THE BYRON SHIRE ECHO Advertising & news enquiries: 0,!. 9/52 Mullumbimby 02 6684 1777 Byron Bay 02 6685 5222 Spring Wedding Fax 02 6684 1719 [email protected] [email protected] http://www.echo.net.au VOLUME 21 #09 TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2006 22,300 copies every week *>}iÃÊÓÈÓÇ $1 at newsagents only WHO YOU JIVING WITH THAT COSMIC DEBRIS? More than words to excite the mind Freight route tipped for Michael McDonald By Sunday the Byron Bay Bangalow to Lismore Rd Writers Festival was taking on the air of a grungier event Lesley Patterson some extent already. It may would be transferred to resi- – huge gusts of wind and rain The upgrading of the Lis- involve an upgrade or an dents in the Lismore to Ban- threatening the white tents, more to Bangalow Road as entirely new road,’ he said. galow Road corridor, many pads of straw barely protect- an alternative freight route to Mr Stoner said the Nation- of whom are not aware of the ing the muddied grass. the Pacifi c Highway is being als are supporting a partial implications of the Summer- Against this the enthusiasts investigated by an independ- upgrade of the existing land Way upgrade. persisted, high on ideas ent panel coordinated by the Pacifi c Highway to fi x black Northern Rivers freight rather than music or mind- RTA. The Lismore to Banga- spots and bypass towns and and industry representatives altering substances. low Road could form the villages such as Ballina, are also supporting the inves- Seekers after truth and fi c- northern segment of the pro- Broadwater and Woodburn. tigation of a Grafton to Ban- tion had their day through- posed Summerland Way Coupled with the creation of galow freight route. out the festival, sometimes in upgrade from Grafton to a freight route from Grafton ‘They have told me the the same book. At opposite Bangalow which is being to Bangalow using the Sum- current Lismore to Banga- ends of the chronological supported by the NSW merland Way, the Nationals low Road has its limitations spectrum both The Chaser Nationals in a bid to remove believe this could provide an which means that trucks team and artist Margaret heavy goods traffi c from the alternative to the RTA’s pro- can’t use it so have to go via Olley attracted big crowds. Pacifi c Highway. posed upgrade options. Alstonville and Ballina to There was plenty to Nationals leader Andrew ‘There are a number of access the Pacifi c Highway to intrigue the mind. In the Stoner told The Echo that the people and communities travel north,’ said Mr East Marquee I stalked Larry upgrade of the Summerland along the coast who have Stoner. Buttrose as he participated in Way ‘between Grafton and concerns regarding the pro- The RTA has confi rmed a panel on research for non- Lismore would be a road posed [RTA] Pacifi c High- that an independent panel is fi ction and chaired the dis- engineer’s dream as there way upgrade. They don’t assessing the viability of two cussion on poetry as ‘a will- aren’t many hills to negoti- want a motorway through options involving the Sum- fully stubborn art form’. ate. It would be signifi cantly their area or heavy vehicles merland Way. The fi rst runs At the former, biographer cheaper than upgrading the rumbling through their com- from Grafton to Beaudesert, Jenny Hocking gave a fascinat- Pacifi c Highway. munity,’ said Mr Stoner. which has been identifi ed as ing account of Frank Hardy’s ‘The Lismore to Bangalow While some property own- a major freight hub, and the correspondence with the actor stretch is somewhat problem- ers along the existing high- second links Grafton to the James Mason. Buttrose recalled Living treasure and artist Margaret Olley talking about her colour- atic because of the topogra- way might welcome such a Pacifi c Highway at Bangalow picking up Hardy from prison ful life at the Writers Festival on Sunday. Photo Jeff ‘When I Plant My phy. There is a requirement to move, the noise and heavy via Lismore. where he had been sent for Masterpiece’ Dawson upgrade the exisitng road to traffi c burden in Byron Shire continued on page 2 failing to pay hundreds of park- ing fi nes. (The softly-spoken number 4 broke through the wagon by Doc Neeson of Buttrose was also mid-jihad on pack/ Wearing his IQ on his The Angels (Hocking herself postmodern theory, and judg- back’, or something to that performed in a band called ing by the appalling defi nition effect. More movingly