The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 34.19 – October 16, 2019

REFUGEES ARE THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF A FAILED STATE – SAM BROWNBACK The Byron Shire Echo • Volume 34 #19 • Wednesday, October 16, 2019 • www.echo.net.au

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Bangalow calls in the big guns!

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Local actors Claire Atkins and Kate Foster, co-creators of the highly acclaimed play Shit, are together again directing and producing Bangalow Theatre Company’s latest production Calamity Jane. Local actor Joanne Connor stars as the rough-riding, tough-talking Calamity with a crew of 20 singing cowboys and dancing cross-dressers.

Calamity Jane opens this Thursday 17 October at the Bangalow A&I Hall running until Saturday 26 October.

Suitable for all ages. Visit: www.bangalowtheatre.com.au for bookings. Photo Jeff ‘My Last Play Was Shit’ Dawson

l”Ɔ ƆÍơ şƖćĹ?ÄśÄˆ IJÍưĕ ſĜčIJĆ? Ć?Ĺ&#x; ĹŠĹ•Ĺ&#x;Ćą about alleged fraud at Byron Hospital Eve Jeffery The hallways are buzzing at Byron Central Hospital after last week’s story about alleged fraud at the facility. The news has also attracted the attention of two members of parliament who are demanding action. This follows comments from the Chief Executive of Northern NSW Local Health District Wayne Jones saying that, ‘All investigations of misconduct are confidential and NNSWLHD does not disclose information about disciplinary actions taken against

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staff to members of the public or to existing staff.’ NSW Shadow Minister for Health Ryan Park MP and Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP both feel this particular can of worms needs to be opened.

being and that all staff are carrying out their duties in a professional manner,’ he said. ‘If there are allegations of fraudulent and criminal behaviour this should immediately be referred to police for investigation.’ Tamara Smith MP said that she has requested an urgent meeting with the manager of the Area Health Service, Wayne Jones, to be fully briefed on the investigation into alleged fraudulent conduct at Byron Hospital. ‘I think it is very important to â–ś Continued on page 3

Public need to know Ryan Park MP said this is absolutely an issue the public needs to know about. ‘Taxpayers have a right to know whether or not their local hospital is being run in a way that focuses on improving their health and well

Get into the spirit of Brunswick Heads ▜ p18

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The draft Mullumbimby Masterplan (MMP) has just been released and community members have already raised concerns. While there is much to applaud in the plan, there are questions about flooding and the plan’s guidance group.

Concerns over affordable housing in Byron Shire have driven much of the Mullumbimby Masterplan’s aims. It looks at extending residential zoning to the south of Mullumbimby and has incorporated significant elements from the current Draft Residential Strategy (DRS).

However, according to Dr Sonia Laverty of the Mullumbimby Residents Group (MRG), ‘The Mullumbimby Masterplan is certainly not an agreed document by the participants of the MMP group.’ MMP member Len Bates said, ‘When the masterplan group was reconvened after an 18-month hiatus, there were only around five community members from the original 17 on-board. They should have ensured that they re-engaged a wider range of community members.’ MMP chair Cr Basil Cameron disagrees, saying that ‘the group remained representative, especially considering that a different set of members attended each of these final meetings.’

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According to locals Malcolm Price and David Brown, both architects and members of the MMP group; the expansion of the town is important because of the need for affordable housing in the region.

They believe the lack of affordable, secure housing is warping the nature of the local community and economy.

The developments around Pine Avenue and Tallowood Estate have provided additional housing over the last 30 years but this hasn’t kept house prices down.

They believe that the main reason for the lack of secure permanent housing is the lack of strategic planning over the past 20 years. ‘We haven’t created suitable supply of appropriate types of housing, particularly smaller dwellings, apartments or secure forms of housing. ‘We need a diverse mix of housing that is affordable for a range of ages and to meet future needs; we need the courage and will to create local solutions,’ they explain.

Lot 22

The MMP looks at creating a town that is walking- and bikefriendly by reducing traffic going down Burringbar Street, the main street of the town. A walking and cycling bridge over the Brunswick River to access Tallowood Estate, and a green spine down Stuart

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Council has included the contentious Lot 22 in both the MMP and DRS as an area for residential development, a move Messrs Price and Brown support.

They believe that with rigorous environmental study and community consultation, the relatively flood-free highest four-hectare area of Lot 22 can be developed as a model not-for-profit, â–ś Continued on page 2

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Correction of Exhibition of State Significant Development Modification and State Significant Development Application Modification to Tweed Valley Hospital (Concept Proposal and Stage 1) Application No Location Applicant Council Area Consent Authority

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‘Potentially the remainder of the site could be regenerated to original melaleuca forest or recreation uses,’ said Mr Price.

SSD-9575-MOD-2 771 Cudgen Road, Cudgen Health Administration Corporation Tweed Minister for Planning and Public Spaces

Description of proposal The proposed modifications include: new building envelopes for a multi-deck car park and temporary building; increased hospital beds; changes to existing envelopes; increase floor area to 65,050 sqm*; relocation of electrical switching station kiosk; and revised landscaping. * Please note that this is a correction of the previous public exhibition notification which stated 60,050 sqm instead of 65,050 sqm

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Tweed Valley Hospital Stage 2 Application No Location Applicant Council Area Consent Authority

Both the MMP and DRS identify large areas for rezoning as housing development that include land which has significant flooding issues. The problem is that the large scale re-zoning for housing that includes these flood-affected areas leaves the sites open for filling and development, rather than the idea of regeneration, as suggested by Mr Price. If this is the outcome, it will have serious impacts on the surrounding areas – particularly as climate change

SSD-10353 771 Cudgen Road, Cudgen Health Administration Corporation Tweed Minister for Planning and Public Spaces

Description of proposal Construction and operation of Stage 2 of the Tweed Valley Hospital, comprising a total of 545 hospital beds/treatment spaces in the main hospital building, support buildings (Health Hub), internal roads, car parking, temporary Tweed Valley Skills Centre building, external road infrastructure upgrades at main site access, biodiversity rehabilitation works, landscaping, signage and utility/service works.

Exhibition Details The Modification Application, State Significant Development (SSD) Application, Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and accompanying documents may be viewed electronically at the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment at 320 Pitt Street, Sydney or on the Department’s website (https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/on-exhibition). You may also view an electronic copy at a Service NSW Centre located near you (www.service.nsw.gov.au/service-centre/ service-nsw) and a hard copy may be inspected at the location(s) listed below from Thursday 10 October 2019 until Friday 8 November 2019 during the ordinary office or opening hours of the agency concerned: • Tweed Shire Council: Civic and Cultural Centre, 10-14 Tumbulgum Road Murwillumbah; • Tweed Shire Council: Civic and Cultural Centre, Cnr Brett Street and Wharf Street, Tweed Heads; and • Kingscliff Library: Kingscliff Library, 1 Turnock Street, Kingscliff.

exacerbates the impacts of flooding.

The key to this level of fine-grain planning is understanding the flood risks that are currently being examined in two flood studies being undertaken for Mullumbimby and the north of the shire.

For this reason the MRG has proposed that Lot 22 is ‘withdrawn as a “potential development area”’ from the MMP and DRS. They say that the report submitted to Council by the SES on Lot 22 in November 2018 supports their position, as the SES identify the site as being ‘unsafe for people to remain during a flood, as the site will be inundated with flood water posing problems for evacuation’ as the access routes will be cut off.

Moving Mullumbimby The Mullumbimby Settlement Strategy 2003 recognises that ‘analysis has

At the time of publishing this advertisement, the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces has not directed that a public hearing should be held.

Have your say To make a submission online, create a user account on the Department’s Major Projects website at www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects. To create a user account, click the ‘Sign In’ icon in the top right of the homepage or under the ‘Services’ tab and then click the ‘Have Your Say’ link.

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For more information: 1300 305 695 Planning and Assessment, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, GPO Box 39 SYDNEY NSW 2001 (Your submission should be marked, Director – Social & Infrastructure Assessments)

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shown that the expansion of Mullumbimby is physically limited’. The question then becomes; should Mullumbimby be expanded? Or should it be reduced – and other areas that are off the floodplain be developed; including Federal, Saddle Road and Ewingsdale, as potential key towns.

According to the submission by local resident Karl Allen on the DRS, ‘the rural land strategy… identifies large parcels of land along the South-West of Left Bank Road [that] would be a preferred option’ for subdivision and future growth that ‘are not majorly affected by flooding’.

‘We are not opposed to development,’ said Ms Laverty. ‘But why would you want to put the most vulnerable people in a flood zone?

‘In some areas where they are proposing to zone for residential housing there was flooding up to three metres deep. Perhaps we need to develop other areas, like Federal, as the new Mullumbimby? Like Ballina Shire we should be looking at all future development being above the floodplain.

‘At the moment, until we investigate further and have the North Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan, and the South Mullumbimby Accessible Housing Area Study completed, with community feedback incorporated, acceptance of the DRS should be delayed, and Lot 22 removed from the MMP.’

Your thoughts What do you think the solutions are? Read the draft MMP plan at https:// bit.ly/2BnFLFP. People can make submissions by going to www.yoursaybyronshire. com.au or via submissions@ byron.nsw.gov.au.

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Local News Climate action in Byron Shire Byron Shire council is hosting a session about what the sate government is doing on climate change on Wednesday October 16 from 5.30 till 7pm at the Council Chambers at Mullumbimby.

Two climate change experts, Stephen Bygrave and Malcolm Robertson from the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment will explore the NSW Climate Resilience and Net Zero Emissions programs, and the North Coast Enabling Regional Adaptation Report.

Mayor Simon Richardson said, ‘Anyone who wants to be informed about climate change and what is being done at a state government level to address issues specific to the north coast area will find this information session of benefit’.

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Byron Hospital: call for inquiry into regional hospitals â–ś Continued from page 1 get the facts, and it is very hard for staff and community to feel confident that the alleged behaviours will not happen again without that transparency. ‘I will be asking the manager what systems are in place to ensure conduct of this nature does not happen again, not just at Byron Hospital but any hospital in the district,’ she said. ‘I will also be asking about what the service is doing to support staff at Byron to move on from the recent incidents and to improve the workculture there moving forward.’

Undermining IJĹ&#x;ƆşĜĆ?ĂŤĹ? ƆĆ?ĂŤÇ” In a letter to the editor (p15) chief executive of Northern NSW Local Health District Wayne Jones said the previous article on alleged fraud at the hospital (www.echo.net.au/

calls-culture-change-byronhospital-alleged-fraud) ‘only serves to undermine the great work our health workers do every day to care for our residents and help our community achieve better health outcomes.’ Yet, it was workers at the hospital who approached The Echo to alert the communtiy to what had been taking place at the hospital.

A hospital staff member told The Echo on Tuesday that the (alleged) fraudulent activity has harmed the culture at BCH. ‘It’s even more harmful than the nepotism that is still occurring,’ they said. ‘Justice needs to be done and it needs to be seen to have been done.’ The worker also said that it is frustrating that the remaining staff feel that they are being punished and blamed for the actions of senior management. ‘They went into nursing, a caring profession, to then

end up taking advantage of government funds,’ said one Byron Hospital staff member.

In his letter Mr Jones said he ‘can assure the public that our management team is focussed on steering our organisation to deliver excellent health care and ensuring we uphold standards which the public expect and deserve.’

Call for independent inquiry Ryan Park MP said that after the recent Four Corners investigation revealed serious cultural issues in some of the state’s rural and regional hospitals, he called on the government to establish a full independent inquiry into these smaller hospitals

across the state, that focuses on management, funding shortages and staffing. ‘We can’t have a situation where Health is investigating Health, and rural communities have just as much right to have access to high quality health services as those in the major cities.’ Ms Smith said that public monies and public trust are at the heart of our public health system. ‘Any loss of confidence by the community in our incredible nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and hospital staff is unacceptable. We as a community deserve to know what went wrong and how it is being addressed.’

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Last week a group of NSW ALP figures including the Labor leader Jodi McKay and Federal MP for Richmond, Justine Elliot, launched a petition calling for more police on the Far North Coast, citing rapid population growth and a ‘policing and crime crisis’ along with drugs issues.

The online petition reads: ‘The police numbers in our region have been slashed so severely that staffing levels are now in crisis...

‘Our petition calls for increased police numbers for the North Coast and demands that the NSW Liberal National Government stop ignoring the safety concerns of local residents.’

So is crime actually ‘out of control’ in our region, as the ALP are suggesting?

As a former police officer, Justine Elliot claims some expertise in this area, but the official statistics from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research tell a different story.

Their figures, which are drawn from police records, show a clear and steady decline in both violent and property offences across the state since 2002, and the Far North Coast is no exception. BOCSAR figures for Richmond-Tweed for the last 24 months show the crime rate in relation to the rest of the state as being ‘stable’.

While the ALP claim police numbers across the region have dropped under the Nationals, Ballina Greens MP Tamara Smith says numbers have increased again since the last budget, and the emphasis of the ALP’s petition is misplaced.

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Safe communities ‘The Northern Rivers and the Tweed coast are safe communities with very low crime rates,’ she said. ‘Our police men and women on the North Coast do outstanding work. However, front line officers have been telling me for the last four years that it is changes to the police service as a whole that need to be refined.’

According to Tamara Smith, women officers on maternity leave are not replaced and the rest of their squad is expected to pick up their shifts – for several years in some cases.

In addition, ‘under the current system, officers on sick leave are also not replaced and the rest of their team is expected to pick up their shifts.’

The Ballina member argues that increased police numbers ‘do not address this fundamental injustice.’

According to Justine Elliot, ‘locals constantly tell me their neighbourhood and streets are being targeted by criminals who see NSW as a soft

touch. Unlike the Nationals, I support the calls for more police because I’ve seen firsthand the pressure our police are under.’

Tamara Smith responds: ‘I disagree with Labor scare-mongering on matters of public safety. I want our police to have work conditions that support the incredible work they do and for each command to have relieving officers, above establishment, so that we always have the numbers we require to serve our community.

‘Better work conditions for our police [means] they can thrive in their roles and do more of the community based, preventative policing that makes the biggest difference to interrupting crime.’

Drug reform needed While politicians continue to argue about these issues, one thing that is very obvious to Northern Rivers residents is the disproportionate number of police who always seem to be available for random drug testing in the region, especially around festival time.

According to local RDT

activist Ron Priestley, ‘Law and order is a lazy politicians’ platform. While the rest of the world is giving up the “war on drugs” these tossers are heading back to the dark ages. Drugs are a medical and social problem... we already have more highway police than anywhere in the western world.’

At least one NSW politician is on side. NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann, in Mullumbimby recently for the ‘Rethink Reform Our Drug Laws’ event, said ‘we need to recognise that treating drug use by putting more police in place is in fact counter-productive.’

She continued: ‘Drugrelated crime will always be a factor while drugs are illegal.

We know that in countries like Portugal – which has decriminalised drugs, and police have stopped targeting drugs users – their crime rates have dropped substantially.

‘So putting in place more police is just making the problem worse. It’s stigmatising people. It’s treating drug users as the problem, rather than our drug laws.’

While police claim there are a higher proportion of positive tests returned here, compared to other areas, there is a local perception that there is significantly more testing in the northern rivers. However, there is no public data, so the jury is out on whether the taxpayer is getting anything of value.

In the meantime here’s the link to the ALP police petition: www.justineelliot.com.au/ petition-for-more-police.

Nationals Tweed MP Geoff Provest did not respond by deadline.

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ÉĶōĎōĶĪĕ ĎĶƆëƆƐĕſ ſĕōĶĕĪ ëŕĎ Ŋşëōë ĶŕžƖĶſƷ Mia Armitage More than two years after the NSW government’s chief scientist at the time, Mary O’Kane, authored a report on the state of the koalas, the state government is hosting a koala inquiry.

Since then, the re-elected government has announced a state koala plan, but environmentalists say it’s defeated by increased concessions to the logging industry.

ƖƆIJǕ ſĕƆ ŔëŇşſ żſşćōĕŔ Īşſ ŊşëōëƆ Meanwhile, the four main factors leading to koala population decreases continue to wreak havoc.

‘We have urban problems such as subdivision… we have problems with dogs and car strikes,’ says acclaimed Northern Riversbased environmentalist Dailan Pugh.

The fourth biggest problem is chlamydia, something researchers on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast are trying to develop a vaccine for.

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presenting as a fifth problem and something that, unlike the other four, can wipe out entire populations in less than a day.

Mr Pugh says up to 700 could have died in last week’s Rappville fire when the wind suddenly changed direction on the Tuesday night.

Wildlife rescuers and volunteers weren’t allowed into the area immediately, unlike RFS volunteers and rangers who were allowed in to check for people and property.

ÉĶōĎōĶĪĕ ĎĶƆëƆƐĕſ ĕŔĕſīĕŕĈƷ ƆĕſưĶĈĕ Some residents were able to save pets and farm animals and take them to special evacuation centres set up in Casino.

But there were no wildlife emergency services and Mr Pugh told Bay FM’s Community Newsroom he was calling for an official system as part of his submission to the government inquiry.

He is also calling for the government to approve and support Council koala management plans across

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Councils were first asked to create plans nearly 25 years ago.

But since 1995, Mr Pugh says only six council plans have been approved, including plans in Ballina and Lismore City shires.

dşīīĶŕī ëŕĎ ĎĕưĕōşżŔĕŕƐ ĎĕëĎōƷ Only two councils have had plans approved to cover their whole shires: Ballina and Coffs Harbour, says Mr Pugh.

But in Coffs Harbour, the government has approved logging in key koala areas,

says Mr Pugh, with the effect of undermining the council’s koala plan.

The Byron Shire Council’s plan was knocked back and then reduced in scope to only cover a coastal section of the region, a plan the government has yet to approve.

Mr Pugh says the ‘council went to a lot of time and expense’ to create the plan and is calling on the state government to speed up an approval.

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Barrister Raymond Broomhall is coming to Mullumbimby to discuss the medical implications of EMR, 5G, mobile phones and the NBN towers slated for erection in Main Arm. And he’s not interested in the hype – he says he’s interested in talking about the supported legal evidence that raises health concerns around the use of electromagnetic radiation. He’s interested in the safe alternatives to 5G

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!IJĶōĎIJşşĎ ōĕƖŊëĕŔĶë According to Broomhall there is medical evidence of cluster cancers around towers, and an increased risk of children developing childhood leukaemia who have an average exposure to magnetic fields above 0.3 to 0.4 uT (microtesla). This is based on a 1996 study by Dr Hocking, published in the Australian Medical Journal, that ‘found a correlation between childhood leukaemia and the radiation from three television broadcast towers in Sydney’.

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Broomhall says the debate is not just about mobile phones or a tower near you.

Equally important is the future of technology, how it is being deployed, and its potential impacts; particularly regarding 5G wireless power transfer (WPT).

WPT has the future potential to charge your phone and devices without cords and it is the magnetic frequency and its conversion to radio frequency (RF) that he sees as a medical concern as it is rolled out with towers, drones and satellites.

‘Such irradiation of magnetic fields without strict safety measures would, in a legal sense be extremely reckless,’ said Broomhall.

‘What is of major concern is that 5G has potentially serious and major health and safety implications concerning magnetic field exposures over 0.3 uT.’ Find out more about his legal strategies that are halting the roll-out of unsafe technologies in Australia – and safe alternatives – this Saturday (October 19) at the Civic Hall in Mullumbimby from 2 till 5pm.

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Organiser Brandon Saul said there was definitely a buzz around the place on World Homeless Day last Thursday.

‘Maybe it was just the school holidays, but I like to think it was deeper than that,’ he said. ‘We’re already looking forward to doing more next year.’

Cr Paul Spooner said people want to help in other ways. ‘I’ve been contacted by tradespeople wanting to assist with construction.’

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‘It feels like this has been a successful start to a muchneeded campaign,’ said Cr Spooner. ‘Many thanks to those who have contributed so far and hopefully next year it will be much bigger across the entire town’.

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The Byron Shire Council (BSC) has now officially referred itself to the Federal Department of Environment and Energy (DoEE) over the presence of the critically endangered Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail, and possibly other species, present on the proposed Byron bypass route. ‘The objective of the referral is to determine whether the removal of vegetation and road construction in these areas will have a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance,’ director of Infrastructure Phil Holloway said.

Council had relied on work by consultants GHD, who also work for the Adani Carmichael Coal Mine, to previously determine that they didn’t need to self-refer to the DoEE. In their report to council GHD stated that ‘it is considered unlikly that the proposal would have any significant indirect impacts on habitat for the Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail.’

Local action It was the work of concerned locals alerting the

federal DoEE to the presence of the snail that finally led to the BSC self-referring. ‘In a pre-clearing survey on 8 August 2019 three Mitchell’s Rainforest Snails were found,’ said a Byron Shire Council spokesperson. ‘In preparation for our submission to the Australian government’s DoEE more surveys were done and more snails were found. These surveys were not limited to the road corridor and included other land in the Byron Bay area.

40 snails found ‘The information presented to the Australian government included the number of snails found, where they were found and therefore the extent of their habitat. These targeted surveys found 40 snails in total. ‘Consultants GHD and Geolink, were engaged to prepare information for Council’s referral to the DoEE.’

would not contract companies that were involved in contract work for the development and operation of the Adani Carmichael Mine. Council had engaged GHD prior to this for work on the bypass. However, Stop Adani Byron Shire (SABS) are questioning why Council has once again engaged GHD to work on the referral process to the DoEE. ‘This referral to the Commonwealth is a new service which Byron Council has commissioned GHD to undertake in the last few months. GHD was at leat careless for not alerting Council to the presence of the Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail in the first instance,’ said SABS spokesperson Kathryn McConnochie. ‘By commissioning this new work from GHD, Byron Council is breaching its own resolution. Council needs to make the original scope of their contract with GHD publicly available.’

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The Byron Environment Centre (BEC) recently submitted a GIPA (FOI) request to BSC for Byron bypass vegetation mapping and

In November 2017 a motion was passed by Byron Shire Council that Council

species surveys. However, BSC responded saying that the request involves 32,000 documents and it would cost BEC over $20k to access them. ‘The Council response to the BEC’s request gives further reason for concern,’ said BEC president John Lazarus. ‘We now know that there were three critically endangered Mitchell’s Rainforest Snails found in the pre-investigation, prior to the bulldozing of all the paperbark and palm forest along Butler Street. But we only know because the BEC lodged a GIPA request for the pre-investigation documents. A request that only came about after hearing allegations on the grapevine.

Too late for the community to raise any objections for any snails hidden in the bulldozer’s path. And that is the BEC’s concern – roadblocks to information, while the Council bulldozes ahead with the development, that also appears to bypass council’s lawful responsibilities under the Native Species Legislation, and the community’s oversight and aspirations for an ecologically healthy future.’

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Celebrating saving Byron’s Paterson Hill These days the hilltops on Paterson Street in Byron Bay are a place for quiet reflection and enjoying sunsets. Not so 20 years ago, when the area was about to be carved up for an exclusive housing estate!

The fight began when a Sydney based development company called Detala had received development approval to build 14 large houses on the slope opposite the water tower leading down into the Cibum Margil Swamp. The Paterson Hill Action Group, PHAG, was formed in 1997, and by 1999 it was clear the development was about to go ahead.

Early morning vigils were kept on the roads leading to the site. When a low-loader with a large excavator was spotted early on October 28 near Pacific Vista, PHAG members swung into action and Bay FM put out a call to arms. As the low loader was reversing up the upper side of Pacific Vista it was stopped by protesters sitting, arms linked, on the roadway. Up to 40 police were on the scene and started removing people in various paddy wagons.

Some protesters resisted and were subsequently charged.

In the meantime the keys to the truck carrying the excavator mysteriously

Police removing Paterson Hill protestors.

Photo Gary Chigwidden disappeared and it took three hours for replacements to come from Brisbane. There were further delays when the road was blocked by a VW Kombi and a tow truck had to be called.

It was a hot day and as the protest moved into the late afternoon and the truck was approaching the end of the cul de sac it was met by a Holden Commodore in the middle of the road jacked up on concrete blocks. Whenever the police came near, the driver, locked inside, revved the engine to spin the wheels.

It took some time before the police were able to drag the driver from the vehicle.

Byron Shire Council and councillors were behind the

protesters with Council staff working out a way to stop the work proceeding. The mayor and several councillors and staff were at the protest site, and when it looked as if the truck had reached its destination one of the councillors climbed to the top of the excavator arm. The police could not remove him without the owner being there.

As the day was ending, Council issued a Stop Work Order. Detala had not complied with a Tree Preservation Order. They had not realised that the heathland was home to Dwarf Banksia Trees. The crowd of protesters cheered loudly as the truck left for Brisbane.

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‘Solar for All’ Australians More than one third of Australians are locked out of access to solar energy for a myriad of reasons.

As a remedy, a coalition of 20 community groups has launched a ‘Solar For All’ campaign calling on state governments to give all Australians access to safe and affordable energy.

The coalition, led by the Community Power Agency, is calling for policy and funding support for solutions to solar lockout, including solar gardens. These are centralised solar panels that people can purchase a small share in; the electricity generated by these arrays is credited on consumers’ bills.

Founder and co-director of Community Power Agency Nicky Ison, says that solar energy reduces people’s electricity bills and cuts climate pollution. ‘Everyone deserves to access these benefits, regardless of their living arrangements or income levels,’ she said.

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already actively pioneering solar gardens. ‘We aim to support communities throughout the country to establish solar gardens in the coming years,’ said Ms Stening. ‘The benefits of solar gardens are broad, but most importantly, they help make renewable energy accessible.

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Ballina airport expansion opens At a cost of $6m, there was cause for celebraton at the opening of the Ballina airport expansion last Monday.

Ballina Mayor David Wright, Ballina Airport and Commercial Services Manager Paul Tsikleas and Ben Franklin were among those checking out the airport upgrade.

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DEVELOPMENT CONSENTS

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

Council Administration Centre 70 Station Street, Mullumbimby Opening hours 8.30am to 4.30pm Phone 02 6626 7000 Email council@byron.nsw.gov.au Website www.byron.nsw.gov.au Emergency after hours 02 6622 7022 Works Depot 02 6685 9300 SES Controller 02 6684 3444 Rural Fire Service 02 6671 5500 Byron Resource Recovery Centre 1300 652 625 Cavanbah Centre 02 6685 5911

In accordance with Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended), notification is hereby given of the following development consents granted by Council. The consents listed are available to view Online at Council’s website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/find-a-DA.

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979

In Byron? Customer service for general enquiries now at Byron Visitor Centre, 80 Jonson Street, Byron Bay. Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 12.00pm and 12.30pm to 4.00pm or phone 02 6626 7000. Card only payments accepted at this location.

10.2019.340.1 – UPPER WISONS CREEK 171 Upper Wilsons Creek Road Alterations and additions to an existing shed to create a Dwelling House

Documents on exhibition are available for viewing at the customer service centre in Mullumbimby and on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice.

MAKE A SUBMISSION Submissions may be made to Council in the following ways: Online:

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Written: Address to: General Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219, Mullumbimby NSW 2482 Email:

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Please be aware that all submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) of the GIPA 2009 Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the submission and the identity of the author. For further assistance please contact our Records team on 02 6626 7113.

CURRENT VACANCIES Apply for a job at Council. For current vacancies refer to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/Working-at-Byron-Shire-Council/ Current-vacancies.

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Information relating to these applications as required by Schedule 1, Division 4, Clause 20(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended) is also available online.

APPLICATIONS APPROVED

10.2019.473.1 – COORABELL 970 Coolamon Scenic Drive Alterations and Additions to existing Dwelling House 10.2019.367.1 – BANGALOW 33 Blackwood Crescent Dwelling House 10.2019.354.1 – BYRON BAY 1/18 Old Bangalow Road Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling House

The Australia Day Awards recognise the achievements of individuals who inspire us through their accomplishments in service to our community, culture and sports, and challenge us to make our own contribution to a better Australia.

The nominated person could be from your school or sporting group, your neighbour, a carer or someone in your church. They may be involved in community projects or events, a friend or family member.

Whoever comes to mind, they are someone who works selflessly to help improve the community you live in and the lives of others.

Council in conjunction with the Australia Day 2019 Project Reference Group are also inviting nominations in a new award category “Creative Artist of the Year”.

Categories for Nominations are: • Citizen of the Year (no age limit) • Young Citizen of the Year (aged up to 25 years as at 26/1/19) • Senior Citizen of the Year (aged over 60 years as at 26/1/19) • Sports Person of the Year • Volunteer of the Year • Creative Artist of the Year • Environmental Project of the Year • Community Event of the Year Persons may be nominated by individuals, community groups or organisations. Nomination Forms can be found on Council’s webpage at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/australia-day or at the Council Customer Service front counter.

Nominations close: 4.00pm Friday 14 December Enquiries: Clare Tremenheere 02 6626 7302 Completed Nominations should be in writing and addressed to Clare Tremenheere, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482 or sent by email to clare.tremenheere@byron.nsw.gov.au.

