38-540: Ocean Shores is a coastal town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales , Australia with Billinudgel to the north and South Golden Beach and New Brighton to the east of the town. Established in 1977, Ocean Shores was originally a land holding owned by Wendell West of Washington with backing from American singer Pat Boone , and was named after Boone's residence in Ocean Shores, Washington . It
76-499: A coastal and estuarine environment. The community consists of a mix of more recently migrated inhabitants from all over the world, as well as people who have lived in the district all of their lives. Members of the Midjimbul / Durumbil clans are the traditional custodians of the area. There are Aboriginal sites in the area, including middens along Marshalls Creek. The area is rich in indigenous heritage. The Brunswick, which included
114-517: A community artwork, and the Artists cafe. The Ocean Shores and surrounding area established a business networking group in 2012, called Business Ashored, to promote and support trade and the local economy. The Ocean Village Shopping Centre is a central meeting place for Ocean Shores residents. The entrance to the rural hinterland of The Pocket and Main Arm is Billinudgel. Billinudgel village has
152-420: A minor sensation was caused when a false report of his death was placed in a tweet on the social media site Twitter . The matter was clarified within the hour but, within the same hour a trending hashtag #mungolives had sprung up on the same site. On 2 December 2020, MacCallum announced on the website "Pearls and Irritations" that, due to deteriorating health, he was finishing his journalistic career. He
190-684: A recreation of areas of Olley's famous home studio, principally the Hat Factory and the Yellow Room. The region has a history of Italian settlement. The locality of New Italy was settled in 1882 by Italian pioneers who attempted to cultivate the area's difficult interior, while additional phases of migration followed in the 1920s and again with the post- World War II influx of European migrants anxious to escape their war-ravaged country. They typically leased hilly land from local farmers on which they cultivated bananas, moving to other trades when
228-576: A variety of retail shops including a general store, the historic Billinudgel Hotel, post office, hair dresser and many others. The Ocean Shores Golf Course is an 18 hole course (No. 9 in NSW). There are seven km of ocean surf beach, from the North Head of the Brunswick River to Wooyun creek. New Brighton Sports Oval and the new Ocean Shores Sportsfield, provides regular soccer practice and
266-487: Is an annual art exhibition which features art in the following categories: Watercolour & Gouache , Mixed Media , Printmaking , Drawing & Pastels , Oil & Acrylic , Sculpture / 3D art , Photography and Digital Art . It began in 2004 when a group of residents who had come together during the Pacific Highway planning controversy decided to create something uplifting, creative and positive for
304-600: Is dry and windy. Thunderstorms are also common in summer. Southern Ocean Shores is located on the edge of the Brunswick River catchment , which means most of the terrain is elevated and has sea views. Northern Ocean Shores is located on mostly flat land on the beach. The north arm of the Brunswick River weaves through the north of the town. Ocean Shores Public School and Ocean Shores Pre-School are located in Ocean Shores North. Ocean Shores Public School
342-729: Is effectively a southern extension of the Gold Coast , and Byron Bay, which has developed a reputation as both a centre for relaxation and "alternative" health practices such as yoga , and at certain times of the year, a convenient out-of-town recreation area for partygoers from the major urban centres of south-east Queensland. The village of Nimbin , in the Lismore area, also attracts tourists interested in its reputation for environmental and alternative living initiatives such as permaculture , sustainability, and self-sufficiency, as well as its often-cited counterculture which includes lobbying for
380-727: Is located in the Brunswick Valley – a valley including the towns of Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads . The town has a local shopping complex and a large golf course. At the 2021 census , Ocean Shores had a population of 4,818 people. Ocean Shores has a subtropical climate. Summer is generally warm to hot with a few days reaching above 30 degrees. Winter is cool to mild with around two days under 14 degrees. Normal day maximums are around 20 degrees. Spring and autumn are mild to warm, with maximums around 25 and higher with few days below it. Winds come from all directions which means there are warm northerly days or mild southerly days. Spring
418-511: Is the home of Shores United Soccer Club , involving junior and men's teams. There are two tennis courts, outdoor gym equipment and play equipment at Waterlily Park. [REDACTED] Media related to Ocean Shores, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons Northern Rivers Northern Rivers is the most northeasterly region of the Australian state of New South Wales , located between 590 and 820 kilometres (370 and 510 mi) north of
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#1732780508874456-421: The 2004 Australian federal election . His autobiographical narrative of the Australian political scene, Mungo: the man who laughs , has been reprinted four times. How To Be A Megalomaniac or, Advice to a Young Politician was published in 2002, and Political Anecdotes was published in 2003. In December 2004, Duffy & Snellgrove published War and Pieces: John Howard 's last election . On 8 September 2014
