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]]>One thing I love about Viv, who’s been my beauty therapist for as long as I’ve been in Byron is that she never minds getting me a lavender-oil soaked tissue to smell before she starts my waxing routine.
Over the years I’ve seen her practice grow into a gracious salon – equipped these days with some of the latest state-of-the art therapy equipment including colonic hydrotherapy; oxygen facial therapy; removal of fat by cavitation and painless hair removal.
But it wasn’t always like that. “Byron has always been my spiritual home,” she tells me. “Beauty therapy really began as a hobby to support my ballet dancing. I studied beauty therapy in Byron, on the Gold Coast and in Sydney, and had a small studio at the back of my house, and of course, like everybody else I had to work as a waitress to support myself, but beauty therapy paid for my dance tuition at the conservatorium. I went through all the grades and danced full-time, and gradually made the transition from dancing into beauty therapy.”
Vivienne Freeman runs Azula Beauty and Body Cleansing Clinic in Byron’s Industrial centre.
For Viv one of the main things has been to continue her education. “I never wanted to just run a beauty salon,” she says. “I wanted to understand how people’s psyches work around their health and beauty and be able to help them function at optimal health.”
To that end she enrolled at Southern Cross University to study a Bachelor of Naturopathy and Complementary Medicine degree. “That was really just the start of it,” she says. “It’s been a lifetime of learning. Modalities I’ve studied include yoga, homeopathy, herbs, colon hydrotherapy, cranio-sacral therapy and Oriental medicine.”
Over the years she’s come to the conclusion that there are eight principles of life to observe – and if these are in balance then life works. “Nutrition is number one,” she says, “then sunshine, breathwork, fresh water, exercise, loving relationships, meditation and sleep.”
Although she loves living and working in Byron, one thing about the Byron lifestyle disturbs her. “I have to say that I’ve seen a vast increase in the amount of alcohol young women drink,” she says. “They don’t realise the damage they are doing, it destroys the liver, and brain tissue, it affects the skin, and new studies have shown it’s a possible cause of cancer. The problem for young women is that they are often underweight, or at least, very slim, as well and that makes the effects of alcohol on their bodies even worse.”
I wonder how she feels on the subject of that now widely-accepted beauty treatment – Botox? “We’re moving away from the Botox revolution,” she says, “and into healthier ways of keeping the skin taut, young and beautiful like radio-frequency and oxygen therapy. After long-term Botox use, and if you suddenly stop the skin begins to sag. Why not grow old gracefully? When practising the Eight Principles we will look and feel fabulous inside and out.”
Vivienne describes her salon as an “holistic beauty centre. They’re not just with me for treatment, I advise them and I give them some education on their bodies and their health. What they do with that advice knowledge is their choice, but I feel it’s important for them to know that they can make very important changes which will have long-term beneficial effects on their lives – and it’s not that hard! I like people to take their health into their own hands.”
I can certainly vouch for Viv, her treatments, her wise advice, her laughter and her warmth. So if you live in Byron, or are passing through make sure you a book an appointment to visit her at her welcoming and warm salon in Byron Bay’s Industrial Centre.
Just remember to ask for the lavender tissue.
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]]>The guest of honour and lecturer of the Byron’s Chess Camp is Adrian Randazzo. Adrian works directly for FIDE (the international chess federation created in 1924) with the first official chess academy in Latin America. They organize these types of events in Europe and train chess coaches in Latin America to teach in schools. Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Spain are some of the countries where these trainings have taken place. In July 2018, he has been invited by the president of the chess coaches federation and participated in the chess camp of Maribor, Slovenia, together with the best chess coaches in the world.
Children getting a chance to hone their chess skills.
