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Reclaiming Australia Day as a celebration of Country Paul Bibby

DJs Dale Stephen, Andrea Jones with Stella, Balasko and Sammy KC are amped for the inaugural Boogie for BayFM fundraiser, to be held this Saturday, January 20, at the Byron Theatre from 6pm. Organisers say resident BayFM DJs will be pumping six hours of funk, deep house and electro-boogie beats until midnight. BayFM President, Ange Kent says, ‘All proceeds from this event will help update studio equipment and fund essential operations into the future’. Photo Eve Jeffery

Former Mullum hospital site Q&A Hans Lovejoy Let’s dig deeper into Council’s plans for turning the former hospital site in Mullumbimby into residential dwellings! Plans for the rezoning, including supporting infrastructure assessment documents, are now on Council’s website. Public submissions for the planning proposal are open until February 11. Close to the often-gridlocked

intersection of Azalea Street and Jubilee Avenue (near the high school, and opposite the town’s Co-op), Council proposes up to 130 dwellings across a cleared floodfree 4.4 hectare lot. Council also proposes to increase the height of buildings allowed on the site from 9 metres to 11.5 metres. Negotiations are underway with neighbouring property owners to also increase the height limit allowable on their sites.

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Given the proposal would likely see a transfer of a public asset to private investors, The Echo asked Council staff: ‘Will the land be retained and leased to a developer, or sold to a developer outright?’ They replied, ‘No decision regarding a development plan has been made by Council as yet’. The Echo also asked, ‘Will this planning proposal be determined by the DPE or planning panel?’ ▶ Continued on page 3

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It was January 26, 2023 and Bulagahn was walking on Country. ‘I was watching as some people celebrated, some people mourned and some people felt guilt and shame, and it really affected me,’ the local Bundjalung/Minjungbal man said. ‘I got together with a few elders later, and we were talking about this day and it just made me think, “How is it possible to celebrate a day like this? I don’t want to hate. I don’t want to be traumatised…”.’ That conversation gave rise to an idea: that January 26 could be reclaimed by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians as a Celebration of Country. That idea will be brought to life on January 26 this year at an event in Brunswick Heads. As the high tide flows beneath Aboriginal flags flying above the Brunswick River, Indigenous and non-Indigenous people will gather to share what they love about Country. There will be a welcoming ceremony at around 8am, dancing, music from different cultures, artworks, and a barbeque. A key element of the day will be an open mic session, in which all people are invited to share and reflect in whatever way feels meaningful for them about their love of this land. ‘It’s not about celebrating what happened 200-plus years ago like we did in the past, it’s about celebrating this land and what it means to each of us,’ Bulagahn said. ‘It’s about sharing the oneness

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of spirit that comes from living on this land. We want to invite people to come together – black, white, red, yellow – to celebrate Australia for the things that we love, not the things that we hate’.

Addressing trauma ‘We understand that there’s trauma on this day for many people, and that there’s shame on this day for many people. But the thing about trauma is that eventually you have to dance with it. If you don’t it just sits there. ‘We don’t want to be stuck in the trauma, and we don’t want people to be stuck in guilt and the shame. We want to bring people together to celebrate the things which we all love about this country.’

Bruns event from 8am The gathering will take place in the park on South Beach Lane from around 8am. Everyone who wants to respectfully celebrate a mutual love of Country is welcome to attend. Bulagahn works as a local artist, and is also the co-founder of the Merriging Foundation, an outreach group that works with young men who are at risk. ‘Merriging is an Aboriginal word that means turning one whole being around, and that’s what we’re trying to do. ‘We’re trying to turn these young fellas around,’ he says. ‘We get them involved with art, with culture, we go camping, we connect with the land. ‘There’s healing in the land, in being on Country – it doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white.’

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The Northern Rivers lost one of its stalwart volunteers late last year, with the death on December 15 of Barrie Peters. With his beloved wife Marleen, Barrie had moved in 2022 to Ballina, having previously lived in Suffolk Park and Wilsons Creek. Both Barrie and Marleen volunteered with a number of local organisations, including the Byron Bay Visitor Centre and the Cape Byron lighthouse for 15 years, where they were happy to share their love of Byron Shire with visitors to the region. Barrie was born in the UK, and in 1966, he married Marleen, the love of his life.

The newlyweds’ first home was a converted stable in the English countryside. After their sons Martijn and Michael were born, the family moved to Malaysia, where Barrie was managing director for ICL Computers. That led them to Sydney, but after becoming disenchanted with corporate city life, they moved to Kangaroo Creek to grow tea trees and live off-grid. Barrie became campaign manager for the Greens, helping to stop a proposed pulp mill, and was also the local bushfire equipment officer. In time, they made the move to Byron Shire, settling in Wilsons Creek. Barrie and Marleen both had a passion for travel, and

Barrie Peters spent time in many exotic, off the beaten track areas, including a spell teaching English in an orphanage in China’s Yunnan province. But perhaps their favourite destination was Nepal, a country they returned to

many times, forming lasting friendships with the local people through volunteering with the Empowering the Women of Nepal project. In Byron Shire, Barrie used his skills in many areas, from teaching small business courses at TAFE, to restoring antique tools, and selling them at the Shire’s markets, along with treasures collected on their many travels. He established the stallholder association, and was a part-time manager for Bangalow markets. Barrie’s life was defined by his personal credo: care for each other. He will be sadly missed by his many friends and family.

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The owners of a site in the Byron Arts & Industry Estate that is slated to include a new food and beverage venue have denied suggestions that the establishment is set to become a late-night amplified music venue. The Echo reported last week that the owners of 18 Banksia Drive had submitted an application to Byron Council, which would see their plans for a boutique cafe on the site changed to become a late-night venue for up to 120 patrons. The application is currently on public exhibition via Byron Shire Council.

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10.2021.716.3 – site plans. Image from DA to extend the hours of operation to 7am until midnight, seven days a week. The venue would have amplified music and a DJ booth, and include an outdoor seated area. The Echo described the proposed business as a ‘latenight music venue’. But Alex Douglas from Norfolk Byron Bay, which owns and manages 18 Banksia Drive, along with a small group of other investors, said this was not the case. Mr Douglas said the application was simply intended

to allow a future tenant to run a high-vibe food and beverage venue, similar to local establishments like Bang Bang and Trouble San, which also had amplified music, curated by a DJ. This meant that patrons could enjoy listening to high quality electronic music from a local electronic artist, while eating and drinking. ‘Norfolk’s vision for the food and beverage tenancy at 18 Banksia Drive is a venue that celebrates artisanal food and drinks manufactured on-site,

served to seated patrons with entertainment by local electronic musicians,’ Mr Douglas said. Noise testing undertaken as part of the modification application found that the decibel levels created by amplified music at the venue would be equivalent to a restaurant or a small bar, meaning that it would not impact nearby businesses or residences. Sunrise Beach resident, Peter Nielsen, told The Echo, ‘If this development modification is approved by Council, it will significantly alter the public amenity of the adjacent Sunrise Beach Estate. It may further act as a precedent for the opening of similar venues that appear to belittle the right of nearby residents to peace and enjoyment within their homes’. ‘In my opinion, the proposed midnight closing, amplified events, ad-hoc parking and crowd capacity of up to 120 are conducive to over-step and lack of effective policing.’

dşĈëō ǕŕĕĎ şưĕſ ƖŕëƖƐĲşſĶƆĕĎ ćƖĶōĎĶŕī Ķŕ ŕëƐĶşŕëō żëſŊ A Koonyum Range resident has been fined approximately $22,000 for clearing vegetation in Mount Jerusalem National Park, says the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). According to NPWS, the offences contravened the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019. In a statement, the NPWS said, ‘The resident failed to check property boundaries before clearing 0.35 ha of native vegetation and constructing an unauthorised building in Mount Jerusalem National Park’. ‘Mount Jerusalem National Park

is home to several endangered and vulnerable plants and animals and this sentence is a reminder that native vegetation laws must be taken seriously. The seriousness of the offences is reflected in the penalty imposed by the court which, in addition to the fines and costs, included two community correction orders of 12 months’.

DĕōōĶŕī şĪ ĪşſĕƆƐ şëŊƆ NPWS area manager, Jenny Atkins, said, ‘The felling of forest oaks impacts directly on the habitat and food resources of the glossy black cockatoo, a listed vulnerable species known to

occur in the area’. ‘Trees are highly valued in the Byron Shire, and their removal, without permission, is not tolerated by NPWS, or the broader community. The fines and the community correction orders imposed by the magistrate in the Mullumbimby Local Court support this. ‘This sends a strong and very clear message to people that before you clear land or cut down any trees or do any building work, even on your property, you should know where the property boundaries are. You should always check with the local council to see what is allowed and what is not.’ www.echo.net.au

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PƐȜƆ ë ĎşīȜƆ ōĶĪĕ Īşſ ƆşŔĕ Ķŕ ƖǔşōŊ Photo & story Eve Jeffery Canine Earthling, Danny, lives with his human, Baywood Chase resident, Louise Wyer, and she can’t always access the beach, because at 83, Louise sometimes has mobility challenges. Danny and some of his canine mates, including Jessie, Jaws, Penny, Ruby, Jersey, Maggie, Milo, Lily, Kumiko, Gigi, Rafi and Coco, would just like a small allocated time at the local sports field, to run and play – so much so that their pet humans have started a petition to get some changes made. Spokeshuman for the group, Peta Fitzsimmons, says residents are not happy about recent activities by Council rangers in and around Linda Vidler Park, Baywood Chase Lake, and the Tallow Beach dog area. ‘Several dog owners face fines of $330, and others have had warnings for seemingly innocent actions, such as not having a leash on when walking from the beach to the car park, or allowing their dogs to run across an empty field with the leash off.’ Fitzsimmons says Suffolk Park lacks a designated dog exercise park, apart from the beach, despite an increasing number of dog owners. ‘The beach is not a suitable area for some dog owners. The rarely used football field in Vidler Park has

Jessie, Jaws, Penny, Ruby, Jersey, Maggie, Milo, Lily, Kumiko, Gigi, Rafi and Coco took their pet humans for a walk to Suffolk Park to talk about picking up poop and petitions. become a gathering place for dog owners to socialise and allow their pets to engage in activities.

Increased rangers ‘However, recent improvements to the field and an absence of dogs in the current management plan have prompted increased ranger activity.’ The petition urges Council to consider implementing a time management plan for the park, fencing an area next to the community gardens, or establishing another suitable dog exercise area. The petition suggests that a fenced off area next to the community gardens has a good sized square field that could be fenced and could allow for dog play.

A Council spokesperson told The Echo that consistent with councillor resolutions, their Animal Enforcement Officers regularly patrol all areas of Byron Shire, and will warn and, where necessary, fine people found to be not following the rules. They said, ‘It has been noted by many members in our community that there has been an increasing problem of late, of dogs that are allowed to roam, or that are walked off-leash or in areas where they are not allowed’.

Ensuring the balance ‘There is always a balance between ensuring pet owners can exercise their pets, and enforcing rules to ensure the community and our wildlife are safe.’

The Council spokesperson added staff are happy to look at other underutilised reserves that have potential. ‘It is not appropriate to have an off-leash dog area on the football grounds owing to a need to avoid faecal contamination. It is also preferable that off-leash dog areas in an urban environment are fenced’. Peta Fitzsimmons says, ‘It is our hope that Council will recognise the importance of balancing the needs of dog owners with the community’s desire for accessible recreational spaces. The current ranger actions seem disproportionate to the minimal harm caused by the dog activities in question.’

‘ The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don’t understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.’ ȑ ĕſƐşōƐ ſĕĈĲƐ ȎǨǯǰǯȑǨǰǬǭȏǽ German playwright and poet

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Ďĕĕżĕſ ĎĶưĕ ĶŕƐş ƐĲĕ ĪşſŔĕſ lƖōōƖŔ ĲşƆżĶƐëō ƆĶƐĕ ▶ Continued from page 1 They replied, ‘The minister of planning or delegate is the plan-making authority for finalisation of this planning proposal’. They say it is unknown whether a subsequent DA will be assessed by the Regional Planning Panel.

ǔşſĎëćōĕ ĲşƖƆĶŕīȃ Council’s Affordable Housing Contributions Scheme (AHCS) would apply to the site, which ensures 20 per cent would be ‘affordable’. Yet assurance that it could provide long-term meaningful affordable housing is still unclear, given a 15 year sunset clause applies to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 (SEPP). Attempts by Council to turn a busy Mullum Station Street car park at the town’s entrance into 32 ‘affordable housing’ units faced obstacles, after Council was unable www.echo.net.au

to attract a developer. In June last year, The Echo reported Council would offer full ownership to a community housing provider in return for an agreement that affordable housing will be built on the site, in perpetuity. Council said in their hospital rezoning press release that ‘In the new year, a workshop with Councillors will consider key matters such as land tenure and minimum percentage of housing (affordable/ conventional) to inform a financial feasibility plan’.

mş ƐſëǔĶĈ ƖżīſëĎĕƆ żſşżşƆĕĎ ćƷ !şƖŕĈĶō The transport strategy states on page 37: ‘The proposal would constitute a “moderate” to “high” impact with an increase in car trips of 46–63 trips/h and 32–66 trips/h during the AM and PM peak respectively’. It also states on page 28

that, ‘Findings confirm that the road network within the study area currently operates at, or in excess of, its design capacity’. While the transport strategy (page 27) says a roundabout at the Co-op is not required for the proposal, it does say that it would ‘assist in future-proofing the road network’. Given this, The Echo asked staff, ‘Will Council be proposing to “future-proof” the network with a roundabout, and if not why, given the traffic currently banks up at the location during school drop offs?’ Council staff replied, ‘The Transport Strategy determined that the rezoning proposal would not result in significant adverse effects on traffic flows within the vicinity of the site and that impacts can be adequately mitigated’. According to Council, ‘The cost of the remediation works has been substantial

(approximately $4.7 million)’.

ȡǡȂǤ ŔĶōōĶşŕ ĎĕćƐ From page 8 of the Site Strategy and Urban Design Protocol – Former Mullumbimby Hospital Site, ‘Project goals noted later in the document relating to cost recovery will need to be a pragmatic consideration for the future planning and development of the site’. A community feedback session ‘which fed into an Enquiry by Design’ was held in November 2023. Council’s meeting agenda minutes from December 14, 2023 say, ‘This culminated in three design options for the site’. All designs proposed more than 150 dwellings for the site, with a mix of community facilities and amenities, mixed-use (commercial and residential) and some open space.

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Pre-loved baby and toddler clothes will be available again for free each Friday from February 2 at the Mullumbimby CWA Hall. As a volunteer-run initiative of PBB Media (Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond), donated clothing is received and circulated back into the community, along with a free cup of tea and the opportunity to stop and have a chat and change the baby’s nappy. ‘In the days after the 2022 floods, the women of PBB Media pivoted from their weekly podcasts to opening their Outreach Hub to support flood-affected mothers and babies’, explained Sally Cusack, part of the Outreach Hub’s volunteer team. She said, ‘We had so many donations of baby and toddler clothes left over from last year’s flood relief effort, we wanted to keep them circulating’. ‘The CWA were keen to support the concept, especially as the hall was originally established to provide a mother/baby centre. ‘After ten years on BayFM with their weekly radio show Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond (2010–2020), the

to change the baby’s nappy and for the toddler to have a play.

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Some of the volunteers outside the Mullumbimby CWA Hall. Photo Lily Hatten PBB Outreach Hub team are well connected, with many perinatal professionals in the region, some of whom donate their time to staff the weekly service. So, if any advice can’t be given on the spot, referrals to the right specialist can be given’.

Helpers wanted The PBB Outreach Hub is also looking for volunteers to run the service each Friday, says Sally.

She says, ‘The work involves showing the visiting parents the available clothes, sorting donations, making cups of tea and generally being a part of the welcoming atmosphere’. ‘Everyone who comes to the Hub is so grateful for this unique service’. While there’s always something visitors can find in the collection, Sally also says that some of their visitors just drop in for a chat,

‘The work of raising the next generation is the real work of our society, but there is an unfortunate lack of value placed on it – to the detriment of us all’, said Sally. ‘With most parents doing it all without their “village”, the pace is relentless’. ‘Our little Hub is just one corner of support we love to provide, to let mums and dads know we see and appreciate their efforts, and they aren’t alone’. She says no special skills are required to volunteer at the hub, although any skills related to parenting are welcomed. If you would like to volunteer, contact Sally at sally@pbbmedia.org or 0418 258 101. And if you would like some pre-loved clothing for your little ones, the Hub also accepts donations of good quality baby or toddler clothing. For more info visit Free Baby and Toddler Clothes Swap on Facebook.

Jessica Alice has been appointed by the Byron Writers Festival board as the festival’s new artistic director. Festival chair, Adam van Kempen, also says the festival will return to Bangalow Showground on August 9–11, 2024. ‘We had fantastic feedback about the festival site this year, held for the first time in the beautiful Bangalow Showground, so we are very happy to announce we will be returning in August 2024 to gather under the shade of those majestic gum trees. We deeply thank the community of Bangalow for making the festival feel so at home,’ said van Kempen. Jessica’s appointment follows the departure of Zoe Pollock, who resigned in September 2023 to focus on her family, he said. ‘The board acknowledges the very significant contribution Zoe made to the festival in her tenure over the last two years, including successfully returning the festival to the stage after the pandemic, and transitioning to a new site in Bangalow,’ van Kempen said. ‘Jessica Alice is a writer and arts leader who comes

Jessica Alice. Photo supplied to Byron Writers Festival from her position as CEO of Writers SA, the peak organisation for writing and literature in South Australia, Chair of the Arts Industry Council of South Australia, and Chair of the National Young Writers Festival. ‘Jessica brings extensive experience with her having worked across literature, festivals, media, theatre and visual arts’. Jessica said she was thrilled to join Byron Writers Festival as artistic director. ‘Festivals are vital sites of civic discourse and democratic participation that place writers at the heart of public life – and Byron Writers Festival has long established itself as a leader in the sharing of storytelling and ideas.’

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Local News McLeods Shoot tourist accom slated wīĶōưĶĕ ſĕǖĕĈƐƆ şŕ ǠǢ ƷĕëſƆ Ķŕ ƐĲĕ Ʒşīë ćĶǀ Photo & story Eve Jeffery

Paul Bibby A sprawling greenfield site in the Byron hinterland would be converted into a tourist accommodation development, under plans currently on public exhibition via Byron Shire Council. The $7.9 million development would see an existing building at 349 St Helena Rd, McLeods Shoot, turned into six holiday units, each with its own parking space. The owners, listed as State Capital Property Pty Ltd, are also planning to build a new five-bedroom dwelling, with a large recreation space that includes a ten-pin bowling lane, a gym and a media room. According to a Statement of Environmental Effects (SEF) submitted by the applicant as part of their proposal, the project would involve the removal of 41 trees to make way for an upgrade to an internal access driveway.

Proposed clearing Nearly all of these trees are natives that are within Byron Council’s mapped wildlife corridor, with four of them being koala feed trees.

An artist’s impression of the tourist accommodation development proposed for 349 St Helena Road, McLeods Shoot. Image Potter and Wilson The owners have promised 5,400 native plantings as part of the project. A series of other bush regeneration actions are proposed as part of the development, including improving koala habitat and replacing an area of bamboo with appropriate native species. The developer has promised to retain all other forested areas on the site. ‘The site has biodiversity value mapped areas on it, however, there is no activity proposed that will impinge on the mapped areas,’ says the statement of environmental effects, prepared

by Byron Bay Planning and Property Consultants. ‘The site has occurrences of both NSW-listed and Commonwealth-listed endangered ecological communities.’ The owner is also seeking retrospective approval for an unauthorised building on the south-west of the site, which would be used as an amenities block and storage shed for farm workers, and would also house a permanent caravan site. To learn more about the proposal or to make a submission, go to the DA tracker section of Council’s website and search for 10.2023.358.1.

The longest-running yoga spot in the country, Byron Yoga Centre, is celebrating 35 years of flexing and stretching. And founder and CEO, John Ogilvie says the ups and downs have been worth it. He says he discovered yoga 45 years ago, after checking himself into The Buttery after struggling with drug addiction and a deep sense of emptiness. ‘By practising what I learned at The Buttery and daily yoga, eventually the black hole healed, but not without some scar tissue to remind me of where I came from. I had found peace and happiness within myself,’ said John. In 1986, John taught his first yoga class, and in 1988, Byron Yoga Centre was born in the Epicentre on Belongil Beach. Here, John offered yoga classes and set up an affordable yoga teacher training program. In 2008, the Epicentre was demolished, and that led Ogilvie to purchase the property that would become the forever home for Byron Yoga Centre on Skinners Shoot Road.

Byron Yoga Centre CEO, John Ogilvie. Though not unaffected by Covid and the flood, the centre has flourished and now has 30 staff, six yoga spaces, and 15 devoted teachers along with various accommodation options, with a focus on sustainability – including solar power, compost toilets, and rainwater tanks. Three acres of organic gardens are the main source of food on the menu. Ogilvie says, ‘Our mission statement is to try to get yoga practice in every town and village. One of our main activities is to train people to be yoga teachers, so they can go out and spread yoga. ‘I’ve found that people practising yoga become more caring and sharing, and in

that practice, they practise being caring and sharing. ‘Our vision is to bring an end to global warfare and global famine. Our logo circles show the benefits of yoga rippling out. We’re trying to hit that tipping point. “They” say if you get one per cent of a population, you can make change – but they say in a nation, .01 per cent could be enough. And if you talk globally .001 per cent might be enough.’ To celebrate their 35 years, Byron Yoga Centre is giving away a seven-day yoga retreat. To enter, tell them in 35 words why you need a yoga retreat at Byron Yoga Centre. Find out more at: byronyoga.com.

