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Sunrise faces zero internet
Story & photo Eve Jeffery
Not happy, NBN. Sunrise residents make their point.
Sunrise residents are leading the
local charge to regain internet access when their neighbourhood
becomes a dead spot after local provider Linknet closes on January 31.
The federal government has left
Linknet without compensation after
NBN Co took over local services.
Unfortunately the NBN service does
not cover all local residential and
business customers.
Spokesperson for the Sunrise
Residents Group Robyn Wilcox
said the loss of internet service to
the area has terrible implications
for children still at school, for home
businesses and activities such as
banking online.
‘It has come as a shock to many
families and business people who
study or work from home in Sun-
rise and other parts of Byron Shire,
as well as businesses in the Byron
Arts & Industry Estate, that they
will have zero internet access in just
over four weeks’ time’, she said.
Forced out
Ms Wilcox said that for most of
Sunrise there has never been ADSL.
‘We don’t have line-of-sight for fixed
wireless to any of the towers on St
Helena or elsewhere’, she said.
‘We can’t get 4G, cable or satellite.
Our saviour was Linknet. Now they
have been forced out.
‘We have watched this happen
over the last couple of years, but
we still hoped this day would not
dawn.’
Ms Wilcox says the resident
group has contacted local federal
MP Justine Elliot, who has written
to the minister for communications.
‘We have contacted the telecommunications ombudsman.
‘We have contacted Telstra, Optus, TPG, Vodafone, World Without
Wires, Advatel, Virtel and NBN Co.
Everyone would like to help, but
no-one can.
‘We have contacted the minister for communications a number
of times with no response, and the
prime minister’s office.’
‘The good news, says the NBN
Co, is that we will have fibre to the
node perhaps by April 2017.’
Ms Wilcox says that new Elements resort has solved the problem
with their own pole. ‘They have had
a pole put up by Advatel of Lismore,
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New rules mean trouble
for koalas, say activists
North coast environment groups
and the National Parks Association
of NSW are calling on the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to
abandon their plans to overhaul logging regulations, which will dilute
protections for koalas.
Integrated Forestry Operations
Approvals (IFOAs) are the rules that
regulate logging in NSW. The EPA is
currently writing new IFOAs which
are due for public consultation in
early 2016.
Documents acquired by environment groups and the Environmental Defenders Office under
freedom of information laws show
that the new rules will spell more
trouble for already beleaguered
koala populations.
The new IFOAs seek to replace
on-ground surveys with habitat
models to streamline pre-logging
koala surveys. Models use expected
predictors of koala occurrence such
as plant community types and presence of feed trees to predict where
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koalas should be. The groups say
this will not work.
Dr Oisín Sweeney, science officer with the National Parks Association of NSW (NPA), said, ‘The
experts who reviewed the EPA’s
models found that they can’t predict the occurrence of koalas because they don’t take into account
either the social nature of koalas or
past disturbance.
‘Basically koalas, like humans,
like to stay close to their families.
These social ties mean that habitat
is not the sole driver of koala occurrence. The models don’t consider
past disturbance either: intensive
logging and fires leave a legacy that
affects whether koalas will use an
area.
‘Perhaps the most shocking thing
in the documents was the revelation
that, despite almost ten decades of
logging taking place in NSW, there
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Inadequate signs, or lack of
them, along the newly opened
Tintenbar to Ewingsdale section of the Pacific Highway
have been blamed for confusing motorists heading to hinterland villages.
Most of the 17-kilometre, $862 million freeway
was opened last Friday and
traffic buildup for the peak
holiday season has caused
gridlock at the unopened
Ewingsdale section, the Byron Bay turnnoff.
Opening the freeway before all the planned signs
have been installed has angered Tony Gilding, owner of
the popular tourist attraction
Macadamia Castle at Knockrow, between Byron Bay and
Ballina. Mr Gilding says he’s
having an ‘ongoing battle’
with the Roads and Maritime
Service (RMS) for ‘opening
the freeway before all signage
put in place’ and that even his
staff ‘couldn’t find us’.
‘We are suffering and have
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has never been a study conducted to analyse the impact
of logging on koalas.
‘It is extraordinary that
despite huge documented
declines in koala populations
across the NSW coast, the
EPA would consider weakening logging regulations without knowing what the current
ones do.’
North Coast Environment Council spokesperson
Susie Russell, said, ‘The EPA
is playing fast and loose with
the future of Australia’s favourite animal.
‘Then they make every ef-
fort to hide how bad the new
methods are and force us to
jump through legal hoops
and pay hundreds of dollars
to see the expert opinions.
‘The EPA needs to abandon this approach now. This
is pretending to look for koalas, not looking for koalas.
‘And we know from past
experience in Royal Camp
that if you don’t look you
don’t find and if you don’t
find you don’t protect.
‘The modelling approach
doesn’t work. There is no substitute for getting out of the
office and looking for koalas
in the forests.’
‘The RMS gave us absolute
assurances that it would all be
in place before the opening
but we’ve had lots of people
missing us because they can’t
see where to turn off.
Trade lost
‘We’ve seen a dramatic
fall in trade as a result; we’re
collateral damage in all this.
I’ve had to cut back on some
staff hours to compensate as
a result.’
Mr Gilding says he’s been
on the phone with RMS managers but was told nothing
could be done. He said that
most of the recommendations made two years ago by
the project reference group
he was a member of, which
would have avoided the current problem, were ‘chucked
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An RMS spokesperson
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Mullum museum honours Freaky end to performance year
alternative settlers
The new permanent exhibition at the BVHS Mullumbimby Museum is called
‘Back to the Garden – Alternative Lifestyles in the Rainbow Region’. The exhibition
covers a period from the late
sixties through the early seventies on the new wave of
people coming to the area
seeking alternatives to mainstream culture.
Topics such as shelter, energy and the ongoing protection actions in the region are
covered. ‘From never-beforeseen photographs to hilarious newspaper articles, this
exhibition will inform some
people of many aspects of the
movement they may not be
aware of and remind others
of the times they had,’ says
the society.
‘It illustrates that many of
today’s mainstream healing
modalities and peace initiatives come from the very generous and caring people of
this generational movement.’
From Friday January 8 the
museum on the corner of
Stuart and Myocum Streets
in Mullumbimby will be
open Monday–Friday, 10am–
midday.
See more at mullumbimbymuseum.org.au.
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Flyboard gets local air Sea Shepherd, NSW Fisheries at loggerheads
Newest local adventure sport is Fly Board Byron at the
Island Quarry. Liam Alrich, pictured, and his wife Kelly have
been fly boarding for two and a half years. Liam says it’s ‘a
bit like a cross between snowboarding and skating, only
you’re 20 feet in the air.’ Both are exhibition water-skiers,
most recently working at Seaworld. For more check their
Facebook page or ring 0456 105 484. Photo Jeff Dawson
Council urges pool safety
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Byron Shire Council is urging parents and carers to actively supervise their children
when in the water. Council’s
development assessment and
certification manager Wayne
Bertram said child supervision and checking the pool
gate, fences and nearby vegetation were key tasks for pool
owners.
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‘Ensuring the gate is selfclosing, the temptations of
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pools should be priorities
throughout the year.’
See also www.swimmingpoolregister.nsw.gov.au.
Three Sea Shepherd crew
members working on the
Apex Harmony shark campaign were questioned by police last week regarding their
activities. The group claims
the questioning came about
‘as a result of New South
Wales fisheries making a
false accusation, based on no
evidence at all, that the Sea
Shepherd crew had de-baited
the smart drum lines in Ballina and Byron Bay’.
National shark campaign
coordinator Natalie Banks
said the accusation is completely false and that Sea
Shepherd has had a long history of bringing transparency
to programs that affect marine life.
‘To falsely accuse our crew
of de-baiting the smart drum
line hooks is not only an in-
Local Sea Shepherd crew, from left marine scientist Jann
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teacher Jonathan Clark.
timidation technique, but is
almost satirical when you
consider that the crew onboard our RHIB today consisted of a respected marine
scientist, a shark-bite survi-
vor and a school teacher,’ Ms
Banks said.
The conflict follows on
from Sea Shepherd’s concern
that boaties are at risk owing to ‘the lack of information
from the NSW government
regarding the placement of
listening stations and smart
drum lines in Ballina and Byron Bay. ‘Without a notice to mariners regarding the location of
these new technologies, boaties run the risk of running
into and over smart drum
lines during rough conditions
and poor lighting.’
Sea Shepherd has previously called on the government to be more transparent
regarding the deployment
of smart drum lines, but
says it has not heard from
the Department of Primary
Industries.
For more information
about the Apex Harmony campaign, visit www.
seashepherd.org.au/apexharmony.
Strong support for marine sanctuaries: NCC
The vast majority of the 330
public submissions from
Ballina and Byron residents
to the NSW government’s
review of marine sanctuaries support restoring full environmental protections to
these areas, according to the
NSW Nature Conservation
Council.
‘The overwhelming local
support was reflected in over
7000 submissions statewide
and we estimate over 95 per
cent of submissions were
supportive of restoring our
marine sanctuaries,’ NCC’s
marine campaigner Justin
Field said.
‘People clearly understand
that marine sanctuaries are
essential for protecting marine life and the coastal lifestyles that make NSW such a
great place to live.’
The submissions were in
response to the Baird government’s proposal to permanently revoke sanctuary protections at ten beaches and
headlands across four marine
parks in NSW, including Tyagarah Beach and East Cape
Byron in the Cape Byron Marine Park.
‘Australia’s leading marine
scientists have also called on
the government to restore full
protections to our marine
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Toad venom on filmmaker’s menu
Local filmmaker and psychonaught Dean Jefferys is now
raising funds for his film
about a psychedelic toad, a
relative of the notorious cane
toad.
Jefferys is perhaps best
known for his 2000 film Shamans of the Amazon and his
activist work for protecting
whales.
Jefferys describes his
new film The God Molecule
and the Shamanic Toad as
‘a personal journey into the
mysterious shamanic and
microscopic world of the
most powerful entheogenic
molecule known to man,
5-MeO-DMT or “The God
Molecule” as many are now
calling it.
‘Unlike its cousin N,N
The Bufo alvarius Toad from the Sonora Desert, apparently
a close relative to Bufo marinus, the Cane Toad.
DMT, used in the ayahuasca
brew, 5-MeO-DMT appears
only in a few plants and in
the Sonora Desert Toad from
Mexico.’
The film follows a small
group, including the filmmaker Dean Jefferys, as they
travel around Central and
South America to experience
5-MeO-DMT rituals with
toad medicine shaman Dr
Octavio Retig and the Piaroa
and the Secoya tribes who
‘have an ancient culture of
using 5-MeO-DMT’.
The Periwa Indians use the
5-MeO-DMT in their snuff
and the Secoya add leaves
containing 5-MeO-DMT to
their ayahuasca brew.
Jefferys plans to film Dr
Rettig in ritual with the initiates and then later hear from
them of their experience. In
January 2016 Dr Rettig will
travel to the Amazon rainforest in Venezuela to experience the 5-MeO-DMT Yopo
snuff ritual and share the toad
medicine and stories with a
Piaroa Yopo shaman.
Those interested in the
film can see more at www.
thegodmoleculemovie.com.
Govt’s ‘sloth splurge’ draws Greens fire
Greens NSW MP and drugs
and harm minimisation
spokesperson Dr Mehreen
Faruqi has applied under the
Government Information
(Public Access) Act for the
full costs of the panned Stoner Sloth campaign, including
amounts paid to contractors and the government resources allocated. The NSW
Department of Premier and
Cabinet employed Saatchi &
Saatchi for video production
for the campaign.
Dr Faruqi said, ‘Anyone
could tell you that this ludicrous and juvenile campaign
has no educational value and
is symptomatic of the NSW
government’s outdated approach to drugs.
‘What we actually need is
to have a grownup conversation that advises people of the
risks of drug use so they can
make informed decisions.
‘The government has so
far refused to release the costing of the campaign, so I have
applied under freedom of information laws to reveal just
how much taxpayers were
slugged for this thought bubble. The community would
be much better off if public
money were used for proven
harm-reduction strategies.’
According to the Sydney
Morning Herald, the National
Cannabis Prevention and In-
formation Centre will ask the
NSW Premier’s Department
to retract its claim that the
centre’s research lay behind
its #stonersloth anti-marijuana social media campaign.
‘The campaign, which
depicts a stoned sloth failing in class and messing up
at the dinner table, is being
mercilessly ridiculed by social media users,’ the Herald
reports. ‘Many are predicting
that, because sloths are cool
among young people, the
campaign character may be
perceived as more loveable
than pitiable and it will have
the opposite effect of steering young people away from
marijuana.’
Responses on Facebook
to the campaign include
‘Smoke weed, become one
of the most adorable animals
in the world. Where do I get
some weed?’ and ’I find this
extremely offensive to the
Bradypus species of 3-toed
sloths (but not so much to
Choloepus of the family Megalonychidae 2-toed sloths as
everybody knows they all do
huge amounts of crack)’.
See the campaign at www.
stonersloth.com.au.
Bruns Community Centre solar paid off
In 2010, Byron Shire Council
installed a 5kW solar PV system at the Brunswick Valley
Community Centre located
on South Beach Road, Brunswick Heads.
Seed funding of $23,000
for the system was provided
via Council’s Revolving Energy Fund.
It is the first Council
building to get solar, and 2015
marks the completion of payback for the initial capital for
the system with part of the
energy savings now returning
to the fund to help it grow
and enable other community
and Council projects to be
implemented.
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Byron Shire Council’s sustainability officer Sandi Middleton said the Revolving
Energy Fund model allows
the savings generated by energy-reducing technologies
such as solar power, solar hot
water systems, insulation and
efficient lighting to be re-invested in other energy-saving
projects around the Shire.
‘Over at the Brunswick
Valley Community Centre
the 5kW solar system continues to provide up to 25 percent of the centre’s current
energy use, saving the centre
approximately $4,800 a year,
she said.
‘Plus it eliminates 7.25
tonnes of greenhouse gas annually. This equates to removing ten cars from the road
permanently or planting 430
trees every year.
‘The aim of the revolving energy fund is for the
accumulative effect of the
energy savings to fund numerous projects throughout
the Shire. What we save in
one project will be used to
fund the next energy saving
project.’
Ms Middleton also congratulated the Brunswick
Valley Community Centre Section 355 Committee
working with Council for this
great result.
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Help keep the Sprung!! dream alive
Alex McAuley
Human beings are complex
creatures; every second of
every day there are thousands
of chemical reactions at work
to keep our bodies and minds
functioning. These reactions
can be explained quite accurately by scientists; what
is more surprising is the less
tangible needs of our souls.
Despite unimaginable adversity, people seek beauty in
music, discussion, art, theatre and dance. So this tells
me that in order to be truly
complete as human beings,
we need nourishment for the
body: water, food, warmth,
sleep; and nourishment for
the soul: art. These basic human requirements give our
lives meaning and are common to us all regardless of
age, sex, race, religion, ability
and disability.
Which brings me to the
story of Sprung!! Integrated
Dance Theatre Inc, a theatre company that embraces
diversity while striving for
artistic development and
personal achievement. The
concept is simple yet inspiring; the execution is passionate and professional; the
collaboration is inclusive and
respectful.
My son Max has been a
principal performer with
Sprung!! since its inception.
From his childhood, Max has
loved to dance, and when I
saw an announcement in the
Max McAuley performing with an image of his father John
McAuley in the background. See more at www.sprung.me.
paper for an integrated dance
program in the school holidays I seized the opportunity.
You see, Max has Down
syndrome, and that means
that, despite his talent and enthusiasm, opportunities like
this are rare. In other words,
his rations of soul food have
been scarce. So Max joined
the fledgling company, and it
became apparent very quickly that this was a well-organised, ambitious and professional company that had a
clear goal in mind: accessible
art and inclusive practice.
Over the years, Sprung!!
has grown into something incredibly special. For Max, it’s
not just about dance; it’s also
about belonging to something big and important: the
productions are highly professional; the music heartbreakingly beautiful, and the
dancing is spellbinding.
So, for Max, and his
Sprung!! contemporaries, this
company has been a second
family for the past few years.
They feel safe, respected and
valued, and at the same time
their abilities are being challenged so they can achieve to
the best of their potential.
I have been lucky enough
to see every performance
this company has produced.
I’ve seen audiences moved to
tears, and I’ve watched every member of the company
improve exponentially. And
now, despite the endless good
will and hard work of the volunteers, Sprung!!’s future is in
jeopardy. Owing to unilateral
cuts in federal funding of the
arts, Sprung!! has lost a large
chunk of its funding for 2016,
leaving us in a very vulnerable position.
Before news came through
of the catastrophic arts funding cuts, Sprung!! had an ambitious and exciting program
planned for next year: Four
Dreams. This multimedia
work gives the four principal
dancers with Sprung!! (including Max) the artistic freedom to share their dreams for
the future. To leave these four
stories untold is unthinkable.
And for Max and the other
dancers, it would leave an unfillable hole in their lives.
We have just launched a
new fundraising campaign
through the Australian Cultural Fund (ACF) to make
up some of this shortfall. To
learn more about this initiative please visit https://australianculturalfund.org.au/
projects/four-dreams. This is
a big first step in our efforts
to keep Sprung!! afloat, but
we are still a long way from
home.
So now we are calling on
all lovers of the arts, all supporters of social equity, and
everyone who understands
the hunger of the human soul
for ideas and support.
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please visit www.sprung.me.
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which points at the St Helena
tower’, she said.
‘They [Elements] are advertising super-fast wi-fi. I
asked Advatel whether they
would allow Sunrise residents
to use their wi-fi as a community goodwill gesture. They
said they would ask, but we
haven’t heard a thing since.’
Robyn said World Without Wires Broadband may be
able to come to the rescue.
‘Wires Broadband has told
me that if they can get Byron Shire Council’s approval,
which they have requested in
the past without success, they
can mount their equipment
on any power pole so long as
it is high enough to have lineof-sight to one of their towers.
‘They said if I could find
people who were willing to
have relay towers on their
property to let them know.
So far three people have said
they don’t care if they have an
Eiffel Tower on their property, they would be willing in
order to get internet.’
Ms Wilcox said this is
heartening news, so long
as Council agrees. ‘I had an
email from Jane Laverty from
Council late Christmas Eve
asking for a list of affected
customers as “troops were
rallying”. I hope this is a solution, as we are out of options
otherwise – up to six years
without internet for businesses and families is inconceivable, despite the minister for
communications believing
otherwise.’
The Sunrise Residents’
Group is compiling a list of
those affected by Linknet’s
closure, as well as of those
households that rely on USB
stick modems (dongles) or
use their mobile phone as a
hotspot because there is no
alternative. ‘Anyone interested in being kept informed
of any possible solutions is
requested to send an email
(while they still can and while
I can still receive emails) including name, street address
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and contact number, and
whether they are a Linknet
customer or use other means
to connect to the internet to
robyn@typology.com.au,’ Ms
Wilcox concluded.
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Volume 30 #29
December 30, 2015
Media fixations
I am happy to report that Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber
failed to make the list of the top ten mentioned issues in the
Australian media for 2015. That is very reassuring given the
potential of social media fixations to drive the news these
days. Not even cats falling off kitchen counters got a rating.
According to the ‘media intelligence’ group iSentia (isentia.
com), Syria and Iraq topped the list, and terrorism would have
been included in that ranking, with radio at 203,709 mentions
being the most obsessed medium with that issue.
Climate change came fifth on the list, with domestic
violence next. It says a good deal about the Australian psyche
that the Cricket World Cup was above them in fourth place.
Interestingly, the press mentioned climate change the
most, while radio, television and the internet went for Syria
and Iraq. How obsessed with the so-called Middle East we are
when Indonesia is burning forests and oppressing Papuans in
our neighbourhood and the Chinese tiger is waking from its
slumber.
Social media is a battle for marketing prominence, its influence spilling over into the other media. It may not be possible
to find out what is really ‘trending’ online as the content
providers shape your exposure to trends to suit their marketing needs.
It boils back down to us as trend-seeking individuals asserting what we think is important for the health of the planet
– which may not include the current economic fixations, see
page 12 – with a few kittens and unicycling pandas thrown in
for light relief. Otherwise, to paraphrase Neil Postman, we will
have amused ourselves to death as a species.
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M
alcolm Turnbull was
working this Christmas, at the Wayside
Chapel lunch among other
places, which was both personally worthy and newsworthy.
But we hope he also had a
few moments of his own, with
the truffles Bill Shorten predicted, because however merry
his Christmas may have been,
his advent was pretty underwhelming. The big moments
of December just did not capture the imagination as they
were meant to.
His much-heralded Innovation Statement was big
on sizzle but a bit short of a
sausage or two, and was also
crippled by not-so-friendly
fire from Mal Brough and Ian
Macfarlane.
The Paris climate summit
also a had a pie-in-the-sky feel
about it: the activists thought
it was an agreement but not
a solution, while the sceptics
derided it as a waste of time
and money, if not a plot to cement the United Nations as a
one-world government.
COAG came and went
without either an agreement
or a solution; Scott Morrison
said he’d come back in March.
And then he unveiled MYEFO, a litany of gloom and
doom he was unable to dispel;
there was a fair bit of spin, but
not even the faintest sound of
jingle bells.
So our great leader, the man
who has been anointed to redeem us from the toils of Tony
Abbott, will have to come up
with a few agile resolutions for
the new year. And he could do
worse than revisit an idea of
his predecessor – no, not the
ones the Murdoch press keeps
flogging, but one of the few
progressive programs of the
last couple of years: Aboriginal
reconciliation.
Of course Abbott did not
initiate the idea: it has been
around, on and off, since the
last couple of centuries, and it
has always been difficult, divisive and controversial. Many
Indigenous Australians reject
the mere concept: what do you
mean re-conciliation? There
was never any conciliation to
begin with. But Abbott, to his
credit, was determined to try
and get back on track; his selfstyled title of the Prime Minister for Aboriginals did not
green. If something was to
be done, it would have to be
something serious; at the very
least, the references of race
in the body of the document
would have to be abolished or
amended.
This was simply unacceptable to the conservatives – the
real conservatives, who were
interested in preserving the
status quo at all costs. Real
change, they insisted, would be
too risky – it would produce a
lawyers’ picnic, by which they
meant they would fight to the
death (and of course in the
For the hardliners a treaty under
any name implied a form of
Aboriginal sovereignty.
by Mungo MacCallum
deliver much in the way of tangible reform, but it could not
be denied that he had a genuine sympathy with the people
concerned, and developed real
friendships with some of the
most passionate people within
the movement.
His starting point was to
go back to his mentor, John
Howard, who wanted to revise
the preamble to the Australian
Constitution, a task in which,
as so often, he failed dismally.
Abbott wanted at least an acknowledgment of the previous
occupation of those who had
been around for some 60,000
years. But it quickly became
apparent that not was not going to be sufficient.
What was the point of
changing the Constitution to
admit the bleeding obvious?
You might as well run a referendum to assert that the sky
was blue and the grass was
Dear Man,
You are the active pole on earth and needed like the sun – shining with
honest care, in love, on to a woman.
She is like the earth – she receives, she gives, she knows. We are this
beautiful life. In this self-made world man learned to show off, it is easy
for you but are you brave enough to stand up for love? Be true – be
simple and give your honest love and care and make sweetly and rightly
love to her. It is a woman’s delight and need to grow with you and glow
in love. It is your most fulfilling task. For this to be, you will have to give
up selfish, restless sex. Be still, drop your demand, enjoy moment to
moment life.
Love life.
Do you excite yourself with sex-thought? It overstimulates you. It makes
you dishonest in love, so you just take, but you should ask and learn
to give right love. We are influenced as a child... take a drug, get used
to sex, be sexy, show off, be greedy, give your attention to the newest
invention, get excited... nothing will be good enough for long and such
greediness supports the sex business. Worldwide he manipulates young
women to play sexy for him, to be his sex object and if she makes sex
with such a selfish demanding ungiving man it makes her like him.
Infected and made discontent, both feel dependent on stimulation, for in
truth they have not made love and so they say ‘let’s have some fun with
a drug...’ Hey man, give up, you can’t just take what you want, you can’t
just take love! You have to give to a woman. Life’s love is her gift to you,
if you have earned it.
A woman today can be honest to man. If he is not honest, do not give to
him, wait until he demonstrates true love. If you are honest, moment to
moment and give to what is good and right, you simply feel well from the
inside. With such a woman of love, you will listen to her carefully. Love
is easily broken, it has to be made fresh, new, no other body belongs to
you. Each of us has to stand up for love. Life felt inside is reflected in
beautiful earth, universe – I belong to you.
From a Woman.
courts) to prevent the outcome
the activists wanted. And so,
yet again, the outcome was sent
to a committee, in the expectation that whatever was put the
to the referendum would be so
inoffensive that no rational opposition would emerge.
The ambition for real reform was not always so timorous. The 1967 referendum,
whose 50th anniversary Abbott hoped to emulate with
his own agenda, was an overwhelming success. And soon
afterwards, the movement for
a formal treaty, along the lines
of the New Zealand Treaty
of Waitangi, began to gain
ground. One of the main players was the great public servant H C (Nugget) Coombs;
his idea was for a Makarrata,
a settlement to give legislative
force to the rights of Indigenous Australians. It grew and
then subsided over the years,
the most recent manifestation
in the anthemic song from
Manduwuy Yunupingu in the
Yothu Yindi band.
But for the hardliners, a
treaty under any name implied
a form of Aboriginal sovereignty, which they regarded as
out of the question. And there
was a more practical problem:
the sheer diversity of the Indigenous nations. It has been estimated that in 1788 there were
273 separate languages spoken
in Australia and there are still
a great many different tribes
and cultures extant. To bring
them together as a united voice
makes the formation of the European Community a doddle
in comparison.
And this has also bedevilled
progress towards the current
negotiations. Black politics are
at least as passionately debated
as white politics, and even
harder to assemble into anything like a coherent whole. So
anything other than a pointlessly anodyne consensus
looks as improbable as ever.
Perhaps it is time to think
laterally: Ted Egan, the former
Northern Territory Administrator, bush balladist and tireless advocate for the Indigenous cause, suggests that we
should scrap the whole idea
of acknowledging Aboriginal
Australia and instead accept an
acknowledgement from them
to us, the new settlers. The original inhabitants could offer a
gracious welcome to the immigrants, who would be invited to
accept it with similar grace.
It is a wonderful, daring
idea, but perhaps a little too
innovative even for our agile
prime minister. But if Malcolm
Turnbull is yearning for excitement, I am happy to give him
Ted Egan’s email.
Are you a responsible, peaceful, joyful, simple
and supportive man who is willing to serve in
the restoration of love on earth? I have seen the
Light so very bright. Honesty and Love make us
grow and glow in consciousness.
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Elements opinions
What a great edition of The
Echo and diversity of news and
opinions this week. It would
be good if Jeff Harrison (Letters, December 23) realised
how diversity works. That
probably half of Sunrise (according to Jeff, 1000+ people)
wants North Byron Beach
Resort/Elements and its train,
and probably half do not. I
have no idea, not having done
a formal survey.
But Jeff ’s assertions (not
based on any formal survey)
that because his ‘immediate
neighbours and friends from
the area’ (how many is that
– 20 people?) also share his
‘positive enthusiasm for Elements and Sunrise Beach’s
future’ this somehow justifies his attack on people who
don’t share his enthusiasm for
the multimillion-dollar resort
with its proposal for a dirty
old-fashioned diesel train
running through our suburb.
There are to be no stations
in Sunrise, only one at Bayshore Drive near Elements’
venues. Residents living in the
middle of Sunrise are unlikely
to walk 500 metres or more to
get to this station and families
of four are not likely to pay
$24 to get into town and back
regularly. I assume Jeff Harrison lives pretty close to this
station, does not have a bike
or car, and doesn’t like buses.
I look forward to joining
his pro-Elements group and
then fighting for future polluting and environmentally
destructive developments for
our glorious zero-emissions,
environmentally sensitive Byron Shire.
Lee Cass
Byron Bay
Compost dreaming
In Dave Lisle’s letter (Echo,
December 23) he refers to the
‘new Byron Shire Council
scheme for saving the planet’
as brilliant. Ironically brilliant, of course, because according to Dave we all compost our green waste in our
own backyards. Do we?
During my work in sustainability in this shire I have
seen or, more to the point,
smelt more dysfunctional
compost heaps than I care
to remember. Also, many
red bins posing as accidental compost bins ready to be
shipped off to landfill.
Methane and nitrous oxide produced in poorly constructed and maintained
compost heaps or green waste
in landfill should be minimised. These gases are more
potent than atmospheric carbon – this much we know.
I figure Council’s decision
to introduce green waste collection was a pragmatic one
– organic waste needs to be
kept out of landfill.
Humans are often very
silly indeed. We can’t blame
Council for everything.
Nina Bishop
Mullumbimby
big impact on walkers.
Much of this town is a joy
to walk in. I want that not to
be degraded. Perhaps it can
even be improved?
So let’s put our heads together, on foot of course!
Imagine the fun! We could
locate and advocate for logical shortcuts, identify important spots that need to remain
unchanged, even develop a
walkers’ policy. It’d be simple,
of course, coherent with the
essential nature of walking.
