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The call to Protect Byron

A public meeting of several hundred Brunswick Heads locals Monday night has unanimously called on the state government to immediately suspend its plans to develop the town’s foreshores and park reserves. They have also called for the state government to investigate the ‘flawed’ process which led to the debacle in the first place. The Trust, appointed by the state coalition government, drew up the plans and the government itself then approved them in June last year. A lack of due process and lack of consultation were just some reasons cited by the crowd.

No show by state govt Hundreds of people rallied in Byron Bay on Sunday to protest against the proposed over-development of the town, sparked by the recent controversial approval that rezoned West Byron for hundreds of new homes. The rally, themed ‘Protect Byron’, included a march down the main street, speakers, a concert at the beach and a drive for young people to register to vote at the upcoming election. Lead singer for internationally acclaimed band Parkway Drive, Winston McCall, led the march and told the crowd that what people loved and cherished about Byron Bay was set to be destroyed by the over-development of the town. Arakwal spokesperson Delta Kay spoke passionately about her love of country and noted the loss of spe-

cies from the region. Ms Kay’s key message was that the land is ‘not ours to destroy and we should be caring for country’. ‘What was amazing was the number of younger people coming out to stand up for the town – it shows the extent to which they want to “Protect Byron”,’ she said. ‘The developers promoted the West Byron project as a place where young people could buy homes yet these young folk recognise that, like so many developments in Byron, they won’t get a look in. ‘They know from experience that the houses at West Byron will become holiday lettings like the majority of new homes built here. ‘These young people also love the natural environment and the ambi-

ence of Byron they grew up with; they don’t want to lose it. Maybe the young people of Byron will be heard in this election and they won’t see their town ruined in their lifetime,’ Ms Kay said.

Xavier Rudd, David Rastovich in support Australian singer/songwriter Xavier Rudd said the West Byron development would inevitably cause environmental damage, while local pro surfer Dave Rastovich said it would impact strongly on the Belongil Estuary and adjacent Cape Byron Marine Environment. The protest was organised by the Byron Residents’ Group (BRG) and Byron Young Residents Alliance (BYRA).

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A clear message to councillors and the state government: Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall leads residents who marched the streets of Byron on Sunday to protest the over-development of the town. Photo Jeff Dawson

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And while members of the NSW Crown Holiday Parks Trust (NSWCHPT) were invited to the Brunswick Heads Memorial Hall meeting, they failed to attend. NSWCHPT was set up by the government to run the crown reserve parks in 2013, but has a long history after being established by disgraced Labor MP Tony Kelly. Meanwhile members of its affiliate, which operates the parks, the secretive North Coast Holiday Parks (NCHP), also failed to attend. And the Trust, through its media liaison officer, has repeatedly failed to answer questions or respond to calls by Echonetdaily. Recently a public working group was appointed, which the Trust claimed would consult more widely with locals, yet that has failed to materialise. The progress association, the

longest-running in the state, says no residents were consulted and only interest groups such as the woodchop committee, carnival owners and business groups were brought into the action. Residents are opposed to some of the major works proposed, due to start after Easter, and which are believed to cost around $1 million. The most controversial parts of the plans of management for Torakina Reserve at the rivermouth is a proposed 18-space carpark, access road and pedestrian pathways to replace a swathe of well-used grassed areas inside the reserve, and for Banner Park opposite the pub, a ‘huge’ 400-squaremetre raised timber deck with fencing and a boardwalk is planned to be built along the foreshore. A network of new footpaths and lighting through the town foreshore linking two of the caravan parks at The Terrace and Massey Greene was also opposed because no details of types of surface or style of lighting had been given. Byron Shire councillor Di Woods told the meeting the parks’ management was ‘a commercial venture’ and nothing to do with which of the two major parties were in power. Cr Woods urged people to lobby both Labor, which instigated the plans of management after it took over the parks from Byron Council nine years ago, and the coalition government about the trust and its plans. The meeting was urged to fill in a questionnaire being circulated about the plans by March 13. The Echo is waiting for a response from the NSW lands minister Kevin Humphries (Nationals).

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Mary Ryan’s bookshop has moved up the road to larger premises, on the corner of Fletcher and Byron Streets. Celebrating the move were locals, including Kerry O’Brien, who heard how the bookshop is bucking the trend of contraction and has instead expanded. Photo Jeff Dawson

How is planning for the West Byron development going? According to Council’s newly employed senior staffer, Shannon Burt, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment staff have recently had preliminary discussions with Council staff. Ms Burt’s position at Council is director of sustainable environment and economy, and she took over Ray Darney’s position of planning director after he recently retired. Ms Burt told The Echo another meeting is planned in early April at which it’s ex-

pected that a control development plan (DCP) will be worked on by both state and Council staff. She said, ‘Items to be discussed include stormwater/ drainage, access, landscaping, noise barriers along Ewingsdale Road and a preferred staging plan for the site.’ On the issue of holiday letting within the area, Ms Burt said that when adopted, Council’s Short Term Holiday Accommodation Strategy would inform the way this matter is addressed in residential areas like West Byron.

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The North Byron Beach Resort has come under fire from Greens councillor Duncan Dey after it announced plans to place sandbags along approximately 180 metres of the northern property boundary, wholly within its private land. It’s part of temporary coastal protection works the resort is undertaking during the month of March on land facing Belongil Creek. In addition, old debris from previous development on the site (including dilapidated building remains from the beachfront areas) will be removed. Management say the temporary

sandbag structure will provide some protection from further creek and wave erosion to the northern section of the rainforest and the heavily eroded dune frontage to the resort. The works will not impede the creek flows, they claim, nor impact on the amenity of the area, the roosting birds or the environment generally. The temporary sandbag works are permissible via the Code Of Practice under the Coastal Protection Act 1979, say management. The resort alerted Byron Shire councillors to the upcoming works.

Cr Duncan Dey told The Echo, ‘As I have stated previously, I do not support landholders moving into a mobile natural landscape and then attempting to interfere with that mobility.’ ‘A truly eco-resort would not engage in this type of interference; it would enhance its credentials by accommodating nature instead.’ More permanent works to provide longer-term protection for the whole of the rainforest and exposed resort frontage are currently in the planning phase, say management. Rainforest regeneration activities will intensify during this period.

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Local News OS affordable housing passes High-density ‘affordable’ housing is set to go ahead in Ocean Shores after Councillors unanimously voted last Thursday to approve fourteen units on steep land next the community centre and opposite the shopping centre. But the idea met resistance; in morning access residents told the gallery they were concerned that the proposal lacks carpark space, and that sound may carry from the community centre. During debate, Cr Spooner said that under legislation the developer has to only provide seven carparks. Three of the units would be managed by a housing provider for affordable housing while the other 11 may be potentially sold.

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Fourteen stunning paintings are now on display at Byron’s Lone Goat Gallery. They are part of the Archibald Prize regional touring exhibition, which also includes Lismore and will run until until April 12. Regional Gallery director, Brett Adlington, is pictured with Vincent Fantauzzo’s, All That’s Good In Me (Self-Portrait As Son Luca). Photo Jeff ‘Superwrapped’ Dawson

Flow hive set to revolutionise bee keeping Chris Dobney

‘Bee smoking’ to acquire honey may soon be a thing of the past thanks to north coast inventors of the revolutionary Flow hive. Local father-and-son design team Stuart and Cedar Anderson last week unveiled the revolutionary beehive system that allows honey to flow directly from the hive into containers, without opening the hive or disturbing the bees. They say their new design will also make it easier to monitor the health of farmed bees. The new system has attracted a worldwide following and netted more than $2 million on a crowdfunding website in days, even though the pair had

North coast inventors Cedar (l) and Stuart Anderson with their revolutionary Flow hive.

only asked for $70,000. Their success has resulted in interest from international media and beekeepers. ‘You never know what will happen when you a put a new idea up on a crowdfunding site. We have been completely blown away by the support. ‘We hope our invention will create a community of

School parking reminder While Echo readers have advised of recent police fines for dropping of children at schools, Byron Shire Council’s compliance acting team leader Scott Brodie is reminding those to use the designated school parking areas. He said Council parking officers had been at the larger schools in the past week to help improve safety awareness. ‘The majority of people are using the right areas, but there are some who feel they can double park or park in the bus zones. While you may think you “won’t be long” it is this type of behaviour that puts children at risk.’ Mr Brodie added the parking rules are in place to help protect the lives of children. North Coast news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au

beekeepers around the globe keeping bees in this new, beefriendly way,’ Cedar says. Bee health has become a touchstone issue for apiarists, with hive collapses across the world variously attributed to aggressive diseases and pesticides sprayed on crops. While it is not the main focus of their invention, the

pair believe the Flow hive system will help with bee health in two ways: first because it doesn’t cause stressful disturbance by smoking out the bees and breaking up the combs; and second because the system makes it easier to check on the bees. Stuart Anderson hopes the invention will lure more people into keeping bees. ‘Traditional extraction of honey is very time consuming and sometimes backyard beekeepers neglect to harvest their honey because they just don’t have the time for all the work involved. ‘This system changes that. It could help attract young people and those in urban and suburban areas to take up beekeeping,’ he says.

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Local News Can the West Byron decision be reversed? Retiring Nats MP Don Page at odds with residents group over rezoning The rhetoric has intensified over whether the West Byron mega-housing development, which was recently approved for rezoning by the state government, can be reversed. Retiring Nationals MP Don Page told ABC north coast radio Monday that the option to do something else with the land was not available. But the Byron Residents’ Group have hit back, claiming Mr Page and the National Party are misleading the Ballina electorate. The group’s Cate Coorey says, ‘Don Page is not telling the truth. We obtained legal advice that the minister for planning has the power to re-

scind her re-zoning decision for West Byron and hand the rezoning decision back to Council.’

False hope ‘We were unable to challenge the minister’s decision on West Byron because she has almost unfettered powers to impose whatever she wants upon us at West Byron. These same powers also allow her to change her mind. ‘Don Page and the National Party are the ones who have been peddling false hope. They said that they would protect koalas but are allowing a third of the core

koala habitat on the site to be cleared for houses and shops and surrounding the rest with development. ‘They said that they would solve the traffic problem but they refused to assess the traffic impacts of the full development and the marginal benefits of their bypass will be overwhelmed by the additional traffic from West Byron. ‘They said they would hand planning decisions back to the community after they rezoned West Byron but now they are imposing their own Development Control Plan – which will say exactly what will go on the site – upon us.’

‘The National Party also misled the community by claiming that the development would only be for a maximum of 850 houses, yet in her final decision the minister increased the density by allowing subdivision down to 150m2 across all residential areas, now allowing 1,500–2,000 houses to be built on the site.’ The Echo asked for comment from Mr Page but no response was received by deadline.

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Federal Park has had a clean up, thanks to students from Goonengerry Public School. Christina Larmer from the school says the kids had a very productive morning, which was part of the annual Clean Up Australia initiative. ‘Among the treasure trove of trash were plastic toys, a broken CD player, old tyres and a scooter. ‘On the plus side, year 6 student Nicky Koutsoubos said, “This year we found a lot less rubbish than last. And that’s a good thing!”’

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Help for homeless women on offer Where government fails, individuals act. A new notfor-profit charity that aims to work with women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness has just been established for Byron Bay. Called The S.H.I.F.T. Project, Byron, it aims to provide educational programs within a supported stable housing environment for women to shift from disadvantage to confidence and a motivation for well-being. The acronym S.H.I.F.T. stands for Sustainable, Holistic, Integrative, Focused and Transition. Founder and manager, Anne Goslett, says the vision is that by 2020 we will have a self-sustaining, integrative community of women within the Byron region who have transitioned out of disadvantage. ‘The ongoing three-month curriculum will cover topics such as physical wellbeing, communication skills, social networking, relationship building and practical general skills that underpin living effectively within community.’

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Local News Helping slum-bound Indian kids A vegetarian Indian fundraising dinner is planned at the Tintenbar Hall this Sunday March 8 for the www.forgetmenot.org.au campaign, which provides for more than 82 children from the slum fringe in Noida, New Delhi. Ballina resident Matt Brice has recently completed a 4,000km solo bicycle trek

across India as part of that cause. The charity is also working with families and local authorities to obtain birth certificates for the children, which is a requirement to enrol in the formal school system. Bookings are essential: call Matt on 0401 955 886 or go to www.forgetmenot.org.au/ events/feast/.

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Rumble in the Castle: three NSW election candidates thrash out ideas and promises Hans Lovejoy

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The first of a series of meet the candidates for the state election kicked off on Monday night at the Macadamia Castle in Knockrow, and included three hopefuls: Kris Beavis (Nationals), Paul Spooner (Labor) and Tamara Smith (Greens). It was a civilised and mature discussion, with MC Chris Hanley guiding the questions around responsible and sustainable economic growth, transport, tourism, the role of councils and how a regional MP can effectively represent and influence the Sydney-based parliament. The event was organised by the Sourdough Group, a northern rivers-based group of business executives and volunteers who aim to contribute to the growth of the economy and jobs in the region through philanthropic work. In case you are wondering, all three candidates for the upcoming state election supported a rail trail without hesitation, which has the support of the Sourdough Group.

Mr Spooner said he had five points. ‘One, stop CSG in the northern rivers. The second is to fund the Ballina marine and rescue tower. ‘The third is to build the Byron Central Hospital, which would be a full public hospital with surgical services. I don’t want to see the privatisation of surgical services, as is going to happen under the coalition government. The fourth is to stop the closure of Southern Cross High School. The fifth is stop the West Byron development.’

Cr Paul Spooner takes the floor. Photo Jeff Dawson

It was hard to tell the differences between them at times – there was unity with all three in preventing CSG in the area, for example. While the Greens are gunning for the demise of the fossil fuel industry, the current Liberal-Nationals government has a ‘gas plan’ which appears to include everywhere except this electorate. And it’s a plan that doesn’t include aquifer mapping. Labor meanwhile wants the north coast and bits of Sydney off limits while the rest of the state would have a moratorium. Moving on, Mr Beavis believed that his party’s promise to sell the government-owned poles and wires in Sydney would benefit regional NSW.

He claimed new schools could be built and roads and hospitals could be improved. Finally Mr Hanley asked the candidates that, if elected, what would be their priorities and what makes them excited about the prospect of the job.

Mr Beavis Mr Beavis replied that he wants to ensure that the roads are improved. ‘I want to make sure the guys that are on the job get a paycheque each week to take home to their families, which feeds the local economy. Secondly, schools and hospitals, and thirdly the environment. We love this place. We have the best backdrop anywhere in NSW and we want to protect that backdrop. ‘I’ve been quite clear that I don’t support CSG in this area.’

Ms Smith Ms Smith said, ‘I’m not just saying this because I’m talking to the Sourdough Group, but I am most excited about jobs. I’ve worked with the young people in this area for 15 years. I’ve watched the gouging of TAFE, the de-skilling of the labour force here… I’m excited to be able to work towards 25 per cent of new jobs from innovation and business. So I would like to move on a jobs summit very early on.’

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‘Two lanes in’ Byron plan rams through Hans Lovejoy

Despite pleas from the public during morning access, the pro-development majority of Byron Shire councillors again pushed ahead with plans at Thursday’s meeting to create two lanes into the town. Boos from the gallery erupted when a rescission motion by Cr Duncan Dey was rejected; it would have put the project within the current master plan for the town. Even a rare public appearance by ex-councillor and Caltex station operator Warren Simmons in morning access wasn’t enough to persuade Crs Ibrahim, Woods, Hunter, Cubis and Wanchap to change their minds. Mr Simmons told the gallery it would cause more congestion and make it harder for his business and the First Sun Caravan Park to operate. ‘You will force more traffic into the town quicker,’ he said. The Byron Bay masterplan, which is being currently developed by consultants McGregor Coxall, should be given the opportunity to consider the proposal, Mr Simmons said. ‘You’re putting the cart before the horse,’ he said. ‘This rescission motion tells councillors there’s something not quite right with this. I’m here not only because this will affect me, but it will also affect the town,’ he said. Other speeches from residents during morning access also called upon councillors to adhere to responsible governance instead of ‘ad-hoc and irresponsible planning.’ Mayor Simon Richardson asked Mr Simmons how traffic was affected when there were two lanes coming into the town many years ago. Mr Simmons replied, ‘There used to be two lanes coming in from the west, and there were quite few accidents outside the

police station in that time.’ Cr Duncan Dey, in introducing his rescission motion, told the gallery that the essence of it was ‘not a criticism of the project’. ‘But I am critical of the process, as the nature of this design was changing on the floor up until the last five minutes before we voted. ‘I do not think that is good process for an engineering project. In the past we have always approached traffic in terms of managing it. This time, we are going to look at “how are we going to make it a nice place?” It could be that traffic is not the answer. We need to wait and look at those outcomes. There have been 1,400 submissions to the masterplan – you can’t ignore 1,400 people and jump in with your own ideas. ‘It’s just wrong.’

Exasperation Cr Ibrahim was clearly exasperated throughout the debate, and spoke with an irritated tone in his voice. It started during morning access, when residents repeated their understanding that Council intended to open a road up toward the beachfront. When given the floor, Cr Ibrahim took his time in

trying to clearly explain that a road to the beach would no longer be in the plan. But the confusion by the public could be well founded; Cr Dey had earlier pointed out that Cr Wanchap’s plan had been ad hoc throughout the process and was ‘changed right up until it was voted upon.’ ‘The facts were getting in the way of a good story’, Cr Ibrahim began, and then proceeded to enlighten the chamber as to why the plan, which does not have the support of staff, has merit. The planned bypass, he said, will require widening of the road anyway, so it won’t affect the master plan at the Butler Street roundabout. It was just the widening of the railway crossing that would be needed, so that two lanes could continue into the town. ‘The key things that this master plan is looking at is the rejuvenation of Railway Park. The other was the way the beachside currently operates…’ Cr Ibrahim was emphatic that Council had listened to resident’s concerns. ‘We listened!’ he insisted. ‘We had a streetfront community meeting. We had people who owned properties

and were affected and they spoke to us. We had a presentation from staff and we listened and we substantially and significantly changed the proposal in response to that community input. ‘We are just widening the pinch point of the flow of traffic. ‘When I was elected, so many people came to me and said to me, “I don’t care what you do, I’m sick, as a local, of sitting in traffic”. Right? Now if we widen that point, we can have a transit lane, a dedicated bus lane. ‘Are we going to try to ease the flow of traffic for locals, or are we going to say “stuff the tourists, stuff the locals, let’s make the traffic jam as long as we can in the hope they will all go away”. They’re not going away. I’ve been here 30 years and they’re not going away!’ When the vote was taken, there were boos from the audience, who promptly got up and left in disgust. Staff will now produce plans for the two lanes to be established into the town, running past the Caltex petrol station and across the disused railway tracks to the second roundabout in the town’s centre.

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Rough surf claims life Luis Feliu

Brunswick Surf Life Saving Club volunteers were unable to revive a 27-year-old Brisbane man who was pulled from the surf at around 5pm Saturday afternoon. It was an extremely sad end to a very busy day on the beach; according to Brunswick Surf Club captain John Shanks, a total of 13 rescues were conducted earlier in the day on the run-out tide, all outside the flags.

‘It was probably the busiest day I can remember,’ said Mr Shanks. ‘Fortunately for beach-goers, we had a team of around ten lifesavers on patrol and many of them were very experienced older guys and some ironman competitors.’ He says lifesavers performed more than 100 preventive actions to try to keep people from getting into trouble. And conditions were made worse after rough seas a week ago affected sandbanks

and extra rip currents had formed off the beach. ‘It was pretty much nonstop all day,’ he said. ‘At one stage we did seven rescues in about 20 minutes. ‘To be confronted with a drowning after the patrol had finished was a sorry outcome for volunteers,’ he said. ‘We worked our backsides off all day, then to get the call that someone was missing and there was nothing we could do to save him really hits our guys hard.’

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Tackling the role of the princess It was a full house at Mary Ryan’s bookshop on Saturday when local ABC journalist turned children’s author Samantha Turnbull launched her children’s fiction series The Anti-Princess Club. Ms Turnbull was joined by four young readers who shared a chapter from each of the books highlighting the key theme ‘We don’t need rescuing!’ The author developed the concept for the series shortly after giving birth to her daughter Liberty. ‘My daughter’s head was still smeared with blood and vernix when she was given her first tiara,’ says Samantha. ‘I dismissed it as a harmless gesture, but within days I counted no fewer than a dozen princess-themed products.

Samantha Turnbull’s new book series challenges the perception and roles of princesses. Photo Jeff Dawson

‘Clothes, books, dolls, even my daughter’s Huggies were plastered with images of Cinderella, Belle and other princesses.’ As part of her market research Ms Turnbull visited the children’s section of

a bookshop where she noted that of the 50 titles on offer in the ‘girl’s section’, 45 of those were stories about princesses and the other five were about fairies. ‘I think we need to show girls that there is more than

one way to be a girl’ says Ms Turnbull. ‘There is nothing wrong with most things in moderation, but the messages are so pervasive and repetitive. ‘The stories tell girls they are passive, they need rescuing, the characters are solely focused on men and love.’ Turnbull has created a modern story that centres around four 10-year-old best friends who each have a range of passions and talents that don’t fit into the wider world’s ideas of what girls ‘should’ like or be good at. The characters’ talents range across pursuits as diverse as maths, building, athletics and science. The books are published through Allen & Unwin and are available now.

Fracking free concert March 14 Roundhouse sell-off gets closer

Zaun McEwan and Deidi Vine are co-organising a CSG-free benefit at the The Red Devil Park on March 14.

Twelve hours of non-stop live music is planned March 14 at the Red Devil Park, Byron Bay. It promises to feature some of the best local dance bands, performers and singers, who are all donating their skills and talents for this worthy cause. Co-organiser and local musician Deidi Vine says, ‘This is my number one mission on planet Earth right now – I have decided to take on those sons of bitches that want to frack up my world!’ ‘We’re coming together to

raise money to support Lock the Gate, CSG-impacted people and other frontline activists tirelessly opposing the toxic mining for coal seam gas.’ Music will kick off with a call to country then run from 10am until 10pm. Acts so far include Lisa Hunt, the Hottentots, the Dub Collective, the Swamp Cats, De Mudda Funkas, Positive Timing Posse, The Shooflys, the Camel Tones, the Year of the Deer, Guy Kachel, Deidi Vine, Joselai Morris, Megs ’n’ Mookz and Luke Vassella.

Time for residents to make submissions on the sell-off of the Council-owned Roundhouse property in Ocean Shores runs out at 4pm on Wednesday March 4. Council are pushing to rezone the land at Lot 530 DP 238451 Orana Road for the sale to continue. Previously legal efforts by the Ocean Shores Community Associa-

An upper house inquiry into CSG mining in the state has concluded any expansion of the industry should stop until all of the recommendations of the NSW chief scientist, Professor Mary O’Kane, are complied with. The report also found there is no substance to the claim that CSG mining would help reduce gas prices in the country and said that would only happen if a national gas reservation policy were introduced.

Prof O’Kane made 16 key recommendations in her final report, which was released last September after 19 months of investigation. The state government subsequently released a gas plan but has not committed to enacting the recommendations in full. The upper house inquiry, chaired by Shooters Party member Robert Borsack, included representatives from the Greens, ALP, Liberals and Nationals. It made four recommendations: 1. That information

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Sausage factory politik The current crop of locally elected representatives is quickly leaving a mark – or perhaps a stain – on what should be responsible governance. That’s one view of course; the other is that ‘progress’ is now finally being achieved by the majority councillors who hold power. Courageous and urgent action is required to ensure economic growth. And that’s our only salvation – growth. But Council meetings are now turning into brutal, raw and unpleasant politics. It’s very close to federal politics but not quite as dumb and ridiculous. To be fair, sometimes they all hold hands and vote together on commonsense issues. In the one corner you have a frustrated, belligerent and unpredictable gaggle of majority councillors: Crs Ibrahim, Woods, Hunter, Cubis and Wanchap. They run the place, and appear hellbent on achieving something – anything – so that that they can presumably be remembered for making the shire a better place. But their rule appears to be driven by bitterness, anger and a desire to kick sand up at anything that doesn’t conform to their worldview. There’s also a weird undertone of smugness since Cr Wanchap defected from The Greens and joined them. The line of thought appears to be: ‘I’m sick of reading report after report. And past councillors never did anything, so let’s not look at reports any more. Let’s trust our gut. I’m no qualified town planner but… so what? We’re in charge!’ Many of these decisions are yet to be implemented of course; they range from spending pothole money on a yet-to-be-built rockwall against all advice, to caving in over the fight to make West Byron better. How they just handled Byron’s ‘two lanes in’ fiasco last week was stunning. It’s called ‘making-it-up-as-you-go-along in the hope of coming to some conclusion whereupon long-suffering staff have to produce a coherent way of making your batshit idea a reality’. Giving big developers the gift of little-to-no-resistance is also part of their governance program. And unfortunately this style, under the leadership of Cr Ibrahim, comes across as arrogant and condescending. Even if the idea is good – which is rare – the message is lost as it lacks fairness, inclusiveness and proper explanation. ‘Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made,’ said German Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck. Just like the federal neocon clowns, this Council majority cares not for how the sausage is made, as long as it’s made. Now the other corner. The minority of councillors, mayor Richardson, Crs Dey, Spooner and Cameron, appear to believe that strategic planning and consultation is responsible governance. It takes time to produce such a sausage. You get a better sausage. It will taste better. Why not ask for a report on how to produce the best sausage? A vego option that’s gluten free? Mmmmm sausage. Anyway, attitudes in Council meetings have really got to improve. Last Thursday’s performance – especially the sniping and bickering between the mayor, Crs Cubis and Ibrahim – was well beneath what is expected of elected representatives. Understandably, the mayor may have just had a bad day; he’s normally very cheerful in the face of adversity. It’s probably not fair to say who is to blame, but from the sidelines it appears that the mayor cops much more than he gives. Hans Lovejoy, editor

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he cameras were in the cabinet room on Monday, apparently so the TV stations could get footage of the new lineup after last year’s reshuffle. But also Tony Abbott wanted to get a message out – one he’s trying to turn into a prop for his leadership. The message is – as Kevin Rudd might say – that he and the team have their sleeves rolled up. The government was ‘working hard for the people of Australia’, who wanted ‘people in Canberra’ to be ‘worried about them’ rather than worried about themselves (‘ourselves’, he means). He reeled off the last week’s work, relating to national security, welfare reform, child care, food labelling, foreign investment. Much of this, of course, involved first steps, but the important thing was the list. Then for this week, Abbott pointed to metadata retention legislation coming before parliament, and the release of the intergenerational report. He might have added the commitment of more troops to Iraq, about to be announced after going to Tuesday’s party meeting, and the lancing (after earlier failed attempts) of the Medicare co-payment boil. The revised Medicare plan prepared for cabinet by new health minister Sussan Ley was understood to drop the $5 cut in the Medicare patient rebate, reduce the length of the freeze on the rebate (having it end July next year rather than in 2018), and scrap the

$5 co-payment. But in place of the copayment the government was looking at the Medicare schedule to see where it could send a price signal. With the Fairfax/Ipsos poll giving him a buffer for the moment and the leadership moves against him at an impasse, Abbott is stepping up the approach he’s adopted after his ‘near death experience’ of the February spill motion that was defeated by only a

The result is to reinforce the image of modern politics as a permanent election campaign, with announcements piling out on top of each other. modest margin. This involves a cascade of announcements, to send positive messages to the public, and considerable internal consultation with MPs, to convince backbenchers that he should be given adequate time to repair. The strategy also includes dashes around the country when he’s not in Canberra for Parliament. It’s about being seen to do a lot, listen a lot. His hope is this will push up the polls and keep the backbench in the tent. The result is to reinforce the image of modern politics as a permanent election campaign, with announcements and re-announcements piling out on top of each other, and trash being dumped. Last week the line from those wanting a leadership change was that the backbench felt the task was now

country and in each he would by Ian Rogers order sets and boards and start a Play at Byron Services Club, Mon 7pm chess club. However, Dozsa was by no Last month two teams of means the strongest player to be Canberra players met up with jailed in Australia. Brazilian masteams from Albury and Wagga ter Luismar De Brito spent six Wagga at Junee jail to compete years in a Sydney jail following a against each other and against drugs conviction. He bemoaned inmates. the lack of serious competition The Junee prison chess club but has since resumed his chess has been helped by regular visits career and represented Brazil at from the Wagga Wagga team, the 2014 American Continental who developed the idea of an Championships. annual multi-team competition This week’s game sees Dozsa, at the jail. (Inmates can only between jail stints in 2000, beat practise head-to-head; internet one of Australia’s best players. games are not possible.) This year the Check in Mate NSW Championship 2000 P Dozsa trophy was won by the Canberra White: Black: J-P Wallace I team with the inmates scoring Opening: Sicilian Defence respectably (even though some 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 of their stronger players had not cxd4 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 a6 9.Be3 been given permission to com- b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.f3 Nbd7 12.a4!? At the time, a trendy way to counter Black’s pete). It has been two decades Hedgehog set-up. since Paul Dozsa almost single- 12...Ne5 13.a5 bxa5 14.Nb3 Nc6 15.Rfd1 handedly created chess clubs Qc7 16.Bf1 Rac8 17.Qf2 Rfe8?! throughout Australian jails. The 17...Nd7 was necessary. 18.Bb6 Qb8 19.Nxa5 Nxa5 20.Rxa5 Nd7 late Hungarian-born Australian 21.Bd4 Nc5?! 22.b4 Nd7 23.Qg3 Ne5? international, who claimed to The natural move, but losing. The ugly 23...f6 have had a chip placed in his was obligatory. brain which forced him to free- 24.Rxe5! dxe5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Bf6 load at restaurants, was locked 27.Qf4 Bxc3 28.Rd7 Bc6 29.Qxf7+ Kh8 up in many prisons around the 30.Rc7 1-0

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up to the ministers. But they aren’t taking it up at the moment. Trade minister Andrew Robb on Monday declared the dissidents should ‘pull their heads in’ and, in the absence of much alternative, that’s what they are doing for now. ‘We are at the mercy of events,’ said one. That’s true for all the players – Abbott and those with aspirations. Abbott’s fortunes from now on will swing from

poll to poll. While the latest Fairfax poll is helping him, future bad polls will have the opposite effect, throwing him off balance. It’s no way for a prime minister to have to live, as Julia Gillard can tell him. A big question is what impact this poll-to-poll, eventto-event existence will have on the formulation of the May budget. Last year the crazy brave budget message seemed to be ‘to hell with the polls’. This year the polls will be well to the fore in Abbott’s thinking during budget discussions. And there is a contradiction here. Thursday’s Intergenerational Report is all about the long term, which should mean making hard choices. But there is no way that Abbott – as he indicated some time ago – will allow too many tough decisions.

