based in Melbourne and collaborates on tunes with Excision (Canada), VibeSquad (USA), ill.gates (Canada) and VENT (UK). A four track EP is coming out on Addictech Records in January 2010 and Opiuo’s debut album Slurp+Giggle is due early 2010. Meanwhile Opiuo’s compositions are already being played, reviewed, mixed, mashed, podcasted and featured all over the world.

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Bellingen Castle parties. The British producer and DJ Dave Tipper is known for his interest in extreme bass frequencies. With a musical background in classical training as well as influences from drum & bass, hip-hop and electronica, Tipper has created his own brand of devastating dance floor bombs… ‘if it doesn’t move you, check for a pulse.’ www. tippermusic.net/ Q: How would you describe your sound? TIPPER: ‘A) A mix of my childish, selfish ego and my true self. B) An amalgamation of nonsense. C) A pastiche of frequencies woven together to make interesting patterns (well… to me at least). D) All of the above.’ Q: In what way does your classical music background influence your compositions nowadays? A: ‘Certainly it is an influence in the ‘down tempo’ music I make. I have always had a deep respect for the warmth, emotion and complex arrangements that classical music purveys. I certainly wouldn’t elevate what I do to the status of complex classical arrangements, but they definitely serve to inspire me.’ Q: Who hits your spot musically? A: ‘Anyone who truly excels at what they do and emanates that special unspeakable magic that comes from true creativeness. I’m inspired by all

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forms of music in this way, too many to mention of course.’ The cultural and environmental program is a core part of the Earth Freq concept. The lectures and workshops provide the space for active minds to exchange, provoke, coin and spawn. Speakers and tutors include Mark Graham – Sustainable Outdoor Event Organisation Discussion and Guided Bush Walk, REGEN Crew – Festival/Landcare Interaction, Ray Thorpe – Folk Medicine, Scott Junner – Start Growing It, Jewelli Dollman – The Flowering Soul, Rak Razam – AYA: The Global Shamanic Resurgence lecture and book Launch, EveN DawN – About Time… Shift Happens!

Earth Freq Festival 2010, kicks into action Feb 12 – 14 at Landcruiser Mountain Park, Jimna, Queensland, www.earthfreq.com. Early Birds have SOLD OUT so get your tickets soon while they are $100 (until February 1). Children under 12 are free and teens from 12–17 are $50 at the gate but must be accompanied by an adult. You can purchase your tickets online at Green Tix www.greentix.com.au/ events/58051/Earth-FreqFestival-2010, at Yami’s in Brunswick Heads or the Great Northern Hotel in Byron Bay.

LiQUiD New Years Eve LiQUiD struts new and old local favourites DEE DEE, Dave C, Nirav, Adam J Taylor, Dave Basek, Buzz, Rubix and of course special guests. Watch out for Rubber’s next instalment in 2010. Tuesday January 12 plays host to another dubstep legend Adam O’Hana from Muti Music, San Francisco.

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Television Guide

WEDNESDAY 23

1. Molly Ringwald is at her peak among a talented ensemble cast in The Breakfast Club (Prime, Friday, 10pm), a teen movie which all adults should watch for an insight into this alien species. 2. This charming species is the star of Final Chance To save The Orangutans (ABC1, Saturday, 7.30pm) in which the tall and determined Joanna Lumley comes to their aid. 3. Brad Pitt is at home among exploding cars in Ocean’s Twelve (NBN, Sunday, 8.30pm), an action thriller studded with megastars and little else. For those who must indulge in Christmas, De-Stuffing Christmas on ABC1 at 7.30pm on the big day is insightful.

2

3

ABC 1

SBS 1

PRIME

4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Bushfire Summer 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.10 The Best In Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 My Family (PG) 8.35 Beautiful People (M) 9.05 Creature Comforts (PG) 9.30 Chandon Pictures (M) 10.00 Star Stories: Heather Mills Presents Mills And McCartney (M) 10.25 Late Edition News 10.35 Being Human (M) 11.35 Movie: Made For Each Other (B&W 1939) Carole Lombard 1.10 The Sideshow With Paul McDermott (M) 2.10 Movie: My Forbidden Past (G B&W 1951) Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner 3.25 National Press Club Address

5.30 World News And Weatherwatch 1.00 Movie: My Children Are Different (PG 2003) French drama about an ambitious widower who prepares his teenage daughter and 11-year-old son for brilliant musical careers. Stars Richard Berry, Mathieu Amalric 2.30 Tales From A Suitcase 3.00 Corner Gas 4.00 Is Your House Killing You 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.35 Rex In Rome (PG) 8.30 The Legends Of Santa 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (M) 11.05 Movie: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (M 2002) French thriller. Stars Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan 12.45 Movie: Cero Y Van Cuatro (MAV 2004) Mexican black comedy. Stars Guilermo Iván, Raquel Morell 2.30 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Christmas Card (PG 2006) Moved by a Christmas card sent to the front lines of Afghanistan, a soldier travels to a small town to meet the card’s sender. Stars Ed Asner, John Newton, Alice Evans, Lois Nettleton 2.00 It’s Academic 2.30 Go Go Stop 3.00 Time Trackers 3.30 The Fairies 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 7.30 Air Crash Investigations 8.30 City Homicide (M) 9.30 Criminal Minds (M) 10.30 Band Of Brothers (M) 11.40 The First 48 (M) 12.30 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

ABC 2

5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Everest ER

6.30 Scrapyard Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.00 No Way San Jose 8.30 Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory 9.20 Shrink Rap Kathleen Turner 10.10 Born To Be King Prince Charles at 60 11.15 Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves 11.50 Close

ABC 1

THURSDAY 24

1

4.30 G.P. 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 How The Hell Did We Get Here? 1.30 Stuff 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Wallace And Gromit 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Carols From St Georges Cathedral 8.30 Clash Of The Santas 10.00 World Champion Santa 10.35 Rock The Bells (M) 12.20 Movie: Royal Wedding (1951) Stars Fred Astaire, Jane Powell 2.00 Movie: The Fabulous Dorseys (B&W 1947) Biography of band-leading brothers. Stars Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey 3.25 Double The Fist (M) 3.55 The Glass House (M)

ABC 2

5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Kylie Kwong: Heart And Soul 6.30 Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2009 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.05 Mumbai Calling 8.30 Creature Comforts 9.00 Chandon Pictures (M) 9.30 The Graham Norton Show (M) 10.15 Spoons (M) 10.30 Father Ted Christmas Special (PG) 11.30 Peep Show (M) 12.00 Close

SBS 2

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.35 8.30 9.05

World News Australia Return Of The Bible Plagues 112 Emergency Movie: Vitus (PG 2006) Swiss drama of a child prodigy. Stars Teo Gheorghiu, Bruno Ganz 11.10 Movie: Solino (MA 2002) German drama. Stars Moritz Bleibtreu 1.15 Weatherwatch

SBS 1

7 TWO

This space reserved for Channel 7 Two when Prime gets around to broadcasting it.

TEN

1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

6.00 Sports Unlimited 7.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup Highlights 8.00 Mecum Auto Auction 9.00 National Football League 11.30 TNA Xplosion 12.30 NBA Basketball 3.00 Super X 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Powerboating 5.00 Motorsport 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Twenty20 Cricket 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Real NBA 10.30 NBA Basketball 12.30 Sports Tonight 12.45 Omnisport 1.45 The Poker Star 2.15 Motorsport 3.15 Tread BMX 3.45 The Pro Shop 4.45 Transworld Sport 5.45 Omnisport

TEN

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Bachelorette 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Flintstones 6.30 Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Fringe (M) 9.30 The Wire (AV) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Fringe (M) 2.00 The Wire (AV) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Infomercials

9.00 9am Summertime 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 11.00 Ten News 1.00 The View 12.00 Movie: Stealing Christmas (PG) Stars 2.00 Days Of Our Lives Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela 3.00 Alive And Cooking Geothals, Betty White 3.30 The Zoo 1.50 Movie: The Life And Adventures 4.00 Pyramid Of Santa Claus (PG 1985) Stars Earl Hammond, Earle Hyman, Larry Kenney, 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow Lynne Lipton 5.30 Hot Seat 3.30 Movie: A Very Married Christmas (G 6.00 NBN News 2004) Stars Joe Mantegna, Jean Smart, 7.00 A Current Affair Kari Matchett, Charles Durning 7.30 Shrek The Halls 5.00 Ten News 8.00 Carols By Candlelight LIVE from 6.00 The Simpsons Melbourne 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle 10.40 Movie: Nativity (PG 2006) Keisha 7.00 The 7pm Project (PG) Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac 7.30 Talkin’ ’Bout Your Generation (PG) 1.40 Mad TV (M) 9.00 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2009 1.35 Entertainment Tonight 10.00 Movie: Apollo 13 (PG 1995) Tom 2.00 Infomercials Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise 3.30 Spyforce (PG) 12.35 The 7pm Project (PG) 1.05 The Late Show With David Letterman 4.30 Movie: Mr St Nick (G 2002) Charles Durning, Kelsey Grammer, Katherine 1.50 Midnight Mass 2.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion Helmond

SBS 2

7 TWO

GO!

ONE HD

PRIME

5.20 World News And Weatherwatch 6.00 Sunrise 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 9.00 Morning Show 1.30 The Buchenwald Ball 11.30 News 2.30 The Fabulous Flag Sisters 12.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 3.30 Office Tigers (PG) 1.00 Erky Perky 4.00 Versailles Stories (G) 2.00 It’s Academic 4.30 The Journal 2.30 Go Go Stop 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 3.00 Dive Olly Dive 6.00 Global Village 3.30 The Fairies 6.30 World News Australia 4.00 It’s Academic 7.30 Food Safari: Mexican 4.30 Seven and Prime News 8.00 Oz And James’ Big Wine Adventure 5.00 The Zoo 8.30 Secrets And Lives (M) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 9.00 Designer People: Max Wolff 6.00 Prime News 9.30 World News 6.30 Seven News 10.00 Movie: Asterix And Obelix Vs Caesar 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) (PG 1999) French comedy, big budget 7.30 Gary Unmarried (PG) live-action version of the comic. Stars 8.00 Whacked Out Sports (PG) Gerard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni 8.30 Movie: Father Of The Bride (G 1991) 11.55 Movie: Raising Victor Vargas (M 2002) A father struggles with the day-to-day US drama/romance about a teenager traumas of his daughter’s wedding. Stars Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, struggling to find sanity. Stars Victor Kimberly Williams, Kieran Culkin Rasuk, Judy Marte, Melonie Diaz 10.45 Movie: A Lot Like Love (M 2005) 1.30 Weatherwatch Seven years after meeting on a plane flight and deciding they weren’t right for each other but over time forming a 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and trusting friendship, two people figure Weatherwatch out that maybe what they really have 6.30 World News Australia is something. Stars Ashton Kutcher, 7.30 The Last Christmas: December 1944 Amanda Peet, Taryn Tyrone 8.30 112 Emergency (M) 1.00 Infomercials 9.00 Movie: Oss 117 – Cairo – Nest Of Spies (M 2006) French comedy. Stars Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo 10.40 Movie: Manitou’s Shoe (M 2001) We have asked both Channel Seven and German comedy. Stars Michael Bully, Prime why northern NSW is not receiving Herbig Christian Tramitz Seven’s new digital programs. 12.10 Weatherwatch

NBN

5.30 Today 9.00 9am Summertime 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 Ten News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 11.00 Infomercials 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 1.00 The View 3.00 Judge Judy 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.30 Infomercial 3.00 Alive And Cooking 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 3.30 The Zoo 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 4.00 Pyramid 5.00 Ten News 4.30 Afternoon News 6.00 The Simpsons 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle 5.30 Hot Seat 7.00 The 7pm Project (PG) 6.00 NBN News 7.30 The Simpsons (PG) 7.00 A Current Affair 8.00 Futurama (PG) 7.30 Superstars Of Dance 8.30 The Cleveland Show (M) 8.25 Lotto 9.00 The Simpsons (PG) 9.30 Cold Case (M) 9.30 Little Britain (MA15+) 11.30 Nightline 10.05 Californication (MA15+) 12.00 The Strip (M) 10.40 Late News With Sports Tonight 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 11.25 The 7pm Project (PG) 1.30 Infomercials 11.55 The Late Show With David Letterman 3.30 Good Morning America 12.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M) 5.00 Early Morning News 6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs

ONE HD

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GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Bachelor 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 Flintstones 6.30 Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 40 Greatest Pranks (M) 10.30 South Park (MA) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 40 Greatest Pranks (M) 3.00 South Park (MA) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

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FRIDAY 25

ABC 1

SBS 1

5.00 World News And Weatherwatch 4.30 G.P. (PG) 1.00 Movie: Pinocchio (G 2003) Italian fam5.30 The Einstein Factor ily movie. Stars Roberto Benigni, Peppe 6.00 Kids’ Programs Barra 10.30 Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria From Venice 11.00 Midnight Mass From St Peter’s Basilica, 3.00 In Search Of Santa Claus 4.00 Classical Destinations St Petersburg Rome 1.05 Movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer (G 1956) James Stewart, Doris Day 6.00 Global Village 3.00 Movie: Paleface (G 1948) Bob Hope, 6.30 World News Jane Russell 7.30 Top Dogs (PG) 4.30 Movie: Birth Of The Blues (G 1941) 8.35 Top Gear (PG) Bing Crosby, Mary Martin 9.45 Movie: Spirited Away (PG 2001) 6.05 National Parks Japanese adult animation 7.00 ABC News 12.00 Movie: Strings (PG 2004) Danish 7.20 Queen’s Christmas Message adventure. Stars James McAvoy, Derek 7.30 Compass: De-Stuffing Christmas Jacobi 8.00 My Family Christmas Special 1.35 Movie: Childstar (M 2004) Canadian 8.30 The Man Who Lost His Head (PG) comedy about a 12-year-old TV star 10.05 The Worst Christmas Of My Life (PG) from the US who runs away from the 10.35 Christmas At The Riviera (M) set and his problems while shooting a 12.10 rage (M) big-budget film in Canada. Stars Don McKellar, Mark Rendall 3.20 Weatherwatch 5.30 Carols From St Patrick’s 6.30 Schools Spectacular 2009 9.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and 6.00 Carols From St George’s Cathedral Weatherwatch 7.00 Robbie The Reindeer 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 A Very Specky Christmas 7.30 Lost Worlds The real family of Jesus 8.30 Doctor Who (PG) 8.30 112 Emergency (PG) 9.30 Ideal Xmas (M) 9.00 Movie: The Spanish Apartment (M 10.00 Peter Serafinowicz Show Christmas 2002) French drama. Stars Audrey Special (M) Tautou, Romain Duris 10.30 Songbirds: Live In Concert Country 11.05 Movie: 7 Dwarves (PG 2004) German artists Beccy Cole, Sara Storer, Gina comedy. Stars Otto Waalkes, Heinz Jeffreys, with performances from Troy Hoenig Cassar-Daley and Kasey Chambers 12.45 Weatherwatch 12.15 Close

ABC 2

SBS 2

SATURDAY 26

ABC 1

SBS 1

PRIME

TEN

NBN

6.00 Yin Yang Yo! 6.30 The Emperor’s New School 7.00 Movie: The Ultimate Christmas Present (G 2000) Hallee Hirsh, Spencer Breslin, Brenda Song 8.30 The Spirit Of Christmas 9.00 Kid’s Programs 11.00 The Christ Files 12.00 The Difference Christmas Makes 12.30 Letters To Santa: A Muppets Christmas 1.20 Erky Perky 2.20 Movie: Blinky Bill’s White Christmas (C) 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 According To Jim 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 7.30 Lanny And Wayne: The Christmas Elves In Prep & Landing 8.00 Australian Dancesport Championships 2009 10.00 Movie: The Breakfast Club (M 1985) Saturday detention in a Chicago high school. Stars Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall 12.00 Ignite Film Festival 2009 12.30 Movie: Gilda Radner – It’s Always Something (PG 2002) Jamie Gertz, Tom Rooney, George Wyner, Eric Siegel 2.30 Infomercials

6.00 Santa Claus Parade 2009 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Celebrate Christmas 12.00 Jamie Cooks Christmas 1.00 Movie: Miracle On 34th Street (PG 1947) Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott 3.10 Movie: Silver Bells (G 2005) Anne Heche, Tate Donovan, Michael Mitchell 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Movie: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (G 2000) Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Jeffrey Tambor 7.40 Movie: Eragon (PG 2006) A boy becomes the keeper of the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle 9.50 Movie: Jerry Maguire (M 1996) A sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it. Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renee Zellweger 12.40 Hour Of Power Candlelight Service

6.00 Rise & Shine 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Movie: The Little Drummer Boy (C) 10.00 A Miser Brother’s Christmas 11.00 The Bill Engvall Show

7 TWO

Channel Seven tells us to ask Prime why 7 Two is not being broadcast.

ABC 2

7 TWO

SUNDAY 27

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Inside The Actors Studio 7.00 1 Giant Leap

7.30 Pride And Prejudice 8.30 Cold Feet 9.30 The Jewel In The Crown (M) 10.30 Beautiful Noise Pilot Speed

11.25 East Of Everything (PG) 12.25 Close

SBS 1 6.25 World News 10.00 A Fork In The Road 10.30 Everyone Loves A Wedding 11.00 From Mozart To Morrison 12.00 A Czech Winter’s Journey 12.30 Elena Kats-Chernin’s Wild Swans Suite 1.00 Speedweek 3.00 FIFA World Cup Magazine 3.30 Futbol Mundial 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 5.00 The World Game 6.00 Thalassa 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 A History Of Scotland 8.35 Heston’s Feasts (PG) 9.30 John Adams (M) 10.45 Inspector Montalbano (M) Italian crime 12.40 Movie: The Paper Will Be Blue (M 2006) Romanian drama. Stars Paul Ipate, Adi Carauleanu 2.20 Weatherwatch

SBS 2

2.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD

6.00 Motorsport: Australian Off Road Championships 6.30 NBA Basketball 9.00 NBA Doubleheader Basketball: LA Lakers v Cleveland LIVE 12.00 Mecum Auto Auction 1.00 The Pro Shop 2.00 Transworld Sport 3.00 Super X 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Powerboating 5.00 Australian Fishing Championships 6.00 Escape With ET 6.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 7.30 Sports Tonight 8.00 NBA Basketball 10.00 The Poker Star 11.00 UFC Wired 1.00 NBA Basketball 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 World Heli Challenge 4.00 Motorsport 5.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup Highlights

6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Australian Super X 1.00 Australian Fishing Championship 2.00 The Travel Bug 3.00 Natural Conflict 4.00 How To Look Good Naked 4.30 Boys Weekend 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Don’t Forget The Lyrics 7.30 Glee (PG) 10.30 Medium (M) 11.30 Sex And The City (MA15+/M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD

6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 FIA GT-3 European Championship 7.30 College Basketball 10.00 NBA Game Of The Week Basketball 12.00 Australian Off Road Championship 2.30 Sports Unlimited 3.30 TNA Xplosion 4.30 Omnisport 5.00 I Fish 5.30 World Series Sprint Cars

6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00

7 TWO

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3.25 Skippy 3.50 Getaway Moments 4.00 Infomercials 4.30 Spyforce (PG) 5.30 Skippy

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Bewitched 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Married With Children 2.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Green Acres 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Black Adder’s Christmas Carol (M)

9.30 Movie: Bad Santa (MA 2003) Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly

11.30 Marine Boy 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Black Adder’s Christmas Carol (M) 2.00 Movie: Bad Santa (MA 2003) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partrige Family 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN

6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Infomercials 10.00 Hit List TV 7.00 Weekend Today 12.00 Olivia’s Great Walk Olivia Newton9.00 Dennis & Ghasher John’s 21 day walk along the Great Wall 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan of China in 2008 LIVE from MCG 1.00 Australia v NZ Golf Skins Challenge 12.30 The Cricket Show 2.00 Escape With ET 1.00 Cricket continues 2.30 Saving Babies 6.00 NBN News 3.00 Jamie’s Ministry Of Food 6.30 Wipeout 4.00 The Doctors 7.30 Crusoe 5.00 Ten News 8.40 Lotto 5.30 Sports Tonight 9.30 Movie: Clubland (MA15+ 2007) Peter 6.00 The Simpsons Callan, Brenda Blethyn, Emma Booth 6.30 Merlin (PG) 11.45 Movie: Money Train (AV15+ 1995) 7.30 Movie: That Thing You Do! (PG 1996) Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, 1.45 Movie: The Sleeping Dictionary (M Giovanni Ribisi 2003) A young English diplomat is 9.45 Movie: Happy Gilmore (M 1996) Adam assigned a position in the jungles of Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher 1920’s Sarawak. Jessica Alba, Hugh McDonald, Bob Barker Dancy 11.40 Hell’s Kitchen 3.50 Neil Diamond Homecoming 12.40 Rock Of Love (MA15+) 4.00 Infomercials 1.30 Sex And The City (MA15+)

TEN

6.30 7.30 8.35 9.30

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10.30 National Football League Game Of The Week 1.00 Bundesliga Football Weekly Highlights 2.10 FIFA Club World Cup Football 4.05 Motorsport 5.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series Highlights

PRIME 6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Sea Princesses 11.00 Dive Olly Dive 11.30 Staines Down Drains 12.00 Erky Perky 12.30 Seaside Hotel 1.00 Backyard Science 1.30 Toon Disney 2.00 Dreams Come True: Princess & Frog 3.00 Movie: Max Keeble’s Big Move (PG 2001) Alex D Linz, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Zena Grey 5.00 The Rich List 6.00 Seven News 6.30 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) 7.30 Border Patrol (PG) 8.00 Operation Croc (G) 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Band Of Brothers (M) 11.40 The First 48 (M) 12.35 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

World News Australia The World Game Nynne (M) Movie: Just Sex And Nothing Else (M 2005) Hungarian comedy. Stars Judit Schell, Sándor Csanyi, Kata Dobo 11.15 Movie: Thirty-Five Something (M 2005) French comedy. Stars Mathilde Seigner, Judith Godreche 1.10 Weatherwatch

8.30 Sports Soup 9.30 America’s Game

TEN

SBS 2

ABC 1

ONE HD

6.00 UCI World Road Cycling Championship 10.30 Super X 11.30 National Football League 2.00 College Basketball 4.00 Real NBA 4.30 Powerboating 5.00 Motorsport 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 Transworld Sport

PRIME

5.00 World News And Weatherwatch 5.00 rage (PG) 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Hansel And Gretel English opera in 11.00 Live From Abbey Road Dr John, 12.00 Hamilton Island Yacht Race Week German LeAnn Rimes, Massive Attack 12.30 Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race LIVE 2.55 James Ravilious A World In 12.00 Dynasties The Mora Family from Sydney Harbour Photographs 12.30 Best Of Australian Story: The Heat Of 2.00 According To Jim 3.30 Golden Soundtracks The Moment Climate change and the 2.30 Movie: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer death of the Great Barrier Reef South Pacific (PG 2001) Musical about 1.00 Movie: Penny Serenade (G B&W 1941) 5.30 Humanimal (PG) two romances torn apart by war: one 6.30 World News Australia Irene Dunne, Cary Grant between a Navy nurse and a wealthy 7.30 Mythbusters 3.00 The Wind In The Willows French plantation owner, the other 8.30 Iron Chef 4.40 Adrift a native girl and a young American 9.20 Rockwiz (PG) 5.00 Platypus Marine. Stars Glenn Close, Harry 6.00 Nigella Express Connick Jr, Rade Sherbedgia, Jack 10.00 Movie: Volver (M 2006) Spanish drama 6.30 Best Of Gardening Australia Thompson of family, death and superstition. Stars 7.00 ABC News 5.30 Sydney Weekender Penelope Cruz, Yohana Cobo, Lola 7.30 Final Chance To Save The Orangutans 6.00 Seven News Deuñas (G) Joanna Lumley in Borneo with a 6.30 No Leave, No Life (G) 12.05 SOS species that could disappear within 50 7.00 Borderline (PG) 1.05 NEWStopia (M) years 7.30 Kingdom (PG) 1.35 Movie: Hair High (M 2004) US adult 8.25 ABC News 8.30 Wallender (M) Final animation 8.30 The Bill (PG) 10.30 Movie: The Take (MA) Documentary 3.00 Weatherwatch 9.15 Taggart (M) filmed in the wake of Argentina’s dra10.05 Rebus (M) matic economic collapse in 2001 where 11.20 rage (M) a movement of workers occupy bank5.00am to 6.00pm World News and rupt businesses and create jobs in the Weatherwatch ruins of the failed system 6.30 World News Australia 12.40 Movie: Alien Abduction (M 1998) An 7.30 Don Matteo (PG) average American family is abducted 6.00 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Unit One (M) by alien beings. Stars Benz Antoine, 6.00 Grumpy Old Holidays 9.35 Movie: Russian Dolls (M 2005) Kristian Ayre, Michael Buie 6.35 Wild At Heart French drama and sequel to last 2.30 Infomercials 7.35 Hamish Macbeth night’s The Spanish Apartment. Stars 8.30 Movie: Bush Christmas (PG 1983) Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris The Thompson kids chase crooks who 11.50 Movie: Taxi (M 1998) French action stole their horse. Stars Nicole Kidman, about a speed-crazy taxi driver who John Howard joins forces with an unlucky cop. 10.00 Movie: Holiday Inn (G B&W 1941) Prime informs us that it ‘will announce its Stars Marion Cotillard, Samy Naceri, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire multi-channel plans in the near future.’ Frédéric Diefenthal 11.40 Close 1.25 Weatherwatch

5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Q&A 10.00 Carbon Cops 10.30 God’s Next Army 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Best Of Landline 1.00 Best Of Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G) 2.00 The Kindness Of Strangers 3.00 Standing In The Shadows Of Motown 4.50 Slim Dusty Live 1987 6.00 The Man Inside Dame Edna 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Operation Jumbo (PG) Rescuing endangered elephants from Sumatra 8.30 Oliver Twist (M) 10.00 Compass: The Sleeping Book 10.30 Play: She Stoops To Conquer (G) Ian Redford, Mark Dexter 11.00 Movie: Speak Easily (G B&W 1932) Buster Keaton 12.25 Movie: Pot o’ Gold (G 1941) James Stewart 1.55 Movie: Two O’Clock Courage (PG B&W 1945) Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford 3.00 Psychic Investigators 3.30 Talking Heads: Tom Keneally 4.00 The Pet Show (G)

1.30 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

11.30 Movie: Christmas Story (G 1983) Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin 1.30 Carols By Candlelight 4.00 Movie: Unaccompanied Minors (PG 2006) Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama 6.00 NBN News 6.30 A Current Affair 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Elf (G 2003) Will Ferrell, Edward Asner 9.30 Movie: Razzle Dazzle (PG 2007) Ben Miller, Kerry Armstrong 11.30 Queen’s Christmas Message 11.40 Mad TV 12.40 Movie: Little City (M 1997) Jon Bon Jovi, Josh Charles, Annabella Sciorra 2.25 The Avengers (PG)

Drive World’s Strongest Man Sports Tonight Super X Australian Superbike Championship 11.00 Motorsport 1.00 Drift 1.30 BMX Mega Tour 2.30 Omnisport 3.00 Motorsport

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GO!

6.00 Kid’s Programs 1.00 Get Smart 2.00 Seinfeld 3.00 Frasier 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 Green Acres 5.30 The Nanny 6.30 Get Smart 7.30 Hogan’s Heroes 8.30 Seinfeld

9.30 Father Of The Pride (M) 10.00 South Park (M) 10.30 Reno 911 (M) 11.00 Movie: Wattstax (MA 1973) The ‘black Woodstock’ in Los Angeles 1972 features Isaac Hayes and Rufus Thomas 1.00 Movie: Jimi Hendrix (M 1973) Made three years after his death 3.00 Get Smart 3.30 Hogan’s Heroes 4.30 Reno 911 (M) 5.00 The Jetsons 5.30 Marine Boy

NBN 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from MCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 6.30 David Attenborough’s Life In Cold Blood (PG) 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Movie: Oceans Twelve (M 2004) Danny Ocean and his band team up again for three heists in Rome, London and Berlin. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia 11.00 True CSI (M) 12.00 Movie: Spinning Boris (M 2003) Russians hire American consultants to help with President Yeltsin’s re-election campaign. Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber 2.05 Skippy 2.30 Infomercials 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Movie: Gidget Goes To Rome (G 1963) Cindy Carol, James Darren, Jessie Royce Landis 3.00 Movie: Ride The Wild Surf (G 1964) Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Peter Brown 5.00 Green Acres 6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Wipeout 8.30 South Park (M) 9.30 Curb Your Enthusiasm (MA) 10.00 Weeds (MA) 11.00 Movie: Night Shift (M 1982) Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton 1.00 Big Bang Theory 2.00 South Park 3.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm (MA) 3.30 Weeds (MA) 4.30 Charlie’s Angels 5.30 The Flintstones

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ABC 1

SBS 1

PRIME

TEN

4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Best Of Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Rain Shadow 1.30 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 An Island Parish 6.30 Once A Soldier 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Working With Jane (G) Jane Campion 8.30 Lilies (PG) 9.35 Make ‘Em Laugh (M) 10.30 Late Edition News 10.40 The Girl With Eight Limbs (M) 11.30 Movie: God’s Little Acre (PG B&W 1958) Robert Ryan, Tina Louise 1.30 Movie: Let’s Live A Little (G B&W 1949) Hedy Lamarr, Robert Cummings 2.55 Worimi Bight Back (G) Crown land at Stockton Bight handed back in 2007 3.25 Island Life: Barrow Island

5.20 World News and Weatherwatch 1.00 Movie: Iberia (G 2005) French/Spanish musical. Stars Sara Baras, Antonio Canales 2.40 Movie: To Be And To Have (G) About a single-class French village school in a remote Auvergne farming community 4.30 The Journal 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Futbol Mundial 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Top Gear (PG) 8.35 Man Vs Wild Scotland 9.30 World News 10.00 The Fixer (M) 10.55 Entourage (M) 11.25 Jacquie Brown Diaries 11.55 Movie: The Devil’s Backbone (MA 2001) Mexican thriller about an orphanage that serves as a hiding place for gold. Stars Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Inigo Garces 1.45 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Murder, She Wrote 1.00 Go Go Stop 1.30 It’s Academic 2.00 Kids’ Programs 3.30 The Fairies 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 The Force 8.00 Destroyed In Seconds (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Banger Sisters (M 2002) An aging bartender who 20 years earlier partied with the likes of Frank Zappa, Jim Morrison and virtually every other rock star and roadie who passed through Los Angeles heads to Phoenix in search of her former best friend. Stars Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen, Robin Thomas, Eva Amurri 10.30 30 Rock (PG) 11.00 Parks And Recreation (M) 11.30 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (M) 12.00 Auction Squad 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle (G) Double episode 7.30 Rules Of Engagement (PG) Double episode 8.30 Stargate Universe (M) 9.30 Supernatural 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman

ABC 2

5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Little Angels (G) 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors

8.00 Teenage Kicks (PG) 8.30 Jack Osbourne (M) 9.30 Doctor Who 10.30 Massive: Recording The Single (M) 11.00 Planet Rock Profiles (PG) 11.25 Death Note (M) 12.00 Close

SBS 2

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

World News Australia India Reborn 112 Emergency (PG) Movie: Revanche (MA 2008) Austrian drama. Stars Johannes Krisch, Hanno Poeschi, Irina Potapenko 11.05 Movie: Obaba (M 2005) Spanish drama. Stars Barbara Lennie, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Eduard Fernandez 1.00 Weatherwatch

TUESDAY 29

ABC 1 4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Thunderheads (PG) 1.00 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Beachcomber Cottage 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Bush Slam: Cowra 8.30 The Queen’s Coronation Behind Palace doors 9.20 Pieces Of Me (PG) 10.10 Late Edition News 10.20 The Cut (M) 11.20 Poirot (PG) 12.10 Movie: Salt Of The Earth (PG B&W 1954) Will Geer, Rosaura Revueltas 1.50 Movie: On Dangerous Ground (M B&W 1952) Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan 3.25 Good Game (M) 3.55 Eagle And Evans (M)

ABC 2

5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs

6.00 A Place In Greece (G) 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.00 Lead Balloon (PG) 8.35 Murphy’s Law (M) 9.30 The Wire (MA) 10.30 Teachers (M) 11.20 Dirt Game: Down Among The Dead Men (PG) 12.20 Close

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7 TWO

There’s not much point in listing the programs of 7 Two until Prime agrees to broadcast them.