There is walking for pleasure and walking as transport,
ie as a substitute for cars!
Bikes and walkers are different beasts and should not be
lumped together.
Planners tend to overlook
walkers, I suspect. It requires
no petrol or parking. It requires little funds allocation.
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Climate change or system change? The real challenge
turally linked to agricultural
monoculture. Global marketers source food from one
or two giant monocultural
farms, rather than from hundreds of diversified farms.
Monocultures rely on agrochemicals and mechanised
equipment, and deplete the
soil of its ability to sequester
carbon.
Helena Norberg-Hodge,
Steven Gorelick & John Page
In Byron Shire we can be very
proud of the various community initiatives aimed at
tackling climate change. Just
look at the extraordinary and
inspiring Bentley campaign,
or COREM (CommunityOwned Renewable Energy
Mullumbimby) or the now
fully subscribed Enova: we
are certainly doing our bit
to reduce emissions and
promote a more sustainable
development path. At the
grassroots, both here and
elsewhere, people are clamouring for change. A peaceful
revolution is in the air.
That’s the good news. The
bad news is that our governments are increasingly indebted to global banks and
corporations. Their hands are
tied; democracy is dying. The
recent Paris conference was
supposed to be about tackling
climate change, and yet the
most effective steps to reduce
CO2 emissions were never
even discussed. Instead, delegates quibbled over piecemeal
quasi-solutions while leaving
the systemic root causes of
the problem unchallenged.
Fundamental
shift
In order to limit warming to the two-degree Celsius
benchmark, there will need
to be a fundamental shift
in the economy: away from
growth-at-any-cost globalisation, towards more diversified, localised economies that
serve the real needs of people
and the planet.
\
Dietary changes
Such a shift would not
only substantially reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it would bring a range
of other benefits too: it would
help to create more jobs; limit
the power of global corporations; reverse the erosion of
democracy; and reduce fundamentalism, ethnic conflict
and even terrorism. And this
is its great strength. Here is
an opportunity to unite diverse single-issue campaigns
across the social and environmental divide – to create a
movement powerful enough
to overthrow the de facto
government of global corporations and banks.
Here are five ways that globalisation leads to increased
greenhouse gas emissions:
1. Globalisation promotes
unnecessary transport.
In the global economy,
a lot of trade is ‘redundant’.
This is particularly true in
the global food system, where
huge supermarket chains
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CHESS
time while I would just steadily
by Ian Rogers improve my position and that’s
Play at Byron Services Club, Mon 7pm how I would get them.’
Illingworth explained, ‘I had
Max Illingworth has become a few training sessions with
Australia’s fifth ever home-grown [Indian GM] Ganguly before the
Grandmaster after a stunning tournament. This was a big help
performance at the Australian for sure. I was solving tough puzMasters in Melbourne before zles to help me think like a superChristmas.
Grandmaster and he gave me one
After starting with six wins in very good opening suggestion.
his first seven games, the 23-year‘I felt the difference in my
old from Dee Why secured his games. I think it’s the first tourthird and final Grandmaster nament where for [most] rounds
‘norm’ with two rounds to spare, I was actually thinking through
becoming the first local player to my decisions the way a super
complete the title at home.
GM would.’
Illingworth has long been
Illingworth thanked his suptipped as Australia’s next port team – ‘integral to my sucGrandmaster but poor recent cess’ – and praised the organisaresults in Malaysia and the Isle tion at Melbourne Chess Club,
of Man would have dented a less a venue he has in past vowed to
determined player’s confidence. avoid in summer but which now
‘I’m extremely happy I man- boasts air conditioning.
aged to basically reverse my
Illingworth suffered the typical
chess style in one month,’ said post-GM title let-down, losing in
Illingworth on his return to the last round and thus allowing
Sydney after the tournament. Azerbaijan IM Kanan Izzat to
‘I changed my decision making snatch first place, but he doubts
process for the better.
that he will have any trouble set‘Basically I was a lot more ting new goals.
patient, not trying to force the
‘I don’t feel much change from
position but going for more indi- attaining the GM title. I’m just as
rect play. My opponent would keen to improve and remain just
play forcing moves a lot of the as involved in the chess world.’
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rately large farms to supply
all their stores. This is why
supermarkets on the Citrus
Coast of Spain carry imported lemons while local lemons
rot on the ground.
Wasteful freight
The US company Trident ships about 30 million
pounds of fish annually to
China for filleting, and then
ships the fish back to the US
for sale. In addition, many
manufactured goods consumed in Northern countries are no longer produced
regionally, but in the global
South.
2. Globalisation promotes
rampant consumerism.
Governments worldwide
are blindly promoting a model of global growth through
increased consumerism.
Whenever there is an economic slowdown, there are
active attempts to ‘stimulate
consumer spending’.
Globalisation promotes
a consumer monoculture.
People around the world are
bombarded with media images that romanticise western consumer lifestyles, and
denigrate local traditions.
Millions of people are abandoning local food and clothing for McDonald’s hamburgers and designer jeans. In the
process, the use of energyintensive resources is rising,
along with GHG emissions.
3. Globalisation is making the food system a major
climate-changer.
a) Globalisation leads to
redundant trade, as described
above, with thousands of
miles of needless transport
adding to food miles and
GHG emissions;
b) The global food economy requires far more processing and packaging than
local food systems. In the US,
for example, more than onethird of the energy used by
the food system is used for
packaging and processing.
c) Globalisation is struc-
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d) Globalisation is leading to dietary changes that
exacerbate GHG emissions.
Thanks to the promotion of
western diets, global meat
consumption is expected to
double by 2050, and most of it
will be raised on factory farms
that are major GHG emitters:
factory-farmed broiler chickens, for example, produce
seven times more emissions
than backyard chickens.
e) The global food system
destroys rainforests and other
wild ecosystems. Brazil, for
example, is converting large
swathes of the Amazon to
soybean production, while
Indonesia’s rainforests are
being displaced by palm oil
plantations.
4. Globalisation replaces
human labour with energyintensive technologies.
Globalisation is both scaling up and speeding up the
economy – trends that replace
human labour with technology dependence. Robots and
computer algorithms, in both
manufacturing and finance,
do work that was once done
by people. This is not about
‘efficiencies of scale’. Governments use tax breaks, tax
credits, accelerated depreciation and other subsidies to
encourage technology use,
while payroll taxes discourage employment.
In the end, the global economy is using taxpayer money
to subsidise the destruction
of jobs, and increases in GHG
emissions.
5. Globalisation promotes
energy-intensive urbanisation.
Compared to the genuinely decentralised towns
and villages that still exist in
the less industrialised world,
urbanisation is extremely
resource-intensive.
Material needs of highlyurbanised populations are
brought in on vast energyintensive infrastructures. Almost all the food consumed
by city dwellers is typically
grown on chemical- and
energy-intensive farms and
brought into the cities on
roads purpose built to accommodate huge trucks. Providing water involves enormous dams, reservoirs, and
aqueducts. Energy production means huge, centralised
power plants, coal or uranium mines, and thousands of
miles of transmission lines.
Fiddling while the
planet burns
Attempts to reduce GHG
emissions while further deregulating trade are an exercise in futility. Not only does
trade deregulation accelerate
climate change, it makes it
more difficult for governments to enact policies aimed
at reducing emissions. Most
‘free trade’ treaties include
investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) that allow corporations to challenge laws
that might reduce corporate
profits.
Corporations have already
used ISDS provisions more
than 500 times to challenge
government laws and regulations – including environmental laws. For example, the
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall sued Germany for 3.7 billion euros over their decision
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No one makes any money
from it. No jobs. No growth.
But it’s the best thing.
Nadine Hood
Bangalow
of Bethlehem – by 891 new
housing units.
He says, ‘Despite Israel’s
claim that it is the only country in the Middle East where
Christians prosper, the unspoken message it sends on
the ground is that it has no
respect whatsoever for their
rights as Palestinians and for
their existence in their homeland. It is claimed that Islamic
extremism is the reason be-
Hunter DA trail
Oh, the joys of ‘living next
door to Alan’! Our worthy Cr
Hunter’s Christmas present to
his long-suffering neighbours
was delivered last week in the
form of yet another development application.
This seeks to expand the
mini-storage operation on his
Pinegroves Road rural property and follows his recent setback at the hands of his fellow
councillors who, at a council
meeting this month, declined
unanimously to extend the
trading hours on his existing
operation.
This variation to his existing approval sought to allow his customers to romp in
and out of the country lane
at weekends and on public
holidays and, in this freshly
lodged application, he now
seeks a mandate to more than
double the size of this activity. This involves converting
three existing ‘farm sheds’ adjacent to his home for storage
purposes. These ‘sheds’ are, in
fact, a row of containers bolted
together which have been in
place for several years and
which have been the subject
of recent representations to
Council compliance staff by
Local artist and photographer Sean O’Shea caught these stoked surfers and dolphins at
Wategos Beach last week. See more of Sean’s work at facebook.com/SeanOSheaArt.
residents, concerned that they
have formed part of Mr and
Mrs Hunter’s storage operation but for which a DA has
never been lodged.
These containers were part
of the ‘Storman’ franchised,
mini-storage operation which
was closed down by compliance staff following howls of
complaints from nearby residents when semi-trailers of
furniture and huge pantechnicons started crawling up and
down their leafy lane.
It is also worth pointing out
that, in the settlement by consent of a dispute about their
original DA in August 2012 (a
dispute which had wound up
in the Land and Environment
Court at enormous expense
to Byron Shire ratepayers) the
Hunters undertook to remove
these containers from the
original site within six months
which, after some delay, they
did – to another part of their
property.
Meanwhile, the authorisation for the existing ‘road
transport terminal’ is up for
review in May 2016, as the
two-year trial period attached
to this approval expires, and it
now appears that an application for a rezoning of some
part of this site may be necessary to give effect to any application for renewal.
Confused yet? I certainly
am!
Graham Mathews
Byron Bay
Israel’s occupation
Vic Alhadeff, CEO of the
NSW Board of Jewish Deputies, who recently visited our
schools, newspapers and
churches, tweeted Christmas
and New Year greetings to ‘all
our Christian friends and colleagues’. However, apologies
for Israel’s brutal occupation
of Palestine, which includes
destruction of churches and
mosques, would be more appropriate.
It is hoped that when the
Bishop of Lismore visits Israel
next year he will visit Gaza
and the West Bank to see for
himself the appalling results
of the occupation. In case Israel prevents him from doing
this he may be able to confer with Patriarch Emeritus
Michel Sabbah who, writing
from Bethlehem, tells us that
Israel confiscated part of Bethlehem’s northern lands and
approved the expansion of
the illegal settlement of Gilo –
built on privately owned lands
hind the massive emigration
of Palestinian Christians. In
reality, the problems of Palestinian Christians stem essentially from the fact that they
are Palestinians living under
the Israeli occupation.’
I am sure your readers
would welcome a comment
from Mr Alhadeff.
Gareth W R Smith
Palestine Liberation Centre
Byron Bay
JONSON STREET
Walking south down Jonson St takes you away
from the beach to the calmer southern end
where the locals shop and hang out. There is
plenty of parking on the street, in the carpark
between Palace Cinemas and Woolworths
and behind the shops. From here you can
explore some of Byron’s best loved,
locally owned businesses.
Climate change or system change? The real challenge
from previous page
to phase out nuclear power.
Recent trade deals, like
the Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), pushed by
US and European leaders,
give foreign investors – including some of the world’s
largest fossil fuel corporations – the right to challenge
climate protections.
Shifting from
global to local
There is no way that governments can meaningfully
address the climate problem
while at the same time promoting and subsidising globalisation.
Pursuing a localisation
agenda instead would be the
most effective strategy, providing not only significant reductions in GHG emissions,
but a wide range of other social, economic and environmental benefits.
Localisation is a process
of economic decentralisation
that enables communities,
regions, and nations to take
more control over their own
affairs. It does not mean encouraging every community
to be entirely self-reliant; it
simply means shortening the
distance between producers and consumers wherever possible, and striking a
healthier balance between local markets and a monopolydominated global market.
By encouraging more local and regional production
of basic needs, localisation
reduces transport, packaging and processing, and
eliminates redundant trade.
By shrinking the scale of the
economy, localisation also
reduces the power of global
corporations and banks,
helping to halt the erosion of
democracy.
Localisation is also beneficial for the global South.
Poverty in those countries is
the product of centuries of
colonialism, development,
debt, and the dismantling of
local economies. Improved
conditions for the majority
would be achieved through
greater self-reliance, food
sovereignty, and the right to
protect resources from predation by global corporations.
As we’ve seen, government
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leaders cannot be counted on
to take the lead in addressing climate change. Not only
are they heavily influenced
by corporate campaign donations and lobbying, the
governments they lead have
been impoverished by globalisation and are losing control over their own destiny. It is up to us – the people must lead. And across
the world, this is beginning
to happen. Individuals and
organisations are joining
forces for fundamental, systemic change. This is not only
about the climate, it is about
our livelihoods, our health,
our children’s future. There
is an opportunity like never
before to build a movement
large enough to bring about a
shift from global to local.
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solidation of the gains that
have been made over the
last two years and, despite
the Shire’s two main festival the slowing property market
sites. There are so many fac- in the capital cities, that
tors that make it appealing,’ the demand for property in
says Peter.
Byron Bay will continue to
strengthen.
Michael Gudgeon from
Ray White Byron Bay, as
According to Tara Torkkola
well as sharing his market
of First National Byron Bay
predicition, shared one of
the record prices that Mul-
Property insider
What’s the market going
to do in 2016? Here’s what
a few of the local agents
think:
Tracey Wild from Elders
Bangalow says demand
is still strong and stock is
tight in Bangalow, which
means that the strong prices
achieved particularly in the
second half of 2015 will continue to hold into 2016.
Did you know Peter
Browning from L J Hooker
Brunswick Heads is also a
qualified butcher by trade?
However it is his 21 years
in real estate in Brunswick
Heads that make him qualified to share his thoughts
on what the property might
do in 2016. Peter says that
around late September /
early August 2015 the market
in Bruns just took off with
demand outstripping supply.
There was one day when
three properties came onto
the market and all three
were sold within two hours!
Peter can’t see the market in
Bruns being anything but
strong in 2016. ‘Brunswick
Heads is a scenic seaside
location that has maintained
its fishing-village charm. It
is located on a beautiful tidal
river and equidistant from
lumbimby town and its hinterland have been experiencing should hold in 2016. One
of the main reasons for this,
Tara says, is that Mullum appeals to a wide market.
This makes the demand for
property in the area high.
‘Looking at the diverse
demographics of people
buying in Mullumbimby,
those moments as a real
people at completely differestate agent that make it
very rewarding. Michael was ent ages and stages in their
lives find Mullum has appeal
helping an old-timer with
the sale of his home. He was for them. People move the
95 and was being pulled this area because of the culture,
the diversity, the fantastic
and that way with advice
schools, the ease of living
from an emotional family.
and of course the north
In the midst of the chaos
the old-timer leant over the coast lifestyle.’
Michael and said, ‘Mike, just Of course Tara should know,
get me out of this place and having become a Mullumdon’t worry about them. I’ll bimby local herself in 2015.
buy you a beer when you do.’
Michael says that beer tasted There are some pitfalls that
really good.
seasoned property buyers
time, do your homework so payments if the interest rate
you avoid mistakes that can was to increase significantly.
Rates fell quickly and they
cause financial hardship.
can rise just as quickly.
Firstly look at your finance
Staying with finance, first
because often the most
basic thing, such as finance home buyers frequently
underestimate the full costs
approval is overlooked.
of buying a home. You need
You need firm approval for
to take into account costs
your finance. Using a bank’s
such as mortgage insurance,
on-line mortgage calculator
stamp duties, and costs at
to determine you are able
settlement such as legals,
to afford the repayments on rates and body corporate
a loan does not constitute
fees.
finance approval.
Another thing that leads to
Assume interest rates are go- poor decisions in first home
As for Michael’s prediction know to avoid but remem- ing to increase and build in buying is being bedazzled by
an affordability buffer. Make property make-overs. A first
on the Byron Bay market: he ber if you are entering the
property market for the first sure you can afford the re- home whilst a home that
reckons we will see a con-
you want to feel comfortable
in, is often a stepping stone
to future investments.
Make sure that you are not
so enamoured by a shiny
makeover that you buy in a
position that is not going to
increase as much in value as
the properties around it and
leaves no room to add value
of your own.
HAVE ANYTHING TO
LET US KNOW ABOUT?
Any new faces? Career
milestones? Exceptional
results? Market observations?
Have you had anything
quirky or unusual happen to
you out in the field? Email
propertyinsider@echo.net.au.
Happy 2016
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LAND AUCTION OCEAN SHORES
Inspect Saturday from 12-1pm
Auction Saturday 6th February 2016
at Ocean Shores Tavern 10:30am
Contact Wal Leeke 0411 707 616
Jobsono P/L in conjunction
with Byron Shire Real Estate
6 LOTS
• North & East aspects
RESERVE
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• Stunning sea views
• Walk to schools & beach
• Plans & contracts now available
• Agent on site Saturdays 12-1pm
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• Solid original timber farmhouse • Pump from crystal clear Stony Creek
• Short scenic drive to Bangalow & Byron Bay beaches
• Idyllic hobby farm lifestyle on 6 acres • Just minutes to Byron & Bangalow
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facilities (including a 25 metre lap pool) for those looking to achieve the
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Beachside beauty
4 Brunswick Street, New Brighton
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6/84 Lawson Street, Byron Bay
16 Tweed Street, Brunswick Heads
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Don’t miss out again.
This neatly presented
home is nestled in the
tightly held enclave of
New Brighton.
Just a two minute walk
to the beach, this home
will suit either a family
or investor wanting the
beachside lifestyle.
All 3 bedrooms have built-ins, combined living & dining areas
flow out to the 30m2 covered deck area which overlooks a great
backyard for all the kids to run around & have endless fun.
Plenty of parking underneath the home & on the surrounding
front yard. Your inspection is welcome • freshly painted • low maintenance
yard • downstairs laundry • 3x3 lock up shed • perfect holiday
home • potential to add value.
Open:
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Auction: 10.30am onsite Saturday January 30, 2016
Contact: Michael Kelly 0411 114 923
Byron Shire Real Estate
Located directly opposite Clarkes beach and only a 5 minute walk
to the heart of town this penthouse apartment is an opportunity
not to be missed.
Vaulted ceilings and high windows drench the open living/dining
and kitchen in natural light. This living space opens to a large
balcony with a retractable shade sail which is the perfect place to
entertain.
Leave your car in the secure double car space and stroll over the
road to the Beach Café. Head east along the path to Wategos and
the lighthouse, or meander up main beach to the centre of town.
The main bedroom boasts a walk in robe, ensuite and its own
access on to the balcony.
Occupy, invest and rent, or use as a holiday apartment, this
penthouse is the perfect opportunity to make the most of what
Byron has to offer.
Open:
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Contact: Luke Elwin 0421 375 635, James Young 0419 856 840
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SIWICKI
$910,000
Investment opportunity in the heart of Brunswick Heads.
Golden opportunity to purchase 3 incomes on the one block.
1 x top storey, 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom unit with front and rear
decks.
1 x ground floor, 2 bedroom unit.
1 x commercial lease. Amazing position with local shops, cafes,
the river and beaches, all within minutes of the doorstep. Suited to
an investor or a developer looking for a low maintenance portfolio
addition / super fund investment.
Or simply move in and enjoy the fabled Brunswick lifestyle.
Land size: 470 sqm. Current annual rent return of $37,959.00, but
even as is, that should be $45k+. Long term tenants in place.
Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity.
Contact: Dave Bosselmann 0431 100 097
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Golden opportunity to purchase 3 incomes on the one block.
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Amazing position with local shops, cafes, the river and beaches, all within minutes of the doorstep.
Suited to an investor or a developer looking for a low maintenance portfolio addition / super fund
investment. Or simply move in and enjoy the fabled Brunswick lifestyle.
Land size: 470sqm.
Current annual rent return of $37,959.00, but even as is that should be $45k+
Long term tenants in place.
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Rare opportunity for rural vacant land
Lot 10 Tamarind Drive (north end),
Tintenbar.
Amazing elevated rural views to the
north, approx 4.4ha
Frontage to Emigrant Creek with
access to beautiful waterholes
Building opportunities this close to
the beach are rare
Private & quiet easy-maintenance
land, room for a horse
Less than 10 mins to Lennox Head
and less than 20 mins to Byron Bay
Keep your advertising money
in our community!
Byron Shire
Community
Advertising in The Echo means you are ‘shopping
local’. Unlike the other ‘local’ paper, The Echo is
more than 100 per cent locally owned.
Your money stays in this wonderful community.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd is the largest shareholder
in APN Limited, the company that owns the Byron
Shire News, the Northern Star and the Ballina
Advocate.
Other major shareholders are multinationals.
The money that you spend on your
advertising goes overseas.
Compared to the Byron News, advertising
in The Echo means your ad is being
delivered to more than 7,000 extra
households in your market area each
week – that means a lot more people
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Mixture of pastureland and bushland
with a large outdoor amphitheatre
Only an inspection will do this property
true justice. Contact us today
Price $670,000.
Web ID: 1P0979.
View by appointment.
Contact Mark Kinneally 0429 868 001
Lois Buckett 0428 877 399.
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56 Unara Parkway, Cumbalum.
Spacious, modern family home on
867.8m2 block, built 2011
Fabulous kitchen – oversized island
benchtop, modern appliances
Media room – Bose sound system +
leather home theatre lounge
Rumpus room complete with pool
table, modern bathrooms
Large covered deck off living/dining
area, tranquil outlook
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(STCA), easy care gardens
Price $ 750,000.
View by appointment.
Web ID: 1P0963.
Contact Lois Buckett 0428 877 399
Mark Kinneally 0429 868 001.
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new years eve
Byron Bay V V NYD 2016
Let there be Peace & Love amongst all beings...
V Join us in a sacred dawn ceremony
at the Cape Byron Lighthouse
to welcome the New Year on the first rays
of sunlight to touch Australia.
First Sun Schedule of Events
Presented by Crystal Castle Facilitators Seriya Cutbush,
Matty Rainbow & Stephanie Medew
5:30 am V
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First Light Crystal Bowl Soundscape
Guided Meditation
Silent Intention as the Sun Emerges
Chant for Peace
Universal OM
Bunyarra Dancers
Your Choice of Activity
*Yoga for Body, Mind & Soul
*Kahuna Hawaiian Empowerment Practice
*Personal New Year Intention Activities
7:15am V First Sun Event Complete
Blessings to You for 2016
Together we will connect with the light
within us, set our intention for love, light,
harmony and peace in the coming year,
and radiate it out to the world
on the rays of the rising sun.
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nye
SOUL, SUN & LOTS
OF PLUM
KYLE LIONHART
Byron Bay presents Soul Street again
this New Years Eve, and will see closure
of Jonson Street to traffic from The Rails
all the way to Lawson St roundabout.
The zone will be renamed Soul Street for
the evening and will promote the Safe
Summer in the Bay initiative created by
the local council’s Summer Safety and
Cultural Activities Committee. It’s an
impressive lineup and features Thelma
Plum, an Indigenous singer/songwriter
from Delungra in NSW. Now based
in Melbourne she’s a Triple J National
Indigenous Music Awards comp winner,
an Unearthed winner, and has also
been nominated for a Deadly for most
promising new talent. She is joined
by Kyle Lionhart, Hoo8Hoo, Som
De Calcada, Samba Blisstas, Tommy
Franklin, Ilona Harker, Miss Renee
Simone DJ, Roundabout Theatre
acts, Billy Tempest Fire Dancers,
Mobstars!!! flashmob dancers,
Shaunti Light Show, Red Helium
Balloon Girls, Hunter + Smoke, Tutti
Frutti Circus, Shep Huntly Circus,
THE
THELMA PLUM
Indego Gebbett, Megan Donnelly, Isis
+ Azura, Silent Disco and Romi Music
plus more!
Bring the kids out from 4pm till late
and venture through the heart of town,
which will be full of artisan stalls, great
food stalls, craft activities, face painters,
circus acts, buskers and numerous
local and national bands including
performers onstage.
The early bird catches the first sun.
Come and be part of our early-morning,
family-friendly event at the Cape Byron
Lighthouse, sponsored by Crystal Castle.
Come and be a part of our sunrise
meditation with a 5.30am sharp start.
Concluding with the wonderful sounds
of gongs as the first glimpse of the sun
breaks through the skies. Following
daybreak, there will be yoga, Hawaiian
flying Tai Chi, and Written Intentions.
TOMMY FRANKLIN
This is a way to celebrate the true spirit
of Byron Bay – peaceful, happy, healthy
and inclusive. You can partake in free
yoga or tai chi while taking in the view.
SAMBA BLISSTAS
RAILS
THE RAILWAY FRIENDLY BAR, BYRON BAY 6685 7662
THE FAMOUS RAILS kitchen
HUNTER AND SMOKE
Thursday 24 Dec
Friday 25 Dec
Saturday 26 Dec
Sunday 27 Dec
MARSHALL & THE PRIDE
KELLIE KNIGHT AND THE DAYZ
Monday 28 Dec
Tuesday 29 Dec
MICK MCHUGH BAND
THE BOHEMIAN COWBOYS
Wednesday 30 Dec
Thursday 31 Dec
CLOSED XMAS
A LITTLE PROVINCE
GOODRICH AND RAGGA JUMP
Friday 1 Jan
CAMEL TONES
DAN HANNAFORD BAND
Sunday 3 Jan SOUL’D
Saturday 2 Jan
Monday 4 Jan
EZEKIAL OX & DJ MARZE
Tuesday 5th Jan
Wednesday 6th Jan
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FERGO & FRIEND
HARRY NICHOLS BAND
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new years eve
New
Years
Eve
Masquerade KARAOKE Party!
Thursday 31st December 7.30pm
Arrive under a masked veil of secrecy & take the crowd by
surprise with face melting performances!
Courtesy Bus available
Please call 66803222 to book your pick up!
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR
AND MERRY XMAS
FROM THE
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8pm till late - tickets $10 each
Also open New Years Day
$15 Lunch & Dinner Menu
Fresh, delicious meals cooked to order. Bring
the kids to enjoy the pool & tennis courts.
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TAKE A SAFARI FOR
NEW YEARS!
As 2015 comes to a close, people everywhere are
scrambling for New Years Eve plans. You needn’t
worry though, because Sunday Safari and Afends
have made sure that this time around you bring in
the New Year the right way. Following last year’s
completely sold-out NYE event, the Byron Bay
Brewery will once again play host to what will no
doubt be one of the biggest parties of 2015. With
a lineup so stacked you’ll be salivating, at the top
of the list we will be graced with electronic power
ballad kings, Panama. The three-piece live show
keep good company on widely renowned label
Future Classic, rubbing shoulders with artists such
as Chet Faker, Cashmere Cat and Flume. Their
tropical, feel-good music is taking the international
stage by storm, with fans spanning from Berlin to
Tokyo – and now, just for you, Byron Bay.
Joining them on the lineup is Juno Mars, aka Jono
Ma of Jagwar Ma. A master of all things dance,
Juno Mars recently supported Foals on their UK
tour at the sold-out Wembley Stadium show.
Helping us bring in the New Year will also be Byron
local Mt Warning, whose new EP Petrified Heart
is a cathartic, contagious sonic journey. As well
as these guys, Nocturnal Tapes will be creating
their wall of synth-heavy sound at the Brewery,
ensuring you’re dancing until the early morning.
Keeping the vibe balanced, WAXHEAD are also
going to be there to fulfil all your surf rock needs,
as well as Kit Bray on a vibing acoustic set. If
this long list of stellar acts isn’t enough for you,
keeping the party strong will be Taya, Rhys Bynon
and, of course, the Safari DJs.
Tickets are available at sundaysafari.com.au, the
Afends store and the Byron Bay Brewery.
NEW YEAR 2016
SPEND NYE WITH DRUNK MUMS
AT THE HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN
DRUNK MUMS FOR NY
Want to spend your NYE with Drunk Mums? The
Hotel Great Northern have the band headlining
along with Ocean Alley, Dumb Punts, Feeling
Dave & Chris Bradley. Melbourne’s premier
garage rock and roll delinquents are going Troppo,
lining up beers to celebrate their punk-inspired
anthem Pub on My Own. Tickets at the venue.
STEADY AS HE GOES
Steady Eddy – Keeping it Real – is the featured
comic at this year’s New Years Eve Comedy Gala
and sit-down dinner at the Ballina RSL with Chris
Radburn, Anne Howe and Mandy Nolan as MC.
Stukule and Miss Amber provide the dinner music
with dinner and show at 7.30pm. $69.90 includes
two-course dinner and show. Tickets at the club.
CHET FAKER AT THE BYRON BAY
BREWERY THIS NEW YEARS EVE
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Also at the club for NYE is Boardwalk Blues from
8.30pm and the Kevin Borich Express and a
fireworks spectacular on the river at midnight!
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All you need right
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With the wide variety of goods available you really don’t need to travel farther
afield than Ocean Shores. Locals and festival-goers alike can all experience the
convenience of being able to find groceries, furnishings, clothing, bottleshop
supplies and much more all in one convenient location.