Notably he said on Monday that while the IGR ‘shows the scale of the budget problem it also shows the extent of the progress we’ve already made’. Assuming he is still leader by then, Abbott needs a budget that does not push down the polls or upset the Senate too much. Which brings us to Clive Palmer. Just to rattle the government’s cage, Palmer announced on Monday that the two PUP senators would not vote on any legislation until the government ‘chaos’ ended. ‘The government’s proposals seem to change daily. The policies are not consistent, party in-fighting and conflict is ongoing and as a result our party has decided as a bloc in the Senate to abstain from voting on any legislation proposals.’ Palmer, just to stir a bit more, also pointed to the Liberals’ internal argument over financial transparency and accountability that will be before Friday’s federal executive meeting. ‘For the Palmer United Party to vote on any proposals, the chaos needs to be resolved or we will abstain until the next election,’ Palmer said. Just what throwing this small grenade will mean for the government’s program is unclear. Especially as, after Palmer’s mid-morning statement, his senators in the afternoon voted to oppose the legislation dealing with union governance. We expect Mungo back shortly.

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Local residents might be surprised to learn there are no avenues for review of the proposed redevelopment of our local parks. Plans of Management (POM), adopted in June 2014, are the sole ‘notification’ mechanism for all proposed new works in our public parks and caravan parks. The community has been forced to rely on vague ‘concept drawings’ and “artist’s impressions’ included in POM as the sole planning documents for the new works. In many instances the location and design of proposed structures will remain unknown until after the works are completed. This sorry state of affairs is permitted under clause 65 of State Environmental Planning Policy Infrastructure 2007, so the NSW Crown Holiday Parks Trust can carry out works and activities adopted in the plan of management without the need for Council consent. No DA is required. Clearly there is a significant conflict of interest with Crown Lands acting as land manager, developer and now arbitrator of all park development. Byron Council and local residents have been totally disempowered throughout the planning process. Michele Grant Foreshore Protection Group Q To all the people who signed the petition Kelly Dodd referred to (Letters, February 15) I hate to rain on your parade but many of

Council agrees: the amenities need fixing In response to Mr Newling’s letter in The Echo (February 18), Council wholeheartedly agrees that public amenities within the shire need to be upgraded. Unfortunately many of the toilet blocks are past their infrastructure ‘use by date’ and need replacing. For whatever reason, previous Council administrations have not invested sufficiently in cleaning and maintaining amenities in keeping with the demands of a busy tourist destination. This council has been progressively reviewing our asset renewal budgets and has begun to invest in new facilities. In determining Council’s asset maintenance and replacement program Council is reviewing the location and usage of current facilities to

ensure that future investments of public funds into the program provide optimal outcomes for the community. With respect to the specific references made in Mr Newling’s letter: Torakina toilets sit on Crown land and cleaning options (currently twice a day) are limited by the budget provided to Council by the Crown. Additional funds have been requested from the land managers and the upgrade of these poor-quality facilities is listed within the Plan of Management for the Brunswick Heads Foreshore Public Reserves. Unfortunately it is unknown when additional funding might become available. The Pilgrim Park toilets’ usage has significantly

dropped since the Pacific Highway bypass of Brunswick Heads. Given the very poor state of these facilities and the absence of funds to upgrade them, a decision was made to close the toilets pending a broader review. In Mullumbimby, the roofs over the picnic tables were removed due to age and the asbestos material. New seating was provided along with a barbecue that is run on electricity, not gas. Providing shade structures will be considered when funds become available. In Byron Bay, we have placed a new, relocatable, fully automated, self-cleaning Exeloo toilet block at Main Beach (Apex Park) to replace the dilapidated toilets formerly located at the adjoin-

ing surf club. While we have had some teething problems, Council has had significantly fewer complaints over the new toilet block by comparison with those formerly located at the surf club, now replaced with clean change rooms with storage lockers. Council anticipates that new state-of-the-art amenities will be built in this location in coming years following the adoption of the soon to be completed Byron Bay Town Centre Master Plan. At that time, the relocatable facilities will be moved to another location. At Railway Park, Council will soon demolish the old toilet block and install a relocatable amenities block similar to those recently installed at Apex Park. Once again

Council expects that new state-of-the-art amenities will be developed in this location in the years following the adoption of the Master Plan at which time the relocatable facilities will be moved elsewhere in the shire to replace older facilities. Council’s strategy is sound and provides new, clean facilities now where they are most needed and the prospect of the progressive replacement of similar outdated facilities elsewhere within the shire. The community can be assured that toilets remain a high priority and we appreciate all feedback as we aim to reprioritise funding for maintenance and upgrades. Ken Gainger General Manager Byron Shire Council

the issues she raised deserve to be challenged. The petition in question contained (mainly) misinformation and highly exaggerated claims. Most signers would also not be aware of what the POMs are and most certainly would not have read them. The statement from the NSW Crown Holiday Parks Trust (NSWCHPT) was that the petition did not fit within the scope of the POM submissions and therefore could not be dealt with within the context of the POM finalisation. Another issue arises from

your letter, Kelly, and that is that the chances of there being an informed and neutral debate about the proposed park changes within this community are zero. After the extensive, biased, onesided, and at times abusive, reporting and campaign of misinformation on this issue, undertaken by the Foreshore Protection Group (FPG) and The Echo, that is just not going to happen. I’m sure the Progress Association meeting will continue to prove this point. And this campaign has also continued in the form of abusive emails to Jim Bolger, Don Page and

the new CEO of the Crown parks. It’s not NSWCHPT that have locked locals out of the debate, but the relentless campaign of misinformation and abuse that has made it nearly impossible for them to negotiate with the locals. Geoffrey Suthon Brunswick Heads

of the road spotted a rare Mullum parking space and proceeded to rapidly cross the double lines (gasp!) to enter

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Letters/Articles continued from page 11 during such a death-defying act, the driver miscalculated and had to correct her position several times before finally arriving safely within the park. The police officer seemed oblivious to this disturbingly criminal act. Not so much as a cursory glance, obviously very focused on the job at hand.

So, to all of these who were ‘stung’ during the recent blitz (and sincere apologies if this is of no consolation whatsoever), in most cases it was probably quite simply a case of bad luck. Or, for the more ethereally minded, your ‘white-lighting’ perhaps required a booster shot. Of course, the police officer in this case was a bloke and therefore incapable of

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ALP candidate and Byron Shire councillor Paul Spooner’s statement that he will have a future ALP government overturn the recent West Byron rezoning has to be taken with a grain of salt. His statement is also remarkable in its hypocrisy that it was a state Labor government and a state Labor minister for planning that first called in the project and designated it as a State Significant Site in September 2009. The reason for this was that the Council of the day refused to accept responsibility for the rezoning application quoting lack of resources (staff ) to be able to deal with the proposal. At that point, the proponents offered to fund additional staff (a planner) of Council’s choice but again, Council refused that offer and left no alternative but for the State to assume the responsibility of dealing with the rezoning application. Whatever way you approach it, the West Byron lands have been rezoned in accordance with due legal process. If owners have a legal rezoning, then any attempt to back-zone it to a rural cow paddock will result in the issue of compensation for the implied value surrendered. If Cr Spooner has legal advice that Council and the state government can undertake a back-zoning without compensation running into many millions of dollars, then he should front the next meeting of Council and table his advice. Finally, is it not time for Cr Spooner and the Greens to apologise for the way they treated Cr Rose Wanchap over her stance on this issue? All councillors were aware that there was no opportunity for further legal challenge. The Greens were also aware that no legal challenge was available. All Cr Wanchap did was to correctly and publicly point out that once the state government had assumed and completed the rezoning, there was no further legal avenue for Council or opponents to frustrate the process. Yet a campaign of bullying, smearing and intimidation was launched against Cr Wanchap as if she personally was responsible for this outcome. Additionally, it is time for the press to start printing the truth about the potential

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This Saturday and Sunday Independent Garden Centres all around Australia will be hosting an innovative weekend of activities under the banner of ‘Garden Releaf ’, a BeyondBlue fundraiser designed to promote physical and mental wellbeing in communities around the country. Local participants and threetimes winner of NSW Best Small Nursery, Eden at Byron ,are excited to be part of this nationwide call to garden. Nursery owner Maree Curran strongly believes in the healing power of plants. ‘There is proven research that demonstrates that access to visit and most importantly actually being able to immerse yourself in a garden has a positive effect on health and wellbeing,’ says Maree. She also believes that men-

tal health is an important issue in our communities and one that most have either a lived or personal experience with. ‘Everybody has a personal experience of anxiety or depression; if not oneself, it could be someone we are close to. ‘This arrangement with BeyondBlue is to raise awareness of how good gardening is for people’s wellbeing. Gardening can be really inclusive, it’s incidental exercise and it’s something that is intergenerational – you can even get your kids involved!’ There will be kids’ planting sessions over the weekend with young participants being given a seedling to pot up to take home and grow in their garden. ‘ABC Gardening guru Phil Dudman will be at the nursery from 11am to 1pm doing

personal consultations – it’s $5 for five minutes with Phil. We do need pre-bookings for that. ‘There will be talks about growing herbal teas and on Sunday Des Boorman, a horticulturalist, will be giving a few sessions on propagating and pruning. ‘There are going to be lots of demos and people can ask questions. Also Allie will be running a workshop on how to make a terrarium.’ Garden Releaf activities kick off from 10am daily with local garden club women providing morning and afternoon tea on both days. Kids can also enjoy a ‘blue’ treasure hunt. For more information about events on the day go to edenatbyron.com.au or just swing by.

outcomes in relation to the number of probable dwellings permitted in the zone. Figures of 2,000+ have been touted as the number of potential dwellings. Why let truth get in the way of a good story? This is the one important fact about political life that I find totally distasteful, and that is the perpetuation of lies, lies, and more lies. Cr Diane Woods Brunswick Heads

with the Grace Space. This is a non-religious, apolitical group that provides food, company and music to our friends on the street every Friday night in central Mullum. It’s not a big commitment as there’s a rotating roster but a few more hands would be a big help. Please email contact@thegracespace.net. Jane Wickers Mullumbimby Creek

no rights, only mates and mates’ rates, of course. The past two-and-a-half centuries since the French and American revolutions have seen a steady progress in the West (and therefore in the rest of the world) towards the central idea that everyone should be assessed as an individual rather than as a member of a particular class, caste, race, culture or gender who is assumed to possess all the stereotyped attributes of that sub-group. What has developed, in other words, is the right to be an individual. Now what is a bigot other than a person who clings to pre-judgements about members of a sub-group and denies their individuality? If my reasoning is correct then what Mr Brandis believes is that a bigot has the right to infringe the rights of others. Perhaps more worrying is that a bigot can presumably continued on page 14

Grace Space

About a year ago I read a letter in The Echo by a woman named Sunflower. She had experience living rough in Mullumbimby and knew firsthand the feeling of being on the outer or ‘fringe’ of our town. Once she attained housing she started a group to integrate those living a comfortable housed life and those living a less than comfortable unhoused life. Like many others I responded to her letter and have become involved

A bigot’s rights

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Brutal occupation

Mizzi gives a fine example of quasi-history (Letters, February 25). However, because my religion says so is not a persuasive argument. What is persuasive is the number of great people who have spoken out for Palestinian freedom including Mahatma Gandhi, Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Desmond Tutu, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Stephen Hawkins, Noam Chomski, to name but a few. His YouTube link is worthless in the face of published peer-reviewed scientific papers, in much the same way as corporate-fuelled â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;expertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; are on Fox News. The UN knows the truth about the illegal occupation of Palestine. There are 77 UN resolutions targeting Israel and just one targeting Palestine. Israel exceeds the definition of an apartheid state in every UN criterion used. Exceeding just one of these criteria defines a country

as committing the crime of apartheid. The excuse used by Israel for its dire human rights abuse, apartheid, illegal occupation and siege amounts to this: they fight against us taking their country so we should bomb and starve them. Throughout history and in almost every place on Earth resistance has been an inevitable reaction to occupation. Of course Palestinians fight back â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ask yourself if my family was under siege would I resist? I urge everyone to help by not supporting companies who take advantage of the brutal occupation of Palestinians. Information can be found at bdsmovement.net. Subhi Awad Mullumbimby

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well-rounded and satisfying as Salt Rain. Armstrong ploughs the rich field of human emotions and, simply put, His Other House is about a man caught in the web of his own deceit. Webs are notoriously sticky, and those around him are also hurt by the lies he spins. Dr Quinn Davidson and his wife Marianna have been striving for a child unsuccessfully through IVF in Brisbane when Quinn sets up as a locum in a small town a ago.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dehumanisation. I presume the main function of V-Day is to impart this sort of information. Geoff Dawe Uki

Roundhouse trickery

Byron Shire Council has its claws into the Roundhouse site again. Last year BSC went off half-cocked in an attempt to sell 11 blocks to raise money for its general deficit, but were halted by the information that the land is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;community â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; zoned and cannot be sold. In a doorknock survey five years ago the huge majority (over 3/4) wanted this iconic land with 360Â° views to remain for community and public use. Some ideas proposed and designed were a cultural centre with art gallery, museum and coffee shop with native gardens, or

couple of hours south. The fictitious town of Corimbi will evoke a few comparisons in the minds of Mullum locals. There Quinn starts an affair with Rachel, the daughter of one of his patients. Both know that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a brilliant idea but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there that the web of lies begins to be spun. The book is in two parts and it would be a disservice to readers if I revealed all the plot twists which crank up the angst in the second half. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complicated. Armstrong keeps up the tension superbly, especially surrounding the potential dangers to small children. It reminded me of the suspense of that 1930 Australian classic, The Passage, by Vance Palmer, also set in overwhelmingly lush surroundings which threaten the fragility of the young. Armstrong maintains a high standard of writing throughout, deftly flesh-

ing out the other characters by changing point-of-view. If any element of the book could be regarded as metaphor, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the constant supply of water. Salt Rain began with water and so does His Other House. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not surprising that rain and water in general so possess local writers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jessie Cole is another who springs to mind. It represents solitude, reflection, oppression, sometimes release and, in the case of creek crossings, danger. Like water, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the emotions in Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel which eventually rise up in an inevitable, irrepressible flood. A sombre work, His Other House is a tale well told. If you want heaps of jollies or moralistic assumptions, go elsewhere. But if you like a well-crafted work of art, then Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your woman.

a retirement home, a public park, a youth centre, a library, a theatre, a skate park. Everyone knows Ocean Shores has none of these, let alone a high school, police station, fire station, hospital. With an expanding population we desperately need public space, even if it canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet be developed for community use. Now BSC plans to shed community zoning in a tricky sequence of reclassifications of the land. What sort of smoke and mirrors will Council try next to wrest this beautiful hilltop away from residents? Apart from this travesty, I am appalled at Phil Hollowayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments (Echo, February 25) suggesting that when Roundhouse blocks are sold, Waterlily Park, roads, drainage and sportsfields can be funded. Do other town-

ships have to sell assets to receive their road repair, toilet block maintenance, repair to parks? Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Council fairly allocate rates and expenditure equally Shirewide? Everyone across the Shire is invited to support this communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-held wishes. Hoping the Council does too. After all, councillors represent us. Ri Fraser Ocean Shores

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‘These birds recognise us,’ says my friend. We are cycling and now pause briefly at the park entrance. I look up to see a small group of black-back magpies (Cracticus tibicen). They are well known to recognise individual people and animals, defending their territories by dive bombing those they dislike. But these fly about us much like the smaller willy wagtail, who greet people who enter their spaces. ‘See them? They are waiting for treats. They’ll fly ahead to where we usually stop.’ Sure enough, the birds meet us there. Judging from their feathers, some are dark, handsome adults and others lighter, speckled juveniles. My friend offers bits of raw meat. The adults are the first to approach and collect. The juveniles flatten their bodies and raise their open beaks. They call out in that plaintive way of baby birds. overgrown and will require constant clearing just to get along it, let alone see anything other than camphor laurel and other weeds. A lack of toilets is the least of the problems. Walkers, bicycles and horses aren’t a good mix. Bikes are fast and quiet, walkers suddenly change course, and horses are easily spooked with dangerous consequences. A cycleway from Byron Bay High School to the industrial estate would be great, but out-of-town rail trail will cost and few will use it. Wasting a transport corridor that stretches from Casino to Murwillumbah because Byron Bay can’t sort its internal transport issues is mad and it would be grossly irresponsible for the rail authority to allow it. Those who claim the corridor has too many sharp turns for a fast train are also ignorant of the line. The old train went slow because the track was dodgy. There are no curves that a modern train couldn’t negotiate at high speed. I’m not promoting trains – just common sense. Alistair Bell Byron Bay Q Conservative rural communities in parts of Europe have successfully combined to help reinstate previously disbanded rail lines. It can be done here, if enough people speak up.

The cry is urgent, reminding me of desperate human infants. Adults respond, first feeding these youngsters who are as big as themselves. Finally, they eat some food themselves. And the sexes involved in this food fiesta? You can distinguish them sometimes by size but also by comparing the white patch on their backs. Female feathers are somewhat mottled while male ones almost pure white. An adult feeding another adult is likely to be a larger male feeding a slightly smaller female partner.

The adults feeding juveniles are almost certainly females. But of these females, one will be the actual parent and others are helpers. Season by season, the group raises young. Perhaps some become parents themselves in that group or in one of their own making. Such cooperation shakes up old norms about bird life which were long modelled on heterosexual Christian mores. In other species, the helpers of kookaburras and noisy miners can be males who not only feed but defend. The biologist Tim Low de-

There is no logical link between being on the conservative side of politics and the push to demolish our railway infrastructure. All parties have a role to play in improving our public transport for the elderly, the families, the young, and the visitors. The rail line is here. If it were not, we would not have an argument. This public asset needs the best use for our community. It is not an expensive cycle or walking way. It is ‘multi use’ for the benefit of many and for the long run, not for the benefit of a few in the short term. The carrot provided by the government is too tempting for many; the pressure on our politicians will rise. Everyone could work together to find a sensible middle ground, away from extreme ‘winner takes all’ attitudes. Jens Krause Byron Bay

The north coast of NSW is not a ‘declining rural backwater’ – I never claimed that it was or even implied it – but it is not an urban environment either. The problem of managing tourist numbers is a difficult one and there are no obvious solutions at the moment. But to align this with the rail trail proposal is mischievous. One thing I am sure of – tourists won’t be coming here by train on the old corridor. They may well be cycling though. The rail lines in SE Queensland serve the most populated part of the state. They are purpose-built and straight, not windy tracks built 120 years ago. The two scenarios cannot be compared and could never link up. The arguments against the rail trail are getting weaker and more desperate. One day it will be forgotten and we’ll all cycle or walk along it together. Neil McKenzie Bangalow

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Basil Cameron confuses commuting with tourism. (Letters, February 25). I restate my assertion that there is no daily commuter flow into and out of a recognisable CBD in this region comparable to a large urban centre such as Sydney, where trains are not only convenient, they are absolutely essential. The closest comparison is Lismore and this is nowhere near large enough to justify daily commuter rail services. It’s a fantasy.

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some time ago I was told that the the state government would never put trains back on the rails because those trains would not take freight, only people. Would I now be cynical in thinking that a multimillion-dollar upgrade to the bus terminal in Jonson Street be money, promised just before an election, to suggest that people should take buses not trains? Helen Revis Suffolk Park

scribes these extended families as ‘life in the slow lane’. After lengthy incubation, the young hatch out and remain dependent for a long time. The adults can live to thirty years of age. Eventually, if conditions suit, they may become parents but certainly will become helpers. The closest relatives of magpies are black butcherbirds. Their ancestors moved from rainforests and mangroves to open ground, becoming smarter birds. During colonial times, they were favourite pets, imitating human speech and other sounds. They also acted as house guards. Today, they are thriving in their wild populations along with other large birds: parrots, currawongs and noisy miners. They manage well in spite of us. But what changes have they brought on us? We are still confused: we are as likely to shoot them as pests as we are to share food as mates.

But what deeply affects us are their calls. Their soft solo songs, which can last for over an hour. Pairs or groups that carol in chorus about their territories. The short, loud songs at dawn and dusk. The harsh warning shrieks. Our poets, with their deep sensibilities for song and feelings, speak about magpies. Of their carols, Judith Wright says ‘such a song of grace and praise’. But Douglas Stewart,

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from a generation before, argues with a devilish magpie as he walks the last two long miles to where ‘that wild woman’s waiting on the steps of her shack’. And his fellow poet, Denis Glover, tells of Tom and Elizabeth, who broke their lives farming. He reports the magpie, overlooking both their hope and despair, endlessly sings the same ‘Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle’.

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Labor Party has an appalling record on the north coast. The Labor Party closed the Casino–Murwillumbah rail line in 2004, originally gave out the coal seam gas exploration licences in 2006, mapped the new Pacific Highway route through core koala habitat south of Ballina in 2007, tried to sell off the public’s electricity poles and wires network in 2008, ripped planning control for the West Byron mega-development off Byron Council in 2009 and cut funding off from thousands of local single parents in 2013. This is a party that clearly cannot be trusted. That’s why I’ll be voting for Greens candidate Tamara Smith. She not only has decades of involvement standing up for environmental and social justice causes, including the campaigns against sand mining on Fraser Island and Club Med in Byron Bay, but also represents a party (The Greens) who have consistently stood up for communities and the environment when the ALP has sold us out so many times. Sharon Gibson

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ironic it is that the Nationals candidate Kris Beavis is beating his chest talking about ‘challenging Labor about its CSG plans’. What’s worse is the Nationals’ TV commercial boasting about ‘proven results on CSG’. As someone who has spent countless hours at meetings, protests and researching the devastating impacts of CSG this bravado and political posturing makes me sick, as I’m sure it does the vast majority of the community who have made it clear that No means No. Mr Beavis is right about one thing: the Nationals do have ‘proven results on CSG’. They have voted against a moratorium on this industry every time this issue has been debated in the NSW Parliament. Nationals MP, Don Page, despite being minister for the

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North Coast relies on a high-quality, affordable TAFE system to help address youth unemployment and fill jobs in our strong services sector. But right now, the future of TAFE hangs by a thread. The Nationals’ budget cuts have a left a legacy of rising TAFE fees, staff job losses and fewer course options, with devastating impacts for communities across the north coast. The Greens have proposed a bill to stop the Liberal/National government’s new training market, reduce course fees and restore TAFE’s budget. The Greens believe that quality education is a birthright and that a smart future for Australia lies in accessible education for all, not just for the people who can afford to pay large amounts of money.

unavailable dental care, Sydney corruption, the roads, etc. You can feel good about voting. The Christian Democratic Party has spiritual values: godliness, honesty, honour and traditional Australian family values. Please keep CDP in the balance of power with a number one vote. This tells the old parties that they are not preferred. You can give your further preferences to those on the ballot who you respect. Get the most mileage out of your vote. We are rapidly approaching a social crisis. We need spiritual power. Let your conscience be your guide. Mr Vyvyan Stott

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Q Mick Malloy’s latest hagiography of Paul Spooner (Letters, February 25), spiced with his usual laboured pejoratives about me, again avoids the point. We seem to agree that Paul is a good and competent operator with a social/environmental conscience. The question I ask again is why then is he standing for the NSW ALP, Tamara Smith an outfit with a very spotty reGreens candidate for Ballina cord and the moral compass of a coal baron? Mick’s restated belief that he Q We know that the so-called main parties have not been could be instrumental in the serving our people for a long reform of this mob not only time. Proof of this is shown in concedes that it is in need of the widespread breakdown of this service but places a task families, joblessness, the drug on Paul’s shoulders that has epidemic with its attendant proved beyond such Labor crime, violent drunkenness heavies as Bob Carr and John in the Bay, damage to nature, Faulkner.

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Paul owes the community an explanation of his allegiance to the NSW ALP but I doubt his minders would be too enthusiastic about his opening this box.

