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THE BYRON SHIRE 

Volume 27 #27 

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 

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Fiery political 

showdown with 

residents over CSG – p11 

Online news poll 

hijacked by pro- 

CSG investors 

Hans Lovejoy 

It’s been revealed that in late July this 

year, coal-seam gas shareholders successfully 

skewed a Northern Star online 

poll and personally targeted its 

online producer’s Facebook account. 

Journalist Dominic Feain told The 

Echo that the poll asked who was in 

favour of CSG. ‘By deleting cookies 

and re-voting they managed to 

flood the poll with pro-CSG votes,’ 

Mr Feain said. ‘Th e anti-CSG lobby 

counter-spammed before we pulled it 

at about 12,000 votes – usually we’ll get 

a couple of hundred.’ Mr Feain added, 

‘It appeared to me to be attempted 

share-ramping. ‘We tracked their IP 

addresses and accounts and reported 

them to police and the ASX but nothing 

eventuated.’ 

Conspired publicy 

Remarkably, the entire action transpired 

publicy on online stock market 

forum www.hotcopper.com.au, where 

members both conspired to spam the 

online poll and posted instructions on 

how to skew the results. 

Th e members, who are Metgasco 

investors, also investigated Mr Feain’s 

background while other comments 

made reference to CSG-Free activists 

as ‘full time bludgers… while the rest 

of us actually spend our time earning 

a real living.’ 

Known as ‘trolls’ in internet parlance, 

members were also scathing of 

residents’ behaviour at the recent public 

meeting in Lismore and local media 

reports on the issue. 

Th e full exchange is published – as 

of going to press – at http://bit.ly/UO- 

VOkM. 

Metgasco shares have been on a 

downward slide since mid October 

and recorded its lowest price ever for 

the year at 15.5 cents a share last Th ursday, 

according to www.asx.com.au. 

New gene 

theory by Dr 

Lipton – p9 

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Jack Mantel’s timber ‘art’ boards, Rusty’s new book Turning Point, and Richard Harvey’s art and surfboards were 

launched at VSTR on Friday by renowned free-surfer Dave Rastovich. The exhibition runs until this coming Friday at 

the VSTR shop at 15 Lawson Street, Byron Bay. Photo Jeff Dawson 

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Remembering surfi ng luminaries 

…with a celebration of 

art and board-making 

Hans Lovejoy 

Residents affected by the Wilsons 

Creek Road landslip are being invited 

by Council to join a Project Reference 

Group (PRG) to help facilitate quick 

repair to the road. 

Th e announcement comes aft er a 

recent community meeting and a successful 

notice of motion (NOM) by 

Cr Duncan Dey at Th ursday’s Council 

meeting. 

Council is aiming to hold its fi rst 

PRG meeting this month. 

But the vote wasn’t a unanimous 

one; Cr Diane Woods voiced her concerns 

with, ‘Th is is the worse case of 

micro-management I have seen and 

an insult to our staff . 

‘They are responsible for this. It 

won’t speed up the work…’ 

Cr Woods asked staff if a PRG 

would assist in getting the project 

done quicker. Acting GM Phil Holloway 

replied that any confl ict within 

the group could lead to delays, which 

would be concern for staff . 

At the meeting, Cr Dey said, ‘Aft er 

11 months not a lot is happening. Th e 

longer it goes on there will be more 

risks. We have been lucky nothing has 

happened so far.’ 

Councillors Duncan Dey, Rose 

Wanchap and Basil Cameron will 

form the PRG, along with six residents 

who are yet to be appointed. 

Representatives will also be invited 

from Roads and Maritime Services 

(RMS), other state authorities and 

members of parliament. 

Cr Dey said the the PRG would offer 

expertise where it could, assist in 

preparing a project time-frame, consider 

options for earliest completion 

and advise on risks to the community 

in keeping the road closed to various 

staged load limits. 

He also requested that Council 

write to relevant state government 

departments asking for assistance 

with opening of fi re trails or tracks 

that could be used in an emergency, 

facilitation of school transport arrangements 

and provision of water. 

‘Our united approach will deliver a 

strong message to state government 

that we need rapid support and funding 

to restore full access to Wilson- 

Creek,’ Cr Dey said. 

Mayor Simon Richardson said the 

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Byron Shire 

Council Notices 

Pages 48 

Plea for witnesses to 

brutal Byron attack 

Witnesses are still being sought for 

the horrifi c bashing of Byron Beach 

Café’s head chef, Nathan Foord. 

The 32-year-old Byron resident 

now has two plates in his jaw, serious 

concussion following three bleeds on 

the brain, and six teeth missing aft er a 

violent attack in Jonson Street, Byron 

Bay, on the morning of December 1. 

Nathan says he has no memory of 

the attack or of the man who delivered 

a single roundhouse kick to the 

face that caused him to fall unconscious 

onto the pavement. 

Nathan’s sister Nikki and Beach 

Café owner Ben Kirkwood are imploring 

anyone who may have witnessed 

the incident to come forward. 

‘Th is is very sad and frightening for 

us all and yet another case that supports 

our calls for better CCTV on 

our streets,’ Mr Kirkwood said, who 

is also vice-president of Byron’s business 

chamber, Byron United. 

‘Th is also needs to serve as a warning 

for all of us, our friends, and staff 

to be very careful out there.’ 

Wilsons Creek residents asked to help fi x landslip 

PRG was an opportunity to combine 

Council and community commitment 

and showed faith in completing 

the restoration works as quickly as 

possible. 

‘Th e establishment of a PRG demonstrates 

Council’s willingness to take 

up the community’s off er to be involved 

with the works and create a 

forum where people can converse and 

share their skills. 

‘Council supports the abilities and 

expertise in both staff and the wider 

community to get things done and 

done well,’ Mayor Richardson said. 

Th e slip occurred before the primary 

school on January 26 this year aft er 

heavy rain and has severely restricted 

traffi c, including water deliveries and 

emergency services.

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Luis Feliu 

Removing the spur groynes 

in front of Byron Bay’s main 

beach carpark and reusing the 

rocks to build a new seawall 

there is one of the favoured options 

to upgrade and protect 

the town’s iconic beachfront 

from erosion. A consultant’s 

report tabled at Byron Shire 

Council’s meeting last week 

presented several design and 

structural options for the 

beachfront protection works 

at the top end of Jonson Street. 

The report looked at the 

various erosion protection 

structures built along the 

town’s main beach foreshore 

by Council and individual residents, 

including ‘ad hoc works’ 

west of the Jonson Street seawall 

and interim beach access 

stabilisation works in front of 

the surf club. 

Council plans to workshop 

and evaluate three options 

soon before deciding which 

course to take. Construction 

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Mullum’s carols 

and late night 

shopping 

Carols by candlelight are 

planned on December 16 in the 

Mullum hospital grounds, says 

Janelle Stanford from Mullum’s 

Chamber of Commerce. 

‘It will feature Eleea Navarro, 

Tanya Bussa, some local choirs, 

schools and pre-schools,’ she 

says. ‘Santa will also attend on 

the local NSW Fire Brigade 

Hans Lovejoy 

NYE celebrations in Byron 

Bay are set to go ahead with 

fireworks and live entertainment 

aft er local businesses and 

Byron Council contributed to 

operational costs. 

Th e event was also co-organised 

last year, however Council 

has stepped up this year’s contribution 

with $36,000. 

Family event 

There will be two sets of 

fi reworks on the night: one at 

9pm and then again at mid- 

truck and local comedian Ellen 

Briggs will MC the event. 

Candles and song sheets will 

be available on the night. 

Also, she says Mullum shops 

will stay open on Thursday 

night December 20 for latenight 

shopping. ‘A local choir 

will be singing throughout the 

town and buskers are welcome. 

night. Along with live entertainment, 

the twilight market 

stalls and amusement rides are 

also planned. 

Paul Waters, president of 

Byron’s chamber of commerce 

(Byron United), said, ‘Our 

overall New Year’s Eve fundraising 

efforts are being rewarded 

and our target has been 

met due to a substantial contribution 

made by the Byron 

Shire Echo and the SAE Institute 

this week, who have both 

shown great community spirit 

with their generosity. 

The Echo’s general manager 

From Rock ‘n’ Roll to 

Jingle Bells: Olive, 

Coco, Milo, Jules, 

Trent and Michael 

get in the mood for 

carols and late-night 

shopping put on by 

the Mullumbimby 

Chamber of 

Commerce. 

Photo Jeff Dawson 

The chamber is also running 

a fairy lights competition 

throughout Mullumbimby. 

‘The business heart has 

kindly donated the prize money 

for the winner and it will be 

judged December 23. 

Entry forms are available on 

the counter in the Mullumbimby 

Newsagency. 

New Year’s Eve fundraising reaches goal 

Simon Haslam said that The 

Echo was pleased to be able to 

support this family-friendly 

low-key community-based alcohol-free 

fun-fi lled event, but 

warned young adults of the dangers 

of over-hyphenation. 

Byron Shire mayor Simon 

Richardson said with the success 

of last New Year’s Eve 

event, the same program is in 

place for 2012. ‘Th e focus for 

the night in Byron Bay is on 

chilled, family-friendly events 

featuring market stalls, entertainment, 

amusement rides and 

fi reworks – NYE Byron style.’ 

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Farmers’ Market 

turns ten 

It was one of the biggest days 

on record at Byron Bay Farmers 

Market on Th ursday as stall 

holders and members of the 

public celebrated the market’s 

tenth birthday. 

Souvenir recipe book 

Th e birthday was marked by 

the launch of a souvenir recipe 

book containing recipes from 

the stallholders, plus recipes 

from several guest local chefs 

including Belinda Jeff rey, Gavin 

Hughes and Victoria Cosford. 

Mayor Simon Richardson 

launched the book while federal 

MP Justine Elliot and Year of 

the Farmer Ambassador Natalie 

Gruzlewski were both part of 

the offi cial celebrations. 

More presenters 

for Spirit Festival 

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for March 1–3 next year, has 

announced a further lineup of 

presenters and teachers. 

Th ey include Mooji (Portugal), 

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and Carmella Baynie. 

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Ballina business dreams up e-car 

Story & photo Eve Jeffery 

Howard Hughes says he was 

mildly skeptical of climate 

change, but after research into 

the subject it prompted him 

into doing something about it. 

And so the Road-e was born. 

Based in Ballina, Hughes 

Engineering’s expansion from 

aeroplanes to electric vehicles 

was a desire to contribute to climate 

change solutions. 

The result is what he hopes 

will be Australia’s first production, 

all Australian designed, 

three-seat, electric motor vehicle 

– but wait! 

Here’s the kicker: these days 

anything that can run on electricity 

can run on solar power 

and this is just where Howard 

sees the vehicle going. 

‘Anything that saves energy 

and saves money and saves carbon 

is the industry of the future, 

that’s how I see it,’ he says. 

Pre-producion stage 

‘An electric car is quite useless 

if you have to plug it in to 

coal-fired power stations. 

‘We plan that it will live at 

home under a solar-panelled 

carport or feed off your current 

solar setup. You come home 

at night, plug the car in and 

it charges up by morning and 

away you go the next day.’ 

Still in the pre-producion 

stage, he says the Road-e will 

get you about 200 kilometres 

per sunbeam and will reach a 

top speed of around 100 kilo- 

Strategies to reduce alcohol 

abuse among young people 

in NSW are being explored in 

an inquiry by the Social Issues 

Committee. 

The committee, which is 

funded by the state government, 

will examine the effect of alcohol 

advertisements and promotions 

on young people and will 

consider restrictions on these as 

a preventative strategy to target 

this social issue. 

‘Binge drinking and associated 

antisocial behaviour 

among young people is a significant 

problem,’ said Niall 

Blair MLC, chair of the Social 

Drainage works have commenced 

this week by Byron 

Council at the Byron Regional 

Sport and Cultural Complex 

fields (BRSCC) on Ewingsdale 

Road. Council, who currently 

manage the facility, say the 

works will require complete closure 

of the Cornell Family fields 

and the internal field at the Herb 

Elliott (athletics) fields. 

Drainage addressed 

The actual running track 

itself will not be affected, say 

Council, and complete closure 

is required to allow the turf to 

be fully reinstated prior to use. 

Aiming for zero-emissions: engineer Howard Hughes and his electric car prototype 

metres per hour. 

‘If you do this, it’s zero emission. 

This is a bit about feeling 

but compared to saving 

the world, is not a drop in the 

ocean, but it is doing something. 

But if we can say, “Hey 

– if a little company like us in 

Ballina can do this, why can’t 

Toyota and Ford?” 

‘Holden is coming up with 

an electric car – the Volt – but 

it doesn’t go very far. 

‘It’s big, it’s heavy it’s just an 

ordinary car except it’s electric, 

whereas this totally different.’ 

Howard says that in the not 

too distant future he hopes that 

Hughes Engineering will sell 

the vehicle as either a complete 

Issues Committee. 

‘Young people are vulnerable 

to the perceived social benefits 

of consuming alcohol, whether 

imposed by culture, peer pressure 

or advertisements and 

promotions. 

‘The impacts of alcohol abuse 

can spread into the workplace, 

on roads and at public venues, 

which ultimately places a drain 

on our healthcare system.’ 

The inquiry will also examine 

measures to minimise the 

impact of alcohol in the workplace 

and to reduce alcoholrelated 

violence in and around 

licensed venues. 

Council’s executive manager 

of community infrastructure, 

Phil Holloway, said the works 

involved the top two centimetres 

of soil being removed, top 

dressed with a coarse sand and 

watered to establish the new 

growing turf. 

‘The works are being undertaken 

at this time of year to ensure 

a rapid growing season and 

have the fields ready for 2013. 

This will mean that the northern 

fields will be closed and cannot 

be played on until the end of 

January subject to weather. 

‘Sporting teams who are using 

the fields have been advised. 

unit or a kit. 

‘The Road-e will travel 15 to 

18km per kilowatt hour; this 

equates to about 100 miles per 

gallon in the old language. 

Zero emissions 

‘The two most important 

things about his car is that it’s 

light and it has an aerodynamic 

tadpole shape. It’s like a plane. 

‘It’s a smooth shell that helps 

eliminate noise and drag. 

‘This car will pass through 

the air with absolutely minimal 

or no drag at all and the stability 

of this will come from the 

fact that any air wash will just 

wash over it.’ 

All that is needed to com- 

Inquiry into reducing youth alcohol abuse 

This also includes measures 

to address the impacts of alcohol 

abuse on the health system. 

‘As the impacts of alcohol 

abuse among young people 

are widespread throughout the 

community, the committee is 

actively seeking submissions 

from all relevant individuals 

and groups.’ 

The closing date for submissions 

is Friday March 1, 2013. 

For more information including 

terms of reference and submissions, 

visit www.parliament. 

nsw.gov.au/socialissue or contact 

the committee secretariat 

on 02 9230 2412. 

Work to shut some Byron sports fields 

However, Little Athletics will 

be still be able use the running 

track of the Herb Elliott field,’ 

he said. The remediation works 

are expected to cost approximately 

$82,000 and are being 

fund from the complex’s maintenance 

budget. 

On the inside of the building, 

management agreements 

between Council and the PCYC 

to manage the multipurpose facility 

are progressing. 

Mr Holloway said that Council 

will continue to run the 

complex until the PCYC was in 

place, which looks like occurring 

in March or April of 2013. 


plete the vehicle is solar technology. 

‘We are looking to partner 

with a solar-panel company 

that can provide the totally 

green, zero-emissions solar 

charging part of the jigsaw 

puzzle’, says Howard. 

The Road-e isn’t far off and 

Howard sees a very bright near 

future for the car before he 

delves into his bag of interesting 

planet-saving ideas. 

For more information abut 

the Road-e, visit the Hughes 

Engineering website: www. 

road-e.com.au. 

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Meet the north coast koala’s new guardians 

Story & photos Eve Jeff ery 

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Koala Connections is a 

project to restore koala habitat 

and linkages and endangered 

ecological communities along 

the far north coastal areas. 

Th e welfare of koalas is becoming 

a major issue in the 

shire and Council’s draft Koala 

Plan of Management is due to 

be completed in this month. 

It will then be reported to 

council and hopefully out on 

public exhibition early in the 

new year. Byron Shire Council’s 

team leader of natural resources, 

Angus Underwood, says the 

Koala Connections project will 

ask for help from residents. 

‘Th ere will be a lot of community 

engagement’, he says. 

‘We will be getting onto 

properties and killing weeds 

and addressing threats to koalas 

and wildlife in general.’ 

Mapping corridor 

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project officer who will be 

managing things at the Byron 

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Challenging accepted gene theory 

Dr Bruce Lipton reveals new science that’s literally ahead of accepted DNA biology 

Mandy Nolan 

Bruce Lipton Ph D is a cell biologist, 

a lecturer, and an internationally 

recognised leader 

whose work bridges science 

and spirit. 

He is the best-selling author 

of The Biology of Belief, a book 

whose thesis questions the preexisiting 

assumption that genes 

and DNA control our biology. 

Dr Lipton argues that our 

DNA is controlled by signals 

from outside the cell, including 

the energetic messages emanating 

from our positive and negative 

thoughts. 

‘When we talk about genetic 

control, that’s a belief that 

genes control things,’ says Lipton, 

‘which is very important 

because basically it’s the greatest 

error that we bought into. 

‘We generally talk about genes 

turning on and off , which is a 

kind of belief that genes are self- 

actualising, meaning that genes 

make decisions – “this gene gave 

me cancer” and “this gene gave 

me cardiovascular disease”’. 

Lipton believes this central 

dogma is not just wrong, it 

makes us victims. 

‘We didn’t pick the genes we 

came with, and since we can’t 

change the genes if we don’t like 

our traits, then the concepts 

of genetic control through 

the conventional teaching is a 

concept of victimisation where 

people are victims because 

their life is controlled by genes.’ 

Epigenetic science 

‘Genes are molecular blueprints’, 

says Lipton, just like a 

linear blueprint. ‘Blueprints 

have no on and off. Ask an 

architect if the blueprint she’s 

working on is on or off and 

she’ll look at you like, “What 

are you crazy?” Th ere’s no on 

and off to a blueprint. 

‘Th ere’s a new science now 

called epigenetics; the diff erence 

is the epi, the epi prefi x 

is literally ‘above’, so when you 

say the word epigenetic control, 

what you are saying is control 

above the genes and this is the 

new science that reveals that 

the genes are not self-actualising, 

but the cell can select the 

blueprint, read the blueprint, 

and not only select and read 

them, but they can modify the 

output of the blueprint. 

‘So the cell is like a contractor 

using the DNA as blueprints 

and those blueprints are used 

to make the building blocks of 

the cell, which provides for its 

structure and its function. 

‘And yet through epigenetics 

you can change the readout 

of genes and create thousands 

of variations of proteins from 

the same gene blueprint. Th e 

point is very simple, epigenetics 

reveals that environmental 

information is what is controlling 

the genetic readout.’ 

According to Lipton, our 

genes do not dictate who we 

are or how we behave. 

‘Epigenetics is a new vision 

about how we are masters of 

heredity for a simple reason: 

we select and modify the genes 

based on our response to the 

environment and we are free 

to change our response to the 

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environment. 

‘Since we can change the way 

we respond to life, then all of 

a sudden the concept of victimisation 

where genetic control 

was related disappears and 

now we are at a part where we 

can adjust the genetic readout 

by how you respond to life.’ 

So how can we change our 

perceived genetic destiny? 

Mind has two parts 

‘When I talk about the mind 

controlling the chemistry of the 

blood, then I have to emphasise 

there are two parts to the mind, 

the conscious mind and the subconscious 

mind; they are two 

interdependent elements, they 

are not one and the same thing. 

Th ey work in agreement with 

each other, but they are diff erent 

elements. The conscious 

mind, the latest edition in evolution, 

is a lobe of brain right 

behind your forehead, called 

the prefrontal cortex. 

‘It’s the seed of your personal 

identity, your unique character; 

it’s your connection to spirituality, 

your source. Th at’s who 

you are, you are in that prefrontal 

cortex conscious mind part. 

‘The rest of the brain was 

there before the conscious 

mind evolution and actually 

represents the fundamental 


elements of the subconscious 

mind. Th e conscious mind is a 

creative mind. If I ask you what 

are you doing next week, and 

you come up with an answer, 

the answer comes from the 

conscious creative mind. 

‘The subconscious mind is 

equivalent to a tape recorder, 

video recorder, to record your 

life experiences and as you 

want to record them and repeat 

them. 

Habits formed from 

subconscious mind 

‘The subconscious mind 

turns them into habits, and 

when you push the button, you 

will replay the habit. Every time 

you push it, it will replay exactly 

as it was done before, and will 

continue to play it until you’ve 

changed the habit.’ 

Bruce believes humans want 

to change but, ‘since our conscious 

mind only operates 

about fi ve per cent of the time, 

that means 95 per cent of the 

time we continuously revert to 

the habits. 

‘…the conscious mind might 

not be resistant at all to change, 

but the conscious mind is only 

paying attention fi ve per cent 

of the time, and we are playing 

habits 95 per cent of the time.’ 

Lipton’s realisation about 

cell behaviour and interactions 

with DNA have profound philosophical 

and spiritual ramifi - 

cations. 

‘Th e honest truth if you asked 

me about my life right now,’ says 

Lipton, ‘is that I totally believe 

that life on planet Earth is actually 

heaven, that we are born 

into heaven, because this is a 

place of creativity and a place of 

experiences that grow into our 

spiritual awareness, but it’s done 

through this physical body, so I 

fi nd this is a unique opportunity 

to be here.’ 

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Th eir candidate in their inaugural 

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Oz Day award 

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Nominations close 4pm on 

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Cyber harassment 

conference Dec 14 

A free conference in Lismore 

on ‘cyber harassment’, organised 

entirely by volunteers, will 

be held on December 14. 

Among the speakers is lawyer 

Christopher Dibb, who set 

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identifying Google and Yahoo 

as publishing platforms accountable 

for defamation. 

MC is author and journalist 

Ray Moynihan, and it is on at 

Whitebrook Th eatre, Southern 

Cross University, Military Road, 

East Lismore. 

Find out more at www.realmediarealchange.org/speakers. 

Miranda Burne 

Organisers of the recent Rainbow 

Ride and Byron Bay Accom 

have jointly donated 

$2,000 to local homeless service, 

Byron Emergency Accommodation 

Project (BEAP). 

Twenty volunteers from 

BEAP worked as marshals 

and at water stations along the 

100km–160km route, which 

was travelled by up to 500 cyclists. 

Rainbow Ride organiser 

Anthony Mortimore donated 

$1,000 to the homeless service 

while Byron Bay Accom 

matched that amount. 

Grant Hawkins from Byron 

Bay Accom, who managed the 

lodging for the Rainbow Ride, 

said that as the accommoda- 

Photo & Story Eve Jeff ery 

There’s nothing like a good 

revamp to get things moving 

and shaking and one of Byron’s 

oldest residents has has some 

spit and polish for a bit of reinvention. 

Th e Byron Community Centre 

has recently been upgraded 

and its conference facilities are 

now open for business. 

The spruce-up is courtesy 

of $29,000 in Regional Product 

Development Funding 

through Destination NSW and 

the North Coast Destination 

Network (formerly Northern 

Rivers Tourism). 

‘The much-loved Byron 

ANR scores $30K grant for musos 

Arts Northern Rivers has announced 

a win for the region, 

with the approval of a $30,000 

grant under the NSW government’s 

2013 Arts Funding Program 

– Regional Partnerships 

by Arts NSW. 

It will go towards ‘Connect’, 

an industry and market development 

project for musicians 

from the northern rivers. 

Running over a 12-month 

period in 2013, the program 

will incorporate professional 

Conference facilities open in the Bay 

What to do with a spotlight on a new $10,500 projector screen? What else, shadow puppets 

complete with obligatory rabbit ears for the mayor 

development opportunities 

available to all local music 

industry practitioners, six 

months of one-to-one mentoring 

for six musicians with 

established industry personnel, 

and the presentation of a finale 

showcase event where the 

mentored musicians can make 

connections to new markets. 

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tion sector benefited from 

this event, he was ‘delighted to 

share a percentage of that with 

such a worthwhile cause as 

Community Centre has long 

been known for community 

events in Byron Shire and is 

now set to be known as one 

of the top venues for events on 

the north coast of NSW’, said 

minister for the north coast and 

Member for Ballina Don Page. 

A top north coast 

venue for events: MP 

‘This NSW government 

funding aims to enable the 

north coast to enhance visitor 

experiences and boost conference 

tourism from interstate 

and overseas markets.’ 

Byron Community Centre 

general manager and Byron 

Shire councillor Paul Spooner 

said that the new conference 

facilities will be given a boost 

by launching a new conference 

package with the aim of entic- 

Years of dedicated training has 

paid off for the Circus Arts 

Youth Performance Troupe 

who have been invited to perform 

at the world renowned 

Woodford Folk Festival this 

coming December. 

A preview performances of 

BEAP, which supports more 

marginalised people in our 

community’. 

Co-ordinator of BEAP, Si- 

ing conferences, incentives and 

events to this unique venue. 

‘It’s located in the centre 

of Byron Bay within walking 

distance to many accommodation, 

dining options and the 

beach’, says Paul. 

‘The Community Centre 

and Byron Th eatre has a capacity 

of nearly 250, making it 

ideal for small to medium size 

conferences, business meetings 

and functions. 

‘Th e 246-seat amphitheatre 

style Byron Theatre is complemented 

by two break-out 

rooms and foyers, a courtyard 

and covered verandah. Conference 

organisers can book individual 

conference spaces or the 

whole venue for sole use.’ 

Th ose interested in the facility 

can contact Amanda on 

0405 401 377 or visit www.byroncentre.com.au. 

Circus Arts Woodford bound 

the troupe’s Woodford show 

‘heist’ will be held at Circus 

Arts Byron Bay on December 

14 at 7pm, followed by 

two shows on December 15 at 

3pm and 7pm. Bookings and 

enquiries 6685 6566 or email 

circus@circusarts.com.au. 

Rainbow riders benefi t the homeless 

BEAP co-ordinator Simone Verdon with Grant Hawkins from 

Byron Bay Accom 

mone Verdon, said that the 

service would benefi t greatly 

from the donations. 

‘Due to the continued pressure 

of housing aff ordability in 

the Byron Shire and the limited 

supports available to people, 

any donations like this are really 

appreciated, and allow 

us to continue to work with 

people who are experiencing 

homelessness.’ 

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BEAP donations are tax deductable 

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Local News 

Glenugie CSG protester arrested as drill rigs roll in 

Chris Dobney 

Police arrested resident Deb 

Whitley last Wednesday at 

Metgasco’s CSG test site at 

Glenugie, near Graft on, aft er 

she locked herself to a truck. 

It comes as another Glenugie 

resident Seanine told The Echo 

on Monday that Metgasco drill 

rigs are expected to arrive in 

the area shortly. 

According to another Glenu- 

Federal and Goonengerry want gas-free 

More than 80 stalwarts from 

Federal and Goonengerry 

unanimously voted last Tuesday 

night – in the hottest evening 

this summer – to support a Gasfi 

eld Free Community initiative. 

Police claim to have uncovered 

a large hydroponic marijuana 

crop growing in sheds 

hidden in bushland near 

Brunswick Heads. 

Police media said 255 plants 

were found growing ‘inside 

aluminium sheds deep in the 

gie local, Sarah Fletcher, up to 

80 residents gathered to defend 

their ‘embattled community’ at 

the site when Ms Whitley was 

arrested last week. Fifty-fiveyear-old 

Ms Whitley said in her 

defence, she took direct action 

because her land and home are 

under threat from coal-seam 

gas mining, which she has no 

say in refusing. 

‘Metgasco is trying to ride 

roughshod over the wishes of 

Road surveys will take place 

over the next few weeks with 

house-to-house doorknocks to 

gauge an accurate assessment of 

attitudes towards coal-seam gas 

and unconventional mining in 

Tyagarah Nature Reserve’. 

Offi cers seized the cannabis 

crop along with hydroponic 

equipment used in its cultivation. 

Th ey say a Polair helicopter 

was brought in to remove a 

number of large diesel generators 

to power the set-up. 

the local community,’ she said. 

In response, Metgasco CEO 

Peter Henderson instead described 

the protesters as ‘vigilantes’ 

and claimed on ABC 

radio that one activist had issued 

a Metgasco employee with 

a death threat. 

‘These people do have a 

choice’, he said. 

‘The government’s not ignoring 

them, nor is Metgasco. 

‘We’ve been through very 

these two rural areas. 

The results will later be 

made public. 

People who can help with the 

doorknock should call co-ordinator 

Jill Keogh on 6688 4558. 

Cops discover pot crop in Tyagarah reserve 

Tweed/Byron Local Area 

Command detectives are 

continuing their inquiries to 

identify and locate the dope 

farmers. 

Th ey say the plants have an 

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Stakeholders or shareholders? 

State ministers, bureaucrats in fi ery showdown with residents over CSG 

Melissa Hargraves 

Chants of ‘NO CSG’ fi lled Lismore 

City Hall last Wednesday 

as over 800 citizens vented 

their frustration at NSW planning 

and infrastructure minister 

Brad Hazzard and various 

departmental bureaucrats. 

Lismore MP Th omas George 

organised the meeting, which 

was an eff ort to ‘address concerns 

surrounding coal-seam 

gas (CSG) mining and the recent 

release of the NSW government’s 

Strategic Regional 

Land Use Policy (SRLUP)’. 

Due to the crowd’s obstreperous 

behaviour, the minister 

told the audience that ‘the disrespect 

that is currently being 

shown by not listening is not 

helping as this panel are here to 

help you with your concerns,’ 

and ‘I would have thought that 

in Australia we would respect 

each other’s views’. 

Environment before 

economy 

Th e audience jeered loudly 

at the irony of his comments, 

given many northern rivers 

residents say they don’t feel listened 

to or respected by him or 

his government. 

Ian Gaillard from Lock the 

Gate Northern Rivers addressed 

the panel. ‘This is 

about stakeholders, not shareholders. 

Mr Hazzard, there will 

be people walking up to you 

and giving you (CSG-free) dec- 

larations from their roads. 

‘I call on you to accept them 

all and take note because we are 

not going to allow this to happen 

in the catchment of our rivers 

and tributaries. One thing 

that you blokes don’t seem to 

get right is that the environment 

comes before economy.’ 

While road declarations 

were being received, a resident 

informed those on the stage 

that ‘we are mothers, grandmothers 

and workers and we 

have our backs to the wall and 

that is why, Mr George, you 

have never seen anything like 

this response before’. 

Mr Hazzard told the audience 

that his government took 

over from a previous government 

which had ‘no process 

or policy structure’ surrounding 

CSG mining and that they 

have since engaged in ‘lengthy 

and comprehensive policy development 

initiatives to bring 

together all stakeholders and 

ensure transparency’. 

Dan Keary, strategic regional 

policy director for the Department 

of Planning and Infrastructure, 

elaborated on the 

SRLUP and said that if companies 

want to mine for CSG 

on strategic agricultural land 

‘they will need to go through 

the gateway process, which is 

independent and must be addressed 

through a DA process’. 

No refusal provision 

To that, deputy mayor of Lismore, 

Cr Simon Clough, ques- 

Passions ran high at Wednesday’s meeting over plans by the 

state government to allow CSG throughout NSW. 

Photo Jimmy Malecki 

tioned why the gateway process 

‘has no provision for refusal’. 

And it didn’t get any better 

for the ministers and their entourage. 

Dr Isaac Santos from 

SCU asked the panel to tell the 

audience how many monitoring 

wells there were. 

Minister Hazzard’s response 

was ‘the short answer is that we 

don’t know how many.’ 

Well monitoring 

numbers unkown 

Local research scientist Dr 

Effi e Ablett said that it is too late 

for assessment aft er the chemicals 

have been used as they 

work at undetectable levels. 

‘It takes one molecule of 

these toxic chemicals that can 

change a pre-cancerous cell 

to a cancer cell. The leakage 

from these wells could cause 

the largest health threat that 

we have seen in Australia… research 

has shown that they leak 

methane; they will be leaking 

other chemicals as well.’ 

Members of the audience 

also questioned why a representative 

from the health department 

was not on the panel. 

Climate change was mentioned 

numerous times as 

many scientists around the 

world are continuing to make 

urgent warnings of the need to 

shift our energy sources from 

fossil fuels to renewables. 

Adam Guise of CSG Free 

Northern Rivers informed the 

panel that ‘methane is twenty 

to a hundred times more potent 

than carbon dioxide. How 

can your government credibly 

pretend to be taking action on 

climate change when you are 

funding and promoting a toxic, 

dirty industry, which is fossil 

fuel. Every dollar that is put 

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approvals and can demonstrate 

our business is safe, and that’s 

why Minister Hazzard is in the 

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Dr Marion Lloyd-Smith, 

who has made a study of 

chemical pollutants, questioned 

the panel over the testing 

of chemicals used in CSG 

mining activities. ‘If you are so 

comfortable with all the chemicals 

being used, why is one and 

a half million dollars of public 

money going to be spent over 

the next few years to assess 

these chemicals?’ 

Chemical pollution 

Brad Mullard, executive 

director of mineral resources 

responded: ‘Th ere are literally 

thousands of chemicals that can 

be potentially used. Th e federal 

government is undertaking a 

process of assessing; they can 

only assess about one hundred. 

‘But,’ he added, ‘most of the 

chemicals are in common use.’ 

Mr Hazzard had to leave 

at 12 noon to attend further 

meetings but was approached 

restaurant & rooms 

just before entering his car 

and asked about the comment 

he made recently to Lismore 

mayor Jenny Dowell regarding 

the inevitability of CSG mining 

in the northern rivers. 

He responded by saying it 

was ‘misinterpreted’. 

More alarming to the audience 

was the comment by Rob 

O’Neill, the director of water 

policy and planning at the 

Offi ce of Water, who told the 

audience that ‘surface water is 

not necessarily connected to 

the deep ground water’. 

The last 18 months that the 

NSW government spent establishing 

procedures for CSG 

mining has clearly not satisfi ed 

a well-informed community in 

the northern rivers of NSW. 

Baseline data, compliance, 

monitoring and CSG mining 

exemptions from the SRLUP 

are all areas of concerns that 

were not allayed in Mr George’s 

public meeting. 

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Comment 

Volume 27 #27 December 11, 2012 

When gas expands 

There is no doubt coal-seam gas is the greatest issue to face our 

region for decades and one the community is united to stop. 

Science tells us that gas expands by the same proportion as 

temperature rises. But for CSG company Metgasco, their shares 

have plummeted while they and the state government stir the 

northern rivers community to boiling point. 

Planning minister Brad ‘Bio’ Hazzard and his overpaid bureaucrats 

masquerading as experts copped that heat last Wednesday. 

But it wasn’t all angst – there was considerably more expertise 

in the crowd than on the panel at the meeting. That was made 

obvious because the panel could only talk policy, not science. 

And while it was organised by the well-intentioned Lismore 

National MP Thomas George, we all know the road to hell is 

paved with good intentions. 

This week, federal MP Justine Elliot joined Janelle Saffin in 

opposing her own government’s position on the issue. 

Mr George and his state National Party colleagues Geoff 

Provest and Don Page would be well advised to do the same. 

CSG policies by this government are designed to lubricate the way 

for their mining-company mates. It offers no vision for the future – 

it’s short-term greed, long-term destruction and benefits only a few. 

The ‘gateway’ process, as described in the policy, means that 

with agricultural land, CSG companies will have to go through an 

independent process and, according to Mr Hazzard’s bureaucrats, 

‘must be addressed through a DA process’. But as deputy mayor 

of Lismore Cr Simon Clough, says, an application can’t be refused. 

At this time, the Strategic Land Use Policy that attempts to 

address farming concerns by the state government doesn’t even 

apply to the northern rivers. So we need to keep up the pressure; 

we are not even on a timetable to be mapped. 

This publication doesn’t defend some of the more extreme 

actions allegedly taken against the MPs, such as spitting on them. 

But after all isn’t what metaphorically these MPs are doing to 

their constituents? 

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Some joy at Doha for developing nations 

Your current view of the 

climate change debate 

probably depends on 

whether you are a rain gauge 

half full or rain gauge half empty 

kind of person – or, to put it 

more dramatically, whether you 

find the weather getting just a bit 

more exciting or positively scary. 

Because, as the scientists 

confirmed this week in a diligently 

researched article in the 

authoritative journal Nature, 

their figures are right on track. 

The world is warming precisely 

as forecast, and there is 

plenty more to come, meaning 

that the weather will continue 

to get more extreme and less 

predictable, with consequences 

that can only be dire. 

The future might not be catastrophic 

– at least, not for everybody. 

But it will, to paraphrase 

the great British biologist J B S 

Haldane, not only be different 

from anything we imagine, but 

different from anything we can 

imagine. 

The problem is quite simply 

that, with the increase in greenhouse 

emissions, more energy is 

continually being trapped inside 

the earth’s atmosphere. What arrives 

from the sun primarily as 

short wave radiation (light) reduces 

its frequency when it hits 

the earth and the longer wave 

radiation it becomes (heat) cannot 

escape through the denser 

air. Hence the system becomes 

more energetic. 

The effect is not uniform; the 

planet does not just heat up all 

over. More energy means more 

potential for chaos, thus the increase 

in extreme events – more 

intense floods and snow storms 

as well as more severe droughts 

and heat waves. What has so far 

been mere anecdotal evidence 

has now been confirmed by the 

facts, as documented by the 

International Panel on Climate 

Change: the world is right on 

track for an overall increase of 

three degrees Celsius by 2030 – 

assuming, of course, that we go 

on with business as usual. 

The pessimists would say that 

the outcome of the Doha conference 

is that we will do just that. 

Nothing concrete was 

achieved, and although many 

of the right noises were heard, 

especially towards the end of 

what had been a thoroughly 

acrimonious gathering, practical 

measures to reduce the rate 

of emissions appeared as far 

away as ever. True, some 35 nations 

recommitted to Kyoto in 

Carbon pricing in Australia, 

throughout the European Union 

and in other pockets around 

the world is now becoming an 

accepted and established practice. 

by Mungo MacCallum 

the interim before a new agreement 

can, hopefully, be forged in 

2015; but they were mainly from 

Europe (plus Australia) and are 

responsible for only about 15 per 

cent of the damage. Some of the 

middle-rankers who had been 

part of Kyoto – Russia, Canada 

and Japan among them – pulled 

out and the big players – the 

United States, China and India 

– remained intransigent. 

Moreover a row developed 

over whether or not developed 

nations might have to compensate 

the rest of the world for 

damages already being done, 

with The Australian asserting 

(totally wrongly, according to 

climate change minister Greg 

Combet) that Australian taxpayers 

were already facing a bill 

of $3 billion. And that’s the bad 

news, to be embraced by the 

sceptics, deniers, rent seekers, 

and downright loonies who 

command such an inordinate 

amount of media space for their 

misguided views. 

But wait, there’s more, and 

enough of it to provide more 

than a touch of hope and com- 

Mary Patricia Hudson 

Paddy,Tricia 

Next week, it will be one year since our beautiful mother passed away. We 

would like to now take this opportunity, on behalf of Mum and us girls, to give 

our thanks and appreciation to all who supported the fi ve of us through Mum’s 

time of being unwell, and in the time since our world changed. 

Firstly, Dr. Marcus Hewitson, Dr. Chris Lack and all the staff at Bangalow 

Medical Centre, Dr. Adam Boyce and staff, our nurse Michelle at Bangalow 

Community Health, Palliative Care, the Oncology units at St.Vincents and 

Lismore Base Hospital, naturopath Tracey Lee Morley, refl exologist Katie from 

Bangalow, osteopath Julie Streckfuss and Zenith Virago. 

And of course, thank you to our wonderful family and friends, particularly 

Anne and Phil Diamond, Marie-Noelle, Chris Bain, Vicky Farrelly and Julie 

Mashford. There are too many others to mention individually but know what a 

difference everyone’s love and support has made to us. We are so grateful. 

Mum’s love and strength was our greatest gift. 

With heartfelt thanks, 

Rebecca, Aarna, Bethany and Alex along with our families 

xxxxx 

fort for the rational majority. 

While Doha proved, for the 

most part, to be unedifying, 

there were moments of consensus, 

most importantly that the 

standoff between the developed 

and developing countries has 

finally started to crack. 

There is now a general agreement 

that as the developing 

countries seek to improve their 

standard of living they will need 

help to do so in ways which do 

the least possible damage to the 

environment and a ballpark figure 

of $100 billion should be set 

aside for this purpose. 

Note that this is not compensation 

for damages past, as The 

Australian appears to believe, 

but provision for future needs. 

And in fact Australia has already 

committed nearly $600 

million to the cause, most of it 

going to Pacific Island nations 

threatened by rising sea levels. 

Many other nations are ready 

and willing to kick in, although 

inevitably the global financial 

crisis and the subsequent economic 

downturn have made 

the job more difficult. But the 

long overdue recognition that it 

will have to be made is at a major 

step forward and one that 

suggests a genuine worldwide 

agreement on emission reduction 

targets in 2015 may not be, 

at last, out of the question. 

And in the meantime the 

world is not standing still; 

carbon pricing in Australia, 

throughout the European Union 

and in other pockets around 

the world is now becoming an 

accepted and established prac- 

tice and supplementary measures 

are being implemented in 

most countries according to local 

circumstances. 

For instance in India, from 

which I have just returned, all 

public and private buses are being 

converted from diesel to natural 

gas as a matter of urgency. 

The same applies to the tuktuks, 

the notoriously polluting 

auto rickshaws, which are in 

any case diminishing rapidly in 

number as more and more Indians 

buy their own cars. 

And as this happens, a new 

measure has been brought in: 

every private vehicle must undergo 

an emissions check every 

three months. There are testing 

stations even in small villages, 

and vehicles which fail do not 

leave them until repaired. 

Measures such as these are 

the straws in the gathering sirocco 

which point to changes 

in government attitudes around 

the world. China, as you would 

expect from a dictatorship, is 

reportedly taking even tougher 

action. 

I cannot confirm this from 

firsthand knowledge but I can 

attest that Sri Lanka, the small 

island state with a population 

slightly bigger than Australia’s, 

relies very largely on clean hydro-electric 

power to supply its 

expanding grid and where there 

are gaps, they are being plugged 

by wind and tidal power – no 

new fossil fuel stations and definitely 

no nukes. 

So that’s the good news. 

It may not be enough to keep 

the rain gauge from emptying, 

or stop the weather from going 

crazy, but at least we can report 

progress. Science, or at least enlightened 

self-interest, may yet 

prevail. 

The hourglass is no longer 

even half full, but the sand has 

not completely run out. Yet. 

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Letters 

Holiday letting: no test case needed 

Last week’s Echo had a story 

about a ‘test case’ regarding 

holiday letting, quoting compliance 

manager Ralph James. 

As a lawyer Mr James surely 

knows that no test case is necessary; 

holiday letting in a Residential 

2(a) zone, as well as in a 

number of other zones, is ‘prohibited’. 

In my dictionary the 

word ‘prohibited’ means ‘not 

permissible under any circumstances’. 

Mr John Gudgeon, of 

the Holiday Letting Organisation 

(HLO), seems to use some 

other dictionary, while Mayor 

Simon Richardson, proclaims 

the need for ‘legal clarity’ – 

without commissioning the appropriate 

legal advice. 

Let me (again) explain how it 

works. Th e Local Environment 

Transformation 

Reincarnation – no; metamorphosis 

– yes! Consider how 

‘beach erosion to the property 

line’ becomes, in real estatespeak, 

‘private direct access to 

the surf’. 

J Rose 

Mullumbimby 

No to KFC a delusion 

We have Aldi, Eagle Boys, 

Domino’s,Woolies, Witchery, 

Rockmans, Sportsgirl, Supre, 

Subway (x2), Baskin&Robbins, 

Bakers Delight, every real estate 

franchise, every surf brand 

franchise, and Proud to be 

Cheap – apologies if I overlooked 

some other corporate 

construct. On what basis will 

councillors stop another? 

To proff er such a position is 

either a misunderstanding of 

their role or an attempt to mislead 

the community. How does 

Greens mayor Simon Richardson 

hope to stop KFC? 

No to McDonald’s, no to 

Dan Murphy’s – so what? How 

many other bottle shops selling 

overpriced alcohol do we have? 

Last count, fi ve, and how many 

other mainstream fast food 

outlets do we have? How is it 

that we can excuse one retail 

outlet and reject another? 

Don’t get me wrong, I fi nd 

KFC an aberration, but let’s get 

real. Byron Bay is nothing special 

any more. 

Nick Gazzard 

Main Arm 

Mullum High catch-up 

Mullumbimby High School 

Ex-Students Association is 

aware that when some ex-students 

and staff return to the 

area during the Christmas-new 

year break, they would like to 

meet up with others from their 

school days, but there is no 

mechanism for doing this in a 

short space of time. 

To provide an opportunity 

for these meetings to take 

place, the Association is set- 

Plan divides the whole of the 

shire into a number of zones. 

Each zone refers to three kinds 

of activity: 1. Work you can do 

without Council consent (eg 

mow your lawn, breathe), 2. 

Work you can do with Council 

consent (eg build a house), 3. 

Work which is prohibited (eg a 

piggery in a 2(a) zone). 

Now the Residential 2(a) 

zone includes among its prohibited 

list ‘tourist facilities’. 

Th e situation is complicated, 

however, by the fact that some 

tourist activities are in fact permitted 

in this zone, eg hostels, 

motels, B&Bs. These exemptions 

are included in a list of 

defi nitions given in the LEP. 

In other words if your type of 

tourist activity doesn’t fit in 

ting up a meeting point at the 

Hotel Brunswick on Friday, 

December 28 from 6pm. Th ere 

will be an identifying banner 

and Association members Gillian 

(Archer) Lomath and Pam 

(Dundas) Morris will be ready 

to say ‘Hi’. 

Anyone who has been a student 

or a staff member (of any 

kind) at the school is invited to 

check it out and stay in touch. 

More information about the 

Association can be found on 

the High School website, under 

the ‘Our Community’ tag. 

