Ballina Information Blog

Despite heavy rainfall and flooding, beaches in the Ballina Shire have been in top shape over the summer season. All sites monitored were suitable for swimming for most of the season, according to results released this week by Ballina Shire Council and the Office of Environment and Heritage’s (OEH) Beachwatch Program. Kerri Watts, Senior Environmental [...]

Sunday 29 May at Ballina Jockey Club & Racecourse between 11am and 3pm. Local restaurants, cafes, wholesale food distributors and primary producers will present samples of their signature dishes and food products for you to review. Wineries will exhibit their wonderfully delightful fair to reinforce the strong traditional connection between food and wine. Tickets at [...]

A new garden and organics bin will be delivered in June as part of a new forward thinking and sustainable waste service to commence on 4 July 2011. This new service will include a weekly collection of garden and organic material, a fortnightly recycling service as per the current service, with any remaining waste to [...]

Saturday 7 May at 2.00pm until Sunday 29 May 2011. Awe-tism 11 showcases the talents of artists on the autism spectrum (AS) as well as providing the viewer with an insight into their world.The exhibition title is intended to convey a sense of celebration and aims to put a positive spin on the word ‘autism’, [...]

Monday 25 April at River Street, Ballina. Ballina Anzac Day Dawn Service at Ballina RSL Memorial at 5.30am. Ballina Anzac Day March – Assemble at Ballina Court House at 10am. March commences at 10.30am down River Street to Ballina RSL Club Memorial. More info contact Ballina RSL Sub Branch on 6686 0133 – Please call [...]

Look Out Bunnings Ballina Shire Council has received a development application for a hardware superstore to be constructed at West Ballina. The proposal has been submitted by Woolworths and a spokesman for the company said that they propose to construct more than 150 hardware superstores over the next few years. If all goes well with [...]

Lismore Community Choir presents a selection of choral music to suit all tastes. A diverse program of sweet harmonies, soaring melodies and intimate vocal lines from the Requiem [John Rutter], written in response to the death of his father and later recorded on the death of his son in a car accident; to a medley [...]

Ballina Markets are on again this Sunday in Canal Road Ballina. Get out into the sunshine and grab a bargain, have a coffee and lunch under the shade while supporting local charities. If you would like to have  a stall please arrive 5.30-6.30am to set up. It will only cost $10 (the cheapest market on [...]

Byron Bay surf group, The Richie Williams Band, will be performing every Thursday night at the Shaws Bay Hotel, commencing on Thursday 21st April. The Richie Williams Band has been solidly touring the East coast of Australia and have gained a strong following for their engaging live performances. They will be performing original work at [...]

Sat 23 April at Lennox Hotel, Lennox Heads 9.30pm. Mason Rack Band from Gold Coast breaks all musical genres – beyond roots with harder alt-rock and blues – flashes of Tom Waits and Hendrix, melting towards Ben Harper, with screaming Weissenborn lap slide, big bass, big drums, uniting broken glass vocals with Jazzy funk and [...]