Byron Shire Echo – Issue 29.29 – 30/12/2014

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Mungo dons the apron for the Abbottoir – p8

Big plans for Nimbin Museum site – p5

Parental alienation and the courts – p6

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Alleged Rebels bikie kingpin nabbed Three men, including the alleged leader of the Ballina Rebels bikie gang, have been remanded in custody until their court appearances for drugs and gun charges.

Last Tuesday, a police investigation dubbed Operation Badim made dawn raids and arrested seven people in 10 locations across the north coast, including properties in Ballina, Evans Head, Goonellabah, Jacky Bulbin Flat, Grafton and Forster.

The alleged leader of the Ballina

chapter, David Keane, appeared in Lismore Local Court last week charged with dealing ice and speed from a house in Grant Street, Ballina.

Bail was refused and Keane will appear in court again in February.

Lyndon Scott, 28, of Jacky Bulbin Flat, who is facing drugs and firearms charges, has also had bail refused and will also face court again in February.

Gavin McElroy, 46, of Evans Head, was refused bail to reappear in December.

Roads under gridlock Rural Fire Service firefighter (Tweed Coast), Kory Masters, during the backburning operation aimed at protecting houses at the end of Victoria Ave, Pottsville on Saturday. Photo Jeff Dawson Eve Jeffery

Smoke could be seen as far south as Byron Bay on Christmas Day as around 300 acres of bushland near Pottsville burned to the ground.

One firefighter told The Echo that the fire, which started at around 2pm, was a deliberately lit.

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Back burning Though there was never immediate danger, fire crews back burned from Thursday evening until 3am on Boxing Day then again from 9am for another 18 hours. ‘A good asset protection zone of about ten metres helped’, said Eglington.

Mark said he was impressed with the number of volunteers from Cudgen, Bilambil, Tweed Coast, Burringbar, Mullumbimby, Main Arm, Byron Bay and Wilsons Creek, who attended the incident.

‘I was quite surprised as it was Christmas Day’, he said.

‘It was a good turn up. The troops all got out when they were asked and did a really good job.’

Traffic over the Christmas/New Year break is notorious for causing headaches, and this year is no exception.

The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) Transport Management Centre sent out pre-Christmas warnings saying that major roads across NSW will experience a dramatic increase in traffic volumes.

The northern rivers, and in particular Woodburn and Ewingsdale, were the focus of traffic warnings.

‘Roads heading north out of Sydney are expected to be significantly busier than usual between Friday December 19 and January 5, 2015’, said a Transport Management Centre spokesperson.

‘Heavy traffic on the Pacific Highway is expected at this time of year and all roadworks have been suspended over the break.’

Media alerts were sent out on the hour between 11.45am and 4.45pm warning of up to seven-kilometre queues that added up to 50 minutes to southbound journeys.

Park and Ride In Byron Bay, drivers heading east along Ewingsdale Road are experiencing long delays with vehicles regularly backed up to, and beyond, Ozigo. Locals and visitors are urged to make use of the Park and Ride from the Byron Regional Sport and Cultural Complex on Ewingsdale Road and park all day for $5 per car.

Drivers are reminded that there is no parking in Shirley Street during this period.

To help combat congestion Council is implementing Special Event Parking (SEP) Area for Byron Bay from 29 Dec to January 4 which limits local-precinct parking to two hours for non-SEP permit holders.

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About 14 vehicles and up to 35 fire crew were in attendance over a two-day period.

Group captain of the Rural Fire Service, Mark Eglington, says that wet weather helped in a sticky situation. ‘The fire was in peat country [but] the rain helped put it out. It was a godsend.’

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Recently Council, along with the business chamber, encouraged the public to be involved in how to improve the town’s CBD. An interactive map at www.byronbayourplan.com. au was recently launched and contains suggestions by the public, and consultants McGregor Coxall are tasked

by Council with providing a report, which is expected around September 2015.

And with mayor Simon Richardson claiming that over 700 ideas have already been submitted, The Echo features here extensive concept plans from local retired town planner and architect, John Sparks.

Entitled Reclaiming The Spirit Of Byron, Mr Sparks says, ‘This study assesses the potential of a vision for Byron Bay town centre to encompass its natural surrounds and enhance the open environment to be an integral part of the town.

‘This includes the potential to be self-sufficient by generating energy, recycling water, reusing waste and producing food in a sustainable zero-carbon town.’

While obviously ambitious, Sparks believes his proposal is not only feasible but ‘makes good economic sense to those who choose to be part of our community and sets a significant example for others.’

‘For a small population of about 10,000 people to cater for 1,400,000 visitors each year is no small task, and we can only do this by reclaiming our community and reinforc-

A vision for Crown land east of the town; retired planner/architect John Sparks has submitted a detailed vision for Byron Bay.

ing the assets we have, because if we lose the uniqueness of Byron, we lose the reason for visitors to come and we will finish up like all other mundane towns that come and go.

He says the basis for the plan is defined by four open spaces: the Butler Street Reserve, Railway Park, Main Beach and Crown land behind the courthouse and Sandhills childcare centre.

Beach park The suggestion by Mr Sparks is to relocate the swimming pool near the beachfront to behind the courts and Sandhills daycare centre and instead use that space for parking.

The cafes and restaurant would remain, while a large amphitheatre and stage would be opposite in Apex Park.

The top end of Jonson Street would also be closed to traffic, but one-way traffic

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Railway Park Mr Sparks suggests creating carparks on the Butler Street side to accommodate a loss of parking around Railway Park, which could be created into more open spaces.

Walkways would connect the town’s CBD, while a substantial transit centre could exist, along with a dedicated one-way Butler Street bus bypass, around the Railway carpark.

An art gallery is proposed for the area tucked in next to the post office on Byron Street.

Butler Street A Byron Bay skate park and pop-up stage could be built around the existing toilet at the Butler Street Reserve, according to Mr

Sparks. Also he suggests that a large pond in rehabilitated wetlands built west of the market space could provide grey water for the town.

Additionally new bikeway paths could connect to existing trails towards Belongil Creek.

Library to Tallow Crown land behind the courts and Sandhills daycare centre could provide the most opportunity for enhanced town development, according to Mr Sparks’s plans.

Bike trails winding through rehabilitated wetlands could run past to three large ponds connected to a water treatment centre. Another community centre, more parking and a visitor info centre is suggested. Additionally, community gardens and a permaculture market garden could be located around the southern end, near the Byron Recreation Ground.

Metgasco announces merger Chris Dobney

Junior gas explorer Metgasco (MEL) has announced to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) that it plans to merge with fellow ASX small-cap miner Elk Petroleum (ELK).

Elk is currently exploring oil reserves in the Rocky Mountains of the US and is in the process of building the Grieve oil pipeline in the American state of Wyoming.

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would head straight up the middle of the existing carpark adjacent to Jonson Street.

The company has suffered a massive drop in its share price as a result of tumbling world oil prices. Elk shares, which were trading at $1.30 as recently as May this year, are now down to 40 cents.

Metgasco shares rose from 40 cents to

50 cents on the news.

Metgasco’s shareholders will own 77 per cent of the merged company with Elk shareholders taking the remaining 23 per cent.

NSW activity delayed In the short term, the merged company will focus on bringing its US resources into production while it awaits the outcome of the suspension of its northern rivers exploration licence and a further government decision on its Casino production licence.

According to the statement, ‘Metgasco considers that significant NSW field activity has the potential to be further delayed until a stable regulatory framework is demonstrated and investment confidence has returned.’

Metgasco CEO Peter Henderson told ABC radio last week, ‘We’re keeping our interests in the northern rivers region.’

‘We’ve spent a lot of money developing gas resources there… it’s a question of timing. By taking this action with Elk, it actually improves our chances of developing the gas resources in NSW,’ he added.

Metgasco made national headlines in March 2014 after protesters halted planned exploration drilling on a private property at Bentley, just outside Lismore.

While Metgasco, mainstream media and some politicians attempted to frame them as a ‘rent a crowd’, The Echo interviewed local farmers and residents who were involved in the blockade.

The property is believed to be owned by a prominent National Party member.

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Local News Starlight Festival director hands over the reigns After 18 years of staging the Starlight Festival, director and founder Raym Richards has passed the event on to the next generation.

Raym’s daughter, Rosie Richards, says she will continue to create a special and sacred space which brings locals and tourists together and which ‘offers a truly Byron Bay experience’.

‘I am so excited to be taking this already wonderful local event into a new era of awakening,’ says new director Rosie.

Some highlights for 2015 will include a new sacred space teepee for meditation, yoga and shamanic journeys.

Speakers and workshop facilitators include well-known psychic medium Jason Mc Donald, as well as spiritual leaders Meli O’Brien, Paul Hoogendyk, Delamay Devi and Lou Van Stone.

The festival will be held January 8 to 11 at the Bangalow A&I Hall.

Following circus dreams

end of year Seventeen-year-old performance troupe member Fara Jouir is the latest success story to emerge from Circus Arts Byron Bay. Photo Jeff Dawson

Local young woman Fara Jouir has just been accepted to study at the prestigious National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Melbourne.

Spurred on by her years of performing with the Circus Arts Byron Bay Performance Troupe, Fara says she was hungry to explore her craft even further and applied for the Certificate III at NICA, which commences in 2015.

Our Amazon Treasure screens at Byron’s Lone Goat Gallery A new film featuring stunning footage of the Ecuadorian Amazon will be screening at the Lone Goat Gallery, next to the Byron Bay Library, over January 2–14.

Local filmmaker Brigid Prain has just returned from the adventure and says she wants everyone to be aware of the potential destruction by planned oil drilling in one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet.

She says, ‘I realise we have our own ecological disasters to avert locally, but as a native to planet Earth, I feel that awareness about the Amazon is very

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important for our future.

‘It is scientifically known that the Amazon contributes about 20 per cent of oxygen to our atmosphere, and that about 16 per cent of all the world’s river water flows through the Amazon delta.

‘Being among the animals of the jungle made me determined to do what I can to ensure their survival.’

As a volunteer at the Tiputini Biodiversity Research Station, she says her main task was to film the animals of the jungle and spread awareness that the Amazon is on the brink of disaster.

Living and studying in Melbourne with 15 other likeminded circus students, Fara says she’s excited to be following her circus dreams.

Celebrating the oddities ‘Circus, in my mind, is a hybrid of the best things in life: entertainment, art and travel,’ she says. ‘It celebrates

the oddities, the mysterious and many aspects of being a human. It doesn’t shy away from the weird and the strange or disregard fragility.

‘Some of the most inspiring pieces that I have seen have explored the fragile and the fleeting, the relationships people form between each other, objects, space and time.’

For more visit www.circusarts.com.au.

Shoppers duped on freerange eggs: Choice The term ‘free range’ needs a national definition to stop egg producers duping shoppers at supermarkets, consumer and animal welfare groups say.

The call comes as the consumer watchdog clamps down on the sector; it launched court action last week against Darling Downs Fresh Eggs in QLD and NSW

companies Derodi and Holland Farms.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleges the companies have misused the term ‘free range’. Consumer group Choice backed the ACCC probe, but said a national definition was needed.

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Local News Ballina Shire Council has voted to remove the eastern road at Lake Ainsworth to create more public open space, and improve the health of the lake.

Often referred to as ‘the jewel in the crown of Ballina shire’, the lake has become increasingly popular with locals and tourists. But that popularity has resulted in traffic, safety and health issues.

Greens councillor Jeff Johnson, supported by Cr Ken Johnson, moved the motion to close the eastern road, arguing it was a key measure to improve health and safety.

Councillors had heard that if the council’s own guidelines were applied, swimming should be avoided during and for up to three days following rainfall, then the lake would only have been safe for swimming on 98 days of this year.

Shop Local campaign’s final draw Mullum’s Shop Local campaign has wrapped for the year, and the town’s chamber of commerce has thanked the community and local businesses for participating.

Secretary Obi McDonaldSaint said, ‘More than 5,000 entries were received from local shoppers, and by all accounts the campaign was well received and a great success.

$3k in vouchers ‘We would like to thank The Echo, our partner in the campaign, for putting up the $3,000 worth of Shop Local vouchers and for being amazing with organising the publicity and administration of the campaign. We look forward to an even bigger campaign next year.’

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Big plans for Nimbin Museum site Darren Coyne

A Melbourne doctor and a local restaurateur have purchased the fire-charred site that once housed the Nimbin Museum and associated shops.

Dr Simon Rose and his business partner David Piesse recently acquired the land from Sydney businessman Richard Andary and say they want the Nimbin community fully involved in the site’s redevelopment.

Dr Rose, a drug and alcohol specialist, told The Echo, ‘We are wanting to do something that works for the community and the owners of the adjacent land (which housed the Rainbow Café)’.

‘In stage one, we are hoping to replace the shops at the front and maybe add a couple down the side of the walkway.

‘In stage two we are hoping to join with the Tuntable

Falls community (owners of the Rainbow Café site) to create a communal market space with affordable stalls,’ he said.

At the rear of the shops, the new owners are hoping to establish an Indigenous garden, along with an entertainment area with tables and chairs.

Dr Rose says that he would be meeting with a representative of the Tuntable Falls community to discuss a joint venture.

‘They have an architect in Melbourne and we’re going to talk about a joint vision and the direction we are going in,’ he said.

Dr Rose said he and Mr Piesse were hoping to have an overall plan developed by the end of February, ‘depending on how it goes with Tuntable Falls’.

He said the third stage of their redevelopment plans would involve providing

some backpacker accommodation on the site.

‘It all depends on the (Lismore City) council but we’re very comfortable with doing it slowly,’ he said.

New owners Dr Rose is no stranger to the northern rivers region – he has a ‘hobby farm’ at Mullumbimby and purchased the store at Federal a few years ago, which is being run by his daughter. He also set up Victoria’s first heroin clinic and organised the World Stoned Chess Championship in recent years at the annual Mardi Grass gathering, winning the title two years ago.

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Tales of parental alienation and a collapsing legal system not recognise parental alienation, despite it gaining in popularity in the US and the UK. Sadly for Sam, he was unable to see his boy for nearly three years, until last weekend.

Hans Lovejoy

Imagine your relationship has broken down, and there are kids. It’s an all too common occurrence, and if you are lucky to have a reasonable ex-partner, an amicable resolution can be reached.

But those who are not so lucky may find themselves taken to the Federal Circuit Court by an ex-partner, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Adding to that, court cases can drag on for years and inflict a negative and damaging experience on everyone, especially children.

But the courts are under immense pressure; currently the waiting period for a resolution is around two years.

And in all likelihood this will increase.

According to Fairfax last November, there will be up to a three-year wait on family law cases soon, owing to ‘drastic underfunding’ of the Federal Circuit Court and a mass exodus of retiring judges.

And with around 12 of the circuit court’s 65 judges set to retire over the next 12 months, the man responsible, attorney-general George Brandis, has yet to act.

A spokesman for senator Brandis told Fairfax on November 6, 2014 that he, ‘would not rush appointments of judges.’ He said, ‘In the current economic climate all areas of government, including the courts, must look for ways to work more efficiently and effectively.’

Sam’s case Since 2007, Sam (not his real name), has an ongoing court case against his expartner involving their son, Adam (not his real name).

At the time, the boy was four years old.

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‘He’s now 11,’ says Sam. ‘She took the child with her when we separated, but the courts gave us 50/50 custody for 12 months. It was the best year – we would go fishing, surfing and motorbike riding.

Sexual abuse allegations ‘Of school age, I had him slightly less time. But then accusations of physical abuse began to surface. Then, much to my horror, it turned to sexual abuse allegations.’

Sam believes it was vindictive behaviour of the expartner, born from the relationship breakdown.

‘Apart from losing my son, being labelled a paedophile was the most traumatic experience in my life,’ he said.

‘I had unbelievable nightmares and for two years I stopped associating with children.’

Upon child-abuse accusations being reported, he says a number of responses by government departments are enacted; however, generally a Joint Investigation Response Team (JIRT) is called in to question the accused.

Sam says he was subjected to intense questioning under lights in the back of a police station.

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there were detectives either side, a glass screen, camera and audio equipment… I was interrogated for nearly two hours. I believe they were going through their process but convinced I was innocent. They said to me, “If we didn’t believe your story we wouldn’t have let you leave.”’

It took a long time – 16 months – to be completely exonerated from all allegations, including sexual, by the court, he says.

Additionally, Sam says in a family court there are no consequences for perjury, which is lying under oath or on an affidavit.

But from the horrific experience, he says the support of friends and community helped him survive the ordeal, and he’s even grown from it. He says that once he understood the characteristics of someone who perpetuates parental alienation, it gave him the tools to be able to understand and seek appropriate help.

Alienation Dynamics So what is it? Parental Alienation Dynamics is the premise that one parent falsely accuses the other of abuse and indoctrinates the child into believing that abuse took place. It’s a concept that has been made

popular by clinical psychologist Dr Craig Childress.

It’s the child’s behaviour that need to be observed, says Dr Childress. Unnecessary levels of anxiety or fear of the alienated parent can be a sign.

While it is expected that a child who has been abused may exhibit some level of fear, Dr Childress argues a child’s natural response is to seek a normal relationship and not always be in total terror.

Narcissist According to Dr Childress, parents who indoctrinate children into alienation are linked to narcissist borderline pathogenic parenting.

The symptoms include: grandiosity, entitlement, absence of empathy, haughty, arrogant behaviour and delusional belief systems.

This baviour can also be described as sociopathic.

The feature of the narcissistic personality, says Dr Childress, is a complete disregard for court orders and the parental rights of the other parent following the divorce.

‘The narcissist parents believe themselves exempt from the rules that govern other people, so the court orders simply do not apply to them.’

Sam says that while such information has been of great comfort, Australian courts do

‘I saw him very briefly,’ he said. ‘It was a horrible, heartbreaking experience.’

They met at a government-run contact centre, he says, where parents meet their children in a supervised environment. It takes months to get an appointment, owing to congestion, he says.

‘Adam wouldn’t come near me. I tried to engage in conversation, but he showed no interest.

‘He appeared deeply saddened and there were dark rings under his eyes.’

Sam added that he feels the child’s innocence has been robbed and saw, ‘a massive change in the child’.

He says he doesn’t even know where his son lives.

Sophie’s case Like Sam, Sophie’s experience was similar (not her real name). She was accused by her ex-husband of potentially abusing her two children and was then drawn into a legal battle. After a mutual friend connected both Sophie and Sam, they have since struck up a strong connection and haven given each other much support.

Sophie said, ‘After two days’ notice, I found myself in court and lost my kids instantly. Being self-represented was a tough learning curve.’

‘I had to prove what was said was wrong,’ she said. ‘I was guilty until proven innocent.’

She says the ex-husband employed a formidable legal team, which would have cost $100,000.

And while the case took

13 months to be decided, she says the outcome was very unusual. ‘Legal Aid, and everyone I spoke to, was surprised that I had to have supervised contact with my children until they were 18!’

Interestingly, Sophie claims she had no history of abuse or criminal record.

‘The worse I had were a few speeding fines’.

But the result was devastating, she says, and after a year and half of the contact centre, she stopped seeing her children as it became too overwhelming.

‘It was too upsetting for the kids and me. We were all unhappy; it’s not a place to have any meaningful relationship.

I couldn’t given them Christmas presents unless they were unwrapped by staff the week before and checked.

‘I couldn’t even take photos. Even in the contact centre mandate, it states it is for high-risk offenders.’

To see her children again, Sophie says she had to find grounds to reopen the case, as well as meeting criteria.

‘I went down the appeal process, with help from Legal Aid, but they said I was wasting my time.’

Regardless, she did apply.

‘Some of the paper work was filled in wrongly and it fell outside the due date… I had to prove a change of my circumstances, and did.’

New evidence Importantly, she said she presented new evidence that put her ex-husband’s case in doubt. And thankfully, before it went to court again, an amicable decision was reached.

‘Healing the relationship is much better than going through the courts,’ she said.

‘I saw my kids again in 2013 and this is our first Christmas together in years.’

Simon (not his real name) told The Echo ignore court orders as there is no conse‘She alleged I was violent, but at the he was accused by his ex-partner of quence. My ex-partner is a hostile aggres- AVO hearing I had over 30 referees – inabusing their daughter when she was sive parent,’ he says. ‘She doesn’t comply cluding people with Orders of Australia. two, something he absolutely denies. with any court orders, and in the months Remarkably, the magistrate dismissed The girl is now five and he is still it takes to get a hearing, I don’t get see my them all and said, “That’s all very well, locked in a legal battle with but we can all have one perhis ex-partner to gain visita- Suicide remains the leading cause of death for both males and fe- sona in private and another tion access. males aged between 15 and 44, says Lifeline. Sadly, men account for in public.”’ On the positive ‘I saw my daughter just three out of every five deaths by suicide. CEO Jane Hayden said in side, Simon says he has deover a year ago in a contact March 2014 that her organisation had answered a record number of cided to go to uni and study centre,’ he said. ‘She turned calls. She supported a change.org campaign to pressure the prime law and psychology. her back at me and started minister for more funding as they are unable to answer every call.

‘I intend to get my screaming. She said she daughter into a healthy If you need help, please persist with Lifeline on 13 11 14. wanted her mother and said environment.

“I don’t like you”.’ daughter and the parental alienation is ‘Although it’s most likely I will get my Simon says discovering Parental Al- strengthened. Every offer of mediation degree before I get my daughter back.’ ienation Dynamics (see above) was a great or counselling has been refused.’

For those affected by parental alienahelp in coming to terms with his situation.

He says an AVO was also taken tion, Simon suggests joining the Parental ‘The first person to claim abuse wins,’ against him, something which has taken Alienation Australia & New Zealand Fasays Simon. ‘They get the child and can a long time to remove. cebook group.

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Vale tireless community worker Mere (Ra) Ferguson Mere Rawinia (Ra) Ferguson died peacefully on Christmas Day, in the loving arms of her daughters Adele, Rangimarie, her son Te Poro and her grandchildren Ray, Andrew, Kasey, Savannah and Jet. Mere Rawinia was born in Rotorua, New Zealand on May 24, 1950 in a puddle in the middle of the road, at the Te Arawa Marae (tribal meeting house) named Twakeheimoa.

So it goes without saying she was affectionately known as ‘Puddles’ in Aotearoa.

After moving to Australia when she was 22 years of age with her first husband, she settled in Mount Isa in QLD, where she had her daughters, and then her son in her second marriage.

Mere Rawinia and her husbands owned businesses such as carpet cleaning, a squash centre and a convenience store. She excelled as an A-grade sportswoman, in ten-pin bowling, squash, indoor cricket and softball.

As an unwavering supporter of Rugby Union, she was famously known for loudly barracking ‘Go the All Blacks’ around the towns she lived in.

