Ballina Information Blog

Three Ballina Electorate organisations have been awarded funding under the 2007 NSW Seniors Week Grants Program, Ballina MP Don Page announced today.
Mr Page said the programs would be held during NSW Seniors Week from 11-18 March 2007.

Alstonville Adult Learning: $500 for the ‘Drawing from the Right’ program
Crowley Village: $1000 for ‘Crowley fun walk n wheel’
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Ballina Council is calling on the Federal and State Governments to provide arrangements that encourage heavy vehicles to choose the New England Highway as the preferred north-south route instead of the Pacific Highway.
Mayor Phillip Silver said: “The New England Highway for a long time has been designated as the National Highway. That arrangement made common […]

Bourbon Street are back — and they’ll perform on the big stage at the Beats on the Beach concert at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina, on New Year’s Day.
Lismore-based Bourbon Street gained a national profile in the 1980s and 1990s, recording three albums. The boys even toured in the United States.
They stopped performing in 1993 but […]

How much sugar do you consume in a week?
Surprisingly, World Health Organisation research shows that Australians eat an average of 63kg of sugar a year! That’s more than a kilo a week.
According to NSW Health figures, most sugar we eat comes in processed foods. Less is put directly into home-prepared drinks and meals.
The findings have […]

Welcome to the first of our Ballina Info profiles on local people. We thought we would kick off the profiles with the man who represents us in State Parliament, Member for Ballina Don Page . . .  
Name: Don Page.
Occupation: Member of Parliament, macadamia grower.
Do you have any hobbies?
Tennis, cricket, rugby, horse riding, community activities.
How […]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor TONY ZANN reports on the weekly fishing scene around Ballina and Evans Head …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says that even though the tides have been ‘wrong’, there have still been some good whiting on bloodworms in North Creek and behind the CBD.
Quite a few decent lizards persisting at […]

Additional temporary bus services will be operating in the Ballina Shire thanks to a successful funding submission made by Ballina Shire Council to the NSW Ministry of Transport.
The extra bus services will be available to residents and visitors in the Shire during the month of January 2007.  It is anticipated that […]

Surfing conditions in the Lennox Head-Ballina area are poor, with a northerly swell of barely a foot and north-easterly winds.
A southerly change is forecast for tonight, and it might clean up what swell there is.
Check the beach breaks early, and hope that the southerly change brings an increase in swell.
Meanwhile, the 2007 Icon Australia All […]

We are a healthy lot here in Ballina Shire, according to North Coast Area Health Service (NCAHS) research.
The NCAHS says people living in its region — from Tweed Heads to Port Macquarie — are the State’s highest consumers of fresh fruit and vegetables.
It says that 195,900 North Coast residents aged 16 and over eat the […]

Lennox Head surfer Niki Hoskin was a stand-out performer on day two of the Rip Curl GromSearch at Duranbah today.
Niki won his heat in the 14 and under boys section.
Meanwhile, Coolangatta surfer James Woods opened day two in good 1m waves at Duranbah with an easy win over Pt Lookout Queensland surfer Darcy Phillips. Woods […]