A 55-year-old man was hospitalised in serious condition after being assaulted by a group of people in Byron Bay's Railway Park early Saturday morning, according to The Echo.
Byron Bay's mayor has opposed planned flood detention basins across the Richmond River catchment, The Echo reports, instead advocating for nature-based alternatives to mitigate future flood impacts.
The Byron Writers Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend in Byron Bay with events featuring books, big ideas, Viking ghosts, and an early morning ocean dip, The Echo reports.
The Pass area in Byron Bay is seeing significant habitat restoration work, with over 2,000 trees planted around the location to create new habitat for koalas living in the area, The Echo reports.
A piece of Byron Shire's planning history shows how the community has shaped its development: Byron Shire Councillor Mike Watterson passed the first height limits for Byron Shire in early 1982 to prevent high-rise development similar to the Gold Coast, The Echo reports.
A $173,000 state funding grant has revived plans to build a coastal cycleway between Lennox Head and Byron Bay, The Northern Rivers Times reports, with the funding supporting a feasibility study for the project.