There are also a wide variety of services available and the tavern provides a
local watering hole with great entertainment.
<In.scribe> Youth Arts Mentoring
Project set to transform Ocean Shores
The <In.scribe> Youth Arts
Mentoring Project is set to
give an exciting street-art
makeover to the Ocean
Shores Shopping Centre
complex in the leadup to
festival session. A select
group of youth graduates
from this year’s programs are
collaborating with regional
artists to revolutionise the
shopping centre’s alleyway
with their art, colour and
designs.
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Mentoring Program is a
youth arts project that works
with young people through
creative arts and mentoring
opportunities. The young
artists will be working with
regional artists Karma
Barnes, Victoria
Larnach and NITSUA
in an opportunity to
increase their designs
to take on more than
lifesize proportions in
a public space.
Ocean Shores
Shopping Centre is
delighted to support
arts opportunities
for young people in
the north end of the
shire. The shopping centre’s
manager Veronica O’Dwyer
stated, ‘This project provides
a artistic platform for the
region’s young artists to
showcase their talent and
contribute to the creative
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in the north end of the shire
to the shopping centre and
turning our alleyway into a
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stated, ‘We have
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team of young
people whom
we have worked
with this year
and it’s really
wonderful to be able to
offer them this opportunity
to further their arts skills
through the design and
instalment of a street-art
alleyway’.
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The Good Life Food Wine Travel
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Advertising: adcopy@echo.net.au Editorial: goodlife@echo.net.au Phone: 6684 1777
Feeding the hungry hordes of visitors
Story & photo by Susanna Freymark
Friends and family from everywhere but here want to visit. When they arrive in dribs
and drabs it isn’t too bad
but the unexpected arrival
of hordes of hungry guests
can have you groaning in the
kitchen, wondering how to
feed them all.
Byron Bay’s Three Blue
Ducks’ chef Darren Robertson:
‘I make sure I’m stocked
up on krout, pickles, mustards and a decent smoked
ham. I glaze the ham on
Christmas Eve with apple
cider, spices and honey, and
so long as it’s big enough, it
will keep us going throughout the festive season. It’s
MAKE WEDGIES
FOR THE KIDS
Bring a large pot of
wedge-shaped cut
potatoes to the boil
then drain and add
to seasoned oil mix.
Paprika, curry powder,
salt and pepper in two
tablespoons of oil.
Preheat a large tray and
then spread out potatoes
in a single layer and cook
in a hot oven turning as
they brown. Sweet potato
works well also.
Recipe from Janet Walker,
Goonengerry
perfect for those unexpected parties. Throw together
a couple of salads, a decent
loaf of rye bread, and you’re
laughing.’
Sounds easy for a professional chef but what about
the rest of us?
Myocum’s Heather Stevenson has a trick that is
more about assembling
than cooking. She calls this
approach Splatters.
‘Everything comes out
of the fridge, creatively displayed on a mismatched collection of plates and bowls.
Fresh loaf of bread and a
whole lot of wine. Always a
winner.’ Heather says.
Goonengerry’s Janet
Walker makes oven-roasted wedges and they are a
crowd-pleaser, especially
when she uses sweet potato.
Jen Djula from Rosebank
says a barbecue is the simple
solution to cater for lots of
guests.
‘Always the barbecue.
Marinate meat in Zest wet
spices – they’re yum,’ she says.
Peta Marks has several
meals ready to go if guests
turn up en masse at her
Eureka home. ‘I have have
penne with freshly cooked
bacon sliced into thin pieces,
halved boiled eggs, avo, baby
tomatoes, chili oil, parsley,
sometimes Danish feta if
there is any lurking in the
fridge,’ she says.
Diane Hart from Mullumbimby makes singing
pasta to feed her family and
anyone else who drops in.
‘The family called it this
because I always sing when
I’m cooking it. It only takes
15 minutes.’
My personal favourite is
pancakes. There are always
Chef Darren Robertson at The Farm.
flour and water and eggs in
the cupboard. Pikelets piled
high with any fruit in season is delicious.
If they’re still hungry
send someone to the Seafood Co-op at Bruns for fish
and chips.
This year I will learn to cook (something better)
By Susanna Freymark
For years I sprinkled
smashed potato crisps on top
of the weekly tuna mornay
casserole I made for the family. The kids loved it.
Times have changed and
my friends stare in abject
horror when I do the same
thing.
It has taken a while to
sink in but my cooking
skills need a serious update.
Where better to start
than at the Byron Community College in Mullumbimby?
Vicki Walker is the marketing and course coordinator for Byron Commu-
Gallette photo, Belinda Jeffery in Mullum garden,
images, Rodney Weidland.
nity College and says the
college is open to offering
cooking courses in anything.
The cheese classes are
the most popular. Local
cheesemaker Debra Allard teaches how to make
haloumi, ricotta, labna and
kefir.
There are still some places in the 7 February and 6
March cheese workshops.
If anyone wants to organise a group of people
together for a birthday or
special occasion, the college can organise a private
cheese workshop, Vicki
says.
For the first time the college is offering Fruit and
Vegetable Art Carving with
Gitta Radau, who has travelled to Thailand to learn
about carving food into
works of art.
Belinda plans to run
classes next year in Federal.
The classes will specialise
in baking and cater for all
cooking levels. Further
classes will run at Peppertree Kitchen in Lismore.
At the end of the day she
says, ‘it is the whole feeling
of making something for
people you care about’.
One day, my sons or
daughter will make a casserole for their children
and crunch crisps over the
top. I will smile and ask for
seconds.
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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Sunday 27 December
3 and 10 January from 8am
Adult $19.90
Child 12 Years and Under $9.90
Under 5 Years Free
Bangalow Dining
Rooms
Enjoy our balcony restaurant, intimate
dining room and generous bistro food
in the pub. With reasonable prices our
menu reflects the wonderful local and
fresh produce of the region.
SMH GOOD PUB
Large groups welcome.
FOOD GUIDE
We also offer off-site catering.
2013 AND 2014
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Open 7 days
Lunch: 12 – 3pm
Dinner 5.30 – 9pm
All day bistro menu
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Basiloco
Wood fired pizzas and pastas take away and delivery
Ristorante Pizzeria
Mon, Wed–Fri from 6pm,
Sat & Sun from 12pm for lunch
Closed Tuesday
Come and experience the best Italian/Mediterranean
cuisine, made with the best local products,
plus Byron’s best wood fired pizza.
Kids meals $9 from.
32 Lawson Street 6680 8818
info@basilo.co
We do weddings, Christmas and special event functions.
Visit and book at www.basilo.co
Summer Menu’s Out Now!
The Rocks
@ Aquarius
Breakfast/Lunch
7 days from 7.30am
16 Lawson St, Byron Bay
Reservations 6685 7663
therocksbyronbay.com.au
Success Thai
Eating out guide
BYRON BAY
Good Taste Eating Out Guide
Mon-Fri 12-3pm
Dinner 7 days from 5pm.
3/109 Jonson St, Byron Bay
6680 7798
Come and enjoy the quintessential Byron Bay dining experience, with
head chef Patrick Hobbs and his team. From beautiful breakfasts to
lazy lunches, The Rocks @ Aquarius is the perfect summer setting.
From deliciously fresh banana, raspberry, yogurt and granola cup, to
our huge AQ signature breakfast, there is sure to be something that
tantalises your tastebuds.
We also have a selection of freshly squeezed juices and locally sourced
coffee from the Byron Bay Coffee Company to awaken the senses!
Visit www.therocksbyronbay.com.au for details and new menus.
SPECIAL $10 LUNCH AND DINNER MENU
All your favourites every lunch and dinner Experienced
Thai chefs cooking fresh delicious Thai food for you.
Fully Licensed and B.Y.O. for wine.
Welcome for lunch, dinner and take-away.
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Luscious Foods
Mon-Fri 7.30am–3pm
1/6 Tasman Way, Byron
Arts & Industry Estate
BYO & RSVP
6680 8228
Open 7 days
9am till after midnight
Shop 1 Woolworths Plaza
90-96 Jonson Street
6685 5700
www.legendpizza.com.au
Fishheads
Open seven days
7:30am till late
Coffee, breakfast, lunch,
dinner, functions and
weddings. Fully licensed.
• Breakfast and lunch
• Wood-fired pizzas
• Fresh juices
• Great coffee
1 Jonson St, Byron Bay
6680 7632
www.lusciousfoods.com.au
Muoi’s Feast
Open for Breakfast
Lunch and Dinner 7 days
Wategos Beach,
Byron Bay
6685 5366
raes@wategos.com.au
Dinner: Mon-Sat
11 Fletcher St, Byron Bay
Bookings Essential
6685 7557
Saturday and Sunday
7am till 10am
REPUBLIK
restaurant & bar
Open for lunch
Thurs- Sat 12-3pm
95 Jonson St, Byron Bay
republikbyronbay.com
6685 5009
hello@republikbyronbay.com
The Green Bistro
at Club Byron
Lunch: 11.30am–2.30pm,
Dinner: from 5.30pm,
Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays) 18–20 Marvell Street
6685 6202
Republik presents a stylish comfortable environment,
offering a warm and hospitable welcome to the
whole community. The menu includes a range of
contemporary dishes based on global influences.
Kids eat free every Monday
Treehouse
on Belongil
Fins
New summer menu out now!
Salt Village, Kingscliff
6674 4833
dining@fins.com.au
Dinner 7 days
Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun
Share plates, mains, desserts and famous Treehouse
wood-fired pizza. Our kitchen is open all day and night.
Presenting incredible original music in
Byron’s most intimate atmosphere.
Check our website or Facebook for the gig guide.
facebook.com/treehouse.belongil
treehouseonbelongil.com
Full Cocktail & Wine Bar.
Extensive Menu Includes
Tapas, Mains, Desserts and
Famous Woodfired Pizzas.
25 Childe St, Byron Bay
6680 9452
GOOD FOOD GUIDE
CHEFS HAT EVERY
YEAR SINCE 1998
Italian at the Pacific provides a bustling atmospheric
restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired
Italian cuisine and some of Byron’s finest
cocktails and wines.
CHER’S BB
UT
Q
Open for Dinner & Cocktails
7 days from 6pm till late
Next to the Beach Hotel
Bay Street
6680 7055
italianatthepacific.com.au
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Italian at the Pacific
Salt Village, Kingscliff
6674 4833
dining@fins.com.au
FIN
Happy Chilli Garden
S POP UP
Open Wednesday-Sunday
Dine-in or Takeaway 5:30pm
6684 2209
Mullumbimby
Bowling Club
Dinner Special $18 - Includes a wine or beer
Fully licensed
Dine In / Takeaway / Home Delivery Available
Byron at Byron
Peaceful dining by our tranquil rainforest
77–97 Broken Head Road,
Byron Bay
Open seven days: breakfast, lunch & dinner
Coolamon
Tree Bistro
Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club
Lunch every day from 11.30am
Dinner Tues–Sun from 5.30pm
58 Dalley Street Mullumbimby
Thursday Farmers Market Dinner
2 courses $49 per person
6639 2111
thebyronatbyron.com.au
Coast Restaurant
Open 7 days from 11am,
restaurant menu and
all-day bar snacks.
Located in the Ocean
Shores Country Club
6680 1809
www.stelmodining.com
Traditional Thai
Dinner every evening
5.30-9.30pm
Here the curry pastes are freshly pounded to leave
your palate dumbfounded.
5/2 Fletcher St,
Byron Bay
6685 5151
Here the ambrosial meals are cooked to order and the
scrumptious cocktails and mocktails thrust you into a
land of wonderful tales.
Hog’s Breath Cafe
Hog’s Breath Cafe’s menu just got better with some
mouth-watering new steaks, salad, pasta and an
abundance of delicious dessert selections. As usual,
the diverse menu also offers chicken, seafood, snacks,
burgers, ribs, kid’s meals, a range of Lite Options, plus
their famous Prime Rib Steak – slow cooked for up to
18 hours for maximum flavour and tenderness. Kids eat
free Mon – Wed nights and you can grab lunch for just
$9.90, so there’s something to please the whole family.
Open 7 Days,
11.30am-2.30pm
Dinner from 5.30pm
9/4 Jonson St, Byron Bay
6685 5320
www.hogsbreath.com.au
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facebook.com/byron.
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Scan code for
our menu!
BYO
Home delivery 7 days
A range of menu packages for your
SPECIAL EVENT
Phone 6680 7632
functions@fishheadsbyron.com.au
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Muoi’s Feast has created a strong following since
opening in 2003. Winning numerous awards for its
international cuisine, the Asian section of the menu
is the predominant favourite.
Enjoy for dinner.
TUESDAYS | 6pm MEAT & VOUCHER RAFFLE
WEDNESDAYS | 5.30pm–close BYO VINYL
THURSDAYS | 6pm MEAT & VOUCHER RAFFLE
FRIDAYS | 4-6pm HAPPY HOUR
SATURDAYS | from 6pm THE MONTHLY MUSO
SUNDAYS | SUNDAY ROAST lunch & dinner
thegreenbistrobyronbay.com.au
info@thegreenbistrobyronbay.com.au
Functions and catering available
Proudly awarded
‘Most Sustainable Seafood Restaurant’ 2015. This year we celebrate 25 years of serving the
finest local seafood. Join us in the sea breeze on our veranda for a
lazy long lunch or intimate candle lit dinner.
Extended Summer Hours
Lunch every day from 27 Dec till 10 Jan
The team behind Fins have just opened their
new POP UP Restaurant The BUTCHER’S BBQ.
Located next door to our fine diner, The Butcher’s BBQ
offers a share style menu with ‘smalls’ and ‘bigs’ cooked
on the grill (from $8-$38), communal tables, a cracking
cocktail bar, boutique wine list and Gin Bar. This
concept is only here for a short time.
Extended Summer hours.
Lunch every day from 27 Dec till 10 Jan
Experience the real taste of Thailand.
Using local produce, local staff.
Free courtesy bus provided
for pick up and drop off!
20 years’ experience in the art of Thai cooking.
Lunch specials starting from $8
Cuisine that everyone can enjoy –
mum, dad, the kids and grandparents.
Perfect for corporate and private events.
www.mullumexservices.com.au
St Elmo is a place where you can enjoy great
company, first-class food, sophisticated cocktails
and an extensive wine list. St Elmo is plating up
modern Spanish cuisine to be enjoyed amongst
friends and family. Our menus change regularly
and feature daily specials.
Mon-Sat: 4pm til late.
Sun: 4pm til 10pm.
Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson
Lane, Byron Bay
6680 7426
FRESH PIZZA –
BYRON STYLE
Check us out on
0422 019 832
Savour your experience!
St Elmo Dining
Room & Bar
GOOD FOOD GUIDE
CHEFS HAT EVERY
YEAR SINCE 1998
Spice It Up
Thai Restaurant
Hong Kong chef specialising in
Chinese and Malay foods
Open 7 days 12pm till late
Byron St (opp Aldi) Byron Bay
P 6680 9191
F 6676 4869
M 0403 516793
happychilligarden@hotmail.com
The Butcher’s
BBQ
Eat in or take away, licensed,
family friendly
Outdoor dining area, easy parking,
Open 7 days a week, 11am till late.
BYRON BAY CONTINUED
Legend Pizza
Contemporary and Middle Eastern flavours
The Restaurant
@ Rae’s
An award-winning Japanese fusion cuisine
Sushi bar, tapas, main meals and
delicious chef’s specials
KINGSCLIFF
Come hang out at the Famous Little Shop of Smiles! Good Vibes, Abundant, Alive & Awesome NEW Menu.
Raw, Vegan, Local, Organic Grab & Go Made to Order BREAKFASTS, LUNCHES,
Delectable RAW DESSERTS & ICE CREAMS.
and Paleo. Gluten, Dairy
Sublime Superfood GREEN SMOOTHIES, Iced Drinks &
and Sugar free.
COLD PRESSED JUICES. 2/3 Marvell St
Open 7 days, 7am till 4pm The BEST CHAI EVER, Organic COFFEE & SUPERFOOD
www.nakedtreaties.com.au hotties all on our own fluffy ALMOND Mylk.
GOODNESS never tasted SO GOOD!
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O-Sushi – Since 2004
Byron Bay Woolies Plaza,
Jonson St 02 6685 7103
Coolangatta The Strand
Marine Pde 07 5536 5455
Broadbeach The Oracle,
12 Charles Ave 07 5570 2166
www.osushi.com.au
MULLUMBIMBY
Naked Treaties
RAW Bar
O-Sushi
Monday night $15 Burgers & Beer Tuesday nights all Pizzas $15
Wednesday night - $10 Schnitzels
Dine in or takeaway
Large groups and events welcome.
OCEAN SHORES
Dinner Mon-Sun
Lunch on weekdays
Closed Tuesdays
Shop 3/17 Lawson Arcade
Phone orders welcome
6680 8443
The only exclusively Vietnamese restaurant in town,
this intimate space spilling out into a courtyard offers
up fabulous dishes packed full of herbs, spices and
varied textures. The traditionally light and healthy style
of cuisine ensures the freshness and natural tastes of
food are preserved as much as possible. It’s a popular
spot so bookings are recommended.
Francisco’s Table
Francisco’s Table is a roaming restaurant popping
up at different locations around the Byron Shire. The
philosophy behind Francisco’s cooking is honesty
TOP 10
0416 057 705
and simplicity. His food is inspired, amongst many
POP-UPS
francisco.food@gmail.com things, by the amazing local produce that is sourced NSW
SMH
from a wide community of growers and farmers. At
www.facebook.com/
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delectable dishes with friends and fellow food lovers.
Also available for functions, parties and weddings.
Roaming Restaurant
CELEBRATIONS Celebrations
Catering By
Liz Jackson
BY LIZ JACKSON
Celebration cakes
Personal catering services
Event co-ordination and
management
E: lizzijjackson@gmail.com
P: 0414 895 441
POP-UP
Lemongrass
CATERING
BYRON BAY CONTINUED
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THE RISE AND RISE OF
NATTALI RIZE
BLUE KING BROWN
F RO N T W O M A N N AT TA L I R I Z E
JUST SEEMS TO GROW MORE
B E A U T I F U L BY T H E Y E A R –
H E R F A C E , H E R H E A RT, H E R
TA L E N T… I T ’ S T R U LY A F O R C E
TO BE RECKONED WITH.
The girl we first met on the streets busking with Carlo has gone a long
way, and is quickly becoming an international musician in her own right.
Nattali Rize returns ‘home’ to play the Hotel Brunswick on Sunday.
Tell me what has been happening with Notis on the solo project you
have been completing in Jamaica…
Earlier this year Notis from Jamaica and I released our debut EP, New
Era Frequency. It’s actually nine tracks in total including three dub
mixes. I moved to Jamaica a couple of years ago after meeting Notis
in Melbourne while they were on tour with Jimmy Cliff. We wrote and
recorded our first single that night we met, so we decided to pursue that
connection and embark on this collaboration project together… and
after many days and nights writing and recording till the early hours in
Kingston, we have created something we all feel is unique and fresh in
terms of the cross-cultural collaboration and in terms of actual sounds
that have come from out collective inspiration and creativity.
We have also realised a huge part of this dream, which was to tour this
project. We’ve toured through the US and Canada this year as well as a
couple of Jamaican shows, and we are all really excited to be bringing it
back to Australia where it all began!
Why the move to Jamaica? Is this part of a push to a more
international market?
Jamaica is the home of so much music that has inspired my art and
continues to inspire me daily. There is a buzz energy here that makes
creating/creativity constant… there is literally so much happening
and so many amazing artists and musicians that it’s positive just to
be here surrounded by that energy, let alone writing and recording in
it alongside the musical community. As for pushing to international
markets, it’s definitely a lot closer to the US, which is home to a big
reggae-loving community. I certainly feel a certain pull towards that part
of the world in terms of the people being fully ready and waiting to hear
music like ours, from the support we had on tour earlier this year with
Michael Franti & Spearhead and Katchafire.
Why did you choose Jamaica to create your solo project?
After meeting Unga Barunga, drummer and producer from Notis, we
decided that there was potential to create something different. Unga
is a really amazing drummer for starters, but he’s also a great producer
and someone who has his ear out on all different types of genres and
sounds. I feel really grateful that our relationship has been able to grow
and create new music and that’s because I packed up my things and
took the giant leap to move to another part of the world. Jamaica. All
of the greats are here but also such a thriving younger generation of
musicians and singers who genuinely have love and support for one
another. There’s an absence of ego that I think the rest of the music
world (and the world in general) could really learn from.
Keep your eye out for Notis on stage. As many of the Byron Shire
community know, I come from a drumming background and have been
surrounded by some of the best in the country, so when I say Unga is a
great drummer, I really mean it. You guys are going to love seeing this
band live.
How have you approached crafting your songs on this project –
what are the songs you are the proudest of thus far?
We generally would start each song with a melodic or rhythmic idea,
put that idea into Logic (studio software for making music) and build
the ‘riddim’ (bed track) from there. Once it got to a place, or even during
this process, I would start writing the vocal melodies/lyrics on the spot…
sometimes they would come quickly, sometimes not so quick.
Each track has its own story and journey into being a fully realised song.
I think one of my favourites off New Era Frequency would be Generations
Will Rize featuring Kabaka Pyramid, who is an amazing conscious artist
you need to check out!
What have you offered up as Nattali Rize in your solo as opposed to
what you do with Blue King Brown?
Obviously just the nature of writing and recording with different people
from a different part of the world is going to make a fresh sound. As an
artist I am ever evolving; more and more I feel the change in my world,
my consciousness and my environment every day and that alone will
have an effect on the music that comes out through me. Wether it’s
from Blue King Brown or Nattali Rize, it’s all one mission, to be actively
creating music to help in the shifting of consciousness and the growth of
all our planetary family on multiple dimensions. Music is a very powerful
way to connect. I think music is more powerful than we’re yet to fully
understand; there’s more to it than just lyrics, beats and melodies –
there’s also other energies that have gone into making and propelling a
song, and I know that we can feel those things too, the intention behind
the lyrics, the feeling of the drummer as they played the rhythms etc…
all connected. Ride on, music-makers. Your success is not in commercial
gain or financial wealth, but in choosing music and creativity as way of
life! Now that’s straight-up cool.
How have your gigs in the US been?
Our shows in the US have been great. We started out on a tour through
the middle of America with our longtime friend and legend in general,
Michael Franti & Spearhead.
It is always awesome to tour with Michael and crew, and to be able to
perform for his audiences.. As most of you know, Michael’s energy on
stage is one of a kind, and he has that instant feeling of joy and celebration
that sweeps across the crowd the minute he sets foot on stage, so for us to
be able to share some of our energy was great fun; we had a really good
response. We also played alongside Katchafire on the west coast of US,
which was also an epic part of the tour and an opportunity we took to
introduce our project to that part of the country. We performed at some
bigger festivals as well in the States and Canada, so overall it has been a
positive progression and we look forward to keeping up the momentum
when this project reaches Australia for the first time!
Tell me about the band you are playing with.
I’m playing with a 6-piece band from Jamaica. The drum and bass
players are Notis, similar to Sly & Robbie to give an example of the kind
of rhythm section they are. And the rest of the musicians onstage are
world class, hailing from Kingston and all of them bring something
unique and special to the sound we create and project on stage.
coming soon
8 JAN
9 JAN
10 JAN
13 JAN
14 JAN
DUNE RATS
TIJUANA CARTEL
THEE OH SEES
FRENZAL RHOMB
THE BEAUTIFUL
GIRLS
15 JAN MAR HAZE
16 JAN THE PINHEADS
17 JAN DIE! DIE! DIE!
WED 30 SEA LEGS,
WHITE LODGE,
JOSEPHS COAT
FRI 1 DJ CHRIS BRADLEY
SAT 2 DROP LEGS,
HEMINGWAY
SUN 3 JESSE PUMPHREY
MON 4 DAN HANNAFORD
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GOODBYE BANGALOW
After another RTA marathon
roadworks session the highway is
open. Although something very
peculiar has happened. Bangalow
has gone missing. It was there last
Thursday. I swear it. But Sunday
when I was driving the kids to
drop them at their dad’s place, it
was gone completely. Vanished.
Like Bangalow had never ever
been there. Like there had never
been a people who employed
urchins wearing brown paper to
sell $30 soap wrapped in string to
seekers of shabby chic.
Fabulous, stylish, confident,
middle-class and middle-aged,
Bangalow is gone. Removed
not by a cyclone, a bushfire or
an act of god, but by an act
of the RTA. You see, driving
south there is no exit for
Bangalow. Someone in head
office decided there was no
need for people travelling south
to go to Bangalow. They also
decided it was unnecessary to
erect any signage along the
highway to explain the sudden
disappearance of what was,
until a few days ago, a bustling
vital village.
Poor Bangalow. Did they know?
Did they know that they’d been
exiled from the rest of us? That
someone up top had taken an
eraser and gently rubbed the
draftsmen’s pencil so that the
connection to our historic village
was no more. What will happen
to the people of Bangalow now
the southbound exit is extinct?
Will they have to breed among
themselves? Who will buy their
fabulous rugs and designer
sandals? Will they have enough
baristas to go around? It will
be like in the bubonic plague
when they exiled villages. Noone in. No-one out. Eventually
it ended up in some sort of
weird medieval witch-burning
incestuous killing spree.
get in it looks like it’s going to
be billycart derby day every day.
It’s how the Bangalese will get
to the bowlo. Of course, they’ll
have to drag their sorry arses, and
their carts, back home up the hill
drunk. Watching the traffic speed
past high above them. A constant
reminder of an RTA oversight.
Poor Bangalow. They weren’t
expecting it. They didn’t even get
enough warning to build their
pool. Or a supermarket. I worry
how an entire village will survive
on just one weekly farmers
market. What if they run out of
white linen or shabby chic or
rusted doors tied up with rope?
Dear Bangalow, the forgotten
people. The people the highway
cut loose. As for Newrybar, it’s
gone too. Such a wonderful
roadside village. Now just a bunch
of lonely hipsters hugging their
artisanal breads and fermented
cheese for warmth.
Now that the petrol tankers can’t
I am still in shock about the whole
thing. I have to admit I was so
looking forward to the removal
of that nasty bitch St Helena
and her penchant for sending
me speeding tickets. Stupidly I
thought that those twin tunnels
would take me to Banga in just
minutes. This whole thing has
been very distressing for our
family. You can’t imagine the
torment of a mother trying to
explain to her kids that they won’t
be going to Dad’s place any more.
I didn’t know how to break it to
them, but as I zoomed south
towards Sydney I managed a stifled
‘Kids, I don’t know how to tell you
this, but Dad’s gone. We’ll have to
find you a new dad in Ballina. At
least there’s an exit there.’
What should we expect for you show at the Hotel Brunswick – does
it feel a bit like a homecoming of sorts?
I feel like it’s not that often I’m able perform live in the Shire, which
indeed feels like a hometown show for me. I’ve always had so much
support from the community whether it’s from the days of drumming
on the streets to Skin to Blue King Brown, so to be able to come through
with my new project is kinda monumental to me.
I’ve been greatly inspired by the musicians and community in the Shire,
part of which is reflected in my music, so it is right for me to bring this
new branch of my musical expression and evolution to a place where my
musical journey has grown from. In Australia it’s not often you get to see
a full Jamaican band at the forefront of modern-day Jamaican sound and
frequency, the next generation of great musicians out of Kingston; add me
into the mix and you might start to get an idea of the kind of fire we’re going
to be sparking at the Bruns Hotel – but you’ll have to come through with
your whole crew on 3 January to really feel it! The Brunswick Hotel is the
perfect venue for this show. We are conscious of being able to perform for all
generations and it’s a free show! Plus special guests including Bobby Alu and
DJ Rudi Quinzalez. So get ready for some heavy grooves, upfull reggae, real
rebel music in a dub, roots, heavyweight rockaz style. One love family. Up!
School Holiday Show
Byron Theatre 6th Jan 11 am
Full $15, Conc $13, Family of 4 $50
www.amazingdrummingmonkeys.com
Bookings
www.byroncentre.com.au
JOHNNY CASH THE LEGEND – I HEAR THAT TRAIN A-COMIN’ –
SATURDAY AT THE BALLINA RSL
’Beating
HI 5 hands
down’
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Live Music
FERGO & THE BURDEN AT THE BREWERY ON SATURDAY
OOZ AT THE BREWERY ON FRIDAY
THE MUSIC OF OOZ
Ooz is an acoustic roots reggae
artist with a large, eclectic
repertoire of crowd favourites. His
unique, laidback but lively style
creates a relaxed atmosphere
and his song choices have you
remembering many of those
forgotten classics. His ability to
create layers with a loop pedal
enables him to play bass guitar
and lay percussion beats to
accompany his performances and
get the audience on their feet.
Friday at the Byron Brewery from
8pm. Free entry.
CLASSIC AUSSIE ROCK
GETS THING MOVING
Moving Pictures have been having
a blast out on the road with James
Reyne. The Australian musical
landscape in the 1980s was very
heavily shaped and influenced by
the band Moving Pictures. Formed
in 1978 by Alex Smith, Garry Frost,
Charlie Cole, Paul Freeland, Ian
Lees, and Andrew Thompson,
together they jumped out of the
blocks with 1981’s #1 smash album
Days Of Innocence and would go
on to release three original albums
from 1981 through to 1988. Days
Of Innocence, produced by Charles
Fisher, delivered the energetic
Bustin’ Loose and the empassioned
– and often covered – charttopping smash hit What About
Me? This song would go on to be
awarded Best Single at the 1982
Countdown Music Awards and was
the second highest selling single
in Australia that year. What About
Me? also entered the Billboard Top
40 and remained in the US singles
charts for a massive 26 weeks.