Byron’s first chess camp was created to increase awareness of chess and the active participation of our local community. In Australia chess isn’t as popular compared to other countries of the world. Adrián has lived more than 10 years in Spain where chess is very popular. For example, just in Barcelona itself, you can find more than 100 chess clubs and academies. In Valencia, Adrian gives high-performance chess classes in a popular club that has more than 92 schools. He has been teaching for more than 20 years and has extensive experience in chess camps and events. In the past few decades, thanks to the Chess in Schools Commission, clubs and schools have been using chess for educational purposes, not for the sake of teaching chess and not to create better chess players, but to improve children’s educational outcomes. The objective is to use chess in ways that provide benefit in education, social development and health from childhood to old age. Chess – A Tool for Education & Health <https://cis.fide.com/images/stories/OGF3/ogf3en2-180322.pdf> (2018) https://cis.fide.com/images/stories/OGF3/ogf3en2-180322.pdf
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Love doing things with your four-legged best friend? Well, Love Lenox 2018 has you covered. Continuing with our hugely popular Dogs of Lennox mini event, we are back this year, with a great show, just for you … and your 
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The fun categories you can enter are: DogWalk Model 2018 (Best Dressed), Waggiest Tail, Peanut Butter Challenge, Best Trick and Aren’t They the Cutest! (Cutest Puppy). Entry fees are only $2 per dog per event and all proceeds go to Save Mexican Street Dogs. Great prizes are up for grabs so don’t miss out!
Enter your online. More information, including T&C here.
LOVE LENNOX FESTIVAL – 2nd JUNE 2018
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]]>There’s capacity for 100 seated passengers, additional standing passengers, wheelchair access and luggage room for bikes, prams and surfboards. The train runs a return shuttle service for the three kilometre journey between North Beach Station in Sunrise Beach and the Byron Beach platform adjacent to the Shirley Street level crossing.
Byron Bay Railroad Company has restored a derelict heritage train for the job, and also repaired three kilometres of railway line and a bridge, reinvigorating a section of derelict rail corridor. Solar panels on the train and train storage shed generate the amount of energy required to operate the train daily, charging the on-board battery bank. The solar charged batteriesare designed to operate all the systems including traction power, lighting, control circuits and air compressors. The custom designed curved solar panels on the roof of the train combined with the solar array on the storage shed roof generate sufficient energy to power the train and the regenerative braking system recovers around 25% of the spent energy each time the brakes are applied.
In the case of prolonged lack of sunshine the on-board batteries can be charged from the grid supply using 100% green energy from local community based energy retailer Enova Energy.
This diagram outlines the solar conversion components and how the system works.
The two carriage rail set was originally constructed as the first of ten 600 class sets at the Chullora Railway Workshops, Sydney in 1949. Following the war and with the massive influx of European immigrants, transporting people around the state was critical, so the Workshops innovatively used aluminium aircraft technology from their war efforts to produce high performance yet lightweight trains.
The train runs along 3km of track which is part of the 132km Casino to Murwillumbah line. This line once connected the town of Casino, which is on the Sydney to Brisbane line, with Lismore, Byron Bay, Mullumbimby, Murwillumbah and dozens of towns and villages in between.
Now, with the advent of the solar train, part of that line lives again.
0 – 5 years free
6 – 13 years $2
14+ years $3
For a one way journey
Contact:
02 8123 2130
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]]>Commencing May 12, a team of Byron Bay’s most talented street artists will transform ‘Surf Alley’, the laneway in Jonson Street that – despite its murals honouring local surfers – has often been used as nothing more than a pedestrian thoroughfare and hot spot for late-night anti-social behaviour.
The celebration of the space reinvigoration will be an urban laneway activation event, encompassing live art, street food, bar, music, cool lighting, green walls, bespoke sustainable furniture, Live Ideas Program, and much more.
The event creates a platform for emerging artists who would not otherwise have an opportunity to engage with the local community. The Fresh Air Gallery is a live street art gallery that will auction the finished artworks on Instagram at the end of the night, raising money for the Byron Community Theatre’s much needed upgrades.
The project aims to revitalise the beloved ‘Surf Alley’, breathing new life into it, whilst honouring the legacy. “We are in direct and regular consultation with members of the honour roll, and working to achieve something new and exciting for the whole community, as well creating ways for new residents and visitors to learn more about Byron Bay’s surfing history, and ensure those stories are given a platform,” say operations manager, Monique Hartman. “We’re also using our Live Ideas program on the Saturday afternoon to use this opportunity for young and old to engage and learn about community together, through art and the power of story.”
