A piano transformed by art and Joy(ce) will be in the street for everyone to play
It has been more than a labour of love – artist Sally Joyce has transformed an upright piano into a work of art … “I wanted this piano to be a gift of unexpected beauty and a work beyond what was expected of me,” Sally said.
One man walking 474km to visit six massacre sites from Ballina to Myall Creek
Geoff Reid is in his 70s and he’s walking from Ballina to Myall Creek to visit massacre sites along the way. It’s a long walk – 474km with a lot to think about on the way. Geoff started at East Ballina Cemetery and then went on to Goanna Headland at Evans Head.
How I turned an empty supermarket window into a minimalist book display
My son sent me a link to an unusual bookshop in Japan known as the most minimal bookstore in the world. It sparked an idea to take the bookshop’s one room-one book approach to set up a display of my own book in the window of an abandoned supermarket in Kyogle.
Disheartened, disappointed and disillusioned – Kyogle Council says theft at new observatory site is a blow
Disheartened, disappointed and disillusioned – that is how Kyogle Council described its response to the break-in at the Mallanganee Lookout. The observatory was only officially opened 10 days ago and the council said it was a devastating blow to have equipment worth $20,000 stolen.

