The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 36.14 – September 15, 2021 by Echo Publications

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Spirits lifted as lockdown ends Democracy under strain as pandemic continues Hans Lovejoy

As COVID-19 restrictions ease locally, schools welcomed students back to face-to-face learning from Monday. NSW Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said, ‘Schools coming out of lockdown will return to Level 3 restrictions, which includes QR code check-ins, no visitors on site, restricted activities, increased hygiene practices, mask wearing and staggered drop off and pick up times’. For information visit www.education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/ advice-for-families. Myka, Tara and Emily, are happy to see friends again at school. Photo Crystal Wilkes

Byron’s vaccination level one of the lowest in NSW Paul Bibby The Byron Shire has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination levels in the state, according to Federal Government figures, suggesting that a significant proportion of the community may be reluctant to get the jab. An Echo analysis of figures released by the Commonwealth Department of Health last week shows that 28.7 per cent of Byron residents over 15 years of age are fully vaccinated. This is well below the overall level for NSW, which stands at 43.5 per cent. The proportion of locals over 15 who have had their first

dose is also significantly lower than for the state as a whole – standing at 52 per cent, compared with 77.3 per cent for all of NSW.

Remote areas least vaccinated There are just a handful of Local Government Areas (LGAs) across NSW that have lower vaccination rates than Byron. These are mostly in more remote regional areas which have had little contact with the virus, and where there is less access to vaccination centres and GPs. According to the figures, the LGA with the lowest first dose

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vaccination rate is Edward River (47.0 per cent) which is located in the Western Riverina region. Byron also has the lowest vaccination rate in the NSW Northern Rivers. It is well behind Ballina, where 64 per cent of the population have had their first dose and 42 per cent of the population are fully vaccinated. The Tweed also has higher vaccination levels, with 62 per cent having had their first dose and 36 per cent having had their second. Lismore LGA has the closest vaccination level to Byron, with 57 per cent of residents having received one dose and 31 per cent having been fully vaccinated.

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With the NSW government now openly threatening that the public will not be able to participate in social activities, work in the public sector or travel interstate unless they are vaccinated for COVID-19, The Echo asked local NSW MP Tamara Smith (Greens) what her party is doing about protecting civic rights and freedoms. She replied, ‘The NationalsLiberal government have no accountability, as they haven’t sat in parliament for months’. ‘There’s no opportunity to interrogate their policies, and all the data around their COVID-19 response is kept secret’. She says that her party supports vaccination, ‘but not cohesion or punishment as a public policy’. ‘To bully and apply coercion is an appalling way to do public messaging. The evidence is that such measures push those undecided, or against, underground. The conversation is lost’. When asked if there are mandatory vaccination rules for politicians,

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their staff and bureaucrats, Ms Smith replied MPs and their staff cannot attend parliament unless vaccinated. In recent weeks it has emerged that NSW Premier Berejiklian handed many powers to police, in particular around curfews, which came without health expert advice. Ms Smith said, ‘I am told police don’t like curfews, as it’s not easy to police. It’s also not an effective way to engage with communities. Deputy Premier John Barilaro (Nats) said this was in response to media pressure, which looks like a decision that is based on optics. My experience is that police are often the last to know of any government policy’. Ms Smith says it’s unlikely the police are trying to increase their powers in the background. She said, ‘Most police are there for the right reasons, but as for police minister David Elliott… the “tough on law and order” is more about certain voter enclaves than good policing’. A positive from the unfolding pandemic, says Ms Smith, is that there is access to vaccines. ‘Many do not have that. It’s a privilege’.

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Grants allocated across community Winners of the annual Mullum Ex-Services Club grants program have been announced, with local community groups benefiting in the thousands. The Club’s GM, Andrew Spice, says their grants program has given away $19,825 in cash and in-kind support over the past 12 months. Mr Spice says, ‘The amount of cash [given away] in the past year was $17,515’. ‘The major recipients were Mullumbimby CWA ($4,200); Brunswick Heads Surf Club ($4,200); Mullumbimby Agricultural Show Society ($4,200); Mullumbimby Junior Rugby League ($2,000); Brunswick Byron Netball Association ($1,000) and the Mullumbimby Business Chamber (Chinny Charge) ($1,000)’. ‘Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club supports a wide range of charitable bodies, community groups, schools and sporting organisations through the ClubGRANTS Scheme.

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From left, Andrew Spice and Maurie Maher from the Mullum Ex-Services Club, with some recipients of their grants program: The Mullum Ag Show society’s Ken Ryan and Carolyn Reynolds (dressed in blue), the Bruns Surf Club’s Leigh Robbins and Chris Ashton, Sue Constable and Diane Giddins. Photo Jeff Dawson ‘ClubGRANTS was established in 1998 to ensure registered clubs in NSW with gaming profits over $1 million contribute financial or

in-kind support to local community services, programs, and projects. ‘The scheme enables a club’s participation, support,

and leadership within their local area, by providing funding for projects, services, and programs that benefit their community’.

Top judges named for Ocean Shores Art Expo An internationally recognised art photographer and an assistant director of Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art will judge this year’s Ocean Shores Art Expo. Co-organiser Elizabeth Allen says Michael Cook, a Brisbane and Byronbased art photographer of Bidjara heritage, will judge the photography and digital art sections of the exclusively online expo. ‘Cook’s photographs, which explore issues of identity, are represented in major Australian collections, and in

significant international collections including the British Museum; The Museum of World Cultures, Netherlands; the Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Utrecht; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the KlugeRuhe Aboriginal Art Collection, USA’. Ms Allen says, ‘Simon Wright, assistant director of the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), will judge the categories of watercolour and gouache; printmaking; drawing and pastels; oil and acrylic;

mixed media; and sculpture and 3D art’. Entries in the Ocean Shores Art Expo close on September 15. Prizes include the $1,000 Vale Award, plus prize money of $500 for the winner of each category, and $200 for second place getters and the Viewers’ Choice. The expo will open at 10am on October 9 for public viewing and sales, and continue until November 9. Viewers can vote for their favourite artwork or photograph from October 9 till 23.

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Stone & Wood sells to big brewer Lion Aslan Shand Local brewers Stone & Wood last week announced that their Fermentum group of businesses will be sold to Lion. The Fermentum group is comprised of brands, including the flagship Stone & Wood, Two Birds, Fixation, Little Dragon and Sunly Seltzer. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals, the process for which has commenced. According to www.lionco.com, Lion has a considerable portfolio of beers, ciders and non-alcoholic drinks, and also manages venues. Lion’s portfolio of beer alone includes XXXX, Tooheys, Iron Jack, Furphy, Little Creatures, Hahn, James Squire, Byron Bay Brewery, James Boag, Kirin, Emu, Swan Draught, West End Draught, Kosciuszko Pale Ale, White Rabbit, Bevy, Eumundi, and Tiny Mountain. www.echo.net.au

Stone & Wood founders Brad Rogers, Ross Jurisich and Jamie Cook. Photo supplied The deal, say Lion, will see a new brewery built in Murwillumbah that will create local jobs, a donation of $5 million to the inGrained not for profit foundation, and another $1 million to Big Scrub Landcare Inc.

Lion Australia Managing Director James Brindley said, ‘We have huge respect for what Jamie Cook, Brad Rogers, Ross Jurisich and the team have created: great beer, wonderful brands, spiritual homes in their breweries and tap rooms, an inclusive culture and a commitment to the community’. ‘We want to grow what they’ve started, giving their people and beers even more reach across the country’, he said. ‘We have a shared vision of “Brewing as a Force for Good”. ‘Lion is Australia’s first large-scale carbon neutral brewer and we will be backing the Stone & Wood, Two Birds and Fixation breweries to go carbon neutral as well. ‘There are lots of areas where we can learn from each other’. It has been confirmed with The Echo that all employees with Stone and Wood will be kept on. ĕżƐĕŔćĕſ ǨǬǽ ǩǧǩǨ The Byron Shire Echo 3

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Local News ĕƆĶĎĕŕƐƆ ĪëĈĕ Ɛſëǔ ĶĈ ĶŕĈſĕëƆĕ ƱĶƐĲ ćĶşĕŕĕſīƷ ĪëĈĶōĶƐƷ Hans Lovejoy Bayshore Drive residents in Byron say while they support Council’s plans for a large bioenergy facility within the Byron Bay Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) site, the expected truck movements past their homes are unacceptable and ‘significantly understated’. Yet one of the most sympathetic ears in Council, Cr Cate Coorey, has dismissed their claims and traffic calculations, and instead made the case that if approved, the truck movements would be capped and would not be ‘significant in the context of the neighbourhood’. Cr Coorey spruiked the facility and repeated Council’s traffic study figures, which claims truck movements would equate to seven return trips a day (a net increase). David Dixon sits on the Strata Committee of Bayshore Apartments, and told The Echo his committee represents 14 property owners on the haulage route to, and from, the facility. ‘We are concerned, because the DA does not fully disclose the extent of the truck noise problem. It acknowledges there will be ten truck deliveries of waste per day in vehicles that will include 19m semitrailers. ‘However, the DA does not divulge the number of trucks required to remove compost and other materials from the site. Thus, total truck movements and noise are significantly understated. ‘There will be thousands of new truck movements past our homes each

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businesses — is definitely busier lately’. Cr Coorey added that her concerns included the potential impacts on the wildlife at the STP wetlands, ‘and I need to get more information about that’. Council’s traffic report states, ‘the impact of the development traffic on the road network will not have any unacceptable traffic implications’.

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More than 8,000 free meals given away in Ballina lockdown News from across the North Coast online

www.echo.net.au Will Sydney’s trash be Richmond Valley’s ‘treasure’ Richmond Valley Council say they have welcomed an announcement by the Deputy Premier, John Barilaro, and the Minister for Energy and Environment, Matt Kean, that the Richmond Valley has been identified by the NSW Government as a potential location to establish a new thermal waste-to-energy facility.

West Ballina and Chinderah casual contact COVID locations Two confirmed cases of COVID19 have transited through the Northern Rivers this week with casual contact sites at both West Ballina and Chinderah.

Our ‘freedoms’ and the Queensland border bubble Queensland has announced that the border bubble with New South Wales will be reinstated, but not in the way many had hoped.

Controversial Iron Gates development in Evans Head given another crack On 6 September, 2021 GoldCoral was given a Clause 55 variation by the Northern Regional Planning Panel that allows them to submit further plans to develop the Iron Gates site.

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Mia Armitage Around 8,000 free meals were given to a dramatically increased number of people needing them in Ballina over the lockdown period, starting August 9. Organisers at the Rotary branch in Ballina, volunteers for the Ballina Hot Meals service at Ballina’s Masonic Lodge, and workers at the Cherry Street Sports Club, have all described a rapid spike in the number of people needing help to get by when work and revenue stopped for many as a consequence of the lockdown. Greens Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith, raised the alarm early in the lockdown on BayFM, after receiving a letter from the Rotary Club referring to single parents struggling to feed their families, women sleeping in their cars and elderly people needing help. Many people reportedly lost work in Ballina when retail and hospitality outlets

Cherry Street Sports Club Head Chef, Keith Windsor. Photo Jeff Dawson were forced to close or significantly reduce their productivity. Ballina Hot Meals, who offer services twice per week, were overwhelmed with demand and in need of extra volunteers.

Ban on gatherings Ballina Hot Meals has provided dinner to the homeless and others in need for more than twenty years, but the service was threatened shortly after the pandemic

declaration last year. A local church had funded them through money collected during services, but ran out of money when in-person events were restricted under public health orders. A desperate call for help was issued and that’s where the Cherry Street Sports Club (CSSC) entered the scene. ‘Our motto is “profit for purpose”,’ CSSC General Manager, Tere Sheehan, told The Echo last week. ‘Our purpose is to

continually improve the lives of our members and the community we live in’, Mr Sheehan said, ‘so this situation was something that we just couldn’t ignore’. Mr Sheehan said the CSSC board ‘committed to $25,000 per year, for three years’ to get Ballina Hot Meals ‘back up and running and fully funded’. ‘Our board of directors graciously approved to pay staff through this lockdown, which was tremendous,’ Mr Sheehan said. ‘So we ramped up the kitchen again, and started preparing meals.’ Speaking last week, Mr Sheehan said the club was ‘just about to hit the 6,000 meal mark’ since the ninth of August, and volunteers had given away around 2,000. ‘So it’s definitely been needed, that’s for sure,’ Mr Sheehan said. But the support wasn’t limited to free dinners anymore. Mr Sheehan said Ballina Hot Meals served breakfast all through lockdown seven

days per week and gave away fruit and veggie boxes thanks to a local Ballina business, Hartley’s Fresh Market, as well as care packs for men and women provided by local pharmacies. The club was also running online raffles each week through its Facebook page to help pay for the meals and to promote local businesses that supplied vouchers and other prizes for the raffles. Mr Sheehan described the lockdown as ‘one of the most horrible times in a club manager’s career’. He said the club was closed, there was zero revenue and he worried about his team of 54 staff. ‘But in so many ways, this has probably been the best month of my career,’ he said, ‘to be able to give back and do what we’ve been doing, it’s just heartwarming’. Q Mia Armitage is a BayFM member. Listen to Mr Sheehan’s interview, aired 10/09/21 via Community Newsroom at bayfm.org.

Creatives feature in Lismore plan Dam advocate loses bid for new water science team Creative industries, climate resilience, building more homes and supporting a flourishing food sector are all aspirations within a 15-year vision for Lismore. Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Rob Stokes, said in a press release that ‘Lismore will become the Newtown of the Northern Rivers’. ‘Lismore is home to the highest number of artists and creatives in regional NSW and by encouraging investment in the arts we will see it transform into the Newtown of the Northern Rivers’. ‘The community wants to see more diverse and climate-conscious housing, and the plan will help

Following the leads of Western Australia and Victoria by adopting a plan to phase out logging of public native forests, is what a local alliance is asking of the NSW Government.

Ballina Shire Council votes down affordable housing at old depot A majority of Ballina Shire councillors have voted against developing an affordable housing project on Ballina Island’s state-owned old depot.

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achieve this, in partnership with Council’. The Lismore Regional City Action Plan’s key goals and objectives are to, ‘Promote jobs growth, leveraging new opportunities in tourism and existing employment nodes around health and education; provide more and different types of housing to give people greater choice; support Lismore as the heart of the Northern Rivers; deliver an accessible and vibrant city centre; and identify and deliver the infrastructure the city needs to make it a more attractive place for investment’. To view the plan, visit www.pp.planningportal.nsw. gov.au/lismoreRCAP.

Mia Armitage Independent Ballina Shire councillor, Sharon Cadwallader, has failed to gain majority support within water utility, Rous County Council, for an independent water research team in the region. Cr Cadwallader said earlier this year she’d be running for mayor in the upcoming local government elections (December 4) and that water security, particularly the dumped Dunoon Dam proposal, would be one of her key campaign issues. With most town water in the region coming from the Rocky Creek Dam, Rous said last year demand was expected to outstrip supply

by 2024. Cr Cadwallader expressed disgust when the Rous County Council voted against reconsidering a new dam in Dunoon, saying the decision showed democracy was dead given they’d rejected a petition of more than 10,000 signatures in support of the proposal. More recently, the independent councillor tried to convince her fellow Ballina Shire councillors of the need for a new independent scientific research organisation.

‘Rous County Council has now proceeded with the adopted option of groundwater in order to meet the 2024 deadline’, Cr Cadwallader wrote in her notice of motion in late August. ‘Alstonville residents are being notified of the impending water quality testing from the Clarence Moreton Basin,’ she wrote, adding that ‘no data exists as to the quality or volume of water in that basin. It remains an unknown’.

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ōëŕŕĶŕī ƆƐëǔ ćëĈŊ ōëſīĕ ÉĶōƆşŕƆ !Ŋ ' ǽ ſĕƆĶĎĕŕƐƆȜ ĈşŕĈĕſŕƆ ĎşƱŕżōëƷĕĎ Paul Bibby Residents living near a proposed 15-lot housing development in Wilsons Creek say it will negatively impact a precious wildlife corridor on the site, exacerbate traffic safety problems on the surrounding roads, and damage the peaceful character of their quiet enclave. The concerns were among a raft of issues raised in relation to the Community Title (CT) development proposed for 31 Alidenes Road. But Council planning staff argue that none of the concerns warrants refusal of the plan at this stage of the process, recommending that councillors give it a preliminary green light when the matter comes before this week’s planning meeting. The development is at the planning proposal stage, with the Sydney-based owners seeking to amend the Local Environment Plan (LEP) for this part of the Shire, to permit a Community Title development of up to 15 lots. There would also be one

‘association’ lot that includes part of the Yankee Creek waterway and the surrounding riparian zone. There is considerable public opposition to the plan, as evidenced by the 42 responses to a recent public exhibition period. A key concern expressed in the submissions was the impact of the proposed development on Yankee Creek. ‘Yankee Creek needs to be managed and protected,’ a summary of the public submissions states.