Robyn Gray 

Mullumbimby 

Koalas get the blues 

Th e picture for koalas is not 

as rosy as that painted in the 

article on page 7 of The Echo of 

November 27. We all love music 

and we all love koalas but 

the evidence is that the two do 

not mesh on the piece of real 

estate that the Blues Festival 

has chosen for its new home. 

Tyagarah was home to koalas 

long before the festival came. It 

houses a small colony of this 

iconic but vulnerable species. 

Byron Council is creating a 

koala plan of management and 

the lead-up habitat study identifi 

es Tyagarah as one of only fi ve 

areas where koalas reside on the 

coast of Byron Shire. Tweed 

Shire has none left on its coast. 

The Echo’s article mentioned 

a similar 2010 koala study for 

Tyagarah but failed to highlight 

a few facts connecting it 

to the 2012 study, such as the 

following: 

Th e number of koalas found 

and tagged for the 2010 Study 

was 11, which is more than the 

eight found (seven tagged) in 

the 2012 study. Th ere are clearly 

fewer animals in the area now 

than two or three years ago. 

The eighth koala in 2012 

wasn’t tagged because she was 

too sick. She died, leaving seven. 

Th e article says that of seven 

koalas tagged, three showed no 

with any of the listed defi nitions 

it cannot be approved by 

Council – it’s illegal per se. 

The only question that remains 

is whether using your 

house for holiday letting qualifi 

es it as a ‘tourist facility’. Th e 

various legal and planning advice 

that Council has obtained 

over the years has actively 

sought to fudge this issue by 

burying it in mountains of irrelevant 

material, jargon and 

evasion; the answer is there 

all right but you need the 

mind of a lawyer to locate it. 

Th at answer, of course, is that 

short-term accommodation 

(less than about three months) 

is certainly a form of tourism 

and is incompatible with residential 

use. The courts have 

aversion to the 2012 festival, 

two showed they had problems 

with it, one left and one more 

died (before the festival). I don’t 

call three out of seven a great 

score for a vulnerable species. 

Many koalas in the Tyagarah 

area have disappeared in recent 

years. A letter in last week’s 

Echo verifi es this anecdotally. 

Th e 2012 study only found one 

of the animals that had been 

tagged in 2010. Th e 2010 study 

lost six of its 11 animals dead 

during the study period (which 

included the 2010 festival). 

Th e 2012 study lost two dead 

out of eight found. 

Animal welfare sources 

know of 12 mortalities at Tyagarah 

in just over two years to 

date. The habitat study estimates 

the koala population of 

Byron Shire’s coast at just 240. 

Th e 12 known to have died at 

Tyagarah are fi ve per cent of 

our coastal koalas! As well as 

whatever could get to them 

200 years ago, they now have 

to dodge cars and trucks, dogs, 

disease, loss of habitat, loss of 

corridor, and development. 

As the 2012 researcher states 

in The Echo, he usually studies 

longer-term effects than just 

one festival. The long-term 

picture of the festival’s eff ect 

on koalas is not good so far. 

When there are no animals left 

there to study, there’ll be no 

eff ect on them. Is that good? 

Cr Duncan Dey 

Mullumbimby 

Confl ict casualties 

Gareth Smith uses casualty 

statistics to condemn Israel in 

regard to the recent skirmish 

with Gaza (Letters, November 

28). What he omits to mention 

is that Hamas deliberately 

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and headquarters in the heart 

of Gaza’s civilian population, 

committing a double war 

crime – fi ring at Israel’s civilians 

while endangering the 

lives of Palestinian civilians. 

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upheld that principle since at 

least 1908. 

The previous councillors 

were given the relevant precedents 

but evidently they not 

only failed to understand them, 

but lacked the self-insight to 

be aware of that shortcoming. 

They didn’t know that they 

didn’t know. 

Of course what’s really going 

on here is that the mayor, 

and others, don’t really want 

clarity. If they knew for sure 

that holiday letting was illegal 

then they might, heaven forbid, 

actually feel obliged to do 

something about it! Imagine 

the reaction of the Byron business 

community. 

Fast Buck$ 

Coorabell 

Furthermore, Israel makes no 

apology for doing whatever 

it can to protect its civilians, 

sending them into bunkers 

when Hamas shoots at them 

and thus keeping casualties to 

a minimum. 

To be clear. Israel has no 

quarrel with the people of 

Gaza. Its quarrel is with 

Hamas, which rules Gaza with 

an iron fist and continually 

seeks to implement its bellicose 

charter by firing thousands 

of rockets and missiles 

at Israel. What responsible 

country would not take steps 

to protect its population? 

Vic Alhadeff 

Chief Executive Offi cer, NSW 

Jewish Board of Deputies 

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recently. Th e message is an important 

one: domestic violence 

is not acceptable. 

Everyone needs to take a 

part in the solution if we are 

to stop this happening in our 

communities. Violence against 

women is a serious problem in 

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Determined to stay CSG free 

� On behalf of the Main Arm 

CSG Free Group, I would like 

to thank everyone who supported 

our Declaration Day 

event at Durrumbul Hall on 

Saturday November 17. Special 

thanks to Mayor Simon 

Richardson who was there to 

enthusiastically receive Main 

Arm’s CSG Free declarations. 

Th ank you to all of the volunteers 

and members of the 

community who worked on 

and supported the survey process 

and the event itself. Th ank 

you to the professional sound/ 

stage crew who gave their time, 

talent and enthusiasm and to 

the guest speakers and the 

amazing performers and musicians 

who entertained the 

crowd throughout the day and 

into the evening. 

Th anks also to each and every 

person who walked through 

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Australian society. One woman 

is killed every week by a current 

or former partner. One in 

three women over the age of 

15 reports physical or sexual 

violence at some time in their 

lives. Domestic and family 

violence is the major cause of 

homelessness for women and 

their children, and a recognised 

form of child abuse. 

Violence against women 

also places a massive fi nancial 

burden on the nation. In the 

2009 Time for Action Report, 

KPMG estimated that violence 

against women and their children 

cost the Australian economy 

$13.6 billion annually. Th is 

number is expected to rise to 

$15.6 billion within the decade. 

Th e human costs are signifi - 

cant. Children are severely impacted 

on by family violence 

and the eff ects can be lifelong. 

As an individual, as a community 

we all need to say no 

to violence of any form. Our 

children, families and communities 

will thank us for this. 

Julie Leete 

Interrelate, Lismore 

Busking quality 

Dominic Rado shared some 

interesting facts about busking 

permits in Byron Shire. Local 

the gate on the day and shared 

in our community celebration. 

Th is was a very proud moment 

for the Main Arm community 

and the support that was offered 

throughout this process 

illustrates just how the CSG 

Free message is resounding 

loud and clear throughout the 

Shire. Here’s to a CSG Free 

Northern Rivers! 

Min Saxe 

Main Arm 

�� Apparently claims by planning 

minister Brad Hazzard 

and MP Th omas George that 

they were spat on by CSG 

protesters in Lismore on December 

5 is spin designed to 

discredit protesters. 

We already know how low 

these politicians will stoop – 

they are the ones pushing a 

toxic industry on to us and 

police have apparently explained 

to buskers that Council 

charges about $200 per year for 

a busking permit – apparently 

to guarantee ‘quality’. Police offi 

cers may ‘selectively’ enforce 

permits and their specifi c conditions. 

I greatly respect all police 

officers. This is because I’m 

certain that each of them has 

been carefully screened and 

trained by a legitimate qualifi 

ed authority to correctly and 

professionally perform as a police 

offi cer. 

However, I seriously doubt 

whether Council members 

and staff or any police offi cers 

are fully qualifi ed to screen for 

musical qualifi cations. Maybe 

Byron Shire Council, all police 

offi cers, musos and residents of 

the Byron Shire can coordinate 

an eff ort that will result in a 

new busking reality. 

Why not eliminate a permit 

and its fee? Free police offi cers 

from unilaterally determining 

what music is ‘quality’. If Council 

feels the need to enforce a 

level of ‘quality’ for busking, 

it should arrange for a select 

group of local musicians, who 

really know what they’re talking 

about, to perform this 

function as a community service 

without charge. 

spitting on the environment 

and prospects of future generations 

on a massive scale despite 

overwhelming opposition 

from the very people whose 

interests they were elected to 

represent. 

When it comes to credibility 

I know whose version of 

events I believe. If the Hazzard/George 

claims were true it 

would be hard to think of more 

worthy recipients of community 

phlegm. 

Martin Bail 

Federal 

��CSG and whales pretty bad, 

huh? Yes, but it’s worth bearing 

in mind that any gas-well below 

80 metres above sea level 

and all the surrounding farmland 

are destined to become an 

under-sea graveyard for dead 

whales if we allow present coal 

Police officers can still 

charge anyone with ‘disturbing 

the peace’. 

What do you think? 

Ricardo Johansson 

Goonengerry 

Make the signs clear 

Th e RTA has called for feedback 

on signposting of the new 

Pacific Highway. This is our 

chance to get rid of the unclear 

signs at the Byron Bay interchange! 

As you know, when you 

leave Byron and get on the 

highway, the signs only tell 

you which way to Ballina and 

Tweed Heads. Th ere is no indication 

which way to go to 

Sydney or Brisbane; there is no 

indication which way to go for 

north or south. 

Ballina and Tweed Heads are 

fi ne places, but they are probably 

not known to international 

travellers, or even to people 

from Sydney or Melbourne. 

Th e situation is even worse because 

to go south, you have to 

turn right, which seems to be 

north. And vice versa. 

Overseas travellers who have 

to deal with this interchange 

must think Australians are a 

bunch of morons. I don’t think 

so, but I feel deeply ashamed 

whenever I see those signs. 

stupidities to continue. 

Let’s not bury our heads in 

an acidic ocean or legal wrangling 

over whose property can 

fart while coal slips past our 

noses. 

Hey, coal magnates, well 

done. It’s a perfect ruse costing 

a minor investment. Th e people 

are distracted while the coal 

is extracted. Just keep backing 

up the truck until it reaches the 

tipping point... and why stop 

there when there is money to 

be made? 

Wind power, concentrated 

solar thermal power, and 

rooft op photovoltaics are the 

key and most urgent part of 

the solutIon. It is important to 

maintain focus on the solution 

to avoid becoming part of the 

problem. 

Sapoty Brook 

Mullumbimby 

Let’s ask the RTA to change 

them! Th e signposting strategy 

is available in the community 

information centre and on the 

project website at www.rms. 

nsw.gov.au/pacifi c. 

Scroll down and click on 

Tintenbar to Ewingsdale on 

the left side. When the page 

opens, look for Feedback on 

the right side and click on ‘your 

feedback’. 

Here’s what I wrote: 

‘Please make sure the signs 

at the Byron Bay interchange 

say (1) which way is Sydney, 

(2) which way is Brisbane, (3) 

which way is north, (4) which 

way is south. Th e current signs 

only tell the way to Ballina and 

Tweed Heads, and many travellers 

in Byron may not have 

heard of these towns.’ 

Deadline for submissions 

is Monday December 17. For 

some reason the RTA now calls 

itself the RMS. 

Charles MacFarland 

President, Ewingsdale 

Community Association 

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Unsafe imports 

Open letter to Craig Emerson, 

minister for trade: 

Dear Mr Emerson, 

Australian manufacturers 

have to abide by strict health 

and safety regulations yet the 

government allows goods 

produced under almost slave 

labour conditions to be imported 

into Australia from 

foreign countries. I suggest 

that the ALP level the playing 

field by only allowing goods 

imported into Australia from 

foreign producers who observe 

Australian H&S standards. 

Most (if not all ) ALP members 

of parliament are members 

of unions. If you and they 

turn a blind eye to this, www. 

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then, sir, you are all 

hypocrites. 

Peggy Balfour 

Mullumbimby 

Pareidolia 

Laurie Driscoll’s potato (Backlash, 

November 20) is a mediocre 

example of a phenomenon 

called ‘pareidolia’, a word coined 

in the mid-90s by Stephen 

Goldstein. It literally means a 

misperception: ‘You’re imagining 

things, stupid.’ A better 

definition is: ‘the perception of 

meaningful patterns in apparently 

random noise.’ 

The word appeared in reaction 

to the religiosity of the interpretation 

of several examples 

of the phenomenon. Christ and 

the Virgin Mary figured prominently. 

Most people have seen faces 

in clouds, trees, rocks, etc. No 

matter how amazing they are, 

these images are considered to 

be flukes, or one-offs; they are 

of little significance. 

If we dismiss the phenomenon 

with statements like ‘Anthropomorphism 

Syndrome’, 

‘We are hard-wired to see faces’ 

or ‘You see what you want to see’, 

as though this was a description 

and an explanation, rather than 

an ill-informed observation, we 

are none the wiser. However, 

the fundamentalist, materialist, 

evangelical atheist finds no 

room in his scientific worldview 

for such a black swan. 

In reality, the phenomenon 

is refinable, repeatable and 

ubiquitous with a structure that 

depends on a number of factors: 

most importantly angle of 

lighting, angle of viewing and 

perspective. Thus the face on 

Mars in only a few frames of a 

long movie. 

Hand-held rocks are the best 

medium through which to explore 

this phenomenon which, 

until the advent of missionaries 

and overhead electric light, we 

all saw. 

Revealing the imagery is an 

interactive process between 

mind and matter and demonstrates 

the centrality of consciousness 

in all observation. It 

describes another, interactive, 

realm where one may access 

infinite, latent, potential and 

realise (bring into reality) it. 

Pareidolia may serve as an 

analogue for accessing creativity 

and invention; just tune your 

set and focus your mind. 

Anyone who wishes to discuss 

this may reach me on 6684 

5443 or 0422 588 463. 

Jim Nutter 

Main Arm 

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Comment 

Wrong way to tackle welfare dependency 

Local mother Misha Sim writes to the prime minister about the parenting payment 

Dear Julia Gillard, 

I am one of the many single 

parents who will be forced 

onto Newstart Allowance 

come January 1, 2013. I am the 

sole parent of two children, 17 

and 10, and I am currently in 

my fourth year of a psychology 

degree, something I have 

worked extremely hard to 

achieve while raising two children 

on my own. 

However, given that I will 

soon be forced to live on $533 

a fortnight, (which is less than 

the cost of my rent) I must accept 

that I will not be able to 

complete the fi nal year of my 

degree and that I must instead 

go out and try to fi nd a job, any 

job, for which I am overqualifi 

ed, that will enable us all to 

survive. As well as losing $122 

a week of my parenting payment, 

I will also lose the $64 

a fortnight education supplement 

that is supposed to help 

with the costs of textbooks. 

Th at $64 might seem irrelevant 

to someone like you, and 

granted it isn’t much of an incentive 

to enrol at university, 

but it has enabled me to buy 

the ridiculously overpriced 

textbooks that are not included 

in the ridiculously overpriced 

school fees. 

Very few jobs 

I’m not sure if you have given 

any real thought as to what 

these new cost-saving measures 

will mean to women like 

me, and if you have, then you 

should be ashamed of yourself 

as a prime minister and as a 

woman. I live in a rural area 

where there are very few jobs 

available and even less that 

will employ staff solely during 

school hours. 

Even if I could afford it, 

there is no aft er-school care at 

my daughter’s school and the 

bus does not take her all the 

way home, which means that I 

must meet her at the bus stop 

in the middle of a busy highway 

at 3.25 pm. She is ten years 

old and not old enough to walk 

the 25 minute walk along a bustling, 

two-lane highway. 

It’s bad enough that I will be 

forced to give up my studies 

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DEADLINE FRIDAY NOON 

Say Hi 

Mullumbimby High School exstudents 

and staff are invited to say 

‘Hi’ at the meeting point at the Hotel 

Brunswick on Friday December 28, 

from 6pm. Look for Gillian (Archer) 

Lomath and Pam (Dundas) Morris at 

the Meeting Point banner. 

Parkinson’s support 

Th e next meeting of the Northern Rivers 

Parkinson’s Support Group will be 

at 10am on Friday, December 14 at the 

Education Centre, Crowley Village, 

Ballina. All those wishing to attend 

please RSVP to Gerri White 6628 8278. 

Breast cancer meet 

The Byron Breast Cancer Support 

Group’s fi nal meeting for 2012 is on 

Wednesday 12 Dec at the Byron Se- 

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in order to house and feed my 

children, but in areas where 

unemployment and rents are 

high, women like me will have 

no choice but to live on the 

Newstart Allowance and to go 

without basic necessities. In 

my case, I will need to move 

into more aff ordable housing 

which may prove impossible 

given that the cheapest three 

bedroom house in a 20km radius 

of my children’s school is 

$300 a week. Sharing a room 

with my children in a one bedroom 

fl at or pitching a tent in 

the Byron Bay caravan park 

may actually be the only alternative. 

Costs to raise a child 

How is that you can justify 

giving single people with no 

dependent children the same 

amount of money that will be 

given to sole parents with one, 

two, three, four children? Do 

you have any idea what it costs 

to raise a child? My children 

have had to go without many 

things that two-parent families 

can aff ord and there have been 

many times over the course of 

the last four years where I have 

seriously considered dropping 

out of uni to take a waitressing 

or cleaning job in order to 

meet the weekly demands. I 

have persevered because I want 

to show my children that education 

is important and that if 

you work hard you can achieve 

anything. 

Th anks to you, that decision 

has now been made for me 

and the blood, sweat and tears 

have all been a massive waste 

nior Citizens Hall, 37 Marvell St, 

12.30–2.30pm. Enquiries 6680 8893 or 

0408 336 351. 

Authors talk 

Two local authors, Laura Jan Shore and 

Ruth Winton-Brown, will be featured 

at a talk at the Brunswick Heads Library 

with their recent book Reclaiming 

Joy: Living With Chronic Illness. To 

book your spot on Tuesday, December 

11 from 5.30 to 7pm please phone the 

library on 6685 1816. 

Baby Tunes 

Last class of the year! Baby Tunes is 

on Th ursday 13 December at Mullumbimby 

Neighbourhood Centre, Dalley 

Street, 9.30–10.30am. Babes up to approximately 

one year old. Enquiries 

Inica 6684 3680. 

Chicken harvest 

Humane chicken harvest workshop 

with Lindsay Murray (Dingo Lane 

Poultry) and Sharon Gibson – learn 

how to humanely kill and dress a 

of time. I’ll be sending you my 

HECS bill if that’s okay. 

You recently spoke in the 

parliament about the tyranny 

of sexism and misogyny. On 

Q&A recently, Bill Shorten 

also spoke about a sexist and 

misogynistic coalition and he 

explained how Labor is working 

to empower and support 

women in the workforce. And 

yet under your new legislation, 

women who would otherwise 

have had the opportunity to 

get an education and contribute 

something of value to the 

workforce will now be forced 

into low-wage, low-skill jobs 

just to survive. 

Sexist law 

Freezing women out of education 

opportunities because 

they will be forced to work fulltime 

in order to supplement 

Newstart Allowance is sexist 

and misogynistic and depriving 

those women of the pensioner 

education supplement 

just worsens the blow. 

On Q&A, Mr Shorten defended 

the new legislation by 

saying that women should be 

empowered to rejoin the workforce. 

He said that the best way 

we can support women is to 

return them to work. What he 

failed to acknowledge is that 

under the current legislation, 

which was introduced by John 

Howard, single parents are required 

to engage in 15 hours of 

paid work per week to meet 

their parenting payment requirements. 

Th ose of us who are studying 

full time are exempt (and 

rooster. December 22, 22 Stuart St, 

Mullumbimby, 8am–11.30am, cost 

$55. Bookings, enquiries Sharon sharonamy@y7mail.com, 

6684 4333. Also 

community garden Christmas lunch, 

everyone welcome at 1pm on the same 

day. Cost $12. Please RSVP by Dec 18. 

Bowerbirds fundraiser 

Relay for Life 2013 street stall Th ursday 

December 13, Mullum newsagent 

corner. Lots of cooking, presents and 

raffl es. 

Christmas market 

The Byron Christmas Market is on 

Sunday 16 December at the Butler St 

Reserve. Everyone is welcome, but 

please no dogs. 

Dunecare day 

Th e Green and Clean Awareness Team 

Dunecare day is on Sunday 16 December 

from 9am till noon, meeting in 

front of the Beach Cafe at Clarkes 

Beach. Enquiries Udo 0413 173 786 or 

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rightfully so) from meeting 

those requirements. 

Th e diff erence between the 

current legislation and Labor’s 

proposed changes is that sole 

parents are able to strike a balance 

between work and family. 

Th ey are able to achieve an education 

that will better enable 

them to return to the workforce 

in a meaningful way and 

to earn a good income that will 

allow them to support their 

families. More importantly, 

they are on track to break the 

cycle of welfare altogether. 

Forcing sole parents onto 

Newstart will not tackle the 

problem of welfare dependency; 

in fact it will only cause 

greater long-term socioeconomic 

problems. 

Parenting payment currently 

enables sole parents to 

earn $167 a fortnight before 

they lose 40 cents in the dollar. 

Newstart decreases that 

threshold to $31.50 a week. If 

you genuinely want ‘women’ 

to get back to work, then why 

make it damn near impossible 

for them to do so? 

Love and dedication 

It may surprise you to learn 

that most women do not 

choose to be single parents. 

But no matter how hard it gets 

and no matter how much we 

might struggle, we hold our 

heads high and raise our children 

without question or complaint 

and with absolute love 

and dedication. 

So thank you for your passionate 

speech in the parliament 

and for sticking it to 

Tony Abbott on issues like sexism 

and women’s rights. But 

just remember that it was you 

who took away these women’s 

rights; women who already do 

it tougher than most, women 

who deserve the chance to 

raise their children without 

fear of homelessness and starvation, 

women who deserve 

a chance at an education, 

women who are raising the 

next generation, women who 

don’t deserve to be punished 

just because they are women, 

and women whom your party 

is supposed to represent. 

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at 3pm at the Cumbebin Wetland 

in Byron Bay (behind the market 

site). For more information call 6687 

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Beloved Narayani Flower Puja with 

Enchanted Kirtan and Dhal. Last 

event of the year. Fri 14 Dec 7.30pm at 

Shiva Shakthi Yoga, 17 Centennial Ct, 

above circus, Arts/Ind Estate Byron. 

Donations going to children’s heart 

surgeries in India, a project of Sri Narayani 

Peedam. For details contact 

Daniel 0404 833 855 www.belovednarayani.org. 

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The real debate on climate is happening in San Francisco 

Stephan Lewandowsky reports on climate research in The Conversation http://theconversation.edu.au, which provides 

independent analysis and commentary from academics and researchers. 

The latest climate talks 

in Doha are unlikely to 

yield a breakthrough. 

Instead, the can will most 

likely be kicked further down 

the road, at considerable 

future cost. 

Th e Doha negotiations coincide 

with the annual meeting 

of the American Geophysical 

Union (AGU) in San Francisco, 

a fi ve-day conference attended 

by 20,000 scientists, myself 

included, which provides a 

glimpse at the leading edge of 

climate research around the 

world. Th is is the research that 

helps us understand the reality 

of climate change. 

Th e Doha meetings are also 

accompanied by signals from 

the fantasy world of climate 

denial, as usual expressed not 

in the peer-reviewed literature 

but as an ‘open letter’ by purported 

climate experts to the 

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki- 

Moon. Th e letter claims that 

current scientific knowledge 

requires no action on climate 

change. 

To understand why climate 

denial inhabits a fantasy world 

we need to look no further 

than a few of the purported luminaries 

who sign such letters. 

For example, there is retiree 

Nils-Axel Mörner whose psy- 

chedelic intuitions include the 

claim that sea levels are not 

rising. Never mind that the 

horrendous damage caused 

by Hurricane Sandy was undoubtedly 

made worse by the 

fact that sea levels in New York 

are now 20cm higher than they 

were a century ago. 

Mörner probably missed 

out on that because he was 

distracted by his famed paranormal 

abilities to fi nd water 

by dowsing. Or perhaps he 

was distracted by his earlier 

‘research’ which located the 

Hong Kong of the Greeks in 

Sweden? 

Then there is retiree and 

former scientist (among other 

things) Oliver Manuel, who 

believes that climate science is 

the result of ‘secret, fear-driven 

agreements by the winners 

of the Second World War in 

1945’. Those agreements also 

somehow involve ‘Kissinger, 

Zhou En-Lai, Chairman Mao, 

Brezhnev and Nixon in 1971’ – 

oh yes, and 9/11 was also part of 

the climate conspiracy. 

You can’t make this stuff up. 

Th ose are the characters who 

tell the UN and the public not 

to worry about climate change. 

No point in wasting time on 

the other signatories — suffi 

ce it to say that most of them 

belong to the same troupe of 

cranks straight out of central 

casting. 

So what is the real state of 

the science being presented at 

the AGU meeting in San Francisco? 

What do the geophysicists 

tell us about the state of 

the climate and of our planet? 

The program for a single 

day of this meeting consists 

of a 50-page broadsheet that 

lists literally thousands of 

events: you can follow along 

online at http://fallmeeting. 

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Talks, workshops, scientific 

posters, keynote addresses, 

all running in multiple parallel 

sessions in three buildings. 

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KEEPING BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER 

The beachfront at Bangalow in 2080? Photo Jeff ‘Noble 

Warming’ Dawson 

iPad app it takes an hour every 

morning simply to navigate the 

smorgasbord of science and to 

select interesting sessions to 

attend. 

Th ere was the session on Th e 

Climate of the Common Era, 

or the presentations of the New 

Atmospheric Sciences Fellows. 

Th en there was the particularly 

interesting session on Construing 

Uncertainty in Climate Science 

(maybe that one was particularly 

interesting because I 

chaired it). 

Th ere was the keynote address 

by Sir Robert Watson, 

who explored the implications 

of our current emissions path, 

and the fact that we are likely 

heading for a world that is 

four or fi ve degrees warmer by 

2100 than it was before industrialisation, 

with consequences 

that are alarming rather than 

alarmist. 

Science is debate, and the 

AGU meeting is the biggest 

annual debate of climate scientists 

in the world. It is a 

debate that extends over fi ve 

days, each fi lled with 12 hours 

or more of non-stop science. 

Th ere is, however, one issue 

that is not being debated: Nowhere 

is there a debate about 

the fundamental facts that the 

globe is rapidly warming and 

that human greenhouse gas 

emissions are responsible for 

that warming. 

Th at scientifi c debate ceased 

decades ago. 

It is only in the fantasy world 

of climate denial that ignorant 

chatter about those physical 

fundamentals continues, to the 

detriment of the public which 

would be better served without 

such distracting noise. 

Among the 20,000 geophysicists 

and scientists from other 

disciplines in attendance at 

the AGU meeting, there is no 

mention of the denialist troupe 

of cranks who do ‘science’ by 

writing letters to the editor. 

With one exception. 

Dr Jim Hansen, one of the 

world’s foremost climate sci- 

entists, who first alerted the 

world to the risks from climate 

change decades ago, gave a presentation 

on Tuesday night. A 

patrician fi gure, he was greeted 

with a standing ovation even 

though the message he had 

to deliver, based on the latest 

available science, was far from 

encouraging. Decades ago, Dr. 

Hansen predicted events such 

as Hurricane Sandy, and he has 

been warning about the implications 

of climate change ever 

since. 

Dr Hansen expressed the 

view that the professional disinformers 

who facilitate and 

encourage climate denial, and 

who obstruct and delay a solution 

to the problem at great 

cost in dollars and human lives 

in support of their own shortterm 

greed or ideological agenda, 

ought to be tried for crimes 

against humanity. 

� Stephan Lewandowsky is 

Australian Professorial Fellow, 

Cognitive Science Laboratories 

at University of Western Australia. 

Disclosure statement: 

He does not work for, consult 

to, own shares in or receive 

funding from any company or 

organisation that would benefi t 

from this article, and has no 

relevant affi liations. 


The Byron Shire Echo December 11, 2012 19

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Citrus Deli 

For Christmas this year, why not let Citrus 

take the heat out of your kitchen, so you 

can focus on gifts and champagne! 

Citrus offer a menu full of both traditional 

and not-so-traditional dishes for your table, 

be it at the beach, in your dining room or in 

your backyard. 

There’s fi ngerfood, salads, desserts, 

sauces, meats and seafood, and much 

more. They also do gorgeous gift hampers 

for that person who’s hard to buy for, as 

well as wonderful foodie gift ideas. 

Visit them at 130 Jonson St, Byron 

Phone 6680 7040 

Sanctum 

Sanctum has been inspired by the 

elements surrounding Byron Bay for over 

20 years, creating 100 per cent natural and 

certifi ed organic personal care products. 

Sanctum is celebrating the festive season 

with a huge Christmas Clearance Sale at 

their Factory Outlet in Billinudgel. With 

products for the whole family including 

skin, body, men’s and baby care ranges, at 

up to 50 per cent off retail, there are great 

bargains for all. Also on offer is Christmasready 

gift bags starting at $3.50 and gift 

boxes with local Byron Bay goodies. 

The Sanctum Factory Outlet will be 

open Monday – Friday 9am till 5pm 

and Saturday 10am – 3pm all the way 

up to Christmas Eve. Phone 6680 3266 

Beautopia 

at Ocean 

Looking for the perfect gift idea for 

Christmas? Look no further, Beautopia at 

Ocean have you covered from head to toe. 

Christmas specials now on! 

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Only two weeks till Christmas... 

still time for beautiful gifts and decorations 

from Byron Designworks 

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fully qualifi ed beautician. 

Gift vouchers available. Call Kim now 

for an appointment on 0420 989 151. 

Located in Ocean shores. 

Amcal Plaz a 

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lifestyle fragrances from Chanel, Bulgari, 

Swarovski, Vera Wang and Daisy to the 

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Lots of Clarins, Jurlique and Natio pamper 

and skin care sets. 

Come in and enjoy our air conditioned 

shop with free gift wrapping and friendly 

service. 

Open every day except Christmas 

day. 

In the Woolies Plaza, Byron Bay 

Phone 6685 7401 

VARIETY VALUE 

Variety products at value prices 

Variety Value Hotline 

call Gary direct 

0412 140 822 

Red Ginger 

With the right ingredients, the alchemy of 

talent and passion can transform an idea 

into a business and magic can happen. 

Walking through the doors of the Red 

Ginger stores in Byron Bay and Bangalow 

is like stepping into the lanes of old 

Shanghai and fi nding your senses come 

alive to the sights and smells of Asia. 

Red Ginger is generously stocked with rich 

spices, Asian groceries, steaming yum 

cha snacks, oriental medicines, fi ne teas, 

teapots, gifts, homewares, recipe books 

and traditional Chinese furniture. 

The heady aromas and visual artistry make 

Red Ginger a dynamic hub for locals and 

visitors who keep returning for the delights 

of sitting in the store eating yum cha and 

drinking the complimentary green tea or 

indulging in a delicious Portuguese custard 

tart. The dumplings are freshly steamed 

all day long or you can buy them frozen to 

take home. 

2/111 Jonson St, Byron Bay 

Phone 6680 9779 

36 Byron St, Bangalow 

Phone 6687 2808 


Designworks 

Byron Designworks is ready for summer 

and is ready for Christmas! Whether 

looking for gifts or for decorations for your 

home, tree or table, you have plenty to 

choose from at Byron Designworks. 

Their eclectic mix of decorations, sourced 

from around the world and including fair 

trade items, will satisfy all tastes. There is 

Christmas lights 

$2 – $40 

Next to IGA in Sunrise 

Shop 7–8, 8 Bayshore Drive 

6685 5998 

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a large range of inexpensive items suitable 

for ‘teacher gifts’ and ‘secret Santa’. They 

also have a lovely selection of homewares, 

from colourful glassware and pottery to 

lamps and ornamental pieces, which will 

make great gifts for family and friends. 

Ladies, check out at their well-fi tting, 

casual clothes in beautiful cottons – 

plain or with fabulous prints, all at very 

affordable prices. 

Find them at 3 Ti-Tree Place, A & I 

Estate. Phone 6685 5714. 

Variety Value 

Variety Value has a fantastic range of 

products for Christmas and the summer 

season. Lighten the mood with fairy lights 

ranging from $2 to $40 and choose from 

battery-operated, solar, plug-in and lowvoltage 

LEDs. As things start to heat up 

don’t forget the great range of affordable 

blow-up pools, pool lounges, water slides 

and swim rings. 2013 diaries are now in 

store, choose from student diaries, A4 and 

A5 diaries and layouts with a day to a page 

or a week to an opening. 2013 calendars 

from Biscay are just $2.50, and check 

out the new laminated wall planners from 

$3.99. 

Shop 7–8, 8 Bayshore Drive, Byron 

Phone 6685 5998 

Leisurescapes 

Leisurescapes at Byron Bay Industry Estate 

is your total landscaping and garden centre. 

A new container of bamboo screens just 

arrived, Kokomo, Jati, smoked Jati and 

Piccolo size 1.8 x 2.4 and Jati also 2.1 x 2.4. 

They import their bamboo screens, bagged 

pebbles, pots, statues, water features from 

Bali, Java, Vietnam and China to bring you 

the best prices. 

Leisurescapes’ indoor showroom is full with 

beautiful gift ideas for Christmas. Daybeds, 

hundreds of cushions, paintings, mirrors, 

timber art, leather handbags, lanterns, 

beach dresses at the best prices. Visit 

Leisurescapes to purchase your Christmas 

gifts. Gift vouchers available. Open 7 days 

Visit Leisurescapes at 2 Grevillea St, A 

& I Estate. Phone 6685 6990. 

Pop in and see the 

stunning Christmas menu 

Byron Photo 

Magic 

6680 7040 

citrusdeli@gmail.com 

Shop 1-130, Jonson St, Byron Bay citrusdeli.com 

For all your Christmas photography 

needs Byron Photo Magic, your Fujifi lm 

Digital Store, has everything covered. 

Large-format and canvas printing and 

photobooks are new to the store and 

make great gift ideas. Of course they have 

digital and fi lm printing services, batteries, 

memory cards for all types, camera bags to 

protect that new camera and a wide range 

of many digital cameras to capture that 

special moment including the full range of 

GoPro video cameras and accessories. 

Old video tapes to DVD are also now 

handled instore as well as battery 

chargers, card readers, cables, USB drives, 

frames, photo albums and a huge range 

of photographic accessories, including 

tripods, fi lters, binoculars and even fi lm! 

Passport photos of all sizes are covered 

professionally with our store studio; 

just call in and see Stephen, Karen and 

Kimberley. Your local Fuji photo lab since 

1988. 

Shop 4 The Plaza, 108 Jonson St, 

Byron. Phone 6685 5877 

Th reeworlds 

Threeworlds has a store on the Gold Coast, 

just an hour south of Brisbane, and also 

in Byron Bay. They are a unique Australian 

store for ukuleles, guitars, djembe drums 

and percussion, juggling and fi re twirling 

equipment and glow poi and staff, etc. 

Take the heat out 

of your kitchen this 

Christmas with delicious 

catering from Citrus Deli. 

Festive Fare 

Functions 

hampers 

celebrations 

They stock and sell (retail and wholesale) a 

great range of ukuleles, African drums and 

percussion, from bongos to congas, vegan 

djembes to darabukas, surdos to cuicas, 

shakers to tamborines. All the drums we 

stock are vegan (using non-animal heads, 

which last heaps longer and sound heaps 

better!). 

In our juggling range we sport a great 

range of LED glow poi, LED glow staff, LED 

glow juggling balls, juggling clubs, juggling 

balls, unicycles, rings, diabolos, scarves 

and devilsticks. The fi re gear is made inhouse 

and they have the best equipment 

you’ll fi nd anywhere, including fi re poi or 

fi re chains, fi re sticks or fi re staff. They 

have fi re fans and fi re skipping ropes, fi re 

juggling clubs, fi re hula hoops and more, 

and also sell Kelvar Wick by the metre or 

Kevlar wick rolls. 

Browse around and let them know if you 

need any more information. Oh yeah! If 

you have retail shops, they do wholesale as 

well. Don’t forget to view their free online 

lessons. 

7 Marvell St, Byron Bay. 6680 8317. 

Visit: threeworlds.com.au 


Beach Shades 

We love summer! Byron Bay Beach Shades 

have designed a very practical and stylish 

iconic retro Beach Shade. 

A versatile and user-friendly sunshade 

which is perfect for the beach, parks, 

picnics, poolside or fantastic for protecting 

children playing in sandpit areas and 

wading pools. It has 99.9 per cent UV 

protection which is 50+ rated and approved 

by Arpansa. The shade gives plenty of 

natural airfl ow and is easy to manage to 

ensure your day at the beach is a relaxing 

one. 

Let a little sunshine in your life but stay 

protected in style this summer with a 

Byron Bay Beach Shade. 

To shop online and see more information, 

visit byronbaybeachshades.com.au. 

Family & Friends 

Santa 

Promo 

20% off 

was $160 now $128 

Offer ends Xmas Eve 

Use promo coupon 

code ‘Santa’ 

Byron Plaza Pharmacy 

Byron Plaza, 

next to Woolworths 

Phone 6685 7401 

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Pharmacy 


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$73 

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OPEN 10-5 DAILY 

95 JONSON ST BYRON BAY 

ON CROSSING OPP WOOLIES 

www.facebook.com/trashbyronbay 

Provider No. 31905 

CTA Northern Rivers Campus 

DIPLOMA OF COUNSELLING CHC51708 

DIPLOMA OF COMMUNITY SERVICES 

(CASE MANAGEMENT) CHC52008 

Study locally face to face 

APPLICATIONS TO STUDY OPEN NOW! 

DON’T MISS OUT! 

All Course Admissions Close 29th January, 2013 

Diploma Of Counselling Start Dates: 

Byron/Mullumbimby – starts 4th February 

Kyogle – starts 11th February 

Dip Of Community Services (Case Management) 

Lismore – starts 4th February 

Byron/Mullumbimby – starts 11th February 

Tweed Heads – starts 11th February 

For information contact our offi ce 02 6633 7081 

or email julieh@cta.com.au. Web www.cta.com.au. 

Featuring Circus Arts 

Performance Troupe in a show 

bound for Woodford Folk Festival 

Reviving the era of 

stealthy cat burglars 

and bumbling 

keystone cops with a 

frenzy of slick tricks, 

comical slapstick, 

acrobatic chases and 

high aerial antics. 

HEIST 

Friday 14 Dec 7PM & 

Saturday 15 Dec 3PM & 7PM 

ENTRY: Adults $14, Child $8, 

Family $40, Kids under 5 free 

Pre-bookings on 6685 6566 or 

via circus@circusarts.com.au 

CIRCUS ARTS 17 CENTENNIAL CIRCUIT, BYRON BAY 

Trash 

Trash is Byron Bay’s new 

retro/vintage and recycled 

designer shop for men and 

women. Trash stocks Re-Mix 

Clothing designed and made 

locally using selected vintage 

fabrics. Checkout Facebook for 

updated pics each week. 

Anika with Vintage swimsuit 

and purple Re-mix skirt 

CTA 

Have you always wanted to 

be a counsellor? Do people 

come to you to talk over their 

situations ? 

Now is your opportunity 

to train as a professional 

counsellor or case manager 

with Community Training 

Australia (CTA) Northern 

Rivers opening up ‘FACE 

to FACE’ training at Byron/ 

Mullumbimby,Tweed Heads, 

Ballina, Lismore and Kyogle. 

The DIPLOMA OF COUNSELLING 

and DIPLOMA OF COMMUNITY 

SERVICES (Case Management) 

are held locally and are 

conducted in four stages with 

each stage having a 5-day 

face-to-face component over a 

six-month period. Vet Fee Help 

(study now and pay later) is 

available and many areas are 

studied including grief, loss, 

depression, complex needs, 

suicide intervention and various 

forms of therapy and training in 

supporting clients. CTA is a well 

established company and both 

courses are nationally 

recognized training. 

For information 

contact our offi ce, 

02 6633 7081 or email: 

julieh@cta.com.au 

Meg By 

Design 

is a unique clothing store 

that opened in Byron 

Bay in November. All 

designs are locally made 

and produced, using 

natural fabrics, such 

as linen, silk or cotton. 

The garments are hand 

dyed and fi nished with 

handstitching, vintage buttons 

or a quirky trim. 

You can fi nd anything from 

casual wear to beach bridal 

wear, interchanging and 

layering your outfi ts to suit any 

occasion. 

Meg By Design is a feminine, 

elegant, fun label to play with 

to meet your own personality. 

NEW STORE 

NOW OPEN 

Free Spirited, 

Feminine Fashion 

& Accessories 

Inspired by nature’s beauty, 

created locally with love and 

passion, the bohemian and 

elegant unite 

Visit us at Shop 11/15 Lawson St 

t: 02 6680 8323 e: info@myeecarlyle.com.au 

www.myeecarlyle.com.au 

2/8 Byron St, Byron Bay. 

Phone 0412 287 464. 

www.megbydesign.com 

www.facebook.com/ 

megbydesign 

www.etsy.com/shop/ 

megbydesign. 

Circus Arts 

Hold on to your valuables! The 

Performance Troupe from Circus 

Arts Byron Bay are breaking 

and entering to steal your 

breath away with their brandnew 

show HEIST! 

Reviving the era of stealthy 

cat burglars and bumbling 

keystone cops, this fun-fi lled 

stage show is sure to shake 

the roof with comical slapstick, 

acrobatic chases and high aerial 

antics. Eleven young adults 

showcase their skills including 

tumbling, pitching, trampolining, 

acrobalance, silks, double 

swinging trapeze and lyra. 

Special preview performances 

of HEIST will be performed at 

Circus Arts Byron Bay on 14 

December at 7pm and two 

shows on the 15 December at 

3pm and 7pm. 

For bookings and enquiries 

ph 6685 6566 or email 

circus@circusarts.com.au 

Also don’t forget Circus 

Arts school holiday program 

kicks into gear Monday 17th 

December – Friday 21st 

December with full and half day 

options to keep kids of all ages 

entertained. Bookings essential. 

BOOKWORMS 

& PAPERMITES 

An awesome 

little bookshop 

in the heart of 

Bangalow. 

Myee Carlyle 

Experience exquisite bohemian 

beauty in the heart of Byron 

Bay. Myee Carlyle Collections 

is now available directly from 

their brand-new store in 

Byron’s CBD. 

Delve into the sumptuous 

fabrics and fl owing garments, 

entwining the allure of nature’s 

creations with the divine 

designs of Myee Carlyle. 

A fusion of raw timbers and 

lustrous silks awaits you at 

the new Lawson Street store, 

friendly smiles and warm 

conversation welcoming you to 

an oasis of serenity. 

Visit the store today at 

11/15 Lawson Street or shop 

online at: www.myeecarlyle. 

com.au. Phone 6680 8323 

or email info@myeecarlyle. 

com.au for further 

information. 

Janella’s 

Back – Due 

To Popular 

Demand 

Bookworms and Papermites 

along with Janella Purcell and 

the Bud Organics group were 

such a hit at the Bangalow 

Farmers’ Market in November 

that we have been invited back! 

So, if you are part of Janella’s 

fan club or someone who 

wants to know a little bit 

more about healthy living 

and healthy eating come to 

Bangalow Farmers’ Market 

this Saturday 15 or Byron 

Farmers’ Market on Thursday 

20 December. 

MERRY XMAS to all our fans. 

Bangalow Newsagency | 6687 1396 

bangalownews@optusnet.com.au 


Choices 

Choices of Byron are pleased 

to introduce hardwearing, 

sustainable bamboo decking 

to its range. Clever Bamboo is 

highly versatile, requiring little 

care. Its natural beauty and 

strength makes bamboo one of 

the most elegant and versatile 

fl ooring choices available. 

Clever Bamboo has: 

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impact. 

NOW THAT’S CLEVER... 

Yoga Teacher 

Training 

Part-Time Intouch Yoga 

Teacher Training – Suffolk 

Park 2013. 

Flo Fenton has been running 

internationally accredited yoga 

teacher trainings in Suffolk Park 

since 2010. Now entering their 

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trainings are an accessible way 

to learn about yoga philosophy, 

lifestyle, practice and teaching 

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The Level 1 training 

is run over 28 

Wednesdays from 

March through to 

December. 

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format gives time 

to truly absorb the 

teachings while you 

are able to continue 

with responsibilities 

of work and 

parenting. 

For full details and 

application forms, 

visit: intouchyoga 

byronbay.com. 

Invites everyone to 

In Your 

Interest 

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Real Media Real 

Change (RMRC) are 

holding their inaugural FREE 

public conference in Lismore on 

Friday 14th December. 

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speakers includes: 

Christopher Dibb who 

successfully sued Google, 

Greg Walsh who was recently 

on the SBS trolling program, 

Professor Michael Fraser, 

Professor Mark Pearson, Kirra 

Pendergast, Evelyn Field, Dr 

Spears, Susan McLean and other 

great speakers. Ray Moynihan 

will be the MC. 

The conference will address 

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issues. It will be hosted by 

the School of Law and Justice 

at Southern Cross University, 

Lismore. This unprecedented 

national conference aims to 

Cyber-harassment in 

our communities 

Addressing Public Safety in the Digital Age 

FREE CONFERENCE 

WORLD CLASS SPEAKERS This affects 

9.15am Friday December 14th 

Whitebrook Theatre, Southern Cross Uni, LISMORE, New South Wales. 

Hosted by the Southern Cross University School of Law 

More info 

& register www.realmediarealchange.org 

us all 

take a collaborative approach; 

including legal, research, 

social media, psychology and 

community perspectives on 

what the issues are and what 

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harassment is an increasing 

phenomenon affecting 

the whole community: in 

business, learning institutions, 

government organisations, the 

workplace and at home. All are 

invited and admission is free. 

To fi nd out more information 

and to register go to http:// 

www.realmediarealchange. 

org/speakers. 

feminine, elegant, and fun 

unique clothing made and produced in Byron Bay 

casual wear to beach bridal wear 

natural fabrics - linen, silk & cotton 

2/8 Byron Street, Byron Bay 

phone 041 228 7464 

www.megbydesign.com www.facebook.com/megbydesign 

www.etsy.com/shop/megbydesign 

Flo Fenton’s 

intouchyoga 

teacher trainings 

Intouch Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training 

200 Hours Part time – One day a week 

March – December 2013 Suffolk Park, Byron Bay 

Over 28 Wednesdays across 9 months, learn thoroughly about yoga, 

you, and the teaching of yoga to suit the 

individual. Approved by Yoga 

Alliance internationally. 

info & bookings: www.intouchyogabyronbay.com 

Ph: 02 6685 9910 fl o@intouchyogabyronbay.com 

Choices Flooring 

by Wallaces 

If the environment could choose ...... 

it would ask you to make a Clever Choice. 

