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Byron Council General Manager, Ken Gainger, has announced his retirement after serving councils in NSW and Victoria for more than 50 years. He has spent the past 25 years as a council CEO and General Manager serving as Byron Council GM for the past five years. Mr Gainger took up his role with Byron Council in early 2013 at a time when Council had received reports from the Office of Local Government declaring that its finances and infrastructure renewal backlog [...]

The official launch of the Byron Bay solar train was held last Saturday 16th December. Tamara Smith MP launched the train and guests travelled from near and far to take a ride. Please find the timetable for the next week below. There will be updates they progress toward a more solid timetable. The Byron Bay Railroad company website and Instagram pages  will be updated. Trains have right of way and stop signs are now located at the Kendall Street level crossing on the road [...]

Bangalow Theatre Company (BTC) is less than 3 years old and has already delivered three major productions at its historic home at Bangalow’s A&I Hall. With two sell out productions (The Drowsy Chaperone and Little Shop of Horrors) under its belt, in November Bangalow Theatre Company pulled off a third successive sell-out season with 6 sold out (and critically acclaimed) performances of the Broadway classic Chicago. Yes, aspiring vaudevillian star Roxie Hart, her frenemy Velma Kelly and a singing, dancing [...]

The NSW Minister for Tourism and Major Events has launched a mid-term review of the Visitor Economy Industry Action Plan, the blueprint for NSW’s Visitor Economy. In 2012, the NSW Government released the Visitor Economy Industry Action Plan, providing strategies and actions to achieve the NSW Government’s goal of doubling overnight visitor expenditure by 2020. The plan outlines a whole-of-government approach in partnership with industry to achieve this target, and is a response to the Final report of the Visitor Economy Taskforce From [...]

Now in its 28th year, the NSW Tourism Awards acknowledge and celebrate tourism excellence. This program rewards businesses that demonstrate significant achievement throughout the year. With 27 submission categories available, the awards showcase a variety of tourism products and businesses delivering outstanding service to guests in NSW. A huge congratulations to the Byron Shire NSW tourism awards winners who included: Lets Go Surfing Adventure Tourism Byron Bay Eco Cruises & Kayaks Ecotourism Byron Bay Bluesfest Major Festivals & Events To [...]