Mere Rawinia moved to Mullumbimby 15 years ago

Mullum local and well-known community worker, Mere Rawinia, died last week

and has been a tireless community service worker in the town. She provided court support for women subjected to domestic violence; provided emergency relief out of the Mullumbimby Community Centre; and she was a reliable and qualified community

spirituality counsellor.

She was always willing to lend an ear, give advice with a smile and a laugh, all with a flower in her hair, which was swiftly picked from everyone’s front yards each morning.

Many children within the community adopted Mere

But Tyagarah beach and Cape Byron sanctuary zones still open for fishing The government announced Friday that fishing bans in marine sanctuaries around the state –which were abandoned last year – are to be reintroduced.

But, in an olive branch to the recreational fishing lobby, the government will continue to allow fishing in a limited number of areas that are especially popular with recreational anglers.

One of those is East Cape Byron and another is off the beach at Tyagarah Nature Reserve. Both areas lie within the highly fragile Cape Byron Marine Park zone.

Local conservationist Dailan Pugh has welcomed the government’s decision to restore protection to 58 per cent of Cape Byron’s sanctuary zones, while deploring what he described as, ‘the major reduction in coastal sanctuaries down to less than three per cent of NSW’s coastline’.

The government’s decision came just weeks after a con-

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Rawinia as their nan, and she also adopted a variety of rescued animals such as a rabbit, dog and many cats.

She had a great passion for saving whales, orangutans and tigers.

gress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Sydney committed to increasing areas under protection to 30 per cent.

Eight years’ protection Mr Pugh said it was ‘great to see protection restored to Belongil, Wategos, Broken Head and the Moat. It is a shame that eight years’ worth of protection benefits were undone owing to National Party ideology. It will take a long time to undo the damage that was done.

‘The ocean coastline of the Cape Byron Marine Park is 40km. This decision reduces the proportion of the coast included in sanctuary zones down from 24 per cent (9.6km ) to 14 per cent (5.6km). These reduced sanctuary zones represent less than three per cent of the 200km of coast north from the Solitary Islands Marine Park to the Queensland border,’ Mr Pugh said.

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‘This decision leaves the Tyagarah beach and Cape Byron sanctuary zones open for fishing. Tyagarah beach was protected as the least-fished sample of a long and wide sandy ocean beach where natural processes could be restored. We need some of our beaches protected from fishing,’ he added.

‘The Cape Byron section encompasses some 400m of cliffs from the easterly point to the lighthouse; surely it is madness to encourage anybody to fish there.’

The sanctuary zones in the Cape Byron Marine Park have been protected since 2005.

The amnesty on fishing in these areas will be maintained while the government rezones these sites into ‘habitat protection zones’.

‘In an act of political bastardry in March 2013, the National Party announced that, without any assessment of the consequences, shore-based fishing would be allowed in all of NSW’s sanctuary zones,’ Mr Pugh said.

Her family would like to warmly invite the community to join them for the Tangi celebration of Mere Rawinia Ferguson’s life on Saturday January 3 at Durrumbul Hall.

Located on the corner of Main Arm Road and Coopers Lane, Main Arm, it will be from 11.30am and the service will start at 12pm.

Please bring a cushion, flowers, a plate to share for a community feast and wear colourful clothing. A donation box will go towards Mere Rawinia’s favourite charities: Australian Kidney Foundation, Save The Tigers, Save The Orang-utans and the Mullumbimby Cat Centre.

To help with the day please call Sarah-Jane on 0410 836 562 With light and love, Adele, Rangimarie and her grandchildren.

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In the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: ‘The purpose of life after all is to live it. To taste experience of the utmost. To reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.’

A woman who was close to our hearts left this life on December 20, 2014. Wendy Lovejoy was a woman who spoke her mind and loved completely. When faced with loss, we doubt and question life. But ultimately, death brings crucial perspective.

Life is too short to hold your tongue. Tell the people who inspire you and tell the people you love, and don’t be afraid to tell someone they are giving you the shits. This is how we learn not to give other people the shits, and it’s one of life’s most valuable lessons.

Take and give every hug you can get; you never know when the next one may come.

Time is a non-spatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession. And it’s precious. Don’t waste it perpetuating relationships that don’t honour you. Who are the people who make you feel crap about yourself? Break up with them. Instead, how would you spend the best day of your life?

Do it now. And consider, if you had a lifeboat and could only fit ten people in, who would they be? Maybe it’s the last time you’ll ever see them… what are the last sentiments you would share with them? Is it to hug each other tight? Would it be love and laughter? How about being true to yourself? We all have to live our lives, be who we are and, of course, be true to ourselves!

‘Love each other. Love the planet, and love yourself.’ – Wendy Lovejoy.

Disclaimer: this editorial was written by old Echo riff-raff kids (now grown up, a little) while reflecting over a bottle of wine (or two). Olive Andrews and Cristel Simmonds Ransome

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by Ian Rogers Play at Byron Services Club, Mon 7pm For the second time in three years, underdog Iran has entered the last day of the World Youth Olympiad in the lead, only to falter with the finish line in sight.

In Gyor, Hungary, Iran had done most of the hard work, beating the previously undefeated Russian team in a key seventh round match-up, and Iran needed only a minimal victory over Hungary to take home gold.

However, the home team triumphed, allowing both India and Russia to overtake Iran, with the Indians taking home their second consecutive U/16 Olympiad title.

In most sports an U/16 event might not deserve much attention, but with so many teen professionals in the chess world, the Youth Olympiad is as strong as an Australian Championship.

India saw two of its players confirm Grandmaster titles from the Olympiad, with 15-year-old Aravindh Chithambaran securing the title after 13 hectic months from his ‘discovery’ dur-

ing the world title match in his home town of Chennai in 2013.

Australia’s par result was as good as could be expected given that top board Ari Dale was tied up at the London Classic during the first part of the Olympiad, and Anton Smirnov and Karl Zelesco were both competing in the GM group of the Australian Masters held simultaneously with the Youth Olympiad.

However, the team did pick up three brilliancy prizes in Gyor, including the following game.

Gyor 2014 White: A Isakzhanov Black: Z Loh Opening: French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7!?

A system popularised by Australia’s John Kellner.

4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.0-0 g5! 9.g4?! h5 10.h3 hxg4 11.hxg4 Qb6! 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bc2?

13.Nb3 was necessary.

13...Qc7! 14.Re1 b6 15.b4 Desperation, but on 15.Nb3, Ne4! 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Rxe4 Bb7 is strong.

15...Nd7 16.Ba4 Bb7 17.Nb3 d4!!

Now the long diagonal threats become overwhelming.

18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Nbxd4 Qxc3 20.Be3 Nxe5!

21.Kf1 Nxf3 22.Nxf3 Qc4+ 23.Qe2 Bxf3!

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ust for a fleeting moment, it appeared that the spirit of peace and good will had peeped through the gloomy façade of the Abbott government.

The Christmas Eve headline on page five of The Australian read: Soft focus order of the day as PM presents new lineup.

True, it was only a puff piece about the swearing in (at?) the reshuffled ministry. But perhaps there was glimpse, just a glimpse of hope.

But alas, no: it turned out to be the same old Ebenezer Scrooge, unashamed and unrepentant. The adjacent headline read: ‘Anger at festive welfare axe falls’, a rather more substantial yarn about hundreds of millions of dollars being stripped from community groups as a result of budget cuts cynically scheduled for the silly season, where it was presumably hoped they would not be noticed.

The toughest measures were aimed at the growing army of the homeless: no room at the inn for those leaners.

The newly minted minister for Social Security, Scott Morrison, defended the slashing saying the funding (or lack of it) ‘supports the areas of greatest need’ – perhaps tax avoidance for the multinationals was what he had in mind.

Morrison had already sent out his yuletide message: he would be focused on outcomes, spin for the mantra: the end justifies the means.

And he was determined to ensure that the welfare system was sustainable, meaning he would chop the bejesus out of it.

His only positive note was that he regarded the National Disability Insurance Scheme as his holy grail – at the least he had the tact to use the im-

agery of Easter rather than Christmas. This was of course the equally fervent goal of Julia Gillard, when it was immediately derided by Abbott and his minions as an unaffordable fantasy, no more than a thought bubble.

Morrison apparently regards it as a sustainable reality, but only if existing programs can be cut from the existing social welfare budget to accommodate it.

Rebranding, ten out of ten.

Net benefit, nil. A bit like the entire overhyped reshuffle, really. There can be no doubt

ed cliche that the budget is in trouble and it was all Labor’s fault. The remedy – a fresh remedy – has to include a fix which is dramatic, equitable and above plausible.

Tinkering with the senate cross-benchers is not the answer: the so-called reforms to the universities are highly dubious, and the GP co-payment, whatever it is called, is not only electoral poison but is frankly silly.

And fudging the allocations of the GST, while it may appease some of the cantankerous states, will only infuriate the

Despite all the bravado and bluster, history reveals that our prime minister is actually a cautious soul, disinclined to shirtfront the rich and powerful

by Mungo MacCallum that the team of 2015 has the potential to be more attractive than its predecessor, at least at the margins.

David Johnston is gone, but then, until he imploded, few people realised that he was there in the first place.

At least Sussan Ley will be noticed, although her challenge will be to forge an identity as someone more than just the other woman in cabinet.

And Josh Frydenberg can and must be a convincing voice in Treasury matters: the gaffe-prone Joe Hockey is no longer credible and Matthias Cormann, while persistent and coherent, remains forbidding.

But it isn’t just the medium, it is the message, and Tony Abbott will still have to give the spruikers something to convince the public that he has more than rhetoric to say to them. It is not enough to endlessly reiterate the now outdat-

others, and it any case will have little to do with punters’ already itching hip-pocket nerves.

On the expenditure side, all the big-ticket items are in the welfare sector and they will hurt the middle-income masses on which survival in the polls depends.

They can be sold, but only if there is a balance: the wealthy must suffer too.

Hitting the aforesaid multinationals is a start, as is the obvious solution to removing some of the other perks of the greedy and affluent, notably superannuation concessions.

But it will take more than that – given the traumas of the last eight months, the voters will want to hear the fat cats howl.

Hence the next budget will be crucial. If it is seen as a reprise of 2014 – second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse

– then the government, and more particularly Tony Abbott, who is now teetering perilously close to the point of no return, will be in real, perhaps even terminal, trouble.

Logic dictates it is time for decisiveness and even daring; but we are unlikely to get either from Tony Abbott.

Despite all the bravado and bluster, history reveals that our prime minister is actually a cautious soul, disinclined to shirtfront the rich and powerful – and if there is to be in any doubt, a quick glance at the polls will confirm that he does not need to make any more political enemies.

Moreover, as he has already tacitly admitted, his government caught in an irreconcilable contradiction.

On the one hand he needs to pursue the message of an economy left in a parlous state, requiring firmness and austerity, but on the other he has to encourage a return to consumer confidence because if we don’t keep spending we may slide into a recession.

Don sackcloth and ashes, and then splurge like buggery.

The public will remain both sceptical and confused, rather like the back bench and, one suspects, not a few of the ministers.

What seems inevitable is that 2015 is unlikely to be any better than 2014: basically grim. The only real question is just who ends up bearing the cost. It may be Abbott himself and it may be the government as a whole. But one way or another we are all going to cop at least a bit of collateral damage.

So happy New Year – or should that really be: Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot…

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Letters Ornament cheer I love Christmas. Though I wouldn’t call myself religious, I celebrate Christmas as a time for giving and receiving – and not just presents, but also love, peace and gratitude.

I’ve noticed that recently the streets of both Mullumbimby and Byron Bay have no street decorations that have given smiles and fun to so many, young and old, over the years.

And I was just wondering why? Why have you chosen to not put up decorations this year? It seems that this year there are fewer delighted smiles and excited children. Has everyone’s Christmas spirit been spirited away?

Even I as a twelve-yearold see how less merry people seem in Mullumbimby and Byron Bay this year. Where’s the Christmas cheer?

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Please put Christmas decorations up next year!

Cheer up, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Rhiannon Bray-Narai Coorabell

Candidate status I am interested to know whether your correspondent Matt Hartley (who describes himself as ‘State Candidate’) has been officially endorsed

by Pauline Hanson for the March election.

It is interesting that Matt thinks that muttering platitudes such as ‘I will never criticise a religion’ entitles him to then go and do precisely that.

Being anti-Islam would seem to be a pretty thin policy platform, Matt.

Dave Lisle Mullumbimby

Siege questions No matter how much the Liberals and the Nationals lie and deceive, the following facts cannot be erased: (1) Howard let Man Haron Monis into the country, and (2) the O’Farrell/Baird government was responsible for the bail laws that enabled him to roam free and conduct his evil.

Nothing can be said or done to absolve this incom-

Go down fighting to the last sleeper There seems to be a fight over the old train corridor here on the northern rivers that has clouded everyone’s mind and has allowed our NSW government to just sit back and do nothing.

Instead of fighting over an 1890s designed corridor that will not fulfill our public transport requirements we should as a group of 300,000 constituents ask for a new corridor that will give our children the best possible transport solution.

The people who lived here

in the late 1800s lobbied hard for a train; surely we can do the same? But don’t just ask for a second-rate slow and winding train on the old corridor, strive to give future generations the best world class train system. Think 50 or 100 years ahead and not what you personally want now.

There is already TOOT, NRRAG and the Greens working hard to give us the second-rate train system but I wish they would work to give us a first-class and world-

petent lot from the blame.

They have scored political points out of it and the ‘gullible electorate’ have fallen for it, if you take any notice of the polls. God, please help us, as this is the stage that we have reached.

Bruce Apps Townsend

tive positive technologies abound. One cannot avoid becoming educated to the negative effects of outdated dangerous technologies. In other words ignorance is no defence against stark negative social/environmental factors.

The rule of law exists to remedy continued practice of such wilful acts.

Thus we currently learn of the Mr Fluffy case whereby many hundreds of people have been affected by the asbestos that was wilfully used in the erection of homes. continued on next page

Take class action!

No person(s) should remotely tolerate the poisoning and demise of the environment or contribute to the demise of living species.

In this post-modern world the benefits of modern science and opera-

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class public transport train system here on the Northern Rivers. We deserve it.

Don’t give us and future generations a second-rate train system. Talk and act boldly by lobbying for a new train line following the existing transport study guidelines, ie a new corridor from Tweed Heads to Ballina and on to Lismore/Casino.

TOOT, NRRAG and the Greens will then get street cred by giving us the best instead of the worst train system in NSW.

If the government can spend billions on a new highway corridor through our region then surely they can do the same for a public transport solution with trains.

The by-product of a new corridor will also give us the world’s best rail trail.

Conclusion: we shouldn’t be fighting for leftovers between ourselves; we should be fighting the NSW government for a sweet juicy new train system.

Geoff Bensley Byron Bay

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Walking south down Jonson St takes you away from the beach to the calmer southern end where the locals shop and hang out. There is plenty of parking on the street, in the carpark between Palace Cinemas and Woolworths and behind the shops. From here you can explore some of Byron’s best loved, locally owned businesses.

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This was despite a limp government duty-of-care warning that was lost in the ether. This has resulted in many despairing people facing homelessness as their houses are torn down and children facing the potential possibility of facing an early death owing to the inhalation of these lung-destroying particles.

These social factors are the legacy of the paradigm that espoused ‘You can’t beat Progress’. A maxim just so last century.

Thus it is that the ‘Progress Model’ relives in the heart of Byron when faced with large investment.

Against this background we witness the potential demise of Byron’s social/environmental existence.

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Alarm bells did ring in the community when the Greens mayor was waxing lyrical about the mooted Disney-type diesel train that will relieve Byron’s traffic problems. No mention was given to the hazards of flora and fauna let alone acknowledgement of the dire effects of diesel particles on living systems.

Selective ignorance has become the new social disease. Its genesis is based upon wilful ignorance. In many modern countries this ideology would not stand up in the legal system.

Nor should it be tolerated in Australia.

If you want proof visit the emergency rooms of any hospital and witness the gasping of asthmatic children and adults. Newtown outlawed diesel vehicles over a decade ago. This educative process was aided by the presence of David Suzuki and many hard-working activists.

In civil society citizens have a legal right to exercise duty of care. Indeed, it is now imperative that they educate investors and politicians in the region of this fact. Wilful negative practices abound as developers and politicians annihilate

NO Towers Near Our Schools A Phone Tower is Proposed to Be Built at Player Pde. Ocean Shores The Public School and Pre-school are within 500m Sign the petition to Council at: www.change.org/p/ocean-shores-tower There are other options for the location of this tower.

Let's not put our community at unnecessary risk Worldwide research has documented adverse effects from exposure to telecommunication microwave radiation.

Thousands of peer-reviewed research papers now confirm a wide range of biological and psychological disorders attributable to electromagnetic radiation.

Leading scientists, politicians and health agencies are calling for a far more precautionary approach to human exposure, and for official safety standards to be significantly upgraded.

In the UK in 1999, analysis conducted for The Sunday Times by Professor Gordon Stewart, one of Britain's leading epidemiologists, revealed a significant increase in the risk of cancers, including leukaemia, associated with mobile phone masts.

Surveys of the population found high incidences of cancer, brain haemorrhages and high blood pressure within a radius of 400 yards of mobile phone towers.

One study, in Warwickshire, showed a cluster of 31 cancers around a single street. A quarter of the 30 staff at a special school within sight of the 90ft high mast have developed tumours since the year 2000, while another quarter have suffered significant health problems.

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habitat, waterways and soil.

This can be remedied by citizens immediately mobilising for a class action against these malpractices.

Alternatively, one can begin to expect the sanitisation of such profound scientific discourses and facts, eg ‘These diesel particles totally evaporate before accessing the environment.’ … ‘Modern asbestos will be good for development as the sharp particles have been filed back… and they will create cheaper houses’ … or ‘It is now possible to drink Round Up [that was stockpiled in the US] as the poison has been taken out of it!’ Thus spake Dr Death from the US two decades ago in Byron.

Let’s take the high moral

ground and advance factual precedents in the rule of law.

Remedy? Mobilise for class action.

Jo Faith Newtown

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Our Amazon Treasure This film by Brigid Mary Prain will be shown January 2–14 at Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay. The Ecuadorian Amazon is a living jewel presently under threat from a Chinese oil drill proposal.

Contact Brigid Prain 0411 804 271.

Falls noise levels You can sound-check Falls.

Did you know that you can easily measure the noise levels coming from the Falls Festival over New Years?

There is an app available from the App Store on your iPhone that costs less than $5 and it is very accurate (Androids fail here). Just type in ‘decibel meter’ and scroll down about 12 other meters until you come to ‘SPLnFFT Noise Meter’. This meter came out tops in a scientific study published in a peer-reviewed journal (Kar-

Op shop Uniting Church Op Shop, Dalley Street, Mullumbimby, open each Saturday 8am–noon.

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Looking for photos (or memorabilia to photograph) of war-bride-related material for a new exhibition at the Ex-Services Club Mullumbimby in April 2015.

Also material related to war horses that were part of WWI. Please email Debby at mullumww1@gmail.com.

Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 423 431 or 0401 945 671 – 30 meetings a week in the shire. www.aa.org.au

Bangalow Museum Bangalow Museum and Tea Room will be closed over the Christmas period and will reopen on Tuesday 6 January with a limited Tea Room service throughout January.

Repair Cafe Mullumbimby’s Repair Cafe is closed for a break, reopening on January 31, 9am– 12noon. Volunteers will be there to help you fix things that might otherwise end up in the tip, or to advise how it might be done.

Breast Cancer Support Bookings for our AquaFeldenkrais Wellbeing Program starting February 24 now open. Margie 6685 4873 for all enquiries.

Free study groups The Northern Rivers Anthroposophical Society offers four ongoing free study groups on the teachings

Family Drug Support Are you concerned about the alcohol or drug use of someone close to you?

Support meetings every Tuesday 7–9pm Byron Bay, upstairs at 75 Jonson Street (stairs beside Westpac bank).

Phone Jane 0410 494 933.

End-of-life choices To learn what your options are when making end-of-life choices, come to the meetings held quarterly. Phone Elaine for more details 0421 796 713.

Toastmasters Byron Cavanbah Toastmasters practise public speaking and leadership skills in a supportive environment 1st and 3rd Mondays 6.15pm, St Finbarr’s school. www. byrontoastmasters.org.

MullumMagic Toastmasters meet 2nd, 4th and 5th Mondays at 7pm, Presbyterian Church Hall in Mullum.

Call Robyn for more info: 6685 1836.

Narcotics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become

netdaily.net.au dous & Shaw, 2014. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America). They tested numerous app meters against expensive sound monitoring equipment.

As novices we will be within about five decibels, but the meter is accurate within 2dB. After downloading, practise by writing down sound levels before Falls starts, and then take comparative levels during the event (write them down). Then ring the Festival Hotline (6680 4049) with your complaint and tell, and show, the sound experts that come out what you have done. The Hotline records every complaint and their response. (Also email your notes to us at conos.nsw@ gmail.com – thanks.) continued on page 11 a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. For information and meetings: 6680 7280.

Lions meeting Lions Club of Brunswick– Mullumbimby meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Ocean Shores Country Club at 7pm. Phone 0417 019 343 for more information or write to PO Box 12, Mullumbimby 2482.

Bangalow CWA Bangalow CWA is happy to invite anyone who is interested in learning how to knit, crochet or embroider to join us on Wednesdays from 9am till 2pm or the second Monday evening of every month from 5pm till 7pm. Rooms 6687 0617 or Di Campbell 6685 4694.

CWA Far North Coast Market Day for fundraising on January 3 at the Evans Heads Community Centre Room from 9am. Stalls, cakes, plants, jewellery, toys for kids, clothing, bags and much more. Don’t forget to have a cup of tea and relax.

Info secretary 6665 3146 or president 0429 813 760.

Co-dependents Anonymous Co-dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a worldwide network of groups of men and women learning how to develop and maintain healthy and fulfilling relationships.

For more information, and meetings in your area, visit www.codependentsanonymous.org.au or phone 9281 3330.

Please note: This section is intended for the benefit of non-profit community groups, not for invitations to free events to be followed up by paid workshops.

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Keeping up the quality of information Barbara Stewart’s letter (Weed management is complex, December 16) begs a response.

1. Urban use. A French study (Botta F et al 2009) showed that the contamination of the Orge basin by glyphosate was essentially from urban origin – it is likely to be the same here so control of urban and roadway use is of paramount importance. We didn’t really need a ‘trial’ of steam weeding as it is in use in an increasing number of public areas both in Australia and overseas. For those concerned about public health, steam weeding looks like it is on track for Byron Shire.

Additionally full costing has never been done for herbicide use.

2. Rural roadsides. Unfortunately it is not the case that herbicides are successful on all weeds.

For instance, spraying of Jumpseed at Huonbrook recently was photographically recorded within weeks as ineffective.

