For over 30 years, the Northern Region Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service – a not-for-profit community organisation based in Lismore – has provided an aero medical rescue service to the area’s residents and visitors, free of charge. During this period, it has flown more… Read More »Rescue Rumble
It was Friday as I rolled down to The Pass, camera in hand. I was ready to see what the sunset had to say about the end of the week but what I got was far brighter. The FLURO FRIDAY crew had invaded Byron Bay… Read More »Fluro Fridays
“I never thought I’d visit Ethiopia, a landlocked country. The people I met there were some of the most courageous and beautiful people I’ve ever had the chance to come in contact with. Clean water is something that many of us take for granted but… Read More »100 Wells for Ethiopia
A few weeks back I was invited to attend a small function for local business people at the stunning Byron Luxury Beach Houses. Like any other small business in Byron Bay, Owner Brett Fowler and his wife Debbie are keen to engage with the… Read More »Byron Luxury Beach Houses help the Liberation Larder
‘Lisa Blue began with one girl’s dream’. A few years ago Lisa Burke, designer for local label Lisa Blue (seen here modelling one of her Cover Girl bikinis), traveled to Tonga with the sole purpose to swim with humpback whales. Whilst swimming with them a mum and… Read More »Lisa Blue
It has been a long term dream for the Byron Bay International Film Festival crew to be able to offer a free outdoor cinema screening experience for the people of Byron Bay on Thursday 8th March (7:30pm). Finding the right location?….well, it doesn’t get bigger… Read More »Free Outdoor Film Screening (Thurs)
Sunday night The Endless Sunrise Exhibition rolled out from 5:00 pm. We turned up at 6:00 and figured the event was already in good form as finding a car park in the vicinity was quite a task. On strolling into the Stone & Wood Brewery,… Read More »The Endless Sunrise Finale!
It is quite fitting that it is this time of year that we get to update you as to the activities of the CG Community Support Fund… Yes, it has taken quite a time for funds to be dispersed, however as was the nature of… Read More »CG Support Fund Wrap Up
25 mountain bike riders will head off from Lismore tomorrow (Saturday October 8th) on a 675km ride to raise money for Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter. The Yellow Pages Hell on Wheels Cycle Tour aims to raise close to $25,000 for the Helicopter. Westpac Life… Read More »To Hell for the Helicopter!
Zeke Huish of the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicpoter got in touch with Common Ground today and gave us the full story on what happened during Sunday’s Surf Rescue off Cape Byron. The photos were taken by a tourist, Simon Ingham, who was on the… Read More »Sunday’s Rescue… What happened?