The song also made it into the
illustrious Billboard Hot 100 singles
list for 1983 – a rare feat indeed
for an Australian band. Moving
Pictures are touring national with
James Reyne on his A Day In The
Sun summer 2015/2016 national
tour. Ballina RSL on Sunday.
Tickets at the venue.
THE MUSIC BURDEN
Fergo & The Burden (formally
known as JaFFer) are an exciting
funky band hailing from Byron
Bay. Fronted by local bass legend
Fergo, who not only plays the bass
like a demon but also possesses
a soulful 5-octave vocal range!
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Fergo has played bass for many
of Australia’s top artists including
Pete Murray, Nicky Bomba,
Marshall O’Kell, Jasmine Rae,
Lisa Hunt Andy Jans-Brown and
Cosmic and many more. Fergo is
backed up by the funky fingers of
Dan Brown on keyboards and the
Amasian Jamie P on drums. Byron
Bay Brewery on Saturday from
8pm. Free entry.
THE CASH MAN
COMETH
Dr Baz Ferrier and vivacious
songstress Ilona Harker present a
journey through the life and songs
of Johnny Cash – a musical tribute
to the legendary country superstar
Johnny Cash, his epic life story and
love affair with partner June Carter,
threaded through with a tonguein-cheek look at Johnny Cash’s wild
side and their stormy offstage and
onstage relationship.
The show captures Johnny’s
looking back on his rise from
humble conditions as a child on
a poor cotton farm soaking up
gospel and country music to tough
times on work gangs, enlistment
during the Korean war as a US
airman, which got him to the
honky tonks of Germany where he
began to hone his characteristic
style and began writing his unique
songs, and on to his rise as a music
sensation and a recording artist
for the legendary Sun records
alongside Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis.
The show strings together all
Johnny Cash’s great hits and
signature tunes as the story
unfolds, and woven through this
rich musical journey is a fascinating
glimpse into the darker side of
his life, his outlaw image and the
prison concerts, and the epic love
story with lifetime soulmate June
Carter, a child star and goldenhaired girl of the famous country
music icons The Carter Family.
Looking back on his tough origins,
his rise to fame, and his drug
addiction, they laugh, they joke,
they fight and they harmonise, as
they bring so many great songs to
life, accompanied by the rockabilly
rhythm of the Tennessee Two (with
lush backing vocals from Slim
Pickens on bass and Neil McCann
on twangy Fender guitar).
Ballina RSL on Saturday. Tix
adults: $20, child U-16yrs $10. Group
of 10 exactly: $18 per person. Show
starts 8.30pm. Tix at venue.
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL AT
THE BREWERY
Join us as Groove on Sunday
kicks off again in 2016 with
the formidable Hamburg duo,
Smallpeople (Smallville Records).
Embrace the sunshine and make
the most of the day, so get inside
the ride from 2pm, and get into
the shit-hot lineup, it’s that simple.
Byron Brewery from 3pm. Free.
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Live Music
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GATHERING IN THE GARDEN
DJ Daniel Webber is one of the
masterminds of Bizarre Garden, an
electronic music event happening
5–7 February 2016. He gave Seven
the lowdown on this gathering of
EDM lovers.
No bullshit, just good times with
good people.
Where is the Bizarre Garden?
How is is situated for camping –
showers and access to water etc?
Immerse yourself in the lush north
coast forest where people leave
the day-to-day schedule behind
to connect and dance in a bizarre
wonderland of positive vibes and
fun-filled activities.
Bizarre Garden is 1.5 hours west
of Byron Bay; this will remain a
mystery until closer to the date.
Yes, there is adequate space
and facilities for camping and
there will be hot showers,
drinking water, local food and
clothing stalls, and workshops – not
to mention loads of fresh coconuts!
Who are Essential Intentions and
what is their vision for the event?
What is a typical day like in the
Bizarre Garden? I would love it if
you could talk me through from
a punter’s perspective!
Check out the 2016 teaser clip
and Bizarre Garden 2015 after-clip
for a good insight into Bizarre
Garden. www.facebook.com/
bizarregardenfestival
Tell me about the Headliners –
who are you most excited about
having on deck?
Essential Intentions is an event
company focused on good vibes
and quality electronic music.
The commercial EDM scene
has been in the spotlight for all
the wrong reasons. We aim to
provide patrons with something
different – showcasing worldclass forward-thinking house and
techno artists from around the
globe with local purveyors of the
best sound, production
and decor in the country
creating a unique energy
and visual enhancement that
has helped put Byron Bay on
the map as a hot spot within
the Australian dance music
community.
Where do I start. Headlining we
have Polish house music legends
CATZ ’N’ DOGZ, who are currently
dominating worldwide and
have just featured on Triple J’s
mixup exclusives. We also have
internationals DJ W!LD, GERMAN
BRIGANTE and BE SVENDSEN
along with some of the best dance
acts in the country including
YOLANDA BE COOL, STEVE
WARD, UONE and CASSIAN.
What is at the core of gatherings
like this?
For more info goto
bizarregardenfestival.com.
What should people expect for
Bizarre Garden?
The second coming of one of
Australia’s most magical sessions
into the green unknown. Camp,
explore, express. HAPPY
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THE KING OF KOOL, MR TOM JONES – HEADLINING BLUESFEST FOR 2016
THE BIG BLUES
CHRISTMAS
ANNOUNCEMENT
Just in time for the festive season
and wrapping up another
incredible year, the 27th Bluesfest
Byron Bay, held over Easter
(Thursday 24 March – Monday 28
March 2016), at its exclusive event
site (the lush 300-acre Tyagarah
Tea Tree Farm just outside
Byron Bay), announces more
musical treats for their 2016 event.
Washington State’s Modest Mouse
will be making their Bluesfest debut
in 2016 off the back of releasing
their first album in eight years in
2015, the chart-topping Strangers to
Ourselves, which peaked at No 1 on
Billboard’s TOP ROCK Album Chart,
No 3 on the Billboard 200 and No
15 on the Australian ARIA Chart.
The lead single from the album
Lampshades on Fire peaked at No
1 on the US Billboard Alternative
Songs Chart and No 2 on the US
Billboard Rock Airplay Chart.
The indie rock stalwarts played
a key part in turning the Pacific
Northwest in the US into fertile
ground for indie acts including
Death Cab for Cutie and the Shins.
Their music is said to be influenced
by groups such as Pavement,
the Pixies and Talking Heads and
over their 20+ year career Modest
Mouse are responsible for bringing
us hits such as Float On, Dashboard
and Ocean Breathes Salty. Also on
board is British singer/songwriter
Graham Nash, a pivotal and
founding member of one of
the UK’s most successful pop
groups, The Hollies, and now of
supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash.
He has also won a Grammy award,
is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame and Songwriters Hall of
Fame inductee, an award-winning
visual artist and photographer, a
New York Times best-selling author,
and was appointed an Officer of
the Order of the British Empire
by Queen Elizabeth. Graham
Nash’s rich vocals and harmonies
have shaped a generation of folk,
country and pop music and, in a
career spanning more than fifty
years, Graham Nash has explored
and created a diverse catalogue
covering pop, rock, folk, jazz, blues,
psychedelia and progressive rock
and is one of the most distinctive
vocalists and prolific songwriters
of a generation. One of the
most exciting artists of 2015, LA’s
Kamasi Washington, is coming
to Bluesfest with his band. He
is a jazz composer, performer,
band leader, pianist, drummer,
saxophonist, and the list goes on.
The jazz giant not only created
his own album in 2015, The Epic,
which peaked at No 5 on the US
Billboard Jazz Chart, No 6 on the
US Billboard Heatseekers Chart
and The New York Times gave it the
No 1 spot on their Best Albums of
2015 list. He also spends his time
working on various albums and
movie scores and is responsible for
much of the arrangement of fellow
Bluesfest performer Kendrick
Lamar’s Grammy-nominated To
Pimp A Butterfly. Richard Clapton,
one of Australia’s foremost singer/
songwriters, whose hits include
Girls on the Avenue, The Best
Years of Our Lives,‘I Am an Island,
Capricorn Dancer and (Down in
the) Lucky Country has also been
announced for Bluesfest 2016.
Richard Clapton is now in his
40th year, since his first album,
Prussian Blue, but shows no signs
of slowing down. He has released
more than 20 albums, which have
cumulatively sold in excess of one
million copies. Also included in this
announcement is the sassy star on
the rise Elle King, whose musical
style encompasses country, soul,
folk, rock, and blues and is bound
to be a festival favourite in 2016.
Another inclusion is Ash Grunwald,
bringing his incomparable blend
of roots, blues, beats and a whole
lotta groove. The prolific bluesman
released his ninth studio album
earlier in 2015, titled NOW, and will
be coming to Bluesfest with an
all-star band.
For tickets and information go to
www.bluesfest.com.au.
50 YEARS OF TIMELESS
CLASSICS
The entertainment industry has
certainly had its most defining
moments during the last five
decades of popular music and, with
it, has produced and some of the
world’s most enduring artists and
some of the most notable songs
ever written. From America’s first
modern-day pop star, who went
on to have a 60-year career, to two
kings of rock ’n’ roll, from singer/
songwriters who recorded some
of the greatest songs of all time to
homegrown Australian music icons.
To choose what to incorporate
into a show is a feat within itself.
Paul Hayman presents 50 Years
of Legends, taking the road less
travelled – journeying into the
legends of the business in all its
facets, including songwriters, music
producers, film soundtracks and the
fascinating stories behind the hits
that have made them legendary. He
is supported by a superb live 4-piece
band of exceptional standard.
Paul has taken this entertainment
experience one step further.
Special guest appearances
by professional international
champion dancer Kylie Wall
complement Paul onstage at
points in the show. A variety of
show-quality costumes worn by
both Paul and Kylie complete this
entertainment package.
Ballina RSL on Friday 8 January.
Tickets at the club.
THE SPIRIT OF FALLS
O V E R T H E PA S T T W E N T Y Y E A R S , A N D R E W
K I D M A N H A S E A R N E D A D E D I C AT E D
FOLLOWING AS A FILMMAKER AND
SINGER/SONGWRITER.
Since the release of his 1996 debut Litmus: A Surfing Odyssey
(acclaimed as ‘easily the finest surf film of its decade’), Kidman has
continued to intertwine his love of surfing and music relentlessly and
without compromise, inadvertently inspiring a whole generation of
new riders and artists who have collectively contributed to what has
been described as a ‘soul-surfing renaissance’. Kidman’s latest project
is Spirit of Akasha, a sequel to the iconic 1972 surf film Morning of the
Earth which was launched with a live soundtrack by Kidman’s band
The Windy HIlls and guests at the Sydney Opera House as part of the
2014 Sydney Festival.
This Falls Festival, Uki-based Kidman brings it home with a screening
and a live score by Windy Hills. It was an ambitious and breathtaking
vision, realised in sumptuous simplicity. However, filming was a little
more complex!
‘For Spirit of Akasha we had about 10 cameramen working on it,’ says
Kidman. ‘Basically we were all giving our take on what we thought
Albie (Falzon) did, whatever we were inspired to create; and the
soundtrack was the same. The original soundtrack to Morning of the
Earth was like a gold record; we just said to everyone involved, just
let it inspire you, it’s a beautiful film.’
Morning of the Earth remains a touchstone for surfing culture. Kidman
believes it’s owed largely to the power of the original soundtrack.
‘It drives the narrative and Albie’s visuals are amazing – that
incredible innocence, you enjoy looking at it, and it touches you I
guess, and you wish you could be back there.’
Kidman also believes that in spite of the complexity of our lives and
the commerce of tourism that coastal living still offers something of
that nostalgic innocence that Falzon presents in Morning of the Earth.
‘I think people still experience it here. Even yesterday I was down at
Flat Rock, past Lennox, and it was incredible: no wind, and the ocean
had those beautiful colours; the kids were playing in the shore. It’s a
magic area, because you interact with the ocean and the land all at
once. Nothing changes that.’
Creating a soundtrack for Spirit of Akasha was a challenge for Kidman,
particularly in light of the power of the original film and its music.
‘I pretty much wrote all the songs for the film at home and then I’d
take them to the band and we would elaborate on them. We worked
out how to make them bigger.’
In scoring the film, Kidman and his band The Windy Hills are mindful
that it reflects the spirit of the film.
‘In the music that we make we try to reflect what is going on in the
film and evoke it so we make it like a whole, so what you are watching
feels like what you are listening to and you are doing what – it’s what
Windy Hills have done, and it’s what I enjoy doing, soundtrack stuff,
its multi-dimensions. I have always done that, right from the start
– personally for me the best films always have great music in them;
something such as Paris Texas was driven by the guitar playing. Not a
lot goes on in that but it’s such an emotional film… you are looking at
it, you are watching it but because of the music, you are in it.’
So how does a musician and filmmaker take on a project as lofty as
a sequel to a cult classic? ‘It’s a fun thing to do. I was a bit unsure at
first, thought it might have been sacrilege, but all people wanted to
do was go back to it. We weren’t trying to make a remake; we were
doing a modern homage to it.’
Experience the Spirit of Akasha with a live soundtrack by The Windy
Hills at Falls Festival. Falls Festival Byron tickets are ON SALE NOW
at fallsfestival.com. Thursday 31 Dec 2015 until 3 January 2016 at
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ENTERTAINMENT
ARIES: Cancelled plans, forgotten promises,
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with Lilith
The news you
want to hear as you
wind down the year:
an auspicious moon–
Jupiter–Venus–north
node alliance is set
to bless this week’s
finale. Wishing all
readers a warm
and wonderful
introduction to the
new year…
F
communication breakdowns, so what? So many more
opportunities to be creative, stay calm and take charge
without engaging in confrontational power struggles. You
can let Uranus in your sign either upset and disrupt, or add
spice and excitement to the new year menu – your choice.
G
H
M
SAGITTARIUS: If pressure, stress or tension incline you
to be blunt, it’s in your best interests this week to rein in a
runaway tongue. There are risks associated with speaking
your mind. The good news is sweet Venus in your sign
brings admirers out of the woodwork for new year.
N
CAPRICORN: This week’s Capricorn mandate is to kick
back and let others come to you. It’s your time in the
sun, so let go needing to be in control because plans can
change suddenly. Don’t lock into one-way thinking, just
enjoy whatever presents itself and begin the new year
with a light heart.
O
P
LEO: Don’t start anything ambitious which there mightn’t
be time to complete. Keep expectations of others
realistic, otherwise this week’s great expectations could
be disappointed, even with kindness and support from
surprisingly unexpected quarters. Be satisfied with simple
pleasures. Have a spectacularly happy new year.
I
TAURUS: Despite the usual tiffs and differences, this
week continues laying tasty treats on the holiday table.
Besides indulging, take the time to acknowledge what
you’ve managed to achieve this year. Your personal planet
Venus in the spirit-lifting sign of good cheer suggests a
delectably feelgood entrance into the coming year.
J
GEMINI: This week’s snags and snafus are all workable
if you forbid grizzling, stay in a good mood and focus
on positive outcomes. The trick for Geminis is to (a)
prioritise and (b) simplify. New Years Eve moon in your
family zone likes to celebrate festive togetherness fairly
close to home.
K
CANCER: This week brings its own complex emotional
highs and lows, possibly reigniting replays of antagonism
and animosity. But if you can’t fix something, don’t
get caught up trying. Know when it’s time to leave the
building, walk away and connect with other citizens in the
mood for some hanky panky…
VIRGO: This week’s astral calendar features driving
advice, as in not driving yourself too hard, and when
you’re upset letting someone else drive. With road rage
rife, take extra care on the highway. Your ruler Mercury
trine Jupiter plus New Years Eve Virgo moon couldn’t offer
a warmer welcome to the new year
LIBRA: This week challenges Libran equilibrium (doesn’t
everything?) with a dose of not-so-merry end-of-year
madness. As moods seesaw from tender and caring to
grumpy and cranky, you diplomats of the zodiac know that
charm gets better results than demands – especially when
late-week Venus boards the new-year pleasure express.
L
SCORPIO: This week says sayonara to a hard-working
twelve months, and marks the turning point where you
finally realise exactly what you’ve outgrown during this
cycle. Then it’s time to celebrate the planet’s rebooting
itself with a refreshing sense of optimism, confidence and
fresh new beginnings in the coming year.
CULTURE
LEARNING TO
LOVE AT STARLIGHT GETTING THE KIDS TO
AMAZING DRUMMING MONKEYS AT THE BYRON THEATRE ON WEDNESDAY
Mary Mikhael is a sacred warrior,
a self-described ‘vanquisher
of fear, slayer of doubt’, who is
determined to ‘sphere through
layers of illusion and judgments
that keep us “stuck” in separation.’
She’s a soon-to-be-published
author, meditation teacher, soul
reader, master healer.
Mary is joined by her soulmate
Jonathan Movitz as Twin Flames
where together they will talk
about how to go deeper in
relationships. Mary answered a few
questions about her work.
What does it mean to be a
modern day-goddess?
A woman passionately dedicated
to opening to her inner truth,
accepting her divinity, owning
her power and sharing her unique
gifts with the world
Soul reader?
Here you learn your true (soul) life
purpose, understanding karmas to
clear or lessons to experience for
soul growth.
Ghost whisperer?
The reality of being a ghost
whisperer is the subtle ways in
which mediums or light-workers
receive messages from spirit.
Usually there are short messages
or clues to give guidance and
comfort to those who have been
left behind.
How did you find your way to a
more spiritual / esoteric path?
I have always had a connection to
spirit, but what really helped me
move more towards the spiritual
path was my desire to seek out
the ‘truth’.
How did you two meet?
We meet at a personaldevelopment course.
And how did you both come to
develop the relationship work?
MONKEY AROUND
Australia’s favourite little kids’ show
is coming to the Byron Theatre on
Wednesday with their interactive
drumming show. The Amazing
Drumming Monkeys have been
wowing audiences around Australia
and overseas for the past 12 years!
What do you believe underpins a The Monkeys combine a unique
blend of puppetry, live music,
healthy loving relationship?
comedy, and heartwarming themes
Feeling safe to be ourselves, to
to deliver a fun-filled interactive
explore all parts of our being on
show for the whole family.
our own and with/by and through
This is an adorable little variety show
them.
aimed at 1–8-year-olds, and is also
What are the biggest mistakes
great entertainment for all ages.
we make in our attempts to
‘partner’?
I am a qualified counsellor and
Jonathan was a coach and,
through his personal development
work, he has always been
interested in the dynamics and
characteristics of successful
relationships.
Not feeling complete from within
ourselves. Searching for love in
all the wrong places and ‘in the
people who we know in our hearts
are not good for our journey’
and especially ‘making LOVE’
something that we search for
outside of ourselves.
What will you be sharing at
Starlight Festival?
We will be running a soul
connection meditation, and a
talk on Twin Flame and divine
sacred marriage, soulmates, soul
contracts and karmic relationships.
Mary Angelique Mikhael and
Jonathan Movitz are at the
Starlight Festival of Healing
at the Bangalow A&I Hall 7–10
January.
To contact Mary visit twinflame.
com.au or email mary.mikhael@
twinflame.com.au. Phone 0415 778
250. Price: $20 admission. 2-day
pass $30. Locals 2 -for-1 days,
Thursday 7 & Friday 8 January.
Tickets online or at the door.
starlightfestival.com.au
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The two monkey puppets (Bongo
and Congo) play African drums,
lead audiences in songs and
dances, and give everyone a
chance to play a little drum during
the show. The Monkey show also
features beautiful messages, such
as caring for the planet, and getting
along with one another. 11am.
Cost: $15pp, $13 concession,
family of 4: $50. Bookings: www.
byroncentre.com.au
ART FOR SALE BY
COASTAL CREATIVES
Tired of all the consumerist crap in
the shops that Christmas brings?
Then get off the new super-
AQUARIUS: This isn’t the week to rush. It’s kinder to
yourself and everyone else to wind December down to
a conscious close. As hectic festive rhythms level out to
a bearable tempo, so will you. Venus brings the party
season to a cheerful finale, with the end-of-year menu
dishing up the odd surprise.
PISCES: This week’s astral patterns definitely suggest
that planning ahead would be your smartest move.
Holiday congestion inevitably spells travel delays and
unpredictable complications, so be ready to go with the
flow of last-minute arrangement changes. That said, lateweek’s Jupiter–moon–Venus connection brings the year
to a beautiful conclusion…
highway (before you forget how)
and take a look at the wonderful
and inspired works of art at the
Coastal Creatives Art Sale on at
the Newrybar Hall over the Xmas
break. A group of 10 local artists
have gotten their various artistic
wares together in a collective and
are having a festive season show.
For sale are a plethora of pictures,
ceramics, jewellery, textiles and
prints for you and your friends to
take away something unique and
hand-crafted from the Byron Shire.
Well-known names around town
like Anne Leon, Sam Sosnowski,
Potts and others have combined
their prodigious talents to present
something uniquely different from
the usual commercial offerings
available at Christmas. And
although you may have already
bought presents for your family
and friends, now is the perfect
opportunity to pamper YOURSELF!
And, of course, why not show off
the brilliant creativity of the local
area to your guests at the same
time by bringing them in for a
look? You’re sure to pick up a postChristmas bargain, and spread your
own Christmas cheer by ‘keeping
it local’!
Simply take the Bangalow/Byron
exit then travel south down
the Hinterland Way aka the old
highway, and turn off to Newrybar.
On show until Monday.
AN AUSTEN TAYSHUS
DOWNLOAD ON THE
YEAR THAT WAS
Austen Tayshus, the big man
of comedy, returns to the Bay to
spread his unique brand of comedy
mayhem with a show at the Byron
Services Club on Monday 11
January. Always topical, Tayshus
cleverly downloads on the year that
was, touching on the big themes
from terrorism to popes to refugees
to revolving prime ministers to sport
and beyond. Obsessed with creating
a comic narrative on what it means
to be Australian, Tayshus puts in a
power hour of laughs. With Mandy
Nolan as the MC and opener, this
will be a cracker of a show.
Tickets can be booked on 6619
0529 or bought at the club. $25.
8pm
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ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY 31
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL,
BYRON DRUNK MUMS,
OCEAN ALLEY, DUMB
PUNTS, FEELING DAVE, DJ
CHRIS BRADLEY
RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON
GOODRICH & RAGGA
JUMP
BEACH HOTEL, BYRON
PARADISE FOUND PARTY
JONSON STREET 4PM
SOUL STREET WITH
THELMA PLUM, SPACE
COWBOY, HOO8HOO,
SOM DE CALCADA,
SAMBA BLISSTAS,
TOMMY FRANKLIN, ILONA
HARKER, DJ MISS RENEE
SIMONE & MANY MORE
BYRON AT BYRON 7.30PM
WELL SWUNG DADDIES
BYRON BOWLING CLUB 4PM
WAXHEAD, THE SLIPS,
DIATOMS
BYRON BREWERY 6PM
PANAMA, JUNO MARS, MT
WARNING, NOCTURNAL
TAPES, WAXHEAD, KIT
BRAY, TAYA, RHYS BYNON,
SAFARI DJS
CAFE OSKA, BYRON VINYL
SPINS
WOODY’S SURF SHACK,
BYRON 8PM NYE PARTY
BANGALOW HOTEL 9PM
CROSS EYED LIONS, JEZ
MEAD, DJ
BRUNSWICK HOTEL 6PM
ASH GRUNWALD
BRUNSWICK BOWLING CLUB
8.30PM KATHRYN JONES &
STEVE PASSFIELD
OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY
CLUB 8PM CATH SIMES
BAND
YUM YUM TREE, NEW
BRIGHTON 10AM ROB
CSOKAS
NORTH BYRON PARKLANDS,
YELGUN FALLS FESTIVAL
SPOTTED COW, MOOBALL
8PM FAT ALBERT
HARVEST, NEWRYBAR 7PM
DJ BEAVER
CLUB LENNOX 8PM
TROMBONE KELLIE & THE
MUDDY ROADERS
LENNOX HOTEL BRIAN
WATT BAND
BALLINA TWILIGHT MARKET
4PM GREG WARNER
BALLINA RSL 7PM BIG GIG
COMEDY WITH MANDY
NOLAN, STEADY EDDY,
CHRIS RADBURN, ANNE
HOWE, MISS AMBER &
STUKULELE 8.30PM KEVIN
BORICH EXPRESS + LADY
LEE & THE JAZZY KATS
BALLINA BOWLING CLUB
7PM PAUL MULQUEEN
DUO
ELTHAM HOTEL 7PM
ROMANIACS
PHOENIX RISING, NIMBIN
1PM DORIAN DOWSE
SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL
HEAD 7PM DUBARRAY + DJ
KATO & DJ OLLIE
KINGSCLIFF HOTEL 7PM DJ
FRANKIE D 9PM LISA HUNT
RIVERVIEW HOTEL,
MURWILLUMBAH 7PM
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
CHINDERAH TAVERN 5PM
SWAMPCATZ 9PM TOTUM
IVORY TAVERN, TWEED
HEADS 4.30PM PIGEON
BOYS
SEAGULLS, TWEED HEADS
5PM CHRISTIAN ARGENTI
9PM INEXCESS 11.30PM
ZOOPHONIC BLONDE
SOUTH TWEED SPORTS
CLUB 8PM CADILLAC
ROCKERS
COOLANGATTA SANDS
HOTEL 4PM DAVE MURRAY
9PM NITESTAR
WOODFORDIA WOODFORD
FOLK FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 1
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL,
BYRON DJ CHRIS BRADLEY
RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON
7PM THE CAMEL TONES
BEACH HOTEL, BYRON
4.30PM THE FERAMONES
8PM DJ LONGTIME
BYRON BREWERY 8PM OOZ
GINGER PIG, BYRON 8PM
GROOVE DJ
LONE GOAT, BYRON 6PM
DULGUNU FROM THE
HEART
WOODY’S SURF SHACK,
THE BYRON SHIRE
GIVEAWAYS!
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BYRON 9PM LIVE MUSIC
BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM
RICHIE WILLIAMS
BRUNSWICK HOTEL 7PM
ASA BROOMHALL BAND
NORTH BYRON PARKLANDS,
YELGUN FALLS FESTIVAL
WHARF BAR, BALLINA 6PM
JOSHUA LEE WRIGHT
BALLINA RSL 8.30PM THE
BLACK SORROWS
KINGSCLIFF BOWLS CLUB
7.30PM JON J BRADLEY
SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF
8.30PM LEIGH JAMES
CHINDERAH TAVERN 6PM
KATIE WHO
CABARITA BEACH SPORTS
CLUB FIRE’N’ICE
WOODFORDIA WOODFORD
FOLK FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 2
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL,
BYRON DROP LEGS,
HEMINGWAY, GREAT
PLACES
RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON
7PM DAN HANNAFORD
BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM
DENA AMY, DJ FONZAIUS
BYRON ARTISAN MARKET
4PM ROB CSOKAS
BYRON BREWERY 8PM
FERGO & THE BURDEN
BYRON FRESH 7PM LADY
WRITER
MISS MARGARITA, BYRON
10.30PM DJ CHRIS
BRADLEY
WOODY’S SURF SHACK,
BYRON 9PM DJ ADRIAN
BRANDELLO
TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL
7.30PM THE IMPRINTS
BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM
JON J BRADLEY
BRUNSWICK HOTEL 7PM
PINK ZINC
NORTH BYRON PARKLANDS,
YELGUN FALLS FESTIVAL
LENNOX HOTEL 9PM THE
DIRTY CHANNEL
BALLINA BOWLING CLUB
5.30PM BOB WALTON
BALLINA RSL 6.30PM GLENN
MASSEY 8.30PM JOHNNY
CASH STORY WITH BRIAN
FERRIER & ILONA HARKER
WHARF BAR, BYRON 7PM
DRUMMER NOT INCLUDED
ELTHAM HOTEL 1PM DIRTY
RIVER DUO
ALSTONVILLE FARMERS
MARKET 9AM GREG
WARNER
MARY G’S, LISMORE
ROCHELLE LEES BAND
SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL
HEAD 2PM IRISH MAYHEM
7PM MAPSTONE
PHOENIX RISING, NIMBIN
1PM MANOA
CHINDERAH TAVERN 6PM
MATT ROGERS
COOLANGATTA SANDS
HOTEL 8.30PM SURF
REPORT
SUNDAY 3
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL,
BYRON JESSE PUMPHREY
RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON
7PM SOUL’D
BEACH HOTEL, BYRON
4.30PM SINGLED OUT! 8PM
SNEAKY SUNDAYS
BYRON MARKET 8AM THE
SCRIMSHAW FOUR
BYRON BREWERY 3PM
SMALLPEOPLE
BYRON FRESH 7PM LAZ’S
GOOD TIME BLUES
GINGER PIG, BYRON 3PM
LIVE MUSIC
TREEHOUSE, BELONGIL
2.30PM DJ EVA J & FRIENDS
BANGALOW HOTEL 3PM
SUNDAZE SESSIONS
BRUNSWICK HOTEL 4PM
NATTALI RIZE & NOTIS,
BOBBY ALU, DJ RUDI
QUINZALEZ
LOOKING FOR
A NIGHT OUT?