ÉĶōĎōĶĪĕ ĈşſſĶĎşſ ‘The creek and woodland act as wildlife corridor. A number of threatened species have been recorded in the area, as well as koalas. ‘To protect the threatened species recorded, the creek lines need to be revegetated with riparian rainforest species and reed beds.’ But Council’s Land Use Planning co-ordinator, Alex Caras, said that the planning proposal already required the waterway and riparian buffers to remain in one lot

with common ownership and management. ‘This is consistent with the environmental Policy Direction 2.4 of Byron Shire Rural Land Use Strategy 2017,’ Mr Caras said. ‘A vegetation management plan also will be required at the subdivision DA stage’. Another concern expressed in the submissions was the traffic safety impact of the development. Residents said that there were already some significant safety issues on the surrounding roads, which would be exacerbated by a significant increase in daily vehicle movements. These issues included a blind curve on Wilsons Creek Road near the Alidenes Rd turn-off. The road at this intersection needed to be sealed, and street lighting, reflectors, road markings and safety signs installed, they said. But Mr Caras said a Road Safety Audit (RSA) and Traffic Impact Assessment (TSA), undertaken for the planning proposal, had given it a clean bill of health.

‘An internal review of these documents and the proposed intersection treatments found these to be satisfactory and within acceptable performance standards,’ he said. Residents further expressed the view that the bulk, scale and character of the development was not consistent with the existing development in the area and would impact on its peaceful nature. ‘This is especially the case once creek path and flood zones, riparian buffers, sewerage, driveways, power and other facilities are factored in,’ they said. ‘The development will resemble a residential estate, which is not in keeping with the existing area.’ In response to this, Mr Caras said the proposed 15 dwellings represented the maximum carrying capacity of the site. ‘Achieving this with acceptable environmental impacts will need to be demonstrated at the DA stage’, he said.

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Psychotropics and psycho-spiritual encounters with death Local writer and transpersonal researcher Dr G. A. Lahood has been asked to contribute to a collection of papers in honour of the legendary LSD and psychotropic plant researcher, Dr Stanislav Grof. The book, A Festschrift (a collection of celebratory papers from colleagues) is for Grof’s ninetieth birthday, and includes notables and luminaries such as mythologist Joseph Campbell, world renowned professor of Religion Houston Smith, Rick Doblin founder of MAPS (The Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) the late Ralf Metzner (associated with Ram Dass and Tim Leary) and cultural historian, Rick Tarnas, author of Cosmos and Psyche. Dr Lahood says he is a ‘transpersonal anthropologist, a psychotherapist and a new paradigm researcher’ and has lived in Byron since 2006. He trained under Stan Grof in the late ’80s. ‘I was the youngest trainee back then’, says Dr Lahood, ‘And soaked up everything Stan had to teach – which is a lot’. ‘Grof has been at the forefront of psychotropic research for almost 50 years, and the resurgence of interest in psychotropic substances (ayahuasca, psilocybin, LSD, ketamine) for healing of trauma would likely not have happened without his influence.

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Dr G. A. Lahood. Photo Jeff Dawson the heyday of psychedelics in 1969, when powerful arms of the American Government banned legitimate research into psychotropic healing’. Dr Lahood has given hundreds of holotropic workshops (in NZ, Aust, UK), published two dozen papers and book chapters on childbirth trauma and shamanism, action research (relational inquiry), spiritual emergencies, and gestalt therapy. Dr Lahood’s papers are read as course work in many transpersonal (spiritually) oriented university counselling courses. After being asked to contribute to the book by Rick Tarnas, Dr Lahood says he thought he was the ‘runt of the litter’ when he read the list of luminaries contributing. ‘Rick was kind and replied, “Not in our view”.’

The paper was partly researched in Byron Bay, where Dr Lahood interviewed 100 mothers, and was supported by midwives in Australia and NZ. The focus was on the psycho-spiritual encounter with death, a topic some women speak about while giving birth. Dr Lahood’s research suggests that if ‘birth giving’ women think they might die, then they can clamp up, inhibit or stop labour, which can call forth more invasive medical interventions. The encounter with death can open a door into profound transpersonal phenomena.

Birth trauma Dr Lahood says, ‘The paper also has to do with the use of the holotropic ritual (breathwork) to heal birth trauma created by

medicalised hospital ritual’. ‘As such it can create PTSD’, he says. In the past 10 years, Dr Lahood has also developed ‘relational inquiry’, a form of new paradigm action research. ‘Its not psychotherapy by any means, as the social handshake is “mutual care” so obviously, not psychotherapy’. ‘It’s about to be published as The Rainbow of Desire: Seven Years Practicing Seven Relationships in Relational Inquiry (International Journal of Transpersonal Studies). ‘When the first COVID-19 wave hit, we closed the group down as a safety measure. ‘However, when covid is under control, I will do another seven year cycle of co-research. ‘Relational Inquiry is researching spiritual subjectivity with the hypothesis that Nature has an interior subjective experience’. It’s the far-out end of eco-psychology, which comes back round to many Indigenous worldviews. ‘And if that sounds a bit crazy (which it might to someone sporting a strictly materialist worldview), we can remember that New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, in response to longtime Maori activism, has accorded a river the same status as a person – so rivers, lakes, seashores, sand dunes – are people too! ‘Coming back to Grof’s amazing research, I think that is one of the remarkable things that has come with the psychotropic research – a more participatory relation with Nature’.

Policy Exhibition Draft Policy 5.52 Commercial Activities on Coastal and Riparian Crown Reserves Byron Shire Council resolved (21-336) at its 26 August 2021 meeting to amended Policy 5.52 Commercial Activities on Coastal and Riparian Crown Reserves and placed the Policy on public exhibition for 28-days for the making of public comments. The amended Policy is available for viewing on Council’s website at: www.byron.nsw.gov.au/public-exhibition Submissions open on 15 September 2021 and close 12 October 2021. For information on lodging a submission, and where to address it, refer to the “Lodging a Submission” section within Council’s website.

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Byron’s CBD heights limits pushed – again Paul Bibby The developer behind a new, multi-storey motel to be built in central Byron Bay has applied to further increase the height of the building, despite having already been allowed to exceed the maximum height limit for that part of town. The owners of 33 Lawson Street already have permission to build a three-storey, 46-room hotel with two

levels of basement parking. That proposal involved an 11 per cent exceedance of height limits, drawing the ire of neighbours and those who oppose the creeping height increases taking place across the Byron CBD. Now the same owners have applied to build a rooftop bar, pool, and bathroom, which would see the building’s height blow out to 12.5 metres – a 38 per cent exceedance of the 9m limit.

The modification application will come before this week’s Council planning meeting. The application has brought five strongly-worded letters of objection from neighbours, including one couple who bought a unit next door with an eye to retiring there, and now fear a significant loss of amenity. But the developer argues that despite significantly exceeding the height limit,

the additions will make little difference to the overall visual impact of the building. This argument has been accepted by Council staff. They wrote, ‘A variation to the height provisions is supported in this instance as the staircase, lift and amenities on the rooftop generate minimal visual impacts, do not generate significant privacy or overlooking issues, or noticeably change the bulk and scale of the approved building…’

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Èëƶ ĈşŕƆĈſĶżƐĶşŕ ſĕƆĶƆƐëŕĈĕ E mployers posting ‘jobs without the need for a jab’ and businesses making it clear that unvaccinated people are welcome to shop, exercise, drink and eat at their premises are finding a voice on social media. As NSW prepares to open up, with a plan that’s predominantly based on giving some freedom back to those who are vaccinated, thousands of people are joining these social media groups, hoping for an alternative to COVID-19 vaccinations. Some of these people are waiting for the existing preliminary approval to be made final, others are concerned about the ever-changing directions regarding which age groups can take what company’s vaccine. Some want more information about short-term and/or potential long-term side effects, pointing to suspensions of vaccines in other countries, and they simply wish to wait. Still others are taking a stance on the integrity of their own bodies, while there are many who resent the government’s pressure to inject a drug for which it has given pharmaceutical company’s immunity from claims, and for which the Australian government has neglected, unlike many other countries, to introduce a compensation scheme for those adversely affected. Some question why doctors have been threatened with disciplinary action for expressing concerns about COVID-19 vaccines, while others are simply against vaccinations altogether.

mşƐ ëŕ țëŕƐĶȒưëƶȜ ĎĕćëƐĕǽ ćƖƐ ë żſşȒĈĲşĶĈĕ şŕĕ There are many who believe the current ‘anti-vaxer’ versus ‘pro-vaxer’ rhetoric is inaccurate, and that the debate boils down to bodily integrity. These people include NSW Policewoman, Senior Constable Belinda Holcroft, who is currently taking legal action against State Health Minister Brad Hazzard over the ‘no jab, no job’ mandate in place for LGAs of concern in NSW. Similarly, a concerned group of Qld Police officers have banded together in a legal challenge to a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for all staff and officers in the force. A crowd-funding page has already raised about $50,000. ‘This is not a pro-or anti-vaccine matter’, the group stated. ‘It is a question of whether our employers on behalf of the government can

authorise civil conscription and interfere with the relationship between a patient and their doctor by mandating a vaccine’. Four separate legal challenges have been launched in the Supreme Court of NSW against Public Health Orders, that mandate vaccinations for either employees in certain industries, or those who reside in certain areas. The challenges have now been joined, and are listed on September 30 for the determination. Unfortunately, the government has all but handed the responsibility for mandating vaccines to business, and in doing so, given businesses the right to interfere in people’s personal choices, and privacy, when there is no protective overarching legislation in place. The Fair Work Ombudsman recently decreed that businesses can set their own policies under its guidelines, which offer a tiered system for categorising workers. Additionally, the Ombudsman advised that such direction must meet standards for lawful and reasonable action. Of the handful of unfair dismissal cases that have made it to the Fair Work Commission over vaccine refusal, none have been decided in favour of the employee. Even so, many businesses (let’s not forget the majority in NSW are small businesses, which don’t have in-house legal expertise and possibly not even full-time HR resources) are nervous about the repercussions of writing and implementing their own policies, and rightly so. This is unprecedented. Vaccination rates are steadily climbing, without heavy-handed coercion, so it’s important to ask why this is even occurring right now when there’s no health data that supports mandated vaccinations. To date, there has been no public consultation on the debate around vaccine consent, and this in itself is a failing of democracy. In Australia, the pandemic has afforded our state leaders an unprecedented level of power, without oversight or accountability. NSW parliament has not sat since June, and will not sit again until mid-October. Essentially this means that the full legislative process is on pause, and decisions are being made by a handful of ministers engaged in the ‘emergency cabinet.’

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confess to having no clinical or medical training, but my reading of some of the literature increasingly tells me that laughter, and the hormones that trigger it, is a powerful healing and comforting tool that serves to help us cope with stress, anxiety, trauma and the challenges associated with living and navigating modern life. Mental health issues are an increasing concern for clinicians and allied health workers, and given the trauma associated with coping in a world affected by a global pandemic, my non-clinical eye tells me that the longer the pandemic lingers, the bigger the incidence of mental illness in a post-pandemic world. Humour generally, and laughter in particular, have always been key coping mechanisms in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other Indigenous communities around the globe. There are always scallywags, men and women, who made people laugh to help forget, for a few minutes, the trauma of racism, living in poverty and social segregation. Growing up in the shanties on the banks of the Namoi river in Walgett, stories were an important part of our survival, and were regularly used to ignite raucous mirth and laughter. These stories were as eagerly awaited as were the mystic and mystery of the many ‘ghost stories’ told around camp fires. There were Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scallywags, yarn-spinners who would try to outdo each other about the size of a fish that was caught/ got away, or who had the most obedient dog etc. One such legend was the non-Aboriginal father of one of my best mates, Ray Morris. Ray’s father had a reputation in Walgett and surrounding towns as a great yarn spinner,

As Lord Byron counselled, ‘Always laugh when you Ĉëŕȁ PƐȝĶƆ ĈĲĕëż ŔĕĎĶĈĶŕĕț Professor Bob Morgan and one of the yarns I recall him telling to a group of us young kids one day was of two old blokes boasting about the most obedient dog they had worked with. One bloke said that his dog was so clever and obedient that all he had to do was whistle and his dog would immediately jump on the back of his wagon and he would be panting, ready for work. The other old bloke was a drover and he told his mate; ‘That’s nothing, my dog was so clever and obedient that once I was in Coonamble (just over a 100kms away), and I was in a phone booth talkin’ to a mate and I remembered that I left my best dog in Walgett. ‘I told my mate to put the phone to my dog’s ear and I whistled, and when I finished the call and left the phonebooth, my dog was there outside the booth waiting for me, that’s how clever and obedient my dog was’. Such tall tales filled and excited the imagination of growing boys. There’s another story of an old Aboriginal bloke who was sitting on a doorstep when he was approached by a tourist who was passing through town. The tourist stopped to ask directions to a neighbouring town, and the old bloke pointed to a road out of town and said to the tourist, ‘You’ve taken everything else from us, so just take that road and it will take you to the next town’. The tourist had a good laugh and apologised and gave the old bloke a good tip for his truth and ‘advice’.

There are a number of hormones that reportedly trigger chemical reactions in the human body. These hormones are transported through the bloodstream to help regulate mood and excite sensitivities. The hormones are collectively referred to as the ‘happy hormones’ and include dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphins. Endorphins are perhaps the most relevant hormone when the notion of laughter and happiness is considered. Endorphins are produced by the central nervous system and when activated they help us deal with, among other things, pain or stress. Endorphins are the high that we get when we do things such as eat, exercise, or have sex. Serotonin is a hormone that helps moderate our mood, our feelings of wellbeing, and general happiness. It also helps to reduce our worries and concerns and is associated with learning and memory. Serotonin is released when we do things that we often take for granted such as a walk in the outdoors, especially during sunny days, a healthy rest and good night’s sleep, each of these in their own way, helps to reduce our stress levels. So, bring on the laughter, unleash the happy hormones and whilst we mourn the loss of life, let’s also have some levity to help us cope with the stress of surviving this global pandemic. As Lord Bryon counselled, ‘Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.’

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Excessive onanism Former coroner David Heilpern’s confession last week that he mistakenly recorded a death as from ‘onanism’ rather than aneurism (damn you, autocorrect!) is hilarious. There would be worse ways to go, I would think, including from the COVID Delta variant. More importantly, David addressed the excessive onanism practised by those who hold to conspiracy narratives (‘theories’ is a word more suited to hard science) that contend the bulk of ICU doctors, epidemiologists and legal officers are serving a sinister global crackdown on human rights. I suggest more people

could choose to read David’s piece instead of the ravings of those with a degree in YouTube. It is still available online at https://bit.ly/2YIYWZD. On a lighter note, the US writer Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) called her canary Onan because he ‘spilled his seed upon the ground’. Michael McDonald Bairnsdale VIC

‘A quick buck’ Did you know there is a fortune to be made in Federal? Forget Airbnb it is far too labour intensive with a poor financial return. What is $2,000 to $6,000 a night when you can make a million or two for doing nothing at all?

