Byron Bay

BYRON Bay surf-ski paddler Kurt Tutt,has won bronze at the World Surf Life Saving Titles in Victoria.
The titles, at Lorne Beach, were held in flat conditions. In an awesome series of results over the past few world titles, Tutt has now won two silvers and a bronze in the single ski. Eighteen-year-old fellow Byron Bay Surf Club member Jo Way made the final in the Open Women’s board and finished a creditable eighth. Brodie Moir also attended but missed out by one place on making the final.
Byron Bay’s surf lifesavers’ main training and competing focus is always NSW State and National Titles. They are hoping to take a full team to the coming major titles after having many [...]

BYRON BAY’s reputation for breeding some of surfing’s best talent is intact. At the weekend the Byron Bay Boardriders Club defeated all-comers to win the nation’s most prestigious club title — the Rip Curl Kirra Teams Challenge. Boasting prizemoney of $15,000, the teams challenge lured 40 clubs and more than 300 surfers from Queensland, NSW, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand.
But the Byron brigade, which included former WCT surfer Kieren Perrow, Beau Walker, Yerin Brown, Jarred Sullivan and Garrett Parkes, had to withstand one of the closest events in the tournament’s history before reigning supreme in solid two-metre peaks at Duranbah. Three teams — Byron Bay, Noosa and Coolum — finished on equal points, with [...]

Events and Festivals
Annual Agricultural Shows
Bangalow A & I Show
PO Box 35 Bangalow NSW 2479
Jan Hulbert (vice president) or Karen Ryan (secretary)
Ph: (02) 6684 7214 (Jan) or Ph: (02) 6687 1033 (office)
Arts, crafts & agriculture on 3rd weekend November.
Mullumbimby Show
Showgrounds Main Arm Road Mullumbimby NSW 2482
Ph: 6684 1675 Sue Constable, Secretary
Phone/Fax: 66842065 Show Office
Dog show Fri, show day Sat with full ring, rides, pavilion, food etc. Camp draft Sun. 7th, 8th & 9th November.
A Taste of Byron
PO Box 540 Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: 0407 170 407 Ph: (02) 6685 5022
Email: shelleyd@optusnet.com.au
Web: www.byronchamber.net.au
An annual celebration of the food and culture of Byron and beyond. Local restaurants, cafes and shops participate and a wide variety of local food available from street side stalls.
Australians [...]

Markets in the Northern Rivers Area
Ballina Market
Entertainment Area Canal Road Ballina
Ph/Fax: (02) 6672 2874 Bruce Williams
Art and craft stalls, local home grown produce and a variety of activities. Market held on 3rd Sun of month.
Bangalow Market
Showgrounds Bangalow NSW 2479
Ph: (02) 6687 1911
Stalls, arts & crafts & performances. 4th Sun of month.
Brunswick Heads Riverside Markets
Memorial Park Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
Ph: (02) 6684 4437 Gordon Wright
Riverside Markets at Memorial Park held from 7.30am to 3.00pm on the first Sat each month. Easter Market held on Easter. Annual Twilight Market held from 4pm to 9pm on the last Wed before Christmas.
Byron Bay Community Market
Byron Bay Community Market, Butler Street Reserve Byron Bay, NSW 2481 Ph: (02) 6680 6807
Victoria Kerrisk Fax: (02) 6685 7830
Email: [...]

Barebones
44 Byron Street Bangalow NSW 2479
Ph: (02) 6687 1393 Fax: (02) 6687 1393
Fine art: prints, etchings and sculptures of local andinterstate artists. One step access.10am to 4pm, daily.
Byron Art House
6 Jonson Street Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6685 6778 Fax: (02) 6685 5088
Email: greg@brooklethouse.com.au
Promotes and sells local art. 9am to 5pm, Mon to Sun.
Byron Fine Art
Byron Arcade Lawson Street Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6680 8433 Liz Buchmann
Email: byronfineart@bigpond.com
Web: www.byronfineart.com.au
Fine art, paintings and 3D, specialises in local shire artists.
Creative Photo Centre
Shop 4/6 Acacia Street Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6685 5859 John Lombardo
Web: admin@cpcbyron.com Web: www.cpcbyron.com
Monthly exhibitions. 10am to 6pm, Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm, Sat.
Lismore Regional Art Gallery
PO Box 234 Lismore NSW 2480
131 Molesworth Street Lismore NSW 2480
Ph: [...]

