Binna Burra-based drug and alcohol rehab centre The Buttery is a major beneficiary of a $3m boost to North Coast Primary Health Network services announced on Wednesday.
The Buttery’s roving community rehabilitation program, visiting Lismore, Byron Bay and Tweed Heads, will have its six-week program funded.
BYRON SHIRE Council has strongly condemned the television program Instant Hotel which features a property in the Byron Shire.
“I am concerned to see a property on Red Gate Road at South Golden Beach promoted as an ‘instant hotel’ particularly because there has been a history of non-compliance with respect to the use of the property,” Mayor Richardson said.
VOICE of BYRON regular, Patricia Warren, brings us an update about the WWII Memorial pines at Brunswick Heads.
Patricia says, “On 8 November, the NSW Crown Holiday Parks Trust authorised work in the controversial area.
BYRON SHIRE Council’s Donna Tucker has won the National Team Leader of the Year award at the 2017 National Local Government Customer Service Awards.
“This is a huge accolade for Donna – she is an incredible leader and her enthusiasm for customer service is infectious,” Byron Shire Council’s Acting General Manager, Mark Arnold said.
Get ready to froth harder than the whitewash at Main Beach, because six new acts have been added to the bill for the 2017/2018 event, with an eclectic batch of local legends — Wafia, Waax, West Thebarton, Manu Crooks, Alice Ivy and Party Dozen — joining the mammoth bill for the NYE-straddling party.
AS BLUESFEST continues to gear up for its highly-anticipated 2018 edition, the Byron Bay festival has today announced the addition of new Chief Operating Officer, Steve Romer.
With 30 years experience in the live music, sport and entertainment industry, Romer is a past Chair and CEO of Venue Management Association (Asia Pacific). (more…)
Joining the festivities at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm in April will be an array of acclaimed singers and musicians, including Senegalese legend Youssou N’Dour, UK soul icon Seal, Bluesfest favourite Michael Franti & Spearhead, lauded troubadour Jackson Browne and the freaking Original Blues Brothers Band.
BYRON BAY Services Club is to host Greg Burns, direct from ‘Just for Laughs’ at the Sydney Opera House, on Saturday October 21.
A STUNNING IMAGE of Migaloo making his way up the eastern Australian coast has snagged a Byron Bay photographer a prestigious international award.
Titled The Ghost, Craig Parry’s photo of the famed white whale won first place in the underwater world category at the 2017 Golden Turtle International Photography Competition in Moscow this week.
BYRON SHIRE Council’s Steam Team is putting the heat on Council’s commitment to eliminating the use of herbicides on all high use public lands with the purchase of a new steam weeder.
The machine, supplied by Australian company Weedtechnics, is regarded as one of the best and most efficient on the market, and is being used to kill weeds in public areas in the Byron Shire.