Eve Jeffery

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Eve Jeffery

As part of the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative (NRWI), the owners of The Channon Tavern were recently awarded a grant to plant 2,500 trees on the banks of the creek below the venue. The NRWI is a catchment and estuary restoration program devised for the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation (NRJO) footprint to address ecosystem health, water security and flood risk issues across the Tweed, Brunswick, Richmond and Evans River systems.

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Eve Jeffery

The Upcycle & Repair Centre is a dream for Mullumbimby woman Deidi Vine, who hopes to start the project with salvaged materials and vintage sewing machines — including a newly discovered old-school pedal Singer. Ms Vine says that she feels upcycling isn’t just about secondhand materials, it’s about self-worth. ‘When we learn to repair what’s broken, or salvage what’s being discarded, we begin to see the beauty in what still has life left’, she said.

1 week ago | echo.net.au | Eve Jeffery

The church, and her involvement in it, have always been a big part of Gill Lomath’s life. She has always believed she was privileged, and it is her duty to help others not as lucky as she. After growing up in Ewingsdale, she shifted to Mullumbimby and started a family with her beloved husband and greatest supporter, Barry. Gill, who has an OAM, has always found time to help others, and within the fellowship she has found a place of comfort.

2 weeks ago | echo.net.au | Eve Jeffery

There must be something in the water colours in the Northern Rivers, as another local junior has had her work hung on the walls of the Art Gallery of NSW, in Sydney, as a finalist in the Young Archies. Around 3,200 entries were submitted, and 70 were selected as finalists – there were also 20 honourable mentions. Isobel was just 11 when she painted a portrait of Oma, her great-grandmother Ilse, and entered into the competition.

2 weeks ago | echo.net.au | Eve Jeffery

There must be something in the water colours in the Northern Rivers, as another local junior has had her work hung on the walls of the Art Gallery of NSW, in Sydney, as a finalist in the Young Archies. Around 3,200 entries were submitted, and 70 were selected as finalists – there were also 20 honourable mentions. Isobel was just 11 when she painted a portrait of Oma, her great-grandmother Ilse, and entered into the competition.