Generous donations for Tinnie Heroes screening

Susanna Freymark

Friends Jeddah Ruediger and Frankie Charles rattled white buckets as they walked the dining room floor at the Byron Bay Golf Club on Saturday, March 4.

Tinnie Heroes was about to screen, and they were collecting money for the Northern Rivers Flood Action Group, based in Woodburn.

The documentary pays tribute to the heroes who risked their lives to save their neighbours.

During the floods a year ago, locals jumped in their fishing boats and braved dangerous conditions to save hundreds who were trapped in their homes by rising floodwaters. Golf Club general manager, Shaun Breheny, and business development officer, Sue Charles, decided to show the short film to Byron Bay locals.

The audience was asked whether they could make a gold coin donation, with

Sustainable house day, March 19

Sustainable House Day (Sunday, March 19) is, for the first time, including flood resilience as a demonstration characteristic of featured homes.

Mullum Cares founder, Sasha Mainsbridge ,is coordinating the opening of six homes in Mullumbimby that have built back better after the 2022 flood.

She says, ‘Three homes will be open in the morning session, and three in the