3. I was surprised that Barbara’s analysis of the science behind public concern re herbicide use resorted to a sweeping and misleading generalisation: ‘Read about “predatory open access publishing” in Wikipedia and refer to lists of pseudoscientific, pseudo-peer-reviewed journals’.

If she had researched further she would have noted that Open Access Journals like Plos One and Entropy are listed in the ‘white list’ compiled by the Directory

of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) which lists open access journals defined as ‘scientific and scholarly journals that meet high quality standards by exercising peer review or editorial quality control’.

In addition, open access journals like these are also members of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which oversees journal standards. Several major publishers (including Elsevier, Wiley–Blackwell, Springer) are also members.

Open access journals have the advantage of being easily accessed, free for readers, and with rapid publication. They are ideal for publishing research which indicates environmental or health problems which should be acted on rapidly, if only by repeating the research for verification.

Plos One and Entropy are amongst other peer-reviewed journals which have carried articles about herbicide (and glyphosate in particular) effects on human and environmental health, weed resistance, long-term effects in soil etc. For instance, the paper by Samsel and Seneff in Entropy identified the effect of glyphosate on the animal gut microbiome which makes understandable health impacts through multiple metabolic disturbances.

Despite enormous support from mainstream media, Elsevier itself lost some scientific credibility when it retracted a study by Dr

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trying to reduce the number of complaints by being ambiguous.

R Whitling CONOS Inc

By the way, the flyer that the Falls developers delivered to every household says that the approved hours of operation are up to 2am on three of the nights. Not entirely accurate. They have consent only up to midnight each night for the MAIN STAGES. After that, only the smaller bars/cafes and dance floor can go until 2am. People more cynical than us might think that they are

G Seralini, which found gross mammary tumours and shorter lives in rats from Roundup herbicide and Roundup-tolerant GM maize.

In its retraction, the journal admitted there were no grounds for retraction. The retraction followed the appointment of ex-Monsanto employee Richard Goodman to the newly created post of associate editor for biotechnology at Food and Chemical Toxicology. Elsevier has also retracted another study finding potentially harmful effects from GMOs. However, they have failed to retract a paper published

by Monsanto ‘scientists’ in the same journal in 2004,

for which a gross error has been identified.

Other independent scientists have also been scurrilously targeted by the agribusiness corporates; their arms have a long reach. We have become used to the co-option of ‘science’ in universities and bureaucracies by these massive corporations through our experience with CSG and other mining ventures. With the TransPacificPartnership being secretly developed, which will give corporations even more control, it is up to us to be more vigilant and investigative and not just believe the corporate advertising.

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The state of perpetual war Christmas elves greet the dawn Kevin Carson

A nation-state’s sovereignty has always rested on its sole right to define the legitimacy of both use of violence within its boundaries and the exercise of violence against other nation-states. Under the so-called Westphalian system, which evolved in the seventeenth century after the Treaty of Westphalia, whatever their differences in actual military power, states regarded each other as equal sovereigns, with equal claims to territorial integrity and equal rights to conduct war, subject to common standards of legitimacy under international law.

This has been superseded by empire. The hegemon has the sole right to define legitimate state violence within the world system. It becomes, in effect, a super-state, exercising the same sovereign rights in the world-system as a whole that ordinary nation-states exercise internally. Hence the American national security establishment defining as a ‘threat’ the credible ability to successfully resist American attack, and ‘ag-

gression’ as refusal to obey the hegemon’s orders.

The hegemon, as sovereign of the world-system, upholds a global system of power in exactly the same way national governments uphold their domestic systems of power.

You’ve heard our major parties explain why nowadays we’re always running off to war. Here’s the anarchist view.

War, for the hegemon, is a police activity. Wars in the Westphalian system were limited to specific theatres of operations and specific timespans, directed against defined nation-states, and ended by treaty when their finite objectives were met.

But the Hegemon’s military action is no extraordinary state of affairs that punctuates periods of peace; it is the normal, ‘peacetime’ state of activity. Like the

operation of police forces within the nation-state, the empire’s military actions are continuous and omnipresent acts by which the system is constituted and maintained. War is the normal global state of affairs, just as ‘law enforcement’ is the domestic norm.

The blurring between military and police action is exemplified by several things: militarisation of domestic police forces through SWAT teams; erosion of constraints on the use of the regular military for domestic law enforcement; and the use of drone warfare for constant police action in which foreign nationals are killed in large numbers on the territories of formerly sovereign nation-states, with which the US is formally at peace, with or without their governments’ permission.

The passage of the National Defense Authorisation Act in the USA is especially troubling in this regard. It formalises the redefinition of US territory as a permanent theatre – the ‘Homeland’ Command – in a global war, with American citizens subject to indefinite

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detention without charge just like foreign nationals in a foreign theatre of operations. Like Italy in the Roman Empire, America is becoming just another province among many of a global empire. Martial law is implemented retail as an ordinary instrument of policy under bureaucratic caesarism rather than as an abrupt and dramatic act File-sharers and hackers are increasingly classified as ‘terrorists’ – the likely next shoe to drop being their assassination as ‘enemies’ without due process – as the state imports military crowd-control technologies for police repression of domestic protestors.

The sovereignty of foreign states is increasingly conditional, with the hegemon revoking the sovereignty of ‘failed states’ and conferring it again after a process of ‘nation-building.’

Like the American federal system in the Civil War and Reconstruction, the global system is reconstituting

from one of equal sovereigns into one in which sovereignty is conferred by a central hegemon. We’ve seen this in Somalia, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya – Syria is probably next.

If Iceland becomes an information haven for WikiLeaks servers, or Spain and Greece move to the left, we may see American drones and special forces enforcing an American version of the Brezhnev Doctrine (no state, once having embraced neoliberalism, may secede from the empire).

War is no longer an extraordinary use of force between states, but the basis of the internal politics of the global order. As Emmanuel Goldstein put it, ‘War is Peace.’

If there’s a single takeaway from all this, it’s the nature of the system of power the imperial hegemon enforces. However much the hegemon differs from ordinary states, like them it monopolises power on behalf of an economic ruling

class. The hegemon, like the Westphalian nation-state, is the executive committee of the ruling class. The state is an instrument of organised violence for enforcing political means to wealth: political appropriation of vacant land, enforcement of artificial scarcities and artificial property rights, and restraint of competition in the interest of concentrated economic power.

The hegemon enforces a world economic order associated with the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, GATT, and the G8. And it does so in order that a few hundred global corporations can strip-mine the planet’s resources and turn its population into sweatshop workers. Whatever the high-minded talk of peace and freedom coming from the hegemon’s imperial functionaries, the reality is slavery.

Kevin Carson is an anarchist whose work is available online.

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Who’s the biggest bastard of them all?

The year has seen the usual criminal behaviour from big corporations. With the imminent TransPacificPartnership things could get worse. Here’s a selection of infamy.

Chevron has pumped over 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the Ecuadorian rainforest and won’t pay for the cleanup.

Nestlé, notorious for using child slave labour to make chocolate, also steals the water from third-world villages and sells it for profit.

PepsiCo is wiping out Sumatran orangutans by destroying their habitat with giant palm oil plantations.

Bayer prefers profits to pollination and is challenging laws protecting bees from their pesticides.

Monsanto sues states that try to enact GMO labelling and terrorises farmers who save seeds.

Amazon uses shell com-

panies to avoid paying taxes, drives small companies out of business and harasses its employees.

Which of these demonic entities earns the title of Most Evil Corporation of 2014?

You can cast a vote at www. sumofus.org.

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Burleigh Boardriders’ 18th Single Fin Festival Burleigh Boardriders once again will be bringing back the laidback times of the 1970s, with the 18th annual Burleigh Boardriders Single Fin Festival from 9 to 11 January.

This year will be a special year for the Single Fin Classic, as it is also Burleigh Boardriders’ 50th year as a boardriders club; their first event was held in 1965, the Single Fin Classic a bit like Burleigh Boardriders’ fun little grommet!

Friday will see the Charity Luncheon at Burleigh Bears Leagues Club, while the Saturday and Sunday action turns to Burleigh Point for the Single Fin Classic.

The annual Charity Luncheon will be hosted by funnyman and former jockey Allan ‘Robbo’ Robinson, with special guest speakers. The first is Bill Bohlman, Gold Coast legend, and the man who ran the Gold Coast’s biggest surfing events of the 1970s, The Stubbies Classic. Other

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speakers will include former Australian, Queensland, and Broncos captain, Darryn Lockyer, and Manly legend Steve ‘The Beaver’ Menzies.

Other speakers are yet to be confirmed, but WCT surfers, current and former world champions are on the guest list. With the guest speakers, huge sporting memorabilia auction, and tickets $120, including meal and refreshments, there are only limited seats available.

The Single Fin Classic (10 & 11 January 2015) is a unique surfing contest, where all surfers compete on single fin surfboards made before 1985, which means that every board that is surfed in the event is an antique, and a unique part of surfing history.

It is like a surfing museum over the contest, with all the boards there for one and all to see, and thousands gather on Burleigh Point to watch the event. The event has a special spirit to it as well, six-man heats, and a really cool attitude from all the competitors in the water, where hassling is at a minimum, and cheering on your fellow competitor as they surf a wave is mandatory.

Surfers who have competed in this event is like a who’s who of surfing: Gary Elkerton, Rabbit Bartholomew, Mick Fanning, Luke Egan, Mark Occhilupo, Cheyne Horan, Matt Hoy, Jack Freestone, just to name a few.

With Billabong one of the major sponsors, usually up to half a dozen of their team surf in the event, so you can expect to see some of the old legends and top up-and-com-

There are retro boards galore at the Burleigh Single Fin Classic. Photo Tree Faerie

ers competing in the event.

The 2013 champion, Dave Rastovich, embodies the spirit of the single fin: cool, relaxed, and surfing with that bit of style and class. Dave grew up surfing at Burleigh Point before embarking on his journey of being a soul surfer, and championing many other environmental causes. ‘It’s such a wonderful thing to be able to come down and pull out these old relics and have a lot of fun on the Point,’ says Dave.

There also is an under-18 division, and the young grommets really impress onlookers with their style and poise on boards more than twice their age.

The whole thing is about surfing for surfing’s sake, remembering lost friends, and for the Burleigh Boardriders it is their major fundraiser for the year. The Single Fin Classic is the first event of 2015,

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and Burleigh Point will once again be crowded with people from the Gold Coast and beyond to check out classic surfing on classic surfboards.

The level of surfing at the event is incredible. Not only will there be pros and semipros competing; they will have to deal with a field of local Burleigh rippers, and red-hot surfers from the Gold Coast and beyond. It is a prestigious title to win; you only win a single fin surfboard, and the glory – it is all about the glory, the title and the fun. Last year’s champion Tim Hyland won the event for the second time in 2014 taking down former WCT surfers Jay ‘Bottle’ Thompson and Nathan Hedge on the way. Tim is no stranger to single fin glory winning it last as a 17-year-old grommet, the local Burleigh Boardrider a favourite with the crowd, and on his backhand showed all and sundry how it was done.

The members of Burleigh Boardriders know how important the event is to the club for many reasons, none more so than current Burleigh Boardriders Club president James Lewis.

‘The Burleigh Single Fin Classic is an event that gives the young and old members of the club an opportunity to relive a piece of surfing history,’ says Lewis. ‘The Point at Burleigh was the pinnacle for professional surfing in Queensland throughout the single fin era of the 70s and early 80s.

This event gives both the locals (and quite a few professional surfers) a chance to ride Burleigh as the legends

of our sport did all those years ago.

‘The format promotes the sharing of waves and boards, leading to a relaxed, carefree vibe not usually felt at competitive surf contests.

‘The great times that people experience here can be seen in the steady growth of the event with crowds matching that of any world-qualifying series event, with every person on the beach not wanting to miss a moment of the action in the water. Going from strength to strength it is a weekend not to be missed down at the Point. No matter what the conditions everyone has a great weekend.’

With money raised from the event, Burleigh Boardriders donate some to local charities, and the balance goes back into Burleigh Boardriders Junior Development Program.

So come and check out the 2014 Burleigh Boardriders Single Fin Classic. Sit on the natural amphitheatre that is Burleigh Point, or Jelergull as the ancients from the Koomberri tribe named it from their Dreaming stories.

Just the vibe, the feeling, and the excellent level of surfing is worth pulling up a piece of grass or rock on the headland and just soaking it all in.

Entry to the contest (January 10 & 11) is open to all surfers, $70 for opens and $20 for juniors. Enter via www. surfingqueensland.com and go to the events page. There are limited numbers and the field always fills early. Tickets to the luncheon are $120 and available from Burleigh Bears League Club from next week.

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to eat again. This is in case the problems rearing their ugly heads were as a result of a planetary alignment, astrological, or perhaps the work of some curse or voodoo. Expectations are usually high when the cost is high. I don’t need the owner waiting on the table, just a commitment from them that I’ll be getting some attention in exchange for my hard-earned.

Price wouldn’t be a problem where those expectations are met. Here, the service was a disappearing act. A try-hard eatery, trying hard to avoid the diners and, short of calling the fire brigade, no-one is coming. It’s a ‘you’re on fire and the waiter walks past you with a glass of water for the chef ’ sort of affair.

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was going through some old photos the other week and came across a photo of myself dressed up to the nines. I was young and competing with another five thousand wide-eyed kids.

We were all trying to nab a job on an airline as flight attendants. Going back a few years they still had service on domestic airlines (go figure!) and the international carriers had the sort of hospitality that attracted Hollywood cattle calls. Hopeful candidates were submitted to disparaging call-backs and multitiered interviews. Today, I thank my lucky stars I didn’t succeed as a trolley dolly. The ‘ritzy’ life I was hotly pursuing involved serving numerous sloshed strangers to the tune of dozens of screaming toddlers, all while being locked inside an irradiated alloy phallus (commiserations to all flight attendants). These days it’s all changed. The only service you’d be expecting on a domestic flight (apart from the knee-capping that I narrowly avoid from the drinks trolley every time), would be the sort that comes through your smart phone.

Back to the future now, or should I say the present day: is service going backwards? I know that the reason I laugh hilariously when I see or hear a skit based on the automated telephone answering services is that it’s painfully true. Press 1 for… 2 for… 3 for… The promises of after-sales service are more like the promises of a conman lying low; service seems to be making itself scarce, avoiding those marks who were earlier stung and now want what they paid for.

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Are you rich enough?

Enough protesting already (or is it?). The marauding of a meaningful customer service has been happening downtown too. Some small business operators are apparently taking advantage of the sleepy folk in the hospitality industry. Even the ‘thank you and have a nice day’ appears to have been scrubbed from McDonald’s training handbook and now it looks like a Y-generation refit may be driving the customer courtesy into the annals of history.

Recently, I took some folk into a salubrious Byron Bay restaurant (this is the review you have when you’re not having a review). I’ll begin at the end of our meal – and

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when it comes to good service it doesn’t matter which end, right? It’s the paying end of the evening that denotes whether you are satisfied with the deal you got or not. It’s the part when you’re either rich enough to feel good regardless of the quality and service, or you hope you’re pissed enough to worry about the bill tomorrow. In a trendy restaurant, a table of six adults, including wine, food and some shared courses, can get up there. Our meal this evening was at the very steep end of town. Let’s just say that I could have flown down to Beppi’s in Sydney for the same value. Beppi Polese is the patriarch of Australian restaurants – he started his eatery in East Sydney in the 1950s and it’s still going strong. He worked his own restaurant for many years

and, whether you were a film star or a couple on a wedding anniversary, he and his staff would treat your table with a consistent careful service and hospitality. (Trivia alert!

Polese also popularised squid when it was being tossed out by fishermen in the 1950s – it could be said that Beppi manifested your order of calamari here in Australia.)

Call the fire brigade Working the front of house like Beppi and keeping the hospitality part real is just plain smart. Leaving your business to chance and fashion – well, it’s lazy and not a business plan that gets the thumbs up from me at least.

The restaurant in Byron Bay we’d just eaten in was trading on the fact that they

were a place to be seen in.

Certainly they had all the trimmings: competent chefs, modern furnishings, expensive cellar fit-out with a good stock of quality wines on hand, and noisy crap acoustics (an essential part of nouvelle eateries it seems).

So, what’s the problem, I hear you ask? The props were in place, right? Shame about the diners though. We were left to languish with indifferent and lightweight service.

We weren’t at the pointy end of the food chain; I looked around the room and spied the wait staff all gathered at the bar like a cabbie convention and we were paying while the meter was running.

You’re not going to know the name of this place – simply put, if a story I’m writing turns out to be bad on the day, normally I’d return

Great expectations I’m not one to write really harsh reviews – I just don’t write those. An average diner doesn’t book a restaurant ahead of time because they know they’ll be starving on Friday week.

No, people walk into an eatery with anticipation. The experience, the whole of it, comes with our own tick-list of rights and wrongs. Your experience is then a case of expectations. Personally, it’s the service that will make or break an eatery for me. Like the first breath of a newborn baby, it’s crucial; bad service from the get-go will mar an entire meal. For me it’s not about the type of service; it’s about the attention given me as a customer, the acknowledgment that I exist. It’s not rocket science, it’s perfectly simple really; the trick to service is having some.

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here to start? I began The Echo’s Good Life weekly journal around five months ago with a story on the Poinciana Cafe in Mullumbimby. Like most opinions they come from the person expounding them. The Poincy seemed like a good place to launch the column’s first story. The cafe had employed three of my nieces over the years, I had employed some people who had worked in the cafe, and I had just rediscovered the joys of the place with my fourth child. It’s a fab place to sit enjoying the freedoms that can evaporate when kids enter the equation. So, while my two-yearold played in the sandpit, it seemed a logical selection of all the places I could have chosen to kick off the section.

The idea was to detail the setting through my experience at the time (with my toddler) then to follow it up with a broader look at the establishment and its iconic place

within the Mullum/northern rivers psyche.

This is that follow-up (without a toddler in tow).

I sat watching Jeff Duff, the 70s glam/pop crooner, as part of the Mullum music festival at the Poincy.

Tequila in hand, a balmy evening and an atmosphere that’s really hard to match (apart from the plethora of flying beetles on that night).

The thing with atmospheres is that they rarely just happen, they are, for the most part, created. The previous incarnation of this cafe was quite under-developed, a little tired and yet still had the makings of a great institution. The current owners took on this opportunity and realised its potential, facilitating its evolution with all the trappings of an eclectic and colourful life – a musical life. Inside and around the bar area, you get the feeling you’re sitting in a shrine, in fact there’s a shrine of sorts dedicated to the world’s great dead musicians in one corner of the bar – à la Day of the Dead –

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Above: A corner for those musical greats no longer with us. Left: Asian omelet. Below: Quirky and colourful chattels adorn this eatery.

Mexicana style. In Mexico, the Day of the Dead serves as an opportunity to celebrate the lives of friends and family members who have died. Music is the friend and family these guys appear to celebrate in their decor and their playlists – I always end up whistling, tapping my toes or just remembering that concert I once attended. Great and iconic sounds are played here.

I don’t know the owners Keven and Karin Oxford, though I’ve had words with Keven and been served by Karin, but I guess, given their past businesses and legacy in creating and founding the Byron Arts Factory and the multi-award-winning Bluesfest (running it for many years), that they have lived some very interesting moments. You don’t need to know this really, you look around and some of the stuff isn’t just collectable; it’s personal. The place is dripping with paraphernalia and souvenirs, all quirky and colourful chattels.

Food here is casual and tasty and the menu is as full as you’d need it to be. The choices here cover most cravings: Thai-style chick-

Below: Baja fish taco.

Bottom: Roast pumpkin and haloumi salad.

en or mushroom, or beef burger, while the all-day breakfast selections are well executed and interesting on the plates I’ve sampled. Personally, I’ve eaten Baja fish taco and a roast-pumpkin salad (apart from many a breakfast); the Baja fish was served with the zing of a good spice, fried flathead fillets, tangy and fresh inside soft tortilla. The roast pumpkin salad was heaped and complemented with a generous serving of haloumi, baby spinach, pine nuts and piled high with a garnish of shaved sweet potato all flecked with a sharp balsamic glaze and thin-sliced shallot. The Asian omelet is

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heated with a light chili dressing, so don’t feed it to your kids (unless they’ve been naughty, not nice). Service here has personality and the staff are well picked and appear good at the jobs they all do. I love to be entertained free. It’s in my nature to be cheeky; sometimes my humour falls flat and other times I meet my match – enter stage right – Rachael. She seems to run the place (even if she isn’t hired to do so). I don’t know this person’s role here but familiarity doesn’t always lead to contempt; you’re in good experienced hands and a with sense of humour too Japanese

(well I never!). Everywhere and in all corners there are gems, diamonds and rust (of the rustic sort). Outside, it’s a setting that’s expansive and relaxed, all with that tree and namesake, the Poinciana, plump in the middle.

So, now that you know the whole story, don’t take my word for it – read the signs – ‘sit, relax and gossip’.

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open 8am to 4pm, 7 days.

55 Station St, Mullumbimby, phone 6684 4036, web: www.poincianacafe.com.

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Scottish-born Gavin Hughes is head chef at The Byron at Byron Resort and Spa. Gavin has always been a true advocate of all things local, ensuring the restaurant adopts a paddock-to-plate philosophy and uses regional producers wherever possible.

Method

2kg Byron Bay Pork shoulder

Preheat your oven to 120 degrees. Mix all the ingredients for the marinade together and leave for later use. Dry off the pork shoulder and put it into an oven tray with a wire rack.

1 bunch parsley 200g smoked chipotle chili 1 tin chopped tomatoes 2 tbs smoked paprika 2 tbs cumin seed 1 tbs ground coriander

Marinade 1 tbs Tabasco sauce 1 tsp cumin seed 1 tsp chopped rosemary ½ cup maple syrup ½ cup red wine vinegar

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(An alternative to this is using a product called ‘liquid smoke’, which you can add to the marinade

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and sauce later on to get a similar flavour.)

Leave the pork in the oven for 4–8 hours or until the pork is tender and easily pulls away from the bone.

Meanwhile sauté the onion and garlic until translucent. Add all spices, chipotle chili and cook further. Deglaze

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Once the pork is done and is still hot, pull the meat from the bone and break it into chunks. Then add this to the onion and tomato mixture.

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

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with white wine and add tomatoes to cook for another 45 minute at least.

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

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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

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

Fishheads Open seven days 7:30 am till late Coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, functions and weddings. Fully licensed.

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Holiday opening hours: Open every day except Christmas Day

Ginger Pig Breakfast , lunch and dinner 7 days Cnr Marvell and Jonson Sts, Byron Bay 6685 7320

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La Table

All your favourites every lunch and dinner Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh delicious Thai food for you.

