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NSW Police say a body of a man has been located during a search for a man missing near Nimbin. The 67-year-old man was last seen in Nimbin about 4pm on Friday, August 8, 2025. When he could not be ...
A local wildlife rescuer was sent on a mission after a fisherman called WIRES to report a koala in trouble on the rocks at ...
The current weather system is a reminder, possibly triggering, of the disastrous impact rain can have on the water systems and land in the area, so it is timely that yesterday it was announced that ...
This morning Bureau of Meteorology, meteorologist, Helen Reid, said there was significant rainfall across New South Wales and South East Queensland over night.
In 2012 the creek that runs through the centre of the proposed Wallum Estate development at Bayside Brunswick was acknowledged by the developers, Codlea Pty Ltd, as a ‘Natural Watercourse under the ...
We’re all living in the shadows of the climate crisis. But sometimes the clouds part and blue skies appear briefly.
Planning to build a new house or open a restaurant in the Byron Shire in the next few years? Probably best to let go of the idea of having a gas stove or gas-powered hot water system then.
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New Gold Mountain

The Chinese name for California was ‘gam saan’ or ‘gold mountain’. After the Californian goldfields petered out, gold was discovered in Victoria and the Chinese name for Australia became ‘new gold ...
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Gentle China

I refer to the letter from Len Hend in Mullum regarding his recent visit to China. This is so well written that it should be reproduced on every Australian media available. Why? Because it epitomises ...
After attending Tuesday night’s information session and reading the handouts, my initial gut feeling has been confirmed – the Special Entertainment Precinct is really about ‘revitalising’ Byron’s ...
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Using them for us

Byron Council is trying to use state government, Sydney-centric planning policies to fundamentally change our home. In Byron, it is blazing a trail as the first council outside of Sydney to establish ...
Yesterday morning a man’s dawn surf turning into something else when the board he was riding was bitten in half by a shark at ...