NBN

12.00 Medium (M) 1.00 Sex And The City (M) 1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD

6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 Motorsport 8.00 NFL Game Day 8.15 National Football League LIVE 11.25 Transworld Sport 12.20 National Football League LIVE 3.45 Surfing Moment 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Next Wave 5.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 FIFA Club World Cup Football 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 The Magic Of The FA Cup 11.00 National Football League 1.30 Sports Tonight 1.45 College Basketball 4.15 Omnisport 4.40 Raceworld Motorsport 5.30 Australian Off Road Championships

5.30 Today 9.00 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 9.30 The Shak 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from MCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8.00 The Middle (PG) 8.25 Lotto 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 Burying Brian (M) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 Young Lions (M) 1.00 WWE Afterburn (M) 2.00 Infomercials 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kid’s Programs 9.30 I Dream Of Jeannie 10.00 Bewitched 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.00 Wipeout Australia 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Vampire Diaries (M) 9.30 Nip/ Tuck (MA) 10.30 Dante’s Cove (AV) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Vampire Diaries (M) 2.00 Nip/Tuck (MA) 3.00 Dante’s Cove (AV) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones.

SBS 1

PRIME

TEN

NBN

World News Weatherwatch World News Summernight Concert Schonbrunn 2009 New Years Day concert from Wiener Philharmoniker 2.35 Spacefiles: The Universe Unveiled 3.00 And Brigitte Created Bardot 4.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide To Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Make Me Live Forever (PG) 8.30 The Circuit (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Hot Docs: Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (PG) In 1968 11.35 Movie: Jasmine Women (MA 2004) Mandarin drama about three generations of women. Stars Zhang Ziyi, Joan Chen, Lu Yi 1.50 Humanimal: Monkeys (M) 2.50 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 News 12.00 Murder, She Wrote 1.00 Go Go Stop 1.30 It’s Academic 2.00 Erky Perky 2.30 Staines Down Drains 3.00 Dive Olly Dive 3.30 The Fairies 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 Gary Unmarried (PG) 8.00 Wacked Out Sports (PG) 8.30 Private Practice (M) 9.30 Sexiest Beach Bodies (M) From Jessica Alba to Hugh Jackson and Beyonce 10.30 30 Rock (PG) 11.00 Parks And Recreation (M) 11.30 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (M) 12.00 Ships In The Coral Ben Cropp attempts to discover century old lost shipwrecks 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7.30 Accidently On Purpose (PG) 8.00 The Office (PG) 8.30 White Collar (M) 9.30 Numb3rs (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.00 House (M) 1.00 Sex And The City (MA15+)

5.30 Today 9.00 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 9.30 The Shak 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from MCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Survivor: Samoa (PG) Double episode 9.30 Movie: The Pink Panther (PG 2006) Chief Inspector Dreyfus is up for the Medal of Honour and can’t afford to make any mistakes when a famous soccer coach is murdered and his priceless ring stolen. Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyonce Knowles 11.30 Nightline 12.00 20/20 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Infomercials 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

5.20 7.15 7.25 1.00

SBS 2

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

World News Australia The Adventure Of English 112 Emergency (PG) Movie: Rally Chicks (2008) Swedish romantic comedy. Stars Eva Röse, Marie Robertson 10.40 Movie: Waiter (M 2006) Dutch black comedy. Stars Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Mark Rietman 12.25 Weatherwatch

7 TWO

In the meantime, here’s a cute picture of a dog sitting in a manger… no, sorry, it’s our policy not to publish anything in this space.

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1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD

6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 FIA GT-3 European Championship 7.30 Jayco Herald Sun Tour Cycling Highlights 8.30 Super X 9.30 College Basketball 11.30 America’s Game 12.30 National Football League 3.45 NFL Game Day 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Beach Volleyball World Tour 5.00 ASP Season Surfing 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 Golf 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Johnny Lewis Boxing Classics 11.00 National Football League 1.30 Sports Tonight 1.45 College Football 4.15 Omnisport 4.40 Sports Unlimited 5.30 Motorsport

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Hills 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 The Bachelor 9.30 Tool Academy 10.30 The Bachelorette 12.30 TMZ 1.00 The Bachelor 2.00 The Bachelorette 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

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Observe nature with stand up paddleboards

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Preference will be given to his existing patients however, even if you have not seen us before, we will do our best to get you out of pain. Have a safe, happy and healthy festive season – see you in the New Year

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For bookings phone Geoff on 0421 990785 or Fiona 0421 077995

If you have a dental emergency and need to see Dr Jon – call his mobile number 0411 031 301 and leave a message and he will get back to you as soon as he can.

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Looking for something different these holidays? Family and friends arriving and you’d like to offer them a unique day out? Book on one of our ecotours and we will teach you all to stand up, paddle on one of our beautiful North Coast waterways. This is a day of fun, enjoyable exercise, lots of relaxation and a chance to explore our marine and national parks. Gliding over the water amongst wildlife and bushland is an unforgettable experience. Anyone can do it, all ages and fitness levels ,the most comfortable way to travel on water. On our full day tours we include a scrumptious BBQ lunch after your paddle and provide morning and afternoon teas. Go to our website at www.byronstanduppaddle.com.au to see photos of our destinations and more information on your day out with us. You will also be picked up and dropped off at a central location in your town centre and travel with us in our comfortable air-conditioned courtesy bus.

Our surgery is closed from Thurday December 24 and reopening again for 2010 on January 4.

Visit www.byrondental.com for more information or call 6680 7554 for an appointment

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Our little secret – Burringbar Sports Club

Old Mill Timberyard

Tucked away in the hills between Byron and Murwillumbah sits one of the Northern River’s hidden gems. Having a drink or a meal at the Burringbar Sports Club harks back to the North Coast of years gone by, when life moved at a slower pace and everyone’s your friend. Burringbar Sports Club is the ideal place to escape to anytime, but especially so on New Years Eve if you want to avoid the bedlam and long queues of Byron and the Gold Coast. This New Year they’re putting on the amazing Zed Leppelin, Australia’s premier Led Zeppelin tribute band, whom Richie Yorke, author of the official Led Zeppelin biography, described as “…the best tribute performance to the incomparable Led Zeppelin that I’ve ever witnessed…”

If you are looking for quality timber at competitive prices then go and visit Old Mill Timberyard. They are situated on Manns Road in Mullumbimby and are open six days, 7.30-4.30 Monday to Friday and from 8-12 noon Saturday. You’ll get expert advice and be able to choose from an extensive range of products: green hardwood, kiln dried hardwood, decking and flooring, frames and trusses, fencing materials, landscaping timbers, cladding, cabinet timbers, pine-DAR and structural, engineered products, quotes and jobs lots, machining and joinery.

Old Mill Timberyard Ph: 6684 1300

Zed Leppelin at Burringbar Sports Club 8pm NYE. $15 members, $20 non members, $35 non member couples. Fourth Avenue Burringbar, ph: 6677 1188.

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Television Guide

WEDNESDAY 30

A couple of epic myths are badly underdone this week, while a new myth proves rivetting. 1. The beautiful Keira Knightley and Clive Owen project beauty and not much else in King Arthur (Prime, Friday, 8.30pm). Monty Python did it better. 2. Doug Jones – yep, that’s Doug Jones – in Pan’s Labyrinth (SBS1, Saturday, 10.05pm) a must-see film for all but the squeamish. It is simply brilliant and announces Guillermo del Toro as a top director . 3. Brad Pitt plays Achilles as a psychopath in Troy (NBN, Sunday, 8.30pm). They were probably all psychopaths – the Ancient Greeks went on and on about war.

2

ABC 1

SBS 1

4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.10 The Best In Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 My Family (PG) 8.35 Beautiful People (M) 9.05 The IT Crowd (PG) 9.35 Chandon Pictures (M) 10.00 Review With Myles Barlow (MA) 10.30 Late Edition News 10.40 Being Human (M) 11.40 Outback House (PG) 12.40 Movie: Rain (PG B&W 1932) A group is stranded in Pago Pago during an epidemic. Stars Joan Crawford 2.20 Movie: San Quentin (PG B&W 1946) Lawrence Tierney, Barton MacLane, Marian Carr, Harry Shannon 3.25 National Press Club Address

5.30 World News And Weatherwatch 1.00 Solstrom: The Special Cirque du Soleil’s magical solar wind transforms everyday life into a playful world 2.40 Spacefiles: The Universe Unveiled 3.00 The Fabric Of A Dream: The Fletcher Jones Story 4.00 Is Your House Killing You 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.35 Rex In Rome (PG) 8.30 Paper Dolls: Australian Pinups Of World War 2 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (M) 11.05 Movie: The Last Kiss (M 2000) Italian comedy about a man facing his anxieties about adulthood. Stars Martina Stella, Stefano Accorsi 1.10 Movie: The Swamp (MAV 2004) South Korean drama. Stars Ji Young Park, Jim Geun Kim 2.25 Weatherwatch

ABC 2

5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Everest ER

6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.00 No Way San Jose 8.30 Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory 9.20 Shrink Rap Salman Rushdie 10.15 Bombora Story of Australian surfing 11.15 Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves 11.50 Close

6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 How The Hell Did We Get Here? 1.30 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.05 Winter In Yellowstone 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage 8.35 Movie: The Glenn Miller Story (G 1954) James Stewart, June Allyson 10.30 Late Edition News 10.40 Sydney Symphony With Human Nature 12.10 Movie: And Now For Something Completely Different (M 1972) Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketches 1.35 Movie: Body And Soul (PG B&W 1947) John Garfield, Lilli Palmer 3.25 Eagle And Evans (M) 3.55 The Glass House (M)

ABC 2

5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Kylie Kwong: Heart And Soul 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.05 Mumbai Calling 8.30 The IT Crowd 9.00 Chandon Pictures (M) 9.30 U2 Equals BBC London 2009 10.20 Seal Soul Live Performing in Chicago 11.10 Graham Norton Show NYE special 12.10 Close

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PRIME

TEN

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 1.00 Go Go Stop 1.30 It’s Academic 2.00 Erky Perky 2.30 Staines Down Drains 3.00 Dive Olly Dive 3.30 The Fairies 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 7.30 Air Crash Investigations 8.30 City Homicide (M) 9.30 Most Shocking (PG) 10.30 Band Of Brothers (M) Final 11.40 The First 48 (M) 12.35 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

SBS 2

NBN

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle 7.30 The Simpsons (PG) 8.00 Futurama (PG) 8.30 The Cleveland Show (M) 9.00 The Simpsons (PG) 9.30 Californication (MA15+) 10.40 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.25 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.10 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M) 1.00 Sex And The City (MA15+)

1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.35 8.30 9.00

World News Australia Return Of The Bible Plagues 112 Emergency Movie: Family Law (PG 2006) Argentinian drama. Stars Daniel Hendler, Arturo Goetz, Eloy Burman 10.45 Movie: I’idole (M 2002) French drama. Stars Leelee Sobieski 12.40 Weatherwatch

ABC 1 4.30 G.P. 5.30 The Einstein Factor

THURSDAY 31

1

7 TWO

All the commercial stations have the right to broadcast a second channel in digital format.

SBS 1

PRIME

5.20 World News And Weatherwatch 6.00 Sunrise 1.00 Opera: Tosca 9.00 Morning Show 3.05 Spacefiles: The Universe Unveiled (G) 11.30 News 3.30 Office Tigers (PG) 12.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 4.00 Feast India 1.00 Go Go Stop 4.30 The Journal 1.30 It’s Academic 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 2.00 Erky Perky 6.00 Global Village 2.30 Staines Down Drains 6.30 World News Australia 3.00 Dive Olly Dive 7.30 Dinner For One 3.30 The Fairies 7.50 The Drummer Of Ravel’s Bolero 4.00 It’s Academic 8.00 My Family Feast: Cuban 4.30 Seven and Prime News 8.30 The Venice Carnival 5.00 The Zoo 9.30 World News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 10.00 Movie: Boudu (M 2005) French com6.00 Prime News edy about the house guest from hell. 6.30 Seven News Stars Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 11.50 Respect Yourself: The Stax Records 7.30 Gary Unmarried (PG) Story 8.00 Whacked Out Sports (PG) 1.50 Movie: Miffo (M 2003) Swedish roman- 8.30 Movie: The Lord Of The Rings – The tic comedy about a young minister Return Of The King (M 2003) In the wanting to make a difference. Stars final chapter of the trilogy Frodo and Jonas Karlsson, Livia Millhagen Sam return the all-corrosive ring to its 3.35 Weatherwatch origins in the molten rock of Mount Doom. Stars Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett 12.30 Infomercials 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and 5.30 Seven Early News

SBS 2

Weatherwatch

World News Australia As It Happened 112 Emergency (PG) Movie: Les Choristes (M 2004) French drama. Stars Gerard Jugot, Francois Berleand 10.45 Movie: My Wife Is An Actress (M 2001) French comedy. Stars Charlotte Cainsbourg, Terence Stamp 12.25 Weatherwatch

6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 Motorsport: FIA GT-3 European Championship 7.30 Australian Rally Championships 12.30 NBA Basketball 3.00 TNA Xplosion 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Beach Volleyball 5.00 ASP Surfing Season 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Twenty20 Cricket 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Real NBA 10.30 NBA Basketball 12.30 Sports Tonight 12.45 UCI World Road Cycling Championship 5.15 Omnisport 5.30 Australian Off Road Championships

7 TWO

Seven dragged its feet for a while, but eventually started ‘7Two’ a few weeks ago.

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Bachelorette 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs

6.00 Flintstones 6.30 Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Fringe (M) 9.30 New Amsterdam (M) 10.30 Eleventh Hour (M) 11.30 Frasier

12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Fringe (M) 2.00 New Amsterdam (M) 3.00 Eleventh Hour (M) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

TEN

NBN

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle 7.30 Movie: Back To The Future (PG 1985) Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover 10.00 Shaun Micallef’s New Year’s Rave (M) 12.00 Video Hits Welcomes 2010 1.45 The Late Show With David Letterman 2.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View

ONE HD

6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 Motorsport 7.30 National Football League 10.00 Netball Championship Grand Final 2009

12.30 ITU World Triathlon Championship Series Women’s grand final from the Gold Coast 3.00 Transworld Sport

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

5.30 Today 9.00 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 9.30 The Shak 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from MCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Superstars Of Dance 8.25 Lotto 9.30 Cold Case (M) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 The Strip (M) 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Beach Volleyball 5.00 ASP Surfing Season 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 TNA Xplosion 8.30 Hulkamania 11.30 F1 Rocks: Singapore 12.30 Omnisport 1.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 5.30 Australian Off Road Championships

2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.40

Days Of Our Lives Alive And Cooking The Zoo Pyramid Afternoon News Antiques Roadshow Hot Seat NBN News A Current Affair The Noughties – A Decade In Review New Years Eve LIVE from Sydney Harbour 9.00 Fireworks LIVE from Sydney Harbour 9.10 New Year’s Eve Countdown (M) 11.40 New Years Eve LIVE from Sydney Harbour 12.00 Fireworks LIVE from Sydney Harbour 12.10 Movie: Can’t Stop The Music (PG 1980) Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, the Village People 2.30 Infomercial 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Bachelor 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 Flintstones 6.30 Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 South Park (M) 1.00 Father Of The Pride (M) 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

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FRIDAY 1

ABC 1 4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Poirot 1.30 Lusitania: Murder On The Atlantic 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.05 National Parks 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 The Old Guys (PG) 8.35 Wire In The Blood (M) 10.05 beached az: The End (PG) Final 10.10 The Worst Christmas Of My Life (PG) 10.40 Late Edition News 10.50 Movie: Fanny Hill (M 2007) A young orphaned country girl falls into prostitution and works her way up the social ladder of bawdy 18th century London. Stars Rebecca Night 12.30 rage (M)

ABC 2

5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 What Would Happen If… 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.05 Ketch! And Hiro-Pon Get It On (PG) 8.30 Doctor Who 9.30 Ideal (M) 10.00 Star Stories (M) Kate Moss: My Rise, Fall, Rise, Fall Again, Then Rise 10.30 Radio 1’s Big Weekend Highlights 11.30 Live From Abbey Road Rascal Flatts, Kate Nash, Herbie Hancock 12.20 Close

SBS 1

6.00 Sunrise 5.00 World News And Weatherwatch 9.00 The Morning Show 1.00 Movie: Not On The Lips (G 2003) 11.30 Seven Morning News French musical. Stars Sabine Azema, 12.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) Lambert Wilson 1.00 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Ritz Life story of Cesar Ritz 4.00 Classical Destinations London & Halle 3.30 All For Kids 4.00 Kid Detectives 4.30 The Journal 4.30 Seven News 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.00 Home Improvement 6.00 Global Village 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.30 World News 6.00 Prime News 7.30 Movie: Orchestra Seats (PG 2006) 6.30 Seven News French drama. Stars Valerie LeMercier, Suzanne Flon, Cecile De France, Sydney 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer Pollack 8.30 Movie: King Arthur (M 2004) Arthur 9.15 New Year’s Day Concert Vienna and his Knights of the Round Table go Philharmonic Orchestra deep into enemy territory on a quest 11.45 Movie: Junebug (M 2005) American of adventure and profound enlightendrama about a Chicago art dealer who ment where, under the guidance of threatens the equilibrium of her deeply Merlin, Arthur struggles to find the religious middle-class in-laws in North strength to forsake his dreams and Carolina. Stars Embeth Davidtz, David change the face of history. Stars Clive Kuhn, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, 1.35 Weatherwatch Mads Mikkelsen 11.00 Movie: Rumble In The Bronx (M 1995) A Hong Kong cop visits relatives in 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and New York. Stars Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Weatherwatch Francoise Yip 6.30 World News Australia 1.00 Movie: Kissing Jessica Stein (M 2001) 7.30 Metropolis Cities of the Dark Ages A woman searches for the perfect man 8.30 112 Emergency (PG) via a match-making service and discov9.00 Movie: Warm Water Under A Red ers the perfect woman instead. Stars Bridge (MA 2001) Japanese black Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen comedy. Stars Koji Yakusho, Misa 2.30 Infomercials Shimizu, Zazuo Kitamura 11.00 Movie: The Magic Kitchen (PG 2004) Cantonese romantic comedy. Stars Sammi Cheng, Jerry Yan, Maggie Q As it is Seven’s affiliate, everybody expected 12.50 Weatherwatch Prime to broadcast 7Two.

SBS 2

7 TWO

ABC 1

SATURDAY 2

PRIME

SBS 1

TEN

NBN

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 7.30 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 8.30 Movie: Center Stage (M 2000) A group of teenagers from various backgrounds enrol at the Ballet Academy. Stars Amanda Schull, Peter Gallagher, Debra Monk, Zoe Saldana, Susan May Pratt 10.50 Outrageous Fortune (M) 11.50 Ten Late News 12.20 Sports Tonight 12.50 The Late Show With David Letterman 1.40 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show

ONE HD

6.00 College Football 9.30 Surfing 10.30 Real NBA 11.00 NBA Basketball 1.45 NBA Doubleheader Basketball 4.15 Omnisport 4.45 NFL Game Day 5.00 Surfing 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 NBA Basketball

9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Sports Soup Special

10.30 America’s Game 11.30 NBA Basketball 1.30 College Basketball 3.30 Sports Tonight Late 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Motorsport

PRIME

TEN

6.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 World News And Weatherwatch 5.00 rage (PG) 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.30 Australian International 3 Day Event 10.00 Hit List TV 11.00 Live From Abbey Road Gnarls Barkley, 1.00 Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte Stars Werner Equestrian competition in Rymill Park, 12.00 Out Of The Blue (PG) Gura, Hanno Muller-Brachmann The Feeling, The Killers Adelaide 4.15 Dance: Two Pieces For Het 12.00 Dynasties: The Bullen Family Three 1.00 Escape With ET 12.30 Classic Adelaide 2009 Five days of 1.30 Saving Babies generations of Bullens circus showmen 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer rally competition 5.30 Once Upon A Time: Walt Disney (G) 12.30 Best Of Australian Story: Back To 2.00 Life Is Wild 1.40 Movie: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (G In the 1930s, Walt Disney journeyed 3.00 Jamie’s Ministry Of Food Earth One man’s mission to feed the 1968) Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, across Europe returning with hundreds world on chemical-free food. Does 4.00 The Doctors Lionel Jeffries, Gert Frobe of illustrated books and engravings clean and green come at a cost? 5.00 Ten News 5.00 Does My Bum Look Big? (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 5.30 Sports Tonight 1.00 Hopman Cup Tennis: Australia vs 6.00 Seven News 7.30 Mythbusters Romania LIVE from Perth 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 No Leave, No Life (G) 9.15 Rockwiz (PG) 6.30 Merlin (PG) 7.00 ABC News 10.05 Movie: Pan’s Labyrinth (MAV 2006) 7.30 Movie: Edward Scissorhands (PG 7.30 Bed Of Roses (PG) 7.00 Borderline (PG) Spanish fantasy set in fascist Spain 8.25 ABC News 1990) An inventor creates a nearly 7.30 Kingdom (PG) of 1944 where the bookish young complete person who falls in love 8.30 Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2009 8.30 Movie: The Good Shepherd (M 2006) stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer 10.00 ABC News Update with the Avon girl. Stars Johnny Depp, As one of the founders of the CIA escapes into an eerie but captivating Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony 10.05 Rebus (M) Edward’s youthful idealism is slowly fantasy world. Stars Iva Baquero, Sergi 11.15 rage (M) Michael Hall eroded by his growing suspicion of the López, Maribel Verdú. Doug Jones people around him. Stars Matt Damon, 9.40 Movie: What Dreams May Come (M 12.10 SOS (M) 1998) When a man dies and finds himAngelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy 1.10 NEWStopia (M) self in heaven his wife kills herself and Blanchard, Billy Crudup 1.40 Weatherwatch goes to hell. Stars Robin Williams, Cuba 11.50 Movie: The Dancer Upstairs (AV 2002) 6.00 Kids’ Programs Godding Jr, Max Von Sydow, Annabella A dedicated police officer becomes 6.00 Clone Sciorra involved in a fateful romance with a 6.30 Wild At Heart dance instructor as he seeks to bring to 12.10 Hell’s Kitchen 1.00 Sex And The City 7.35 Hamish Macbeth 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and justice the leader of a Marxist guerrilla (MA15+) 2.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion 8.30 Movie: Tycoon (PG 1947) A man sets Weatherwatch group. Stars Javier Bardem, Juan Diego out to build a railroad for a wealthy 6.30 World News Australia Botto, Laura Morante American. Stars John Wayne, Laraine 7.30 Don Matteo (PG) 2.30 Infomercials Day, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Anthony 6.00 College Football 7.00 World Cup Golf 8.30 Unit One (M) Quinn Highlights Beijing 8.00 Mecum Auto Auction 9.35 Movie: One Nite In Mongkok (MAV 10.40 Movie: The Story Of GI Joe (PG 9.00 Transworld Sport 10.00 College Football 2004) Cantonese action. Stars Cecilia B&W 1945) Based on the columns of 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Powerboating 5.00 Cheung, Daniel Wu, Alex Fong Australian Fishing Championships 6.00 Escape war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Stars 11.35 Movie: Wild Camp (MAV 2005) With ET 6.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 7.30 Freddie Steele, Burgess Meredith French drama of a fatal attraction Sports Tonight 8.00 AFL Saturday Night Classics Prime has so far declined to broadcast 12.30 Close between a teenage girl and a forty10.00 The Poker Star 11.00 UFC Countdown Seven’s second channel and has given viewsomething sailing instructor. Stars 12.00 Sports Soup Special 12.30 Boxing ers no reasons for this decision. Isild Le Besco, Denis Lavant A2Z 2.30 Super X 3.20 Motorsport: Race Of 1.00 Weatherwatch Champions

ABC 2

SBS 2

ONE HD

7 TWO

SUNDAY 3

ABC 1 5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Q&A 10.00 Carbon Cops 10.30 Knocking (PG) 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Best Of Landline 1.00 Hopman Cup Tennis: Spain vs USA LIVE from Perth 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Penguin Adventure With Nigel Marven King, gentoo and macaroni penguins and elephant seals on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia 8.30 Movie: Wah-Wah (M 2005) Nicholas Hoult, Miranda Richardson 10.05 Compass: A Story Of The Salvos 10.40 She Stoops To Conquer (G) 11.10 Movie: Gulliver’s Travels (G 1939) Animation 12.30 Movie: Captain Kidd (PG B&W 1945) Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott 1.55 Movie: Saint’s Double Trouble (PG B&W 1940) George Sanders, Helen Whitney, Jonathan Hale 3.05 MDA (M) 4.00 The Pet Show (G)

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Inside The Actors Studio 7.00 1 Giant Leap 7.30 Pride And Prejudice 8.30 Cold Feet (M) 9.30 The Jewel In The Crown (PG) 10.30 Beautiful Noise The Black Angels 11.25 East Of Everything (PG) 12.25 Close

SBS 1 6.25 World News 10.00 A Fork In The Road: Chicago 10.30 Everyone Loves A Wedding 11.00 A Russian Resurrection 11.30 Buffalo Bill 12.30 Dakar Rally 2010 Preview 1.00 Speedweek 3.00 Football Asia 3.30 Futbol Mundial 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 5.00 The World Game 6.00 2010 Dakar Rally Daily Highlights From France 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 A History Of Scotland 8.35 Heston’s Feasts (PG) 9.30 John Adams (M) 10.40 Inspector Montalbano (M) Italian crime 12.40 Movie: Bamako (M 2006) French drama. Stars Aissa Maiga, Tiecoura Traore 2.40 Weatherwatch

SBS 2

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.35 9.20 9.30

World News Australia The World Game Nynne (M) Marx & Venus (PG) Movie: Kops (M 2002) Swedish comedy. Stars Fares Fares, Goran Ragnerstam 11.05 Movie: The Best Of Times (M 2002) Taiwanese drama. Stars Wan-mei Yu, Yu-chih Wu 1.05 Weatherwatch

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PRIME

TEN

6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Movie: The Unforgiven (PG 1968) In 1850s Texas two families are at odds with the Indians over a young woman. Stars Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy 12.45 Movie: Because Of Winn-Dixie (PG 2003) A 10-year-old girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her preacher father. Stars Annasophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson 5.00 The Rich List 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Mighty Ships (G) 7.30 Border Patrol (PG) 8.00 Coastwatch (PG) 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Movie: 48 Shades (M 2006) A high school student who chooses to move in with his young aunt and her roommate instead of going to Geneva with his parents must come to terms with living in an adult world. Stars Richard Wilson, Robin McLeavy, Emma Lung 12.30 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

7 TWO

As viewers in northern NSW don’t get to see 7Two, Prime should not be surprised to find them getting a little testy.

6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Australian Super X 1.00 Australian Fishing Championship 2.00 The Travel Bug 3.00 How To Look Good Naked 3.30 The Doctors 4.30 Boys Weekend 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Don’t Forget The Lyrics 7.30 Glee (PG) 8.30 Movie: Die Hard 2 (M 1990) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Dennis Franz 11.00 Cops (M) 12.00 Sex And The City (MA15+/M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD

6.00 College Football 9.30 National Football League Game Of The Week 12.00 NBA Game Of The Week Basketball 2.00 College Basketball 4.00 Omnisport 5.30 World Series Sprintcars 6.30 I Fish 7.00 World’s Strongest Man

7.30 Sports Tonight 8.00 Super X 9.00 Moto GP Classics 10.00 Motorsport: Goodwood Festival Of Speed 11.00 Drift 12.30 World Series Sprintcars 1.30 BMX Mega Tour 2.30 Tread BMX 3.00 Transworld Sport 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 World Cup Golf Highlights Beijing 5.30 World Heli Challenge

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1.00 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30

The View Days Of Our Lives Alive And Cooking The Kingdom Of Paramithi The Shak The Bill Engvall Show (G) Antiques Roadshow Hot Seat NBN News A Current Affair Motorway Patrol Rapid Response (PG) Movie: The Time Machine (M 2002) Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba 10.30 Movie: Unfaithful (AV15+ 2002) Diane Lane, Richard Gere 12.55 Movie: Hysterical Blindness (M 2002) Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis

3.00 Spyforce (PG) 4.00 Infomercials 4.30 Good Morning America

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Take 40 Live Presents Powderfinger 2.00 JET Live At The House Of Blues 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 ET 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Black Adder (M) 9.30 Movie: D.E.B.S. (M 2004) Sara Foster, Jill Ritchie, Devon Aoki 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Black Adder (M) 2.00 Take 40 Live Presents Powderfinger 3.00 JET Live At The House Of Blues 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN 6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today

9.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Bush Beat 12.30 Gilligan’s Island 1.00 Jack Newton Celebrity Classic 2.00 Movie: An American In Paris (G 1951) Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron 4.30 Garden Gurus 5.00 Airline 5.30 We Love Summer 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Wipeout 7.30 Crusoe 9.40 Lotto 9.30 Movie: West (AV15+ 2007) Khan Chittenden, Nathan Phillips 11.30 Movie: Life As A House (MA15+ 2001) Faced with a diagnosis of terminal cancer, a man decides to construct a beautiful new house and he tries to find love amongst the ruins of his family’s lives. Stars Kevin Kline, Hayden Christensen 2.00 Movie: And Soon The Darkness (M 1970) Claire Kelly, Pamela Franklin 4.00 Infomercials

GO!