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All you have to do is sign a piece of paper and hand over your property to a film company for a few months, or maybe permanently. There is a slight snag, as they are only supposed to film for 30 days a year, but no one is going to check that are they? The film company can do as they like. Even if they carve up your property with earth works it really doesn’t matter. Just think of the money. Best of all, they don’t need a DA, so Council can’t – or won’t – do anything about it. If it’s your home, just go on holiday for a while. If you don’t want anything to do with the neighbours, well, you don’t have to. You should let them know what you are doing, but if you forget, again don’t worry, because no doubt they are onto it and probably planning to do the same. I must confess, I am tempted. My property will greatly increase in value. My neighbour’s property may increase in value too. Of

course, this will depend on the nature of the film. If it is trashy then my neighbour’s property may decrease in value. And I must be careful, as they may be able to recover that loss from me. But not to worry because my property lends itself to a nature conservation program. After giving it much thought I have decided that, seeing as when I die I can’t take the money with me, sitting in silence on my deck and listening to the birds is actually priceless. However, for those of you wishing to have a go, take pride in the fact that you may all be able to amalgamate your properties and convert the whole village into the Federal Film studio. Just think of the money. Eat your heart out Hollywood. Footnote: the above does not constitute legal advice. You are advised to seek legal advice before commencing. Hilary Bone Federal

White poles In amongst the various existential threats that we are confronted with today, we now have the white poles debacle in Burringbar Street Mullumbimby. These pedestrian safety/ traffic control poles are probably necessary but are an eyesore nevertheless. Plans for crochet coverings is a good one, but there could be other uses for these poles. One could be a slalom course for bike/skateboard riders or linking the poles into the SETI vast array of antennas seeking signals from deep space. Perhaps even have mini national flags reflecting the multicultural ▶ Continued on next page

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¨Ĳĕ Ʒĕëſ ǩǧǧǧ I must answer David Heilpern. Remember 2000, how the computers were all to fail on NYE? How could so many get it so wrong? Why not again, now? All it requires is a monolithic media focused on hourly ratings, a political class focused on responding to that media, and selfcensorship by dissenting voices. Add marginalisation of alternative views. Here we are again. No conspiracy required. Ask Professor Thomas Borody. Matt Hartley Byron Bay

Hue and cry Seeing and hearing all the kicking and screaming about our right to choose to not put on masks takes me back to the ’70s and ’80s when

a similar hue and cry arose from the laws that imposed the wearing of seat belts and random breath testing. The authorities had taken away our god given right to get thrown from an out-of-control car or to get blotto and drive till we killed someone, including our mates, or own family members sometimes. Before those intolerable losses of liberty were imposed, road carnage sadly accounted for 3,800 deaths annually in Australia, and countless more serious injuries and unimaginable sadness for associated mates and family members. Forced seatbelt wearing and more heavily policed and penalised drink driving helped to curb the pain and misery to the current 1,200 deaths annually. Still too many, we know, but risk takers and lawbreakers unfortunately continue to speed and kill themselves and others. Helping rationalise this conversation about wearing masks or getting vaxxed, let’s do the math. Straight extrapolation of the 1970 road carnage figures shows, over 50 years, a reduction in deaths amounting to 2,600 lives saved per year. That equates to a minimum of 65,000 lives having been saved by these ▶ Continued on page 16

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9/11: When the Center didn’t hold Phillip Frazer During 2001, a business friend, Arthur, and I had breakfast together once a month at the Windows on the World restaurant, top floor of the World Trade Center (WTC). On September 10 I had us pencilled in for 8.30am there, next morning. But, unusually, we argued on the phone that night and put off our date. The next morning 93 guests and 73 staff on the breakfast shift burned to death, jumped, or were asphyxiated when the first plane hit the north tower at 790km/h several floors below them. At that moment I was 18 blocks away writing something for my political newsletter when I felt an eerily familiar jolt or vibration in the floor of my home office. Then my radio announced that a small plane just crashed into one of the World Trade towers. That’s when I remembered what the jolt put me in mind of: the day in 1993 when walking in the Wall Street area I felt the sidewalk shudder, caused by a truck bomb in the basement of the twin towers nearby. That time, the towers did not fall. I turned the TV on. It wasn’t a small plane; smoke, flames, glass and people were coming out the broken windows near the top of the tower. I ran four blocks to where my wife Cydney lived and we watched from that fifth floor roof as smoke soared into pure blue sky, and then we walked through streets of no moving traffic, petrified residents, and people in suits covered with white dust walking like zombies, away from the carnage. We collected our 11-yearold daughter and 14-year-old son from their local public schools and we all went home. We stood at our fifth floor windows and watched the second plane hit, and then, one after the other, the two skyscrapers pancaked down, 110 stories, each with its own dreadful roar. All bridges and tunnels to and from Manhattan were barricaded, in case… well, who knew what? For all we knew, as we and thousands of others tried to contact people we knew that had been in the buildings, any second now a nuke might explode in Central Park. www.echo.net.au

During my first visit to New York City, in 1970, I took the ferry around Manhattan, passing close to one and a half towers of the World Trade Center. The missing half was still being built. I hadn’t heard of this building back then, but what was most gobsmacking was that they called it the World Trade Center. I understood that America thought it ruled the world, and New York thought it ruled America, and David Rockefeller thought he ruled everything, but only the oldest son of the richest business tycoon of the modern world would have the chutzpah to erect this pair of mega-monuments to himself and his ilk and designate them the centre of global trade. Five years later I moved to New York City to be an editor of a new-left magazine called Seven Days that planned to be a progressive Newsweek or Time. The other editors were Americans, around 30 years old like me, except for Dave Dellinger, who was in his 50s and somewhat famous for being the pacifist member of the Chicago 8. As we prepared our first issue, the little-known governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, was preparing his tilt at the Presidency against the hapless Nixon-replacement President Gerald Ford. Our editorial group were dissing this bloke Carter for pretending he didn’t belong to America’s corporate ruling establishment. My first editorial mission was helping put together the shit on Jimmy; principally that he had been helped through his rise to power by membership in something called the Trilateral Commission, which was established and run by David Rockefeller. ‘Trilateral’ meant it included men of power and privilege from the USA, Europe, and Japan. Carter won the election, then revealed that Vice President Mondale, and his choices for Secretaries of State, Defence, and Treasury were all members of the Trilateral Commission, and National Security Adviser, Zbigniew

Brzezinski, was its director. These people were among what the savvy Canadian professor Peter Dale Scott later dubbed the Deep State. I was living at this time on a couch in a downtown loft rented by a friend of a friend. Both friends and all their friends were artists, and all of them lived in an area recently named Tribeca, which sounds exotic but really was a real estate agents’ confection that stood for ‘triangle below canal’, as in Canal Street. Like so many people in Manhattan these artists came from all over America and other parts of the world dedicated to getting to the top of their careers, in their cases, art. They didn’t care much about the election, not their problem, but they were intrigued by my story that Carter was indebted to Rockefeller, the guy who had built the towers right in the heart of their home neighbourhood of Tribeca. One of them, a gal from Florida named Paula, was electrified by the story, being already obsessed with how Rockefeller operated. The living area of her primitive loft, two blocks from the WTC, was dominated by two cardboard models of the buildings, each a metre high, secured to the aged wood floor by gaffers’ tape, around which she’d painted a circle of a metre’s radius with all the streets and landmarks labelled like in a street directory: Broadway, City Hall, the Woolworth building, Wall St, her loft, etc. ‘What’s it all mean?’ I asked provocatively, and she yelled, ‘It’s obvious, to anyone who isn’t a dumbfuck Australian… it’s all the places they’ll crush when they fall down.’

crazy? Look, the WTC is collapsing with thousands of people trapped right there,’ pointing, shaking, ‘that’s reality and you’re playing those horrible deafening violent video-games?’ A pause, then 14-year-old Jackson says ‘Yeah mom, that’s reality and it’s scary as hell…’ Then, pointing at his flickering screen, ‘this shit isn’t real – not scary at all.’ People are still trying to unravel who did the 9/11 crash-bombings. Biden says he’ll open up some files. The 19 hijackers were cannon fodder from Saudi Arabia, paid for by the House of Saud. My guess is America’s Hot Dogs thought they were playing the Saud family gang and getting an excuse to take Iraq. As usual they were hoisted on their own petards. Our next floor neighbour worked in that tower — she clambered down 30 plus floors of concrete stairs and survived. Another friend came up to the lobby from the WTC subway stop to buy art supplies — she was driven back by a cascade of glass and embers and got on the last train ever to leave that stop.

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days per week and has already had to double its number of junior sessions. The Chess Centre’s Thursday night social chess and drinks has attracted many players new to club chess, while weekend rapid tourna‐ ments have also proved popular. ‘Not bad for a couple of unknown lads from Yorkshire,’ co-founder Andrew Wainwright commented. The one sad note about The Chess Centre is that it came too late for Bradford’s most prominent chess coach and enthusiast, Winston Williams. In his younger years Williams had been a prominent Singapore representative – part of a touring team which massacred the best Australian juniors in 1973 and a year later drawing with the legend‐ ary Paul Keres in a simultaneous exhibition. By the time Williams moved to Yorkshire in 2003 he held the title of FIDE Master. Williams worked as a junior coach, founded ‘Chesstival in the Park’ in Bradford, and also earned two Chinese chess titles. Unfortunately, the pandemic affected Williams very badly and he died in August 2020 having been unable to access the care he needed.

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lockdowns: ‘Why imprison Of all the negative ‘isms’ that us like this? fester in daily life, ageism People should is surely amongst the most have their prevalent, and unacknowlfreedom. You edged. Sure, most people are lose your aware that it’s unacceptable freedom, you to patronise, put down and lose everything. denigrate those who are We should be deemed ‘elderly’, ‘old’ or entitled to do ‘aged’, but somehow these what we want. discriminatory practices tend Anyway, it’s to escape our notice. only the old and I’ll be honest and weak that die’. admit that at times, as a Leaving sixty-eight-year-old, I do aside the sometimes make fun of my obvious inacage, especially on the tennis curacies in such Richard Hil aka ‘The Fossil’ court, yelling out, ‘stupid old drivel – young the calculus of personal bastard’ or ‘fossil’ when a people are increasingly shot goes flying. It’s on such infected by, and occasionally freedom? Should they be sacrificed for the greater occasions that my (invariably dying from the Delta variant good – of freedom? younger) opponents stare – the insensitivity is breathat me with a mixture of pity taking. Comments like these wǔ ĶĈĶëōōƷ şōĎȃ and consternation, although are invariably uttered withThis is utilitarianism gone the reference to fossil does out nuance or qualification, mad. It’s as if older people sometimes elicit a giggle. or any hint of reflexivity, let have been emptied of value, ‘Don’t be so hard on your- alone compassion. They’re which certainly doesn’t self’, one player remarked. stated as ‘simple facts’ that accord with my understandHe might have said, ‘don’t be reflect the ‘natural order of such an arsehole, Richard’. things’. I’ve taken to responding of social justice. And I’ve yet to hear what freedom And he’d be right, because ing to these assertions by fighters regard as officially my momentary lapses saying things like, ‘well, I’m reflect on more than me. old, so am I expendable too?’ ‘old’. In my world, it’s always five years older than I curThey demean others in or, ‘the last time I heard this rently am, which means I’m my age group, and older, sort of stuff it brought to and hint at lesser worth mind the Nazi T4 program’. A never old. So there! Is the flippant dismissal borne of bio-chronological long bow? I’m not so sure. of the lives of older people deficit. In lieu of enhanced Who on Earth do we classymptomatic of other self-compassion, therefore, sify as ‘weak’ – those with routinised forms of age I feel obliged to point to the disabilities, with co-morbiddiscrimination? I think so. dangers of such lapses and ities, the sick, kids? And, is We don’t need to look all to call out others when they it acceptable to consign the elderly to a premature death that far, do we? Remember slide down the same slope, simply because they are old? the findings of the Royal as they often do. Commission into Aged Care, Is that what’s being inferred Life and freedom Quality and Safety, not least here? Haven’t they got a the psychological and physiOver the course of the right to life like any other cal suffering of residents in pandemic, I have often been citizen? Don’t they make aged care facilities and the horrified by those seeking significant contributions to low pay, poor conditions their ‘freedom’ or claiming our society? Or are they surand questionable training of ‘sovereignty’ who say of the plus to requirements amid carers? This has been going on for decades, under the watch of successive governments. Institutionalised ageism has been allowed September 20–24 | 10am–4pm to fester. Perplexingly, Uniting Church Hall while sexism, racism and

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Mandatory mask wearing is not working. Supermarkets can’t seem to enforce this, unfortunately. If like me, you see a young couple with two children not complying with this, there is nothing the supermarket can do about it. The couple seemed proud to be defying the rules and were singing and encouraging their children to shout and scream, drawing all the attention to them. No, I did not approach them, as I am over 80 years of age and do not need any possible altercation with them, to say nothing of

having them speaking to me maskless. I suggest you keep your local police station on speed dial and report them directly to the police. The rule is toothless and simply does not work. Perhaps fining will. Joyce Walters Ballina

Teacher survey The Echo’s survey of local teachers regarding vaccination was as illuminating as it was disappointing. One respondent popped their head out the rabbit hole to claim government was hiding evidence of hundreds of deaths resulting from vaccination. So the entire health workforce is collaborating in a conspiracy? It’s probably best that someone with this talent for forensic analysis is not left alone with children. The rapid development of not one, but several vaccines for COVID is the most stunning success in biomedical history. If people choose to ignore this and take their chances with the virus, that’s their lookout. But not if they are in daily contact with other people’s children. Teachers who feel affronted by the vaccine mandate need a lesson in ethics and responsibility. So here it is: Consider the

unvaccinated and unmasked Californian teacher who infected half the class of primary aged students. Those students then infected family and friends. Other staff were also infected. Did the teacher involved act ethically and responsibly? If you’re a teacher and you can’t answer ‘No’ then schools are not an appropriate workplace for you. BTW California now has a vaccine mandate for teachers. Alan Watterson Hastings Point

Thank you Lyon Thank you, Mayor Lyon for highlighting the risks in having visiting film crews, real estate speculators and the like visiting the Northern Rivers before suitable lockdowns are lifted and adequate vaccination levels are reached. Movement from hotspots should only be for compassionate grounds or essential services. Rod Murray Ocean Shores

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Noticed some changes in Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby? Tell us what you think! They’re all part of the State Government-funded Talking Street Trial which aims to test ways to slow XVEǽG ERH QEOI XLI XS[R E WEJIV TPEGI JSV TISTPI XS socialise, enjoy and shop. The trial includes: • Two temporary parklets in the town centre to provide much needed public space for people to enjoy their lunch or have a chat. • & XIQTSVEV] TIHIWXVMER GVSWWMRK EX XLI *EWXIVR end of Burringbar St to make crossing the road easier. • & XVMEPPIH VIHYGXMSR SJ XLI WTIIH ^SRI JVSQ 50km/h to 30km/h) for the length of Burringbar St and some of Stuart St to make the street safer for people. • Road narrowing at the Burringbar/Stuart St intersection as marked by temporary white bollards EW E [E] XS WPS[ XVEǽG QEOI MX IEWMIV JSV TISTPI to cross the roads and to create more space for people. If made permanent the area would be more usable and bollards would be replaced with a permanent solution like kerb build-outs. Have your say today Feedback is being collected via Council’s Your Say page at: www.yoursaybyronshire.com.au/ talkingstreettrial The Talking Street Trial runs until end-December 2021.

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Mullum Herbals respond to SBS report on their COVID-19 vaccine handout Val Iwaszko Mullumbimby Herbals is a business which offers natural health products and advice. All our staff are trained naturopaths having completed a minimum of four years of academic training. The naturopathic philosophy is that the body has an inherent healing capacity, which can be enhanced by healthy diet and lifestyle factors, as well as by tailored herbal and nutritional supplements. There is currently a major drive from medical authorities, the government, and the media to get at least 70 per cent of the population vaccinated. Many people are compliant, while others are being pressured to do so to remain in their jobs and maintain their social liberties. Although minimised in the mainstream media, many people are aware of, and concerned about, potential vaccine side effects that are listed on the Australian Government Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Database of Adverse Event notifications with 46,438 adverse reported events for the coronavirus vaccines in Australia. The TGA has recorded 448 deaths following a vaccination

in the period 1/1/2019 – 7/8/2021. Following investigation of those deaths a causal link has been established in nine deaths confirming them as being directly linked to vaccination. Medically, there is nothing on offer to help people prepare for vaccination, or for symptoms post-vaccination, beyond paracetamol. In the recent SBS report regarding Mullumbimby Herbals (discussed below), a doctor representing the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) stated ‘You don’t need to do anything to prepare for receiving [a vaccine].’ In this environment, some members of the community have asked the staff at Mullumbimby Herbals if we could offer suggestions to support their health around the vaccination process. It was owing to these requests that I formulated the document COVID Vax Notes. This is not a flyer (as previously stated), but rather a handout given

to those clients requesting such information. The information in this document was based on the experience of many years as a naturopathic health practitioner combined with evidence from the literature and professional sources. I have supplied The Echo with the references and sources regarding the advice given in the handout. The advice regarding pregnancy, fertility and breast feeding was written before the very recent health policy regarding pregnant women being an at-risk group for COVID-19, and was based on multiple sources. For example, Pfizer’s pharmacokinetic animal studies which found that the vaccine’s lipid nano particles (LNP) bioaccumulate in the ovaries in high levels (as well as spleen, liver and adrenal glands). Secondly, a COVID-19 professional webinar (MTHFR Support, 4 August 2021) which presented an analysis of data from the US Government Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) on reported reproductive side effects.

