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Bruns Ship left high and dry by local MP Hans Lovejoy

Those operating a tourist-related business in Brunswick Heads be warned: it’s unlikely local MP Don Page (Nationals) will defend your activity from being taken over by the NSW government-run North Coast Holiday Parks (NCHP). Last week, The Echo reported that Brunswick Buccaneer boat hire operator Ilan Schnitzler is facing eviction by NCHP. But Mr Page is refusing to intervene, raising the question: how accountable is NCHP and its manager Jim Bolger to elected politicians? Emails obtained by The Echo show that despite having authority over Banner Park and the waterways opposite the pub where the boats are located, Crown Lands has palmed responsibility to NCHP. And while Crown Lands, under deputy premier Andrew Stoner (Nationals), did not reply to Echo questions, Mr Page did. He told The Echo, ‘I am advised that the [Brunswick Buccaneer’s] licence had expired some time ago.’

Terminated vs expired However, Mr Schnitzler’s solicitor, Claire Lovejoy told The Echo the licence ‘never expired and was instead terminated’. ‘There is a clear difference between “expired” and “wrongfully terminated”,’ she said. Mr Page then suggested that NCHP’s plan of management (POM) for the surrounding foreshore – now on public exhibition – could be an avenue for the operator to lobby his cause.

‘The operator, like all other interested parties, is able to make a submission as to the most appropriate future use for the site,’ he said. ‘Any future licence will be granted through a competitive tender process.’ While The Echo is unaware of other ‘interested parties’ wanting to hire boats in that location, kayak hire is now available at the NCHP’s Terrace Reserve Holiday Park, located a couple of hundred metres up the creek. The surprise announcement that Mr Schnitzler’s 30-year business would now be subject to a tender process comes without warning and is not even mentioned in NCHP’s plans of management. And despite no mention of The Brunswick Buccaneer either, there are concrete walkways and park extensions earmarked for the immediate area in the plan of management.

Conflict of interest While this appears to be ‘making it up as you go along’ governance, another unanswered question is whether the state government has a conflict of interest. When asked whether it was a conflict of interest to operate a commercial venture while having the power to issue licences for a similar private business close by, Mr Page said, ‘If they are hiring kayaks,’ he said, ‘then whether there is a commercial conflict of interest – or not – is a legal matter that would require appropriate legal advice. I am therefore not able to answer your question on conflict of interest.’ Q Disclosure: Mr Schnitzler’s solicitor is a relative of the reporter

Light and wellbeing New to this year’s expo was an interesting device which is said to release dimethyltryptamine (DMT) into the brain through light stimulation. Pictured is Kathryn Fennell relaxing in the zone. Photo Eve Jeffery

It was all zing, sparkle and Om as hundreds converged on the A&I Hall in Station Street for 17th annual Starlight Wellbeing Expo in Bangalow last weekend. The event, which started in Byron Bay, moved to Bangalow 13 years ago as the need for more space squeezed them out of town. Natural therapies, sound healing, psychics, kinesiology, iridology, numerology, astrology and essential oils, crystals and tarot were on offer. Special workshop presenters included researcher and author Steven Strong, who talked about evidence that prior to any known

human occupation of Australia we were visited by ancient Egyptians. Other drawcards included Jost Sauer, a motivational health speaker, ex-drug smuggler, deserter and gun runner who spoke about the mystical chi cycle and the map to destiny.

Multitudinous modalities Additionally, local Chris James showed a way for everyone to experience ‘freedom and deep inner connection’ to their own voice through the power of sound. A sacred healing ceremony was held by Chicchan.

Byron Bay HAZMAT incident NSW Fire & Safety HAZMAT (hazardous materials) officers from Byron Bay and Goonellabah decontaminated a patient at Byron Bay Hospital last Wednesday who was suffering from exposure to toxic farm chemicals. Eyewitnesses say the man was seen lying on a stretcher outside the hospital around 11.30am surround-

ed by emergency services personnel wearing HAZMAT suits.

Organophosphates A number of emergency vehicles were parked on the road near the hospital, adding to the already heavy traffic on Shirley Street. A media spokesperson told The

Echo a farmer had called the hospital saying he was possibly exposed to organophosphates while spraying cattle. The man suffered blurred vision and vomiting and after decontamination, the man was handed over to the hospital for further treatment. He was later discharged the same day in a stable condition.

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Bruns holiday parks management hold public meeting Wednesday Contentious plans to develop Brunswick Heads caravan parks and the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reserves will be presented to the public by managers of Crown Holiday Parks this Wednesday. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opportunity to ask questions about possibly the largest development proposal ever for the town. The state government took control of the council-managed public assets in 2006. Upgrades are planned for the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three public caravan parks: Terrace Reserve, Mas-

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sey Greene and Ferry Reserve Holiday Parks, as well as four public foreshore parks: Banner and Terrace Parks, Torakina Reserve and Simpsons Creek Reserve. The draft plans of management meeting will be held in Banner Reserve housie shed on Wednesday January 15 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7pm and on Saturday, February 1, in Memorial Park 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12pm as part of the local market. The plans are available on the Crown Lands â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Have Your Sayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; webpage at www. crownland.nsw.gov.au.

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netdaily www.echonetdaily.net.au The Byron Community Centre wishes to congratulate all the winners of this years Byron Arts Classic. Textile Award Louise Fulton - Foucaultâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Footnotes Works on Paper 1st Prize Anne Leon - Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t See the Wood for the Paper Works on Paper 2nd Prize Bec Kilpatrick - Vultures Works on Paper Highly Commended Sam Sosnowski - Maiko # 2 Works on Paper Highly Commended Belinda Sochacki - Go Girl Sculpture 1st Prize Amanda Bromfield - Incredible Day in South Africa! Stalked Inside 60-Yards, what a hunt. Sculpture - 2nd Prize Susan Jacobsen - Relic Sculpture Highly Commended Lucy Vanstone - Forest Platter Painting 1st Prize Diana White - Man of the Forest Painting 2nd Prize John Campbell - Blue Moon Painting Highly Commended Stefan Smith - Taxi Driver Painting Highly Commended Julie Corbet - Opening to More Photography - Jonno Howell Award Craig Parry - Dolphin Silk 5/100 Photography 2nd Prize Rudiger Wasser - Together Photography Highly Commended Mark Davis - Byrrill Creek Photography Highly Commended Penny Leonard - Leaving Sahagun Retropect Gallery Award Oksana Waterfall + Howard Sedgmen Curators Choice Avalyn Doyle - River Country Acquisitive Byron Shire & Mayors Fund Robert J Williams - Blue Mask

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Hundreds gathered on the banks of the Brunswick River on Saturday evening for the traditional opening of the Brunswick Valley Woodchop Carnival. The wood chopping will begin on Wednesday and continue until Sunday evening. Photo Eve Jeffery

Radioactivity concerns over carpark plan Plans to excavate a section of the Byron Plaza shopping centre to build an underground carpark and two-storey shopping mall has drawn the concern of locals over its potential to expose radioactive materials believed to be buried beneath it. Although a DA for the project has been lodged with Byron Shire Council, and a preliminary study conducted for the proponents, Azzura Holdings, no radiation report has so far been made on soil samples checked by ANSTO. The preliminary site investigation, conducted by HMC Environmental Consulting,

recommends that further investigation by a radiation expert be conducted before the plan proceeds. Yet the DA is already on exhibition and submissions close on January 17.

Tailings dumped Between the 1930s and 1970s the site was used as a processing plant for mineral sands mined in the region and, according to a government report written at the time, some of the radioactive tailings from the mill were dumped at the site. The sands included monazite and ilmenite, which con-

tain thorium and uranium. According to HMC Environmental Consulting, the proposed two-level basement car park would â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;produce significant volumes of excavated material and this material would be transported offsite for final disposal.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The report went on to state that while â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;surface radiation may not be a recognised risk with remediation of areas occurring throughout Byron Bay during the 1980s, excavating soil at depth has the potential to disturb buried tailings, if presentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. During the construction of the Woolworths supermarket in the 1980s, the loading

bay required significant remediation work to reduce radiation to acceptable levels. According to the website earthsci.org, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dust control is the most important objective in radiation safety for the titanium minerals industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The most significant potential radiation problem is inhaled thorium in mineral sands dust,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; it advises. The report also identified the sandy nature of the soil as a risk to occupational health and safety of workers in and adjacent to the site, as it could potentially become airborne during excavation and landscaping activities.

Butler Street residents call for Byron bypass to use railway A new bypass campaign, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Grab the Rail,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; has been launched by residents outraged that private enterprise and the state government intend to route Byronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bypass along an historic residential precinct. Should this route go unchallenged, Butler Street will experience a 2,300 per cent increase in traffic, says Grab the Railâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Paul Anthony Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The bypass could potentially make it one of the most dangerous suburban streets in Australia. Adding insult to injury, no social, urban, acoustic, heritage or air quality studies have been undertaken,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; says Mr Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nor have impact mitigation measures been suggested â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or are even possible given the existing built-up narrow road reserve.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Grab The Rail supporters number around 46, he says, and will be meeting on January 19 at The Brewery from

3.30pm prior to making a formal submission on the West Byron project. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Grab The Rail was set up because it is a wider issue than just our neighbourhood, affecting the whole township.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Instead of the bypass, the group proposes using a section of the old railway within town â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from the Caltex Station to the Roadhouse Cafe on Bangalow Road.

Rail is greener, cheaper and less disruptive â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This part of the rail is perfectly positioned for a bypass and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wide enough for everyone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; cars, buses, light rail, cyclists and walkers,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; says Mr Jones. A railway corridor bypass is far greener, cheaper and less disruptive than the Butler Street route, he says. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The rail route makes perfect sense every way you

look at it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a low-impact traffic solution that would neatly avoid the Shirley Street bottleneck, give easy access to town from both directions, and whisk people and vehicles from end of Byron to the other without further congesting town and Bangalow Road. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A well-designed shared transport route would be a great asset that could be achieved with minimum social, cultural, environmental and economic impactâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, said Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The rail corridor is quite wide â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to almost 100m in places, within the town confines. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;There is plenty of scope for a shared transit way to allow for any future light rail and we would not impact at all on a proposal for a shuttle north, to say North Byron Resort or the Bluesfest site. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The rail trail as well would easily be accommodated including cycleway.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Arts buzz adorns community centre A capacity crowd on Friday at the Byron Community Centre flocked to enjoy artworks by emerging talents for the 2014 Byron Arts Classic. Robert Williams’s slightly disturbing Blue Mask won the $2,000 acquisitive prize, while Craig Parry, Anne Leon, Diana White, Amanda Bromfield and Louise Fulton also picked up awards. One of the judges and Art Park curator, Paul McNeil, said, ‘Artists tend to lead fairly solitary working lives, so an opportunity to come together like this is quite powerful in terms of gauging what peers are doing, getting feedback and making connections.’

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Amalgamations inevitable: report Byron Council among north coast local government areas to be identified Hans Lovejoy

The long-awaited Local Government Review and taskforce report, spearheaded by local government minister and Byron Bay resident Don Page, was released last week. So how are the state’s 152 local councils doing? Not great, according to the independent report, with, ‘around a third of all NSW councils being at risk from weak revenues, infrastructure backlogs and declining populations; some are in crisis or very close.’

Third of councils at financial risk And while Mr Page made an election promise that there will be no ‘forced amalgama-

tions’, the report’s authors say it’s inevitable. ‘Sooner or later, amalgamations will have to be part of the package [to restore financial sustainability]: the number of councils in NSW has halved during the past century and that trend will surely continue.’ The ‘A’ word has always been uncomfortable word for residents and councils. It’s the main concern for the organisation that represents the state’s 152 councils, Local Government NSW (LGNSW). Within an hour of the report being released, LGNSW president Cr Keith Rhoades AFSM blasted the short timeframe for councils to provide feedback and said, ‘While the report does not support forcibly amalgamating councils, it does provide a very detailed

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“merger” blueprint for a future state government without the current “no forced amalgamations” policy.’ The Independent Local Government Review Panel’s report identifies Byron, Richmond Valley, Clarence Valley and Kyogle shire councils as future amalgamation targets, with critics saying a Kyogle merger could happen as early as next year.

Ignorant and happy people On the bright side, the panel’s findings say, ‘People appear satisfied with the performance of local government – more so than with state and federal governments.’ But ignorance and disengagement in the NSW elec-

torate also reign supreme: ‘The overall level of awareness and understanding about the role and functions of councils is quite low, and there is very limited recognition of mayors and councillors.’ As for cost-shifting from councils to the state, the report came down in favour of the state. ‘Cost-shifting has been overstated relative to other factors, but local government does have legitimate concerns about rating exemptions and concessions, and the way some fees and charges are fixed below cost. The report concludes that ‘all concerned need to face the reality that there are no “pots of gold” in Canberra or Macquarie Street.’ Q See editorial page 10

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Kirra cruise-ship terminal Baby on mum’s surfboard faces a wave of protests Luis Feliu

A renewed push by billionaire developer Bob Ell to build a controversial $400 million cruise-ship terminal/casino near the world-renowned Kirra surf break is facing a wave of anger, with a huge protest set for this Sunday. Gold Coast and Tweed surfers, residents, environmentalists and other community groups will take part in a paddle-out on Sunday, January 19 at North Kirra/Bilinga from 10am (11am NSW) in one of the biggest protests of its kind held in that state in years. The Leda group, owned by Mr Ell who is behind the Tweed and NSW’s two biggest residential township developments at Kings Forest and Cobaki, plans to use around a kilometre of beachfront land

at Bilinga to build the integrated resort, casino, apartments, shops and restaurants. The new bid follows the Queensland government’s recent call for expressions of interest from developers wanting to build new casinos in Brisbane and regional areas. A similar resort/casino has also been proposed for the northern end of the Gold Coast at Southport Spit near Wavebreak Island but is on hold with locals there also fearing a big impact. The Leda subsidiary, Gold Coast Ocean Terminal Pty Ltd, had originally proposed the southern Gold Coast seaport, to be located within walking distance of Coolangatta Airport, around two years ago. But Save Our Southern Beaches Alliance (SOSBA)

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says the sheer size and scale of project would ‘wipe out Kirra forever’ and ‘all the hard-fought gains to bring it back will be ruined’.

Sand pumping A sand-pumping project from the Tweed River was blamed for ruining the famous barrel-producing Kirra Point surf break years ago, and on Australia Day 2009, a campaign led by SOSBA lobbied to restore it to its former glory. That campaign and paddle out at Kirra Point involved one of the biggest demonstrations seen on the Gold Coast with 1,500 surfers joining in a ‘map’ of Australia formation, watched by 5,000 on the beach. SOSBA chairman Jim Wilson said that as a result, the Queensland government pledged $1.5 million to ‘fix the problem’. The campaign also helped persuade Gold Coast City Council to replace rock boulders taken off the Big Groyne, which had been seen as part of the problem. Current professional world surfing champion and Tweed Heads resident, Mick Fanning, has called on the public to support the paddle out protest.

All aboard for the Byron Night Rider bus Out in Byron Bay on Friday and Saturday nights? Catch the Byron Night Rider late-night shuttle bus home. Operating every Friday and Saturday from 11pm until 3.30am, the bus does a Byron Bay loop between Suffolk Park and Sunrise. It runs every 30 minutes from Suffolk Park and from Sunrise every 20 minutes. Byron Shire Council officer Joanne McMurtry said feedback from those riding the bus has been very positive. ‘From all accounts, the mood on the bus is fun.’ ‘At our busiest time of the year in Byron Bay the Night Rider bus is a great option for planning how you will get home. People using the service have been a mixture of locals and visitors and anywhere from 40 to 100 passengers have jumped on board each night,’ she said. While it’s a free service, if you can spare a gold coin or two, don’t hesitate to drop it into the box. All funds col-

Surfing mum Danya Hodgetts has a new a group that brings together other mums (and dads) with a love of the beach and surfing to socialise and surf. ‘The surfing mums group is a way to meet new people,’ she says, ‘and is a fun activity for the kids and allows some “mum time”. ‘It gives you the perfect guilt-free opportunity to go surfing. We have mums from Ocean Shores, Ballina, Mullumbimby and all points

Takeaways under the spotlight Fast-food outlets in Byron Bay and Lismore were visited by inspectors last week, checking not the quality of their food but the treatment of their employees. It’s part of a nationwide campaign by the Fair Work Ombudsman’s Office, which is acting on complaints received of primarily privately owned outlets underpaying their often-teenage staff.

Complaints of being underpaid Bus driver Trevor ferries Byron and Suffolk locals and visitors around on the weekends. Photo Eve Jeffery

lected help support the cost of the shuttle service. In Sunrise you can catch the bus at the bus stops at Ozigo, Julian Rocks Drive and Van Village.

Free service In Suffolk Park, the bus stopps at the corner of Alcorn and Clifford Streets, opposite the Park Hotel, corner Coogera and Beech Drive, plus on the corner of Teak and Beach Drive. In addition to the late-night

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bus, an alcohol education campaign was launched just prior to Christmas. The campaign included extra ‘alcohol free area’ signage in town and is supported by Cringe the Binge. The late-night bus and the Alcohol Education Campaign are initiatives of Byron Shire Council with funding from the NSW government. The summer service will end on Australia Day night (Sunday, January 26) with an extra service.

‘Young workers can be vulnerable if they aren’t aware of their workplace rights or are reluctant to complain,’ says Fair Work ombudsman Natalie James, ‘so it’s important we are proactive about checking they are receiving their full lawful entitlements.’ Fair Work inspectors check if employers are paying employees their minimum entitlements, including minimum hourly rates, penalty rates and overtime rates, and are complying with their record-keeping and pay slip obligations. It’s part of a threeyear campaign focusing on the hospitality sector.

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Cape Byron, Overlooking Julian rocks and Little Wategos Beach. Photo Ziggi Browning

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Michael Franti’s hokey-pokey gets out of hand at the Photo Jeff Dawson Bluesfest.

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Col recalls a piece of Bangalow history lived in that house until the early 80s. When he passed on his daughter Marge Hall took it over. ‘Chester was a lovely chap. I remember his roses and he had a sundial, the only one I have seen in this area. Chester and his brother Harry had the shop across the road which is now called Bangalow Hardware. They ran it as a carpentry business.’

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Col Draper was born in Bangalow around the middle of the last century and has seen some things change and some things just stay the same. As a Bangalow primary school student he took the train to Mullum for high school. ‘Everybody loved going down to the Bangalow pool in the summers of the 50s and 60s. Sure, we all got ear infections, but that was part of it. ‘I left Bangalow in about 1966 because I thought this town was too quiet’, says Col. ‘I came back about 15 years later because I realised this was the right place to be.’ ‘There is no more dairying and very few pigs these days’, he says. ‘Now it’s all macadamias and “lifestyle”.’ A significant development located adjacent to the A&I Hall on Station Street – now open for public comment – gives Col pause to reflect on the street’s past. Station Street hasn’t changed much since day dot, he says. ‘The Methodist Church is the same. It blew down in about 1913; they

Concerned for new development basically rebuilt it. ‘The RSL hall [where Col volunteers] has been here 50 years. Almost everything is untouched: The Masonic Hall has had a lean for the last 90 years; it was built in 1922 and developed a lean by 1925 and has been the same ever since. ‘The A&I Hall was the Regal Picture Theatre when I was a boy. It was pretty run down but a lot of the local people got together and fixed it up and we are all very proud of it now.’ And it’s the A&I Hall’s use as a public space that concerns Col with the proposed development. ‘If this new de-

velopment goes ahead, possible noise complaints could really, really hurt the A&I Hall.’ As for the history of the existing house at 9 Station Street, he says it belonged to Chester Snow. ‘The Snow family goes way back: Chester’s father, JG, was a Byron Shire councillor for 20-odd years. Chester himself went off to the first war and won a military medal. He came back and got married in about 1920 and that’s when they moved into the house and he had his children there. ‘When the second war started he enlisted again. He

Apart from what Col sees as the historical value of the property, he has concern for the back alley that is shared with the rear end of the church, the RSL, the primary school and the entry to the bottle shop. Col says the alley for the proposed new development will cause congestion and safety issues, especially during the school students’ arrival and departure hours. ‘That is the major concern: that children will be going backwards and forwards morning and afternoon and there will be issues of safety. That is just not a big enough area to be able to handle all the extra traffic.’

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Families of drug users supported NSW govt ‘poised to revoke marine parks’ When someone in the family is abusing drug and alcohol, everyone suffers. How do you keep loving, caring for and supporting someone when all they seem to care about is using? Nothing can ever prepare family members for this journey. Life, as it was for everyone, changes forever. Yet families continue to support those who are dependent despite all the chaos. Many dependent users have simply stated that without their family support, they would not have survived. Such is the strength of their love and support. By hanging in there, families actually save the community untold amounts. However, in return families are often judged and discounted. Rather than getting support, families are left to deal with huge amounts of blame, shame and stigma. But help and support is available from Family Drug Support (FDS). FDS has been providing a range of support services specifically designed for family members of alcohol and drug dependants for more than 17 years. Stepping Stones to Success is FDS’s award-winning pro-

Recreational anglers may soon be fishing around the edges of Cape Byron again if the state government revokes marine sanctuaries, as predicted by the Nature Conservation Council. The primary industries minister Katrina Hodgkinson put a moratorium in place last year, instructing officers not to prosecute anglers illegally fishing from the shore of marine sanctuaries. The council likened the move to the government’s controversial plan to allow hunters into national parks. Now the group fears the marine parks are set to be abandoned completely, with fishing to be allowed right

gram. FDS has been delivering this course for more than a decade providing realitybased support to more than 1200 family members. Theo, pictured, is the program manager and course leader. ‘I have seen the enormous difference from when people enter the course and when they leave’, he says. ‘They are stronger, better supported and have taken on skills to better manage their

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relationship with the user. ‘This will in turn help the user towards better outcomes.’ The next course runs over two weekends: February 1–2 and 8–9 from 9.30am to 4pm. Spaces are limited and bookings are essential. Please contact Theo on 0402 604 354. For 24-hours-a-day help and support, call toll-free 1300 368 186. Stepping Stones to Success is sponsored by Byron Bay Services Club.

along the NSW coast, including the currently protected Cape Byron Marine Park. According to the council’s marine campaigner Daisy Barham, the government has received advice from the Marine Estate Management Authority and is poised to make a final decision on whether to revoke marine sanctuaries along the coast.

Safe havens ‘Marine sanctuaries are the national parks of the sea. ‘They were established to provide safe havens for our extraordinary marine wildlife and their underwater habitat,’ she said. ‘Premier O’Farrell acted correctly and coura-

geously when he blocked plans to allow amateur shooters to roam free in our national parks. Now, we are urging him to hold the line on protection for our marine life. Given the government’s poor track record on marine conservation, we are deeply concerned about the proposed review of marine park zoning plans,’ Ms Barham said. ‘Over the past three years, Premier O’Farrell has led a succession of backward steps on marine conservation in our state, removing important protections for threatened marine species and their habitat.’ See more on the Nature Conservation Council website http://nccnsw.org.au.

Flickerfest All Shorts finalists announced Flickerfest Byron All Shorts has announced its finalists in its ninth year of screening. Highlights include Knitting Nannas, set in Lismore and featuring a phenomenal bunch of women who found a unique way to protest against CSG one stitch at a time, and David Bradbury – Keep The Camera Rolling, which is an intimate look at this awardwinning local documentary

maker, his filmmaking style and personal philosophy that has taken him to some of the world’s most dangerous hotspots. Also screening is Bouquet from Nimbin, which takes a novel look at edible weeds, as a smitten young man offers a unique expression of his love which is artfully transformed by the women of his dreams.

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Tell us, Japan, are we all screwed from Fukushima? Hans Lovejoy

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant meltdown is, ‘the most serious nuclear crisis since Chernobyl,’ says New Scientist magazine. While many news agencies and governments would agree, why is this topic being largely ignored – or even silenced by mainstream media? Ever since Japan’s most powerful earthquake/tsunami on record crippled the reactor, containing the daily output of 400 tonnes of contaminated groundwater is proving unmanagable. And when we need transparency more than ever, the very tight-lipped and proud nation of Japan looks set to introduce a new state secrecy bill, according to the UK’s Independent last November. Critics say, ‘the law dramatically expands state power, giving every government agency and ministry the discretion to label restricted information “state secrets”.’ It triggered protests from Human Rights Watch, the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Japanese Newspapers Unions, the Japan Federation of

Bar Associations. But that may be the least of Japan’s – and everyone’s – troubles. Scientist David Suzuki says Fukushima is the ‘most terrifying situation imaginable’ and the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), and the Japanese government are ‘lying through their teeth.’ ‘Three out of four plants were destroyed,’ he told a symposium on water ecology held at the University of Alberta in Canada last October. ‘And the fourth is so badly damaged that an earthquake of a seven [magnitude] or above and it will go.’ He says the probability of that happening in the next two years is over 95 per cent. ‘What they have in there is 1,300 rods of spent fuel that have to be kept in water all the time, and they have no way of getting it out. They are pouring water in which is leaking out. And now there’s this cockamamie scheme of freezing the soil. They don’t know what to do. What is needed is international experts to go in there with complete freedom but that isn’t happening. ‘I have seen a paper which says that, if in fact, the fourth

plant goes under in an earthquake and those rods are exposed, it’s bye-bye Japan and everybody on the west coast of North America should evacuate. If that isn’t terrifying,’ he said, ‘I don’t know what is.’

Aust govt report But what do our government and bureaucrats say? Back in October 2012, The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), released Assessment of the impact on Australia from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident by Julia Carpenter and Rick Tinker. While unprecedented, and the eventual outcomes are unkown, the report says, ‘very low levels of radioactive material were detected in Darwin,’ the following month after the meltdown. ‘At these levels there was no impact on health of people in Darwin. It is expected to take at least five years for ocean circulations to transport radioactive material to Australian waters. By this time the radioactivity will be diluted to such a degree that it will be difficult to detect.’ But circulation of ocean

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waters is not the only way radioactive water can travel. Ballast water is water that ships take on board when sailing without cargo. It helps to stabilise an empty ship from tipping over. Again, the report downplays possible harm, ‘given the unlikely presence of the public at ballast water exchange points, there will be no risk to public health. The effects of dilution would also mean that there will be no impact to the biodiversity of marine life.’ As for imported Japanese foodstuffs, the report leans on the Japanese government to monitor safety levels.

Food testing Japan has imposed food restrictions and their ‘testing results can be found on the Japanese Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare website.’ Thankfully Australia also monitors Japanaese food imports. ‘In addition, food imported from specific regions in Japan are tested by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) for radioactive caesium when it arrives in Australia.’ Meanwhile, there is also evidence emerging that radia-

tion fallout affected between 50 and 150 sailors tasked with the cleanup operation. News organisation Aljazeera, and others such as www.navytimes.com, recently reported that fifty-one crew members from the USS Ronald Reagan are suing TEPCO, alleging that the utility mishandled the crisis and did not adequately warn the crew of the risks.

TEPCO sued by US sailors ‘Crew members, many of whom are in their 20s, have been diagnosed with conditions including thyroid cancer, testicular cancer and leukemia,’ says Aljazeera. Charles Bonner, attorney for the sailors, says, ‘Deployed ships desalinate their own water, so crew members were unknowingly drinking, cooking with, and bathing in contaminated water due to the ship’s close proximity to the disaster site.’ ‘The USS Reagan was informed of the contamination after a month of living approximately 10 miles offshore from the affected region.’ The latest containment

plan by Japan, says New Scientist, is to build a 1.4-kilometre wall and sink pipes carrying freezing fluids into the ground, ‘gradually freezing it to form a barrier of permafrost 30 metres deep, down to the bedrock’.

Where to now? It will force the water to drain into the sea instead, something which is backed by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The expensive and time-consuming technique has been used in the US for years, it is claimed. But mycologist Paul Stamets may have a better answer: fungi that gobble radiation to grow. He told www.permaculture.co.uk that mulching and woodchipping everything around the reactor is the first step, ‘to a minimum depth of 12–24 inches’. Then native deciduous and conifer trees need to be planted, ‘along with hyper-accumulating mycorrhizal mushrooms’. The radioactive mushrooms would need to be removed continuously, burned, and the ash safely stored. The time-frame for rehabilitation could be decades, he added.

