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Indigenous Authors Dominate Book Sales at Byron Writers Festival 2019
This weekends Byron Writers Festival, wrapped its 23rd year with record ticket sales and Indigenous authors dominating the best selling books at the Festival.... Read Story
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Lismore Opens Australia's Largest Floating Solar Farm
The City of Lismore yesterday formally opened the country’s largest floating solar installation, and flagged plans to increase its size five-fold or more and to... Read Story
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Superb Splendour
2019 Splendour Day 1 dawned sunny and bright as did Days 2 and 3. It was definitely warm enough to justify those summer dresses and... Read Story
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Byron Writers Festival Presents The Art of Crime
Celebrated crime writers Michael Robotham and Jock Serong along with author Kristina Olsson and poet Omar Sakr are doing their time for crime, on the... Read Story
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Fashion industry needs budding engineers, mathematicians, according to Frock Club founders
Hard hats, high-vis vests and lab coats may come to mind when you think of what fashion has to do with science, technology, engineering and... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Bluebottle jellyfish surge ashore in onshore winds, stinging thousands of beachgoers
Beachgoers looking to beat the heat on the East Coast need to be on the lookout for a familiar and unwelcome visitor, with vast numbers... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Byron Writers Festival Brings Down the House
Byron Writers Festival set a high bar this year, the standard of speakers was exceptional, the breadth of topics and genres immense and to top... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Bluesfest Turns 30
It’s official Bluesfest has turned 30 and to celebrate that have just announced their first artists lineup that will be taking to the stage during... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Byron Shire’s roundabouts, toilet blocks and water tanks would be adorned with colourful, contemporary sculpture, mosaics and murals under a public art strategy to go... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Writers Festival Volunteers Ready for the Off
With more than 140 international, national and local writers, thinkers and commentators about to gather at Elements of Byron for this weekend’s Byron Writers Festival,... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Lennox Head Fig Tree Destruction Underway
The controversial removal of a fig tree on Castle Hill Drive, Lennox Head, which locals say is more than 200 years old, is now... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
Sea Shepherd Sails Into Byron On It's Stop Adani Mission
Moored off the coast of Byron Bay on Friday, the Sea Shepherd’s flagship vessel the MY Steve Irwin was there to point out the insanity... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
$38.5m Habitat DA Pushes Height Limit
Developers behind the third stage of Habitat, located on Bayshore Drive near Elements of Byron in the Arts and Industry Estate, have justified their request... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events -
SITG 2018
Wow what a weekend of magical music! Splendour was at it’s best with glorious sunshine opening the festivities on Friday afternoon. The smorgasbord of sounds... Read MorePosted: , in News & Events