Ballina Information Blog

NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekly fishing report for Ballina and Evans Head …Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop says there are quite a few bream along the Town Reach and around the walls, with just the odd fish nudging a kilo. Still a few flatties in the shallows in North Creek and the main [...]

A presentation on the Pacific Highway Ballina Bypass will be on show with RTA staff present at the Richmond Room, Regatta Ave, Ballina (behind the Library) on Saturday, 30th June 9am-1pm and Wednesday 4th July 10am-6pm. Ballina Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Glenn Costello said: “I would like to encourage all our members to [...]

Ballina MP Don Page has introduced legislation into the NSW Parliament to make it an offence to engage in political advertising which is inaccurate and misleading to a material intent. “Currently the laws that apply to business and individuals, which prohibit inaccurate and misleading advertising, do not apply to political parties or political candidates,” Mr [...]

  All surfers like an offshore wind, but there are offshores, and there are … well, howling west/north-westers like we’ve had for the past couple of days. After a chilly few days without sunshine, it was nice to see the weather clear on Wednesday, and Lennox Point really turned it on, with plenty of sand [...]

Ballina Shire Council has approved in principle a proposal to nominate Lennox Point as a National Surfing Reserve. The approval came at yesterday’s council meeting following a notice of motion from Cr Alan Rich. Prominent Lennox Head businessman Wayne Lazarus addressed the council before the vote was taken, saying Lennox Point was a surfing icon [...]

Vandals are threatening the successful pest control programs in the Newrybar Swamp area and surrounding lands including Ballina Nature Reserve by damaging and interfering with traps, according to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The Newrybar Swamp Feral Pig Management Committee, including the Rural Lands Protection Board (RLPB), Ballina Shire Council, National Parks and Wildlife [...]

Ballina Shire Council has cleared the way for a conservation reserve at East Ballina, with the council today approving a development application for the land. The area in question stretches from the Coast Road to Links Avenue. Councillors approved a staff recommendation that a DA for a five-lot subdivision be approved. East Ballina Landcare Group [...]

The Shadow Minister for North Coast, Don Page, on behalf of all North Coast National MPs, has called on the State Labor Government to do a proper safety review on the mixing of B-doubles with local traffic on the Pacific Highway, especially those sections yet to be upgraded, prior to the August 1 when the [...]

Ballina Shire Mayor, Councillor Phillip Silver today issued a reminder to shire residents that NAIDOC Week 2007 will be celebrated in Ballina during the week commencing 8 July. NAIDOC Week celebrations are held around Australia in July each year to acknowledge and share the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. [...]

Talented young local lawn bowlers Aaron Teys and Reece Wilson are among a squad of 25 talented bowlers aged 12-18 years who have been selected into the North Coast Academy of Sport 2007-08 Lawn Bowling Program. Now in its seventh year, the program, which is sponsored by Park Beach Bowling Club, services the Zone One [...]