6.00 Kid’s Programs 1.00 Get Smart 2.00 Seinfeld 3.00 Frasier 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 Green Acres 5.30 The Nanny 6.30 Get Smart 7.30 Hogan’s Heroes 8.30 Seinfeld 9.30 Father Of The Pride (M) 10.00 South Park (M) 10.30 Reno 911 (M) 11.00 Movie: Ziggy Stardust (PG 1973) DA Pennebaker, David Bowie 12.40 Movie: The Song Remains The Same (MA 1976) Peter Clifton, Led Zeppelin 3.00 Get Smart 3.30 Hogan’s Heroes 4.30 Reno 911 (M) 5.00 The Jetsons 5.30 Marine Boy

NBN 6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Second Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from SCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 6.30 David Attenborough’s Life In Cold Blood (PG) 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Movie: Troy (M 2004) Paris, Prince of Troy and Helen, Queen of Sparta ignite a passion that will devastate a civilisation. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom 12.00 Movie: Pavement (AV15+ 2002) When a San Francisco woman is murdered her brother joins forces with the police. Stars Robert Patrick, Lauren Holly 2.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2.30 Infomercials 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Movie: Trouble With Angels (G 1966) Ida Lupino, Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding 3.00 Movie: When Angels Fly (PG 1982) Jennifer Dale, Robin Ward, Patricia Collins, David Gardner 5.00 Green Acres 6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Wipeout 8.30 South Park (M) 9.30 Curb Your Enthusiasm (MA) 10.00 Weeds (MA) 11.00 Movie: The Cable Guy (M 1996) Jim Carrey, Matthew, Broderick, Leslie Mann 1.00 Wipeout 2.00 South Park (M) 3.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm (MA) 3.30 Weeds (MA) 4.30 Charlie’s Angels 5.30 The Flintstones

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MONDAY 4

ABC 1 4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Best Of Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Cook And The Chef 1.00 Hopman Cup Tennis: Russia vs Germany LIVE from Perth 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Elders With Andrew Denton: Father Des Reid (PG) Ministering over three continents from isolated communities in east Africa to illegal immigrants in Australian detention centres 8.40 Lilies (M) 9.45 Make ‘Em Laugh (M) 10.30 Late Edition News 10.50 Capturing The Friedmans (MA) 12.40 Movie: The Bat (G B&W 1959) Vincent Price, Agnes Moorhead 2.00 Psychic Investigators (PG) 2.30 MDA: Chinese Walls (M) 3.25 Island Life: Macquarie Island Health of the Southern Ocean

ABC 2

5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Little Angels (G)

TUESDAY 5

6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.00 Teenage Kicks (PG) 8.30 Jack Osbourne (M) 9.30 Doctor Who 10.30 Massive: The Music Video (M) 11.00 London Live: Kayne West (M) 11.30 Death Note (M) 12.00 Close

SBS 1

PRIME

TEN

World News and Weatherwatch Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia Final Image The Thirties In Colour Moon For Sale The Journal The Crew Futbol Mundial 2010 Dakar Rally Daily Highlights From France 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Top Gear (PG) 8.35 Man Vs Wild European Alps 9.30 World News 10.00 The Fixer (M) 10.50 Entourage (MA) 11.25 Jacquie Brown Diaries 11.50 Movie: G.O.R.A. (M 2005) Turkish comedy about a dodgy carpet salesman who is kidnapped by aliens and his knowledge of action flicks is the only thing that can save him. Stars Cem Yilmaz, Rasim Oztekin, Ozkan Ygur 2.05 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 All For Kids 9.30 Go Go Stop 10.00 Murder, She Wrote 11.00 Seven Morning News 11.30 Brisbane International Tennis 5.00 Home Improvement 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 The Force (PG) 8.00 Destroyed In Seconds (PG) 8.30 Movie: Stakeout (M 1987) Convinced that an escaped convict is headed for an ex-girlfriend’s, a pair of Seattle detectives stake out her apartment. Stars Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn 11.00 30 Rock (PG) Double episode 12.00 The First 48 (M) 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle (G) 7.00 The 7pm Project 8.00 Futurama (PG) 8.30 Stargate Universe (M) 9.30 Supernatural (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The 7pm Project 12.15 The Late Show With David Letterman 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

5.20 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00

NBN

ONE HD

SBS 2

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

World News Australia India Reborn 112 Emergency (PG) Movie: Don’t Move (MA 2004) Italian drama. Stars Penelope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto 11.05 Movie: Three Suns (MA 2004) Swedish drama. Stars Lena Endre, Kjell Bergqvist 12.50 Weatherwatch

7 TWO

In fact, since they have given no explanation or apology, Prime are risking the goodwill of their viewers by refusing to air 7Two.

6.00 Australian Fishing Championships 7.00 Motorsport 8.00 NFL Game Day 8.15 National Football League LIVE 11.25 Sports Unlimited 12.20 National Football League LIVE 3.45 NFL Game Day 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Next Wave 5.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 The Magic Of The FA Cup 9.00 FA Football Classics 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Football 11.00 National Football League 1.30 Sports Tonight Late 1.45 TNA Xplosion 2.45 Omnisport 3.15 College Basketball 5.15 Surfing Moment 5.30 World Heli Challenge

5.30 Today 9.00 Hi-5 9.30 The Shak 10.00 Second Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from SCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8.00 The Middle (PG) 8.25 Lotto 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 Burying Brian (M) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 Young Lions (M) 1.00 WWE Afterburn (M) 2.00 Infomercials 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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Dean Spanley It attains the sublime because it so perilously courts the ridiculous, averting it by the skin of its canine teeth. A reincarnated soul helps lift a veil that has hidden traumatic events in an old man’s past. Closure is brought to a son’s death in the Boer War and rapprochement is arrived at with another. Sam Neill has never been better and Bryan Brown, Peter O’Toole and Jeremy Northam complete a superb ensemble. Funny too.

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Let The Right One In The eroticism traditionally associated with the vampire genre plays second fiddle to the constant imperative to find fresh cadavers. But love blooms for little Eli and Oskar in this sweet but fully weird and murderous Swedish movie. The pathetic saga of Twilight’s Bella The Combination Easily the best local film of and Edward is teenybopper the year – bar none. A blonde tosh by comparison. Aussie chick becomes involved with a western suburbs Leb whose younger brother is tangled up in drug dealing and gang warfare. Electric and uncompromising, brutal and tender, with an extraordinary no-names cast providing real heat.

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Looking For Eric Concerned with friendship, redemption and that golden second chance that we need to come our way when life’s trials and tribulations get a bit much. It’s the film that the Coen boys might have made had they not been in such awe of their own narky smugness. Includes some great goals by the footballer/ philosopher Eric Cantona.

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The Boat That Rocked A must-see just for its infectious, unadulterated fun … and for the nostalgia of its groovy soundtrack … and for Gemma Arterton looking drop dead gorgeous in her Mary Quant mini … and for the wonderfully corny Dunkirk ending.

As for ‘Samson and Delilah’ and its glittering prizes – to quote Jackie Robinson, the legendary black baseballer; ‘of course, there are some liberals who always like to bow to the stands’.

THE JOE COCKERS Brüno Pink Panther 2 Elegy Knowing All About Steve Seven Pound Paul Blart: Mall Cop Wolverine Transporter 3 Watchmen

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Gran Torino Story – that’s what it’s all about, and the veteran Clint Eastwood has mastered the art of telling it. Older but wiser, he has softened over the years without eschewing the high moral code that underpins his art. Coming to grips with the new and embracing differentness are challenges we all face. Stark but poetic, and tremendously moving.

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Slumdog Millionaire Flash, colourful, melodramatic and fresh out of the Ikea tandoori, we Indo-philes found its picturesque poverty irresistible. I suspect that it might not date as well as others, so ‘of its time’ is it, but what the hell. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl and is re-united with her after going all the way on a quiz show. The kid plunging into the poo is priceless.

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Easy Virtue ‘…for the times, they are a’changin’, dahling. In post-WWI Britain, a blue-blood family is ruptured by the arrival of an American bride who is unwilling to behave according to the rules that have been entrenched by generations of privilege. A beautiful period piece. Jessica Biel is luminous, butter wouldn’t melt in Kristin Scott Thomas’s mouth and Colin Firth digs deeper than he’s usually asked to. Check it out on DVD for the funniest can-can ever.

eight Moon

A solitary astronaut working for a mining company on the Moon, counting the days ’til he returns to Earth, is freaked out when his clone appears on the scene. Old fashioned sci-fi that is provocative, suspenseful and bleakly funny, it feels more real than any of the recent squillion-dollar blockbusters. Featuring an unforgettable performance from Sam Rockwell.

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Surrogates A simple story with an urgent message. In a society addicted to cyber reality, a jaded, lovelorn cop champions our warts and all humanity – but will his primal scream be heard? If you rejected it because it stars Bruce Willis, you missed a beauty. Terrific effects, too.

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Welcome to The Echo’s new look eating out guide. Here you will find some of the best local dining on offer. Restaurant owners take note: Good Taste provides you with the chance to tell your customers more about your business with ample room for that extra information that may not fit in a small advertisment. Great introductory rates are on offer, call 6684 1777 to find out more.

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Shelly’s on the Beach Open 7 days. Shelly Beach Road, East Ballina 6686 9844

With only the freshest food and smiling service, Shelly’s is the place to go for a relaxed meal or coffee, with one of the greatest uninterrupted views along the north coast. With a mud cake to die for, come down and indulge.

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Sandbar and Restaurant

Come sample the fresh local ingredients used to bring you contemporary variations on Thai Classics. Our Open Friday and Saturday award winning Thai restaurant is fully licensed with a night from 5.30pm great selection of wines, beers, spirits and cocktails. 6687 2000 37 Byron St, Bangalow BYO and Liscensed

BANGALOW PIZZA CO

Bangalow Pizza Co 3/36 Byron St, Bangalow Home delivery, dine in or takeaway 6687 1271

Fishheads Open seven days, 7.30am-11.30pm Byron Bay – 1 Jonson St 6680 7632 Bangalow – 2 Byron St 6687 2883

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Utopia

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Open Tues-Sat 33 Byron St, Bangalow 6687 1010

Billi’s Thai

Open breakfast & lunch from 8am everyday. And dinner sat from 6pm 13 Byron St, Bangalow 6687 2088

thai restaurant

Open Wed-Sun from 6pm Dine in or takeaway Billinudgel Village 6680 3352

For over eight years Bangalow Pizza Company have been creating mouth watering pizzas, using only the freshest ingredients and finest produce. With all bases and sauces made instore only. A great place to take the family. Four sizes of pizza to choose from. Gourmet pizza menu, lasagne and salads. Serving great coffee. Dine or take away. BYO available.

‘An iconic Byron dining experience, Fishheads serves fresh seafood on the main beach, dine in or takeaway seven days a week. The Fishheads Ultimate Seafood Platter is our signature dish and perfect for sharing between two. (BYO) Fishheads is also located in Bangalow (licensed) at the top of the town.’

Awarded a Chefs Hat in the 2010 Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide, a Highly Recommended award from Gourmet Traveller Wine 2009 and a star from the 2010 Courier Mail Queensland Food & Wine Guide. Tetsuya trained Shannon Debreceny’s European inspired cuisine is served as a seasonal degustation with vegetarian option. Five courses $65.

Offering exciting, original menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner. An extensive selection of cakes and pastries baked on the premises are available and a unique Utopia blend of organic coffee harvested from the local area is available.

Jean Claude Restaurant

For over 15 years Billi’s Thai has recreated the traditional taste of Thailand in Billinudgel. Offering an extensive menu, scrumptious desserts, specials board, and western style kids menu. The whole family will enjoy the relaxed village atmosphere from the covered verandah or inside dining area. Be part of the best-kept secret in the shire! OPEN NEW YEARS EVE!

Pacific Dining Room

Dominic’s Ristauranté

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Australian company Sunbeam Foods has introduced a Future Farmers Fund designed to keep young Australians on our farms by creating positions and careers for them. This national initiative, in partnership with Rural Skills Australia, is open to any farmers involved in horticulture and is a way to secure the future of the ever-dwindling farming community. The Sunbeam Future Farmers program will match farmers with young Australians considering or participating in a full, part-time or school-based Australian apprenticeship in Production Horticulture, enabling the apprentices to develop their practical skills on the land and be certificated. By contributing to the costs of the apprenticeship, the program also provides a financial incentive for the farmers. In addition to this, Sunbeam is undertaking a $2 million facility upgrade so they can buy and process more fruit from Australian farmers, re-igniting what has been a lethargic industry in recent years and vastly reducing the importation of overseas product. Sunbeam sees the Future Farmers program as a way of thanking the rural industryy for its continued support pp in the supply of quality dried fruit and nuts.

BYO, Lunch: Tues-Sun, Dinner Tues-Sat 6664 5248 Mallanganee Lookout, Bruxner Highway

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Orient Express

fatbellykat 26 Tweed St, Brunswick Heads Open Wed-Sun from 6pm 6685 1100

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The Bruns Brasserie specialises in local produce, fresh seafood and seasonal menu changes. Daily selections include bangers and mash, grilled snapper, and thick, juicy 450g T-bone steaks. Gourmet coffees and delicious desserts are also available. Lunch or group dinner bookings upon request.

‘Foodies keen to escape Byron Bay’s bustle, head for this little gem’ – Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide. Modern Greek mezze with dishes from $3.90 to $25.90. Gluten free and vego options. If oysters are your thing, this is the place. Fully licensed. Current menu online – www.fatbellykat.com.

Slow Food Australia has launched a public campaign supporting the right of Australian artisan cheese makers to produce raw milk cheese and Australian consumers the right to eat it. Raw milk products are available throughout Europe, Canada, the United States, and shortly to be produced in New Zealand. Archaic regulations are preventing Australian producers from making raw milk products – which offer greater flavour and textures of complexity and length, thereby retaining the inherent and distinctive qualities of the milk. This may be the cause Slow Food Australia has been looking for. If successful, it could silence the critics who periodically level at it charges of inertia, political quibbling, lack of community support and the inability to have a real impact on protecting and improving the local food industry.

Located at the magnificent Mallanganee lookout, Jean Claude Restaurant is an authentic French restaurant with a view. A real family affair we would love for you to come visit our restaurant and experience the culinary delights of traditional French cooking in the Northern Rivers. Bookings essential. www.frenchrestaurantnorthernrivers.com.au

Pacific Dining Room is the Open 7 days 7am-10am, essence of 6pm-late Byron Bay laidback Next to the Beach Hotel, luxe. A perfect setting Bay St, Byron Bay for enjoying delectable 6685 6402 Restaurant Bar Weddings Events fresh local food and an pacificdiningroom.com.au exceptional wine list.

Now in its twelth year Dominic’s is still offering great food in a relaxed atmosphere. Open seven nights a week from 5pm offering daily specials, an extensive Open 7 days from 5pm wine list and all the menu favourites. Come and dine in Fingal St, Brunswick Heads or grab some takeaway. Bookings recomended. 6685 1688

Open daily 11.30am-2.45pm, 5.30pm-9.00pm Mullumbimbi St, Brunswick Heads 6685 1341

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With postcard views over Shaw’s Bay and amazing food, Sandbar is a favourite with the locals. Our Spanish chef creates authentic tapas, and modern Open 7 days for summer European flavours, complemented by friendly service. Lunch & Dinner We look forward to seeing you at Sandbar. Open for 6686 6602 lunch, dinner, cocktails and tapas. Cooking classes and www.sandbarrestaurant.com.au catering also available. Check website for details.

While the name says takeaway, there is ample seating for all to share. Home-made chips accompany a wide variety of local seafood prepared in tempura batter. Open 7 days from midday. So kick off your shoes and feel the sand beneath your Bay Lane – behind the toes, and enjoy this fine dining in a box. Beach Hotel 6680 8080

Open 7 nights 5.30pm-9pm Yum Cha – Fri, Sat, Sun 11.30am-3.00pm 1/2 Fletcher St, Byron Bay 6680 8808

With our authentic weekend yum cha lunches, come ready to savour the flavour of Asia. For dinner come and choose from a selection of pan-Asian dishes, best accompanied by one of the Orient’s gourmet teas served from a traditional teapot. Live music Monday to Friday. ‘If it screams oriental, it’s meant to be’ – The Gold Coast Bulletin.

Dish Restaurant & Marvell Bar

Welcome to Byron Bay’s premium dining experience. Dish restaurant offers you and your guests a fresh, modern and original menu to Open 7 days from 5pm delight, excite and satisfy the palate Cnr Jonson St & Marvel St in a most beautiful and relaxed 6685 7320 atmosphere. Come and see why www.dishbyronbay.com.au we were awarded a star in the 2010 Courier Mail Food & Wine Guide.

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Marg tells me. Next door to where they were living the little school had been washed away in the tsunami and was being rebuilt – so Marg proposed herself as a volunteer teacher, and was accepted. ‘I really, really enjoyed it’, she says, eyes shining. Not only that but the couple began offering private tutoring sessions to many of their Thai friends in their own home. Because they simply wanted to help they didn’t charge any fees but, Marg tells me, ‘Thais being Thais they wanted to bring something, a small snack… and then they started to teach me how to cook in exchange for the lessons.’ Suddenly Paul and Marg were experiencing a wide range of dishes they had never previously encountered and to be sure It’s funny how some people become so might not have voluntarily chosen to eat. Their utterly enchanted by a particular country eyes, or perhaps their taste buds, were being and a culture very different from their own opened; and so in turn they began to cook, that they seem, in a sense, to adopt it as experiment, play around with ingredients. their second homeland. I – along with many Every three months they would travel to a I have met – have certainly done it with Italy; different part of Thailand and neighbouring my oldest friend has done it with Indonesia countries for about ten days, trying out all and specifically with Bali where for the last the regionally diverse dishes. They would six years she has spent Christmas (this will taste-test dishes on their Thai friends and be her seventh). Around the Shire there are students who would report back later on their those who periodically head over to India; I even know a woman who returns regularly to relative successes and failures. ‘They were brutally honest’, smiles Marg. ‘For Thai people Tasmania – admittedly not a foreign country although by its very place in the world as good everything stops for food.’ It began to develop into a passion, with visiting Australian friends as one. begging for recipes. ‘We never intended For Margaret and Paul King it is Thailand. Both writing a cookbook’, Paul admits, ‘it just originally from Casino, they married in 1991 evolved.’ and honeymooned in Phuket; so besotted And so, after three years when they returned were they with the place that they made a point of going back every two years thereafter. to Australia and to Byron Bay, they set about compiling all the recipes. Paul photographed They formed a lot of friendships there over the years – but it took the Boxing Day tsunami the dishes and a Nerang printing company transformed it all into a glossy royal purple to force them into a re-examination of their and gold book entitled The King’s Taste of life and to view it as ‘too short’. They headed Thailand. A cute chilli rating system indicates back to Phuket to see what they could do to how hot each of the simple recipes is; there assist. Initial notions of working at one of the is a useful glossary at the back; and Marg many orphanages were frustrated when they assures me that she has adapted each recipe discovered that these were already wellto ensure that, while remaining utterly faithful supported ; it became, however, increasingly evident that they could be of far greater use if to its origins, all its ingredients can be found they were to teach English. Paul’s background here in Australia. This beautiful example of self-publishing may be obtained from Bay in real estate and Marg’s in banking (a tally of Seafoods and Reflections of Byron (both in 13 and 15 years respectively, mostly based in Byron Bay), the Kitchen Shelf in Lismore, the Byron Bay) were not going to stand them in particularly good stead as far as teaching was Amcal pharmacy in Ballina or ordered online (www.kingstasteof.com) – retailing for around concerned and so they ‘went to school for 6 months (to learn Thai) then did a Tefal course’, $30. And nicely in time for Christmas too.

Fresh Open 7 days 7am-11pm 7 Jonson St (beach end), Byron Bay Licensed & BYO 6685 7810

The Balcony Breakfast, lunch & sunset balcony dining Cnr Jonson St & Lawson St, Byron Bay 6680 9666 www.balcony.com.au

Open 7 days for dinner Lunches by appointment 32 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 5355 or 0421 771 822

Beach Kitchen Open 8am till late At the Beach Hotel, Bay St, Byron Bay 6685 6402 www.beachhotel.com.au

Thai@Byron Open for dinner 7 days. $9.90 lunch Mon-Fri Feros Arcade, Jonson St, Byron Bay 6685 6737

Beachside breakfast, lunch and dinner right in the heart of town overlooking Main Beach, Byron Bay’

Thai at Byron offers traditional recipes from northeast and southern Thailand, specially prepared to tantalise your tastebuds. Try the popular red duck curry, the succulent seafood platter with chilli and basil, the famous pad thai, or the delicious laksa.

O-Sushi

Eat in or takeaway. Byron Bay – Woolies Plaza, Jonson St Winner: Best 02 6685 7103 Sushi Bar – NSW Coolangatta – Showcase on the Beach region. 07 5536 5455 www.osushi.com.au

Belongil Beach Cafe Mon-Sun 7.30am-3pm 33 Childe St, Byron Bay 6685 7144

Earth ‘n‘ Sea Pizza Open lunch and dinner 7 days – 12pm-2:30pm & from 5pm. Cnr Fletcher St & Byron St, Byron Bay. 6685 6029

WhyNot! Open 7 days from 6am. Jonson St Byron Bay 6680 7994

Locals looking to escape the bustle of Byron love the Belongil Beach Cafe for something different. Eat on decks under the trees with the sound of the waves in your ears, in a casual atmosphere but with an emphasis on quality food and good coffee. If you’re not lucky enough to be staying in the Belongil, it’s just a few minutes stroll along the beach to Main Beach.

At the end of the day, Earth ‘n’ Sea makes better tasting pizzas, we use real food. We’re proud to say that there’s no way we can guarantee a pizza in two minutes. Our meals are hand-made from scratch, nothing is pre-made and everything is fresh. Our pizzas are made with love by our Earth ‘n’ Sea certified pizzaholics.

By day, WhyNot! is relaxed cafe, where you can plug into wireless internet, play a game of chess, or chill out in the daybed lounge. All whilst savouring all our breakfast and lunch menus have to offer. By night, you can sit at the bar and select from over 60 wines, a wide range of beers, liqueurs, spirits and cocktails

Byron Orion

Curry House All day cont. breakfast 7am-3pm, Curry House dinner 5.30pm-11pm, cocktail lounge till 3am 5/2 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6685 6828

The Orion Curry House has had top reviews by international travel magazines as the great curry house by the sea. The annual winner/finalist of the Indian Award of Excellence, the Orion is also producing the best coffee by Segafredo, continental all day breakfast, lunch, curry house dinner, and the mystical ambience to match. The 3am cocktail lounge and entertainment will be the highlight of this summer. RSVP for private functions in upstairs lounge is recommended.

Sophisticated blend of flavours and textures with an ever changing menu, for breakfast lunch or dinner and tapas all day. Matched by an exciting wine list and arguably the best cocktails in town, your taste buds will be tantalised and so will your eyes as you look over the streets of Byron and enjoy the eclectic vibe of The Balcony.

Fig Tree Restaurant

Thursday Night Farmers Market Dinner: 4 courses $40.

Lunch: Fri-Sun Dinner: Thurs-Sat Overlooking Byron Bay 6684 7273 figtreerestaurant.com.au

Set Menu: 2 courses $30. 3 courses $40.

Our 60 seat al fresco dining room overlooking the ocean has a reputation as the best dining in the Lunch and Dinner 7 days region! We use the freshest local produce and seafood Watego’s Beach, Byron Bay combined with the exquisite mix of modern Australian 6685 5366 and Thai flavours. Beautifully cooked and stylishly presented – we spare no expense in sourcing quality produce.

African Village

The Restaurant at the Byron at Byron

Lemongrass

Lunch and dinner 7 days Broken Head Road Byron Bay 6639 2111

Tandoor Palace is the Indian restaurant in Byron Shire. Tandoor Palace was a 2009 finalist in Excellence Indian/ Subcontinental Restaurant Award in the Northern Region. With seating for up to 100 it is an excellent venue for birthdays and other functions. Bollywood dance can be organised for Christmas parties. Local special: 10% discount on food bill for reservations. Happy hour meal deal: Curry, rice, papadam and beer only $19.99.

With a whole new look and refurbished decor that includes local artists’ work, Fresh is a destination spot. Fresh is the perfect rendezvous for a romantic interlude. With gorgeous afternoon sunlight, live ambient music starting at dusk, comfortable seating and cool people around you, it’s the place of choice to see and be seen…

Rae’s on Watego’s

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Tandoor Palace

Set within the stunning rainforest of the multi-award winning Byron at Byron Resort and Spa. Serving innovative seasonal fare based on the freshest local produce from head chef Gavin Hughes. Awarded a Star in the 2010 Courier Mail Queensland Food & Wine Guide.

BYRON BAY

Victoria Cosford

Open Wed-Sat 6.30pm till late Live Jazz on Thursdays Fully licensed. Bookings essential 6685 8526

After Paris, Lyon and Melbourne, French chef Igor Persan is bringing authentic traditional French cuisine to Byron Bay. French staff, French food, affordable French wine list and Belgian beers and incomparable Parisian hostess, Chauby will take you on a journey to France. Vegetarian and gluten-free friendly, parties and functions welcome, gift vouchers. For our seasonal menus, prices, opening dates, check our regularly updated website: www.thepetitsnail.com.au.

2/130 Jonson St, Byron Bay. Open Mon-Sat 5.30pm-10pm 6680 7080

‘Real African food’ is the motto of this one-of-a-kind eatery in the heart of Byron. Using exotic spices imported straight from mother Africa , this friendly haven serves authentic village-style west and north African cuisine. Live music nights and unique flavours make it an exciting dining experience. Try the goat! Caters for vegans, vegetarians, coeliacs and halal diners.

The only exclusively Vietnamese restaurant in town, this intimate space spilling out into a courtyard offers Open 7 days up fabulous dishes packed full of herbs, spices and Shop 3/17 Lawson Arcade varied textures. The traditionally light and healthy style Phone orders welcome of cuisine ensures the freshness and natural tastes of 6680 8443 food are preserved as much as possible. It’s a popular spot so bookings are recommended.

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sapote

Cafe Sapote Open daily for breakfast and lunch 21 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay 6680 8016

Muoi’s Feast Lunch: Tues-Sat Dinner: Mon-Sat 11 Fletcher St, Byron Bay Bookings Essential 6685 7557

Muoi’s Feast has created a strong following since opening in 2003. Winning numerous awards for it’s international cuisine, the Asian section of the menu is the predominant favourite. Enjoy for lunch or dinner.

Olivo

One of Byron’s consistently excellent restaurants. Serving a contemporary Australian menu, Olivo 34 Jonson St – opposite provides a stylish relaxed atmosphere right in the heart Hotel Great Northern of town. Open 7 days from 6.30pm Reservations appreciated 6685 7950

The Deck Byron Bay Golf Club Lunch: Tues-Sat 11am-2.30pm Dinner: Wed-Sat 5.30pm-9pm 6685 6470

Bollywood Kitchen

CASUARINA

Bamboo Restaurant & Lounge Bar

KINGSCLIFF

Fins

LENNOX HEAD

Opes Restaurant and Bar

MULLUMBIMBY

6/108 Jonson St, Byron Dinner Mon-Sat 5pm-late Lunch (takeaway only) Wed 11.30am-2.30pm 6680 7718

Poinciana

Newly renovated ‘The Deck’ has been transformed into a modern and laid back venue, complete with lounge and deck dining options, not to mention one of the most picturesque settings around. Can’t wait to see you at The Deck at Byron.

North Indian food at its most authentic is what you are guaranteed in this snug little restaurant. The naan bread must be tasted to be believed, service is warm and friendly and prices amongst the lowest in town. Bring your own wine and a big appetite!

Australian cuisine created by chef Greg Pieper. Greg uses produce sourced locally in the Tweed region and was awarded the prestigious Chef’s Hat – the toque – by the SMH Good Food Guide 2009/2010. Poolside at Santai Resort, Located at Casuarina, next to the spectacular lagoons 9 Dianella Drive, Casuarina and tropical gardens of Santai resort, Bamboo is a hidden treasure. 6670 5555

Salt Village, Kingscliff 02 6674 4833 dining@fins.com.au Dinner 7 days Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun

Open 7 days. Weekend breakfasts from 8am, tapas all day, lunch from 12pm, dinner from 6pm 90 Ballina S,t Lennox Head 6687 7388

Food Bar Cafe Music 55 Station St, Mullumbimby 6684 4036 www.poincianacafe.com

La Table 72 & 72a Burringbar St, Mullumbimby Cafe: 6684 2220 Mon-Fri 8-4, Sat 9-2 Restaurant: 6684 2227 Wed-Sat from 6pm www.latable.com.au

Yum Yum Tree Café Open 7 days from 8am to 2.30pm, from 2.30pm to 3.30pm for coffee and cake. Now open for dinner Thurs, Fri & Sat. 6680 3368 50 River St, New Brighton

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New Years Eve at FINS: Degustation Menu $150pp (6 courses) 8.00pm-9.00pm arrival. Early Bird Menu $99pp (4 courses) 5.30pm-6.30pm arrival (2 hour seating). Chefs Hats every year in the Good Food Guide since 1998.

all fours and growling at the umbrella stand. ‘Sir may be interested to know that it is the 1989 Climate Change Early Prognostication Cabernet Merlot,’ said Sanders the butler, the doyen of gentlemen’s gentlemen. ‘If I may be so bold, the discerning member might find in its textures a hint of ripe smugness and an afterpalate of rosemary.’ Sanders was spot on in his description. I believe I also detected a note of selfrighteousness masked by premonitions of blueberry and a backwash of mint. The wine served as a precursor to Chef’s Potage De Bandicoot in a Smother of Lemongrass accompanied by a side dish of Jenny Wren, the ingredients for which were all fetched from the site of our old clubhouse at Myocum, which we had converted to a fauna reserve and a rest home for council executives overstressed by

Pizza Paradiso Takeaway, dine in and home delivery BYO Open 7 days from 5pm Suffolk Park Shopping Centre 6685 3101

lifting heavy documents in incomprehensible jargon. The soup we followed with a Grilled Albacore with New Potatoes, and for afters we hoed into a simply divine Jaboticaba Sorbet, drizzled with Cognac. Dining is the prerequisite for a meaningful life, n’est-ce pas? That and an annual income of at least $5 million, and a good woman with a mean whip hand or a capable manner with dairy products. If one is waiting, as that Russian chap Turgenev crudely put it, in the slaughter line for that nimble butcher Death to do his work, one might as well have a pleasant wait, what? As the afternoon wore on, one of the groundsmen picked out Beethoven’s Eroica on his ukelele, Abbotsleigh discovered the inner meaning of his shoelaces and that splendid chap Sanders brought round the absinthe cart. Bliss.

Artisan pizzas hand crafted on the premises using the freshest local produce and the best of traditional and modern styles. Selection of flat breads. Large range of vegetarian pizzas and pastas. Gluten-free base available.

Relaxed and friendly beach side restaurant featuring modern Australian cuisine, tapas and cocktails. Don’t skip dessert – you’ll be sorry!

Ché Bon

With freshly made on premises croissants baked daily for breakfast you know you are getting only the Now open for breakfast, freshest and best. All our products are made on the Open Wed-Sat from 6pm premises and all our products are sourced from only and Sunday lunch local suppliers. Be sure to come taste the best this area The Old Church, Tintenbar has to offer. 6687 8221

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Their chicken burger (bacon and brie, roast capsicum, rocket and aioli) just runs out the door of this smart yet affordable licensed eatery. Pop in for nachos and a Corona for $16 or just excellent coffee and lovely cakes. Open every day, it’s a cool and airy venue which guarantees something for everyone.

We bought Tuvalu for a song post-Copenhagen, cut it adrift from its rapidly sinking coral underpinnings and buoyed it up with some tasteful anodised steel flotation devices, bought for a song from Halliburton when they were no longer required for executive bunkers in Iraq. This was offshore diversification at its finest. It was nice to have a retreat in the Pacific and we made the best of it by building a 36 hole golf course. We soon learnt to counteract the effects of under-island wave action with a deft twist of the mashie niblick. The original inhabitants, too, benefited from our benign despotism. Firstly, they did not have to vacate the premises. In addition to that, many found employment on the golf course and in the clubhouse; local fishers supplemented our diet and several chaps took to wearing woven palmfrond panamas – a cottage industry was born which found markets in Paris and London. ‘I say,’ said Abbotsleigh, as we sat on the clubhouse deck, staring out to the flying fish cavorting in the bay, the sun glinting on their scales like diamonds flashing around Elizabeth Taylor’s neck, ‘this red really hits the spot.’ Said chap had accompanied his beverage with a handful of Lophophora williamsii, which may have accounted for him occasionally dropping onto

Open 7 days for breakfast and lunch from 8am and Friday and Saturday night for dinner and drinks. If you haven’t checked out the Poinciana at night then you’re missing a unique dining experience. There’s no better place to kick back on a summer night listening to some great tunes while resident mixer Doctor Jay entices you with one of his unique cocktails.

Red Ginger

We have the full range of fine teas, Asian groceries and frozen Yum Cha for all your Christmas entertaining needs plus a good range of the exotic and hard to find ingredients: excellent saffron, Middle Eastern spices – Za’atar, Sumac, Baharat, Ras El Hanout, Persian fairy floss – for an exotic touch to summer desserts.

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Cafe: Enjoy our tropical garden setting. Fabulous organic products including coffee, milks, juices, breads... Delicious house baked cakes and pastries. Great value breakfasts and lunches. Restaurant: Creative modern French cuisine with a light touch in stylish, relaxed surroundings. Fully licensed. Christmas Eve & Boxing Day special: Free glass of sparkling. New Years Eve special: 5 course meal featuring French Folk Music by Monsieur Louis $85pp.

Byron Health Foods Distribution

We are suppliers of wholesome, organic foods and fresh spices. We sell only the highest quality products where organic and certified organic are available, which means you know you’re getting the best. Wholesale traders in Asian foods, George’s Yoghurt and the desired Turkish bread.

