Ballina Information Blog

Former Ballina man Greg Bishop has been honoured for his service to the Queensland Police Force.
Senior Sergeant Bishop was awarded the Australian Police Medal by the Queensland Governor, Quentin Bryce (who will be the next Governor General) at a ceremony at Government House in Brisbane.
Greg’s mother, Trish Bishop, of Ballina, attended the investiture.
The citation read: [...]

Firstly, our deepest sympathies to the family of Peter Edmonds, 16, of Wollongbar.
Peter and his mate Brock Curtis-Mathew went for what should have been a fun surf at North Wall on Tuesday morning, but it ended in tragedy when a shark mauled Peter, inflicting fatal wounds.
Brock showed inspirational courage to rescue his mate and get [...]

Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop says quite a few bream and flathead have been around in the lower reaches, which are stained with local run-off.
Quite a few mud crabs around in the lower river and North Creek.
Plenty of tailor on the beaches with some bream around the walls.
Whiting and flathead in good numbers down along [...]

The family and friends of a body-boarder killed in a shark attack at Ballina earlier this week have requested that media organisations respect their privacy.
Wollongbar teenager, Peter Edmonds, was body-boarding at Lighthouse Beach about 8.15am on Tuesday (8 April 2008), when he was attacked by a shark.
The 16-year-old was pulled from the surf suffering heavy [...]

Ballina Seahorses have qualified for Football Far North Coast’s Anzac Cup final with a 3-2 win over neighbouring Lennox Head Sharks.
It was a sweet win for Ballina, who had not beaten Lennox in the top division.
Playing at home at Saunders Oval, Ballina had an early setback when the Sharks’ Paul Kirkland scored from the penalty [...]

Ballina MP Don Page has commended Local Area Commander Superintendent Bruce Lyons on his policy of targeting crime hotspots in his command.
“This high-visibility saturation operation in crime hotspots is what the community is looking for,” Mr Page said.
“I commend Superintendent Bruce Lyons on this high-visibility policing in crime hot spots to reduce anti-social behaviour and [...]

A 16-year-old Wollongbar teenager is dead after being attacked by a shark at North Wall, Ballina, this morning.
The teenager, Peter Edmonds, was body-boarding with a friend when the attack occurred.
In an act of incredible bravery, the 16-year-old’s mate, Brock Curtis-Mathew, also of Wollongbar, who had had left the water at the time of the attack, [...]

As an initiative to bring the Far North Coast residents a better standard of interactive online news the team here at Ballina Info are proud to announce the launch of the Far North Coaster.
The Far North Coaster has been put together in a blog format that is designed to encourage the local community to get [...]

The East Ballina Lions Club has been appointed as manager of the Missingham Bridge market for the next three years.
Ballina Shire Council has informed stall holders of the decision, which will come into effect when the club formally accepts the offer.
“One of the criteria for consideration was that the market manager be a not-for-profit organisation,” [...]

Daylight saving ends this Sunday, April 6, and the NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) reminds all NSW residents to change their smoke alarm batteries when they change back their clocks.
In 2007 the fire services recorded just under 11,000 residential fires nationally resulting in 70 deaths, 22 of those deaths occurred in NSW.
NSWFB Commissioner Greg Mullins said [...]