DA submissions can be lodged using an online form via Council’s eServices Portal. Once you have viewed a copy of the DA, select ‘Make a Submission’ to lodge a submission directly with Council. Information on making a submission is available at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Make-a-submission-on-a-DA. If you are making a submission, there are requirements in relation to the disclosure of political gifts and donations. Refer to Council’s website to satisfy yourself that you are complying with your disclosure obligations prior to lodging a submission www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Political-donations-disclosure.

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

EXHIBITION CLOSES 23 OCTOBER 2019

10.2018.447.1 – MULLUMBIMBY 4 Laurel Avenue New Dwelling to create Dual Occupancy (Detached) and Strata Subdivision

10.2019.489.1 – Mullumbimby, 112 Main Arm Road (Lot 5 DP 258349) Mr R Darney, Use of Shed Conversion to Dwelling 2 of Dual Occupancy (Detached)

10.2019.418.1 – BYRON BAY 34 Paterson Street Strata Subdivision Two (2) Lots

10.2019.470.1 – Suffolk Park, 15 Mango Bark Court (Lot 152 DP 817012) Matt Walker Town Planning, Use of Secondary Dwelling, Tree Removal Four (4) Trees and New Driveway Crossover

10.2019.425.1 – OCEAN SHORES 25 Kolora Way Use of Converted Garage to Living Room 9.2019.43.1 – EWINGSDALE 156 McGettigans Lane Tree Removal Three (3) Trees 10.2019.15.1 – BILLINUDGEL 156 The Pocket Road Tourist and Visitor Accommodation Comprising Three (3) Cabins in 2 Stages 10.2019.414.1 – SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH, 27 Philip Street Alterations and Additions to Existing Dwelling House 10.2016.624.4 – CLUNES 86 Eureka Road S4.55 for Design Modifications to Garage, Retaining Wall and Deck 10.2018.271.2 – BANGALOW 84 Fowlers Lane S4.55 to Modify Conditions 1, 2, 8 and 12

APPLICATIONS REFUSED The following applications have not been granted approval by Council, but are listed for the information of the community:

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The following development applications (DA) have been received

by Council and require exhibition in accordance with Development Control Plan 2014 (A14). The DAs may be viewed online at Council’s website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/find-a-DA or by using the Online Kiosks at Councils Customer Service Centre during normal office hours.

10.2019.276.1 – SUFFOLK PARK 18/2 Alcorn Street Alterations and Additions to Existing Holiday Cabin and new Swimming Pool

DEFERRED APPROVAL APPLICATIONS 10.2017.491.1 – BANGALOW 28 Charlotte Street Dual Occupancy (Detached) and Strata Subdivision

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE VACANCY BLUESFEST REGULATORY WORKING GROUP In 2016, Byron Shire Council approved the use of the Bluesfest site for a mixture of small, medium and large events at Tyagarah.

A condition of the consent requires Bluesfest to form a Regulatory Working Group (RWG) to oversee the environmental and operational performance of events. The RWG currently has a vacancy for a Community Representative.

The RWG meetings occur 6 monthly for approximately 2 hours during business hours. Council therefore is seeking Expressions of Interest from persons that are interested in being nominated and appointed as a Community Representative on the RWG.

10.2019.487.1 – Brunswick Heads, South Beach Road (Lot 437 DP 839424) Regworx, Use of Existing Deck and Alterations and Additions to Existing Tennis Clubhouse

EXHIBITION CLOSES 30 OCTOBER 2019 There are no DAs to be advertised in the newspaper for this date.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM (SECTION 356) AND SMALL CHANGE GRANTS PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS Community Initiatives Program – Applications close: 4.00pm Friday 25 October 2019 Council’s Community Initiatives Program aims to improve community wellbeing and quality of life for Byron Shire residents.

Council invite applications for community driven initiatives that address a specific community need which builds a sense of community, and aligns with Council’s goals.

Round one for the 2019/20 financial year was offered in April/May 2019 with 9 projects funded. As there is further budget available, a second round is now being offered.

Guidelines, including the assessment criteria, and an application form can be downloaded from Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Community/Supporting-communities/ Grants-and-funding/Community-Initiatives-Program.

Applicants need to: • read the guidelines to understand if their organisation and project are eligible for funding; • show a matching contribution to the proposed project as outlined in the guidelines; • complete an application form on the template provided.

Small Change Grants Program for Young People – Applications close: 4.00pm Friday 1 November 2019 Council recognises and values the contribution that young people bring to the Byron Shire community with their energy, ideas, perspectives and liveliness. The aim of the grants program is to provide a voice for young people, encourage them to participate and gain experience in leadership roles.

Nominations should be lodged with Council and clearly marked ‘2019 Nomination for Community Representative Bluesfest RWG’.

Young people aged between 15 and 25 are invited to apply for a small grant to help fund a project that will benefit young people in Byron Shire. Young people need to be auspiced by an organisation, must live in the Byron Shire and must deliver the project in Byron Shire. For further information including assessment criteria and an application form see Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ Home/Tabs/Public-notices/Small-Change-Grants-for-Young-People.

All expressions of interests will be reported to Council at an Ordinary meeting to be held on the 28 November 2018.

Enquiries for both programs to: Joanne McMurtry 02 6626 7316 or jmcmurtry@byron.nsw.gov.au

A copy of the RWG Terms of Reference is available on Council’s Web Site, along with the Expression of Interest Nomination form. Any person interested in nominating should download and complete this form and the response to the position criteria.

Expressions of Interest close: 4.00pm 31 October 2019 Enquiries: Chris Larkin 02 6626 7136

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff in relation to this funding program will automatically result in disqualification of offending applicants.

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Local News ÏşƖ Ĉëŕ ƆƐĶōō IJĕōż ƆĶƶȒƷĕëſȒşōĎ ōëŊĕ Ǖ īIJƐ Ɛş ōĶưĕ A fundraiser for Blake Milford-Kendrick was held recently at the Ocean Shores Country Club. Six-year-old Blake has been diagnosed with idiopathic severe aplastic anaemia, an extremely rare condition where his autoimmune system destroys his bone marrow.

Blake was receiving blood transfusions every few days at Queensland Children’s Hospital.

Last week, Blake’s older bother Kane had his bone marrow harvested and Blake received the transplant.

Blake’s family will require accommodation in Brisbane as they begin 100 days of isolation, and family members will travel between Mullumbimby and Brisbane

every other day.

‘To say the day was an outstanding success is a massive understatement,’ said event organiser Stuart Brady.

‘There were two bowls events, a golf event, pop-up bars from Stone & Wood and Brookies Gin and awesome music all afternoon from Lucas George, Tahlia Matheson, Dave Cavanagh and Shake Appeal.’

Community support amazing Stuart says the support from the local community was enormous.

‘Thank you to all who came along to support this wonderful cause,’ he said.

‘We ran out of raffle tickets

a number of times, with people purchasing lots of $50, $100, $200 and even $500 worth of tickets.

‘There were so many businesses in Ocean Shores, Brunswick Heads, Billinudgel, New Brighton and Mullumbimby who so kindly donated gift vouchers, goods and services for the day. We were also flooded with gifts and donations from local community associations and charities.’

People donated prizes for an auction and in true local spirit the auctioned items went for well over what they were expecting and several times items were donated back to be re-auctioned.

A framed photo of local character Garry Priday, who

passed away earlier this year, went for $450.

Stuart said there are way too many people to thank.

‘You know who you are, and your generosity has certainly made a difference to Blake and his family. We don’t quite have the final count, but it looks as though almost $20,000 will have been raised, which will pay for Blake’s medicine for 12 months. It’s truly remarkable the spirit that exists in our local community.’

It’s still not too late to make a difference, and if you want to help out in any way, please contact the Ocean Shores Country Club or donate via Blake’s GoFundMe page: https://au.gofundme. com/f/nf25hq

Last Friday at Suffolk Park we took the barriers down around Gaggin Park and our new playground was open.

What a great response from the community with people contacting Council to say ‘thanks’ and ‘well done’.

A huge pat on the back for our outdoor staff who work so hard to make our community spaces inviting.

The new playground reflects a great relationship between Council, the Suffolk Park Progress Association and local residents who took the time to work with us so we could give the community something they wanted and would use.

Kids of all ages have been climbing all over the fire engine and equipment, and it is just terrific to see the timber from our old bridges at Bangalow recycled and used in the new park – a true blend of the old and new.

One of our long-term staff members said she had spent the whole weekend at the park with her three-year-old granddaughter – not even the wind and rain kept them away. Fantastic!

Still on parks, and the next one that we will be reopening will be Railway Park at Byron Bay. This is such a significant project for the town with the aim being to, once again, make the park a focus for the community – somewhere to meet, talk…even rally and protest.

Finally – I have just finished reading Zero Emissions Byron’s annual review and congratulations to ZEB for a great year and for leading the way in encouraging people to make changes to their lives to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Byron Shire Mayor, Cr Simon Richardson

Expressions of Interest for our Place Planning Collective Are you the person we’re looking for?

Farewelling Parches – The Crystalbrook team: Melissa Heneghan, Liz Murray, and Katie Malone, with John and Lyn Parche, Geoff York and Kylie Brajak. Photo Jeff Dawson

We are seeking 6 motivated, enthusiatic individuals to be part of our Place Planning Collective to help us implement our place plans.

Christmas carols with the rainforest backdrop, which incidentally Crystalbrook

If you have a passion for your local community, can think critically and work in a team, we need you!

plan to continue.

Lyn and John are still committed to this

community, and will be moving just a few doors down Broken Head Road.

Celebrating 30 years of the Mullum Market There will be a double celebration in Mullumbimby this weekend with the re-opening of the museum’s Machinery Shed and the Mullumbimby Community Market celebrating a milestone birthday.

The Mullum Market is truly one of the iconic events in the Byron Shire and one of the must-go-to events on the monthly calendar.

The markets will celebrate the big 3-0 this weekend and a very special market it will be.

Brunswick Valley Historical Society’s Susan Tsicalas said that having the market in the museum grounds has meant that the museum is financially independent.

The income from the market allows it to maintain the

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The opening is set for the afternoon of Saturday 2 November – put it in your calendar, and please come and celebrate with us if you can (official invitations and info coming out soon!) I am hoping the park will be filled with local families exploring the awesome new space, catching up, sharing stories and just enjoying each other’s company.

New owners for Byron at Byron After 15 years as the managers of the Byron at Byron Resort, John and Lyn Parche are retiring. A new company, Crystalbrook Collections has taken over the property.

It would be fair to say John and Lyn faced a bit of an up-hill battle to win over a sceptical community ever warey of exploitation. The couple set about building bridges with the locals especially the Arakwal.

They worked with sporting groups, festival organisers, reforestation groups, local food producers and hired local staff.

The Parches set about opening the resort up to the locals, creating events including guest chef Champagne dinners, Farmers Market dinners, and the now famous

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old post office building as the museum and grounds.

They provide interesting and informative displays for the public as well as caring for the museum collection.

‘The market was the original Mullumbimby market and provided veggies, plants, creative artefacts, clothing and a very hippy vibe,’ she told The Echo.

‘It was a place where people could have a stall and make a living. There were far fewer markets in the area thirty years ago so it was a great meeting place.’

A little history Susan says that the historical society and markets facilitate informing the community of their heritage.

‘It brings people closer

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through understanding each other and appreciating where we have come from. The market being on a Saturday gives locals the opportunity to discover, their heritage at the museum.

Susan says the market and museum are looking forward to the next 30 years.

‘We want to continue to engage the community in the history of the Brunswick Valley and increase awareness of the museum and how it can foster a harmonious community.’

The market is open from 8am on Saturday October 19 at the Mullumbimby Museum, Cnr of Stuart and Myokum Streets Mullumbimby.

The market will be a big one with all the usual

favourite stalls as well as a ribbon and a cake to cut, and viewing of the new displays in the shed.

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Costly healthcare Privatisation of the healthcare system in Australia has reduced the health of all Australians and increased the cost of healthcare for the government and taxpayers.

We like to believe we have the privilege of free healthcare, yet the expensive payments you are required to make on visiting a GP or a specialist are disincentives to receiving timely medical treatment.

The outcome is that people don’t go to the doctor, they decide not to visit the specialist. As a result they end up with a significantly worse condition and higher cost of treatment than if they had received the right care at the right time.

The irony of course is that the more effectively you provide real healthcare for people, the lower overall costs are to the taxpayer.

According to the Australian government’s Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report published in June 2019, the government that spends the most on healthcare is the United States.

That’s right, the country known for a system that is based on private insurance and user-pays actually spends close to $14,000 per person a year.

This is a country you don’t live in or travel to without comprehensive health insurance. Yet it is also a country where residents lose their homes so that they can receive healthcare for things like cancer.

Australia sits in seventh position, spending $6,661 per person per year. And while many may celebrate what we are spending on healthcare, the reality is that in countries such as the UK you can still visit the doctor and specialists free of charge.

For children prescription medicines in the UK; from antibiotics to cancer medication, are free and they also cover basic dental care. Unsurprisingly they spend less overall on healthcare – around $5,000 per person – less than Australia and almost a third less than the US. Yet in Australia I repeatedly see campaign sites like GoFundMe, Chuffed and others where families and friends are trying to raise money for people, particularly children, to be able to receive the care and medication they need (see page 9 to help six-year-old Blake). The caring Australian people and local communities rise to meet this need – and it is heartwarming.

But the reality is that the government should be covering these costs. Our taxpayer dollars should ensure that families aren’t forced to fundraise to cover the costs of the medicine their children need after cancer treatment.

These families should not have the added anxiety that they might not be able to afford essential medicine for their children at a time when they are already emotionally and physically distressed.

The least the Australian people should demand from their government is free healthcare. It should not be the case that if you have the money – you can get healthcare, if you have the money – you have a greater right to live. It should be the right of every Australian adult and child to receive the care they need at the time they need it.

Aslan Shand, acting editor News tips are welcome: editor@echo.net.au

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ven as Donald Trump announced with problems around immigration, it he would cut and run from Syria, remains a potent one. leaving his Kurdish allies to And Trump himself has already whatever bloody fate awaits them, and walked back from his initial line that the opening a door for the resurgence of invasion was ‘a bad idea’ and that if there ISIS, our fearless prime minister was not were to be significant civilian casualties, ready to breathe a word of criticism of he would use sanctions to bring Turkey his friend, ally and protector. to its economic knees. Within 24 hours To the contrary, in fact: the man of he was talking about mediation between titanium actually praised the Donald Erdogan and the Kurds as the desirable for keeping an election promise; in that path, a move immediately rejected by the some years ago he said he would bring triumphant Turkish war leader. his troops home, as part of making So roll on the stupid, endless America great again. wars – but without, for once, American It was time to stop the stupid, endless participation. wars, Trump declared – and perhaps he has a point. After all, for all his belligerence, against lşſſĶƆşŕ ĶƆ şǓ ĕſĶŕī ƖƆƐſëōĶë North Korea, Iran, and even ëƆȝŕş Ŕşſĕ ƐIJëŕ Ĉëŕŕşŕ ĪşĎĎĕſ Ȑ China, he has not personally started any wars. That was ƆĕŕĎĶŕī ƖƆƐſëōĶëŕƆ ĶŕƐş ćëƐƐōĕ left to his predecessors, most Ķŕ ƐIJĕ ŕëŔĕ şĪ ŔëƐĕƆIJĶżȁ particularly George Bush, whose misguided and disastrous Mungo MacCallum response to 9/11 began the invasion of Iraq and the whole ghastly imbroglio that followed.

Australia’s predictably supine reaction But the hard reality was that America was to say it was deeply concerning, but broke it, and America owned it. Neither all Turkey’s fault – Scott Morrison and Trump nor any other president can his Foreign Minister Marise Payne had a simply wish it away, or wash his hands of quiet chat with one of Trump’s current it regardless of consequences. enforcers, Mike Pompeo, as a result of Some of his apologists are now which Morrison berated Turkey for what pretending that he never gave Turkey a he described as a ‘unilateral’ crossing of green light to invade – the idea was only the border, ignoring the fact that Trump to withdraw US troops, and allow the had implicitly invited the Turkish troops establishment of a buffer zone-of-peace to do so. And in his compliant response between Turkey and Syria. But such Morrison has confirmed that whenever ingenuousness does not stand up to the Washington begins its next stupid, endfaintest scrutiny. less war, Australia, as always, will be the Turkey’s autocratic president Recep first in line to join in.

Erdogan has publicly threatened – for Arguably, this subservience makes years – to crush the Kurds within his own him even more reckless and dangerous borders and subdue any on the outskirts. than Trump; at least the American Like Trump, he is now doing more commander in chief of a superpower than honouring his promises. And of can claim some justification for his course there are side benefits; a swift war bellicosity as the west’s self-appointed would be a useful distraction from the policeman, guardian of both the national economic woes causing protests within and international interest. Morrison his country and the so-called buffer zone is offering Australia as no more than would be a convenient dumping ground cannon fodder – sending Australians for the huge influx of refugees who have into battle in the name of mateship, an fled the long-running conflict. alliance which has been shown to be less Indeed, Erdogan is attempting to use reliable than ever with no conceivable them as a bargaining chip; if the Euronational interest involved. pean nations, deeply unhappy over his And it will only need a simple tweet invasion, try to impose sanctions against from the White House for the call up his regime, he will open Turkey’s borders to begin – thus it was in Vietnam, the and flood the west with asylum seekers. leaden standard, and thus it has been It may or may not be an empty threat, ever since. The hapless and longbut for many leaders already battling suffering Kurds may be the first casualty

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in Trump’s impetuous move but they are unlikely to be the last.

And as the political crisis over Trump’s impeachment continues, and escalates, he is likely to become more unstable and unpredictable. A smart prime minister – a serious and sensible ally – would have been warning of restraint both privately and publicly, and planning to avoid becoming entangled in America’s problems, both domestic and overseas.

ScoMo appears more interested in going to the footy in Fiji to bring out the water and the kicking tee for his primeministerial selections.

However, if he could tear himself away from marketing his marketeer image, there is something useful he could do; consider the inevitable victims, many of whom are already on the run, as the Turkish bombs and artillery are driving them out of their makeshift refuges.

Forget the ISIS prisoners – if they escape it will be someone else’s problem. But taking in an emergency planeload or ten of Kurdish refugees, if they wish to abandon their last hope of a state of their own, would surely be a worthwhile contribution to an unfolding disaster. After all, we did it once before, with a special consignment from Syria – now there is an even more pressing moral obligation.

And then there are the Australians immured in the camps. Border supremo Peter Dutton is utterly dismissive – the men are effectively traitors, to be stripped of their citizenship. And the women – why, some of them, many of them, are as bad as the men, so bringing them back to Australia could precipitate what Dutton quaintly calls a ‘mass casualty event,’ even if his suspicions were founded and they were charged and convicted under Australian law.

But what about their children, usually the outcome of rape or at best forced marriage? Even Dutton and Morrison have evinced a touch of concern for them. If their version of the lucky country stands for anything, surely it should include at least an effort to free them and bring them to the safety of the extended families pleading for help in Australia.

It would obviously be the right and decent thing to do, and Trump would presumably raise no objection. And if he did, then it would surely, finally, be time to tell him to get stuffed.

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Letters Exit right way, left There are two very clear signs when exiting the Woolworths car park at Mullumbimby stating no right turn. One is within the car park at the exit point and the other across the road facing the car park exit. Why are these signs continually ignored? It takes an extra minute to turn left and drive a few metres, go around the roundabout, and come back to turn into Tincogan Street. Simple!

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undulate in the water, while sharks glide and other identification factors could also be included.

The system could then be connected to an automatic alarm system. The advantage to such a system is that it would operate 24 hours, and I would think in most weather conditions.

Drones are only effective when they’re in the air and are sometimes ineffective in certain weather conditions.

David Gilet Byron Bay

We don’t like bling

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Somebody please take down the Melbourne Cup poster on the Balcony in Jonson Street. It’s almost as insulting as having a spangly silver sculpture on the main road into town.

It seems people keep forgetting many residents of this shire are strongly opposed to animal cruelty, just like they forgot we don’t like bling. And while we’re on the subject, who authorised the speedboat shuttle out of Brunswick Heads every morning?

Gabi Giacomin Ocean Shores

The Flow Path Project being proposed by Water and Recycling (W&R) needs a lot more explanation by W&R and the director of infrastructure who oversees the management of W&R. The agreement and strategy agreed to by Byron Shire Council (BSC) in consultation with the EPA when BSC applied to close South Byron STP (SBSTP) and transfer the sewerage load from SBSTP to the new augmented West Byron STP, was that ninety percent of effluent leaving that plant would go to reuse.

Why is BSC now returning to ocean outfalls?

The flow path suggested is an open stormwater drain that currently runs through the Byron industrial estate.

Is W&R going to lay pipes for the effluent to run through, or leave the drain open and allow the stormwater to combine with the effluent and run through an open drain?

On another issue, to do with W&R, the mayor has previously stated that the Council has an open mind on what type of delivery system would be implemented if the ▶ Continued on page 13

Clear as, ScoMo The Prime Minister’s latest climate denial obfuscation to the Lowe Institute takes aim at the UN, which he refers to as an ‘unaccountable internationalist bureaucracy’.

A complete disgrace.

We are in uncharted waters and we don’t need another ‘business as usual politician’ in the pocket of the US. Young people are rightly concerned, and their calls for climate action are the ripples of a groundswell of action which is unprecedented and it has been wonderful to see parents encourage action by their children.

Having worked in schools for almost 20 years and encountered a great many young people concerned, dismayed, disheartened and feeling powerless about the environment, it is way overtime for them to be able to have their voices and their votes counted.

Is it any wonder youth anxiety is on the rise?

Any words of positivity I’ve offered to students at the time often feel very shallow in the face of their blindingly obvious facts and concerns.

In a culture being

Cartoon Craig Scanlan. systematically dumbed down and prepared for war by gratuitous violence as entertainment, junk media and personalities, together with endless time wasting internet games or actual violence being streamed live, adults have no more ethical or moral authority to vote for frauds and shysters than the young.

Why shouldn’t 16-yearolds have a vote? Anyone have a convincing, factual argument against that? Let’s hear it, really.

Parents and teachers and all those who work with young people and are concerned for the future of this planet, it is not business as usual, it is time to change.

Please encourage more student action on the street and calls to your local MPs to lower the voting age.

Rod Murray Ocean Shores

Come south, it’s free!

Having just spent a week in the Byron area with my family visiting many of the beautiful beaches you have here, I can’t tell you how disappointed I was to discover you had to pay $4 an hour every time you wanted to park at the beach.

Tourists inject an enormous income into the Byron area without having to be gouged by the council every time you want to go to the beach.

Byron council you should wake up, the locals and the

tourists think they’re being ripped off, which does Byron more harm than good.

Come to the South Coast travellers, the surf’s great, and our beaches have free car parks for everyone to enjoy. Don’t forget to bring your wetsuit though.

Matt Doolan Bega

Slow down, chill us Well here we are, all very worried and concerned about the heating of our planet, clearing of trees, pollution, CSG, coal mining etc We could maybe help, with a solution – we could all put ourselves to the test of going 80 km/h everywhere, and always no faster, maybe 90 km/h on the highways.

And then we would feel maybe we are in a very big way helping the environment: cool roads, less fuel consumption, cooler people, cooler cars.

Eighty km/h is apparently the best speed for helping our planet, so this can be our best chance to help, seeing we mostly all drive.

Pam Dean Coorabell

The shark situation During a previous discussion of the shark situation I suggested that a series of radar equipped buoys be distributed along the coastline.

The radar could be connected to a computer species recognition program not a difficult ask as cetaceans

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A feast for the body and the soul Digby Hildreth Byronites know only too well that music is the food of love, and they can enjoy an abundance of both at this year’s Byron Bay Film Festival, which kicks off with a red carpet gala opening at Palace Cinemas this Friday.

The food at both the opening and closing gala parties comes courtesy of Mullumbimbybased legends Byron Bay Catering, who promise a range of delectable fun canapés, made from fresh, locally-sourced produce.

Company founder Brendon Haras has cooked for Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Chris Hemsworth, so he knows his onions when it comes to preparing five-star food for film stars, and how to delight the cinephiles and fans who flock to the Festival’s nowfamous parties.

The Festival also caters for the soul, of course, and the musical treats this year make up a nourishing international feast.

Documentaries from Cuba and Jamaica will sharpen audiences’ appetite for life and a concert film of INXS at their peak is guaranteed to get the nostalgia flowing and bums bouncing in their seats.

Eliades Ochoa From Cuba to the World looks at the life of Buena Vista Social Club guitarist Eliades Ochoa and his trajectory; from a poor farmer’s son to an international name, a much-loved artist and elder statesman who has spread Cuban music around the world and helped keep the son genre alive.

The actor Benicio del Toro describes Eliades as the Cuban Johnny Cash, but his

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Main image: A scene from Yuli.

From top: Greg Schroeder in This World Won’t Break.

George Mason and Rose McIver in Daffodils.

Thalles Cabral in Yonlu.

Louis Josek shooting Out Deh – The Youth of Jamaica. music is more exuberant and colourful than the Man in Black’s and this documentary showcases it in all its glory.

The guitar holds no secrets from him, Eliades says. ‘In the guitar, you will find everything.’ Watch and listen, as the secrets all are told.

Also adding una pizca of Latin spice to the programme is Yuli, a dramatised account of ballet phenomenon Carlos Acosta, the Cuban

child prodigy who just wanted to be one of the boys. The sometimes reluctant genius had to be pushed, brutally at times, by his ambitious father into continuing to pursue dance, and had to overcome bigotry in all its forms before becoming the UK Royal Ballet’s first black dancer.

The story and dazzling dance scenes are sure to have audience members leaving the theatre glissando.

From high art to pop songs, which pour out of the characters in the delightful New Zealand musical Daffodils.

The story of a young woman inspired by her dying father’s reminiscences to imagine the romance between him and her mother, back in the 60s, will likewise bring memories flooding back for many who watch it.

Cue cute but awkward teenagers gazing starry-eyed at each other and singing hits from the classic New Zealand pop repertoire by artists such as Crowded House, Bic Runga and Dave Dobbyn.

Daffodils is wild and funny, though underneath all the daffiness there’s an incisive commentary about the Kiwi (ditto Aussie) psyche, and how we taciturn Antipodeans deal with our emotions.

There’s no holding them back in Live Baby Live, which sees Michael Hutchence in his full rock-god persona, in a full-blooded performance with INXS before an arena full of adoring fans.

If you were at Wembley Stadium on that summer night in July 1991, this is a direct channel to younger, crazier days, tinged with sadness about Hutchence’s untimely end.

Another who died too soon is Yonlu, the Brazilian teen who wowed the internet with his tunes. The dramatic film bearing his name records how, by the age of 16, Yonlu had a huge fanbase for his blend of Gilberto Gil-tinged bossa nova and tropicalia.

Secretly, Yonlu was also a regular visitor to an online forum for potential suicides. Aged 16, he locked himself in his bathroom and took his own life with carbon monoxide poisoning. Yonlu reveals him in all his brilliance, and his extreme vulnerability.

Death is the focus of From Music Into Silence, but in this case those passing are fortunate enough to be doing so accompanied

by Australia’s only music thanatologist.

Geelong-based Peter Roberts is an expert in the process of dying and a gifted musician who uses harp, voice and silence to comfort terminally ill people in their last moments of life, helping them to die in peace.

His story is a remarkable one, invoking tears of joy and of sorrow, and offering a challenge to our notions of death as something to be avoided at all costs.

Very much in the land of the living, and doing it large, is Bakersteez, a Jamaica-born rapper who blends the contemporary sounds of his home country and the US to create a unique fusion between hip-hop and dancehall.

‘Steez’ is one of three young men featured in Out Deh – the Youth of Jamaica who are set on forging a cultural and structural shift in the island.

He’s overcoming the notorious wariness of Jamaicans towards hip-hop and, like Eliades Ochoa, is taking his music to the world.

Out Deh director Louis Josek will be on hand to talk about his film.

Josh David Jordan, the director, writer and editor of This World Won’t Break, is coming out from Texas too.

His drama follows the meanderings of country-blues singer Wes Milligan during a hiatus in his career and personal life. Despite penning heart-breakingly beautiful songs and performing them with some stunning guitar work, Wes can’t seem to make a break away from the smalltime joints he plays for beer money.

His mates cheer him on, he gets guidance from a variety of odd ‘guides’ he encounters but he remains stuck – until a ghostly figure gives him the advice he needs. He quits drinking, is gifted a good guitar and makes a record. It’s a winner, and it looks like he’s on his way...

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Seems W&R does not agree with the mayor as a contractor has been brought in and completely reconfigured the sewer pump station 4001 in Stuart St Mullumbimby, plus laid a new rising main, 1,055 metres in length at a cost of $7.5k finished 31 July, 2019.