CHECK OUT 

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Showroom: 12/70 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay 

P: 6685 5503 


Volume 27#27 

© 2012 Echo Publications Pty Ltd 

P : 02 6684 1777 

F : 02 6684 1719 


Editor : Mandy Nolan 

gigs@echo.net.au 


DEC 11 - DEC 18 

MUSIC .............. p25 

CULTURE ......... p28 

STARS ................ p27 

GIG GUIDE ...... p33 

CINEMAS ......... p32 

GOOD TASTE ... p36 

GIVEAWAYS* 

TIX FOR 

COMEDY AT 

THE TAVERN! 

We have a double 

pass to see comedians 

Mandy Nolan and 

Nick Penn at the 

Ocean Shores Tavern 

on Saturday at 8pm. 

Email gigs@echo. 

net.au with subject 

header ‘ocean of 

laughs’. 

HE’S TOURED EUROPE AND 

JAPAN WITH WILD MARMALADE, 

GETTING AUDIENCES WILD 

WITH DANCE, BUT DURING 

2012 SI MULLUMBY WAS ON A 

MORE INTROSPECTIVE MUSICAL 

MISSION: TO DEVELOP A DEEPLY 

INTUITIVE AND MYSTICAL SOUND 

EXPERIENCE CALLED THE DREAM 

DRONE. 

Can you tell me what the Dream Drone is? 

The Dream Drone is a specifi c sound created 

by playing the didgeridoo in a special way. 

It is a combination of a physical playing 

technique with a certain state of mind in 

the player. It also uses a specifi c kind of 

didgeridoo called a YiDaChi designed by Jon 

Worsley right here in Byron Shire. 

Wed 12 MARSHALL O KELL 

Thu 13 END OF YEAR XMAS 

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KIT BRAY 

�� TIM STOKES BAND, 

WANDERING EYES 

�� DAN HANNAFORD 

Mon 17 TRIVIARRR 7PM, 

PHIL & GAZ 

�� HARRY HEALY 

A L L Y O U R C O A S T A L E N T E R T A I N M E N T 

Music that 

Moves You 

How did you develop it? The Dream Drone 

came to me in a moment as I sat quietly with 

friends late at night nearly six years ago at a 

property close to Mullumbimby. I must have 

been ready for it somehow. In the moment 

that it came I went to play my didgeridoo 

and I couldn’t access anything that I had ever played before. I was drawn sideways into 

a whole new sonic realm. A multi-layered sound tapestry emerged, the Dream Drone. 

The element of development was important in working out how to reliably access the 

meditative space required so that I could run events such as this one in Bangalow. It 

took fi ve years until I was confi dent in my ability to reliably play the Dream Drone. 

During this time and on a parallel path Jon Worsley has fi ne-tuned the designs of the 

YiDaChi instruments which we use at all the events and also on the new album. I play 

together with Jon at all the events. We have a magic synergy when we play together. 

Why did you develop it? Well actually I took quite a lot of encouragement from two 

very close friends, Daniel Reid, the author of the Tao of Health Sex and Longevity, and his 

wife Snow Reid to develop the sound and the way of sharing this sound with people. 

Dan could see the power inherent in the Dream Drone immediately, whereas it took 

me some years to understand what was going on when I played it. His encouragement 

was an essential part of ‘why’ I developed the Dream Drone. 

Eventually I came to know that there was something very special about the quality 

of the sound and the eff ect that it had on people and since then it has been my main 

focus in my career. 

Why do you think sound or vibration is healing for the body and mind? Firstly I’d 

have to take one step back and say that with the way we promote the Dream Drone 

I don’t actually like to present it as a healing event. The word healing means many 

diff erent things to many diff erent people. For some it would encourage them to 

participate yet for others it would put them off ! 

What we have in a Dream Drone event is a lie-down immersion in the deep resonant 

frequencies of the YidaChi or didgeridoo. The result of this can be profoundly healing 

for some people; it can also be quite psychedelic or purely physically enjoyable. It’s a 

very individual thing for people as to what they experience and how they then go on to 

describe it. 

When sound does create some kind of healing I think it’s to do with the subtle aspect of 

the way that energy moves in our bodies and minds. Sound has a physical nature, while 

it is vibrating our eardrums it is also subtly shaking each and every one of our three 

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THE FAMILIARS, 

QUASI-SMITH AND 

REILLY FITZALEN 

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trillion cells. With the right sound there can be a very positive eff ect. The Dream Drone 

gives vitality to the cells. 

Lying on the fl oor under a blanket is a pretty diff erent approach to attending a 

show… is this a hard idea to get across to people? People love it. It’s like an epic 

slumber party with a great sound track. These days people’s lives are often driven to the 

point where they are actually tired most or all of the time. It makes sense to go to an 

event that recharges your batteries rather than depleting them further. 

On this point though we urge people to bring a yoga mat to lie on, not a swag! The 

wooden fl oor transmits the vibrations and it is best to have as little as possible inbetween 

the body and the fl oor. 

Tell me about the CD – does it have the same eff ect? Can you use it for relaxation 

at home? (Obviously not good driving music) The CD is called Deep Inner Space. I am 

really happy with it. It’s a 50-minute sound journey following the same sequence as we 

play at the event. And yes it does have the same eff ect, or at least a similar one. I have 

never been on the fl oor in a Dream Drone event so I only know about the experience 

from recordings. The CD has somehow captured the power. It is designed to be listened 

to lying down and it can be put on loop so it just goes as long as you like. It’s not good 

driving music but it is great to listen to in a parked car. This is where you can get the 

full body sound massage going on. It can also be played at a quiet volume to create a 

warm ambience in a space. 

Can you tell me what to expect for you ‘show’ or ‘sound experience’ at Bangalow? 

The A&I Hall in Bangalow is the best venue that we have found in the shire. The huge 

resonant fl oor transmits the bass frequencies ensuring a full-body experience. At this 

event we have the incredible state-of-the art K-Array sound system…one of the most 

hi-tech audio systems in the world. The icing on the cake is that Udi Benknaan, one of 

the founding members of Sheva, is doing a solo string recital as people arrive. A real 

treat! 

As far as expectations go, leave them at home and just know that you have a warm safe 

place to lay your head while your mind swims in a vibrant sea of sound. 

Bring a cushion, a blanket and your good self to the Bangalow A&I Hall on 

Sunday. Tickets are $34 or $40 at the door. www.kupromotions.com.au. Doors 

open 8.15pm, doors close 8.45pm. 

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All that Jive 

See Mandy live at 


THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK! 

This Christmas I’m going to buy some bare-chested blokes a shirt. 

I’ve seen them walking around Mullum, rain, hail and shine, without 

a stitch. Yeah, I note they’ve all got nice bodies, but for goodness’ 

sake buy yourself a singlet. I don’t want your sweating man-fl esh 

distracting me from my daily grind. 

There’s some blokes that I don’t reckon have ever even owned a 

shirt. I can understand if they’re in the vicinity of a beach, or a pool or 

a water hole, or they’ve been digging a hole in the midday sun, then 

it’s completely appropriate to be topless, but the IGA? I reckon that’s 

shirt-on territory. I’m not a prude, I’ve always been well up for a bit of 

nude action when required, but the no-shirt thing does perplex me. 

I notice only buff guys do it. I wonder whether it’s part of a secret 

vanity, a belief that the world needs to share this hard-chested 

awesomeness. I don’t see chumpy blokes getting around bearing 

their naked man torsos. The other day there were so many shirtless 

dudes I was beginning to think I was in the middle of a casting call 

for hippy porn. 

For those shirt-impaired fellas reading this who are scratching their 

Tarzan-like bodies wondering what this strange item of clothing 

actually is that I am referring to, let me refresh you with the 

dictionary defi nition. A shirt is a garment for the upper part of the 

body, typically having a collar, sleeves, and a front opening. This is 

to obscure the nipples, the chest and or back hair and the ludicrous 

rudeness of the navel. You should try them; if you get the right one 

they can be sexier than no shirt. 

Perhaps I’m being unkind. Perhaps the reason why these gentlemen 

This Friday deck yourself up for a Polynesian Party at the Jive 

Lounge at the Moller Pavilion in the Bangalow Showgrounds. 

Doors open at 6pm so come and enjoy a cool drink and bite to eat 

on the tropical verandah while listening to The Jive Lounge singers 

croon in the background. From 7pm is Swing Dance lesson time 

with the amazing Ray and Chrissy! They have been teaching for 

over 16 years and in a very short time they will have you swingin’ in 

impressive style for the rest of the night! 

From 8pm The Jive Lounge singers take to the stage and for the rest 

of the night they will entertain you and get you jumpin’ ’n’ jivin’ with 

the old classics from the 40s, 50s and 60s. 

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have no shirt is because they’ve fulfi lled the idiom used to 

describe acts of selfl ess generosity and given the ‘shirt off their 

back’. Apparently it was Jesus Christ who fi rst used this phrase 

encouraging his fl ock to become good shirtless Samaritans. So it 

could be the good Lord who is responsible for the no-shirt man 

fashion. Thank You, Jesus. 

Or maybe it wasn’t an act of generosity, but hardship when our 

fl edgling market investors took it so badly in the recent GFC they 

actually ‘lost the shirt off their backs’! A friend reminded me of a 

time when some women declared that they also should be able to 

go shirtless when required. I don’t think there was a huge outcry of 

shock or mass resistance from the blokes. It was more like Christmas. 

‘They’re actually doing this in the name of equality? Awesome. I’m 

digging this feminism thing. Bring it on.’ 

I had a friend that used to go shirtless in summer. She had the best 

boobs I’ve ever seen. Nice and pert yet still rounded with promise. 

While it was liberating for her I felt intimidated, like it was expected 

of me to rip my top off as well. My nawks were alright, but they 

weren’t like her puppies. I kept my shirt on. 

Why is just the shirt optional? If you’re going for the whole concept 

of losing a major item of clothing for the day – why not ‘No Pants 

Day’? There is a story from the 1950s on a Pacifi c Island when General 

MacArthur was preparing to visit. The local indigenous women 

wore grass skirts and nothing else. They were given t-shirts and told 

to cover up because Westerners found naked 

breasts off ensive. They didn’t like the shirts, but 

they didn’t want to off end the dignitaries, so as 

the car drove through the streets one by one 

they lifted their grass skirts to hide the off ending 

boobies. 

Instead he got a 21-plus Twat Salute. 

Read more of Mandy in her book, What I 

Would Do If I Were You, available at all good bookshops 

Taking Music for 

Granted 

Beautiful Sarah Grant will be dishing up an afternoon of sweet soul 

music with funky grooves ’n’ blues fl avours. Currently in the middle 

of building a new show, this 

performance will be a taste test 

that you won’t want to miss. 

Sarah and her band will serenade 

your soul with some sugarcoated 

grooves so come on 

down and check them out at By 

the River Lounge Bar in Ballina 

on Sunday from 3pm. 

City Riots at the 

Beach 

The four-piece, City Riots, 

delivered a fi ve-track EP that 

perfectly encapsulates the 

potential they have always 

shown, creatively crossing paths 

between indie and pop, laced 

with glimpses of nostalgia from 

palpable infl uences. Lead single 

Matchsticks showcased the 

perfect, feel-good video of the 

summer and soon hit the screens 

of Channel V. The band spent 

the majority of 2011 on the road 

supporting some of Australia’s 

best acts including British India, 

Ball Park Music, Papa Versus 

Pretty and Alpine. Catch them 

at the Beach Hotel Thursday 

at 9pm supported by The Lions 

Children, free entry. 

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deep dancehall, reggae, dub, and drum and 

bass riddims. Led by the vocal gymnastics 

of Indigenous superstar and Darumbal man 

D-Kazman, Dubmarine have a mission: to 

produce the sound and fury of electronic 

music live, in all of its bass-crunching, 

rhythm-pounding, hip-shaking fi endish 

glory, all played by musicians, all real. 

Performing at the Beach Hotel Friday from 

9.30pm, free entry. 

Mungo’s Crossword 

Quick Clues 

ACROSS 

1. Vegetable marrow (6) 

5. Sport (8) 

9. Gourd (8) 

10. Playing fi elds (6) 

11. Swaps (6,3) 

12. Good, gentle (4) 

13. Give forth (4) 

14. Inept, not skilled (8) 

17. Boxing (8) 

19. Jason’s boat (4) 

22. Haul (4) 

24. Rower (9) 

25. Models of excellence (6) 

26. Class, type (8) 

27. Rejoicing (8) 

28. Woman’s name (6) 

DOWN 

2. Amount; discrete quantity (7) 

3. Transparent marble (9) 

4. Conman (6) 

5. Thought experiment to illustrate 

the uncertainty principle (11’1,3) 

6. Policemen (slang) (8) 

7. Smash (5) 

8. Pupil, beginner (7) 

15. English game bird (9) 

16. Water north of Darwin (5,3) 

18. Self-contradiction (7) 

20. Of a class (7) 

21. Wrap, bandage (6) 

23. Chalice (5) 

Last week’s solution 

Are you Oka 

Day 

With a signature sound and 

unforgettable live reputation, 

OKA is a celebration of 

Australian cultures with a 

very present, powerful and 

uniting Indigenous cultural 

overtone running throughout 

Cryptic Clues 

ACROSS 

1. Humiliate short Indian lady? Be 

quiet (6) 

5. Weak shot, sport (8) 

9. Shame after state of old drinking 

vessel (8) 

10. Battlefi elds to back god turned 

rational (6) 

11. Swaps treads? (6,3) 

12. Good sort (4) 

13. Put out by measure of the thing (4) 

14. Inept, but still around former page 

(8) 

17. Jump around a right – that’s 

boxing (8) 

19. Boat makes a right turn (4) 

22. Pull 19 apart, 500 for nothing (4) 

24. Atalanta of Calydon was the only 

one on 19 (9) 

25. Ladies become models (6) 

26. Actress bloody kind (8) 

27. Joyful, turn 50 while living outside 

(8) 

28. Girl sounds like a sheep – good (6) 

DOWN 

2. The smallest leap you can make, 

actually (7) 

3. Transparent – it’s the way to roast a 

tough turkey! (9) 

4. Laugh – Chopper is a con-man (6) 

5. Scratched groins over 2, 18 (11’1,3) 

6. Copper platypuses? (8) 

7. Snap pause (5) 

8. Beginner money-maker improver (7) 

15. Twist taping around limb – make a 

bird of it! (9) 

16. Amortise the territory to our north 

(5,3) 

18. Average a half-thousand with zero 

multiplier? That’s a contradiction in 

terms (8) 

20. Info from Roozendaal has no 

patent (7) 

21. Clobber the man – it’s a wrap (6) 

23. Note bird relic (5) 

CAROLS AT ST MARTINS IN 

MULLUMBIMBY ON TUESDAY 

the music. 

Electrifi ed didgeridoo, 

heavy slide guitar, soaring 

fl utes and juju rhythms 

are some of the many 

ingredients in this Australian 

sound that’s matured over a 

decade. Humble beginnings 

busking on street corners 

have led to global tripping 

and independent CD sales 

in excess of 100,000 albums. 

Performing at the Beach 

Hotel Sunday 4.30pm, free 

entry. 

Classical Nimbin 

Nimbin goes Classic at the local town hall 

this Sunday when some very impressive 

players gather for a very special concert. 

Featuring Millie Simpson on piano, 

Nicholas Routley also on piano, Trio 

Continentale, Tony Gibson and more. 

The artists promise to entertain with music 

of Chopin, Faure, Debussy, Scriabin, Satie, 

Reinecke and more. Sunday from 5pm. $10. 

Fool for Jordie Lane 

Having just completed a 10-date solo 

theatre tour supporting UK legend Billy 

Bragg (see their Gram Parsons duet here), 

Jordie Lane plays 15 headline shows 

around the country launching his new 

single Fool For Love with a full band around 

Australia alongside special guest Liz Stringer. 

Fool For Love has been receiving strong airplay nationwide, and 

iTunes crowned it Single Of The Week in early November. It is the fi rst 

single from his forthcoming third album, due for release in early 2013, 

and follows his critically acclaimed 2011 release Blood Thinner which 

was nominated for Best Blues & Roots Album at the 2011 Australian 

Independent Music Awards. 

Mullumbimby – Thursday at the Drill Hall. 

Tickets: www.trybooking.com/BYXB 

No Joshing Around 

Josh Hamilton is a local singer/songwriter who loves to create 

catchy and moving melodic tunes with a sound that is fresh and 

CHESS by Ian Rogers 

Play at Byron Services Club, Mon 7pm 

The Immigration Department’s 

war on chess continued this week, 

with the Australian Open’s second 

seed, Dejan Antic, refused a visa. 

The Serbian Grandmaster was 

told that he would not be permitted 

to come to the tournament, 

on the grounds that he had previously 

applied to live in Australia 

and was presumably therefore a 

risk of abandoning his family and 

his job and absconding. 

The decision by Argyro Sargianopoulos 

at the Australian Consulate 

in Greece, against which 

there is no right of appeal, stated, 

‘I am not satisfied that you intend 

a genuine visit to Australia’ – 

ignoring the multiple times that 

Antic has previously competed in 

Australia and returned home. 

World number two Levon 

Aronian had similar problems 

prior to his fifth visit to Australia 

last year – past good conduct 

appears to count for nothing if 

you are a chessplayer. 

The Australian Open organisers 

will be doubly frustrated since the 

Open has an impeccable record 

of picking up the pieces when 

the Immigration Department has 

failed in their job; most notably 

when a Mongolian student arrived 

at the 1999 Australian Open on a 

one-way ticket and with no means 

of support. 

Having been found sleeping in 

a bus shelter near the venue by 

a security guard, the player was 

provided with a hotel room for 

the duration of the tournament as 

well as a ticket home. 

The one consolation for our 

Immigration Department is that 

the British looked even worse 

last week when they refused a 

visa to world number one 

Magnus Carlsen’s second Ian 

Nepomniachtchi on the grounds 

that Carlsen might not have sufficient 

funds to pay for Nepom’s 

visit to London. 

Facing ridicule, the Foreign 

Office eventually allowed multimillionaire 

Carlsen to have his 

assistant with him at the London 

Classic. 

The mindset of the Immigration 

Department and the Foreign 

Office appears to be similar – they 

have never heard of chess, can’t 

imagine that there is any money 

in it, so any chessplayer wanting 

to travel to their country must be a 

potential illegal immigrant. 

NICHOLAS ROUTLEY AT THE 

NIMBIN TOWN HALL FOR THE 

CLASSICAL CONCERT ON SUNDAY 

TIM STOKES BAND AT THE HOTEL 

GREAT NORTHERN ON FRIDAY 

upbeat. His music is 

BROADFOOT PLAY multifaceted with elements 

THE MULLUMBIMBY of indie pop, folk and 

COMMUNITY alternative rock. While there 

MARKET ON are these labels to identify 

SATURDAY 

is music by, he is highly 

motivated to create a sound 

and message that inhales as 

a breath of fresh air. He has been a 

feature artist on Triple J Unearthed 

and has played in projects while 

up in Brisbane and has more 

recently started to develop himself 

locally as he settles into the area. 

He is now joining forces with 

a four-piece band, self-titled as Josh 

Hamilton, who are currently working on 

an EP to be released at the end of this 

year. Friday at the Byron Brewery. 

Jugband Perched on 

European Success… 

The Perch Creek Family Jugband have 

anthropologists baffl ed. 

Why did they turn out the way they 

are? Was it because they all drank and 

bathed in the muddy waters of Perch 

Creek from birth? Was it because they 

were forced to sing for each meal, or simply because 

their old man was nothing short of a lunatic? 

Either way, circumstances conspired to create a 

band of siblings with a unique and incredibly diverse 

sound that seems to fi nd its way through the cracks 

between a vast array of genres. Like the creek itself, 

the Perch Creek Family Jugband are at times raging 

and relentless and at others placid and haunting. The 

band specialise in chunky fi ve-part vocal harmonies 

over instrumentation as diverse as the trombone, 

frailing banjo, washboard, double bass, overdriven 

blues harp, musical saw, tap dancing and a whole 

lot of other stuff including, of course, the jug. I guess 

there was something in the water… 

Recently returned home after a grand and 

triumphant two-month tour of Europe, they will be 

celebrating their brand new seven-inch single, Way 

Down Gone at the old Mullumbimby Drill Hall on 

Friday of December with support from Andrew 

Morris. 

Doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10 on the door and kids are free! 

Scrumptious food and drinks by Coff ee Oasis. 

Miss Renee Simone Hits the Tone 

Miss Renee Simone is best known as the singer from Byron Bay 

band Blackbirds. Now branching out and working with other 

fabulous Byron Bay musicians, Miss Renee is gearing up towards the 

release of her upcoming debut solo album consisting of all-original, 

laidback, caribbean jazzy grooves. Although we won’t be able to get 

our hands on the new album until Santa brings them at Christmas, 

we hope that Miss Renee will give us a very sneaky peek of a little of 

what’s to come before the offi cial album launch tour in the new year. 

We can also hear some tasty renditions of some classics performed 

with this scrummy lineup of ukulele, double bass, guitar, percussion 

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Stars ��ARIES: 

WITH LILITH 

This week’s 

Mercury, sun and 

new moon trifecta in 

energetic Sagittarius 

are evolution 

bound, even if it 

takes a revolution 

to do it… 

and fl ute. Think warm orange 

sunsets, hammocks, waves 

lapping around your feet, 

super chilled, good vibes all 

round. Saturday at Byron Bay 

Brewery, 7.30 start, free entry. 

A life-changing week for the Ram family 

as Uranus in Aries takes you on a creative and 

stimulating, adventurous and experimental ride 

into strange new territory beyond the confi nes of 

the comfort zone. Which may involve getting over 

yourself, your ideas and opinions on a daily basis… 

��TAURUS: This wild week has some wins – like 

liberating funding or easing a situation that’s been 

painful for a long time. Shopping sports are also 

rewarding, so get those art skills pumping and 

summon up the wow factor for your seasonal 

festivities without it costing a wad. 

��GEMINI: As poetic Gemini W.B. Yeats prophetically 

wrote: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. If 

that’s your experience this week, Mercury moving 

into the sign of parties, travel and philosophical 

perspectives helps you think of them as falling into a 

new design. And you love change, remember? 

��CANCER: The Crab clan’s about family and this week’s 

interactions are with blood, business and community 

family as the cosmic cocktail glass fi zzes with tonic, 

frothy optimism. Ditching something that’s passe 

rather than clinging to wishful thinking or a wornout 

dream brings a strong renewal of confi dence. 

PERCH CREEK FAMILY 

JUGBAND AT THE DRILL 

HALL ON FRIDAY 

Launching his 

Mountain Song 

From the lush setting of Uki 

comes the passionate music 

of Murray Kyle, with soaring 

vocals and free-fl owing lyrics 

to calm this turbulent world. 

Mountain Song is his fourth album, self-written, 

-recorded and -produced, this album blends a 

mystical shamanic sound with devotional soul, 

and positive roots vibes. Mastered by Michael 

Worthington, Mountain Song takes the listener on 

a journey into the heart of exist-dance. Launching 

on Wednesday at the Drill Hall in Mullumbimby, 

where Murray will be joined by a six-piece 

ensemble to bring these beautiful new songs 

to life in a live setting. You can also catch him 

on Sunday at the Uki Markets and later at the 

Sphinx Rock Cafe. 

His new album, along with his well-loved previous 

releases, is available for purchase on www. 

murraykyle.com. 

THE FAMILIARS AT THE HOTEL 

Broadfoot Marketed 

in Mullum 

This Saturday Broadfoot start playing at the 

very unmusicianly hour of 9am at the Mullumbimby Community 

Market. Showcasing songs from all three of their albums as well as 

sprinkling in the odd classic cover or more the band are riding high 

after taking out a North Coast Entertainment Industry Association 

(Dolphin) award earlier this month. Broadfoot’s song She Bites Me 

was voted as best song in the garage/indie category, while their 

song Ocean was nominated as a fi nalist in the best rock/alternative 

song category. Both songs will be played on Saturday, including their 

Dolphin Award-winning song of 2010, The Timeless Groove, which 

won best song in the funk category. Garage/indie/rock/alternative/ 

funk – quite a broad range of style there. Throw in the blues and the 

improvisational elements of a jazz ensemble and one gets closer 

to describing the music of Broadfoot. The volume will be lower 

��LEO: Even if this week’s people don’t understand 

the line between assertive and off ensive, heated 

exchanges are tres draining, grumpy isn’t becoming, 

and what others say and do is more about them than 

you anyway. So bring your focus home to what you 

do best: organise, charm, entertain. 

��VIRGO: While other signs are thinking big, you know 

it’s small things that truly drive you nuts. Virgo author 

Eduardo Galeano off ers the word sentipensante as 

a combination of feeling and thinking: the perfect 

approach to this week, because logic alone won’t cut 

it – you’ll have to add heart. 

��LIBRA: Everyone makes mistakes and all mistakes 

are forgiveable, so stay right away from what Libra 

Steve Bhaerman aka Swami Beyondananda calls 

detestimonials and insinuendoes. Take advantage 

instead of the present expansive potential, because 

this week’s on the lookout for creative fl air, fresh ideas 

and an adventurous approach. 

��SCORPIO: With Venus presently directing plenty 

of sweet heat your way, you’re exerting a strong 

infl uence on your immediate environment, so be 

mindful of what you put out because that’s what 

you’ll get back. You may as well allow others the 

freedom they want – they’re going to take it anyway. 

for the market but the vibe will not. All three 

albums will be on sale at the market, including 

the latest off ering Love is Flying. For more 

information www.broadfoot.com.au. 

Totally Stoked 

The Tim Stokes Band brings something like 

a carnival to Backroom Friday 

with local talents all soaring from 

strength to strength. Recently 

Tim and Band have had full dance 

fl oors jiving, festival appearances, 

awards and national tours fl owing 

since launching debut album MeXico. Returning 

home from interstate tours, 

Tim’s journey from grassroots 

continues a meteoric rise. Music 

NSW business assistance, ACMF 

commendation, invitation to 

Woodford, artist of the week at 

ABC radio and Rage airplay are 

some notches in the melodic 

belt. Gathering around Stokes is 

one-man-funk-train Wandering 

Eyes, and Luke Morris. Wandering 

Eyes back from QLD tour, has 

had a celebrated year with 

Splendour/Bluesfest appearances 

and is bursting to take you to 

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��SAGITTARIUS: Mercury and new moon joining the 

sun in Sagittarius has you wired, fi red and inspired. 

So make the wish list, but don’t forget you’re still 

operating under the obligations and restraints of 

current reality. Idealistic, pie in the sky optimism isn’t 

a helpful mindset right now. 

��CAPRICORN: Sure it’s busy season, but your inner Cap 

wants to withdraw and seclude, process and brood, 

so balance invigorating socialising with time out for 

psychic recharge. Play party animale, charming the 

crowd, then retire to receive the inspirations that only 

arrive when your mind’s not fl at chat… 

��AQUARIUS: As the cosmic switch plugging into the 

socket of seasonal festivities turns the Aquarisphere 

into a united nations of visitors, your goodwill 

mission is playing fence-mender, though don’t make 

the mistake of believing people want your honest 

opinion, even when they ask for it. Honestly? They 

don’t. 

�� PISCES: Overextension is everyones’ nemesis this 

week, so if people want more than you can give, don’t 

hesitate to say the sorry word. Resist the impulse to 

promise what you mightn’t be able to deliver, and 

know that your continually changing arrangements 

won’t have others feeling the love. 

rural Czech Republic, Dvorák’s 

Mass in D is an intimate work 

for small forces. Also on the 

program will be choral delights 

by Handel and Vivaldi, as well as 

a selection of Christmas carols. 

This program will be presented 

at St Carthage’s Cathedral, 

Lismore, Wednesday, 7.45pm 

and St Mary’s, Ballina on 

Sunday at 2pm. 

Admission $15/12, tickets at the 

door. 

More Lessons 

and Carols for 


As has been happening in Lismore for 

30-plus years, and in the best tradition of 

King’s College, Cambridge, St Andrew’s 

Choir will join with St Carthage’s Choir in 

performances of Nine Lessons and Carols. 

This year in Lismore it is the turn of St 

Andrew’s to host the event. The program 

has again put together by choir director/ 

organist Warren Whitney. All are welcome 

to this non-denominational celebration. 

The service off ers a rich array of seasonal 

music and includes arrangements of 

familiar carols and settings of Christmas 

texts spanning four centuries – including 

resetting of old German texts and a 

Basque carol, to contemporary carols by 

John Rutter. 

GREAT NORTHERN ON SATURDAY 

grove-town. Luke Morris, 

a modern Neil Young, is MURRAY KYLE, LAUNCHING HIS 

fl ying high after releasing 

his self-recorded debut EP 

Good Heart Start. It is hard 

to turn away from his hypnotic guitar and vocal 

melodies. A local night of rising talent to be 

enjoyed while you can still catch them close to 

home. 9pm. 

NEW ALBUM AT THE DRILL HALL IN 

MULLUM ON WED, THE UKI MARKETS 

ON SUN AT 10AM AND LATER THAT 

DAY AT SPHINX ROCK CAFE Christmas poetry, prose, and prayers 

round out the service. Members of the 

local community and churches will read the traditional ‘lessons’ 

derived from the biblical Christmas story. 

Choir Club 

The service, modelled on the traditional Festival of Nine Lessons and 

Carols fi rst held on Christmas Eve in 1918 at King’s College Chapel in 

A choir including Murwillumbah Philharmonic and Spiritsong, Cambridge, England, has been described as one that ‘presents the 

with Warren Whitney on organ, and conducted by Heather Christmas story in an ambience of mystery, splendour, hope and joy’. 

Martin, will be combining to perform Dvorak’s Mass in D. This is a The Service of Lessons and Carols has been a tradition locally for at 

warm, passionate and intimate work full of beautiful lyricism and least 30 years. St Martin’s, Mullumbimby, Tuesday 18 December, 

harmony. Composed in 1887 at the request of architect Josef Hlávka 7pm; St Mary’s, Ballina, Friday 21 December, 7.30pm; St Andrew’s, 

for the consecration of a new chapel at Hlávka’s country estate, in Lismore, Sunday 23 December, 7.30pm. 

Thursday 

Dec 13 

6.30 PM 


Th e Byron Shire Echo December 11, 2012 27

Drawing on Burlesque 

Dr Sketchy Byron Bay celebrates the Silly Season on Tuesday 18 

Dec by presenting a classic night of Yuletide foolishness in a Rocky 

Horror Christmas Special! 

What better way to honour this time of giving than the traditional 

jolly combination of life-drawing, striptease, music, ambiguous 

sexuality, drinking, cross-dressing and dodgy humour! This month 

features Miss Red Devotchkin, direct from Soviet Plitburo’s special 

Festive Fetish Branch. She will be joined by Miss Lena Marlene 

and the morally bankrupt Miss Dolly DeVille. Mae Wilde MCs 

with her usual fl amboyant fl air. 6.30pm. $15 

A Christmas 

Comedy 

Cracker at 

the Bangalow 

Bowlo! 

Standup comedians Mandy 

Nolan and Nick Penn get 

the gags cracking for a 

special two-hour Christmas 

Comedy Show at the 

Bangalow Bowlo. Nolan 

and Penn make the yin and 

yang of comedy. Where 

she’s a potty-mouthed 

mama, his set is clean. 

Where Penn is master of the one-liner 

and the masterful punchline, Nolan 

conquers the comedic story with brash 

aplomb. The two comedians have 

spent the good part of 2012 touring clubs, pubs and automobiles, 

playing off the circuit rooms to packed houses. ‘Audiences have been 

leaving saying it’s one of the best comedy shows they’ve been to,’ 

says Nolan of her and Penn’s double-header. ‘I open the night with 

the fi rst hour. I rarely do full shows around here as I do so much MC 

work so it’s really great being able to stretch my legs and really put 

on a feature set like I do when I head out of the area.’ Nolan, author 

of What I Would Do If I Were You, was declared by Sydney Morning 

Herald ’s Bruce Elder as one of the wittiest comedic columnists in 

the country. Dry-witted Nick Penn talks about growing up tough. 

He’s the archetypal Aussie Battler, with a keen eye on the nuances of 

Aussie culture. Calm under fi re, Penn is the quintessential bloke next 

door, as charming and loveable as Nolan. Enjoy the feature shows of 

these two headline comics at the Bangalow Bowlo in a two-course 

dinner show on Saturday. With doors opening at 6pm, meals served 

Th e Most 

Dangerous Man 

In Th e World 

by Andrew Fowler 

Review 

by John 

Mitchell 

J u l i a n 

Assange is 

the most 

talked-about 

Australian 

in the world 

today. For 

some he 

represents 

freedom, independence and 

the great iconoclastic spirit of 

Australia and Australians. For 

others he is a self-aggrandising 

and dishonourable sneak who 

represents everything that is wrong 

with modern journalism. For 

those who knew him as a baby on 

Magnetic Island, he was a chubby, 

friendly and most inquisitive 

child. Assange’s story is the story 

of WikiLeaks, diplomatic ‘truth’, 

legal ‘truth’, justice and the value 

of information. At one level, it is 

a David and Goliath thriller. At 

another level, it is an account of a 

defensive, narcissistic and rather 

troubled individual. 

Who better to tell this story 

than Andrew Fowler. Andrew is 

a contributing reporter for the 

ABC’s Foreign Correspondent 

program. He has been chief of 

staff and acting foreign editor of 

The Australian and a reporter 

with SBS Dateline and Channel 

7 and was a founding member 

MANDY NOLAN & LIL’ FI: END OF THE 

WORLD COMEDY CABARET FRIDAY 21 

DECEMBER AT THE MULLUMBIMBY EX- 

SERVICES CLUB! 

BOOK REVIEWS 

of Lateline in 1990. Andrew has 

won several awards including the 

United Nations Peace Prize, the 

Human Rights Award, and a New 

York Festival silver medal. 

And who better to get the story 

beneath the story than Kerry 

O’Brien. On Sunday, Th e Friends 

of the ABC presents Kerry O’Brien 

and Andrew Fowler in conversation 

on the new release of Fowler’s 

book. Come along to Mary Ryan’s 

on Fletcher Street on Sunday 16 

December at 2pm. Limited places 

so book your seat by calling 6685 

8183. Th ere is a small cover charge. 

Mad Men, Bad 

Girls, Guerilla 

Knitters Institute 

by Maggie 

Groff 

Review by 

Victoria 

Sullivan 

Oh, oh… 

this could 

end up as an 

addiction! 

Hopefully, 

if rumours 

are true, 

Maggie Groff will continue to 

entertain us with the adventures 

of a truly excellent character: 

SCOUT DAVIS, intrepid, freelance 

investigative journalist, living the 

dream in Byron Bay. 

Following a lead, Scout researches 

a story that claims a cult has fl ed 

the US and has set up camp in the 

hinterland west of the Gold Coast. 

from 6.45pm and show at 8pm, this is certain to 

be a cracker of a night! Tickets for show and meal 

are $35. Bookings on 6687 2742. 

www.bangalowbowlo.com.au. Doors 6pm. 

Show 8pm. 

Mayan Calendar Girls 

Present Comedy Cabaret 

Show 

You can’t schedule the end of the world like it’s 

a gig, but you can plan a gig and call it the End 

of the World! That’s just what Mayan Calendar 

Girls comedian Mandy Nolan and Cabaret 

Singer Lil’ Fi decided to do to celebrate 21 

December 2012, joining forces to create a cabaret feast of comedy 

and song. Lil’ Fi meets Mandy Nolan: it’s like the most perfect of 

performance partnerships, Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, beer 

and chips, and if this show could be embodied in just one überwoman, 

where comedian and singer fused as one, then the girls will 

be channeling the Mighty Mae West. Standup comedian, author 

and social provocateur Mandy Nolan had tongues wagging when 

she went head to head with Australia’s intelligentsia this year on the 

ABC’s Q&A with the stoic and diffi cult-to-impress Graeme Richardson 

declaring, ‘I usually don’t like the fi fth panelist, but she’s alright’. 

It’s a dream come true when she’s joined by Australia’s premier 

blues mama Lil’ Fi, the woman with a voice so good it’s downright 

pornographic. Lil’ Fi observes the whimsies of ordinary Australian life 

and transforms them into fables. With an unsubdued and irreverent 

humour and a huge helping of heart she engages her audience 

At the same time Scout is helping 

her sister Harper solve an internal 

investigation at the exclusive 

school she works at. 

As Scout juggles these cases she 

is also part of a secret clandestine 

guerilla knitting group that 

‘beautifi es the urban landscape’. 

Add to the mix her war 

corespondent partner is in 

Afghanistan on a job and his 

friend... a handsome, intelligent, 

captivating... local police 

constable... is leaving hibiscus 

at the door! Th e ultimate in lust 

and moral dilemmas can only be 

imagined! 

You connect with this world, you 

take the ride and enjoy the journey 

that Maggie Groff takes us on. 

I have to say I devoured this book 

in three marathon sittings. It’s been 

hot and it’s only natural to seek a 

shady cool spot, settle with a good 

book, and remain engrossed till the 

heat abates. 

I rate this book 4.5/5. Th e major 

action sequence was a bit too 

‘convenient’ but it did keep the 

pace up and that was good. Great 

characters and an adventurous 

plot. I love it as a local, but I would 

love it no matter where I came 

from. 

Hilarious, thought provoking, 

unexpected. Perfect as a summer 

read. 

Off to tackle another hot afternoon. 

Th is is Not a Drill 

by Beck McDowell 

Review by Frieda Herrmann, 

Byron Bay High School 

The novel 

This is Not a 

Drill by Beck 

McDowell 

(2012) is set 

in the small 

town of 

Hensonville, 

New York. 

Seventeenyear-olds, 

Emery and Jake, have volunteered 

at the local primary school to teach 

French to eighteen first-grade 

students. Although no longer 

romantically involved, Emery and 

Jake have put aside their diff erences 

to work together in the classroom. 

One morning, Emery and Jake’s 

class is interrupted when the 

father of one of the students turns 

up to the class with a gun, ready to 

do whatever it takes to claim his 

estranged son. 

Th e novel explores the diff erent 

relationships that are tied together 

by the shocking central event. 

Jake and Emery tell the story 

in alternating chapters; slowly 

revealing their lives, characters 

and connection to each other. Th e 

responsibility and care between 

the teenagers and the students 

similarly unfold alongside the tense 

dynamics between the gunman and 

his family. 

With this emotional foundation of 

a hostage situation , the plot is tense 

and gripping from beginning to end 

– keeping the reader breathless and 

pounding of heart. I did not put the 

book down until it was fi nished. 

eff ortlessly 

and refl ects 

the suburban 

heartland back 

to them with 

a disarming 

charisma. 

Strap yourselves in 

for a wild irreverent 

ride, straight down 

to hell, and laugh 

your way to the 

other side with 

the country’s two 

mouthiest mamas! 

Mandy and Lil’ Fi 

will both perform 

two knockout full 

solo sets at the 

Mullumbimby Ex- 

Services Club on 

Friday 21 December. Tickets are 

$15 and are available at the club. 

For tickets phone 6684 2533. 8pm 

show. 

Carols with Salt 

This year Christmas at Salt Village is bigger and better than ever, 

with the single-day Christmas Carols being expanded to a 3-daylong 

festival of free entertainment and fun for the whole family. 

Salt Village has a full weekend of fun, activities and sensational 

entertainment with the Salt Village Christmas Festival 2012 from 

Friday to Sunday. Kicking off on Friday with amusement rides from 

4pm followed by a Christmas Market Day in Salt Central Park on 

Saturday from 10am until 5pm. On Sunday carol lovers will be treated 

to the annual Salt Village Carols by the Beach proudly presented by 

NBN Television. NBN Television’s very own Big Dog will also take to 

the stage along with a special appearance from Santa himself. The 

fun kicks off from 6pm with the concert beginning at 7pm. 

Alstonville children’s art 

helps out 

Curiouser and curiouser: the art of children – an exhibition in aid 

of Camp Quality – will be held at Delstrongart in Alstonville 

this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The exhibition showcases 

These book reviews are brought to you by 

Mary Ryan’s Books Music & Coffee 

Shop 5/21 Fletcher St, Byron Bay 02 6685 8183 

www.maryryan.com.au 

Nature’s Creation 

by Jennifer Divyajyoti 

Michelsen 

A rich compendium of herbal 

knowledge that honours the 

sacredness and life-supporting 

qualities of all herbs. It is vitally 

important that herbal lore from all 

traditions, as well as the wisdom of 

plants themselves, stays alive in our 

CIRCUS ARTS PREVIEWS 

THEIR SHOW HEIST, 

BEFORE IT HEADS TO 

WOODFORD FESTIVAL, 

AT THE BYRON 

ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 

THIS FRIDAY AND 

SATURDAY 

current knowings and in our ongoing 

search for well being, which includes 

our relationship with the natural 

world. Th is new book by Jennifer 

Divyajyoti Michelsen and the Cards 

of Knowledge and Guidance are 

valuable ‘signposts’ on this journey 

to well being and alignment with 

nature. 

— John Massey, herbalist and 

earth gardener 

28 December 11, 2012 Th e Byron Shire Echo www.echo.net.au

the artwork of over 

35 children ranging 

in age from six years 

and up. The artworks 

encompass a collection 

of drawing, watercolour, 

collage, mixed media, 

sculpture and ceramics. 

Be surprised by the 

quality and creativity of 

these up-and-coming 

young artists. The children attend regular classes conducted by Del 

Strong, a national multi-award-winning teacher, author and artist. 

You’ll fi nd the studio in Main Street right near the bus stop. The 

exhibition opens 6pm Friday. 

Aboriginal Culture Show 

ONE OF THE WORKS 

FEATURED AT 

DELSTRONGART GALLERY 

IN ALSTONVILLE AS PART OF 

THE CAMP QUALITY SHOW 

OPENING ON FRIDAY 

Every Monday Mudjai hosts a crowd interaction- and participationoriented 

cultural show that brings storytelling in a didjeridoo 

performance. Mudjai paints in the spirit way of painting and shares 

his artwork through his performance. Born in Armidale he is a 

descendant of Nganyaywana, Gumbainga, Daingutti, Irish, English 

and Scottish people. So catch Byron Bay’s only true Aboriginal 

Culture Show every Monday night at Cheeky Monkeys from 8pm. 

Somerset 

sings 

for Your 

Redemption 

SOMERSET BARNARD AND PAT TIERNEY HAVE TEAMED 

UP TO PLAY A SUMMER OF MUSIC UP AND DOWN THE 

EAST COAST. SOMERSET BARNARD SPOKE WITH THE 

ECHO ABOUT HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY. 

Tell me a little about where your passion for music began. 

My passion for music began as a kid in Santa Cruz, California. 

I remember driving with my father through the Santa Cruz 

mountains and hearing the Eagles, Merle Haggard and Waylon 

Jennings on the radio. All that sort of country/blues was really 

popular there. My nextdoor neighbour had an old nylon string 

and every few weeks he’d teach me a new song that I’d heard on 

the radio. I think this was the roots of my passion and it’s grown 

from there. 


The Heart Vision 

Two exhibitions will be opening simultaneously at the Lismore 

Regional Gallery this Friday with Clare Twomey’s In the Heart 

celebrating the daily maps created by foot traffi c through the 

streets of Lismore. The work refl ects upon feelings of emptiness 

and vacancy, concentrating on the vulnerability of the 

manmade environment once it reaches its use-by date, a stage 

where it is no longer something to be valued and admired. 

Opening downstairs is Night Visions, 

an exhibition that examines what 

the night makes visible. At night, 

gaps in what we see are fi lled with 

MISS RED DEVOTCHKIN 

AT DR SKETCHY’S AT 

THE BYRON BREWERY 

ON TUESDAY 18 

DECEMBER 

atmosphere and forms from our imagination. In addition to this 

romantic vision of the night, the exhibition at times takes a more 

scientifi c view, to tell true stories outside what the naked eye can 

comprehend. It also pays heed to the rich references to the night 

sky in traditional Indigenous cultures. 6pm Friday at Lismore 

Regional Gallery. 

Have you always embraced your country twang? Was there 

ever a time when you tried to make yourself something else? 

I’ve always embraced that style of music. I guess it stems from 

those infl uences as a child. It’s just what comes naturally so I’ve 

stuck with it. 

What is it about the outback, or living in a country setting, 

that you fi nd most appealing? How does it feed your work? 

The outback I think is a really spiritual place. All those little 

country towns and the people that live in them are a songwriter’s 

dream. There are so many characters and so many life stories. 

In the outback the crux of life is easier to fi nd. You can feel the 

pain, heartache and joy. I’ve always found the way of country life 

fascinating. There is nothing more inspirational than lying under 

the stars and letting your mind wander. 

Where do you get your stories from? Do you listen in to 

passing conversations?! The stories come from a broad range of 

places. Larrikins I meet, places I’ve seen, conversations I’ve heard 

and articles I’ve read. A lot of the lines in my songs come from 

lines that have come up in conversation over a beer. The way the 

stories on my album were constructed is interesting as they all 

evolved around a particular theme: ‘redemption’. Redemption, 

I think, is something we all strive for and aim to achieve in 

diff erent ways. The release of the album was my ‘redemption’. I 

remember being in the newsagency at the airport a few years 

ago and about to board a plane to run away from my troubles. 

I happened to pick up an issue of Rolling Stone magazine and 

there was an article on Patti Smith in which she said, ‘The idea 

of redemption is always good news. Even if it means sacrifi ce or 

some diffi cult times’. This quote has always stuck with me and 

through the songs on the album I’ve tried to paint a picture of 

the sacrifi ces and diffi cult times that have ultimately led to good 

ends. I think everyone has been there. 

