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Newly crowned world adaptive surfing champ, Mark ‘Mono’ Stewart, was given a warm welcome home at the Rails last Saturday. He’s pictured with his coach Antony Mikellides. Byron Councillors even passed a resolution on Thursday, naming October 2 to be Mark ‘Mono’ Stewart Day in Byron Shire. Photo Jeff Dawson

OS Roundhouse site back to court Chris Dobney

The Ocean Shores Community Association (OSCA) has successfully sought a court injunction preventing the sale of the controversial Roundhouse sites by Byron Shire Council. The sites were sold last month all before noon in an unorthodox firstcome, first-served sale. And OSCA, which has been fighting the sale for more than a decade, recently released a video to explain its case. It’s available at http://bit.ly/1R7T3Wo. It is the second injunction taken out against the council in as many months. At a hearing of the Land and Environment Court last Friday (October 9) the court granted an

order against the council, restraining it from selling, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of any part of Lot 530 DP 238451 (the Roundhouse). The matter will return to court within 14 days for the judge to hear the council’s appeal against the order. OSCA executive member John Youdan said that the law was ‘very clear: community land cannot be sold.’ ‘The council itself zoned this land community. The people of Ocean Shores have consistently resisted the attempts by Byron Council to sell the Roundhouse land,’ Mr Youdan said. ‘During the recent Gateway Determination process the community consultation consistently objecting to the sale of the Roundhouse land

was ignored. The community has a sense it was betrayed by the council,’ he added.

Staff dispute claims Meanwhile Byron Shire Council’s legal services co-ordinator, Ralph James, said he was ‘vigorously defending the matter’ and ‘The allegation by the group that the land was zoned community use and classified as “community land” and therefore could not be sold, was incorrect.’ ‘The land was zoned residential use back in 1996 and reclassified as “operational land” in March 2002.’ He says he also disputes the allegation that a ‘community trust’ was set up over the land.

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Myocum residents take complaints to state govt A Byron Shire councillor’s storage facility on a short quiet Myocum road is still causing headaches for residents, but they aren’t giving up the fight. Pinegroves Road locals have now taken what they say is Council staff ’s failure to respond to their written concerns regarding breached conditions to the NSW Department of Local Government and the NSW Ombudsman. Additionally they claim Cr Alan Hunter misled his fellow councillors when they voted to approve the facility over a year ago. It’s the latest instalment in a long running dispute between the high profile Nationals member and his neighbours. Resident Rebecca Chaffer told The Echo that at no time did Cr Hunter’s DA mention a self storage facility, only a road transport terminal. She said, ‘Regardless of whether a business is permitted in the zoning, it still has to be assessed to determine if it meets the zoning objectives. Therefore, [this] DA needs to clearly outline what the business is and be assessed accordingly.’ Mrs Chaffer added the storage definition within the LEP is ambiguous. But Cr Hunter defends his activity, telling The Echo that ‘The current Byron Shire LEP has “storage premises” as a permissible use with consent in the RU-2 and IN-2 land use zones. By definition, “storage premises” is the parent activity and includes self storage.’ It’s a claim supported in the 2014 LEP; self-storage units is defined as a type of storage facility under its dictionary, yet are also defined

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within industrial zonings Cr Hunter says, ‘Our farm had two zones under the former LEP; 1(a) and 1(C1). Road Transport Terminal was a permissible use in the 1(a) (now RU2) zone. The elected Byron Council with staff recommendation approved the use of the farm shed as a Road Transport Terminal (bulk handling of goods arriving and leaving by road) under the 1988 LEP. ‘As far as I am aware, Council staff have had no issue with the current use of the building however it is advertised. There is no restriction on what is advertised. The primary concern was at first just trucks but now appears to be cars and utilities on the public street beside their house and complaints are about their safety and preference to walk, skateboard, stroll and have their children play on it. ‘Storage doesn’t generate a lot of traffic and many farm activities like feedlots, dairies and piggeries, even cane growing, all permissible in RU-2 along with many other nonfarm activities, have the potential to generate more traffic, odours, dust and noise. As far as I am aware there hasn’t been complaints about the offensive nature of the storage activity.’

Sense of entitlement But another resident, Angus Way, told The Echo, ‘The sense of entitlement is staggering. Alan is listing a bunch of alternative uses like feedlots, dairies and piggeries, even cane growing. None of those activities require constant light vehicle traffic access for the general public, seven days a week. continued on page 2

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The first Artisan Market for the season has kicked off. Ella Zappert and Lilly Watson from Brisbane were taken with the hair gardens from the Fashion with Passion stall at Saturday’s market. Photo Jeff Dawson

A 100 year Belle

Pictured in the back row is Coral Grogan, Graham Richardson, Ben Mackenzie, while in front are Amanda Sebasio-Ong, Elva Julien (the Belle of The Hall), Danielle Dwyer and Norma McCabe (only 88 years young). Photo Jeff Dawson

Elva Julien, The Belle of the (Drill) Hall joined the cast of The Ballad Of Edgar & Mary for Sunday’s matinee performance. Elva – who is 100 – was chosen to be the mascot for the Drill Hall’s Centenary Season because she loves the arts and she is as old as the hall. Elva says, ‘When I left

Sydney eight years ago, I was a regular theatre-goer. Coming to live with my family at Wilsons Creek, I thought that part of my life was over. ‘For all of us the arts provide a sense of community. Mullumbimby certainly has that feeling, so I am thrilled to be the Belle Of The Hall.’

Cr Hunter drama rolls on continued from page 1 All of those uses are intensive ag enterprises that are generally long established due to the high capital costs in plant and equipment as opposed to a few shipping containers. ‘Only a couple of those examples continue to exist in the northern rivers. He’s listed a bunch of activities that will never be a realistic alternative to scare us into believing that “Alan’s Shipping Container Storage Co” is the better option. It’s just typical lazy politician speak – don’t answer the

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question and list a bunch of alternatives that sound worse so he gets what he wants.

Wrong place ‘He’s trying to bury the truth of his business operations. His business is being conducted in the wrong place and should be in a zoned light industrial area. If the Council continue to hide behind these alternative uses as a justification for him to do as he likes, it demeans us all.’ The Echo asked Council staff for comment, but none was received by deadline.

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Local News Govt asked to return Mullum Hospital land State government ministers will be asked by Council to support the community’s wishes that the Mullum Hospital land be transferred to the NSW minister for Family & Community Services and for Social Housing. Currently the land and building is with the NSW minister for Health. A public meeting held in Mullumbimby on September 17 unanimously voted to call for the return of the land, which had been secretly transferred from a community trust to state government control around 2010. The Echo previously reported the land was gifted by a resident in 1900 with the condition it always be used as a health facility. Over the years, many building additions had been donated by community members.

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Scaling the freedom summit Hans Lovejoy

In a region where festivals reign supreme, another has appeared – but look closely, it’s not like others. Those drawn to thinking outside the box will love the pitch for the Freedom Summit, which will be held at the Cavanbah Centre on Ewingdale Road on October 23, 24 and 25. ‘Free thinking citizens all over the world are waking up to the lies and deception of the global elites, the corporate agenda, the war machine, the realities of our climate and environment in crisis. The current system is broken, our rights and freedoms are shrinking, we need you and we need to take action.’ Blair Beattie and Stephanie Humble are the two

Co-organiser Blair Beattie, from the upcoming Freedom Summit, to be held October 23, 24 and 25.

organisers, and despite the looming date, Blair comes across calm and collected. ‘We’re aiming to provide solutions,’ Blair says. So what’s a Freedom Summit? Blair says they have been going for six years in other

parts of the country, but it’s the first time for Byron. ‘The crew and community that have assisted with the creation of the event have been very supportive, and I am planning to make this event a launchpad for regular

events,’ he says. A panel of 25 local and international speakers will cover topics as diverse as civil rights, sovereignty, money and debt, the government corporation, food safety, the environment, climate, consciousness, sustainability, health and wellbeing. Some of the big names include Ken O’Keefe, Max Igan, Lyn White and Nattali Rize from Blue King Brown. Also booked are filmmaker Damon Gameau from That Sugar Film, Kip Andersen (Cowspiracy film) and visionary author Daniel Pinchbeck. And apart from speakers, Blair says there will be 20 stall exhibits plus music and food stalls. For more, visit http://freedomsummits.org.

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Local News Federal Park Party Oct 24 A highlight on the Byron Shire calendar is the Federal Park Party, with this year’s event being held in Federal village on Saturday October 24 from 1pm. It is a celebration of the vibrant communities living in the hills above Byron. This gathering has been going for 14 years with many people coming to experience the event from far and wide. Highlights include jumping castle, silent disco,

busking comp, games and fabulous food. Bands and DJs are The Blinds, Big Hill Shakedown, Two Little Sisters, Pob, Scotty Brimstone, Tiriandj and Sheik Yerbooty. Everyone is welcome to come along, enjoy the food, meet friends and have a dance to the beats. This is a free community event and more can be found at Facebook.com/FederalParkParty

Peter Garrett launches biog Musician, activist and former cabinet minister, Peter Garrett, will launch his autobiography, Big Blue Sky at The Byron Theatre Wednesday October 28 from 6pm. He will be in conversation with David Leser. After growing up in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Garrett formed an early inter-

est in equality and justice. He went on to front iconic Australian band Midnight Oil, and became a galvanising activist for the environment and then cabinet minister in two Labor governments. For bookings, call 1300 368 552 or visit byronbaywritersfestival.com.au.

Lamar announced for Bluesfest Described as ‘the number one rapper and hip-hop artist in the world right now’, platinum-selling, Grammy Award-winning Kendrick Lamar will headline the opening night of Bluesfest 2016.

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Rock wall challenge discontinued Chris Dobney

Locally-based environmental group Positive Change for Marine Life has discontinued its court challenge to the Belongil rock wall currently being constructed by Byron Shire Council. Sue Higginson for the EDO (Environmental Defenders Office), which handled the case, said that as the judge had refused to issue an injunction to prevent the wall’s construction there was little point in proceeding with the case. Ms Higginson said it could be ‘12 months from now’ before a decision was handed down on the legitimacy of the wall’s construction, by which time it would be ‘well and truly built’. ‘The proceedings were discontinued last Friday on the agreement of all parties. ‘[The applicant] Positive Change for Marine Life considered that the utility in continuing the proceedings without the interim injunction was questionable. ‘The community group was seeking to prevent the wall from being constructed in the first place on the basis that it is likely that the rock

wall will have a significant affect on the environment. ‘Had the community group been successful in this contest at a final court hearing a full and comprehensive environmental impact statement would have been required and council would have to make its decision about the wall based on that assessment. ‘But given the wall will be built by the time that contest is over, the only solution would be to knock the unlawful wall down.

Questionable ‘In the past rock walls have been constructed at Belongil and the legality of them [is] questionable but they still remain,’ the EDO statement read. But Belongil neighbour John Vaughan, who is contributing to Council for the wall, has disputed the argument that the wall will cause environmental damage, claiming previous assessments conducted by the council argued this would not be the case. ‘What is clear is that lengthy independent studies and reports undertaken by Byron Shire Council in 2001,

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2011 and 2013/2014 show that there were no or unlikely to be any “adverse environmental impacts and social impacts”, which was the subject of the court challenge, and it is selfevident from these reports that the interim rock wall was not “dubiously planned”,’ he told The Echo. Mr Vaughan also argued that the group was running out of money to fund the campaign, based on the current state of a fundraising on the website planetfunder.org. But Ms Higginson said that had the court case gone ahead she was confident it could have been fully funded. ‘The issue of community affordability is not relevant to this case, as much of the effort has relied on pro-bono support of senior barristers and the community has a history of rallying around to raise funding in cases such as this.’ She added that the comments showed ‘an absence of understanding of how public interest law works.’ Council’s legal services co-ordinator, Ralph James, confirmed with The Echo that adjoining landowners had joined court proceedings to help defend Council.

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Farewell James Cruickshank Tributes have flowed from around the world with the news that musician James Cruickshank died last Thursday morning from cancer. He was 52. Born in Melbourne in 1962, Cruickshank’s threedecade music career included joining The Cruel Sea in 1989, aged 27, playing guitar and keyboards. He toured Europe with the band and won a swag of ARIA awards. In later years, James spent time in Berlin performing his original music, but returned to his Bangalow home after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.

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with Michelle, James’s sister Kirsty and musician Jez Mead all caring for him. ‘It was a privilege,’ Michelle said.

One of his closest friends, Michelle Dawson, told The Echo, ‘Right to the very end, he was delivering classic oneliners. We kept saying he was saving his best material for last. He felt he lived life really well, and had no regrets.’ ‘Initially, he was given four to five years by the German doctors, but the doctors here found it had metastasised.’ James was surrounded by close friends and family in the last month of his life,

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‘James had played Mullum Festival as a solo artist twice before and as a band member many times with different groups. Last week James emailed to say he wasn’t able to play the festival as he didn’t have the stamina. ‘He said he hoped it was the best festival yet. We were in touch again on Wednesday and he wished us the best.

ster. James was vital, interested in everything, fully engaged with life in a spirited and honest way, and never compromised, right up to the last.’ Mullum Music Festival director and manager of Vitamin Records, Glenn Wright, also paid tribute. He said James was aiming to perform at this year’s festival and acknowledged ‘the talent and courage of a man who was keen to play right up to the end.’

‘James was a wonderful songwriter with original quirky arrangements in all his solo albums, and his vocals were becoming more and more unique and lived in. James had no fear in recording and went in many different directions when making his albums. He was an artist and I think that’s what he wanted to be. We were lucky enough to distribute three of his solo albums through Vitamin Records: Note to Self, Hello Human and Hymn for Her.’

Roadside drug tests ramped up Jack Davison & Hans Lovejoy

With roadside drug testing set to triple to 97,000 tests annually, civil liberty groups and Greens MLC David Shoebridge have fired up over what they say is an ideology driven agenda rather than a serious attempt at addressing driver safety. They claim the tests are known to be inaccurate for cannabis users, as the test only records a level of THC, not when it was consumed. It’s a view supported by Lismore solicitor Steve Bolt, who argues that the program leads to further charges laid against people, which in turn clogs up the local court system. Current roadside drug tests are aimed at detecting

three types of drugs: THC, the active ingredient of cannabis, MDMA, also know as ecstasy, and methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice’. Yet according to drug R&D company www.oxtox. com, cannabis users in NSW accounted for 81 per cent of a drug driving study undertaken by Roads and Maritime Services.

Test doesn’t infer impaired driving And a recent freedom of information request by Fairfax has revealed that the NSW Police Standard Operating Procedures for the roadside drug testing program ‘DOES NOT infer impaired driving or driving a motor vehicle

under the influence of a drug.’ In other words, the program only ‘detects the presence of an illicit drug in a subject’s oral fluid,’ and cannot prove impaired driving from that presence. Greens MLC David Shoebridge says that THC can stay in your system for weeks and therefore there should not be any legal ramifications as it does not affect driving. With such an unscientific basis for the triplefold expansion in testing, The Echo asked NSW Police minister Troy Grant (Nationals) what evidence there is that driver impairment through cannabis is as dangerous as alcohol impairment. There was no reply by deadline.

Keep Brandis out of your life As of October 13, 2015, Australia joined China as one of the few countries with mass surveillance operations. Here’s some handy tips to ‘flip them the bird’: use the same secure messaging services as PM Turnbull – they are called Wickr and WhatsApp. Be careful of social media, and set privacy settings as high as possible. Use an offshore or non-ISP email provider and create an offshore Virtual Private Network (VPN) account. Viva La Resistance! Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au/byron-echo

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From Monday 2 November only the new parking exemption will be offered. We will soon write to all coupon holders with the following two options of transferring from a resident off-street parking coupon to the new exemption scheme. If you have a resident parking coupon that expires after 30 October 2015, you have two choices: 1. Do nothing - keep your resident parking coupon and continue to use in Council managed off-street car parks as per normal until the coupon expires. While keeping your permit afﬁxed to your windscreen is recommended, it will not be required as once new meters are installed you will need to enter your licence plate at the meter. Under this ‘do nothing’ option, if you choose to park on-street where pay parking applies, you will need to pay the appropriate hourly rate at the parking meter. 2. Upgrade to a pay parking exemption and use both onstreet and Council managed off-street car parks. The upgrade fee will be a pro rata fee and will depend on the month you purchased your coupon and the month you pay for the upgrade.

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Exemptions will be available per vehicle for the following categories: 1. $50 per year per vehicle for Byron Shire residents and ratepayers; or 2. $100 per year per vehicle for a worker/ volunteer who lives outside Byron Shire, but employed or volunteer at a ﬁxed address within the pay parking area. 3. FREE if you are a Byron Shire resident and hold a valid Centrelink issued pensioner (Blue) card. 4. FREE if you have a Mobility Parking Permit. Exemptions will apply to (and be recognised by) the licence plate of registered vehicles - regardless of which state/territory the vehicle is registered. You will need to register for an exemption.

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the new system is fully operational. For example if you pay for 12 months on 2 November but the system does not start until 2 December, it will mean you get 13 months for the price of 12 with the ﬁrst month being free off-street parking and next 12 months free wherever meters exist; you will still need to enter your licence plate at the meter each and every time you park.

When will the online pay parking exemption scheme be available? The tender for the parking machines has just been awarded and we are working on the online component right now. We are aiming to have online access available from 2 November 2015. As soon as we have more details, we will advise the community. Keep a look out for more information on our website www.byron.nsw.gov.au.

When available, can I still come into Council’s Mullumbimby administration ofﬁce and upgrade my resident parking coupon? Yes you can. Staff at the front counter will be more than happy to assist with your upgrade.

What will it cost to park if I don’t qualify, or

don’t want to purchase, a parking exemption? Unless signed otherwise, pay parking will apply seven days a week between 9am and 6pm including public holidays. For those without an exemption, the rate will be $3 per hour in 1-hour (1P) and 2-hour (2P) locations, while 4-hour (4P) and some all day (4P+) sites will be capped (respectively) at $10 and $20 maximum payment per day. Parking signs and the meter will detail which amount and what time limit applies.

Will all day parking be available? Yes it will. To provide incentive to park outside the town centre, Clarkes Beach car park, Jonson Street (south of Kingsley Street) and on-street, east of Middleton, will have no time limit. In addition, Council is working towards creating a new all-day car park at the Butler Street Reserve, available 6am to 6pm, and to also provide all day parking in the Lawson Street south and north car parks.

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Not my job to care Byron Shire Council staff have taken the unusual step of weighing into the Belongil rock wall and the Ocean Shores Roundhouse sagas. It’s unusual because the general role of bureaucrats is to execute and advise policy. It’s not to provide commentary. One famous bureaucrat was Humphrey Appleby from BBC’s Yes Minister. He said of decision making: ‘It’s not my job to care. That’s what politicians are for. My job is to carry out government policy. What if it’s wrong? Well, almost all government policy is wrong, but it’s frightfully well carried out.’ Anyway, a press release sent late on Monday ‘welcomed the decision’ that Positive Change for Marine Life withdrew proceedings against Council in the NSW Land and Environment court over the Belongil rock wall fiasco. Represented by the Environmental Defenders Office, the conservation group had ‘lodged an interim injunction application to try and stop the construction works from going ahead without an Environment Impact Statement.’ Disregarding the polarised views on the matter, Council’s legal services co-ordinator, Ralph James said, ‘Unfortunately Council has incurred significant legal costs of well over $100,000 through defending a case that Council successfully argued had little merit.’ That money could have gone to roads, he said. It’s interesting Mr James didn’t include the part about neighbouring landowners ‘joining with council’ in the legal proceedings. And of course the $900,000 odd of ratepayer money that is going to this project could have also contributed to ‘roads.’ The fact that top experts in coastal management, the coastal panel, are unsupportive of the project and Mr James’s own department cannot provide legal certainty is reason enough to be wary of getting politically involved. General manager Ken Gainger then goes on to complain about Ocean Shores residents again challenging the Roundhouse site. Recently all lots sold the same morning they hit the market. He said, ‘It’s time to “stop the bleeding” and put the funds back into much-needed community infrastructure such as roads, sports fields and amenities and Council is working hard to achieve this outcome. ‘It’s time to get on with the work of rebuilding Byron Shire. Not defending irresponsible and baseless legal challenges.’ It’s hard to imagine the point of this press release other than to express frustration that pesky residents are getting in the way of their plans. But aren’t these the plans of councillors, not staff? Byron Shire residents are well known to be pesky. It’s what makes this place unique, charming and interesting. In many other regions, it’s the wealthy developer, not community groups, that takes council to court over things they don’t like. So – let’s give it up for all the self-appointed traffic experts, coastal engineers and town planners! Hans Lovejoy, editor

As we all expected it would be, the verdict was swift and unequivocal. According to Newspoll, some 62 per cent of voters thought that the replacement of Tony Abbott by Malcolm Turnbull was a good thing. Even among coalition supporters, said by the Abbott clique to be on his side, the vote was 56 to 36. There was simply no margin for error. The result may not have brought instant euphoria – when respondents were asked about the next election, the figures are still lineball. But it cannot be denied that there is an overwhelming sense of relief: at long last politics can settle down to something like what we believed is normal. For the five years of the Abbott regime, both in opposition and in government, we have been subjected to unrelenting ranting, abuse and hysteria. It was all about threats and crises: we were constantly warned that we were about to become broke and destitute, that we would be murdered in our beds. Now the screaming is about to abate. This is not to everyone’s liking: the tabloids and shock jocks insist that the killing of police worker Curtis Cheng by a teenage extremist should have had Turnbull frothing at the mouth, not restraining his outrage with remarks that could be called sensible and constructive for some, but never to the zealots. But the overall tone has given the rest of us a chance to catch our breath, and perhaps even to consider thinking about our future, rather than just reacting to the latest manufactured emergency. There are many challenges ahead for Turnbull and his reformed government, but one of the most important is the

need to break away from the demands of the instant gratification of the relentless media cycle and to begin planning for the longer term. And the encouraging news is that he is apparently making a start. The first indication was the convening of what he insisted was a meeting, not a summit, with all the confected drama the headlines implied. A wideranging, but carefully selected, group of participants from various areas of the economy

There is an overwhelming sense of relief: at long last politics can settle down to something like what we believed is normal. by Mungo MacCallum and the wider polity gathered for what was essentially a peace conference: leave your weapons at the door and smoke a quick peace pipe, then we can sort a few of the apparently irreconcilable differences out. Only then will it be possible to decide what is politically feasible and what is not – a distinction Abbott refused to countenance, to his ultimate discomfiture. But there was more. Abbott had extolled the various trade agreements concluded in his tenure as successive cornucopias, bonanzas which would flow through the government coffers into the pockets of every taxpayer; you would be carting the loot off in wheelbarrows. But when Turnbull applauded the hard-working minister Andrew Robb for helping to put together the formation of the Trans Pacific Partnership, he was much more muted: the yet to be ratified deal was not a source of undreamt-of opulence, an invitation to max out the credit cards before Christ-

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were both Rhodes scholars, but in Abbott’s case he decided that the title should be spelled Roads: he would, he proclaimed at every opportunity, build the roads of the future. But in fact there was nothing futuristic about them: they were still the same old stretches of concrete and macadam to accommodate the endlessly increasing gridlock of cars, trucks and road trains of the private sector. For Turnbull, infrastructure crucially includes public transport and facilities, part not only of his better cities agenda but, it is to be hoped, a model for the country at large. It won’t be quick; it will involve planning and co-operation with both the states and industry. But it could be visionary in the way that Abbott’s short-term sloganeering could never be. And the long-term germ may even be catching, infecting the other side of politics: Bill Shorten had also foreshadowed a serious infrastructure program transcending party poli-

tics. There will be arguments: Shorten has already made up his own list of priorities, which can and will be criticised as picking winners. To be fair, these are not Abbottese captain’s picks, short bubbles, designed to shore up seats in the next election; most of them have been Labor policies for years. It has more to do with unfinished business than pork barrelling. And even in the National Party, that hardline agricultural warrior Barnaby Joyce seems to have caught the bug. His reaction to the continuing problems of the Murray-Darling basin has not been to call for more dams, more irrigation and to hell with the environment and the greenies; he has moved to revive the idea of an audit, so we can try and find what is really going on before we jump to the old kneejerk fixes. There is still a lot of calming and therapy to be achieved; good government, like Rome, will not be built in a day. The Abbott legacy, which its eponymous founder seems to determined to preserve, has been one of style as well as substance, and will not easily be dismantled. But it is undeniable that the mood has changed: already we are getting less of the announceables, the photo-ops and the silly hats which were the hallmark of the last administration. And if you need a symbol of the switch away from the age of immediacy, look at Julie Bishop’s statement of intent to pursue another United Nations security council berth for Australia – not before the next election, or before any of the four after that, but in 2029. By then, she says optimistically, Wyatt Roy will be prime minister. You can’t get more visionary and long-term than that.

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Goat tracks St Helena–Hayters Hill – I read with interest (and a distinct tinge of horror) Rose

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the residents of Possum Creek Road have survived (and thrived) for lengthy periods without through-traffic after landslips rendered their lane unsafe for general use and, if necessary, some form of ‘gated access’ could be arranged for the local landholders as there is on the back road down to Seven Mile Beach. The fundamental point that Rose misses is that the cost of establishing and maintaining such a local thoroughfare would be absolutely prohibitive (the ratepayers again), even assuming the residents of the area could tolerate the massive increase in traffic flow, noise, and fumes, to say nothing of the everpresent risk of headon collisions with boy racers,

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As landlubbers, we may not see the meanderings of some (ie the great white sharks) as an orderly travel plan. But they are on the move and, for various reasons, interested in each other and whatever else they may find. How about promoting a cluster of Facebook pages so that residents and tourists become savvy to the presence of marine wildlife? What if these separate Facebook pages linked themselves somehow, presenting an integrated glimpse of the sea? Perhaps other marine animal special interest pages could join in too? Surely now is the time for us people to try thinking like a multi-species marine ecosystem. For starters, three Facebook pages: http://bit. ly/wwhaleswild, http://bit.ly/ seensharks and http://bit.ly/ orcasDB. Mary Gardner Byron Bay

Breaking the code Just for a laugh I’ve lodged a code of conduct complaint against Crs Woods and Cubis over derogatory comments

The high cost of sewage At the Water Waste & Sewer Committee meeting last week, it was confirmed that the new hospital at Ewingsdale has been deemed to produce a sewer load of about 100 ETs. ET is sewer speak and stands for Equivalent Tenement, ie the average sewer load from one urban aussie household. NSW Health claimed a load of about 60 ET for the old Byron hospital and in 2014 requested a concession at the new site of that amount of sewage, on the basis that this sewer entitlement will be stripped from the old site. ETs cost a fortune as they consume valuable capacity at one of the Shire’s four sewage treatment plants (STP). That’s

because an STP costs a fortune to build, say $50 million for starters. I have yet to hear if staff have accepted NSW Health’s request for the ET transfer, which is not a usual procedure. Apparently the minister for health also has an option to pay nothing for access to our sewer system, so I hope we’ve taken up the transfer option and can get paid for the outstanding new 40 ET. If not, the financial shortfall will be covered by the Shire. We will watch on, however, as the sewer infrastructure from the new hospital to the Byron STP gets built to cater for more than just the hospital’s own load. In fact

the system will be sized for 1,000 ET or ten times what the hospital produces. This makes sense and is best sewer practice but means that Ewingsdale is ready to be turned into a suburb with an extra 900 urban houses. The Shire was never asked if it agrees – our planning system was bypassed. The state decided in Sydney to put the new hospital onto a block of land too small for onsite sewage and we will now deal with the consequences, as we must for the unwanted rezoning at West Byron and the unwanted seniors proposal on the remnant land around the hospital. Cr Duncan Dey Main Arm

made by them in the September issue of the Mullumbimby Star. The code purports among other things that councillors are legally bound to be nice to each other. At the commencement of every council meeting too the may-

or reads out a little homily that purports to bind members of the public to those same draconian restrictions on free speech, as though when you enter the Council Chambers you are in a parallel universe where your constitutional rights don’t apply. Anyway in said rag Cr Woods describes The Echo as a ‘propaganda paper’, having apparently failed to notice that The Star has no provision for letters to the editor or for dissenting views. If you don’t agree with Ross Tucker, you don’t get printed. Di then goes on to describe other unnamed councillors as ‘silly’, ‘ridiculous’, ‘hilarious’, ‘grandstanding’ and speaking ‘rubbish’. That doesn’t sound very respectful or professional to me. Chris Cubis, being an alpha male, goes one further

and refers to ‘idiotic’ motions put up by unnamed councillors ‘to aid time-wasting’. The comments of both councillors go beyond mere insult by attributing bad faith and malice to their political opponents, both of which are legal torts. I’m going to end on a positive note by recalling that Ross once in the mists of ancient history referred to me during council debate as an ‘oxygen thief ’, a mildly amusing if unoriginal joke. In terms of subsequent changes in public consciousness I now prefer to see his remark as a compliment. Certainly in terms of the vegetable levels of cognition displayed in every issue of The Star I would never accuse any of its contributors of consuming oxygen; on the contrary they are undoubtedly doing

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The polarisation of wealth (specifically oil money in the Middle East) goes to the wealthy who our governments support, and this leaves an army of impoverished frustrated youth as perfect cannon fodder for the fundamentalists. Developing a more equitable system of sharing the benefits (and challenges) of the modern world might reduce the problem of terrorism. Q Comment by Richard Swinton in response to the

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Shame, Obomber That’s nice. President Obomber has apologised, privately, to MSF for America’s criminal bombing of the hospital in Kunduz, the murder of 22 staff and patients and maiming of a further 30. So that’s all right, then; a few glib words, dismissal of a crime as a ‘mistake’ and it’s back to the war business.

