Alerts

In an emergency call 000.

Fire danger today

NONE No rating today. Stay alert.

No Total Fire Ban today. Gas, electric, wood and charcoal BBQs are fine with care: keep an adult on it, water handy and nothing that burns nearby. Burning off or a fire in the open? Check if you need a permit.

Tomorrow: 🟢 MODERATE

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire Danger Ratings (Far North Coast). Updated Mon, 19 Oct, 12:30 am.

Fires within 100 km

• BUSBYS FLAT RD, BUSBYS FLAT Not Applicable
  BUSBYS FLAT RD, BUSBYS FLAT 2469 · 88 km away · Under control · 251 ha
• OIL RIG RD, GIBBERAGEE Advice
  OIL RIG RD, GIBBERAGEE 2469 · 91 km away · Under control · 1039 ha

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fires Near Me. Updated Mon, 19 Oct, 1:00 am.

Weather warnings

No current warnings for our area.

Source: Bureau of Meteorology, NSW warnings. Updated Mon, 19 Oct, 1:00 am.

Roads now

No crashes, floods or fires listed on roads within 40 km.

Source: Live Traffic NSW (Transport for NSW, open data)

Your app saves you 25 apps

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Emergency wait now

• 0waiting right now
  Usually 2 at this time · Quieter than usual
  Lismore Base Hospital · 02 6621 8000
  NSW Health figure from 1:05 am
• 0waiting right now
  Usually 5 at this time · Quieter than usual
  Tweed Valley Hospital · 02 6677 2000
  NSW Health figure from 1:05 am

The number already assessed by a triage nurse and waiting for treatment. The most seriously ill are always seen first. In an emergency call 000.

Byron District Hospital doesn't report wait times to NSW Health.

Not sure you need emergency? Call healthdirect on 1800 022 222, 24/7, to talk to a registered nurse.

Source: NSW Health Emergency Department Waiting Times

Scam watch

Buying from a business you don't know? Check the NSW Fair Trading Complaints Register first: it lists businesses with 10 or more complaints in a month.

Scam watch: report a scam, the tips banks agree on, product recalls →

What's on

Specials, members nights, trivia, live music, markets and events around Byron, in one place.

These venues' websites block automatic reading, so we can't show their specials: Hotel Brunswick (what's on). Check with them directly.

Read from each venue's own website twice a day. Specials can change, so check with the venue before you go. Know a venue we're missing? Tell us.

Community events

Nothing listed in 2481 yet. Know something on? Add it free.

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Births, Deaths and Marriages

Just for curiosity

Trending baby names

NSWAustraliaWorldBy decadeYour nameIdeas with Mav

Top 10 across NSW, 2025

Girls

1. CHARLOTTE =
2. AMELIA =
3. OLIVIA =
4. ISLA ▲1
5. MIA ▼1
6. SOPHIA ▲3
7. CHLOE ▼1
8. HAZEL =
9. LILY ▲2
10. SIENNA ▲3

Biggest climber: LAINEY, up 41 to #56

Highest new entry: AMIRA at #79

Boys

1. NOAH =
2. OLIVER =
3. THEODORE =
4. LUCA =
5. LEO ▲1
6. HENRY ▼1
7. ELIJAH ▲3
8. LEVI ▲5
8. HUDSON ▼1
10. JACK ▲4

Biggest climber: ELIAS, up 52 to #35

Highest new entry: MATEO at #65

Source: the latest full-year list from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Arrows show the move since 2024. NSW doesn't publish names by town. Checked Sun, 18 Oct, 10:02 am.

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Handy tools

Gen Alpha interpreter What did your kid just say? Jimmy Joel translates →

Dog friendly

Off-leash beaches, dog parks and places happy to see your dog. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.

Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.

LGBTQ+ friendly

Local places that welcome everyone. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.

Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.

Fuel

Source: NSW FuelCheck

Supermarket watch

The everyday basics at each supermarket today. Green is cheapest, red is dearest. We update these prices twice a day, around 6am and 2pm, so you always know how fresh they are.

Cheapest basket today (milk, bread, eggs, chocolate): Woolworths at $17.80, Coles $20.80.

Online prices from each supermarket's own website, house brand where there is one. Checked: Woolworths Sun, 18 Oct, 2:00 pm · ALDI Sun, 18 Oct, 2:00 pm · Coles Sun, 18 Oct, 2:00 pm. Prices in store and specials can differ.