What do you think is the essence of good songwriting? I 

think the essence of good songwriting is to try to write to put 

the listener in the shoes of the person the story is about. The 

best songs to me are songs that you can imagine yourself in that 

scenario and feel the emotions that song portrays. 

Tell me how you and Pat Tierney got playing together? 

While on face value we seem to come from diff erent worlds, the 

appreciation of each other’s music has been the common thread. 

We both signed to the same label in June this year (Race Cafe 

Records) and since then we have spent a lot of time sharing each 

other’s music. Pat gave me a lot of his reggae and folk records and 

I gave him a lot of my old country and blues records. Although our 

music and backgrounds are diff erent, we realised that a lot of the 

songs we wrote and listened to shared the same themes. We also 

both wanted to share our music to a broader audience and I think 

Pat is one of the few people I know that can put up with me! So 

why not tour! 

Wednesday at the Rails in Byron Bay and Monday at the Beach 

Hotel. 

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6688 6322 

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131 Molesworth St, Lismore 

6622 2209 

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2 Jubilee Ave, (next to Drill Hall) 

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143 Summerland Way, Kyogle 

6632 3518 

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2 Mistral Rd, Murwillumbah 

6670 2790 

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NIGHT VISIONS 

Trent Parke, Waratah Lahy, 

Andrew Browne, Mark Kimber, 

Dinni Kunoth Kemarre, 

Josie Kunoth Petyarre, 

Marc de Jong, Greg Weight, 

David Stephenson, 

Gulumbu Yunupingu, 

Dennis Nona, Viv Miller, 

Jon Cattapan 

Also showing: 

In the Heart 

(Magellan Street, Lismore) 

Clare Twomey 

Dodeca 

Martha Beasley 

image: Josie Kunoth Petyarre, Melbourne at night 2008 

acrylic on linen,121 x 121cm, Private Collection 

image courtesy Mossenson Galleries 

OPENING HOURS 

Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm 

�� 

Saturday & Sunday 10am - 2pm 

Closed 25 Dec - 28 Dec, Closed 31 Dec - 1 Jan 

www.lismoregallery.org :: www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery 

02 6622 2209 :: art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au 

For bookings call 6622 8830 

OPEN:8-4 TUES/WED 8-LATE:THURS, FRI, SAT & 9-2 SUNDAY 

133 MOLESWORTH ST, LISMORE • WWW.PALATEATTHEGALLERY.COM 

NORTHERN 

RIVERS 

COMMUNITY 

GALLERY 

Until 23 December, the 

Northern Rivers Community 

Gallery presents Coastal Lines 

and Seasonal Journeys. 

Coastal Lines features work 

by Potts, Anne Leon and 

Barbara Carmichael. Anne 

Leon has created a coastalinspired 

sitting room and 

bedroom including an indigo 

dip-dyed muslin bed canopy; 

hand-printed and -dyed 

cushions and a vintage chair 

reupholstered with screenprinted 

hemp cloth. 

Visitors can use rubber stamps 

to create their own cards. 

Single cards are $4 or six cards 

for $20. 

Wendy Taylor’s Seasonal Journeys is an exhibition of new work 

for which she has explored the potential of collage. Old works, 

found pieces, paint, ink and thread have been cut, torn and 

reassembled to create rich and layered responses to place. 

Cnr Cherry and Crane St, Ballina. Ph: 6681 6167 

BYRON CREATIVE 

Byron Creative: a vibrant collective of designers, artists, and 

creative homegrown businesses. It off ers a unique and diverse 

collection of clothing, lingerie, jewellery, ceramics, paintings, 

photography, art workshops, accessories and handmade 

childrens toys. A local artisan business community located in 

Byron Bay’s Arts and Industry Park and founded by NORTEC in 

1999, each business is the creative concept of someone who 

decided to launch into the realm of small business while living 

the Byron lifestyle. 

18 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay. 

www.byroncreative.org.au 

TWEED RIVER ART GALLERY 

Visitors will be delighted to see more than 240 artworks on 

display by regional artists. The Border Art Prize is a joint initiative 

of Gold Coast City Art Gallery and Tweed River Art Gallery, 

developed to support the endeavours of artists living and 

working in northern NSW and southeast Queensland. 

It is open to all media and subject matter and is an excellent 

opportunity to view, and maybe even purchase, a wide variety of 

styles and subject matter from both well-known and emerging 

artists. 

During the December–January 

period, the gallery will 

highlight a number of artmaking 

techniques through 

demonstrations by artists 

from the region. Everyone is 

welcome to attend these free 

sessions. 

Elements of Life 

Peter Berwein 

Pop-Up Exhibition 


107 Jonson Street 

(next to Santos) 

Opening 15. Dec. 2012, 6pm 

to 13. Jan. 2013 

peterberwein.com 

ALDFish Anne Leon, serigraph on fabric 

Middle Reef in Sepia 

Potts serigraph with acrylic on salvaged timber 

Come along and enjoy activities on 

Sunday 16 December 2012. In the 

morning between 10.30 and 12.30 Helle 

Jorgensen will show you how to push the 

boundaries of traditional crochet and will 

show you that anyone can fi nger crochet. 

You will also be able to view her amazing 

creations on display. 

In the afternoon between 1 and 3pm 

Janice Timmer and Meggan Jack will 

demonstrate dry-needle felting and 

applique. 

A guided tour of the gallery is available 

each Wednesday and Sunday at 11am 

and 2pm. 

To fi nish your visit and enjoy the 

fabulous view from the Gallery Cafe. 

Gallery and cafe is open Wednesday 

to Sunday 10‚ including Boxing Day. 

Admission is free. 

Ph: 6670 2790 Web: www.tweed.nsw. 

gov.au/artgallery 

HAMMER & HAND 

Hammer & Hand’s funky little shop in 

the Arts & Industry Park is home to an 

eclectic range of locally made beautiful and aff ordable jewellery, 

sculpture, gifts and more. 

We will be open late on Thursday as part of the Arts Trail open 

night, a great opportunity to pick up some unique handmade 

Christmas presents‚ and you get to feel great about supporting 

local artisans! 

4 Ti-Tree Place, Byron Arts & Industry Estate. Ph: 0409 960 614 

www.hammerandhand.com.au 

THE INDUSTRIALISTS ARE 

HAVING A SPRING-CLEANOUT! 

Here is a fantastic opportunity to pick up great value works of art 

from some of this region’s most renowned artists. This is a oneday-only 

sale and an amazing opportunity to acquire a unique 

gift for your loved ones or a new edition to your art collection. 

Unit 3/59 Centennial Circuit, Byron A&I Estate. 

THE BELONGIL CREEK ART 

WALK 

Visit three well-known north coast artists in their studios Sunday, 

16 December for drinks at 7pm. 

These studios are situated between beautiful Belongil Creek and 

the beachfront, in Childe St, Byron Bay. 

Come for a swim in the ocean, coff ee at Belongil Bistro and stroll 

along Childe St for drinks with the artists in their studios. 

All work is for sale. Park in Manfred St and follow the signs. 

John Cottrell has a mixture of exciting new work. 

Jan Rae is working on a new series of dance paintings based on 

the vibration of the colours of tango. 

Liz Barker’s work is nature-based impressions from Belongil 

Creek. 

Childe St, Byron Bay (park in Manfred St and follow the 

signs!) 

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ARTIST 

IN FOCUS 

ELI ASHCROFT 

Eli’s upbringing in Kathmandu and 

seeing the world through eastern eyes 

at an impressionable age is a major 

influence in his artwork. 

‘Wandering Eyes’ is his current series, 

inspired by worlds and cultures that 

have always mystified and infused Eli’s 

unique aesthetic perspective. 

His art is a blend of mixed media 

including gouache, clay paint, oil, pastel 

and acrylic on anything from canvas 

to antique recycled doors, windows 

and car bonnets. Eli’s style has been 

described as ‘raw and unfettered’ and 

his ideas play with notions of duality, 

such as suffering and happiness, nature 

versus structure and sublime chaos. 

The challenge to visually represent the 

human quest for freedom and escape 

PETER BERWEIN 

‘Moving to Byron Bay two years ago has influenced my art 

immensely’, says German artist Peter Berwein. ‘I let myself be 

inspired by Australia. This continent is unique. Especially the 

place where I live now, wrapped in the sounds of the Pacific 

Ocean. I create 

installations and 

images in love 

and devotion. 

My approach 

has always been 

that the viewer 

can recognise 

himself in my 

artwork. The 

free, easy and 

natural state of 

being human. 

Painting is my 

philosophy’. 

Peter Berwein at work 

He will have his first 

Australian exhibition in a pop-up gallery at 107 Jonson Street, 

Byron Bay, opening on 15 December 2012 to 13 January 2013. 

www.peterberwein.com. 

HELE ELLIS ABSTRACT ART 

Eastgate Community Church opens its doors and extends a warm 

welcome to all Hele Ellis Abstract Art Lovers for Thursday December 13, 

2012 from 4 pm onwards at 20 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay (coinciding 

with the Byron Creative Christmas Bazaar next door). 

Small original works by Hele Ellis are on display for one afternoon only, 

priced to be suitable as Christmas presents and every budget. 

Larger long term exhibits at Eastgate are open to the public for viewing 

during this time as well. 

Don’t miss out on this one time opportunity to collect abstracts by 

award winning internationally collected artist Hele Ellis! 

For studio visits please contact Hele on 0411 081 777. 

www.heleellis.com. 

Us – Clay paint, acrylic, oil pastel on canvas 

has always driven Eli. 

‘Creating art for a living is a like a dance 

of love and war in my head. I want so 

much meaning and presence in every 

work that’s so striking or beautiful I’m 

scared to ever think of recreating it.’ 

To experience Eli’s artwork, come along 

LISMORE ART GALLERY 

Night Visions is an exhibition that features works by 

contemporary Australian artists exploring various aspects of the 

night in an Australian landscape. It negotiates country from parts 

of the Northern Territory to Melbourne and back up to the Torres 

Strait. 

The night is a vast and universal theme. As the late artist, 

Gulumbu Yunupingu, said so poetically: the stars show us that 

we are all the same underneath. We can all look at these stars 

whichever sky we are looking at. Free people share the broad and 

beautiful canopy of the night sky. 

Night Visions brings together an esteemed list of artists, a 

number of whom, most notably Jon Cattapan, Mark Kimber, 

Andrew Browne and Trent Parke, have explored the theme of 

night over consecutive series. The exhibition also pays heed to 

the rich references to the night sky in traditional indigenous 

cultures. 

www.lismoregallery.org. Ph: 6622 2209 

LISMORE MAKERS MARKETS 

The upcoming Lismore Makers Christmas Markets on December 

1 and 15 will be a great place to find unique, eco-ethical gifts 

for the people you love the most. Come and see what our 

stallholders are doing with old vinyl records, discarded fabric, 

retro linen, silverware, old books and a sortie of other bits and 

pieces... We’re keen to promote thoughtful buying, especially in 

the lead up to the climax of consumerism that is Christmas, so if 

you’re looking for something original, quirky, inventive with an 

eco bent and ethically produced you’ll probably be able to find 

it at the Lismore Makers Markets. $25 and $50 vouchers are also 

available for those hard to buy for folk… 

The Makers Markets take place on the first Saturday of the month 

from 10am till 2pm alongside the Conservatorium’s live CONcerts. 

Blog: thelismoremakersmarket.blogspot.com.au 

Until 23 December: 

Wings – Clay paint on canvas 

to his gallery Seven Roads: open 

night this Thursday December 13 

at 1/18 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay 

(coinciding with the Arts Trail’s open 

night). 

www.eliashcroft.com 

facebook/eliashcroftart 

Coastal Lines by Anne Leon, Potts and Barbara Carmichael 

Season Journeys by Wendy Taylor 

Wendy Taylor Potts Barbara 

Carmichael 

northern rivers community gallery 

Cnr Cherry and Crane St, Ballina 

Phone: 6681 6167 

Wednesday to Friday 10am–4pm 

Weekends 9.30am–2.30pm 

Closed 24 Dec 2012 – 8 Jan 2013 (inclusive) 


Anne Leon 

THE INDUSTRIALISTS 

BITS’N’PIECES ART SALE 

JAMES GUPPY 

EMMA WALKER 

CHRISTINE WILLCOCKS 

MICHAEL CUSACK 

ROBYN SWEENEY 

SARAH HARVEY 

MEREDITH CROWE 

RICK SHEARMAN 

Rolling Stone Australia, Issue #695, October 2009 

ONE DAY ONLY! 

9–5PM SAT 15TH DEC 

UNIT 3/59 

CENTENNIAL CIRCUIT 

(OPP. REECE PLUMBING) 

BYRON A&I ESTATE 

SPECIAL THANKS TO ANNE MOSLEY 

On display until 13 January 2013 

On display until 7 April 2013 

Free admission 

Gallery open Wed-Sun 

10am - 5pm (DST) 

Border Art Prize 

2012 

The Entropy Collection 

Helle Jorgensen 

Rolling Stone: The Covers 1972-2010 

An artisan travelling exhibition Exhibition supported by: 

Until 26 May 2013 Print folios from the collection 

Until 16 June 2013 The Other Half: works from the collection 

PUBLIC PROGRAM 

Fri 14 Dec 11am Exhibition Floortalk: The Other Half with Susi Muddiman 

Sun 16 Dec 10.30am-12.30pm Learn to finger crochet with Helle Jorgensen 

Sun 16 Dec 1pm-3pm Artist Demo: Textiles with Meggan Jack & Janice Timmer 

Sun 13 Jan 10.30-12.30pm Artist Demo: Ceramics with Ann Lee & Sandy Weekes 

(02) 6670 2790 | 2 Mistral Road Murwillumbah NSW 2484 | 

www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/artgallery

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loosely on the teachings and 

techniques of L Ron Hubbard, 

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roughneck acolyte Freddie 

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An unpleasant, ill-tempered 

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Bedlam – a man masturbating 

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the scrambled sate of Quell’s 

brain. The ugly ambience of 

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In 1950, the shiftless Quell 

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Friendless in a new high 

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fi lm. Miller has managed a 

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writing letters to his dead 

friend, there is created (for 

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Television Guide 

1. Christmas movies are beginning to manifest like strange 

mushrooms in the programming as we all gear up for the 

season of enforced jollity and too much plum pud. However 

there is some relief as 

1. ABC2 unearths an old fi lm starring Jack Nicholson and 

Karen Black. Five Easy Pieces (Saturday, 10.20pm) shows the 

Jackster in his best form as a troubled young man who could 

have been a star concert pianist if not for his need to rebel. 

2. Davor Dujmovic plays Perhan, a Gypsy teenager with the 

ability to move objects with his mind in the comedy Time 

Of The Gypsies (SBS2, Sunday, 11.30pm) a Yugoslav fi lm 

which scores an astonishing 100% on the Tomatometer. He is 

tricked into using his powers to commit crimes. 

WEDNESDAY 12 

ABC 1 

6.00 ABC News 10.00 Wallis Simpson 

11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 Midday Report 

12.30 National Press Club Address 

1.30 Can We Help? 2.00 The Forsyte 

Saga 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.30 Poh’s 

Kitchen 6.00 Restaurant Inspector 

6.45 Dream Build 

7.00 ABC News 

7.30 7.30 

8.00 QI 

9.00 Problems 

9.30 Red Dwarf X 

10.00 Absolutely Fabulous 

10.30 Late Edition News 

10.40 Spooks (M) 11.10 Blue Murder 

(M) 12.25 Durham County (MA) 1.15 

rage (M) 2.00 W-League Football 

4.00 Movie: Johnny Angel (PG 

1945) US drama. George Raft, Claire 

Trevor 5.30 Eggheads 

ABC 2 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 

7.00 Spicks And Specks 

7.30 Meet The Natives USA 

8.20 Video Killed The Radio 

Star Van Halen 

8.45 Beauty & The Beast 

9.30 Joan Rivers (MA) 

11.00 Blood, Sweat And Takeaways 

(M) 12.00 Urban Chef 12.30 The 

Fabulous Beekman Boys 1.00 How 

Do They Do It? 1.20 Monkey Thieves 

1.45 ABC News 1.50 Close 

ABC NEWS 24 

6.00 ABC News 12.30 National 

Press Club Address 1.30 ABC News 

2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 

Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 

Consumer Quarter 6.00 The Drum 

6.45 Food Quarter 7.00 ABC News 

7.30 Grandstand 8.00 ABC News 

8.30 Foreign Correspondent 9.00 

The World 10.00 The Drum 10.45 

Food Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 

Australia Network News 12.00 ABC 

News 12.30 7.30 1.00 BBC Impact 


Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 4.30 

Big Ideas 5.00 Newshour 

SBS 1 

5.05 World News 1.00 Cannibals Of 

The Stone Age 2.00 A Taste Of Iran 

2.00 Greater Meking Bitesize 3.00 

World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 

Newshour 5.30 Global Village 

6.00 Food Safari Italy 

6.30 World News Australia 

7.30 From The Heart Of Our 

Nation 

10.05 Rockwiz 

10.50 World News Australia 11.05 

Movie: Something Like Happiness 

(M 2005) Czech drama 1.00 Iron Chef 

2.30 Weatherwatch 

SBS 2 

6.00 World News 

6.00 Globe Trekker England & 

Wales 

6.30 Foodie Planet 

7.30 Into The Mind 

8.30 Kung Fu Kitchen 

9.00 FIFA Club World Cup LIVE 

– semi fi nal 

11.30 Movie: Cleopatra (M 

2003) Argentinian comedy 1.20 

Weatherwatch 

TEN 

7.00 Wurrawhy 7.30 Entertainment 

Tonight 8.00 The Insider 8.30 The 

Bold & The Beautiful 9.00 Judge Judy 

9.30 Everyday Gourmet 10.00 Good 

Chef Bad Chef 10.30 A Taste Of Travel 

11.00 The Living Room 12.00 Dr Phil 

1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady 

Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Huey’s 

Kitchen 4.00 Totally Wild 4.30 The 

Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 

6.00 The Simpsons 

6.30 The Project 

7.30 Wedding Band 

8.30 Movie: Fantastic Four – 

Rise Of Silver Surfer (PG 

2007) US comedy. Jessica 

Alba, Michael Chiklis 

10.30 Late News 

11.15 The Project 12.15 Saving 

Grace (M) 1.15 Infomercials 3.35 

Late Show 4.30 Religion 5.30 CBS 

– This Morning 

ELEVEN 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Dr Quinn 

10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love 

Boat 12.00 Charmed 1.00 Jag 2.00 

MacGyver 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 

Cheers 4.00 Becker 4.30 Family 

Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 Brady 

Bunch 6.00 The Offi ce 6.30 Frasier 

7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 

The Simpsons 8.00 Futurama 8.30 

The Simpsons 9.00 Futurama 9.30 

The Cleveland Show (M) 10.00 Bob’s 

Burgers (M) 10.30 King Of The Hill 

11.30 Late Late Show 12.30 ET 1.00 

The Insider 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 

The Love Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 

Dr Quinn 5.00 7th Heaven 

ONE HD 

6.00 NASCAR 8.00 NBL Basketball 

– Perth v Wollongong 10.00 Aust. 

Rally Championship 11.00 NFL 

2.30 Omnisport 3.00 Trick My 

Truck 3.30 Get Smart 4.00 Cops 

4.30 Deconstruction 5.00 I Fish 6.00 

Ozzie Holiday 6.30 Get Smart 7.00 

Cops 7.30 Coal 

8.30 Burn Notice (M) 

10.30 Sons Of Anarchy (AV) 

11.40 Prison Break (M) 12.30 

Omnisport 1.00 FINA World 

Swimming Championships LIVE 

– Istanbul 

PRIME 

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 

11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Ice 

(M 1998) German scifi . Grant Show, 

Eva La Rue 2.00 Today Tonight 2.30 

Dr Oz 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven 

News 5.00 The Price Is Right 5.30 

Deal Or No Deal 

6.00 Prime News 

6.30 Seven News 

7.00 Better Homes & Gardens 

7.30 Dynamo 

8.30 Grimm (M) 

10.30 The Cult (M) 

11.30 Olivia Lee (MA) 12.00 Sons 

And Daughters 12.30 Home 

Shopping 5.30 News 

7TWO 

6.30 Total Girl 9.00 An Umbrian 

Kitchen 9.30 Entertaining With 

James 10.00 Grape Expectations 

10.30 Perfect Pasta 11.00 Two’s 

Company 11.30 Doctor At Large 

12.00 William And Mary 2.00 Movie: 

You Can’t Run Away From It (G 

1956) US comedy. June Allyson, Jack 

Lemmon 4.00 4 Burners And A Grill 

4.30 Designing Women 5.00 Rising 

Damp 5.30 Mind Your Language 

6.00 Crocodile Hunter Diaries 

6.30 Dealers Put Your Money 

Where Your Mouth Is 

7.45 Heartbeat 

8.45 Movie: The Breakfast 

Club (M 1985) US comedy. 

Molly Ringwald, Emilio 

Estevez 

10.45 Hale & Pace (M) 11.15 The Bill 

(M) 12.15 Dealers Put Your Money 

Where Your Mouth Is 1.30 Crocodile 

Hunter Diaries 2.00 Danoz 3.30 The 

Real Seachange 4.00 Australian 

Open Tennis Classic – 2007 Haas 

v Gonzalez 5.30 Home Shopping 

7MATE 

6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 NBC Today 

11.00 Mike Hammer 12.00 TJ Hooker 

1.30 New Dragnet 2.00 Dream Car 

Garage 2.30 Motor Mate 4.30 Dream 

Car Garage 5.30 Pimp My Ride 

6.30 My Name Is Earl 

7.00 How I Met Your Mother 

7.30 Cities Of The Underworld 

8.30 Hardcore Pawn (M) 

9.30 American Pickers 

10.30 Trouble In Paradise (M) 

11.30 Jail (M) 12.30 Parks And 

Recreation 1.00 Mike Hammer 

2.00 Home Shopping 3.30 The 

Real Seachange 4.00 TJ Hooker 

5.30 Home Shopping 

NBN 

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings 11.00 

Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres 

Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our 

Lives 3.00 Extra 3.30 Kids’ Programs 

4.30 NBN News 5.30 Hot Seat 

6.00 NBN News 

7.00 A Current Aff air 

7.30 The Big Bang Theory 

8.30 CSI (M) 

9.30 Howzat! Kerry Packer’s 

War (M) 

9.40 Lotto 

11.30 I Hate My Teenage Daughter 

12.00 Eclipse 12.30 Extra 1.00 

Skippy 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 

Good Morning America 5.00 Early 

Morning News 

GO! 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Spin 

City 10.30 Brainiacs 11.30 The 

Bachelorette 1.00 The Middle 1.30 

Extra 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Kids’ Programs 

5.00 Seinfeld 5.30 Teen Mom 

7.00 The Middle 

7.30 Two And A Half Men 

8.30 Anger Management (M) 

9.00 The Inbetweeners (MA) 

9.30 Movie: Nick & Norah’s 

Infi nite Playlist (M 2008) 

US comedy. Kat Dennings, 

Michael Cera 

11.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 12.00 

Conan (M) 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 TMZ 

2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Conan 

(M) 4.50 Extra 5.10 Kids’ Programs 

GEM 

6.00 Friends 6.30 The Zoo 7.00 

Danoz 8.00 Green Acres 8.30 

Bewitched 9.00 Danoz 10.30 Alive 

& Cooking 11.00 Friends 12.00 

Movie: Promise Her Anything 

(PG 1966) US comedy. Warren Beatty, 

Leslie Caron 2.00 Green Acres 2.30 

Bewitched 3.00 How Clean Is Your 

House 4.00 Baby Planet 5.00 The 

Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends 

7.00 The Zoo 

7.30 Customs 

8.30 RPA 

9.30 Cold Case (M) 

11.30 Flashpoint (M) 12.30 Friends 

1.00 How Clean Is Your House 2.00 

Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 

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THURSDAY 13 

ABC 1 

6.00 ABC News 10.00 Art Of Chopin 

11.00 The Restaurant Inspector 

12.00 Midday Report 12.30 World’s 

Worst Disasters 1.30 Whatever! The 

Science Of Teens 2.00 The Forsyte 


Kitchen 

6.00 Three Men In Another 

Boat 

7.00 ABC News 

7.30 7.30 

8.00 Kitchen Cabinet 

8.30 Jack Irish (M) 

10.15 Angry Boys (M) 

10.45 Late Edition News 11.00 

Slumming It 11.45 Iconoclasts (M) 

12.30 The Clinic 1.20 rage (M) 2.30 

Northern Territory Football League 

5.30 Eggheads 

ABC 2 



7.30 World’s Toughest 

Driving Tests 

8.30 Would I Lie To You? 

9.00 Warehouse Comedy (M) 

9.30 Alan Carr Chatty Man 

10.20 Problems 

10.50 The Young Ones 11.30 Gavin 

And Stacey 12.00 Party Down (M) 

12.30 Root Of All Evil (M) 12.50 Live 

At The Basement 1.45 Dream Restaurant 

1.50 ABC News 1.55 Close 

ABC NEWS 24 

6.00 ABC News 12.30 One Plus 

One 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia 

Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 

5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Environment 

Quarter 6.00 The Drum 6.45 

Weather Quarter 7.00 ABC News 

7.30 Grandstand 8.00 ABC News 

8.30 State To State 9.00 The World 

10.00 The Drum 10.45 Weather 

Quarter 11.00 ABC News 11.30 


News 12.30 Inside Edge 1.00 BBC 

Impact 1.30 Australia Network News 

2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 

4.30 Big Ideas 5.00 Newhour 

SBS 1 

5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ 

Guide To Australia 1.30 Maverick 

Mother 2.30 Parent Rescue 3.00 

World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 

Newshour 5.30 Global Village 

6.00 Food Safari Thailand 


7.30 My Sri Lanka 

8.00 Greater Mekong 2 

8.30 Very Hungry Frenchman 

FRIDAY 14 

ABC 1 

6.00 ABC News 10.00 Sculpteur 

De L’Air 11.00 Photo Finish 11.30 

One Plus One 12.00 Midday Report 

12.30 Movie: Magnifi cent Matador 

(G 1955) US drama. Maureen O’Hara, 

Anthony Quinn 2.00 The Forsyte 


Kitchen 5.55 Doctor Who 

6.30 Good Morning Kalimantan 

7.00 ABC News 

7.30 7.30 

8.00 Moone Boy 

8.30 New Tricks (M) 

9.30 Jonathan Creek (M) 

11.00 Late Edition News 11.10 Very 

Specky Christmas 12.10 rage (MA) 

ABC 2 



7.30 The Truth About Child 

Brides 

8.30 Freddie Mercury (M) 

10.00 Raw Comedy (M) 

10.50 Hit & Miss (MA) 11.35 Friday 

Night Lights 12.20 The Rat Pack 1.20 

Three Hungry Boys 1.45 ABC News 

1.50 Close 

ABC NEWS 24 

6.00 ABC Breakfast 12.30 Tonic 1.00 

ABC News 2.30 Australia Network 

News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 

Capital Hill 6.00 The Drum 6.45 

ABC Open 7.00 ABC News 7.30 

The World This Week 8.00 News 

Exchange 8.30 One Plus One 9.00 

The World 10.00 The Drum 10.45 

ABC Open 11.00 ABC News 11.30 





7.30 4.00 BBC World News 4.30 Big 

Ideas 5.00 Newshour 

SBS 1 

5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ 

Guide To Australia 1.30 Disabled 

Bodied Sailors 2.00 Comedy 

School (M) 2.30 Here Comes The 

Neighbourhood 3.00 World News 

4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 

5.30 Global Village 

6.00 Food Safari Lebanon 


7.30 The NASA Missions 

8.30 Martin Luther King 

9.30 How To Go To War 


11.05 Movie: Novo (MA 2006) 

Swedish crime 12.50 Kurt Wallander 

(M) 2.30 Weatherwatch 

9.35 One Born Every Minute (M) 


11.00 Crazy Horse 1.20 Movie: 

Counter Investigation (M 2007) 

French mystery 2.55 Weatherwatch 

SBS 2 


6.00 Globe Trekker USA 

6.30 Foodie Planet 

7.30 Berlin 


9.00 FIFA Club World Cup LIVE 

– semi fi nal 

11.30 Movie: Boudu (M 2005) 

French comedy 1.20 Weatherwatch 

TEN 









Kitchen 4.00 Scope 4.30 The Bold & 

The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 



7.30 Jamie’s Christmas 

8.30 Law & Order: SVU (M) 

9.30 White Collar (M) 

10.30 Late News 

11.15 The Project 12.15 The Good 

Wife (M) 1.15 Infomercials 3.45 Late 

Show 4.30 Religion 5.30 CBS – This 

Morning 

ELEVEN 


Medicine Woman 10.00 7th 

Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 

Charmed 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 

3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Cheers 4.00 

Becker 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy 

Days 5.30 Brady Bunch 

6.00 The Offi ce 

6.30 Frasier 

7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 

8.00 Raising Hope 

8.30 Star Trek Next Generation 

11.30 Late Late Show 12.30 Entertainment 

Tonight 1.00 The Insider 

1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love 

Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 Dr Quinn 

Medicine Woman 5.00 7th Heaven 

ONE HD 

6.10 Omnisport 6.30 NASCAR 

Nationwide Series 7.30 NASCAR 

Sprint Cup 8.30 NBL Basketball 

– Adelaide v Perth 10.30 Pro Bull 

Riding 11.30 Omnisport 12.00 

Deconstruction 1.00 Australian 

SBS 2 


6.00 Globe Trekker USA 

6.30 Foodie Planet Bali 

7.35 Brave New World With 

Stephen Hawking 

8.30 Carrier (M) 

9.30 Asia Pacifi c Screen Awards 

11.15 Movie: The Matrimony 

(M 2007) Mandarin thriller 12.55 

Weatherwatch 

TEN 





Chef Bad Chef 10.30 Baking Made 

Easy 11.00 The Living Room 12.00 

Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready 

Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 

Huey’s Kitchen 4.00 Lightning Point 

4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 

Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 


7.30 The Living Room 

8.30 Burn Notice (M) 

9.30 Go Girls (M) 

11.30 The Project 12.30 The Good 

Wife (M) 1.30 Late Show 2.30 

Infomercial 5.00 Religion 

ELEVEN 



11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Charmed 

1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 

Infomercial 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Becker 

4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 

5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 The Offi ce 



7.30 So You Think You Can Dance 

9.30 Fashion Star 

10.30 NZ’s Next Top Model 



1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love 

Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 Dr Quinn 


ONE HD 

6.30 Omnisport 7.00 NASCAR 9.00 

National Football League 11.30 

Omnisport 12.00 Coal 1.00 Australian 

PGA Championship Golf – LIVE 6.00 

M*A*S*H 6.30 Get Smart 

7.00 Cops 

7.30 American Digger 

8.00 Flip Men 

8.30 Law & Order: SVU (M) 

9.30 NBL Basketball 

Wollongong v Perth 

11.30 Australian Rally Championship 


M*A*S*H 6.30 Get Smart 7.00 Cops 

7.30 Extreme Fishing 

8.30 Hell’s Kitchen USA (M) 

9.30 House Of Lies (MA) 

10.10 Brand X (MA) 

10.40 Psych 12.40 Omnisport 

1.00 FINA World Swimming 

Championships LIVE – Istanbul 

PRIME 

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning 

Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 

Movie: Shopgirl (M 2004) US comedy. 

Steve Martin, Claire Danes 2.00 

Today Tonight 2.30 Dr Oz 3.30 Kids’ 

Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The 

Price Is Right 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 




7.30 Once Upon A Time 

8.30 Movie: Love Actually (M 

2003) UK comedy. Hugh 

Grant, Colin Firth 

11.15 Up All Night 11.45 Cougar 

Town (M) 12.20 Home Shopping 

5.30 News 

7TWO 

6.30 Total Girl 9.00 An Umbrian 

Kitchen 9.30 Entertaining With 

James 10.00 Grape Expectations 

10.30 Perfect Pasta 11.00 Two’s 

Company 11.30 Doctor At Large 

12.00 William And Mary (M) 2.00 

Movie: The Flying Missile (G 

1950) US drama. Glenn Ford, Viveca 

Lindfors 4.00 4 Burners And A Grill 

4.30 Designing Women 5.00 Rising 

Damp 5.30 Mind Your Language 




7.45 How The Other Half Live 

8.45 Inspector Morse (M) 

11.00 The Bill (M) 12.00 Dealers Put 

Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 

1.15 Australian Open Tennis Classic 

– 2005 Hewitt v Nalbandian 5.00 

Home Shopping 

7MATE 



(M) 1.00 New Dragnet 1.30 Dream 

Car Garage 2.00 Motor Mate 4.00 

Fifth Gear 4.30 Dream Car Garage 

5.30 Pimp My Ride 



7.30 Turtleman 

8.00 Gator Boys 

9.00 Swamp People 

10.00 Operation Repo (M) 

10.30 Lizard Lick Towing (M) 

12.30 Omnisport 1.00 FINA World 

Swimming Championships LIVE 

– Istanbul 

PRIME 


11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: 

Midnight Run (M 1988) US action. 

Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin 3.00 

Today Tonight 3.30 Kids’ Programs 

4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Price Is 

Right 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 




8.30 Movie: The Santa Clause 

2 (G 2002) US comedy. 

Tim Allen, Elizabeth 

Mitchell 

10.45 I Shouldn’t Be Alive (M) 

11.45 Celebrity Juice (MA) 12.30 

Grey’s Anatomy (M) 1.30 Desperate 

Housewives (M) 2.30 Danoz 

7TWO 

6.30 Total Girl 8.30 Bite Sized 

9.00 Ross On The Range 9.30 

Entertaining With James 10.00 

Grape Expectations 10.30 Perfect 

Pasta 11.00 Two’s Company 11.30 

Doctor At Large 12.00 William And 

Mary 2.00 Movie: In A Lonely Place 

(PG 1950) US drama. Humphrey 

Bogart, Gloria Grahame 4.00 4 

Burners And A Grill 4.30 Designing 

Women 5.00 Rising Damp 5.30 Mind 

Your Language 




7.45 Some Mothers Do ’ave ’em 

8.45 Escape To The Country 

10.00 Cowboy Builders 

11.00 Downsize Me 12.00 Movie: 

I Love You To Death (M 1990) US 

comedy. Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman 

2.00 Australian Open Tennis Classic 

– 2009 Berdych v Federer 5.30 Home 

Shopping 

7MATE 




Garage 2.00 Australian Biker Build 

Off 2.30 Motor Mate 4.00 Panic 

Mechanics 4.30 Dream Car Garage 

5.00 Zoom TV 5.30 Pimp My Ride 

6.30 Minute To Win It 

7.30 Air Crash Investigations 

8.30 Warehouse 13 (M) 

9.30 Alphas (M) 

11.30 Jail (M) 12.00 Blokesworld 

(MA) 12.30 Parks And Recreation 

1.00 Unsolved Mysteries (M) 2.00 

TJ Hooker 3.00 Mike Hammer 4.00 

11.30 Jail (M) 12.00 30 Rock 12.30 

Parks And Recreation 1.00 TJ Hooker 

(M) 2.00 Mike Hammer 3.00 Motor 

Mate 4.00 Fifth Gear 4.30 Pimp My 

Ride 5.30 Home Shopping 

NBN 

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings 11.00 

Danoz 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres 

Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our 

Lives 3.00 Extra 3.30 Kids’ Programs 

4.30 NBN News 5.30 Hot Seat 

6.00 NBN News 


7.30 Getaway 

8.30 Person Of Interest (M) 

9.30 CSI: NY (M) 

10.30 True CSI (AV) 

11.30 Weeds (MA) 12.00 20/20 1.00 

Extra 1.30 Skippy 2.30 Danoz 3.30 


Morning News 

GO! 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Spin 

City 10.30 Bachelor Pad 1.00 The 

Middle 1.30 Extra 2.00 TMZ 2.30 

Kids’ Programs 5.00 Seinfeld 5.30 

Community 

6.00 Teen Mom 



8.30 Sun, Sex And Suspicous 

Parents (M) 

9.30 Movie: Daredevil (M 

2002) US action. Ben 

Affl eck, Jennifer Garner 

11.30 Eclipse 12.00 Conan (M) 

1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 TMZ 2.00 Home 

Shopping 4.00 Conan (M) 4.50 Extra 


GEM 

6.00 Friends 6.30 The Zoo 7.00 Home 

Shopping 8.00 Green Acres 8.30 

Bewitched 9.00 Home Shopping 

10.30 Alive & Cooking 11.00 

Friends 12.00 Movie: Tarzan’s Three 

Challenges (G 1963) UK adventure. 

Jock Mahoney, Woody Strode 2.00 

Green Acres 2.30 Bewitched 3.00 

Surfi ng The Menu 4.00 Customs 5.00 

The Ellen Degeneres Show 

6.00 Friends 


7.30 Extreme Makeover 

8.30 Super Nanny 

9.30 Jailhouse Girls (M) 

10.30 The Big C (MA) 

11.30 Friends 12.00 First Love 

Second Chance 1.00 Surfi ng The 

Menu 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 

Religion 5.00 Gideon’s Way 

All ratings in this guide are G 

or PG unless otherwise stated. 

New Dragnet 4.30 Australian Biker 

Build Off 5.00 Pimp My Ride 

NBN 

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings 9.30 Kids’ 

Programs 10.00 First Test Cricket LIVE 

– Australia v Sri Lanka 12.30 The 

Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 

6.00 NBN News 




8.30 Movie: The Lord Of The 

Rings – The Two Towers 

(M 2002) NZ adventure. 

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen 

12.15 Movie: Death On The Nile (M 

1978) Agatha Christie mystery. Peter 

Ustinov, Bette Davis 2.50 Skippy 3.30 

Extra 4.00 Home Shopping 4.30 

Good Morning America 

GO! 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Spin City 

10.30 Brainiacs 11.30 Bachelor 

Pad 1.30 Extra 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Kids’ 

Programs 5.00 Seinfeld 5.30 Two 

And A Half Men 

6.30 Total Wipeout UK 

7.30 Movie: Cats & Dogs 

(PG 2001) US comedy. 

Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth 

Perkins 

9.10 Movie: Ned Kelly (M 2004) 

Australian action. Heath 

Ledger, Joel Edgerton 

11.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 12.00 

Conan (M) 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 TMZ 

2.00 Fringe (M) 4.00 Conan (M) 4.50 

Kids’ Programs 

GEM 


Home Shopping 8.00 Green 

Acres 8.30 Bewitched 9.00 Home 

Shopping 10.30 Alive & Cooking 

11.00 Friends 12.00 Movie: Carry 

On Jack (PG 1963) UK comedy. Juliet 

Mills, Kenneth Williams 2.00 Green 

Acres 2.30 Bewitched 3.00 First 

Love Second Chance 4.00 Extreme 

Makeover 5.00 Ellen Degeneres 

Show 

6.00 Friends 


7.30 Sea Patrol 

8.30 Movie: Evil Angels (M 

1988) Australian drama. 

Meryl Streep, Sam Neill 

11.00 Sensing Murder (M) 12.00 

Friends 12.30 Psychic TV 2.00 Movie: 

Death Is A Woman (M 1966) UK mystery. 

Patsy Ann Noble, Mark Burns 

3.35 Movie: Poison Pen (PG 1939) 

UK drama. Flora Robson, Ann Todd 

5.05 Gideon’s Way 


SATURDAY 15 

ABC 1 

5.00 rage 11.30 Eggheads 12.00 

Cleese Slices 12.25 Movie: I Wanna 

Hold Your Hand (PG 1978) US comedy. 

Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Ciocco 

2.00 Movie: The Glenn Miller 

Story (G 1954) US biography. James 

Stewart, June Allyson 4.00 Women’s 

National Basketball 5.00 W-League 

Football 

6.00 River Cottage 

7.00 ABC News 

7.30 Doc Martin 

8.20 Young James Herriot 

9.20 Upstairs Downstairs 

10.20 Silent Witness (M) 

11.15 Waking The Dead (M) 12.10 

rage (MA) 

ABC 2 

6.00 Kids’ Program 


7.30 Beauty & The Beast 

8.30 Movie: Barefoot In The 

Park (PG 1967) US comedy. 

Jane Fonda, Robert 

Redford 

10.20 Movie: Five Easy Pieces 

(MA 1970) US drama. Jack 

Nicholson, Karen Black 

12.00 Breaking Bad (M) 12.45 Harry 

And Paul (M) 1.15 Misfits (MA) 2.00 

ABC News 2.05 Close 

ABC NEWS 24 

6.00 Capital Hill 6.30 One Plus One 

7.00 ABC News 7.30 The World This 

Week 8.00 Weekend Breakfast 11.30 

State To State 12.00 ABC News 12.45 

Food Quarter 1.00 Future Forum 

2.00 ABC News 2.30 Saturday 

Landline 3.00 ABC News 3.30 

Tonic 4.00 ABC News 4.30 Inside 

Edge 5.00 ABC News 5.30 One Plus 

One 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Foreign 

Correspondent 7.00 ABC News 7.30 

State To State 8.00 Four Corners 8.45 

Big Ideas 9.00 ABC News 9.30 The 

World This Week 10.00 ABC News 

10.30 Big Ideas 11.00 Tonic 12.00 

Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 

State To State 2.00 Newshour 3.00 

BBC World News 3.30 Big Ideas 5.00 

Newshour 

SBS 1 

5.05 World News 1.00 Passione: 

A Musical Adventure 2.50 

Michelangelo Revealed 4.00 Photo 

4.30 Newshour 5.30 Who Do You 

Think You Are? 


7.30 Amazon 

8.30 Hunted (M) 

SUNDAY 16 

ABC 1 

5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 

Weekend Breakfast 11.30 Songs 

Of Praise 12.00 Landline 1.00 

River Cottage 2.00 Young James 

Herriot 3.00 The Adoration Of The 

Christ Child 4.00 10 Aussie Books 

To Read Before You Die 5.00 David 

Attenborough’s First Life 

6.00 Schools Spectacular 

7.00 ABC News 

7.30 The Manor Reborn 

8.30 Pillars Of The Earth (M) 

10.15 Life In Movement (M) 

11.30 Movie: Two Mules For 

Sister Sara (M 1969) Western. Clint 

Eastwood, Shirley Maclaine 1.25 

Dusty Springfield 2.35 rage (M) 

4.00 The New Inventors 4.30 Art 

Nation 5.00 Gardening Australia 

5.30 Catalyst 

ABC 2 



7.30 The 27 Inch Man 

8.30 God Bless Ozzy 

Osbourne (M) 

10.05 Louis Theroux (M) 

11.05 Alan Carr Chatty Man 12.00 

Kids’ Business 12.50 The Jezabels 

1.20 Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2010 

2.10 News 2.15 Close 

ABC NEWS 24 

6.00 Inside Edge 6.30 Landline 

7.00 ABC News 7.30 Newsline 8.00 

Weekend Breakfast 11.30 The World 

This Week 12.00 ABC News 12.45 

Environment Quarter 1.00 Big Ideas 

2.00 ABC News 2.30 Inside Edge 3.00 

ABC News 3.30 Need To Know 4.00 

ABC News 4.30 Planet America 5.00 

ABC News 5.30 State To State 6.00 

ABC News 6.30 Australian Story 7.00 

ABC News 7.30 Tonic 8.00 Landline 

9.00 ABC News 9.30 One Plus One 

10.00 ABC News 10.30 Big Ideas 

11.00 ABC News 11.30 Newsline 

12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 

1.30 State To State 2.00 Newshour 

3.00 BBC World News 3.30 National 

Press Club Address 4.30 Big Ideas 

5.00 Newshour 

SBS 1 

5.30 World News 8.30 PopAsia 

10.30 Football Asia 11.00 FIFA 

Futbol Mundial 11.30 Speedweek 

1.30 World News 2.30 The Russian 

Enigma 3.30 Trawlermen 4.30 ADbc 

5.00 Cycling Central 

6.00 Thalassa 


9.30 Real Humans (M) 

10.40 Movie: Dragon Tiger Gate 

(M 2006) Cantonese action 12.20 

Anatomy For Beginners (MA) 

1.20 Dave In The Life (M) 1.55 

Weatherwatch 

SBS 2 


6.00 At The Table With… 

6.30 Feasts 

7.30 New York 

8.35 The Young Montalbano (M) 

10.35 Movie: Flame And Citron 

(MAV 2008) Danish drama 1.00 

Movie: The Housekeeper (M 2002) 

French comedy 2.30 Weatherwatch 

TEN 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 Good Chef 

Bad Chef 10.00 Hot30 Countdown 

11.30 Ozzie Holiday 12.00 Australian 


TEN News 6.00 The Simpsons 

6.30 Life Of Mammals 

7.30 Wildlife Warriors 

8.00 Bondi Vet 

8.30 Graham Norton Show (M) 


11.30 Movie: I Love You, Beth 

Cooper (M 2009) Canadian comedy. 

Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust 1.30 

Infomercials 4.00 Religion 

ELEVEN 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 The Brady 

Bunch 7.30 King Of Queens 8.00 

Infomercial 9.00 The Range 11.30 

Happy Days 12.00 Charmed 1.00 

Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 Infomercial 

3.30 Cheers 4.00 Becker 4.30 Family 

Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady 

Bunch 6.00 Sabrina 6.30 Becker 

7.00 Raymond 8.00 Becker 8.30 

Star Trek Voyager 11.30 The Loop 

2.00 Raymond 3.00 Charmed 4.00 

Becker 4.30 King Of Queens 5.00 

Happy Days 5.30 Religion 

ONE HD 

6.40 Omnisport 7.00 NASCAR 9.00 

National Football League 12.30 Fear 

Factor 1.30 Dangerous Drives 2.30 

Get Smart 3.00 Save Point 3.30 The 

Great Australian Doorstep 4.00 

The WWE Experience 5.00 Sport 

Science 6.00 The Ultimate Rider 

6.30 Meteorite Men 7.30 M*A*S*H 

8.30 Movie: The Peacemaker 

(M 1997) US action. 