Should the gravity mains require replacing and a vacuum system is chosen as a replacement the sewer pump station 4001, plus rising main would then become obsolete.

Alan Dickens Brunswick Heads

ScoMo and the mob Whingeing about ScoMo, Peter Dutton and the rest of the Mob fails to address the underlying problem. The Australian public generally is (1) uninformed, by choice (all politicians are crooks, politics don’t matter); (2) brainwashed by Murdoch disinformation on TV and in newspapers; (3) not enrolled to vote; (4) enrolled but don’t vote (penalties enforced); (5) voting informally. Party preslection has become quite undemocratic. Candidates are chosen in backrooms and presented to voters as the only choices. Even

Greens pre-select in elitist fashion. There is no invitation to the rank and file to participate.

Opening candidate selection to the public and voter education are essential to achieving good government.

What we have today is a dogtand-pony show deception that we have democracy.

Ronald Wolff Ocean Shores

Good intentions Hilary Bain’s well intentioned article encouraging seed saving, promising acclimated seeds for everyone, seems to ignore national migration – the hungry hordes from the cities decending on our quaint little shire. I am envisaging sweet vegans facing up to marauding Hells Angel-like gangs, ‘But they’re my seeds!’

Of course Hilary and I would also prefer to ignore the sudden threshold of species death that applies to plants as much as humans.

When some combination of temperature, and dryness or humidity, non-linearly overwhelms the physiology, a whole species of food or predator suddenly collapses irreversibly.

We must avoid placing all our seeds under one band-aid. Too much focus

on mitigation is a path to palliation. Our best chance of survival is the uncompromising path of rapid environmental restoration, and the obliteration of the fossil fuel industry. Otherwise life on Earth could make the cold poisonous soils of Mars feel like paradise.

Extinction Rebellion needs everyone, and every part of everyone.

Right now, this week, when you have finished reading The Echo, you and friends can take a break, drive to Varsity Lakes, and catch a train to Brissy.

Come and stand beside us in non-violence to awaken arguments that can lead us to restore our beautiful World.

Sapoty Brook Main Arm

So much tape I’m in awe of how bureaucracy irritates so many disparate groups, so harmoniously, such clever design.

The PR always exudes the green progressive willingness to ‘find’ common ground, but in reality just turns out more red / blue / green tape, or ‘fines’.

Are these, exclusive, highly qualified people building a patchwork of expense, compliance, mistakes and delay into their service

For god’s sake, do it well and do it once!

After years of shameful neglect Byron Shire Council is now frantically repairing roads (there must be an election on the horizon).

However, the ‘repairs’ are so grossly substandard as to be a very sick joke.

Mayor Richardson recently asked if we’d rather have all roads patched, or a few roads properly rebuilt?

Given the poor quality of the repairs currently underway, I’d opt for a few properly rebuilt.

A good example of recent failed roadworks can be found at the s-bends near

the bottom of Coolamon Scenic Drive on the approach to the Mullum flat.

After weeks of realignment work, including what appeared to be substantial new foundations, we still have an appalling road surface.

Even before the workers had gone home with their orange traffic-cones there were at least 21 patches on the new surface – rough patches at that.

A few weeks later those patches were patched over again, which was little – and a very temporary

– improvement. Now the surface is rapidly deteriorating to its previous parlous state. Money wasted!

Whoever signed off on that job should explain why, and the workers – or subcontractors if that were the case – should return, at no further cost to the Shire’s residents, to properly fix that travesty of repairs.

For god’s sake, do it well and do it once! What a bunch of incompetents we have for a council! Vote them ALL out next year!

Gordon Balfour Haynes Goonengerry

to belie the fact that they are wasting your time and money for their association’s betterment?

Most people like to find bargains, create life-hacks, use logical steps to fixing problems and consult genuine experts when necessary. It seems Councils and Government culture, don’t, can’t or won’t.

Take things like potholes – how difficult is it to fill in a hole with graded rocks and render the surface slightly curved and water tight? For millennia we have been doing it with rock, gravel, tar.

Roll up.

It’s hot shitty work, but vital and well paid. Probably better done at night.

But not our contractors; they are turning roads into dangerous tracks with loose finishes, bumps and dips, no camber and no rock base.

Why? I am rather embarrassed that the old people that built the town have to see how badly kept their tidy town is now. Progress? Only on paper.

Let’s build our towns with pride, not prejudice.

Darren Hiller Smith Mullumbimby

The indigenous vote The article Time to move on the Uluru Statement (August 28, page one) gave inaccurate information in its first paragraph. It stated that ‘Australia voted on the referendum to give Indigenous Australians the vote.’ It is a pity that The Echo has repeated this common mistake, and it’s to be hoped that others too will note the facts.

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I’m glad that Matthew Lambourne picked up on one of my pessimistic statements about what to do about climate change.

I wanted to promote practical discussions, instead of emotional outbreaks, and his article does this very well, discussing electricity storage.

He cites the Tesla battery in South Australia, which is great, but it is also a good example of how big the problem is. It stores 129 megawatt-hours at a cost of $100 million. As he says, ‘Australia needs about 450

GWh of storage to support a 100 per cent renewable electricity system’, so we would need 3,500 of those batteries. Do the maths.

Pumped hydro sites are also very promising, but at what cost? Currently they average around $200 per kilowatt-hour, so they would cost around 90 billion dollars.

What about the cost of the renewables themselves? A typical power plant produces about 1000 megawatts, and a solar plant of this size costs about two billion dollars. To replace our coal plants, we would need about 30 such plants (or other renewable plants of equal size).

This sort of investment is probably possible for Australia, if we can generate the political will. But what about India? They will need about 500 such plants in the next decade (according to the MIT Technology Review) just to keep up with increasing demand (because of population increase and rising standards of living).

China and the US will need even more. Is that likely?

In Australia, we could stop carbon emissions from cars if everyone bought an electric (cost perhaps $35,000) and built a solar fixture to charge it (perhaps $10,000?). Ten

million cars would cost $450 billion, nearly as much as the annual federal budget.

Demanding action from politicians is a good start, but we also need to change our lives through and through.

Charles MacFarland Ewingsdale

Put the ‘op’ in shops Rebecca McNaught says op-shops are ‘opulent shops’ because they charge more than Kmart for a t-shirt. How can she expect op-shop prices to compete with Kmart?

While they may be charity based organisations op-shops still have to pay market rates for their shop premises and award wages to the non-volunteer staff.

And then there’s the cost of infrastructure to purchase and maintain, such as trucks and warehouses, and the disposal of goods not fit for sale, all of which has to be financed from the sale of $5 dresses.

And yes, it is lamentable that there is so much cheap, fast fashion in op-shops these days, but that is overwhelmingly what the public is donating.

Op-shops can only sell what they are given.

L Andrews Lennox Head

Thanks Greta Thank you Greta Thunberg!

International world champion taking platinum, gold, silver and titanium in the eco-environmental Olympics with genuine commitment and heartfelt passion As for the current US president, (obviously an AH) who seems to suffer from being a DH, everybody gets it in the end.

As for our current mayor, perhaps he saw the benefits of appearing ‘green’ in Byron Shire. Some have invested interest in ‘green-ness’ some have actual appreciation.

All of us feel empowered to do the ‘great’ things like the Great Thunbergs of the world. We have our say and try that place out, number where it counts, however, at the very least, simply plant something, be it a flower, shrub, tree, garden variety anything that breathes in CO2 and breathes out oxygen. It may help to restore a bit of natural balance.

Drought stricken farmers might be better off producing species more suited to their naturally dry conditions – hardier crops and animals like kangaroo and emu for instance in lieu of cattle etc.

John York Goonengerry

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Whose business is the alleged fraud at Byron Central Hospital?

Q Eve Jeffery’s article (The Echo, October 9) on the allegations of misuses of large amounts of public funds, over many years, and the other questionable nursing management practices at Byron Central Hospital raises many more questions.

An investigation would be to identify if they did or did not commit fraud. Was the investigation carried out by competent staff?

Were the findings handed over to the legal people, i.e. the police, who possibly have the resources to do some forensic accounting of time sheets and pay slips over the last five years?

If, as Mr Jones claims, everything was done according to NSWDH Policy, then the policy needs urgent review. Any staff who have been involved in the misuse of large sums of money over many years should not be given a slap on the wrist, then receive many months pay (amounting to several hundreds of thousands more of public funds) to stay home.

Due process is a good and necessary thing but

this is just further misuse of public funds. Tax Payers. Us. Pointless of Mr Jones to keep minimising this issue as misconduct, and reiterating it as an internal matter. It is clearly not!

Misconduct may include being late for shift, insubordination, uniform problems, inappropriate language, bullying and intimidation, and those types of things.But these allegations are more serious.

Does the Department of Health have its own legal/ justice system?

If a home or business is robbed, there is a police investigation, which may lead to criminal charges and a court case.

How much money is involved? How many people were involved? What action has been taken (aside from hosing it down and shutting people up)?

Are any guilty people jaunting around the world and employed elsewhere in positions of trust with no mark on their record at AHPRA? I do hope that many other concerned responsible community members will

care enough about where their money is being spent, and keep the pressure on to get some answers.

MJ Crompton B.H.Sci (Nsg), GradDip Gerontology Mullumbimby Q I’m writing in regard to the article online and in print on 9 October which concerns the Byron Central Hospital.

This article only serves to undermine the great work our health workers do every day to care for our residents and help our community

achieve better health outcomes.

I can assure the public that our management team is focussed on steering our organisation to deliver excellent health care and ensuring we uphold standards which the public expect and deserve.

We take very seriously the responsibility to investigate issues brought to our attention and act appropriately to manage those issues. As a public health agency, we are required to follow guidelines and policies which govern

how we conduct any investigation and how we deal with allegations of misconduct or performance.

We have recently referred a matter to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

We stand by our position that we do not report information to the public or to other staff about any staff investigations, and it is not correct to suggest that a lack of public information is evidence that an investigation has failed, or that disciplinary processes are not being followed.

A staff member’s role or rank makes absolutely no difference to our investigation processes or any actions arising out of such a process.

We also reject the suggestion in this article that management has or is knowingly allowing misuse of taxpayers’ money.

As we have previously stated to your publication, NNSWLHD recovers any staff overpayments or funds found to have been received.

The allegation that security staff rosters have been left unfilled as a result of any investigation is also incorrect. Security rosters are regularly filled through a combination of full time, part time, and contracted security personnel according to rostered schedules and staff availability.

We are committed to supporting our staff and providing a welcoming work environment. We have a District-wide Learning and Development Service which is actively examining culture and staff matters, including targeted intervention for antibullying and harassment. In addition, our District-wide Culture Committee also plays a role in leading programs and changes that help foster a safe and friendly workplace culture.

We look forward to continuing to work with the wonderful staff at Byron Central Hospital to provide excellent health care to our community, and encourage you to join us.

Wayne Jones Chief Executive Northern NSW Local Health District

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Brodie McClymont, who last week won the Queensland Championship for the third time, is the great enigma of Australian chess.

McClymont burst on to the national scene in 2013 when he won the Australian Grand Prix by dominating almost every event in Queensland that year. Remarkably, McClymont seemed to be able to beat the three Queenslanders ranked above him at the time, Moulthun Ly, Stephen Solomon and Alex Wohl, almost at will.

Yet, despite McClymont breaking into the Australian top 10, his results in tournaments outside Queensland were almost universally dismal, a tie for first at the 2015 Oceania Zonal in Sydney a notable exception. McClymont’s multiple visits to Canberra’s Doeberl Cup have all ended unsuccessfully.

The 27-year-old has continued this home ground preference in 2019, winning four tournaments in Queensland and none interstate.

This year the Queensland Championship was turned into an international open, with Singaporean-English Grandmaster Daniel Fernandez as a special guest.

Yet the overseas and interstate visitors made no difference to McClymont, who defended his home turf by scoring an amazing 8.5/9.

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The reason why McClymont plays like Superman in Queensland and Superfish outside the Sunshine State is hotly debated. One theory is that McClymont simply feels more comfortable playing at home with plenty of friends around him.

However, there is also something in the suggestion that McClymont, a player who prepares carefully for important games, has ‘worked out’ the best Queenslanders but cannot use any inside knowledge to outwit other top Australian players.

Queensland Championship 2019 White: I Paevskiy Black: B McClymont Opening: English 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.d3 d6 6.e4 The Botvinnik System, popularised in Australia by our two top players in the 70s, Max Fuller and Robert Jamieson, and still considered a tough nut to crack 6‌c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.0-0 Ne8 9.f4 Accurate play, planning to meet 9‌Nc7 with 10.f5, preventing Ne6-d4.

9‌f5 10.Be3 Nd4 Otherwise 11.d4 follows.

11.Qd2 Nc7 12.Kh1 12‌Rb1, here or last move, followed by b4, is a more incisive plan.

12‌Rb8 13.Bg1 b5 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nxb5 Nxb5 16.cxb5 Rxb5 17.a4 Rb3! Not only holding up White’s queenside pawns but setting a nasty trap. 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Bd5+?! e6! A cold shower for Paevskiy, who realises too late that 20.Bxb3 loses to 20‌Bb7+. 20.Qg2?

20.Bg2 Qb6 is unpleasant for White but now McClymont gets a second chance to spring the same trap. 20‌exd5! 21.Qxd5+ Rf7! 0-1 After 22.Qxb3, Bb7+ White loses his queen.

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Mary Gardner

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hildren, teens and all their supporters, what do you do after the excitement of the recent climate change marches? There’s no quick fix.

Tremendous and dangerous changes are already underway. Right now, the most important thing all of you can do is become skilled, caring people, ready to help out in this new world. Here’s what I suggest‌ But first, why listen to me? As a marine biologist and science researcher, I am constantly dealing with confronting and distressing knowledge about our world. From dissections to field studies, from histories to sciences, from books to meetings, I see much that is marvellous and terrible. I’m inspired but also deeply shocked and worried. Over the decades, I learned a few things about how to live with such hurtful knowledge and how to still work with love.

One of the harshest lessons for me was realising that people around me were not always interested or concerned. So I also learned how to meet people who were caring about animals, plants and places, but also skilled. Eventually, I even learned how to spark interest in some of those other people preoccupied with other things.

This is my hard-won list. Yes, ever since I was a young girl, I started to do many of these things. They all help, often in unexpected ways. As you apply

yourself in any, and all, of these ways, such interests and work will ease your anxiety about an uncertain future. Such accomplishments build practical, useful skills and a vital sense of self confidence for the days to come. Number one is number one. The rest are in no particular order.

1. Become a mindful observer. Check out Planting Seeds by Thich Nhat Hanh 2. Meet and learn with other people who care about animals, plants and places.

3. Exercise and develop your memory craft: Collect poems to recite and memorise information.

4. Figure out how to make things with your hands. Become a creator.

5. Learn to recognise distress and how to respond. Emotional or physical distress which might be your own, or that of other people around you, or of the creatures and plants. The more carefully you can identify distress, the more accurately you can respond.

Some distress you can respond to right away: go water the garden plants. But some, like much of climate change, will need of you a response over months and years.

Doing things with the long term in mind – all this is your response. Maybe you finally develop a special variety of beans that grow abundantly with very little water in hot, dry seasons.

6. Also learn how to see beauty. How beauty and distress exist together in the world is a mystery. But beauty there is.

Look for it.

7. Know what type of learner you are and expand on that.

8. Know what you are learning.

Linear knowledge (steps, chains of events and a lot of technology) looks so practical but so is systems knowledge (networks, webs, patterns and ecology).

9. Learn some mental sports. When you learn basic philosophy, logic and marketing strategies, you can better understand what people say and avoid being duped.

10. Learn another language, or two or three.

11. Know the many parts of a place, material and immaterial.

12. Learn to read land, water, air, weather and stars.

13. Get to know animals, plants and the creatures of the subvisible worlds.

14. Collect stories of places: Indigenous, immigrant, local, global – of every sort!

14. Learn how to be outdoors.

15. Create your own stories of your life, your places and your community.

16. Learn about the human body.

17. Learn first aid.

18. Learn how to fix things.

19. Learn about food: how to grow, produce, store, cook and share.

20. Find out about how government works where you live, and elsewhere.

21. Find out about money, barter, exchange and gift economies 22. Try some art and music.

23. Learn songs and dances you can do together in a group.

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hroughout the course of our schooling, those 13 years are a time of constant change and growth. It’s a time for learning, whether it’s a spelling quiz or periodic table – we learn a lot. But more importantly it’s what we learn about ourselves that shapes us into who we are when we exit the school gates for the last time.

Making the most of life, and connecting with the environment around you is essential for one’s mental and physical health.

Doing what you love and are inspired by is what motivates you. This is where people find true happiness and satisfaction.

In high school, amongst my peer group and the teenage demographic as a whole, I noticed a lack of creativity, imagination, and enjoymentof life at an everyday level.

I believe that one of the

main reasons for this may be that technology and networking has consumed many teenage brains – taking up time and draining creativity from talented young people.

I noticed that people prefer to ‘play it safe’ all too often and don’t fulfil their desires or lack motivation because of insignificant issues that stand in the way.

For example, I witnessed girls not wanting to go in the ocean on a hot day because they had previously washed their hair, or got their nails done, and would prefer to sit isolated on their phones than to enjoy spending time in nature and partake in fun and healthy activities with their friends.

Excuses and reasons for not feeling joy These excuses are the exact reasons that prevent people from everyday excitement and happiness that comes from simple things.

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As I have been noticing this more frequently, I have identified that my personal happiness and satisfaction is becoming more important to me.

Since finishing school, I have truthfully lost the inclination to fulfil people’s expectations and don’t channel my thoughts into trying to follow trends or ‘fit in.’ Continuously conforming to society’s expectations limits creativity and originality.

I believe that true happiness is found when you spend your time discovering who you are and what you stand for, rather than what you have and what people think of you.

By spending more time doing things we enjoy, we are able to get in touch with our own personal values on a deeper level.

For me this has resulted in a feeling of freedom, and has developed healthier more passionate thoughts.

When we can begin to feel motivated it results in productivity. This is because we are spending less time trying to fulfil other people’s expectations, and more time doing things that we enjoy and which enhance wellbeing. We begin to discover that people respond better and feel more comfortable with someone whom they feel is genuine and humble rather than someone who gives off ‘artificial energy’.

Following trends is a way people ‘play it safe’, in the sense that individuals feel comfortable in a uniform or a certain attire that is similar to everyone else’s to lessen the fear of being judged for their originality or taste. Being open and sharing one’s own true tastes may put them in a vulnerable position. It saddens me to think that people are too narrow-minded, following one safe path through life with closed eyes.

Meaning they are not being open-minded enough to find beauty in new or unconsidered concepts. This is related to fashion, merchandise, music tastes, food tastes and trying new activities or immersing yourself in new environments.

not find true happiness, satisfaction or motivation.

Being proud of yourself and sharing your talents inspires others around you. I urge you to take the time to truly discover what it is that really matters to you; go after your desires and let nothing stand in your way.

gates behind and head into adult life, it’s important to remember to get outdoors, get your feet dirty, or jump in the ocean naked. Identify the things that aren’t serving you well and that are reducing your quality of life. Be prepared to have the courage to let them go.

Leaving the HSC behind

Q Hugh Harris is a year 12 High School graduate doing work experience with The Echo before his HSC exams.

As we leave the school

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Brunswick Heads is known for it’s stunning river entrance and its local ‘beach town’ vibe. The Brunswick River is a perfect spot for water activities such as paddle boarding, kayaking, boating and swimming. The town, locally referred to as ‘Bruns’, is a just short drive north of Byron Bay. Brunswick Heads has something to offer everyone, whether it’s shopping, dining or outdoor activities.

Trawlers Bar has a perfect corner location with riverside views for a drink with lunch or dinner.

Across the street a wonderful park for families, two riverside playgrounds and picnic tables. Across the ǔȒȒɎƫȸǣƳǕƺ ɵȒɖ‫ټ‬ǼǼ ˡ ȇƳ ȸɖȇɀɯǣƬǸ‫ټ‬ɀ ǝǣƳƳƺȇ Ǖƺȅً Torakina Beach, a tranquil curve of sand sheltered by the two breakwalls at the mouth of the Brunswick River.

PORTIA’S WILL JONES AND CO COUNTER Serving Allpress Coffee, Scratch Patisserie pastries and their famous toasties.

Open Monday to Friday 6:30am - midday and Saturday / Sunday 7am - midday. @jonesandcocounter

A beautifully curated collection of global fashion brands, Including local label PW by Portia’s Will. Sea NY, IRO Paris, Derek Lam, ALC, J Brand, A Goldie, Velvet, Vieux, Dylan Kain, Fairley, D.O.F pwbyportiaswill.com | @pwbyportiaswill

BYRON SHIRE REAL ESTATE Servicing the area for over 39 years and making dreams come true.

Contact Todd or Gary to find out what our beautiful area has to offer. byronshirerealestate.com.au | 6685 1754

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LJ HOOKER BRUNSWICK HEADS Experienced in all facets of real estate, their team can assist the community with all enquires relating to residential accommodation, as well as rural, residential, commercial or industrial sales.

6685 0177 | brunswickheads.ljhooker.com.au

BRUNSWICK SURF SHOP BRUNSWICK HEADS PHARMACY Housed in a post-war art deco building, they not only provide friendly expert health advice and services, but also an excellent selection of boutique, hard-to-find gifts and beauty products.

6685 1219 | brunspharmacy.com.au @brunspharmacy

Your traditional, customer focused surf shop, providing surf apparel and accessories from major brands. Full to the brim with everything you need to enjoy a day at the beach.

6685 1283 | brunswicksurf.com.au

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MAHASHE Mahashe is a local designer fashion label, specialising in cotton.

With its timeless styles and unique prints, you can’t help but fall in love with this label.

6689 7059 | mahashe.com

A treasure trove for secondhand-lovers and those who tread lightly. With its own café, Clem’s houses 12+ specialty traders showcasing quality furniture, resale and new apparel, and local artists.

6685 1213 | @clemscargomarketplace

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FABULOUS MRS FOX With a fabulous mix of old and new, from fashion to furniture and everything in-between, they have something for everyone! Open 7 days for you to enjoy. fabulousmrsfox.com | @fabulousmrsfox 6685 0020

BRUNS BEACH, BAIT AND TACKLE TRAWLERS BAR AND KITCHEN Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Full bar with six types of beer on tap, cocktails and delicious food with a great view, oh la la...

6685 1100 trawlersbarandkitchen.com.au

For all your beach needs.

Kids' and adults' hats. Swimwear, toys, games, towels, inflatables and boards.

Umbrellas and shelters. Camping gear.

Full range of fishing tackle and bait and rod hire.

0432 394 869

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BRUNSWICK HEADS CREATIVE Co-working • Community • Collaboration A boutique local co-working space nestled among the countless cafes and just a stone’s throw from the famously picturesque Brunswick river and beach.

0405 484 039 brunswickheadscreative.com.au

WHATEVER GOES Huge range of beautiful imported giftware, homewares, handcrafts, clothing, crystals and jewellery. Affordable prices, fantastic selection for all ages. Open 7 days a week.

6685 0010

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A group of dedicated volunteers form the primary rescue organisation for Byron Shire and surrounds. Primarily self-funded, they are on call 24/7. Sponsorships and donations gratefully accepted.

1300 872 777 | @BrunswickValleyRescue

Versatile wardrobe essentials for men and women, created to be worn again and again.

From carefully curated threads and ceramics, to sneakers and scents... mention the Echo for 15% off in-store. thekeybasics.com | @thekeybasics.com

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Unique and iconic theatre, lovingly brought back to life, presenting an exciting program of cabaret, comedy, circus, live music, film events and family entertainment. Spring program out now. brunswickpicturehouse.com | 6685 0280

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BRUNSWICK HEADS PHYSIO A brand new clinic offering experienced 'hands on' physio to Brunswick Heads and surrounds. 45 minute consultations.

Beat your injuries and get back to doing what you love.

0419 629 333 brunswickheadsphysio.com.au

BYRON DOG RESCUE Provides care and finds homes for unwanted dogs. Rehabilitates orphaned, sick or injured dogs without owners, and promotes responsible pet ownership.

Providing information about animal welfare and prevention of cruelty.

6685 1444 | byrondogrescue.org

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BERNARDI’S

A newsagent and local artists' outlet. In addition to newspapers, magazines, stationary, gift cards and tobacco, they stock local Indigenous artworks, cards and postcards, lollies, aspirins, fresh flowers and more.

A landmark of Brunswick Heads, serving their famous Artisanal Gelato with an authentic 1974 recipe. They also have fresh juices, outstanding smoothies, coffee and food. Drop in and say hello!

6685 1988 | @bernardisgelato

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Janice Maple has been a real estate agent in Bangalow since 2007. Janice loves everything about Bangalow life and loves sharing our lifestyle with new people moving to the area.

0401 026 359 | 1 Market Street www.atrealty.com.au 2

BANGALOW WASH HOUSE

Open 24 hours. New large front loaders / dryers now with Tap & Go. Change machine and powder dispenser onsite.

Self-serve and serviced laundry available.

0412 302 246 Cnr Station St & Blackwell Alley 3

BANGALOW FARMERS MARKET

Every Saturday 7–11am behind the pub. Freshest produce direct from local farmers, including seasonal fruit and vegetables, pasture-raised meat and eggs, artisan cheese and bread, nuts, honey, rice, pasta, and more!

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BYRON JERKY

Sourcing local 100 per cent grass-fed beef. They say no to chemicals, nitrates, and other unnecessary additives to produce a pure and healthy product that tastes great!

6687 0500 | 10 Dudgeons Ln www.byronjerky.com 5

BANGALOW DENTAL

Dr Fabio and Dr Eduarda Miranda proudly serve the Bangalow and Byron Bay Hinterland. Personalised modern dentistry with passion and dedication in a fresh, state of the art dental practice.

6687 2766 Suite 5, Bangalow Medical Centre, 1 Ballina Rd www.bangalowdental.com

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BKA ARCHITECTURE

BKA is an architectural team committed to empowering people through architecture. They respond with sensitivity to each unique context, client and budgetary needs.

0417 415 474 | Suite 1/10 Station Street www.bka.com.au 7

BANGALOW A&I HALL

This historic hall is available for conferences, film, music and cultural festivals, large-scale and intimate theatre, cabaret, dance and lifestyle shows, and is an amazing wedding and special event venue.

0427 157 565 | Station Street www.bangalowhall.com 8

NINBELLA

Introduces the works of Kerry Madawyn McCarthy, an Aboriginal artist from Daly River, NT. Kerry's beautiful art expresses her stories of life and tradition in the Top End. Sunmat 150x70cms.

0429 357 274 | 19A Byron Street www.ninbella.com 9

THE OFFICE

When it comes to your finances, don’t just dream success, achieve it. Find out how The Office can deliver realtime results so you can keep your finger on the pulse.

6687 2960 | 85 Byron St theofficeaccountants.com.au

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THE INCLUB

An inclusive social club for women in the Bangalow area, which holds various activities and events for women to meet, socialise and connect with the community.

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WOODS BANGALOW

Plant based cafe serving beautiful brunch, with a mindfully curated seasonal menu, and a focus on sustainability and harmony. Sip elixirs in the sunny open courtyard as the kids play!

6687 0451 | Shop 4, 10 Station Street @woodsbangalow 12

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A community group devoted to the unique koala population in the village and surrounding areas, whose goal is to create a wildlife corridor allowing koalas to move safely across the local landscape. www.bangalowkoalas.com.au 13

ZENTVELD COFFEE

Visit the Roastery Door Monday–Friday for the freshest of coffee and delightful vista of their coffee farm.

For rare, organic local coffee, chocolate bean tastings and full roastery offerings.

66872045 | 193 Broken Head Road, Newrybar zentvelds.com.au

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DD ǕōŔ ĕŕƆƖſĕƆ ſĕĪƖīĕĕƆ ëſĕ ŕşƐ țĶŕưĶƆĶćōĕȜ żĕşżōĕ

desire to stop people being invisible was the motivation behind local Lennox Head artist Angus McDonald’s documentary short film MANUS – that and the amazing compassion he witnessed from the islanders in Greece towards refugees.

MANUS is currently an official selection for the BAFTA and has been selected for an Oscar nomination in the Documentary Shorts category. It was also recently awarded the Best Documentary at the 2019 St Kilda Film Festival.

Angus had lived and painted on an island in Greece for five years in the 1990s and had strong friendships there. When he

went back to visit friends and understand what was happening with the refugee crisis in 2016, he witnessed the enormous compassion they had for refugees.

‘They were helping them off the beach and giving them their clothes,’ he said.

Over 15 months there were 700,000 arrivals through the islands of Greece. At the height of the migrant crisis in 2015 there were around 2,000 people arriving per day.

‘I was so inspired by the people I met. I think that is part of the problem here – the people on Manus and Nauru Islands are invisible.’