News in numbers

Facts from the sources named, side by side. No opinions: make up your own mind.

Cost of living

Big tech watch

Life and death

AI for good, AI for bad

A recent AI story of each kind from the news, so you see both sides.

Headlines from The Guardian and Google News, sorted into good and bad by AI, so check the full story. See every story we've logged.

Learn how AI can help in your everyday life, from your local experts at Maverick Digital →

Grog watch

Beer, wine, spirits, cider: the price at local bottle shops, posted by the shops themselves. Search for anything, or filter by type. Local only, so your money stays in town.

Cheapest In between Dearest

Source: prices posted by local shops, with the date they posted. Shown for 30 days. We don't check the big chains: local only. Please drink responsibly.

Banks and the RBA

Home loan rates at the big four, and how quickly each passed on the Reserve Bank's (RBA) rate changes. Numbers only.

Cash rate: 4.60% since 29 Sept 2026

How fast they passed on RBA changes

Days from the RBA's decision to the date the bank's new variable rate took effect, for the 7 RBA moves since February 2025.

Tides & fishing

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Tide times are modelled estimates. Not for navigation; check the Bureau of Meteorology before boating.

What's biting in October

• Snapper peak
• Pearl perch
• Tailor, whiting & flathead

Seasons: Source: NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development GoFishing guide (Coffs Coast), the nearest official guide and Coffs Coast tourism.

Where to fish within 20 km

• Brunswick River rock walls Breakwall
  Known for: mulloway (in season), bream, tailor
  Rock fishing: watch the swell
  Directions
• Brunswick River Boat Harbour Estuary
  Fishing allowed here (special purpose zone)
  Directions
• Tallow Beach Beach
  Known for: tailor, mulloway
  Directions
• Tyagarah Beach (south end) Beach
  Habitat protection zone: fishing allowed
  Directions

No listed shore spots within 20 km of you.

Byron Bay, Broken Head and the creeks beside Brunswick Heads have sanctuary zones where you can't fish at all. Check the map before you cast.

Know your 2481

The handy stuff, all in one place. Every item is sourced and shown as the source has it. We don’t edit it. We tell you where it’s from and how well the owner keeps it up to date.

Byron in numbers

Figures for the whole Byron Shire Council area, from the ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics): population is the ABS estimate for 30 June 2025; ages, incomes, rent and households are from the 2021 Census. Shown as the ABS publishes them.

Spotted something out of date? Let us know.

Renting

Looking for a place in Byron Bay? Every rental site, already searched for you.

• Rentals in Byron Bay on realestate.com.au: Australia's biggest property site.
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• Rentals in Byron Bay on Rent.com.au: Rentals only, with a free renter résumé to send agents.
• Rentals in Byron Bay on Homely: Rentals plus honest local reviews of each street.

Every rental site, your rights and bond help →

Jobs

Looking for work in Byron Bay? Every job site, already searched for you.

• Jobs in Byron Bay on SEEK: Australia's biggest job site.
• Jobs in Byron Bay on Indeed: Pulls jobs from employers' own websites too.
• Jobs in Byron Bay on Jora: Searches lots of job sites at once.
• Jobs in Byron Bay on LinkedIn: Professional and office roles.

Every job site, plus council, harvest and local employers →

Local radio

Community radio from around the shire, run by locals, mostly volunteers. Tune in or listen live online.

• ☆BayFM 99.9 FM, Byron Bay. Listen live

Tap ☆ to make a station yours: it sits at the top of your page, one tap to listen.

Source: Community Broadcasting Association of Australia list of community stations and each station's own website. Missed a local station? Tell us.

Council watch

Keeping an eye on Byron Shire Council, with every item linked to its source.

Meeting dates are on the council's meetings page.

Is council doing what it said?

Every three months Byron Shire Council reports on its own plan. We'll show its latest report here, in its own words. For now: council's progress reports.

Have your say or make a complaint

• Report a problem or make a request: Byron Shire Council on 02 6626 7000 or their website.
• Not happy with how council handled it? NSW Ombudsman.
• Concerns about a councillor's conduct: Office of Local Government.
• Suspect corruption: NSW ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).
• Have your say at a meeting: ask the council about speaking at public forum before the next meeting.

