Byron Bay

There are less than 600 tickets left and are expected to sell out so get in quick!!! Tickets can be purchased online plus a few selected outlets around Australia thru Moshtix. There will beno walk up tickets available on the day.
For outlets list please go to:
http://www.reggaefest.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62
For tickets purchase on-line please go to:
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=38175
The full line up will be released on Wednesday September 8, so be sure to check the website or facebook page.
In the mean time check this little youtube advertisement for the festival…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRmmFzbQI0M
Byron Bay Reggaefest.
www.reggaefest.com.au

The 2010 NCPIC Indigenous Music Competition received many thoughtful, creative and high quality entries from Indigenous Australians. The stories told in each song were heartfelt and dealt sensitively with the impact of cannabis on Indigenous communities in Australia.
This year it was won by a local Byron Bay youth, Coedie McCarthy with his song ‘Yandi Zombies’. Coedie is a Year 11 student at Byron High.
Congratulations Coedie!!
To have a listen to Coedie’s song go to the NCIPC website, you can also download the song from there. The following are the lyrics for Yand Zombies:
Verse 1
It’s not called weed for nothing and yes it’s nothing but a weed
If you love it so much then why don’t you go drop a knee
But not me oh [...]

Inspector Owen King signs the agreement with Schoolies HUB Coordinator, Nicqui Yazdi
and John Gudgeon from the HLO.

Respect, Responsibility and Relax were the key messages unveiled by the Byron Schoolies Safety Working Group recently. Last year around 10,000 young people attended their end-of-Year 12 celebrations in Byron Bay over a period of 16 days. In reponse to the large influx, a group of community and business groups formed last year to address the need for safety strategies.
Creating a safe environment
Thirteen key stakeholders signing the Statement included Inspector Owen King, Vice President of Byron United Paul Waters and General Manager for Byron Shire Council Graeme Faulkner.
Before signing, HLO’s John Gudgeon told the assembled media that ‘We want to reiterate that Schoolies chose Byron Bay – they actually come here because they like the quietness and the environment.
What we’ve done is to facilitate that by bringing together the [...]

Steve Drummond asks more questions about the death of his son, Jai Morcom, in a schoolyard brawl at Mullumbimby High.
Jai Drummond Morcom would have been 16 last month and he was making his mark in this world. He was a caring, unselfish people person with a great sense of humour who enjoyed life and projected a positive light around him. Almost a year ago today Australia was shocked, saddened and appalled at his death at Mullumbimby High after a schoolyard brawl. As a result Jai received bruising, bumps, abrasions and a massive brain hemorrhage. It was alleged he was pushed or thrown into a brick wall then attacked on the ground. Jai’s external injuries and brain hemorrhage appear to back reports of what happened that day.
It’s heartwrenching to confront Jai’s medical diagnosis and the sickening knowledge he would have suffered intense pain at some stage. A [...]

Operational: Byron youth service worker Deb Pearse inspects the damage to the Mullumbimby Youth Centre after a fire guttered the veranda last week.
MULLUMBIMBY’S youth centre is open for business and – with the help of Byron Shire Council – looks set to carry on following a fire that guttered its veranda last week.
Byron Shire Council’s executive manager of corporate management, Mark Arnold, said the cost of damage to the historic ‘Widow’s Cottage’ was still unknown but was currently being assessed.
“From a first inspection, inside is structurally sound and there are no concerns regarding electrics,” he said.
It is thought last week’s fire was caused by a candle being used by two homeless people sleeping on the veranda.
Youth worker Deborah Pearse had [...]

At 10am yesterday, Tuesday 24th August 2010, The Byron Schoolies Safety Working Group met at the Byron Youth Activities Centre, 1 Gilmore Crescent, to sign a ‘Joint Vision Statement’ for this year’s Byron Schoolies Safety Response in November/December.
The Byron Schoolies Safety Response aims to provide a safe and secure environment in Byron Bay during the end of year school leaver celebrations using the key messages of Respect, Responsibility and Relax.
In 2009, the Byron Schooies Safety Response was born, in response to the need for safety strategies to cater to this ever-growing School Leavers event. In 2009, around 10,000 young people attended their end of Year 12 Celebrations here in Byron Bay over a period of 16 days. [...]

Ever wanted to climb the lighthouse stairs? The lighthouse at Cape Byron will be open to visitors, with guided tours running on August 21 from 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm. The lighthouse museum will also be open from 10am to 4pm, where artifacts will be on display. Entry to the museum is free or by donation.
Cape Byron Friends volunteers will also host whalewatching activities throughout the day. Cost is $6 concession, $8 adult and $25 family (two adults up top four children).
For tour bookings, call 02 6685 5955.
source: Byron Shire Echo

Byron Council will be asked to mount an all-out attack on cleaning up a ‘neglected’ and ‘run-down’ Byron Bay.
At today’s Byron Council meeting, Cr Patrick Morrisey will seek support for a basic maintenance program to be carried out in the town, including trialling daily removal of graffiti from amenity blocks.
Cr Morrisey also wants plans drawn up to screen a row of rubbish skips behind shops in the Lawson Street North car park.
His plan has the backing of the town’s peak business group, Byron United, whose president, Ed Ahern, in relaunching the Beautiful Byron campaign, said it was time to get serious about graffiti and the state of the town.
Mr Ahern said after recent meetings with Crs Morrissey, Tony Heeson and [...]

This year Reggae music will have been circulating all over the world for 50 years. By the beginning of summer it will have set up a new home at The Brewery, for Byron Bay’s first Annual Reggae Festival.
‘Reggaefest’ is inspired by Byron Bay’s ever growing appreciation for evolutionary and authentic forms of the genre. Conscious reggae and dancehall artists from all over the world and within Australia will come together on December 4.
The line up will feature Midnite (St Croix), Turbulance (Jamaica), Sud Soundsystem (Italy), Deadly Hunta (UK) and emerging Australian acts such as Kingfisha, Darky Roots, Paua and more.
12 hours straight of pure vibes will be spread over 3 stages while the Reggae Lounge Cinema will be [...]

People are being invited to dress in wedding attire for a national day of protest for same sex marriage at 10am this Saturday, August 14. The rally is part of an Australia-wide Equal Love Campaign that aims to get the Australian government to recognise the right for same sex couples to marry.
Local rally organiser Angela Pollard said that recent opinion polls have shown the majority of the community supports same sex marriage and that the Greens are the only political party to support same sex marriage.
“Now it’s only the government that needs convincing,” Ms Pollard said. “The current federal government has shown strong support by recognising same sex relationships for Centrelink, tax, immigration and Medicare purposes but has refused to [...]