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Spice It Up Thai Restaurant

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Classic & Modern Cocktails Quality Wines Group bookings & Larger Parties

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.

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Open 8am to midnight Serving food all day from 8am New retro lounge bar Relax and use your FREE Wi-Fi Sit on our deck in the sun all day Live music and DJs: see Echo Gig Guide

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Established in 1981, Fig Tree is Byron Bay’s most iconic restaurant. Perched under an ancient fig tree, which boasts sweeping views across Byron Bay, it is truly an idyllic setting.

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Great food, drinks and friendly service in a peaceful island style setting. Ease on down to Bombora.

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Free courtesy bus provided for pick up and drop off!

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The only exclusively Vietnamese restaurant in town, this intimate space spilling out into a courtyard offers up fabulous dishes packed full of herbs, spices and varied textures. The traditionally light and healthy style of cuisine ensures the freshness and natural tastes of food are preserved as much as possible. It’s a popular spot so bookings are recommended.

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Great value fresh tasty food with cold beer on tap, and a selection of cocktails and wines available.

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Come and enjoy our freshly renovated beach vibe dining with head chef Patrick Hobbs and his team.

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Izakaya Happy festive season!

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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.

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Professionally catered weddings, parties and functions from pool-side to paddock.

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Safe Summer in the Bay 29 December to 4 January * No drinking in the streets

* No beachfront events on New Year’s Eve

* No fireworks * Additional Police

Park and Ride - beat the Byron Bay traffic queue blues 10am to 8pm each day - 10am to 10pm on New Year’s Eve Jump on at the Byron Regional Sport and Cultural Complex, Ewingsdale Rd - on the northern side of town. At least two buses each hour. Check web for details.

Dedicated bus lane into Byron Bay. It’s a fantastic way to beat the summer traffic. Plus, it’s FUN! Park for only $5 per car per day and Ride the shuttle bus for FREE! Look out for the Magic Bus and join the crew for a musical, colourful and whacky trip into town.

Departs on the hour. Plus everyone who jumps on board gets a Summer Pass featuring 7 fantastic Byron Bay deals over the 7 days.

With thanks to our Summer Pass sponsors

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Depart surf club every 30minutes from 10.30am until 950pm.

Last bus to depart town - 950pm surf club, 10pm from 'Soul Street' 4-10pm bus stop for 'Soul Street' will operate Lawson/Jonson St

Special Event Parking Area (SEPA) will apply 29 December 2014 to 4 January 2015 inclusive and applies a 2P parking time limit to all untimed roads and road related areas that exist between the Belongil Bridge (Ewingsdale Road) on the north side (west of town) through to the north side of Seaview Street, which is the street immediately south of the 'Green Garage' roundabout at the intersection of Bangalow Road, Tennyson Street and Browning Street.

The 2P time limit applies unless other parking laws apply - for example 1P or another time limit or restriction (eg No Parking) is signed, or you are a “Permit Holder”. Please take note of all parking signs.

During the SEPA time period, timed parking restriction will extend, where signed, to midnight in the town centre (ie currently they end at 6pm) and will be signed. Evening workers are encouraged to use the 4 hour Council car parks or to park in an area that normally has no time limit restrictions, and display permit.

Those who reside or will stay, or work, within the SEPA are eligible for a SEPA Permit. Permits are available for collection weekdays from Council’s Mullumbimby office 1-24 December and BRSCC 15-23 December and from 29 Dec to 4 Jan. One person can collect permits on behalf of their household, place of accommodation or workplace. When correctly displayed, the SEPA permit provides an exemption from the 2P SEPA time limit

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Road closures Road closures in Byron Bay for New Year's Eve include: t no parking from 6am 31st December 2014 in Lawson Street South car park and in Bay Street between Jonson and Middleton Streets; t Jonson Street will be closed between Lawson and north of Marvel St from 1pm, 31st December 2014 to facilitate the market stalls and Soul Street NYE event.

All closures will conclude by 7am 1st January 2015. Signed detours will be available and delays can be expected. The taxi rank will move, for the duration of the road closure, to just south of the northbound bus stop (outside Medicine Wheel) near Marvel Street.

only, noting that other parking laws and signs still apply and must be obeyed.

FREE all day parking at the Butler Street Reserve from 6am to 6pm from 29 December to 3 January.

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SEPA is from east of the Belongil Creek Bridge

Main Beach Clarkes

SEPA is from north of Seaview Street

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NEW YEARS EVE in JONSON ST + RAILWAY PARK from 4pm

New Years Eve in Byron Bay this year will be a family friendly event again! Bring the kids and family out from 4pm onwards and venture through Jonson St which will EH IXOO RI EXVNHUV ÂżUH WZLUOHUV GUXPPHUV $UWLVDQ VWDOOV food stalls, craft activities and face painters.

There will also be a music stage infront of The Community Centre with numerous music acts + bands for most of the evening. Dont forget to check out the Circus shows in Railway Park and try out the Silent Disco. There will also be a jumping castle and childrens activities galore.

Come down to the heart of Byron and celebrate with your community and visitors. This will be an alcohol free event to help keep our streets safe, family oriented and in support of Byron’s vision of reclaiming the streets on New Years Eve.

Dandyman The Pitts Family Circus Annie Plummer Sparks + Embers Megan Donnelly Ukelele Kids Sam + Nick Flamenco Guitar Kids Kyle Lionhart Samba Blisstas Drummers King Tide Band Cassette Flash Mob Dance Roving Chalk Art Spaces Helium Balloon Lady Spaghetti Circus Workshops Roundabout Theatre’s - Lolka Mojo Juju + TBone FunMakers Silent Disco Playful Public Art Sculptures The Amazing Flea Circus Beat Boxer Triple Nip Fire Twirling Show Spectral Boogie Safety First - Teeter Board Show BAY FM Live Broadcasting Crafty Market Stalls and Great Selection Of Food Stalls

NEW YEARS DAY at MAIN BEACH 5.15am-10am 7KH HDUO\ ELUG FDWFKHV WKH ¿UVW 681 Come and be part of our early morning, family friendly event at Main Beach. Join us for our Community Intention, Crystal Bowls and Silent Sunrise Meditation with Katie Connolly at 5.15am sharp! Concluding with the wonderful sounds of Avishai Barnatans Sunrise Sound Shower DV WKH ¿UVW JOLPSVH RI WKH VXQ EUHDNV WKURXJK WKH skies. You are invited to partake in free yoga with Claire Evans or Qi Gong with Shirsha Marie on the grass. :H ZLOO DOVR KDYH D SUD\HU ÀDJ FUHDWLRQ DFWLYLW\ LQ WKH park! This is a way to celebrate the true Spirit of Byron Bay – peaceful, happy, healthy and inclusive.

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NEW YEARS EVE DANCE PARTY BANGALOW BOWLO 8-1am MAIN ROOM - DEEP HOUSE DJs Al Royale, Casual P, Si Clone, Mr Nice, Justin Case BAR AREA - NU DISCO DJs Brevil, SUT & Guests

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THE RAILWAY FRIENDLY BAR, BYRON BAY 6685 7662 THE FAMOUS RAILS kitchen Tuesday 30 Dec

A LITTLE PROVINCE Wednesday 31 Dec

DAN HANNAFORD + LEPERS & CROOKS Thursday 1 Jan

CAMELTONES Friday 2 Jan

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OLSEN’S FUNNY FABULOUS FOLK YOU CAN’T SIT IN A KRISTINA OLSEN CONCERT AND NOT FALL AT LEAST A TINY BIT IN LOVE WITH HER. CLEVER, FUNNY, INSIGHTFUL, SELFDEPRECATING, AND MUSICALLY UNIQUE, OLSEN IS A REMINDER OF HOW GOOD FOLK CAN BE. While Olsen is no stranger at belting out a ballad or two, it’s her comedic songs that seem to bring the audience undone.

Olsen is the master of writing sharp witty comedic songs – something she claims is far harder than it would appear.

For instance, her latest song Preheat the Oven was finished after a decade!

‘People have expectations about comedic songs.

Once there is a place where there is a laugh in the song, the audience will expect the same place to have a laugh in the next verse. Comedic songs have a clear structure: in verbal comedy you sound like you are talking – so you have more of an element of surprise.

‘I put much more work into a story song or a funny song!

To remember what a feeling felt like. It’s what people go out for but you can’t just play morose love songs all night. They need to be set like a jewel between the funny songs! I have to have enough sad songs and then a funny one here and there; it helps keep their emotions more open!’

Olsen spends a lot of time crafting her set list.

It’s something she believes is a fine art in itself because you are shaping the emotional responses of your audience with every choice. It’s the whole picture of how they respond to your show that becomes the show.

‘My favourite songs are gifts from the gods. You are just minding your business and alien forces take over your body and write the songs and it takes as long to write as it does to play.

The first time it happened I asked friends if they’d heard this? I get one like that every eight years.

The most recent one was Prayer Flags.’

Kristina Olsen is joined by her musical comrade Peter Grayling and promises ‘new stuff, old stuff, humour, lots of exciting cello stuff, new instruments, and one I have brought back into the set – the banjo. I played it back in the 70s and I’ve picked it back up. It annoys me that it’s hip again. Since I failed to grow a beard I grew a banjo!’

Supported by Andrew Morris at St Martin’s Parish Hall, Stuart St, Mullumbimby on Saturday at 8pm.

‘Almost every songwriter must say this, but it’s easier writing a sad love song; it’s hard to make a happy love song, and especially in Australia, because you can’t brag and be too happy in love! How do you say I am happy and I am great without alienating your audience!’

Of course it was the blues that first captured Olsen’s imagination.

‘It encapsulated emotion and it gave me such joy. Why are we happy listening to something so sad?

It was amazing and I loved it and I think all art connects us to our humanity and our emotions; it’s the real function of art.

We go through our day and we become such automatons; we go to gigs to feel things we haven’t felt for a while.

They expect it in that order, and you want your biggest laugh at the end. It’s hard to get a laugh in the beginning, and to keep getting them through you need a twist – the song is often predicting something and they don’t get it. Lots of songs use rhyme. The biggest challenge is that it has to get funnier; it’s so disappointing for the audience if it doesn’t. They know how it goes. To a songwriter, it goes on the shelf if it doesn’t work!

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And the time I did a full backflip as my dismount when I needed to go to the loo. Sex is sex; it’s something you do in private generally; I didn’t actually realise it was a show. I often drive past those obnoxious signs asking men if they ‘want longer-lasting sex?’ and wonder why they haven’t asked women as well. Generally all those sex articles magazines pump out are a bunch of useless garbage.

PRACTICAL TIPS

FOR LOUSY LOVERS

At some time or other we’ve all picked up a magazine that offered tips to make us better in bed. Personally I’m never quite sure what ‘better in bed’ actually means. I wasn’t aware there were some sort of criteria or assessment procedure.

It’s not like there’s a panel of judges holding up scorecards at the end of each coital tryst. I am sure there are times where I have been great in bed and other times when I’ve been lousy. Like the time I fell asleep.

There’s just nothing practical to take home for the everyday hornbag. Or wannabe hornbag. As far as I am concerned, if you want to know what turns a woman on, then basically unpack the dishwasher and the foreplay has begun. A man who knows where the plates go is hotter than Brad Pitt. Or Ryan Gosling. I’ve done a bit of research and I’ve come up with some practical tips for those wanting to improve their sex life with minimum effort.

Okay, let’s start with the big O. If you are having problems achieving orgasm, chances are you need to be wearing socks. Yes, that’s right.

Scientists found that wearing socks during sex significantly increased the chance of orgasm.

Apparently getting cold feet in the bedroom is a real pleasure killer. I’ve often fantasised about my husband stark naked in some nice socks. I’ve actually considered releasing a range of tantric socks for the orgasm inhibited.

Sex tip number two for blokes is: don’t smile so much. Studies show that women like broody blokes while men on the other hand are attracted to women who smile more. It is kind of selfdefeating because girls smile less the more time they spend with broody bastards. Tip three is: fat blokes last longer. Yes, swap the abs for flabs, girls, because men with bigger bellies can last five minutes longer than slimmer blokes. See, there was a reason why Miranda Kerr ditched Orlando Bloom and hooked up with James Packer.

Chubby blokes have more estradiol, a female sex hormone that helps inhibit orgasm. It also makes them more fun to shop with and increases their appreciation of nice cushions and throws which also helps women achieve orgasm. Sometimes in the store. Sex tip four is: before going down consider going brown. Brunettes may not have more fun than blondes or red-haired women, but apparently they are perceived as more physically attractive, intelligent, approachable and competent.

As a blonde woman I find that hard to believe and frankly insulting, but that might be just because I’m stupid and self-obsessed. Sex tip five is: do lots of kissing. Forget the fish oil; kissing actually lowers cholesterol, and it’s often the factor that is correlated with long-term relationships satisfaction. Not sex. Sex tip six is: men prefer women in red; and sex tip seven is: that women prefer men who don’t wear cologne that reminds them of their dad. Being attracted to a guy who smells like your dad when the lights are off is creepy. Sex tip eight is: something most of us know, that orgasms actually do partially alleviate migraines, but probably not if it was the stress of

the relationship that gave you a headache in the first place. For blokes wanting to meet women sex tip number nine suggests: you borrow a baby and play with him or her. Women really like blokes who like babies. In fact we’re three times more likely to give you our phone number than men who ignore babies. I don’t think the same thing works for women. Men tend to ignore women with babies. I think it’s part of a giant plot to create heaps of single mums so there’s always a baby to borrow when trying to seduce women with what great daddy material you are.

And girls my sex tip number ten is: avoid men with low self-esteem. Apparently they are far less likely to perform oral sex on their partners.

It takes a confident man to to go downstairs into the great abyss of the unknown so start throwing around those compliments. ‘Wow, I love your socks.’ Or ‘nice stubble.’ Yep, sex tip number eleven is that we get turned on by facial hair. Men seem more successful with stubble. Like they’re not trying. And if they’re sulking and fat you’re on a winner. And for men experiencing erectile dysfunction, my final tip suggests that before you reach for the Viagra go to the grocer. Did you know that the scent combination of lavender and pumpkin pie increases blood flow to the penis by 40 per cent? Chances are if you move in with your nanna you’ll be a lot more virile.

For more insight why not book into my Is Nothing Sacred comedy workshops at the 7th Australasian ISTA Sacred Sex & Consciousness Conference at the Byron Community Centre. The festival runs 27 Feb till 1 March. Go to sexpressyourself.com.au for more details.

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KOHINUR NYE Still trying to decide what to do for NYE? After the resounding success of last year’s event, Myrrah Creations, who bought you the big bash last year, have planned another meaningful, momentous and slightly miraculous way to see in 2015. With local and international DJs from 6pm, opening ceremony and welcome to country at 5pm and gates at 4pm. $30 at the door!

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WILD CARTEL The Brewery has one hell of a night on offer for NYE with Tijuana Cartel and Wild Marmalade ensuring that wild world beats will have punters bouncing through to 2015. Live organic electronica heavyweights Tijuana Cartel are showstoppers, as is Berlin’s deep house/disco producer Sean Patrick.

With plenty of DJs on the decks, and two stages, this will be a colourful night of uplifting vibes, music and visual spectacle. From 7pm till 3am. $65 pre-sale tix or will be $80 on the door.

SARITAH SOLO Australia’s favourite roots songstress Saritah brings her positive sounds back to the Bay to share after another year of extensive international touring that saw her continue to take the music and the message far and wide across the globe.

SARITAH AT THE BYRON BREWERY ON FRIDAY

Continuing on her musical mission of inspiration and upliftment, 2014 saw Saritah return to play for her growing West Coast US fanbase this past summer – including shows at California Roots, Sierra Nevada World Music, Joshua Tree Music and Summer Arts festivals, alongside some of the world’s greatest roots, reggae and conscious music artists. New music, including some exciting international collaborations, is on its way. Saritah at the Brewery on Friday from 8.30pm. Free.

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AUSTEN TAYSHUS TAKES BYRON Every year the big man of comedy makes his way to Byron Bay for his annual comedic download on the year that was.

DELHI 2 DUBLIN, DIRECT FROM WOODFORD FESTIVAL, AT THE BYRON BREWERY ON SATURDAY

There are few comics with the tenacity and killer instinct of Austen Tayshus. The comedy superstar, who first came into being in 1981, has the ability to take a room hostage just with his tongue. He’s the closest thing the Australian comedy scene has to its very own Bill Hicks. He’s the high priest of satire, the most unflappable, relentless comic on the block. Every Austen show is unique. He has the ability to weave current politics, what’s happening in the room, philosophy, anthropology, religion and of course sport – and let’s not forget the Pope – into one gag.

WOODFORD 2 BREWERY FOR DELHI 2 DUBLIN Delhi 2 Dublin – one of Canada’s most renowned world festival acts – return to Australia by popular demand following their inaugural appearance at Uplift Festival a year ago in Byron Bay.

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The tour begins with main stage shows at the Woodford Folk Festival in December, followed with select club shows on the east coast with renowned Australian support acts Wild Marmalade (with Paul George of Tijuana Cartel), Deya Dova and more. Delhi 2 Dublin Live, the band’s latest album in a collection of six, has been described as ‘dancing rhythms and intelligent instrumentation. The tracks are energetic and uplifting. The sounds that Delhi 2 Dublin makes are a colourful, catchy mishmash.’ A fiercely indie band, they have sold more than 80, 000 albums with no label. Saturday at the Brewery from 8pm. $20 / $25!

THE RAILS IS SWUNG The WellSwung Daddies have had a great year with the new lineup and have been out swinging it with the best!

The highlights were the Manly Jazz Festival and headlining the Warwick Jumpers ’n’ Jazz Festival. Now it’s time to bring it home to our fave local gig, The Rails, Byron Bay on Friday. Start the new year with Jump Jive and Rock ’n’ Roll – this 11-piece band will be play a selection songs including Pennsylvania 65000, Shake Rattle ’N’ Roll, Sweet Home Chicago, plus new original charts written by Mick Buckley and Belle Hendrik Hit That Drum and Take Care.

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Has your lack of toe-tapping in recent weeks started to weigh on you? Has coming down from the festive season left your mojo a little lacklustre?

KING TIDE AT THE BYRON BREWERY ON THURSDAY

THE TIDE IS HIGH It’s been four years since Australia’s premier rock-steady reggae band King Tide released their highly acclaimed album Roots Pop Reggae. Since that time they have appeared at just about every major music festival in the country. From Womadelaide to Sydney and Brisbane festival opening nights and all festival ports in between.

They have released a highcharting compilation album, released tracks and albums in the UK and Japan, and been one of the most played reggae bands on Australian radio.

Fortunately for their many fans they have also found time during this period to record a brand new album, their fourth studio outing for Vitamin Records, due for release early next year.

They play at the Byron Brewery on Thursday from 7pm. $7/10 for tickets.

Does your head feel like it has just lost its bob? We recommend 500cc of Clocks and Dice – a simple course of this local band’s sophista-pop originals, and flavoursome take on some of your favourites, will be sure to be just what the groove doctor ordered.

Sunday at Club Lennox from 4pm.

Austen, a committed vegetarian in the eating department, is not averse to hacking up the odd sacred cow. There is no subject he won’t dissect. Uncomfortable, confronting, but always illuminating, an Austen Tayshus show is both comic and cleansing. Austen remarked once that he sees his role as being a social agitator, as the prickle in the paw that makes the public think. He doesn’t need you to like him. In fact he’d probably prefer that you didn’t. ‘My comedy is not to everyone’s taste,’ says Tayshus, aka Sandy Goodman. ‘Some people find it too scary and many others take offence. I often have to remind the audience that it’s just a show. The provocation is just a device to unsettle and disorient a crowd, to take them a great distance from their comfort zone. We live far too predictable lives, and expect predictable comedy. I like to fuck with everyone and everything.’ He has performed all over Australia, the United Kingdom, Los Angeles, New York and Asia, but believes that deep down he is ‘an Aussie comedian’. That being said, there is probably not a comedian in the country that has got the Aussie road miles that Austen has – and the colourful stories that go with it! ‘I have been vomited on, glassed, punched and kicked, and confronted with a variety of weapons. I call those the good nights. Often I have to flee a venue via the back door and sneak out of town in the dark of night. People yell and scream, drop their pants or spit on stage. “Austen, I think you pushed them too hard tonight,â€? the hotel manager will say. “You drove them fucking crazy.â€? But so it goes‌ ’ He appears at the Byron Services Club with Mandy Nolan on Monday at 8pm. Tix are $20/25 at the venue or can be booked on 6619 0529.

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According to founding member and the brother Sheppard (two of the other members are his sisters) the musical union has been an extraordinary accident of organic proportions.

‘Amy was studying music at TAFE and had to write a song. She thought it sounded bland and walked past the shower when I was singing and she had a lightbulb moment – I ended up singing harmonies on the song. It worked so well that we decided to do stuff together as a duo. More like Angus and Julia Stone type stuff. That was for two years as a bit of a hobby and we started getting more serious and we brought in more members and before long we had a band!’

THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE FROM TURKEY TO MULLUM The Spirit Festival returns to Mullumbimby for 2015 with organisers announcing their first major headline: world music great, Turkey’s Mercan Dede. Creative director Kate Little explains the vision for this year’s event.

‘We are inspired to celebrate the autumn equinox that coincides with our dates, and seek balance between the polarities we all experience – light and dark, masculine and feminine, physical and spiritual. Our ceremonies, classes and concerts will reflect this intention and bring greater focus to our collective festival experience. To ensure our deepest explorations we’ve secured Mercan Dede, one of the five greatest world music acts, to perform at the festival.

Renowned for his pioneering links between Turkish Sufism and western electronic music, Dede, born Akin Alical, actually exists as two musicians. As Mercan Dede he’s acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost Turkish Sufi musicians, each year travelling globally to work with dervish, and other, world musicians. And as Akin Allen he can be found as a DJ at rave events or in the world of visual arts where he’s exhibited for decades.

Rounding out the musical mix will be heartopening kirtan-wallahs including Kevin James and Mel Dobra, plus the groovin’ beats of Vesica Pisces, Murray Kyle and Tahir & The Qawwali Ensemble. The inspirational conscious-dance leader Jo Cobbett hails from LA. Unlimited movement opportunities will unfold with Kundalini dancestor Leyolah Antara, body/ breath yoga pioneer Kathryn Riding, the exotic exploratory Madhu Henry, plus River Jade Satya, Hamilton Barnett et al.

Yoga for all levels by an international array of instructors including Rose Baudin, Simon Park, Mark Whitwell (USA/NZ), Julie Smerdon, Dena Kingsberg, Eva Clay, Clive Sheridan, Delamay Devi, Harjiwan, Sarah-Jane Perman and more.

