Alstonville Agricultural Society’s 123rd show will be held on Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 2. Friday’s Ring events are action packed with Cattle Working Dog Trials all day and of course a full horse programme including Arabian Classes and Pony Classes and many other interesting activities. In the Apex Pavilion show-goers will be entertained [...]
Second-hand items can often be as good as new, and much cheaper. This Saturday 15 October provides an opportunity to change our buying habits with the staging of Second Hand Saturday – The Biggest Garage Sale on the North Coast. Garage sales are the perfect way to enjoy buying something new while helping recycle good-quality [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Each August for the past 10 years, Alstonville Wollongbar Quota Club has run an arts and craft Fair at the Alstonville Leisure Centre. This year’s event will be held this weekend, August 27 and 28. The Fair attracts visitors from across the local area, from the Tweed to the Clarence. The success of the [...]
Ballina Shire residents are being asked to support the annual Westpac Rescue Helicopter Annual Appeal. During the week over 170,000 specially marked donation envelopes are being delivered to letterboxes across the flight region which stretches from Tweed in the north, south to Nambucca and Macksville and west to Tenterfield and Glen Innes. The Service is [...]
Can taking part in stand-up comedy performances have therapeutic effects on people with dementia? An innovative Southern Cross University research project is investigating the link, in partnership with an aged care provider and a comedian. Associate Professor John Stevens from the University’s School of Health and Human Services, Baptist Community Services NSW & ACT (BCS) [...]
Alstonville will host the Australian Working Cattle Dog Trial Championships at the Alstonville Showground on Friday 2nd Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September 2011. This event is hosted by the Alstonville Agricultural Society Inc and it is also the first time it will be held in the Ballina Shire Council area. Friday’s action-packed program gets [...]
Member for Ballina and Minister for the North Coast Don Page has allayed any concerns about the possible closure of the Alstonville Centre for Tropical Horticulture. “The Alstonville site will be retained and staff will continue to have access to the various tropical fruit plantings for research purposes. The important research work will continue as [...]
Page MP Janelle Saffin has announced that community celebrations to mark the end of work on the Alstonville Bypass will be held on Saturday, 7 May. “This is something the people of Alstonville community have waited decades for, so they are certainly ready to celebrate, and I look forward to joining the party,” she said. [...]
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