Ballina Information Blog

   The Rotary Club of Ballina’s annual Bookfest is on again. This year it will be located at 166 River Street, right next door to Brumby’s. The sale starts at 9am on Monday, February 15, and runs until Saturday, February 20. Thousands of books have been donated from right across the Ballina Shire, so there [...]

Ballina Squash Centre is hosting an emergency services charity squash tournament on Sunday the 14th of March. Local police, fire, ambulance, SES, Westpac Life Saver Helicopter and Surf Lifesaving organisations are being invited to participate in the event aimed at raising funds for the Sherry children, who tragically lost their parents in a drowning incident [...]

Ballina Shire Council needs your support in drafting its next pedestrian plan. The 2010 review of its Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP) is now under way. The plan investigates pedestrian areas and road user behaviour. Nominated areas are then analysed against a list of objective criteria to come up with a prioritised program of [...]

The swell has finally arrived after months of nothing much and the WAGs & HABs of local waxheads are happy to have happy partners again. The surf drought is over! Quoting a few locals… “I can’t catch a fish but at least now I can catch a wave”. “Finally, the steps from the road to [...]

The Big Prawn has made it onto tv again, this time as a stop for comedian Ross Noble while filming ‘Ross Noble’s Australian Trip’. The series features Ross touring Australia on his motorbike and snippets of the gigs he does and towns he stops at. He stops at Knockrow Castle and then Lismore (which looks [...]

Surf lifesavers have rescued at least seven people in extremely hazardous conditions on the Ballina bar after their outrigger vessel capsized. At around 6.30 this morning, Surf Life Saving NSW received a call for assistance at the entrance to the Richmond River. The Ballina Jet Rescue Boat and surf rescue jet skis were immediately tasked, [...]