For the full range of workshops, concerts, kids’ activities, market stalls, etc please visit the website and join the Facebook group. Tickets are on sale now: www.spiritfestival.com.au runs from the 20–23 March 2015.

Shep Huntly has earned his stripes in the world sideshow arena. Best mates with Space Cowboy, they started The Happy Sideshow together and toured the world performing squirm-worthy stunts for thousands. Shep went on to form The Dirty Brothers, enjoying great success touring as performer and emcee. He has performed with rock bands in stadiums to 20,000 people, done four separate shows at the Sydney Opera House, wowed audiences at the National Theatre in London and headlined huge festivals throughout Spain, Portugal and France. His last 25 years has been spent performing at the biggest festivals around the world!

So how does a performer whose props consisted of chainsaws, motorbikes, nails, forks and animal traps exchange all of that for a bubble wand? He became a dad! Shep is now living in Suffolk Park and is devoted to his 4-year-old daughter Goldie.

Her love of bubbles was infectious, causing him to spend the last four years practising the art of bubble manipulation. He can put bubbles inside bubbles, make square bubbles and smoke bubbles and even put a child inside a bubble!

You can see all this and more in Shep’s Big Bubble Show playing at Circus Arts Byron Bay 17 Centennial Circuit, Arts and Industry Park fromt the 5–9 Jan at 12pm. 30-minute show.

General admission $10. Tickets on the door on online at www.circusarts.com.au. For more information, contact Kate Priddle at marketing@ circusarts.com.au or visit www.circusarts.com.au

FLAMENCO WORKSHOP Flamenco lovers are being offered a very special workshop with Manolo Jaen – Australia’s premier Flamenco singer and member of Arte Kanela Flamenco. To participate in workshops from beginners to advanced, please contact Manolo 0425 716 775 or Paul 0407 220 440.

KIDS’ THEATRE WORKSHOPS Got the kids sitting there going brain dead on their i-technology? Then enrol them in a theatre workshop and get them to do something they will never forget. Kids’ holiday theatre workshops for 9–14-year-olds will be running in Brunswick Heads over 19–23 January, 9.30am till 1pm. Call Philippa on 0422 882 319 for bookings or visit www.theatre-of-life.org.

BOMBS AWAY FOR SHEPPARD AT BLUESFEST BRISBANE’S SHEPPARD ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD ON A STELLAR 2014 AFTER MANAGING TO ACHIEVE SUCH MILESTONES AS THE HIGHEST-SELLING AUSTRALIAN SINGLE FOR 2014 WITH GERONIMO, FOUR AMAZING ALBUM LAUNCH SHOWS, SOLD-OUT HEADLINE SHOWS AT LONDON’S BARFLY, NEW YORK’S WEBSTER HALL AND LA’S THE LYRIC STUDIO, AND FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES AT V FEST AND ELECTRIC PICNIC IN THE UK.

The band’s international success follows the mammoth reception Sheppard have received at home in Australia under the guidance of Michael Chugg, who has now confirmed global partnerships with Scooter Braun, Steve Strange and Martin Tibbetts in the UK and US. Geronimo has recently achieved four-times platinum certification in Australia, while the band’s debut album Bombs Away has attained gold status while maintaining an ongoing position in the ARIA charts since release.

Sheppard’s output has been prolific.

‘To start with we wrote a bunch of pop songs over the first three years,’ says George. ‘We never really went in with the idea of a specific album.

We’d write a song and go in and record it. By the end we had 30 tracks to choose from. Choosing was hard; we had to decide what kind of band we were and what we wanted to release – we hadn’t had that clear objective from the beginning. And the music itself is quite eclectic. we find that most of the songs don’t really sound alike but they do sound like Sheppard songs – kind of electro-pop folk!’

George admits to being influenced by musical magicians Coldplay, who seem to have a knack for pioneering their own unique sound.

‘If you look at someone like Coldplay you can see that they have grown with each subsequent album. I love seeing what they do next; they are my all-time favourite band – every album is different from the next but it all still sounds like Coldplay!’

Sheppard are fast creating a sound and an international audience that has music lovers, producers and promoters all playing very close attention.

Catch them at Bluesfest – tickets and program information at www.bluesfest.com.au.

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Stars Wishing all readers a smooth cruise into the new year with this food for thought from your fellow sun signs…

ARIES: The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

E Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them. What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution. Treat everyone you meet like god in drag.

– Ram Dass, Aries spiritual teacher.

TAURUS: The ecological crisis is doing what no other crisis F in history has ever done: challenging us to a realisation of a

LEO: Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what I is happening. Fashion changes, style endures. Simplicity is the keynote of true elegance. Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside. The best colour is the one that looks good on you. – Coco Chanel, Leo fashion designer.

VIRGO: Everybody’s saying stay away from GMOs. So stay J away from human GMOs: the greedy, the miserable, the obnoxious, the toxic. These people drain you, they complain, they remind you of your mistakes. So politely give yourself some space from these people. You deserve to be happy. – Prince Ea, Virgo rapper.

new humanity. I believe it is time to discover our purpose in the new story that is emerging; be part of this extraordinary moment in time. – Jean Houston, Taurus author.

You cannot define yourself in reference to other G GEMINI: external coordinates. Think of yourself as a manifestation, a visible realisation of some higher frequency. There in the micro-quantum world lie the answers to everything. Get yourself in alignment with that stuff and you beam like the sun. – Russell Brand, Gemini actor.

sleep and love. You evolve through the riddles you attract and solve. The number-one trait of happy people is a serious determination to be happy. Happiness isn’t accidental.

– Rob Brezsny, Cancerian astrologer.

MELBOURNE-BASED VIRGINIA GROSS IS THE FOUNDER OF THE INFINITE TECHNIQUE – A UNIQUE WAY INTO CLEARING AND BREAKING WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR EX & STARTING A NEW BEGINNING.

TREASURE OF THE AMAZON! Recently returned from the Ecuadorian Amazon, Brigid Mary Prain’s film Our Amazon Treasure transports the audience on a journey and immersion in a world of wonder and sound, as she takes you into a close-up look at the planet’s ‘lung’ and the wildlife that live there.

This is not a documentary, more an experience. A pulsating soundtrack of nature sounds complement the atmosphere showing how precious and vital, and at risk, this part of the world is. Prepare to be amazed. The area is currently under threat from a Chinese oil-drilling proposal. Showing at Lone Goat Gallery in Byron until 14 January.

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Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to. Every day you’re alive and someone loves you is a miracle. – Rita Mae Brown, Sagittarian novelist.

CAPRICORN: Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make Nkindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

Being a human being is what truly counts. I’ve had my share of dark days. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn’t get to me. – Annie Lennox, Capricorn performer.

LIBRA: Whatever you’re passionate about can be learned / So K AQUARIUS: You don’t notice changes in what’s always with the obstacles of this world be not concerned, / Because if O before you. Just as delicate fare doesn’t stop you from craving you set yourself on fire, / The world will come watch you burn. / Discover your divine assignment and there’s no reason to retreat, / Discover your passion and you’ll laugh in the face of defeat. – Kirk Nugent, Libra poet.

SCORPIO: The brain is like a muscle. When it’s in use we CANCER: Acquiring problems is a fundamental human L H feel good. Understanding is joyous. Our species needs, need as crucial to your wellbeing as getting food, air, water,

LETTING GO OF BEING LET GO – A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO MAKE THE BREAK

SAGITTARIUS: Your heart isn’t breaking. It hurts because M it’s getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.

and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. And for small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love. – Carl Sagan, Scorpio scientist.

for saveloys, so tried and exquisite friendship doesn’t take away your taste for something new and dubious. And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

– Colette, Aquarian author.

PISCES: My mission is to find peace with exactly who and P what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my

She will be conducting workshops at this year’s Starlight Festival. Seven spoke to her about how to make a clean break.

When a relationship ends – especially if you are not the instigator – it can be very disempowering.

Tell me how you developed the Infinite Technique?

Somebody has actually said to you your greatest fear – that they can’t love you. This then plays into and feeds all of the insecurities you have about yourself, leading you into anger and blame for yourself and the other person.

I developed the Infinite Technique earlier in the year when I tore three ligaments in my ankle and was housebound for three months. During this time it was not healing and I could not access any of my healers to receive treatment so I began to work on it myself. Over the past 18 years I have been studying, and decided to consolidate not only what I have been using with my clients but to create a powerful self-practice that can be learnt by anybody. Self-practice was not something any of my teachers had taught me – you learnt a modality to heal others and you went to healers to receive a treatment. Within three weeks my ankle had fully recovered and I began to teach the Infinite Technique to others.

What is the best way to let go of old relationships and how does this help us in our new relationships?

The best way to release and resolve old relationships is to release them on an energetic level. You can still love somebody or remember them with fondness but without the energetic ties that often accompany any relationship. You can still be in an existing physical relationship while remaining energetically autonomous.

The Infinite Technique is about choice and knowledge. Once you are aware of the different levels in an energetic relationship and how they work with you and how you work with them you are then provided with the greatest gift choice.

Why do you think people hang on to resentment and anger when it seems to take so much energy to maintain the rage?

Because they don’t realise at a core level that they have choice.

Once choice is acknowledged within your energetic and emotional relationships this is the first step in: 1.

energetic responsibility – being aware of your energy, how you use it and how, at will, to create change

2.

emotional responsibility – being aware of your emotions and how they affect you but also where they originated from and how to change them, to work with you, at will

3.

allowing yourself the power of your own self-practice, knowing when you are not feeling okay and being able to release, resolve and renew at will.

How do you work with people?

When I work one on one, both I and the client release the core issue and the energy around it.

Once this is released we actively and consciously bring in a new energy for the client. Because the client and myself work together it is actually me assisting the client to create their own change.

Once the core issue is released and the energetic misalignment resolved we can then create choice.

I will ask: What do you want? How do you want to feel? How do you now want to interact with this situation? The client will tell me and this will be the new energy their physical, mental and energetic bodies respond to rather than the old misaligned trauma.

talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am. What I cannot love, I overlook.

– Anais Nin, Pisces writer.w

I also provide workshops and seminars so you can learn how to do this work yourself and begin to live in active choice and self-awareness. There are three workshops in total.

1. Daily practice – This 3-hour workshop shows you how to begin a daily practice: how to link your subconscious, conscious and higher consciousness at will and how to access your Infinite to create sustainable change on all levels.

2. Your Infinite World – In this 4-hour workshop you will learn safe and effective cleansing and clearing techniques and how to use your infinite to create change in your world.

3. Energetically resolving your ex – Within this 4-hour workshop you will learn the 12 different levels that an energetic relationship is established at, why they are established, and how to work with your infinite to resolve them completely.

I will be speaking nationally next year and providing the first in the series of workshops the day following my seminars. From that point for people not located in Melbourne I will be providing monthly classes via Skype and one-toone appointment sessions via Skype.

Virginia Gross is one of the guest presenters at Starlight Festival at the Bangalow A&I Hall – a local community event promoting spirituality, awakening and wellbeing through participation in workshops, talks with local practitioners and healers from the 8–11 January 2015. $15 admission. Locals days, 2-for-1 days, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th.

Our Amazon Treasure will be screening continuously at the Lone Goat Gallery (next to the library) in Byron Bay from 2 until 14 January 2015. Our Amazon Treasure is a film focused on transporting the viewer to the Yasuni Rainforest deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The movie is handheld, it’s arty, and has a wild, hypnotic soundtrack mixed from Yasuni’s sounds.

Our Amazon Treasure is nature reverence, and great for all ages. It’s designed to help you fall in love with Yasuni, and inspire you to help take action to keep Amazon oil in the ground.

Ecologically the Ecuadorian Amazon is priceless.

It is a vital filter system for our Earth in this time of climate crisis, and more species are in less space here than anywhere else. I was able to immerse in the Tiputini Biodiversity Research Station for an entire month. It was awesome.

Long Live Yasuni!

Brigid Mary Prain.

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What began as a fun fantasy with surely no expectations of longevity has now had its third outing and will inevitably turn out to be a nice little earner for its backers. It’s certainly not great art, but who can handle great art on Boxing Day? Amusing rather than funny, witty without being very insightful, this is a movie that – I might as well admit it up front – really hit the spot for me.

The headliners who made the prequels such larks are back, although in the case of Robin Williams (as Teddy Roosevelt) there is a terrible poignancy about seeing the genius at work for the last time. Indeed, the closing scene, in which he farewells Larry (Ben Stiller), is heavy with a sadness that could never have been envisaged during the shoot.

The franchise’s fresh idea is to take the exhibits that come to life after dark from New York to the British Museum, with the goal of restoring the powers of the ancient Egyptian tablet that their nocturnal animation depends on. It’s a pretty thin storyline, designed merely to allow for madcap chases, silly capers and a string of smart one-liners from Steve Coogan (Ocatvius, the camp Roman centurion) and Owen Wilson (a cowboy).

In keeping with the film’s steady-as-shegoes nature, some sequences have much more impact than others.

The limbless grey statues of ancient Greece blindly moving around has a creepy Twilight Zone feel about it, and when the pursuit of Lancelot (Dan Stevens) bursts into a West End theatre to interrupt Hugh Jackman playing himself in Camelot, the script manages to jump into the deliriously bizarre.

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The CGI is terrific – Coogan and Wilson in Pompeii as Vesuvius blows shows how far the effects techs have come in recent times – Stiller, as always, excels as both the ‘little guy’, and Laaa the Neanderthal, and Rebel Wilson, wryly rueing her love of pizza, is a treat as the object of Laaa’s affection.

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THE BIG HERO It was either this or the latest Hobbit flick (will they ever end?). Given that I have not had a clue about what’s going on after ten minutes of any installment of the Tolkien marathon, it was a no-brainer.

Knowing that this animation was based on a Marvel comic meant that I didn’t exactly approach the cinema with a spring in my step, but sometimes you should leave your preconceptions at home.

Circumstances count for a lot, so after the horror of Martin Place, Peshawar and Cairns, this dose of Disney sweetness and light turned out to be a lovely way to end the year. Set in the brilliantly conceived San Fransokyo, Tadashi and Hiro are nerdy brothers who are into robotics.

After Hiro loses his older sibling - death and grieving are not what you normally expect from Disney, but it’s handled with great sensitivity - Hiro is taken under the wing of the loveable robot Baymax, a healer rather than a warrior, who looks like a puffy white version of the Michelin tyre-man. When the nasties come, as they always do, Hiro and his teenaged gang of Fred, Go Go, Wasabi and Honey Lemon - an admirable mix of race and gender - combine their high-tech skills to save the day.

Cartoons are sometimes burdened by the voicings of famous actors. You can become detached through your identification of them, but in this case the lines are spoken by a cast of no-names, resulting in freshness and intimacy.

As for the moving images, it really is extraordinary how the animation studios can imbue their creations with such life, even a big white blob like Baymax, who manages to talk but has no mouth - and the tortoiseshell cat is great, too. With an upbeat soundtrack, dialogue that is smart but not smart-arsed and a hopeful morality, this is one you should not let the kids have on their own. .

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ACCOUNTANT JESSICA ARTHUR Tax returns from $99.................................................0413 808155 BOOKKEEPING Tradies/small business specialist. GST/BAS, super, workcover, MYOB ...0427 038185

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 JAMIE BELLAMY Wellness in the heart of Mullumbimby..............................................0432 034202 ACUPUNCTURE Chinese herbs, 27 years experience. Mullumbimby. Debbie .....................66841160

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 .............0412 641753 RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141 ...............................................0487 264137

AH

02 66 804 173

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

Kitchens and cabinets – co-designed with you.

Bathrooms, timber features, custom-made projects.

Owner-builder friendly.

References and inspection of work available.

Lic 84399C Don 0418 650 608 or Piers 0431 184 315

Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

North Coast news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au

BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay .............................66855282 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman .66858553 MICHAEL SCHWAGER & SHAUN CASHMAN Chiropractors 108 Stuart St, Mullum ........66841962 MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Massage, chiropractic & fitness. 110 Dalley St........................66841028 BYRON BAY CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE Bruce Campbell. 1/12 Tasman Way, A&I Estate ...66858159 CAPE BYRON HOLISTIC CHIROPRACTIC Shane Eade. 6/14 Middleton St ....................0467 660323 MARVELL ST CHIROPRACTIC Lindon Garske www.marvellstchiropractic.com.au ...........66857771

ARCHITECTURAL TIMBERS JACK MANTLE

CHIRO CHRIS Chris Stathis, Suffolk Park – www.chirochris.com.au ..............................0410 122048

STAIRS

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL OPEN / CLOSED RISERS

0408 740 480 / 07 5590 5696

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

0439 624 945

Quality Cabinets & Renovations

CHIROPRACTIC

Ph 6686 7911 Fax 6686 9047 admin@bbtimbers.com.au www.bbtimbers.com.au 110 Teven Road, Ballina

• Fencing • Decking • Structural Pine & Hardwood • Landscaping Timber • Logs & Sleepers • Lattice – Privacy Screens • Alternative Treated timbers for Vegie Gardens & Playgrounds

DR GREG KENDALL 60 Stuart St Mullum. Satisfaction guarantee mullumchiro.com.au....66846336

CLEANING

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING • House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & yscreens • Water efďŹ cient • Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 6684 4018 or 0412 495 750

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North Coast news daily: IMAX COMPUTERS All computer repairs .......................................................................0418 767774

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

BROKEN HEAD COMPUTER REPAIRS Servicing PCs in the Byron area & more............0401 096247

CONCRETING & PAVING CONCRETING – Steve Baker. Lic 143161C.....................................................................0412 272564 FLANAGAN & SONS CONCRETING Lic 155456C. ............................................Ph Andrew 66841424 SALISBURY CONCRETE CONTRACTORS over 20yrs local exp, all concrete, Works Lic 136717C ..0418 234302

EARTHMOVING ROADWORKS • PLANT HIRE ALL JOBS BIG AND SMALL 30 years in local area • Free quotes Phone Dick 6687 8418 / 0412 831 944

JASON COOTE CONCRETING All concreting work, form work, steel fixing Lic 261424C.....0421 957506

FREE QUOTES FREECALL 1800 683 838 MOBILE 0419 677 991 cmhwindows@gmail.com COMMERCIAL, DOMESTIC, SHOPS & REAL ESTATE FULLY INSURED

EXCAVATOR BOBCAT & WATER TRUCK

PLATINUM CONCRETE 20 years experience. Lic 225874C ........................ Justin Myers 0458 773788

COUNSELLING JUSTINE BUCKLEY Relationships, mindfulness, compassion. www.muditaclinic.com ......66846090 PETER FOX Couple Therapy & Marriage Intensives. coupletherapyaustralia.com ...............66840469

• TIP TRUCKS • FLOAT • TRUCK & DOGS • DRIVEWAYS • ROADS • HOUSE PADS • CLEARING • DRAINAGE • CARPARKS • BUSH ROCKS • ROCK WALLS • MACHINE TICKETS ALL MATERIAL DELIVERIES

Phone Quentin

0474 106 002 / 0427 663 678

DR J MILLER Supportive service for individuals & couples. Lennox. judithcmiller.com.au .. 0404 386399

RAZZLE DAZZLE Daz Grant

DEBT COLLECTION CHURCHILL BYRON MEEK FINANCIAL RECOVERIES ...................................................66884618

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

0400 479 811

dgrant@razzledazzlewindows.biz • www.razzledazzlewindows.biz

Byron Eco Window Cleaning and Pressure Washing

Inspire your lifestyle

Philip Toovey 0409 799 909 ph/fax 02 6684 3208

Call Samuel on 6680 9123 or 0434 539 979.

Byron Local for over 30 years.

change the way

you play

Call Glenn or Tracey 0403 428 232 or 6680 9901 email: impresswindowcleaning@gmail.com Reliable • Friendly • Professional • Fully Insured • Free Quotes • Affordable Rates Locally Owned and Operated • Quality Work with Over 10 Years Experience

• We are fully insured, industry trained, professional, and local • All NEW clients receive 20% OFF their initial house clean!

• Check our website for our list of satisfied customers!

• Contact us today for a FREE quote www.coastalwindowcleaners.com.au | info@coastalwindowcleaners.com.au

Carports | Patios | Verandahs | Shelters | Opening Roof Glass & Screened Enclosures | Insulated Roofing

CLEAN AS IT’S BEEN TEAM Home, Bond back, anytime, references..................................66882372 DONE & DUSTED CLEANING Going the extra mile, professional, dependable .............0498 731447

A NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65HP chain trencher, 1.7 tonne excavator, tipper.0402 716857 BYRON BAY BOBCAT & MINI EXCAVATOR All areas ..............................................Ian 0412 853479 14T EXCAVATOR & TRACKED 10T DUMP TRUCK Best hourly rates .............................0423 889336

Ballina, Lismore, Casino, Byron Bay

1300 7726 5463

various implements available for limited access projects

BRUNSWICK BOBCAT HIRE Good rates, very experienced operator. Ilan .....................0414 300012

CALL US TODAY for a FREE Design & Quote Inspire your lifestyle

ELECTRICIANS

Eastcoast Building & Renovations BLN 250287C

DECK & TIMBER SOLUTIONS ZĞƉĂŝƌƐ͕ ZĞƐƚŽƌĂƟ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ WĂŝŶƟ ŶŐ ŽĨ Ăůů /ŶƚĞƌŝŽƌͬ džƚĞƌŝŽƌ dŝŵďĞƌƐ Θ :ŽŝŶĞƌLJ Chris Sahar Lawton 0410 062 493 • WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů Į ŶŝƐŚĞƐ • Quality products • ī ŽƌĚĂďůĞ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ

6685 4795 - 0403 879 146

WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING Professional work. Free quotes. Ph Steve .............0421 797210

ph 0418 781 574

TINY EARTHWOR

Environmentally Friendly, WIndows, Screens, Housewashing, Gutters, Paths and Driveways. FREE QUOTES. happy to work weekends!

