IN my early years at Byron Bay from 1983, New Year’s Eve celebrations at Byron Bay were never a big deal.
It was mostly private parties or going out to dinner, then home.
I remember a lot of people wandering around the streets, many of them drinking, but I really can’t recall any great dramas.Read More…
IT’S hard to imagine that a proposal for a much-needed new public school could acrimoniously split a town in two, but that’s what happened at Byron Bay in the late 1980s.
There was never any conflict over the need for a new school, it was where it was to be built that prompted a sometimes bitter and personal stoush that continued for more than a year.
