Ballina Information Blog

Ballina Shire Council, in conjunction with Richmond River County Council, Lismore City Council and Richmond Valley Council, has developed a series of signs promoting sustainable action in relation to the Richmond River.
The signs have been developed as part of an ‘Our Environment it’s a Living Thing’ grant program funded by the NSW Department of Environment [...]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekly fishing report for Ballina and Evans Head …
Bruce from Dave’s Bait Shop says bream are still doing very well in the lower reaches with bait working at night and soft plastics and crankbaits getting a few in the day, especially on the lower part of the tide when [...]

Northerlies again, and not much swell!
However, the wind is forecast to blow from the south tomorrow, so there’s still hope.
It’s just a matter what swell there is, holding up for the weekend. Today the beaches are blown out and there’s a peaky swell to a metre.
Judging by the crowd from North Wall through to Main [...]

Wearing a Ballina Seagulls shirt, no matter how old, to the Seagulls’ home clash with Casino RSM in Northern Retravision Rugby League on Saturday could win you an Air T & G helicopter flight.
The club is running the promotion to ensure a good home crowd attends on Saturday, rather than the usual Sunday games. Any [...]

Wartime service will be remembered in Ballina on Saturday when the Ballina RSL Sub-Branch holds a Service of Commemoration from 4.45pm at Ballina RSL Memorial Park.
The service will remember Victory in the Pacific, Vietnam Veterans and Ex-Prisoners of War.
The sub-branch says this year is the 62nd anniversary of Victory in the Pacific, and the 41st [...]

The NSW Police Force has issued a warning about a scam targeting members of the public looking to buy vehicles on-line.
Police say that over the past two months there has been an increasing number of duplicate ‘for sale’ motor vehicle advertisements on car websites.
Fraud Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Col Dyson, said the price in the [...]

It’s time to start thinking about frocking up for this year’s Ballina Cup, to be run at the Ballina Jockey Club’s course on Thursday, September 13.
And it’s not just the ladies who should be wondering what to wear — there’s also going to be prizes for the best-dressed male.
The Best Dressed Lady will win flights [...]

The Your Rights At Work big orange bus, pictured, arrives in Ballina on Wednesday August 22, signalling the final countdown to the Federal election and an opportunity for hospital workers to get involved in the Ballina community campaign against WorkChoices.
“John Howard said nothing at the last election about his plans to hit families in the [...]

The smoke haze over Ballina earlier this week was the result of widespread fire outbreaks in the surrounding region, prompting the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) to suspend fire permits in the Far North Coast, Northern Rivers, Clarence Valley and Northern Tablelands areas due to the ongoing dry conditions
“Rural Fire Service, National Parks and Forests [...]

Ballina Shire residents have played an important role in assisting the planting of 75,000 native trees to restore and protect the environment including repairing landscapes damaged from Cyclone Larry in Queensland and protecting the habitat of the endangered cassowary.
MobileMuster, the official recycling program of the mobile phone industry, in partnership with Landcare Australia, pledged to [...]