The ‘Yum Yum Tree’ was a traditional meeting place for the first Australians of our area. A place to take sustenance, and catch up with old and new friends. Come notice the extra flare, enthusiasm and personal touch of the Yum Yum Tree Café team, a collection of professional, down to earth people, enjoying their day serving you the tastiest meals and drinks.

Luscious Foods

Byron Bay: Jonson St (opp. Dendy Byron Bay) 6680 9779 Bangalow: Byron St (behind Aurora) 6687 2088

Open: Mon-Fri 8am-3pm 1/77 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay Phone: 6685 5188 Fax: 6685 6670

1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industry Estate 6680 8228 lusciousfoods@bigpond.com

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STARS

The leadup to our infant century’s second decade has challenging planetary patterns, so play it safe on the Big Nights Out. That said, I bring you tidings of joy – which are that each star sign can make its own personal contribution to the season of goodwill…

Mungo’s Crossword

WITH LILITH

ARIES: Aries’ gift to the world is their ability to simplify – something that’s essential with Mars retrograde in your house of fun. The festive season’s more clamorous than amorous, so don’t push it – whether you’re partying hearty or low key, make the coming weeks a summer of love.

CANCER: Your special gift is nurturing others, though right now Venus insists you give yourself some pampering as well. Wrest your attention from what’s not working to what is so you’re ready for the Main Event: sunrise full moon eclipse in Cancer at 5.12 am on new year’s day.

TAURUS: Your gifts to the hectic seasonal scene are patience and practicality, so give lavishly. Should toxic nostalgia rear its head, remind yourself that that was then and this is now, so you can move into your new decade open hearted, unencumbered and baggage free. Happy everything…

LEO: Charismatic Leos are brilliant at fixing things, and adverse holiday aspects suggest superior repairpersons will be needed as arrangements and relationships succumb to festive stress. Staying user friendly in the face of this week’s frictions, pressures and temper flares is easier said than done – but then what isn’t?

GEMINI: The Twins’ gift is communication, which as we know plays up when Mercury retrogrades. As do communication devices, so back up, keep in communication with yourself (ie. listen to your instincts), and keep in mind Tom Robbins’ observation that It’ll only hurt when you don’t laugh.

VIRGO: These holidays might spring surprises that catch you off guard, but surely unpredictable’s better than uneventful – or even worse, bland? While organization and order are your forte, press the pause button, proceed slowly and this fertile Mercury retrograde will reward you with brilliant insights and inspirations.

LIBRA: These holidays need you creating an oasis of calm, so consider astrologer Roz Brezny’s observation that ‘stressed’ is ‘desserts’ spelled backwards: could sweets be the secret to a harmonious ecosystem? Balance social exposure with quiet time and take that peaceful loving feeling into your new year… SCORPIO: Your trademark gift is self control, and with the festive star scenario high on heat and low on tolerance, exercising it makes the difference between holiday heaven and hell. With Mercury retrograde in your communication zone, keep checking you and others are on the same page. And enjoy Scorps, enjoy… SAGITTARIUS: Your gift to the xmas afflicted is helping us all laugh at disaster and enjoy our respective states of divine disorder. If travelling as Sagittarians love to, be advised that holiday stars aren’t auspicious so take health and safety seriously. Laptop travel may not be your worst alternative…

CHESS by Ian Rogers

Carlsen (standing) and Adams during their sixth round game.

On January 1 Magnus Carlsen will become the youngest player ever to take the official world number one ranking. The Norwegian, just turned 19, achieved his exalted status after winning the London Classic this week. This was not the imperious Carlsen of Nanjing but a player willing to scrap and scrape for every point. After a smooth first round victory over former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik – who then chased Carlsen all the way home – Carlsen struggled to assert himself against the elite field.

Play at Byron Services Club, Mon 7-10pm In the final two rounds the to celebrate his success with the wheels almost came off the crowd, instead being hustled off Carlsen bandwagon, being on the to a private club where he coledge of defeat against England’s lected his cup and the 25,000 top two players, Michael Adams Euro first prize in front of a group and Nigel Short, before hanging of politicians and businessmen. on to draw both games. (A loss This week’s game sees Carlsen by Carlsen in either game would enjoy a narrow escape against have seen Veselin Topalov keep Adams. the top ranking.) London 2009 The London Classic broke new White: M.Carlsen ground in charging $20 for adult Black: M.Adams spectator entry but the crowds Opening: Nimzo-Indian Defence flocked to the giant Olympia Comments by Magnus Carlsen Conference Centre, with the 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 weekends being sell-outs. The d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 is not very theoretical but I just wanted to spectators enjoyed live com- ‘This create a complicated position.’ mentary plus press conferences 7...Re8 8.Bg2 Bf8 9.0-0 Na6 10.a3 c6 11.f3 – effectively master-classes – by c5 12.g4 h6 13.h3!? b6 14.Ng3 Bb7 15.f4?! the world’s elite after their games. ‘Too risky. Probably I should play 15.Qc2 Rc8 (Edited highlights of these press 16.Qf2 followed by 17.Bd2. I decided, probably conference can be seen at www. wrongly, that I should attack before Black had londonchessclassic.com/videos. time to play developing moves like ...Rc8 and ...Nc7.’ htm.) 15...Rc8 16.g5 hxg5 17.fxg5 Ne4 18.Ncxe4 However, the tournament dxe4 19.Qg4 g6! 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 finished on a sour note when cxd4 22.Bb7 Rc2! 23.Bxa6? Carlsen was not given a chance ‘Here I was quite happy – until I saw his next

CAPRICORN: Capricorns laugh in the face of adversity so you won’t let astral idiosyncrasies mess with your end of year enjoyment. Not while the massive planetary gathering of Sun, Venus, Mercury and Pluto in Capricorn advises putting your furry feet up while admirers fill your glass with vintage sparkles. AQUARIUS: Fairness and free thinking are Aquarians’ gifts to any gathering, so respect other people’s right to play whatever part they choose to in the next fortnight’s dramas. And don’t forget a private mental ritual farewelling the past year so you can start the new one unimpeded… PISCES: Fish are unusually gifted at making others feel loved, so extend that gift to yourself – surround yourself with a love bubble and don’t poke holes in it with your own thoughts. Also keep your psychic antennae tuned to the giant downloads of guidance arriving for your new year… move. 23.Qf4 was possible.’ 23...Qc7!! 24.Qf4 Bd6 25.Qf3 Bc5? ‘I was lucky that I didn’t see that I was lost here! After 25...dxe3! I was intending 26.Bd3 but I had missed 26...Bc5!!.’ The players looked at 27.Bxc2 e2+ 28.Kg2 exf1Q+ 29.Qxf1 (29.Kxf1 Qh2!) 29...Qc6+ 30.Kh2 (30.Qf3 Re2+ 31.Kg3 Bf2+ wins the queen.) 30...Bd6+ but Black wins in every variation. 26.Qf4 Bd6 27.Qf3 Bc5? 28.Qf4 Qxf4 Adams explained ‘I didn’t think this was winning but I was rather short of time and couldn’t find anything better.’ 29.Rxf4 dxe3 30.Kf1! e2+ 31.Ke1 Rd8 32.Bxe2 Re8 33.Bd2 Rxd2 34.Kxd2 Be3+ 35.Kc2 Bxf4 36.Bc4! Bxg5 37.Rg1! Re5 38.h4?! Adams indicated 38.Rf1! Re7 39.Rg1 with an immediate draw. Now Carlsen must defend for a little longer. 38...Bxh4 39.Rxg6+ Kf8 40.Rd6 Re7 41.Bb5 Rc7+ 42.Rc6 Re7 43.Rd6 Re5 44.Bc4 Rf5 45.b4 Ke7 46.Rd5 Rf2+ 47.Rd2 Rf4 48.Bb5 Ke6 49.Re2+ Kf6 50.Rd2 Ke6 51.Re2+ Kf6 52.Rd2 Bf2 53.Rd7 a5 54.bxa5 bxa5 55.a4 Bc5 56.Rd5 Bb4 57.Kd3 Ke6 58.Rd4 Rf3+ 59.Ke2 Ra3 60.Bc4+ Ke5 61.Rd3 Rxd3 Draw Agreed

Quick Clues

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1. The spine, courage (8) 5. Floor covering, rug (6) 10. Scientific impossibility : something of infinite inertia (9,6) 11. Green stock feed, alfalfa (7) 12. Piece of furniture used to display crockery (7) 13. Take apart, in pieces (8) 15. Fungal disease, usually of feet (5) 18. Onrush of fear (5) 20. Hoarse, throaty (8) 23. Cans, boats for fishermen (7) 25. Idler, wanderer (7) 26. Endless unpowered movement, another impossibility (9,6) 27. Playground equipment (6) 28. 2400 hours (8)

ACROSS 1. Enob 24 (8) 5. Fish with Roman and Persian perhaps (6) 10. One, two thousand, zero and five with power to protest, but you can’t shift it; scientific impossibility! (9,6) 11. Cattle fodder free; make money, they say (7) 12 Does she clothe the queen? (7) 13. See apart, pull apart, take apart (8) 15.Rash audience has tone deaf symptom (5) 18. One caught after pot – outbreak of terror (5) 20. From the stomach, tenor range – sounds hoarse (8) 23. Crafts beers? (7) 25. Leftist turns back over split – he lacks purpose (7) 26. Oriental toe pump attempts the impossible – in the same class as 10! (9,6) 27. View now, and in the past – it has ups and downs (6) 28. G, the witching hour (8)

DOWN 1. Part of horse’s harness (6) 2. Confess everything, hold nothing back (4,5) 3. State in Southern Germany (7) 4. Aristocratic, a peer (5) 6. Totally surrounding, especially of atmosphere or mood (7) 7. Push hard, crowd (5) 8. Teaching period for small group (8) 9. Down and out, derelict (8) 14. Octavian’s name as Roman emperor (8) 16. Close call, narrow escape (4,5) 17. Obituaries, inscriptions on tombs (8) 19. Mythical beast, fancy (7) 21. Mythical beast on Britain’s coat of arms (7) 22. Former German chancellor Willy …… (6) 24. Neurons, courage (5) 25. Capital of India (5)

Last week’s solution

London final scores: 1.Carlsen (Nor) 5/7; 2.Kramnik (Rus) 4.5; =3.Adams (Eng), Howell (Eng) 4; =5.Nakamura (USA) 3; =6.Ni Hua (Chn), McShane (Eng), Short (Eng) 2.5.

DOWN 1. Restrain 550 getting into cheese (6) 2. Arrive with a hundred on list and admit all (4,5) 3. Big song about Virginia in part of Germany (7) 4. Joint swaps one direction for another, backs aristocrat (5) 6. Surrounding could be a bit mean (7) 7. Lift a weight – iron! (5) 8. Punish liar and tout with a lesson (8) 9. Tramp, perhaps, with lifeless rhythm (8) 14. A month with America for the emperor (8) 16. New protection against electric shock is a narrow escape (4,5) 17. Happiest inscriptions? Often the revers (8) 19. Fancy ring god (7) 21. Undergraduate humour? A myth, like 19 (7) 22. Former German statesman to mark time (6) 24. Never muck around with courage (5) 25. Capital for smallgoods purveyor taking heat (5) Mungo’s Crossword first published in The Week.

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Surf Life Savers: what would we do without them?

Trish and the staff of the Hotel Brunswick, members of the ALR Carnival Committee and Surf Life Savers from the Brunswick club get up close and cosy with the new all terrain vehicle which was purchased with the help of generous donations.

Bruns SLSC’s new ATV It’s all about CPR There are some things in life we cannot manage without. One of those things is the service provided by local Surf Life Saving Clubs. In New South Wales, over 66,000 members at 129 clubs protect 1,590 kilometres of coastline from Fingal Beach in the north to Pambula Beach in the south. There are also some things that our SLSCs cannot operate without and that is the essential equipment needed, the tools of the ‘trade’ and these tools, unfortunately, do not appear out of thin air. Without the help of fundraising most clubs would struggle if not cease to operate efficiently. Locally, we are very fortunate to have wonderful support and to this end the Brunswick club recently purchased a Kawasaki Teryx™ 750 4x4 all terrain vehicle for use on Brunswick Heads Beach. Most of the $18,000 cost of the vehicle was donated by the Hotel Brunswick, who gave the generous amount of $12,000, the solid foundation for the rest of the fundraising made up by a whopping $3,000 from the ALR Carnival Committee who raised all of their funds from the Housie Shed during the summer carnival in Bruns and the balance of the cost was raised by the club itself. The vehicle was supplied and fitted out by Mullumbimby Motorcycles and Jet Skis and will be used for surveillance, rescue and will carry equipment to and from the beach.

With more than 100 years’ experience in saving lives, Surf Life Saving NSW has joined Royal Life Saving in urging all Australians to learn CPR. Surf Life Saving NSW CEO, Phil Vanny, says today’s focus on 50 years of CPR has turned the spotlight on the fact that so many people are not equipped with the basic first aid skills needed to save the life of a family member or friend. ‘We’ve taken our bank of experience and skills built over many years of saving lives on our beaches and extended it into classrooms and offices everywhere,’ he said. ‘It’s not just surf lifesavers who need to be equipped with first aid and CPR skills, everyone can be a lifesaver.’ Surf Life Saving NSW is one of the primary providers of first aid and CPR training in the state and since becoming a registered training organisation in 2004, has trained more than 70,000 members of the public to save a life. That’s on top of the extensive training delivered to volunteer surf lifesavers who keep the public safe on our beaches year after year. Last year in NSW alone, surf lifesavers performed more than 12,000 first aid and CPR treatments on members of the beachgoing public. Every week, Surf Life Saving professional trainers deliver first aid courses to schools, preschools and businesses. In the last 12 months we they delivered first aid and CPR training to staff and students at more

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than 750 NSW schools and 500 child care centres. SLSNSW is also the preferred CPR Provider for the Royal Australian College of GeneralPractitioners (RACGP). The importance of CPR training was highlighted just days ago, with the rescue of a four year old boy from a backyard swimming pool by his 12 year old sister, who had just completed first aid instruction at school, including CPR. Her quick actions were praised by emergency services personnel, who encouraged everyone, including young people, to learn how to save a life. They also praised organisations such as Surf Life Saving, for developing training courses tailored to young people, as it has often been demonstrated that you can never be too young to save a life. Launched in October 2008, the Surf Life Saving NSW Junior First Aid course is one way in which we are equipping young people with the skills to save a life. Developed for NSW school aged students in Years 4, 5 and 6, it provides the basics of first aid and CPR and to date more than 4000 students have completed the course.

nity for over 100 years. The juniors of today are the future of surf life saving and that is not lost on the thousands of Age Managers and support personnel that look after nippers every summer. Every club around Australia offers a nippers program, all with various styles and sizes. Not only is nippers a fun way for your child to enjoy the beach in a safe environment, it also offers children an educational pathway through the delivery of the SLSA Junior Development Program. The Nippers program is designed to ensure children have fun at the beach while participating in lessons that will pathway them to becoming fully rounded participants in both lifesaving and sport – Surf Life Saving Australia likes to call it ‘Serious Fun’. Recently Newcastle Permanent began awarding a ‘Nipper of the Week’ prize to deserving kids in the Far North Coast Branch of SLS NSW. A $30 voucher for nipper participant of the week was awarded to Beau Carter from the Bruns SLSC. Beau is an U8 competitor and has been training hard in the pool and competing well at carnivals. Beau had his photo taken with Junior Club coach Richard Bedford. Richard has given unlimited hours over the years to help improve the performance and enjoyment of our nippers who are starting to produce results, results that will set them on the path to becoming our future life savers.

Under 8 Nipper Beau Carter and the club’s Juniors coach Richard Bedford.

Brunswick SLSC Christmas Patrols Christmas Day, 9 to 5, volunteers still needed. Please contribute a couple hours if you can. Sat 26/12, 9 to 5, Patrol 1: K Southwell, M Quinn, M Quinn, I Heiniger, B Love, Z Heiniger, M Quinn, G Southern, B McHugh. Sun 27/12, 9 to 5, Patrol 4: S Dennis, S White, P Byrne, D Andrews,

S Ceglinski, Y Mader, T Pinxteren. Mon 28/12, 9 to 5, Patrol 3: C Reid, W King, D Kyle Robinson, S Condie, M McRae, B Smith, P Parker, P Rose. Friday 1/1, 9 to 5, Patrol 5: S McRae, G Arthur, A Russell, C Rogan, R Rogan, V McRae, J Arthur, S Rogan, S Anderson, A Ratcliffe. Sat 2/1, 9 to 5, Patrol 6: G Carey, W Carey, G White, N Carey, L Frazier, G Carey, S Southern, Z Bourke. Sun 3/1, 9 to 5, Patrol 1: K Southwell, M Quinn, M Quinn, I Heiniger, B Love, Z Heiniger, M Quinn, G Southern, B McHugh. Photos Tree Faerie

Nipper of the Week Surf life saving is an amazing activity for growing a child’s confidence, knowledge and skills in the beach environment. Not only will your child have fun and meet new friends they will become part of an iconic organisation that has served the Australian commu- One of the essential skills needed for the surf Bronze Medallion, CPR is a must from medal candidates Jodie Scanlon and Nina Hodge.

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Never a dull moment in sport’s rich cavalcade John Campbell

In the wide world of Sport ’09, was there anything more nauseating than the Australian media’s cap-doffing suck-up to Tiger Woods at the Australian Masters? Golf on TV is coma inducing, but could there be anything so flaccid as broadcasting it? (Lawn bowls, maybe, but it at least has the potential of a live heart attack.) Yet ABC Grandstand did just that, trawling around Kingston Heath, breathlessly calling the final holes. It was, to quote the late great Freddie Mercury, ‘radio ga ga’. Then came the interviews and wraps. ‘Did you enjoy your stay, Tiger?’ ‘Will you come back, Tiger?’ ‘Do you like us, Tiger? O, do say you do.’ I felt sorry for Woods, who sounded decidedly uncomfortable to be surrounded by such obsequious moral pygmies. You could almost see the commentariat, standing before the Great Man, wagging its tail like a nutted lap-dog. And lawdy Miss Clawdy, the crowds! We know that Melbournians are deeply disturbed when it comes to sport,

but here was proof positive that they are barking mad. And it begs the question – why are Australians such helpless and hopeless grovellers? Doubtless, it’s what’s at the core of our fanatical drive to show the world how good we are at games. We may go to war at Washington’s whim, we may still pledge our coward’s heart to the sovereignty of Elizabeth II and her heirs, but hey, check out our Iron Men. ‘What a magnificent boost Tiger’s presence has provided for golf in this country’ the pundits trumpeted – as if that were an urgent priority. What they really meant was that it might inspire an ambitious local to emulate Greg Norman and become famous in America, like Hoges and The Shark. Not that Woods did anything less than what was expected of him as the world’s number one. He was polite, smiled broadly (those teeth!) and got out of town asap after winning. Which is something Ricky Ponting couldn’t manage in defence of the Ashes. The draw in Cardiff, after we’d been all over the Poms, would come back to haunt us, I knew it in my bones. We were always doing it tough with Hussey and John-

Diego lets rip, ‘Here it is boys, you know what to do with it!’ Digital bastardry by John Campbell

son so off the boil and, let’s be honest, we might not have got close had Pietersen been available for all five tests. Elsewhere, Mark Webber finally cracked it for a couple of Grand Prix victories in the most boring and archaic of ‘sports’ and Casey Stoner came home to win the Moto GP before an exultant crowd, including an emotional Will Hagon, at Phillip Island. Swimmer Jess Schipper, pole vaulter Steve Hooker and cyclist Cadel Evans won

gongs at events we would not have otherwise been interested in and, like Groundhog Day, for two weeks in Spring everybody doted on J B Cummings (those eyebrows!). The Socceroos, beginning to resemble Dad’s Army, were first to qualify for next year’s World Cup in South Africa, but with the 2010 tournament providing places for thirty-two finalists – even NZ made it – you’d have to be pretty crook not to get a spot, wouldn’t you?

Webber says goodbye to Mullum Golf Club

Mullumbimby Golf Club’s PGA Professional Damien Webber is about to start a new chapter in his life. After 14 years as Club Professional, Damien will be working full time in 2010 with the Jack Newton Junior Golf Foundation following his passion for promoting golf at a grass root level. Damien was the youngest PGA Club Professional in Australia when he began at the club as a 21 year old, a fresh and enthusiastic face in the well estabwww.echo.net.au

lished club. Starting off small, Damien quickly transformed his business into one of the best equipped Pro Shops on the North Coast. Damien’s skills in club repair, sales and fittings have seen thousands of happy customers. People have been known to drive hours to have a golf lesson from Damien or have their clubs professionally fixed. Damien’s future looks bright as he has been awarded the ‘AAA’ rating from the Australian PGA for attending semi-

nars and successfully passing courses in Hotel and Resort Management, Golf Tuition, Golf Science, Conditioning and Junior Development and as a result of the outstanding work that Damien has done over the 14 years with junior golfers, Jack Newton has asked Damien to become the North Coast Junior PGA Professional and Development Officer for 2010. Damien will travel to primary schools to introduce ‘Go Go Golf ’ and also help the Golf Clubs attract and retain juniors as well as creating development days for boys and girls of all ages and abilities all over the Northern Rivers. Damien says that the highlights working at Mullumbimby Golf Club have been creating employment for four people running the Golf Pro Shop, friendly supportive members smiling faces, creating the Srixon Challenge, Sponsoring the Webber’s Week Of Golf, which boasts over $16,000 in trophies and hosting a very successful Pro/Am and Junior Tournaments, introducing thousands of people to golf through Adult Education and Junior Clinics and finally, seeing juniors grow up into great ambassadors for Mullumbimby and the game of golf. ‘I will certainly miss all of the members and our talented juniors,’ says, Damien. ‘I have had unbelievable support and love from the members and I will cherish that and never for-

get them. I would like to thank everyone for the immense support and wishes Mullumbimby Golf Club and members all the very best for years to come. Damien’s final day is New year’s Eve and he will be clearing stock between until then, so if you are a golfer, this is where you might find a bargain. Parents and kids who are interested in attending any of the junior golf programs can log onto the Junior Golfers webpage: nrdga.com.au or jnjgf. com.au for more information. Photo Tree Faerie

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Queensland took out Origin again, the highlight of which for most of us south of the Tweed was Brett White’s decking of Steve Price with a crunching right cross in the third game. Meanwhile, the Wallabies went from bad to worse, notwithstanding defeats of the depleted English and Welsh on their British Isles junket. As always, however, it was events off the field that captured the imagination. Souths’ coach, Jason Taylor, was sacked after an end of season piss-up at which he foolishly rabbitchopped David Fa’alogo. Built like a brick outhouse, Fa’alogo took umbrage and re-arranged JT’s face. In private, most Bunnies supporters agreed with me – it was time for Taylor to go, so any pretext would do. Cranky Frankie Farina was likewise shown the door at Brisbane Roar following another drink-driving charge, Lote Tuqiri had his ARU contract torn up after doing something that was never revealed to readers of the back pages (don’t you just hate secrets?), Andrew Symonds (remember him?) got on the grog again and Brendon Fevola, another intimate of John Barleycorn, went the rat at the AFL’s night

of nights, the Brownlow Medal presentation On the other side of the ledger, Justin Poore and a bunch of Parramatta league players made their way to Rwanda to build houses for those still homeless after that nation’s ghastly civil war but, sadly, the media’s spotlight shines brightest on footy’s Brett Stewarts, not its Poores. So it’s a red hot field for 2009’s Golden Balls award. Notwithstanding the quality of our Oz contingent however, an overseas contender is irresistible. In the wake of Argentina’s desperate World Cup qualifying victory in Uruguay, the team’s coach, notorious Diego Maradona, made his bid for the prize. Apologising beforehand to the ladies present, he told the mob of media hacks, who’d bagged him throughout his side’s campaign, that ‘you can suck it and keep on sucking it.’ It may not have been his most family-friendly moment, but it makes a refreshing change from the claptrap that we had to put up with at Kingston Heath. Onya Diego… or was it a lollipop you were referring to?

The Echo sports department would like to wish everyone a happy, energetic and sport safe holiday and would like to remind you to:

t 4MJQ 4MPQ 4MBQ t UBLF DBSF JO ZPVS UJOOZ BOE t TXJN CFUXFFO UIF øBHT First quarter December 25 03:36 Full moon January 1 06:13 Third quarter January 7 21:40 New moon January 15 18:12 First quarter January 23 21:54 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, Low tide, month rise set rise set height (m) height (m) 1 F 0551 1947 2017 0551 0915,2.00; 2158,1.39 0240,0.36; 1600,0.12 2 S 0552 1947 2106 0703 1006,2.04; 2248,1.42 0332,0.33; 1648,0.09 3 S 0552 1947 2149 0815 1056,2.01; 2340,1.45 0427,0.32; 1736,0.10 1146,1.92 4 M 0553 1947 2227 0924 0522,0.34; 1824,0.15 5 T 0554 1947 2302 1030 0032,1.46; 1238,1.78 0620,0.39; 1912,0.23 6 W 0554 1948 2336 1133 0126,1.47; 1330,1.60 0720,0.46; 2000,0.33 7 T 0555 1948 1235 0222,1.48; 1427,1.42 0826,0.53; 2047,0.42 8 F 0556 1948 0011 1336 0330,1.50; 1530,1.27 0939,0.58; 2139,0.50 9 S 0557 1948 0048 1437 0420,1.52; 1642,1.17 1057,0.59; 2233,0.55 10 S 0558 1948 0127 1537 0521,1.55; 1755,1.13 1213,0.56; 2330,0.58 11 M 0558 1948 0211 1635 0618,1.59; 1859,1.14 1315,0.50 12 T 0559 1948 0258 1729 0710,1.64; 1949,1.18 0024,0.58; 1402,0.45 13 W 0600 1948 0350 1819 0755,1.68; 2031,1.22 0113,0.56; 1443,0.40 14 T 0601 1948 0444 1904 0835,1.71; 2109,1.26 0156,0.53; 1518,0.37 15 F 0602 1948 0539 1944 0912,1.73; 2145,1.28 0236,0.51; 1552,0.35 16 S 0602 1948 0635 2020 0947,1.73; 2218,1.31 0314,0.49; 1624,0.34 17 S 0603 1947 0729 2052 1021,1.71; 2252,1.32 0350,0.48; 1655,0.34 18 M 0604 1947 0822 2122 1054,1.68; 2328,1.34 0428,0.49; 1726,0.35 19 T 0605 1947 0914 2150 1127,1.62 0507,0.51; 1758,0.37 20 W 0606 1947 1007 2218 0004,1.35;1201,1.54 0548,0.54; 1830,0.41 21 T 0607 1946 1059 2248 0044,1.36; 1239,1.44 0632,0.58; 1903,0.45 22 F 0608 1946 1154 2319 0127,1.38; 1320,1.34 0723,0.63; 1941,0.49 23 S 0608 1946 1251 2355 0215,1.40; 1413,1.24 0821,0.66; 2027,0.54 24 S 0609 1945 1350 0309,1.43; 1519,1.16 0932,0.66; 2122,0.57 25 M 0610 1945 1453 0036 0411,1.48; 1639,1.13 1054,0.62; 2229,0.58 26 T 0611 1945 1557 0123 0515,1.57; 1759,1.16 1209,0.52; 2336,0.54 27 W 0612 1944 1700 0219 0617,1.69; 1904,1.23 1312,0.39 28 T 0613 1944 1758 0324 0715,1.82; 2000,1.31 0038,0.47; 1405,0.26 29 F 0613 1943 1851 0434 0810,1.93; 2051,1.40 0135,0.38; 1455,0.15 30 S 0614 1943 1938 0547 0901,2.01; 2140,1.48 0230,0.30; 1542,0.08 31 S 0615 1942 2020 0659 0951,2.03; 2229,1.54 0323,0.25; 1627,0.06 All times are Daylight Savings Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

JANUARY 2010 Astronomical data and tides

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Sport

Byron Services Angling Club December comp

As it is customary at this time of the year, fishing on December 19/20 was very patchy to say the least. Those venturing south found fish difficult to locate and fierce electrical storms in the early hours on Sunday made fishing safety a priority – pointing a graphite rod into such skies is definitely not the way to go! Byron Bay’s easterly point area held the most species and

Hoss McGrath took advantage, winning the day with a mixed bag of bream, jewfish and trevally with a small amberjack adding more sport to a 12.18kg bag. Biggest fish went to the consistent Jamie Larwill with a 2.51kg tailor. In total, only 33 fish were caught and only eight competitors of the 23 signed out actually caught fish. Next competition is January

SPORT RESULTS

Carter D Taylor (snr) (cons) 16. 19/12 Sat Social; S Lewis J Moore R Sullivan (winners on ends) 19 d B Murray D Gregor K McGuire 19; J Lowry L Chaseling C Ulrick (R/up) 25 d G Hayes B Lynch G Brook 14; J Dudgeon E Burgess R De Re 29 d M Berger J Smith B Malcolm (cons) 17. 20/12 Turkey Triples; J Smith G Maloney O Stobart (winners); P Penhy B/R De Re (r/up). Lennox Head Women 9/12 Social: R Sparre, S Skennar, S Nicol 21 (winners) d J Pratten, F McCarthy, B Sullivan 17; A Meagher, E Reid, N Holmes 34 d M Arandale, B Turner, E Barr 7; J Brook, A Humphries, T Harrington 23 d B Knott, C Brown, A Dunger 16; E Steele, D Martin, G Moore, O Stobart 27 d R Heffernan E Astley, J Burgess, M Gregor 13; C Lawless, J McRae, M Battese, P Brining 22 d J Fogarty, D Rayner, G Martin 11. Mullumbimby Ex Services Men 16/12 Social: Triples/Pairs; R Moore, F Buckley, S Purdie 23 ($80 Jackpot winners) d D Ottery, A Bartlett, M Thorne 11; L Boyter, JC Canabou, L Henry 28 d R Kidby, T Henry, G McKenzie 17; D Henry, A Pyzer, B Gibson 18 d P Jones, A Johnstone, T Johnson 13; J Estreich, S Dettman 26 d M Johnston, B Neate 12. 19/12 Social Pairs (Jackpot $120): J Morgan, M Thorne 27 d JC Canabou, T Fenwick 17; N Lee, B McClymont 23 d T Riches, P Jones 13. Mullumbimby Ex Services Women 15/12 Patrons Christmas party: S Brown, B Croft 17 (w) v J Lee, J Graham 5; M Bertoli, G Henry 11 (r/up) v C Thorne, J Beaumont 6; R Wainwright, E Jones 12 v J Ball, J Towner 11; K Johnstone, B Reglin 12 v R Mills, R Thompson 11. Party had Mufti Xmas dress on the green, followed by afternoon tea and Santa gifts for everyone. 2009 Club Championships: 4s B Reglin, S Brown, J Graham, J Towner; r/up R Thompson, H Robb, J Beaumont, B Croft. Triples: E Jones, R Thompson, J Towner; r/up J Morrow, M Bertoli, J Graham. Pairs: B Croft, J Towner; r/up E Jones, J Beaumont. Singles: B Croft; r/up J Towner. Consistency: B Croft; r/up J Towner. Bowls resume 12/1. Ocean Shores Men 14/12 Triples: 1st L Johnson B James R Norris; 2nd R Bartlett S Wall P Earl. 15/12 Twilight Bowls: 1st A Murray N Kiel B Sweeney; 2nd Z Harris C Harris M Cronin. 18/12 Norfolk Rules: A Ding Dong Battle Between The Brothers Roberts Saw Elder Bro Rocket Roberts Claim Shirtboy For The Final Time In 09. 19/12 Sat Pairs: 1st M Haines J Sullivan.

