Lovers of the Big Prawn in Ballina can rest easy: new owners Bunnings plan to keep the Ballina icon when they redevelop the West Ballina site where it is located. Bunnings hope to give the prawn a bit of a spruce-up and relocate it near the entry to their new store. Bunnings bought the site [...]
Member for Ballina Don Page has welcomed the release of a discussion paper on ways to improve the governance of residential parks by the Minister for Fair Trading Anthony Roberts. Mr Page said that residential parks provide an affordable housing choice for many people, who develop strong, valuable networks of support within their park. “It [...]
Northern Rivers Community Gallery is hosting four new exhibitions until November 27. Textile artist Enid Taylor’s exhibition, Stitching through Time, is an exploration of memories, moments and events from the past, recorded and interpreted by the artist through stitch. In the exhibition Taylor pays homage to particular people who have influenced her life and to [...]
This week is National Recycling Week (7-13 November) and Ballina Shire Council is encouraging residents to reduce what they send to landfill by recycling right and reducing the amount of rubbish generated by purchasing items with less or recyclable packaging. “Since the introduction of our new 3-bin waste service, Ballina Shire residents have been doing [...]
The choir Spiritsong, under the direction of Warren Whitney, will present a collection of choral classics including the complete Gloria RV589, by Vivaldi, starting in Ballina on November 30. Originally composed [1716] for the girls in the orphanage where Vivaldi was priest, it remained relatively unknown until 1939. Since this performance in Siena, it has [...]
North Coast TAFE Wollongbar is hosting a Tastes of Spring Festival this Saturday, November 5, 2011. Admission is by a gold coin donation. The Tastes of Spring Festival is an example of the capabilities of its Events students and showcases the region and its produce by incorporating elements of spring such as family, food, wine, [...]
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