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Open Garden fundraiser Ballina More paramedics to be posted in Lismore News from across the North Coast online

www.echo.net.au Art Imitates Life The exhibition, Art Imitates Life by Martin Munz – whose work has been shown around the world – has been on display at Cabarita’s Mist Gallery and will conclude tomorrow, Thurs 18 Jan.

Body of missing man found at Cabarita On 14 January NSW Police were appealing for public assistance to locate a Sydney man missing in the Tweed/Byron area.

Koonyum Range local fined $22,000 for clearing in national park A local Koonyum Range resident has been convicted and fined by Mullumbimby Local Court for numerous offences against the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019

Water restrictions lifted for Tyalgum after heavy rain Recent rain has led to water restrictions being removed at Tyalgum as the heavy rainfall has replenished the Tweed’s water supplies.

Fatal aircraft crash in the Scenic Rim Two people have been located, deceased, following a light plane crash at Dugandan, in the Scenic Rim on January 14.

Dirawong Reserve – dogs, graffiti, toilets and fires – how is it being managed? Concerns over the management of Dirawong Reserve since the decision by Crown Lands to delay the appointment of a new board of management have been raised by former board member Dr Richard Gates.

Amber alert for Lake Ainsworth The slicks and scums of blue-green algae should be avoided, however, there are currently no restrictions in place on the recreational use of the Lake.

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A weekend of garden and kids’ activities is planned at Crew Garden near Ballina on Saturday January 20 and Sunday 21 from 9am to 4pm. It is part of the Open Garden organisation. According to www.myopengarden.com.au. ‘Our goal is to connect garden owners and visitors all across Australia and help them share their passion for gardening’. Organisers say all proceeds will go to Zonta and LAM. Zonta International describes itself as a ‘leading global organisation of professionals empowering

women worldwide through service and advocacy’. The LAM association says it ‘provides support and to improve the health prospects of women living with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)’. Entry is $10 or $8 concession, children under 16 free. There will be children’s activities 10am–12pm Sunday, and plants will be available for sale. Food and drinks available from Zonta Northern Rivers. The garden is located at 131 Platypus Dr, Uralba. Phone Bobbi 0409 980 729 or Lyn 0428 220 512 for more information.

Local legends nominated for awards in Ballina David Lowe For this year’s Australia Day Awards, Ballina Shire Council has received forty nominations across the seven categories of Young Citizen, Senior Citizen, Volunteer, Sporting Achievement, Environmental, Arts and Culture, and Community Event of 2023.

Complete list of nominees in the Ballina Shire Australia Day Awards Young Citizen: Imani Hannaford, Lucy Trease, and Tayla Kennedy. Senior Citizen: Brenda Zakaras, Colin Lee, Dianne Thompson, Dr Colin Macdonald, Dr Meng Yew Yeo, Jeffrey Gibbs, John Gordon, Veda Dorrough, Warwick Manning, and Yvonne Scarrabelotti.

Volunteer: Daryl Holmes, David and Robyn Harmon, Ivan Leahy, Ken Delany, Mark Ross, Nikki Powell, Robyne McGlashan, and Wardell CORE. Sporting Achievement: John Hair (Water Polo), Ray Chapman (Croquet), Rondah Stevenson (Football/Soccer), Scott Jenkins (Rugby Union), Bailey Wilson (Basketball and Athletics), David Scott (Croquet), Joel Taylor (Surfing), Lennox Beach Line Dancing, and Naomi Doncaster (Pickleball). Environmental: WardellCORE, The Wildlife Twins, and the Annual Lennox Community Tree Planting Day. Arts and Culture Award: Ballina Contemporary Art Market, Ballina Players, and Ballina Shire Concert Band. Q Read full story in The Echo online at: www.echo.net.au.

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Better response times ‘It’s good to see the roll out of the extra positions starting, because more paramedics means better response times, and better health outcomes for patients. ‘The extra positions will provide more support to our existing NSW Ambulance staff in Lismore,’ she said. Minister for Regional Health Ryan Park is overseeing the delivering of an

additional 500 paramedics for regional, rural and remote communities over a four year period, beginning with 125 in 2024. The government says the boost in regional paramedics forms part of a broader suite of measures to build a supported regional workforce and improve access to and delivery of healthcare across regional communities, including: doubling rural health incentives; boosting more doctors in our regional GP surgeries as well as hospitals; rolling out health worker accommodation; and delivering safe staffing levels in our hospitals.

Drones deployed against mosquitoes in Tweed Tweed Shire Council is trialling drone technology to treat mosquito populations as the insect’s breeding season takes full effect after recent heavy rain. It is also calling on the community to help reduce the impact of mosquitoes through a range of simple, protective measures in the home. Council’s mosquito larvae management program has been in place for nearly 40 years and Tweed is the only local government area in the Northern Rivers with a regular larvae treatment program. Council’s Senior Program Leader, Environmental Protection, David Bell, said Tweed Council’s pest management team employed a range of techniques to tackle the pest. ‘Our program involves a wide range of techniques to beat mosquitoes, including spraying large-scale breeding grounds from the air via plane or helicopter, when weather conditions allow,’ said Mr Bell. ‘Due to recent issues with contractor availability, Council is currently trialling different methods of aerial

Tweed Shire Council is currently trialling drone technology to treat mosquito breeding areas. Contract drone operator Derek Pontorolo has been working at Tumbulgum. Photo supplied mosquito larvae treatment such as the use of drone technology to treat certain known breeding areas.’ Tweed Council began its drone treatment trials in Pottsville late last year, with further trials underway this week at Tumbulgum. Treatment also began last week in the northern areas of the Tweed at Bilambil, Terranora, Cobaki and Piggabeen, with additional treatment scheduled across the Shire, where required, during the mosquitobreeding season. Mr Bell said the treatment was safe and did not affect

other aquatic organisms. ‘Our mosquito larvae treatment applies products targeting immature larval stages, which interrupts mosquito breeding and reduces the number of adult mosquitoes,’ he said. ‘Treatment is only effective when carried out at immature mosquito larval stages. The larvicide we use is specific to mosquitoes and several other closely related flies. It poses no harm to other aquatic non-target organisms.’ Q Read full story in The Echo online: www.echo.net.au.

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Local News Brunswick Heads Chamber news Bruns was blessed with idyllic summer weather over the holidays, says the town’s Chamber of Commerce, ‘and visiting and local families had a great time enjoying the river and beaches, the carnival and the many other simple pleasures that Brunswick Heads has on offer’. Representing the chamber, Kim Rosen told The Echo, ‘A volunteer drive for 2024 is currently underway, and any locals who would like to share their local knowledge and offer a morning or afternoon shift at the Visitor Centre (VC) are welcome to contact Kim Madai on 6685 1003 or admin@brunswickheads.org.au’. She says the Chamber is preparing its 2024 calendar of activities, with member meetings and networking opportunities, educational mini-workshops and community events, including a couple of small new events. ‘A seven-minute online survey is also underway, to gather input from all Bruns businesses on their needs

Photo by Beverley Callow from the Simple Pleasures Calendar 2024, which is on sale at the Visitor Centre. and priorities and share their suggestions for additional services. A hard copy survey is also included in the Chamber newsletter, being distributed around town this week’. ‘Visit www.surveymonkey. com/r/3FTZ7KJ. The survey closes on Wednesday, January 24. ‘The Chamber encourages all businesses to sign up as either standard or premium members in 2024 to support the Chamber and VC. New opportunities for 24/7 video promotions on a large TV screen in the Visitor Centre window is being

offered this year’. ‘An invitation is extended to all established and new businesses servicing Brunswick Heads to a free meet and greet on Monday January 29 from 5.30pm at the Brunswick Picture House garden’.

Meet and greet She says it’s a chance to ‘network over drinks and nibbles and hear the outcomes of the survey, brainstorm new ideas and discuss the future direction of the Chamber and Visitor Centre’. To get involved, RSVP by January 25 at chamber@brunswickheads.org.au.

Byron Bay wetland EIS now on exhibition After many years of planning, Council staff say the restoration of the degraded Sandhills wetland in Byron Bay is progressing, with an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) now on public exhibition. A Council media release says, ‘The Sandhills wetland covers 1.8 hectares on the fringe of the Byron CBD, bordered by Massinger Street and Lawson Street’. ‘The area was extensively sand mined in the 1930s,

destroying the natural wetlands and a lot of the native vegetation’. Project Manager, Chris Soulsby, said the restoration of the wetland is one of the most significant environmental projects to be done in Byron Bay in recent years, and ‘will improve the quality of stormwater and provide local flood storage’. Soulsby says the project was designed in consultation with the Arakwal and Tweed Byron Aboriginal Land

Council, ‘using an approach that respects the cultural significance of the area and improves the health of Country’. ‘When the project is completed, there will be a network of paths through the wetland connecting the centre of Byron Bay to the skatepark and up to the Cape Byron Lighthouse’. Public exhibition runs until February 19 and the EIS is available on Council’s website.

More paramedics slated for Ballina Additional paramedics for the region have been announced by local Greens NSW MP, Tamara Smith and NSW Labor MP, Janelle Saffin (Lismore). Smith said in a press release that the NSW government will provide additional

paramedics in the Ballina Station as part of their commitment to 500 new regional paramedics across the state. ‘The Ballina community will see the arrival of these paramedics by the middle of the year’. The Echo asked Ms Smith’s

office, ‘How many new paramedics are expected to be stationed in Ballina?’ Her office replied that after consultation with unions and local staff around needs and rosters, ‘they will let us know by the middle of the year’.

Bridge guardrails to be replaced Nearly two years since the devastating 2022 flood, Byron Council says of their 38 funding applications to the NSW Government, so far only 12 have been successful. Last week’s media release from Council says that guardrails on bridges in the Byron Shire hinterland will be replaced, after Transport for www.echo.net.au

NSW approved an application for flood recovery funding. The bridges are Booyong Bridge (Booyong), Donaghy’s Bridge (Goonengerry), Jubilee Avenue (Mullumbimby), Keys Bridge (Federal), Palmwoods Bridge (Main Arm Road), Pioneer Bridge (Wilsons Creek), Repentance Creek Bridge (Goonengerry)

and O’Meara’s Bridge (Binna Burra). The damage to infrastructure alone, from the flood, is in the vicinity of $300 million, said Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon. According to Lismore Council, their 2022 flood damage cost is estimated to be more than $350m.

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Council as a developer There’s a few Council-led housing projects burbling away under the surface, one of which has popped up again with the statutory requirement to engage with the public. How pesky is that! Imagine what our bureaucratic and political tyrant overlords could achieve if we weren’t in the way to slow them down? All that consultation must be quite a chore. Not that there’s much evidence it ever gets taken into account, but that’s another story. What the community have in front of them at present is a major development plan to turn a public asset – the former Mullum hospital site – into presumably a private housing investment project. Mayor Michael Lyon enthused in his recent press release, ‘This land, which was once home to the town’s very valued hospital, has enormous potential to deliver much needed housing and community facilities’. It’s proposed to have higher density than is currently allowed in the town, and if the planning proposal is accepted (why wouldn’t it be?), it will set a precedent for further height limits elsewhere. It’s one of the issues when Council becomes the developer. One of Council’s main functions is to determine development applications (DAs). So when they propose a development, you would hope that the utmost care and diligence is taken to ensure it is socially and environmentally beneficial. Yet with the former Mullum hospital site planning proposal, it appears Council are acting like all speculating developers do – that is, playing down the impacts and doing the minimum to get it across the line. That means more money for the developer and generally less amenity and stretched infrastructure. To their credit, Council propose fewer dwellings than were previously proposed. Given there is no public

explanation for that, perhaps they were told it wouldn’t be accepted by the state government? The development is also dependent on hooking up Mullum’s water supply to Rous County Council’s Rocky Creek Dam. Currently, Mullum’s water source is from Lavertys Gap in Wilsons Creek. Should Mullum retain that independent connection, or switch entirely to be dependent on Rous? As for the existing congested traffic which occurs nearby at the corner of Azalea Street and Jubilee Avenue, Council could propose works to ease it. But because the report – that we paid for – says it is not needed yet, they won’t (See page 1). It’s a game which leads to inadequate outcomes and unfair pressure on small towns like Mullum.

Not the original proposal The original vision for the site, as penned by residents in 2015, was a precinct for aged care facilities and services, housing for people with a disability, and affordable social housing for vulnerable and disadvantaged people, including domestic-violence victims. What is more likely is that Council will try to sell the public asset to recoup the remediation cost of around $4.7 million. As we know with Council’s attempts to attract a community housing provider to develop the Mullum car park, developers aren’t interested unless they own it. If Council’s ‘affordable housing’ rhetoric can be believed, there will be just 20 per cent put aside, and it’s unclear if it will be in perpetuity. Will the other 80 per cent sit within a wealthy private portfolio, as Mullum’s real estate and congested traffic continues to increase? Submissions are open until February 11 via www.byron.nsw.gov.au. Hans Lovejoy, editor

ear editor, This is Chris Minns here, Premier and top dog for all of NSW. I have been reading some criticisms of the government I lead in your ever-popular and most influential newspaper, so I am writing to set the record straight. We, as a government, do not break promises. We keep our promises. So, let’s look at our pledge about the Great Koala National Park. In January 2023, before the election, we promised $80 million for the establishment of a Great Koala National Park, and we are going to keep that promise in due course, and in the fullness of time. In fact, we promised it in our first term and we will deliver in our first term. That’s another two-and-a-bit years. But let’s be very crystal clear. We did not promise that we would not log it first. A cleared national park is still a national park. You can, believe it or not, have a national park without a lot of old growth, new growth or any growth at all. That is one of the functions of national parks – to give Mother Earth, Gaia, a chance to regrow from nothing at all. In fact, climate change expert scientists we pay well tell us that a growing forest is better for global warming than an established one, because it recaptures ever so much more carbon; so on that score we are doing our bit to get to net zero. Surely, no one in Byron Shire or surrounds can be disappointed with that environmental outcome? And as for it being a koala national park, it most certainly will be. And here’s how. If you look at the mass of land proposed to be cleared, then saved, and fly up and see it from above, like from space, then the shape is almost the same as a koala, but without one ear and with three feet sort of bunched together. And no head. And that is why it will be called Great Koala National Park, because of the shape. There won’t actually be any live koalas initially, of course, because that would require trees.

‘The current head of Forests Products is ex-ALP minister, `şĕōȝDĶƐǀīĶććşŕǼ ëōƆş şĪ ƐĲĕ m ÉȝſĶīĲƐǼ ōĶŊĕ Ŕĕȁț David Heilpern And we are about jobs and housing. Does that mean koalas will die? Sadly, yes. But please remember that eventually every living sentient being does die, even you and me and Gough, and koalas are no different. It is like trees really. The hardwood industry is proven to be utterly sustainable because new trees grow where old trees once grew. It is proven because the Forest Products Association says it is here: www@uttercompletebullshit. com. I know that in Byron Shire, you understand that everything changes, everything is interconnected, Om Shanti.

Koala National Park Now, it is called the Great Koala National Park because the National Party have been telling us the boundaries, and the tree density and which logs to take, and we are a pluralist government who listens. To the Nationals. And they are speaking, and they are happy with the new park. Bipartisanship is really important wherever it is possible, because it ensures outcomes that last beyond a single government. It is actually better to harvest it now, and keep the Nationals onside, than create a park full of trees that will only burn anyway, in the next bushfire season leading to National Party blame on the city folk. Like me. Hence it may actually be called the Great Koala Nationals’ Park in recognition. And it will be a park. Like a football field is often called a ‘park’, and you don’t have any trees on a football field or you cannot actually play football. Look at Moore Park in Sydney, or Harris Park in the electorate of Parramatta. It will be that sort of cleared,

grassy, large, ball-playable flattish park. Because sport breeds healthy children, and healthy children emit less greenhouse gasses over their lifetime, as is well proven. So, healthy children equals healthy planet and that’s what National Parks are all about. Surely your readers believe in healthy children, even if they are unvaxxed? Let’s not forget the workers and the unions in all this. The “F” in the CFMEU is for Forestry, and they are huge donors to our party. Of course, that makes no difference to our policies, ever, and to suggest that money influences decisions is frankly insulting. And yes, the current head of Forests Products is ex-ALP minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, also of the NSW right, like me. But again, that is utterly completely immaterial. To ensure transparency and complete independence, we have established a fully separate expert group made up of Forest Products, unions and the logging industry. This is as autonomous as it gets in NSW. So, don’t start calling me and my government dishonest, or vandals or koala killers. We are honest, building, park creators and the koalas are able to die without any help from us. We undertook creation of a Koala National Park, and we will be delivering you just what we promised. With the bonus of a sustainable forest product first, a koala from the sky, and a series of interconnected grassy playing fields. We deliver on our promises. Unlike most politicians. Yours faithfully, NSW Premier, Chris Minns. Q Column penned by Dean of Law at SCU, David Heilpern.

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Letters Broken spine A part of the Mullumbimby Masterplan, Byron Council’s Stuart Street Green Spine project’s stated aim is to ‘create a leafy, green boulevard on Stuart Street… that runs from Heritage Park through the town centre to the Mullumbimby Recreation Grounds.’ The completed section works brilliantly, but once you cross Tincogan Street and head north, it’s once again a schemozzle with no bike path/designated parking/street planting to speak of. When is Council going to fix the broken spine? Sam Leader Mullumbimby

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Extreme Greens On behalf of our members and the hundreds of Northern NSW timber workers and their families the CFMEU Qld/ NT Division applauds the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) claim. Had it been successful it would have presented the Minns government with a golden opportunity to follow the Victoria and WA model and cease logging hardwood in state forests, but also would have enabled the government to shed the blame elsewhere. Labor voters in NSW are sick to death of the party pandering to environmental extremists who conduct themselves like some sort of green Taliban. It’s time The Echo acknowledged that we can’t all be fire-twirlers and circus performers, and consumers want to be able to source quality Australian hardwood that’s sustainably sourced both locally and responsibly from the 12 per cent of NSW state forest it’s allowed to access. Paul Taylor CFMEU Organiser, Murwillumbah

Give me a house Ɩżşŕ ƐĲĕ ǖşşĎżōëĶŕ I wonder if those councillors and Council staff who think it is a good idea to put more houses on the floodplain around Mullumbimby, despite the 2022 flood, have been watching what has happened on the Goulburn River floodplain in northern Victoria, where houses and businesses have been inundated by the second

Cartoon by PK Violet big flood in fifteen months, and people are talking of moving whole towns off the floodplain? Matthew Lambourne Mullumbimby

Housing options Your front-page story on the Housing Options Paper is a scandal. How many readers believe that a council with nothing to hide would gaslight the citizens and the media about public submissions on a topic of public interest? Mayor Michael Lyon and his staff are doing all they can to delay releasing details on public submissions. The submissions are from members of the public, to a public entity, concerning local public policy. Which part of this threepart equation does Mayor Lyon not understand? Inflating the labour needed to redact passages that might embarrass the Council is a transparent attempt to delay their release and to extort money from you. Much better that they should be transparent about their decisions and operations instead. In fact, it should be mandatory to make all submissions public as a matter of course. Just like submissions to parliament. Instead, this shameless Council resorts to obfuscation and obstruction. They work for and answer to us. Not the other way round. Bernadette Hayes Ocean Shores

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Is it just me or does anyone else wonder if a study, named ‘The Dunoon Dam Study’, might have already reached its conclusion before the first word is written? Would Joshua Booyens (Letters, 10 January) be as enthusiastic to put his name to ‘The Water Tanks For Every Home Study’ for instance? It’s heartening to read that Joshua, an out and proud National Party candidate, wishes to drill down further into the finer details of cultural heritage despite a comprehensive assessment of this topic having been made in recent studies only ten years ago. Maybe Joshua believes Indigenous culture has radically changed in these past ten years, regardless of the fact it has previously endured intact for more than 60,000 years. He also suggests that environmental issues need a fresh assessment as new information may come to light. This, despite informed experts having been documenting the coming environmental catastrophe since mid-last century. Admittedly it is possible these are new considerations for Joshua as his party has aggressively denied the existence of such issues up until this moment. The question is, is Mr Booyens really qualified to offer any meaningful or objective contribution to another study of our future water security? Patrick Lenfesty Ballina

A secret process, undertaken last year without public exhibition, enabled the approval of the destruction of the Wallum site at Brunswick Heads. In March 2023 the state government determined that the ecological assessments undertaken for the 2013 Concept Plan approval were adequate for a current application. There’s credible scientific evidence that the prior assessments were flawed and that the site is now more ecologically significant. The applicant applied to the state planning department to seek approval that ‘the biodiversity impacts of the proposed development were satisfactorily assessed prior to the commencement of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016’. ▶ Continued on page 10

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itting at number five of the world’s top ten countries with the highest deforestation rate, Australia is only beaten by Brazil, India, Indonesia and Tanzania. Spot number six is taken out by Myanmar who, on average, cleared over 100,000 hectares less than Australia between 2015 and 2020. New Year’s Day saw native forest logging cease in Western Australia and eastern Victoria, however, yesterday (10 January) Federal Court judge Justice Perry dismissed the historic legal challenge to the agreement that allows logging in north eastern NSW native forests. The North East NSW Regional Forest Agreement (NERFA) covers the vast coastal area between Sydney and the Queensland border, and exempts logging from federal environmental assessment under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) had challenged the extension of the Regional

Dailan Pugh, President of the North East Forest Alliance. Photo Jimmy Malecki Forest Agreement (RFA) in 2018 based on 1997 data, without requiring a new assessment arguing that when the RFA was renewed in 2018 for another 20 years, the Commonwealth did not assess climate change, endangered species or old-growth forests as it was required to. The extension was allowed by NSW Liberal Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison who decided that they would not do a new assessment and, without any consideration of climate change, extended the existing RFA indefinitely as a variation. This decision was strongly

objected to in 2018 by then opposition environment spokesperson and now NSW Minister for the Environment, Penny Sharpe, who said the science underpinning the RFAs is out of date and incomplete, committing that ALP Labor will not sign off on a rollover of the RFAs until there is a proper, independent, scientific assessment of their outcomes, and the assumptions of the original RFAs are revisited.

