The Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina is set for some whimsical boots coming their way this month with The Pendragon Boot Company’s remarkable exhibition Arts Shoes presented by the Queensland Arts Council and Friends of the Northern Rivers Community Gallery. Cobbling since 1987, Art Shoes artistic creators Jackie Orme Ward and Adrian Lockwood founders [...]
The stunning exhibition, Visual Voices, by Cabarita based artist Babette Angell has opened at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina. This body of etched prints on Hahnemuhle rag paper was created after Babette visited Mount Borradaile in the north-west of Arnhem Land, in May 2008 with a group of artists, led by printmaker Basil Hall [...]
Lennox Head land sales confirm a return of confidence in coastal New South Wales, with 13 sales in Stage 2 of Elevation Estate for a total value of $3.9 million over the past two months. With full support of regional estate agents and builders, Elevation is well on the way to a sell-out of its [...]
Shows like ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ have made family history very popular and the Richmond Tweed Family History Society Inc has many wonderful research resources available in their rooms in the Navel Museum Building on Regatta Avenue, Ballina (behind the Library). Apart from the resources in the rooms, the volunteers that open the [...]
Ballina High School’s Joshua Pauling is one of three local students who have been awarded the 2008 Australian Vocational Student Prize (AVSP). “The AVSP promotes Vocational Education and Training (VET) as a valuable pathway for students,” Member for Page Janelle Saffin said in announcing the awards. “The three local AVSP winners who have achieved outstanding [...]
Australian Seabird Rescue co-founder Marnie Bonner is a nominee in Southern Cross University’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year. The winner will be announced at a special event in Ballina on Friday, August 7. Six nominees, who have been named School winners, are in the running for the award, which recognises the outstanding achievements of Southern [...]
The Member for Page, Janelle Saffin, has welcomed the announcement that Ballina is to be the site of the one of the first Children and Family Centres in New South Wales. Ms Saffin said the new centre will have a range of quality early learning, child care and family support programs aimed at improving the [...]
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