MONDAY 4
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL,
BYRON DAN HANNAFORD
RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON
7PM EZEKIAL OX & DJ
MARZE
BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8PM
TIM STOKES DUO 10PM
RHYS BYNON
BYRON BREWERY 8PM 4’20’
SOUND
BYRON FRESH 7PM SCOTT
DAY-VEE
WOODY’S SURF SHACK,
BYRON 9PM DJ OVAL
BRUNSWICK HOTEL 7PM
JOSH LEE HAMILTON
PHOENIX RISING, NIMBIN
1PM JEM EDWARDS &
FRIENDS
STANTHORPE ANANDA
MELA FESTIVAL
TUESDAY 5
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL,
BYRON MARSHALL O’KELL
RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON
7PM FERGO & FRIEND
BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8PM
VELSHUR 10PM SAMMY
OWENS
BLUE LOTUS, BYRON 7.30PM
DJ DAKINI, MADHU
HONEY
BYRON BREWERY 7.30PM
MUSICAL BINGO
BYRON FRESH 7PM HARRY
NICHOLS
WOODY’S SURF SHACK,
BYRON 9PM LIVE DJ
BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM
BRACKETS OPEN MIC
BRUNSWICK HOTEL 6PM
SCOTT DAY-VEE
CLUB LENNOX 5.30PM FREE
KIDS DISCO
PHOENIX RISING, NIMBIN
1PM BEETLE JUICE
STANTHORPE ANANDA
MELA FESTIVAL
WEDNESDAY 6
GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL,
BYRON MATT ARMITAGE
RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON
7PM HARRY NICHOLS
BAND
BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 8PM
ZEFERELI 10PM DJ TAYA
BYRON THEATRE 11AM
AMAZING DRUMMING
MONKEYS
BYRON BREWERY 7.30PM
OPEN MIC
BYRON FRESH 7PM JOSH
HAMILTON
GINGER PIG, BYRON 7PM
OPEN MIC
WOODY’S SURF SHACK,
BYRON 9PM DJ NERY
BRUNSWICK HOTEL 7PM
SIMON MEOLA
BALLINA HOTEL 6PM OPEN
MIC
ELTHAM HOTEL 6.30PM NOT
QUITE FOLK JAM
PHOENIX RISING, NIMBIN
1PM NEIL PIKE
STANTHORPE ANANDA
MELA FESTIVAL
WHAT’S ON +
The Glitta Supernova Experience
‘Let’s Get METAphysical’ presented by Pretty Peepers
Wednesday 30 December, 8pm
Tickets: Full $29 | Conc $24 (Age:18+)
We have hundreds of gigs from
around the north coast in the
region’s BEST online gig guide
Soul Street New Years Eve
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Friday 1 January, 5.30–8am
Cape Byron Lighthouse
Free Event
presented by Byron Community Centre
Thurs 31 Dec, 4pm till late. Jonson Street + Railway
Park. A family-friendly, alcohol-free NYE event
Byron Bay First Sun NYD 2016
Byron Bay V V NYD 2016
Let there be Peace & Love amongst all beings...
V Join us in a sacred dawn ceremony
at the Cape Byron Lighthouse
to welcome the New Year on the first rays
of sunlight to touch Australia.
Together we will connect with the light
First Sun Schedule of Events
Presented by Crystal Castle Facilitators Seriya Cutbush,
Matty Rainbow & Stephanie Medew
5:30 am V First Light Crystal Bowl Soundscape
5:45 am V Guided Meditation
The Amazing Drumming Monkeys
Interactive Show
Wednesday 6 January, 11am
Tickets: Full $15 | Conc $13 | Family (2+2) $50
JAN CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL MATINEE,
MELBOURNE VIC
Nathan Hawes Live
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JAN CHAPEL OFF CHAPEL EVENING,
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presented by The Harbour Agency
Wednesday 6 January, 7pm
Tickets: Full $25
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Meeting rooms
for hire +
Courtyard Bar open
before all events +
Workshops, Training,
Conferences & Functions
69 Jonson Street
Byron Bay
2 – 100 people
Box office hours:
10 am – 1.30 pm
Facilities: Wi-fi, Projector,
Whiteboard, Air-con
Phone 6685 6807
Dec / Jan
Online Echo subscribers – win 2
tickets to see James Reyne
at the Ballina RSL,
courtesy of the Ballina RSL.
To enter the draw to win,
simply email your name and
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gig guide
MIDDLE PUB,
MULLUMBIMBY 2PM JOHN
FOG’S OPEN MIC JAM
BILLINUDGEL HOTEL
3PM SUNDAY JAM WITH
GEOFF WRIGHT, TIM
LONGWORTH, TROMBONE
KELLY, GRANT ROBERTSON
NORTH BYRON PARKLANDS,
YELGUN FALLS FESTIVAL
CLUB LENNOX 4PM SIMONE
& JARRED
TINTENBAR HALL 3PM
BENNY WALKER
WHARF BAR, BALLINA 3PM
JAX HAZE
BALLINA RSL 8.30PM
JAMES REYNE & MOVING
PICTURES
ELTHAM HOTEL 1PM
MICK BUCKLEY & BELLE
HENDRICKS
SPHINX ROCK, MT BURRELL
1PM JESSE MORRIS BAND
PHOENIX RISING, NIMBIN
10AM SONIC BLISS 1PM
MAPSTONE
NIMBIN BUSH THEATRE
7PM TIJUANA CARTEL &
GUESTS
KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL
3PM THE FERAMONES
CHINDERAH TAVERN 2.30PM
BUGGY BROS
COOLANGATTA SANDS
HOTEL 4PM PINK ZINC
Tickets & info:
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ENTERTAINMENT
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CULTURE
STILL FROM
HALFBEARD,
SCREENING AT
FLICKERFEST
AT MULLUM
CIVIC HALL
22–24 JANUARY
FLICKERFEST COMES
TO MULLUM
being the first stop. The Flickerfest
2016 tour will take place at the
new home of Mullum Civic Hall,
screening a smorgasboard of the
Celebrating its landmark 25th
world’s and Australia’s best shorts
year, Flickerfest, Australia’s leading
over one big weekend handpicked
Academy award-accredited and
from a record 2,400 entries. Come
BAFTA-recognised short film
celebrate amazing independent
festival, and the country’s largest
filmmaking in Mullumbimby over
Australian and international short
22–24 January with a glam catered
film competition, screening the
opening-night party followed by
best of shorts from Australia and
the Best of International Shorts on
around the world for their 2016
Friday night; Saturday kicks off with
festival. Flickerfest screens for 10 days our Byron All Shorts local filmmaker
under the summer stars at Bondi
finalists screening showcasing the
Beach in January 2016, with selected best from our region and afterwards
highlights of the most entertaining
our Best of Australian Shorts light
and innovative short films from
up the screen. On Sunday night sit
around the world touring Australia
back and enjoy our global Short
on a 50+ venue national tour over
Laughs Comedy program highlights
Jan–May 2016, with Byron Shire
handpicked from across the festival.
Local Mullumbimby residents
Flickerfest director Bronwyn Kidd
and tour manager Shane Rennie
are thrilled to be bringing the
festival home to their own town
and look forward to sharing some
incredible festival highlights
with their local region. Among
an amazing array of highlights
this year is a delightful locally
produced comedy film, Nan
and a Whole Lot of Trouble shot
at Tullera, Lismore, and Wardell
and produced by local resident
Lois Randall, directed by awardwinning Indigenous director
Dena Curtis, will have its world
premiere at Flickerfest Sydney in
the Academy-accredited Australian
competition and its northern rivers
premiere at Flickerfest on tour.
(Don’t miss this one-off chance
to see this and other amazing
shorts before they continue
cinema Reviews
BY JOHN
CAMPBELL
their journey around the world;
curated from the Flickerfest
competition screenings at Bondi;
expect to experience the best
in short filmmaking Australia
and the world have on offer.
Watch the Flickerfest 2016 Tour
Trailer: vimeo.com/flickerfest/
flickerfest2016tourtrailer.
Visit: www.iQ.org.au for full
program, info & tickets (also avail
at door). Flickerfest Mullum is a
fundraiser for the Island Quarry
Arts and Eco Reserve.
LEGALLY BLONDE IN
BALLINA
The madly popular movie Legally
Blonde was the inspiration for the
family-friendly version Legally
Blonde Jr, this January’s Ballina
Players youth musical.
It tells the story of Elle Woods
(Jamaika Smith), blonde, beautiful
and obsessed with the colour pink.
Before her boyfriend Warner (Finley
Black) heads off to Harvard and
rejects her to find someone more
‘serious’. Elle is determined to gain
entry to Harvard Law and prove
him wrong about her. She can be
both blonde and a ‘serious’ wiz at
law! Much of the story is told in
song, and numbers such as Omigod
and So Much Better are already
favourites. The musical’s sense of
humour as well as catchy lyrics and
its themes of self-empowerment
and open-mindedness make Legally
Blonde Jr fun for young performers
as well as young audiences.
A cast of 27 young people aged
from ten to eighteen bring it to the
stage. Jaime Sheehan is responsible
for the lively and colourful
choreography. This the eighteenth
show Jaime has choreographed for
the Players, and she first performed
with them at age fourteen. Jaime
is an outstanding product of the
Ballina Players’ policy of providing
experience for young people and
encouraging them to continue in all
areas of theatre arts.
Legally Blonde Jr, directed by
Mike and Jaime Sheehan, will be
staged at the Players Theatre
from January 15 to 24. Evening
performances will commence at
7pm and matinees at 2pm.
WEDNESDAY
30 DEC
to
WEDNESDAY
6 JAN
THE GOOD DINOSAUR SUFFRAGETTE
What kid doesn’t love dinosaurs to start with? They have fascinated
little brains for time out of mind, so the concept of their surviving
instead of becoming extinct as a result of an asteroid’s collision
with Earth is a delicious one to conjure with (the shot of the
asteroid soaring by as the mighty creatures graze is strangely
moving). Because Disney/Pixar animations have been a constant
source of enjoyment and stimulation for me over the years, my
disappointment with this was probably even more pronounced than
it might otherwise have been. Had I noticed it beforehand, the PG
rating would have provided a clue, for this is a film of confronting
and discomforting imagery – it’s joyless in a way that you don’t
expect (or maybe I’d over-indulged in the De Bortoli and tiramisu
the night before). There is more darkness and danger – savagery,
even – than most parents might normally want their ankle-biters to
deal with and, for all its clear-stated elevation of companionship and
home, it never really delivers the feel-good finale, notwithstanding
Jeff and Mychael Danna’s typically heartbooming score.
It’s a big bad world out there, so it could be argued that exposing
children to life’s tougher side is doing them a service, but if the
subdued mood in the cinema at the session I attended is anything
to go by, the lesson is proving to be a bitter pill to swallow.
Arlo, the green Apatosaurus, after losing his father in harrowing
circumstances, is befriended by Spot, an orphaned caveboy in the
Mowgli mould, who helps Arlo find his way back to his family. The
animation of the environment in which the action takes place is
gorgeous, but the drawing of Arlo is decidedly unoriginal, as are
those of most of the creatures. The pacing is often hectic, with too
much emphasis on fights, but really, Velociraptors off their face
on ice is about as charmless as a kids’ flick can get. Let’s hope the
upcoming Peanuts restores brightness and humour to cartoonland.
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Let me say at the outset – the suffragette movement in Britain at the
beginning of the twentieth century was a hugely important story of
liberation. It is unconscionable to us today that women should be denied
the vote because of their sex, so the campaign of Emmeline Pankhurst and
her followers was of unarguable significance… but, at the risk of being
branded a misogynist, the movie it has spawned is curiously dull and
without vigour.
The central character is Maude Watts (Carey Mulligan), a laundry worker who
is (to coin a current term) ‘radicalised’ by the ideology of Pankhurst’s fearless
feminism. That the ubiquitous Meryl Streep was hired to play Pankhurst
probably had more to do with the producers’ need to find a name that would
draw an audience in the US, for, despite her gravitas, La Streep does little
more than mouth high-minded platitudes – ‘never surrender’. The hulking
menace of Brendan Gleeson is in the mix as the government’s ‘counter
terrorism’ troubleshooter, Helena Bonham Carter is cast less than inspiringly
as the head of the ‘cell’ to which Maude is drawn and the palely loitering
Ben Whishaw gets a start as Maude’s unsupportive husband. All of them
combined, however, are upstaged by Adam Michael Dodd who, as Maude’s
little boy, George, breaks your heart in an incredibly moving separation
scene. Otherwise, director Sarah Gavron’s penchant for hand-held closeups
has a numbing effect, especially when combined with an unrelenting
sombre palette and one-paced, episodic edit. The period (pre WWI) is
beautifully created – especially when out and about in the streets of London
– the occasions of public melee convincingly executed and the dreadful
incident of Emily Davison’s Derby Day martyrdom hammers home the
point – but there remains an emotional disconnect that is made startlingly
clear by the B&W archival footage of the thousands of people who lined the
streets for Davison’s funeral. Those couple of minutes at the end make all that
precede them appear to be self-conscious artiness. It’s an education, for sure,
but it could have been much better.
YES, WE ARE OPEN ON NEW YEAR’S DAY!
OPENS FRIDAY!
NOW SHOWING
POINT BREAK (M) (no free tix)
Fri-Wed (6) 3.50, 6.50, 9.10pm
SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN:
THE PEANUTS MOVIE (G)
Fri-Wed (6) 9.15, 11.15am
SUFFRAGETTE (M)
(no free tix) Wed (30)/Thu
1.30, 4.45, 7.00pm
Fri-Wed (6) 12.30, 4.50, 7.00pm
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS:
THE ROAD CHIP (PG)
(no free tix) Wed (30)/Thu
9.30, 11.30am
Fri-Wed (6) 9.00, 10.45am
THE GOOD DINOSAUR (PG)
(no free tix) Wed (30)/Thu
9.40, 11.50am, 6.00pm
Fri-Wed (6) 9.20, 11.30, 1.40pm
Enjoy our
licensed
bar
Lavazza
Espresso
Coffee
OPENS FRIDAY!
JOY (M) (no free tix) Wed (30)
3.20, 8.15 Thu 10.00, 3.20pm
Fri-Wed (6) 2.30, 9.05pm
STAR WARS: THE FORCE
AWAKENS (M) Wed (30)
12.35, 2.00, 3.45, 6.30, 9.15pm
Thu 12.30, 2.00, 3.45, 6.30pm
Fri-Wed (6) 1.20, 4.05, 6.15, 9.00
HUNGER GAMES:
MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (M)
Wed (30) 9.20pm LAST DAY!
SPECTRE (M)
Wed (30) 9.35am LAST DAY!
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Gas Suppliers.......................................40
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Solar Installation ............................42
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CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C ...................................66291169 or 0412 967677
FRANK STEWART ARCHITECT Reg. 6075. www.frankstewart.com.au ...........................66856984
BOOKKEEPING Get your business in Harmony with Rose. Hospitality specialist ...........0416 036519
“Chill Out”
orangestar02@gmail.com
BYRON ELECTRONICS Repairs to TV/Audio. 1/25 Brigantine Street, Byron Bay.................66857610 DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................66834008 or 0407 728998
ACCOUNTANT – MARTIN McCARTHY ...............................................................................66874026
AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION
0427 196 962
DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .........66843575 or 0414 922786
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GINKGO TREE Women’s Clinic. Charity Carleton. Coorabell.................................................66847910
Creative Carpentry
Decks, pergolas, verandahs, balconies, big
& small renos and all other carpentry needs
APPLIANCE REPAIR
and Company tax returns. LBB Tax Services ....................................................................0423 763053
ACUPUNCTURE–TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE. Mary-Ellen Young.................0403 477972
ORANGE STAR
BYRON ANTENNA SERVICE Call me first for fast service..................................Richard 0401 190960
GST, BAS. Quickbooks, MYOB, Xero, etc. Rentals, Capital Gains. Partnership, Trust
ACUPUNCTURE Chinese herbs, 27 years experience. Mullumbimby. Debbie ................0412 242919
0438 139 938
Mat Wood – Mattnnikki@bigpond.com
JP DIGITAL ANTENNAS Reception problems, new antennas, extra TV points, all areas ....0432 289705
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Pty Ltd
0422 668 582
ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry .............................................................................................66847415
TAX RETURNS from $110 Individuals & $180 Small Business, Accounting/Bookkeeping,
Dukewood
Homes
Lic. 266174C
DISPLAY ADS: $63 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid.
Lic. No. 270262C
Service Directory
Cleans deeply,
dries in 1-2 hours
Commercial / Domestic / Insurance
APEX CARPET CLEANING www.apexcarpetcleaning.com.au ........................ Nathan 0412 926441
CARPET, UPHOLSTERY & more. No chemicals. www.mintsteamclean.com.....................66808097
AMORE CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING ..............................................................0429 726999
CHIROPRACTIC
BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay .............................66855282
WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman .66858553
MICHAEL SCHWAGER & SHAUN CASHMAN Chiropractors 108 Stuart St, Mullum ........66841962
MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Massage, chiropractic & fitness. 110 Dalley St........................66841028
BYRON BAY CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE Bruce Campbell. 1/12 Tasman Way, A&I Estate ...66858159
CAPE BYRON HOLISTIC CHIROPRACTIC Shane Eade. 6/14 Middleton St ....................0467 660323
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CLEANING
CLOTHESLINES
ACTION WINDOW &
PRESSURE CLEANING
Northern Rivers Clotheslines & Letterboxes
CARPARK & DRIVEWAY
MAINTENANCE
CONCRETE EDGING
WE CAN REPAIR OR
REWIRE YOUR OLD LINE
• House washing • High pressure or soft wash • Window cleaning
• Driveways, paths & roofs • Gutters & flyscreens • Water efficient • Free quotes
Phone Joe or Helen 6684 4018 or 0412 495 750
• SALES • INSTALLATION • REPAIRS
0418 156 909
Contact Greg on 0403 555 690 or 6687 4442
Call Steven Butturini
COMPUTER SERVICES
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EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION
FREE QUOTES
FREECALL 1800 683 838
MOBILE 0419 677 991
cmhwindows@gmail.com
COMMERCIAL, DOMESTIC,
SHOPS & REAL ESTATE
FULLY INSURED
Education
61 Stuart Street phone 02 6684 6235
Mullumbimby
www.mullummac.com
RAZZLE DAZZLE
All Mac Repairs, Upgrades, Service, Data Recovery,
Internet Set-up, Hardware Sales, Insurance Claims
0400 479 811
Philip Toovey 0409 799 909
ph/fax 02 6684 3208
SaulMordaunt@macdoc.net.au
dgrant@razzledazzlewindows.biz • www.razzledazzlewindows.biz
0411 562 111 s
Byron Eco Window Cleaning
and Pressure Washing
Apple Certified Support
RENT-A-GEEK Mobile PC Repair (Byron Shire) ....................................................................66844335
NERDWORKS Computer repairs, mobile technician ...............................66846276 or 0413 379514
Environmentally Friendly, WIndows,
Screens, Housewashing, Gutters,
Paths and Driveways. FREE QUOTES.
happy to work weekends!
Call Samuel on 6680 9123 or 0434 539 979.
Byron Local for over 30 years.
ALL JOBS BIG AND SMALL
30 years in local area • Free quotes
Phone Dick 6687 8418 / 0412 831 944
TINY EARTHWOR
Professional Window Cleaning • Byron Bay
Residential • Retail • Commercial
OHS, insured, police clearance cert.
Daz Grant
EARTHMOVING
ROADWORKS • PLANT HIRE
ZANEY PRODUCTIONS Apple Computer Services .........................................................0403 398272
WORKRIGHT COMPUTER SUPPORT (Mobile) for small business Byron Shire Daniel ...0422 804449
various implements available for limited access projects
EARTHMOVING & PLANT HIRE
Specialising in driveway construction & maintenance
• Tip trucks 3 to 12 tonne • Excavator • Driveways • Roads • Clearing
• House pads • Drainage • Carparks • Bush rocks • Rock walls
Training & assessment: earthmoving plant & forklift
– nationally recognised qualifications
CONCRETING & PAVING
0410 056 228 / 0427 663 678
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SALISBURY CONCRETING
Call Glenn or Tracey 0403 428 232 or 6680 9901
email: impresswindowcleaning@gmail.com
Reliable • Friendly • Professional • Fully Insured • Free Quotes • Affordable Rates
Locally Owned and Operated • Quality Work with Over 10 Years Experience
Over 25 yrs local experience. All forms of concreting.
• Residential Civil Industrial.
• Resurfacing and rejuvenation of existing concrete.
• Steel fixing & formwork.
DARYL 0418 234 302 OR 02 6680 1793
BYRON BAY BOBCAT & MINI EXCAVATOR All areas ..............................................Ian 0412 853479
Lic.136717c
Window Cleaning
Professionals
A NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65HP chain trencher, 1.7 tonne excavator, tipper.0402 716857
EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE Honest & reliable .............................................................0431 678130
MINI EXCAVATOR / POSITRAC COMBO & tipper hire. Ph Andrew.........0401 968173 or 66841424
BRENDAN POWELL Earthmoving, landscaping, design & construction........................0404 988222
BANGALOW MINI DIGGER SERVICE Exp operator 1.8 tonne multiple attachments....0413 878978
ELECTRICIANS
STEVE BAKER Concreting. Excavator hire. Lic 143161C ................................................0412 272564
FLANAGAN & SONS CONCRETING Lic 155456C. ............................................Ph Andrew 66841424
24 HOUR
SERVICE
JASON COOTE CONCRETING All concreting work, form work, steel fixing Lic 261424C.....0421 957506
PLATINUM CONCRETE 20 years experience. Jobs under $5000 ............... Justin Myers 0458 773788
COUNSELLING
PETER FOX Couple Therapy & Marriage Intensives. coupletherapyaustralia.com ...............66840469
WET JET PRESSURE CLEANING
JULIA BODKIN Psychotherapist/ SE trauma/ mediation – globalspiritevents.com .......0403 652067
• Specials • House washing • Roofs • Driveways
• Pool areas • Decks • Mould removal • And much more...
FREE QUOTES call Chris Gort
The Deck Doctor
Prepare for the festive season!
02 6684 1526 / 0434 364 689
Environmentally friendly home cleaning throughout
the Northern Rivers. Rates start at $55/2hrs.
0416886202
friendlygreenperfectlyclean@gmail.com
www.northernriversgreencleans.com/
CLEAN AS IT’S BEEN TEAM Home, Bond back, anytime, references..................................66882372
HOUSEKEEPING/Cleaner reliable, exp in home beautification/organisation inc laundry ..0490 030433
02 66 804 173
All Jobs
Small or
Large
DOMESTIC
COMMERCIAL
INDUSTRIAL
JAMIE 0408 809 817
licence no. 201775c
BYRON BAY FLOOR SANDING For a free quote phone Chris ....................................... 0408 536565\
DECKS AND PERGOLAS Hardwood, pine, composites. Byron/Gold Coast. Robbie ........0409 244424
0458 267 777
Lic. 211410C
FULL CIRCLE REFINISHING Oiled timber & deck maintenance (new business) ...........0419 789600
BUILDER/CARPENTER Decks, pergolas, small jobs. Hourly rate. Lic 123672C .............Stu 66802224
DENTISTS
LITTLE LANE DENTAL, MULLUMBIMBY ...........................................................................66842816
MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ............................................................66842644
GREEN ROCKET CLEANERS Bond clean, Builders clean, Window cleaning...................0405 437431
Domestic
Commercial
Sanding and Refinishing,
Repairs and Maintenance, Internal Floors
Richard Neylan richardneylan1@bigpond.com
0407 821 690 • www.facebook.com/DeckDoctor65
FULL CIRCLE Window & Pressure cleaning. Call Oliver (new business)..........................0419 789600 30 mins north of Ewingsdale. Open Sat. early & late appointments ..............................07 55234090
IPS PTY LTD All types of cleaning – integratedpropertyservicing.com.au ....................0408 446145
AH
DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS
DONE & DUSTED CLEANING Going the extra mile, professional, dependable .............0498 731447 BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ......................................................................66851264
BANGALOW DENTAL In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow .....................................66872766
DETAILED CLEANING Natural products. Please call 8am-6pm......................................0410 723601
SHORES DENTAL Dr Shaun Goh & Dr Richard Conn. Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores....................66803477
DOWNUNDER CLEANING Bond / exit cleaning specialists ...........................................0438 015037 GAVIN STUART & MARTIN ACKLAND Banora Seaview Dental, Banora Point
BYRON HOME CLEANING Brunswick to Ballina & inland towns. $30ph ..............Holly 0451 102239
0439 624 945
DESIGN & DRAFTING
BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN www.barefootbuildingdesign.com .........Bob Acton 0407 787993
DAVID ROBINSON DESIGN DRAFTING All Council & construction requirements .....0419 880048
BRUNS VALLEY CLEAN TEAM Reliable, efficient, attention to detail.................... Cass 0457 198245 BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING www.beedad.com.au...............0423 531448
ELECTRICAL PHONE TV
Lic. No.
212742C
Friendly & helpful Clean & tidy On time
Over 30 years experience Rapid response 24/7 service
Please call Blair Rankin on
NG
0432 331 633 for details
‘We will not compromise on your safety’
1300 639 843
electrical
SERVICES PTY LTD
ELECTRICAL INSTALLS AND UPGRADES
APPLIANCE INSTALLS AND REPAIRS
AIR-CONDITIONING INSTALLS
AND SERVICES
Lic No. 262667C
0499 206 036
Reliable
Affordable
Fully Insured
Lic: 154293c
HOWAT BROTHERS CONCRETING Patios, driveways, paths. Lic 285736C ....................0466 155157
Residential &
Holiday
Accommodation marlo@scrubupcleaning.com
HOLISTIC CLEANING Mullumbimby town. Thorough & reliable. Call Dwari .................0435 836947 AARDVARC www.aardvarc.com.au Northern NSW & Southeast Queensland ..........0410 444187 COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .........................0439 624945 or 66804173
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RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 ........................................................0429 802355
Acreage & Residential Mowing | Gardening
Landscaping | Property Maintenance
Brush Cutting | Tip Runs | Fully Insured
HALLMARK ELECTRICAL Domestic, small job specialist. Lic EC41467 ..........................0407 416575
BYRON BAY ELECTRICAL Geoff Bensley. Lic EC 34079 ..................................................0427 857824
CIRCUITS PLUS For everything electrical. Friendly & professional. Lic 201844C ...........0422 668582
0430 297 101 / 6684 5437
SUNSHINE ELECTRICAL SERVICES NSW Competetively Priced. Quality Work. Lic 116938C .0416 043414
info@byronbaymowing.com.au
www.byronbaymowing.com.au
JP ELECTRICAL All electrical + Level 2 service provider. Lic 133082C ...........................0432 289705
CHRIS APPEL. Ocean Shores. Lic EC 22349 ....................................................................0422 607444
• Prices are GST inclusive
• Pick up Ex-Farm – forklift
loaded • Cut fresh: require
half day advanced notice
• DELIVERY EXTRA
7am-4pm Monday to Friday
RIC VESSIERE ELECTRICAL Lic 223948C Quality work, affordable rates .....0407 588181 or 66771195
SOMERS ELECTRICAL Prompt & reliable. Bruns, O.Shores, Mullum & Byron Lic 283345C .0438 350650
SPINKS ELECTRICAL Lic 284939C ................................................................ Call Mitch 0421 843477
FENCING
FARM PICK UP PRICES
Soft Leaf Buffalo
A grade $8/m2
6684 7380
POOLSAFE GLASS FENCING
HAIR & BEAUTY
* Pressure Cleaning * Rubbish Removal
* Property Detailing
fully insured
acreage
mowing
acreage mowing
Call Bob on 0424 982 935
&& maintanence
maintenance
• acreage mowing • brush cutting / edging • light chainsaw work
• weed control • tip runs
• green waste removal
0427 176 771
A TO Z HANDYMAN SERVICES Tip runs, pressure cleaning, gardening, odd jobs ...Andre 66847553 or 0439 495247
CAPE BYRON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Thomas Scott. Lic 275094C .....................0418 600576
MULLUM HANDYMAN Maintenance, repairs, painting, tip runs, gardening ...............0424 954388
Flooring by Wallaces
12/70 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay | 6685 5503
GUTTERING & DOWNPIPES Guttermesh, Metal Roofing Lic 60414C Darryl Patterson ...0414 889453
PROPER JOB BOB
BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes .....66804766 or 0416 424256
• COMPLETE FLOORING SOLUTIONS
• TIMBER BAMBOO LAMINATE VINYL
• PORCELAIN & CERAMIC TILES • CARPET
• FLOORSANDING • DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL
NEW GUTTERING Guttermesh, downpipes etc. Lic 26850C ..........................................0418 662285
For All Your Property Maintenance Needs
Fo
byronbaybrushfencing.com.au New & repairs ................................................Dave 0419 692155
FLOORING
BLUE MTN GUTTERMESH Do it well, do it once ...........................................................0418 662285
HANDYPERSONS
BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, Colorbond & timber fencing .............0417 491136
EDL FENCING Installations & repairs. Prompt service.............................66771852 or 0432 107262
0405 922 839 or AH 6684 1778 ABN 180 623 364 42
ALLURE BODY WAXING Suffolk Park ............................................................................0403 417508
GLASS & ALUMINIUM POOL FENCING PROFESSIONALS
0499 178 297 psgfencingnsw@gmail.com
PSG FENCING All types. Friendly & professional. Quality work. Matt ............................0401 259882
Gutter guard
Gutter cleaning
Locally owned
Fully insured
Free quotes
Call Junior for friendly, genuine advice and service.
www.spotlessgutters.com.au
JIM LABELLE ELECTRICAL O.Shores, Mullum, Byron, Brunswick. Lic 176417C.............0415 126028
LIGHTHOUSE ELECTRICAL BYRON BAY Your friendly electrician Lic 233440C ............0450 631183
GUTTERING
A.S.A.P. HANDYMAN Carpentry, plaster, paint, bathrooms, studios, maintenance ......0405 625697
ACREAGE
MOWING
CALL
Y
TOM TODA
FOR A FREE
QUOTE
Professional,
Friendly &
Reliable.
