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A ‘community day’ will be staged to celebrate the next major mile-stone in the multi-million dollar conversion of the Pacifi c Highway to four lanes when the $256 million Brunswick Heads-Yelgun project opens this month. The Australian Government Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, Jim Lloyd, and the New South Wales Roads Minister, Eric Roozendaal, have announced that traffi c will switch to the 8.7 kilome-tre new roadway on July 11.

Mr Lloyd said: ‘It is great to see the Brunswick Heads - Yelgun devi-ation all but fi nished. When it opens next month, almost 40 per cent of the Pacifi c Highway north of New-castle to the border will be con-verted to four lanes.

Mr Roozendaal said the continu-ing Pacifi c Highway upgrade is one of the biggest projects ever under-taken in this country. ‘A commu-nity event will be held on July 8, the Sunday before the offi cial opening. People will be able to walk or cycle along the full length of the project and have an opportunity to volun-tarily make a donation for the priv-ilege, with the proceeds going to charity.’

Final details are being arranged through the RTA’s Pacifi c Highway Project Offi ce and an organising committee representing local com-munity groups. Activities planned for the day include bus tours of the route; food stalls and market stalls; buskers, bands and a jumping cas-tle; displays, and a colouring-in competition for local school chil-dren. Mr Lloyd said an auction associated with the opening would raise money for the local surf club and volunteer rescue association. The main item is a cricket bat signed by the NSW cricket team. The old Brunswick River name plates will be handed to the local historical society.

Those wanting further informa-tion about the community day or wishing to participate can phone toll free 1800 071 144.

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This year the Graeme Dunstan inspired ‘4th of July, Independence from America’ parade in Byron Bay was also a celebration of the success of last week’s Peace Convergence at Yeppoon. Sunday’s colourful march led by the raucous Samba Blisstas and followed by 150 banner bearing supporters wound its way through town to the market. See story on the Convergence on page 8. Photo Jeff ‘Star Spangled Blather’ Dawson

Bruns walkies raises hackles againMichael McDonaldByron Shire Council was divided last week on how it should respond to lobbying over the dog exercise area – and fi nes for going beyond it – at Brunswick Heads. After heated debate and a tied 5-5 vote, Mayor Jan Barham used her casting vote in favour of Council rangers assist-ing in managing companion ani-mals compliance on Marine Park, National Park and Nature Reserve areas adjacent to Council’s com-panion animal exercise areas.

South of the surf club at Bruns-wick Heads, Council will support

warnings where appropriate, for a fi rst offence of a dog in a prohibited area; prioritise management and placement of advisory signs; and publish a notice in Council’s block advertising and issue a media release identifying Council’s 400m companion animal exercise area, with conditions of use. Council will also develop a memorandum of understanding with agencies con-trolling land adjacent to compan-ion animal exercise areas including companion animal management.

Cr John Lazarus put up the suc-cessful proposal, which was

opposed by Crs Tucker, Tardif, Woods and Kestle. Earlier Cr Bob Tardif moved that Council have the general manager and the director of planning approach the appropri-ate government departments to request a review of the dog exercise area at Brunswick Heads being extended by either providing an extension of the area to the extent of the permitted fi shing zone on a timed basis of say 5am to 9am and 5pm to 8pm; or allowing the on-lead exercising of dogs within the fi shing zone; or a combination of the two.

During public access Mullum-bimby resident Maggie Tardif sup-ported the option later moved by her husband Cr Tardif and asked, ‘Why is there not clear and correct signage at Brunswick Heads Beach?

‘What needs to be considered is that a lot of dogs in a confi ned space will and do create havoc, it’s just natural and the 400m strip to walk a dog up and back only leads to dogs showing a bit of aggression to each other. Dogs are used to routine and once their routine

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From front pagechanges, they do, and I repeat they do react and can show signs of uncharacteristic behaviour due to changes in their dog walking regime.

‘Over the last three years we have met and made friends with many dog walkers and we all maintain a community spirit, this is our beach and we love and protect it. Dog walk-ers at Brunswick Heads are very community minded and do the right thing and pick up their dogs’ droppings and after heavy winds and storms we pick up the debris that lands on our foreshore.’

Lance Ferris of Australian Seabird Rescue spoke in gen-eral of the dangers dogs rep-resented to threatened native species, including birds and turtles.

‘Yes there are responsible dog owners, and I accept and commend all of those that may be present here today,’ Mr Ferris said. ‘However, given what I have seen on our beaches, I remain in a state of dismay and often total despair at the numbers of irresponsible dog owners who fl aunt the law and have total disregard for signs and the environment.

‘Undisturbed habitat is the last bastion of hope of sur-vival for many species. I… consider that any extension to existing dog exercise areas on our beaches is a blatant disre-gard for not only the threat-ened and endangered species concerned but indeed to our environment as a whole.’

Andrew Page, manager of the Cape Byron Marine Park,

told Councillors that the ‘12 months of grace’ for dog walkers intruding into marine park zones was over.

During his speech Cr Tar-dif said that dog owners at Brunswick Heads were respectful ‘and probably do more for the environment than other people. If on lead, dogs are totally under con-trol and it is quite reasonable to have a look at this.’

Cr Lazarus’s opinion was that the dog walking situa-tion at Brunswick Heads was a ‘mess’. ‘A number of peo-ple have been acting non-

compliantly and there is damage to signs.’

He said Council needs to consider that the Marine Park Authority will be review-ing its own rezoning plan in fi ve years. ‘If dog exercise areas prove onerous they could say from Brunswick to Ballina they are fi nished.’

Councillors disagreed as to what degree native animals were being affected by dogs. During debate Cr Jan Man-gleson described Council’s companion animals commit-tee as ‘a war zone’.

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Member for Richmond Jus-tine Elliot, pictured centre with principal Barry Miller and Byron Shire Mayor Jan Barham, said this week she was proud to attend Byron Bay High School’s offi cial ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the school.

Ms Elliot unveiled the commemorative plaque set outside the library beside the new Memorial Gardens.

‘Today is a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of a truly great public high school, and to say well done to all the parents, students and teach-ers who have worked here over the past 20 years,’ Ms Elliot said.

‘It is also a time to acknowl-edge all those within the Byron Bay community who worked so hard over many years to have this school built.

‘Byron Bay High is a truly unique school.

‘Over the past 20 years it has developed an outstand-

ing reputation for excellence in academic, sporting and cultural endeavours.

‘I wish Byron Bay High

all the best for the future and know it will continue its commitment to excel-lence.’

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According to Julie of Bella Rosa Gelati in Byron there is a male scam artist work-ing the local businesses by claiming he has been shortchanged from a fi fty.

Julie said, ‘He will buy a $3 drink or something, give you a $50 note, all the while talk-ing really quickly to keep you distracted and bamboozled.

He acts like he’s in a real hurry so when you give him the change, he turns to go then whips back around and says you only gave him one $20 note.’

The $20 man is in his late 40s, has light brown hair, has a stocky, solid build and usu-ally wears a big coat and some kind of hat or beanie.

Beware the $20 man...

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Story & photo Hans LovejoyThe toughest gig in town this week was trying to convince Suffolk Park residents that the new residential development planned for their suburb will address environmental and community concerns. Petrac representatives copped an ear-ful from around 20 residents, with accusations ranging from increased traffi c to environ-mental and social impacts.

The lack of community consultation, however, appeared to be the sticking point. Public submissions close July 4, and the only community consultation was Saturday’s public information day, leaving only fi ve days for submissions.

‘It was an oversight that we didn’t contact residents ear-lier,’ Director of Special Projects Stephen Bowers told the jeering crowd, although he said he ‘will take on board all these concerns’.

The proposed site, Seacliffs, is on Hayters Road, which adjoins Baywood Chase and is being developed by residen-tial specialist developer Petrac. The company claims to have a of history of creating envi-ronmentally and socially sus-tainable communities. Cur-rent projects include the Beach Road Holiday Homes project at Noosa North Shore, and Pacifi c Pines, a residential estate to be built at Lennox Head.

Questions were rapidly fi red at the trio, who appeared ill prepared for the public inter-rogation. Did you obtain information as to the ultimate acceptability of this project? ‘No.’ How many trucks will be using the road in construc-tion? ‘I have no idea.’ Will this be a gated community? ‘No.’ There’s a 15 km speed limit on your site, but on Hayters Drive it’s 50 km. Surely this development will result in increased traffi c and speeding trucks past our homes? ‘Yes, although the road has the capacity to handle the traffi c. We will look at lowering the speed limit on Hayters Road.’

But our road is a quiet street that children play on. Is there compensation for a children’s playground? ‘No.’

The proposed site is also a wildlife corridor, and many residents were concerned that this development will endan-ger native animals. The com-pany’s ecologist Mark Fitzger-ald, however, disagreed and said that measures had been effective at the Koala Beach residential estate. ‘The project will incorporate urban design that is wildlife corridor friendly, including the prohi-bition of dogs and cats. At our Noosa development, we installed over 100 nesting boxes in the trees that sur-round the construction site. We found that over 50% became inhabited by native animals such as sugar gliders and possums.’

According to Mr Bowers, Council won’t have to main-tain the roads, lawns or man-age sewerage and water, although the houses will be paying council rates. ‘The land has always been zoned and earmarked for residential development,’ he said. ‘We will do everything council

requires for this development.’ ‘That’s what worries us!’ said one resident. Another local stormed off saying ‘There’s no compensation or respect for the people that live here.’

Mr Bowers explained that they consulted Council before the land was purchased and invited two of its staff out to show them where houses had been pegged out. ‘In the space we allotted 30 dwellings, they said that 100 houses are allowed.’

The project is proposed to commence in early 2008, according to Mr Bowers, and will use low-impact designs to help protect the surrounding natural environment. ‘The residential precinct will occupy just 27% of the 16.1 hectare property and each home will be architecturally designed on a site-specifi c basis,’ Mr Bow-ers said.

‘Each house will deliver the best practice in sustainable

design, and every care will be taken to ensure that this project does not adversely impact the surrounding eco-system. The remaining 73% of the land will be reserved for habitat purposes, including the preservation of the rain-forest on the western escarp-ment and ecological rehabili-tation areas.’

Mr Bowers also said they will construct less than one-third of the number of dwell-ings permitted under the Byron Local Environmental Plan.

Luke Whistler, Develop-ment Manager, told The Echo that he searched Australia for the best sustainable civil engi-neer for this job. ‘I grew up in Ballina and my folks live in Byron Shire so I know the area well. I want this to be the fl agship for doing develop-ments well.’

As a PR exercise, Saturday’s meeting appeared to be quite a disaster. How did it happen? ‘We are based in QLD, where the applicant has the obliga-tion to put signs up and notify the public. In NSW, local council are responsible for advertising etc,’ Mr Bowers said.

‘There was some naivety on our part and we are playing catch up. There is no require-ment to undertake public consultations either, though we wanted to inform resi-dents. Also this is one of our smaller developments – a tenth of the size normally undertaken – and it fell through the cracks. I urge any-one concerned about our environmental credentials to look at our other projects.’

Since Saturday’s meeting, Mr Bowers told The Echo Petrac is prepared to put up a bond to council to ensure against any damage to Hay-ter’s road.

Petrac ‘oversight’ angers residents

From left, David Cameron and Stephen Bowers of eco-develop-ment company Petrac.


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Goonengerry school feels the groove

Goonengerry Public School has just completed an eight-week Australian School Dance Program which involved all the students in a weekly dance class and culminated in a spectacular dance display at the end of term assembly. Kindergarten and Year 1 got in touch with their inner animal dancing to ‘The Jungle Book’, Years 2-3 danced to ‘Hey Mickey’, and Years 4-6 to ‘A little less conversation’.

Business lobby group Byron United recently conducted a rental survey of the Byron Bay CBD.

Mark Timperley, organiser and spokesperson, said, ‘It was very pleasing to see a response of 25% and we hope that this information

will be helpful to our mem-bers and anyone looking at opening a business in the area.’

Mr Timperley was alarmed that the cost per square metre was similar to rents being paid in large shopping cen-tres. ‘I am concerned that

winter is upon us and already businesses are closing their doors. We are certainly at risk of losing our village economy and niche retail outlets if rents continue to escalate.

‘I was certainly alarmed at the cost of rents in areas that did not get as much traffi c as

Jonson and Lawson Street. High rents compared to low turnover are quite simply a recipe for disaster. People’s lives can be wrecked.’

The survey is available to Byron United members through its website at www.byronunited.org.au.

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The one thousandth in a series of trees was planted at Main Beach last Wednesday. Rainforest Rescue launched the Main Beach Tree Plant-ing Project in February with a vision to revegetate the degraded sand dunes.

Byron Bay businesses and individuals gave fi nancially to the project. The Green and Clean Awareness Team vol-unteers took on the task of managing the regeneration of zones 8, 9, 10 and 11 and will implement after-care at their monthly activity days held on the third Sunday of every month. The planting plans were approved by Byron Shire Council in accordance with the Byron Shire Vegeta-tion Management Plan and in consultation with the Byron Bay Surf Club. Local salt tolerant plant species were selected with a particu-lar focus on low growing plants that will retain and enhance the enjoyable exist-ing seaside walk and ocean views even once they have reached full height.

Alice Moffett from Rain-

forest Rescue said, ‘There was a great response from the business community to help fund the project includ-ing support from The Green Garage, The Byron Bay Handimarket, Byronbay.com, Ed Silk Real Estate, Australian Admin Solutions, Dr. Doolittle’s Novelties & Kool Katz Surfi ng. We are

really happy with the response – the project had such appeal that we even received funds from outside the area from Zaishu and Blue Square, a furniture business based in Victoria.

‘We thank everyone who was involved including JHA Recruitment who donated in-kind labour support to the

value of $1,000.’ JHA is a locally owned and

operated company which provides skill-hire, traffic control services, permanent recruitment, HR and OH&S and training service.

Businesses who wish to support local tree planting projects can contact Rainfor-est Rescue on 6684 4360.

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Planting out, from left, volunteer Patricia Rocca, Alice Moffett, Rainforest Rescue, Jane Heynes, JHA Recruitment, Miles Shorten, JHA Recruitment, Teresa Heal, Clean & Green Awareness Team.

Live Earth is the name for a series of concerts of pop and rock music planned to take place on Saturday July 7 to promote action to confront global climate change. The event is being organised across the seven continents under a new global move-ment named Save Our Selves (SOS) – one of the venues will be in Sydney at the Aus-sie Stadium with organisers aiming for a carbon-neutral event.

North Coast Climate Action Group (NCCAG) will be hosting a Friends of Live Earth event with a live telecast of the Sydney con-cert on the big screen at the Bangalow Hotel from 11am to 8pm on Saturday.

The Sydney concert line-up includes Crowded House, Missy Higgins, Jack John-

son, Wolfmother, Toni Col-lette and the Finish, The John Butler Trio, Eskimo Joe, Sneaky Sound System, Paul Kelly, Blue King Brown, and Ghostwriters – with the performers donating their time. The Sydney ticket prices include provision for public transport costs as a way of encouraging non-car use.

The international organis-ers are aiming for Live Earth to be a positive solution-based message campaign. Their aim is for the concerts to be compelling enough that people leave with more than just the experience of the music – but include real awareness and steps for change.

For our own Friends of Live Earth event in Banga-low, NCCAG has invited a

range of local groups includ-ing Farmers Market organis-ers, Bicycle Users Group, Local Exchange and Trading System, energy auditors and permaculture practitioners to be available to present information on the day.

‘We also invite you to come along to support the event,’ said Tracey Brown de Langan, NCCAG event co-ordinator.

‘Our aim is to raise aware-ness of the issues and look at local actions where we can work with community organisations, businesses and householders to reduce

greenhouse gas emissions – some easy steps involve reducing energy use and signing up for GreenPower. I really like that the seventh day in the seventh month, in the year 2007 was chosen for this event – it has to be an auspicious day. Help us make it an important event.’

For further enquiries phone Tracey on 0412 252 674.

For further information about SOS and Live Earth – and tools to assist in the climate crisis – visit www.liveearth.org.

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Story & photo Lou BeaumontMany remember looking for-ward to art class more than other lessons at school but many among us also know the creative process as a daunting one. Year 5 and 6 students (‘The Whales’) of Byron Community School have been guided through their creative projects by a local artist, sculptor James Brown. Brown, who is best known for his ‘kin-dling’ pieces (or as he describes them ‘crosshatch drawings in space’), has been working with the older students for a few terms as part of a greater Sculpture in the Schoolyard project implemented across all years in the school.

The initiative of Rebecca Townsend, art consultant and co-director of artsCape and Casuarina Sculpture Walk, the project allows the children to experience an individual sculptural journey, with groups from kindergarten through to the oldest kids with their own sculpture pro-jects each inspired by a diffe-rent local sculptor.

The kindy kids have been making nature mobiles based on local artist Virginia Reid’s beautiful shell chandeliers, Years 1 and 2 were inspired to make a rainbow mural from found objects by the works of

John Dahlsen and Years 3 and 4 had Hopi Steiner teach them how to make abstract plaster cast sculptures.

Rebecca Townsend said, ‘We spent a considerable amount of time thinking about what projects would be suitable for which classes. We had to make them age appro-priate and consider all sorts of OH&S issues in addition to all the usual logistical artistic measures such as non-toxic glues that would also be resi-lient to the outdoors.

‘We really wanted the stu-dents to create something permanent for the school so that there was a historical ele-ment to their projects. The kids can work and play in the school and identify with which parts of the sculptures they made when they see them.’

As for the students in the upper classes, Rebecca felt that one to one time with a practising artist would be a great experience to have before heading into high school. The students learnt quickly that the project with James Brown, based loosely on the theme ‘My Home’, surpassed just art. The child-ren were challenged by the often unexpected need for skills such as maths and geo-metry and an architectural

viewpoint when interpreting their homes.

James Brown said, ‘The project was at times challen-ging but they seemed to really enjoy it. As well as learning sculptural techniques they learnt to look at spatial relati-onships, take measurements, and think about scale as well as dealing with the familiar (for example their front door) in a less familiar way. They quickly became aware of what they do observe and what they don’t.

‘Mostly though it was great to teach them not to get too fi xed on the outcome and just to enjoy the process, to guide and gently push them through their various blocks. It was an interesting balance between pushing them but not too much, luring them into making little breakthroughs.‘

The kids seemed to have got a lot out of it too though. The feedback is both inspi-ring and hilarious with testi-monials as creative as the sculptures themselves.

Student Maya Edin said, ‘It’s much easier to have a sculptor in the room with us to help. Mine started off looking like a weird line-box, then this weird teepee. Now it looks like a potato masher!’

Another student, Samantha

Oliver, said, ‘I’ve learned how to join sticks together in a way that is different and new. I liked having an artist in the classroom. It was an inventive process that we’d never done before. At fi rst mine was just a square – then I started wea-ving and it turned into this creative, bendy thing.’

Sam Price echoed his fellow students’ sentiments when he said, ‘I like that the process took a long time. It’s like when you are reading a favourite book – you never want it to end.’

So it seems all of the stu-dents learned something, even if it was ‘never to put cable tie around your fi ngers!’

The artworks born of the Sculpture in the Schoolyard project will be showcased at Byron Community School Open Day on Saturday August 11 from 11am to 4pm. The day will be somewhat of a festival, with an art auction, sculpture tours conducted by the students, cultural stalls based on prior studies at the school and plenty of fun and food. Byron Community School, on the corner of Ten-nyson and Ruskin Streets, welcomes everyone to the open day. For more informa-tion you can call the school on 6685 8208.

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Sculptor James Brown, centre, with his ‘home’ work (to be auctioned at the open day) flanked by Jo Logan, Byron Community School art teacher, and Rebecca Townsend, right, and all of ‘The Whales’ with their ‘bendy things’.


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Kelly RaisonThe 2007 Peace Conver-gence began on Monday June 25 with people protest-ing against the Talisman Saber war games ‘converg-ing’ upon the Poinciana Tourist Park at Yeppoon. The Byron contingent travelling in the Peace Bus arrived on the Sunday night, as did larger buses from Melbourne and Brisbane, to fi nd a meal prepared for them by Food Not Bombs as well as the ever present chai tent. The mood around camp was quiet as everyone began to set up their tents and pre-pare for the week ahead.

Little was known about the preparations of a group of seven protesters from Mel-bourne, who were getting ready to enter the Shoalwater Bay Training Ground in the early hours of Monday morn-ing. The group, who became known as the Super 7, were seasoned and well prepared campers who climbed through one of the flimsy barbed wire fences that sur-rounded most of the training area – only about 50 metres either side of the entrance gates had solid fences with rolled razor wire at the top. A media crew fi lmed at least four members of the group beginning their journey and interviewed some of them

about their reasons for par-ticipating. Perhaps the most interesting participant was a 70 year old grandmother who was opposed to Austral-ia’s involvement with US military forces and the pos-sible social and environmen-tal impacts that could have on her children and grand-children.

While the intention of the group’s presence in the train-ing ground was to stop live fi re activities, it was rumoured that the military denied their presence or continual pres-ence in the area after seeing video footage of the entry. It was interesting to note that the local paper ran a story about the grandmother who had gone ‘missing’ in the presence of the protesters, and grave concerns were held for her safety. All the while she was braving the extremely cold and wet conditions in the scrub of Shoalwater Bay Training Area. The Super 7 were only found when they turned themselves in on Fri-day. All were arrested and taken to Rockhampton police station for processing.

In the meantime, the Peace Convergence crew were quick to affi liate themselves with the local group of activ-

ists known as the Shoalwater Wilderness Awareness Group (SWAG), who had an embassy set up in the local shopping centre. SWAG is a well informed group, some of their main concerns being the impact on the local envi-ronment and its residents.

Environmental legislation has been altered so that the ADF is not required to carry out Environmental Impact Assessments for any activi-ties that they deem unneces-sary, and no detailed infor-mation on the weapons used in TS07 has been released or of the possible residues that could be left behind by the testing of new or conven-tional weapons.

Local Byfield resident, Steve Bishopric, acted as a spokesman for SWAG and worked hard to maintain good relationships with local businesses and police. It was obvious that SWAG were working very hard to imple-ment real political change to put a stop to the use of Shoalwater Bay as a military training facility.

A meeting held at the SWAG embassy on Tuesday saw the organisation of the fi rst protest of the week at the Green Gate Entrance near

Rockhampton, where the Peace Convergence encoun-tered a police roadblock about 10kms out from the entrance. Negotiations were soon under way with the police liaison officers who eventually allowed Peace Convergence vehicles to pass through after being searched for lock-on devices. The rally of about 60 people was very peaceful, with 360 pairs of shoes being laid out to represent the 360,000 civilians that have died in the Iraq war.

Continuing the theme of peaceful protesting was the small group of people who entered the training ground on Thursday with a letter of peace to deliver to the sol-diers. It’s reported that upon meeting the soldiers and giv-ing them the letter, a game of frisbee ensued, followed by offers of cups of tea before the police arrested the protesters.

Another notable protest was held at the Blue Gate near Byfi eld on the following Friday, with around 200 peo-ple singing and dancing to convey the peace message to the police and military. A group of ten people then crossed the fence into the training ground and spoke to police and military before being released. From that group, four people decided to reenter the complex and be peacefully arrested to reg-ister their personal protest to the Talisman Saber war

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Over 50 volunteers from Ballina, Byron and Tweed NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) brigades were hon-oured last Saturday in a cer-emony recognising their exemplary dedication, com-mitment and service by new RFS Region North Manager, Chief Superintendent John Parnaby.

Volunteer Ben McClymont of Main Arm Brigade in Byron Shire was one of many RFS members recognised. He was presented with the National Medal along with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Clasps. Ben has been in the service for 62 years, joining his local brigade in 1945.

The ceremony also recog-nised the efforts of volunteers in conjunction with local community groups in devel-oping an audiovisual trailer on fi re awareness.

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games. The protest then con-tinued, with colourful politi-cal rhymes and beats being blasted out by Combat Wom-bat and her ‘friend’ Land-mine Harry, a dummy made to illustrate the effects of war. Covered in blood and band-ages, a PA made up part of Harry’s body to get his mes-sage across.

Some of the events that were organised by SWAG

include a Speakers’ Soapbox at Yeppoon Town Hall on the evening of Friday 23 and a peace concert, also at the Town Hall, on the following Saturday. The highlight of the Speakers’ Soapbox was hearing Fanai Castro of Guam and Terri Keko’olani of Hawaii speak of the social, economic and environmental impacts of the US militarisa-tion on their respective coun-tries. They travelled to Shoal-

water Bay with a strong message of warning to the Australian people and to stand in solidarity with those opposed to TS07.

The fi nal offi cial event on the calendar of the Peace Convergence was the street parade organised by SWAG on Sunday June 24. At least 400 people participated in the march through the main street of Yeppoon, local resi-dents and some people that

were either very tall, or using stilts. It was an amazingly colourful affair with rainbow peace fl ags, drums and pro-test signs being wielded by nearly all involved and many local residents of Yeppoon stopped to watch it proceed. The march ended at the beach, where people remained gathered to hear talks from politicians, wildlife experts and organisers of the event.

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Rural fi re volunteers honoured

RFS Region North Manager, Chief Superintendent John Parnaby, congratulates Main Arm resident Ben McClymont on his 62 years of service.


B y and large Australians have been prepared to give John Howard the

benefi t of the doubt over his plans to recolonise the Northern Territory.

They know him to be cun-ning, devious, mean and tricky. They note that he has lied to them before, con-stantly, and especially in elec-tion years. They realise that he has been getting increas-ingly desperate for an issue – any issue – which he can use to wrest the initiative back from Kevin Rudd.

Nonetheless, most com-mentators and voters seem prepared to concede that he is at least partly sincere in his desire to tackle the sexual abuse of children in Aborigi-nal settlements. And even if he isn’t they don’t really care; it’s about time something was done, and if this is the only way to do it, well, let’s get on with it.

The melancholy truth behind this acquiescence is that most Australians have never thought very much about the plight of the Abo-rigines and they’re not about to start now; it’s a lot easier to feel indignant about the problems that have emerged than to feel guilty about what caused them in the fi rst place. As has been pointed out by politicians and editors since well before federation, there are no votes in Aborigines, and stories about them don’t sell newspapers. Howard hopes to gain ground from the exercise not by appearing compassionate but by appearing tough.

However one substantial group of Australians remains unconvinced: the Aborigines themselves. They, after all, have been at the sharp end of Howard’s reforms all too often. They remember his

support for Pauline Hanson, his endless vendettas against ATSIC, his refusal to apolo-gise for the stolen genera-tions, his legislation to nullify the High Court’s Wik deci-sion, his contemptuous dis-missal of the idea of a treaty, let alone any form of self-determination, and his undermining of respected leaders like Pat Dodson.

Unsurprisingly, they have generally greeted the current mobilisation with healthy scepticism. One of their fi rst reactions was to denounce it as an excuse for repealing

native title; the Howard strat-egy includes the leasing back of the settlements for fi ve years and the abolition of the permit system by which com-munities can decide who comes onto their property. Howard immediately denied that his actions constituted a land grab, which should have prompted the immediate question: if it’s not a land grab, why are you grabbing the land?

It apparently took the Can-berra press gallery a week to ask it, and when the answer came it was hardly reassur-ing: it was necessary, Howard said, to make sure the troops had total control. If they decided to build houses, or for that matter to knock them down, they did not want be held up by any need for development approvals or the like. Essentially, they

were doing it because they could.

But, said Howard, after fi ve years their land would revert to the old community title, cross his heart it would. Well, up to a point, corrected Generalissimo Mal Brough: of course, if the community could be bribed or bullied into accepting individual title instead, the way some of the Tiwi Island communities had, then that would be the go. A lot could happen in fi ve years, especially five years under effective martial law … In other words, this is not

all about the sexual abuse of children at all. The agenda is far wider.

It is worth noting that the document which sparked all this, the Little Children are Sacred report prepared by Rex Wild and Pat Anderson for the Northern Territory government, does not even contemplate the kind of blan-ket takeover Howard and Brough have mounted; throughout its 97 recommen-dations runs a constant theme of the need for consultation and cooperation. Almost all of these recommendations have been ignored: instead we have a virtual invasion, an all-guns-blazing attack on a list of set-tlements chosen apparently more for their location – close to townships from which the invaders can access infrastruc-ture and materiel – than for their actual problems.

Already some of the poten-tial victims are complaining that their settlements are clean, they have never had cases of child sex abuse, but they are being shamed and humiliated by being treated as criminals. No matter. The one–size-fits-all approach, criticised even by Howard’s staunchest Aboriginal ally Noel Pearson, is the only one the government can manage.

The implicit judgment is that they’re all the same – after all, they all look the same, don’t they? It is a plan which could only have been con-ceived and implemented by the most primitive of racists.

It is also crushingly author-itarian: already the idea of compulsory health checks for children has had to be modi-fi ed, not because it would have been invasive and degrading, but because it would have been actually ille-gal. This is all part of Howard’s refusal to be blocked by constitutional niceties – or any other kind for that matter.

He himself has compared the situation to hurricane Katrina striking New Orle-ans, a belated but decisive response to a national emer-gency: once again the gov-ernment, in due course, acted promptly. South Aus-tralian Premier Mike Rann compares it to the invasion of Iraq: Shock and Awe, devas-tatingly effective in the short term but degenerating into chaos and misery because of the lack of any long term planning. The analogy is tempting: Mal Brough, impersonating Donald Rumsfeld, predicted the invaders would be welcomed as saviours. So far at least, they haven’t. It has been a bad start which does not augur well for the future.

Comment

At the sharp end of Howard’s reforms

The melancholy truth is that most Australians have never thought very much about the plight of the Aborigines and they’re not about to start now.

by Mungo MacCallum

If you are a newcomer to Byron Shire (that is, if you arrived later than sometime in the last century) you might occasionally be puzzled by the complaint of older residents that the alternative culture is not what it was.

It is in the nature of things for the memories of old-timers to acquire a patina of former glory, but although Byron Bay was never like Nimbin, it wasn’t like Double Bay either. There is no doubt that the Bay has been trans-formed by consumerism, just as there is no doubt that Main Arm is about to encounter its fi rst middle-class resi-dential estate, born in the belly of a Trojan Horse called sustainable development.

However, the newcomers are right to be puzzled. Despite the gentrifi cation of the Shire it remains one of the most creative places in Australia, with more experi-ments in art, technology and politics per acre than any comparable community (California possibly excepted).

Visitors detect this unusual openness to new ideas and the solid achievements it has made possible. If you are alert to sociological nuances you will fi nd in Byron Shire a different way of doing things, with all the stages of life represented from natural childbirth to non-commercial funerals, and everything in between.

Alternative schools, organic food and naturopathic health fl ourish here; local festivals of art, music, fi lm and publishing have national profi les; an information tech-nology industry is taking root; there are even communes still surviving – just. Sometimes in straining for the ideal we can become oblivious to the actual, and miss the fact that so many enterprising people are doing such original things here.

These achievements are more likely to be celebrated in fi lm than in print. Alternative fi lm-makers, in the sense of freelance, politically engaged and self-funded innova-tors, abound in the Shire and form the makings of a fi lm resource the mainstream companies are beginning to notice.

But even more important in communicating Byron to the world is the runaway expansion of the internet. It seems that hardly a week passes without the opening of a new site claiming to be the portal for ‘Byron Bay’, and that term prompts search engines to produce an astro-nomical number of references.

The Echo has recorded, and been immersed in, the his-tory of the Shire for over two decades, and has also oper-ated a website for more than ten years. At present the site offers a page-for-page version of the printed news-paper, a useful aid for travelling residents and a source of amazement for curious foreigners. It is partly feedback from this site that informs the opinion that, despite an acknowledged myriad of problems, there is much in Byron Shire that we can be proud of.

We shall retain this archival aspect of the site but later this year The Echo will present in addition a greatly enlarged and enhanced homepage that we believe will truly earn the title of ‘portal’. It is ambitious in the extreme to try to represent to the world the creative fer-ment and social melting pot that is Byron Shire, but the omens are good and the prototype bids fair to achieve this aim. What is unique and valuable in our community deserves a wider audience than newsprint can command, and even old-timers may then rediscover the reasons they were drawn here.

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Letters

Think fi rstGood on ya, Peg Balfour (Letters, June 26). Let’s think before we buy ‘Made in China’ and consider the issues of CO2 emissions, minimal or negligible pollu-tion controls and so on. I would take it even further.

Let’s look at our ecological footprints in the Western World – 7.9 hectares per per-son for every single one of us in Oz! That’s right, folks, we are living beyond the Earth’s sustainable balance – over-shoot they called it! We get there quicker and quicker each year as we draw down the Earth’s future capital.

The question I pose to eve-ryone is not only to look at the label, but to ask yourself the question: Do I need it? How much stuff do we really need?

A lot of stuff ‘Made in China’ and elsewhere is cheap – and that lures us – it ends up in the bin and adds yet more rubbish to our tip. What a waste of planetary resources, at what cost to the environment – and ultimately to all of us.

Gayle RussellMullumbimby

Cultural meritJust who are the neighbours of the Mullum market who would want the drumming banned? I’m a neighbour, I wasn’t asked. I don’t particu-larly like it but hey, any art-form has cultural merit from grafi tti to bongos. On one day a month, for a few hours, if it’s not raining, the drum-mers perform. I say let ’em live, you book burners.

Edward Gray Mullumbimby

Keep off the grassMany in the Brunswick Heads community share

Merran Morrision’s concerns (Letters, June26) with Coun-cil’s Parks & Gardens depart-ment. We’ve been battling with Council & Parks staff for over a decade to protect our foreshore parklands from the concrete menace.

