Ballina Information Blog

Dan Hannaford is fast becoming a name to listen out for. The 31-year-old singer-songwriter is ‘grinning from ear to ear’ after receiving a huge boost to his music career — he has been awarded a Star Development Deal from Sony Music Entertainment.   Dan, who lives at Currumbin on the Gold Coast, grew up in [...]

Work has started on a new roundabout at the intersection of the Pacific Highway and North Creek Road, Ballina. The RTA says the roundabout will provide access for traffic to the new subdivision at Fern Grove and to North Creek Road. There will be a number of lane closures and speed reductions while the work [...]

Under a new initiative, Ballina Shire Council is providing business operators and residents the opportunity to save money by monitoring their electricity usage. Council is providing a cost-saving tool called the Power-Mate to help residents control their electricity bill. The Power-Mate measures the running cost of an appliance and determines the amount of greenhouse gas [...]

It took Julie Streader until her mid-40s to finally follow her dream of becoming a teacher. Now the Bachelor of Education (First Class Honours) student, who will graduate with hundreds of other Southern Cross University students this Saturday, September 19, is already putting her new skills into practice as a casual teacher at Ballina Public [...]

River Street will go purple from Monday 21st – 27th September to support of the Cancer Council Relay For Life 2009 in November. All shop and buisness owners will decorate shop fronts to raise awarness for the up coming Relay for Life that will be held in November Saturday 7th-8th at Kingsford Smith Park Ballina. [...]

Lennox Head teams have won two grand finals in Far North Coast junior rugby union. Lennox Head beat Lismore 31-19 in the Under-14s. The Lennox White Under-12 team beat Wollongbar Alstonville 29-0. UNDER 14s Lennox Head 31 (Jamal Roberts 3, Andrew Hancock, Jake Ryan tries, Sam Giltrap 2, Brad Bugden conversions) d Lismore 19 (Dylan [...]

The eastern end of Ballina’s North Wall is now more user-friendly following the laying of bitumen from near the Coast Guard tower right out to the wall’s end. Previously, the concrete walkway to the end of the wall was full of potholes and presented a hazard to walkers and cyclists. It also prevented people who [...]

As part of annual StormSafe Week which runs from September 19-27, the State Emergency Service is urging the public to prepare now for storm season, which commences on the first of October. Storms are the most costly natural disasters to affect the community. In New South Wales alone they cost on average $217 million annually. [...]

A new overpass bridge that opened on Sunday just north of Ballina will improve the flow of traffic along the Pacific Highway, according to the RTA. The $2.8 million overpass is the first of 18 bridges that will be built as part of the $640 million Ballina bypass project, which is jointly funded by the [...]

At around 11am today (Tuesday, September 15), Australian Seabird Rescue was relayed a message from the skipper of a crab fishing boat off Ballina. Cliff Corbett, skipper of the boat, saw a large turtle struggling at sea.  “It was having trouble getting down. It’d swim a bit, then bob back up to the surface. Its [...]