Fresh Air Walls – part of POPPED
Popped artists are:
Nitsua // Jeremy Austin // Burg // Shmik // Basix // Sean Lemura (Set design & building) // Nikau (Greenery)
The Popped team is committed to social and environmental responsibility. Local supplier Paint Earth has donated paints that are eco-friendly and non-toxic, and the event has a zero waste policy. Go Byron and Steer group are working with the event to promote responsible drinking and getting home safe.
The full program will be distributed throughout the region via Media partners The Echo on 10 May.
OPENING NIGHT – FRIDAY 19 MAY
5PM – 11PM // 18+ only event, and fully licensed. BYO not permitted // $10 entry
Live art
Live DJs
Green walls courtesy of Niaku Byron Bay
Bespoke built furniture courtesy of SL Byron Bay
Street food courtesy of Three Blue Ducks
Bar co-hosted by Stone & Wood Brewery, Brookie’s Gin, and Bucha of Byron
New mural reveal
New honour roll reveal
LIVE IDEAS PROGRAM – SATURDAY 20 MAY
12PM – 3PM // All ages // $10 entry
12:00pm Welcome drinks hosted by Bucha of Byron
12:30pm Placemaking: The history and future of Byron
1:00pm Expression and Freedom: The Street Art Movement
1:30pm Surf Alley: Stories from the Honour Roll
2:00 pm Art, healing, and well-being
2:30pm Being Bold: Exploring Creative Courage
Panellists include Cr. Simon Richardson, Rhoda Roberts, Sarah Workman, Rusty Miller, Peter Woods, Andy Mac, Leanne de Souza, Feather, and many more still to be announced.
CLOSING NIGHT – SATURDAY 19 MAY
5PM – 11PM // 18+ only event, and fully licensed. BYO not permitted // $10 entry
Live art
Live DJs
Green walls courtesy of Niaku Byron Bay
Bespoke built furniture courtesy of SL Byron Bay
Street food courtesy of Three Blue Ducks
Bar co-hosted by Stone & Wood Brewery, Brookie’s Gin, and Bucha of Byron
Tickets are $10 each, per person per session, and can be purchased via www.poppedcreative.com or at the door. For an additional $5, ticket holders can purchase a return bus ride, thanks to GO BYRON from outer suburbs Lennox Head, Bangalow, Brunswick Heads & Mullumbimby. Limited seats available.
Traffic conditions will change for the duration of the event. No motor vehicle or cyclist access to the south entrance of the Lawson Street carpark from 12am Thursday 18 May until 9am Sunday 21 May
More information:
Facebook.com/poppedcreative
Instagram @poppedcreative
Artist and media enquiries:
Abbie Gibson 0411 215 296 // [email protected]
Operations enquiries & Partnership opportunities:
Monique Hartman 0410 759 465 // [email protected]
Popped is produced in partnership with Byron Shire Council as part of the 2016 – 17 Placemaking Seed Fund.
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]]>The Kulchajam team are inviting the community to start ‘peddling and hawking’ in a retro future street market.
“We were inspired by Asian street markets where everyone has something to peddle or hawk. Our first event saw kids as young as five selling their wares alongside established fashonitas and artisans,” says Kulchajam creative director Techa Beaumont. “‘Peddle and Hawk’ brings together the diversity of the region, from artists, fashionistas and jewellery makers to hilltop gardeners, vintage collectors and upcycled arts. Expect everything from children selling ginger bread cookies to high end artisans and exotic street foods.”
The market closes a section of Acacia St in collaboration with surrounding businesses that range from performing arts and yoga studios to functional art galleries, fashion and jewellery, composting, upcycling and organics.
The day provides opportunities for all creatives and entrepreneurs. Stalls range from small suitcase and blanket stalls to marquees in and around local businesses and on the road verges.
A full program from 9am-3pm includes music, yoga, street foods, workshops and presentations from marketeers and participating galleries and studios. Says Techa: “Games and installations and circus toys replace traffic on the road, making this an interactive and dynamic event that enlivens and reclaims our public spaces.”
A range of participating businesses including the Lume Functional Art Gallery, Heartspace, Jing Organics, the Candle Library, Stay at Home Gypsy, the Juggle Hut and more.
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Local Bluegrass group The Wilson Pickers.
The Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival only started last year, but it was a crowd-pleaser from the start, and so it’s not surprising to see that it’s already grown, with a great line-up of musos and bands from far and near, including The Wilson Pickers, The Company and Green Mohair Suits. It’s on today, Saturday August 8 at the Bangalow Showgrounds from 10.o0 am, and tickets are available at the gate. Kids under 18 are free, which makes it a cheap family day out. Great food, great music, great weather…enjoy.
In the meantime, if the white noise of writers and music gets too much, up at Tweed Heads, there’s the 17th Tweed Antiques and Collectables Fair, which runs all day on August 8 and 9, at the Tweed Heads Civic Centre, Brett Street, Tweed Heads. You never know, you might just pick up a bargain…and be back in the Shire in time for the next session.
Next weekend – August 14 – 16, the hills are alive with a different sound of music with the Bangalow Music Festival for 2015. The Festival is celebrating its 14th year, and it’s 20 years since Creative Director Tania Frazer started the highly successful Southern Cross Soloists chamber music ensemble. This year’s festival explores the connections between past and present – and celebrates the promise of a bright future. Artists appearing include Piers Lane, Karin Schaupp and William Barton, as well as members of Southern Cross Soloists – and international visitor, UK conductor Rainer Hersch. The Festival kicks off on Thursday night, August 13, with the Festival Prelude at the A&I Hall.
Comic and musician Rainer Hersch brings his one-man show to the Byron at Byron for the Bangalow Music Festival.
Tickets range from the Platinum Subscription of $450pp to single concert tickets for $55 – try your luck at the A&I Hall next weekend call Southern Cross Soloists on 07 3833 7260 or email [email protected] or visit www.southernxsoloists.com
Suvira McDonald’s ‘Lost River’.
If you’re in town for the Music Festival, take a little time out to follow this year’s North Coast Mud Trail, and unearth your local potter – or even perhaps, your inner potter. Visit 10 studio potters in nine beautiful Northern Rivers locations, catch a workshop, demonstration or artist talk – and buy your first Christmas presents.
Potters include the incredibly talented multi-disciplinary arts practitioner Suvira McDonald who is throwing open his Federal studio; the dynamic duo of ceramcists Karen Jennings and Jenn Johnston at their Tooheys Mill Road studio in leafy Fernleigh; the brilliantly minimalist work of John Stewart at his studio near Clunes and the 2012 winner of the $10,000 Townsville Ceramic Award, Catherine Lane, whose luminous pieces are bsed on a practice grounded in the Japanese ‘mingei’ tradition.
For enquiries call Suvira McDonald on 02 6684 9194 and for a list of Australian Ceramics Open Studios go to: www.australianceramics.com
Karen Jennings and Jenn Johnston at the Tooheys Mill Pottery.
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]]>Ahhh Byron Bay! What a unique and wonderful place, the best kind for a week away. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know I was recently in Byron Bay and you’ll also know that I absolutely loved it. Beach, rainforest, mountains and beautiful sunsets, all at the same time, how could one not fall in love?
But that’s not what drew Robbie and I to Byron for our getaway. It all played a part, of course, but it was really the food that drew us there. And for very good reason.
Byron Bay and its surrounds are dotted with foodie gems. We were spoilt for choice for cafes and restaurants that offer gluten free, dairy free, vegan, nut free, and you-name-it dietary options, making it extremely easy for us fructose malabsorpers and the like to eat out. As you can imagine this was a highlight since I felt I could freely eat out almost anywhere. A few of my faves included the ridiculously good vegan smoothies at Naked Treaties, the delicious vegetarian nourish bowl at The Roadhouse, the Hare Krishna green curry at The Cardamom Pod, a proper good avo smash at Folk and some amazing brunches and coffee at Bayleaf. So so good!
Yummy vegetarian food from the Cardamon Pod in Byron Bay.
The food adventures did not stop there though. A prerequisite for our accommodation is always a full-size kitchen. I love having the option to stay in and cook, and rightfully so because the fresh local produce in Byron Bay was pumping! The weekly farmers market located just on the side of the town centre had everything we needed. And that’s where the magic really began. Especially when we found what we now refer to as the magical pineapple! The most deliciously sweet pineapple I’ve ever had and it only cost $2!