Angus realised that film was an effective way to make these people’s stories real

Behrouz Boochani in a screen shot from MANUS. and for people to connect.

He became active in filming refugees and looking,not only for their positive stories, but for positive ways to manage the crisis of displaced people.

Olivia Rousset, a two time Walkley award winning

journalist who had secretly visited Manus Island detention centre at the end of 2017 (with Jarrod McKenna and Father Dave Brown) when the PNG government was moving the men there to alternative locations, offered Angus the footage from the

nights filming they had done.

At the time, the Manus detention centre at Lobrum was closed. At the end of October 2017 (the moment at which the film MANUS was set) there were 690 refugees and asylum seekers on Manus. Around 450 refused to leave the closed centre and were part of the three week standoff.

The total number of people transferred to Manus Island since the current version of offshore processing began in 2013, is 1,523.

‘I wanted to focus on the people as individuals,’ Angus explains. ‘I wanted to focus on their humanity and their plight. These are people who have been forced to flee.

These are people who are already traumatised by their hazardous journeys, and putting them in Manus only compounds the suffering.

All they need is safety and support to get on their feet again.

‘So I made a narrative out of the men’s stories by letting them tell their stories themselves.’

Presently, approximately 350 refugees and asylum

seekers remain in PNG, after the new PNG government led

by PM, James Marape, committed to winding things up on Manus Island in August.

‘The vast majority were flown from Manus to Port Moresby where they have essentially been dumped,’ said Angus.

‘53 of those who have been moved are held in a detention facility that is part of the notorious Bomana prison complex in Port Moresby. Those in Bomana have been isolated from outside contact and their human rights clearly violated. The Manus Governor, Charlie Benjamin, has called for Australia to compassionately resolve the Manus situation. He said that nothing has improved with the transfer of men to Port Moresby, the problem has just been shifted from one place to another.’

Q MANUS screens at the Byron Bay Film Festival on October 26 and 27. Angus will be present for a Q&A on 27 October. Behrouz Boochani, who also features in MANUS will be included in the session via Skype.

ǕōŔ ưĕĶōĕĎ Ķŕ ƆĕĈſĕĈƷ One film at Byron Bay Film Festival is so sensitive that its name has to be kept secret, its maker anonymous and the country it is set in unnamed.

Film X is not overtly political or provocative, does not criticise the government, its rulers or policies.

However, following an earlier work, the filmmaker was banned from pursuing his craft.

By merely making this film, the filmmaker is taking a risk.

But he wants it to be seen.

BBFF supports him in his struggle for freedom of expression.

BBFF was able to interview the filmmaker, and his answers are given below; the rough English of his replies has not been altered: BBFF: How did the ban come about?

FILMMAKER: My ban on filmmaking comes from my collection of artistic activities in the field of writing, photography and filmmaking. The perception of my activities has led me to being ban.

Of course, the critical look of my work has made the situation worse.

BBFF: Are your films political?

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FM: I’m not into political filmmaking and I have an artistic attitude, but unfortunately authorities’ perceptions of my work has always been political.

BBFF: Despite the ban, you are continuing to make films. What motivates you to take such risks?

FM: My endeavour is for freedom of art. So if I don’t do anything I can’t make hope in others’ heart.

I have to present my work even within limits to give new hope into my community.

BBFF: Can you tell us about the film that is screening at Byron Bay? FM: Honestly, I would prefer that the film’s name and story remain hidden until mid-2020. And I urge all of your viewers to just watch the movie and not say anything about the story and its subject for the moment, especially in cyberspace.

Q Film X screens at Byron Community Centre on Monday, October 21 at 2.30pm. Before it is The Prisoner, by Ali Mozzaffari.

View an extended edit of this article at www.echo.net.au on Thursday.

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Headlining the event on Sunday 20 October is Harry James Angus, singer and trumpet player of superband The Cat Empire. Known for his thrilling live performances and constant musical re-invention, Harry will be getting everyone on their feet with a one-off ‘surfadelica set’, joined by some of his favourite local musicians.

ǨǩȂǪǧżŔǼ Welcome to Country

Irish born singer-songwriter Áine Tyrrell will be treating audiences to a solo performance of her wild and soulful celtic ballads and stomps.

ǪȂǨǬżŔǼ African Dance

Bunny Racket, headed by the inimitable King Bunny, will be bridging the generations with his infectious love of everything rock’n’roll. Expect to find yourself air-guitaring and shaking your head uncontrollably before too long…

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There will also be delicious food, including woodfired pizza and a licensed bar, on offer.

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ÉĶƐIJ Ǭǧ ƷĕëſƆ ĈşōōĕĈƐĶưĕ ĕƶżĕſĶĕŕĈĕ ëƆ ĪşşĎ ĶŕĎƖƆƐſƷ ĕƶĕĈƖƐĶưĕƆǽ 'şŕ mĕƆćĶƐ ëŕĎ dĶƐƆë ëIJëƱŕĕIJ ĪĕōƐ ĶŕƆżĶſĕĎ Ɛş Ďĕưĕōşż ƐIJĕĶſ şƱŕ ưĶƆĶşŕ ëƐ Ʒſşŕ ëƷ 'ĕōĶȂ After three weeks remodelling the former Blue Olive Deli in Lawson St, they’ve rebranded as Byron Bay Deli with an expanded middle-eastern menu, inspired by Litsa’s Jordanian heritage.

Don says, ‘We’ve punched out the walls and opened-up the window on to the street to create an inviting, interesting feel. We’ve installed Moroccan lights, and the reclaimed timber retains the coastal feel’. Litsa says, ‘We’ve had a really positive response from customers, and it feels bigger’.

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Litsa was the ‘innovative brains’ at Byron Bay Cookie Company for many years, and later launched her own consultancy business ‘Hero Food Solutions’. Don’s been an accomplished managing director of a large international food business. These foodie heavy-weights have swapped the executive-life for developing premiumbranded food products and a new menu for Byron Bay Deli.

Don says, ‘Behind our commercial capabilities, we are capable cooks and get right in amongst the food at grass-roots level. We believe it’s about flavour, texture, quality and appearance. You only get out what you put in; you need to put in a lot of care and attention to detail to produce a good result’.

Their passion for perfecting food is evident with their own luxury, organic ice-cream launching this summer with enchanting flavours like ‘fig and baklava’ and ‘dark chocolate with pomegranate molasses’.

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Their chefs are also producing an enticing middle-eastern menu with traditional recipes that Litsa grew up with. Find an abundance of mezze-platter ingredients, lamb koftas, Moroccan lamb pie and falafels. European taste buds are gratified too with made-to-order baguettes, pies, quiches and salads and sweet sensations.

Their lust for exquisite products is showcased with local delicacies, and international produce like ‘Jerusalem Olive Oil’– made from fruit from the world’s oldest olive trees. There’s a superb global cheese selection; from Brooklet brie to French St Agur blue, and Swiss, Italian and Spanish specialty cheeses. Their sliced meats and dips, like velvety hummus and tasty harissa, make perfect platter accompaniments.

Eggplant devotees will devour their smokey baba ganoush in a flash.

For an exquisite home-dining banquet I recommend their incredible take-home gourmet meals. Create an effortless feast with their vegetable moussaka (eggplant and chickpeas), butter chicken or Sri Lankan chicken, Shariya rice (with noodles and pine nuts) and Zaatar (flavoured pita bread) paired with Fattoush (minted salad with crispy flat bread) and fresh tabbouleh. It’s a sensational combo.

As their new logo implies, there are infinite possibilities of

fine food selections to taste from Byron Bay Deli.

Enquiries about home deliveries and hampers are welcome. Byron Bay Deli. Shop 6/27 Lawson St, Byron.

Ph 6680 8700. shop@byronbaydeli.com.au

DëſĕƱĕōō `şIJŕ ëŕĎ dƷŕ John and Lyn Parche have been part of the Byron accommodation scene for the last 15 years.

They received a fond farewell from everyone last week at the Byron At Byron, which has recently been taken over by new owner, Crystalbrook, who purchased the property from Gerry Harvey.

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Fresh off a plane from his Japanese homeland, Taka Kuramoto from Doma Cafe in Federal, is bringing new inspiration to the flames for one night only at Barrio Eatery & Bar.

It’s the third-biggest airport in NSW, its visitor numbers are increasing and it’s in public hands. No wonder it was all smiles today at Ballina Byron Gateway airport as Ballina Shire mayor David Wright (whose council contributed $2.4m) thanked Ben Franklin MLC (the NSW government contributed $4.5m), saying that he was ‘delighted that we have more than tripled the departure lounge area to create a much more comfortable space for passengers’.

The airport was commenced 34 years ago by Ballina Council with monies from the development of nearby commercial land, and according to Mayor Wright its development is like a ‘jigsaw’, with infrastructure pieces being added gradually over time. Future stages include expanded parking, and the re-routing of the airport entrance road past the current Harvey Norman centre, and through the planned new 3-hectare Innovation and Industry Precinct. )U HH Ballina Council’s manager Airport and Commercial HQ WU \ Services, Paul Tsikleas said the Council was quite

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Using the traditional Japanese style of maki, that focuses on wood-fired cooking, expect a smokey-spread of vibrant and creative bite-sized slices of juicy meat and vegetables grilled over fire. ‘Our event team, MaQui, will be popping up all over Byron over the next year, with an exciting calendar of events. First stop; Barrio Eatery & Bar, and we’re looking forward to experimenting with the wood fire in the kitchen’, says Taka Kuramoto, co-owner Doma Federal and Qudo Bellingen Tuesday 29 October from 5.30pm.

Barrio 1 Porter St, Byron Bay. www.barriobyronbay.com.au

Innovation in packaging Two national food product packaging experts, Gwen Blake of Boxer & Co and Joe Foster, the current Australian Packaging Professional of the Year, are talking at Ballina RSL on 22 October, followed by a panel discussion with two local companies which have recently undertaken packaging rebrands – Mount Warning Spring Water’s Tessa Martin and Byron Bay Coffee Company’s Annie Chapelle.

Topics include achieving ‘shelf shout’, hot global trends in packaging, the history of flexible packaging and of course ‘the huge challenges we face to curb plastic waste’. The event is hosted by Northern Rivers Food.

Bookings: eventbrite.com.au/e/75241281699

According to Mr Tsikleas passenger numbers have increased from 260,000 pa to 530,000 in the past six years, with Mr Wright saying that ‘tourism is worth more than $300m to the [Ballina] shire’ from ‘more than 1 million visitors in the last 12 months’, with ‘many of them coming through the airport’.

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BALLINA

Ballina RSL Club 1 Grant St, Ballina 6681 9500 www.ballinarsl.com.au Open 7 Days Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks

Wharf Bar & Restaurant Ballina FB/Insta: wharfbarballina 12–24 Fawcett St, Ballina 6686 5259

Old School Favourites Boardwalk Specials $15 Members Every Day Lunch and Dinner Choose the small roast of the day or one of our daily specials

Byron Bay Deli

HALF PRICE PIZZA & PEZZO POCKET

6/25–27 Lawson Street 6680 8700

Dine in and take away www.wharfbarballina.com.au

Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm

FRESH PIZZA BYRON STYLE Check us out on

facebook.com/byron.legendpizza Scan code for our menu!

BYO Home delivery 7 days Established 1992 Proudly serving the people of Byron and beyond with the finest gourmet food for over 20 years.

Bringing a little bit of the middle east to the bay.

We have everything you want for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Eat in or take home. Let us take the stress out of cooking.

Picnic Hampers – coffee - catering

Barrio Eatery & Bar One Green Acre

at The Bangalow Bowlo Restaurant, Events & Catering 21 Byron Bay Road, Bangalow 6687 2741 www.onegreenacre.com.au Open Tue–Sun 12 to 8.30pm Seven Miles Coffee, lunch, dinner, events and catering.

With a menu the whole family will love, One Green Acre is committed to sustainable and ethical food, that is a great price and locally sourced.

Specials: Tuesday: Stone and Wood curry night Thursday: Chook night Sunday: Full roast

BILLINUDGEL

billi

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

EVERY TUESDAY

BANGALOW

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Billi’s Indian Open Tuesday – Sunday 4.30pm to late Closed Monday 8 Wilfred St, Billinudgel BYO. Credit cards 6680 3352

AUTHENTIC INDIAN RESTAURANT • Chef specials every night • Exciting New Menu • 10% off for seniors every day • Catering available for parties • Vegan and gluten free food available • Complimentary papadams if pre-booked!

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A 5-minute drive from Byron Bay, Barrio brings together the local community Mon–Sat 7am–9pm in a relaxed environment for all-day dining. Wood1 Porter Street, fired oven, charcoal grill, veges, meat, fish, salads, North Byron natural wines, local beers, cocktails and St Ali coffee.

No reservations. Bookings Eat in or take-away over 8 email: gather@ www.barriobyronbay.com.au barriobyronbay.com.au @barriobyronbay

The Rocks @ Aquarius Breakfast/Lunch 7 days from 7am 16 Lawson St, Byron Bay 6685 7663 – Menus at therocksbyronbay.com.au

NEW SEASONAL MENU! Join us at the Rocks on Lawson for some delicious winter warmers! We have a range of fresh, locally sourced breakfast and lunch options at affordable prices. Why not try one of our scrumptious health bowls, house-made burgers or our signature brekkie salad. Warm yourself up with a Byron Bay coffee or a super smoothie! Cosy indoor seating and heating outdoor dining available.

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The Hideout Cafe Breakfast and Lunch 7 days a week from 7.30am Shop 6/13 Lawson Street 6680 9300 FB thehideoutbyronbay insta @thehideoutbyronbay

Luscious Foods

Mon-Fri 7.30am–3pm Open Friday nights 6–9pm Live music and BYO 1/6 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industry Estate BYO & RSVP 6680 8228

Main Street Open 7 days 11.30am until late Call to make a reservation or for takeaway orders 18 Jonson Street 6680 8832

Treehouse on Belongil Full Cocktail & Wine Bar. Extensive Menu Includes Tapas, Mains, Desserts and Famous Woodfired Pizzas.

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Hidden away in Byron’s iconic ‘Eat street’ Bay Lane, The Hideout Cafe and Bar offers indoor, outdoor and deck dining

White Wolf Bistro & Bar

With a fresh, funky, relaxed vibe, generous serves, cruisey staff and 10am licence, come and find us for ‘Byron’s BEST breakfast’ all day…

Takeaway available Vegetarian,Vegan and gluten free options available Kids menu

Open 7 days, 11.30am till late (11pm) serving food all day.

Bookings 0416 870 644

Modern Australian dining.

Lord Byron Distillery

Contemporary and Middle Eastern flavours • Breakfast and lunch • Wood-fired pizzas • Fresh juices • Great coffee www.lusciousfoods.com.au

Open Tuesday–Saturday 12 noon – 5pm 7, 4 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay 8646 4901

Bay Pho

Gourmet burgers created by chefs

Phone orders welcome 6680 9223 FB phointhebay

Fishheads

Share plates, mains, desserts and famous Treehouse wood-fired pizza. Our kitchen is open all day and night.

Presenting incredible original music in Byron’s most intimate atmosphere.

Check our website or Facebook for the gig guide. facebook.com/treehouse.belongil treehouseonbelongil.com

Byron Bay 1 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 7632 FISHHEADSBYRON

Our Table Byron Bay

No Bones

The Italian Byron Bay

Chupacabra

Modern Australian Cuisine with a heavy influence on local sustainable produce.

18–20 Marvell Street, Winter Hours: Byron Bay Tuesday–Friday Lunch 12–2pm; Dinner 5.30–8pm 6685 6202 Sunday Lunch 12–2pm; Dinner 5.30–8pm 0419 217 144 Saturday - Open 12–8pm www.ourtablebyronbay.com.au

Open 7 days from 6pm Next to the Beach Hotel Bay Street 6680 7055 italianatthepacific.com.au

GREEN ROOM

Bar & Dining in the BEACH HOTEL Tuesday – Sunday From 4pm till late

1 Bay Lane, Byron Bay 6685 6402

Mon-Fri lunch & dinner closed Sundays Dinner from 5pm.

3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

St Elmo Dining Room & Bar Mon-Sat: 5pm till late.

Sun: 5pm till 10pm.

Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson Lane, Byron Bay 6680 7426

Yaman Mullumbimby

Book a table, up to 20 on the fork. For Functions & Events email events@beachhotel.com.au

62 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby 6684 3778 Open 7 days.

Mon–Wed: 9am–8pm Thu–Sun: 9am–8.30pm

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

BYO only Welcome for lunch, dinner and takeaway.

The Empire Open 7 days: S,S 9am–3pm, Mon–Thurs 8.30am–4pm, Fri 8.30am–8.00pm Dine in, takeaway, licensed FB/Insta: EmpireMullum empiremullum.com.au 20 Burringbar St, Mullum 6684 2306

Menus available on Facebook

Cafe • Restaurant • Bar 11 Marvell Street

Byron Bay 6680 9960 targabyronbay.com targabyronbay@gmail.com

Harvest

Loft Byron Bay 4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 9183

Book online: loftbyronbay.com.au @loftbyronbay

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DINE AT DUSK 2 Course $40, 3 Course $50 – seated by 6pm only

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Live acoustic music – Fridays 6pm

Just off the sand at famous Main Beach and centrally elevated above bustling Jonson Street and Bay Lane, Loft has the ultimate Byron Bay vibe.

Wander up from the beach any day after noon and enjoy impressive food, irresistible cocktails and plenty of beers.

Share plates, mains, oysters and incredible deli boards featuring local and international favourites.

Open every day noon till midnight.

- book online. Gin Making Gift Vouchers available.

LORDBYRON.COM.AU LordByronDistillery

Pho Beef Noodle Soups, Special Lunch Stir-fries and Vermicelli Noodles Winter Trading Hours Lunch – Monday to Friday - 10.30am – 2pm Dinner – Monday to Saturday - 5pm – 9pm

NEW MENU

Indulge in one of our new creations!

We are proud to say that for over 20 years we have been serving the Byron community fresh, local seafood and ingredients.

To improve your dining experience, we have developed a smaller plate menu, designed to be shared, and enabling you to try a greater variety of dishes.

Enjoy! The Fishheads Family

HAPPY HOUR 5–6PM • $12 Cocktails / $6 Beers Johnny Meloncamp - Brookie’s Slow Gin, Apple Brandy, Fortified Wine, Fresh Watermelon Juice and Citrus

Handcrafted Malawach, Falafel, Pita Pocket, Middle Eastern spices… blended with the tradition of Yemen and the vibe of Mullumbimby.

Visit and experience authentic atmosphere and culture.

Dine-in, Takeaway and BYO Vegan & Gluten-Free friendly Special Edition Humus Plate every Wednesday.

Now open later on Fridays for happy hour & burgers!

We’re Staying open Friday nights, serving up happy hour and bar snacks 4 – 6pm and burgers 6 – 8.00pm.

The Empire is where it’s at!

Something for all tastes from epic burgers to vegan delights. Enjoy delectable treats and good vibes at this Mullum icon.

Traditional weekend country breakfast Long lunches on the garden verandah Weekly changing Wild Harvest foraged dinner menu

OPEN - 7 days Breakfast & Lunch Dinner Tuesday to Saturday All day menus, licensed bar

Happy hour AFTERNOONS 4–6pm daily $12 Cocktails, $7 beers, $8 wines, $12 Moet

GIN MAKING AND COCKTAIL MASTERCLASS

NEWRYBAR

www.stelmodining.com

Targa Modern European

No artificial flavours, colours or preservatives.

MULLUMBIMBY

$2 Oysters and $12 Cocktails 4–6pm $12 Late Night Macpresso Martini 9–11pm

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.

Naturally Better!

Authentic Mexican in a relaxed, fresh and bright atmosphere.

This is slow ‘fast food’ with all produce sourced locally.

Eat in or take out.

Mexican blend Moonshine coffee by day, margaritas by night, TACOS all day long!

Shop 12A, 3 Clifford St, Family friendly and specials each night.

Suffolk Park Coffee: 7am – 11.30am 0448 077 401 Dinner: 5pm – 9pm www.chupacabra.com.au Saturday Lunch: 11.30am – 3pm @chupabyron Open Mon – Sat: Closed Sundays

www.yamanmullumbimby.com.au

Success Thai

Handcrafted spirits using locally sourced ingredients.

100% Plant Based Bar & Kitchen Open every day from 5pm Floral Fairy - Healthy and Hypnotic. Gin, Absinthe and Local ‘Good Happy’ Kombucha. Herbaceous and Floral notes 11 Fletcher Street 6680 7418 Kokoro No Tomo - This Grapefruit and Ginger Sake Sour will @nobonesbyronbay have you searching for love at the bottom of your glass.

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

Proudly all local

CELLAR DOOR – TASTINGS & TOURS

Traditional Vietnamese Foods

Located in Woolies Carpark Shop 6/90–96 Jonson St Byron Bay

Cocktails, wine and beers served all damn day.

Group bookings available, please email mainstreetburgerbar@gmail.com for reservations.

We are located in the new Mercato complex on the ground floor. The old Cicchetti venue. We have an extensive menu that caters for everyone from burgers with unlimited fries, to salads, entrees, sharing plates, pastas, risotto, freshly made gnocchi, sharing slow cooked lamb shoulder, meat and seafood. Extensive wine list and cocktails. Kids welcome. www.whitewolfbistroandbar.com.au

Lunch 12–3pm daily / Dinner 6–10pm Wednesday–Sunday / Weekend breakfast 8–11am Harvest Deli is open daily with take-away pastries, sandwiches and salads Harvest Deli: Mon–Sat 8am–5pm / Sun 8am–4pm Coffee cart 6.30am–2pm daily Harvest is available for events, weddings and catering

CATERING

CELEBRATIONS Celebrations Catering By Liz Jackson

BY LIZ JACKSON

Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management

E: lizzijjackson@gmail.com P: 0414 895 441

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Exciting new approach to real estate in Murwillumbah Bringing an absolute wealth of real estate industry expertise to town, husband-andwife team, Julie-Ann Manahan and Charlie Markham are the proud new owners of Raine & Horne Murwillumbah. The pair have a strong commitment to delivering outstanding customer service, and are excited to take their business to a new level.

Taking the reins from previous franchisees, Chris and Deb Wheeler, Julie-Ann said it was a natural progression to expand the business within a market they know and love.

Well-known Murwillumbah residents, Jason Dittmar and Elizabeth Hickey also bring their extensive property experience as an integral part of the growing team.

After falling in love with the Far North Coast region, Julie-Ann and Charlie relocated from Sydney, where they both enjoyed established careers as property industry professionals with a strong reputation for

integrity and drive. Tapping into their combined 50+ years in the industry (Charlie is a Life Member of the Real Estate Institute of NSW), they continued to pursue their passion for real estate, setting up Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/Brunswick Heads in 2015 – an award-winning business focused on providing attention to detail, delivering service excellence and achieving outstanding results on behalf of their clients.

With the size and strength of the Raine & Horne brand behind them, the team have amassed a substantial client database which will be of great

benefit to clients of Raine & Horne Murwillumbah.

Julie-Ann said, ‘We regularly have Sydney, Melbourne, interstate and international buyers fly in to inspect and purchase properties in the Northern Rivers, Tweed Coast and Tweed Valley. Having experienced such phenomenal growth and success across this market, it’s a natural progression to expand, so that we can continue to meet the demand of our ever-growing client base.’

‘We’re passionate about the beautiful Northern Rivers and Tweed region, actively participating in and promoting local events within our community,

Julie-Ann Manahan and Charlie Markham are the proud new owners of Raine & Horne Murwillumbah.

and proudly serving clients across this unique area, from Ballina to the Tweed and everywhere in-between,’ she said.

‘We are professional, transparent and refreshingly honest and open in all our property

dealings. Our team is proactive, and committed to ensuring we achieve the best possible results for our clients, every time. We’re excited to be part of the Murwillumbah community.’

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The light filled interiors give a luxurious volume to the interiors. Moments to beaches, 30 min to Coolangatta airport.

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AUCTION SATURDAY 2ND NOVEMBER AT 1:00PM ONSITE 4 BED I 2 BATH I 1 CAR Owned and loved by a family for over twenty years, this home has grown as they have. On a spacious block of 1250sqm, it boasts fruit and native trees, and ornamental tropical gardens. A veggie patch, chicken coop, and a generous flat lawn to meander peacefully in or for children to play, complete with a relaxing pool. The airy two-storey home incorporates a flexible floor plan with 3-4 bedrooms or two living areas or a living area and separate office...the choice is yours. Rich timber floors, high ceilings, French doors and a new kitchen add character to the home.

Modern Family

30 PINEGROVES ROAD, MYOCUM Stunning Architecturally Designed Abode with Scenic Vista Views

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• Beautiful high ceilings with exposed wooden beams

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• Modern kitchen with quality appliances

Price:

Guide $1.65m

• Fabulous large entertainers deck with hinterland views

Enquiries: Tara Torkkola 0423 519 698

• Salt water pool on 1 easy care useable acre

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Lots of surprises here!

Noble Lakeside Park

4 Arika Avenue, Ocean Shores 19 Blackwood Crescent, Bangalow Kingscliff – Site 146 $700,000 – $740,000 3 2 2 4 2 2 Auction: Saturday 9 Nov on-site 2 1 1

A contemporary home within a stone’s throw of Brunswick Heads and a comfortable walk to the beach, river, boat ramps, shops, cafés and iconic Bruns pub. The owners of this immaculate property have maintained it beautifully to feel like new. Gorgeous presentation throughout, combined with natural light and air bring a sense of calm to the to the interior spaces. An expansive open-plan central kitchen and living room serves as the perfect hub for a family home. The living areas and master bedroom all open out to a rear covered entertaining area. Two further wellappointed bedrooms with built in wardrobes and a family sized bathroom complete the sleeping arrangements. The property is zoned medium density with further development potential and the fully fenced back yard has generous side access for trailer or boat storage. Located in the Brunswick Heads Public School catchment area, this modern family home is ready to move straight in to. You’ll be out enjoying all the area has to offer in no time!

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• Stunning 4 bed 3 bath architecturally designed home

The owner is committed to moving north and is looking for offers!

You will be pleasantly surprised when you inspect this home. From its generous spaces to the green, leafy outlook from every room, this home does not disappoint!

Built approximately 13 years ago, this master-built home is as solid as they come. Offering two spacious living areas opening onto a covered outdoor area. If you are after space, then this is the home for you. Everything has been designed on a grand scale including three generous sized bedrooms, larger than normal ensuite and main bathroom, separate office/4th bedroom and storage everywhere.

The clever floor plan allows privacy for all family members as well as plenty of room when everyone is together! On a large 761sqm lot with a perfect north-east aspect, the gardens are just magical with a blend of mature tropical and native plants surrounding the home it is green and lush from every window.

Open: Saturday 10.00 – 10.30am Auction: Saturday 9th November at 1.00pm onsite Contact: Janice Maple - 0401 026 359 Janice Maple @realty

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The prestigious ‘Pet Friendly’ resort spans over 25 acres and its amenities include swimming pools, a fully licensed Lakeside Club Community Centre, landscaped gardens, bowls green, sports centre, arts & crafts centre with workshop, storage facilities and tennis court.

Well-presented home features a full-width entrance verandah with a bull-nose roof and is located in a prominent position in the park.

The spacious tiled open-plan living area has doors leading to the verandah.

The home has two good sized, carpeted bedrooms with built-in robes and ceiling fans.

The functional kitchen has ample storage space and work surfaces/ bench space and is complemented with an electric built-in Simpson fan-forced oven/grill and ceramic cook-top.

The tiled 3-way bathroom consists of a shower room with shower cabinet, dressing area with vanity unit and a separate toilet. The laundry is located in an external building at the rear of the carport.

The home has an electric hot water service, split-system airconditioner and there are solar panels with an inverter.

Open:

By Appointment Contact: Kelvin Price 0423 028 468 Mr Property Services

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• 4 Arika Avenue, Ocean Shores. Sat 2–2.30pm Byron Bay First National

Brunswick Heads 23 Fingal Street ATTENTION DEVELOPERS & INVESTORS Commercially zoned, located in the heart of Brunswick Heads. • First time offered in 70 years, extremely rare A grade block • B2 Local centre zoning, boasting street and lane frontage Auction • Offers exceptional commercial and shop top opportunities • Best redevelopment site in the CBD View • Existing 3 bdrm house can provide return if looking to Contact landbank Get in quick! Great property, won’t last!

