Ballina Information Blog

Local funky kids t-shirt label, Pram Rock, is being showcased this Friday 31 July at the Kids Fashion Review Media Night in Melbourne. Pram Rock will be alongside other Australasian labels such as OUCH, Nanny Pickle, Agoo Australia and Pipi Child. Owned and operated by Lennox Head locals Matt and Danielle Parmenter, Pram Rock has [...]

Lennox Head Landcare members will be celebrating National Tree Day on Sunday the 2nd August at Boulder Beach and are looking for as many volunteers as possible to join them. They will be starting at 8.30am and continuing until all trees are planted, which should be around 10.30, depending on how much assistance members have. [...]

Alstonville farmer John Rogers is one of three long-serving members of the NSW Farmers’ Association who have been awarded the Association’s highest honour. Mr Rogers, Gooloogong farmer Janet Moxey and Hay farmer Duncan Fraser each received a Medal of Honour on the first day of the 2009 Annual Conference, held this week. NSW Farmers’ Association [...]

The Ballina Shire State Emergency Service new rescue truck was forced into service during the storms and flood in May. The Isuzu truck replaced the old primary rescue vehicle, a 1984 Ford Cargo that had been purchased second-hand, but which served loyally until repair costs became exhorbitant. Fund-raising by the Ballina SES took some 18 [...]

The RTA is advising motorists that the speed limit on the Wardell Bridge will be changed from August 3 to improve safety. A spokesperson said the new 80km-h speed limit was the result of an RTA speed zone review. The review was undertaken with the new NSW Speed Zoning Guidelines and the new Traffic Signal [...]

The Byron Bay Cup race meeting at the Ballina Jockey Club on Sunday, August 30, will mark the 121st running of the event. The race is also a prelude to the running of the Ballina Cup on September 10. Despite some Statewide cutbacks in prizemoney in country NSW, the Ballina Jockey Club is, from its [...]

Southern Cross School students will add new life into the Ballina Shire for National Schools Tree Day on Friday, 31 July. Students will spend the day getting their hands dirty, planting native Australian shrubs with Team Members from Bunnings Ballina, at the same time learning how such a small contribution can make a big difference. [...]

Kimberley Kampers of Ballina has taken out two awards at this year’s prestigious New South Wales Telstra Business Awards. The company was announced as the NSW winner of the Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award and the AMP Innovation Award. Telstra Business Group Managing Director and Telstra Business Awards Ambassador, Deena Shiff, said the judges were [...]

Ballina Shire Council is calling on the shire’s youngest residents to enter one of the creative activities in the lead-up to Local Government Week to be held from the 3 to 9 August 2009. There are three categories aimed at specific age groups from pre-schoolers through to Year 12 students. The competition categories allow the [...]

All those sausage sandwiches you purchase from the East Ballina Lions Club barbecues are helping a worthy cause. In April this year the Lions Club of East Ballina took part in the  Lions national project, the Lions Biggest BBQ, which is an annual event that gives Lions Clubs across the country the opportunity to support [...]