called theevent aworld-class pianist MarkGasserwho artists. international offer, alongwithanumberof the best Australia hasto bysomeof music performed acclaimedinternationally sive andvibrantshowcase of all over toenjoy animpres- attracting anaudiencefrom locals nighton Thursday Festival commenced witha Words ofChrist Haydn’s Hawes Georgia performing Schindler andmezzosoprano ham, sopranoMargaret Massing- of tenorGregory and themagnifi Festival ChamberOrchestra the strainsofBangalow Kevin’s Catholic Churchto inthebeautifulSt afternoon val concludedonSunday The Bangalow MusicFesti- Kaye Hall the problemwithfl conclusively, we believe, that that provescollection offacts website togetherwhichisa the area. We’ve alsoputa of aware history ofthetrue called’ forthepeopletobe The Echo ciation JimManglesontold nity Association. the OceanShoresCommu- Golden Beachorganisedby Ocean ShoresandSouth recent publicmeetingsat message delivered at two of theshire. This was the future fl willpreventflood waters ocean toallow theescapeof Man madeoutletstothe Lesley Patterson fl Ocean outletstheanswerto The hillswere alivewiththesoundofmusic One was English concert One was Englishconcert The fi Spokesperson fortheasso- Spokesperson Advertising &newsenquiries: THE BYRONSHIREECHO ooding inshire’s north? Mullumbimby 0266841777 TUESDAY, AUGUST23,2005 22,300 copieseveryweek ooding inthenorth fth Bangalow Music http://www.echo.net.au Byron Bay0266855222 , themeetingswere $1 atnewsagentsonly The Seven Last [email protected] [email protected] .
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Hall fortheBangalowMusicFestival lastweekend. of theworld’s leadingconcertvenues, includingCarnegieHall, washappytoplayinBangalow’s A&I English concertpianistMarkGasser, pictured above, whoafterperformingonfourcontinentsinmany It isapleasureforhimtobe village thesizeofBangalow. incredible that itisheldina festival andsaiditwas ple objectedtothecuttingof ment consent, becausepeo- a conditionofthedevelop- [the provision of]whichwas let alongsideFern Beach, Shores closedtheoceanout- claims MrMangleson. themtobuild it,’warned higher thantheengineers Council, over onemetre South GoldenBeachby bank whichwas built around exacerbated bythelevee onwards. Floodinghasbeen progressively from1958 outlets whichwere cl totheclosingof prior made’. Ocean Shoresisallman South GoldenBeachand ‘The developers ofOcean ‘There was noflooding JÊ- * ÊÊÓÊ" -"Ê-/Ê 9," Ê 9 osed LESS ISMORE,MOREOR supportive and friendly con- andfriendly supportive loves ofit, theintimacy the derful artists. Hesaidhe playing alongsidesuchwon- the issueoffl Mr Mangleson. future fl accepted theliabilityforany close thefloodoutletand cil orderedthedevelopersto ning upto Wooyung. Coun- the sandminingroadrun- ture works suchasfl found that majorinfrastruc- Services, says theFMP tor of Asset Management (FMP). plain ManagementPlan which producedaFlood- Floodplain Committee through itsMarshall’s Creek impact formany years ble methodsofreducingthe oftheshireandpossi- north Brett Lee, Council’s Direc- Council hasbeenstudying ooding in1976,’ said Photo Jeff ‘Highly Strung’Dawson ooding inthe ood out- /Ê1 9t ting withpeopleandpractis- strolling inthevillage, chat- nection withtheaudience, take that information inthat take that information Flood Level Studywe will around aweek’s time. Study, willbedelivered in els, calledtheFloodLevel rainfall fi rainfall onthethat adraftreport views onit,’ hesaid, adding have completelyopposing people inthecommunity aneventserious itwas. Some June 30. the majorweather event on by plan hasbeentriggered added that areviewofthe little benefit. However, he RiverBrunswick would have the trainingwalls inthe lets, andchanging dredging ‘When we receive the ‘We don’t yet know how continued onpage2 continued onpage4 gures andfl ood lev- seek more information ofthe seek moreinformation to Barham andJohn Lazarus promise positionbyCrs acom- supported councillors shops.and ancillary land toallow asupermarket rezone theState Railowned Tucker intheirbidto failed tion ontheplan. for moredetailedinforma- andhasnowThursday asked cil reverseditsdecisionlast bimby two weeks ago, Coun- Station Street, Mullum- sitein a newsupermarket After refusingaproposalfor Mallams plantobereviewed Sunday. descended onBrunswickHeadsindroves forafresh airfilled south easterlywindsmanagedtoremain earthbound. Families rated bike inthe10-15yearoldcategoryandthankstolight her flyinggearstrapped toherback. Shetookoutthebestdeco- crossover entrant intheBrunswickKitesandBikes Festival, with Bike riderSamanthaOliver, pictured above, wassomethingofa Brunswick fl Instead the majority ofInstead themajority Bob Crs Tardif andRoss Photo Jeff ‘High asaKite’Dawson >«Ã 6>}iÊ ,Õ}LÞ >}>ÜÊ ying high lams declinedtocomment. John Waterhouse fromMal- When contactedby Cr BarhamonMonday. need tobeaddressed,’ said munity sotheseotherissues ofthecom- the fullsupport doesn’t havesupermarket existing town centre. sites belookedat withinthe other possiblesupermarket cent residences. fl rounding housesdueto parking, impactsonsur- traffic issues, provision of ooding andnoiseonadja- ‘It isobviousthat the Council hasalsoaskedthat Ê PAGE The Echo SEE 2 August 23, 2005 Byron Shire Echo www.echo.net.au Local News
Spaghetti Circus seeks performers of all standards Work piles up in Brunswick