Thirdly, evidence-based documents provided by the organisation Doctors for COVID Ethics (whose membership is comprised of hundreds of international doctors and scientists) that relayed these concerns. This source also provides evidence for the shedding of spike proteins (not shedding of the virus), which many clients express concern about and that was mentioned in the COVID Vax Handout. The current issue has come about because the handout unfortunately became the focus of a local Facebook (FB) group, after it was posted by a member that visited Mullumbimby Herbals. Some members of this FB group were disapproving of the document and Mullumbimby Herbals for handing it out to customers concerned about vaccine side effects. I do understand that there is considerable anxiety in the community about both the coronavirus and about the perceived influence that being unvaccinated may have on lockdown measures and restrictions of civil liberties. As it turned out, the colourful dialogue on the group’s FB page attracted the attention of a journalist from SBS, hence Mullumbimby Herbals ended up on a national news forum. Mullumbimby Herbals has

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CWA Share The Dignity Bangalow CWA are conducting a Share the Dignity drive to support homeless women during the month of September. Donations of personal hygiene items can be dropped at collection points at Chemist Outlet Byron Bay, Bangalow Newsagency or the Bangalow CWA rooms.

BV VIEW Club Brunswick Valley VIEW Club will have a friendship morning at Hotel Brunswick on Thursday, 16 September at 11am. Come and have a coffee and enjoy a catch-up with VIEW friends after the lockdown. Info: Margaret 0429 966 894.

Help the homeless Artists Donate to Help those without a Home. You can place your bid on some beautiful artwork donated by 25 Australian artists including Craig Ruddy, Ann Thomson, Konstantina and John Dahlsen. Auction starts 9am Saturday 11 September and ends 9pm Sunday 19 September. All proceeds go to the Housing and Homelessness Stream of the Northern Rivers Community Foundation’s 2021 Community Grants Round. To find out more, go to the News & Events page at www.nrcf.org.au

Lismore High dinner The proposed Lismore High School Centenary Dinner that was to be held on September 11, 2021 at the Lismore Workers Club , has been postponed to March 5, 2022. For further information, phone Helen George: 0414 734 313.

Cancer Support Group The Byron Bay General Cancer Support Group has been running for four years and welcomes new participants. The

aim of the group is to provide a safe, supportive and friendly environment for people with cancer to discuss how they are feeling and connect with other people with cancer. It runs on the first Tuesday of the month. Call David on 0428 187 025 or email david@ davidyoung.com.au or Ken on 0411 233 755 kenconnell46@gmail.com.

Ewingsdale Community Ewingsdale Community Association welcomes all residents of Ewingsdale to become members of their Association. You can join at their website, www.ewingsdale.org.au for $10 per household per year. The committee holds monthly meetings on the first Monday of the month at 7pm. Usually these are held at Ewingsdale Hall but during lockdown they are held via Zoom. For more information contact ewingsdalecommunity@ outlook.com. We are a community association and we need the community to be part of it.

Toastmasters Byron Cavanbah Toastmasters meetings, coaching in communication and self-development run on 1st and 3rd Mondays, 6.15 for 6.30pm at Byron Bay Services Club, Byron Bay. Online attendance allowed. Mullum Magic Toastmasters: Practice public speaking and develop leadership skills in a fun supportive environment. We meet every 2nd, 4th and 5th Monday at 6.45–9pm at the Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club, 58 Dalley St Mullumbimby. Contact Ashni, 0439 843 657. New members and guests welcome. Please note: This section is intended for the benefit of non-profit community groups.

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drumming, yoga, ukulele, art and drama: 66856807 for booking and time details.

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. MDNC services that are running include: Community support/emergency relief: Food parcels, meals, assistance with electricity and Telstra bills. Listening Space: free counselling. Staying Home, Leaving Violence program. Integrated Domestic & Family Violence program. Financial Counselling: outreach available Thursdays & Fridays Financial Counselling: free service funded by the government, offering advocacy & assistance to find options to address debts. Information, referral and advocacy. To enquire about accessing any of these services call 6684 1286 or fill out an online enquiry form.

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Byron Community Centre Homeless Breakfast: 7:30–9am Wednesday. Homeless Showers: Monday and Wednesday 10am–12pm (book in at breakfasts). Women’s Support and Counselling: Friday 1–3pm, Community Cabin Carlyle St. Seniors Computer Club: Friday 9am–11am, Community Cabin Carlyle St (school term only). Seniors

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 by Zoom. Contact for details’ – 1300 252 666 www.al-anon.org.au. Please note: This section is intended for the benefit of non-profit community groups.

previously been the target of the mainstream media for stories on the so called ‘anti-vax capital’ of Mullumbimby over the years. We believe this is owing to our presence in the town, and because we offer complementary medicine, which has a long history of being dismissed and discredited. Contrary to the media’s portrayal, we have always maintained a resolute policy of not offering advice on whether people should get vaccinated. Rather, we aim to support people’s health. We do not view our community as being divided into two groups – ie, as so called ‘antiand pro-vaxxers’. We see people as people, whatever their choices, many who are struggling with stress and anxiety in these difficult times, and aim to offer them the support they require. There are universally accepted ethics related to freedom of choice and the right to informed consent regarding medical treatment, as well as the privacy of that information. At Mullumbimby Herbals, we absolutely uphold these ethical values, and we respect people, and seek to support their health, whatever their own choices are. Q Val Iwaszko is the manager of Mullumbimby Herbals

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worker? Surely someone paying 50 per cent of their wage in rent would consider their work essential if they were lucky enough to still be working. Single mothers paying rent and keeping their heads above water would consider their work essential. Too many others to name here… but the entitled seem to deem their positions more essential. Roland Dickson Bangalow

Champion a cause Delighted to read Dan Reade’s letter (September 1) calling for everyone to take on a new cause to champion. I have it, it’s called true democracy, because this is something that’s lacking in Australia with our duopoly party politics, pandering to corporations, mining companies and Big pPple and the environment? The reality is we have a choice between only two parties. They are similar and say whatever they think will win votes at the next election; then usually backflip when they win power. They have both now

become conceited tyrants, implementing legislation taking away the freedom and liberty of everyday people. We are heading towards a totalitarian regime where our bodily autonomy and right to choose has disappeared. It’s time for them to go. The solution is at the ballot box. We need to get away from party politics, and bring fresh new ideas, evidence-based policies and real, everyday people of integrity into parliament. We need true democracy. Australia’s Representatives, is a political party that I believe has the solution. As a single parent, qualified high school teacher, and social worker, and long time resident I understand what our community needs: affordable housing, protection of our natural environment, and tax reform. Plus, hearing the voice of the people and putting their needs first, and this is what AusReps stands for. So I encourage the community to consider this option when voting at the next federal election. Fiona Kaminski Ocean Shores www.echo.net.au

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M idi Holis c D tal The dentists at Meridian Holistic Dental have a wealth of experience in general and holistic dentistry, as well as specialised areas such as TMJ, cosmetic dentistry, and child oral health. They are passionate about improving the dental health and overall wellbeing of patients. Meridian Holistic Dental is ready to look after any of your dental needs, from routine oral checkups to teeth whitening, emergency care, and children’s dentistry. They will work with you to care for all your oral health needs through all stages of diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care. They strive to give you the highest quality of care in a relaxed and comfortable environment. To make a booking please contact their reception on 02 6684 1511.

B galow Heada e Clinic At Bangalow Headache Clinic they treat headaches and migraines, jaw pain, clicking, grinding and locking, as well as vestibular disorders and dizziness. Michael has done extensive studies and exams in both Australia and Europe involving the head, neck and jaw. He has completed advanced vestibular competency training with the Northern American leaders in this area. ([ )HUNHSV^ /LHKHJOL *SPUPJ [OL` X\P[L VM[LU ÄUK an overlap between headache and dizziness and/or headache and jaw problems. They possess the expertise [V YLZVS]L [OLZL KPѝJ\S[ WYVISLTZ If you experience jaw pain, locking or clicking, headaches, migraines or vertigo, call them on 0475 757 510. 72 Byron Street, Bangalow bangalowheadacheclinic.com.au

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New Mullum Indian S Haslam Mullumbimby now has its own Indian restaurant at the Mullumbimby Golf Club. Mullum Indian Restaurant is open Wednesday to Saturday from 4–8.30pm and whilst they serve takeaway, now that restrictions have lifted you can enjoy not only the spacious interior but also dining on the decks in the spring and summer evenings. It’s a wonderful view out over the golf course, and of course the huge size of the place means that it’s very safe to eat there (just don’t tell anyone from Western Sydney how good it is!). The menu has all the Indian restaurant favourites that you’ve grown to love over the years, such as chicken tikka masala, or butter chicken (or mango chicken for that matter), and

is very reasonably priced with entrees like pakoras from $7.90. Main courses range from $15.90 up to $18.50 for favourites like korma, madras, rogan josh, vindaloo or saagwala with a choice of chicken, lamb or beef. Plus, of course, there are all the accompaniments like raita, mango chutney, and lime pickles that make the meal really sing – Bollywood style, and a great range of traditional breads. The popular Punjabi naan, for example, is made in the tandoori oven and stuffed with cheese and spinach. Indian restaurants always cater well for the vegetarians among us, and of course the menu contains many vegan items, with gluten free available on request. Whilst the lockdown has thrown up a few unexpected quirks in food

supplies in the first few weeks of opening, the restaurant intends to source all its fresh ingredients from the local Byron Shire farmers markets; as seasonal and local as possible, with an emphasis on quality ingredients. If it sounds like owner PJ has a pretty good handle on how to run a good Indian restaurant, that’s not surprising as he’s been in the game for over 25 years, and in fact this is his third restaurant. But although the other restaurants in Brisbane are larger, the Mullumbimby restaurant is very close to his heart, as he says he only moved down here to

Happy customers Eddie & Grace

Disha, Raj, PJ and Parminder

Banned bunnies Did you know that pet bunnies are banned in Queensland? But not in New South Wales! We’ve all seen the sign at Tugun and, probably, laughed. Given that, according to police, border closures massively reduce the flow of both drugs and criminals entering NSW from Qld, it seems weird for them to be so uptight about our floppy-eared friends heading north. In fact, Queensland has the toughest anti-rabbit regime in the world. In Queensland, a rabbit is considered a ‘restricted invasive animal’ under the Biosecurity Act 2014. Anyone found illegally keeping rabbits can be issued with an on-the-spot fine of

$2,200. The maximum penalty for keeping rabbits in Queensland is $44,000. Apparently, numerous e-petitions have been circulating over the years, with many Qld owners even trying to palm their rabbits off as ‘long-eared guinea pigs’ to avoid fines! Of course, young kids love patting bunnies, so to indulge them Macadamia Castle (the interactive animal park between Byron and Ballina) has some seriously adorable bunnies, just waiting to be cuddled! They have grey bunnies, black and white bunnies, floppy-eared bunnies, dwarf bunnies, baby bunnies, the list goes on! And, no problems about biosecurity here, for the

start the restaurant because he loves the place so much. PJ’s family, on his sister’s side, have been here for over 100 years, and now he is living in The Pocket with them, which is quite a commitment as his own family have stayed behind in Brisbane to run the other restaurants. Because the Mullum restaurant is closed a few days a week, PJ was hoping to pop back to Brisbane each week to see them, but the sudden border closure (just lifted) means that he has gone months without seeing his own family. So, pop in this week and welcome PJ and the crew at the Mullumbimby Golf Club in their first week of accepting diners at their new Indian restaurant! Mullum Golf Club, 1600 Coolamon Scenic Drive. Ph 6684 2273 (option 3) or 0448 300 684 mullumindian.com.au.

safety of their crocodiles, and farmers, your children and the bunnies are kept safely at a distance. Our children loved the castle when they were younger, especially playing on the flying fox and feeding the animals, and on a recent

visit we found, a bit to my surprise, that we still all enjoyed it, especially the mini-golf and a nostalgic ride on the mini train. There was even an exciting bit where ‘something’ escaped and four blokes with nets on long poles executed what looked like a well-rehearsed recapture. There are talks by the keepers, waterplay, train rides, two playgrounds, a cafe serving their legendary pancakes, and over 150 animals including kangaroos, koalas, crocodiles and snakes! The lockdown across Greater Sydney, as well as the border closure between NSW and Qld has dramatically affected the Byron Bay Tourism and Hospitality industry, including The Macadamia Castle. Now that the clouds,

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OPEN 7 DAYS. 7AM – 4PM No parking issues, driveway service, phone ahead or order online via the HEY YOU app. 1 Marine Parade, Wategos Beach, Byron Bay.

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MULLUM INDIAN RESTAURANT Open for takeaway. Vegan available Wednesday to Saturday 4-8:30pm Mullumbimy Golf Club, 1600 Coolamon Scenic Drive T: 02 6684 2273 (Option 3) M: 0448 300 684

Always full of surprises Mullumbimby-born farmer, Glenyce Creighton, has been on her property in Myocum for 40 years. Originally the farm was a piggery, until Glenyce and her family began trialling many varied vegetables, becoming certified organic over 10 years ago. ‘I have been at Mullumbimby and New Brighton Farmers Markets since the very, very beginning. I love my customers; they are lovely people to mix with, I like to get to know them and they always come back to have a conversation,’ says Glenyce. You won’t find a lot of any one type of produce at her stall, but what you will find is a huge mixture of what she has in season. Glenyce only sells what’s she’s just picked or harvested. Nothing Glenyce sells has ever been refrigerated, it is straight from the ground to the farmers markets. ‘Originally when we first started at the markets we were selling vegetables and I was looking for other produce to add to the stall, which is when I brought in flowers and flower arrangements, they add variety and of course make the stall look lovely’. With variety comes… well, varieties. Have you ever wondered why cucumbers today taste nothing like they did when you were growing up? and the lockdown restrictions, have lifted, and spring is in the air, as a community it’s more important than ever for us to get out and support local. The Northern Rivers is currently COVID free, and we are still able to get out and about – so let’s do this to keep our favourite venues alive.

‘The Macadamia Castle is open seven days a week for local families to come and enjoy our facilities. We have our Night Tours continuing in a COVID Safe environment,’ says Tony Gilding, the owner of the castle for the last 14 years. Tony has just sold the Macadamia Castle to notfor-profit Wildlife Recovery Australia (WRA), associated with the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital (their mobile wildlife hospital will be run from the carpark using the castle’s solar array). The Macadamia Castle follows all NSW regulations

Glenyce’s stall is at Mullumbimby Farmers Markets, Friday 7–11am and New Brighton Farmers Markets, 7–11am Tuesdays. Glenyce stocks many older, heritage, seeded and hard to find vegetables. She has horn melons, chokos and old style large white skin cucumbers – just like your grandmother used to put on your sandwiches. These are the kind of vegetables big commercial growers and supermarkets would never bother with. You’ll even find farm-grown body products, such as the loofah plant, a natural sponge and exfoliator. It is always a treat to visit Glenyce’s stall – regular marketgoers know to be on the lookout to see if she has her homemade pavlova! and recommendations to keep customers, staff and the local community safe. Staff and customers must wear masks inside The Castle, however as the animal park is outside, you may roam mask free as you wish. They continue to disinfect all regularly used surfaces, and have hygiene stations located throughout. They encourage social distancing at all times, and all people entering the castle must check in via the Service NSW app. They have also adjusted the numbers in seated and indoor spaces so as to be in line with NSW restrictions. All activities continue to run including the Free Flight bird show, train rides, mini golf, keeper talks and bunny petting. They are open and ready for fun! The Macadamia Castle is open 9am–4pm every day except Christmas Day! Bunny petting is at 10am and 1.30pm daily. Cost: Entry to The Macadamia Castle includes a full day of fun for the whole family. For prices see macadamiacastle.com. au or call 02 6687 8432 The Macadamia Castle: 419 Hinterland Way Knockrow NSW 2479.

