Ballina Information Blog

Ballina Seagulls Rugby League Club has pulled off a major coup, with the West Indian cricket legend, Sir Viv Richards, to be the guest speaker at a Sportsman’s Dinner on Saturday, February 20, 2010. Sir Viv will give a 45-minute talk. Former Australian paceman Rodney Hogg also will speak on the night. Ballina Seagulls secured [...]

Ballina will be enjoying a first, with the new movie, Avatar, being shown in 3D. Ballina Fair Cinema manager, Paul McGrath, hopes this will be the first of many 3D films to be shown at the cinema, saying “This is the ultimate in cinema going experience”. The movie is the first directed by James Cameron [...]

                      3 Rivers Aboriginal Art Space and Arts Northern Rivers are pleased to announce the opening of Men’s Business, an Indigenous men’s only exhibition at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, on Thursday, 3 December, at 5.30pm. The exhibition, the first of its kind in [...]

The Men of League Foundation-Northern Rivers Division will hold a race day at Ballina on Saturday, December 12. Local businesses have come on board and will sponsor races on the seven-event program. Sponsors include Rod Sironen Constructions, Koellner Steel, the Australian Hotel Ballina, Ballina Pipeline Constructions, Ballina Wizard Kitchens, and Tony Cicchinelli Insurance Agent. Former [...]

While the Big Prawn saga continues, what could be Ballina’s most famous tourist drawcard continues to be ignored. We’re talking about the Aztlan, which took part in the epic Las Balsas raft expedition of 1973 in which three balsa rafts and their crew crossed the Pacific Ocean from South America, making landfall at Ballina. The [...]

Members of the Lennox Surfing Reserve Association will hold a planting day at Lennox Point on Saturday, November 28. The working bee starts at 10am and finishes at noon.   It is for committee members only — public working bees will be held next year.   All members can bring a friend or family to help with planting [...]

Interesting comments about the appeal of Ballina and Byron Bay as tourist destinations have been made by online travel writer Ren Zwiers. He writes that Ballina is still his sentimental favourite; it’s good for family holidays with an always beautiful river, good beaches nearby and still keeping that country town feeling. Byron Bay, he writes, [...]

Carefully selected foliage contrasts in leaf colours and shape are the design highlight of Bob and Coleen Anderson’s garden at 152 Foresters Way, Tintenbar, opening for Australia’s Open Garden Scheme on the weekend of November 28 and 29. Visitors will be immediately impressed by the specimen Gletitsia “Sunburst” at the entrance, leading to a curved [...]

Free workshops will be on offer at this year’s Ballina Rivafest showcasing leading artists within the Northern Rivers. The workshops are designed to suit all ages and will run from 9am-7pm on Sunday, November 29. What’s on offer: Clay Workshop with Penny Evans: Make wonderful creations using clay with one of the area’s leading artists [...]

Rivafest will host free performance workshops, providing the perfect opportunity to gain a variety of performance skills like circus, break-dance and hip hop, zumba and drumming. The workshops are designed to suit all ages and will run from 10.30am–6pm on the day. What’s on offer: Acrobatic Workshops with Spaghetti Circus: Create your own family circus, [...]