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• 16 Beech Drive, Suffolk Park. Sat 12–12.30pm • 25A Gordon Street, Byron Bay. Sat 12–12.30pm • 46 Fig Tree Hill Drive, Lennox Head. Sat 12–12.30pm

• 11/10 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores. Wed 1–1.30pm • 4/78 Broken Head Rd, Suffolk Park. Wed 2–2.30pm • 116 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby. Wed 2.30–3pm • 1300 Coolamon Scenic Dr, Montecollum. Thu • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

• 27 Corella Crescent, Mullumbimby. Sat 11–11.30am • 69 Prince Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 11–11.30am • 35 Lilli Pilli Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 11–11.30am • 18 Armstrong Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 11–11.30am • 2/81A Rajah Road, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am • 90 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Sat 11.30am–12pm • 876 Federal Drive, Goonengerry. Sat 12–12.30pm • 11/10 Balemo Drive, Ocean Shores. Sat 12–12.30pm • 276 Picadilly Hill Rd, Coopers Shoot. Sat

11–11.30am 7 New City Road, Mullumbimby. Thu 12–12.30pm 1/41 Armstrong Street, Suffolk Park. Thu 1–1.30pm 25a Gordon Street, Byron Bay. Thu 2–2.30pm 8/21–23 Tasman Way, Byron Bay. Fri 11–11.30am 20/31 Hayters Drive, Suffolk Park. Fri 12–12.30pm 27 Cemetery Road, Byron Bay. Sat 9–9.30am 1/9 Sunrise Boulevard, Byron Bay. Sat 9–9.30am 8 Scenic Vista Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 9–9.30am 7 Peter Street, South Golden Beach. Sat 9–9.30am 116 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby. Sat 9–9.30am 3 Parakeet Place, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.30am 7 New City Road, Mullumbimby. Sat 10–10.30am 3/296A Tyagarah Road, Myocum. Sat 10–10.30am 85 Skenners Head Road, Skenners Head. Sat 10–10.30am 42 Parkway Drive, Ewingsdale. Sat 10.30–11am 1/41 Armstrong St, Suffolk Park. Sat 10.30–11am 4A Aurora Place, Lennox Head. Sat 10.30–11am

• 13 Redgum Place, Suffolk Park. Sat 12–12.30pm • 240 Skinners Shoot Rd, Skinners Shoot. Sat • • • • • • • • •

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ALL YOUR NORTH COAST ENTERTAINMENT New Zealand’s Katchafire are bringing their pacific-roots reggae deliciousness back to Australia with their Fyah Up 2019 Tour. Katchafire have been spreading their love around the world for 21 years and celebrated that milestone with the release of their fifth studio album Legacy in mid 2018, which has spawned five celebrated singles: Fyah In The Trenches, 100, Love Today, Way Beyond and Addicted. Seven had a chat with lead singer Logan Bell as the band makes their way around the country…

Why does reggae have such close ties with people power and a more planet-focused approach to life?

Good question! Most likely since the founders of reggae, in Jamaica and the Rastafarian community, are not only First Nations indigenous peoples from Africa, so have built-in affinity with Mother Nature and the planet, but also, because of the slave trade they have genetic memories of the worst kind of mistreatment of humanity possible, reminding us all it is us the people who have the power to come together and save or kill ourselves, and our oppressors, and our planet, and we tend to spread that message in the music.

What are the origins of Reggae? How did that become your genre?

Reggae came to Aotearoa with Bob Marley and changed a lot of people’s lives then and there – I think because we could really FEEL what he was laying down, ‘who feels it knows it’. We started a reggae-covers band – our dad Grenville put it together – and

then not long after, we started writing and performing originals, heavily influenced by reggae, and with our own touch of Maori flavours of course.

After 21 years, what has changed for you when it comes to creating albums and getting them on the road?

Wow, the whole industry has changed so much! Making albums, promoting them, releasing them, touring – technology is incredible hey! It’s nice to see vinyl is coming back strong; but it is also amazing how far and wide the sounds can reach digitally these days. Making albums is always a journey – finding the time is always an issue for us, but the passion is there.

What are the key themes or messages that you communicate in your music?

I think mainly we just try to be ourselves – authentic – so our messages change with what is going on in our lives, surroundings, and what we are feeling... we often write about Love (Aroha), and also about world issues, and ancestors and family.

Tell me a bit about the new album? Where did you record? What feel did you want for this album?

Legacy was a real adventure; it had been a while, and our manager was hassling hard for new material to buzz on, but being a pretty constant touring band made it really hard to block out serious time to make it happen. So we ended up doing bits and pieces of each song in different studios all over the world! Predominately Jamaica, NZ and LA, but also in Melbourne, Cairns, Byron, Sydney and a few other studios. We really wanted to show off some new feels, and also make sure to dish out some familiar vibes – so we mixed it up. Working with Jamaican producers and a few collaborators was a really choice experience.

What should we expect for your Byron show?

Thunder and lightning, brimstone and FYAH! Get fired up at the Hotel Great Northern from 8pm on Thursday, 17 October.

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WE’RE ALL MENTAL

October is Mental Health Month. It’s worth thinking about what it means to you. Too often we think of people with lived experience of mental illness as ‘the other,’ but they are me, they are you, they are your parents, they are your kids.

They are the man who walks our roads in garbage bags, they are the quiet woman at the table next to you, they are the person in your workplace who couldn’t cope last week.

Very often people close to us who are experiencing distress are too confronting, they’re too difficult, they take up time, their sadness is inconvenient and there is often no apparent solution. We like solutions. We like people to be fixed.

Mental illness is confronting – it reminds us how close we all are to our psychological precipice. For many, their mental distress is a source of shame. Very often it is the result of deep trauma that is often unaddressed or trivialised. We exist in a culture that attempts to combat bullying with public campaigns run through schools, but ironically our entire political system is built on bullying. That’s powerful rolemodelling. Just turn on question time to see how cruel and belittling our so called leaders can be. We know the statistics when it comes to suicide, that 1 in 5 people experience mental illness – but how does that change how we support each other? How do we find compassion for people who suffer?

How do we find space, in a world built for the driven, for people who are lost? How do we facilitate true connection?

There is no greater loneliness than being unwell. Or loving someone who has lost their way. When my daughter became unwell I was swamped with disbelief. I wanted an instant fix.

I felt grief. And shame. And rage at myself and the world for not seeming to notice the pain and the struggle. I felt guilt that I had done this. I thought that in our region – a region famed for ‘healing’, that there must be lots of options to assist a person to find their way back to wellness. There aren’t.

Particularly for young people. Young people experiencing mental health issues are extremely vulnerable – and there are very few options. There were psychologists. And psychiatrists.

And while this helped, to some extent it always felt there was something missing. Sitting talking about what’s wrong with you always felt counter-intuitive to me – like it was reinforcing a deeper belief in your broken-ness.

Surely people who are disengaged need to find their way back to engagement? To meaning and purpose? Wouldn’t building ‘story’ be more helpful than constantly reflecting out.

Shouldn’t we be giving people something to be proud of?

Something to talk about? The system is often as brutalising as the illness, and seeking help is often a referral merry-goround to closed doors.

I remember once when my daughter was feeling suicidal; we were directed to an adolescent mental health facility in the region. On arrival, we were taken outside for assessment, and the worker – who was probably trying to be helpful – said, ‘I don’t know how to tell you this, but I don’t know if this is the best place for you right now, there’s a lot of young girls in there trying to hang themselves’. It wasn’t the response we were expecting. We had arrived hoping for safety. I said ‘okay’, and left. This wasn’t rolling like I expected. It wasn’t like the ads on telly that tell you to seek help from professionals in this type of crisis. I was in the car with a young person who had desperately wanted help, about to drive home, without having received any help. I thought there’d be a nice soft cushion of support on offer. I sat in the car a moment, not really sure what to say. Struggling to find that motherly assurance that I had this under control. I didn’t. My daughter said nothing. After I made sure I wasn’t going to cry I asked ‘Are you okay?’ With her brilliant adolescent wisdom she said ‘They could have just said they were fucking full’. Yes, they could have. Young people often have a clarity of insight we lack. So we went home and made it through a difficult few days without the support of the system.

What I looked for all those years was a program. Something that might help her reconnect with her self-confidence and belief in her place in the world. The program just didn’t exist.

Today I was asked to be ambassador for an organisation called Human Nature Adventure Therapy – something I would have loved to have found for my daughter – it would have been a game changer for her. They provide support and programs for at-risk young people in our area. It’s about working closely with young people and helping them achieve some extraordinary outcomes trekking in nature. Of course they’re not funded. My role is to try and raise awareness of what they do, and bring sponsors on-board so they can work with the many, many young people who would benefit from their support.

So why not do something for Mental Health Month; check out their website www.humannature.org.au and hey, you could even become a sponsor!

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A traveller as much as an artist, Kim Churchill has lived on the road for years, but it was no longer enough just to pass through; for Kim it was time to show that world in his songs. After The Sun, is the warm, loping first single from a new project; where each song taps into the people and environments of some of his favourite parts of the world. The project is Kim showing the value of a new way of thinking, of writing‌ of living. ‘I now understand the effect that the whole process of travelling has on the way I write songs, and on the way I create,’ he says – explaining that he travelled this time intending to experience emotional responses to a constantly changing environment, and to allow that to seep into his creative process; which he says has been the most liberating part of the last year of writing.

Kim Churchill Friday 18 October, 8pm at Byron Bay Brewery with Nick Cunningham + Luke Morris.

THE KATS ARE COMING Established in 1968, Madison Kat are continuing a strong musical tradition that was forged through generations. The boys thrive on edgy live performance, throwing out a soundwall of grooves, harmonies and effects.

Always freshening their extensive cover-track repertoire with their own style of musicality, they are now also introducing their own material into the set. The boys are pumped about getting their new tunes out there, to let everybody know what the next phase of the band is all about.

Sharing the night with the audience is what they do; their visual energy and crowd involvement is always entertaining and shows in the crowd’s responses at gigs and in their loyal following. They are a down-to-earth group of guys, each with individual personality and no one player taking the spotlight. Madison Kat front time and time again, with the proof at the end of an enjoyable night!

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HELL IS ARTHOUSE

Andy Jans-Brown had a script. He wrote some music, did a couple of public readings and people seemed to laugh and cry in the right places – he had an overwhelming sense that the film should be made. He had no idea how to do that, but being the DIY kind of fool who never reads the instructions, and always ends up with a few spare screws and bolts, he thought naively, ‘I’ll give it a go.’ And Hell is Light was born.

Hell is Light is essentially an arthouse black comedy that off-sets the natural beauty of Byron against the shadowy side of escapism and drugs (ice, pot and LSD), and petty – at times clown-like – criminality.

Andy chatted with Seven in the lead up to the film’s screening this week.

As a multi-talented artist, and NIDA graduate, what is it like to tread both spaces, as a musician and an actor?

Ha, I actually never graduated from NIDA, but spent two years doing the Diploma of Acting course, studying alongside many of the greats, including Cate Blanchette, who was in my year and a good and kind friend at the time.Theatre and music are both aspects of story telling. I’d love to somehow bring those two worlds together more in my art. Music for me is still the most direct way to get straight to the heart of the matter. Straight to the emotion. When I perform live with my band, I like to get a little theatrical.

You are also a published poet, where do you feel all this creative drive comes from? Did you grow up with musical or creative parents?

Ha. Na! There were no artists in my family. My Mum and my brother Paul were very encouraging of every silly thing I did. I used to sing in the shower… really badly! I’d come out and they’d both be laughing hysterically. One day, after some very challenging things happened in our family life, mum said ‘You know Andy, one day all this hardship will come out in your voice, and you’ll be able to sing just like Jimmy Barnes’. That was the gift she gave me. My struggles took on deeper meaning and purpose. But I still can’t sing like Jimmy Barnes.

What was it like to study at NIDA? Was it a bit daunting starting there – with so many big names in their graduate list, or was that aspect more of an inspiration to you?

It was definitely a source of inspiration. I wanted to be just like Mel Gibson (before the antisemitic drink driving incident). I was blessed to study there. I was introduced to Shakespeare, Wilde and The Greeks. It was a perfect grounding for a life in the arts. Sadly for

me, my brother passed away whilst I was studying second year. It altered the course of my life.

Fast forward to today, where your already impressive creative output has gone to the next level – having recently completed, not only an entire double album, but also a feature length film to go with it... Wow! Can you tell us what inspired you to take on such a huge, multifaceted project?

I’m naive, I guess. A fool of sorts. Why do art? It makes no sense what-so-ever. You throw money and time and love recklessly upon some imaginary wagon of dreams and pray you make it through the desert, somehow, whilst chasing your rainbow’s end. Something inside you demands that you do it. The story needs to be told. The art needs the light – it just can’t bear the darkness any longer. So you roll up your sleeves, and get the job done – any way you can.

The film, called Hell is Light was shot in and around Byron Bay and Lismore, with more than 150 local volunteer actors. That must have been a blast, but also a handful?

How did you manage all that?

I did two public readings of the film. I was terrified, but people seemed to respond well to the script. They laughed and cried in the right places. Afterward there was a real excitement in the room. A buzz! It was this buzz that gave the film momentum. It was the commitment of everyone involved that made it possible. The community wanted the film to be made.They got behind it. They gave up their homes, their cars, their motorbikes and their time, with passion in their hearts and a fire in their bellies. I became a willing slave to that community spirit. People had given so much. I didn’t want to let them down.

The project has been incredibly well received, winning 9 awards since its first screening in November last year at Brisbane’s Newfarm Cinema, including: best film, best director, best screenplay, best original score, best actor, and two best supporting actors awards.

It’s extremely validating and humbling. I’m even more terrified now to sit in the audience – what if their expectations aren’t met? The Brisbane screening was enough to be honest. That was a hugely cathartic moment for me. I sat in the cinema alongside my brother’s teenage girlfriend and my best friend from that era. Gauging their responses measured the importance of the film for me.

So the film has had a huge impact. Why do you think your film has received such an overwhelming response, what is it about your film that has struck a chord with industry bodies and audiences alike?

The heart of the film. The story itself. The characters and their struggles – their flaws and their beauty. I think for anyone who has lived through addiction, or been affected by the hardships of someone close to them experiencing the chaotic spiral of addiction, the film strikes a chord and rings true.

You have mentioned that the main characters in the film, to some degree represent the experiences of some members of your family. Would you be willing to expand on that a little? And what was it that compelled you to want to tell these stories that are so close-to-home for you?

My brother struggled with amphetamine addiction when I was in my final year of high school. He got into debt to some very heavy characters.

They made an example of him. It was so tragic.

It may or may not have contributed to his death.

He lived fast and died young. He was a beautiful young man with so much life ahead of him. He took a wrong turn and never turned back. Maybe he didn’t know how? If his story can be a signpost on that very over-crowded highway to hell, that says ‘take a rest if you’re feeling fatigued,’ and in that rest, someone gets a fresh perspective and lives to fight on for another day – or if it can help families and friends of those who suffer such ordeals of deep meaning and soul searching – then I guess for me the loss of my brother and all his potential wasn’t for nothing.

So Hell Is Light is showing for the first time here in Byron, at the The PigHouse Flicks (The Byron Bay Brewery) on 17 October, at 7pm and you’ll be doing a Q&A afterwards. The film is not for everyone, being rated ‘R’ (18+) with frequent coarse language, sexual and drug references, so who is the film’s target audience, and who do you think would appreciate it the most?

Naively, I made this film without a target audience in mind, but so far it seems to relate to far more people than I ever expected. It is certainly not for the faint-hearted. It’s arthouse, it’s black comedy, it’s hard-hitting drama, it’s experimental film – I like to call it ‘Psychedelic Soap Opera,’ because at one of the first readings, a young guy exclaimed afterwards, ‘Wow! That’s mad! It’s like Home and Away on acid!’ And he was right, it is kind of like that. It contrasts all the natural beauty of our local Eden, with all the Hell that temptation masks.

The characters are real, flawed, and yet somehow redeemed by their human-ness; somewhere in all the darkness you’ll see the light. For those openminded types who enjoy a good story and aren’t easily offended, or for those who never could hide from the complexities of a life lived large – this film is for you.

What else is on the cards for you for the rest of the year? Any other events you’d like to let people know about?

I’m a Dad now. It’s such a big commitment. The biggest labour of love yet. It certainly keeps you busy doesn’t it? I take my hat off to all parents.

Massive job! I will be releasing my first vinyl though; a double album of the songs from the film, which I’m super excited about. There will be a gig to mark the occasion. Stay tuned.

Hell Is Light will be screened on Thursday 17 October, at the Pighouse Flicks at 6pm. For more information visit: www.facebook.com/ HellIsLight.

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A.K.A KOLOMBO (NOT) TAKING IT SLOWLY, SLOWLY

UP THE VALLEY

After premiering on triple j’s Good Nights, Slowly Slowly are officially lifting the lid on their latest earworm, Creature Of Habit Pt. 2. It follows the romping success of their recent single Jellyfish, which launched into immediate high-rotation support from triple j, and a sold-out single tour. Built on the soaring choruses and vivid lyricism that have defined the Melbourne favourites with every output, Creature Of Habit Pt. 2 continues Slowly Slowly’s reign as one of the most intriguing and endearing punk rock acts in the country.

Slowly Slowly, 7pm Saturday at the Byron Bay Brewery.

The annual Music In The Valley Festival is a fundraiser for the Upper Main Arm School. The 2019 MITV festival features Harry James Angus (The Cat Empire), Bunny Racket, Áine Tyrrell and a Kids’ Disco by The Cassettes. The free event includes Lego World, pony rides, jumping castles, sideshow alley, craft and circus workshops, delicious food and a licensed bar.

Get some valley music into you on Sunday, 12 till 6pm at Main Arm Upper Public School.

THE FEDERAL PARK PARTY

KACH ALL AT THE BEACHY

The Federal Park Party, in the hinterland village of Federal, is a celebration of the vibrant community life in the hills above Byron.

Guy Kachel had an idyllic entrée of the world of music. Born in Tamworth, he was raised on the banks of the Peel River.

His paternal grandfather, an itinerant harmonica duellist, gave him his first guitar at 15, and Lawrie Minson coaxed him through the rudiments of guitar and transplanted a love for hillbilly guitar-picking and the music of such southern-rock stalwarts as the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.

The strains of country, rock and blues mingled in Guy’s increasingly accomplished craft. Embellished by tours across the vast outback, it matured into the style of country blues exemplified by greats like John Hiatt, Rodney Crowell and Lowell George from Little Feat. The harmonica playing of his grandfather also resurfaced and became a feature of his act.

You can catch him Tuesday 8pm at the Beach Hotel.

This gathering has taken place for 18 years with people coming from far and wide to experience the event.

Highlights include a silent disco, the busking comp, games and fabulous food.

This year the popular Dog Show also returns, at around 4pm, with prizes for best dressed, special talents and more. Great music is provided by guest bands and DJs and will continue as the sun goes down. 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 a highlight on the Byron Hinterland calendar.

Having mastered the art of modern production, Belgium’s Olivier Grégoire has become one of the world’s most renowned dance-music artists, with a bevy of high-profile releases under his various pseudonyms. You may know him as Kolombo, the house-player with a discography that charts esteemed imprints like Kompakt, Turbo, Diynamic, Noir Music, Suara, Snatch!, Sweat and most recently Dirtybird, with the hit summer 2018 single It’s Gettin’ Hot. Though he’s also made waves as the LouLou Players with his partner Jerome.

Together they’ve toured the world, and launched the LouLou Records imprint; a house label with several releases from Kolombo and the Players.

Kolombo, 12pm Sunday at the Byron Bay Brewery.

The Federal Park Party in the hinterland village of Federal will take place on Saturday October 19 from noon to 9pm. www.facebook.com/events/242633413319725/.

THESE IDIOTS ARE PIST In celebration of their soon to be released EP Ticker and their first ever physical release, Pist Idiots will be doing a lap around the country playing their biggest rock shows to date.

The Ticker tour will see the band hit major cities as well as a handful of regional zones including Byron Bay. Go to a show or else!

Saturday 8pm at The Hotel Great Northern

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CULTURE SHEARWATER WEARABLE ARTS 2019 ‘THE GIRL WITH THE SUN IN HER FACE’ The halls are alive with the sound of arc welders, laughter and Motown; as Shearwater High School students prepare for the school’s annual Wearable Arts performance event – this year entitled The Girl with the Sun in her Face.

Tickets for the Mullumbimby Steiner school’s nineteenth Wearable Arts performance event go on sale today via the shearwaterperformingarts.com website.

According to WAVE Production Coordinator Joshua Rushton, the production is ‘a bit like surfing’. ‘The tension is building… we’re looking over our shoulders, and paddling furiously, and in three weeks and eight hours – we will be on that wave!

‘Shearwater’s Wearable Arts event has built, over almost two decades, an incredible production dynamic – a true artistic interface between high school and world. A competition that goes out to the community in April; a high school production that builds an incredible show around an inspiring theme… and finally the integration of the competition’s entries, which brings the show to life.’

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the magic that is Wearable Arts!

The performances will be held 6–9 November, in the School Hall. For further information call the Shearwater Office on 6684 3223 or email information@shearwater. nsw.edu.au.

IT’S BBFF TIME! In case you hadn’t heard, The Byron Bay Film Festival starts this week – the BBFF is Australia’s largest regional film festival. It is an AACTA Awards accredited, independent awards-based film event screening at Byron Community & Cultural Centre, as well as Palace Cinemas (Byron), Pighouse Flicks (Byron), Brunswick Picture House and The Regent (Murwillumbah). BBFF’s 13th edition will take place from 18–27 October 2019. bbff.com.au

ENTERTAINMENT

THE JOURNEY OF THE HARP

COMEDY AT THE BEACHY

Louise Johnson is a star harpist. She has shared the stage with Cher and the Bee Gees, not to mention every major symphony, opera and ballet orchestra in the country. On Sunday, 20 October she presents a light-hearted program of The Harp’s Journey featuring her own green Irish harp, blue electric harp, and local musician Margaret Curtis’ superb concert harp. Louise has recently retired from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra after a stellar career as Principal Harp.

Louise gave her first performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14, later joining the orchestra as a permanent member, and was appointed Principal Harp in 1985. She regularly appeared as a soloist with the orchestra: performing Debussy’s Danses sacres et profane with conductor Mark Elder in 1998; Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto with James Galway (1990), Janet Webb (2005) and Emma Sholl (2011); and Spohr’s Concertante for violin and harp with former SSO concertmaster Michael Dauth (2006); Hindemith’s Concerto for winds and harp (2013); the premiere of Lee Bracegirdle’s Legends of the Old Castle (2014); and Tan Dun’s Nu Shu – The Secret Songs of Women (2017).

Don’t miss this one-off show, The Harp’s Journey, exclusive to Byron Music Society. Sunday 20 October 3pm at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Ballina (cnr Norton & Burnet Sts).

Tix are $40 | $35 Members, concession | $20 Students.

Over the last few months the iconic Beach Hotel has been offering a fabulously funny night of comedy headed up

by Mandy Nolan. ‘They took out the pokies and put in the jokies’ laughs Nolan about the pub’s ethical stance against gambling. This month they’ve moved it to the later time of 8pm, and Nolan welcomes two of her favourite comedic colleagues to the stage; Lindsay Webb is an international comedian worth his salt as a former World Record Holder for longest continual comedy-show by one comedian; at 38hrs and 6mins! From humble beginnings growing up on a sheep and cattle station, Lindsay has done it all in comedy: TV, radio, talkshows, podcasts – with appearances on big-rating shows such as Good News Week, The Footy Show, and Stand Up Australia. Lindsay is the go-to-guy for big name comedians looking for a quality opening act.

Don’t miss him headlining at Comedy at the Beachie this month, supported by Greg Sullivan. Award-winning local stand-up comedian, Greg Sullivan has been captivating comedy audiences around Australia and beyond – including with performances all the way over at The Famous Improv in Los Angeles.

Get down to the Beachie to see these two home-grown comedy acts get the crowd crowing with their non-stop awardwinning stand-up comedy.

Comedy at The Beachy, Tuesday 29 October, 8pm with MC Mandy Nolan.

Free Event.

GETTING WICKED AT BALLINA Ballina Players’ Wicked begins with the death of the Wicked Witch of the West. Through flashback, we learn from Glinda that the two witches, Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West, whose real name is Elphaba, are old university friends who disliked each other intensely when they first met. Glinda is beautiful, spoilt and popular, while Elphaba is inconveniently green-skinned. Elphaba is never afraid to stand up for what she believes to be right, and demonstrates strong values.

On a visit to Oz, she and Glinda discover that the Wizard is corrupt. Despite this revelation, Glinda is tempted by the Wizard’s invitation to join his administration, but Elphaba refuses – and vows to fight the Wizard’s injustice. Concerned that Elphaba might use her natural talent for sorcery against him, the Wizard uses propaganda to turn the people of Oz against her; denouncing her as the ‘Wicked Witch of the West’.

A hunt begins, and Elphaba is forced into hiding. Glinda is left battling with her conscience, realising that Elphaba has had the strength to stand by what is right. When the people of Oz hear that a ‘female child’ has killed the Wicked Witch, Glinda announces that ‘All is now well!’, but secretly she mourns her lost friend, and vows to do good.

The Ballina Player season of Wicked runs from 8 November till 1 December. Tickets are now on sale, for more information visit: ballinaplayers.com.au.

Ballina PLAYERS

Regional theatre at its best since 1955

AUDITIONS ALADDIN

Directed

by Mike Sheehan Director MusicalDirector Jacquie McCalman Ben Ryan Choreographer Anna Jacques

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ENTERTAINMENT

PLUTO RETROGRADE IN CAPRICORN FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS HAS BEEN A PERIOD OF INTENSE RECKONING. NOW THE ICY DWARF’S MOVING FORWARD AGAIN, WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?

IT’S OFFICIAL

FIESTA!

Official Secrets has a stellar cast including Kiera Knightly and Ralph Fiennes who shine in Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood’s ( Tsotsi, Eye in the Sky ) superb true-life political thriller about an accused British whistle-blower who leaked information about the Iraqi invasion.

It’s 2003 and British and American politicians are pressing the case for the invasion of Iraq. British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun (Knightly) is a secret service employee who receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: The United States is enlisting Britain’s help in collecting compromising information on U.N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favour of an invasion of Iraq. Aware of the potentially explosive repercussions of this illegal directive, Gun is unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war. Making the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press, Gun becomes a reluctant heroine who risks it all in trying to prevent a war and save the lives of thousands.

Official Secrets is just one of the great films in the upcoming Mini British Film Festival at Palace Byron Bay, 30 October till 13 November. It screens Thursday 31 October 6.20pm, Tuesday 5 November 1.30pm and Friday 8 November 8.45pm.

The Byron Latin Fiesta is Australia’s longest running Latin dance festival held annually in the heart of Byron Bay. The fiesta is four nights of Latin dance parties; with live bands, performances and social dancing, plus 2 days of Latin dance workshops as well as pre-parties and after-parties, master classes and more.

Session Times: Thu 17 Oct - Wed 23 Oct

BRITISH

GREEN LIGHT 71 min (M) Daily: 6:15PM ANNE FRANK: PARALLEL STORIES 91 min (M) Thu-Sun: 1:30, 6:30PM BILLY CONNOLLY: THE SEX LIFE OF BANDAGES 140 min (MA15+) Fri-Sun: 3:45 ZOMBIELAND 2: DOUBLE TAP 99 min (MA15+) Thu: 2:15, 4:30, 8:50PM Thu Beer Tasting: 6:45PM Fri, Mon: 2:15, 4:30, 6:30, 8:50 Sat, Sun: 1:15, 4:00, 6:30, 8:50 Tue, Wed: 2:15, 4:30, 6:10, 8:50 THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 90 min (MA15+) Horror Month Fri: 8:30PM ABOMINABLE 97 min (G) Thu, Mon-Wed: 10:00AM, 12:15 Fri: 10:00AM, 1:15PM Sat, Sun: 10:00AM AD ASTRA 123 min (M) Thu, Tue, Wed: 1:15, 8:00PM Fri, Mon: 1:15PM Sat, Sun: 11:15AM ANGRY BIRDS 2 97 min (PG) Daily except Sat, Sun: 12:00PM Sat, Sun: 12:10PM

FILM

F E ST I VA L

30 OCT - 13 NOV

AMAZING GRACE 88 min (G) Thu, Mon-Wed: 10:00AM THE AERONAUTS 101 min (CTC) Adv Screening Wed: 10:30AM BIRDS OF PASSAGE 125 min (MA15+) Thu, Tue, Wed: 3:30, 6:00PM Fri, Mon: 3:30PM Sat: 1:00PM Sun: 12:30PM DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD 102 min (PG) Daily except Fri: 10:00AM, 12:00 Fri: 11:00AM, 12:00PM DOWNTON ABBEY 122 min (PG) Daily except Sat, Sun: 1:00PM Sat, Sun: 10:15AM GEMINI MAN 117 min (M) Thu, Tue, Wed: 10:30AM, 8:30PM Fri: 10:30AM Sat, Mon: 10:30AM, 8:15PM Sun: 10:00AM, 7:20PM GOOD BOYS 90 min (MA15+) Daily: 12:00PM JOKER 122 min (MA15+) Daily except Fri, Wed: 10:30AM, 1:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:00, 7:30, 8:30 Fri: 10:30, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 Wed: 1:15, 3:45, 5:00, 6:15, 7:30, 8:45PM

2019

TIX NOW ON SALE

HUSTLERS 110 min (MA15+) Thu, Mon, Tue: 2:00, 4:15, 6:30, 8:50PM Fri, Sat, Sun: 2:00, 4:15, 6:30PM Babes In Arms: Wed 11:00AM MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL 119 min (PG) Thu-Sun: 10:45, 3:45, 6:20, 8:45 Mon-Wed: 10:45AM, 1:15, 3:45, 6:20, 8:45PM ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 161 min (MA15+) Daily: 12:45PM RIDE LIKE A GIRL 96 min (PG) Thu, Mon, Tue: 10:30, 4:00, 6:00 Fri: 10:30, 4:00 Sat: 3:30, 6:00 Sun: 3:00, 5:15 Wed: 4:00, 6:00 STRANGE BUT TRUE 96 min (M) Thu, Mon-Wed: 2:10, 4:20, 8:40 Fri, Sat, Sun: 10:00, 2:10, 8:40 THE DEAD DON'T DIE 105 min (MA15+) Thu, Mon: 11:00AM, 3:45, 8:45 Fri-Sun: 11:00AM, 4:10, 8:45 Tue, Wed: 11:00AM, 3:45, 8:15 THE LION KING 2019 118 min (PG) Daily except Fri: 2:30 Fri: 3:30 UGLY DOLLS 87 min (G) Daily except Sat, Sun: 10:00AM

108 Jonson St, Byron Bay • 3 hours free parking* Buy tickets online and skip the queue!

PalaceCinemas.com.au NFT = No Free Tickets

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The 2019 festival features international artists Kim & Geo (Canada) teaching and performing Dominican Bachata and Mambo, plus Chris Py & Sara (France) for Kizomba, along with a huge line-up of Australia’s finest talent. Learn, and dance to the rhythms of Salsa, Samba, Bachata, Kizomba, Zouk, Reggaeton and other popular Latin styles.

