IT probably said a lot about the changing fabric of the Byron Bay community when the much-loved Oleander Festival hit a brick wall in the early 1990s.

The death of the festival, which kicked off in the early 1960s and which,  over the years, raised many thousands of dollars for community projects, including the town’s swimming pool, was hastened in February, 1992 when no-one stepped forward to take on the role as the event’s prime organiser.Read More…→

IT’S rugby league finals time on the Far North Coast, and while Byron Bay-Lennox junior sides are represented, the Byron Bay Red Devils didn’t quite make it.Read More…→

WITHOUT doubt, the best view of the Cape Byron lighthouse I have ever had in the nearly 40 years I have lived in the area, was from Ewingsdale Road, at a spot just about where the much-maligned silvery sculpture now sits in the middle of a roundabout.Read More…→

HERE are some photos from my files that may trigger a few memories.

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