Obomber has not even bothered to offer to kiss it better with reparations. That the Americans knowingly, deliberately bombed the hospital is beyond doubt. MSF updated its GPS coordinates to both American and Afghan forces just days earlier. The hospital was large, well known to the Americans and marked with Red Cross insignia. During the half-hour attack MSF desperately contacted the Americans pleading with them to stop. They persisted with their ‘mistake’. It takes me back to the Vietnam war. ‘It became necessary to destroy the town to

save it’ boasted an American major in February 1968, after they bombed and shelled the town of Ben Tre and all its souls almost to oblivion. At least Obomber hasn’t yet proclaimed ‘We had to destroy the hospital…’ But we can file under ‘Fantasy’ the hope that America might pay just and prompt reparations. For to this day not one cent has ever been paid to the people of Vietnam. To Mungo’s and Dudley Leggett’s remarks last week I would add these. The American ‘alliance’ is like a thick cataract over the moral vision of our political ‘leaders’ and

of most in the media. As a result, we are largely blind to the bad faith at the heart of America’s almost continuous wars since the end of WWII. And blind to America’s perpetual making of enemies to justify the making of perpetual war. We swallow their exaggeration and invention of threats, their hypocrisy-ridden motives and outright lies and ask for seconds. We are all diminished by it. We are at no military risk from any of our Asian neighbours. We have no need of this shaming ‘alliance’. Adrian Gattenhof Mullumbimby

Our means Our new, 21st century cabinet does seem to be constrained by some 20th century outlooks. This is especially true in respect of monetary policy. As Mungo observes, ‘to have his (our) treasurer parroting the same old discredited lines of the previous administration is not a good start’. The catch cry ‘we must live within our means’ clearly implies ‘our means’ to be the number of digital dollars that our banks allow us to have in circulation. But ‘the means’ at the nation’s disposal is the totality of our skills, education levels, inventiveness, our

willingness to apply these, our natural resources – including access to land – and all the infrastructure and institutions developed by previous generations and the equipment and machinery readily to hand. A 21st century view of the western monetary system is spelt out by Dr Phil Armstrong of York College, UK: ‘In a world free of political blockages in the monetary plumbing, where the state issues its own non-convertible currency under floating exchange rates, the government never faces “affordability” questions in the monetary continued on page 12

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e are back from several months overseas, including Economics of Happiness workshops, film screenings and a big conference in South Korea. The word is definitely getting out that ecological collapse, economic instability, social disintegration, even terrorism, are inextricably linked to a global economy dependent on rampant consumerism, financial speculation and ‘free trade’. It is now widely accepted that the power of giant, transnational corporations – including big banks – must be reined in. However, it is only in recent years that the support for localisation is gaining momentum. In promoting a shift from global to local, we are by no means encouraging people to only focus on the local level. Fundamental to our thinking is the need for binding international agreements requiring corporations to be place-based or ‘localised’ and subject to the regulations and tax regimes of individual nation states.

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At the same time, our ‘think-and-do tank’ work catalyses or strengthens initiatives around the world that are building more ecological, localised economies – from farmers’ markets, edible schoolyards and community gardens, to local business alliances, community finance and energy projects.

South Korea It was thrilling to see the impact of our conference in South Korea. It brought together professors, activists continued from page 11 sense. It never “has” or “doesn’t have” money. It issues money ex-nihilo and can purchase anything available within its own monetary space. In such a situation the limits of production and consumption are real – not monetary. The quantity and quality of factors of production determine what can be produced domestically. The state must ensure that the nation lives up to its means. It must use its position as a monopoly issuer of the currency to ensure full employment.’ (My italics. Ref ERA Review, Vol 7, No 5. P15) In short, the responsibility of any currency-issuing government is to ensure that the nation can flourish to the full

and local government leaders, who have now become enthusiastic supporters of localisation. The final paragraph of their wall-sized, hand-painted Declaration makes this clear: ‘Together with the City of Jeonju and the participants of the International Conference on the Economics of Happiness 2015 Jeonju we hereby declare our support for the values and direction of the economics of happiness in building a new model for local economies that looks capacity of its ‘means’ – its ‘real’ means, as listed above. Sadly, we still have serious, ‘political blockages in our monetary plumbing’ and these will continue as long as the population remains ill-informed about our monetary system. We prosecute wars ‘with all the means at our disposal’. When will we get a political system that aims to produce a flourishing, fair civil society with the same resources? Colin Cook Bangalow

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beyond competition and divisiveness, and our commitment to cooperate with the efforts of Local Futures in helping the movement for localisation spread and take root throughout the world.’ Now, an association of 57 mayors, including the mayor of Seoul, is promoting our film and plans to do a series of conferences with us next year. Our next conference, Local Lives, Global Matters, is taking place October 16–18 in Castlemaine, Victoria. We are doing it in collaboration with several organisations, including the Oases Institute in Melbourne, and David Holmgren’s institute. Speakers include Camila Moreno, Manish Jain, Susan Murphy, Raphaël Souchier, Samuel Alexander, Rob Hopkins (via video link) and me. The conference will explore four broad themes: local economies, reclaiming democracy, social and ecological justice and revitalised spirituality. For more information visit www.locallivesglobalmatters. org. of the oil fields. As Senator McCain said, Russia is bombing USA-supported forces in Syria. Today’s anti-Muslim propaganda in our media is comparable to the antiJapanese propaganda during WWII and is a typical aspect of war promotion. The killing of 12 innocent medical staff and ten children by USA forces in an Afghanistan hospital should have been the most covered media event of the week. The USA knew it was a hospital when they hit it and survivors said there were no Taliban in the hospital when it was hit. WikiLeaks has offered a $50,000 reward for inside information about what really happened. Peter Olson Goonengerry

The snakes are out and about Local wildlife rescue group WIRES notes: Snakes are more defensive and territorial during the spring so giving them a wider berth is a good idea. Many people pass close to snakes every day but because snakes are so afraid of us and prefer to stay out of our way, we never notice. Snakes know where to find the food, water and shelter in their territory and learn the daily movements of the 12 October 14, 2015 The Byron Shire Echo

resident humans. role in the environment. ReIn reality, it is only oc- locating snakes out of their casionally that snakes and territory puts them at risk of humans come into conflict – not finding water and food, generally because the snake and they may die trying to get cannot make a quick exit. back home. Never try to catch or kill a WIRES will come to the snake. Snakes are not nor- rescue if a snake is inside a mally aggressive; however, house. If possible leave the they will defend themselves snake an avenue of escape. if threatened and this is when Call our local 24-hour most snakebites occur. hotline on 6628 1898 or go Snakes are protected by to http://wiresnr.org/Helping. law and play an important html if you can help. Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au/byron-echo

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The Solar Revolution Australia the world leader in rooftop solar A ustralia leads the world in rooftop solar photovoltaic uptake on a per capita basis, new analysis by the energy industry has found. The analysis, which is contained in Renewable Energy in Australia – How do we really compare? also shows that South Australia and Tasmania have some of the highest per capita wind generation in the world, alongside leading US states like Iowa and Texas. The Energy Supply Association of Australia’s Chief Executive, Matthew Warren, said, ‘Australia has not been a laggard on renewable generation with this analysis clearly showing that we have made progress in terms of sourcing energy from wind and solar and this can be expected to continue. ‘On the solar front, while we are ranked sixth in the world for total solar per capita, which covers solar photovoltaic and solar thermal, when

it comes to solar on the roofs of our homes we are leading the way. ‘More than one in seven households now have solar PV systems mounted on their roofs, which is a 15 per cent penetration rate. ‘South Australia and Queensland are showing the way with 25 per

cent and 24 per cent of households with solar on the roof and some suburbs in Adelaide and Brisbane have more than 50 per cent of their rooftops covered in solar panels. ‘We have double the penetration rates of the next best country, Belgium, and more than three times

the level in Germany, which is considered a leader in solar generation. ‘While the US-based Solar Energy Industries Association has said that the US could have 3.3 million households with rooftop solar by 2020, we already have more than 1.4 million homes with solar on the

roof in a population that is less than one-tenth the size of America’s.’ By contrast Australia has few solar farms, or what are known as utility-scale solar, while California has more than 7300MW of largescale solar capacity installed. Spain and Italy have also developed large amounts of utility-scale solar. When looking at wind per capita, Australia is ranked eleventh in the world ahead of China and France, while on a regional assessment South Australia is ranked second and Tasmania third based. When wind and solar combined are considered Australia is ranked eighth in the world, while at a jurisdictional level South Australia is second, behind the US state of Iowa. SA currently has around 39 per cent of its total generation supplied by the wind and sun. • See the fact sheet at http://bit.ly/solarlead

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“The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all… reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility” The Greens support action on climate change NOW. NSW needs: • A target to achieve zero emissions by 2040 • A state-based renewable energy scheme • A plan to phase out coal and gas • A whole-of-government approach on the impacts of climate change The Greens are introducing NSW Climate Change legislation see www.climateactionnsw.org.au

Communities can take action and lead the way Show your support for action – Byron Climate Change Rally – 29th November Authorised by Jan Barham MLC, Greens NSW, Parliament House, Sydney 14 October 14, 2015 The Byron Shire Echo

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The Solar Revolution

Racing on sunshine: UNSW’s Sunswift turns 20

he Sunswift student racing team behind the world’s fastest solar car celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. Wilson da Silva plots the story behind five cars, three world records and more than 35,000 kilometres of phenomenal success. It began in 1995 when a fourth-year electrical engineering student was looking for an interesting final-year thesis topic. If UNSW is the acknowledged world leader in photovoltaics, Byron Kennedy mused – and since UNSW has the best engineering faculty in the country – why not build and race a solar-powered car? Thus, UNSW’s famed Sunswift team was born. In the 20 years since, the project – backed by the UNSW Faculty of Engineering – has built five race cars, snagged three world records and raced more than 35,000 km. It’s today the most famous and successful student-run team in Australia. Starting with Aurora Q1, a second-hand racing car, the fledgling team overhauled the car so it could tackle

the gruelling 3,000 km from Darwin to Adelaide in the world’s premier solar car race, the World Solar Challenge (WSC). When complete, they rechristened it Sunswift – thereby incorporating ‘UNSW’ in its name. At the race a year later, Sunswift came 9th in a field of 46, covering the distance in 56 hours 32 minutes at a pace of 53.2 km/h. Buoyed by this success, the team recruited new students, and designed and built Sunswift II from scratch. This was followed by Sunswift III and then Sunswift IVy. The current iteration is no longer a cramped, one seat, space age mobile: Sunswift eVe is now a stylish two-seat coupé. Along with the highs, there have been some lows: like the 1999 attempt to drive the 4,012 km from Perth to Sydney to set a transcontinental world record, which was marred by five days of record rain – extending the attempt to 10 days. David Snowdon, the longest-serving team member (serving a decade by the time he graduated in 2009 with a PhD in computer engineer-

ing) – remembers the ‘utter heartbreak’ of Sunswift II being destroyed on the way to the 2003 WSC when its trailer overturned; and the horror of Sunswift III being run off the road during the 2005 race. But Snowdon thinks the lowest moments have also been valuable. ‘Sunswift is a place where students can fail – and learn that failing isn’t the end of the world,’ he says. ‘In fact, being brave enough to fail regularly is an essential component to being successful.’ When Clara Mazzone joined in 2009, morale was low. With fourth-year students leaving and others focussing on finishing their PhDs, the UNSW renewable energy-engineering student

was the only full-time member. Nevertheless, she turned its fortunes around. ‘In 2008, we recruited 18 new people and spent the first year capturing knowledge from past members and setting up a long-term knowledge transfer process to ensure if critical members left, there were ways the team could continue.’ It was under Mazzone’s leadership – and with her at the wheel – that Sunswift IVy finished 1st in the Silicon Challenge Class and 4th overall at the 2009 WSC. ‘We were a fantastic team … it was the best result the team has ever achieved.’ For many, Sunswift has been a career launch pad. UNSW mechanical engineer-

ing graduate Sam Paterson recently landed a dream job at Tesla Motors entirely thanks to his Sunswift stint: in 2013, he befriended a Stanford University WSC team member who in 2014 recommended him for a job. Paterson moved to Silicon Valley in January this year to begin work in battery engineering at the high profile electric car company. Mazzone, now managing solar farm installations in the Pacific, credits Sunswift for her self confidence: ‘Since Sunswift, in every situation I’ve been thrown into where I didn’t know what to do, I say to myself: “Well, you didn’t know how to build a solar car and race it across Australia either, but you did it”. I know I can figure the problem out.’ Sunswift returns to the WSC in October 2015 with the Sunswift eVe coupé, and the team are working long hours to have the car ready to compete against the 11 other teams in their class – most of them bigger and better funded – from Japan, USA, Germany, Netherlands and the UK. In total, there are 46 teams across three classes in 2015.

In October last year, the Sunswift team set the world record for the fastest solar powered vehicle, doing an average 100 km/h over a distance of 500 km, knocking down a record that had stood for 26 years. Sixty undergraduate students, mostly from UNSW Engineering, designed and built eVe, which can reach a top speed of 132 km/h on a full battery, and run at speeds of up to 60 km/h entirely powered by the solar cells. ‘There’s an amazing legacy, which inspires and encourages us to push further and see what else we can achieve,’ says Sunswift project manager Hayden Smith, a UNSW computer engineering student. ‘We’re tackling realworld engineering challenges here, so it’s exciting to see what you can achieve with innovation, enthusiasm and a lot of hard work.’ But the high-profile team is not resting on its laurels. In fact, they have plans for another world first: to have their coupé registered as ‘road legal’ in Australia. First, though, they have a race to win.

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The Solar Revolution

Solar citizens call for govt support on solar

obby group Solar Citizens has welcomed Labor’s confirmation earlier this month that it will focus on renewables as a source of economic growth as part of a plan to modernise Australia’s electricity sector. Solar Citizens national director Claire O’Rourke said federal ministers Josh Frydenberg and Greg Hunt had indicated the new government also wanted to support more solar energy and the economic benefits and renewable jobs it could bring. Now it is time for the federal government to turn words of support into concrete action by matching the emerging baseline for renewable energy, which is at least 50 per cent by 2030, she said. ‘Renewable energy from the sun can give Australians control over their power bills, help drive innovation and generate thousands of good local jobs,’ Ms O’Rourke said. ‘Federal government support for a goal of 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030 would go a long way towards winding back Tony Abbott’s legacy of attacks on solar and wind energy.

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‘In setting a new ambitious standard for renewable energy, the Coalition would be on a vote winner with a recent Essential Poll showing that 55 per cent of people say they would be more likely to vote for a party that increased government support for renewable energy. ‘The way we use energy is changing, with families and businesses reaping the benefits of lower power bills and energy independence. ‘Australians want political leadership that will deliver cleaner, cheaper energy from solar. They have been promised a new era of support for renewables energy such as solar and now they want urgent action. ‘Opportunities, jobs and

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investment have already been lost during the two-year attack on renewables. In coming weeks, our members will meet with their local MPs across the country, asking them for

commitment and active support for solar,’ she said. Solar Citizens members are calling on their local MPs to sign a pledge supporting Stand Up For Solar’s key asks:

1. A strong solar and renewables goal. Australians want to see more solar and renewables, not less. A national goal of at least 50 per cent of our energy generated by renewables by 2030 will help millions of families go solar, create tens of thousands of jobs and ensure billions in investment for our sunny country. 2. A fair go for solar owners. Going solar should be easy but big power companies simply aren’t playing fair. We want to see an end to discriminatory fees for solar owners, a fair feed

in tariff for power fed back into the grid and a specialist solar ombudsman to protect consumers’ rights in every state and territory. 3. Helping households with soaring power bills. The only guaranteed way people can take control of spiralling power costs is by installing solar. We want to see a strong national program to support low-income households and renters switch to solar and help with the rising cost of living. • See more at www. standupforsolar.org.au

Wind and solar get cheaper, benefits get bigger Onshore wind energy is now the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world and solar power is also closing the cost gap on traditional fuel sources, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The report found that nearly 10% of the world’s energy needs came from renewables last year and, as renewables become more

affordable, the transition away from dirty energy and towards renewables is expected to accelerate. The study found that onshore wind is now fully cost-competitive with both gas and coal in the UK and Germany, while in China both solar and wind are now cheaper than gas. The report analysed 55,000 projects around the world. As renewables get cheap-

er, their role in the global energy mix is also growing. Recent research from the International Energy Agency showed that renewable energy will be the largest source of new power generation capacity worldwide over the next five years, predicting that 700 gigawatts will be installed. By 2020, the IEA says renewables could make up around 26% of global

electricity supply. The continued growth and plummeting costs of renewables shows that the steady support and investment in renewables is paying off by creating jobs, reducing climate risks and competing with a fossil fuel industry that receives billions in government handouts every year. With all that in mind, it has never made less sense to build fossil fuel power plants.

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The Solar Revolution

Australian firm pushes toward solar cell breakthrough

n Australian manufacturing innovator has taken the first steps towards commercialising a potentially cheaper and highly efficient solar cell, thanks to $449,000 support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Acting ARENA CEO Ian Kay said the funding would enable NSW company Dyesol to create a roadmap setting out the steps needed to take its perovskite solar cell technology from the lab to a commercially available product. ‘Perovskite cells have been demonstrated at laboratory scale but have never before been mass produced. Dyesol will map out the techniques and requirements for working towards scalable manufacturing of high-quality, uniform perovskite cells that achieve efficiency, durability and stability targets,’ Mr Kay said. ‘Most current generation solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the market today are made with silicon, but there is growing interest in developing third generation solar technologies such as cells constructed from perovskite.

‘Ultimately, we hope to see perovskite solar cells deliver a significant breakthrough in cost reduction…’ – ARENA CEO, Ian Kay

‘Perovskite is abundant and cheaper than silicon and there are signs it may be more adaptable than conventional silicon, providing enhanced performance in low light conditions and being better suited for integration into external building components, such as windows and facades. ‘Ultimately, we hope to see perovskite solar cells deliver a significant breakthrough in cost reduction in the manufacture of solar PV technology, in line with ARENA’s goal of reducing the cost of renewable energy

and advancing innovative technologies. ‘Dyesol is initially aiming for a delivery cost benchmark of US 10 cents per kWh, putting perovskite solar PV cells on par with current benchmarks

achieved by silicon solar PV. This would be a considerable achievement given silicon PV’s maturity as a technology, and provides further scope for reduction in the cost of energy as manufac-

leading expertise exists on both the academic and industrial scenes,’ Dr Milliken said. ‘ARENA’s funding will be invaluable in accelerating commercialisation of this transformational solar PV technology and ensuring Australia is at the forefront of this development.’

About Dyesol Dyesol is a renewable energy supplier and leader in Perovskite Solar Cell (PSC) technology. The company’s vision is to create a viable low cost source of electricity with the potential to disrupt the global energy supply chain and energy balance. Dyesol manufactures and supplies PSC materials and is dedicated to the successful commercialisation of PSC photovoltaics.

UK ‘fracking village’ gets green light to go 100% solar The UK’s clean energy sector got a boost when Repower Balcombe, the local energy cooperative born of the 2013 fracking protests, was given the go-ahead with its proposed 5MW solar park in West Sussex.

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turing volumes grow.’ Perovskite was named by Science magazine as one of the renewable energy breakthroughs of 2013. In recent years, there have been significant advancements in the technology, with Dyesol working globally with companies and researchers to develop an international leadership position in the field. Dyesol Chief Technical Officer Dr Damion Milliken said ARENA’s support would help the company develop international market leadership by bedding down critical manufacturing input materials and techniques necessary for commercialisation of a perovskite solar cell product. ‘This project is about capacity building in the Australian perovskite solar cell space, where world-

it would surpass the co-op’s aim of powering every home in Balcombe with renewables, and supply the nearby village of West Hoathly with its surplus clean energy. The developers are rushing to install the solar farm

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The Solar Revolution

The economics of battery energy storage

A little solar history

By Garrett Fitzgerald & Jesse Morris of the Rocky Mountain Institute

Would you build a hotel and only sell 1–50 percent of the rooms? Neither would we. So why do it with batteries? In our new report, The Economics of Battery Energy Storage, we asked some important fundamental questions: What services can batteries provide to the grid? Where on the grid can batteries deliver each service? How much value can batteries generate when they are highly utilised and services are stacked? What regulatory barriers currently prevent single energy storage systems or aggregated fleets of systems from providing multiple, stacked services to the grid?

n many ways, 2015 has been ‘The year of the battery’. Consider the excitement around Tesla’s Powerwall, or battery energy storage’s 600 percent Q2 growth over Q1, or one of the world’s largest utilities recently proclaiming that batteries will obviate the need for any new gas peaker plants in the US post-2020. But the most important and exciting news around batteries still lies ahead. To date, the attention has been on cost — how cheap batteries have become, and how fast they’ve done so. Now, a new RMI report shifts the focus critically to the other part of the battery equation: value. The report found that batteries can re-

duce grid costs and customer bills, increase the resilience of the grid, and support a largely renewable electricity system. All that value is available, if we make some critical adjustments. So far, batteries deployed to reduce demand charges or defer traditional utility investments aren’t typically used to deliver multiple services. This means batteries might only be used for 1–50 percent of their useful life. And yet, a battery could be used to deliver other services for the other 50–99 percent of its useful life and get paid to do so.

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By Glenn Myers for solarlove.org olar Ignitors: Historian John Perlin provides this information gem: During the sixth century BCE, Confucius wrote about the common use of curved mirrors shaped from shiny metal to concentrate the rays of the sun for making fire. These became known as yang-suis – translating to solar ignitors or burning mirrors. According to the great philosopher, upon waking up, the eldest son would attach a solar ignitor to his belt as he dressed for the day. It was his duty to focus the solar rays onto kindling to start the family’s cooking fire. Photovoltaics’ Discovery: Willoughby Smith’s 1872 experiments that proved the photosensitivity of selenium stirred keen interest in two British scientists, William Grylls Adams and Richard Evans Day, to discover something previously unknown to science – that a current could be started by the action of ‘light alone’ in a solid-state material. The two scientists called the flow of electricity caused by light, ‘photoelectric.’ Today,

we say, ‘photovoltaic.’ So began in 1875 the first stirrings of today’s solar revolution. Effort To Commercialise PV: Charles Fritts, an American inventor, built the first solar panels in 1881. They produced a current, Fritts reported, ‘that is continuous, constant and of considerable force not only by exposure to sunlight but also to dim, diffused daylight.’

Solar Technology Photovoltaics: Historian John Perlin said this about the public reaction to Einstein’s photoelectric discovery: ‘Even after proving the validity of Einstein’s light quanta equation in explaining the photoelectric effect, Milliken dismissed the physicality of the photon as “untenable.” In 1923, 18 years after Einstein published his light quanta piece, American physicist Arthur Hailey Compton created a collision between a stationary electron and a short wave of light. Just as in billiards, when the cue ball strikes its target, the light wave transferred some of its energy and momentum to the electron… After the Compton Experiment, the

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Rare opportunity for rural vacant land Lot 10 Tamarind Drive (north end), Tintenbar. Amazing elevated rural views over to the north and room for a horse Frontage to Emigrant Creek with access to some of the most unimaginable waterholes Building opportunities this close to the beach and cafes are rare indeed Private/quiet easy-maintenance land Less than 10 mins to Lennox Head and less than 20 mins to Byron Bay

Tallowood Ridge, Mullumbimby Byron Shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular community with heart. Be a part of it from $298,000 for a home site boundedd by both creek and nature reserve with killer views. Chincogan Real Estate 6684 3300 tallowoodridge.com

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Mixture of pastureland and bushland with a large outdoor amphitheatre Only an inspection will do this property true justice. Contact us today Auction 5.30pm October 28 In Our Rooms. Web ID: 1P0979. View by appointment. Contact Mark Kinneally 0429 868 001 Lois Buckett 0428 877 399.

Live like you are on holidays 1/9 Seaview Place, Ballina. Immaculately maintained, split level townhouse Fabulous elevated views to Shaws Bay & East Ballina Modern bathroom with double corner spa bath Bi-fold doors open to expansive & partly covered patio Main bed has private balcony & ensuite, looks over lower level

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Easy beachside living-timber & tiled floors, feature windows Walk to Shelley Beach, Belle General CafĂŠ & surf club Auction 5.30pm October 28 In Our Rooms. Contact Lois 0428 877 399, Mark 0429 868 001.

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All aboard to this vibrant community 454 Crabbes Creek Rd, Crabbes Creek. 35 acres approx. (10 acres cleared) Tropical gardens with handcrafted rock walls Secluded self-contained railway carriage for guests Abundant water with spring and bore

School bus service, General Store Ready for the next family to enjoy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MUST SEE Price $845,000. Contact mullumbimby Sally Packshaw Inc 0474 153 535.

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Committed owner ready to sell!

17/64 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay. This beautifully appointed 3-bedroom apartment is located in the acclaimed Byron Links Resort. The golf course is quite literally at the front door with the open plan design facing directly north to capture the summer breezes. It offers ample sized living areas, high ceilings, designer kitchen, double lockup garage, generous north facing courtyard and a very high standard of finishes

throughout. There is access to the tennis court and oasis style pool. Whether you are a savvy investor or someone truly looking for resort style living the owners are keen to sell! Price $659,000. Contact Sam Tancred 0410 746 956.

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17 Brookview Court, Ewingsdale 5

Interest Over $1,450,000

13 Oakland Court, Byron Bay 4

Interest Over $899,000

â&#x20AC;˘ Private and immaculate 1 acre (4083m2) in an elevated cul-de-sac â&#x20AC;˘ Stunning â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;builders ownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home renovated to the highest standard â&#x20AC;˘ Vast proportions will suit large families or 2 families in harmony â&#x20AC;˘ Huge covered outdoor entertaining room, north-facing rear yard â&#x20AC;˘ Outstanding shedding, lush grounds and tropical landscaping Open: By Appointment Enquiries: Sharon McInnes 0408 659 649 Open: Saturday, 17 October 11.00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11.30am Sunday, 18 October 11.00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11.30am Enquiries: Su Reynolds 0428 888 660, James Young 0419 856 840

â&#x20AC;˘ Large family home in town â&#x20AC;˘ Multiple living rooms, media room upstairs or 5th bedroom â&#x20AC;˘ Perfect north aspect â&#x20AC;˘ Large 855m2 in quiet cul-de-sac â&#x20AC;˘ :DON RU ELNH ULGH WR WRZQ VFKRROV DQG EHDFKHV Open: By Appointment Enquiries: Sharon McInnes 0408 659 649 Open: Saturday, 17 October 1.00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1.30pm Enquiries: Su Reynolds 0428 888 660

7 Tweed Street, Brunswick Heads

404/3 Grandview Street, Ballina

Contact agent for price â&#x20AC;˘ Outstanding redevelopment site â&#x20AC;&#x201C; B4 mixed use zoning â&#x20AC;˘ +LJK SURĂ&#x20AC; OH DUHD LQ %UXQVZLFN +HDGV â&#x20AC;˘ 1011m2 site, 3 street frontages â&#x20AC;˘ 2IĂ&#x20AC; FH JDUDJHV FDUSRUWV ZLWK DPSOH SDUNLQJ â&#x20AC;˘ Rare and unique, the options are endless! Open: By Appointment Enquiries: Sharon McInnes 0408 659 649 Open: By Appointment Enquiries: Sharon McInnes 0408 659 649

Auction Pending

â&#x20AC;˘ Stylish 2 bedroom â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Grandviewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; apartment â&#x20AC;˘ Spectacular north easterly views over Shelley Beach â&#x20AC;˘ Deluxe accommodation, modern open plan living â&#x20AC;˘ Great options â&#x20AC;&#x201C; move in, permanently rent or holiday let â&#x20AC;˘ Stroll to cafes, beaches, Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bay and Richmond River Open: By Appointment Enquiries: Sharon McInnes 0408 659 649 Open: By Appointment Enquiries: Sharon McInnes 0408 659 649

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3 Ocean Shores 5 Napelle Court, Ocean Shores

2.5

AUCTION â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OWNER READY TO MOVE â&#x20AC;˘ Northeast facing elevated home on 835m2 block â&#x20AC;˘ Architecturally designed, spacious home with 3 sitting areas â&#x20AC;˘ Impressive ocean views â&#x20AC;˘ Self-contained guest accommodation â&#x20AC;˘ Quality throughout, large verandahs â&#x20AC;˘ 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, large storage and workshop

South Golden Beach 2 Beach Avenue AUCTION â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BEACHSIDE VACANT LAND

Auction 11.30am 31 October at RSL Brunswick Heads Auxiliary Hall View Thursday & Saturday 11.00amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;11.30am

Auction 11.30am 31 October at RSL Brunswick Heads Auxiliary Hall

â&#x20AC;˘ 626m2 block â&#x20AC;˘ Corner location â&#x20AC;˘ Stones throw to the beach

Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

Contact David Holden 0435 789 677

LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 02 6685 0177

Ocean Shores 10 Orana Road

North Ocean Shores 22 KOLORA WAY

Ocean Shores 1 Binya Place

Brunswick Heads 3/3 Newberry Parade

HOUSE AND INCOME?

RESERVE BACKYARD, OPPOSITE CANAL!

EASY RELAXED LIVING!

EASY LIFESTYLE, EASY LIVING!

