Isabel Lucas is no stranger to Byron Bay, having lived there until 2012 with her ex-boyfriend, folk-rocker Angus Stone, and she has now made a more financial commitment to the popular getaway by forking out $857,500 for a treehouse by Tallow Beach.
The Byron Bay Runners junior squads have had outstanding results already this season with two squad members, Jake Giltrap-Goode and Suki Alford, winning regional championships and three runner-up regional age champions – Sandy Byrne, Rufus Scott and Matilda Peacock.
DURING a boozy week in Bali six years ago best mates Norm Black and Richard Johnston came up with an idea that would turn them into multi-millionaires and change the face of Australia’s travel industry. Little did they know that this plan, conceived in the lead-up to Richard’s 2010 wedding, would turn into TripADeal, Australia’s No. 1 travel deals site. “Norm had had this nucleus of an idea, we tossed it back and forth between ourselves, and that was how TripADeal was born,” Richard, 45, said.But, like any great holiday, the road to this dazzling destination was long and winding. The pair credit much of their success to starting their multimillion-dollar global business in a town better known for board shorts rather than boardrooms.Big business in Byron
THE Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan was adopted this week and council said they see exciting times ahead for the town.
The new Masterplan features:
A tourist’s dream holiday nearly became a nightmare after she was washed off rocks and was rescued by a lifeguard at Broken Head on Thursday.
It is understood that the woman thought to be in her late 20s was walking around the headland with a friend at around 10:15am when she was struck by a wave and washed into the surf.
A TRIBUNAL has ruled a tenant of Cooloola Cabins and Caravan Park should lose his site agreement because he assaulted another homeowner.
Today the NSW SES has launched new Tsunami Evacuation Maps. These cover the whole NSW coast and show those areas that lie under 10m above sea level, are 1km or less inland and are 10km up an estuary.
In the very unlikely event of a land threat tsunami, the NSW SES will be asking people in the red zone to seek shelter at least 10m up in a sturdy concrete building or to move outside the red zone area to an area of lower risk.
