{"id":117160,"date":"2025-10-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/?p=117160"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:57:52","slug":"lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OCEAN and wildlife photographer Craig Parry has won a prestigious international award for his image of a stranded humpback whale at Lennox Head.<\/p>\n<p>The Lennox Head resident took out first place in the Human Connection: People and Planet Ocean category at the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards in London.<\/p>\n<p>The competition drew around 15,000 entries across multiple divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Parry&#8217;s winning photograph was taken in 2023 and documented the community&#8217;s effort to rescue a 30-tonne humpback whale stranded on Seven Mile Beach.<\/p>\n<p>He said the photo captured the unity and compassion shown by volunteers and professionals during the 15-hour rescue attempt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;International awards are obviously really popular and it&#8217;s not something you expect to win,&#8221; Parry said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117162\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-117162\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/Craig-Parry-Profilec_44352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/Craig-Parry-Profilec_44352.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/Craig-Parry-Profilec_44352-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/Craig-Parry-Profilec_44352-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/Craig-Parry-Profilec_44352-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/Craig-Parry-Profilec_44352-1025x1536.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local photographer Craig Parry won the Human Connection: People and Planet Ocean category at the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never thought documenting that would end up with me winning an international award, it&#8217;s pretty special.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was an all-day thing, and it was incredible to watch how the community came together over so many hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were multiple agencies involved and most of the people were volunteers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sea World, local vets and the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA) attempted to refloat the whale. Despite their efforts, the animal could not be saved.<\/p>\n<p>The photograph will be on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, with Parry to be the special guest at a gala dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Parry previously won an international award in 2016 and finished second at the Photographer of the Year Awards two years ago with a penguin shot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117163\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-117163\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/551318292_1852871923_47273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/551318292_1852871923_47273.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/551318292_1852871923_47273-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/551318292_1852871923_47273-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/551318292_1852871923_47273-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winning leopard seal photo form Wildlife category of the Alpha Awards. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also won the Wildlife category of the Alpha Awards this year with his photo Curiosity in Antarctica, featuring a leopard seal in icy waters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a difficult shot; I didn&#8217;t think the leopard seal would come up to our boat like it did,&#8221; Parry said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It must have heard the clicking of my camera and it felt like it was looking right at me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Other than the orca, they&#8217;re one of the most dominant predators down there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was another incredible trip, I always wanted to be a professional photographer, and I&#8217;ve been lucky to have the lifestyle I do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parry has recently worked with Tourism Australia and spent most of last year creating an online photography workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCEAN and wildlife photographer Craig Parry has won a prestigious international award for his image of a stranded humpback whale at Lennox Head. The Lennox Head resident took out first place in the Human Connection: People and Planet Ocean category at the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards in London. The competition drew around [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":117167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-117160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award - Byron Coast Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Craig Parry wins global photography award for powerful image of whale rescue at Lennox Head, capturing unity and compassion.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award - Byron Coast Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Craig Parry wins global photography award for powerful image of whale rescue at Lennox Head, capturing unity and compassion.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Byron Coast Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/BHj-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mitchell Craig\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mitchell Craig\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mitchell Craig\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9846d5675d51069bb38b76da2cd6a7dc\"},\"headline\":\"Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-02T18:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":440,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/BHj-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award - Byron Coast Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/BHj-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-02T18:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Craig Parry wins global photography award for powerful image of whale rescue at Lennox Head, capturing unity and compassion.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/news\\\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/BHj-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/BHj-2.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"The photo Craig Parry took of a stranded humpback whale at Seven Mile Beach in 2023 has won an international award. Photo: SUPPLIED\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Byron Coast Times\",\"description\":\"Free local news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Byron Coast Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/f343f14532332583b8a6c7842fdd6156-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/f343f14532332583b8a6c7842fdd6156-1.png\",\"width\":948,\"height\":103,\"caption\":\"Byron Coast Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9846d5675d51069bb38b76da2cd6a7dc\",\"name\":\"Mitchell Craig\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aeba839aff7142104a01c06e7a41f739bbe676da41a80aa4b2ad5f466caab0db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aeba839aff7142104a01c06e7a41f739bbe676da41a80aa4b2ad5f466caab0db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aeba839aff7142104a01c06e7a41f739bbe676da41a80aa4b2ad5f466caab0db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mitchell Craig\"},\"description\":\"Times News Group journalist who covers a range of news and sport. For story ideas and news tips contact me on mitchell.craig@timesnewsgroup.com.au\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/byroncoasttimes\\\/author\\\/mitchell\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award - Byron Coast Times","description":"Craig Parry wins global photography award for powerful image of whale rescue at Lennox Head, capturing unity and compassion.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award - Byron Coast Times","og_description":"Craig Parry wins global photography award for powerful image of whale rescue at Lennox Head, capturing unity and compassion.","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/","og_site_name":"Byron Coast Times","article_published_time":"2025-10-02T18:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/BHj-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mitchell Craig","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mitchell Craig","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/"},"author":{"name":"Mitchell Craig","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#\/schema\/person\/9846d5675d51069bb38b76da2cd6a7dc"},"headline":"Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award","datePublished":"2025-10-02T18:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/"},"wordCount":440,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/BHj-2.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/","name":"Lennox whale photo wins Craig Parry global award - Byron Coast Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/BHj-2.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-02T18:00:00+00:00","description":"Craig Parry wins global photography award for powerful image of whale rescue at Lennox Head, capturing unity and compassion.","inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/news\/lennox-whale-photo-wins-craig-parry-global-award\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/BHj-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/10\/BHj-2.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"The photo Craig Parry took of a stranded humpback whale at Seven Mile Beach in 2023 has won an international award. Photo: SUPPLIED"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/","name":"Byron Coast Times","description":"Free local news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#organization","name":"Byron Coast Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/05\/f343f14532332583b8a6c7842fdd6156-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/05\/f343f14532332583b8a6c7842fdd6156-1.png","width":948,"height":103,"caption":"Byron Coast Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/#\/schema\/person\/9846d5675d51069bb38b76da2cd6a7dc","name":"Mitchell Craig","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aeba839aff7142104a01c06e7a41f739bbe676da41a80aa4b2ad5f466caab0db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aeba839aff7142104a01c06e7a41f739bbe676da41a80aa4b2ad5f466caab0db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aeba839aff7142104a01c06e7a41f739bbe676da41a80aa4b2ad5f466caab0db?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mitchell Craig"},"description":"Times News Group journalist who covers a range of news and sport. For story ideas and news tips contact me on mitchell.craig@timesnewsgroup.com.au","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/author\/mitchell\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117160"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/byroncoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=117160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}