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Justine Elliot MP has fullpage ads stating that Labor’s policy is to ban coal seam gas in NSW ( if Labor is elected). Firstly, it was Labor who introduced and approved coal seam gas mining during their last tenure in office. A sudden epiphany, Ms Elliot? Secondly, are we to assume that this ‘policy’ (promise) will be as valid as the one made by Justine Elliot, Martin Ferguson and Jenny Macklin when electioneering in 2004 that when Labor was elected they would grant $150 million to upgrade and reopen the Casino–Murwillumbah rail line?

Lemongrass Dinner Mon-Sun Lunch on weekdays Closed Tuesdays Shop 3/17 Lawson Arcade Phone orders welcome 6680 8443

Classic & Modern Cocktails Quality Wines Group bookings & Larger Parties 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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Byron Bay Woolies Plaza, Jonson St 02 6685 7103 Coolangatta The Strand Marine Pde 07 5536 5455 Broadbeach The Oracle, 12 Charles Ave 07 5570 2166 www.osushi.com.au

An award-winning Japanese fusion cuisine Sushi bar, tapas, main meals and delicious chef’s specials

Breakfast/Lunch: 7 days from 7am Dinner: 7 days from 5.30pm Licensed: To serve drinks at all times without food

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Ginger Pig Breakfast, lunch (Mon– Sun) Dinner (Mon–Sat) Cnr Marvell and Jonson Sts, Byron Bay 6685 7320 facebook – instagram gingerpigrestaurant.com.au

Luscious Foods Mon-Fri 7.30am–3pm Friday night 5.30–9.30pm 1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industry Estate BYO & RSVP 6680 8228 www.lusciousfoods.com.au

Rae’s Fish Cafe Lunch and Dinner 7 days Wategos Beach, Byron Bay 6685 5366 raes@wategos.com.au

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The Balcony

Contemporary and Middle Eastern flavours

Happy Hours 4-6pm week days Cnr Jonson St & Lawson St, Byron Bay 6680 9666 www.balcony.com.au

• Breakfast and lunch • Wood-fired pizzas • Fresh juices • Great coffee Now open Friday night with LIVE MUSIC! Overlooking the beautiful Wategos Beach, Rae’s Fish Cafe is the mustvisit restaurant while you’re visiting Byron Bay.

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Come and try the all new summer tapas and mains menu with a few old favourites. Fresh cocktails in the bar. And always presenting incredible live music in Byron’s most intimate performance atmosphere. Check our website or facebook for the gig guide. facebook.com/treehouse.belongil treehouseonbelongil.com

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La Table

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

Exotic World Cuisine African and Caribbean Specialities Join us for a flavoursome journey in Byron Bay.

Spice It Up Thai Restaurant Open Wednesday-Sunday Dine-in or Takeaway 5:30pm 6684 2209 Mullumbimby Bowling Club

Dishes you should try: Fish Kreol, African and Jamaican Goat Curries, Vegetarian curries.

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Open 7 days 12pm till late Byron St (opp Aldi) Byron Bay P 6680 9191 F 6676 4869 M 0403 516793 happychilligarden@hotmail.com

Special $10 Menu - Changes Daily -Includes soft drink or water Closed for Chinese New Year 16th Feb - reopening 23rd Feb BYO Dine In / Takeaway / Home Delivery Available

St Elmo Dining Room & Bar

St Elmo is a place where you can enjoy great company, first-class food, sophisticated cocktails and an extensive wine list. St Elmo is plating up modern Spanish cuisine to be enjoyed amongst friends and family. Our menus change regularly and feature daily specials.

Mon-Sat: 4pm til late. Sun: 4pm til 10pm. Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson Lane, Byron Bay 6680 7426 www.stelmodining.com

Dinner every evening 5.30-9.30pm

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

5/2 Fletcher St, Byron Bay 6685 5151

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

Hog’s Breath Cafe

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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facebook.com/byron. legendpizza Scan code for our menu! BYO Home delivery 7 days Enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner with the best views from our first floor balconies in the heart of Byron Bay. Authentic tapas menu from midday till late every day. Why not stop in for one of Byron’s best cocktails or a glass of wine from our award winning wine list. Relax on a comfy daybed with a cool ocean breeze and the coolest vibe in the Bay. Please view our menus and make a reservation online www.balcony.com.au

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

Launching our private dining room. Ideal for Birthdays, engagement parties, work dinners and special occasions. Suitable for groups up to 24 people. Contact us for more info.

The team behind Fins bring you the extremely popular IZAKAYA Japanese Street Food.

A ‘POP UP’ restaurant concept with only a few months left. Priced between $8-$27. Open from 5pm daily, 12pm for lunch.

Organic Botero coffee served with organic milk • Artisan coffee merchants, take home whole beans or freshly ground • Extended selection of daily baked savoury & sweet treats • Private licensed area for business meetings & group functions

French Bistro/Bar - Friday & Saturday evenings CLOSED 22 February - reopen 11 March Come and spice up your night. Experience the real taste of Thailand. Using local produce, local staff. Free courtesy bus provided for pick up and drop off! 20 years’ experience in the art of Thai cooking.

Harvest Café, Bakery and Deli sprawls Harvest across three lovingly restored buildings in breakfast. lunch. dinner. the historic town of Newrybar, 15 minutes 18-22 Old Pacific Highway from Byron Bay in the Byron Hinterland. Newrybar NSW 2479 Showcasing the wonderful diversity of our region Harvest create fabulous fresh, 6687 2644 local, and organic food sourced from local artisan producers and the restaurants harvestcafe.com.au own gardens & farm.

Hong Kong chef specialising in Chinese and Malay foods

Happy Chilli Garden

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

Cafe 6684 2220 Resto 6684 2227 www.latable.com.au www.facebook.com/ la.table.byron

1 Carlyle St, Byron Bay Mon–Sat 8am–4pm From December Wed–Sat 6.30pm–10pm

Traditional Thai

72 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby

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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Full Cocktail & Wine Bar. Extensive Menu Includes Tapas, Mains, Desserts and Famous Woodfired Pizzas. 25 Childe St, Byron Bay 6680 9452

Eat in or take away, licensed, family friendly Outdoor dining area, easy parking, Open 7 days a week, 11am till late.

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All in a day’s work A celebration of women in business

It’s International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March. Some of Australia’s most successful enterprises are owned and run by women. The northern rivers plays host to many of these powerhouses. Women are nurturers and providers as well as academics, workers, artists, poets and everything imaginable.

Food symbolises and embodies the struggle women and men have had through the centuries. The struggle to feed their children, the struggle to survive and the acknowledgment now that women can hunt and gather and raise their families as a choice. The successes in people’s lives often create the ability for gender politics to take a rest and for talent, strength and intelligence to have a payday.

As a tribute, here is a small selection of successful businesswomen whose acumen in their own businesses has done just that, with a special feature on the inspirational story of Kym, a local cafe owner. Kym’s Chinese astrological sign is that of the Tiger. Being also born a Leo means that she not only embodies all the strength and stamina of the powerful feline, but she is ‘theatre on steroids’. ‘When I was a kid my mum told me that if she could bottle and sell my exuberance she’d be a millionaire.’

You can’t stop the music Karin Oxford is a well-known and prominent local identity and businesswoman. ‘I grew up with a father who told me to leave school and get a job in a chemist shop, that it was going to be a waste of time doing anything else. Thanks, Dad! I worked hard and cleverly to prove him utterly wrong. I eventually succeeded in managing my own world. It’s in this world that I found I could give other women jobs and opportunities that in turn inspire and help them soar. I’ve had a full life of fashion, music and food and a legacy that includes the creation of the Blues and Roots Festival and now the owner of a local iconic cafe, the Poinciana in Mullumbimby,’ Karin said. Mentors: ‘My grandmother owned a catering empire, and my mother had six kids and that’s a feat in itself.’

It’s this exuberance that Kym told me healed her when MS threatened to take everything away from her. ‘During the 1980s I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I was losing the ability to walk and the doctors told me to buy a wheelchair and forget any treatments as the nerve damage was irreparable. That prognosis didn’t wear with me. I was a single mum with two children and I was determined that that scenario wasn’t going to happen. I lost the sight in my left eye, but I didn’t give in and I beat it and

Advice to other women: ‘Young women have more opportunities these days. If you’re given one or create one yourself, don’t treat it lightly. We women have what it takes to get it happening in our lives – make it work for you!’

Sowing the seeds of success Pictured right (supplied) from left are Brooke Hudson, Shelly Hanson, Jessica Howard, Aurora Davidson, Kassia Grier, Rosa Diaferia, Sahra Gulbif – some of the leaders and managers of Harvest. Kassia Grier and Brooke Hudson are key figures in the rise and rise of Harvest and its associated businesses. Both are owners: Kassia is a mum and the human resources manager within the Harvest ventures. As financial controller, Brooke Hudson steers the finances that keep this business balanced. ‘In my role, I’m driven to maintain the financial integrity of the business while ensuring the unique culture we cultivate is maintained at all times. A majority of our senior leaders and managers at Harvest are females, and sharing the skillbase and knowledge I have with them to help them grow, learn, achieve and be inspired in their roles is my main motivational factor and responsibility as their employer,’ Brooke said. Mentors: ‘I’m constantly inspired by the ro

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threw away my crutches. This, in part, is what a mother and a woman can do when her and her children’s futures are threatened,’ Kym explained. ‘In respect of being a woman in business – I come from a long line of strong women. My mum was the first woman to have a hotel licence in Queensland. The significance of this has never escaped me. I think from a woman’s perspective we need to find a balance between the conditioning of a woman to be a nurturer and the ability to be firm when you need to be –

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this is the trick I’m learning. ‘The balance for me in my noshery is being able to be a person who nourishes and nurtures all at once. Love and happiness are always encouraged by me; it’s this nurturing quality that I as a woman offer everyone in my life. ‘I never knew my father; men for me are an enigma at times. I was formally a successful business consultant and my main relationship with men in this sense was helping them succeed

people I work with and the women I’m surrounded by. I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to draw on the knowledge in the greater community of the strong and highly skilled businesswomen in our region,’ Kassia said. Advice to other women: ‘Go toward the empowerment offered you in life and apply yourself in all situations, while seeking out those environments that offer to nurture your values and principles – this is the way toward becoming a leader in any field,’ Brooke said.

in business. I learnt over the years that what I taught I could also use in my own businesses and in life. ‘Japunumop, the name of my food business, is the word downunder written upside down. One of my things in life is showing folks that sometimes we make things too overcomplicated. ‘So, come share some life lessons with me,’ Kym added. Japunumop is situated at 28 Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby.

a toxin-free alternative. What I was searching for wasn’t available, so I produced it. Beeswax is known to have powerful preservative properties with examples of this preservation going back to items found that are thousands of years old and intact. I followed this ancient success and created Honey Bee Wraps and a corresponding website: honeybeewrap.com. It’s a food wrap for the preservation of food and leftovers. It’s the sort of natural alternative I was looking for for my family,’ Sherrie said. Mentors: ‘My grandmother would use, recycle, reuse and use again – she never wasted a thing. In her day they used waxed paper, tea towels and plates for leftover food. My grandmother was 84 when she died and she survived all those years without cling film.’ Advice to other women: ‘If you have an idea, have a go at it. Everything can be achieved if you believe it can. Keeping it simple works for me.’

Queen bee Sherrie Adams is a mother to five children and has two businesses, one that sprang from her continuous use of cling film and the associated guilt. Sherrie created a solution to this environmental impact. ‘My quest began in a bid to find a more eco-friendly and sustainable way to wrap my kids’ lunches and provide

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The Eltham Pantry custodians: Emma Nichols and Kylie Bridges

Pantry pearls Achievements: Emma Nichols and Kylie Bridges are both talented artists in their own right. They’ve managed to juggle their children and home life with a busy schedule that includes feeding the customers at their restaurant in Eltham. ‘We’ve had the pleasure of running The Eltham Valley Pantry and are now handing over the management to a great new team so we can follow our hearts with a new project. Art will now take centre stage in a creative space in Lismore. Our new space is ‘found coffee and creative’ and will be opening soon. Kylie added that ‘I speak for both Emma and me when I say that our children are truly our greatest achievements.’ Mentors: ‘We’ve both always found support, guidance and inspiration from many creative and supportive female friends throughout our lives. We’re lucky enough to have a constant source of inspiration in the women we meet daily who are not afraid to find what it is that sustains them while still maintaining family and career.’ Advice to other women: ‘Stay confident in your own ideas and beliefs and don’t be afraid to find your thing – be happy.’

Cornering the cafe market Brenda Wilson, an accomplished chef, started in the food industry when she was only fifteen. ‘I worked in a mixture of places and by the time I was eighteen I was running a very successful and fast-paced kitchen in Newcastle. By twenty-one I was selfemployed. I moved to the area in 2000 from Newcastle and afterward leased the Rails kitchen, then it was onto The Deck in the Byron Golf Club and now we have a new venture cornering Brunswick Heads, the Torakina Café,’ Brenda said. Mentors: ‘As I was growing up my mum had a massive influence on my passion for food. She cooked and baked constantly. My great-grandmother was Lebanese. Being surrounded by this wonderful vibrant food was always a treat. My husband, Matt, is not only a very talented chef but is an amazing business partner. We have worked together for 15 years and are very lucky to share such a crazy passion as hospitality.’ Advice to other women: ‘Hospitality is a demanding gig with crazy hours! If you have the passion and truly love what you do, none of it matters. It is the ultimate reward when customers love your food as much as you do.’

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A traditional modern woman Mariana Pavlova was born in Bulgaria. While studying fine arts at high school, she won a scholarship to study art and design in England. ‘This is how my life moved into living abroad and then hospitality. I was working every spare minute in the hospitality industry to support myself and to save for the courses I needed. I learnt extreme multitask-

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ing when seventeen. It started as a challenge and ended up being my life. I relied on this work to maintain my basic needs and my studies. I eventually moved to Sydney and met my destiny here in Australia. I met my husband John and the result is that we now own and manage a successful restaurant in Byron Bay – Traditional Thai. The restaurant was our first child, then we had a human child. I now run between the business and my life as a mother and provider.’ Mentors: ‘My mother is a translator. I learnt six languages and speak three fluently. The ability to negotiate my way through life was the strength I gained from her. My grandmother gave me structure and discipline. I apply both influences with gusto in my life.’ Advice to other women: ‘Never be scared! Even when you think you can’t or won’t make it, trust me, you can.’

That Sugar Film Q&A screening with director Damon Gameau at Palace Byron Bay The screenings will be held on Thursday 19 March at Palace Byron Bay (6.15pm) and will feature Damon alongside a panel of food, health and nutrition experts discussing his experience making the film and our societal views on sugar consumption and diet. That Sugar Film is one man’s journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high-sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as ‘healthy’. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. That

Sugar Film will forever change the way you think about ‘healthy’ food. Tickets for Palace Cinemas’ special Q&A screening of That Sugar Film with director and star, Damon Gameau, at Palace Byron Bay are now available for purchase. Watch the trailer here www.palacecinemas.com.au/ movies/thatsugarfilm/.

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Northern Rivers International Women’s Day 8 March, 2015

International Women’s Day (8 March) provides the focus for our Northern Rivers Women in Business feature. The women profiled on this page are a small snapshot of the amazingly talented women who conduct their business in this diverse region. Talking to some of my female colleagues about the concept of IWD and The Echo’s feature, they asked why shouldn’t there be an international men’s day? (Yeah, okay, a couple of the blokes asked too.) That question encapsulates the feeling that many of us as women have, that we don’t feel we need any special attention just because we are women. As women, indeed as humans, we all go about our lives, doing our jobs, fulfilling our roles, finding our purpose. However when we take a step back and look beyond ourselves in our northern rivers bubble we see a world where in some countries women are forbidden to get an education and are married off as adolescents. Even in this country women are still significantly under-represented in management levels in business. Perhaps having a day that focuses on women gives us an opportunity to assess the situation both locally and globally and ask are we satisfied with the status quo and, if not, what is each of us going to do about it? I hope you find the women profiled on this page inspiring. If young women are looking for role models then these women are fine examples of how the combination of passion, drive and muliebrity can bring excellent results in business. – Angela Cornell

Anne Malatt - Lightwaves at Bangalow Jemma Gawned - Naked Treaties Naked Treaties was officially born in 2009, although I had been making healthy treats for my friends and family long before then! My original intention was to imbue the best organic raw food possible with a tangible feeling of love and wellbeing that would be felt by those who ate it. To this day we still prepare our food with blessings. I moved the business up to Byron in 2010. We’re about community and we’ve been lovingly embraced by the Byron family. We send our ‘treaties’ – all created by hand with love – to around 200 stores nationally too. We feel we are a new way in business. We’re purpose driven rather than profit driven and our most important assets are our staff. We want to provide a place of transformation where people are supported and free to be themselves. If I could give one piece of advice it would be to find your purpose for your business and use that as your anchor. Run all of your decisions by your mission and it will keep you grounded and humble. It will get you through tough times too. Our purpose is simple: To Spread a Vibration of Love Through Food. That’s it. As long as we’re always aligned with this I feel there’s something greater supporting us. This really is a new, more feminine, intuitive way to run a business. I would say to women, and men for that matter, to trust your intuition and always stay true to your purpose.

Dr Anne Malatt is a local woman who owns and operates two businesses in the area. Anne grew up in country Victoria and trained at the University of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. She has been a doctor since 1984 and an eye specialist and surgeon since 1992. Moving to this area in 1997, she worked for other local eye specialists at ﬁrst, then in 2001 she established her own practice, in Station St, Bangalow. She consults from her rooms there, and performs both public and private eye surgery – including cataract, glaucoma, pterygium, skin cancer and eyelid surgery – in Lismore. In 2012, Anne established her laser tattoo removal business, and was the ﬁrst in the area to do so. She felt the need for this business in the area, and the call to provide safe, high-quality treatment in a professional setting. She performs the lasers at the end of her working day, to accommodate people who are also working. Anne lives in the area with her husband, two teenage children, and two dogs. They also have three older girls and their partners and three grandchildren, who are a great part of their lives. Anne enjoys teaching young surgeons, medical students and nurses as part of giving back to her profession, and works on several pro-bono projects delivering programs focused on lifestyle, health and wellbeing as part of giving back to her community. In her spare time, Anne loves to walk, swim, cook, read, and write.

Kylie Milroy - Atlas Currency & Byron Foreign Exchange Kylie Milroy from Atlas Currency & Byron Foreign Exchange is passionate about her business. ‘Currencies are a “live animal” and I find it fascinating that “value” doesn’t exist. Rates change every second of every day, with the Foreign Exchange (FX) market being substantially larger than the stockmarket and yet people, by and large, have no clue how it works or affects them personally,’ says Kylie. She has a double degree in journalism and literature, but works with numbers and money. ‘This industry was traditionally male-centric with god-complexers who threw their weight around over rates and deals but there are substantially more women in the picture now.’ Kylie says greed is rampant in the finance sector and it irks her that banks aren’t more accountable or transparent to clients. They earn (multi) billion-dollar profits and exceed their targets simply by moving out a margin or adding another fee. That isn’t ‘real’ business. Kylie set up their local, competitive and customer-focused currency exchange in Byron in 2001 and had to come from the Gold Coast business via the old Wooyong road every day! They have another store in Coolangatta at The Strand. The licensing requirements are tough in the FX industry, but the greatest challenge in Byron is high-speed reliable internet connections, essential in FX! Also, if you aren’t in the office by 8am you write off 45 minutes of your morning sitting in traffic, which is ironic. There are many things special about Byron. Its energy, its irreverence, its inclusiveness. It’s ‘the vibe’ of it. There are many diverse people and businesses in Byron and surrounds who work and travel internationally – we’re a village of ‘global locals’ and diverse tourists.

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Women in business Janice Ryan – White Picket Fence Janice Ryan from White Picket Fence saw a need to provide choice to the marketplace and so left her longtime position with one of the big banks to set up her own mortgage-broking business. Having her own business allows her to customise a loan to suit the individual. Looking after her customers is Janice’s number-one priority. She cites her customers as the greatest influence on how she runs her business. ‘If I have happy satisfied clients who who offer feedback on my services I will use that feedback to guide my business. I am more for the client than the monetary gain.’ Janice’s mother, a successful business person in her own right who had loyal clients for more than 40 years, shared with Janice her advice: ‘treat your clients as friends and how you yourself would like to be treated’. Janice’s advice is to be yourself… but not only be yourself, try to be your customer! ‘Property ownership is a big step in someone’s life and individuals want to feel they have the support and guidance from someone who not only understands the finance product but can identify the emotions that their customer might be experiencing.’ Janice has had feedback from customers of both genders that they prefer her warm approach to the ‘cold’ and ‘direct’ approach that they have experienced with other brokers.

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Nina Jeftic - Funky Moves In the unassuming atmosphere of her local supermarket, little Nina Jeftic would dance from aisle to aisle, relishing that freedom of childhood to express without thought for surroundings; knowing without knowing that dance was not about the peripheral but a joyous universe within. It was a sensation that Nina never wanted to let go of and with the encouragement of her mother and her mother’s jazz ballet teacher, that internal universe would become – and remain to this day – the world in which Nina Jeftic would live. Since 2003 Nina has been teaching at Funky Moves, the dance school she established immediately after her arrival in northern NSW. ‘I love how dance can take you away to another world where expression is physical and emotional; how it can move people and make them feel something special! The power and beauty of movement can bring to many a lifelong happiness. Without dance in my life I would not be complete.’ Nina Jeftic’s commitment to movement has taken her onto stages all over the globe, from big season productions, to tours with celebrity illuminati such as – Madonna, Kylie and Whitney Houston! And teaching has always been an enormous part of Nina’s holistic passion for dance, becoming her full-time focus in 2001, after the birth of her second child. An opportunity for Nina to beginning fully sharing a lifetime’s worth of knowledge and helping others retain that childhood desire to express rapturously through movement.

Peta has been the branch manager at Southern Cross Credit Union for almost six years; however, she has been involved in the banking industry for 25 years. She is incredibly passionate about helping people to navigate the world of banking and finance and empowering customers to take control of their financial wellbeing. Moving from WA to the northern rivers ten years ago with husband Mark and her two boys, the family’s love for surfing and wish to surround themselves with an engaged and supportive community led them to settle in the Byron Bay area. Luckily for Peta, getting to know customers and the community is a big part of her role at Southern Cross Credit Union. ‘I spend a lot of time out and about getting to know people. Our customers and the community are the heart and soul of our organisation, so it’s really important to me to establish real and meaningful connections with people,’ she says. ‘If there is one piece of advice I could give to women looking to get into the finance industry, I would say don’t be intimidated. Know yourself, be true to yourself and strive to be your absolute best. Learn to listen, communicate well and always remember to treat everyone with respect.’ Peta strives to lead her team of women by example and spends a lot of time discussing strategies to build confidence and empower them to be their personal best. ‘Their success is my success,’ says Peta, ‘and I’m proud of them.’

Gail Fuller - Byron Coastal Real Estate Hi, I’m Gail Fuller and the principal of Byron Coastal Real Estate. I have been working in the real estate industry for approximately 16 years in Byron Bay and Bangalow. Having run my own company for more than 10 years, I have found it both exciting and rewarding seeing the business and its people develop over the years. As you can appreciate it’s an ever-changing kaleidoscope working in the Bay with the diversity of people and housing in such a small area. So what is great about our industry? Well, every day is different and you never really know what to expect. Having a solid foundation and systems keeps this process running smoothly and supports both ourselves and our clients equally so. As a woman in a traditionally male-dominated industry, there can be the perception that we can become hard in our approach to cope. I find this not the case. There are times when a firmness is needed to handle the emotional issues that arise for people, but generally the more gentle, consistent approach works better. Our motto for the business has always been about cleaning up the Byron properties and providing a product to the marketplace that reflects some love and care. We continue to grow the business with this in mind and expand our footprint with a steady attitude. For me, this is the industry I love and I know this is where I belong. The people interaction is definitely the bonus and also the opportunity to renovate and style the properties is an enjoyable aspect too.

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Health &

There is a forum being held to discuss issues around women’s health and the organisers, Esoteric Women’s Health, invite men and women of all ages to come along. Esoteric Women’s Health is a collaboration of complementary health practitioners and allied health professionals who work cohesively for the promotion and delivery of true care and support in the area of women’s health. The forum will include presentations from health professionals and women who have experienced health conditions as well as group discussions. A diagnosis of any description instigates much more than just the requirement for physical treatment. It brings equally a psychological and emotional impact to the woman, as well as her family and all persons in her life. In considering such impact, they believe that cohesive collaboration between patients, families, healthcare providers, health professionals, and our community is a true model for the future. The forum is on 21 March 9am – 1pm at 37 Converys Lane, Wollongbar. It is a free event. For more information visit www.esotericwomenshealth.com. Bookings: bookings@esotericwomenshealth.com

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Craniosacral at its most refined is a synthesis of art, science and meditation. These complementary aspects of this most subtle bodywork are given thorough consideration in the courses offered by Craniosacral Australia.

This sacred massage is deeply healing, transforming and nurturing to your body and being. ’Iolani Grace has 25 years of professional experience offering private sessions and trainings.

A new training is commencing with an introductory weekend 25–26 April, the first part of a 4-weekend level-1 course. The basic training consists of three levels at 6-monthly intervals. Students are then supported by an ongoing advanced training with a weekend every three months. There is a free Introductory Evening at the Byron Community Centre at 7pm, Wednesday 22 April.

Residential training 11–18 April 2015. Gift certificates available. 0447 440 298 www.sanctuaryofillumination.com

RE ENERGISE WITH YOGI NECTAR PROBIOTIC! Yogi nectar maintains a favourable balance of digestive bacteria allowing the body greater access to nutrients from food. It also provides a more stable environment for the body’s immune system, most of which exists in the stomach. Yogi Nectar’s abundance of live, friendly lactobacillus species can provide a fast daily response to nourish, rebalance, support and energize!

The courses, in our dedicated studio at South Golden Beach, are conducted by Dhyan Trevor and Lydia (Heera) Cattani. Trevor has taught craniosacral for 20 years. Heera, 25 years a yoga teacher, has practised craniosacral since 1993. info@craniosacral.com.au. www.craniosacral.com. au. mobile: 0411 810 049

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OPEN DAY - FREE CLASSES Saturday 2-5pm 21st March Sunday 8am-4.30pm 22nd March 9 Myocum St, Mullumbimby (Near monthly Market Place) Come & share in this wonderful FREE community event

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MORE INFO: Email: dianaewing@bigpond.com Mobile: 0407 455 212 www.yellowchurchyoga.com www.facebook.com/yellowchurchyoga

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with Heera and Trevor

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Healing LOST YOUR SPARK AND DRIVE? LET’S RE-IGNITE THAT FIRE

PSORIASIS TREATMENT AT GOOD SKIN CLINICS PSORIASIS sufferers know only too well the itching, redness and soreness of their irritating and uncomfortable skin condition, says Barry Donnelly. Mr Donnelly is a naturopath and nutritionist who has a Bachelor of Health Science and qualifications in Complementary Medicine and Western Herbal Medicine.

Hi, I’m Phil Johnston – acupuncture specialist. If you suffer from conditions or disease slow to respond to modern drug therapy and feel over-medicated; injury or pain slow to recover; lack energy / endurance; or need to restore your balance of mind – call me. I can help.

He is also a practitioner at the Good Skin Clinic that has practices in the Gold Coast and northern rivers.

Ph: 0452 588 933. Byron Bay, Alstonville & Lismore.

