Reigning Quiksilver ISA World Junior Champion Owen Wright (Culburra, NSW) suffered a shock elimination from the quarter-finals of the 2006 Quiksilver Australian Grommet Titles presented by Samsung taking place near Ballina on the North Coast of NSW.
Wright, 17, was gunning for back-to-back national titles and a win in the U/18 Boys division would have secured […]
Member for Ballina Don Page has welcomed the announcement of the site for the new Byron Shire Central Hospital, saying it would complement the planned expansion of services at Ballina Hospital.
Mr Page said a six-hectare parcel of land on the southern side of Ewingsdale Road, near the intersection of the Pacific Highway, had been chosen.
“It’s […]
I would like to warmly welcome North Coast Realty as a premium member of the Ballina Info business directory.
North Coast Realty is a newly established independent real estate agency located in River Street, Ballina. North Coast Realty was founded by Christine Hensley who has been in the real estate industry since 1987, and she will […]
Semi-finalists have been decided in surfing’s Quiksilver Australian Grommet Titles being held at Ballina.
Day three of competition was again re-located north to the peaky head-high (1m) beach break waves of Sharps Beach where all states but Tasmania advanced within one heat of finals representation.
Favourites include NSW duo Jesse Adam (Merewether) and Stuart Kennedy (Lennox Head) […]
Local surfing hero Garrett Parkes (Byron Bay) overcame a shaky start to win his first heat of the 2006 Quiksilver Australian Grommet Titles presented by Samsung which recommenced in clean three-foot (1m) waves at Sharps Beach, near Ballina, with round one heats of the U/16 Boys and U/16 Girls hitting the water on Monday.
Surfing Australia […]
More than 500 high school students from Maclean to the Gold Coast and west to Bonalbo and Woodenbong will head to Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus for Senior Schools Day on Thursday, November 30.
The annual Senior Schools Day provides students going into Year 12 with first-hand information about the university experience, courses on offer and […]
Traffic on the Pacific Highway was disrupted after a semi-trailer ran off the road and into the Richmond River, south of Ballina, this morning.
Police said the incident happened about 6.45am when the northbound semi-trailer – carrying a container filled with rubber beads – crashed through a guard rail and down an embankment into the river […]
It’s Christmas Party time again, and the Ballina Chamber of Commerce and Industry is getting ready to usher in the festive season.
The chamber will hold its Christmas Party on Friday, December 1, at Cafe 29, from 6.30pm.
Cost is $25 per person, and all in attendance will have the chance to win a big screen plasma […]
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says the whiting are going very well in the Richmond River with Pimlico Island and above the spots to be and bloodworms the only bait. Size has been around 35-41cm so there are some good fish among them.Still a few flathead around the lower river and up above […]
A southerly change this morning has given organisers of the Australian junior titles, being held in Ballina for the first time, some hope of improved conditions.
After a week of northerlies, the swell is small.
The titles begin on Sunday after tomorrow’s welcome at Southern Cross School.
The weather bureau is predicting north to north-east winds through until […]
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