George Clooney, Nicole 

Kidman 

11.05 48 Hours (M) 12.05 Trick My 

Truck 12.35 Omnisport 1.00 FINA 

World Swimming Championships 

7.30 Lost Worlds The Crusades 

8.35 Stephen Hawking’s 

Grand Design 

9.30 Paul Simon’s Graceland 

11.10 Movie: The Light (M 2004) 

French drama 1.00 Movie: A Way 

Of Life (MAV 2004) UK drama. 

Stephanie James, Nathan Jones 


SBS 2 


6.10 Rescue 117 

6.40 Iron Chef 

7.30 Behind The Front Door 

8.00 Tomorrow’s Doctors 


9.00 FIFA Club World Cup 

LIVE – final 

11.30 Movie: Time Of The Gypsies 

(M 1988) Yugoslav comedy 2.00 

Weatherwatch 

TEN 

6.00 Religion 7.00 Totally Wild 

8.00 Supreme Cat 9.00 Hot30 

Countdown 11.00 4x4 Adventures 

12.00 Australian PGA Championship 

Golf – LIVE 5.00 TEN News 


6.30 Merlin 

7.30 Modern Family 

8.00 The New Normal 

8.30 Homeland (M) 

9.30 Vegas (M) 


11.30 The Good Wife (M) 12.30 48 

Hours (M) 1.30 Infomercial 5.00 

Religion 5.30 CBS This Morning 

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11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Charmed 

1.00 JAG 2.00 Infomercial 2.30 

Neighbours 5.00 90210 6.00 Sabrina 

The Teenage Witch 6.30 Everybody 

Loves Raymond 7.30 The Simpsons 

8.00 Futurama 

9.00 The Cleveland Show (M) 

9.30 The Office 



12.30 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 

1.00 Jag 2.00 Love Boat 3.00 

Charmed 4.00 Dr Quinn Medicine 

Woman 5.00 7th Heaven 

ONE HD 

6.05 Omnisport 6.30 NASCAR 

8.30 Pro Bull Riding 9.30 Liverpool 

Football 12.30 Ironman Series 2.00 

NBL Basketball – Melbourne v Cairns 

4.00 Omnisport 4.30 River To Reef 

5.00 Fishin’ Trip 5.30 M*A*S*H 

LIVE – Istanbul 

PRIME 

6.00 Home Shopping 7.00 Weekend 

Sunrise 10.00 The Morning Show 

11.00 Kids’ Programs 12.30 Movie: 

Barbie – The Princess & The Pop 

Star (G 2012) Animation 2.00 That 

’70s Show 2.30 V8 Xtra 3.30 V8 Utes 

4.30 NZ On A Plate 5.00 Hart Of The 

Barbecue 5.30 Sydney Weekender 


6.30 Michael Buble 

7.30 Movie: Goldfinger (PG 

1964) 007 action. Sean 

Connery, Honor Blackman 

9.45 Movie: Thunderball (PG 

1965) 007 action. Sean 

Connery, Claudine Auger 

12.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 1.30 

Desperate Housewives (M) 2.30 

Home Shopping 

7TWO 

7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 4 Burners 

And A Grill 9.30 Bite Sized 10.00 

Danoz 11.00 Out Of The Blue 11.30 

Great South East 12.00 Creek To 

Coast 12.30 Going Bush 1.00 

Sydney Weekender 1.30 Queensland 

Weekender 2.00 Weekend Kitchen 

4.00 Globe Trekker 5.00 All 4 

Adventure 5.30 Discover Tasmania 

6.00 The Great Outdoors 

6.30 SeaChange 


8.30 Inspector Morse (M) 

10.50 Movie: Stand By Me (M 1986) 

US adventure. Wil Wheaton, River 

Phoenix 12.50 Australian Open 

Tennis Classic – 2010 Roddick v 

Gonzalez 4.30 All 4 Adventure 5.00 

Globe Trekker 

7MATE 

6.00 Buck Rogers 8.00 Home 

Shopping 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 

Ned And Stacey 12.00 New 

Adam 12 12.30 2012 Variety Bash 

1.30 Motorsport 2.30 Hook Line 

And Sinker 3.30 Smash Lab 4.30 

Motorsport 5.30 Pimp My Ride 

6.30 Parking Wars 

7.30 World’s Deadliest Roads 

8.30 Full Throttle Saloon (M) 

9.30 Movie: Blue Thunder 

(M 1983) US action. Roy 

Scheider, Warren Oates 

11.50 Unsolved Mysteries (M) 12.50 

Smash Lab 1.50 Buck Rogers 4.00 

New Adam 12 4.30 Ned And Stacey 


NBN 

6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today 

10.00 First Test Cricket LIVE – 

Australia v Sri Lanka 12.30 The 

6.00 Big Fish, Small Boats 

6.30 Trick My Truck 

7.30 Dangerous Drives 

8.30 Movie: Vanilla Sky (M 

2001) US mystery. Tom 

Cruise, Penélope Cruz 

11.15 48 Hours (M) 12.15 World 

Of Free Sports 12.45 Omnisport 

1.00 FINA World Swimming 

Championships LIVE – Istanbul 

PRIME 

6.00 Religion 6.30 Home Shopping 

7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 The 

Morning Show 11.00 Business 

Builders 11.30 Reece Mastin Live 

And Lost 12.00 It’s Academic 1.00 

Minute To Win It 2.00 Movie: Ice 

Princess (G 2005) US comedy. 

Michelle Trachtenberg, Kim Cattrall 

4.00 Fat Family Diet 5.00 The Great 

Outdoors 


6.30 The Vicar Of Dibley 

7.30 Border Patrol 

8.00 Coastwatch 

8.30 Bones (M) 

9.30 Covert Affairs (M) 

11.30 Parking Wars 12.00 Movie: 

Death Becomes Her (M 1992) US 

comedy. Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis 

2.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News 

7TWO 

7.00 Route 66 8.00 Sea Breeze 8.30 

Home Shopping 9.30 Movie: The 

Swan Princess (G 1994) Animation 

11.20 Movie: Sound Off (G 1952) 

US comedy. Mickey Rooney, Anne 

James 1.10 Movie: Anatomy Of A 

Murder (PG 1959) US drama. James 

Stewart, Ben Gazzara 4.30 Movie: 

The Muppets Take Manhattan (G 

1984) US comedy 

6.30 The Food Truck 

7.00 Country Calendar 

7.30 Ballykissangel 

8.30 Escape To The Country 

9.30 60 Minute Makeover 

10.30 Homes Under The Hammer 

11.45 Hale & Pace (M) 12.45 

Australian Open Tennis Classic – 2001 

Agassi v Rafter 4.30 Route 66 5.30 

Home Shopping 

7MATE 

6.30 Buck Rogers 8.30 Home 

Shopping 9.30 Ned And Stacey 

10.30 TJ Hooker 11.30 Mike Hammer 

12.30 New Adam 12 1.00 New 

Dragnet 1.30 V.I.P. 3.30 Smash Lab 

5.30 Pimp My Ride 

6.30 Mythbusters 

7.30 Outback Truckers 

8.30 Bomb Patrol (M) 

9.30 Movie: Dog Soldiers (AV 


6.00 NBN News 

6.30 Australia’s Funniest 

Home Videos 

7.30 Movie: Christmas With 

The Kranks (PG 2004) US 

comedy. Tim Allen, Jamie 

Lee Curtis 

9.30 Movie: Caught Inside (AV 

2010) Australian action. 

Ben Oxenbould, Daisy 

Betts 

9.40 Lotto 

11.30 Movie: When Time Ran Out 

(M 1980) US action. Paul Newman, 

Jacqueline Bissett 1.40 Movie: 

King’s Ransom (M 2005) US comedy. 

Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr 

3.30 Skippy 4.00 Home Shopping 

5.30 Religion 

GO! 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 The Hills 

1.30 Home Shopping 2.00 Spin City 

2.30 Crusoe 5.30 Two And A Half 

Men 6.30 The Cube 

7.30 Movie: Dennis The 

Menace (PG 1993) US 

comedy. Nick Castle, 

Walter Matthau 

9.30 Movie: Defendor (MA 

2009) Canadian comedy. 

Woody Harrelson, Kat 

Dennings 

11.40 Two And A Half Men (M) 

12.00 Conan (M) 1.00 Are You There, 

Chelsea? (M) 2.00 Glory Daze (M) 

3.00 Nikita (AV) 4.00 Conan (M) 4.50 


GEM 

6.00 Movie: Carry On Jack (PG 1963) 

UK comedy. Juliet Mills, Kenneth 

Williams 8.00 Danoz 9.30 Movie: 

Mr Forbush And The Penguins 

(PG 1971) UK adventure. John Hurt, 

Hayley Mills 11.30 Aust Geographic 

Best Of Australia 12.30 Movie: 

Gunfight At Comanche Creek 

(PG 1964) Western. Audie Murphy, 

Colleen Miller 2.25 Rod Stewart 3.25 

Movie: Hotel (PG 1967) US drama. 

Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak 6.00 To 

The Manor Born 6.30 Secret Dealers 

7.30 Antiques Roadshow 

8.30 CSI: NY (M) 

9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 

10.30 CSI (M) 

11.30 Memphis Beat (M) 12.20 

Psychic TV 1.50 Movie: Percy’s 

Progress (M 1974) UK comedy. 

Elke Sommer, Denholm Elliott 3.40 

Movie: The Duke Wore Jeans (G 

1958) UK comedy. Tommy Steel, June 

Laverick 5.30 F Troop 

2002) UK action. Sean 

Pertwee, Emma Cleasby 

11.40 Punk’d (M) 12.05 The Cape 

(M) 1.00 V.I.P. 3.00 TJ Hooker 4.00 

Mike Hammer 5.00 New Dragnet 


NBN 

6.00 Home Shopping 7.00 Weekend 

Today 10.00 First Test Cricket LIVE 



6.00 NBN News 

6.30 Frozen Planet 

7.30 60 Minutes 

8.30 The Mentalist (M) 

9.30 CSI (M) 

10.30 Unforgettable (M) 

11.30 Southland (M) 12.20 What 

Would You Do? (M) 1.00 Spyforce 

2.00 Skippy 2.30 Danoz 4.00 Good 

Morning America 5.00 NBN News 

GO! 

6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.30 Eclipse 

1.00 Take 40 Stars Of Summer 1.30 

Home Shopping 2.00 Spin City 2.30 

Crusoe 5.30 Survivor: Philippines 

6.30 Planet Dinosaur 


8.30 Mike & Molly (M) 

9.30 Movie: Navy Seals (M 

1990) US action. Charlie 

Sheen, Bill Paxton 

11.50 Chuck (M) 12.50 Alcatraz (AV) 

2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Chuck 

(M) 4.50 Extra 5.10 Kids’ Programs 

GEM 

6.00 Danoz 6.40 Movie: The Queen 

Of Spades (PG 1949) UK drama. 

Edith Evans, Ronald Howard 8.30 

Danoz 10.00 The Avengers 11.00 F 

Troop 11.30 Movie: The Damned 

Don’t Cry (PG 1950) US drama. Joan 

Crawford, David Brian 1.30 Movie: 

Yours, Mine And Ours (G 1968) US 

comedy. Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda 

3.50 Movie: Assault On A Queen 

(G 1966) US adventure. Frank Sinatra, 

Virna Lisi 

6.00 To The Manor Born 

6.30 Antiques Roadshow 

7.30 Customs 

8.30 Movie: Heat (M 1995) 

US action. Val Kilmer, Al 

Pacino 

11.55 Movie: Cleopatra Jones (M 

1973) US action. Tamara Dobson, 

Bernie Casey 2.00 Home Shopping 

4.30 Religion 5.00 Seaway 

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TV stations may make changes 

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ABC 1 

6.00 ABC News 10.00 Menzies And 

Churchill At War 11.00 Landline 

12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The 

Manor Reborn 1.30 Meerkat Manor 

2.00 The Forsyte Saga 3.00 Kids’ 

Programs 5.30 Poh’s Kitchen 

6.00 Gordon Ramsay’s 

Ultimate Christmas 

7.00 ABC News 

7.30 7.30 

8.00 Family Confidential 

8.30 Country House Rescue (M) 

9.15 Dream Build 

9.30 Fake Or Fortune? 

10.30 Late Edition News 

10.40 Gandhi 11.35 Poirot 1.20 

Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 

2.10 Gerry And The Pacemakers 

3.25 rage (M) 4.00 Movie: Chance 

Of A Lifetime (G 1950) UK drama. 

Basil Radford, Niall MacGinnis 5.30 

Eggheads 

ABC 2 



7.30 Mega Builders 


9.30 Hit & Miss (MA) 

10.15 Joan Rivers (M) 

11.40 Being Human (M) 12.35 Latin 

Music USA 1.35 Cut Copy 2.00 ABC 

News 2.05 Close 

ABC NEWS 24 

6.00 ABC News 12.30 Newsline 1.00 

ABC News 2.30 Australia Network 

News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 

Capital Hill 5.45 Finance Quarter 

6.00 The Drum 6.45 Health Quarter 

7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC 

News 8.30 Tonic 9.00 The World 

9.30 Mawson: Science And Survival 

10.30 ABC News 11.00 The Drum 

11.45 Health Quarter 12.00 ABC 


1.30 Australian Network News 2.00 


Big Ideas 5.00 Newshour 

SBS 1 

5.05 World News 1.00 Magical 

Mystery Tour Revisited 2.00 Magical 

Mystery Tour 3.00 World News 4.00 

The Journal 4.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 

5.00 PopAsia 5.30 Global Village 

6.00 Food Safari Mexico 



8.30 Derren Brown (M) 

9.30 The Arecibo Message 

(MA) 

10.00 South Park (M) 

TUESDAY 18 

ABC 1 

6.00 ABC News 10.00 Fake Or 

Fortune? 11.00 Big Ideas 12.00 

Midday Report 12.30 Carmen And 

Geoffrey 2.00 The Forsyte Saga 3.00 

Kids’ Programs 5.30 Poh’s Kitchen 

6.00 Gordon Ramsay’s 


7.00 ABC News 

7.30 7.30 

8.00 Maggie Beer’s Christmas 

8.30 Ruth Rendell’s 13 Steps 

Down (M) 

10.45 Dragon’s Den 12.15 Willie’s 

Perfect Chocolate Christmas 1.05 

Gordon Ramsay’s Christmas 2.00 

WNBL Basketball 4.00 Movie: 

Rachel And The Stranger (PG 1948) 

Western. Loretta Young, William 

Holden 5.30 Eggheads 

ABC 2 



7.30 Dirty Jobs 

8.10 Video Killed The Radio 

Star 


9.40 Louie 

10.00 God Bless Ozzy 

Osbourne (M) 

11.35 Louis Theroux (M) 12.35 The 

Real Filth Fighters 1.00 Traffic Blues 

1.25 Blade Of The Immortal (M) 1.45 

ABC News 1.50 Close 

ABC NEWS 24 

6.00 ABC News 12.30 Capital Hill 

1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia 

Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 

5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Food Quarter 

6.00 The Drum 6.45 Indigenous 

Quarter 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 

8.00 ABC News 8.30 Australian Story 

9.00 The World 10.00 The Drum 

10.45 Indigenous Quarter 11.00 ABC 

News 11.30 Australia Network News 

12.00 ABC News 12.20 7.30 1.00 

BBC Impact 1.30 Australia Network 

News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World 

News 4.30 Big Ideas 5.00 Newshour 

SBS 1 

5.05 World News 1.00 Katherine 

Jenkins Live At Llangollen 2.20 

A Young Person’s Guide To The 

Orchestra 3.00 World News 4.00 

The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 

Global Village 

6.00 Food Safari Turkey 


7.30 Finding Your Roots 

8.30 The Truth About Looking 

Younger 


11.00 The World Game 12.00 SOS 

(G/MAV) 1.05 La La Land (M) 1.35 

South Park (M) 2.35 Weatherwatch 

SBS 2 


6.00 Law Of The Dragon 

6.30 Foodie Planet South Africa 

7.35 Rex In Rome 

8.30 Inspector Rex (M) 

9.30 The World Game 

10.30 Dambusters Fly Again 

11.30 Movie: The Girl By The 

Lake (M 2007) Italian thriller 1.15 

Weatherwatch 

TEN 














8.00 Ben & Kate 


9.00 The New Normal 

9.30 Hawaii Five-O (M) 


11.30 The Project 12.30 Infomercial 

3.45 Late Show 4.30 Religion 5.30 

CBS – This Morning 

ELEVEN 


10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love 

Boat 12.00 Charmed 1.00 Jag 2.00 

MacGyver 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 

Cheers 4.00 Becker 4.30 Family 

Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady 

Bunch 6.00 The Office 6.30 Frasier 


7.30 Futurama 

8.30 Movie: Children Of The 

Corn (M 2009) US horror. 

Daniel Newman, David 

Anders 

10.30 American Horror Story 

(AV/MA) 



2.30 Happy Days 3.00 Charmed 4.00 


ONE HD 

7.00 Omnisport 7.15 NFL Total 

Access 8.15 National Football 

League – LIVE 11.15 Omnisport 

9.30 Forensics On Trial 


11.05 Movie: Marock (MA 2005) 

French drama 12.55 Mad Men (M) 


SBS 2 


6.00 Globe Trekker Venice 

6.30 Foodie Planet New York 

7.30 Robinson Crusoe’s 

Treasure Island 

8.30 The Real M*A*S*H (M) 

9.30 Movie: Ponyo (G 2008) 

Japanese animation 

11.25 Movie: Il Divo (MAV 2008) 

Italian drama 1.30 Weatherwatch 

TEN 













7.30 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 

8.00 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 

8.30 NCIS (M) 

9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 


11.30 The Project 12.30 Infomercial 

3.45 Late Show 4.30 Religion 5.30 

CBS – This Morning 

ELEVEN 



11.00 Love Boat 12.00 Charmed 

1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 

Infomercial 3.30 Cheers 4.00 Becker 

4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 

5.30 The Brady Bunch 6.00 The Office 

6.30 Frasier 7.00 Raymond 

8.00 Excused 

9.00 Snog Marry Avoid? 

9.40 Geordie Shore (MA) 

10.40 Skins (MA) 11.40 Late Late 

Show 12.30 Entertainment Tonight 

1.00 The Insider 1.30 Happy Days 

2.00 Love Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 


ONE HD 

6.00 NASCAR 8.00 The Ultimate 

Rider 8.30 Magic Of The FA Cup 

10.00 Liverpool Football 1.00 The 

WWE Experience 2.00 Omnisport 

2.30 Meteorite Men 3.30 Get Smart 

4.00 Cops 4.30 Deconstruction 5.00 

11.45 World Of Free Sports 12.20 

National Football League – LIVE 

3.15 Omnisport 3.30 Trick My Truck 

4.30 Deconstruction 5.00 I Fish 6.00 

M*A*S*H 6.30 Get Smart 7.00 Cops 

7.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 

8.30 Movie: What Just 

Happened (M 2008) US 

comedy. Robert De Niro, 

Sean Penn 

10.35 M*A*S*H 11.05 Whose Line 

Is It Anyway? 12.05 Deconstruction 

1.35 Omnisport 1.00 National 

Football League 4.00 NASCAR Sprint 

Cup 5.00 British Touring Cars 

PRIME 


11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: A 

Kiss Before Dying (M 1991) UK mystery. 

Matt Dillon, Sean Young 2.00 

Today Tonight 2.30 Dr Oz 3.30 Kid’s 

Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The 

Price Is Right 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 




7.30 Motorway Patrol 

8.00 Serious Crash Unit 

8.30 Castle (M) 

9.30 The Amazing Race 

11.30 Whitney (M) 12.00 Grey’s 

Anatomy (M) 1.00 Danoz 5.30 News 

7TWO 

6.30 Total Girl 8.30 Bite Sized 9.00 

Ross On The Range 9.30 Entertaining 

With James 10.00 An Umbrian 

Kitchen 10.30 Perfect Pasta 11.00 

Two’s Company 11.30 Doctor At 

Large 12.00 Movie: Miracle Of The 

Heart (PG 2005) US drama. Rob Lowe, 

Neil Patrick Harris 2.00 Movie: Me 

And The Colonel (G 1958) US comedy. 

Danny Kaye, Nicole Maurey 4.30 

Designing Women 5.00 Rising Damp 

5.30 Mind Your Language 





8.45 Movie: The Blonde 

Bombshell (M 1999) 

UK biography. Amanda 

Redman, Keeley Hawes 

1.00 Dealers Put Your Money Where 

Your Mouth Is 2.00 Australian Open 

Tennis Classic – 2004 Roddick v Safin 

5.30 Danoz 

7MATE 


10.00 NBC Meet The Press 11.00 Mike 

Hammer 12.00 TJ Hooker 1.00 New 

Dragnet 1.30 Dream Car Garage 2.00 

Motor Mate 3.30 V8 Xtra 4.30 Dream 

I Fish 6.00 M*A*S*H 6.30 Get Smart 

7.00 Cops 

7.30 Undercover Boss Australia 

8.30 Cops (M) 

9.30 Mafia’s Greatest Hits (M) 

10.40 Breakout Kings (M) 11.40 

Better Off Ted 12.10 Fear Factor 1.10 

Cops 2.10 M*A*S*H 2.40 Omnisport 

3.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 5.00 British 

Touring Cars 

PRIME 


11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: In 

The Line Of Duty – Blaze Of Glory 

(M 1997) US drama. Lori Loughlin, 

Bruce Campbell 2.00 Today Tonight 

2.30 Dr Oz 3.30 Kid’s Programs 4.30 

Seven News 5.00 The Price Is Right 

5.30 Deal Or No Deal 




7.30 Once Upon A Time 

8.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 

9.30 Covert Affairs (M) 

11.30 I Just Want My Pants Back 

(M) 12.00 Desperate Housewives 

(M) 1.00 Danoz 5.30 News 

7TWO 

6.30 Total Girl 8.30 Bite Sized 9.00 

Ross On The Range 9.30 Entertaining 

With James 10.00 An Umbrian 

Kitchen 10.30 Perfect Pasta 11.00 

Two’s Company 11.30 Doctor At 

Large 12.00 Movie: Dead Man’s 

Folly (PG 1986) Agatha Christie mystery. 

Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton 

2.00 Movie: Gideon Of Scotland 

Yard (PG 1958) UK action. Jack 

Hawkins, Cyril Cusack 4.00 4 Burners 

And A Grill 4.30 Designing Women 

5.00 Rising Damp 5.30 Mind Your 

Language 




7.45 Keeping Up Appearances 

9.50 Homes Under The Hammer 

11.10 Property Ladder 12.10 House 

Doctor 1.10 Dealers Put Your Money 

Where Your Mouth Is 2.30 Australian 

Open Tennis Classic – 2004 Safin v 

Agassi 5.30 Danoz 

7MATE 




Garage 2.00 Motor Mate 4.00 Fifth 

Gear 4.30 Dream Car Garage 5.30 

Pimp My Ride 




Car Garage 5.30 Pimp My Ride 



7.30 Hollywood Treasure 

8.30 Pawn Stars 

9.30 Cash Cowboys 

10.30 Wild Justice (M) 

11.30 Banged Up Abroad (M) 12.30 

Boston Legal (M) 1.30 TJ Hooker 2.30 

New Dragnet 3.00 Mike Hammer 

4.00 Dream Car Garage 5.30 Home 

Shopping 

NBN 





6.00 NBN News 

7.00 A Current Affair 

7.30 RBT 


9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 

9.40 Lotto 

10.30 House Husbands 

11.30 Nikita (AV) 12.30 The Avengers 

1.30 Extra 2.00 Danoz 3.30 Good 

Morning America 5.00 NBN News 

GO! 



Pad 1.30 Extra 2.00 TMZ 2.30 


Community 

6.00 Teen Mom 


7.30 Top Gear 

9.00 Worst Case Scenario (M) 

9.30 Movie: Ransom (AV 1996) 

US action. Mel Gibson, 

Rene Russo 

12.00 Park Street (M) 12.30 Fringe 

(M) 1.30 TMZ 2.00 Home Shopping 

4.00 Alcatraz (M) 4.50 Extra 5.10 


GEM 

6.00 Friends 6.30 The Zoo 7.00 Home 

Shopping 8.00 Green Acres 8.30 

Bewitched 9.00 Home Shopping 

10.30 Alive & Cooking 11.00 Friends 

12.00 Movie: A Man About The 

House (PG 1947) Italian drama. 

Kieron Moore, Dulcie Gray 2.00 Green 

Acres 2.30 Bewitched 3.00 Antiques 

Roadshow 4.00 Customs 5.00 The 

Ellen Degeneres Show 6.00 Friends 


7.30 Big Body Squad (M) 

8.30 Super Nanny UK (M) 

9.30 My Strange Addiction 

10.30 Friends 

11.00 Hoarders 12.00 Super Nanny 

UK (M) 1.00 Gideon’s Way 2.00 Home 

Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 Seaway 

8.30 Family Guy (M) 

9.30 Bizarre ER (M) 

10.30 American Dad 

11.30 Sports Disasters (M) 12.30 

Blokesworld (MA) 1.00 TJ Hooker 

2.00 Mike Hammer 3.00 Motor 

Mate 4.00 Fifth Gear 4.30 Dream 

Car Garage 5.30 Home Shopping 

NBN 





6.00 NBN News 

7.00 A Current Affair 

7.30 Hamish & Andy’s Euro 

Gap Year 


9.00 2 Broke Girls 

9.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 

10.00 Mike & Molly 

10.30 Survivor: Philippines 

11.30 Weeds (MA) 12.00 20/20 

1.00 Extra 1.30 Infomercials 3.30 


Morning News 

GO! 



Pad 1.30 Extra 2.00 TMZ 2.30 


Community 6.00 Teen Mom 



8.30 Engaged And Underage (M) 

9.30 Movie: Mr Nice Guy (M 

1997) Hong Kong action. 

Jackie Chan, Richard 

Norton 

11.30 Nikita (AV) 12.30 Fringe (M) 

1.30 TMZ 2.00 Danoz 4.00 Nikita 

(AV) 4.50 Extra 5.10 Kids’ Programs 

GEM 


Home Shopping 8.00 Green 

Acres 8.30 Bewitched 9.00 Home 

Shopping 10.30 Alive & Cooking 

11.00 Friends 12.00 Movie: The 

Man Who Haunted Himself (PG 

1970) UK drama. Roger Moore, 

Hildegard Neil 2.00 Green Acres 

2.30 Bewitched 3.00 My Strange 

Addiction 4.00 Big Body Squad 5.00 

The Ellen Degeneres Show 

6.00 Friends 


7.30 Baby Planet 

8.30 The Closer (M) 

9.30 Rizzoli & Isles (M) 


11.30 Memphis Beat (M) 12.30 

Friends 1.00 Dangerman 2.00 Danoz 

4.30 Religion 5.00 Gideon’s Way 


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Breakfast, lunch & sunset 

balcony dining 

Cnr Jonson St & 

Lawson St, Byron Bay 

6680 9666 

www.balcony.com.au 


Brewery & Resto 

7 Days, Lunch & Dinner 

Noon till late 

Bookings for groups 

essential 

1 Skinners Shoot Rd, Byron 

6685 5833 

Italian at the Pacifi c 

Open for Dinner & Cocktails 

7 days from 4pm till late 

Next to the Beach Hotel 

Bay Street 

6680 7055 

italianatthepacific.com.au 

st elmo dining 

room & bar 

Mon-Thurs: 4pm til late 

Fri-Sun: 12pm till late 

Cnr Fletcher St and 

Lawson Lane, Byron Bay 

6680 7426 

www.stelmodining.com 

Showcasing the talents of head chef Juan Hernandez 

and featuring local and exotic produce. 

View the current menu and read other news at our 

new website at www.utopiacafe.com.au. 

Fully licensed. 

Zentveld’s local coff ee off erings 

coff ee. brunch. pizza. pides. salads. cakes 

Delicious house made treats and pizza (inc GF). 

Specialising in local produce and fabulous coff ee! 

ESPRESSOBAR Mon–Sat and market Sunday–8am 

PIZZA lunch 11.30am–2.30pm evenings 5.30pm til late. 

www.bangalowbar.com 

Enjoy our lovely restaurant, intimate dining room and 

bistro food in the pub all day. With reasonable prices, 

generous portions and kids meals, our delicious menu 

will appeal to all. 

Large groups welcome, please book. Catering available. 

www.bangalowdining.com 

Now taking Christmas season bookings, ask about 

our new group menu. 

Sip your margarita in our casual covered garden and 

enjoy the fresh clean fl avours of Mexico. Everything 

home made. Always tasty Not Spicy Hot. Sample some 

of our house salsas, such as smokey chipotle or fi ery 

habanero. A great selection of Tequilas, imported beers 

and wine. 

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Roll on down to the iconic Sticky Fingers on the idyllic 

moonlight mile river in Brunswick Heads and get 

satisfaction morning, noon and night. 

Watch the sun dance silver-gold on the water at their 

new bar as you and your favourite people sup on 

succulent gourmet pizza, pasta, risotto, salads and 

other inspired dishes based on local produce with an 

organic twist. 

www.stickyfi ngerspizzeria.com.au 

Dine in or Takeaway 

Restaurant wine bar 

Tapas cocktails 

Daily specials 

Tapas Happy Hour from 

5.30 Friday afternoons 

BOOK YOUR XMAS 

PARTY EARLY! 

Breakfast special with coff ee $16 

Lunch special with wine $22 

Light bites, cocktails and dinner 

Our Garden Menu: 

Two courses with wine taste $30 (from 5pm) 

‘Local produce, global fl avour’ 

Stunning views overlooking 


www.fi gtreerestaurant.com.au 

‘Best Restaurant 2012’ 

Produce by Fig Tree 

Organic Gardens 

A sophisticated blend of fl avours and textures with an 

ever changing menu. For breakfast, lunch or dinner 

and tapas all day, matched by an exciting wine list and 

arguably the best cocktails in town. 

Your taste buds will be tantalised and so will your eyes 

as you look over the streets of Byron and enjoy the 

eclectic vibe of The Balcony Bar & Restaurant. 

www.balcony.com.au 

Buy one main meal at the Brewery 

and get one main meal FREE of the 

same or lesser value! 

Conditions apply. Bring this voucher 

and spend over $10 over the bar and a 

free meal deal is yours. Off er expires 

31st December, 2012 

Free 

Meal 

Like our page to win a Maddog surfboard 

facebook.com/TheByronBayBrewery 

Italian at the Pacific provides a bustling atmospheric 

restaurant, dishing up contemporary inspired Italian 

cuisine. We’re introducing an exciting menu of taste 

plates, antipasti, fresh pastas and main dishes. With our 

new Ocean View Bar, we ensure all our guests have the 

opportunity to enjoy some of Byron’s finest cocktails 

and wine. 

St Elmo is a place where you can enjoy great company, 

fi rst-class food, sophisticated cocktails and an extensive 

wine list. St Elmo is plating up modern Spanish cuisine 

to be enjoyed amongst friends and family. Our menus 

change regularly and feature daily specials. 

SUNDAYS we have live music and $10 cocktails 

2.30pm–5pm. 

RAW BAR 

living food, 

loving vibration 

Byron Fresh Cafe 

Open Breakfast, Lunch & 

Dinner 7 days from 7.30am 

7 Jonson St (beach end) 


6685 7810 

Thai@Byron 

Open for dinner 7 days. 

Feros Arcade, Jonson St, 


6685 6737 

Muoi’s Feast 

Lunch: Tues-Sat 

Dinner: Mon-Sat 

11 Fletcher St, Byron Bay 

Bookings Essential 

6685 7557 

Fishheads 

Open seven days 

coff ee, breakfast, 

lunch and dinner 

www.facebook.com/ 

Fishheadsbyron 

Rae’s Fish Cafe 

Lunch & Dinner 7 days 

Wategos Beach, 


6685 5366 

raes@wategos.com.au 

Success Thai 

Lunch Mon-Fri 11am-2.30pm 

Dinner 7 days from 5pm. 

3/109 Jonson St, 


6680 7798 

Beach Kitchen 

Open 8am till late 

At the Beach Hotel, 

Bay St, Byron Bay 

6685 6402 

www.beachhotel.com.au 

GOOD FOOD 

GUIDE 2012 

Lemongrass 

Open 7 nights 

5.30pm-9pm 

Shop 3/17 Lawson Arcade 

Phone orders welcome 

6680 8443 

One One One 

1/111 Jonson St 

(opp cinema) 

Dinner Tuesday–Saturday 

6680 7388 

cafeoneoneone@yahoo.com.au 

Naked Treaties 

Welcome to our little 

shop of smiles 

Mon to Friday 8am-4pm 

Saturday 9am-3pm 

Sunday 9am-3pm 

2/3 Marvell St, Byron Bay 

Find us on Facebook! 

Belongil Bistro 

Now open every day! Yay! 

Brunch 7am-3pm 

Dinner (Thu-Sat) 5pm-late 

33 Childe St, Belongil 

6680 9007 

eat@belongilbistro.com.au 

The Junction 

NEW - Dine Lounge Bar 

Breakfast 8 – 11.45am 

Lunch 12 – 5pm 

Dinner 5.30 – 9.30pm 

Meet at the Junction of 

Fletcher, Marvell and 

Jonson Streets 

6685 7320 for bookings 

Byron Fresh Cafe is conveniently located at the beach 

end of Jonson St and off ers a fantastic range of meals 

using many locally sourced ingredients. Come in and 

watch the world go by as you enjoy our fi ne food and 

our superb Campos coff ee. 

Take your taste buds on a 

culinary tour of Thailand! 

Experienced Thai chefs 

cooking fresh, authentic 

Thai cuisine with love! 

Popular with locals and 

tourists alike. 

Dine -in and take-away. 

Fully licenced bar. 

Muoi’s Feast has created a strong following since 

opening in 2003. Winning numerous awards for its 

international cuisine, the Asian section of the menu is 

the predominant favourite. Enjoy for lunch or dinner. 

Beachside 

breakfast, lunch 

and dinner 

right in the 

heart of town 

overlooking 

Main Beach, 

Byron Bay. 

SENSATIONAL SEAFOOD 

coff ee - breakfast - lunch - dinner 

Byron Bay – 1 Jonson St 

6680 7632 – 7.30am 

till late 

Bangalow – 2 Byron St 

6687 2883 – 8.30am 

till late 

www.fi shheadsbyron.com.au 

Casual relaxed seaside dining 

overlooking the picturesque 

Wategos beach. Using the freshest 

produce and seafood from 

throughout the region. 

Rae’s is an iconic restaurant with a 

reputation as the best in the area. 

Experienced Thai chefs 

cooking fresh delicious 

Thai food for you. 

Fully Licensed Restaurant 

and B.Y.O. for wine. 

Welcome for dine-in or 

take-away. 

The only exclusively Vietnamese restaurant in town, 

this intimate space spilling out into a courtyard off ers 

up fabulous dishes packed full of herbs, spices and 

varied textures. The traditionally light and healthy style 

of cuisine ensures the freshness and natural tastes of 

food are preserved as much as possible. It’s a popular 

spot so bookings are recommended. 

Closed for dinner until Tuesday 

11th of December due to schoolies. 

Open for Breakfast and Lunch 7 days 

from 6.30am until 3pm 

all day breakfast from 7 to 3 

dinner 5 till late 

bar courses 

street pizza 

bar until midnight…..if you want 

great wines at bottle shop prices 

boutique beers | cool cocktails 

Book now for Xmas party & NYE! 

WINNER OF 

CHEF'S HAT 2012 

Naked treaties RAW ELIXIR BAR 

Serving ORGANIC, RAW, VEGAN. GLUTEN DAIRY AND 

CANE SUGAR FREE scrumptious desserts, amazing green 

smoothies made with homemade nut-milk, young 

coconut and super-foods. Cold-pressed juices, simple grab 

and go raw vegan lunches. Nut-milk and springwater org 

coff ee and tumeric chai (caff eine free available!) 

All infused with Bush Flower essences, blessings and love 

to help uplift you on your journey. 

Meet us at the Junction for a stylish dining and bar 

experience in the heart of Byron's CBD. The iconic old 

bakery building has a warm welcoming feeling that 

partners the Junction team's philosophy for great food 

and service. 

Open 7 days for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the Junction 

is the perfect place to drop in with friends and colleagues 

for a relaxed meal or a refreshing cocktail at the end of the 

day. Fully licensed, dinner bookings are suggested 



BYRON BAY CONTINUED

BYRON BAY CONTINUED 

COORABELL 

KINGSCLIFF 

MINYON FALLS 

Camel at Yum Yum Tree 

VICTORIA COSFORD 

Manfred Rudolf likes to be a 

little provocative. Currently he 

has camel on the menu of his 

New Brighton cafe/restaurant 

called The Yum Yum Tree, 

grilled fillet served on truffle 

mash with wild mushrooms. 

‘People go – ieew, camel – 

but I convince them and they love it’, he tells me. ‘It’s 

tender, lean and full of protein.’ 

We are sitting out on the wooden deck early 

afternoon. I have always loved this tranquil little 

corner oasis opposite the river, set amidst lush subtropical 

greenery, and envied local residents an eatery 

within strolling distance. Bavarian-born Manfred took 

The Aztec 


32 Lawson St, 6680 8198 

LICENSED MEXICAN 

RESTAURANT 

Open 7 nights 

from 5.30pm 

SILVER BULLET 

CAFE 

Open 7 days 

6am–2pm 

25 Childe St Belongil 

(next to Treehouse) 

silver bullet cafe 

Traditional Thai 

Dinner every evening 

5.30-9.30pm 

5/2 Fletcher St, Byron Bay 

6685 5151 

Hog’s Breath Cafe 

Open 7 Days, 

11.30am-2.30pm 

Dinner from 5pm 


6685 5320 

www.hogsbreath.com.au 

O-Sushi 

Byron Bay Woolies Plaza, 

Jonson St 02 6685 7103 

Coolangatta Showcase 

on the Beach 07 5536 5455 

Broadbeach The Oracle, 

12 Charles Ave 07 5570 2166 

www.osushi.com.au 

Italian 

Cafe/Restaurant 

11 Marvell Street 


6680 9960 

Peppers 

Coorabell 

Open Fri & Sat evenings 

for fine dining from 6pm 

Sunday tapas from 1pm 

139 Newes Rd, Coorabell 

6684 7348 

coorabell@peppers.com.au 

Fins 

Salt Village, Kingscliff 

6674 4833 

dining@fins.com.au 

Dinner 7 days 

Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun 

GOOD FOOD GUIDE 

CHEFS HAT EVERY 

YEAR SINCE 1998 

Fins 

Salt Village, Kingscliff 

6674 4833 

dining@fins.com.au 

Dinner 7 days 

Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun 

GOOD FOOD GUIDE 

CHEFS HAT EVERY 

YEAR SINCE 1998 

The Wren’s Rest 

Minyon Falls Rd 

Minyon Falls 

6688 2361 

Wed-Sun from 11am 

it over about five years ago, when 

he had theoretically retired from the 

world of work. His German accent is 

still pronounced in spite of the fact 

he hasn’t been living in the home 

country since he was about 21. That was the age he 

first came out to Australia. (‘It had been in my dreams 

since I was 14 – Australia fascinated me, the wildlife, 

the birds, the exoticism…’) 

He stayed for two years and then, cooking wherever 

he went, floated between Singapore, Bermuda, 

the Bahamas, Vancouver, Kenya and New Zealand, 

ultimately ending up back in Sydney where he ran 

firstly Don Batu, a tiny Surry Hills restaurant, then 

Manfred’s in Crow’s Nest. Both were successful, 

especially the former – but innate restlessness and 

love of travelling impelled him back to New Zealand, 

where for twelve years he ran a ‘totally German, very 

meaty’ restaurant called Berlin. (‘Dumplings, spatzle – 

it was a very successful restaurant’, he tells me.) 

All the favourites – Nachos, Enchiladas, Burritos etc 

Extensive vegetarian options. 

TWO UP TUESDAY - Buy one main meal and receive 

a second main meal FREE from 5.30pm. Now offering 

Inexpensive and extensive cocktail list. 

$20 Group Bookings. Menu for bookings of 15 or more. 

Takeways and Children's Menu available. Conditions Apply. 

Come and see the only 1964 Silver 

Bullet Airstream caravan operating as 

a cafe in Australia! 

Experience Byron Bay's best breakfast 

wraps and sensational coffee. 

Take your breakfast with you across the road to 

Belongil Beach and watch the dolphins play or just sit 

and relax at our tables and catch up with friends. 

FINS is famous for serving the 

best seafood in Australia. We 

have now launched 

FINS EARTH. 

An exciting menu of the best 

steaks from Australia’s most 

premium producers. Choose 

your cut, choose how you would like it served. 

OPEN 

6AM 

7 DAYS 

Here the curry pastes are freshly pounded to leave 

your palate dumbfounded. 

Here the ambrosial meals are cooked to order and the 

scrumptious cocktails and mocktails thrust you into a 

land of wonderful tales. 

CLOSED for holidays 19–28 November 

OPEN again 29 November 2012 

Hog’s Breath Cafe’s menu just got better with some 

mouth-watering new steaks, salad, pasta and an 

abundance of delicious dessert selections. As usual, 

the diverse menu also offers chicken, seafood, snacks, 

burgers, ribs, kid’s meals, a range of Lite Options, plus 

their famous Prime Rib Steak – slow cooked for up to 

18 hours for maximum flavour and tenderness. Kids eat 

free Mon – Wed nights and you can grab lunch for just 

$9.90, so there’s something to please the whole family. 

Multi award winning restaurants 

“Australia’s Favourite Japanese Restaurant” 

twice running in the I Love Food Awards and 

“Best Asian” in Northern NSW in the Restaurant 

& Catering Awards for Excellence, continuing 

a string of 13 awards. Eat in, takeaway, licensed. 

Open 7 days 11am–late. Modern & traditional 

wholesome Japanese food and great service. 

Live music every Wednesday from 6pm. 

Breakfast/Lunch: 7am-5pm 

Delicious, contemporary Italian-inspired 

Dinner: 6pm-10pm 

Authentic, a la carte Italian 

Superb coffee and wine, day and night. 

WILSON'S RESTAURANT 

Relaxed Fine dining from 6pm Friday & Saturday 

Tapas from 1pm Sunday featuring live entertainment 

Christmas parties catered for. 

www. peppers.com.au/coorabell 

Book online at restaurantdiary.com.au 

DJ AQUA IS BACK! 

Live global tunes every Friday 

night from 6pm in the 

Fins Cocktail Bar. 

The Wren’s Rest Café is now owner operated. Come 

for a country drive & look from the balcony at 

uninterrupted views of Nightcap National Forest, 

minutes from Minyon Falls. Stretch your legs on a 

bush trail or sit and soak up nature. Available for 

functions & parties. 

BYO 

See www.thewrensrestminyonfalls.com.au for map 

Back in Australia he ran an ice-creamery in Port 

Douglas for several fun albeit unremunerative years, 

and then came to the Byron Shire. ‘I knew people’, he 

explains. ‘I was looking for a place where I could spend 

the rest of my life, and when I came here I knew it 

was here.’ That was seven years ago, and apart from 

catering for the odd function, Manfred was at an age 

and stage in life when he needed no longer to work. 

‘But’, he says, ‘it was the most boring thing I’d done 

in my life!’ The opportunity to buy the New Brighton 

business was impossible to resist. ‘I made it nice’, he 

says. ‘I changed it – I put a lot of money into it. I built 

this deck.’ At nights – Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 

– the place becomes transformed for dinner service. 

There are candles and white tablecloths and intimacy 

– ‘it’s gorgeous’, he says. ‘It’s like a little community 

here – every customer knows the other customer.’ 

Manfred is there nearly the whole time but you won’t 

find him in the kitchen. He has female chefs – an 

Italian one at night who makes her own wonderful 

La Table 

72 & 72a Burringbar St, 

Mullumbimby 

Cafe: 6684 2220 

Mon-Fri 8-4, Sat 9-2 

Restaurant: 6684 2227 

Wed-Fri from 4pm 

Sat from 2pm 

www.latable.com.au 

Spice It Up 

Thai Restaurant 

Open 5 days. 

Open Wednesday-Sunday 

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6684 2273 

Mullumbimby Golf Club 

Yum Yum Tree Café 

Breakfast & Lunch 

7 days from 8am 

Open for Dinner 

Thurs, Fri & Sat 

6680 3368 

50 River St, New Brighton 

Horizons 

Lunch from 11am 

Dinner from 5.30pm 

07 5536 2277 

or visit 

www.twintowns.com.au 

Luscious Foods 

1/6 Tasman Way, Byron 

Arts & Industry Estate 

6680 8228 

www.lusciousfoods.com.au 

info@lusciousfoods.com.au 

SCRATCH 

PATISSERIE 

ORDER ONLINE 

Mullumbimby 

0466 605 007 

info@scratchpatisserie.com.au 

scratchpatisserie.com.au 

Red Ginger 

Byron Bay: Jonson St 

(opp. Dendy Byron Bay) 

6680 9779 

Bangalow: Byron St 

(around the corner) 

6687 2808 

Open Table 

19 Lagoon Dr 

Mullumbimby 

6684 3013 

0414 878 290 

opentable.net.au 

In Focus: Fig Tree 

CITRUS-CURED OCEAN TROUT & 

ORGANIC BEETROOT SALAD 

If you’re time poor jump down to see Feckle at Bay 

Seafood and pick up some gravlax salmon. If you’re 

keen to do it yourself there are a few simple steps 

to follow. 

Method: 

Mix equal parts sugar and rock salt, add the zest and 

juice of lemons, limes and orange, add 1 tablespoon 

of fennel seeds and 1 tablespoon of yellow mustard 

seed. Mix well and place over trout fillet skin side 

down; rest in the fridge for 12–18 hours. Slice thinly 

and arrange on a serving plate. 

pasta – while he works the floor. He still cooks at 

home – simple stuff like fish and salad or schnitzels – 

and experiments with new dishes for his menu, but 

after decades of working in vast high-paced kitchens 

in various capacities he is happy to step back. 

His menu is that rare thing: most of its items call out 

to me. Fresh buffalo mozzarella with Coopers Shoot 

tomatoes. Tuna and swordfish carpaccio. Smoking 

duck breast with baked beetroot and asparagus. 

Or intrigue me: spherical peas; lime air; mud crab 

cracker. Manfred explains that the latter is his 

invention, a little play on the Chinese prawn cracker. 