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Volume 28 #31

January 14, 2014

All reports lead to Rome If I were tasked with reviewing local government (councils) throughout the state, it would be in my best interests to write something that maintained centralised state power. It’s called keeping your job. As Leonard Cohen sang, ‘Everybody knows that the dice are loaded.’’ Yes, my report would hose down accusations by councils of state cost-shifting and promote amalgamation of local governments. And that’s exactly what we have in the local government review, which was released last week. Presumably it provides the region’s state representative (Nationals) and local government MP Don Page with the mandate to promote those recommendations. Amalgamating shires has never been popular and is of questionable benefit. The Queensland shires of Noosa, Douglas, Mareeba and Livingstone reversed their decision to amalgamate with surrounding shires last year. As for cost shifting, the state government refuses to explain to The Echo why it won’t return the Brunswick Heads caravan parks and reserves it stole from Byron Council, despite proof it resulted in our local government being financially worse off. Of course the state wants to maintain power and will take more power from local government/community at every opportunity. It’s something that is achieved with an uninformed public and complicit media. But if the state’s 152 councils were to commission a review instead into the NSW government, would that result in better cost savings and efficiency outcomes for the public? The rorting in NSW Rail, the belligerent NSW Forestry Corporation and the toxic North Coast Holiday Parks would be a great start. If you look closely, there’s a sentence that remarkably made it into this local government report: ‘People appear satisfied with the performance of local government – more so than with state and federal governments.’ The state’s constant power grabs only help to reinforce that view. Hans Lovejoy, editor

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peration Sovereign Borders is in real danger of spinning out of control. Not only are generalissimo Tony Abbott and his First Sea Lord Scott Morrison now firmly ensconced in Fantasy Land (the happiest kingdom of them all) but their fantasies are becoming a serious risk to Australia’s reputation and even its wellbeing. It is no longer just a matter of boys playing battleships in the bathtub, as senator Sarah ScottYoung indulgently describes it; a series of statements from various participants last week make it clear that reality is starting to overtake the rhetoric. Abbott opened the bidding by justifying his paranoid secrecy over the whole issue with the remark: ‘If we were at war we would not be giving out information that is of use to the enemy.’ We were engaged in a ‘fierce contest’ with the people smugglers; we had to stop the boats because it was a matter of our national sovereignty. In other words, we actually were at war. Now hang on a moment. A war is an armed conflict between nation states about the conquest of territory or at least a dominant economic advantage. A few score people smugglers pose no conceivable threat to Australia and Abbott knows it. When he talks of ‘national sovereignty’ all he really means is his own pride; he has puffed up the concept to try and lock the rest of us behind his political posturing. To compare the current situation with war is to insult and belittle those who fight and suffer in real wars, the very soldiers Abbott affects to idolise at every photo opportunity he can arrange. The cloak of a military campaign against the hapless asy-

lum seekers has been adopted as political camouflage, partly to inflate the importance of what is, by any normal measure, no more than an irritant, and partly to justify the cult of secrecy (‘we do not comment on operational matters’) Abbott and Morrison have invoked to cover their own mismanagement. And it appears that there is a fair amount to cover. Despite Abbott having fervently and repeatedly denied before the election that he had a policy to ‘tow back’ boats to Indonesia, it now appears that in at least one case that is pre-

And now the United Nations High Commission on Refugees is demanding an explanation of the incidents from Canberra, and also of reports that Australia had bought ten large lifeboats from Singapore, which will be used to facilitate further turn-arounds from unseaworthy Indonesian vessels. This totally unprecedented idea has been widely ridiculed in the Australian media, but it is another indication of Abbott’s obsessive single-mindedness: stop the boats at any cost, and we do mean any. But the stakes are getting

To compare the current situation with war is to insult and belittle those who fight and suffer in real wars. by Mungo MacCallum cisely what happened; and in two others, perhaps four, boats were ‘pushed’ back before being effectively abandoned in Indonesian waters. In international law, this is a distinction without a difference – both procedures are illegal. Abbott’s original policy, that boats would be ‘turned back when it is safe to do so,’ was always dubious, and depended on Indonesian co-operation. This was never going to be forthcoming and again last week both the foreign minister, Marty Nagalegawa, and the office of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reiterated that the policy was unacceptable. Any hope that it might be tacitly approved, as suggested by reports that the Indonesian military chief General Moeldoko had given a nod and a wink to his Australian counterpart General David Hurley, were firmly repudiated.

higher. The head of the Indonesian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, Mahfudz Siddiq, has said that the lifeboat ploy means that the Australian government plans to become a people smuggler itself, despatching boatloads of unauthorised immigrants into another country’s territorial waters. And, as the Australian navy has been used to repel boats from Indonesia, so the Indonesian navy may have to repel the boats from Australia. The situation could escalate quickly and very dangerously. Suddenly Kevin Rudd’s preelection warnings of a possible military confrontation between the two countries look a lot less fanciful. The air needs to be cleared, urgently, and a full and frank public statement by Abbott would appear to be the only way to do it. Both the Indonesian government and people and the Australian people need

to be told just what the policy is, what if any are its limits, and how it works on a day-by-day basis. As it is, trust and support are being dissipated in a cloud of rumour and scuttlebutt. And, as Bill Shorten and numerous others have pointed out, it is ludicrous that Australians are getting more information from the Jakarta Post than from their own government. Even if this was a real war, the situation would be unacceptable. In the eyes of the rest of the world, Australia’s hardline approach looks selfish and primitive – even barbaric. In the single month of July last year, more boat people arrived at the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa than reached Australian waters in the entire financial year of 2011–2012 – the time the great panic over unauthorised arrivals set in. Yet the Italian government handled the situation calmly and humanely – there was never any talk of using military operations to turn boats back, or of offshore prison camps, or of temporary protection visas or any of the paraphernalia of cruelty successive Australian governments have employed as a deterrent. Instead, the asylum seekers were recognised by everyone from the pope down as neighbours in need – not always refugees in the full and technical sense, but the wretched of the earth, to be treated with compassion and understanding. But far from following this pontifical lead, Abbott and Morrison have consistently taken the low road of persecution, secrecy and shame. And, like their operational matters, they have ended up lost and confused – and all at sea. Q See Mungo’s video at

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Arrrr, be it time for a keelhauling at Brunswick? Q Having read the article regarding the Brunswick Buccaneer one has to ask who or what has been lined up to take its place. I can only imagine something more ‘upmarket’ is planned. Are we all going to need the written permission of the North Coast Holiday Parks manager to use the steps along Simpsons Creek? How are they going to decide who is a customer or who just a local using the steps? What next have these people, who have taken charge of our town, got lined up for us? Margaret Sorensen Brunswick Heads Q North Coast Holiday Parks will be hosting information sessions on plans of management for Brunswick Heads caravan parks and public parklands at the Housie Shed

Market changes The Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc has recently appointed new market managers. We wish to acknowledge Rusty Selvey, our previous manager, for the excellent job he has done in reinvigorating

on Wednesday January 15, 4–7pm, fireworks night, and Saturday February 1, 9am– 12pm, market day. Foreshore Protection Group will also be attending to provide information on community concerns and environmental issues including park boundaries, foreshore access, compliance and public amenity. Local residents and visitors are encouraged to come along and find out what is being proposed for our public parklands – submissions close on February 21. Michele Grant Convenor, Foreshore Protection Group Q The planned eviction of the Brunswick Heads ‘pirate’ boat hire business by North Coast Holiday Parks (Sharks) exposes one of the biggest lies

this organisation has been peddling about its proposed developments on the town’s foreshore public land. NCHP claims local businesses will all benefit from the expansion and development of the town’s three caravan parks, yet, like the pirate, they will put many of them out of business. The pirate, who has operated his family business for 30 years is being shut down by NCHP and surprise, surprise, their own caravan park just up the road has just started its own boat hire business. When you look at the just released plans of management from NCHP, it shows that far from assisting many local businesses it will be directly competing against them, and on a very uneven playing field. NCHP’s plans show they intend to

upgrade their parks by privatising and fencing off over half the town’s foreshore for their own private use. This is prime public land all tourists and residents have been happily sharing for well over 100 years. Why will tourists continue to visit Brunswick when much of the river, its beautiful walkways and parklands and the walking bridge are fenced off from them? On NCHP’s new plans for Banner Park (where the pirate operates and children play) is a huge raised decking area of over 500sqm. Such an unnecessary and expensive structure looks destined to be a riverside café or other commercial site. Claims by NCHPs that the pirate is monopolising the riverbank with his one-metre wide ‘plank’ are outrageous considering they are desperately

our market, and for organising a popular market Facebook and website presence. Rusty has had to resign due to his business (www. dreamkayaks.com.au) requiring more of his time. We wish him every success in his venture and thank him

for his generosity and professional approach in all matters. Our market will continue to grow and will be better for his input. We wish the new managers every success and entreat all to support the Mullumbimby Community Market which

supports your Museum. Stephen Hall, President, & the Executive BVHS Inc

Make it cool Adrian Gattenhof has hit the nail on its moustache (Letters, January 7)! When confronted with insurMOuntable odds and imMOvable objections we just do what all Byronians know best. We get creative, we break through taboos, we laugh at the ogres. We dance at the coal mines. We meditate at the gas wells. We sing to the police. We play, we have fun changing the world! Let’s fight fear with joy. Insanity with loopiness. Toot if the stupidity of our politicians is driving you crazy.

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trying to ban all but their paying customers from over 500m of the riverbank and the majority of the towns’ best foreshore parklands. NCHP has asked for public feedback to their plans – give it to them! Sean O’Meara Brunswick Heads Q I was taken aback and brought up standing. Who are the lily-livered landlubbers with such an oceanic lack of imagination as to even contemplate taking the wind from the sails of the Brunswick Buccaneer? Keelhauling would be too good for them. Perhaps a touch of the lash would awaken them from their bureaucratic stupor? The Buccaneer has provided the means for kids, young and old, to become Long John Silvers, Captain Hooks

Come on, go and turn on the ignition and toot three times. Do it now! We all long to hear it. The sound of joyful change rolling around the world. Roll back the clock and be like a child. Play with solar, run with wind, spin with electric motion. Jump on your bike, climb with sustainability, roll over with investments, hop between banks. The time has come for the Third Summer of Love. It is a thousand-year summer and it has already begun. We can make it cool, people. Sapoty Brook Mullumbimby

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and Peter Pans for at least 30 years. Maybe the pirate’s lack of respect for authority is not deemed a suitable role model for children growing up in a subservient society. I for one will be polishing up my cannon, sharpening pens and swords to help defend the Buccaneer and Ilan in his clash with these lacklustre authorities. ’Tis time to shiver some timbers. Arrhh, Jim me lad, splice the mainbrace and loosen up those sails. Soon we can all be three sheets to the wind and The Brunswick Buccaneer will sail again for at least another 30 years. Disclosure: I had the pleasure of designing the Buccaneer and working with the original owners to build her about 30 years ago. Robin Crosby Bangalow 8/1/2014: the news that a farmer was rushed to Byron hospital and ‘decontaminated’ after spraying toxic organophosphates – the same compound found in the insecticides that are linked to mad cow disease and CJD, the human equivalent of mad cow disease – on cattle should continued on next page

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Claims to Middle East land remain in hot dispute In reply to ‘Middle East conflict the legacy of a promise from God?’ (Echo, January 7), I have a question for Jenny Bush. Why can’t my family live on the land we own in Samaria? We also have deeds. Shirlee Finn Randwick North

Q If Jenny Bush builds a house on the north coast without local government permission, she will no doubt receive a demolition notice and it has nothing to do with her religion. That’s the way all civilised countries organise towns and cities. If terrorists were blowing up north coast buses and restaurants and shopping malls, I think Jenny Bush would

want our Australian government to do what was necessary to halt the smuggling of explosives, even if it were an inconvenience, and that’s why we have inconvenient but necessary security checks at our airports. The security barrier and checkpoints in Israel have effectively stopped the bomb outrages, one of which killed a little Australian girl in a pizzeria before the security barrier was built. Isn’t it obvious that if terrorists stopped blowing up planes we wouldn’t need airport Xraying and metal detectors? Israel wouldn’t have barriers and checkpoints either if its citizens were not targeted. Using the word ‘apartheid’, implying it is applicable to Is-

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rael, which is a country where there are Arab members of parliament, Arab judges, Arab/Israeli beauty contestants, is emotive but just plain wrong. And by the way, I think Australians should have ‘supremacy’ in Australia, whatever that means, and so should Jews in their homeland. There are at least 22 Arab states but only one Jewish homeland. This conflict could have been solved long ago if Arab people were not let down by their governments, who refuse a two-state solution with a little give-and-take on both sides. Israel accepted just that in 1948. The Arabs never have. This is to a small degree because they think well-meaning people like Jenny Bush will help them avoid making even the slightest compromise. Morris Rapaport Bondi Junction

Q Israeli claims that the land of Israel was promised to the Jews in ancient times, and by implication all modern Jews are descendants of the original tribes of Israel and therefore inheritors of that promise, is one of their least credible claims. Apart from ignoring history which has seen the area occupied by multiple different peoples and political systems over the subsequent millennia (this has always been a highly contested area as it provides the land link between Africa, the Middle East and Europe), it totally ignores the present realities. The Falasha (Ethiopian Jews) are black, the Black Jews of Kerala are indeed black or at least very dark, the Magnebi and Middle Eastern Jews are dark eyed, dark haired and of swarthy

complexion (and probably most closely resemble the original people of Israel), while some European Jews appear to have absolutely no Semitic ancestry whatsoever. Even if you are Jewish you would have to be a few buds short of an ounce to believe this wide variety of racial types are all descended from the same genetic stock. A recent episode of Know Your Roots (SBS) indicated that the average European Jew had only 40 per cent Middle Eastern – as they termed it – heredity. Arthur Koestler and others believe that European Jewry was augmented by the mass conversion in the Middle Ages of a Slavic people in Russia called the Khazars. This to me is believable. Take Binjimin Netanahu and his wife, for example. Both

appear to be totally European/Slavic in ancestry. Yet we have come to accept these Middle European features as Jewish ones. Now I know that current political correctness dictates that because ‘everyone is equal’ drawing attention to racial and other differences is taboo. It seems to me, however, that not allowing people the expression and recognition of their individual and collective differences is one of the most destructive forces in the world today. Consequently any Israeli claims to the land currently referred to as Israel are absolutely invalid on the basis of race and biblically based claims are more a matter of faith and belief than fact. David Gilet Byron Bay

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same reason as everyone else. None of us is any more ‘entitled’ to live or visit here than anyone else. Now, let’s enjoy the summer and save our breath for the annual mid-year pothole whinge. Stephanie Dale Byron Bay

shop or eat, would have easy access to the town to shop, see a show or have dinner, and be able to get home safely after having a few drinks with dinner. The streets would be more pedestrian friendly, allowing more people to safely walk or ride bicycles around the area. Property with easy access to rail services increase in value, though this may not be a good thing for those trying to buy a home. Train services would be a far better solution to the economic growth of Byron, and the shire, encouraging people into town who would spend money in local businesses. Currently, taxpayers’ money is being spent marketing the area to young people who seem to want to set up illegal camping sites, drink to excess and destroy the joint, costing taxpayers a fortune in the process. Louise Doran Ocean Shores

on the site covered by the DA currently before Council. Activities such as those proposed by the Hunters should be carried on from premises established in an area set aside and equipped for industrial and semi-industrial activity. Graham Mathews Tyagarah

prompt more people to opt for vegan foods rather than meat and dairy products. After all, organophosphates aren’t the only harmful toxins associated with animal-based foods. Meat is often contaminated with E coli, salmonella, listeria, and other potentially deadly pathogens. It’s also high in cholesterol and saturated fat and contributes to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases that land people in the hospital. If you want to boost your health – and avoid the ER – it’s wise to choose fruits, vegetables, whole grains, soya, and other plant-based foods. See PETA.org.au for free vegan recipes and tips on going vegan. Des Bellamy Special Projects Coordinator, PETA Australia Byron Bay

Takes on traffic

The annual Byron Bay January whinge is on – traffic and Queensland number plates. 1. My children and their partners all have Queensland number plates. They grew up near Byron Bay. Their mother, grandmother and great grandmother are in Byron Bay. Hate to break it to you, but like anyone else in the country they are entitled to visit. 2. If you are stuck in traffic, reality check: you are the traffic. If you have an American or northern European accent, chances are the reason you come to Byron Bay is the

Q We have had another holiday season where locals and tourists have had to sit in traffic on Ewingsdale Rd for up to an hour trying to get to work or their business. Imagine if there was comfortable, fast train service every hour in and out of Byron (the one Don Page and the state government promised us) to carry tourists and day trippers from the Gold Coast/ Brisbane or Lismore/Casino). If only half the cars were taken off Ewingsdale Road this would reduce the traffic bottleneck considerably and allow locals to go about their business and not be stuck in traffic. It’s impossible to have sustainable communities based on polluting road transport. Getting people and freight onto trains is the only way to reduce traffic congestion, while transporting freight and large numbers of people efficiently. Buses stuck in traffic do not work. As well as benefitting the local community, a train service would have untold benefits for the environment. Businesses in Byron would also benefit as residents of the shire, who normally would not think of battling the traffic jams to get into Byron to

Hunter DA

I note Cr Hunter’s response in your recent article ‘Cr Hunter under fire over development’. In recent meetings of concerned Pinegroves Road residents, those present, almost without exception, have expressed frustration at Cr Hunter’s unwillingness to consult the neighbours about his intentions. I personally raised with him his intention to establish a ‘Storman’ franchised ministorage operation involving, as his website proclaimed, up to 50 storage containers. These containers were to go

Mutate now

Re radioactive concern over Woolies carpark plan in Byron Bay: that’s why we need a bypass. The tourists can drive straight to the Myocum tip to dispose of the goods they just bought; it will save them taking it home and making a trip to their tip. The locals can then be disposed of with radiation since they are not needed any more. As The Eagles observed some decades ago, ‘They call it paradise, I don’t know why’. Navhal Pols Byron Bay

Geck gecks

A friend of mine who lives above Mullum has asked me if I could capture and give her a geck geck (my terminology) because they are cute and because of the geck geck noise they make at night. Geck gecks are lizards about five inches long with a straight tail, unlike the native ones I have known with a triangular tail and head and somewhat larger. In 2005, after living in Middle Pocket, Billi for over a decade, I encountered my first geck geck in a yellow-orange colour and was completely amazed how it could sprint

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Letters

Turning point for West Byron

Debris dangers Happy New Year – not for the sea creatures. I went to Main Beach, Byron Bay, the other Sunday and within one minute of being there picked up this plastic debris. All potentially lethal debris for marine species. Surfers – if you break your leg-rope, please take it with you, in accordance with Tim Silverwood’s sentiments in last week’s Echo. Sally F Greene Byron Bay upside down on my ceilings and walls, and the geck geck noise it made at night. At the time of my first encounter I was having renovations to my property and assumed the lizard hitched a ride with the building materials. I now live at Brunswick Heads and have increasing numbers of geck gecks. These are green-brown but the same. What I would like to know is: are they native or from overseas, or could they be another pest and have an adverse impact on our environment like cane toads? Basically, are they friend or foe? Bradley Booler Brunswick Heads

Ten things I like about Tony 1. He has given the Australian people the government most of us deserve. 2. His ‘back to the future’ approach to human rights, immigration, and environ-

ment has shown us that Australia has learnt nothing from its history. 3. When he became PM he thought it was cool to give his first interview to his mate Alan Jones, and then hold a thank-you party for the nation’s shock jocks at Kirribilli House. 4. He showed us how corrupted our democracy has become and how close to the gutter politicans will crawl to get elected. 5. He showed us Australia has the worst media/ press in the world, occupied by pompous egomanics convinced of their importance and more than ready to bring out the worst in us. 6. Tony showed us the media have been spoon-feeding us all for decades, the media monguls pursuing their own interests, keen to whip up hate and fear, feeding our ignorance while making lots of money for themselves.

It is time to speak of the turning point for Byron Bay, Byron Shire, the north coast of New South Wales, and if we are truly thinking globally while we act locally, our world. The West Byron Swamp Housing Estate. Never mind that this is everything that is wrong. Definitively a floodland that will need to be transformed in the most unecologically sustainable ways. Strip development on a narrow transport corridor. Overloaded sewerage systems. So what? Expect it to be approved. It’s worth a couple of billion dollars, and it will open up the endgame for Byron Bay and the Shire. Remember the talk, population 25,000 for Byron Bay? This development opens the way. With the approval of this housing estate and a dual carriageway to and from the highway, the precedent and minimum infrastructure will be in place for housing estates to begin at the highway turnoff. Semi-rural areas like McGettigans Lane will become higher density. Do not imagine for a second that a dual carriageway will reduce traffic jams. They will simply be an excuse to bring in more traffic.

A new road will be cut through the hinterland behind Byron Bay. That will open these areas to residential development. Think Ballina. This means the end of quality tourism in Byron Bay and anything alternative about the region. It is the southward expansion of the Gold Coast/southeast Queensland residential corridor. They will not stop. No existing business will do well out of this change. It is simply the end. You cannot avoid a powerplay of this size by sitting still. Byron Shire articulated a vision years ago, but never acted. Illegal operators moved into the power vacuum and damaged legitimate business. The way forward is the one we planned. Expanded education: to be a college town. Expanded health and lifestyle industry: to be an emerald, a green jewel in the crown. Expanded media and arts industries: build on that successful base. Reduced and refined visitor industry: eliminate illegals, promote legitimate operations. These are the goals the community has articulated. All these can be done with a reduced environmental footprint.

Do you have any fight left in you? Matt Hartley Byron Bay

7. Tony has a good face for present day Australia, a country that from the outside appears to be a soulless, meanspirited, greedy place, most of its people forever telling themselves and others how great and wonderful they are, while giving the two fingers to the rest of the world and

the planet. We are lucky to be Australian, Tony says. 8. Tony has made me realise how mad we all are, and how important it is to protect what’s left of our soul. 9. Tony has encouraged me to build an Abbott-proof fence around my mental environment and rid myself of

those who seek to devour my soul, break my heart, destroy the planet, etc. 10. My Abbott-proof fence also keeps out the mad dogs of the media pack along with the huge egos of our political commentators. No more buying newspapers or listening to the news, leaving my head

Q The proposed rezoning for West Byron Bay is not an issue about stopping property owners developing their land or the perceived economic benefit that may provide. It is about changing the face of Byron Shire for good. In its current format, density and design the proposed development, when finished, will create a heterogeneous density of 400 and 150 sq metre entitlements for 1,100 housing options, which will look like a Gold Coast suburb without the infrastructure to cope. There is also no apparent policy regarding infrastructure or importantly the preservation of the Belongil and Cumbebin wetlands. These may disappear with the planned swapping of all vegetation from Belongil Creek to the chicken farm with roofs. A different approach worth a thought is to firstly fully address the infrastructure required and how it is funded and secondly plan and build a truly unique environmentally conscious development with appropriate densities that are

sympathetic to the fragile environment it occupies. Preserving the integrity of our wetland, its inhabitants, its trees, wildlife (koala habitats) and by way of structure and design, maintain Byron Bay’s iconic look and feel. They did one such successful development in Victor Harbour, South Australia. The local member Don Page has been a soldier for maintaining Byron Shire’s uniqueness, which is the first and foremost reason people come to our wondrous Shire. Please do not put the cart before the horse, Don, and simply request an extension of the proposed rezoning until all the objections and suggestions from the community are dealt with in a respectful and appropriate fashion by the state Planning Department. These objections are all in the minutes of that meeting. Our lands need to retain their environmental footprint and we also need to allow the growth that will provide a stimulus to our economic wellbeing. However, if we cannot protect our uniqueness, then tourism will go to the next paradise. Damien Antico Ewingsdale free to enjoy the wonders of life, and listen to the birds sing their song. A much better world. Thank you, Tony. Dave Sherlock Byron Bay Q See letters about rocking

Belongil on page 15

Taking the fall for a festival’s sake in the north Re the Falls Festival: it is about time people in the north start to stand up for themselves. Noise horrific, terrible problems with traffic congestion, locals severely compromised so a few could make mega bucks. Communication down or intermittent for mobile or computers so people without landline cut off for a week. Telstra towers went into overload as extras towers could not be turned on. If this was a three-day festival, then how come it ran for four days? People camping along beachfronts. Where were the rangers to stop this, and then the garbage left behind? Water turned off on day of bump-out so that even the volunteers couldn’t get a Q

shower after working hard. People being dropped off at all times of the night outrageous into dead quiet country villages, the noise and partying afterward in villages affecting families and working people’s amenity changed. Don’t get us wrong, we’re glad for the businesses that had a great time but we are the ones that keep your businesses running all year round, so have a thought about that. To the promoters of this festival: where were all the jobs you promised? Instead, all we hear about is ‘the volunteers that put in hours to get a free ticket’ and are onsite for days before. Then there was the air traffic. It was unbelievable. Helicopters and light aircraft,

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some flying below the required height level. Locals are scared to say what they think as they believe the promoters will come after them with civil suits. Well, we’re over it. This is an intrusion that is only going to get worse for the largest number of ratepayers in the shire. It is about time that our elected councillors started to hear the population of the north of the shire. Kathy Norley President, South Golden Beach Community Association Q The Falls Festival’s promoter Brandon Saul described the festival as ‘Byron style’. Is it really ‘Byron style’ to hold a festival with some 25,000

people at a site that dissects a highly significant wildlife corridor connecting some of the most biologically diverse environments in Australia? This wildlife corridor connects the hinterland World Heritage Wollumbin rainforests with the lowland coastal nature reserves. The ‘Byron style’ that many of us know involves protecting and nurturing such environments. That’s something for which we are widely known. This new Byron style is something else, seemingly cashing in on an existing reputation/culture. Ecologist David Scotts believes that: ‘The conservation values of Yelgun-Wooyung locality are too important to be compromised by a de-

velopment that… could and should be sited elsewhere.’ Conservation Of North Ocean Shores (CONOS Inc) has been protecting this area for some 20 years. The locality contains over 50 threatened species and numerous archaeological sites. As Dr Andrew Benwell (20 years as local ecologist) stated: ‘The government recommends monitoring to study the response of fauna to festival events, which amounts to recommending that the festival site be used for a large-scale ecological experiment. If the purpose of an area is for protection of biodiversity and threatened species, is it appropriate to allow these species to be exposed to a variety of different stresses

to see if they persist or not? Is it ethically acceptable to use a high conservation value area to study the effects of human disturbance on wildlife?’ Does this not reek of the same mentality that promotes whale killing for ‘scientific’ study? Meanwhile the promoters declare the festival a great success. We love music too, but we are unwilling to allow our music interests to override the environmental values of this locality. If enough people shared our belief, then the promoters/ developers would have no alternative than to site the festival away from this biologically and archaeologically rich place. Bob Oehlman CONOS Inc

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Letters/Pin This Up

Waves of dissent roll over rocking Belongil It is absolutely laughable that Byron Shire Council is going to spend ratepayers’ megabucks to save Belongil Beach houses from sea erosion when it should only be the owners’ concern. You are what you eat and you should also accept the possibility of damage done to your property through any natural causes such as sea erosion, flood and bushfire. When I applied to build on an eroding beach cliff face in South Australia I was only given the shire’s okay after I had signed papers stating that I was solely responsible for any damage that may occur through natural disasters, which included sea erosion. This I accepted and built. Let’s reseal our hole-infested roads before we use our precious ratepayers’ money to finance the safety of those who built in high-risk areas. Wilf Sprengel Ocean Shores

Q Thanks for supporting debate on the rock walls issue and for printing opinions such as Cr Woods’s last week. In discussions in Council, she and other ‘no-beach’ councillors often compare the Belongil scenario with that of our dam-

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aged hinterland roads. What is different? 1. The residents who rely on hinterland roads to get home have not been on notice since 1987 to relocate when the road fails. Beachfront residents have, through development consent conditions for new buildings and through s.149 certificates issued at times of property sale. 2. The roads aren’t due to be washed away this century due to a combination of ongoing sand depletion and imminent sea-level rise (as documented in technical reports since at least as long ago as 1978). 3. State and federal natural disaster funding is provided to rebuild roads when they fail (sadly the hoops that this funding requires to be jumped through mean the repairs can take years). Such support is an ongoing expectation in our society. A parallel arrangement may be what the no-beach lobby are really seeking. None of the above three points has changed since before the time any Greens were elected to Council. The ‘Green Dream’ started earlier and has preserved the quality of life in Byron Shire. It tion Plan, with documentary screening Shadowplay The Hidden Hand at Uniting Church hall, Dalley St.

Mullum library Flamenco demonstration and workshop Wednesday 15 January, 10.30am, for ages 7-plus. Enquiries 6684 2992.

Dunecare The Green and Clean Awareness Team Dunecare day is on Sunday 19 January, 9am–12 noon, meeting in front of the Beach Cafe at Clarkes Beach. Enquiries Udo 0413 173 786 or Veda 6685 7991.

is the main reason many of us live here rather than on a Gold Coast, even the antibeach mob. Cr Duncan Dey Main Arm Q It’s hard to know if Cr Rose

Wanchap’s letter to The Echo last week attempting to justify her decision to support rock walls at Belongil Beach is deliberately misleading or just ignorant. In either case, some of her points need to be contested. Rose believes that the main advantages of rock seawalls are that they have a longer life and lower maintenance than the existing geobag interim protection works. By confusing a temporary protection measure (geo sandbags) with an essentially permanent structure (rock walls), is Rose aware that the report to Council was only in relation to temporary stabilisation works, required only until Council had developed a long-term Coastline Management Plan? As these works are supposed to be interim, how are rock walls, say at Manfred St priced at $1.2 million, more affordable than geobags, priced at just over $400,000? um grounds on the corner of Stuart and Myocum streets, Mullumbimby, Saturday 18 January, 8am–3pm. New stallholders welcome. Bookings 6684 3370.

Byron Market The Byron Market is on Sunday 19 January at the Butler St Reserve, 8am–3pm. Cheyne Murphy’s Band and Pacha Mamma will entertain. Please leave dogs at home.

MCG forum

First meeting is Wednesday 22 at Senior Citizens Hall, Marvell St, Byron Bay, At 9am for morning tea. Activities include indoor bowls and cards with teachers available.

Judy MacDonald and Sharon Gibson will take us through how to create a flourishing vegetable garden throughout the hot and wet summertime of the subtropics, followed by Q&A forum and cob-oven pizzas. Saturday 18 January, 1pm, at the Mullumbimby Community Gardens. Entry by donation.

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Thursday 16 January at 6pm Mullum Forum is discussing Agenda 21 Climate Ac-

Mullumbimby Community Market is funding your local museum, held in the Muse-

Rotary is a non-profit organisation that brings together members of the community to do good. Come along and learn about Rotary’s commu-

Byron Breast Cancer Support Group meets on Wednesday 15 January, 12.30–2.30pm, at the Byron Senior Citizens Hall, 37 Marvell St, Byron Bay. Enq Barb 668 08893, 0408 336 351.

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Why leave out the fact that the total cost estimates for all three sites is $2.4 million? Feedback from the Coastal Panel of experts in the council report emphasises that if rock walls were intended to be permanent protection measures, they would need to be designed and engineered differently. The cost of changing the now approved interim rock wall to be a permanent structure would surely cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Multiple expert agencies, including the Office of Environment and Heritage and the Cape Byron Marine Park Authority, all expressed concerns about the impact of rock walls at Belongil Beach. Their concerns included the resultant loss of public recreational beach space and the potential creation of mini rips that may endanger the safety of swimmers and surfers, which seems to have been ignored. Rose’s ‘in-principle’ support for planned retreat and the use of ‘temporary’ rock walls is inconsistent. Rose can hardly be surprised that the people who voted for her feel betrayed by an expectation that she would adhere to an environmentally sensinity and international projects and meet our members. Each Tuesday 7pm at Byron RSL. Visitors welcome. byronbayrotary@gmail.com.

AA meetings Brunswick Heads: 7pm Sunday, Com Ctr, South Beach Rd, opp surf club; Mullumbimby: 12.30 Thurs, CWA Hall, Tincogan St; Byron Bay: 12 noon Friday, Uniting Church Hall, Carlyle St.

Volunteers needed We are holding an orientation session for people who are interested in becoming volunteers at Liberation Larder, Wednesday 22 January, 11– noon in the kitchen at Byron Bay Community Centre. Details liberationlarder@gmail. com or call Liz Swain 0412 459 772.

Buddhist meditation Buddhist meditation at Fawcett St, Brunswick Heads, will recommence on 5 February. Info 6685 8842, mishaelamarie@ gmail.com.