Plans for a ‘hard surfaced’ foreshore walkway along the Brunswick riverbank have been rejected at least four times, by the community and Council, but Park Staff appear determined to con-tinue on their quest to lay more pathways.

Early this year, staff against all advice from Council, Arakwal representatives and our Landcare coordinators laid a 10m strip of tarred ‘cycleway’ within metres of the riverbank next to the Bowling Club. Efforts are now under way to have this toxic slab removed, unfortu-nately at the community’s expense.

Currently two signifi cant Coastal Cypress pine trees on Tweed Street road reserve alongside Massey Greene Caravan are targeted for destruction to make way for the coastal cycleway. This could easily be avoided by simply moving the caravan park fence which actually encroaches onto the road reserve and going around the trees, as recommended by

Council’s environmental offi cer Hank Bower.

We’ve yet to see if the trees will survive or the concrete pathway prevail, but if Coun-cil’s parks and gardens staff have their way, there soon won’t be an untidy blade of grass or a messy tree left in our community.

Michele GrantOcean Shores

Bouquet A lot of people are quick to criticise the Council and no doubt it is deserved in some cases. However I think it is also important to be com-plimentary when things are done well.

I recently applied for devel-opment consent to build a new covered deck at home and received approval in about ten days. That seems pretty effi cient to me.

Garth LukeMullumbimby

Adding to the messOne might think that the takeover of powers from the Northern Territory by the federal government in rela-tion to the NT government report, ‘Little Children are Sacred’, is a positive response, until one realises there is a federal election six months away, and an emergency response to the plight of

Aborigines was due two cen-turies ago.

It is unlikely that draco-nian measures such as bans on alcohol and pornography – the fi xing of symptoms –can provide any sort of relief other than boost the Coali-tion’s electoral rating. In fact there is every likelihood that it will make things worse for Aborigines in increasing their sense of powerlessness. Ben Bartlett who leads the Pri-mary Health Care program of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health has also warned that sexual abuse checks would be ‘highly inappropriate and could themselves amount to sexual assault unless they were confi ned to children in whom abuse was strongly suspected…’ (SMH 23-24/6/07).

The likelihood of overreac-tion is very real. The federal government called out the army. Until the dominant white culture is prepared to look at the hole in our collec-tive hearts, in all likelihood

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The recent tragic death of a cyclist highlights for all road users the basic funda-mental principle of using the roads in a way to suit the conditions whatever they may be, particularly at night. The prevailing conditions in Byron area include poorly engineered, badly surfaced and poorly lit roads.

Road users of all kinds are often inexperienced, fre-quently intoxicated or under the influence of so-called recreational drugs. These conditions are not likely to change any time soon. Stu-pidity cannot be legislated against.

How often do we see cars

with faulty lights, cyclists with no lights and pedestri-ans in black clothing on the streets at night? No wonder incidents are all too com-mon. Only when we all prop-erly consider the prevailing conditions and use the road accordingly will we see a sig-nifi cant reduction in casual-ties on the road.

Arnold ToynbeeCoopers Shoot

It is with much interest I read your article about the death of a cyclist on Ewings-dale Road. Yet another tragic loss to the community.

Tonight on my way home between Byron and Suffolk I

passed fi ve cyclists. Not one was wearing a helmet, one bike had refl ectors, no bike was fi tted with lights.

Part of my duty as a doctor has entailed caring for the tragic consequences of bike accidents.

One patient is now wheel-chair bound with severe brain injury. Others have been ‘lucky’ with only bro-ken bones or cuts and bruises.

I suppose my question is, what has to happen to get people to take on the protec-tion needed for safe and sane cycling?

Dr George Forgan-SmithSuffolk Park

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Letters

we will simply add to the mess we have already made. We have trouble recognising the importance of the emo-tional body. We appear to assume that the negatives in the history of a person or race should have no rela-tionship to who they are now. In fact, Professor Judy Atkinson, head of Southern Cross University’s Gnibi College of Indigenous Aus-tralian Peoples, while trying to get the government’s attention for programs to treat violence trauma, was told in 2005 by a senior advisor to a Howard cabinet minister: ‘We know all this stuff – can’t you people just get over it?’

There wasn’t just a stolen generation of Aboriginal children, but also deprived generations of white chil-dren. White children were typically deprived of emo-tional bonding with their parents that caused them to be convinced in adulthood that an emotional life’, the emotional body, had little relevance. The ensuing hole in the emotional heart was fi lled with materialism.

Emotional deprivation for white children is centuries old. It was common practice in may parts of Europe for small children to be sepa-rated from their parents and bonded to tradesmen/women or those who could teach weapons skills. In the 19th century children were idealised as people who should be seen and not heard. The schooling of children pretended that the 24 hour daily nearness of parents was unimportant, and mothers ignored the primal tugging of their heartstrings when children

exhibited feelings of deser-tion on their first day of school. To this day, breast feeding where arguably most bonding is able to occur, is still not a usual preoccupa-tion, small children are rou-tinely separated from their mothers in creches and oth-ers are placed in boarding and day schools.

One could hypothesise that this constitutes an ages long pattern of emotional abuse. The studies of the importance of emotional bonding on individual well-being are legion, and yet in white society they are rou-tinely ignored in practice. It goes somewhere toward explaining the apparent white callousness towards the stolen generation, and the shallow responses of successive governments toward Aboriginal distress. Professor Atkinson makes the point that ‘trauma must be treated, not just excluded or penalised’. Australia wold do well as a minimum to supply trauma treatment, for unless emotional trauma of white Australia is treated as well, one could envisage the continuation of the extremely sad situation where the abused abuse the abused.

Geoff DaweUki

Goodbye treeWhat can adequately express the sickness induced by the bureaucratically sanctioned destruction of a tree, whose only crime is to dare to grow where the ‘sacred god’ of concrete has spread its cold, dead, fl at sterility? What slow, blinding soul-death has led humans to the unthinking acceptance of the idea that a carpark’s horizontal integrity

is of more worth than that which gives shade, shelter, air, and joy to the eyes and heart?

Which was there fi rst, the carpark or the tree? How many years did it take to grow, and how many minutes did it take a chainsaw to dis-member? How can the stark ugliness of what is there now compare with what once grew freely? And in 100 years, how many trees will there be growing over your graves?

David Brauchli Brunswick Heads

Transport povertyA recent report on ABC radio drew attention to the likely emergence of ‘trans-port poverty’ among large

sections of the Australian population unless govern-ments start seriously address-ing the serious lack of public transport infrastructure (www.abc.net.au/news/sto-ries/2007/06/27/1963181.htm).

We can’t wait until petrol prices reach the point where people can no longer afford to go to work, as the report suggested.

As Louise Doran noted in last week’s Echo, the federal government needs to act on restoring the Casino-Mur-willumbah rail line and link-ing it to Queensland as a key measure to address cli-mate change. We can add the need to act to ensure the future social, economic and environmental sustainability

of our community.The money required is

about 10%-15% of the total amount of money spent on the Pacifi c Highway in the Richmond electorate over the last 15 years and will give us infrastructure that will last for at least 50 years.

Basil CameronGoonengerry

Peace protestsIt seems strange to me that in order to espouse the cause of peace that little thought seems to be given to the way of protecting that most desirable state. I remember only too well the statement of the English Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, after return-ing from visiting Germany, waving a paper and pro-claiming, ‘Peace in our Time’. Here was a man pre-pared to accept peace at any price, a view which cost Britain and its Allies dearly. It does seem paradoxical, that to ensure peace a nation must train and be ready in case of attack by other nations and it might be well to remember that the troops at Shoalwater Bay are train-ing to that end.

Tony LawrenceMullumbimby

Time for peaceCalls to complete the job or that Iraq will degenerate into anarchy in the absence of the occupiers are motivated to save face and elections, wish-ful thinking without sub-stance.

Weak leadership relied on fearful misinformed popula-

tions to support massive ini-tial attacks on Baghdad. There were no valid reasons for this illegal invasion. Saddam could not have matched the slaughter it unleashed. Striking terror with terror begets more ter-ror.

Courageous leadership would have taken the more diffi cult moral approach of turning the other cheek. It is time for a new kind of courage and some universal spiritual principles of the kind espoused by Jesus and Mohammed. Not those of some of their more aggres-sive followers.

It is time for a new US leader to admit the USA made a grave error, to ask Iraqis for forgiveness, to promise immediate with-drawal.

As perpetrators the USA and their allies have for-feited any right to remain. Hatred towards them is an impediment to peace.

Withdrawal is unthinkable to many. They can’t see beyond the inevitable. But the mere enunciation of this intent will set in train actions towards peace. The world won’t be found short of reputable peace brokers waiting to bring all parties into dialogue.

The question is could the Democrats transform and produce such leadership in the face of vested economic interests?

Could Australia or Britain conceivably evolve such lead-ership in the alliance?

Hayo van der WoudeBroken Head

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Mungo MacCallum’s pol-luted attempt (Echo, June 26,) to discredit the govern-ment’s initiative in dealing with child abuse issues in the Northern Territory is disap-pointing but not surprising.

His euphemistic descrip-tion of what is probably the wholesale destruction of the reproductive organs of count-less numbers of prepubes-cent children and the murder of their souls as merely the degradation of Aboriginal children is beyond belief.

No doubt this latest event in the tragic history of our nation will sustain this fren-zied organism until some-thing else comes along.

Bill TweedieMullumbimby

Whatever happened to neutrality in the media? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not so naive as to believe that government in Australia is not elected on the back of

popular media but surely there should at least be a modicum of restraint. The cartoon run in your editorial section of The Echo on June 19 would have to be one of the most disgraceful exam-ples of media bias I have ever seen; perhaps someone should check out your accounts, there is a fair chance they may contain some campaign donations from poor old Joe McDon-ald. Your ‘King John and the public purse’ article in the same edition is, if anything, an even worse example of bias.

I know that many people prefer not to profess their political leanings but I’m happy to go on the record – I have voted Labor for the last three federal elections mainly because I believe there needs to be more protection for the average worker (not that there is many of them left in the Byron Shire compared to

ten years back). I was plan-ning to go ahead and vote for Labor again in the upcoming election but I am starting to have some reservations. It would be interesting to hear what your female readers think of Rudd’s handling of his wife’s business interests or of his brothers for that matter.

In addition, for a party that was founded specifi cally to promote union interests in the political arena it’s strange that Kevin seems to think he has a right to expell union members from the party. These are active union mem-bers that have spent a life-time struggling for workers’ rights and supporting the labour movement!

I am having trouble justify-ing a vote for an opposition that seems to be wholely interested in grabbing power. So far all of their policy releases in my opinion seem to be nothing more than bla-

tant vote grabs based on sketchy theory. Public service employees in the Byron Shire may do well to have a look at Rudd’s record while he was under the employ of the Goss governement up in Queens-land as well – not what you would call supporting the average worker, that’s for sure.

I’m not at all certain whether you will print this letter but I think your paper, in the interests of democracy, has a responsibility to repre-sent both political parties and allow your readers to make an informed choice.

James NagelSuffolk Park

I assume Mr Nagel is referring to the Joe McDon-ald who is assistant secretary of the CFMEU, rather than the lead singer of Country Joe and the Fish. Neither has contributed to our coffers – Ed

What happened to media neutrality?

Letters received from Tom Koo, Alstonville, Peter Olson, Goonengerry, R Mort, Byron Bay, Vivienne Martin, Byron Bay, Rhonda Ellis, Mullumbimby, Chrissy Hughes, Hawthorne QLD, Carline Savage, no address, John Hayter, Tintenbar, Paul Brecht, Mullumbimby, I Cooper, Suffolk Park, Jack, no address, J Ball, Brunswick Heads, Elaine Seiler, ReGenesis Enterprises, Herman Vandervegt, Mullumbimby, S Briskey, Burrum Heads.


Letters

How embarrassing! Your article on page 17 ‘Welcom-ing the rowdy birds’ is a mine of misinformation. The bird pictured is a Rainbow Lori-keet, not a Rosella. Rainbows are the larrikins of the bird world, travelling in gangs and yelling and squabbling all day. Rosellas, on the other hand, usually travel in pairs and are quite quiet. I am sur-prised that you didn’t pick it up yourself, they (lorikeets) infest the palms on Mullum’s main street at dusk every evening.

Andrew HallNew Brighton

One of the reasons that we are seeing the increasingly rapid extinction of all of our unique wildlife is because Australians have such little interest in the spectacular life forms around them that they

can never be bothered to identify one species from the next. Consequently, almost no-one notices the dramatic emptying of our forests and countryside of the delightful species that until recently inhabited them.

A decade of a lack summer rains due to runaway global warming and the almost complete destruction of low-land forests and wildlife cor-ridors in NSW and Queens-land have devastated our ecosystems.

But no-one notices because a handful of adaptable spe-cies, currawongs, crows, magpies, butcherbirds, kookaburras, mudlarks, wag-tails, honeyeaters, etc with their wonderful calls fi lling the air, make it appear that all is well. Of this small com-pany of birds, I have rarely met anyone who can even

correctly identify any of these.

The parrot that appears in the article ‘Welcoming the rowdy birds’ is not a rosella but a rainbow lorikeet. East-ern rosellas are common in our area and live in small family flocks and can be identifi ed by the bright scar-let head, white cheeks, black-spotted yellow and green plumage with blue wings. They regularly feed on the ground and have a slow, undulating fl ight with soft musical chattering calls.

Rainbow lorikeets are completely different and have blue heads, green backs and wings and red and orange breasts and underwing plum-age. They have brush-tipped tongues to sip nectar and pollen from fl owers, have a rapid fl ight with loud musical screeching calls and congre-

gate in large fl ocks to social-ise and roost.

Although I mostly appreci-ate reading Mary’s articles, there is so little written about our living treasures, it does not help to publish faulty identifi cations of even our most common species.

Gary OpitWooyung

In last week’s Echo, I wrote another article about local ecology and biology in gen-eral. With it was published my photo of a local parrot in a fl owering tree. As a cau-tious biologist, trained in NZ but working here in Australia, I asked NPWS to verify the name of the tree. I fi gured I knew the bird.

Judging from the emails and calls since the article was published, I am told I got the name of the bird wrong.

How did I get that wrong, I wondered? I checked back to NZ websites from Dept of Conservation, where pictures of rosellas illustrate articles about lorikeets. A search through online taxonomy reports outlines technicalities about whether and how lori-keets and rosellas should be grouped together or sepa-rately. Finally an Australian bird site explains that with some 20 species and nearly 30 subspecies, sometimes it is hard to tell the difference from plumage. They suggest the blue head might be a good indicator.

I want to thank all the readers who kindly shared their local knowledge with me about the name of the bird. In over 15 years of work in community, I still fi nd that local information is really important. Time and again, I

learn how much I have to unlearn.

I also appreciate yet again the importance of scientifi c names. I should learn from history. When Captain Cook and Banks journeyed in the Antipodes, they used com-mon names from England willy-nilly. Perhaps in future articles, I should include sci-entific Latin names, plus local names, and some taxo-nomic references to boot. I look to the late great Oscar Wilde and add that not only are USA and UK divided by a common language, but so are Australia and New Zea-land. And so can be ‘special-ists’ and ‘locals’.

In the end, let’s love watch-ing the birds. Let’s mind the trees. Let’s celebrate being alive.

Mary GardnerByron Bay

Parrot debate rivals dog walking outbursts


Articles

Simon HaslamVaccination rates in the Byron area are the second lowest in Australia.* Only wealthy Eastern Suburbs Sydney has a lower rate of full immunisation. Why do 30% of children in this region not receive the full schedule of vaccinations? Should that concern the rest of the popu-lation who do vaccinate their children? Should it concern those elderly people who were vaccinated when they were young, but whose vac-

cine effi cacy has now worn off? Should we have a com-pulsory vaccination regime in Australia?

With the overwhelming weight of opinion of doctors and public health offi cials in strong support of the current vaccination schedule, why would so many people not want their children to receive the benefi ts of what is argu-ably a shining success story of modern public health policy?

‘Life Matters’ on ABC

Radio National at 9am (and repeated in the evenings) on July 10,11 and 12 will answer some of these questions. On July 13 there will be a talk-back session. The program called ‘The Immunisation Maze’ follows four Byron couples (selected after responding to a story in The Echo) who had not yet vac-cinated their children. In May and June this year doc-umentary maker Mel McMillan followed them into information sessions

with Meryl Dorey of the Australian Vaccination Net-work (AVN), an anti-vacci-nation group, and then with Professor Robert Booy, pro-vaccination Director of the National Centre for Immu-nisation Research and Sur-veillance (NCIRS).

For some people vaccina-tion is ‘something that you just do’. But as the partner of an alternative health practi-tioner, and participant in the program, we were quite reluc-tant to inject our outrageously

healthy boy with 12 different diseases in six sessions over 18 months. Was it worth the risk merely to inoculate against such seemingly archaic maladies as polio and diptheria? If there were 200 cases of polio in Indonesia in 2004**, what is the risk to our son in Mullumbimby in 2007? How risky is the vac-cine? How would we feel if he had a fever induced convul-sion after a measles vaccine (NCIRS risk 1: 100,000)***, or got weak lungs for life from pneumonia after catching measles (NCIRS risk 6: 100)? Are those fi gures even relia-ble, given that everyone we talked to ‘knew of’ someone whose child had a worrying reaction to a vaccination?

Anti-vaccination groups such as the Northern Rivers based AVN also exist in the UK and USA. AVN’s Meryl Dorey was very pro-vaccina-tion until her child suffered what she is convinced was an injury from a vaccine. The AVN claims that under Aus-tralia’s voluntary reporting scheme, doctors refuse to acknowledge and report adverse reactions; that the true risks of vaccination far outweigh the risks of con-tracting the actual disease; and that children would be healthier if allowed to con-tract diseases naturally.

Professor Booy believes that many parents seeking answers to childhood trage-dies incorrectly blame vac-cination, and fail to realise that refusing to vaccinate is a positive decision to place children at unnecessary risk.

But with fewer of our anx-ious modern parents experi-encing fi rsthand the effects of vaccine-preventable dis-eases, ‘The Immunisation Maze’ shows that it is becom-ing harder for authorities to convince parents that the admittedly low risk of a severe reaction to the actual disease, is a ‘worse bet’ than the dramatically lower risk of a severe reaction to a vac-cine. Can parents rely solely on Government recommen-dations, and on research sponsored by drug compa-nies, to make the right deci-sion on this issue for their children? If parents dissent from the orthodox view, what should doctors and health authorities do?

*70.8% ‘fully immunised’ at 2 years in the Byron statisti-cal area. 70.2% Mossman statistical area. The Austral-ian average is 91.2%. National Centre for Immu-nisation Research and Sur-veillance Australia . **NCIRS October 2005***NCIRS May 2007

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John CampbellThe Boss has been on my case to do a story about Anthony LaPaglia. He reck-ons that, as sports editor of This Paper, I have let our opponents steal a march on us with their cutting edge investigative journalism.

‘GUESS WHO CAME TO PLAY’ The Northern Galah squawked on its front page a couple of weeks back, agog with Anthony’s appear-ance as goalkeeper in a local game of football (ie, soccer). The headline’s type was the size normally reserved for a Paris Hilton incarceration or a Nimbin dope bust.

‘How can we compete with this, mate?’ The Boss railed. ‘Even the Byron Shire Snooze has had a picture of him.’

It’s a fair cop, I realised, riven of my native apathy and suddenly eager to be providing our information hungry community with all the news that fi ts.

Preoccupied with getting the last ounce of fl esh from the WWOOFer who fool-ishly lobbed at my place for a day (only to be assigned the task of ridding my yard of its rampant lantana), I called on Cat Carer to follow Antho-ny’s trail for me. She’s out of work again and needed to put in a few hours a week to keep the Member for Ben-nelong’s miraculous employ-ment figures up. The girl doesn’t know how lucky she is to be in her situation but, as a snout, she’s shown con-siderable promise.

‘Is he the guy who looks like Simon Crean?’ she asked, trying to clarify her job description.

Given her typical apathy towards politics, I was sur-prised that she made the remark, but I think she might have something there.

I negotiated with her a cadet paparazzo’s fee as a sub contractor to This Paper,

meaning that she has proba-bly come out of the assign-ment owing us not very much at all – not that I could be sure of that. The days of knowing what your fellow worker is being paid are as dead as a dodo, comrade.

‘Workplace agreements suit us right down to the ground,’ I told her when she started whingeing.

Fortunately, she had her mother, Faerie Queene, on the hunt with her. It was not so much a matter of asking for her help as not being able to keep the old moll off the scent. It was she who alerted the world to the presence in Our Shire of rugby league legend Graham ‘Wombat’ Eadie last month.

[That’s another story he missed out on – Ed.]

‘She even goes to Austral-ian movies,’ Cat Carer gasped.

‘Then she’ll know LaPaglia for sure.’

Faerie Queene’s quaint determination to support local cinema proved to be not in vain.

I told them to cruise the area’s most likely venues, the

celeb hubs and glam mag-nets: Daze, the Boronian, the Mundane, the Little Pond etc. ‘You’re such a pathetic wannabe, Old Man.’ Cat Carer’s pith can be excoriat-ing, even to an ironside like me.

‘Have you tracked him down yet?’ The Boss fretted yesterday, his dudgeon get-ting higher by the minute as another deadline loomed.

I was anxious myself. Then it came through on-

line. The girls had given up the ghost for the day and were all but back at home in Bruns. They pulled over to get Faerie Queene’s ration of Dubonnet, and there he was, The Man, sunning himself and reading This Paper.

But was it him?An appended note read

‘Can’t find LaPaglia any-where, but did you know that Simon Crean was up here?’

I plan to retain Cat Carer and her Mum (who actually reads Australian novels, too) for when the Writers’ Festi-val star gaze rolls into town.

The organisers have breathlessly promised us ‘deep thoughts’ (or was it ‘deep throats’?), and already I’m worried that The Boss might send me off after one of the luminaries, like David Marr.

‘What was he in?’ Cat Carer has asked.

‘He’s not a movie star,’ I explained.

‘Oh. . . Who does he look like then?’

* A J Leibling, the great American boxing writer (1904-63).

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John Laws is not the only pair of golden tonsils hang-ing up his headphones this week. Giovanni Ebono, host of The Generator, a popular and infl uential radio show running on Bay FM since 2005, will give up the panel at the community radio sta-tion until the federal election is over. He was elected Greens candidate for the fed-eral seat of Richmond last month and has decided not to juggle the rigours of a weekly two hour radio show and an election campaign.

‘A hard-hitting show like The Generator can hardly promise to be politically neu-tral,’ said Uncle Joe, Ebono’s on-air persona.

The Generator moved into the popular 9am Monday spot in November 2006 tak-ing over from Nyck Jean’s Heart 2 Heart.

‘Nyck felt a Thursday spot would give him time to read The Echo and line up guests,’ Ebono claimed. ‘Every prob-lem is an opportunity. We just stalked The Echo journal-ists and told listeners what

was going to be in next week’s newspaper.’

The Mullumbimby man appeared in Mandy Nolan’s Virgin Sacrifi ce at the Byron Bay Bowling club on June 25. ‘I understand Sue Page is no relative to Don Page, or the seat of Page,’ he joked.

Editor of Sustainable Liv-ing for Dummies and the forthcoming Global Poverty for Dummies, Ebono is also an author. He hopes that his forthcoming Guide to Saving the Planet will sell well enough to feed his family while he is

running a political campaign. ‘There is always the danger that I get so busy with the big issues that my own family misses out.’

BayFM management is currently experimenting with different approaches to the timeslot. The management committee hopes to keep it on air, even without Ebono at the controls.

Right: Giovanni Ebono, right, and Wayne Wadsworth in the Secret Garden, a regular feature of The Generator.

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Adult Themes: Rewriting the Rules of Adulthood by Kate Crawford Reviewed by Mandy Nolan

A featured writer at the upcoming festival, Kate Crawford is the author of Adult Themes: Rewriting the Rules of Adulthood, a book which identifi es the cultural values implicit in the assig-nation of ‘adult’ and ‘non-adult’ behaviour.

Kate Crawford is a writer, a composer and an aca-demic. She’s worked as a journalist, she’s presented an ABC TV series, she’s a regular on ABC radio as a cultural commentator, she’s a lecturer in Media and Communications at Sydney University, and in her spare time when she’s not cro-cheting the edges of tea tow-els or hand embroidering her curriculum vitae, Craw-ford is a well known music producer, having released three albums and six EPs with B(if)tek and Clone. She rents, sports no ring and is currently listed on the relationship stock exchange as: ‘available’. While her career achievements are massive, Crawford falls well short of meeting the adult-hood indicators and is a prime example of the much maligned and steretoyped generation now being referred to as ‘adulescents’ or ‘kidults’.

Media commentators pro-claim these well-educated, single, childless, travel-obsessed young people as the scourge of adulthood, and they alone bear the full responsiblity for what is pre-dicted as a social apocolypse: a childless future of property deficient gadget-obsessed geeks.

In her impressive text Crawford deconstructs the mythology surrounding adulthood. Each chapter is another onion skin which

shrouds our social assump-tions about what it means to be an adult. The well researched chapters deal with work, marriage, chil-dren and family, property, culture, politics and citizen-ship and conclude with an optimistic rewrite of a new narrative for adulthood, and point the reader in the direc-tion of the Ethics of Adult-hood.

This is not the kind of book you pick up for a night time read. It’s dense with information. This text has been thoroughly researched, and Crawford interweaves resources from pop culture with philosophers, media commentators, literary theo-rists and more. In fact, this book is so well resourced that one assumes that this is a PhD project, as no ordi-nary writer would go to such extraordinary lengths to

develop such a careful argu-ment. This is not supposition and prejudice. This is a pre-cise negotiation that investi-gates the social markers of adulthood. This is a powerful and academic response to rhetorical clichés which don’t acknowledge the increasing diversity and het-erogeneity of culture.

The much maligned gen-eration X and Y are operat-ing in a different sphere to their ‘adult’ parents. Mem-bers of that generation often cite economic diffi culties for remaining childless and without property. In fact, as Crawford points out, these generations are heavily taxed, to cope with the burden of an ageing population.

Although Adult Themes locates the generational oppositions established by the media, it doesn’t seek to further the argument

between Baby Boomers and the X an Y crew. She points out very succinctly that the mere act of creating genera-tional divides is simply a marketing exercise to iden-tify consumer values, and is never indicative of people’s real experience. One person may be living in a housing commission fl at in Penrith, the other in a beachhouse in Watego’s in Byron Bay. They cannot possibly be ascribed the same values, although social commentators con-tinue to do this through their generational labels.

In Adult Themes, Crawford clearly identifies that the playing field has changed distinctly, and the way we fi nd work, form families and engage in politics and cul-ture has radically trans-formed. Crawford argues that it’s time the debates on social values recognise the variety of ways we choose to live.

The gatekeepers of adult-hood are asked to cough up the key, as the future is about embracing diversity in a landscape of shared values rather than arbitrary attributes like age or prop-erty ownership.

Crawford echoes the senti-ments of Nobel Prize win-ning poet Seamus Heaney, and reiterates that we are in fact hunters and collectors of values on an ongoing quest for meaning. It is not so much what delineates ‘adult’, it is more about the failures and successes on the quest to being human.

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Council Roundup

Michael McDonaldI have been to the mother-effi n mountaintop, to para-phrase Eminem, and it was littered with rocks and crazed prophets, so instead last week I took myself along to the last meeting until August – sup-posedly – of Byron Shire Council. Everybody else had the same idea and public access was crammed with folk pushing various barrows, in a much more concise and eloquent fashion than coun-cillors managed later.

It began with the dogs on beaches debate, which is cov-ered in the news pages. Mag-gie Tardif spoke in favour of extending the exercise area at Brunswick Heads to one kilometre, while Lance Ferris of Australian Seabird Rescue talked of the danger of dogs to native species, and Andrew Page from the Marine Park Authority was adamant that a 12 month period of grace for miscreants was over and the whip would be coming down.

Paul Spooner of the Byron Youth Service and Katie Watts were next up, promot-ing the benefi ts to young peo-ple of the Get Rocked con-cert to be held at Byron Bay High in September with the support of the state govern-ment’s Music NSW program. Later Mayor Jan Barham was

successful 7-3, Crs Tardif, Tucker and Woods opposed, in moving that Council sup-port the event and waive the development application fees. She also got a 6-4 vote to give $15,000 towards the event, with some councillors expressing doubts about the viability of Get Rocked since the gig had fallen over before when a major act pulled out of the lineup.

Gayle Russell, the convenor of the North Coast Climate Action Group, spoke in sup-port of Council establishing a sustainability committee and the value of Council having a sustainability offi cer. Appar-ently Council is lodged some-where between Milestones 3 and 4 in some Greenhouse Strategy or another whereas some 60 Australian councils have moved on to Milestone 5. So many miles to go before the apocalypse. The notion of Byron as a green shire ruled by green extremism is cer-tainly a nonsense when you see how other places get along with doing environmentally sensible things without a fuss. Council later resolved 6-4 to establish the committee and to advertise for community representatives.

Jeannette Martin, the élan vital behind the Mullumbimby Community Garden, urged Council to get a move-on with

establishing said garden on its land next to the Mullumbimby tennis courts near Saltwater Creek rather than hanging about for a consultant to pre-pare a plan of management, which is required for land classifi ed ‘community’. There are 77 paid-up garden mem-bers, said Ms Martin, ‘all busting to get their hands in the dirt’ and willing to pull together with Council to get a draft plan up in three months. Council later resolved 6-4 that Council support the prepara-tion of a Draft Generic Plan of Management for Mullumbimby Sports Fields for general use which includes a community garden.

Noted local journalist and standup comedian Bruce McKenzie spoke on behalf of his mum about the distress of permanent residents at Coun-

cil’s Suffolk Park Caravan Park who find they can’t onsell their van sites because the land is classifi ed ‘commu-nity’. He described the park as an ideal place to implement an affordable housing policy and hoped that Council would meet with residents to resolve the issue. The problem is a vexing consequence of local residents’ concerns about Council’s attempts to reclas-sify the land as ‘operational’, being suspicious that it might then be sold for development. Can’t blame them, following Council’s asset fire sale in 1996. Council later voted 8-2 that pending reclassifi cation of the park and/or adoption of a plan of management, Coun-cil not issue any leases for occupation of any ‘permanent’ sites on any part of the land; that a workshop be held with Councillors to discuss the issues surrounding Suffolk Park Caravan Park regarding its history, land classifi cation, encroachments, long term leases, future use and develop-ment; and that a letter be writ-ten to all affected residents to advise them of Council’s reso-lution.

Andrew Young, general manager of Sunnybrand Chickens, called on Council to cut his company some slack by reducing section 64 charges for a potential connection to

the sewer – as everybody who lives nearby knows, Sunny-brand holds its effluent in ponds. Mr Young emphasised that Sunnybrand is a major sponsor and supporter of the community and employs 253 people across the region (241 at Byron Bay). In a letter to Council Mr Young had offered to amortise the required pay-ment of $4 million over 20 years with a quarterly pay-ment in line with rate instal-ments and noted the (now abandoned) concessions on carparking Council had offered to a hostel develop-ment on the site of the old council chambers in Byron Bay. According to Mr Young his company has been approached by developers to sell the land but Sunnybrand is keen to keep it for its chicken processing plant. Council later resolved 6-4, against a staff recommendation, that the General Manager be given delegated authority to negoti-ate an amortisation approach for the payment of section 64 charges and that any negoti-ated outcome be reported to Council.

Restaurateur Ben Kirk-wood and consultant planner Rob Doolan lobbied on behalf of modifications to their plans for the Beach Café – that is touched upon in Table Talk this week. They

got their modifi cations. Michael Worrall, Watego’s

Beach resident involved in traffi c engineering for some 30 years, spoke against mak-ing Marine Parade and Brownell Drive – parts of the same road – a one way street. He said it would increase the speed of traffi c and make it harder for residents to get out of their drives. He noted the lack of space for pedestrians and the dangerous condition of the road into Watego’s – pedestrians, including mums with prams, forced to walk on the road, shoulders ‘never mowed or graded’. Council later resolved that in view of the objections raised by the residents the existing two-way traffi c fl ow be retained.

During public submissions Paul Spooner reappeared, this time with longtime local resident Norma Forest, 83, arguing for a safer crossing on Ewingsdale Road near the Belongil Creek bridge, fol-lowing the recent death of Brian Brummell. They also called for the speed to be reduced to 60kmh from BP Ozigo into town and a safety audit of existing cyclepaths.

All this before 10.30am, and then the meeting proper. These punters’ lively and compelling views are written down nowhere else for the public record.

Barrows pushed vigorously in the temple of governance

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Pitchophobia: fear of being told yet another storyline for a movie which will never be made. Often occurs in local cafés, at fi lm openings or after picking up the wrong hitchhiker.

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A prime position and plenty of parking are some of the reasons to visit the Pass Café. Pause on the Cape Byron walking track and pacify our hunger pangs with breakfast, brunch or lunch or perhaps a piece of pear and polenta cake to go with perfect coffee. Pour over the papers in peace on the sunny deck or cosy indoors seating and enjoy the pleasures of the Pass experience ! Parties are catered for and there is currently a Friday Lunch Special of two courses for a petite $20. Paradise !

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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 TJULY 3 – JULY 8JULY 3 – JULY 8

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Traditionally composers

and conductors of

classically styled music

tend to be men. Rae

Howell is the artistic

director for the Sunwrae

Ensemble, and as the

signature composer,

player and director, she

is pioneering an original

and authentic voice

in the genre she calls

‘cinematic music.’

To start off with, it’s hard

to even fi nd a genre for

this 9 piece ensemble

that constitutes

vibraphone, grand piano,

string quartet, alto fl ute,

double bass and drum.