The lunch menu has since the beginning featured 

Kangaroo Steak with Davidson Plum Jus, and it’s one 

of the dishes too popular to be removed. 

As for that camel dish. The meat comes from 

Darwin; it’s considered a delicacy in the Middle East; 

apparently in Sydney it’s beginning to take off as 

customers increasingly try new things. Time I did too! 

Café: First Café in the shire to offer quality espresso coffee 

& organic milk! Modern Wholesome Café food & house 

baked pastries. Relax in our tropical courtyard with friendly 

professional service. Resto: Late afternoon – Share a drink 

with something to taste Evening: Live life deliciously with 

our creative regularly changing menu! French Chef Bruno 

passionately recreates bistro classics using high quality 

produce. Reviewed and recommended by SMH Good 

Food Guide since 2009 & Top 10 Sustainable NSW Rest! 

FOR THE LOVE OF THAI FOOD! 

The ‘Yum Yum Tree’ was a traditional meeting place 

for the first Australians of our area. A place to take 

sustenance, and catch up with old and new friends. 

Come notice the extra flair, enthusiasm and personal 

touch of the Yum Yum Tree Café team, a collection of 

professional, down to earth people, enjoying their day 

serving you the tastiest meals and drinks. 

www.yumyumtreecafe.com.au 

Overlooking the sparkling blue waters of the Jack Evans 

Boat Harbour at Twin Towns is Horizons restaurant. 

Enjoy a friendly atmosphere with casual indoor or 

alfresco dining where you can take in our spectacular 

views. Bring a friend to Horizons for High Tea available 

7 days in the afternoon from 2.30pm to 4.30pm for an 

extra special afternoon delight! 

Luscious Foods aim to provide the freshest, first class 

quality handmade food for your event. Whether your 

function is a cocktail party, wedding, conference, picnic 

or intimate, Luscious is here to help create delicious 

menus to suit your tastes and budget. 

The French really know how to do it. Baguettes, 

croissants, macarons… Mullumbimby local Greg Wilton 

knew this when he went to New Caledonia to train under 

French pastry chefs. Using local, organic and natural 

ingredients, Greg is baking his range of delectable 

pastries, breads and cakes, all made from Scratch. The 

next time you’ve got a celebration or lazy morning to 

enjoy, do it deliciously – order online or find them at the 

Byron Bay and Mullumbimby Farmers Markets. 

A uniquely Byron uniquely Asian Emporium with 

everything you need for cooking Asian food – from 

Korea and Japan though China, Vietnam, Malaysia, 

Indonesia, Thailand, India and even into the Middle 

East. Spices and rices, groceries, fine teas and teapots, 

Yum Cha dumplings ready to eat in the store or frozen 

to take home, fresh noodles and tofu PLUS gorgeous 

exotic gifts, homewares and furniture. 

OPEN TABLE offers: Catering - Mediterranean 

and contemporary European cuisine, as well as 

special diets, specialising in vegetarian, vegan and 

macrobiotic preparations. Catering to film sets and 

crews, according to your needs and location. Event 

management and co-ordination: from intimate 

dinners and birthdays to grand scale weddings. 

Cooking workshops: Moroccan, Middle Eastern, Raw, 

Gourmet wholefood. 



MULLUMBIMBY 

NEW BRIGHTON 

TWEED HEADS 

SUPPLIERS/CATERING 

ORGANIC BEETROOT SALAD 

Roast baby beetroot with a little pepper, sea salt, basil 

and olive oil till tender. Peel and cut beetroots, wash 

salad leaves and herbs and arrange 

next to the salmon/trout. Place on 

beetroots, dress and serve. 

Bon appétit. Che. 

WATCH IT IN ECHONETDAILY!

Service Directory 

SERVICE DIRECTORY RATES, PAYMENT & DEADLINE 

DEADLINE: For additions and changes to the Service Directory is 12pm Friday 

LINE ADS: $85 for 3 months or $300 for 1 year prepaid 

DISPLAY ADS: $60 per week for colour display ad. Minimum 8 week booking 4 weeks prepaid. 

Please supply display ads 85mm wide, 28mm high. New display ads will be placed at end of section. 

ACCOUNTS & BOOKINGS: 6684 1777 

PLEASE NOTE: This week we have changed the 

order of service directory line ads starting 

each category with advertisers who have 

been with The Echo the longest. 

This is our way of rewarding our longterm loyal customers. We believe this 

to be a fairer way of providing this service. Ensuring prompt payment of 

your account will conserve your priority listing space. The longer you remain 

in the directory the further up the list you will climb. 

Accountants ......................................38 

Antennas & Installation ..............38 

Appliance Repair ............................38 

Architects ............................................38 

Asbestos ..............................................38 

Bathroom Renovations ...............38 

Building Trades ................................38 

Carpet Cleaning...............................38 

Carpet Laying ...................................38 

Catering ...............................................38 

Chimney Sweep ...............................38 

Chiropractic .......................................38 

Cleaning ..............................................39 

Computer Services .........................39 

Concreting..........................................39 

Curtains, Blinds & Awnings .......39 

Counselling ........................................39 

Decks, Patios & Extensions ........39 

Dentists................................................39 

Design & Drafting...........................39 

Driveway Maintenance ................39 

Earthmoving & Excavation ........39 

Electricians .........................................39 

Fencing ................................................40 

Floor Sanding & Polishing .........40 

Garden & Property Maintenance .40 

Garden Design .................................40 

Gas Suppliers .......................................40 

Glaziers ................................................40 

Guttering ............................................40 

Handypersons ..................................40 

Health ...................................................40 

Hire ........................................................41 

Horse Services ..................................41 

Interior Design .................................41 

Kitchens ...............................................41 

Landscaping .....................................41 

Lawnmower Repairs .....................41 

INDEX 

ACCOUNTANTS 

Lighting ...............................................41 

Motoring .............................................41 

Music .....................................................41 

Naturopathy ......................................41 

Osteopathy ........................................41 

Painting ...............................................41 

Pest Control .......................................41 

Physiotherapy ..................................41 

Picture Framing ...............................41 

Plastering ...........................................41 

Plastic Welding ................................41 

Plumbers .............................................41 

Printer Toners & Cartridges .......42 

Printing & Copying Services .....42 

Removalists .......................................41 

Rubbish Removal............................42 

Scrap Metal Merchants ................42 

Security Services .............................42 

Septic Systems .................................42 

Sewing & Alterations .......................... 42 

Sewing Machine Sales & Service . 42 

Shop Fitting .......................................42 

Solar Installation ............................42 

Stonemasonry ..................................42 

Swimming Pools .............................42 

Tiling .....................................................42 

Travel ....................................................42 

Tree Services .....................................42 

Upholstery .........................................42 

Valuers .................................................42 

Veterinary Surgeons .....................42 

Water Filters ......................................42 

Water Tanks & Tank Cleaning ...42 

Web Design Services .....................42 

Window Tinting ...............................42 

Wood Heater Installation ...........42 

ACCOUNTANT Paul Mayberry ............................................................................................. 66847415 

HANS ON BOOKKEEPING BAS agent, MYOB, QuickBooks, training .................. Sonja 0427 171087 

ACCOUNTANT – BANGALOW John Hudson ..................................................................... 66872960 

BAS AGENT Bookkeeping, MYOB, Admin, P.A. ........................................Helen Stickley 0431 441628 

ACCOUNTANT BOOKKEEPER Small business accounting ......................................Gail 0401 884231 

ACCOUNTING & RETAIL Point of Sale – Online & Easy to use – Sales, Setup, Training 

& Support – Xero – Vend – Retail Express – MYOB – QB – www.bizwizz.com.au ............. 66875883 

BOOKKEEPING & BAS AGENT SERVICES – small creative businesses ...............Jenny 0411 232266 

ALL ABOUT TAX Individual Tax Returns from $100. Small Business from $150 

Partnerships, Rentals, Capital Gains, BAS/GST, Bookkeeping .............................Edward 0423 763053 

BOOKKEEPER/BAS AGENT MYOB, Quickbooks, admin, Byron. Racquel .......................0402 704068 

ANTENNAS & INSTALLATION 

ROB DEEGAN Australian Govt approved antenna installer ....................0429 994516 or 66845525 

NORTH COAST ANTENNA SERVICES Digital specialists, Govt endorsed installer ........... 66841234 

0439 624 945 AH 02 66 804 173 

Digital TV 

ALL Antenna 

Installations & Repairs 

ALL Electrical Work 

Friendly 

Reliable 

Prompt 

Local 

ANTENNAS 

Fix your DIGITAL TV 

reception NOW 

NO FIX NO CHARGE * 

*conditions apply 

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David Levine 

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DIGITAL EXPERTS 

BYRON ANTENNA SERVICE 

CALL US FIRST - FAST SERVICE. 

– ALL AREAS – 

Richard 6685 4265 

ANTENNAS PLUS 

YOUR DIGITAL AND PROGRAMMING SOLUTIONS 

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& Reliable 

��0422 668 582 

APPLIANCE REPAIR 

MULLUMBIMBY APPLIANCE SERVICE Byron Shire ..............................0408 851633 or 66842952 

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS REPAIR & SERVICE TV. Audio. Antennas .........66843575 or 0414 922786 

WASHING MACHINES & DRYERS Repairs & service. Byron Shire .................................0418 410263 

ARCHITECTS 

FRANK STEWART ARCHITECT Reg. 6075. www.frankstewart.com.au ........................... 66856984 

JOSE DO Sustainable Architecture. Reg. 7647. www.josedoarchitect.com....................0424 062096 

SPACEstudio Architecture & interiors. Reg. 8261. www.spacestudio.com.au ................... 66809921 

RIHS ARCHITECTS PTY LTD Special consultancies, eco designs, 

Reg. 3638. www.rihs.com.au .........................................................................................0411 699205 

ZAHER ARCHITECTS Reg 7872. www.zaherarchitects.com.au .............66849408 or 0414 974088 

GRAEME BARR ARCHITECTS Reg 4244. www.graemebarr.com ....................................... 66877973 

OCEANARC ARCHITECTS Reg. 6042 www.oceanarc.com.au ............................................. 66855001 

ASBESTOS 

ASBESTOS REMOVAL & DEMOLITION Fully licensed & insured. Free quotes ...............0421 181363 

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS 

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Peter Alexander. Lic 177579C .........................................0417 499023 

ALLCOAST SHOWER REPAIRS Leaks, makeovers & cleaning. Lic 1875C .......................... 66808646 

BATHROOM SPECIALISTS Blue Dolphin Bathroom Renovations. Lic 105283C .............0405 148536 

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DINGO DEMOLITIONS & ASBESTOS REMOVAL ................................66834008 or 0407 728998 

GECKO LANDSCAPE SOLUTIONS Decks, pergolas, walls & fencing. Lic 212479C .......0415 755337 

CARPENTER All jobs. Michael Dow. Lic 147675C ...................................66291169 or 0412 967677 

BUILDER – JOHN McGAURAN Personalised Service. Lic 170208C ......66884215 or 0415 793242 

CARPENTRY/JOINERY Renos, kitchens, bthrms, small jobs. Lic 157823C. Paul .... 0423 658885 or 66845273 

BUILDER CARPENTER Extensions, renos, new homes, insurance, all jobs. Lic 19953...0403 458177 

ALL CARPENTRY Extensions, renos, decks/carports, owner/builder friendly, refs avail. Lic 203206C ..0424 158585 

ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS Peter Alexander. Lic 177579C ........................................0417 499023 

BUILDER/CARPENTER High qual & exp, renos, kitchens, bathrms, decks Lic 214946C .....0412 261684 

RBA CARPENTRY & MAINTENANCE New & reno work, decks & pergolas. Lic 243918C ..... 0407 330326 

BUILDING SPACES buildingspaces.com.au Lic 16941C. Design & build. Rob .....................0414 355300 

CARPENTER Any job, all areas, free quotes. Lic 239951C ...................................... Matt 0432 956815 

BRICKLAYER Quality work, reasonable quotes. Lic 164155C ..................0437 135483 or 66849102 

BRICK & BLOCK LAYING Lic 173697C ...........................................................................0431 792260 

FABRICA JOINERY Quality kitchens/timber doors/windows. Lic 244652C ......................... 66808162 

CARPENTER & JOINER Noel Pearce. 35yrs exp. Lic 9446C for high quality work ..........0468 914327 

INSPIRE CONSTRUCTIONS 25 yrs exp. Extensions, decks, renos. Lic 215763C..............0437 153160 

EXTENSIONS Renovations, maintenance, new homes. Lic R79143 ...................Russell 0403 120498 

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FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS 

HOME RENOVATIONS BATHROOMS 

KITCHENS DECKS STAIRCASES 

ROOF EXTENSIONS AND REPAIRS 

TERMITE DAMAGE 

PHONE NO: 02 6684 6635 

BRUNSWICK HEADS LICENCE NO: 225906C 

wrightbuilders@bigpond.com www.aawrightbuilders.com 

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Kitchens and cabinets – co-designed with you. 

Bathrooms, timber features, custom-made projects. 

Owner-builder friendly. 

References and inspection of work available. 

Lic 84399C Don 0418 650 608 or Piers 0431 184 315 

CARPET CLEANING 

AMORE CARPET CLEANING & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING .................66807721 or 0429 726999 

CARPET, UPHOLSTERY & more. No chemicals. www.mintsteamclean.com..................... 66872129 

APEX CARPET CLEANING www.apexcarpetcleaning.com.au ........................ Nathan 0412 926441 

TLC 

Truck Mounted Machine 

CARPET CLEANING 

Specialising in household carpet cleaning 

Kevin & Margaret Bower (02) 6684 1001 

TENDER LOVING CARE 

Speedy Drying 

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR! Green & Clean 

Carpet and upholstery cleaning, urine 

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areas, deodorising and sanitation. 

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0408 232 066 

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dries in 1-2 hours 

Commercial / Domestic / Insurance 

CARPET LAYING 

CARPET LAYING Quality work, big or small jobs, free quotes, reliable .........................0412 755244 

CATERING 

PLATTER PUSS Perfect platters for any occassion ........................................................0409 214000 

CHIMNEY SWEEP 

BLACK’S FIREPLACE INSTALLATIONS (3rd generation) 20 yrs exp, insured .......... Phone 66771905 

CHIROPRACTIC 

BAY FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC Peter Wuehr 17 Bangalow Rd Byron Bay ............................. 66855282 

BUILDING TRADES 

WAVE OF LIFE NETWORK CHIRO (lowforce) 8/9 Fletcher St, Byron Bay. Andrew Badman . 66858553 

STAINLESS WIRE BALUSTRADING Supplies and installation................66809409 or 0419 758821 MICHAEL SCHWAGER & SHAUN CASHMAN Chiropractors 108 Stuart St, Mullum ........ 66841962 

BRIMS BUILDER’S HARDWARE ........................................................................................ 66801718 MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Massage, chiropractic & fi tness. 110 Dalley St ........................ 66841028 

PAVING, LANDSCAPING, DECKS, SANDSTONE WORK Lic 10711C Greg 0414 859830 or 66803234 DISCOVER CHIROPRACTIC BYRON BAY Margaret Tay ................................................... 66808400 

BUILDER – THINK BUILDING Excellent work. Quality projects. Lic 188670C ............0432 381880 BYRON BAY CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE Bruce Campbell. 1/12 Tasman Way, A&I Estate ... 66858159 



CLEANING 

WINDOW & PRESSURE CLEANING Professional work. Free quotes. Ph Steve .............0421 797210 

CONSCIOUS CLEANING Non-toxic, eco-friendly, 8 yrs exp ................................... Anra 0466 984317 

DI’S CLEANING SERVICE Quality, efficient. O.Sh, SGB, NB & Mullum & surrounds ......0414 408723 

A WHITE GLOVE CLEANING SERVICE for homes, 27 yrs exp .......................................... 66857279 

ACE PRESSURE CLEANING SERVICES All areas, friendly service, pensioner disc .........0419 478459 

S.T. CLEANING Home, yard, office, car. Steve ................................................................0413 668228 

ABOVE & BEYOND CLEANING Simply the best. Free quotes. Great rates .....................0413 190266 

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COMPUTER SERVICES 

DAVID LAWSON COMPUTER SERVICES All services & repairs for PCs ............................ 66843955 

ADAM THE COMPUTER GUY www.neonblade.com.............................66804286 or 0439 587858 

BYRON IT Ex Techmagic PC & networking............................................. Brian Edwards 0401 864184 

COMPUTER REPAIRS 

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SALES SERVICE TRAINING 

02 6684 6235 

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CONCRETING 

CONCRETING – Steve Baker. Lic 143161C .....................................................................0412 272564 

COUNSELLING 

TRAUMA RELIEF Alakh Analda, 26 years experience. Advanced Diploma ...................0413 167688 

CURTAINS, BLINDS & AWNINGS 

SUMMERCRAFT BYRON SHIRE Rob Cubis ..........................................66851969 or 0412 995267 

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DECKS, PATIOS & EXTENSIONS 

The Deck Doctor 

Specialising in: Sanding and Refi nishing, Repairs 

and Maintenance, Timber and Cable balustrading 

Richard Neylan richardneylan@iprimus.com.au 

0407 821 690 

DENTISTS 

BRUNSWICK HOLISTIC DENTAL CENTRE ...................................................................... 66851264 

BANGALOW DENTAL HEALTH In the Medical Centre Complex, Bangalow ...................... 66872766 

DESIGN & DRAFTING 

BAREFOOT BUILDING DESIGN New Homes & additions ..........................Bob Acton 0407 787993 

ACCENT COLOR PLAN COPYING / PRINTING ................................................................. 66856236 

BYRON ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN & DRAFTING ............................0423 531448 or 66857713 

MICHAEL SPITERI ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING SERVICE .....................................0417 713033 

DAVID ROBINSON DRAFTING Renovation, design & plans .................0419 880048 or 66858114 

BEACH LIFE BY DESIGN Architecural design. Reasonable rates ....................................0450 313573 

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE 

CARPARK & DRIVEWAY 

MAINTENANCE 

CONCRETE EDGING 

0418 156 909 

Call Steven Butturini 

EARTHMOVING & EXCAVATION 

A NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65HP chain trencher, 1.5 tonne excavator, tipper .0402 716857 

MINI EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE ................................................................................0412 272564 

A KANGAMAN Mini Bobcat, Tiptruck, Trenching, Fencing, Retaining walls ...................0424 234500 

BRUNSWICK BOBCAT HIRE Good rates, very experienced operator. Ilan .....................0414 300012 

BYRON BAY BOBCAT & MINI EXCAVATOR All areas ..............................................Ian 0412 853479 

3.5 TONNE EXCAVATOR $75 per hour ...........................................................................0421 181363 

ASDIG EARTHWORX Excavator, Bobcat & Tipper Hire. glakescc@bigpond.net.au .........0412 265520 

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ELECTRICIANS 

COUGHRAN ELECTRICAL 24 hour service, Lic 154293C .........................0439 624945 or 66804173 

CURTIS ELECTRICAL 24 hour service – all Byron Shire. Lic 247725C ...........................0427 402399 

SMALL – URGENT – EMERGENCY JOBS ONLY .........................................................0427 402399 

RONNIE SPINKS Everything electrical. Lic 27673 ........................................................0429 802355 

HALLMARK ELECTRICAL Domestic, small job specialist. Lic EC41467 ..........................0407 416575 

CHRIS APPEL Ocean Shores. Lic EC22349 ......................................................................0422 607444 

LIGHTHOUSE ELECTRICAL BYRON BAY Your friendly electrician Lic 233440C ............0450 631183 

ABSOLUTE ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS Lic EC27673 ....................................................0429 802355 

AFTERGLOW ELECTRICAL Prompt, reliable electrician. Lic 212742C ..........................0432 331633 

DENBY ELECTRICAL Reasonable rates with great service. Lic 225484C ........................0432 767764 

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IMAX COMPUTERS Byron Bay Since 1998 

0418 767 774 02 66 848 010 SHORES DENTAL Brian Donnellan & Richard Conn. Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores .................... 66803477 

MICHAEL LEACH 100 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby ............................................................ 66842644 

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SMALL, URGENT & EMERGENCY 

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FENCING 

QLD Lic 73555 

BEDNARZ, H & W, FENCING Specialise in pool, Colorbond & timber fencing .............0417 491136 

BYRON & BEYOND FENCING Any fence, any time, prompt quotes .....66804766 or 0416 424256 

A KANGAMAN Post Hole Boring, Retaining Walls & Farm Fencing ...............................0424 234500 

E.D.L. FENCING Installations & repairs, prompt service .........................66771852 or 0432 107262 

North Coast 

FLOOR SANDING & POLISHING 

Floor Sanding & Polishing 

New & old fl oors – stairs 

For a free quote & quality guaranteed 

call Chris Mundey 0422 982 008 

Lic 181445C www.cmtimberfl ooring.com.au 

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GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 

MULLUM-MOWING@mullumonline.net. Ride-on .............................................Peter 0423 756394 

GUTTERS CLEANED All areas, free quotes, fully insured ............................... 66841778 or 0405 922839 

A TO Z GARDEN SERVICES Lawns, acreage, hedges, clear ups, gutters, pressure cleans .0405 625697 

A.C.E. LAWNMOWING Cheap, reliable, guaranteed ..................... Sam 0438 655763 or 66854237 

ABSOLUTE GARDEN WASTE REMOVAL OR WHATEVER Large trailer. Free quotes ...... 66804704 

MULLUM HANDYMAN Gardening, mowing, rubbish removal, insured .......................0424 954388 

GREEN WASTE REMOVAL Brushcutting & mowing ....................................................0431 700195 

CHEAP LAWNMOWING & RIDE-ON WORK envirolawn@bigpond.com ......0412 434601 or 66840235 

LEAF IT TO US Acreage/residential mowing/gardening, pressure cleaning, l’scaping ...0402 487213 

ABOUT BYRON Lawnmowing, houses to acreage, rubbish removal .. Rick 0409 654946/66804476 

MOW JOES Lawn & garden maintenance, ride-on mowing. Fully insured ..............Joe 0407 065849 

A GREEN EARTH Garden restoration, maintenance, tree & rubbish removal . 66884549 or 0405 716552 

ACREAGE BRUSHCUTTING & CLEARING SERVICES Lantana specialists ...................0412 705962 

ACREAGE MOWING/PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Fast & reliable ..........66845148 or 0402 823928 

NICK’S MOWING Lawns, edges, hedges, local & reliable. Mullum, Bruns, O.Shores .....0418 792279 

CHAINSAW WORK Chipper, gutters, rubbish removal. $25ph. Rob ..................66843893 or 0422 661621 

SPECIALIST WEED CONTROL CONTRACTORS / CONSULTANTS .............................0418 110714 

TEA TREE MULCH at wholesale prices, $33 per metre+ delivery, min 3m ...............Ph 0424 163784 

GARDEN WARRIOR Acreage mowing, garden maintenance, fully insured. Paul ................ 0431 331810 

TREE & PALM LOPPING Felling, rubbish removal, fully insured, free quotes ................0405 620261 

LAWNS & GARDENS Ride-on, brushcutting, gardening, tip runs................... 0430 297101 or 66845437 

LOCAL FOOD GARDENS – Mullum. Don Coyne, Horticulturist ............................................ 0459 175729 

ETHICAL GARDENING by qualifi ed horticulturist. Call Rebecca ....................66844644 or 0413 166314 

HINTERLAND Property Maintenance acreage mowing, servicing Byron Hinterland. Pete ....0429 809363 

TEVA LANDSCAPING Acreage mowing, property maintenance, landscaping. Zac .......0468 344939 

BYRON SHIRE LAWN & GARDEN All aspects of garden maint, brushcut & rubbish removal 0468 922899 

RESORT STYLE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ..................................................... Darren 0429 921359 

LAWNMOWING Pruning, rubbish removal & small jobs ........................................................ 0422 692127 

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GARDEN DESIGN 

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI www.simplybeautifulspaces.com.au ......................... Lyn 0428 884329 

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GAS SUPPLIERS 

Locally Owned Est 15 years 

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Competitive 

Rates 

6680 1575 or 0408 760 609 

GLAZIERS 

OCEAN SHORES GLASS AND SCREENS Glass splashbacks Lic No 61205C ......................... 66803333 

ALL GLASS BYRON BAY Shower screens & splashbacks ..................................................... 66857200 

GUTTERING 

THE GUTTER GURU Repairs, cleaning, gutter guard, downpiping, roof repairs, 

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HANDYPERSONS 

A TO Z HANDYMAN SERVICES Jack of All ....................................Andre 66847553 or 0439 495247 

CAPE BYRON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE all areas. Tom Scott .................................0418 600576 

MULLUM HANDYMAN Maintenance, repairs, painting, renovations, gardening ........0424 954388 

ABSOLUTE HANDYMAN Repairs, renovation, maintenance ........................................0402 281638 

HANDYMAN with 25 years carpentry experience .............................................................. 66840227 

A1 HOME MAINTENANCE SERVICES repairs, painting, renos, all aspects Lic 213061C ..0419 478459 

A VERY HANDY MAN for just about anything ...........................Andrew 66877674 or 0412 558890 

MAINTENANCE WITH CARE by a former master builder. Phone Ben ...........................0401 375900 

A.S.A.P. HANDYMAN SERVICES Fast, effi cient, best solutions for all jobs big or small.....0405 625697 

FLYSCREENS REPLACED on windows & doors. Phone Keith .........................................0411 466211 

RELIABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES Michael ...........................................66844970 or 0405 325569 

ALL MAINTENANCE SORTED 25 years carpentry experience. Lic R84001. Greg ...........0422 069632 

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HEALTH 

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Dentists, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry 

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis ................................................. 66842559 

MULLUMBIMBY MEDICAL CENTRE 60 Stuart St ............................................................ 66841511 

ACUPUNCTURE & COSMETIC MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne ........................................... 66857366


ACUPUNCTURE www.marlenefarry.com Facial rejuvenation, general practice .............. 66842400 

MULLUMBIMBY MASSAGE, CHIROPRACTIC & PERSONAL TRAINING...................... 66841028 

KINESIOLOGY & REMEDIAL MASSAGE Paritosho Rowe ................................................. 66802475 

MULLUMBIMBY HERBALS Naturopathy, massage. 79 Stuart St ..................................... 66843002 

BRYANT HOPLEY Herbalism, homeopathy, nutrition. Byron Bay ..................................... 66857225 

MULLUMBIMBY SKIN CLINIC 58 Stuart Street ................................................................. 66844400 

ACUPUNCTURE Kim Kilgariff specialising in Japanese, Chinese & Esoteric ............text 0414 692673 

QUINTESSENCE NATURAL HEALTH & BEAUTY Naturopathy, massage, 

natural skincare, natural beauty. Shop 5/11 Fletcher St, Byron Bay .................................... 66855533 

MICHAEL TAYLOR Structural re-integration, trigger point & deep tissue therapy ............. 66803347 

POSSUM CREEK PERSONAL TRAINING .............................................................. John 0416 039471 

CRANIOSACRAL BALANCING Najma Ahern. Practitioner, tutor and trainer .................... 66846444 

HIRE 

BYRON WEDDING & PARTY HIRE ..........www.byronbayweddingandpartyhire.com.au 66855483 

MULLUM HIRE Builders, party and much more .......................www.mullumhire.com.au 66843003 

BYRON HIRE Building & home handyman equipment hire ....... www.byronhire.com.au 66856228 

HORSE SERVICES 

HOLISTIC HORSE RIDING COACH Beginners-Advanced. Lisa ..............66845053 or 0423 087647 

INTERIOR DESIGN 

KATE PLATT Interior Designs, www.kateplatt.com................................0411 888416 or 66807606 

BEAUTY INTERIOR DESIGNS www.buildingspaces.com.au............................................ 66872511 

KITCHENS 

SHAUN LEMURA KITCHENS & CABINETS Byron Bay. 14yrs+ qualifi ed exp .............0499 771769 

KITCHEN BENCH TOPS Laminate & Timber, timber bench tops resanded ...................0401 488628 

LANDSCAPING 

GECKO LANDSCAPE SOLUTIONS All aspects of landscaping & design. Lic 212479C ..0415 755337 

ADAMEARTHSCAPE Retaining walls. Paving. Concrete paths. Tipper truck/loader .......0411 726604 

LANDSCAPE – DESIGN – BUILD kmdesign/com.au .................................. Phone Kris 0400 891266 

SUBTROPICALLANDSCAPES.COM.AU 20 years exp. Lic 231789C ................................0405 122456 

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BYRON Mower, B’cutter, Ch’saw, all small engine repairs, pickup & delivery .................0429 707286 

TYAGARAH MOWER REPAIRS Pacifi c Hwy (next to Bruns Wreckers), Tyagarah ..........0488 094025 

LIGHTING 

Architectural & Landscape Lighting Specialists 

Free onsite consultancy service 

Unit 5, 21-23 Tasman Way, Byron Bay Arts & Ind. Est. 

(02) 6680 7007 www.creativelightingsolutions.com.au 

MOTORING 

ALL MECHANICAL REPAIRS & SERVICING, RTA slips, Byron Classic Cars .......................... 66807533 

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BRYANT HOPLEY Herbalism, homeopathy, nutrition. Byron Bay ..................................... 66857225 

OSTEOPATHY 

BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE Eve Schoenheimer & Courtney Ward Mon-Fri .................... 66853660 

BRUNSWICK HEADS OSTEOPATHY Sue Broadbent & Toby Mills. Monday – Saturday ...... 66851126 

NORTH COAST OSTEOPATHY Jodie Jacobs & Jamie Bennett. Mon-Fri ............................. 66857517 

TRADITIONAL OSTEOPATHY Lennox Head Michael Petrie................................................. 66874410 

Sue Broadbent, Toby Mills and Amelia Rocco 

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2/32 Mullumbimbi St, Brunswick Heads. Tel 02 6685 1126 

PAINTING 

DEREK BULLION PAINTING Free quotes. Lic R98818 ..........................0414 225604 or 66805049 

AD PAINTING by John Hand. Lic 13246C ...............................................0413 185399 or 66841249 

KELVIN & ROBERT TEALE Painters & decorators. Lic R65919 .............. 0400 349027 or 0438 842731 

BYRON PAINTING Immediate starts, great rates. Lic 239832C .....................................0427 669806 

FLYNN’S PAINTING Professional, friendly, clean. Lic 130521C ...............0410 520647 or 66843542 

ACE PAINTERS & DECORATORS Domestic/commercial. All areas. Lic 213061C ............0419 478459 

NORTH POINT PAINTING SERVICES New ceilings sprayed. Lic 618414C .66847137 or 0403 332654 

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PHYSIOTHERAPY 

BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, acupuncture, pilates, remedial massage. 

Liz Thomas, Cally O’Hara, Zac Forrester ................................................................................ 66872330 

NICK EDMOND, TROY EADY, Physiotherapy, acupuncture. Open Monday to Friday. 

Corner Dalley & Burringbar Sts, Mullumbimby ...................................................................... 66843255 

PAULA RAYMOND-YACOUB Acupuncture & physio ......................................................... 66851646 

CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, physiotherapy.................................................... 66857222 

CONTINENCE / PELVIC FLOOR Janelle Angel. 3/10 Station Street, Bangalow ................. 66872337 

PETRA KARNI Physiotherapy, Craniosacral, Alexander Technique. Byron .......................... 66807207 

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, acupuncture Suff olk Park 1 Bryce St .. 66853511 

OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY Manual therapies, dry needling, custom orthotics, 

remedial massage. Nigel Pitman, Ilse v.Oostenbrugge, Lachlan Dewar, Amy Khoury ......... 66803499 

LIBBIE NELSON PHYSIO – Acupuncture, yoga & therapy, BFL, Herbs, CS. Byron Bay ......0416 369698 

PICTURE FRAMING 

BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ....................... 66803444 

GOTHIC PICTURE FRAMERS Mullum. Mexican Art. Open Thu & Fri 10-4 ....................... 66841647 

CUSTOM MADE FRAMING 

professional canvas stretching & giclee printing 

quality art supplies 

Still @ the centre – 3 Centennial Ct – 6685 5808 

PLASTERING 

COL JENKINS PLASTER Gyprock, renovations, repairs. No job too small .....................0401 078733 

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR 

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL 

C. A. Warwick Lic. No. 114578C 

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PLASTIC WELDING 

PLASTIC WELDING, KAYAK SALES & REPAIRS ........................................................0411 443384 

PLUMBERS 

JARRAH DAVIDSON Plumbing, draining, gas fi tting & roofi ng. Lic 187712C ..............0438 668025 

BILL CONNORS All plumbing/draining. Lic #1051..................................66801403 or 0414 801403 

I LOVE PLUMBING Call Steve Lic 148904C ....................................................................0412 916140 

HRH PLUMBING (new business) Prompt, reliable, effi cient. Lic 220755C ........Harley 0402 652017 

DART PLUMBING Plumbing, roofi ng, gas. Byron Bay. Lic 1175539C.............................0421 334515 

MARK STRATTON PLUMBING All aspects & emergency work. Lic 57803C ..................0419 019035 

ADM PLUMBING SERVICES… (No job too small.) Lic 234528C. ................Call Adam 0466 992483 

JT’s PLUMBING Plumber, roofer & drainage. Lic 221638C .....................66803339 or 0428 102665 

CHE NICHOLSON PLUMBING Drainage & gas fi tting. Lic 204159C .......66802358 or 0439 760292 

ACE PLUMBING All plumbing, gas fi tting, roofi ng. Free quotes Lic 198061C .. 66847776 or 0428 635378 

ALIAS PLUMBING 24hr blocked drains & maintenance specialist Lic 230095C. Terry ...0416 282919 

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Ph: 0416 527 410 

Lic: 198243c 

PROFESSIONAL RELIABLE SERVICE 

DOMESTIC 

COMMERCIAL 

INDUSTRIAL 

Email stuart@simpsonplumbing.com.au 

PRINTER TONERS & CARTRIDGES 

PRINTING & COPYING SERVICES 

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ACCENT COLOR The Copy & Laminating Shop .................................................................... 66856236 

REMOVALISTS 

MAN WITH A VAN/TRUCK Reasonable rates. Phone Don ...........................................0414 282813 

BEYOND BYRON REMOVALS 

Ready for work within & beyond Byron 

Brisbane Sydney backloading 

For careful service & great rates 

phone 66801158 or 0408 004719 

Andy’s Move & More 

Small and Medium Moves, Tip Runs and 

Deliveries, 1 or 2 Men at Low Prices 

Byron Bay and Mullumbimby based 

Call cost save 0429 149 533 I can call u back 

THE SHIRE FREIGHT CO 

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No weekend surcharge 

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LIGHTHOUSE REMOVALS 

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RUBBISH REMOVAL 

BEST SKIPS BANGALOW 2m2 , 4m2 , 6m2 bins ......................................0417 458149 or 66871544 

OCEAN SHORES SKIPS Mini skip specialists ......................................................................0412 161564 

ALL GARDEN & GENERAL WASTE removed cheap. Ph Mark ......................................0421 932945 

BYRON SKIPS & RUBBISH REMOVAL ..........................................................................0450 300360 

WILL SHIFT Trailer loads, tip runs ..................................................... Ph Will 66843080 or 0404 466867 

FREE 

Drop off for all 

steel and fridges, 

washing machines 

and dryers 

SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS 

BYRON CASH FOR SCRAP 

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SECURITY SERVICES 


 

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BRUNSWICK VALLEY LOCKSMITHS Shirewide ............................................................0412 144679 

TRINE 

SEPTIC SYSTEMS 

Trine Solutions 

Licence No. 

158031C 

SEWAGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS 

Sustainable environmental outcomes 

Drainage, Gasfi tting & Plumbing 

6680 2358 / www.trinesolutions.com.au / 0407 439 805 

SEWING & ALTERATIONS 

SEWING REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS All areas.............................................................Jan 66849398 

SEWING MACHINE SALES & SERVICE 

A1 SEWING MACHINES – PARTS & REPAIRS Since 1964. Leaders in service ................. 66847447 

SHOP FITTING 

BUILDING SPACES Shop fi touts www.buildingspaces.com.au Lic 16941C Rob .................0414 355300 

SOLAR INSTALLATION 

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STONEMASONRY 

BIG FOOT ROCK WALLS Materials @ cost, $35/hour ...................................................0402 669230 

SWIMMING POOLS 

MULLUMBIMBY POOL SHOP Water tesing, Eco products, mobile servicing Lic 39126 ... 66844846 

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6684 3003 

TILING 

TILER Bathroom repairs, walls & fl oors. Lic 75915 ...............................................Andy 0419 478248 

TILER/STONEMASON/WATERPROOFER Lic 24418C. Phone Karl ................................... 66804103 

SHE TILES 

Female Wall & Floor Tiler _ over 10 years experience 

Kitchens, bathrooms, laundries, tile repairs & waterproofing 

Leaking showers repaired & sealed 

NO JOB TOO SMALL �� 

Call Louise 0478 698 186 Lic. No. 216827C 

Because a woman understands excellence 

TILER OF THE BAY 

For all Internal / External wall and fl oor tiling 

Free Quotes � Quality Materials ��12 years local experience 

Lic 219684C 

CALL ROBERT 0414 818 169 

TRAVEL 

TREE SERVICES 

SUMMERLAND TREE SERVICES ............................................... Call Jo 66877677 or 0417 698227 

NORTHERN TREE CARE Consulting arborist, tree surgery ...........................................0414 186161 

7 TILL 7 TREE SERVICES Tree removal & chipping ......................................................0427 347380 

A KANGAMAN Trimming, Pruning & rubbish removal. Garden Mulch ..........................0424 234500 

TREE CONTROL Safe lopping, removal, 12” chipper, stump grinder. Free quotes ..........0422 767677 

CHOPPY CHOP TREE SERVICE Bobcat, crane truck, 18” chipper .................................0408 202184 

OUT ON A LIMB Experienced tree removal. Free quotes. Low rates. Ph Lucas ...............0402 191316 

DFK CAMPHOR CONTROL & CONVERSION Cost effi cient & eff ective ........................0423 725422 

AVHM TREE SERVICES Happy to help .....................................Andrew 66877674 or 0412 558890 

BYRON TREE SERVICES Qualifi ed, insured. Call Alex ..................................................0402 364852 

TALLOW TREE SERVICES Tree Surgery & removal, stump grinding ..............................0401 208797 

NICK’S TREE SERVICES Tree surgery & removal, chipping ............................................0439 849332 

JIM’S TREE & STUMP REMOVAL 

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UPHOLSTERY 

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Re-covering specialists ........................................................... 66805255 

BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Soft furnishings & outdoor ........................66853745 or 0403 713303 

VALUERS 

BYRON BAY VALUERS NSW & QLD reg’d. Chartered Valuation Surveyors....0431 245460 or 66857010 

VETERINARY SURGEONS 

MULLUM VET CLINIC Neil Farquhar, Richard Gregory & Jamie Lines. 24 hours 7 days ..... 66843818 

VITALITY VETCARE Bangalow. Megan Kearney ................................................................. 66870675 

WATER FILTERS 

FILTERED FRESH Water purifi cation systems. Commercial, home, rural. All areas .........0414 229114 

The Water Filter 

Experts 

for home, commercial 

and rural properties 

6680 8200 or 

0418 108 181 

WATER TANKS & TANK CLEANING 

BYRON SHIRE WATER TANK CLEANING Free quotes ...............................Phone Peter 0432 680913 

ALL WATER TANK CLEANING & water tank sales, all areas .................66888055 or 0407 002833 

WEB DESIGN SERVICES 

WEB BROWSER Quality websites at aff ordable prices ..........................66803707 or 0423 770799 

COAST CREATIVE Graphic & website design....................www.coastcreative.com.au 66877998 

BYRON BAY WEB HOSTING Green web host www.byronbaywebhosting.com.au .....0411 356242 

WANT A GREAT WEBSITE? No job too small… MyBusinessWebsiteGuy.com .............02 84172992 

WINDOW TINTING 

SUNRISE WINDOW TINTING 32 years personal experience. Cars, homes & offi ces ......0412 158478 

WOOD HEATER INSTALLATION 

BLACK’S FIREPLACE INSTALLATIONS (3rd generation) 20 yrs exp, insured .......... Phone 66771905

Classifi eds 

INDEX 

Birthdays ................................ 47 

Businesses For Sale ............... 45 

Cabins For Sale ...................... 45 

Caravans ................................. 45 

Celebrants ............................... 43 

Childcare ................................. 43 

Clothing & Alterations ............. 43 

Death Notice ........................... 47 

Events ...................................... 43 

Exchange / Swap .................... 45 

For Hire .................................... 44 

For Sale ................................... 44 

Funeral Notice ......................... 47 

Garage Sales .......................... 45 

Halls For Hire .......................... 44 

Health Notices ......................... 43 

Holiday Accommodation ......... 45 

Houses For Sale ..................... 45 

Land For Sale .......................... 45 

Lost & Found ........................... 47 

Motor Bikes ............................. 45 

Motor Vehicles ......................... 45 

Musical Notes ......................... 47 

Only Adults .............................. 47 

Personal Notice ....................... 47 

Pets ......................................... 47 

Positions Vacant ...................... 46 

Professional Services ............. 43 

Property For Sale .................... 45 

Property Wanted ..................... 45 

Public Notices.......................... 43 

Readings ................................. 43 

Return Thank You .................... 47 

Share Accommodation ........... 45 

Short Term Accommodation ... 45 

Social Escorts ........................ 47 

To Lease ................................. 46 

To Let ....................................... 45 

Tradework ................................ 44 

Tree Services .......................... 44 

Tuition ...................................... 46 

Wanted .................................... 45 

Wanted To Rent....................... 46 

Work Wanted ........................... 46 

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PUBLIC NOTICES 

Unlike a virgin birth 

you can have faith 

IN THE RUG SHOP BANGALOW 

HYPNOTHERAPY 

& counselling. Wendy Purdey . 

Enquires & appts 66802630. Details: 

www.wendypurdey.com.au 

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www. lusciousfoods.com.au 

ECHO CLASSIFIEDS 6684 1777 

PHONE ADS 

Ads may be taken by phone on 6684 1777 

9am – 5pm Tuesday to Friday 

8.30am – 1pm Monday 

(12pm for display classifi eds) 

Ads can’t be taken on the weekend 

AT OUR HEAD OFFICE 

Classifi ed ads may also be lodged at: 

Mullumbimby – Village Way, Stuart St 

EMAIL ADS 

Line classifi eds classifi eds@echo.net.au 

Box (display) classifi eds adcopy@echo.net.au 

BYRON’S #1 BEST SELLING BOOK 

‘Byron Bay the History, Beauty & Spirit’ 

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THE PRACTICE OF DR SURESH 

RANANAVARE AT 24 BURRINGBAR 

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please call & collect. If practice is 

unattended please leave a message on 

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be returned as soon as possible. 

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Market 

Sunday 16 December 

byronmarkets.com.au 

Artisan 

Market 

every Saturday 

Oct-March 

Railway Park, BB 

info & applications 

byronmarkets@byroncentre.com.au 

MULLUMBIMBY 

COMMUNITY 

MARKET 

featuring 

BROADFOOT 

This Saturday 

No dogs please 

BRUNSWICK HEADS 

TWILIGHT 

MARKETS 

19TH DECEMBER, 2012 

3pm till late! 

SANTA 6-7PM 

TREE LIGHTING 8PM 

FIREWORKS 9PM 

Enquiries 6628 4495 


RATES & PAYMENT 

$17.00 for the fi rst two lines 

(minimum charge) 

STUDY 

KINESIOLOGY 

Free introduction 18 Dec & 16 Jan 

7-9pm in Byron Bay. Course starts Feb 

2013. Kinesiology Schools Aust. RTO. 

Ph 66857991 or www.wellness.net.au 

Get ready for Christmas 

with this week’s special: 

Raw Cashews 

$15.95kg 

81 Stuart St Mullumbimby 

(next door to Edens Landing Fruit & Veg) 

a play by 

ANTIGONE Sophocles 

RARE 

ENTERTAINMENT 

at the Cape Byron Steiner 

School Ewingsdale 

Two Plays – ANTIGONE and 

THE BLACKSMITH AND 

THE DEVIL 

plus the melodic sounds of 

the QUESTOR CHOIR 

Saturday Dec 15th – 7pm 

Sunday Dec 16th – 2.30pm 

Entry by donation 

Enquiries 0406 788 050 

Please note: Not suitable 

for 11yrs and under 

$5.00 for each extra line 

(these prices include GST) 

Cash, cheque or credit card – 

Mastercard or Visa. 

Prepayment required for ads in all categories 

FOR CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK 

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on Echonetdaily 

every day 

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By appointment only 

Transformational Hypnotherapy 

Do you know the 

benefi ts of Past 

Life Regression 

Therapy? 

Clearing energy and beliefs brought 

through from other lifetimes provides 

signifi cant mental, physical, emotional 

and spiritual healing to this life today, 

easily and naturally. 

Call Colleen now on 0410635367 

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DEADLINE 

12pm Monday for display ads 

1pm Monday for line ads 

ACCOUNT 

ENQUIRIES 

phone 6684 1777 

CELEBRANTS 

ANTHEA AMORE 

MARRIAGE CELEBRANT 

66844559 0422383151 

www.antheaamore.com 

CLOTHING & ALTRNS 

TILLY’S ALT. REPAIRS - IN TOWN 

30yrs Exp Ph 66855985 or 0423331850 

FI’S FIX IT ALTERATIONS & REPAIRS 

Ph Fiona 66857627 or 0419587190 

CHILDCARE 

CHILD CARER / NANNY - 15 yrs exp 

Great refs. Linda Flower 0421892812 

EVENTS 

SOUND HEALING JOURNEY- 

TONIGHT 

www.sonicenchantment.net/australia 

PROF. SERVICES 

DENTURES 

LOOK GOOD 

FEEL GOOD 

Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002 

Jack The 

Snipper 

4 / 27 Brigantine Street 

Byron Arts & Industry Estate 

entrance from Bayshore Dr 

Mon-Fri, 12-7pm 

www.jackthesnipper.com 

READINGS 

TAROT 

No Frills, no Fuss – 100% Confi dentiality 

$80 – text: 0417427518 


 

HEALTH 

KINESIOLOGY 

Clear subconscious sabotages. 