Political decision ‘The decision by the court, that native forest logging is technically lawful, is a devastating blow for our forests

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but should not be mistaken for an endorsement of native forest logging and should rather be seen as a warning shot to the NSW and Commonwealth governments that native forest logging must be reviewed, urgently, and ended as soon as possible. The court confirmed that in no uncertain terms, this matter is wholly political,’ said Greens MP and spokesperson for the environment, Sue Higginson.

Welcomed by union However, the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) has welcomed the Federal Court’s rejection of a legal challenge against forestry in NSW. ‘Thousands of workers’ jobs were at risk if the EDO was successful as it could have led to the suspension of forestry in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and WA,’ stated the AWU in a press release. ‘Justice Melissa Perry found intergovernmental forestry agreements should be matters for elected governments rather than courts to decide.’

EPBCA needs review ‘The finding confirms what experts and reviews are consistently saying, that our federal environmental laws are outdated and ineffective and represent political failure,’ explained Ms Higginson. ‘It is extremely disappointing that after a five year legal battle this process of not requiring a contemporaneous assessment has been legally validated,’ NEFA President Dailan Pugh said. ‘The decision to not require a new assessment put at risk the survival of a multitude of species that have rapidly declined since 1997, including many nationally threatened species that are not adequately protected

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It appears this process was only known to the applicant, the department and possibly the Northern Rivers Planning Panel (NRPP) and Byron Shire Council staff. The community weren’t provided the opportunity to comment. The clause 34A(3) approval enabled the NRPP to determine the 2021 DA. It’s shocking that with the significant ecological values of the site that a secret process has determined that those values weren’t considered. The destruction of the site is imminent, subject to Council

under NSW’s logging rules and are being significantly impacted.’ NEFA have identified that within nort -east NSW’s state forests that are currently being logged, or proposed for imminent logging, there are nationally significant populations of over 11 nationally threatened animal species and 13 plant species. Of particular concern are the endangered koala, southern greater glider, spotted-tailed quoll, Hastings River mouse, rufous scrub bird, and giant barred frog. ‘We’re disappointed by [this] decision. Without law reform, it means that native forest logging in the region will continue to be exempt from Commonwealth environmental assessment for at least another 20 years,’ said Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) Managing Lawyer, Andrew Kwan. ‘This could have devastating consequences for wildlife and forests. It is vital that our remaining native forests are properly protected by a reformed federal legal framework that includes strong national oversight.’

Irreversible impacts NEFA vice-president Susie Russell pointed out that, ‘We are in the midst of extinction and climate crises, aggravated by the 2019-20 wildfires, rising temperatures and logging, so it is reprehensible that these species are still not receiving the immediate increase in protection Professor Samuel’s [independent] review of the RFAs identified as needed back in 2020’ as part of his review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) (https:// epbcactreview.environment. gov.au). ‘The evidence of serious, and in some areas signing off on the Subdivision Works Certificate in February. I’ve lodged a GIPA application for the information about the process but believe it’s another example of poor planning processes in NSW that don’t function to protect biodiversity. Jan Barham Broken Head

Contain the cat I see one very progressive council in Victoria will introduce 24-hour cat containment requirements this year. We all know about the

irreversible, impacts on the environment by native forest logging is beyond dispute,’ Ms Higginson said. ‘The fact that the law would allow this to continue is an indictment on all governments that have allowed the logging to continue without review. Every day that native forest logging is allowed to continue is another day that threatened species, healthy ecosystems and climate impacts are disregarded in favour of vested interests in the logging industry. Workers and communities should be resourced appropriately to accept that native forest logging must come to an end. ‘The responsibility for changing the law and ending the pointless destruction of native forests now sits firmly with the state and federal environment ministers. The NSW Minister for the Environment, Penny Sharpe, made it clear in 2018 that the RFA should not be extended without a thorough review of the system and health of the environment and our forests. This is her opportunity to conduct that review and place a moratorium on all native forest logging while the review is undertaken.’ Senator Janet Rice, Australian Greens Forests Spokesperson said, ‘The logging industry should be subject to the same environmental standards as all other industries. Today’s decision has shown once again that our federal environment laws, including the regional forest agreements, are broken.’ Ms Russell agreed saying, ‘It is time for Tanya Plibersek to provide the immediate protection for threatened species identified as required by Professor Samuel in 2020 and for Penny Sharpe to step up and end this sham RFA.’ damage roaming cats visit upon our wildlife, and yet Byron Shire Council still advocates for an ‘education’ approach. Many cat owners are responsible but from my observations in the Byron Shire there are many more that aren’t. It appears that most cat owners cannot believe that their beautiful moggie would rip the life out of a bandicoot or bettong. So in the interests of progress how about some carrot (education) and some stick (containment)? Glenn Christopherson Bangalow www.echo.net.au

Letters Saving Byron’s Feros Aged Care Village Q How dare Justine Elliot take credit for saving Feros Aged Care Village at Byron Bay? She makes no mention of the eight residents who refused to leave and stayed on living at Feros Byon Bay under difficult circumstances for the last 11 months. She mentions only briefly ‘our community’. ‘Our community’ includes literally hundreds of people who have supported us, as well as nearly 300 locals who turned up to a protest meeting a week or so after the original, unexpected announcement on 28 February, 2023 that Feros Byron Bay would close. The Family and Friends of Feros Residents (FFFR) formed as a result of the protest meeting and have used the funds raised to help residents remaining at Feros Byron Bay, including supplementary nutritious meals. Mayor Michael Lyon and Byron Shire Council have helped throughout, including visiting here to speak with us as early as March 2023 and taking the matter to Council for support. Marie Eddings, a daughter of a Feros resident, has been from the start, and continues to be, a major source of support, comfort and guidance

Feros Village resident Kate Smorty. Photo Eve Jeffery for us all. Maree also has done a lot of hard work behind the scenes and keeps us updated and informed. Mark Swivel, our lawyer, has also been a huge help the whole time since the beginning. Justine Elliot, not only did nothing to organise or even attend any of these activities, she actually came to the village with her ‘minder’ early in the year only to tell us that she could do nothing to help us. It is insulting and offensive for her to claim credit using a conspicuous full-page advertisement in our precious local paper. Kate Smorty Feros Village Byron Bay Q One should not be surprised to read in The Echo (10 January), that our federal

member, Justine Elliot is trying, again, to take credit for the recent decision to secure the future of Feros Village. Mrs Elliot claims to be a strong voice in the Albanese government for us. Yet, she was both absent and silent last year when the community organised protests against the proposed closure of the much-loved and historically significant home, funded by the local community. It was Mandy Nolan and Tamara Smith from the Greens, as well as many community activists, including Delta Kay, who supported our elderly residents and gave voice to community opposition. Not Justine Elliot, nor the Labor Party. The Greens were indefatigable advocates for these vulnerable people, from holding their hands to lobbying relevant ministers. So could Justine please enlighten us about her precise leadership role in the pivotal decision? Words are cheap, if not the unremitting political self-promotion. Credit where credit is due. We have long memories. Tony Christy Suffolk Park

Farmers’ markets We are very blessed to live in this beautiful region especially with four farmers’ markets plus Lismore weekly. My sincerest ‘thank you’ to all of our amazing farmers, market crews, stall holders, helpers and musicians who awake in the early hours to gather and prepare then set up store, braving the rain, wind and heat to bring us our beautiful fresh produce, smiles and nothing but good vibes to start our day and keep us healthy. We are most grateful. Lindy Hamilton Ocean Shores

Cane toad explosion Just wanting to alert the community to a major cane toad outbreak on Clarkes Beach. Just below Reflections Holiday Park is a very unhealthy drain that has formed a lagoon, an ideal breeding spot for cane toads, which now number many thousands in tadpole and toadlet stage. We have been in touch with NSW biosecurity etc and all they tell us it’s bad luck, if you find a cane toad stick it in your fridge. No idea on what to do with a soonto-be-invading army of them

all over the beach! There is soon to be a major toad-busting event in Queensland where the toadlets have occupied the Gold Coast in their millions. Should Byron Bay just lay down and let them take over? Bronwyn Henderson Dunoon

Colonial privilege I just couldn’t let the letter from B Warrick just go by without a response (Letters, 10 January). Mr Warrick appears to come from a position of colonial privilege. I think it’s arrogance to denigrate and make personal attacks on someone, rather than providing any real arguments based on fact of what actually occurred during the ‘Yes’ campaign. The humble appeal of our Indigenous population, who simply petitioned for a Voice to Parliament, was trampled on by a non-stop negative fear campaign of disinformation by the ‘No’ camp, supported and energised by Sky News/ Murdoch Press et al. Mr Warrick snipes and attacks from on high a valued and hard-working member of our community. Mr Lazarus has given his

time generously for years to protect and defend the environmental and social integrity of this area. What have you done, Mr Warrick, to contribute to the wellbeing of our community? Everyone knows John Lazarus and thanks and respects him for his efforts over the years, both as a councillor and a driving force of the Byron Environment Centre. I rather think the fool in this case is you, Mr Warrick. I think you’ve just shot yourself in the foot. Ron Curran Ocean Shores

Ahimsa not mahimsa In the 10 January Letters to the Editor Hannah Grace incorrectly refers to ‘mahimsa’ as a Hindi word meaning non-violence. Ahimsa is the correct spelling/pronunciation and is a sacred Sanskrit word – and part of the Indian religions of Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Ahimsa is often translated as ‘non-violence’ but a closer meaning is ‘without injury’. Regardless, thank you Hannah for the reminder for us all to practice ahimsa. Lou Connell Suffolk Park

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Barrio Eatery & Bar

NO BONES Vegan Kitchen + Bar. 11 Fletcher Street, BYRON BAY 0481 148 007

We are a part of a plant-based movement and invite you to join us on our expedition to save the Earth one Brussels sprout at a time. www.nobones.co

Book online: www.loftbyronbay.com.au

Happy Hour | Every day from 4–6pm. $8 loft wine or lager, $10 spritzer, $14 margaritas & $30 house wine bottle Half price deli board & $2.50 fresh oysters Espresso Martini Nights | Every day 9pm–close, 2 for $25 Classic Espresso Martini. Open 7 days from 4pm. Sat lunches from Noon.

Legend Pizza

Byron’s Freshest Pizza 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.

North Byron Hotel 61 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay 6685 6500 Open: 11am Mon–Fri & 8am Sat–Sun Kitchen hours: 11:30am–late daily Breakfast: 8am–11am Sat & Sun www.northbyronhotel.com.au.

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

Open Lunch Wed–Fri 12–2.30pm. Dinner Mon–Sat 5–8pm. Closed Sunday 3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469

The Rocks Brunch 7am–1pm Dinner 5pm–10pm 14–16 Lawson St, 5642 0149 therocksbyronbay.com.au @therocksbyronbay

Bangalow Bread Co. BANGALOW BREAD CO.

Menu and more details @mainstreet_burgerbar ‘Make a meal of it’ Add chips and a drink, just $5.

Happy Hour 6pm–8pm $6 tap beer or wine $12 selected cocktails $25 Pasta & Wine/Beer + Garlic Bread Live Music Thursdays and DJ Saturdays Open for dinner Wed–Sun

Stone baked sourdough, hand rolled pastries, small batch pies, house made cakes. Your local artisan bakery, specialising in all things sourdough. Serving Old Quarter coffee along with freshly made sandwiches using our own sourdough bread, hand rolled pastries, award winning pies and a variety of house made cakes.

Lennox Head Pizza & Pasta 4/74 Ballina St, Lennox Head Open 7 days Lunch: 12–2pm Pizza & drinks only: 2–5pm Dinner from 5pm

Views, Brews, Cocktails, Beats, and Eats! Live Music Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Bookings essential. Head to lennoxpizza.com Follow on Insta: @lennoxpizza

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The Empire

The seasonal menu features classic and modern dishes with innovative twists. Find something for all tastes, from epic burgers to vegan delights. Enjoy delectable treats and good vibes at this Mullum icon.

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Apex Dining

A hinterland ‘destination dining’ favourite with spectacular views, first or last stop on the Rail Trail Fully Licensed Café from M’bah station. Brunch + Lunch Modern cafe / bistro fare featuring regional produce Weddings + Events with a cheeky Asian twist. Wednesday–Sunday from 9am APEX DINING Excellent coffee, fresh artisan pastries and a full a la carte Bookings recommended. TWEED REGIONAL GALLERY brunch and lunch menu accompanied by a natural wine ww.apexdining.com.au list, cocktails and house made soft refreshments. @apexdining

NEWRYBAR

Harvest 18–22 Old Pacific Highway Newrybar NSW 2479 02 6687 2644

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. Menus available on Facebook.

12 Byron St, Bangalow 6am–3pm weekdays. 7am–2pm weekends. 6687 1209 www.bangalowbread.co info@bangalowbread.co

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Crystals and cocktails, tapas and wine In the heart of Byron Bay this crystal gallery is a Thursday, Friday, Saturday stunning visual experience and a taste sensation 12pm–10pm Upstairs at Mercato, above not to be missed. Sit amongst magnificent crystals from all over the world while sipping on crystal Woolworths, 108–114 infused cocktails. We also offer delicious vegan Jonson St. Byron Bay tapas by No Bones, an eclectic wine list, an event Insta – @thequartzgallery space, and a view of the Byron Bay lighthouse. Web – quartzgallery.com.au

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Loft Byron Bay

Serving Byron Bay for 30 years. Open 7 days. Delivery from Suffolk to Ewingsdale. 2/3 Marvell Street, Byron Bay 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au

KARKALLA Byron Bay

Barrio brings together the local community in a relaxed environment for all-day dining. The wood-fired oven and open-flame grill is the heart of the restaurant. Keep an eye on socials for daily specials.

1 Porter Street, North Byron Mon–Wed: 7am–3pm Thurs–Sat: 7am–10pm www.barriobyronbay.com.au @barriobyronbay 0411 323 165

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Say ciao at Lello’s in Brunswick Heads Lello’s Pasta Bar is a family owned and operated Italian restaurant located in the small unspoilt coastal village of Brunswick Heads. Niccolo and Gian Maria took over Park St. Pasta Bar in late 2018 and since then they have undergone two renovations and a complete rebranding. Now known as Lello’s, which is the nickname of their youngest brother, they hope to continue growing, learning, and expanding in the paradise of the Northern Rivers over the coming years. They are known for specialising in homemade pasta using organic unprocessed flour and free-range eggs, with gluten-free and vegan options available. Head Chef, Filippo Ongaro, and Manager, Gian Maria, plan and create the menu, which changes according to the seasons’ best available local produce, with new specials every week or for a few weeks depending on what’s in season and what they can purchase at the highest quality. Filippo has raised the standard of the dishes since taking over position of head chef over a year ago. His keen eye for detail, and vast experience in the kitchen both in Australia, and in Europe, has led him to become a valued asset to the team at Lello’s. For over two years now they have transitioned from B.Y.O to being fully licensed, with an exceptional range of Australian and international wines. There is something for everyone, including, but not limited to, a beautiful range of skin contact/orange wine and a multitude of reds, ranging from Italian Chianti to Barolo. Not to mention their ever-popular list of white wines, and top-shelf bubbles. They are also known for their high-quality cocktails, including everyone’s favourites (such as margarita, lychee martini, and whiskey sour) along with a range of their own signature cocktails unique to Lello’s. Lello's Pasta Bar is renowned for its indoor/outdoor distinctive atmosphere, quality, friendly service and, of course, their award-winning seasonal menus.

Their Mediterraneanstyle menu features a collaboration of both unique signature dishes, and crowd favourite dishes from Italy, including their beetroot ravioli, handmade gnocchi, the pappardelle boscaiola, and their famous arancini. They pride themselves on the level of excellence that their team provides, both in the kitchen, and at front of house, and the consistency with which they deliver that level of service. Restaurant Manager Gian Maria, aka Jimmy, has been a huge part in the success of the restaurant over the past few years. He navigated and led the team through the challenges of COVID-19, which many hospitality venues did not survive. Since he took over management, the restaurant has seen a large increase in sales and profit, and team morale – which always makes a positive difference! The reviews online are all a reflection of the hard work and dedication Jimmy has poured into the business over the past few years. You can use the updated website and social media platforms to easily navigate and manage your booking online – but for bookings larger than eight you are encouraged to email or call and the crew will be more than happy to talk you through their set menu options for large group bookings. In addition, they offer gift vouchers that can be bought over the phone, or in the restaurant if you

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We’re all familiar with ‘free-range’ chicken, but how about ‘treerange’? Fourth-generation farmer, Tom Bjorksten is one of the first local farmers to embrace a relatively new concept of farming known as syntropic farming, which imitates the way a natural forest works. Having grown up on a cattle farm in Central NSW and having witnessed the extreme highs and lows of traditional farming methods, when Tom and wife Nicole bought their 28-acre property at Booyong five years ago, they were determined to find a new way of farming. Enter syntropic agroforestry. This regenerative agricultural cropping method was developed in Brazil and mimics the structure and function of natural forests to create productive and sustainable food systems. While it is relatively new in Australia, it has proven a game-changer for Tom and Nicole. The couple have used syntropic agroforestry to transform their farm from a bare open paddock into a thriving forest that supports many species, as well as their chickens that range and forage freely amongst the trees in the forest. ‘We grow a few vegies, but mostly it’s the chickens integrating with the agroforestry,’ Tom says. ‘We grow tonnes of different support species to create a forest environment. Then regular pruning produces a forestry floor environment where you have a lot of decaying wood enabling fungi to spread. A forest doesn’t need fertiliser or irrigation because it’s a self-sustaining system, and the chickens are thriving in this agroforestry environment.’ ‘Before they were domesticated, chickens were naturally jungle animals. As our agroforest has grown, the chickens spend more time out of their caravans, foraging around for bugs and eating the pasture as well. This reduces our feed costs and gives them more variety in their diet, which improves the flavour and texture of the meat and eggs. This environment is also better for their overall health because they are not exposed to climate extremes as much. And in turn, the chickens are also great to the land – giving back in the way of manure.’ The couple also grow certified organic Brussels sprouts, onions, fennel and flowers, which are available, along with the tree-range chicken meat and eggs at their Misty Creek Agroforestry stall at Byron Farmers Market, every Thursday morning, and Bangalow Farmers Market every Saturday morning.

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From a forty-bottle batch she made back in March, Katerina Lazareva now makes 300 bottles a week of her Matcha & Moringa Amazake. Having introduced this powerhouse of a beverage to her customers, even she has been surprised at how quickly it became popular. ‘It’s a drinkable IV full of nutrients and active probiotics’, she tells me, ‘with a sweet umami flavour.’ Already well-known for her range of fermented products – like sauerkraut and kimchi – Katerina wanted to create a drinkable form of Koji, that living mix of mould and rice that, in Japan, is the building block for various foods and drinks such as sake, soy, miso and mirin. Chef Peter Gilmour has pronounced that it’s ‘pretty hot at present’. Koji is also responsible for that famous umami flavour; it renders foods more digestible, tasty and tender. Katerina, who always

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Byron Fermentary’s Amazake has rapidly become very popular. incorporates local ingredients into her products, uses Marlivale Farm brown rice as well as moringa, a plant sometimes known as horseradish tree owing to the flavour of its roots. ‘It’s nourishing’, she tells me, ‘and can serve as a breakfast.’

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It’s become her best seller. Certainly, this is the time of year when many of us succumb to the excesses of rich foods, when we can all benefit from digestive aids such as this beverage. ‘Fermented products are natural probiotics’, Katerina explains, ‘which generally assist with detoxing and optimal gut health.’ Her other new products are salts – but these are no ordinary salts. Fermented elements are combined with South Australian salts to create a healthy alternative to salt, two types currently being Turmeric & Holy Basil, and Umami Seaweed & Koji. After trying these –sprinkled over avocado toast, scattered over poached eggs – I’m reluctant to use anything else. Oh, and in their elegant glass jars they look gorgeous too! Q Byron Fermentary is at New Brighton

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O L L HE R E M M SU Magic & Circus dance party Mullumbimby Ex-services Club, Tuesday 23 January 2024. Tickets $15 children, and adults $5.

