“There are no options,” says Pip Hood about coming to terms with holding a losing hand in the game of Byron Bay’s rapidly escalating property boom. After receiving notice just before Christmas that her rented home of 10 years is to be sold, the 31-year-old has given up hope of finding anything in the wider … Continue reading What happens to the Byron Bay locals who can’t afford soaring property prices? – Domain – 28 February 2021

Mountain View Park Wetland, Vancouver North, British Columbia. This natural park, pond, and upland area (beyond the park boundaries) is categorized as a Woody Wetland, inside a second-growth temperate rain forest. It is critical habitat to a species at risk, and one of the few remaining viable wetlands left in the District of North Vancouver. … Continue reading Friends of Mountain View Park Wetland – Canada

Warburton residents have again expressed their frustrations about overcrowding in town as scores of visitors take to the new Warburton Water World. https://upperyarra.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2021-01-14/water-world-wonders-and-worries/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/68497230221/posts/10157774258005222/ It’s great see people visiting Warburton. But this so wrong. It’s hot. How is an emergency vehicle going to get through this in a hurry? What’s going to happen if there’s a fire & locals need to leave. Not to mention all the scared tourists. It’s pretty typical build a tourist hot spot with … Continue reading Something has to be done about this, Jim Child – 10 January, 2021