Lennox Head hosted Australia Day celebrations for the first time, when Col Lee was named Ballina Shire Citizen of the Year. Also during the citizenship ceremony, Ballina Shire welcomed 10 new Australian citizens who pledged their loyalty to Australia and its people. They are Julian Chlopicki, Cathrine Dela Cruz, Jubilee Dougherty, Lyndin Graeve, Amy Roberts, [...]
Ballina Shire Council’s outdoor program of events as part of the official Australia Day have been cancelled due to the ongoing wet weather. All activities that were scheduled for Williams Reserve, Lennox Head, including the Market Stalls, Byron Bay Kidz Klub, and music activities will no longer be held. The official ceremony will still be [...]
Ballina’s Georgia Quinn has decided to study one of her passions at Southern Cross University this year. Georgia, who completed her Higher School Certificate at Xavier Catholic College, Skennars Head, in 2011, has accepted an offer to study a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science. She has also received an SCU scholarship. Sport, in particular [...]
Ballina’s Under-15 cricket team scored a major victory with a win in last week’s Walter Taylor Shield carnival at Armidale. Ballina finished unbeaten and beat the strong Sydney side, Hornsby, in the final. Game 1 v Hunter Valley Ballina bowled first and got on top early with Tom Watkins dismissing 3 of the first 4 [...]
BDCSA Youth & Intra will conduct a Stencil and Spary Art 4 hour workshop. The workshop will be held between 2pm-6pm on Tuesday 24th January at 32 Swift Street Ballina. You need to be over 12 years and have a permission slip to register. For further info please contact Matt Tanttari 6681 5511 or email [...]
Ballina Shire Council advises residents and visitors to the Ballina Shire that a number of the Shire’s public reserves will be Alcohol Prohibited areas on Australia Day, Thursday 26 January 2012. Alcohol restrictions have been put in place in response to incidents experienced in previous years that have occurred as a result of excessive alcohol [...]
Locals and visitors in Ballina Shire have until 5.00pm on Friday 27 January to enter the Locals Rewards competition and win over $2,700 in shared prizes. Ballina Shire Council, together with Ballina Chamber of Commerce and Ballina Tourism & Hospitality, launched the Locals Rewards campaign last November and to celebrate are giving locals and visitors [...]
We are up from the Central Coast for our annual Byron surfing holiday when we noticed the plaque on the new stairs at Lennox. Originally from Sydney, I was on an around-Australia surfing trip with no finish date. I arrived in Ballina short on money, got a job at the Ballina Slipway as a cabinetmaker/shipwright, boarded [...]
Ballina Shire Council has announced that applications for the 2012/13 round of funding under the Festival and Event Support Program are now open. The program provides $50,000 in funding to support festivals and events held within Ballina Shire between July 2012 and June 2013. The program, in its third year, has provided valuable financial support [...]
Seven Ballina Electorate organisations have been awarded funding under the 2012 NSW Seniors Week Grants Program. Ballina MP Don Page said the programs would be held during NSW Seniors Week from 18 to 25 March 2012. The successful recipients are: Alstonville Adult Learning Association Inc: Sensational Seniors $500 Ballina Lighthouse RSL Day Club: An Outing [...]
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