‘Unlike many other skin diseases, psoriasis may affect fingernails as well,’ he said, ‘Plaque can develop under the nail and around the nail bed causing the nail to lift off. This is often confused with fungal infections owing to the clouded appearance of this process.’ For some people the disease might also be experienced as psoriatic arthritis, causing pain and swelling around the joints. The Good Skin Clinic offer topical medications, including a deep-cleansing gel that exfoliates the skin, removing the flakiness and ointments, and containing essential oils and herbs. ‘If you are a skin-disease sufferer, don’t delay in making an appointment. It may just change your life for the better,’ he said. Other skin conditions treated at the Good Skin Clinic include eczema, acne, rosacea, dermatitis, ichthyosis, psoriatic arthritis and nail/fungal infections.

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The team of devoted teachers at Yellow Church Yoga would like to offer the community FREE CLASSES Sat 21 (pm only) and 22 March, as a gesture of gratitude for your continuing support. This Open Day is an opportunity for you, your friends and family to explore the many styles on offer beyond yoga. Works of love are always works of peace. The more we share with each other the more there will be love, unity and compassion, spreading joy and loving wherever we go. Let’s celebrate it together! Diana is away 6–20 March; please see timetable changes. www.yellowchurchyoga. com. See us on Facebook for Open Day program.

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9TH BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015

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Broderick Fox

Chad DeRosa

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Sessions Program Byron Community Centre

Session 4

Session 8

Session 12

Saturday 7th 2pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

Sunday 8th 1:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

Monday 9th 4:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

1VUZVU :[ )`YVU )H` 7YL MLZ[P]HS VWLUPUN OV\YZ are between 10am and WT 4VUKH` [V -YPKH` +\YPUN [OL MLZ[P]HS [OL IV_ VÉ&#x2030; JL PZ VWLU L]LY` KH` MYVT HT \U[PS WT ;PJRL[Z MVY HSS V\Y ZLZZPVUZ at the Community Centre can be bought online at www.byroncentre.com.au.

Session 1 Friday 6th, 6.45pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $65 Opening Night

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Session 5 Saturday 7th 4.30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

SATURDAY, MARCH 7 11am Free Panel

The Outsider on the Inside: Adventures In CrossCultural Filmmaking It can be a steep learning curve ^OLU Ă&#x201E; STPUN PU (MNOHUPZ[HU India, Malawi, Samoa, Haiti HUK (\Z[YHSPHÂťZ 0UKPNLUV\Z communities.

2pm Free Panel

Magic Happens in the Dark: A Filmmakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s View of Festivals >OH[ÂťZ PU P[ MVY [OLT& ;OL festival experience from the Ă&#x201E; STTHRLYÂťZ WLYZWLJ[P]L

SUNDAY, MARCH 8 11am Free Panel

At Your Own Risk: How Far Will a Director Go to Make a Film? 4J.PUSL` Game of Thrones (Z H Ă&#x201E; ST [OH[ ZL[Z out to provocatively push boundaries at times it seems strangely appropriate that Ben found the key backer for [OL Ă&#x201E; ST PU H [VPSL[ H[ [OL Cannes Film Festival. New Zealand director/ WYVK\JLY (T` ;H`SVY ZOHYLZ the story of an extroverted wild dolphin, Moko, in Soul in the Sea, and the incredible experiences and friendships Moko created

Oisima â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Everything (IV\[ /LY Newborns 1HSHUHU :[YLL[ZPKL

Session 9 Sunday 8th, 4pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

WORKSHOPS & PANELS Filmmakers share their individual insights into familiar and unfamiliar worlds, tell local and global stories and expand and challenge perceptions through this array of stimulating workshops, panels and networking events. Held in the Filmmakers Lounge, Byron Community Centre

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Session 13 Monday 9th 7:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

SATURDAY, MARCH 14 11am $15

Australian Directorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guild Masterclass: Tony Ayres Cut Snake ;OL H^HYK ^PUUPUN ^YP[LY HUK director was the show runner of The Slap /PZ SH[LZ[ Ă&#x201E; ST Cut Snake PZ THZ[LYM\S Âś H ÂşT\Z[Âť MVY HSS Ă&#x201E; STTHRLYZ

Tony Ayres Filming can throw up ethical dilemmas: when should you [\YU [OL JHTLYH VÉ&#x2C6; & 7HULS PUJS\KLZ -YHJRTHUÂťZ 9PJOHYK ;VKK +H`UL 7YH[aR`

2pm Free Panel

The Best of Both Worlds? Developing a Creative Relationship With Your Partner ;OLYL HYL ZPNUPĂ&#x201E; JHU[ advantages and serious challenges for couples who live and create together. What are [OL`&

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Session 6

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Session 10 Sunday 8th 7pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Saturday 7th 7.30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

11am Free Workshop

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SUNDAY, MARCH 15

What do women want to see and what are the best L_HTWSLZ& 1VPU MV\Y MLPZ[` women for a controversial conversation that will go where no panel has gone before.

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Family-Friendly Shorts

Celebrated storytellers from around the region talk about the intricate process of screen adaptation.

The Meeting Place: An Hour of Pure Potential

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Saturday 7th, 10.30am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $8

Screenworks Presents: Adaptations

Getting It On (Screen): Sexuality In Cinema.

with his human companions.

Session 2

2pm Free Panel

5:30pm Networking Event $15

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Session 3 Saturday 7th, 12pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $8 Adults Only Shorts

/LYV ;YHP[VY 7H[YPV[ Frackman

Session 7 Sunday 8th 11am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

Spotlight on Byron Talent: Dustin Clare ;OL -YHNTLU[Z Early Checkout Sunday

Session 11 Monday 9th 12:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $10

2H[ =PU[ULY Âś :VVULY or Later ([[HJR VM [OL 2PSSLY ;YLLZ Where No Vultures Fly Ď&#x2030;Ď&#x2022;ÎŠÎ&#x201C; -HTPS` ;PLZ 3PML! 7H[LU[LK Banking Nature

Session 15 Tuesday 10th 4:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12 ;^HZ [OL 5PNO[ 4L[\IL! (\N\Z[ :PUNZ Carmen Habanera ;OL -VV[ 1VI Freak Manny Gets Censored Fresh Cut Grass Eat Four Brothers. Or ;OYLL >HP[ ÂŻ ;OYLL Lonely Hearts Splendr -PYZ[ +H[L

;OL (Y[ VM >VYRPUN ^P[O Bees /LUU`ÂťZ 6W\Z PU ) Minor In the Steps of Lawrence ;OL 2PUN :\U! 1VOU 6SZLU H 7VY[YHP[ H[ Jack Thompson in attendance

Bangalow Bill â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Conversations with the Elders Little Star Matka Ziemia 4V[OLY ,HY[O *H[JOPUN -PYLĂ&#x2026; PLZ Into the Void

Burrow Secret Sharer

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9TH BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Session 16

Session 21

Session 26

Session 30

Tuesday 10th 7:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Thursday 12th 4:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

Saturday 14th, 10:30am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $10

Sunday 15th, 11am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $10

Session PC1

Saturday 7th, 8:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $25

Session PF1 Saturday 7th, 8:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Suburban King/Top-girl :[LÉ&#x2030; .LMHSS[ +HZ :[LÉ&#x2030; 3PRL ;OPZ Will Jackways Interpretation JĂ¤ger des Augenblicks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ein Abenteuer am Mount 9VYHPTH 9VYHPTH Âś Climbers of the Lost World)

Session PF6

Sunday 15th, 4pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15 Special Presentation with Paul Cox and David Wenham The Lost Mariner Le Sel de la Terre (Salt of the Earth)

Session 17 Wednesday 11th 12:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$10

Ignition .YHZZ 9VV[Z Nothing Too Serious Journey On A Surferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy Oney Anwar â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chasing the Dream

Session 22 Thursday 12th 7:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Past Imperfect Outlier The Best Driver in the County The Video Dating Tape VM +LZTVUKV 9H` Aged 33 & 3/4

Missy Higgins â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shark Fin Blues

Session PC2

Wednesday 11th, 6:15pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Showfolk Bereave

Session 31 Sunday 15th, 2pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

:HĂ&#x201E; H Âś @V\ HYL [OL 6UL DĂŠjĂ -Moo The Cradle of Storms Curacautin Bajo el Agua (Curacautin Under Water) Tierra de Patagones (Land of Patagones)

Session PF2

Aspie Seeks Love

Sunday 8th 4pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Session 27 Saturday 14th, 1pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

A STORY OF

LEGEND AND LEGACY FLYING TRAPEZE

Don Miguel The Gift/An Bronntanas

ON THE

Session PC3 Brodie Stanton â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Film Portrait

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Session 18 Wednesday 11th 4:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

Luna Loop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Time to Fly Sue Whiteman â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Gift of Danceâ&#x20AC;Śability Suburban King/Top-Girl The Flight Fantastic

Session 23 Friday 13th 12:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $10

Scene 16 Carpe Jugular Sweetheart Schimbare (The Change)

The Moped Diaries Out of Nothing Lay Down Your Guns Work Mate Un Seul Corps (A Single Body)

Session 32

Sunday 15th, 4:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

Session PF3 Friday 13th, 8:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Shame on him who thinks ill of it)

Brodie Stanton â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Film Portrait Sally: Behind The Smile What the Sea Gives Me

Session PC4

Saturday 14th, 8:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Saturday 14th, 3:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

Session B2

Young Aust Filmmakers

LevĂŠl Istenhez (Letter to God) Drevo (The Tree)

Session 19 Wednesday 11th 7:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Saturday 14th, 2pm Makeover Bereave

Melt Smithson

Lindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List AnĂłmalo (Anomalous) Gli Zii (The Uncles) Crna Zorica (Loveless Zorista)

Session 24 Friday 13th 4:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $12

Claire â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Next Ones to Come Intrusion Four Brothers. Or Three. Wait â&#x20AC;Ś Three :[\É&#x2C6; LK III

Thunderlust (and the Middle Beast)

Session 33

Sunday 15th, 7:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15 STEPHANIE WESTWOOD presents a DANNIKA HORVAT film â&#x20AC;&#x153;THE SUMMER OF ABC BURNSâ&#x20AC;? starring JESSICA YATES ARIELLE Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;NEILL JOSH GEARY and ALEX KLAGES written by DANNIKA HORVAT cinematography by HARRY HAYES editing by EMILY ROBBsound design by TROY MAURI music by LIAM PARSONS SAMUEL WEBB produced by STEPHANIE WESTWOOD directed by DANNIKA HORVAT

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Did I Tell You â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bout Jasper?

Session 20 Thursday 12th 12:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $10

Session 25

Early Checkout Kanowna Sunday

Friday 13th 7:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

The Flight of the )\É&#x2C6; HSV

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The Summer of ABC Burns

The Characteristics of C-Minor

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To Be a Poet

Session 29 Saturday 14th, 6:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $65

Star Court Theatre, Lismore

Onemoretime

Washingtonia Cabras Where Fables Are Born

Open Spaces Cigano 9OVKVKLUKYVU The Center

Palace Cinemas, Pighouse Flicks, Byron Bay 108 Jonson St, Byron Bay Byron Bay

Gaia Black Ice Soul in the Sea

Pocket Money Night Shift Cut Snake

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Gala Closing Party Zen & the Art of Dying

A Mile in These Hooves Gli Zii (The Uncles) Berlin Troika AnĂłmalo (Anomalous) Outlier Mousse

Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah 5 Brisbane Street ;OL 9LNLU[ÂťZ IV_ VÉ&#x2030; JL is open 11.30amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;9.30pm ;O\YZKH` -YPKH` Saturday and Sunday. Check website www. cinemaregent.com or phone (02) 6672 8265. Tickets also available on the day. There is no disabled access or disabled toilet facilities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this venue has stairs. All sessions $12/$10.

Session M1 Sunday 8th, 2pm

Sunday 15th, 2pm

Freight Train

*Y`PUN ,HY[O 9PZL <W Where God Likes to Be

Saturday 14th, 7:30pm

Session B3

Sunday 15th, 6:15pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

A New You

Learning to Float

Session L3

Saturday 14th, 6pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

6É&#x2C6; ;YHJR

A Mile in These Hooves

I Bow to You The Winsome Choirs The Ab-Sorption Method Dingo Love Not Without My Dogs

Session PF4

Brodie Stanton â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Film Portrait

Coral

Saturday 14th, 5pm

Session PC5

Detention

1970 Something

Ballina Fair Shopping Centre, corner of Fox and Kerr streets, Ballina )LMVYL [OL MLZ[P]HS IV_ VÉ&#x2030; JL VWLU HTÂś WT To reserve a ticket phone (02) 6686 9600 or check the website www.ballina.info/cinema. All sessions $15/$13/$12.

Friday 13th, 6:45pm

One Night Only Almost Married

Session 28

The Summer of

;OL 9HTVUH -SV^LYZ Tokyo /VWL *YLKP[ <UPVU H bank with a twist. Plug & Play One Night in Florida Berlin Troika Ultima Chiamata (Last Call)

Session B1

A Fighting Season

ABC BURNS

Session L2

Ballina Fair Cinemas

Friday 13th, 8:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Washingtonia

Metube: August Sings Carmen Habanera Clan :VTL 9HPUIV^Z 5L]LY Grey Walks Like a â&#x20AC;Ś Teagan Kumu Hina: A Place in the Middle

Tickets available online at www.palacecinemas.com. au/festivals/byronbayinterUH[PVUHSĂ&#x201E; STMLZ[P]HS VY H[ [OL JPULTH IV_ VÉ&#x2030; JL KHPS` 11amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;8.30pm. Phone bookings by credit card only (ex Amex & Diners) on (02) 6680 8555.

1 Skinners Shoot Rd, next to the Byron Bay Brewery Tickets are available online H[ ^^^ WPNOV\ZLĂ&#x2026; PJRZ com.au. Before and during [OL MLZ[P]HS [OL IV_ VÉ&#x2030; JL is open every day from Monday to Friday from 6pm and on weekends from 4pm.

LĂ ssami (Leave Me) El Mal Amor (Evil Love) Agua Blanca (White Water) Cholchu (Steppe Man)

Session PF5 Saturday 14th 8.30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $15

Star Court Arcade, 126 Molesworth St, Lismore Tickets for the Star Court Theatre should be bought H[ [OL KVVY L_JLW[ MVY V\Y (*65 -\UKYHPZLY which can be booked online on the Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s On page for movies at starcourttheatre.com.au. All sessions $15/$13.

Session L1 Thursday 12th, 7:30pm BBFF is proud to copresent an evening with ACON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the largest JVTT\UP[` IHZLK NH` SLZIPHU IPZL_\HS HUK transgender (GLBT) health and wellbeing organisation in Australia. A percentage of proceeds from the evening will be donated to ACON 5VY[OLYU 9P]LYZÂť VÉ&#x2030; JL

Beginning at 30 Newborns Love Marriage in Kabul

Session M2

Saturday 14th, 4pm One Night in Florida Bread or Blood Berlin Troika Ultima Chiamata (Last Call)

Session M3

Saturday 14th, 6pm Lay Down Your Guns A Little Farther Cholchu

Session M4

Sunday 15th, 2pm Boundaries of the Heart

Session M5

Sunday 15th 4pm Family-Friendly Session Horrie Dingo Love Not Without My Dogs

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March 4 – March 11, 2015

MUNGO’S CROSSWORD

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THE THRILL OF NO FRILLS THE NO FRILLS T WINS ARE VANESSA AND ARNA ROGERS , MULTITALENTED AND ULTRACRE ATIVE 20-YE AR-OLD IDENTICAL T WIN SISTERS FROM LISMORE .

These full-time musicians and fashionistas have aspirations for successful international careers in both fields. Their music took off globally when they began their YouTube channel in 2012. As of February 2015, the No Frills Twins have more than 60,000 subscribers on YouTube and more than 200,00 fans on Facebook, accomplished in less than three years, and these numbers are increasing by the thousands each week. Q. How would you describe the No Frills Twins’ approach to life? Our approach to life is taking a part of each day and working towards our goal as artists (which we enjoy anyway so it’s not always hard work). We’re currently working on our craft and always looking out for opportunities. We view setbacks or rejections as a normal part of life. These experiences can be essential for aspiring entertainers; they help us to grow a thicker skin and to heighten our determination. As far as internet trolls/bullies go, as long as we feel happy with ourselves we don’t take any notice of what anyone else thinks about us. We’re pretty selfcontained. Q. What music inspires you or first really got you excited about songwriting? Ever since we were babies music was a part of our life. Our parents were in a band and our house was full of instruments, microphones and music. We were inspired to write our first song at age 10 in response to the Boxing Day tsunami. It just happened naturally. Vanessa sang the song and Arna beat-boxed.

Q. Where do you see your music career taking you this year? Do you have plans to tour or to leave the area? We’ve had several offers this year already and they are exciting – from a large record label and a potential publishing deal. We have plans to finish our album and work with some interesting producers so we’ll be travelling to and from Sydney to record and possibly overseas for some co-writing, but we’ll keep quiet on that one for now. Q. What do you think it was about growing up in this region that helped foster your unique brand of creativity? We’ve always lived in the northern rivers and it’s always been a very free-spirited and encouraging community. When we were younger we would busk on the streets of Byron Bay where we drew large crowds and made really good money! Performing arts is such a natural extension of this region and we’re really lucky to have that influence. As well as the many music festivals our region fosters, we’ve been fortunate enough to play at the Blues Festival, Mullumbimby Music Festival and other local festivals.

MULLUMBIMBY CIVIC HALL ON SATURDAY AT 7PM. ENTRY: $15/$10 CONCESSION. We performed it at the Fatherhood Festival at Bangalow and received great feedback from Damien Leith, who encouraged us to continue songwriting. Around the same time, we were finalists at Kids’ Australian Idol, where we performed the second song we ever wrote, judged by Kyle Sandilands and Casey Donovan. Casey Donovan was one of our favourite singers at the time so her support really influenced us. We were only 10 years old, looking out onto an ocean of people; it was an experience we will always remember. Q. What do you think are your songwriting strengths? How do you both write together? I think the songwriting collaboration between the two of us is a strength because we always have different ideas and we bounce off each other. Ninety per cent of our songs are written at 3am. We feel very creative at this quiet and calm hour of the morning. Our songwriting style is simultaneous and linear: generally chords, melody and lyrics are all constructed simultaneously. Later on we will improve the lyrics. We always write our songs linearly, starting at verse 1.

Q. What are the themes that you like to explore in your music? We’ve explored lots of themes in our songwriting and will continue to as we experience new feelings and circumstances in life. We’ve written about domestic violence, eating disorders, love and lust, insecurities, esteem issues, addictions, co-dependency, seeking spiritual answers – among other things. The beauty of songwriting is that although hundreds of people can explore the same theme, no two people will ever write exactly the same thing. There is an endless array of subjects and ways to explore and present them. You never run out. Q. What are the issues or the things in life that you are most passionate about? Apart from music and fashion, we’re passionate about social justice, age discrimination and antibullying. Bullying is an epidemic in every sphere of life, in families, schools, workplaces; we even see it in shops or on the street. Disrespect and stand-over tactics, we notice it everywhere. We’d love to travel around Australian schools with our own anti-bullying workshop at some point.

Q. How would you like to inspire other young people? We hope that we can inspire other young people to explore what it is they enjoy and to not be afraid to express themselves creatively, whatever form that takes – art, music, performance, fashion, theatre… Our whole region is full of people who branch out and don’t stick to mainstream rigidity. There’s a lot of support here too. Q. What should we expect for your Mullumbimby show? We’re going to play some unheard original songs from our upcoming album and a cover or two. Q. Was it hard as younger women to stand aside from the mainstream and create your own style? What are the reactions? How do you respond to them? It wasn’t a conscious decision to stand aside from the mainstream. Exploring fashion and makeup became our hobby in our later years of high school and has progressively became a natural part of our everyday lifestyle. We think having each other really helped our fear of being judged, plus expressing ourselves aesthetically gives us confidence and makes us feel good! We believe every human being has a different fingerprint for a reason. We’re all individuals and if you want to stand out from the crowd, that’s totally cool.

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Every time I put something in my mouth these days a part of my brain asks the question, ‘where the hell has it been?’ What hideous disease could be lurking inside this thing called ‘food’? If you haven’t grown it yourself, or bought it locally, your food could have been anywhere. Eating imported food products is akin to having a one-night stand with a backpacker you picked up drunk in a nightclub. If you are going to pick up drunks you need to pick up the ones you know. At least you know where they’ve been. The recent Hep A contamination

of blueberries left me a little nervous. I always buy those berries. I’ve been using them in a kale/lemon juice combo to put a zing in my step. Turns out my ‘Poo’ berry smoothies were putting a little more than a zing in me. Along with anti-oxidants and Vitamin C, I was also getting a little bit of poo.

they are putting frozen ones up there! Is this the fruit-and-veg version of the Richard Gere gerbil scandal? Was it Richard Gere? It wouldn’t surprise me if Mr Gere wasn’t in China engaging in a bit of ‘fruit packing’ around the time of the alleged frozen-berry contamination!

Current investigations around food hygiene have been primarily concerned with processing regulations, packaging and labelling. I feel, however, that no-one has asked the big question: How do you get poo on a blueberry? I could understand if we were importing frozen cucumbers and they had traces of poo because a cucumber is a food product often associated with being stashed in a human orifice. I’m not implying that it’s a normal thing to do but it seems to me a more likely vegetable for anal penetration.

Okay, so that is one theory – that blueberries were put up someone’s bottom in some bizarre workplace sex act. While I accept it’s unlikely, it stands to reason that it could happen. Everything is possible. Human beings continually prove themselves to be more perverse than ever imagined.

There may be some thrill associated with a cucumber or even a carrot, but who in their right mind is putting blueberries up their bum? What kind of weird pleasure does a person get out of having one of those rattling around? ‘That’s one, two, three… 24, 25… man I think I can get the whole punnet up there!’

I am a strictly poo-at-home person. I think it’s considerate. There’s also a kind of primitive territorialism – it not only marks out your abode with your ‘scent’, thus warding off People do strange things. In workplaces where potential home invasion; it reduces the there are photocopiers there is always the idiot likelihood of things going wrong – such as who has a crack at photocopying their crack running out of paper, or the embarrassment and I guess if you work in food packaging if the flush is broken, or leaving skid marks on some idiot is going to have a crack at being the bowl, or being attacked by predators mid the package. I think some level of enquiry poo. Or contaminating berries with poo.

What’s even weirder to me is that someone is not only putting blueberries up their botty;

Anyone who has ever worked in accident and emergency knows the weird things people have put up their bottoms. My husband used to be a nurse and he told me the strangest thing he had to remove was a jar of Vegemite. Apparently the dude was making a sandwich. He couldn’t get the lid off… and before you know it – jar missing in action.

has to pursue this rather bizarre but fruity little avenue. The second, and possibly more likely, way to get poo on the berries is through poor hand washing. Meaning someone in the packaging plant has been halfway through bagging up some blueberries, they’ve taken a dump, and neglected to wash their hands. Whether this is by choice or design is beside the point; the real question is, who does a poo at work? What kind of person doesn’t just do the number two at home? That’s why we have homes, so we have somewhere to go that is safe and private. So we don’t put poo on other people’s food. Who are these people that can just poo anywhere? Is that even normal? Do they visit friends and take a dump there as well? Do they just dump anywhere? Do they have any boundaries at all?

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THE GLO OF GANGA! Ganga Giri launches his brand-new album for the full-moon GLO Dance at Durrumbul Hall this Friday. Having toured international festivals for the last decade, Ganga Giri is back with a brand-new work, Earthwise Volume 1.

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Recorded, produced and mixed on four different continents and featuring a lineup of musicians and vocalists from all over the globe, the Earthwise EPs combine deepearth didgeridoo step with world elements and phat beats into a unique Australian bass music sound. Performing with his band of Dan Pearson on drums and Yeshe on mbira and percussion, Ganga Giri brings a positive cross-pollination of global

REGGAE MASH The Rainbow Region’s ‘dub heads collective’ are back at The Brewery’s beer garden. A traditional reggae and dub soundsystem session in addition to Byron’s live dub band – THE 4’ 20’ SOUND. Also on the lineup are Lismore’s dubwise crew – 28:Engine Sound. Get ready for the monthly reggae mashup with the crew who have been delivering the biggest dances seen in Byron for the past two years. Friday at the Byron Bay Brewery. 7pm, free entry.

TOTALLY LOOPY Loonaloop, winners of NCIES Music Awards for the Best Electronic category 2014 will be performing at the Beach Hotel this Sunday. Fondly referred to as the globe-trotting troubadours of cosmic electronica, these gals and guys have toured all over the globe, playing some of the finest festivals out there – from the well-renowned Glastonbury Fest in the UK to rock festivals in Slovakia, world music fests in Scotland, and dance festivals in Holland, and onwards. Best described as an organic electronic/dance band, their distinctive sound is driven by a combination of traditional instruments, drums, didgeridoo, percussion, violin and vocals, fused with programming, synths, samples, loops. Loonaloop are renowned for their intoxicating high-energy performances. A unique and powerful act, with a profound ability to seduce and transport the audience. Loonaloop will also be celebrating the inclusion of their single and video clip in the Byron Bay International Film Fest 2015.

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WOMEN IN SONG Sunday is International Women’s Day. The theme for this year is Make It Happen, and that’s exactly what some local women singer/ songwriters are doing!

CANAPES WITH THE KING TEDDY LEWIS KING (TLK) ARE A THREE-PIECE HIP-HOP OUTFIT FROM LISMORE WHOSE RAW SOUL BE ATS , POSITIVE RHYMES AND INTERNATIONAL SOUND ARE CATCHING THE E ARS OF MANY.

Emcees Teddy Rhodes and Mitch King, and producer/beatmaster DJ Mud (Lewis) have already gained a rep as an exciting live act supporting some of Australia’s biggest names including Ozi Batla, Diafrix, Remi, Archie Roach, Troy Cassar-Daley and Jimblah. They’ve ripped it up at Falls, Boomerang and Saltwater Freshwater festivals. Last year they hit the stage of the Sydney Opera House at the Homeground Festival and also took out the winning spot for Best Hip-Hop, Urban and Funk song at the NCEIA Dolphin Awards. And now they’re dropping their debut EP – Canapes and Hip-Hop – full of Teddy Lewis King’s signature energy and passion, combining a raw hip-hop sound with an upfront, provocative yet playful lyrical delivery. What inspired you to get together? To us it was the music, M King was recording in the youth space music studio from when he was youth worker when Teddy came in and wanted to know what was going down and they started making music together. The two met DJ Mud through performing at various local gigs and the rest is history. Tell me a bit about Lismore and the north coast hip-hop community. It comes and it goes. It’s a diverse culture with musicians, visual artist, dancers and punters who have a range of backgrounds, religions and cultures that create this small community. There’s a really old-school soul and funk element to the track – tell me a bit about that. The funk and soul elements of the tracks come from the use of chopping samples through an Akai MPC. What other artists inspire you? For us music is universal so when we talk about artists who inspire us we’re talking about Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, J Dilla and Outkast. On a domestic level it’s Remi. Hiatus Koyote, Lfresh the Lion and Jimblah. For us to be on the same level as these artists would be a goal.

The title of the EP is interesting – why did you call it that?