Billinudgel/Ocean Shores Vet Hospital
Unit 1/20 Lucky Lane Billinudgel NSW 2483
Ph: (02) 6680 3480 Jon Hollingworth
8.30am to 12 noon & 3pm to 5.30 Mon to Fri;
9am to 11am, Sat; 9am to 9.30am, Sun.
Byron Bay Veterinary Clinic
1/70 Centennial Circuit Arts and Industry Estate
Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6685 6899 Ian King and Richard Creed
8.30am to 5pm, Mon to Fri, 9am to 12noon, Sat.
Mullumbimby Veterinary Hospital
124 Dalley Street Mullumbimby NSW 2482
Ph: (02) ) 6684 3818 Neil Farquhar & Russell Westmore
8.30am to 5.30pm, Mon to Fri; 9am to 12pm, Sat. Sun by app. Emergency 24 hours.
Suffolk Park Vet Clinic
Shop 12a Village Centre Clifford Street
Suffolk Park NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6685 3696 Fax: (02) 6685 3696
8.30am to 11am, Mon to Fri; 9am to 11am, Sat.

WIRES Northern Rivers Emergency Hotline 66281898
Information on what to do if you find an injured native animal, pictures of animals in care, stories written by carers, and much more. For information on becoming a member of WIRES Northern Rivers please click here.
WIRES Northern Rivers branch opened in April 2004, it encompasses an 8000sq km area in Northern New South Wales taking in the towns and surrounding districts of Nimbin, Kyogle, Casino,West of the Richmond Range, Ballina, Broad Water, Woodburn, Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and Lismore.
WIRES (The NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service Inc) was established in 1985, since then branches have been established covering most of NSW. It is the largest wildlife rescue and care organisation in Australia.
WIRES [...]

Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers, in Northern New South Wales.
Information and advice on what to do if you find an orphaned, injured, or displaced native animal, and our ever growing carer directory, lists wildlife, rescue, and care groups across Australia. Also featured animal stories, fact sheets, wildlife in our area, things you can do to help, and links to other sites of interest.
LINK: http://www.tvwc.org

BYRON Shire’s selfdescribed ‘bag lady’, Dee Tipping, has joined calls to get a plastic bag ban, or levy, back on the national agenda. Ms Tipping began a ‘bring your own shopping bag’ campaign in 2003 with the aim of making Byron Bay free of plastic bags by 2005. She said the campaign initially took off, but had since plateaued and she was now planning to lobby the Federal Government to introduce a policy of a 25cent levy on plastic bags. “Activists can do so much, but government policy is what will make or break the environment,” she said. “People do have the best intentions at heart, but we’re notoriously forgetful. “Some people have 85 of those [...]

New North Coast resident Geoff Wright is a guitarist who has played with some very well known performers – Max Merritt and the Meteors, Robben Ford, Procul Harum, JJ Cale, Tina Turner, Joe Camillieri, Ross Wilson, Doug Parkinson, John Farnham and Tina Arena. Now he’s joined the Northern Rivers Conservatorium as head of guitar studies. He will pass on the secrets of the six stringer in full-time courses and community studies lessons. Originally from Melbourne, Geoff has lived and worked in Paris, performed at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, toured the USA and recorded in San Francisco and Nashville. In 1994 Geoff was voted Best Blues Artist at the Melbourne International Music Festival and in 1996 he toured the USA and [...]