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Take Away Cocktails & Bottle Sales Lockdown luxury for the home. Takeaway made easy – drive through and contactless. 10% off bottle prices and 25% off bottled cocktails including their Pina Coladas. Naturally Better! Free from added artificial flavours and colours. LordByronDistillery

Lord Byron Distillery

Bowlo Kitchen

Family friendly, tradies’ local, restaurant quality. Wednesday to Friday happy hour, midweek specials, The Bowlo, Bangalow excellent wines, foodies delight, creative cocktails, 6687 2741 local produce, massive kids’ space, welcoming staff, Open Wed–Fri 12–2.30pm & 5–8.30pm; and COVID Safe. Sat 12–8.30pm; Sun 12–7pm. Club open Wed–Sun from 12 noon www.bangalowbowlo.com.au bangalowbowlo @thebowlo

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4 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay 8646 4901

Come along to the Bangalow Bowlo and find out.

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No Bones

The Italian, Byron Bay, provides a bustling 21, 108 Jonson St, atmospheric restaurant, dishing up contemporary Byron Bay inspired Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s Open 7 days from 5.30pm finest cocktails and wines. 5633 1216 CLOSED FOR SEPTEMBER www.theitalianbyronbay.com

Loft Byron Bay

Incredible cocktails, locals beers & all-day snacks and food to share, with ocean views.

4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 9183

Happy Hour | Every day 4–6pm $6 Loft lager or wine, $10 Aperol Spritz, $14 Margarita

Book online: www.loftbyronbay.com.au

Chupacabra

Legend Pizza Serving Byron Bay for 30 years Open 7 days and nights Delivery from Suffolk to Ewingsdale 90-96 Jonson Street 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au

Main Street Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner. Menu, Phone and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar 18 Jonson Street 6680 8832

Success Thai

Mon–Fri lunch & dinner closed Sundays Lunch 12 noon–3pm Dinner from 5–8.30pm 3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

Gentlemen Noodle Japanese pop-up Noodle Shop

Coorabell Hall 565 Coolamon Scenic Dr, Coorabell RAMEN PRE-ORDER TAKEAWAY! During COVID lockdown, we are open for pre-order takeaway! Please check our new takeaway menu on Instagram. Order now and pick-up on Thursday!

Yaman Mullumbimby 62 Stuart St, Mullumbimby 6684 3778 www.yamanmullumbimby.com.au

Open 7 days from 9am–8pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Order online and join our loyalty program Catering for up to 100 people lunch and dinner BYO Locally owned and operated Scan code for menu

The Empire 20 Burringbar St, Mullum

6684 2306 Lockdown hours: Tues–Sun 9am–3pm FB/Insta: EmpireMullum empiremullum.com.au Orders: mryum.com/theempire

Open for takeaway daily, 12 midday until dinner.

Corner of Stuart and Tincogan Streets, Mullumbimby

‘Make a meal of it’ Add chips and a drink, just $5

0498 010 881 Monday–Friday 6.30am–2.30pm Saturday 7am–2pm

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Harvest

Menus available on Facebook.

Take away breakfast & lunch Monday–Sunday 7am–2pm Take away dinners Thursday+Friday pick up 5–7pm Take away cocktail hour Thursday+Friday 4–7pm

Barrio’s canteen takes its inspiration from locally sourced produce and moorish cuisine Offering daily bakes, breakfast cakes, classic sandwiches, vibrant salads, smoked fish and wood fired meats. Keep an eye on our socials for weekly changing dinner menus. Pre order dinners on 0411 323 165

Coffee, Malawach Rolls, Pita Pockets, Falafel, Traditional Yemenite spices and all your favourites always freshly made. Currently open for takeaway, feel free to call ahead with your order. Something for all tastes from epic burgers to vegan delights. Enjoy delectable treats and good vibes at this Mullum icon. Order and pay online! Scan the CR code to view menu and order online through Mr Yum. Phone orders welcome. Takeaway is available on the whole menu.

Healthy, fresh, balanced and nutrient dense meals that create a sensory delight for our customers. Buddha bowls, smoothies, coffee, cold-pressed juices, and so much more.

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Daughter in Law

Barrio

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Takeaway order: text 0434 570 933

Paséyo

Menu, Phone and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar

Not your typical Indian joint. Jessi Singh’s ‘unauthentic coastal Indian’ cuisine using local Northern Rivers ingredients. 22 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay Open Thursday to Saturday for takeaways only @dil_byron 30% off Pick up orders only www.daughterinlaw.com.au Free meal to people Reservations via website, and half of the restaurant is reserved for walk-in’s who are affected by current lockdown

We serve a Home Pack Ramen kit to cook your own Ramen at home. Great Fun activity! Also we have dumplings and some rice dishes.

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Byron’s Freshest Pizza

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.

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COORABELL

Open every day from 4pm till late. Fresh authentic Mexican in a relaxed atmosphere.

We can’t wait to see you all again soon.

Book online: www.nobonesbyronbay.com.au

Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9–11pm 2 for $25 Classic Espresso Martini

This is food made with love, all produce sourced locally. Eat in or take out. Margaritas and tacos all night long! Shop 12A, 3 Clifford St, Family friendly, totally GF menu. Suffolk Park DINNER 5pm–9pm 6685 3059 WED–SAT www.chupacabra.com.au Book via Resy @chupabyron

check our social media for updates on the official re-opening date.

11 Fletcher Street 6680 7418

The Italian Byron Bay

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Vegan Bar and Kitchen.

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HARVEST RESTAURANT, DELI + BAKERY Culinary creativity that harnesses the connection between food and nature. Restaurant Lunch: 7 days 12–3pm Dinner: Wed–Sat from 5.30pm Baked goods at Sourdough Weekends: Sat + Sun 8am until sold out Deli 8am–3pm daily

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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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Bangalow’s modern baker S Haslam Being a baker in a modern town like Bangalow these days involves a lot more than getting up super early in the morning and banging out a range of white bread wonders – if owners (since 2019) Tyson and Jess Phillips are the first to see a spectacular sunrise over the historic town, they’re just as likely to take a minute, take a photo, and put it on Instagram. But don’t look at the Bangalow Bread Co Instagram feed! I made the mistake and… well, everything looks so good. While they do produce what they call ‘traditional bakery items’, like bread, they see themselves as bringing the age-old trade of baking into the modern world. So their gut-loving sourdough breads, which look fantastic by the way, are made daily by a traditional process and slowly fermented for a minimum of 24 hours so they have just the right amount of taste and chew. They take the making of children’s birthday cakes really seriously too (if you want them to) – I spotted a rainbow unicorn cake destined for a 6-year-old’s party that was fantasy worlds above my best efforts – my wife still laughs about the horror realm of deformed frog-people I created for my own daughter’s cake. They’ll also make up some great sandwich (or artisanal baguette!) plates if you need them to cater for an event, or help with organising something for your picnic, when they have time! They combine well with local producers, but they are really good at baking.

Cabarita Spirits – home of Soltera Rum S Haslam Get ready to be taken all the way back to your childhood with nostalgic memories of reimagined chocolate fudge slice, wonder at their Mars Bar-topped cupcakes, or their Portuguese tarts. They’ve got a pretty strong following for their carrot cake, and their chunky olive oil cookies. The regulars say that you can’t go past their vanilla slice made with butter puff pastry and passionfruit icing, but we will leave that up to you. Now that lockdown is lifted, it’s even more enjoyable to go in and choose from the array of delectables – the wooden-floored building is an old and stylish one with great high ceilings. The offerings don’t stop at sweet treats. As I was watching their Insta feed (yes, I told you not to open it, you’ll end up obsessively checking it) some spectacular savoury danishes appeared, made with rosemary infused potato

Berry bright future At 25, Sarah Montgomery has her feet planted firmly on the ground and her hands deep in the soil. The third-generation farmer works alongside her father, David, and grandfather, Kerry, growing strawberries on the family farm at Eungella. Sarah’s passion for the land and the security of farming into the future is evident. The average age of Australian farmers is 56 years old, so bringing young blood into the agricultural sector is critical. ‘My generation of farmers is the future of Australia,’ she says. ‘If my generation stops farming, where does that leave us? Maintaining local food systems is so important. ‘At the end of the day, without young farmers, there is no

future in Australian farming. And I want to make sure our farm is left in good hands for the next generation.’ Sarah says she hopes those hands will be her children’s – three-year-old Lillian and 10-month-old Ross – and so she is trying to foster that same love and passion for the land in them. If you’ve ever tasted Monty’s strawberries, you’ll know that their supermarket counterparts aren’t a patch on them. ‘Our strawberries are ripened on the vine, whereas supermarket-bought strawberries are picked when they are still partly green and doused in chemicals,’ she says.

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dauphinoise. Their ‘meat’ pies are housemade, but not just the pastry – they are filled with slow cooked locallysourced beef cooked on site; their sandwiches are also made using fresh sourdough including a variety of fillings. One of the most popular, and again their Insta feed makes it look incredibly good, is the ‘Reuben sandwich’ Alongside the best-tasting strawberries, Monty’s also offer 100 per cent fruit flats, ice-blocks and ice-creams – all made with second or unsaleable fruit. Not only are these value-added items hugely popular with the young folk, but they also mean there is no food waste on the farm. You can find the Monty’s stall at Byron and Bangalow Farmers Markets every week. Byron Farmers Market is held Thursdays 7–11am at the Cavanbah Centre and Bangalow Farmers Market is held Saturdays 7–11am behind the Bangalow pub. Farming family: Kerry Montgomery with his granddaughter, Sarah, and great grandchild, Ross, at Bangalow Farmers Market.

How small-scale and personal do you need to get before you can be called a truly artisanal and independent distiller? In a week in which the owners of leading independent brewer Stone & Wood surprised the industry and most of their staff by selling to Lion, Keri Algar is at quite the opposite end of the scale – you couldn’t get much smaller, more handmade or more enthusiastic than Keri – the Soltera Rum copper still is literally on her property, a stone’s throw from the beach in beautiful coastal Cabarita. Whilst I’d heard about the ‘Spanish woman near Pottsville who makes rum’, no-one could remember her name or exactly where she was located. But now Soltera Rum, the first bottle of which was produced a year ago, is coming of age… unlike most useless garage start-ups, starting a micro-distillery is much more worthwhile, and

hence takes a bit of time. Before she even started, Keri, whose grandfather was a chemist in a sugar factory in Spain, spent two years pestering distillers for tips and tricks before she settled on a production technique. And she has the right attitude, a ‘mission to make beautiful booze in the spirit of cheerful enjoyment’. The tradition of rum really is a tradition of romance and revelry, she says, ‘and I aim to put a bit of that joyful culture into every bottle of Soltera Rum.’ She uses 100d per cent local ingredients. The molasses is from the Condong Sugar Mill in Murwillumbah and the majority of the sugar crushed there is grown in the Tweed. Keri says, ‘There’s something really special about being hyper local, I love driving past the cane fields, imagining that sugar might end up in one of the fermentations. Each batch is double distilled and is small, averaging between 100 and

140 bottles.’ Released less than a year ago, Blanco is Soltera Rum’s debut spirit, and it’s a delight in cocktails that need a bit of sass. It’s a lightly spiced, unaged cane spirit, not legally a rum as it hasn’t aged in wood for at least two years. ‘There are barrel-aged products in the pipeline, but for now, Blanco makes an excellent daiquiri!’, says Keri. While Soltera Rum is the mainstay of Cabarita Spirits, having a copper pot still means there is potential for more than rum. ‘You should see the distillery at the moment – it looks like a mad scientist has been let loose. The creative aspect of experimentation is really interesting, and fun! I love tinkering around the distillery in the afternoons. ‘Starting a distillery singlehandedly, even a tiny one, has been a massive adventure. There’s a lot of learning, a lot of work, a lot of determination at play, but it’s also been made possible thanks to the support of the local community. Local bars, restaurants and independent bottle shops have been wonderful about giving something new a go, I’m very grateful.’ Soltera Rum’s Blanco cane spirit is now at your local bottlo, and at www.cabaritaspirits.com.

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INCEPTION – BYRON THEATRE’S FIRST POST-LOCKDOWN LIVE EVENT Cancelled twice owing to the local lockdown, Three Lords’ Inception and AV show is Byron Theatre’s first event after reopening. The Three Lords, Hano Kotevski and Thomas Zachary are collaborating with visionary projection artist, Arianna Bosi, of Dashboard Animals will bring the Nolan/DiCaprio classic to Byron next week. The AV show is a personal passion project in honour of Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller adventure, which will pay homage to beautiful landscapes and architectural shapes and designs. These will be manipulated away from the projection screen – Arianna will again weave the audience in and around the space of the Byron

Theatre, while Thomas’ live performance of his original soundscape will guide the audience through an acoustic dream-like state, as well as tipping his musical ‘hat’ to the film’s score composer, Hans Zimmer. Hano says Three Lords’ aim is to continue to keep live events innovative and accessible to patrons and local artists, while mindfully respecting the continuing nagging reminder that COVID is so present in our lives right now. ‘We are so grateful and fortunate to have the support of Byron Theatre, which has managed to keep its doors open, its patrons and dedicated staff safe, consistently and vigilantly maintaining its COVID Safe status.’ Don’t miss Inception + A/V show on Saturday 25 September at 7.30pm at the Byron Theatre. For tickets go to: byrontheatre.com.

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North Coast news online

AGENTS NU Firs MBER Sale t Natio 2 nal spe Aus rson i n tral 202 ia 1

Gary Brazenor Negotiating strong results for my sellers for over 20 years

0423 777 237 gary@byronshirerealestate.com.au

Taara ssold our house more quickly, and for a Tara higher price than we could have imagined. She was enthusiastic about our place yet practical and professional in her advice as we prepared the house for or sa sale. le. VENDOR - CLUNES

TARA TORKKOLA SALES MANAGER / SALES

0423 519 698 | TARA@BYRONBAYFN.COM Contact Tara to discuss your property or career at First National Byron WWW.BYRONBAYFN.COM.AU

EXPERIENCE | CARE | RESULTS

REAL SERVICE REAL SOLUTIONS REAL ESTATE

SU REYNOLDS

DIRECTOR/SALES - CHIEF CULTURAL OFFICER

0428 888 660 | sreynolds@byronbayfn.com WWW.BYRONBAYFN.COM.AU

PAUL PRIOR SALES

0418 324 297 paulprior@byronbayfn.com Professional and results driven with extensive knowledge. Servicing the Byron Shire and beyond. Call Paul for an appointment today. WWW.BYRONBAYFN.COM.AU

CALL REZ TODAY

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Open For Inspection Atlas by LJ Hooker

• 978A Coolamon Scenic Drive, Coorabell. Fri 11–11.30am • 47 Bulgoon Crescent, Ocean Shores. Sat 9.30–10am Byron & Beyond Real Estate

• 1 Hulls Rd, Crabbes Creek. Sat 10–10.30am • 38 Waranga Cres, Burringbar. Sat 11–11.30am Harcourts Northern Rivers

• 30 Unara Parkway, Cumbalum. Sat 10.30–11am • 5 Newland Avenue, West Ballina. Sat 11–11.30am • 4 Summerhill Crescent, Cumbalum. Sat 12–12.30pm LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads

• 22A Omega Circuit, Brunswick Heads. Thu 10–10.30am • 22A Omega Circuit, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10–10.30am Raine & Horne Ocean Shores/Brunswick Heads/ Murwillumbah

• 10 Durigan Place, Banora Point. Sat 10–11am • 2 Kanandah Court, Ocean Shores. Sat 11–11.30am • 49 Ewing Street, Murwillumbah. Sat 11am–12pm • 6077 Tweed Valley Way. Burringbar. Sat 12.30–1pm • 8 Park Avenue, Bray Park. Sat 12.30–1pm • 114a Byangum Road, Murwillumbah. By appointment Real Estate of Distinction Byron Bay

• 121 Myocum Downs Drive, Myocum. Sat 11–11.30am Tim Miller Real Estate

• 17 Palm–Lily Crescent, Bangalow. Wed 11.30am–12pm • 28 Ruskin Street, Byron Bay. Wed 10–10.30am • 1 Palm Tree Crescent, Bangalow. Wed 12.30–1pm

Auction Tim Miller Real Estate

• 17 Palm–Lily Crescent, Bangalow. Sat 10.15am onsite • 28 Ruskin Street, Byron Bay. Sat 12.15pm onsite (unless

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AGENTS

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CONVEYANCING

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The journey is as important as the destination. Rate My Agent Awards recognise more than just successful transactions.