Everyone is welcome, from beginners to experienced dancers plus friends and spectators. This is a popular event and you can buy your tickets in advance.

Tickets available online from byronlatinfiesta.com.au/ tickets/ or at the event until sold out.

CINEMA

ARIES: The planet of soul-searching, digging for the last half-year in your professional sector, has finally let up – now what? Certainly you’ve emerged with some clues about not overheating when someone doesn’t respect the rules of engagement. Anything else? Perhaps the key (or is it core?) concept of strategic boundaries.

TAURUS: Now transformational Pluto’s wrapped up its rugged five month retreat you’ll probably feel more optimistic about future ventures, especially anything with an educational or entrepreneurial flavor.

Motivational Mars, problem solving Mercury and keenly intuitive Venus all suggest breaking down complicated endeavours into simpler, bite-sized pieces.

GEMINI: If the shadowy dwarf planet in your up-close-and-intimate department derailed a collaboration of some kind, possibly with ill feeling, it can be challenging meeting your shadow. This week it’s safe to exhale, while reflecting on your part in the lesson learned, so you’re not doomed to do a repeat.

CANCER: It’s okay to come out of the Crab cave now Pluto’s done for the moment with the in-depth self-enquiry, digging into relationship depths if you’re in one, your relationship with yourself if solo. Venus, in a quite frisky mood for the next few weeks is good news for you and your love interest du jour.

LEO: Now Pluto’s retro is over for the moment, the power struggles and control issues of recent months, including your own, lose some of their heat. Peace-seeking Venus makes your home-zone this week’s hot spot for recreational amour, creative brainstorming and decisions about changing your living situation.

VIRGO: Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the worst guilt-tripper of all? Sorry Mercurians, it is one of your superpowers. But it’s time to double down on blaming yourself or others.

This week’s people might not be amused, or even feel hurt, so it could be a wiser idea to offer support, rather than feedback. . LIBRA: With dwarf planet Pluto, the dark lord of astrology, on the move after its annual retrograde, interpersonal intensity is likely to settle, along with the many lessons learned. This week requires clarity, courage and compassion in addressing the balance between being open and knowing when to shield your field.

Directed by Todd Phillips and based on the DC Comics villain, Joker is a stand alone film that follows the dark descent of Arthur Fleck into the Joker.

Arthur (Joaquin Phoenix) lives with his mother in Gotham City, working as a clown for a small hire-out business. With the idea in his head that he was put on the earth to spread joy and laughter, but struggling through a very obviously troubled life, Arthur seems to be just holding onto one thread of sanity. However, after funding for his social therapy is cut, that one last thread snaps and he loses all faith in the system, causing him to free fall into insanity.

This snowballs after Arthur desperately tries to find out more about his father and his connection to the powerful Thomas Wayne. With Gotham City on the brink of collapse, as the city’s citizens feel like the rich are robbing them of their rights and opportunities – the Joker is born, and becomes the face of a city now home to criminals and the corrupt.

This film is not easy to watch. You often forget you’re watching a comic book film, and there are only a few reminders along the way. It questions the system, it questions mental health issues, it questions your moral compass. However, Joaquin Phoenix does a phenomenal job in capturing the poignant essence of all these issues.

SCORPIO: No more walking on eggshells – this week breathes easier, at least for a while…

With Venus and Mercury in Scorpio there’s probably a wait-list for your attention, though if things aren’t progressing as fast as you’d like, go easy on the sting. And if talking’s not working, express your message via nonverbal communication.

SAGITTARIUS: If Pluto delivered some tough love in your financial sector in recent weeks, now it’s on the move again you’ll get a chance to put the lessons learned into practice. If that includes closing a door and leaving a team project for your own good, the universe isn’t short on new windows of opportunity opening up.

CAPRICORN: With potent Pluto winding up a potentially tiring and disquieting sojourn in your sign, this week accelerates your energy out of low-power mode into back-on-track.

Time to gather the troops and stir up some social alchemy over a catch-up lunch, spring get-together or power outing.

AQUARIUS: Whether or not cathartic Pluto’s taken you to deep and dark places lately, or just on a steep learning curve, hopefully some old baggage has been laid to rest and you can now move forward with a stronger, more flexible and efficient tool kit. This week offers multiple opportunities for a test drive…

PISCES: There’s been a lot of hidden agendas operating lately, yours amongst them.

Collaborations may have got messy and stressy. As Pluto, the shadow planet, heads out of its annual reversal, some of these issues will recede in the rearview mirror, others you’ll need to do the work on.

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GIG GUIDE

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THURSDAY 17

CUNNINGHAM + LUKE MORRIS (BAND ROOM) | ROSA MARIA + UPLIFTING BELL ENDS + SOPHIE OZARD (BEER GARDEN)

Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, 8PM KATCHAFIRE + BEARFOOT, THE SWAMPS Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, MATT ARMATIGE

Q TARGA, BYRON BAY, 6PM MANDY HAWKES

Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 8PM ROGUE ELEMENTS

Q THE SUN, BYRON BAY, 7PM LUKE MORRIS

Q BYRON BAY BREWERY 6PM DOS LOONA ( GARDEN )

Q TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY, 7.30PM ANIMAL VENTURA

Q PIGHOUSE FLICKS, BYRON BAY, 6PM SCREENING ‘HELL IS LIGHT’

Q PALACE CINEMAS, BYRON BAY, 7.30PM BBFF GALA OPENING NIGHT AND FILM ‘MEASURE FOR MEASURE’

Q TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY, 7.30PM JOSH LEE HAMILTON Q WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY, 9PM THURSDAY TAKEOVER WITH DJ REFLEX + FRIENDS Q OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB 6.30PM TRIVIA Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 7PM FELIX Q LENNOX HOTEL 9PM JAM NIGHT Q SHOWGROUNDS, LISMORE, 5.30PM WENDY FORD BAND Q DUSTY ATTIC, LISMORE, 7PM 153 EAST Q MARY G’S, LISMORE, 9PM KARAOKE Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6PM PHIL GUEST Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE STAGE 2PM SOCIAL NEW VOGUE DANCING, 6PM HIPPOPOTAMUS

FRIDAY 18 Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY THE RIFF RAFFLES, BEN WALSH, THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND, TOXIC FOX, MIDNIGHT FUCKBOYS Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, PINK ZINC Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM TUFFY, 9PM MADISON KAT Q BYRON BAY BREWERY 8PM LIVE TUNES IN THE GARDEN +KIM CHURCHILL + NICK

Q WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY, 9PM LIVE DJS

SATURDAY 19

Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY PIST IDIOTS, DORK SKID, THE UNKNOWNS Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, SILK & OAK Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM DJ LONGTIME, 9PM DJ JUST SAYIN’ Q BYRON BAY BREWERY 8PM SLOWLY SLOWLY + GUESTS Q BYRON THEATRE FROM 11.15AM THE 13TH ANNUAL BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL – DAY 2

Q CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB THE DISCO DISCIPLES Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM NICOLE BROPHY Q SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD, 10.30AM 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF LIVE MUSIC & ART AT SHEOAK SHACK Q CARRARA NIGHT MARKETS 5PM JON J BRADLEY Q CHINDERAH TAVERN 6.30PM MATTY ROGERS Q THE STAR, GOLD COAST, 8PM GEORGE MICHAEL: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART

Q BANGALOW HOTEL 7PM BILL JACOBI

Q LONE GOAT GALLERY, 11AM ARTIST TALK – MICHAEL STIEGLER

Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM BURGER JOINT

Q THE SUN, BYRON BAY, 6PM OPEN MIC

Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY DAN HANNAFORD

Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 7PM KRAPPYOKEE

Q TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY, 7.30PM FORREST RUN

Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, JAMIE ASHFORTH

Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6.30PM LEIGH JAMES

Q BANGALOW HOTEL 7PM THE BREDDA BROTHERS

Q HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD, 8.30PM DJ CORNELIUS

Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM MUFFASSA DUO

Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 4.30PM EPIC, 7PM MVMT WITH ANDHO, 9.30PM MISTER BENNETTS

Q DUSTY ATTIC, LISMORE, 4PM CHRIS FISHER PIANO SONGS, 7PM JAMES ZEBEDIAH

Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 7PM PAUL MCDERMOTT AND GATESY GO SOLO IN BRUNSWICK HEADS!

Q LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY 6PM CHESTA DRAWZ AND THE LOWBOYS: AN EXHIBITION OF FINE WOODWORK BY GEOFF HANNAH & HIS STUDENTS Q LISMORE WORKERS CLUB MAIN LOUNGE 7.30PM TWO MEN AND A LADYZ Q MARY G’S, LISMORE, 9PM DJ IN THE BEER GARDEN Q CASINO GOLF CLUB 7.30PM JASON AYALA SPARE Q NIMBIN HOTEL 7PM MISTRAM Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 7.30PM ROB BOSTOCK Q RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH, 8PM SWEET MIXJAH

Q MULLUMBIMBY COMMUNITY MARKET 10AM TARSHITO

Q BYRON BAY BREWERY 12PM KOLOMBO Q BYRON THEATRE FROM 11.15AM THE 13TH ANNUAL BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL – DAY 3

Q LULUS CAFE, MULLUMBIMBY, 11AM JESSE TAYLOR NAECO

Q TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY, 12PM SUNDAY SESSION DJS JEZZA J & VINNIE LADUCE

Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 7PM KIT BRAY

Q THE SUN, BYRON BAY, 5PM LEIGH JAMES

Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6.30PM DENNIS WILSON

Q WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY, 9PM HIP-HOP HOORAY LIVE DJS

Q HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD, 8.30PM BOURBON & INK Q DUSTY ATTIC, LISMORE, 7PM MASTER LEECH W FURT DE FRANC Q LISMORE WORKERS CLUB MAIN LOUNGE 7.30PM THE RAIDERS Q MARY G’S, LISMORE, 9.30PM DJS AND LIVE MUSIC

Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM THE MAJESTIC KNIGHTS

Q CASINO GOLF CLUB 7.30PM DJ DISCO STATIK

Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, JUNIORS 5PM JON J BRADLEY

Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 7.30PM SURF REPORT

Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4PM KOOII Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 3.30PM BBIFF: AN ISLAND IN THE CONTINENT (UNA ISLA EN EL CONTINENTE), 6PM BBIFF: IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS Q OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB 1PM BRETT GANNON Q OCEAN SHORES TAVERN 1PM JAM SESSION Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 3PM SWAMP CATS JAM SESSION

LOOKING FOR A NIGHT OUT?

WHAT’S ON BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 18 – 27 October Tickets & info at www.bbff.com.au

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

BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL CLOSING NIGHT: RED CARPET GALA FEAT. THE CAVE Saturday 26 October, 6.45pm Early Bird $75 | Full $80

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14TH ANNUAL BYRON LATIN FIESTA Thursday 31 October – Sunday 3 November Tickets & info at www.byronlatinfiesta.com.au

CLARE BOWDITCH: SPEAKING FRANKLY PRESENTED BY BYRON WRITERS FESTIVAL

RADICAL REELS TOUR 2019 PRESENTED BY ADVENTURE REELS Wednesday 6 November, 7.00pm Adult $33.80 | Group of 15+ $28.80 | U18 $23.80 | Ages 15+

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Tuesday 5 November, 6.00pm Full $35 | BWF Members $30

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SUNDAY 20

ENTERTAINMENT Q ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, BALLINA, 3PM THE HARP’S JOURNEY WITH LOUISE JOHNSON

Q BYRON THEATRE FROM 2.30PM THE 13TH ANNUAL BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL – DAY 5

Q HOTEL ILLAWONG, EVANS HEAD, 4PM JOCK BARNES

Q TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY, 6PM VINNIE LADUCE (DJ SET)

Q LISMORE CITY HALL PAUL MCDERMOTT AND GATESY GO SOLO! Q SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL, 12PM BILL JACOBI Q RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH, 2.30PM JORGE & ELLIE

Q WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY, 9PM HIP-HOP HOORAY LIVE DJS Q BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM BANGALOW BRACKETS – OPEN MIC WITH SLIM PICKENS Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 7PM BBIFF: SHE IS THE OCEAN

Q CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM PINK ZINC Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 3PM JORDAN MCROBBIE Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, JUNIORS 2.30PM DENNIS CUTHEL Q MAIN ARM UPPER PUBLIC SCHOOL 12PM MUSIC IN THE VALLEY FESTIVAL – HARRY JAMES ANGUS, BUNNY RACKET & AINE TYRRELL Q WARDELL SPORT AND REC CLUB 2PM OPEN MIC AND JAM SESSION Q CHINDERAH TAVERN 2.30PM VIPER ROOM

Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 7PM TRIVIA Q LENNOX HOTEL 6PM ROB SARIC, 6.30PM GET QUIZZED Q LENNOX HEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE 7PM DANCING IN THE DARK Q CASINO GOLF CLUB 10AM MORNING MELODIES Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE STAGE 1PM SOCIAL NEW VOGUE DANCING, 6PM IAN MCLAREN

WEDNESDAY 23

MONDAY 21 Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY DAN CLARK Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, JON J BRADLEY Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 8PM 4’20 SOUND REGGAE NIGHT Q BYRON THEATRE FROM 2.30PM THE 13TH ANNUAL BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL – DAY 4 Q TREEHOUSE, BYRON BAY, 6PM OLI WRIGHT (DJ SET) Q WOODY’S SURF SHACK, BYRON BAY, 9PM REGGAE AFTERPARTY Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 7PM BBIFF: KIFARU Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE STAGE 2.30PM LINE DANCING WITH RUSSELL HINTON, 6.30PM MARK WILSON’S DANCE NIGHT

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TUESDAY 22

Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 7PM BBIFF: DOSED

Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY MARSHALL OKELL Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, FINTAN

Q CLUB MULLUM, MULLUMBIMBY, 8.30PM THE NUMBER 9 BLACKTOPS

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INDEX Accountants & Bookkeepers ..........39 Acupuncture .................................39 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration....39 Antennas & Installation.................39 Antiques / Restoration ..................39 Appliance Repair ...........................39 Architects .....................................39 Automotive...................................39 Bathroom Renovations..................39 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters ..39 Bricklaying....................................39 Building Trades .............................39 Bush Regen & Weed Control ..........39 Carpet Cleaning ............................39 Chimney Sweeping........................39 Chiropractic ..................................39 Cleaning .......................................39 Computer Services ........................40 Concreting & Paving ......................40 Decks, Patios & Extensions.............40 Dentists ........................................40 Design & Drafting..........................40 Driveway Maintenance ..................40 Earthmoving & Excavation.............40 Electricians ...................................40 Fencing .........................................40 Floor Sanding & Polishing..............40 Garden & Property Maintenance....40 Garden Design ..............................41 Gas Suppliers ................................41 Glaziers.........................................41 Graphic Design ..............................41 Guttering ......................................41 Handypersons ...............................41 Health ..........................................41 Hire ..............................................41

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Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

Kitchens........................................41 Landscape Design .........................41 Landscape Supplies .......................41 Landscaping .................................41 Lighting ........................................41 Locksmith .....................................41 Osteopathy ...................................41 Painting........................................41 Pest Control ..................................41 Photography .................................41 Physiotherapy ...............................42 Picture Framing ............................42 Plastering .....................................42 Plumbers ......................................42 Printing & Copying Services ...........42 Proofreading.................................42 Removalists ..................................42 Roofing.........................................42 Rubbish Removal ..........................42 Scrap Metal Merchants ..................42 Septic Systems ..............................42 Sewing & Alterations.....................42 Solar Installation ..........................42 Stonemasonry ..............................42 Swimming Pools ...........................42 Tiling ............................................43 Tree Services .................................43 Tuition ..........................................43 Upholstery ....................................43 Valuers .........................................43 Veterinary Surgeons......................43 Water Filters .................................43 Water Tanks & Tank Cleaning .........43 Welding ........................................43 Window Tinting ............................43

• New digital antennas * • Reception NO FIX NO CHARGE problems For fast service call • Extra TV outlets

0402 022 111

David Levine iwireantennas.com.au

ACUPUNCTURE

Specialising in: Renovations and Extensions New Homes and Granny Flats

*conditions apply

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705

CALL FOR A FREE QUOTE

ANTIQUES / RESTORATION

Lic: 182983C & Insured

FURNITURE RESTORATION Old/antique, 40+ yrs exp. erwinfurniturerestoration.com ...0412 528454

P: Jesse 0412 551 353 | E: surfsidebuilding@gmail.com

APPLIANCE REPAIR

DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786 NORTHERN RIVERS APPLIANCE REPAIRS – all makes and models. Call Andre .............0401 159371

ARCHITECTS

CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C .................................... 66291169 or 0412 967677 BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242 BUILDER CARPENTER Extensions, renos, new homes, insurance, all jobs. Lic 19953 .......... 0403 458177 CARPENTER Lic 39791 Decks, studios, pergolas etc Paul Varendorff ................66845035 or 0414 842602

FRANK STEWART ARCHITECT Reg. 6075. www.frankstewart.com.au............................66856984 OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au ..............................................66855001 ATELIER LUKE – Luke Hayward architect, Reg. 10438 www.atelierluke.com ...............0401 875535 GREENARK Reg. 3608 www.greenark.com.au Ph .......................................................0421 575299

AUTOMOTIVE

BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420 CARPENTER. Insured & qualified. Homes, decks, small jobs, free quotes. Lic 231104C...0431 674377 CARPENTER BUILDER Extend, renos, cabins, sheds. Peter Bergin Lic 147887C..................0487 101747 CARPENTER HANDYMAN FB Greg’s Handyman Services Byron Bay Lic No 1039897....0414 109595 HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C ...............................................0432 565060 RENOVATION SPECIALIST Customised Service. Builder: Levi Alexander Lic 189611C ..0402 434154 SURFSIDE BUILDING Decks, Patios, Extensions. Free Quotes. Lic: 182983C. Contact ...0412 551353

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns - bindii weeds .....................................................0418 110714

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

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 .................................66802444

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415 ACCOUNTANT BANGALOW + BYRON BAY The Office Accountants & Business Advisors ...66872960 BOOKKEEPER Local and reliable .................................. barbarasbookkeeping.com.au 0402 118649

SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

EAST COAST BUSH REGENERATION Tree planting, weed control. Call Rossco Faithfull.0409 157695 CAMPHOR CONTROL, rainforest and creek restoration services. Ph .............................0428 715886

CARPET CLEANING

TLC

Bathroom Renovations and Tiling Repairs

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Kevin & Margaret Bower FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

SUNSCREENS

PLEASE CALL

6680 9394 AU 37088

– Sales – Installation – Repairs – All Commercial Refrigeration – Residential & Commercial Airconditioning – Coolroom Design & Construction – Freezer Rooms

Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services 45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492

Lic 246545C

6684 2783

INSTALL, MAINTENANCE, SERVICE & REPAIRS ALL MAKES AND MODELS OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

LOCAL – RELIABLE – COMPETITIVE

CALL US NOW 0448 875 008

Green & Clean

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

Cleans deeply, dries in 1-2 hours

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

CHIMNEY SWEEPING

artisanair.com.au AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

(02) 6684 1001

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis..................................................66842559

LOCAL

CARPET CLEANING

TENDER LOVING CARE Specialising in household carpet cleaning Speedy Drying

REVAMP BATHROOMS

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

Truck Mounted Machine

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

6680 8862

PLANTATION SHUTTERS

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

FREE MEASURE QUOTE

SPECIALISTS IN HOM E AUTOM ATION

BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905

CURTAINS

MICHAEL SCHWAGER 108 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ...................................................66841962 MULLUMBIMBY CHIROPRACTIC Massage & Chiropractic. 110 Dalley St ........................66841028

AWNINGS ROLL BLINDS

YOUR LOCAL BLIND MAN at North Byron Blinds .................................................. Amos 0404 421518

BRICKLAYING BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268

BUILDING TRADES

DAIKIN DEALER

AU23106 dan@penair.com.au 195534C

WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman...66858553

CLEANING

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING

• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & flyscreens • Water efficient • Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 6687 4655 or 0412 495750

• DEPT OF FAIR TRADING: A licence is required for all residential building work where the reason-

MOBILE COOL ROOMS FOR HIRE

able market cost of the work to be done (labour and materials) exceeds $5000 (including GST).

DUFbuild

0491 636 889

chill@hinterlandhire.com.au | hinterlandhire.com.au ARC Licence No. AU08726 | ABN 70 116 609 726

COOLMAN AIR CONDITIONING 23 years experience. Lic 178464C AU30147 ..............0412 641753 RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C.....................0487 264137

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Award Winning Builders • Renovations • Extensions • New Homes Darren Paxton

0412 497 637

Master Builders Licence No.94573C

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DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

Call

0434 539 979

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DECKS

Lic No 142383C

• Window Cleaning • Screens & Tracks • Pressure Washing • House •Roof • Paths • Solar

ELECTRICIANS

FREE QUOTES

Call Mark 0498 115 182

24 HOUR SERVICE

0439 624 945

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02 66 804 173 Lic: 154293c

CLEANING (continued)

All Jobs Small or Large

Domestic Commercial

FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Timber & deck oiling, coating, stripping. Fast free quotes .....0419 789600

Window Cleaning Professionals

DENTISTS

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

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

Roof & Pressure Cleaning Roof Painting Deck Oiling

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

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

fullcirclerefinishing.com

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

Holiday lets and Airbnb, residential homes and end of lease cleans, bond cleans, builders cleans etc.

Friendly reliable and trustworthy local service.

20 Year+s Exp.

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

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CLEANING SERVICE

CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring

Jai – 0467 482 948 ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

6677 1859

Phone Mick 0409 009 024 Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

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DETAILED STEAM CLEANING Natural products. Bathrooms, kitchens, spring cleans .0410 723601 BEYOND CLEANING GROUP Quality focused. Brunswick to Ballina from $39.60ph .....0451 102239 HOLIDAY CLEANERS AVAILABLE NOW! Domestic, AirBnB, last-minute. Local, exp & reliable .0421 360961

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SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS

PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330

COMPUTER SERVICES

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

www.mygeekmate.com.au | mark@P\JHHNPDWH FRP DX HHN NP P DX

TINY EARTHWOR 0409 799 909

BOBBY WALKER Licensed Electrical Contractor

0429 366 313

EVERY H ME, EVERY BUILDING, EVERY ROOM, EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL

RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL 24/7 SERVICE FREE QUOTES

bgpower.info@gmail.com

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

JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028 SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477 BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801 BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408

FENCING

EARTHMOVING & PLANT HIRE

A consumer Any con digital device Any An ny digital di project at home

rs or repai No s a l e

1800 763 911 | 0417 415 474

JP ELECTRICAL Level 2 ASP Under-g/O-head lines, Pwr poles, Solar. Lic 133082C ........0432 289705

various implements available for limited access projects

0431 122 057

• 24/7 Emergency • Residential, Commercial • Level 2

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

Philip Toovey

Whether Whe er you y need a tech mentor, m advice or just support I’m here to help

ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

Burringbar

BOND CLEANING ..............................................................................................................0421360961

Personal tech support for bamboozled ed bip bipeds

0414 905 900

Lic No: 143433C | ACRS Master Cabler A017916

Professional Cleaning Services

Byron Bay

Suffolk Park

Lic no. 141097C

DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048

Phone Oliver 0419 789 600

Blue Sky

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

nichollselectrical@outlook.com

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

Quality Exterior Refinishing

Full Circle

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

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

Specialising in driveway construction & maintenance

purely support, advice & tech mentorship

• Tip trucks 3 to 12 tonne • Excavator 5 to 21 tonne • Positrack loader augers 150 to 600mm & rock grab • Driveways • Roads • Acreage clearing • House pads • Drainage • Carparks • Bush rocks • Rock walls • Competitive rates

POOLSAFE GLASS FENCING

– nationally recognised qualiďŹ cations

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

Training & assessment: earthmoving plant & forklift

0427 663 678 / 0410 056 228 5.5 TONNE EXCAVATOR, POSITRACK & TIPPER HIRE

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335

Specialising in road works, land clearing, retaining walls and general earthworks.

Augers and rock grab available.

BETTER CALL SAUL The Mac Doctor. Repairs. Upgrades. Used Macs.............................0411 562111

EXPERIENCED OPERATORS | FREE QUOTES 0432 299 283

CONCRETING & PAVING

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting.

Residential • Civil • Industrial. DARYL 0418 234 302

Lic No. 337066C

ALL AROUND

CONCRETING

Free Quotes

Call Daniel

0424 876 155

• Driveways • Landscaping • Rock walls • House & shed sites

Lic.136717c

SALISBURY CONCRETING

5.5 Tonne Excavator, Positrack Loader & 12 Tonne Tipper • Land clearing • Augers, rock grab & breaker attachments • Free quotes

Luke Jarrett – 0431 329 630 Follow us on

STEVE BROWN EARTHMOVING Specialising in road repairs & driveways Rock walls, clearing, house shed and tank pads.

EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

The Floor Sander NEW AND OLD FLOORS AND DECKING ‡ 1RQ WR[LF À QLVKHV ‡ )UHH TXRWHV

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NJH FLOOR SANDING Eco oils, hard wax oils & water-based finishes. Nathan .............0420 215716

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Augers – hole boring. All general earthworks, excavators, positrack, bobcat, roller and tipper hire.