â&#x20AC;˘ 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4th downstairs with ensuite (ideal as granny flat) â&#x20AC;˘ Big kitchen with brekky bench â&#x20AC;˘ Formal lounge/media. Huge light-filled open plan living with balcony â&#x20AC;˘ 2-car garage. Short drive to beach, local shops and Country Club Everyone in the shire seems to be looking for a house with the potential for an income! Look no GVSUIFS DBMM NF ÂŞ Owner is committed to selling and priced to go $605,000. View Thursday 12.00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12.30pm Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

â&#x20AC;˘ 3 bedrooms, ensuite â&#x20AC;˘ Single lockup garage, solar power â&#x20AC;˘ Ramps and grab rails for the elderly or disabled â&#x20AC;˘ Flat level block â&#x20AC;˘ Great garden and big patio Wildlife on the doorstep Price $495,000 View Saturday 11.00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11.30am Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

Put the snags on the barbecue, grab a cold drink, sit back and watch the kids play in the yard or the pool. â&#x20AC;˘ 3 bedrooms + study â&#x20AC;˘ Huge covered entertaining area â&#x20AC;˘ Inground salt water pool, fenced yard â&#x20AC;˘ Open entertaining kitchen â&#x20AC;˘ 803m2 corner block and a blank canvas So if you have a young family or are looking to start one, or perhaps want the grandkids to come over, then give me a call on 0411 801 795. Price $500,000 View Saturday 1.00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1.30pm Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

Stylish renovated unit. Private and walking distance to all Brunswick has to offer. â&#x20AC;˘ 2 bedrooms â&#x20AC;˘ CaeserStone benches â&#x20AC;˘ Huge covered deck, fire pit â&#x20AC;˘ Private fenced yard, single lockup garage â&#x20AC;˘ Quality fittings Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all lifestyle here; grab a towel, surfboard or fishing rod, kick back and relax. Call me, Peter Browning, on 0411 801 795 to change your life. Price $445,000 View Saturday 10.00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10.30am Contact Peter Browning 0411 801 795

LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 02 6685 0177

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Property Business Directory AGENTS

CONVEYANCING

Tara Torkkola

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Years of experience and a network that delivers more for your property Providing the personal touch in property sales for the Byron Shire community. Ever considered selling? Call Tara to connect in person today.

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Paul Prior Professional and results-driven with extensive marketing knowledge. Servicing the whole of the Byron Shire. Call Paul for an appointment today.

• The name you know and the people you trust. • 35 years’ local knowledge. • Conveyancing specialists – cottage, commercial, subdivisions, strata.

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02 6639 1000 ~ 0402 181 804 ~ info@stuartgarrettlawyers.com.au 3/130 Jonson Street, Byron Bay (next to Services Club). 2/47 Tweed Coast Road, Cabarita Beach. 02 6676 0247.

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OPEN FOR INSPECTION ELDERS BANGALOW

• 708 Dunoon Road, Tullera. Sat 11.30am-12.30pm

FIRST NATIONAL BYRON BAY

• 155-159 Broken Head Road, Suffolk Park. Wed 12-12.30pm & Sat 2-2.30pm • 1468 Eltham Road, Teven. Wed 1-1.30pm & Sat 3-3.30pm • 5/64-70 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay. Thu & Sat 11-11.30am • 20/64-70 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay. Thu 11-11.30am • 15/7 Cavvanbah Street, Byron Bay. Thu 12-12.30pm • 169 Cedar Road, Wilson’s Creek. Thu 1-1.30pm & Sat 11-11.30am • Lots 1 and 18 Wilfred Street, Billinudgel. Thu 2-2.30pm • 2/6 Electra Close, Byron Bay. Sat 10-10.30am • 142 Parkway Drive, Ewingsdale. Sat 10-10.30am • 17 Brookview Court, Ewingsdale. Sat & Sun 11-11.30am • 1/29 Julian Rocks Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.30am • 19 Benloro Lane, Myocum. Sat 12-12.30pm • 38 Kingsley Street, Byron Bay. Sat 12-12.30pm • 13 Oakland Court, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.30pm • 271 Goremans Road, Eureka. Sat 1-1.30pm • 25 Gordon Street, Byron Bay. Sat 2-2.30pm • Lot 2, 2364 Dunoon Road, Rosebank. Sat 2-2.30pm • 505 Ridgewood Road, Rosebank. Sat 2-2.30pm

LJ HOOKER BRUNSWICK HEADS

• 10 Orana Road, Ocean Shores. Thu 12-12.30pm • 3/3 Newberry Parade, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10-10.30am • 22 Kolora Way, North Ocean Shores. Sat 11-11.30am • 5 Napelle Court, Ocean Shores. Thu & Sat 11-11.30am • 61 Johnson Road, Huonbrook. Sat 11am-12pm • 9 Kanandah Court, Ocean Shores. Thu & Sat 12-12.30pm • 2 Glendale Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 12-12.30pm • 1 Binya Place, Ocean Shores. Sat 1-1.30pm • 54 Narooma Drive, Ocean Shores. Thu & Sat 1-1.30pm

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LOIS BUCKETT LENNOX HEAD

• • • •

3/22 Norton Street, Ballina. 10-10.30am 1/9 Seaview Street, Ballina. 11-11.30am 56 Unara Parkway, Cumbalum. 12-12.30pm 11 Sandstone Crescent, Lennox Head. 1-1.30pm

PROFESSIONALS BYRON BAY

25 years local experience

• 68 Fredricks Lane, Tintenbar. Sat 10-11am

SCOTT HARVEY REAL ESTATE

• Lot 11, Coopers Shoot Road, Bangalow. Wed 11-11.45am • 281 Fernleigh Road, Fernleigh. Wed 12.30-1.15pm & Sat 9.45-10.30am • 7/64 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay. Sat 2-2.45pm

AUCTIONS

LOIS BUCKETT LENNOX HEAD

Auctions 5.50pm Wednesday 28 October in our rooms • Lot 10 Tamarind Drive, Tintenbar • 1/9 Seaview Street, Ballina

NEW LISTINGS

ELDERS BANGALOW

• 12 Jarvis Street, Clunes – Vacant Land. $235,000 • 23 Gunel Road, Possum Creek. Over $2,100,000

FIRST NATIONAL BYRON BAY

• 13 Oakland Court, Byron Bay. Interest Over $899,000 • 1A Coachwood Court, Federal. Over $289,000 • 2/6 Electra Close, Byron Bay. Interest Over $629,000

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LOIS BUCKETT REAL ESTATE

• • • • •

Lot 10 Tamarind Drive, Tintenbar 56 Unara Parkway, Cumbalum 73 North Creek Road, Lennox Head 3 Greenview Place, Skennars Head 1/9 Seaview Place, Ballina

PROFESSIONALS BYRON BAY

• 10-12 Giaour St, Byron Bay

PROFESSIONALS MULLUMBIMBY

• • • •

59 Dry Creek Rd, Upper Main Arm. $495,000 157 Frasers Rd, Mullumbimby Creek. $629,000 454 Crabbes Creek Rd, Crabbes Creek. $845,000 6 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby. $989,000

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ERGONOMIC ofﬁce chairs

and sit/stand work stations

GOOD THINGS FOR BAD BACKS

PURE COMFORT

ON SALE THIS WEEK 7 Grevillea Street, Arts and Industry Estate Ph: 6680 7700

EXCELLENT VALUE FURNITURE, DECOR, ART AND MUCH MORE

The Lounge Room 1/2 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industry Estate Tel: 02 6685 6317 Open 6 days

Byron Health ‘Neck & Shoulders’ Lunch Break Massage By Appointment

Herbal Medicine Gut Health Remedial Massage

Belle McPhee 0405 337 433

ical Anatomy

and Physiology of Yoga

Pract

2 DAY WORK SHOP 2015 with Simon Borg-Olivier Friday 16th Oct Neuromuscular System Yoga Saturday 17th Oct Spinal Systematic Yoga $110 One Day Pass $195 Two Day Pass

10am to 5pm Vita Yoga Heart Space

Unit 3 46 Acacia Street, Byron Bay

info@vitayoga.com.au or call 0426 899 490

Arts & Industry

Good things for bad backs that describes Pure Comfort’s ergonomic office chairs, sit/stand workstations, plus the Perfect Chair recliner. The Perfect Chair is a zero-gravity chair, based on space research. It is the only ergonomically correct lounge chair on the market in Australia. They relieve back pain so well that many people use them as workstations. Pure Comfort’s chairs will greatly increase workplace productivity. Tempur mattresses and pillows and electric adjustable beds complete the back-care range. 11/7 Grevillea St, Byron Bay, 6680 7700

PRACTICAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF YOGA

WITH SIMON BORG-OLIVIER

What to expect: We would like to show you how to actually use your body for the safe and effective practice of yoga and exercise, in order to maintain and develop mind and body for health, fitness, happiness and longevity. We strongly recommend you attend both workshops to get maximum benefit. $110 one-day pass. $195 two-day pass. The Heart Space Unit 3/46 Acacia St, Arts & Industry Estate. 0426 899 490

LEISURESCAPES GARDEN DESIGN CENTRE We don’t just stock landscaping supplies, we are a complete landscaping centre for all your outdoor living needs. Pavers are priced for all budgets and styles. Our huge range includes all the major brands, so you can compare different styles and colours and visit just one place. Tiles studio showcasing natural stone and porcelain tiles for all your indoor and outdoor living areas. Showroom – The showroom has beautiful daybeds, dining tables, cushions, paintings, mirrors, giftware and beach clothing. Nursery – Wander through our inspiring nursery and display gardens. We have a diverse range of native and exotic plants, grasses, shrubs, trees, succulents, indoor plants, flowers, climbers, shade lovers and fruit trees. We also have a large selection of pots, statues and water features. Lot 2 Grevillea St, Byron A&I Estate. 6685 6990

SL pavers

tiles

KITCHENS DESIGNS CABINETS

showroom

nursery

2 GREVILLEA ST, ARTS & INDUSTRY ESTATE, BYRON BAY

OPEN 7 DAYS PH: 6685 6990

CUSTOM FURNITURE – SHAUN LEMURA 0499 771 769

www.leisurescapes.com.au facebook.com/leisurescapes @leisurescapesbyronbay

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RED TENT YOGA

Bliss Out on Mondays from 12–4pm at Community Acupuncture for just $25. Community Massage is open every Wednesday and Friday from 1–5pm for $35/45 mins. The Byron Pregnancy Support Group on every Tuesday 10am to 1pm. We offer Prenatal Yoga: Monday 5.30pm, Thursday 9.30am and Saturday 8am. Mums Yoga Course now Wednesdays 11am and new Mama Workshops starts Monday 26th Oct. www.redtentyoga.com.au or call 0413 294 866

THE LOUNGE ROOM - BEST VALUE FOR FURNITURE Offering great value for money, The Lounge Room is Byron Bay’s number one furniture retailer. They offer an eclectic mix of recycled, modern and retro furniture, art and decor. Unique and stylish pieces to provide lasting character to your home at bargain prices. Shopping here offers a truly Byron experience with friendly service and free local delivery. 1/2 Tasman Way. 6685 6317

SL BYRON BAY KITCHENS DESIGNS CABINETS With over 17 years experience in the field, head designer Shaun Lemura can help you create and instal your dream kitchen, design a custom piece of furniture or repair tired damaged cabinetry. As a small local business SL Byron Bay offers a personalised service with a free measure and quote and competitive prices. No job is too big or too small. Whether you are building a home for the first time, renovating or upgrading your holiday rental we are here to help. Get ready for your summer holiday guests by booking your job in early to receive a discount. Make an appointment to visit our showroom workshop at 5 Wollongbar Street, A&I Estate or simply drop us an email shaunlemura@gmail.com.

LUNCH TIME ‘NECK AND SHOULDERS’ Upper Crossed Syndrome, is an official fancy name for ‘Wow, my neck & shoulders feel really sore!’ It refers to chronic postural stress to the upper body which is now in plague proportions due to smart phone usage. Try a 30-minute lunch time ‘Neck and Shoulders’ with Belle McPhee, practising in the A&I Estate doing Herbal Medicine, GAPS™ consultations, and Remedial Massage. Belle McPhee. Byron Health by appointment. Unit 9/1a Banksia Drive, Byron Bay. 0405 337 433

GET SOMETHING BIGGER IN YOUR BEDROOM Size does matter, especially in the bedroom, and that’s why Beds R Us Byron Bay are offering a King, Queen or Double Sleepmaker or Sleepyhead mattress for the tiny price of a single. Limited time only. 16 Brigantine St, Byron Arts & Industry Estate - 6685 5212

COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE MONDAY 12 - 4PM

BYRON PREGNANCY SUPPORT GROUP TUESDAY 10AM - 1PM

COMMUNITY MASSAGE WED & FRI 1 - 5PM

PRENATAL YOGA CLASSES Monday 5.30pm Thursday 9.30am Saturday 8am

MUMS & BUBS YOGA COURSE

Wed 11am – starts Oct 7

MAMA WORKSHOPS Wed 11am – starts Oct 26

redtentyoga.com.au 0413 294 866

info@redtentyoga.com.au

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Estate

DOES MATTER

Any QUEEN or KING

Sleepmaker or Sleepyhead Mattress

BUY LOCAL – SPEND IT HERE AND KEEP IT HERE Usually referred to as the creative hub of Byron Bay, the Arts & Industry Estate has evolved into a major retail shopping area in recent years. There is so much on offer here and if you can’t find it, chances are you didn’t need it! Each month we’re going to highlight some of the fantastic companies based there to encourage everyone to buy local.

PRICE OF A SINGLE! 16 Brigantine Street, Byron Bay NSW 2481 (02) 6685 5212 • www.bedsrus.com.au

From furniture to fashion to food and beyond – interesting, useful, unique products and services are right on your doorstep and in many cases, you’re buying directly from the source. Think you know the Arts & Industry Estate? Come and rediscover it and support local business at the same time.

LEARN TO APPLY NATURAL CLAY & LIME PLASTERS 2-day Workshop. Learn the preparation, application and finishing techniques for ROCKCOTE Natural Materials. This hands-on workshop includes: • Detailed information on each product and its application • Using natural materials in modern and traditional construction • Application of polished lime plasters, polished clay and earthen finishes Friday 16 October and Saturday 17 October, 8am–4pm both days at Green Building Centre, 1 Brigantine St, Byron A&I Estate. Presented by: Tony Thorogood, ROCKCOTE. Cost: $360 incl. GST. Bookings phone 6680 5729

GET YOUR CREATIVE ON AT CREATIVE BASE Creative Base is a new initiative by textile artist Carla Dawes. Located in the Byron Bay Arts and Industry Estate, it is a contemporary, light and airy workshop and studio space dedicated to creative community. It brings arts and crafts people together to share their curiosity, passion and skill. Together with Susie Duggin, also an avid creator in textiles and jewellery, we are offering workshops ranging from the Japanese art of Kokedama, weaving, print-making, embroidery, botanical dyeing to photography and lots inbetween. We also invite artists to get in touch with us about teaching their own creative workshops. For more information, contact Carla on 0438 470230, or visit the website www.creativebase.com.au, or follow us on @creativebasebyronbay

JING ORGANICS SPECIALISED HEALTH STORE is a new premium organic healthfood store stocking only the most high quality products available worldwide for vibrant health, longevity and restoration of core energy. Come in to find specialist longevity herbal tonics, supplements, superfoods, bulk foods, organic and local produce and meats, eco and lifestyle gifts, probiotic goods. Tucked away in the trees in the Arts & Industrial Estate (next to Peace, Love & Vegetables), this hidden gem caters for the whole family with an amazing treehouse and onsite IS THE NEW parking. 6 Ti-Tree Place, Byron A&I Estate

LUSCIOUS FOODS is a contemporary Middle Eastern inspired wholefoods café & Byron Bay catering company for all functions. We just released a new exciting breakfast & lunch menu presenting wood-fired omelettes, Middle Eastern freshly made pockets, skewers, platters, gourmet salads and much more. Our food is spiced with traditional and authentic flavours composed with a contemporary touch. If wood-fired pizza is your thing, then you must come and try the best pizza in town. You will also find a variety of rustic pides and home-made desserts. We have GF & vegan options available. Come enjoy our hearty mouthwatering food & warm and friendly service. Open for breakfast and lunch Mon-Friday, 7am–3pm. Summer Friday nights are coming real soon. 1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Bay Arts & Industrial Estate. 6680 8228

FROM THE CREATORS OF PEACE LOVE & VEGETABLES

6 Ti-Tree Place Arts & Industry Estate, Byron Bay Instagram: @jingorganics Facebook: JingOrganics

jingorganics@gmail.com 6698 6151

STRENGTH EVOLUTION Winter Olympic Coach & NRL Premiership Conditioning Coach team up! Strength Evolution & CrossFit Byron Bay has recently partnered with Coach Keegan Smith, former Strength & Conditioning Coach of the NRL Sydney Roosters! The new facility opening late October is the first Master Affiliate of Real Movement Project, Coach Keegan’s global online coaching community. Double the current space, with a Kids Creche, Therapy Room, Coffee & Smoothie Bar and the best equipment money can buy. Leading experts and elite athletes from around the world will feature regularly as guest coaches and speakers, hosting seminars, workshops and sports camps. ‘The collaboration will set a new standard in performance coaching, extending the reach of our coaching philosophies and ultimately the positive impact that we can have in the world.’ Coach Nick Draxl 0413 880 539 - strengthrevolution.com.au

Contemporary Middle Eastern inspired wholefoods café and Byron Bay catering company for all functions.

Open for breakfast and lunch Mon–Friday, 7am–3pm Summer Friday nights are coming real soon. 1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Bay Arts & Industry Estate Phone 6680 8228

Local Black

Workshops Kokedama Tuesday 20th October with Suze McLeod Intro to Screen Printing Sunday 25th October with Carla Dawes Natural & Botanical Dye Saturday 31st October Ellie Beck Power of the Pixel Photography Tuesday 10th November with Suze McLeod Weaving Thursday 12th November with Ellie Beck Creative base studio, Byron Bay NSW www.creativebase.com.au email info@creativebase.com.au creativebasebyronbay

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Carry your own wind turbine The new Trinity portable wind turbines range in size from the 50 W model, which could be an appropriate personal gadget charger (DC/USB charging only), which can be had for a pledge of $369, to the larger 400 W ($999), 1000 W ($2799), and 2500 W ($5599) models. The units are said to begin producing electricity in wind speeds as low as 2 m/s (4 mph), and the blades can be deployed in a vertical orientation for high wind speed applications. Both the 1000 W and 2500 W models have an onboard grid tie inverter, so the device can be plugged directly into an outlet to supply AC electricity for powering standard household appliances without requiring any additional wiring or electrical wizardry (consult an expert ﬁrst). – from Treehugger.com. Photo (c) Janulus

Freedom in Relationship Retreat with Gangaji and Eli As life-forms we are all in relationship with other forms. Any attachment to chasing, manifesting, avoiding, seducing or hiding takes us into suffering. Realising yourself as formless emptiness is the gateway to freedom. Each one of us has our own traps and our own keys. Together we will discover how this is relevant to your particular life. Freedom in Relationship Retreat with Gangaji and Eli. For more information: www.leela. org or call Marian on 0409 877 668

Uber cool homewares with soul The concept of the Cactus Hill Project started as a dream to live and work in a creative community where life is lived at a quieter, more conscious pace. We discovered that place and community

in Mullumbimby, and the Cactus Hill Project was founded. We bring to The Project a background in fashion and design, which we use to source products, which tell individual stories in colour, texture and skilled craftsmanship. Our aim is to support the artisans and creative businesses local to the area as well as international communities where traditional crafts are used to create income and independence for the women within the community. Our curated collaborations have the conscientious consumer and lovers of design and function in mind. We aspire to create a unique store environment ﬁlled with our collection of designer furniture, one-of-a-kind objects, hand-crafted accessories, eclectic gifts and treasured artworks; all of which give back to our community. Phone 6684 6110. 82 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby.

Simply Hair & Beauty Cecily and Alyce from Simply Sheer Hair & Beauty welcome Paula Daniels to their Salon. With 2nd and 3rd generation, all three girls are

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born and bred. You can’t get more local than that. The Salon now offers all aspects of hair and beauty services and treatments. With Paula’s 23 years of experience Simply Sheer Hair & Beauty now offer waxing for both men and women including brazilians, tinting, Acrylic, gel and Shellac nails, facials, body treatments, eyelash extensions & spray tans. Call in to say hi to the new team at Simply Hair & Beauty. 43 Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby. Phone 6684 1441.

Great Deal from Subway Alex Phillips is the new owner of Subway in Lawson Street. Although only new to the area he is very familiar with Byron. He bought the Subway business from his sisterin-law in August when he and his partner could no longer resist the lure of the Byron lifestyle and the grit of Sydney, now they had a young child, had become far less appealing. The good news for our readers is that as the new owner, Alex has a great offer for you. If you buy a foot-long Sub and a cup drink, you can receive a second foot-long sub of equal or less value for free! So head on in to to Subway in Lawson Street and grab your foot-long sub deal today. Open from 6.30am Mon-Sat and from 8am Sunday. Shop 4, 19-23 Lawson Street, Byron Bay.

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Choirs for kids who love singing Does your child sing around the house and love using their voice? Chances are they have musical ability that could be nurtured and developed. We offer specialist training for musical kids who really love to sing. Mullum Girls Choir (junior and senior) and Boys Aloud Treble Choir rehearse on Monday afternoons at the Scout Hall. Ten-week term starts Monday 12 Oct. Janet – 0438 965 397. Register at www. songdynastymusic.com.

Hope Blossoms The standard superannuation fund invests in areas like fossil fuels, gambling and weapons. Responsible investments have historically outperformed mainstream investments due to their long-term and innovative approach. We assist individuals and organisations invest in line with their values. This involves divesting from fossil fuels and other unethical investments, then reinvesting into ﬁnancially robust investments that are also socially and environmentally conscious. Hope Evans 0421 778 683 hope@simplyethical.com.au. www.simplyethicaladvice.com.au

Highway Haven Nursery Highway Haven Nursery offers a broad range of sun-hardened natives specialising in local species of shrubs, trees, hedging-screening, ornamentals, bromeliads, ferns and palms. Also in stock is a selection of bush foods such as grafted avocados and citrus, berries, herbs and much more. All grown in certiﬁed organic mixes supplied by our neighbours Go-Grow of Ballina. Drop in for a chat, see us on our website hwyhaven.com.au or simply call Sean or Lisa 0447 497 837. OPEN Sat and Sun 9am–3pm. 17 Paperbark Cl, West Ballina, 2478. 1km down Teven Rd, Bruxner Hwy end.

OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 9–3pm 17 Paperbark Cl, WEST BALLINA Phone: 0447 497 837 hwyhaven.com.au We help people clean up their superannuation and investments.

Jamie Catto Creator/producer/director of the multiaward winning 1 Giant Leap ﬁlms and founding member of Faithless is now leading unique and transformative workshops. During Insanely Gifted he will share fun techniques and exercises gathered from 20 years of creative work. This weekend is for people who feel creatively or professionally stuck, or whose great ideas never seem to see the light of day, or for those who just want to take their work to the next level. If we’re to break out of our old patterns we need to do something different. Here is an opportunity to dissolve whatever is in your way; a chance to reclaim and unleash hidden parts of yourself to release untapped resources of your innate, playful genius. Join Jamie at the Insanely Gifted weekend in Mullumbimby on October 31 and November 1.

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Teslas launches Supercharger station As part of its Australian launch for the $100,000plus Model S sedan, Tesla Motors committed to building a dozen different Supercharger stations by the end of 2015. The ﬁrst station outside metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne is now open, in Goulburn near Canberra. It’s now possible to drive Tesla’s electric cars between Sydney and Melbourne, for free, without having to stop overnight to charge. The eight-bay Supercharger station is open in the Goulburn Visitor Information Centre, around seven minutes’ drive south off the Hume Highway linking Sydney and Canberra. The Visitor Information Centre is located just off the main strip of Goulburn, and it’s a seven minute drive to get back onto the Hume Highway either to travel north to Sydney or south towards Canberra.

A Tesla Supercharger can deliver 270km of optimal distance driving range to a Tesla Model S in 30 minutes; a longer charge will increase the range available up to the car’s 502km rated maximum if the full battery charging option is selected, otherwise the car will stop charging at around 90 per cent charge to maintain the best possible battery health and longevity. Tesla has installed 501 Supercharger stations around the world since the Model S 2012 launch, with almost 2300 individual Supercharger bays available to customers. From gizmodo.com

or kids f s r ieir o h C who lov to sing! Mullum Girls Choir junior (5 to 10 yrs) and senior (11 to 16yrs) 4 to 5pm Boys Aloud Treble Voices 5.15 to 6.15pm Mondays starting October 12 2015 Mullum Scout Hall – $100 per term REGISTER at www.songdynastymusic.com ENQUIRIES janet@songdynastymusic.com 0438 965 397

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YAMBA – a quick trip from Byron Need a break from paradise, or a caravan park while you holiday-let your beach shack? Yamba is an easy two hour drive south of Byron, with top quality restaurants, surf, beaches, fishing, markets, lots of kid-friendly activities and a wide range of tourist accommodation within 10 mins walk of the centre of town. Here are some suggestions for your next trip. Osteria Martini Have a glass of wine for is excellent. There’s a garden minute trip to Barbaresco in lunch tucked away in the out the back, and funky tables Angourie for the best food, was booked out the Beachwood Café, a little cafe out the front. They serve great and best wine list, in the re- night we tried. The with a casual vibe serving de- coffee and a range of good gion. The restaurant opens staff are very wellicious mainly Turkish food. food; you could eat here eve- out to the night, the service coming, the place has Owner Sevtap Yuce trained ry day of your stay. If Leche is friendly, and the bar serves a good Italian vibe, with Bill Granger, is the au- is full, it’s worth trying next cocktails. There’s excellent has indoor/outdoor thor of two Turkish cook- door at Irons and Craig with Italian food, and top wine, dining and is always books and also serves great its pleasant outdoor tables, and the children will love busy, although our takeaways (not alcoffee. There are fun flower but it shuts early in the after- their pizzas. arrangements on the tables noon so get in quickly if you Another good option ways a true measand often the footpath is want lunch. Pub lunch at the is The Boardroom (think ure of a restaurant) strewn with rose petals. Pacific Hotel still has those longboards) at the Yamba were quite salty. FuFor breakfast or lunch amazing sea views. Shores Tavern – mainly sion, just 100m up Leche Cafe in Coldstream St For dinner, take the seven Spanish tapas-inspired food the road has friendly with a ‘New York style’ bar staff, and opens out V E and lounges in the restaurant. onto a really great ! G AN TED & F A O V G We had a view of the large view, but perhaps O D LU O AVA TEN REN Y I L F fenced playground where lo- try its Indian before L AB R E LE E NEW cal children played safely into its Italian-inspired the dark as their parents en- dishes. There’s also tertained themselves on the a new Uptown Bar huge adjacent deck overlook- (between Osteria Martini and Fusion) ing the river. Exciting New Menu A safe family bet is which looks pretty Sassafras for Italian in the funky, and of course OPEN Tuesday– Sunday 5pm to late heart of town. It’s BYO, just you can always kick Closed Monday across from the bottleshop, on at the Pacific Hothe restaurant TV plays tel just up the hill. INDOOR FIREPLACE & Botero coffee is available fishing shows and there OUTDOOR HEATING are huge stuffed fish on the in cafes throughout Byron If you’re looking for shire and it’s worth a day trip CHEF SPECIALS EVERY NIGHT CATERING walls. Thai, Mona’s Thai (replacing to see where it is roasted in 10% OFF FOR SENIORS EVERY DAY AVAILABLE previous incarnation Annola nearby Maclean (10 mins for parties Complimentary papadams if pre-booked! Thai) serves up good from Yamba). The Botero 8 Wilfred St, Billinudgel • 6680 3352 • BYO • Credit cards café has great food (and coftakeaway.

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fee!), a toddlers’ playpen, and a glass wall so you can watch the roasting and packing process live. Catch the ferry to Iluka, hire a tinny to explore the river ($95 for half day, and we found a mini-tropical beach

in the middle of the Clarence!), try stand-up paddleboard at the millpond river beach, swim laps of the saltwater pools, dive from cliffs at Angourie’s Blue Pools, brave the cliff walk – there’s a lot to do in Yamba!

Boardwalk Restaurant

Tuesday November 3rd from midday at Ballina RSL Club 3 courses $69.90 per person & includes Open Breakfast, Lunch & complimentary glass of sparkling wine on arrival. Dinner – 7 days Lucky Door Prize, Free Sweep & lots of fun! 244 River St, Ballina. 6686 2544 www.ballinarsl.com.au Bookings essential 6618 9500

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Enjoy our balcony restaurant, intimate dining room and generous bistro food in the pub. With reasonable prices our menu reflects the wonderful local and fresh produce of the region. SMH GOOD PUB Large groups welcome. FOOD GUIDE We also offer off-site catering. 2013 AND 2014 www.bangalowdining.com

Byron at Byron

Peaceful dining by our tranquil rainforest

77–97 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay

Open seven days: breakfast, lunch & dinner

6639 2111 thebyronatbyron.com.au

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

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Thursday Farmers Market Dinner 2 courses $49 per person Savour your experience!

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.

Traditional Thai 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.

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

O-Sushi

O-Sushi – Since 2004

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

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

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Eat in or take away, licensed, family friendly Outdoor dining area, easy parking, Open 7 days a week, 11am till late. FRESH PIZZA – BYRON STYLE Check us out on

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

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

thegreenbistrobyronbay.com.au info@thegreenbistrobyronbay.com.au Functions and catering available

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The Greek Kitchen

South American Style BBQ Grill Fresh tortilla, pressed right in front of you! Succulent Selections of Beef, Lamb, Chicken, Kebab & Vegetarian Deliciously Prepared in Wraps, Steaks, Skewers of Char Grilled Meat, Salads and Chips. Great Value Meal Deals Fully Licensed but kids friendly

Feros Arcade, 23-24 Jonson Street

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We do takeaway

Spice It Up Thai Restaurant

Come and experience the best Italian/Mediterranean cuisine, done with the best local products. We are fully licensed, and count 30 cocktails and 100 different spirits.

Open Wednesday-Sunday Dine-in or Takeaway 5:30pm 6684 2209 Mullumbimby Bowling Club

Kids meals $9

32 Lawson Street 6680 8818 info@basilo.co

We do wedding and special event functions.

Aquarius Café and Dining

Come and enjoy a truly Byron dining experience with head chef Patrick Hobbs and his team. With beautiful breakfasts and lazy lunches, Aquarius Cafe & Dining is the perfect venue for groups, couples or solo diners. Closed for Dinners and Reopening in October with an exciting Steak & Seafood Dinner Menu Unique hand-crafted cocktails, a killer wine list and a selection of cold beer on tap are available from midday everyday. Cocktail and Tapas hour – All cocktails $12 5pm to 7pm Friday and Saturday Please visit www.aqcafe.com.au for menus and details.

