Ballina Information Blog

The Blackwall Bugle is a bi-monthly community newsletter for the Blackwall area which covers Wardell, Meerschaum Vale, Pimlico and Empire Vale. The publication is produced by a voluntary community working group, edited and compiled by Mike Rushby. If you have a local news story or would like to contribute to The Blackwall Bugle, please email […]

Ballina Shire Council has commenced construction of a footpath along Sneaths Road, Wollongbar, connecting Plateau Drive and the Wollongbar TAFE underpass. The two-stage construction is due for completion early in the new financial year. This project forms part of the works program developed from Council’s Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP), which looks at prioritising […]

Ballina Shire Council is scheduling road works for Teven Road from Monday 16 May. During the construction period Teven Road will be closed between Eltham Road and Shaws Lane, Teven. A detour via Eltham Road and Pearces Creek Road and access to properties within the closure will remain open. The $900,000 works, funded under the […]

Then, people used to hang a sheet outside their property to alert others that they needed to fetch a doctor : now the community of Tintenbar has a fully staffed medical practice Then ,it used to take a week to get to Grafton for the races via horse and cart: now it takes only an […]

Everyone is invited to join in Ballina Shire Council’s celebrations this Sunday at the new Wardell jetty. The $450,000 jetty and associated riverbank and footpath works took seven weeks to complete and is now open for business – but mostly for pleasure! The Wardell Rural Fire Service is holding a free sausage sizzle from 4pm […]

The Wardell Progress Association had its most recent meeting on February 21, with a large attendace of 29 locals and three shire councillors. Councillors David Wright and Keith Johnson and Mayor Phillip Silver gave an update on local issues. Cr Wright presented to the meeting an update on the new wharf which is about to […]

Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop in Ballina says a few good flathead are turning up in the lower reaches. The bream numbers are thinning out a little but there are still a few decent fish here and there. Blackfish are holding on very nicely in their usual haunts from the ferry downstream. A few whiting […]

Member for Ballina Don Page has announced a NSW Liberal/Nationals Coalition Government would provide $100,000 towards the construction of the Bangalow pool. Mr Page said the financial support would allow the planned swimming pool project, which is being advanced by the Bangalow Pool Trust in consultation with Byron Shire Council, to become a reality. He […]

The Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act needs to be amended in two important ways, Ballina MP Don Page has told landowners at Newrybar. Speaking at a symposium of landowners affected by the Pacific Highway upgrade, Mr Page said two amendments were necessary ‘to deliver justice for landowners because they’re not getting it now’. The […]

Ballina Shire Council and Lismore City Council are uniting in partnership with the NSW Office of Women to create an event that celebrates International Women’s Day 2007 on Thursday, March 8, in Ballina. Organisations are being invited to become a supporter of this special event that will celebrate being a woman of the Northern Rivers. […]