Byron Bay Designer Creates Bikinis Out of Recycled Plastic

Linda Ortelieb, 19, from Germany showcases ‘Liar The Label’ bikini created out of recycled plastic by Nisha Abey (left), at Byron Bay Photo: Regi Varghese.

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NISHA ABEY is saving the world — one bikini at a time. The Byron Bay local’s Liar the Label range uses materials made from recycled plastic bottles and fishing nets.

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High-Performance Training for Byron Bay Surf Life Savers

Jy Timperley (left) in action and looking very much like another Bay Surf Club legend, his grandfather Graham. Photo: Contributed.
Jy Timperley (left) in action and looking very much like another Bay Surf Club legend, his grandfather Graham. Photo: Contributed.

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Caitlin Callahan and Jy Timperley from Byron Bay SLSC were among 28 of the state’s emerging water athletes who ramped up their preparation for summer at the 2016 Senior Performance Academy.

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Senior Moment Spoils Byron Bay Farewell

An early retirement means Peter Senior will not be at the 10th annual Australian Legends Tour Championship at the Byron Bay Golf Club. Photo: TONY MCDONOUGH
An early retirement means Peter Senior will not be at the 10th annual Australian Legends Tour Championship at the Byron Bay Golf Club. Photo: Tony McDonough

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TWO-TIME Australian Open champion Peter Senior will miss the chance of a swansong on the Northern Rivers after he was forced into early retirement.

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Stone & Wood to Fill ‘Corporate Comb-over’ Gap

Byron Bay is a mecca for surfers and is also the home of one of Australia's original craft brewers, Stone & Wood. Photo: Lachlan Fox.
Byron Bay is a mecca for surfers and is also the home of one of Australia’s original craft brewers, Stone & Wood. Photo: Lachlan Fox.

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BYRON BAY beer company Stone & Wood is preparing to hit the button on yet another expansion of its largest brewery as sales jump by 60 per cent to more than $30 million, which co-founder Jamie Cook attributes in part to “corporate comb-overs” by big rival brewers.

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Byron Bluesfest Adds $1900 to Mono’s World Title Fundraiser

Dave Munk and Mark "Mono" Stewart with the $2500 hand-signed Mark Richards surfboard which will be one of the fundraiser major prizes.
Dave Munk and Mark “Mono” Stewart with the $2500 hand-signed Mark Richards surfboard which will be one of the fundraiser major prizes.

BLUESFEST’S PETER Noble heads a strong group of Byron Bay locals and friends of Mark “Mono” Stewart who have launched a fundraising campaign to help him defend his World Surfing title.

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