Window Cleaning Professionals

Quarry products Truck, trailer & excavator hire 1-30 tonne Road construction

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24 HOUR SERVICE

0439 624 945

AH

Domestic Commercial

BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING For a free quote phone Chris ....................................... 0408 536565\

THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, Cable balustrading. Free quotes....Richard 0407 821690

GREEN ROCKET CLEANERS Bond, office, builders clean, window cleaning................0405 437431 DECKS AND PERGOLAS Hardwood, pine, composites. Robbie. Lic 34423c ...................0409 244424

JAMIE 0408 809 817

DENTISTS

DETAILED CLEANING Natural products. Please call 8am-6pm......................................0410 723601

All Jobs Small or Large

DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL

DECK & TIMBER SOLUTIONS Free quotes. See localdirectories.com.au for profile .......0410 062493

DI’S CLEANING SERVICE Quality & efficient. O.Sh, SGB, NB, Mullum & surrounds .......0414 408723

02 66 804 173 Lic: 154293c

Professional Window Cleaning • Byron Bay Residential • Retail • Commercial OHS, insured, police clearance cert.

licence no. 201775c

QUALITY HOUSEKEEPING Cleaning & de-cluttering ............................................Julie 0410 799686 BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ......................................................................66851264 DOWNUNDER CLEANING Bond & builders cleans. Window & pressure cleaning .........0438 015037 BANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow .....................................66872766

COMPUTER SERVICES

SHORES DENTAL Dr Shaun Goh & Dr Richard Conn. Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores....................66803477

0458 267 777

GAVIN STUART & MARTIN ACKLAND Banora Seaview Dental, Banora Point

Lic. 211410C

30 mins north of Ewingsdale. Open Sat. early & late appointments ..............................07 55234090 LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816 MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ............................................................66842644

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

02 6684 6235

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

61 Stuart St Mullumbimby

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au...............0423 531448

info@mullummac.com www.mullummac.com

SPACIAL ART Houses and small space design................................................................0429 989839

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE CARPARK & DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE CONCRETE EDGING

All Mac Repairs, Upgrades, Service, Data Recovery, Internet Set-up, Hardware Sales, Insurance Claims

0418 156 909

SaulMordaunt@macdoc.net.au

0411 562 111 s

Call Steven Butturini

Apple Certified Support

ELECTRICAL PHONE TV

Lic. No.

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

Please call Blair Rankin on

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electrical

SERVICES PTY LTD

0432 331 633 for details

1300 639 843 Electrical and appliance repairs 0427 402 399 24/7 EMERGENCY CALL OUTS NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL RELIABLE AND PROFESSIONAL TEAM

Lic No. 262667C

DESIGN & DRAFTING

ALL ELECTRICAL WORK • LED DOWNLIGHTS • TV. PHONE & DATA

24/7 SERVICE

0459 260 008 GOODSPARK E L E C T R I C A L

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Jai – 0467 482 948

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .........................0439 624945 or 66804173 RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 ........................................................0429 802355 HALLMARK ELECTRICAL Domestic, small job specialist. Lic EC41467 ..........................0407 416575 LIGHTHOUSE ELECTRICAL BYRON BAY Your friendly electrician Lic 233440C ............0450 631183

Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au

Service Directory BYRON BAY ELECTRICAL Geoff Bensley. Lic EC 34079 ..................................................0427 857824

Acreage & Residential Mowing | Gardening Landscaping | Property Maintenance Brush Cutting | Tip Runs | Fully Insured

CIRCUITS PLUS For everything electrical. Friendly & professional. Lic 201844C ...........0422 668582 SUNSHINE ELECTRICAL SERVICES NSW Competetively Priced. Quality Work. Lic 116938C .0416 043414 WEST BYRON ELECTRICAL Lic 145002C Repairs & installations, affordable rates . Jim 0403 747615

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437

JP ELECTRICAL All electrical antennas & data. Hot water & stove repairs. Lic 133082C .....0432 289705

info@byronbaymowing.com.au www.byronbaymowing.com.au

CHRIS APPEL. Ocean Shores. Lic EC 22349 ....................................................................0422 607444

HANDYPERSONS A TO Z HANDYMAN SERVICES Tip runs, pressure cleaning, gardening, odd jobs ...Andre 66847553 or 0439 495247 CAPE BYRON PROP MAINTENANCE Tom Scott byronmaintenance@gmail.com ......0418 600576 MULLUM HANDYMAN Maintenance, repairs, painting, tip runs, gardening ...............0424 954388 A.S.A.P. HANDYMAN SERVICES Fast, efficient, best solutions for all jobs big or small 0405 625697 DARRIN THE HANDYMAN Long time local, prompt friendly service, 30 yrs exp...........0427 641804

JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron. Lic 176417C ...............................0415 126028

A VERY HANDY MAN for just about anything. Happy to help ...Andrew 66844634 or 0412 558890

CALL BEN

ELECTRIC BOOGALOO 24 hour local sparkie. Lic No 141097C ...........1800 763911 or 0422 033757

0402 823 928

FENCING

micaelangelo245@gmail.com

RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES Michael ...........................................66844970 or 0405 325569 GREG’S HANDYMAN SERVICE No job too small, free quotes........................................0414 109595 LITTLE ANT Complete property maintenance, handyman, lawnmowing .....................0437 799811

• PROPERTY MAINTENANCE • LAWN MOWING • EDGE TRIMMING • ACREAGE MOWING • RUBBISH REMOVAL • SMALL TREE LOPPING • GARDENING • ROCK WALLS • QUALITY WORK • BEST RATES

POOLSAFE GLASS FENCING

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

acreage mowing acreage mowing

AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic...............................Wayne 0423 218417

HEALTH

fully insured

GLASS & ALUMINIUM POOL FENCING PROFESSIONALS 0499 178 297 psgfencingnsw@gmail.com

HANDYMAN All jobs OK. $35/hour ..................................................................... Goran 0403 793834

&& maintanence maintenance

• acreage mowing • brush cutting / edging • light chainsaw work • weed control • green waste removal • tip runs

0427 176 771

E.D.L. FENCING Installations & repairs, prompt service .........................66771852 or 0432 107262 HOMESTEAD FENCING Since 1995. Glass & aluminium pool fencing specialists. Lic 227674C .66222886 • OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic,

NOT JUST FENCING Contact Greg..................................................................................0490 062016

Counselling, Dentists, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry

BORDERLINE FENCING SOLUTIONS All fencing types .....................0422 589568 or 0402 696158

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

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY MASSAGE, CHIROPRACTIC & PERSONAL TRAINING......................66841028 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, massage. 79 Stuart St .....................................66843002

BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING

MULLUMBIMBY SKIN CLINIC 58 Stuart Street .................................................................66844400 MUDITA CLINIC Ayurveda, Counselling, Mindfulness. www.muditaclinic.com .................66846090 HOMEOPATHY Satyaa S Lohmann & Paul Cullen www.dynamichomeopathy.net ........0412 661073 DR JOANNA MADERSKA Brunswick Heads drjoannamaderska.weebly.com ................0416 275999

• Free Quotes • Quality Workmanship • Supply & Install Boral Solid Timber Floors • Locally Owned And Operated • Specialty Timber Finishes • All Eco-Friendly Coatings

CRANIOSACRAL BALANCING Najma Ahern, Practitioner, Tutor & Trainer ....................0402 230449 MULLUM-MOWING@mullumonline.net. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage.........Peter 0423 756394

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ..66841778 or 0405 922839 MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more .......................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003 A TO Z GARDEN SERVICES Lawns, acreage, hedges, clear ups, gutters, pressure cleans .0405 625697 BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ....... www.byronhire.com.au 66856228

0408 536 565

A.C.E. LAWNMOWING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed ...............Sam 0438 655763 or 66859754 SOUND, LIGHTING & VIDEO equipment hire & installation, crystalgrid.com.au ..........0421 661910 ABSOLUTE GARDEN WASTE REMOVAL OR WHATEVER Large trailer. Free quotes ......66804704

proud member of

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

Nathan Hourigan 0420 215 716 Servicing all areas

Lic: 210143C

ACREAGE BRUSHCUTTING & CLEARING SERVICES Lantana specialists ...................0412 705962

E: it2gets2me@gmail.com

NICK’S MOWING Lawns, edges, hedges, local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O.Shores .....0418 792279 SPECIALIST WEED CONTROL CONTRACTORS/CONSULTANTS ...............................0418 110714 HINTERLAND Property Maintenance acreage mowing, servicing Byron Hinterland. Sam ...0429 809363 LUSH GARDENS Affordable & Reliable – All aspects of garden maintenance. Joe.......0401 275232 NORTHERN RIVERS MOWING Acreage specialist. Small/large jobs. Sen/pen rate ......0428 544190

TIMBER FLOOR SPECIALIST

HIRE

SERVICING ALL AREAS

0420 528 373

INTERIOR DESIGN KATE PLATT Interior Designs, www.kateplatt.com................................0411 888416 or 66807606 d’ART INTERIORS www.dartinteriors.com.au. Call Patricia ...................0417 336816 or 66884768 DESIGN UNIT Residential & Commercial Interiors .................................................Bree 0403 488127

IRONING THE IRONING LADY Free pickup & delivery. Fast & friendly service $25/hr. Angela......0414 719680

KITCHENS

COMPLETE GARDEN SERVICE Including lawns, tip runs. Experienced & references.....0405 529275 SHAUN LEMURA KITCHENS Byron 15yrs+ qual. exp. www.shaunlemurakitchens.com.au ....0499 771769 BYRON BAY LAWN MOWING Fully insured garden maintenance & rubbish removal ..0412 263069 ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Splashbacks .................................................................................66857200 EVERGREEN ACREAGE MOWING AND MAINTENANCE .....................................Liron 0427 176771 C & C KITCHEN SOLUTIONS Kitchens & bathrooms, quality at affordable prices ...............66872275 BEANOS Tree & lawn care service. Tree removal/pruning. Lawn & garden maint ..........0421 508044 D HINGED Kitchens, bathrooms from modest to high end www.hinged.com.au Dave ...0409 843689 GARDENING ANGEL / HORTICULTURIST $30 per hour. Rebecca De Gail .....................0413 166314 MAGIC RENOVATIONS Specialising in kitchens, bathrooms & full renovations.............0404 893404

www.oceanfloors.net.au

ROCKY BURNETT Lawn & garden maintenance & rubbish removal..............................0431 950522

ECO TIMBER FLOORS Sanding, polishing & repairs..............................................Trent 0432 501721

GARDEN DESIGN

GARAGE DOORS

LANDSCAPE DESIGN & PLANS Lic no. 39791 www.varendorfflandscapes.com ..........0414 842602

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

VARENDORFF LANDSCAPES www.varendorfflandscapes.com Lic 39791 ...................0414 842602 FLOOR SANDING & PAINTING Decks, verandahs etc. Lic 190593C.....................Kevin 0417 644671 GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ......................... Lyn 0428 884329 BEAU JARDIN LANDSCAPE DESIGN Call Peter .............................................................0417 054443

GAS SUPPLIERS

LANDSCAPING

Licence No: 175956C ABN 93 113 342 699

Free Delivery PH: 02 6628 1376 W: www.cmgd.com.au E: info@cmgd.com.au 3 Hugh Street, Russelton Estate, Alstonville NSW 2477 Garage Doors & Openers | Gates | Sales | Service | Installation | Repairs

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental Reliable

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609 GLAZIERS

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

TEA TREE MULCH

OCEAN SHORES GLASS AND SCREENS Glass splashbacks Lic No 61205C .........................66803333

Hunky Dory Farm

ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Shower screens & mirrors ............................................................66857200

Medium and coarse chop also available all the same price PRICES START AT $27.50 + GST + DELIVERY – minimum load 6m

GUTTERING

GARDEN CLEANUP SPECIALISTS

• Sand • Soils • Gravels • Pots & statues • Lots, lots more

Gutter guard Gutter cleaning Locally owned Fully insured Free quotes Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.

From the farm to you • 0424 163 784 • Eftpos available

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

• Landscaping • Maintenance • Acreage Mowing • Rubbish Removal

0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42

Nick Southerden • 0410 868 173 • 6684 7567

TOTAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE – CALL BEN 0411 631 655

BLUE MTN GUTTERMESH Do it well, do it once..................................................................0418 662285

extremeperfection.com.au eptotalpropertymaintenance@gmail.com

NEW GUTTERING Guttermesh, downpipes etc. Lic 26850C ................................................0418 662285

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ALAN MALONE Painter and Decorator Over 30 years experience for a friendly hassle free job

Licence No. 230091C

Call Neil Deacon Australian

02 6688 4462 0404 864 741

Licence No 97474

deacondesign@mac.com

Landscape Design | Construction | Maintenance

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North Coast news daily:

0412 794 364

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 MARK STRATTON PLUMBING All aspects & emergency work. Lic 57803C ..................0419 019035 ADM PLUMBING SERVICES‌ (NO JOB TOO SMALL) Lic 234528C. ...........Call Adam 0466 992483

DEREK BULLION PAINTING Free quotes. Lic R98818 ..........................0414 225604 or 66805049 ED RIORDAN PLUMBING Efficient, honest & reliable. Lic L6966 ..................................0417 343480 AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ...............................................0413 185399 or 66841249 BRAD EVELEIGH PLUMBING Blocked drains & maintenance. Bruns. Lic 257153C.......0438 140075

SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C................................0405 122456 KELVIN & ROBERT TEALE Painters & decorators. Lic R65919 ..............0400 349027 or 0438 842731 MATT WILSON PLUMBING Lic 10704. All plumbing, draining, gas fitting. Free quotes. ...0408 665672 SHANE TURNER LANDSCAPES Solid, creative, affordable............................................0418 688171 KNIGHTSBRIDGE Painters & Decorators. Lic 130781C. ........... Ph Lloyd 66872351 or 0410 871662

PODIATRY

2481 LANDSCAPES Paving, retainer walls, tree removal, fencing, concreting ..............0490 062016 BYRON PAINTING Immediate starts, great rates. Lic 239832C .....................................0427 669806

LAWNMOWER REPAIRS

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

PEST CONTROL

PRINTER TONERS & CARTRIDGES

BYRON Mower, B’cutter, Ch’saw, all small engine repairs, pickup & delivery .................0429 707286 TYAGARAH MOWER REPAIRS Pacific Hwy (next to Bruns Wreckers), Tyagarah ..........0488 094025

LIGHTING Architectural & Landscape Lighting Specialists Free onsite consultancy service

RELAX...

Safe, effective pest control is our business • Comprehensive management plans & property inspections • Spray-free cockroach treatments • Non-toxic termite control

If you have found termites do not disturb them! Contact us for advice.

6685 4490 or after hours on 0414 769 018 • www.sanctuarypest.com.au

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES

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

LOCKSMITH MOBILE LOCKSMITH SERVICE Automotive car keys & lock installation/repair ............0412 764148

MOTORING

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE ..............................................................................0418 110714

PHOTOGRAPHY

Windscreens & Air Conditioning “Where else would you take a leak?�

Serving Byron Shire Lot 4 Wilfred Street, Billinudgel • 6680 2444

Lic: AU29498

Bayside Radiators

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional • Commercial • Personal 30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518

PHYSIOTHERAPY • Tyres • Batteries • Wheel Alignments MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

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

BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, pilates.

Liz Thomas, Cally O’Hara, Troy Eady .....................................................................................66872330 NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy, acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Corner Dalley & Burringbar Sts, Mullumbimby ....................................................................66843255

MULLUMBIMBY AUTOMOTIVE repairs, tyres & brakes. 40 Dalley Street .................. Sam 66843034 ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St.. 66853511 CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, physiotherapy....................................................66857222

OSTEOPATHY

CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel .................Bangalow 66872337 & M’bah 66723818

BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE FOR WOMEN Eve Schoenheimer Mon, Tues, Thur ............66853660 PETRA KARNI Physiotherapy, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron..........................66807207 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs & Jamie Bennett. Mon-Fri .............................66857517 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, OSTEOPATH SINCE 1975 Old school, Lennox Head. Michael Petrie ...................................66874410 remedial massage. Nigel Pitman, Ilse v.Oostenbrugge, Lachlan Dewar ..............................66803499 LIBBIE NELSON PHYSIO – Acupuncture, yoga & therapy, BFL, Herbs, CS. Byron Bay ......0416 369698

PAINTING

EWINGSDALE PHYSIO Renata Tenta. Flexi-Bar Training. Real Time Ultrasound .................66847838

BYRON BAY

• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas • Workmanship guaranteed • Attention to detail

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

Lic No 189144C

ALL-WAYS PAINTING

6685 1018 or 0413 666 267

ALL WORK GUARANTEED Domestic & Commercial

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0415 952 494 X 6680 7573 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel .......................66803444 MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS & MEXICAN ART 75 Stuart Street.............................0403 734791 FINE ART INSTALLATION SERVICES Art & picture hanging systems.........................0403 554288

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COL JENKINS PLASTER Gyprock, renovations, repairs. No job too small .....................0401 078733 GLENN WATERS For the finish you can’t see. Lic 58928C...............................................0427 908129

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

phone 66801158 or 0408 004719

Andy’s Move & More Small and Medium Moves, Tip Runs and Deliveries, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices Byron Bay and Mullumbimby based

Call cost save

0429 149 533

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SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

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LEAPFROG REMOVALS BYRON BAY’S LOCAL REMOVALIST MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

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Friendly Staff No weekend surcharge

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PICTURE FRAMING

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR Lic 184464C

Bruce Timbs

REMOVALISTS

PETER FARRELL Physiotherapist/rehab consultant. Discuss best approach. Mullum.........66843385

PLASTERING

B Timbs Painting

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MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ...........................................0414 282813 LOCAL AFFORDABLE Brisbane to Sydney, 20yrs exp. travellingbenny@gmail.com ....0402 199999

ROOFING R 4 ROOFING AUSTRALIA Servicing Northern Rivers. Lic 252098C.................. Adam 0422 248936

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C ..............0438 668025 ALL ROOF RESTORATION & PRESSURE CLEANING Lic 272171C ...............................0421 502642

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Service Directory RUBBISH REMOVAL

WATER FILTERS

Dirty Tiles & Grout?

BEST SKIPS BANGALOW 2m2, 4m2, 6m2 bins ......................................0417 458149 or 66871544

...forget pointless scrubbing

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ........................................0412 161564 or 66841232

Our unique restoration process will make your dirty tile & grout look

The Water Filter Experts

BYRON SKIPS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 2, 3, 4 & 6 m3 bins available .............................0450 300360

BRAND NEW again... GUARANTEED!!!

for home, commercial and rural properties

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL.................................................................................0408 210772

9 Tile, Grout & Stone Cleaning & Sealing 9 Silicone 9 Grout Colouring 9 Re-Grouting 9 Epoxy Grout 9 Glass Restoration 9 Slippery Tiles & More

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

RUG CLEANING

Free Quote

North Coast Rug Clean Protect your investment

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

Specialist cleaning for prestigious rugs: Afghan, Oriental, Persian, wool, acrylic, silk, shagpile.

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

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TILER OF THE BAY For all ceramic and stone internal / external wall and floor tiling Waterproofing Q Quality Materials Q 14 years local experience

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Buying: • Scrap metal • Aluminium • Copper • Brass • Lead • Car Batteries Next to Tyagarah Service Station

Pacific Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351

Water purification systems Home • Rural • Commercial Servicing your needs

$379

FULLY INSTALLE IN YOURD HOME

Phone Chris 0414 229 114

WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING WATER TANK CLEANING/WATER TANKS All areas ...............................66888055 or 0407 002833

BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP @ BRUNSWICK BYRON AUTO WRECKERS

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SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS

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CALL ROBERT 0414 818 169

We stop your shower and balcony leaks without removing tiles!

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Specialists in: SHOWERS & BALCONY LEAKS PROFESSIONAL RE-GROUTING MOULDY SILICONE SEALS REPLACED

SMART RAINWATER SOLUTIONS Tank installation, cleaning, repair etc......................0418 662285

WEB DESIGN SERVICES WEB BROWSER Quality websites at affordable prices ..........................66803707 or 0423 770799 wordpressit.com.au modern websites logos SEO value rates ..............info@wordpressit.com.au

WELDING

0417 542 396

SECURITY SERVICES

BEST PRICES – BEST SERVICE – FREE QUOTES

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

TRAVEL

MICK’S MOBILE WELDING All welding & machine maint, metal stair repairs etc ......0407 987290 TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103 McLEAN AUSTQUIP EARTHMOVING & AGRICULTURAL REPAIRS BRUNSWICK VALLEY LOCKSMITHS Shirewide. Master security lic. 047862307 ..........0412 144679 TILER Bathroom repairs, walls & floors. Lic 75915. Andy ...............................................0419 478248 Welding, machining, hydraulics, engineering workshop ................................................0412 065003 STREETWISE SECURITY Static guards & crowd control. Lic 409807379........................0439 793925 MAGIC RENOVATIONS Specialising in bathrooms, kitchens, laundries, floor & wall.....0404 893404

WINDOW TINTING

SUNRISE W. T. NO BUBBLES, NO TROUBLES Cars, homes & offices .........................0412 158478

SEWERAGE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS

MONTHLY MARKETS

Installing, maintaining and repairing onsite sewerage management systems in Tweed & Byron Shires for over 25 years.