Rotary Mullumbimby community day at Mullum pool Rotary is holding a community day at our local pool Friday 26 January 2024. As Rotary has worked with the community during 2023 and realised the FKHƂEWNVKGU KP VJG EWTTGPV ƂPCPEKCN VKOGU 4QVCT[ YQWNF NKMG VQ IKXG C FC[ QH HWP 9G CTG CNN RCTV QH VJG UVQT[ YG JCXG NKXGF VJTQWIJ FKHƂEWNV VKOGU QXGT VJG RCUV few years. So come and join Rotary to celebrate with a free community day, QHHGTKPI CEVKXKVKGU KP CPF CTQWPF VJG RQQN KPƃCVCDNGU QDUVCENG EQWTUG HWP UNKFGU face painting, sausage sizzle, music, story time, basket weaving. Rotary will also be giving a free bucket hat, water bottle and ice block to children. Mullumbimby Petria Thomas Swimming Pool Jubilee Avenue Mullumbimby

Byron Twilight Market Byron Twilight Market lights up every Saturday night throughout the summer season creating a warm and inviting haven beneath the starry Byron sky. This enchanting market serves as a platform for local artists, designers, healers, producers and musicians to exhibit their handcrafted high-quality creations proudly.

Embark on an enchanting adventure at the Kids Disco Party! Their one-hour Spectacular kids Magic and Circus Show combines mesmerising illusions, jaw-dropping circus acts, and an electrifying dance party. Watch as talented magicians perform mind-boggling tricks, circus performers showcase dazzling UVWPVU CPF VJG FCPEGƃQQT EQOGU CNKXG YKVJ ITQQX[ DGCVU CPF XKDTCPV NKIJVU +FGCN for kids and their adults, this event promises giggles, excitement and joy. Join LQKP ,CUQP CPF 4JGVV HQT C EGNGDTCVKQP ƂNNGF YKVJ OGOQTKGU VJCV YKNN NCUV C NKHGVKOG – a magical journey of illusions, audience participation, and dancing fun!

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0725 0.60 2035 0.45

3 4 6:37 22:15 0030 1.42 0627 0.58 19:18 11:17 1227 1.31 1830 0.44 5 6:38 22:52 0114 1.40 0719 0.66 19:17 12:14 1303 1.19 1904 0.49 6

1 5:53 0:44 0408 1.19 0945 0.72 19:47 13:42 1535 1.21 2210 0.43 2 5:54 1:13 0512 1.29 1106 0.71 19:48 14:38 1639 1.14 2259 0.40 3 5:55 1:45 0606 1.41 1222 0.65 19:48 15:38 1743 1.11 2346 0.36 4 5:56 2:23 0657 1.53 1325 0.56 5 19:48 16:42 1844 1.10 5:56 3:08 0745 1.65 0033 0.30 19:48 17:47 1940 1.12 1417 0.46 6 5:57 4:02 0832 1.76 0121 0.24 19:48 18:52 2032 1.15 1506 0.37 7 5:58 5:05 0919 1.85 0208 0.19 19:48 19:53 2123 1.18 1552 0.29 8 5:59 6:14 1006 1.92 0257 0.14 19:48 20:46 2212 1.21 1637 0.24 9 6:00 7:26 1053 1.94 0345 0.13 19:48 21:32 2301 1.24 1722 0.21 10 6:00 8:38 1138 1.92 0435 0.15 19:48 22:12 2351 1.27 1807 0.21 11 6:01 9:46 0527 0.21 1222 1.84 19:48 22:47 1852 0.23 12 6:02 10:52 0045 1.28 0621 0.31 19:48 23:20 1307 1.71 1937 0.27 13 6:03 11:56 0142 1.30 0721 0.44 19:47 23:53 1353 1.55 2023 0.31 14 6:04 12:59 0246 1.33 0832 0.56 19:47 1443 1.37 2111 0.35 15 6:05 14:02 0359 1.39 0958 0.64 19:47 0:26 1541 1.21 2204 0.38 16 6:05 15:06 0511 1.46 1130 0.65 19:47 1:02 1653 1.10 2300 0.39 17 6:06 16:09 0615 1.54 1253 0.60 19:47 1:42 1810 1.04 2358 0.38 18 6:07 17:10 0711 1.62 1354 0.52 19 19:46 2:27 1915 1.05 6:08 18:08 0800 1.68 0051 0.36 19:46 3:18 2006 1.08 1440 0.46 20 6:09 18:59 0843 1.71 0139 0.33 19:46 4:13 2048 1.11 1518 0.41 21 6:10 19:44 0921 1.73 0221 0.30 19:45 5:12 2127 1.15 1553 0.38 22 6:11 20:22 0958 1.73 0300 0.28 19:45 6:10 2201 1.18 1626 0.37 23 6:11 20:56 1030 1.72 0336 0.28 19:44 7:08 2234 1.20 1656 0.37 24 6:12 21:25 1102 1.69 0411 0.30 19:44 8:03 2308 1.22 1724 0.37 25 6:13 21:53 1132 1.64 0446 0.35 19:44 8:57 2344 1.23 1753 0.38 26 6:14 22:19 0523 0.41 1202 1.57 19:43 9:49 1823 0.39 27 6:15 22:45 0022 1.23 0603 0.49 19:43 10:41 1233 1.48 1854 0.41 28 29 5:53 0:17 19:47 12:49

0258 1.12 1441 1.30

0830 0.68 2122 0.45

Moonrise times listed first

6:16 23:12 19:42 11:33

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

0105 1.24 1306 1.37

0648 0.59 1928 0.44

1 6:17 0259 1.27 0857 0.74 19:41 13:24 1434 1.15 2056 0.49 2 6:18 0:16 0414 1.32 1028 0.75 19:40 14:25 1545 1.06 2157 0.49 3 6:19 0:57 0526 1.41 1202 0.69 19:40 15:28 1708 1.03 2303 0.46 4 6:20 1:45 0629 1.53 1312 0.58 5 19:39 16:32 1825 1.05 6:21 2:42 0725 1.67 0008 0.39 19:38 17:34 1929 1.12 1404 0.46 6 6:21 3:48 0815 1.80 0106 0.30 19:38 18:31 2023 1.20 1449 0.35 7 6:22 5:00 0904 1.91 0159 0.20 19:37 19:21 2113 1.29 1532 0.25 8 6:23 6:13 0949 1.97 0249 0.12 19:36 20:04 2200 1.37 1614 0.19 9 6:24 7:25 1033 1.98 0338 0.09 19:35 20:42 2246 1.43 1654 0.16 10 6:25 8:35 1115 1.92 0427 0.12 19:35 21:17 2333 1.48 1733 0.17 11 6:25 9:42 0517 0.20 1157 1.79 19:34 21:51 1813 0.20 12 6:26 10:48 0022 1.49 0610 0.33 19:33 22:25 1237 1.61 1852 0.27 13 6:27 11:53 0115 1.49 0710 0.48 19:32 23:01 1319 1.41 1932 0.34 14 6:28 12:58 0214 1.47 0823 0.61 19:31 23:41 1407 1.22 2017 0.42 15 6:28 14:03 0325 1.46 0956 0.69 19:31 1510 1.06 2115 0.49 16 6:29 15:05 0445 1.47 1137 0.68 19:30 0:25 1643 0.98 2228 0.53 17 6:30 16:04 0557 1.52 1254 0.61 19:29 1:14 1813 0.99 2343 0.52 18 6:31 16:56 0654 1.57 1344 0.54 19 19:28 2:08 1913 1.05 6:31 17:43 0742 1.62 0045 0.47 19:27 3:05 1959 1.13 1422 0.47 20 6:32 18:22 0822 1.66 0132 0.41 19:26 4:03 2036 1.20 1454 0.43 21 6:33 18:57 0859 1.69 0213 0.36 19:25 5:01 2110 1.26 1524 0.40 22 6:33 19:28 0931 1.70 0248 0.33 19:24 5:57 2142 1.30 1551 0.37 23 6:34 19:56 1002 1.69 0322 0.32 19:23 6:51 2213 1.35 1617 0.36 24 6:35 20:22 1031 1.66 0355 0.33 19:22 7:44 2245 1.38 1643 0.35 25 6:35 20:48 1100 1.60 0430 0.37 19:21 8:36 2317 1.41 1708 0.35 26 6:36 21:15 1128 1.52 0505 0.42 19:20 9:28 2353 1.42 1734 0.37 27 6:37 21:43 0544 0.50 1156 1.42 19:19 10:21 1801 0.40 28 29 30 31 6:16 23:42 19:41 12:28

0156 1.25 1344 1.26

Moonrise times listed first

Tides 0.3m or lower in bold

0745 0.67 2007 0.47

Equinox 2:06pm

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

6:56 23:16 18:43 13:09

0139 1.51 1344 1.04

0829 0.68 1917 0.58

6:56 18:42 14:07

0250 1.50 1513 1.01

0958 0.67 2039 0.62

HIGH MOON SUN MOON TIDES, DATE PHASE/ RISE / RISE / SET height (m) NOTES SET

1 6:57 1:26 0530 1.61 1217 0.49 18:39 15:45 1802 1.18 2335 0.50 2 6:58 2:35 0630 1.71 1305 0.38 3 18:38 16:26 1900 1.32 6:58 3:45 0723 1.79 0039 0.39 18:37 17:03 1950 1.48 1346 0.28 4 DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS 7 APRIL 3:00AM 6:39 23:35 0208 1.39 0830 0.72 5:59 3:53 0711 1.82 0134 0.30 19:16 13:15 1355 1.08 1952 0.54 7 17:37 16:38 1938 1.62 1325 0.20 5 6:39 0321 1.39 1008 0.73 5:59 5:01 0755 1.79 0127 0.24 19:15 14:17 1515 1.01 2104 0.57 8 17:37 17:12 2023 1.74 1401 0.16 6 6:40 0:27 0446 1.45 1144 0.66 5:59 6:10 0837 1.71 0217 0.23 19:14 15:18 1654 1.01 2232 0.55 9 17:37 17:48 2108 1.82 1437 0.16 7 6:41 1:27 0600 1.56 1250 0.55 5:59 7:19 0919 1.58 0310 0.27 19:13 16:16 1815 1.08 2351 0.46 10 17:37 18:26 2153 1.86 1514 0.19 8 6:41 2:34 0701 1.70 5:59 8:29 1000 1.42 0403 0.34 1340 0.42 11 19:11 17:07 1917 1.20 17:37 19:09 2238 1.84 1549 0.26 9 6:42 3:45 0753 1.82 0054 0.34 5:59 9:38 1044 1.26 0501 0.44 19:10 17:53 2010 1.32 1422 0.31 12 17:37 19:57 2325 1.77 1627 0.36 10 6:43 4:58 0841 1.91 0148 0.23 5:59 10:44 0605 0.53 1130 1.12 19:09 18:33 2057 1.45 1502 0.22 13 17:37 20:51 1705 0.47 11 6:43 6:09 0925 1.94 0239 0.15 5:59 11:44 0016 1.68 0715 0.60 19:08 19:10 2143 1.56 1540 0.16 14 17:37 21:48 1228 1.02 1753 0.58 12 6:44 7:18 1007 1.90 0328 0.13 5:59 12:37 0115 1.58 0829 0.64 19:07 19:45 2228 1.64 1617 0.14 15 17:37 22:48 1350 0.97 1900 0.67 13 6:44 8:27 1047 1.79 0417 0.17 5:59 13:22 0225 1.50 0939 0.64 19:06 20:20 2314 1.69 1654 0.16 16 17:37 23:47 1525 1.00 2032 0.72 14 6:45 9:35 0508 0.26 5:59 14:00 0336 1.47 1037 0.60 1128 1.63 19:05 20:56 1730 0.21 17 17:37 1636 1.09 2157 0.70 15 6:46 10:43 0000 1.70 0603 0.39 5:59 14:33 0436 1.48 1122 0.55 19:04 21:35 1208 1.44 1807 0.30 18 17:37 0:44 1728 1.19 2300 0.65 16 6:46 11:50 0048 1.66 0706 0.52 5:59 15:02 0525 1.50 1157 0.50 19:02 22:19 1250 1.24 1845 0.40 19 17:37 1:40 1808 1.30 2349 0.59 17 6:47 12:56 0144 1.60 0823 0.63 5:59 15:29 0606 1.52 1228 0.45 18 19:01 23:08 1342 1.08 1929 0.51 20 17:37 2:33 1844 1.40 6:47 13:58 0250 1.53 0953 0.68 5:59 15:55 0643 1.53 0031 0.53 19:00 1458 0.97 2031 0.60 21 17:37 3:25 1917 1.49 1256 0.40 19 6:48 14:53 0410 1.48 1123 0.66 5:59 16:21 0717 1.52 0110 0.49 18:59 0:01 1646 0.95 2202 0.65 22 17:37 4:17 1950 1.57 1321 0.37 20 6:48 15:41 0525 1.49 1229 0.60 5:59 16:49 0749 1.48 0147 0.47 18:58 0:59 1806 1.03 2328 0.62 23 17:37 5:10 2023 1.65 1346 0.34 21 6:49 16:23 0624 1.52 5:59 17:19 0822 1.43 0225 0.46 1313 0.54 24 18:57 1:57 1859 1.12 17:37 6:05 2057 1.70 1413 0.33 22 6:50 16:59 0711 1.56 0030 0.56 5:59 17:53 0855 1.37 0304 0.47 18:56 2:55 1939 1.22 1346 0.49 25 17:37 7:02 2131 1.73 1441 0.34 23 6:50 17:31 0750 1.60 0116 0.49 5:59 18:32 0930 1.29 0345 0.49 18:54 3:51 2015 1.30 1416 0.44 26 17:37 8:01 2208 1.73 1510 0.37 24 6:51 17:59 0826 1.62 0156 0.44 5:59 19:18 1006 1.22 0430 0.52 18:53 4:46 2046 1.38 1444 0.40 27 17:37 9:03 2247 1.71 1543 0.41 25 6:51 18:26 0858 1.63 0231 0.40 5:59 20:11 1047 1.15 0520 0.56 18:52 5:39 2118 1.45 1509 0.37 28 17:37 10:04 2332 1.67 1619 0.47 26 6:52 18:52 0928 1.61 0305 0.39 5:59 21:11 0619 0.59 1140 1.09 18:51 6:31 2149 1.51 1533 0.35 29 17:37 11:02 1706 0.53 27 6:52 19:18 0957 1.56 0339 0.39 5:59 22:16 0027 1.63 0728 0.60 18:50 7:23 2221 1.55 1558 0.34 30 17:37 11:55 1248 1.06 1810 0.59 28 6:53 19:46 1026 1.49 0415 0.42 29 18:49 8:16 2254 1.58 1623 0.34 6:53 20:17 1055 1.41 0452 0.46 30 18:47 9:11 2328 1.59 1648 0.36 6:54 20:52 0532 0.52 1126 1.31 31 18:46 10:09 1715 0.40

Easter Saturday

6:55 21:32 18:45 11:08

0004 1.58 1200 1.22

0617 0.58 1746 0.45

Easter Sunday

6:55 22:20 18:44 12:09

0046 1.55 1243 1.12

0714 0.64 1824 0.52

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Easter Monday

6:57 0:19 18:41 14:59

ANZAC Day

Good Friday

MAY

LOW TIDES, height (m)

Designed and compiled by Ziggi Browning. Due care has been taken to ensure the information in this chart is correct, however The Echo recommends that should anyone need to rely on any of this data that they confirm it against a reliable source such as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology:

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0415 1.53 1648 1.06

1117 0.59 2215 0.59

JUNE LOW TIDES, height (m)

Moonrise times listed first

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

Tides 0.3m or lower in bold

6:13 23:23 17:13 12:42

0133 1.61 1413 1.08

0838 0.57 1932 0.63

6:13 17:12 13:24

0245 1.61 1533 1.17

0943 0.51 2100 0.60

6:14 0:30 17:11 14:01

0354 1.65 1640 1.31

1036 0.43 2216 0.54

HIGH MOON SUN MOON TIDES, DATE PHASE/ RISE / RISE / SET height (m) NOTES SET

1 6:15 2:42 0547 1.68 1204 0.27 2 17:09 15:08 1829 1.62 6:16 3:48 0637 1.64 0021 0.40 17:09 15:42 1916 1.76 1244 0.22 3 6:16 4:56 0724 1.57 0117 0.36 17:08 16:18 2003 1.86 1322 0.20 4 6:17 6:05 0809 1.48 0212 0.34 17:07 16:58 2048 1.92 1400 0.21 5 6:18 7:15 0854 1.37 0306 0.36 17:07 17:44 2133 1.93 1437 0.25 6 6:18 8:24 0939 1.26 0400 0.40 17:06 18:36 2218 1.89 1515 0.32 7 6:19 9:28 1025 1.16 0457 0.45 17:05 19:33 2303 1.81 1555 0.41 8 6:19 10:26 1114 1.08 0553 0.51 17:05 20:34 2350 1.71 1638 0.50 9 6:20 11:15 0649 0.57 1211 1.04 17:04 21:35 1728 0.60 10 6:21 11:57 0040 1.61 0745 0.60 17:03 22:34 1320 1.03 1831 0.68 11 6:21 12:32 0135 1.53 0841 0.61 17:03 23:31 1438 1.06 1947 0.73 12 6:22 13:03 0234 1.47 0932 0.59 17:02 1546 1.14 2106 0.75 13 6:22 13:31 0332 1.44 1018 0.55 17:02 0:25 1642 1.24 2216 0.72 14 6:23 13:57 0425 1.42 1057 0.50 17:01 1:18 1728 1.35 2315 0.68 15 6:23 14:23 0513 1.41 1131 0.45 16 17:01 2:10 1807 1.46 6:24 14:50 0555 1.40 0004 0.63 17:00 3:02 1844 1.57 1201 0.41 17 6:25 15:19 0634 1.37 0049 0.58 17:00 3:56 1920 1.66 1231 0.37 18 6:25 15:52 0713 1.34 0131 0.54 16:59 4:53 1956 1.73 1301 0.35 19 6:26 16:29 0751 1.30 0214 0.50 16:59 5:52 2033 1.78 1333 0.34 20 6:26 17:14 0830 1.26 0256 0.48 16:59 6:53 2113 1.81 1407 0.34 21 6:27 18:06 0911 1.22 0340 0.47 16:58 7:56 2153 1.82 1444 0.36 22 6:27 19:05 0955 1.18 0428 0.48 16:58 8:56 2237 1.80 1525 0.39 23 6:28 20:09 1045 1.15 0519 0.48 16:58 9:52 2325 1.77 1611 0.44 24 6:28 21:16 0614 0.49 1141 1.13 16:57 10:41 1705 0.50 25 6:29 22:23 0017 1.73 0711 0.49 16:57 11:24 1246 1.14 1809 0.55 26 6:30 23:28 0115 1.69 0808 0.47 16:57 12:02 1359 1.19 1923 0.59 27 6:30 0215 1.65 0902 0.43 16:57 12:36 1510 1.29 2042 0.61 28 29 30 6:15 1:37 17:10 14:35

0454 1.68 1737 1.46

1123 0.34 2322 0.47

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Moonrise times listed first

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

Tides lowe

6:31 0:32 16:56 13:08

0315 1.60 1615 1.42

095 215

6:31 1:36 16:56 13:41

0415 1.55 1714 1.57

103 231

6:31 2:41 0513 1.49 1123 16:56 14:15 1808 1.71

6:32 3:47 0607 1.41 001 16:56 14:52 1858 1.82 1205

6:32 4:55 0659 1.34 011 16:56 15:34 1945 1.90 124

6:33 6:04 0748 1.27 021 16:56 16:23 2032 1.93 1329

6:33 7:10 0836 1.22 030 16:56 17:18 2116 1.92 141

King’s Birthday

Solstice 6:50am

6:34 8:12 0923 1.17 16:56 18:18 2200 1.87

035 145

6:34 9:05 1008 1.14 16:56 19:20 2242 1.80

044 153

6:35 9:51 1053 1.11 16:56 20:21 2322 1.72

052 161

6:35 10:29 16:56 21:20

1141 1.10

060 170

6:35 11:02 16:56 22:16

0002 1.63 1234 1.10

065 175

6:36 11:31 16:56 23:09

0045 1.54 1336 1.12

073 185

6:36 11:58 16:56

0131 1.46 1443 1.18

082 200

6:36 12:24 16:56 0:01

0223 1.39 1545 1.26

090 212

6:37 12:51 16:56 0:53

0318 1.33 1640 1.36

094 223

6:37 13:19 16:56 1:46

0414 1.28 1727 1.48

103 233

6:37 13:49 16:56 2:41

0506 1.25 1810 1.58

110

6:37 14:25 16:57 3:39

0555 1.23 1851 1.68

003 114

6:38 15:07 0642 1.21 16:57 4:40 1932 1.76

011 122

6:38 15:56 0728 1.20 16:57 5:43 2015 1.82

020 130

6:38 16:54 0813 1.20 16:57 6:45 2058 1.86

024 134

6:38 17:58 0900 1.20 033 16:57 7:44 2143 1.89 143 6:38 19:06 0948 1.20 16:58 8:36 2227 1.88

041 151

6:39 20:14 1039 1.21 16:58 9:22 2313 1.85

050 160

6:39 21:21 16:58 10:02

1132 1.23

055 170

6:39 22:26 0000 1.79 16:59 10:38 1231 1.26

064 180

6:39 23:30 16:59 11:11

0049 1.69 1335 1.31

073 190

6:39 16:59 11:43

0142 1.58 1443 1.39

081 202

6:39 0:33 17:00 12:15

0238 1.46 1550 1.49

090 214

TIDES DATA SOURCED FROM BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

DAYLIG

Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less.