Reprogram patterns and beliefs. 

De-stress. Restore vibrancy and 

physical health. Clear allergies. 

SANDRA DAVEY , Reg. Pract. 66846914 

MASSAGE �� $40ph. 

Pensioner dis. Health rebates. 66803388 

Eeka King 

BHSc (Acup) AACMA 

Fertility, pregnancy 

& childbirth 

specialist. 

Kate Chase 

BAppSc, Grad Dip Relationship Therapy 

Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner 

relationship counselling 

family mediation 

co-parenting coaching 

tel: 0402 207 137 

www.KateChase.com.au 

SHIVA SHAKTI YOGA 

Friday 7th December Christmas party 

and Puja 7.30pm free yoga gifts! 

SUMMER INTRO OFFER 

$25 for 2 weeks unlimited yoga, plus 

one free class for a friend. One-week 

Holiday Pass $35 unlimited yoga. 

See yogainbyron.com for timetable 

17 Centennial Circuit by Circus Arts 

02 6629 1637 

Jonson St, Byron Bay 

Prenatal, Mat & Equipment 

Classes! 

Booking essential – 6685 5773 

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& HERBAL MEDICINE 

David King 

Adv Dip (Acup) AACMA 

Pain conditions. 

Mental/emotional 

disturbances & general. 

14 Park Street, Brunswick Heads | 02 6685 1088 | baysideacupuncture.com 

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE MEDICINE HERBS REMEDIAL MASSAGE

TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE 

Thai masseur, 1hr $40 & 2hrs $70 

Ph Nui 66771670, 0410519341 

Continence & 

Pelvic Floor 

Janelle Angel - Physiotherapist. 

Bangalow. Phone 66872337 

Sexual Counselling 

Alison Rahn qualifi ed sex therapist 

www.alisonrahn.com.au 0432599812 

ASHTANGA YOGA 

Mon-Fri 9.30am. ALL WELCOME 

Phone Jack 66849299 

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Vinyasa Flow 

Yoga 

6.30 - 7.30 am 

Ashtanga Yoga 

6.30 - 7.30 am 

Vinyasa Flow 

Yoga 

6.30 - 7.30 am 

Box Fit 

7.30 - 8.15 am 

Pilates 

8 - 9 am 

Iyengar Yoga 

10 - 11.30am 

MONDAY 

9.30-11.30am Hatha Diana 

3.30-5.00pm Hatha Diana 

TUESDAY 

6.30-8.00am Consta 

5.30-7.30pm Dru Yoga Diana 

HOLISTIC GYM & Medi - Spa 

Ashtanga Yoga 

7 - 8.30 am 

Stretch & Flex 

8.45am - 9.45 am 

Iyengar Yoga 

10 - 11.30 am 

Pilates 

Intermediate 

10 - 11 am 

Stretch & Flex 

11.30 - 12.30 pm 

Ashtanga Yoga 

9 -10 am 

Beginners 

YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE 

Fabulous massage! 

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Kahuna Bodywork 

Relaxation, alignment & balance 

kahunabodyworkclinic.com 66844883 

Contemporary 

Dance 

10 - 11 am 

Pilates 

10 - 11 am 

Circut $8 

1 - 1.30 

Cardio 

5.30 - 6.30 pm 

Circut $8 

12.30 - 1 

Ashtanga Yoga 

10 -11.30 am 

Intermediate 

HYPNOSIS & EFT 

Simple and effective solutions 

Anxiety, Cravings, Fears & Trauma. 

Maureen Bracken 0402205352 

Cranio Sacral 

with Martina Rigby, Physiotherapist 

Health Fund Rebates. 0432322998 

Fit Ball 

5.30 - 6.30 pm 

Pilates 

Beginners 

11.30 - 12.30 pm 

Iyengar Yoga 

5.30 - 7 pm 

Circut $8 

1 - 1.30 

WEDNESDAY 

9.30-11.30am Beginners 

5.30-7.00pm Hatha 

Diana 

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THURSDAY 

9.30-11.30am 

3.30-5.00pm Hatha 

5.30-7.00pm Hatha 

Consta 

Diana 

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FRIDAY 

9.30-11.30am Hatha Diana 

Enquiries: Diana Ewing 9 Myocum St Mullumbimby 

P: 6684 3431 M: 0407 455 212 E: dianaewing@bigpond.com 

award winning fusion 

suffolk park community hall corner alcorn street and clifford street 

bangalow studio and head offi ce 72 byron street, bangalow (parking at rear) 

private sessons available 

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certifi cate teacher training courses 

monday 10am - 11.30am Yogalates : mat work suffolk park 

10am - 11.30am Yogalates : prenatal bangalow 

6pm - 7.30pm Yogalates : mat work suffolk park 

tuesday 9.30am - 11am Yogalates/Pilates : mat work bangalow 

6pm - 7.30pm Yogalates/Pilates : mat work bangalow 

wednesday 6pm - 7.30pm stretch with core stability suffolk park 

thursday 9.30am - 11am Yogalates/Pranayama meditation bangalow 

friday 10am - 11.30am stretch with core stability suffolk park 

saturday 8am - 9.30am stretch and strengthen suffolk park/bangalow 

Special: unlimited classes for 3 months $199 

Award winning DVDs available at our studios 

Iyengar Yoga 

5.30 - 7 pm 

$20 

SUMMER SPECIAL 

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GET ONE 

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ONLY $130 

(includes classes 

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program) 

www.mullumsari.com 

35 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby - 02 6684 2719 

Gift 

Vouchers 

Available 

BEGINNERS YOGA WED. 9.30AM - CREATE GREATER FLEXIBILITY, 

BETTER BREATHING & IMPROVED POSTURE - ALL WELCOME 

SHIATSU & REMEDIAL MASSAGE WITH DIANA EWING $60 PER HOUR 

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. HEALTH FUND REBATES 

Mon 

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www.rolfi ngbyronbay.com 

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SKIN & BODY by Jodie 

Beauty & massage. Byron. 0410861353 

COUNSELLING 

Professional male counsellor. 

Individual couples family & children. 

Confi dentiality g’teed. Ph 0427802097 

THAI MASSAGE 1.5hrs $50, home visit 

$60. Ekka, 7 days 66804478. Traditional 

TOXIC & TIRED? 

Detox, feel light, clear & vital. 

Guaranteed! Colonic hydrotherapy, 

naturopathy, Chineitsang. 

Natalie 0458633869 

www.byronbaydetoxretreats.com.au 

DELUXE DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE 

Organic oils, fl uffy towels, comfy table, 

home visits. 20 years exp. 0499145292 

Complimentary 15 minute 

phone consultation 

CLARITY IN 1–2 

SESSIONS 

Ben Ormonde 

Personal Transformation Coach 

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BEST MOBILE MASSAGE therapeutic 

20yrs exp. Phone Julie 0419339319 

Quit Smoking 

New Year special $130 off bookings 

made in Dec or Jan 

Phone Ingrid 66803827 

MASSAGE 

Best massage by qualifi ed masseur, 

Cert 4 + diploma, special price $45p/h 

Byron studio or home service. 

Phone 0438655763 or 66854237 

PHYSIO or other allied health practitioner 

required to teach Pilates in established 

studio in Byron Bay, hours fl exible. robt@ 

spot.com.au 

RELAXATION / REMEDIAL MASSAGE 

with Sharni, Mullumbimby. 0423916929 

Great gifts 

for Christmas. 

Give them something 

they’ll really love. Our 

award winning organic 

coffee, teas, drinking 

chocolate, and special 

Christmas gift packs 

make perfect presents. 

Arts & Industry Estate 

Unit 4, 1A Banksia Drive, Byron Bay 

Monday to Friday. 8am – 4pm 

Call 6680 9798 buncoffee.com.au 

Massage at 

HEARTSPACE 

Bali 

Bliss 

�� 0401 375 900 

�� www.createalifeyoulove.com.au 

2 hours $100 

Aromatic Body Scrub 

Deep Relaxing Massage 

Refl exology 

GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE 

0423 293 995 

heartspace07@gmail.com 

MULLUMBIMBY 

Asana, breath, meditation, philosophy 

YOGA CLASSES $8 AT 6AM 

Special SEVEN DAYS weekend A WEEK 

YOGA RETREATS IN 

meditation BYRON BAY & retreat BALI 

SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS 

Classes $17 or 5 for $70 

Teacher Trainee (TT) led classes $8 at 6am and $10 at 4pm 

Classes are open and suitable for all yogis, beginner to advanced 

The Byron School of 

Relational Spirituality 

presents 

2013 learning cycle: 

The art, science and beauty of 

Collaborative Transformational 

Research 

with Dr G. A. Lahood 

0431 112 514 

www.collaborationforlife.com 

MONDAY 

Women’s Flow Yoga � 7.30am Nikki 

Shakti Moves � 10am Leyolah Antara 

Community Acupuncture � 12–4pm 

Prenatal Yoga � 5.30pm Natasha 

Women’s Shamanic Yoga � 7.15pm 

Kamala Devii 

TUESDAY 

Women’s Flow Yoga � 7.30am Kamala Devii 

Byron Pregnancy Support Group � 10–1pm 

Women’s Yoga � 5.30pm Kathryn 

WEDNESDAY 

Mums’ & Toddler Yoga � 9.30am Emma 

Mums’ & Bubs’ Yoga � 11am Emma 

Women’s Massage $25 Clinic � 1–5pm 

Womb Ceremony � 7.30pm AnRa 

THURSDAY 

Women’s Flow Yoga � 7.30am Natasha 

Prenatal Yoga � 9.30am Emma 

Yin Yoga � 5pm Tara 

FRIDAY 

Women’s Yoga � 9.30am Kathryn 

SATURDAY 

Prenatal Yoga � 8am Natasha 

10/21-23 Tasman Way (cnr Wollongbar & Tasman) 

Byron A&I Estate. info@redtentyoga.com.au�� 

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JO FROM THE HEARTSPACE 

Complimentary Metamorphics with all 

deeply relaxing massages. 0423293995 

LOMI LOMI HALOA 

Hawaiian Temple Bodywork 

2-3 hour transformational sessions 

Saphire 66845363, 0438928465 

MIND BODY HOLISTIC HEALING 

Professional, exp, qual, $50/hr, 

effective results, Byron. Ed 0412386376 

www.edjohnston.ntpages.com.au 

WRITING FOR WELL-BEING 

Individual sessions & groups 

Annie Barrett 0437708166 

NATUROPATHIC COLONIC 

HYDROTHERAPY 

The only professional council approved 

Open Libbe Colonic system in the Shire. 

‘A favourite with the locals’ 

www.whitelotuscleansing.com.au 

Ph Sarah 0427857148 or 66846124 

SACRED HEART HEALINGS 

WITH DEVI 

A multi dimensional combination of 

sound, light & Egyptian codes to activate 

the sacred feminine to awaken to the 

stillness of the heart. Ph 0401796769 

Hawaiian Massage 

ONLY $80 1.5hrs 

combining Hawaiian & Remedial 

massage to give you a strong, deeply 

therapeutic & relaxing massage. 

Michaela 0416332886 

JON RUSSELL 

COUNSELLING 

Adult, adolescent, couples 

BODYWORK & MASSAGE 

Experience * Insight * Compassion 

phone 0433 707 437 

www.jonramarussell.com.au 

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BYRON’S BEST 

MASSAGE 

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0413 432 584 

www.salon2you.com.au 

Somatic 

Psychotherapy 

Julie Wells 

Dip Som Psych 

Anne Mannix 

Dip Som Psych 

Individual + couple 

Supervision + coaching 

6685 5185 

FOR HIRE 

DJ WITH A PA lights etc, Weddings, 

Parties, Anything. 0412729902 

HALLS FOR HIRE 

EWINGSDALE HALL - All functions 

Day classes welcome. 0421878556 

COORABELL HALL BOOKINGS 

66871307 www.coorabellhall.net 

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0402 323 910 

NICK HART 

TREE LOPPING 

� Affordable tree services 

� Professional tree care 

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6684 9137 


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TREE SERVICES 

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Tree pruning 

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Call Michael 

0412 788 687 

6685 4015 - 0401 208 797 

SUMMERLAND 

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Mulch Supplies 

Byron Bay & Surrounding Areas 

6687 7677 

Mobile 0417 698 227 

FOR SALE 

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Go Pro HERO 3 

CAMERAS 

IN STOCK NOW 

Bridglands Mullum. 66842511 

COMPOST TOILETS 

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HYDRAULIC CABLE PRESS for SS 

balustrading approx 3yr old g-c new 

$2200, sell $1250. Richard 0407821690 

BAMBOO PLY 

from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring . 

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. 

Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure 

www.bambooply.com.au 


 

Phospherine Connection 

Spiritual Life Coach 

GET 

CONNECTED 

...your numerology 

...your positive 

creative focus 

...your motivation 

for an appointment phone: 

Ida-Lee 02 6685 9055 

(Byron Bay)

ARCHIBALD’S CHEAP 

QUARRY PRODUCTS 

Road base, gravel, blue metal and metal 

dust. ALL SIZE DELIVERIES. 

Phone 66845517, 0418481617 

TIMBER , pine, treated pine, hardwood, 

mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers 

logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. 

Brims Builders Hardware , Billinudgel 

02 66801718, Sth Tweed 07 55236002 

FRENCH DOORS casement windows, 

entry doors. Ph 66841246 or 66843063 

RICHMOND RIVER CRUISES 

Gift vouchers avail, $30pp. Ph 66875688 

VEGGIE BEDS hardwood, 2.4x1.2x400H 

free local delivery $160 ea. 0400590454 

VACUUM BAGS 

To suit most makes & models 

BRIDGLANDS 

Mullumbimby. 66842511 

NARNIA NURSERY 

Quality landscaping plants. Great prices! 

Phone 0419771514 

www.narnianursery.com.au 

TRAMPOLINES, REPLACEMENT MATS 

& parts. 66851624 or 0409851624 

TEMPUR 

Range of bedding now available at 

BRIDGLANDS SLEEPZONE 

Mullumbimby 66842511 

BICYCLES pre-loved from $50. Repairs. 

Ph 66804165 or 0431540579 

WASHING MACHINE auto $180, fridge 

2 door $250, delivery. Ph 0413589388 

HARDWOOD TIMBER FLOORING T&G 

$1.85 L/m. Ph 0411482365 

CLEM’S CARGO 

SECOND-HAND SHOP 

Lots of new stock coming & going, good 

prices, open 6 days closed Tuesdays 

38 Tweed St, Bruns. 66851213 

MOSQUITO NETS 

100% cotton, all sizes, locals discounts. 

Ph 66843191 www.1001nets.net 

NATIVE PLANTS 

The Largest range of native plants 

in the Byron Shire. 

Tubestock to Semi-advanced 

Buy direct from the grower 

MULLUM CREEK NATIVE NURSERY 

110 Yankee Ck Rd, via Wilsons Ck Rd 

Mullumbimby 6684 1703 

Open every Wed–Fri 10am to 4pm 

or by appointment 

www.mcnativenursery.com.au 

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Kings Creek, Mullumbimby 

Mark 6680 4284 / 0427 490 038 

Karen 0427 804 284 

Tip Runs & 

Rubbish 

Removal 

0408 210 772 

FIREWOOD DELIVERIES 

ALL YEAR ROUND 

Supplying commercial, wood fi red 

bakeries, pizza restaurants and 

residential, combustion stoves, open 

fi res, pot belly, kindling. Various load 

sizes from 4’x 6’ to 4 ton tipper. 

PRICES STARTING FROM $95. 

VOLUME DISCOUNTS. 

Matt 0427 172 684 

Dehumidifi ers 

IN STOCK NOW 

from $279 

Bridglands 

Mullumbimby 6684 2511 

WARDROBE $130 ono, double bed 

frame $60 ono. Phone 0488282391 

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Wilsons Creek Hall Dec 15 at 8am 

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Wilsons Creek Hall Dec 15 at 8am 

INFRARED SAUNA 

$2000. Phone 66856879 after 3pm 

CREAM SOFA exc cond $150, 2 arm 

chairs $50 for both. Phone 66844806 

MARTIN DREADNAUGHT DM acoustic 

guitar, $1400. Ph 0417062691 

LIVE XMAS TREES 

from $10, until Monday 24 Dec. 53 

Jacaranda Dr, Sunrise Beach. 66808349 

PANELIFT electronic dble garage door, 

exc cond, $500; lge complete granitetop 

kitchen, incl. sink, oven & d/washer, 

$2800. Phone 0421428520 

YAMAHA DD65 All-in-one compact digital 

drums. 8 touch sensitive pads, 250 digital 

sounds. Plus a Yamaha kick pedal and 

KP65 kick pad and snare stand to mount 

it, all new. Total cost was $610, selling 

all for $400. Details Tommi 0418408869 

POOL TABLE pub-size heavy timber 

with pool and snooker balls and cues. 

Can easily be moved on a trailer with 2 

people. Cost $850, selling for $450, buyer 

collects. Details Tommi 0418408869 

FREE PIANO upright, about 100 years 

old, converted from pianola, nice wood/ 

sound, looks good but needs work. 

Collect from Mullumbimby. Ph 66846914 

LIVE XMAS TREES Norfolk, hoop, pine. 

Ph 66843337, 0401246009 

Go Pro HERO 3 

CAMERAS 

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Bridglands Mullum. 66842511 

TIMBER QUEEN BED $200, Osteo 

Care QB mattress $300, Steam Mop for 

tiles $20, Teak wall unit 3m long $60. Ph 

66805215 or 0402357274 

�� Method 3 exc cond 

$150 ono; Surfboard Sky 5’6” suit young 

beginner/intermediate plus O&E cover 

$150 ono. Ph 0404261680 

MOTORISED BICYCLE 

silv/black, near new $550. 0401367577 

�� Sleepmaker luxury Pillowtop 

ensemble, as new, in original packaging. 

Bought $3900, will sell $1900 ono. Ph 

0468618288 

2 x SIMPSON Washing machines, 7.5kg 

$150 & 5.5kg $120, Gulbransen Pianola, 

only piano working $100. 0417337540 

PLANTS PONY TAILS 30cm pot, $48. 

Phone 66843656 

BBQ six-burner, used once. Buy $500, 

sell $300. 0434218747 

�� $150; 

Shindaiwa 18 inch chainsaw $300; 

portable LPG Hot water service $200; 

Homelite whipper snipper $50; Wallaby 

jack $150. Ph 0403779163 

WANTED 

�� any make, any year, 

any cond. Will pickup. 0427109195 

GOOD used furniture bought and sold 

Bridglands Mullumbimby 66842511 

ALL GOLD 

Scrap gold, damaged/unwanted 

modern & antique jewellery. 

$$ Good prices paid $$ 

Cedar House 140 Dalley St 

Phone 0428668426 or 66842653 

30 years trading in Mullumbimby. 

Honest & reliable service 

FOR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE 1, 

2 or 3 old style computer monitors, not 

working, to be gutted 

EXCHANGE/SWAP 

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seeks live-in position. Steve 0417682643 

GARAGE SALES 

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Christmas Fair. 15th Dec from 8am. Gifts 

galore. 

WATEGOS BEACH 21 Marine Pde Sat 

15 Dec 7am start till noon. Bric-a-brac, 

clothes, kids toys + much more 

HUGE MOVING OVERSEAS SALE 

4 Haylard Ct Nth O.Shores Sat & 

Sun 8 to 2 pm. Everything must go. 

Quality stuff, kids, baby, furn, h-hold. 

0405604620 

�� 11 Kalemajere Dr. Clothes, 

books, CDs, jewellery, bed linen and 

much more. 8.30am - 12.30pm 

MULLUMBIMBY 107 Stuart St, Saturday 

15th December 8.30am till 12.30 

O.SHORES 4 Banool Ct baby clothes, 

cot, highchair, industrial lamps, coffee 

mach & other h-hold items. 8am Sat 15th 

HUGE MOVING SALE Quality clothes, 

furniture, bric a brac, skateboards, books, 

CDs. 12 New City Rd, Mullum 8am 

�� 65 Armstrong St Sat 8am - 

1pm Ass’d h-hold items, furn, clothes etc 

BYRON BAY 

8/17 Browning St, Saturday 8am - 1pm 

HUGE GARAGE SALE Sat 15 Dec 

from 7.30am. Clothing, designer bags, 

books, bedding, DVDs, heaps of furniture, 

beautiful daybeds - cheapest in Byron. 7 

Bottlebrush Cres, Suffolk 

�� incl designer & 

preloved gifts. Combined h’hold sale, 13 

Dandaloo Way, O.Shores, Sat 8am 

MULLUM 10 Botanic Ct Sat 8am. H’hold, 

quality clothes for the whole family. 

Change table, toys, books & more 

OCEAN SHORES 3 Nargoon Ct, Sat. 

Toys, homewares, elec wall oven, 

cooktop, 2-room tent, organic skin care 

BYRON, 128 Lighthouse Rd, Moving 

overseas, Sat 8am-12. Lounges, timber 

bunk beds, large mirror, outdoor furniture, 

household items, clothing (brands). 

Phone 0403701135 

Wall 

light 

$ 220 

Retro Floor Lamp 

Solid Copper 

Wall Lights 

$ 140 

NTH O.SHORES 1 Flinders Way. Sat 

8am. Great variety. Lounge, bike, cot, kids’ 

stuff, women’s gear, books incl healing, 

plants, glass panels, kit, exer bike 

MASSIVE SALE BANGALOW 8 Gumtree 

Crt, Sat 8am. Books, furn, antiques, linen, 

building materials, vast array 

MASSIVE GARAGE SALE lots of 

clothes-vintage, new & used, stationery, 

bric-a-brac & lots more. 8 Belongil Cres, 

Sunrise. Sat 7-4pm 

O. SHORES Sat 8am. 2 Katya Ct. Clothes, 

toys, records, bric-a-brac. Something for 

everyone. 

MULLUM 123 Stuart St Sat 8am till 1pm. 

mower, car roof pod, household, clothes 

MOTOR VEHICLES 

CASH PAID FOR 

UNWANTED CARS 

Local reg’d business 

66845296 or 66845403 or 0413120970 

CAR BODIES 

REMOVED FREE 

$$$s for some. 

Phone 0418189324, 0438189323 

BMW 318i Sports sedan, silver, 1991, 

285,000km, 11 months rego, good 

condition, $3750 ono. Ph 0414076753 

�� , 199,000km, 

logs, just serviced, some body damage, 

reg July 2013, $4700 ono. 0431471393 

DAIHATSU CHARADE , 180,000km with 

aircon & blue slip $1800; Nissan Pulsar 

160,000km, new tyres, blue slip $1800. 

Both cars lots of new parts, radiators, 

muffl ers etc, very cheap to run, very good 

cond. Ph 0432638411 

HOLDEN ASTRA 1999 great, reliable 

car, good cond, 10 mths rego, new tyres, 

220,000km, $3900 ono. 0415200558 

SUBARU IMPREZA.LX hatch back, 

96, serviced reg, 10 mths rego, $2200. 

66843813 

SUBARU FORESTER 2.5X, 2004, 

manual, 11 mths rego, 249,000km, 2nd 

owner, garaged, fully-serviced, great 

cond, roof racks, $8400 ono. 048839009 

HONDA CRV 2002 white auto, 6 mth 

reg, May 2013, 174,000km, excellent 

condition 1 owner, fully serviced $12,000 

ono. For photos see ad on Gumtree. 

Phone 0419435893 

SHOWROOM OPEN 9am–5pm Mon to Fri and 9am–1pm Sat 

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BARGAINS 

$250 

1996 Suzuki Sierra. 4wd, 5spd, hardtop, 

great cond, 5/2013 rego. SN 673 .......$4,950 

1999 Ford Econovan. 5spd, a/c, p/s. Ready 

for work or travel. LK-95-GB ...............$3,200 

Nissan NX Coupe. Auto, a/c, p/s, dual roofs. 

Nice little car. AM-16-TP .....................$3,850 

1999 Holden Barina. 5spd, a/c, p/s, CD, 

8/2013 rego, great value. BVM-NR2 ...$2,650 

TOYOTA HI-ACE CAMPER. 5spd, safari fi tout, 

pop-top, seats 5. SJM-103 .................$9,650 

Subaru Outback Wagon. Auto, a/c, p/s, very 

nice, green/silver. ZH-19-EB ................$4,950 

50 CARS UNDER $10,000 

www.dealcars.net 

16 ENDEAVOUR CLOSE, BALLINA 

Ballina Car Centre DLN 19950 

6686 5586 / 0418 676 274 


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Stainless Steel 

MOTOR BIKES 

HONDA VT750 CRUISER 11 mths rego, 

black, low kms, with fairing & panniers, 

VGC. Nothing to spend other than $6800. 

Phone 0412732465 to begin your Fonzie 

years 

CARAVANS 

CAMPER TRAILER exc cond, $2900. 

Phone 0404801847 or 66844046 

BUSINESS FOR SALE 

�� easy prep/clean up, 2 

markets + events, $9000. 0403526668 

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at South Golden Beach. Ph 0405007325 

CAFE in the heart of Mullum. Great lease, 

great opportunity. Serious enquiries only. 

Ph 0417222209 

FOOD CARAVAN spacious & with some 

extras, needs TLC, $2500. 0422638090 

CABINS FOR SALE 

ONSITE or for removal, large van & 

insulated hard annex with verandah & 

decks, tropical roof over all, quiet spot, 

trees, river & beach, South Ballina, 

$10,000. Ph 66805789 or 0423857490 

HOUSES FOR SALE 

NORTH OCEAN SHORES Spectacular 

ocean views from all 4brs, open plan 

living-kitchen, lge north facing decks, 

dble garage, walk to beach. View www. 

diysell.com.au ID:P19537. $597,000 Ph 

66284127 or 0429023402 

LAND FOR SALE 

1000 ELEVATED ACRES near Casino. 

Caves, cliffs, views, water, pasture, forest, 

internal tracks, private, building eligibility, 

bordered by state forest. $295,000 ono. 

Phone 66840400 

PROPERTY FOR SALE 

MO SHARE walking distance to bch, near 

Coffs Harbour. Exquisite opportunity for 

committed, friendly, community-minded 

person willing to build. Ph 0407213267 

PROPERTY WANTED 

WANTED TO BUY 

Granny Flat or Studio 

between Suffolk Park and Ewingsdale. 

Reply to PO Box 1224 Byron Bay 2481 

HOLIDAY ACCOM. 

MIACASA lush oasis, pool, spa, view, 

2 mins Mullum, 15 Byron. Ph 66844762 

Facebook: Miacasa B&B Byron Bay 

BEAUTIFUL BYRON HOUSE in rain 

forest setting from 25/12 to 21/1/13 from 

$2500pw email: spoyas@westnet.com.au 

WOOLI beach house s-c holiday rental, 

walk to beach & river, sleeps 7, $1400pw. 

Ph 66841273 or 0427841621 

MULLUMBIMBY sunny 3br family home, 

walk to town, avail 22 Dec to 5 Jan 

$360pw no pets, no drugs. 0447195375 

�� f-furn, s-cont studio with 

private c’yard, peaceful, quiet, n/s. Suit 

single or couple Avail 15 Dec - 10 Jan, 

$420pw. Phone 0418275198 

HOLIDAY HOUSE on acreage, 4br, 2 

bthrm, spacious, Coopers Shoot. Avail 

now until 7 Jan. Price neg. 0401473925 

SUNRISE 3br house, f-f, 2km Byron 

CBD. Avail 22 Dec to end Jan. 2 wks 

min. $600pw + bond. Pref family. Phone 

66846023 or 0412437707 

GARDEN OASIS 4 doors to Tallow 

Beach, sleeps 6, linen supplied, avail 

now to 24 Dec $1400pw. 24 Dec - 5 Jan 

$2500pw. Ph 0401802737 

BYRON 3br farm cottage, overlooking 

Byron Bay, 8 mins to beach. Avail 20/12 

to mid-Jan. Phone 0409151345 

BYRON farmland, luxury cabin, 1br s-c 

hideaway, stunning ocean views, 8 mins 

drive to CBD/beach. Avail mid-Dec to end 

Jan. Phone 0420333499 

BYRON spacious 1br s-c, f-f aptmt, 5 min 

walk CBD/beach, sleeps 4, avail 23 Dec 

to 6 Jan 2013. 0434218747 or 66882386 

�� Spacious 

retreat home in the hills, sleeps up to 

8 people. All mod cons, avail 21 Dec 

to 12 Jan 2013. 1/2 hr drive to Byron 

Shire beaches. Escape the mad crowds 

over Xmas $900 pw + bond prefer family. 

0419435839 or 66882160 

SHORT TERM ACCOM. 

LENNOX large new modern light-fi lled 

1br studio 1.8k from Boulder Bch. Avail 

over summer hols $800pw neg, pets OK. 

0428864446, www.stays.com.au/119294 

BYRON TOWN fl at 1br, s-cont, priv, ens, 

kitch, linen, WiFi, $500pw. 0401166688 

MULLUM 1br walk to town suit working 

person, no pets $280pw. Ph 0421679015 

BYRON CBD STUDIO clean, quiet, 

close, respectful, $340pw. 0409062074 

STUDIO beautiful, f-f, quiet retreat. Avail 

17 Dec. Sunrise, $400pw. 0409844402 

BEACH PALACE from $40pn, ideal for 

yoga/working person. 0412968841 

SHARE ACCOM. 

O.SHORES dble room beautiful spacious 

house, share with 2 males. Working, 

clean, n/s $150pw + bills. 0438758374 

PERSONAL TRAINING 

First session free. Weight Loss 

Phone 66808180 

�� 2 rooms avail 

SLUG. $220pw each + bills & bond, n/s, 

female preferred. Phone 0431702872 

LENNOX sunny room, garden, $150pw + 

bond + share bills. Ph 0410491252 

BYRON lge bedroom with ensuite & own 

entrance $200pw. 66856879 after 3pm 

SUNRISE Large bright f-f room in clean 

quiet household. $170pw incl bills & WiFi. 

Ph 0438275778 

�� clean-living person to share 

with 1 other, very large furnished room, 

all mod cons, $200pw incl all, except food 

on the table. 66853422 or 0423365871 

MULLUM large bright, sunny, breezy, 

serene room (piano melodies drift in) WIR 

& ensuite, $160pw neg. Ph 66844554 

BRUNS BEACH BUNGALOW furn room 

with bthrm for quiet, conscious female, 

n/s, n/d, vego pref, to share with 1 other. 

$210pw incl bills + 1 week bond. Avail 14 

Dec-14 Feb. Phone 0426274604 

NTH OCEAN SHORES room in beautiful 

house, ensuite, sep ent, WIR, $160pw + 

bills. Fem pref. Phone 0421593093 

STH GOLDEN BEACH stroll to beach. 

Extra lge room in extra lge home to share 

with 2 others. $150pw. Ph 0407906301 

BYRON Mackay St, small room in 3br 

house with 2 females. D/f, al/f $180pw incl 

bills. Ph 0431405324 

SUNRISE nice room, quiet house, worker, 

no pets, $140pw + bills. Ph 66856760 

BYRON A&I great semi s-c b/sit with 

mezz & shop front, $200pw. 0417937373 

�� room, pref f/t employed fem, 

n/s. $180pw + bills. WIR, bath & sep toilet. 

4 mins beach, shop & bus. Text only 

0468618288 

SUNRISE 1 single br, clean, calm, 

$205pw no bills. Ph 0432400726 

COORABELL 15 mins Byron, 5 mins 

Mullum, sgle rm, quiet, views, n/s, 

$140pw + bills. 0435002609 

MULLUM near CBD, furnishing optional, 

2 rms avail, $150pw ea + bills. Solar, gas, 

must be aware, clean & mature, cple pref. 

Start 12/1/13. Ph 0468491798 

MYOCUM large room in nice location, n/s, 

working $150pw incl bills. 0420284748 

LILLI PILLI top fl oor bedroom, Romeo 

& Juliet balcony, ensuite bthrm in large 

share house. Independent working 

person $250pw incl bills & WiFi plus 

bond. Ph 0419779584 or 66856951 

BANGALOW in town, modern, roomie 

house, $160pw no bills. 0415523693 

NEW SEMI-DETACHED ROOM , 5 min 

Mullum, on 5 acres, own deck & views, 

$150pw. Ph 0432638411 

STH GOLDEN BCH 2 rms in nice house, 

$115pw each, no bills. Ph 0429489364 

BYRON CENTRAL Shirley ln lge br mod 

home, conscious fem pref, WiFi $250pw + 

bills. benormonde@bigpond.com 

SUNRISE conscious & respectful person 

wanted to share lovely townhouse with 1 

female, $210pw. Ph 0400829885 

�� room in large beach 

house, own deck, close to beach, $160pw 

+ bond & bills. Phone 0411155018 


 

$ 140 

PART TIME 

LOCAL BUSINESS 

FOR SALE 

Great 

Opportunity! 

HiP Caravan Hire, funky 

modern caravans with 

everything included. 

Busiest part of the year 

coming up. 

hipcaravanhire.com.au 

TO LET 

BANGALOW SELF-STORAGE 

Hi-tech security. 66872333 

BANGALOW RENT-A-SHED 

Self-storage sheds fr $25pw. 66871306 

STORAGE 

From $91/mth. Bangalow. Ph 66871500 

CARAVANS & CABINS from $195pw. 

Apply in person to Byron Bay Tourist 

Village, Ewingsdale Road 

LOCAL REMOVAL 

& backloads to Brisbane. Friendly, 

with 10 years local exp. 0409917646

NTH OCEAN SHORES 3br, 2bthrm, 

DLUG, great location. Avail 6/12, $410pw. 

Phone 0416424256 

BALLINA SELF-STORAGE 

Secure from $13.20pw. Ph 66867011 

MULLUM 5km, 1br, unfurn fl at, pref quiet, 

mature female, n/s, d/f, no pets, pref no 

kids $220pw + elect. 66843154 

COORABELL quiet house, great views, 

on acreage + creek, 3br, 1bthrm, deck + 

patio, DLUG, acreage mowing inc. Long 

lease ok, pets ok. $575pw, avail mid- 

January. Phone 0448889920 

OCEAN SHORES 2-storey, high on 

the hill, 3br, 2 bthrm, garage + carport 

$450pw. Avail 17 Dec. 0414502222 

O.SHORES 3br, 2 bthrm hse, $380pw 

lawns incl, long-term avail. 66805401 

New Brighton 

We currently have properties 

available to lease. Please contact 

our offi ce or view our website. 

www.eldersnewbrighton.com.au 

6 Strand Ave, New Brighton 6680 1594 

MULLUMBIMBY 

2 b/r unit, repainted & new 

kitchen – $300pw 

3 b/r + sunroom, semi-rural single 

carport – $425pw 

TYAGARAH 

Converted Dairy bails, furnished 

self contained, 2 b/r – $300pw 

COMMERCIAL 

BURRINGBAR ST. –Old State 

Bank Building, ground fl oor, 

191m2, CBD – $699pw 

Julie or Nicci Phone: 6684 3301 

79 Burringbar St Mullumbimby 2482 


Commercial $1260pm 

BAYSIDE 

3br house, water inc. $410pw 

3br house $400pw 

OCEAN SHORES 



NORTH OCEAN SHORES 

1br unit $250pw 


BILLINUDGEL 

Rural studio $270pw 


SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH 

4br house $820pw NEG 

TYAGARAH 

2br cottage $300pw 

OPEN HOUSE TIMES ARE 

AVAILABLE, PLEASE CALL 

L.J. Hooker Brunswick Heads 

6685 0177 

5/16 The Terrace, Brunswick Heads 

THE STRENGTH OF 

TEAMWORK... 

THE REPUTATION OF 

OUR RESULTS! 

Bangalow $500 pw 

Gorgeous timber cottage. 3 br, 1 bath. 

Can be utilised as home business. 

Walk to town. Available mid Dec. 

NEW LISTING Bangalow $620 pw 

Renovated 1920s home, 3 br, 1 bath. 

Dishwasher, gas cooking. Spacious, 

light, cool & airy. Avail mid Jan 2013. 


Brand new executive style villa with 3 br, 

2 bath, DLUG. Gas cooking, dishwasher, 

tiled fl oor throughout. Avail 10/01/13. 


Brand new executive style, split level 

townhouse. 3 br, 2 bath, DLUG, timber 

fl oors. Prime location. Avail 10/01/13. 

NEW LISTING Federal $1,200 pw 

Hinterland Paradise. 4 br, 3 bath, 

4 car garage. Set on 7.8 ha with 

inground pool. Avail 5th Dec 2012. 

NEW LISTING Byron Bay $430 pw 

3 bed, 1 bath SLUG. Walk to Tallow 

Beach. Freshly painted, new kitchen/ 

bath. Pets OK. Avail 21st Dec. 

NEW LISTING Byron Bay $2,000 pw 

Absolute Luxury & Complete Privacy. 

4 br, 3 bath. State of the art design. 

Plunge pool. Avail now. 

NEW LISTING Byron Bay $2,500 pw 

Complete Privacy & Absolute 

Luxury. 4 br, 3 bath, plunge pool. 

Architect designed home. Avail now. 

6687 2479 

bangalowrealestate.com.au 

O.SHORES 1br, s-c, brand new cottage, 

suit sgle, prof working person, no pets, d/f, 

pref no kids, $260pw. 0412499399 

LENNOX lovely 3br, 2 bthrm home, wood 

fl oors, avail now, $440pw. 0413713815 

S-C FLAT above main house. Own 

access, balcony, large br, 2 sink bthrm, 

kitchen + microwave, dbl hotplate, 1/2 

fridge & court yard. No smokers or pets. 

All inclusive $365pw couple, $345pw 

single, avail Jan. Ph 0432966061 

BYRON HILLS 3br, 1 bathroom house, 

$460pw. Ph 0448030344 

MULLUM 2br house with caravan for 

extra space, avail 13 Jan, $330pw plus 

bond. Ph 0406641919 

COUNTRY HOME perfect for loving 

family or conscious friends. Spacious, 

calm, organic, views, decks, summer 

breezes, abundant spring & rain water, 

8 mins from Mullum. Lge open kitchen, 

3br, no pets $450pw. Now avail. 66845003 

YALLAKOOL DRIVE, OCEAN SHORES 

– $380pw 

Partly furnished, 3 B/R, 1 Bth, SLUG 

Available: 21st January 2013 

RUSKIN STREET – $480pw 

2 B/R, 2 Bths, Secure Car park 

Available: 11th January 2013 

1A OODGEROO GARDENS – $490pw 

3 B/R, 1 Bth, SLUG 


FERGUSON COURT, BANGALOW – 

$585pw 

4 B/R, 2 Bths, Large Deck/Yard 


6680 8111 

RURAL 

2 Bed + Sunroom avail 30/01/13 

$350 p/w 

3 Bed House avail early Jan 2013 

$360 p/w 

MULLUMBIMBY – COMMERCIAL 

Com Offi ces – 81 m2 avail with 

30 days notice 

Com Offi ces – 157.7 m2 Burringbar St 

Retail Shop - 60m2, Burringbar St. 

Industrial – Large range of 

Industrial Units available to lease. 

61 Burringbar Street 

Mullumbimby NSW 2482 

Ph: 6684 2663 Fax: 6684 1699 

markcochrane.com.au 

Bangalow 

Greenfrog Ln, Bangalow – $400 pw 

Fully furnished 2 bed, plus sleep-out 

duplex. Avail mid Jan 

Kinvara Ridge Rd, Knockrow – 

$450 pw 

3 bed, 1 bath cottage, double 

carport, views. Avail Now 

Arthur Rd, Corndale – $475 pw 

3 bed plus loft, 1 bath, in-ground 

pool. No pets. Avail Now 

Fernleigh Rd, Fernleigh – $580 pw 

4 bed, 2 bath, 2 living areas, shed, 

in-ground pool. Avail mid Dec 

Bangalow Industrial Estate – 

$3693 + GST/Outgoings pm 

Large approx 200 sqm warehouse 

+ 200 sqm covered. Avail mid Jan. 

WE HAVE STRONG DEMAND FOR RENTAL 

PROPERTIES IN BANGALOW, PHONE US 

TO DISCUSS YOUR PROPERTY 

For more available rental properties go to 

www.eldersbangalow.com.au 

19a Byron Street, Bangalow 

02 6687 1500 


TAYLORS LANE, EWINGSDALE 

$370PW 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom – 

studio. Available now 

PACIFIC HIGHWAY, MCLEODS 

SHOOT $400 PW 2 bedroom, 1 

bathroom – 2x yurts. Available now 

BANGALOW ROAD, BYRON BAY 

$580 PW 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom 

– house. Available now 

CORKWOOD CRESCENT, SUFFOLK 

PARK $600 PW 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom 

– house. Available now 

PATERSON STREET, BYRON BAY 

$750 PW 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom 

– house Available 3 Jan 2013 

KINGSLEY STREET, BYRON BAY 

$950 PW 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms 

– house. Available 18 Jan 2013 

Ray White Rental Centre 

3/47 Byron Street, Byron Bay 

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YOUR OWN SPACE trees, river, beach, 

large caravan with cabin attached, 

covered deck, gas stove, fridge, 

microwave, $175pw, long term lease or 

rent to buy. Ph 66805789 or 0423857490 

MAIN ARM beautiful large 3br open-plan 

house, incl large farm shed, $460pw. 

Phone 0438770783 

BYRON , clean, cute, semi-furnished, 

sunny & stylish, private s/c studio with 

small courtyard for n/s, considerate 

individual seeking long term lease, no 

pets, $280pw incl bills. 0415573433 

STUDIO basic but lovely, 7 min Mullum, 

on friendly farm/community, no pets, n/s, 

d/f $195pw incl WiFi & elect + bond. 

Phone 0431702354 

BYRON 3br timber house, open-plan, 

verandahs, yard. 1km Tallow Beach, 2km 

town, $540pw. 0438728271 after 6pm. 

OCEAN SHORES 

2br unit, built-ins, carport $260pw 


Bedsitter (2 rooms) $150pw 

2br unit, timber fl oor, SLUG $330pw 

2br unit, river view, deck $330pw 

Commercial - Billinudgel 

Shops/studio var sizes from $120pw 

NO PETS UNLESS SPECIFIED 

www.siwickirealestate.com.au 

Siwicki Real Estate 17 Fingal St 

Brunswick Heads. Ph 66851206 

STUDIO unfurn , 1km from Byron 

CBD $230pw incl elect. 66807625 or 

0405834942 

COUPLE WANTED to exchange 

housekeeping/child-minding/gardening 

for beautiful self-cont, fully-furn apartment 

in Ewingsdale. Ph Susi 0402704332 

MULLUM 1br studio in town. $260pw + 

elec. No pets. Ph 66846760 

STH GOLDEN BEACH new detached 1br 

fl at + deck, overlooking canal, off-street 

parking, quiet, n/s, $250. 0431213774 

OCEAN SHORES f-f, s-c studio, $200pw 

incl elec, aircon, courtyard. 0419550282 

SUFFOLK PARK 1br designer studio, kit/ 

dining, lge bthrm. Suit prof sgle/cple, no 

pets, n/s. $300pw sgle/$320pw cple incl 

bills & WiFi. Ph 0420855944 

BYRON 2br t’house, f-furn, quiet, 3 min 

walk CBD/beach, $520pw. View today 

5.30pm or by appointment. 0415092964 

WANTED TO RENT 

GRANNY FLAT/UNIT/ROOM furn, 

middle-aged male, n/smoker, n/drinker, 

clean, O.Shores area. Ph 0457760086 

NTH OCEAN SHORES/SGB family home 

3br, 2 bthrm, exc refs, 16 yrs local family 

1 gorgeous 12yo girl, req asap. 66840320 

Sarah. Please leave msg. Long term only 

STABLE RELIABLE LOCAL TENANTS 

seek 3-4br plus liveable outbuilding. Ph 

66808359 or 0466995485 

RESPONSIBLE MEDITATOR seeks 

separate & private, 1-2br. 0466995485 

TO LEASE 

STREET FRONTAGE STUDIO to share 

in Byron Art & Industry Estate, 136sqm, 

great location $185pw. Ph 0415551478 

SHOPFRONT STUDIO Billinudgel. 

Siwicki Real Estate 66851206 

BYRON THERAPY ROOM AVAIL in 

massage centre, suit complementary 

therapist with own clients. 0411114344 

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Byron A & I, 20sqm - $84pw. 

Phone Silva 0402909193 

STREET FRONTAGE STUDIO to share 

in Byron Art & Industry Estate, 136sqm, 

great location $185pw. Ph 0415551478 

POSITIONS VACANT 

WARNING 

The Department of Fair Trading 

has warned people to be very careful 

about responding to advertisements 

offering work at home. Readers should 

be wary if asked to pay money upfront 

for employment opportunities and never 

send money to a post offi ce box 

GOOD DRIVERS WANTED NOW 

Shifts avail for taxi, coach & hire cars. 

Full training provided. Ph BH 66855008 

email: info@byronbaytaxis.com 

MODELS 18+ years required. Nude 

female for Picture and People magazines. 

No experience required. All shapes and 

sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good 

money. Professional accredited ACP 

photographer. Ph 0413627846 

INDIAN/TANDOORI COOK for Billi 

Indian. Call 0402682693 

CHEF 

Top Shop Byron Bay 

requires a full-time Chef 

and a full-time Barista 

Please drop in resume to 

the Top Shop 

6685 6495 

CHEFS wanted, senior positions. 

Also pizza chef for busy Lennox 

Head restaurant. FT/PT. Great career 

opportunity. Please phone 0439302898 

UTOPIA CAFE 

requires a qualifi ed chef, 1st & 2nd year 

apprentice & kitchen hand for busy Cafe 

in Bangalow. Must be experienced & 

available on weekends. Ph 66872088 

or resume to: cafe@utopiacafe.com.au 

HAIR STYLIST 

Must be passionate & experienced. 