M 0418 754 149 P 07 5523 9930

ATAS A10923

NSW Lic. L10007 QLD Lic. 13395

TRINE SOLUTIONS Plumbing, draining & gasfitting. Lic 138031C .....................................66802358

SEWING & ALTERATIONS SEWING REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS Byron Bay & all areas. Phone Jan ......................Jan 66849398 STITCH: For all your sewing needs. Ocean Shores, Mullum, Burringbar. Ph Lindi ..........0432 340113

SEWING MACHINE SALES & SERVICE

TREE SERVICES

JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL • Qualified Arborist • Tree Pruning • Tree Removal • Stump Removal • Mulching • Fully Insured • Same Day Response

131 546

A1 SEWING MACHINES – PARTS & REPAIRS Since 1963. Leaders in service...................66847447

SOLAR INSTALLATION

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES .............................................Call Tim 66877677 or 0417 698227 NORTHERN TREE CARE Consulting arborist, tree surgery ...........................................0414 186161 TREE CONTROL Safe lopping, removal, 12” chipper, stump grinder. Free quotes ..........0422 767677 SOLAR PANEL CLEANING All areas, free quotes, fully insured .............66841778 or 0405 922839

SWIMMING POOLS

OUT ON A LIMB Professional tree services. Free quotes. Low rates. Ph Lucas................0402 191316 A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES Happy to help ............Andrew 66844634 or 0412 558890 BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Irvin ..................................................0402 323910 TALLOW TREE SERVICES Tree Surgery & removal, stump grinding, cherry picker ........0401 208797

ATTENTION POOL OWNERS • All pool requirements • Professional advice • Water testing • Friendly service • Pool servicing 73 Station St, Mullumbimby (opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICE Bobcat, crane truck, 18” chipper.................................0408 202184 HART TREE SERVICES 15” chipper, bobcat, crane truck, stump grinder, EWP.. 66849137 or 0427 347380

UPHOLSTERY BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists ............................66805255 BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Soft furnishings & outdoor ........................66853745 or 0403 713303

MULLUMBIMBY POOL SHOP Water tesing, Eco products, mobile servicing Lic 39126 ...66844846

VALUERS

TILING

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ........................0431 245460 or 66857010

SHE TILES

Female Wall & Floor Tiler _ over 10 years experience

Kitchens, bathrooms, laundries, tile repairs & waterproofing Leaking showers repaired & sealed NO JOB TOO SMALL • Free quotes & consultations

Call Louise 0478 698 186

Lic. No. 216827C Because a woman understands excellence

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

VIDEO PRODUCTION CAMERA CREW, LIGHTING, screens, projectors & editing, crystalgrid.com.au.............0421 661910

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

6685 6807 6628 7333

2nd SUN The Channon 2nd SUN Lennox Head 2nd SUN Alstonville

6688 6433 6686 2139 6628 1568

3rd SAT Mullumbimby 3rd SAT Murwillumbah

6684 3370 0417 759 777

3rd SUN Uki 3rd SUN Lismore Car Boot 3rd SUN Ballina

6679 5921 6628 7333 6687 4328

Full moon January 5 Third quarter January 13

15:54 20:47

4th SUN Bangalow 4th SUN Nimbin

6687 1911 0458 506 000

5th SUN Lennox Head 5th SUN Nimbin

6687 8618 0458 506 000

SATURDAYS Byron Artisan Market 4-9pm

6685 6807

FARMERS MARKETS Each TUE New Brighton Each TUE Organic Lismore Each WED 7-11am M’bah Each THU 8-11am Byron Each FRI 7-11am Mullum Each SAT 8-11am Bangalow Each SAT 8am-1pm Uki

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

JANUARY 2015 Astronomical data and tides

New moon January 21 00:14 First quarter January 27 15:49 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, month rise set rise set height (m) 1 T 0551 1947 1606 0230 0607,1.65; 1837,1.30 2 F 0551 1947 1703 0316 0700,1.71; 1933,1.31 3 S 0552 1947 1757 0404 0748,1.75; 2022,1.33 4 S 0553 1947 1848 0454 0832,1.78; 2105,1.34 5 M 0554 1947 1936 0546 0912,1.79; 2145,1.35 6 T 0554 1948 2019 0639 0950,1.78; 2224,1.36 7 W 0555 1948 2100 0732 1026,1.75; 2300,1.35 8 T 0556 1948 2137 0825 1100,1.71; 2337,1.35 9 F 0557 1948 2212 0916 1136,1.65 10 S 0557 1948 2246 1008 0015,1.35; 1212,1.58 11 S 0558 1948 2320 1058 0057,1.34; 1251,1.49 12 M 0559 1948 2354 1150 0143,1.34; 1335,1.40 13 T 0600 1948 1241 0233,1.35; 1428,1.32 14 W 0601 1948 0029 1335 0329,1.38; 1530,1.25 15 T 0601 1948 0108 1430 0427,1.43; 1639,1.22 16 F 0602 1948 0150 1527 0523,1.51; 1746,1.24 17 S 0603 1947 0236 1625 0617,1.62; 1846,1.29 18 S 0604 1947 0329 1723 0708,1.73; 1941,1.36 19 M 0605 1947 0427 1821 0758,1.85; 2031,1.43 20 T 0606 1947 0529 1916 0846,1.94; 2121,1.49 21 W 0606 1946 0635 2007 0935,2.00; 2211,1.55 22 T 0607 1946 0742 2055 1025,2.00; 2300,1.58 23 F 0608 1946 0849 2140 1114,1.95; 2352,1.59 1204,1.84 24 S 0609 1946 0955 2223 25 S 0610 1945 1059 2305 0045,1.59; 1257,1.69 26 M 0611 1945 1201 2347 0139,1.57; 1352,1.53 27 T 0612 1944 1302 0237,1.56; 1454,1.37 28 W 0612 1944 1401 0030 0339,1.55; 1604,1.26 29 T 0613 1943 1458 0115 0445,1.56; 1719,1.22 30 F 0614 1943 1553 0202 0547,1.59; 1827,1.22 31 S 0615 1942 1644 0251 0643,1.63; 1922,1.26

Low tide, height (m) 1245,0.49 0025,0.47; 1342,0.43 0115,0.47; 1430,0.38 0200,0.47; 1512,0.35 0242,0.47; 1549,0.33 0321,0.48; 1625,0.34 0400,0.49; 1700,0.35 0437,0.52; 1733,0.38 0515,0.55; 1807,0.41 0557,0.59; 1843,0.45 0642,0.63; 1921,0.48 0733,0.68; 2003,0.52 0831.0.71; 2052,0.55 0940,0.72; 2145,0.57 1053,0.68; 2243,0.56 1200,0.60; 2339,0.53 1258,0.49 0032,0.47; 1349,0.37 0124,0.41; 1437,0.25 0215,0.35; 1524,0.16 0305,0.30; 1611,0.11 0358,0.27; 1658,0.10 0451.0.28; 1745,0.13 0545,0.32; 1832,0.20 0644,0.39; 1921,0.29 0745,0.46; 2012,0.39 0853,0.54; 2107,0.48 1008,0.58; 2207,0.54 1125,0.57; 2309,0.56 1234,0.53 0007,0.56; 1330,0.48

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 Businesses For Sale .............. 37 Clothing & Alterations ............. 36

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS – 6684 1777

Death Notices.......................... 38

CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGS

DEADLINE

For Sale .................................. 37

PHONE ADS

Display ads: 12pm TUESDAY Line ads: 1pm TUESDAY

Garage Sales .......................... 37 Halls For Hire .......................... 37 Health Notices ........................ 36 Houses For Sale ..................... 37 House Sit ................................. 38 In Memoriam ........................... 38 Land For Sale.......................... 38 Motor Vehicles ........................ 37 Musical Notes.......................... 38 Only Adults .............................. 38

6684 1777 AT THE ECHO HEAD OFFICE

Ads may be taken by phone on

Ads can be lodged in person at the Mullum Echo office:

Publication day is Wednesdays, booking deadlines are the day before publication.

Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby

RATES & PAYMENT

EMAIL ADS

$17.00 for the first two lines

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$5.00 for each extra line

Ads bookings only made during business hours: Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. Ads can’t be taken on the weekend.

Account enquiries phone 6684 1777.

$17 for two lines is the minimum charge.

Professional Services ............. 36 Public Notices.......................... 36 Readings ................................. 36

ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE ABBOTT GOVERNMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE? Let’s talk about the Renewable Energy Party Peter Breen. Ph 0419985145

SENSITIVE HANDS 2 LUXURIOUS HOURS $130 Call Ross 66855952 or 0421399465

NEW TUESDAY CLASSIFIEDS DEADLINES FOR THAT WORK CLASSIES FROM THIS WEEK! ALL WEEK!

TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE $50 Brunswick Heads. Ph Phim 0449063629

TOXIC & TIRED?

Echo Classies also appear online in Echonetdaily – echo.net.au/classified-ads

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THE BYRON SHIRE

Quit Cigarettes IN 60 MINUTES Ingrid 66803827

These prices include GST.

Cash, cheque, Mastercard or Visa

WOODWORKING WORKSHOPS www.woodworkforwomen.com.au

NEXT YEAR, THE ECHO WILL COME OUT WEDNESDAY starting Wednesday 7 January.

EVERY MAN Trusting the Masculine Mon nites 0407301200 www.johnhale.org/men

TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE Brunswick Heads. Ph Yah 0477594800

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS • 66841777

OFFICE CLOSURES The Echo offices will be closed on: New Years Day.

Share Accommodation ........... 38 Short Term Accommodation .. 38

On the other days we will be open.

(The Byron office is occasionally closed when sales staff are out visiting clients – best to call first.)

Social Escorts ........................ 38 To Lease ................................. 38 To Let ....................................... 38

Find Echo Classifieds on Echonetdaily every day

Tractor Repair .......................... 37 Tradework ................................ 37

HYPNOSIS & EFT Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma.

Maureen Bracken 0402205352

HEART SPACE MASSAGE Reflexlogy & Metamorphics Jo Morrish. Ph 0423293995

Line classified deadlines will change to Tuesday 1pm from 1 January 2015.

Removalists ............................. 38

REACH YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT IN 60 MINUTES Easy & no fuss! Free Psych-K balance.

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Prepayment is required for all ads.

Pets.......................................... 38 Positions Vacant ..................... 38

MASSAGE AWAKENING $40 /hr, 7 days Home/Mobile. Joshua 0426534161

MASTER HYPNOTHERAPIST NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMER & LIFE COACH

BRENT VERCO CHIROPRACTOR MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC

Successful solutions for any problem PH 66802630 enquiries welcome Health Fund rebates available

6684 1028 MON TUE WED THU FRI PM & SAT AM

Tree Services .......................... 37 Tuition ..................................... 38 Wanted ................................... 37 Wanted To Lease .................... 38 Wanted To Rent...................... 38 Work Wanted........................... 38

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Statues, Daybeds, Lanterns, Bowls & Showroom Items

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STARLIGHT FESTIVAL

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LOCALS SPECIAL! BRUNSWICK HEADS CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL BANNER PARK Every Sunday until 18th January from 7pm

BUY 1 RIDE GET 1 FREE

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Shane Eade – Chiropractor 0467 660 323

BUY 1 RIDE GET 1 FREE

THE BYRON SHIRE

Are your hips tighter on one side?

8 - 9:30am

10 - 11:30am

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ED-VIC CLOTHING For all bulk cutting, small or large quantities. Ph Eddie 66845180

Slow Gentle Yoga

Daniel

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Professional Remedial, Deep Tissue & Relaxation Massage in a beautiful beachside setting.

T

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½ Hour 1 Hour 1½ Hour Home Visits

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Yoga classes $18 5 class pass $80

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6:00 - 7:30pm

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Slow Gentle Yoga Slow Gentle Yoga Restorative Yoga Slow Gentle Yoga 6:45 Fortnightly (See Website)

$40 $75 $110 $120 (1hr)

Upstairs Byron Surf Club 0448 807 798 Mon-Sat

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PROF. SERVICES

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LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

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

private sessions available call 6687 2031 or visit www.yogalates.com.au

READINGS TAROT No Frills, no Fuss – 100% Confidentiality $80 – text: 0417427518

HEALTH

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Clear subconscious sabotages.

Reprogram patterns and beliefs.

De-stress. Restore vibrancy and physical health. Clear allergies.

SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract. 66846914 HAWAIIAN MASSAGE Ocean Shores Michaela. 0416332886

certificate teacher training courses monday

10am - 11.30am 10am - 11.30am 6pm - 7.30pm

Yogalates : mat work Yogalates : prenatal Yogalates : mat work

suffolk park bangalow suffolk park

tuesday

9.30am - 11am 6pm - 7.30pm

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

bangalow bangalow

wednesday 6pm - 7.30pm

stretch with core stability

suffolk park

thursday

Yogalates/Pranayama meditation bangalow

9.30am - 11am

friday

10am - 11.30am

stretch with core stability

suffolk park

saturday

8am - 9.30am

stretch and strengthen

suffolk park/bangalow

Special: unlimited classes for 3 months $199 Award winning DVDs available at our studios

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

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TREAT YOURSELF! Relaxing deep tissue, remedial.

Byron. Ph Kate 0410395368

FREE DVD ‘Being free is not an idea.

It’s a feeling. It emanates from within.’

Prem Rawat To receive a complimentary DVD, please text ‘DVD, name & mailing address’ to 0417200440.

WOPG information line 1300303169

for your career in natural health.

FREE intro to self-help, Cert IV & Dip. Wed 21 Jan 7-9pm with Parijat Wismer Course starts 21/22 Feb. Austudy.

Byron Kinesiology Centre/KSA Ph 66857991 www.wellness.net.au

TRADEWORK

3EPTIC 7ASTE 2EMOVAL

3UMMERLAND %NVIRONMENTAL

4HE ,IQUID 7ASTE 3PECIALISTS

s 3EPTIC TANK CLEANING s 'REASE TRAP SERVICING s /ILY ,IQUIDS s 0ORTABLE TOILET HIRE s HOUR SERVICE

Professional Experienced Effective

0402 712 422

BEST MASSAGE

SPIRAL HEALING Access Bars, Theta Healing, Reiki.

Evie 0432774070

Available all holiday season

CRANIOSACRAL & YOGA WITH DEB Tues 9.30am (Hatha flow), Wed 6pm (Restorative) Yoga Peace Mullum.

Cranio by appt 0400811155, 66840470

TREE SERVICES

Tallow

Massage at

More Information: www.YogaInByron.com CALL TO REGISTER: 0451 018 144

HEARTSPACE

TREE SERVICES

PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE • • • • •

Bali

Bliss

• • • •

2 hours $100 Aromatic Body Scrub Deep Relaxing Massage Reflexology

Yoga & Pilates Shiatsu & Massage Experienced teachers Amazing venue

REMOVALS PALMS TREE SURGERY FREE QUOTES FULLY INSURED

• • • • •

STUMP GRINDING TREE REPORTS DA APPLICATIONS CRANE HIRE CHERRY PICKER

6687 2750 - 0401 208 797

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES • Cherry Picker • Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Tree Surgeon • Fully Insured

Mulch Supplies Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

6687 7677 Mobile 0417 698 227

HALLS FOR HIRE COORABELL HALL WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES 66871307 www.coorabellhall.net

FOR SALE

COMPOST TOILETS Garry Scott • 66843468 NEXT YEAR, THE ECHO WILL COME OUT WEDNESDAY starting Wednesday 7 January.

Line classified deadlines will change to Tuesday 1pm from 1 January 2015.

OFFICE CLOSURES The Echo offices will be closed on: New Years Day. On the other days we will be open.

(The Byron office is occasionally closed when sales staff are out visiting clients – best to call first.)

Jo Morrish

9 Myocum St, Mullumbimby

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

7am

Flow+ Geoff

Flow Marianna

Flow+ Nikki

Flow+ Nikki

Flow+ Geoff

10am

Flow+ Geoff

Flow Leigh

Flow Leigh

Flow Nikki

Flow Geoff

Foundation Lucy Surf-Flow Geoff

Flow+ Nikki

BAMBOO PLY

from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring.

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.

Ph 66884188 • sample & brochure. www.bambooply.com.au

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617

SPEED QUEEN

Commercial grade washing machines Bridglands Betta Home Living Mullum 66842511

TEMPUR

Bedding now available at BETTA HOME LIVING Mullumbimby 66842511

Miele appliances

Buy the best Bridglands Betta Home Living Mullumbimby 66842511

WASHING MACHINE automatic $180, fridge f/free $250, delivery. 0413589388

Powerful Flow w Geoff Brooks & Co.

6pm

Mullumbimby. 66842511

Sat Flow+

8am Nikki

Yin Flow Foundation Leigh Lucas

NARNIA NURSERY

Sun

Lilly Pilly, Star Jasmine, Purple Fountain Grass, Xanandu, Lomandra, Liriope, etc www.narnianursery.com.au 0419771514

Foundation

8am Geoff

Flow Geoff

AL MERRICK short board 6'4" + new fins $350. Mountain bike Apollo 17" frame $180. Mullum 0420436460

Stretch Geoff

Yin Stretch Surf-Flow Leigh Geoff

Upstairs, 144 Jonson St, Byron Bay (next to Mitre 10) 0414 969 187 ananta.com.au

TEEPEE good quality canvas, calico colour, no poles, cheap sale, bought $1500 sell $650. 0416142019 QUEEN MATTRESS pristine & futon base $85 ono. Avail 5/1/15. Ph 0438348136

Tuesdays & Thursdays 5 – 6.30 PM Saturdays 10 AM –12 PM S U F F O L K PA R K CO M M U N I T Y H A L L

Safe, beneficial, authentic yoga

CHRISTMAS BREAK:

No classes from December 24th Back Tuesday January 6th Flo Fenton, Senior Yoga Teacher

0418 441 437 | flo@intouchyogabyronbay.com 02 6685 9910 | intouchyogabyronbay.com

Lois & The Ginger Necktar Team would like to wish everyone a wonderful 2015!

THE GINGER NECKTAR DRINK COMPANY www.gingernecktar.com.au • 6680 9433 Find Echo Classifieds on Echonetdaily every day

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES ALL YEAR ROUND

Byron Street Studio (above Centrelink)

Supplying commercial, wood fired bakeries, pizza restaurants and residential, combustion stoves, open fires, pot belly, kindling. Various load sizes from 4’x 6’ to 4 ton tipper.

PRICES STARTING FROM $95.

VOLUME DISCOUNTS.

90 mins Purna classes, all levels. $18 casual / $75 for 5 classes / $130 for 10

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

8am Jacinta Anna Mel Jess Kirsty Chloe

10am Danielle Danielle Bettina CLOSED Gitam Kirsty Becky

4pm

6pm Michael S Chloe Kirsty

Matt 0427 172 684 Gitam Alex

Byron Yoga Retreat Centre 50 Skinners Shoot Rd (just past Arts Factory Purna Café $10 delicious vegetarian breakfast, lunch & dinner Purna 90 mins with Purna teacher $10 Hour of Power $15 10.30am & 6pm 90 mins dynamic $18 (membership valid)

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

GARAGE SALES TYAGARAH 32 Prestons Lane. Sat 8-12pm. Moving sale. Furn, w’mach, dryer, scooters, women & kid’s clothes, books & toys O.SHORES 5 Colli Cl. Sat 8am-1pm.

Plants, new Tupperware, clothes & books SUFFOLK PARK 18 Alcorn St, Sat 8am.

Furn, chairs, cabinets, bar stools, large garden pots, cushions, kitchen tableware & clothing MULLUM 246 McAuleys Lane, Forbidden Fruits Nursery, huge range of items, 70s LPs, heaps of furniture, kids and farm stuff, plants. Sat from 7am MOVING SALE appliances, furn + more 30 Parkway Dr, Ewingsdale, Sat 8am OCEAN SHORES NTH 11 Rangal Rd. Moving house sale. Furn, washing mach, dryer, kitchen stuff, linen etc. All must go.

MOTOR VEHICLES

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403 or 0413120970

CAR RENTALS

Weekly Rates 0401606707 2001 MITSUBISHI VERADA KJ Xi Sedan 4dr auto 4sp 3.5L, leather seats, 4 new tyres, sunroof.

Good condition. $2300. Ph 0499008555 98 CAMRY WAGON auto, 4 cylinder, 26/03/15 rego $1500 ono. 0401166688

BARGAINS 2005 Holden Rodeo Turbo Diesel Lock-up canopy. Perfect 4 camping or work. ZJP 246$7,795

Commodore Ute Auto, a/c, p/s, hardcover, alloys, 9/15 rego, immaculate. SN 671 ....... $3,950

2008 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4WD SWB low kms, log books, immaculate. BZ 97 UE ............ $12,500

Ford Falcon Saphire 1 owner, totally immaculate, 10/15 rego, cold air, lovely. UQE 689 .......... $2,450

2005 Hyundai Getz 5spd, a/c, p/s, 127680kms, Classes are Casual class $15 90 mins Unlimited 7-day intro $25* *conditions apply

4pm

BRIDGLANDS

DOUBLE BASS Chinese made, ebony finger board & solid spruce, very good condition $2500 ono. 0412732465

Diana Ewing 0407 455 212

MULLUMBIMBY

VACUUM BAGS

To suit most makes & models

BICYCLES pre-loved from $50, repairs.

Sth Golden Bch 0431540579, 66804165

yellowchurchyoga.com dianaewing@bigpond.com

0423 293 995

EPIC SURF SKIS & KAYAKS Available now from Go Sea Kayak Byron Bay. To book a demo paddle call: 1800732529 or check out the range on: www.goseakayakbyronbay.com.au

CARPET MATS FROM 50c EACH Ray Towers Carpets - Mullumbimby

See timetable & more info:

HEALTH REBATES

APPLE DISPLAY current model 23" LED Thunderbolt with speakers and ports. $1189 new, sell $700. Phone 66847205

7– 8am Hour of Power Hour of Power Hour of Power 9AM John Hour of Power Hour of Power Hour of Power

10.30am 4pm Niki Purna Dynamic Purna Niki Purna Ogilvie by donation Dynamic Purna Dynamic Purna Dynamic Purna

6pm

6684 4421 0402 323 910

NICK HART Mell

Evolve Yoga Festival – Sat 17 Jan Byron Public School evolveyogafestival.com.au

byronyoga.com

• FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

FOR UNLIMITED YOGA at both venues: 1 month $120. 3 months $240

North Coast news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au

TREE LOPPING

• Affordable tree services • Professional tree care • 15” chipper (crane truck)

Fully insured • Free quotes

6684 9137

• 0427

347 380

• Fence posts • Hardwood poles • Sleepers • Paling fence timber • Offcuts • Banana props • Drummed molasses • Firewood Kings Creek, Mullumbimby Mark 6680 4284 / 0427 490 038 Karen 0427 804 284

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal 0408 210 772

NATIVE PLANTS The Largest range of native plants in the Byron Shire.

Tubestock to Semi-advanced Buy direct from the grower

Local online shopping $5.95 Delivery Gift Vouchers Organic Baby Products Composting Disposables Organic/Bamboo Cloth Nappies Teething Herbs & Toys Organic Baby Skincare Browse on line for more... www.natureschild.com.au PH: 1300 555 632

MULLUM CREEK NATIVE NURSERY 110 Yankee Ck Rd, via Wilsons Ck Rd Mullumbimby 6684 1703 Open every Wed–Fri 10am to 4pm or by appointment www.mcnativenursery.com.au

WANTED OLD MOTORBIKE any make, any year, any cond. Will pick up. 0427109195 LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS • 66841777 •

super economical. 3/15 rego. AJ 49 EA ..... $4,650

2004 Falcon BA Wagon Auto, a/c, p/s, 7/15 rego, service history,173000kms. BC 62 YW ......... $5,950

50 CARS UNDER $10,000

ballinacarcentre.com.au

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

Ballina Car Centre

DLN 19950

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274

TRACTOR REPAIRS

TRACTOR REPAIRS

Rural Machinery Repair Service old-school repairs, parts & restorations to all makes and models onsite service available workshop 72 Charltons Road Federal

6688 4143 0448 881 942 TRACTORS FOR SALE Massey Ferguson 35 with 5ft slasher $4,900 Grey Fergie $1,500

BUSINESS FOR SALE MOBILE FOOD RETAIL Byron area, suit cpl with hospitality exp.

Interest over $90k. Call 0411027319 RAW ECSTASY This unique niche business is operating at 11 local markets per month. Operational with two people.

There is scope to expand into more festivals & wholesaling. Value to you: $25k stock/equipment + $ permanent market stalls + 10 yrs goodwill + training + amazing recipes + making living food with love. enquiries@rawecstasy.com.au

HOUSES FOR SALE BYRON BAY FAMILY HOME ON 2 LARGE BLOCKS in best part of BB, ocean views, $2.5 million www. byron4sale.com Ph 0415953803

The Byron Shire Echo December 30, 2014 37

LAND FOR SALE FIJI Savu Savu 2000sqm development block, amazing views, 2 min to town, will consider swap $125,000. 0410406334

REMOVALISTS BIG & SMALL REMOVAL JOBS Local, affordable, reliable & quick Ph 66845510 or 0412363930

BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED Modern & Secure from $122.85 p/m Bangalow Real Estate • 66872479 CARAVANS & CABINS from $195pw.