Daylight

Tides time lag estimates: Byron Bay, Brunswick Heads, NSW North Coast beaches: nil; Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min.

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NSW SC • Term 1 • Term 2 • Term 3 • Term 4

or the Byron Shire 2024 JULY

LOW DES, ght (m)

HIGH MOON SUN MOON TIDES, DATE PHASE/ RISE / RISE / SET height (m) NOTES SET

1 2 3 4 5 3 0.38 9 0.59 6 9 0.33 0 0.55 7 3 0.29 8 5 0.50 5 0.26 9 5 0.45 6 0.25 10 2 0.42 9 0.27 11 3 0.40 0 0.30 12 3 0.41 2 0.35 13 1 0.44 4 0.41 14 6 0.48 7 0.49 15 9 0.52 4 0.56 16 2 0.54 7 0.64 17 5 0.56 8 0.71 18 0 0.55 8 0.76 19 6 0.53 3 0.77 20 9 0.50 5 0.74 21 0 0.46 7 0.69 22 8 0.42 23 0 0.62 6 0.39 24 7 0.56 4 0.36 25 2 0.49 4 0.33 26 6 0.44 5 0.31 27 0 0.41 0 0.30 28 6 0.38 7 0.31 29 4 0.37 7 0.35 30 2 0.37 1 0.40 31

s 0.3m or r in bold

1 0.37 0 0.48 0 0.37 9 0.56 9 0.37 6 0.62

6:39 1:38 17:00 12:51

AUGUST LOW TIDES, height (m)

0341 1.34 1654 1.61

0958 0.35 2310 0.61

6:39 2:43 0445 1.25 17:00 13:30 1752 1.71

1047 0.33

6:39 3:50 0549 1.20 17:01 14:15 1845 1.79

0021 0.55 1136 0.32

HIGH MOON SUN MOON TIDES, DATE PHASE/ RISE / RISE / SET height (m) NOTES SET

1 6:39 5:59 0738 1.16 0210 0.43 17:02 16:05 2018 1.86 1311 0.31 2 6:39 6:55 0825 1.16 0254 0.40 17:02 17:06 2100 1.85 1355 0.31 3 6:39 7:44 0907 1.16 0335 0.39 17:02 18:08 2140 1.82 1437 0.33 4 6:39 8:25 0947 1.17 0413 0.41 17:03 19:08 2215 1.76 1517 0.37 5 6:38 9:01 1027 1.17 0448 0.43 17:03 20:05 2250 1.69 1557 0.42 6 6:38 9:31 1106 1.17 0522 0.45 17:04 21:00 2323 1.62 1638 0.49 7 6:38 9:59 1148 1.18 0556 0.47 17:04 21:53 2358 1.53 1722 0.57 8 6:38 10:25 0631 0.48 1238 1.19 17:05 22:45 1813 0.65 9 6:38 10:51 0035 1.42 0711 0.48 17:05 23:37 1336 1.22 1915 0.73 10 6:37 11:18 0118 1.32 0754 0.49 17:06 1443 1.27 2030 0.77 11 6:37 11:47 0212 1.22 0841 0.49 17:06 0:30 1547 1.35 2156 0.77 12 6:37 12:20 0316 1.14 0930 0.48 17:07 1:26 1645 1.44 2315 0.71 13 6:36 12:59 0422 1.10 1020 0.45 14 17:07 2:25 1737 1.55 6:36 13:44 0524 1.10 0015 0.62 17:08 3:27 1826 1.65 1110 0.40 15 6:36 14:38 0620 1.12 0104 0.53 17:08 4:29 1913 1.75 1159 0.35 16 6:35 15:41 0712 1.15 0148 0.44 17:09 5:30 1959 1.84 1246 0.28 17 6:35 16:49 0800 1.20 0230 0.36 17:09 6:26 2043 1.90 1334 0.23 18 6:34 17:59 0848 1.24 0312 0.30 17:10 7:16 2127 1.94 1422 0.19 19 6:34 19:08 0936 1.29 0354 0.26 17:10 7:59 2210 1.93 1511 0.19 20 6:33 20:16 1025 1.33 0437 0.24 17:11 8:37 2252 1.86 1600 0.23 21 6:33 21:22 1115 1.36 0519 0.24 17:11 9:11 2335 1.75 1652 0.31 22 6:32 22:26 0602 0.27 1209 1.39 17:12 9:44 1749 0.43 23 6:32 23:31 0019 1.59 0646 0.30 17:13 10:17 1309 1.42 1856 0.55 24 6:31 0108 1.41 0733 0.34 17:13 10:52 1416 1.45 2019 0.64 25 6:30 0:36 0205 1.24 0825 0.38 17:14 11:30 1529 1.51 2155 0.66 26 6:30 1:43 0316 1.11 0922 0.40 17:14 12:13 1640 1.58 2323 0.60 27 6:29 2:49 0438 1.05 1024 0.40 28 17:15 13:02 1742 1.66 29 30 31 6:39 4:57 0646 1.17 17:01 15:07 1933 1.85

0120 0.48 1225 0.31

8 0.36 9 0.64

Moonrise times listed first

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

SEPTEMBER LOW TIDES, height (m)

HIGH MOON SUN MOON TIDES, DATE PHASE/ RISE / RISE / SET height (m) NOTES SET Moonrise times listed first

Tides 0.3m or lower in bold

6:29 3:52 0548 1.06 17:15 13:56 1835 1.72

0029 0.52 1123 0.38

6:28 4:49 0645 1.09 17:16 14:56 1921 1.76

0117 0.44 1216 0.34

6:27 5:40 0730 1.13 17:16 15:57 2003 1.77

0158 0.39 1304 0.31

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

OCTOBER

LOW TIDES, height (m)

HIGH MOON SUN MOON TIDES, DATE PHASE/ RISE / RISE / SET height (m) NOTES SET

1 6:26 7:00 0848 1.21 0306 0.35 17:18 17:56 2114 1.74 1424 0.29 2 6:25 7:32 0924 1.23 0337 0.35 17:18 18:52 2145 1.70 1500 0.31 3 6:24 8:00 0958 1.25 0406 0.35 17:19 19:45 2215 1.64 1535 0.35 4 6:23 8:27 1033 1.26 0434 0.36 17:19 20:38 2245 1.55 1613 0.42 5 6:23 8:53 1111 1.28 0503 0.37 17:20 21:29 2315 1.45 1652 0.50 6 6:22 9:19 1152 1.28 0533 0.39 17:20 22:22 2346 1.33 1738 0.59 7 6:21 9:47 0607 0.42 1241 1.28 17:21 23:16 1833 0.68 8 6:20 10:18 0025 1.21 0645 0.46 17:21 1339 1.29 1946 0.74 9 6:19 10:53 0115 1.09 0733 0.49 17:22 0:13 1451 1.33 2121 0.74 10 6:18 11:35 0228 1.01 0833 0.50 17:22 1:12 1604 1.39 2254 0.67 11 6:17 12:24 0351 0.98 0940 0.48 17:23 2:13 1707 1.50 2357 0.57 12 6:16 13:21 0505 1.02 1044 0.41 13 17:23 3:14 1802 1.62 6:15 14:26 0605 1.08 0044 0.46 17:24 4:12 1852 1.74 1142 0.32 14 6:14 15:36 0658 1.17 0126 0.35 17:24 5:04 1938 1.84 1234 0.22 15 6:13 16:47 0746 1.26 0205 0.25 17:25 5:50 2022 1.91 1324 0.14 16 6:12 17:57 0833 1.34 0244 0.18 17:25 6:31 2104 1.93 1412 0.09 17 6:11 19:06 0919 1.42 0323 0.14 17:26 7:08 2145 1.88 1500 0.10 18 6:10 20:13 1006 1.48 0401 0.12 17:27 7:42 2226 1.76 1549 0.16 19 6:09 21:20 1055 1.52 0440 0.14 17:27 8:16 2307 1.59 1643 0.27 20 6:08 22:27 1145 1.53 0519 0.20 17:28 8:51 2349 1.39 1741 0.41 21 6:07 23:35 0600 0.27 1243 1.51 17:28 9:29 1853 0.54 22 6:06 0038 1.19 0647 0.35 17:29 10:11 1350 1.49 2025 0.62 23 6:05 0:42 0144 1.03 0745 0.42 17:29 10:58 1509 1.49 2205 0.61 24 6:04 1:46 0316 0.95 0858 0.46 17:30 11:51 1625 1.52 2326 0.54 25 6:03 2:45 0445 0.96 1015 0.46 26 17:30 12:49 1728 1.57 6:02 3:37 0548 1.03 0019 0.46 17:31 13:50 1818 1.62 1119 0.41 27 6:01 4:22 0636 1.11 0059 0.40 17:31 14:50 1901 1.65 1212 0.35 28 29 30 6:26 6:23 0812 1.17 0233 0.36 17:17 16:57 2040 1.77 1345 0.29

Moonrise times listed first

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

Tides 0.3m or lower in bold

5:24 4:34 17:46 16:27

0728 1.33 1936 1.53

0121 0.28 1315 0.31

5:23 5:00 17:47 17:19

0800 1.39 2006 1.50

0146 0.24 1350 0.29

5:22 5:26 17:47 18:11

0831 1.45 2036 1.45

0211 0.22 1426 0.30

Tides 0.3m or lower in bold

1 2 3 4 5

Equinox 10:43pm

5:27 3:37 17:45 14:40

0617 1.17 1830 1.53

0023 0.36 1156 0.38

5:25 4:07 17:46 15:35

0654 1.25 1904 1.54

0053 0.32 1238 0.34

t Saving ends: Sunday 7 April 2024 at 3:00am

Moon phases data sourced from www.timeanddate.com

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MOON PHASES KEY:

t Saving begins: Sunday 6 October 2024 at 2:00am

New Moon:

: Tuesday 30 January to Friday 12 April : Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July : Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September : Monday 14 October to Friday 20 December

HIGH MOON SUN MOON TIDES, DATE PHASE/ RISE / RISE / SET height (m) NOTES SET

0904 1.49 2105 1.38

0235 0.22 1502 0.33

Labour Day

MOON PHASES TIMES AND DATES 2024

CHOOL TERMS 2024

NOVEMBER

1 5:20 6:21 0937 1.51 0300 0.23 17:49 19:59 2135 1.29 1540 0.37 2 DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS 6 OCTOBER 2:00AM 6:00 5:01 0716 1.18 0131 0.35 6:18 7:53 1112 1.52 0426 0.25 17:32 15:49 1939 1.66 1255 0.30 6 18:49 21:56 2307 1.19 1720 0.43 3 5:59 5:34 0752 1.24 0201 0.32 6:17 8:28 1149 1.50 0454 0.30 17:32 16:45 2012 1.66 1332 0.27 7 18:49 22:54 2342 1.09 1804 0.49 4 5:57 6:03 0826 1.29 0230 0.29 6:16 9:10 0525 0.36 1230 1.46 17:32 17:39 2043 1.64 1408 0.27 8 18:50 23:52 1859 0.54 5 5:56 6:30 0858 1.33 0256 0.28 6:15 9:59 0023 1.00 0602 0.42 17:33 18:32 2111 1.59 1442 0.28 9 18:51 1320 1.42 2010 0.58 6 5:55 6:56 0930 1.36 0321 0.27 6:14 10:55 0122 0.93 0656 0.49 17:33 19:24 2139 1.52 1516 0.32 10 18:51 0:50 1426 1.39 2134 0.57 7 5:54 7:22 1003 1.38 0346 0.28 6:13 11:57 0248 0.90 0815 0.53 17:34 20:16 2207 1.43 1553 0.38 11 18:52 1:43 1544 1.41 2250 0.50 8 5:53 7:49 1039 1.39 0413 0.30 6:12 13:03 0423 0.95 0946 0.50 17:34 21:09 2236 1.33 1631 0.46 12 18:52 2:32 1657 1.49 2348 0.40 9 5:52 8:18 1116 1.39 0440 0.33 6:10 14:10 0532 1.07 1103 0.42 10 17:35 22:04 2308 1.21 1715 0.54 13 18:53 3:15 1758 1.58 5:50 8:51 1200 1.37 0510 0.38 6:09 15:18 0630 1.22 0034 0.28 17:35 23:02 2345 1.09 1808 0.61 14 18:54 3:54 1850 1.65 1208 0.32 11 5:49 9:29 0545 0.43 6:08 16:25 0719 1.37 0115 0.17 1251 1.34 17:36 1920 0.67 15 18:54 4:30 1938 1.69 1304 0.22 12 5:48 10:14 0037 0.99 0632 0.49 6:07 17:34 0807 1.52 0153 0.09 17:36 0:01 1400 1.34 2057 0.67 16 18:55 5:04 2023 1.67 1358 0.15 13 5:47 11:07 0158 0.92 0744 0.52 6:06 18:43 0854 1.65 0230 0.03 17:37 1:01 1523 1.38 2228 0.60 17 18:55 5:38 2107 1.60 1450 0.12 14 5:46 12:07 0336 0.93 0910 0.50 6:05 19:54 0940 1.75 0306 0.01 17:37 1:58 1635 1.47 2328 0.49 18 18:56 6:15 2150 1.48 1544 0.14 15 5:44 13:13 0452 1.01 6:04 21:07 1027 1.80 0344 0.04 1025 0.41 19 17:38 2:52 1734 1.60 18:57 6:55 2233 1.33 1638 0.20 16 5:43 14:22 0550 1.12 0014 0.37 6:03 22:18 1114 1.79 0422 0.10 17:38 3:40 1825 1.72 1127 0.30 20 18:57 7:41 2319 1.18 1737 0.28 17 5:42 15:32 0641 1.25 0054 0.25 6:02 23:26 0501 0.19 1203 1.74 17:39 4:22 1911 1.81 1220 0.19 21 18:58 8:33 1841 0.36 18 5:41 16:42 0728 1.37 0131 0.15 6:01 0009 1.03 0545 0.31 17:39 5:01 1954 1.84 1311 0.10 22 18:59 9:31 1257 1.64 1950 0.44 19 5:40 17:50 0815 1.49 0209 0.08 6:00 0:26 0109 0.93 0637 0.43 17:40 5:36 2036 1.81 1400 0.07 23 18:59 10:33 1356 1.54 2102 0.48 20 5:38 18:59 0900 1.59 0245 0.04 5:59 1:18 0232 0.88 0748 0.52 17:40 6:11 2117 1.71 1450 0.08 24 19:00 11:35 1503 1.46 2214 0.48 21 5:37 20:09 0945 1.65 0322 0.05 5:58 2:01 0403 0.92 0915 0.57 17:41 6:46 2158 1.56 1542 0.16 25 19:01 12:36 1612 1.41 2313 0.46 22 5:36 21:19 1033 1.67 0400 0.09 5:58 2:38 0514 1.01 1034 0.56 17:41 7:23 2240 1.37 1637 0.27 26 19:01 13:34 1713 1.39 2359 0.41 23 5:35 22:29 1123 1.65 0437 0.17 5:57 3:10 0606 1.11 1138 0.52 24 17:42 8:05 2325 1.18 1741 0.39 27 19:02 14:30 1803 1.39 5:34 23:37 0518 0.28 5:56 3:38 0648 1.22 0035 0.36 1218 1.59 17:42 8:52 1857 0.50 28 19:03 15:23 1845 1.40 1230 0.47 25 5:32 0019 1.01 0607 0.39 5:55 4:04 0726 1.32 0106 0.31 17:43 9:45 1325 1.52 2026 0.55 29 19:03 16:15 1923 1.39 1315 0.43 26 5:31 0:40 0140 0.90 0714 0.48 5:54 4:30 0800 1.42 0134 0.26 17:43 10:43 1442 1.47 2154 0.53 30 19:04 17:06 1957 1.38 1357 0.39 27 5:30 1:35 0323 0.89 0842 0.52 5:53 4:56 0833 1.50 0200 0.22 17:44 11:43 1558 1.46 2302 0.48 31 19:05 17:59 2030 1.34 1435 0.36 28 5:29 2:22 0441 0.97 1003 0.50 29 17:44 12:44 1700 1.48 2348 0.42 5:28 3:02 0534 1.07 1107 0.45 30 17:45 13:43 1749 1.51 5:21 5:52 17:48 19:04

GHT SAVING TIME CHANGE DATES

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LOW TIDES, height (m)

First Quarter:

Full Moon:

Third Quarter:

SPECIAL LUNAR EVENTS IN 2024 • Super New Moon: 10 February • Micro Full Moon: 24 February • Super New Moon: 10 March • Penumbral Lunar Eclipse visible in Byron Shire on 25 March • Micro Full Moon: 25 March • Super New Moon: 9 April

• Blue Moon: 20 Aug (third Full Moon in a season with four Full Moons) • Super Full Moon: 18 September • Micro New Moon: 3 October • Super Full Moon: 17 October • Black Moon: 31 Dec (second New Moon in single calendar month)

LUNATION 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 1259 1260 1261 1262

LOW TIDES, height (m)

Moonrise times listed first

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

Tides 0.3m or lower in bold

5:53 5:24 19:06 18:53

0906 1.56 2103 1.29

0226 0.20 1514 0.35

5:52 5:54 19:06 19:50

0940 1.61 2136 1.23

0252 0.20 1553 0.35

DECEMBER HIGH MOON SUN MOON TIDES, DATE PHASE/ RISE / RISE / SET height (m) NOTES SET

1 5:50 7:09 1051 1.62 0349 0.24 19:08 21:47 2246 1.10 1715 0.40 2 5:50 7:56 1130 1.60 0421 0.29 19:09 22:44 2327 1.03 1802 0.43 3 5:49 8:50 0458 0.35 1213 1.56 19:09 23:39 1856 0.46 4 5:48 9:49 0015 0.98 0543 0.41 19:10 1303 1.52 1958 0.48 5 5:48 10:53 0118 0.94 0642 0.47 19:11 0:28 1401 1.49 2104 0.46 6 5:47 11:58 0238 0.96 0758 0.51 19:12 1:12 1508 1.49 2208 0.41 7 5:46 13:03 0400 1.04 0921 0.50 19:12 1:51 1614 1.51 2302 0.33 8 5:46 14:07 0507 1.17 1039 0.46 19:13 2:26 1715 1.53 2350 0.23 9 5:45 15:13 0604 1.33 1147 0.39 10 19:14 3:00 1811 1.53 5:45 16:19 0657 1.50 0032 0.15 19:15 3:33 1903 1.50 1250 0.32 11 5:44 17:28 0746 1.65 0113 0.09 19:16 4:07 1953 1.45 1349 0.26 12 5:44 18:39 0835 1.77 0152 0.05 19:16 4:45 2041 1.36 1446 0.23 13 5:43 19:52 0922 1.85 0230 0.05 19:17 5:27 2129 1.26 1543 0.22 14 5:43 21:04 1010 1.88 0311 0.08 19:18 6:17 2215 1.16 1639 0.24 15 5:42 22:10 1058 1.85 0352 0.14 19:19 7:13 2304 1.07 1734 0.28 16 5:42 23:07 1145 1.78 0435 0.23 19:20 8:15 2355 1.00 1830 0.34 17 5:42 23:55 0521 0.33 1234 1.68 19:20 9:20 1926 0.39 18 5:41 0051 0.95 0614 0.43 19:21 10:23 1324 1.57 2021 0.44 19 5:41 0:36 0200 0.94 0715 0.52 19:22 11:24 1416 1.47 2115 0.46 20 5:41 1:10 0315 0.97 0828 0.59 19:23 12:22 1511 1.39 2208 0.45 21 5:41 1:40 0426 1.04 0944 0.62 19:24 13:16 1606 1.33 2255 0.42 22 5:40 2:07 0524 1.14 1055 0.62 19:25 14:09 1700 1.29 2336 0.38 23 5:40 2:33 0612 1.26 1158 0.59 24 19:25 15:00 1749 1.27 5:40 2:59 0653 1.37 0012 0.33 19:26 15:52 1835 1.25 1251 0.54 25 5:40 3:26 0730 1.47 0044 0.29 19:27 16:46 1917 1.22 1340 0.49 26 5:40 3:55 0806 1.56 0115 0.26 19:28 17:42 1958 1.19 1424 0.44 27 5:40 4:29 0843 1.63 0145 0.23 19:28 18:40 2036 1.17 1506 0.40 28 29 30 31 5:51 6:29 19:07 20:48

1015 1.63 2210 1.16

0319 0.21 1633 0.37

NEW MOON

FIRST QUARTER

FULL MOON

11 Jan 10:57 pm 10 Feb 9:59 am 10 Mar 8:00 pm 9 Apr 4:20 am 8 May 1:21 pm 6 Jun 10:37 pm 6 Jul 8:57 am 4 Aug 9:13 pm 3 Sep 11:55 am 3 Oct 4:49 am 1 Nov 11:47 pm 1 Dec 5:21 pm 31 Dec 9:26 am