Coolamon Tree Bistro

SPECIAL $10 LUNCH AND DINNER MENU

Harvest

Breakfast/Lunch 7 days from 7.30am 16 Lawson St, Byron Bay Reservations 6685 7663

Success Thai Mon-Fri 12-3pm Dinner 7 days from 5pm. 3/109 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6680 7798

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

Joining our VIP club at www.basilo.co and win free meals and drinks.

1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industry Estate BYO & RSVP 6680 8228

Meraki Bistro Open 7 days for lunch and dinner Daily specials Meraki Bistro at Ocean Shores Country Club 6680 1809

• Breakfast and lunch • Wood-fired pizzas • Fresh juices • Great coffee

www.lusciousfoods.com.au

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

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New Ownership Iconic Location Amazing Experience

Proudly awarded ‘Most Sustainable Seafood Restaurant’ 2015. This year we celebrate 25 years of serving the finest local seafood. Join us in the sea breeze on our veranda for a lazy long lunch or intimate candle lit dinner.

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Fins has just re-opened after a major renovation The GREEK KITCHEN is the new POP UP restaurant by the Fins team. Casual share style food from $8-$26. Also serving snacks, cocktails, wines and craft beer. Located beside Fins. Dinner daily 5pm, lunch Fri- Sun 12-3pm

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.

New spring menu Lunch specials starting from $8 Cuisine that everyone can enjoy – mum, dad, the kids and grandparents. Perfect for corporate and private events.

Meraki is a Greek and Mediterranean-inspired family restaurant Open 7 days for lunch and dinner Mezzethakia, mains, pizza, souvlaki, steaks and pub grub. Steak & schooner $16 - Mondays and Sundays $10 chicken schnitzels - Wednesdays

Francisco’s Table

Francisco’s Table is a roaming restaurant popping at different locations around the Byron Shire. The Roaming Restaurant up philosophy behind Francisco’s cooking is honesty TOP 10 0416 057 705 and simplicity. His food is inspired, amongst many POP-UPS francisco.food@gmail.com things, by the amazing local produce that is sourced NSW SMH from a wide community of growers and farmers. At www.facebook.com/ Good Food Francisco’s Table you will share a table loaded with Guide 2015 FranciscosTable delectable dishes with friends and fellow food lovers. Also available for functions, parties and weddings.

“Menu Del Dia” Soup+Main+Wine $25 Monday to Friday Lunch

Contemporary and Middle Eastern flavours

Fully licensed Dine In / Takeaway / Home Delivery Available

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

European Cuisine Breakfast/Lunch: 7 days from 7am Dinner: 7 nights from 5.30pm Bar: From 10am, with or without food

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Dinner Special $18 - Includes a wine or beer

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

Cafe • Restaurant • Bar 11 Marvell Street

Mon-Fri 7.30am–3pm

0422 019 832

All your favourites every lunch and dinner Experienced Thai chefs cooking fresh delicious Thai food for you. Fully Licensed and B.Y.O. for wine. Welcome for lunch, dinner and take-away. www.facebook.com/pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

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Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club Lunch every day from 11.30am Dinner Tues–Sun from 5.30pm 58 Dalley Street Mullumbimby

Hong Kong chef specialising in Chinese and Malay foods

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Salt Village, Kingscliff 6674 4833 dining@fins.com.au

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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Open Wed to Sunday 5pm, Closed Mon and Tues.

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 Family Meal Deal

Ziggle Grill Bar

Contemporary Sardinian Restaurant

Happy Chilli Garden

Spaghetti Bolognese/Napolitana 2 x Kids + 2 x Adults + Garlic Bread, Large Salad 4 x Drinks $50 - Mon, Tues, Weds nights only UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

at Club Byron Lunch: 11.30am–2.30pm, Dinner: from 5.30pm, Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays) 18–20 Marvell Street 6685 6202

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The Green Bistro

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

Italian Chicken Burger Meal Chicken Burger, Chips & Drink $15

11.30am-2.30pm & 5.30-9.30pm - Open 7 days 2/9 Bay Lane behind the Beach Hotel 6680 8085 thelazyitalian.com.au

Our all new winter menu includes hearty soups, daily specials and the full cocktail bar also features our famous mulled wine. Presenting incredible original music in Byron’s most intimate atmosphere. Check our website or facebook for the gig guide.

Italian at the Pacific

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.

The Lazy Italian

Open fires, food to heat the belly and music to warm the soul!

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Dinner: Mon-Sat 11 Fletcher St, Byron Bay Bookings Essential 6685 7557

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

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1 Jonson St, Byron Bay 6680 7632

Muoi’s Feast

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A range of menu packages for your SPECIAL EVENT

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

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PUTTING THEATRE ON TRACK WITH RAILWAY WONDERLAND SONGS FOR TH A 19 CENTURY PARTY GIRL B A C K I N 2 0 1 2 N O R PA P R E S E N T E D R A I LWAY W O N D E R L A N D , A N I N N O VAT I V E O R I G I N A L S H O W T H AT T O L D T H E S T O RY O F O U R N O W D I S U S E D R A I LWAY.

Set at the Lismore Train station, the show cleverly moves between the present and the past, weaving the story of people and their community and the importance, both actually and metaphorically of the train.

It is a show that artistic director Julian Louis is passionate about, in fact he admits it is his opus, his finest work to date, and has huge relevance to the local community, which is why NORPA have provided a long season. ‘It’s a show that celebrates the whole region’, he says, ‘putting a show on for three weeks in a regional area is brave – but it expresses how relevant the show is and how much people have enjoyed it.’ Created in collaboration with writer Yanis Balodis, the cast and himself, Julian believes the secret to the show’s success is the intricately crafted plot. ‘There is a series of scenes that occur in post-world war 2 that describe an Italian woman’s arrival into Lismore – she has married an Italian man she has never met, she is a proxy bride, our research told us these amazing stories of Italian migration and people arriving here expecting to find a house and getting a shed and crop of bananas instead – post-world war 2 the men migrated from Europe to start farming, so these women would start these lives with a new husband in a new land – our lead character, Anna, started her life this way.’ Railway Wonderland starts with four characters in a waiting room to get the bus to Casino. ‘We had the idea of the station and the waiting room as a place of extreme boredom where your life can change,’ says Julian. ‘We also use the train platform and here these strangers have realisations because the bus is delayed by two hours – the platform which is no longer in use becomes a greater metaphor for life’s big moments, where Anna met her husband for the first time. When we meet her she is on the train platform to go home – she wants to go home to Italy – she is tracing her passage 40 years earlier

via the train – the general gist is that there is an old woman there who wants to go back to Italy and these characters in the waiting room become the characters in her life.’

While the reprisal of the show is true to the original, there are some changes.

Well the real story is even more interesting. In creating Songs for the Fallen, Sheridan Harbridge (who plays Marie) researched the real story and found it was much more fascinating than anything depicted in opera or musical.

‘The original show had a choir and they were dressed in white as ghosts to heighten nostalgia of the station. Now they are in amazing Versaceinspired costumes of the 40s’, says Julian, ‘and they sing in three sections of the show – so they come and they go like a train – in the way a station will fill up with people and then quickly dissipate. They are really about the glamour and the nostalgia of rail travel back in that time and it contrasts very comically with the contemporary characters in the waiting room. People like Gary the karaoke champ of the Gollan Hotel, the teenage runaway escaping her mum’s pervie boyfriend, Leonard who knows the train schedule backwards and George who is going home to come out to his mother. These are the contemporary stories of why people have to leave the safety of their lives in the northern rivers, to face their truths and to change.

‘She was so much more outrageous and inspiring – I thought why aren’t they telling this story? Marie goes from poverty to fame in a short amount of time, at a time when women had no power and no education, hers is a story of wit and determination!’ Sheridan reflected on how Marie’s 19th century Parisian story reflected popular culture of today.

‘There is slapstick, moments of comic dance, this morning I was working on a routine where a girl gets her hair caught in a zipper after a night spent on the station in a sleeping bag. It oscillates between the comical mundanely of waiting with a bunch of strangers coupled with the epic space of the place, it lends itself to a huge amount of joy and sadness – and a lot of entertainment… and I so hope that people take up the opportunity to see us, it’s the best work that I have ever made, I want people to own it and to feel like it’s telling our stories.’ Catch one of the 16 shows of Railway Wonderland, presented by NORPA at Lismore’s iconic train station. With covered seating on the tracks, a show on the platform and drinks in the carpark, this is sure to be a night to remember. October 22 to November 7, 2015. Tickets: www.norpa.org.au or 1300 066 772.

who had no money, he couldn’t handle the other men she had to see to keep her life afloat, they ran away to the country but couldn’t do it (he eventually made his fortune writing about her), but the man she considered the great herself in Paris (around this time love of her life was Franz Liszt the she contracted TB), working as a composer, she met him six months laundress and then found her first before she passed, they had three boyfriend, a merchant who set her months together before he went up in a middle class apartment and back on tour. There is a quote from gave her a middle class existence her, ‘You can’t have a heart to live for a year, every girl had to have a in this world’. She realised to follow man, it was the only way she could her heart was to live in peril.’ survive, a poor girl with a man was What was it about Marie that a grisette, to be a companion to a really made her such an icon? king was a la grande horizontale – the system for women was so bad ‘I think she was an outsider in her they had to attach themselves to a time, it was a lot to do with not man, they couldn’t own property – understanding money, she gets the money and you go, this is it was the only way! when she could have been free, ‘While Marie was with this but she had a lack of being able to merchant she went on a mission think about the future, she would to improve herself, changed her get money and just throw it away, accent and made herself so she she would just give it to prostitutes could pass off in society and on the street, she was famous for started attending events and that, she gave a lot of money to meeting Lords. This is how she the church – probably from guilt. became the courtesan to the She was this infamous party girl, aristocracy, the woman everyone she numbs herself out, she would wanted to have on their arm. party to all hours, and we have ‘Marie had a couple of loves but based the show on her lifestyle, ultimately with the life she had the show is a tribute to the big to live she couldn’t survive, there party she didn’t get to have, she were men who were genuinely gets so ill from TB she has to go to devoted to her but they couldn’t bed for four months at a time, so keep her in the manner she she loses everything: no friends, needed to live. She had three great goes from deathly ill to peaks and loves, one whose father made him troughs – she was just 23 when get rid of her otherwise he’d be she died.’ disinherited, Damas who at the time was an unpublished author CONTINUED

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‘She’s ultimately a Lindsay Lohan, these girls who get to the top in these outrageous ways and people are watching them full of jealousy but they can’t wait for them to fall, and it was like that for Marie, Paris was obsessed with her, when she did die there was a quote by Charles Dickens who was in Paris at the time, he said, ‘It was like a queen had died.’ So who was this outrageous girl who died at 23? ‘Marie was born in dire poverty in Normandy and from the age of 12 her father started to sell her to the aristocracy, she fled from that at around 14 and found

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guess if they used graphic oceanlife deaths at the supermarket counter in the same way they used dying babies, lung cancer plastic bag right there. It’s hard and rotting toes to put people off their ciggies, more people might not to use it. Especially when I’ve left my ‘reusable’ bags in make an effort to bring their own the boot of the car and I’d have bag. That’s as simple as change to walk 100 metres. Or I could can ever be. Self responsibility. About six weeks ago I decided use a box. But they have pointy You bring your own bag. Why to give up plastic bags. In the edges and give me the shits couldn’t I do that? And then I told scheme of things it’s a pretty carrying them to the car. myself, What is the point? The small concession to make so world is stuffed. What difference your kids have a shot at a future. I like plastic bags because they can I make? You’d have to be a lazy heartless are convenient. That’s a terrible prick not to make even that omission. I guess breathing This feeling of futility allows tiny bit of effort to effect even and being able to digest your me to be a carbon-munching the tiniest change. Maybe that’s food was also ‘convenient’ to the polluter because real change has a few less turtles that will die poor turtles prior to their plastic to happen at the top. They need plastic bag-related deaths. ingestion. As they lie dying on to ban plastic bags. When they the beach I wonder if they are no longer exist then we will have I have always been resistant thinking ‘If only Mandy Nolan effected real change, so until to change. I am standing at then I will keep using them. This the counter with my groceries had used a box.’ still didn’t sit well with me. So I I didn’t like to think about that. I and there is a perfectly good S E E M O R E O F M A N DY O N E C H O N E T DA I LY W W W. E C H O. N E T. A U /S OA P - B OX

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made a committed effort to stop. Four bags doesn’t feel like much of a difference, but 180 bags I had to make a STOP USING does. I have become pretty smug PLASTIC BAGS plan. If you don’t about the whole thing. It feels have a plan you will fail. It’s like good to be environmentally a plastic bag diet. Firstly I had responsible – especially when to identify what stopped me the person in front of you isn’t. from not using plastic bags. I You get to make them feel like have bought heaps of reusable heartless turtle killers. bags but I keep them in the car. And that’s where they stay. So I bought six lightweight nylon bags and popped them in my handbag. I have used them on every shopping trip. I calculated that I use a minimum of 4-5 plastic bags per day. Which is around 30 bags a week. Over a six week period I have not used 180 bags. Even for someone convinced that her impact was going to be inconsequential, I have to admit I was impressed with my environmental audit.

In case you are thinking that I have become some anti-plastic puritan, then let me assure you that I haven’t. I still use bin liners, glad wrap and tupperware. There is only so much change one western woman can implement in a year. But the bag thing is a no brainer. It’s something EVERYONE could do. What shocks me is how easy it has been. Once I broke my mindless plastic bag habit and got used to pulling out my reusables as

part of my shopping routine, it became easy. There were a few times when I zoned out and forgot and the cashier packed my groceries in plastic bags and then I remembered that I’m being environmentally responsible and I had to tell them I needed to repack into MY bags. I definitely gave them the shits, but I assured myself that it was okay to inconvenience them a little bit because I was putting back into the big future bank that they are also stakeholders in. Now using MY bags is second nature. In fact I think I have created a new ‘eco-friendly non plastic bag’ using pathway in my brain that wasn’t there before. Oh dear, should I also be worrying about neuro-plasticity?

So what should we expect from the new show? ‘Your favourite tunes from the television and we will tell the story of when Topology came to visit, some strange things occurred, some will enjoy taking part in the quiz, you get to guess what song from the television it is, we won’t make it easy and you have a chance to win a prize!’ There’s an awkward silence. Mourne closes the conversation with an unexpected bit of information. ‘Oh well, off to siphon the thunder box in the backyard now.’ Click. Catch the brilliant musical mash-up of popular TV and film themes combined with the hysterical humour of the Kranskys and ARIA-nominated Topology at the Byron Community Centre on Wednesday. Tickets at the venue. Tickets: 6685 6807 or byroncentre.com.au

W H AT D O YO U K N O W A B O U T T H E C O U N T RY T O W N E S K I N Q U E E N S L A N D ? A PA RT F R O M WAT C H I N G O U T F O R WA N D E R I N G D E E R , I T I S A L S O H O M E OF THE KRANKSY SISTERS . When Brisbane’s Topology dropped in for a weekend, a whole new show was born. The Matriarch of the family Mourne Kransky is excited about their brand new collaborative show Tunes from the Television being performed at the Byron Community Centre this week.

So can the Kranskys keep up on their kitchen equipment?

‘We don’t often have visitors,’ says Mourne, ‘We once had a boarder who stayed in a caravan, but he suddenly disappeared and never came back…

Towards the end of the visit I couldn’t help asking – how’s Dawn?

‘Topology popped up to Esk for rehearsals but Bernard bought his TV because he didn’t want to miss the grand final, we have never had a TV. Mother told us it was evil and was banned. When they went home they left behind the TV. We did resist it for about two days but we were curious, I turned it on and didn’t mind what I saw so we started watching it and nothing bad happened.’

‘Obviously they think we can’, says Mourne, ‘otherwise they wouldn’t want us to play. We are in awe of what they do, fancy us wanting to play along with the penny whistle!’ ‘Dawn – she is over at Mrs Evermore’s house, she is probably listening to the dryer, it plays in E flat, she no longer lives in our house. Her bed was infested with red back spiders – Mrs Evermore uses the Mortein, we have a nice life in our house, our mother’s room is still locked up, the lamington’s are still up there after mother read our school reports, when she disappeared and never came back...’

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And this is how the sisters came up with their new show. No longer Songs from the Wireless, but Songs from the Tube. ‘We ended up doing songs of the TV – there are so many of them, one of them about a boy learning to control his wand, one is a vicar who lives in a village, always looking for love, there is also one for a judge who tells people to shush! ‘We also have a tune and we sing about people who live downstairs who clean for the upstairs people and put their clothes on, they can’t even put their own clothes on the upstairs people, they have to use the downstairs people to help them!’ As for the instruments, as usual the girls are inventive. ‘We use the kitchen mincer in this one, and the grater, cheese graters come in nice and handy and glad wrap as well, it makes a sort of foop sound or woop woop – we have the kitchen knife block and of course the toilet brush, and the kitchen pot and rice shaker and Topology are wonderful musicians with all their fancy instruments.’

CONTINUED Working with a cast of two actors, Simon Corfield and Garth Holcombe, musical director and composer Basil Hogios created a unique sound for the show. ‘We found this baroque pop sound where we mixed sumptuous classical with electro beats to make it more party world – it’s a musical. The two other actors play about

ten people to fill out the players of her life. It’s an all singing, all dancing, all acting, romp!’ Just back from the New York Theatre Festival where Songs for the Fallen picked up Best Musical and Best Lead Actress, this is a show not to be missed. Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 6pm at the Byron Community Centre, Tickets: 6685 6807 or byroncentre.com.au

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ENTERTAINMENT Live Music

DOUBLE TROUBLE WITH THE STETSONS & SUZANNAH We may be regional but we are certainly not starved for entertainment. This Sunday at Club Mullum, Suzannah Espie and The Stetson Family launch their new albums. Espie’s remarkable Mother’s Not Feeling Herself Today is a foot-tapping spine-tingler, and the Stetson’s True North will have you on your feet. The Stetson’s Nat Budge, spoke with The Echo about her band. Tell me how the Stetson Family got together? The Stetson Family are not related by blood, but we’re family in the sense that we’ve known each other for eons. Three band members, Nad, John and Colin were in a synth-pop band in the mid-80s, supporting bands like The Eurythmics, The Monkees and touring with John Farnham during his You’re the Voice peak! Twenty years on we swapped our synths, capes and mullets for real instruments around the time O Brother Where Art Thou came out and Colin’s banjo addiction took hold. We then hitched up with Andy Carswell, John’s childhood friend of 45 years, who was gallivanting around the world with My Friend the Chocolate Cake,

and Luke Richardson who was a double bass player moonlighting as a hardware-store assistant working across the road from Nad. Seven years on we’re all still here and all still talking to each other – just like a normal family! You have a strong live following – how have you concentrated on growing that audience? Playing, playing and more playing! Like most Australian musicians, we all have to have day jobs, but our weekends and annual leave are mostly spent playing at gigs and festivals around the country. We always say thanks to our loved ones on our CDs and that seems to make up for not getting to spend that much time with them (plus they often come on tour with us – the extended Stetson Family!). What are the albums that have influenced you? As mentioned earlier, O Brother Where Art Thou brought about a new wave of mountain and Americana roots music, combined with the soaring popularity of musicians like Gillian Welch and Old Crow Medicine Show, so they’re our main influences – too hard to pick albums, it’s just more

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about the vibe and the breadth of appeal of this style of music. It’s hard to be sad when there’s a banjo involved. Tell me about the concept for this new album? Nad and John were invited to Nashville in 2012 for the International Bluegrass Music Association Songwriter Showcase. We then released the album O Winding River into the United States that achieved some mainstream chart success and received stellar reviews. Based on the momentum that was gathering, we began writing the new album True North and two years later released it in Australia and the US where it’s getting miles of airplay and is again charting on Americana and Roots music charts! What should we expect for your local show? This will be a special show as we’re double launching with our good friend, Suzannah Espie, who’s also touring her amazing new album, Mother’s Not Feeling Herself Today. Suzannah is a guest on our album and Nad is a guest on Suzannah’s album – so we’ll be joining each other on stage at the launch. Both albums contain dark and dusty songs telling tales of the human heart, through to upbeat thigh slappers that will get people off their seats. Special guest, awesome fiddle player Gleny Rae, who also plays from time to time with both Suzannah and The Stetson Family, will join us. Club Mullum (Mullumbimby ExServices Club) Sunday 7.30pm Pre-book Tickets: www.trybooking. com/160321 $25+ bf. Tickets $30 at the door.

GABRIEL AND CECILIA – PERFORMING ON SUNDAY AT THE MULLUM CIVIC HALL AS PART OF THE COREM FOSSIL FREE FUTURE PRESENTATION!

GETTING A COREM ON MERRY GIN SESSIONS THE FUTURE COREM (Community-Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby), is our local not-for-profit action group intent on rallying all to assist in creating community-owned renewable energy projects that serve this area. The goal is 100% renewable energy in the 2482 region. The COREM awarenessraiser will be providing insight and entertainment on Sunday with a jam-packed program featuring Mandy Nolan (moi) as MC, brothersister duo Gabriel & Cecilia, clown/ inventor/comedian/wildman Joel Salem, and the macho man’s harmonious musclebound Russian choir Dustyesky. If you’ve never experienced a silent (really!) disco, you’ll have a perfect op with the fantastic Electric Garden Silent Disco featuring DJs XFacta, Miz Boogie Bird and Kanopi. COREM panels on the day will include COREM founders Ella Rose, Dave Rawlins, Robert Passey, Shane Schmidt, ENOVA’s Alison Crook, Mayor Simon, sustainability expert/author Katrina Shields, BZE rep Tiffany Harrison, Dr Muriel Watt and Giles Parkinson. Various related businesses such as ENOVA, SEED, Light Touch Solar will have stalls and information at the venue, which will be appropriately solar-powered by Solar Trailers Australia and SCU’s Sunflower Solar System. All funds raised will help to solar power the Drill Hall. The fund-raised $17,000 will be used for a 10kW PV system, that would be connected to the mains grid, powering both the theatre and Pottery Studio. Sunday at Mullum Civic Hall, 4–10pm. All ages.Tickets: $20/$15 conc; online discount. Kids Free. www.corem. org.au Join: facebook.com/groups/ corem.org.au

To kickstart the beginning of Bangalow’s local Summer 6s Soccer Season, Bangalow Hotel presents M.E Baird with The Merry Gin Session. An Australian singer/ songwriter, his style of American folk and blues harmonies will ensure you remember his name. Thursday from 7.30pm–9.30pm Free entry, all ages.

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KELLIE KNIGHT AND THE DAZE AT THE RAILS ON FRIDAY

THE NIGHT OF KNIGHT Kellie Knight and The Daze sound like a blend of your favorite retro soul vinyl mixed with future funk, topped with mighty jazz improvisation and shaken together like a cool martini. Fans of Sharon Jones and the Dapkings or Amy Winehouse will enjoy the energy of this live show with the banter amongst the musicians, while appreciators of singers such as Adele or Aretha will be swayed by Kellie Knight’s unique blend of full strength belting and subtle jazz sensibility. Kellie Knight and The Daze at the Rails on Friday.

Woodlock comprises three friends, brothers Zech and Eze (NZ) and Bowen (Yarrawonga), who met when travelling overseas. They began writing songs together and Zech and Eze decided to relocate to Australia, buy an old caravan, and travel up and down the east coast taking their music LUKE BENNET AT MAIN ARM to the people. And it worked! MUSICAL NIGHT OF MAGIC To date the band has sold over 26,000 EPs, accumulated over 1,000,000 Spotify streams and sold out 3 x Shebeens in Melbourne. An amazing effort by any band’s standard! Catch them Friday at the Music is set to echo through the Hotel Great Northern. valley when Main Arm Public School hosts local talent for an evening of live music this Friday.

THE MUSICAL MAGIC OF MAIN ARM

ROCKIN’ FEDERAL

FedRocks is just around the corner, and to support the local School of Arts Hall at Federal (bought and maintained by the communitymind you) take a trip to the hills to enjoy Dan Hannaford and Band at the best little hall in the shire. Saturday 7 November.

I CAN SEE CLEARWATER Hailed as the best CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival) tribute in Australia this band really takes it to the crunch. Classic Creedence will take you to the bayou with hits such as Born on the Bayou, Jambalya and Midnight Special. Then they rock it up with Sweet Hitchhiker, Hey Tonight and Fortunate Son. Classic Creedence have been playing across the country since 2008 to full houses and receive rave reviews by many audiences and venues. Ballina RSL on Saturday at 8pm. Tickets: $54.90

The line-up includes 23-year-old Luke Bennett who writes songs that express the richness of life and its adventures. Displaying catchy pop sensibilities, that resemble artists such as John Mayer and Sting, and fusing them with the stripped back earthiness of songwriters such as Xavier Rudd and Jack Johnson. Also appearing is Mr T and The Lady. The duo, Suzannah Simpson and Trent Arkley Smith, will be performing an eclectic mix from gypsy, folk, blues and a touch of classical featuring vocals, violin, guitar, mandolin and more. The kids’ favourite, much-loved Curly Cousins, Sunshine, Coco and Miss B will delight and inspire both young and old with their rich harmonies, uplifting arrangements, multi-instrumental talents and audience interaction. Main Arm students will also be showcasing their musical talent. Fun activities, sideshow alley, pony rides and delicious food on offer. Free entry! 5pm–9pm.

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ARIES: With this week’s action in your partnership sector

s r a t S with Lilith This week’s Sun, Mercury, new moon and North Node in Libra, sign of partnerships, contracts and fairness, puts renegotiations on the astral agenda…

there’s plenty of positive potential to reach amicable agreements if you don’t get disgruntled by minor aggravations. So keep the big picture in mind. Long-term consequences. Don’t go isolationist – mix and mingle. The information gained will be extremely useful.

TAURUS: This week’s special energies are geared to reassessing plans and ambitions with a fresh new perspective, reviewing business contracts and refurbing relationship agreements. Your problem solving and executive abilities are peaking, plus it’s also a delightful time to nourish social connections and enjoy earthy pleasures with treasured friends. GEMINI: Home’s usually a busy, buzzy venue chez Gemini. If your present domestic agenda features guests, entertaining, renos and/or a swarm of space invaders, the bittersweet gift this week offers is making it unmistakably clear who your true friends are – the ones who are always there for you, no matter what.

CANCER: As this week’s energetic scales waver between pleasure and pain, hysteria and irritation, the main action takes place on your favoured stage of operations: Crab Casa. A high profile project or auspicious collaboration is on the star cards, in which case keep spending realistic – don’t invest in illusions.

SAGITTARIUS: With a Jupiter/Mars/Venus trifecta spurring economic ambitions, if you feel the urge to contact someone it’s probably financially worthwhile to follow the prompt. When Friday’s gregarious Sagittarius moon provides a vibrant environment for furthering business goals and professional interests, try not to let family aggravations drain your drive.

CAPRICORN: This week life’s swings and roundabouts highlight the need to alter, adjust, fine tune, break or make new agreements. Discussion can help, but if talk doesn’t work you may have to walk. Life has some wonderful adventures in store, backing up your cred with both experience and celestial support. AQUARIUS: Something that’s been undermining a relationship comes up for resolution this week, which asks you to consider feedback. You can either refuse, or use it to take a leap of faith. If a quick decision’s required about who to spend time with and where to put your energy, what does your heart say? PISCES: This week’s planetary pattern shows us where we want things a certain way, and see them as something they’re not. It helps separate reality from personal agendas, showing the shortfall in our understanding of other people’s needs. A humbling, enlightening week if you’re open to the awesome gifts it offers…

LEO: With the present astral emphasis on local neighbourhood affairs, communication and compromise are key. Everyone has an opinion, and while you mightn’t agree be prepared to make a sacrifice to keep the peace because a rigid, resistant stance could end up costing you. Is what you’re hanging on to really worth defending?

VIRGO: Generous Jupiter, vivacious Mars and flirtatious Venus all partying together in your sign with Virgo moon makes Saturday night this week’s primo play date. It isn’t surprising your confidence is rising, but don’t be fooled by an alluring proposition. Best take off the rosecoloured specs for a closer look. LIBRA: This week’s scales could swing wildly from scant appreciation and plentiful criticism to abundant love and praise. Either way, with Sun and Mercury in Libra, you’re still this week’s sweetest talking, fastest scoring, hottest property. As North Node prepares to leave your sign expect some goodbyes, other new arrivals.

SCORPIO: Let this week’s astral surge in your sector of self-understanding be your guide. It’s a people-pleasing transit, but after Saturn’s long sojourn in Scorpio you’ve certainly earned the flyby points to please yourself for a while. And midweek moon in your sultry sign’s a superb opportunity to do just that.

CULTURE

song Stay Down There Where You Belong, she sings about politicians and their masters who profligate with other people’s lives. Friday and Saturday at the Drill Hall at 8pm and 2pm on Sunday. For bookings and information visit www.drillhalltheatre.org.au or The Bookshop Mullumbimby.`

KIDS CHOIRS! If your child is someone who sings around the house, or if you have a son or daughter who plays with their voice, making funny noises and enjoying their own sound, the chances are that they have musical ability that could be nurtured and developed. Janet Swain aims to develop high quality children’s choirs across the Northern Rivers

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED MELBOURNE BASED ARTIST ELENI JOINS ROBERT LAWLOR AT STARSEED GARDENS FRIDAY TO SUNDAY FOR TRACING THE SONGLINES

FUNNY FELICITY’S MENTAL MISSION COMES TO BYRON! F E L I C I T Y WA R D A R R I V E S F O R H E R F I R S T BY R O N B AY C O M E DY S H O W D I R E C T F R O M E D I N B U R G H F E S T I VA L W H E R E S H E H A S J U S T P R E S E N T E D H E R N E W S H O W T H AT D E A L S W I T H A N X I E T Y A N D M E N TA L I L L N E S S C A L L E D W H AT I F T H E R E I S N O T O I L E T ?

