Ballina Information Blog

Nationals Federal Member for Page Ian Causley has announced two successful projects under round five of the Recreational Fishing Community Grants Program which will benefit the Ballina community.
“Recreational fishing has been part of Australia’s lifestyle for generations and is an activity that can be enjoyed as an individual or by the whole family,” Mr Causley [...]

A proposal by the Condon family of Lennox Head to donate land to the public will be discussed at Thursday’s Ballina Shire Council meeting.
At an Environment Committee meeting at Ballina Shire Council on August 9, an extraordinary proposal was put forward on behalf of joint venturers the Condon family and Indigo.
The proposal, as explained by [...]

Aboriginal people along the coast still have time to get their entries in to the competition to design the artwork for a logo for a new Aboriginal health service in Ballina. The closing date has been extended to Friday 7 September.
The Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service will be based in Ballina and serve the Aboriginal communities [...]

Ballina Seagulls will field teams in all three grades of the Retravision Northern League qualifying semi-finals at Cabarita next Sunday.
In A-grade, Ballina will play Tweed Coast Raiders.
In reserves, the Seagulls will play Lower Clarence.
The Under-18s will play Mullumbimby, kicking off at 11.30am.
Contesting the qualifying semi-finals means that if they lose, the teams still get a [...]

PICTURE: Dean Turner, of Turner Visual, took this picture of the fur seal which recently visited Flat Rock. Dean kept a safe distance from the seal, using a long lens to ensure he didn’t spook the little fella.
No doubt many of us saw the cute pictures of the seal which recently visited Flat Rock, near [...]

NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney released this open letter after attending the funeral of Senior Constable David John McCormack, 42, from Tweed/Byron Local Area Command, who was killed while off-duty, in a motor vehicle crash …
On the issue of speeding and negligent drivers, one wonders more what one can do.
Clearly, the prospect of arrest, [...]

Ballina Seagulls warmed up for the Retravision Northern League semi-finals with a crushing 50-0 win over Casino RSM Cougars in the final round of the season at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina, today.
Despite the ease of the win, it wasn’t all plain sailing for the Seagulls. They went into the match with a reshuffed line-up after [...]

PICTURE: Year Two students, from left, Andrew  Dorey, Kelly Erskine, Angus Swanson and Finn Sharpe proudly display their crazy spider creations in preparation for the Teven-Tintenbar Public School’s Country Fair.
There will be something for everyone to see and do at Teven-Tintenbar Public School’s Country Fair, to be held on Saturday 15 September in the school [...]

Soon up to 10 more local nurses will be qualified to provide breastfeeding support and advice to mums. That’s got to be good news during this year’s Breastfeeding Awareness Month, according to the Northern Rivers General Practice Network’s (NRGPN).
The network said the breastfeeding project recently saw the nurses sit the gruelling six-hour lactation consultant exam [...]