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Top 5% of all agents in Australia based on authenticated seller and buyer reviews.

Helene Adams

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VICKI COOPER I 0418 231 955

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Alyce Field

byronbaypropertylawyer.com 02 6680 7370

Your experienced local agent

P: 0417 439 230 E: alyce@byronpropertyhub.com.au

Byron Bay Property Lawyer (Vickers Lawyers) has relocated to 42 Bilin Road, Myocum. Same phone number and same friendly professional service but we only handle property related matters. • We are experienced, approachable and friendly lawyers. • Advice on buying and selling real estate. • Residential/Strata conveyancing. • Contract review/advice and strata reports. • Registered for PEXA (electronic lodgement). • Business sales and commercial leases. PHILIP VICKERS

Over 35 years real estate experience, 12 years specialising in the Byron Hinterland.

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Integrity, Knowledge, Results Call today to discuss your Real Estate needs.

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Nadia Bandini 0422 233 176

Nathan Donnelly 0421 942 630

Shop 1/12 Park Street, Brunswick Heads, NSW 2483. 02 6685 1206

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PROPERTY STYLING

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Property Management Melissa Phillips 02 6685 0177 rentals@ljhbrunswickheads.com Save yourself thousands, call the expert property management team.

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North Coast news online

SERVICE DIRECTORY RATES, PAYMENT & DEADLINE

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777

INDEX

• DEPT OF FAIR TRADING: A licence is required for all residential building work where the reasonable market cost of the work to be done (labour and materials) exceeds $5000 (including GST).

0439 624 945

• RELIABLE TRADESMAN • DECKS & PERGOLAS • TIMBER SCREENS & DOORS • GARAGE CONVERSIONS

02 66 804 173 Friendly Reliable Prompt Local

Digital TV ALL Antenna Installations & Repairs ALL Electrical Work

LICENCE NUMBER 344531C SERVICING THE BYRON SHIRE

JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas .....0432 289705

Landscape Supplies .......................36 Landscaping .................................36 Locksmith .....................................36 Osteopathy ...................................36 Painting........................................36 Pest Control ..................................36 Photography .................................36 Physiotherapy ...............................36 Picture Framing ............................36 Plastering .....................................36 Plumbers ......................................36 Removalists ..................................36 Roofing.........................................36 Rubbish Removal ..........................36 Self Storage ..................................37 Septic Systems ..............................37 Snake Catchers ..............................37 Solar Installation ..........................37 Television Services ........................37 Tiling ............................................37 Transport ......................................37 Tree Services .................................37 Tuition ..........................................37 Upholstery ....................................37 Valuers .........................................37 Veterinary Surgeons......................37 Water Filters .................................37 Water Supplies ..............................37 Welding ........................................37 Window Cleaning ..........................37 Window Tinting ............................37

ACCOUNTANTS & BOOKKEEPERS ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry..............................................................................................66847415 BAS * TAXATION * ACCOUNTING saltwateraccountancy.com.au ...............................02 66874746

FURNITURE RESTORATION Old/antique. 40+ yrs exp. erwinfurniturerestoration.com 0412 528454

APPLIANCE REPAIR COFFEE MACHINE SERVICE & REPAIR coffeetechbyron.com.au Phone Stuart ............0407 395263

ARCHITECTS

Lic: 317362C

Licensed builder, specialising in Bathroom renovations.

OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au ..............................................66855001

AUTOMOTIVE

0417 654 888

Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

www.stoneysbuildingcreations.com

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

LEGENDARY OFFROAD TYRES

Mobile Panel, Paint & Bumper Repairs FREE QUOTES • Scratch & Dent Repairs • Rust Repairs • Pre Sales Tidy Ups • Car Park Dents • Accident Damage

We come to you. Fully qualified, fully insured and all work is guaranteed.

Complete Home Maintenance Solutions Bathroom and Kitchen Renovations • General Carpentry • Timber Decks • Home Maintenance RAY GOUGH 0477 005 144 completehome_1@bigpond.com

ALL CARPENTRY WORK FULLY INSURED

Bumper to Bumper Repairs | Cory 0403 918 831

CASH PAID FOR UNWANTED CARS

6684 5296

Free metal drop off Locally owned

A B S O L U T E LY F R E E

NSW Lic. 83568c Qld BSA 1238105

• Floor installations • Door & Window installations • Decks & Pergolas 0488 950 638 matt.rowan.wardle@gmail.com • Alterations

RENOVATION SPECIALISTS Renovating homes with quality, care and craftmanship. 0433 124 895

ULTRABUILDe.com.au

CAR BODY REMOVAL

DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................. 66834008 or 0407 728998

CASH ON THE SPOT GUARANTEE

BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. 20 yrs exp. Lic 170208C .............0415 793242

$50 - $1000

BUILDER Renovations, maintenance, 30yrs exp. mchughdesign.com.au Lic 29792C....0408 663420

WE BUY UNWANTED CARS, UTES & VANS

PHONE 0466 113 333 24/7

HAVEN BUILDING All aspects of building. Lic 326616C ...............................................0432 565060

EMAIL: enquires@adrians.com.au

ACUPUNCTURE

CALL BRETT 0414 542 019

ANTIQUES/RESTORATION

Lic No: MVTC157416

Accountants & Bookkeepers ..........34 Acupuncture .................................34 Air Conditioning & Refrigeration....34 Antennas & Installation.................34 Antiques/Restoration ....................34 Appliance Repair ...........................34 Architects .....................................34 Automotive...................................34 Blinds, Awnings, Curtains, Shutters .34 Bricklaying....................................34 Building Trades .............................34 Bush Regen & Weed Control ..........34 Carpet Cleaning ............................34 Chimney Sweeping........................34 Chiropractic ..................................34 Cleaning .......................................34 Computer Services ........................35 Concreting & Paving ......................35 Decks, Patios & Extensions.............35 Dentists ........................................35 Design & Drafting..........................35 Driveway Maintenance ..................35 Earthmoving & Excavation.............35 Electricians ...................................35 Fencing .........................................35 Floor Sanding & Polishing..............35 Flooring ........................................35 Funeral Services ............................35 Garden & Property Maintenance....35 Gas Suppliers ................................35 Graphic Design ..............................35 Guttering ......................................35 Handypersons ...............................35 Health ..........................................36 Hire ..............................................36 Insurance ......................................36

BUILDING TRADES

Lic. 266174C

DEADLINE: For additions and changes to the Service Directory is 12pm Friday. LINE ADS: $99 for 3 months or $340 for 1 year prepaid. For line Service Directory ads email classifieds@echo.net.au. DISPLAY ADS: $68 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid. Please supply display ads 85mm wide, 28mm high. New display ads will be placed at end of section. For display Service Directory ads email adcopy@echo.net.au. The Echo Service Directory is online in Echonetdaily – www.echo.net.au/service-directory

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION

FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162 CARPENTER Insured & qualified. Renos, decks, small jobs, free quotes. Lic 231104C ...0431 674377

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis.............................................0490 022183

CARPENTRY, DECKS, INSULATED PATIOS Lic No 253288C ..........................................0432 228980

MARLENE FARRY Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine marlenefarry.com .........0416 599507

CARPENTER All home repairs, Ballina Shire. Insured. 40yrs exp. Lic R87978.................0429 869769

ACUPUNCTURE at EASTERN MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE. Ph Dr Derek Doran ............0414 478787

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

Cars, SUV, 4X4, Van, Truck, Ag and Industrial Onsite

WEED CONTROL SPECIALIST Lawns – bindii weeds – Army worms – grass grubs .....0418 110714

35 De Havilland Crescent, Ballina NSW. 2478. ballinatyrepro.com.au

CARPET CLEANING

BAYSIDE RADIATORS Windscreens & air-con. Billinudgel. AU29498 .................................66802444

BLINDS, AWNINGS, CURTAINS, SHUTTERS LOCAL

SHOWCASE DEALER SHOWROOM

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

SUNSCREENS Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

0408 232 066

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION

PLEASE CALL 6680 9394 artisanair.com.au AU 37088 Lic 246545C

Mullumbimby Refrigeration & Airconditioning Services 45 Manns Road, Mullumbimby Lic: 299433C ARC: AU40492

– Sales – Installation – Repairs – All Commercial Refrigeration – Residential & Commercial Airconditioning – Coolroom Design & Construction – Freezer Rooms

6684 2783

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

1/84 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay

66 680 0 8862

FREE E MEASURE E QUOTE E

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance

BLACKS CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS AHHA member, insured. 3rd generation .....66771905

PLANTATION SHUTTERS

CHIROPRACTIC BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ..............................66855282 WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman...66858553

AWNINGS

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ROLL BLINDS

NORTH BYRON BLINDS For all your window furnishings................................................ 0404 421518

BRICKLAYING

RAINBOW REGION AIR CONDITIONING ARC AU36141. Lic No. 264313C.....................0487 264137 BRICK/BLOCK LAYING Contractors. Lic 291958C. Phone Mark ........................................0409 444268 CLIMATE CONTROL AUSTRALIA Lic 362019C AU 27106... JARREAU.............................0421 485217 BRICK & BLOCK LAYING 15 years exp. Reliable & competitive. Call Andrew for a quote ..0423 151092

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CHIMNEY SWEEPING

CURTAINS

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Green & Clean

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine extraction, rust removal, heavy traffic areas, deodorising and sanitation.

CLEANING

ACTION WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING actionjoewindow@gmail.com

• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning • Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & ﬂyscreens • Water efﬁcient • Free quotes Phone Joe or Helen 0409 207 646 or 0412 495 750

www.echo.net.au

Service Directory 5 Stars

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

Coast to Country Asphalt Specialising in

CLEANING SERVICE

CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring

Phone Mick 0409 009 024

• Asphalt Driveways • Sub-divisions • Earthworks • Carparks • and all Maintenance!

Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated ..0410 723601

For a Free Quote Call Now

BEYOND CLEANING GROUP Quality focused. Bruns to Ballina from $49.90-$59.99ph..0451 102239 PROFESSIONAL LOCAL CLEANER excellent references, good rates. Shire wide. Ph Krissy ..0410 860330

COMPUTER SERVICES

0426 668 496 Buzzboxit@gmail.com

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ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

4WD Tractor Slasher & Front Bucket

TINY EARTHWOR

For a free quote contact Shane Anderson info@nrtractorco.com.au 0456 873 203 MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394

various implements available for limited access projects

DARYL 0418 234 302

Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting. Residential • Civil • Industrial

ACES LANDSCAPED GARDENS Mowing, gardening, landscaping. Ph Sam ..................0477 851493

CONSCIOUS EARTHWORKS

LEAF IT TO US Specialists in acreage mowing, garden, and tree services ......................0402 487213

DRAINAGE DESIGN • DRIVEWAYS • PADS • WATERWAYS ALL ASPECTS OF EARTHMOVING Phone: 0468 344 939

ALL AROUND

COSTAL GARDENS Landscaping, garden restoration & maintenance...........................0403 717215 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772

www.360earth.com.au

BRUSHCUTTING Rubbish, Property Maintenance, Lawns.............................................0412 469109 RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, hedging.........0424 805660

CONCRETING

NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, excavator, cable locating & tpr.0402 716857 ANDREW FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATION Lic 12363889.............................0401 968173

Call Daniel

ELECTRICIANS

0424 876 155

ANDREW FLANAGAN CONCRETING & EXCAVATION Lic 12363889.............................0401 968173

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

0439 624 945

02 66 804 173

ELECTRICAL Steve Nicholls ph: 0455 445 343 lic: EC28753

All Jobs Small or Large

Lic No 142383C

nichollselectrical@outlook.com

Locally Owned Est 18 years

No Rental Reliable

www.brunswickvalleygas.com

0408 760 609 GRAPHIC DESIGN Graphic Design / Print Branding / Websites Tutoring

GUTTERING

0458 267 777

Lic. 211410C

THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard ...0407 821690 SPECIALIST DECK SANDER (raised nail heads no prob), deck oiling, etc by FCR ..........0419 789600 COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .......................... 0439 624945 or 66804173 RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 .........................................................0429 802355 JP ELECTRICAL All electrical. Level 2 ASP. Solar, data + TV. Lic 133082C .......................0432 289705

LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816 JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028 BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE.......................................................................66851264 SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C..................................................................Call Mitch 0421 843477

WE DESIGN & BUILD HEALTHY MOULD FREE HOMES!

Free Delivery

www.thinkblinkdesign.com

Call Mark 0498 115 182

DESIGN & DRAFTING

GAS SUPPLIERS

SECURITY, DATA, TV Tim Nicholls ph: 0468 384 203 lic: 000102498

0455 573 554

DENTISTS

GW MAINTENANCE Acreage & residential mowing, garden maintenance ...................0408 244820

24 HOUR SERVICE Domestic Commercial

• Deck restoration, sanding and oiling • Special sanding machine removes old coatings, not timber • Fantastic over raised nails and screw heads • Timber oils & coatings that dry in minutes and last years Call Oliver for a free quote and assessment.

GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442 POLLEN GARDENS Lawn & garden maint’. Professional & reliable. Dip. Hort. Dave ......0438 783645

PLATINUM CRETE CONCRETING Lic 225874C. 20 years exp. Free quotes. Justin .........0458 773788

DECKS

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ... 66841778 or 0405 922839 A-Z Lawns & acreage, trees & hedges, clean ups & tip runs, all gutters ..........................0405 625697

Lic.136717c

CONCRETING

FREE QUOTES

NR TRACTOR CO

0409 799 909

SALISBURY

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Murray 0434 244 310 | mc_mower@hotmail.com

Burringbar

Philip Toovey

CONCRETING & PAVING

www.fullcirclerefinishing.com

Aeration & lawn renovation. Residential, commercial & acreage mowing. General gardening, mulching, pressure washing.

SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS

&C NG ONC RETE EDGI

MC MOWER LAWN, GARDEN & PROPERTY

SLASHING . CLEARING . LANDCARE .

RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335

Lic No. 337066C

0467 482 948

6677 1859

Computer / Laptop / Smartphone repairs. Upgrades, Lessons / Troubleshooting & mobile repairs.

Free Quotes

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Lic: 154293c

Byron Bay

BLUE BEE ELECTRICAL 25 years experience. Lic 189508C. Call Dave ............................0429 033801

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SPOTLESS GUTTERS. Gutter Guard Specialists. Ph........................................................0405 922839

HANDYPERSONS

BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small ...0422 136408 JR ELECTRICAL Licence no. 339794c. Call Josh on .........................................................0475 346608

FENCING

BUILDING SERVICES

ASK US HOW.