BOWLS Brunswick Heads Men 16/12 self selected triples: 1st L Harris L Roberts N Condon; 2nd E Boyter B Danswan G Rendell; 3rd K Hosie R Roberts L Campbell. 18/12 Jackpot Pairs: 1st L/M Jaffray; 2nd M Chisholm B Clifford; jackpot not won. 19/12 Major/minor pairs: 1st E Marks D Maundrell; 2nd T Selwood J Phypers; 2nd round winners L Torresi L Wade. 20/12 2 bowl pairs: 1st J Phypers A Montgomery; 2nd B Hay N Condon R Leighton; Louies prize S Hardy M Lofley B Danswan. This week: Wed self selected triples; Fri Xmas Day; Sat Club selected major/minor pairs 1pm; Sun Bantams mufti breakfast/bowls 8am. Fish N Chips carnival Sat 9/1, 2 bowl triples, 10am start: Open to men/women/ mixed. Versatile Fours Sat 23/1, limited to 20 teams; Nominations for Club and District Fours now open. Byron Bay Men Entry forms are on the notice board for the 2010 District Fours and Triples (plus Reserves) and we need players to represent our club in these events and points are awarded towards the District Player of the Year. So get a team together and have a go! Pinevale Villas Open Pairs Tournament is set down for Fri 15/1. Entry forms at the bar. Thurs S/ Selected Pairs: J Fysh and B Lewis; r/up P Boyd and P Snow. Sat: B Macaulay, B Lewis; r/up R Henderson, J Clark. Byron Bay Women Tuesday was a great day with three games of bowls. Winners: M Wight, T Hillard, J Wright; r/up G Kelly, K Quinnell; C Reid, K Adams, V Breckenridge. Christmas raffle winners: 1st S Stebbing, 2nd J Baker, 3rd J Wright. We raised over $400, donated to the Oncology Unit at Lismore Base Hospital. Bowls resume on Tuesday 19/1, with a quarterly meeting at 9:30am, social bowls will follow. Lennox Head Men 15/12 Triples: B Gregory R Reid S Prasad (winners) 26 d B Murray J Moore T Kidd 17; D Lewis R Sullivan G Pascoe (R/up) 20 d G McLean B Lawless T Hickey 14; J Adams J Heffernan L Martin 21 d K Foster G Maloney G Lightfoot (cons) 16. 16/12 Twilight: K Pringle K McGuire (winners) 21 d M Hurst J Heffernan 9. J Moore C Ulrick (r/up) 17 d E Burgess J Burrows 15. 18/12 Mixed Pairs: J Dudgeon M Daley (winners) 28 d G Bowden P Brining 14; F Paterson P Wilson (R/Up) 20 d J Turner M Battese 16; M Berger B Westworth 21 d G

74 December 22, 2009 The Byron Shire Echo

Crankin’

what’s happening surfside

You’ve gotta love those big cheques – Bryce Cameron hiding behind the one he received as winner of the Men’s Open Division at the Byron Bay Boardriders 2009 prezzo.

The 2009 Byron Bay Boardridersend of year presentation and AGM was an outstanding event, congratulations to all of Consistency is the name of the game for Jamie Larwill with a tailor above left, while Hoss McGrath is best, yet again, with his the 2009 champions, a great effort by all. winning bag and Manly hat above. There are some new faces 16/17 when we hope fishing day, Christmas Eve. on the committee for 2010, will improve. Note that the Merry Christmas and a Hap- the outcome of the AGM vote Club raffles at the Rails will py New Year and good fishing was: not take place on this Thurs- to all – Video Pete. President Bryce Cameron, Vice President – Tom DonoBRIDGE W Cowley/N McDonald 48pts; I Smith/P hue, Treasurer Peter Chaseling, Brunswick Valley Watts C/B 47pts. Balls To : 42; Pro Pin: M 14/12: N/S 1st gross/1st Nett M. Smith; C Byron Hole In One 3rd. 18/12 Secretary – Sue Ogden, Gear Fleming/A Gray; 2nd Gross/2nd Nett Blue Marker: P Sculley 70nett; R/up D Steward – Ross Kerrigan, PubM. Homfray/D. Gall. E/W1st Gross F. Ensor 71nett; 3rd B Allan 72nett. 19/12 licity Officer – Kellie Hughes Patterson/D. Grant; 2nd Gross/2nd Nett Stab: A Gadowski 47pts; R/up E Woods Contest Directors – Torren E. Hollick/B. Longmore; 1st Nett S. Van 42pts; C Byron 40pts; Balls To: 33; Pro Martin, Paul Sullivan and Cal Rossum/P. Janda. Play resumes 9/1. Pin M Bolger; D Woods Eagle on 16th; Ocean Shores B O’Neil Eagles Nest on 7th. Hede and the Grommet Coor16/12 5 table Mitchell: NS 1st gross: Ocean Shores Ladies dinator – Ben Naughton. J Chance/T Reynolds; 2nd gross: J 15/12 Stab: I Manola 42; R/Up D Cole The Social Committee memSelleck/B Simons. EW 1st gross: P 39; Vouchers to 34. 17/12 Stab: B Winbers are Geoff Mitchell, Tonya Sullivan/P Quirke; 2nd gross: M Clark/D gad 35; R/Up J Hoffman 34; Vouchers James. We meet @ Ocean Shores Coun- to 31. 19/12 Stab: C Chidlow 41; R/Up B Flanagan, Brian and Colleen try Club every Wed. evening. Be seated Thompson 40; Vouchers to 34. Phillips, Mandy Colby and Kell by 6.15pm.No partner required. All wel- Ocean Shores Men Veterans McDermott. come. No break over holiday season. 17/12: 9 holes Stableford. 88 Starters. Congratulations and thank DARTS 1st: John Maddock 23 pts c/b; 2nd Ian Brunswick Valley Darts Smith 23 pts c/b; 3rd Arthur Donaldson you to all who volunteered The Annual General Meeting for the 23 pts; 4th Gary Cullen 22 pts c/b. Go- their time in 2010 to the Byron BVDC will be held on Monday 1/2, start- rilla of the Year: John Hollingworth. Bay Boardriders, it will be a ing 7.30pm at Mullumbimby Ex Serv- TENNIS great year. Also a big thank you ices Club Dart Auditorium. Mullumbimby GOLF Winners of Mixed Comp: C. Ludlow, to committee members who Mullumbimby Men P. Edwards, G. Cox, P. Sultas. Saturday have played a huge part in 2009 19/12 2 Man Ambrose: M Grainey/Jag Social: all welcome, membership not 57; r/up M Mcleod/A Cahill 58. NTP: 9th required. 3pm till 6.30pm. We will con- Mandy and Paul Sullivan, Jenni D Blake 321cm; 12th Jag. tinue playing through summer. No Ten- King, Neil Cameron and Cal Ocean Shores Men nis on Boxing Day! Tennis Clinic: for kids Hede. 14.12.09 Medley Stab: M Coulston and adults in middle of January 2010, Final standings for 2009 43pts; R/up A Phillips 42pts; C Gods- ring 0403 841 241. All tennis enquirwere: Open Men, Champion mark 41pts; Balls To: 35. 16/12 4BBB ies please ring Greg on mob: 0427 788 Bryce Cameron, 2nd place Stab: J Lee/L Gonzales 48pts C/B; R/up 773.

Torren Martin, 3rd place Yerin Brown and 4th place Nick Colbey. In the Seniors, the Champion was Lee Miller, 2nd place Yerin Brown, 3rd place Scott Harland and 4th place Shane Lawson. In the Masters division, the Champion – Dave Hamilton, 2nd place Paul Sullivan, 3rd place Scott Allen and in 4th place, Neil Cameron. For the Open Women the place were: Champion Kirsten Ogden, 2nd place Sally Miller, 3rd place Emma Williams and in 4th place Maddie King. The Junior Champion is Peter Jorgenson, 2nd place Wes Bannister, 3rd place Matt Slee and 4th place Gene Cundith and in the Cadets, the Champion is Tommy Boucat, 2nd place Mackie Walker, 3rd place Tai Naughton and in 4th place Henry Phillips. The Fleas and the Micro Grommets had a great year, the results: Champion Jacob Ogden, 2nd place Corey Flanagan, 3rd place Will Harbison and 4th place Kian Shaher for the Fleas and for the Micros the Champion is Kyuss King, 2nd place Joel Paxton, 3rd place Shaun Chaseling and in 4th place Lachlan Gordon.

Once a year she gets her own back : Coral’s Carp A big thank-you must go to the Echo sports results typist who weekly turns a bundle of emails and paper scratchings into English for your viewing pleasure.

A few words from Coral … Thanks to all the sports groups who sent in their results to the Byron Shire Echo in 2009. Most of the results come by email and I have a couple of reminders for our email contributors. Please send your sports results to results@echo.net.au before 11am on a Monday to get into that week’s Echo. When typing out your results for the email please remember that the layout that looks great up on a notice board is not suitable for emailed results.

My pet hate is text in CAPITALS and lots of spaces between the words. I love text that is concise, accurate and in plain format. A rambling story with lots of in house references and jokes does not fit into the brief and concise nature of the Echo Sports Results columns. Groups sending in their results monthly may be disappointed because we do not always have room for long reports. Send your emails in weekly to keep everyone up to date on your results. If you have a special sports story, please send your email to sport@echo.net.au and this email address goes to Eve, the Sports Editor. Seasons Greetings to everyone and good luck in 2010. C.

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ARCHITECTS FRANK STEWART ARCHITECT Reg. 6075. www.frankstewart.com.au ...........................66856984 JOSE DO Sustainable Architecture. Reg. 7647 www.josedoarchitect.com. 66809188 or 0424 062096 SPACE STUDIO Building designers, interior designers and project managers. New buildings, renovations and heritage projects. Reg. 8261. www.spacestudio.com.au ..........................66809921 ZUGAI STRUDWICK ARCHITECTS Reg 7669. www.zsarchitects.com.au ........................66872694

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services

www.zaherarchitects.com.au

02 6684 9408

0414 974 088

engineer civil&structural certiďŹ cation, design, inspection

0410 586 760 / 6687 6980 j.quinn99@yahoo.com.au

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building affordable new homes www.e-construct.com.au 6684-2100 ph: 6621 2734 hamptonandlarsson.com.au

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Guardians for your Books Website: kysama.com.au

ACUPUNCTURE

ASBESTOS ABC: BALLINA ASBESTOS & DEMOLITION No job too big or small ..........................0418 665222

BEAUTY

BAYSIDE ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL MEDICINE Remedial massage. Brunswick Heads.66851088 GODDESS OF WAX Specialising in all waxing. Ocean Shores ...........................Claudia 0422 452145

Marlene Farry

ACUPUNCTURE

PHONE (02) 6684 2400

4 / 41 Burringbar Street Mullumbimby NSW 2482 info@marlenefarry.com www.marlenefarry.com

HOLISTIC HEALTH IN THE HEART OF MULLUM www.echo.net.au

DREADLOCKS / RASTAS MAKE OR FIX YOUR DREADS

WHERE? )N YOUR HOME IN MINE AT THE BEACH OR WHEREVER YOU WANT HOW? 7ITH MUSIC FUN BEER WINE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT !LL OF THE JOB IS DONE WITH (OOK CHEAPEST RATES IN THE AREA GUARANTEED 0HONE ANYTIME TO MAKE YOUR BOOKING

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Tiling & Building Maintenance • • • •

Wall & floor tiling Carpentry Bathroom renovation Fully insured • Lic No 55115C

6684 6930 / 0418 255 599

Quality Renovations & Carpentry Kitchens and cabinets – co-designed with you. Bathrooms, timber features, custom-made projects. Owner-builder friendly. References and inspection of work available. Lic 84399C Don 0418 650 608 or Piers 0431 184 315

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Service Directory BUILDING TRADES (continued)

“Always Waterwise�

Professional Window Cleaning Reliable and of the highest quality – call for a free quote FREECALL 1800 68 38 38 MOBILE 0411 444 367

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CARPET LAYING CHIROPRACTIC CHIROPRACTOR Bruce Campbell, Brent Verco, Bianca Ashford. 120 Jonson St, Byron Bay.66858159

Kevin & Margaret Bower

DISCOVER CHIROPRACTIC BYRON BAY Margaret Tay ...................................................66808400 MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Karl Wedeman & Brent Verco. 110 Dalley St ...........................66841028 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman .66858553

CLEANING A TO Z HOME CLEANING SERVICES 7 days a week ........................0425 272406 or 0416 247656 ALL BYRON SHIRE CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING ........................................0429 853767

CARPET CLEANING

TENDER LOVING CARE Specialising in household carpet cleaning Speedy Drying

BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay .............................66855282

MICHAEL SCHWAGER Chiropractor 108 Stuart St, Mullumbimby ....................................66841962

Truck Mounted Machine

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(02) 6684 1001

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COUNSELLING

COMPUTER SERVICES

1994

ART & BODY BASED THERAPY Felicity Grace. Mullumbimby Wednesdays .....................66846212 BITSWIZARD EXPERTS: Mobile tech 24/7, fix & sales, best for less cash.......................0420 754152 ART THERAPY / SANDPLAY THERAPY For children, youth & adults. Claudia Leaney .......66846543 KEN’S COMPUTERS General repairs, sales, parts, upgrades, internet..................................66844116 EXPERIENTIAL ARTS THERAPY Miecat trained.................................................Anna 0401 740432 WiseGal Computer Service Internet, software & hardware, networks, tuition .............0405 929371 RELATIONSHIP SEXUAL COUNSELLING with John. Byron Thursdays & Fridays.............66811547 SE-TRAUMA RESOLUTION 1 -FWJOF 1)% *OEJWJEVBMT DPVQMFT %FWJ ,VFCMJ .VMMVN..66842938

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Computer sales Service and repairs Laptops & desktops New & secondhand House calls

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COMPUTER REPAIRS •MOBILE SERVICE •URGENT

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02 66 848 018

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DESIGN & DRAFTING ACCENT COLOR PLAN COPYING / PRINTING .................................................................66856236 BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN /FX )PNFT BEEJUJPOT ..........................Bob Acton 0407 787993 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING ............................ 0423 531448 or 66857713 DAVID ROBINSON DRAFTING Renovation, design & plans.................0419 880048 or 66858114 EXPANDESIGN )PVTFT SFOPWBUJPOT "MPL &HHFOCFSHFS XXX FYQBOEFTJHO DPN BV .......66847180 GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ..Lyn 0428 884329 or 66857756 JOSEPH SCHUBERT Building design ..................................................................................0401 814237 www.mullumbimbydraftinganddesign.com.au BDANSW .................66841842 or 0427 721845

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ELECTRICIANS ALF BURLEY 24 hour call out. Very reasonable rates. Lic 217948C ...............................0428 299754 ALL ELECTRICAL WORK *ODMVEJOH TPMBS BOE NFUFSJOH -JD &$ .................... Syd 0400 629577 COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL IPVSU TFSWJDF -JD $........................0439 624945 or 66804173 CURTIS ELECTRICAL 24 hour service – all Byron Shire. Lic 79065C.............................0427 402399

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Service Directory HANDYPERSONS (continued)

PROPER JOB BOB

For all your local handyman services Prompt service. Free quotes. All areas. No Job too small.

Be cool this summer with FREE* insulation

$1,200 rebate. Govt. approved installer. Environmentally friendly. Phone to see if you qualify* for free ceiling insulation.

Eastco Insulation A LOCAL FAMILY BUSINESS

6680 4506

0424 982 935

INTERIOR DESIGN

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s RECRUITMENT s LABOUR HIRE s TRAINING s BUSINESS INCUBATORS s YOUTH SERVICES s VOLUNTEERING

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• 3t Excavators & Tipper Hire All aspects of small earthmoving.

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

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LICENSED BROTHELS

Venus Lounge Gentlemen’s Retreat

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LIGHTING Architectural & Landscape Lighting Specialists Free onsite consultancy service

Unit 5, 21-23 Tasman Way, Byron Bay Arts & Ind. Est. (02) 6680 7007 www.creativelightingsolutions.com.au

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BRYANT HOPLEY Herbalism, homeopathy, nutrition. Byron Bay......................................66857225 GREG FREDERICKS NATUROPATH ..................................................................................66859775

NUTRITION FOOD AS MEDICINE Samantha Gowing, Gowings Food & Health ....................................66855400

OSTEOPATHY

NATURAL PAINTING SOLUTIONS Natural ďŹ nishes specialist Fume-free Heat-reective paints Allergy friendly Environmental management

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AD PAINTING by John Hand Lic 13246C ................................................0413 185399 or 66841249 DEREK BULLION PAINTING Free quotes Lic R98818 ...........................0414 225604 or 66805049 NORTH POINT PAINTING SERVICES Quality only Lic 618414C ............66847137 or 0403 332654

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Licence 210280C www.greenpainters.com.au

ANDREW HALL Biodynamic cranial. New Brighton...........................................................66802027 BANGALOW Jodie Jacobs ...................................................................................................66872337 TROPICALE Environmental pest consultants. ‘Fleas’ ...................... 0418 110714 or 66841213 (ah) BRUNSWICK HEADS OSTEOPATHY Sue Broadbent, Monday – Friday ..............................66851126 BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE Eve Schoenheimer..............................................................66853660 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY .......................................................................Jodie Jacobs 66857517

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OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY NIGEL PITMAN ......................................................66803499 PAULA RAYMOND-YACOUB Acupuncture and physio........................................................66851646 PHYSIOCARE @ HOME Renata Tenta, home visits .......................................................0437 647137

PICTURE FRAMING ARTISTS CANVASES Premium cotton/linen, unbeatable prices .......................................66808010 BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel .......................66803444 CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING @ BYRON ART SUPPLIES 3/97 Centennial Circuit.........66808010

CUSTOM MADE FRAMING

professional canvas stretching extra wide giclee printing & laminating Still @ the centre – 3 Centennial Ct – 6685 5808

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES ACCENT COLOR The Copy & Laminating Shop ....................................................................66856236

PLASTERING

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR

C. A. Warwick Lic. No. 114578C • Free quotes • Gyprock fixing & setting

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Mullumbimby Pools Shop 7ATER TESTING n 3ERVICE QUALITY PRODUCTS n 0ROBLEM SOLVING 2EPAIRS TO PUMPS CHLORINATORS n #ONSTRUCTION Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday mornings 3MITH 3T -ULLUMBIMBY )ND %ST Phone 6684 4846 Mob. 0418 666 839 Lic. 39126

Cape Byron Removals

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6685 8108 1 centennial circuit byron arts & industry estate p 02 6685 8344 e info@byronsignworks.com w www.byronsignworks.com

STYLIZE SCREENPRINTING 6680 8560

Wheel Do It Wheel Move It

For an obligation free quote call 1800 009 000 or visit www.poolwerx.com

H O U R LY R AT E S & Q U O T E S Anthony 0414 842 149

TILING

RUBBISH REMOVAL

BEST SKIPS BANGALOW 2m2, 4m2, 6m2 bins ......................................0417 458149 or 66871544 CERAMIC TILE REPAIRS .......................................................................0401 493721 or 66884325 OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ............................................................... Jim 0412 161564 TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C Phone Karl ...................................66804103

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SECURITY SERVICES

TREE SERVICES

BRUNSWICK VALLEY LOCKSMITHS Shirewide .....................................66771550 or 0412 144679 SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................... Call Jo 66877677 or 0417 698227 ONTIME LOCKSMITHS & SECURITY....................................................66804956 or 0410 630597

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

BEYOND BYRON REMOVALS Ready for work within & beyond Byron Brisbane Sydney backloading For careful service & great rates

phone 66801158 or 0408 004719

TRINE

Trine Solutions

Licence No. 158031C

SEWAGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS Sustainable environmental outcomes Drainage, GasďŹ tting & Plumbing 6680 2358 / www.trinesolutions.com.au / 0407 439 805

SHRINK WRAPPING

BYRON BAY VET CLINIC 1/70 Centennial Cct. Rowen Trevor-Jones....................................66856899

0421 726 486 LIC 213977C

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MULLUMBIMBY VET CLINIC Neil Farquhar & Dr Richard Gregory ...................................66843818

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SOLAR SYSTEMS

NOT ALL SOLAR PANE LS ARE THE SAME!

Lic. Electrical Contractors

Your local installer dealing in Sharp Solar Modules, Australian made Latronic Inverters and Century/Yuasa batteries. Specialists in Standalone and Grid Interact Solar Power Systems.

WATER FILTERS The Water Filter Experts

P: 02 6679 7228 E: sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com www.sunbeamsolar.com.au

for home, commercial and rural properties

SOLICITORS

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

TYNDALL & CO Business, commercial, family law. Byron Bay............................................66882492

SWIMMING POOLS BAYWATER POOLS PTY LTD Design, construction. Lic 206487C..........66843489 or 0419 479921

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MATT ALLWORTH www.communityvet.net ................................................................0414 227123

WATER CARTAGE

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BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Re-covering specialists: Bangalow Upholstery .......................66871553

VETERINARY SURGEONS

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UPHOLSTERY

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

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LIGHTHOUSE REMOVALS

131 546

BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Curtains & soft furnishings ........................66853745 or 0403 713303

SOLAR INSTALLATION

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SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS

SHRINK WRAPPING HIRE & SERVICES Up to A3 size ...............................................0422 191123

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JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL

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WATER TANK CLEANING BYRON SHIRE WATER TANK CLEANING ..................... Phone Mark 66851104 or 0403 991874

WEDDING SERVICES TAILORED CEREMONIES BY WILL ALLAN............................ will.allan@me.com or 07 5590 9757

WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE WINDOW TINTING Cars, homes, etc. Quality guaranteed ..............Richard 0412 158478 TWEED BYRON WINDOW TINTING Serving the Shire since 2000 ..................................66802484

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Classifieds INDEX Art & Artisans .......................... 83 Birthday ................................... 85 Business Opportunity.............. 84 Businesses For Sale ............... 84 Bus Services ........................... 83 Cabins For Sale ...................... 84 Car Service ............................. 84 Celebrants ............................... 82 Childcare ................................. 83 Clothing & Alterations ............. 83 Death Notices.......................... 82 Engagements .......................... 85 Events...................................... 82 For Hire.................................... 83 For Sale ................................... 83 Garage Sales .......................... 84 Halls For Hire .......................... 83 Holiday Accommodation ......... 84 Houses For Sale ..................... 84 House Swap ............................ 84 In Memoriam ........................... 86 Land For Sale.......................... 84 Lost & Found ........................... 86 Motor Bikes ............................. 84 Motor Vehicles ......................... 84 Musical Notes.......................... 85 Only Adults .............................. 86 Personal .................................. 86 Pets.......................................... 86 Positions Vacant ...................... 85 Professional Services ............. 82 Property For Sale .................... 84 Public Notices.......................... 81 Readings ................................. 82 Share Accommodation ........... 84 Short Term Accommodation ... 84 Social Escorts ......................... 86 Tenders .................................... 82 Thank You ................................ 82 To Lease .................................. 85 To Let ....................................... 84 Tradework ................................ 83 Tree Services .......................... 83 Tuition ...................................... 85 Units For Sale ......................... 84 Wanted .................................... 84 Wanted To Rent....................... 85 Weddings................................. 86 Work Wanted........................... 85

DISCLAIMER Advertisements placed in The Byron Shire Echo do not reect the views or opinions of the editorial staff. The Byron Shire Echo does not make any representations as to the accuracy or suitability of any content or information contained in advertising material nor does publication constitute in any way an endorsement by The Byron Shire Echo of the content or representations contained therein. The Byron Shire Echo does not accept any liability for the representations or promises made in paid advertisements or for any loss or damage arising from reliance on such content, representations or promises.

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS 6684 1777

W O O DW O R K

PHONE ADS

RATES & PAYMENT

Ads may be taken by phone on 6684 1777

$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)

DEADLINE 12pm Monday for display ads

$4.00 for each extra line

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

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

1pm Monday for line ads

Cash, cheque or credit card – Mastercard or Visa. Prepayment required for: Garage Sales, Share Accommodation, Short Term Accomodation, Wanted to Rent and Work Wanted classiďŹ cations

Account enquiries phone 6685 5222

FOR CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK PUBLIC NOTICES – 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.

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

RUG WASH

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

Exploring Drawing

Weds 9.30 - 12pm Mullum Drill Hall cost $15/$20. 66840272. Models wanted

Back by popular demand: THE AUSTRALIAN CANNABIS COOKBOOK @ Echo ofďŹ ces Mullumbimby & Byron Bay or www.ozshop.net

JOE HOPF & LESLEY VEALE Experienced teachers Aust Swim accredited, Mooyabil Farm Left Bank Rd Mullum Creek. 66842262

LEARN TO SWIM

3 DAY SILENT RETREAT Organic juice, yoga, meditation & rest 10th year celebration - By Donation Jan 15th - 18th. Ph 66804845 www.funkeyforest.com

REIKI 1 CLASSES

Strengthen your skills & life, fully certiďŹ ed 27, 28 Dec. Ph Tara Lea 0406294602 BYRON LAPIDARY CLUB INC Results of rafe drawn 11/12/09. 1st prize Bob Dunlop, 2nd prize Elena Williams, 3rd prize Nicolle. Contact 66871251

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ECHO If you want to be sure of your copy each week, or if you have a friend who’d like to have a subscription, why not send them one? $35 per quarter or $125 per year, post incl. Write to ‘The Echo’ 6 Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby 2482 including payment in advance.

COSTUME HIRE, PROPS, SUITS & ACCESSORIES

Phone/fax 6684 2978 Mobile 0423 426 717

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for women ccourses start Jan. 66843160 TANTRIC HEART Private couples 2 day workshop with Oceana - Fall in love again! s WWW OCEANAHEART COM

SEX MAGIC

Join us to watch the ďŹ nal cut of Baba Dez’s new movie Sex Magic. Wednesday night, 7pm at Nest Retreat, Mullum, $25 incl light, raw food supper & discussion group afterwards. Bookings essential. Phone 0425347477

BRUNSWICK HDS MARKETS Memorial Park SATURDAY 2 JANUARY NO DOGS ALLOWED

BEST WISHES to all our friends, students & clients for a beautiful festive time, and abundant 2010. Thank you for your friendship and support. Parijat & Veda, Byron Kinesiology & Kinesiology Schools Aust Byron Bay. Ph for our 2010 program 66857991. Meet us at the Starlight Festival or free intro evening 19 Jan in Byron Bay

PSYCHIC CONSULTANT: MEDIUM

MOVING TO NEW WEBSITE .... UĂŠ, -ĂŠ" ĂŠ- 9* UĂŠ "/ ]ĂŠ "" -ĂŠ ĂŠ ", °°° 6686 4534 Annabelle.

From the creator of Kiva Spa, a new spa and bathhouse

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North Coast Bamboo

Haven Spa invites you

Bamboo, Gingers & Heliconias

07 5513 0855

AFFORDABLE PRICES

The Anglican Parish of Mullumbimby

0458 535 760 6680 1555 N U M I NA I N S T I T U T E presents

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The Recognition Reawakening and Reclaiming the Sacred Through the Feminine Mysteries - Initiation Retreat for Women Byron Bay February 18th - 21st February 27th Information and brochures phone: Numina Institute (02) 6684 1366

6.30pm Christingle (for children) at St. Anselm’s, Orana Road, Ocean Shores 9.00pm Christmas Eve service at St. Thomas’, Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads 11.30pm Midnight Mass at St. Martin’s, Stuart Street, Mullumbimby

CHRISTMAS DAY (Friday) 9.00am Christmas Service at St. Martin’s, Stuart Street, Mullumbimby

Do you have questions about life and what lies beyond it?

PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING for couples and individuals with Dr Chris Campbell (35 yrs exp) s 4RAINING COURSE CANCELLED s /THER COURSES AVAIL SOON

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Life Between Lives (LBL) Spiritual Regression can answer these questions and more. Phone now to enquire about this profound spiritual experience. Colleen 0410 635 367 Byron Bay Clinical Hypnotherapy, CHt Int. QualiďŹ ed Past Life and Spiritual Regression Therapist www.gentleawakenings.com.au

Hypnotherapy works!

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MEETING IN TRUTH WITH ISAAC AND MEIKE 26 Dec, 11am-6pm, Ocean Shores Hall. All welcome

LEARN MASSAGE

Relieve sore back, neck & shoulders, fully clothed, fun, small classes, 3hrs - $60. Ph Carla 0401802737

A Spot of Paint

Ceramic & Art Studio Ph: 6685 8981

7E HAVE RECENTLY MOVED

9/18 Centennial Circuit Byron A & I Estate

- School Holiday Art Workshops - After School Art Classes - Kids Pottery & Sculpture Classes - Creative Birthday Parties - Adult Pottery Classes - Creative Birthday Parties

Blue Moon Publishing Birth Your Dream Book!

Editing • Design • Marketing • Author Rep

02 6685 5220 • 0422 390 711 bluemoonbyron@gmail.com

Dual Controls Relaxed & Professional Instructor Targeting Driver Education

BYRON BAY DRIVING SCHOOL Information & bookings: Bruce Butcher 0409 329 492

READINGS

HEALTH

ASTROLOGY 2010 Charts for the year from $30 TAROT

www.heartspace.massage.com 0423293995

Cert IV + Diploma in Remedial Massage Starting 15/02/2010. Ph 0407299258

PSYCHIC LIFE READINGS over the phone. 66882323

HYPNOTHERAPY

BEST HAWAIIAN LOMI massage, med & deep, 1 or 2 hrs. John 0411842117

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

DENTURES

LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

JUST IMAGINE HYPNOTHERAPY

Catrine Irwin

KINESIOLOGY

Move forward in life with clarity, energy and vitality. Ph Paritosho on 66802475

PRENATAL YOGA

tree faerie fotos Photography

Gift Vouchers Available s 0ORTRAITS PORTFOLIOS PRIVATE

commercial, corporate. s 0ASSPORTS RETOUCHING RESTORING Shop 4/22 Fingal Street Brunswick Heads (behind Michaela’s) Phone 0417427518

SHOE DOCTOR

CLOSED 22 Dec to 18 Jan Heel your sole next year. Cheers TSD

EVENTS

DJ FOR HIRE!