Fully Insured.
0478 191 833
FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING
RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES Michael ...........................................66844970 or 0405 325569
HANDY ANDY Carpentry, plastering, welding ........................................66884324 or 0476 600956
AWESOME REPAIRS Professional, commercial & domestic. Wayne ..............................0423 218417
HEALTH
MULLUM.MOWING@gmail.com. Ride-on, large lawns & acreage. Ph Peter...............0423 756394 • OTHER HEALTH RELATED SECTIONS IN THIS SERVICE DIRECTORY: Acupuncture, Chiropractic,
BYRON BAY
FLOOR SANDING
• Free Quotes • Quality Workmanship
• Supply & Install Boral Solid Timber Floors
• Locally Owned And Operated • Specialty
Timber Finishes • All Eco-Friendly Coatings
0408 536 565
proud member of
TIMBER
FLOOR
SPECIALIST
SERVICING
ALL
AREAS
0420 528 373
www.oceanfloors.net.au
GUTTERS CLEANED Solar panel cleaning, all areas, free quotes, fully insured ..66841778 or 0405 922839 Counselling, Dentists, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy
A TO Z GARDEN SERVICES Lawns, acreage, hedges, clear ups, gutters, tip runs ..........0405 625697 MULLUMBIMBY MEDICAL CENTRE 60 Stuart St ............................................................66841511
A.C.E. LAWNMOWING Best rates, reliable, guaranteed ...............Sam 0438 655763 or 66859754 ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne...........................................66857366
ABSOLUTE GARDEN WASTE REMOVAL OR WHATEVER Large trailer. Free quotes ......66804704
LEAF IT TO US Acreage mowing, 72” mowers, gardening/property maint. specialists ..0402 487213
MOW JOES Lawn & garden maintenance, ride-on mowing. Fully insured ..............Joe 0407 065849
MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Massage, Herbs. .............................66843002
MULLUMBIMBY SKIN CLINIC 58 Stuart Street .................................................................66844400
MUDITA CLINIC Ayurveda, Counselling, Mindfulness. www.muditaclinic.com .................66846090
CRANIOSACRAL BALANCING Najma Ahern, Practitioner, Tutor & Trainer ....................0402 230449
NICK’S MOWING Lawns, edges, hedges, local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O.Shores .....0418 792279
SPECIALIST WEED CONTROL CONTRACTORS/CONSULTANTS ...............................0418 110714
HIRE
NORTHERN RIVERS MOWING Acreage specialist. For prompt attention call Geoff......0428 544190 MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more .......................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003
A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal ...............0405 716552 BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ....... www.byronhire.com.au 66856228
TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer ...............................................................0408 210772 SOUND, LIGHTING & VIDEO equipment hire & installation, crystalgrid.com.au ..........0421 661910
ALL TERRAIN MOWING Steep slopes, long grass, residential, acreage, local, reliable ..0419 225124
SLASHING 100hp 7ft slasher. Shirewide ........................................................................0408 778159
BEANOS Tree & lawn care service. Tree removal/pruning. Lawn & garden maintenance ...... 0421 508044
ACREAGE BRUSHCUTTING & CLEARING Thick grasses, saplings, lantana, woody weeds ... 0412 705962
HOT WATER SYSTEMS
TWEED COAST ELECTRICAL Hot Water Specialists. Lic 214073C ...................................0432 728946
INTERIOR DESIGN
KATE PLATT Interior Designs, www.kateplatt.com................................0411 888416 or 66807606
ECO TIMBER FLOORS Sanding, polishing & repairs..............................................Trent 0432 501721 BIO GARDENS Horticulturist for all your gardening needs. Reasonable rates ...............0459 175729
NJH FLOOR SANDING Eco wax, oils & water base finishes............................... Nathan 0420 215716 ACREAGE MOWING, landscaping, all aspects of property maintenance. Ph Luke .........0407 981636
THE FLOOR SANDER Non-toxic finishes. Free quotes. Ph Richard .................................0407 821690 CHEAP CLIPPINGS Lawns & edges..................................................................... Adam 0419 260654
GARAGE DOORS
ACREAGE MOWING Cheap rates! 60 inch zero turn mower. Fully-insured. Julian .........0401 350156
POLLEN GARDENS Gardens & lawns, plant-outs. Organic principles. Dip. Hort. Dave ..0438 783645
LICENCE NO:175956C ABN: 03 113 342 699
ALUMSDEN LAWN CARE Qualified Greenkeeper, mowing & edges..............................0410 378375
Garage Doors & Openers
THE IRONING LADY Suffolk Park. $25 per hour. Angela................................................0414 719680
IRONING Mullum, Brunswick, Ocean Shores. Phone Kate .............................................0421 360961
KITCHENS
SHAUN LEMURA KITCHENS Byron 17yrs+ qual. exp. www.slbyronbay.com...............0499 771769
GARDEN DESIGN
QUALITY GARAGE DOORS TO SUIT ALL BUDGETS
7 Stinson Street, Ballina Ph: 02 6686 4238
W: www.cmgd.com.au E: info@cmgd.com.au
IRONING
ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Splashbacks .................................................................................66857200
GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ......................... Lyn 0428 884329 C & C KITCHENS Kitchens & Bathrooms. Quality at affordable prices .................................66872275
DESIGN & PLANS Lic no. 39791 www.varendorfflandscapes.com.........66845035 or 0414 842602 D HINGED Kitchens & Joinery – www.hinged.com.au ..................................................0409 843689
BRUNSWICK
VALLEY
DOOR
CENTRE
GARAGE DOOR
SPECIALIST
• Sales • Service
• Repairs
bvdc.com.au
bvdc@bigpond.com
0418 171 285 02 6684 5529
GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
GARDEN MAKEOVERS Design, restoration & plant supply ........... John 66841126 or 0431 745475
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
GAS SUPPLIERS
BEAU JARDIN Landscape Design & Documentation, Horticultural Consultation...........0417 054443
LANDSCAPING
Free Delivery
Locally Owned
Est 18 years
No Rental
Reliable
www.brunswickvalleygas.com
6680 1575 or 0408 760 609
GLAZIERS
• Sand • Soils • Gravels
• Pots & statues • Lots, lots more
1176 Myocum Rd, Mullumbimby (just past golf course)
6684 2323 / 0418 663 983
SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C................................0405 122456
OCEAN SHORES GLASS AND SCREENS Glass splashbacks Lic No 61205C .........................66803333
ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Shower screens & mirrors ............................................................66857200
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LANDSCAPING (continued)
PHYSIOTHERAPY
BUSH ROCKS All sizes / mossy, can deliver. Ron .....................................66298208 or 0429 398208
BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, pilates.
VARENDORFF LANDSCAPES varendorfflandscapes.com Lic 39791 ..... 66845035 or 0414 842602
Liz Thomas, Cally O’Hara ......................................................................................................66872330
NICK EDMOND Physiotherapy, acupuncture. Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
IPS Paving, concreting, retaining walls, fencing: integratedpropertyservicing.com.au .. 0437 819087
Corner Dalley & Burringbar Sts, Mullumbimby ....................................................................66843255
RAPHIS PALMS 2.5m hedging and privacy ...................................................................0421 866600
ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy Suffolk Park 1 Bryce St.. 66853511
LEMONTREELANDSCAPES.COM.AU Design & construction. Lic 277154C ...................0423 700853
YVES DE WILDE
LAWNMOWER REPAIRS
XFINALIST OF THE MASTER PAINTERS OF
AUSTRALIA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
XENVIRO FRIENDLY PAINTING
TYAGARAH MOWER REPAIRS Pacific Hwy (next to Bruns Wreckers), Tyagarah ..........0488 094025
BYRON MOWER B’cutter, ch’saw, all small engine repairs. Pickup & delivery................0429 707286
MULLUM MOWERS & MACHINERY REPAIRS Mullumbimby Industrial Estate ...........0423 204218
CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, physiotherapy....................................................66857222
QUALITY PAINTING SERVICES
www.duluxaccredited.com.au
X6680 7573
0415 952 494
Xwww.yvesdewilde.com.au LIC 114372C
LIGHTING
PETRA KARNI Physiotherapy, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron..........................66807207
OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics,
real time ultrasound. Nigel Pitman, Alex Margan, Millie Shield ..........................................66803499
EWINGSDALE PHYSIO Renata Tenta. Flexi-Bar Training. Real Time Ultrasound .................66847838
PETER FARRELL Physiotherapist, manual therapy & exercise, Mullumbimby ...................66843385
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LOCKSMITH
MOBILE LOCKSMITH SERVICE Automotive car keys & lock installation/repair ............0412 764148
MOBILE MECHANIC
Licence
No 97474
Painter and Decorator
Over 30 years experience
for a friendly hassle free job
0412 794 364
Micks Roof Restorations
Protecting homes for over 15 years
NO INTEREST FINANCE – FREE WHIRLY BIRDS
Mobile Diesel Mechanic / Marine Engineer
0416 164 638 earthandmarine@gmail.com
• Mechanical repairs & maintenance • Hydraulics / hydrostatics • Services • Ride-on mowers
• Small engines • Earthmoving equipment• Auxilary equipment • Vessels and yachts
MADEE’S MOBILE SERVICE Byron Shire + Beyond, well equipped mobile workshop ....0439 806598
MOTORING
0401 821 204
Lic 268018C
AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ...............................................0413 185399 or 66841249
Serving Byron Shire
Lot 4 Wilfred Street, Billinudgel • 6680 2444
STRAIGHT LINE PAINTING Free quotes. Lic 11843C .....................................................0421 865737
Lic: AU29498
“Where else would you take a leak?”
BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel .......................66803444
MULLUM BACK SHED (PICTURE) FRAMERS Stuart St Lane behind Mitre 10 ..........0403 734791
PLASTERING
PLASTERING CONTRACTOR
DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL
C. A. Warwick Lic. No. 114578C
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451 186 / 6680 4660
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COL JENKINS PLASTER Gyprock, renovations, repairs. No job too small .....................0401 078733
GLENN WATERS For the finish you can’t see. Lic 58928C...............................................0427 908129
PLUMBERS
mickshomeimprovements.com.au
BYRON PAINTING Immediate starts, great rates. Lic 239832C .....................................0427 669806
Windscreens & Air Conditioning
PICTURE FRAMING
• Paint tile roofs • Repaint tin roofs • Repoint & rebed tiles • High-pressure cleaning
• 10 year warranty on paint & workmanship • Interior/Exterior • Credit cards accepted
KELVIN & ROBERT TEALE Painters & decorators. Lic R65919 ..............0400 349027 or 0438 842731
Bayside Radiators
LIBBIE NELSON PHYSIO – Acupuncture, yoga & therapy, BFL, Herbs, CS Byron Bay....0416 369698
NEED A PLUMBER? DRAINER? GASFITTER?
Chay 6680 5081
0429 805 081
Byron Shire
Licence No. 207479C
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MARTINA DUEL Craniosacral, physio, dry needling, manual therapies. Mullum...........0432 322998
Lic 167371C
Lighting Showroom Open 9am – 5pm Mon – Fri
Unit 5, 21-23 Tasman Way, Byron A+I Estate
e
Free on-site consultancy 6680 7007
creativelightingsolutions.com.au
Plumbing & Gas Services
REPAIRS & NEW INSTALLATIONS
Professional Property Protection you can Trust
• Targeted treatments for all pests with “no spray” cockroach treatments
• If you have found live termites, do not disturb them and call us for advice!
No cost for quoting on active termites
Relax, when safety, reputation and experience matters, we are the experts
6685 4490 or AH on 0414 769 018
• Tyres • Batteries • Wheel Alignments
MULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE
Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016
CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel .................Bangalow 66872337 & M’bah 66723818
www.sanctuarypest.com.au
LEGENDARY
OFFROAD TYRES
All jobs welcome – Friendly service – Free quotes
JIM 0477 480 359
RICK 0431 425 955
Lic. 220544C
Lic. 1131942
JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fitting & roofing. Lic 187712C ..............0438 668025
BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051..................................66801403 or 0414 801403
I LOVE PLUMBING Call Steve Lic 148904C ....................................................................0412 916140
HRH PLUMBING Providing a prompt, reliable & efficient service. Lic 220755C ...........0402 652017
MECHANICAL REPAIRS, WARREN SIMMONS Byron Bay .................................................66858500
DART PLUMBING Plumbing, roofing, gas. Byron Bay. Lic 1175539C.............................0421 334515
OSTEOPATHY
MARK STRATTON All plumbing & emergency. Sewer drain camera/locator. Lic 57803C ...0419 019035
ADM PLUMBING SERVICES… (NO JOB TOO SMALL)… Lic 234528C. ......Call Adam 0466 992483
ED RIORDAN PLUMBING Ballina to Byron. Lic L6966...................................................0417 343480
BLOCKED DRAINS Drain camera, leak detection. Tap King. Lic 237124C ......................0427 217500
02 6681 6555
Sue Broadbent, Toby Mills, Andre Kleinbaum, Emily Pepper
Clinic open for Osteopathy and Massage Monday – Saturday
2/32 Mullumbimbi Street, Brunswick Heads. Tel 02 6685 1126
OSTEOPATHY
at Mullumbimby Comprehensive Health Centre
Dr. Matthew Fourro (Osteo) Dr. Egbert Weber (Osteo)
60 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby | 02 6626 7900
NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs & Alison Daniel. Mon-Fri ...............................66857517
PAINTING
ROB BOOTH All plumbing, blocked drains, repairs & maintenance. Lic 121906C ..........0410 469765
YOUR PEST & TERMITE SPECIALISTS
PRINTER TONERS & CARTRIDGES
www.allpestsolutions.com.au
• Safe
• Natural
• Effective
• Guaranteed
6684 2006
11 797
0404 4
0438 784 226 • 6685 4154
North Coast news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au
Lic No 189144C
• Domestic & Commercial • Servicing all areas
• Workmanship guaranteed
• Attention to detail
PHOTOGRAPHY
PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES
PRINTWORKS Traditional / Digital art@mullumprintworks.com.au.................................66843633
REMOVALISTS
ALL-WAYS PAINTING
BYRON BAY
MATT WILSON PLUMBING Lic 10704. All plumbing, draining, gas fitting. Free quotes. .0408 665672
Free quotes on active termites Environmentally safe
OSTEOPATH SINCE 1975 Old school, Lennox Head. Michael Petrie ...................................66874410 THE PEST MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE ..............................................................................0418 110714
DR DEAN HARDY Osteopath B.Clin.Sci, Master Osteopathy lennoxheadquarters.com..0412 786399
EMERGENCY PLUMBING All aspects. Prompt & prof. O.Shores. Lic 284496C ...............0417 053708
Tree Faerie Fotos
Professional • Commercial • Personal
BEYOND BYRON REMOVALS
www.treefaeriefotos.com • 0417 427 518
Ready for work within & beyond Byron
Brisbane Sydney backloading
For careful service & great rates
MELINDA ANDREAS Studio or on location. www.byronbayphotos.com.......................0421 582286
phone 66801158 or 0408 004719
30+ years experience in commercial photography and photojournalism
The Byron Shire Echo December 30, 2015 41
Andy’s Move & More
SWIMMING POOLS
VALUERS
Small and Medium Moves, Tip Runs & Deliveries,
1 or 2 Men at Low Prices to Most Areas
Based from Byron Bay & Mullumbimby
ATTENTION POOL OWNERS
BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuers ..................0431 245460 or 66857010
• All pool requirements • Professional advice • Water testing
• Friendly service • Pool servicing
VETERINARY SURGEONS
Calls always returned
0429 149 533 Est 2006
73 Station St, Mullumbimby
(opp. Council chambers)
SHIRE REMOVALS & FREIGHT CO
6684 3003
NR VALUATIONS 25 years local exp. www.nrvaluations.com.au...................................0428 694041
MULLUM VET CLINIC Richard Gregory, Erin Tottenham, Bec Patison. 24 hrs 7 days.........66843818
VITALITY VETCARE Bangalow. Megan Kearney .................................................................66870675
VIDEO PRODUCTION
From Middle Pocket to Middle Earth – just give us a ring
MULLUMBIMBY POOL SHOP Water tesing, Eco products, mobile servicing Lic 39126 ...66844846
• Freight services to Brisbane weekly
• Carriers of fine art • Furniture removal
• E-bay pick up & delivery
TILING
CAMERA CREW, LIGHTING, screens, projectors & editing, crystalgrid.com.au.............0421 661910
SHE TILES
Female Wall & Floor Tiler _ over 10 years experience
REGISTERED MIGRATION AGENT Rebecca@byronbaymigrationagency.com.au .........0487 458047
6683 4829 / 0409 917646
Lic. No. 216827C
Because a woman understands excellence
0432 334 200 02 6680 8170
Our unique restoration process will
make your dirty tile & grout look
search “Lighthouse Removals”
YouTube
free boxes and a 10% discount
9 Tile, Grout & Stone Cleaning & Sealing 9 Silicone
9 Grout Colouring 9 Re-Grouting 9 Epoxy Grout
9 Glass Restoration 9 Slippery Tiles & More
LIGHTHOUSE REMOVALS
www.lighthouseremovals.com.au
Free
Quote
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02 6684 2198
MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ...........................................0414 282813
LOCAL AFFORDABLE Brisbane to Sydney, 20yrs exp. travellingbenny@gmail.com ....0402 199999
ROOFING
Call Ben on 0456 606 911
www.groutpro.com.au
PORCELAIN &
CERAMIC TILES
12/70 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay | 6685 5503
R 4 ROOFING AUSTRALIA Servicing Northern Rivers. Lic 252098C.................. Adam 0422 248936 TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ...................................66804103
ALL ROOF CLEANING Experienced roof & pressure cleaning, free quotes .....................0419 789600 TILER Shower leaks, wall & floor tiling, 45 years experience. Lic R91906. Phone Bob ...0410 428919
ROB BOOTH Roofing, repair & maintenance, pressure cleaning, gutters, Lic 121906C..0410 469765 TILER Bathroom repairs, walls & floors. Lic 75915. Andy ...............................................0419 478248
METAL ROOFING Guttermesh, guttering, downpipes. Lic 60414C. Darryl Patterson ....0414 889453
RUBBISH REMOVAL
WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING
WATER TANK CLEANING/WATER TANKS Concrete tank repairs. All areas .66888055 or 0407 002833
SMART RAINWATER SOLUTIONS Tank installation, cleaning, repair etc......................0418 662285
WINDOW TINTING
SUNRISE W. T. NO BUBBLES, NO TROUBLES Cars, homes & offices .........................0412 158478
MONTHLY MARKETS
1st SAT Bruns Heads
1st SAT Murwillumbah
1st SUN Byron Bay
1st SUN Lismore Car Boot
TRAVEL
6628 4495
0417 759 777
6685 6807
6628 7333
2nd SAT Flea, Byron YAC 0490 026 840
BEST SKIPS BANGALOW 2m3, 3m3, 4m3, 6m3 & 8m3 bins ...................0417 458149 or 66871544
OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ........................................0412 161564 or 66841232
BYRON SKIPS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 2, 3, 4 & 6 m3 bins available .............................0450 300360
TIP RUNS & RUBBISH REMOVAL 4m3 trailer ...............................................................0408 210772
ATAS A10923
GREEN WASTE REMOVAL & TIP RUNS .................................................0427 176771 or 66840201
SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS
TREE SERVICES
BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP
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$379
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Phone Chris 0414 229 114
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Friendly Staff
No weekend surcharge
for home, commercial
and rural properties
Dirty Tiles & Grout?
leapfrogremovals@yahoo.com.au
(02) 6684 5395
The Water Filter
Experts
Call Louise 0478 698 186
BYRON BAY’S LOCAL REMOVALIST
MOVING THE SHIRE FOR OVER 10 YEARS
No Problem !!!
WATER FILTERS
Kitchens, bathrooms, laundries, tile repairs & waterproofing
Leaking showers repaired & sealed
NO JOB TOO SMALL • Free quotes & consultations
LEAPFROG REMOVALS
Difficult Driveway ???
VISA ADVICE
@ BRUNSWICK BYRON AUTO WRECKERS
Buying: • Scrap metal • Aluminium
• Copper • Brass • Lead • Car Batteries
Next to Tyagarah Service Station
Pacific Highway, Tyagarah 6684 2351
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JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL
• Qualified Arborist • Tree Pruning
• Tree Removal • Stump Removal • Mulching
• Fully Insured • Same Day Response
131 546
SEPTIC SYSTEMS
SEWERAGE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS
Installing, maintaining and repairing onsite sewerage
management systems in Tweed & Byron Shires for over 25 years.
M 0418 754 149
P 07 5523 9930
NSW Lic. L10007 QLD Lic. 13395
TRINE SOLUTIONS Plumbing, draining & gasfitting. Lic 138031C .....................................66802358
SEWING & ALTERATIONS
SEWING REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS Byron Bay & all areas. Phone Jan ............................66849398
STITCH: For all your sewing needs. Ocean Shores & surrounds. Ph Lindi .......................0432 340113
SOLAR INSTALLATION
• Diploma Arboriculture • Fully Insured
• Prompt, Professional Service
• Right Advice, Right Price
Ringo 0468 957 564
HART TREE SERVICES 15” chipper bobcat cranetruck stump grinding EWP....66849137 or 0427347380
SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES .............................................Call Tim 66877677 or 0417 698227
NORTHERN TREE CARE Consulting arborist, tree surgery ...........................................0414 186161
BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualified, insured. Call Alex ..................................................0402 364852
TALLOW TREE SERVICES Removal, free quote & full insurance ....................................0401 208797
A VERY HANDY MAN TREE SERVICES Happy to help. Andrew.....................................0412 558890
OUT ON A LIMB Tree removal, chipping, stump grinding. Free Quotes ............... Lucas 0402 191316
AJ’S TREE & GARDEN SERVICES Lopping, edging, limbs. www.ajpenrithlawns.com ... 0438 217665
UPHOLSTERY
STEEL FABRICATION
BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Now at Billinudgel. Re-covering specialists ............................66805255
BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Soft furnishings & outdoor ........................66853745 or 0403 713303
MAXWELL STEEL FABRICATION...................................................................................0403 455301 CURTAIN MAKING & UPHOLSTERY Phone Rebecca ....................................................0466 251722
42 December 30, 2015 The Byron Shire Echo
2nd SUN The Channon
2nd SUN Lennox Head
2nd SUN Alstonville
6688 6433
0419 369 609
6628 1568
3rd SAT Mullumbimby
3rd SAT Murwillumbah
6684 3370
0417 759 777
3rd SUN Uki
0487 329 150
3rd SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 7333
3rd SUN Ballina
6687 4328
Third quarter January 2
16:30
4th SUN Bangalow
4th SUN Nimbin
6687 1911
0458 506 000
5th SUN Lennox Head
5th SUN Nimbin
0419 369 609
0458 506 000
SATURDAYS
Byron Artisan Market 4-9pm
6685 6807
FARMERS MARKETS
Each TUE New Brighton
Each TUE Organic Lismore
Each WED 7-11am M’bah
Each THU 8-11am Byron
Each FRI 7-11am Mullum
Each SAT 8-11am Bangalow
Each SAT 8am-1pm Uki
6677 1345
6628 1084
6684 7834
6687 1137
6677 1345
6687 1137
6679 5530
JANUARY 2016
New moon January 10
12:30
First quarter January 17
10:26
Full moon
January 24
14:45
Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon
High tide,
month rise set rise set
height (m)
1 F 0551 1947
1152 0200,1.32; 1347,1.43
2 S 0551 1947 0015 1242 0250,1.33; 1439,1.34
3 S 0552 1947 0049 1333 0345,1.36; 1541,1.27
4 M 0553 1947 0124 1425 0442,1.40; 1647,1.24
5 T 0553 1947 0200 1517 0536,1.47; 1751,1.24
6 W 0554 1948 0239 1611 0624,1.55; 1846,1.26
7 T 0555 1948 0322 1705 0709,1.63; 1934,1.30
8 F 0556 1948 0409 1759 0750,1.71; 2019,1.34
9 S 0556 1948 0500 1852 0831,1.79; 2102,1.38
10 S 0557 1948 0556 1944 0914,1.86; 2145,1.42
11 M 0558 1948 0655 2033 0956,1.89; 2230,1.45
12 T 0559 1948 0756 2119 1040,1.90; 2317,1.48
1126,1.87
13 W 0600 1948 0858 2203
14 T 0600 1948 1001 2246 0006,1.49; 1213,1.79
15 F 0601 1948 1103 2327 0058,1.50; 1303,1.68
16 S 0602 1948 1205
0152,1.51; 1400,1.56
17 S 0603 1947 1308 0009 0252,1.51; 1502,1.44
18 M 0604 1947 1410 0052 0355,1.56; 1615,1.35
19 T 0605 1947 1511 0137 0500,1.61; 1730,1.31
20 W 0605 1947 1612 0224 0601,1.68; 1837,1.32
21 T 0606 1947 1710 0316 0658,1.75; 1936,1.35
22 F 0607 1946 1805 0410 0750,1.81; 2028,1.38
23 S 0608 1946 1855 0506 0838,1.84; 2114,1.41
24 S 0609 1946 1942 0603 0922,1.84; 2156,1.42
25 M 0610 1945 2024 0649 1002,1.82; 2235,1.42
26 T 0611 1945 2103 0755 1040,1.77; 2314,1.42
27 W 0611 1944 2139 0849 1116,1.70; 2350,1.41
28 T 0612 1944 2214 0942
1152,1.61
29 F 0613 1944 2248 1033 0029,1.40; 1228,1.52
30 S 0614 1943 2322 1125 0109,1.39; 1307,1.42
31 S 0615 1943 2357 1216 0154,1.38; 1353,1.33
Astronomical data
and tides
Low tide,
height (m)
0744,0.62; 2024,0.53
0842,0.74; 2111,0.56
0950,0.75; 2203,0.58
1101,0.72; 2256,0.58
1206,0.66; 2346,0.56
1301,0.58
0032,0.54; 1348,0.49
0116,0.50; 1430,0.40
0159,0.46; 1510,0.33
0241,0.43; 1550,0.26
0325,0.40; 1631,0.22
0412,0.39; 1715,0.21
0500.0.40; 1759,0.22
0552,0.43; 1845,0.26
0648,0.47; 1934,0.32
0749,0.52; 2027,0.38
0858,0.56; 2124,0.43
1015,0.56; 2225,0.47
1132,0.52; 2326,0.48
1243,0.45
0025,0.47; 1342,0.38
0118,0.45; 1432,0.32
0208.0.43; 1516,0.28
0254,0.42; 1557,0.28
0337,0.43; 1634,0.29
0417,0.45; 1709,0.33
0458,0.49; 1743,0.33
0537,0.53; 1815,0.42
0619,0.59; 1850,0.48
0704,0.64; 1928,0.53
0757,0.69; 2011,0.58
Times have been adjusted for Daylight Saving.
Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil;
Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr;
Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min;
Chinderah: high 1 hr 15 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high
2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30
min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of
1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less.
Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.
Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au/byron-echo
Classifieds
INDEX
Cabins For Sale ...................... 44
Childcare ................................ 43
ECHO CLASSIFIEDS – 6684 1777
For Sale .................................. 44
CLASSIFIED AD BOOKINGS
DEADLINE
Funeral Notices ....................... 45
PHONE ADS
Garage Sales ......................... 44
Ads may be taken by phone on
Display ads: 12pm TUESDAY
Line ads: 12pm TUESDAY
Health Notices ........................ 43
Ads can be lodged in person at the Mullum Echo office:
Publication day is Wednesday, booking
deadlines are the day before publication.
