BYRON SHIRE Council has developed a new draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for some of Australia’s most iconic beaches from Cape Byron to Main Beach at Byron Bay.
The Eastern Precincts CZMP includes Main Beach, Clarkes Beach, The Pass, Wategos, Little Wategos and Cape Byron.
BYRON SHIRE Council’s pest animal trapping program is now underway with foxes, wild dogs and feral cats being targeted in Clunes, Booyong, Nashua and Goonengerry.
The program, which has been run before by Council, is designed to minimise the impact of pest animals on livestock and wildlife and in some cases, people and their domestic pets.
ANZAC DAY is set to be the best ever at the Byron Bay Services Club this year.
Activities will commence with the Dawn Service, to be held at 5.30 am at the Memorial Gates in Marvell Street, Byron Bay.
BYRON SHIRE has long been recognised as a home for artists and Council is aiming to ensure this not only continues but that the area grows to be regarded as an arts and cultural capital of northern New South Wales.
To drive this vision Council’s Public Art Panel has developed a draft Public Art Strategy which is currently on exhibition.
BYRON SHIRE Council’s ‘Smoke Free Byron Beaches’ campaign has just been boosted by a $100,000 grant from the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to promote a new Butt Free Byron Shire initiative.
“This means that Council can build on its important work targeting cigarette butt littering which has proven to be a significant issue on our foreshore and across the Shire,” Byron Shire Mayor, Simon Richardson said.
FIRE AND Rescue NSW, in partnership with the Rural Fire Service and the National Parks and Wildlife Service undertook prescribed burns on Paterson Hill at Byron Bay, 1.5 km from the town centre, yesterday Tuesday 17 April 2018.
The burn was undertaken to reduce the fuel load and provide for asset protection from potential wildfire that could occur in the ensuing fire season.
THE NEW menu at Byron Bay Services Club features a set of top quality premium steak dishes at prices to suit the family budget.
The photo above shows the 200 gram South-East Queensland Fillet, served with herbed roast kipflers, onion soubise, compound butter and jus.
BYRON SHIRE residents have a great track record when it comes to recycling but in recent months the drivers of our bin collection trucks have noticed people are getting slack.
Lucy Wilson, Council’s Resource Recovery Education Officer, said landfill bins are often overflowing or contain material that can be recycled or put in the green organic bin.
THE FERAMONES are back at the Byron Bay Services Club tomorrow night Saturday 7th April for a free show kicking off at 7 pm.
BYRON SHIRE Council has appointed SEE Civil Pty Ltd to construct a new roundabout at the intersection of Bayshore Drive and Ewingsdale Road, Byron Bay, with works set to commence late April.
The roundabout project is a major piece of infrastructure which has been jointly funded by the Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund ($2.6 million) and the Byron Shire Council ($3.1 million), costing $5.7 million.