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tive position on this contentious issue. It’s a shame that Rose’s maverick politics is undermining the progressive council that the Byron Shire community voted for. Graeme Williams Mullumbimby attempting to decipher her letter it would appear to me that Cr Di Woods is a little discombobulated about a number of matters arising from a concept she has dubbed the ‘Green Dream’. Not much point in going into the ‘substance’ of her anxiety; we have been there many times and Di tends to believe blindly in her own rhetoric. But this letter is so scattergun that I suspect its real purpose may be to deflect from the first point, her campaign funding disclosure released in November 2013. Most will recall Di’s frequent assertions during the campaign that she had no idea of the identity of her group’s donors – and so it would appear from their funding disclosure. A sum of $22,038 was received from 39 donors, not one of which was above the $1,000 amount requiring identification of the benefactor – a truly remarkable

statistical result under any circumstances. There was one reportable donation of $4,000 from a mysterious source (at least I can’t find any reference to its provenance), a certain Tory Smith of 13 Chermside Street, Wellington Point, Queensland. This could have some relation to the Gold Coast PR firm that the Woods and Ibrahim campaigns were reported to have engaged but why would it be reported as a donation rather than an expense? And $12,290 came in from a fundraiser at $150 a head – these were not your average Byron battlers. I am sure that all the boxes have been ticked for the Electoral Funding Authority (which checks virtually nothing) but, to the informed reader, the funding disclosure appears to hide any hint of the origin of the money. I would think that with all this largesse heaped upon her Di would have some idea where the bulk of her funding came from and, in light of the voting record of her faction, it would be helpful for the community to know who got them elected. So, Cr Woods? Tom Tabart Bangalow

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Summer Sale at Orientique Byron Bay While in Byron Bay this summer come in and see the beautiful vibrant styles in ladies’ fashion.The shop holds an extravaganza of colourful prints and designs ranging from elegant Australian designer dresses, vintage style dresses and Orientique cottons, to casual beachwear. Remember you are beautiful! Sale starts January 12. 10–50 per cent off all items. Cavanbah Arcade, Jonson St.

New Hairdo for the New Year Happy new year to one and all from the talented team at Salon 35, the funky new salon and beauty bar based at Salt. We are open over the Christmas and

little toy shop. Toy Kingdom has a huge range of toys, board games, art and craft, kites, beach and pool toys, scooters and ride-ons, dress-up costumes and face paint, and heaps more. Open 7 days. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm Sunday 10am–4pm | 103 Jonson Street, Byron 6680 8811 | facebook/mytoykingdom

SUMMER SALE 10–50% OFF Storewide T 6685 8566 M 0423 945 201 Shop 7 Cavanbah Arcade, 4 Jonson St, Byron Bay

Run away with Spaghetti Circus You will be blown away by our circus classes at Spaghetti! Our school holiday workshops include juggling, hula hooping, tumbling, trapeze, german wheel and much more. All our classes are taught by Gymnastic Australiaaccredited coaches and real circus performers.

Need some real School Holiday Fun?

Young people get to take risks, get fit and active while having so much fun they won’t notice that it is good for them. Spaghetti performers are working as professional circus artists all over the world. They are working with Cirque du Soleil, Circus Oz, Cirkus Cirkör and Invisible Circus to name just a few.

We’ve got kites to ﬂy, games to play, fun activity books, art and craft ideas, great beach and sports gear - perfect for these holidays! Pop in you’ll love what you see.

Circus is about taking risks in a very safe environment; it is about getting active and involved in a fitness activity that is super cool. There are limited places left in our classes; get in quickly. Come run away and join our circus – live your dream. We are!

new year period as well as our usual extended hours until 9pm Thursdays and Fridays and 9–12 on Sundays (by appointment). Check us on Facebook for our latest deals. We believe the most important thing in our hairdressing salon, before we do amazing hair, is our customers. It is all about you! Shop 3, 1–25 Bells Boulevard, Salt Village, Kingscliﬀ 6674 1135

Spaghetti Circus is located in the Mullumbimby Showgrounds on Main Arm Road | spaghetticircus.org.au

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The Magic of Toys For children, toy stores are magic places. For adults, toy stores always bring up sweet memories of their own childhood. That is the case of Toy Kingdom, located opposite Woolies on the corner of Jonson and Carlyle streets. You’ll find everything you need to make these school holidays the most memorable ever in Byron’s biggest

Salon 35 PREMIER GOLD COAST HAIRDRESSING SALON, SALON 35, IS NOW OPEN IN SALT VILLAGE, KINGSCLIFF. A SMALL SAMPLE OF OUR DELICIOUS PRICES:

½ head foils $59 full head foils $69 balyage/ombre $79 these all include toner, treatment, cut, hollywood blow-dry, ghd straighten/curl

shop 3t bells blvd, 1069 gold coast hwy palm beach qld salt village, 07 5598 2020 kingscliff nsw 02 6674 1135 open sundays by appointment

or in Lismore Woodlark St 6621 3473

Find us in Byron Bay opp. Woolies 6680 8811

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MON 20TH TO WED 22ND JANUARY 10am to 3pm Ages 7– 14 (under–7s by arrangement). Learn tricks such as trapeze, mini tramp, acrobatics, tumbling, hula hoops, juggling, lyra, tissue, german wheel and much, much more. PRICES 1 day $50 2 days $90 3 days $120

THE FUN MOST Y HAVE OU CAN ON HOLI YOUR DAYS !

HURRY must book early – last year every holiday program SOLD OUT!

: 3-DAY ONLINE DISCOUNT ONLY $120 : : MUST BOOK AND PAY ONLINE : Spaghetti Circus @ Mullum Showgrounds, Main Arm Road

For more info check the website: spaghetticircus.org.au or phone 6684 3038 The Byron Shire Echo January 14, 2014 17

WHAT’S NEW? MULLUM GOES GELATO!

of work and parenting. Take your life in a new direction this year and begin a journey of transformation and change!

The Empire is an historic icon in Mullum and a meeting place for shiny happy people, who love a good coffee, great brekkie or (late) lunch.

Full details and application form online at: intouchyogabyronbay.com.

Iris & Hearty, owners since about one year ago who now run the cafe with love and dedication daily, just love to create: be it the big much-loved wooden community table, or now being the only place in Mullum for home-made gelato and sorbet! They sell this yummy range of flavours from Byron’s most polular gelateria In the Pink from Mondays to Fridays, 12–5pm. Special opening offer for locals on Saturday 18 January, from 11am to 3pm. Bring this text and a friend, pay for one gelato, get one of the same size free! The Empire Café, 20 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby | 6684 2306 | Facebook: TheEmpireCafe

The one and only place in Mullum for delicious home-made gelato and sorbets! Our display opens from Mondays to Fridays from 12 to 5.

SPECIAL OPENING OFFER FOR LOCALS Sat, 18th Jan, from 11 to 3: Bring this ad and a friend. Pay 1 gelato, get 1 of the same size for free!

Deluxe Burger Bar & Café, Gelateria & Coffee Nirvana 20 Burringbar Street, Downtown Mullum

YOGA TEACHER TRAINING IN 2014 Flo Fenton has been running internationally accredited yoga teacher trainings in Suffolk Park since 2010. Now entering their fifth year, these part time trainings are an accessible way to learn about yoga philosophy, lifestyle, practice and teaching in an in-depth way. The Level 1 training is run over 28 Wednesdays from March through to December. The part-time format encourages an integration of deep spirituality into daily life, and gives time to truly absorb the teachings while you are able to continue with responsibilities

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Intouch Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training 200 Hours Part time – One day a week

Extreme Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness Academy is open & ready for action!

March – December 2014 Suffolk Park, Byron Bay

The biggest Martial Arts and Fitness Academy of its kind in Australia boasts state-of-the-art facilities, Café/Juice/Acai bar, child playroom, physio and treatment rooms, a full size cage, a full size boxing ring

and six massive training areas and a huge kids program – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling, MMA, Conditioning, Strength training, Crossfit, Yoga, Pilates, Capoiera and more. You’ll love it!

Over 28 Wednesdays across 9 months, learn thoroughly about yoga, you, and the teaching of yoga to suit the individual. Approved by Yoga Alliance internationally.

GET READY BYRON BAY! The Extreme Mixed Martial Arts and Fitness Academy is open and ready for action! Extreme Mixed Martial Arts have built the newest training facility on the northern rivers. The biggest martial arts and fitness academy of its kind in Australia is open for business. It boasts state-of-the-art facilities, cafe/ juice/Acai bar, child playroom, physio and treatment rooms, a full-size cage, a full-size boxing ring and six massive training areas and a huge kids’ program – Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, boxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, MMA, conditioning, strength training, Crossfit, yoga, pilates, Capoiera and more. Please give us a call to book your free week trial. Our classes are run by high-level, fully qualified, professional coaches and trainers so don’t settle for second best. Come in and experience Extreme MMA Byron Bay; you’ll love it! Watch out also for our massive open day coming early in the year! 74 Centennial Circuit, Byron Industrial Estate | 6685 7001 | byronbaymma.com

Learn the art of self defence

6685 7001 Extreme MMA students and teachers

byronbaymma.com 74 Centennial Circuit, Byron Industrial Estate

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High Kick Dance Bangalow Previously known for many years as House of Dance Bangalow, 2014 will see Miss Holly give the Bangalow dance studio a fresh new look and name. Along with the new name High Kick Dance, the studio will have all new colours, uniforms and classes available. In 2014 HK will be expanding, offering dancers the chance to compete in more local competitions. HK Dance offers classes for beginners to advanced, catering from ages 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;20. Specialising in jazz, hip-hop, cabaret, lyrical, contemporary, tiny tots, solos, duos, trios. Phone: 0413 857 021 or email highkick@outlook.com.

Circus Arts Summer holidays are drawing to a close so Circus Arts is cranking up the fun with its ďŹ nal two weeks of circus holiday program and the opening of Byronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ONLY indoor rock climbing wall! So if you have exhausted all the usual holiday activities and the kids are exhausting you, let them climb, swing, jump and play at Circus Arts Byron Bay. SPECIAL OFFER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 50% OFF for the ďŹ rst 50 people to climb the wall in January! Bookings www.circusarts.com.au or phone 6685 6566.

Mullumbimby Newsagency Back to school is very important for the Mullumbimby Newagency. Our staff are well trained in catering for your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs. Our prices are always very competitive. We carry an extensive range of stationery, which includes pre-made book packs for both Mullumbimby high and Shearwater Steiner. A new shipment has arrived of

Introductory Course starting now Tues 7pm @ Ewingsdale Hall phone 0401 091 720

educational books that cater for ages 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 years in all educational subjects. We have everything your child needs: Derwent pencils, scientiďŹ c calculators and much more at a competitive price. Come in and visit us at the Mullumbimby Newsagency.

neotangobyron@gmail.com

First class free â&#x20AC;&#x201C; nothing to lose!

44 Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby. 6684 2127. ofďŹ cesmart.com.au.

New international teacher at Dance Dynamics Dance Dynamics has been a leader in the Byron Shire dance community as an innovative dance and performance school for the past thirteen years. Specialising in classical ballet, jazz/funk/hip-hop, contemporary, musical theatre and tap from three years to adult; the school is well known for its methodologies on developing students technically, mentally and emotionally, with a long history of successful graduates and awards. This year the school welcomes an additional faculty member Chris Lam, who will teach vocational students monthly on Fridays. Chris is a well-known ballet master and former dancer with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal, Canada, and The Australian Ballet Company. As well as Lana Parks Village Graduate 2012 specialising in jazz and hip-hop. Dance Dynamics welcomes new students who want to ďŹ&#x201A;ourish in a positive and challenging environment. Enroll online www.byrondancedynamics.com.au or phone 6685 3514 or 0410 448 184 for further information.

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Aerials Juggling Hula Hoops Playspace Flying Trapeze

Tango Your Way Into 2014 Tango is a creative, improvised dance facilitated by a high degree of connection between partners. This introductory course introduces participants to the dance in a fun and relaxed way. There is no need to come with a regular dancing partner, and most people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have one. No previous experience or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ability to danceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is required! (approx $12 per class)

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www.circusarts.com.au ph: 02 6685 6566 17 Centennial Ct Arts & Ind Park Byron Bay

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Full Day $70 Half Day $40 Add Flying Trapeze $40

Places filling fast book online!

Byron Dance Dynamics ENROL NOW ONLINE: byrondancedynamics.com.au 15 years of excellence in ballet, contemporary, JAZZ FUNK HIP HOP MUSICAL THEATRE AND TAP s YRSnADULTS

SAVES YOU TIME & SAVES YOU MONEY!

25 JANUARY ENROLMENT DAY & FREE JAZZ CLASS 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11am 3 FEBRUARY DANCE STARTS BACK!

44 Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby NSW 2482 Phone (02) 6684 2127

P: 02 6685 3514 M: 0410 448 184 E: info@byrondancedynamics.com.au Studio 1: 41 Marvell Street Studio 2: 13 Ruskin Street

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Sam Sosnowskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly Life Drawing Sessions commence January 23rd 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9pm. in Mullumbimby. No tuition is provided but payment goes towards the cost of a life model. There is feedback discussion for those who are interested. Sam will also be trialing a series of How to Draw lessons for children aged 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18 on Sunday mornings 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11am, starting February 2nd. Phone 0411 725 500 or 6684 2340.

Screenprinting workshops Bubbles at the Head is a creative studio run by artist and designer Carla Dawes, who offers screenprinting workshops for beginners or anyone who wants to refresh their screenprinting skills. In our workshops we focus on basic skills and techniques, inspired by fun and creative design. Our studio is a relaxed and enjoyable environment, working with small groups, giving individual attention and guidance.

Bubbles at the head SCREENPRINTING WORKSHOPS

New classes TEXTILE SCREENPRINTING WORKSHOPS Sunday 2nd February | Sunday 2nd March Bubbles at the head studio, Mullumbimby NSW Bookings www.bubblesatthehead.com.au or email carla@bubblesatthehead.com.au Bubbles At The Head

For more information and bookings go to www.bubblesatthehead.com.au or phone Carla on 0438 470 230.

Encore Performance Studio After a very successful ďŹ rst year, Encore Performance Studio director Erin Forbes is thrilled to begin her second year accompanied by classical ballet teacher Alexis Phillip and new tap/musical theatre/cabaret teacher Emma Lee. At EPS we follow our philosophy of Energy, Passion and Strength. Energy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; enthusiasm for dance and eating healthily to fuel the body. Passion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; being passionate about dance and practice. Strength â&#x20AC;&#x201C; creating strong, ďŹ&#x201A;exible and ďŹ t bodies, together with a focused mindset. In 2014 all classes will be held in state-of-the-art, purposebuilt, large dance studios, complete with fully sprung ďŹ&#x201A;oorboards, barre, mirrors, air-conditioning and modern surround sound system at the Byron Regional Sport and Cultural Complex. Contact Erin 0412 487 259.

Who said parenting was easy? It takes a village to raise a childâ&#x20AC;Ś youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not alone! PARENTeam is excited about 2014 as we have a number of new programs. We are working with schools for easier access â&#x20AC;&#x201C; see newsletters for new program calendars each term. Programs for families with children aged 0â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 including managing relationship changes of new parenting, secure and healthy attachment, infant massage, family ďŹ rst aid, support for solo parenting, ďŹ nancial literacy, a program for children who have experienced parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; separation, a reďŹ&#x201A;ective program on bringing up great children and a supportive program for parents whose children have been removed. We also offer one-on-one support for those times when lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenges make parenting more demanding than usual. Contact Michelle or Vanessa PARENTeam on 6684 1286 or parenteam@mnci.com.au.

Inspire Dance Studio Inspire Dance Studio had an amazing 2013 with rave reviews of all their performances and the incredible success each dancer has had in advancing their dance technique and their artistic expression. 2014 promises to be bigger and even better with the development of performance troupes in conjunction with an advanced training program for young dancers to really achieve their dreams. There are still places open for the performance troupes so enquire asap for try-out times. There are also many classes for all levels from 3yrs + including a variety of classes for adults. From classical ballet to funky jazz, hip-hop, contemporary and also gymnastics classes for dancers you will ďŹ nd a class to love at Inspire! Enrolment Day is on 25 January 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2pm. Come along and see the studio and ďŹ nd out more or contact Danielle@ inspiredance.com. au 0428 876 346.

PROGRAMS & EVENTS Term 1, 2014

Mon mornings 9.30am-11am Weekly from 3 Feb

Tues mornings 10am-12.30pm 4, 11, 18 , 25 Mar 1, 8 April

Wed evenings 6pm-8pm 5, 12, 19 & 26 Mar

Toddler Time @ Mullumbimby Come along with your toddler aged 18mâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;3y for some singing and dancing fun. Bring an easy plate to share for morning tea if you can.

Single Mama Support Circle @ Mullumbimby We recognise that solo parenting can be challenging and lonely for many reasons. This pilot program provides single mothers with a unique environment to meet over six weekly sessions to share, process and reďŹ&#x201A;ect on the challenges faced on a daily basis. The group environment will provide the opportunity to develop the tools and connections necessary to move forward positively.

Bringing Baby Home @ Mullumbimby A program for couples expecting their ďŹ rst baby (3rd trimester) or who have a baby under 3 months. The program assists couples to build knowledge and skills to constructively manage the many relationship changes that occur with the birth of a child.

Thurs mornings Infant Massage @ Mullumbimby 9.30am-11.30am The beneďŹ ts of infant massage are well known and we are 13, 20, 27 Mar 3 April

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excited to offer the opportunity to explore the valuable bonding that it brings over this four week workshop. Ideally these sessions are suited to pre-crawlers.

ENROLMENT DAY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SATURDAY 25TH JANUARY 12-2pm ENROL NOW for an amazing year of dance and try out for our exciting Performance Troupes and advanced training programs.

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Brunswick Valley School of Dance

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Brunswick Valley School of Dance has been operating in the Brunswick Heads area for more than 20 years. Our team is dedicated to providing a fun environment for students to learn how to dance and improve their skills. We hope to train, inspire and build conﬁdence in all our students and to always instil our love of dance. All classes work towards our end-of-year concert where parents get to see the students perform the routines they have been working on all year. We cater for all levels of seriousness, with some students wanting to do classes for fun and ﬁtness, while also offering performance troupe, exam and solos for those wishing to extend themselves.

Byron Ballet

Phone 0435 242 341 or email info@brunswickvalleyschoolofdance.com.

Cheese Making Classes Have you ever wondered how milk turns into cheese? From the simple haloumi to the more difﬁcult Romano and washed-rind Reblochon, Debra Allard will guide you through the process from start to ﬁnish. You will make your own cheese using local milk, enjoy homemade morning tea and locavore light lunch at Burringbar Hall for $140 per person per class. Debra has just returned from the UK and working in different cheese factories learning new techniques and sampling some wonderful cheese. If you have a cheese-making kit in the cupboard, brush off the dust, book a class and come and make cheese! Check out her Facebook page for lots of cheesie photos to drool over: www.facebook.com/ CheeseMakingClasses.

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The YOUNGDANCERS school is directed by Yvonne Hall who has had many years’ experience dancing professionally in both classical ballet and commercial jazz theatre. Youngdancers offers quality tuition in classical and contemporary ballet, broadway jazz/musical theatre and hip-hop. This year studio teachers will be running Cecchetti, RAD and open classes with some ballet assessments (or exams) available mid-year. Classes also available for adults, boys only and preschoolers. Focusing on a holistic approach and community theatre with professional guests throughout the year. Inspiration for all! Inquiries – Yvonne 043 968 1217 byronyoungdancers@gmail.com.

We are looking forward to a new year of dance with many exciting things to come in 2014.

We teach students from the age of three right up to adults.

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The Byron Ballet Company is a youth-based company that mentors talented dancers from northern NSW. Last year they delighted local audiences with an original version of the famous contemporary ballet Rite of Spring, a recreation of Chopins’s Les Sylphides, and an outstanding sellout season of Tchaikosvsky’s Nutcracker ballet. The company will be running inspirational summer classes and workshops for juniors and seniors from January 23. Special guests include principal dancer Michael Braun, who has danced with numerous companies including the Queensland Ballet, WA and New Zealand ballets. He will be giving special instruction on pas de deux and repertoire. Other guests include Benjamin StuartCarberry, ex-Australian Ballet, and renowned contemporary choreographer Robert Kelly.

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Cobbers Child Care Centre

GUESTS MICHAEL BRAUN

Cobbers offer a comprehensive educational program for children ages two to ﬁve years. A qualiﬁed early-childhood teacher delivers our preschool program, providing children with the skills that they need in readiness for school. We currently have vacancies for 2014. For more information please visit the centre or call 6684 2164 or email admin@cobberschildcare.com.au.

Ex- Qld, WA and NZ Ballet Co

BEN STUART-CARBERRY

Ex-Australian Ballet Co

ROBERT KELLY

Contemporary Choreographer

Enquiries please phone 0439 681 217

CHEESEMAKING CLASSES Hands on, one-day cheese making courses at Burringbar Hall. Course includes morning tea, lunch,all ingredients and no washing up!

Friday 21st February Romano, goat Chevre/ cow cream cheese and Castle Blue

Friday 28th February

YOUNG DANCERS CLASSICAL BALLET CONTEMPORARY HIP-HOP JAZZ

Jarlesberg and Cambozola (Camembert x Gorgonzola)

Saturday 1st March Beginners Class Haloumi, Ricotta, Yoghurt, Labna, Yoghurt

Sun 9th March Drunken Goat, Washed Rind Reblochon, Persian Feta

Contact Debra on

0404 812 011 cheeseslovesyou@bigpond.com

TERM 1 COURSES ENROLLING NOW BYRON / EWINGSDALE & MULLUMBIMBY SUMMER WORKSHOP 21–23 JANUARY ENQUIRIES Yvonne Hall 0439 681 217

byronyoungdancers@gmail.com

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AUSTRALIAN MUSIC LEGENDS GLENN SHORROCK AND BRIAN CADD TEAM UP ONCE AGAIN TO PRESENT A POWERFUL TWOAND-A-HALF-HOUR SHOW THAT TRACES THE STORY OF THEIR MUSICAL INSPIRATION, BRINGING TOGETHER THE TWO WHO FIRST SHARED A STAGE IN AXIOM SOME FOUR DECADES PAST.

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For Shorrock, music has been a part of his personal story for as long as he can remember. ‘Music caught my ear from an early age. I remember singing as an eight-year-old boy in a choir, but the real thing didn’t happen for me until I got to Australia in the mid-50s. There was rock music – horrible teenage noise that came out of America; Little Richard scared the shit out of my family!’ Shorrock’s father had introduced him to a less controversial love of music through opera. ‘My father was an accomplished singer. He would sing Italian operas; he was a big fan of the great tenors of that era, and I am too; they have been an inspiration.’ Interestingly when Shorrock made his way along the musical path, the man renowned for having one of the best voices in the business wasn’t convinced he had much talent in the vocal department. ‘I didn’t think I was much of a singer. I was more of a ham and more a show-off. I really got into the dancing of the time, the rock ’n’ roll jive. We would go out to a church hall and we’d bring records and all the teenagers would dance.’ So how did Brian and Glenn come into each other’s orbit? ‘I came from Adelaide in 1965 into Melbourne with my band called the Twilights,’ says Glenn, ‘and we established ourselves as a popular band in Melbourne. Brian was in The Groop – and they had a couple of great records I liked. We didn’t become friends until it was necessary; by that stage we’d both been to England with our respective bands and they had both split up. The Twilights splitting-up came out of the blue. We were friends that became performers. We learnt our craft on the way. We had an unwritten law that if one left we all left, then it happened and I found myself in limbo, and as it turned out Brian was in limbo as well after his band had disbanded. We were actually at Ian Meldrum’s house when we hatched the plan to create Axiom. We went to England with no success. We should have gone to America because we were influenced by The Band and Crosby Stills and Nash, but in those days it was easier to get work in England. Brian and I had a basis of a longstanding friendship. Both of us began in Axiom and that led us to international success, me with Little River Band and he with his own songwriting in Nashville.’ So why come together now?

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‘Brian and I always felt it was unfinished business; that’s why we are doing what we are doing now – basically it’s another way of reinventing yourself as a performer in this country; you have to keep changing your playing field. We decided to put a band together of contemporaries – they made some good country rock!’ Shorrock laughs about the evolution of his voice in rock music to where he is today. ‘Back in 1970/71 I don’t think I’d heard myself sing for about 10 years. It wasn’t until the technology of the wedges or foldback were on stage that you actually heard what you sounded like. We often talk about that, when you can’t hear yourself you sing as loudly as you can – that probably toughened up a lot of singers – now in this incarnation we have a wealth of experience and we don’t play that loudly! ‘I have never liked really loud bands and I have never been in really loud bands. The Twilights were very sedate – we were wanting to be the Beatles, wanting to create sound pictures!’

Shorrock and Cadd have just released their new album The Story of Sharky and the Caddman, he album that tells the story of their musical journey together, and apart. ‘We decided we wanted a centrepiece to give the act theatrics, but really we wanted to start at the beginning and play the music that had influenced us. We were playing music from 50s and 60s; they are cathartic for the listener – and for us. Stuff like Run Around Sue – I cut my teeth on that as a singer!’ Cadd and Shorrock are an unusual musical fit. ‘We have very different voices,’ says Shorrock. ‘Mine is much more the crooner and he is the shouter – it works – it is always good to have something like that. Little River Band had it as well.’ Take a journey over the past four decades with Glenn Shorrock and Brian Cadd, two of Australia’s most successful and internationally renowned music legends, on Thursday at the Bangalow Bowling Club. Tickets on sale now: www. bangalowbowlo.com.au or call 6687 2741.

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E N T E R T A I N M E N T when otherwise I’d be nodding off at the wheel. I listen to news radio or talkback on the local ABC. I even listen to the car program with Will Hagan, Saturday Night Country and all those random quiz See Mandy live at shows where only the drunk and the insomniac www.echonetdaily.net.au elderly ring in. No-one seems to ever know the answers; they’re just up for a chat. It’s weird but it AERIAL SPRAYING keeps me awake. Some bastard snapped my aerial off. I can’t work out But my radio days are over thanks to the random why someone would do that. What kind of mindless snapping of my aerial. I’m truly hurt by this senseless pleasure does snapping off a car aerial actually give act. Is there a teenage boy in Mullumbimby sitting in his bedroom surrounded by snapped-off aerials someone? Is there some perverse aerial-snapping enjoying the ABC while all I get is static? Is there thrill that I’m missing out on? If it was a BMW or a some sort of black market in aerials? Do people Porsche I’d understand the evil joy in a bit of poshpay more for a car aerial that comes from vehicle vandalism. Kind of like scraping a 50 cent someone with a profile? Like if I went on eBay coin down the duco of a perfect beast that you will never own even if you live three lifetimes. That’s just would I be able to buy Mel Gibson’s aerial for $400 and mine for a mere $5? outright nastiness fuelled by bitterness and a big Are older metal car aerials worth more now the dose of Fuck You. new cars have these rubber things on top? Are But I drive a 2005 Commodore. Surely vandals they collectibles? Is there some sort of car aerial should respect someone whose car is probably trafficking? Are they shipped overseas or folded up in worse nick than their own. Even my mags are and smuggled one by one up people’s bums? Do secondhand. The bumper bar is falling off. There isn’t people use them for fishing? For fencing? Are they a panel on my car that I haven’t damaged by driving used for postmodern sculpture? Was the removal into a tree or backing into a bin or misjudging and videoed as part of some sort of performance art? slamming into a wall. The tailgate is faulty and won’t Will I end up seeing my aerial in an installation up open. The indicator light sticks on and flattens the at GOMA next time I take my country kids to see battery. some city art? Or is it more sinister? Are aerials used The only thing that wasn’t damaged and still worked in some sort of hardcore auto-phile bondage room properly was the radio. I happen to rely on the radio. where car ‘lovers’ are tied up with seat belts and It keeps me awake on the long trips home from gigs whacked senseless with car aerials? Naked bottoms

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LIVE MUSIC PULLING THREADS Glenn Massey & The Thread have been together for about 12 months. They have built up a repertoire of rock, pop, country and blues covers from the 60s to now. Doing the local northern rivers pub and club circuit and festivals this trio has built up a local following. Check them out on Friday at the Ballina RSL from 8.30pm.

ANAID DUO Multiple ARIA nominee Diana Anaid’s music possesses what Rolling Stone describes as an ‘emotional and sometimes primal energy’. Diana kick-started her career with I Go Off. The follow-up I Don’t Think I’m Pregnant presented more rave reviews as the music of a ‘different kind of girl power’ (Music Network) flooded the airwaves. Internationally released Beautiful Obscene was iTunes’ Top 10 Best Pop CD of 2004, described as ‘cooler than Ani Difranco’ by Village Voice New York. After acclaimed performances as Grace Slick with Songs of the Haight Ashbury at Bluesfest, and fresh from recording her fifth album with producer Steve James (Screaming Jets, Skunkhour), Diana Anaid returns to captivate audiences with her unforgettable songs and live show. Diana’s performed at the Falls festival, Woodford, The Big Day Out, Bluesfest and as special guest to Cake, The Eels, and Joe Cocker as well as Aussies Pete Murray, The Whitlams and Xavier Rudd. Saturday at the Ballina RSL.

SING THE CAMINO Raise the Roof, the gospel choir with the mostest, is back on again for the year with three sessions every week, welcoming new singers, old singers, shy singers, bold singers, only-ever-before-in-the-shower singers, and YOU! What’s even more exciting is that Raise the Roof’s choir director extraordinaire Jessie Vintilla, along with fellow Lucky Wonder Emma Royle, are inviting all lovers of singing and walking to SING THE CAMINO, a brand new Spanish adventure of a lifetime. Having just returned from their own Camino adventure, the ladies of luck are champing at the bit to get back there in May with a team of acapellahappy walkers, to walk by day, sing by night, and, naturally, feast on the best of the region’s food and wine, lushing it up in an incredibly beautiful part of northern Spain, on the World Heritage-listed Camino Trail. So get your Spanish hiking boots of leather

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on and book a place before it fills up! Go to www. singthecamino.com to find out all about it. Raise the Roof Choir meets Monday 7pm at Murwillumbah, Tuesday 11am at Suffolk, and Tuesday 6.30pm Brunswick. Call 0417 277 211 or check www. raisetheroofsinging.com for more info.

raw red from the thrashing. I am blaming a teenager but what if it wasn’t? What would a teenager want with something as old school as an aerial anyway? What if Telstra took my aerial to boost reception on one of their mobilephone towers? What if an alien took my aerial? An ET who’d crashed his intergalactic vehicle (possibly a space Commodore) and had to rebuild his radio so he could listen to the ABC on they way back to his home planet? You don’t want to fall asleep at the wheel in deep space. I know. I have worked it out. No-one has radios at home anymore. The place most people listen to the radio is in the car. Who doesn’t want us listening to the radio? Especially news radio? Tony bloody Abbott. Tony Abbott took my aerial! It’s got personal. He’s targeting us one car aerial at a time. He has his henchmen targeting known ABC listeners, particularly big mouths like me, and ripping off their car aerials so they won’t notice when he murders and dismembers our dear old Aunty. I should have known something was up when the only station I can still pick up features 24-hour talk with Alan Jones. It’s like brainwashing. In three weeks I’ll not only be voting Liberal, I’ll be snapping off your car aerial as well. Read more of Mandy in her book, What I Would Do If I Were You, available at all good bookshops

Perth (much to the delight of West Australian fans) and a return show at the Sydney Opera House. They play the Byron Community Centre on Friday 7 Feb, 8pm $28. www.byroncentre.com.au.

