Ballina Shire has taken out two award wins at the 2010 North Coast Tourism Awards held in Coffs Harbour on Saturday 14 August. Gaia Retreat & Spa was the winner of the Unique Accommodation category, and Macadamia Castle won silver for the Tourist Attraction category. The North Coast Tourism Awards were the first joint regional [...]
It’s on again! A year seems to go so quickly, but for the whole year, the girls at Alstonville Wollongbar Quota Club have been working towards their 10th Annual Arts and Craft Fair. The Fair will be held on Saturday and Sunday, 28th and 29th August, 2010 - as always, the last weekend in August [...]
Tourism groups to promote Ballina and surrounds will be working more closely following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Northern Rivers Tourism and Ballina Tourism and Hospitality. “Northern Rivers Tourism already works closely with tourism associations in our region, but this MOU will allow us to provide efficiencies and added services to [...]
Local eligible organisations wishing to apply for the 2011 Seniors Week Grants Program for development and organisation of local NSW Seniors Week projects and activities need to submit their applications prior to the close of business, 27th August 2010, Member for Ballina, Don Page, said today. “The program is designed to assist in developing and [...]
The Grandstand Eatery at Ballina Seagulls Rugby League Club has received an award from Northern Rivers Family Magazine. The magazine’s Family Friendly Restaurant Award is awarded to local restaurants and cafés offering exceptional services to families with young children. The Grandstand Eatery was nominated for the award by a local reader who was impressed with [...]
As migratory shorebirds make their way south towards our shores, a new group has been formed to co-ordinate shorebird management across the Northern Rivers Region. National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Pest Management Officer Lisa Wellman said that the group hopes to improve shorebird management by sharing resources and ideas and developing effective regional strategies. [...]
The Ballina flotilla of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard will hold its inaugural Ballina Boat and Leisure Show at the Kingsford Smith Park rugby league ground on October 9 and 10. The event will raise funds for a new Coast Guard tower on Ballina’s North Wall. In conjunction, the Rotary Club of Ballina will hold [...]
Three weeks ago Friends of the Koala issued a release about Leon, a healthy 3-4 year old male koala whose world had been shattered by roadworks associated with the Alstonville bypass. On Sunday 8 August Leon was released in the Coolgardie Scrub. Finding an appropriate release site for Leon involved considerable consultation involving ecologists, Department [...]
The Bureau of Meteorology is looking for a volunteer rainfall observer for Ballina. “The airport has an automatic station recording rainfall, however, we would like to continue the official manually read records for the Ballina township which commenced in 1892,” a bureau spokesman said. “This is important for our climate record for Ballina and as [...]
Southern Cross University social history researcher Karyn Rendall has a passion for the past and is looking for people living in old Ballina houses. Very old houses. To be precise, Karyn would love to hear from anyone who lives in or owns a Ballina house built before 1900. The Ballina woman, who has lived in [...]
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