Ballina Information Blog

Ballina Shire residents who lost relatives when the HMAS Sydney sank in World War II can now go online to find out more details about the wreck’s discovery.
The HMAS Sydney II website explains such things as where the ship was found, when will video of the wreck be available and whether people are eligible to [...]

Lennox Head is set for further expansion, with the proposed Petrac development on a $60 million site at the Pacific Pines estate.
The project will include about 480 homes and 310 retirement homes. Sports fields also are included in the development plans.
Petrac says 23 per cent of the project will be devoted to parks and open [...]

Saturday will be a busy day at Williams Reserve, Lennox Head, when the annual Nash Bash kicks off the Far North Coast Golden Rugby season.
The Nash Bash is held in memory of Glen Nash, a founding member of Lennox Head Stags rugby team.
Games kick off at 3pm after a 2pm muster.
Participating teams include the Ballina [...]

If you’ve been wanting to get rid of those old household chemicals, Saturday, March 29 is the day to do so.
Ballina Shire residents are being urged to continue their focus on the environment by taking the ‘clean out challenge’ and dropping off their old household chemicals for proper disposal, with a household chemical drop-off day [...]

Lifeguards have urged beach-goers to swim only at patrolled beaches following the death of a man at Byron Bay this afternoon.
Shortly after noon, a member of the public alerted police via Triple 0 that a lone man was in distress in the surf near Belongil Creek.
Lifeguards on rescue jet skis responded to the scene but [...]

Volunteer surf lifesavers and employed lifeguards were kept busy with rescues and major incidents along the coast of far north NSW yesterday.
Brilliant weather saw holiday crowds pack beaches. Twenty-seven people were required to be rescued throughout the day, with volunteer lifesavers at Shelly Beach, Ballina, pulling nine swimmers from a dangerous rip. Six people were [...]

Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says whiting and flathead are going quite well in the lower reaches with quite a few bream as well.
Mud crabs in North Creek, Emigrant Creek and the main river in good numbers.
The main go this week has been the tailor along the beaches and around the headlands with [...]

If you have ever wanted to build your own online community, now is the time to learn at the annual AusWeb Conference, being held at the Ballina Beach Resort from Saturday, April 5, to Tuesday, April 9.
The Australian World Wide Web Conference, hosted each year by Southern Cross University, brings together participants from the information [...]

The Howard Government’s controversial Workchoices legislation is dead, but there’s a lingering reminder: 97,898 Workchoices mouse pads!
And now the Rudd Government is after your ideas for what can be done with the thousands of mousepads created by the Howard Government.
The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard, has told Parliament that the previous government [...]

Very ordinary onshore conditions today but there’s some hope for waves over the Easter long weekend, with a southerly change predicted for late tomorrow.
There’s a swell of about a metre, so if it holds up over the next few days, there could be better conditions on offer.
Marine weather: E/NE 10/15 knots. Sea: 1/1.5 metres. Swell: [...]