We did a show at the SCU Uni Bar and after our set a punter came up to us and said, ‘You guys are like the go-to act for art gallery shows,’ and that stuck with us in our heads. So when we were playing at the Sydney Opera House and they started serving canapés in the middle of our set we looked at each other and said ‘Canapes and Hip-Hop’. What do you like or dislike about Australian hip-hop? There’s no such thing as Australian; it’s just hip-hop. Why do you think hip-hop resonates with the Aboriginal community? We grew up listening to hip-hop, rap, R&B and soul music so for us it was a natural connection and lifestyle. But not all Aboriginal communities listen to hip-hop. We’ve seen and heard of various communities being influenced by metal, rock ’n’ roll and even country, which is why we fuse with other sounds.

We live in an area with a wealth of musically talented people, so for International Women’s Day, local singer/songwriter Kim Banffy decided to spotlight some of those who also happen to be women. The idea is to highlight different genres of music, and women of a variety of ages from all walks of life. The youngest singer is 15 and the oldest is 55. They each play a variety of styles of music from folk to alternative to country and everything in between, but it’s all original music. The concert is a celebration of the unique musical talents of local women, showcased so much the better because they are together. Join in the festivities for a concert of original music at the Court House Hotel in Mullumbimby on International Women’s Day, Sunday, from 3pm. Expect to see Kim Banffy, Baba Gaba, Kate Stroud, Misty & Chloe, Claire Anne Taylor, Sara Tindley, Elle Gerrand, Ilona Harker and The Young Murphies.

Tell me about Hip-Hop for Equality Hip-Hop for Equality is a line from Teddy’s verse on the second track of the EP This Feelin’. It’s his response to seeing Indigenous hip-hop artists being put into the Indigenous or world music section in record stores instead of the hip-hop section. Are you lovers or fighters? A little from column A and little from column B. We love music, which has led us to the point of being creative but we also fight for our music to be out there. Tell me about the process of creating tracks – what comes first: lyrics, beats? Do you all work on your parts separately? We mostly work with the beat first. Usually we listen to instrumentals from collaborative producers to find the right sounds, which we then come up with ideas and themes for what we want to about. Once we have something written and our flows down pat then we booth and start recording. What do you love about this EP? It makes it more real. For the last couple of years we have been performing live and haven’t had the chance to record and get our sounds out there. It’s been a long process of connecting with the right sounds, people, direction, but it’s been worth it. This is the beginning of more to come. Friday at Lismore City Hall from 7pm. As well as performances by Teddy Lewis King the night will feature artwork from local artist Jeremy Austin and music from 2014 Dolphin Award for Best Male Vocalist winner Tom Avery aka Blakboi.

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Stars When Mars and Venus in the sign of forward drive meet late-week full moon of order and organisation, celestial energies say go for it. With elegant efﬁciency…

ARIES: Are you expecting something from someone that you’re not actually prepared to do yourself? Just asking, because this week’s all about guess who? The stars are ripe and the time’s right to focus on numero uno, on a brand new you – the latest version, with a presentation upgrade and style makeover.

TAURUS: Taurans like a leisurely pace, but this week Mars lights a fire under your sponsor planet Venus to burn through entrenched attitudes, old stalemates and longstanding blocks. Change is on the table so you may as well set a place for it, smile, say welcome and raise a celebratory glass… GEMINI: With the coming month’s planetary emphasis on your work life and business ambitions, making new connections promises to be profitable. This fast-paced week of interesting synchronicities and opportunities is just your cup of caffeine, though challenges on the family front need a cool head more than a hot heart.

CANCER: March is your month of journeys: external and adventurous, internal and personal. Jupiter and Uranus active in your house of finance could produce a sudden windfall from unexpected quarters, but when late-week full moon heightens emotional exchanges don’t be surprised if travel plans change and itineraries need rejigging.

SAGITTARIUS: This hot and happening week on Planet Sag is primo for showcasing your skills, talents and abilities – but extravagant energies are operating, so don’t get carried away. Lay down basic foundations before Saturn’s mid-March retrograde kicks in to deepen, distil, restructure, refine and give those learning curves a workout.

CAPRICORN: March is communication month for Capricorns, most of it mucho fun, family arguments not so much. If late-week full moon agitates feelings, it’s best to defer decision making. Resist extreme or drastic moves, because as stresses lessen you’ll find it easier to see alternative options and more workable possibilities.

VIRGO: March is about maintenance (something Virgos relate to) with a focus on healthy, holistic wellbeing. Tricky in the present climate but persevere, because plenty of healing energy’s available. Take problems step by step. Late-week annual Virgo full moon’s the classic scenario for out of little things, big things grow…

LIBRA: The planetary pairing of Mars and Venus dancing in the flames of Aries can’t help but illuminate personal relationships. From playful, entertaining Leo moon to the critical cut and thrust of late-week full moon, too much seems barely enough. But don’t be fooled: less is actually the new more.

SCORPIO:This week’s conjunct of partner planets Venus and Mars reminds us of the power of love. Though it mightn’t be all peace and sweetness as Mars in dominant Aries brings simmering issues to a head. During which selfcontrol’s your smartest ally – what Scorpios are masters and mistresses of after all.

AQUARIUS: This month’s challenge is paperwork and records, so it makes sense to keep duplicates, pay greater attention to financial details and monitor escalating emotions over money discussions during late-week full moon. The good news is your boss planet Uranus could spring a sudden surprise of the delightful kind.

PISCES: March is all-about-Pisces month. Also about a revision of the past year since your last birthday: what you did well, where you haven’t lived up to your potential, whom you can trust. You might be surprised to find loyalty, honesty and integrity matter much more to others than you thought.

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DOING WHAT HE LOVES This year Bluesfest presents one of the hottest up-andcoming acts on the planet – 23-year-old Hunter Hayes, direct from the US on his first Australian sojourn. Having just released his second album, Hunter Hayes is a name creating a serious buzz in American music.

LEO: A week of extreme mood swings from exuberant enthusiasm to swooping gloom, lit by a golden thread of good luck. Midweek Leo moon in your vivacious, feel-good sign illustrates the highs; late-week full moon in your zone of money matters needing attention is as low as it goes.

For those wanting to celebrate IWD on Sunday in the Bangalow region pop on down to the Bangalow Bowlo to catch international artist, Toni Childs, supported by local musician Vikki Grant.

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‘First of all you should know I’m a geek. I am beyond passionate about music – there is always something playing in my head.’ Enviably talented beyond his years, and able to play an impressive 30-plus instruments, the singer/songwriter/guitarist received his first guitar from actor Robert Duvall at age six, performed for the US president the following year, signed with Atlantic Nashville Records at age 18, supported Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, broke the Guinness Book of World Records mark for most concerts in a 24-hour period, and was the youngest male act ever to top the Billboard Hot Country song chart. ‘I am obsessed with vinyl,’ he says. ‘Not just collecting or listening to it but obsessively cataloguing it! One of my favourite things to do is pour a glass of wine and spin and catalogue records!’ The son of a school teacher and a mechanic, Hunter Hayes has a refreshing humility that permeates most of his work. ‘We didn’t have a lot of money growing up and our house was right next to a train track. I didn’t get any of my mum’s athletic abilities and being in my little bedroom, I made that into my little music world.’ The family realised they had a big talent in their midst and moved to Nashville after a message from a music publisher on MySpace. Here Hayes finished school, got a publishing deal and signed to Atlantic Records. With rapid-fire and bustling energy Hunter Hayes is a young man on a mission, his mind always churning, ideas jettisoning from brain to hand and voice. ‘I’m on an unending search to find what it is that I love and how it is that I will do it,’ says this fourtime Grammy nominee. Impressively Hunter has racked up accolades including recent performances at the Grammys, and alongside country superstars Lady Antebellum and Grammy nominations, won CMA New Artist of the Year award; he just won the 2015 People’s Choice Award for Favourite Male Country Artist, and will be hosting the 2015 Grammys! If that’s not enough reason to get to one of his shows, we don’t know what is!

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LAST CHANCE TO BUSK The Bluesfest Busking Comp for 2015 has hit an all-time record achievement with interest and applications – 2015 is going to be bigger than ever. In the leadup to Bluesfest each year, up-and-coming artists are provided with the opportunity to perform at Bluesfest and take their career to the next level, opening up their potential to an international audience. Last year, more than 50 performances formed part of the Bluesfest busking experience. This is the last week to apply for the Busking Comp so get your applications in! For more information go to www.bluesfest.com.au.

NO BODY DIED ON SATURDAY This March, No Body Died head out on the road to support the release of their single Arp and their forthcoming EP The Nihilist and The Pretender. The Nihilist and The Pretender tour stops in at the Byron Brewery where No Body Died is joined by Sydney duo Atolla, Byron locals A Little Province, and Arundel from Brizzie. They will be bringing an eclectic mix of emotionally charged music spanning the genres of electro, post-rock, shoegaze, trip-hop and dreampop. Saturday at the Brewery from 7.30pm. $6 on the door.

CROSSING BRIDGES WITH DREAMCATCHERS Queensland’s premier five-piece roots, rock, reggae outfit The Floating Bridges are bringing their energetic live show along the east coast this March in support of their heavily anticipated album Creatures Of Leisure and their catchy new single Dreamcatcher. Dreamcatcher was recorded at Spark1 Studios in Maleny Qld and mixed by Brian Goodworth at Big Rock Studios in Coolum Beach. The song was written as a reflection on the fun you can have while dreaming, having no consequences for your actions, no judgments and no outside pressures. A dream is an innocent escape from reality where your imagination can run wild and free. Catch the Floating Bridges at The Hotel Great Northern on Saturday.

This women-only event held by L.O.V.E. will raise funds to benefit two local charities, primarily Heartfelt House and the Lismore Men and Family Centre. These organisations work with women and men, their friends and families, affected by childhood sexual abuse. With barefoot bowling from 4pm, the gig kicks off from 6.30pm. A ‘Vulva-luscious’ art exhibition and auction is also planned. Women’s disco till late. Presale Tix: $40.

ART ON THE MOVE Visitors to the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport are set for a sublime art experience this March and April with the latest showcase of works by local landscape painter, Hobie Porter, in the Northern Rivers Community Gallery’s (NRCG) Art at the Airport program. Hobie Porter’s works are a must-see experience and will be on exhibition at the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport from 4 March through to 5 May 2015.

DR KARL IS IN THE HOUSE… WAXING MUSICAL Waxhead are a three-piece formed late 2012 up in the Byron hinterland. Finchop and Beggson are both born-and-bred Byronians, while vox man, Froggy, was born and spent his early years in Santa Cruz, California. They were influenced by the ocean, people, Byron and 70s culture, and were intrigued by the sounds and style of good old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll legends such as Led Zepplin, The Doors, Nirvana, Neil Young, Clapton, Hendrix… the list could go on. All these guys want to do is surf, chill out and make music in the hills. Waxhead play the Hotel Great Northern on Friday.

LISA HUNT AT THE HOTEL BRUNSWICK ON SUNDAY DINKUM BOHOS AT CLUB LENNOX ON SUNDAY THE FLOATING BRIDGES AT THE HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN ON SATURDAY DISCO DANNY HOSTS MUSICAL BINGO AT THE BYRON BREWERY ON THURSDAY

The much-loved science boffin Dr Karl Kruszelnicki presents Murphy’s Law, Beer Goggles and Sinister Buttocks – Great Moments in Science at Kingscliff High School on Friday 13 March. Dr Karl’s passionate enthusiasm for science and getting kids excited about how the world works has been inspiring kids for generations. Funds raised from this community event go to Tweed River Murwillumbah Riverbank Restoration Walk and Open air Gallery project. Event is at Kingscliff High School at 7pm.Tickets are $10 Adults, $5 concession at the door.

FUNNY BUSINESS Comedy is the ultimate way to share everyday experiences in a real and dynamic way. Aspiring standup comedians gather at the Court House Hotel this Thursday to try their new material, to hone their persona and try and connect with the crowd. ‘The trick’, says Mandy Nolan, who celebrates her 30th year in the business this year, ‘is connecting with an audience and talking to them like they were your closest friends. It also helps if you have some sort of insight into something they may have never thought of before!’ Mandy Nolan is the MC on Thursday. Show is free and starts at 8pm.

GET IT WRITE Local storytellers, bards, fablers, yarn-spinners and raconteurs take note: a new storytelling festival needs you! The Golden Tale Local Stories Competition will be one of many exciting story events planned for the inaugural Festival of the Golden Tale, which will be staged around the Old and Gold Festival in Brunswick Heads.

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CONTINUED ... Budding storytellers are invited to submit a 5–8-minute story set in the Brunswick Valley. Entries cost $10 per story and close 18 April. You must be available to tell your story at the The Golden Tale Local Story Finals Concert, planned for the day after Old and Gold on Sunday 7 June at the Memorial Hall. For more information email Jenni Cargill – jenni@ storytree.com.au.

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LOVE LOST

JUPITER ASCENDING

Palace Byron Bay will be screening two productions, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Love’s Labour’s Won (usually known as Much Ado About Nothing) as part of The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Live from Stratfordupon-Avon program to present plays from Shakespeare’s hometown to cinemagoers worldwide.

My first mistake was to see this in 2D and not 3D, for without the visual skullduggery it has little to offer. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that my second mistake was to see it at all when I could have been at home clearing leaf-litter out of the guttering.

Shakespeare’s sparkling comedy delights in championing and then unravelling an unrealistic vow, mischievously suggesting that the study of the opposite sex is in fact the highest of all academic endeavours. Only at the end of the play is the merriment curtailed as the lovers agree to submit to a period apart, unaware that the world around them is about to be utterly transformed by the war to end all wars. The RSC’s Love’s Labour’s Lost screens at Palace Byron Bay Cinema on Saturday at 1pm. Love’s Labour’s Won will screen on Saturday 5 April. Tickets $16–20 available at the cinema box office or online at www.palacecinemas.com.au.

JOKES ON THE GREEN Support your local golf club this weekend with a comedy gig at the Mullumbimby Golf Club featuring local lovely Ellen Briggs as MC and featuring Steve Allison. Steve was born into show biz royalty with his parents in Australia’s top entertainment act for more than 30 years. Steve often jokes that as a kid he was sent to his room not to think about what he’d done but to practise his juggling. Audiences around the country love Steve’s hilarious take on life. You will too. Mullumbimby Golf Club, on Saturday. Dinner 6pm–8pm provided by Mullum High hospitality students. Show starts 8pm. Dinner and show $25, show only $15. Tickets at the club or the Mullum Newsagency.

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Darwin’s theory of evolution is given the boot at the outset, when it is revealed that earth was ‘seeded’ long ago by people from a planet called Borus. Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis, with rather alarming lip implants) has a menial job as an office cleaner in Chicago, not knowing that,

in reality, she is a lost heiress who is in line to be part of the ruling elite of Borus. She learns this from Channing Tatum’s Caine Wise – whoever brainstormed that name should be dispatched in the Tardis – a genetically modified warrior from the planet. Tatum and Kunis work well together, despite the mayhem and cacophony, but the trouble with sci-fi movies such as these is that the ideological or philosophical ideas that underpin them – admittedly, they are usually flimsy and unoriginal – are nearly always trampled underfoot by the drunk and disorderly crew in the effects department. To give them and the costume people their due, however, the

though pining for each other, still haven’t ‘done it’, Diana Hardcastle and Ronald Pickup are shacked up together, Celia Imre has become the femme fatale at the Viceroy Club, and Maggie Smith is firmly entrenched as the crotchety mentor of the soon-tobe-married, entrepreneurial Sonny (Dev Patel). Enter Richard Gere as a hotel inspector – or is he? – to make eyes at Sonny’s mother (Lillete Dubey).

Indophiles will tell you that India is not really like this – but in the same breath they will concede that, well, yes it is. The country is an enigma, embracing at every minute the ancient past and the cutting edge of tomorrow.

The story to begin with, of cashed-up English retirees living in a converted palace in Jaipur, was fanciful enough, but to take it even further and have some of them actually finding paid employment is over the odds. But who cares? We are floating in a romance bubble that that will take no account of such an implausible scenario and the mood has moved on from nostalgia to buoyant, late-life, almost preppy optimism.

Director John Madden’s sequel to his whimsical but wonderful and enormously popular (especially with the old fogeys among us) new-Raj dramedy leans heavily towards tourist-brochure imagery and relies probably too much on convoluted Indian English for its gags, but he has at his disposal a cast that is clearly enamoured with its cheesy screenplay. Eight months have passed since we last saw them and all the gang are back – Bill Nighy and Judi Dench,

The only problem I have with it is in the casting, for, much as they are both good in their parts, I simply cannot see Nighy and Dench as an item. Otherwise, for all its predictable plot points (some are very transparent), I was completely taken by surprise at the resolution of Sonny’s dilemma. It is everything I hoped for after ‘Marigold 1’ – and what’s a movie set in India without an ecstatic dance routine to seal the deal?

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futuristic cities and kooky outfits are great to look at – for a while, at least – but inevitably, the film is reduced to the most primitive element of storytelling – the battle for power. In this case, Jupiter is up against Balam, played by a huskyvoiced Eddie Redmayne who, now that he’s won an Oscar, will probably be hoping that he does not have to bother with too much more acting with a green-screen. Which is not to pile too much derision on directors Andy and Lana Wachowski. They are experts in their field (The Matrix, and as writers of V For Vendetta), but could perhaps find more fertile material in the story of Lana as a crossgender woman.

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WEDNESDAY 11 GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON THE SWAMPS RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON SKYSCRAPER STAN & THE COMMISSION FLATS BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8.30PM BILL JACOBI BYRON BAY THEATRE & ASSOCIATED SCREENS BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL BYRON BREWERY 7.30PM OPEN MIC COCOMANGAS, BYRON DJ JIMMY D WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON 8PM DJ NERY BALLINA HOTEL 6PM OPEN MIC

WHAT’S ON + Gore Vidal: United States of Amnesia Film Screening Wednesday 4 March, 7.30pm Tickets: $15

BBFF Red Carpet Opening Night Gala – Will & Testament

Friday 6 March, 6.45pm for 7.30pm Show Ticket: Full $65

Byron Bay International Film Festival Movie Sessions Saturday 7 March – Sunday 15 March Tickets: $10 | $12 | $15

BBFF Red Carpet Closing Night Gala – Zen & the Art of Dying Saturday 14 March, 6.45pm for 7.30pm Show Tickets: Full $65

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0427 272 853

*conditions apply

DIGITAL TV EXPERTS

INDEX Accountants ......................................33 Acupuncture .....................................33 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration 33 Antennas & Installation ..............33 Appliance Repair ............................33 Architects............................................33 Audio Production ...........................33 Bathroom Renovations ...............33 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters.33 Building Trades ................................33 Business Brokers .............................33 Carpet Cleaning...............................33 Chimney Sweep ...............................33 Chiropractic .......................................33 Cleaning ..............................................33 Computer Services.........................34 Concreting & Paving .....................34 Counselling........................................34 Decks, Patios & Extensions ........34 Dentists................................................34 Design & Drafting...........................34 Driveway Maintenance................34 Earthmoving & Excavation ........34 Electricians.........................................34 Fencing ................................................34 Flooring ...............................................35 Floor Sanding & Polishing .........35 Garage Doors .............................................35 Garden & Property Maintenance .35 Garden Design .................................35 Gas Suppliers.......................................35 Glaziers ................................................35 Guttering ............................................35 Hair & Beauty....................................35 Handypersons ..................................35 Health ...................................................35 Hire ........................................................35 Hot Water Systems .........................35 Interior Design .................................35 Ironing..................................................35 Kitchens ...............................................35 Landscape Design ..........................35

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

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

0400 479 811

dgrant@razzledazzlewindows.biz • www.razzledazzlewindows.biz

Byron Eco Window Cleaning & Pressure Washing Our top-quality results and affordable Our services include: prices mean sparkling windows and a • High quality fresh, clean house for you! window cleaning • Soft wash house washing • High pressure cleaning of paths, driveways, roofs, walls, patios, gutters, awnings, solar panels, etc • Gutter and downpipes clearing and solar panel cleaning. Environmentally conscious, we minimise water usage.

TINY EARTHWOR Philip Toovey 0409 799 909 ph/fax 02 6684 3208 various implements available for limited access projects IMAX COMPUTERS All computer repairs .......................................................................0418 767774 A NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65HP chain trencher, 1.7 tonne excavator, tipper.0402 716857 RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335 BYRON BAY BOBCAT & MINI EXCAVATOR All areas ..............................................Ian 0412 853479

CONCRETING & PAVING

14T EXCAVATOR & TRACKED 10T DUMP TRUCK Best hourly rates .............................0423 889336

CONCRETING – Steve Baker. Lic 143161C.....................................................................0412 272564 EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE Honest & reliable .............................................................0431 678130 FLANAGAN & SONS CONCRETING Lic 155456C. ............................................Ph Andrew 66841424 ROAD CONSTRUCTION Excavators, rollers, grader & truck hire .....................................0418 665905 SALISBURY CONCRETE CONTRACTORS over 20yrs local exp, all concrete, Works Lic 136717C ..0418 234302 BRUNSWICK BOBCAT HIRE Good rates, very experienced operator Ilan......................0414 300012 JASON COOTE CONCRETING All concreting work, form work, steel fixing Lic 261424C.....0421 957506

ELECTRICIANS

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

COUNSELLING

24 HOUR SERVICE

JUSTINE BUCKLEY Relationships, mindfulness, compassion. www.muditaclinic.com ......66846090 PETER FOX Couple Therapy & Marriage Intensives. coupletherapyaustralia.com ...............66840469 DR J MILLER Supportive service for individuals & couples. Lennox. judithcmiller.com.au .. 0404 386399 TARA WEBB Holistic Counselling – presenceforlife.com ...............................................0404 109291

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

0439 624 945

02 66 804 173 All Jobs Small or Large

Domestic Commercial

Inspire your lifestyle

Lic: 154293c

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

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Call Sam Witham 6680 9123, 0434 539 979 A Byron local for over 30 years • Happy to work weekends.

licence no. 201775c

change the way

you play Window Cleaning Professionals 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

0458 267 777

Ballina, Lismore, Casino, Byron Bay

1300 7726 5463

Lic. 211410C

Inspire your lifestyle Eastcoast Building & Renovations BLN 250287C

BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING For a free quote phone Chris ....................................... 0408 536565\ WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING Professional work. Free quotes. Ph Steve .............0421 797210 DECK & TIMBER SOLUTIONS Free quotes. See localdirectories.com.au for profile .......0410 062493 CLEAN AS IT’S BEEN TEAM Home, Bond back, anytime, references..................................66882372 THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, Cable balustrading. Free quotes....Richard 0407 821690

DETAILED CLEANING Natural products. Please call 8am-6pm......................................0410 723601 QUALITY HOUSEKEEPING Cleaning & de-cluttering ............................................Julie 0410 799686

DENTISTS

BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ......................................................................66851264

BANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow .....................................66872766 DOWNUNDER CLEANING Bond & builders cleans. General cleans & windows ............0438 015037 SHORES DENTAL Dr Shaun Goh & Dr Richard Conn. Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores....................66803477 FULL CIRCLE Window & Pressure washing. Call Oliver (new business)..........................0419 789600 GAVIN STUART & MARTIN ACKLAND Banora Seaview Dental, Banora Point HOLISTIC CLEANING Mullum town. Dwari ...................................................................0435 836947 30 mins north of Ewingsdale. Open Sat. early & late appointments ..............................07 55234090 LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816 CLEANING I’m experienced with an eye for detail .........................................................0434 515016 MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ............................................................66842644

COMPUTER SERVICES

DESIGN & DRAFTING BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com .........Bob Acton 0407 787993 DAVID ROBINSON DRAFTING Renovation, design & plans........................................0419 880048

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

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

DONE & DUSTED CLEANING Going the extra mile, professional, dependable .............0498 731447 DECKS AND PERGOLAS Hardwood, pine, composites. Byron/Gold Coast. Robbie ........0409 244424 FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Exterior, timber & deck maintenance (new business) ......0419 789600 GREEN ROCKET CLEANERS Bond, office, builders clean, window cleaning................0405 437431 BUILDER/CARPENTER Decks, pergolas, small jobs. Hourly rate. Lic 123672C ........Stu 0407 100079 DI’S CLEANING SERVICE Quality & efficient. O.Sh, SGB, NB, Mullum & surrounds .......0414 408723

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

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au...............0423 531448 LIGHTHOUSE ELECTRICAL BYRON BAY Your friendly electrician Lic 233440C ............0450 631183 SPACIAL ART Houses and small space design................................................................0429 989839 BYRON BAY ELECTRICAL Geoff Bensley. Lic EC 34079 ..................................................0427 857824

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

SUNSHINE ELECTRICAL SERVICES NSW Competetively Priced. Quality Work. Lic 116938C .0416 043414

CARPARK & DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE CONCRETE EDGING

JP ELECTRICAL All electrical + Level 2 service provider. Lic 133082C ...........................0432 289705

61 Stuart St Mullumbimby

0418 156 909

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

info@mullummac.com www.mullummac.com

Call Steven Butturini

RIC VESSIERE ELECTRICAL Lic 223948C Quality work, affordable rates .....0407 588181 or 66771195

02 6684 6235

All Mac Repairs, Upgrades, Service, Data Recovery, Internet Set-up, Hardware Sales, Insurance Claims SaulMordaunt@macdoc.net.au

0411 562 111 s

CIRCUITS PLUS For everything electrical. Friendly & professional. Lic 201844C ...........0422 668582

Apple Certified Support

CHRIS APPEL. Ocean Shores. Lic EC 22349 ....................................................................0422 607444 JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C.............0415 126028

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

FENCING

EARTHMOVING ROADWORKS • PLANT HIRE

POOLSAFE GLASS FENCING

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

GLASS & ALUMINIUM POOL FENCING PROFESSIONALS 0499 178 297 psgfencingnsw@gmail.com BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, Colorbond & timber fencing .............0417 491136 BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes .....66804766 or 0416 424256 E.D.L. FENCING Installations & repairs, prompt service .........................66771852 or 0432 107262

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

ph 0418 781 574

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HOMESTEAD FENCING Since 1995. Glass & aluminium pool fencing specialists. Lic 227674C .66222886 NOT JUST FENCING Contact Greg..................................................................................0490 062016 byronbaybrushfencing.com.au New & repairs ................................................Dave 0419 692155

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Service Directory FLOORING

HEALTH

CHOICES Flooring by Wallaces • COMPLETE FLOORING SOLUTIONS • TIMBER BAMBOO LAMINATE VINYL PORCELAIN & CERAMIC TILES • FLOOR SANDING • DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

12/70 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay | 6685 5503

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

Lawn and Handyman Services

BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING

Brent 0431 550 401 byronbayranga@gmail.com

• Garden and Property Maintenance • Soft Landscaping • Decking • Paving • General Repairs • Tip Runs • Fully Insured and Reliable

• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry MULLUMBIMBY MEDICAL CENTRE 60 Stuart St ............................................................66841511 ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY MASSAGE, CHIROPRACTIC & PERSONAL TRAINING......................66841028

MULLUM-MOWING@mullumonline.net. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage.........Peter 0423 756394 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, massage. 79 Stuart St .....................................66843002 GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ..66841778 or 0405 922839 MULLUMBIMBY SKIN CLINIC 58 Stuart Street .................................................................66844400 A TO Z GARDEN SERVICES Lawns, acreage, hedges, clear ups, gutters, pressure cleans .0405 625697 MUDITA CLINIC Ayurveda, Counselling, Mindfulness. www.muditaclinic.com .................66846090 A.C.E. LAWNMOWING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed ...............Sam 0438 655763 or 66859754 HOMEOPATHY Satyaa S Lohmann & Paul Cullen www.dynamichomeopathy.net ........0412 661073

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

ABSOLUTE GARDEN WASTE REMOVAL OR WHATEVER Large trailer. Free quotes ......66804704 CRANIOSACRAL BALANCING Najma Ahern, Practitioner, Tutor & Trainer ....................0402 230449 LEAF IT TO US Acreage/residential mowing/gardening, tree lopping, landscaping ......0402 487213 MATTRESS SANITISING Certified, mobile, great for allergy or asthma sufferers ..........0400 241231

HIRE

MOW JOES Lawn & garden maintenance, ride-on mowing. Fully insured ..............Joe 0407 065849

0408 536 565

ACREAGE BRUSHCUTTING & CLEARING SERVICES Lantana specialists ...................0412 705962 NICK’S MOWING Lawns, edges, hedges, local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O.Shores .....0418 792279 SPECIALIST WEED CONTROL CONTRACTORS/CONSULTANTS ...............................0418 110714

proud member of

HINTERLAND Property Maintenance acreage mowing, servicing Byron Hinterland. Sam ...0429 809363

MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more .......................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003 BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ....... www.byronhire.com.au 66856228 SOUND, LIGHTING & VIDEO equipment hire & installation, crystalgrid.com.au ..........0421 661910

HOT WATER SYSTEMS

LUSH GARDENS Affordable & Reliable – All aspects of garden maintenance. Joe.......0401 275232

Nathan Hourigan 0420 215 716 E: it2gets2me@gmail.com Servicing all areas TIMBER FLOOR SPECIALIST

Lic: 210143C

NORTHERN RIVERS MOWING Acreage specialist. Small/large jobs. Sen/pen rate ......0428 544190

SERVICING ALL AREAS

ROCKY BURNETT Lawn & garden maintenance & rubbish removal..............................0431 950522 KATE PLATT Interior Designs, www.kateplatt.com................................0411 888416 or 66807606 EXTREME PERFECTIONS GARDEN MAINTENANCE Prompt & reliable. Ben................0411 631655 d’ART INTERIORS www.dartinteriors.com.au. Call Patricia ...................0417 336816 or 66884768

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ......................... Lyn 0428 884329 THE IRONING LADY Suffolk Park $25/hr. Pickup & delivery service available. Angela..0414 719680

KITCHENS

DESIGN & PLANS Lic no. 39791 www.varendorfflandscapes.com.........66845035 or 0414 842602

GAS SUPPLIERS

SHAUN LEMURA KITCHENS Byron 17yrs+ qual. exp. www.slbyronbay.com...............0499 771769 ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Splashbacks .................................................................................66857200 C & C KITCHEN SOLUTIONS Kitchens & bathrooms, quality at affordable prices ...............66872275

Free Delivery No Rental

FLOOR SANDING & PAINTING Decks, verandahs etc. Lic 190593C.....................Kevin 0417 644671

Reliable

Licence No: 175956C ABN 93 113 342 699

IRONING

GARDEN DESIGN

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

GARAGE DOORS

INTERIOR DESIGN

EVERGREEN ACREAGE MOWING AND MAINTENANCE .....................................Liron 0427 176771

0420 528 373 www.oceanﬂoors.net.au

ASHLEY CHALLIS HOT WATER SPECIALIST Lic 214073C .............................................0432 728946

BYRON BAY LAWN MOWING Fully insured garden maintenance & rubbish removal ..0412 263069

Locally Owned Est 18 years

D HINGED Kitchens, bathrooms from modest to high end www.hinged.com.au Dave ...0409 843689 MAGIC RENOVATIONS Specialising in kitchens, bathrooms & full renovations.............0404 893404

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609

VARENDORFF LANDSCAPES varendorfflandscapes.com Lic 39791 ..... 66845035 or 0414 842602

GLAZIERS

BEAU JARDIN Landscape Design & Documentation, Horticultural Consultation...........0417 054443

LANDSCAPING

OCEAN SHORES GLASS AND SCREENS Glass splashbacks Lic No 61205C .........................66803333 ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Shower screens & mirrors ............................................................66857200 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

GUTTERING

• 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.