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FLOYD VINCENT & THE TEMPLE DOGS Fri 17 from 5pm

BEACHY FRIDAYS JOHN FOG & FRIENDS 8.45pm

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With the wind in their hair, zinc on their noses and sand between their toes Busby Marou have gone coastal in pursuit of an endless summer. It will be the The Necks have perfect sojourn for the Queensland larrikins following the release of their second album Farewell Fitzroy been playing in October 2013, which debuted at #5 on the ARIA together over album chart. The album features the anthemic and 25 years and rich first single Get You Out of Here, which showcases are celebrated the acclaimed duo’s harmonies. Fans, locals and worldwide holidaymakers alike will be treated to the band’s for creating dynamic onstage presence, Tom’s trademark humour immersive, hypnotic concert and Jeremy’s freakish instrumental ability, which have cemented them as one of the most loved live bands experiences over to come out of Australia in recent times. Hotel Great two one-hour Northern on Thursday.

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SAPOTE Sun 19 from 4.30pm

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Dave (Cavo) Cavanaghs’ talents lie in accomplished entertainer playing acoustic guitar and harmonica. Starting at an early age he has crafted his talents playing solo, duos and bands across multiple genres of music throughout Australia. Dave has formed and played in his own successful bands such as the Kelly Gang and Tattered & Blue, which gave him the platform to write his own music and songs to be able to perform to the multitudes. An awardwinning songwriter in New York and Australia, some of these being Don’t Lock Me Up and Been to Bourke ’n’ Back. Dave has written his own original music for soundtracks on movies, eg Journey Home, the title track on Mick Fanning’s movie Lightning Strikes and It’s a Surfers Paradise video clip with mate Bill Jacobi from Floyd Vincent and the Child Brides. Both clips were shot by legend moviemaker Matty Gye. Dave has supported acts such as Bob Geldof, Tommy THE IMPRINTS AT THE RAILS ON THURSDAY Emmanuel, Kevin Borich, Blues Legends USA, Billy Thorpe and Cold Chisel to name a few. Dave’s journey AND TREEHOUSE IN BELONGIL ON has come full circle as early on in his music career he WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY met Michael (Pigeon Boy) Farmer and they played venues in and around Sydney together. sets, with acoustic piano (Chris Abrahams), acoustic Michael (Pigeon Boy) Farmer learnt his drumming bass (Lloyd Swanton) and drums (Tony Buck) slowly skills from his talented father, who was a drummer in conjuring sound mountains out of thin air. Before the Big Band era. Michael has played and recorded in many bands: XL Capri, Motervators, Tactics, Chris stepping on stage for a Necks concert, nothing is planned or discussed between the trio. They walk on Turner Band, and his claim to fame is playing on the Hoodoo Gurus’ first album plus other sessions. and they start playing. The trust that has developed Michael has supported Australian and overseas bands over quarter of a century of playing together creates on tour within Australia, such as Ian Dury and the a unique musical symbiosis. Audience members Block Heads, The Cure, Eric Burdon and the Animals, often remark that they heard additional instruments John Mayall, Jimmy Barnes, Midnight Oil, Bob Geldof, or electronic samples during a performance, but AC-DC and many more. Ocean Shores Country Club nothing of the sort is ever used live. They’ve recently finished one of their most successful UK and European on Friday. tours ever and their 17th album Open is being hailed SINGING UP LULU’S internationally as one of their best. Now acclaimed improvising trio The Necks are returning home for Acclaimed folksinger and songwriter Chris Fisher has their annual pilgrimage around Australia in Feb/March recently released his fourth album Singin’ for Change. 2014 with a tour that takes in capital cities including This is the latest adventure in the musical journey

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of a man who started out 20 years ago performing at folk clubs and music festivals in far north Queensland. In his latest release he confirms his place as an accomplished artist performing the personal and universal stories of our time. At Lulu’s in Mullumbimby on Saturday with Marcelle Townsend-Cross.

DRUMMING UP BUSINESS! If you have ever watched the Samba-Blisstas in their spectacular drumming glory and thought you wouldn’t mind giving that a shot then pop on down to the Rails on Sunday when the crew hold an open workshop for punters! Starting from 4pm.

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SHAKING IT UP AT THE SHEOAK Jesse Morris – the true-blue, acoustic roots and reggae troubadour – returns to Australia after a solo year’s tour in 2013 across five countries and a soulsearching pilgrimage through Cambodian jungles, Himalayan mountains and Far Eastern shores. Jesse returns for a series of shows playing new material and celebrating songs from the last 10 years across three albums and two EPs. Now resident of the northern rivers, Jesse can be seen playing solo on his acoustic guitars, foot percussion and loop pedals or with his east coast band – a raw mix of trumpet, melodica, flute, bass, guitars, drums and percussion featuring Andrew Hutchings on drums, FBI’s Foreign Dub Airways host Lucille Wilson on melodica and flute, plus a plethora of guests on bass, percussion, horns and guitars. ‘I have spent this last year reconnecting with the world, my instrument and myself. I have had the pleasure of being able to write and play in new places nearly every day and see the Earth from a new perspective,’ says Morris. ‘I am a very luck human to be able to write and play music in this chaotic world and I want to share some of these new stories and visions with our friends and supporters while also revisiting the stories we have written over the last 10 years. I fell in love with a small Cambodian island community and I want

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to help support the island community and conservation centre this year. A percentage from all tickets, shows and album sales over the next 12 months will go towards the Koh Rong conservation centre. If you get the chance, go and visit Koh Rong, help out at the school or conservation centre and fall in love with the island.’ Saturday at the Sheoak Shack in Fingal Head from 7pm.

LEAVING THEIR IMPRINT JESSE MORRIS AT THE SHEOAK SHACK IN FINGAL HEAD ON SATURDAY

Fresh from their debut European/UK tour, Melbourne-based neo-gypsy duo The Imprints have had an amazing year! Performing at festivals including Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe, Beat Herder and Small World, their two-and-a-halfmonth overseas tour also saw them perform their own shows throughout the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Belgium and the UK. Highlights of the tour included performing to a packed crowd on a rooftop bar in Berlin as the sun set behind them and a superhigh-energy set at Small World Festival in the UK. Since the Imprints have returned to Australia they have ventured to the Daintree to perform in the rainforest at Wallaby Creek Festival and toured down the east coast playing at Nimbin Roots Festival. Response to the Imprints has been growing and gaining momentum as they continue touring their way across the world! Featuring the well-known Melbourne musicians Willow on violin and Linden on drums, the Imprints create a sound that is both light and dark, uplifting and menacing. A magical GLEN MASSEY AND THE illusion that suggests a much bigger band! Willow THREAD AT THE BALLINA seduces the listener with her violin drawing forth RSL ON FRIDAY the sounds of double bass, guitar and dubs as she builds the sound with her loop station while Linden provides the percussive thread that completes the Imprints’ unique sound. The Imprints have been busy in the studio recording new tracks for a re-release of their debut EP Reflections, which is being transformed into a ten-track album. At the Rails on Thursday and the Treehouse on Wednesday 22 January. Entry is free to both!

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Flickerfest is gearing up to present the best of Australian and international short film. In a market where many have become jaded with the high-budget and often disappointing formulaic feature films, short films have come into their own. They tell more powerful stories, they are artistic, edgy, less conventional and often challenging. This year’s offerings are no different, with subject matter and genres as diverse as they are fabulous. Kanyekanye directed by Miklas Manneke is a South African film, set in a township in South Africa, over an argument about which apple is better – the red or the green. This argument causes the greatest divide in the town’s history. A big white line is drawn through the middle of the town and everyone who believes that the green apple is better lives on the right side of town, in a green house and only wears green clothing. While everyone who believes the red apple is better lives on the left side of town in a red house and only wears red. The one rule that greens and reds don’t mix is broken when a green boy falls in love with a girl from the red side of town! A powerful allegorical tale about the stupidity and deep scar of racial prejudice. Australian short We Keep on Dancing is a short comedy-drama about human connection expressed through the strange meeting and even stranger dance shared by Danny the mechanic and Alan the lonesome gent with the rundown Beetle in the Rainbow Mechanics workshop. Tango Underpants is about Caroly, a young Australian backpacker who travels to Buenos Aires, where she discovers not only the wonders of the tango but also the vital importance of wearing the right underwear! And Butter Lamp, a French/Chinese collaboration, tells the story of a young photographer and his assistant who suggest to Tibetan nomads to take their picture. Against diverse and more or less exotic backgrounds, families appear to the photographer, and through these shots, the photographer weaves unique links with the various villagers. Don’t miss a minute of these amazing films – Bangalow A&I Hall from Friday 24 January until Sunday 26.

SURF FILMS ARE UP Tim Bonython’s independent surf-movie tour initiative is back with his new presentation of The Journey and Encoded. Now in its eleventh year, the festival is touring Australia with 30 stops around the coast, with a stop-off at the Hotel DESH IS THE MC AT Great Northern in Byron BELLYLAUGH AT THE on Saturday. Bonython BYRON BREWERY ON talks of his latest film The Journey. ‘I invited Kelly Slater to the THURSDAY – FREE OPEN MIC COMEDY NIGHT! desert coast with Californian Alex Gray and young up-and-comer Russ Bierke from southern NSW. As Kelly tells us, if the great Whites don’t get you then the swarms of flies will! Even though they survived the sharks and the flies, Kelly and crew found some amazing waves in and around the dust.’ This year’s main feature is Encoded, part three of the Blackwater series about Teahupo’o. The Teahupo’o wave located on the southwestern side of Tahiti is no doubt the world’s most dangerous wave and when it is on the best surfers want a piece of it!

LAUGHING FROM THE BELLY The Byron Brewery’s monthly open mic comedy room BellyLaugh welcome Australian standup comedian Desh as MC. Desh is otherwise known as the mind behind some of the funniest television programs never made. Since his introduction as a national finalist in the Triple J Raw competition, Desh has squeezed his rotund frame into just about every TV and radio show in the land, featuring as a comic guest, opinion maker and racial stereotype for casting directors from Surry Hills to Mumbai. Desh’s diverse sense of humour, self-introspection and shredding analysis of society’s ills has seen him feature on network television shows such as The NRL Footyshow and Rove, providing expert commentary for SBS on the Eurovision Song Contest and featuring on their sports-themed quiz program The Squiz. Desh also made an appearance on the ABC’s Hungry Beast and received critical acclaim for his comedy work from Australian comedy doyen Andrew Denton. Recently Desh featured as a guest (along with Australian of the Year Tim Flannery and Chris Taylor (The Chaser) on the hip underground radio show, A Rational Fear, broadcast on Sydney’s FBI radio station. Catch him, free, with the hottest open mic talent in town at the Byron Brewery on Thursday!

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DANCING FROM HER SOUL! BYRON BAY LOCAL LEEORAH HURSKY HAS BRIEFLY medium of Soul Dance people are touched in a different way, RETURNED TO TOWN AFTER SPENDING THE LAST FIVE humorously and lightly. I bring my own life story forward with its YEARS IN AFRICA. She will be presenting Soul Dance, a one- bumps and grooves, as an example, and in this invitation people woman show. This performance covers her adventures around the world experiencing the mystery of the Hawaiian shamans, the grace of an Indian guru and the passion of Cuban dance. Tell me about your inspiration for Soul Dance? Soul Dance literally came about by default. I had a botched experience with a film company and at the time of that experience I met a wellknown LA producer who was adamant that I should have my own show. On top of that there was my friend, also from LA, who was visiting me in South Africa and was also was insisting I do my own show. There was a small gap in her schedule in which I could perform this show. I booked a theatre in Cape Town and then thought ‘holy crap what am I going to do’. This was two weeks before the show. As it happened there was so much material bursting to come out of me. The show was amazing with a standing ovation. Can you elaborate on some of the deeper themes of the piece? I have worked for the last twenty-odd years as an international healer and in my work I was able to ‘step into the client’s shoes’ and invite balance from that spot. So although I have absolutely no acting training at all, my life skills were preparing me for the show. I am used to working with large audiences, mainly as a healer, and often in those experiences it becomes very melodramatic as people shift. Now with the

are inspired. I also, from the point of view as a healer (by the way, I have been trained by numerous kahuna teachers directly), am able to express complexities in a simple way. How much of your personal experience is embedded in the dance? The show is unscripted as each audience will invoke different stories. I am so looking forward to the Byron show as here people talk my language, so to speak. Here I will even share the beauty of the best lover. The show will then go to London, What style do you dance in? Are you professionally trained? Have you developed your own style? Soul Dance was an incorporation of all my talents as I am also an artist and it is my paintings that direct the show. I also have a love of dancing and even though I am a big woman it has never stopped me. It certainly might have stopped a few men being brave enough to dance with me. The Soul Dance story is my uncovering my potential as a dancer and once again untrained and actually finding a dance that is so hot and sexy that it fits my bill. I touch on different styles of dance in the performance but to see the ultimate sexy intimate dance you have to front up to the show. A small hint on its origins is Africa, my original homeland. What do you believe is the essence of a great dance performance? I believe we all think or want to be a dancer. Deep down inside us lives that dream, that we will be gracefully

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Byron Theatre, Friday 24 January. of seeing and expression. As usual, Harmonic Spaces will also be presenting works from local visionary artists who will be announced closer to the date. If you are interested in being part of this event as an exhibiting artist, feel free to drop us a line – info@harmonicspaces.com.au.

CLAY FINDS THE MAGIC BUTTON In his latest exhibition Paul Button presents inspiring ceramic sculptures and pottery that demonstrate the versatility, magic and passion of forming ordinary clay in to extraordinary threedimensional artworks. Sculptural busts, beautiful functional ceramics and quirky structures allow the observer to explore their own interpretations. At the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina, launching on Saturday and running till 9 February. LF DB FF OJHIU ò P t $ JEBZ BZT S F S E FWFSZ ' BSBPL F O , JO U t E O B I BJONF t 5SJWJ PMJUZ VOD SU FT O GSJW m.au res O t - t &OUF t 3Bõ F o I D B U L J F Sho S D E GV ern.c , JOH T QMBZ B UIF EF FBU GPP restav , Ocean L D B o e O S S E r h J P t H $ s F t t , TJPOT an g Cen BN oce TPN GSPN BZ 4FT JMZ GPS r www. hoppin E S o N O t 4V UIF GB ebook Village 0 3222 ac 8 D an OH t #SJ us on F ite Oce one 66 OVATE s h d N o P n E i p F op LY R Rd, NE W ajah R 5 8

WHAT’S ON Byron Arts Classic Exhibition Presented by Byron Community Association Friday 10 – Wed 15 Jan. $2 entry Gallery open 10am–5pm

Soul Dance A Spicy Tale of an Untamed Woman

Friday 24 Jan, 8pm Tickets: Presale $20 / Door $25 / Dance Party $12

Suﬁ Qawwali Gathering Sat 25 Jan, 8pm Tickets: Presale $23 / Door $28

Harmonic Spaces Presented by Earth Frequency Festival

Sat 1 Feb, 6pm Tickets: Presale $23 Door $33

Agreements for Life with don Miguel Ruiz & don Jose Ruiz Presented by Chris Hooper Productions

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man comedy attack: to uncover, dissect and explode the myths around Australian identity. The son of a holocaust survivor, Gutman has honed a hatred of parochialism and bigotry, and uses his onstage tirade to uncover our most secret prejudices. Using satire as a crude tool he smashes through the audience with a wry smile and a calm demeanour. Not much impresses this big man; he’s seen it all. He’s had beer bottles thrown at him, he’s been pushed through a window, escorted off a cruise ship for insulting the captain. But he remains unfazed. ‘I have been working as a standup comedian for three decades,’ says Tayshus. ‘Alone, unprotected and at the mercy of drunken mobs. It is a most rewarding vocation. I perform in the toughest AMANDA SAGE'S AND ANDERSON DEBERNARDI'S VISIONARY ART WILL venues in Australia and around the world, and my act consists of outright provocation. Alcohol BE PRESENTED BY HARMONIC SPACES AT THE BYRON BAY is the fuel of the audience, and I am the target COMMUNITY CENTRE ON FEBRUARY 1. of their rage. I wouldn’t have it any other way.’ WILD HONEY COMMUNITY DAY His approach is reflected in the title of the biography Dance all day for $20 this coming Australia Day written on him by Ross Fitzgerald and Rick Murphy: weekend. Wild Honey is offering a delicious tasting Merchant of Menace. And yes, he is a troublemaker. But plate of one-hour dance workshops with local teachers a very clever one. And extremely funny. and international guest tribal fusion bellydancer, a ‘When I started in the game, I was scared shitless and real fun 80s-inspired class with Marissa Treichel of rarely deviated from prepared material. The Austen The Cassettes. There is also a lunchtime performance Tayshus persona of dark glasses and black suit worked showcasing some amazing talent. Tickets are available as a mask, a place to hide. Confidence grew as I at the door; it’s first in first served! A fun, healthy family became the rock and roll comic, opening for Jimmy day of dance with kids’ actives, fresh food from Organic Barnes and John Farnham, or Passion and a relaxed, friendly sharing the bill with Midnight community vibe! Byron Sports Oil or INXS in front of thousands and Cultural Complex 9.30am of out-of-it punters at Selinas to 5.30pm. or The Mona Vale Hotel in the 1980s. There was no chance MIDSUMMER of being quick on your feet, AUDITIONS IN MIDother than to dodge flying beer glasses. SUMMER! ‘My act is virtually all Murwillumbah Theatre improvisation now, and the Company is holding auditions joy is in finding humour in for a traditional production UNDERPANTS AND VOTE YES, SCREENING AT everything around me, in my of Shakespeare’s Midsummer FLICKERFEST AT THE BANGALOW A&I HALL FRIDAY 24 head, and especially under the Night’s Dream. This is a new JANUARY UNTIL SUNDAY 26. spotlight.' direction for the company, which has never produced a Austen Tayshus, wild, irreverent, Shakespeare play before, and the director, Lydia Plim, along with politically current – this is one social autopsy you won’t want to the production team are excited and full of enthusiasm about miss. the process. Auditions will be held on Tuesday 28 January at Appearing with Mandy Nolan at the Bangalow Bowlo on 7pm in the Canvas and Kettle Room next to the Murwillumbah Wednesday 22 January. Tix are $20 at the club. Show at 8pm. Civic Centre. Twenty-one male and female roles for all ages (teens to eighties) are available, from leads to minor and non-speaking LOVERS OF VISIONARY ART AND SACRED SOUND! roles. For further information contact Lydia on 0414 234 124. Harmonic Spaces, in association with Earth Frequency Festival, presents their Visionary Arts exhibition event on 1 February TAYSHUS TAKES ON THE BANGALOW BOWLO at the Byron Bay Community Centre. This year the Art Wing of Last time I saw Austen Tayshus play the Bangalow Bowlo would Earth Frequency Festival are presenting international visionary have been 15 years ago, maybe more. It was a breakfast show, and guests Anderson Debernardi and Amanda Sage. Anderson the big man was on stage performing his signature hard-hitting Debernardi’s works spring forth with the spirit and splendour comedy to a group of bewildered breakfasters eating bacon-and- of the supernatural. Exploring his art is the journey of healing egg sandwiches. At one point he borrowed someone’s dog and and transformation – a quest into the medicine life and sacred performed onstage with the dog on the leash. I don’t think I have sharing of the glow at heart of shamanism. Amanda Sage’s ever laughed so much. It was a strangely inappropriately dark work is characterised by strong figure work and portraiture, show in the daytime, and Tayshus was having fun. accompanied by energetic waves of intense colour. Each of her paintings is like a portal opening into infinite possibilities For the past 30 years this has been the mission of this one-

swept across the dance floor by Patrick Swayze. I have been gutsy enough despite all my voluptuous curves to throw myself out there. Why do you think dance has such appeal for audiences? My aim of soul dancing as the next step in my career from heavyduty healing sessions is to joyfully inspire people to be brave enough to live their dreams. Trust me, a happy woman is a very seductive woman. And you are never to old to be seductive!

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Mercury’s move to Aquarius brings the balance of a rational perspective to emotionally sensitive late-week Cancerian full moon…

E ARIES: Retreat this week if you need to identify your most pressing needs, so you can make decisions that produce the best results. Spiritual man of action St John of the Cross had the right idea: Where you do not find love, put love, and there you will find it… F TAURUS: Despite this week’s feisty dynamics, fence-mending, peace-making and agreementreaching are still possible if you pay attention to the subtleties of what people might not be expressing – achieved best by leaving agitated situations if you can’t improve them, avoiding arguments and disengaging from gossip. G GEMINI: Your planetary captain Mercury’s inspiring arrival this week in the invigorating, expansive sign of wild ideas instigates an effervescence of brainstorming, networking and mind-mapping. Just don’t forget to include some new health and fitness routines to counteract all that holiday indulgence… H CANCER: If wayward remarks cause sparks this week, let temperatures cool then use annual Cancer full moon to soothe and sort sensitive situations. What might look like a breakdown of communication, trust, relationship, lifestyle or belief system, if given a little patience, may actually be a major breakthrough.

I LEO: With the royal health on this week’s agenda, don’t keep making the same old mistake of taking on too much. A new balance needs calibrating between socialising and energy-replenishing downtime, between meeting work and personal commitments while taking care of yourself on both immediate and deeper levels. J VIRGO: Mercury in Aquarius invites low-tech Virgos to get better acquainted with the virtual world, and tech-savvy Virgs to update equipment and/or upgrade skill levels. There’s also promising potential for making influential alliances during this week’s revolving carousel of what astrologer Hunter Reynolds describes as ‘designer moments’. K LIBRA: As this week’s existential seesaw teeters between exciting buzz and reactive outbursts, let’s look at the benefits of Venus retrograde, which is a great time for Venusian projects such as personal makeovers, creative or artistic ventures, beautifying or renovating your home space, resolving conflicts and restoring accord. L SCORPIO: Let’s face it, being grumpy and judgmental only leads to feeling impatient and frustrated. This week the odd compliment won’t go astray, so why not sheath the sting and choose to woo? Best times are likely to be late week with convivial friends whose views you respect.

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M SAGITTARIUS: Mercury zipping into inventive, interactive Aquarius produces spontaneous invitations, sudden inspirations, unexpected proposals, an effervescence of progressive ideas. But during sensitive and defensive midweek moon, appreciation and thoughtful understanding are likely to evoke more gratifying responses than a jokey attitude. N CAPRICORN: Jupiter spends the next seven months overhauling and upgrading relationships. Bringing some to completion, while introducing other stellar newcomers into your private and professional cosmos. The year kicks off with Venus settled in Capricorn for a long stay, bringing more love into your life. Starting this week… O AQUARIUS: While Mercury in Aquarius is firing with bright ideas, there’s universal turbulence at work. The sun’s poles are in the process of reversing and solar flares are messing with everyone’s electromagnetic systems – making it a good week to stick with whatever’s tried and true, comforting and familiar. P PISCES: Best uses of this week’s energy? Making realistic goals and seeing them to completion. Being discerning about setting up future schedules and programs. Retro Venus asks the hard question: is too much stress and not enough play affecting you? Look in the mirror and do what you have to.

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BYRON BAY’S CHARLIE KELLER THREW CAUTION TO THE WIND LAST YEAR AND TOOK HIMSELF ON A THREE-MONTH TOUR OF THE US. A FINALIST IN THE 2012 MUSICOZ SINGER/SONGWRITER AWARDS KELLER ADMITS TO BEING HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE TWO GREAT PAULS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: SIMON AND KELLY. Seven caught up with this musical troubadour on the eve of his gig at Frankie Brown in Byron Bay. Tell me what it is about the music of Paul Simon and Paul Kelly that influences your songwriting? I’ve always loved their music. It just seems so easy to listen to – even when the arrangements are complex, they seem simple, unforced and fluid. Their songs feel right, like they’ve always existed. I think they understand that the song is the master, not the artist – the song tells them what to do, not the other way round, which I think lends to their diversity. Lyrically, they know how to draw you into their stories, almost to a point where you feel like you’re acting them out. And that, I think, is the point of songwriting: to evoke empathy for the characters in your story, to evoke an emotional response. How do you actually go about writing a song? By trying to do as little as possible! I used to try to sit down and write a song, dedicate time and all the discipline stuff, but I gradually noticed that they were rubbish, and all of my best songs came quickly, in a flash, and they’d be written within 30 minutes. They usually come to me at the point when I’m just falling asleep, almost fully formed, with verse, chorus, harmonies. All I’ve gotta do is lie there and listen to the song, and try to make sure that I didn’t hear it on the radio or pub the night before! Then I wake myself up and grab a pen. So I’m getting better at relaxing with my songwriting, and waiting for the good ones. How do you progress as a songwriter – making the journey from mediocre to extraordinary? I have no idea! That’s what I’m hoping to find out. I was talking to a fella, forgotten his name, on my recent trip to the States, who wrote some huge songs for The Doors and John Denver, and he was saying the trick to writing a great song is to have everything on your back, and be able to leave wherever you are at a moment’s notice. You need to live on a whim – in the realm of the unknown – then those great songs just sometimes turn up. But I’m no expert on the subject. What do you think are your songwriting strengths? I think I’ve got a pretty good knack for coming up with a good melody – those tunes you feel you’ve heard before. And I think my songs have some kind of unique element to them; a twist to the norm. I want to keep exploring and refining that twist. What are your challenges? Finding that patience to wait for a great song – trying not to force it. When you think writing a good song is a hard process, it will be hard, but if you realise that it’s easy and natural, then it becomes that way. Have you always felt music was your bag? When did you know? Not at all! I’ve certainly never been a great instrumentalist by any means, despite playing guitar and sax for years. And I’ve had to work hard with my voice. But I found I could write some songs when I was about 21, in a Costa Rican jungle where I was camping. I was falling asleep, and this fully formed song that I’d never heard before was going around in my head. Since then they’ve mostly come that way. The focus has been on sharing those songs with others, so I’ve needed to work on my guitaring and voice a hell of a lot to do that. What do you believe is the essence of a good story? I think William Faulkner said: ‘The conflict of the human heart is the only thing worth writing about’. I tend to find myself writing in this vein recently. I mean, a good love song is a battle between the head and the heart, isn’t it? But I think also the character makes the story. So embodying those people (or insects, as the

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case may be in some of my songs) as much as possible, and letting them tell the story, is the key. Do you find yourself looking for stories? Or uncovering narrative? Tell me one that has caught your attention recently? I try to observe what I can around me, reserve judgment, and see or imagine where these people or things have journeyed to arrive at where they are. It almost gets a bit too annoying for me at times to constantly observe and question! You know, walking down the street each day you’re asking ‘What’s his story?’, ‘What’s her story?’, ‘Why is that boy wearing red makeup?’ It can get a bit much. You became a finalist in the Music Oz singer/songwriter awards with a song called The Girl From Kosovo – it was about the issue of asylum seekers. What were the messages you were trying to convey in that song? Is it something you feel strongly about? I once saw this turbaned Sikh standing by the side of the road waiting for a bus, and a car filled to the brim with hoons flew by, yelling racial abuse. Looking at the Sikh, my heart melted – he didn’t look angry, just cut to the bone and completely powerless to do anything. Then I read this firsthand account of an asylum-seeker from Kosovo, about her journey through the detention centres and her struggle to fit into and be accepted by Australian people, and I recognised that same alienation and powerlessness. It is her story that I wrote about. That song appeared on paper within 40 minutes – it just came so effortlessly. That’s what I mean about the good, important songs. It’s almost like they’re waiting to be written. I’ve performed that song a couple of times at the Pinkenba detention centre in Brizzy and find it seems to strike a chord with people in that same plight, and I’m recording it with local legend Gyan. That should be out early next year. How was USA for you? Did it change the way you play at all? Did you find more stories? Yeah, it did influence me for sure. I find the US tends to always have an insistent beat pushing the song, where Australian and European music tends to emphasise a lot more space in the song. I found myself playing with a bit more of a beat to some of my music, using a stompbox made out of an encyclopedia, and a tambourine on the other foot. And the blues! I never really realised how fun that is to play. I really started to explore the old guys like Robert Johnson and Skip James – the founding fathers. Amazing music. What should we expect for your local show? Stories. And a bit of give and take between the audience and myself! Music is about relating and sharing, not about just getting up and showing off. So bring your heckle… good heckle, that is.

Quick Clues

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1. Upright, vertical (13) 8. Volcano in Sicily (4) 9. Board game (10) 10. Unmarried man (10) 11. Thin out, especially of gas (6) 13. Characteristic of some spectacles (10) 16. Belt, ribbon (4) 17. Half (preﬁx) (4) 18. Wildly exaggerated. (10) 20. Imperial units of length (6) 22. Quarrelling over triﬂes, annoying (8) 24. Undermine, deprive of courage (10) 26. Unruly crowds (4) 27. The perimeter of a circle (13)

ACROSS 1. Upright? Right, hang surrounded by peculiar characters (13) 8. Stake back mount (4) 9. Rear ham for game (10) 10. Composer reverses part of A Single Man (8) 11. Thin Charles grabs the judge (6) 13. Some spectacles: the cape, conﬁned within borders! (10) 16. Belt the croweaters and shut up (4) 17. Half times head off back (4) 18. Greatly exaggerated nature of branched conic section (10) 20. Edges forward in endless board game (6) 22. Furtive laughter loses initial gravity for normal nagging. (8) 24. Deprive of all conscience, or simply frighten? (10) 26. Literary work about alumnus brings the crowds (4) 27. Knight reported with Latin to put the queen in an enclosure – a circular boundary! (13)

DOWN 1. Relating to an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician (11) 2. Attain, arrive at (5) 3. Decorate, adorn (9) 4. Appropriate behaviour, etiquette (7) 5. Big smoke (5) 6. Type of sweet Italian red wine (9) 7. Australian marsupial (abbrev) (3) 12. Trendy, up-to-date (11) 14. The man next door (9) 15. French phrase meaning essential, strictly necessary (2,7) 19. Pope (7) 21. Army slang for bungle (5) 23. Citrus fruit (5) 25. And so forth (abbrev) (3)

Last week’s solution

DOWN 1. Pagan theory about number triplets like 5, 12, and 13 (11) 2. Stretch right over everyone (5) 3. Decorate our Bob taking minor British honour – hot! (9) 4. Good behaviour of French ﬁrm shows spirit (7) 5. Smoke 101 ﬁsh (5) 6. Roam clubs in search of drink (9) 7. Express regret for the animal … (3) 12. … in story about Fraxinus overcharge (11) 14. One nearby sounds like a negative, tiresome person (9) 15. We hear diurnal dogman is strictly correct (2,7) 19. The pope feels pressure over a 22 across quarrel (7) 21. A Chinaman comes under two directions – what an old-fashioned mess! (5) 23. Rotten melon is a dud fruit (5) 25. European community takes time, and so on and on. (3)

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NOEL HART ‘Who’s afraid of Red Yellow and Blue?’ to quote American abstract artist Barnett Newman. Not Byron Shire’s internationally prominent Glass Artist Noel Hart.

exhibition showing both blown glass and new large-scale abstract paintings in Byron Bay at the Lone Goat Gallery located in the Byron Bay Library building. EYES WIDE OPEN Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay Library Building, Jan 7 – Feb 5, 2014

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The Byron School of Art begins 2014 with the new-one year course and a host of short courses in drawing, painting and printmaking. Christine Willcocks will kick off the year with a 4-week course outlining the basic principles of art making, focusing on materials and techniques. Rene Bolton’s popular oil painting class returns to Nimbin, and James Guppy’s much-loved life drawing will now run on Tuesday evenings. Michael Cusack’s Drawing into Painting course will run Fridays and Emma Walker’s landscape course will mark the first weekend short course, running on Saturday. Anyone interested in printmaking can put their name down for an upcoming printmaking course. Keep up to date on all that’s going on throughout the year including upcoming events, new courses and teachers at www.byronschoolofart.com.

