Ballina Information Blog

After our story on A volunteer rainfall observer for Ballina at the request of The Bureau of Meteorology, we are yet to get any willing participants. As the previous article stated, the bureau’s previous Ballina rainfall observer, Jim McDonnell, retired at 99 years of age after doing the official Ballina rainfall readings for over 30 [...]

This October long weekend the Sun Beach Family Music and Camping festival will be kicking off for its first year, with over 12 live music acts including major headliners like Old Man River and his band, The Boat People, Dan Parsons and the up-and-coming Firetree. The festival site is set in the pristine eco acres [...]

Construction of the Harvey Norman Homemaker Centre in Ballina is due to begin soon. Ballina Shire Council said tenders had been called and the successful contractor had been appointed. “The development has encountered many months of delays due to legal action taken against Ballina Shire Council which has since been settled in council’s favour,” the [...]

The outstanding speaker at the next Minglers Lunch to be held at the Ballina Baptist Church on Thursday September 9 is Mark Tronson, ‘the Footplate Padre’. Mark’s intriguing topic is ‘Cricket, Railways and Chaplaincy’. Mark was the chaplain of the Australian Cricket team for 18 years and is currently chairman of Wellbeing Australia which runs [...]

As migratory shorebirds make their way south towards our shores, a new group has been formed to co-ordinate shorebird management across the Northern Rivers Region. National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Pest Management Officer Lisa Wellman said that the group hopes to improve shorebird management by sharing resources and ideas and developing effective regional strategies. [...]

The Ballina flotilla of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard will hold its inaugural Ballina Boat and Leisure Show at the Kingsford Smith Park rugby league ground on October 9 and 10. The event will raise funds for a new Coast Guard tower on Ballina’s North Wall. In conjunction, the Rotary Club of Ballina will hold [...]

Southern Cross University social history researcher Karyn Rendall has a passion for the past and is looking for people living in old Ballina houses. Very old houses. To be precise, Karyn would love to hear from anyone who lives in or owns a Ballina house built before 1900. The Ballina woman, who has lived in [...]

The Ballina Tourism Hospitality race day, featuring the Gem Array Ballina Bracelet, will be held at the Ballina Jockey Club on Friday, July 23. It will be the inaugural Ballina Tourism & Hospitality race day. Secretary for Ballina Tourism & Hospitality, Dave Heggie, said: “Ballina Tourism & Hospitality is the private sector tourism industry’s membership [...]

After many years of applying, Ballina Golf & Sports Club have been given permission to conduct a “Veteran’s Week of Golf” by the New South Wales Veterans Golfers Association. The allocated week is next week from 19th July to 23rd July, which is the first week after the winter recess.  Murwillumbah, Coolangatta-Tweed and then Yamba [...]

A brand new cabaret has been written for the north coast, and the directors are looking for interested and talented people age 15 and upwards. Actors/dancers/Comedians and singers are reqired, and an audtion will be held this Sunday 18th July at Sue Whitemans Dance Studio Alstonville at 1pm. The Cabaret is written and will be [...]