Ballina Information Blog

Nominate a local hero this Australia Day in the 2012 Ballina Shire Australia Day Awards Program. The annual awards program is an opportunity for members of the community to be recognised for their outstanding achievements and commitment to our shire. Award recipients will be announced at the official Australia Day celebrations on Thursday, 26 January, [...]

After rescuing the hugely successful and popular Lennox Head Carols last year by donating $5000 toward the event, the Macadamia Castle has announced that they will be the major sponsor for the 2011 event. “We will be funding the fireworks display and also sponsoring the arrival of Santa,” said Macadamia Castle owner and Knockrow resident [...]

Expressions of interest are set to close on Monday 28 November for community organisations wishing to be involved in the 2012 Australia Day Celebrations at the Lennox Head Cultural & Community Centre. Ballina Shire Council is co-ordinating the local annual celebrations and is planning to have a strong community focus in the 2012 program. Expressions [...]

Member for Ballina Don Page has welcomed the release of a discussion paper on ways to improve the governance of residential parks by the Minister for Fair Trading Anthony Roberts.   Mr Page said that residential parks provide an affordable housing choice for many people, who develop strong, valuable networks of support within their park. “It [...]

This week is National Recycling Week (7-13 November) and Ballina Shire Council is encouraging residents to reduce what they send to landfill by recycling right and reducing the amount of rubbish generated by purchasing items with less or recyclable packaging. “Since the introduction of our new 3-bin waste service, Ballina Shire residents have been doing [...]

Lennox Head surf lifesaver Murray Thomas is among the elite team which this Friday 21 October to Sunday 23 October will descend on Wollongong Surf Leisure Centre and the Towradgi SLSC for the Surf Life Saving NSW High Performance Program. The High Performance program will act as a train-on squad for the NSW Interstate Team [...]

The 2012 Australia Day Awards ceremony will be held at the Lennox Head Cultural & Community Centre. The awards ceremony, held on Thursday 26 January 2012 as part of the shire’s official Australia Day celebrations, is an opportunity to acknowledge the people who make a difference in our community. The celebrations move to Lennox Head [...]

Second-hand items can often be as good as new, and much cheaper. This Saturday 15 October provides an opportunity to change our buying habits with the staging of Second Hand Saturday – The Biggest Garage Sale on the North Coast. Garage sales are the perfect way to enjoy buying something new while helping recycle good-quality [...]

Ballina Shire Council has been advised by the Independent Crime Against Corruption (ICAC) that it will be taking no further action in respect to Council’s management of the recently erected Optus tower in Basalt Court, Lennox Head. The council said that media reports had claimed that the community group known as Worried Householders Action Against [...]

Ballina is set for huge weekend this October long weekend, with the inaugural Ballina Coastal Country Music Festival, the boat show, Ballina Island Paddle Challenge, the annual Rotary Club Duck Race, and the North Coast Fishing Bonanza sure to attract plenty of interest. To accommodate the music festival, River Street will be closed – from [...]