Byron Writers Festival 2023 will take place this August 11 — 13 at our newly confirmed venue, the beautiful Bangalow Showgrounds. Bangalow Showgrounds is a picturesque heritage site nestled in the heart of Bangalow, a charming village just a stone’s throw from Byron Bay and home to a vibrant and creative community. The festival will […]

Professor Linda Hancock in last week’s Echo said it best: ‘It is important to defend and preserve community social sustainability.’ This is the primary objective that the Bangalow Bowlo’s board, management, team of staff and hundreds of members have set out to achieve these past few months by looking at a range of options before them to […]

To Far North Coast Rugby Union – and the Bangalow Rebels were hoping to snag their first-ever grand final win, last weekend. But, more wet weather has forced the penultimate match to be pushed back by another week. READ FULL ARTICLE

Within 24 hours of its establishment on April 20, 1922, Country Women’s Association (CWA) members began lobbying relevant government ministers for better services for women and children, and that has been their mission ever since.   One hundred years ago, when government help was not forthcoming, members got to work themselves setting up baby health centres, […]

Bangalow Land and Rivercare has been helping to restore the land and water since 1998. The group was started by a few locals who were concerned with the water quality in Byron Creek. Their charter is to revegetate the banks with native species to improve water quality and provide habitat for native fauna.  President Noelene Plummer says […]

Zero Emissions Byron is holding an Electric Vehicle Expo at Bangalow Showgrounds between 10am and 4pm on Sunday, September 11. Organisers say there will be a range of new electric vehicles, plus secondhand EVs, and VW Kombis that have been converted to EV, and a number of privately owned EVs with their owners on hand.  […]