The foodie surprises continued when our overwhelmingly generous hosts surprised us with a delivery of a big container full of shelled pecans and an even bigger bag packed full of a variety of fresh herbs. We were pretty much in heaven.
With all this amazing fresh produce at our fingertips, I couldn’t help but get experimenting in the kitchen. An amazingly sweet and juicy pineapple and a heap of pecans… the answer was waiting in a fresh, hot batch of gluten free Hummingbird Pancakes made with buckwheat flour – definitely too good not to share!!
The last few hundred metres on the chain to the top of Mt Warning…
The view at the top makes it all worth while.
Food aside, Byron Bay was just a super cool place with plenty to keep us happy. If I had to offer my top three things to do in Byron, it would be eat, hike, and watch the sunrise and sunset. One morning we were up before the sun so we could run to the Lighthouse for the best vantage point to watch the sun hit the most Eastern point of Australia. Another day we drove inland through the Hinterland to the edge of Mount Warning for a hike that would leave my legs sore for days. With an almost vertical incline for the last 250 metres to reach the summit, it was a truly amazing experience… Luckily we had these pancakes on return to keep us going!
So there you have it, a few ideas for your next getaway and a damn good pancake recipe to enjoy.
Hummingbird Pancakes with caramelized pineapple, toasted pecans banana and yoghurt.
Hummingbird Pancakes
Serves 2
1 cup milk of choice
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 cup buckwheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of salt
1/2 banana, mashed
1 egg
Pineapple
Pecans
Banana
Natural yoghurt
Measure out milk, add the apple cider vinegar and set aside to ‘sour’. Combine all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Mash banana in a small bowl, whisk in egg and soured milk. Add wet mixture to the dry, and mix well. Set aside for five minutes while you prepare some toppings. Place pineapple slices in a fry pan on medium heat to caramelise. You may also add the pecans to toast. Heat another fry pan on medium heat and begin cooking the pancakes – keeping an eye on the pineapple and pecans at the same time. Serve pancakes with caramelised pineapple, toasted pecans, fresh banana and a dollop of natural yoghurt. Enjoy!
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]]>If there’s anything that Tom Lane, Oroton heir, and founder of the massively successful agri-business The Farm knows about – it’s branding. Hence one of The Farm’s early talking points – the oversized thumb, cheerfully imprinted on the company’s vehicles, the outbuildings, and, indeed, on anything directly connected with Lane, his wife Emma and their partners in their food ventures on their acreage at Ewingsdale, outside Byron Bay.
“It was an easy choice for a brand really,” Lane tells me over a cup of tea in the cheerful noise of the Three Blue Ducks restaurant which is part of The Farm community of businesses. “The thumbprint is the artisan seal of approval, it’s what connects an artisan back to their work. And it’s unique. Everybody’s got their own DNA – nobody’s thumb print is the same.”
Thumbs up. The iconic signage for The Farm.
If I had to sum up in one word what Lane and his wife Emma have brought to both their business and the area, it would be ‘vision’. It’s not given to everybody to dream of quite such a large-scale, innovative project, and to bring it off in such spectacular style. And yet – and perhaps in this lies the secret of The Farm’s success – its beginnings came from a humble idea.
“We’ve got four young children under ten,” Lane explains, “and when we were having our fourth we decided that we wanted them to be able to spend more time in the country, and so we bought a home on 26 acres near the hinterland town of Federal. At the time we didn’t have any idea beyond simply giving the kids a chance to plant veggies, and to enjoy a country lifestyle in balance with our city life. I remember once when our daughter Matilda was three she went missing, and of course Emma and I were frantically searching for her. When we found her she was in the veggie patch eating the beans she’d planted as if they were chips! It gradually occurred to us that with both our backgrounds in retail, and Emma’s experience in advertising and marketing in the UK that perhaps we could take it to a larger scale.”
Tom and Emma Lane – staking their future on a country life in Byron Bay.
