If you’re heading off to this year’s Carlton Draught Ballina Cup day meeting, take the hassle out of getting there by using one of the buses which will operate from Alstonville, Lennox Head, East Ballina, West Ballina and the Ballina CBD.
The eight-race Cup meeting, to be held on Thursday, September 11, will feature the $50,000 [...]
Ballina’s excellent shared bicycle/pedestrian paths are set to become even better.
The NSW Department of Planning recently awarded Ballina Shire Council funding to undertake further preparation for linking the existing network of shared bicycle/pedestrian paths along the coast.
The Ballina path network forms part of a grand project for a 1500 km path stretching along the entire [...]
Sustainable businesses have lined up to present household solutions to climate change at the Local Action on Climate Change forum to be held in the Richmond Room, Regatta Avenue, Ballina, on Wednesday, September 3, at 6pm.
The free forum is open to members of the public looking for more information about what individuals and businesses can [...]
Business owners in Ballina Shire will ‘glam up’ for the annual Business Excellence Awards to be held at the Ballina RSL Club on Saturday, August 30.
There are more than 100 entrants in this year’s 11th annual awards.
This year, all the entrants will feature in a commemorative book, to be distributed at the awards ceremony or [...]
The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter’s annual Doorknock Appeal, sponsored by Bourke Love McCartney Young, takes place this Saturday and Sunday August 30-31, and Ballina Shire residents are urged to give generously to this worthwhile cause.
A record 2000 doorknockers will be hitting the street in over 50 towns throughout the northern region (from Tweed Heads [...]
Artists young and old and the Northern Rivers community packed out Vivid Gallery in Lennox Head last Thursday evening to enjoy the Official Opening of the Inaugural Elevation Youth Art Prize.
Five young artists, ranging in age from 15 to 21, were awarded for their works.
Eighteen-year-old Elke Jacobsen, of Ballina, won the second prize of $700 [...]
Local eligible organisations wishing to apply for the 2009 Seniors Week Grants Program for development and organisation of local NSW Seniors Week projects and activities need to submit their applications prior to the close of business, 19th September 2008, Member for Ballina, Don Page said.
“The program is designed to assist in developing and organising local [...]
The new Federal legislation of Heavy Vehicle Fatigue (HVDF) Law will come into effect on September 29 and the NSW Government will have a ‘phase in’ period to comply of six months to enter one of the new national systems, Member for Page Janelle Saffin said.
“However, the new law allows the RTA to grant exemptions [...]
The New South Wales sugar industry is to host the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists annual conference in Ballina in 2009.
The theme is ‘Sugar cane as renewable energy biomass – the way forward’ and covers the practical application of using renewable energy biomass as the basis of future industry viability.
The conference will be staged [...]
The Tintenbar Hall Committee is hosting an afternoon tea for Candidates from B and C wards to meet the local Community on Sunday 24th August between 3pm and 5pm.
Tintenbar is on the border of these two wards and this caused confusion at the last elections.
For further information contact Sheila 66 878280.
Lennox Head residents will get [...]
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