Holiday Accommodation ......... 44
Village Way, Stuart St, Mullumbimby
RATES & PAYMENT
EMAIL ADS
$17.00 for the first two lines
Display classies (box ads): adcopy@echo.net.au
Line classies: classifieds@echo.net.au
$5.00 for each extra line
Halls For Hire .......................... 44
Houses For Sale ..................... 44
In Memoriam .......................... 45
Land For Sale.......................... 44
Motor Vehicles ........................ 44
Musical Notes......................... 45
Only Adults ............................. 45
Pets.......................................... 45
Positions Vacant ..................... 45
Professional Services ............. 43
Public Notices......................... 43
Removalists ............................. 44
Share Accommodation .......... 44
Short Term Accommodation .. 44
Social Escorts ........................ 45
6684 1777
AT THE ECHO HEAD OFFICE
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.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM fashion
& design workshop for children 7yrs+
enquiries/bookings Simone 0405451184
BYRON
MARKET
To Lease ................................. 44
To Let ...................................... 44
www.byronmarkets.com.au
Tractor Repairs ........................ 44
Tree Services ......................... 44
Tuition ..................................... 45
Wanted ................................... 44
Wanted To Rent...................... 44
BYRON
BEACHSIDE
MARKET
Work Wanted......................... 44
Saturday 9 January 2016
8am–4pm
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PUBLIC NOTICES
OUR BOOKCLUB seeks male
participants for lively discussions. We
read literary fiction, non-fiction, meet
monthly. Sense of humour essential. Call
Michelle after 8pm. No text messages.
0425485495
BRUNSWICK
HEADS
MARKETS
Saturday Jan 2nd
MEMORIAL PARK,
BRUNSWICK HEADS
Phone 6628 4495
No dogs please
LOCALS SPECIAL!
BRUNSWICK HEADS
CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL
BANNER PARK
Every Sunday until
17th January from 7pm
$17 for two lines is the minimum charge.
LOMI LOMI HALOA
CLASSIFIEDS
THAT WORK
ALL WEEK!
Hawaiian Temple Bodywork
2.5-3 hour transformational sessions
Sapphire 0438928465
KINESIOLOGY
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TREAT YOURSELF!
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Byron. Ph Kate 0410395368
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Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002
HEALTH
HAWAIIAN MASSAGE
Ocean Shores Michaela. 0416332886
Martin
Frank
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Mon–Fri 9am–5pm
TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE $50
Brunswick Heads. Ph Phim 0449063629
Simple and effective solutions
Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma.
Maureen Bracken 0402205352
MASTER
HYPNOTHERAPIST
NEUROLINGUISTIC
PROGRAMMER
& LIFE COACH
Behavioural Change
for Sustainable
Detox, feel light, clear & vital.
Guaranteed! Colonic hydrotherapy,
naturopathy, Chineitsang.
Natalie 0458633869
www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au
MAppSc-CHM, BHSc-Acu
has recently relocated
her practice from
Brisbane to Coorabell
Successful solutions
for any problem
PH 66802630
Wendy Purdey
Health Fund rebates available
6685 8532
WEIGHT-LOSS
(02) 6676 0288
virtual-gastricband.com.au
Avail Tues - Fri
BAYSIDE ACUPUNCTURE
& HERBAL
MEDICINE
Health Fund Rebates & Hicaps Available
Herbs . Acupuncture . Qigong
20 Shirley St,
Byron Bay
HYPNOSIS & EFT
THAI MASSAGE 1.5hrs $50, home visit
$60. Ekka, 7 days 66804478. Traditional
TOXIC & TIRED?
Charity Carleton
Clear subconscious sabotages.
Reprogram patterns and beliefs.
Restore vibrancy and
physical health. De-stress.
Mullumbimby Ph 66846914 or
Byron (at The Health Lodge) 66856445
SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract.
HAWAIIAN BODYWORK
Working through the layers of your whole
being. 15ys exp. Brigitte 0402503603
THE BYRON SHIRE
These prices include GST.
DENTURES
this Sunday
3 & 17 January
Tradework ............................... 44
ALOHA HEALING WITH NAOMI
Strength with intuitive depth. Deep tissue
& Kahuna 22yrs exp. 0417212540
15 years experience
GinkgoTreeByronBay.com
The Old Church, Coorabell. 6684 7910
Dr Eeka King
Dr David King
(Chinese Medicine)
Certified Acutonics® Teacher
(Chinese Medicine)
Pain conditions
Women’s Health,
Mental/emotional
fertility & Pregnancy
Acutonics® for Children disturbances & general
14 Park Street, Brunswick Heads | 02 6685 1088 | baysideacupuncture.com
ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE MASSAGE ACUTONICS®
Byron Street Studio (above Centrelink)
90 mins classes. $18 casual / $75 for 5 classes + membership available
ARTISAN
MARKET
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun
Every Saturday
4–9pm
Railway Park
8am
Wong
Sarah
Sarah
Wong
Jess
Wong
Chloe
10am
Kirsty
Alex
Wong
Caitlin
Gitam
Kirsty
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4pm
6pm
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CLASSES RESUME
Saturday, January 16th – 10AM
S U F F O L K PA R K CO M M U N I T Y H A L L
Safe, beneficial, authentic yoga
PART TIME ONE DAY A WEEK
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Begins March 2nd
Michael S
Davina
Deeply integrate the practice of yoga into your life this
year. Practice! Transform! Teach your Passion!
+ daily 6am & 4pm classes + Mon, Wed & Fri 7am at Byron Yoga Retreat
Centre, 50 Skinners Shoot Road. Details www.byronyoga.com
1 Jan only one class: 10am at Retreat Centre with John Ogilvie
byronmarkets.com.au
Tel: 02 6685 9910 Mob: 0418 441 437
flo@intouchyogabyronbay.com
intouchyogabyronbay.com
Flo Fenton, Senior Yoga Teacher
CHILDCARE
CHILD CARER/NANNY – 20 yrs exp
Great refs. Linda Flower 0421892812
Welcomes New
Yoga Teachers
presents
Susanna & Victor
PROF. SERVICES
SKIN
CANCER
CLINIC
yoga festival
5th Birthday celebration of Byron Yoga Retreat Centre
Saturday 23 Jan – 8am to dusk
50 Skinners Shoot Road Byron Bay
Ocean Shores Health
evolveyogafestival.com.au
All Services Bulk Billed
ph 6680 2300
Movement Zone
Psychology Room Vacant
GRAVE ILLNESS
& RELATED ISSUES
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Assessment & treatment of
children, adolescents & adults
Carl Moore Psychology
Reg no. PSY0001057399
Medicare rebates available
Fridays | 6684 6336
Yoga & Pilates
Shiatsu & Massage
Experienced teachers
Amazing venue
Classes resume Mon 4 Jan
yellowchurchyoga.com
dianaewing@bigpond.com
Diana Ewing 0407 455 212
9 Myocum St, Mullumbimby
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architecture + urban design
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byron bay
North Coast news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au
sydney
8 - 9:30am
10 - 11:30am
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Victor
Sharon
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Lindy Lou
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Julia
Christina
Susanna
Daniel
Hatha Vinyasa
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga
Slow Gentle Yoga
Hatha Yoga
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6:00 - 7:30pm
Sharon
Restorative Yoga
Slow Gentle Yoga
Yoga for
Healthy Minds
Sharon
Slow Gentle Yoga
F
Victor
Grace
S
Daniel
Grace
Hatha Vinyasa
Restorative Yoga
& Meditation
Slow Gentle Yoga
Yoga from the Heart
Professional, Remedial,
Deep Tissue & Relaxation
Massage in a beautiful
beachside setting.
½ Hour
1 Hour
1½ Hour
Home Visits
$50
$80
$115
$120 (1hr)
Yoga classes $18
5 class pass $80
Unlimited Passes Available
Upstairs Byron Surf Club
0448 807 798 Mon-Sat
Slow Gentle Yoga
2/27 Brigantine St, Byron Bay
Hosting master trainer Dana
Rader Gyrokinesis Pretraining. The method is a movement
method that gently works the
entire body, opening energy
pathways, stimulating the
nervous system, increasing
range of motion and creating
functional strength through
rhythmic, flowing movement
sequences.
JAN. 13-18TH cost: $900
times: 10am - 4:30pm
www.gyrotonicmelbourne.com.au
please contact
Dana 0395 338 400
or Jan 0409 583 977
award winning fusion
suffolk park community hall corner alcorn street and clifford street
bangalow studio and head office 72 byron street, bangalow (parking at rear)
private sessions available
call 6687 2031 or visit www.yogalates.com.au
certificate teacher training courses
monday
10am - 11.30am
10am - 11.30am
6pm - 7.30pm
Yogalates : mat work
Yogalates : prenatal
Yogalates : mat work
suffolk park
bangalow
suffolk park
tuesday
9.30am - 11am
6pm - 7.30pm
Yogalates/Pilates : mat work
Yogalates/Pilates : mat work
bangalow
bangalow
wednesday 6pm - 7.30pm
stretch with core stability
suffolk park
thursday
Yogalates/Pranayama meditation bangalow
9.30am - 11am
friday
10am - 11.30am
stretch with core stability
suffolk park
saturday
8am - 9.30am
stretch and strengthen
suffolk park/bangalow
health rebates available
special: unlimited classes for 3 months $199
award winning DVDs available at our studios
The Byron Shire Echo December 30, 2015 43
TRADEWORK
ROUGH SAWN MIXED HARDWOOD
posts, beams, rafters. All sizes, all lengths.
Ph 0484287650 or 0432275066
3EPTIC7ASTE2EMOVAL
FENCE POSTS
BRENT VERCO
CHIROPRACTOR
MULLUM
CHIROPRACTIC
3UMMERLAND
%NVIRONMENTAL
Australian concrete posts from $13.20.
Pickup or delivery avail. Strainer posts
from $41.80. Ph Richard 66828614
MON TUE WED
THU FRI PM
& SAT AM
4HE,IQUID7ASTE3PECIALISTS
COMPOST TOILETS
6684 1028
Movement Zone
s3EPTICTANKCLEANING
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2/27 Brigantine St, Byron Bay.
TREE SERVICES
Master Gyrokinesis
workshop/classes
TREE SERVICES
DR ANTHONY
EDWARDS Fully insured • Free quotes
14 Mullumbimbi St
Ph: 6684 1742
Lilly Pillys, Grevilleas, Cordylines,
Gardenias, Flaxes & much more.
www.narnianursery.com.au 0419771514
Tallow
TREE SERVICES
TRACTOR REPAIRS
HUGE G SALE Sat not before 8am, 43
Fingal St, Brunswick Heads. Clothes,
vintage, mirrors, furn, bric-a-brac & more
TRACTOR
REPAIRS
BYRON FLEA MARKET @ Byron Youth
Activity Centre (YAC), 1 Gilmore Cres,
2nd Saturday of each month 8am–1pm.
Food, entertainment, vintage & pre-loved
bargains. Next market on the 9th Jan.
Stalls or rug space avail 0490026840
Tip Runs &
Rubbish
Removal
0408 210 772
• Affordable tree services
• Professional tree care
• 15” chipper (crane truck)
6684 9137 • 0427 347 380
Available
Monday - Friday
BRUNSWICK
HEADS MEDICAL CENTRE
NARNIA NURSERY
NICK HART
JAN 14 - 17
10AM - 12PM
$40
please contact Jan 0409 583 977
GP
STARTING AT $960
Green Building Centre 0427701653
GARAGE SALES
MOTOR VEHICLES
SCREEN PRINTING CAROUSEL
4-colour, 4-station, heavy-duty steel
construction. Built back when they made
things to last. In good working condition.
$1250. Phone 0418958467
9’1” MCTAVISH SURFBOARD Excellent
cond, used twice, $1000. Ph 0428105111
SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 2005 5d, man.
163,000km, 1 owner, $6000. 66840291
CASH PAID FOR
UNWANTED CARS
Local reg’d business
66845296 or 66845403 or 0413120970
PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE
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REMOVALS
PALMS
TREE SURGERY
FREE QUOTES
FULLY INSURED
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STUMP GRINDING
TREE REPORTS
DA APPLICATIONS
CRANE HIRE
CHERRY PICKER
6687 2750 - 0401 208 797
STARLIGHT
FESTIVAL
JANUARY 7 -10
th
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY*
Shane Eade – Chiropractor
0467 660 323
6, 14 Middleton St, Byron Bay
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bodywise therapies
Disordered Eating
Specialist Support
Isa Pfluger
Counsellor/Psychotherapist
BASS(Couns), MGestTherapy, ClinPACFA reg.
ph 0419 981 360
isa@bodywisetherapies.com.au
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Need space?
Fully equipped studio in
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• FREE QUOTES
0402 323 910
• Cherry Picker
• Wood Chipper
• Stump Grinder
• Tree Surgeon
• Fully Insured
Mulch Supplies
Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas
6687 7677
Mobile 0417 698 227
FOR SALE
BAR FRIDGES good condition $99. Glen
Villa Resort, 80 Butler St, Byron Bay
GOING O/S selling up! Chipper shredder
$100, angle grinder $30; both barely
used. Ph 66840291
CUSTOM BUILT BRICK GAS KILN
14 cu ft, $6000. Also glaze materials/
glazes for reduction. 66840291
$30/m + delivery. 0424163784
MOSQUITO NETS
100% cotton, all sizes, locals discounts.
Ph 66843191 www.1001nets.net
BAMBOO PLY
Begin a meaningful career
in Natural Health
FREE Intro eve Jan 20
FREE Workshop Jan 30
Diploma in Kinesiology
HLT52415 begins Feb 20/21.
Self-care study options.
Study with Parijat Wismer and
her team at Byron Kinesiology
Centre, Kinesiology
Schools Aust.
campus.
Nationally & Internat.
accred. training
Call us now 6685 7991
www.wellness.net.au
HALLS FOR HIRE
COORABELL HALL
WEDDINGS, GIGS, CLASSES
66871307 www.coorabellhall.net
ECHO CLASSIFIEDS • 66841777
FIREWOOD DELIVERIES
ALL YEAR ROUND
Supplying commercial, wood fired
bakeries, pizza restaurants and
residential, combustion stoves, open
fires, pot belly, kindling. Various load
sizes from 4’x 6’ to 4 ton tipper.
PRICES STARTING FROM $95.
VOLUME DISCOUNTS.
Matt 0427 172 684
from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring.
For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.
Ph 66884188 • sample & brochure.
www.bambooply.com.au
ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP
QUARRY PRODUCTS
WANTED
STOCK UP NOW @
Shop 1/5 Byron St Byron Bay
44 December 30, 2015 The Byron Shire Echo
BARGAINS
ballinacarcentre.com.au
16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA
DLN 19950
6686 5586 / 0418 676 274
BILLYCART, KETT CAR or similar
0418668414
OLD MOTORBIKE any make, any year,
any cond. Will pick up. 0427109195
LP RECORDS: good condition, no op
shop crap! Ph Matt 0401955052
LAND FOR SALE
Vintage Caravan & Camping Hire
Set up at your choice of location for
holidays, extra guests or events.
RetroPod.com.au – 0409152885
Magnificent Holidays in Byron Bay!
We offer you to stay in our warm
house near the beach in Byron Bay.
It is an accommodation for 6 people:
2 bedrooms (4 beds), 1 kitchen, 1
bathroom, 1 shower, living room, office,
covered terrace with sitting table, small
garden with beautiful flowers that will
inspire you every day. $2500pp per
week. Sacha 0438632548
MULLUM STUDIO S/C quiet garden near
town, riverpark. $85 sgl, $120 dble/night,
$500pw. 2 quiet ppl max. 0417670991
SHORT TERM ACCOM.
MULLUM 2br cottage close to town. Avail
Jan 12th onwards. Ph 0418668414
SHARE ACCOM.
MULLUM large furn room for single n/s.
Lovely quiet house, 6 Jan-20 March,
$210pw neg incl bills/WiFi. 0401189959
TO LET
O.SHORES modern designer apt, 2br, 2
ensuite, car space, 2 balc, veg garden, no
pets, suit cple, $430pw. Ph 0404736038
MERCEDES
VITO VAN
’99 Good condition,
white. Rego May
2016. $4,200 ono
Phone 0421 932 219
Find Echo Classifieds
on Echonetdaily
every day
BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE
Hi-tech security. 66872333
BALLINA SELF-STORAGE UNITS
Secure from $16pw. Ph 66867011
BYRON SELF-STORAGE UNITS
Clean & secure. Ph 1300762618
MULLUM 3br large furnished house,
secure fenced yards, fruitful garden with
room to grow, animal/child friendly, reduce
bills with solar HW/elect. Avail now,
viewing by appt. $570pw. Ph 0411831401
ROSEBANK 5br part-furn, $520pw incl
elect, WiFi. horton.dianne@gmail.com
BELONGIL upstairs self-contained 1br
studio, kitchenette, private sun deck. Suit
prof with refs. No pets. Avail long-term.
$350pw all inclusive & bond. 0488044542
Billinudgel
1br $220
Mullumbimby
3br 2bth $520
L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads
6685 0177
5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads
BALLINA 2br home at Lakeside Tourist
Park. Affordable living next to beach and
Shaws Bay. $179,000 neg. 0487432981
BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED
Modern & Secure from $130 p/m
Elders Real Estate 66871500
WASHING MACHINE automatic $180,
fridge $170, delivery. Phone 0413589388
YAMAHA SAXOPHONE alto student.
Complete in box, excellent condition,
$700 ono. Ph 66843369 or 0407248181
NO STALL AT FALLS
PARTY HERBS ON SALE
OPEN ALL WEEK-END
CLOSED NEW YEARS DAY
BARGAINS
2010 Suzuki Jimny Sierra 4WD auto A/C P/S
Super also 5spd same In Stock. SN5809..$9990
1999 Mitsubishi Nimbus 7 seater 5spd manual
cold A/C P/S rego 6/16. SN0263.................$4950
2008 Peugeot 308 factory 7 seater wagon auto
128km lovely car low km. SN9573.............$9750
2006 Ford Fiesta auto 4 door 145km very tidy
little hatch perfect 1st car. SN4323..............$6495
2010 Toyota Corolla hatch.1.8 auto 44,000km
white immacualte 4/16 Rego CEQ70E..... $12995
2002 Holden Rodeo Tray back ute 2WD drives
great 4 new tyres 6/16 Rego AK57KM.......$4850
Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal
dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES.
Phone 66845517, 0418481617
PLAYSTATION 3 500GB 1 controller,
GTAV and a bunch of other good games.
$150. Phone 0418958467
HOUSES FOR SALE
RetroPod
*TWO FOR ONE ON FULL PRICE TICKETS ONLY
Ballina Car Centre
RELOCATABLE CABINS FOR SALE
8x3m, kitchenette, toilet, data cabling
+ a/c $22,000 or $35,000 incl 8x3m
covered deck & roof. Ph 0410406334
nthcoasttimber@gmail.com
HOLIDAY ACCOM.
A&I HALL STARLIGHTFESTIVAL.COM.AU | TICKETS $20
TEA TREE MULCH
FINE & MED CHOP
& COMPOST
CABINS FOR SALE
BIG & SMALL REMOVAL JOBS
Local, affordable, reliable & quick
Ph 66845510 or 0402199999
WORKSHOPS, CRYSTALS, YOGA, TANTRA, TAROT, DRUMMING, LIVE MUSIC,
CAFE, Shamanic journeys, SPIRIT DRAWINGS, Crystal singing bowls,
AURA CAMERA, CHANTING, DANCE, PSYCHICS, MASSAGE & MORE
STORAGE
From $100/mth. Bangalow. Ph 66872833
Chinese tractor
repairs are no
problem to us
ANDY’S MOVE & MORE Small & med
moves, tip runs. 1 or 2 men at low prices.
Byron & Mullum based. Ph 0429149533
LIVE MUSIC &
SOUNDBATHS
BANGALOW 2 DAY PASS $30
6688 4143
0448 881 942
REMOVALISTS
SHAMANIC
JOURNEYS
SUMMERLAND
TREE SERVICES
workshop
72 Charltons
Road
Federal
FIJI Savu Savu 2000sqm development
block, amazing views, 2 min to town, will
consider swap. $125,000. 0410406334
YOGA CLASSES
EVERY DAY
6684 4421
BICYCLES buy, sell, repair, recycle. Adult
bikes from $60. Phil 0413779223
Study Kinesiology
2 FOR 1 ENTRY
Rural Machinery
Repair Service
old-school
repairs, parts &
restorations
to all makes
and models
onsite service
available
MULLUM 7 MIN small cabin suit clean
single, sunny, stunning views on friendly
farm/community, no pets, n/s, d/f, $195pw
incl elec & WiFi. Bond req. 0431702354
Bangalow
Landlords – We have qualified tenants
looking for properties in Bangalow &
surrounding areas. Please phone us
TODAY for an honest appraisal.
Goonengerry Rd, Goonengerry - $925
Resort style living, ocean views,
glorious pool, multi level, sweeping
decks, 2 bed up, 2/3 bed down, 2
bath, sauna. Avail early Jan
James Gibson Drive, Clunes - $480
Spacious family home on large
landscaped private block, 4 bed, 2
bath, DLUG plus large shed, long
term rental. Available now
Booyong Road, Nashua -$420
Character farmhouse set on large
block, 2 bed, 2 sunrooms, 2 bath,
sep dining/lounge, enclosed front
porch, carport. Pets neg, Avail NOW
Byron Street, Bangalow - $495
Workers cottage, 2 bed, high
ceilings, walk to everything, nice
backyard,pets neg, Avail 11 Jan.
For more available rental properties go
to www.eldersbangalow.com.au
19a Byron Street, Bangalow
02 6687 1500
WANTED TO RENT
VERY PRIVATE WRITER – n/s, d/f,
exc refs. Needs 1-2br, fully s-c, private
cottage, by 10/1/16. L/T. 0466995485 pm
MATURE COUPLE & 2 well-behaved
dogs looking for 3-4br house, prefer
unfurn with fully-fenced yard from early
Feb while looking to buy. Please call
Penny 0406953002
THREE BEDROOM HOUSE for myself
& 2 daughters in Bruns, Mullum, Sunrise,
Bangalow, Sth Ocean Shores or rural
inland. Excellent refs, reliable income,
responsible family. Martina 0427025051
SPACE IN DRIVEWAY OR YARD
for n/s, drug & alcohol-free Byron local
to sleep quietly in her own car. 9pm to
7am only. $50pw neg. Ph 66847706
TO LEASE
BEAUTIFUL TREATMENT ROOM
Avail Tues, Sat & Sun $80/day, $45/half
day. Mullum. Ph 66849458, 0435078551
BYRON creative work / office space,
$87pw incl elect & net. 0431674377
New Brighton
*RENTAL PROPERTIES*
*WANTED*
We have reliable tenants waiting...
Contact our office today for an
obligation-free appraisal.
Ocean Shores
$200pw, Low income housing
*conditions apply
6 Strand Ave, New Brighton 6680 1594
eldersnewbrighton.com.au
WORK WANTED
COBBLE STONE CREATIONS $65/sqm
Landscaping, garden maint, ceramic
tiling, paving, pressure cleaning, rubbish
removal etc. Whatacountry. 0432401334
IRONING SERVICE
Make 2016 the year you never have to
iron again. Suffolk Park $25/hr.
Angela 0414719680
EXPERIENCED HORTICULTURIST for
all aspects of gardening. Ph 0429020215
Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au/byron-echo
LOCAL REMOVALIST Happy to move
big, small & in between. Ph 0402199999
POSITIONS VACANT
OCEAN SHORES PRESCHOOL
Cert III Additional needs support worker
Mon–Wed 11-3pm. Must be energetic,
computer literate, able to demonstrate
independent planning ability.
ospreschool@live.com.au Closes 8/1/16
OCEAN SHORES PRESCHOOL
Certicate III Educator. Temp position
for Term 1. Thurs, Fri 8.30am-3.30pm.
Must be energetic, organised, computer
literate and able to demonstrate
independent planning ability. Closes
8/1/16. ospreschool@live.com.au
THE NEW RE/MAX COASTAL OFFICE
requires experienced real estate staff for
sales & holiday & permanent rental
admin – matt.towner@remax.com.au
laine.towner@remax.com.au 66853297
GOOD DRIVERS WANTED NOW
Shifts avail for taxi, coach & hire cars.
Full training provided. Min 12 month Aust
Licence Required.
Email: info@byronbaytaxis.com
Senior colourist /stylist
required for busy salon
Great team to work with and
excellent pay + commissions.
If you are talented and want
to work in a fun and happy
environment please email
mudhoneysalon@mac.com
or call jess on 0411 291 215
CASUAL DELIVERY DRIVER local,
mature person needed for fast-paced,
physical workplace. Immediate start. Must
have own transport and full car licence.
W’end & public holidays incl. Byron Bay.
Email resume suzyc2481@gmail.com
CHINESE KUNG-FU First class free
Byron Primary School hall, Teen/Adult
Mon & Thurs 6-7.30pm,
Kids Tues 6-7pm. 0421555062
Pottsville Primary, Kids Tues 5.30-6.30
0477755133
MICHAEL’S GUITAR STUDIO
For all your music needs. We are open
through the holidays. Ph 66841800
PIANO TUNER
Restorer, repairer & retailer since 1981.
Ph Dr Fred Cole 0412216019 or
www.specialtypianos.com.au
KEITH (BOMBER) BROWN
8/1/1935 – 29/12/2006
A special man who touched many lives
& lived to the fullest in all walks of life.
Missed, loved & remembered
every day, Shirley, Mark, Karen, Matt,
Leanne, Tony, Luke, Cody, Stephen,
Sherrynne (dec.) & Ashlee
KEITH BROWN
Dad, time may pass since you left us,
but your footprint on our lives remains
cherished forever. Love Shane & Liz
PETS
PET MEMORIAL SERVICES
Experienced celebrant.
Together we create a loving farewell.
Phone Rosie 0438401716
FUNERAL NOTICE
We are looking for
a reliable happy people with a
strong hospitality background
and a great work ethic to join
our team
Minimum 3 years exp in a busy
cafe environment
Current NSW RSA
Immediate start
30+ hours
Award pay
Strong coffee/food/wine &
cocktail knowledge essential
Must be available nights,
weekends, all public holidays.
Please email resume and
references
byronbayfresh@gmail.com
Passed away peacefully at
Mullumbimby District Hospital.
Much loved husband of the late
Ruth Scott. Loved father and
father-in-law of Warren & Sue,
Ian & Kathy, Jeffery & Noreen
and Stephen & Gaye. Adored
Pop of his nine grandchildren
and twelve great-grandchildren.
John will be sadly missed by
all family and friends.
Aged 92 years
Relatives and friends are invited
to attend a funeral service to
be held at the Uniting Church,
Dalley Street, Mullumbimby on
WEDNESDAY (30th December,
2015) commencing at
11.00am followed by burial at
Mullumbimby Cemetery.
MICHAEL CURRIE FUNERALS 6684 6232
RTO NO: 90013
Fee Free Scholarships
available under NSW Government
Smart & Skilled funding
on the courses marked *
* Certificate III in Individual Support
(used to be Aged Care)(CHC33015)
- starts 3rd February
• Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (TAE40110)
Romeow
Romeow wa
Romeow
wass one
one of our lo
lovel
lovely
velyy
kittens from earlier in the year. He is
pleased to tell you that he found an
amazing home and is spoilt rotten.
He is certainly one of the lucky ones
and so he’d like to now advertise our
new kittens that have just arrived.
Romeow hopes that, like him, they’ll
be fortunate enough to find their
purrfect homes.
To meet the new kittens & our older
cats, please visit the Cat Adoption
Centre at 124 Dalley Street,
Mullumbimby.
OPEN:
Tues 2.30–4.30pm
Thurs 3–5pm
Sat 10am–12 noon
Call AWL 6684 4070
Freya is currently
being fostered
on property with
lots of other dogs,
cattle, children
and chickens and
loves it. She’s a
super affectionate young dog who’s
comfortable living on acreage. Freya
doesn’t like being on a lead or being in
a suburban situation, so you need to
be happy just exercising her on your
property. She’s comfortable being
left on her own and will just curl up
and go to sleep. She loves to chase a
ball, but only if you want to throw it,
otherwise she’s happy simply being your
companion.
If you can give Freya a permanent
loving home please contact Companion
Animal Welfare – Lissie 0488 415 444.
Visit www.cawi.org.au or our Facebook
page to see our other dogs who would
love to find a home.
* Certificate III in Permaculture (30868QLD)
- starts 9th February
• Certificate III in Visual Arts (CUV30111)
- starts 8th February
Option 1 - starts 15th February
Option 2 - starts 5th March
* Certificate IV in Permaculture (30869QLD)
- starts 17th February
* Certificate III in Early Childhood
Education & Care (CHC30113)
- starts 18th Feb
• Diploma of Early Childhood
Education & Care (CHC50113)
- starts 2nd March
* Certificate III in Horticulture (AHC30710)
- starts 28th April
Toto
Toto is a 2-year-old desexed male
Australian Terrier x. He is an active
boy who loves attention so would suit
active retirees. He is friendly towards
other dogs and loves children.
If you can give Toto a permanent, loving
home please contact the Friends of
the Pound Rehoming Centre on
07 5524 8590 or Pam on 0421 017 461.
Visit friendsofthepound.com to view
other dogs and cats looking for a home.
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Different levels of funding are available
Call to see if you are eligible
Our office will be closed from the 23rd Dec to 4th Jan
02 6684 3374
Young TASHA has pleaded for a
home many times, all to no avail.