Felicity has also made a documentary about mental illness for Australian television – this multi-award winning, Australian stand-up comedian, comic performer, writer and actor is not afraid to push boundaries. Why were you drawn to stand up comedy? I wasn’t, I was pushed. It was an accident that went horribly wrong and now I’ve made a career out of it. What have been the challenges for you along the way? Same ones as always: how do I eat a mango in front of someone I like? Will anyone notice if I’m wearing more deodorant rather than having a shower? Why are people in London obsessed with wood finish linoleum?

Is it tougher being a woman in comedy do you think – how have you experienced this? I’ve never been a man so I can’t really say. Why did you make the decision to relocate to the UK? Three parts – wanting to improve. One part – Tony Abbott. How has working the UK circuit broadened or changed your onstage schtick? I’m not sure I had a schtick before. Maybe that’s what I’m missing. Maybe I need a dog and bow tie and some ‘my wife’ jokes. I could be The Travelling Hetero-Lesbian.

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TRACING OF THE SONGLINES Spring at Starseed Gardens presents this incredible event of interwoven wisdom, storytelling, art and music from Friday to Sunday. Join Robert Lawlor, renowned author of Voices of the First Day, a seminal work on Aboriginal Australian history and culture, Sacred Geometry (Robert coined the term in 1979), Earth Honoring, The New Male Sexuality (1991) and most recently The Geometry of The End of Time. Robert will be presenting two incredible workshops, Sacred Geometry in Ancient Structures on Saturday and The Place of the Soul in Ancient Civilisations on Sunday. Robert is joined by internationally renowned artist Eleni. Melbourne-based Eleni is a celebrated artist and visionary who shares stories through her art which capture the beauty and fragility of threatened indigenous peoples the world over. Eleni will guide you to create incredible artworks using natural materials in Starseed’s new art studio on Sunday 2.30–5.30pm, allowing you to develop the confidence and drive to live your passions. Saturday evening features multi-instrumentalist and singer/ songwriter Murray Kyle. Participants can come to one session or the whole weekend at a discounted price. Robert – $60, Eleni – $40, Murray – $20.

Intro night at the Lotus Teahouse 5pm–7pm $10. Spaces Limited – prebooking essential. Contact ev.songlines@gmail.com or 0407612672. www.facebook.com/ starseedgardens

RAISING MONEY FOR SOOZEE From 3pm–midnight at Durrumbul Hall this Saturday friends, musicians and community come together to raise money for Soozee Wyld. A big personality in our little town, Wyld has spent the last year or more dealing with breast cancer. Featuring the music of Greg Sheehan, Willy McElroy and The Wild Zinnia Collective, Shai Shriki, Danidoo Butterfly and Josh Arent and the stylings of DJ Issey B, Milk and Pob to get those bodies moving. Face painting, storytelling, food, chai. Entry fee Adults $15, family $25, teens $5.

district for children who really love singing and would like to learn more challenging repertoire and performance skills outside of school. Mullum Girls Voices meet on Monday afternoons from 4pm to 5pm and we have both a junior (age 5–10) and a senior group (age 11–16). The Treble boys choir is called Boys Aloud, and this choir sings songs that boys want to sing – a range of sea shanties, pop songs and some repertoire from classical music. Boys Aloud rehearses on Monday afternoons from 5.15 to 6.15pm during the school term at the Scout Hall in Mullumbimby. Call Janet for more information on: 0438 965 397. Register at www. songdynastymusic.com.

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ROBERT LAWLOR presents: The Geometry of the End of Time BOOK LAUNCH: OCT 15, 6.30–7.30pm At Mary Ryan’s Books, Byron Bay $5 includes wine. Must prebook: 6685 8183

Tracing the Songlines OCT 16, 5-7pm Lotus Teahouse, Starseed Gardens d – $10 Introduction to Robert’s Timeline & Weekend Workshop

Sacred Geometry in Ancient Structures

Robert Lawlor is author of: The Geometry of the End of Time, Voices of the First Day, Sacred Geometry and Earth Honoring

OCT 17, 11am–2pm 3 hour presentation at Starseed Gardens – $60

Place of the Soul in Ancient Civilisations OCT 18, 11am–2pm 3 hour presentation at Starseed Gardens – $60 facebook.com/starseedgardens Contact Ev: 0407 612 672 / ev.songlines@gmail.com

TOPOLOGY PRESENTS

TUNES FROM THE TUBE: TOPOLOGY & THE KRANSKY SISTERS ARIA nominated Topology joins the quirky Kransky Sisters to present musical mash-ups of your favourite TV and movie themes.

BALLAD OF EDGAR AND MARY CONTINUES The Ballad of Edgar and Mary is a heart-warming and heartwrenching story of a soldier, Edgar, who serves in France in WW1. His wife Mary dreams of becoming a chanteuse in Paris but lives in Mullumbimby. The play tells how war affects ordinary people. Edgar reluctantly enlists because Mary believes that ‘if we all do our bit this war will be over soon’. The mysterious singer comes to a different view in the

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ENTERTAINMENT There were moments of course

CONTINUED FROM p33 when audiences felt a little

tense and my job was to make it so funny they forgot they felt uncomfortable talking or hearing about it. I had a woman write to me on FB to say that after seeing the show she booked in to see I was writing mental illness material a doctor and was writing the for a documentary and there message from the waiting room. seemed to be such a wealth of That was pretty moving. My only ideas to draw on. And it always feels intention writing this show was better when a risk pays off, than to make people laugh; that’s all I when a safe bet pays off. I didn’t wanted to do, and that was hard think I’d lose bums on seats, but I enough to get right. So anything did hope I’d draw a pretty specific else that comes with it is a bonus. crowd. That definitely happened at Wouldn’t it be true to say that Edinburgh Fringe. It was tops. most comedians have some How was your show received? lived experience of mental What were some of your more illness – whether narcissistic, outstanding reactions? depressed, anxious, neurotic… is it part of the I didn’t know I could have this job description perhaps, that much fun talking about mental illness. People really seemed to get little bit more that helps take you the extra mile? on board with the idea. What prompted you to do a show around anxiety? Where you’d lose bums on seats because of the stigma of mental health/ depression etc?

Nope. I don’t think it is true. There has been a study that says we display psychotic personality traits, but that doesn’t mean we are psychotic. It’s just noticeable because our job is to make people laugh, and non-comedians usually have trouble contemplating how someone funny in nature could ever be sad or perplexed. How do you work up to your set? In a lather of sweat, prayer and stupid faces. What should we expect for your show here in Byron? Relief! It will be great to be in Australia again where I can have a swim before I do a gig! Joined on stage with Ellen Briggs and Mandy Nolan as MC. Byron Brewery Monday at 8pm. Tickets: 6619 0529 or byronbrewery.com.au

arts THE

WHAT’S THE BUZZ IN BILLI? Billinudgel Picture Framing and Gallery has just renovated the gallery space and the front of the shop and the gallery will shortly reopen with a bang. We have been framing and displaying artists of the local community and surrounds for over a decade – this will be a space not to be missed. Come in and take a look around. 6680 3444, 7/1 Wilfred Street, Billinudgel. www.billinudgelpictureframing.com.au

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IT’S NOT HOW YOU PLAY THE PIANO, IT’S WHAT YOU PUT IN IT THAT COUNTS… Volker Bergemann aka Hauschka, is one of the more avant guarde artists coming to Mullum Music Festival this November. His first trip to Australia sees this composer and champion of the electronic scene present his unique piano stylings. Think the Necks. Man on a Wire. So this is what happens, although he started out playing classical piano, Hauschka pioneers what is called ‘prepared’ piano, where the tones and sounds are changed by putting foreign objects on the strings. This is music for people who like music that other people don’t like. Cinematic, clever, and hypnotic, a Hauschka show is unforgettable. So how does a piano player find such unusual expression? Simple answer. Boredom. There is a risk in doing this music – but at the same time it’s so direct and it’s clear you are doing what you are doing right now. When I was in bands I always found myself on stage performing something I didn’t want to do that night or I wasn’t in the mood to play the hit.’ So Hauschka started playing more interactive ‘responsive’ music. In a way, he says, you have to have no fear – and you have to deal with what is offered and the funny thing is that everything in the room where you play is in the show – in a big way, if you are pretending what the audience is sitting in a first row, what the instrument is like, the acoustics totally influence the way you are playing, to think every concert can be the same is an illusion. ‘I went through a process where I was in a hip hop band, maybe that was when I had my first record deal with Sony music and had a major record deal and everything was focused on commercial success – I was fed up and then I started to teach kids for seven years and then that got me back to electronic music – it had a very interesting structure

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and the guys who were releasing in Germany were really enthusiastic and encouraging and there was hardly any thought of the commercial aspect, only to get money back that we invested. There was such excitement to release music you really like and that carried me through, in fact it carries me and everything I do.’ So how does Volker prepare for a show?

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‘I am collecting along the way, and when I see things that can create sounds I put them in my bag – I did a show in Japan and my baggage was not delivered in time so I had to run through the museum where the show was and I had to find sticks, paper, cups, and the funny thing is the perception of what you think is sounding great is often so wrong. I bought these cleaning scourers – and I thought when I saw them they would sound great, but nothing happened, they lie there like a wet towel – other things you think are doing nothing suddenly they jump or create a rhythm and that triggers me to react on the keys. I love the random aspects. I am always trying to trigger myself and inspire myself in a way because often the habits we develop make things a bit lame, and once you get over that you find methods to change your habits.’ For Volker, it’s about time. This is music you need to sit with. That you need to sit in. I am not a bit fan of the ten-second culture, and I think the whole concept of hit and casting totally underestimates the human being, people need time to develop and to develop talent – that’s the nature of things. Experience Hauschka on his first concert tour of Australia at the Mullum Music Festival. 19–22 November. Tickets and program info on mullummusicfestival.com

AUDITORY VISIONS :: Seven contemporary Australian printmakers were asked to contribute works that could be seen and heard '͘t͘ Žƚ͕ :ĂŶ ĂǀŝƐ͕ ZŽŶĂ 'ƌĞĞŶ͕ ůĞǆŝ <ĞǇǁĂŶ͕ ƌƵĐĞ >ĂƟŵĞƌdƌĂǀŝƐ Paterson, Michael Schlitz. Soundscapes by Jay-Dea Lopez, Curated by Jay-Dea Lopez and Rona Green Zd/^d^ /E KEs Z^ d/KE ͗͗ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϮϮ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͕ ϱ͘ϭϱ Ͳ ϲ͘ϬϬƉŵ ŚĂŝƌĞĚ ďǇ DŝǇƵŬŝ :ŽŬŝƌĂŶƚĂ͕ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞƌ ŽĨ ZE ^ŽƵŶĚƉƌŽŽĨ This project was assisted by a grant from Arts NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments.

image: Auditory Visions, Lismore Regional Gallery, photograph: Dean Beletich

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COAST AT NORTHERN RIVERS COMMUNITY GALLERY COAST is a group exhibition by local artists Darius Devas, Rusty Miller, Potts and Andrew Wells from Grown Surfboards.

Mini Simmons custom timber surfboard, Andrew Wells â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Grown Surfboards

LISMORE REGIONAL ART GALLERY For the purpose of Auditory Visions, Jay-Dea Lopez and Rona Green invited seven contemporary Australian printmakers to contribute two works focussing on an environmental or personal space. In response the artists, G.W. Bot, Jan Davis, Rona Green, Alexi Keywan, Bruce Latimer, Travis Paterson, and Michael Schlitz have each created scenes of quotidian objects under a microscopic lens, exotic locations seen through dreams, and inner worlds rendered visible. Since the beginning of June, Art Magic has been growing in Lismore. Vibrant and colourful creations have been made by Lismoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diverse and talented community. It is all part of a Lismore Regional Gallery exhibition and community engagement project called Art Magic: Remnant with acclaimed installation and performance artist, Hiromi Tango, who uses textiles to weave together tactile and immersive environments by hand.

The launch of COAST at Northern Rivers Community *DOOHU\ 15&* RQ 7KXUVGD\ 29 October invites visitors to immerse themselves in the pure uncomplicated world of VXUË&#x2030;QJ FXOWXUH DQG OLIHVW\OH The works showcased in this exhibition provide a myriad RI SHUVSHFWLYHV RQ VXUË&#x2030;QJ LWV culture, connection to the raw As the name suggests Trading Place is an art installation that trades objects and artworks from one â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;placeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for another â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;placeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The audience is invited WR WUDGH DQ REMHFW WKDW VLJQLË&#x2030;HV their connection to the place they live in return for an artwork or object from the Trading Place collection. Cass and Clare will be trading Thursdays 11.30amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12.30pm Exhibitions continue until 24 October. www.lismoregallery.org 6622 2209.

VISION QUEST AT THE ROXY GALLERY At the Roxy Gallery, Kyogle until October 31 is a stunning new ERG\ RI ZRUN E\ /LO\Ë&#x2030;HOG DUWLVW Gery Mews. Vision Quest is a body of work that materialised over the last few years, drawing on a Shamanistic journey, it is a mythological vision around the different worlds. Drawing from archetypal imagery, esoteric studies, Geryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest in philosophy and psychology along with his personal interaction with the natural environment, the works in this exhibition are theories

force of the ocean and wider social politics that impact on WKH VXUË&#x2030;QJ OLIHVW\OH The collection of works will include photographic images by local photographer Rusty 0LOOHU UHË&#x160;HFWLQJ RQ KRZ VXUË&#x2030;QJ LQWHUUHODWHG ZLWK WKH culture, politics and style of the late 60s and 70s; mixed media works by Byron Bay artist Potts depicting iconic EHDFK DQG VXUË&#x2030;QJ SRS FXOWXUH imagery on salvaged timber; beautifully crafted, hand-made in colour. Art becomes an instrument for the embodied vision, painting a path of divination.

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Jewellery-Making Classes Learn the ancient art of jewellery making from a recognised Master Craftsman.

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surfboards by renowned local surfboard shaper Andrew Wells from Grown Surfboards and an HYRFDWLYH LPSUHVVLRQLVWLF Ë&#x2030;OPLF exploration of the ocean by ORFDO Ë&#x2030;OPPDNHU 'DULXV 'HYDV

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Animal Logic Group Show

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UPCOMING EXHIBITION

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Image: Andrew Wells, custom surfboards

Image: Potts, Marine Reef

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CULTURE

ENTERTAINMENT

BALLINA FAIR IS DOING IT’S BIT FOR THE NATIONAL WEEK FOR DEAF PEOPLE The National Week of Deaf People (NWDP) 17 October – 23 October 2015. It is the one week when deaf people in Australia and around the world celebrate being deaf and being part of the

international deaf community. The NWDP is run by Deaf Australia. Ballina Fair is playing two movies next weekend in Open Captions. Oddball (G) Saturday 17 at 11.50am and The Intern (M) Sunday 18 at 4.25pm.

Paul, the cinema owner, says he is very pleased the Ballina Fair is able to do this, as it is the only cinema in the Northern Rivers to do so.

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On what she expects to be just another call-out, Izzy (Imogen Poots), finds herself in the sack with Arnold (Owen Wilson), a Broadway legend who is in the process of directing a comeback play. Though married, Arnold’s kink is that he tends to form an emotional attachment to the girls he hires and doles out large sums of money to them so that they might find another line of gainful employment. The plot twists and turns, leading to mix-ups, confusions and some hilarious set-pieces, including a beauty in which Izzy and Arnold’s wife Delta (Kathryn Hahn) unexpectedly come face to face in Arnold’s bathroom. In the vein of what used to be known as ‘screwball comedy’, it all feels less like the early era classics than Woody Allen, without the angst and philosophy, and it is beguilingly simple without being facile. Wilson has an innocence about him that has always been easy to take on board, but here he is given a task that would be insurmountable to many, for Arnold, in reality, is quite a reprehensible character. He succeeds in making us like a cad by reprising his self-deluding escapist from Midnight in Paris, while Poots, at one point referring in words and spirit to the serene Audrey Hepburn, is irresistible as the faux naif making her way in the world. But as good as they are, the film’s success rests squarely on the combined acting of the entire cast – as such scenarios generally do.

If we’re being honest, the subjective response to any film is always the true one; art does not seek objectivity. Stories close to our own experience draw on and are sustained by deep emotional springs. Most of us, in some way, have been exposed to the ravages and despair brought about by cancer. Attacking more than just its victims’ bodies, it is a cruel disease that can shatter families and test long established relationships. Catherine Hardwicke, like Nancy Meyers, is not nearly so prolific as less talented blokey directors, but her observation of the invasive nature of the illness manages to be remarkably upbeat, even on occasions funny, while at the same time tugging hard on your heartstrings. Milly (Toni Collette) is an extroverted, happily married mother of two with a bubbling career in PR. Jess (Drew Barrymore), her dear friend since childhood, lives on a London houseboat and, with partner Jago (Paddy Considine), has been trying, unsuccessfully, to have her first child. Everything changes when Milly is diagnosed with breast cancer. Hardwicke at no point dodges the awful realities of Milly’s condition and its psychological impact – the denial, the anger and resentment, the sickening side-effects of chemo. Both actresses are superb in demanding roles – the tenderness that engulfs the cinema when Milly exposes to Jess her post-op scars is testimony to their fine performances. Considine, his usual rough diamond, is also convincing as one who is sympathetic but concerned with his own priorities, Cooper expresses the bewilderment of unknowing, while special mention must be made of Honor Kneafsey. As Milly’s little girl Scarlett, she embodies our powerlessness in the face of uncaring fate when asking, ‘you’re not going to die, are you Mummy?’

The climactic birth scene, which is the best of its type since Truly, Madly, Among the ensemble, Jennifer Anniston, at last allowed to be her age, is Deeply, resulted in sobbing all around me, so I felt not in the least bit fantastic as the hard as nails psychotherapist and Rhys Ifans’s shaggy dog embarrassed about going to water myself. If you are prepared to make the creepiness is perfect in the part of Delta’s scheming co-star. It’s a hoot. hike to Ballina you will be rewarded by one of the year’s outstanding movies.

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ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY 15 GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON MATTHEW ARMITAGE RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON 7PM DAN HANNAFORD BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8.30PM KHAN HARRISON BYRON BREWERY 8PM OPEN MIC COMEDY WITH PAUL MCMAHON BYRON THEATRE 7PM LUKA LESSON & SHAI SHRIKI BYRON MASONIC CENTRE 1PM THE LAST MESSIAH W NORWEGIAN PHILOSOPHER PETER ZAPFFE WOODY’S SURFSHACK, BYRON 9PM DJ PEBBLES TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL 7.30PM ABBIE CALDWELL BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM ME BAIRD BALLINA TWILIGHT MARKET 4PM MALCOLM YOUNG CHINDERAH TAVERN 6PM JOCK BANES

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AND MARY AUSSIE HOTEL, BALLINA MATT STILLERT WHARF BAR, BALLINA 7PM ROB DEMASI BALLINA RSL 7.30PM GREEN STREET ELTHAM HOTEL 7PM ROMANIACS TRIO TRINITY CATHOLIC COLLEGE, LISMORE 7.30PM JANE RUTTER TATTS HOTEL, LISMORE BERTIE PAGE CLINIC CABARITA SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM THE DIRTY CHANNEL CHINDERAH TAVERN 6PM DAVE CAVANAGH

SATURDAY 17 GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON THE RUMINATERS, AQUILA YOUNG, SUNROSE, ELEMENTAL DJS RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON 7PM MAR HAZE BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM JUST SAYIN’ BYRON ARTISAN MARKET 4PM HAYDEN HACK SOLO BYRON BREWERY 8PM FERGO & THE BURDEN BYRON THEATRE 8PM SONGS FOR THE FALLEN WOODY’S SURFSHACK, BYRON 9PM DJ ADRIAN BRANDELLO TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL 7.30PM GRIZZLEE TRAIN PIZZA PARADISO, SUFFOLK PARK 6.30PM LUKE YEAMAN BANGALOW MARKET 8AM ROB CSOKAS BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM SIMON MEOLA BRUNSWICK HOTEL 7PM SUPERCHEESE DUO SOUNDSHELL, BRUNSWICK HEADS 9PM GOVERNMENT LAWYERS PICNIC: CELEBRATING THE DISINGENUOUS REDEFINITION THAT THOSE IN PERMANENT DETENTION ARE ‘FREE’. BWWAAA HAAAA MULLUMBIMBY MARKETS 9AM BROADFOOT LULU’S, MULLUMBIMBY 11AM CHRIS MALLORY DRILL HALL, MULLUMBIMBY 8PM THE BALLAD OF EDGAR AND MARY CLUB MULLUM 8PM COMEDY HYPNOSIS WITH WAYNE DONNELLY DURRUMBUL HALL, MULLUMBIMBY 3PM SOOZEE WYLD FUNDRAISER WITH

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GREG SHEEHAN & FRIENDS, WILLY MCELROY, THE WILD ZINNIA COLLECTIVE, SHAI SHRIKI, JOSH ARENT, MORE DOMA CAFE, FEDERAL 12PM DINKUM BOHOS SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD 2PM NICOLE BROPHY 7PM ANDY JANS-BROWN LENNOX HOTEL 9.30PM WILSON COOPER BAND BALLINA RSL 6.30PM JACK O’LEARY BAND 7.30PM CLASSIC CREEDENCE WHARF BAR, BALLINA 7PM STU BLACK ALSTONVILLE FARMERS MARKET 9AM JODIE SUPRAIN GYPSYFOX STUDIOS, LISMORE 7PM GYPSY NIGHTS W THE BAREFOOT GYPSIES, DEVI MAMAK, KRISTINE ADAMS & MORE MARY G’S, LISMORE PINK ZINC PHOENIX RISING, NIMBIN 12PM SARAH STANDO STOKERS SIDING HALL 7.30PM BARRY MORGAN NUMINBAH VALLEY HALL 2PM BLIND WILLIE WAGTAIL, HAT FITZ, CLEVELAND BLUES, BLUE HEALERS, BLUESKILLET ROVERS, JIMMY WILLING & THE REAL GONE HICCUPS, TROMBONE KELLY & MORE TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS 9PM THE DELLTONES

SUNDAY 18 GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON DAN HANNAFORD RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON 7PM FIONA & THE SWEEPERS BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 4.30PM LISA HUNT 8PM DJ DENNING PARK, BYRON 7AM BYRON LIGHTHOUSE RUN BYRON BREWERY 3PM SUNDAY GROOVE BYRON THEATRE 6PM SONGS FOR THE FALLEN TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL 2.30PM FUNDAY DJS BANGALOW HOTEL 3PM SUNDAZE SESSION BRUNSWICK HOTEL 4PM THE FERAMONES

LULU’S, MULLUMBIMBY 12PM CHRIS MALLORY MULLUM CIVIC HALL 4PM COREM LAUNCH FEATURING GABRIEL & CECILIA, THE DUSTYESKYS, DJS, MORE CLUB MULLUM 7.30PM SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE STETSON FAMILY DRILL HALL, MULLUMBIMBY 2PM THE BALLAD OF EDGAR AND MARY DOMA CAFE, FEDERAL 12PM ROB CSOKAS YUM YUM TREE, NEW BRIGHTON 10AM ANDY HOLM BILLINUDGEL HOTEL 3PM JAM WITH CHARNA WATERS, JOHN HELLMAN, MICK LONGSDALE, LYN DAVIS, GRANT ROBERTSON CLUB LENNOX 4PM SEBASTIAN LENNOX HEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE 6PM HEADLAND EVENT WHARF BAR, BALLINA 3PM JESSE MORRIS BAND ELTHAM HOTEL 2PM NICOLE BROPHY THE HAVEN, MURWILLUMBAH MATT STILLERT UKI MARKETS 8AM HAPPY AFRICA LOCOMOTIVE, DJ INDIKA SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 1PM PARISSA BOUAS PHOENIX RISING, NIMBIN 10AM SONIC BLISS 12PM WALL OF LOVE COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 4PM DAVE MURRAY DUO

MONDAY 19 GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON HOWLIN’ GREEN RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON 7PM NICKY SANDOVER BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM THE HIGH ROLLERS BYRON BREWERY 8PM FELICITY WARD WOODY’S SURFSHACK, BYRON 9PM DJ OVAL

SAM FLETCHER BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8PM OPEN MIC BYRON PUBLIC SCHOOL 7.15PM NO LIGHTS NO LYCRA WOODY’S SURFSHACK, BYRON 9PM DJ NERY BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM BRACKETS OPEN MIC NEW BRIGHTON FARMERS MARKET 8AM WALRUS & THE CARPENTER BALLINA RSL 7.30PM INTERNATIONAL STAFF BAND OF THE SALVATION ARMY

RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON 7PM CONCHILLA BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8PM MUSICAL BINGO BYRON BREWERY 7.30PM OPEN MIC BYRON THEATRE 7PM TOPOLOGY & THE KRANSKY SISTERS WOODY’S SURFSHACK, BYRON 9PM DJ OVAL BANGALOW A&I HALL 7PM THE WAIFS BALLINA HOTEL 6PM OPEN MIC

IT EDUCATION for Beginners

at the Byron Bay Community Centre

Sunday 18th October iPhone for Beginners iPad for Beginners Share Trading Software for Apple Computers

$10 $10

10am 11am

$30

12–2pm

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A SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PARENTING TEENAGERS

Saturday 17th October 10am–2pm One Day Workshop Call Rosalie on 0431 524 044

BARISTA COURSE

Tuesday 20 October 4–7pm – $50 Call Stefﬁe on 6685 7777 to book

FREE BUBBLE SOCCER

Friday 23rd October – 6 to 8pm Mullum Primary School Hall Contact Eloise 0439 769 817 to book

SUPPORTING PARENTS OF TEENS Casual drop in, chat and a cuppa! Monday 19th October – 5pm

YOGA RAVE WITH CHLOE

Wednesday 28th October. 7–8.30pm Bring a mat – Dress theme: Fluoro Gold coin donation. Curry & Chai will be available afterwards

SAFE DRIVER COURSE FOR LEARNERS October 29th 4.30 to 7.30 – $140 Go to our website www.bys.org.au to book

Book the YAC for your next event, conference, program or workshop! Call Stefﬁe 6685 7777 or email stephanie@bys.org.au le young peop matter

TUESDAY 20

Byron Youth Activity Centre (YAC) is managed by Byron Youth Service (BYS)

1 Gilmore Crescent Byron Bay • bys.org.au

RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON 7PM

LOOKING FOR A NIGHT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 21

WHAT’S ON + Shai Shriki & Luka Lesson Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm Tickets: Presale $20 | Conc $20 | Doorsale $25

We have hundreds of gigs from around the north coast in the region’s BEST online gig guide

The Juliet Letters

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Saturday 17 October, 8pm Sunday 18 October, 6pm Tickets: Full $35 | Conc $28

presented by Dean Stevenson & RUE Friday 16 October, 7pm Tickets: Full $25 | Conc $20

Songs for the Fallen

Tunes From the Tube

Katie Noonan’s Vanguard Transmutant Tour Friday 23 October, 7.30pm Tickets: $43

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Meeting rooms for hire +

Courtyard Bar open before all events +

Workshops, Training, Conferences & Functions

69 Jonson Street Byron Bay

2 – 100 people

Box ofﬁce hours: 10 am – 1.30 pm

Facilities: Wi-ﬁ, Projector, Whiteboard, Air-con Phone 6685 6807

October

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RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141 ...............................................0487 264137

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

DEADLINE: For additions and changes to the Service Directory is 12pm Friday LINE ADS: $90 for 3 months or $310 for 1 year prepaid DISPLAY ADS: $63 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid. Please supply display ads 85mm wide, 28mm high. New display ads will be placed at end of section. Ads appear every day in Service Directory pages on Echonetdaily at www.echonetdaily.net.au

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

INDEX Accountants ......................................38 Acupuncture .....................................38 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration 38 Antennas & Installation ..............38 Appliance Repair ............................38 Architects............................................38 Audio Production ...........................38 Audio Visual & IT .............................38 Bathroom Renovations ...............38 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters.38 Bricklaying .........................................38 Building Trades ................................38 Business Brokers .............................38 Carpet Cleaning...............................38 Chiropractic .......................................38 Cleaning ..............................................38 Clotheslines .......................................39 Computer Services.........................39 Concreting & Paving .....................39 Counselling........................................39 Decks, Patios & Extensions ........39 Dentists................................................39 Design & Drafting...........................39 Driveway Maintenance................39 Earthmoving & Excavation ........39 Electricians.........................................39 Fencing ................................................40 Flooring ...............................................40 Floor Sanding & Polishing .........40 Garage Doors .............................................40 Garden & Property Maintenance .40 Garden Design .................................40 Gas Suppliers.......................................40 Glaziers ................................................40 Guttering ............................................40 Hair & Beauty....................................40 Handypersons ..................................40 Health ...................................................40 Hire ........................................................40 Hot Water Systems .........................40 Interior Design .................................40 Ironing..................................................40

Kitchens ...............................................40 Landscape Design ..........................40 Landscaping .....................................41 Lawnmower Repairs .....................41 Lighting ...............................................41 Locksmith ...........................................41 Mobile Mechanic ............................41 Motoring .............................................41 Osteopathy ........................................41 Painting ...............................................41 Pest Control .......................................41 Photography .....................................41 Physiotherapy ..................................41 Picture Framing ...............................41 Plastering ...........................................41 Plumbers .............................................41 Printer Toners & Cartridges .......41 Printing & Copying Services .....41 Removalists .......................................41 Rental Property Inspections .....42 Roofing ................................................42 Rubbish Removal............................42 Scrap Metal Merchants ................42 Security Services.............................42 Septic Systems .................................42 Sewing & Alterations ..........................42 Solar Installation ............................42 Swimming Pools .............................42 Tiling .....................................................42 Travel ....................................................42 Tree Services .....................................42 Upholstery .........................................42 Valuers .................................................42 Veterinary Surgeons .....................42 Video Production ...........................42 Visa Advice .........................................42 Water Filters ......................................42 Water Tanks & Tank Cleaning ...42 Window Tinting ...............................42

