Ballina Information Blog

Calmer seas this weekend should see a return to outside fishing after the cyclonic weather the past few weekends.
Meanwhile, estuary fishing is going well, with plenty of flathead and whiting in the Richmond River and North Creek.
School jew and tailor have been taken from the beaches and both walls.
Bream, tailor and whiting have been the [...]

Cyclone Wati holds the key to any fishing and surfing activities this weekend. In fact, it holds the key to any outdoor activities.
The Bureau of Meterology yesterday issued a strong wind warning for the region, predicting south-east winds to 33 knots and seas to 3m with an easterly swell.
You can forget about outside fishing this [...]

A Ballina Shire Council Urban Garden Guide has been produced to assist the residents of Ballina, Lennox Head, Wardell, Alstonville and Wollongbar plan and plant their gardens.
Ballina Shire says that when planning a new garden or maintaining and established one, people are able to make choices that save water, energy, time and money whilst helping [...]

It should be a great day’s racing when the Ballina Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosts its first ever raceday at the Ballina Jockey Club on Sunday, March 19.
Prizemoney for the seven-race meeting is well up on the usual local days, with $50,000 in total up for grabs.
Owners and trainers have responded accordingly, with 88 [...]

A strong northerly wind on Friday but there was still a solid north-east swell to 1.5m. North Flat Rock and South Ballina were the pick of the spots.
The Bureau of Meteorology was predicting east-south-easterly winds for Saturday rising to 20 knots on Sunday, with south to south-east winds to 30 knots by Monday.
Check the sheltered [...]

New South Wales Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann reports on the fishing around Ballina and Lennox Head …
Bruce Legge at Dave’s Bait Shop says the blue water is pushing up to around the Burns Point ferry, with quite a few bream, whiting and flathead on the edge of the dirty water upstream.
Blackfish have been taken [...]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann reports on the local fishing scene (Tony didn’t supply a report last week because, as he says, what can you say about fishing in a cyclone?) …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop says the river is very dirty but quite a few fish have been caught around the sea walls and [...]

Balina Shire residents love their river and the opportunites it provides for ‘peaceful pursuits, active recreation and commercial activities’.
And they think there should be more activity on the Richmond River and its associated creeks, provided they are not spoiled in the process.
These are just two of the findings included in the second discussion paper for [...]

New South Wales Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekly fishing report …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says whiting are starting to reappear a little further upstream, with some fair catches from around Keith Hall to Pimlico.
Flathead of various sizes are going OK around the Porpoise Wall and upstream at least as far as [...]

NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekly report on where they’re biting …
Mandy at Dave’s Bait Shop says the beaches are fishing fairly well early and late in the day for some fairly consistent tailor on blue pilchards and metal lures and some nice bream on cut bait, pipis and worms.
The mouth of the Richmond [...]