Alstonville woman Julie James is one of those people who can trip over anything. Her husband Harry, too, knows what it is like to survive a nasty fall. So the older citizens didn’t think twice about donating their time to participate in a Southern Cross University research project looking at whether a person’s personality profile [...]
Lennox Head lifesaver Tanyn Lyndon has made it a hat-trick of national age iron man titles. Tanyn, a student at Southern Cross K-12 school, last weekend won the Under-17 Australian iron man title at Scarbrough Beach in Perth. The 17-year-old has won national titles in the Under-15 and Under-17 events over the past three years. [...]
Ballina Shire residents are being encouraged to take part in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28, by switching off lights between 8.30pm and 9.30pm. The annual event is an Australian initiative to raise awareness of the need to respond to global warming, and it is hoped 1000 cities around the world will take part this [...]
The new Dorothy the Dinosaur Show — the smash-hit television show seen in over 21 countries around the world — has now been brought to the theatre stage and will be performed at the Ballina RSL Club on April 22. Children worldwide have been engaged, enchanted and entertained by Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, [...]
Member for Ballina Don Page says he is appalled at the Rees Labor Government’s decision to spend $1 billion on refurbishing the Sydney Opera House. “Since the State Labor Government’s mini-budget in November they have announced the closure of the Alstonville Tropical Horticulture Research Centre, the closure of the Vet Labs at Wollongbar Agricultural Centre, [...]
Over the past couple of months Ballina-based Australian Seabird Rescue volunteers have been hard at work dealing with a record number of sea turtles (28) in care. Nine turtles are ready and will return to the wild on Thursday, March 26. This includes ‘Iris’, the first breeding-age female turtle to be returned to the wild [...]
A Ballina husband and wife have been credited with saving the life of a young Australian man who came close to dying of hypothermia in a Japanese ski resort town. The Brisbane Times reported that the young Australian, identified only as Daniel, has revealed how close he came to dying of hypothermia in the Japanese [...]
Star halfback Brent Peterson is back where he started his junior football and will captain Ballina Seagulls in the 2009 Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League season. Peterson has been a standout performer for the strong Marist Brothers club in recent seasons. His return will be a major boost for the Seagulls, who struggled last season [...]
Member for Ballina Don Page is encouraging any interested community groups to apply for the 2009 NRMA Insurance Community Grants Program. Mr Page said the grants of between $500 and $5000 are offered to groups undertaking projects in areas of crime prevention, road safety, emergency readiness and response and climate change. “This is a great [...]
Ballina Shire Council has approved the Development Application for the new Lennox Head Community Centre to be built on the corner of Park Lane and Mackney Street, Lennox Head. “The development has been on the council agenda for a number of years and it is pleasing to see the project now moving ahead,” Ballina Mayor [...]
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