Aussie lifeguard Juliana Bahr-Thomson chats to Yahoo’s The Daily Edition about attempting a record-breaking 1000km paddle to raise awareness about domestic violence.
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Local Byron Bay developer Brandon Saul is building offices for the growing number of seachangers heading to the northern NSW town.
The $10 million first stage of the Habitat project due for completion by April next year will have 4000 square metres of office, professional and retail spaces with NBN-powered internet access, shared meeting rooms, video conferencing facilities and on-site parking.
Foodbank Australia today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed “Byron Bay girl” Brianna Casey as its new Chief Executive Officer effective 18 July 2016.
Brianna, daughter of long-time locals Nick and Gail Casey, grew up in Byron Bay, completing her education at Byron Bay Public School, then attending high school at the (then) new Byron Bay High School.
Brianna joins Foodbank, the country’s largest food relief organisation, from the Australian Childcare Alliance New South Wales where she was Chief Executive Officer for three years. Prior to that, she spent 14 years with NSW Farmers and the Queensland Farmers’ Federation.
MULLET CREW LEGENDS: Terry Bertoli, Authur Boggis, Ron Boggis, Tony “Bigfoot” Reese, Harold Malin, Peter Reese, Ian Berry, Barry Baxter, Brian Campbell, Harry Storey, Cec Perantis, Guy Maxwell, Terry Charles, Benny McClyment, Ronnie Francis, Donny Robson, Wayne “Jungle” Jones, members of the Tweed mullet crew, Gordon “Sparra” Barton, Noel “Fred” Barton, Ted “Jetty Jack” McGrath, Ted “Slacky” Withers – and how many more can we add?
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT
LOCATION: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2001/s331740.htm
Broadcast: 18/07/2001
Fish drying up in Australia
Reporter: Michael Troy
MICHAEL TROY: Every year around June, fishing crews all along the East Coast gather on the beaches searching for signs of the mullet run.
BRIAN CAMPBELL, COMMERCIAL FISH SPOTTER: The mullet leave the river in the winter seasons usually here around May to the end of June. They come out to spawn.
MICHAEL TROY: The mullet, heavy with roe, are worth about $6 $8 a kilogram. This year, however, the commercial fishermen are facing a harsh reality.
MICHAEL TROY: How’s it been so far this year?
BRIAN CAMPBELL: Awful, worst year we’ve ever had. Only because of the closures that were put on after the flood in the Richmond River and we weren’t allowed into those areas where we traditionally catch our fish. So it’s the worst year I’ve ever been in 30 years.
Lion announced late last week that it would be making its first investment in recent craft beer acquisition, Byron Bay Brewing Co.
The investment takes the form of a refurbishment of the existing venue, bringing the beer and the brewery to the “forefront” of its offering.
Lion believes that the refurbished venue will off a new experience for visitors as well as showcasing a new menu that will focus on local produce, and getting visitors up close to the brewing experience.
In 1993, John Newton was eating at Oasi Seros in Sydney. It was a fancy, exclusive restaurant, open from 1987–4, that served an extravagant blend of French and Asian food, and Newton was reviewing it for the Good Food Guide. To his surprise, kangaroo was on the menu on the menu.
He was interested and he ordered it. “I’ve never forgotten it,” he says. It was the first time Newton had considered Australia’s native foods. He was amazed and astounded. “Why don’t we eat this stuff?” he wondered.
There was one moment at last Thursday’s Council meeting when you could hear a pin drop.
It was just after Cr Sol Ibrahim blurted out that everyone should be worried about the legal advice regarding the Coastal Zone Management Plan Byron Bay Embayment (CZMP BBE).
Everyone in the room started listening very closely, because well, there has been no legal advice tabled. So what does Cr Ibrahim know that everyone else doesn’t?
As I work on turning this one acre homestead into a self-sustaining Garden of Eden, I have two requirements for every single plant I consider putting in the ground: they must be either edible or medicinal. Preferably both.
Why? Because frankly I don’t have money or space to waste on frivolous landscaping. Everything from the plants to the animals must have a purpose.
More and more people are beginning to see the benefit of having a garden and growing your own food, but growing your own medicine could be equally as vital to your well being. What would you do if you couldn’t get the medical supplies or help you needed for a very long time? How would you manage?
As I plan my medicinal garden, I choose what to grow by studying different medical emergency scenarios and learning which plants I would be able to use if it ever came down to that.
When 297 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota were murdered by federal agents & members of the 7th Cavalry who had come to confiscate their firearms “for their own safety and protection”.
The slaughter began after the majority of the Sioux had peacefully turned in their firearms. The Calvary began shooting and managed to wipe out the entire camp. 200 of the 297 victims were women and children.
The contentious Byron Bay Bypass DA is now scheduled to be determined by Planning NSW’s Joint Regional Planning Panel.
A public meeting will be Wednesday, June 22, 5:30pm at the Mullumbimby Council Chambers. We urge all community members who have been following the progress of this essential public works for Byron Bay township to attend.
This meeting is our final resort short of legal recourse to insist on proper attention to due process including fair and reasonable assessment of the rail corridor alternative route in the face of dogged determination by our council to avoid this truth.