Ballina Information Blog

Evans Head – Casino Surf Lifesaving Club is hosting it’s annual Christmas Carols by Candlelight 16 December. The night promises to be a great event with sausage sizzle and fundraising raffles. The Carols are being held at the club and ample parking is available in the adjoining car park. For more information visit their website [...]

The Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina is pleased to advise that Geoff Hannah will be presenting a further talk and unveiling of his masterpiece, The Hannah Cabinet, at the Gallery this Sunday, 13 December, at 3pm. The Hannah Cabinet will be on display at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery, in Cherry Street, Ballina until [...]

There’s plenty happening at Australian Seabird Rescue in Ballina, starting on Saturday with a celebration of the life of its founder, Lance Ferris. “We are going to celebrate the life and work of our founder, Lance Ferris, on his birth date – this Saturday 12/12 – but in a more low-key way with a BBQ, [...]

The Ballina Chamber of Commerce has organised a Christmas party in the Ballina CBD, from 9am to noon on Saturday, December 12. The Headliners Chorus will perform at 11.30am, Santa arrives at 11am, the good Christmas Fairy will be spreading joy through the town centre and there will be face-painting all morning. There will be [...]

Ballina Shire Council is again running the Christmas Light Up and is encouraging houses and businesses to register to be in the running to win some fabulous prizes. Mayor Cr Phil Silver says,  “the Light Up website www.ballinalightup.com.au has more energy saving tips for the Christmas period”. Council is encouraging people to use energy efficient [...]

A premiere showing of Marcus Baker’s new surf movie, Nowhere Going Some-where, at the Ballina RSL Club on Saturday night, December 12, chronicles the rise of three young Lennox Head surfers who are chasing careers on the world professional circuit. It will be a fundraiser for the Lennox National Surfing Reserve Association, which in turn [...]

Win, lose or draw, Lennox Head Soccer Club will always be remembered for its championship qualities, by players in the impoverished eastern province of the Indonesian island of Bali. The club celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2008, the same year the first links were forged with the coastal town of Candi Dasa, a Balinese fishing [...]

The Lance Ferris Memorial Dinner has been postponed.  The dinner will now be held on Saturday 5th June, World Environment Day. Further details will be provided soon. “A number of factors contributed to the decision of the Management Committee of ASR, including illness of key personnel and the financial status of the event,” Australian Seabird [...]

Everyone is invited to join in Ballina Shire Council’s celebrations this Sunday at the new Wardell jetty. The $450,000 jetty and associated riverbank and footpath works took seven weeks to complete and is now open for business – but mostly for pleasure! The Wardell Rural Fire Service is holding a free sausage sizzle from 4pm [...]

The Ballina branch of the world’s largest provider of home-care services for seniors, Home Instead Senior Care (HISC), will celebrate its official launch on Thursday, December 10. Federal Member for Page Janelle Saffin will officially open the branch – the first in regional Australia and in northern NSW – at an afternoon tea for clients [...]