Byron RSL to Re-dedicate Rec Ground Cenotaph

Byron Bay's refurbished Cenotaph. (Photo supplied)
Byron Bay’s refurbished Cenotaph. (Photo supplied)

IN MANY ANZAC Day ceremonies, a cenotaph is a central focus as a place to remember soldiers both returned and fallen.

The Byron Bay RSL Sub Branch announced in early February that they would receive $39,400 in federal funding to refurbish the memorial gates and build a cenotaph wall near the Recreation Grounds on Marvel Street and work has now been completed.

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Here’s Why Splendour 2016 Rocked Bigtime

The Amphitheatre received Flume with open arms and danced to his music on Sunday night.
The Amphitheatre received Flume with open arms and danced to his music on Sunday night. Photo: Javier Encalada

THE CROWDS have returned to their jobs, the felt hats have been put away, the selfies have been uploaded to Instagram and the festival hangover is about to reach critical levels.

Splendour 2016 introduced three new spaces, the World Stage within the Global Village area, the Indian-inspired Marigold Majestic and the Very Small Suburb that brought some of Australia’s favourite food and fashion to Byron.

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Mrs Busy Line Back in the Saddle

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Mrs Busy Line hand typesetting in cold-metal type at the Pimpama Print Museum

IT’S TAKEN a few decades, but on Saturday, Jean (Mrs Busy Line) Wright was back in the saddle, hand setting cold metal type at the Pimpama Print Museum.

Jean and her husband Reg owned Wrightprint from the early 1960s to when they sold it in 1986.Previously Reg had been boss at the Norco print factory at a time when Norco was the largest dairy factory in the southern hemisphere.

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Three-Hour Splendour Bus Wait

Massive lines for bus transport from Splendour in the Grass 2016
Some described the wait for buses as a “moshpit”. Photo: ABC News, Emily Clark

THOUSANDS OF festivalgoers have been left angry and exhausted after the wait for buses away from the Splendour in the Grass site hit more than three hours.

Riot squad police were on site as the first night of the festival near Byron Bay ended with big crowds hitting bottle-necked queues for buses without any explanation for the delay.

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