🏅 Mini Maverick Award

Maverick Digital encourages digital safety for kids. Every Kid Zone game is designed to help with that: a safe place where kids can play and mums and dads can feel safe.

Each month, the top three kids on the Kid Zone leaderboards win the Mini Maverick Award, for proving they’re little mini Mavericks:

• 🥇 $25 first place
• 🥈 $15 second place
• 🥉 $10 third place

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Only a winner’s first name is ever shown, with their parent or carer’s OK.

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🌳 Get outside this weekend

Things for kids and families to do outdoors, free or under $50 a kid. This weekend: Sat, 24 Oct and Sun, 25 Oct.

No kids' events listed for this weekend yet. Running one? Add it free and tick "Good for kids".

Always-good local favourites

• Arakwal National Park & Tallow Beach Free
  Bush tracks and a long, quieter beach.
• Cape Byron walking track Free
  Loop up to the lighthouse and the most easterly point of mainland Australia. Whale-spotting in season.
• The Pass & Clarkes Beach Free
  Sheltered end of the bay. Swim between the flags.
• Railway Park Free
  Playground and shade right in the middle of town.

Outdoor and affordable, picked by locals. Check times and prices before you go · Suggest one

Trails, World Heritage and only here

The big outdoor reasons to live in, or visit, Byron Bay and the shire.

Sport & field closures

Flights at Ballina Byron Gateway Airport

See everything coming and going at Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (live board).

Holidays

Next NSW public holidays

• Fri, 25 Dec: Christmas Day in 67 days
• Mon, 28 Dec: Boxing Day in 70 days
• Fri, 1 Jan: New Year's Day in 74 days
• Tue, 26 Jan: Australia Day in 99 days

Source: Nager.Date public holidays. Updated Sun, 18 Oct, 5:00 pm.

In the sky, next 14 days

• Wed, 21 Oct: Orionid meteor shower peaks (look north-east after midnight) in 2 days

Dates are the usual peaks; meteor showers are best away from town lights. Source: timeanddate.com.

Asteroids passing by

• Sat, 31 Oct: 2025 UK9, about the size of a car (roughly 3 to 6 m), passes closer than the Moon (314,648 km away) at 7.8 km a second in 12 days
• Thu, 22 Oct: 2026 TV8, about the size of a bus (roughly 19 to 43 m), passes 4.8 times as far away as the Moon at 9.2 km a second in 3 days
• Tue, 27 Oct: 2026 TB94, about the size of a bus (roughly 20 to 45 m), passes 5.1 times as far away as the Moon at 11.6 km a second in 8 days
• Sun, 25 Oct: 2026 UE, about the size of a bus (roughly 18 to 40 m), passes 5.3 times as far away as the Moon at 15.8 km a second in 6 days

Source: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Updated Sun, 18 Oct, 4:00 pm. None of these will hit Earth. Most are too faint to see without a big telescope

Next school holidays

• Summer school holidays: Fri, 18 Dec to Wed, 27 Jan in 60 days
• Autumn school holidays: Mon, 12 Apr to Fri, 23 Apr in 175 days

Public schools in the Byron Shire. Source: NSW Department of Education · Private schools may differ

🧩 Crossword

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✨ Horoscopes

Your stars for Monday 19 October. The first-quarter moon says take action. This is the Year of the Fire Horse 🐎.

♈ Aries (21 Mar–19 Apr)♉ Taurus (20 Apr–20 May)♊ Gemini (21 May–20 Jun)♋ Cancer (21 Jun–22 Jul)♌ Leo (23 Jul–22 Aug)♍ Virgo (23 Aug–22 Sep)♎ Libra (23 Sep–22 Oct)♏ Scorpio (23 Oct–21 Nov)♐ Sagittarius (22 Nov–21 Dec)♑ Capricorn (22 Dec–19 Jan)♒ Aquarius (20 Jan–18 Feb)♓ Pisces (19 Feb–20 Mar)

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Beach, surf & surf cams

Surf cams

Coastalwatch charges for its live surf cam feed, so we can’t show it here. Nobody pays to be on this site, and we don’t pay to show other people’s paid content either. Have a look on their site: Coastalwatch.

Swim between the red and yellow flags. Patrol times and beach-by-beach info: Beachsafe.

Source: Open-Meteo (modelled, updated hourly). Not for navigation. Which swell and wind suit each beach: surf-forecast.com break guides; patrols from council.