18 Jan 2:52 pm 17 Feb 2:00 am 17 Mar 3:10 pm 16 Apr 5:13 am 15 May 9:48 pm 14 Jun 3:18 pm 14 Jul 8:48 am 13 Aug 1:18 am 11 Sep 4:05 pm 11 Oct 5:55 am 9 Nov 4:55 pm 9 Dec 2:26 am

26 Jan 4:54 am 24 Feb 11:30 pm 25 Mar 6:00 pm 24 Apr 9:48 am 23 May 11:53 pm 22 Jun 11:07 am 21 Jul 8:17 pm 20 Aug 4:25 am 18 Sep 12:34 pm 17 Oct 10:26 pm 16 Nov 8:28 am 15 Dec 8:01 pm

LOW TIDES, height (m)

Moonrise times listed first

Tides 1.7m or higher in bold

Tides 0.3m or lower in bold

5:40 5:07 19:29 19:39

0919 1.68 2115 1.14

0216 0.22 1546 0.38

5:40 5:53 0958 1.70 0250 0.22 19:30 20:38 2154 1.11 1628 0.37 5:40 6:45 1037 1.71 0326 0.24 19:31 21:35 2234 1.08 1711 0.36 5:40 7:44 1118 1.70 0404 0.26 19:32 22:26 2319 1.06 1756 0.37 5:40 8:46 19:32 23:11

1202 1.68

0447 0.30 1844 0.38

5:40 9:51 19:33 23:51

0010 1.04 1248 1.64

0537 0.36 1935 0.38

5:40 10:55 19:34

0109 1.04 1339 1.60

0634 0.42 2029 0.37

5:40 11:59 19:35 0:27

0216 1.07 1432 1.55

0741 0.47 2122 0.34

5:40 13:02 19:35 1:00

0329 1.15 1530 1.49

0856 0.51 2215 0.30

5:41 14:05 19:36 1:32

0437 1.28 1631 1.42

1015 0.52 2303 0.25

5:41 15:10 19:37 2:04

0540 1.43 1732 1.35

1132 0.50 2351 0.20

5:41 16:18 19:37 2:39

0637 1.58 1833 1.29

1245 0.45

5:41 17:28 0730 1.71 0036 0.16 19:38 3:18 1930 1.23 1351 0.38 5:42 18:39 0821 1.81 0121 0.14 19:39 4:03 2025 1.18 1450 0.32 5:42 19:48 0911 1.87 0206 0.13 19:39 4:55 2116 1.14 1545 0.28 5:42 20:50 0959 1.88 0250 0.15 19:40 5:55 2204 1.11 1634 0.27 5:43 21:44 1044 1.85 0335 0.18 19:40 6:59 2251 1.08 1721 0.29 5:43 22:29 1128 1.79 0420 0.24 19:41 8:05 2336 1.06 1806 0.33 5:44 23:06 1209 1.70 19:42 9:09

0504 0.32 1848 0.37

5:44 23:38 19:42 10:09

0023 1.05 1248 1.61

0550 0.40 1929 0.41

5:44 19:43 11:06

0113 1.04 1327 1.50

0639 0.50 2010 0.44

5:45 0:07 19:43 12:00

0211 1.05 1408 1.40

0735 0.59 2052 0.45

5:46 0:34 19:44 12:52

0317 1.09 1454 1.30

0842 0.67 2138 0.44

5:46 1:00 19:44 13:44

0425 1.17 1547 1.22

0958 0.71 2225 0.43

Christmas Day

5:47 1:26 19:44 14:37

0525 1.26 1647 1.15

1118 0.70 2310 0.40

Boxing Day

5:47 1:55 19:45 15:32

0615 1.37 1746 1.11

1229 0.65 2353 0.37

5:48 2:26 19:45 16:29

0700 1.48 1842 1.09

1326 0.58

5:48 3:03 19:46 17:28

0741 1.57 1930 1.09

0034 0.34 1414 0.51

5:49 3:46 19:46 18:27

0822 1.65 2016 1.10

0113 0.30 1457 0.44

Solstice 8:20pm

5:50 4:36 0903 1.71 0152 0.27 19:46 19:26 2100 1.11 1537 0.39 5:50 5:34 0945 1.76 0232 0.23 19:46 20:20 2143 1.13 1616 0.35

THIRD QUARTER 4-Jan 2:30 pm 3 Feb 10:18 am 4 Mar 2:23 am 2 Apr 2:14 pm 1 May 9:27 pm 31 May 3:12 am 29 Jun 7:53 am 28 Jul 12:51 pm 26 Aug 7:25 pm 25 Sep 4:49 am 24 Oct 7:03 pm 23 Nov 12:27 pm 23 Dec 9:18 am

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Why changing names changes us

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MANDY NOLAN’S

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STARS BY LILITH As Mercury joins this week’s powerful trinity of Sun, Mars and Pluto in Capricorn, which won’t happen again for nearly 300 years, may we embrace all of the pressures and pleasures, laments and blessings, loves and troubles of our world at this unique moment in time...

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When we change names, it reﬂects our change of values. It says we acknowledge the wrongs of the past, and that we respectfully move forward.

When we change names, it reflects our change of values. It says we acknowledge the wrongs of the past, and that we respectfully move forward.

The street history sign was in response to a motion to Byron Council to have

How do I continue to perpetuate circumstances that cause pain or injustice? Decolonisation is a big process, and it asks us to reexamine all that we have captured, appropriated and stolen, all the hurt caused to First Nations cultures all over the world. As non-Indigenous people many generations on from the first waves of colonisation, we can say that it ‘was not us’. But it is. And when we get a chance for change, to make right the wrongs of our ancestors, I believe it is our duty to do exactly that. Sometimes it’s as simple as changing the name of your street. Why wouldn’t you?

In fact, scientists are busily renaming many species from names that contain ethnic slurs. Species like the gypsy moth, and Scott’s oriole – a North American bird named after people with a back story of violent colonisation. Language is powerful. Naming unrelated and beautiful things like streets and birds with racial slurs has a way of softening the impact, of normalising their use. It makes us feel like the slur isn’t a slur anymore. In fact, until the campaign to rename Hottentot Crescent it hadn’t occurred to me the name was even a problem. To me, that’s a problem. We can’t change history, but we can change this.

As we approach ‘that’ day, one of the most painful on our national calendar, I reflect on my colonial privilege. I reflect on what ‘privilege’ means.

For weeks I have driven past a sign with a love heart at the turn into Hottentot Crescent. It says ‘We Love our street…’ and then it tells the short history of Hottentot Crescent and how it is the common name for Schotia brachypetala, a leguminous flowering tree native to Africa. True. But it is also a common name with racist roots.

Hottentot Crescent renamed because ‘hottentot’ is a racial slur. It was the colonial term for Khoekhoe people of South Africa. Sadly, the motion didn’t pass, and it got me thinking about how important these little changes can be in signposting – in this case literally – our commitment to being better humans than the ones who came before us. Hottentot is without doubt a beautiful street; I have friends there and I can attest. It has nothing to do with the name, and everything to do with the people who live there, the majestic outlook, and the beauty of Mullumbimby. The request for renaming asks residents to truly love their street. To give it a name that doesn’t have its roots in pain, exploitation, loss and humiliation.

In researching this I came across the story of the ‘Hottentot Venus’; a South African woman named Sarah Baartman who was enslaved and brought to London in 1810, where she was exhibited in a freakshow called ‘Hottentot Venus’. She shared an exhibit cage with a baby rhinoceros. Her ‘protruding’ buttocks made her the object of sexual desire and she was sold into slavery and used as an exhibit. She was treated like an animal. She was paraded in public as ‘the missing link between man and beast’. She died at just 29 but her body was used in ‘scientific’ experiments for such racist outcomes I cannot even repeat them here. Renaming gives us a chance to create a deeper embedded story. To tell the world that there are histories we do not want to celebrate or to minimise. There are stories that need to be retold because the colonial retellings are racist and wrong. Renaming is reclaiming. And it is, in a very small way, an apology to Sarah Baartman. An apology from a tiny street on the other side of the world to a woman who none of us knew. But now we do. And with knowledge comes responsibility. And that, my friends, is a way to decolonise. – Mandy Nolan

Cryptic Clues

Quick Clues

ACROSS

1. Time to repent, Ms Bandler – it’s the only acceptable belief! (4,5) 6. Complains about directions following backward Englishman (5) 9. Toughen up in your speech (5) 10. He takes risks with awful dread and wickedness (9) 11. Fine material and a cleaner, suggested Spooner to the effeminate man (7) 12. Increase in general activity (7) 13. Ruler in two parts for 17 author (5,3,6) 17. Translated Roman ode: ‘Justice.’ Turn to story time, ‘Star Crossed Lovers’ (5,3,6) 21. Toys around Australian right, but bucks (7) 23. I am getting old, but still taking pictures (7) 25. Worrying need over cereal – it’s firmly established (9) 26. Bury in the middle of terrain, terrain (5) 27. Report sees places to build (5) 28. Mops and detergents produce clearness (9)

1. Religion that claims superiority over all others (4,5) 6. Sulks (5) 9. Accustom to hardship (5) 10. Reckless; adventurous (9) 11. Wimp (7) 12. Swell (7) 13. English king and founder of the House of Lancaster (5,3,6) 17. Shakespearean tragedy (5,3,6) 21. Monetary units in Australia (7) 23. Visualising (7) 25. Entrenched (9) 26. Lay to rest (5) 27. Locations (5) 28. Products that remove dirt (9)

DOWN

DOWN 1. Victories (8) 2. Customary (5) 3. Australian crawl (9) 4. Extensively (2,5) 5. She, without assistance (7) 6. Replica (5) 7. Famous Italian opera singer (9) 8. Vendor (6) 14. Brightly glowing gas filled tube (4,5) 15. Long, loud wailing to express joy or grief (9) 16. Furniture with open display shelves (8) 18. Naturally occurring poisonous element (7) 19. Diminish (7) 20. Venomous snakes (6) 22. Accumulate (5) 24. Plant material used for cordage or basketwork (5)

1. Trump – his deals are winners (8) 2. America, turn a line to normal (5) 3. Swimmer’s stroke to ice the slab, it’s said (9) 4. Thoroughly popular profundity (2,5) 5. Decaying flesh over our queen – that very woman! (7) 6. Doctor guided back mannequin (5) 7. Devising, via top art, a tenor – Luciano (9) 8. Trader in the underground room we are warned (6) Last week’s solution #525 14. Street sign flickers in lone night (4,5) L A S S E S C R O A T I A N N T E L B O G 15. Turn left twice – a time to charge S A B O T A G E T A R G E T and howl (9) L R A U N N 16. Steerage renovated for display T E A M S P O R T S A N T E cabinets (8) P E A E D 18. The bottom – nitrogen, iodine, S T U D N O S E A R O U N D I D K N E carbon and a more lethal element (7) S C A L L O P I N G P A W S 19. Dead breeze – the French taper U R L E S off (7) E R I C A P P L E S A U C E 20. Vipers bring more queens (6) E E S A S A S C A R A B R E H E A R S E 22. Hoard Australian service (5) T N O T I N T 24. Islet turns to fibre (5) P O L E A X E S

D E T E S T

ARIES: Planet Chiron’s extended passage of healing self-knowledge through Aries continues producing beautiful opportunities for listening to your interior intelligence. This is a power-packed week of activity on every level, so remember to keep tuning in to your body’s needs for the balance of restorative self-care.

CANCER: Your connection to yourself will be your most rewarding one this week, which offers both enjoyment and growth if you dare to pull a vanishing act from social media and spend quiet time tuning in to your own natural intelligence, listening for what could be life-changing downloads from your inner wisdom.

LIBRA: As the year’s astrological energetics head into the sign of friendship, take advantage of this week to gather feedback from curated advisors and start putting those creative Libran inspirations into action. And remember to be vigilant about deleting scarcity narratives that block the flow of abundance.

TAURUS: Artistic Venus, your galactic guide, is leaning towards wild and restless mode this week, and may benefit from this note to self; it’s important to stop the merry-go-round and take time out to give, receive and appreciate those treasured beings who start a party in your heart.

LEO: Your network of friends and acquaintances, on and offline, is your most important resource this week, during which a little less self-focus can open up more breathing space for a magical flow in the rhythms, exchanges and affections of daily life you might not have thought possible.

SCORPIO: As the confident vibes of the most Capricornian week of our lifetime energise your social sector, it’s worthwhile making those power moves or taking some kind of bold action on your ambitions. That done, then it’s full steam ahead into the astrological month of original thinking...

AQUARIUS: Use this week’s last surge of can-do Capricorn energy to complete the to-do list and wrap up unfinished business ready for your birthday month. As the Sun switches on its party lights in your sign, Pluto commences its history-making twenty-year trek through Aquarius, about which stay tuned...

SAGITTARIUS: This week’s celestial energies morphing from material world to tech-savvy, digital and idealistic, offer the ideal climate for putting your future-focused ideas for bettering the world out there for evaluation from like-minded others, and for hooking up with missiondriven groups.

PISCES: Saturn’s practicality removing your rose-colored glasses can be a bit shattering, yes, but no way does it suggest that fun is off the menu. Because with Venus in freewheeling, experimental mode and Neptune up for pretty much anything, a new adventure could be just what the cosmos ordered.

GEMINI: Executive Mercury, your celestial mentor, joining the powerful last hurrah of energy in the sign of practical manifestation, offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend time aligning and refining your life plan for this, and future years, while the astral force is with you.

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VIRGO: As Virgo-friendly earth energies begin morphing this week towards cerebral and communal, it’s time to assemble a team of allies who align with your vision and amplify your strengths. Focus on cooperation and inclusivity, and make it your mission to bring out the best in others.

CAPRICORN: If you’ve taken something as far as it can go, be honest about what has reached the end of its shelf life; then spend some still time listening to what life this year wants to give you, as Pluto exits your sign for this lifetime. A vocational metamorphosis isn’t out of the question.

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DAVID HELFGOTT PLAYS MASTERPIECES IN BYRON BAY

SING IT OUT! Sing Out Social (SOS) is a concept that’s grown from a desire to: 1. Bring people together to share the unifying experience of singing in synchrony and having a fantastic time. 2. To shine some light on the importance of mental wellbeing. We all know someone, or have ourselves experienced depression, anxiety, loneliness. We’ve all experienced the feelings of disconnect whilst living through covid. Indeed, perhaps it is because of this extreme and un-natural isolation that we have truly come to value the importance of human connection. Sing Out Social is about bringing people together – families, friends, and communities. Togetherness and bonding are important ingredients for humans to grow and thrive. Singing together as part of a group is as old as time itself. It is the ultimate glue that connects us all, through generations, class, race and gender. There is a profound sense of unity and harmony that is felt when we sing together in unison. And not only is it great fun, it’s been scientifically proven that singing is good for you. We all need, and indeed thrive, off the natural high we

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experience when we synchronise our voices – our brains release a whole heap of happy hormones – lifting us up, bringing us joy, excitement and even healing. The SOS mission statement is simple: To promote human connection and mental wellbeing through the synchrony of BIG crowd singing. SOS want to help grow community awareness about what good mental health looks like and its importance to the wellbeing of each and every member of our society; and they pledge to support mental health charities by donating 10 per cent of all profits from each event. Their first show at Newrybar sold out in less than 24 hours, with all profits being donated to a local community charity – The Heathy Minds Club, Lennox Head. It was a huge success and they had amazing feedback. Their next show, to be held at the Bangalow Bowlo, on 10 February, will be bigger and better, and they can’t wait to get together again and sing.

Byron Music Society has proudly announced a concert by the legendary Australian concert pianist, David Helfgott OAM, at the Byron Theatre on 18 February at 3pm. David Helfgott will showcase his extraordinary talent with a program featuring Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Beethoven’s Sonata No. 23 Appassionata, Mendelssohn’s Rondo Capriccioso, and Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor. David Helfgott’s remarkable life story, as portrayed in the Academy Award-winning film Shine, adds another layer of depth to the concert experience. The film, starring Geoffrey Rush, provides insight into Helfgott’s struggles and triumphs, making his live performances all the more poignant.

And their message is: remember to look out for each other; reach out to each other; and sing out LOUD!

Byron Music Society is delighted to present this exceptional concert at Byron Theatre, where David will perform on the Steinway grand piano, providing an intimate setting for the audience to immerse themselves in the world of classical music.

For tickets and more details about Sing Out Social, please see their website: singoutsocial.com

Helfgott plays the Byron Theatre, 18 February at 3pm. Tickets: byroncentre.com.au.

David Helfgott Sunday 18 February | 3pm Byron Theatre Chopin - Beethoven - Mendelssohn - Liszt tickets byroncentre.com.au

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THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

HOLIDAY BALLET IN BYRON

IT’S LEMON, IT’S CHICKEN, IT’S TASTY It’s 2024! And what better way to celebrate than with a traditional Lemon Chicken gig at the Courthouse. Lemon Chicken – Ed Potter on vocals, Luke McMahon on guitar, Taz Saunders on guitar, Craig Saunders on bass and T-Roy McCarthey on drums – have been marinating and are ready to rock the new year. For those who’ve tasted the Chicken before, come down and bring all your friends and help make it the biggest night ever. The Chicken will be playing songs from Paul Kelly through to Rage Against the Machine and as a special treat they’re throwing in some new tunes for added flavour. Everyone is welcome and there will be simultaneous dancing, drinking and the possibility of Luke in a tutu. They’re bringing really live music back to town, so get your pants on and come on down! Lemon Chicken at the Mullum Courthouse from 8pm on Friday – $5 entry.

Byron Ballet holiday classes will kick start new inspirations ons for local dancers. Special senior guests include former principal dancers Maree White and Micheal Braun along ng with the dynamic contemporary guest Stuart Hugger. Students will get back into shape and will enjoy repetoire dances and pas de deux coaching, along with contemporary, and also jazz for the junior students. Byron Ballet’s director, Yvonne Hall, says parents and dancers are also invited to send expressions of interest for the upcoming production of Sleeping Beauty with the Byron Youth Ballet Company. ‘This production is a unique original creation, which also features the character Maleficent and the reasons behind the wicked fairy’s anger. Sleeping Beauty will also feature four professional male dancers, which means a special treat of male athleticism. There will be roles available for corps de ballet and soloist positions.’ Byron Ballet offers quality training in numerous genres of dance from preschoolers to adult classes – regular dance classes will recommence from 5 February. Their classes are designed for the passionate dance student, and parents seeking age appropriate instruction within a holistic environment. Byron Ballet offers solid foundations in dance technique and ballet assessments are available with the Royal Academy of Dance. Byron Ballet trains students in a disciplined and nurturing way, cultivating the joyful essence of dance in every body. Byron Ballet are performance orientated and promote quality productions and selected dance events. For more information, email: byronballet@gmail.com

HOLA AMIGOS! Team Mahico are excited to announce The Green Room as the venue for the 27 January long weekend ‘day festival’; the Mahico Garden Festival! Mahico felt it was time to bring the familia to a new expanded location that can hold and support a growing community. Securing The Green Room brings a huge opportunity to dance, sing and play at the home of Bluesfest – the Northern Rivers’ legendary music venue in Tyagarah – with a one day festival of eclectic, world and Latin-inspired sounds. The ten-hour lineup brings live acts: Paul A George, Amaru Tribe and Moontide Ensemble, plus DJ sets from Xuja, Jose Lopez and Pumah. The bigger space means they’re pulling out all the stops to bring margy’s, dancing and taco-tasting good times to more of the community. Expect local Mexican food as well as the drink vendors you know and love: Wandana Brewing, Natural Order Wine, Sobah, plus some new faces joining the familia. To make sure the event remains accessible to all, we’re keeping our standard ticket price, with a booking fee of $9 to cover the additional production and venue costs. Owing to venue licensing, the January fiesta is 18+ only – Mahico have partnered with Happy Hearts Nanny Agency, for any families requiring care for their los niños (the kids). Bring your amigos for more fun than you can handle – 27 January. Tickets Moshtix.com.au.

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JANUARY

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GIG GUIDE It’s free to list your gigs in the gig guide. gigs@echo.net.au w: echo.net.au/gig-guide. DEADLINE 5PM ON FRIDAYS

WEDNESDAY 17 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, ISAAC FRANKHAM Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 4PM SARAH GRANT + CHLOE JETT Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4.30PM GABRIELLE LAMBE Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 7PM CHEEKY CABARET Q COORABELL HALL 6PM REGGAE NIGHT – THE WAVE Q BANGALOW BOWLO 7.30PM BANGALOW BRACKETS OPEN MIC Q GOONELLABAH SPORTS CLUB 6PM BEYOND VENICE MASQUERADE PARTY

THURSDAY 18 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, DAN HANNAFORD Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM KALAKARI + YB Q BYRON THEATRE 6PM BRIGHT LIGHTS HOLIDAY WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE Q THE ROCKS, BYRON BAY, 7PM JORDY QUINN

STAND UP FOR YOURSELF Mandy Nolan loves teaching people how to perform stand up comedy. She’s taught over 2,000 people already with the most successful being Emmy award winner Hannah Gadsby, RAW national finalist Alexandra Hudson and her Women Like Us touring partner Ellen Briggs. Nolan says ‘Facing a class for the first time I am reminded of the Forest Gump line: “Life is like a box of chocolates,” well, so is a comedy class – you just don’t know who is sitting there, what experiences they have, and how they see the world. It’s so exciting. I love the process of uncovering their on stage persona!’. After retiring from teaching stand up, Mandy steps back into the ring with a two-day intensive with 16 keen wannabee comedians. On Monday 22 January the crew take what they’ve learnt to the stage with a performance MC’d by Mandy. ‘It’s comedy survivor’ says Nolan.