Months have slowly passed by, and
she has seen her kittens leave the
centre, and many, many more, but
still she waits. Easygoing, friendly,
happy and undemanding. All that
you could ask for. She has just one
new years resolution: to finally have
a real home – so she says ‘please’
and is looking at you to make this
come true.
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IN MEMORIAM
Every year many thousand
unwanted cats and dogs are
born to pets that haven’t been
desexed. And sadly, most end
up being put down.
So please...
desex
your pets!
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As phone upgrades and gifts
over the holidays and summer
sales are expected to peak MobileMuster and The Salvation
Army are calling on Australians to recycle their old mobiles and accessories to help
families in need.
MobileMuster, Australia’s
official, not-for-profit government-accredited mobile phone
recycling program, estimates
the 22.5 million old unused
mobiles stored in homes will
continue to rise over January
as nearly half of the Australian population will think of
buying, or are going to buy, a
new mobile during the summer sales.
Despite record awareness of
mobile-phone recycling, Australians are still reluctant to
part with old phones – some
of which don’t even work.
To keep old phones out of
drawers and to put them to
good use this summer MobileMuster will give $2 to
the Salvation Army for every
kilogram that is recycled with
them in December and January.
End as rubbish
‘As new mobiles are bought,
old ones end up lying around
in drawers unused and potentially ending up in the rubbish,’ said Rose Read, recycling
manager for MobileMuster.
‘With over 90 per cent of
the materials in mobiles recyclable it is important to keep
old phones out of drawers and
landfill and recycle them so
the materials they are made
of can go back into the supply
chain for reuse.
‘There’s no better time to declutter for the new year, clear
out your home or office of unused mobiles and accessories,
all while raising vital funds for
the Salvos to continue their
great work in helping people
in need across the country.
‘We challenge all Australians
for every new phone they purchase this summer to recycle
an old one with MobileMuster
and in doing so help the Salvos,’ concluded Read.
Now in its second year,
MobileMuster aims to collect
over 16,000 kilograms of mobile phone handsets plus their
batteries and chargers and give
the Salvation Army $32,000 to
help them feed, clothe and provide a bed for those in need.
There are more than 3,500
drop-off points around Australia for consumers to recycle
their old mobile phones, batteries and accessories, alongside a free post-back recycling
satchel available from any
Australia Post or a reply-paid
downloadable label online at
mobilemuster.com.au.
The Byron Shire Echo December 30, 2015 45
Sport
North Coast news daily:
netdaily.net.au
Has your Christmas food hangover created an overhang?
Rachel Jeffery
Have you had a break from
your sports over the festive
season? Is it time to start
thinking about your training
and exercise plan for 2016?
Are those few extras kilos that
have crept on over Christmas,
going to make you sluggish
and not at your peak performance?
Every year, thousands
upon thousands of people
have good intentions to make
this the year to lose weight or
get their eating habits back
on a healthier path. Like everyone else, sporting people
have the same intentions and
goals. But how many people
really succeed? Will you be at
your best come competition
time?
Normally we all start off
quite well, but it is hard to
keep the momentum going
and even harder to know
the best foods to eat, with so
much conflicting information in the media.
On a whole, it is reported
Australians are becoming
fatter and our eating habits
are leaning more towards
fast-and-fatty takeaway
foods. In National records
kept it is estimated that twothirds of Australian adults
and one-quarter of our children are now overweight and
obese.
Weight gain occurs when
you eat and drink too much
while limiting physical activity. As we get older a few
kilos creep on every year until you find you have gained
so much weight that you are
outside the healthy weight
range.
So how can you accomplish your resolution this
year to eat healthier and
lose weight? The answer is
tomorrow never comes, so
you need to start today, right
now, not tomorrow, not next
week or next month, but
right now!
Like all changes such as
moving house, organising
Accredited Practising Dietitian and Accredited Practising
Nutritionist, Rachel Jeffery says that it’s hard to keep the
momentum going on new year diets. Photo Tree Faerie
holidays and preparing celebrations you need to PLAN.
Sit down and make a list of
all the things you could do to
improve your life; for example,
eat more fruit, drink more water and increase your exercise.
Now list all the things you
should change, such as cutting
down on takeaway meals, and
reducing sweets and alcohol.
Number each of these changes. These are now your goals,
to be successful at this year.
SYDNEY [AAP]
Most mentioned Aussie sports people in the media: 2015
Sports person
Nick Kyrgios
Michael Clarke
Bernard Tomic
Steven Smith
Adam Goodes
Johnathan Thurston
Jason Day
Jarryd Hayne
Lleyton Hewitt
Mick Fanning
birth of their daughter Kelsey
Lee in November.
The second tennis player
in the top three, Bernard
Tomic, ended the year ranked
18 by the ATP, the highest
ranking of his career. Tomic
called for an investigation
into Tennis Australia’s own
conduct after a fall-out with
Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter
and claimed the organisation
has been disrespecting him.
Later in the year, Tomic told
a press conference he agreed
that he and Nick Kyrgios need
to ‘control our personalities’.
Steve Smith took the Australian captaincy in both Test
and One Day cricket during
the year, achieving success
against England in a One
Day series and New Zealand
and the West Indies in Tests
with a significantly changed
side following the retirements of Clarke, Watson,
Rogers, Haddin and later
Johnson. His own form was
46 December 30, 2015 The Byron Shire Echo
Press
9,896
10,339
5,259
8,894
5,550
8,509
4,192
4,269
3,963
2,521
Radio
57,317
40,623
45,346
7,160
30,015
10,052
26,407
21,230
20,247
14,600
Television
59,089
60,354
37,372
26,381
34,428
18,591
29,873
30,886
19,515
25,418
strong through most of 2015,
becoming Australia’s highestranked batsman.
Sydney Swans player and
former Australian of the Year
Adam Goodes made headlines as he spoke out against
racism in sport and was
named one of David Jones’s
ambassadors, taking a break
from AFL as the booing
contr sy peaked and returning for a few matches before
announcing his retirement.
Rugby League star Johnathan
Thurston enjoyed a return to
success with the Maroons in
the State of Origin, and finished off the year by scoring
the golden point that secured
a come-from-behind maiden
premiership for the North
Queensland Cowboys.
Golfer Jason Day briefly
reached number one in the
world rankings in September, following a string of
tournament victories including his record-breaking US
Internet
ernet
108,856
8,8566
113,729
3,729
57,849
7,849
97,834
7,834
61,050
93,599
46,112
46,959
43,593
27,731
may lead to 2–3 kg loss initially, but these diets are hard
to maintain and often the
weight re-appears when you
come ‘off ’ the diet.
Many of these diets are
unhealthy, cutting out essential food group and nutrients,
which can lead to nutritional
deficiencies.
Going on and off these diets can lead to weight gain
year after year. These diets
or ‘plans’ do not teach you
how to enjoy real foods and
create your own healthy eating plan.
The best idea to lose
weight is to make small, sustainable life changes which
lead to long-term weight loss.
If you need some help trying to lose or have a healthier
lifestyle, you may like to get
some professional support.
Rachel Jeffery is an Accredited Practising Dietitian*
(APD) and Accredited Practising Nutritionist.
For info about healthy eating: www.racheljeffery.com.
Aus female sports stars hit mark
Media’s most mentioned sporting folk
In another year that proved
contoversy is king, Nick Kyrgios was the sportsperson
most mentioned in 2015 by
Australian media.
According to Isentia
Media Monitoring, a year
of run-ins with tennis authorities and allegations of
poor behaviour both on and
off the court shadowed the
young star’s rapid rise in the
ATP rankings since he burst
onto the scene at last year’s
Wimbledon. As well as oncourt sledging and claims
of tanking, he was dropped
from the Davis Cup team
and had a verbal stoush with
Dawn Fraser. Meanwhile he
finished the year at 30 in the
ATP rankings.
Other notables are former
Australian cricket captain
Michael Clarke is second
on the list, with more than
220,000 mentions across the
year. He led Australia to a fifth
Cricket World Cup win after
defeating first-time finalists
New Zealand at the MCG in
March, but a disappointing
Ashes tour to England followed, with Clarke announcing his retirement from all
international cricket before
the last Test, following Australia’s losing its fourth series
in a row in England. Former
coach John Buchanan criticised Clarke’s captaincy style
following his retirement, with
extensive debate in the media
about his legacy. Clarke and
his wife Kyly announced the
The best idea is to work on
one goal each week.
So let’s say you have two
improvements (drink more
water, include daily exercise)
and two changes (cut down
on daily chocolate and reduce
alcohol) you want to work on.
• The first week you should
look at increasing the water,
• The second week, focus
on reducing chocolate.
• The third, start increasing the exercise.
• By the fourth week, you
can start cutting back on the
alcohol.
Each week continue with
your previous goals and add a
new one in. Before you know
it, you have been making
healthy choices for a month.
You will start to feel better
and the changes have been
gradual so you do not feel too
deprived.
Avoid jumping on the
bandwagon to try the latest
fad diet – ‘No Carbs’, ‘Juices only’, ‘Diet Shakes and
Bars’etc. These gimmicks
TTOTAL
OTAL
235,158
225,045
145,826
1140,269
14
0,269
131,043
130,751
106,584
103,344
87,318
70,270
PGA win, the first player to
finish at 20-under-par in a
major. Former NRL player
Jarryd Hayne tried his hand
at American football with
the San Francisco 49ers with
Aussie media cheering him
on, only to lose his spot on
the team roster for most of
the season after a couple of
fumbles.
Tennis player Lleyton
Hewitt’s near-two-decade
career is drawing to a close,
with Hewitt mentioning
plans to retire after the 2016
Australian Open and become
captain of the Australian Davis Cup team, while surfer
Mick Fanning rounds up the
top 10 sports people in Australian media, with 70,000
mentions, after surviving an
altercation with a shark in
July and also having to deal
with the death of his brother
in December, and still coming close to his fourth world
title. Michelle Payne topped a long
list of sportswomen who
grabbed the headlines in 2015.
Michelle Payne (Horse
Racing). The new queen of the
turf defied the doubters, the
odds and history to become
the first woman in 155 years to
win the Melbourne Cup.
After having to convince
some owners she deserved the
ride on 100–1 long shot Prince
of Penzance, the 30-year-old
said she hoped her trailblazing victory would pave the
way for other female jockeys.
The Matildas (Soccer). Led
by midfielder Elise KellondKnight and forward Lisa De
Vanna, the Matildas became
the first Australian team –
men’s or women’s – to win
a knockout stage match at a
soccer World Cup, conquering much-fancied Brazil 1–0
through a Kyah Simon goal to
reach the quarter-finals.
They finally bowed out in
a single-goal loss to eventual
champions Japan but not before breaking new ground for
Australian football.
The Diamonds (Netball).
Withstood a spirited fightback from New Zealand to
avenge a pool-round loss to
their great trans-Tasman rivals to claim a third consecutive World Cup and challenge
the Southern Stars as Australia’s most dominant national
sporting team.
Inspirational captain Laura Geitz, fellow defender Julie
Corletto and deadly accurate
goal-shooter Caitlin Bassett
starred in the nailbiting 58–55
win in Sydney.
Southern Stars (Cricket).
They’ll have to wait until next
year to land another world
title, but the all-conquering
Southern Stars can celebrate
being ranked first in all
forms of women’s international cricket following another triumphant 2015 season
in which they regained the
Ashes from England.
The Meg Lanning-captained outfit featuring champion sporting all-rounder
Ellyse Perry are odds-on
favourites to win a fourth
straight T20 World Cup in
India in April.
Others great efforts by
women include Emily Seebohm (Swimming), Bronte
Campbell (Swimming), Annette Edmondson (Cycling),
Anna Meares (Cycling), Laura Peel (Aerial Skiing), Minjee
Lee (Golf), Chloe Mccardel
(Long-Distance Swimming),
Kim Crow (Rowing), Jessica
Fox (Slalom Canoeing), and
Sally Fitzgibbons (Surfing).
A maiden world title continues to elude Fitzgibbons,
but not so courage after the
24-year-old ignored medical
advice to win the Fiji Pro with
a burst eardrum.
The three-time world
championship bridesmaid
was told to stop surfing but
instead mastered the big
waves at Cloudbreak to pull
off a remarkably gutsy feat.
Byron Shire Echo archives: www.echo.net.au/byron-echo
Community at work
Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre.
Info: Leanne 0409 818 643.
Regular As
Clockwork
Toastmasters
Byron Cavanbah Toastmasters practise public speaking and leadership
through our community-run course.
Meetings coaching in communication and self-development run on 1st
and 3rd Mondays, 6.40pm at Byron
Services Club, Byron Bay; www.byronbaytoastmasters.org. MullumMagic
Toastmasters meet 2nd, 4th and 5th
Mondays at 7pm, Presbyterian Church
Hall in Mullum. Please call Satisha
0402 134 390 for more info.
DEADLINE NOON FRIDAY
Email copy marked
‘Regular As Clockwork’ to
editor@echo.net.au.
#StartupByron
#StartupByron Un-Networking meets
the first Thursday of every month, focused on connecting anyone interested in startups or small biz. See http://
www.startinno.com/events/2015/5/7/
startupbyron-un-networking.
Bangalow CWA
Bangalow CWA invites anyone who
is interested in learning how to knit,
crochet or embroider to join us on
Wednesdays 9am–2pm or the second
Monday of every month 5–7pm. Rooms
6687 0617 or Di Campbell 6685 4694.
Respite Service
Byron Shire Respite Service Inc delivers high-quality respite care to a broad
range of clients throughout the Byron,
Ballina and Lismore shires. Donations
welcome: Ph 6685 1921, email fundraiser@byronrespite.com.au, website:
www.byronrespite.com.au.
Cuppa Tea Choir
Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre and Dynasty Music
present Cuppa Tea Choir directed by
Janet Swain on Tuesday mornings at
the Neighbourhood Centre, 55 Dalley
St, Mullum from 10.30am.
Junior chess club
The Mullum junior chess club meets
after school until 4.45pm Tuesdays in
room F4 at Mullumbimby High School.
All ages, all standards, encouragement
and professional coaching. Ph Mike
6684 6281.
Bridge club
Brunswick Valley Bridge Club meets
at the Brunswick Heads Bowling
Club Mondays and Saturdays 12.30
for 12.45pm start. Visitors welcome. If
you need a partner please ring Phyllis
Keyte on 6684 1103.
Mamas’ Support Group
The Byron Mamas’ Support Group
meets at Red Tent Yoga, Byron industrial estate, during term time. More
info on Facebook.
ESL classes
Free English as a Second Language
classes in Mullumbimby, suitable for
beginners to advanced learners. More
info call 0421 796 529 or 6674 7267.
Meditation
Tuesday Insight Meditation with
Radha Nicholson, Ellen Davison and
others. Weekly at The Yurt Temple
Byron, 7.15–9pm. All welcome. Evening
supported by dana (donation). Buddhist meditation teaching and practice now at the Living Yoga Sanga, first
floor, 63 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby,
6–7.30pm, Mondays. Contact Mishaela
on 0438 858 842 or mishaela@si.org.au.
Dzogchen Study Group – 4th Saturday of each month at Brunswick Heads
Community Centre. Contact Katie
0417 798 726 or qld@shenpenaustralia.
org for more info. One-hour guided
meditation 12–1pm, Wednesday and
Thursday. All levels welcome – www.
yogapeace.com.au.
Landcare
Bangalow Land and Rivercare working
bee every Saturday 8.30–10.30am. See
www.bangalowlandcare.org.au or call
Liz 6687 1309.
Bangalow CWA
Bangalow CWA invites women of all
ages to join us for craft and friendship
on Wednesdays from 9.30am to 2pm
or the 2nd Monday of every month
5-7pm. Phone Di 0412 376 034 for
further info.
CoDA
Community Centre each week. More
info: easwain@bigpond.com.
Co-dependents Anonymous (CoDA)
is a worldwide network of groups of
men and women learning how to
develop and maintain healthy and
fulfilling relationships. For more information visit www.codependentsanonymous.org.au or phone 9281 3330.
Quota Club
Bushdancing
Quota Club of Brunswick Valley meets
every 1st Thursday of the month at the
Ocean Shores Country Club at 6pm.
Ph 0439 733 763 for more info.
Live music from Hide The Potato with
dance caller, last Sunday of every
month 2.30–4.30pm at Brunswick
Heads RSL Hall. Visit Hide The Potato
on Facebook or call Court 6685 0072.
Next bushdance October 25.
Myocum artist Gatya Kelly’s work Pomegranate Alhambra. Gatya
will have her first solo show Luscious at Tweed Regional Gallery
from January 15: artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/coming.
Jonson Street (stairs beside Westpac
bank). Phone Jane 0410 494 933.
Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship
of men and women for whom drugs
had become a major problem. We are
recovering addicts who meet regularly
to help each other stay clean. For
information and meetings call 6680
7280. Are you concerned about somebody else’s drinking? Al-Anon Family
Groups meetings held Fridays 2pm.
Uniting Church Bangalow – 1300 252
666 www.al-anon.alateen.org/australia
Spanish conversation
A Spanish conversation group meets
every Monday evening in Mullumbimby in order to improve language
skills and cultural knowledge. Phone
Paco 6684 0242.
Complete Men has regular fortnightly
men’s groups on different nights in
both Byron and Mullum. Call Tim Fisk
0422 508 533.
The Uniting Craft & Social Group
meets every Monday 9.30am–2.30pm
at the Uniting Church in Carlyle Street,
Byron Bay. Come and chat, enjoy a
cuppa, the company and your craft.
Bring lunch and whatever else you
need. All welcome. Do you prefer
patchwork and quilting? Come along
on Monday evening same place at
6pm. Enquiries Tilly 6685 5985.
Repair Cafe
Byron Flea
Mullumbimby’s Repair Cafe at the
Mullumbimby campus of Byron Community College in Burringbar Street on
Saturdays 9am till 12 noon. Volunteers
will be there to help you fix things that
might otherwise end up in the tip, or
to advise how it might be done.
Fun community market held at the
YAC (Gilmore Crescent) on the second
Saturday of the month 8am–1pm. Secondhand, antiques, vintage clothes,
free children’s activities.
Library fun
Rainbow Dragons Abreast (RDA)
welcomes breast cancer survivors for
a paddle at Lake Ainsworth, Lennox
Head, on Sundays 7.30 for 8am start.
Info Marian 6688 4058, mazzerati2010@gmail.com.
Tuesdays at the Mullumbimby &
District Neighbourhood Centre come
join Neighbourhood Ukes and learn
ukulele 9.45am. Then join our local
Cuppa Tea Choir from 10.30am.
Craft group
Baby Bounce session Mullumbimby
– Tuesday 11.30am, Brunswick Heads
– Friday 10.30am, Byron Bay – Friday
10am. Storytime for toddlers and preschool children Mullumbimby – Friday
10.30am, Brunswick Heads – Monday
10.30am, Byron Bay – Tuesday 10.30am.
Bush School
Each Thursday during term time the
Brunswick Bush School takes kids
6–13 years out into the bush to learn,
grow and connect with each other.
Facebook: Brunswick Bush School and
email: brunsbushschool@gmail.com.
Museums
Brunswick Valley Historical Society
Inc Museum at corner of Myocum &
Stuart Sts Mullumbimby open every
Friday 10am–12 noon and market
Saturdays 9am–1pm. Discover your
local history. Bangalow Museum &
Tea Room open Wednesday–Friday,
10am–3pm, cnr of Ashton & Deacon
Sts, Bangalow. Volunteers sought –
please contact the museum 6687 2183.
Seniors Groove
A weekly activity day for seniors each
Tuesday at the Byron Community Centre with drumming circle at 10.30am,
followed by chair yoga at noon. Entry
by donation.
Drug support groups
U3A discussion group
Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 423
431 or 0401 945 671 – 30 meetings a
week in the shire – www.aa.org.au.
Are you concerned about the alcohol
or drug use of someone close to you?
Support meetings every Tuesday
7–9pm Byron Bay, upstairs at 75
U3A over-50 discussion group
Thursdays 10am in Mullumbimby ExServices Club.
Bay Singers
The Bay Singers (BB Community Choir)
meets Mondays 10.30–11.30am at the
North Coast news daily: www.echonetdaily.net.au
Men’s Groups
Rainbow Dragons
Op shops
Uniting Church Op Shop, Dalley St,
Mullumbimby – open each Saturday
8am–12 noon. Byron Bay Anglican
Op Shop opens Monday to Friday
9am–1pm. Volunteers needed. Enq
Jeni: 6685 7816 or 0439 344 281.
Anglican Church Mullumbimby Op
Shop opens Monday to Friday 9am–
4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am–12.30pm.
Volunteers needed, enq Liz 6684 2622
nights. Mullumbimby Seventh-Day
Adventist Op Shop opens Monday
– Thursday 10am-3.30pm, Friday 9am
– 2pm and third Sunday of the month
10am-2pm.
Free Yoga Nidra
Every Tuesday in Ocean Shores,
2–2.45pm. Contact Heidi 0426 977 575.
Low-cost food
Food Box Thursdays 9.30–11.30am
at Uniting Church, Mullumbimby. If
you have any sort of Centrelink card
you may purchase cheap food, obtain
free veges, and enjoy a cuppa. C3 Care
Byron Bay Food Care – log on to
www.c3byronbay.com to see if you are
eligible, or call 6680 8872.
Carers’ support
Mullumbimby Mental Health Carers’
Support Group for family members
and friends who have a loved one with
a mental health issue. Meeting on 4th
Thursday of each month 9.30am at the
DEADLINE NOON FRIDAY
Tuesday Insight Meditation
at the Yurt with Radha Nicholson will resume again on
Tuesday 2 February 2016.
Swami and food
Email copy marked
‘On The Horizon’ to
editor@echo.net.au.
Byron Market
Head to Butler Street Byron
Bay this Sunday 8am–3pm
to enjoy a vibrant market
scene packed with original
artworks, sculptures, furniture, homewares, and more.
Live music by The Scrimshaw
Four. Please leave your dogs
at home.
Come dance and hear a discourse by scholar Swami BK
Tyagi Maharaj at the Byron
Bay Community Centre on
Wednesday 30 Dec 4pm–
7pm. Free vegetarian meal. More info: 6679 5541.
Lone Goat Gallery
Magpie – Minyunbal Yugambeh man Dulgunu From the
Heart sacred artwork exhibition, 1–13 January, opening
Friday 1 January at 6pm.
Mungo’s Crossword
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Liberation Larder
Volunteers needed for new dinner
service every Mon from 4.45 - 6.45pm.
The charity collects, cooks and distributes nutritious food to over 550 people per week in the Byron Shire. There
is also a variety of other roles. Please
contact Helen Hamilton on 0439 409
655 or visit www.liberationlarder.org.
au or our Facebook page.
Learn ukulele
Tuesday Insight
On The
Horizon
Nature Walk
A two hour walk with Eugene around
the Brunswick river talking about the
flora and fauna of the area, identifying
edible plants of our region, 9.30 sharp
every Thursday morning leaving from
the Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood centre. Must wear closed
shoes, hat, sun/insect screen
ManTime
Calling all fellas who as a boy or man
went on a Pathways, Making Men or
Men2B Rite of Passage camp: weekly
Monday night men’s group 7–9.30pm
at the CWA Hall Mullum. Email mantime.mullum@gmail.com or call Karim
0403 755 192.
Town Choir
Mullum’s Biggest Little Town Choir
meets weekly at the Timber Slab
factory, Jubilee Ave, Thursdays at
6.30pm. Newcomers welcome.
Gnosis
Introductory classes into the Gnostic
Mysteries on every Monday night in
Byron. Phone 0412 020 234.
Al-Anon
Al-Anon Family Groups met weekly at
Bangalow Fridays 2pm. 1300 252 666
www.al-anon.alateen.org/australia
Carers Community Group
Presented by Womens Health Forum
2nd Thursday of each month 1-2.30pm
Ewingsdale Hall. Info: Yasmin 0437 886
424, whfcareresgroup@gmail.com.
Sex & Love Addicts Anon
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
is peer-support group of men and
women for whom sex and/or romance
have become a problem. For details of
weekly meetings, phone 0452 074 974
or visit www.slaa.org.au.
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Cryptic Clues
Quick Clues
ACROSS
ACROSS
1. PM right and dumb, confused in an
English school (6,6)
8. Getting up a rebellion (7)
9. Sounds the right instrument for a
little Australian girl! (7)
11. The high point is sleep after dusk
(7)
12. Mermaid? Perhaps, but it’s more
likely an albatross! (7)
13. Satisfies return, placed like… (5)
14 …in that direction. Not concealed
in this spot. (4,5)
16. Untied, ran off without discipline
(9)
19. Small, gay satire (5)
21. Garland certain to provide ease (7)
23. They are students of French
backsides, round (7)
24. Kinky Diana has two ways for water
nymphs (7)
25. Rumour about the order – it stinks!
(7)
26. Freddie, a lank substitute,
succeeded 1 across (6,6)
1. Australia’s first Prime Minister (6,6)
8. Getting up, resulting (7)
9. Egg-shaped wind instrument (7)
11. Highest mountain (7)
12. Albatross, petrel or auk, among
others (7)
13. Satisfies, fills (5)
14. Phrase indicating “in that direction”
(4,5)
16. Without education or instruction (9)
19. Parody, satire (5)
21. Rest time, idleness (7)
23. Consumers of books (7)
24. Greek water nymphs (7)
25. Smelly, unpleasant (7)
26. Australia’s second Prime Minister
(6,6)
DOWN
1. Obvious, clear (7)
2. Young girls, virgins (7)
3. Sleeping wear, usually for women
(9)
4. Blessings, gifts (5)
DOWN
5. Again adjust or modify (7)
1. Fixture included identification – it’s 6. Hole, opening (7)
obvious (7)
7. Australia’s ninth Prime Minister (5,7)
2. Girls with excellent balls (7)
10. Australia’s fifth Prime Minster (6,6)
3. Sleepwear is close to the girl in the 15. Stamina, lasting quality (9)
city (9)
17. Unimportant, commonplace (7)
4. Tasmanian cricketer’s gifts (5)
18. Split, torn apart (7)
5. Study suitable to remodel (7)
19. Suffering from mal de mer (7)
6. Opening for gold providing drug
20. First obstacle surmounted
(7)
(implication: more to go) (3,4)
7. One in the line of 1 across, 26 and 22. Gave relief; made more
10 improbably culls jasmine (5,7)
comfortable (5)
10. Follower of 1 across and 26 – he
Last
week’s solution N104
was her friend, silly (6,6)
B R A N D Y
P O S S I B L E
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17. Commonplace bobsled team in
L E A P I N G L I Z A R D S
test (7)
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18. Split, like below (7)
N I G H T
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M O N K E Y B U S I N E S S
eastern grassy slope (3,4)
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P A R A S I T E
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Backlash
for the largest number of
drowning deaths in swimming pools in Australia.
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• Birkenstock
• Dr Martens
• Naot • Keen • Art
• El Naturalista
• Duckfeet etc...
Shop 5, Feros Arcade
Byron Bay
Phone 6685 6190
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The minister for coal Greg
Hunt spread the Christmas
cheer far and wide by approving Adani’s massive coal
port at Abbot Point to go
with its massive coal mine.
The resistance will continue
among those people who
actually believe in a renewable-energy future, not just
mouth platitudes like Hunt
and Turnbull.
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David Pope draws for The Canberra Times. See his Facebook page David Pope Cartoons.
In her Soap Box this week
Mandy Nolan laments the
disappearance of Bangalow
thanks to the RTA’s ‘improvements’ to the highway. Bangalow is not the only victim,
with the Macadamia Castle
suffering from its usual signage problem and drivers
generally confused about
how to get into Byron Bay
without travelling to Brisbane
first. The pain is not about
to end immediately as the
official Byron Bay exits are
scheduled for ‘first quarter
2016’, which could be March
of course.
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There are plenty of opportunities to enjoy yourself locally
on NYE – like stay at home
and read a good book, for example – but if you do go out
on the street please take care,
don’t trash the place or annoy
the wildlife. And especially
don’t accept drinks from
strangers – drink spiking is
still a sport enjoyed by the
bottom-feeders. There will be
road closures in Byron Bay
but that might not be a problem for you as you won’t be
able to find your way off the
highway.
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Further to the article by Michael McDonald a couple of
weeks back on the prohibitive cost of Hep C treatment,
we are pleased to report
the federal government has
taken action. Read the full
ABC story ‘Federal government to spend $1 billion on
groundbreaking Hepatitis C
treatments’ at http://bit.ly/
hepbreakthrough and find
out more about the virus at
www.hepatitisaustralia.com.
some small kids get stuck
upside-down when using
them in a pool. They’re not
recommended for children
under six years of age. Children aged under five account
Not everyone will agree, but
Backlash reckons Byron Bay
is to be congratulated for
dropping the fireworks from
its official NYE activities.
Like the release of balloons,
they add to the general pollution and give pets palpitations. Concentrate on kissing
someone nice instead.
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Okay, so this is actually our
last, final and ultimate reminder that our new deadline for line classifieds of
noon on Tuesdays will take
effect in January. We feel you
have been sufficiently alerted
but hopefully not alarmed.
That’s the federal government’s job.
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Mermaid tails are the kind of
thing which would be popular in this area, so we report
that Fair Trading and Choice
have issued a warning that
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