Diamonds, gold and precious memories can be lovingly crafted from old family jewellery into new inspiring engagement and wedding rings. Soul Gold artist Zoe Phreo loves to evoke the meaningful stories and heartfelt memories of couples. Along with their favourite symbols, colours music and places, she weaves and blends a design for their rings that is unique to them. Original jewellery involves the senses, personal experience and the gift of creativity. Soul Gold makes lasting remarkable rings of true value that continue to touch and inspire. A wide selection can be seen at Colin Heaney Silks, Bay St, Byron Bay. LIKE Soul Gold on Facebook and receive 10 per cent discount coupon. Ph 0419 953 639 www.soulgold.com.au

LISMORE REGIONAL ARTS Retracing Bundjalung National Park invites viewers to experience Bundjalung National Park through the eyes of three artists: ceramicist Janet DeBoos, painter Christine James and photographer Christopher Meagher. Marking 25 years as Australia’s leading GLBTI festival, Tropical Fruits has given Lismore the identity of being Australia’s premier regional centre for the GLBTI community. On Saturday 18 January 2014, 11am come hear how far this has come from the days of the 1980s, with a morning tea with Uncle Teacosy. Opening 7 February, an exclusive Lismore Regional Gallery exhibition, Lloyd Rees: Journeying. Few artists have chronicled the twentieth century as deeply as Rees. More than forty works will follow seventy years of the artist’s travels, and include portrayals of France, Spain and Greece and numerous depictions of the Australian landscape. Stepping Stones, by Lismore artist AñA Wojak, traces a performative journey across the globe following the artist’s forebears through China, Russia to Poland. The exhibition will be complemented by a live performance. 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore NSW 2480 www.lismoregallery.org, 6622 2209

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BYRON BAKE Former owner of Mexican Micks Restaurant, Louise Melnikoff, commissioned Coorabell artist Samantha Wortelhock to produce a painting Byron Bake (pictured right in ad) for the opening of the restaurant in 1995. Not only was it Sam’s biggest commission at $55,000 but also the biggest in size. Samantha and husband, Damian Naughton, used a sculptured texture involving many layers of oil paint, painted on Belgian linen stretched over plantation pine and sand from Byron Bay’s Main Beach. Byron Bake is based upon a dream. Free freight. Call Louise 0411 191 723.

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image: Janet DeBoos, Patersonia diorama 2013 (detail)

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CINEMA REVIEW ¨ ¨ ¨ THE BOOK THIEF We are ushered from the clouds into a provincial town in pre-War Germany by the confidential, oddly comforting narration of omniscient Death. It is heard a few more times as events unfold and, as a narrative device, the effect somehow lightens the difficult circumstances in which the characters find themselves. This storybook unreality, this detached retrospection and sense that everything is just another page in an unending tale, is accompanied by art direction and design that is almost too stylised for its

own good. The daughter of a communist refugee, Liesel (Sophie Nélisse), is delivered, for a fee, into the adoptive arms of Hans and Rosa (Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson). It is 1938 and Hitler’s Third Reich is about to drag Germany into its hateful abyss – interestingly, English, albeit with a Teutonic inflection, is spoken throughout and it is only in the scene where the stormtroopers come to burn the books that a spiteful, guttural German is unleashed, with subtitles, thus distancing the folksy burghers from the prevailing

Nazism. Hans, appreciating the hitherto illiterate young girl’s potential, teaches her to read and introduces her to the joys of literature. A signwriter, he paints the alphabet on his basement walls and encourages Liesel to write new words as she learns to decipher them – our eye is caught by truth, judgment, gravedigger et al. When Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jew, takes refuge in the household there is the possibility that director Brian Percival will return us to the claustrophobic, psychologically draining world of Anne Frank, but the mood

never becomes so dark. As a diversion from the grimness of the situation, Liesel is courted, in a childhood, firstlove way, by her neighbour, flaxen-haired Rudy (Nico Liersch). The kids are cute, but I thought neither was up to carrying the weight entrusted to them – in fact, Nélisse is at times gormless. It’s a good movie, thoughtful and engaging, but it is only at the last, with Death narrating once more, that it makes tentative tugs at the heart. ~ John Campbell

the daughter of a dissolute Irish bank manager (Colin Farrell). The abiding love she had for her father and the heartbreak of his death when she was still young was the hidden catalyst for her iconic book. Walt Disney, his entertainment empire booming,

was at pains to attain the rights to film the story. A reluctant but broke Travers was flown to Los Angeles and negotiations between the two epitomised more than just a clash of old and new cultures. Travers, prim and proper and contemptuous of animation, came with emotional baggage that Disney, the businessman committed to his own all-conquering visions, was unable to unlock. Being driven to the studios and complaining about the heat, Travers tells her chauffeur ‘rain gives life’. ‘So does sunshine,’ he replies. The Americans’ world-view was one

to which Travers’s inflexibility and, more importantly, her past, to which she was stuck like a barnacle, would not let her bend – there was simply too much for her to let go of. Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks are terrific as the immoveable object and the irresistible force, but it is the game-breakers in the middle who provide the movie with its essential life force and vibrant positivity. Anybody who has seen Mary Poppins will immediately recall at least a few of its songs, but only cine-buffs would be able to tell you the names of the composers, so it is

SAVING MR. BANKS At its priceless best, art – even in the form of a mainstream movie from despised Hollywood – may provide a cathartic experience for the recipient. For the artist, its effect can be doubly so. JL Travers, creator of Mary Poppins, grew up in rural Queensland,

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a great thing that the Sherman brothers, Richard and Robert (Jason Schwartzman and BJ Novak) are belatedly paid their public dues. Mrs Travers is won over by an office rendition of Let’s go fly a kite, and I was blown away too. The happiest kingdom of them all often rises from the ashes of despair. Go see this. It’s pure art and soul. ~ John Campbell

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‘I don’t believe in God, and I think he can tell.’ Having just walked out of a church choir recital, it’s Steve Coogan as Martin Sixsmith, a disgraced journalist/spin doctor, who gets the best lines in Stephen Frears’s scathing observance of how loveless religion – in this case Catholicism – can devastate lives. That Sixsmith is the more conflicted, complex character in a two-hander with Judi Dench’s Philomena should not surprise, given that the movie is based on his book and the script co-written by Coogan himself. What delights is the chemistry – the warmth and concord – that exists between two performers who ordinarily approach a role from opposite ends of the emotional colour spectrum. Philomena, in her old age, wants to know what happened to the illegitimate son who was taken from her by the ‘sisters of little mercy’ and adopted out to an American couple fifty years ago. Sixsmith, needing a newspaper gig, agrees to help

her find out, with the intention / Will be to arrive where we the first time’. Too true. of publishing it as a ‘human started / And know the place for ~ John Campbell interest’ story. The flashback sequences at the Irish convent where Philomena and her child lived are harrowing, but what might so easily have tilted disastrously into self-defeating mawkishness is kept on an even keel by gentle, episodic road-trip humour as Sixsmith’s investigations result in the pair traveling together to the US. There is as well a mystery that is being solved, step-by-step, meaning that there is no time to wallow in bathos. But by far the most compelling element is the way in which Philomena’s tested but unwavering commitment to her faith works on Sixsmith as he grows evermore judgmental of those who wronged her. An outstanding film that hammers both the church and the Fourth Estate with an iron fist in a velvet glove, ends with Sixsmith, back in Ireland with Philomena, quoting TS Eliot: ‘We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring OPENS O P E N S JAN J A N 16 1 6 AT PALACE P A L A C E BBYRON R Y O N BBAY AY

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Dominic’s Ristoranté

Licensed/B.Y.O. wine Dine In /Takeaway Open at 5.30pm Cnr. Tweed & Fawcett St. Brunswick Heads Call for reservations. 6685 1955

5/2 Fletcher St, Byron Bay 6685 5151

Pizza Bar Byron

Open 7 days from 12noon with slices of pizza, salads and coffee. From 5pm with full menu, cocktails and more. 95 Jonson St Byron Bay Book: 6685 5009 Takeway: 6685 5010

Fig Tree Restaurant

LUNCH: Sun DINNER: Thurs, Fri, Sat 4 Sunrise Lane, Ewingsdale 02 6684 7273

Aquarius Dining and Café Breakfast/Lunch 7days from 8am Dinner Tue –Sat from 6pm 1800 028 909

Open 7 Days, 11.30am-2.30pm Dinner from 5.30pm 9/4 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6685 5320 www.hogsbreath.com.au

DJ Supernova playing Friday nights

O-Sushi

Sip your margarita in our casual covered garden and enjoy the fresh clean flavours of Mexico. Everything home made. Always tasty, not spicy hot. Sample some of our house salsas, such as smokey chipotle or fiery habanero. A great selection of tequilas, imported beers and wine.

Byron Bay Woolies Plaza, Jonson St 02 6685 7103 Coolangatta Showcase on the Beach 07 5536 5455 Broadbeach The Oracle, 12 Charles Ave 07 5570 2166 www.osushi.com.au

OPEN 7 DAYS BOOK EARLY

t Full meals from $15.75 t Banquet menus available

Serving sustainable, nutritious and organic fare with a modern Italian flavour. DJ set every Sunday from 4pm All cocktails $14 Nightly pizza or pasta special with wine $22 Cocktails t Wine t Pizza t Pasta t Seafood Children welcome

Breakfast & lunch: 7 days Dinner: Thurs-Sun 18 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6680 7994 theeateryonjonson.com

Dinner every evening 5.30-9.30pm

Hog’s Breath Cafe

Standard pastas only – seafood not included.

The Eatery

Traditional Thai

7 days from 6pm. 32 Lawson St Byron Bay 6680 7474 www.facebook.com/ Frankiebrowncafe

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS $16 FOR A LARGE TAKEAWAY PASTA BEFORE 7PM.

Open for dinner Wednesday to Sunday from 5pm Fingal St, Brunswick Heads 6685 1688

Gringo’s Fresh Mex

Frankie Brown Café

Enjoy our balcony restaurant, intimate dining room and generous bistro food in the pub. With reasonable prices our menu reflects the wonderful local and fresh produce of the region. SMH GOOD PUB Large groups welcome. Now taking FOOD GUIDE Christmas and holiday season bookings. 2013 AND 2014 www.bangalowdining.com

Open for Dinner & Cocktails 7 days from 6pm till late Next to the Beach Hotel Bay Street 6680 7055 italianatthepacific.com.au

Success Thai Special Lunch Mon-Fri 12-3pm

Here the ambrosial meals are cooked to order and the scrumptious cocktails and mocktails thrust you into a land of wonderful tales.

Dinner 7 days from 5pm. 3/109 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6680 7798

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

Just a short stroll from the beach, in Byron Bay’s shopping centre, Pizza Bar Byron is open daily from midday serving casual street lunches. The restaurant opens from 5pm with a full menu of pizzas, pasta, cocktails, wine and more. Can cater for larger parties, families or intimate dinners for two.

Mokha

LICENSED CAFE

Come and enjoy our freshly renovated beach vibe dining with head chef Patrick Hobbs and his team. Great value fresh tasty food with cold beer on tap, and a selection of cocktails and wines available. Dinner special: duck confit, spiced puy lentils, creamed carrots, red wine glaze and glass of Pinot Noir $29.

Cafe/Restaurant 11 Marvell Street

Dinner: Open 7 nights from 6pm Authentic a la carte Italian

Byron Bay

Superb coffee and wine, day and night.

6680 9960

Bunzl Catering Supplies has the largest showroom on the North Coast so why not visit us today. We carry a large range of catering equipment, kitchenware, glassware, packaging, janitorial supplies and much more!

Visit us today you will be pleasantly surprised

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“Australia’s Favourite Japanese Restaurant” twice running in the I Love Food Awards and “Best Asian” in Northern NSW in the Restaurant & Catering Awards for Excellence, continuing a string of 13 awards. Eat in, takeaway, licensed. Open 7 days 11am–late. Modern & traditional wholesome Japanese food and great service. Live music every Wednesday from 6pm.

Italian at the Pacific provides a bustling atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s finest cocktails and wines.

Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh delicious Thai food for you. Fully Licensed Restaurant and B.Y.O. for wine. Welcome for lunch, dinner and take-away.

Enjoy ocean views and our new beach-style cuisine available breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Restaurant garden produce Thursday Farmers Market Dinner Sunday 100 Mile Lunches

Breakfast/Lunch: 7 days Delicious contemporary Italian-inspired

Multi-award-winning restaurants

Beach Kitchen

Located in the heart of Byron Bay, Pizza Bar Byron presents traditional Italian pizza in a chic, contemporary setting.

Italian

Hog’s Breath Cafe’s menu just got better with some mouth-watering new steaks, salad, pasta and an abundance of delicious dessert selections. As usual, the diverse menu also offers chicken, seafood, snacks, burgers, ribs, kid’s meals, a range of Lite Options, plus their famous Prime Rib Steak – slow cooked for up to 18 hours for maximum flavour and tenderness. Kids eat free Mon – Wed nights and you can grab lunch for just $9.90, so there’s something to please the whole family.

Italian at the Pacific

Here the curry pastes are freshly pounded to leave your palate dumbfounded.

www.figtreerestaurant.com.au ‘Best Restaurant 2012’

Frankie Brown Café Bar and Music We are open 7 nights a week for live music, dinner, tapas and cocktails from 6pm. Enjoy sensational food, service and loads of fun ! Bookings are essential on 02 6680 7474 32 Lawson St, Byron Bay

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Breakfast, lunch, dinner 7 days, 7.30am - 9pm Shop 2 Feros Arcade Lawson St Byron Bay 6685 7726 mokha@westnet.com.au facebook.com/mokha.cafe

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

CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE AT CAFE PRICES. Live music 6 nights a week. Complimentary glass of wine with every main meal over winter. Come in and warm up with the best traditional paella in the Bay! Enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner with the best views from our first floor balconies in the heart of Byron Bay. Authentic tapas menu from midday till late every day. Why not stop in for one of Byron’s best cocktails or a glass of wine from our award winning wine list. Relax on a comfy daybed with a cool ocean breeze and the coolest vibe in the Bay. Please view our menus and make a reservation online www.balcony.com.au

The Treehouse on Belongil

FOOD TO HEAT THE BODY AND MUSIC TO WARM THE SOUL! Come try our new Sicilian Summer inspired menu and Open Mon-Sun 7.30am-11pm crisp fresh cocktails in the long lazy afternoons. Woodfired pizzas - share Presenting incredible songwriters and musicians in Byron’s platters - cocktails - licensed most intimate atmosphere. Check the events page on our website for details. restaurant - bar www.facebook.com/treehouse.belongil 25 Childe St, Byron Bay www.treehouseonbelongil.com 6680 9452

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Legend Pizza Open 7 days 9am till after midnight Shop 1 Woolworths Plaza 90-96 Jonson Street 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au

FRESH PIZZA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BYRON STYLE Check us out on

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facebook.com/byron. legendpizza Scan code for our menu! BYO Home delivery 7 days

Byron Fresh Cafe

Byron Fresh Cafe is conveniently located at the beach end of Jonson St and offers a fantastic range of meals Open Breakfast, Lunch & using many locally sourced ingredients. Come in and Dinner 7 days from 7.30am watch the world go by as you enjoy our fine food and 7 Jonson St (beach end) our superb Campos coffee. Byron Bay 6685 7810

Thai@Byron Open for dinner 7 days. Feros Arcade, Jonson St, Byron Bay 6685 6737

Belongil Bistro Brunch 7 days 7am-2pm Dinner Fri & Sat from 5.30pm 33 Childe St, Belongil 6680 9007 eat@belongilbistro.com.au Follow our Facebook offers!

Muoiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feast Dinner: Mon-Sat 11 Fletcher St, Byron Bay Bookings Essential 6685 7557

Take your taste buds on a culinary tour of Thailand! Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh, authentic Thai cuisine with love! Popular with locals and tourists alike. Dine -in and take-away. Fully licenced bar. The peaceful beachside diner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; serious food, drinks and coffee. Wifi, papers and ocean breezes in beautiful surrounds. Friday Curry nights â&#x20AC;&#x201C; every week a curry from around the world served our way. Private dining, corporate and wedding services available. Endless concepts for stylish celebration.

Muoiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feast has created a strong following since opening in 2003. Winning numerous awards for its international cuisine, the Asian section of the menu is the predominant favourite. Enjoy for dinner.

Fishheads

SENSATIONAL SEAFOOD

Open 7 days 7:30am till late 1 Jonson Street

functions and weddings

6680 7632

Raeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fish Cafe Lunch & Dinner 7 days Wategos Beach, Byron Bay 6685 5366 raes@wategos.com.au

open 7 days coffee - breakfast - lunch - dinner

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Casual relaxed seaside dining overlooking the picturesque Wategos beach. Using the freshest produce and seafood from throughout the region.Â Raeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is an iconic restaurant with a reputation as the best in the area.

WINNER OF CHEF'S HAT

st elmo dining room & bar

St Elmo is a place where you can enjoy great company, first-class food, sophisticated cocktails and an extensive wine list. St Elmo is plating up modern Spanish cuisine Mon-Sat: 4pm till late Sun: Lunch & dinner 12-10pm to be enjoyed amongst friends and family. Our menus change regularly and feature daily specials. Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson SUNDAYS we have live music and $10 cocktails Lane, Byron Bay 1.30pmâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;4pm. 6680 7426

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

The restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website refers to its experience in catering for highprofile celebrities who desire privacy and I imagine the staff do a great job, as even complete unknowns like ourselves were met with charm and warmth at the door and served with unobtrusive attention throughout the night. This was quite an achievement as Byron is incredibly busy at present and the restaurant was almost full. Families, holidaymakers and locals were everywhere. The main restaurant area that in winter becomes a cosy enclosed space had been thrown open and people spilled out under the stars and under the covered outdoor space â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there was a real sense of being in the centre of the enjoyment of summer holidays in Byron. Maitre D Laurie Rose, well known around Sydney for running Laurieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diner on Oxford Street, an early forerunner of the vegetarian / juice bar format, in the late 70s and early 80s, has become well known around Byron for running Fresh and Mokha. Head chef William Ennis has worked in Michelin Star restaurants such as Martin Wishart in Edinburgh and Patrick Gauilbaudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

in Dublin, as well as winning three Chef Hats during this time at Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acclaimed Bilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant. However, the excellent food was not overpriced. Being a vegetarian I ordered arancini ($16), a generous entrĂŠe with five rich flavoursome balls beautifully presented with a strong mushroom sauce, while my gluten-free partner loved her carpaccio of spiced cured kingfish, fresh orange, shaved fennel with fried baby capers and micro herbs ($19). Having ignored the seductive range of cocktails being prepared with obvious skill by a blackclad expert in the bar enclosure, we had ordered an excellent McLaren Vale shiraz from a wine list that had plenty of less expensive but appealing options. The wine went well with my wonderful goats cheese ravioli in rich tomato sauce ($30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; although I would have been satisfied with the smaller $18 option). I was unable to convince my partner to try the Anatra slow-braised duck leg served with asparagus, the Italianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colcannon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; potato puree, pancetta, cabbage and truffle finished with a duck jus ($37). Instead, she chose Frutti di Mare â&#x20AC;&#x201C; panroasted market fish, clams, mussels and prawns with fregula in a rich tomato sauce finished with salsa verde. The restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gluten-free penne option was excellent. Too full to eat any more, we wandered off to marvel at the throngs in Byron at this time of year. ITALIAN AT THE PACIFIC Open 7 days from 6pm until late. P: 6680 7055 Bay St, Byron Bay 2481 NSW italianatthepacific.com.au

DJ AQUA IS BACK! Live global tunes every Friday night from 6pm in the Fins Cocktail Bar.

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Fins Salt Village, Kingscliff 6674 4833 dining@fins.com.au Dinner 7 days Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun GOOD FOOD GUIDE CHEFS HAT EVERY YEAR SINCE 1998

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Approaching last week along a winding path with the Pacific Ocean at our backs I appreciated the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name for the first time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the group of relaxed diners in the stone courtyard under pandanus trees in the early evening were enjoying food, wine and life in a uniquely Australian way with the accompaniment of the summer ocean.

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FINS is famous for serving the best seafood in Australia. We have now launched PEQĹŹENA A 3-month POP UP Portuguese restaurant from the team behind Fins. Menu priced from $11-$25. Ph 02 6674 4833 located beside Fins. Organic Botero coffee served with organic Barambah milk s Artisan coffee merchants, take home whole beans or freshly ground s Extended selection of daily baked savoury & sweet treats s Private licensed area for business meetings & group functions Special event dinners or La Table can come to your table! Reviewed & recommended in SMH Good Food Guide since 2009

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Yum Yum Tree CafĂŠ Breakfast & Lunch 7 days from 8am Dinner Friday & Saturday from 6pm Fuly licensed 6680 3368 50 River St, New Brighton

Celebrations Catering By Liz Jackson Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yum Yum Treeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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 flair, enthusiasm and personal touch of the Yum Yum Tree CafĂŠ team, a collection of professional, down to earth people, enjoying their day serving you the tastiest meals and drinks. www.yumyumtreecafe.com.au

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ITALIAN AT THE PACIFIC is a relaxed and stylish, contemporary Italian restaurant situated right next to the Beach Hotel at the top of Jonson Street.

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MULLUMBIMBY APPLIANCE SERVICE Byron Shire ..............................0408 851633 or 66842952 DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .........66843575 or 0414 922786

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ACCOUNTANT BOOKKEEPER Small business accounting, tax returns ...................Gail 0401 884231 BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Peter Alexander. Lic 177579C .........................................0417 499023 CLOUD business specialist â&#x20AC;&#x201C; fixed price online solution â&#x20AC;&#x201C; software, support, bookkeeping,

STAIRS

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL OPEN / CLOSED RISERS

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AUDIO & VIDEO RECORDING & Live production, crystalgrid.com.au .........................0421 661910

ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry .............................................................................................66847415

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BRUNSWICK HEADS LICENCE NO: 225906C wrightbuilders@bigpond.com www.aawrightbuilders.com

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ALLCOAST SHOWER REPAIRS High temp steam cleaning, leaks fixed, bathroom

0418 129 051

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BAS, payroll, compliance, CFO, advice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BIZWIZZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.bizwizz.com.au .........................66875883 makeovers, grout cleaning. Lic 1875C..................................................................................66808646 BOOKKEEPING MYOB/QB/XERO. BAS registered ...........................................................0414 500640 BATHROOM SPECIALISTS Blue Dolphin Bathroom Renovations. Lic 105283C .............0405 148536

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ACCOUNTS ADMIN/BOOKKEEPER Bank rec, BAS, PAYG, payroll, accounts .......................0418 202627 P & L GUY TILING AND BUILDING Lic 55115C ......................................66846930 or 0418 255599 CARPET, UPHOLSTERY & more. No chemicals. www.mintsteamclean.com................0425 707687 GET SMART BOOKKEEPING BAS Agent, MYOB, QB, 20 years exp .................................0439 908621

ACUPUNCTURE ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis .................................................66842559 ACUPUNCTURE www.marlenefarry.com Facial rejuvenation, general practice ................66842400 ACUPUNCTURE Mullumbimby & Bangalow. Mary-Ellen Young ....................................0403 477972 ACUPUNCTURE Mullumbimby. Health Fund Rebates. Jamie Bellamy ..........................0432 034202

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION CRAS John Condie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; john@cras.com.au â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lic No 258037C AU30963 ............................0488 358265 COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 .............0412 641753 NR AIR CON SERVICE Byron, Lennox, Ballina, Lismore. AU22468 ...............................0414 661948

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BRIMS BUILDERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HARDWARE ........................................................................................66801718 DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................66834008 or 0407 728998 CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C ...................................66291169 or 0412 967677 BUILDER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. Lic 170208C ......66884215 or 0415 793242 CARPENTRY/JOINERY Renos, kitchens, bthrms, small jobs. Lic 157823C. Paul .... 0423 658885 or 66845273 ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS Peter Alexander. Lic 177579C ........................................0417 499023

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CARPET CLEANING

TENDER LOVING CARE Specialising in household carpet cleaning Speedy Drying

Kevin & Margaret Bower

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APEX CARPET CLEANING www.apexcarpetcleaning.com.au ........................ Nathan 0412 926441 HEALTH PROTECT INTERNATIONAL ............................................................................0408 540467

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

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CHIMNEY SWEEP BLACKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FIREPLACE INSTALLATIONS (3rd gen.) AHHA member, Insured, 20 yrs exp ..... 66771905

CHIROPRACTIC

ROB DEEGAN Digital TV antennas. Vast satellite systems ......................0429 994516 or 66845525 BRICKLAYER Quality work, reasonable quotes. Lic 164155C..................0437 135483 or 66849102 BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay .............................66855282 NORTH COAST ANTENNAS Digital TV & satellite specialists ............................................66841234 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C.........................66808162 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman .66858553 STAINLESS WIRE BALUSTRADING Supplies and installation................66809409 or 0419 758821 BRICK & BLOCKLAYING Competitive rates, quality work. Lic 203109C. Ph Jeremy ......0413 729043 MICHAEL SCHWAGER & SHAUN CASHMAN Chiropractors 108 Stuart St, Mullum ........66841962

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BUILDER/CARPENTER Peter Bergin. Renos/maintenance. Lic 147887C .....0432 060110 or 0432 788394 MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Massage, chiropractic & fitness. 110 Dalley St........................66841028 BUILDER CARPENTER Extensions, renos, new homes, insurance, all jobs. Lic 19953Q ...... 0403 458177 DISCOVER CHIROPRACTIC Margaret Tay. 3/142 Bangalow Rd, Byron Bay ......................66808400 CARPENTER Insured & qualified. Homes, extensions, decks, free quotes. Lic 231104C......... 0431 674377 BYRON BAY CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE Bruce Campbell. 1/12 Tasman Way, A&I Estate ...66858159 BUILDER / CARPENTER Ben Asher. All jobs. Lic 121822C .....................................................0401 872400 CAPE BYRON HOLISTIC CHIROPRACTIC Shane Eade. 6/14 Middleton St ....................1300 858842 ALL CARPENTRY Jobs, garage conversions, extensions, renos, decks/carports, refs. Lic 203206C...0424 158585 MARVELL ST CHIROPRACTIC Lindon Garske www.marvellstchiropractic.com.au ...........66857771

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LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816

WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING Professional work. Free quotes. Ph Steve .............0421 797210 CHERRYTREE CLEANING Simply the best. Free quotes. Great rates..............................0413 190266

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CLEAN AS ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEEN TEAM Home, Bond back, anytime, references..................................66882372

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com .........Bob Acton 0407 787993

DONE & DUSTED CLEANING Going the extra mile, professional, dependable .............0498 731447

MICHAEL SPITERI ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING SERVICE .....................................0417 713033

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COMPUTER SERVICES

CONCRETING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Steve Baker. Lic 143161C.....................................................................0412 272564

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SALISBURY CONCRETE CONTRACTORS over 20yrs local exp, all concrete, Works Lic 136717C ..0418 234302

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COUNSELLING JUSTINE BUCKLEY Gestalt Therapy, Buddhist Psychology. www.muditaclinic.com ..........66846090

Dr LAUREN TOBER Clinical psychology & yoga. Medicare rebates www.laurentober.com ... 0420 376469 BRUNSWICK BOBCAT HIRE Good rates, very experienced operator. Ilan .....................0414 300012

CURTAINS, BLINDS & AWNINGS

BYRON BAY BOBCAT & MINI EXCAVATOR All areas ..............................................Ian 0412 853479 4 TONNE EXCAVATOR, 8 TONNE TIPPER & BOBCAT HIRE All areas. Ron..66845148 or 0402 823928

SUMMERCRAFT BYRON SHIRE Rob Cubis ..........................................66851969 or 0412 995267 DESIGN IT SOFT FURNISHINGS Local & reliable. For curtains, tracking,

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ELECTRICIANS

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .........................0439 624945 or 66804173

Ballina, Lismore, Casino, Byron Bay

1300 7726 5463

EARTHMOVING ROADWORKS U PLANT HIRE

EXCAVATOR BOBCAT & WATER TRUCK

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EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

PETER FOX Couple Therapy & Marriage Intensives. peterfox.com.au .................................66840469 A NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65HP chain trencher, 1.7 tonne excavator, tipper.0402 716857

MULLUMBIMBY PC SOLUTIONS Next to Luluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s .................................................................66841442

61 Stuart St Mullumbimby

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

CONCRETORS John Flanagan & Sons. Lic 155456C. Ph Andrew.....................................0401 968173

ADAM THE COMPUTER GUY www.neonblade.com ..............................0439 587858 or 66804286

02 6684 6235

GREENFIELD DRAFTING Specialising in alterations & additions ..................................0437 193765

CONCRETING & PAVING

3K )5(( 0 4 216,7( FULLY INSURED QUICK FREE QUOTES SEAMLESS SERVICE

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au...............0432 531448

CARPARK & DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE CONCRETE EDGING

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DAVID ROBINSON DRAFTING Renovation, design & plans........................................0419 880048

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RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 ........................................................0429 802355

Eastcoast Building & Renovations BLN 250287C

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HALLMARK ELECTRICAL Domestic, small job specialist. Lic EC41467 ..........................0407 416575 LIGHTHOUSE ELECTRICAL BYRON BAY Your friendly electrician Lic 233440C ............0450 631183 BYRON BAY ELECTRICAL Geoff Bensley. Lic EC 34079 ..................................................0427 857824 CIRCUITS PLUS For everything electrical. Friendly & professional. Lic 201844C ...........0422 668582 SUNSHINE ELECTRICAL SERVICES NSW Competetively Priced. Quality Work. Lic 116938C .0416 043414 DENBY ELECTRICAL Great service & reliable at a competitive rate. Lic 225484C ..........0432 767764 BYRON WEST ELECTRICS Sunrise / Byron A&I Estate. Lic 145002C. Jim .......................0403 747615

The Deck Doctor saul@macdoc.net.au 0411 562 111 s

Apple Certified Support

Specialising in: Sanding and ReďŹ nishing, Repairs and Maintenance, Internal Floors, Timber and Cable balustrading Richard Neylan richardneylan1@bigpond.com 0407 821 690

DENTISTS BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ......................................................................66851264 BANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow .....................................66872766 SHORES DENTAL Brian Donnellan & Richard Conn. Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores ....................66803477 MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ............................................................66842644 GAVIN STUART & MARTIN ACKLAND Banora Seaview Dental, Banora Point

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Domestic Commercial

02 66 804 173 All Jobs Small or Large

Lic: 154293c

All non-warranty Mac repairs s Insurance reports s Software installs Upgrades s Troubleshooting s Tuition s New and used Macs for sale

24 HOUR SERVICE

DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL JAMIE 0408 809 817 licence no. 201775c

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LEAF IT TO US Acreage/residential mowing/gardening, tree lopping, landscaping ......0402 487213 MOW JOES Lawn & garden maintenance, ride-on mowing. Fully insured ..............Joe 0407 065849

GLAZIERS

A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ...............0405 716552 OCEAN SHORES GLASS AND SCREENS Glass splashbacks Lic No 61205C .........................66803333

0458 267 777

Lic. 211410C

ACREAGE BRUSHCUTTING & CLEARING SERVICES Lantana specialists ...................0412 705962 ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Shower screens & mirrors ............................................................66857200 NICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOWING Lawns, edges, hedges, local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O.Shores .....0418 792279 SPECIALIST WEED CONTROL CONTRACTORS / CONSULTANTS .............................0418 110714

GRAPHIC DESIGN

LAWNS & GARDENS Acreage, residential, gardens, brushcutting, tip runs etc ... 0430 297101 or 66845437 HINTERLAND Property Maintenance acreage mowing, servicing Byron Hinterland. Pete ....0429 809363 BYRON SHIRE LAWN & GARDEN All aspects of garden maint, brushcut & rubbish removal 0468 922899 CLASS GRASS Acreage/residential mowing. Handyman services .......................................... 0401 057164

ELECTRICAL PHONE TV

Lic. No.