6684 0160 | 0439 840 160 | 0421 460 932 NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, mini excavator, cable locating.0402 716857

FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATIONS. Lic No. 310498C. Ph Andrew ..................0401 968173 ALEX EXCAVATION 3.5T Zero Swing & 5T Tipper Rock Grab + other attachments ........0417 920300 PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788 CIVIL TRAK Road construction, excavators, rollers, grader & truck hire .........................0499 912459

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BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0422 207299

Acreage Mowing Specialist | Mini excavation Toro Dingo with stump grinder, trencher and soil cultivator

Contact Vadi: 0404

978 383

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Service Directory • Paving • Stonework • Timber work • Retaining wall • Garden maintenance • Planting • TurďŹ ng • Mulching • Hedging • Lawns

0434 329 111

Acreage & Residential Mowing | Gardening Fire Hazard Reduction | Brush Cutting Tip Runs | Turf Laying | Fully Insured

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

HANDYPERSONS

OSTEOPATHY

A.S.A.P. All renos, carpentry, plastering, painting, studios & bathrooms .......................0405 625697

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

Property maintenance All Mowing jobs Landscaping Pressure cleaning Tip runs

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

MC’S HANDYMAN SERVICES Exp. painter, home repairs, odd jobs. Great rates............0412 559509

60 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby | 02 6626 7900

CARPENTER HANDYMAN FB Greg’s Handyman Services Byron Bay Lic No 1039897....0414 109595

GOOD NEWS HANDYMAN Carpentry, home renovations/repairs etc. Jesse..................0458 968290 NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri.....................................66857517 ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance ........................................0402 281638

PAINTING

HANDYMAN SERVICE BYRON BAY. Local, reliable, insured .........................................0412 395604

• DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002

0401 458 422

at Mullumbimby Comprehensive Health Centre

THE HANDYMAN CAN All home maintenance, repairs, painting, odd jobs etc .............0427 110953

HEALTH • • • • •

OSTEOPATHY

HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956

MALI’S Therapeutic Chinese Massage Service. In & out calls ..............................................66841790 WWW.EASTCOASTPILATES.COM.AU Judy Leane Ex. Phys ...........................................0408 110006

ALL-WAYS PAINTING BYRON BAY

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

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

Lic No 189144C

THE BYRON BAY GARDEN & LANDSCAPING COMPANY Structural Landscaping

HIRE MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003

KITCHENS MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394

D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery. Lic 283553C. www.hinged.com.au .......................Dave 0409 843689

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839 KITCHEN FACELIFTS Doors, drawers & benchtops. interiorworx@live.com .... Warren 0414 278679 A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697 A.C.E. LAWNMOWING & GARDENING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed.............Sam 0438 655763

YVES DE WILDE

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING

LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, tree maintenance .....................0402 487213 BEAU JARDIN We design & build beautiful gardens www.beaujardin.com.au Lic 177274C ...0417 054443 PAUL’S MOWING Local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O. Shores, Byron & Bangalow.........0422 958791 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Garden Design & Property Planning. Andrew Pawsey ..........0478 519804 A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ................0405 716552 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772 BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

www.duluxaccredited.com.au

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

RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, pool service, GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442

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

SAMURAI HEAVY DUTY BRUSHCUTTING. Ph .............................................................0402 733620 PROBLEM CAMPHORS and woody weeds removed. No fuss-green waste, lantana too! ..0478 779650 G.W. GARDEN MAINTENANCE. Mowing, whipper snipping, gardening, tip runs ........0408 244820

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

A LUMSDEN LAWN CARE Qualified green keeper. Mowing, edges and weed control ..0410 378375

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

GAS SUPPLIERS Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental

CRACKER DUST

MULCH GRAVEL

ROAD BASE FIRE WOOD

18 Lucky Lane Billinudgel Industrial Estate

landscaping supplies

Free Delivery

SOIL

0266 804555

BYRONBAYPAINTINGSERVICES.COM.AU – Reliable. Quality work. Ph .....................1300 255 724

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609

PEST CONTROL

GLAZIERS

6685 8588 Mirrors • Security doors and screens Shower screens • Commercial glazing

GRAPHIC DESIGN www.thinkblinkdesign.com

DESIGN

NEIL A McINTOSH

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR • PLASTER REPAIRS • WALLPAPERING CLEAN & TIDY • ALWAYS ON TIME • ALL AREAS Mobile: 0421 938 104 – 465 Uralba Road, Uralba

ALL WAYS PAINTING NORTHERN RIVERS. Qualified, insured, clean. 0413 401907 or 66805015

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

24/7 EMERGENCY GLASS 0415 660 801

PAINTER

AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ................................................ 0413 185399 or 66841249

LANDSCAPING

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GARDEN DESIGN

Lic 167371C

pressure cleaning. Attention to detail at good rates. Ph .................................................0424 805660

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

ALL ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPING AND DESIGN

DESIGN CONSTRUCT PLANT

0421 986 373 www.greenskylandscapes.com.au

MAINTAIN

SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C ................................0405 122456

• Targeted treatments for all pests with “no sprayâ€? cockroach treatments • 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

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

02 6681 6555 Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS

LIGHTING

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714

www.allpestsolutions.com.au

Print | Branding | Social Media | Websites | Graphic Design

BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

GUTTERING

PHOTOGRAPHY

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

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

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Tree Faerie Fotos

LOCKSMITH Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148

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

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PHYSIOTHERAPY

TRINE SOLUTIONS Local waste specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fitters. Lic 138031C .. 0407 439805

LEAPFROG REMOVALS

BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, mat/reformer, clinical exercise

NEWT wastewater treatment. Septic design, upgrades, maint & intall. Lic 207479C............... 0429 805081

classes, laser, shockwave. Kim Snellgrove, Cally O’Hara .......................................................66872330

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

SEWING & ALTERATIONS

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

0432 334 200 02 6680 8170

SEWING Repairs & alterations. Byron Bay & all areas. Phone Jan ..................................0427 570812

466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288

leapfrogremovals@yahoo.com.au

SOLAR INSTALLATION

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511 CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel ..................Bangalow 66872337 & M’bah 66723818 PETRA KARNI Physio, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron. Open Saturdays.......0403 226858 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge, Steve Clifford.......66803499

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02 6684 2198

PETER FARRELL Cold laser, manual therapy & exercise, Mullumbimby ..............................66843385

Electric Lic 124600c

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BRUNSWICK HEADS PHYSIO. Manual therapy exercise prescription,

45 minute consults, experienced Physio .........................................................................0419 629333 MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813 BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

PICTURE FRAMING

MAN WITH A TALL VAN (5 star reviews) from $55ph. Call Evan ...................................0410 120777

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791

ROOFING

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ........................ 6680 3444

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RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL NEW ROOFS / RE-ROOFS INSULATED ROOF PANELS FASCIA & GUTTERS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

DQQH P ZDUZLFN#JPDLO FRP SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001

PLUMBERS

Patrick - 0425 256 802

www.junoenergy.com.au licence number: 255292C

Chay 0429 805 081 20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

Licence No. 207479C

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NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 RUBBISH REMOVALS & TIP TRUCK HIRE Free quotes and same day service .............0451 079060 EVERGREEN TIP RUNS and rubbish removal, 8x5 trailer, heavy duty...........................0427 176771 A1 RUBBISH REMOVAL AND TIP RUNS. 9m3 trailer. Same day service. Best rates .....0413 289443 MAN WITH UTE. RETHINK REUSE RECYCLE. Ph Mark ................................................0411 113300

SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS

Blocked drain specialists Everything plumbing, drainage & gasďŹ tting SHANE

0400 852 141

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@ BRUNSWICK BYRON AUTO WRECKERS Buying: â&#x20AC;˘ Scrap metal â&#x20AC;˘ Aluminium â&#x20AC;˘ Copper â&#x20AC;˘ Brass â&#x20AC;˘ Lead â&#x20AC;˘ Car Batteries Next to Tyagarah Service Station

PaciďŹ c Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351

energyplumbing@gmail.com WWW.ENERGYJETTING.COM.AU WWW.ENERGYPLUMBING.COM.AU

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Sales Installation Service

COLIN J WILLIAMS PLUMBING & GAS Lic L7990. Water specialist. Mullum/Byron .....0434 273726

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

PROOFREADING PROOFREADING at reasonable rates. Caroline: cazamondo@gmail.com 66845035 or 0400 745740

REMOVALISTS

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

0429149 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

0409 917646

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Northern Rivers Pty Ltd

Lic 312643C

MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035

0418 754 149 â&#x20AC;˘ 07 5523 9930

â&#x20AC;˘ Best Price Promise â&#x20AC;˘ Highest Quality Products â&#x20AC;˘ 10 Year Installation Workmanship Guarantee â&#x20AC;˘ 5 Year Annual Onsite Cleaning and Maintenance included

Your Local Solar Experts

STONEMASONRY

ATTENTION POOL OWNERS

HRH PLUMBING Providing a prompt, reliable & efficient service. Lic 220755C ............0402 652017 ADM PLUMBING SERVICESâ&#x20AC;Ś (NO JOB TOO SMALL)â&#x20AC;Ś Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

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SWIMMING POOLS

Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

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

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STONEMASON Walls and paths. Free quotes. artstorey@icloud.com. Ph Art ................0422 745333

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SEPTIC SYSTEMS

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403

1800 88 68 77 firstsunsolar.com.au 268 Ewingsdale Road, Byron Bay

BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP 30 years experience

ALL ROOF CLEANING Experienced, insured & fast free quotes. Call ..............................0419 789600

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Juno Energy is your local authorised LG energy specialist offering solar and battery solutions for your business & home

â&#x20AC;˘ plumbing.td@bigpond.com

â&#x20AC;˘ 1300 Taylex â&#x20AC;˘ www.talex.com.au

â&#x20AC;˘ All pool requirements â&#x20AC;˘ Professional advice â&#x20AC;˘ Water testing â&#x20AC;˘ Friendly service â&#x20AC;˘ Pool servicing 73 Station St, Mullumbimby (opp. Council chambers)

6684 3003 MULLUM POOL SHOP Water testing, eco products, mobile service, construction/repairs....0418 666839 POOL CONSTRUCTION BYRON BAY. Baywater Pool. Lic 206487C.........0419 479921 or 66843489

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The Echo Service Directory online anytime at

echo.net.au/ service-directory North Coast news daily in Echonetdaily www.echo.net.au

Service Directory TILING

TILE & GROUT CLEANING

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

• Tree felling & removal • Stump grinding • Chipping • Pruning • Clean up work • Spider lift / cherry picker

0479 066 311 yourtreefeller.com.au

Servicing the Far North Coast for 20 years.

Free quotes. Experienced local technicians.

ChemDry’s patented cleaning systems.

SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential, Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976

VETERINARY SURGEONS MULLUM VET CLINIC Richard Gregory, Erin Tottenham, Bec Patison. 24 hrs 7 days ..........66843818 NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICES Dr Lauren Archer .................................................66840735

WINTER SPECIAL:

WATER FILTERS

Every 5th m2 FREE

0408 232 066

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

• 20 years local knowledge and experience • Fully insured / free quotes • 19 inch chipper • Bobcat • Cherry picker • Crane truck

TREE SERVICES

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES The Fully Insured Professionals

• Stump Grinding • Bobcat • Cherrypicker • Crane Truck • 18” Chipper Mark Linder Qualified Arborist 0408 202 184 choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

The Water Filter Experts

PRUNING ~ REMOVALS ~ STUMP GRINDING

TILING PERFECTION & WATERPROOFING Free quotes, repairs. Lic 179306C .66801168 or 0409 847653

www.harttreeservices.com.au

for home, commercial and rural properties

0427 347 380

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66877677 or 0417 698227 PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist................................................0414 186161 IN IN H

BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852 TALLOW TREE SERVICES Removal, free quote & full insurance .....................................0401 208797 MARTINO TREE SERVICES ..............................................................................Martino 0435 019524

Water purification systems Rainwater Filters Fridge water filters

LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + stump grinding. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes.0402 487213 VERTEX TREE SERVICES. All tree and palm removals. Ph .............................................0428 715886 A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES................................... Happy to help. Andrew..0412 558890 OUT ON A LIMB www.outonalimbtreeservices.wordpress.com Call Lucas ................0402 191316

TUITION HARMONIUM TUITION, REPAIRS, SALES. Contact Alice.............................................0427 423723 We provide professional & reliable tree services to make your environment safe and healthy.

AREAS WE SERVICE Ballina / Byron Bay / Tweed Heads / Gold Coast / Murwillumbah

1300 384 766

info@evirongroup.com.au www.evirongroup.com.au

$399

FULLY INSTALLED IN YOUR HOME

Phone Chris 0414 229 114

WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING TANK CLEANING Repairs, installation, first flush diverters, pumps, etc ........................0418 662285

WELDING

UPHOLSTERY

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255 WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, general, repairs & Aluminium. Call Rod ...........0408 410545

WINDOW TINTING

BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY. Soft furnishings, curtains & outdoor. ................................0403 713303

VALUERS

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

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009

Classifieds INDEX Annual General Meetings ...... 43 Birthdays ................................ 45 Business For Sale ................. 44 Business Opportunities ......... 44 For Sale ................................. 44 Garage Sales......................... 44 Halls For Hire......................... 44 Health Notices ....................... 44 House Swap .......................... 44 Items Under $100 .................. 44 Life Celebrations .................... 45 Lost & Found ......................... 45 Motor Vehicles ....................... 44 Musical Notes ........................ 45 Only Adults ............................ 45 Pets ........................................ 45 Positions Vacant .................... 45 Professional Services ............ 43 Property Wanted .................... 44 Public Notices ........................ 43 Social Escorts........................ 45 To Lease ................................ 45 To Let ..................................... 44 Tradework .............................. 44 Tree Services ......................... 44 Tuition .................................... 45 Wanted .................................. 44 Wanted To Rent ..................... 45 Work Wanted ......................... 45

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weekend.

Account enquiries phone 6684 1777.

MULLUM MARKET & MUSEUM OPEN THIS SATURDAY 8am – 2pm TARSHITO mullummarkets.com.au Cnr Stuart and Mycom St Mullum No dogs please

VHS / VIDEO TAPE CONVERSION

VOLUNTEER DRIVER REQUIRED Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre are looking for a crew of volunteer food recovery van drivers.

Requirements for the job are that you must be fit and able to lift sometimes heavy boxes of food, you must have an unencumbered Drivers Licence.

If you like driving and you feel you could contribute to your community and environment please enquire by giving the centre a call on 02 6684 1286 or drop in at 55 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

So far we have recovered over 44 Tonnes of food

AFFORDABLE,RELIABLE,LOCAL CALL 0435 095 750 OR EMAIL BYRONVHS@GMAIL.COM FOR A QUOTE TODAY

On sale at The Echo

AGMs Brunswick Valley Meals on Wheels Service AGM will be held on Thursday, 24 October at 10am in the Brunswick Valley Community Centre, 42 South Beach Rd. Brunswick Heads. All welcome. Contact Fran Leske 66851498

PROF. SERVICES SERVING BYRON IT INDUSTRY FOR 20 YEARS. Website development, CMS support, SEO, CMS plugins, template customisation, web validation, custom coding, compatibility issues, advanced CSS, database management.

Contact Laurent 0405811271

CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK!

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HELP OUR COMMUNITY

Help us to continue this valuable program, keeping good food out of landfill and in people’s bellies.

Prepayment is required for all ads.

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

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre Connecting the Byron Shire Community

$17 for two lines is the minimum charge.

Ad bookings only taken during 9am–5pm. Ads can’t be taken on the

PUBLIC NOTICES

DENTURES FIND OUT HOW THE ROT BEGAN

LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

HEALTH EXPERIENCED TRAUMA? PTSD or Childhood abuse?

Mariana Trapera Counsellor & EFT Specialist Ph 0430175923 BODYWORK WITH SOPHIA Remedial massage $70 p/h. Lomi lomi $220/2.5h. New clients 10% discount.

Full health fund rebates. 0474701760

COLONICS Offering colonic hydrotherapy, sauna and naturopathy at our beachside clinic.

Call or text 0458633869 www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au HAWAIIAN MASSAGE Ocean Shores, Michaela, 0416332886

MAW Traditional Thai Massage 0478 654 405

BANH THAI 17 Ruskin St BYRON BAY

PELVIC FLOOR YOGA WORSKHOP NOVEMBER 2,3,4 With Senior Iyengar Yoga teacher Simon Marrocco.

Learn to create space, softness and strength within Asana.

Connecting the pelvic floor, diaphragm and shoulder girdle.

Saturday 12pm – 4pm, Sunday 12pm – 2.30pm, Monday 10am – 12.30pm Byron Yoga Lounge, Unit 22b, 1a Banksia Dr, Byron Bay

BOOKINGS: byronyogalounge.com or ring Simon 0431 949 122 or Liz 0402 770 441

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Classifieds

For North Coast news online visit

KINESIOLOGY

HEALTH continued

Clear subconscious sabotages.

Reprogram patterns and beliefs.

Restore vibrancy and physical health. De-stress.

Ph 0403125506 SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract.

HYPNOSIS & EFT

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

Maureen Bracken 0402205352

HALLS FOR HIRE

TWO WINGS PSYCHOLOGY

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

…feel the difference

TREE SERVICES

SUZANNE BOURCHIER psychologist 02 6685 5670

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES • Cherry Picker • Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Tree Surgeon • Fully Insured

TRADEWORK

3EPTIC 7ASTE 2EMOVAL

3UMMERLAND %NVIRONMENTAL

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s 3EPTIC TANK CLEANING s 'REASE TRAP SERVICING s /ILY ,IQUIDS s 0ORTABLE TOILET HIRE s HOUR SERVICE

6687 7677

Supplying commercial, wood fired bakeries, pizza restaurants and residential, combustion stoves, open fires, pot belly, kindling. Various load sizes from 4’x 6’ to 4 ton tipper.

PRICES STARTING FROM $95.

VOLUME DISCOUNTS.

Matt 0427 172 684

FOR SALE VINTAGE KITCHEN DRESSER, 2 piece, cupboard plus shelves with glass doors.

Great condition. $350 Ph 66802642

MIELE WASHERS

FENCE POSTS

COMPOST TOILETS

For tiny houses to commercial Green Building Centre 0431721073

TREE SERVICES Experienced climber • Insured • Licensed

NEW STUDIO

FREE QUOTES HAPPY TO HELP

BRUNSWICK HEADS 0408 110 006

After hours & emergency service available

OPENING SOON!

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

Call Andrew Wilson 0412 558 890

Body Based

• FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

Psychotherapy Somatic Practice

Julie Wells Anne Goslett

6684 4421 0402 364 852

(nee Mannix)

Dip.Som.Psych, Clinical PACFA Reg.

Individual and Couple Therapy Supervision and Coaching

Inc..

Spaghetti Circus is seeking to fill an exciting role within the company – Administration and Marketing Coordinator.

This role is the central point of contact for Spaghetti Circus.

It involves working closely with students, their families and our staff to empower creative, confident, healthy kids.

The successful applicant must possess exceptional communication skills as well as a high degree of computer literacy and software versatility.

The role requires the ability to work independently as an integral part of a team. Previous experience working within community organisations and the Not-for-Profit sector is desirable.

• 19 inch chipper • Stump grinding • Cherry picker • Crane truck • Bob Cat

For a copy of the Position Description and information on how to apply, please head to our website: www.spaghetticircus.com Email Alice Cadwell, General Manager spaghettigm@gmail.com

www.wendypurdey.com.au

Fully insured • Free quotes

Doing Stuck?

Applications close 5pm, Monday 28 October 2019

0427 347 380

(02) 6685 5185 9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay

HYPNOSIS & NLP Create a plan to move forward and achieve your ultimate mental, physical, and emotional goals.

Resolve addictive patterns and limiting beliefs that hold you back!

Call Wendy today and let’s get started!

6680 2630

20 years local experience

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

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617 DAVID LOVEJOY’S BOOKS Available from The Echo reception: Between Dark and Dark, a memoir; Moral Victories, the biography of a chess player; Heresy, an historical novel.

ALL JUST $10 each.

WANTED LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

GARAGE SALES

HOUSE SWAP

House in Provence Very gorgeous and currently empty from mid November through to March 2020, this spacious 280m2, 5 BDR villa has all the mod cons, with huge combined co-working/ familylife space opp on beautiful grounds with proximity and view to 15th century perched village. Two films have already been written here.

Maybe we can do a home swap if you have something fab and want to be in Provence in an Australian-run home. Cheers. eveweller108@gmail.com

MOTOR VEHICLES

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS Local reg’d business 66845296 or 66845403

A VERY HANDY MAN

WANTED TO BUY - HOUSE/LAND. Long term locals seeking a home.

Min 1 acre but prefer more. Talofa, Coorabell, Possum Ck, Broken Hd, Fernleigh, Pearces Ck, McCleods Shoot.

Up to $1 million. NO AGENTS email: byronpropertyforsale@outlook.com

ITEMS UNDER $100

MAZDA T3000 (1984). Well maintained motor home. 240k km. Custom designed timber finish. New 3 way fridge. Gas stove & grill, microwave. Hot water system, shower & chemical toilet. Sleeps 4. $17k neg. Ph 66871648 or 0438243666

BAMBOO PLY

PROPERTY WANTED

FREE FENCE POSTS, 17 treated pine, Suffolk Park 0431019480

Kings Creek, Mullumbimby

Mobile 0417 698 227

EAST COAST PILATES

0408 210 772

HYUNDAI 2011 SILVER i20 manual 82,000kms, rego til Sept 2020. One owner, vgc, $6,500. Contact 0411639204

Mark 0427 490 038 | Karen 0427 804 284

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.

Ph 66884188 • sample & brochure. www.bambooply.com.au

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal

• Palings • Posts • Hardwood poles • Sleepers • Firewood • Concrete Posts • Tomato stakes • Molasses

Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

Mulch Supplies

Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES ALL YEAR ROUND

Automatic 2001 Hyundai Elantra 113201km 5Dr hatch 6 mths rego included SN2373 ............................................................. $4750 2008 Nissan Tiida 5spd manual 5dr hatch 148322km Low km ideal for learners SN0480............................................................. $4995 Automatic 2005 Subaru Forester 186947km Fantastic condition 6mths rego included SN0315 ............................................................. $6750 1998 Toyota Corolla 156940km 5spd manual sedan Full-service history very tidy car SN6372... $3490 2005 Holden rodeo 176809km 5spd manual 4X4 spacecab turbo diesel 5 seats trayback SN5588............................................................. $8995

BARGAINS

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Ballina Car Centre

DLN 19950

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274

TO LET BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE Hi-tech security. 66872333 BEACHSIDE SUFFOLK Freshly renovated t/house, 3 bdr, 2.5 bth, a/c, security, pool, SLUG, $700p/w Refs req’d.

No pets. accom@byron 0421603564 GRANNY FLAT, OCEAN SHORES 1bdr, renovated, $280pw inc bills. Suit single person. Available now. Ph 0423866821 STORAGE SHEDS available for rent Byron Bay Industrial Estate priced from $130 per month Contact LJ Hooker Byron Bay 66857300

BUSINESS FOR SALE FLAVOURS OF BYRON BAY, GOURMET GIFT HAMPERS. Lifestyle business for sale. Be your own boss.

This business is ripe for growth & priced for immediate sale. Contact Alison gifts@flavoursofbyronbay.com.au

BUSINESS OPP. 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

CAFÉ AVAILABLE

11 BINYA PLACE, Ocean Shores. Sat 8am - 3pm. Large Balinese timber TV cabinet. Bikes, furniture, household items.

LaneWay – great location in Byron with outdoor area.

Available asap to rent.

RAPPVILLE FUNDRAISER All proceeds donated. 19 Corkwood Crescent, Suffolk Park. Saturday 8am - noon.

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

RESIDENTIAL Brunswick Heads 2 bed 1 bth $380 2 bed 1 bth $460 3 bed 2 bth $845 4 bed 1.5 bth $925 Mullumbimby 3 bed 2 bath $725 Ocean Shores 4 bed 2 bth $550 North Ocean Shores 4 bed 2 bth $620 South Golden Beach 3 bed 1 bth $550 L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 6685 0177 5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads

HEALTH & HEALING WEEKLY CLASS TIMETABLE MONDAY ENQUIRIES BOOKINGS

AWARENESS IN MOVEMENT

ph: 0400 558 181 PSYCHOTHERAPY

info@shirshamarie.com www.shirshamarie.com

LOCATION LEGEND Yoga Pilates (B): Bangalow Yogalates Barre (SP): Suffolk Park (BT): Byron Town 6685 5640 byronbay@ heartandsoulhealthclubs. com.au www.heartandsoulhealth clubs.com.au

6.30-7.30am: BARRE FITNESS (B) 9.30-10.45am: SLOW FLOW (B) 6-7.30pm: YOGALATES (SP)

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

MULLUMBIMBY 8.30-10am: QIGONG

BANGALOW 7.30-9am: QI POWER CLASS 6-8pm: QIGONG & TAI CHI

6.30-7.30am: CORE SLIDERS (B) 9.30-11am: YOGALATES (BT) 6-7.15pm: YOGALATES (B)

THURSDAY BRUNSWICK HEADS 8.30-10am: QIGONG 9.30-11am: TAI CHI

9.15-10.15am: 9.30-11am: BARRE FITNESS (B) YOGALATES WITH 6-7.30pm: PILATES W WEIGHTS (B) YOGA STRETCH (SP)

6am: VINYASA FLOW YOGA 9.30am: VINYASA & 9.30am: AKHANDA 9.30am: VINYASA FLOW YOGA PRANAYAMA YOGA YOGA 6pm: VINYASA YOGA 6pm: PRANAYAMA & 6pm: YIN YOGA YIN YOGA

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY / EVENTS

TAI CHI

QIGONG

SOFT-STYLE MARTIAL ART

HEALING EXERCISE ART

Alignment, Relaxation, Meditation

Breathing, Awareness, Energy Flow

BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY SESSIONS in Byron Bay by appointment

6.30-7.30am: BARRE SPORT (B) 10.30-11.45am: YOGALATES (BT)

8-9.30am: YOGALATES (B & SP) 10-11am: PILATES ALIGN (B)

See web for full timetable and studio locations yogalates.com.au

6am: LED ASHTANGA YOGA 9.30am: STRENGTH 9.30am: YIN YOGA & BALANCE YOGA 6pm: VINYASA YOGA

8.30am: AKHANDA 8.30am: HATHA YOGA & MEDITATION VINYASA YOGA

Fill your classes now!

For information email adcopy@echo.net.au

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Classifieds MYOCUM 2bdrm spacious aptmt in tranquil gardens on est. community from 15 Nov min 6mths. Clean, modern, lge rooms + open plan ktchn/living area. Suit quiet cple, LPG, NBN, covered c’port, no pets. Ideal location Mullum & Bruns 7 min, Byron 15 mins $420pw Ph 0411562111 BYRON SELF-STORAGE UNITS Clean & secure. Ph 1300762618

LOCAL REMOVAL

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 Summerland Storage Bangalow From $105 to $290 mth Call GNF Bangalow 66872833 FEDERAL VILLAGE 3bdr cottage, on acreage in town. Carport, veggie gardens, fenced. $550pw. Paul 0427795428 OFF GRID PRIVATE BUSH RETREAT, Durrumbul. 3 double bdr, open plan plus separate artists studio, Wi-fi, pet friendly, $700pw neg. Michelle 0419360426

WANTED TO RENT STUDIO IN SUFFOLK PARK OR BYRON for a mature, quiet, clean, tidy, n/s local lady. Prefer long-term, up to $340p/w. Please call Nikki 0415082258

TO LEASE OFFICE 70m2 Byron A&I Est. a/c, carpet $400pw incl. GST. Call Baz 0418327731 BYRON ARTS & INDUSTRY ESTATE. Pop-up shop space, monthly tenancy 116m2 wth frontage to Banksia Drive. $400pw incl. O/G and GST 0413406156 INDUSTRIAL UNIT 250msq. Brand new tilt slab. Ph 0436489705 TREATMENT ROOM Central Byron location, $80 per day neg. Avail 1-2 days per week. Please call Kari 0415379757

CAFÉ FOR LEASE

LaneWay – great location in Byron with outdoor area.

Available asap to rent.

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

RTO: 90013

following subsidised courses starting soon...

2 years previous experience required

Tue 22nd October

Resumes and enquiries to mullumpreschool@gmail.com

• Education & Employment Skills

Wed 23rd October

Closing Date 1st November 2019

• Bamboo Advanced • Visual Art - Breathing the Land 2 • Introduction to Floristry

• Caring for Water Places

EXPERIENCED CLEANERS REQUIRED Seeking energetic people with a positive attitude and an eye for detail. Must have own car, an ABN and cleaning equipment.

Email CV: team@scrubupcleaning.com

Eligibility criteria apply.

Limited places - don’t miss out! byroncollege.org.au 02 6684 3374

CHEF for wedding catering company weekend work. Good hourly rates.

Suit professional, long-term, handson. Call 0434516659 or send CV: gourmetwoodfired@gmail.com

Thu 24th October • Backyard Food Production

Fri 25th October

QUALIFIED BEAUTY THERAPIST for fast-paced high end hair and beauty salon in Brunswick Heads. Must have 3 years min. exp. in all aspects of beauty. michaelashairbeauty@bigpond.com EXPERIENCED CLEANER REQUIRED ABN, own transport, Byron Shire wide, flexible hrs, min 3 week days per week, pref local, $25 ph. 0451102239 DELIVER small local phone books. Own vehicle required. Immediate start. Phone 0418994956 or 0419009517 EXCEPTIONAL DRIVERS WANTED. Day & Night shifts available. Apply now careers@gobyron.com.au or 66209213

Chef All-rounder 5 days, 6am starts, 38hrs

Would suit an exp. chef who wants daytime hours, stable work & less stress. Creative input. Involves some FOH. Barista skills ideal.

Info: www.pantry29.com.au

Business Trainer and Assessor Exciting opportunity to use your extensive business experience to deliver Certificate IV in Business and Diploma of International Business in Byron Bay. Attractive salary and conditions for suitable candidates who: Hold a minimum Diploma of Business, a current Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and experience in either marketing an Australian business overseas, or working for an international business in Australia in the field of business and marketing.

Motivated | Knowledgeable | Supportive | Inspiring

Is this you? Ph 0438 859 921

Courses starting soon...