80’s, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & MORE Diverse music to set the mood for your parties, weddings or events. Phone 0414622440

WILD NIGHTS

BYRON BAY PRE SCHOOL would like to thank Town & Country Surfboards, Byron at Byron, Byron Dendy Cinema, Byron Services Club, Haiku Framing, Mary Ryans Bookshop & The Celler for their generous donations to our Christmas Rafe, 1st prize Steve from Melb, 2nd prize Selina Worton & 3rd Bon Johnston

Healing from the Roots

LEARN REIKI

Workshops in New Brighton. 66805098

PIANO TUNING

Reuben Barkley, 2nd gen. family trade. Pianos & Rhodes bought, sold & repaired. 66284475, 0422221116

THANK YOU

s 2ELEASE CREATIVE BLOCKS s 2ELEASE SUBCONSCIOUS SABOTAGE s 3TOP SMOKING SPECIALIST s ST SESSION &2%%

IN SOFT NURTURING SPACE See Red Tent Yoga timetable ad Phone Emma 0410576267

YOGA FOR MUMS WITH BUBS OR TODDLER See Rent Tent Yoga timetable ad Phone Emma 0410576267

BYRON relax, remedial, sport, facial massage, lymph drainage & postural advices, from $40. Ph Anna 0411986381 BODY BALANCE MASSAGE Quality therapeutic bodywork, 20 yrs experience. Herbert 0408782834

BREATHWORK

Accredited courses and sessions WWW REBIRTHING COM AU s START THE WEEK WITH SATYANANDA YOGA Monday early morning class, 6.30-8am General class - beginners welcome Byron Bay Girl Guides Hall Carlyle St, just behind the tennis courts. Phone Riddhi, fully accred Satyananda Yoga teacher on 0439909330 www.yogalifebalance.com MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Ocean Shores remedial sports massage, Health fund rebates, $50 1hr Phone Patrick 0410155044 JAW R.E.S.E.T. HEALING Helps stress from teeth grinding, dental work or accidents. Tibetan Sound Chakra healing with tuning forks. Rose Gilmore 0429194912

NIA DANCE

Movement classes for ďŹ tness and wellbeing. Ph Julie 0402980805 www.niaaustralia.com.au

@ BODY BALANCE, 2/111 Jonson St Sun, Mon & Tues with Claire Hay Phone 0414243491 Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sat with Herbert Phone 0408782834

THAI MASSAGE 1.5 hrs $50, home visit $60. Ekka, 7 days 66804478. Traditional

Structural Bodywork

EGBERT WEBBER N.D. CranioSacral. 20 years exp, Byron Bay. 0428839009 OSTEOPATH A biodynamic approach to Osteopathy in the cranial ďŹ eld

ANDREW HALL

Closed 19th Dec, reopen on Jan 4th Monday to Friday every 2nd week New Brighton. 66802027 Not your usual Osteopathy

YOGA

8 - 9.30am

Dynamic Flow

Dynamic Flow

Dynamic Flow

10 - 11.30am

Basic Hatha

Basic Hatha

Basic Hatha

BUY 1 RIDE GET 1 FREE

BUY 1 RIDE GET 1 FREE

HONOURING LOVE AND LOSS

Audrey Fisher Celebrant - 0414720081

CEREMONIES FOR LIFE & LOVE

Tanya McGill

Ph 0432265501 www.lifetimes.net.au OCEANA UNFORGETTABLE 66803504 www.oceanaheart.com

DEREK HARPER

Celebrating love and lives 66803032. derekharper@mac.com

Kati AnKaRami BA(hons), cert therapist

Exceptionally good massages available

THURSDAY

www.danceyourdream.com

SATURDAY

Qualified & Professional

0407 807797 www.byron-yoga-massage.com

with Liz Costigan

REJUVENATE

Lennox Head

. Only the worlds most knowledgeable, rigorously trained teachers earn Iyengar Yoga Certification. . Teachers are held to an unusually rigorous standard & earn their certification after years of training & evaluation. . The Certification mark is your guarantee of a yoga experience that’s safe, suitable for individual physical and beneficial for both body & mind. . Aconditions Certified Iyengar Teacher can guide students of all ages and physical conditions to a yoga experience that is Profound, Intelligent & Transformative.

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With Frida Lezius cert. Massage Therapist & Yoga Teacher.

Liz is an exp. teacher & has studied 6 yrs in the Iyengar system. Personalized programmes offered for backcare, stress relief, wellbeing.

Mobile service available ‘Wave of Life’ 8/9 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay

www.byronyogalounge.com

0421 352 701

0402 770 441

New Years Eve 2010

Yoga Event Looking for something special and meaningful this NYE? Celebrate with Kundalini Yoga, music, dancing, chanting, relaxation, live gong and 2010 Intention Journal.

All Levels Welcome

www.byroniyengaryoga.com Daily Classes / Privates / Retreats / Workshops 0402 770 441 Byron Yoga Lounge

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TUESDAY 22 DEC 9.30-11.30am Vinyassa 5.30-7.30pm Dru Yoga WEDNESDAY 23 DEC 9.30-11.30am Beginners 5.30-7.00pm Hatha

Clarence Valley Council is seeking tender submissions from suitably experienced consultants for this exciting, innovative but challenging project for a period of 2 years commencing 1 March 2010. Consultants may tender for one, two or all three consultancies but will need to demonstrate capacity to adequately resource all three contracts. Council will consider consortium applications for all three roles but this will need to be in the form of 3 complying tenders.

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TUESDAY 29 DEC 9.30-11.30am Vinyassa SATURDAY 2 JAN 8.30-10.30am Hatha TUESDAY 5 JAN 9.30-11.30am Vinyassa

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Diana will be taking a break from 24 Dec – 11 Jan Wishing you all a very safe and peaceful Christmas and New Year Your continuing support is much appreciated. Thank you

Tender Reference 09/048

All welcome. Enquiries: Diana Ewing 9 Myocum St Mullumbimby P: 02 6684 3431 M: 0407 455 212 E: dianaewing@bigpond.com

Local Government Project OfďŹ cer for community based project implementation across the Northern Rivers.

MARRIAGE CELEBRANT 66844559 0422383151 www.antheaamore.com

Call 0438 701 842

Meditation Meditation Yoga Yoga

TUESDAY

Looking for something different & deeply healing? Want to explore your unique self expression & creativity?

Cert level II, Reg. Nurse

LOCALS SPECIAL!

ANTHEA AMORE

MASSAGE

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Byron Surf Club, Main Beach YOGA TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY

GUIDED MOVEMENT HEALING

Iyengar Yoga

WHAT SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR IN A YOGA TEACHER ? LOOK FOR THE MARK...

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CELEBRANTS

MASSAGE $40 1HR Swedish relaxation, 7 days, Byron. Ph 0438024766

Alison Rahn qualiďŹ ed sex therapist www.alisonrahn.com.au 0432599812

6 - 7.30pm

MASSAGE

PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING including bioenergetic therapy Paul Cooke Dip Psych. Dip Couns Enquiries welcome 66850485

Sexual Counselling

THANK YOU GREEN & CLEAN VOLUNTEERS & SPONSORS You make a difference to our town. Congrats on Clean Beach Challenge win. Join us for more fun & dune-care in 2010. www.greenclean.org.au

66854898 Byron Bay

BRUNSWICK HEADS CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL BANNER PARK Any Sunday until 17th January from 7pm

MASSAGE CAREER

Susan Allen CMCAPA PACFA Reg. Ph 66802805

PROF SERVICES

BEST MOBILE MASSAGE therapeutic 20yrs exp. Phone Julie 0419339319

Massage by Bachhi

Relaxation & therapeutic 0434921748

Brunswick Heads 0417427518

Psst. Go see www.johnhale.org/wild

HYPNOTHERAPY

COUNSELLING

WWW.MAGENTAMASSAGE.CO.CC Swedish, 5 days, Mullum. 0422138644

Tender Reference 09/049 Regional Project OfďŹ cer with marketing, business development expertise and appropriate industry networks in the region.

Holistic Gym & Health Centre

Tender Reference 09/051

6am

Northern Rivers Food Links Project Manager and Project Administration All Tender documents may be downloaded from Council’s website www.clarence.nsw.gov.au or by contacting Rodney Wright on (02) 6645 0265. Please note Council will be closed for the Christmas break from 4.30pm 24th December 2009 until 8.30am Monday 4th January 2010. Tenders should be submitted in accordance with instructions included in the tender documents prior to the closing time and date of the tender. The onus rests on the tenderer to ensure that the tender is lodged in accordance with the above requirements. Late tenders will not be accepted. Tender submissions should be marked as follows: Tender for Northern Rivers Food Links, Tender no. 09/048, Tender no.09/049 or Tender No 09/051 The closing date for all tenders is 3.00pm Wednesday 20 January, 2010.

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30% off - December Only! Come and try a 1 month membership including personal training session,unlimited access to gym & vibration technology.

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voucher from Mullum Sari this Christmas.

Naturopathy with Sally

“I love encouraging people to create & sustain the best health they’ve ever had.�

Sally uses naturopathy like a big toolkit to help people help themselves using food medicine, iridology, colonic hydrotherapy & ozone therapy.

December Health Specials

Colonic & Iridology $119 (RRP $155) 90min Massage+Reflexology $99 (RRP $110) Specials include sauna & fresh juice! (RRP $35)

Mullumbimby... the healthiest place on earth

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35 Burringbar Street Mullumbimby

6684 2719 mullumsari.com

www.echo.net.au

SHIATSU/ACUPRESSURE THERAPY For women, relax and reconnect with self & your health. Call Hope 0405561695

STRONG HANDS MASSAGE 20 years exp. Ph Cornelia 0427301251

OXYGEN FACIAL $80 Massage 1 hr $60 Reexologie with Dhira 66847484

MASSAGE & INJURY MANAGEMENT JAMIE BENNETT B. Clin. Sci., Dip. Rem. Mass., Dip. Ex. Sci. Providing relief & relaxation to all types of soft tissue injuries. Specialising in sports injuries, remedial & relaxation massage. Exercise rehabilitation & personal training also avail. 20 yrs exp. Mobile service avail. Health Rebates. Byron 0403401696

REVITALISING MASSAGE Relaxing or deep tissue, Ocean Shores qualiďŹ ed. Nina 66802349, 0409393352

Ocean Shores, 1.5 hrs $80. Susan 0411409123

EAST COAST

CALMBIRTH

SWEDISH Massage

BYRON BAY DETOX RETREATS s #OLONIC (YDROTHERAPY s .ATUROPATHY s $ETOX 0ROGRAMS EXCLUSIVE UPCOMING RETREAT JAN 24TH-31ST 0LEASE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

HONUA MEA CLEANSING CLINIC Kahuna Bodywork. Only qualiďŹ ed Naturopath/Colonic Hydrotherapist in Mullumbimby. Bookings 66844883 or 0439843102 (opposite Echo ofďŹ ce)

PILATES STUDIO

0458 733 869/0458 633 869

Brunswick Heads. Ph 0408110006 Judy Leane Ex Physiologist

WWW BYRONBAYDETOXRETREATS COM AU

MASSAGE

Kate Chase

Master Masseur

SUGATA

BAppSc, Grad Dip Relationship Therapy Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner

relationship counselling family mediation co-parenting coaching

Downtown Byron Clinic (near Surf Club)

Dec 27 to Jan 8 t"MTP IPNF WJTJUTt)FBMUI GVOE SFCBUFT

tel: 0402 207 137 www.KateChase.com.au

BOOK EARLY

0438 660 438

BRENT VERCO CHIROPRACTOR

BODY WORK healing, readings, beauty, 7 days incl public hols. In/out calls from $45ph, 15yrs exp. Ph Lisa 66844003

See ad in the Service Directory Phone Tom 66855504

SEWING: HEMS & ALTERATIONS Dance wear. Ph Debra 0432185180

ALL CLASS used building materials and carpentry services, all through holidays, we can deliver and erect, Lic 54987C. Phone 0417064597

LAHAY

TREE SERVICES

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

Organic Facial

ART & ARTISANS

Pure plant extracts, caress your skin with the glorious touch of intuitive ďŹ ngers. www.hemaproducts.com Ph Carla 0401802737

Members Wanted FOR

DEEP TISSUE / RELAXING MASSAGE Home visit poss. Victoria 0401344047

ARTIST TRAIL in Byron Arts & Ind Estate Great opportunity for artists & galleries. Enq phone Bruce 0409960614

BUS SERVICES BYRON 2 BRISBANE EXPRESS City/Airport 2 hours. 1800626222

Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply.

APPLE MACBOOK PRO 15� 2.33 Ghz, 2 GB, wty Jan 2010, $1500. 0408396886

CLOTHING & ALTRNS

BIRTH PREPARATION & DOULA Raine Sharpe 0409534052, 66843705

FEELINGS OF EASE & LIGHTNESS Overcome your body as your soul sings with joy. Holistic massage and body readings with Carla. 15 yrs exp. Ph 0401802737

DEMOLITION, EXCAVATION & Aspestos removal specialists, avail through holidays, prompt service. Lic # 54987C. Ph 0407341728

CHILDCARE s #/.3#)/53 #(),$#!2% s Exp loving, caring nanny, great ref’s. Casual OK. Linda Flower 0421892812 OVERNIGHT CARE 7pm to 7am only, $50 per child, pick up avail. Ph Chaide 0466541300

A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF TREE WORK & TREE STUMP REMOVAL (STUMP GRINDING)

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6687 7674 / 0412 558 890

After hours & emergency service available

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Mulch Supplies Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

6687 7677 Mobile 0417 698 227

BYRON CHIROPRACTIC 6685-8159

TUE AM & SAT

MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC

MR MACINTOSH

kenscomputers.com.au new & used PC’s, parts - service - repairs, virus & system cleanup, upgrades. 66844116

FOR SALE VACUUM BAGS To suit most makes & models BRIDGLANDS Mullumbimby. 66842511 CARPET OFFCUTS – Lots of sizes and prices at Ray Towers Carpets, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate.

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES

Phone Matt 0427172684 CARPET MATS – from 50 cents each at Ray Towers Carpets, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate.

BLISS BOTANICALS 100% NATURAL SKIN CARE ** ON SALE ** GYPSY LE FAY Shop 4/22 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads Shop enquiries: 0417427518

COMPOST TOILETS 'ARRY 3COTT s

TIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. Brims Builders Hardware, Billinudgel 02 66801718, Sth Tweed 07 55236002 FREE DIRT pick up only. Fill from pool excavation, Mullum. Ph 66841477 or 0418958467

6684-1028

TUE PM, WED, THU & FRI

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

THAI MASSAGE Relaxing & Therapeutic including foot massage

EKKA Cert. Chiang Mai (Thail) Cert. Kinesiology

02 6680 4478 (OME VISITS DAYS s .ON SENSUAL

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Your Local Tree Experts www.byrontrees.com.au &5,,9 ).352%$ 02/&%33)/.!, 3%26)#% Qual. Tree Climbers 12�, 15�, 18� Chippers 50ft Cherry Picker Stump Grinding Bobcat with Mulching Head Tree Reports Development Applications

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Liz Costigan 0402 770 441

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I will start classes Jan 16, 17 23 24 30 31 9am – 12 noon $324.00 Francis Gregory 0447 614 008

CHILDCARE available days & evenings, local mum with references, Lennox area. Ph 0435021143 QUALIFIED BABYSITTER / NANNY Experienced, responsible, reliable & caring with childcare qualiďŹ cations, ďŹ rst aid & great refs. Adele 0421965007

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CATERING EQUIPMENT s FREEZER ROOM COMPLETE RUNNING X X s COLD ROOM COMPLETE RUNNING X X s STOVE "LUE 3EAL GAS BURNER WITH OVEN RECOND 6'# s STOVE "LUE 3EAL GAS BURNER WITH HOT PLATE FAN FORCED RECOND s OIL l LTER +" RECOND s HOT FOOD DISPLAY 7OODSON X 6'# s DRINK FRIDGE 3KOPE SINGLE DOOR 6'# s HOT PLATE GAS FREE STANDING X 6'#

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JUMPING CASTLE HIRE $180 for 4 hour & $220 for 8 hour. Ph 66851856 or 0433087148 QUICK SHADE waterproof structure 6m x 3m $150/day includes delivery, erection & collection. Phone 0419217629

HALLS FOR HIRE EWINGSDALE HALL AVAILABLE for your next function. Ph 0421878556

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FOR ALL YOUR PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE NEEDS!

Gift Vouchers from $20

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KITCHENAID QUALITY APPLIANCES As seen in Better Homes and Gardens Available now at: Bridglands Mby 66842511 BAY RECLAIMED Closing for Xmas 24 Dec. Come in & get your recycled timber & building materials for the holidays. 66855991 MIELE QUALITY WHITE GOODS Available now at: Bridglands Mby 66842511 LOCALLY HANDMADE JEWELLERY

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also available at Hammer & Hand Jewellery Collective Ti Tree Pl, Byron A & I Est. 10-4, 7 days FERARRI REMOTE CONTROL CARS From $54.95 Bridglands Mby 66842511 2 x 1965 GALAXIES Contact Vic Wade 66725572 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 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

BAMBOO PLY

from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au BABY & CHILDRENS ITEMS ‘BRUNS KIDS’ Specialising in recycled baby & childrens needs, clothes, toys, books, prams, high chairs. Next to Bruns Bakery. 66851135

BILLINUDGEL LANDSCAPING SUPPLIES

Cypress & T. Tree mulch, Koppers logs, sleepers etc All your gardening needs. 66804555 WOOD SHAVINGS, timber kitchen benches. Phone Stan 0412429156 MUSHROOM COMPOST aged 5 years, 25L bags, $6 each. 0432975503 WASHING MACHINE auto $170, fridge 2 door $250. Phone 0413589388 TRAMPOLINES, REPLACEMENT MATS & parts. 66851624 or 0409851624

NARNIA NURSERY

Poinciana, Flax, Yucca, Grass Tree, Lilly Pilly, Grasses, Succulents & much more. Ph 66805831, 0419771514 NATURAL DRUG - FREE PAIN RELIEF BIO-MAGNETICS now in stock MATTRESS XPRESS 66855212 ORGANIC COTTON SHEETS Pure silk pillows 100% cotton mattress protectors Huge range of natural products MATTRESS XPRESS 66855212 OFFICE CHAIRS & DESKS Storage Units - Shelves Cupboards - Wardrobes MATTRESS XPRESS 66855212 JEWELLERY MADE FOR YOU Local silver/goldsmith

soulgold.com.au 66845415

GIVE A PRACTICAL XMAS PRESENT! Get rid of rats poison free. Ph 66845553 MARY GARDNER’S DVD BOOK

Adventures in Local Ecology Essential Byron information from the heart of Byron Bay. And Tim Shanasy’s music CD $19.95 each at Echo offices or online at: www.mgardner.info

GOLF CLUBS full set of left handed graphite clubs + box of balls, rain gear, shoe bag, lge golf bag, $1000. 66841814 BEAUTIFUL 8 SEATER handmade square Balinese table + 10 cane chairs, near new, $1800 ono, Fisher Price ‘Close 2 Me’ high chair, $100. Ph 66809983 LOUNGE raisin brown, 3 seater + right hand chase, no rips, very good cond, $600. Ph 0408794757

ATOM ROTARY HOE brand new with wty $600, Deep freezer $550, Port-a-Potty, $650, both in good cond. 66846484 COUCH excellent cond, comfortable, $1200 new, sell $400. Ph 0430182751 NEW LINE gas oven, good condition $150. Phone 0402206259

CLEMS CARGO

SECONDHAND SHOP Cheap quality furniture & lots of interesting things - tables, trunks etc. Shop 1, 38 Tweed Street, Brunswick. Phone 66851213 KAYAK CABO ocean, paddles + fun, fishing, surf, $1500 ono. 0409062074 CEDAR WARDROBE large 1880 $2200, old style ext table, 6 chairs, rattan back $800, chaise lounge $500, 2 seat leather lounge $300, dropside oak table $400, french oak side board $750, 2 white cane chairs + cushions $180. 0434900430 FRIDGE working, new style, good size $175 Byron. Ph 66809199 PIANO upright, Brinsmead, lovely instrument $750. Ph 66884307 2 ‘I JOY’ MASSAGE CHAIRS black leather, $600 each. Granite kitchen tops $900. Phone 66847484

ADD A PHOTO OF YOUR CAR TO MAXIMISE ITS SELLING POTENTIAL Phone and ask our Echo staff for our special rates for car photos. 66841777 VW GOLF ‘01 1600GL black, 5sp, 5 dr exc cond lady owner long reg all the extras economical car $12,500 ono Phone 66190130, 0414334530

CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE

$$$s for most. Phone 0418189324, 0438189323

CAR TYRES $25

Supplied & fitted. Phone 66845296 MITSUBISHI magna 1996, 6 months rego, good cond, $2300. 0401964377

JOINERY BUSINESS includes all machinery & stock, suit 1-2 persons. Bangalow Ind Est. Ph Mark 0413080006 BALLINA: SHELLY’S BEACH FRONT CLEANING BUSINESS 2.5hrs, $55ph, 52 weeks p.a, $5000. Ph 0438848568 CAFE/TAKEAWAY Incl 3br + study or 4th br attached residence. Huge potential, great lifestyle & environment, unique opportunity, no competition, very reasonable rent, good lease, owners retiring, $125,000 + SAV. Phone 0423843532

CABINS FOR SALE STYLISH new relocatable cabins built to your requirements from $12,000. Easy delivery. Phone 0414769546

HOUSES FOR SALE

‘96 SUZUKI SWIFT 5 spd manual, good cond, great first car, excellent on fuel, rego to 03/10, $2300. Ph 0400424079 See countrycars.com.au for more details

MORTGAGE BROKER, buyers agent property advice & the best finance deals & service around. Beat the banks. Michael Murray 0428555501

TOYOTA COROLLA sedan 93, 12 month rego, low milage, good cond, $3990, Byron, Geneth 0408779720, text msg

OCEAN SHORES huge ocean views, executive 4br home, 2 bathrm, DLUG $712,000 www.diysell.com.au ID: P19537 Phone 66284127, 0418221294

HOLDEN UTE ‘91 5sp, 5mth reg, ex cond stereo, new eng $3600. 0407429451

SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH on canal, 3 br 2 bthrm, $480,000, www.diysell.com.au ID - P20328 Ph 0402402198

DIGITAL CAMERA Lumix, powerful zoom x12 optical Leica lens, very good cond, with case & all attachments, new $600, will sell $250 ono. Ph 66807225

TOYOTA COROLLA ‘92 4WD wagon, runs very well, $1100 ono. 66843371 FORD FALCON XH UTE, 6 months rego, good cond, $3500 ono. 0403555153

MULLUMBIMBY 3 bedroom home, freshly painted, new bathroom, quiet location, $510,000. Ph 0403224842

DAYBEDS hand carved in Bali incl matt & bolsters, from $1200. Ph 66804075

TOYOTA TOWN ACE VAN 92 model, manual, 6 months rego, serviced regularly, $2900 ono. Ph 0422558128

RENOVATED SETTLERS COTTAGE circa 1907 + studio Stuart St, Mullum $810,000. Ph owner 0457027293

GAS COOK TOP & OVEN good cond, 4 yrs old $100. Ph 66771673, 66771942 PA 12 CHANNEL 500w mixing desk, 4x 500w speakers $1500 ono. 66804621

BUNK wooden with slats, can be separate beds, with ladder, $180. Phone 66846082 or 0422194157 CONGAS x 2 Meinl Marathon series, durable shells/skins, $450. 66808850 BUILDERS auto level with tripod, Wilde $150, tool box Irwin, heavy duty $75, shade house, steel 20x30m $3000, water filter R/o new filters $95, steel cut off saw 14” near new $110, water pump 2800L per min, new $140. Phone 66842862 HOUSE FOR REMOVAL dismantled into walled sections, 3br, western red cedar, T&G floor, photos avail, you move it, as is where is. 90% complete, incl plans Mullum, bargain $9500 firm. 66844653

SAAB 95s 2000 leather, perfect condition, rego to March 2010, $8250. Phone Julie 0417613233 SUBARU Forester ‘97, 246,000km, 6 mth rego, good cond, $5500. 0434015528

MOTOR VEHICLES

CAR AUCTIONS

SUBARU LIBERTY 1 x sedan, 1 x wagon, well maint, $3500. 66804999

BARGAINS 1991 Commodore sedan auto air steer AAJ 44A Aug 10 rego alloys ...............$1,950 2001 Honda CRV Auto A/C, P/S, CD, 11/10 rego AHS92D ...$10,500 95 Daihatsu Applause 4 door sedan A/C, P/S, CD, 7/10 rego AQS580 .......$3,250 1999 Nissan Pulsar 94016kms 5spd, A/C, P/S, 10/10 rego ABA02W ..$6,350 1992 Mitsubishi Pajero LWB 7 seater Family wagon, 4x4 auto, A/C, P/S, AEB 67NCD, Tow Bar .........................$3,500

35 CARS UNDER $10,000

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TOYOTA Town Ace, white, 5 seats, ‘99, manual 267,000km, stereo, vgc, rego to Aug ‘10, $5800. 66846082, 0422194157

MOTOR BIKES

LUSH ECO MiaCasa Mullum. Pool, spa, pets. Single to family reunions. 66844762 BYRON lovely f-f rooms in nice home for fem travellers, $220pw incl. 66856645 MULLUM 15 min Byron, 3br & large loft, 10/1-10/2, f-furn & b’band, pets ok, lovely family home, $350pw. 0422247914 SELF-CONT APT $150 per night, kitchenette, avail now. Ph 0433880405 RUSTIC HOUSE central Mullum, dble rm & sun rm avail 20/12 - 4/1. 0437860640

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

KLR 250 trail bike, ready for rego, $1250. Phone 66851903, 0424254615

MYOCUM, rare 2.5ac hillside, beautiful valley views, in well established, park like MO community - finance available. 66843143 www.house-for-sale.com.au

CAR SERVICE

BSW MOTORS

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

BUSINESS FOR SALE

FENCING established 15 years, on going clients. Phone 66804495

COME & LIVE YOUR DREAM 95 Orana Rd, Ocean Shores. Great northerly views, breezes, privacy 1404sqm, DA approved dual occupancy $295,000. Phone owner (no ag gen please) 66840231 agents MYO MY M YO Y OC CUM CU UM, rare 2.5ac hillside, beautiful U MYOCUM, val vva aallle lley eeyy views, view vi ws, in well established, park valley lik ikke M O ccommunity ommu like MO - finance available. 668 68443 68 431 3311144433 ww w w 66843143 www.house-for-sale.com.au

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BYRON CENTRAL in funky house, sgl $180pw, as twin/dble $250pw, no bills. Females preferred. Ph 0421925531 DURRUMBUL 5 min Mullum, beaut home, suit creative n/s, 30+ $200pw + elect. Phone 0404276615 SHIRLEY ST, BYRON 2 furnished double rooms in unit, min 2 weeks stay, $200 & $250pw, Austar & free surfboards. Phone 0419207965 ROOM TO RENT in nice unit, pref fem, $100pw, Ocean Shores, close to shops, avail after Christmas. Ph 0415499690 SUFFOLK two rooms in large beautiful beach house, own balcony, $160pw + bond. Phone 0411155018 O.SHORES 1 room $140pw incl exp. 2 rms together bir $190pw + exp, both rms with own toilet/shower, private, n/s, d/f, conscious workers pref. Ph 0408002706 BYRON COTTAGE 10 mins walk town & beach. Furn & dbl rm $280pw no bills. Sgl rm $180pw no bills. Travellers welcome. Phone 0401735269

OCEAN SHORES fully furnished 3br, 2 bathrm home from 20 Jan to 27 April, $500pw all incl. Ph Susan 0411409123

SUFFOLK PARK room for rent with Dad & his boys, $180pw, spacious house, avail now. Ph 0413681712

BYRON huge room, f-f, great views, $300 sgl, $350 cpl, travellers ok. 0415045867

CLARKES BEACH 300m behind nature reserve, qu size, ensuite, $170pw, prefer mature lady, vego, n/s, d/f. 66857736

UPPER WILSONS CK well designed light & spacious 3br home, panoramic views, large open deck & level gardens, $450pw, available 15 January. Ph 66840323

NTH O.SH room with ens in 3br house, $130pw + bills + bond. 66804741

BYRON room, ensuite with balcony in Lilli Pilli nature reserve, for quiet fem, avail 3 Jan - 22 Jan, $180pw. 0407942984 SUNRISE f-furn room, TV, DVD, clean quiet house, close to shops, bike to town, short term, suit traveller/student, $165pw all incl. Phone 0415939615 EWINGSDALE lovely 1-2br apt, pool, on 1 acre, avail holiday rental. 0403022356

HOUSE SWAP

PIT BIKE 125cc, good condition, running well $500. Phone 0402206259

ROOM friendly, clean home with pool, internet, lge converted garage $170pw + bond & bills. Ph 0402630487

MULLUM cute 3br farmhouse close to town & beaches, all mod cons + linen avail all January $1000pw. 0410666871

BYRON x-large carpeted, p-furn garage, quiet, clean, house with pool, avail 26/12 $280pw sgl/$350 twin. 0408267206

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MULLUM room with a view, furn, quiet n/s h’hold off Left Bank Rd, suit easy going working person, $140pw bills, WiFi internet included. Phone 0424898749

BEACH COTTAGE SUFFOLK room avail 2 mins from beach, own private entrance & carpark, must be working & enjoy a healthy lifestyle, short term ok, $160pw. Phone 0421206262

Ewingsdale

SHARED BOUNDARY BILLI VILLAGE PUB. Offers. 0407076374

6686 5586

84 December 22, 2009 The Byron Shire Echo

HOLIDAY ACCOM. WATERFRONT Brunswick charming 1 & 2br, f-furn apartments. Ph 66851631

spacious light 5 bedroom 3 bath home, gardens, peace, swimming pool, lifestyle. Close to Byron and beach but out of the madness. Private sale Email:

LAND FOR SALE

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA DLN 19950

BYRON BAY 1br unit in managed holiday rental complex, good return, keen to sell $345,000. Phone 66847609, 66807891

SUNRISE 2 rms avail 11/1/10 - 9/2/10. $150pw each, bond. Ph 0405463663

KAWASAKI 2003 ER500, new tyres, reg 6/5/10, great learner legal bike $3950 Ph 0434875966 or 66809433

WHOLESALE / DISTRIBUTION servicing local supermarkets & pharmacies $50,000 + stock & equipment. Ph 0431165635

Ballina Car Centre

UNITS FOR SALE

BYRON fully-furn, s-c 1br studio, walk to shops, beach & gym, $70pn/$260pw. Ph 0466665606, 0466665784

SUBARU OUTBACK 2002 MYO3, auto, rego 8/10, 158,000km, just serviced, new front tyres, $14,800 ono. 0412661073

Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403 or 0413120970

INDUSTRIAL UNIT in attractive complex Byron A&I Est, 120sqm incl mezzanine. Keen to sell, $285,000. Ph 66847609

SUNRISE self-cont spacious room, deck, ensuite, basic cooking fac, walk to bch/ shops, suit peaceful n/s sgl, $220pw, dbl $250pw, avail now to end Jan. 66855287

OLD MOTORBIKE any make, any year, any cond. Will pickup. 0427109195

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

ROOM for rent, female, $160pw, no bills, Sunrise. Ph Melissa 0423531207

BYRON 5 min walk to CBD, furn rooms, dbl/twin in clean, chilled house, suit travellers, short term. Ph 0408855738

WANTED

KIA PREGIO 2005, 123,000km, $9750. Phone 66884516

THE POCKET 2.5ac, 4br home DLUG $710,000. Phone 66845101, 0458445101 Refer www.diysell.com.au ID:P20480

MULLUM room avail for 1 month from 31 December, prefer female. 0423293995

GOOD used furniture bought and sold Bridglands Mullumbimby 66842511

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

SUNRISE vego, clean living, easy going, working person to share with 1, leafy t’house, $130pw incl elec. 0423507229

BYRON furn room for quiet non smoker, own bathrm, $40pn single, $60pn double, avail 22 Dec-3 Jan. 0417402740

SURFBOARDS beginners and assorted boards, bargains. Ph 0403022356

GARAGE SALES

EXQUISITE OCEAN VIEWS Byron Bay. Close to beach, 2km to towm, 3br, 2 bthrm, DLUG, $1.29m. Ph 0412510049

BYRON SELF-CONT STUDIO furn, tropical garden setting, from $250pw incl bills, b’band, bikes. Ph 0413294982

WOODEN DOLLS HOUSE great furniture, Barbie VW Cabrio & Vespa bike, many books and toys, Safe & Sound child carrier for bike, PC or PS2 steering wheel and pedal set. Ph 66872162

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

house, non smoker, single working person $200pw. Cathy 0402779376, 66803302

STUDIO BYRON TOWN clean, tranquil, winter rates, avail now. 0409062074

SLIDING GLASS DOOR 1.8 x 2.1m with screen, only $225. Ph 66857887

TRAILER minimum 1600mm wide. Any condition. Phone 66845423

PROPERTY FOR SALE

AVALON SYD lge 2br house, close to transport, water/forest views, pool, swap for accom in Byron Shire, or would housesit, 1-14 Jan approx. 0410890398

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

YOUNG PROF single mum & child seek mum & child to share gorgeous home in Federal. Hope to share responsiblilties eg shopping, cooking, babysitting. Beautiful breezy private 3br home on 3 acres, wrap verandah, open plan living/kitchen, art studio space, $205pw. 66884413

TO LET BANGALOW SELF STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333 CARAVANS & CABINS from $195pw. Apply in person to Byron Bay Tourist Village, Ewingsdale Road. BANGALOW RENT A SHED Self storage. Phone 66871306 PROPERTIES REQUIRED for permanent & holiday, good tenants waiting. Phone Gail Fuller 66808111 OCEAN SHORES 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrm, large kitchen, carport & garage, NE wrap around verandah, avail 30 Dec, $470pw incl lawns. 0410599230 BANGALOW the nicer side of town, 3 dbl beds, 1 bth, sep toilet, SLUG, big back fenced yard, gardens incl, quiet street, 5 min walk to Bangalow town, part or fully furn, no pets. Would suit professionals. $570pw ono. Avail Jan. 0438133207 BEACHSIDE Suffolk 1 min beach, 3br, 2 bath + study, kitch/ family, lounge/ dining, pool, u/cover BBQ, DLUG, avail Jan 12, 10 mth lease, no pets $675pw. 66884162

Byron Beach Realty ALCORN ST. 2 BR, 1 Bath Unit, large shared backyard $325 p/w CONTACT WILL

02 6685 4039

SUNRISE 2br, partly furn, pref 30+ fem, $170pw for 2 rooms incl, avail now. Phone Sam 0411608661 KINGSCLIFF 2 bedroom unit to share with one other. Furnished. $120pw + expenses. 0409911124 LILLI PILLI nice room for rent in clean, quiet house, $160pw. 0401653261

40sqm $400p/w + half outgoings.

