Ballina Information Blog

Council is inviting feedback on the draft Ocean Breeze Reserve Master Plan. Based on site investigations and community engagement the intention of the master plan is to enable and facilitate the delivery of a preferred future outcome for 1.2 hectare Ocean Breeze Reserve in Lennox Head. Mr Matthew Wood, Manager Strategic Planning, outlined how the […]

News from around the web from last week. Remember, if you have a comment to make about any of these stories, please leave us a message below. 29 First drones with sirens on NSW beaches Shark-spotting drones and helicopters are set to again patrol northern NSW beaches over the upcoming school holidays, but, for the […]

The final stage of the Skennars Head Road and The Coast Road roundabout works will commence Monday 3 July and will include changes to the current traffic detour. From Monday 3 to Monday 17 July, south and north bound motorists travelling along The Coast Road will be diverted through Headlands Drive and via Skennars Head […]

News from around the web from last week. Remember, if you have a comment to make about any of these stories, please leave us a message below. Single largest donation for Men’s Shed AT A recent meeting of Lodge Ballina United the Worshipful Master Allan Ridgewell presented a cheque for $10000 to Graeme Eggins, Co-ordinator […]

News from around the web from last week. Remember, if you have a comment to make about any of these stories, please leave us a message below. Beloved RFS member was a true hero FLAGS at the Rural Fire Services flew at half mast yesterday in respect to the passing of beloved member Jenny Hankinson. […]

News from around the web from last week. Remember, if you have a comment to make about any of these stories, please leave us a message below. Jealous brothers plot against Joseph JOSEPH and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber operatic musical in rehearsal at Ballina Players, tells the Biblical […]

Since 2003, Geolink and Ballina Shire Council have hosted the annual Lennox Head Community Tree Planting Day to coincide with World Environment Day – the biggest, most globally celebrated day for positive environmental action. Now in its 15th year, this popular community event continues its goal of reinstating the Lennox headland back to the way it was in the […]

 (MNF Community Notice 02/17) Keeping you informed about the offshore activities of Australia’s research vessel Investigator The attached notice provides information (including a map) for the current voyage of CSIRO research vessel Investigator. This voyage will see Investigator operating along the length of the east coast of Australia during May-June 2017, including off shore from […]

News from around the web from last week. Remember, if you have a comment to make about any of these stories, please leave us a message below. BEACH RAGE: Calls for crackdown on illegal dune driving FEELING “fairly bloody intimidated” was not what a Ballina Shire resident expected from what was meant to be a […]

POPULAR DEMAND: FIRST SHOW SOLD OUT – SECOND SHOW ON SALE NOW Comedian Anh Do brings his best-selling memoir, The Happiest Refugee, to life in a ground-breaking stand-up show. Performing at Lennox Community Centre, now with a second show on sale due to popular demand, this moving, inspirational and unforgettable theatre experience combines humour, real […]