ACCOUNTANTS

0439 624 945

02 66 804 173 Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

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0422 668 582

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas ....0432 289705 BYRON ANTENNA SERVICE Call me first for fast service..................................Richard 0401 190960

APPLIANCE REPAIR

Creative Carpentry

Decks, pergolas, verandahs, balconies, big & small renos and all other carpentry needs

0427 196 962

orangestar02@gmail.com

NAZARETH CARPENTRY RELIABLE TRADESMAN â&#x20AC;˘ JOBS UP TO $5000

DECKS â&#x20AC;˘ PERGOLAS â&#x20AC;˘ TIMBER WINDOWS & DOORS â&#x20AC;˘ GARAGE CONVERSIONS SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

BUILDER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS Peter Alexander. Lic 177579C ....................0417 499023 FRANK STEWART ARCHITECT Reg. 6075. www.frankstewart.com.au ...........................66856984 BRICKLAYER Quality work, reasonable quotes. Lic 164155C..................0437 135483 or 66849102 JOSE DO Sustainable Architecture. Reg. 7647. www.josedoarchitect.com....................0424 062096 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C.........................66808162 GRAEME BARR ARCHITECTS Reg 4244. www.graemebarr.com .......................................66877973 BUILDER/CARPENTER Peter Bergin. Renos & maintenance. Lic 147887C....................0432 060110 OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au .............................................66855001 CARPENTER Insured & qualified. Homes, extensions, decks, free quotes. Lic 231104C......... 0431 674377 AARDVARC ARCHITECTS www.aardvarc.com.au Northern NSW & SE Queensland......0410 444187 BUILDER CARPENTER DP Construction Building Solutions. All jobs. Lic 236035C ........0427 849445 TZANNES www.tzannes.com.au, george@tzannes.com.au ................................0424 186293 rbacarpentry.com.au New & reno work, decks & pergolas. Lic No 243918C ..............0407 330326 MICHAEL FRANCK ARCHITECT Reg 2454 www.keyturn.com.au .................................0414 660810 BRICKLAYING, RENDERING, SWIMING POOLS 30 years exp. Lic 170432C.................0423 378573 BUILDER CARPENTER Extensions, renos, new homes, insurance, all jobs. Lic 19953Q ...... 0403 458177

AUDIO PRODUCTION

CARPENTER Extensions, renos, studios, decks. Samuel Commerford Lic 266052C........0405 479528

AUDIO & VIDEO RECORDING & Live production, crystalgrid.com.au .........................0421 661910 IPS PTY LTD All facets of residential construction: integratedpropertyservicing.com.au .0437 819087

BUSINESS BROKERS

COMPLETE BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Peter Alexander. Lic 177579C......................0417 499023

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS

TAX RETURNS from $110 Individuals & $180 Small Business, Accounting/Bookkeeping, GST, BAS. Quickbooks, MYOB, Xero, etc. Rentals, Capital Gains. Partnership, Trust

BBL BUSINESS SALES www.bblbusinesssales.com.au .........................................Paul 0403 584646

CARPET CLEANING

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

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TLC

Truck Mounted Machine

CARPET CLEANING

TENDER LOVING CARE Specialising in household carpet cleaning Speedy Drying

Kevin & Margaret Bower

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

(02) 6684 1001

Green & Clean

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation. Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

and Company tax returns. LBB Tax Services ....................................................................0423 763053

0408 232 066

ACCOUNTANT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MARTIN McCARTHY ...............................................................................66874026 BOOKKEEPING Get your business in Harmony with Rose. Hospitality specialist ...........0416 036519

ACUPUNCTURE

ORANGE STAR

CARPENTRY/JOINERY Renos, kitchens, bthrms, small jobs. Lic 157823C. Paul .... 0423 658885 or 66845273

ARCHITECTS

CUSTODIAN BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTANT BANGALOW + BYRON BAY The office accountants & business advisers ...66872960

0438 139 938

Mat Wood â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mattnnikki@bigpond.com

DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................66834008 or 0407 728998 DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .........66843575 or 0414 922786 CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C ...................................66291169 or 0412 967677 BYRON ELECTRONICS Repairs to TV/Audio. 1/25 Brigantine Street, Byron Bay.................66857610 BUILDER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C............0415 793242

BLUEDOLPHINBATHROOMS.COM.AU Lic 105283C ..................................................0405 148536

BOOKKEEPING MYOB Reckon online, ATO Reg. Annette ...............................................0419 627506

Pty Ltd

Servicing Byron Bay & surrounding areas

YOUR DIGITAL AND PROGRAMMING SOLUTIONS

AFFORDABLE TAX RETURNS FROM $110

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

Dukewood Homes

*conditions apply

MOBILE IT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HIFI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A/V â&#x20AC;&#x201C; home technology support www.tech-rescue.com.au ......0419 996606

Registered BAS Agent ~ Tax Lodgement Reasonable hourly rates ~ Online accounting software available from $7.50 per month. Call Matt on 0414 500 640 or visit custodianbookkeeping.com.au

â&#x20AC;˘ Quality Built Homes â&#x20AC;˘ Renovations â&#x20AC;˘ Extensions â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hands-Onâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Builder

0402 022 111

David Levine iwireantennas.com.au

AUDIO VISUAL & IT

BAS ~ BOOKKEEPING ~ REGISTERED TAX AGENT Gail Rundle 0401 884 231 â&#x20AC;˘ Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads

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

â&#x20AC;˘ Fencing â&#x20AC;˘ Decking â&#x20AC;˘ Structural Pine & Hardwood â&#x20AC;˘ Landscaping Timber â&#x20AC;˘ Logs & Sleepers â&#x20AC;˘ Lattice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Privacy Screens â&#x20AC;˘ Alternative Treated timbers for Vegie Gardens & Playgrounds

Lic. No. 270262C

SERVICE DIRECTORY RATES, PAYMENT & DEADLINE

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North Coast news daily:

Lic. 266174C

Service Directory

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

APEX CARPET CLEANING www.apexcarpetcleaning.com.au ........................ Nathan 0412 926441 CARPET, UPHOLSTERY & more. No chemicals. www.mintsteamclean.com.....................66808097

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BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay .............................66855282 ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis .................................................66842559 DESIGN IT SOFT FURNISHINGS Curtains, blinds & bedheads............................Jane 0432 549953 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman .66858553 ACUPUNCTURE www.marlenefarry.com Facial rejuvenation, general practice ................66842400 MICHAEL SCHWAGER & SHAUN CASHMAN Chiropractors 108 Stuart St, Mullum ........66841962 JAMIE BELLAMY Wellness in the heart of Mullumbimby..............................................0432 034202 MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Massage, chiropractic & fitness. 110 Dalley St........................66841028 ACUPUNCTURE Chinese herbs, 27 years experience. Mullumbimby. Debbie ................0412 242919 BRICK / BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 21474C...........................................................0409 444268 BYRON BAY CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE Bruce Campbell. 1/12 Tasman Way, A&I Estate ...66858159 ACUPUNCTURE Mullumbimby. Mary-Ellen Young ........................................................0403 477972 ALL TYPES BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Licence no. 60801C. 40 years exp. Paul ................0423 852559 CAPE BYRON HOLISTIC CHIROPRACTIC Shane Eade. 6/14 Middleton St ....................0467 660323

BRICKLAYING

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chill Outâ&#x20AC;? Lic AU37088 Lic 246545C

Fully Licensed Technicians Best Local Installers Best Quality Products

6680 9394

COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 .............0412 641753

38 October 14, 2015 The Byron Shire Echo

BUILDING TRADES

ARCHITECTURAL TIMBERS JACK MANTLE

CLEANING

STAIRS

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL OPEN / CLOSED RISERS

0408 740 480 / 07 5590 5696

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

â&#x20AC;˘ House washing â&#x20AC;˘ High pressure or soft wash â&#x20AC;˘ Window cleaning â&#x20AC;˘ Driveways, paths & roofs â&#x20AC;˘ Gutters & ďŹ&#x201A;yscreens â&#x20AC;˘ Water efďŹ cient â&#x20AC;˘ Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 6684 4018 or 0412 495 750

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Service Directory COMPUTER SERVICES

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CARPARK & DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE CONCRETE EDGING

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0418 156 909 Call Steven Butturini

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

Education

61 Stuart Street phone 02 6684 6235 Mullumbimby www.mullummac.com

Specialising in Asphalt Driveways, Subdivisions, Earthworks, Carparks and all Maintenance!

EARTHMOVING ROADWORKS • PLANT HIRE

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

0400 479 811

dgrant@razzledazzlewindows.biz • www.razzledazzlewindows.biz

SaulMordaunt@macdoc.net.au

0411 562 111 s

Byron Eco Window Cleaning and Pressure Washing

Apple Certified Support

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335 NERDWORKS Computer repairs, mobile technician ...............................66846276 or 0413 379514

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

ZANEY PRODUCTIONS Apple Computer Services .........................................................0403 398272 WORKRIGHT Computer Support Mobile support for small business Byron Shire Daniel ..... 0422 804449

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

CONCRETING & PAVING

SALISBURY CONCRETING

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting. • Residential Civil Industrial. • Resurfacing and rejuvenation of existing concrete. • Steel ﬁxing & formwork.

DARYL 0418 234 302 OR 02 6680 1793

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

TINY EARTHWOR Philip Toovey 0409 799 909 ph/fax 02 6684 3208

various implements available for limited access projects Lic.136717c

Window Cleaning Professionals

STEVE BAKER Concreting. Excavator hire. Lic 143161C ................................................0412 272564 FLANAGAN & SONS CONCRETING Lic 155456C. ............................................Ph Andrew 66841424 JASON COOTE CONCRETING All concreting work, form work, steel fixing Lic 261424C.....0421 957506

A NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65HP chain trencher, 1.7 tonne excavator, tipper.0402 716857 BYRON BAY BOBCAT & MINI EXCAVATOR All areas ..............................................Ian 0412 853479 EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE Honest & reliable .............................................................0431 678130 BRUNSWICK BOBCAT HIRE Good rates, very experienced operator Ilan......................0414 300012 MINI EXCAVATOR / POSITRAC COMBO & tipper hire. Ph Andrew.........0401 968173 or 66841424 BRENDAN POWELL Earthmoving, landscaping, design & construction........................0404 988222 ROAD CONSTRUCTION Excavators, rollers, grader & truck hire .....................................0418 665905

ELECTRICIANS

PLATINUM CONCRETE 20 years experience. Jobs under $5000 ............... Justin Myers 0458 773788 Residential & Holiday Accommodation marlo@scrubupcleaning.com

0499 206 036

Jai – 0467 482 948

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

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

Call Samuel on 6680 9123 or 0434 539 979. Byron Local for over 30 years.

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20 Year+s Exp.

Reliable Affordable Fully Insured

DARYL SALISBURY over 20 years local exp. All concrete works. Lic 136717C................0418 234302

COUNSELLING JUSTINE Enneagram, Buddhist Psychology, Coaching. www.muditaclinic.com .................66846090

Environmentally friendly home cleaning throughout the Northern Rivers. Rates start at $55/2hrs.

0416886202 friendlygreenperfectlyclean@gmail.com www.northernriversgreencleans.com/

24 HOUR SERVICE

HOWAT BROTHERS CONCRETING Patios, driveways, paths. Lic 285736C ....................0466 155157

PETER FOX Couple Therapy & Marriage Intensives. coupletherapyaustralia.com ...............66840469 JULIA BODKIN Psychotherapist www.globalspiritevents.com......................................0403 652067

0439 624 945

Domestic Commercial

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

02 66 804 173 All Jobs Small or Large

Lic: 154293c

%XTE HOUSE RIOR W WIN ASH CLEAN DOW

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL

The Deck Doctor

JAMIE 0408 809 817

Sanding and Reﬁnishing, Repairs and Maintenance, Internal Floors Richard Neylan richardneylan1@bigpond.com 0407 821 690 • www.facebook.com/DeckDoctor65

licence no. 201775c

BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING For a free quote phone Chris ....................................... 0408 536565\ DECKS & TIMBER SOLUTIONS Free quotes. See localsearch.com.au for business profile... 0410 062493

0458 267 777

CLEAN AS IT’S BEEN TEAM Home, Bond back, anytime, references..................................66882372 DECKS AND PERGOLAS Hardwood, pine, composites. Byron/Gold Coast. Robbie ........0409 244424 FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Oiled timber & deck maintenance (new business) ...........0419 789600 DONE & DUSTED CLEANING Going the extra mile, professional, dependable .............0498 731447 BUILDER/CARPENTER Decks, pergolas, small jobs. Hourly rate. Lic 123672C .............Stu 66802224 DI’S CLEANING SERVICE Quality & efficient. O.Sh, SGB, NB, Mullum & surrounds .......0414 408723 DETAILED CLEANING Natural products. Please call 8am-6pm......................................0410 723601

Lic. 211410C

DENTISTS

DOWNUNDER CLEANING Bond & builders cleans. General cleans & windows ............0438 015037 Dr. Nigel Cluer BDSc (Hons)

BYRON HOME CLEANING Brunswick to Ballina & inland towns. $30ph ..............Holly 0451 102239

OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN HOLISTIC DENTISTRY

QUALITY & RELIABLE Cleaner, rubbish removal, downsizing.......................................0421 701140 CONSCIOUS CLEANING Non-toxic, eco-friendly. Beautiful results. 6yrs exp. Tessa........0449 173056

60 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby | BOOK AN APPOINTMENT 02 6626 7999 Located within Mullumbimby Comprehensive Health Centre

IPS PTY LTD All types of cleaning – integratedpropertyservicing.com.au ....................0408 446145 BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ......................................................................66851264 BANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow .....................................66872766 CLEANING I’m experienced with an eye for detail .........................................................0434 515016 SHORES DENTAL Dr Shaun Goh & Dr Richard Conn. Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores....................66803477 GREEN ROCKET CLEANERS Bond, office, builders clean, window cleaning..................0405 437431 GAVIN STUART & MARTIN ACKLAND Banora Seaview Dental, Banora Point

CLOTHESLINES Northern Rivers Clotheslines & Letterboxes

WE CAN REPAIR OR REWIRE YOUR OLD LINE • SALES • INSTALLATION • REPAIRS Contact Greg on 0403 555 690 or 6687 4442

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

30 mins north of Ewingsdale. Open Sat. early & late appointments ..............................07 55234090

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

‘We will not compromise on your safety’

1300 639 843

ELECTRICAL INSTALLS AND UPGRADES APPLIANCE INSTALLS AND REPAIRS AIR-CONDITIONING INSTALLS AND SERVICES

Lic No. 262667C

FULL CIRCLE Window & Pressure cleaning. Call Oliver (new business)..........................0419 789600

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816 COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .........................0439 624945 or 66804173 MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ............................................................66842644 RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 ........................................................0429 802355

DESIGN & DRAFTING

HALLMARK ELECTRICAL Domestic, small job specialist. Lic EC41467 ..........................0407 416575 BYRON BAY ELECTRICAL Geoff Bensley. Lic EC 34079 ..................................................0427 857824

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com .........Bob Acton 0407 787993 CIRCUITS PLUS For everything electrical. Friendly & professional. Lic 201844C ...........0422 668582 DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements .....0419 880048 SUNSHINE ELECTRICAL SERVICES NSW Competetively Priced. Quality Work. Lic 116938C .0416 043414 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au...............0423 531448 AARDVARC www.aardvarc.com.au Northern NSW & Southeast Queensland ..........0410 444187

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Service Directory ELECTRICIANS (continued)

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

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

Reliable

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

SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C ................................................................ Call Mitch 0421 843477 Acreage & Residential Mowing | Gardening Landscaping | Property Maintenance Brush Cutting | Tip Runs | Fully Insured

0430 297 101 / 6684 5437 info@byronbaymowing.com.au www.byronbaymowing.com.au

POOLSAFE GLASS FENCING

GARDEN CLEANUP SPECIALISTS • Complete garden tidy ups • Acreage/residential mowing • Weed control • Landscaping

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

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 HOMESTEAD FENCING Since 1995. Glass & aluminium pool fencing specialists. Lic 227674C .66222886 byronbaybrushfencing.com.au New & repairs ................................................Dave 0419 692155 PSG FENCING All types. Friendly & professional. Quality work. Matt ............................0401 259882

FLOORING

Flooring by Wallaces • COMPLETE FLOORING SOLUTIONS • TIMBER BAMBOO LAMINATE VINYL • PORCELAIN & CERAMIC TILES • CARPET • FLOORSANDING • DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

Paola Landscapes Pty Ltd Garden Clean Ups Gutter Cleaning Lawn Maintenance Irrigation & Repairs Hedge Trimming Planting & Lawn Edging Turf Laying Full Garden Maintenance Servicing Residential, Commercial and Government PLEASE CALL MATTHEW PAOLA 0431 871 245

Tony’s Tidy-ups

• Mowing • Garden Ga clean-ups • Mulching/weeding • Drainage issues • Landscape makeover removal … and anything in between! • Rubbish re

10% off when mentioning this ad.

0424 732 500

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING FARM PICK UP PRICES Soft Leaf Buffalo A grade $8/m2

• Prices are GST inclusive • Pick up Ex-Farm – forklift loaded • Cut fresh: require half day advanced notice • DELIVERY EXTRA 7am-4pm Monday to Friday

6684 7380

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

0408 536 565 proud member of

TIMBER FLOOR SPECIALIST

SERVICING ALL AREAS

0420 528 373

www.oceanﬂoors.net.au ECO TIMBER FLOORS Sanding, polishing & repairs..............................................Trent 0432 501721 FLOOR SANDING & PAINTING Decks, verandahs etc. Lic 190593C.....................Kevin 0417 644671 NJH FLOOR SANDING Eco wax, oils & water base finishes............................... Nathan 0420 215716 THE FLOOR SANDER Non-toxic finishes. Free quotes. Ph Richard .................................0407 821690

GARAGE DOORS

BRUNSWICK VALLEY DOOR CENTRE

GARAGE DOOR SPECIALIST • Sales • Service • Repairs

bvdc.com.au bvdc@bigpond.com 0418 171 285 02 6684 5529

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

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

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

TOTAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE – CALL BEN 0411 631 655

12/70 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay | 6685 5503

BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609

SOMERS ELECTRICAL Prompt & reliable. Bruns, O.Shores, Mullum & Byron Lic 283345C .0438 350650

BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, Colorbond & timber fencing .............0417 491136

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental

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

FENCING

GAS SUPPLIERS Free Delivery

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

JASON POOLE ELECTRICAL Byron. Prompt Professional Competitive rates Lic 187326C...0414 396961

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North Coast news daily:

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 GUTTERING & DOWNPIPES Guttermesh, Metal Roofing Lic 60414C Darryl Patterson ...0414 889453

HAIR & BEAUTY ALLURE BODY WAXING Suffolk Park ............................................................................0403 417508

HANDYPERSONS

PROPER JOB BOB For All Your Property Maintenance Needs Fo * 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 MULLUM HANDYMAN Maintenance, repairs, painting, tip runs, gardening ...............0424 954388 A.S.A.P. HANDYMAN Carpentry, plaster, paint, bathrooms, studios, maintenance ......0405 625697 RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES Michael ...........................................66844970 or 0405 325569 GREG’S HANDYMAN SERVICE No job too small, free quotes........................................0414 109595 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic...............................Wayne 0423 218417 HANDYMAN All services and areas. Reliable & friendly. $35/hr ....................................0403 793834 YOUR HANDYMAN No job too small. Lic 203206C ........................................................0424 158585 HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ........................................66884324 or 0476 600956

HEALTH • OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy

• Garden & property maintenance • Acreage & residential mowing • Landscaping • Tip runs • Stump grinding info@byronbayranga.com ~ www.byronbayranga.com

0431 550 401

MULLUM-MOWING@mullumonline.net. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage.........Peter 0423 756394 GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ..66841778 or 0405 922839 A TO Z GARDEN SERVICES Lawns, acreage, hedges, clear ups, gutters, tip runs ..........0405 625697 A.C.E. LAWNMOWING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed ...............Sam 0438 655763 or 66859754 ABSOLUTE GARDEN WASTE REMOVAL OR WHATEVER Large trailer. Free quotes ......66804704 LEAF IT TO US Acreage mowing, 72” mowers, gardening/property maint. specialists ..0402 487213 MOW JOES Lawn & garden maintenance, ride-on mowing. Fully insured ..............Joe 0407 065849 NICK’S MOWING Lawns, edges, hedges, local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O.Shores .....0418 792279 SPECIALIST WEED CONTROL CONTRACTORS/CONSULTANTS ...............................0418 110714 NORTHERN RIVERS MOWING Acreage specialist. For prompt attention call Geoff......0428 544190 A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ...............0405 716552 RED BELLY HANDYMAN & GARDEN SERVICE .............................................................0400 582277 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer ...............................................................0408 210772 ALL TERRAIN MOWING Steep slopes, long grass, residential, acreage, local, reliable ..0419 225124 EVERGREEN ACREAGE MOWING AND MAINTENANCE .....................................Liron 0427 176771 TOTAL LAWN CARE Mowing, weeding, yard clean ups etc. Baden................................0490 023964 SLASHING 100hp 7ft slasher. Shirewide ........................................................................0408 778159 BEANOS Tree & lawn care service. Tree removal/pruning. Lawn & garden maintenance ...... 0421 508044 ACREAGE BRUSHCUTTING & CLEARING Thick grasses, saplings, lantana, woody weeds ... 0412 705962 BIO GARDENS Horticulturist for all your gardening needs. Reasonable rates ...............0459 175729 ACREAGE MOWING, landscaping, all aspects of property maintenance. Ph Luke .........0407 981636

GARDEN DESIGN

HOMEOPATHY Qualiﬁed Advice in Byron Bay by Debbie Rayﬁeld Short & long consultations from $15 Huge pharmacy of traditionally made remedies Kits for Mother and Baby, Travel and First Aid www.fountaincentre.com.au Tel: 0431168926 MULLUMBIMBY MEDICAL CENTRE 60 Stuart St ............................................................66841511 ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002 MULLUMBIMBY SKIN CLINIC 58 Stuart Street .................................................................66844400 MUDITA CLINIC Ayurveda, Counselling, Mindfulness. www.muditaclinic.com .................66846090 CRANIOSACRAL BALANCING Najma Ahern, Practitioner, Tutor & Trainer ....................0402 230449

HIRE 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 TWEED COAST ELECTRICAL Hot Water Specialists. Lic 214073C ...................................0432 728946

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

IRONING THE IRONING LADY Suffolk Park. $25 per hour. Angela................................................0414 719680

KITCHENS SHAUN LEMURA KITCHENS Byron 17yrs+ qual. exp. www.slbyronbay.com...............0499 771769 ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Splashbacks .................................................................................66857200 C & C KITCHENS Kitchens & Bathrooms. Quality at affordable prices .................................66872275 D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery – www.hinged.com.au ..................................................0409 843689

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ......................... Lyn 0428 884329 DESIGN & PLANS Lic no. 39791 www.varendorfflandscapes.com.........66845035 or 0414 842602 GARDEN MAKEOVERS Design, restoration & plant supply ........... John 66841126 or 0431 745475 BEAU JARDIN Landscape Design & Documentation, Horticultural Consultation...........0417 054443

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

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Service Directory B Timbs Painting Bruce Timbs

Domestic & Commercial

Friendly & Clean

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING X 6680 7573 0415 952 494 X www.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C

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

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TYAGARAH MOWER REPAIRS Pacific Hwy (next to Bruns Wreckers), Tyagarah ..........0488 094025 BYRON MOWER Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;cutter, châ&#x20AC;&#x2122;saw, all small engine repairs. Pickup & delivery................0429 707286 MULLUM MOWERS & MACHINERY REPAIRS Mullumbimby Industrial Estate ...........0423 204218

ALAN MALONE

LIGHTING Architectural & Landscape Lighting Specialists Free onsite consultancy service

Licence No 97474

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

0412 794 364

AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ...............................................0413 185399 or 66841249 KELVIN & ROBERT TEALE Painters & decorators. Lic R65919 ..............0400 349027 or 0438 842731 BYRON PAINTING Immediate starts, great rates. Lic 239832C .....................................0427 669806

PEST CONTROL

LOCKSMITH

EWINGSDALE PHYSIO Renata Tenta. Flexi-Bar Training. Real Time Ultrasound .................66847838 PETER FARRELL Physiotherapist, manual therapy & exercise, Mullumbimby ...................66843385 MARTINA DUEL Craniosacral, physio, dry needling, manual therapies. Mullum...........0432 322998

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

PLASTERING

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

PETRA KARNI Physiotherapy, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron..........................66807207

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

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL

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DQQH P ZDUZLFN#JPDLO FRP COL JENKINS PLASTER Gyprock, renovations, repairs. No job too small .....................0401 078733 GLENN WATERS For the finish you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see. Lic 58928C...............................................0427 908129

PLUMBERS NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 6680 5081 0429 805 081 Byron Shire

Licence No. 207479C

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

LAWNMOWER REPAIRS

CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel .................Bangalow 66872337 & Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;bah 66723818

real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Alex Margan, Millie Shield ..........................................66803499

YVES DE WILDE

SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C................................0405 122456 SHANE TURNER LANDSCAPES Solid, creative, affordable............................................0418 688171 BYRON BAY LANDSCAPES Retaining walls, paving, fencing, concreting, earthworks..0490 062016 BUSH ROCKS All sizes / mossy, can deliver. Ron .....................................66298208 or 0429 398208 STYLE LANDSCAPES Retaining, paving, landscaping. Lic no 41307..............................0427 570076 VARENDORFF LANDSCAPES varendorfflandscapes.com Lic 39791 ..... 66845035 or 0414 842602 IPS Paving, concreting, retaining walls, fencing: integratedpropertyservicing.com.au .. 0437 819087 RAPHIS PALMS 2.5m hedging and privacy ...................................................................0421 866600 LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Design & construction. Lic 277154C ...................0423 700853

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

Lic 167371C

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

ANTHONY Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St.. 66853511

6685 1018 or 0413 666 267

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

â&#x20AC;˘ Sand â&#x20AC;˘ Soils â&#x20AC;˘ Gravels â&#x20AC;˘ Pots & statues â&#x20AC;˘ Lots, lots more

Corner Dalley & Burringbar Sts, Mullumbimby ....................................................................66843255

Lic 184464C

LANDSCAPING

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

MOBILE MECHANIC MADEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOBILE SERVICE Byron Shire + Beyond, well equipped mobile workshop ....0439 806598

MOTORING

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

â&#x20AC;˘ Targeted treatments for all pests with â&#x20AC;&#x153;no sprayâ&#x20AC;? cockroach treatments â&#x20AC;˘ If you have found live termites, do not disturb them and call us for advice! No cost for quoting on active termites Relax, when safety, reputation and experience matters, we are the experts

6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018

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

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

HRH PLUMBING Providing a prompt, reliable & efficient service. Lic 220755C ...........0402 652017 DART PLUMBING Plumbing, roofing, gas. Byron Bay. Lic 1175539C.............................0421 334515 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ...0419 019035 ADM PLUMBING SERVICESâ&#x20AC;Ś (NO JOB TOO SMALL) Lic 234528C. ...........Call Adam 0466 992483 ED RIORDAN PLUMBING Ballina to Byron. Lic L6966...................................................0417 343480

Lic: AU29498

Bayside Radiators

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

I LOVE PLUMBING Call Steve Lic 148904C ....................................................................0412 916140

BRAD EVELEIGH PLUMBING Maintenance specialist. Bruns. Lic 257153C...................0438 140075 BLOCKED DRAINS Drain camera, leak detection. Tap King. Lic 237124C ......................0427 217500 EMERGENCY PLUMBING All aspects. Prompt & prof. O.Shores. Lic 284496C ...............0417 053708 MATT WILSON PLUMBING Lic 10704. All plumbing, draining, gas fitting. Free quotes. .0408 665672

PRINTER TONERS & CARTRIDGES

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

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

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

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

REMOVALISTS

Sue Broadbent, Toby Mills, Andre Kleinbaum, Emily Pepper

BEYOND BYRON REMOVALS

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

OSTEOPATHY at Mullumbimby Comprehensive Health Centre

Dr. Matthew Fourro (Osteo) Dr. Egbert Weber (Osteo)

BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE FOR WOMEN Eve Schoenheimer Mon, Tues, Thur ............66853660 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs & Alison Daniel. 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 JAMIE BENNETT OSTEOPATHY Byron CBD Monday-Friday ...............................................66855515

PAINTING

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Lic No 189144C

0438 784 226 â&#x20AC;˘ 6685 4154

PHOTOGRAPHY

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

ALL-WAYS PAINTING BYRON BAY

11 797

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

60 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby | 02 6626 7900

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

â&#x20AC;˘ Safe â&#x20AC;˘ Natural â&#x20AC;˘ Effective â&#x20AC;˘ Guaranteed 6684 2006

www.treefaeriefotos.com â&#x20AC;˘ 0417 427 518 MELINDA ANDREAS Studio or on location. www.byronbayphotos.com.......................0421 582286

PHYSIOTHERAPY BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, pilates. Liz Thomas, Cally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara ......................................................................................................66872330 NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy, acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

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

phone 66801158 or 0408 004719

Andyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Move & More

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

The Byron Shire Echo October 14, 2015 41

Service Directory REMOVALISTS (continued)

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

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

(opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003

leapfrogremovals@yahoo.com.au

For tips & testimonials

Friendly Staff

YouTube

042050 5395

www.lighthouseremovals.com.au

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

VISA ADVICE WATER FILTERS

SHE TILES

free boxes and a 10% discount

LIGHTHOUSE REMOVALS

(02) 6684 5395

VIDEO PRODUCTION

REGISTERED MIGRATION AGENT Rebecca@byronbaymigrationagency.com.au .........0487 458047

TILING

Plus Check our website for how to get

No Problem !!!