OCEAN SHORES 1 large room with ensuite, own entrance & carport in 3br

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BYRON BAY 3brm + study + studio, lge yard, pets ok, $570pw+bond, incl lawn. Avail 15 Jan. Ph 0434675424 BANGALOW beautiful f-f house 3br 3bthrm with ofďŹ ce, end of cul-de-sac, walk to shops, views $650pw Ph 0418388252 THE CHANNON lge 1br home avail 10/1, set in magniďŹ cent bush land overlooking owing Terania Ck. Open plan, fully renov with polished oor & timber ceiling. Close to amenities, pets neg. Unfurn $260, furn $300. For commercial opportunity see ad in To Lease section, refer The Channon. Ph 66886355, 0414532424 MYOCUM 1br beaut quiet spot, new reno full bath, deck, own yard, n/s, no dogs suit sgl worker, $220pw, incl elec. 66841985 MULLUMBIMBY 1br s-c at with c’yard, suit sgl n/s, d/f worker, no pets, refs req’d, $250pw + elect. Ph 0432672923

Mullumbimby 3 b/r, b & t, pol timber oors, auto SLUG, 2 bathrooms, air cond, close to CBD $410 pw Julie or Nicci Ph: 66 84 3301 Chincogan Real Estate 79 Burringbar St Mullumbimby 2482 Mullumbimby 2 bed unit close to CBD. Avail 24th Dec. $250 p/w. Mullumbimby 2 bed unit in CBD. Avail 18th Dec $265 p/w. Wanganui 3 bed timber home, pool. Avail 17th Dec $375 p/w Main Arm Executive rural 4 bed, 4 bath home with triple carport. Avail now. $700 p/w. Mullumbimby – 3 industrial estate premises for rent. 1. 144 m2 ground + 48 m2 mez. $350 + outgoings p/w. 2. 96 m2 ground + 48 m2 mez. $300 + outgoings p/w. 3. 112 m2 ground + 64 m2 mez. $320 + outgoings p/w.

MARK COCHRANE REAL ESTATE

6684 2663

61 Burringbar Street Mullumbimby

MULLUM 2br brick unit, $250pw, bond, Phone 66841318, 0416216231

STORAGE AVAILABLE contact Elders Bangalow. Phone 66871500

MAIN ARM 3br, 2 bthrm + studio, working family for long term rental, 10 min Mullum, swimming dam, avail early New Year, no pets, $500pw incl garden maintenance. Phone 0438770783

VENUE FOR HIRE

TROPICAL HOUSE top two levels, avail now, 2br, study, spa bath, large deck, Byron Hills, 8 mins walk to beach, avail now. $375pw. 66884336, 0411475947 LARGE SELF-CONT STUDIO, valley views, balcony, suit quiet person, $145pw. incl elect. Crabbes area. 0421738527 OCEAN SHORES 3br, 2 bathrm, pool, $380pw. Ph 66845364, 0431016236 OCEAN SHORES 1br granny at $180pw. Ph 66845364 or 0431016236 BYRON lovely views, 3br, 2 bthrm, deck, private, just outside town on hill, $525pw, avail Feb 1, long term. Ph 66855220 O.SHORES lovely 1br self-cont garden at, n/s, d/f, worker only, secure parking, very clean $200pw. Ph 0428118388

SANTOS HEARTSPACE Suits yoga, groups, massage, meetings. $8 per hour. Emma 0405910435 STREET FRONT OFFICE / Showroom + storeroom, Byron A & I, incl elect & high speed b’band, $135pw. 0405446033 COMMERCIAL STUDIO Billi $140pw. Siwicki RE 66851206 WORKSHOPS BILLINUDGEL from $50pw, free elec. Siwicki RE 66851206 SHED SPACE Byron Shire, suit storage, light industry. Phone 0428657549 THE CHANNON fantastic business opp, huge premises, fully renov, upper deck 125sqm, perfect for retail, ofďŹ ce or consulting, $225pw. Lower deck 125sqm, ideal artist space, $75pw or take both $300pw. Separate residence avail, see To Let section, refer The Channon. Symmone 66886355 or 0414532424

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 ofďŹ ce box. TAXI DRIVERS BYRON SHIRE Drivers required, shifts available. Full training provided. Ph BH 66209211 email: info@byronbaytaxis.com MODELS 18+ years required. Nude female for Picture and People magazines. No experience required. All shapes and sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good money. Professional accredited ACP photographer. Ph 0413627846 THE BAGG Byron’s freshest publication needs a reliable person on the ground for folding/distribution, could lead to more jobs. Email: jobs@thebagg.com.au

BEACHSIDE SUFFOLK house 3br, 2 bathrm, BIRs, beautifully fully-furn, a-c, at screen TV, private deck with spa, avail from 6 Jan. Ph Paris 0412185558

MULLUM 4br family home on 1 acre, rural views to Mt Chincogan, 5 min to town, lge verandahs, high ceilings, avail now, $550pw. Ph 66841420, 0414606601

BRANDON STREET 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom house, large yard, walking distance to beach, SLUG. Available 23/12/09 f{xäĂœ

Looking to rent a rural property in the Byron hinterland or Bangalow?

OCEAN SHORES 3br 2 bath, SLUG, modern home $440pw 3br 2 bath, SLUG short lease $350pw BRUNSWICK HEADS 2br 1 bath carport $250pw MULLUMBIMBY 3br 1 bath beautiful home $400pw

Elders Rental Centre 3/47 Byron Street, 6685 8911

L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177

www.elders.com.au/byronbay

5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

SHIRLEY ST, BYRON BAY 4 bedroom + studio, private courtyard great for entertaining, 4 minute walk to the main beach and shops, big outdoor spa. Avail now. $3750 monthly L.J. Hooker Byron Bay 6685 7300

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NATIVE THAI SPEAKER req’d for project work. Email: dpo3000@yahoo.com CHEF For busy cafe in Byron. Immediate start. Ph Ian 66857810 EXPERIENCED COOK/CHEF flexible hours, friendly team. Good rates. Central Byron. Ph 0404673532. Immediate

DECKS & PERGOLAS & all carpentry needs. Ph for free quote 0427196962

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WINDOW CLEANING quality & service, painting & decorating. John 0411842117 FIX-IT MEN clean up for summer, no job too large. Tree work, garden & rural jobs, everything outdoors. Bobcat/truck also avail. Fast & reliable. All hrs 0438766606

BANGALOW

PROPERTIES REQUIRED FOR HOLIDAY & PERMANENT GREAT TENANTS WAITING

3 bedroom, brand new carpet and tiles, open plan living 5 min walk to shops, 10 mins to beach. Avail 30/1/10 $480 p/w

Senior First Aid

QUALIFIED PAINTER looking for work, small jobs ok. Ph Rob 0408900134

CORAL COURT 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom duplex. Lawns included, close to beach. Available 18/01/10 fxääĂœ

BOTTLEBRUSH CRES, SUFFOLK PARK

THERE exists an open opportunity for an enthusiastic, excited person to be a part of a raw food enterprise. Please contact Dianne or Nathan 66882396

ALL TRADE GUYS landscaping, tiling, carpentry, garden maint. 0432401334

At Ginger Necktar Drink Co. we are passionate about both our drinks. We hope you enjoy the Fruits of our labour!

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BOTTLEBRUSH CRESCENT 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse. Fenced yard, SLUG. Available 23/12/09 f{ĂŽäĂœ

VIDEO EDITING & DVD BURNING Production & Tuition. Majida 66843449

Man with a Ute

SUFFOLK PARK beach side, new 5br, 4 car garage, long lease. Ph 0412367233

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KNOCKROW 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom Studio on acreage. Available 23/12/09 fĂŽääĂ‰Ăœ

MASSAGE THERAPIST casual, fully qualiďŹ ed for Byron clinic. Ph 0419419404

Phone Matt 0427172684

MYOCUM cottage, 2br, open plan, polished oors, decks, views, lush gardens $360pw incl elect. 0419419402

WANTED TO RENT LONG TERM caretaker position for established handyman business, acreage preferred, refs & ABN. 0408628130 SHARE HOUSE Byron/Suffolk, 22yo male, f’time student seeks f-f med/lge room. $140-$170pw incl bills & b’band pref. Need for 10/1. Ph Zac 0419266563 SWEDISH WRITER seeks retreat near beach for 5 month period. Self contained large studio or 1 bedroom. Tidy, quiet, non-smoking, no pets. Jan 07 - June 1. Phone 66847781. Leave a message

TO LEASE BRUNSWICK HEADS fully renovated stylish shop, prime position, low rent, ideal for small clothing business, live the dream! Phone 0438856651

BILLINUDGEL secure, large factory & yard storage, also large ofďŹ ce space, share facilities, various options avail, from Jan 1. Phone 0428301251

Byron Restaurant Location Central CBD location, ideal for restaurant or cafĂŠ, indoor/outdoor dining, great potential, generous set-up period, 58m2. $425 pw + GST + OG’s. ä{änÊÓÇÎÊnĂˆĂ“

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CLEANER EXTRAORDINAIRE! Linda is back. Experienced & reliable, $25ph. Ph 0405071285

Our community based centre for 3-5 year olds is seeking an energetic, warm, qualiďŹ ed person to take the Teacher/ Director’s position 3 days per week from Term 1 2010. You will hold a Diploma or Degree in Early Childhood Education, meet the requirements for Authorised Supervisor, have First Aid cert. and experienced in planning and programming for this age group. Award conditions apply.

For information call Andrew Hall on 6684 9406 or 0414 996 490

LanguageTuition FRENCH [( GERMAN ( ITALIAN CZECH ( SWISS GERMAN For school, work, holidays, conversation. Phone 66846760 or 0403224842

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Free info session– 11th January Next course 20-24th January

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I’M YOUR HANDYMAN no job too small, best rates in Byron. Flat pack assembly, wood oor restoration, painting, blind/ curtains. You name it, I can do it! Phone Aaron 0417448579, 66853973

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PETS FOR LIFE ANIMAL SHELTER For such a young cat, Rosie has had a very sad life so far. She was rescued with her babies from an environment where they were literally being kicked around the floor. Unfortunately one of her babies died due to the abuse and neglect. Despite this abuse, Rosie loves humans and is a very affectionate and loving girl. She would prefer to be in a home where she is the only cat though. She is a pale tortoiseshell and is approximately 10 months old. Rosie would love nothing more than to feel the sun on her face, the grass under her paws and love all around her this Christmas. Rosie will make a kind soul, a loyal and loving companion for life.

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This Lucky Seven are having Christmas at the AWL Cat Adoption Centre. These abandoned and surrendered cats need new homes, new families, a new love. Romeo, Sam, Koda, Hare, Is, Diamond and Zorro are waiting for you. All healthy, happy, vacc’d, ‘chipped, de-sexed and ready for a new home. Come and meet the Lucky Seven and give your New Year a New Love, at the Cat Adoption Centre, 124 Dalley St Mullumbimby. Call 6684 4070.

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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. Billinudgel Property Trust 7 lot rural subdivision

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jack Jack is still looking for a home. He is a desexed male 23kg black kelpie X. Super active, loves people and is friendly towards other dogs. He needs an owner who leads an active lifestyle.

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Bangalow Quilt winner Susie Peterson of Bangalow was the lucky winner of the Bangalow Quilter’s Quilt Raffle drawn last week. Susie was thrilled to win. The Quilt was raffled to raise funds in order to stage a Quilt Show in Bangalow on the last weekend in March 2010. All funds raised at this event will go towards the charitable endeavours that Bangalow Quilters have been involved in, over the past decade and this year alone, Bangalow Quilters

made in excess of 20 ‘Goodwill’ quilts. One of our Quilts will be used in the fundraiser for the Michael Maladay Family. The Quilters have received financial or other assistance from Byron Shire Council, Byron Bay Services Club, Silver Thread, Mullumbimby, the Northern Rivers Writer’s Centre and Bangalow Farmer’s Market. Bangalow Quilters meet at the Anglican Church Hall, Bangalow on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.

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Craft Fair

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An invitation to anyone who may be having a Christmas lunch on their own, to come and join with other folk at the Uniting Church hall in Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads from 12noon on December 25. It will be an alcohol free area. Plum Pudding, custard and icecream will be provided, but the main meal will be provided by each person bringing food to share. Contact Robin on 6685 1097 or South Golden AGM Sylvia on 6685 0080 for further South Golden Beach Progress information. Association Inc will be holding an Annual General Meeting at New Year’s Eve Party 5pm on Monday January 11 at Once again Kohinur Hall (Upthe South Golden Beach Com- per Main Arm Community munity Centre. New members Assn) welcomes everyone to are welcome. Contact 0413 100 dance in the New Year at its fundraising New Year’s Eve 796. Party. This is a wholly local Saturday Bazaar affair, with live music by two Come to the Saturday Bazaar at exciting, popular big bands, the Byron Community Centre Groove Foundation and Posievery weekend from 10am to tive Timing, and sets by DJ 2pm. Choose an all weather site Miks and DJ Magoo. Tickets yourself with tables available $20 at the door; children welfrom 9am. No public liability in- come; food and refreshments surance needed with sites inside available. Support your local or in the garden for $15. Bring community and celebrate the anything sellable (no food or New Year at beautiful Kohinur drink) or come in yourself and Hall at 8pm, Thursday Decembrowse for a bargain. Enquiries ber 31. to 6685 6807. A Community Singing Workshop Centre fundraiser. Gypsy Romani Singing WorkChristmas Closure shop with Beat Lehmann The Anglican Parish of Mul- (2008/09/10 Woodford Folk lumbimby Op Shop will be Festival Fire Event Conducclosing from midday on De- tor). At the Catholic Church cember 24 and reopening Hall, Bangalow on WednesTuesday January 5 with an all day January 6 from 6 to 9 pm. clothing $2 Sale. Grab a bar- Cost $25 ($20 concession). For bookings call Anita on 6684 gain for the New Year. 9313 or 0427 250 888 or email Meditation Course aa4gold@gmail.com. There will be a 10 day course of Vipassana Meditation from Liberation Feast January 5 to 16 in Ballina. Vi- Liberation Larder, a food lifepassana meditation is a practi- line, will be holding a Christcal method of self awareness mas Feast! Please come and which makes it possible to celebrate the joys of Christmas face the tensions and prob- with us, either by Volunteerlems of daily life in a calm and ing to give out delicious food balanced way. A 10 day resi- or by simply enjoying what dential course of instruction we give out. As always we’re is an opportunity to learn the continuing to hand out free technique and experience the groceries and wholesome hot benefits of a period of intensive Food on Tuesdays and Fridays meditation. Courses are main- at 4pm. So please join us at the tained purely on voluntary do- Fletcher Street room, Byron nation and neither the assistant Bay Community Centre where teachers of S.N. Goenka or the you can also stop by to make organizers receive remunera- a donation of non perishable tion for their services. To apply foods: liberate your larder of or for more info visit the web- those timeless tins and please site or phone Din and Garry give generously. Honu Dawson on 6672 2732 or Ron and Ju- 0418 483 777 or Email: liberadith on 6685 6616. For more tionlarder@gmail.com. www.echo.net.au The annual Beachfront Craft Fair will be held Wednesday December 30 from 8am to 5pm. Relax beneath the trees while you take in the diverse collection of Artisans’ wares, delicious food and coffee, all served with a dash of funky music on the side. A fun day for all with face painting and kids games included. Enquiries to 6685 7591.

News Extra Kevin Kelly looks at possible futures for the rest of the 21st century and beyond

Speculations on the future of science cience will continue to surprise us with what it discovers and creates; then it will astound us by devising new methods to surprise us. At the core of science’s self-modification is technology. New tools enable new structures of knowledge and new ways of discovery. The achievement of science is to know new things; the evolution of science is to know them in new ways. What evolves is less the body of what we know and more the nature of our knowing. Technology is, in its essence, new ways of thinking. The most powerful type of technology, sometimes called enabling technology, is a thought incarnate which enables new knowledge to find and develop news ways to know. This kind of recursive bootstrapping is how science evolves. As in every type of knowledge, it accrues layers of self-reference to its former state. New informational organisations are layered upon the old without displacement, just as in biological evolution. Our brains are good examples. We retain reptilian reflexes deep in our minds (fight or flight) while the more complex structuring of knowledge (how to do statistics) is layered over those primitive networks. In the same way, older methods of knowing (older scientific methods) are not jettisoned; they are simply subsumed by new levels of order and complexity. But the new tools of observation and measurement, and the new technologies of knowing, will alter the character of science, even while it retains the old methods. I’m willing to bet the scientific method 400 years from now will differ from today’s understanding of science more than today’s science method differs from the proto-science used 400 years ago. A sensible forecast of technological innovations in the next 400 years is beyond our imaginations (or at least mine), but we can fruitfully envision technological changes that might occur in the next 50 years.

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sults should be shared. Major journals have pledged not to publish the findings of phase 3 trials if their earlier phase 1 results had not been reported, whether negative or not. Triple Blind Experiments – In a double blind experiment neither researcher nor subject are aware of the controls, but both are aware of the experiment. In a triple blind experiment all participants are blind to the controls and to the very fact of the experiment itself. The way of science depends on cheap non-invasive sensor running continuously for years generating immense streams of data. While ordinary life continues for the subjects, massive amounts of constant data about their lifestyles are drawn and archived. Out of this huge database, specific controls, measurements and variables can be ’isolated’ afterwards. For instance, the vital signs and lifestyle metrics of a hundred thousand people might be recorded in dozens of different ways for 20-years, and then later analysis could find certain variables (smoking habits, heart conditions) and certain ways of measuring that would permit the entire 20 years to be viewed as an experiment – one that no one knew was even going on at the time. This post-hoc analysis depends on pattern recognition abilities of supercomputers. It removes one more variable (knowledge of experiment) and permits greater freedom in devising experiments from the indiscriminate data. Combinatorial Sweep Exploration – Much of the unknown can be explored by systematically creating random varieties of it at a large scale. You can explore the composition of ceramics (or thin films, or rare-earth conductors) by creating all possible types of ceramic (or thin films, or rareearth conductors), and then testing them in their millions. You can explore certain realms of proteins by generating all possible variations of that type of protein and they seeing if they bind to a desired diseasespecific site. You can discover new algorithms by automatically generating all possible programs and then running them against the desired problem. Indeed all possible Xs of almost any sort can be summoned and examined as a way to study X. None of this combinatorial exploration was even thinkable before robotics and computers; now both of these technologies permit this brute force style of science. The parameters of the emer-

Adaptive Real Time Experiments – Results evaluated, and large-scale experiments modified in real time. What we have now is primarily batch-mode science. Traditionally, the experiment starts, the results are collected, and then conclusions reached. After a pause the next experiment is designed in response, and then launched. In adaptive experiments, the analysis happens in parallel with collection, and the intent and design of the test is shifted on the fly. Some medical tests are already stopped or reevaluated on the basis of early findings; this method would extend that method to other realms. Proper methods would be needed to keep the adaptive experiment objective. AI Proofs – Artificial intelligence will derive and check the logic of an experiment. Ever more sophisticated and complicated science experiments become ever more difficult to judge. Artificial expert systems will at first evaluate the scientific logic of a paper to ensure the architecture of the argument is valid. It will also ensure it publishes the required types of data. This “proof review” will augment the peer-review of editors and reviewers. Over time, as the protocols for an AI check became standard, AI can score papers and proposals for experiments for certain consistencies and structure. This metric can then be used to categorize experiments, to suggest improvements and further research, and to facilitate comparisons and meta-analysis. A better way to inspect, measure and grade the structure of experiments would also help develop better kinds of experiments.

gent ‘library’ of possibilities yielded by the sweep become the experiment. With sufficient computational power, together with a pool of proper primitive parts, vast territories unknown to science can be probed in this manner.

too will hypothesis. An explanation may be stated as: 20% is explained by this theory, 35% by this theory, and 65% by this theory. A matrix also permits experiments with more variables and more complexity than before.

Evolutionary Search – A combinatorial exploration can be taken even further. If new libraries of variations can be derived from the best of a previous generation of good results, it is possible to evolve solutions. The best results are mutated and bred toward better results. The best testing protein is mutated randomly in thousands of way, and the best of that bunch kept and mutated further, until a lineage of proteins, each one more suited to the task than its ancestors, finally leads to one that works perfectly. This method can be applied to computer programs and even to the generation of better hypothesis.

Pattern Augmentation – Pattern-seeking software which recognizes a pattern in noisy results. In large bodies of information with many variables, algorithmic discovery of patterns will become necessary and common. These exist in specialized niches of knowledge (such particle smashing) but more general rules and general-purpose pattern engines will enable patternWiki-Science – The average seeking tools to become part number of authors per paper of all data treatment.

Multiple Hypothesis Matrix – Instead of proposing a series of single hypothesis, in which each hypothesis is falsified and discarded until one theory finally passes and is verified, a matrix of many hypothesis scenarios are proposed and managed simultaneously. An experiment travels through the matrix of multiple hypothesis, some of which are partially right and partially wrong. Veracity is statistical; more than one thesis is permitted to stand with partial results. Just as data were assigned a margin of error, so

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continues to rise. With massive collaborations, the numbers will boom. Experiments involving thousands of investigators collaborating on a ‘paper’ will commonplace. The paper is ongoing, and never finished. It becomes a trail of edits and experiments posted in real time — an ever evolving ‘document’. Contributions are not assigned. Tools for tracking credit and contributions will be vital. Responsibilities for errors will be hard to pin down. Wiki-science will often be the first word on a new area. Some researchers will specialize in refining ideas first proposed by wiki-science. Return of the Subjective – Science came into its own when it managed to refuse the subjective and embrace the objective. The repeatability of an experiment by another, perhaps less enthusiastic, observer was instrumental in keeping science rational. But as science plunges into the outer limits of scale – at the largest and smallest ends – and confronts the weirdness of the fundamental principles of matter/energy/information such as that inherent in quantum effects, it may not be able to ignore the role of observer. Existence seems to be a paradox of self-causality, and any science exploring the origins of existence will eventually have to embrace the subjective, without become irrational. The tools for managing paradox are still undeveloped. ■ Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and a former editor/ publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog. The above story is part of an upcoming book called What Technology Wants. It was first posted at The Technium www.kk.org/thetechnium.

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PH: & COURSES PH: 6775 2081 sampleshapeworks.com 6772 3612 or 0427 723 613 FORD FOCUS 2006 man 2 ltr, HOLIDAY www.3dogcamping.com 3 BRM BRICK & 12 mths rego, AL-56-HJ, VGC ACCOMMODATION CASINO For the best Australian made TILE, air con, large undercover $14,000. PH: 0408 767 067 ute back, roof top & trailer LENNOX HEAD BEACH entertaining area, inground campers. PH: (02) 6685 5460 SHACK available after 30th, pool, double lock-up carport, • Forklift On Site Camping Shop sleeps 10+ PH: 0407 770 077 secure • Bobcat yard. $285,000. PH: 6662 4638 • Excavator CARAVANS/ ILUKA WATERFRONT • Traffic Control HOLIDAY UNITS 2 BRM, MOTORHOMES • OH&S Green Card vacancy to Sat 26 Dec CASH! CASH! CASH! FORD FESTIVA reg'd 06/10, 2brm home + large s/o. $279K CALL for caravans & poptops & $600p/w and Wed 13 to Wed PH: 6632 3535 / 0429 323539 a/c, new clutch, mags with windup campers. Prompt 21 Jan $700 p/w. 6642 8836 good tyres, economical, 5 spd ACTIVE TRAINING UNDER $75,000! Midway man, GC. $3,400 ono. PH: inspection. PH: 0408 882 104 KIT HOMES Noosa & Hervey Bay, 1.6 6654 4369 JAYCO FLAMINGO Outback MULTISPAN KIT BUILDINGS acs with rainforest lined 6684 7098 or 0428 847 098 2001, bag awning with sides LAND ROVERS Station creek, hideaway on your own + Little Buddy awning, g/cond. Homes, Sheds & Renos retreat! priced to sell $74,000! wagon 1961, fair cond, supplied & built. 6687 9954 $16,500. PH: 6645 3253 CLGCA approved Cheapest acreage east coast unreg, best offer. 1996 Cab Aust! PH: 07 5476 7244 SQP chassis, trade box/camper, Classes @ Tweed, Byron, LIVESTOCK bullbar, towbar, winch, driving Lismore, Ballina, Grafton & DORPER Full Blood Ewes YAMBA area, beautiful house lights, 12 mths rego AM-56Coffs Harbour. on 2 ac, 4brm, 2bth, 2car, pool, Springvale B/lines 6724 1828 SA, good cond $12,500 ono. New 'Bar Essentials' shed for van/boat. View www. also F2 & F3. 6783 4112 Course now running buymyplace.com.au ID:04115 HOLDEN RODEO UTE, dual cab, 1984, unreg, best offer. 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new local company, Econstruct Australia, is specialising in designing and building affordable and sustainable project homes that won’t cost the earth. They have been recognised with awards from Eco Green Building NSW and the Master Builders Association, and ensure their office habits also reflect the eco principles that develop each house built. Director Tate Neale told The Echo, ‘We would love to see people move away from the old brick veneer, carbon dioxide guzzling homes. As well as building green homes, it’s equally fulfilling to see people gain better lifestyles and saving thousands of dollars in annual bills as a result of a better designed house. Standard brick veneer homes may seem cheap but they are more expensive in the long term. We are aiming to strike the perfect balance between affordability and sustainability for each client. ‘Each client can leave the design and materials up to our architects and builders, or they can search our eco materials catalogues and choose materials that suit them best.’ The catalogue is a result of an in depth independent study commissioned by Econstruct into building ma-

Tate Neale and Paul Benhaim of Econstruct Australia with some of their designs.

terial options for home construction. Clients can make an informed decision on the materials, from paints to timber, they want to include in their home. Some people may choose a higher priced product as it has the lowest carbon footprint, and others may have a smaller budget and therefore choose a product that is still eco-friendly, but more affordable. The end products and fittings in a home are ultimately a balance of environmentally conscious decisions, based on local, low carbon or

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non-toxic products, and the client’s budget. Each house has solar passive design, making it energy efficient from the offset, and uses mega-anchors, a green alternative to concrete slabs. House designs allow for efficient cross ventilation, part of the solar passive design, and grey water recycling, high efficiency plumbing and double glazed windows are standard design features. Materials and fittings used by Econstruct include bamboo floors, spotted gum decks, gas boosted hot water, solar

electricity, eco-wool insulation, underground rainwater tanks, LED lighting, low VOC paints (less or no toxic vapours), underground LPG, electric shutdown switches, green glue soundproofing, eco appliances and eco furniture. Project Manager Paul Benhaim said, ‘We have several standard homes and how they are customised comes down to how green, local and affordable you want your house to be.’ Visit www.e-construct.com. au or call Paul on 6684 2100.

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Deceased Estate – Executors Want Action Here’s your opportunity to exit the hustle and bustle of modern life and wind down and relax with the family in a quiet rural setting. There’s plenty of room for a horse or cricket pitch and why not enjoy your own vegie patch. Sling your hammock between the trees and lay back and listen to the birds, yet only 6kms away is town with its street cafes, local watering holes, tennis courts and golf club. It’s a perfect location to be enjoyed. There’s a bus

at the door and numerous choices for education for all ages. Take the time to inspect this original country home set on 4.86 useable acres with a lovely rural outlook, you won’t be dissappointed . Price $650,000 For further information or to arrange an inspection please contact Andrew Rosee on 0421 914 054 or Erin Chapple on 0434 007 227.

Picturesque Rural Retreat By The Beach Location is everything! This is it, acreage just minutes from the beach. This desirable peaceful and elevated family home is positioned perfectly with ocean, lighthouse and hinterland views. Set on over 5 picturesque acres yet only a short drive to the heart of Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads. The owners have decided it’s definitely

time to move on, which now gives you the opportunity to unlock the endless potential of this rural retreat. Price $1,350,000. For further information please contact Bryce Cameron on 0412 057 672 or Peter Yopp on 0411 837 330.

Easy Care Acreage – Eureka Beautiful Brooklet – Friday Hut Road ✔ Very private, idyllic 12 acres ✔ 4 bedroom country home ✔ Elevated position with rural outlook ✔ Charming ambience

✔ Lovely small acreage

Price $850,000 Phone owner 6687 8379 or 0449 669 233 www.owner.com.au Web ID: 44890

✔ Ideal for horses

✔ Only minutes to Bangalow ✔ High set home with rural views ✔ Inground pool, magnificent fig, ✔ Entertaining pavilion ✔ Entry point to the hinterland market.

Lennox Head – Coastal Countryside Living Elevated 1100sqm block, privacy, n-aspect, 5 mins from Lennox Village ✔ Spacious contemporary, 10 years old brick & tile. 3 beds, 2 baths, 3 toilets ✔ High ceilings in main living areas/foyer ✔ Very quiet, ocean breezes, lots of birds ✔ Large deck overlooking gardens, countryside & distant views ✔ Handy to school and town buses ✔

✔ 20 mins Byron, 10 Ballina, 15 airport ✔ Inspection needed to appreciate

Phone owner anytime for appointment 02 66874230 or 0427 285 814 See web address for photos & details: www.domain.com.au ID: 2008022521.

$ 549,000

Hinterland Retreat – Eureka Price $710,000. Contact: Morag 0403 498 648 or Brian 0408 899 555. www.gnfrealestate.com.au Internet id: smhs

✔ 21.5 meticulously regenerated acres ✔ Stoney Creek frontage ✔ Quiet country lane ✔ Comfortable colourbond shed/studio

Contact: Morag 0403 498 648 or Brian 0408 899 555. www.gnfrealestate.com.au Internet id: clahs

✔ Build your weekender Price: Expressions of Interest.

$ 850,000

Escape To Your Own Luxurious Retreat ✔ Eco style, multi-level home of cedar,

South Golden Beach The Pocket Paradise ✔ 2 acres at The Pocket ✔ Creek, school nearby, 12 minutes to

Private sale – no agents please. Phone 02 6684 5453.