‘Some people call us contemporary classical’, Rae went on to say, ‘but I don’t think we are. They say: you are playing your own music so it’s not really classical. Contemporary music these days is a lot more concept art, I think cinematic music is what comes to mind because it is like something that evokes a vision...’

Rae, who majored in composition

at Melbourne University heads

an ensemble that has been called

one of the world’s premiere

exponents of what we might call

new classical. Interestingly she

notes the similarities between

the way composers like Mozart

and Beethoven made their music.

Sunwrae Ensemble doesn’t play

the master composers, instead, it

does what they did: create new

innovative and ground-breaking

work.

‘In half of their music, Mozart and Beethoven actually improvised. I am actually getting back to the roots of classical music, but they don’t really accept that, (classical puritans) because it’s big and dramatic. I am just putting my own twist on things

– there are no rules to composing and no one tells you what is right or wrong, but the most important thing is to fi nd your voice.’All the members of Rae’s ensemble are classically trained.

‘They have a strong improvisitory background. They know how to listen to each other and can be really solid. At the same time they have the freedom to play around with solos... often I leave sections of the compositions for them to interpret and improvise. It’s important that everyone has their own voice and their input into what they create.’People talk about the diffi culty of

touring a band, but how do you

get a 9 piece on the road. And

man, they sure are mighty big

instruments.

‘I don’t have government funding like other ensembles. I don’t want to start to tell you how complicated organising a tour can be, this has been in the running since August last year – it’s not just something I have whipped up. And the instruments are big: harp, vibrophone, they are the bigger

insturments of the orchestra! I can’t afford roadies, so it’s lug your own instruments in the Sunwrae Ensemble! There is a fl ute player – she has a big smile on her face!’

Keeping an Ensemble together has challenges of its own. It’s not like a band where the musicians tend to be fairly fi xed, players come and go.

‘The Ensemble changes so much, people come and go, this is the fi rst time I will have the same ensemble for 10 shows in a row. I guess the level of musicianship means that they can sit in or sit out, but the challenge with running an ensemble is that you do have a lot of players going through. I have reached this far with perseverance, a lot of people have helped me along the way. The interesting difference between ensembles and bands, is that bands might break up in a few years time, but I see Sunwrae as my lifelong project, it’s all my original music, and I am taking full responsibility!’Creating music is an intense experience for Rae, who makes herself even more vulnerable, by also being one of the players.

‘I have had internal troubles about accepting what I do and who I am and the music that I create... because a lot of academics look down on someone like me because it’s not along the lines of traditional music... but there are a lot of conservative listeners and alternative listeners that enjoy it. It’s so luscious, and I think all you need to do is understand that it sounds good to your ears.’It really tugs on the heart strings – I have cried in performances before while I am playing. Particularly if I am so focused and my head goes back to where I was when I wrote it. I always get a great response from the audience with a huge smile and they hold their hands to their heart.’The Sunwrae Ensemble also features Kellie O’Dempsey painting in response to the ensemble’s musical creations. The Sunwrae Ensemble plays the Byron

Community Centre on Friday. Tickets are $25/$20 and bookings can be made on: 6685 6807 8pm start!

SOAPBOX 22LIVE MUSIC 22CULTURE 25

CROSSWORD 26STARS 26

GIG GUIDE 27TELLY 28

CINEMA 30EATING OUT 32

Karl farren interview p24

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cinema

school’s out p31


FINAL ACTS FOR SPLENDOURIt’s the hottest ticket in town. Everyone wants a bit of Splendour in the Grass. I have one double pass to giveaway here at The Echo and every week I am absolutely inundated with emails of people begging to win. Everyone has a similar heartbreaking story, some have leukemia with minutes to live and it’s their dying wish to attend, others have sold a kidney on ebay to score a weekend entrance, only to have their kidney rejected and weekend destroyed. I know it’s cruel, but I have to tell you about the fi nal acts released for the program. Man you will sell your own nanna for a ticket through. He’s the bloke that brings women to his knees. Damien Rice, who’s incredible raw and sensual love songs appeared in Closer with Jude Law and Julia Roberts. This Irish singer songwriter’s debut album O was a critical success and his follow-up release 9, entitled in a similarly minimalist fashion, is another outpouring of achingly melancholic and beautiful, introspective folk songs. They’ve been named the most exciting British band since the Sex Pistols and they’re coming to

Splendour. Playing their fi rst gig in September 2005, The

Horrors, all big hair, feedback and monochrome clothes. They have played gigs everywhere from LA to Hull and Tokyo, been tipped by Jarvis Cocker as the future of British rock and appeared on the cover of NME after only two singles. They’ve been chased down the street by teenage girls trying to tear out locks of their hair in Rome. They’ve caused $10,000 of damage during a near-riot at a gig in New York after signing to Island Def Jam (home to Kanye West and Jay-Z) in America. Also hailing from Ireland are Ash, power pop belters who will appear at Splendour for the second time. Splendour welcomes one of the most signifi cant singer/songwriters in Australian music history: Mr Paul Kelly. His narrative song writing style is infused with wry observations, bittersweet emotions and enormous appeal. As well as issuing an enduring body of work with his own bands, Kelly has produced and co-produced many artists including Archie Roach’s acclaimed Charcoal Lane album, and had his songs covered by many artists. From Paul Kelly and the Dots to the Coloured Girls and then Paul Kelly

and the Messengers and his solo outings, Paul Kelly is a prolifi c musician who’s work spans generations and genres. He is the musical everyman. The band Lost

Valentinos also perform at SITG for the fi rst time. Known as one of Sydney’s fi nest proponents of psychedelic dance mania, 2005 saw the band immediately establish themselves as one of the most exciting acts in Sydney’s indie quarters. Also performing are The Beautiful

Girls who, for the past six months, have been locked away in studios from Sydney to LA, putting the fi nishing touches on their third studio album, Ziggurats, released in June. Their 2006 release of the We’re Already Gone album received rave reviews and had critics highlighting the diversity of the trio. In Australia the album picked up an ARIA award nomination, a J award nomination, two songs in the JJJ Hottest 100 and high rotation on radio across the country. Ziggurats is another curve in the band’s sound. Saturday and Sunday, 4 & 5 August.

GET INTO THE GROOVEArmed with an explosive horn section, fi erce percussion, rock-steady guitar riffs, skankin’ drum-beats & bottom heavy bass lines, De Jah

Groove are a powerhouse of energy erupting in the heart of Australian music. Driven by sheer hard work and heavy adrenalin, this six-headed reggae beast is fast becoming the most popular and professional unsigned band in the Australian soundscape. After a hectic 6 months recording their debut

album at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne (entirely self-funded), De Jah Groove are back on the road to rock their fourth major east coast tour. This six-piece ‘Renegade Reggae’ outfi t is playing 15 shows up the coast from the snowfi elds to Coolum Beach. The debut album will be released this year in Australia, and also internationally at a later date. De Jah Groove play the Beach Hotel on Friday and Saturday.

GIVING BERTHA TO SEDITIONThe soul sisters of rebel reggae and funk, Bertha

Control, are set to release their second full length album, Songs of Sedition. The release will be launched through the hills of Northern NSW, at The Zoo in Brisbane and right up to the Sunshine Coast throughout July with the aid of some amazing support acts from these areas. The eagerly awaited release is a global cacophony of reggae, funk and the soulful harmonies they are so well loved for. Bertha Control have sold out shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Northern NSW and have catapulted captivated audiences right down the east coast of Australia to their feet with their infectious grooves and worldly message. Songs of Sedition is their third release and beautifully captures their live feel with a collection of amazing reggae, funk and ska tunes. Flawless the songwriter explains: Songs of Sedition is the musical manifestation of the rollercoaster of the last two years of our lives. It is a dancing road trip of epic proportions. It is a truth of

the soapbox [ mandy nolan ]

DIARY OF APEANUT QUEEN

Every life is full of regrets. Mine can be summed up in just one sentence. I could have been a Show Queen. But alas, I was never to feel the soft breeze of the satin sash against my skin, or the stab of the crown’s metal pins into my skull, and I was never afforded the opportunity to bask in the radiant glow of success, relishing my maiden speech as Miss Peanut Queen titled: ‘Girls with nuts.’ Perhaps that’s why I became a standup comedian, as a kind of compensation for a broken dream. I grew up in what was popularised in the Bjelke era as ‘Joh-town’. Kingaroy, the peanut capital of Australia. A country town populated by, yep, nuts. The slogans for Mental Health week were

fantastic: ‘We’re Nuts about Nuts’, and of course, what girl could resist the come-on lines of local farmers: ‘Hey darlin, want to have a nibble at me nuts?’ My teenage years were spent in the shadow of enormous red-dirt stained silos, giant agricultural monoliths that cast 100 metre shadows all over town. It’s hard to remember a time in my life that didn’t contain at least traces of nuts. Every man and woman I knew had red stained fi ngers from pulling out their peanuts from the rich volcanic soil. The soil permeated everything. It stained white thongs pink, red necks even redder, cream shag carpet became salmon overnight and unless you wanted the crimson arse of a baboon on heat, you

never sat down in white jeans. Kingaroy prided itself on having more nuts than anywhere else in the country. (I was born there – are you surprised?) The highlight in the calendar of most country towns is the annual agricultural show. In Pagan times they had a harvest festival, where fertile young virgins would dance in celebration of a bountiful year, but in the absence of virgins and with the genetic memory of charred witches’ fl esh still lingering in the nostrils, locals preferred a more sedate occasion: The Show. Children leading prize poddy calves, grown men fondling their hand groomed roosters, glass cases displaying award winning sponge cakes that would never be eaten, and

ferris wheels assembled by carnie types who looked like they couldn’t manage a toothbrush, let alone a spanner. I loved the show. Each year, a vision of beauty would be crowned ‘Miss Peanut Queen’ and she would ride resplendent in taffeta and diamanté astride a giant peanut on the back of a ute. It was always the Doctor’s receptionist, or the bitch from accounts at Massey Ferguson. I came so close. Kingaroy Show, 1984. I am 17 and I have my eye on the crown. In the talent section I danced a solo from the ‘The Nutcracker’. In the public presentation I delivered a show stopping address which I titled: ‘How to enlarge your peanuts.’ Beverly Anne Gadiske and I stood on stage together.

I was convinced that I was a dead cert to win because I was the only one with a neck. ‘Miss Peanut Queen, 1984, is Mandy Nolan.’ Flo Bjelke kissed my cheeks and fi tted the crown, made entirely from prize winning peanuts onto my head. I was crying. I was so happy. But then I couldn’t breathe, and my throat was puffi ng up. Suddenly my neck was gone. My tongue swelled and I started foaming at the mouth. I had gone into anaphylactic shock. Beverly Anne Gadiske was crowned Peanut Queen, and I was run out of town, exiled in shame and hatred as that weird freaky girl who was allergic to nuts. I could have been the Nut Queen. Hang on. I think I am.

[ L I VE MUSIC ] *

GIVEAWAYS

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS TIX FOR YOUYes they are here, and so let

the incessant emailling begin. I have a double pass to give away for Splendour and a box of 10 CD’s which I will give to

the runner up. Start emailing me with subject header ‘desperate 4 splendour’ to [email protected] Please, only one entry per person! If you are carbon neutral and like to use the post you can post it to Splendour in the Grass Tix Giveaway, The Echo, 6 Village

Way, Mullumbimby. 2482.

DINOSAUR JUNIOR BURGER

We have a double pass away to see Dinosaur JR at the Hotel

Great Northern on Thursday, and 2 copies of the new CD: Beyond. Email [email protected] with subject header ‘dinosaur’.

SUNRAE ORCHESTRA | BBCC | FRIDAY

8 BALL AITKEN AND HIS BAND

THE RAILS SUNDAY

BERTHA CONTROL

LENNOX POINT HOTEL | FRIDAY

SATURDAY | DURRUMBUL HALL


the people, a ‘her-story’ as not explained in your history books, but by fi ve worldly women and a number of high-profi le special guests. Bertha Control’s July tour will be their second tour for the year, having pleasured Melbourne crowds earlier in the year. They play the

Lennox Point Hotel with The Love Bus on Friday and Durrumbul Hall on Saturday with Mystic Beats at 6pm.

YOU AND ZULYA Remember Dr Zhivago, the haunting images of Julie Christie alone in the snow? Anna Karenina? Crime and Punishment? There is a long tradition of deeply moving narratives within Russian culture, and the beautiful Zulya sings her own original songs in English. Fans familiar with Zulya’s music have enjoyed her songs, mostly in Russian and Tatar and although the communication of the songs meaning and emotion, goes beyond language – the prospect of understanding her words is very exciting. Zulya and the Children of

the Underground create a unique sound derived from the combination of the melancholy, beauty and drama of Zulya’s distinctive song-writing with the extraordinary musicianship of her Australian band members. Instruments include piano accordion, guitar, drums and double bass. They perform at the Bangalow Catholic Hall on Saturday. Tickets are $18/16 and are at the door.

WHEN DINOSAUR JR RULED THE EARTHNever say never (they say)... This maxim could never be more true than in the case of the reformed original Dinosaur Jr. The rift seemingly so bad between singer/guitarist J Mascis and bass player Lou Barlow, that Mascis informed Barlow that the band was breaking up, only to reform it the very next day albeit with a new bass player! Lou Barlow would go on to carve a niche for himself via his infl uential bands Sebadoh, The Folk Implosion and as a solo artist, and Dinosaur Jr would also carry on (without Barlow and even later without drummer Murph) for a few years yet, but by 1997 it was all over. Time heals all wounds though (they say), and in 2005, some 16 years after that initial break up, Lou Barlow rejoined his fellow band mates: J Mascis and drummer Murph in a reformed Dinosaur Jr for a series of hugely received, ear shattering shows all around the world. The reunion going so well that a brand new album Beyond – arguably their best yet – was recorded and released in 2007 to further critical (and fan) acclaim. And if all this warm fuzzy feeling wasn’t enough, Lou Barlow, at the invite of J Mascis, has begun to play the occasional opening solo spot to his own band! Dinosaur Jr supported by Lou Barlow – how good does it get! Thursday at the Hotel

Great Northern. $36.00 + bf available online from: www.byronbayentertainment.com., direct from the venue – phone charge: 1300 762 545, Music Bizarre Lismore – phone: 6622 3262, ABC Shop Ballina – phone: 6686 2436.

8 BALLS OF FIRE With a hot swamp-rock sound straight out of Far North Queensland’s Mareeba Delta, 8 Ball is an authentic Australian hippie-cowboy export. Having recently returned from a successful USA tour, with gigs in exotic locales including New York, Nashville, Connecticut, Los Angeles and even Fiji on the return leg, 8 Ball Aitken says he is excited about returning to play in Byron Bay. ‘We played two shows at the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival in Byron Bay this year, and I believe they are some of our best performances to date,’ enthuses 8 Ball, a former tropical North Queensland banana picker. ‘There’s something special about the people and the place. Byron Bay brings out the best in us, every time we have played here so far; the dance fl oor has packed out in the fi rst song. That is the ultimate compliment for us as musicians, who love a fun crowd.’ Still touring in support of his most recent CD release, Odd Ball In, 8 Ball Aitken has pulled in for a pit stop and several quick gigs on the East Coast before embarking on his third Japanese tour that will take him to his next big festival appearance, headlining the mountain top festival ‘Rokko Sun Music’. He is being brought to Japan by the same promoter who imports the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.’The Japanese seem to like our organic, Aussie roots sound, which is why I am getting some good breaks over there,’ explains 8 Ball, ‘They often yell out “outu-backu!” which means outback. It is always a wild gig when I play there -- they can’t help wanting to touch my red beard, and will even stage-dive for toy koalas! Japan is a fascinating, ancient culture immersed in the modern world, and it’s got a rapidly expanding music market. The Japanese are on the cutting edge of pop, and you never know what weird thing is going to happen next in the cool hangouts’ he concludes. After spending many years labouring in the mangos and banana plantations of Far North Queensland, 8 Ball began performing as a 15 year old. He’s now developed his musical passion into a full time profession and left the farm-work behind. International touring to major rock festivals is a dream he never thought could come true, especially after his high school guidance counsellor advised him to give up his music, in favour of becoming a bricklayer. Against that expert advice, and against the wishes of his father, who wanted him to continue as a farm-worker, 8 Ball packed his bags and grabbed his guitar,

new program guide

DE JAH GROOVE | BEACH HOTEL | FRIDAY + SATURDAY

DINOSAUR JNR | HOTEL GREAT

NORTHERN | THURSDAY

JO JO SMITH | BLUE BIRDY

BUDDHA BAR | WED 11 JULY


then hitch-hiked south to the Big Smoke of Bris Vegas. ‘I believe that everybody has a special talent, and it is only a matter of fi guring out what it is, then following through with action,’ explains 8 Ball, ‘I encourage everyone I meet to believe in themselves and follow their dreams. New generations of young people are always at a stage where what they choose to do with their lives affects the rest of their lives, and I like to promote creativity and positive thinking.’ Shake the cold weather from your bones with 8 Ball Aitken at the Rails on Sunday from 6pm.

WELCOME MATTNew Australian talent Matt

Seaberg has sling-shot to notoriety and credibility

with his debut album, Geminis Many Sides. For an independent musician with little funding, and no industry knowledge or backing to receive national Australian airplay 2 weeks after his debut release is phenomenal. Along with producers, UK legend Paul Gomersall (Blur, Kate Bush, George Michael) and Mark Ward (OZ rock icon) Matt chose 9 songs from a catalogue of over 200 songs he has penned at the ridiculous number of gigs he has performed in recent years. Matt possesses a plethora of vocal styles and has a smorgasbord of infl uences. Some people can hear Chilli Peppers and Zappa, others hear Buckley or Led Zepplin, Neil Finn and The Beatles, Jamiroquai and Dave

Matthews. Yet, the album has a continuity and captivating sound that pervades all its tracks. Matt plays the Hotel

Great Northern on Friday.

VISTA SOUNDSThe Byron Vista In Concert

Series present the pick of the crop of local singer/songwriters and musicians. It’s long been the dream of Mook and Shanto Bahloo to bring the music and talents of this region to a bigger stage. Last year they ran the popular Byron Vista Social Club at Ewingsdale Hall and presented a series of concerts that have been beautifully recorded and now represent a signifi cant slice of the incredible talent in the area. They presented their Pacifi c Songwriters Festival

and now they are in the next phase of their vision, to work in conjunction with Bay FM, presenting a series of fundraising events that are recorded and will eventually form the basis for regular live to air performances. It just keeps getting better, join them at the Byron

Community Centre on Thursday when the Vista is treated to the musical genius of Gyan and friends.

BAKER AT THE BIRDYThe Vanesa Baker Band plays an eclectic mix of deep groove, old skool funk and contemporary SoulnRnB. The live show is a booty shakin’, soul groovin’, spirit lifting experience. Vanessa’s vocals have graced the recorded and live work of countless Australian groove and funk projects including Tracky Dax, Deni Hines, Kurtis, Junkbeats, Jacky Orzasky. She has also worked extensively with members of acts such as Paul

Mac, Skunk Hour, and Sydney underground dance label Future Classics as her own diverse recordings and live performances. Vanessa has just relocated to the northern rivers region to incubate and record her fi rst original solo project. Joining her in this quest for truth, justice and the futurefunkadelicment are locally based musicians Sam Shine (guitar), whose credits include various funk and RnB outfi ts in Sydney and elsewhere, Khari Simmons (bass) fresh out of Atlanta and a former mainstay of the India Arie band and local drumming tyro Sam Stanley. She performs with her band at the Blue Birdy on Wednesday. Also don’t miss legendary singer Jo Jo Smith the following week.

WELL LOVED DIVA RETURNS TO BYRONIf you say to anyone around here, god do you remember Jo Jo Smith? If they say no, then it’s a fair indication

they have only been here for 5 years or so. Jo Jo is no stranger to these parts. Known for her soulful voice, powerful, warm and full of passion, she is returning to Byron for one show only. With groove masters Greg Lyon on bass, Steve Russell on piano, Dave Sanders on drums, Geoff Wright on guitar, Tony Buchannan on saxophone and Leigh Carriage on vocals. Jo Jo is fondly remembered as the lead vocalist with funk band Hip Pocket in the 80s and early 90s. Jo Jo is now living in Victoria playing in various lineups. Recently thrilling her audience at The Boite Music Cafe and The Brunswick Music Festival. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear one of Australia’s great singers at the Blue Birdy on Wednesday

11 July.

GET ON YOUR HIGH HORSEAs if anybody is going to leave the cosy comfort of their lounge room, the fi re crackling and warm, a hot choccy steaming in their hands to go out to see a band on a midwinter’s night. HighHorse who are Liz Nankervis (guitar vocals) Steve ‘Zoom’ Sanchez on bass and Phil Ashworth on drums hope you will make the effort to get to Bangalow

Pub on Saturday. Their music is a kind of country phunk fusion set up with blue overtones. And remember Bangalow Hotel has an open fi replace, cosy booths and two pool tables.

IT’S A PROUD MOMENT FOR KARL FARREN, HE’S JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO HIS VERY FIRST SOLO ALBUM: AN IMPRESSIVE DARK AND SOMETIMES GOTHIC DEBUT TITLED: REPENTANCE CREEK.

For Karl, one of the key

players in the Mullumbimby

Folk Club, it’s been

something he’s been

cooking up for some time

now.

‘I have been planning to do it for the last few years. But as an independent musician there are a few challenges, like fi nance: you have to do it yourself. Then there’s the legistics of getting a bunch of musicians together. The better you plan the more you keep the costs down.

‘It’s a whole different process

to playing live. I’ve been writing with the mind of performing, so when I went into the studio, I had to work out arrangement, get charts and get people to learn parts. Early on in the process I decided that I would just give them a chord chart and see what they came up with. I am a bit of a control freak, so it was a deliberate choice. You never know what people are going to come up with, for example I am not a keyboard player, so I don’t know what a keyboard player is going to come up with. I still have the fi nal say, but it’s interesting handing over. I remember reading a Pete Townsend interview about The Who. No matter what he wrote he had to hand it over to the monster, The Who, and it would came out completely different.

‘It was an interesting process for me just handing that over and I was really pleased with what people came up with. Music often is a collaborative thing. If I am going to get people to collaborate and I am

hiring a musician, not just a pair of hands, I want to give the musician a chance to bring something to the table.

I got some comments, like, I hope I can come up with somehting that’s OK, so I guess there is the extra responsibility for players.’

Repentance Creek features

songs that have been road

tested live, and some that

have only been played a

few times. Selecting the

tunes wasn’t a challenge for

Karl, once he’d set the tone.

The tone was set by the name: Repentance Creek.

‘It’s such a great name, to me it has this slightly sinister 19th centrury gothic American civil war feel. I heard some stories about it, one was about the cedar getters and they would put a mark on the tree to designate whose log was whose and they’d fl oat it down the river. One time someone was changing the marks, there was a dispute about it the other guy who was jibbed was walking by and said ‘you will repent on

this’. The guy who’d changed the marks on the logs was shamed and went off and hanged himself.’

Being an Irish Catholic boy

Karl admits to a certain

fascination with religious

language.

‘There’s a death ballad on there called Chickabee. That has fascinated me: in John Steinbeck the most loving thing you can do for someone is to kill them. It’s in ‘Of Mice and Men’, and Steinbeck is beautiful at creating the sense of place and character and that notion stuck with me...there is a long tradition in folk music for murder ballads...it’s in the catholic upbringing: the fascination with death and blood. The central notion of the religion after all is a blood sacrifi ce!’

Karl recorded with co-

producer Antony Payne

at Rocking Horse Studios,

something Karl admits

to being a very symbiotic

relationship.

But nothing compares to seeing your creation for the fi rst time!

‘It was exciting seeing the box coming – it was a thrill! It was the fi rst time I had seen it in it’s fi nished form, I hadn’t held it in my hand before, there were so many decisions: not just musical ones. I have been a musical obsessive my whole life. It’s a tactile thing. That’s why it’s in a cardboard folder because you pick it up and handle it. It’s tricky but one of those things that lets down a lot of indepently packaged CD’s because are when they look cheap and amateurish.

It’s a beautiful moody and

even romantic album.

I asked Karl fi nally if

he defi ned himself as a

Romantic?

‘I am a romantic by nature and cynic by practise. Although you hit the romantic very soon, I have a thin veneer at any time, I am a big wuss, I think that romanticism comes through on the album.’Mary Cannon is doing a

feature on her show on

BAY FM on Wednesday

from 6-8pm and Karl will

be playing songs from

Repentance Creek live in

the studio.

Karl Farren launches his new CD at Ewingsdale Hall on Saturday from 7.30pm with special guest performers. It’s $5 on the door and the CD is available on the night for $20. (It will usually retail for $25)

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ZULYA & THE CHILDREN OF THE UNDERGROUND

SATURDAY | BANGALOW CATHOLIC HALL

GYAN AND FRIENDS

BBCC | THURSDAY


[ cu l ture ] *

BYRON COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTRETUESDAY 17TH JULY, 8:00PM

BOOKINGS: 6685 6807

DIRECT FROM HUNGARY

COMEDYSTANDUP WITH AUSTEN There is nothing quite as exciting as an Austen

Tayshus comedy performance. The audience is literally poised on the edge of its seats as the Big Man of Australian comedy engages in a relentless, rapid fi re satirical assault. Its funny, frightening, fi erce and informed. This is not just a collection of gags thrown together with a couple of catchy punchlines. Austen’s humour is about who we are and how we think and what happened in the cultural melting pot to make us that way. He plays provocateur to our values and measures them against our rather shaky identity as ‘Australian’. Austen Tayshus has been around since 1981, when a much younger Ray Ban-wearing loudmouth fi rst burst onto the scene with his ‘83 hit Australiana. It sold over 200,000 units and went double platinum. There’s been probably 10,000 gigs in between: this one man comic rampage is relentless. In 1997, Austen wrote and starred in Intolerance – a fi lm based on a true experience that developed into one of his stage routines. Intolerance won best fi lm and Austen won the best actor award in tropfest. Austen’s appearance on Andrew Denton’s Enough Rope on ABC TV was highly acclaimed and watched by over one million people around Australia. Currently Austen is co-writing his fi rst lead-role feature fi lm with Robert Lewis Galinsky entitled, The Mudrock Briefs which will be released in late 2007. The fi lm is slated to be directed by veteran Scott Roberts (The Hard Word). He is also starring in Doin the Splits, an Australian-US coproduction to be released in late 2008. He is joined on stage by one of the brightest new voices in Australian comedy: Josh Thomas. Josh was the youngest winner of RAW comedy in 2005, when at the tender age of 17 he took home the rubber chicken. This year he was voted best newcomer at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in just one week after his Byron gig he jets off to Montreal Comedy Festival. I’ll be there as resident MC now 20 kilos lighter, and only 5 kilos away from selling her

fat jokes on E-bay. They’ve served me well, I think I held onto being overweight for years, because I loved my fat jokes so much. But, I think I’ve, well, outgrown them? I know there will be a big girl somewhere in the world who needs them more than me! Catch Austen Tayshus, Josh Thomas and me at the Byron

Bowling Club on Monday at 8pm. Tix are $15/20 and can be booked on 6684 3443.

THEATREBAYWRITE THEATRE NEEDS READERSReaders are required for Baywrite’s next rehearsed play reading to be performed at the Byron Entertainment

Centre next Saturday 7 July. The Play is The Custodians by Eric Earley, a powerful play about Aboriginal deaths in custody. Two women and fi ve men of various ages are required. Please ring Stirling Nougher 6680 8386 or email him at [email protected]

FILMREEL MUMSThe next Reel Mums screening will be held on Thursday at the Byron

Cinemas at 10am. The fi lm for the yummy mummies

who have to bring their kiddie widdies will be the perve fest, Ocean’s 13. Women are divided into two camps (well the heterosexual ones at least). And the big question is asked: Brad Pitt or George Clooney? I’d say defi nitely George Clooney. Great actor and a real old fashioned cad. And that’s sexy. Pretty boy Brad is just a designer t-shirt-wearing pram pusher. Join in this vigorous and lifechanging debate!

LIVE EARTHThe North Coast Climate Action Group will be hosting a Friends of Live Earth event with a viewing of the Sydney concert on the big screen at the Bangalow Hotel on Saturday from 11am. For

those not in the loop, Live Earth is a series of concerts held around the world over 24 hours to inspire global action on climate change. The Sydney concert will kick off the worldwide event with Crowded House, Jack Johnson, Wolfmother,The John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Eskimo Joe, Sneaky Sound System, Paul Kelly, Blue King Brown, Ghostwriters, Toni Collette and the Finish. Celebrate successes and inspire others with the progress so far. Exchange ideas with the folks behind the climate action groups, farmers markets, bicycle users groups, Local Exchange Trading System, permaculture, home energy auditors, waste forum, and many more.

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THIS WEEK’S ASTRAL EMPHASIS IS ON FAMILY GATHERINGS, SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND HOME IMPROVEMENTS – BUT WITH RETRO MERCURY’S GLITCHES, QUIRKS AND MISBEHAVING COMMUNICATIONS STILL OPERATING IT PAYS TO DOUBLE CHECK PAPERWORK, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ITINERARIES, INSURANCE, TIMETABLES AND ARRANGEMENTS.

ARIES: If your vision isn’t immediately accepted this week, the challenge is fi nding a way to re-present it that’s likely to get the most favourable reception. Right now you’re better off sticking with what

you know works and giving it an interesting new twist.

TAURUS: This week’s empathetic world has people picking up instantly on what you’re thinking and feeling – and reacting emotionally. You’ll sense their thoughts, feelings, even unspoken wishes too, and might need time out to plan a new course of action.

GEMINI: With another week still to go of your ruling planet Mercury’s second annual retrograde, extra care with cash, valuables and contractual agreements is indicated. If signing anything establish beforehand exactly what conditions apply, and allow extra time for getting to appointments.

CANCER: People have their guards up this week – you included. Getting through this protective armour will take patient and understanding dismantling, rather than trying to pierce weak spots with blame or accusation. Because in some peoples’ opinions, no pain... is good.

LEO: Venus in Leo makes this week about partnerships: marital, professional, friends, allies and infl uential contacts.

Evaluating personal relationships is main item on the agenda, with strong partners more valuable than malleable ones - so look for hidden or potential strengths.

VIRGO: Others are extremely receptive – and reactive – to your moods this week, so if you’re experiencing anxiety, expressions of love and appreciation are important to balance out the effect of those worry vibes. Just relax and this could be an extremely juicy week.

LIBRA: You’ll probably need to take a break from some people this week – while others may need to take a break from you. Keeping your distance from what doesn’t directly concern you is highly recommended. And if you don’t feed dramas they’ll subside sooner...

SCORPIO: If your personal demons start acting up this week – and it’s on the cards – suppressing them might only end up in an explosion. So give them a job instead – make creative use of their energy by putting them to work for a positive cause.

SAGITTARIUS: This week the ancient Greeks honored Athena, goddess of wisdom. And for

positive results during this touchy time, your wisest move when an opportunity to shut up presents itself, is to take it. With communication a minefi eld of misunderstandings, the less said this week the better.

CAPRICORN: Now that the Saturn/Neptune opposition’s stopped blocking and disintegrating your plans, that sense of weighty responsibilities sending your dreams receding into never-never land seems to lessen. This week everything starts to look more do-able.

AQUARIUS: This isn’t the year’s most exuberantly user-friendly week – more a time of personal nurturing and deep listening to your inner needs. Brighten other people’s lives with your wild enthusiasms by all means, but don’t use that as an excuse to neglect your own.

PISCES: Take note if you fi nd yourself repeating past errors. Or letting others drain your energy this week – which isn’t a good one for making promises, signing documents or starting new projects. Wait till mid next week when everything’s a lot more promising.

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Television Guide1. The Chaser (seen here advertising themselves beside an Icelandic glacier) are repeating their best bits on ABC, Wednesdays 9pm. 2. Antonio Banderas (right) stars as an Is-lamic warrior helping a bunch of beserker norsemen fi ght off a supernatural horror in The 13th Warrior (Prime, Saturday night at half past midnight). Sounds naff enough but it’s surprisingly atmospheric and convincing.3. The staff at Hogwarts agitate for an in-crease in their clothing allowance. Harry Potter and the something something or other drags its slow length on to NBN again, Saturday, 7.30pm.

ABC SBS PRIME TEN NBN

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4.30 Movie: Guns Of Hate (PG 1948 B&W) 5.30 Head 2 Head 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 School Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Talking Heads 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.55 Behind The News 6.00 Atlantic Edge Ireland Food 6.30 The Cook And The Chef 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 The New Inventors 8.30 Spicks And Specks 9.00 The Chaser’s War On Repeats 9.30 Hyperdrive Hello Queppu 10.00 At The Movies 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Blue Murder 12.45 Movie: Victim (PG 1961 B&W) 2.25 Movie: Gold Express (G 1955 B&W) 3.25 National Press Club Address Booze pickled media leeches swill

around while dull, colourless political suits justify corporate agendas.