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

TEA TREE MULCH

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42 BLUE MTN GUTTERMESH Do it well, do it once..................................................................0418 662285 NEW GUTTERING Guttermesh, downpipes etc. Lic 26850C ................................................0418 662285

HAIR & BEAUTY

Hunky Dory Farm Buy direct from the supplier & save! Compost, ﬁne/coarse chop mulch, chicken manure $30 + delivery to all areas (6m minimum) www.teatreemulch.com.au • 0424 163 784 • Eftpos available

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

BEACH HOUSE HAIR SALON Professional cut & colour, home salon, wedding stylist. Jay.... 0438 870923 ALLURE BODY WAXING Suffolk Park ............................................................................0403 417508

Call Neil Deacon

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437

HANDYPERSONS

02 6688 4462 0404 864 741

fully insured

acreage mowing acreage mowing

&& maintanence maintenance

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

0427 176 771

PROPER JOB BOB

Australian

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

Licence No. 230091C

Landscape Design | Construction | Maintenance

deacondesign@mac.com

For All Your Property Maintenance Needs * Pressure Cleaning * Rubbish Removal * Property Detailing

Call Bob on 0424 982 935 A TO Z HANDYMAN SERVICES Tip runs, pressure cleaning, gardening, odd jobs ...Andre 66847553 or 0439 495247 CAPE BYRON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Thomas Scott. Lic 275094C .....................0418 600576

QUALIFIED LANDSCAPER

0412 947 054

• All aspects of landscaping • Professional lawn and garden care • Fast, friendly, and great rates • Fully insured

MULLUM HANDYMAN Maintenance, repairs, painting, tip runs, gardening ...............0424 954388 SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C................................0405 122456 A.S.A.P. HANDYMAN SERVICES Fast, efficient, best solutions for all jobs big or small 0405 625697 SHANE TURNER LANDSCAPES Solid, creative, affordable............................................0418 688171 DARRIN THE HANDYMAN Long time local, prompt friendly service, 30 yrs exp...........0427 641804 BYRON BAY LANDSCAPES Retaining walls, paving, fencing, concreting, earthworks..0490 062016 RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES Michael ...........................................66844970 or 0405 325569 GREG’S HANDYMAN SERVICE No job too small, free quotes........................................0414 109595

LAWNMOWER REPAIRS

LITTLE ANT Complete property maintenance, handyman, lawnmowing .....................0437 799811 BYRON Mower, B’cutter, Ch’saw, all small engine repairs, pickup & delivery .................0429 707286 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic...............................Wayne 0423 218417 TYAGARAH MOWER REPAIRS Pacific Hwy (next to Bruns Wreckers), Tyagarah ..........0488 094025

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Service Directory LIGHTING Architectural & Landscape Lighting Specialists Free onsite consultancy service

KNIGHTSBRIDGE PAINTERS & DECORATORS

MARK STRATTON PLUMBING All aspects & emergency work. Lic 57803C ..................0419 019035

â&#x20AC;˘ Interior & exterior â&#x20AC;˘ Renovations â&#x20AC;˘ Free quotes Call Lloyd Sherlock

ADM PLUMBING SERVICESâ&#x20AC;Ś (NO JOB TOO SMALL) Lic 234528C. ...........Call Adam 0466 992483

Bangalow Road, Byron Bay Lic No. 130781C Unit 5, 21-23 Tasman Way, Byron Bay Arts & Ind. Est. (02) 6680 7007 www.creativelightingsolutions.com.au

LOCKSMITH

HRH PLUMBING (new business) Prompt, reliable, efficient. Lic 220755C ........Harley 0402 652017 DART PLUMBING Plumbing, roofing, gas. Byron Bay. Lic 1175539C.............................0421 334515

02 6687 2351 / 0410 871 662

ED RIORDAN PLUMBING Efficient, honest & reliable. Lic L6966 ..................................0417 343480 BRAD EVELEIGH PLUMBING Blocked drains & maintenance. Bruns. Lic 257153C.......0438 140075

MATT WILSON PLUMBING Lic 10704. All plumbing, draining, gas fitting. Free quotes. ...0408 665672 DEREK BULLION PAINTING Free quotes. Lic R98818 ..........................0414 225604 or 66805049 BLOCKED DRAINS Drain camera, leak detection. Tap King. Lic 237124C ......................0427 217500 AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ...............................................0413 185399 or 66841249

PODIATRY

KELVIN & ROBERT TEALE Painters & decorators. Lic R65919 ..............0400 349027 or 0438 842731

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

MARKETING MARKETING EXPERT Branding, advertising, web & social media, 15 yrs exp........ Jon 0407 794464

Bayside Radiators

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where else would you take a leak?â&#x20AC;?

Serving Byron Shire Lot 4 Wilfred Street, Billinudgel â&#x20AC;˘ 6680 2444

Lic: AU29498

MOTORING Windscreens & Air Conditioning

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BYRON PAINTING Immediate starts, great rates. Lic 239832C .....................................0427 669806 COASTAL PODIATRY GROUP All aspects of Podiatry. Lennox Head. Matt Frogley ...........66877717

PEST CONTROL

PRINTER TONERS & CARTRIDGES RELAX...

Safe, effective pest control is our business â&#x20AC;˘ Comprehensive management plans & property inspections â&#x20AC;˘ Spray-free cockroach treatments â&#x20AC;˘ 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 â&#x20AC;˘ www.sanctuarypest.com.au

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES PRINTWORKS Traditional / Digital art@mullumprintworks.com.au.................................66843633

REMOVALISTS â&#x20AC;˘ Tyres â&#x20AC;˘ Batteries â&#x20AC;˘ Wheel Alignments MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE ..............................................................................0418 110714 BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL ...............................................................................66842018

PHOTOGRAPHY

OSTEOPATHY

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Personal 30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

www.treefaeriefotos.com â&#x20AC;˘ 0417 427 518 Sue Broadbent, Toby Mills & Andre Kleinbaum

MELINDA ANDREAS Studio or on location. www.byronbayphotos.com.......................0421 582286

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Clinic open for Osteopathy and Massage Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saturday 2/32 Mullumbimbi Street, Brunswick Heads. Tel 02 6685 1126

BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE FOR WOMEN Eve Schoenheimer Mon, Tues, Thur ............66853660 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs & Jamie Bennett. Mon-Fri .............................66857517 OSTEOPATH SINCE 1975 Old school, Lennox Head. Michael Petrie ...................................66874410 DR DEAN HARDY Osteopath B.Clin.Sci, Master Osteopathy lennoxheadquarters.com..0412 786399

PAINTING

0438 784 226 â&#x20AC;˘ 6685 4154

Lic No 189144C

BYRON BAY

â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic & Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Servicing all areas â&#x20AC;˘ Workmanship guaranteed â&#x20AC;˘ Attention to detail

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

YVES DE WILDE

Corner Dalley & Burringbar Sts, Mullumbimby ....................................................................66843255 ANTHONY Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St.. 66853511

Friendly & Clean

CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel .................Bangalow 66872337 & Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;bah 66723818 PETRA KARNI Physiotherapy, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron..........................66807207

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

Calls always returned

0429 149 533 Est 2006

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just give us a ring

â&#x20AC;˘ Freight services to Brisbane weekly â&#x20AC;˘ Carriers of ďŹ ne art â&#x20AC;˘ Furniture removal â&#x20AC;˘ E-bay pick up & delivery

6683 4829 / 0409 917646

LEAPFROG REMOVALS BYRON BAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LOCAL REMOVALIST MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS

remedial massage. Nigel Pitman, Ilse v.Oostenbrugge, Lachlan Dewar ..............................66803499

0432 334 200 02 6680 8170

LIBBIE NELSON PHYSIO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Acupuncture, yoga & therapy, BFL, Herbs, CS. Byron Bay ......0416 369698

leapfrogremovals@yahoo.com.au

EWINGSDALE PHYSIO Renata Tenta. Flexi-Bar Training. Real Time Ultrasound .................66847838 PETER FARRELL Physiotherapist/rehab consultant. Discuss best approach. Mullum.........66843385

FINE ART INSTALLATION SERVICES Art & picture hanging systems.........................0403 554288

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QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

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Small and Medium Moves, Tip Runs & Deliveries, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby

OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics,

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS & MEXICAN ART 75 Stuart Street.............................0403 734791

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NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy, acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel .......................66803444 Lic 184464C

6685 1018 or 0413 666 267

Domestic & Commercial

Liz Thomas, Cally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara, Troy Eady .....................................................................................66872330

PICTURE FRAMING

B Timbs Painting Bruce Timbs

BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, pilates.

CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, physiotherapy....................................................66857222

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phone 66801158 or 0408 004719

MECHANICAL REPAIRS, WARREN SIMMONS Byron Bay .................................................66858500 MULLUMBIMBY AUTOMOTIVE repairs, tyres & brakes. 40 Dalley Street .................. Sam 66843034

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MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ...........................................0414 282813

COL JENKINS PLASTER Gyprock, renovations, repairs. No job too small .....................0401 078733 LOCAL AFFORDABLE Brisbane to Sydney, 20yrs exp. travellingbenny@gmail.com ....0402 199999

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ALAN MALONE Painter and Decorator Over 30 years experience for a friendly hassle free job Licence No 97474

0412 794 364

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GLENN WATERS For the finish you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see. Lic 58928C...............................................0427 908129 Lic 167371C

PLUMBERS NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 6680 5081 0429 805 081 Byron Shire JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C ..............0438 668025 BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051..................................66801403 or 0414 801403

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL BEST SKIPS BANGALOW 2m3, 3m3, 4m3, 6m3 & 8m3 bins ...................0417 458149 or 66871544 OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ........................................0412 161564 or 66841232 BYRON SKIPS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 2, 3, 4 & 6 m3 bins available .............................0450 300360 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL.................................................................................0408 210772 GREEN WASTE REMOVAL & TIP RUNS .................................................0427 176771 or 66840201

SAND & GRAVEL

I LOVE PLUMBING Call Steve Lic 148904C ....................................................................0412 916140 SAND, GRAVEL & TIP TRUCK HIRE Small loads, 7 day delivery .................................0431 678130

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Service Directory SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS

BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP FREEr all

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Paciﬁc Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351

VIDEO PRODUCTION

Dirty Tiles & Grout? FREE T avail fo OW

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

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

WATER FILTERS

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6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

SECURITY SERVICES

for home, commercial and rural properties

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

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

M 0418 754 149 P 07 5523 9930

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

CALL ROBERT 0414 818 169

Lic 219684C

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

0417 542 396

STITCH: For all your sewing needs. Ocean Shores, Mullum, Burringbar. Ph Lindi ..........0432 340113

BEST PRICES – BEST SERVICE – FREE QUOTES

SEWING MACHINE SALES & SERVICE

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103

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

SOLAR INSTALLATION

$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

We stop your shower and balcony leaks without removing tiles!

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

SEWING REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS Byron Bay & all areas. Phone Jan ......................Jan 66849398

Water puriﬁcation systems Home • Rural • Commercial Servicing your needs

NSW Lic. L10007 QLD Lic. 13395

SEWING & ALTERATIONS

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www.groutpro.com.au

SEPTIC SYSTEMS SEWERAGE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS

Call Ben on 0456 606 911

TILER Bathroom repairs, walls & floors. Lic 75915. Andy ...............................................0419 478248

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 MICK’S MOBILE WELDING All welding & machine maint, metal stair repairs etc ......0407 987290

WINDOW TINTING

MAGIC RENOVATIONS Specialising in bathrooms, kitchens, laundries, floor & wall.....0404 893404

TILER Shower leaks, regrouts, 45 years experience. Phone Bob.....................................0410 428919 SUNRISE W. T. NO BUBBLES, NO TROUBLES Cars, homes & offices .........................0412 158478

TRAVEL

MONTHLY MARKETS 1st SAT Bruns Heads 6628 4495 1st SAT Murwillumbah 0417 759 777 1st SAT Lismore Markets 0407 124 991 ATAS A10923

SOLAR PANEL CLEANING All areas, free quotes, fully insured .............66841778 or 0405 922839 HEINZ SOLAR Local, customised solutions, $200 rebate per panel ...............................0474 803821

SWIMMING POOLS

TREE SERVICES

ATTENTION POOL OWNERS

JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL

• All pool requirements • Professional advice • Water testing • Friendly service • Pool servicing

• Qualiﬁed Arborist • Tree Pruning • Tree Removal • Stump Removal • Mulching • Fully Insured • Same Day Response

73 Station St, Mullumbimby (opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003

131 546

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 BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Irvin ..................................................0402 323910 TALLOW TREE SERVICES Removal, free quote & full insurance ....................................0401 208797 HART TREE SERVICES 15” chipper, bobcat, crane truck, stump grinder, EWP.. 66849137 or 0427 347380 CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICE Bobcat, crane truck, 18” chipper.................................0408 202184 SPECIAL BRANCH TREE SERVICES Owner Op. Efficient ... Tom 0412 996596 or Josh 0401 536119

UPHOLSTERY BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists ............................66805255 MULLUMBIMBY POOL SHOP Water tesing, Eco products, mobile servicing Lic 39126 ...66844846 BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Soft furnishings & outdoor ........................66853745 or 0403 713303

TILING

VALUERS

SHE TILES Female Wall & Floor Tiler _ over 10 years experience

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

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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SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP – VALUERS .................................................66872009 or 0427 220976

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

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 Full moon Third quarter

6679 5921 6628 7333 6687 4328

March 6 March 14

05:06 04:48

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

MARCH 2015 Astronomical data and tides

New moon March 20 20:36 First quarter March 27 18:43 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, month rise set rise set height (m) 1 S 0637 1919 1615 0230 0619,1.55; 1904,1.27 2 M 0638 1918 1657 0322 0709,1.58; 1947,1.34 3 T 0638 1917 1737 0414 0751,1.62; 2024,1.40 4 W 0639 1916 1813 0506 0829,1.64; 2058,1.45 5 T 0640 1915 1848 0557 0903,1.66; 2130,1.49 6 F 0640 1913 1922 0648 0937,1.65; 2200,1.52 7 S 0641 1912 1956 0739 1011,1.63; 2233,1.55 8 S 0641 1911 2031 0830 1045,1.58; 2306,1.56 9 M 0642 1910 2107 0922 1120,1.52; 2342,1.56 10 T 0643 1909 2145 1015 1158,1.45 11 W 0643 1908 2226 1108 0020,1.54; 1239,1.37 12 T 0644 1907 2311 1202 0103,1.52; 1327,1.30 13 F 0644 1906 1257 0155,1.50; 1426,1.24 14 S 0645 1905 0000 1352 0256,1.50; 1538,1.22 15 S 0646 1903 0055 1445 0406,1.53; 1656,1.25 16 M 0646 1902 0153 1537 0516,1.61; 1804,1.35 17 T 0647 1901 0256 1627 0618,1.72; 1901,1.47 18 W 0647 1900 0401 1715 0715,1.82; 1952,1.59 19 T 0648 1859 0508 1801 0808,1.88; 2041,1.71 20 F 0649 1858 0615 1846 0900,1.90; 2129,1.79 21 S 0649 1857 0723 1931 0950,1.86; 2216,1.84 22 S 0650 1855 0829 2016 1041,1.78; 2304,1.85 23 M 0650 1854 0934 2103 1132,1.66; 2353,1.82 24 T 0651 1853 1037 2151 1224,1.52 25 W 0651 1852 1137 2241 0043,1.75; 1318,1.38 26 T 0652 1851 1233 2333 0134,1.66; 1416,1.27 27 F 0652 1850 1325 0232,1.57; 1524,1.21 28 S 0653 1848 1412 0025 0336,1.51; 1637,1.21 29 S 0654 1847 1456 0117 0434,1.48; 1743,1.25 30 M 0654 1846 1536 0209 0544,1.49; 1834,1.32 31 T 0655 1845 1613 0301 0534,1.51; 1916,1.39

Low tide, height (m) 1304,0.53 0044,0.60; 1346,0.48 0130,0.55; 1422,0.44 0210,0.51; 1455,0.41 0247,0.47; 1525,0.39 0323,0.45; 1554,0.38 0359,0.44; 1624,0.39 0435,0.45; 1654,0.41 0514,0.47; 1725,0.45 0554,0.50; 1759,0.49 0639,0.54; 1835,0.55 0730,0.59; 1920,0.60 0830.0.61; 2015,0.65 0942,0.60; 2126,0.66 1055,0.54; 2242,0.62 1200,0.44; 2351,0.53 1256,0.33 0051,0.42; 1346,0.23 0147,0.32; 1434,0.17 0242,0.24; 1519,0.14 0335,0.19; 1604,0.17 0429,0.19; 1649,0.23 0522.0.24; 1734,0.33 0617,0.32; 1819,0.44 0715,0.41; 1907,0.56 0817,0.51; 2000,0.66 0924,0.58; 2103,0.73 1030,0.61; 2214,0.75 1030,0.61; 2214,0.75 1223,0.57 0020.0.67; 1305,0.53

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 Annual General Meetings ....... 38 Businesses For Sale .............. 39

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS – 6684 1777 CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGS

DEADLINE

PHONE ADS

Ads may be taken by phone on

For Sale .................................. 39

6684 1777 AT THE ECHO HEAD OFFICE

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

Funeral Notices ....................... 40

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

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

Cabins For Sale ...................... 39 Car Service ............................. 39 Caravans ................................. 39 Childcare ................................ 38

Garage Sales ......................... 39

Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby

RATES & PAYMENT

Halls For Hire ......................... 39

EMAIL ADS

$17.00 for the first two lines

Health Notices ........................ 38

Display classies (box ads): adcopy@echo.net.au Line classies: classifieds@echo.net.au

$5.00 for each extra line

Houses For Sale ..................... 39 House Sit ................................. 39 Lost & Found .......................... 40 Motor Vehicles ........................ 39 Musical Notes......................... 40 Only Adults .............................. 40 Pets.......................................... 40 Positions Vacant ..................... 40 Professional Services ............. 38 Public Notices......................... 38 Removalists ............................. 39 Share Accommodation .......... 39

Ad bookings only taken during business hours: Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. Ads can’t be taken on the weekend. Account enquiries phone 6684 1777. LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS / CLASSES & STUDIO SPACE IN MULLUMBIMBY Thurs evenings 6-9pm - $20 Artists & models please call 0411725500 Expressions of interest also sought for lease of studio / office space. 2 lge spaces & several smaller rooms suitable for offices. A/c & off st park. High profile central Mullum location. 0411725500

To Lease .................................. 40

The Channon Craft Market

To Let ....................................... 39

THIS SUNDAY

Short Term Accommodation .. 39 Social Escorts ........................ 41

Tractor Repairs ........................ 39 Tradework ................................ 39 Tree Services .......................... 39 Tuition ..................................... 40 Wanted ................................... 39 Wanted To Rent...................... 40 Work Wanted......................... 40

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PUBLIC NOTICES THE ECHO runs various competitions from time to time in print and online under NSW Permit Number LTPM/13/01129 Class: Type C. The terms and conditions for all such Echo promotions can be found at www.echo.net.au/privacy/ PSYCHIC / MEDIUM CLASSES starting March 9 in Mullum. Contact Liz Winter 66845346, 0437080748 CHILDREN’S PARTIES Zanzibar The Magician - Magic show. Balloon animals & face painting. Ph 0405519693

UPIOWN FUNK YOU UP KIDS DANCE PARTY (7-13YRS) SAT MARCH 7TH 6:30–9:30PM DJS, PERFORMANCES AND MCS DISCO LIGHTING, COMPETITIONS AND FOOD $12 PER CHILD/$3 PER PARENT ENQUIRIES: 0439 653 147

$17 for two lines is the minimum charge.

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HYPNOSIS & EFT

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KINESIOLOGY

Laura At The Heart Space Massage Specialising in Pregnancy, Ayurvedic & Thai Massage. 0423293995

Clear subconscious sabotages. Reprogram patterns and beliefs. De-stress. Restore vibrancy and physical health. Clear allergies. SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract. 66846914

HEART SPACE MASSAGE Reﬂexlogy & Metamorphics Jo Morrish. Ph 0423293995

Cranio Sacral

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‘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

Pregnancy Massage Course

Learn how to give a safe and effective Pregnancy Massage in this local course, Sat 14/3. Accred, cert, PME points $160. Masti Adler 66846982. www.touch-inmassage.com.au

TOXIC & TIRED?

Detox, feel light, clear & vital. Guaranteed! Colonic hydrotherapy, naturopathy, Chineitsang. Natalie 0458633869 www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au

MASTER HYPNOTHERAPIST NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMER & LIFE COACH

BRENT VERCO CHIROPRACTOR

Successful solutions for any problem PH 66802630 Wendy Purdey Health Fund rebates available

MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC 6684 1028

SUPERHERO

MON TUE WED THU FRI PM & SAT AM

KIDS YOGA ARRIVES IN BYRON BAY

Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Therapy

Come join us this Saturday from 11:30 -12:30pm

Classics based traditional healthcare

Byron Regional Sports & Cultural Complex

BRUNSWICK HEADS MARKETS Saturday March 7th MEMORIAL PARK, BRUNSWICK HEADS Phone 6628 4495 No dogs please

AGMs BRUNSWICK HDS TENNIS CLUB INC Annual General Meeting 7pm Thursday 26 March 2015 Club rooms, South Beach Parade, Brunswick Heads 2483 AGM MULLUMBIMBY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC Wednesday 18 March at 7pm, Mullum Ex-Services. 66842066

CHILDCARE PROFESSIONAL NANNY seeking perm job 2-3 days pw. Ph Jane 0421821896 CHILDCARE AVAILABLE Registered with Northern Rivers Family Daycare. CCB & CCR approved. 15 years exp. Phone Geraldine 0434598599

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Esther Rockett 0403 358 092

UPCOMING CLASSES Saturday 7th, 14th & 21st March 2015

10 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay

$12/child; 2 siblings $10/child; 3+ siblings $8/child

To confirm your spot please text or call Georgie on 0422 292 800 yoganauts.com.au

NATUROPATHY ALLERGY TESTING MASSAGE Tired? Sluggish? Depressed? Headaches? Back or neck pain?

