Ballina Information Blog

Holidays are over and for returning high school students it will be their new School Liaison Police Officer who will greet them in 2007.
In 2006, the NSW Government announced the creation of 40 School Liaison Police, which has led to their launch at local high schools as of tomorrow.
NSW Police says that SLP will work [...]

Surf conditions in the Lennox Head-Ballina and Evans Head region this weekend look set to follow the usual summer pattern — the swell is small and the forecast is for south-east to north-east winds right through until Monday.
There’s seems little hope of a major increase in the swell, so check the beach breaks early before [...]

Lennox Head-Alstonville Surf Lifesaving Club juniors continued their outstanding form at the Country titles at Port Macquarie today, finishing runners-up to Cudgen Headland in the pointscore.
Cudgen totalled 309 points, Lennox was on 236.5, followed by Warilla-Barrack Point 224.5.
Cudgen won the overall pointscore with 760, ahead of Warilla-Barrack Point (732.5) and local club Port Macquarie 395.5.
Kamley [...]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekly fishing report …
Matt at Dave’s Bait Shop says there have been some tailor and salmon off the walls.
A heap of big flathead in the river with some on lures and some on live bait and they’re still killing some big fish there. Five flatties over 5kg through the [...]

There were some great conditions through the week, highlighted by a good day at Lennox Point mid-week, but the dreaded northerlies have kicked in again.
Today there’s a nice easterly swell to a metre and the early starters had clean waves at North Wall before the wind got up.
The forecast for Saturday is northerly winds with [...]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann reports on the local fishing scene around Ballina and Evans Head …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop says everyone seems to be bagging out on whiting up towards Pimlico island but bloodworms are an absolute necessity for the good catches.
A sprinkling of whiting also in North Creek and along the [...]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor TONY ZANN reports on the fishing at Ballina and Evans Head …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop says whiting have been good and should improve further on the bigger tides over the next week, especially around Pimlico Island. As usual, bloodworms will catch far more than any other bait but you might [...]

Santa delivered for surfers this week, with improved conditions bringing small surf from Evans Head north to Byron Bay.
Today in Ballina there’s a good clean swell to four feet, with waves at North Wall and Shelly Beach. Lennox Main Beach also has some nice beach breaks.
Flat Rock also has had good conditions, while there are [...]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekly fishing report for Ballina and Evans Head …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait shop says whiting are the big movers this week on the larger tides with Pimlico Island the centre of attention and bloodworms the must-have bait.
A few decent flathead down the bottom reches of the river but most [...]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor TONY ZANN reports on the weekly fishing scene around Ballina and Evans Head …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says that even though the tides have been ‘wrong’, there have still been some good whiting on bloodworms in North Creek and behind the CBD.
Quite a few decent lizards persisting at [...]