The larger scale created The Farm’s motto – ‘Grow, Feed, Educate’ – and gradually the idea evolved to create The Farm not just as a business, but The Farm as an incubator of other businesses where people could come and grow produce or run food-related projects within The Farm environment. Those businesses now include Three Blue Ducks, Flowers at the Farm, The Bread Social, Milkwood Permaculture as well as Farm Yoga, workshops and holiday classes for children. “We also have a young couple who grow all the lettuces here for the restaurant,” explains Lane, “so they get to create a business serving another business all in the same space.”
Given Byron Bay’s continuing traffic problems, it was a stroke of luck for everybody that the plan from a developer to build 400 homes on The Farm site didn’t come to pass. “We had great cooperation from Byron Shire Council,” Lane says. “I think they were as keen us as that this 80 acres of prime agricultural land should do what it ought to be doing – growing food. Obviously Byron itself and the region in general have such a food culture, and so we were as sure as you can be in a new venture that there would be support for it.”
Flowers at The Farm. Photo: Candida Baker
Walking around The Farm a few months later, it’s hard to imagine that it ever wasn’t around. From its resident Highland Cattle, Heritage pigs, and free-range hens to the blooming rows of lettuce and herbs, everything talks ‘food’. And inside, the crowds alone queuing up for food and drink or buying the varied local produce on sale are enough to suggest that The Farm has well and truly taken off. “We had 10,000 people through here on the opening weekend,” says Lane. “It was almost a stampede!” They are averaging a staggering five to six thousand visitors a week, and Lane estimates more than 300,000 people will have been through the gates by the end of the first year.
When the Lanes first started investigating the idea they did some research around the world, and there was one project that stood out. “The absolute stand-out was a place called the Stone Barns Centre in New York, which is owned by the Rockefeller family. (https://www.stonebarnscenter.org/ for those who are interested) We got back on the plane and said we’ve got to do an Australian version of this, and that’s when we began to get really excited.”
Lane is adamant that success comes not just from a vision, but from sheer hard graft. “My father was the patriarch of the Oroton brand, and I learned from him everything he could teach me. I was thrown in at the deep end and sent to the handbag factory. He said to me, ‘You can’t leave until you make a wallet or handbag that is good enough to sell.’ I learned to grade leather, I worked in Italy, I was absolutely hands on, and I watched how to build a brand. And beyond everything you have to stick to your guns and drive the passion.”
Giving us our daily bread – The Bread Social, part of The Farm Community. Photo: Candida Baker
For anyone contemplating brand-building – and there’s plenty of us in the Byron region – Lane’s advice is to believe in yourself. “Don’t follow,” he says. “Be a leader. To be honest this has been a scary ride – it’s the biggest project I’ve ever done. And in the end you can put numbers on a page but if it doesn’t feel right it’s not going to work – you have to love what you’re doing.”
Until they moved up here permanently at the end of last year, the Lanes commuted between their amazing contemporary home at Federal and their beachfront home in Little Manly in Sydney, but now they’re committed to Byron full-time. “You’ve got to have time to stop and smell the roses,” says Lane, “and you can’t do that if you’re split in two all the time. We have our kids at school locally, and one in day-care a few days a week, and in fact now we’re building a shed-style house on the farm in order to keep it real and stay close to the action. We really want our kids to be immersed in it.”
Lane’s favourite word for The Farm is ‘portal’. “I like to think that we are a portal for people to get connected back to food and agriculture at a ground-roots level. We don’t want to grow everything ourselves, we want to support the growers, and find local businesses along the way that would fit in well here.”
While we’ve been talking, we’ve walked around the entire property – I’ve had my toes pecked by the free-range chickens, sampled the coffee, drooled over the garlic and cheese and local produce in the cool room, and taken a walk to see the Highland cattle, but there’s still one burning question I have to ask – whose thumbprint is it actually?
Lane laughs. “That’s one question I’m not answering,” he says. “It belongs to someone, but it’s been digitally altered so it isn’t actually an individual’s thumbprint.”
It occurs to me then that the thumbprint it’s a bit like The Farm itself – an artisan project with echoes of the past, but modernized for the present.
The Farm is at 11, Ewingsdale Road, Ewingsdale. Phone 02 6684 7888. Email: [email protected] Go the website for more information: thefarmbyronbay.com.au
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