he Elvis Wore Nappies) for a of history he read out, he has a spoke of the urge to make drink at the bar of the famous righteous cause which he pattern and metaphor and Harold Park Hotel while enjoined the audience to take cited the example of the dozens of police struggled to on.) gorilla Koko who, deprived restrain an affronted pub At the latter, the making of of a treat, drank from a pud- crowd outside. poetry was investigated in dle with a straw and described By then, in the space of erudite and amusing detail it in sign language as ‘sad three hours, I had imbibed as by Dorothy Porter, Jaya Sav- elephant drinking’. much as I could from the ige and Peter Goldsworthy Later at the North Mar- continued on page 2 filling in very capably for quee Roger McDonald, Peter John Kinsella. Porter rejoiced Corris and Jenny Hocking Satiristic worship: young bucks that her poem to a giant explored creating characters Dominic Knight, Chris Taylor and squid had been immortalised and ‘is telling the truth essen- Julian Morrow from The Chaser at a display in the South Aus- tial?’ under the fi rm guidance team pay homage to Satiric tralian museum, Goldswor- of NSW Writers Centre Masters Max Gillies and Mungo thy challenged us to remem- director Irina Dunn. We MacCallum at the writers coven ber a fragment of a poem, learnt more of Hardy’s arrest on Saturday. Photo Jeff ‘Rum which I think I did: ‘The big – sprung from the paddy Chaser’ Dawson 2 August 8, 2006 Byron Shire Echo www.echo.net.au Local News Bluesfest scores second Helpmann Mandy Nolan The Byron Bay East Coast Blues and Roots Festival has found itself voted ‘best contemporary music festi- val’ for the second year run- ning. Festival director Peter Noble was in Sydney on July 31 to accept the pres- tigious Robert Helpman Award. In recent years this festi- val, which has grown from very humble beginnings, / Ê9"1 has seen itself twice nomi- nated for the Pollstar Award as the World’s Best Festival, alongside mega events like Glastonbury and Monterey Jazz Festival. So how has a regional event located on a footy fi eld managed to have itself ranked as one of the Blues festival director Peter Noble with the Helpmann awards. Photo Jeff ‘I need help man’ Dawson world’s best? music of the planet. We are resolution on this issue. into the economy is the arts. Noble credits community trying to put on an event ‘I went to a cultural policy If you lived in Forbes or connection and involvement that features music from meeting this morning [at Leighton you wouldn’t get as one of the festival strengths. many cultures and many the Writers Festival] and that. When will we get it? ‘We have been very infl u- languages... with so many nothing got resolved. They That the arts brings sustain- enced by our community, songwriters from the most ended up talking about the able tourism. Here we are in ÕÌÊ>`Ê iÃ}i`ÊLÞÊ ÀÕViÊ ÃÌÊÊ>`Þ>ÊÊ« \Êä{ääÊnΣÊÇÓ you always have to listen.’ famous to the ones we are United States and the New such an artistic and cultural It’s not just local busi- >«iÊ ÞÀÊ ÀiViÌÞÊ ÜÊ >Ê vi`iÀ>Ê }ÛiÀiÌÊ }À>ÌÊ vÊ fÇä]äääÊ vÀÊ >Ê discovering. At the same World Order. Byron Shire area with so little focusing. ÕLiÀÊvÊiÜÊv>VÌiÃÊvÀÊLÌ Ê«À>ÀÞÊ>`Ê } ÊÃV °Ê"ÊLi >vÊvÊÌ iÊ nesses who profi t from the time we’re not a world music needs a festival site. But it’s It’s tragic that an area burst- ÃÌÕ`iÌÃ]ÊÌi>V iÀÃÊ>`Ê«>ÀiÌÊVÕÌÞÊÜiÊÜÕ`ÊiÊÌÊÌ >ÊÌ iÊvi`iÀ>Ê success of the festival – local iLiÀÊvÀÊ,V `]ÊÕÃÌiÊ ÌÌÊvÀÊ iÀÊivvÀÌÃÊÊ i«}ÊÌÊ>ÀÀ>}iÊÌ iÊ festival.’ never going to happen. The ing at the seams with talent vÕ`}ÊÌÊLÕ`ÊÕÀÊiÜÊ«À>ÀÞÊ«>Þ}ÀÕ`°Ê schools, charities and sport- There has been much two sites that currently doesn’t see that this is the ÃÊÌ iÊ«VÌÕÀiÊà ÜÃ]ÊÌ ÃÊ«>Þ}ÀÕ`ÊÜÊi}>}iÊÌ iÊÃÌÕ`iÌÃÊÊVÀi>ÌÛiÊ ing clubs have also been public speculation about the occur are both a compro- tsunami of the future.’ >`Ê>}>ÌÛiÊ«>ÞÊvÀÊ}iiÀ>ÌÃÊÌÊVi°Ê7iÊÜ>ÀÞÊÛÌiÊ«>ÀiÌÃÊ>`Ê direct benefi ciaries. Blues- vÀi`ÃÊÌÊÌ iÊ-«À}Ê>ÀÊÊ-i«ÌiLiÀÊÓÎ]ÊÓääÈÊÌÊÃiiÊÕÀÊiÜÊv>VÌiÃ°Ê blues festival acquiring a mise. ‘How about Byron – the fest organisers have also site. Peter Noble is pessi- ‘Some of the things that regional cultural arts centre ÀiÌÊiµÕÀiÃÊ>ÀiÊÜiVi]Ê«i>ÃiÊ« iÊ V >iÊvÀÊ>ÊÃV ÊÌÕÀÊÀÊ vÕÀÌ iÀÊ`iÌ>ÃÊ>LÕÌÊÌ iÊÃV ÊÊÈÈn{ÊÇ{ää° implemented green site mistic about the possibility culturally brand this area of Australia? 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