Ballina Information Blog

Over the past six or seven years Ballina Info has established itself as the premier source of online information about Ballina and its surrounding areas.  To date we have always looked upon Ballina Info as being somewhat of a community service and hence probably haven’t given it the time it justifiably deserves.  This is all [...]

It’s almost time for the annual Girls Night In, a fundraiser for The Cancer Council. One of the organisers, Deb Grant, said: “This is our third year helping to raise money for The Cancer Council and we’d love your help to make it bigger and better. “The night is all about enjoying your girlfriends, remembering [...]

Ballina Shire Council is pleased to announce the opening of the Ballina Skatepark redevelopment at Missingham Park. The $250,000 project has now been completed, enabling the park to be officially reopened by Ballina Shire Mayor Phillip Silver on Saturday 11 October, coinciding with the Fair Go Skateboarding Festival. The extensions of the Ballina Skatepark have [...]

Congratulations to the Ballina Quay West Under-11s, who won the Group One Junior Rugby League grand final30-12 against Lennox Head. The match was played in very hot conditions at Casino, with Ballina very dominant from the start against a determined Lennox team with the ‘Bruise Brothers,’ captain Bhilly Sines and Jack Tyndall, showing the way. [...]

Australian Seabird Rescue co-founder Marny Bonner has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to wildlife rescue by being awarded a prestigious International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Action Award. The award is also dedicated to her late partner and ASR co-founder Lance Ferris, who passed away in October 2007. IFAW Asia Pacific Director Erica Martin presented the [...]

Local eligible organisations wishing to apply for 2008/09 Capital Assistance Program (CAP) grants for sporting and recreational facilities must submit their applications prior to the close of business, 14th November 2008, Member for Ballina, Don Page, said today. “Capital Assistance Grants help local sporting organisations and local governments to construct new facilities, improve existing facilities [...]

Ballina Arts and Craft Centre Inc.(BACCI) will be celebrating their 10th birthday with a cake and an Art and Craft Exhibition at the Ballina R.S.L Club. The opening night of the Exhibition is Friday 24th at 6.30pm. Cost $10.00 Light refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P for opening night. Free entry on Saturday 25th and Sunday [...]

Everything old is new again at the Gallery in October! In Gallery 1, Susie Scammell presents Archaistic: contemporizing the art of the Ancient Greeks. This is a fascinating exhibition of mixed media on plaster, with subjects ranging from an Ancient Greek Goddess to Icarus and Equus. In Gallery 2, Trio Deco returns this year with [...]

Operation ‘Free the Dolphins’ has succeeded, with a mother dolphin and her calf which were trapped in East Ballina’s Prospect Lake freed today. Members of the Ballina-based Australian Seabird Rescue, Southern Cross University’s Whale Research Centre, National Parks and Sea World Animal Release Team trapped the pair during a three-hour operation today. The dolphins were [...]