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0439 078549

R E S I D E N T I A L | C O M M E R C I A L | I N D U S T R I A L | S T R AT A | M A I N T E N A N C E S E R V I C E S

0413 252 115 | mick@livinghouses.com.au

EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262

HANDY MAN SERVICES

WWW.LIVINGHOUSES.COM.AU

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993 DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448 FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au.......0431 678608

FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING

0414 210 222

24 hr response time guaranteed

Fully Insured

paul.munten@bigpond.com.au

ASAP Decks, fences, bathrooms, plaster, paint, handy, jobs over $500 ..........................0405 625697 HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956

THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417

FUNERAL SERVICES

ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN. Repairs, renovation, maintenance, painting. Call Mark ........0402 281638

HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael ........0421 896796 borrelldesign.com.au Design & drafting. Residential & commercial..........................0412 043463 DIRECT CREMATION Sacred Earth Funerals. Personal service, female-led exceptional care, 24 hours. KEEN HANDYMAN SERVICES Repairs, maintenance, gardening, odd jobs ..................0428 679704 NORTHFACE DESIGNS www.northfacedesigns.com.au..............................Cody Greer 0434 272353 All-inclusive and local. $2200 ........................................................................................1300 585778 MR AMAZING All jobs, fast and reliable MR AMAZING................................................0438 785083

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Service Directory

North Coast news online JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C................0438 668025

• OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture,

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ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002 MOVE TO NURTURE PILATES STUDIO & mat classes. Lennox Head ............................0404 459605 AYURVEDA, NATUROPATH, Herbs, Jacinta McEwen – Om Healing ..............................0422 387370 EAST COAST PILATES STUDIO Brunswick Heads Ph Judy .............................................0408 110006 THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE. Mark. Ph..............................................................................0448 441194

HIRE

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ADM PLUMBING SERVICES… (NO JOB TOO SMALL)… Lic 234528C. ....... Call Adam 0466 992483

KNIGHTSBRIDGE PAINT & DECORATE

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

• Restoration • Free Quotes • Commercial/Domestic • Fully Licenced • Clean & Reliable • Fully Insured

REMOVALISTS

LLOYD SHERLOCK

0411 784 926

MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more ........................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003 CL PAINTING & RESTORATIONS - Painting/Wood Restoration/Wallpapering Lic 363935C0432 776959

PEST CONTROL

INSURANCE

MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035

Free Quotes – 33 years experience )UHH 4XRWHV \HDUV ([SHULHQFH

Lic. 213034C

Chiropractic, Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 Lic 167371C

HEALTH

Andy’s Move & More

Small & Medium Moves, Pianos, Artworks, Tip Runs, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby Calls always returned

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO

From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring

• Freight services to Brisbane weekly • Carriers of ﬁne art • Furniture removal • E-bay pick up & delivery

AUSURE BYRON BAY General insurance. Phone Mick Urquhart .................................. 0428 200310

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

0409 917 646

Professional Property Protection you can Trust

• Targeted treatments for all pests with “no spray” 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

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

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

6684 2323 / 0418 663 983

www.sanctuarypest.com.au

02 6681 6555

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Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

LANDSCAPING

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS www.allpestsolutions.com.au THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714 BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

0488 063 646

EXCAVATION & TIPPER HIRE Concreting & landscaping. Phil or Steve ........................0499 359702

02 6684 2198

SERVICING THE NORTHERN RIVERS AND BEYOND.

Professional • Commercial • Personal

LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic No 277154C .........................................0423 700853

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Byron Coast Removals

Tree Faerie Fotos

Competitive rates and packing supplies available. 0432 552 067 | 6684 5481 | byroncoastremovals@gmail.com

30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

Excavation – Drainage – Retaining Walls – Rock Walls Paving – Design – Project Management – Garden Makeovers

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www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518 MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ............................................0414 282813

PHYSIOTHERAPY

BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999

ROOFING

NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy & Acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288

LOCKSMITH

DOMESTIC • INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St ... 66853511

Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148 OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Ilse V Oostenbrugge....................66803499

OSTEOPATHY

PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPY 88 Byron St, Bangalow with Lisa Fitzpatrick on

NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs. Tues/Thurs/Fri .............................................66857517

PAINTING

Wednesday and Thursday. Home visits also available. ...................................................0422 993141

MONTYS METAL

ROOFING

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

Metal Rooﬁng Installations • Guttering Downpipes • Fascia • Skylights • Whirlybird Patios • Repairs • Leaf Guard

Craig Montgomery – 0418 870 362 Email: montysmetalrooﬁng@gmail.com www.montysmetalrooﬁng.com.au

PICTURE FRAMING RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL NEW ROOFS / RE-ROOFS INSULATED ROOF PANELS FASCIA & GUTTERS REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

• DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Stuart St rear lane behind Mitre 10 ............................0403 734791 to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING. 7/1 Wilfred St. Call for appointment ......66803444

BYRON BAY

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

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

Lic No 189144C

ALL-WAYS PAINTING

PLASTERING

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DQQH P ZDUZLFN#JPDLO FRP SUNRISE PLASTERING. No job too small. Renovations + patchworks. Gtd sat. Free quote ....0418 992001 J. RAY PLASTERING 30 years experience. Quality workmanship. Ph John ....................0467 598038

X FINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE X ENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING www.duluxaccredited.com.au

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

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NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?

Chay 0429 805 081 20 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE

RUBBISH REMOVAL Licence No. 207479C

QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES

ALL ROOF CLEANING & PAINTING by Full Circle Refinishing. Ph Oliver .......................0419 789600 I PAINT ROOFS 30 years experience ......................................................................Paul 0499 373117

PLUMBERS YVES DE WILDE

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OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772 MAN WITH UTE. RETHINK REUSE RECYCLE. Ph Mark ................................................0411 113300 THIS IS RUBBISH Tipper truck for hire. Call or text Jono ...............................................0412 871438 TIP ME HAPPY Rubbish removal. 1 tonne tipper, ute 4 hire, tip runs, deliveries, pickups .0488 297768

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Service Directory SELF STORAGE

BBSS

Mon to Fri 9am–5pm

TREE SERVICES

BYRON BAY SELF STORAGE

Self storage with security. Largest choice of sizes.

8-10 Tasman Way, Byron Arts & Industrial Estate www.byronbayselfstorage.com.au | 6685 8349 | bbss@westnet.com.au

Find

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES

The Echo

The Fully Insured Professionals

• Stump Grinding • Bobcat • Cherrypicker • Crane Truck • 18" Chipper

Service Directory online anytime at

Mark Linder Qualiﬁed Arborist 0408 202 184 choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

Home sewage solutions Commercial wastewater treatment Rainwater tanks concrete and plastic

Lic 312643C

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

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Sales Installation Service

Northern Rivers Pty Ltd

• plumbing.td@bigpond.com

0418 754 149 • 07 5523 9930 • 1300 Taylex • www.taylex.com.au TRINE SOLUTIONS Local sewerage specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fitters. Lic 138031C. 0407 439805 ON-SITE WASTEWATER Management Reports. Professional environmental reports & advice. . 0484 993990

SNAKE CATCHERS

PRUNING ~ REMOVALS ~ STUMP GRINDING • 20 years local knowledge and experience • Fully insured / free quotes • 19 inch chipper • Bobcat • Cherry picker • Crane truck

www.harttreeservices.com.au

JACK HOGAN

0411 039 373

SOLAR INSTALLATION

0427 347 380

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Your local, qualiﬁed team. m 0428 320 262 Specialists in standalone & e sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com grid interact system designs.

Electric Lic 124600c

Expert Tree Removal Pruning & Wood Chipping

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FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR!

Servicing the Far North Coast for 20 years. Free quotes. Experienced local technicians. ChemDry’s patented cleaning systems.

Far North Coast NSW John & Teresa

WINTER SPECIAL:

Every 5th m2 FREE

0408 232 066

Quick Clues ACROSS

1. Gable to perform a hard roll? (5) 4. Tech, hear, translate – but it’s a misery (9) 9. Unfaithful husband – grown up with two queens! (9) 10. Pretty silly, in an English way (5) 11. Bounder to woo – find a tribunal that will convict summarily (8,5) 14. Loathe Panama and England (4) 15. Seasoned the roast lamb in muscadet, perhaps (4,6) 18. A stone crab discovered in compounds – the answer to this clue is always soluble! (10) 19. Fairy for each Irishman (4) 21 Progressive party with a conservative deserter used for experiments (10,3) 24. Noodles found in grandpa’s table (5) 25. Dry place – charge, it’s a military offence! (9) 27. Dodges cats, perhaps, back in the teams (9) 28. Stressful present? (5)

1. Ring-shaped bread item (5) 4. Anguish (9) 9. Philanderer (9) 10. Idiotic (5) 11. Show trial (8,5) 14. Detest (4) 15. Lamb with appropriate condiment (4,6) 18. Chalk and limestone are examples (10) 19. Nymph (4) 21. Animal used in scientific research (10,3) 24. Italian staple (5) 25. Abandonment (9) 27. Avoids (9) 28. Taut (5)

OUT ON A LIMB outonalimbtreeservices.wordpress.com................................. Call Lucas 0402 191316

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ................... 0431 245460 or 66857010 SIMPSON PROPERTY GROUP - Valuation, Advisory & Asset M/ment. Specialists in: Residential, Rural, Commercial & Industrial. www.simsonproperty.com.au..........0400 134562 or 0427 220976

MULLUM VET CLINIC: Richard Gregory, Bec Willis, Mark Sebastian – After hours avail ...66843818 NORTH COAST VETERINARY SERVICES Dr Lauren Archer .................................................66840735

WATER FILTERS The Water Filter Experts for home, commercial and rural properties

0412 026 441

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

WATER SUPPLIES

TILER / STONEMASON / WATERPROOFER. Lic 24418C. Ph Karl................................0439 232434 DRINKING WATER Byron approved truck. 12,500L. Phone Paul .....................................0411 648638 WATERPROOFING PERFECTION All types, helpful advice, free quotes. Lic 179306C ........66801168

TRANSPORT

BYRON BUS Co

arrive@byronbuscompany.com.au

Door to Door Charter Services Call 0490 183 424

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ACROSS

info@theshowersealer.com.au

Leaky showers sealed at a fraction of the cost of re tiling.

Cryptic Clues

VETERINARY SURGEONS

TILE & GROUT CLEANING

LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + crane truck. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes .......0402 487213

VALUERS

TILING

MARTINO TREE SERVICES ..............................................................................Martino 0435 019524

UPHOLSTERY & CURTAIN MAKING Free quotes. Phone Rebecca .....................................66840427

INSTALL SERVICE: TV, Wi-Fi, AV, special pensioner/concession rate. .............. Damian 0414 741233

PETER GRAY Grad. Cert. Arb. AQF8. Consulting arborist................................................0414 186161

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66813140 or 0417 698227

UPHOLSTERY

TELEVISION SERVICES

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0400337758 @trunkmonkarb

Pioneers of the solar industry

WELDING WELDING & FABRICATION Structural, General, Repairs: Steel, Aluminium & Stainless ..0408 410545

WINDOW CLEANING CLEAN VIEW Prompt, professional, insured. Phone David .............................................0421 906460

WINDOW TINTING SUNRISE W. T. 3/19-21 Centennial Cct, Byron. Cars, homes, offices, etc. High quality ..0412 158478 SURFWAGON - Car/Home/Office tint. Lifetime Warranty. W/sale price .........................0434 875009

DOWN

1. Complete freedom of choice (5,5) 2. Large African animal (3) 3. Fatal (6) 4. Mouth organ (9) 5. Relating to gold (5) DOWN 6. Judicial forum (8) 1 Erase the report of Franz Kafka 7. Domestic cock (11) for one – carte blanche for the 8. Smooth (4) Americans! (5,5) 2. Antelope found, but gun explodes (3) 12. Acquired citizenship (11) 13. Acceptance (10) 3. Rent the 2001 computer – it’s 16. Formal pieces of writing (9) deadly (6) 4. Damage dilapidated icon – a child’s 17. Predecessors (8) instrument (9) 20. Fungal wood decay (3,3) 5. Tableau rich in containing gold (5) 22. Crest (5) 6. Courtroom in brutal disarray (8) 23. Mimics (4) 7. Sing, dance, somersault, hugging 26. Subatomic particle (3) Italian – caught a rooster! (11) 8. The day before normal and level (4) Last week’s solution N403 P O E T I C M A S T I F F S 12. Austrian led astray – became an A R N I L R O T Australian! (11) S P A G H E T T I A R O M A 13. Amend act – it confuses entry (10) S S A E B I T B 16. Dissertations for large plants T R E A S U R E I S L A N D H T A E O E covering upset for Rama’s wife (9) E L O P E T O L E R A T E D 17. Ancestors supporting grizzlies (8) H D E A E I 20. Dull rubbish – but it can bring the A D D R E S S E D O N S E T house down! (3,3) T C G E M O L O N G J O H N S I L V E R 22. Remove, for instance, rising band A U H R I T I I of atmospheric pressure (5) L A P S E G O N E T O S E A 23. Copies primates (4) T L A A G E T L O V E R D O N E I D E A L S 26. Charge one working (3)

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Classifieds

North Coast news online

INDEX

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS – 6684 1777

Birthdays ............................. 39 Caravans ............................. 38 Death Notices ..................... 39

CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGS

DEADLINE TUES 12PM

For Sale ............................... 38

PHONE ADS

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

Garage Sales ...................... 38 Halls For Hire ...................... 38 Health Notices .................... 38

6684 1777 AT THE ECHO HEAD OFFICE

Ads may be taken by phone on

In Memoriam ....................... 39

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

Lost and Found ................... 39

Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby

Motor Vehicles .................... 38 Musical Notes ..................... 39 Only Adults ......................... 39 Pets...................................... 39 Positions Vacant ................. 38 Professional Services ......... 38

EMAIL ADS

LINE ADS: $17.00 for the first two lines $5.00 for each extra line $17 for two lines is the minimum charge.

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

DISPLAY ADS (with a border): $12.85 per column centimetre

Ad bookings only taken during business hours: Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. Ads can’t be taken on the weekend. Account enquiries phone 6684 1777.

These prices include GST.

Cash, cheque, Mastercard or Visa Prepayment is required for all ads.

Public Notices ..................... 38

Beginners Courses

Social Escorts ..................... 39

Yoga Yogalates Pilates

To Let ................................... 38 Tree Services ...................... 38 Tuition.................................. 39 Wanted ................................ 38 Wanted to Lease................. 38

DISCLAIMER Advertisements placed in The Byron Shire Echo do not reﬂect the views or opinions of the editorial staff. The Byron Shire Echo does not make any representations as to the accuracy or suitability of any content or information contained in advertising material nor does publication constitute in any way an endorsement by The Byron Shire Echo of the content or representations contained therein. The Byron Shire Echo does not accept any liability for the representations or promises made in paid advertisements or for any loss or damage arising from reliance on such content, representations or promises.

PUBLIC NOTICES

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

RATES & PAYMENT

Property For Sale ............... 38

Tradework ........................... 38

BANGALOW

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre Connecting the Byron Shire Community

HELP YOUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Baristas – – Gardeners – – Food Sorters – – Cleaners – The team at MDNC are searching for some dedicated volunteers to help us continue to support our community.

Contact Volunteer Coordinator Kaz Wednesday – Friday 6684 1286

COMMUNITY FREE HOT BRUNCH FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH • Sausage sizzle • Hot dogs • Sandwiches • Coffee & tea • Fruit Salad

EVERYONE WELCOME Come one come all and join us in a meal or just a chat. Takeaway most welcome: COVID safe rules apply. Frozen takeaway meals now available.

10am to 12pm

In the Ballina Presbyterian Hall

Fully insured • Free quotes

HALLS FOR HIRE

DENTURES

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

TRADEWORK MIDCOAST TOWING For all your towing needs. Fully licensed in Qld and NSW – can tow across the border.

HYPNOSIS & EFT

Simple and effective solutions Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma. Maureen Bracken 0402205352

PURA VIDA

WELLNESS CENTRE Brunswick Heads COLON HYDROTHERAPY HYPERBARIC OXYGEN FAR INFRARED SAUNA REMEDIAL MASSAGE + more 66850498

KINESIOLOGY

Clear subconscious sabotages. Reprogram patterns and beliefs. Restore vibrancy and physical health. De-stress. Ph 0403125506 SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract. C O M M U N I C AT I O N FOR H E A LT H Y R E L AT I O N S H I P S Be heard. Be understood. Be valued. Couples and individuals. Ph 66847262 GOLDEN SUN HYPNOTHERAPY Deep attention. Find resources. Change. For anxiety, conﬁdence, behaviour modiﬁcation, sleep and more. goldensunhypnotherapy. com 0432152672

HYPNOSIS & NLP

WaterNSW

www.wendypurdey.com

Richmond Coastal Sands Groundwater Source

Make profound changes in your life. Achieve personal goals and reach your true potential within every aspect of your life.

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SUFFOLK PARK

PROF. SERVICES

HEALTH

Call Wendy 0497 090 233

3EPTIC 7ASTE 2EMOVAL

3UMMERLAND %NVIRONMENTAL

4HE ,IQUID 7ASTE 3PECIALISTS

s 3EPTIC TANK CLEANING s 'REASE TRAP SERVICING s /ILY ,IQUIDS s 0ORTABLE TOILET HIRE s HOUR SERVICE

Dip.Som.Psych, Clinical PACFA Reg.

(02) 6685 5185 9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay

ORCHID

SALE

6 Pandanus Crt, Brunswick Heads. Friday 17 and Sat 18 Sept, 9am–4pm. Plenty of quality plants. COVID rules apply. Ph 66851709

APPLE

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MINI 4 128GB, WiFi Plus, IDB-691089, hardly used $400. Bruns. 0415499690.