5.25 World News 12.30 Business Report 1.00 Movie: The Way Home (G, Drama)

2002 Grand Bell Award for Best Film. 2.30 Tales from a Suitcase 3.00 Mum’s the Word 3.30 FIFA Fever 4.00 A Fork In The Road 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Vasili’s Garden Gardening series 8.00 Inside Australia Documentary 8.30 Dateline 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Festival Movie: Gilles’ Wife (M, s,v,a,

2004) French relationship drama. 11.55 Movie: The Professional (MA v,l

2003) Serbian black comedy 1.35 Demon Fault Australian Gold Mine

documentary 2.35 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show 10.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Raggs 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Captain Ron (PG 1992) Stars

Martin Short, Kurt Russell 2.00 Category 6: Day of Destruction 3.00 Erky Perky 3.30 Tribe 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Last Chance Learners 8.00 Police Files – Unlocked 8.30 Movie: Wicker Park (M 2004) Stars

Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne 10.50 The Unit (M) 11.50 Criss Angel Mind Freak 12.30 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Toasted TV 8.30 Puzzle Play 9.00 9am With David And Kim 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.00 Totally Wild 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Big Brother 8.00 The Simpsons 8.30 House (M) 9.30 Medium (M) 10.30 Late Night News And Sports

Tonight 11.15 Big Brother Up-Late (MA15+) 1.15 Late Show with David Letterman 2.15 Video Hits Up-Late 2.30 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 TVP Direct 11.30 Danoz 12.00 Movie: See Spot Run (PG 2001) A

runaway dog turns out to be an FBI agent on a Mafi a boss’s hit list. An imbecilic postman and his would-be girl-friend’s son intervene. Cuteness ensues. Stars David Arquette, Paul Sorvino.

2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Fresh Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Lockie Leonard 4.30 Temptation 5.00 Bert’s Family Feud 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 State of Origin Queensland vs

NSW Game 3 10.30 Wimbledon 2007 Day 9 4.00 Untold Wealth 4.30 Good Morning Australia

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4.30 Movie: Stagecoach Kid (G 1949) 5.30 Head 2 Head 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 School Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Monarch Of The Glen 1.30 Strictly Dancing 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.55 Behind The News 6.00 Grand Designs: Dorset 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Catalyst 8.35 Brat Camp 9.25 Gamer Revolution Part Two. 10.15 Lateline 10.50 Lateline Business 11.15 The Blues: A Musical Journey, Feel Like

Going Home 12.40 Netball: 2007 Australia vs Jamaica 1 2.25 Movie: Madonna Of The Seven

Moons (PG 1944) 4.10 Words: Sandy McCutcheon

5.25 World News 12.30 Business Report 1.00 Unconstitutional: The War in Iraq

Robert Greenwald’s doco comprehen-sively nails the WMD lies of the Bushites.

2.30 Dateline 3.30 Nest 4.00 Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Homemade History 7.35 Inspector Rex 8.30 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey 9.40 World News Australia 10.10 The Movie Show 10.20 Aussie Onslaught: Tour de France 11.25 Movie: Belleville Rendez-Vous (PG

2003) French animated comedy. 12.50 Traces Of A Dragon – Jackie Chan

And His Lost Family Documentary (MA v,a)

2.30 Weatherwatch Overnight

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show 10.00 Home Shopping 10.30 Morning News 11.00 Raggs 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Volcano, Fire on the Moun-

tain (PG1997) Stars Dan Cortese 2.00 Category 6: Day of Destruction 3.00 Flipper and Lopaka 3.30 Tribe 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 How I Met Your Mother 8.00 That 70s Show 8.30 Heroes (M) 9.30 Lost (M) 10.30 The Amazing Race 11.30 Family Guy 12.00 Family Plots 12.30 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Toasted TV 8.30 Puzzle Play 9.00 9am With David And Kim 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.00 Totally Wild 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Big Brother 7.30 Pirate Master 8.30 Law & Order: SVU (M) 9.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M) 10.30 Late Night News And Sports

Tonight 11.15 Big Brother Up-Late (MA15+) 1.15 Late Show with David Letterman 2.15 Video Hits Up-Late 2.30 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz 11.30 Guthy Renker 12.00 Movie: Grizzly Falls (PG 1999) Good

cast battle with low-grade material. Material wins. Stars Bryan Brown, Rich-ard Harris.

2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Fresh Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Lockie Leonard 4.30 Temptation 5.00 Bert’s Family Feud 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Getaway Travel show 8.30 Sea Patrol New series. Cleancut young

men guard Australian waters, ensuring that refugees, pirate fi shermen and drug runners get the short shrift they deserve.

9.30 The Footy Show 11.00 Wimbledon 2007 Day 10 4.00 Untold Wealth 4.30 Good Morning America

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4.30 Movie: Storm Over Wyoming 5.30 Head 2 Head 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 School Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Firefl ies 1.30 Parkinson 2.30 Spicks And Specks 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.55 Behind The News 6.00 No Job For A Lady Political comedy 6.30 Can We Help? 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline 8.00 Collectors 8.30 Taggart (M, v) 9.35 Ghost Squad: London (M, sr, l, v) 10.30 Lateline 11.10 The Chaser’s War On Repeats: 2 11.40 jtv 12.10 Rage (M) goes on till 9am Saturday

5.25 World News 12.30 Business Report 1.00 Food Lovers Guide To Australia 1.30 Prescription for Survival 2.30 Birth Rites Doco on birth issues 3.30 Tales From A Suitcase 4.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide to Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Versailles Stories Art preservation 8.00 Help Paramedics at work 8.30 As It Happened The Somme 9.35 World News Australia 10.05 Three of Hearts Doco on a postmod-

ern family. 11.50 Movie: The Housekeeper (M s,l,v

2002) French romantic comedy. 1.25 Movie: Kops (M, v, l 2002) Swedish

comedy. 3.00 Weatherwatch Overnight

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show 10.00 Home Shopping 10.30 Morning News 11.00 Raggs 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Getting Even with Dad

(PG 1994) Stars Ted Danson, Macaulay Culkin

2.30 Reba 3.00 Flipper and Lopaka 3.30 Tribe 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Better Homes and Gardens 8.30 William and Mary 9.30 2007 AFL Premiership Essendon vs

Geelong 12.30 Shopping and Relgion

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Toasted TV 8.30 Rock It! 9.00 9am With David And Kim 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.00 The Lost Children New series 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Hook, Line & Sinker 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Big Brother 7.30 Big Brother Friday Night Live 9.30 America’s Top Model new series 10.30 Big Brother Up-Late (MA15+) 12.00 Sports Tonight 12.30 Late Show With David Letterman 1.30 Out of Prasctice 2.30 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz 11.30 Guthy Renker 12.00 Movie: Joe Somebody (PG 2001) A

worker stands up to a bully in the work-place and recovers his self-respect. Stars Tim Allen, Kelly Lynch, John Belushi.

2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Fresh Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 The Shak 4.30 Temptation 5.00 Bert’s Family Feud 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Friday Night Football Wests Tigers vs

Penrith Panthers 9.30 Friday Night Football Brisbane Bron-

cos vs Gold Coast Titans 11.30 Wimbledon 2007 Day 11 4.00 Entertainment Tonight 4.30 Good Morning America

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All Ten programs between 5pm and 11pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)

Most Prime programs between 6.30pm and 11.30pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)

SBS advises viewers that programming between 6pm and 10.30pm nightly is Closed Captioned (CC)

Programs are correct at the time of going to press but beware – all stations like tinkering

with things at the last minute.


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9.00 jtv Saturday 11.10 Falcon Beach 12.00 Stateline 12.30 Australian Story 1.00 Foreign Correspondent 1.50 Human Contraptions Bruce Petty 2.00 Netball: Australia vs Jamaica 1 3.00 Rugby Union: Shute Shield 5.00 Bowls World Team Cup 6.00 Goodnight Sweetheart 6.30 Gardening Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Doctor Who stars David Tennant 8.15 Mr Bean Rowen Atkinson animation 8.30 The Bill (M, v) 9.20 ABC News 10.15 Parkinson Daniel Craig, Ben Elton and

Robin Williams 11.05 Rage (M)

5.25 World News in various languages 12.30 Business Report 1.00 Three Sisters Opera, stars Gary Boyce

and Alain Aubin. 2.50 J.S. Bach Pianist Nikolai Demidenko. 3.00 Jumba Jimba Doco on child artist 3.30 Frida Kahlo Doco on Mexican artist 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 5.30 The Lost Gods Roman Religion 6.00 Heat in the Kitchen Restaurant critics 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Nerds FC 8.00 Kick 8.30 Movie Show 8.40 Iron Chef 9.30 Movie: The Demon Stirs (M l,s,a

2005) Based on the French comic book and novel ‘Le Démon de Midi’, this is a midlife crisis comedy which is both entertaining and well-observed.

11.05 Shameless11.50 2007 Tour De France Prologue 3.35 Weatherwatch and Music

6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 The Saturday Club 10.00 Staines Down Drains 10.30 Dive Olly Dive 11.00 Jetix 11.30 That’s So Raven 12.00 Eclipse 1.00 V8 XTRA 1.30 Motorsport 2.30 Ugly Betty Special 3.30 Movie: Love Bug 2 (G 1974) Herbie

rides again. 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Seven News 6.30 The Great Outdoors 7.30 Tri-Nations Australia vs South Africa 10.00 Movie: Bad Company (M 2002) Com-

edy thriller, starring Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock

12.30 Movie: The 13th Warrior (AV 1999) Medieval horror starring Antonio Ban-deras

2.30 Home Shopping or Religion

6.00 Toasted TV 9.00 Video Hits First 10.00 Video Hits 12.00 Goodwood Festival of Speed 12.30 RPM 1.30 AFL Round 14 Collingwood vs St Kilda 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos 7.30 Hunter Hunted: Mangrove Man-

eaters Bengal tigers 8.30 NCIS 9.30 Law and Order: SVU 10.30 AFL Round 14 Adelaide vs Hawthorn 1.00 Formula One Grand Prix Round 9

Qualifying laps in UK 4.00 Home Shopping or Relgion

6.00 Danoz 6.30 Untold Wealth 7.00 Guthy Renker 7.30 Kids’ Programs 10.00 The Music Jungle 11.00 George Lopez 11.30 The Speed Machine 12.00 The Car Show 12.30 Do It 1.00 My Home 1.30 The Snow Show 2.00 Movie: Island of Love (G 1963) Stars

Robert Preston, Walter Matthau 4.00 Discover Downunder 4.30 Talk to the Animals 5.00 The Garden Gurus 5.30 Fishing Australia 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Harry Potter and the Cham-

ber of Secrets (PG 2001) Stars Daniel Radcliffe, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane.

10.55 Wimbledon 2007 Day 12 4.00 Guthy Renker 5.00 Danoz 5.30 Guthy-Renker

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6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacifi c Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Landline 1.00 Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G*) 2.00 Vinland Examines the Viking Map 3.00 Quai Branly 3.50 Mind The Gap Short fi lm 4.05 Art Museums Bargello Museum 4.30 First Tuesday Book Club 5.00 Sunday Arts 6.00 At The Movies 6.30 The Einstein Factor 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Robin Hood (PG, v) 8.15 Creature Comforts 8.30 Life on Mars (M) 9.30 Compass: Cronulla To Kokoda 10.30 One Earth Many Voices 11.30 Netball 1.15 Movie: Street Corner (PG 1953 B&W)

Stars Anne Crawford. 2.55 Alien Underworld 3.50 Songs Of Praise

6.50 World News 10.30 A Young Person’s Guide To The

Orchestra SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra.

11.00 2007 Tour De Suisse Cycling 12.00 Speedweek Motor sport 2.00 World of Athletics 2.30 FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007 4.00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 4.30 The World Game 5.30 2007 Tour De France Highlights 6.00 Living Black – Naidoc Week Special 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Strait Up Doco of the Torres Strait 7.35 Lost Worlds The Roman Empire still

haunts our minds and institutions. 8.30 Big Love US drama weaves a few too

many strands, including polygamy. 9.30 The Circuit (M) New Australian Drama

Series10.30 2007 Tour De France 1.05 The Storm Rages Twice (PG) Leba-

nese drama series 1.35 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Religion 7.00 Blinky Bill 7.30 Fairytale Police 8.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Up Close Music (PG) 10.30 8 Simple Rules 11.00 Movie: Support Your Local Gun-

fi ghter (PG 1971) Conman invents a wild west legend to pursue his plans. Amusing spoof starring James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam.

1.00 AFL Premiership Sydney vs Fremantle 4.00 Living with Tigers 5.00 According to Jim 5.30 Destination New Zealand 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Where Are They Now (PG) 7.30 Ugly Betty (PG) 8.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 9.30 What About Brian (PG) 10.30 Alias 11.30 Scrubs 12.00 AFL Carlton vs Melbourne 3.00 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Religion 8.00 Meet the Press 8.30 State Focus 9.00 Video Hits 12.00 Teen Fit Camp 1.00 Movie: The Wild Thornberry’s

Movie (G) Stars Tom Kane, Tim Curry, Lynn Redgrave

2.35 Movie: Bicentennial Man (PG) A family’s robotic servant gradually devel-ops a human soul. This takes 200 years and it seems like it. Stars Robin Williams, Sam Neill.

5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Big Brother It’s been lovely but I have to scream now. 7.30 Big Brother: Live Eviction 8.30 Rove (M) 9.40 Hamish and Andy’s Real Stories 10.10 Big Brother Up-Late (MA15+) 11.10 Formula One Grand Prix Round 9 1.25 Video Hits Up-Late 1.30 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Home Shopping 7.30 Snobs 8.00 The Shak 8.30 Bio-Magnetics 9.00 Sunday 11.00 The Sunday Footy Show 12.00 Sunday Roast 1.00 Test Drive New series 1.30 George Lopez 2.00 Joan of Arcadia 3.00 Gilmore Girls 4.00 Sunday Football Cronulla Sharks vs

Canterbury Bulldogs 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Backyard Blitz 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 CSI 9.30 CSI Miami 10.30 Wimbledon Day 13: Men’s Final 2.00 Blue Collar TV 2.30 All of Us 3.00 Living with Fran 3.30 Guthy-Renker 5.00 20/20

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4.30 Movie: I Was A Spy (G 1933 B&W) 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 School Programs11.00 Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 A Place In Spain 12.55 A Place In Slovakia 1.30 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.55 Behind The News 6.00 Message Stick (G) 6.30 Talking Heads: Ross Wilson 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Australian Story 8.30 Four Corners 9.20 Media Watch 9.35 Enough Rope with Andrew Denton 10.35 Lateline 11.10 Lateline Business 11.40 Pagans: Magic Moments 12.30 Hustle 1.25 Movie: The Spider And The Fly (G

1949) Stars Eric Portman, George Cole. 2.55 Second Opinion: Chiropractic 3.25 Bowls: Australia vs New Zealand

5.20 World News in various languages 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Cutting Edge: Doco on councils of war 2.30 Little Buggers 3.30 Dateline 4.30 The Journal 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Living Black: Naidoc Week Special 6.00 Tour De France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Top Gear 8.30 Movie Show 8.35 South Park (MA, a,) 9.00 Drawn Together Animation 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Submariners (PG) 6-part underwater

road series 10.30 2007 Tour De France 1.55 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show with Larry Emdur and

Kylie Gillies 10.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Raggs 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Annie’s Point (G 2005) 2.00 Beyond Tomorrow 3.00 Flipper and Lopaka 3.30 Tribe 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Border Security – Australia’s Front

Line It’s been lovely but I have to scream now.

8.00 Surf Patrol 8.30 Desperate Housewives (M) 9.30 Brothers & Sisters (M) 10.30 Boston Legal (M) 11.30 Scrubs (PG) 12.00 Last Comic Standing (M) 1.00 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Early News 7.00 Toasted TV 9.00 9am With David And Kim 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.00 Scope 4.30 The Bold and the Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Big Brother 8.30 Law & Order SVU (M) 9.30 Torchwood (M) We are beginning to

see why the ABC did not pick up this Dr Who spinoff; so far it has been unin-spired.

10.40 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.25 Big Brother Up-Late (MA15+) It’s been lovely but I have to scream now. 1.25 Late Show with David Letterman 2.30 Shopping and Religion

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerry-Anne 11.00 Time/Life 11.30 Danoz 12.00 Movie: The Secret Garden (G 1993)

Stars Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Fresh Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 The Shak 4.30 Temptation 5.00 Bargain Hunt 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 I Am A Child Genius Gifted children 8.35 1 vs 100 Kids’ special 8.45 Lotto 10.35 Wife Swap USA It’s been lovely but I

have to scream now. 11.30 Nightline 12.00 The Dead Zone 1.00 Movie: The Wood (MA 1999) Stars

Omar Epps 3.00 Guthy-Renker 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Good Morning America

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4.30 Movie: The Black Tent (G 1957 B&W) 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 School Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Einstein Factor 1.00 The New Inventors 1.30 Catalyst 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.55 Behind The News 6.10 Time Team: Basildon 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Carbon Cops 8.30 The Bill (M, v) 9.20 Foreign Correspondent 10.00 jtv’s One Night Stand In Cowra 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Four Corners 12.20 Media Watch 12.35 Dynasty Of Terror: Bin Laden family 2.00 Movie: Sabotage (PG 1937 B&W)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 3.20 Movie: A Night In Montmartre (PG

1931 B&W) Stars Hugh Williams.

5.20 World News 12.05 Indonesian News 12.30 Business Report 1.00 Movie: Kamchatka (G 2002) A couple

in Argentina during the military dicta-torship of the 70s try to protect their children.

3.00 Viva 3.30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow 4.00 A Fork In The Road 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6.00 2007 Tour De France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.35 Four Weddings And An Execution

Doco on romance behind bars 8.30 Cutting Edge: Traders’ Dreams

Doco on the global roulette wheel that unfettered capitalism has created.

9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Submariners Part 2 10.30 2007 Tour De France 1.40 WeatherWatch Overnight What do I think of Western civilisation?

I think it would be a very good idea. Mahatma Gandhi

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show with Larry Emdur and

Kylie Gillies encourage me to sleep in. 10.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Raggs 11.30 Morning News 12.00 Movie: Recipe for Disaster (G 2003) 2.00 Beyond Tomorrow 3.00 Flipper and Lopaka 3.30 Tribe 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 It Takes Two (G) Series fi nal 9.30 All Saints (M, a) 10.30 Grey’s Anatomy Special retrospective

program 11.30 The Inside 12.30 Shopping and Religion I like your Christ, I do not like your

Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. Mahatma Gandhi

6.00 Early News 7.00 Toasted TV 8.30 Puzzle Play 9.00 9am With David And Kim 11.00 Ten News 11.30 TTN 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.00 Totally Wild 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Big Brother 7.30 The Simpsons New episode 8.00 The Simpsons 8.30 NCIS (M) 9.30 Numb3rs (M) 10.30 Late Night News and Sports 11.15 Big Brother Up-Late 1.15 Late Show with David Letterman 2.15 Video Hits Up-Late 2.30 Religion and Shopping

6.00 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz 11.30 Guthy Renker 12.00 Movie: The Prince and the Pauper

(G 2000) Stars Aidan Quinn, Alan Bates 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Fresh Cooking 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Lockie Leonard 4.30 Temptation 5.00 Bargain Hunt 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Crime and Justice (PG) 8.00 Neighbours at War (PG) 8.30 CSI: NY 9.30 The Nation News-based comedy pro-

gram unfortunately forgets to be funny. 10.30 TBA 11.30 Nightline 12.00 Movie: Detroit Rock City (MA 1999) 1.50 The Baron 2.50 Pink Floyd 3.00 Guthy-Renker 4.00 Entertainment Tonight 4.30 Good Morning America


TRANSFORMERSTwo Panadols and a jug of De Bertoli’s is what I sedated myself with after the mayhem of this incredibly loud but otherwise witty and satisfying sci-fi smashorama. Shia LaBeouf, the grounded kid from ‘Disturbia’, reprises that role, playing Sam, the motor mouth teenager who unknowingly comes into possession of a car that can turn itself into one of the benevolent giant robots that have come to Earth seeking the miraculous cube that sustains life on their planet. Again he falls for the unattainable chick, Mikaela, who, again, turns out to be not so unattainable after all as the pair contributes to the struggle against inter galactic tyranny and the bad robots who are after the same cube. There is a lot of quick, subversive humour (a Police Dept’s motto is ‘to punish and enslave’) which, with a fi ne cast, allows the fi lm to retain a welcome lightness of touch. John Turturro’s Agent Simmons is as demented and deluded as any of the oddballs in Dr Strangelove, Tasmanian Rachael Taylor, allowed to retain her broad Australian accent, is sexy and savvy as a computer wunderkind and Sam’s gauche urban parents threaten to steal the show, particularly during a masturbation joke that drew a stony silence from the boys in the crowd. Of course they could never do that, what with the producers having spent enough money on their special effects and remarkable robots to house and feed for a lifetime the wretched poor of

Darfur. Offi ce buildings are pulverised, tanks and other machinery go fl ying through the air and cars are totalled at the rate of about three a minute, but, despite the excessive violence (and it is violence, not just action), there is no bloodshed, or even any visible casualties. Profane language is also noticeably absent and, in accordance with the unwritten law of the Playstation fl ick, there is no sex. It’s on Sam’s mind, of course, and you know that when the dust has settled he and Mikaela will be rooting like rabbits. The metal monsters are brilliant creations and I’ll be damned if director Michael Bay doesn’t manage to eke out a strong emotional moment when one of them, Bumble Bee, is trapped, like King Kong, by hostile humans. As the lights went up at the end of the movie it looked like the last

humungous rumble had taken place in the cinema itself, so strewn was it with litter from the candy shop. Grubs.John Campbell

DEATH OF A PRESIDENTThis controversial fi lm follows the events that occurred on the day of, and the investigation that followed, the assassination of President George W Bush in October 2007. The faux doco is usually comic, Christopher Guest being the master of the genre, but writer/director Gabriel Range has played it straight in this, the mother of all ‘what if ...?’ scenarios. I feared that it might simply be a wish fulfi lment exercise or an indulgence of radical chic polemic, but it rises above that and succeeds because it focuses largely on people rather than politics – until the horror of Iraq starkly presents itself. The demonisation of George W Bush has been as complete as that of Saddam or Osama bin Laden. It suits us to hate, but Grange challenges the viewer to see Bush, footage of whom is brief but telling, as a human being. By successfully doing this he makes a rod for his own back for, surely, it is disgusting to visualise another person’s murder and tabloid titillation is only narrowly averted. The story opens with a woman speaking Arabic. It is after the shooting and she is bewailing the lack of foresight that the assassin has shown. ‘Did he not for one minute, as he put his hand on the trigger, think of the consequences of his action?’ She turns out to be the wife of the wrongly arrested Syrian who’s fate mirrors our own David Hicks’s. And her plaintive cry echoes Grange’s theme; how one thing inevitably leads to another. Technologically, just about anything is now possible in cinema, so the movie’s cleverness comes as no surprise. A cut-and-paste technique is employed, with news reports meshed with actors talking to camera as White House staff, police and security agents and suspects. It works so convincingly that, at about the halfway point,

the walls of reality have been breached and you fi nd yourself totally absorbed in a ‘real life’ drama, the scenes becoming uncannily realistic (and, in the case of the funeral, ethically questionable). The US, and consequently the rest of the world, is a different place from what it was pre 9/11. Anxiety, mistrust and fear have become tools of government. Measures such as the Patriot Act, taken in response to the threat of terror, have impinged like none before them on the basic liberties of a free society. If there is a culture war happening out there, it’s hard not to concede that it is the West that is losing it, as, like a mad dog chasing its tail, it abandons all of the values that its enemies are contemptuous of. This movie looks at why and how that is happening.John Campbell

HALF NELSONHalf Nelson by director Ryan Fleck features a commanding performance by Ryan Gosling in the lead role. This new American independent feature approaches recurring themes in a compelling new way. The fi lm’s success is all the more remarkable because it sounds so familiar. Charismatic teachers and the students they connect with, drug dealers and their desperate customers, the hard knock lives of inner-city young people raised by a single working parent. What is different about Half Nelson is the execution, the kind of subtlety in writing, directing and acting that you seldom see. This is a fi lm that is careful to be real, that fearlessly refuses to overdo potentially incendiary material and that, most telling of all, truly understands and cares about its people and the fragile friendships they attempt to form. Half Nelson is a male-female drama that is not a romance, it is not reducible to formulas. Though the two central characters are teacher and student well apart in age, similar crises confront both. They fi nd themselves at critical life junctures, looking for something to believe in and hold on to… A powerful fi lm. Lounge Cinema

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FUN WORKSHOPSA Spot of Paint Ceramic and Art Studio is holding fun fi lled art workshops for children aged 6 – 13 years over the school holidays. There are lots of creative activities for the children to do including: painting on canvas, ceramic painting, pottery, window painting, illustration, tie dying, batik and screen printing! The studio offers full and half day workshops, with lunch included for the full day bookings. All materials are included in the price. Your children will have a blast, learn some new creative expression and will love showing off the beautiful creations they take home with them!

ANNA MIDDLETONThis stunning boutique buzzes with wonderful collections for the change of weather when we all feel we would like to indulge in something exciting to put on. Choose from gorgeous unique pieces from around the globe, from fresh and casual gear right through to maturity hip and unexpected. Don’t miss shopping at 27 Fletcher Street or phone 6680 9493

ESSENTIALLY MEMel Sainsbury, a long-time local, has recently opened her second beautiful store in Byron Bay, big sister to Essentially Byron. Essentially Me is located at the old Amazon Lily shop and is covering the basic needs of childrens and

ladies clothing, supplying quality gear at affordable prices for the locals. The great new Bonds range has just arrived in store for newborns through to women. Essentially Byron continues to source local suppliers of clothing and toys and this bright, cheerful store seems to bring out the inner child in adults, and of course, children love it!

SKITESPORTSExtreme family fun and fi tness – Introducing the Skatsurfer, freelines and small foil kites. Are you looking for something new and exciting for the family during the school holidays. Guaranteed to improve fi tness and build confi dence. Book now. www.skitesports.com

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CHEFS’ DINNERSAbout fi ve years ago Darryl Kinneally from Cape Byron Foods started up a series of Chefs’ Dinners around the Shire as a way to introduce and showcase new products. This great initiative has been taking place at least twice a year since then in conjunction with Fruitos, local suppliers of fruit and vegetables; a venue is selected and about fi fty chefs and members of the hospitality industry invited along. Apart from introducing chefs to exciting new lines and products and enabling them to sample them, the Dinners are a valuable opportunity for networking, exchanging ideas and simply having the sort of fun night out their profession obliges them to create for the rest of us. The most recent one, a lavish 8-course affair held at Utopia in Bangalow, featured several dishes using Jingilli Olive Oil, an Australian oil voted one of the top fi ve best extra virgins by Choice magazine (June 2007) out of 28 Australian and imported oils tested.

BEACH CAFE ON WAYPlans for the revamping of the iconic Beach Café at Clarkes Beach are still in progress. Successful tenderer Ben Kirkwood, he of dish fame, and his planner Rob Doolan turned up at council public access last Thursday to argue for a few modifi cations to their plans. Mr Kirkwood, who is developing the café in conjunction with wife Belinda and father John, reiterated earlier reported remarks that he would keep the friendly community atmosphere created by Peter Saulwick when he ran the café before the Lands department grabbed the asset from Byron council. He said he was ‘overwhelmed’ by the support expressed by community members and was keen to see locals reclaim their ‘birthright of breakfast’ by the beach. Now there’s a birthright we haven’t heard of before. That’s grounds for coffee. Sorry.

LOG ON, MENU UPYou arrive late in a big city and all you want is a meal cooked by a restaurant, but you just don’t have the energy to leave your accommodation. The online restaurant booking service menulog.com.au has now launched a national home delivery service. Log on to menulog.com.au’s search engine and choose a dish from any of the 350 restaurants on offer in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra. Byron Bay also gets a guernsey and the service offers 47 local restaurants. We managed to get results for ‘sushi’ and ‘pizza’ but not for ‘pubs’ - maybe the Northern, the Beachy and the Rails are too famous to need listing.

NATURE’S POWERHOUSES Throughout history herbs and spices have been acknowledged not only for their fl avours but also their health benefi ts. Recent studies have confi rmed that herbs and spices are rich sources of antioxidants. Dietitian Karen Inge has nominated her top four herbs to be included in everyone’s diet, not only for taste, but also for health. They are – drum roll, please – garlic, ginger, oregano and basil. Garlic is rich in allium compounds which are released once the garlic is crushed. These compounds may support the immune system. Using garlic in cooking can also make signifi cant changes to saturated fat in meals by switching from butter and cream sauces to using the good oils and fragrant aromatic herbs and spices such as garlic. Rich in antioxidants, ginger has traditionally been used as a remedy for relieving the symptoms of nausea, especially morning sickness in pregnant women and travel sickness. Oregano has a very rich antioxidant capacity, far higher than most vegetables and many fruits. The herb also has natural antimicrobial properties which assist in reducing the risk of bacterial contamination of food. Basil is also a good source of antioxidants and phytonutrients. It is also recognised for its high levels of bioactive components and its ability to aid digestion by speeding food movement from the stomach. It’s all part of a PR pitch for Gourmet Garden (www.gourmetgarden.com/au/kitchen) but their site is worth a visit for recipes and advice on healthy eating. You don’t have to buy herbs in tubes, however – they will grow without much fuss in your garden.

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COULD YOU TRUST A THIN CHEF?

