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Sea World Stands by Dolphin Breeding Sea World is now the only place in Australia breeding dolphins in captivity. The RSPCA says it must stop but the park says parenthood is good for its dolphins. When a small NSW tourist park volunteered last year to stop breeding dolphins, Sea World suddenly found itself alone. The Queensland attraction is now the only one in Australia breeding dolphins in captivity, something the RSPCA says cannot be justified and should be outlawed. But Sea World has no pl...

7 May 2021 Wollongong and Shellharbour residents – we need your help! Someone has picked up a state of the art shark tag that has washed up on a beach and is currently enjoying a tour of Wollongong. Department of Primary Industries Director of Fisheries Research, Dr Natalie Moltschaniwskyi said the pop-off satellite tag was tagged onto a 1.95 m male bull shark in Evans Head on 22 January 2021 and has been tracked via satellite for the last four months. “The tag successfully popped off...

Date Time Help wanted to locate shark tag Wollongong and Shellharbour residents – we need your help! Someone has picked up a state of the art shark tag that has washed up on a beach and is currently enjoying a tour of Wollongong. Department of Primary Industries Director of Fisheries Research, Dr Natalie Moltschaniwskyi said the pop-off satellite tag was tagged onto a 1.95 m male bull shark in Evans Head on 22 January 2021 and has been tracked via satellite for the last four months. “The ta...

Byron Bay: the good and the bad of housing trends The northern NSW destination has become a symbol, or a microcosm, of post-pandemic population and housing trends – and the surge is not just about global influencers or the uber-wealthy. Share Last Saturday I drove into the hinterland of Byron Bay for an auction. The property, on Alidenes Road in Wilsons Creek just 15 minutes from the coast, nestles into the rainforest on 1.5 hectares of luxuriant garden surrounding an open-plan home with an ...

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Share New SMART drumlines off the popular surf spots in the northern New South Wales coast have seen hundreds of sharks tagged and released. Contractors tagged 14 great whites in a four-day span alone in July last year.  SMART is an acronym for Shark-Management-Alert-in-Real-Time. Once a shark is caught by a drumline, catchers are immediately alerted. They then go by boat to the shark, tag it, and release it 1km away from shore. The drone footage captured on Tuesday morning shows the two-metre...

Premium Content The highly anticipated Northern Rivers Food Harvest Food Trail is coming up this weekend. The Harvest Food Trail covers all aspects of the food industry across the Northern Rivers, from Husk Distillers in Tumbulgum down to Hotel Illawong in Evans Head and is a highlight of the annual foodie calendar. Northern Rivers Food executive officer Anne Briggs said part of enjoying food was knowing the story. “The 2021 Harvest Food Trail aims to connect people with authentic food and ...

Premium Content Subscriber only More than 1000 Lismore residents paid their respects as they quietly attended the Anzac Day Dawn Service. Hosted by the RSL Lismore Sub-Branch, the dawn service was a short but moving ceremony held ahead of the services at North Lismore and the main service at 9am. In the crisp autumn air, past and present members of all the armed services, as well as emergency services, community groups, family and friends gathered at the cenotaph outside the Lismore Memorial...

Premium Content Subscriber only The Future Water Project 2060 includes a new plan for underground water extraction on the Northern Rivers. After the Dunoon dam was shelved by Rous councillors at the December 2020 meeting, a new plan was needed to secure water delivery to Byron, Ballina, Lismore and Richmond Valley. Currently, the four shires get their water from Rocky Creek Dam, Emigrant Creek Dam and the Wilsons River. But since NSW Government estimates that demand for water in the area wi...