Ballina Information Blog

Ballina High School has been awarded the prestigious title of Schools First New South Wales State Impact winner for 2010 and $100,000 in funding. Schools First is brought to life by National Australia Bank (NAB) in partnership with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and The Foundation for Young Australians. The awards are based [...]

Ballina Care & Bargain Centre urgently needs volunteers to work Thursdays &/or Fridays. Ballina Bargain Centre funds Ballina Care which provides emergency welfare in our community. As times get more difficult they have to dig deeper in order to meet the ever increasing demands made upon us. They need the continued generous support of the [...]

Alstonville Show organisers have received record entries in many classes for the 122nd annual show. The show, being held on Friday, October 29, and Saturday, October 30, is shaping up to be the biggest for many years Friday’s ring events are action-packed, with cattle working dog trials all day, and a full horse program including [...]

The Ballina Island Paddle Challenge will be held on November 20. The challenge was scheduled to be held on October 10, but had to be postponed because of the weather on that weekend. It has been many years since The Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Life Saving Club has hosted a Paddle Challenge event. On [...]

Exhibitors are being sought for the inaugural Coastal Lifestyle Expo to be held at the Ballina RSL Club on Sunday, November 28. The event is being organised by the Lennox National Surfing Reserve Association, and it will also offer about $10,000 in prizes, including a trip for two to a Samoan resort. The prize includes [...]

Media personality Scott McGregor has accepted an invitation to attend next year’s official Ballina Australia Day ceremony at Missingham Park Amphitheatre. McGregor is a well-known face with over 30 years of TV work as an actor, presenter and producer of projects ranging from home makeovers to railway adventures. More recently he presented The Stamp of [...]

Low fares leader Jetstar has delivered another windfall for northern NSW tourism with the re-introduction of direct low-fare Melbourne services to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport timed to commence pre-Christmas. From 21 December 2010, Jetstar will operate three times weekly Melbourne-Ballina Byron A320 services on a year-round basis and offer the region its only direct interstate [...]

Federal Member for Page Janelle Saffin today encouraged members of the public to attend the final community information session on the Alstonville Bypass later this month. Ms Saffin said the Federal Government is providing $90 million in funding for the project, which started in May 2009 and is due to be completed in early 2011. [...]

Ballina Shire football players have a new opportunity to hone their skills, with the announce that Newcastle Permanent has today kicked off a major sponsorship of Northern NSW Football, which includes the innovative Centres of Excellence Program. The Centres of Excellence Program offers talented junior footballers from the Northern Rivers region the opportunity to hone [...]

The Wollongong Gospel Choir will be visiting the Ballina area to perform a Gospel Concert at The Salvation Army hall in 73 Tamar Street, Ballina, on Saturday 30th October. In addition, they will be leading the Sunday morning service commencing at 10.30am. The Wollongong Gospel Choir, formed at the start of 2006, presents a style [...]