MIELE WASHERS

Dryers and dishwashers available at Bridglands Mullumbimby. 66842511

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP QUARRY PRODUCTS

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. Phone 66845517, 0418481617

HAMBLY’S FIREWOOD Delivery available

Mark 0427 490 038

WANTED

TREE SERVICES

LP RECORDS: good condition, no op shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052

LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper, crane truck, stump grinding. Local, qualiﬁed, insured, free quotes. 0402487213

• FULLY INSURED • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

6684 4421 0402 364 852

Tip Runs & Rubbish Removal MOTOR VEHICLES

Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas

6681 3140 Mobile 0417 698 227

TO LET Summerland Storage Bangalow From $105 to $290 per month Call GNF Bangalow 66872833

LOCAL REMOVAL

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, with 10 years local exp. 0409917646 2 BDR HOUSE, South Golden Beach, no pets, furnished, refs needed. 0422562179

WANTED TO LEASE ACCESS TO ACREAGE, dwelling or not. Prefer 2x2 or 3x3 or similar. Substantial security deposit OK. Pls call 0423218417

POSITIONS VACANT EROTIC MASSAGE STAFF reliable and friendly for Gentlemen’s Relaxation Centre 18+. Tweed. Grace 0418185791 LADIES WANTED, MUST BE 18+ Casual or permanent work available in busy adult parlour. 66816038 for details. SWIMMING POOL BOX AND STEELER Experienced, must have own gear and transport. Ph 0415257476 SWIM TEACHER Qualiﬁed or training provided. Regular, ongoing, commencing Term Four. Established business in Ocean Shores. Ph 0448649150. CARER Reliable, strong, caring, female, 20–40 years old to assist quadriplegic man with personal care and household duties. No experience necessary. Mornings 8am–12pm &/or evenings 4.30– 7.30pm. $34p/h, $44p/h Sat, $54p/h Sun. Must have Tax File no. Ocean Shores. Please email your detailed application to wheelgoodservice@hotmail.com

GARAGE SALES

0408 210 772 • Arborist • 15” Wood Chipper • Stump Grinder • Fully Insured

FIRST TIME ON MARKET IN OVER 20 YEARS C1950's character house on 9 acres with Wilson’s Creek frontage. Established gardens & gravity fed spring water. Close to town, school and Lilium Cafe. Bus at front door. Excellent potential to generate substantial income. $2.5m negotiable. Owner is motivated to sell. For further details pls call 66840170.

BYRON, 64 Paterson St. Sat 8am. Tools, hardware, camping, kids, and lots more! AT ADELE’S 16 Aloota Cres, O.Shores. Sat 8am. Qual. women’s clothing, shoes, jewellery, homewares. Men’s sportgear.

Somatic Practice

Individual and Couple Therapy Supervision and Coaching

FOR SALE BAMBOO PLANTS: clumping, screening, hedging, ﬂowering gingers, bromeliads. Close to Mullum. 0458535760

Psychotherapy

(nee Mannix)

0427 347 380

Ph: 0755 973 274

Body Based

Julie Wells Anne Goslett

20 years local experience • 19 inch chipper • Stump grinding • Cherry picker • Crane truck • Bob Cat

SPECIAL: Book in for a month @ $95, try as many classes as you like. See website for additional classes. 0432 047 221 yogalates.com.au

LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

PROPERTY FOR SALE

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WaterNSW has received an application from Serenitas Communities Pty Ltd for an approval for a Water Supply Work, for an excavation and 80 mm pump with a capacity of 4.5 ML/year at Lots 1, 2 and 3 DP1238103, Parish Riley, County Richmond. The application relates to Richmond Coastal Sands Groundwater Source, subject to The North Coast Coastal Sands Groundwater Sources 2016. Objections must be submitted in writing to WaterNSW, PO Box 398, Parramatta NSW 2124 or customer.helpdesk@waternsw.com.au Objections must specify the grounds of the Objection and contain the name, address and signature (or authentication) of the Objector. You may use the Objection form waternsw.com.au/advertising-and-objections. All Objections should reference Application Number A27350. Objections must be lodged with WaterNSW within 28 days of this Notice, please refer to the NSW Water Register (“closing date” column) for the ﬁnal date to lodge an Objection. For enquiries contact Louise Cady, Water Regulation Ofﬁcer, on 1300 662 077 or by email customer. helpdesk@waternsw.com.au.

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WRIGHT

CHARLIE

SUNNY Charlie and Sunny are two very bonded siblings. They are both shy in the shelter but don’t let that put you off as you can see just how relaxed and happy they are in a home setting. To meet these beautiful kittens, please visit the Cat Adoption Centre at 124 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

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30/12/1951–28/08/2021 Passed peacefully into God’s arms surrounded by the love of his children Luke, Shay, Nitya, Gauri, Rama (dec.) and Christian. Loved by Aroha. Rest peacefully sweet soul.

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STARS BY LILITH

With Mars and Mercury in peace-treaty mode joining spring equinox, time of fresh growth, this week decrees it’s time to turn over a new leaf…

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RUSSIAN BLUE CAT TO GIFT to a loving new home due to moving house. Sushi is steel grey, sleek with green eyes, 2 years old, micro-chipped, vaccinated, de-sexed and up to date with tick meds. Please text 0408894122 if interested.

PETS

IN MEMORIAM

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Byron Dog Rescue (CAWI) Dekoda, also known as Daisy, is the sweetest natured 6.5-year-old Staffy x Bull Terrier x Boxer. She is gentle, polite, easygoing and very affectionate. She loves other dogs and is very agile on her 3 legs. She would love a constant companion and/or another dog for company in a stair-less home. Please contact Shell on 0458 461 935. MC: 985170002303574

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AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE .......................................................................................000 AMBULANCE Mullumbimby & Byron Bay .................................................131 233 BRUNSWICK VALLEY RESCUE Primary rescue ......................................... 6685 1999 BRUNSWICK MARINE RADIO TOWER..................................................... 6685 0148 BYRON CENTRAL HOSPITAL....................................................................... 6639 9400 POLICE Brunswick Heads......................................................................... 6685 1277 Mullumbimby ............................................................................... 6684 2144 Byron Bay........................................................................................ 6685 9499 Bangalow ........................................................................................ 6687 1404 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE Storm & tempest damage, flooding..................132 500 AIDS Confidential testing & information (ACON) ............................................ 6622 1555 AL-ANON Help for family & friends of alcoholics...................................1300 ALANON ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 24 hours...............................................1800 423 431 ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGS & CATS) ............................................................. 6622 1881 BYRON COUNCIL: EMERGENCY AFTER HOURS .............................. 6622 7022 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ..............................................1800 656 463 LIFELINE 131 114 MENSLINE 7pm–11pm nightly (phone counselling & referral for men) ...... 6622 2240 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets daily ..................................................... 6680 7280 NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE ..................................................................... 6684 1286 NORTHERN RIVERS GAMBLING SERVICE............................................. 6687 2520 NORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE CARERS............................................... 6628 1866 KOALA HOTLINE .......................................................................... 6622 1233 WIRES – NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service.................... 6628 1898

SUN, MOON & TIDES TIMES FOR NEXT 2 WEEKS

DAY, SUN MOON HIGH LOW DATE MOON RISE / RISE / TIDES, TIDES, (Sept) PHASE SET SET height (m) height (m)

Beautiful girl CASEY was found wandering the streets of Mullum. She is sad to have become lost. CASEY is friendly and cuddly with everyone who meets meets her at the shelter. About six years old. Just arrived and ready to be adopted All cats are desexed, vaccinated and microchipped.

MUSICAL NOTES

Suddenly & tragically taken from us way too soon. Treasured Husband of Danielle and step father to Max. Much loved son-in-law of Lyn & John and brother-in-law to Matthew and Adam. Father to his fur baby OBI. Beloved son of Beverley & Dudley (dec) Bladon. Much loved baby brother to Ashley, Vanessa & David ‘brother-in-law’, Rebecca and Samantha. Beloved uncle of Melissa, Robert, Kendall, Lee, Jordan, Morgan, Jade, Jasper, Indy, Arielle and Sabine. Dearly loved and respected throughout our community as a deeply compassionate, hilarious gentle giant with a massive heart which eventually took him from us. Vale Nick - You will be missed every moment of every day and never forgotten. Your light will continue to shine brightly in our hearts forever. We love you so much.

GEMINI: Your mentor planet Mercury in the sign of eloquent self-expression discusses new and healthier collaborations this week. There’s plenty of potential, but tensions also mushroom to mad proportions as people rush, fuss and take things way too seriously. While you, Gemini, understand angels are able to fly because they take themselves lightly.

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TAURUS: Taureans love their ‘stuff’. But this week’s astral energetics are on an improvement bender, suggesting you lighten the weight of accumulation by choosing what’s important now, rather than what you loved in the past. Play Edith Piaf singing ‘Je Ne Regrette Rien’ as you toss, cull, repurpose, gift and donate.

YODA

If you can give Yoda a permanent, loving home please contact Pam on on 0421 017 461. Microchip no 953010004177126.

DEKODA

BLADON,

ARIES: Planet Chiron’s long healing passage through your sign has been busy deleting self-sabotaging habits. Aries loves nothing better than a sparkling restart, so bid bye bye to baggage, take off your armour and open your heart again when spring equinox on 21 Sept invites you to launch a brand new game plan.

Yoda is a 15 month old desexed male Kepie x Staffy. He is a good looking lively boy who needs plenty of stimulation and a home where he is the only dog.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS

GUITAR STRINGS, REPAIRS Brunswick Heads 66851005

LOST AND FOUND FOUND — CRAIG KELLY’S NEW PHONE NUMBER 0429 493 241

CANCER: With relationships and teamwork the talk of this week’s town, the old saying that troubles shared are troubles halved, rings true. Which might inspire your getting involved in meaningful projects that give back and make a difference. Look for heartwarming rewards surfacing around magical, enchanting full moon on 21 September. LEO: This week’s stellar emphasis in your money sector suggests having the conversation, even if it’s only with yourself, about putting savvier financial systems in place. If others seem to be nit-picking or penny-pinching, don’t get your royal whiskers in a snit; just keep providing the world with an example of expansive generosity VIRGO: This week’s premier cosmic question is: Can you perfectionistas love others as they are; flaws and all? The answer comes via Virgo writer, Leo Tolstoy: If you love someone, love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be. Which of course, and most of all, includes you.

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11:44 1:20

02:50 0.99 15:57 1.53

08:33 0.44 22:50 0.46

16 TH

5:42 17:39

12:46 2:21

04:21 1.01 17:06 1.60

09:54 0.42 23:50 0.37

17 F

5:41 17:39

13:51 3:15

05:30 1.09 18:03 1.66

11:05 0.36

18 SA

5:40 17:40

14:55 06:23 1.19 00:37 0.29 4:02 18:51 1.70 12:02 0.29

19 SU

5:39 17:40

15:57 07:08 1.27 01:15 0.23 4:42 19:33 1.71 12:51 0.24

20 M

5:38 17:41

16:57 5:19

07:49 1.35 20:11 1.68

01:50 0.20 13:34 0.21

21 TU

5:36 17:41

17:54 5:51

08:28 1.40 20:45 1.62

02:22 0.19 14:14 0.22

22 W

5:35 17:42

18:50 6:22

09:03 1.43 21:15 1.54

02:51 0.19 14:53 0.26

23 TH

5:34 17:42

19:45 6:52

09:38 1.46 21:45 1.44

03:20 0.21 15:30 0.32

24 F

5:33 17:43

20:39 7:22

10:13 1.46 22:15 1.33

03:47 0.24 16:10 0.39

25 SA

5:32 17:43

21:34 7:54

10:48 1.45 22:45 1.21

04:15 0.28 16:51 0.47

26 SU

5:30 17:44

22:29 8:28

11:27 1.42 23:20 1.10

04:45 0.34 17:39 0.54

27 M

5:29 17:44

23:24 9:06

12:11 1.38

05:17 0.41 18:38 0.61

28 TU

5:28 17:45

9:48

00:03 0.99 13:06 1.34

05:59 0.48 19:58 0.64

29 W

5:27 17:45

0:18 10:35

01:08 0.91 14:17 1.32

06:59 0.55 21:33 0.62

Data sourced from Bureau of Meteorology. Times adjusted for Daylight Savings when applicable.

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6688 6433 0490 329 159

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SCORPIO: Ooh la la! Even you super-private lone wolves morph into networkers extraordinaire this week, schmoozing the room (even if it’s Zoom) with Scorpionic flair. Full moon on 21 September is this month’s best date for a deep and meaningful heart-to-heart about future plans, or addressing a tricky issue. SAGITTARIUS: As Saturn continues pressure-testing the shelf life of long-term associates, Uranus presses the delete button where necessary on those you’ve outgrown. Look at this as beautiful, judicious pruning. And tune into the full moon/spring equinox muse of serendipity and synchronicity inviting you to follow her lead…

6687 1911 0475 135 764 0422 565 168 (in a 5 Sunday month) Coolangatta

5th SUN Nimbin

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LIBRA: Mars marching into your sign this week to back up Mercury announces time to make a stand in upholding Libran justice and fair play. During which, remember that giving an inch doesn’t mean letting people take a mile. 21 September spring equinox, when light and darkness are in balance, is your personal power point.

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New Brighton 6677 1345 Organic Lismore 6628 1084 7-11am M’bah 6684 7834 3-6pm Nimbin 0475 135 764 4-7pm Newrybar Hall 8-11am Byron 6687 1137 2.30-6.30pm Lismore 0450 688 900 7-11am Mullum 6677 1345 8-11am Bangalow 6687 1137 8am-1pm Uki 6679 5530 8.30-11am Lismore 0466 415 172 8.30-12am Blue Knob 7-11am Ballina 0493 102 137

CAPRICORN: Capricorns understand the importance of being organised, so you’ll be prepped for any surprises Uranus has in store this week. If of the unwelcome kind, you’ll have a head start; if delightfully unexpected you’ll be ready to take best advantage of them – especially now Mars is restocking your social networks with influential new connections AQUARIUS: Little things mean a lot this week. Of love, opportunity, and let’s not forget trouble for those who don’t pay attention to the deets. So pull focus, for the time being, from your usual big-picture perspective, Aquarius. If renovating, negotiating, redecorating, buying, selling or moving, small is definitely important. PISCES: Perhaps you can’t dance the pain of the world away, but movement processes emotional overload, so get physical; take a long walk, work out, make love. And during this week’s annual full moon in your sign, don’t be shy to apply that fabulous Piscean knack of helping others to stop angsting, to relax and take it easy.

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Backlash At the height of Sydney COVID19 cases, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian stopped providing daily COVID-19 reports. It was also the only opportunity for journalists to ask direct questions. Perhaps it was a coincidence given fresh allegations of alleged corruption regarding her former lover and disgraced MP Daryl Maguire is looming in ICAC?. A pre-accelerator program for businesses wanting to expand is on offer through a joint venture by Sourdough and Council. For more info, visit www.sbp.org.au/ sourdough-pre-accelerator.

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ICYMI, the Liberal-Nats NSW government quietly made it legal last week for rural landholders to clear up to 25 metres of bush from their boundary line, without an approval or assessment of ecological impact. It was not recommended by the Bushfire Inquiry. In other news, WA will end logging of native forests from 2024. New Scientist reports, ‘mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumours’.

In case you are interested in replying to Craig Kelly’s insane ramblings and his unsolicited texts, his new phone number is 0429 493 241. His last phone was over run by spam, apparently. Good riddance federal Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon, who will not contest the Hunter electorate at the upcoming election. As a fossil fool, he tried to block any meaningful move towards renewables. A reminder completing the Census is compulsory under the Census and Statistics Act 1905. A press release from the ABS says those who do not return their forms can be prosecuted and fined up to $222 a day. Macadamia Castle owner Tony Gilding has announced his retirement, along with the sale of the castle to notfor-profit company, Wildlife Recovery Australia (WRA). Settlement is expected September 30. The press release says, ‘WRA will build on the significant legacy of conservation and animal welfare work conducted by Tony and the dedicated staff over many years’.

Volunteer run charity, Liberation Larder, operating out of The Byron Community Centre (BBCC) on Fletcher Street, has been running continuously for 12 years, and since COVID-19, their operation has had to change and no longer can the clients be seated and served. All food prepared in their kitchen is now served as takeaway, twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays. They rely on donations from generous sponsors and organisations, as well as local businesses and the kindness of local residents and the community. To donate or volunteer, visit www.liberationlarder.org. Photo Jeff Dawson

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