Q THE NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, 8PM THE DHARMA CHAIN WITH JACK TULLY & THE SEERS AND STONED WAVES Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4.30PM JON J BRADLEY Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 6PM MEL BUTTLE & NATH VALVO, 8PM CHEEKY CABARET Q LENNOX HOTEL 8PM JAM NIGHT Q THE LEVEE, LISMORE, 7PM KATE PAYNE, THALIA JOAN & MATTY B

FRIDAY 19 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, CASS EAGER Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM JOSH LOVEGROVE + MADISON KAT + DERRICK MCKENZIE DJ SET

‘This is when things get real. It’s nerve wracking, it's exciting, it’s where we sometimes find the next major comedy star!’

Q NORTH BYRON HOTEL 5.30PM DJ YAZMIN

Come check out the Stand Up for Yourself Comedy graduates at the Byron Services Club on Monday 22 January at 8pm.

Q THE NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, 7PM SOUL REVIVAL

Tix are $20 with proceeds going to a charity decided by the students on the weekend of their class! Tix: mandynolan.com.au

NATH VALVO, 8PM CHEEKY CABARET Q OCEAN SHORES TAVERN 8PM RUSTEE, STIGZ & MONOFLEX Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM DJ OREN SELECTA Q ST JOHN’S SCHOOL HALL, MULLUMBIMBY, 7.30PM ECSTATIC DANCE MULLUM WITH DJ DAKINI Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 8PM KRAPPYOKEE WITH JESS Q COURTHOUSE HOTEL, MULLUMBIMBY, 8PM LEMON CHICKEN Q LENNOX HOTEL 9PM THE DETECTIVES Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6PM POLY & CO TRIO Q CHERRY STREET SPORTS CLUB, BALLINA, 7PM THE DIRTY CHANNEL DUO Q METROPOLE, LISMORE, 7PM JON J BRADLEY + DJ SLINKY Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 6PM MEL SCARLETT Q SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN, 7PM BONDI CIGARS Q CLUB LENNOX 7PM GUY KACHEL Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM PEACH FUR + KITSCHEN BOY & TOMORROW’S FORECAST

Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4.30PM MATTY ROGERS + THE GIN BUGGS Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 6PM MEL BUTTLE &

SATURDAY 20 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, CASSIE ROSS & THE SOL GARDEN Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 4.30PM ISAAC FRANKHAM Q BYRON THEATRE 6PM BOOGIE FOR BAYFM Q NORTH BYRON HOTEL 1.30PM ALEX TILLEY, 5PM DJ TONY VELVET Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4.30PM PACHA MAMMA + DJ BEATDUSTA Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 11AM LIL’ CHEEKY, 6PM MEL BUTTLE & NATH VALVO, 8PM CHEEKY CABARET, 10PM CRISIS Q BANGALOW HOTEL BURNING HANDS Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 8PM THEM CULPRITS Q CLUB LENNOX 7PM HARRY NICHOLS BAND Q LENNOX HOTEL 8.30PM RAGGA JUMP

Session Times

Thurs 18 January – Wed 24 January ALL FILMS

MIGRATION (G)

ALL OF US STRANGERS

Daily: 10:40AM, 4:20PM, 7:10PM

Daily: 12:10PM, 3:45PM, 6:40PM, 8:45PM

PRISCILLA (M) NFT

NEXT GOAL WINS

(MA15+) NFT

(PG)

Daily: 12:30PM, 2:45PM

THE JUNGLE BUNCH WORLD TOUR (PG) NFT Daily: 10:10AM, 2:20PM, 2:30PM

ANYONE BUT YOU (MA15+)

Daily: 8:40PM Daily: 3:15PM, 7:10PM

WISH (PG)

MEAN GIRLS (PG) NFT

Daily: 10:00AM, 12:50PM, 6:00PM

Q ELTHAM HOTEL 4PM WATTY THOMPSON Q THE LEVEE, LISMORE, 4PM NEIL MCCANN Q SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF, 1PM JASON DELPHIN Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 3PM DARYL BRAITHWAITE

MONDAY 22 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, CHRIS ARONSTEN Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM WILL HENDERSON Q BYRON BAY SERVICES CLUB 8PM STAND UP FOR YOURSELF COMEDY Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4.30PM CALLUM CREELMAN

TUESDAY 23 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, JASON DELPHIN Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 7PM ANGUS KAFTAN Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4.30PM SARAH GRANT Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 6PM JOSH THOMAS Q MULLUMBIMBY EX-SERVICES CLUB 3PM MAGIC & CIRCUS DANCE PARTY Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE SHOWROOM 11AM ISSI DYE & THE LEGENDS OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

WEDNESDAY 24 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, TIM STOKES Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 4.30PM BEN WHITING + GABRIELLE LAMBE Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4.30PM JEROME WILLIAMS Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 6PM JOSH THOMAS, 8PM CHEEKY CABARET Q BANGALOW BOWLO 7.30PM BANGALOW BRACKETS OPEN MIC Q MULLUMBIMBY EX-SERVICES CLUB 7PM TOM BALLARD & MANDY NOLAN Q METROPOLE, LISMORE, 6.30PM KARAOKE

POOR THINGS (MA15+)

Daily: 10:45AM, 1:15PM, 3:45PM, 6:15PM, 8:40PM (MA1`5+) NFT

AQUAMAN AND THE LOST THE HOLDOVERS (M) NFT Daily except Wed: 12:30PM, KINGDOM (M)

Daily: 12:00PM

WONKA (PG)

Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, SARAH GRANT Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3.30PM LATE FOR WOODSTOCK Q NORTH BYRON HOTEL 12.30PM INO PIO, 5PM DJ KAI NOON Q KARKALLA, BYRON BAY, 5.30PM JOSH LEE HAMILTON Q THE NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, 7PM HIMALAYAN ROCKS – PAHENLO BATTI MUNI + PARIWARTAN Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 4.30PM THE NINTH CHAPTER + JORDAN MAC + DJ WHO’S WHO Q BRUNSWICK HEADS PICTURE HOUSE 11AM LIL’ CHEEKY, 8PM CHEEKY CABARET Q BANGALOW HOTEL JON J BRADLEY Q MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY, 3PM OPEN MIC WITH THE SWAMP CATS Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM DJ ARUANDA SUNSET PARTY Q LENNOX HOTEL HOTEL STAGE 2PM SUNDAY SESSIONS – HARRY NICHOLS Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 2.30PM SUNDAY BLUES CLUB SESSIONS TROMBONE KELLIE GANG

Q SHAWS BAY HOTEL, BALLINA, 3PM SHAWS BAY SUNDAY SESSIONS FT CASS EAGER

Daily: 1:30PM, 4:30PM, 6:30PM, THE BEEKEEPER Daily: 5:00PM, 8:50PM 8:45PM

TROLLS BAND TOGETHER (G) FERRARI (MA15+) NFT Daily: 10:30AM

SUNDAY 21

& VOCALIST ANNE-MAREE SUMMERFIELD

108 Jonson St, Byron Bay

FAMILY FILMS Daily: 10:00AM, 12:30PM, 2:10PM

Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6PM JORDAN MAC Q CHERRY STREET SPORTS CLUB, BALLINA, 8PM PINK ZINC Q METROPOLE, LISMORE, 8PM BILLY GUDGEON BAND + DJ THE WHO’S WHO Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6PM LEIGH JAMES Q REGENT CINEMA, MURWILLUMBAH, 6PM BALCONY SESSIONS W TOPAZ LYON Q AMBROSE BROWN PARK, POTTSVILLE, 3PM TUNES IN THE PARK POTTSVILLE – KENZO CRUZ, THE WEATHER SHED, GYPSY GIN DUO & TRIANGLE PEOPLE Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 6PM BACKTRACKIN’ + LEIGH JAMES Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 6PM THE SCREAMING JETS Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE SHOWROOM 8PM MEAT LOAF: THE CONCERT

3:15PM, 6:00PM. Wed: 10:15AM, 3:15PM, 6:00PM

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES (M)

Daily: 10:20AM, 12:45PM, 4:10PM, 6:00PM

Daily: 8:20PM

ONE LIFE (PG)

Daily: 10:10AM, 3:15PM, 6:00PM, 8:30PM

Daily except Wed: 10:10AM

THE IRON CLAW (MA15+) NFT

Please check online for ALL ﬁlms screening. Mercato Complex 3hrs FREE parking Validation for all Palace Cinemas customers. Session times subject to change - check web for most up to date sessions. *NFT = No Free Tickets Book Online at palacecinemas.com.au

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SECLUDED BUSH ACREAGE WITH FOUR DAMS

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PRICE $5.5M–$6M

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64.3 hectare bush acreage - natural flood refuge site. Adjacent to Southgate State Forest. Live off grid and create your dream retreat. Clarence Valley Council (CVC) have confirmed dwelling eligibility. CVC zoning – Rural Landscape. Only a twenty-minute drive (14km) to Grafton city.

• Cape Byron Lighthouse ocean views • Mount Chincogan and Mount Warning views • Amazing sunrises and sunsets with 360 views • 13 metres glass wet edge pool • Dual occupancy potential for another substantial home. • North east facing property • Hardwood ﬂoors throughout • Builders own home built to last • Centrally located 8 minutes to Brunswick, Mullumbimby. 12 minutes to Byron Bay

Dougherty Property – Judithann Forrester – Ph: 0428 455 000 Address: Lot 302 & 327 School Lane, KYARRAN

DOUGHERTY PROPERTY 207 River Street, Maclean 02 6645 5000

Contact Greg 0422 069 632

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Set amidst 1.31ha of tropical gardens, the residence is a testament to stunning design, architectural detail and a premium lifestyle experience. Exclusively private from street level, a gently inclined driveway creates an air of anticipation for what is about to transpire – a bold fusion of white on white mixed with natural materials set against a backdrop of lush rainforest. Curved edges, archways, whitewashed timber floors and expanses of glass highlight the serene landscape in a living canvas, a feast for the senses from every vantage point.

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AU 37088

BUSH REGENERATION & WEED CONTROL

CASH ON THE SPOT GUARANTEE

SPECIALISTS IN HOME AUTOMATION

T: 6680 9394 E: artisan@artisanair.com.au

ALL CARPENTRY & BUILDING WORK Owner builder friendly. Lic 203206C................0424 158585

6680 8862 6680 8862 6680 8862

1st Year Apprentice & A Fully Qualiﬁed Service Technician

6684 5296 FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C .........................66808162

ZZZ EOLQGGHVLJQE\URQED\ FRP DX FREE MEASURE QUOTEROLL BLINDS FREE MEASURE QUOTE

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

www.stoneysbuildingcreations.com

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

LOCAL

BECK THE BOOKKEEPER: BAS Agent, Payroll & ATS (Accountant Translation Services).02 66084372

Quality workmanship, and reliable and personalised service.

BUILDING TRADES

Services List Locally owned and Operated (Low Pressure Softwashing) Residential and Commercial Houses, Gutters, Roofs, Awnings, No job too big or small Solar panels, Retaining walls Obligation free quote Driveways, Paths, Pavers, Fully insured Fences, Decks, Patios, AQUA PRESSURE CLEANING Pool areas.

0426 119 550 info@nraquapressurecleaning.com.au

Byron Bay

ABN: 47576013867

5 Stars

CLEANING SERVICE CLEANS: Holiday, Residential, Bond, Commercial, Spring.

Phone Mick 0409 009 024 Email: mickbhl@gmail.com

DETAILED CLEANER/GUEST HOUSE MANAGER All natural products 4.8 Stayz rated..0410 723601 FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Professional cold & hot water roof & pressure cleaning. ..........0455 5735545

COMPUTER SERVICES

• DEPT OF FAIR TRADING:A licence is required for all residential building work where the reasonable

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 CLIMATE CONTROL AUSTRALIA Lic 362019C AU 27106... JARREAU.............................0421 485217

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market cost of the work to be done (labour and materials) exceeds $5000 (including GST).

B&B Timbers 66867911

110 Teven Road, Ballina New logo - Same quality & service Structural – Landscaping Fencing – Composite Decking Hardwood – Pine – Hardware sales@bbtimbers.com.au

www.bbtimbers.com.au

We provide solutions to Windows PC issues in the convenience of your home or business. Apologies we don’t work on Apple devices. Call Justine and Jeffrey today for fast, reliable and affordable service!

• Software/hardware installation. • New or improved PC setup. • PC cleaning. • Improving PC performance. • Internet connection issues. • Printer connection issues. • Networking solutions. • File backup. $100/hr.

0403 546 529 jjmooters@gmail.com

FLASH COMPUTERS Mac & PC. Affordable & helpful. 77 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby.02 66844124

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CONCRETING & PAVING

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING THE FLOOR SANDER New & old floors, decks, non-toxic finishes, special effects, free quotes..0407 821690

SALISBURY

CONSCIOUS EARTHWORKS • DRAINAGE DESIGN • DRIVEWAYS • PADS • WATERWAYS • ALL ASPECTS OF EARTHMOVING

CONCRETING Lic.136717c

DARYL 0418 234 302 Over 30 yrs’ local experience. All forms of concreting. Residential • Civil • Industrial

ALL AROUND

Lic# 378040C

custom furniture and joinery • 1.7 Tonne Excavator • Fully Insured • Rockbreaker • 300mm and 450mm Auger • 3M Tipper Truck • No job too small Phone James on 0429 888 683

Tipper Truck with Driver Hire

0424 876 155

Free Quotes

DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS

Call Mark 0498 115 182

0414 636 736

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE All aspects gardening & mowing Enhancive garden makeovers 0430 297 101 livingearthgardens.com.au

Servicing the Northern Rivers Lic No 142383C

FREE QUOTES

@ianmontywooddesign

For all your earthworks needs

SHAKA CONCRETING Driveways, sheds, slabs, p/ways, patios. Insured & Lic#391742C 0402 728207

DECKS

FURNITURE MAKER

www.360earth.com.au

Lic No. 337066C

CONCRETING Call Daniel

Phone Zac: 0468 344 939

BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING New and old floors. Non toxic.....................................0408 536565

Est. 2010

Call:

0447 295 178 NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65hp chain trencher, excavator, cable locating & tpr.0402 716857 EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE Concreting & landscaping................................................0484 861966

ELECTRICIANS

easily sand over nail/screw heads!

0439 624 945 AH 02 6680 4173

QUALITY DECK RestoratioN free quote: 0455 573 554

DOMESTIC ALL JOBS: SMALL COMMERCIAL OR LARGE 24 HOUR SERVICE Lic: 154293c fullcirclefinishing.com

THE DECK DOCTOR Sanding & refinishing, cable balustrading. Free quotes. Richard...0407 821690

LEVEL 2 ASP ELECTRICIAN

FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING – Specialist deck sanding and oiling. Free quotes ...........0455 573554

SERVICING: • Tweed • Byron • Lismore • Kyogle

DESIGN & DRAFTING

• Mains installs / alterations • Switchboard upgrades • Meter queries • Tree maintenance near services Matthew Rutland matt.positivelectrical@gmail.com

DOMESTIC • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com..........Bob Acton 0407 787993

0439 733 703

DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements ......0419 880048

NSW Lic# 312117 ASP Lic# 5547 AUTHORISATION# 503808

Lawns, brushcutting, gutters, clean-up

FREE QUOTES Local, friendly service Call Stratton ABN 0415 065 520 66220694659

FENG SHUI DESIGN CONSULTANT Lizzie Bodenham livingbalancedesigns.com.au.......0431 678608 MIRO HALFORD BUILDING DESIGN mirohalforddesign.com......................................0402 613638

stratt000caster@gmail.com Lic. 211410C

MARK OAKLEY DESIGN & DRAFTING www.modesign.au...........................................0422 666464

MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter................0423 756394

STUDIO153 ARCHITECTS Beautiful sustainable design studio153.com.au ..................0410 204431

oast Asph alt st C Ea

admin@ecasphalt.com.au

STRATTOCASTER LAWN & GARDEN MAINTENANCE

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au ...............0423 531448

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

LAWN CARE | PADDOCK SLASHING | SLOPE MOWING | TREE PRUNING HEDGE REDUCTIONS | GARDEN BLITZES CALL/TEXT PAUL 0403 316 711

matthesparky.com.au

0458 267 777

࠮Domestic ࠮Commercial ࠮Industrial ࠮Solar

GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured .66841778 or 0405 922839 A-Z gardening & maintenance, lawns, acreage, hedges, gutters, p. clean-ups, tip runs ..0405 625697 LEAF IT TO US Specialists in tree services and acreage mowing ....................................0402 487213

ALL ASPECTS OF ASPHALT & BITUMEN SERVICES

JP ELECTRICAL All electrical. Level 2 ASP. Solar, data + TV. Lic 133082C.......................0432 289705 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVALS 4m3 trailer..............................................................0408 210772

6677 1859

BEN FORSYTH, Electrician. Lic:240691C. Ocean Shores & surrounds. No job too small...0422 136408 GREEN DINGO for all your mowing and gardening needs. Ph Michael .........................0497 842442

SERVICING THE EAST COAST OF THE NSW NORTHERN RIVERS

JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C..............0415 126028 RICK’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Mowing, brushcutting, gardening, hedging.........0424 805660

VALLEY WAY ELECTRICAL, 15 yrs exp. Domestic, commercial, new builds. Lic 253977c 0475 910622 SAM’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Ride-on, chainsaw, all aspects ...........................0477 851493

FENCING

BYRON MOWING & GARDEN MAINTENANCE No lawn too big or small.....................0431 089537 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, Rural & residential, earthworks, lawn & pool care, tip runs.0449 220357

Burringbar

GW MAINTENANCE Ride-on mowing, acreage and large lawns. Ph George..................0408 244820

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION

TINY EARTHWOR Philip Toovey

0409 799 909 various implements available for limited access projects

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GAS FITTERS & SUPPLIERS BT Straight Line Fencing Quality Work & Reliable Service

Phone Scott 0419 443196

Free Delivery No Rental Reliable

Locally Owned Est 1996

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes....... 66804766 or 0439 078549 EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service. ..................................................0432 107262 FLOW FENCING Pool fencing, timber/colourbond, local, professional and reliable.......0416 424256

www.brunswickvalleygas.com • 0408 760 609 www.echo.net.au

Service Directory LANDSCAPING

Andrew Keller Plumbing & Gas Service Pty Ltd

PHYSIOTHERAPY

32 yrs servicing the local area

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

• Commercial Gas Equipment, Installation & Service Specialist p • General Plumbing Maintenance & Hot Water • Back Flow Device Testing • TMV Servicing

466 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby.....................................................................................66845288

LANDSCAPING & EARTHWORKS LA K KS ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St... 66853511

Byron Bay & SURROUNDING AREAS

Text or Ph: 0448 401 638 8

0418 662 784 kellergasplumb@gmail.com m LIC: 103119c

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

20 years local experience

shock wave therapy, real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman.....................................................66803499

goldleaflandscaping

GRAPHIC DESIGN

4 ton Kobelco

www.goldleaflandscaping.com.au

10 ton Kobelco

PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIOTHERAPY 88 Byron St Bangalow with Lisa Fitzpatrick.............0422 993141

PICTURE FRAMING

Graphic Design / Print Branding / Tutoring

MULLUM PICTURE FRAMERS Studio located in Ocean Shores ..................................0403 734791

• General Landscape Creation • Rural Lifestyle Landscaping Specialists • Outdoor Carpentry (decks/ out

@thinkblinkdesign www.thinkblinkdesign.com

buildings/ fencing/ garden walls etc)

• Garden overhauls • Camphor/ Macadamia Conversions • Mass Plantings and

PICTURE HANGING

Rainforest Creation

PROFESSIONAL PICTURE HANGING, also display of art and objects. Phone Lenny .0407 031294

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GUTTERING

LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Liam. Lic 277154C ..............................................0423 700853

PLASTERER, TRADE QUALIFIED repairs, renovations, cornices, quality assured. Kurt.0431 015414

LOCKSMITH

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RENDERING / SOLID PLASTERING 25 years experience. Free quotes. .......... Ph John 0406 673176

Brendan Duggan Locksmith. Automotive car keys and lock installation/repair .......0412 764148

PAINTING

• DEPARTMENT OF FAIR TRADING INFO: When dealing with home owners, painters are required to quote a licence number only for external work valued over $5000.

www.spotlessgutters.com.au

0438 784 226 • 6685 4154

0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42

HANDYPERSONS HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding......................................... 66884324 or 0476 600956 AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne...............................0423 218417

KNIGHTSBRIDGE PAINTERS

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

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

• Refurbishment

• Free Quotes

HIGHPOINT Repairs & handyman services. Painting, plastering & tiling. Michael........0421 896796

• New builds

• Fully Licenced

• Clean & Reliable

• Fully Insured

LOCAL, HONEST, RELIABLE, high quality work. Home maintenance, odd jobs. Ray..0407 802281

NEED A PLUMBER?