Apply in person to Byron Bay Tourist Village, Ewingsdale Road MULLUMBIMBY 3br brick house, very large yard, walk to shops, dog ok, veg garden, fenced yard. Avail 1 Jan. $495pw mullumbimby@hushmail.com

SHORT TERM ACCOM.

BYRON LILLI PILLI self-contained furnished studio $320pw bills & WiFi included, short term neg. Ph 0413294982

BYRON f-furn renov, 4br, 2 bthrm close to town/beaches avail March to June. Email: ruthjlawrence@gmail.com for details.

LOCAL REMOVAL

HOUSE SIT PROF CARETAKER avail, love animals & gardens, exc refs, empl. 0406335062

SHARE ACCOM.

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 BALLINA SELF-STORAGE UNITS Secure from $16pw. Ph 66867011 STORAGE From $100/mth. Bangalow. Ph 66871500

SUFFOLK PARK room avail in great spacious house, $230pw incl bills & internet, plus bond. Ph 0415747067

EWINGSDALE 1br self-cont apartment, suit n/s, single $300pw incl elect, internet, no pets. Avail from 17th Jan. Suzie 0412140320

MULLUM 2 bright fully-furn funky rooms avail for rent now in a lovely home in the heart of Mullum. Quiet location, tropical gardens, massive deck, share with 1 fem, needing healthy-living conscious, employed females only, unfortunately no pets. 4 weeks bond, 2 weeks advance $180 & $200 per room per week + bills.

Text Amelia 0411170468

BRUNSWICK HEADS 2br/1bthrm 1st floor unit, views $340pw OCEAN SHORES 1br/1bthrm furn unit, views $270pw NO PETS UNLESS SPECIFIED www.siwickirealestate.com.au Siwicki Real Estate 17 Fingal St Brunswick Heads. Ph 66851206

BALLINA bedroom, office & bthrm avail in beautiful home overlooking river, furn or unfurn, rent neg $220pw. 0432237678

BANGALOW modern sunny 3br, 2 bthrm bright lounge, deck & priv fenced gdn NE facing. 3rd br has sep ent $575pw + $2,300 bond, avail 7/2/15. 0467980638

BRUNSWICK share house with 1 other $150pw + exp. 0417098653, 66846636 RURAL MULLUM 1br inside house, outside amenities, $130pw. 0402199999

BYRON STUDIO in town, funky f-furn, s-cont, suit couple/twin share $360pw.

0410515093 after 6pm

BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333 BRUNSWICK HEADS new 2br cottage, DLUG, no pets $420pw. 0437030819

North Ocean Shores Large four bedroom home, two bathrooms, two living areas and a large yard. Double lock up garage. $580.00 per week.

Available 05.01.15 Contact: FNC Property Management

1300 716 707

New Brighton

OCEAN SHORES $420pw, 3 bed, 2 bath timber home $285pw, 1 bed, 1 bath unit Brand New affordable Housing From $220 to $270pw Fully furnished modern units Single people only *Conditions apply

6 Strand Ave, New Brighton 6680 1594 elders new brighton.com.au

Bangalow

Brooklet Rd, Brooklet – $480 pw 2-3 bed, 1 bath, great location. Owner on-site. Avail now.

Avalon Ave, Clunes – $500 pw 3 bed plus study, 2 bath, double carport. Avail 15th Jan. Pine Mtn Rd, Possum Creek – $700 pw Large 3-4 bed, 2 bath home w pool avail furn or unfurn. Avail 30th Jan. Parrot Tree Pl, Bangalow – $750 pw Brand new 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, timber floors. Avail now.

We have qualified tenants ready and waiting for properties in Bangalow, please call us if you are considering renting your property.

For more available rental properties go to www.eldersbangalow.com.au

Elders Bangalow wish you a Happy New Year!

19a Byron Street, Bangalow

02 6687 1500

PART-TIME MASSAGE THERAPIST for Byron clinic. Ph 0419419404 LOVE FILM? Got skills & free time to dedicate over the next 10 weeks? Join the Byron Bay Film Festival team www. bbff.com.au/volunteers PR MANAGER To help drive a large, exciting national & local media campaign. Short term contractor role. Email: staff@bbff.com.au ECHO DISTRIBUTION CONTRACTORS Thank you to all the applicants for the positions in South Golden Beach, Ocean Shores, Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby and Suffolk Park.

These positions have now been filled.

NEED EXTRA CASH AFTER XMAS? LADIES WANTED accom avail, clean cond’ns, over 18yo. 66816038 from 10am SURF COACH MojoSurf requires a head surf coach for our Byron school. Level 1 surf coach quals. LR drivers lic & drivers authority. Email vanessat@mojosurf.com

GOOD DRIVERS WANTED NOW Shifts avail for taxi, coach & hire cars.

Full training provided. Min 12 month Aust Licence Required.

Email: info@byronbaytaxis.com

Bruns 2br $410 New Brighton 3br 2.5bth $550 Burringbar 3br $400 L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

WORK WANTED

Window Cleaner 10yrs exp, quality. John 0411842117 QUALIFIED PAINTER Small jobs OK. Phone Rob 0408900134.

Green Painters Lic No: 242107C LOCAL GUYS: Odd jobs. Carpenter & tiler 50yrs exp Repair & new. 0432401334 EXPERIENCED HORTICULTURIST for all aspects of gardening. Ph 0429020215

The Ironing Lady Free pick-up & delivery to select areas $25 per hour. Angela 0414719680

Flo Fenton’s

intouchyoga teacher trainings

Intouch Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training

Now offered as both a 200 hour AND a 350 hour course over 29/35 Wednesdays, across 8/9 months. Learn thoroughly about you, yoga, and the teaching of yoga to suit the individual.

Now registered with Yoga Australia

WANTED TO RENT MATURE LADY looking to rent fully-furn private accom in Byron up to $300pw all inclusive. Available to move in 23/1/15.

Responsible, clean & tidy. Please contact Maryanne Kezerle on 0427303764 LARGE SHED OR BAILS at least 300sqm, must have power & water, toilet & either phone line or be in a good phone/WiFi area. Kitchen a plus. Between Mullum & Lismore. Prefer rural or quiet location for filming/recording. Text/email 0417427518, TF@treefaeriefotos.com.

TO LEASE COMMERCIAL FACTORY at Bangalow Industrial Estate. Ph Ben 0418878978

WANTED TO LEASE WANTED 20M X 20M LAND no elect or water, 59-year-old man with caravan to park. Ph 0414109595 LARGE SHED OR BAILS at least 300sqm, must have power & water, toilet & either phone line or be in a good phone/WiFi area. Kitchen a plus. Between Mullum & Lismore. Prefer rural or quiet location for filming/recording. Text/email 0417427518, TF@treefaeriefotos.com.

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 BYRON BAY HERB NURSERY req casual support worker. See ‘jobs’ section of our website: www.byronherbs.com.au 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 VITA YOGA is seeking a dynamic Vinyasa teacher for 7am classes. Please email info@vitayoga.com.au

38 December 30, 2014 The Byron Shire Echo

IN MEMORIAM

WAREHOUSE ORGANISER Byron Bay Retrospect Galleries is looking for a motivated & organised person to manage deliveries, packaging & stock.

We are looking for the right person to join our small & dynamic team! Framing experience preferred but not essential.

Email accounts@retrospectgalleries.com

200/350 hours part time – one day a week March – December 2015 Suffolk Park, Byron Bay

BYRON STUDIO in town, funky f-furn, s-cont, suit couple/twin share $360pw.

0410515093 after 6pm

TO LET

REMEDIAL MASSAGE THERAPIST Looking for female therapist with health fund rebates, for 2-3 days in busy well respected Bangalow clinic. Must be experienced, professional, reliable & passionate. Ph 0499490088 or email: info @bangalowremedialmassage.com.au

KEITH (BOMBER) BROWN 8/1/1935 - 29/12/2006 A special man who touched many lives & lived to the fullest in all walks of life.

Missed, loved & remembered every day, Shirley, Mark, Karen, Matt, Leanne, Tony, Luke, Cody, Stephen, Sherrynne (dec.) & Ashlee KEITH BROWN Dad, your passion for life & enthusiasm in friendships will always remain our most cherished memories.

Forever close to our hearts.

Love Shane & Liz

PETS PET SITTER/FOSTER HOME needed from Sun-Fri for Aliki a 6yo Ridgeback X. Jan 5 to March 20. Aliki is a gentle giant and will be staying in your home and keeping you fit with 2 walks a day. All food is provided, full pet insurance plus you will be paid $10/day neg. Ph Madeleine 0422032308

Violet

Can you make Violet’s Christmas special? Beautiful Violet is 6 years young & looking for her new family.

She has gorgeous tabby & white fur, green eyes, & has a delicate little face.

Violet is affectionate to humans but is a bit worried by the other cats in the shelter. She did live with another cat so we’re sure she’d get used to other cats eventually.

Violet wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas & a Happy 2015.

To meet Violet & our other cats & kittens, visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley St, Mullumbimby.

OPEN: Tues 2.30–4.30pm Thurs 3–5pm Sat 10am–12 noon Call AWL 6684 4070

NASH is a 10 year old bichon x maltese desexed male. He is in good health, active and loves a belly rub.

If you can give Nash 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.

ONLY ADULTS FOR MEN RELAXING, TANTRA MASSAGE Deeply honouring and sensual.

For body and heart. Sophia 0448250698 SOFT HANDS WARM OIL sensual touch. Mature & discreet. Byron.

0407264343 MEN’S WAXING CLINIC Male therapist 7 days strictly by appointment. Ph 0477927726 menswaxinglismore.com.au BYRON BAY BEACH BABES Every night after 6pm Outcalls Only. Ph 0497641199 www.byronbaybeachbabes.com EXQUISITE Be impressed with my hot body and warm hands. Tweed area. 0498073208 ABSOLUTE PLEASURE Sensual relaxation, dream body, exquisite touch. In/out calls 0407852069 HOT LIKE HONEY, SWEET LIKE CHOCOLATE Caribbean full body massage with a hot ending. www.bit.ly/hotlikehoney 9am-6pm. Ph 0407013347 TOUCH OF JUSTINE Luscious massage & sensual touch Hot, bi, 33yo. www.bit.ly/mojomassage Tues/Wed only. 0407013347

PETS FOR LIFE ANIMAL SHELTER

XMAS SALE ADULT PRODUCTS

info & bookings: www.intouchyogabyronbay.com Ph: 02 6685 9910 flo@intouchyogabyronbay.com

Local Boutique Business

LOCAL REMOVALIST Happy to move big, small & in between. Ph 0402199999

QUALIFIED CHEF Full time Cicchetti Byron Bay is looking for enthusiastic qualified chefs to join the kitchen team. Minimum 3 years experience required in a qualified chef’s position.

Please email your resume to our Head Chef Enrico: enrico@cicchetti.com.au

We are a small privately owned Healthcare company specialising in the import and distribution of cardiothoracic products. Due to recent expansion, two newly created positions will be recruited early in 2015 to work in Byron Bay: Sales and Supply Support Co-ordinator Casual Store Assistant (up to 20hrs a week).

For further details see job advert and application details on www.reidhealthcare.com.au.

Please include a covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role.

Applications close on Friday 9th January 2015.

RESTAURANT MANAGER Full time Cicchetti Byron Bay is looking for a dedicated and passionate Restaurant Manager. With a minimum 5 years experience working in a fine dining restaurant you will offer the highest level of customer service, have experience managing a team of at least 10 staff, be familiar with placing food and beverage supplier orders as well as having extensive food and wine knowledge.

If you feel this is you then please send your resume to kate@cicchetti.com.au

TUITION FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 66846760 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au AFRICAN DRUMMING WORKSHOP With Djulz Chambers (Melbourne) Presented by Son of Drum 11am til 1pm Mullum Scout Hall Sunday Jan 4th $25 incl drum hire 0424046043, benji@sonofdrum.com.au

MUSICAL NOTES PIANO TUNER Restorer, repairer & retailer since 1981.

Ph Dr Fred Cole 0412216019 or www.specialtypianos.com.au

PIANO TUNING

Tuner for Planet Music, Studio 301 & SAE College. R. Barkley. 0422221116 www.reubenbarkleypianotuning.com.au BYRON SOUND LOUNGE rehearsals, recording & PA hire. Ph 66808938 PIANO $1500, Alex Steinbach, bought new Lismore Music Centre 95. Ideal beginners piano, good condition overall but needs tuning & practice muffler replaced. Piano stool in fair cond included.

Located in Mullum. 0418958467 PIANO good condition $600 Mullumbimby.

Phone 0420436460

DEATH NOTICES GARRY ‘ADDO’ ADDISON Passed away suddenly on 15/12/14.

A paddle out at River Sea Lane, New Brighton on Sat 3/1/15 at 10.30am and afterwards a celebration at the Billi Pub

Find Echo Classifieds on Echonetdaily every day

Here’s a sweet young girl wondering what 2015 will bring - JESSIE is a tortie with a lovely, friendly & quiet personality. She will surprise you, like a chocolate that delights you when you realise just how yummy it is inside. Jessie gets on well with the others, but knows that real life will begin when she leaves the four walls of the centre, and has her own loving home with people.

She will love you forever.

All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.

Please make an appointment 0403 533 589 Billinudgel petsforlifeanimalshelter.net

Our range of premium products cater to all sexualities & genders.

Beautiful gift vouchers available.

Add something new and exciting to your bedroom play.

Vibes, bullets, magic wands, couples vibes, rechargeable, rabbits and more.

Use code ‘Echo’ for 10% off all products.

COMEAGAIN.COM.AU

SOCIAL ESCORTS BYRON AREA OUTCALLS. Phone 0421401775 SOPHIA 19 new, Aurora 20 surfie stunner, Sharm 20 stunner, Jess latina 20, Champagne 40 & fabulous 66816038.

Open 10am till late.

BALLINA EXCLUSIVE 34 Piper Dr. New owner, new staff.

Open 7 days 10am till late.

Outcalls available. Enq 66816038 SEXY ESCORT Outcalls only. 0478109345 DOUBLE TROUBLE all enquiries welcome. Call 0423682800

It’s raining cats & dogs!

Well, almost...

Every year many thousand unwanted cats and dogs are born to pets that haven’t been desexed. And sadly, most end up being put down.

So please...

desex your pets!

Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au

News Extra

Can the pope tip the balance against fossil fuels?

An examination of how one of the largest private employers in the world may soon move towards clean energy Giles Parkinson, reneweconomy.com.au

Six years ago, Pope Benedict XVI installed more than 1,000 solar panels on the Vatican’s audience hall, helping him earn him the sobriquet of the ‘Green Pope’.

Some time in the next few months, his successor Pope Francis may just go one step further. His actions could tip the balance against fossil fuels, as the world’s wealthiest institution takes on the world’s most powerful industry.

The signs have been building. In November, the pope sent a letter to Australian prime minister Tony Abbott urging him to address climate change and sustainability at the G20 summit – something Abbott had pointedly refused to do.

At Lima, the pope sent another letter urging diplomats to agree on a strong deal to tackle climate change as UN negotiations drew to a close.

In a message to Peru’s environment minister, Manuel Pulgar Vidal, who led the discussions in Lima, Francis warned that ‘the time to find global solutions is running out’.

A group of Catholic bishops went one step further, calling for an end to fossil fuel use, citing climate change’s threat to the global poor as the lodestar of their concern.

The document, signed by bishops from all continents, insisted on limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C relative to pre-industrial levels — a considerably more ambitious goal than the 2°C ceiling that’s generally agreed on as the threshold beyond which climate change becomes truly dangerous.

They also called for the building of ‘new models of

development and lifestyles that are both climate compatible’ and can ‘bring people out of poverty’.

Specifically, they said: ‘Central to this is to put an end to the fossil fuel era, phasing out fossil fuel emissions and phasing in 100 per cent renewables with sustainable energy access for all.’

There is growing speculation within church circles that this view is held at the highest level. Pope Francis wants the image of the Catholic Church to evolve beyond that of a huge multinational corporation, to its origins as a social and humanitarianbased organisation.

Pope Francis is his own man As he showed in his extraordinary speech this week to the priests, Pope Francis is very much his own man, not of the establishment. Francis told the bishops and cardinals who run the Curia – the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church – that their careerism, scheming and greed had infected them with ‘spiritual Alzheimer’s’.

It was Benedict, though, who put the wheels in motion. The solar panels on the audience hall were enough to power the lighting, heating and cooling of a portion of the entire Vatican state.

According to this National Geographic article, he authorised the Vatican’s bank to purchase carbon credits by funding a Hungarian forest, thus making the Catholic city the only fully carbon neutral nation-state.

Several years later, he unveiled a new hybrid popemobile that would be partially electric. Francis went a step

Rainforest clearing under new NSW laws breached federal protections: report A highly critical report on the clearing of hundreds of square metres of critically endangered littoral rainforest in the Tweed has been referred to the federal environment minister for his urgent intervention, says NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge.

The clearing was carried out under controversial NSW 10/50 laws, and the report finds it has had a significant adverse impact on the one of the Tweed’s last pockets of critically endangered rainforest.

Mr Shoebridge says, ‘Despite the report’s findings of significant damage to this critically endangered rainforest the coalition’s federal environment minister is still refusing to take any action.’

The clearing occurred on August 11, 2014, he says, less than two weeks from the commencement of the controversial 10/50 code and only days after the council had refused a DA on the site because of its impact on the critically endangered Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thicket.

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There is speculation that the pope could emulate the bishops’ call for 100 per cent renewables. What he could do is repeat and enhance the efforts to install solar and lighting at the Vatican across the church’s global assets.

In effect, he could follow in the footsteps of other corporate giants – such as Google, Apple and Ikea – and set a goal of 100 per cent renewables for his own church, or corporate entity.

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In July, the World Council of Churches, an umbrella group representing over half a billion Christians, announced its plans to fully divest from fossil fuels. further, commissioning Osram to install 7,000 LED lights in the Sistine Chapel, cutting energy consumption by 90 per cent. It is now being extended to other Vatican museums.

But how much further could Pope Francis go? There is speculation that in his encyclical, due in April, or even in a New Years speech, he could call for dramatic reform by the Catholic Church.

It would be similar, but bolder and more practical, than the Ecological Conversion address of Pope John Paul II in 2001.

Unkown funds This could include divestment. No-one knows how much the Catholic Church

has in its funds. It is likely to be hundreds of billions.

The Uniting Church in Australia has voted to divest from fossil fuels. In July, the World Council of Churches, an umbrella group representing over half a billion Christians, announced its plans to fully divest from fossil fuels.

The SMH reports that in the same month, the Anglican Church of Australia passed a motion encouraging its dioceses to divest. It noted then than a global campaign for the Vatican to divest had just been launched. Ironically, the Vatican’s finances are now controlled by Cardinal George Pell, the former archbishop of Sydney who is a noted climate science denier.

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Big energy consumer The Catholic Church is not just the largest private employer in Australia (and other countries), with some 180,000 employees; it is also one of the biggest energy consumers – with a combined annual bill that runs into the billions of dollars from schools, aged-care centres, churches, parish centres and hospitals.

A series of initiatives that encouraged energy efficiency, the installation of solar systems – schools would be perfect for this because usage matches solar output – and also battery storage would have a profound impact on the incumbent energy system, hastening the inevitable transition to a decentralised energy grid.

Not only will this encourage and facilitate a much higher overall adoption of renewables; it will also likely result in cheaper energy for all consumers.

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in Australia see this as inevitable, and are already installing – without subsidies – battery storage instead of upgrading grids, and talking of renewables-based microgrids instead of relying on the old centralised model.

In the US, the combined energy consumption of Catholic organisations – schools, hospitals, aged care, churches, seminaries and the like would run into the tens of billions. In Europe, the same again.

But if the pope’s criticism of the Curia was greeted by stunned silence in the Vatican, it is unlikely that any move towards divestment or a massive uptake of renewables would be greeted in the same way.

Worried fossil fuel industry The fossil fuel industry is certainly worried. Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh, who has repeatedly told everyone that the future is coal, took part in a ‘day of reflection’ at the Vatican in September last year. It was ostensibly billed as a chance for mining companies to get ‘Christian ethical input’ to their conversations about the future of their industry. Others saw it as a lobbying exercise.

More recently, the AFR reports, Walsh and other CEOs of major fossil fuel companies took part in an ‘Ecumenical Day of Reflection on Mining’ at Lambeth Palace, the seat of the Church of England, another massive institution – both in terms of funds, and energy consumption.

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Modern family home â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Walk to village 3 Kell Mather Drive Lennox Head Master bedroom with open ensuite â&#x20AC;&#x201C; double spa bath â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WIR Spacious, modern family home on 817m² block popular Meadows Estate Side access for boat or trailer 4 generous bedrooms with built in For sale $620,000+. wardrobes Contact Lois Buckett 0428 877 399, Covered outdoor deck, great for Mark Kinneally 0429 868 001. entertaining, paved area, tiered grass yard with room for pool Easy care, established private gardens front & back

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Kilrush Estate – A slice of paradise

A thoroughly modern home set on 8.7 hectares, Kilrush Estate commands views that stretch from Ballina to Broken Head. Front and centre is Seven Mile Beach and the still sleepy, coastal village of Lennox Head.

• Classic federation-style house built in 1993.

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• 4 bedrooms, master with walk-in-robe and ensuite.

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• Airports – 10 minutes to Ballina and 35 minutes to the Gold Coast.

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Backlash So farewell to 2014. For many people, in many ways, it was a hellish year. Australia trashed its reputation by killing and maiming refugees, and by allowing Dick Cheney thinkalike Scott Morrison to use children for ransom demands to the senate.

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2015 may prove even worse as Morrison will take his methods into the portfolio of social security, but the coalition’s dystopian planning is in full swing in other departments too: taxing the poor, destroying renewable energy to prop up fossil fuels, weakening universal healthcare for, well, for the sake of it, removing from us every shred of web privacy and presumption of innocence to benefit terrorism boosters and intellectual property jackals, and the list goes on.

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A reader reminds us to be careful of thieves during the holiday season. Her son lost his flippers, snorkel and goggles in just two minutes outside Clarkes Beach toilet last week. Remember, arseholes abound, and stay safe on New Years Eve.

Our chess column floats around the paper owing to space constraints; this week you can find it on page 8.

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And don’t forget that in the bright new year your Echo will appear on Wednesdays, with the first one due on January 7.

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