Ballina’s first popular beach was not Lighthouse or Shelly, as is the case today, but South Ballina. Pictured are Ballina residents waiting for boats to return them to town after spending a day at South Beach in 1901. The machinery in the left background was used to build South Wall. Our other picture shows an [...]
Ballina Arts and Craft Centre Inc (BACCI) will hold the winter exhibition at the Slipway Hotel function room, River Street, Ballina, from June 12-14. This is the first of two exhibitions planned for this year. The official opening will be held from 6.30pm on June 12. Cost is $5 which includes finger food. Entry is [...]
The bypass, police issues and the Main Street upgrade are among the agenda items for the Alstonville and District Citizens and Ratepayers Association general meeting on Tuesday, May 26, from 7pm at the Alstonville Plateau Bowls and Sports Club. Other items for discussion include the Elizabeth Anne Brown Park upgrade, roads and traffic issues/Plaza, swimming [...]
On Wednesday 27 May 2009 at the special time of 11am Ballina and Alstonville Public Libraries will host National Simultaneous Storytime, reading the picture book Pete the Sheep by Jackie French. Now in its ninth successful year, National Simultaneous Storytime 2009 aims to celebrate and acknowledge the vital work being done in libraries, schools and [...]
Ballina Shire Council has released its preferred routes on two eagerly anticipated shared paths for public exhibition. One path will link the northern shire boundary with Flat Rock via Lennox Head, and the other will link the Kerry Saxby Walkway, east of the Ballina town centre, with Burns Point Ferry Road in West Ballina. “The [...]
The Alstonville Uniting Church will celebrate its centenary this weekend, May 16 and 17. Former ministers, past members and all interested in the celebrations are invited to join with the Alstonville congregation on their special weekend. Memorabilia has been collected and a special display depicting the church’s history will be available. A well-researched book detailing [...]
Clean Up Australia Day founder Ian Kiernan, will be giving local business leaders some thoughts on sustainability when the Ballina Chamber of Commerce hosts the 2009 Northern Rivers CEO’s Forum on May 20. Executive officer of the chamber, Nadia Elliot-Burgess, said business owners were becoming increasingly aware of the need for ‘sustainability’ in their business, [...]
Member for Ballina Don Page has called on the NSW Government to give the North Coast Area Health Service the extra $54 million it is entitled to under the Government’s own Resource Distribution Formula (RDF). Speaking in NSW Parliament, he said: “Cuts to health services is without doubt the number one concern that constituents raise [...]
Member for Ballina Don Page today announced three local sporting projects had received a total of $47,958 in funding under the Department of Sport and Recreation’s 2008/09 Capital Assistance Program. Mr Page said the popular sports grants scheme assisted with the establishment and enhancement of facilities across a range of recreational activities. The successful recipients [...]
Ballina’s much-loved riverboat MV Florrie is back in the spotlight. Built in 1880 and believed to be one of the oldest surviving timber craft in Australia, it made headlines in 2007 when it was listed in the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Australian Register of Historic Vessels. Now the National Maritime Museum has announced a $4812 grant [...]
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