Victoria Cosford

A friend once gave me a pincushion which read ‘Never trust a skinny cook’, and I carried it from house to house over a decade, propping it up on the windowsills of whatever kitchen I happened to be in.The thing is that chefs, like opera singers, used to be fat. Some time ago these two proponents of artistic expression dispensed with stereotype and a new breed of both evolved: sexy slender sopranos and lean rockstar-groovy chefs with their own television shows and a book just out.Up here I found three thin chefs cheerful enough about their lanky frames to allow me to embarrass them. Graeme Stockdale is a very tall man who matches the kitchen he runs at Bangalow’s Utopia, a long skinny space where he whips up food of a mostly Mediterranean persuasion. It wasn’t always like this: between Utopia and its sister café/restaurant Fresh in Byron Bay he was turning out superb Thai dishes at Bang Thai. It was a trip to Singapore and Malaysia in his late teens that opened his eyes to the joys of food and cooking, the textures and the fl avours and the fragrances. Born in Albany, WA, he was the son of a ‘meat and three veg’ cook but after that life-altering trip he set out on a single-minded journey toward becoming a chef, nagging the chef at his local pub to give him a job. From there it was to Thredbo where that same pub chef had several restaurants; within a month Graeme was head-chef at one of them and, three years later, he and his chef-wife made the move to Byron Bay. No apprenticeship, just learning on the job, and an almost obsessive sponge-like capacity to learn which continues to this day. Days off will fi nd Graeme still cooking, trying out new dishes, hosting dinners for friends, making everything from scratch, still reading relentlessly. He’s 6 ft.4” tall and currently the heaviest he has ever been, fi ve kilos up on his average, though with all that height how could you tell?A hop, skip and jump down the road at his restaurant Satiate, Shannon Debreceny exudes that same passion in his own quiet and gentle way. Shannon only looks about fi fteen years old and yet his culinary background is formidable. He grew up in Port Macquarie on the Mid North Coast and after school moved to Sydney, undergoing his apprenticeship (from Home Science onward he had always known what he wanted to be) with the Mode Group, which did catering, functions and restaurants within such institutions as the Art Gallery of NSW and the Town Hall. After four years there he secured a job with the mighty Tetsuya where he remained for another two, one of sixteen chefs in a restaurant doing 120 covers fi ve nights a week. From there it was to Bangalow where, together with partner Shawna, he fi rstly set up an up-market deli called Ate then the sublime degustation-only restaurant upstairs called Satiate, which continues to fl ourish. Shannon loves pizzas and currently loud spicy Spanish food but he has always been a thin man and really, there is no justice.My third thin chef is Colin Bond from dish restaurant in

Byron Bay, whose owner Ben Kirkwood suggested that chefs these days are thinner ‘because we work them harder’. Colin’s a South Coast boy, born and raised in Moruya to a mother who ran a simple restaurant, so there it was in the blood. He started cooking in Moruya then moved to Sydney but really only wanted to travel, which is how he ended up working on chartered boats and yachts around Europe. He did actually stack on about ten kilos in that period due to enforced immobility for days, weeks on end. Barely back in the country after several years of that he was offered

the job at dish, where he is cooking truly lovely French-inspired food, and where his weight has returned to his normal lean surfer’s mass.Having eaten food cooked by all these

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SPORTS RESULTSBOWLSBrunswick Heads MenWed S/S Triples: P Brassington, C Pearce, G Rendell; r/up L Lowe, K Boorman, J Ducker; C Jensen, V Caldwell, B Montgomery. Thur Rnd Robin: Aqua won 3 to 0; Blue won 2 to 1. Fri: Visit from Kingscliff Mixed Bowls: great day, well supported. Sat Bonus Pairs: D Wyborn, B Montgomery; r/up M Caldwell, V Caldwell; Lucky Rink P Brassington, G Rendell. Monthly Bonus: D Wyborn; r/up L Wade. Sun 2 Bowl Pairs: M Jeffreys, V Caldwell; r/up C Pearce, P Solomon. Louies Prize; F Parks, J Lawlor.Byron Bay MenTue Fred’s Singles: washed out. Wed Social triples: R Orth, M Ayo, B Macaulay; r/up K Gillespie, R Breckenridge, B Lewis. Thur S/S Pairs: S Reid, A Harrow, r/up G Lightfoot, B Kluck. Sat Social: L Earea, B Macaulay; r/up H Simmons, K Gillespie, F Smith. Check notice board for Club Championship dates of play.Byron Bay WomenNo play last week due to rain. Open Singles begin this week. Nomination sheet on board for Club Triples, names in ASAP. AGM 17/7 at 9:30am with bowls afterwards. Noms needed

for all vacant positions. Gala Day 30/7, $32 per team. Entries to Kym, 6685 6202 or email [email protected] Men27/6: T Johnston, A Johnstone, P Jones 25 v L Boyter, Tony Johnston, P McDonald 23; M Hayes, B Elliott, J McKay 23 v S Purdie, F Buckley, B Moore 21; B Coleman, T Trivett, M Brown 37 v R Kidby, S Ridgewell, M Murphy 10; R Gray, H McIlwain, M Gray 20 v A Bartlett, A Pyzer, B Gibson 12; B Wark, L Henry 22 v S Dettman, F Cornale 15; J Estreich, P Thompson 16 v R Webb, R Philps 20. 30/6: G Schneider, M Esau, S Dettman 29 v N Lee, J Estreich, P Thompson 14; D Kidby, R Barnes 21 v V Vercole, I Pickles 12.Ocean Shores Men25/6 S/S Triples: W McLachlan, K Hosie, R Roberts; r/up T Hawley, J Best, K Kennedy; Chooks: J Sullivan, W Sprengel, C Lee; Other winners: A Pyzer, K McMorrow, B Gibson; P Quirke, R Tonkin, J Hay. 30/6 1st Rnd Club Triples: S Pratt, D Matheson, J I’Anson d D Whitney, K Hosie (sub), S Warren 27/13. Social: W Sprengel, M Enright d D Lawson, K Farrell. 2nd Semi Final Club Singles: J Hay d J T Gray 31/24.Ocean Shores Women27/6 Mixed Social (Highest Score): M Oliver, M Moodie, R Bartlett 29 d H Gates, N Russell, G

Johnston 12; S Woolford, K Farrell, L McGowran 22 d K George, L Wright, M Flesser 16; B Baber, J Bartlett 19 d E Hill, D Grant 13. 29/6 Social (Highest Margin): L Bland, M Moodie, D Grant d B Baber, L Wright, W Bird; E Hill, L McGowran d C Timewell, J Bartlett. Margin winners: B Sprengel, G Johnston, D Grant, L Bland, M Moodie. C’ship Major Singles: B Sprengel d M James; M Hosie d T Warr; G Johnston d M McConville. BRIDGEBrunswick Valley25/6 Bruns Valley: N/S 1st gross and net: I/M Homfray; 2nd gross and net D Gall/J Wright. E/W: 1st gross: J Murray/P Baldwin; 2nd gross and 1st net: R Heale/K Westall; 2nd net: C Wellings/R Pedecini. 30/6: N/S 1st gross and net: P Hems/E Hollick; 2nd gross and net: P Quirke/I Homfray; E/W 1st gross and 2nd net: M O’Halloran/P Baldwin; 2nd gross and 1st net: B Hughes/F Armstrong. 27/6 Ocean Shores:1st gross: P Quirke/P Baldwin; 2nd gross and net: J Selleck/B Simons; 1st net: J Hughes/C Chidlow. Byron Bay29/6: North/South; 1st H Lewis/C Hocking; 2nd B Sundstrom/F Bogg; 3rd P Bradley/G Lynn. East/West; 1st E/J Fletcher; 2nd M Solway/E Hollick; 3rd M Sundstrom/F Armstrong. Duplicate Bridge

Fri, 12.30pm at Bangalow Bowls and Sports Club. GOLFMullumbimby Ladies23/6 Single Stab: M Allan 40 c/b; NTP 2nd Shot 7th J Towner, 12th M Allan, Pro Pin 9th M Allan. 28/6 Peugeot Classic 3BBB: W Stenner, K Mudgway, D Cullen 84. NTP: 5th M Crichton, 7th S Kosaka, 12th R Slogrove, 17th B James, Pro Pin D Cullen. 5/7 Single Stab All in draw: 10th Tee; 9am A Moser, N Carsburg, G Stenner; 9.06 K Thomson, N Dwyer, G Lynn; 9.12 J Percival, J Ross, L Walker; 9.18 J Beer, S Kosaka, P Montgomery; 9.24 G Poynting, R Wilson, L Riches; 9.30 F Brooker, E Leclere, M Allan; 9.36 B Woolnough, F Gannell, J Ball; 9.42 B James, M Bertoli, L Siddall. 14th Tee; 9am M Trivett, G Redman, E Henshaw; 9.06 A Smith, G Mackay, M Essery; 9.12 J Ryan, B Mules, F Booth. Table Duty: G Lynn/E Henshaw.Mullumbimby Men27/6 Single Stab: C Donaldson 37 c/b; r/up G Quirk 37 c/b; NTP 9th N Farquhar 8m (5 balls). 30/6 Single Stab: H Coles 41 c/b; r/up A Jordan Brown 41 c/b; NTP 5th B Mott 3.51m, 9th B Lawler 2.3m (9 balls), 12th G Fairs 2.94m, 17th D Mackay 2.01m; Gundies Mug R Reilly. Ocean Shores Men25/6 Ind Stab (Medley): S Evans 40; r/up G Stuart 39; W Keating 38; starters 92; balls to 29; CCR 72; NTP 3rd G Rowland, 17th R Lee. 27/6: J Bartlett 40; r/up A Shambler 40; MSE Smith 39; starters 110; balls to 31; CCR 71; NTP 3rd Y Rayner, 6th I Weir; 8th K Tilling, 12th (Hole in One) A Shambler, 17th E Pittendrich. 29/6 Blue Marker Challenge: overall winner; P Sculley (Ballina) 73 nett c/b. Div 1: C Graham 72 nett; r/up G Smith 73 nett c/b; Div 2 G O’Donnell 74 nett c/b; r/up A Winch 74 nett; Div 3 G Addison 74 nett; r/up L Morgan 75 nett c/b. Gross: N Bullen 77 gross; r/up B Minshall 79 gross c/b. NTP: 3rd C Pruul, 6th S Murray, 8th P Sculley (Ballina), 12th T Moore, 15th B Fisher (Yamba), 17th S Kilborn (Ballina). Balls to 78. 30/6 R Cooke 40; r/up V Hogan 39; R McDonald 37; starters 150; balls to 32; CCR 71; NTP K Jones, R Killion, Y Fitton, P Moyle, T Pratt, N Talcori. 1/7 Mixed 4somes C’ship: Gross winners; B Minchell; r/up J Dengate; Nett winners; S/M Murray; r/up R/P Geeves. 1 Nett: G/J O’Donnell. Ocean Shores Ladies28/6 18 hole Stab: J Isaacs 37; r/up M Byron 34; vouchers to 28 c/b. 30/6: Div 1 C Chidlow 34; r/up R Moller 33 c/b; NTP Div 1 C Chidlow; vouchers to 32.Ocean Shores Vets28/6 American 4somes: I Smith/S Downes 70

1/2; r/up A Ross/P Conaghan 71 3/4; B Brennan/J Conqueror 72 1/4. NTP: 3rd I Smith, 6th A Ross (Hole in One), 17th I Smith; C’tains Pin P Conaghan (Hole in One); Gorilla Award; h/c 0 to 19 S Downes, h/c 20+ G Painter; balls to 78 3/4; Scrubbers Ball; T Richardson/B Spruce 98. HOCKEYNSW PSSA Primary Schools BoysGrafton Carnival 26 to 28/6: Final Placings; 1st North West, 2nd Western, 3rd Polding, 4th South Coast, 5th North Coast, 6th Sydney East, 7th Mackillop, 8th Sydney South West, 9th Sydney North, 10th Hunter, 11th Riverina, 12th Sydney West.RUGBY LEAGUENRRRLRound 11: Ballina 42 Cudgen 22, Mullumbimby 40 Tweed Coast 22, Lower Clarence 16 Marist Brothers 42, South Grafton 28 Grafton 36, Kyogle 38 Byron Bay 44, Casino 20 Murwillumbah 30. Ladder; Ballina 20., Mullumbimby 17, Tweed Coast 16, Byron Bay 14, Lower Clarence 14, Murwillumbah 14, Marist Brothers 14, South Tweed 12, Casino 12, Kyogle 9, Grafton 8, Cudgen 2, South Grafton 2. Next week, Byron v Ballina at Red Devil Park, Sun 2.30 pm. Mullum has the bye.SOCCERFNC Premier LeagueByron Bay 3 Goonellabah 3, Maclean 2 Italo Stars 1, Bangalow 2 Lennox Head 1, Ballina 4 Workers 2, Rovers 7 Burringbar 1. Table; Rovers 23, Italo Stars 21, Byron Bay 19, Maclean 18, Lennox Head 18, Goonellabah 17, Ballina 16, Bangalow 12, Burringbar 4, Workers 3. Brunswick Heads Juniors30/6: Brunswick Pizza Shop U6 Bears; Great game especially Callum and Mackenzey. Brunswick Heads Pharmacy U7 Bilby’s: Much improved, best game of the season. Great defence and fantastic attacking runs. Ally great forward positioning. Soccer: U9 Brunswick Heads Barracudas 1 d Shores United Whalers 0. A narrow win for the Barracudas against a strong Whalers’ defence. Nathan scored from a cross by Benjarra while Ashleigh attacked and defended like a tiger. Brunswick Heads Hot Bread “Bakery” U10 Breakers Bruns V’s Burringbar; Good game had by all, defence strong and forwards made a few good breaks. Good team work. Brunswick Heads Health Food U12 Breakers; A satisfying and well deserved win due to great team work special mention to Jenna, Luke, Jamie for 1 goal, 2 goals to Josh and Arron. Brunswick Heads Bowling Club U14 Breakers; A fantastic game, all played well, special mention to Levi Mills for his great performance.

SQUASHBrunswick Heads4/7 Rnd 14 Business Houses Teams Comp: The Potato Works v Brunswick Smash Repairs; D Bird v M Underwood, M Ottery v L Crandell, G Kaminski v D Wraight, J Heers v S Moon, B Doran v Jeff Heers. Ocean Shores Bakery v Brunswick Heads Pharmacy; B Trivett v S Koop, C Walsh v C Ashworth, C Booth v J Gribble, L Miller v J Nicolson, S Truesdale v F King. Byron Bay Trophies v Ocean Shores Glass; L Clarke v G Davis, P Hill v T Wood, C Staff v R James, A Li v M Stratton, TMason v M Isbister. Brunswick Blinds and Awnings v Canty’s Surveyors; B Staff v S Thompson, D Runciman v I Bissett, C Pearce v W Ferrier, J Miller v R King, C Johnston v M Wallace. 9/7 Round 13 Byron Health Foods Comp: Div 2; 5pm J Gribble v M Ottery, S Koop v M Cassidy, I Bissett v R Draper; 6pm C Walsh v D Runciman. Div 3; 5pm M Rogers v G Kaminski, J Heers v R King; 6pm D Wraight v A Thomas, A Li Bye. Div 4; 5pm S Moon v J Nicolson , P Westcott v Jeff Heers; 6.30pm W Kneipp v F King, C Johnston Bye. Div 5; 5pm T Mason v S Bruyn, B Alander v M Wallace, D Hazelwood Ross v A Booth, M Hazelwood Ross v S Truesdale, D Williams v A Brooker. To play phone 6685 1794.TABLE TENNIS28/6: C Stybos 2/2; r/up Shane 1/2; Ben 0/2. Thurs nights at Mullum Tennis Clubhouse, Byron St; 6.30pm start. Enquiries Werner 6680 3915 or Greg 0427 788 773.TENNISMullumbimbyCompetition: Ladies rnd 4; washed out. Rnd 5 on 9/7. Men rnd 4; washed out. Rnd 5 on 3/7. Mixed Rnd 6; Elvis Presley 68 d Gene Pitney, Roy Orbison 49 d Del Shannon 31. Rnd 7 on 19/7. Junior; resumes 20/7 at 5pm. Social: Sat Mixed; 1.30pm. Wed Ladies; 9.15am. Everyone welcome, membership not required. Enquiries regarding coaching Justin 0403 841 241, all other enquiries Jeanie 6680 4353w or 6680 1330h. VOLLEYBALLBrunswick Heads3/7 Round 10 J V Towing Comp: 6pm; No Mercy v Flash, Hit and Run v Lounge Lizards, Wild Ones v I Don’t Care, Duty Silver Bullets. 7pm; Powers Gold v Dragons, Brewers v Silver Bullets, Ballistic v Triple Zero, Duty Hit and Run. 5/7 Round 11 OS True Value Hardware Comp: 6pm; Volleys v Adams Family, Hot and Sweaty v Kaos.Com, Amazons v Tripods, Duty Bolters. 7pm; Exodia v Chilli Twist, Asthmatics v Comeback Kids, Bolters v Red Frogs, Barefoot Bandits v Phoenix, Duty Hot and Sweaty/Kaos.Com. To play phone 6685 1794, beginners welcome.

The Rusty Gromfest is without a doubt the origi-nal and the best contest for up and comers on the surf-ing calendar. Past winners at this illustrious tournament are Stephanie Gilmore, Bede Durbridge and current ASP World Champi-onship Ratings leaders Mick Fanning. This year’s event, the twelfth since its inception in 1996, will be held at Lennox Head from Friday, July 6 to the following Monday, with Tuesday July 10 in reserve as a back up day.

Keen judges are already talking of the quality of entrants as being the best ever, with Byron Bay’s Garrett

Parkes (pictured), fresh from his sensational success in the world junior titles in Portugal, sure to be among the leading lights. Of the other young tal-ent that will be on show, Laura Enever (Narrabeen), Todd Rosewall (Jan Juc), Ryan Hawker (NZ), Murray Antonieff (Stradbroke) and Tamaroa McComb (Tahiti) also have great things expected of them.

These are just a small sam-ple of the fi eld’s gifted young surfers from Australia and New Zealand, along with overseas tyros, many having already attained national and international titles.

With age divisions for boys

and girls across 12, 14 and 16 years, around 330 board riders in all will turn out and, with entries closed, there is an enormous reserve list on standby.

Organisers and founders of the Rusty Gromfest, Max Perrot and Kellie O’Brien, summed up the enthusiasm surrounding the eagerly anticipated event, saying ‘a new era is being heralded at this year’s Gromfest.

Attention will also be drawn to the undiscovered talent which is bound to emerge, with innovative turns to match the enthusi-asm of the crowd. We are set to go on Friday!’

Uneasy lies the headThe Byron Bay Rams contin-ued the unsteady defence of their premiership crown with a 3-3 draw against Goonel-labah on Saturday.

Playing at home, the Rams got away to a great start and were leading 2-0 after just ten minutes, thanks to goals from Jordy Campbell and Patrick L’Orange. The visitors pulled one back but Campbell scored again before the break and, thanks to a fi ne penalty save from Kai Connell, at 3-1 the Bay would surely have considered themselves good things to get the points and end what has been for them a series of unsatisfac-tory returns.

Byron’s second half show-ing was less impressive and, compounded by injuries, the Rams were lucky to hold on to the draw as Goonnellabah got to even stevens courtesy of Ben Andrews’ beautiful volley past the keeper.

The ultimate capitulation was avoided when, as full time approached, Goonnel-labah twice found the wood-work instead of the back of the net.

Byron are still comfortable on 19 points, third in the FNC comp, but they know that they need to fi nd consist-ency in their game if they are to repeat the triumphs of the past two seasons.

Byron’s Garrett Parkes at the Occy Grom Comp at the Gold Coast on Monday. Phot Steve Robertson.

Lenox Head triathlete Pip Taylor has continued her fine form overseas by finishing third in the Bat-tle at Midway Triathlon in Utah.

It was a terrific effort from Pip, given that she only arrived at the venue, which is six thoudsand feet above sea level, the day before and was competing against opponents who had been training at altitude in Boulder, Colorado.

Though not good enough on the day to beat home fellow Australian and three times ITU World Cham-pion, Emma Snowsill, Pip was well in the hunt and led the winner by ten seconds after the swim before losing the lead in the bike ride.

In the thin mountain air, she was overtaken in the fi nal mile by Canadian Lau-ren Groves in one of the most gruelling runs on the international circuit.

Podium finish for local girl in Wild West

The North Coast Academy of Sport is seeking applica-tions for its new Netball 15yrs Talented Athlete Pro-gram (TAP).

To be eligible for selection athletes must turn 15 in 2007, be playing with a North Coast netball club and be available to attend selection trials at Coffs Har-bour on Sunday August 21.

The TAP squad concept has been developed in response to Netball Austral-ia’s introduction of an Aus-tralian 17 and Under Team.

It is designed to ensure that current 15 year old girls from the North Coast and other areas of NSW will have a development pathway that identifi es and develops those with the potential to progress

to state squads, and ulti-mately, the national team.

Once selected, the NCAS 15s TAP Squad will prepare for the 2007 ASI Clubs NSW Academy Games.

These games will be used to identify and select a squad who will become members of the Netball NSW Talented Athlete Program.

Additionally, Netball NSW selectors will, from their observations made at the Academy Games select three specifi c development squads, namely the 15 Years Talent Identification Squad, the Highly Commended Squad and the Tall Timbers squad.

Applications close on July 16 and must be made on the application form available from www.ncas.org.au

Opportunities for netball prodigies


Sports Roundup with John Campbell

John CampbellSoccer or football, which-ever you prefer, has been for too long the sleeping giant of Australian sport, perennially on the verge of taking off and becoming the mega entertainment that it is overseas.

Events at Kaiserslautern in June 2006 provided the game in Oz with its greatest boost for yonks. Who didn’t go up when Tim Cahill slot-ted the ball into the back of the net in Australia’s open-ing game against Japan, becoming Australia’s first ever goal scorer at the World Cup fi nals? And who didn’t go completely spare when John Aloisi dribbled through the defence to shoot in that scintillating third?

But for mine, the memory most touching, the one that will linger longest, is of Rale Rasic after the game against Croatia. Rale, if you’ll remember, was coach of the Australian team led by Peter Wilson that made it to the World Cup, also in Ger-many, in 1974. It was, until 2006, our only appearance on sport’s biggest and most watched stage.

In last year’s tie against Croatia, we needed a draw to progress to the second stage of the tournament. Nobody had really given the team much hope of getting beyond the preliminaries, but, after defeating the Japs

and playing brilliantly against Brazil, suddenly any-thing was possible.

Australia trailed 0-1 after a Zelco ‘Spider’ Kalac howler in goal and it seemed we were doomed. Then cool Harry Kewell got the equaliser, and the boys had done it.

Back in the SBS studios, at some ungodly hour in the morning, was the panel of experts, Rale among them. Jowlier now, and with his hair turned silver, he sat with a green and gold scarf

wrapped around his neck. When the camera closed in on him you could see that his eyes were brimming with tears.

I’d be the last bloke to have a dig at Rale for for being so lachrymose (I cried just in the previews of Eight Below), so I went out in sympathy with him.

It has been a long road to hoe for Rale and the true believers.

As fans, we all invest our strongest passions in the sport that we know best

and, almost invariably, it is the one that we grew up with. In my case it’s rugby league. But attending an inner city school at which names such as Kaladelfos, Mavromades, Bertocchi and Rissicato were com-monplace, I was exposed to the round ball game at an early age. I could not make head nor tail of it and, like my Anglo mates, referred to it derisively as wogball (and don’t think for one minute that our Mediter-ranean cousins didn’t make

fun of us in return). At the back of the paper,

buried behind the usual four or fi ve pages of league, you would find reports of matches played between strange sounding sides in vertically striped jerseys; Yugal, Pan Hellenic, Hakoah, Apia. The establishment of these clubs was of inestima-ble worth to migrants newly arrived in this country who, as is only natural, sought out their own kind to help cope with the challenges of a new environment. But the clubs’ exclusiveness was unargua-bly a hindrance to the devel-opment of the game in the broader community.

We’ve all moved on since those days, with the overdue decision to abandon the eth-nically based competitions in favour of a professional, nationally based premiership a watershed. Two seasons in and the A-League, successor to the NSL, is fl ourishing, if not yet to the point where it is strong enough to chal-lenge the two rugbys and ‘rules for a decent share of the winter market.’

I’ve been willing it to hap-pen since my road to Damas-cus moment in England many moons ago. Living in London, it seemed only log-ical that I should check out a game (‘when in Rome, do as the Romanians’ has been a lifelong credo), so I got the tube to Stamford Bridge and

paid a scalper ten quid to watch Chelsea host Man U. It was a thrilling, end to end contest (Blues 1 Red Devils 3). In it I missed league’s raw physicality, but I enjoyed the other skills on show. Henceforth I became a reg-ular at White Hart Lane, Highbury, and Loftus Road (home to QPR, my team - sigh) and even learnt to accept the validity of a nil all draw, a scoreline which, probably more than any-thing, has curtailed the game’s growth in the more reward-oriented US.

This month the Socceroos (don’t you reckon it’s time they lost that naf nick-name?) are competing in the Asian Cup.

Our presence there – and it won’t be just to make up the numbers – is testament to the quality of player we are now producing and, more than that, is a fur-ther step in Australia’s self realisation of its place in the world.

The game that has found its feet and is ready to roll

Juventus v Celtic at Goonengerry. Picture by John Campbell

John CampbellIt was as cold as charity on Saturday evening at the Les Donnelly Field.

The NRRRL A Grade fi x-ture between the Mullum Giants and the Tweed Coast Raiders was delayed owing to a serious injury in the reserves. Late in the second half, a Raiders player went down in a seemingly innocu-ous tackle, but he didn’t move after it.

For half an hour trainers knelt over the youngster and kept him motionless in the northwest corner of the ground, with the scoreboard and glowing red light of the stopped clock as irrelevant props to the drama unfold-ing. A sponsors’ function was being catered to in the club house at the other end of the fi eld and kids played touch footy at half way after it was announced that the game had been abandoned.

Blankets were brought to protect the boy from the chill. It was not the sort of night that you’d want to hang around motionless in just shorts and a polyester jersey but, as you’d expect, his team mates stood by him until the arrival of the medicos. Even

then it was a long and deli-cate procedure getting him on to a stretcher and into the van. The applause of the Tweed Coast players when it was done cracked the eerie quiet that had descended. At last the ambulance made its way slowly out of the ground and on to Mullumbimby Hospital where, happily, the player was later discharged from Mullum Hospital with an all clear.

In the main game, the Giants leapfrogged the Raiders into second place on the ladder by giving them a 40-22 touch up. As victories go, it was a bit like the curate’s egg, good in parts. It has to be said, though, that those good parts were extremely so.

Coach Damon Scott’s side has plenty of tries in it, with abundant speed on the fl anks and, making his debut at full back, Jy Hitchcox, who got the Giants’ fi rst try, showing a willingness to run to all points of the compass in order to progress the ball.

Regular custodian and new captain, Murray Brown, crossed a couple of times himself and looked comfort-able in the centres, where he

is likely to remain for a con-siderable time, owing to Paul Latta’s long term knee injury. Making the positional switch easier for him was the sharp work of the half Troy John-stone and pivot Travis Draught, the number 6 set-ting up the try of the night by collecting his own towering midfi eld bomb after it was allowed to bounce, drawing the Raiders’ fullback and fi r-ing a pass inside to his skip-per who sprinted away to put the ball under the black dot. The conversion gave the Blue and Golds a killing 26-6 half time lead.

The boys appeared to take their foot off the pedal after the break, and the Raiders’ number seven, Nathan Jor-dan, took full advantage, fi n-ishing the game with three tries, two of which were scored after Mullum watched him throw outrageous dum-mies and stroll in untouched under the posts as though he were covered in spiders. With my nose dribbling a stalac-tite, the full time siren was a sweet sound and the result, despite the late slackening of the Giants, a fair one, for the Raiders were outplayed but not disgraced.

All’s well that ends well at Donnelly Field

A Raider charges into but does not come out the other side of the Giants’ defence.

Bad moon rising. The Raiders’ reggies moments before the abandonment of their game.

Service Directorywww.echo.net.au36 July 3, 2007 Byron Shire Echo

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BUILDING TRADES

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BRICKLAYER, BLOCKLAYER Excellent references, reliable. Lic 129723C. Phone John ......... 66872825

BRICKLAYER, BLOCKLAYER Neat, realiable, quality Lic 114688C ...................................0410326052

BRIMS BUILDER’S HARDWARE .......................................................................................... 66801718

BUILDER/CARPENTER Jamie McKenna Renovations, kitchens, stairs, frames, etc. Lic 43205 .. 66801683

BUILDER/CARPENTER Renovations, alterations, additions. Lic 193130C .................Rob 0431 373340

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

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CARPENTRY/JOINERY Renovations, kitchens, bathrooms, small jobs. Lic 157823C Paul ..... 66805722

CONCRETING & TIGHT SPOT EXCAVATIONS Lic 124842C .............................................. 66858559

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GYPROCK SPECIALISTS Established 25 years. Free quotes ......................... Phone Greg 0427 841273

LANDSCAPE HANDYMAN Timber, tiles, masonry (Insured) ............................................0416 714224

PLASTER & CARPENTRY Small jobs, satisfaction or no charge .....David 66802001 or 0419 902002

STAINLESS WIRE BALUSTRADING Supplies and installation ............................................. 66872253

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COUNCIL APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLANS ..............................................Robyn Isaac 0417 629192

DAVID ROBINSON House plans and extensions ....................................... 66858114 or 0419 880048

EXPANDESIGN Houses, shops & renovations. Alok W Eggenberger ...................................... 66847180

GARDEN DESIGN, FENG SHUI & LANDSCAPE PLANS Lyn Ruming ... 0428 884329 or 66857756

GROUND UP BUILDING DRAFTING & DESIGN ................................... 66845149 or 0428 550251

ZAHER DESIGNZ Architectural & Design Services ....................................0414 974088 or 66849408

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

CURTIS ELECTRICAL 24 hour service – all Byron Shire. Lic 79065C .................................0427 402399

ALL ELECTRICAL WORK Including solar & metering. Lic EC31722 ............................ Sid 0400 629577

GOTCHA WIRED Peter Kendall Electrical Contractors Lic 61439C ............ 0427 611832 or 66855422

HILUX ELECTRICAL Light, power, safety switches, etc. Lic 188376C .......................Dave 0418 159158

POWER & AIR TOOL REPAIRS Repairs, spares, warranty ..................................................... 66844514

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

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ALL TIMBER FENCING Paling to architectural feature. Quotes, Tosh ........ 0411 358901 or 66872639

FLOOR SANDING & FINISHING

FLOOR SANDER Prompt, efficient, non-toxic ..............................................................Jeff 0414 804277

NATURAL OIL FINISH Beautiful, durable. ...................................................... Painted Earth 6680 5729

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AD PAINTING BY JOHN HAND Lic 13246C ............................................ 0413 185399 or 66841249

BYRON PRO-PAINT Free quotes, value. Lic 87771C ............................................Call Ben 0418 662281

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

OWEN BELL PAINTING CONTRACTORS ............................................................................ 66872305

PAINTED EARTH Eco friendly paints & finishes ............................................................... Deb 66805729

PAINTER/DECORATOR Andrew Johnson Lic R84077 .............................. 0414 309585 or 66803698

Specialising in non-toxic:

ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PAINTERS

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Lic 130521C

FLYNN’S QUALITY PAINTING• 16 years’ experience • Professional • Friendly • Clean

For a free quote call Mark on6680 3070 or mobile 0410 520647

‘Quality work to be sure, to be sure!’

SMARTEN UP PROPERTY SERVICES | PROFESSIONAL PAINTERS

CALL MAX TODAY FOR A QUOTE: 0411 226 717 | 02 66 843 189

• Domestic or commercial, small or large jobs• Interiors or exteriors, colour schemes• Reliable, honest and friendly service• Quality work and attention to detail• Insured / Licence No. 186717C

PLUMBERS

BILL CONNORS Plumber & drainer Gold Lic No L1051 CA 1221 ............................................ 66801403DART PLUMBING Plumbing, roofing, gas service. Lic. 1175539C .....................................0421 334515I LOVE PLUMBING Call Steve Lic 148904C .......................................................................0412 916140MARK CORBETT Plumbing, draining, gas fitting. Lic 13121 ...................... 66877645 or 0418 210802PLUMBING, DRAINS, LP GAS Dennis McKinnon Lic L6616 .................... 66878191 or 0400 726610ROB CRANDELL PLUMBER, DRAINER & GASFITTER Lic. 10779 ........ 66853828 or 0431 593025

Cape Byron PLUMBING

24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

Ph 66809997 – YOUR LOCAL PLUMBERS Lic

No

4838All plumbing, gasfitting & roofing

INSPECTOR SEPTIC- AT YOUR SERVICE -

Solutions to ALL your problems6684 2474 0427 842 474

Lic

.8908

SKIPS

BEST SKIPS AND CONTAINERS BANGALOW ..........................................0417458149 or 66871544

SWIMMING POOLS

BAYWATER POOLS Design, construction. Concrete & fibreglass. Lic 129104C ..66843489 or 0419 479921

� HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

ANTENNA & INSTALLATION

ROB DEEGAN Antennas, parts, installation ............................................... 0429 994516 or 66845525

Brunswick T.V. Service

CLEANING

AA ACE CLEANING .................................................................................................. 0410 021162

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

G & M FAIRS CARPET CLEANING ....................................................................................... 66842548

SKILFUL CLEANING & HOUSEHOLD IRONING ............................................................0413 763785

SPOTLESS GUTTERS Gutter cleaning specialists, full insured .................. 0405 922839 or 66841674

WINDOW CLEANING Professional work, free quotes, phone Steve ......... 0421 797210 or 66844731

ALL BYRON SHIRE CARPET& UPHOLSTERY CLEANING

TILE & GROUT CLEANING7 DAYS TRUCK MOUNTED MACHINE

ph Brendon O’Connor 66853767 or 0429853767

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Reliable and of the highest quality – call for a free quoteFREECALL 1800 68 38 38 MOBILE 0411 444 367

“Always Waterwise”

Professional Window CleaningDOMESTIC – COMMERCIAL – BOND CLEANS

Level 5 restrictions compliant

TLCTENDER LOVING CARE

Truck Mounted MachineCARPET CLEANING

Specialising in household carpet cleaning

Kevin & Margaret Bower (02) 6684 1001Speedy Drying

MOBILE CAR WASHCall us and we will be there

6685 5812 / 0427 667 167

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

BRUNSWICK TV SERVICE 30yrs Byron Shire, Bill Sked ......................................................... 66851778

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

VACUUM & APPLIANCE REPAIRS & SPARES Power & Air Tool Repairs ............................ 66844514

TV & VIDEO REPAIRS & SALESWe repair Hi-Fis, CDs, Microwaves

BYRON ELECTRONICS25 BRIGANTINE ST, BYRON INDUST. ESTATE • 6685 7610

RUBBISH REMOVAL

ABOUT BYRON SHIRE Rubbish removed/recycled ..........................Mark 66855570 or 0421932945

RAPID RECYCLING RUBBISH REMOVAL Ring Rob ............................... 66811836 or 0402921630

THE CLEAN UP MEN Rubbish removal 24/7. Same day service. Byron Shire ....................0410 705877

OCEAN SHORES

SKIPSBYRON TO TWEED 6680 1516 OR 0412 161 564

• Rubbish removal

• Yard clean ups

• Home renovations

• Competitive rates

GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

A LOAD OF RUBBISH REMOVAL Same day service call Andre .......................................0410 705877

ABOUT BYRON Gutter cleaning, chemical free weed spraying .................................... Mark 66855570

ABOUT BYRON Mowing, gardening, rubbish removal .................... Mark 0421 932945 or 66855570

ACTION GARDENERS For all your garden needs + treelopping & chipping .......................... 66847775

ALL GUTTERS CLEANED All areas, free quotes, fully insured ................... 0405 922839 or 66841674

ALL LAWN MOWING, rubbish removal & garden maintenance . Michael 0424 946226 or 66844183

BYRON & BEYOND Acreage mowing. Smooth, reliable, insured ..............................Tosh 0411 358901

BYRON OCEAN SHORES LAWNS & GARDENS Lawnmowing, gardening, rubbish removal .0448042550

DAMON’S LAWNS & MAINTENANCE ................................................... 0415 952147 or 66804217

GARY’S ORGANIC VEGE Garden mtnce & lawn services. Reliable naturally . 66846193 or 0423 527882

[email protected] .................................................................Peter 0423 756394

PROFESSIONAL HORTICULTURAL LANDSCAPE SERVICES Qlf Hort 66809408 or 0423 223417

SHORT BACK & FRONT MOWING All gardening .............................Jim 0413 292316 or 66809033

SURF & TURF HOME SERVICES Specialise in rural brushcutting, lawns & gen. maint ...0401 068127

TREE FELLING & CHIPPING Fully insured, goor rates, ph Nick ................ 0415 935048 or 66884336

TREE & PALM Lopping, felling, rubbish removal, fully insured, free quotes ......................0405 620261

TROWS LAWNMOWING Lawns, gardens, ride–on .................................. 0410 665902 or 66875959

Garden & Property Maintenance continued on next page

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GARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE (continued)

Peter McDonaldFencing & FarmMaintenance6684 2440 / 0415 838979

• Fencing • Slashing• Stockyard Building• 4WD 4 in 1 Bucket• Post & Rail Fences

All areas – no job too small

GAS FITTERS & SUPPLIERS

BRUNSWICK VALLEY ELGAS SUPPLY FREE DELIVERY, NO RENTAL .................................. 66801575

FEDERAL MULLUM GAS SUPPLY ........................................................................................ 66884000

MULLUMBIMBY GAS WORKS Service & installation. Lic No L11487 .................................. 66842171

HANDYPERSONS

A GREAT JOB @ a great price ...........................................................Mark 66855570 or 0421 932945

ALL PLASTER & CARPENTRY WORK Satisfaction or no charge ..David 66802001 or 0419 902002

A TO Z HANDYMAN SERVICES Jack of All Ph Andre ............................................................ 66847553

ACTION PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Carpentry, repairs, renovations ...........................0422 417295

BAY BUILDING SERVICES Int + ext home improvements ph Pete ...................................0427350470

BEST QUOTES Carpentry, locks, security. All trades ph Matt ..............................................0405 565268

BUILDER Lic 3442C Renovations, handyman ph Larry ...............................66845331 or 0418 608407

CAPE BYRON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Tom Scott ........................... 66847449 or 0418 600576

COSMO’S HOUSE HEALING SERVICES Pro paint, carpentry, the works .......................0422 996731

DAN HANDYMAN Leaking taps to minor building maintenance .............66228911 or 0402 009361

ESSENTIAL HANDY & PAINTING SERVICES ............................. James 0432 418354 or 66853186

HANDYMAN/CARPENTER nothing too small or big .............................................................. 66844478

HANDYMAN PETE Computers, phone extensions, pumps, carpentry, gate repair .............0407 662900

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

SHANES HANDYMAN SERVICES General carpentry & odd jobs ...................................0439 335659

YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN Good and reliable Zvika ......................................................0417 629849

HIRE

BYRON WEDDING & PARTY HIRE ........... www.byronpartyhire.com.au 66855483 or 0439855483

CRANE TRUCK Large & small lifts ........................................................................................... 66855991

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

TRUCK WITH CRANE & GENERAL CARRIER Large & small lift & carry jobs ...................... 66846789

HOUSEHOLD REQUIREMENTS

B y r o n S h i r e

Rob & Lorraine CubisPh: 6685 1969 Mob: 0412 995267Free Quotes on:- • Screens • Hollands • Venetians • Pleated • Security • Awnings & Patios • Vertical drapes

LANDSCAPING & EXCAVATION

GARDEN DESIGN & FENG SHUI ............................................................. 0428 884329 or 66857756

LANDSCAPE & DESIGN Brad Turk. Lic 24884C www.turklandscapes.com.au ................0418 661145

LANDSCAPE DESIGN by David Pettifer www.byronscape.com ......................................0427 845284

NORTHERN RIVERS TRENCHING 65HP trencher & mini excavator ..............................0402 716857

1.5t & 5t Excavator – Experienced operatorPost hole borer • All building works • property improvements

• Enviro bush clearing • All general earthmoving

Call Nick 0421 626 015

A COASTAL EXCAVATION

Rock Work Pathways Tree Planting Site Leveling Tank

Sites Trenching Turfing Backyard & Site Clean Ups For All Your Landscaping & Mini Earthworks Needs

LIMITED ACCESS

EARTHWORKS

Enquiries Phone Sam Mob: 04 2199 9062 AH: 6680 5471

Specialising in• all styles of paving & brickwork

• irrigation • retaining walls• turf areas• water features

and all aspects of paving and landscaping.