Great team environment. Send resume 

to hairbeauty@sulisbyron.com.au 

EXP SHIFT SUPERVISOR / MANAGER 

Also exp Barista wanted for busy coastal 

restaurant @ Lennox Head 0401786181 

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT p/t voluntary 

role on feature doc. Data, media, 

publicity, fi nance. Must be web savvy. 

twodegreesmovie.com Email for job 

description: angepalmer@gtfi lms.com.au 

GREENKEEPER to maintain single 

bowling green for playing condition. 

Phone 0438771613 

MASSAGE THERAPIST 

to work in busy massage tent at 

Woodford Folk Festival. 66846982 Masti 

EXPERIENCED CHEF DE PARTIE 

One-hat restaurant. Good $$$. Resident 

of local region preferred. 

Please forward resume by email only to 

coorabell.gm@peppers.com.au 

WAITPERSON required, One hat 

restaurant, experience necessary, send 

resume to: raes@wategos.com.au 

FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST Byron 

Bay Tourist Village, RMS booking 

system experience essential. Email to 

touristvillage@byronbayresorts.com 

COUPLE WANTED to exchange 

housekeeping/child-minding/gardening 

for beautiful self-cont, fully-furn apartment 

in Ewingsdale. Ph Susi 0402704332 

MATURE BARISTA required to join the 

team at Twisted Sista Cafe. Please only 

call if you have experience. Ph 66856810 

CASUAL WORK for salesperson with 

retail experience in women’s clothing to 

do markets & festivals. Send resume & 

photo to: sheripiccone@hotmail.com 

NGUNYA JARJUM 

ABORIGINAL CHILD AND 

FAMILY NETWORK INC 

Ngunya Jarjum is the fi rst Aboriginal Out of Home Care Service in NSW 

to be accredited for 5 years by the Offi ce of the Children’s Guardian. We 

are able to offer exciting career opportunities to anyone with the skills and 

dedication to join our care management team. We are a dynamic service in 

the process of signifi cantly increasing our capacity to enable us to provide 

additional care placements for our children, families and communities. 

EXPERIENCED ATSI CASEWORKER 

Full-time permanent position 

LISMORE 

Ngunya Jarjum is seeking to employ an Aboriginal worker for our Out-of- 

Home Care program with a minimum of 3-5 years experience in Casework 

Practice in the OOHC Child Protection fi eld. 

Salary: A generous remuneration package plus superannuation, leave 

loading and including a generous salary sacrifi cing arrangement will be 

negotiated. 

Closing date: Friday 11th January 2013. 

Contact: Lenore Marlowe, Chief Executive Offi cer on 02 6626 3700 to 

obtain an information package or for more information. 

C# / ASP.NET / SQL SERVER DEVELOPER 

Required for generation of Web Services and 

XML transformation/import/export 

EScIS is currently undergoing substantial development for its 

leading ESdat package, and to meet peak workload a developer 

is required for a 4 month contract, based in Ballina, with the 

possibility of extension. 

For more information see: www. 

escis.com.au/Careers.aspx 

Teacher Assistant Primary Craft 

(Woodwork, Ceramics, etc.) �� 

Teacher Assistant Primary 

(General Duties) �� 

For details please refer to our website �� 

Applications close 14th January 2013 

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MANAGER AND/OR NIGHTMANAGER 

wanted for small guesthouse, great 

location and staff. Computer and 

housekeeping skills necessary for 

manager role, with option to live on site. 

Competitive salary. Night manager no 

required experience, maintenance skills 

pref. Email resume.byronbay@gmail.com 

WORK WANTED 

LOCAL GUYS 20yrs exp landscaping, 

gardens & lawns, paving, tiling, ute. Jobs 

under $1100. Phone 0432401334 

DECKS, PERGOLAS all carpentry needs. 

Under $1100. Free quotes. 0427196962 

LAWNS & GARDENS 

ride-on/mowing, brush-cutting, pruning, 

tip runs etc. 0430297101 or 66845437 

CARER AVAILABLE live in, middle-aged 

male, non-smoker, non-drinker, Ocean 

Shores area. Phone 0457760086 

Window Cleaner 

20 yrs exp. Ph Tony 0429948662 

CONSCIOUS NANNY & 

CHILDMINDER 

Phone 0405933949 

LIVE-IN WORK WANTED nanny, 

housekeeper, cook, admin skills, great 

refs, first aid, police check, cheerful, 

honest & hardworking. Ph 0406602729 

DO YOU NEED A DRIVER? $25/hr, my 

car, min 2hrs. Ph 66844884 

LAWN MOWING 50/hr Mullum, min 1hr. 

I also look after your garden while you 

holiday 30/hr. Experienced, fast, reliable. 

Tai 66843084, 0404412220 

TUITION 

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Eva 66846760 

www.languagetuitionbyron.com.au 

PIANO FOR KIDS 

Lessons young beginners. Ph 66872511 

Teach English Overseas 

6 week part-time TAFE TESOL 

course run at Byron Ind 

Estate for people wanting to 

teach English overseas. 

Course starts: 

11 February 2013 

For more information 

contact Ballina TAFE on 

66818923 or email penelope. 

beaumont@tafensw.edu.au 

1300 NCTAFE (62 8233) 

northcoast.tafensw.edu.au 


 

NC483839

STUDY NOW AND PAY LATER 

Diploma of Beauty Therapy 

Gold Coast Training Academy’s first-class Diploma 

of Beauty Therapy is now VET Fee-Help approved. 

For more information and application 

details contact: 

Phone: 07 5535 2827 

Email: enquiries@gcta.com.au 

WWW.GCTA.EDU.AU 

Apply First Aid 

HLTFA 301C 

Workcover accredited 1 day course, 

CPR and refreshers welcome. 

Experienced instructor, Mullum. 

Next course Sun 16 Dec 

Serge or Tara. 66804066, 0427107255 

LEARN PHOTOSHOP & INDESIGN 

from a professional graphic artist. 

Get the tools you need for a job in the 

publishing industry. Beginners classes 

$30/half hour min 3 classes. 

Ph 0409974877 

MUSICAL NOTES 

BYRON SOUND LOUNGE rehearsals, 

recording & PA hire. Ph 66808938 

PIANO TUNER 

Restorer, repairer & retailer since 1981. 

Ph Dr Fred Cole 0412216019 or 

www.specialtypianos.com.au 

PIANO TUNING 

Tuner for Planet Music, Studio 301 & 

SAE College. R. Barkley. 0422221116 

www.reubenbarkleypianotuning.com.au 

Recording, Photography & Video 

packages in Byron Bay studio 

What you get: Three hours (two hours 

recording, one hour mixing). 

1-3 songs HD recorded, with video and 

photo shoot. Mixed to wav, mp3 and 

mov fi les. 

Starts from only $300. Special $150 

for enrolled students. For showreel visit 

www.doublebassment.com 

BECHSTEIN Model V Grand Piano, 

Brazilian Rosewood case, professionally 

restored with new action, strings, tuning 

pins & re-crowned sound board. Original 

ivory key tops. Beautiful warm rich tone, 

$35,000. Phone 0412216019 

MAPEX DRUM KITS NOW IN 

STORE! 

Prodigy series inc cymbals and stool. These 

are the best entry level kit on the market. 

Rec Retail is $599 Our Price $499. 

Horizon Series- 

Rec Retail $999. Our Price $799 

Meridian Series- 

Rec Retail $1399. Our Price $999 

Also Mapex stools and hardware 

in stock now 

Killer Guitars and Amps, always in stock 

Online prices, In-store service. GO LOCAL! 

The Old Norco Building, 

144 Jonson St, across from Mitre 10. 

Phone 02 6685 7333 

www.byronmusic.com.au 

www.facebook.com/byronmusicshop 

LOST & FOUND 

FOUND boys bike at Lennox Head. 

Phone 0411530670, 66874463 

FOUND yellow painter bucket with rollers 

inside. Possum Shoot, Friday. 66849138 

BIRTHDAYS 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

HAYLEY ‘Hailstorm’ EGAN 

Love heaps from all your fi shy friends. 

Lots of kisses & hugs 

Our 

Ange 

Happy 

birthday! 

love the 

Echo crew 

mwah! 

FUNERAL NOTICES 

RAIN IRELAND 

Friday 14th 9.30am, Civic Hall, 

Dalley St, Mullumbimby. 

Please bring a fl ower & a candle . 

DEATH NOTICES 

DEEMS JACKSON EDEN 

Age 44 years 

Father, son, brother 

30/7/68 - 23/11/12 

RETURN THANK YOU 

SANDY LAVERTY 

(George Albert) 

17th June 1941 – 20th September 2012 

Sandy’s family would like to sincerely 

thank all his family and friends for 

their kindness and support during 

his extended battle with cancer 

and the overwhelming support, 

cooking, fl owers, cards and comfort 

since his passing. Special thanks to 

Drs Bowles and Pelmore and the 

Palliative Care Nurses. Your care and 

support will always be remembered. 

Please accept this as our personal 

thanks. Gae, Peter & Terri, Matthew, 

Cheryl, Blake & Mikalah and the 

Laverty Family. 

PETS 

WIGGLES 

1997-2012 

Beloved loyal canine companion of 

Fay and Hannah Goodchild 

Long time Mullum resident and roamer 

Missed and mourned 

PETS FOR LIFE ANIMAL SHELTER 

Tipsy and Spotty think that it is 

high time to get the message out. 

They want to be adopted, as do 

their other kitten and adult 

friends. Getting warm in the 

shelter now, and these lovely 

kittens are ready and waiting to 

enjoy family life with you ! 

Friendly, socialised and 

affectionate ( and very amusing). 

What more could you ask for ! 

Tabby and ginger/white. They also 

have some great young adult 

friends. Drop in and meet them ! 

All cats are desexed, vaccinated 

and microchipped 

Please make an appointment 

0403 533 589 Billinudgel 

petsforlifeanimalshelter.org 

ruby 

Ruby is a light grey tortoiseshell 

with the prettiest blue eyes and Siamese 

features. She has a beautiful nature and 

is extremely affectionate with people – 

she doesn’t seem to like other cats 

however. Ruby loves attention and is 

very excited to find a new, loving home. 

To meet Ruby, visit the Cat Adoption 

Centre at 124 Dalley St, Mullumbimby. 

Open Tues 

2.30-4.30pm, Thurs 

3-5pm and Sat 10-12 

noon. Call AWL on 

6684 4070. 

COMPANION ANIMALS WELFARE INC. 

Max 

This well behaved little man is 

11yrs young. Spritely as ever, a 

genuine companion dog. Loves 

to romp around the yard but just 

as happy keeping you company 

in the house. Maltese x Poodle in 

good health – Max’s owner has had 

move to a nursing home and Max is 

missing his Mum. 

New home needed 

asap. $80 adopt fee. 

www.cawi.org.au ph 

0458461935 

BOUTIQUE ACCOM FOR DOGS 

Home away from home, Byron Shire, 

safe nurturing environment, lots of 

exercise and 2 mins to doggy beach. 

Phone 66859963 or 0418221637 

Many have 

tried to 

copy us 

BUT 

there 

is 

only 

Ginger 

Necktar! 

BEAUTIFUL PUPPIES 6 weeks old, 

Schnauzer x Terrier, vacc, wormed & vet 

checked, 2 m & 1 f, $400. 0412908494 

PERSONAL 

ARE YOU FEMALE like dancing and 

travel? I am searching for you as a partner 

and travel companion. I am early 70s 

travelling in my own motorhome. N/s, n/d. 

Please call John 0425240538 

ONLY ADULTS 

BEST BODY RUB ANYWHERE 

Byron area, Wed/Thurs/Fri, in-calls. 

Don’t miss out. 0459108821 

LADIES URGENTLY REQUIRED 

at Lismore’s premium adult venue. 

Top $s, free food & accommodation. 

New female management. 66225533 

Experience real 

SEXUAL CONNECTION 

Last longer, feel more 

Men, women & couples welcome. 

Phone Annette 0437966696 

EXCEPTIONAL 

Sensual stimulating touch by attractive 

attentive lady. Tweed area. 0498073208 

AUSSIE BABE busty red-head, no 

private numbers. Call Amber 0487353989 

TOUCH OF JUSTINE 

Want quality attention? 

Luscious massage & sensual touch 

Stylish hot fi t bi 30 yo 

Wed & Thurs only. Ph/txt 0407013347 

THE DRINK, TO DRINK, FOR LIFE 

THE GINGER NECKTAR DRINK COMPANY PTY LTD 

Boots 

Boots is a handsome little desexed 

Pomeranian boy. He is two years old, as 

bright as a button and loves life generally. 

He is a little timid with strangers at fi rst but 

with a doggy treat soon becomes your best 

pal. He is perfectly house-trained and would 

love a new forever home. If you can give 

Boots a permanent, loving home, please 

phone the: 

Friends of the Pound Rehoming Centre 

on 07 5524 8590 or Pam on 0421017461. 

Visit friendsofthepound.com to view 

other dogs and cats looking for homes. 

FEMALES 18+ 

Part-time for 

sensual massage at 

gentlemen’s relaxation 

centre, lower Gold 

Coast. Enthusiastic 

& well-groomed. 

Phone Grace 

0438 573 677 

SOFT HANDS warm oil, sensual 

massage, mature & discreet. 0413696680 

MIND BLOWING EXOTIC BODY WORK 

& erotic prostate massage. Men, have 

you ever had a G-spot orgasm? 

See: Touch of Justine 0407013347 

SOCIAL ESCORTS 

BYRON AREA OUTCALLS. Phone 

0421401775 

SEXY ESCORT 

Outcalls only. 0478109345 

ATTRACTIVE HOSTESS TO SPOIL 

YOU 34 Piper Drive, Ballina, 10am till 

late. Phone 66816038 

Find Echo 

Classifi eds on 

Echonetdaily 

every day 

Rethink on environmental 

powers transfer is ‘encouraging’ 

Reports that Prime Minister Julia Gillard has stepped back from 

a COAG proposal to hand federal environmental powers to the 

states are encouraging, but must be matched by a commitment 

to rule out similar proposals in future, according to the Nature 

Conservation Council of NSW. 

‘Th is ill-conceived proposal would have left Australia with 

a threadbare patchwork of inconsistent and ineff ective environmental 

protections,’ said Pepe Clarke, NCC chief executive 

offi cer. 

‘It is encouraging to see that common sense may have prevailed 

for the time being, but we will be seeking a commitment 

from government to categorically rule out similar moves in 

future.’ 

Mr Clarke said the federal government should now act to 

remove the provisions of the Environmental Protection and 

Biodiversity Conservation Act that would still enable such a 

transfer to occur. ‘Th is is the only way the community can be 

confi dent that this ill-considered and dangerous proposal will 

not be resurrected,’ Mr Clarke said. 

‘Th ere is very broad support in the community for the Commonwealth 

to retain these powers. Polling by Lonergan Research 

released last month found that 85 per cent of Australians 

believed the federal government should be able to block or make 

changes to major projects that could damage the environment. 

‘Now, more than ever, we need the federal government to safeguard 

our state’s environment from the excesses of state-sponsored 

development. It’s extraordinary that Premier O’Farrell 

claimed that he was ready to sign an agreement with the Commonwealth, 

guaranteeing that federal environmental standards 

would be maintained. 

‘In fact, his government is currently proposing fundamental 

changes to the NSW planning system that will allow most developments 

to be approved without full environmental assessment 

or any public consultation.’ 

EMERGENCY NUMBERS 

Please stick this by your phone 

AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE .............................................................. 000 

AMBULANCE Mullumbimby & Byron Bay .................................131 233 

BRUNSWICK VALLEY RESCUE Primary rescue ........................6685 1999 

BRUNSWICK MARINE RADIO TOWER ...................................6685 0148 

MULLUMBIMBY HOSPITAL ......................................................6684 2266 

BYRON BAY HOSPITAL ............................................................6685 6200 

POLICE Brunswick Heads .......................................................6685 1277 

Mullumbimby ..............................................................6684 2144 

Byron Bay ...................................................................6685 9499 

Bangalow ....................................................................6687 1404 

STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE Storm & tempest damage, flooding .6684 3444 

AIDS Confidential testing & information (ACON) ................................6622 1555 

AL-ANON Help for family & friends of alcoholics ...................... 1300 ALANON 

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 24 hours ...............................1800 423 431 

ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGS & CATS) .........................................6628 1358 

LIFELINE .........................................................................................131 114 

MENSLINE 7pm–11pm nightly (phone counselling & referral for men)..6622 2240 

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Meets daily ....................................6680 7280 

NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE ..................................................6684 1286 

NORTHERN RIVERS GAMBLING SERVICE ...........................6687 2520 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ...............................1800 656 463 

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS Meet 7.30pm Tuesdays 

at Byron Hospital Group Room, Shirly St, Byron Bay ......................0466 885 820 

NORTHERN RIVERS WILDLIFE CARERS...............................6628 1866 

KOALA HOTLINE........................................................6622 1233 

GEORGE THE SNAKE MAN.................................................0407 965 092 

NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES) ..........6628 1898 

Squash 

containers 


 

Don’t 

break 

glass 

Rinse and 

clean all 

bottles 

and cans 

Remove lids, 

caps, corks 

and tops 

Flatten 

boxes 

Don’t put 

recyclables in 

plastic bags 

CHECK IT 

CLEAN IT 

RECYCLE IT

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Byron Shire COUNCIL NOTICES 

COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS 

Council administration centre 6626 7000 

Opening hours: Front counter 9.00am to 4.00pm 

Switchboard: 8.30am to 4.30pm 

Email council@byron.nsw.gov.au 

Web www.byron.nsw.gov.au 

Emergency after hours 6622 7022 

Works Depot 6685 9300 

Resident parking stickers Fax: 6684 3018 

Sportsfi eld information line 6626 7111 

SES Controller 6684 3444 

Rural Fire Service 6684 3662 

Myocum Waste & Recycling Centre 6684 1870 

Community Access Points: Documents on exhibition are available 

for review at the Council Administration Centre (Mullumbimby), 

Bangalow Post Offi ce, Ocean Shores Community Gallery, Suffolk 

Beachfront Holiday Park and Libraries. 

PROPOSED FEES AND CHARGES 

Public Health Act 2010 and 

Public Health Regulation 2012 

In accordance with the Local Government Act 1993 Section 610(f), 

Council at its Ordinary Meeting held on 25 October 2012, resolved 

to advertise the proposed fees and charges as listed below, to allow 

for public submissions: 

Public Health Act 2010 and 

Public Health Regulation 2012 2012/13 

Application Fee New 100.00 

Certifi cate of Registration 

Amendment to Registration 

New 35.00 

Includes re-issue of certifi cate of Registration New 55.00 

Inspection of premises New 250.00 

(min charge – half hour $70.00) 

Re-inspection fee 

New 140.00 hr 

Minimum charge – half hour $125.00 

Maximum charge – 2 hours $500.00 

125.00 ½hr 

excluding time spent travelling 

Improvement Notice or Prohibition Order under 

New 500.00 2hrs 

Public Health Act 2010 before 1 July 2013 New 

Premises with a regulated system 

In any other case (Refer to clause 96(4) 

500.00 

of the Regulations) 250.00 

The Proposed Fees and Charges for Public Health Act 2010 and 

Public Health Regulation 2012 are on exhibition for a period of 28 

days and are available at community access points around the Shire 

or on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/public-exhibition. 

Submissions should be in writing and addressed to the General 

Manager, Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482 

or sent by email to submissions@byron.nsw.gov.au. Emailed 

submissions to this address only will be acknowledged. 

Submissions Close: 4.00pm 18 December 2012 

Enquiries: Jon Rushforth 02 6626 7040 

Submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 

Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) within Schedule 5 Part 2 of the GIPA 2009 

Regulations as applicable including both the substance of the 

objection and the identity of the objector. For assistance with this 

please call Council’s Records Coordinator on 02 6626 7113. 

COUNCIL’S EARLY CLOSURE 

Council advises that its offi ces will be closed from 3.00pm Friday 14 

December 2012 to allow staff to attend their Christmas party. 

For emergencies please contact 02 6626 7022. 

Council apologises for any inconvenience. 

HOLIDAY CLOSING 

Council advises that the Administration offi ces will be closed from 

4.00pm Monday 24 December 2012 and will reopen at 9.00am 

Wednesday 2 January 2013. 

For emergencies please contact 02 6626 7022. 

Byron Shire Council extends Seasons Greetings to all the 

community. 

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE 

Mullumbimbi Street Brunswick Heads 

19 December 2012 

Under the provisions of the Roads Act 1993, Council has approved 

the temporary closure of Mullumbimbi Street, Brunswick Heads 

between Park Street and The Terrace. The closure is approved for 

the annual Twilight Markets held near the river foreshore. 

Traffi c control and detours will be in place during the duration of the 

road closure which is effective on Wednesday 19 December 2012 

between 12 noon and 12 midnight. 

Enquiries: 02 6626 7080 

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT ACT, 1979 

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS 

Council is in receipt of the following Development Application(s). 

Byron Shire Council is the Consent Authority. Any person may 

view the application(s) and the documents accompanying the 

application(s) at Council’s Information and Enquiry Counter, Station 

Street, Mullumbimby from 9.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday 

(public holidays excepted). Any submission needs to be received by 

4.00pm on the last day of the exhibition period. 

Any person may make a written submission to the General Manager 

in relation to any of the development applications. Where the 

submission is by way of an objection the submission must set out 

the grounds of the objection. 

If you are making a submission you may be required to lodge, now 

or possibly in the future, a “Political Donations and Gifts Disclosure 

Statement”. It is your responsibility to ensure you meet your 

obligations to disclose reportable political donations and gifts. A 

failure to meet your obligations is an offence the penalty for which 

can include signifi cant fi nes and/or imprisonment. A Guideline 

providing detailed information on the disclosure obligations is 

available at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/political-donations or from 

Council. Council strongly urges you to read the Guideline and satisfy 

yourself that you are complying with your disclosure obligations 

prior to lodging a submission. All Political Donations and Gifts 

Disclosure Statements will be public documents and all information 

contained in them will be available to the public and government 

agencies. 

Submissions will be made public in accordance with Schedule 1 

Part 3 Clause 1(a)(vi) of the GIPA Regulations 2009 as applicable 

including both the substance of the objection and the identity of 

the objector. For assistance with this please call Council’s Records 

Coordinator on 02 6626 7113. 

Council will not deal with the application until after the exhibition 

period has expired. All submissions will be taken into account in 

determining the application. 

Please quote the development application and property description 

when making a submission. 

EXHIBITION CLOSES 24 DECEMBER 2012 

10.2012.545.1 – EWINGSDALE 

156 Parkway Drive (Lot 1 DP 792532) 

Ms S M Nardi: Subdivision to create three lots 

10.2012.549.1 – BYRON BAY 

25 Gordon Street (Lot 4 Sec 40 DP 758207) 

Ms J M Leone and Mr P S Taylor: Dual occupancy and strata 

subdivision 

10.2012.555.1 – BANGALOW 

9 Station Street (Lot 1 DP 123326) 

Gordon Highlands Pty Ltd: Demolition of existing dwelling and 

garage, erection of a four storey mixed residential and commercial 

building including eight dwellings (Residential fl at building), three 

shops and basement car parking for 18 vehicles 

10.2012.563.1 – MULLUMBIMBY 

47 Tuckeroo Avenue (Lot 7 DP 1169053) 

Ms A J Mylrea: Detached dual occupancy (two storeys) 

10.2012.149.1 – MULLUMBIMBY - Revised Plans Received 

27 Station Street (Lot 3,4,5 DP 727348 & Lot 34 DP 2772) 

Chris Lonergan – Town Planner: Medium density development 

consisting of fi ve units 

5.1991.192.3 – BANGALOW 

1A Granuaille Crescent (Lot 1 DP 615602) 

B Ferrier: S96 - to amend consent for a replacement building in 

same location (tourist facility) 

10.2012.561.1 – TALOFA 

Bangalow Road (Lot 1 DP 869547) 

Ms A Hicks: Change of use from expanded house to dual occupancy 

dwelling 

10.2012.565.1 – OCEAN SHORES 

5 Yackatoon Court (Lot 495 DP 238451) 

Chris Lonergan – Town Planner: Change of use of garage to 

secondary dwelling 

SECTION 356 DONATION GRANTED 

Under Section 356 of the Local Government Act 1993 - “A council 

may, in accordance with a resolution of the council, contribute 

money or otherwise grant fi nancial assistance to persons for the 

purpose of exercising its functions.” 

Council wishes to advise that at its Ordinary Meeting held on 8 

November 2012 it resolved to grant the following donation made 

from the 2012/13 Mayor’s Discretionary Allowance: 

Name Purpose Donation 

Amount 

Mullumbimby Hospital Auxiliary Purchase of one 

digital television $295 

Enquiries: Gayle McCallum 02 6626 7045 

www.byron.nsw.gov.au 

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT (EP&A) ACT 

(SECTION 101 EP&A ACT 1979 AND CLAUSE 124 AND 137 

EP&A REGULATIONS 2000) 

Development Applications Determined and 

Complying Development Certifi cates Issued 

The following development consents and complying development 

certifi cates, together with any conditions imposed, may be inspected free 

of charge at Council’s Information and Enquiry Counter, Station Street, 

Mullumbimby during normal offi ce hours 9.00am to 4.00pm weekdays, 

excluding public holidays. The validity of these consents cannot be 

questioned in any legal proceeding except those commenced in the Land 

& Environment Court by any person within 3 months of this notice. 

APPLICATIONS APPROVED 

10.2012.451.1 – NEW BRIGHTON 

3 Gaggin Street (Lot 322 DP 755687) 

Alterations/additions to existing dwelling-house and construction of 

a studio (staged consent) 

10.2012.471.1 – BANGALOW 

6/174 Fowlers Lane (Lot 6 DP 286220) 

Relocated single storey dwelling, alterations/additions to dwelling 

and construction of a detached carport 

10.2012.327.2 – POSSUM CREEK 

599 Friday Hut Road (Lot 2 DP 586513) 

S96 – to amend bushfi re conditions (Conditions 2 and 6) (use of 

unauthorised dwelling and onsite sewerage management system) 

10.2012.452.1 – CLUNES 

1135 Booyong Road (Lot 7 DP 785272) 

Single storey dwelling 

10.2012.438.1 – SUFFOLK PARK 

249 Broken Head Road (Lot 4 DP 802745 & Lot 4 DP 245836) 

Two-storey dwelling-house (with swimming pool) 

10.2012.436.1 – BYRON BAY 

3 Marvell Street (Lot 2 SP 83175) 

Change of use to food shop and internal fi t out 

10.2012.425.1 – HAYTERS HILL 

409 Bangalow Road, 483 Bangalow Road (Lot 7 DP 1125308, Lot 

60 DP 1139399) 

Subdivision (boundary adjustment of four allotments) 

10.2012.325.1 – BYRON BAY 

109 Jonson Street (Lot 3 Sec 42 DP 758207) 

Demolition of part of the existing development and construction of 

second and third storey commercial additions 

COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES 

16.2012.45.2 – BYRON BAY 

22 Bangalow Road (Lot 6 DP 22079) 

Minor addition to secondary dwelling (addition to existing garage to 

create secondary dwelling) 

AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS 2013 

Council in conjunction with the 2013 Australia Day Project Reference 

Group is inviting nominations to publicly recognise outstanding 

citizens of Byron Shire. The following Awards will be presented at 

an Australia Day ceremony to be held in Ocean Shores on Saturday 

26 January 2013. 

� Citizen of the Year (no age limit) 

� Young Citizen of the Year (person aged up to 25 years as at 

26/1/13) 

� Senior Sports Person (16 years and over) 

� Junior Sports Person (under 16 years) 

� Community Event of the Year 

� Volunteer of the Year 

� Environmental Volunteer Project of the Year 

Persons may be nominated by individuals, community groups or 

organisations. 

Nomination Forms can be found on Council’s webpage at www. 

byron.nsw.gov.au/australia-day. 

Nominations close: 4.00pm Friday 21 December 2012 

Enquiries: Mila Jones 02 6626 7127 

REQUEST FOR QUOTES 

Interim Cleaning Arrangements at Byron Bay Library 

Council is requesting quotes for cleaning services at the new Byron 

Bay Library, due to open in early February 2013, for the following 

services: 

General cleaning 

Window cleaning 

Quotes can be for one or both of the above services. A site 

inspection will be held on Thursday 10 January 2013. 

Documentation and specifi cations can be obtained from Council’s 

website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/requests-for-quotation. 

Quotes should be in writing and addressed to the General Manager, 

Byron Shire Council, PO Box 219 Mullumbimby 2482. 

Submissions Close: Monday 21 January 2013 

Enquiries: Lisa Brennan 02 6626 7122 

Please note: The canvassing of Councillors or Council staff 

in relation to this request for quote will automatically result in 

disqualifi cation of offending quoters. 

Subscribe to Council’s electronic newsletters at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/newsletters 

48 December 11, 2012 The Byron Shire Echo www.echo.net.au

COUNCIL MEETING 

Ordinary Meeting – 10.30am Thursday 20 December 2012 

Notices of Motion 

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Byron Shire Reserve Trust Committee Meeting – 

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The above listed items may change. Meeting agendas are available 

prior to the meeting on Council’s website at www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ 

meetings, at Council’s administration centre in Mullumbimby and at 

community access points around the Shire. 

Requests for public access on an item in an agenda must be lodged 

with the General Manager or Mayor by 12 midday on the working 

day prior to the meeting. Public Access will be heard at 9.00am on 

the day of the meeting. Please note that Public Access sessions are 

recorded as a result of Council Resolution 08-638. 

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Community Infrastructure Advisory Committee 

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Sport sport@echo.net.au 

Melling is sitting on top of the world 

Lennox Head surfer Adam Melling, pictured on Saturday giving a go at the Steep n Deep, which is actually a photography, not 

surfing, competition, has the world at his feet as the winner of the World Cup of Surfing which was held on Sunset Beach, Hawaii, 

last Wednesday local time. Melling, 27, needed a top-two finish in the four-man final to re-qualify for next year’s world tour and 

in winning the US$250,000 VANS World Cup he has retained a position on the ASP World Tour for 2013, pocketed US$40,000 and 

moved to equal second on the VANS Triple Crown series ratings. Photo ASP– Kelly Cestari. 

From Brazil to Byron with BOOM! 

Story & photo Eve Jeffery 

Having been winged a couple 

of weeks ago, Ben Pietzsch has 

had to tag out of teaching at 

Byron Bay’s MMA gym and 

tag in the big guns – Daniel 

‘Jacaré’ Almeida, 173cm and 84 

kilos of BOOM! 

Ben injured himself during a 

class at the MMA. ‘I was taking 

down one of my students and 

heard a snap. I had to have surgery 

Friday week ago to have it 

reconnected and will be out of 

action for at least 12 weeks.’ 

Ben says that once his shoulder 

has healed he will stay on 

in Byron. ‘We have brought 

Daniel and his family out here 

to Byron to be our permanent 

full-time coach. He is to teach 

his world-class Jiu Jitsu and 

MMA techniques. 

Daniel is from the MMA 

Brazilian School Nova Uniao 

and he is a happy addition to 

the Extreme MMA – Byron 

Bay family. ‘There will be no- 

one of his calibre anywhere on 

the north coast and very few 

like him in Australia. We are 

investing heavily in the curriculum 

and quality of coaching 

at our Byron Bay School and 

only offer world-class instruction 

and the latest in fitness 

and martial arts techniques. 

‘It is great timing that finally 

Daniel arrived on Friday as I 

tore my Pec muscle clean off 

the bone while sparring two 

weeks ago. To have a world- 

class fighter and coach like 

Daniel on our team means that 

Byron Bay and surrounds have 

access to the highest level of 

instruction possible outside of 

Brazil. 

MONTHLY MARKETS 

1st SAT Bruns Heads 6628 4495 

1st SAT Murwillumbah 0417 759 777 

1st SAT Lismore Makers 0407 124 991 

1st SUN Byron Bay 6685 6807 

1st SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 7333 

2nd SUN The Channon 6688 6433 

2nd SUN Lennox Head 6686 2139 

2nd SUN Alstonville 6628 1568 

3rd SAT Mullumbimby 6684 3370 

3rd SAT Murwillumbah 0417 759 777 

3rd SUN Uki 6679 5921 

3rd SUN Lismore Car Boot 6628 7333 

3rd SUN Ballina 6687 4328 

3rd SUN Byron Bay 6685 6807 

4th SUN Bangalow 6687 1911 

4th SUN Nimbin 0458 506 000 

5th SUN Lennox Head 6687 8618 

5th SUN Nimbin 

SATURDAYS 

0458 506 000 

Byron Artisan Market 5-9pm 6685 6807 

FARMERS MARKETS 

Each TUE New Brighton 6677 1345 

Each TUE Organic Lismore 6628 1084 

Each WED 7-11am M’bah 6684 7834 

Each THU 8-11am Byron 6687 1137 

Each FRI 7-11am Mullum 6677 1345 

Each SAT 8-11am Bangalow 6687 1137 

Each SAT 8am-1pm Uki 6679 5530 

Byron Bay Camping & Disposals 

For Redback work boots and tents 

Phone: 6685 8085 

SPORTS RESULTS ARE POSTED ONLINE 

EACH WEEK IN ECHONETDAILY 

Find them on the weather page or go straight to this link: 

http://echonetdaily.echo.net.au/sportsresults2727 

Daily surf reports 

with Rusty Miller! 

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Third quarter December 7 02:32 

New moon December 13 19:42 

First quarter December 20 16:19 

Full moon December 28 21:22 

Day of 

month Sun 

rise Sun 

set Moon 

rise Moon 

set 

DECEMBER 2012 

Astronomical data 

and tides 

High tide, 

height (m) 

Low tide, 

height (m) 

1 S 0540 1929 2131 0732 1031,1.72; 2308,1.28 0401,0.52; 1709,0.37 

2 S 0540 1930 2213 0824 1109,1.69; 2349,1.26 0441,0.54; 1747,0.39 

3 M 0540 1931 2252 0918 1147,1.64 0522,0.57; 1829,0.41 

4 T 0540 1932 2329 1012 0033,1.25; 1230,1.58 0607,0.61; 1912,0.43 

5 W 0540 1932 1107 0122,1.25; 1315,1.52 0659,0.64; 1959,0.45 

6 T 0540 1933 0004 1212 0215,1.28; 1408,1.46 0757,0.67; 2049,0.45 

7 F 0640 1934 0040 1300 0314,1.33; 1509,1.41 0903,0.66; 2142,0.44 

8 S 0640 1934 0116 1359 0412,1.42; 1616,1.38 1015,0.62; 2236,0.41 

9 S 0640 1935 0154 1501 0508,1.53; 1723,1.38 1127,0.53; 2330,0.38 

10 M 0641 1936 0237 1606 0602,1.66; 1827,1.40 1232,0.41 

11 T 0641 1937 0324 1714 0656,1.79; 1927,1.43 0022,0.35; 1332,0.29 

12 W 0641 1937 0417 1821 0748,1.91; 2024,1.45 0115,0.32; 1429,0.18 

13 T 0641 1938 0516 1927 0841,2.00; 2120,1.46 0207,0.30; 1522,0.11 

14 F 0642 1939 0621 2027 0933,2.04; 2215,1.46 0300,0.30; 1615,0.08 

15 S 0642 1939 0728 2122 1026,2.03; 2308,1.45 0354,0.32; 1707,0.09 

16 S 0642 1940 0835 2209 1117,1.96 0448,0.36; 1758,0.14 

17 M 0643 1940 0940 2251 0001,1.43; 1208,1.85 0544,0.41; 1848,0.22 

18 T 0643 1941 1042 2330 0056,1.41; 1259,1.70 0640,0.49; 1938,0.32 

19 W 0644 1941 1141 0150,1.39; 1350,1.54 0738,0.57; 2027,0.40 

20 T 0644 1942 1237 0006 0245,1.39; 1445,1.39 0841,0.63; 2115,0.47 

21 F 0644 1943 1332 0041 0342,1.40; 1545,1.28 0949,0.67; 2203,0.52 

22 S 0645 1943 1426 0115 0437,1.44; 1648,1.21 1100,0.67; 2252,0.55 

23 S 0645 1944 1519 0151 0530,1.48; 1750,1.19 1206,0.63; 2341,0.56 

24 M 0646 1944 1612 0229 0619,1.54; 1846,1.20 1302,0.57 

25 T 0547 1944 1704 0309 0704,1.60; 1934,1.23 0027,0.55; 1347,0.51 

26 W 0547 1945 1754 0352 0745,1.65; 2016,1.26 0109,0.53; 1428,0.44 

27 T 0548 1945 1843 0438 0823,1.70; 2056,1.28 0149,0.52; 1504,0.39 

28 F 0548 1946 1929 0528 0900,1.73; 2132,1.30 0228,0.50; 1539,0.36 

29 S 0549 1946 2012 0620 0936,1.75; 2209,1.32 0306,0.49; 1614,0.34 

30 S 0550 1946 2053 0713 1013,1.75; 2246,1.33 0344,0.48; 1648,0.33 

31 M 0550 1946 2130 0807 1049,1.74, 2325,1.33 0423,0.49; 1723,0.33 

Times Eastern Standard Time. 

Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; 

Brunswick River Hwy Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; 

Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; 

Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 

2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 

min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 

1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. 

Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre. 



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8/3 Glasgow Street, Suffolk Park. 

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Auction 11am Onsite Saturday February 2 

45 Blackbean Road, Wilsons Creek. 

Auction 11am Onsite Saturday February 16 

54 Alidenes Road, Mullumbimby. 

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6687 1500. 

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� Large verandas provide covered 

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Auction 6 February, 2013. 

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Shop 9 (vacant), 41m2, $310,000 

Shop 10 (tenanted), 35m2, $280,000 

Contact 

Tony Farell 0417 212 692 

Peter Yopp 0411 837 330 

LJ Hooker Byron Bay 

6685 7300 

All information contained herein is gathered from sources we consider to be reliable. However we cannot guarantee 

or give any warranty about the information provided and interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries. 

OPEN HOUSE 

Saturday 10.30-11.30am 

YOU COULD BE ON ‘CLOUD NINE’ 

erched high on the Coorabell ridge 

Poverlooking the beautiful Byron Bay 

coastline is this luxurious and tastefully 

renovated split level home on 5 tropical acres. 

Three spacious apartment style bedrooms, all 

with ensuites, capture the tropical ocean 

breeze all year round and keep the holiday 

feeling alive. The modern open plan kitchen 

is fi tted out with quality appliances and 

overlooks comfortable living spaces, complete 

with polished timber fl oors, open fi replace 

and the coastal panorama. Numerous patios 

and verandahs make this home the perfect 

entertainer. 

Many other features, and only 10 minutes to 

the shops, cafes and beaches of Byron Bay 

‘Cloud Nine’ is the perfect lifestyle property 

and well worth a look! 

ljhooker.com.au 

3 3 2 

918 COOLAMON SCENIC DR, COORABELL 

For sale $1,450,000 

Contact Tracy Wild on 0411 668 338 

tracey@scottharveyrealestate.com.au 


62 Mullumbimbi Street 

Auction 

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Contact 

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or give any warranty about the information provided and interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries. 

BANGALOW CHARM 

ou will fall in love with this beautiful 

YBangalow home. Set within a large 

(887 m2) elevated parcel of land this 

charming home comprises 3 bedrooms, 

offi ce and a spacious separate living area 

with its own bathroom below. 

All rooms overlook beautiful well 

established, sub-tropical gardens with 

meandering path-ways and a delightful 

outdoor living area perfect for 

entertaining. 

From the stunning deck with its views 

over the surrounding countryside to the 

expansive white shuttered back 

verandah, this relaxing and well 

maintained property could well be the one 

you have been waiting for. 

HINTERLAND 

TREASURE 

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tunning views, a magic creek frontage 

& rainforest are the backdrop for this 

private property on 10 acres in the Byron 

hinterland. 

A character fi lled 2 bedroom, 2 bath 

timber home with large study or 3rd 

bedroom, fabulous modern kitchen, 

unique living spaces & entertaining decks. 

Features include: parents retreat with 

separate lounge area & spa bath, timber 

fl oors, utility room, air-con, solar, bore & 

tank water, low maintenance grounds/ 

gardens & a completely separate 3 bed, 1 

bath studio. 

5 mins to Alstonville, 15 mins to Ballina 

Airport & 20 mins to Lennox Head & 

Bangalow 

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LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 

02 6685 0177 

OPEN HOUSE 

Saturday 11-11.30am 

3 2 2 

3 GREEN FROG LANE, BANGALOW 

Price $645,000 

Contact Sonia Jervis on 0409 033 250 or 

sonia@scottharveyrealestate.com.au to arrange an inspection 

OPEN HOUSE 

Saturday 12-1pm 

5 3 4 

161 BYRNES LANE, TUCKOMBIL 

Auction onsite February 9, 2013 

Price guide $945,000-$985,000 

Contact Gary Walsh on 0412 880 744

Backlash 

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and services 

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NSW’s so-called ‘planning 

minister’ Brad the Hazzard 

got the message strongly from 

anti-CSG protesters at Lismore 

last week – see Lealah Shostak’s 

video of the event at http://bit. 

ly/TW0Zfd. Once returned 

to the rarefi ed atmosphere of 

Macquarie Street, the tumult 

and the shouting will become 

a distant memory as advisers, 

mining company execs and 

other urgers and spivs assure 

the minister it’s just a ‘vocal minority’ 

opposed to fucking over 

the environment in the name 

of ‘economic growth’. But the 

protest (www.csgfreenorthernrivers.org) 

will remain strong, 

as our wellbeing depends upon 

it. As David Suzuki noted on 

his blog, ‘Nature’s services 

keep the planet habitable for 

animals like us and must become 

an integral component of 

a new economic structure. We 

must get off this suicidal focus 

on endless, mindless growth.’ 

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Ginger Necktar proprietor Lois 

Vickery-Hall says that despite 

a similar-tasting drink with 

similar packaging now available, 

she has not sold her recipe. 

‘Nor would I ever sell my 

company,’ she told The Echo. 

‘Over the years I have been 

approached several times to 

sell Ginger Necktar, but I am 

not here for the money. I truly 

believe in my product and its 

health-enhancing benefi ts and 

would never sell. My children 

now work in the business because 

they too see the “big picture” 

and love my product as 

much as I do. As we say, “We 

love to make the drinks that 

you love to drink.” We intend 

to be a part of the Byron Shire 

landscape for a very long time 

to come.’ 

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Mullum residents beware: 

a copper has been busting 

milk-delivery vans for double 

parking and fi ning jaywalkers. 

Complaints received by The 

Echo also include over-zealous 

attempts to investigate the 

sources of personal pot stashes. 

While this negative police 

PR is unnecessary, it’s worth 

considering the time when a 

country town’s policeman kept 

the peace with dignity and was 

involved in all community 

events. Mullum hasn’t had a 

permanent police offi cer at its 

station for years. They are a 

much-needed patch in the fabric 

we call society. Complaints 

of unprofessional conduct can 

be made to the Customer Assistance 

Unit on 1800 622 571 

or mailed to the Customer Assistance 

Unit at PO Box 3427, 

Tuggerah, NSW 2259. 

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Th e passing of Dame Elisabeth 

Murdoch last week was a sad 

day for Australian corporate 

governance. No longer restrained 

by his mother’s fi rm 

hand there’s no telling what 

young Rupert might get up to 

now. Yes, it’s a cheap shot, using 

someone’s death to push 

your own barrow. First cab 

off this rank was the Australian 

Monarchist League, whose 

Obadiah Slope issued a press 

release saying how sad he will 

be, in the struggle against Republicanism, 

no longer to receive 

Dame Elizabeth’s encouraging 

little notes. 

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Backlash was surprised by 

the results of a Victorian 

study which found that high 

school students say they are 

not getting sex education soon 

enough and want topics such 

as puberty and pregnancy 

discussed in primary school. 

Backlash was educated in the 

early Jurassic period and there 

was sex education at primary 

school then, so education on 

this topic must not have moved 

on apace despite the best efforts 

of Monty Python in The 

Meaning Of Life. Girls especially 

need to know what’s going 

on before the onset of puberty 

so they can deal with the 

opinions of high school boys 

on what constitutes sexual activity 

or not. 

It’s party time in 

the Arts & Ind Park! 

If you love Ceramics 

Fabric Art 

Fashion 

Fine Arts 

Furniture 

Glass Art 

Homewares 

Jewelery 

Metalwork 

Painting 

Sculpture 

Woodwork 

join us for a fun creative evening 

Thursday 13th December 

from 6pm... pick up a map at Byron’s Visitor’s Centre or 

any of the galleries, showrooms and studios... 

and follow the flags to discover the creative community of 

The Arts and Industry Park... 

a uniquely Byron experience! 

Grail Quest 

Introduction to Grail Quest 

(an 8-week course) which is the 

opening term of the one-year parttime 

foundation course. 

GRAIL QUEST offers a modern form of 

adult education based on the work of Rudolf 

Steiner. Through a deepened understanding 

of the inner workings of the world and ourselves, 

inner development and soul transformation are 

brought about. This in turn leads to an enhanced 

capacity to transform the outer world. 

The course consists of lectures, discussions and 

workshops which are expanded through artistic 

experiences in music, painting, sculpture, story 

telling, speech, drama and craft. No previous artistic 

experience is necessary. The emphasis of the course is 

away from competition and is focused on individual 

growth. The course aims to teach through the heart, 

hand and mind and to bring our efforts to fruition 

through love of the deed. GRAIL QUEST is also a 

prerequisite for Steiner Teacher Training programs. 

...a journey 

into the 

Spiritual Science 

of Rudolf Steiner... 

Some of the themes explored in 

the course are: 

The Quest for Meaning. 

The Elements. The Temperaments. 

The Origins of the Earth & Humanity. 

The Evolution of Consciousness. 

Christology. Biodynamics. The Search 

for the Holy Grail. Life Phases: an 

Exploration of Biography. 

8 week Introductory Course: $600 

Tuesday 4.30 – 7.30pm and 

Thursday 4.30 – 7.30pm 

Plus 2 Saturdays 9.30 – 3:30pm 

Commencing 5th February 

Venue: Cape Byron Steiner School, 

McGettigans Lane, Ewingsdale 

Enquiries: 

Gerry Josephson 0406 788 050 


www.echo.net.au

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