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The Latest Breaking News from Byron Bay

British music producer’s Byron Bay scuba diving death ‘could have been avoided’, father tells court

Karl Bareham inquest hears from father who travelled from UK to deliver statement to court

The Guardian - AU

‘His eyes were not smiling’: guide tearfully recalls British music producer’s diving death off Byron Bay

Inquest into Karl Bareham’s death hears 37-year-old had trouble equalising as he descended, then encountered problems with buoyancy

The Guardian - AU

British music producer’s alcoholism may have triggered medical event before Byron Bay diving death

Experts tell inquest into Karl Bareham’s 2019 death excessive drinking may have triggered cardiac arrest, seizure or pulmonary edema while underwater

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British music producer who died when diving off Byron Bay may have suffered alcohol withdrawal, inquest hears

Death of Karl Bareham, 37, in 2019 was controversial with coroner told diving equipment may have been faulty and ‘dangerous’

The Guardian - AU

This Iconic Byron Bay Hotel's New 10-Suite Guesthouse Is a Paradise for Laidback Design Lovers

Designer Tamsin Johnson has crafted a masterful balance between playful, spirited design and mature elegance at Raes Hotel and Guesthouses on Wategos beach

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Byron Bay is to be stripped of its nudist beach – and naturists blame ‘conservative creep’

Campaigners for the closure cite ‘lewd’ behaviour in nearby dunes but naked bathers say they’re just ‘embracing the beach as Mother Nature intended’

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Behind the timber façade of a Byron Bay house in Australia

Son Studio designed this Byron Bay house as an honest exterior for a light-filled Australian retreat

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Iconic locations officially given dual Indigenous names

Cape Byron and Julian Rocks in Byron Bay will be officially known by their Indigenous names Walgan and Nguthungulli after community calls for recognition.

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Man dies surfing at popular Byron beach

A surfer has died after being found unconscious in the water.

Newcastle Herald

Police confirm human bone discovered at Byron Bay shipwreck

A diver who found a human bone protuding from the sea floor says the discovery has sat with him "more deeply" because of what it could mean for people with missing loved ones.

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‘Selfishly hell-bent on looking good’: the surfing trend dividing Byron Bay

More than 2 million tourists visit Australian coastal town annually, but a spate of injuries blamed on surfers not wearing leg ropes is raising tempers

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Calls for leg rope safety education after Byron Bay surfer suffers serious injuries

As beaches become more crowded, should wearing a leg rope be mandatory? A prominent surfer thinks certain conditions warrant it.

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Ex-police officer cleared of assault charge over baton strikes on teen in Byron Bay laneway

A former police officer accused of using "unreasonable force" on a naked teenager while trying to detain him has had his assault charge dismissed for a second time.

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Paramotor journey ends after 4,000km flight from WA to Byron Bay

About a month ago three men set out to fly from Australia's west coast to the east using an unusual mode of transport. On Friday, two of them made it to the end.

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The key to Byron Bay's transformation from 'reeking' abattoir town to coastal hotspot — American surfers

With all that Byron Bay has become, it's remarkable to think that the same town was once an industrial hub with a piggery, an abattoir, sand mining and a whaling station — until surfers came along.

The Guardian - AU

Splendour in the Grass chaos: first day of music festival cancelled amid wild weather

Attendees of the Byron Bay festival report long queues, flooded campsites and people sleeping in cars due to the downpour

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Fears world-famous humpback is white whale found washed up on Australian beach

MIgaloo, the only known albino humpback whale in the world, was first spotted in 1991 off Byron Bay - he had been tracked by scientists since until two years ago when the tracking device fell off

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The Loop: Stage set for State of Origin decider, TikTok admits Australian data is accessible in China, and an 'unusual' hailstorm hits Byron Bay

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After floods and storms, is it safe to swim in beaches, lakes and rivers over Easter?

It only took 15 minutes of swimming at Byron Bay's Belongil Beach, a week after February's devastating floods, for Jade to pick up an infection from contaminated water. But how do you know it's safe for a swim?

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Worst could be yet to come for flood-hit areas – as it happened

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Lismore and Byron Bay flooded as weather system tracks south bringing more evacuations

Missing woman identified as Lismore’s levee overtops for second time in a month

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