Over 20 yrs experience - friendly reliable serviceRing Dean on 0417 856 212

• Landscaping • Site leveling • Trenching • Backyard site cleanups • All other little earthwork projects Ry: 6684 5214 or 0432 026 688

PEST CONTROL

• Safe• Natural• Effective• Guaranteed

TROPICALE PEST MANAGEMENTReg. 1482 NSW L2603 QLD 11645

ENVIRONMENTAL PEST CONSULTANTSSpecialising in alternate and integrated methods of control.

Termite inspections/non-chemical control.Ph/fax 6684 2428 Mob 0418 110 714

REMOVALISTS

ASHFORTH REMOVALS ...........................................................................0411 288101 or 66808938

TRUCK with crane & general carrier. Large & small lift & carry jobs ......................................... 66846789

Phone66858108

Cape Byron Removals8 Grevillea St, Byron Arts & Industrial Estate• Based in Byron Industrial Estate• Continuing to serve the Byron Shire• Local • Brisbane • Sydney • Melbourne • Inland

BEYOND BYRON REMOVALSReady for work within & beyond Byron

Brisbane Sydney backloadingFor careful service & great rates

phone 66801158 or 0408 004719

SECURITY SERVICES

BRUNSWICK VALLEY LOCKSMITHS Shirewide ..................................... 66771550 or 0412 144679

SEWING MACHINE & APPLIANCE SERVICE

A1 SEWING MACHINES Since 1964 Leaders In Service ........................................................ 66847447

UPHOLSTERY

BANGALOW UPHOLSTERY Re-covering specialists: Bangalow Upholstery ......................... 66871553

BYRON BAY UPHOLSTERY Curtains & soft furnishings .........................66853745 or 0403 7133037

WINDOW TINTING

� BUSINESS & OFFICE SERVICESREORGANISE 4 PROFIT Bookkeeping, Training, OH&S, Brainy Blonde Consulting .............. 0417 188436

SORTING CHAOS SECRETARIAL Business services ............................................................. 66805555

ACCOUNTANTS

ACCOUNTANT HUDSON MATTHEWS MANAGEMENT SERVICES ............................... 66858129

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

BIZWIZZ Professional & mobile – MYOB & Quickbooks, www.bizwizz.com.au .................0400 758192

BOOKKEEPING MYOB Annette Stanton ..........................................................................0419 627506

BOOKKEEPING PLUS www.petermorgan.ws ....................................................... Call Peter 66853537

BOOKKEEPING, PAYROLL & BUSINESS SERVICES .....................................................0415 639548

CLARE WIGLEY BOOKKEEPING Efficient & professional solutions, MYOB installation & training .0422 190277

GST & TAX SORTED, GOOD RATES, NO FUSS ...............................Anji 0434 898383 or 66857524

COMPUTER SERVICES

ADAM THE COMPUTER GUY .................................................................. 0439 587858 or 66850136

BYRON COMPUTER SERVICES .......................................................................................0404 314282

CORE TRAINING AND SUPPORT Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist ............................... 66870653

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COMPUTER TONER & CARTRIDGES

PRINTING & GRAPHIC ART

ACCENT COLOR THE COPY SHOP ....................................................................................... 66856236

ACCENT COLOR THE LAMINATING SHOP ......................................................................... 66856236

NORTH COAST PRINT SOLUTIONS Design and Printers ................................................... 66858264

POPSICLE DESIGN Quality Design in Byron ................................................................... (02)8003 4373

Art d,Echo

geebeedesign

byron bay p 02 66884554 www.geebeedesign.com

graphic by design

Web DesignGraphic Design

Wordprocessing

[email protected] p.02 6680 9624 m.0423 685 902

visualutionary...seesaw

signs design digital printing

� HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

CHIROPRACTIC

CHIROPRACTOR Bruce Campbell, Brent Verco 52 Shirley St, Byron Bay ................................ 66858159

CHIROPRACTOR Andrew Badman & Steve Foster– low force ............................................... 66858553

MICHAEL SCHWAGER Chiropractor 108 Stuart St, Mullumbimby ........................................ 66841962

MULLUM CHIROPRACTIC Karl Wedeman & Brent Verco. 110 Dalley St ............................... 66841028

DENTISTS

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

BYRON DENTAL SURGERY Mercury-free restorations ......................................................... 66807774

MULLUMBIMBY DENTAL CENTRE 100 Stuart St, Mullumbimby ........................................ 66842644

FLORISTS

OH HANG IT OH POT IT Fresh local flowers & plants. Deliveries ........................................... 66842557

PASSION@FLOWERS Byron Bay. Fresh flowers, weddings. Interflora member ..................... 66855209

HAIR & BEAUTY

SLEEK BODY WAXING Bangalow ............................................................ 0432 564512 or 66872264

SPRAY TAN – BRONZED BYRON BABES ............................................... 0432 533680 or 66809356

HEALTH

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE Dr Adam Osborne .................................... 66857366

ACUPUNCTURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE M Collis .................................................... 66857001

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Postural re-education for pain, stress/dysfunction. M. Hayes ..... 66809770

CRANIO SACRO BALANCE Also for animals ........e: [email protected] 0432 625612

MASSAGE TABLES & SUPPLIES Mullum Herbals 79 Stuart St ............................................ 66843002

MULLUMBIMBY Herbals, Naturopathy, Massage, 79 Stuart St .............................................. 66843002

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

SUZIE PHILLIPS ACUPUNCTURE & ORIENTAL MEDICINE .............................................. 66809696

OSTEOPATHY

BANGALOW Jodie Jacobs ....................................................................................................... 66872337BRUNSWICK HEADS OSTEOPATHY Sue Broadbent, Mon - Fri ........................................... 66851126BYRON OSTEOPATHIC CARE Eve Schoenheimer & Jodie Jacobs ............................................6680757

PHYSIOTHERAPY

ANTHONY D’ORSOGNA Suffolk Park 1 Bryce Street ............................................................ 66853511BANGALOW PHYSIOTHERAPY Craniosacral, Massage & PilatesLibbie Nelson, Petra Karni, Clare Connolly Lot 1, Ballina Road, Bangalow ................................ 66872330CLAUDIA MIRDITA Craniosacral therapy, acupuncture, physio ............................................. 66857222NICK EDMOND & MARTINA RIGBY Mullumbimby Physiotherapy & Acupuncture Centre ‘Govinda’ 8 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby Monday, Wednesday, Friday ........................................ 66843255OCEAN SHORES PHYSIOTHERAPY NIGEL PITMAN ........................................................ 66803499PAULA RAYMOND-YACOUB Acupuncture and physio ........................................................ 66851646

� MOTORINGBILLINUDGEL BRAKE CENTRE ............................................................................................ 66801382BILLINUDGEL STEERING & SUSPENSION ......................................................................... 66801382BILLINUDGEL TYRES & BATTERIES .................................................................................... 66802366CAR BODIES REMOVED Any condition, for quote phone Mark ......................................0427 660641CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE $$$’s PAID ..................................................66845296 or 66845403FRED HENRY MECHANICAL REPAIRS Billinudgel .............................................................. 66802155MECHANICAL REPAIRS, welding, MTA member, Pearce Motors .......................................... 66851252MECHANICAL REPAIRS, WARREN SIMMONS Byron Bay ................................................. 66858500PAINT CHIP & SCRATCH REPAIRS ........................................................................Brian 0402 339859WILSONS EXHAUST & SUSPENSION ................................................................................ 66856925

Natrad AUTO COOLING SERVICE CENTRE

BAYSIDE RADIATORS, WINDSCREENSAND AIR CONDITIONING

24 Hours 7 Days Serving Byron Shire

Where else would you take a leak!Lot 4, Wilfred St, Billinudgel. Ph 6680 2444

Quality tyres & retreads, repairs, batteries, fitting & balancingMULLUMBIMBY TYRE SERVICE

Dalley Street, Mullumbimby 6684 2016

� MISCELLANEOUS

PET SERVICES

Grooming @ reasonable rates Free pick up and drop off, for 1st groom * limited area Call Rachel 6684 1201 or 0405 265 383

PICTURE FRAMING

BYRON ART SUPPLIES & PICTURE FRAMING 3/97 Centennial Circuit ............................. 66808010BILLINUDGEL CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 7/1 Wilfred St, Billinudgel ........................... 66803444HAIKU FRAMING & DESIGN 144 Jonson St, Byron Bay ....................................................... 66807891

TRANSLATING SERVICES

PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION SERVICES All languages ................................................. 66847994TRANSLATION SERVICES NAATI Certified German, English. Linda Wiederkehr .................. 66803968

VETERINARY SURGEONS

BILLINUDGEL/OCEAN SHORES VET HOSPITAL Jon Hollingworth ................................... 66803480BYRON BAY VET CLINIC 1/70 Centennial Cct. Rowen Trevor-Jones ..................................... 66856899 SUFFOLK PARK VET CLINIC Michael Cumpston .................................................................. 66853696

Right. You’ve found the keyboard. More? Yes, there is more. There’s the monitor thingy, and the bit that plugs into the back so your modem can talk

to the world. Then you have to turn it on and operate the, um, operating

system. If all this seems as mysterious as international currency transactions,

then have a chat to one of the computer experts in this service directory.

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correct details and phone numbers. Please also have your credit card ready for ALL ads placed over the telephone.

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them one? $30 per quarter or $110 per year, post incl. Write to Village Way,

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DISCOVERThe Archaic Heart at the bottom of us all.

THE RUG SHOP, BANGALOW

COUNSELLINGSUSAN ALLEN CMCAPA

Phone 66802805

ANTHEA AMOREMARRIAGE CELEBRANT

66807277 0422383151www.antheaamore.com

HYPNOTHERAPY & Counselling. Wendy Purdey. Relax,

resolve, release & restore inner calm & clarity. Benefi ts include insights,

understanding & energy to create change. Enq welcome 66802630

ARE YOU IN LOVECall SUE BASSER

Marriage Celebrant 66847165

I’LL MARRY YOUGita Dunbar – authorised Marriage

Celebrant. 66779282 or 0411041591

TAX DOCTOR!Ronald H Wolff, former offi cer with

Tax Dept is happy to keep you in good tax health incl. GST. For personal and

professional tax services call 66795330. Will make house calls.

BLISS BOTANICALS100% NATURAL SKIN CARE

HANDMADE in Byron Bay for men & women. Avail now at :

GYPSY LE FAY1/22 Mullumbimbi St Brunswick Heads

Shop enquires : 0417427518

Back by popular demand: THE AUSTRALIAN CANNABIS

COOKBOOK@ Echo offi ces Mullumbimby & Byron

Bay or www.ozshop.net

HONOURING LOVE AND LOSS

Audrey FisherCelebrant - 0414720081

Holistic CounsellingRI FRASER Accred. A.H.H.A 66803040

DEREK HARPERCELEBRANT

66803032, [email protected]

MULLUMBIMBY SOUP KITCHENNeighbourhood Centre, Dalley Street,

Wednesday 5pm. 66841816

CHOKE THE SMOKESWITH HYPNOSIS. Paul L. Jones C.Ht.

DO IT NOW! 66807030

VENUE HIRE FUNCTIONS, PARTIESat Mullumbimby Golf Club.

Enquiries at club or on 66842273

DENTURESLOOK GOODFEEL GOOD

Free consultation. SANDRO 66805002

The Oceania Project’s 18thWHALE RESEARCH EXPEDITION

Hervey Bay Qld Aug - Oct 2007Join for a week or more 66858128

Info: www.oceania.org.au

Spiritual Psychic5wk class starts Tues 17/07 @ 7pm.

Connect to your Spirit Guides, Deeper Psychic/Intuitive gifts. Enq. Jaya Talbot

on 66808376 Byron

VEGAN CASTLECommunity in Sth France. Your chance

to part-own or share living with compassionate, fun loving vegans. See

www.thebeautifulfuture.com - Byron contact: Charlie or Bhakta 66847540

ARTISTS WANTED to share studio/galley space

in Byron Arts & Industry EstatePhone Tracey 0431092618

TAFE TESOL COURSE6wk p-t Byron to teach English overseas

Beg Aug 6th $1000. Co-ordinator 0428139882, Ballina TAFE 66818914

CONNECTING WITH THE ANGELS Workshop - Sat 7/7, $77, 10am-1.30pm

Phone Omra 66809214

SOUL RETRIEVAL & INITIATION

WEEKEND INTENSIVE6th, 7th, 8th July & 13th, 14th, 15th July.

Private Readings & Body ClearingDominique 66848271 or 0400395215

MEN’SLINE SUPPORT COUNSELLORS – Willing to listen.

Call 66222240 7pm-11pm every night.

MEETINGS IN

TRUTHWith Isaac & Meike - July 4-28

Wed, Thurs, Fri 7-9pm, Ambaji Byron BaySat’s 11-6pm Ocean Shores Community

Centre. All welcome

SAMBA BLISSTASNext 6wk course beg Mon 13th AugustNew Sudo/drum classes start 8th Oct

New Samba Dance troupe training and workout sessions, start Wed 10th Oct.

Bookings essential, numbers limited, No exp necessary. Phone Paul 66850160

www.carnavaldrumming.com

HIMALAYAN GOGI JUICE for health and rejuvenation. Phone 66854987

www.headless.orgWorkshop/Free talks - coming soon!

SINGwith Richard Prakash

Enjoy and expand your voicesinging solo and with others

Part 1 July 21st $100Part 2 July 22nd $120

Phone Michelle 66804621

SAMBA BLISSTASNext 6wk course beg Mon 13th AugustNew Sudo/drum classes start 8th Oct

New Samba Dance troupe training and workout sessions, start Wed 10th Oct.

Bookings essential, No’s limited, No exp necessary. Phone Paul 66850160 www.

carnavaldrumming.com

MOSAICSSuper easy step by step training course.

Day & evening. Phone 66884607

Super Easy ArtSTEP BY STEP TRAINING COURSEin painting anything from landscapes to portraits, day/evening. Ph 66884607

THERE IS A CERTAIN WAY rich people get rich. You can learn this certain way. Free 2 min message 1800825299.

EATING DISORDERSOne day workshop with specialist Dr Sue Austin, July 21 Coolongatta. For

info 66841406 or [email protected]

Classifi ed Ads

ECHO CECHO CLLASSIFIEDS 6684 ASSIFIEDS 6684 11777777

FOR CLASSIFIEDS THAT WORK ALL WEEK

PHONE ADSAds may be taken by phone on 6684 17778.30am – 1pm Monday9am – 5pm Tuesday to FridayAds can’t be taken on the weekend

AT OUR OFFICESClassifi ed ads may also be lodged at our offi ces:Mullumbimby – Village Way, Stuart StByron Bay – 95 Jonson St

RATES & PAYMENT$12.50 for the fi rst two lines (minimum charge)

$3.50 for each extra line (these prices include GST)

Cash, cheque or credit card– Bankcard, Mastercard or Visa.Prepayment required for: Garage Sales, Share Accommodation, Wanted to Rent and Work Wanted classifi cations

DEADLINE12pm Monday for display ads

1pm Monday for line ads

Account enquiries

phone 6685 5222

INDEXBus Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Business For Sale . . . . . . . . . .43Business Opportunity . . . . . . . .43Cabins For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . .43Caravans For Sale . . . . . . . . . .42Childcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42For Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Garage Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Halls For Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Health Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Holiday Accommodation . . . . .43Houses For Sale . . . . . . . . . . .43Housesit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Land For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Lost & Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Motor Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Motor Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Musical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Only Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Positions Vacant . . . . . . . . . . . .44Property For Sale . . . . . . . . . . .43Property Wanted . . . . . . . . . . .43Public Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Share Accommodation . . . . . .43Short Term Accommodation . .43Social Escorts . . . . . . . . . . . . .44To Lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44To Let . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Tractor Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Tradework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Tree Lopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Wanted To Rent . . . . . . . . . . . .44Work Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

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promises made in paid advertisements or for any loss or damage arising

from reliance on such content, representations or promises.

Expressionsof Interest

FATHERHOOD FESTIVALSunday 2 September 2007

Bangalow ShowgroundsFood/Community Groups/Craft

Please send to:Fatherhood Festival PO Box 71

FEDERAL NSW 2480 [email protected]

Phone: 6684 2309

Ocean Shores ParentResource CentreA place for support,

information and referralPh: 6680 4919


BUTOH DANCE weekend July 14 & 15, trance movement & dance, zen, impro shiatsu & games. Ph Aven 66859980

www.wyd2008.org

ADVANCED HYPNOTHERAPYNLP, EFT, PAST LIFE & COUNSELLINGAnxiety, Panic Attacks, Weight, Smoking,

Addictions, Phobias, Depression & more.

Irene Colville 66770064MASCH, MIMDHA, MNLPA, AMACA

DYNAMIC DrawingWeds - Mullum Drill Hall

Fridays - Byron Scout HallBoth classes 9.30am-12, cost $15/$20

www.dynamicdrawing.com.auTea & coffee, mats avail. 0421101220

HEALTH

COUNSELLINGfor addictions, anxiety, depression, grief,

relationships, life coaching. DavidWarmington(Assoc MAPS) 0439777766

FLOAT & MASSAGE2 hour session $65. 66858304

Breathwork Mastery Accredited courses and private sessions

& groups. Alakh Analda 0413167688. www.rebirthing.com.au

MIGRAINES, WHIPLASH, SCIATICA, FROZEN SHOULDER, CHRONIC UPPER & LOWER BACK PAIN.

Remedial & sports massage therapist. ATMS accred, health fund rebates.

Student discount. Ila McDonald 0403748647, 66808400

P I L A T E S @ C O R E S T U D I Omat + apparatus 66856716

TIBETAN & AYURVEDIC MASSAGE $40, Reiki, Yoga Victoria. 0401344047

BE SPOILT. Therapeutic Massage. Neck & shoulders or full massage. Reiki avail. Jean 66801864 – Ocean Shores.

YogaPractise ISHTA style meditationPranayama & dynamic asanaTuesday 9am-11am ByronAikido Dojo/Temple Byron

Melaleuca Dr, off Ewingsdale RoadThursday 9.30-11.30am MullumYellow Church, Myocum Street.

Joanne Langton 66843654

BANGALOW BLISS MASSAGE66872901

SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICEFree STI/HIV checkups

Clinics: Byron Monday; Ballina FridayFor appointment phone 66202980

GO-KAHUNAMassage $40ph 7 days 66846049

Mullum HomeopathyChristina (Ina) Buhse (Adv. Dip. Hom.)Ph 66841028 - 3 days. Health rebates.

Yoga Studio WithinB Y R O N B A Y

P h i l i p a n d B e l i n d e R e d h e a d h a v e t h o r o u g h l y e n j o y e d g e t t i n g t o k n o w s o m a n y b e a u t i f u l p e o p l e a n d

b e i n g p a r t o f s h a r i n g a n d g i v i n g . A l l t h e b e s t t o H o l l i e

a n d h e r t e a m

T H A N K Y O U , T H A N K Y O U

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OSHO

BOOKSDVDS

INFO6684 6931

• TOYS • GAMES • SPORTING

• DRESS-UPS • WATCH BATTERIES/

REPAIRSToy KingdomShop 2 Carlyle Street,

Byron Bay. Tel: 6680 8811

Do you want to make a difference?

www.bys.org.au

DanceshoesPaul Wright

Dancewear(locally made)

Claudia Allshorn 65 Rajah Rd, Ocean Shores0421 457 017 6680 5897

AB

N 96 789 120 557

BEST PRICE FROM COOLANGATTA TO BALLINA

A Spot of Paint

Tantra

Laviras0419 639 092

www.sexualalchemy.com

Celebrating ecstatic awareness

Tantric Body WorkCoaching

Goddess MysteriesLovingly guided

sessions for man, woman and

couples

Application for River Reach Program 07/08Funds are available through the Northern Rivers CatchmentManagement Authority for the development and implementationof River Reach Rehabilitation Projects.

Individuals or groups are invited to apply. Projects must extendover at least 1km of stream length (other eligibility criteria apply).

Close of Applications: Friday, 27 July 2007

For guidelines, eligibility criteria and application forms visit ourwebsite www.northern.cma.nsw.gov.au or contact the relevantCMA officer:

• Stuart Johnson, Ph: (02) 6561 4966Sharon Cunial, Ph: (02) 6561 4984(Hasting, Macleay and Nambucca catchments)

• Peter Menzies, Ph: (02) 6642 0612(Bellinger, Clarence and Coffs coastal catchments)

• Amalia Short, Ph: (02) 6676 7392(Richmond, Brunswick and Tweed catchments)

Applications should be addressed to the General Manager,Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority, PO Box 618Grafton NSW 2460.

TENDERS

ALI’S RUG CENTRESpecialist rug

washing & repairsQuality rugs for sale

Cnr Wollongbar & Centennial Cct

Byron Arts/Ind Est6685 7750/0427 469 843


FREE NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENTAt Mullum Health & Beauty Clinic with Professional Kinesiologist Sandra Holz

0418714345, 66841255

BODY HARMONYRelax and allow any physical, emotional

or mental tension to melt away with a gentle bodywork session.

Ph Mary Martin 0412675835

Kahuna MassageExp. Brigitte 66845158 or 0402503603

BALI HARMONYGentle bodywork blended with traditional

Balinese energy therapy.Deep relaxation. Powerful healing.

Peaceful Bali style studio.Call KESTREL on 0408537537

NEED A MASSAGE? Friendly, qualifi ed female therapist available now. Phone Amber 0417833398

MASSAGE FOR WOMEN & ❤ PREGNANCY MASSAGE ❤

By Prof Kahuna trained therapist. Deeply nurturing, relaxing & rebalancing.

Ph Maya 0411656040

MASSAGE 1HR $30 Holistic health student clinic 0407299258

Kahuna Bodywork and HOT STONE THERAPY with Doris

Mon-Thurs 66843478 or 0421953714

SHIATSU MASSAGE with Aven,Tues, Thurs, Fri Suffolk, Mon & Wed

can come to you. Ph 66859980

❤ HEARTSPACE ❤$30 massage Mon-Fri 0423293995Jo Morrish & Honourable Therapists

THAI MASSAGE 1.5 hours $50. Hm visit $60. 7 days. Ekka 66804478. No sex

KINESIOLOGYChange unhelpful patterns.

Enhance emotional well-beingDe-stress... increase your energy levels!

SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract. 66846914

BUS SERVICESBYRON 2 BRISBANE EXPRESSCity/Airport 2 hours. 1800 626222

CHILDCAREEXPERIENCED CHILDCARE/NANNY

Loving & caring, fl exible & reliable.All hours. Refs avail. Qualifi ed. Linda 66859614, 0421892812

FOR HIREBACKHOE HIRE/4WD

John Coe – All excavationsPh 66841576, mobile 0408841576

HALLS FOR HIREEWINGSDALE HALL AVAILABLEfor your function. Ph 66847706 AH

TRADEWORK

Andy’s Handy ServiceGutter cleaning. Rubbish removal.

All household repairs. Ph 0408628130

PLASTERING CONTRACTOR20 years experience. Lic. 114578C.Craig Warwick. Phone 0413451186

SEWER CHOKESSewer, Drainage & Storm Water

blockages. Sewer machine available.Gary Potter… All Areas.Ph 66871348 • Lic L190

TREE LOPPING

COMPUTERS

MR MACINTOSHI’ll come to you!

Troubleshooting, tuition, internet.Call Tom 66855504

NEW & USED COMPUTERSService – Spares. Ph Greg 66804159

INTERNET • DATABASE • DIGITALFileMaker Pro Specialist

11th Hour Group Pty Ltd.www.11hrg.com.au • 66875367

WEB EDITINGSuper fast fastidious copywriter,

web and print editor.Call 66804331 or 0408333282

FOR SALEBEDS - MATTRESSES - ENSEMBLES Best brands. Best range. Sleep Zone, Bridglands, Mullumbimby. 66842511

TRAMPOLINESRound with safety net. 0429847473

Star-Light Trampolines

TWO KING SIZE mattresses $100ea, 8 wood dining chairs $50ea ono. 6684 7712

GARAGE ROLLER door, Steel Line, as new, 2100H x 2490W, $200. 66801565

WARD’S Landscape SuppliesWooden railway sleepers, concrete sleepers, garden ornaments & pots, mulches, soil, metals, gravel & more.

Mon-Fri 7.30am-6pm, Sat 7.30am-2pm. 1176 Myocum Rd, Mullum. 66842323

VACUUM BAGSTo suit most makes & models

BRIDGLANDSMullumbimby. 66842511

VACUUM CLEANERS repairs & sales, discount bags, pickup/delivery. Rick’s Vac Shack. 66805148, 0421902454

CARPET OFFCUTS – Lots of sizes and prices at Ray Towers Carpets, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate.

CARPET MATS – from 50 cents each at Ray Towers, Carpets, Mullumbimby Industrial Estate.

WASHING MACHINE auto $140, fridge 2 door $250. 0413589388

GARDEN SHEDSDiscount prices, slab & erection service.

Ph 66841674, 0405922839

TYAGARAH MULCHBales $4. BH 66844242

COMPOST TOILETSGarry Scott • 66843468

TRAMPOLINES, REPLACEMENT MATS & parts, a variety of pool tables in different sizes & accessories. Phone 66851624, mobile 0409851624

BIKE Mongoose Pro Crossway 350, 24 gears, $300. Ph 0423279841

GREAT SALE dining suite, table & 6 chairs, vgc, $330, 3 wheel stroller, gc, $80, portacot $35. Ph 66844337

FRIDGES WASHERS & DRYERS Pre loved, all with warranty, APEX AIR 3/46 Acacia Street Byron Bay, open 9-5pm Mon-Fri. Phone 66857781

FRIDGE SAMSUNG COOLTECH, near new $400. Pick up only. Ph 66840495

FIREWOODHUONBROOK 66840077

SODA STREAMMACHINES & GAS REFILLS

Bridglands Retravision 66842511

BALLET BARREJunior Student, Senior Student, Teacher

and Professional Models from $230Gypsy Le Fay 0417427518

1/22 Mullumbmbi Street Brunswick Heads

ALLOY roof rack suit troopy or adaptable, 1.8m long $650. Phone 66802521

FULL KITCHEN good cond, all included $500. Phone 0409470759 or 66853544

GOLF CLUBS matching set ‘Integra Oversize’ 1,3,5 metal woods, good grips, bag, $140 ono. Ph 0414329032

100% WOOL FELT from Holland, avail by the metre, smaller pieces avail, coloured pieces also in stock. Ph Jo 66844138

SURFBOARD Mini Mal, Mad Dog, $350. Text or phone 0432476011

QUEEN mattress, as new Sleepmaker Miracoilplus $380 ono. DOUBLE BED beautiful slatted headboard, teak stained hardwood $350 ono. 66884207

BLANK DVDsCDs & Mini DV tapes

BRIDGLANDSMullumbimby. 66842511

AIR-CON PANASONIC reverse cycle window unit, 1.5 yrs old, 5 yrs wrnty good for 45sqm rm $350. Desk-immaculate condition, smart, semi-circular, lots of space $250. Queen size Futon slats ‘students bed’ $60. 0425775941

HOT WATER HEATERS Dux new 135L, LPG or NAT gas $490. Ph 0431553803

FISH TANK with stones, pump, fi lter, rocks $35, 2 x single beds with mattresses $25 each. Phone 66843407

GIANT MOVING SALE builders power tools, compound mitre saw, near new fridge, wash mach, couches, trendy dining chairs, too much to list. Tony 0404889194

BRIDGLANDS BUY & SELL – good used furniture – good clean bedding – late model electrical & antiques. M’by 66842511

TIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. Brims Builders Hardware, Mogo Place, Billinudgel. Phone 66801718

FENCE 1800H, lapped & capped treated pine. 30 metres, You remove. Suffolk Park. Best offer. Phone 0412367233

BAMBOO PLY & Bamboo Flooring from $10.50sqm.

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.Ph 66764088 - sample & brochure

21” GENTS BIKE - GIANT FARRAGO 27 SPEED HYBRID LIFESTYLE

Perfect condition. Only ridden 10km. Comfortable, effi cient suspension.

Shimano Deore gears. New $759. Sale Price $500 66850454

CARPET 5.4m x 3.9m neutral colour, good cond $60. PAINT 10 litres pale blue grey $50 ono. 66396305, 0408700211

WANTEDWANTED: ANTIQUES, GOOD USED FURNITURE. Clean double & queen size beds. Bridglands Mby 66842511

OLDER WOODEN FURNITUREBookcases, drawers, tables etc, old

fi shing gear & hand tools. Clem’s CargoPhone 66851213

GARAGE SALESSAT. BRUNS HEADS turn left at Chalet Motel Ln. Not before 8am-1pm. Tools, furn, clothes, household.

SAT 8am, bikes, kitchen stuff, clothes, bags, fridge, wash mach. 2 Mango Bark Crescent, Byron Hills. 0408916958

OCEAN SHORES 7 Binya Place Saturday 8am. All sorts of stuff!

MOVING SALE 12 Alcorn Street Suffolk Sat 8am kids stuff, o/door setting, & more

19 FINGAL ST, Brunswick at 9am Sat.

MOVING 2 Kiyung Court, O Shores Sat 8am. Wall unit, h-hold goods 0438839632

HUGE GARAGE SALE Sat & Sun from 9am, 15 Mahogany Drive, Byron. Running mach vgc, fridges x 3, d-washer, 2 x washing mach, 2 x dryers, lounges, rugs, tables, drawers, lamps, artwork, beds(king, Q, single), crockery, cutlery, outside furn, ponds and plants, statues. Phone 0418271489

26 ELIZABETH AVE, South Golden Beach, 8am Sat.

MOVING OUT SALE Something of everything. 8 Kumbelllin Glen, OShores. Sat 8am

9am Sat, 26 Macgregor St, Suffl olk. Tools, clothes, books, fi sh tank + stuff.

26 BEECH DRIVE Suffolk Park. Sat 7th 8am, all good items & 2 surfboards.

OCEAN SHORES 55 Balemo Rd, Sat 8-12. Books, tools, kitchen, golf clubs, bbq, lawn mower & more. Ph 66803234

BYRON 63 Paterson St, Sat & Sun 8am. Furniture, baby gear, bric a brac.

CARAVANS15ft open plan, tropical roof, towable, suit spare room $750. Phone 0413289443

MOTOR VEHICLESSUBARU OUTBACK 2004, H6, 3L, auto, leather interior, cruise, 6 stack CD, roof racks, p-wind, climate control, 125,000km, must sell, $24,500. 0422409640

CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE

$$$ paid local reg’d business66845296 or 66845403

Byron Dental Ce

ntre

a holistic approach to dental health and wellbeing

Dr Jon VeraneseSuite 10 and 11, 130 Jonson St Byron Bay

www.byrondental.com

6680 7554

Build EnvironmentallyDON’T BUY

A LEMON!Let a professional

help you...

Heartspace

For appointments please phone 0423 293 995

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MAGNA station wagon ‘96 new gear box, front susp & brakes, cruise control, air-con etc, 9 mth rego, $3900 ono. 66840425

CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE

$$$s for most.Phone 0418189324, 0438189323

CAR AUCTIONSTake advantage Brisbane’s largest

choice. Buy at Dealers only through us. Ring Bruce Clarke on 0439854468.

THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICE.

!!! WINTER SPECIAL !!!$25 per day CAR HIRE

0401606707

HYUNDAI EXCEL ‘92 auto, hatch, white striped, air-con, 131,000km, pensioner car, rego 17/7, pink slip $3000. Phone 66801564

CAMRY 96, s-w, 5 spd man, rego Jan 08, exc cond, $6000 ono. 0438839632

TOYOTA COROLLA 1984, auto sedan, garaged, well maintained, VGC, great 1st /2nd car, very reliable $2000. 66804590

FORD FESTIVA ‘93 3 dr, man, a/c, CD, blue, 185,000km. Just out of rego, current pink sllip $2200, very reliable. 66802001 0401619689

NISSAN 300 ZX V6, 3L, 145,000km, silver, 6 mnths rego, targa top, auto, cruise, climate control. $10,000 PH 0423926060

SUBARU LIBERTY ‘95 Auto wagon, A/C, low k’s, tint windows, mag wheels, new tyres & battery, exc cond, 1 family owner, reg Oct. $6500. 66846160 or 0423386791

COROLLA reliable,auto air cond, ac rego, $1500 ono. 0407617987

KOMBI 1976 Pop top, rego 03/08 & 1 for parts, $3500. Text or ph 0432476011

COMMODORE VR ‘94, s-w, 6 seater, 7mths rego, needs transmission repairs, all else is fi ne $600. Phone 0422098893

TOYOTA HIACE LWB ‘85, great cond, lots of spares, double bed storage, long rego, only $2500. Ph 0427236168

DAIHATSU ‘01 TERIOS 4WD, 5 door, silver, air bags, air con, cd, new tyres $9900. Phone 66840205 or 0428852088

MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 1997 3 door hatch, man, 157000km, a-c, CD, 4 new tyres, economical & reliable, $3900. 66846897

HONDA CIVIC ‘97 hatch, $8500, a-c, good tyres, 180,000km, 11mth rego, reg serv, vgc. 0409534052, 66771104

TOYOTA Cressida 1996, great car, $3000 ono. Ph 0435061611

FORD LASER GHIA VGC needs gearbox repairs & rego $375 ono. 0411206997

TOYOTA CAMRY 1994 sedan, manual, air-con, p-steer, sunroof, long rego $3900. Phone 0432101250

TOYOTA CAMRY 1996, s-wagon, auto, air-con, p-st, full service history, excellent car, 12 mth rego $6200. 0411709266

TOYOTA SURF 1999, 2.4L turbo diesel, 137,000km, rego 06/08, $9700 ono. More details on 0416062754

COMMODORE VR, ex police car, 180,000km, Simmons rims, tint, CD, very nice car, $4000 ono. 66227693

MOTOR BIKESYAMAHA 100cc commuter bike, ideal econ transport in vgc, reg + helmet $1000 ono. Nothing to spend. Ph 0411206997

TRACTOR REPAIRS

BUSINESS FOR SALE

SURF CAFEByron Bay, licensed, Est 5yr, strong local

trade, low rent $250pw, secure lease, near new equipment, seats 55, $120K. Phone Stuart 66856222 or 0417242537

QUALITY RETAIL STORE clothing, gifts, homewares. Main St Mullumbimby priced to sell. 0415778962

WILD NATURE BYRON BAY STORE Pure Natural Makeup and Skincare. Heart of Byron. Est 10yrs. $57K incl

stock & display. Ph. 0419493615 www.wildnature.com.au

BUSINESS OPP.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.

CABINS FOR SALEMILLARD transportable home, 30ft x 20ft, 2br, kitchen etc, can arrange delivery $16,500 ono. Ph 0413289443

HOUSES FOR SALEMULLUM well designed brick house, timber fl oors, private, big north verandah, views, north/east reserve, no through st, MUST SEE! $445,000. Ph 66843491

LAND FOR SALERAINFOREST/RURAL retreats, high alt & rainfall, 10-588 acres. Phone 66795000

PROPERTY FOR SALE

MORTGAGE BROKER, Buyers agent. No application fees. No exit fees. No hype. Just great rates and good service. MICHAEL MURRAY 0428555501

PROPERTY WANTED3 BED HOUSE peaceful, light, leafy. Byron Hills area to $500,000, quick settlement if req. Ph Grace 66854822

HOLIDAY ACCOM.WATERFRONT 4 Star Brunswick f-f 1 & 2br luxury apartments. Ph 66851631

COORABELL spacious retreat. Luxury at lowest rate. Spa & BBQ. 66884781

SHORT TERM ACCOM.BYRON fab ocean views, fully-furn, double, walk beach/town, suit couple/2, $100pw each. 0408151742

SUNRISE beaut 2br townhouse + studio conv - sleeps 3, pool/beach, $340pw. Phone 0408151742

COMING TO THE WRITERS FESTIVAL? Lovely room with views avail $165pw. Phone 66855688

BYRON, room for rent, 16/07/07 to 17/08/07, n/s, $145pw. Ph 66855992

HEALING HOLIDAYS gentle natural retreat. Night/wk/longer. 0437866424

BYRON BAY Baywood Chase, 3br, 2 bathrm, light spacious, f-furn, quality home, jacuzzi, LUG, avail Aug 22 for 3 mths, $490pw incl elec & mowing, $2000, security bond, no pets. Ph 0414858143

GORGEOUS HOUSE at The Pocket, fully furn, very stylish, 2.5 months at $300pw, private on 4 acres. Phone 0411572766

3 BEDROOM funky house balconies, birds, broadband, quiet area, Byron $400pw from 12 July, 2-3 mths 0407617987

STUNNING self-cont studio Suffolk Park, peaceful, no pets. Ph 0414656667

SUFFOLK PK beachside, lovely private 2br house, f-furn, avail 31/07/07 to 5/10/07 neg, $265pw. Ph 66859761

HOUSE SITLOVING couple & 1.5yo are moving to area and would love to housesit for short while till we get settled. Ph 0405406451

MATURE MAN available for housesit, non smoking, non drinking, exc refs, short or long term. Phone 0406960125

SHARE ACCOM.ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement.

BEACHSIDE SUFFOLK good room in special home $125pw (incl phone, elec, b-band) spa, pool + more. Pref female. Phone 66854231

BIG ROOM, rustic farmhouse on 36 acres, St Helena, fab ocean views, n/s, d/f, b’band, no pets, f/t working or student, $115pw all incl. Ph 0412722919

BYRON amazing ocean views, share with artist, short/long term, sgl/couple, $100pw each + exp. Ph 0408151742

BYRON CENTRAL single $90pw & double $150pw in funky share house, no bills. Ph 0421925531

WILSONS CREEK vegetarian house, 8km Mullum, 20min Byron, 11 acres on creek, plenty of light, $100pw, caravan also available. Ph 0431014280

ROOM AVAILABLE for an 18-30 female to share with 4 others in Byron Bay, close to town and beach. $85pw + bond & expenses. 0403681335

BYRON room avail in happy, vego, share h-hold, d/f, n/s, walk to town & beach, $120pw. Call 0404889194, 66807743

TYAGARAH ocean view, own bathroom, conscious living, $150pw incl. 66847135

OCEAN SHORES mature, working person to share large modern, private house. Pool, sundeck, large kitchen, $120pw + bills & bond. 0400183695

BYRON, open, bright, furn/un-furn room, share with 2 females & dog, d/f, n/s, $130pw incl exp + bond. 66808999

SUNRISE 2 rooms, own bathrm & toilet, n/s, d/f, worker or student to share with couple. 1 rm $130, both rooms $155pw + bond + bills. 66807228, 0427444150

LENNOX room avail in young family home, beautiful house, ocean views $130pw includes bills. 0421749611

BEAUTIFUL HOME & garden, large private area, 2br, lounge & bathroom, n/s $200pw + bond & bills, Myocum. Phone 66846814

BEACHSIDE SUFFOLK beautiful modern home, 2 rooms with BIR, verandah $150pw each or half house, n/s, d/f, kids ok. Phone 0428659348

ROOM in a great beach cottage 5 mins walk to town & beach, wooden fl oors and big yard $150pw incl bills. 0401735269

SUNRISE T/house, share with mature yoga teacher. Beautiful, clean, renovated space $150pw. Ph Peter 0407807797

BANGALOW 1-2 rooms, $120pw + bills. quiet street, share with 2 young easy going people. 2 min walk shops 66872746

BYRON, share with one fem, 10 min walk to town & beach, good sized room, $135pw + bond + bills. Ph 0406850119

BYRON, f-furn, d/f, 2 rooms, $135pw incl bills, 5 min to town. Ph Tes 0422583651

SUFFOLK, Alcorn St opposite Tallow’s Beach, sunny house, 2 rooms, polished fl oors, heaps of storage, modern, clean, tidy $120 - $200pw. Ph 0410617561

SUNRISE, room $100pw + bills, for worker, respectful, clean. Ph 66855241

BYRON HILLS spacious 3br house share with 2 others $130pw + elec. 0415747067

OCEAN SHORES luxury & convenience $150/$170 incl + bond. Appreciative person share with owner & cat. 66803497

BYRON large sunny mod house, share bathrm with 1 other, 3 in house, 30+ work person, $160pw incl. 0405809704

OCEAN SHORES, self contained fl at, 2br large sunny bathroom, garden setting, bordering national park, connected to new Yoga studio, $230pw. Ph. 66802889

BANGALOW large room in gorgeous 3br house on acreage with views & fi replace. $165pw incl elect & water. Or enormous loft room for $175pw. B’band, no pets. Phone 66872136

EWINGSDALE 1 person to share large fully furnished house with 2 others. Short or long term. Available now. $150pw 0405559420

BYRON large room in beautiful queenslander. 5 min to town/beach share with 2 others. pref clean N/S, $115pw + bills & bond. Phone Jessica 0401650395

BIG RM Sunrise 2 people $220pw, single $140pw no bills. Phone 0401302343

O. SHORES room with en-suite & BIR in clean 2br, 2 storey home, ocean views, close beach & shops, m/f emp, no pets, $120pw + bills & bond. 0401390616

SUNRISE, 1 single cosy bedroom, clean, calm, $130pw. Ph 0431680629

BANGALOW, amazing home & pool for 2 wonderful, responsible vegos or 1 couple, $150pw ea + bills + bond. Call 66870791

NTH OCEAN SHORES lush house, studio, waterfront canal + beach, veg, n/s positive work person, share with 1 fem $140pw + bond + expenses. 66805657

BYRON room to rent close to town/beach, big leafy backyard, $110pw incl bills + bond. Ph 66858529

BYRON in town opp beach, furnished rooms short/long term. 0408855738

SUFFOLK PK, double room, $130pw for single, $200pw for couple. 0435061611

FERN BEACH lge rm, doors to garden $135pw, smaller rm $100pw, BIR, $185 for both. Sunny home, 2 bathrm, ADSL, deck, walk to beach. Ph 0400464161

SUNRISE, stylish house, backs bush, close to beach, $150pw incl bills, veg, fem pref. Ph 66857370 or 0407006371

TO LETBANGALOW SELF STORAGE

Hi-tech security. 66872333

CARAVANS & CABINS from $195pw. Apply in person to Byron Bay Tourist Village, Ewingsdale Road.

ILUKA spotless 2br freestanding villa, carport & garden, suit retired person, $165pw. Ph 0415152151

BYRON BAY spacious 2br townhouse, avail now, $340pw.BYRON BAY 3br home, walk to town, $400pw. Ray White Byron Bay. Ph 66856588

UPPER MAIN ARM 3br + loft, elev Nth aspect, solar h-w, mains pwr, b’band, no pets, $330pw, avail early Aug. 66845107

LOVELY caravan Myocum, suit female, clean, d/f. Phone 66844364

KOONYUM RANGE 3br house set on 3/4 acres, 2 bathrooms, 2 carport, sep. 2 car workshed, offi ce, pool, $400pw. Refs essential, no pets. Contact Julie or Nicci, Chincogan Real Estate, 18A Burringbar St, Mullumbimby. Ph 66843301

O.SHORES modern fully-furn open plan 1br bedsit, tropical garden, suit single worker, $200pw. Ph 66803012

LENNOX HEAD beautiful 4br house, DLUG, ocean views, quiet, $450pw.BALLINA EAST nice 3br house, quiet LUG, trees, $350pw. Ph 66867678

BEACHFRONT SUFFOLK spacious 1br apartment, $275pw. Ph 66854039

NORTH OCEAN SHORES nice tidy 3br house, quiet area, available avail now $320pw. Phone 66804944

SUNRISE 3br 3bathrm t-house long lease SLUG sep $360pw. 6685 3336 owner.

MULLUM CARAVEN/TEMPLE-STYLE Tranquil setting. Kitchen, bathroom, large deck, garden, $125pw. Ph 66846049

EWINGSDALE s-c caravan with tv $95pw. Phone 0429847675

UNIQUE very private one bedroom cottage with magnifi cent expansive views of Cape Byron. Luxury Balinese style indoor/outdoor bathroom with heated floors, furnished, beautiful surrounds. Offers around $600pw, avail now to approximately end Oct 07. Please phone 0409711725

3BR HOUSE on 1 acre at Main Arm, huge shed/s $450pw, 6mth lease. 66844215

2 ROOMS own basic kitchen, outside bthr, for quiet working person(s), $175pw Coorabell. Phone 66847420

5 MIN MULLUM small cabin, beautiful property, suit single, clean living person. $135pw incl elec. Ph 66844889

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From a month to a year...• right in town• single / double / studio• fully furnished rooms• from $100pw no billsphone 0421 925 531


GRANNY FLAT, n/s, worker, Ocean Shores, $135pw. Ph 66801914

SUFFOLK PARK new studio, fully self-cont, no pets, avail July 13, $300pw. Ph 66854050 or 0427854050

SUFFOLK STUDIO, beachside, large, private with garden, s-c (no ldry) $250pw inc elec. No kids/pets. 0415825357

THE POCKET s-c, 1 bdr, no laundry, f-f cabin for 1 working d/f, n/s person, no pets/kids, refs req’d $190pw incl + bond. Short term ok. Phone 66845081

HOUSE in Mullumbimby CBD with disabled access, suit professional, business or residential, no pets, $330pw. Phone 0411458661

MULLUM one rm studio + en-suite + deck, studio, massage, or res, quiet n/s working fem, $160pw + exp. 66841415

BRUNSWICK HEADS: 2br 1st fl oor fl at, share laundry, carport $210pw. Ocean Shores: 3br Villa $275pw, 2br house + offi ce SLUG $330pw, 3br townhouse, SLUG $295pw, No pets unless specifi ed. Siwicki Real Estate 17 Fingal St, Brunswick Heads 66851206

WANTED TO RENTECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement.

MIDDLE AGE uni student, tidy, quiet, polite, seeks room in quiet home with ADSL. Ph 0417215903

QUIET, easygoing, conscious, veg, fem wanting long term room or studio in Byron, good refs. Phone 0424650396

BYRON quiet mature fem n/s, clean, responsible seeks studio/granny fl at/unit, valuable tenant, exc refs. 0412067574

WOODEN house, Byron, long term, peaceful, for professional. 0412317421

TO LEASEMULLUMBIMBY shop/offi ce or treatment room in Stuart Street arcade, $220pw. Phone 66801643

MULLUMBIMBY CBD Large retail space $250pw + bond. Ph 0404142084

BYRON: OFFICE SPACE for rent in the heart of Byron Bay. Fantastic opportunity sharing with The Echo and a marketing company. Large sunny room, opening to verandah and large kitchen. Internet, phone available. Suit graphic design or similar non-retail business. $165pw incl electricity and GST. Ph Simon 66841777

SHOP FRONT Billi, $100pw. Siwicki RE, 17 Fingal St, Bruns. Ph 66851206

WORK WANTEDECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement.

COMPUTER MONKEY well trained, very skilled, work for peanuts. 0417215903

SPECIAL GARDENING, fi ne & rough, m/f team, $18ph, equipped. Brett 0448841494

ABLE BODIED MAN with ute & trailer, available for gardening, odd jobs & handyman duties. Ph Tony 0432552561

HOME CLEANING great job, great rates call Annabel. Ph 0412946067

HANDYMAN + property maintenance. Chainsawing, brush cutting etc. Ph Manu 66849138

POSITIONS VACANT

WARNINGThe 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

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TELESALES person wanted. Phone 0404889194 or 66807743

RECEPTIONIST REQUIRED Byron’s fasted growing health club is expanding.

Spirit Health Club is seeking a highly energetic, sales oriented receptionist

for casual employment within a happy, professional team. Interested persons to contact Anthea or Lauren on 66857129

for application form.

BYRON, casual cleaners wanted for luxury apartments, must be flexible & hard working, exp preferred but not necessary, training provided. Call Star 0431204422

CASUAL WAITPERSON req’d for local restaurant, 2 shifts/week, increase of hours from Sept, suit after school worker or 2nd income. Phone 66803352

CLEANER, casual position, Belongil Caravan Park. Ph 66808999

DJ required for Saturday weddings at busy venue. Must have own equipment. Experience essential. Call 66872527

BOOKKEEPER, part time, required for busy Bangalow offi ce, QuickBooks experience essential. Send resume to HR Manager, PO Box 58, Bangalow. 2479

WANTEDEnthusiastic creative people to share fully

equipped KILN GLASS STUDIO (kilns glass saws, linnisher, etc) Byron

A&I. Silva 66807181, 0402909193

SALES AGENTS TELSTRA Sales agents required to sell

TELSTRA NEXT G Mobile services. Full training. Travelers and students

welcome. Call Niki 1300886223

HANDYMAN REQUIREDPool/Gardener/Maintenance person required 4 hours per day, 5 days a

week. Luxury accommodation, beautiful environment. Attention to detail

essential.Fax resume: 66808960

WILD NATURE BYRON BAYPure natural makeup & skincare sales, 4 days, exp essential, full training, busy

& rewarding. Ph 0419493615

TAXI DRIVERS BYRON SHIREDrivers required, shifts available.

Full training provided. Ph BH 66209211email: [email protected]

TUITIONENGLISH LANGUAGE + TESOL

ESL & TESOL courses in handy Byron location. BYRON BAY ENGLISH

LANGUAGE SCHOOL. 66808253

KIDS TUTORINGQualifi ed and experienced Primary

School teacher available for Reading, Writing, and Mathematics tutoring, after

school & school holidays.Contact Carlie 0418682961

MUSICAL NOTESDEMO / ALBUM RECORDING For solo/duo, $30ph. Also PA hire. 66801973

GUITAR/JAZZ harmony tuition: con/uni level guitar/bass and theory taught privately by former head of guitar studies at NRCAC. Any instrument catered for. A must for anyone who loves playing music and wants results. Ph Geoff Wright. 66854565 or 0404611428

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You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide, and although we cannot

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News Extra

Ballina MP Don Page has welcomed an Upper House Inquiry into the issue of political donations, cam-paign expenditure and dis-closure initiated by the State Coalition.

Mr Page said Labor had voted against such an Inquiry a month ago in the Lower House (where they have the numbers) but only agreed to support the same Inquiry when they realised the Coali-tion and the Crossbenchers had the numbers in the Upper House to force the Inquiry.

He said the Labor Party is not serious about reform in this area and would likely ignore the recommendations of the Upper House Inquiry. ‘Nevertheless, it is good an inquiry will now proceed so key issues can be aired,’ Mr Page said.

‘There is community con-

cern about the possible con-nection between political donations and government decision-making.’

Mr Page said his personal view is that all political dona-tions from people who don’t have a right to vote should be banned and individual dona-tions should be capped. Capped public funding and capped election expenditure would also restore integrity to the electoral process.

‘A basic principle of democracy is that the people who have the right to vote determine the election out-come. However, we now allow associations, companies and unions to make large donations in an attempt to infl uence election outcomes when these bodies have no right to vote,’ he said.

The terms of reference for the Select Committee will be ‘to inquire into and report

on the funding and disclo-sure of donations to political parties, and candidates in State and local government elections, and in particular:

1) all matters associated with electoral funding and disclosure;

2) the advantages and dis-advantages of banning all donations from corporations, unions and organisations to parties and candidates;

3) the advantages and dis-advantages of introducing limits on expenditure in elec-tion campaigns;

4) the impact of political donations on the democratic process; and

5) any related matters.’

Byron Shire Echo July 3, 2007 45

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Monday 24 September – Friday 5 October, 2007Certificate IV in Fitness – Personal TrainerFebruary 2008

Times 9am – 5pm. Plus distance/online learning tasks and various assessment items

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Enrol before 27 July, 2007 and receive a 10% discount.

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New paws on the helm at Lions

Sixty five Lions members and friends attended the 55th Changeover Dinner of the Lions Club of Brunswick Mullumbimby on Saturday June 16 at the Ocean Shores Country Club.

Outgoing president Terry Newling, above left, thanked members for work done that supported the local and

wider community and con-gratulated members on their efforts to support projects undertaken by the club.

Incoming president Trevor Watts, above right, provided an instant laugh by saying ‘This year there will be some things I’ll probably mess up and other times I’ll be bril-liant.’

Page welcomes election funding inquiry

Byron Bay is ranked third in Australia as a centre for elec-tronic dance music, behind Melbourne and Sydney ac-cording to Petar Cetinich, of Pirate Promotions. With this in mind, local dance music fans will be pleased to hear that a new website for the global dance music world will be launched in the next few weeks.

Conceived and created by a group of experienced in-ternational and local DJs, journalists, artists and pro-ducers, DJVOX is passionate about uniting the various facets of the underworld scene to make it more cohe-sive, accessible and user-friendly for everyone, accord-ing to publicist Chryss Carr.

‘The Shire is extremely rich with talent and players in this fi eld. DJVOX presents a solid opportunity with a strong business backing for such talent to get out into the worldwide scene,’ she says.

The website www.djvox.com will feature under-ground sounds from all cor-ners of the globe ranging from progressive, underground, tech, electro and commercial house to psy-trance and make them available as quality MP3 downloads.

DJVOX is committed to quality, and the MP3 down-loads will be some of the best on offer at a 320 bit rate. DJVOX claims to be more than a virtual retailer. It hosts an on-line crew of DJ’s, writers and artists deeply connected to the scene that will scour the world for the latest news and sounds and report back to its online community. As well as featuring interviews and bios on the hottest DJs, artists, labels and producers from all corners of the globe, DJVOX invites punters to report on their scene so fel-low online community members remain constantly in the loop.

Like ‘myspace’, DJVOX users can create their own homepage/blogs. The format allows random music lovers to create their own homepage and host it on DJVOX, and depending on its hit rate could be upgraded to the magazine, converting the browser from web ‘pleb’ to web ‘celeb’. Further, aspiring DJ’s and producers, however young or inexperienced they may be, could have the chance to offer their own productions as MP3 down-loads for sale.

New dance music website

Organisers of the Trains On Our Tracks (TOOT) cam-paign to get trains running on the Casino-Murwillum-bah line say the joint NSW and QLD government task-force on improving cross border transport links is ‘a process to do nothing about fi xing public transport in the Northern Rivers for the next 20 years.

‘Based on existing transport corridors, geography, current and future projected popula-tion growth within our region, the best solution is to use the existing rail line as the spine of an integrated transport system for our region.’

The group called on all governments to work with the community on the issue.

‘Do nothing’ process

Win a lighthouse tourWant a chance to win free tickets to tour Australia’s most easterly lighthouse? The Cape Byron Trust is offering five free double passes to the ever-popular guided lighthouse tours.

‘Interpretation of historic heritage plays an important role in conservation man-agement of historic sites like Cape Byron,’ said Cape Byron Headland Reserve Manager, Sue Walker.

‘Major restoration works are currently underway in the old lighthouse keeper’s cottages and to celebrate the conservation works the Trust is offering the competition for the free tours of the Cape Byron Lighthouse.

‘These works are necessary to conserve and protect the heritage values of the 106-year-old buildings and equally provide a way people can experience this heritage. The lighthouse tours provide visi-

tors with the opportunity to explore the maritime history of Byron Bay. Visitors will join an experienced guide and fi nd out about the history and significance of this unique lighthouse.

‘As an added bonus the competition winners may be lucky enough at this time of the year to witness the north-ern migration of the hump-back whale, from what is surely Australia’s best whale watching spot.’

To enter the lighthouse tour competition, and have a chance of winning one of the fi ve double passes, answer the question ‘In which year was the Cape Byron Light-house built’? Competition closes July 31. Email your response with contact details to andyrobinson @environ-ment.nsw.gov.au or post to Lighthouse Tour Competi-tion, PO Box 127 Byron Bay NSW 2481.

Free course in martial arts for youthBecause of a lack of alterna-tives for those not engaged in mainstream education, there is a need to engage youth in activities that will provide a stimulus for both mind and body while also increasing the range and depth of skills required to succeed in life. To this end the Inspired Life project aims to utilise the ele-ments of martial arts training to affect improved outcomes in physical as well as social and psychological aspects.

Ivan Howe and Richard Antonini, Wing Chun teach-ers, Matt Sproul, Inspired Life coordinator and Stepha-nie Sims from Byron Youth Service are offering the youth of the Byron Shire a free 6 week course in Wing Chun

Martial Arts. The Byron Shire Gym is generously assisting with equipment.

Martial arts philosophy emphasises that people live in peace and harmony with each other, maintain non-aggressive attitudes, self-con-trol and respect for one’s self and others, positive attitudes and to strive to achieve one’s best in life.

The course starts on Tues-day June 26 and runs every Tuesday from 4pm to 5.30pm for 6 weeks at the Youth Activity Centre, 1 Gilmore Street, Byron Bay. For more information please contact Stephanie Sims on 6685 7777 or 0404 478 745.

Young writers competitionThe Transcultural Mental Health Centre in conjunc-tion with the Schizophrenia Fellowship and Mental Ill-ness Education Australia (NSW) are calling for fi nal submissions for the 2007 Young Writers Competition, TranSCRIBE.

TranSCRIBE, the 6th Young Writers Competition, aims to provide young people with an opportunity to crea-tively express their concerns, thoughts, feelings and expe-riences about issues that directly impact on young people living in a multicul-

tural society.The competition is open to

all young people, not only young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The competi-tion challenges all young people to think about the impact that immigration and cultural diversity has on fam-ilies and young people living in Australia.

Additional information, entry forms and ideas for dis-cussion topics may be photo-copied or downloaded from the website: www.dhi.gov.au/tmhc/transcribe.

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News Extra46 July 3, 2007 Byron Shire Echo

Pin This UpAutumn ClubByron Bay Senior Citizens has a bus to Clarence Hotel, Maclean for “Christmas in July” luncheon on Thursday July 26. Bookings call Judy 6685 1547 or Ruth 6685 6278 or Phyll 6685 7723.

Cat/Dog DesexingIf you are the holder of a Centrelink pension or health care card and are struggling to afford the cost of having your pet desexed, the Animal Welfare League NSW may be able to help you. Please ring 6684 4070.

Vipassana Meditation3 Day Old Student Course from 5pm Friday July 6 to 3pm Monday July 9, Lis-more. 10 Day Course from September 12 to 23, Shelley Beach, East Ballina. To apply, or for more information, go to: www.rasmi.dhamma.org/nrv/ or phone Ian on 6680 3203. All courses are by vol-untary donation.

Seniors ComputingByron Shire Seniors Com-puter Club will not be hold-ing workshops in the school holidays. Enquiries Margaret 6684 2931.

Women’s Art Sharing GroupCreative sessions for friend-ship and support, explore your imagination, express and clarify your feelings, overcome creative blocks and discover your inner artist. Brunswick Heads Women’s Support and Sharing group begins Wednesday July 18. Cost: 6 weeks $60/$30 unwaged. Art materials and afternoon tea provided. A Women’s Resource Service project. Call Kassa for book-ing on 6684 4299.

Film Artists MeetingThe Film Artists Cooperative (FAC) will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30pm on Thurs-day, July 5, at the Byron Serv-ices Club, Jonson St., Byron Bay. FAC is a support group of Actors, Producers, Direc-tors and other fi lm artists who collaborate with one another. It is free and new members are welcome. This month’s meeting will feature a work-shop on basic camera tech-nique by Larry Larstead, an introduction from Rebecca Ingram, the new Screenworks events coordinator, updates on work in progress, and open discussions regarding mem-ber projects. For further info contact Sahaj on 6685 3554, 0401 781 272 or email [email protected]

Garden CompetitionOcean Shores Garden Club’s 25th Garden Competition takes place on August 30 and 31, with Presentation Night at the Country Club on Wednesday, September 5.

The competition is open to residents of Ocean Shores and districts within the 2483 postcode area. There are many categories to enter: your whole garden, a garden bed, a single tree, or a pot. Great prizes to be won. Entry forms from Simpatico or True Value Hardware Ocean Shores, Professionals Real Estate, Ocean Shores and Brunswick Heads, Billinudgel Post and News, Billinudgel. Entries close Monday, August 27. Call Ann on 6680 5175.

Orchid MeetingThe Byron District Orchid Society Inc will meet on Monday July 9 at 7.30pm at the Ewingsdale Hall. Visitors welcome. Come and see a beautiful display of mem-bers’ orchids. For further information contact Penny on 6680 1600.

Baywrite TheatreNext rehearsed Reading will be this Saturday July 7 at the Byron Entertainment Cen-tre, Centennial Circuit Industrial Estate. “The Cus-todians” by Eric Earley, a powerful play about Aborigi-nal deaths in custody will be read. Rehearsals at 12pm for 2pm reading. All welcome. $4 entry gets you refresh-ments as well. People inter-ested in reading please con-tact Stirling on 6680 8386.

Got time for a chat?Brunzwickam Toastmasters is a group of inspiring happy people with real life stories. Feel encouraged, and join us on a Wednesday morning in July (11 and 25) in the SDA Hall in Shara Boulevard North Ocean Shores from 9:45am until noon. Details from Ruth 6687 1648 or Steven 0401 842 879.

Anglican LuncheonThe Anglican Parish of Mullumbimby will be host-ing their annual Hot Lunch-eon at noon on Thursday July 19. Cost $10. Guest Speaker. Enq 6684 2384.

LETS AGMThe BMT LETS AGM will be held on Sunday July 29 2007 at 1pm at ACE Mullumbimby Inc. Cnr of Gordon and Burringbar Sts., Mullumbimby. All commit-tee positions will become vacant. Enquiries phone: Sue on 0411 022 093.

Lions BBQThe Lions Club of Byron Bay will be holding their monthly barbeque at IGA in Bayshore Drive on Saturday July 7 2007 commencing at 11.30am

Tassa PresentsEgyptian Healing medita-tion, 10am Friday July 6, 39 Main Arm Rd, Mullum-bimby, $20 for 2 and half hrs including morning tea. Phone Beverly on 6684

3704 for catering purposes.

Jung SocietyThe Byron Jung Society is hosting a one day event to explore some aspects in the background of eating disor-ders. Dr Sue Austin, a spe-cialist in this fi eld speaks at Coolangatta on Saturday 21. Please phone Anna on 6684 1406 or email mariemm@ optusnet.com.au

Bruns View Club Christmas in JulyBrunswick Valley View Club has a Christmas in July Luncheon on July 12 at the Mullumbimby Bowling Club. Cost $20. Starts at 11am, apologies to Jean Elli-ott on 6685 1446. Casual members please notify Jean if attending, fax 6684 1719.

Op Shop Sausage SizzleThe Saturday morning Op Shop at the Uniting Church in Mullumbimby is celebrat-ing Christmas in July this month and will also be serv-ing customers with a tasty $2 sausage sizzle to encourage a browse through the winter goodies at the Op Shop. Enquiries to Elaine on 6684 2627.

Suffolk Dune CareSuffolk Park Dune care meets Saturday July 7 at 9am in Gaggin Park, Alcorn Street beach access for dune restor-ing, weeding and planting. All are welcome. Phone Helen on 6685 4964.

Mullum Garden ClubThe Garden Club has a street stall in Stuart Street, Mullumbimby on Friday July 7. Money raised assists with the cost of plants, ferti-lizer etc. used by volunteers at the Cemetery gardens. Volunteers needed. Contact F Mobbs on 6684 1020.

Senior CitizensThe Mullumbimby Senior Citizens Autumn Club meets on Monday July 9 at 1pm in the Cook Pioneer Hall, Gor-don Street, Mullumbimby. Enquiries to 6684 5142.

Telecross Information SessionThe Red Cross Telecross Service needs volunteers to make daily telephone calls to frail aged and disabled per-sons. A short information session is on Monday July 9 at 1.30pm. The venue is 130 Keen Street, Lismore. Please ring Bernadette Daley on 6622 0788.

U3A Bruns ValleyJuly 17 talk is Dorothy Buck-ley on Rights of Passage, a recent history of women’s journey to independence. Enquiries to 6680 4268. Boules on Sundays 2 to 4pm in the Market area, Bruns-wick Heads, enquiries to 6680 4365.

Maui art show for whales The Whale Tipi, out of Aus-tralia, was raised on Monday June 25 outside the Maui War and Peace Art Exhibi-tion in Makawao. Recently arriving from Anchorage, Alaska for IWC 59 (Interna-tional Whaling Commis-sion), Byron resident Howie Cooke, pictured right, co-founder of Surfers for Ceta-ceans, with Billabong free surfer Dave Rastovich, has put the Whale Tipi up at four different IWCs and in nine countries with over 100,000 people visiting it.

‘This latest extension of thinly disguised commercial whaling by Japan adds fur-ther insult to the continued slaughter of Minkes and en-dangered Fin Whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary,’ said Mr Cooke.