• First Words • German For Beginners

Sat 2nd Nov • Reflexology for Relaxation And Healing • Printing On Clay • Reiki Level 1

• Spirit Bellydance • Stand Up Comedy • German Level 2

Sun 3rd Nov

Thu 31st Oct

• Intro To Kinergetics

• Paths To Self-Publishing

Limited places - don’t miss out!

02 6684 3374

4 Year Early Childhood Degree required

• Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Care • The Art of Juxtaposition

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

Wed 30th Oct

2 days a week

Mon 21st October

POSITIONS VACANT

• Parlez-Vous Francais ?

• Ayurveda an Intro • Sculpture Intro

Educational Leader Position

Due to popular demand we have the

Locals only, long term position.

Tue 29th Oct

TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE CLASSES IN BYRON BAY

byroncollege.org.au

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NATIVE TUBESTOCK NEW RANGE AVAILABLE NOW!

0425 398 743

info@damienlucassculpture.com www.damienlucassculpture.com

Enrol Anytime!

Adobe Tutoring Experienced Professional Trainer • Photoshop • Indesign • Illustrator contact@thinkblinkdesign.com www.thinkblinkdesign.com FRENCH • ITALIAN • GERMAN Eva 0403224842 www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au

MUSICAL NOTES QUALITY PIANOS for sale, and expert piano tuning. Ph Fred Cole 0412216019 GUITAR STRINGS, REPAIRS Brunswick Heads 66851005

BIRTHDAYS

Happy

20th Birthday

The largest range of native plants in the Byron Shire

Ruby Jean

OVER 300 VARIETIES TO CHOOSE FROM Lomandra tubestock $2.00, 50 or more $1.50 each Tubestock (Black Pots) $3.95, 50 or more $3.00 Tubestock (Green Pots) $5.95, 50 or more $5.00 Advanced Tubestock $7.95, 50 or more $7.00 Dwarf Lilly Pillies, Grevilleas, Dwarf grasses plus heaps more!

MULLUM CREEK NATIVE NURSERY

Buy 50 plants or more for huge discounts Cash, Eftpos and credit cards.

OPEN WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY 10AM - 4PM AND SATURDAY 9AM - 1PM

110 Yankee Creek Rd,Via Wilsons Creek Rd, Mullumbimby 6684 1703

Only 3.5km from the Mullum Golf Course | www.mcnativenursery.com.au DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER, MULLUMBIMBY We are looking for a very special person to join our team in assisting a young man who has autism, to develop his skills and participation at home and in the community.

We are looking for someone who is kind, flexible and conscientious, and with good boundaries, who can fit in easily in a home/family environment, as well as having initiative to develop and implement meaningful activities and opportunities.

You need to be fit and strong to assist our son in doing things he loves, like surfing, cycling and bushwalking. He also loves music. Young-ish men - early to late 30s - being closer to peers, are particularly encouraged to apply.

You need to have great character references - qualifications are not important, and to be 100% trustworthy, reliable, and responsible.

You need to feel a calling for this kind of work. You can make a huge difference in his - and his family’s - life.

Living in or close to Mullumbimby is highly valued, as is a strong connection to the area and the community. You need to be settled here, and a driver licence is required. This position is for out of school hours: some early mornings, some days after school during the week, and some weekend work, as well as overnights.

Some flexibility is required. During school holidays, you would be working about half the week, as well as going away with the family sometimes during school holidays.

To apply, please email ad19minrndan@ gmail.com providing relevant details, and telling us what you think you can bring to the position.

BEAUTY/MASSAGE THERAPIST Must be qualified with previous experience. Excellent presentation.

Reception experience an advantage but can be taught to the right person.

Forward resume to kerry@ buddhagardensdayspa.com.au

WORK WANTED ALL HOME MAINTENANCE/REPAIRS Lic No. 60801C. For a free quote call: Paul 0423852559

Have a fun year

LIFE CELEBRATIONS

DONNELLY, MARY MAY Passed away peacefully at Coolamon Villa, Mullumbimby with family at her side.

Loved wife of Jack (dec).

Much loved mother of Kim, Kay (dec), Bobby and Jimmy.

Mary will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

Family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of Mary’s life to be held at the Melaleuca Station Crematorium Chapel, Chinderah on THURSDAY (October 17, 2019) commencing at 11.30am.

LOST & FOUND

TUITION

LOST: car key on black tassel on New Brighton beach. Ph Jane 0424774707

PETS

Paz Gonzalez & Vicky Enz

0475 427 421 spanishtogoaustralia @gmail.com

BOSS 2.5 yrs male Amstaff MOLLY 7 mth female Border Collie x Bull Arab ZIGGY 14 mth male Amstaff Please call Shell on 0458461935 for more info Lacey is a beautiful 9 year old desexed female Kelpie x Cattle dog. She has impeccable manners and is very well trained and sadly her elderly owner had to give her up as he was going into care.

She has been the only dog and would be best suited in a home with retired owner(s).

M/c no 900012000721404/FD1337.

If you can give Lacey a permanent, loving homeplease contact Pam on 0421 017 461.

Lacey

Visit friendsofthepound.com to view other dogs and cats looking for a home.

STARLORD Two year old Starlord’s plans for the future have been dashed following a relationship break down. But being young, happy and very friendly, he is now looking for a new adventure and a home forever.

Starlord is well adjusted and easy going. All revved up and ready for his new home.

All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.

No:982009104362439

Please make an appointment 0403 533 589 • Billinudgel petsforlifeanimalshelter.net

ONLY ADULTS FRENCH BRUNETTE. Slim and fit.

Sensual touch. Ph Cleo 0476768929 BI JOSH Full service. Handsome, fit, and friendly. 24/7. Byron 0476071109 BALLINA EXCLUSIVE 34 Piper Dr. Open 7 days 10am till late.

In & Out Calls. 66816038. Ladies wanted Find us on Facebook!

SEXIEST MASSAGE IN BYRON BAY Truly gorgeous goddess! 0490466413 SOFT HANDS WARM OIL Sensual touch. Mature & discreet. Byron.

0407264343 sensualmassagebyronbay.com www.tantrabyronbay.com Exquisite tantra massage & tuition for men, women & couples. 0425347477 E X Q U I S I T E Be impressed with my hot body and warm hands. Tweed area. 0438573677 Fantasies of a Hot Chick with Her Strap On? Mindblowing Erotic Experience Justine 0407013347

Devoted to Pleasure Ɔ

Couples, Men & Women Ɔ

touchofjustine.com

Learn conversational Spanish with native speakers • Beginner – Advanced • Tutoring for all ages • Face to face & online classes

These 3 big darlings need loving homes:

Michael Currie Funerals 6684 6232

LANDSCAPING, PAVING, STONEWORK Available now. Ph 0407653789

SPANISH TO GO

Byron Dog Rescue (CAWI)

0407 013 347

SOCIAL ESCORTS Toffee is a delightful, quiet girl whose mum sadly had to move into residential care. If you could give Toffee a home where she’ll be the sweet centre of your life and make her heart full again. Please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

OPEN: Tues 2.30–4.30pm THURS: 3–5pm SAT: 10am–2pm Call AWL 0436 845 542 Like us on Facebook!

MISCHA 24, new, tiny, busty Thai. Chloe 20, size 6, DD, sexy tiny & hot. Sophia 22, size 8, D, savvy brunette. Sky 38, size 6, CC, mature, classy. Bree 38, hot, mature, size 6, DD, naughty. Candy 19, size 6, blue eyed blonde. Selina 19, size 6, DD, tall Eurasian. Tatiana 19, tall, slim, size 6, blue eyed brunette. Sapphire 20, size 8, tall, sensual, leggy. Anna 24, size 6 Thai beauty. Shelly 30, busty blonde. Lacey 19, size 10, FF, curvy. Spoil yourself. In & out.

7 days. Ladies always wanted. 66816038

AWL NSW Rehoming Organisation Number: R251000222

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Community at work

For North Coast news online visit

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

Co-dependents Anon.

Australasian Convention ‘I Know a New Freedom’. To be held in Bangalow Sunday 20 October 8.30am until 5pmat Bangalow RSL Hall, Station Street.

SBP 2019 U.Lab Hub Are you are a business owner, organisational leader, community organiser? Do you/your team/your organisation have an intention, a project, or a vision that you would like to realise? Then U.Lab is for you. Come join the Business Pathways U.Lab Host Hub, running over 23 September till 2 December. For more info and to register visit https://sourdough-ulab-hubs. eventbrite.com.au.

Quota

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International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is 17 October and Yahweh House is holding a Purple heart Day event – this is about those little soldiers who have fought for life and lost the battle. Many in our community have lost infants, for a variety of reasons, and we hope to reach out and put on a special evening to help bring a little healing to these people. Thursday October 17, 6.30pm (NSW time) at the Jack Evans Harbour Tweed Heads.

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Quota Club of Brunswick Valley will be holding their annual craft show on Saturday 19 October, 9am till 2pm at St Martins Anglican Church Hall, Stuart St Mullumbimby. Contact Betty 6684 2056 or Lynne 0409 672 008.

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Watercolour for Beginners – commencing Tuesday 15th October 9.30-12.30 for 4 weeks.

Enjoy the medium of transparent watercolour in a relaxed and

uncomplicated manner while learning design principles, techniques and paint application. Maximum of six students.

Felting Friday, 18 October, 1-4pm. Only 2 students. Create a beautiful and unique wrap using merino wool on silk, in your own favourite colour. Creative Artisans Gallery – Shop 8 Wigmore Arcade, River Street, Ballina 0435 941 591

Mullum CWA Do you cook sultana cake, peach blossom cake, date-loaf or plain traditional sponge? These are just four of the sections in the Land Cookery contest on 23 October at the CWA rooms. This contest is open to any person residing in NSW. There are sections for young cooks. Recipes on the website: www.cwaofnsw.org.au.

For more info: Sue 6684 1675 or Jenny 0427 847 282.

Mullum Auxiliary The Return and Earn recycling machine in Mullumbimby will provide you with the option to donate your recycling dollars to the Mullumbimby Hospital Auxiliary between 26 August and 24 November. After you’ve put your empty bottles and cans into the recycling machine take the option to donate to not-for-profits and select Mullumbimby Hospital Auxiliary. The Mullum Auxiliary raises funds to support the Byron Central Hospital and purchase of equipment.

Green and clean The Green and Clean Awareness Team’s monthly Dunecare Day is on Sunday October 20 from 9am till 12 noon. Meeting in front of the Beach Cafe at Clarkes Beach, we will plant in the sand dunes from Clarkes Beach to Main Beach, followed by a free BBQ lunch. Be in the draw to win one of four excellent prizes. It’s good fun. Enquiries to Udo 0413 173 786, Veda 6685 7991 or Miles 0403 206 190.

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Cryptic Clues

Quick Clues

1. Impartial? Add … (4-6) 7. … a revolutionary leader, bold inside but a humble Australian hero to his people (4) 9. Nothing in publicity trials – just demonstrations! (8) 10. Sacred song – but it sounds like a bore (2,4) 11. Wander about – right, stroll (6) 13. Carbon king follows everyone out of danger (3,5) 14. O, never in trouble before now (5,7) 17. I’m sore, I curse violently – it could involve murder! (7,5) 20. Earth turned over uncooked – I or II? (5,3) 21. Educate fish (6) 22. Thalia, maybe – hesitation, try Louvre (6) 23. Biased Moebius surface (3-5) 25. Probability: fat around cleric (4) 26. Hole in club bar – about one under a score (10)

1. Impartial, fair (4-6) 6. Great land rights campaigner Eddie (4) 9. Objections, demonstrations (8) 10. Christian liturgy, ‘To thee, God’ (2,4) 11. Bush walk (6) 13. End of the air raid (3,5) 14. Initial crime (5,7) 17. Major offence (7,5) 20. International conflict (5,3) 21. Educational institution (6) 22. Public place where relics are displayed (6) 23. Partial, unfair (3-5) 25. Not evens (4) 26. The one before the twentieth (10)

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2. Word for word (8) 3. Mesh trap (3) 4. Passageway (5) 5. On the female side (7) 6. Time codes (9) DOWN 7. Tolkien’s world (6,5) 2. Action word, article with Fischer – 8. Ferocious, inhumane (6) word for word (8) 12. Popular books (4,7 3. Catch, send back half a score (3) 15. Female scullers (9) 4. A passage to a small piece of land 16. Unable to perform (8) in the ocean (5) 18. The urban centre where we reside 5. Princess’s people – well, it belongs (3,4) to a woman (7) 19, Chubby, spherical (6) 6. Meet queues – but they have to 21. Worn out (5) be on time (9) 24. Anger (3) 7. Tolkien’s region R (6,5) 8. Dry Gore, and savage (6) Last week’s solution N306 12. Favourite Peter – lots and lots of S T R E S S S C A R C I T Y books! (4,7) L E T D H A N O E N D E A V O U R P I T O N 15. Scullers found in a newsroom (7) E W T U I E E D 16. Poor inept Tom – powerless (8) P R O V E R B S T R A N G E E O M L T S R 18. Tour around and take possession R I D G E E N M E S H E D – it’s where we live! (3,4) S N S A T R 19. Plump and symmetrical, covering A C E T A T E S O L I V E shirt (6) L R A B P M L 21. Fight over the East – and stab! (5) A B A N D O N E C L I P S E P M I D L I U A 24. That’s right in rage (3) T A P E R A L L I G A T O R O O G R S H E N P I N H E A D S S T A S I S

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Neighbourhood Centre

French Conversation

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre is open Monday–Thursday 9am–4pm and offers a range of services and activities.

Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy art, music, games, great food and more. Call reception on 6684 1286 and discover what is on offer.

Alliance Française – French Conversation in Lismore. Café Conversation every Thursday at Miss Lizzie’s, Woodlark St, Lismore, 5–6pm.

Come and speak French. For more info: afnorthcoast.org.au.

Low-cost or free food

Brunswick Valley U3A audiovisual discussion group, Thursdays 10am Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club. Info 0432 165 006.

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. Free Food Relief Bags for anyone doing it tough, every Wednesday 10–12noon at The Hub Ocean Shores, cnr Rajah Rd and Bindaree Way. No ID or Concession Card required. NILs referral service also available. Check Facebook page The Hub Baptist Ocean Shores for details.

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 experiencing difficulties and challenges because of the alcohol or drug use of someone close to you?

Learn coping skills and gain support from others. 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 call1300 652 820 or text your postcode to 0488 811 247. www. na.org.au. Are you concerned about somebody else’s drinking? Al-Anon Family Groups meeting held Fridays 2pm. Uniting Church Bangalow – 1300 252 666 www.al-anon.org.au.

U3A discussion group

End of life choices Exit International is a voluntary euthanasia group that meets quarterly. Meetings are held at the Robina Community Centre.

Attendees must be Exit Members.

Further information on our website www.exitinternational.net or phone Local Coordinator Elaine 0421 796 713

Time to sing Come sing inspiring songs and make new friends, Sundays, 10am at South Golden Beach Community Hall. Call Linda: 0415 412 514.

Byron Sophia

Byron Hospital Aux

Byron Sophia Philosophical Group: The Kingdom Trilogy, 3rd Vol. James Cowan, internationally acclaimed writer and poet, brings to life the intensity of rich inner experiences in this unfolding, inspiring and timeless tale, seen through three world views, Jewish, Christian and Muslim. Thanks go to Don Hansen, Amitayus Hospice Service Volunteer, who will read this precious text. Thursday, 19 September 1.30–3.30 pm, at Marvell Hall, Byron Bay. Info Celia 6684 3623.

The monthly meeting of the Byron Bay Hospital Auxiliary will be held at Byron Central Hospital on Monday 21 October at 1pm. Members are encouraged to attend and new members are very welcome. Enquiries 6685 3162.

Byron Bay Library Finance seminar: Accommodation options in retirement.

The Department of Human Services presents the third in a series of Finance seminars. This one looks at the financial implications (advantages / disadvantages) involved in the choice to own or not and Centrelink assessments associated with each choice. This is a free event, but bookings are required. Phone 6685 8540. Friday October 18 at 10.30am.

The next meeting of the Ocean Shores & District Garden Club is on Monday 21 October at 1.30 pm at The Hub, church hall next to Target in Ocean Shores. This meeting is also our annual spring garden plant-auction with plants from our members. New members welcome.

Please phone Margaret on 0412 246 310 for more info.

Celebrate the park Celebrate our new playground with SPPA and the Rural Fire Service picnic at Gaggin Park. 11–2pm Saturday 26 October. Sausage sizzle, fire truck on display, bring the kids. Alcorn St, Suffolk Park.

Mullum Market

Trivia at the library

Mullumbimby Community Market is on this Saturday from 8am until 2pm. Cnr of Stuart and Myocum Streets Mullumbimby.

Great local crafts, produce and coffee.

Tarshito is playing live. No Dogs. Please support your local community market.

To celebrate Get Online week, join us for a fun night of literary themed trivia, awesome prizes, snacks, drinks and more. Get some friends together and book a table soon! Free event, but bookings are essential. Call the Library on 6685 8540. Thursday 17 October, from 5pm.

BVU3A U3A Brunswick Valley, Tuesday Forum.

Jesse Blackadder, award winning author and Antarctic Arts Fellowship recipient, speaks about her varied interests and pursuits. Visitors and potential new members most welcome. 22 October 10am–12, Uniting Church Hall, Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. Enquiries, 6685 1732.

Prostate Cancer Support

Byron district Orchid Society will meet on Sunday 20 October, at 2pm in the Uniting Church hall in Brunswick Heads. We start with a cuppa, cake and chat as we check out our mini show. Come and meet like minded people and learn more about your orchids.

The next meeting of the Northern Rivers Prostate Cancer Support Group will be held on Monday 21 October 10am till 12 noon, Alstonville Bowling. This will be a time for quality sharing of members prostate cancer stories.

We invite men who have had prostate cancer, or are newly diagnosed, to join this active support group at these monthly meetings held on the third Monday of each month – partners or carers are most welcome to attend. This is a great opportunity to share, learn, and benefit from other people’s experiences.

Enquiries phone Gordon (02) 6684 1137 or 0415 664 649.

Mullum Women’s Shed

Timebanking

Mullumbimby Women’s Shed Thursday 10am–2pm at the Mullumbimby Community Gardens. All women welcome, by donation. Contact FB page: mullumbimbywomensshed or Christina 0403 191 119.

Timebanking can help you build a network of support within your community through sharing skills. For more: Northern Rivers Community Gateway 6621 7397.

Orchid Society

CWA Bangalow Interested women are welcome Wednesdays and Thursdays 9am–1pm and the second Monday evening of each month 5–7pm in the Bangalow CWA rooms for craft and friendship.

Rooms are open daily Monday– Saturday 9am–noon.

Baby massage At the Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre. Friday mornings, weekly, baby massage classes for expectant and new parents and carers. Gold coin contribution.

Bookings essential. Linda 0411 985 557

Muslim prayer Friday Muslim prayer. Jumu’ah service held weekly at the Cavanbah Centre at 12:30 pm. Come to the remembrance of Allah.

Grief support The Good Grief Group meets every Monday 6–7.30pm upstairs at the Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre.

This is a safe place for people to share their grief and bereavement.

ManTime

Quota Club of Brunswick Valley meets every 1st Thursday of the month at the Ocean Shores Country Club at 6pm. Ph 0439 733 763 for more info.

Calling all fellas who as a boy or man went on a Pathways, Making Men or Men2B Rite of Passage camp: weekly Monday night men’s group 7–9.30pm at the CWA Hall Mullum. Email mantime.mullum@gmail.com or call Karim 0403 755 192.

Lions Club

Sex & Love Addicts Anon

Interested in making new friends and helping our community? Lions Club of Brunswick Mullumbimby meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 7pm Ocean Shores Country Club. Info: Joan Towers 0400 484 419.

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is peer-support group of men and women for whom sex and/or romance have become a problem. For details of weekly meetings, phone 0452 074 974 or visit www.slaa.org.au.

Quota Club

Garden club

Volunteers sought Volunteers sought for Northern Rivers Volunteering, representing more than 100 community organisations. Info: 6621 7397

Bridge club Brunswick Valley Bridge Club meets every Saturday and Monday at the Ocean Shores Country Club, seated at 12.15 to commence play at 12.30.

Visitors welcome. See bridgewebs. com/brunswickvalley/home.html or for partner ring Phyllis Keyte 6684 1103. Facebook Brunswick Valley Bridge Club. Play resumes Saturday, January 6.

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.

Over-60s fun activities Seniors Activities Tuesdays at the Byron Community Centre, Jonson St, Byron Bay. Elder Beats seniors drumming 10.30–11.30 am with Gareth Jones in the theatre, 11.30 Morning tea in the Cavenbah room, 12.00–1.00 Chair Yoga with Pippy Wardell. Wednesdays: Choir with Kim Banffy, 10–11am; Ukelele 11.30–12.15. Suggested donation of $10. No bookings, further information seniors@byroncommuntycentre.com. or call 6685 6807. Fridays at Marvell Hall play mahjong, canasta, 500 etc and enjoy a cuppa at 1.30–5pm.

Marvell Street East, Byron Bay. Enqs: Nancy 0498 480 373

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dĕȒ ë ĶŕƐş ŕëƐĶşŕëō ćşëſĎſĶĎĕſƆ Ǖ ŕëō All Stars ready to run in Byron Rugby 7s The Le-Ba (Lennox Head/ Ballina) Boardriders have claimed their second Nudie Australian Boardriders final’s berth in as many years, after winning the northern NSW qualifier in punchy 1.2-metre waves at Diggers Beach, at Coffs Harbour last weekend.

Le-Ba looked solid over the entirety of the event, but in a collective effort from all team members – James Wood, Mikey McDonagh, Nyxie and Dembe Ryan and Marcus Aboody – the club hit it’s stride in the final.

Le-Ba showed a healthy mix of time-management skills and critical surfing with three of the six scoringwaves of the final going into the excellent range (eight points and above).

‘We’re so stoked to win this for the second year on the trot,’ said Le-Ba president and club stalwart James Wood.

‘Every surfer in the team lifted their game and put on

Mikey McDonagh working his magic at Diggers Beach last weekend.Photo Surfing NSW. some really solid displays of surfing over the course of the event and I think they should all be really proud of how they surfed.

‘With the exception of Marcus and I, we had a pretty young team and they all rose to the occasion.

Bring on the national final,’ he said.

Coffs Harbour (second place) and Kingscliff (third) Boardriders will join Le-Ba at the national final next February in Newcastle.

The Nudie Australian Boardriders Battle is the country’s biggest grassroots boardriders event, involving more than 60 clubs and $110,000 in prize money.

The 30th running of the Byron Bay Rugby 7s is set for this weekend and will include an All Star team including ex- Wallabies George Smith and Lote Tuqiri, as well as former NRL players Jamie Lyon and Todd Carney.

The weekend of rugby action gets underway at 8.30 with 16 male and female teams vying for the prize money in the serious leg of the competition, as well as a further 24 men’s teams competing for honours in the social competition.

‘We had enough interest to expand this year, but there just isn’t time to fit any more games in,’ organiser Eddy said.

On Sunday the action kicks off at 9.00am.

The All Star team will play in pink jumpers in support of the Breast Cancer Support Group (Byron Bay). Any winnings the team earns will also go to the group.

ƖŔŔĕſ ƆşĈĈĕſ ŊĶĈŊƆȒşǔ Surfriders take to free for defending champions ƆƖſǕ ŕī Ķŕ ƆŔëōō ƱëưĕƆ

Surfriders: (L-R) Sacha Oxland, Taina Santos, Josie Morison, Amalia Cook and Poppy Morison. Photo Natalie Grono Goalkeeper Marcus Gibbs who pulled off a great first-half save to keep Alstonville scoreless. Photo supplied Christian Laylard The Football Far North Coast Summer Youth League (SYL) kicked-off on Friday with a draw between defending champions, Byron Bay, who travelled to Alstonville.

The match was a fitting contest between the two teams considered to be competition favourites.

It was fast, ferocious and with chances few and far between.

Playing on the small Geoff Watt Oval, both teams were able to press the ball and limit the space for the opposition.

Alstonville had the first chance of the match, but 16-year-old goalkeeper Marcus Gibbs made an impressive save, tipping the ball onto the crossbar.

The second-half started tightly but as the game opened up, Byron began to take the ascendency.

Unfortunately, the Rams were not able to take advantage of their late dominance with Tai Rai Naughton and Alex Kempnich shooting wide on Byron’s two opportunities.

The scoreless draw was a fair result for both teams and the clean sheet was well deserved for the Byron defence.

The season continues as Byron Bay travel to John Ryan Field to take on Lismore Thistles this Friday 18 October. Kick-off is 8pm.

Byron Bay have won the SYL competition five times – including the past two seasons running. The competition runs until December.

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Crystal Cylinders The All Girls Surfriders club– round was blessed with early south winds, but the swell was small and the wave selection slim.

It was nice to get most of the surfing done in the clean conditions before the northerly puffed its menace, around lunchtime.

The younger girls kept the members entertained throughout the morning with some skilful and inventive free surfing on the club foam boards.

Next meet is Sunday October 27.

Results Opens: Juniper Harper, Sarah Morison, Tamika Hudson, Amy Fortescue.

Wahine Masters: Kerene Bienke, Natalie Grono, Danah Besson, Maz Pentecost.

Longboards: Maz Pentecost, Melissa Cook, Kristina Santos, Georgia Laddin.

Junior Beginner: Layla Ross, Tully Fraser.

Junior Intermediate: Poppy Morison, Kahlila Marshall, Mia Baker, Sasha Oxland.

Senior Beginner: Lindsay Vaughan, Marta Blaker, Claudia Curchin, Laura Woolcott.

There will be plenty of good rugby played in good spirit at the Byron Bay 7s this weekend. Photo Tao Jones The All Star line up will also include former All Blacks Rico Gear and Caleb Graph.

‘Saturday will be a good warm up for the World Cup game, on that night, that will be shown at the Bowlo on

big screens, ‘Eddy said.

The Rugby 7s will be held at the Byron Recreation Grounds.

There will be entertainment for children as well as food stalls. All welcome.

Byron Bay third XI beat Ballina Byron Bay third-grade won their first game of the summer after 550 runs were scored, including three centuries.

After winning the toss Byron elected to bat, playing at Kingsford Smith North.

They were 1/22 when the partnership of G Wallis and L Clayton began and 2/207 when it was over.

Wallis was bowled on 111.

Clayton batted till the end

of the innings and was not out on 115.

Ballina replied strongly, and with nine overs remaining were still in attack mode, but needed almost 100 more runs as wickets began to fall.

The innings was spearheaded by C Earl who finished unbeaten on 104, with good support from N Grundy (23) and D Anson (23).

Ballina finished with 7/251 after their 39 overs.

Byron Bay bowlers take third place

Touma wins Byron Bay’s Touma Cameron has won the 16 Boys division at the Rip Curl Gromsearch held in Newcastle.

In a very close contest amongst the top-three finalists Cameron secured the win with the highest scoring ride of the final of 6.67.

Lennox Head’s Nyxie Ryan was runner-up in the 16 Girls with her younger brother Dembe coming fouth in the 14 Boys division.

Third placed Byron Bay bowlers: (L-R) Pat Bigg, Linda Child, Pam Scarborough and Therese Hilliard. Photo supplied Mirtha Christian The Byron Bay Women’s Bowling club came third at the Cudgen Gala Day played last week in cool and windy conditions.

Pat Bigg, Linda Child, Pam Scarborough and Therese

Hilliard faced the conditions, taking a couple of comfortable wins before missing out on a place in the final.

The team of Kym Quinnell, Mirtha Christian, Kerry Schultz and Beverly Gawned drew both their games.

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While methane has started bubbling out of rivers as the climate emergency moves along at a rapid pace, the Australian government and police are still trying to pretend it’s not happening.

Following the government’s lead the police are attempting to put in place absurd bail conditions on climate protesters that mean they are not able to attend their court session. Oh the joys of repressive regimes!

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Support your local community Mullumbimby Markets this weekend for their 30th birthday. There will be cake!

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The federal government claims they are taking care of the Great Barrier Reef while approving mining like the Adani Carmichael Mine that will have a direct negative impact on the reef. In the meantime the government agency that manages the GBR have downgraded the outlook for the condition of

Lennox Head has joined the land of all things phallic with its own version of a roundabout dong. Photo Jeff ‘Crustie’ Dawson the coral system from ‘poor’ to ‘very poor’. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s (GBRMPA) report blamed climate change for coral bleaching, which occurs as a result of rising sea temperatures.

the environmental movement was ‘tremendously important’.

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Academics are also standing up for Extinction Rebellion activists, declaring their support in an open letter.

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A local reader has contacted The Echo to remind dog owners that you need to take care of your furry friends on hot days. ‘I am very concerned when I see people riding push bikes with their dogs running alongside on really hot days,’ she said.

‘Dogs are literally faithful to the end and will follow their people at all costs. They can die rapidly from heat stress.’ So remember to your pets from overheating with regular stops and water.

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