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Love your Marine life!

Local Byron Bay organisation, Positive Change for Marine Life (PCFML), have recently returned from three months in Japan where they were working towards viable alternatives to unsustainable marine industries, with a primary focus on the dolphin and porpoise hunts on the east coast of the island of Honshu. They were also provided an opportunity to present at the “Global Conference...
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The Endless Sunrise – Day 6

It is the official introduction of a new day, the sun being the first thing to pierce the darkness left by the day before. It's Day 6 of The Endless Sunrise, as fifty photographers wait in anticipation with their fingers suppressed on the shutter, hints of grey cloud cover threaten memories of what was.  Then finally, another majestic golden sun...
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The Endless Sunrise – Day 4

Day 4 brought us more rain and overcast weather, but again it didnt stop our dedicated army of 55 photographers. As we walk through the park in Suffolk we pass fellow Endless Sunrise participants racing through the rain with their camera covered in jacket to capture their perfect shot.  Everyday, it is impossible to avoid running into a photographer waiting...
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Australia Day Paddle (Postponed)

The Australia Day Paddle is POSTPONED. Stay tuned here for new dates and updates. Read on for info on the event. Each year on Australia Day 26th January, surfers have gathered to have a fun filled day, and to paddle across Byron Bay for the Australia Day Paddle. The Paddle is from Wategos Beach to the Byron Bay Surf Life...
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The Banana Man

So often we walk into a supermarket, a farmers market, a convenience store and 'buy buy buy' without much thought of the effort it takes to get a product to the consumer shelf. Same goes for a banana. 'Banana Craig' is one unique Byron Bay character, an early rising, surf frothing ocean warrior, a dedicated dad (unless the surf is...
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Isabella & Elizabeth – Spell

I may be slightly biased, but who wouldn't be if one of the Spell sisters was your fiance? Anyway, I've always been intrigued by how sisters Elizabeth (my fiance) and Isabella came to be running Spell in Byron Bay's Industrial Estate, a wonderlust world of feathers, leather and turquoise. In the 1960s and 70s their father was a leather craftsman...
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Babes, Bikes and Bikinis!

Not sure if you saw the mass of Bikini Laden Vixens riding through the streets of Byron last weekend, but there was one red head in the mix that really stood out! It might of been a guy named Tommy Franklin but we are only guessing. If ya like some mad dancing, big smiles and hot girls in bikinis, then...
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Sailing with Tim Silverwood

Back in June we featured Tim Silverwood and his Take 3 environmental initiative. Since then Tim has sailed the seven seas searching for a mythical aquatic beast, commonly known as- "Plastic Island". Below is more important information on Tim's interesting adventures and how we can all, as individuals do our part in cleaning up our oceans and beaches. This story is...
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Brothers of the Road…

An adventure of two close mates born in Byron, Nick Colbey and Marlo Dadd, meeting up with brothers and friends, surfing and exploring through South America. Treks to ruins, riding down death roads, and finding empty surfing pointbreaks. Venturing from South to North and discover that there is still so much to find in a crowded world. And to top...