Ballina Information Blog

Over the previous two weekends, police from the Richmond Local Area Command participated in Operation Vikings, a High Visibility Policing Operation carried out in Ballina, Lennox Head and Alstonville.
“During this period additional General Duties, Operations Support Group and Highway Patrol Police were deployed in phases to each township,” Ballina Duty Officer Greg Moore said.
“The focus [...]

The hot local topic of holding a pro surfing event at Lennox Point will be on the agenda when the North East Surfers Alliance holds information day from 10am at Pat Morton Lookout, Lennox Head, on Saturday, June 28.
Over the past month, the group has been collecting signatures on a petition to be lodged with [...]

This year’s NAIDOC Week theme, selected by the National NAIDOC Week Committee, is ‘Advance Australia Fair’.
The National NAIDOC Week Committee Chair, Aden Ridgeway, said: “The aim of the theme this year is to encourage people to reflect on the Australian principle of a ‘fair go’ and for them to consider the inequalities still experienced by [...]

Older adults are invited to attend the Active Lifestyles weekend, supported by the Ballina RSL Club, at NSW Sport and Recreation’s Lake Ainsworth Centre in August.
“The weekend will allow participants to try activities they may never have experienced,” said Development Officer Debbie Grant.
“In addition to a great range of sport and recreational activities, there will [...]

Ballina Shire Council has announced a new partnership with The Cancer Council NSW which aims to reduce the impact of cancer on local residents.
“Congratulations to Ballina Shire Council for taking this proactive step to help make its community cancer smart,” said Diana Fisher of The Cancer Council’s Far North Coast regional office.
The Cancer Council Community [...]

Ballina has been identifed as a property ‘hot spot’ in a national survey.
“Regardless of the stage of the property cycle, there are always new hot spots emerging that have the potential to out-perform the market and deliver above-average growth to investors,” said national property market forecaster Terry Ryder of www.hotspotting.com.au.
Mr Ryder says that Ballina and [...]

When retiring Ballina Golf Club professional Trevor Russell, pictured, took a call from fellow pro Brian Smith late in 1975, a club legend was born.
Toowoomba pro Brian was one of about 20 professionals approached by Trevor to play in Ballina’s inaugural pro-am on New Year’s Day in 1976.
Brian said he had an up-and-coming young pro staying [...]

Volunteers have been working tirelessly over the past six weeks selling raffle tickets and gathering donated items in an effort to raise money for a good cause.
A special fundraiser for Theo Van Dartel and his family was held on Sunday at the Ballina RSL Bowling Club. Theo Van Dartel recently had his Alstonville home burnt [...]

Four North Coast Nationals State MPs have written to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd seeking his personal intervention to help save Ballina R&D company, Permo-Drive.
Permo-Drive recently announced it would cease operating on 7 July, unless it got renewed investment. 
The company blamed in part the Rudd Government’s abolition of the Commercial Ready R&D grant scheme in the [...]

There are beach breaks everywhere today, courtesy of a four-foot east to north-east swell.
The winds are variable, with this morning’s light offshore predicted to swing onshore later.
But the good news for the weekend is the forecast of south to south-west winds.
They’re predicted to get up to 30 knots, so that, combined with an east coast [...]