212742C Friendly & helpful Clean & tidy On time Over 30 years experience Rapid response 24/7 service

0432 331 633 for details

1300 639 843

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SERVICES PTY LTD

Electrical and appliance repairs 0427 402 399 24/7 EMERGENCY CALL OUTS NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL RELIABLE AND PROFESSIONAL TEAM

BLITZ IT OUTDOORS Acreage/residential, lawns/gardens, lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;scaping, pressure clean...Adam 0419 260654 ABOUT BYRON Lawnmowing, houses to acreage, rubbish removal ..Rick 0409 654946/66804476 MOWING, SLASHING Wilsons Creek area. Brushcutting. .................................................66840225 RANGAS LAWN & MAINTENANCE No rip-offs, fully insured & reliable. Call Brent.......0431 550401

Lic No. 262667C

Please call Blair Rankin on

LUSH GARDENS Affordable & Reliable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; All aspects of garden maintenance. Chris ....0415 277979

B/O.S. THE ORIGINAL LAWNSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;GARDENS ................................................................0400 154000 NORTHERN RIVERS MOWING Acreage specialist. Small/large jobs. Sen/pen rate ......0428 544190 YARD MAINTENANCE Lawns, rubbish removal, gardening. ........Mark 66843426 or 0437 343348

GUTTERING

FENCING

THE GUTTER GURU Cleaning, repairs & all your gutter needs. Call Sam for a free quote...0459 821411

BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, Colorbond & timber fencing .............0417 491136 BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes .....66804766 or 0416 424256 E.D.L. FENCING Installations & repairs, prompt service .........................66771852 or 0432 107262 A KANGAMAN Post Hole Boring, Retaining Walls & Farm Fencing ...............................0424 234500

COASTALVIEW FENCES

brick~timber~stone~brush~paling~pool Repairs, Free Quotes, Small Jobs, Reliability

Phone Richard 0419 803 549

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PUMPS MOWERS CHAINSAWS BRUSHCUTTERS RIDE-ONS ONSITE PUMP AND RIDE-ON SERVICE

101-105 Dalley St, Mullumbimby

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HANDYPERSONS A TO Z HANDYMAN/LANDCARE SERVICES..................... Phone Andre 66847553 or 0439 495247

FIBREGLASSING

CAPE BYRON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE all areas. Tom Scott .................................0418 600576

FRP COMPOSITES Patterns, moulds, fibreglass repairs .....................0407 250185 or 0432 536649

HANDYMAN with 25 years carpentry & treework experience............................................66840227

MULLUM HANDYMAN Maintenance, repairs, painting, tip runs, gardening ...............0424 954388

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING ECO TIMBER FLOORS Sanding, polishing & repairs..............................................Trent 0432 501721 sandyflooringtons.com.au All types of finishes. Free quotes. Phone Jack.................0404 859622

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SKILLED HANDYMAN Why fix it yourself, leave it to us. Lic 203206C ...........................0424 158585

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GARAGES & SHEDS

Call Jeff 02 6680 1728 0408 666 418

Lawn and Handyman Services Brent 0431 550 401

KATE PLATT Interior Designs, www.kateplatt.com................................0411 888416 or 66807606 s 'ARDEN AND 0ROPERTY Maintenance s 3OFT ,ANDSCAPING s $ECKING s 0AVING s 'ENERAL 2EPAIRS s 4IP 2UNS s &ULLY )NSURED AND 2ELIABLE

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ......................... Lyn 0428 884329

ABSOLUTE GARDEN WASTE REMOVAL OR WHATEVER Large trailer. Free quotes ......66804704

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KITCHENS SHAUN LEMURA KITCHENS Byron 15yrs+ qual. exp. www.shaunlemurakitchens.com.au ....0499 771769 ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Splashbacks............................................................................................... 66857200

LANDSCAPING SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C................................0405 122456 VARENDORFF LANDSCAPES www.varendorfflandscapes.com Lic 39791 ...................0414 842602 SHANE TURNER LANDSCAPES Solid, creative, affordable............................................0418 688171

LANDSCAPE DESIGN & PLANS Lic no. 39791 www.varendorfflandscapes.com ..........0414 842602 A KANGAMAN Mini Bobcat, Tiptruck, Trenching, Pruning, Retaining walls ...................0424 234500

GAS SUPPLIERS

Travanne Homes Pty Ltd. Lic 198310C.

A.C.E. LAWNMOWING Cheap, reliable, guaranteed .....................Sam 0438 655763 or 66854237

BRYANT HOPLEY Herbalism, homeopathy, nutrition. Byron Bay .....................................66857225

INTERIOR DESIGN

Sheds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Garages â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Carports Affordable Homes

A TO Z GARDEN SERVICES Lawns, acreage, hedges, clear ups, gutters, pressure cleans .0405 625697

MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, massage. 79 Stuart St .....................................66843002

SOUND, LIGHTING & VIDEO equipment hire & installation, crystalgrid.com.au ..........0421 661910

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GARDEN DESIGN

MULLUM-MOWING@mullumonline.net. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage.........Peter 0423 756394

ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne...........................................66857366

BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ....... www.byronhire.com.au 66856228

Northern Rivers

GUTTERS CLEANED All areas, free quotes, fully insured ............................... 66841778 or 0405 922839

MULLUMBIMBY MEDICAL CENTRE 60 Stuart St ............................................................66841511

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MULLUMBIMBY SKIN CLINIC 58 Stuart Street .................................................................66844400

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SEA & SUN Property maintenance. Good rates. Great results ........................................0407 132195

MULLUMBIMBY MASSAGE, CHIROPRACTIC & PERSONAL TRAINING......................66841028

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GARAGE DOORS

ALL-WAYS HANDY-CARPENTRY New and reno work. Lic 221584C. Ph Steve ..............0416 043297

GREGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HANDYMAN SERVICE No job too small. Free quotes .......................................0414 109595

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RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES Michael ...........................................66844970 or 0405 325569

LITTLE ANT Complete property maintenance, handyman, lawnmowing .....................0437 799811

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Service Directory B Timbs Painting

Mimosa Rocks Landscapes Quality structural landscaping Specialist in stone masonry

PLUMBERS JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C ..............0438 668025

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LANDSCAPING (continued)

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051..................................66801403 or 0414 801403 I LOVE PLUMBING Call Steve Lic 148904C ....................................................................0412 916140 HRH PLUMBING (new business) Prompt, reliable, efficient. Lic 220755C ........Harley 0402 652017 DART PLUMBING Plumbing, roofing, gas. Byron Bay. Lic 1175539C.............................0421 334515

YVES DE WILDE

Hunky Dory Farm

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ED RIORDAN PLUMBING Efficient, honest & reliable. Lic L6966 ..................................0417 343480 TAP KING PLUMBERS Pipe problems, electronic water leak detection. Lic 237124C ........66770004

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COASTAL PODIATRY GROUP All aspects of Podiatry. Lennox Head. Matt Frogley ...........66877717

PRINTER TONERS & CARTRIDGES

MECHANICAL REPAIRS, WARREN SIMMONS Byron Bay .................................................66858500

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Lic: AU29498

BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, pilates. Liz Thomas, Cally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara, Troy Eady .....................................................................................66872330 NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy, acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Corner Dalley & Burringbar Sts, Mullumbimby ....................................................................66843255 s 4YRES s "ATTERIES s 7HEEL !LIGNMENTS ANTHONY Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, acupuncture Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St.. 66853511 LEGENDARY MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, physiotherapy....................................................66857222 $ALLEY 3TREET -ULLUMBIMBY OFFROAD TYRES CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel .................Bangalow 66872337 & Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;bah 66723818 PETRA KARNI Physiotherapy, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron..........................66807207 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, BRYANT HOPLEY Herbalism, homeopathy, nutrition. Byron Bay .....................................66857225 remedial massage. Nigel Pitman, Ilse v.Oostenbrugge, Lachlan Dewar ..............................66803499 LIBBIE NELSON PHYSIO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Acupuncture, yoga & therapy, BFL, Herbs, CS. Byron Bay ......0416 369698 EWINGSDALE PHYSIO Renata Tenta. Flexi-Bar Training. Real Time Ultrasound ...................... 66847838

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES

NATUROPATHY

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OSTEOPATHY

REMOVALISTS

BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE Eve Schoenheimer & Courtney Ward Mon-Fri ....................66853660 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs & Jamie Bennett. Mon-Fri .............................66857517 OSTEOPATH SINCE 1975 Old school, Lennox Head. Michael Petrie ...................................66874410

PICTURE FRAMING

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel .......................66803444 BRISBANE, SYDNEY Local, Affordable, 20yrs exp. travellingbenny@gmail.com .........0412 363930 MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS & MEXICAN ART 105 Stuart Street...........................0403 734791 LITTLEGREENTRUCK.COM.AU Ute + driver from $30, small moves & tip runs ...........0415 194654

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professional canvas stretching & giclee printing

Sue Broadbent, Toby Mills and Amelia Rocco Clinic open for osteopathy Mon to Sat, open for massage Mon to Sun

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PLASTERING

DEREK BULLION PAINTING Free quotes. Lic R98818 ..........................0414 225604 or 66805049

COL JENKINS PLASTER Gyprock, renovations, repairs. No job too small .....................0401 078733 DUNCANSON PLASTERING Gyprock, prof. finish, free quotes. Lic 255548C ...............0402 538155 KELVIN & ROBERT TEALE Painters & decorators. Lic R65919 ..............0400 349027 or 0438 842731 GLENN WATERS For the finish you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see. Lic 58928C...............................................0427 908129 BYRON PAINTING Immediate starts, great rates. Lic 239832C .....................................0427 669806 AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ...............................................0413 185399 or 66841249

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RUBBISH REMOVAL OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ........................................0412 161564 or 66841232 BYRON SKIPS & RUBBISH REMOVAL..........................................................................0450 300360 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL.................................................................................0408 210772

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COAST CREATIVE Graphic & website design....................www.coastcreative.com.au 66877998 WEB DESIGNER 6 years experience. www.kleinermann.com.au ..................................0450 720663 KINGTIDE MEDIA Make Your Business Stand Out.................................. www.kingtidemedia.com

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AFFORDABLE WEBSITES Friendly service & advice www.thewebshack.com.au .........0422 300382

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WELDING MICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOBILE WELDING All welding & machine maint, metal stair repairs etc ......0407 987290 RICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOBILE WELDING Fabrication & repairs. Anywhere in Northern Rivers ..........0402 394103

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WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE WINDOW TINTING 32 years personal experience. Cars, homes & offices......0412 158478

TREE SERVICES

BRUNSWICK VALLEY LOCKSMITHS Shirewide. Master security lic. 047862307 ..........0412 144679 STREETWISE SECURITY Static guards & crowd control. Lic 409807379........................0439 793925

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

NORTHERN TREE CARE Consulting arborist, tree surgery ...........................................0414 186161 TREE CONTROL Safe lopping, removal, 12â&#x20AC;? chipper, stump grinder. Free quotes ..........0422 767677

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ONE TWO TREE CARE Tree pruning & removal..............................................................0412 788687 OUT ON A LIMB Professional tree services. Free quotes. Low rates. Ph Lucas................0402 191316

SEWAGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS

A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES ...................................Andrew 66846474 or 0412 558890

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BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ..................................................0402 364852

SEWING & ALTERATIONS

TALLOW TREE SERVICES Tree Surgery & removal, stump grinding ..............................0401 208797 NICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TREE SERVICES Tree surgery & removal, chipping ............................................0439 849332 DFK CAMPHOR CONTROL & CONVERSION Cost efficient & effective........................0423 725422 CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICE Bobcat, crane truck, 18â&#x20AC;? chipper.................................0408 202184 HART TREE SERVICES 15â&#x20AC;? chipper, bobcat, crane truck, stump grinder..66849137 or 0427 347380

SEWING REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS All areas.............................................................Jan 66849398 TREE SHAPE Arborist, chipper, 4WD truck. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Knows trees, cuts right, good ratesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ...........0428 886297 STITCH: For all your sewing needs. Ocean Shores, Mullum & Byron areas. Ph Lindi ......0432 340113 TREE 53 TREE SERVICES Tip truck, 9â&#x20AC;? chipper & cherrypicker. Ph Kean.......................0457 063105

SEWING MACHINE SALES & SERVICE A1 SEWING MACHINES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PARTS & REPAIRS Since 1963. Leaders in service...................66847447

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131 546 UPHOLSTERY BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Re-covering specialists ...........................................................66805255 BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Soft furnishings & outdoor ........................66853745 or 0403 713303

VALUERS BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD regâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Chartered Valuers ........................0431 245460 or 66857010

VETERINARY SURGEONS MULLUM VET CLINIC Neil Farquhar, Richard Gregory & Erin Tottenham. 24 hrs 7 days ...66843818 VITALITY VETCARE Bangalow. Megan Kearney .................................................................66870675

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1st SAT Bruns Heads 6628 4495 1st SAT Murwillumbah 0417 759 777 1st SAT Lismore Makers 0407 124 991 1st SUN Byron Bay 1st SUN Lismore Car Boot 2nd SUN 2nd SUN 2nd SUN 2nd SUN

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4th SUN Bangalow 4th SUN Nimbin

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New moon January 1 22:14 First quarter January 8 14:40 Full moon January 16 15:53 Third quarter January 24 16:19 New moon January 31 08:39 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, month rise set rise set height (m) 1 W 0551 1947 0522 1922 0843,1.99; 2120,1.48 2 T 0552 1947 0629 2018 0934,2.04; 2214,1.51 3 F 0552 1947 0737 2109 1026,2.04; 2306,1.53 4 S 0553 1947 0845 2155 1116,1.98; 2359,1.53 1208,1.86 5 S 0554 1947 0950 2237 6 M 0554 1948 1054 2317 0053,1.53; 1300,1.71 7 T 0555 1948 1154 2356 0146,1.50; 1354,1.54 8 W 0556 1948 1235 0244,1.49; 1452,1.39 9 T 0557 1948 1350 0035 0344,1.49; 1557,1.27 10 F 0558 1948 1445 0115 0444,1.51; 1706,1.20 11 S 0558 1948 1540 0156 0541,1.54; 1812,1.19 12 S 0559 1948 1632 0239 0633,1.58; 1907,1.21 13 M 0560 1948 1722 0325 0720,1.63; 1954,1.25 14 T 0601 1948 1809 0413 0801,1.67; 2034,1.29 15 W 0602 1948 1853 0503 0839,1.71; 2111,1.32 16 T 0602 1948 1934 0554 0915,1.73; 2146,1.34 17 F 0603 1947 2012 0646 0950,1.73; 2221,1.36 18 S 0604 1947 2049 0738 1024,1.72; 2256,1.38 19 S 0605 1947 2123 0830 1059,1.69; 2332,1.39 20 M 0606 1947 2157 0922 1234,1.63 21 T 0607 1946 2231 1014 0011,1.39; 1212,1.56 22 W 0608 1946 2307 1108 0052,1.40; 1252,1.47 23 T 0608 1946 2344 1203 0139,1.41; 1338,1.39 24 F 0609 1945 1259 0230,1.43; 1435,1.30 25 S 0610 1945 0025 1358 0330,1.47; 1545,1.25 26 S 0611 1945 0111 1459 0433,1.54; 1702,1.24 27 M 0612 1944 0203 1601 0538,1.64; 1815,1.29 28 T 0613 1944 0300 1701 0638,1.77; 1917,1.37 29 W 0614 1943 0404 1759 0735,1.89; 2013,1.45 30 T 0614 1943 0511 1853 0829,1.98; 2105,1.53 31 F 0615 1942 0619 1942 0920,2.02; 2156,1.58

6677 1345 6628 1084 6684 7834 6687 1137 6677 1345 6687 1137 6679 5530

JANUARY 2014 Astronomical data and tides Low tide, height (m) 0209,0.32; 1523,0.12 0302,0.29; 1614,0.08 0356,0.28; 1703,0.07 0451,0.31; 1753,0.12 0546,0.36; 1842,0.19 0645,0.43; 1831,0.29 0745,0.51; 2021,0.38 0851,0.58; 2113,0.47 1003,0.63; 2207,0.53 1117,0.63; 2301,0.56 1226,0.59; 2354,0.57 1320,0.54 0044.0.56; 1404,0.48 0128,0.53; 1443,0.43 0208,0.51; 1517,0.39 0246,0.49; 1550,0.36 0323,0.48; 1622,0.35 0400,0.48; 1654,0.35 0448,0.49; 1727,0.36 0517,0.51; 1800,0.38 0600,0.55; 1835,0.41 0645,0.59; 1914,0.45 0739,0.62; 1958,0.49 0841,0.64; 2049,0.52 0954,0.63; 2150,0.53 1112,0.56; 2257,0.51 1221,0.45 0000,0.45; 1322,0.32 0100,0.38; 1416,0.20 0157,0.31; 1507,0.11 0251,0.25; 1555,0.07

Times are Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

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Classifieds INDEX Agistment ................................ 42 Annual General Meetings ....... 38 Boats & Marine ....................... 40 Businesses For Sale ............... 40 Car Service ............................. 40 Childcare ................................ 38 Events...................................... 38 For Sale .................................. 39 Garage Sales .......................... 39 Halls For Hire .......................... 39 Health Notices ......................... 38 Holiday Accommodation ......... 40 Houses For Sale ..................... 40 House Sit ................................ 40 House Swap ............................ 40 In Memoriam .......................... 41 Land For Sale.......................... 40 Lost & Found .......................... 41 Motor Vehicles ........................ 40 Musical Notes......................... 41 Only Adults ............................. 42 Pets......................................... 41 Positions Vacant ..................... 41 Professional Services ............. 38 Public Notices.......................... 38 Readings ................................. 38 Return Thank You.................... 41 Share Accommodation .......... 40 Short Term Accommodation .. 40 Social Escorts ........................ 42 To Lease .................................. 40 To Let ....................................... 40 Tradework ............................... 39 Tree Services .......................... 39 Tuition ..................................... 41 Wanted .................................... 39 Wanted To Rent...................... 40 Work Wanted.......................... 41

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UPLIFT YOURSELF with new Kundalini Yoga classes Start end of January with Sjha'ra from Chocolate Yoga 0432084090

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DENTURES

LOCALS SPECIAL! BRUNSWICK HEADS CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL BANNER PARK Every Sunday until 19th January from 7pm

Zen Aerial Yoga Unique & The Original to Byron Next Workshop Saturday 18th Jan Suffolk Park Community Hall. New Monday Morning Classes Bangalow, from Mon 3rd Feb

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Ph Josie 0415 178 728 or Tracey 0406 687 488 Limited Spaces Booking Essential Locally Grown!

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Joanna is a registered dramatherapist who has practised dramatherapy in mental health, adolescent and substance abuse areas since 1993. Earlier this year Joanna submitted her PhD thesis through the University of Western Sydney in using dramatherapy with clients living with dementia. Who: Counsellors, Arts Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Play Therapists and anyone interested in the use of drama in therapy. When: Saturday 1st February 2014 from 9.30am to 5pm Sunday 2nd February 2014 from 9.30am to 4pm Where: The SCU Room at the Byron Community Centre, 69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, NSW 2481 Investment: $300, which includes two full days of dramatherapy training, morning and afternoon tea Contact: The Dramatherapy Centre at www.dramatherapy.com.au or Joanna Jaaniste on 02 9518 6519 or 0408 956 070 or e-mail dramatherapy@ozemail.com.au

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SAAB AERO SPORT 9-3i, 2000, 83,000km, leather interior, sunroof, silver, mags, exc cond, garaged, $6500 ono. Ph 0425178800

OCEAN SHORES 1A Yungarup Place. Girly stuff, h’h, as new. Sat & Sun 8-12 END OF BUILDING SALE Flooring, half kitchen, Sth Americian artefacts, 8 Scott St Byron. Come Sat or call 0415045867 SUFFOLK PARK 17 MacGregor St, Sat 7am. Mostly ladies clothes and shoes, vintage & second hand, odds & ends TASSIE BOUND EVERYTHING MUST GO F&P fridge, oak 7-piece dining setting, brand new 5-piece dining setting, 5-piece cane glass top dining setting, antique sideboard, 2 lge rugs, BBQ, wooden outdoor setting, workshop bits and pieces (no tools), ladder racks, mower, garden blower & mulcher, jewellery, bric-a-brac, hanging pots, ceramic pots, & lots of plants. Many more items. All going cheap or make an offer. 16-18 Jan from 10-5pm. Cnr Dalley & Tincogan St, Mullum

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MOVING OVERSEAS Suffolk Park, 14 Ribbonwood Pl. Sat 8-1pm. More furn etc

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MARKET & FESTIVAL FOOD STALL Well established, Byron area $35,000. Ph 0423371660

O.SHORES 14 Orana Rd. Sat 8-2pm. Designer shoes & clothes, kitchenware

MARKET COFFEE BUSINESS Fully equipped 1yo trailer with regular local market business attached, 60+ markets per year. Call 0432853065 for more info or visit Gumtree Ad

BYRON A&I EST 5 bikes, tools, towels, appliances, clothes, utensils, herbs, toys, furniture. 4 Ti Tree Pl, Sat not before 9am. Ph 66855952 SUFFOLK PARK 53 Coogera Circuit. Sat 8-2pm. Lots of new & old goodies MOVING OVERSEAS HUGE SALE fridges, couches, Ikea lamps, TV, retro furn, CD players, funky clothes (W1214), Paciﬁc art & ﬂoor mats. 31 Paterson St Byron. 8am-1pm Saturday 18th OCEAN SHORES 20 Jarrah Cres. The stuff of life. Sat from 8am OCEAN SHORES 20 Coomburra Cr (cnr Bobra Glen) Sat 8am. All sorts MULLUM 5 Fern St, Sat 7-12pm. H’hold, furn, kids gear & adults clothing, etc MULLUM 123 Stuart St. Sat 8.30-12.30. Furn, books, clothes, art, sewing & more

MOTOR VEHICLES

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THE POCKET share 3br gay-friendly modern f-furn farmhouse with 1 male. Carport, SLUG, garden, all mod cons, incl a/c & WiFi. Quiet employed person only. $190pw + bond + utilities. Avail early Feb. Ph 66845508 BYRON quality 4br home, big garden, deck, top location. Walk to shops/beach, off-street parking, f-furn, private & secure seeking n/s quiet professional, no pets $215pw + bond. Rick 0411367350 COORABELL f-f house share with quiet, peaceful female, n/s, n/d, working, pref no kids, no pets, $250pw incl, avail for 3 mths poss longer. Call Jane 0437965968 EWINGSDALE queen room, own ensuite, entrance, verandah, air con, fully-furn house with lge kitchen, dining, gdn, single only, no pets $230pw inc. 0431536945 BYRON Scott St, 1br, 6mths from 27 Jan $150pw + bills. 0434002994, 0432155200 O.SHORES room avail in share house, $140pw + bills/bond. Phone 0410964806 NTH O.S room with ensuite in peaceful location. Veggie, d/f, n/s, clean & tidy, working, cpl $270pw, sgl $250pw. Refs. Share with small dog. Ph 0466050874 RURAL house, 5 mins Mullum, share with 1 other, verandahs, pool $180pw incl. Up to 3 mths, no pets, n/s, d/f. 0402052457

BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED Self-storage sheds fr $25pw. 66871306 BALLINA SELF-STORAGE UNITS Secure from $15pw. Ph 66867011 CARAVANS & CABINS from $195pw. Apply in person to Byron Bay Tourist Village, Ewingsdale Road HOUSE 3br, 1 bthrm, unfurn, Brandon St, Suffolk Park, 145m to beach, gardens, spacious living, refurbished, $650pw, avail now 12 month lease. Phone 0410685904 BRISBANE STUDENT ACCOM 2014 Great, f-furn 3br student house, elevated, 17mins bus to UQ, local high school students welcome. $430pw, 1 year lease from 14 Feb. 66843084 or 0415475134

COOPERS SHOOT 2br, beautiful views, fully-furn cottage. Pref working couple. Cats ok. $500pw all incl. Ph 0405055615

LOCAL REMOVAL

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 BANGALOW 3km, Byron 10 mins, rural views, private verandah, north facing, spacious open-plan 2br f-furn, full kitchen, lounge/dining, VGC, suit couple. No smoke, no pets. 3 mths neg longer. $475pw. Ph 0418616328 SMALL CARAVAN by water hole on friendly farm/community, 8 min Mullum. Suit single, clean-living, non-smoker. No pets. Bond req. $155pw. 0431702354

SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH MULLUMBIMBY 3 b/r brick & tile SLUG $420 pw 2 b/r +sunroom huge garden, walk to shop $395 pw 3 b/r brick & tile, SLUG newly reno’d, 6 month lease $420 pw 2 b/r +sunroom & swimming pool, 6 months lease $500pw

Two storey house. Four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Double garage. Walk to beach. $560.00 per week

OCEAN SHORES

Large two storey house. Five bedrooms and three bathrooms. Separate entry and living areas. Single garage plus storage. $650.00 per week negotiable.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

BILLINUDGEL

HASTINGS POINT BIG 4 North Star Resort reduced to $115,000. Immediate access. 3br, new bthrm, full kitchen, lounge, dining, ext laundry, 6x3m deck, 2 car carport. 2 min walk beach/creek. Austar. Ph owner 0427664637

NORTH OCEAN SHORES

3br house $380 1br ﬂat $210 3br house $420 OPEN HOUSE TIMES ARE AVAILABLE, PLEASE CALL L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads

6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

LAND FOR SALE BYRON HINTERLAND Cabin on 12 acs, dual occ near Nat Park & waterfalls, half hr beach, roos, koalas etc, trop fruit trees, peace & quiet, $280,000. 0429882058

New Brighton

HOLIDAY ACCOM.

