Ballina Information Blog

Waterfront residents and boat owners in Ballina Shire are about to get a letter from the police, but there’s no cause for alarm — it’s part of a new campaign launched to tackle crime and improve safety on the state’s waterways. In a major initiative aimed at reducing marine crime and bolstering safety, Crime Stoppers, [...]

Ballina Shire Council has joined the growing call for the introduction of a national or State-based refund scheme for drink bottles and containers. Ballina Shire Mayor Councillor Phillip Silver said the introduction of a container deposit scheme similar to that currently operating in South Australia would have substantial benefits for the local and regional community. [...]

Cancer Council NSW’s Far North Coast regional office is encouraging local residents to think twice before going Christmas shopping, and consider buying a gift that will make a difference to the lives of those affected by cancer in your community. Diana Fisher, Regional Programs Co-ordinator at Cancer Council NSW’s Alstonville regional office, said that by [...]

Ballina Town Centre is set to celebrate Christmas with a sprinkling of fairy dust and a grassroots-style Family Fun Night on Thursday night, December 18. The Ballina Town Centre Retailers have organised a night of family fun, with retailers staying open until 8.30pm to support the exciting event. A magical Christmas fairy will be spreading [...]

The Federal Government has announced its first round of Caring for our Country Community Coastcare Small Grants and East Ballina Landcare is among the recipients. East Ballina Landcare has been awarded $8390 for tea-trees eco-mulching and coastal corridor replanting on disturbed hind-dunes at Angels Beach, East Ballina. President Lee Andresen said: “This grant will help [...]

If somebody told you a golf course had been built for the princely sum of $623, you wouldn’t believe them. But it has happened at Wardell, and on Sunday, December 14, the Wardell Sporting and Recreation Social Golf Club celebrates five years of golf. And the key to the club’s success in establishing the course [...]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with carols resonating from shopping centres, malls and plazas and tinsel dripping from door frames. And it’s the time of year Ballina Shire residents hear the call of ‘Light Up’. There are 25 businesses in Ballina, Alstonville and Lennox Head who have registered to showcase their best [...]

Police are again appealing for public assistance in their search for a missing 67-year-old Ballina man last seen at Gunnedah in the state’s north-west. John Oxland has not been heard from by family since Saturday 11 October and was last seen in Gunnedah on Monday 13 October. Mr Oxland’s family have concerns for his welfare [...]

Angels Beach at Ballina has received environmental accolades at the State Clean Beach Challenge awards presentation held at Taronga Zoo on Friday. Angels Beach took out the Environmental Protection Award. Now in its eighth year, the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Clean Beach Challenge encourages and recognises coastal communities, local councils, volunteers and surf lifesaving clubs [...]

Police have sent out a warning to business houses to assess their internal security. The warning came after a Ballina business was targeted by roof-top bandits overnight on Tuesday night into the early hours of Wednesday. Stolen was a considerable amount of cash when offenders accessed the premises by coming through the roof and ceiling, [...]