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Normal text size Very large text size There is no way to tell the story of a place as beautiful, fractious, mocked, stereotyped and beloved as Byron Bay, unless you admit, firstly, that everyone will have their own version. You fell in love here, married here, gave birth here. You came to get well, or die here. Your life fell apart here. You wrote your book here, or spent years pretending to do so. You danced till dawn in the hills, learnt to surf on those perfectly formed point breaks. You kay...

This former dentist started her business by sticking a pin on a map Pam Brook’s family company, Brookfarm, produces gourmet macadamia products sold throughout Australia and exported to more than 12 countries. From the upcoming July issue of AFR Magazine. Pam Brook: “I’d done everything in dentistry that I’d wanted to do ... I was like, what’s the next thing? What’s the next adventure?”  Paul Harris Jun 16, 2021 – 9.10am Save Share In 1988, Pam Brook an...

How one Bay Area community is taking wildfire watch into its own hands FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Cortis Cooper, a Kensington resident who helped start Wildcat Watch, a neighborhood group where a team of volunteers take turns monitoring ALERTWildfire camera feeds around the clock over Wildcat Canyon in the East Bay during periods with elevated risks such as red flag warnings, walks on the deck of his home overlooking Wildcat Canyon in Kensington, Calif., Tuesday, May 11, 2021.Stephe...

Incredible pictures show the stark difference between Byron Bay now and almost four decades ago when it was still a working class area. Until 1983, the town on the NSW far north coast had an abattoir next to its main beach, with the smell of carcasses off-putting to potential tourists. The ABC has aired historic footage from its old Countrywide TV program showing meat workers finishing a shift shortly before the employer closed its doors for good.   Just two decades before that, in the early ...

This massive network of wildfire cameras helps California save lives FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 ALERTWildfire technicians work to install a camera at the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California on April 21.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of5 An ALERTWildfire camera is mounted on the top of the head frame of the Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California.Max Whittaker, Special to the SF ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of5 An ALERTWildfire camera is mounted on the top of ...

MAFS, roll over Real Housewives, a new bunch of reality TV stars are coming our way: the social media influencers of Byron Bay. Netflix’s first Australian reality TV commission, Byron Baes (bae is slang for “babe” and an acronym of “before anyone else”) will feature a cast of more than a dozen photogenic lifestyle mavens who have turned the demand to “look at me” into a job description. At least this time around no one will need to ask if they’re really...

The Dry. Director Robert Connolly’s crime drama has taken an impressive $20.4 million at the box office to become the 13th highest grossing Australian film in this country ... closing in on Red Dog and The top earner for 35 years now is still Crocodile Dundee, which took $47.7 million in 1986. But these types of achievements always ignore the impact of inflation. They raise the question: what would be the most successful Australian films in today’s dollars? This masthead took Numero’s ...

Save Share Oil and gas multimillionaire Russell Staley and his wife, Jennifer, have sold their landmark designer home on Collaroy Beach for more than $15 million, setting a new suburb high for a single residence. It took three years for the distinctive residence, known as The Point House, on the northern-most point of the Collaroy Basin to exchange and for close to the original $15.5 million asking price. Staley is a former rich lister thanks to his time as a senior executive at engineering gro...

Did You Know Quincy Has Ties To The Underground Railroad? Enter your number to get our free mobile app Located at 415 Jersey in Quincy, The house known as the Dr. Eells House was used to help a slave escape. According to Arts Quincy, the story goes... Dr. Eells was an outspoken abolitionist who helped an escaped enslaved man named Charley from Missouri in 1842. Charley was soon captured and the escape attempt failed. Dr. Eells was found guilty of harboring a fugitive and other charges. His case...

If the aircraft interiors story of 2020 was figuring out how to get aircraft clean, the story of 2021 seems set to be designing cleanliness into the seats themselves, using antimicrobial materials that add an additional layer of protection against everything from bacteria to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. With its updated Venture Pristine product, seatmaker Jamco is taking a first step towards offering just that, baked into the company’s existing Venture outward-facing herringbone...