Cyclist, Car Crash at Industrial Estate

Crash between cyclist and car.
Crash between cyclist and car. Photo: Trevor Veale

A CYCLIST has been transported to Byron Bay District Hospital this afternoon after a crash near the Byron Bay Industrial Estate.

A NSW Ambulance spokesman said paramedics were called to the intersection of Bayshore Dr and Ewingsdale Rd in Byron Bay at 2.40pm.

The incident involved a collision between a cyclist and a car at the intersection.

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Social Media Spells Success For Byron Fashion Group

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Byron Bay designers Isabella Pennefather and Elizabeth Abegg. Picture: Adam Head

BYRON BAY-based fashion label Spell and the Gypsy Collective has gone from “boot strap business” to global powerhouse worn by festivalgoer worldwide, thanks to social media.

In just seven years the business has expanded from the two founding sisters to 50 employees and now dispatches orders to customers in 130 countries.

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Triple J To Bring Splendour To You

Dave Le’aupepe of Gang of Youths clearly had zero fun during his last Byron Bay performance. Photo: WireImage

SPLENDOUR PUNTERS breathed a heavy sigh of relief on Wednesday when the four-day weather forecast revealed mainly dry conditions for Byron Bay this weekend, where the annual music and arts festival takes place.

This year’s lineup is particularly epic with The Strokes and The Avalanches playing an exclusive gig, as well as James Blake, Courtney Barnett, Flume and many, many more.

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Elements of Byron Showcases Australian Talent

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Elements of Byron resort in Byron Bay.

SIX MONTHS after opening, the fifty-acre Elements of Byron resort in Byron Bay is wowing visitors with its “leisure by design” approach to place-making.

Occupying arguably Byron’s most enviable land parcel with almost two kilometres of absolute beach frontage, thirteen acres of critically endangered littoral rainforest, tea tree creek, lake and ponds, it’s not difficult to understand how the site became subject to two previous very public battles for development.

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Byron Rams Crush Cobras in run to finals

Midfielder Lachlan Dewar drove the Byron attack from the opening.
Midfielder Lachlan Dewar drove the Byron attack from the opening.

THE NORTHERN Hotel Byron Bay Rams turned up the heat in their run to the finals with a convincing win over Casino Cobras at the Rec Grounds on Sunday.

The Reserve Rams annihilated their visiting challengers with another double-figures result (their third this season) taking their goal tally to 77 for the year.

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