Olivia Amsden, pictured left, hanging around between prac- tice sessions at the pavilion at Mullumbimby Showground last week. Photo Jeff Dawson
freely and learn new skills. Spaghetti Circus is offer- ing kids this opportunity with their community classes and shows which cater for all ages from baby gym through preschool to adults with classes in each age group running once to three times per week. ‘Spaghetti Circus is a non profit organisation,’ said circus spokesperson Kim Morcom. ‘We hold fundraising events and apply for govern- ment grants, but otherwise Alex McAuley reputation as a highly pro- dence that everybody is good all our money comes from Many of us have been fessional organisation pro- at something. our shows and lessons. delighted by performances ducing some extremely tal- The circus has certainly ‘We’ve enjoyed great suc- put on by Spaghetti Circus ented performers, fi lled a hole in extra curricu- cess over the years and have over the years, and often sur- particularly at the advanced lar activities for our youth: become well known for our prised by the high standards level. some kids are not competi- advanced performers, how- achieved by the youngsters, However, the circus is not tive, nor particularly inter- ever we don’t want to lose some of whom have gone on just about elitism; on the ested in running around a our identity as being a school to perform with Circus Oz. contrary its major focus is to footy fi eld; some kids are not for all levels of ability. We During the twelve years provide circus training for especially interested in music believe that all kids who join Construction of the Brunswick Heads to Yelgun section of the since its inception, Spaghetti kids of all ages, backgrounds or learning an instrument, us will find a talent,’ said Pacific Highway upgrade has been speeded up with the introduc- Circus has built itself a solid and abilities in the confi- however all kids are inter- Kim. tion of Saturday work crews. Noise from pile drivers rang through- ested in participating in a For more information on out the district as work began on the 180 metre balanced canti- social activity that is not how to join Spaghetti Circus lever bridge which will span the Brunswick River downstream of driven by their parents where ring Kim Morcom on 6684 the existing bridge. At this stage the RTA say the completion date - ,-Ê they can express themselves 3038. for the 8.6 kilometre section is early 2007. /-1 - Call for ocean outlets to alleviate fl ooding problems in north
continued from page 1 flood [in 1987],’ said Cr Several Marshalls Creek actually places where the ,1 "1/ report, see what the implica- Tabar t. Floodplain Committee dunes have been topped by tions are and call a meeting ‘What happened on June members say they are scepti- the sea during periods of fre- of the committee and dis- 30 was exactly what I thought cal about the efficacy of quent storm and fl ooding,’ cuss a review of the plan.’ would happen. As far as ocean outlets. ‘There is no she explains. Brunswick resident and dealing with it, we can’t do way of building an ocean While Council awaits the Byron Shire Councillor Tom anything until we have all outlet to let the fl ood waters results of its Flood Level Tabart, who attended the our fi gures in from the Flood out but guarantee that sea Study, anecdotal informa- public meeting at South Study. We obviously are very water would not come in tion has suggested the event -iiÊ«>}iÊ£{ Golden Beach last week, says keen to alleviate the impact without costing millions of was as rare as a 1 in 500 year he had been expecting a of fl ooding and we will do dollars. From an engineer- event and set fl ood levels at major fl ood event for some what we can within our pow- ing point of view it would 200-300mm higher than the time. ers and fi nancial capacity.’ have to be like the mouth of 1987 Mothers Day Floods ‘There have been major Cr Tabart said it was too the Brunswick River with throughout most of the north changes to the fl oodplain in early to decide on solutions, breakwaters etc,’ says Mat- of the Shire. recent times. The Billinudgel however said possible options thew Lambourne. Tweed Shire Council’s Industrial Area was all wet- could include changes to the Margie Heggie told The rainfall intensity information (AVE YOUR DINNER land and has been fi lled. At Kallaroo Circuit Bund and Echo that she believes there for parts of that shire PARTY IN !UGUST AND WELL SUPPLY THE CUTLERY Fern Beach there was fi lling the contruction of ocean are no easy solutions to the recorded readings in milli- /UR !UGUST OFFER WHEN YOU PURCHASE ONE OF in of the wetland and there outlets, however he said he fl ooding problems. metres per hour twice that OUR LOCALLY MADE DINING TABLES WE WILL INCLUDE have been other instances of would not support the ‘What Jim [Mangleson] expected for a 1 in 100 year A PIECE 2OBERT 7ELSH CUTLERY SET WITH fi lling since the Mothers Day dredging of the estuary. claims are natural outlets are event. MATCHING SALAD SERVERS n VALUE Your portable creativity studio. /"1 Ê"1/Ê "7 ""1 %SSENTIALS "LACK $ECKER 12” G4 14” G4 #OLLECTION 2OUND 3MART $RIVE +IT 1.33ghz 1.42ghz 'AS ""1 V &ORWARDREVERSE WITH AUTO SPINDLE $1599. $2049. CM ROUND CAST IRON HOTPLATE )NCLUDES LOCK &EATURES