494-574: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) current affairs and news analysis program The Drum , and for the magazine The Monthly . He appeared on Australia's national Community Radio Network ; and contributed columns for the Byron Shire Echo and The Northern Star , and cryptic crosswords for The Saturday Paper . He was the author of several books, including Run, Johnny, Run , written after
532-574: The Southern Cross University , which is headquartered at Lismore and has campuses in Tweed Heads and Coffs Harbour . The North Coast Institute of TAFE has campuses at Lismore , Ballina , Casino , Grafton , Kingscliff , Maclean , Trenayr, Wollongbar and Yamba . There are several local sporting competitions, including: The region has also produced several famous sportspeople, including: Some sporting venues on
570-643: The " Big Scrub ", an extensive area of subtropical rainforest that was largely cleared for timber-getting and subsequently dairy farming in the nineteenth century. The major towns of the area developed at the navigable heads of the local river systems (Murwillumbah on the Tweed, Lismore on the Wilsons – a tributary of the Richmond – and Grafton on the Clarence) rather than on the coast, in order to be able to transport
608-672: The 2014 Bentley blockade, which protested against exploratory drilling for gas at that location, and flow-on community reaction which eventually led to the New South Wales State Government buying back a coal seam gas exploration licence covering more than 500,000 hectares across the region in October 2015. Prior to European settlement in the nineteenth century, the region was home to the Aboriginal Bundjalung people (or Bandjalang) (including
646-895: The Northern Rivers includes: The Northern Rivers has its own orchestras, the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra based in Murwillumbah and the Lismore Symphony Orchestra. Murwillumbah, Lismore and Grafton all have regional art galleries; that at Murwillumbah (the Tweed Regional Gallery) includes the Margaret Olley Art Centre named after the prominent locally-born Australian artist Margaret Olley and includes examples of her work plus
684-673: The Ocean Shores area, was the first place of European settlement in what is now called the Byron Shire , dating back to 1846. The Ocean Shores Community Association (OSCA) and its predecessors, have worked for community issues in the Ocean Shores district, since the town was founded. Mungo Wentworth MacCallum was a noted resident. In March 2022, Ocean Shores was hit by floods which left many buildings destroyed. The Local New Brighton Farmer's Market opens every Tuesday morning from 8 am to 11 am. The Ocean Shores Arts Expo
722-741: The Widjabul of the Lismore region, the Arakwal of the Byron Bay area, and the Kalibal and Minjungbal of the Tweed and Queensland border) and the Gumbaynggirr and Yaegl peoples to the south, which collectively still form a component of the local population, and have been successful in some native title land claims on behalf of local Bandjalang and Yaegl communities. The region contains
760-566: The community. Lions of Brunswick/Mullumbimby financially supported the project as a worthy cultural event to bring community together. Local history has been an important cornerstone of the Expo every year with our local historian Frank Mills. The Art Expo has taken place over a weekend in August every year. Then over the weekend there are local musicians performing, art demonstrations, the Youth art show,
798-470: The decriminalisation of recreational and medicinal cannabis , as evidenced by its annual MardiGrass celebration. Following some decades of population decline with the reduction of certain primary industry (in particular dairying), the area is now seeing a population increase, in part because of the availability of ex-dairy land for newer niche crops and hobby farms along with an influx of "sea change" and "tree change" families, as well as retirees attracted by
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#1732780508874836-477: The east of the town. Brisbane , the capital of Queensland, is closer than Sydney , the capital of New South Wales. The closest urban areas are Lismore and Tweed Heads . Ocean Shores has a local bus service five times per day, linking the greater Ocean Shores community, Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby, Byron Bay and Ballina . Ocean Shores is located between two airports, Ballina to the south, which has daily flights to Sydney and Melbourne , and Gold Coast to
874-556: The elite Cranbrook School , a short walk from where he lived with his parents next door to his grandmother's house in Wentworth Street, Point Piper . After leaving school, he went to the University of Sydney , where he obtained a BA with third-class honours . MacCallum was known for his strongly centre-left, pro- Australian Labor Party views, being critical both of the conservative Liberal and National Parties , and of
912-544: The far left (e.g., communists) who attacked Labor for its cautious reformism . From the 1970s to the 1990s he covered Australian federal politics from the Canberra Press Gallery for The Australian , The National Times , The Sydney Morning Herald , Nation Review and radio stations 2JJ / Triple J and 2SER . During the 1980s he moved to Ocean Shores , on the north coast of New South Wales. He continued to write political commentary, notably for
950-411: The local banana industry declined when refrigeration and better transport links facilitated the supply of cheaper competition from Queensland. The Northern Rivers was served for over a century by the Murwillumbah railway line , although, amidst some ongoing controversy, services were suspended in 2004. Mungo Wentworth MacCallum Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (21 December 1941 – 9 December 2020)
