Ballina Information Blog

Sunday, August 12, is the new date scheduled for this year’s Ballina Fine Food and Wine Festival, organised by the Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond and held at the Ballina racecourse. The club moved the date to August to fit in with the Ballina racing calendar and to be hopefully assured of a more reliable weather [...]

Ballina Shire Council has announced the recipients of funding in the 2012-13 Festivals and Events Support Program. The scheme provides the opportunity for Ballina Shire community events to access up to $50,000 in funding for 2012/13. The following events have been successful: • Ballina Coastal Country Music Festival Inc ‘Ballina Coastal Country Music Festival’ • [...]

Page MP Janelle Saffin and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Senator Jan McLucas have announced $1.2 million in funding for two community-based accommodation projects for people with disability in Page. Ms Saffin said North Coast Community Housing Company will receive $635,500 to help build accommodation and support services for people in Ballina, and $600,000 for [...]

Ballina Lions Club and The Northern Star newspaper are organising the 7th annual Fun-Run-Walk for 2012. It will be held at the Missingham Bridge Reserve, Sunday morning June 10, 2012 starting at 9am. All proceeds this year will go to Biala Special School, but this year there is something new: Would you like to raise [...]

A combined choir, including members of St Andrew’s Choir Lismore, and Spiritsong, will be performing a meditation in words and song, under the expert direction of Warren Whitney in Ballina on Sunday. The meditation will express the range of emotions associated with the sorrows and despair of the crucifixion and the hope of the resurrection. [...]

Newrybar producer Duck Creek Macadamias will showcase their products at this year’s Food and Hotel Asia Trade Show in Singapore. On Tuesday (27 March) local identity Gavin Hughes, Head Chef at The Byron at Byron Resort and Spa, joined Adam Brown at Duck Creek Macadamias in Newrybar for a cook-up. The pair produced four dishes [...]

Ballina athlete Jay Meaney has been selected to represent Australia at the World Junior Championships in Spain in July after an outstanding performance at the Australian Junior Championships in Sydney from March 15-18. Representing Queensland, 17-year-old Jay won two gold medals and a bronze. He won the Under-18 400m in a personal-best time of 47.67 seconds. [...]

Ballina Shire Council’s General Manager, Paul Hickey is encouraging community-based and not-for-profit groups operating in Ballina Shire to register their details in Council’s online community directory. “The directory has recently been established as a key point of contact for all of these eligible groups which provide important and broad-ranging services for our shire residents and [...]

Bunnings says its new warehouse on the Big Prawn site at West Ballina will create 70 new jobs for local residents. The Warehouse will be located at the corner of the Pacific Highway and Horizon Drive, West Ballina, NSW, and is set to open early 2013. Bunnings will invest more than $30 million in the [...]

Parents are being encouraged to look at ways to reinvigorate their child’s journey to school as an effective response to preventable diseases like diabetes and obesity. And there are numerous road safety benefits as well. “The majority of students live within two kilometres of the school gate,” said Ballina Council’s Road Safety Officer, Jodie Hewett. [...]