Ballina Information Blog

Australian Seabird Rescue based in Ballina has been selected to host a Green Corps team for the next six months and is seeking applications from people aged 17 to 20 looking for a full-time youth traineeship. Green Corps is an Australian Government program to provide training and skills for young people interested in our environment.  [...]

Southern Cross School K12 teacher Steve Watts is part of the NSW management team for the Australian Junior Surfing Titles at Margaret River in Western Australia from December 1-7. It will be Steve’s seventh year as manager of the NSW team. His first was at Margaret River in 2002, a year he remembers  for the [...]

Alstonville boy Brock Curtis-Mathew is off to Government House in Sydney on December 9th to receive a Bravery Award from the Governor of New South Wales, Professor Marie Bashir. Brock was nominated for the award by Royal Lifesaving Society after swimming to his best mate, Peter Edmonds and bringing him to shore following a fatal [...]

It’s almost holiday time, and Richmond Area Command police Crime Prevention Officer Michael Hogan has issued these hints to avoid theft. Don’t hide spare keys in places around the house; burglars know hiding places also. Going on holidays: Cancel regular deliveries Advise a neighbour, and request they clear your mailbox Notify someone of your plans [...]

Thirty surf lifesavers from northern NSW and south-east Queensland attended the 2008 Lifeguard School held in Lennox Head this week. Lifesavers from the Gold Coast south to Macksville were selected to take part in the School, which is the training program for those lifesavers who wish to be appointed as employed lifeguards over summer. The [...]

There’s a big weekend of entertainment ahead in Ballina, culminating in Rivafest on Sunday. However, another highlight will be the culmination of this week’s Rotary Radio Auction on Paradise FM will, with a concert at Ballina’s Missingham ampitheatre on Saturday afternoon, November 29, starting at noon. The radio auction was organised by the Rotary clubs [...]

A committed group of creative children from Holy Family and Ballina Public schools have been hard at work preparing for a magical parade at this year’s Ballina Rivafest, Sunday 30 November. As the sun goes down and twilight approaches, the scene will be set for festival revellers to pull up a piece of grass or [...]

Ballina will be the venue for Christmas choir nights on December 7 and 19. St Andrew’s Anglican Choir (pictured) and St Carthage’s Cathedral Choir from Lismore, join forces each year to present a service of nine lessons and carols, annually alternating services between the Catholic Cathedral and St Andrew’s in Lismore, as well as taking [...]

Ballina Coast Guard’s bid to build a new tower on North Wall will be boosted this Sunday, courtesy of some plastic ducks! The proceeds of the 16th Annual Rotary Great Duck Race, to be run on the Richmond River on Sunday, 30 November, 2008, as part of Ballina’s Rivafest, will be put towards the design [...]

NSW Sport and Recreation will offer a Junior Squad and Assistant Coach Course at the Ballina Memorial Pool early next month. A Junior Squad and Assistant Coach has the competence to coach junior swimmers (i.e. swimmers 12-years and younger) who are in the early stages of competitive swimming development and/or assist a suitably qualified (and [...]