Ocean Shores $660pw, 4 bed, 2 bath, Dlug $300pw, 2 bed, 1 bath unit $290pw, 2 bed, 1 bath, Slug $285pw, 2 bed, 1 bath, single carport $270pw, 2 bed, 1 bath unit $400pw, 3 bed, 2 bath, double carport

BYRON opp Clarkes/The Pass beach, s-c apart with furn rooms, dble/twin, pool, WiFi. From $70/night. Ph 0408855738

SHORT TERM ACCOM. MULLUM Furnished riverside studio, outdoor kitchen. $270pw incl elec, water & WiFi. Avail 27/1/14 for 6 mths. Suit single n/s person, no pets. Lease & bond. Ph 0402230449

MYOCUM self-cont studio on 2 acres suit quiet, working, n/s person with car, $220pw elec incl, long-term neg. Phone 66847553 STUNNING SECLUDED SANCTUARY Large spacious, light, double storey, fully furnished, 3br, 2 bthrm, 2 lounge/dining, massive decks, gardens & amazing ocean views. Incl lawns, WiFi, linen, close to beach & shops. $1000pw - $500pw neg. Avail to April. Ph 0407461948

Nth Ocean Shores $420pw, 3 bed, 1 bath, single garage

New Brighton

SUNRISE lge br to share, calm, clean, d/f, student ok, $155pw. 0432400726 BYRON CBD cosy room, f-f, great house, no bills, single $180pw. 0415452932 OCEAN SHORES with father & 17yo son. Please contact Catherine 0402779376

TO LET

HOUSE SIT EXPERIENCED MATURE WOMAN Avail from Feb-Oct to care for your pets and plants. Ph 66841669

STORAGE From $100/mth. Bangalow Ph 66871500

HOUSE SWAP

SHARE ACCOM. SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH stroll to beach. Extra lge room in extra lge home to share with 2 others. $150pw. Ph 0407906301 BYRON mature happy working person or couple. Sgl $250pw, cpl $350pw incl bills. 2-storey house, own entrance, upstairs room with bthrm & lounge. 0439655458 O.SHORES 1br own bthrm. Short or long term $160pw + bills. Ph Sam 0421999062 BYRON brand new, beautifully built 1br granny (and grandpa) ﬂat in Scott St. Cycle to town, walk to beach. $450pw, a little less for quiet, careful, long-term tenant. Phone 0415045867 BRUNSWICK lge room with separate entrance, share kitchen, bthrm, for n/s working person, $180pw incl. 0422086885

Bangalow James Gibson Rd, Clunes - $380 pw 3 bed, 1 bath, nice gardens, pets neg. Avail now Eureka Rd, Rosebank - $475 pw Modern 3 bed, 2 bath, rural. No pets. Avail end Jan Friday Hut Rd, Possum Creek - $600 pw 3 bed, 1 bath eco rural cottage. Pets neg. Avail Now Goonengerry Rd, Goonengerry - $775 pw 4 bed + study, 2 bath, in-ground pool, DLUG. Avail Now Tooheys Mill Rd, Pearces Creek - $900 pw Stunning 3 bed, 2 bath, 15m pool, lawns incl. Avail mid Jan Now is a great time to be looking for a tenant! Phone us today to discuss leasing your property! For more available rental properties go to www.eldersbangalow.com.au

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BANGALOW dble room, ensuite/toilet & entrance, $250pw incl bills. 0402281638

BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333

SWAP FOR EASTER Tropical home near Coolum Beach, Sunshine Coast for home/unit Byron area. 0411364280

MULLUMBIMBY 3br, 1 bthrm, SLUG, brick. Avail now. $400pw. 0418842398 SUNRISE Bright, spacious 3br t-house, 1.5 bthrm, unfurn, BIs, new paint & carpet, 2 living areas, private c-yards, LUG, pool,10min walk beach. 12mth lease, refs. $510pw. Avail from 17/01. 0403075556 POSSUM CREEK 1br sep studio, open-plan modern kitchen & bathroom. Available beginning February. $350pw + bond. Phone 0421531796 POSSUM CREEK beautiful modern 4br, 2.5 bthrm house, pool & creek. $650pw. 66870527 leave message EWINGSDALE 2 room studio, private country lane, $320pw. Ph 0419130013 COORABELL new 1br part-furn cabin, privacy, views to Byron, working person. Prefer no kids/pets, $265pw. 66847535 CARAVAN with enclosed deck, secluded rural location, $150pw. 0408689012 MYOCUM spacious 1br cabin, private setting, suit quiet sgl/cpl, n/s, d/f, clean, honest, reliable $300pw. No pets. Ph 0438012113 ALCORN ST 2br townhouse opp beach entrance, furn, solar power, long/short term neg, avail end Jan. 0401031209

SWIMMING SCHOOL in Billinudgel. 2 indoor heated pools (10m & 6m). Running for 5 years. Phone Gary 0403591096

BYRON spacious 1br s-c, f-f apartment, 5 mins walk to CBD/beach, sleeps 4. Ph 0434218747 or 66882386

DURRUMBUL 6 mins Mullumbimby gorgeous f-furn artist cottage, avail 24 Jan for 6 months renewable, 2br, 2 ensuite, $475pw + utilities. 66845415

South Golden Beach WANTED. LANDLORDS & INVESTORS For the efﬁcient management of your rental properties. Call today! NEW LISTING Whian Whian $270 pw Rustic 1 Bed + study area, suitable for one/or couple, room for a horse or two. Avail End of Jan. NEW LISTING Clunes $350 pw Brick & tile 3 Bed home + office. Large living areas and formal dining. DLUG. Pets Neg, Avail end of Jan. NEW LISTING Clunes $420 pw Spacious family home, 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas, entertaining areas, SLUG, pets OK. Available 19th Jan. NEW LISTING Newrybar $430 pw Modern 2 br, 1 bath brand new unit on dual occupancy. Open plan lounge/ dining. Avail now for 12 months. NEW LISTING Clunes $465 pw 3 Bed Cottage on 3 acres, wooden floors, Beautiful views over Clunes valley, solar HW and tank water, Avail Early Feb. NEW LISTING Bangalow $520 pw Lovely 3 br, 1 bath timber cottage. S E Dgas cooking. Walk to town, pol EflAoors, L Solar hot water. Avail 10 Jan. NEW LISTING Bangalow $550 pw 3 spacious bedrooms, D1 bath with A S EGas cooking, sep shower &L Ebath. solar HWS and power, Avail 8th Jan. NEW LISTING Brooklet $600 pw Rural setting, 4 Bed home + home office, 3 bath, in-ground pool, Tennis court, grounds inc! Avail 28th Jan. NEW LISTING Bangalow $610 pw Lovely 4 bed, 2 bath modern E D family home, with amazing E A Sveggie gardens. L Dishwasher & gas cooking. Avail now! NEW LISTING Ewingsdale $830 pw Architect designed, 4E Dbr, 2 bath, S DLUG. Gas cooking, L E A large deck. Views to Byron. Avail 7th Jan for 12 mths.

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$325pw, 2 bed, 1 bath, slug, duplex $380pw, 2 bed, 1 bath, carport $340pw, 2 bed, 1 bath, single carport 6 Strand Ave, New Brighton 6680 1594 elders new brighton.com.au

Byron Bay GRANUAILLE CRES, BANGALOW $240PW Studio 1 bed, 1 bath Available 16/01/14 CLIFFORD ST, SUFFOLK PARK $480PW Duplex 2 bed, 1 bath, SLUG Available 11/02/14 GUMTREE PLC, BANGALOW $595PW House 4 bed, 2 bath. Garden maint included. Available Now SHELLEY DRIVE, BYRON BAY $600PW House 3 bed, 1 bath, DLUG Available 05/02/14 5 TRISTANIA PLACE, BYRON BAY $610PW House 3 bed, 2 bath Available 05/03/14 SUNRISE BLVD, BYRON BAY $610PW House 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG Available Now WILSONS CREEK ROAD, WILSONS CREEK $880PW House 4 bed, 2 bath. Fully furnished Available 30/01/14 Ray White Rental Centre 3/47 Byron Street, Byron Bay 02 6685 8911 rwbyronbay.com

MAIN ARM lovely family home with fruit trees, 8km to Mullum. Ph 0410007144 SUNRISE S-cont, p-furn studio for quiet, n/s, $300pw inc elec. Ph 0406254333 ROSEBANK cabin on acres, quiet & leafy $175pw. Ph 0429882058

WANTED TO RENT FAMILY OF 3 busy, hardworking, young, seek 2-3br house with garage/shed Byron Shire, long lease $350-$450pw. Phone 0404460358 DELUX HOLIDAY RENTAL Responsible prof couple, n/s, no alcohol. Byron, Bangalow, Myocum areas. Beginning of Feb for a month or two. Call 0403619659 NEW BRIGHTON O.Shores, Pocket area. Single, mature, quiet, employed, n/s with few visitors looking for granny ﬂat or studio. Ph Des 0438186604. View references melangedigital.com/ref.pdf

TO LEASE WORKSHOPS FROM $50PW Billinudgel. Siwicki Real Estate 66851206 BYRON A&I Acacia St, 200sqm unit. One of a kind. Only $375pw. Ph 0432340113 MULLUMBIMBY 97sqm ofﬁce at $350pw & 32sqm shop at $220pw in Stuart St arcade. Ph 66801643 COMMERCIAL OFFICES BANGALOW 95sqm of mod open plan with huge w’around v’dah. Prime cnr pos in town. $3575pm inc. GST + outgoings $750pm Available Now! Bangalow Real Estate: 66872479 SHOP 50sqm with park. Byron CBD, great street front. Phone 0415918355 BRUNSWICK HEADS RETAIL SHOP OR OFFICE AVAILABLE NOW FINGAL ST incl kitchen (no stove) and wc, $250/week includes GST. TWEED ST 50sqm shopfront $1500/ month incl GST/ outgoings available late January. Siwicki Real Estate, 17 Fingal St Brunswick Heads. Phone 66851206

CAFÉ FOR LEASE Café Oska – great location with outdoor area. Available asap to rent.

director@bbels.com.au for details or call 0423 838 301.

For Lease

Station Street Studios Mullumbimby Art Studio or Storage 46.8m2 – Secure/Parking $105pw – inc gst & elec Available 1st Feb

0457 005 432

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BYRON creative work/office space, $75pw incl elect & internet. 0431674377 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT Old bakery building, Burringbar. High set timber ceilings & walls. Inc own kitchen space, bathroom, toilet etc. Call Ted 0418245272

POSITIONS VACANT WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post ofﬁce box BANGALOW HAIRDRESSING Has a vacancy for a committed & motivated Apprentice to join their team. Phone/text 0488161619 SEEKING VOLUNTEERS to join the Community Visitors Scheme (an Australian Government Initiative). Spend just a few hours a fortnight visiting a nursing home resident who is lonely/ socially isolated & make a positive difference to their life. We offer support & training. Contact Jenny Smits 66217397 Ext 111 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

Proven MLM Performer You know if you are the one. We have a huge database, established product and loyal clients. We want to use your skills to make you and us piles of green stuff with a revolutionary health product.

EXPERIENCED P-T RECEPTIONIST for busy Byron Bay Resort. A thorough understanding of Hirum or other hotel booking system & experience with Trust Account management is essential. A Certiﬁcate of Registration a huge advantage. If you ﬁt the above criteria, please email your resume with covering letter to lorraine@byronoasis.com.au www.byronoasis.com.au

CHEF WANTED breakfast & dinner, fast paced environment, min 3yrs exp. Pan grill a must. No travellers. Ph 66857726 THE BALCONY Experienced full-time chef needed s #REATIVE ENERGETIC TEAM PLAYER professional s &AST PACED KITCHEN Email resume to supplies@balcony.com.au

LOCAL 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE Carpentry / home/ business maint + landscaping. Call Dave 0421712197

SANTOS BYRON

BREAKFAST CHEF REQUIRED Rock and Roll Coffee Co are looking for passion & professional work ethic, perm p-time. Please call 66844224 Email resume: rockandrollcoffee@gmail.com

A1 HOME HELP Mature aged woman to help with: Aged care (cooking, shopping, cleaning, personal care) $20/hour, baby-sitting $15/hour, cleaning $25/hour. Phone Susan 0427035121

ASSISTANT MANAGER F/T Grounded, proactive, mature, team player with passion for health / organics to assist manager in all aspects of shop operations. Managerial, IT & POS system experience a plus. Applications close 28th January. Send resume to: andrew@santostrading.com.au GOOD DRIVERS WANTED NOW Shifts avail for taxi, coach & hire cars. Full training provided. Min 12 month Aust Licence Required. Email: info@byronbaytaxis.com CARER reliable, strong female to assist quadriplegic man, morn 7.30-10.30am, and/or evenings 7-9pm, $26-$28/hr. 15hrs pw. Tax file number required. Ocean Shores. Phone Craig 66805750

EXP CLEANER for HOME/BUSINESS $30ph, 3hr min ABN. Ph 0423051277

INTELLIGENT LOCAL WOMAN 36, seeking full-time work in reception or similar. Exp in busy medical/health clinic admin, customer service & hospitality. Good refs. Ph 0408886856 or 66849470 ACCOUNTING? Highly experienced & aware accountant. ABN. Ph 0455823528

LOST PARROT Wilsons Creek very tame Eclectus, ﬂies free. Please call 66840458 FOUND: Bicycle track pump found at council chambers Mullumbimby. Contact Nick 0414515798

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BYRON SOUND LOUNGE rehearsals, recording & PA hire. Ph 66808938

CASUAL EXPERIENCED BARISTA/ FLOOR PERSON Approx 30 hours pw. Must be experienced, motivated, reliable & hardworking to join our friendly professional team.

Call 0419 423 638

Not a job for amateurs.

PIANO TUNER Restorer, repairer & retailer since 1981. Ph Dr Fred Cole 0412216019 or www.specialtypianos.com.au

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BASS PLAYER wanted for working duo. Older player/reliable. Phone 66803447 GUITAR TUITION Learn all styles and songwriting skills. Exp Conservatorium teacher. Phone Rob 0401519860

Local fashion brand seeking fit model. Has to be local & readily available for fittings. Applicants should approx fit within s or m sizes as follows: SMALL: Height: 168-172cm / Bust: 88cm / Underbust: 74cm / Waist: 68cm / Hip: 95cm MEDIUM: Height: 168-172cm / Bust: 95.5cm / Underbust: 81.5cm / Waist: 75.5cm / Hip: 102.5cm Payment terms negotiable. Interested applicants to email customerservice@ foundling.com.au ASAP.

Food manufacturer in Byron Bay Shire requires a highly organised person for a full time position in our warehouse. Responsibilities include: s Day-to-day running of warehouse s Receipt and dispatch of goods and organise logistics s Maintain accurate control of inventory s Purchasing of raw materials and stock s General computer skills and assist in general ofﬁce roles s Maintain cleanliness of warehouse Current forklift licence essential Knowledge of HACCP and OHS procedures would be well regarded. Please email application to: paul@byronbaysuperfoods.com

We are looking for a strong enthusiastic person to join our busy team. Duties will involve property management. The ideal candidate will have: s ! GOOD SENSE OF TIME MANAGEMENT s #OMPUTER ADMINISTRATION SKILLS s "E WELL PRESENTED s %XPLICIT ATTENTION TO DETAIL s 'REAT ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS s 7ILLINGNESS TO LEARN SELF IMPROVE ON A DAILY BASIS s #URRENT DRIVER S LICENCE s 4HIS IS A FULL TIME POSITION 0LEASE SEND ALL RESUMES TO ,* (OOKER "RUNSWICK (EADS 0O "OX "RUNSWICK (EADS .37

LOVE FILM? Got skills & free time to dedicate over the next 8 weeks? Join the Byron Bay Film Festival team www.bbff. com.au/volunteers HOME RENOVATIONS - EWINGSDALE carpenter wanted for 1-2 weeks work. Ph Anthony 0432731133 2 PEOPLE WANTED TO JOIN NEW BUSINESS 1/ Right person must have a passion for food & be skilled in all aspects of take home meals, pastries, salads and baking. Great hours, no nights, no weekends; 2/ Professional kitchen-hand food preparer 20-30 hours per week. Phone Donna 66802843

WAITER

Responsible & positive with min 5 years restaurant experience for casual shifts at Bangalow Dining. Must be ﬂexible with roster. Must be a permanent resident, no travellers, no student visas. Please email resume to eat@bangalowdining.com

Access to Work and Training Introduction to Computers This course is designed for people with limited computer experience. Learn how to create Word documents, use the internet, email and digital media software in a friendly and supportive environment.

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This brother & sister duo are playful, mischievous & gorgeous! Simone & Rodin are 8 weeks old & just 2 of the beautiful kittens that are in the shelter. If kittens are too ‘wild’ for you, then we have more mature kitties too. We have cats & kittens to suit all! To meet them, visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley St, Mullumbimby.

Where: Ballina Campus

COMPANION ANIMALS WELFARE INC.

Cost: $25 for course-related materials This is a high demand course. Preference is given to those needing to improve their computer skills for work or study.

$GRSW 0H

For more information contact Ballina TAFE Campus on 6681 8900 or visit northcoast.tafensw.edu.au northcoast.tafensw.edu.au

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Enthusiastic & hard-working with qualiﬁcations & experience for our friendly team at busy Bangalow Dining. Permanent residents only. Email resume: eat@bangalowdining.com Phone 0423454773

KATIE is a smart and active 5 month old Kelpie x. She’s a sweet and happy puppy, ready for some training.

Ballina Campus Ballina Campus is offering the following preparation courses:

EXPERIENCED CLEANER for La Vista Byron Bay. 15hrs+/wk. Must be reliable & pay attention to detail. Morning work. Car & ABN req. Immediate start. Ph 0422036770 or email: lavistabyronbay@gmail.com

10089NAT Certificate II in Skills for Work and Training This course is designed to prepare you for further training in community service work - aged care, childcare, disabilities care and youth work. Work experience is included.

FREE ACCOM in exchange for clean, gdn & mow near Uki. Suit ﬁt female, 12 hrs per wk. Email: sljstudios@yahoo.com

(16 hours per week, 15 weeks) Cost: $50 course materials charge

The Ironing Lady

$280 includes de-sexing, C5 vac and chipping. Phone 0458 461 935 or 0488 415 444.

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SAM

When: Monday-Thursday, 9.30am-2.30pm

WORK WANTED

10088NAT Certificate I in Access to Work and Training This course is designed to improve basic literacy, numeracy and computer skills in preperation for work or training.

MATURE CLEANING LADY Reliable, trustworthy & thorough, no job too big or small. Ph 0432440349

When: Tuesdays and Wednesdays,10:00am-1.00pm (6 hours week, 18 weeks) Cost: $25 course materials charge

PAINTING Lic 1960196c over 40 yrs exp. Michael 0402911623

- Both courses are exempt from TAFE NSW fee.

Window Cleaner

Classes start Monday 3 February 2014. Information session held on Tuesday 21January 2014 at10am.

20 yrs exp. Ph Tony 0429948662 DECKS, PERGOLAS all carpentry needs. Under $1100. Free quotes. 0427196962 COMPLETE GARDEN SERVICE Lawns, gardens, tip runs etc. References Tim 0405529275

PETS

Open: Tues 2.30-4.30pm, Thurs 3-5pm, Sat 10-12 noon. Call AWL 6684 4070.

When: February 4 - June 17, Tuesdays 12pm-4pm (18 weeks)

For further information please conatct Ballina Campus on 02 6681 8900 or visit northcoast.tafensw.edu.au NC4831017

We are seeking a permanent experienced Senior Sales Assistant to work in our store in a sole charge position. Senior fashion sales experience is required for this role. Now we have your attention, you can view our selection criteria by visiting the following link:

MUSIC TUITION Piano, guitar (beginners), musicianship, song writing. $30 half hour lesson in your home. Phone Susan 0427035121

10088NAT

Free pick-up & delivery in Byron area $25 per hour. Angela 0414719680

SOLE CHARGE SENIOR SALES ASSISTANT SALARY + SUPER + BONUS + DISCOUNT

On behalf of all those involved, we would like to thank Andy and Sarah of the Top Shop for their wonderful, generous, community mindedness and caring in organising and facilitating the planting of the memorial tree for Georgia Enter. Thank you

NC4831012

Warehouse Supervisor

We are seeking a breakfast wait person/cook to join our professional team. The position is casual, around 20+ hours per week. The successful applicant will be responsible for preparing and organising breakfast for guests and light restaurant cleaning duties. The position is early mornings and own transport is essential. Interested? Forward your resume to Jody Hollis at raes@wategos.com.au

FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS Cath, Mitch and Jodi xxx

GUITAR LESSONS Will come to you. 1/2 hour or 1 hour lessons. Learn any song you want. 20 yrs exp. Peter 0407968262

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TUITION

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Tuner for Planet Music, Studio 301 & SAE College. R. Barkley. 0422221116 www.reubenbarkleypianotuning.com.au

ONLY $123 “… just weighed myself and have lost 6.8kg for the month. So thanks and I’m looking forward to the next month.” D.S. “Great session – feeling it, feeling good!” J.T.

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LOST: BLUE SOUTHERN CROSS UNI USB BRACELET Lost in Byron on 6/1/14. Please call 66857421. Reward

LOST FIREWIRE SURFBOARD Timber veneer. Left on Lawson St by neurotic owner on Thurs afternoon along with rash vest & surf ﬂippers. Rewards for safe return. Call Peter 0408750666

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Sam is a 7 year old desexed male kelpie. He is a handsome boy, active, gets on well with other dogs and children and is well behaved. If you can give Sam a permanent, loving home please contact the Friends of the Pound Rehoming Centre on (07) 5524 8590 or Pam on 0421 017 461. Visit friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for a home.

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Good news and bad news. Good news is that Herbie is still available for some lucky person. Bad news is that Herbie is still waiting. Here he is, caught by surprise after his New Year party, still with a toy mouse on his head. Herbie loves to play with the kittens, but otherwise he is a slow moving, laid back fellow. Just chills through the day (whilst anxiously waiting). Very friendly and easy to please. White and ginger. All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.

Experience real SEXUAL CONNECTION Last longer, feel more Men, women & couples welcome. Phone Annette 0437966696 BEST BODY RUB ANYWHERE Byron area, Mons & Thurs only, in-calls. .O TEXTS CALL ME CARIBBEAN ISLAND VIBE MASSAGE Anastasia: ďŹ t, 26yo, chocolate beauty Women welcome. Wed - Fri 9am-6pm. 0407013347 TOUCH OF JUSTINE Luscious massage & sensual touch High quality attention Wed-Fri 10-8pm. 0407013347

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Hooked on meat: the global habit In TheConversation.com, Michael Parker looks at the impact of our hooved dinners Raising livestock accounts for the largest single land-use on Earth. Cattle, sheep and goats, pigs and poultry occupy around 30 per cent of the planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land area not covered in ice, generate 40 per cent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agricultural GDP, provide livelihoods for 1.3 billion people, and nourishment for 800 million people who would otherwise go without. Despite this massive environmental, economic and social impact on the world, it is not a thoroughly studied industry. The results of a fouryear livestock study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences compiles worldwide data that reveal the important role of livestock. While the study lays out the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s considerable greenhouse gas emissions, it also shows that demands to reduce numbers and meat consumption will come with unwanted consequences.

the environmental cost of livestock, for example the amount of grain or feed eaten by cattle, and the impact of that on direct food supply for humans. But of the 4.7 billion tonnes of feed eaten by livestock, almost half that, 2.3 billion tonnes, was grasses not fit for human consumption. This was followed by 1.3 billion tonnes of grain, and agricultural crop residues, silage, forage, and legumes make up the rest. There was substantial variation between different areas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in North America feed is largely grains, for example, while in the developing world agricultural leftovers and grasses are much more common.

Industrial scale

Industrial scale production accounts for almost all pork and poultry produced in Europe, North America and China, while in south and southeastern Asia up to three

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been researched. The study found non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from livestock in 2000 were around 2.45 gigatonnes of CO2-equivalent, mainly methane from cattle, which accounted for 77 per cent. The developing world accounts for two-thirds of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cattle emissions, and more than half of emissions from pigs and poultry. The highest regional emissions were from South Asia, Latin America, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.

Livestock numbers

The study, a joint effort by researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria, examined 28 regions, eight livestock production systems, four animal species, and three products (milk, meat and eggs). The result is the most systematic analysis to date. Lead author Mario Herrero said: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Livestock are not well represented by accurate data, so we set out to do this with the idea to provide the standardised, coherent information necessary to allow others to do more sophisticated studies.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Based on data from 2000, the world produced 59m tonnes of beef, 11m tonnes of lamb, mutton and goat, 91m tonnes of pork, and 124m tonnes of poultry, together with 586m tonnes of milk. Many studies have examined

quarters is from small scale farmers. But nutrition varied widely between different production methods, for example feedlot operations, mixed crop and livestock, or grazing systems. Depending on the region, feed and production system used, the amount of meat produced could be less than the amount of feed fed to livestock to produce it. Feeding livestock for meat was up to five times less efficient than feeding them for milk. The global picture is complex, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why finding a solution is not easy, Herrero said. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;There is no one size fits all policy. It is very hard to talk about the sector as a whole. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that people want to solve the â&#x20AC;&#x153;big problemsâ&#x20AC;?, but the solutions that will work are at the community level, entirely dependent on the local circumstances.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Greenhouse gas emissions of livestock is one area that has

Besides emissions from the animals themselves and their manure, the enormous logistics behind industrialised cattle production also adds to carbon emissions. For example, where does the feed come from? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Provenance of feed matters a lot,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Herrero said. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If the Amazon has been cut down to grow soy beans fed to cattle, the carbon dioxide emissions of the changing land use will be tremendous compared to say, grain from the plains of Canada.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Many have called for a reduction in the demand for meat and the numbers of livestock due to their associated greenhouse gas emissions. For example Tony Weis, associate professor at the University of Western Ontario and author of The Ecological Hoofprint, said that industrial cattle farming â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;has no place in a sustainable societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and that demand for meat, and the allure of meat as a marker of wealth, must be ended. But Herrero said such claims donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take into account the role livestock played in communities around the world. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Livestock are too important socially. They contribute 40 per cent of global agricultural GDP and provide a livelihood for more than a billion people,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If you limit and decrease the number of livestock, the immediate question is: what are those people going to do? The economic repercussions are huge. The easy bit is to focus on the environmental impact, but the obvious solutions have tremendous social implications.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; He added: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why analyses so far are unconvincing. We need to know what would be more sustainable levels of consumption, and how we are go-

ing to design systems that target change towards the groups weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in, mainly in the developed world, and not just hammer the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whose meat consumption should probably actually increase to ensure they have proper nutrition.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The implications of the study are that for millions of people the cattle that underpin their livelihoods could be better fed and managed much more efficiently. This would provide better use of resources, and a better rate of produce against carbon emissions. And, undoubtedly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that we have to answer tough questions over how much meat and animal produce is sustainable, culturally appropriate, and ethical in a growing and resource-hungry world.

Grasslands

But interestingly, it also highlights the vital importance of grasslands. Despite feeding more than half the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cattle, grasslands are seen as expendable when land needs to be developed, or fenced-off entirely when seen as ecosystems to be protected. In some parts of the world grasslands face serious overgrazing, while in others they are the foundation of agriculture. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Grasslands are seen as a cheap option, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;free lunchâ&#x20AC;? with no opportunity cost,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Herrero. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;But there is no free lunch, and destroying grasslands risks losing pasture, soil quality, biodiversity of birds and insects, or affecting water supply and drainage, or carbon sequestration.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; There is no one-size-fits-all policy to fall back on. While we must intensify agriculture in order to feed more mouths, Herrero says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;there are social and developmental aspects to consider; we have to ask ourselves if efficiency is the only measure we wish to useâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Q A journalist and photographer, Michael Parker has covered everything from crime to culture for British newspapers and magazines, and was formerly associate editor at The Big Issue in London before leaving to write North American travel guides. He founded an IT company specialising in Linux and open source software before entering journalism.

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Byron Shire Council Notices COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS Council administration centre Opening hours: Front counter 9.00am to 4.00pm Switchboard: 8.30am to 4.30pm

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS 6626 7000

Email council@byron.nsw.gov.au Web www.byron.nsw.gov.au Emergency after hours 6622 7022 Works Depot 6685 9300 Resident parking stickers Fax: 6684 3018 Sportsﬁeld information line 6626 7111 SES Controller 6684 3444 Rural Fire Service 6684 3662 Myocum Waste & Recycling Centre 6684 1870 BRSCC (Byron Regional Sport and Cultural Complex) 6685 5911 Community Access Points: Documents on exhibition are available for review at the Council Administration Centre (Mullumbimby), Bangalow Post Ofﬁce, Chincogan Real Estate Ocean Shores, Suffolk Beachfront Holiday Park and Brunswick Heads Library.

BRUNSWICK HEADS MEMORIAL HALL BRUNSWICK VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE More Committee members required Would you like to contribute to the betterment of our Shire by assisting with the management operations of a community facility? Council is currently calling for nominations for additional volunteer members to assist the Section 355 Committees managing either the: s Brunswick Heads Memorial Hall, Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads or s Brunswick Valley Community Centre, South Beach Road, Brunswick Heads Further information on these facilities, Guide to Operation of Section 355 Committees and recent meeting minutes can be found on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/section-355committees. To be part of either of these committees, an application for nomination must be submitted on an approved nomination form. Nomination forms and guidelines can be obtained at the Council Administration Centre, community access points and are also available on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ expressions-of-interest. Nominations close: Friday 7 February 2013 Enquiries: Jean Ellis 02 6626 7045

Community Survey for the Coastal Hazard Management Study of the Byron Bay Embayment – Have YOUR Say Byron Shire Council Requests Community Input for Coastal Management Byron Shire Council has commenced a review of the Coastal Hazard Management Options to manage the Byron Bay Embayment from Cape Byron to Tyagarah Nature Reserve, including Belongil Beach, Clarkes Beach and Main Beach. Council is interested in the views of residents and beach users, to help develop a strategic framework for future coastal management options for the Byron Bay Embayment. This survey is seeking community views about what is important about the coast. Your responses will help Council to: s understand about community objectives for coastal management; s understand what deﬁnes an acceptable management approach for the community; and s evaluate potential management responses to coastal hazards. The survey is open for anyone to complete from 16 January until 13 February 2014.

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979 The following development applications have been received by Byron Shire Council and may be viewed at the Council administration centre during ordinary ofﬁce hours. For further information on making a submission please refer to the factsheet ‘Making a submission on a development application’ available at council or on line at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ submissions-on-development-applications. There are also requirements in relation to the disclosure of political gifts and donations. Refer to Council’s website to satisfy yourself that you are complying with your disclosure obligations prior to lodging a submission www.byron.nsw.gov.au/political-donations. Please quote the development application and property description when making a submission.

EXHIBITION CLOSES 17 JANUARY 2014 10.2013.570.1 – BANGALOW 9 Station Street (Lot 1 DP 123326, Lot B DP 327228, Lot 334 DP 755695) Gordon Highlands Pty Ltd: Partial demolition of existing dwelling and garage, consolidation of three lots and construction of a two storey mixed residential and commercial building with basement car park and attic roof spaces 10.2013.587.1 – BYRON BAY 108-110 Jonson Street (Lot 6 DP 619224, Lot 7 DP 619224, Lot 8 DP 617509, Lot 9 DP 617509) Global Centres Australia Pty Ltd: Redevelopment of existing shopping centre and cinema complex to create a ground floor supermarket, first floor retail shops, two levels of basement car parking, new terrace area over the road reserve and associated access and boundary reconfiguration works

(SECTION 101 EP&A ACT 1979 AND CLAUSE 124 AND 137 EP&A REGULATIONS 2000) The following development consents and complying development certiﬁcates, together with any conditions imposed may be inspected free of charge at Council’s administration centre during ordinary ofﬁce hours. The validity of these consents cannot be questioned in any legal proceeding except those commenced in the Land and Environment Court by any person within 3 months of this notice.

