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  • DRAIN ON RESOURCES: The rear of the Sports Complex shows the problems faced with water removal on the playing fields.

    Complex labelled a white elephant

    News May 17, 2012, 11:31 a.m.

    VENTURE a few metres on to any of the playing fields at the new Sports and Cultural Complex in Ewingsdale Rd and the ground will turn squelchy under your feet. Run 22 pairs of feet on it in boots for 90 minutes and it...

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  • HAVE LAPTOP, WILL CREATE: New novelist Jennifer St George.

    The ‘write job for Jen

    News May 17, 2012, 11:27 a.m.

    JENNIFER St George never dreamed she'd have a career as a writer. Her background was in marketing, consulting and business. But, when Jennifer moved to Byron Bay a few years ago, she could not find any suitable...

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  • HAPPY: Win Seager with Cr Simon Richardson and Margaret Geoghegan at the opening of the five new rooms at Byron Aged Care.

    A Win for new aged-care rooms

    News May 17, 2012, 11:26 a.m.

    WIN Seager loves her new room at Byron Aged Care. "I'm very happy," the 99-year-old said. Win is one of five residents who have recently moved into a new room at the aged care-facility. The five rooms were built...

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  • BLUE SKY PLAYING: David Ades finds space to play in the Byron hinterland and, inset, his new album.

    Ades dances to his own tune

    News May 17, 2012, 11:23 a.m.

    SPACE - and the freedom to tumble into it, unconstrained by any social conventions or musical genres - is what excites Bangalow saxophonist David Ades. That freedom is fully explored on an album he recorded recently with...

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ON YA BIKE: A competitor starts the cycle leg of the triathlon.

Pete powers home to win Byron tri

News May 17, 2012 11:17 am

DESPITE being “a bit tired” at the start of the 10km run leg, 2011 Australian Ironman champion Pete Jacobs wins Saturday's 17th annual Byron Bay Triathlon.

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TWISTED SISTER: Yunyu performs at The Brewery next Thursday.

Freaky fairy tales in Byron gig

News May 17, 2012 11:12 am

IMAGINE seeing the Pied Piper portrayed as a cult leader.

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POWERING UP: At the start of the Bangalow Billycart Derby last year.

Bangalow billycart fun

News May 17, 2012 11:09 am

THE main street of Bangalow will be transformed into a race track on Sunday May 20, as more than 240 competitors of all ages participate in the Billycart Derby.

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LOOKING TO UNLOAD: Byron Bay’s Michael Armstrong looks to clear in the battle against Grafton, which the Bay won 25-15.

Byron pass the mettle test

News May 17, 2012 11:05 am

BYRON Bay rugby has moved to the top of the ladder after an epic 25-15 win against previously undefeated Grafton.

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WADING IN: Brunswick Nippers Jack and Felicity Traynor, Ella Budd and Leilani Carter train their ducks for the Mullum2Bruns Paddle duck race.

Paddlers prepare

News May 11, 2012 1:41 pm

PREPARATIONS are under way for the third annual Mullum2Bruns Paddle, which organisers are billing as the best yet.

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PICTURE THIS: Dove Joans and Tony Barry drum up support for the Maui dolphin visual petition at the Dendy. Photo: DIGBY HILDRETH

Supporting dolphins is a snap

News May 11, 2012 1:37 pm

PEOPLE across the Byron Shire rallied this week to support a campaign to protect an endangered dolphin species in New Zealand.

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PROTEST: This group of bee defenders gathers on Main Beach as part of a global day of action.

A bee in their bonnets

News May 11, 2012 1:33 pm

A GROUP of bee defenders gathered on Main Beach at the weekend as part of a global day of action to connect the dots between climate change and extreme weather.

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Business

$70b worth of work

$70b worth of work

WITH so many major projects going on in the Gladstone region, it can be hard to keep track of them all.

Entertainment

Disco diva Donna Summer dies

Disco diva Donna Summer dies

SINGER Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as Last Dance and Love to Love You Baby became the soundtrack for a glittery age of disco, has died.

 

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