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$ 370,000

✔ Valley views, fully fenced

✔ Charming high set Queenslander

✔ Established gardens

✔ Beautifully restored-including new

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two car garage, and two-bay workshop ✔ Solar hot water and rainwater tanks ✔ 7.65ha mostly in bush and forest, with

mixed orchard and a few cleared acres ✔ 10 mins to Ballina, 20 mins to Lennox

Head, 35 mins to Suffolk Park or Byron ✔ Good home for an extended family

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ReGenesis Farm – Must Be Sold! A truly unique lifestyle property, the ReGenesis Farm, is set on 130 acres only 12 mins from Byron Bay. The homestead offers 3 beds, 3 baths and a large deck with sweeping views of the farm. A separate vacant land site takes in a NE aspect with awe-inspiring views gliding from the lighthouse across the Byron Bay coastline, over the farm and up to Mount Chincogan, perfect to build your dream home (STCA). ReGenesis is fully certified organic, with plantations of cabinet, & rainforest timber, citrus orchard, market gardens

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glass and stone ✔ Views from every room over rainforest valleys with abundant wildlife ✔ Four bedrooms, three doubles, main with ensuite + office or parents retreat ✔ Gourmet kitchen, large lounge plus second lounge with decks ✔ Three bathroom/toilets with showers including bath and spa ✔ Wine cellar, delightful BBQ patio with tropical gardens

Second Time To Auction! The owners of this beachside property have already moved and want their property sold! They will consider all offers! Relax and enjoy the essence of being on permanent holiday within the tranquil surrounds of your own home. ✔ In-ground salt water pool with swim jets ✔ Large covered entertaining area ✔ Three well sized bedrooms all with built-in robes ✔ Light filled rooms and fresh interiors ✔ Tranquil tropical ground setting ✔ Spacious dining and living areas

✔ Well appointed kitchen, great

entertaining spaces ✔ Generous double car garage ✔ Fantastic rental potential ✔ Minutes to Suffolk Village and Byron Bay’s cafés and shops Auction Thursday February 4th, 2010. Denise Burch on 0408 193 415 or 6687 1500. Bangalow Agent Brett Connable on 0408 155 931 or 6685 6222. Byron Bay

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Fiji – Rare Freehold Land Opportunity 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, 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. www.mauibayestate.com

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In-town Rainforest Property Walk through the front door and feel part of the Cumbebin rainforest that borders the back yard. Designed with crossflow and aspect in mind, this is a large 4 bed, 2 bath home with spacious open plan living areas and polished sandstone tiling. The large entertaining patio nestles into a peaceful and tranquil backyard. The second lounge and 3 bedrooms & bathroom are all on one side of the house allowing for stress-free family living. The gas kitchen is perfect for

those who love to cook with plenty of room to move. A large office/5th bedroom, storage, carparking for 4/5 cars and new 450L solar hot water system round out this excellent investment. The 810sqm property is only minutes from Byron and a short walk to beach, high school, rugby oval and golf course. Call Sue on 0416 275 111.

$ 769,000

5 Ryans Road, Uki

Price $745,000 Please call Anne Besgrove 0402 608 503

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Expressions of interest closing 4pm, February 4th 2010

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BYRON BAY 5/84 Centennial Circuit

BYRON BAY ARTS AND INDUSTRY ESTATE 11 Banksia Drive

Online Organic Business

The spacious Arts & Industry Estate industrial unit is priced to sell. Featuring solid construction, dual front and rear access, spacious mezzanine plus separate office, toilet and kitchenette this unit would make an ideal investment or retail space for a small business. The owner is motivated to sell so book an inspection today.

A perfect opportunity exists to secure this unique parcel of land, approximately 3039 square metres, with a north facing street frontage of 113 metres, this is an amazing investment offering tremendous potential for a variety of options. The complex currently offers 4 units (2 x 132sqm, 1 x 163sqm and 1 x 170sqm) 597 square metres in total generating a good income. The possibilities are endless, with plenty of scope for improvements (STCA).

Down to Earth Organics is a market leader in the organic/natural products and baby goods industry. This is an ideal business for someone wanting to complement their store, or for someone wishing to set up an easy to operate business from home. All of the money has been spent establishing this business so it’s a simple takeover with instant profits.

FOR SALE: $ 295,000 CONTACT: Tristan Sloan 0403 687 122

FOR SALE: $ 1.66M + GST if applicable CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

FOR SALE: Price On Application CONTACT: Sophie Christou 0419 399 222

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Suffolk Park DVD & Internet

BYRON BAY 1/14 Bay Street

BYRON BAY 2/25 Brigantine Street

BYRON BAY 6/14 Middleton Street

Offering a large range of DVDs with a solid and ever growing membership as well as 6 internet terminals which provide a steady year round income. Recently expanded to larger premises with a long lease in place and new equipment installed. Located close to the beach in beautiful Suffolk Park and in close proximity to a mini-market, hotel, restaurant and take-away outlets. Figures showing strong growth are available for viewing today.

Perfectly positioned adjacent to picturesque Main Beach and just metres from the iconic Beach Hotel is this fantastic freehold opportunity. Boasting sensational ocean views and with a solid tenancy in place (currently yielding 6.3%), you will not find a more desirable commercial investment in Byron Bay.

This large industrial unit is situated in a complex of three only in the popular Arts & Industry Estate. It boasts a huge floor space of 150sqm plus a mezzanine of approx. 75sqm. Conveniently positioned close to shops, supermarket and petrol station. Facilities include air conditioners, shower, toilet and kitchenette. This is a rare find and will be snapped up fast!

Freehold only. Beautifully presented 50sqm office/shop with sunny aspect. Excellent tenant. Good parking & amenities in complex. Situated in busy complex (near courthouse) of hairdresser, beauty, lawyer, mortgage broker & dentist. Commercial freehold opportunities such as this are a rare find so be quick.

FOR SALE: Expressions Of Interest CONTACT: Sophie Christou 0419 399 222

FOR SALE: $ 995,000 CONTACT: Sophia Price 0408 273 862

FOR SALE: $ 375,000 CONTACT: Sophie Christou 0419 399 222

FOR SALE: $ 385,000 CONTACT: Sophie Christou 0419 399 222

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BYRON BAY Café One One One

BYRON BAY Cyprus Tree Restaurant

BYRON BAY 32 Lawson Street

BYRON BAY Macs Store

Café One One One is fully licensed and a functional Café with an amazing ambience and offers both inside and al fresco courtyard dining. Café One One One has enjoyed the prestigious honour of being in the Good Food Guide two years running. Licensed to seat 60, this busy café has a fabulous local clientele and a never ending stream of tourists. Good Lease. Good Figures. Good Food!

Prime restaurant location behind the Beach Hotel in Byron’s ‘Eat Street’. Plenty of passing trade. Long established and profitable business. Interior dining and large outdoor dining area. Being offered as a whole (2 fully-functioning kitchens) or as a single shop (shop 4) on its own with full kitchen fit out.

Stunning restaurant on popular Lawson Street, across from Byron’s beautiful main beach. Suitable for any cuisine. Absolute street frontage. Plenty of parking available. Large 250sqm space, perfect for functions with great atmosphere. Fully licensed. Interstate owner committed elsewhere. Must Sell!

Macs Home-Style Takeaway has been operating for 52 years making it Byron Bay’s most iconic and well-loved local hangout. Resembling something out of Home and Away, this extremely well run business prides itself on providing fresh, healthy and affordable food whilst maintaining its beautiful Byron Bay character and charm.

FOR SALE: $ 295,000 + SAV CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

FOR SALE: All Offers Considered! CONTACT: Sophie Christou 0419 399 222

FOR SALE: $ 130,000 ONO CONTACT: Sophie Christou 0419 399 222

FOR SALE: Expressions Of Interest CONTACT: Sophia Price 0408 273 862

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BYRON BAY 1/1 Byron Street

Reflections Of Byron

This fantastic opportunity is one of a kind and your final opportunity to be a part of the ever popular Byron Village complex. Ideally positioned in the heart of the action, beside the brand new central SPAR supermarket which is now open for trading. This huge 100sqm retail shop is being offered below set-up cost and features stylish top quality fittings and fixtures throughout. This is a unique opportunity for you to secure a top CBD retail position - all the hard work has been done!

Consider this premier position if you are in the market to be your own boss and enjoy the relaxed lifestyle Byron Bay has to offer. This well established home and giftwares store is a true Byron icon. With a good lease in place this business is being marketed for sale for the first time in 13 years. Offering one of Byron’s largest floor spaces, 123 square metres, the shop is in a prominent position in the busy Feros Arcade. This golden cash flow business attracts locals and tourists alike. Don’t delay, make the sea change today, become your own boss and invest in your future.

FOR SALE: $ 90,000 Offers considered. CONTACT: Sophie Christou 0419 399 222

FOR SALE: $ 300,000 + SAV CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122 rh.com.au we’ll look after you

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BYRON BAY 18 & 20, 5-7 Old Bangalow Road Byron Lakeside apartments are positioned to give easy access to beaches, weekend markets, golf course and the surrounding hinterland. Raine and Horne Byron Bay are pleased to exclusively offer for sale two one bedroom furnished apartments with generous lounge, dining, kitchens, bathroom and good sized decks ideal for al fresco entertaining and under cover parking. FOR SALE: $ 325,000 each CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

The complex provides landscaped gardens which set the scene for a relaxing time by the pool. Adjacent to the lake and pool is a covered barbecue which is surrounded by a lush grass recreation area. An onsite manager will take care of all your bookings. In the shadow of Cape Byron, Australia’s most easterly point, Byron Lakeside makes an ideal base. Arrange an inspection of these investment properties TODAY – you won’t be disappointed.

BYRON BAY 11/41 Shirley Street

SUFFOLK PARK 49 Corkwood Close

Mariner Bay Apartment boasting a great occupancy rate, setting it apart as one of the most highly booked units in the Northern Rivers. This property features 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and is close walking distance to everything. Promise your family a holiday in a tastefully decorated unit, conveniently close to town and beach. Ideal holiday position to rent out, you can’t go wrong! (Figures are available upon enquiry.)

With two levels of living this home offers plenty of space and privacy for any family. The street level has the master bedroom with WIR & ensuite, 2nd bath, galley kitchen, open plan living/dining opening onto extensive decking with fabulous views from Tallow Beach to Byron Lighthouse. Downstairs are 2 more bedrooms, large rumpus & 3rd bath. Also opens onto al fresco entertainment area. Backyard ideal for a pool (STCA).

FOR SALE: $ 620,000 CONTACT: Sue Olive 0438 459 125

FOR SALE: $ 995,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

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BYRON BAY 9 Tallowood Crescent

EWINGSDALE 12 Magnolia Place

BYRON BAY 47 Browning Street

MYOCUM, 240 The Manse Road

Location not to be missed, this solid brick home on an elevated 876sqm block with expansive views that include the hinterland, Mt. Warning and filtered views to Tallow Beach and Broken Head. A substantial home featuring 4/5 large bedrooms with en-suite to the master bedroom, 2 bathrooms, games room, sunny lounge overlooking the private in-ground pool. Located close to schools, golf and a 5 min stroll to the beach through Arakwal National Park.

Set on a level 1½ acres (approx 6504sqm) is this stunning contemporary 4 bed, 2 bath country home. With easy care sprawling grounds you will certainly enjoy the peace and tranquillity this estate has to offer. Features incl a s/c 1 bed private cottage ideal for extended family, teenagers, office or guest. Take a dip in the sparkling in ground salt water pool and enjoy the great BBQ all in the comfort of your own backyard!

This stunning home enjoys a magnificent coastal vista taking in Cape Byron, Byron & the hinterland. Set in an exclusive enclave a short walk from Byron’s shops & cafes, this property offers quality & light filled living. Includes: Spacious formal/informal living, designer kitchen, stylish bathrooms, master suite, office/fifth bed, Italian courtyard with fountain, manicured grounds, separate guest accomm & DLUG all on 1294sqm block.

Established trees line the driveway of this peaceful approx 4.5 acre country property. Beautiful manicured gardens with towering trees amd exotic sub tropical plants. A sunken formal lounge room lies in the centre of the house and features brush box timber floors. Next is the open plan casual living, kitchen & dining space. The timber deck off the living room overlooks the solar heated in-ground 10.5m pool with views to Byron Bay.

FOR SALE: $ 1,250,000 CONTACT: Sue Olive 0438 459 125

FOR SALE: $ 1,650,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

FOR SALE: $ 3,395,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

FOR SALE: $ 1,095,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

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LENNOX HEAD 56-70 FIG TREE HILL DRIVE

MYOCUM 257 MCAULEYS LANE

A rare find, indeed. A vacant 4203 (approx) square metre parcel of land, yes over 1 acre with spectacular ocean views. Watch the moon rise over the blue Pacific, enjoy the cool sea breezes from this sensational vacant parcel of land with an easterly aspect and an impressive street frontage of 70 metres. Build your dream home, plenty of room for a pool, tennis court and fabulous gardens. The view will definitely lift your spirit. Inspect today.

Situated on one of the most highly sought after roads in beautiful Myocum is this picturesque 9 acre block. Boasting style, elegance and quintessential country charm, this family friendly property is sure to complete any family’s perfect picture. Property features a 3 bedroom house plus a one bedroom cottage and a separate large shed. Including a wide variety of fruit bearing trees the plentiful and exotic vegetation attracts an abundance of wildlife contributing to the already tranquil sounds and atmosphere. This property is the perfect package for those looking to live in serene surroundings, whilst having the convenience of location to local amenities, schools and CBDs.

FOR SALE: $ 1,110,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

FOR SALE: $ 1,175,000 CONTACT: Sue Olive 0438 459 125 rh.com.au we’ll look after you

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BILLINUDGEL 193 The Pocket Road

MYOCUM 764 Myocum Road

BILLINUDGEL 128 Middle Pocket Road

BILLINUDGEL 201 Middle Pocket Road

A 1.3km drive leads to this stunning 40 acre oasis surrounded by nature and meticulously maintained gardens. The pristine home offers 5 bedrooms plus office, 2 bathrooms, a fabulous open plan lounge dining opening onto extensive decks which leads to the in ground pool and tennis court. There’s a 3 car garage, 2 sheds and a spring fed lagoon. Ideal for horses. For peace and tranquillity this hidden oasis is for you.

Set on a lush 16.180ha (approx 40 acres) this truly is a hidden paradise. Tropical birch line the long driveway the grand 8 bed, 5 bath home with generous living & entertainment areas, media room & office. A spacious open plan living room takes up the centre of the house and integrates the dining & kitchen zones which all feature high ceilings. The focal point for the living room is the 10m award winning swimming pool & waterfall.

This rural 3 bed, 2 bath home affords perfect seclusion on 49 acres with meandering permanent creek, 2 dams plus spring fed dam. The gardens incorporate a fantastic vegie garden so you can be fully self sufficient! In addition there are DA approved plans for a new 7 bedroom home and in ground swimming pool. Only 10 mins to Brunswick Heads, 15 mins to Byron Bay & 30 mins to Coolangatta airport.

11 fertile hectares with views of mountains & forest, this property offers a productive rural life or private sanctuary. The 3 bed, 2 bath home has an open plan living room opening to a covered patio at the front with a bella vista to live for! The living/country kitchen/dining room has a sunny n-aspect that captures sea breezes. In addition there is a water tank for all domestic needs, spring fed dam, cow bales and a machinery shed.

FOR SALE: $ 1,250,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

FOR SALE: $ 2,300,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

FOR SALE: $ 1,400,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

FOR SALE: $ 1,100,000 CONTACT: Janis Perkins 0438 841 122

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Gungah Downs - Opportunity of a lifetime

A RARE CHANCE TO PURCHASE 115 MARTINS LANE, KNOCKROW Rarely do easy to maintain prime properties of this calibre in this highly sought after location east of the highway present themselves to the market. Only 10 mins drive to Byron Bay, Bangalow, Lennox Head & Ballina Airport. Lot 1, 2 & 3, are to be offered separately or as a whole. Lot 1 (47.26ha) has the homestead plus town water and Lots 2 & 3 are two vacant lifestyle blocks of 40 ha with approved elevated building envelopes with ocean views, good road infrastructure, permanent water, stock proof fencing plus income from cattle. Existing management arrangements could continue if required. This land is perfect. Opportunity to purchase adjoining land 303 acres (approx). Whole parcel being offered approx. 315 acres.

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 BALLINA BEACH RESORT VIEW: BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001 LOIS BUCKETT 0428 877 399

AN INSPECTION IS DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED. SEE WEBSITE FOR AERIAL MOVIE. HOMESTEAD - LOT 1

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U N B E L I E VA B L E M O U N T A I N V I E W S A T F E D E R A L 189 FEDERAL DRIVE, FEDERAL The current owner searched 3 years before finding this The perfect lifestyle property awaits – BLUE CHIP This property demands a grand home – Land value only Substantial existing timber house has 5 bedrooms Total privacy assured and has 3 separate creeks 127 acres approximately – Capacity to run 30 plus cows Existing management arrangements can continue if need Only an inspection can do the views true justice You will definitely fall in love with this property

NEW YEARS COASTAL AND HINTERLAND AUCTION 6 T H F E B 2 010 .

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 BALLINA BEACH RESORT AMAZING CAN ONLY BEST DESCRIBE IT VIEW: BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

OVER 30 MILLION DOLLARS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN OUR ROOMS AT THE BALLINA BEACH RESORT. CALL US TODAY IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT. CALL THE TEAM ON 02 6687- 4399.

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PA N O R A M I C O C E A N V I E W S T O C A P E B Y R O N L I G H T H O U S E 1250 COOLAMON SCENIC DRIVE, MONTECOLLUM Development approval for new home on elevated knoll Prime Coolamon Scenic address – BLUE CHIP Existing timber 3 bedroom home is currently rented Approximately 43 acres with spring fed dam Has a good balance of pasture land and trees This property represents land value only Close to Mullumbimby, Bangalow and Byron Bay An inspection recommended for your new getaway retreat Just build your home, the planning has been done 4 U

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 BALLINA BEACH RESORT IT IS ALL ABOUT THE VIEWS VIEW: BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

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LENNOX HEAD POINT

O W N E R WA N T S I T S O L D ! P R O P E R T Y G O E S T O A U C T I O N LOT 2 MARTINS LANE, KNOCKROW

APPROXIMATE BOUNDARY OUTLINE

PACIFIC HIGHWAY

Elevated Ocean and rural views span from Broken Head along Seven Mile Beach all the way to Lennox Point. This unique property presents a rare buying opportunity to acquire land of this calibre. 54.3 hectares – centrally located between Byron Bay, Lennox Head and Ballina. Original farm house (above) currently rented for $400 per week. 2nd large home which has been decommissioned. Prime location property presents loads of business opportunity for the astute buyer STCA.

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 BALLINA BEACH RESORT BIG OCEAN VIEWS VIEW: BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001 LOIS BUCKETT 0428 877 399

YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY LAND BETTER THAN THIS! LOT 6 SHEAFFES RD, GOONENGERRY Properties of this calibre are rare. This property has been extensively established to pasture and has the capacity to run 35 to 40 Breeders on 39.66 hectares. There is a permanent large spring fed dam & creek running through the property along with a building entitlement with many potential sites to choose from. To top it off there are patches of rainforest and some amazing fig trees.

PRICE GUIDE: $800,000 ALL SERIOUS OFFERS CONSIDERED

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 BALLINA BEACH RESORT PRICE GUIDE OVER $800,000 LOCATION, LOCATION VIEW: BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001 HUGH HANRAHAN 0402 198 652

A G R E AT L I F E S T Y L E P R O P E R T Y 120 KIRKLANDS LANE, FERNLEIGH Located in the undulating hills of Fernleigh could very well be your hinterland lifestyle dream. Striking rural views are seen from many different angles on this 26 acre (approximate) property. The large double brick 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home could be ideal for the growing family. Enjoy lazy summer days on the large back patio overlooking the in-ground pool. The property also has an irrigation licence. Centrally located and 15 minutes to the beach.

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 BALLINA BEACH RESORT DUAL OCCUPANCY APPROVAL VIEW: BY APPOINTMENT 7 DAYS CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

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O N E O F L E N N O X H E A D S B E S T A PA R T M E N T S “WAVES” 2 / 90-92 BALLINA STREET, LENNOX HEAD Currently used as a popular holiday let apartment Strong repeat bookings. This speaks for itself! Located in the centre of the village Across the road from the beach Leave the car at home as you can walk to everything Only four in the complex. Dual key is a bonus Has 3 Bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and large living area AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / BALLINA BEACH RESORT CONTACT: ELISE BENSON 0407 896 100 LOIS BUCKETT 0428 877 399

JOB TRANSFER - DEMANDS SALE 3 PAPERBARK PLACE, BANGALOW Surrounded by a beautiful Balinese style rear garden complete with a cooling water feature & shady outdoor undercover spa, this spacious modern four bedroom home offers comfortable family living. Minutes from the heart of Bangalow Village Modern open plan lay-out, well appointed kitchen Undercover entertainment area and surround sound Approx 637.500 sqm with DA approval for a pool AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / BALLINA BEACH RESORT CONTACT: ELISE BENSON 0407 896 100 LOIS BUCKETT 0428 877 399

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COME LIVE THE LIFESTYLE “SEAGRASS” 4, 11 & 16 / 1 LANGI PLACE, OCEAN SHORES This is the Opportunity you have been waiting for! 3 premium properties to be sold on or before Auction. Brand New Luxury 3 Bedroom Ocean Panorama with Pool 3 Bedroom Golf Course & Hinterland with Pool 3 bedroom terrace with Ocean Panorama 15 minutes Byron Bay, Walk to Beach AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / BALLINA BEACH RESORT CONTACT: STEVE LESLIE 0413 833 077

N I C E & P R I VA T E I N C L U N E S V I L L A G E 6 KARINYA PLACE, CLUNES A very easy walk to the Clunes shops and school Elevated views with terraced grounds and creek Open plan with kitchen/dining & living – 4 bed, 2 bath Separate lounge and double lock up garage Easy maintenance brick home. Sit back and enjoy Short drive to Bangalow and Byron Bay & Lismore Ideal for first home buyers looking to enter the market Currently rented being offered as vacant procession AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / BALLINA BEACH RESORT CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

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10 RAFTONS ROAD, BANGALOW It is like living a rural lifestyle experience – 4155 m2 Old Renovated Queenslander close to the village centre A very private property! Also adjoins creek reserve Gently sloping land and grounds designed for easy care DA for large contemporary home & pool 5 bed rooms/sleep outs, 1 modern bathroom, sep. toilet Chef’s kitchen with open plan design. All crisp & clean Bi-fold doors open to elevated large wrap around decks

COOLAMON SCENIC DRIVE, COORABELL Impressive rural views all the way to Alstonville Located between Bangalow, Byron Bay and Mullumbimby Stylishly renovated with original features The house is adjoining but separate from the Church and has been designed to capture the views and take full advantage of the natural light – Charming Sanctuary An easy care 986 m2 block. This is a rare find! Only an inspection can describe this property accurately

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / BALLINA BEACH RESORT CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / BALLINA BEACH RESORT CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

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Undoubtedly one of Bangalow’s best locations. Located just behind the original Readings centre you will find four fully serviced blocks to choose from. There can never be another land development/release this close to the Bangalow village centre. They all have rural views and are a very easy stroll to the cafe’s and shops. Land size is approximately 600 m2. To be offered subject to registration with long settlement terms. Call Mark today.

Rarely do you find an easy to maintain property of this calibre in this highly sought after location east of the highway. The property has big ocean views from Broken Head to Lennox Head Point. It is well watered and fenced. Capacity - run approximately 40 breeders under full pasture. You will be impressed from the moment you enter the driveway to you arrive at the approved building site. Existing management arrangements can continue if required. 42.6 hectares.

Stunningly designed beachfront home captures 180 degree panoramas along Seven Mile Beach from Lennox Point to Broken Head. Superbly fitted throughout with exceptional inclusions and elegant interiors. Two separate levels of spacious living Gas chef’s kitchen, designer bathrooms Deluxe master suite with walk-in robe and ensuite East facing balconies on every level

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / ON-SITE CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / BALLINA BEACH RESORT CONTACT: MARK KINNEALLY 0429 868 001

AUCTION: 6TH FEBRUARY 2010 / BALLINA BEACH RESORT CONTACT: ELISE BENSON 0407 896 100 LOIS BUCKETT 0428 877 399

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2/13 Beachcomber Drive, Byron Bay

‘Pavilion’ 3 Beach Road, Broken Head

First time offered for sale 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom freestanding duplex home Includes separate downstairs accommodation Walk through National Park to Tallow Beach Fabulous weekender, great location Near level 442sqm corner block

Retreat to your pavilion style home Nestled in beachfront rainforest at Broken Head Private landscaped gardens and sun deck Expansive living spaces Luxurious contemporay architecture Private beach access

COMING TO AUCTION CONTACT: Sharon McInnes on 0408 659 649

COMING TO AUCTION CONTACT: Tony Farrell on 0417 212 692

‘Seagrove’ 27 Constellation Close, Byron Bay

‘Tallowood Ridge’ Stage 2

1/55 Julian Rocks Drive, Byron Bay

5 Alcorn Street, Suffolk Park

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouses For sale off the plan Quality fixtures & fittings

Spectacular new land release Panoramic views from some Lot sizes 630sqm to 1,004sqm blocks Close to schools, shops & Sporting field complex transport Toddlers playground

Smart freestanding duplex 3 bedrooms & 1 bathroom Walk to beach & shopping centre

Absolute beachfront On prestigious Alcorn Street 734sqm vacant allotment

Lap pool to be built in stage 2 Stroll to town & beaches

Single lock up garage Fenced yard, entertaining area Invest in your future

Unique 22 metre street frontage Create the home of your dreams Enjoy the beach lifestyle

PRICE: From $654,000

PRICE: From $265,000 to $340,000

PRICE: $550,000

PRICE: $1,795,000

CONTACT: Peter Yopp on 0411 837 330 Tony Farrell on 0417 212 692

CONTACT: Tony Farrell on 0417 212 692 or Peter Yopp on 0411 837 330

CONTACT: Tony Farrell on 0417 212 692 or Bryce Cameron on 0412 057 672

CONTACT: Bryce Cameron on 0412 057 672 or Liam Annesley on 0417 780 795

6 ‘Outrigger Bay’ 9-13 Shirley Street, Byron Bay

4 ‘Eco Beach’ 35-39 Shirley Street, Byron Bay

2 Cavanbah Street, Byron Bay

61 Alcorn Street, Suffolk Park

Modern furnished apartment Beautifully landscaped 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms gardens Walk to beach & cafes Heated lagoon style pool 2 large entertainment patios High occupancy rate Outstanding returns

Gross income of $78,641 for 2008 Resort style complex Pool, spa, BBQ area Dual key apartment

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home Offstreet parking for 2 cars Close to beach & town Currently holiday let, Timber floors, large covered furnished deck Large 721sqm allotment

Absolute beachfront, 623sqm Granite kitchen with Architect designed home European appliances 5 bedrms, 3 bathrms, DLUG Capitalise on this exceptional Timber floors upstairs beachfront opportunity Travertine stone floors down Agent declares interest

2 x 1 bedroom self contained units 2 security car parks In town, walk to Main Beach & shops

PRICE: $760,000

PRICE: $620,000

PRICE: $1,400,000

PRICE: $2,450,000

CONTACT: Andrew Rosee on 0421 914 054

CONTACT: Liam Annesley on 0417 780 795

CONTACT: Glen Irwin on 0418 604 080

CONTACT: Bryce Cameron 0412 057 672

12 ‘Seeana Court’ 21-25 Cemetery Rd, Byron Bay

128 Grays Lane, Tyagarah

9 Marvel Street, Byron Bay

54 Coogera Circuit, Suffolk Park

Smart 3 bedroom townhouse Walk to town, beach & schools Open plan living/dining

Land size of approx 9,070sqm Approved for an upmarket Rural views to Mt Warning residence Very close to Byron Bay Owners motivation is high

Fantastic opportunity Approved for 3 shops 8 bed backpackers upstairs Inground swimming pool

Well maintained 1 owner home Well appointed galley style Offering 4 generously sized kitchen bedrooms and 2 bathrooms DLUG, great street appeal Various open plan living areas Includes separate guest accommodation

High ceilings throughout Private courtyard, lush outlook Nothing to do, just move in First home owner or investment property

PRICE: $565,000 CONTACT: Liam Annesley on 0417 780 795

PRICE: $670,000

Large 15 x 6 metre shed 1,012 sqm, rear lane access 2 street frontage Secure now & possibly re-develop later

PRICE: $2,300,000

CONTACT: Bryce Cameron on 0412 057 672 Peter Yopp on 0411 837 330

CONTACT: Sharon McInnes on 0408 659 649

PRICE: $759,000 CONTACT: Sharon McInnes on 0408 659 649

27 Pacific Vista Drive, Byron Bay

‘Seadrift’

2/6 Beachside Drive, Suffolk Park

11 Bunjil Place, Byron Bay

Owners are on the move Large family home Highly sought after location Great for entertaining

Brand new in-town unit Secure gated complex High standard finishings Developer has instructed us 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms to clear now Polished timber flooring

Stunning beachside duplex Close proximity to beach 3 bedrooms plus lock up garage

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home High ceilings and timber floors

PRICE: From $694,800

PRICE: $ 750,000

A must to inspect Make no mistake. We are selling!

PRICE: $859,000 CONTACT: Peter Yopp 0411 837 330

Liam Annesley 0417 780 795

CONTACT: Peter Yopp 0411 837 330

Tony Farrell 0417 212 692

Excellent presentation Tropical landscaped gardens Quiet location

Open plan living with decks Located in a quiet cul de sac Forest setting and private position

PRICE: $516,000

CONTACT: Neil Cameron on 0419 274 798

CONTACT: Liam Annesley 0417 780 795 Andrew Rosee on 0421 914 054

4 Pecan Court, Suffolk Park

26 Redgum Place, Suffolk Park

3 Orchid Place, Suffolk Park

68 Massinger Street, Byron Bay

Elevated, private & unique 602sqm vacant block Build the home you truly deserve

4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home Plus a separate study Large 941sqm allotment

3 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Immaculate split level home Quiet cul de sac address

Lovely 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home Walk to beach and town Large living areas

Private cul de sac Existing D.A. approval for a residence Walk to shops and beach

Sparkling inground pool 2 separate living areas Neat and tidy throughout Great entertaining area

PRICE: $430,000

PRICE: $699,000

CONTACT: Bryce Cameron 0412 057 672 Peter Yopp 0411 837 330

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Nestled at the end of a private and popular cul de sac lays this expansive and elevated timber home on a large 1270sqm block. This awesome character filled home overlooks a sparkling crystal clear pool surrounded by tropical palms and plants, the split level home consists of 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a large open living room that extends out onto the front covered wide timber deck. Hardwood polished timber floors and soaring ceilings with exposed beams and timber features decorate throughout. The kitchen overlooks the dining area that is filled with rays of sunshine coming in through the large glass windows and also extends out to a private side deck. Spacious master bedroom with walk-in wardrobe through to the ensuite plus a large light filled sunroom while two bedrooms have built-ins and the other is currently being used as an office or private study. The bright bathroom has a lovely free standing bath and a peaceful green outlook. The home has been environmentally designed with the installation of solar hot water and solar panels to generate electricity and keep the energy bills down. A leafy green view from the covered back deck which also wraps around the side of the home. There is an abundance of car spaces and storage underneath the home ready for the large entertaining family to move right in amongst the community in Bangalow. â– Bangalow. $759,000. For more information contact Paul Banister on 0438 856 552 at Byron Bay First National Real Estate, 6685 8466.

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LJ HOOKER BRUNSWICK HEADS P100 Auction 11am Jan 23 at Brunswick Heads RSL Auxiliary Hall UĂŠ 27 Nana Street, Brunswick Heads. UĂŠ Lucky Lane, Billinudgel BANGALOW REAL ESTATE P101 UĂŠ 182 Nashua Road, Fernleigh. Auction onsite Sat Feb 13. Inspect Sat 12.30-1pm UĂŠ 50 Callistemon Drive, Federal. Auction 1pm onsite Sat Feb 13. Inspect Sat 1.30-2pm LJ HOOKER BYRON BAY P102 UĂŠ 2/13 Beachcomber Drive, Byron Bay. Auction soon UĂŠ ‘Pavilion’ 3 Beach Road, Broken Head. Auction soon ELDERS NEW BRIGHTON ATTENTION UĂŠ 20 River Street, New AGENTS Brighton. Auction Jan 16. Have your Open Houses, UĂŠ

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