Category: Blog

It is time to revisit this story again.  The redundant Casino to Murwillumbah railway line passes through many of the Northern Riversread more

In 1950s China, Chairman Mao introduced the Hundred Flowers Campaign. The idea was to allow freedom of expression and encourage robust discussion.read more

It’s not every day we get a totally positive story in BB. When it happens it’s worth making as many people knowread more

Some Aussie pubs are integral to a town’s character and history. The story of Byron Bay’s Beach Hotel (affectionately known as theread more

Forget the Fokkers. And the same goes for the dinks, the yuppies, the hipsters and maybe even the old-time seachangers and treechangers.read more

Byron Shire is lacking in housing diversity. This is backed up by the data as our neighbouring shires have more accessible housingread more

Who can be a VA? A Vendor’s Advocate needs to be a licensed and experienced real estate professional. However, a vendor’s advocateread more

First home buyers and the construction industry will benefit greatly from the elimination of stamp duty on newly-built homes below $800,000 andread more

By ALLISON WORRALL, Domain Hordes of cashed-up city folk are clambering to snap up homes in Byron Bay as the global pandemicread more

I sometimes ask myself how I can bring better value to my clients. There are lots of different elements in delivering goodread more

Byron Bay is a long way from the sleepy rural town with a meatworks and some surf. It is not unusual toread more

Attention everyone! We need to make a decision on what to do about a crucial piece of our infrastructure. Like most thingsread more

The City Council of Lafayette, Calif., met the public two Mondays a month, and Steve Falk liked to sit off by himself,read more

As a buyer's agent in the Byron Bay real estate market I have been in the middle of hundreds of property sales.read more

The government is acting fast and loose with the public purse. It can be confusing for the average punter to get theirread more

Population The Byron Shire population Is 35,081. With a land area of 56,664 Ha that is 0.62 people per hectare. As aread more

Most of us assume that housing affordability is a city problem only. This article, from Andrew Beer, Dean of Research and Innovationread more

The pros and cons of negative gearing are in the headlines again. The topic generates lots of heat in the mainstream media,read more

Upmarket real estate agency Unique Estates has bitten the dust. The principal, Nicolette Van Wijngaarden, founded the agency in Byron Bay inread more

Just as a Buyer’s Agent was an unknown service until only a decade ago, a Vendors Advocate is gradually gaining awareness andread more

Byron Bay is a mecca for newlyweds. It is not uncommon to see groups of overdressed young adults boarding a bus toread more

Anyone who has visited the Byron Arts and Industry Estate lately will see it is full to overflowing. Equally, all the otherread more

The never-ending saga of what to do about Short Term Holiday Letting is at the end of another cycle. This topic hasread more

Readers may be interested to see this article which ran in the Qantas magazine. I am sure the last thing many Mullumread more

A while ago I was showing some overseas visitors around Byron. We strolled up to the carpark at the top of Jonsonread more

The Byron area is continually going through growth and changes. Not everyone is happy about this so there may be some consolationread more

Climate Change Resilience Are you exasperated about the lack of action on climate change? Feel like there is nothing you can do?read more

It’s a Plan – at least! Most things fail without a good plan. Byron Shire has had a terrible track record ofread more

Politics Schmolitics! BPS newsletter tries to stay away from politics. But there is one major issue affecting Byron Shire Council that isread more