Ballina MP Don Page and the Minister for the Environment, Robyn Parker, today announced Ballina Shire Council and Byron Shire Council would receive a total of $62,000 for projects to manage, enhance and protect the local estuaries and coastline. “Ballina Shire Council will receive $34,500 for a project to investigate water quality issues in North [...]
The results are in for the first two months of the three-bin waste service, and Ballina Shire council says that they are excellent. The council said the new service has been embraced by Ballina Shire’s urban residents, with a significant drop in waste going to landfill and a low contamination rate for garden and organics [...]
NSW Bike Week is being celebrated across New South Wales from 17 September to 25 September. Its aim is to raise the profile of cycling as a healthy, easy, low-cost and environmentally friendly alternative to driving for short trips in the local community. Travelling by bike to school, work or to collect the milk and [...]
Ballina is set for a weekend of reggae music with the staging of Reggaefest at the Missingham Park Amphitheatre this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18. Acts from the home of reggae, Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand and the UK will perform. Among the headliners is Jah Mason and Stranger Cole (pictured) from Jamaica. [...]
The 2011 Ballina Coastal Country Music Festival will be held on the October long weekend (October 1-3) and will feature some of country music’s best and brightest. Many of the town’s best-known venues will be hosting free gigs for the public, and the local and national artists line-up so far includes: Graham Rodger, 8 Ball [...]
Why waste money sending your old clothes, appliances, or furniture to landfill when you can turn it into extra cash. Turn your trash into cash by holding a garage sale on Second-Hand Saturday – the biggest garage sale day in the Northern Rivers on Saturday 15 October 2011. “It’s a fantastic opportunity to spring clean, [...]
Traffic snarls in Ballina over the Christmas holiday break could be a thing of the past, with Ballina MP Don Page announcing in Parliament today that the Ballina Bypass, the biggest project ever to be undertaken in the Ballina electorate to date, will open before Christmas. “At a cost of $640 million, the bypass will [...]
Danielle Slade is a 23 year old local girl who has been fighting cancer for the past two and a half years. In this time she has had numerous chemotherapy treatments, bone marrow transplant, hopeful remissions and the most positive outlook on life. Lisa Stobart, a friend of Danielle’s says, “I have known Danielle for [...]
Ballina Shire and surrounding coastal areas are set for more economic growth with the announcement of a $3.5 million Federal Government grant towards the $4 million upgrade of Ballina Byron Gateway Airport. Federal Minister for Regional Australia Simon Crean today announced that Ballina Shire Council’s funding application for the airport redevelopment had been successful in [...]
Lakeside Holiday Park at East Ballina will be a hive of activity this weekend when it hosts 170 female motorcycle riders aged from 18 to 70 for the second annual Two-Wheel Babes fundraiser. They will come from all parts of Australia on a variety of motorcycles. Organiser Debra Dagger said the event would raise funds [...]
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