Ballina Information Blog

Acclaimed Indigenous actor David Gulpilil will give a public talk on peace and healing during Orientation Week at Southern Cross University.
Mr Gulpilil will be welcomed to kuntri by Bundjalung, Arakwal, Widjabal and Yaegal Elders at a gathering being hosted at Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples next week and give his public talk the following [...]

The Pacific Highway at Woodburn is expected to be closed for most of the morning after a truck crash.
Police said that about 12.30am today (Friday 9 February) a semi-trailer travelling south on the Pacific Highway carrying perishable goods lost control and rolled.
No other vehicles were involved and the driver was uninjured, however power lines were [...]

Today I was informed that I’d won more than $800,000 in the Euromillones Loteria International SA.
This came as quite a surprise, for quite a few reasons.
Normally, I’m informed of such good news by email, usually from someone in Nairobi or some such place.
But today’s news came by post. The letter was addressed to me and [...]

Have just noticed that the Ballina Shire Council have just recently placed an ad on careers.com.au for a new general manager.
The job comes in at a negotiable $170,000 with a five-year performance contract thrown in.  Not bad biccies!
“The General Manager will be responsible for a large multidisciplinary organisation of 260 staff and an annual budget [...]

Ballina Shire primary schools are being invited to join other North Coast schools in applying for grants to encourage their students to be more active, thanks to a partnership between the North Coast Area Health Service, the NSW Cancer Council Northern Region and the Australian Sports Commission.
Last year Tyalla Public School in Coffs Harbour received [...]

Tickets to the annual Premier’s Seniors Week Gala Concerts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Monday, March 12, 2007, are now available, Member for Ballina Don Page said today.
Mr Page said local seniors who were travelling to Sydney and would like to attend either the 10.30am or 2.30pm concert could obtain free tickets from his [...]

Need a good laugh? If so, head out to Bangalow this weekend for the inaugural Bangalow Big Joke Comedy Festival.
It’s being organised by well-known local comic Mandy Nolan, who says: “We have a comic panel with Greg Fleet, Jonathon Atherton and JJJ’s Dave Callan and stand-up performances by some of the country’s best: Fiona O’Loughlin [...]

A police operation targeting child safety around schools began this morning across NSW.
Traffic Services Commander Chief Superintendent John Hartley said ‘Operation Back-to-School’ will run until Friday.
Chief Superintendent Hartley said the Statewide operation targets drivers speeding in school zones, children’s crossing offences, people illegally using their mobile phones, and other traffic offences.
“Operation Back-To-School starts today and [...]

Prompted by the recent case of a man requiring treatment for a bat scratch, the North Coast Public Health Unit has issued a firm warning for people to leave the handling of bats to the experts.
The man receiving treatment found a young fruit bat on the side of the road and took it to a [...]

Lennox Head-Alstonville Surf Lifesaving Club’s Tanyn Lyndon was a standout competitor as Queensland’s depth spearheaded the home State’s victory at the second Warriors on Water clash at Kurrawa Beach on the Gold Coast on Sunday.
After the Blues claimed the first NSW v Queensland clash at Port Macquarie in 2005, and then won back the Interstate [...]