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

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

search “Lighthouse Removals”

Difﬁcult Driveway ???

VETERINARY SURGEONS

73 Station St, Mullumbimby

0432 334 200 02 6680 8170

No weekend surcharge

NR VALUATIONS 25 years local exp. www.nrvaluations.com.au...................................0428 694041

SWIMMING POOLS

LEAPFROG REMOVALS

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The Water Filter Experts

Female Wall & Floor Tiler _ over 10 years experience

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

for home, commercial and rural properties

Call Louise 0478 698 186

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

Lic. No. 216827C Because a woman understands excellence

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Dirty Tiles & Grout?

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...forget pointless scrubbing

02 6684 2198

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

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BRAND NEW again... GUARANTEED!!!

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

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

LOCAL AFFORDABLE Brisbane to Sydney, 20yrs exp. travellingbenny@gmail.com ....0402 199999

RENTAL PROPERTY INSPECTIONS

Free Quote

ROOFING

Wat puriﬁcation systems Water Hom Home • Rural • Commercial Servicing S your needs

Phone Chris 0414 229 114

WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING

Call Ben on 0456 606 911

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

WINDOW TINTING

www.groutpro.com.au R 4 ROOFING AUSTRALIA Servicing Northern Rivers. Lic 252098C.................. Adam 0422 248936 ZAC MacTAGGART Metal roofing, reroofing, fascia & gutters. Lic No 223489C .............0411 683003

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103 SUNRISE W. T. NO BUBBLES, NO TROUBLES Cars, homes & offices .........................0412 158478

TILER Shower leaks, wall & floor tiling, 45 years experience. Lic R91906. Phone Bob ...0410 428919 ALL ROOF CLEANING Experienced roof & pressure cleaning, free quotes .....................0419 789600 TILER Bathroom repairs, walls & floors. Lic 75915. Andy ...............................................0419 478248

RUBBISH REMOVAL

TRAVEL

1st SUN Byron Bay 1st SUN Lismore Car Boot

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

TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer ...............................................................0408 210772

ATAS A10923

GREEN WASTE REMOVAL & TIP RUNS .................................................0427 176771 or 66840201

SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS

TREE SERVICES

BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP

JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL

Drop washing steel, es and machin ers dry

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

Paciﬁc Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351

FREE T avail fo OW

r cars – unwanted cash for som paid e

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

131 546

SECURITY SERVICES STREETWISE SECURITY Static guards & crowd control. Lic 409807379........................0439 793925

SEPTIC SYSTEMS SEWERAGE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS Installing, maintaining and repairing onsite sewerage management systems in Tweed & Byron Shires for over 25 years.

M 0418 754 149 P 07 5523 9930 NSW Lic. L10007 QLD Lic. 13395

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

SEWING & ALTERATIONS

• Diploma Arboriculture • Fully Insured • Prompt, Professional Service • Right Advice, Right Price

Ringo 0468 957 564 HART TREE SERVICES 15” chipper bobcat cranetruck stump grinding EWP....66849137 or 0427347380 SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES .............................................Call Tim 66877677 or 0417 698227

SEWING REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS Byron Bay & all areas. Phone Jan ......................Jan 66849398 NORTHERN TREE CARE Consulting arborist, tree surgery ...........................................0414 186161 STITCH: For all your sewing needs. Ocean Shores & surrounds. Ph Lindi .......................0432 340113

BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ..................................................0402 364852 TALLOW TREE SERVICES Removal, free quote & full insurance ....................................0401 208797

SOLAR INSTALLATION

A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES Happy to help. Andrew.....................................0412 558890 OUT ON A LIMB Tree removal, chipping, stump grinding. Free Quotes ............... Lucas 0402 191316

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

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

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6628 4495 0417 759 777 6685 6807 6628 7333

2nd SAT Flea, Byron YAC 0490 026 840

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

E ll FRoE ff for a

MONTHLY MARKETS 1st SAT Bruns Heads 1st SAT Murwillumbah

BEST SKIPS BANGALOW 2m3, 3m3, 4m3, 6m3 & 8m3 bins ...................0417 458149 or 66871544

@ BRUNSWICK BYRON AUTO WRECKERS

$379

FULLY INSTALLE IN YOURD HOME

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

NR VALUATIONS Independent. Reg. Valuer. www.nrvaluations.com.au .....................0428 694041

IN IN H

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

6688 6433 0419 369 609 6628 1568

3rd SAT Mullumbimby 3rd SAT Murwillumbah

6684 3370 0417 759 777

3rd SUN Uki 0487 329 150 3rd SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 7333 3rd SUN Ballina 6687 4328 Third quarter October 5

08:07

4th SUN Bangalow 4th SUN Nimbin

6687 1911 0458 506 000

5th SUN Lennox Head 5th SUN Nimbin

0419 369 609 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

OCTOBER 2015

New moon October 13 11:06 First quarter October 21 07:32 Full moon October 27 23:05 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, Low tide, month rise set rise set height (m) height (m) 1 T 0525 1746 2114 0739 1026,1.81; 2257,1.51 0406,0.22; 1649,0.20 2 F 0524 1746 2215 0829 1117,1.75; 2353,1.38 0454,0.33; 1748,0.29 3 S 0523 1747 0920 1211,1.67 0545,0.45; 1852,0.38 DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS 2am – clocks forward one hour 4 S 0622 1847 0013 1114 0154,1.26; 1409,1.58 0741,0.55; 2100,0.46 5 M 0620 1848 0107 1208 0302,1.19; 1514,1.50 0845,0.62; 2208,0.50 6 T 0619 1848 0155 1302 0415,1.18; 1621,1.46 0954,0.65; 2311,0.50 7 W 0618 1849 0239 1355 0521,1.22; 1724,1.45 1101,0.64 8 T 0617 1850 0320 1448 0614,1.28; 1817,1.47 0003,0.48; 1200,0.59 9 F 0616 1850 0357 1540 0658,1.35; 1901,1.49 0046,0.45; 1251,0.54 10 S 0615 1851 0433 1631 0735,1.43; 1941,1.51 0124,0.41; 1334,0.48 11 S 0614 1851 0507 1722 0810,1.49; 2017,1.52 0157,0.39; 1413,0.43 12 M 0612 1852 0541 1813 0842,1.54; 2053,1.51 0228,0.37; 1449,0.39 13 T 0611 1852 0615 1904 0914,1.58; 2128,1.49 0258.0.37; 1526,0.37 14 W 0610 1853 0650 1955 0946,1.61; 2203,1.46 0328,0.38; 1602,0.36 15 T 0609 1854 0727 2048 1019,1.63; 2241,1.41 0359,0.40; 1640,0.37 16 F 0608 1854 0807 2140 1055,1.63; 2320,1.36 0432,0.44; 1720,0.39 17 S 0607 1855 0850 2233 1133,1.61 0508,0.48; 1803,0.43 18 S 0606 1855 0936 2323 0004,1.30; 1115,1.57 0547,0.53; 1852,0.46 19 M 0605 1856 1026 0053,1.24; 1303,1.53 0633,0.59; 1948,0.49 20 T 0604 1857 1120 0016 0150,1.21; 1400,1.50 0730,0.63; 2052,0.49 21 W 0603 1857 1218 0105 0257,1.21; 1506,1.50 0836,0.64; 2159,0.45 22 T 0602 1858 1318 0153 0408,1.26; 1616,1.53 0951,0.61; 2300,0.39 23 F 0601 1859 1421 0239 0513,1.35; 1723,1.59 1102.0.53; 2355,0.30 24 S 0600 1859 1525 0323 0609,1.48; 1822,1.66 1206,0.42 25 S 0559 1900 1630 0407 0700,1.62; 1917,1.70 0045,0.23; 1305,0.31 26 M 0558 1901 1737 0451 0748,1.74; 2010,1.72 0133,0.17; 1401,0.21 27 T 0557 1901 1845 0537 0837,1.84; 2102,1.69 0219,0.16; 1455,0.14 28 W 0557 1902 1952 0624 0925,1.90; 2155,1.62 0305,0.18; 1548,0.11 29 T 0556 1903 2057 0714 1014,1.92; 2248,1.53 0352,0.24; 1642,0.13 30 F 0555 1904 2159 0807 1102,1.89; 2342,1.43 0439,0.32; 1736,0.19 1152,1.81 31 S 0554 1904 2256 0901 0527,0.41; 1831,0.28

Astronomical data and tides

Times have been adjusted for Daylight Saving. 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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TRAUMA ISSUES

Assessment & treatment of children, adolescents & adults

Carl Moore Psychology Reg no. PSY0001057399 Medicare rebates available

Fridays | 6684 6336

HYPNOSIS & EFT

TREAT YOURSELF! Relaxing deep tissue, remedial. Byron. Ph Kate 0410395368

Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma. Maureen Bracken 0402205352 ALOHA HEALING WITH NAOMI Strength with intuitive depth. Deep tissue & Kahuna 22yrs exp. 0417212540

KINESIOLOGY

Clear subconscious sabotages. Reprogram patterns and beliefs. Restore vibrancy and physical health. De-stress. Mullumbimby Ph 66846914 or Byron (at The Health Lodge) 66856445 SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract. HAWAIIAN BODYWORK Working through the layers of your whole being. 15ys exp. Brigitte 0402503603

Mullum Market THIS SATURDAY 8am–2pm

MON TUE WED THU FRI PM & SAT AM

TANTRA MASSAGE FOR WOMEN www.MassageByronBay.com

Kate Chase BAppSc, Grad Dip Relationship Therapy Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner

PLACENTA CAPSULES Certiﬁed Encapsulation Specialist mamasmedicine.com.au – 0447863781

relationship counselling family mediation co-parenting coaching

BEETU MASSAGE Velvet hands. A divine experience, sensuous, nurturing. 25yrs experience. Lucy 0427917960

MASTER HYPNOTHERAPIST NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMER & LIFE COACH

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

Martin Frank

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

PHYSIOTHERAPIST Mon–Fri 9am–5pm

20 Shirley St, Byron Bay

6685 8532

Body Based

Psychotherapy

Broadfoot playing live, great food and produce. ‘Exotic Kombi driven cars’ on show. Come and chill out and meet your friends.

Somatic Practice

• • • •

Julie Wells Anne Mannix

NO DOGS PLEASE

See timetable & more info:

Dip.Som.Psych, Clinical PACFA Reg.

Individual and Couple Therapy Supervision and Coaching

yellowchurchyoga.com dianaewing@bigpond.com Diana Ewing 0407 455 212

(02) 6685 5138

9 Myocum St, Mullumbimby

Massage Special

Byron’s health and healing guide for 16 years!

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HEALTH

TIGRESS YOGA

Sensual embodiment for women authenticity, ﬂuidity, vitality. 6 week series starting next week www.tigressyoga.com 0425273173

Slow Gentle Yoga

TOXIC & TIRED?

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

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

TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE Brunswick Heads. Ph Yah 0477594800 Make it Happen!

S U F F O L K PA R K CO M M U N I T Y H A L L Safe, beneficial, authentic yoga

IN 60 MINUTES Ingrid 66803827

5 weeks, Mondays 5pm, small safe group - begins Oct 26

Quit Cigarettes LIGHTHOUSE CONSULTATION facilitating self-empowerment, awareness & redirection. 0490030433

Yoga classes $18 5 class pass $80 Unlimited Passes Available

TRADEWORK

(Chinese Medicine)

Pain conditions Women’s Health, Mental/emotional fertility & Pregnancy Acutonics® for Children disturbances & general 14 Park Street, Brunswick Heads | 02 6685 1088 | baysideacupuncture.com ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE MASSAGE ACUTONICS®

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

COORABELL HALL WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES 66871307 www.coorabellhall.net

Dr David King

(Chinese Medicine) Certified Acutonics® Teacher

½ Hour 1 Hour 1½ Hour Home Visits

HALLS FOR HIRE

BAYSIDE ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL MEDICINE Health Fund Rebates & Hicaps Available Dr Eeka King

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

Upstairs Byron Surf Club 0448 807 798 Mon-Sat

Grace

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

Yoga & Pilates Shiatsu & Massage Experienced teachers Amazing venue

YOGA BASICS BOOK NOW Flo Fenton, Senior Yoga Teacher

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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

Tallow TREE SERVICES

PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE • • • • •

REMOVALS PALMS TREE SURGERY FREE QUOTES FULLY INSURED

• • • • •

STUMP GRINDING TREE REPORTS DA APPLICATIONS CRANE HIRE CHERRY PICKER

6687 2750 - 0401 208 797

A VERY HANDY MAN

TREE SERVICES

Compost Toilets

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NARNIA NURSERY

Lilly Pillys, Grevilleas, Cordylines, Gardenias, Flaxes & much more. www.narnianursery.com.au 0419771514

TEA TREE MULCH FINE & MED. CHOP & COMPOST $30/m + delivery. 0424163784

POP-UP CLEARANCE SALE All you want from a boutique at wholesale prices. Look for signs in Suffolk Park Sat-Mon 9-2pm or by appt. Fashion, jewellery, fantasy. Would suit shop or markets. Ph 0423365871 BUNK BEDS Solid Aust Pine, newly enamelled white. As new, can be sgl beds incl blankets & linen, $450. 0413704211

BAMBOO CLOTHING COMPANY

Wonderful chow pants. Also available PLUS SIZES. Pants, tops and tunics. Exclusive to Ocean Village, next to Post Office Ocean Shores. Tues–Fri, 10–4 | 0477 061 625

Covering all aspects of tree work and tree stump removal (stump grinding)

Experienced climber • Insured • Licensed FREE QUOTES HAPPY TO HELP

Call Andrew Wilson 0412 558 890

After hours & emergency service available

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.

NATIVE PLANTS

The Largest range of native plants in the Byron Shire. Tubestock to Semi-advanced Buy direct from the grower

MULLUM CREEK NATIVE NURSERY

6684 4421 0402 323 910

NICK HART

TREE SERVICES

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

• 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

WANTED

Fully insured • Free quotes

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

FOR SALE

GARAGE SALES

WET SAWN HARDWOOD Posts: 6”x6m +, 8”x3, 4, 5, 6m etc. 8”x2”x6m, etc. All sizes & lengths. Ring/text 0484287650

O.SHORES 7 Yungarup Pl. Sat & Sun 8-12pm. Games & game consoles, baby quails, bric-a-brac

BAMBOO CLOTHING CO exciting styles & colours. We know what women want. O.Shores Shop Cntre. Tues-Fri 10-4pm

GIRLS STUFF @ SUFFOLK Sat 8-12pm, Alcorn & Macgregor Sts

BAMBOO PLY

O.SHORES 29 Coomburra, Sat. Clothing, kitchen utensils, books, linen, fabrics

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 BICYCLES buy, sell, repair, recycle. Adult bikes from $60. Phil 0413779223 BICYCLES pre-loved, lge range, repairs. Sth Golden Bch. Phone 66804165 WASHING MACHINE automatic $180, fridge $170, delivery. Phone 0413589388

COMPOST TOILETS

STARTING AT $960 Green Building Centre 0427701653

LITTLE GREEN TRUCK.com.au

TRACTOR REPAIRS

Ute & Driver from $30

• DELIVERIES • SMALL MOVES • TIP RUNS 0415 194 654

northernrivers@littlegreentruck.com

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Byron

MARKEATC at the Y

Second Saturday of the month 8am–1pm 1 Gilmore Crescent, Byron Bay

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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 Chinese tractor repairs are no problem to us

landscape supplies

suppliers of: • sands • soils • gravels • pebbling • mulches • pots • statues • railway sleepers • tea tree mulch • and much more

COARSE TEA TREE MULCH $40 FOREST MULCH $25 We deliver throughout the Byron Shire STEPHEN & JULIANNE ROSS

1176 Myocum Road, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

ANDY’S MOVE & MORE Small & med moves, tip runs. 1 or 2 men at low prices. Byron & Mullum based. Ph 0429149533

SHORT TERM ACCOM. 3BR COMFY, QUIET COTTAGE 5 mins Mullum & Bruns. Verandah, views. Avail now to 30 Dec. $350pw. Ph 66844886 MULLUM fully-furn house, pool, views, walk to town. Suit cpl 24/10-23/11 $450pw. Ph 0499536416 MULLUM CREEK beautiful 4br home, verandah, child-friendly, 1/4 acre. Avail 2/11/15-18/01/16. $560pw 0455236575 BYRON BAY f-f studio, private garden, minimal cooking facilities, BBQ, microwave, TV, DVD, queen bed, bedding, spa bath, shared laundry. Avail now. $475pw (neg), incl bills. 0404204940

SHARE ACCOM. LENNOX room in quiet house, ocean views. Share with 2 others. $210pw incl WiFi/bills. Ph 0419268244 EWINGSDALE Large room w ensuite + study & own entrance. $250pw incl bills. Non-smoking & drug free. Ph 0435904173 MULLUM share with 3 males, $180pw includes bills. Ph 0427272853

UPPER WILSONS CK close to rainforest & creek, share with 2 females & pets $170pw inc elec, WiFi. Ph 66840430 GOONENGERRY 15 min Mullum. Lovely large furn/unfurn room, French doors to patio, BIR, share with 1, air-con, carport, n/s, no pets, $200pw, incl bills. 66849138 BYRON CBD single room, pref guy, comfy house in town f/f, no bills, $175pw Ph 0410515093 after 4pm ALCORN ST opp beach entry, furn, n/s, veg/semi veg. $230pw. Ph 0401031209 BANGALOW room with private balcony. $210pw. 5 min to town. Ph 0401977662

TO LET

MULLUM 8 Ann St, Sat. Toys, tools, plants, monitors, clothes, odds & ends SUNRISE 13 Sunrise Bvd. 8am Sat. Women/men clothes & shoes, & h/hold MULLUM 25 Ann St, Sat not before 7am. Kid’s & adult’s clothes galore, h/hold, fridge, laundry sink, shoes, toys, books, foos ball table, wishing well & lots more

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal 0408 210 772

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Ph 6684 2323

Mob 0418 663 983

MOTOR VEHICLES

CAR SERVICE

HONDA CIVIC 1990, $1100, 9 months rego. Ph 0458512477

BSW MOTORS

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403 or 0413120970 KIA CAMPER VAN 2004 5spd diesel, new stereo, great van, no rust, no leaks good cond. $5,800 ono. Ph 0427951010 HOLDEN RODEO 2002 LX crew cab motor exc, minor dents, Italian mags, rego 1/5/16. $5,300 ono. Ph 0418301465

MAZDA MX-5 1.6L, $5200, blue. Ph 0413851219

BARGAINS 2004 FORD FOCUS manual 178440km Low km 5door hatch Very nice BM01BE ....... $5,450 1997 HYUNDAI LANTRA automatic 183996km Ideal 1st car low kms BGR54E ............. $3,500 2002 FORD COURIER dualcab ute 128935km full service history SN1843 .................... $7,990 2007 TOYOTA CAMRYAltise VVTI auto 121921km Immaculate low kms CF47LH ................. $9,495 TOYOTA PRADO GRANDE auto 8-Seater family 4x4 CC28ZT ................................. $9,995 TOYOTA HIACE SBV VAN manual rego til March ’16 Suit work or camper WMT366 .......... $7,995

BARGAINS

ballinacarcentre.com.au

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA

Ballina Car Centre

DLN 19950

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274

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

CARAVANS FUNKY CARAVAN towable but no rego. Beautiful space to live, work or hang out in $6,000 ono. Can deliver. 0427802097

BUSINESS FOR SALE OY BAGELS is for sale. Includes instruction, all equipment and supplies, secret recipe & client list. 0438140745 FUNKY FISH & CHIP SHOP Only 20 min from Byron & 1 street away from the beautiful Richmond River, this popular takeaway attracts both locals & a growing number of tourists. Currently operating 5 days pw, this is a great opp offering a solid income & relaxed coastal lifestyle. $69,000. Call Wilson Cregan at Wal Murray, Alstonville 66285700

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BYRON TOWN free-standing studio, 400m to beach, n/s, single only, $400pw. Phone 0400588899

BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED Modern & Secure from $130 p/m Elders Real Estate 66871500 BYRON s-cont room, few mins walk CBD /beach, wc/shower/kitchenette, quiet loc, $280pw sgl, $315pw dble. 0415092964

BYRON Amazing modern house, 3br, 1 bath, study, all rooms expansive forest views, on acres in Woodlands Estate. 6 mth lease, suit chemically sens. No pets, n/s $730pw. Also avail with or without house, free standing stunning 50sqm studio with w/c for office or bodyworker $225pw. Call 0429075454 UPPER MAIN ARM 1br part-furn flat, suit wkg sgl, must love gardening. Bond & refs req, $250pw incl elect. Ph 0421371468 BEAUTIFUL self-cont studio in quiet retreat. Avail now until Dec 15. Mullum Creek. $280pw. Phone 0478734404 BYRON s-cont 1br granny flat, f-f, n/s, no pets, sgl worker, $300pw. 0424770281 BRUNSWICK 2br ground floor unit, share laundry. Avail now, $320pw. 0431816135

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NEW LISTING – Bangalow $1,000 pw Looking for a high-end tenant for highend 4 bed, 2 bath. Brand new funky queenslander. Lawn & garden incl. Sorry no pets. Avail mid/late Oct. NEW LISTING – Clunes $430pw Neat & tidy private farmhouse, 3 bed, stunning 180° views over Clunes valley, large carport & work shed on 1.5 acres. Pets OK. Avail end of Oct.

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Broken Head Rd, Newrybar - $430pw 1 bed, 1 bath, large kitchen, garden, water & electricity inc. Pets neg. Avail now. Greenfrog Ln, Bangalow - $350pw 1 bedroom studio, gas cooking, washing machine/fridge inc. NO pets. Avail now Ryces Drive, Clunes - $420pw Spacious 3 bed, rumpus, lounge, garage, large storeroom. No pets. Avail now. James Gibson Dr, Clunes - $500pw 4 bed, 2 bath, separate lounge/dining, DLUG plus shed. No pets Available now. For more available rental properties go to www.eldersbangalow.com.au

BYRON A&I ESTATE 170 sqm ofﬁce/ warehouse with cafe in complex, RC A/C, avail Sept. 460pw + GST, outgoings inc. No live-ins. Call Baz 0418327731

19a Byron Street, Bangalow

02 6687 1500

LAND FOR SALE

BRUNSWICK HEADS

CLUNES 1.5 acre lifestyle block in village. Close to shops & school. Ph 0418878978

2br $280

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

BRUNSWICK 1br cottage, spacious & light, fully s/cont $350pw. 0405141360

$340pw, 2 bed, Flat, includes water $440pw, 2 bed, 1 bath, semi-detached home

BEACHSIDE SUFFOLK Armstrong Street. 2br, 1 bath, 1 LUG, clean, tidy, light & airy. 780sqm, huge potential. $845,000. Open house Sat. 0490116795

REMOVALISTS

BYRON SELF-STORAGE UNITS Clean & secure. Ph 1300762618

BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333

MULLUM CREEK s-c apart, suit employed sgl/cpl, N/S, D/F, carport, $220pw + bills + bond. 0484579293

Open Mon–Fri 7–5pm Sat 7–2pm

SUFFOLK PARK brand new large 4br stand-alone villa in small private gated complex. All BIR, 2bthrm, 3 toilets, homeofﬁce, walk to beach, long lease, DLUG, a/c. Avail 7/11. $890pw + bills. Refs req. No pets. Phone 0432047221

LENNOX on acres, share with 3, fem pref, ocean views $132pw + bills. 0422844438

BALLINA SELF-STORAGE UNITS Secure from $16pw. Ph 66867011

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

6684 9137 • 0427 347 380

HONDA CIVIC 95 207,000km, 6 months rego, $1,600. Ph 0421122613

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES ALL YEAR ROUND

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• FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

BURRINGBAR 6 Waranga Cres, Sat 7am. Moving sale, all must go. Dishwasher, pool table, advanced plants, bush rock and pavers, bric-a-brac, h/hold

2br $325 2br $340 L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

BYRON A&I ESTATE Newly refurbished Office/Studio space, kitchen, a/c, beautiful lighting, new bathroom. Avail now. Unit 3/84 Centennial Circuit. Avail now. Please call Lui 0411298999 BYRON creative work / office space, $87pw incl elect & net. 0431674377 BYRON beautiful 50sqm studio 5 min from CBD. Tranquil space with forest views for office/holistic practitioner/yoga space, $225pw. Ph 0429075454

POSITIONS VACANT WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post ofﬁce box BOILERMAKER required for perm. parttime position. Ph Liam 0422207299 QUALIFIED CHEF for The Deck Restaurant, Byron Golf Club, forward CV jreitman64@gmail.com or in person FIT CLEANERS prefer white card for construction industry. Ph 0405437431

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MALES 18 – 27 TO MODEL Backpackers Welcome Do something New and Exciting Make Big Money, with no experience. All builds/looks. Surfwear / Nude work. Txt details/pic to 0466596100

CHEF REQUIRED for busy Lennox Head restaurant approx 20 hours pw. Professional, energetic team player for fast-paced kitchen. Perm residents only. lennoxheadpizzaandpasta@gmail.com DELIVER small local phone books. Own vehicle required. Immediate start. Phone 0418994956 or 0419009517

VR GP

Required full-time/part-time. Call Jennie on 66842300 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

EXP GARDENER req for large property Byron Bay. Also general handyman & cleaning duties. Casual. 0438207166 LABOURER required for sanding work on decks and ﬂoors. Must have own car and ABN. Floor sanding or painting experience preferred. Send applications to richardneylan1@bigpond.com

BYRON BAY BARISTA SCHOOL $99 Barista Course. Ph 0417760599

EDITORS We’re looking for a FT and PT video editor to join our talented and creative production team. Strong skills in Premiere plus a knack for picking the right b’roll is essential. Email cover letter & resume to Nathan. hr@psychwire.org

GOOD DRIVERS WANTED NOW Shifts avail for taxi, coach & hire cars. Full training provided. Min 12 month Aust Licence Required. Email: info@byronbaytaxis.com

PERMANENT CASUAL WAREHOUSE person, Billinudgel. Start part-time with possible increase. Heavy lifting, must be ﬁt & switched on. Attn to detail essential. 0405383039 – job426438@gmail.com

THE ECHO PAPER DELIVERY

The Echo has a contract position to insert, fold, bag (wet weather) & deliver The Echo to the following areas: SUNRISE, WATEGOS, PATERSON ST: 1000 papers approx. The successful applicant will have an ABN, a covered area in which to receive papers early in the morning and then to work, a reliable vehicle and ideally they will live in the distribution area eg Sunrise Beach or nearby. They will receive the papers very early (approx 4am-6am) on a Wednesday morning and have delivered all the papers by noon Wednesday. Suit mature or stable persons/couples with a strong throwing arm. Commencing asap Oct/Nov 2015. Email simon@echo.net. au or phone 0409324724 KITCHENHAND for new cafe/deli in Bangalow. Must have food prep exp. Email: cafe.bangalow@gmail.com

Adv skills in Excel, experience at Board level, Approx 20 hrs/week

Saturday 24th Oct

Thursday 22nd Oct

• Spirit Bellydance • Oil pastel and mixed media • Energy efficient house Sunday 25th Oct design for the subtropics • Social media made simple Friday 23rd Oct • Colour • Excellence in essay writing

Limited places - don’t miss out! Enrol now 02 6684 3374 www.byroncollege.org.au RTO NO: 90013

NSW Government funded skillsets in...

CAFE ALL ROUNDERS for new cafe/deli in Bangalow. Friendly, ﬂexible, exp. Must have RSA. FT, PT, casual. Email: cafe. bangalow@gmail.com

CHEF

Enthusiastic & hard-working with qualiﬁcations & experience for our friendly team at busy Bangalow Dining. Permanent residents only. Email resume: eat@bangalowdining.com Phone 0423454773 MANAGER P/T. Cleaner P/T. 2 positions: holiday hse Tallows. Flexible, reliable. Suffolk local. byronbeautiful@gmail.com

Please send CV, refs and ĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ůĞƩ Ğƌ ƚŽ͗ accounts@wickedtravel.com.au

is looking for: 1. Prep/ Kitchen Hand

Person 2. Sushi Chef please send details to: info@osushi.com.au

THE

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LARGEST

RANGE OF NATIVE PLANTS IN THE

BYRON SHIRE

IT’S PLANTING TIME Grevilleas, Dwarf Lilly Pillies, Garden Shrubs, Ferns, Groundcovers, Rainforest Trees, Koala Trees, Coastal Plants, Wetland Plants and Grasses, Bushtucker Plants, Hedges, Bird & Butterﬂy Plants, hardy Dwarf Lomandras, plus heaps more.

Create your own rainforest Beautiful rainforest trees only $3.00 50 or more $2.00 or 100 or more $1.75 ea

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ECHO SALES REPRESENTATIVE There is a position available to become part of the terrific Echo sales team. As one of our valued sales reps you are responsible for selling advertising space both in our digital daily news publication Echonetdaily and in our weekly printed paper, The Byron Shire Echo. In this position you will be responsible for visiting existing clients and developing new business in Lismore, Ballina and Bangalow. You will need to have a reliable vehicle and a current driver licence to be able to cover this territory. There are revenue targets that you need to meet. This position is 3 days per week, permanent part-time, based in our head office in Mullumbimby. You will need to be self-motivated, successful, computer literate, friendly and a team-player. If you would like to be considered for this position, and you haven’t applied for a sales position with us before, please email your CV to positions@echo.net.au by close of business Tuesday October 20.

