Ballina Information Blog

Irina Baronova, formerly of the Ballets Russes, will open the 12th annual Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show on Sunday.
This year marks a major change for the show. Organisers have announced that, as a consequence of the change of ownership of TP Health Ltd, this exhibition will be the last of the annual sculpture shows at Thursday […]

Rodger Davis, twice winner of the Australian Open, is the star attraction in Saturday’s $10,000 Ramada Ballina Pro Am at the Ballina Golf Club.
Davis, pictured, famous for wearing colourful plus-fours, was one of Australia’s leading professional golfers of the 1980s and 1990s.
He will be among a quality field of about 70 professionals at Ballina on […]

Ballina’s Crowley, one of the leading providers of retirement living and aged care services on the North Coast, received the prestigious National Award in Retirement Living in Melbourne last week.
Up against strong competition from organisations from all over Australia, Crowley’s new Independent Living Apartments won the category for Best Organisation in Retirement Living, at the […]

Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says a few good flathead are turning up in the lower reaches.
The bream numbers are thinning out a little but there are still a few decent fish here and there.
Blackfish are holding on very nicely in their usual haunts from the ferry downstream.
A few whiting moving into North […]

Things look promising for the weekend, with a rise in the swell overnight.
Today the swell is around the four to five foot mark on the open beaches.
South-west to south-east winds are forecast for the weekend.
Let’s hope the conditions hold and we get some decent waves!

The Ballina Bombers will be chasing the Summerland Australian Football League premiership double when they play Byron Magpies in the grand final at Shultz Oval, Bangalow, on Saturday, September 22.
Victory against their coastal rivals would give the Bombers a third successive premiership.
Bombers coach Scott Brooks believes Ballina’s size and strength could prove too much for […]

Enthusiasts of Australian plants should not miss a visit to Peter and Barbara Swain’s Alstonville garden, pictured, when it opens for Australia’s Open Garden Scheme on Sunday, September 30, and Monday, October 1, of the Labour day long weekend.
To enhance the native plant experience, bush tucker teas will be served throughout both open days. Lemon scented […]

 
Lennox Head Community Television (lennoxheadtv.com) will focus its first film project on Lake Ainsworth.
Vanessa Lake and Nick Zammit (pictured above) from the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Arts Centre are participating in a filming course being held in Lismore, run by Andrew Bambach.
They have begun work on documenting the tourist-pulling lake for many reasons aligned with Australian […]

Women in the Ballina Shire region are being asked to ditch their husbands and boyfriends in October — but only for one night.
The Cancer Council is giving local women a meaningful reason to ditch the boys and get together with the girls, with the Ballina Shire community once again uniting to support this year’s Girls […]

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is looking for people interested in joining its Northern NSW Advisory Committee, a position which would involve decision-making about local national parks.
NPWS Head Dr Tony Fleming said the recruitment drive for members for its 19 advisory committees around the State is part of an ongoing process to tap […]