Ballina Information Blog

Water quality of a Third World country at our doorstep
Jancine Harrison lives alongside Rocky Mouth Creek at Woodburn, and holds great fears of another major fish kill in the Richmond River. She submitted these thoughts and pictures to Ballina Info …

In my opinion conditions are ripe once again for another fish kill in the Richmond [...]

Ballina Shire Council is seeking Registrations of Interest (ROI) for the production, co-ordination and/or sponsorship of Rivafest 2010, including an option, to council, to continue any contractual arrangements from the period 2011 to 2014.
The key outputs of the event are to remain consistent with the event’s current aims:

Develop a strong sense of place, pride and [...]

ASR is holding a marine wildlife rescue workshop on March 13, at their headquarters on North Creek Road. This is a great opportunity to learn very important skills to help our native marine wildlife, from such a great team. We’re all aware of the job that ASR does.
The workshop runs from 8.30am – 4.30pm, and [...]

Events will be held in Ballina and Lennox Head next week to mark International Women’s Day.
On Wednesday, March 10, the Ballina International Women’s Day lunch will be held at the Ballina RSL Club from noon.
The theme of the event is alleviating poverty.
The event is organised by the Ballina Chamber of Commerce and tickets, costing $45, [...]

Matters of the heart will be front and centre when Alstonville locals Jason Bashforth and Cath Grippo get married in Murwillumbah on Saturday, 6 March.
The Heart Foundation said that instead of giving wedding guests a small gift, the couple decided to make a donation to the Heart Foundation as they have both been touched by [...]

Two Far North Coast politicians are pushing for the return of mobile breast screening to local area.
Greens MP Ian Cohen will ask Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt about improving access for all Northern Rivers women to the new breast screen machines that are at Tweed Heads and Lismore, while Member for Ballina Don Page (pictured) has [...]

Teven Tintenbar Public School’s longest-serving teacher, Bert Berghuis, has retired after racking up an astonishing 22 years of teaching at the school, and having taught over 1000 local students.
Bert was presented with a retirement medallion by Greg Cloak, School Education Director, North Coast Region, at the school today.
The school community also will commemorate Bert’s retirement [...]

The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA), Ballina Shire Council and Lismore Council will hold two free workshops for parents and supervisors of learner drivers.
Jodie Hewett from Ballina Shire Council said the two-hour Helping Learner Drivers Become Safer Drivers course offers parents and supervisors practical advice on how to provide effective driving practice.
“We recognise the important [...]

On 10th October 2009, 10-year-old Ellie was holidaying with her family at the Sandon River and found a severely distressed green sea turtle stranded on a sandbank in the river.
This was the second turtle Elli had found there. In December 2008, Elli found a much larger green turtle at the same spot.
Sheldon (named by Ellie) [...]

This is what the design of Ballina’s new Big Prawn will look like.
Dubbed ‘Neville’ by developer Chris Condon, Big Prawn the Second is proposed to be built at the new service centre at the southern entrance to town when the Pacific Highway bypass is completed.
Media reports this week said that Lennox Head artist Angus McDonald [...]