Ballina Information Blog

They guard our beaches without fanfare, so it’s nice when our lifesavers get some recognition. And here in Ballina Shire, our two clubs — Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore, and Lennox Head-Alstonville — have many dedicated members. The quality of the service they provide was hiighted ghat the recent Far North Coast Awards of Excellence held [...]

Member for Ballina Don Page and Member for Lismore Thomas George have engaged in a campaign to increase people’s awareness of the current whooping cough epidemic and the importance of being immunised. Mr Page and Mr George are encouraging all parents to vaccinate their children (after two months of age) and adults to get a [...]

Quota International of Alstonville-Wollongbar’s annual Art & Craft fair is on again on August 29 and 30 at the Alstonville Leisure and Entertainment Centre. This is the premier fundraiser for Quota International of Alstonville-Wollongbar and all proceeds assist local charities and Quota projects. Over $90,000 has been distributed to groups in need over the past [...]

The annual fox baiting program is about to commence on the North Coast from South Wall at Ballina to approximately 6.5km south of the Black Rocks Camping Area in Bundjalung National Park. 1080 baits will be laid in the coastal area between the Richmond River and 10 Mile Beach in Bundjalung National Park from 6th [...]

NAIDOC Week will again be celebrated in the Ballina Shire this year. Celebrations will be held between Sunday 5 July and Sunday 12 July. NAIDOC Week is recognised nationally as a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in various [...]

With prizemoney set at $6500, artists are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the National Parks and Wildlife Service Aboriginal art award which will take place on Saturday 4 July, 2009 at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina. This is the first time this prestigious award has been held at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery [...]

Ballina Shire is one of seven Northern Rivers councils which have received a grant of $2 million from the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change for a regional food-focused project known as the Northern Rivers Food Links. The project will look at sustainable practices and linkages in food production, distribution, consumption and waste management. [...]

Do you have rabbits in your part of Ballina Shire? If so, Ballina Council wants to hear from you. Ballina Shire residents are being encouraged to join a national challenge to record data about rabbits, from at least 5000 sites across Australia. RabbitScan and Ballina Shire Council are encouraging individuals and groups in the Ballina [...]

                  It’s community tree-planting day this coming Sunday between 8.30 and 12.30 at Flat Rock when our local Planet Ark National Tree Day is being held.  Scheduled in most locations for early August, Angels Beach is holding the day earlier this year.   “Helpers should come to [...]

Community groups and local governments in the Ballina electorate are invited to apply for assistance for projects under the New South Wales Community Building Partnership program. The Member for Ballina, Don Page, said the Ballina electorate would receive $400,000 towards the cost of building important community projects. “This program will also help stimulate the local [...]