988-493: The north, which has daily services to most major Australian cities and a few international destinations. The closest closed railway station is at Mullumbimby , a 10-minute drive south. In the past, train service travelled down the North Coast line to Sydney , but the Murwillumbah line closed on 19 May 2004 and services now depart from Casino with NSW TrainLink operating road coaches. The people of Ocean Shores live in
1026-621: The north-west and South East Queensland directly to the north. The southern boundary is the Dorrigo ranges, which also mark the southern boundary for the Clarence River Basin. The defining characteristic of the region are the fertile valleys of the Clarence , Richmond and Tweed rivers and their sources, hence the region's name; and the region's white sandy beaches. The following local government areas are contained within
1064-549: The region is 102 kilometres (63 mi) south-southeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane . As with all regions of New South Wales, it has no official status, although state government department offices and local governments in the area work together for purposes such as tourism, education, water catchment management and waste management. This area has a mild, sub-tropical climate. Major industries are agriculture, fisheries, public services (particularly health) and tourism;
1102-714: The region is also popular for niche crops, hobby farmers, and retirees from life in the larger cities. The Northern Rivers region is bounded by the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea to the east and the New England region to the west, where the Great Dividing Range forms a mountainous boundary. To the north is the border between New South Wales and Queensland, where the Darling Downs are located to
1140-577: The region is an important sugarcane growing area with smaller contributions from coffee, bananas and assorted tropical fruit and vegetables. The hills with their red volcanic soils inland from Byron Bay provide Australia's main region for the cultivation of macadamia trees which are used for their production of both raw nuts and macadamia oil. Ballina is a fishing port and was a centre for Australia's east coast offshore prawn industry, although boat numbers have declined in recent years, while additional vessels operate out of Iluka and Yamba . Byron Bay
1178-622: The region's subtropical climate and unique combination of lifestyle attributes. From the 1970s onwards, the northern portion of the region has also been the scene of successful environmental protests aimed at preventing the destruction of the area's significant natural assets, including the 1979 Terania Creek anti-logging protest in the Nightcap National Park which led to the then Wran State Government gazetting remaining rainforest in New South Wales as National Parks,
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1216-400: The region: The region is traversed by the Pacific Highway , Bruxner Highway , Clarence Way, Summerland Way and the North Coast railway line which links Sydney to Brisbane. The northernmost part of the region contains Mount Warning and the surrounding remnants of the long-extinct Tweed Volcano , portions of which extend into southern Queensland . Immediately to the south was formerly
1254-571: The state capital, Sydney , and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence , Richmond , and Tweed rivers. It extends from Tweed Heads in the north (adjacent to the Queensland border) to the southern extent of the Clarence river catchment which lies between Grafton and Coffs Harbour , and includes the main towns of Tweed Heads , Byron Bay , Ballina , Kyogle , Lismore , Casino and Grafton. At its most northern point,
1292-462: The valuable timber products (in particular the Australian red cedar, Toona ciliata ) to markets interstate and overseas. Dairy production in the region was extensive up until the 1970s and many towns in the area retain their dairy processing plants ("butter factories") from that era, now largely re-purposed for other uses; dairy cattle were then largely replaced with beef cattle for economic reasons, although some dairy production remains. The north of
1330-563: Was a great-granddaughter of the Australian explorer and politician William Charles Wentworth (1790–1872). Her brother, William Charles Wentworth IV (1907–2003), was a Liberal member for the Division of Mackellar in the House of Representatives , where he was a vociferous exponent of anti-communism , and of distinctive views on many other issues. MacCallum was born in Sydney and educated at
1368-479: Was an Australian political journalist and commentator. MacCallum was once described by Gough Whitlam as a "tall, bearded descendant of lunatic aristocrats". His father, Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (1913–1999), was a journalist and pioneer of television in Australia, and his great-grandfather, Sir Mungo MacCallum (1854-1942), had been a prominent scholar and university administrator. His mother, Diana Wentworth,
1406-438: Was at one time a centre for commercial whaling as well as mineral extraction via sand mining. Further south, the rural portions of the Clarence river catchment are predominantly used for forestry, agriculture and grazing. The region as a whole includes a significant component of New South Wales' state forests and national parks, and tourism is important in the north of the region in particular, especially in Tweed Heads , which
1444-675: Was established in 1993 after relocating the Billinudgel Public School to the new school at Ocean Shores. A canal called 'Capriconia Canal' runs through Ocean Shores North and connects to Yelgun Creek. Most of Ocean Shores North lies next to the Billinudgel Nature Reserve . Ocean Shores is located on the New South Wales side of the New South Wales / Queensland border with Billinudgel to the north and South Golden Beach and New Brighton to
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