Cooke is calling on the peo-ple of Hawai’i to show solidar-ity with the Australian public who are horrifi ed at the inten-tion of Japanese factory ship whalers to kill 50 Australian Humpbacks in the Antarctic at the end of this year in the name of science.

According to Cooke, ‘The world over, people are enchanted by the benign gra-

ciousness of cetaceans and are increasingly disgusted by the cruel and barbaric per-petuation of whaling which had no place in the 20th cen-tury let alone in the 21st. Hawai’i and Australia have in common a close con-nection with Humpback

whales and their annual migrations. I hope Japan will follow the example of Hawai’ian and Australian whalewatch tourism and identify with affection and appreciation with all whales and dolphins, our friends in the sea.’

Historian to talk at OS ExpoOcean Shores historian and lifetime resident Frank Mills has great stories to tell of the local climate and environ-ment that many of us are hearing for the fi rst time.

‘As the local fi re control offi cer for fourteen years, I saw many aspects of the local environment and yet I am still in awe of the great extremes of weather that we have experienced in the local area in my lifetime,’ Frank added.

He is preparing his 2007 historical presentation to suit the theme of this year’s Arts and History Expo: The Envi-ronment, Our Place, Our Face. ‘My theme will be Tree change, Sea change, Climate change,’ he said.

Frank, who has extensive local knowledge, will look at the Ocean Shores and Bruns-wick Valley environment dur-ing the course of the last hundred years. Undoubtedly many locals will be interested to see historic photos of where their patch fi ts in to

the environmental picture. The Expo will be held August 10-12 at the Ocean Shores Community Hall and details can we seen at www.osar-texpo.com. Artists are reminded that entries close on July 20. Phone Ri for more details 6680 3040

Country Energy Art Prize deadlineTime is running out faster than the paint in an artist’s paint box for NSW artists wanting to enter this year’s $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting.

Entries have begun arriv-ing at the Dubbo Regional Art Gallery but with less than one month until entries close Country Energy is encouraging artists not to leave their entry until the absolute last minute.

Acclaimed as one of Aus-tralia’s richest landscape art prizes, heavily contested

throughout NSW, the Country Energy Art Prize moved this year from being an acquisitive prize to a non acquisitive prize, allowing the winning artist to keep or sell their own work and still receive a signifi cant mone-tary prize.

Country Energy’s regional general manager Far North Coast, Brian Glawson, said the prize is growing in pop-ularity and stature within the art community.

‘Entries have already been finding their way to the Dubbo gallery which is

indicative of the widespread interest and enthusiasm for the prize,’ Mr Glawson said.

‘I’d encourage country and coastal artists to enter before the July 20 cut-off date so they have the secu-rity of knowing that their entry has been received and they are in the running for a great prize.’

Entry forms are available at regional art galleries, Country Energy customer service centres or by visiting the website at www.coun-tryenergy.com.au/artprize.


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PH: 6684 0350 or 0413 044 968

for the 5 papers price of1

TRACKWORK RIDERS AND STABLEHANDS

John Hawkes at Crown Lodge, Warwick Farm is looking for a number of experienced trackwork riders and stablehands for his Sydney stables.

Accommodation available. Above award wages.CONTACT JENNIE GEISLER

Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm

TELEPHONE (02) 9821 2444

STABLE HANDSJohn Hawkes at

Tenor Lodge, Eagle Farm is looking for a number of

experienced strappers with a minimum experience of 2 years for his Brisbane

stables.Phone 07 3868 3725

Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

LOOKING FOR RESIDUAL INCOME?

We have the perfect solution!

If you would be satisfied with $400 to $800/week, tax freefor a small risk free outlay

with no effort from youCall 1300 791 449

1300 733 521

MACHINERY

HOUSEBOATSA great weekend or week away. Relax on the beautiful Tweed River, Tweed Heads.

(07) 5524 3222www.bergerhouseboats.com.au

Diesels - New Iveco Motors direct from manufacturer, as found in New Holland

and CASE tractors. Gensets from 20 - 2000kva, G-drive

engines and continuous duty pump duty engines. WINTER SPECIALS

Diesel Power Packs,N45 MSTD22 - 74kW @

2200rpm $10,500 inc GST, 8065 SRE 10 - 122kW @

2300rpm $15,700 inc GST, 8031 i06 G-drive - 29kW @ 1500rpm $6,745 inc GST. All units quoted complete with radiator, filters and

12v electrics. Call Lees Industries Group

07 3390 5522 or 0407 315 948Email:

[email protected] check www.leesgroup.com

FOR SALE2ND HAND

TREATED PINElogs, 2 sizes & irrigation hose rises & access. Good cond.,

Great bargain. PH: 6653 4247

WORK FROM HOMECREATE EXTRAORDINARY INCOME email info. 1800 156 880.www.PeopleAndPlankton.com

TRAINING & TUITION

TO LET2 X 2 BEDROOM UNITS Overlooking river at Ulmarra, 2 toilets, 2 storey & carport. $160 pw. PH: 6644 5243

VEHICLESTOYOTA CAMRY S/WAGON 1996, good cond. Reg’d ZKJ-535 $5,000 ono PH: 6680 1995HOLDEN VY Commodore‘03, 90,000kms, 6 mths rego. AJ-00-VL $13,900 neg. PH: 6657 4047

HJ PANEL VAN, Good cond, rego 10/07, ZIV-796, $3000 PH: 0404 472 130

MORRIS MINOR with S/V2 door, for restoration, unreg.,

good cond. $1,000 PH: 0428 480 899

FORD ‘97 GLI S/WAGON White,4.0L, auto, air, 8mths rego, AI-09-LQ, good cond! $4,250 PH: 6646 8941

VEHICLES - 4WDLANDROVER 1968 SWB, p/steer, rego Oct. Many extras, enthusiasts’ car! RCW-843 $4,000 ono PH: 6649 1044

POSITIONSVACANT

John Shipway ofNationwide SecurityTraining Academy

(ABN 35 229 133 943)will shortly be conducting an Approved Security Pre

Licence Course 91190NSW & Certificate 1 (PRS20103)

in Security Operations in Lismore & Coffs Harbour.

Spaces limited - For bookingsPhone 6653 2163

Master Lic No 407793567

KEEP READING…YOU ARE SECONDS AWAY FROM YOUR DREAM JOB!!!

Fundraising Sales Manager – Greenpeace, Amnesty, Child Fund and WSPA Australia

Use your superior sales skills to change the world.Paid travel to fundraise on behalf of our prominent NGO’s!!We offer:

• $46.5K pkg• OTE Bonus $37k (uncapped)• 3 weeks work with the 4th week OFF and PAID!!!• Ethical career path

We need a Travel Team Leader who is passionate and leads from the front. You will inspire others to approach the general public in regional towns across the country and secure them as ongoing financial supporters. Successful applicants are:

• Able to drive the best from others• Organized, committed & passionate• Proven performers in sales• Current driver’s license

2evolve is Australia’s leading fundraising consultancy working on behalf of some of the world’s best known charities.

Join our team by emailing your resume to [email protected] ref #TTLNNSW0607

or calling Amy on 1300 364 170Travellers Welcome!

EXECUTIVE BURNOUT?Be your own boss in an

extremely profitable, very affordable

business opportunity. Work from home or office

- full or part-time. PH: 0412 894 786

or [email protected]

GOOD USEDCARAVANS &

MOTORHOMES1300 880 220

WANTED

3RD INVERELLSAPPHIRE CITY

CHAROLAISSALEThursday

19th July, 200711am

63 Bulls10 FemalesFor catalogues contact

Stephen & Debbie McCabe(02) 6725 5656

FINANCE NOW!CAR, BOAT, BIKES, VANS

APPLY ONLINE T.A.P.PLATYPUSCAPITAL.COM.AU

or PH: 6653 6551

IDANO HORSE TRANSPORT

Regular service up & down the Newell, New England, Pacific & Hume Highways.

To all other States.

Phone Dallas0428 222 556

T** A YEARLING COLT **By the International, Group Winning, Speed, son of

DANEHILL‘KING OF DANES’(Advertised Fee $9,350)

OUT OF A 1/2 SISTER TO ‘TATS’ THE TOOWOOMBA CUP WINNER GRANDAM,

WON CLOSE TO $100,000Bred & reared by the PrestigiousGLENLOGAN PARK STUD

Currently being broken by well respected local trainer.

$6,000 + GSTDelivered fully broken to the trainer of your choice.

TO INSPECT CALL 0428 473 460

HUGE KITCHEN SALE$000’S BELOW RETAIL.Wed 4th to Sat 7th July

Simple, elegant & top quality. Assembled - ready to install.

Timber - polyeurethane - granite

RIK TOLBERT3/6 RUSSELLTON DRIVE, ALSTONVILLE

Phone 0413 648 718 or 6628 8597BRING YOUR MEASUREMENTS & SAVE!

Community Classi eds 1300 733 521

Call for Registrations of InterestForests NSW is calling for Registrations of Interest from suitably qualified contractors with a minimum of three (3) years experience in contracting involving the use of heavy equipment (forest, earthmoving or other) to undertake:• South Coast

Harvesting and haulage of up to 115,000 tonnes of log products from native forests in State forests located generally in the area north of Batemans Bay, south of Nowra and west of Braidwood. The work will be initially offered as six (6) separate harvest only contracts and three (3) separate haulage only contracts.

• North CoastHarvesting of up to 295,500 m³ and haulage of up to 191,000 tonnes per annum of hardwood timber from native forests and hardwood plantations located north of Newcastle through to the Queensland Border. The work is initially offered as twelve (12) separate harvest contracts, three (3) separate haulage contracts and four (4) integrated operations (tree marking/supervision, road works, harvest and haulage) contracts.

The Call for Registrations of Interest is part of a two stage process to select contractors, the second comprising an Invitation to Tender. To be eligible to receive Invitation to Tender documentation, companies must submit a Registration of Interest by the due date below.For further information and a Registration of Interest form please contact Maureen Finigan, Forests NSW, Commercial Services Division, Phone: (02) 9980 4155 or email [email protected] Registrations of Interest must be hand delivered or postmarked no later than 3.30pm Monday, 16th July, 2007.

Contract Harvesting and Haulage Native Forests & Hardwood Plantations

South Coast & North Coast NSW

PUBLIC NOTICES

GUYRA & NEW ENGLANDproperties. Land & homes.JACKSON LIVESTOCK &

PROPERTY P/L. Phone (02) 6779 1777 or visit www.jacksonlivestock.com.au

I BUY HOUSESFAST

FOR CASHPhone Michael0417 949 997

STUD CATTLE SALES

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTCASE, TAKEUCHI, TEREX, FIORI, LIUGONG

Excavators, skid steers, backhoes, dozers, dump truck, new and used.

Phone John Rae - Semco Equipment Sales(formerly Case Equipment Sales)

PH: 0409 569 789

GOATS WANTED

“CHEVREDOR” EXPORTS Seeking fullbred Boer Does,

crossbred Boer Does & also Wethers.25kg up, 10 mths-26 mths.

Will pickup in your area and negotiate with breeders that are prepared to work together.

Payments on pickup.Emerging South East Queensland

Exporter of the Year 200607 4665 8130 or 0427 343 925

Email : [email protected]

POSITIONS VACANTBAR MANAGER

Stylish Bar/Restaurant in Ballina, the new regional centre of quality food and beverage. Lead the team with a

progressive General Manager.Apply to Stephen [email protected] or 0416 273 049

CONCRETE PUMP OPERATORS

Our company requires Concrete Pump Operators for positions available from the Sunshine Coast, Gladstone & Mackay.The successful applicants must have a Boom Operator’s ticket, HR Driver’s Licence and Blue Card.Experienced operators need only apply. We also have vacancies for experienced Line Hands with HR Drivers Licence.Applications are to be in writing and sent to:

The Manager, 26 Kerryl St, Kunda Park, QLD. 4556

or phone (07) 5453 7233 or 0423 267 258

1300 733 521

KITCHENS

SENDING YOUR MESSAGE THROUGHOUT THE FAR NORTH COAST & NORTHERN TABLELANDS!

Community Classi eds Appear in ve big community newspapers for only $9 per line...

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WANT TO BE A TRAINER?ACTE provides Nationally Recognised Courses

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Coffs Harbour, Tamworth, Inverell, Armidale and Lismore

Full TAA $1,395 & Upgrade $750 (4 days)Course info and dates at www.acte.com.au

Enquiries to ACTE PH: 07 5573 6517

Kel & Inger SorensenGlen Etive, 331 Marengo Rd, Hernani NSW

[email protected] 6657 6011

Dorrigo – Brain Darby 0427 785 862

Armidale – John Teidsel 0428 659 435

Tanholm LimousinBULL SALE

46 Lots – high performance, high yielding bulls.Our bulls are consistently achieving the highest EMA test score of any breed!

view our online catalogue at www.tanholm.com

7 July, 12:30pm at Glen Etive

REAL ESTATE

BYRON BAY - LARGE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTYHighway visibility, easy access, 8,000sqm, 2 titles,

4A flat land. Outstanding potential $3,552,000 + GST.RICK : 0408857185 www.sandibae.com.au


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CONTEMPORARY PERFECTION

INSPECTION By appointmentSALES AGENT Stuart Aitken 0417 242 537FOR SALE $2M WEBSITE ID 275108

Set on 3 elevated acres at Beachside Tyagarah, this fabulous ultra contemporary family home is just 10 minutes to Byron Bay. All 5 double bedrooms overlook the gorgeous 17x5metre pool that in turn overlooks beautiful scenic vistas. Architecturally designed, the home features open plan living areas, 4.2m ceilings, a chefs kitchen complete with European appliances, and professionally landscaped grounds.

LOCAL AGENT JOINS ELITE TEAM

Brett Connable MOBILE 0408 155 931OFFICE 6685 6222EMAIL [email protected]

Highly successful Real Estate Agent, Brett Connable, is part of the dynamic

sales team at Elders. If you are after results and great service, phone Brett today.

INSPECTION By appointmentSALES AGENT David Gordon 0418 856 222FOR SALE $865,000 WEBSITE ID 276042

Possibly the best priced opportunity on Lighthouse Rd 2 great sized bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Spacious lounge area with front balcony & side courtyard Across from Clark’s

LIGHTHOUSE RD ADDRESS

ALL THE HARD WORK DONE

Fully renovated, immaculate presentation Quiet no-through street 3 bed, 2 bath, one

with spa Galley kitchen Covered outdoor entertaining area Walk to beach

OPEN HOUSE Sat 12-12.45pmADDRESS 4 Korau Place, Suffolk ParkSALES AGENT Kaye Wilkie 0412 856 208FOR SALE $799,000 WEBSITE ID 249418

A GREAT FAMILY HOME

Tucked away in quiet cul-de-sac Hugebackyard for the kids to play Total privacy, open plan living areas Wide timber deck

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms 748sqm block

INSPECTION By appointmentSALES AGENT Kaye Wilkie 0412 856 208FOR SALE $630,000 WEBSITE ID 274780

BEACHFRONT APARTMENT

OPEN HOUSE Fri 12-12.45pmADDRESS 8/39 Lawson Street, Byron BaySALES AGENT Matt Towner 0414 185 976FOR SALE $845,000 WEBSITE ID 213036

Enjoy fabulous holidays in beautiful Byron Bay and achieve capital gains Great Onsite Managers 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom

An ocean view and direct beach access

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

INSPECTION By appointmentSALES AGENT Stuart Aitken 0417 242 537FOR SALE $340,000 WEBSITE ID 278224

2 bedrooms, 2 bathroom free standing unit Huge upstairs loft / mezzanine Complex of

six, 2 mins walk to shopping centre Excellent long term tenant Fabulous opportunity

KORANBA – OPPOSITE MAIN BEACH

INSPECTION By appointmentSALES AGENT David Gordon 0418 856 222FOR SALE $1.15M WEBSITE ID 258344

Well presented holiday apartment Main Beach at your doorstep 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 153sqm Sunny north aspect & balconies

2 MINUTE STROLL TO THE SURF

INSPECTION By appointmentSALES AGENT Kaye Wilkie 0412 856 208FOR SALE $1,300,000 WEBSITE ID 277790

Backing onto Taylor’s Lake Reserve Only 2 mins walk to enjoy Suffolk/Broken Head beach

Convenient shops and Tavern close by5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Tropical gardens

OPEN HOUSE Thurs 1-1.45pm & Sat 12.30-1pm prior to AuctionADDRESS 148 Bangalow Road, Byron BaySALES AGENT Stuart Aitken 0417 242 537AUCTION Onsite 1pm Sat 7th July WEBSITE ID 247265

Set on a flat landscaped block, this 3 bedroom family home is just minutes to all facilities including beaches, schools, shops and Byron CBD Comprising 3 bedrooms, it has extras like covered decks on 4 sides and easy care landscaped gardens Gorgeous hardwood floors throughout the home

Auction Onsite this Saturday 7 July at 1pm – Offers accepted prior

AUCTION THIS SATURDAY – CENTRAL TO SHOPS & BEACH

6685 6222elders.com.au/byronbay

David Gordon Kaye WilkieStuart Aitken Brett ConnableNicole RaymondMatt Towner

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$669,000$595,000$369,000$759,000

$570,000$749,000$2,250,000 $569,000


Heart of Federal village Quiet cul-de-sac Large family home 4 spacious bedrooms 2.5

bathrooms Large deck overlooking park

HEART OF FEDERAL

INSPECTION By appointmentADDRESS FederalFOR SALE 675,000 WEBSITE ID 273259

Best priced home in this location Three bedrooms Two Bathrooms Quiet country lane 2 ½ acres Tropical retreat

BARGAIN PRICE!!!

OPEN HOUSE Sat 1.00 - 1.30pmADDRESS 19 Benloro Lane, MyocumFOR SALE $659,000 WEBSITE ID 240595

Comfortable & stylish home 2900m2 block 3 spacious bedroom Eltham valley views Quiet location Vendor ready to meet market!

FIRST HOME BUYERS

OPEN HOUSE Sat 1.00 - 1.30pmADDRESS 6 Rainforest Drive, ElthamSALES AGENT Mark Castle 0418 971 826AUCTION July 26 WEBSITE ID 271792

The Hinterland Specialists BANGALOW OPEN 7 DAYS

6687 1500eldersbangalow.com.au

Greg Price Terri Williamson Mark Kinneally Sarah Baber Damon Rahmate Krysten Basso Hugh Hanrahan Denise Burch Mark Castle

Watch the sunrise and sunset and enjoy magni cent 360 degree coastal & rural views from this exceptional country residence. This exclusive property is ideal for those seeking absolute privacy & seclusion with 7.8 undulating hectares of lush lawns & grazing land. It features extensive outdoor entertaining areas and sparkling in-ground pool which are surrounded by landscaped gardens and sweeping views that show you that the world is really round. The substantial home was designed to capture the 360 degree views and to enjoy the visual impact from every room. The exposed rafters and large gabled windows soak up the light creating brilliant light shafts and a warm open ambience. Features 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms Luxury parents retreat large farm shed with 4 bays with bathroom 20 minutes to Byron Bay and 15 minutes to Bangalow

“SEDONA” ABOVE THE REST

INSPECTIONBy Appointment

FOR SALE $3.5 mil

SALES AGENTTerri Williamson0421 061 502

WEBSITE PID 274215

This much loved and highly productive farm has been in the same family for two generations. Once a thriving dairy farm this select 40 hectare (100 acre) parcel is situated only seven minutes drive from Bangalow’s thriving village atmosphere. The gentle acreage will comfortable carry 40 + breeders or would make an ideal horse stud with a plentiful supply of water from a registered irrigation license from Wilson’s River. The original farmhouse features all of the charms of yesteryear with original hardwood weatherboard and timber oors throughout. There is even an old tennis court out the back for a weekend hit up. The old dairy bales are still in place and would make an ideal studio or extra storage.

ORIGINAL FARM HOUSE ON 40 PRISTINE HECTARES

OPEN HOUSESat 2.00 - 2.30pm

AUCTION July 26

SALES AGENTDamon Rahmate 0413 884 091

WEBSITE PID 275613149 Scarabelottis Lane, Nashua

Situated along the sought-after McLeod’s shoot ridgeline of Coorabell, this mountain top haven provides the perfect peaceful retreat. This stunning north east facing 2 acre parcel offers panoramic ocean and mountain views providing a perfect setting for those who love to entertain or simply want to relax and enjoy nature. With Byron Bay only 10 minutes away this exceptional property gives an excellent combination of country living and the convenience of beautiful beaches close by. Featuring a substantial home that has undergone a degree of renovation, the existing structure offers an ideal platform to improve on. Established landscaping, timeless rock walls and a large inground pool. The owners are committed to selling, so secure your chance now or at the auction.

PERFECT PACIFIC OCEAN PANORAMA OPEN FROMSat 10.30am

AUCTION ONSITE 11.00am


WEBSITE PID 271630600 Coolamon Scenic Drive, Coorabell

Cottage style home recently renovated Elevated views of Corndale valley Town water New kitchen Approx 10 acres with cottage gardens

ELEVATED VALLEY VIEWS

INSPECTION By AppointmentADDRESS BexhillFOR SALE $520,000 WEBSITE ID 268106

AUCTION THIS

SATURDAY

OPEN HOUSESat 2.00 - 2.30pm

AUCTION ONSITE August 11


WEBSITE PID278285

Ideally located 15 mins from Bangalow & beaches, this elevated timber home is just what you could be looking for. Situated on approx 4.9 acres incorporating established gardens & stunning far Northerly vistas to Mt Warning & the Nightcap ranges. The home is complemented with timber oors, high ceilings, lead light windows, open replace, gourmet kitchen with granite bench tops & stainless steel appliances, extensive timber decking accessed from all bedrooms & open plan living emphasising a light & breezy atmosphere. Features separate guest quarters with bathroom & kitchenette, large shed with cement oor, room enough for a full sized dressage arena & room for stables. Arrange your inspection today.

ELEVATED NORTH FACING ACRES IN FERNLEIGH

182 Nashua Road, Fernleigh


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QUIET CUL-DE-SAC – $399,000POTTSVILLE BEACH KOALA BEACH ESTATE

KOALA BEACH EXCLUSIVE LAND SALES

HOME BEAUTIFUL – $439,000

BEST BLOCK, BEST PRICE – $199,000

FAMILY HOME – $439,000POTTSVILLE BEACH

NEATLY NESTLED IN QUIET POCKET– $398,000

TOWNHOUSE WITH DIRECT BEACH ACCESS – $530,000

SPACIOUS ACREAGE RETREAT – $625,000

FABULOUS SEABREEZE HOME – $465,000

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CUDGERA CREEK VALLEY

HASTINGS POINT CUDGERA CK, NEAR POTTSVILLE


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PRIME COMMERCIAL POSITION FREEHOLD LAND – $1,300,000 EXCL GST

PRIME COMMERCIAL POSITION FREEHOLD LAND – $1,300,000 EXCL GST

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Elders Byron Bay p48• 4 Korau Place, Suffolk Park. Sat 12-12.45pm.• 8/39 Lawson Street, Byron Bay. Fri 12-12.45pm.Scott Harvey Real Estate p49• 44 Friday Hut Road, Coorabell. Sat 1-2pm.LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 49 • 4 Short Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 10-10.30am.• 63 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 11-11.30am.• 90 Rajah Road, Ocean Shores. Sat 11-11.30am.• 5 Nana Street, Brunswick Heads. Sat 12-12.30pm.• 34 Natan Court, North Ocean Shores. Sat 1-1.30pm.• 186 Main Arm Road, Mullumbimby. Sat 1-2.00pm.• 18 Natan Court, North Ocean Shores. Sat 2-2.30pm.Byron Bay First National p50• 33 Bottlebrush Crescent Suffolk Park. Sat 10.30-11am.• 4 Pine Mountain Road, Possum Creek. Sat 11-11.30am.• 25 Pacific Highway, Knockrow. Sat 11-11.30am.• 33 Kingsley Street, Byron Bay. Sat 11-11.45am.• 28 Caniaba Crescent, Suffolk Park. Sat 11.30am-12pm.• 62 Kingsley Street, Byron Bay. Sat 12-12.45pm.• 5 Armstrong Street, Suffok Park. Sat 1-1.30pm.• 12 Oakland Court, Suffolk Park. Sat 1-1.30pm.• 14/58 Armstrong Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 2-2.30pm.Elders Bangalow p51• 6 Rainforest Drive, Eltham. Sat 1-1.30pm.• 19 Benloro Lane, Myocum. Sat 1-1.30pm.LJ Hooker Byron Bay p54• ‘Seadrift’ 6-8 Browning St, Byron Bay. Sat & Sun 12-12.45pm. • 63 McGettigans Lane, Ewingsdale. Sat 11-11.45am.• 10 Wareham Street, Suffolk Park. Sat 12-12.30pm.• 28 Pacific Vista Drive, Byron Bay. Sat 12-12.45pm.• 52 Coogera Circuit, Baywood Chase. Sat 1-1.45pm. • 49 Ruskin Street, Byron Bay. Sat 1-1.45pm. • 5 Luan Court, Byron Bay. Sat 2-2.45pm. • 75 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay. Sun 11-11.45am. • Lot 4 Rose Apple Place, Broken Head. Sun 1-1.45pm. • ‘Oasis’ 14/24 Scott Street, Byron Bay. Sun 2-2.45pm.

LifeStyle-Property.net p48• 1 Mullumbimbi St, Brunswick Heads. AUCTION 11am July 14th.• 230 Main Arm Road, Main Arm. AUCTION 11am July 14th.Elders Byron Bay p48• 148 Bangalow Road, AUCTION 1pm onsite this Sat. Inspect

Thu 1-1.45pm & Sat 12.30-1pm prior to auction.Scott Harvey Real Estate p49• 152 Nashua Road, Fernleigh. AUCTION onsite Aug 18. Inspect

Sat 11-11.30am.LJ Hooker Brunswick Heads 49 AUCTIONS Sat July 28th, 11am at Ex-Serviceman’s Club, Brunswick Heads.• 4 Short Street, Brunswick Heads. Inspect 10-10.30am.• 63 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads. Inspect 11-11.30am.• Lot 370 Byron Street, Brunswick Heads. Elders Bangalow p51• 600 Coolamon Scenic Drive, Coorabell. AUCTION 11am onsite

Saturday. Inspect Sat 10.30am.• 182 Nashua Road, Fernleigh. AUCTION onsite Aug 11. Inspect

2-2.30pm.• 149 Scarabelottis Lane, Nashua. AUCTION July 26. Inspect

Sat 2-2.30pm.George & Fuhrmann Bangalow p53• Lot 2 Flowers Road, Binna Burra (off Friday Hut Road).

AUCTION 11am onsite Sat 7th. Inspect Sat from 10am.

OPEN FOR INSPECTION

Prestige Rural Property

413 Cudgen Road, Cudgen. For Auction 11am onsite Saturday 7 July. A rare opportunity to purchase an outstanding property in an elevated position adjacent to Kingscliff and other Tweed Coast destinations. 10 minutes to beaches, airport, hospitals and other essential services. 2 homes, 18.5Ha, 5 minutes to Kingscliff, Salt and Casuarina. Mostly flat land, 50% rich volcanic soil, remainder alluvial plain. Abundance of water, ideal horse, cattle and farming. GREAT POTENTIAL Offers considered prior to Auction.Des Ireland (Kingscliff) 0428 759 360Kay Dawson (Cabarita) 0448 484 588

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Buy Off The Plan, Now!

These 10 double storey dwellings are set in downtown Brunswick Heads within an easy walk to the beach, the river, local shops and the famous hotel. The houses will be built with timber floors, they will have large decks and be open plan designs with light filled balconies. A combination of modern materials will be used to bring an ‘architectural feel’ to this site. There will be nine homes with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and one single bedroom, two bathroom home. Agent declares interest. Contact Glen Irwin on 0418 604 080 or L.J. Hooker Byron Bay on 6685 7300.

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‘Broken Ridge’ at Broken Head

A very unique opportunity exists for those who are dreaming of acquiring their own rural oasis. We have listed 12 Community Title blocks of land ranging in size from 2,460sqm up to 7,337sqm at beautiful Broken Head. This release of land has been six years in the planning. It is extremely environmentally friendly and offers a return to nature. Located only minutes to the beach at Broken Head and downtown Byron Bay making this picturesque rural setting a very rare opportunity to build your dream home. These blocks start from $425,000.For more information please contact Tony Farrell on 0417 212 692 or L.J Hooker Byron Bay on (02) 66 857 300 today. Byron BayByron Bay

Agnes Water Lifestyle

Discovery coast lifestyle awaits you in Agnes Water / Town of 1770.This new 2 bedroom contemporary bush retreat has been architecturally designed to embrace and respond to the surrounding natural environment. Privately positioned on 4 acres, 5 minutes from the beach, shops, restaurants, school and river. The house would make an ideal weekender, investment, or private residence suitable for a couple or small family. Price $335,000 For more information or photos call 0429 698 782 or e-mail [email protected].

$ 335,000

‘Jacaranda House’

15 Charlotte Street, Bangalow. Open house Sat 7th 11am-12pm. ‘Jacaranda House’ is a superb residence situated on a lush acre of park like grounds in the centre of Bangalow village. With 4-5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 huge open plan living areas featuring large open fireplace and chef’s kitchen. High ceilings, hardwood flooring, stained glass; pull cord lighting. Entertaining decks, sparkling pool, DLUG, lovely rural views, is zoned residential and is built on 2 titles. Fabulous gardens to the rainforest and Byron Creek border. Fruit trees & magnificent jacarandas abound. Not a cent to spend – just move in and enjoy the dress circle location! Price $1.75m. Contact Gai Hart-Hughes on 0418 755 088 or 6687 1313.

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OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 7th 11AM-12PMOPEN HOUSE

SUNDAY 8th 11AM-12PM

Horse Heaven!

Aurora Valley, Lot 5 Pacific Highway, Bangalow (follow signs on Pac. H’way from Byron Bay). Located on 23 quiet, NE facing acres. Featuring 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, vast living rooms including sunken lounge with open fire place, sunroom, study, fabulous chef’s kitchen & guest w/c, this home would suit as a guesthouse (STCA). A huge terrace overlooks panoramic hinterland views, lovely gardens and fully tiled freshwater pool with spa and gazebo. Horse facilities include 3 post & rail paddocks, full sized dressage arena, 2 stables & yards, hosing bay, tack shed, & feed shed. Creek, huge water storage capacity, bore and an attractive large separate building. Enjoy a superior rural lifestyle so close to Bangalow village. $2.2m. Contact Gai Hart-Hughes on 0418 755 088 or 6687 1313.

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Jungle House

Walk through the front door and feel part of the Cumbebin rainforest that backs right into the back yard. Only 6 yrs old and designed with crossflow and aspect in mind, this is a large 4 bed/2 bath home with spacious open plan living areas and polished sandstone tiling. The large inviting entertaining patio nestles into the totally peaceful & private backyard. The second lounge and 3 bedrooms & bathroom are all on one side of the house allowing for stress-free family living. The gas kitchen is perfect for those who love to cook with plenty of room to move. The 810sqm property is only minutes from central Byron Bay and a short walk to beach, high school, rugby oval and golf course. Call 6685 6617 or check owners.com.au (pid 34513) for more info. $ 745,000

A reader writes: ‘Sadly my 3 year old daughter’s brand new pale blue bike was taken from our house in Bayside Brunswick Heads prior to the council collection. It was her birthday present and she has just learned to ride with-out training wheels. She is devastated and we would appreciate its return ASAP.’ Phone 6685 1847 or 0412 616 603 if you can help make a little girl happy again.

The most interesting declara-tion of interest ever made at Byron Council came last week from Maggie Tardif, wife of Cr Bob Tardif, during public access: ‘I have lost the simple pleasure of enjoying my daily walk along the beach shoreline with my partner (who I declare an interest in both pecuniary and non pecuniary)…’ The never-end-ing canine argy-bargy is cov-ered in the news pages.

The Byron Ballina Greens are running an online survey – www.byronballinagreens.org/feedback/festivals.html – on where punters feel music festivals should be held in the Shire but it’s likely to muddy already muddied waters. It would be easy for those pro or con festivals to skew the results.

The latest RTA TV ads which suggest that driving like a hoon indicates young males have a tiny todger are clever but there’s nothing intrinsi-cally wrong with having a petite penis. It is just as prej-udicial as saying women who drive badly behave like blondes.

The strange repetition of the Stars is not Lilith’s fault but ours. We mistakenly put in the stars for last week the week before, so we had to run them again last week in the interests of stargazers

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Not to be outdone by Lismore or Woodford, Byron Bay’s Main Beach has its own lantern parade. Every evening at sunset if you use the walkway to the beach opposite the northern end of Middleton Street and look west you’ll see the protection for the new dune stabilising plants light up in the last rays of daylight. Photo Jeff ‘Lit From Within’ Dawson

not getting overly con-founded by cosmic prog-nostications.

On Friday, June 22, nearly $400,000 was held by online betting agency Centrebet on the humble ‘garage’ game of table tennis – $20,000 more than the hold for the two NRL matches that night, as well as ahead of the AFL, and all other major sporting streams. The early rounds of the Japan Open had something to do with it.

Congratulations to American newsreader Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program for refusing to read yet another item about Paris Hilton and actually trying to set fi re to copies of the story. It’s time we had more burn-ing of bulletins about celeb-rity airheads – as long as the subsequent carbon is offset, of course, perhaps by plant-ing out celebrities.

‘It just went whoosh’ – this was the reaction in an offi cial

press release by IT infrastru-ture director Helen Robson in response to the website hits by people looking at the

latest Census data. You can find it at www.abs.gov.au/census. Who knows, you might go whoosh too.

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