Ballina Information Blog

The Northern Rivers Community Gallery will host two exhibitions showcasing the creative talents of artists from the region, starting December 8. PANtastic is a diverse exhibition of new work by members of the Practicing Artists Network (PAN) including Suvira McDonald, Jerry Cook, Anne Mosey and Katka Adams. This year, the annual PAN exhibition moves from [...]

The new facilities opened today at the North Coast Institute Ballina campus will improve vocational education and training for students of the NSW Far North Coast, Federal Member for Page Janelle Saffin said. The Australian Government provided $3.28 million towards the project to build new purpose-built facilities for general education, maritime, retail, welfare and computing [...]

Police have charged 19 people and issued 30 fines during a drug and alcohol operation at Ballina. “Operation Number” which ran on Wednesday and Thursday this week (24 and 25 November 2010), saw police targeting drivers for drug and alcohol-related offences along the Pacific Highway, Ballina. Those involved in the operation included officers from the [...]

Join local mixed-voice choral group, Acapelicans, as they span the centuries and continents with soaring harmonies and delightful melodies. This will include contemporary pop through jazz, folk and Negro spirituals, and some Beatles hits. And of course you can’t have a concert in December without Christmas music, some familiar, some unfamiliar and some that will [...]

Teven Tintenbar students, teachers and families are embracing good causes during the month of November. School teacher, Craig Lindsay, will shave off his Movember mustache and ALL his hair during school assembly on 1 December, if he can raise more than $1000 during November. Fundraising proceeds will be shared equally between Prostate Cancer Research and [...]

Lennox National Surfing Reserve plaque The Northern Rivers’ coastal lifestyle will be on show and celebrated when the inaugural Coastal Lifestyle Expo is held at the Ballina RSL Club on Sunday, November 28. More than 40 businesses have accepted the opportunity to showcase their wares from 10am until 4pm, while from 6pm, there will be [...]

Last Saturday’s Ballina Island Paddle Challenge attracted good field of social and competitive paddlers (70-80), with an even spread between the groups. Ballina Lighthouse Lismore Surf Lifesaving Club captain Andrew Dougherty said: “A good mix of craft with mostly kayaks in the social group and ocean / surf racing skis in the competitive group – [...]

The growing pothole The same old potholes are there week in week out giving us that unwanted bumpy ride and where are the road crews? We have had perfect dry days over the past few weeks and yet the same potholes are still there growing deeper and wider to dodge and weave around. The pothole [...]

The postponed Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore Surf Life Saving Club Paddle Challenge event will be held on Saturday, November 20.   Andrew Dougherty, Club Captain of the Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore Surf Life Saving Club, said: “The Paddle Challenge is seen as a major fundraiser for the Life Saving Club and will also be benefiting [...]

Ballina Australia Day is the next event around the corner and Ballina Shire Council is encouraging the Ballina Shire community to come forward and recognise those among us who never stop giving. These people co-ordinate sporting and community events, run fundraisers, fetes and working bees, play active roles in our many community organisations and work [...]