Ballina Information Blog

North Coast TAFE Wollongbar is hosting a Tastes of Spring Festival on Saturday, November 5, 2011. 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, garden and sustainability into an interactive event. [...]

Sounds to Soothe on a Sunday afternoon – with strings and song, and strings of song. That’s what is on offer on Sunday, June 26, at 2pm at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Norton St, Ballina. The choir is Spiritsong, under the direction of Warren Whitney, and Poco Vivace Strings, under the direction of Karen Traise. They [...]

The second annual Alstonville Rotary Antiques and Collectables Fair will be held in May 2011 Friday 13 May, 6pm to 9pm, Saturday 14 May, 9am to 4.30pm, Sunday 15 May 10am to 3pm There will be a vast array of quality Antiques, Books and Collectables for sale from all over the world, brought to you [...]

Join local mixed-voice choral group, Acapelicans, as they span the centuries and continents with soaring harmonies and delightful melodies. This will include contemporary pop through jazz, folk and Negro spirituals, and some Beatles hits. And of course you can’t have a concert in December without Christmas music, some familiar, some unfamiliar and some that will [...]

Ballina Australia Day is the next event around the corner and Ballina Shire Council is encouraging the Ballina Shire community to come forward and recognise those among us who never stop giving. These people co-ordinate sporting and community events, run fundraisers, fetes and working bees, play active roles in our many community organisations and work [...]

Well this year I was all prepared with my big bowl of mixed lollies for the Halloween door knockers. Yes, I have changed my stance on Halloween. At first it wasn’t on my radar at all, I was always left with nothing to offer and then justifying it when the disappointed kids left by telling [...]

Ballina Care & Bargain Centre urgently needs volunteers to work Thursdays &/or Fridays. Ballina Bargain Centre funds Ballina Care which provides emergency welfare in our community. As times get more difficult they have to dig deeper in order to meet the ever increasing demands made upon us. They need the continued generous support of the [...]

Exhibitors are being sought for the inaugural Coastal Lifestyle Expo to be held at the Ballina RSL Club on Sunday, November 28. The event is being organised by the Lennox National Surfing Reserve Association, and it will also offer about $10,000 in prizes, including a trip for two to a Samoan resort. The prize includes [...]

Media personality Scott McGregor has accepted an invitation to attend next year’s official Ballina Australia Day ceremony at Missingham Park Amphitheatre. McGregor is a well-known face with over 30 years of TV work as an actor, presenter and producer of projects ranging from home makeovers to railway adventures. More recently he presented The Stamp of [...]

The Wollongong Gospel Choir will be visiting the Ballina area to perform a Gospel Concert at The Salvation Army hall in 73 Tamar Street, Ballina, on Saturday 30th October. In addition, they will be leading the Sunday morning service commencing at 10.30am. The Wollongong Gospel Choir, formed at the start of 2006, presents a style [...]