Chay 0429 805 081 25 YEARS LOCAL SERVICE Licence No. 207479C

Ben The Plumber

Servicing Mullumbimby, Ocean Shores, Brunswick Heads, Byron Bay & Surrounds 30 years’ experience Lic: 321191C Lic. 213034C

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

Lic No 189144C

BYRON BAY

Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.

PLUMBERS

DRAINER? GASFITTER?

ALL-WAYS PAINTING

Gutter guard Gutter cleaning Locally owned Fully insured Free quotes

PLASTERING

Taking on work NOW! 0427 528 108 | benwilton74@icloud.com

LLOYD SHERLOCK 0411 784 926

From leaky taps to construction Jetter & Camera for all blockages

HOME MAINTENANCE All aspects. Carpentry, decks, painting, repairs etc. Insured .....0434 705506

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

LOCAL FRIENDLY PAINTER Reliable, clean, quality work. Dean ..................................0421 432308

PEST CONTROL

Two generations of local plumbing

Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ...........................................66857366 MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathic and herbal dispensary, consultations..............66843002 MOVE TO NURTURE PILATES STUDIO & mat classes. Lennox Head ............................0404 459605

0421 466 921

6681 6555

ࠠ CCTV camera and locators ࠠ High pressure jet rodder

Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe

ࠠ Electric eel

AYURVEDA, NATUROPATH, Herbs, Jacinta McEwen – Om Healing..............................0422 387370 THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE $50 p/h Mark .......................................................................0448 441194

YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS

HEARING VOICES? Therapeutic support. hearingyourvoice.au.............................. 0406 466642

www.allpestsolutions.com.au

HIRE MULLUM HIRE Marquees & all event equipment. Tools & machinery. Pool supplies & service 66843003

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE Second opinion / alternative views. 50 yrs exp .....0418 110714 BRUNSWICK BYRON PEST CONTROL................................................................................66842018

PHOTOGRAPHY

Tree Faerie Fotos Professional • Commercial • Personal Sand | Soils | Gravels | Pots & statues | Lots, lots more

30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism

6684 2323

www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518

1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)

Drain clearing, inspections and repairs. Reliable family owned and operated local business with 30 years plumbing experience and the latest technology.

Phone James 0429 888 683

ࠠ 1.7t and 3m tipper truck ࠠ Blocked drain specialist ࠠ 12 month guarantee on most jobs ࠠ Fully insured

Lic 378040C

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051 .................................. 66801403 or 0414 801403 MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ....0419 019035

POOL SERVICES BLUE EDGE POOL SERVICES Cleaning, maintenance, etc. 20 years experience. Joe..........0405 411466

PRINTING TONY HAMPTON PRINTING CONSULTANT Good advice goes a long way. tonyhampton@icloud.com For an obligation-free chat: ................................................0416 152119

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REMOVALISTS

SEPTIC SYSTEMS

TREE CARE SPECIALISTS

TRINE SOLUTIONS Local sewerage specialists. Plumbers, drainers & gas fitters. Lic 138031C. 0407 439805

SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth Just give us a ring

SMART FARMING BYRON SENSOR TECH wireless farm sensors...................................................................... 0459 422387

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

SOLAR INSTALLATION

0409 917 646

Pioneers of the solar industry Serving Northern NSW since 1998

Your local, qualiﬁed team. Specialists in standalone & grid interact system designs..

Call us on 6679 7228 m 0428 320 262 e sunbeamsolar@bigpond.com w sunbeamsolar.com.au

Electric Lic 124600c

TELEVISION SERVICES

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leafittous.com.au kascha@leafittous.com.au

Local . Reliable . Insured

0402 487 213

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................. Call Tim 66813140 or 0417 698227 BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ....................................................0402 364852 MARTINO TREE SERVICES .............................................................................Martino 0435 019524 LEAF IT TO US 4x4 truck/chipper + crane truck. Local, qualified, insured. Free quotes .......0402 487213 OUT ON A LIMB outonalimbtreeservices.wordpress.com................................. Call Lucas 0402 191316

UPHOLSTERY

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .......... 66843575 or 0414 922786 BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists.............................66805255

TRANSPORT

02 6684 2198 queries@mullumbimbyremovals.com.au

arrive@byronbuscompany.com.au

• Sydney • Gold Coast • Brisbane • Melbourne • North Qld • Country • Interstate • LOCAL

BYRON BUS Co

Door to Door Charter Services Call 0490 183 424

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Byron Coast Removals SERVICING THE NORTHERN RIVERS AND BEYOND Competitive rates and packing supplies available 0432 552 067 | 6684 5481 | byroncoastremovals@gmail.com

Family Owned and Operated Local Business since 1989 Servicing Locally: %\URQ 6KLUH DQG 6XUURXQGV Interstate: &DLUQV %ULVEDQH 6\GQH\ &DQEHUUD 0HOERXUQH $GHODLGH Competitive Rates. Professional Service 0413 505 893 capebyronremovals@gmail.com

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICES The Fully Insured Professionals

Mark Linder Qualiﬁed Arborist

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

0408 202 184

The Water Filter Experts for home, commercial and rural properties

6680 8200 or 0418 108 181

choppychoptrees@bigpond.com

WATER SERVICES

• Same day & onsite pump repairs • 24 hour emergency call out • Water ﬁltration design, supply & installation • Pool pump supplies & services • Pool contract servicing • Pool water testing • Household water testing

BENNY CAN MOVE IT! .................................................................................................0402 199999 ANDY’S MOVE & MORE Artworks, pianos, small moves, tip runs................................0429 149533

ROOFING

6684 2022 A/H: 0419 963 750

DOMESTIC • INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL

ROOFING

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

Licence NSW: 30715C Licence QLD: 1227049

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

PRUNING ~ REMOVALS ~ STUMP GRINDING

WELDING

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

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

www.harttreeservices.com.au

WINDOW CLEANING AND REPAIRS

0427 347 380

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

‘Local team 10 years in business’

QUALITY roof RestoratioN free quote: 0455 573 554

VETERINARY SURGEONS

TREE SERVICES

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

MONTYS METAL

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD registerd. Chartered Valuers ............ 0431 245460 or 66857010

WATER FILTERS

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

CAPE BYRON REMOVALS PTY LTD

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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

WRITING SERVICES

fullcirclefinishing.com

RUBBISH REMOVAL OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................... 0412 161564 or 66841232 TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer................................................................0408 210772

SELF STORAGE BYRON BAY SELF STORAGE...............................................................................................66858349

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0435 019 524

COPYWRITING, EDITING + GHOSTWRITING SERVICES www.heartcraftcreative.com Cassie Douglas | 0407 199 183

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DEADLINE TUES 12PM

PHONE ADS

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

Ads may be taken by phone on 6684 1777

AT THE ECHO HEAD OFFICE Ads can be lodged in person at the Mullum Echo office:

Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby

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 (box ads) and line classifieds, email:

Professional Services.......... 41

classifieds@echo.net.au

Public Notices...................... 41

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.

Social Escorts..................... 42

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DISPLAY ADS (with a border): $14 per column centimetre

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TWEED BYRON LALC ORDINARY MEMBERS MEETING Date: Thursday 25th January 2024 Time: 4.00pm Venue: Minjungbal Aboriginal Cultural Centre Cnr of Kirkwood Road & Duffy Streets, Tweed Heads South. Agenda Items include: TBLALC Projects/CLBP, General Business, Contact No: 07 5536 1763 Authorised: Chairperson – Tweed Byron LALC

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Mullumbimby District Neighbourhood Centre Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre is open Monday–Friday 9.30am–4pm (closed 12.30–1.30pm for lunch). We offer a variety of services. Everyone is welcome. Call reception on 6684 1286. Some of our services include: Flood recovery support service: personalised, long-term support for those impacted by the floods. Community support: food parcels, meals, showers, assistance with electricity bills. Work Development Orders. Listening Space: free counselling. Free yoga: every Tuesday 3–4pm. More Than A Meal: free community lunch Tuesday–Friday from 1.30pm. Financial counselling Staying Home, Leaving Violence program: Information, referral, and advocacy. Gulganii affordable pantry shop: located at 3 Bridgeland Lane. Orange Sky: free laundry service Mon morning & Tue afternoon. To enquire about accessing any of these services call reception 6684 1286, check our website www.mdnc.org.au, or follow us on Facebook or Instagram. @mullumbimbyneighbourhoodcentre.

Byron Community The Byron Community Centre provides community services and programs including meals, advocacy and counselling for locals in need. Fletcher Street Cottage: A welcoming, safe and respectful space where people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness can come to get practical relief opportunities, find connections and access broader support. Fletcher Street Cottage services are open Tuesday–Friday. Breakfast: Tuesday–Friday, 7–9am. Showers and laundry: Tuesday–Friday, 7am–12pm. Office support: Tuesday–Friday, 9am–12pm. Support appointments: Individual support appointments with community workers or specialist services. For bookings please call 6685 6807. Fletcher Street Cottage, 18 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. More info: www. fletcherstreetcottage.com.au. Byron Community Cabin: Seniors Computer Club (school term only), 9–11am, Friday, Carlyle Steet. More info: www.byroncentre.com.au Phone: 6685 6807.

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Yandi is rather a special girl. She’s a 3-year-old Border Collie x Labrador with a pinch of Staffy. She is smart, loving and affectionate. She connects with humans on a deep soul level. She knows basic commands and is like a sponge with learning and wanting to please. She is also great with children. If you are a conﬁdent dog-person looking for a loyal, devoted companion or a gorgeous family dog, please contact Shell on 0458 461 935. MC: 953010100675219

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Food Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am at Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. 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. Liberation Larder Takeaway lunches and groceries Monday and Thursday 12 till 1pm. Fletcher Street end of the Byron Community Centre.

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

Alateen meeting Alateen meeting every Thursday at 5–6pm. Do you have a parent, close friend or relative with a drinking problem? Alateen can help. For 8–16-year-olds meet St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church Hall, 13 Powell Street, corner of Florence Street Tweed Heads. Al-Anon family groups for older members at the same time and place. 1300 ALANON 1300 252 666 www. al-anon.org.au.

ACA Adult Children of Alcoholic Parents and/ or Dysfunctional Families (ACA) help & recovery group meets in Lismore every Friday 10–11.30am, Red Dove Centre, 80 Keen Street. Byron meetings are on Tuesdays at 7pm via Zoom – meeting ID 554 974 582 password byronbay.

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 call 1300 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 meetings held Fridays at 2pm by Zoom. 1300 252666 www.al-anon.org.au.

Support after suicide StandBy provides support to people who have lost someone to suicide. They provide free face-to-face and telephone support and are accessible 24/7. Follow-up contact is available for up to one year. Find out more at: www. standbysupport.com.au or call 13 11 14. If you, or someone you are with, are in need of immediate support please call an ambulance or police on 000.

MONTHLY MARKETS 1st SAT Brunswick Heads 0418 400 415

4th SUN Coolangatta (in a 5 Sunday month)

1st SUN Byron Bay 02 6685 6807 1st SUN Lismore Car Boot 02 6628 7333

5th SUN Nimbin 5th SUN Lennox Head

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2nd SAT Tabulam Hall

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2nd SUN The Channon 2nd SUN Lennox Head 2nd SUN Chillingham 2nd SUN Coolangatta

FARMERS/WEEKLY MARKETS

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Each TUE New Brighton Each TUE Organic Lismore

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3rd SUN Federal 3rd SUN Uki 3rd SUN Ballina

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4th SAT Evans Head 0432 275 765 4th SAT Kyogle Bazaar kyoglebazaar.com.au 4th SUN Bangalow 4th SUN Nimbin 4th SUN Murwillumbah

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Each WED Murwillumbah 7-11 0415 328 672 Each WED Nimbin 3-6pm 0418 940 653 Each WED Newrybar Hall 4-7pm Each THU Byron 8-11am 0414 595 169 Each THU Lismore 2.30-6.30pm 0459 309 223 Each FRI Mullum 7-11am

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Each SAT Bangalow 8-11am 0414 595 169 Each SAT Duranbah Rd 8-11am (Tropical Fruit World) Each SAT Uki 8am-1pm 02 6679 5438 Each SAT Lismore 8.30-11am Each SAT Blue Knob 8.30am-12pm Each SUN Ballina 7-11am

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Sport / Community at Work Ballina hosts U/13 cricket carnival World’s best at Brunswick Heads Woodchop

A Sydney Blazers’ batter is sent back to the sheds after facing tight bowling from first division competition winners Manly Warringah at Fripp Oval last week. Photo Daniel Cohen The Ballina U/13s cricket carnival had its 30th running last week and included 16 teams from across NSW and Brisbane. Seven teams came from as far south as Sydney and Newcastle, joing those from Tamworh and the Mid and Far North Coast. Teams played a 40-over game each day till Wednesday before being graded for a series of finals over the last two days.

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Eventual first-grade winners, Manly Warringah, performed well all week, according to organiser Geoff Jacobs. ‘But all teams were credible across the competition,’ he said. In a first, an all-girls team from Newcastle joined the competition. In the past girls joined teams as individual players. The competition came to a head on Friday morning with finalists battling for

supremacy before an afternoon presentation. Manly won first division after posting 116 and bowling out Sydney Blazers. Jacob Smythe shone for Manly, bowling 5/6 off 5.5 overs. Tamworth’s Will Davis took out the Player of the Carnival and Batting Aggregate awards after scoring 205 runs at 51.25 and taking seven wickets at an average of 16.71. He took two catches.

Carers’ support

that feel more like fun than exercise, are held every Thursday at 10.15am in the Brunswick Memorial Hall. Cost $10. All welcome. Just show up or if you have any questions please contact Di on 0427 026 935.

Support for New Mums Inc. a Northern NSW community program are recruiting volunteers in the Byron Shire. We offer a free of charge, home visiting program for mothers with babies. For more information email Deb: newmums8@gmail.com.

Mullumbimby Mental Health Carers’ Support Group for family members and friends who have a loved one with a mental health issue. Meeting on 4th Thursday of each month 9.30am at the Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre. Info: Susanne 0428 716 431.

End-of-Life Choices

Rainbow Dragons

Voluntary Euthanasia End-of-Life Choices are discussed at Exit International meetings held quarterly. Meetings are held at Robina, South Tweed and Ballina. Attendees must be Exit Members. For further Information www.exitinternational.net or phone Catherine 0435 228 443 (Robina and South Tweed) or Peter 0429 950 352 (Ballina).

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

$5 pilates classes

Chair-based older adults exercise classes run by a qualified instructor,

Pilates for the price of a coffee! Come and join us for $5 Pilates classes every Thursday at 8.45am in the Memorial Hall, 22 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads and Monday at 8.45am in Mullumbimby. It doesn’t matter what level you are, as beginner to advanced options are shown. Just bring a mat and water. My goal is to keep the Shire active and feeling great one person at a time. No need to book just show up. For more information contact Di on 0427 026 935.

Community: on the Horizon

and explore meaning in a safe, accepting space. First Thursday of the month. Info call 0406 466 642.

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Voluntary Euthanasia End-of-Life Choices are discussed at Exit International meetings held quarterly. Meetings are held at Robina, South Tweed and Ballina. Attendees must be Exit Members. Philip Nitschke will be holding a workshop on the Gold Coast early February 2024. For further Information www.exitinternational. net or phone Catherine 0435 228 443 (Robina & South Tweed) or Peter 0429 950 352 (Ballina).

GCAT The Green and Clean Awareness Team’s monthly Dunecare Day is on Sunday 21 January from 9am to 12 noon, meeting in front of the Beach Cafe at Clarkes Beach. We plant in the sand dunes from Clarkes Beach to Main Beach. From 12 noon to 1pm, enjoy a delicious free BBQ and be in the draw to win one of four excellent prizes. It’s good fun. Enquiries to Veda 6685 7991 or Miles 0403 206 190.

Tech training for dementia carers Technology training for carers of people living with dementia is available through Dementia Inclusive Ballina who are offering free technology training sessions for carers of people living with dementia in Northern NSW, including those who have lost their spouse/partner.

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Older adult exercise

Info and eligibility: Sabrina Pit 0429 45 57 20, and Susan Burgess, Dib. digitaltraining@gmail.com.

Kyogle Garden Club Kyogle Garden Club Inc will be holding their Annual Flower & Foliage Spectacular on Friday 19 April, 9am till 5pm and Saturday 20 April, 8am till 2pm at St Brigids, School Hall and Grounds. Entry Fee will be $3 and light refreshments will be available. There will be plants on display and for sale along with lots of other garden related art and products. Phil Dudman from ABC Gardening will make a guest appearance on the Friday this yea

Hearing Voices? Hearing Voices Peer Support Group in Brunswick Heads. Anyone with present or past experience of voice hearing (or visions) is welcome. Offer your experience, gain support, knowledge

Ballina Bridge Club upcoming lessons Be challenged to learn this fun, wonderful game. Lessons begin on Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 and run for six weeks at 9.30 till 11.30am. In comfortable air conditioned rooms at 13 North Creek Rd. (Opposite Aldi). Free tea/coffee and onsite parking. Cost for tuition and workbook is $80. Also enquire about evening lessons. For additional information and to register, please contact Judy on 0407 664 337.

International timber sport champion and Australian representative Jamie Head was back on the job at the Brunswick Heads Woodchop last week. After becoming Australian champion he was selected to compete at the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany, last September, Jamie said. ‘It was great. It’s inside a stadium with 10,000 spectators. It’s pretty, pretty special. And they get a bit carried away, the Europeans, so it was really full on,’ he said. He was crowned Stihl Timbersports Individual World Champion. The event sees the 12 best logger athletes in the world battle it out across six disciplines, including: underhand chop, stock saw, standing

Jamie Head at Brunswick Woodchop with his International Timbersports gold medal. Photo Tree Faerie block chop, single buck, springboard and hotsaw. ‘There are a lot of similar events to woodchop in Australia, but you just cut one-on-one with the other competitor and it’s a time thing and you accumulate points, but there’s also two

chainsaw racing events as well. So there’s three sawing disciplines and three woodchopping disciplines,’ he said. Jamie journeyed from his hometown of Burpengery, QLD, for the Brunswick Heads event.

Big weekend for Lennox Head cricketers The Lennox Head Pirates cricket club have maintained their hold on first place in local cricket after big wins in second and third grade last Saturday. In the second grade Far North Coast Cricket Council fixture held at Megan Crescent Oval in Lennox Head, the home side bowled Bangalow out for 53 runs in the 23rd over, after the visitors elected to bat. None of the Bangalow batters reached double figures as Pirate Russell Asser led the charge claiming 4/12 off his eight overs. He was admirably backed-up by Nicholas Winkler-Maloney who returned 3/3 off 3.4 overs. Lennox Head chased down the total in the 13th over with the loss of two wickets. The win puts Lennox Head on top of the table with 11 wins form 13 games, followed by Colts, Byron Bay and Terranora.

Pirates are winners: Mark Duncan (L) bowled 5/30 while Andrew Lindsay scored 142 on the weekend. Photo supplied

Third grade In the Ballina District Cricket Association third grade game, hosted by the Ballina Bears at Fripp Oval, Lennox Head (Green) won the toss and elected to bat, amassing 7/278. Andrew Lindsay stole the show with 142 off 58 balls including 17 sixes and five fours. He was supported by Jacob Graham who scored 57 in the 178-run partnership. In reply Ballina were all out for 66. Mark Duncan led the attack collecting 5/30 off eight overs. Harry

Byron Bay third-grader Leigh Simpson bowled a hat trick on the weekend, in a win against Bangalow. Photo supplied Ranyard supported with 2/15 off four overs. Lennox Head (White) also played their way into the top three with a close win over Tintenbar-East Ballina, and a big win over Byron Bay the

week before. Lennox are in top spot and Byron Bay are in second place after a win over Bangalow in Bangalow. Ballina Bears round out the top four.

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The annual Brunswick Heads Woodchop was held in Banner Park, Bruns from Thursday to Saturday last week, with competitors and spectators watching the event and dodging showers. Cutting for New Zealand, Awatea Moorebarrett had a busy night at the comp on Friday, competing in several events including the 300mm Underhand, the One Man Combo, the Standing Block, the Gobbler and the 3-Man Relay. Photo Eve Jeffery campaign launch will feature a free screening of Luku Ngärra: The Law of the Land, featuring Dr Gondarra, as well as special guests. Bookings are essential.

ICYMI with the backlash over Woolies dropping Australia Day merch – Woolies’ competitor is Coles. Coles Radio is supplied by Nova FM. Nova is owned by Lachlan Murdoch. Peter Dutton loves Murdoch and any chance to dog whistle and distract.

Congratulations to the 45th US president for receiving overwhelming support to become the reptilian Republican presidential nominee in the upcoming US elections. Clearly we are not done yet with vexatious old white billionaire man-babies who think they are victims. At least he hasn’t started a war yet, isn’t that right, Demon-crats?

An campaign to inspire Australians to commit to educating themselves and others around First Nations history and culture will be launched on Friday January 26 at Byron Theatre from 6.30pm. The Truth Talking Together

The Shire’s roads in the hinterland were cut off Tuesday after the big deluge, with reports of large bits of debris blocking culverts and bridges. Please, peeps, don’t attempt to cross over in those conditions. It can be deadly.

Have you heard the news?

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