• • • •

PILATES

yellowchurchyoga.com dianaewing@bigpond.com Diana Ewing 0407 455 212 9 Myocum St, Mullumbimby

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Health fund rebates available

Classes are Casual class $17 90 mins Unlimited 7-day intro $30* *conditions apply

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BAYSIDE ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL MEDICINE Health Fund Rebates & Hicaps Available Becky Martin (Registered Acupuncturist)

General & Facial Rejuvenation Thurs 4-7pm & Sat 10am-4pm

Yoga & Pilates Shiatsu & Massage Experienced teachers Amazing venue

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CALL KIRSTEN

Shyam Bryan

(Remedial Massage Therapist)

Deep Tissue/Sports/ Relaxation

Mon, Tues, Thurs & Sat

Powerful Flow w Geoff Brooks & Co. Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

7am

Flow+ Geoff

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10am

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Foundation Vale

4pm 6pm

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Sat Flow+

8am Nikki

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Sun Yin Flow

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Upstairs, 144 Jonson St, Byron Bay (next to Mitre 10) 0414 969 187 ananta.com.au

14 Park Street, Brunswick Heads | 02 6685 1088 | baysideacupuncture.com ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE MASSAGE ACUTONICS®

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PROF. SERVICES

DENTURES

Tuesdays & Thursdays 5 – 6.30 PM Saturdays 10 AM –12 PM

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COSTUME HIRE, PROPS, SUITS & ACCESSORIES

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Flo Fenton, Senior Yoga Teacher

YOGA TEACHER TRAINING ONE DAY A WEEK March – December Suffolk Park – BOOK NOW! 0418 441 437 | flo@intouchyogabyronbay.com 02 6685 9910 | intouchyogabyronbay.com

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Slow Gentle Yoga Restorative Yoga

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½ Hour 1 Hour 1½ Hour Home Visits

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

Daniel

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Grace

Yoga classes $18 5 class pass $80

Grace

Upstairs Byron Surf Club 0448 807 798 Mon-Sat

Hatha Yoga Free Flow Yoga Hatha Yoga

Sharon

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

Slow Gentle Yoga Restorative Yoga

Daniel & Friends - Kirtan Slow Gentle Yoga 6:45 Fortnightly (See Website) Slow Gentle Yoga

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TREAT YOURSELF! Relaxing deep tissue, remedial. Byron. Ph Kate 0410395368 Connection based Family Day Care Specialised child care for parents who use or would like to learn the Parenting by Connection approach. It is based on attuned, emotional understanding of children, without punishments or rewards. For more Info call Megan Edwards 0439855899

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TREE SERVICES • Affordable tree services • Professional tree care • 15” chipper (crane truck)

Fully insured • Free quotes

6684 9137 • 0427 347 380

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BICYCLES pre-loved, lge range, repairs. Sth Golden Bch. 0431540579, 66804165

FRIDGE 2 door, good cond, plus chest freezer. Ph 0438881233

NTH O.SHORES 11 Hardy Ave, Sat 8am. Good qual stuff, furn + h/hold, rugs, clothes, books, treasures. Worth a look!

MOSQUITO NETS

100% cotton, all sizes, locals discounts. Ph 66843191 www.1001nets.net WASHING MACHINE automatic $180, delivery. Phone 0413589388

PANASONIC 250Gb SD DVD tuner (hard drive) 3 years old. 66190542 O.Shores SAMSUNG computer screen SyncMaster slimline silver, offers. 66190542 O.Shores LATEX MATTRESS KING SIZE Exc cond $380; Yamaha Drum kit, stage custom, Birch shell, bargain at $750; Cymbal set, Sabian XS20 $550. Ph 0421477577 TORO zero turn mower 72” 580D diesel 2013, 1,350hrs, $10,800. 0402487213

MOVING SALE dresser $350, dining chairs & table $400, near new mattresses, beds. Ph 0429854409

Julie Wells Anne Mannix Dip.Som.Psych, Clinical PACFA Reg.

(02) 6685 5138

BRUNSWICK HEADS 2/1 Minyon St, Sat books, plants, lots of bric-a-brac

ICE CREAM SHOP EQUIPMENT to be removed prior to shop being stripped. Cool room, freezer, ice cream display unit, cold rock unit, fridges, blast freezer, batch freezer, sinks, tables, chairs. Everything must go! 0428287616

Psychotherapy

Individual and Couple Therapy Supervision and Coaching

CAFE EQUIPMENT Sat 7/3, 8am-12 ﬁnal sale. Boondoon Cres, O.Sh. 0414249017

DOUBLE BASS ebony ﬁnger board & solid spruce, very good condition, $2500 ono. 0412732465

HAWAIIAN MASSAGE Ocean Shores Michaela. 0416332886

BICYCLES buy, sell, repair, recycle. Adult bikes from $60. Phil 0413779223

Tallow TREE SERVICES

WANTED OLD MOTORBIKE any make, any year, any cond. Will pick up. 0427109195 LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

ALL GOLD

Scrap gold, damaged/unwanted, modern & antique jewellery, also gold pocket watches. $$ Good prices paid $$ Phone 0428668426 30 years trading in Mullumbimby. Honest & reliable service COMPOST BIN Tumbleweed type. Ph 0418841777

GARAGE SALES MULLUM 14 Coolamon Ave. Sat & Sun 7am. Furn, 8-seat spa, blinds, clothes etc

YELGUN 166 Yelgun Rd. Sat 8-12pm. Household, books, clothes, jewellery, size 12 wedding dress, pony rug, shoes, Casio keyboard MOVING O’SEAS SALE 14 Citriadora Dr, Ewingsdale, Sat 9am. Furn, pictures & stock from homewares business

MULLUM 36 Argyle St, Sat 9am. Moving overseas sale, furniture, everything household, bikes, kids gear etc

O.SHORES 12 Tindara Ave Sat 8am brica-brac, clothes, $1 sale, antiques, books

CABINS FOR SALE

MOTOR VEHICLES

JAYCO RELOCATABLE CABIN 5mx3m Beds, kitchenette etc plus covered verandah 5mx2.4m. Can arrange delivery, $7750 ono. Ph 0413289443

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

Weekly Rates 0401606707 HYUNDAI ACCENT 2006 New tyres. 6mth rego. Good reliable car. 110,000kms $6900. Redbook valuation available. Enq 0499008555

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REMOVALS PALMS TREE SURGERY FREE QUOTES FULLY INSURED

• • • • •

MERCEDES BENZ Sprinter van 05 great cond. New fuel pump, alternator, battery. Ideal for camping/work. Lots of room, reg Nov 15. $13,800 ono. 0423648540

FOR SALE

A comprehensive workshop led by Natural Sleep Specialist Ahna de Vena that will immediately improve your quality of sleep and well being SUNDAY 16 MARCH 1.30-5.30pm Byron Bay. $85 Ph: 0414 312 917 www.thesleepmuse.com

FRENCH DOORS Entry & back doors. Big range. Ph 0422371988 or 66841246

Massage at

GRASS FED BEEF Bulk packs, all natural, free delivery www.lemontreebeef.com.au

2 CARS! 98 Lanos 4dr, $2200 & 92 Charade 4dr. $1700. Good cars. Reg, selling as baby on the way. Ph 0423803999

Billinudgel Landscape Supplies Sand, soil, gravel & mulch. Weekdays 7.30-4pm, Sat 8-11.30am, Sun 9-11am

2006 Mazda 6 Auto AC/PS 168,640km. Log

HEARTSPACE

Bali

Bliss 2 hours $100 Women’s Health Ayurvedic, Thai and Swedish (Relaxation) Massage

0423 293 995 Jo Morrish

MULLUMBIMBY

HALLS FOR HIRE COORABELL HALL WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES 66871307 www.coorabellhall.net

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

TREE SERVICES

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

COMPOST TOILETS

97 TOYOTA LANDCRUISER Grande 4x4 7-seat auto. Oct rego, 4 near-new tyres, mech sound, goes great, spent $2500 on brakes & rear shocks $5750. 66877062

Garry Scott • 66843468

BARGAINS books. Sky blue. AZU24Q ......................... $7,990

1998 Subaru Liberty 5 spd manual. AC/ PS. Very tidy. S/N3113 .............................. $2,650

Nursery Clearance Grevillea, Lilly Pilly, Xanadu, Photinia, Strelitzia, Flax, Lomandra, Liriope, Muraya, Star Jasmine, Ferns & more. www.narnianursery.com.au 0419771514

2002 Mazda SP20 Astina 179181km. 5spd manual. AC/PS.Great car. CB98YL.. $5,750

2001 Ford Falcon Auto 176,128km. AC/PS. Always Handy Wagon. BA19ZJ ................ $3,750

1997 Toyota Vienta Auto AC/PS. Always popular & reliable. AAX664 ....................... $2,750

VACUUM BAGS

1998 Mazda Bravo 5 spd manual AC/PS. Great work ute. Alloy Tray. S/N4449 .......... $2,495

To suit most makes & models

BRIDGLANDS

BARGAINS

Mullumbimby. 66842511

ballinacarcentre.com.au

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

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

• 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

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

Ballina Car Centre

DLN 19950

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES ALL YEAR ROUND 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.

Matt 0427 172 684

NATIVE PLANTS

The Largest range of native plants in the Byron Shire.

MULLUM 29A Queen St, Sat 8am, girls’ & women’s shoes & clothes, awesome stuff! MULLUM 7 Whian St. Sat 8-12. Moving sale. Furn, charpoy, crockery, child’s table & chairs, WoI magazines, bric-a-brac HUGE SALE, MOVING OS Sat & Sun 8-5pm Sth Gold Bch, cnr Royal & Peter St CLEARING OUT SALE everything must go, kitch equip, furn, hardware, camping supplies, books, paintings, baskets & more. 13 Jorgensens Ln, Brooklet. Ent off Friday Hut Rd. Sat from 8am HUGE VARIETY, BRUNS Sat/Sun 7am. Something for everyone. 1 Newberry Pde.

Tubestock to Semi-advanced Buy direct from the grower

MOVING HOUSE cnr Repentance Ck Rd & Federal Dr. Sat 8am-1pm, beds, table, doors & lounge

110 Yankee Ck Rd, via Wilsons Ck Rd Mullumbimby 6684 1703 Open every Wed–Fri 10am to 4pm www.mcnativenursery.com.au

HUGE SALE Bangalow, Slatterys Ln. Sat & Sun 8-3pm. Mig welder, barbed wire, cattle wire, pianola & rolls (needs repair), old tools, antique scales, basins, plumbing & household goods. Ph 0428871348

MULLUM CREEK NATIVE NURSERY

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal 0408 210 772

LITTLE GREEN TRUCK.com.au Ute & Driver from $30

• DELIVERIES • SMALL MOVES • TIP RUNS 0415 194 654 northernrivers@littlegreentruck.com

OCEAN SHORES 4br, on 3/4 acre block, quiet location, close to Brunswick, shops & transport. Enquires 0402779376

REMOVALISTS BIG & SMALL REMOVAL JOBS Local, affordable, reliable & quick Ph 66845510 or 0402199999

BYRON CBD cosy room in friendly house right in town, fully furnished, WiFi $185pw. Phone 0410515093 after 6pm

STUMP GRINDING TREE REPORTS DA APPLICATIONS CRANE HIRE CHERRY PICKER

6687 2750 - 0401 208 797

HOUSES FOR SALE

SHORT TERM ACCOM.

PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE

Sleep Well & Thrive

BUSINESS FOR SALE Billinudgel Landscape Supplies freehold business, truck, bobcat, forklift. WIWO $570,000. 66804555

CAR RENTALS

LARGE CUBBY/SLEEPOUT with small deck, good for guests. Well-built, solid recycled hardwood. $1500. 0406065490

BSW MOTORS

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

O.SHORES 132 Balemo Dr, Sat 7am. Moving sale. BBQ, chest freezer, h’hold goods, garden furn, clothes, etc

RUBY’S BAZAAR

O.SHORES 19 Wirruna Ave, Sat 8am. Huge range of cheap & free stuff, 50s furn, great books, reno bits, beds etc

CAR SERVICE

CAFE / RESTAURANT Ind Est Byron Bay. Ph 0404546878

Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403 or 0413120970

BESSER BLOCKS 220, $2.70 per block, never used, still on pallet. 0429854409

16’6” CARAVAN $1750. Phone 0418277880

MOVING SALE beds, bikes, BBQ. 2 family garage sale. 29 Brandon St, Suffolk Park. Sat 8-1pm

O.SHORES 1 Boondoon Cres Sat 8am. Moving: furn, hospitality equipment, etc

GARGE SALE - POP UP SHOP Thurs/Fri 9-4pm. Laneway behind Mitre 10, Mullumbimby

CARAVANS

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 ECHO CLASSIFIEDS • 66841777 •

SUFFOLK PARK 3 months share accom in mod 3br f/f t/house, lge sunny mastersuite, 2 x dbl BIR, ensuite, balcony. Pool in complex, short walk to village shops. $270pw incl elect, own TV, Austar, DVD & WiFi. Working person only. Ph 0403800444

HOUSE SIT EXP HOUSESITTER to care for your home & pets. Great refs. 0417574019

SHARE ACCOM. LENNOX 2 unfurn rooms, with BIR in lge brick house, 1 room with ensuite, $300pw for both, inc bills. Sgl/cpl OK. 0400643054 SUFFOLK room in quiet clean house, must be working or studying full-time, sorry no smokers. Ph 0410628958 LENNOX share house with 1 other, room + ens, own lounge & entry $230pw + bond incl bills, suit single worker. 0428503108 BYRON TOWNHOUSE & garden to share with mature, broadminded fem. Working, fem over 30yr pref. 2 rm avail 12/3 & 20/3 $185pw incl bills + bond. Ph 0488157338 SUFFOLK PARK Hazelwood Cl (Forrest Glades), near beach. Lge f/f room, n/s, f/f house, pool, avail May-Nov $250pw incl bills & WiFi + bond. Ph Joey 0413627422 RURAL HOUSE share with mum & daughter, 12 mins north of O.Shores, veg pref, med room with lge bthrm. Pool, dam & forest. Travellers & sgl parents ok. $190pw + bills. Avail now. 0467848819 O.SHORES share with 1 male. 1 rm with BIR, near Bruns, quiet area. 0402779376 O.SHORES 1br, private bathroom, big spacious house surrounded by nature, saltwater pool, near beach, $230pw incl bills, pref long term. Ph 0429354822 SUFFOLK furn room in family home. $150pw. 0424490226 SUFFOLK house with pool, double room with ensuite & 2 single rooms. Call Jayne 0418981270 BANGALOW room avail with private balcony, $200pw. Ph 0401977662

TO LET BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333 BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED Modern & Secure from $122.85 p/m Bangalow Real Estate • 66872479 SUFFOLK PARK Studio, 1br, 1 bthrm kitchenette & deck, separate access, suit quiet working single, no pets, $270pw inc utilities, 12 month lease. 0419156646 BYRON SELF-STORAGE UNITS Clean & secure. Ph 1300762618 POSITION POTTSVILLE beachside townhouse 1 min to beach, creek, shops. Modern 2br, 2 bathrm, furn avail March 23 $500pw + outgoings. Ph 0417725742

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BYRON BAY STUDIO avail for 8 wks. Studio is for sale. $280pw 0403733069 BALLINA SELF-STORAGE UNITS Secure from $16pw. Ph 66867011 STORAGE From $100/mth. Bangalow. Ph 66871500 SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH 3br, 1.5 bathroom, 2 decks, 2 minute walk to beach, carport, 12-month lease $450pw. avail March 29. 66849249, 0414248266 TEVEN 1 bedroom ﬂat on acreage, 6km Ballina, valley views, quiet, own entry, f/f, fresh paint, new kitch, working person, d/f pref, no pets. Sgl $240pw, Cpl $255pw inc elec, min 6 mth lease. Ph 66879282

BYRON BAY – $530PW 2 bedroom unit, 1 bath SLUG Available 10/03/15 BYRON BAY – $550PW 3 bedroom duplex, 2 bathrooms SLUG Available Now BYRON BAY – $630PW 4 bedroom house, 1 bathroom Available 11/03/15 BYRON BAY – $660PW 4 bedroom house, 2 bathrooms Available Now

Phone: 6685 6588

Brunswick Heads 2br $310 2br $320 2br $340 2br $360 2br $380 North Ocean Shores 3br 2bth $450 Ocean Shores 3br $420 Mullumbimby 3br $480 L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

BYRON CBD fully refurb 1br apartmt quiet, beautiful gardens, suit young working couple $380pw. 0403467717 SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH 2br unit, close to beach $270pw NO PETS UNLESS SPECIFIED www.siwickirealestate.com.au Siwicki Real Estate 17 Fingal St Brunswick Heads. Ph 66851206 NEW BRIGHTON self-cont 1br, close to beach & shop $250pw. 0418277880

LOCAL REMOVAL

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 SELF-CONT ACCOM 2 lge rooms, ens, bath, kitchenette, rural 5 min beach, 10 min Bruns. Pref quiet mature worker 35+ $250pw incl all bills + WiFi. 0476448122 SUNRISE HOUSE 3br, 1 bthrm, 1 garage, working couple only, ref required, avail from 20-22 March $500pw neg. 0414272327 after hours SUFFOLK 3br, 2 bathroom house, petfriendly, $650pw. 0424609980 WANGANUI 3br spacious house with lge verandah, on acreage, creek, rainforest, very peaceful. $400pw. 66840427

Ocean Shores 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom duplex. Single Garage + carport. Fenced yard. No pets. $410 per week FNC Property Management

1300 716 707

3 POSITIONS AVAIL: Qualiﬁed Chef, 1st or 2nd yr apprentice chef & kitchenhand. Looking to join our dynamic young team. Resume to: guy@raesonwategos.com BRUNSWICK HEADS Require 1st or 2nd yr apprentice chef for breakfast & lunch cafe. Ph 66851355 SENIOR SHORT ORDER COOK min 25 hours per week for busy Brunswick takeaway. Min 2 years exp. 66851355 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 GOOD DRIVERS WANTED NOW Shifts avail for taxi, coach & hire cars. Full training provided. Min 12 month Aust Licence Required. Email: info@byronbaytaxis.com CASUAL LABOURER WANTED experience in building industry essential. Please call Daniel 0419614207

Lead Generation

Are you conﬁdent & well-spoken with a good telephone manner? Join our dynamic telemarketing team at our Byron call ctre 8.30am-3.30pm Mon-Fri. To arrange an interview call Angela 66395020 between 9am-1pm PERSONAL ASSISTANT Full-time position. Exceptional organisational & communication skills. A background in either marketing, IT, media or training preferred. A minimum of 10 years work experience essential. Salary range approx $50k PA. Please email your resume and cover letter to Michael at: hr@psychwire.org

MARKETING / COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT Tertiary qualiﬁcations, several years of experience in online marketing essential. The ideal candidate will be articulate, have an eye for detail & the ability to articulate messages creatively & concisely. Contract position approx 24 hrs per wk. $25/hr. ABN required. Please email your resume & cover letter to Jonathon at: hr@psychwire.org

THE ECHO PAPER DELIVERY The Echo has a position to deliver The Echo to : BILLINUDGEL / YELGUN 370 papers The successful applicant will have an ABN, a reliable vehicle & ideally they will live in the distribution area. They will collect the papers from Mullumbimby on Wednesday morning & have delivered all the papers by Wednesday afternoon. Suit mature or stable persons/couples with strong throwing arm. Commencing 11th March 2015. Email: simon@echo.net.au or phone 0409324724 RETAIL ASSISTANT for a busy Newsagency Must have excellent customer service skills and be computer literate. Call Carolyn on 0421176563 EXPERIENCED RESORT CLEANER The successful applicant will have experience in resort & household cleaning. Good work conditions, pay & ﬂexible hours. Car essential. Please call 0422036770 for an interview or email resume to: fourvillas22@gmail.com TUTOR WANTED for HSC student in English & Modern history. 0417029814

The Pocket $320pw, furnished 1 bedroom ﬂat

HELP! EVERYTHING IS LEASED, WE HAVE A LARGE DATABASE OF PROSPECTIVE TENANTS. MORE RENTAL PROPERTIES NEEDED. CALL US TODAY. NEW LISTING NASHUA $500pw Tastefully renovated Art Deco home, 3 bed, 2 bath, gasAcooking, E D dishwasher, E S floors. Rear single carport,Ltimber covered deck with rural views. Avail Now. NEW LISTING BANGALOW $475pw Spacious family home in a convenient location! 3 beds plus sleepout, 2 bath with DLUG.Walk to town. Avail late March. 12 month lease. Pets Neg NEW LISTING BYRON BAY $920pw Luxury living at its finest! 2 bed, 2 bath townhouse with DLUG & pool. Walking to town & Belongil Beach. Avail mid March. 6 month lease. No Pets

6687 2479

bangalowrealestate.com.au

• Beginners guide to blogging

Starting Thursday 12th March • Computer skills for work

Starting Friday 13th March • Basket weaving

Starting Saturday 14th February • Mindfulness 101 • Weekend writing workshop • All blues indigo shibori

Limited places - don’t miss out!!

For more info and to enrol call 6684 3374 www.byroncollege.org.au RTO NO: 90013

Get Qualified This Year

TAE40110 (starts 10th March)

South Golden Beach

• Intro to Computer Skills for Work*

$385pw, 2 bed, 1 bath house

Brand New affordable Housing

(starts 12th March)

From $220 to $270pw. Fully furnished, Studios. Single occupancy only. *Conditions apply*

• Diploma Early Childhood Education & Care CHC50113 (starts 19th March)

elders new brighton.com.au

02 6687 1500

Starting Wednesday 11th March

• Bridging to TAE TAE40110 (starts 7th March) • Cert IV in Training & Assessment

$460pw, 3 bed, 2 bath, slug, Duplex (inc. electricity & water)

Bangalow

19a Byron Street, Bangalow

• iMovie for Mac • Stained glass and copper foiling

CHC30212 (starts 4th March)

New Brighton Ocean Shores

RENTAL PROPERTIES WANTED

For more available rental properties go to www.eldersbangalow.com.au

Starting Tuesday 10th March

• Intro to Aged care* (starts 4th March) • Cert III Aged Care

6 Strand Ave, New Brighton 6680 1594

Green Frog Ln, Bangalow - $375 pw Fully furn s/c studio includes elect and water. Avail Now Brooklet Rd, Brooklet - $450 pw 2-3 bed, 1 bath, great location. Avail Now Coolamon Scenic Dr, Coorabell-$620 pw 3 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, rural w/ views. Avail mid April Riﬂe Range Rd, Bangalow - $730 pw Stunning 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG. No pets. Avail mid April Parrot Tree Pl, Bangalow - $730 pw Brand new 4 bed, 2 bath, DLUG. Avail Now. Cooinda Pl, Federal - $800 pw 2 bed, 2 bath + studio w bath. Fully furn, pool. Avail 8th April Bougainvillea Dr, Federal - $1200 pw Executive 4 bed, 2 bath + studio. Pool and views. Avail Now.

Next week’s courses...

(*This training is subsidised by the NSW Government)

WANTED TO RENT FARM SHED Wanted to rent by Carpenter/handyman/caretaker. Power not essential, long lease. Pottsville to Bangalow. Ph 0429179797

Limited - places available call 02 6684 3374 to see if you are eligible

0447 419 426

BYRON PICTURE FRAMING BUSINESS seeks contract worker with practical skills, must have ABN. 6-8 wks work. Email Antony casbahdesign@gmail.com

SMALL FAMILY seeks 3-4br home long term. Pref close to beach, garden, LUG, covered verandah, up to $520pw, 6 mths advance rent. Happy, drama-free, great refs, avail to move asap. 0405557804

PAID TO TRAVEL

Do you love travel & social media? YES! Reg.at: www.travel-share-earn.com

SPIRITUALLY minded mature person req studio/ﬂat or share accom in spacious house with u-cover parking. 0434856745 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 LEASE/RENT in Byron Shire. Looking for property/place with large shed for storage & workshop (old chick shed ok) also living area (house) if avail, for semi-retired builder/carpenter handyman. Happy to pay $700 + per week. Allan 0422255776

TO LEASE PROFESSIONAL ROOMS Contact Shaun or Jo 66281654 www.alstonvillecompletecare.com.au ARTISTS WANTED to share studio/ gallery space in Byron Arts & Industry Estate. Tracey 0431092618 or 66845045

WORK WANTED

OPERATIONS MANAGER 32HRS/W PPT POS.

Working as part of the senior team, this role includes management of: · WHS, IT, POS systems · Grounds, maintenance, security and café teams · Groups and events Must have 5-10 yrs exp in hospitality /tourism & have proven track record. More info http://www.crystalcastle. com.au/about/employmentopportunities/ Email cover letter, refs & resume karen@crystalcastle.com.au by 08.03.15 Only successful applicants will be notiﬁed.

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

LENNOX HEAD

PAPER DELIVERY Lennox Head couple required to fold, insert & deliver The Echo in Lennox area. Local stable residents preferred. Contract position to start immediately Phone Taz on 0409917646

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TRAINEESHIP If you are interested in getting a qualiﬁcation while you work in hospitality Macadamia Castle is offering a full/part time traineeship. Great conditions for the right applicant. Please email cover letter and application to : helen@macadamiacastle.com.au May suit school leavers

Full-time position available in a Mullumbimby legal office for a secretary/PA to principal. Basic computer and office skills are essential. Experience in a legal office would be an advantage. Please send CV to wroth@wallcolawyers.com.au or call Gabrielle on 6684 1991 for further information.

CASUAL HOUSEKEEPING POSITION Essential Criteria: Must be local. Minimum experience 2 years in hotels or similar. Be ﬂexible. 5 Star cleaning standards. Please email applications & CV to

eastonbyron @wavesresorts.com.au

CASUAL RETAIL POSITION Flexible and fun person required. Photoshop experience an advantage. Please email drmoose@ drmoose.com.au

FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 66846760 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au WU CHI KUNG-FU Kids-Teens/Adult classes 0421555062 like us on Facebook MATHS TUTORING Qualiﬁed teacher, 25 years experience. All ages to HSC. Andrew 0413294982

EXPERIENCED HORTICULTURIST for all aspects of gardening. Ph 0429020215

NIK TONGUE’S ULTIMATE 10-WEEK GUITAR COURSE the best thing for your guitar since you bought it. Starts April 21, Tues night x 10. More info at www.visionaryguitar.com.au 0411146980 Not for beginners

LOCAL REMOVALIST Happy to move big, small & in between. Ph 0402199999

TUTOR WANTED for HSC student in English & Modern history. 0417029814

QUALIFIED PAINTER Small jobs OK. Phone Rob 0408900134. Green Painters Lic No: 242107C

HATE IRONING?

$25/hr. Suffolk Park. Angela 0414719680 Pick-up & delivery service available CERAMIC TILING repair & new. Paving. Odd jobs. Handyman. Ph 0432401334 A1 LABOURING/TRADE ASSIST $25/hr property maintenance, etc. 0412469109 CARPENTER / HANDYMAN for all jobs under $1100. All property maintenance. 22 years exp in local area. 0401038576 RELIABLE CLEANER for home or business in Byron. Refs available. Call Kenia 0437822630 EXPERIENCED TEAM domestic & commercial cleans. For quotes call 0400979414 QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN Small jobs okay. Phone Nik 0411146980 NSW Lic No 237020C

TUITION SINGING LESSONS by award-winning singer Parissa Bouas 20yrs teaching at SCU & NR Con. Contemp style, all ages all levels. Studio in Byron. 0421330766

MUSICAL NOTES 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 PASSION & deep happiness is what I feel when I sing. I'm looking to join a band as a backing singer. If you need something different in your band - it could be me! jatara@hotmail.com.au, txt 0402732187

Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au/byron-echo

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

PETS FOR LIFE ANIMAL SHELTER

FUNERAL NOTICES MAX JEFFREYS MEMORIAL MASS Brunswick Heads Catholic Church, 10.30am Thurs 5th March. All welcome

LOST & FOUND FOUND: Binoculars. Mullum area. Ph Jim 66843139 LOST: Eternity bracelet. 24/2 Byron area between Gordon St & town centre. Reward. Ph 0419409966 LOST set of keys on the 25th, I think in Mullum or maybe Bruns. 0408271224 LOST: Tri-focal reading glasses maybe Mullum Farmers Markets. 0411561167

PETS

M@< Evie is a 22-monthold desexed female Llaso Apso x Maltese terrier. She is a livewire who would appreciate an active owner/family who have the time to spend with her. If you can give Evie 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.