APPLICATIONS APPROVED 10.2013.614.1 – BINNA BURRA 168 Binna Burra Road (Lot 4 DP 255525) Pool shelter and facilities 10.2013.533.1 – MULLUMBIMBY 14 Cudgerie Court (Lot 5 DP 792667) Construct a secondary dwelling 10.2013.446.1 – COOPERS SHOOT 301 Picadilly Hill Road (Lot 7 DP 580515) Alteration/additions to existing dwelling 10.2013.400.1 – BYRON BAY 28 Brownell Drive (Lot 9 DP 113399) Split level dwelling-house 10.2013.602.1 – MULLUMBIMBY 38 Tuckeroo Avenue (Lot 18 DP 1169053) Single storey dwelling 10.2013.496.1 – MULLUMBIMBY 39 Tuckeroo Avenue (Lot 27 DP 1169053) Two storey dwelling 10.2013.539.1 – FEDERAL 3 Roses Road (Lot 12 DP 1167314) Dwelling-house, carport, garage and studio

COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES 16.2013.85.1 – OCEAN SHORES 11 Inderwong Avenue (Lot 1089 DP 241074) Deck extension

5.1989.451.2 – BYRON BAY 32/24 Scott Street (Lot 9 DP 285748) Newton Denny Chapelle: S96 – for design modiﬁcations to cabin no 9 (nine cabins - rural tourist)

16.2013.86.1 – SUFFOLK PARK 10 Armstrong Avenue (Lot 7 DP 32324) Replace existing patio roof with new insulated and elevated roof

10.2013.155.2 – BYRON BAY 74 Centennial Circuit (Lot 73 DP 849226) Centennial Developments Pty Ltd: S96 – to change uses and ﬂoor plans of approved development (12 factory units and associated parking, stage construction and use of unit 12 as a recreational facility (gym)) 10.2013.621.1 – OCEAN SHORES 23 Orana Road (Lot 1 DP 847083) Planners North Pty Ltd: Subdivision of the land into four lots, tree removal (six trees), change in use of the existing church and hall to a dwelling house and building alteration 10.2013.600.1 – BROKEN HEAD 951 Broken Head Road (Pt 1 DP 1031848) Planners North Pty Ltd: Reconﬁguration of private educational accommodation by deletion of 10 camp sites and replacement with six accommodation units

EXHIBITION CLOSES 27 JANUARY 2014 10.2013.626.1 – EWINGSDALE 11 Ewingsdale Road (Lot 5 DP 848222 and Lot 1 DP 780234) The Farm at Byron Bay Pty Ltd: Cheese making facility and farm café 10.2013.625.1 – MULLUMBIMBY 121 Dalley Street (Lot 1 & 2 DP 588312) Chris Lonergan – Town Planner: Convert motel to mixed commercial/residential development including tree removal

Survey closes: 13 February 2014 For more information about the management of the Byron Bay coastline, please go to Council’s website, www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ byron-shire-coastline-management or contact Jill Boschman or Catherine Knight on 02 6626 7126 at Council.

10.2013.629.1 – BYRON BAY 13 Marvell Street (Lot 50 DP 864250) Alan Mitchell: Demolition and construction of a dwelling, front fence, swimming pool and use as a bed and breakfast

To complete the survey go to www.byron.nsw.gov.au.

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS DETERMINED AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES ISSUED

EXHIBITION CLOSES 20 JANUARY 2014

10.2012.613.2 – BYRON BAY 39 Fletcher Street (Lot B DP 302467) John Burgess Architects: S96 – to make layout modiﬁcations and minor external modiﬁcations (alterations and additions to existing shops and residence)

The results of the survey will be analysed and presented at a Coastal Hazard Management Study Workshop and in a brieﬁng to Council.

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The 2014 Stramit NSW Country Surf Life Saving Championships is set to kick off next Friday at the new venue of Mollymook Beach on the state’s South Coast. With close to 1200 competitors already registered to take part, the Country Championships will run from this Friday January 17 to Sunday. The championships is a unique event only open to

clubs outside metropolitan areas giving country athletes another chance to compete at the highest level to not only continue their preparation for the State and National titles, but also to help drive their club to supremacy in the junior, senior and overall point scores. The NSW Country Championships is the only event on the surf sport calendar to feature a full range of events

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Shores United Soccer Club Juniors & Seniors Calling past, present and new players to come and be a part of our exciting club. Last year was a real success and a lot of fun. Our Under 13 Junior 2nd Division side became undefeated grand final champions. Shores United look to field three senior teams in 2014. The club has gone to great lengths to secure the services of Brian Hedge, who will manage our top level first division men’s team. This year please go to our online registration for both junior and senior players. This allows players to register and pay online at www.myfootballclub.com.au. All welcome to come to an information morning on Saturday 8th February 2014 10am –12pm. Please note all registration for 2014 is online only. If you require more information please email Kim at shoresunitedfc@ffnc.net.au.

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including surfboats, as well as all age groups from U8s through to Masters, within a three-day surf carnival. President of Surf Life Saving NSW, Tony Haven, says it’s fantastic to bring such a major surf life saving event to the South Coast again. ‘We’re really excited to be bringing the Stramit NSW Country Surf Life Saving Championships to Mollymook’, he said. ‘It’s the most significant event we’ve held on the South Coast for a number of years and the perfect platform for our country athletes to reach exciting new levels of performance on the beach and in the water. ‘It is a big time of the year for the state’s surf sports athletes and with the strong support of a very proactive Shoalhaven council, Mollymook SLSC and Stramit the 2014

country champs is looking to be a fantastic showcase of our sport’, he said. Northern NSW clubs dominated the event in 2013 and with 2011, 2012 and 2013 Champions Byron Bay SLSC again fielding a strong roster including NSW State Team athletes Josh Brown and Ela Heiniger, Byron will once again be the club to beat in Mollymook. ‘Country is one of the best Carnivals of the year! I have been training really hard for Country; it’s a big achievement to go well there and a big stepping stone towards State Champs and then Aussies’, said Ela Heiniger. ‘My goals this year are to do well in the team events. The team spirit for Byron Bay is always great and all the clubs are very competitive in a good natured way. The

younger kids look up to the older kids so you want to act as a mentor and role model and do well for them as well as yourself.’ Byron SLSC coach Mitch McMullen says there will be a team of 40 children going to Mollymook who will compete in beach and water events. ‘That will be real yes and flags on the beach and in the water there will be board rescue, board relays, swimming and team events.’ Mitch feels confident that the team will do well considering they have been the overall champions for the last two Country Championships. ‘Over the past two years we have won the titles. We have been training since July and the kids are sat their peak and absolutely flying in the water. I think they will do very well.’

Mitch says the kids are excited about the trip south. ‘They enjoy the competition, friendship and working together as a team. They are busting to get out there and race.’ However this year, South Coast clubs are primed for a big showing with a number of clubs taking advantage of the close proximity of the event to field teams of all ages including Mollymook, Broulee, Moruya, Shellharbour and Warilla Barrack Point. NSW Gold Medallist, Ben Carberry, (Warilla Barrack Point) says a lot of the South Coast athletes are relishing the chance to compete on home turf. ‘The atmosphere at the Country Champs is awesome. It’s so exciting to be staying local this year and it is a chance to prove ourselves’, said Carberry.

Dan’s the man for Movember cricket Three outstanding volunteers of Australian cricket have been nominated to be guests at the Cricket NSW Volunteer Function on January 15 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which will be host to the Big Bash League game between the Sydney Sixers and Hobart Hurricanes. The North Coast Volunteer of the Year winner Daniel Raccani is one of the three. Daniel will attend a function where Cricket NSW will be able to personally thank them for their wonderful contribution to Australian cricket. One winner from each category across NSW will be announced on the night and they will be invited to the Cricket Australia Hospitality Function at the One Day International match in Sydney on Sunday January 19. Along with his Mullumbimby-Brunswick Cricket Club, Dan Racanni had the vision to launch a community-based initiative fundrais-

ing for men’s health in conjunction with the National Movember campaign. They effectively attracted teams and sponsors for a T20 tournament to be played on each Friday night in November under the newly installed lights at Lofts Oval, Brunswick Heads. Their main goals were to have loads of fun, attract new members, raise money for prostate cancer and also some much-needed financial aid for their own club. ‘This has blown up bigger than I thought’, says Daniel, who admits one of his motivations for the competitions was simply that he is a cricket tragic. ‘It will become an annual fixture now.’ Daniel works as a healer in his own business Golden Age Healings based in South Golden Beach. It was his work with people who have cancer which prompted him to raise the profile and funds for a good cause. ‘I see a lot of people with cancer’, he

says. ‘Cricket does wonderThe Brunswick Valley ful things with the Jane McCombined Sports & Rec Grath foundation but it’s a Association Inc inaugural male-dominated sport and I AGM is to be held on Tuesday thought we could tie it in with January 21 at the Brunswick cricket and Movember and Heads Sports Fields do something to raise awareClubrooms at 6pm. ness for prostate cancer.’ An invitation to attend is ‘We raised three thousand extended to all community dollars for Movember and sporting groups or another three thousand three individuals in the north hundred to help support the of the shire who want to cricket club.’ promote the recreation and Dan says the event was so sport in our area. successful that there are alEnq – Mary Ashton 66851676 ready six teams signed up for mashton4@tpg.com.au. this year’s event. Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au

News Extra Report showcases unique underwater life threatened by looming government decisions on future of marine parks and sanctuaries Unique and endangered marine life at risk from a NSW government decision to wind back important protection measures along the coast has been documented in the report Beyond the Beach: Exploring NSWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s underwater treasures. The report highlights the benefits of marine sanctuaries which allow fish and other marine life to recover and rebuild their stocks. The report combines stunning photographs, compelling stories, and facts and figures that showcase NSWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marine parks. It can be viewed at: www.saveourmarinelife. org.au/beyond. The NSW government has taken the unprecedented step of allowing fishing in critical marine sanctuaries, which are like national parks of the sea. Less than seven per cent of NSW waters are safeguarded in marine sanctuaries. The report also focuses on how important the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marine parks and sanctuaries are for tourism. Diving and whale-watching tourism are worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the NSW economy and depend on a healthy marine environment full of fish and other marine life to continue to thrive. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sanctuaries are proven to help populations of fish and marine life

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rebuild so allowing fishing in the small areas set aside as sanctuaries will work against the interests of people who fish and all of us who want to see our marine life there

for the future,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nature Conservation Council of NSW chief executive officer Pepe Clarke said. A government decision on whether to make fishing in sanctu-

ary areas permanent is now due. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This unprecedented decision removes protections at a time when the rest of Australia is increasing them. The Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Farrell government

needs to protect our marine sanctuaries which are an insurance policy for the future,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mr Clarke said. Clean up Australia chairman and founder, former Australian of the Year Ian Kiernan, AO, has written the foreword to Beyond the Beach. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It takes time for the benefits of marine parks and sanctuaries to kick in, but when they do itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bonanza for regional economies and a foundation for sustainable fishing,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mr Kiernan says. The Wilderness Society Sydney campaign manager Belinda Fairbrother said: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;NSW is home to six incredible marine parks, from Cape Byron in the north, to Batemans Bay in the south, and Lord Howe Island far out east. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;These marine parks protect precious creatures like green turtles, dolphins, colourful reef fish, weedy seadragons and many species threatened with extinction.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; NSW governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent poll found 85 per cent of NSW residents supported protecting some areas of the marine environment, even if it means recreational and commercial fishing is excluded. In Sydney support increased to 89 percent (www.environment.nsw. gov.au/community/whocares2009. htm).

The truth about Pastafarianism The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, while having existed in secrecy for hundreds of years, only came into the mainstream in May 2005. With millions, if not thousands, of devout worshippers, the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion. Some claim that the church is purely a thought experiment, satire, illustrating that Intelligent Design is not science, but rather a pseudoscience manufactured by Christians to push Creationism into public schools. These people are mistaken. The Church of FSM is real, totally legit, and backed by hard science. Anything that comes across as humour or satire is purely coincidental. Pastafarianism is a real religion. Most of us do not believe a religion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Christianity, Islam, Pastafarianiasm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; requires literal belief in order to provide spiritual enlightenment. That is, we can be part of a community without becoming indoctrinated. There are many levels of belief. By design, the only dogma allowed in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the rejection of dogma. That is, there are no strict rules and regulations, there are no rote rituals and prayers. Every member has a say in what this church is and what it becomes. However, here are some general things Image by Pastafarian Milek

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that can be said about Pastafarianism. t 1BTUBGBSJBOT CFMJFWF QJSBUFT UIF PSJHJOBM Pastafarians, were peaceful explorers and it was due to Christian misinformation that they have an image of outcast criminals today. t 1BTUBGBSJBOT BSF GPOE PG CFFS t &WFSZ 'SJEBZ JT B 3FMJHJPVT )PMJEBZ t 1BTUBGBSJBOT EP OPU UBLF UIFNTFMWFT UPP seriously. t 5IFZ FNCSBDF DPOUSBEJDUJPOT UIPVHI JO that they are hardly unique). One of the chief supporters of Pastafarianism, Bobby Henderson, notes that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;what our scientist does not realise is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We have numerous texts that describe in detail how this can be possible and the reasons why He does this. He is of course invisible and can pass through normal matter with ease. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Writing on the wall for energy-guzzling houses

The nationwide record increases in temperature in more than a century of standardised records in 2013 announced by the Bureau of Meteorology in its annual report has placed the writing on the wall for energy-guzzling homes in the long term, making passive solar design a major issue for government and industry policies on housing design. Maureen Letter from Archicentre, the housing inspection and design service of the Australian Institute of Architects, said with Australia needing to build on average 180,000 new homes per year to cope with the growing population, according to the Housing Industry Association, passive solar housing design which has been used by architects for decades is a major direct action that will become more mainstream. Ms Letter said economic as well as environmental factors will drive and increase the demand for passive solar design as as temperatures continue to rise and energy prices continue to soar impacting the budgets of Australian families. ‘This not about new products, or five- or six-star ratings; it is about recognising and encouraging the principles of good design combined with environmental excellence and

governance. ‘The key to year-round comfort is passive solar design which carefully combines materials, methods, building form and the sun’s natural energy to help keep the house cool in summer and warm in winter. ‘The rising costs of energy and water means Green Design has now turned into a substantial money-making investment and a lifestyle trend. ‘This trend is often used by real estate agents to promote the home’s sustainability with the rainwater tank or bank of solar panels as a major advantage when homes are sold. ‘Investors and home owners recognise that being able to design a sustainable home will save them thousands of dollars in the future and also add extra value to the home when it is sold with the value going up as energy and water prices continue to rise.’ Ms Letter said that airconditioning, one of the most expensive appliances to run in the home and business during Australia’s hot summers, and the prime driver of peak demand on days of extreme heat, can be sidelined to a great extent with sustainable design. ‘The main problem today is that mass-produced homes with performance based around star ratings to get a

Contents insurance The type of cover you choose will affect the premium you pay. Some policies cover you for defined events (eg burglary and fire) while others cover you for any accidental event. Others give you only limited cover if you take an item (eg a laptop) outside your home. There are two main types of contents insurance: policies that cover the value of your stuff and policies that replace your stuff with new items eg ‘new for old’.

‘New for old’ policies tend to be more expensive. Work out what type of cover you want and weigh up the costs. You can save money on contents insurance by choosing a higher excess. For example, if you could pay the first $1,000 of any loss, the insurance premium will be cheaper. Most home contents polices ask you to declare ‘collections’ separately. A collection can be DVDs, stamps or anything else

permit do not necessarily maximise design elements of passive solar design, relying heavily on the use of expensive energy to maintain comfortable temperatures as the siting of each home needs to be individually assessed.’

Basic Design Elements for Passive Solar Design t Materials with a high thermal mass, like stone, brick or rammed earth, take a long time to heat up and a long time to cool down. Walls with a high thermal mass should be shaded to minimise a heat load in summer. t Glass is a very poor insulator. In an energy-efficient design think about the size, location, glazing type and window coverings like verandahs, canopies or planting deciduous trees. t *OTVMBUJPO JT QBSBNPVOU to the energy-wise home experience. Lining the roof/ ceiling, walls and floor can reduce heat loss in winter and heatgain in summer. Other important factors include: locating windows away from the western sun, and in some areas, the eastern sun. Closing curtains and angling blinds to reflect intense heat off the windows during summer helps keep the home cooler. t Cross-ventilation is an important design factor, and entails providing at least

– ask your insurer what can be identified. If you don’t declare your collections, then you may not be able to claim the full amount of your loss if your CDs or DVDs get stolen or damaged. Most insurers provide limited cover for valuables such as jewellery. You may need extra cover to adequately insure all your valuables. Don’t be tempted to add fictitious items to your list of lost or damaged goods. If you get caught, there could be serious legal implications.

two carefully placed and treated openings in every room. Louvres can direct the air flow towards the occupant of the room. High level windows can allow unpleasant hot air to escape, resulting in the drawing in of cool air. Reversible ceiling fans are great in summer and winter. In winter they push the warmed air down to where you are sitting. In summer they disperse the air around the room. Archicentre has further information available on green living sustainable homes at http://www.archicentre.com. au/green-living/sustainablehomes.

New home sales post strong November result

New home sales posted healthy growth in November 2013, according to the Housing Industry Association. ‘New home sales grew by 7.5 per cent in November last year, the fastest monthly growth rate since January 2010, to reach a two and a half year high,’ said HIA chief economist, Dr Harley Dale. ‘The upward momentum evident in new home sales since the closing stages of 2012 continued late last year – that is a good sign for residential construction activity in 2014. ‘We need to see upward momentum in these leading Tell your insurer of any indicators continue throughout damage or loss immediately. 2014. For new home sales the This can often be done by first milestone to look out for phone. Sometimes you will will be sales once again reaching be asked to complete a claim the volumes experienced in the form. first half of 2011. Tell the truth. Include as ‘Over the three months to many details as possible of November 2013 the volume of the incident, even if they are personally embarrassing. Keep detached house sales increased and provide all documents in all five surveyed states, supporting your claim. while the downward trend Cooperate with your insurer evident in multi-unit sales has and the people they employ to now reversed due to strong help assess the claim, such as monthly outcomes in both investigators. September and November of – From moneysmart.gov.au last year.’

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In the latest HIA New Home Sales report, a survey of Australia’s largest volume builders, the healthy 7.5 per cent increase in total seasonally adjusted new home sales was driven by a 30.5 per cent jump in multi-units together with a 3.6 per cent lift in detached house sales. In the month of November 2013 private detached house sales increased by 19.1 per cent in South Australia and were up by 8.1 per cent in New South Wales and 16.0 per cent in Queensland. Detached house sales fell in November last year in Victoria (-2.3 per cent) and Western Australia (-5.0 per cent). Over the three months to November 2013, detached house sales increased in all five surveyed states, as was the case in the October 2013 ‘quarter’. The largest increase over the three months to November 2013 was in South Australia (+26.8 per cent), followed by Queensland (+8.7 per cent), Victoria (+2.4 per cent), and Western Australia (+2.1 per cent). New South Wales sneaked over the line with quarterly growth of 0.1 per cent.

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Gunnebah Retreat Centre ~ A home, a business, a lifestyle 15 minute drive to Murwillumbah Commercial retreat kitchen with vegetable garden Beautiful 5 bedroom mud brick home on 6 fertile acres Spacious hall Intimate venue for retreats & workshops Resort-style pool Profitable business with repeat clients Lush sub-tropical gardens Price on application. Mud brick retreat accommodation and cabins for 24 plus ample space Call Owner – Marlena on 0404 486 712. for camping www.gunnebah.com.au/retreatcentreforsale

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Absolute Beachfront Byron On Tallow Beach this 2 bedroom Currently with a $50k income approx beach cottage is the most affordable with potential to improve increase beachfront property in the area. Fully with renovation. furnished and in good condition, Price $695,000. Set on approx. 800m² in a tranquil, leafy Call Ben 0426 841140 or email setting this is the way Byron used to be. ben09@mac.com $695,000 Rare opportunity and won’t last long.

43 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay. Innovatively designed architectural three bedroom home Perfectly placed on the block for privacy Designed for entertaining and lifestyle Capturing the essence of Byron

INSPECT TODAY! Auction 10am onsite Saturday February 15. Michele Jackson 0407 906 301.

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186 St Helena Road, McLeods Shoot

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This sensational property is located on the high side along the ridgeline of St Helena and is situated on 24 acres. Designed to enjoy our beautiful sunrises with the kitchen, living, dining rooms all facing north, opening out onto large verandahs, overlooking the in ground pool. The separate formal lounge is luxurious in size also enjoying ocean views from the front and rural views behind. The kitchen is spacious and well appointed with timber benches, granite bench tops, a large 6 burner Smeg oven and Miele dishwasher. The master bedroom is also generous in size with a spa in the ensuite, perfect for relaxation, and a large walk in robe. There are 4 more bedrooms in the eastern wing, plus a large rumpus room, great for a teenagers retreat. There is ample storage throughout the home. The 2 bedroom studio is quite separate and makes for fantastic guest accommodation. There is a large 3 Bay workshop area also with storage. Suitable for a variety of lifestyles form the large extended family or those wishing for a Bed and Breakfast.(STCA). Inspection: By Appointment. Contact: Sharon McInnes 0408 659 649 – sharon@byronbayfn.com.

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R H Byron Bay 6685 6588 Price

PRICED TO SELL $480,000

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Janis Perkins 0438 841 122 janis.perkins@rh.com.au

56-60 Fig Tree Hill Drive, Lennox Head RARE ONE ACRE – ELEVATED OCEAN VIEW VACANT LAND This vacant 4,203m2 parcel of tiered land is set high above the seaside village of Lennox Head and enjoys an impressive 70m street frontage. Build your dream home and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, great restaurants, sidewalk cafes, shops and water activities this coastal town has to oﬀer.

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Suffolk Park 4/26 Beech Drive

Sale $450,000

Represents a fantastic opportunity to buy into a family-friendly, tightly held complex of only 7. Well-suited to astute property investors and owner occupiers alike. Close proximity to Suffolk Park shops and Tallow Beach. s s s s

Central kitchen servicing individual living/lounge and dining rooms 3 upper bedrooms with BIRs, balcony off main bedroom Main bathroom plus 2 separate toilet suites Secure off-street parking with alternate use potential

Inspect Sat 12.00pmâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;12.30pm Ben Ross 0403 411 788 ben.ross@raywhite.com

rwbyronbay.com property ID 1073522 02 6685 6222

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Byron Bay 93 Bangalow Road

Sale $775,000

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Myocum 813 Myocum Road

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Nestled in a picturesque rural setting, lies this exciting and rare opportunity to purchase a tastefully renovated country style farmhouse, embraced by four acres of well manicured farm land and rolling hills. s s s s

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Byron Bay 3/8 Lawson Street

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Ben Ross 0403 411 788 ben.ross@raywhite.com

rwbyronbay.com property ID 1057423 02 6685 6222

Myocum 21 Fig Tree Lane

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Byron Bay 3/55 Centennial Circuit

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Floor space 170sqm (approx): 110sqm downstairs & 60sqm upstairs Full bathroom, kitchenette and laundry occupying the lower level Spa bath & built-in-robe a bonus to mezzanine level Multiple storage spaces throughout plus hidden workshop Ready for own use or perfect investment

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Sat 15th Feb 11.00am On Site Guide $340,000â&#x20AC;&#x201D;$390,000 Inspect Sat 11.30am-12.00pm Brett Connable 0408 155 931 brett.connable@raywhite.com rwbyronbay.com property ID 1078997 02 6685 6222

Original 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Whalerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cottage

Byron Bay 76 Butler Street

Sale $1.395M

A successful guesthouse/B&B, situated on a quiet street so close to the town centre and Main Beach, yet discreetly hidden in a beautiful tropical setting. A 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cottage now cleverly refurbished ZLWK DQ $VLDQ LQĂ&#x153;XHQFH ZKLOH UHWDLQLQJ LWV RULJLQDO SHULRG IHDWXUHV

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rwbyronbay.com property ID 899810 02 6685 6222

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AUCTION

Magical estate minutes to Mullum must be sold. Realistic Executor open to offers prior to auction. Enjoy private sunset swims in the pool with a view and relax in the beautiful Balinese inspired Cabana with hot outdoor shower and Sauna room. Â&#x2021; KHFWDUHV PLQXWH GULYH WR 0XOOXPELPE\ Â&#x2021; 1HZ NLWFKHQ WLPEHU IORRUV WLPEHU GHFNV Â&#x2021; 5DLQZDWHU WDQNV ERUH ZDWHU IRU JDUGHQ DQG SRRO Â&#x2021; :HOO HVWDEOLVKHG JDUGHQV DQG OXVK SDVWXUHV

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59 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby

6684 2615

Inspect: Saturday 11.15am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12noon Address: 464 Main Arm Road, Main Arm Auction: 10am Saturday 25 January Contact: Fiona Crandell 0400 418 886 ďŹ ona@promullum.com.au

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OPEN FOR INSPECTIONS BANGALOW REAL ESTATE & BYRON HINTERLAND PROPERTIES

RAY WHITE BYRON BAY

17 Colin Street, Bangalow. Sat 10-10.30am 8 Coachwood Court, Federal. Sat 11am-12pm 732 Koonorigan Road, Koonorigan. Sat 12-1pm

813 Myocum Road, Myocum. Sat 10-10.45am 93 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am 3/55 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay. Sat 11.30am-12pm 4/26 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 12-12.30pm

ELDERS BANGALOW

SCOTT HARVEY REAL ESTATE, BROOKLET

18 Koranba Court, Coorabell. Sat 12-12.30pm

595 Dalwood Road, Rous Mill. Sat 12-12.30pm 107 Cowlong Road, Mcleans Ridges. Sat 11-11.30am 5 Wean Way, Federal. Sat 11am-12pm

ELDERS NEW BRIGHTON / OCEAN SHORES 63 Helen Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 10-10.45am 22 Larelar Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 11-11.45am 1/14 Helen St, South Golden Beach. Sat 11am-12pm

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AUCTIONS BANGALOW REAL ESTATE & BYRON HINTERLAND PROPERTIES

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Auction 10am onsite Saturday February 15 43 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay

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Auction 2pm onsite Saturday January 2 52 Fig Tree Lane, Myocum

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PROFESSIONALS BRUNSWICK HEADS

Auction 11am onsite Saturday February 8 813 Myocum Road, Myocum. Auction 11am onsite Saturday February 15 3/55 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay. Auction 9am onsite Saturday March 1 14 Brooklet Road, Newrybar

47 Broadway Street, Burringbar Sat 11-11.45am

SCOTT HARVEY REAL ESTATE, BROOKLET

PROFESSIONALS BYRON BAY 43 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay. Thu & Sat 10-11am

RAINE&HORNE BYRON BAY 52 Fig Tree Lane, Myocum. Thu 6-7pm & Sat 2-3pm

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PROFESSIONALS BYRON BAY

LJ HOOKER BRUNSWICK HEADS

1/60 Lawson Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am 5/9 Sunrise Boulevard, Byron Bay. Sat 12-12.30am 26 Beachcomber Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am

South Golden Beach. $749,000. 3brm, pool, luxury beach house South Golden Beach. $475,000. 2/3 brm, 2 bathroom, 200m to beach South Golden Beach. $445,000. 4 brm, 1 bathroom, air-con throughout, easy walk to beach South Golden Beach. Auction Feb 8. 3brm, 1 bath, 1 garage, great potential

Auction February 8 63 Helen Street, South Golden Beach

Auction 2pm onsite February 22 112 Bangalow Road, Nashua

LJ HOOKER BYRON BAY

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16 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 10-10.30am 5/1 Orara Court, Byron Bay. Sat 10-10.30am 19 Ivory Curl Place, Bangalow. Sat 11-11.30am 21 Kalemajere Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 11-11.30am 39 Kingsley Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am 162 Alcorn Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 12-12.30pm 4/146 Old Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Sat 12-12.30pm 17/64 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.30pm 90 McGettigans Lane, Ewingsdale. Sat 1-1.30pm 103 Federal Drive, Federal. Sat 3-3.30pm 30/24 Scott Street, Byron Bay. Mon 1-1.30pm 7 Shara Bvd, North Ocean Shores. Sat 10-10.30am 38 Peter Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 11-11.30am 39 Helen Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 12-12.30pm

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Auction 11am on site Saturday February 1 107 Cowlong Road, McLeans Ridges Auction on site Saturday February 1 5 Wean Way, Federal

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Backlash Sunday January 19 and at The Byron All Shorts Film Festival in Bangalow on Saturday January 25. Find out more at http://flickerfest.com.au/ tour/byron-bay. Q Q Q Q

Alex Moore of deathandtaxesmag.com reports that 2013 was a big year for religious inclusion in America, what with Eddie Castillo being allowed to wear a pasta strainer on his head in his driver’s licence photo as part of the ‘traditional garb’ of the Pastafarian religion. But 2014 is shaping up to be even bigger with Pomfret’s newly elected town council member and Pastafarian minister Christopher Schaeffer sworn into office while wearing the hallowed strainer. If you’ve never heard of Pastafarianism, be sure to visit the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster at venganza.org.

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Amalgamation of Byron into a larger council structure is on the cards, according to a report from the Local Government Review Panel. The report is called Revitalising Local Government, something the state government could have done years ago if it had wanted to properly fund councils. The question of amalgamation pops up every few years. Residents are not certain to get better services through amalgamation and it is possible to share resources across councils already. You can download the report from www.localgovernmentreview.nsw.gov.au. Q Q Q Q

Popular comedian and The Project host Charlie Pickering has made a well-written stand in mamamia.com. au for women brutalised by their male partners. As Charlie notes, ‘A woman dies every week at the hands of her partner’ in Australia and yet this doesn’t cause as much out-

rage as a shark attack. Read it at http://bit.ly/dvcharlie. Q Q Q Q

The Visigoths are inside the citadel and are wrecking the joint. The latest is that the state government is thinking of abolishing marine sanctuaries (see page 45). So where do you get your breeding stock for keen anglers after all the sanctuaries are gone? (Note: it was chiefly pissed-off Roman historians who gave Visigoths a bad reputation after the Germanic tribe sacked Rome in 410. Unlike the Liberals, however, the Visigoths were a culturally rich people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Visigoths). Q Q Q Q

That radical protest group Knitting Nannas, who have held their needles high in the battle against fracking, now star in a documentary by Rani Brown. Knitting Nannas will screen as part of Flickerfest International Film Festival at Bondi Beach on

If you struggle with overeating, are female and over the age of 18, then you may be interested to know that Carmel Harrison from the Australian National University would like you complete a 30-minute anonymous survey at http://bit.ly/ anucarmel. Carmel’s phone number and email address are there if you want to know more. ‘Results of the study will contribute to the treatment of eating disorder,’ says Carmel. As a bonus, participants go in a draw to win one of three $100 gift vouchers.

‘There are about 2,500 species of cicadas in the world, and around 220 species in Australia alone. Male cicadas can reach sound volumes of up to 120 decibels. Cicadas are considered a great food source. They were eaten in ancient Greece, as well as China, Malaysia, Burma, South America, and the Congo, and methods for preparation include skewering, deep frying and stir frying.’ Barbecue, anyone?

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