THE BYRON SHIRE

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

WORK WANTED PRESSED NOT STRESSED Ironing Service – Suffolk Park $25/hr. Angela 0414719680 HOUSEKEEPING reliable & exp in home beautiﬁcation, incl laundry. 0490030433 EXPERIENCED HORTICULTURIST for all aspects of gardening. Ph 0429020215 LOCAL REMOVALIST Happy to move big, small & in between. Ph 0402199999 QUALIFIED PAINTER Small jobs OK. Phone Rob 0408900134. Green Painters Lic No: 242107C HOME MAKEOVERS & ORGANISER An eye for detail. ABN. Ph 0421990724

TUITION

NIGHT SHIFT BAKER Scratch Patisserie is seeking a perm PT baker Tues – Fri. Early am start. Skilled in all aspects of bread manufacturing & oven operations. CV to: greg@ scratchpatisserie.com.au

Experienced Roof Restorers Wanted Excellent Wages and Conditions A number of vacancies exist for: High pressure water cleaning, re-pointing, roof painting. Please contact Gary 0404 801 847 admin@ultimaterooﬁng.com.au

MATHEMATICS TUTOR Qualiﬁed teacher with 30 yrs experience grades 3 to 10. Ph John 0452260595 MATHS TUTORING Qualiﬁed teacher, 25 years’ experience. All ages to HSC. Andrew 0413294982

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

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday

Julie J

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

- starts 26th October

Limited places available call to see if you are eligible

Day shifts only. FTE hours Breakfast and lunch service, daily specials and occasional functions Must be permanent resident. FĵĵåÚĜ±Ƌå ŸƋ±ųƋƤ Please send resume and references to helen@macadamiacastle.com.au

Full-time Waiter

• Permablitz - starts 21st November

CHEF REQUIRED

Responsible, mature & positive for friendly team at Bangalow Dining. Must have restaurant experience and be a permanent resident. Please email resume to eat@bangalowdining.com

• Early Childhood Education & Care

• IT for Small Business

CARER female, reliable, strong. 23-40 yrs to assist quadriplegic man. Weekdays $26/hr, Sat $28/hr and Sun $32/hr. 7.3010.30am. No exp necessary. Must have tax ﬁle no. O.Shores. 0427121555

FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 66846760 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au

Fin Admin / PA to MD

Term 4 courses starting soon...

MULLUM CAFE needs a barista. Locals only. Email CV: info@otheritalianjoint.com

Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School High School Teacher (Two Positions) • Drama / English Teacher • HSIE Teacher Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School is looking to employ an experienced HSC Drama Teacher with experience in teaching Drama and English to all levels and a HSIE Teacher experienced in HSC Modern History and HSC Legal Studies. Both positions are starting in 2016. Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School is a single stream K-12 school located six kilometres from beautiful Byron Bay and is nestled into the base of the St Helena escarpment. Wetlands and stands of native bush surround the school. As a High School teacher, you will demonstrate your ability to provide a creative and engaging educational program and environment in accordance with the principles of Steiner education and NSW Board of Studies requirements. Applicants will be registered or eligible to register with the NSW Institute of Teachers and hold a NSW Working with Children Check.

Applications close 23 October 2015. Position Description and application process available www.capebyronsteiner.nsw.edu.au

GAIA RETREAT & SPA Gaia Retreat & Spa has a vacancy for an exciting career opportunity in their award-winning Spa Retreat, located in the Byron Bay Hinterland.

FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER /CONCIERGE Full Time Position • Excellent customer service; • Minimum 2yrs experience; • Passionate about health & wellbeing; • Comfortable working alone with keen eye for detail; • Flexibility with covering breakfast, lunch & dinner shifts and weekends as required.

All resumes to leanne@gaiaretreat.com.au

Wallaby Foods, a FMCG manufacturer situated in the Byron Shire, seeks casual or Ǧ ϐ Ǥ The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a high level of bookkeeping acumen with experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable, stock control, invoicing and Ǥ communication skills and have the capacity to work well with our ϐ Ǥ Please send application to ̷ Ǥ Ǥ

Full Time Qualified MOTOR MECHANIC to start mid-November Registration Certificate required. Prefer Blue Slip and Gas Licence. Must have own tools. Applications close 7th November. Email application to: elsaf66@hotmail.com.au or 0407 842 394 Byron Fresh Cafe is looking for hospitality superstars to join the busy team. We are looking for people who have a strong passion and drive to exceed expectations. • Full-time Restaurant Supervisor, previous exp in supervising and managing a team, strong customer focus, strong wine & food knowledge. • Friendly front-of-house staff with min 2yrs restaurant exp. 30+ PW • Full-time Chef - health-focused qualified chefs, with two years exp RSA is essential for all front-of-house positions, all positions include public holidays & weekend work (includes Xmas & NYE/Day) No travellers please. Please send your resume and the position you are applying byronbayfresh@gmail.com

with much love, your Echo family xxxx

DEATH NOTICES DEVA RUKMA (DAIZY) Passed away suddenly on Sunday 11th October. For funeral details 66843924

AGISTMENT AGISTMENT BURRINGBAR 3 acres, fully-fenced, stable, water. 0435024219

LIVESTOCK BABY COLOSSUS QUAILS $10 each. Phone 66801783

PETS

CORBIN

Corbin is a ginger tiger of a boy. He’s very affectionate & is desperate for a loving home. Corbin is young & playful & interested in anything you’re doing. He loves helping with paperwork, in particular, lying on paper that you’re trying to write on! To meet Corbin & his friends please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley St, Mullumbimby. If you are interested in becoming a foster carer, please contact us. OPEN: Tues 2.30–4.30pm Thurs 3–5pm Sat 10am–12 noon Call AWL 6684 4070

HELP US SAVE DOGS Got some free time? Love dogs? Always wanted to help somehow? Well now’s your chance!

CAWI (Companion Animals Welfare Inc.) is looking for a volunteer person to join the team in the Dog Adoptions and Foster Care Department. If you’re responsible, have your own transport, are good with dogs and talking to people, then contact us NOW!

Lissie 0488 415 444 Ailsa 0458 461 935

The Byron Shire Echo October 14, 2015 45

Sport

North Coast news daily:

A new golfing career for Willsy? Danny Wills was not the least bit interested in golf in 2013 when he agreed to play in the Byron Bay Boardriders (BBB) Surf Industry Golf Challenge, a part of the annual BBB Charity Golf tournament. In 2014 he and a team from Quiksilver Byron Bay took out the trophy. Now a regular golfer, Willsy is determined to defend the title and keep the perpetual trophy designed by Mark ‘Mono’ Stewart in his possession. Who knows? Maybe we will see Danny when the Australia Seniors tour hits Byron in December. Companies affiliated with the surf industry are encouraged to come out for a fun day with the BBB to take a shot at the trophy or the lesscoveted Wooden Spoon trophy currently held by Parkes Surf Designs. The 2014 event had teams from 10 local surf companies enter along with 115 local golfers and the club is anticipating a bigger turnout this year for a 4-ball Ambrose Golf Tournament at Byron Bay Golf Club, November 1, 2015

Not quite ready to give up the waves yet, local surfer Danny Wills, with trophy from the 2014 Byron Bay Boardriders (BBB) Surf Industry Golf Challenge, will defend his title at the 2015 event.

11:30 am – Shotgun Start $ 30. Entry per person includes BBB Golf Ball and 18 holes of golf. The 2015 BBB Surf Industry Golf Challenge and Charity Tournament is sponsored by Smith Optics this year and

Everyone can be a Footballr

Classifieds PETS PETS FOR LIFE ANIMAL SHELTER

ARCHIE

Archie is a 20 month old desexed male mastiff x. He is an affectionate dog who loves the company of people and children and is good with other dogs. If you can give Archie a permanent, loving home please contact the Friends of the Pound Rehoming Centre on 07 5524 8590 or Pam on 0421 017 461. Visit friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for a home.

ONLY ADULTS TOUCH OF JUSTINE Luscious Bodywork & Sensual Touch Hot, ﬁt, bi, 34yo. Couples welcome. www.bit.ly/besteroticmassage Wed & Thurs. 0407013347 BYRON BAY BEACH BABES Male and female party strippers, lingerie waitresses, exotic dancers. 7 days fr 4pm. Ph 0497641199 www.byronbaybeachbabes.com EXQUISITE Be impressed with my hot body and warm hands. Tweed area. 0498073208 SOFT HANDS WARM OIL Sensual touch. Mature & discreet. Byron. 0407264343 DELICIOUS CARIBBEAN EXOTIC EXPERIENCE Mind-blowing massage & play. Hot 27yo www.bit.ly/hotlikehoney Wed/Thurs only. Ph 0407013347

will benefit BBB junior programs and local families in need. Last year over $2000 was distributed to the community as a result of this event. This event continues to grow over the years and is

turning into yet another Byron Bay social tradition – the overall event is open to the community and has prize packs for the top three foursomes regardless of affiliation with the surf industry. Club President Jenny King said that the club appreciates the support of the local community for stepping up with sponsorship and raffle prizes. ‘Support this year has come from surfing, local builders/tradesmen, healthcare practitioners, restaurants and others’, says Jenny. ‘It is a truly communitywide support base. Please come down and join us for a great day – even if you don’t golf we will have lots of great prizes going in the raffle around 5pm.’ The golf day will be held on November 1 at the Byron club starting at 11:30am with a Shotgun start. The $30 entry per person includes Byron Bay Boardriders Golf Ball and 18 holes of golf. Anyone can enter a foursome by calling the golf club and signing up on 6685 6977.

Here’s bright eyed silver tabby Minka hoping that this will be her lucky week for adoption. She has been at the centre for a good while, and her kittens have long since gone to their new homes. Minka is very keen to get a real home of her own. She tolerates being in a group setting, but does not like it. She will shine when she is in a family home away from the competition of many other cats and kittens. Minka is a lovely gem to be enjoyed by her own special people. All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped. Please make an appointment 0403 533 589 Billinudgel petsforlifeanimalshelter.net

SOCIAL ESCORTS BYRON AREA OUTCALLS. Phone 0421401775 BALLINA EXCLUSIVE 34 Piper Dr. New owner, new staff. Open 7 days 10am till late. Outcalls available. Enq 66816038 SEXY ESCORT Outcalls only. 0478109345

46 October 14, 2015 The Byron Shire Echo

Footballr is a social football (soccer) website where members can find and organise their own football games in their own space and time. Over the past two years, membership on the site has grown from 0 to 7,000+ in Australia. ‘Our goal for 2016 is to provide 100+ weekly freefootball games for members of the community’, says Footballr’s Ben Douglas. ‘To play in these games you can con-

firm your attendance when and where you want to play. There are no more long seasons or huge match fees or late night training sessions.’ To read more about the Footballr campaign jump onto the crowd-funding page; http://www.pozible. com/project/199243/. You can find Footballr on the web at: www.footballr. com.au or the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ FootballrAus.

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Byron lifeguards enjoy successful maiden winter Lifeguards from the Australian Lifeguard Service were kept busy at Byron Bay’s Main Beach throughout the first fulltime winter patrol for the area. Byron’s popularity as a premium holiday destination for tourists showed no signs of slowing during the cooler months as over 200,000 people attended Main Beach in the period from late-April to mid-September. This averaged out to around 1,400 people using the beach each day and was undoubtedly boosted by the relatively mild winter enjoyed by the Byron Bay region this year. Lifeguards were stationed on the beach between 9am5pm, seven days a week with their priority ensuring the safety of all visitors regardless of whether they were swimming, surfing, using the sand for recreational activities or boating in the area. Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson welcomed the positive report on winter beach patrols and recreation. ‘Our locals have a strong attachment to the water, with many generations having grown up learning to swim and surf at Main Beach’, he said. ‘Plus our renowned Byron Bay beach is a must visit place for many visitors who travel the globe. ‘The local lifeguards on the beach are great ambassadors for our area and being able to provide a safe environment is a key Council service that we proudly fund.’ A focus of all ALS contracts in recent years has been to emphasise to all Lifeguards the importance of preventa-

tive actions so that what appears a minor incident won’t escalate into a dangerous situation. As a result statistics recording these proactive actions across the broad range of ALS patrolled beaches has increased significantly, but in direct correlation rescues have largely fallen. In the case of Byron’s Main Beach there were 11,143 preventive actions taken by Lifeguards during winter with 10 rescues conducted. Lifeguards were also called upon 38 times to use their first aid training treating everything from marine stings, fractures, and suspected spinal injuries through to administering oxygen therapy. ALS NSW Manager Brent Manieri said the professionalism of the Lifeguards inspired confidence, and he thanked Council for their commitment to safeguarding the community. ‘We were entering the unknown a little bit as we had never delivered a fulltime winter contract in the Byron Bay area before but the community responded positively’, said Manieri. ‘The ALS has a strong relationship with Council and they deserve credit for their willingness to embrace this service and protect both the local community and visitors to Byron Shire. ‘Our Lifeguards across the state have a reputation for professionalism and they are doing everything possible to ensure we deliver a positive service and experience for everyone. It is something that we are obviously very proud of and I am delighted with the successful winter service’.

Rams young guns take the stage in the ‘Glow’ Story & photo Dogwhistle

The 2015 Football Far North Coast Summer Youth League kicked off last Friday night with two outstanding matches in Bangalow for Byron Shire’s aspiring youngsters. The Byron Bay Wildcats girls got the ball rolling with a spirited challenge against competition favourites, Bangalow. Despite going down 5-1, the Byron girls got the chance to mix it up with some of the region’s best Premier League players and turned on some heroic performances. It was a terrific display of sportsmanship from both sides with huge smiles all

Sam Shepherd opened the scoring for the young SAE Rams.

round at the full-time whistle. The young SAE Rams boys turned in an equally impressive performance, dominating a Prems-studded Banga-

low team from the outset. A penalty gave the Bluedogs an early lead, but a series of fastpaced attacks culminated in an equaliser from Sam Shep-

herd that took the match into the break at 1-1. Bangalow fought back hard in the second session, putting sustained pressure on the Rams’ defence in the opening minutes. Byron weathered the storm and regained the upper hand midway through the second half with wave after wave of runs on the Bangalow goal. Young Ethan Archer finally broke the deadlock – pouncing on the ball in a goalmouth skirmish and finishing with a well-placed tap. This Friday, the Rams and Wildcats travel to Casino for round two of the championship. The girls kick off at 6.30pm and the boys at 8pm.

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Community at work On The Horizon

Pink tea

DEADLINE NOON FRIDAY

Mullum market

Email copy marked ‘On The Horizon’ to editor@echo.net.au.

Compassionate Friends Compassionate Friends is a caring support group for any parent whose child has died at any age. The next meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday 15 October. For further information phone 6621 4086 or 6621 5558.

Ethical Advisers The Ethical Adviser Co-op is holding free events around the country for Ethical Investment Week next week. The closest is at Currumbin RSL on 15 October at 6pm. See http://ethicalinvestmentweek.weebly.com/

Centre AGM Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre AGM on Monday 2 November at 4.30pm in the Drop In Centre, 55 Dalley St, Mullum. Refreshments after the meeting. All Centre members and community members very welcome.

Regular As Clockwork DEADLINE NOON FRIDAY Email copy marked ‘Regular As Clockwork’ to editor@echo.net.au.

Respite Service Byron Shire Respite Service Inc delivers high-quality respite care to a broad range of clients throughout the Byron, Ballina and Lismore shires. Donations welcome: Ph 6685 1921, email fundraiser@byronrespite.com.au, website: www.byronrespite.com.au.

Cuppa Tea Choir Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre and Dynasty Music present Cuppa Tea Choir directed by Janet Swain on Tuesday mornings at the Neighbourhood Centre, 55 Dalley St, Mullum from 10.30am.

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). Buddhist meditation teaching and practice now at the Living Yoga Sanga, first floor, 63 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby, 6–7.30pm, Mondays. Contact Mishaela on 0438 858 842 or mishaela@si.org.au. Dzogchen Study Group – 4th Saturday of each month at Brunswick Heads Community Centre. Contact Katie 0417 798 726 or qld@shenpenaustralia.org for more info.

On 15 October James Hardware Mitre 10 Mullumbimby is hosting a Pink morning tea supporting Breast Cancer research, 8–11am. Everyone welcome.

Mullumbimby Community Market corner of Stuart and Myocum Streets Saturday 17 October, 8am–2pm Broadfoot playing live. Special display of exotic cars. Please, no dogs.

U3A Brunswick Valley

Ladies Friendship Morning Tea will be held on Wednesday 21 October, Uniting Church Hall, Fingal St, Brunswick Heads, 10am-noon. All ladies welcome. Contact 6685 1487.

Street stall

Music appreciation session on Franz Schubert with Gertie Krebs on 20/10/15 at 10am in the meeting room of the Mullumbimby RSL. All welcome. Enquiries 6680 7350.

Anglican Parish of Mullumbimby Women’s Guild street stall on Friday 16 October at 8.30am outside the Anglican Op Shop, 32 Burringbar Street. Home baked goods and home grown produce.

ADFAS Byron Bay ADFAS Byron Bay presents The Lost Civilisation of Cambodia, an illustrated talk by Hugh Ellwood, artist and lecturer, on Monday 19 October 6.30pm at A&I Hall, Station Street, Bangalow.

Facebook: Brunswick Bush School and email: brunsbushschool@gmail.com.

Museums Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc Museum at corner of Myocum & Stuart Sts Mullumbimby open every Friday 10am–12 noon and market Saturdays 9am–1pm. Discover your local history. Bangalow Museum & Tea Room open Wednesday–Friday, 10am–3pm, cnr of Ashton & Deacon Sts, Bangalow. Volunteers sought – please contact the museum 6687 2183.

Drug support groups Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 423 431 or 0401 945 671 – 30 meetings a week in the shire – www.aa.org.au. Are you concerned about the alcohol or drug use of someone close to you? Support meetings every Tuesday 7–9pm Byron Bay, upstairs at 75 Jonson Street (stairs beside Westpac bank). Phone Jane 0410 494 933. Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. For information and meetings call 6680 7280.

End-of-life choices Voluntary euthanasia options are discussed at meetings held quarterly on the Gold Coast. Phone Elaine 55808215

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.

Rainbow Dragons Abreast (RDA) welcomes breast cancer survivors for a paddle at Lake Ainsworth, Lennox Head, on Sundays 7.30 for 8am start. Info Marian 6688 4058, mazzerati2010@gmail.com.

Each Thursday during term time the Brunswick Bush School takes kids 6–13 years out into the bush to learn, grow and connect with each other.

Friendship tea

U3A Ballina/Byron

The Uniting Craft & Social Group meets every Monday 9.30am–2.30pm at the Uniting Church in Carlyle Street, Byron Bay. Come and chat, enjoy a cuppa, the company and your craft. Bring lunch and whatever else you need. All welcome. Do you prefer patchwork and quilting? Come along on Monday evening same place at 6pm. Enquiries Tilly 6685 5985.

Bush School

Next meeting is at 1.30pm on Monday 19th Oct at Baptist Church. For further info: Laurel 66802455

Lone Goat Gallery

Rainbow Dragons

Baby Bounce session Mullumbimby – Tuesday 11.30am, Brunswick Heads – Friday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Friday 10am. Storytime for toddlers and preschool children Mullumbimby – Friday 10.30am, Brunswick Heads – Monday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Tuesday 10.30am.

OS Garden Club

U3A Brunswick Valley Tues 20 October 10am-noon at the Uniting Church Hall, Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. Ellie Wilkie, a very entertaining artist and writer, has a great story to tell. Phone 6685 1732.

Craft group

Library fun

Guests welcome, $25 including wine and a light snack.

Op shops Uniting Church Op Shop, Dalley St, Mullumbimby – open each Saturday 8am–12 noon. Byron Bay Anglican Op Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–1pm. Volunteers needed. Enq Jeni: 6685 7816 or 0439 344 281. Anglican Church Mullumbimby Op Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am–12.30pm. Volunteers needed, enq Liz 6684 2622 nights.

Low-cost food Food Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. If you have any sort of Centrelink card you may purchase cheap food, obtain free veges, and enjoy a cuppa. C3 Care

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Merrilee Pettinato’s ’Blooming Lovely’ until 21 October, botanic oil paintings exploring the delights of flowers and leaves.

Library Dreaming Magenta Appel-Pye is running a free dream workshop at Mullumbimby Library on Thursday 15 October at 10am. Bring along your dreams and questions.

Byron Bay Food Care – log on to www.c3byronbay.com to see if you are eligible, or call 6680 8872.

Carers’ support Mullumbimby Mental Health Carers’ Support Group for family members and friends who have a loved one with a mental health issue. Meeting on 4th Thursday of each month 9.30am at the Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre. Info: Leanne 0409 818 643.

CoDA Co-dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a worldwide network of groups of men and women learning how to develop and maintain healthy and fulfilling relationships. For more information visit www.codependentsanonymous.org.au or phone 9281 3330.

FOL AGM

Pottery and sculpture

The AGM of Friends of the Libraries Byron Shire will be held on Wednesday 21 October at 10am in the Arakwal room at the Byron Bay Library building. The usual monthly meeting will follow the AGM. All welcome. For more information email byronbayfol@ gmail.com

Mullumbimby Potters & Sculptors Association Next Market Day Sale 17 October 10am–3pm. Come in and support the local artists. Enquiries: mullum.potters@yahoo.com.au

at the Mullumbimby Community Art Gallery (Gallery @ The Drill Hall) for available dates in 2016. Applications close 1st December 2015. For more information and to request an application form please email mullum. potters@yahoo.com.au

Table Tennis

Parenting Teenagers

Social Table Tennis is played at the Suffolk Park Community Hall, Alcorn Street, Suffolk Park, fortnightly Thursday 10am, next on October 22. Joan 0408 337 277

Byron Youth Service invites parents of teens to a free workshop ‘A Survivor’s Guide to Parenting Teenagers’ on Saturday 17 October 10am–2pm at the Byron Youth Activity Centre. Call Rosalie Bryant on 0431 524 044 or BYS on 6685 7777.

Byron Sophia Byron Sophia Philosophical Group: The Last Messiah: A Conversation with the Norwegian Philosopher Peter Zapffe, presented by James Cowan, Thursday, 15 October 1-3pm, at Masonic Centre, Byron Bay. Info: Celia 6684 3623.

Hospital Auxiliary Monthly meeting of the Byron District Hospital Auxiliary will be held at the Hospital on Monday 19 October at 2pm. Members are encouraged to attend and new members very welcome. Enquiries 6685 3162.

Dunecare Day Green and Clean Awareness Team’s monthly Dunecare Day Sunday 18 October 9am–12 noon, meeting in front of the Beach Cafe at Clarkes Beach. Enquiries Udo 0413 173 786 or Veda 6685 7991

and 3rd Mondays, 6.40pm at Byron Services Club, Byron Bay; www.byronbaytoastmasters.org. MullumMagic Toastmasters meet 2nd, 4th and 5th Mondays at 7pm, Presbyterian Church Hall in Mullum. Please call Satisha 0402 134 390 for more info.

The charity that collects, cooks and distributes nutritious food to more than 450 people a week in the Byron Shire needs more volunteers in a variety of roles. Please contact Helen 0439 409 655 or visit liberationlarder.org.

Women and men gathering weekly to share, listen and grow at Heartspace, Wednesdays 7–9pm. By donation. Contact James 0427 878 565.

Live music from Hide The Potato with dance caller, last Sunday of every month 2.30–4.30pm at Brunswick Heads RSL Hall. Visit Hide The Potato on Facebook or call Court 6685 0072. Next bushdance October 25.

Fun community market held at the YAC (Gilmore Crescent) on the second Saturday of the month 8am–1pm. Secondhand, antiques, vintage clothes, free children’s activities.

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SPPA AGM

Art gallery subs

Suffolk Park Progress Association AGM/Public Meeting October 20 at 7pm in the Suffolk Community Hall. All welcome. For more info see Facebook page and www.suffolkparkprogressassociation.org.

Artists are invited to submit an Expression of Interest to present exhibitions

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Byron Cavanbah Toastmasters practise public speaking and leadership through our community-run course. Meetings coaching in communication and self-development run on 1st

Vedatree – a monthly workshop covering all branches of ancient Vedic knowledge. Bring a pad, pen and cushion. Third Sunday of every month (next Workshop: 18 October) at 3/46 Acacia Street, Byron Bay Industrial Estate, 9.30am–3.30pm. Cost: by donation.

Liberation Larder

Bushdancing

Toastmasters

Vedatree

Town Choir Mullum’s Biggest Little Town Choir meets weekly at the Timber Slab factory, Jubilee Ave, Thursdays at 6.30pm. Newcomers welcome. Please note: This section for the benefit of non-profit community groups.

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1. Potato salad? If it can go wrong, it will (7,3) 7. Only fair (4) 9. Noble wolf of Sweden has a party, with a little feedback over an hour (8) 10. Over there – an axis running the German! (6) 11. Work back over the break, quickly! (6) 13. Lefty magazine? Balls, come back to earth (8) 14. www.planetfatmesh (5,4,3) 17. A dog of an island (12) 20. Put on an act about the unit – it’s very old (5,3) 21. Reclassify holiday establishment (6) 22. King, a silly thing but noble (6) 23. Get rid of the Tories, completely (8) 25. Go away, you piece of excrement (4) 26. Ohm will defy an Anglican church (10)

1. The belief that everything that could go wrong will (7,3) 7. Fair, equitable (4) 9. Old king of Sweden, Gustavus … (8) 10. Far off, over there (6) 11. Quickly (musical) (6) 13. Leftist quarterly journal of literature and affairs (8) 14. The internet. (5,4,3) 17. Large island off eastern Canada (12) 20. Period before iron age (5,3) 21. Tourist destination, holiday complex (6) 22. Person given title ‘sir’ (6) 23. Totally, completely (8) 25. Form of jazz singing (4) 26. Opposition, the ability to withstand (10)

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Current flowing out to sea, rip (8) Mate, friend (3) Uncouth person, lout (5) Caught by a rope thrown for the purpose (7) 6. Former federal treasurer (5,4) DOWN 7. Popular Christmas song (6,5) 2. Duet worn out – RIP (8) 8. Beer mugs, tankards (6) 3. Drink up for your mate (3) 12. Popular Christmas carol (6,5) 4. Swift man rings Riverina town back 15. Charismatic quality desired by (5) performers (3,6) 5. McGuire follows girl with nothing – 16. Lawless, without government (8) all tied up (7) 18. Tiresome, burdensome (7) 6. The Duke is pale – he was the one 19. Belonging to a particular racial or in charge of our funds! (5,4) cultural group (6) 7. Judge in church estates has two 21. Imposts levied by local lines for a Christmas song (6,5) governments on dwellings (5) 8. Ep, Gert and Ein – all mugs (6) 24. George Gershwin’s brother (3) 12. Galahad, perhaps, said to be dumb, Last week’s solution N093 but often heard near 7 (6,5) F E T I S H A F F I R M E D 15. Charismatic talent gives an L R P O N A E exclamation of pain during the A D O R I N G O B V E R S E dissection of fat crow (3,6) M V L L T I O D I D E A L A L B A T R O S S 16. A service is returned – smart? No, N A S A E N disregarding all the rules! (8) G A R A G E S A L E L I M B 18. One Nation holds back alternative O I E S L A N I – it’s really tiresome (7) S A G E F L Y B Y N I G H T M M I O E T 19. Alien, hot, number 99; but she’s L H A S A A P S O M I N C E part of a group (6) E R T P T O I R 21. Sheds tears at the prices (5) A P O S T L E S I N C E R E 24. Revolutionary group claims S L E R E C N T H E O R I S E A S C E N D Gershwin (3)

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Backlash North coast artivists Cloudcatcher Media have taken on the feds’ peculiar ‘antiradicalisation’ booklet, already widely spoofed by the #freekaren campaign, by filming the Qld Sadies singing Let’s Get Radical, based on Olivia Newton-John’s hit song with a similar name. See it at http://bit.ly/getradical. The Sadies, who resemble the Knitting Nannas in their choice of colour scheme, say they are ‘cleaning out the political pigsty that Qld’s system has become’. See their Facebook page at http://bit. ly/qldsadies. Q Q Q Q

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Local photographer Harrison Thane has gone on to create Zinester.org, which aims to give marginalised groups a voice by teaching them to make DIY magazines, ‘zines’, and to use them as tools to generate social impact. Zinester.org has piloted a workshop at the Wings of Life Children’s Centre in Kibera, Kenya, and is now seeking further funding: you can join in the Kickstarter campaign at http://bit.ly/zinesterhelp. Q Q Q Q

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Quinoa Melanie Hazmat Buddhafield demonstrates the hot new Branch And Water Yoga she’ll be introducing to the Shire for a nominal donation of $135 per workshop. It is said to soothe troubled chakras and any nearby native freshwater eels (Anguilla australis). Photo Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1829)

18-35) to be a part of a residential Script Lab workshop with Bryan Elsley, acclaimed creator and co-writer of the UK teen series Skins, to develop Deadlock as an online series. Six writers will be selected to travel to Byron Bay (handy if you live there) to participate December 14–18. Find out more at www.deadlock.tv. Q Q Q Q

In a letter too late for this week’s pages, noted local cyclist and bicycle vendor Jay Carney points out the dangers associated with the overgrown shrubbery at the Woolworths entrance from Station Street in Mullumbimby. He laments ‘the lack of visibility for drivers leaving the car park’. They can’t see nor be seen by children and adults coming in along the footpath. ‘Even being aware of the problem I have had a couple of close encounters and I can’t sit back until someone is seriously injured,

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says Jay. ‘So I appeal to the management of Woolies to replace the plants with ones

that won’t grow over 20cm in height, for the safety of all the public.’

Spring in Bundjalung Country Aboriginal Arts Exhibition The ﬁrst in a series of Aboriginal Arts Exhibition celebrating our connection to country through the seasons. Featuring the work of Nickolla Clark, Kaitlyn Clark, Rhiannon Clark, Nigel Stewart, Sean Kay, Jason Campbell, Dhinawan Baker, Leanne Hamilton, Belle Budden and guests.

Opening Thursday 22 October 6:00pm Closing Monday 26 October Cavanbah Room, Byron Community Centre For more information contact Belle Arnold 6626 7226.

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