WANDA is a surprise package. She’s probably watched “Grumpy Cat” videos because she often looks cross, but she is anything but. Get close to her and she will give you a good head smooch and display lots of affection. A really affectionate sweetie. The shelter is so full at the moment that Wanda often prefers to sit in her favourite cardboard box. She’s over the kitten thing, and just wants her own human family. Wanda is the chocolate in the box who has the soft centre! All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped. Please make an appointment 0403 533 589 Billinudgel petsforlifeanimalshelter.net

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Loving homes URGENTLY needed! Folks of Byron Shire, we are currently full to bursting with beautiful felines at the shelter. If you are considering adopting, please do hurry along & there’ll almost certainly be a cat or kitten for you. All ages, colours & temperaments, but most of all, our cats are full of love & ready to share it with their new families. So we can take in further rescue cases, come along & adopt at the Cat Adoption Centre, 124 Dalley St., Mullumbimby. OPEN: Tues 2.30-4.30pm Thurs 3–5pm Sat 10am–12 noon Call AWL 6684 4070

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Close the Gap campaign Youth employment and calls on PM to ‘match fine mental health services words with action’ ‘much needed’ priorities The announcement of the implementation of a health plan by the prime minister in his Closing the Gap address to Parliament is a step forward on the long journey to ending health inequality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the Close the Gap Campaign said. Close the Gap co-chair and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner, Mick Gooda, welcomed Mr Abbott’s commitment to listen to community members and experts, and to continue to support families and reduce harmful behaviours.

critical area,’ Commissioner Gooda said. Close the Gap co-chair Kirstie Parker, who is also cochair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, said it was time for the government to match words with action. ‘We’ve heard fine words from governments for seven years now, but we’ve seen diminished funding going to community organisations and Aboriginal community-controlled health services – which are the backbone of the health sector and deliver results in terms of better health outcomes,’ Ms Parker said.

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EMERGENCY NUMBERS Please stick this by your phone AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE .............................................................. 000 AMBULANCE Mullumbimby & Byron Bay .................................131 233 BRUNSWICK VALLEY RESCUE Primary rescue........................6685 1999 BRUNSWICK MARINE RADIO TOWER ...................................6685 0148 MULLUMBIMBY HOSPITAL ......................................................6684 2266 BYRON BAY HOSPITAL ............................................................6685 6200 POLICE Brunswick Heads .......................................................6685 1277 Mullumbimby ..............................................................6684 2144 Byron Bay ...................................................................6685 9499 Bangalow ....................................................................6687 1404 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE Storm & tempest damage, flooding.6684 3444 AIDS Confidential testing & information (ACON) ................................6622 1555 AL-ANON Help for family & friends of alcoholics ...................... 1300 ALANON ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 24 hours...............................1800 423 431 ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGS & CATS) .........................................6622 1881 LIFELINE .........................................................................................131 114 MENSLINE 7pm–11pm nightly (phone counselling & referral for men)..6622 2240 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets daily ....................................6680 7280 NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE ..................................................6684 1286 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ...............................1800 656 463 NORTHERN RIVERS GAMBLING SERVICE ...........................6687 2520 NORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE CARERS...............................6628 1866 KOALA HOTLINE........................................................6622 1233 GEORGE THE SNAKE MAN.................................................0407 965 092 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES)..........6628 1898

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www.teatreemulch.com.au Call 0424 163 784 - EFTPOS available Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander access to appropriate health care,’ Commissioner Gooda said. ‘But the work is just beginning. To be truly effective, the health plan must be adequately funded, set targets, develop a comprehensive model of services, map the regions to address gaps against this model and aim to improve access to these core services. ‘If it does this, it will provide an opportunity to create a more systematic approach to closing the life expectancy gap.’ Commissioner Gooda said the language used by the prime minister was encouraging, that without good physical and mental health, it’s hard for children to go to school or for parents to raise a family and live a long and fulfilling life. ‘We therefore expect the federal government to follow through on commitments to Indigenous health and ensure no further budget cuts to this

conditions that impacted significantly on life expectancy – such as diabetes and kidney disease. ‘By tackling this and increasing Indigenous people’s access to health services, the government can make great gains,’ she said. Ms Parker welcomed opposition leader Bill Shorten’s call for the Close the Gap Framework to include a justice target, given the high rate of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ‘Justice targets are essential; we need them to help reduce the shockingly high imprisonment rate of our people,’ Ms Parker said. ‘There must be a much greater focus on keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people out of prison in the first place, given the rate of jailing Indigenous people has almost doubled in the past decade.’

Youth employment and mental health support for children and young people remain much needed national priorities for 2015, according to youth charity BoysTown. BoysTown CEO Tracy Adams said the charity’s recently released Annual Report demonstrates that employment training and support, and mental health services for Australian youth are much needed priorities for 2015. ‘Last financial year, more than 9,800 young people accessed the BoysTown Employment Service. Around 2,500 accessed our work transition, vocational training and work experience services,’ Ms Adams said. ‘An evaluation of some of the most disadvantaged job seekers in our Blacktown New South Wales Employment Service showed many faced significant barriers to employment. ‘We found 90 per cent were feeling unsure and anxious about their future, 72 per cent had difficulty solving everyday problems, 62 per cent lacked relationship-building skills,

and 44 per cent lacked the skills and experience for jobs. ‘In addition, 48 per cent were dealing with mental health issues, 27 per cent had severe issues with alcohol or drug misuse, and 19 per cent had very low functional literacy and numeracy skills. ‘It’s not enough to only offer a service to look for work. To address the wide range of challenges young people face, we are dedicated to offering programs that place a strong emphasis on providing life skills development and work experience as well as support to find ongoing employment. ‘Of the more than 223,000 contacts with Kids Helpline last year, mental health and emotional wellbeing were the main concern during 44 per cent of counselling sessions and one of their concerns in 54 per cent of sessions. ‘There must be a long-term commitment to dealing with what are often multiple issues. We’ve found young people with severe and long-standing issues benefit from ongoing counselling with one or two key counsellors.’

Surge in breast and prostate cancer prevalence: new data The NSW health system needs to prepare for the burden of increased cancer prevalence, with new research from Cancer Council NSW predicting dramatic increases in those living with breast and prostate cancer by 2017. The new studies from Cancer Council NSW released last week have found that prostate cancer prevalence in NSW is estimated to rise by up to 73 per cent from between 2007 and 2017, with up to 66,160 men expected to be living with the disease at one time.

40 per cent Further, the number of women in NSW living with a breast cancer diagnosis is projected to increase by 40 per cent between 2007 and 2017, with 68,620 women in NSW expected to be living with breast cancer at this time. The substantial increase in both prostate and breast cancer can be attributed to an increase in incidence rates and survivorship of the disease, as well as an ageing population. Cancer prevalence is difficult to determine, and traditional cancer surveillance measures of incidence and mortality – which cover only the rates of diagnosis and death – are insufficient measures of the true burden that these cancers place on the population and on the state’s health system. Associate professor David Smith, research fellow at Cancer Council NSW, said, ‘The

number of men living with prostate cancer, and women living with breast cancer, is expected to increase dramatically in the next decade in NSW, representing a significant challenge to the health system. ‘For example, our studies found that of the 68,620 projected breast cancer survivors, 46.5 per cent will require continued monitoring (31,974) and 43.5 per cent will be long-term survivors (29,785). About nine per cent will require active treatment and one per cent will need end-of-life care because of breast cancer.’

Plan ahead Cancer Council NSW has worked to fill a significant knowledge gap regarding the prediction of cancer prevalence in the coming years, and is in turn calling on the NSW government to use this to implement careful planning and development of a healthcare system able to respond to this heightened demand. ‘While it is very encouraging to see prolonged life-expectancy for cancer patients and survivors, we urge the NSW government to take this new data seriously. ‘We want to see a healthcare system taking steps to combat this increased demand through an improved oncology workforce, increased investment in the infrastructure required to deliver cancer care and additional funding towards the cost of cancer care,’ said A/Prof Smith.

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Byron Shire Council Notices PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

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

www.byron.nsw.gov.au

6626 7000

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

LODGING A SUBMISSION Written submissions may be made to Byron Shire Council by post addressed to: General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby NSW 2482 or sent by email to submissions@byron.nsw.gov.au. Submissions emailed to this address only will be acknowledged. Submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) within Schedule 5 Part 2 of the GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author. For assistance with this please call Council’s Records Coordinator on 02 6626 7113.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Brunswick Valley Community Centre Section 355 Management Committee Would you like to contribute to the betterment of our Shire by joining a committee? Council is currently calling for expressions of interest for additional member(s) to the Brunswick Valley Community Centre Section 355 Management Committee who manage the Brunswick Valley Community Centre. All expressions of interest must be submitted on an approved nomination form. Nomination forms, Guides to Operation of Section 355 Committees and information on this Committee can be obtained at the Council Administration Centre, Brunswick Heads Library and on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/section-355-committees. Nominations close: Wednesday 1 April 2015 Enquiries: Gayle McCallum 02 6626 7045

Seniors Week Positive Ageing Award The nominations for the Annual Seniors Week Positive Ageing Award are now open. Nominate a worthy recipient for the 2015 Award - Council’s third Seniors Week Positive Ageing Award. What is the Positive Ageing Award? The award has been initiated to recognise the importance of a positive philosophy towards ageing and the work an individual does to assist others in the community. This is your opportunity to recognise and reward someone, over 65 years, who inspires you. The recipient will be announced during Seniors Week, 14-22 March; plus you can also join in a range of activities that focus on the positive contributions that senior people make to society. Who can nominate? Any individual or group can nominate someone they admire for the Positive Ageing Award. Your nominee may be a friend, family member, work colleague - in fact any senior you believe deserves recognition. The nominee must be a Byron Shire resident. How to nominate? Nomination forms for the Seniors Week Positive Ageing Award are available on Council’s website www.byron.nsw.gov.au, community access points and local libraries. Applications must be received by 4pm Monday 2 March 2015. For more information please contact Karen Ingleman on 02 6626 7224 or email karen.ingleman@byron.nsw.gov.au

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

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

APPLICATIONS APPROVED 10.2014.764.1 – OCEAN SHORES, 9 Halyard Court (Lot 13 Sec DP 1048931) Two storey dwelling and swimming pool

Please quote the development application and property description when making a submission.

10.2015.68.1 – MULLUMBIMBY CREEK, 77 Frasers Road (Lot 15 DP 828349) Relocate building for use as a workshop/storage shed

EXHIBITION CLOSES 10 MARCH 2015

10.2015.24.1 – BYRON BAY, 32 Kingsley Street (Lot A DP 330992) New swimming pool

10.2015.70.1 – SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH, 100 Redgate Road (Lot 100 DP 828174) Chris Lonergan – Town Planner: Cafe, two sheds and pool pavilion 10.2015.65.1 – BYRON BAY 1 Cavvanbah Street (Lot 10 DP 1153734) Mr T Nabi: Change of use to tourist facility

EXHIBITION CLOSES 17 MARCH 2015 10.2013.587.2 – BYRON BAY, 98-110 Jonson Street (Lots 6 and 7 DP 619224 and Lots 8 and 9 DP 617509) Global Centres Australia Pty Ltd: S96 to delete condition 54 in relation to future lease arrangements 10.2013.587.3 – BYRON BAY, 98-110 Jonson Street (Lots 6 & 7 DP 619224 and Lots 8 & 9 DP 617509) Global Centres Australia Pty Ltd: S96 to modify conditions relating to signage, amenity of neighbourhood, availability of parking, trafﬁc, construction staging, roof height, stormwater, site waste management, ﬂood planning, pipelines, landscaping, excavation, public safety, water pollution, public art and services 10.2015.82.1 – BYRON BAY, 40 Shirley Lane (Lot 20 Sec 19 DP 758207) Mr J Pemberton: Multi dwelling housing (three dwellings) and strata subdivision 10.2015.79.1 – MULLUMBIMBY, Tuckeroo Avenue (Lot 80 DP 1202269) Bayview Land Development Pty Ltd: Subdivision – 13 lots, dedicate public reserve and extend Corella Crescent

IMMUNISATION CLINICS Free Immunisation clinics are held in conjunction with the North Coast Area Health Service each month at: • Bangalow Community Health, 35 Granuaille Road, Bangalow Thursday 12 March 2015 (2nd Thursday of each month), 1.30pm-3.30pm; • Brunswick Heads Community Centre, South Beach Road, Brunswick Heads Thursday 26 March 2015 (4th Thursday of each month), 1.30pm-3.30pm. The following vaccines are provided: Infanrix-Hexa (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, HIB & polio); Prevenar (pneumococcal); Rotarix (rotavirus); Menitorix (meningococcal and HIB); PriorixTetra (varicella & measles, mumps, rubella); Infanrix-IPV (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio); MMR (measles, mumps, rubella). PLEASE NOTE: Appointments are required and can be made by phoning 02 6687 0000. Also bring your child’s immunisation records (Blue Book) and Medicare card. Immunisation enquiries: Contact Community Health Immunisation Co-ordinator 02 6687 0012 or Environmental Services at Byron Shire Council 02 6626 7054.

ROADS ACT 1993 NAMING OF ROADS Notice is hereby given that Byron Shire Council, in pursuance of Section 162 of the Roads Act 1993 has ofﬁcially named the road(s) as shown hereunder: NAME:

MEADOWS CLOSE

LOCATION:

A new cul de sac extending in a north westerly direction off an extension of Charlotte and Thomas Streets to be dedicated in a plan of subdivision of Lot 1 DP127485, Lismore Road Bangalow.

Ken Gainger, General Manager Byron Shire Council, 70-90 Station Street Mullumbimby NSW 2482

10.2014.726.1 – BANGALOW, Bugam Place (Lot 29 DP 862275) Alteration and additions to existing industrial building 10.2014.643.1 – MULLUMBIMBY CREEK, 13 Brushbox Drive (Lot 31 DP 869192) Single storey dwelling 10.2015.17.1 – SUFFOLK PARK, 164 Alcorn Street (Lot 14 Sec 1 DP 11632) Strata subdivision of existing dual occupancy 10.2014.767.1 – OCEAN SHORES, 132 Shara Boulevard (Lot 2042 DP 808461) Strata subdivision and dual occupancy 5.1987.208.4 – BYRON BAY, 144 Bayshore Drive (Lot 9 DP 243218) S96 to relocate and modernise the design of 22 of 193 previously approved cabins (tourist facility) 10.2014.533.2 – BYRON BAY, 4 Wright Place (Lot 3 DP 258450) S96 modify the development to make a number of minor changes to doors, windows and ﬂoor plan 10.2012.484.2 – OCEAN SHORES, 17 Player Parade (Lot 112 DP 1071573) S96 modify the upper level of the approved alterations and additions to the existing dwelling house

APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN 10.2015.9.1 – BYRON BAY, 14-18 Giaour Street (Lot 6 Sec 4 DP 1623) Earthworks (ﬁll to raise level of land) and removal of trees

COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES ISSUED 16.2015.4.1 – OCEAN SHORES, 45 Yalla Kool Drive (Lot 1186 DP 243480) Two storey dwelling and attached secondary dwelling 16.2015.11.1 – EWINGSDALE, 42 Parkway Drive (Lot 11 DP 816451) Garage 16.2015.16.1 – BYRON BAY, 37 Julian Rocks Drive (Lot 21 DP 714410) Secondary dwelling

WATER METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM Council is currently rolling out a water meter exchange/replacement program. The water meters that need replacement have come to the end of their service life. Some are hard to read and others do not comply with Council’s backﬂow prevention policy. The exchange/replacements will be done on any day of the week and only select meters will be replaced. In respect of shift workers and sleeping babies, the water operator will not knock on the door, but will only exchange the meter at a time when there is noticeably no usage. The meter exchange is usually fairly quick and the water supply is generally isolated for only a few minutes. Byron Shire Council apologises for any inconvenience and would like to assure you that our distribution network maintenance and upgrades provide you with a safe and reliable water supply. Enquiries: Diana Bennett 02 6685 9304

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO SELL ABANDONED VEHICLES Error in Submission closing date advertised 25/2/2015 In Council’s notices advertised in the Byron Shire Echo dated 25/2/2015, The Expressions of Interest to Sell Abandonded Vehicles, Abandoned Vehicles Impounding Act 1993 No. 5 February 2015 had a submission closing date of 6 March 2015. This should read, Submissions closing Friday 13 March 2015. There is no change to the inspection date which remains as the 6 March 2015. Enquiries: Scott Brodie 02 6626 7107

Byronite Quiz - Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan

Community Roundtable - Sat 7 March

Byron Bay Town Centre has a place in so many hearts and minds … and we’ve found that this connection leads to valuable insights in developing the Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan. Try our fun quiz as a start… and see what Byron Bay Character type reﬂects your connection to the town centre. Go online at www.byronbayourplan.com.au

For the past three months Council has been asking the community to put forward their Big Ideas for the Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan. So far we’ve had over 1450 community comments. Now we need residents to join us at the table! WHEN: Sat 7 March 2015, 1pm to 5.30pm WHERE: Byron Bay High School - School Hall. Register online at www.byronbayourplan.com.au RSVP: Today

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Archers on target in Byron Mullum2Bruns on again

Anna Williams went to a have-a-go day at the Byron Archery Club last November and hasn’t looked back. ‘I signed up straight away for the beginners course’, says Anna. ‘I learned the basic skills like range safety. I was a bit worried that I didn’t have perfect vision, but you don’t necessarily need that, and I am not very strong and I can still do it. ‘ Anna and a group of beginners were at the Byron Regional Sports Complex range last Saturday for some target practice. Anyone who is interested in having a go can email byronbayarchery@hotmail.com or phone Vinnie on 0400 145 885 for more information. Photo Eve Jeffery.

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With Byron Harmony Day coming up on 28 March and lead-up activities throughout March; volunteers are needed to help plan, set up, perform, workshop and speak. Please call Judy 0405 436 663.

Next meeting 10am on Tuesday 10.3.15 in the Meeting Room RSL Mullumbimby. Karen Ingleman will speak about Aged & Disability Projects in the Byron Shire. Enquiries 6680 7350.

World Day Of Prayer World Day Of Prayer – The Bahamas will be held at the Mullumbimby Presbyterian Church on Friday 6 March at 10am. Morning tea to follow service. Everyone welcome.

BHPS P&C AGM The Brunswick Heads Public School Parents and Citizens Association are holding their AGM on Wednesday 11 March at 6.30pm at the school. All executive positions are up for reelection and new members are always welcome.

Bridge Club Brunswick Valley Bridge Club now meets at the Brunswick Heads Bowling Club on Mondays and Saturdays 12.30 for 12.45 start. Visitors welcome. Contactr Phyllis Keyte (6684 1103) if you need a partner. Lessons for beginners and intermediate players available. Enq Barbara Powell 6680 5948.

Mindfulness, music Mindfulness Movement & Music – facilitated by musician Cleis Pearce and dancer Kimberley McIntyre, Sunday 8 March, Suffolk Park Community Hall 9.30–11.30. By donation. Facebook: Mindfulness Movement & Music

Suffolk dunecare Suffolk Park Dune Care is meeting on Saturday 7 March at 8.30am at the beach walkway at the end of MacGregor St. All welcome. Contact Helen 6685 4964.

Archibald Prize on show Archibald Prize paintings on show at the Lone Goat Gallery until Sunday 12 April. The gallery is open seven days 10am–4pm.

Senior Citizens Mullumbimby Senior Citizens meet on 9 March in the Pioneer Hall, Gordon Street at 1pm. All seniors welcome. Phone Roma 6684 2572.

Rail trail meet Bangalow Progress Association are holding a special meeting about rail

U3A Brunswick Valley Tues 17 March Mayor’s Morning Tea at the OS Country Club. Photo Comp on display from 9.30. Phone 6685 1732.

Art gallery EOI Mullumbimby Community Art Gallery Artists are invited to submit an expression of interest to present exhibitions at the Mullumbimby Community Art Gallery for available dates in 2015. For more information and to request an application form please email mullumpotters@yahoo.com or drop in on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10am and 2pm behind the Drill Hall at 2 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby.

U3A Brunswick Valley Tues 10 March. 10am–noon at the Uniting Church Hall, Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. Gary Opit, wildlife consultant. ‘The Known and Unknown Animals of Australia.’ Phone 6685 1732.

Mullum CWA All ladies are welcome to attend the monthly meeting of Mullumbimby CWA at 10am on Wednesday 11 March at the CWA rooms, Tincogan Street Mullumbimby. Membership enquires Sue 6684 167. [missing digit]

VIEW Club Brunswick Valley VIEW Club next luncheon meeting is Thursday 12 March 10.30am at Mullumbimby RSL Club. Apologies to Rae 0427 103 072 by Monday 9th.

Byron Gem Club street stall The Byron Gem Club is having the first street stall of the year on Fri 6 March outside the NAB in Jonson St, Byron Bay. Rocks, crystals, gems, mineral specimens and jewellery for sale.

Ladies’ Morning Tea The Ladies’ Morning Tea, Wednesday 11 March 10am–noon in Brunswick Heads Uniting Church Hall. All ladies welcome. Contact 6685 1487.

Insight Meditation Tuesday Insight Meditation with Radha Nicholson, Ellen Davison and others. Weekly at The Yurt Temple Byron, 7.15–9pm. All welcome. Evening supported by dana (donation).

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Lions Charity Golf Day Brunswick Mullumbimby Lions Club are hosting a golf day at Mullumbimby golf club Sunday 8 March starting 12 noon with a shotgun start, 4-ball ambrose, $20 per player, sponsored by Tony Carsburg Holden. The club is raising money for medical research by supporting our personality quest entrant Ema Marks. Bookings please at Mullumbimby Pro Shop 6684 1688.

Repair Cafe Mullumbimby’s Repair Cafe at the Mullumbimby Campus of Byron Community College in Burringbar Street on Saturdays 9am till 12 noon. 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.

Byron Sophia Byron Sophia Philosophical Group: J Krishnamurti, religious philosopher, author and educator, The Root of Psychic Disorders in ‘The Nature of the Mind’ series, DVD presented by Gerald Reardon, 6 March 1–3pm at Masonic Centre, 6 Byron St, Byron Bay. Info: Celia 6684 3623.

Oneness Blessing Oneness blessing, meditation and healing every Thursday 7pm at Red Tent Yoga studio, Byron industrial estate. All welcome. By donation. Ring Nura 0427 847 210 for info.

Rainbow Dragons Abreast Rainbow Dragons Abreast (RDA) welcomes breast cancer survivors (regardless of age, athletic ability or fitness level) for a paddle at Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head, on Sundays 7.30am for 8am start. For information and sign up contact Marian 6688 4058, mazzerati2010@gmail.com.

Uniting Church Op Shop Open each Saturday 8am–noon, Dalley St, Mullumbimby. Recycling clothes, household goods, linen. Plant department with good variety.

Op Shop Byron Bay Anglican Op Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–1pm. If you are interested in giving back to the community and would like to volunteer one day or more per month we would love your support. Enq Jeni: 6685 7816 or 0439 344 281.

Art Competition Artists, get your paint brushes out and start painting for the 10th Annual Ocean Shores Country Club Art Competition/Exhibition. Entry forms at www.oceanshorescc.com.au. Enquiries Jennie 6684 1664 or Marilyn 6680 4907.

It’s almost that time of year when paddlers from far and wide set their sights on the waters of Byron Shire for the annual Mullum2Bruns Paddle. This year there will be a significant change in the event: owing to an unfavourable tide and for the safety of participants, the Mullum2Bruns will paddle off at the later time of 10am on Sunday 24 May. This event is the major annual fundraiser for the three Brunswick Heads key volunteer organisations – The Brunswick Surf Lifesaving Club, the Brunswick Volunteer Marine Rescue and the Brunswick Visitor Centre. This is an eco-friendly family fun event and organisers are expecting a bigger participation this year with the Paddle’s growing popularity and the addition of Dragon Boats. All paddling events begin at Heritage Park in Mullumbimby and finish in Terrace Park, Brunswick Heads, where live music, free paddle clinics, a duck race, raffle, barbecues and other activities will entertain the crowds in a safe, friendly festive environment. The Mullum2Bruns Paddle has divisions for recreational and competitive paddlers of all ages and abilities. Events include the 10km Echo Fun Paddle to encourage residents and visitors of all ages to experience the Brunswick River’s natural beauty, the 10km Hotel Brunswick Paddle Challenge, which is an open division, the 10km Stand Up Paddle Challenge, and the Best Decorated Craft. Online registrations open 5 March with earlybird discounts until 6 April – online registration closes at midnight 23 May. For more information visit the website: www.mullum2brunspaddle.com.au. Food Box Food Box has recommenced on Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at Uniting Church Mullumbimby. If you have any sort of Centrelink card you may purchase cheap food, free veges and enjoy a cuppa.

Book fair Friends of the Library are having a massive book fair, book fest and book sale on Saturday 11 April, and we need your help with donated books, DVDs, CDs, vinyls, games and puzzles. Please call Beryl on 6685 3030 or Janene on 6685 5022, or email byronbayfol@ gmail.com. Please note: This section is intended for the benefit of non-profit community groups, not for invitations to free events followed by paid workshops.

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On the surface, it’s a share offer (6) Tells stories about noblemen (8) See Fang, the canine (8) Strength of beast of burden includes science (6) Can’t be made ursine? Intolerable … (10) … and bignote turn (4) A service, back in the distance (4) Unexpected street bath a hazard for drivers (6,4) Worker follows former path – that’s excessive (10) Can be high time, or maybe time off! (4) Long story of computer snap (4) Polish pianist and diplomat were always going backwards in flat winter footwear. (10) Struck headless with a glove (6) An idiot in Balliol College? That’s a contradiction in terms! (8) Sermonises, as 7 may, before pains (8) Understanding above confused Kate (6)

DOWN 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 12. 16. 17. 19. 20. 22. 24. 27.

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Bat insect in good trick (6,3) Exterior clothing to last longer … (7) … we hear, and twins! (3) Straying bear consumes heroin – needs readjustment (5) Media pundit General Murphy reports (11) U parvenu! (7) Inclines to large size in breasts (5) Drink for bunnies? Foul, but it can knock you out (6,5) Queen a long time (3) Surprise Scotsman on talkback radio (5,4) Boot the swine, said Spooner, requesting cheese (7) Salamander swallows a river, right in Rhode Island resort (7) Antecedent of senior monk (5) Dr Garnaut? Under a penny – rubbish! (5) Solver sounds like a sheep to me (3)

18. 20. 21. 23. 25. 26. 28. 29.

Drifting, waterborne (6) Narrates, numerates again (8) Another name for canine (dentistry) (8) Fibre tissue, strength or force (6) Not to be tolerated, too heavy to carry (10) Too, as well (4) To, at or from a distance (4) Police procedure to catch drinking drivers (6,4) Excessive, too expensive (10) Midday (4) Long and classic tale, often in poetry (4) Polish diplomat, pianist and composer Ignacy …….. (10) Loose woollen glove (6) Verbal paradox or contradiction (8) Sermonises, speechifies (8) Understanding, attention (6)

DOWN 2. Fruitbat (6,3) 3. Last longer (than something else), especially clothing (7) 4. Smallest even number (3) 5. Readjustment, especially of the ill or wounded (abbrev) (5) 6. Writer or broadcaster who describes and criticises current affairs (11) 7. Pretentious newcomer, parvenu (7) 8. Leans to one side (5) 12. Foul blow to the back of the neck (6,5) 16. Geological period (3) 17. Outspoken and consciously outrageous radio personality (5,4) 19. Italian cheese used in sweetmeats (7) 20. Northern Sydney beach or Rhode Island resort (7) 22. Second in charge at a monastery (5) 24. Rubbish, refuse (5) 27. Second person pronoun (3)

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